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Jennifer Lopez, Laverne Cox win GLAAD Media Awards Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Lopez has added a couple of more trophies to her block.

The pop star and “American Idol” judge was honored Saturday night at the 25th annual GLAAD Media Awards with the Vanguard Award, which lauds efforts to increase visibility and understanding of the gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender community. In addition to being an outspoken advocate for gay rights, Lopez serves as executive producer of the ABC Family series “The Fosters,” which centers on a lesbian

couple raising their children. “The Fosters” also won the award for outstanding drama series.

Other winners at the Beverly Hilton Hotel ceremony included NBC’s soap opera “Days of Our Lives” for daily drama, Fuse’s “Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce” for reality program, Tegan and Sara for music artist, and “Young Avengers” for comic book. “Bridegroom” and “Call Me Kuchu” tied for the outstanding documentary trophy.

Laverne Cox, who stars in the Netflix women’s prison drama “Orange is the New Black,” was presented with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, which

is given to a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender member of the entertainment community. Previous recipients include Wanda Sykes, Rufus Wainwright, Melissa Etheridge, Ellen DeGeneres and Ian McKellen.

Norman Lear, the veteran producer of such groundbreaking TV comedies as “All in the Family” and “Maude,” was honored with the Pioneer Award.

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Pistorius breaks down on stand in murder trial

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Liverpool’s rejuvenated Gerrard ready for ‘biggest month’

Official says sub will be used in search for jet

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Jennifer Lopez arrives at the 25th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday, April 12, 2014.

With $41.4M, ‘Captain America’ holds off ‘Rio 2’ Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — “Captain America” continued to flex its Marvel muscle at the global box office, as “The Winter Soldier” took in $41.4 million domestically and $60.6 million overseas.

The strong second-week performance for the Walt Disney release in North America was enough to narrowly edge 20th Century Fox’s “Rio 2” in a springtime battle of sequels. The animated Amazon jungle tale “Rio 2” debuted with $39 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, almost exactly the opening weekend total of the 2011 Oscar-nominated original.

But “Captain America” has grown considerably in stature since its 2011 original, “The First Avenger.” With a

global cumulative total of nearly $477 million, “The Winter Soldier” has (in two weeks domestically, three weeks internationally) easily surpassed the $370 million total of “The First Avenger.” For a superhero whose costume is draped with the U.S. flag, Captain America (played

by Chris Evans) has proven particularly popular abroad. The international appeal of such a traditionally patriot figure was once doubted.

“The traditional rules just don’t apply anymore. It’s really about that Marvel

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Cast members Chris Evans (L), Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L Jackson (R) pose at the French premiere of the film “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” in Paris March 17, 2014.

brand,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. “’Captain America’ can play in Peoria just as well as Hong Kong.” Two other new releases opened in a distant third and fourth place. The low-budget supernatural horror film “Oculus” took in $12 million for Relativity Media.

The football drama “Draft Day,” starring Kevin Costner and directed by Ivan Reitman, debuted weakly with $9.8 million. Made with the cooperation of the National Football League, the Lionsgate release is the second movie this year, along with the thriller “3 Days to Kill,” to attempt to restore the 59-year-old Costner to leading man status.

The overall box office for the year is up more than 7 percent over 2013’s record box-office haul. The month of April has been propelled especially by the summerstyle release of “The Winter Soldier” and a number of less likely successes.

With $39.5 million domestically, the Wes Anderson caper “The Grand Budapest Hotel” has performed exceptionally in a gradual release by Fox Searchlight.

The independently released Christian film “God’s Not Dead,” from Freestyle Releasing, has made a whopping $40.7 million in four weeks.

Just holding in the top five was Lionsgate’s teen science-fiction franchisestarter “Divergent,” which added $7.5 million in its fourth week to bring its cumulative total to $124.9 million.

Lionsgate announced Friday that the third installment in the series (a sequel for 2015 is already in the works) will be split into two releases. The final book in Veronica Roth’s young-adult trilogy, “Allegiant,” will be made into two installments, one to open in March 2016, the other in March 2017.

‘Hunger Games’ wins big at MTV Movie Awards Matt Sayles/Invision/AP

Johnny Depp, right, presents Sam Claflin, left, and Josh Hutcherson with the award for movie of the year for “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, April 13, 2014, at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

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LOS ANGELES - The second installment of “The Hunger Games” saga dominated the MTV Movie Awards Sunday, with a best-film trophy and best actor awards for Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence.

Hutcherson accepted the movie of the year trophy on behalf of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” while paying tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died in February and played the role Plutarch Heavensbee in the dystopian film series.

“I know that if Phillip were here, he would really think that this is very cool,” Hutcherson said.

Hutcherson also took home the trophy for best male performance, while co-star Jennifer Lawrence, who was not present, won for best female.

Both also won in 2012 for the first movie in the series, and Lawrence had previously won in 2013 for “Silver Linings Playbook.”

The MTV Movie Awards, hosted by comedian Conan O’Brien in Los Angeles, were based on public voting.

The ceremony, famous for its off-the-wall award categories, passed out accolades for best kiss, best shirtless performance and best “#wtf moment,” among others.

Leonardo DiCaprio won best “#wtf moment” for a scene from

“The Wolf of Wall Street,” in which his drugged-out character drags himself to his car, unable to walk.

Best shirtless performance was won by Zac Efron, who had his shirt ripped off in a clearly staged stunt while he accepted the award for a bare-chested scene in “That Awkward Moment.”

Studios use the ceremony -- which falls after the winter’s Golden Globe and Oscar awards -- to promote forthcoming summer blockbusters.

The night’s young target audi-

ence was hit with trailers and appearances by stars such as Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who presented a trophy and will appear in “Godzilla,” out this May. Among the evening’s other winners were Jared Leto, Mark Wahlberg, Channing Tatum, Rihanna, Brad Pitt, Mila Kunis and Orlando Bloom.

Other contenders for movie of the year were “12 Years a Slave,” “American Hustle,” “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

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Drought, respiratory infection widespread

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DENPASAR - When entering dry season, people must be vigilant to the disease of upper respiratory tract infection (ISPA). Based on data from the Bali Health Agency, this respiratory tract infection has started to increase in the community.

A pediatrician of Wangaya Hospital, Wayan Retayasa, described the dry season caused the hot and dusty air. Supported by pollution it kindled many viruses causing the upper respiratory tract inspection to scatter. “The spread of virus through the air causes the respiratory diseases to easily infect from one person

to another,” he said.

The upper respiratory tract infection could possibly recover by itself when one’s endurance was good. However, according to Retayasa, the upper respiratory tract disease could be threatening and causing death if it infected infant, in this case a toddler under the age of one year. Moreover,

the toddler’s immune system was in a state of decline.

Further, Retayasa worried if the upper respiratory tract infection afflicted the infants and infected the lower respiratory tract as it could cause bronchitis or bronchopneumonia. “The toddler will experience a disruption in the lungs and experience shortness of

breath so that it potentially leads to death,” he said.

Characteristics of the toddlers experiencing shortness of breath due to lower respiratory tract infection were breathing fast, strong pull in the chest cavity and nostrils flared quickly. If these symptoms had appeared, the patient should be immediately rushed to hospital to get immediate treatment.

On that account, the precautions were required so the toddlers would not be infected by

viruses of the upper respiratory tract infection. He explained that when an adult was infected by the upper respiratory tract diseases, it should stay away from toddlers and small children as well as should use facial mask to prevent the spread of the virus through droplets or saliva.

“Besides, it is also required a measure to take care of the body with nutritious food and drink a plenty of water as well as take enough rest and exercise,” he said. (san)

Denpasar to build central parking at Lumintang civic center

UBUD - Established by a recognized global organization, the World Luxury Spa Awards stands to acknowledge hotels and spas that ultimately provide guests with high-end facilities and service excellence. Awards are presented to hospitality leaders in different categories on a country and global basis with the aim to encourage and raise service standards within the industry.

“It is indeed a great honor to win this prestigious award alongside some of the world’s most iconic wellness brands. This outstanding achievement is a credit to the de daun Group and the high standards present throughout our DaLa Spas both in Kuta and Ubud. We will continue to focus on exceeding our guests’ expectations and delivering a world-class service,“ comments Jimmy Gunawan, Managing Director of de daun Group.

DaLa Spa received recognition in three different categories for its outstanding achievement in delivering impeccable service over the past year. Guests, travel agents and industry consultants participated by voting in a global poll to determine the finest spas in the world.

DaLa Spa is now considered a leader in today’s evolving spa industry. It has set a benchmark that other spas within the region can only aspire to follow.

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The poultry which was confiscated in Gilimanuk Harbor

Dozens of contraband poultry secured Bali Post

DENPASAR - Dozens of contraband chickens were secured in Post II of the Gilimanuk Harbor, Sunday morning (Apr 13). The officers of the Integrated Agricultural Quarantine Office at Gilimanuk and Gilimanuk Marine Police secured the illegal poultry put in a plastic sack from a motorcycle taxi.

At least 20 chickens belonging to Sanian and Misiya from Banyuwangi were put into a plastic sack and transported by motorcycle taxi. The motorcycle taxi was passing around 04:00 in

the morning. As planned, the chickens would be sold in the Gilimanuk Market. Police suspected the plastic sack as it was seen moving. In addition to live chickens, the owner also brought a plastic sack of chicken flesh. However, the chicken flesh was without the necessary delivery document.

A few minutes later, the officers secured another 20 kampong chickens belonging to Sanian transported by a motorcycle taxi. In addition to dozens of chicken flesh, police also seized dozens of canary birds in the baggage of Malang Indah intercity bus with

license plate N 7329 UN. Having been checked, the box inspected in fact contained 12 birds and two roosters. However, no passengers claimed to own the birds and roosters.

Afterward, police asked for information to the Gilimanuk Marine Police.

Furthermore, the roosters and birds were handed over to the Integrated Agricultural Quarantine Office at Gilimanuk. Coordinator of the Quarantine Office, Nyoman Budiartha, justified the arrest. His party would examine the health condition of the poultry. (kmb26)

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DENPASAR - The Denpasar Spatial Planning and Housing Agency (DTRP) will definitely work on the construction of the central parking in the area of Lumintang civic center, Denpasar. The pattern of central parking built at this time will be slightly different from the existing one.

As proof, this central parking will be built in the form of multi-storied basement. It will consist of two levels under the ground floor.

It was disclosed by the Head of the Denpasar Spatial Planning and Housing Agency, I Kadek Kusuma Diputra, when met in the mayor’s office, Thursday (Apr 10). This pattern was done to provide a fixed viewpoint of the main building, namely the Sewaka Dharma building. “If the building consists of two levels downwards, the height shall not exceed the main building,” he said when accompanied by the Division Head of Spatial Affairs, Gede Cipta Sudewa.

Kusuma Diputra said the central parking would not accomplish within this year. At the first phase, his party would complete the basement parking only, while the building on it, namely the hall would not be made this year. Likely it would be worked on in stages because the funds spent on this project would be quite large. The first phase alone would cost around IDR 15 billion.

The central parking would be able to accommodate about 170-200 cars, while motorcycle would be allocated for approximately 50 units. “Motorcycle will be centered in the north parking lot currently used for visitor parking to Lumintang civic center,” said Kusuma Diputra.

Related to physical project this year, some had been under progress, particularly the works that did not pass through tenders or the projects with direct appointment. If the value was greater, it should pass through a tender and could not run yet because it was still under tender process.

“Some physical projects worth less than IDR 100 million have been done,” he explained. (kmb12)

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9 Mar Hari Banyu Pinaruh 10 Mar Soma Ribek Pura Jati Jembrana Pura Kawitan Bayu Gaiyang Bangli Tirta Wening Surabaya Pura Desa Lingga Wana Abang Karangasem 11 Mar Sabuh Mas 12 Mar Hari Pagerwesi Pura Labang Sindu JiwaUbud Pura Kehen Bangli Pura Wira Bhuana Magelang Jawa tengah Pura Padang Sakti Denpasar Timur Pura Payogan Agung Ketewel Gianyar Pura Gaduh Pangiasan Dauh Puri Denpasar Pura Masceti Tampak Siring Pura Dalem Ularan Denpasar Pura Siwa Penebel Tabanan Pura Luhur Sliki Banyuwangi Pura Gunung Lebah Ubud Pura Puseh Sukawati 15 Mar Purnama Sasih Kesanga Pura Nataran Sasih Pejeng Gianyar Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung lebah Batur Kintamani 17 Mar Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 22 Mar Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya

Denpasar Pura Agung Pasek Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangkas Tabanan Pura Kerta Banyuning Buleleng Pura Dalem Tenggaling Singapadu Gianyar Pura Bhujangga Jembrana Pura Dalem pingit Tegalalang Pura Penataran Pande Pandean Mengwi Pura Ida Ratu Pande Besakih Pura Penataran AGung Tulikup Pura Kumuda Saraswati Ubud Pura Batur Arya Tabanan 23 Mar Radite Umanis Ukir Sanggah Gede Dukuh Segening Tegal Tugu Gianyar 26 Mar Buda Cemeng Ukir Pura Pajenengan Kawitan Arya Gelgel Kelungkung Pura Pasar Agung Besakih Pura Pasek Bendesa Legian Kuta Badung Pura Gde Gunung Agung Munggu Badung Pura Puseh Bebalang Bangli Pura Dalem Peruncak Badung Pura Pasek Bendesa Hyang Krobokan Badung Pura Kereban Langit Mengwi Badung 28 Mar Melasti Pakiyisan Ke Segara Pura Pasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga 30 Mar Tilem Kesanga Tawur Agung 31 Mar Hari Raya Nyepi 1 May Buda Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan

2 May Bhatara Sri Ida Ratu Geng Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Besakih Ida Ratu Raja Puraus Besakih Merajan Saloding Besakih 6 May Anggara Kasih Juluwangi Pura Thirta Harum Tegal Wangi Bangli Pura Baratan Baturiti Pura Batu Klotok Klungkung

Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Tabanan Pura Ibu Wanagiri Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Manik Bingin Dukuh Sidemen 7 May Pura Penataran Gana Bebalang Bangli Pura Dalem Gede Pande Bangli Pura Puncak Sari Sangeh Abian Semal Pura Puseh Penegil Dharma Kubu Tambahan Bangli Pura Dalem Maya Blahbatuh Gianyar Pura Linggih Betara Kayu Selem Penataran Agung Besakih 13 May Purnama Sasih Jiyestha Pura Dwija Warsa Malang Pura Pucak Tinggah Angsri Baturiti Pura Kawitan Luhur Bhujangga Jati Luwih Penebel Pura Kawitan Batur Pande Tonja Tonja Denpasar Pura Penataran Agung Sidemen Karangasem Pura Maospahit Grenceng Denpasar 15 May Sugihan Jawa Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Tangkas Klungkung Pura Siang Kangin Peninjoan Tembuku Bangli Pura Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Besakih 16 May Sugihan Bali Dan Kajeng Kliwon 18 May Penyekeban 19 May Penyajaan Galungan 20 May Penampahan Galungan 21 May Hari Raya Galungan Pura Wakika Kupang NTT Pura Agung Girinatha Sumbawa Besar NTB Pura Dukuh Sakti Dukuh Kediri Tabanan Pura Atambuananta Kutamba NTT Pura Webananta Kupang NTT Pura Giripati Mulawarman Pontianak Pura Mustika Dharma Cijantung Jakarta Timur

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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A look at predictions of the 1964 World’s Fair Associated Press Writer

AP Photo/NASA, Paolo Nespoli

FILE - This May 23, 2011 photo released by NASA shows the International Space Station at an altitude of approximately 220 miles above the Earth, taken by Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli from the Soyuz TMA-20 following its undocking.

NASA approves space station supply launch

NEW YORK — The New York World’s Fair of 1964 introduced 51 million visitors to a range of technological innovations and predictions during its run. Fifty years later, some of those ideas have turned out to be commonplace in our world. Others? Not so much.

What they had right: — “Picturephone”: Bell System introduced this innovation, which allowed people to see whom they were calling. It didn’t go over well at the time, but it’s a concept that’s an everyday part of our lives now in apps such as Skype and Facetime.

— Personal use of the computer: Several pavilions had exhibits set up where visitors could ask computers for information and get responses in seconds.

— Robotics: Walt Disney’s “It’s a Small World” exhibit introduced robotic animation in which characters sing, speak and make lifelike gestures such as smiles and blinks. It’s still in use in theme parks and movies today.

— Ford Mustang: The two-seater sports car with its long hood and short rear deck was officially unveiled at the World’s Fair and immediately became popular. It has remained in production ever since.

— Touch-tone phones: Originally introduced at the Seattle World’s Fair in 1962, this was still the first time many visitors were exposed to this technology.

What they had wrong: — Colonies on the moon, underwater and in Antarctica: The “Futurama 2” ride from General Motors, which featured images of people living in places where they clearly don’t.

— Paved-over rainforests: Another image from “Futurama 2” featured a machine that used a laser to cut through the rainforests and left behind paved roads.

— Jet packs: There were demonstrations of jet pack power at the fair, with men wearing them and zooming around the grounds.

Sadly, they remain a mode of transport found mainly in science fiction.

Associated Press Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — NASA is pressing ahead with Monday’s planned launch of a supply ship despite a critical computer outage at the International Space Station, determining the situation is safe.

Mission managers decided Sunday to proceed with the countdown for the SpaceX Dragon capsule, already a month late in delivering more than 2 tons of cargo.

“We’re good to go,” said NASA space station program manager Mike Suffredini.

Suffredini noted the many important supplies aboard the Dragon, including a new spacesuit and repair parts for the older spacesuits already in orbit.

Much-needed food is also packed away.

“There’s a certain amount of urgency to go ahead and get these vehicles” at the space station, Suffredini told reporters. These shipments have to fit around other space station operations, like crew comings and goings.

“Things start to bunch up,” Suffredini said, “and so we’re just trying to fly as soon as we safely can, which is what we believe we’re doing.”

This backup computer, located on the outside of the space

station, mysteriously failed to work when activated Friday. The main computer kept operating perfectly, and the six-man crew was never in any danger. NASA debated whether to delay the SpaceX mission and, on Sunday, determined the station has sufficient redundancy to safely support the visiting vessel.

A spacewalk will be required, meanwhile, to replace the bad computer. Engineers don’t know why it failed.

Suffredini said the spacewalk will be conducted by a pair of astronauts on April 22, using suits outfitted with new fan components to avoid the near-disaster that occurred last summer. An Italian astronaut almost drowned when his helmet flooded with water from the suit’s cooling system.

An April 22 spacewalk will give SpaceX two chances to get its unmanned Dragon capsule flying. Good weather is forecast for Monday’s 4:58 p.m. (2058 GMT) launch. If that doesn’t work, the next launch attempt for the Cali-

fornia company’s Falcon rocket would come Friday.

NASA rushed material for the computer replacement job to the Cape Canaveral launch site over the weekend, for packing into the Dragon. While not essential, the gasket-like item will make the task easier for the astronauts.

For the past few years, NASA has been paying SpaceX — Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

— and Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corp. to keep the station well stocked. The need arose after the space shuttles — NASA’s workhorses for station shipments — were retired in 2011. Russia, Europe and Japan also make occasional deliveries.

As soon as the Dragon soars, the space station’s solar panels will be moved into the proper position for its arrival, Suffredini said. That will guard against any complications resulting from additional computer breakdowns.

Luckily, the sun’s angle is favorable right now for thermal conditions at the outpost, he noted.

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FILE - This 1964 file photo from the World’s Fair in the Queens borough of New York shows a views of the future in the “Futurama 2” ride put together by General Motors.

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IMTA revenue of Denpasar exceeds target

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DENPASAR - From January to March 2014, the Denpasar Social and Labor Agency could surpass the revenue target of foreign worker permit (IMTA) at IDR 2.5 billion whereas the previous target was only IDR 1 billion a year. Therefore, the income until the end of this December is predicted to rise.

The Head of Denpasar Social and Labor Agency, Made Erwin Suryadarma Sena, said the income of the foreign worker permit had been already high, even doubled.

It was also supported by the unpaid levies by foreign workers in 2013.

“Rising income of the foreign worker permit happened because the data collection of foreign workers working in Denpasar that have not fulfilled their obligations was already made,” added Erwin.

Since the enactment of the Regional Bylaw on the foreign worker

permit in 2013, Erwin confirmed that his party had conducted a meeting with relevant agencies, such as police, immigration, municipal police, legal division of Denpasar municipality, population and civil registry office as well as revenue service. It was intended to perform discipline and founding to foreign workers working in Denpasar. The control and founding targeted the companies that employed foreign workers. “We have come to the companies to verify whether the foreign workers working in the

company are appropriate with the data sent to Social and Labor Agency,” he said.

He added that it was aimed at exploring the existing potential.

In addition, the foreign workers working in Denpasar were really recorded, so there was nothing illegal. For example, a company employed 6 foreign workers, but it only reported two workers so it would result in data manipulation.

“We also make a coaching schedule to companies employing foreign workers. The coaching is done to

avoid manipulation of data,” said the former Spokesperson of Denpasar municipality.

He recognized the increasing revenue obtained from the foreign workers. From one side, it was quite encouraging. In addition, the increasing revenue was clearly beneficial for the Denpasar municipality.

“We do not expect a lot of foreign workers working in Denpasar even though it is beneficial in terms of revenue. We seek to reduce foreign workers in order the companies recruit more local workers,” he said.

Erwin affirmed that it did not necessarily mean if the companies in Denpasar were not allowed to recruit foreign workers, but it was allowed for the sectors that required

an expertise such as quality control, marketing and so on. “If the companies do need foreign workers, it does not matter. But if it’s possible, it must be reduced. Make use of local labor as many of them have high quality and are not inferior to foreign labor,” said Erwin.

Erwin added that a lot of foreign workers were working in the field of education, tourism, fisheries and other sectors. Meanwhile, the number of foreign workers was very fluctuating, depending on the extension of foreign worker permits. On that account, the revenue could not be predicted. “Foreign workers who work in Denpasar approximately reach 300 people. Sometimes they move on after working for a year,” he said. (rah)

Bali to hold fifth mass vaccination campaign Antara

DENPASAR - Bali will hold the fifth mass vaccination campaign against rabies starting April 15, targeting stray dogs, according to Putu Sumantra, the head of the Bali animal husbandry and health office.

The system this year, to be applied during the campaign, will be different from the ones held in previous campaigns, he stated.

This time, they will target stray dogs wandering in hilly and mountainous areas particularly, and puppies, which have been vaccinated before.

“Vaccination will also be given to puppies to protect and strengthen their immunity. Two week-old puppies can be vaccinated,” he added.

He called upon the cooperation of the local people to help make the rabies-free Bali program a success.

The mass vaccination against rabies will be implemented from April 15 to July 31, with a target of 350 thousand dogs across Bali Island.

“We have prepared 90 personnel.

I think it’s adequate. The official launch of the campaign will be held at Gunung Sari village, Seririt, Buleleng District,” he confirmed.

However, in several villages in Buleleng, the vaccination program has been implemented since April 7.

A total of 120 thousand doses of vaccines have been distributed across nine districts in Bali, while 250 thousand others will are scheduled to arrive soon.

“Cats and monkeys that we encounter will also be vaccinated, but they are not our targets, because our main targets are dogs,” he reiterated.

Since January 2014, 17 dogs have been found infected with rabies in seven districts in Bali, including six cases in Buleleng. Last

year, there were 44 dogs infected with rabies particularly in Buleleng, Jembrana and Bangli.

Bali has firmly resolved to be

rabies-free by the year 2015, in order to maintain its reputation as the world’s most famous resort island.

Over the past few years, the Bali

authorities have routinely carried out mass vaccination programs against rabies, targeting stray as well as domestic dogs.

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Bali will hold the fifth mass vaccination campaign against rabies starting April 15, targeting stray dogs, according to Putu Sumantra, the head of the Bali animal husbandry and health office.

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A high-profile drug dealer arrested

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Pulau Kawe Gang Surya, exactly in the south of Alfa Mart minimarket, South Denpasar, the suspect was ambushed at five o’clock in the afternoon. “The suspect tried to discard the package of crystal meth,” he said.

Due to foresight of police, the illicit goods were taken and recognized by the suspect if it belonged to him. Recognition of the suspect caused police to develop the case by going to his boarding house.

When the search was made in his room, the officers discovered again 10 packages of crystal meth and 33 ecstasy pills. In addition, there was also other evidence in the form of electric scale and other distribution tools.

Furthermore, the suspect was taken to Denpasar Police to undergo further examination. From the recognition of the suspect, all the drugs were obtained from a dealer with initial A. Well, this bookie with initial A was being pursued. “This case is still being developed while pursuing the bookie,” he added while saying if the crystal meth and ecstasy were distributed in the Denpasar area. (kmb21)

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FILE - In this April 1, 2014 file photo, provided by the U.S. Navy, the Bluefin 21 autonomous sub is hoisted back on board the Australian Defense Vessel Ocean Shield after successful buoyancy testing in the Indian Ocean, as search efforts continue for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

A drug dealer was arrested by the police

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Waterways clogged by rubbish

Landscaping garden in front of regent’s office collapses Bali Post

DENPASAR - Heavy rain flushing Bangli on Saturday afternoon

(Apr 12) caused the landscaping garden in front of the office of Bangli Regent to collapse. The garden constructed all this time to

The damage Landscaping garden in front of regent’s office in Bangli

beautify the look of urban areas collapsed along 30 meters. Allegedly, it happened because the retaining wall was not strong enough to

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withstand the heavily eroding water and blockage of rubbish right underneath.

Based on observation on Sunday afternoon (Apr 13), a number of officers of the Urban Planning, Public Works and Bangli disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) seemed to still clean up the residual materials that eroded the landscaping garden. Other than taking up the concrete drainage cover by using heavy equipment, the officers also removed the piles of rubbish clogging the flow of water underneath.

From the results of the cleanup, the officers managed to uplift totally a truck of rubbish.

The Head of the Bangli disaster mitigation agency, Wayan Sugiarta, said at the location the collapsed landscaping garden took place on Saturday (Apr 12) around five o’clock in the afternoon. According to him, the rainfall intensity was high enough since one o’clock causing the flow of water in the bottom of the garden to be large enough so it eroded the garden retaining wall. Additionally, the collapse of waterway was ascertained to have been caused by the piles of rubbish clogging the irrigation channel leading to Subak Aya.

“Actually it is not only the impact of the swift water, but it tended to have been caused by the blockage of trash causing the formation of gas. It eroded the retaining wall of the garden and then collapsed,” he explained. To address the collapse, his party claimed to hold a meeting with relevant agencies, in this case was the urban planning and public works.

Meanwhile, at separate location the Head of Bangli Urban Planning, Ida Ayu Yudi Sutha, said that based on the results of coordination with the Public Works it was known that under the garden lay a stream. The large enough water scour caused the concrete cover of the stream to collapse. “Technically, it has been followed up by public works and Bangli disaster mitigation agency.

And the plants can be saved temporarily in nursery bag in the office of urban planning until it is completely followed up by the public works and the Bangli disaster mitigation agency,” he said.

After accomplishing the collapsed parts, his party would restore the face of the landscaping garden as ever before. “Before the collapse, the condition of the landscaping garden looks very good,” he added. (ina)

Official says sub will be used in search for jet Associated Press Writer

PERTH, Australia — Search crews will for the first time send a robotic submarine deep into the Indian Ocean on Monday to try to determine whether underwater signals detected by sound-locating equipment are from the missing Malaysian jet’s black boxes, the leader of the search effort said.

The crew on board the Australian navy’s Ocean Shield will launch the unmanned underwater vehicle Monday evening, said Angus Houston, the head of a joint agency coordinating the search off Australia’s west coast. The Bluefin 21 autonomous sub can create a three-dimensional sonar map of the area to chart any debris on the seafloor.

The move comes after crews picked up a series of underwater sounds over the past two weeks that were consistent with an aircraft’s black boxes, which contain flight data and cockpit voice recordings.

The devices have beacons that emit “pings” so they can be more easily found, but the beacons’ batteries last only about a month, and it has been more than a month since the plane vanished. “We haven’t had

a single detection in six days, so I guess it’s time to go under water,” Houston said.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott raised hopes last week when he said authorities were “very confident” the four underwater signals that have been detected are coming from the black boxes on Flight 370, which disappeared March 8 during a flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing.

But Houston warned that while the signals are a promising lead, the public needs to be realistic about the challenges facing search crews, who are contending with an extremely remote, deep patch of ocean — an area he dubbed “new to man.”

“I would caution you against raising hopes that the deployment of the autonomous underwater ve-

hicle will result in the detection of the aircraft wreckage. It may not,” Houston said. “However, this is the best lead we have, and it must be pursued vigorously. Again, I emphasize that this will be a slow and painstaking process.”

The Ocean Shield has been dragging a U.S. Navy device called a towed pinger locator through the water to listen for any sounds from the black boxes’ beacons. Over the past 10 days, the equipment has picked up four separate signals.

The Bluefin sub takes six times longer to cover the same area as the ping locator, and the two devices can’t be used at the same time.

Crews were hoping to detect additional signals before sending down the sub, so they could triangulate the source and zero in on where exactly the black boxes may be.

But it has been 38 days since the plane disappeared, and search crews haven’t picked up any new sounds since Tuesday, suggesting that the devices’ batteries may now be dead.

That is why officials will now begin using the Bluefin, Houston said.

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2016 presidential race off to an early start

Associated Press Writer

DENPASAR - The suspect Togiman Ardianto alias Togar, 28, a resident of the boarding house at Jalan Tukad Alas Arum 27 Tengah hamlet, Sesetan, South Denpasar, is now huddled in the cell of Denpasar Police Narcotics Investigation Unit. This high-profile drug dealer was arrested by the officers as he was proved storing and distributing the illicit crystal meth and ecstasy, Saturday (Apr 12).

The evidence seized was quite a lot consisting of 11 packages of crystal meth weighing 27.82 grams and 33 ecstasy pills. Despite successfully capturing the suspect, police still pursued the bookie with the initial A. “Pursuant to his confession, the illicit goods were obtained from A (the bookie—Ed). We still go after him,” said the Chief of Denpasar Police Narcotics Investigation Unit, Agus Tri Waluyo, Sunday (Apr 13).

Chief Agus explained the arrest of the suspect having long become an operation target originated from the existence of public complaints. The suspect was said to often distribute drugs belonging to crystal meth. After making surveillance in the field, boarding house of the suspect could be tracked. “In fact, the suspect lives in a boarding house at Sesetan with the room number 204,” he told the Bali Post, Sunday.

Once the boarding house of the suspect was known, police immediately made reconnaissance around the scene. Not long after, the suspect came out of his room and hurried away. Police dogged the journey of the suspect. Right at Jalan

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WASHINGTON — The next U.S. presidential election is more than two years away, but competition for the nomination is well under way. Democrats have a powerful front-runner who may not face a real challenger, while Republicans have a wide-open field with no candidate close to being a favorite.

The race is taking place against the backdrop of congressional elections this November, in which Republicans are expected to keep their significant majority in the House of Representatives and perhaps gain a majority in the Senate.

Republican domination of both houses of Congress for the last two years of President Barack Obama’s second term would play heavily on the 2016 presidential race and would leave Obama with only his veto pen to protect his legislative achievements so far — the sweeping health care overhaul, for example. Republicans would be sure to try to push through legislation that revokes the law.

Right now, the Democratic nomination would appear to be Hillary Rodham Clinton’s for the taking. The 2008 presidential candidate who lost the nomination to Obama is a former first lady, senator and secretary of state. She has a big lead in the early polling and vast financial backing coming together, even though she remains coy about her plans. As she travels the country making speeches, a super political action committee is urging her to announce her can-

didacy and reports it has already raised $1.7 million in the first three months of the year.

Waiting for her to decide is Vice President Joe Biden, who has said he sees “no obvious reason” he shouldn’t make a run.

So are Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The left wing of the party is urging Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to make a run. She’s a favorite of the liberals because of her populist attacks on America’s big financial institutions and vocal criticism of growing income inequality.

The Republican field is much wider. It includes Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, brother to President George W. Bush and son of President George H.W. Bush. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was an early favorite but was brought low by a political scandal over the closure of lanes leading to a major bridge into New York City and days of horrendous traffic jams.

“That’s one of the reasons that Jeb Bush has had so much buzz early on, because there are some pretty strong indications that some of the top donors ... once they soured on Christie, are beginning to test the waters to see if Bush is interested in a run,” said Texas Christian University political scientist Adam Schiffer. “It’s just buzz, speculation at this point.

But the maneuvering by the top donors and senior party officials and office-holders are much more indicative of what may happen than the polls or grass-roots buzz or anything like that.”

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FILE - In this July 28, 2005 file photo shows the iconic “Welcome to Las Vegas,” sign in Las Vegas, Nev. Backed by the GOP’s most powerful benefactor, Las Vegas has emerged as an early leader in the multi-city fight to host the next Republican National Convention.

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Farmers hold mapag-nyeti ritual tradition Bali Post

SEMARAPURA - Water crisis has caused farmers in Klungkung quite distraught. To deal with the problem, farmers at Subak Penasan, Banjarangkan subdistrict, Klungkung, organized a mapag nyeti ritual.

According to the belief of local farmers, after holding the tradition, heavy rain is expected to fall. Thus, farmers can get out of the water crisis.

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Chief of Subak Penasan, Nengah Rupa, said on Sunday (Apr 13) that such tradition was held every full moon in the tenth month of Balinese calendar (April). It was started with the picking up of holy water to Ulun Danu Batur, Besakih and Watu Klotok Temple, Klungkung.

Afterward, it was resumed with ngilehang tumpeng in the Masceti Temple of local village, mapepada wewalungan (purificatory rite for the animal sacrificed) in the form of a pig and the subak members said prayers en masse in the Masceti Temple, Sunday (Apr 13). Interestingly, this tradition utilized the means of pig embellished in such a way with a variety of ornamental completeness of offerings such as yellow and white cloth in bamboo cage. Then, the subak members carried it with the accompaniment of baleganjur gamelan music leading to Ulun Suwi Temple, about two kilometers from the Masceti Temple.

Rupa said the pig would be immediately slaughtered around the temple. Meanwhile, the blood would be drained to waterways leading to the agricultural area AP Photo/Matt Rourke

In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, file photo, a person walks past a Citibank location, in Philadelphia. US bank Citigroup has cut between 200 and 300 additional jobs, most in the global markets business, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

Singapore’s economic slowed sharply in January-March Agence France-Presse

SINGAPORE - Singapore’s economic growth slowed sharply in the first three months of the year, data showed Monday, but the central bank stood pat on monetary policy saying it would be lifted by a pickup in global growth.

Preliminary estimates showed the city-state’s trade-reliant economy expanded a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent quarter on quarter, the trade ministry said. That compared with 6.1 percent expansion in October-December.

The ministry said growth was hit by a 1.8 percent quarter-on-quarter contraction in the services industry.

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Citigroup cuts 200-300 jobs NEW YORK - US bank Citigroup has cut between 200 and 300 additional jobs, most in the global markets business, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

Some of the employees were fired, while others left voluntarily. Among them was Steve Prince, the younger brother of former chief executive Charles Prince, according to the newspaper. Prince’s LinkedIn profile says he is a senior vice president for marketing and advertising.

The cuts account for about two percent of the global markets business, it added, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Citigroup refused to comment on the report.

“We continue to tightly manage expenses, making targeted headcount reductions in light of current market conditions,” spokeswoman Danielle Romero-Apsilos said in a statement.

“At the same time, we are adding some talent strategically, leveraging our unique global footprint to serve our clients.”

The layoffs come as Citigroup cuts expenses in its business units as the banking industry adjusts to new regulation and loan demand.

On Friday, JP Morgan reported that trading revenue dropped 17 percent in the first quarter, a trend Citigroup has warned it could follow.

Late last year, Citigroup had 251,000 employees, a far cry from its 323,000 employees in late 2008 at the height of the financial crisis.

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The advance GDP estimates are based on two months of data, but is given out as a preview to the tradesensitive economy’s performance during the quarter.

On a year-on-year basis, GDP is estimated to have expanded 5.1 percent in the first quarter, slower than the 5.5 percent rise in the final three months of 2013.

The city’s central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), forecast growth of 2.0-4.0 percent for 2014, against from 4.1 percent last year. Manufacturing rose 4.5 percent from the preceding quarter and 8.0 percent year-on-year due to a strong rebound in the output from the biomedical and chemical segments, the trade ministry said.

Construction remained strong, expanding 10.7 percent from the previous quarter as the government ramped up infrastructure projects.

The sector was up 6.5 percent from the previous year.

Despite the first quarter slow-

down, the MAS said it would maintain its policy of allowing for a “modest and gradual appreciation” of the local dollar as the global economy improves.

Singapore uses the exchange rate rather than interest rates to contain inflation as the city-state imports almost all of its needs.

The MAS said in a separate statement there would be no change to the slope of an undisclosed band at which the dollar is allowed to move and to the level at which the currency is centred.

“The policy stance is assessed to be appropriate for containing do-

mestic and imported sources of inflation, and ensuring medium-term price stability as a basis for sustainable growth,” the MAS said.

“The outlook for the global economy has brightened,” it added, pointing to improving prospects in the United States, European Union and Japan.

“Notwithstanding the weak growth outturn in the first quarter, the level of economic activity should stay in a broad upward trajectory for the rest of the year.”

The central bank forecast this year’s overall inflation rate at 1.52.5 percent.

of subak members. In addition, the blood was also distributed to the agricultural areas of local residents. “It was intended to fetch water. By and large, the day after the execution of this tradition, it will rain. Thus, the flow of water is also increasing to our rice fields,” said Rupa. The tradition had been done since long time ago and remained to be applied these days. Subak members strongly believed that such spiritual measures and the subak members cultivating a total of 106 hectares of land could get out of the water crisis.

Deputy Chief of Penasan customary village, Wayan Surata, added that such annual tradition was conducted by representatives of two sub-groups interchangeably in the Subak Penasan. The cost was also obtained from the donation of subak members where each was charged as much as IDR 2,000 per 100 square meters of land cultivated.

Meanwhile, after implementing the tradition, it was resumed with Nyepi Subak during a day in honor of the implementation of the tradition. During the Nyepi Subak, all

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Water crisis has caused farmers in Klungkung quite distraught. To deal with the problem, farmers at Subak Penasan, Banjarangkan subdistrict, Klungkung, organized a mapag nyeti ritual.

the subak members were prohibited from doing any activities in the rice fields. “However, cutting grass for fodder is still allowed, while other activities are strictly forbidden.

When violating, the subak members must present apologizing ritual or guru piduka,” he said.

Nengah Rupa added the subak

members were excited to implement the tradition. Thus, the mapag nyeti tradition could be carried for generations. The other subak groups in Banjarangkan subdistrict were also known to often carry out such kind of tradition. However, the difference lay in the ritual means where it was not equipped with the

sacrificial pig. By carrying out this tradition, the water discharge at Subak Penasan remained sufficient.

As a result, the agricultural activity could still run normally. “Hopefully after organizing this tradition, it will rain and the water availability remains stable for us and others,” said Nengah Rupa. (kmb31)

Sengawang Temple:

A sanctum to invoke fertility blessing IBP

TABANAN - Aside from having trinity temples, the Ole Customary Village, Marga Dauh Puri, Marga Subdistrict, Tabanan, also has an old temple standing amidst the local rice fields. Since many decades ago, the temple ever did not have supporting devotees because it was left by residents in the vicinity.

However, this year the temple is restored where the inauguration along with the anniversary ritual was held on Buda Wage Klawu.

Based on a story of word to mouth, the Sengawang Temple or also known as Dalem Sengawang Temple poses a temple standing in the middle of an area called Sengawang hamlet formerly inhabited just by nine people.

It is said that once upon a time there was an internal conflict in the royal family of Perean Kingdom so the king left the palace with a pregnant wife. They did not know where to go. At dawn, they heard

the sound of roosters. Afterward, the king was attempting to look for the source of sound. In fact, it was from the Sengawang hamlet.

At that hamlet, the king asked for a political asylum or protection. The hamlet then established a kingdom

at Marga, where previously it was a forest. Residents of Sengawang hamlet were then appointed the guards and subject of the kingdom.

Allegedly, it happened during the era of Udayana Kingdom.

A local leader doubling as former

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chief of Ole Hamlet, Wayan Gerda, told that due to a fight between the local residents and those from the surrounding villages that looked for help to Mengwi, the Sengawan residents moved northwardly. Later, the areas were known as the hamlet of Bun, Samuan, Adeng, and Ole. Having been left by all residents, the Sengawang Temple did not have supporting devotees. Nevertheless, the temple was constantly believed to have sacredness and uniqueness.

It was considered to nurture the subak existing in the surrounding area. Even, the temple was always considered to have given a blessing of fertility to rice fields in the vicinity.

A farmer of Subak Sengawang, Wayan Sumajaya, once heard about various myths at issue related to the temple. Once upon a time, almost all the subak territories in Marga and Tunjuk area were attacked by rats. Paddy plants at Subak Sengawang were not attacked by those rats. So since then, all residents at

Ole customary village believed that they may not sell their land within the subak territory because the land area was considered special.

Another uniqueness of the Subak Sengawang was that no one might perform evil deeds or say rude.

Venerated deity in the Sengawang Temple did not like people who did so. For example, one day there was a person saying rude and he was suddenly attacked by bees.

In reality, there were no bee nests at the surrounding area. Blessings of the Sengawang Temple had also been known by people beyond the Ole customary village, whereas the temple was not known. For some times, there were some people from outside the customary village coming to invoke herbal medicine and paid for it. The people claimed to know the temple from his dreams.

“Many people from outside the village suddenly would like to present offering to the temple because they know the temple from a dream,” said Sumajaya. (kmb)

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Pistorius breaks down on stand in murder trial

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had “concocted” his account of the shooting. “You’re tailoring your version as you’re sitting there,” Nel said.

Later, he accused Pistorius of being a stickler for detail on some matters, in contrast to his frequent statements on the witness stand that he could not remember aspects of his testimony.

Nel noted that Pistorius earlier said he warned Steenkamp to call police about an intruder in a whisper, contradicting later testimony that he spoke in a “low tone” and the prosecutor also said blood spatter evidence indicated that the athlete’s statement about the location of a duvet in the bedroom was false.

Pistorius has said the duvet was on the bed, and that police photographs of the bed cover on the floor suggest that police moved it there after the shooting. Nel said a pattern of blood drops on the duvet and on the carpet nearby show that it was on the floor before police arrived, and that its location amounts to evidence that the couple had been having an argument.

The prosecutor also alleged that Steenkamp was in the process of getting dressed in the midst of the nighttime argument and wanted to leave Pistorius’ house shortly before the shooting. A pair of jeans strewn on the bedroom floor showed Steenkamp was putting them on, Nel said, and contrasted with her character as a neat person who wouldn’t leave clothes lying around.

Pistorius responded that Steenkamp was neat, but he said the jeans were inside out and therefore showed that Steenkamp had not been in the process of donning them.

Nel also questioned why the athlete didn’t give fuller details of his account in his bail statement last February, days after he killed Steenkamp. Pistorius had said then that there was a noise from the bathroom that caused him to think that people had broken into his house, but didn’t explain until later that it was the bathroom window sliding across and slamming against the frame.

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas Three people, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed on Sunday at two different Jewish community facilities in the Kansas City area, and a man was in custody as police investigated whether the shootings were anti-Semitic, authorities said. Police said it was too early to determine a motive, but a leading anti-hate group said the suspect arrested in the shooting was a longtime anti-Semite.

“We know it’s a vicious act of violence. Obviously two Jewish facilities, one might make that assumption,” Overland Park Police Chief John Douglass told a news conference. The FBI has been called in to help with the investigation, he said.

The suspect was identified as Frazier Glenn Cross, Jr., 73, by authorities in Kansas, and by the Southern Poverty Law Center as Frazier Glenn Miller, a longtime anti-Semite who is the former grand dragon of the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. He was being held at a Johnson County

detention center on suspicion of premeditated murder in the first degree and was scheduled to appear in court on Monday afternoon, according to jail records.

The shootings started around 1 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, Kansas. Two men were shot in a parking lot outside the center, one dying at the scene and the other at a hospital later, police said. The shooter then drove a mile (1.6 km) away to the Village Shalom retirement community that offers skilled nursing services and fatally shot a woman there, Douglass said.

The two male victims were identified as Reat Griffin Underwood, 14, a high school freshman, and his grandfather, Dr. William Corporon, family member Will Corporon said in a statement. Both were members of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection. Underwood was an Eagle Scout and loved camping and hunting with family, Corporon said. Dr. Corporon had moved to the Kansas City area in 2003 to be closer

to his grandchildren.

Two people were shot at, but not hit, the police chief said, adding that it appeared the shooter used a shotgun and possibly other types of guns. The suspect was taken into custody in the parking lot of a nearby elementary school, Douglass said.

Douglass said he could not confirm reports from witnesses that the suspect had yelled “Heil Hitler” while in the back of the squad car after being taken into custody.

“The suspect in the back of a car made several statements,” Douglass said. “We are sifting through and vetting those for accuracy, number one, and number two, we are looking at them for their evidentiary value.”

President Barack Obama offered condolences. “While we do not know all of the details ... the initial reports are heartbreaking,” Obama said in a statement.

The Jewish Community Center, which is also the site of Kansas City’s only Jewish community day school, the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy, was a hub of activity on Sunday.

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INDONESIA Vote trading can shatter public trust

JAKARTA - Vote trading practices in the 2014 legislative elections are feared to shake public trust in the election results, according to an observer.

Political observer from Public Synergy for Indonesian Democracy (Sigma) Said Salahudin

stated here on Monday that vote trading practices by legislative candidates and political parties

could shake public trust and raise suspicion.

“Such practices are feared to make election results from real count much different from those of quick count, which has been trusted so far by the people,” Salahudin noted.

He explained that the vote trading practices are different from the practice of inflating the electoral vote.

Salahudin added that unlike vote trading, inflating the electoral vote was relatively easy to detect from the difference

between the number of vote and the number ballot papers.

According to him, vote trading is perpetrated consciously and with full agreement among the legislative candidates from certain political parties and the election authorities.

Minister asks for reports on exam fraud

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Oscar Pistorius arrives at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, April 10, 2014.

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PRETORIA, South Africa — The chief prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius on Monday accused him of tailoring his version of how he killed his girlfriend to fit evidence at the scene, exhaustively listing alleged inconsistencies in the athlete’s account of the fatal shooting of Reeva Steenkamp.

The court temporarily adjourned late in the morning after the doubleamputee runner started to sob while testifying about the moments before he killed Steenkamp in his home in the early hours of Feb. 14, 2013. Chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel had asked him what exactly he shouted as he moved toward the bathroom where he shot Steenkamp, who was behind a closed door in the toilet cubicle.

Pistorius said he thought there was an intruder in the house. After a long pause after the question, he said he screamed, using an expletive, for the purported intruder to get out of his house. As he testified, Pistorius began to wail and Judge Thokozile Masipa called an adjournment. Just over an hour later and after court resumed, Pistorius again broke down when replying to a question on why he had opened fire, causing a second adjournment.

The prosecution has said Pistorius’ account of a mistaken shooting is a lie.

Nel opened the fourth day of crossexamination by alleging that Pistorius

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527 DNA tests planned over French high school rape

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PARIS — Male students and staff at a high school in western France — 527 people in total — were asked to give DNA samples beginning Monday as police search for the assailant who raped a teenage girl.

The La Rochelle prosecutor’s office said tests were expected to last from Monday through Wednesday at Fenelon-Notre Dame high school, where the 16-year-old was sexually assaulted Sept. 30 in a dark bathroom.

Police recovered genetic material from the girl’s clothing, but it had no matches in the national DNA database.

“This happened during the school day in a confined space,” Chantal Devaux, the private Roman Catholic school’s director, said in interviews with French media. “The decision to take such a large sample was made because it was the only way to advance the investigation.”

Summonses went out last week to 475 students, 31 teachers and 21 others — either staff or males who were on campus at the time. The cost to analyze the samples is estimated to total 5,000 euros ($6,900) Devaux acknowledged that all the results could come back negative, sending investigators back to the drawing board.

France has an extensive DNA database, with a total of 2 million profiles kept on file as of 2012, and refusing a test can be used against suspects in court.

JAKARTA - Education and Culture Minister Mohammad Nuh has asked the people to report any fraud in the implementation of national examinations, to the authorities.

“You must report it (fraud) if you find fraud or leakage of exam papers,” the minister stated, when conducting an unscheduled visit to SMAN 112 secondary school here on Monday.

However, he ensured that it was difficult to leak the question papers because officials carried out very tight supervision. Distribution of exam logistics was supervised by the police.

Moreover, he noted that in one classroom there were some 20 variations of different exam questions and so, exam takers could not abuse them.

“The important thing is that we should not think of fraud because it will only smear the image of our education system. Should there really be leakage of question papers or deceit, you should report it,” the minister reiterated.

Beginning on Monday, all upper secondary schools (SMA/ senior high schools, MS/religious high schools, SMK/vocational schools) and Packet C students are appearing for the national examinations across three days until April 6, totaling to 2.8 million students.

With regard to the distribution of exam logistics, the minister added, “We have reports from various regions that they have all received exam papers.”

He explained that the distribution of the exam logistics began from Jakarta to the provinces from where they were further distributed to the districts and rayon levels.

The exam papers will then be picked up by the schools, which will organize the national examination.

In the implementation of the national examination, the Ministry of

Education and Culture Minister Mohammad Nuh has asked the people to report any fraud in the implementation of national examinations, to the authorities.

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Education and Culture is cooperating with higher school institutions to supervise the national examination, the minister confirmed.

Referring to disaster areas, the minister remarked that the implementation of the national exams in the disaster areas such as mount eruption affected Sinabung in North Sumatra and Kelud in Java, as well as flood hit Manado area in North Sulawesi ran smoothly.

He promised to take stern actions against those who committed fraud in the national exam.

The national exam this year differs from that in the previous year. The results of this year’s examinations would be used as a means to accept students at state universities.

Juanda Airport to have more runaways Antara

JAKARTA - State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura 1 plans to build three more runways at Juanda international airport in East Java to accommodate the growing number of flights, company’s General Manager Trikore Harjo stated.

“The construction of the new runways will be completed by 2017 and will be fully operational one year thereafter. Currently, we are still conducting

a feasibility study. We expect the construction to start soon,” Harjo noted.

According to him, the newly enhanced airport will also be equipped with a hotel, office building and other public facilities.

Meanwhile, Governor of East Java province Soekarwo asserted that the improvement of Juanda airport’s capacity has been the right decision considering 31 percent of Indonesia’s domestic trading activities takes

place in East Java province.

The new runways, Soekarwo pointed out, will improve efficiency in goods transportation to and from East Java. Improvement of Juanda airport’s capacity was also important to accommodate the growing numbers of passengers coming and leaving the area every year.

On an average, Juanda airport serves 17,6 million people per year. In 2018, the number of passengers is estimated to rise to 40 million people per year.

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Batur Temple IBP

BANGLI - which is more familiar with the name Ulun Danu Temple for the Balinese nestles 900 meters above sea level. It is located precisely in Kalanganyar Village, Kintamani District, on the right side of the main road Denpasar-Singaraja, from the South. It faces West with Mount Batur and its solid black lavas as the backdrop, and Lake Batur at the foot of the mountain makes the beauty complete for the temple.

Beforehand, the temple was located at the southwestern slope of Mount Batur. The great eruption of Mount Batur in 1917 had destroyed everything, including the temple, except one, the highest God’s shrine.

Then due to the initiative og village chief along with other village prominent figures, they decided to bring the remaining shrine to be built again on a higher ground, at the present place. The ceremony at this temple is held annually called Ngusaba Kadasa.

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Polesitter Marc Marquez extended his perfect start to the MotoGP season by storming to victory at the Grand Prix of the Americas on Sunday to cap another dominating week in Texas. It was the second consecutive wire-to-wire win for the 21-year Spanish world champion, who also took the checkered flag at the season-opener in Qatar last month after starting from pole.

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Marquez, who claimed his first career MotoGP premier class win at the Circuit of the Americas last year, continued his love affair with the Austin layout, storming home 4.12 seconds in front of compatriot and factory Honda team mate Dani Pedrosa. Italy’s Andrea Dovizioso on a Ducati was a distant third 20 seconds back of the winner followed by Germany’s Stefan Bradl and Britain’s Bradley Smith.

“I’m so happy for this victory,” said Marquez, who ended the race with a bit of drama with a wobble on the final corner. “OK, we can say the race was too quiet and then for the show I did something in the end...but anyway I am very happy.

“The start was good, looks like I improved a little bit at that point. “But anyway the race I think was, even for me, a little bit boring but those 25 points are important. “This is my favourite circuit, so for that reason I get that victory. The next races will be different.” It was the 11th time in 20 career starts that Marquez had started from pole and he reached the podium all 11 times.

The Spaniard’s legend continues to grow, becoming the first rider to win the first two races of the year from pole in

the premier-class since Mick Doohan in 1995.

Boring or not, Marquez will head to Argentina for the third round of the championship sitting firmly atop the standings with a maximum 50 points with Pedrosa 14 back. His performance all the more remarkable considering that the Spaniard fractured the fibula in his right leg while dirt-bike riding in February and is still recovering from the mishap, taking painkillers to race.

After dominating every practice session and qualifying, Marquez was quick to stamp his authority on the race as he and Pedrosa steadily pulled away from the field.

By the midway mark of the 21 lap-race, the contest had boiled down to a two-way battle between Marquez and Pedrosa, the two Honda riders opening up an 11 second gap on the chasing pack.

But by the final lap, Marquez was in complete control having built a nearly six-second advantage on Pedrosa and after a little scare at the finish celebrated another win.

“He (Marquez) was just a little too fast today,” said Pedrosa. “He had this three tenths maybe per lap and there was really no part of the track where I

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Dani Pedrosa, left, of Spain, Marc Marquez, center, of Spain, and Andrea Dovizioso, right, of Italy, take a selfie on the podium following the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas motorcycle race at the Circuit of the Americas, Sunday, April 13, 2014, in Austin, Texas.

could pick up again. Every time I lost more. “At the end it was hard because I had nothing to win in front, nothing to lose at the back. I just tried to keep my pace and get today a second because Marc was too fast.”

It was a surprise third place finish for Dovizioso and a big day for Ducati as they returned to the

podium for the first time since September 2012. “The feeling is something really special because we (Ducati) are struggling a lot for one year and we are still struggling but we keep pushing, we keep working,” said Dovizioso. “We didn’t have the pace to make a podium but we always tried.

“At the beginning I didn’t have the pace to stay at the front but I was focused and I didn’t make a mistake. “I was really consistent all race and many riders have problems with the tyres. We had a problem but maybe less. “To get the podium at the end is an amazing feeling after one really difficult year.”

Fernando Verdasco wins US Men’s Clay Court Associated Press Writer

HOUSTON — Fernando Verdasco won the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship on Sunday for his sixth ATP World Tour title and first since 2010, beating Spanish compatriot Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 7-6 (4).

The 30-year-old Verdasco ended a six-match losing streak in tournament finals. He also reached the doubles final and had been on the

Spain’s Fernando Verdasco, right, talks with countryman Nicolas Almagro after the final of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship tennis tournament Sunday, April 13, 2014, in Houston. Verdasco won 6-3, 7-6 (4).

court six hours longer than Almagro going into the final. “I’m so tired I don’t know if I can talk so much,” said Verdasco, seeded fourth.

Almagro had a walkover in the semifinals when Sam Querrey pulled out because of back injury.

The third-seeded Almagro reached set point five times against Verdasco’s serve in the ninth game of second set, but could not convert. He also up a mini-break in the tiebreaker before Verdasco fought back.

Almagro also finished second last year, losing to John Isner. Almagro has won all 12 of his titles on clay. “You are never happy when you lose a final,” Almagro said. “I had my chances. But I credit Fernando.”

On Saturday in the doubles final, twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan beat Verdasco and David Marrero 4-6, 6-4, 11-9.

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Liverpool’s rejuvenated Gerrard ready for ‘biggest month’ Reuters

Steven Gerrard has made it clear where winning the Premier League would sit in the context of his 17 years as a professional footballer by declaring the next month “the biggest” of his career. In a one-club career, Liverpool captain Gerrard has won 109 England caps, the Champions League, a UEFA Cup, two FA Cups and three League Cups but a league championship medal has remained elusive.

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Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho centre, celebrates with team-mates Jon Flanagan right, and Steven Gerrard left, after he scores the third goal of the game for his side during their English Premier League soccer match against Manchester City at Anfield in Liverpool, England, Sunday April. 13, 2014.

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The 33-year-old midfielder was man of the match, however, as Liverpool put themselves in the driving seat for a first English title since 1990 with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Manchester City at an emotional Anfield on Sunday.

Gerrard said the performance was the “biggest statement” Liverpool had made during the campaign but admitted he had “feared for the worst” when City came back from 2-0 down to draw level at 2-2 before Philippe Coutinho’s late winner. “I think that’s the best we’ve played all season,” he told the club’s TV channel.

“For the first 30-35 minutes, I thought we blew the so-called best team in the league away. And it could have been three or four. “(But) they are a top side, they have got world-class players, they have got 30-40 million pound players coming off the bench to add to what they have already got. “After the effort we put in in the first half, they were always going to have a spell when we tired a bit. Thankfully, we stayed

in the game and the little magician has popped up and scored probably the biggest goal of his life.”

The victory gave Liverpool a two-point lead over Chelsea and moved them seven clear of Manchester City, who have two games in hand. Victories in their last four matches would hand them a 19th English title. Gerrard’s emotion at the end of Sunday’s match was clear and he hopes to carry that drive into Liverpool’s final four fixtures - away at Norwich City, at home to Chelsea, at Crystal Palace and finishing off with Newcastle United at Anfield.

“The journey I’ve had all the way through the years, there have been ups and downs. At the moment, I’m loving every minute of it,” he said. “I feel 21 again, playing with all these top players. It’s probably going to be the biggest month of my career coming up now. I’ll give it everything I’ve got.” “The message is to stay calm and keep going - there are still four cup finals left.”

Inter thrash Samp, Higuain hat-trick in goal glut

Inter Milan ended a poor run by routing Sampdoria 4-0 away in a stormy game on Sunday, putting them back on course for a European return, after the hosts had forward Eder sent off and missed a penalty in the first 20 minutes. Gonzalo Higuain scored a hat-trick in third-placed Napoli’s 4-2 win over 10-man Lazio and the goal glut continued as Fiorentina won 5-3 at Verona and Alberto Paloschi’s hat-trick guided Chievo to a 4-2 win at Livorno in a relegation battle.

There was also a dramatic finale at Torino where Ciro Immobile and Alessio Cerci both scored in stoppage time to beat Genoa 2-1. Alberto Gilardino came off the bench to give the visitors an 85th-minute lead but Immobile levelled with a curling shot in the 92nd minute, his 19th goal of the season, and Cerci scored from a similar position one minute later.

AC Milan, languishing in midtable after a dismal season, continued their improvement by winning their fourth game in a row as Riccardo Montolivo’s long-range strike sealed a 1-0 win over bottom club Catania.

Leaders Juventus (84 points) visit Udinese on Monday (1845) and second-placed Roma (79) beat Atalanta 3-1 on Saturday. They are followed

by Napoli (67) in the Champions League playoff spot with Fiorentina (58) and Inter (53) in the Europa League places.

At the bottom, Chievo’s win lifted them to 16th with 30 points while Bologna, who drew 1-1 at home to Parma, are next with 28, leaving Livorno (25), Sassuolo (25) and Catania (20) increasingly isolated in the relegation zone.

Inter forward Mauro Icardi set

off the fireworks at Sampdoria when he scored against his old club in the 13th minute and provoked his former team mates with his celebration.

ANGERED PLAYERS

Jeered before kickoff, the Argentine turned to the Sampdoria fans and put his hand to his ear as if encouraging them to insult him, angering the home players.

The next twist came in the 18th minute when Sampdoria won a penalty but Maxi Lopez, who had refused to shake hands with Icardi

before the game, saw his kick saved by Samir Handanovic.

Two minutes later, Sampdoria forward Eder was booked for a blatant dive which sparked a scuffle in which the Brazilian was given another yellow card and sent off.

Undeterred, Samp pushed forward, forcing several world class saves from Handanovic but they ran out of steam after halftime and Inter romped home with a Walter Samuel header, another Icardi goal and Rodrigo Palacio’s 15th goal of the season.

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PSG loses 1-0 at Lyon in French league Associated Press Writer

PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain failed to get over the disappointment of its Champions League exit as it lost 1-0 at Lyon in the French league on Sunday. A wasteful PSG suffered a second straight loss for the first time this season but still tops the league with a 10-point lead over Monaco with just five rounds left.

Lyon midfielder Jordan Ferri scored the winner with a low curling shot in the 31st minute. “The heart of this team is fantastic right now,” Lyon coach Remi Garde said. “The players are 100 percent focused on the team. Everybody is shooting in the same direction.” PSG coach Laurent Blanc reiterated his support to Edinson Cavani, who has struggled in the lone striker role since Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s hamstring injury.

“We must help him,” Blanc said. “Great players think about the World Cup. They always have it at the back of their minds. He just returned from a serious injury. Obviously, he doesn’t want to miss the World Cup. He must be more relaxed in his mind. You can see a player who’s not relaxed and that’s unforgiving in front of goal.”

Elsewhere, Saint-Etienne lost ground in the race for a Champions League spot by drawing 2-2 at Reims to trail third-place Lille by seven points. In the Brittany derby, Serge Gakpe fired Nantes to a 1-0 win over Guingamp, helping his team inch closer to safety. Guingamp lost its fourth straight league match to drop to 17th place, just five points above the relegation zone.

Blanc made four changes from the side that lost 2-0 at Chelsea in the Champions League on Tuesday. Cavani, who missed some good chances against Chelsea, could have given PSG the lead in the second minute but his header was deflected onto the post by goalkeeper Anthony Lopes. PSG left back Lucas Digne then had a goal disallowed for offside in the eighth after Cavani fell inside the box.

The defending champion dominated possession but Bafetimbi Gomis troubled the PSG defense with his power. The Lyon striker skipped past Digne and outmuscled Thiago Silva to drag a shot wide from eight yards in the 11th minute. He then fired a spinning shot straight at goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu from the edge of the box in the 13th.

The hosts capitalized on a turnover to take the lead. Ferri pressed high up the pitch and intercepted Ezequiel Lavezzi’s pass for Blaise Matuidi to score from the edge of the box.

PSG missed the finishing touch while chasing an equalizer. Cavani could only muster a tame shot in the 41st and Yohan Cabaye shot straight at Sirigu in the 62nd. Lavezzi then beat the offside trap in the 72nd to collect a ball over the top from Thiago Motta but volleyed wide from close range. Lyon was under siege but still threatened from counterattacks, forcing Sirigu to tip a half-volley from Ferri over the bar in the 70th.

Lopes preserved the win by stopping a curling shot from Digne in the 63rd and a point-blank attempt from Javier Pastore in the 85th. “We could have played for a long time tonight without scoring,” Blanc said.

“It’s a mental problem, it’s a matter of attacking efficiency.”

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Atletico’s Diego Costa, scores his goal as he get injured during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Getafe and Atletico Madrid at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, April 13, 2014.

Atletico close on surprise La Liga triumph

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MADRID - Atletico Madrid moved closer to a first La Liga title in almost two decades when Diego Godin and Diego Costa scored in a 2-0 win at 10-man Getafe on Sunday that stretched their advantage at the top to three points. The surprise leaders ahead of much wealthier rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona, Atletico are well placed with five games left to become the first club other than the big two to win Spain’s domestic league since Valencia in 2004.

Barca surrendered second place to Real on Saturday when they followed up Wednesday’s Champions League elimination at the hands of Atletico with a shock 1-0 defeat at Granada and Real thumped Almeria 4-0 at the Bernabeu. Atletico have 82 points, with Real in second on 79 and Barca, who host Atletico on the final day of the season, on 78.

Atletico showed no sign of fatigue at Getafe’s Coliseum stadium following their exertions against Barca, when they reached the last four of Europe’s elite club competition for the first time since 1974.

They last won La Liga in 1996 with a team featuring current coach Diego Simeone in midfield and remain on course for what would be a remarkable double of La Liga and Champions League.

Centre back Godin, who earlier went close with another header, nodded into an empty net five minutes before halftime after Getafe goalkeeper Jordi Codina came out to meet a Juanfran cross but failed to connect. Angel Lafita was sent off for hauling Miranda down in the penalty area and Atletico’s top scorer Costa, back in the side after injury, had his 66th-minute spot kick saved by Codina.

Costa made amends when he slid in to divert Adriano’s cross into the net six minutes from time but had to be carried off the pitch on a stretcher after crashing into a post and gashing his left shin just below the knee. “He is happy and he is fine,” Simeone, who has transformed the team since taking over at the end of 2011, told a news conference.

“One more cut to the tiger doesn’t affect him,” added the Argentine, before urging the Atletico faithful to

turn out at the Calderon for their next game at home to Elche on Friday. “I expect a full stadium for one of the five finals we have left,” he said. Brazilborn Costa is second in the La Liga scoring list with 26 goals, two behind Real forward Cristiano Ronaldo.

TRICKY GAMES

After the Elche game, Simeone’s side have potentially tricky away games at Valencia and Levante and host Malaga before the trip to Barca. Real have home games against Osasuna and Valencia, away matches at Real Valladolid and Celta Vigo and a home game against Espanyol. Barca host Athletic Bilbao, travel to Villarreal, entertain Getafe and visit Elche before the Atletico showdown.

Sevilla closed to within three points of fourth-placed Athletic Bilbao, who host Malaga on Monday, when a Kevin Gameiro double sealed a 2-0 win at 10-man city rivals Real Betis. Sevilla have 56 points, with Bilbao on 59 and in pole position to secure a berth in Champions League qualifying for next season.

Benfica wins 2-0 at Arouca to close in on title

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Lyon’s Jimmy Brian reacts during their French League One soccer match against Paris Saint Germain, in Lyon, central France, Sunday, April 13, 2014.

LISBON, Portugal — Benfica won 2-0 at Arouca on Sunday to close to within two points of its first Portuguese league title since 2010.

Forward Rodrigo Moreno scored Benfica’s first goal in first-half

injury time, and Nicolas Gaitan sealed the team’s 10th straight win in league play with a second goal in the 56th.

Benfica can clinch its 33rd domestic crown when it hosts Olhanense next Saturday.

Also on Sunday, FC Porto won 3-1 at Braga as it stayed in third place.

Porto midfielder Silvestre Varela opened in the 23rd from a pass by Jackson Martinez before Erick Moreno’s header leveled for Braga in the 57th.

Carlos Eduardo restored Porto’s lead with a header in the 85th and substitute Juan Quintero capped the victory in the 90th.

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Liverpool’s rejuvenated Gerrard ready for ‘biggest month’ Reuters

Steven Gerrard has made it clear where winning the Premier League would sit in the context of his 17 years as a professional footballer by declaring the next month “the biggest” of his career. In a one-club career, Liverpool captain Gerrard has won 109 England caps, the Champions League, a UEFA Cup, two FA Cups and three League Cups but a league championship medal has remained elusive.

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Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho centre, celebrates with team-mates Jon Flanagan right, and Steven Gerrard left, after he scores the third goal of the game for his side during their English Premier League soccer match against Manchester City at Anfield in Liverpool, England, Sunday April. 13, 2014.

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The 33-year-old midfielder was man of the match, however, as Liverpool put themselves in the driving seat for a first English title since 1990 with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Manchester City at an emotional Anfield on Sunday.

Gerrard said the performance was the “biggest statement” Liverpool had made during the campaign but admitted he had “feared for the worst” when City came back from 2-0 down to draw level at 2-2 before Philippe Coutinho’s late winner. “I think that’s the best we’ve played all season,” he told the club’s TV channel.

“For the first 30-35 minutes, I thought we blew the so-called best team in the league away. And it could have been three or four. “(But) they are a top side, they have got world-class players, they have got 30-40 million pound players coming off the bench to add to what they have already got. “After the effort we put in in the first half, they were always going to have a spell when we tired a bit. Thankfully, we stayed

in the game and the little magician has popped up and scored probably the biggest goal of his life.”

The victory gave Liverpool a two-point lead over Chelsea and moved them seven clear of Manchester City, who have two games in hand. Victories in their last four matches would hand them a 19th English title. Gerrard’s emotion at the end of Sunday’s match was clear and he hopes to carry that drive into Liverpool’s final four fixtures - away at Norwich City, at home to Chelsea, at Crystal Palace and finishing off with Newcastle United at Anfield.

“The journey I’ve had all the way through the years, there have been ups and downs. At the moment, I’m loving every minute of it,” he said. “I feel 21 again, playing with all these top players. It’s probably going to be the biggest month of my career coming up now. I’ll give it everything I’ve got.” “The message is to stay calm and keep going - there are still four cup finals left.”

Inter thrash Samp, Higuain hat-trick in goal glut

Inter Milan ended a poor run by routing Sampdoria 4-0 away in a stormy game on Sunday, putting them back on course for a European return, after the hosts had forward Eder sent off and missed a penalty in the first 20 minutes. Gonzalo Higuain scored a hat-trick in third-placed Napoli’s 4-2 win over 10-man Lazio and the goal glut continued as Fiorentina won 5-3 at Verona and Alberto Paloschi’s hat-trick guided Chievo to a 4-2 win at Livorno in a relegation battle.

There was also a dramatic finale at Torino where Ciro Immobile and Alessio Cerci both scored in stoppage time to beat Genoa 2-1. Alberto Gilardino came off the bench to give the visitors an 85th-minute lead but Immobile levelled with a curling shot in the 92nd minute, his 19th goal of the season, and Cerci scored from a similar position one minute later.

AC Milan, languishing in midtable after a dismal season, continued their improvement by winning their fourth game in a row as Riccardo Montolivo’s long-range strike sealed a 1-0 win over bottom club Catania.

Leaders Juventus (84 points) visit Udinese on Monday (1845) and second-placed Roma (79) beat Atalanta 3-1 on Saturday. They are followed

by Napoli (67) in the Champions League playoff spot with Fiorentina (58) and Inter (53) in the Europa League places.

At the bottom, Chievo’s win lifted them to 16th with 30 points while Bologna, who drew 1-1 at home to Parma, are next with 28, leaving Livorno (25), Sassuolo (25) and Catania (20) increasingly isolated in the relegation zone.

Inter forward Mauro Icardi set

off the fireworks at Sampdoria when he scored against his old club in the 13th minute and provoked his former team mates with his celebration.

ANGERED PLAYERS

Jeered before kickoff, the Argentine turned to the Sampdoria fans and put his hand to his ear as if encouraging them to insult him, angering the home players.

The next twist came in the 18th minute when Sampdoria won a penalty but Maxi Lopez, who had refused to shake hands with Icardi

before the game, saw his kick saved by Samir Handanovic.

Two minutes later, Sampdoria forward Eder was booked for a blatant dive which sparked a scuffle in which the Brazilian was given another yellow card and sent off.

Undeterred, Samp pushed forward, forcing several world class saves from Handanovic but they ran out of steam after halftime and Inter romped home with a Walter Samuel header, another Icardi goal and Rodrigo Palacio’s 15th goal of the season.

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PSG loses 1-0 at Lyon in French league Associated Press Writer

PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain failed to get over the disappointment of its Champions League exit as it lost 1-0 at Lyon in the French league on Sunday. A wasteful PSG suffered a second straight loss for the first time this season but still tops the league with a 10-point lead over Monaco with just five rounds left.

Lyon midfielder Jordan Ferri scored the winner with a low curling shot in the 31st minute. “The heart of this team is fantastic right now,” Lyon coach Remi Garde said. “The players are 100 percent focused on the team. Everybody is shooting in the same direction.” PSG coach Laurent Blanc reiterated his support to Edinson Cavani, who has struggled in the lone striker role since Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s hamstring injury.

“We must help him,” Blanc said. “Great players think about the World Cup. They always have it at the back of their minds. He just returned from a serious injury. Obviously, he doesn’t want to miss the World Cup. He must be more relaxed in his mind. You can see a player who’s not relaxed and that’s unforgiving in front of goal.”

Elsewhere, Saint-Etienne lost ground in the race for a Champions League spot by drawing 2-2 at Reims to trail third-place Lille by seven points. In the Brittany derby, Serge Gakpe fired Nantes to a 1-0 win over Guingamp, helping his team inch closer to safety. Guingamp lost its fourth straight league match to drop to 17th place, just five points above the relegation zone.

Blanc made four changes from the side that lost 2-0 at Chelsea in the Champions League on Tuesday. Cavani, who missed some good chances against Chelsea, could have given PSG the lead in the second minute but his header was deflected onto the post by goalkeeper Anthony Lopes. PSG left back Lucas Digne then had a goal disallowed for offside in the eighth after Cavani fell inside the box.

The defending champion dominated possession but Bafetimbi Gomis troubled the PSG defense with his power. The Lyon striker skipped past Digne and outmuscled Thiago Silva to drag a shot wide from eight yards in the 11th minute. He then fired a spinning shot straight at goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu from the edge of the box in the 13th.

The hosts capitalized on a turnover to take the lead. Ferri pressed high up the pitch and intercepted Ezequiel Lavezzi’s pass for Blaise Matuidi to score from the edge of the box.

PSG missed the finishing touch while chasing an equalizer. Cavani could only muster a tame shot in the 41st and Yohan Cabaye shot straight at Sirigu in the 62nd. Lavezzi then beat the offside trap in the 72nd to collect a ball over the top from Thiago Motta but volleyed wide from close range. Lyon was under siege but still threatened from counterattacks, forcing Sirigu to tip a half-volley from Ferri over the bar in the 70th.

Lopes preserved the win by stopping a curling shot from Digne in the 63rd and a point-blank attempt from Javier Pastore in the 85th. “We could have played for a long time tonight without scoring,” Blanc said.

“It’s a mental problem, it’s a matter of attacking efficiency.”

AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

Atletico’s Diego Costa, scores his goal as he get injured during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Getafe and Atletico Madrid at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, April 13, 2014.

Atletico close on surprise La Liga triumph

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MADRID - Atletico Madrid moved closer to a first La Liga title in almost two decades when Diego Godin and Diego Costa scored in a 2-0 win at 10-man Getafe on Sunday that stretched their advantage at the top to three points. The surprise leaders ahead of much wealthier rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona, Atletico are well placed with five games left to become the first club other than the big two to win Spain’s domestic league since Valencia in 2004.

Barca surrendered second place to Real on Saturday when they followed up Wednesday’s Champions League elimination at the hands of Atletico with a shock 1-0 defeat at Granada and Real thumped Almeria 4-0 at the Bernabeu. Atletico have 82 points, with Real in second on 79 and Barca, who host Atletico on the final day of the season, on 78.

Atletico showed no sign of fatigue at Getafe’s Coliseum stadium following their exertions against Barca, when they reached the last four of Europe’s elite club competition for the first time since 1974.

They last won La Liga in 1996 with a team featuring current coach Diego Simeone in midfield and remain on course for what would be a remarkable double of La Liga and Champions League.

Centre back Godin, who earlier went close with another header, nodded into an empty net five minutes before halftime after Getafe goalkeeper Jordi Codina came out to meet a Juanfran cross but failed to connect. Angel Lafita was sent off for hauling Miranda down in the penalty area and Atletico’s top scorer Costa, back in the side after injury, had his 66th-minute spot kick saved by Codina.

Costa made amends when he slid in to divert Adriano’s cross into the net six minutes from time but had to be carried off the pitch on a stretcher after crashing into a post and gashing his left shin just below the knee. “He is happy and he is fine,” Simeone, who has transformed the team since taking over at the end of 2011, told a news conference.

“One more cut to the tiger doesn’t affect him,” added the Argentine, before urging the Atletico faithful to

turn out at the Calderon for their next game at home to Elche on Friday. “I expect a full stadium for one of the five finals we have left,” he said. Brazilborn Costa is second in the La Liga scoring list with 26 goals, two behind Real forward Cristiano Ronaldo.

TRICKY GAMES

After the Elche game, Simeone’s side have potentially tricky away games at Valencia and Levante and host Malaga before the trip to Barca. Real have home games against Osasuna and Valencia, away matches at Real Valladolid and Celta Vigo and a home game against Espanyol. Barca host Athletic Bilbao, travel to Villarreal, entertain Getafe and visit Elche before the Atletico showdown.

Sevilla closed to within three points of fourth-placed Athletic Bilbao, who host Malaga on Monday, when a Kevin Gameiro double sealed a 2-0 win at 10-man city rivals Real Betis. Sevilla have 56 points, with Bilbao on 59 and in pole position to secure a berth in Champions League qualifying for next season.

Benfica wins 2-0 at Arouca to close in on title

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Lyon’s Jimmy Brian reacts during their French League One soccer match against Paris Saint Germain, in Lyon, central France, Sunday, April 13, 2014.

LISBON, Portugal — Benfica won 2-0 at Arouca on Sunday to close to within two points of its first Portuguese league title since 2010.

Forward Rodrigo Moreno scored Benfica’s first goal in first-half

injury time, and Nicolas Gaitan sealed the team’s 10th straight win in league play with a second goal in the 56th.

Benfica can clinch its 33rd domestic crown when it hosts Olhanense next Saturday.

Also on Sunday, FC Porto won 3-1 at Braga as it stayed in third place.

Porto midfielder Silvestre Varela opened in the 23rd from a pass by Jackson Martinez before Erick Moreno’s header leveled for Braga in the 57th.

Carlos Eduardo restored Porto’s lead with a header in the 85th and substitute Juan Quintero capped the victory in the 90th.

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Batur Temple IBP

BANGLI - which is more familiar with the name Ulun Danu Temple for the Balinese nestles 900 meters above sea level. It is located precisely in Kalanganyar Village, Kintamani District, on the right side of the main road Denpasar-Singaraja, from the South. It faces West with Mount Batur and its solid black lavas as the backdrop, and Lake Batur at the foot of the mountain makes the beauty complete for the temple.

Beforehand, the temple was located at the southwestern slope of Mount Batur. The great eruption of Mount Batur in 1917 had destroyed everything, including the temple, except one, the highest God’s shrine.

Then due to the initiative og village chief along with other village prominent figures, they decided to bring the remaining shrine to be built again on a higher ground, at the present place. The ceremony at this temple is held annually called Ngusaba Kadasa.

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Polesitter Marc Marquez extended his perfect start to the MotoGP season by storming to victory at the Grand Prix of the Americas on Sunday to cap another dominating week in Texas. It was the second consecutive wire-to-wire win for the 21-year Spanish world champion, who also took the checkered flag at the season-opener in Qatar last month after starting from pole.

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Marquez, who claimed his first career MotoGP premier class win at the Circuit of the Americas last year, continued his love affair with the Austin layout, storming home 4.12 seconds in front of compatriot and factory Honda team mate Dani Pedrosa. Italy’s Andrea Dovizioso on a Ducati was a distant third 20 seconds back of the winner followed by Germany’s Stefan Bradl and Britain’s Bradley Smith.

“I’m so happy for this victory,” said Marquez, who ended the race with a bit of drama with a wobble on the final corner. “OK, we can say the race was too quiet and then for the show I did something in the end...but anyway I am very happy.

“The start was good, looks like I improved a little bit at that point. “But anyway the race I think was, even for me, a little bit boring but those 25 points are important. “This is my favourite circuit, so for that reason I get that victory. The next races will be different.” It was the 11th time in 20 career starts that Marquez had started from pole and he reached the podium all 11 times.

The Spaniard’s legend continues to grow, becoming the first rider to win the first two races of the year from pole in

the premier-class since Mick Doohan in 1995.

Boring or not, Marquez will head to Argentina for the third round of the championship sitting firmly atop the standings with a maximum 50 points with Pedrosa 14 back. His performance all the more remarkable considering that the Spaniard fractured the fibula in his right leg while dirt-bike riding in February and is still recovering from the mishap, taking painkillers to race.

After dominating every practice session and qualifying, Marquez was quick to stamp his authority on the race as he and Pedrosa steadily pulled away from the field.

By the midway mark of the 21 lap-race, the contest had boiled down to a two-way battle between Marquez and Pedrosa, the two Honda riders opening up an 11 second gap on the chasing pack.

But by the final lap, Marquez was in complete control having built a nearly six-second advantage on Pedrosa and after a little scare at the finish celebrated another win.

“He (Marquez) was just a little too fast today,” said Pedrosa. “He had this three tenths maybe per lap and there was really no part of the track where I

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Dani Pedrosa, left, of Spain, Marc Marquez, center, of Spain, and Andrea Dovizioso, right, of Italy, take a selfie on the podium following the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas motorcycle race at the Circuit of the Americas, Sunday, April 13, 2014, in Austin, Texas.

could pick up again. Every time I lost more. “At the end it was hard because I had nothing to win in front, nothing to lose at the back. I just tried to keep my pace and get today a second because Marc was too fast.”

It was a surprise third place finish for Dovizioso and a big day for Ducati as they returned to the

podium for the first time since September 2012. “The feeling is something really special because we (Ducati) are struggling a lot for one year and we are still struggling but we keep pushing, we keep working,” said Dovizioso. “We didn’t have the pace to make a podium but we always tried.

“At the beginning I didn’t have the pace to stay at the front but I was focused and I didn’t make a mistake. “I was really consistent all race and many riders have problems with the tyres. We had a problem but maybe less. “To get the podium at the end is an amazing feeling after one really difficult year.”

Fernando Verdasco wins US Men’s Clay Court Associated Press Writer

HOUSTON — Fernando Verdasco won the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship on Sunday for his sixth ATP World Tour title and first since 2010, beating Spanish compatriot Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 7-6 (4).

The 30-year-old Verdasco ended a six-match losing streak in tournament finals. He also reached the doubles final and had been on the

Spain’s Fernando Verdasco, right, talks with countryman Nicolas Almagro after the final of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship tennis tournament Sunday, April 13, 2014, in Houston. Verdasco won 6-3, 7-6 (4).

court six hours longer than Almagro going into the final. “I’m so tired I don’t know if I can talk so much,” said Verdasco, seeded fourth.

Almagro had a walkover in the semifinals when Sam Querrey pulled out because of back injury.

The third-seeded Almagro reached set point five times against Verdasco’s serve in the ninth game of second set, but could not convert. He also up a mini-break in the tiebreaker before Verdasco fought back.

Almagro also finished second last year, losing to John Isner. Almagro has won all 12 of his titles on clay. “You are never happy when you lose a final,” Almagro said. “I had my chances. But I credit Fernando.”

On Saturday in the doubles final, twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan beat Verdasco and David Marrero 4-6, 6-4, 11-9.

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had “concocted” his account of the shooting. “You’re tailoring your version as you’re sitting there,” Nel said.

Later, he accused Pistorius of being a stickler for detail on some matters, in contrast to his frequent statements on the witness stand that he could not remember aspects of his testimony.

Nel noted that Pistorius earlier said he warned Steenkamp to call police about an intruder in a whisper, contradicting later testimony that he spoke in a “low tone” and the prosecutor also said blood spatter evidence indicated that the athlete’s statement about the location of a duvet in the bedroom was false.

Pistorius has said the duvet was on the bed, and that police photographs of the bed cover on the floor suggest that police moved it there after the shooting. Nel said a pattern of blood drops on the duvet and on the carpet nearby show that it was on the floor before police arrived, and that its location amounts to evidence that the couple had been having an argument.

The prosecutor also alleged that Steenkamp was in the process of getting dressed in the midst of the nighttime argument and wanted to leave Pistorius’ house shortly before the shooting. A pair of jeans strewn on the bedroom floor showed Steenkamp was putting them on, Nel said, and contrasted with her character as a neat person who wouldn’t leave clothes lying around.

Pistorius responded that Steenkamp was neat, but he said the jeans were inside out and therefore showed that Steenkamp had not been in the process of donning them.

Nel also questioned why the athlete didn’t give fuller details of his account in his bail statement last February, days after he killed Steenkamp. Pistorius had said then that there was a noise from the bathroom that caused him to think that people had broken into his house, but didn’t explain until later that it was the bathroom window sliding across and slamming against the frame.

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas Three people, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed on Sunday at two different Jewish community facilities in the Kansas City area, and a man was in custody as police investigated whether the shootings were anti-Semitic, authorities said. Police said it was too early to determine a motive, but a leading anti-hate group said the suspect arrested in the shooting was a longtime anti-Semite.

“We know it’s a vicious act of violence. Obviously two Jewish facilities, one might make that assumption,” Overland Park Police Chief John Douglass told a news conference. The FBI has been called in to help with the investigation, he said.

The suspect was identified as Frazier Glenn Cross, Jr., 73, by authorities in Kansas, and by the Southern Poverty Law Center as Frazier Glenn Miller, a longtime anti-Semite who is the former grand dragon of the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. He was being held at a Johnson County

detention center on suspicion of premeditated murder in the first degree and was scheduled to appear in court on Monday afternoon, according to jail records.

The shootings started around 1 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, Kansas. Two men were shot in a parking lot outside the center, one dying at the scene and the other at a hospital later, police said. The shooter then drove a mile (1.6 km) away to the Village Shalom retirement community that offers skilled nursing services and fatally shot a woman there, Douglass said.

The two male victims were identified as Reat Griffin Underwood, 14, a high school freshman, and his grandfather, Dr. William Corporon, family member Will Corporon said in a statement. Both were members of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection. Underwood was an Eagle Scout and loved camping and hunting with family, Corporon said. Dr. Corporon had moved to the Kansas City area in 2003 to be closer

to his grandchildren.

Two people were shot at, but not hit, the police chief said, adding that it appeared the shooter used a shotgun and possibly other types of guns. The suspect was taken into custody in the parking lot of a nearby elementary school, Douglass said.

Douglass said he could not confirm reports from witnesses that the suspect had yelled “Heil Hitler” while in the back of the squad car after being taken into custody.

“The suspect in the back of a car made several statements,” Douglass said. “We are sifting through and vetting those for accuracy, number one, and number two, we are looking at them for their evidentiary value.”

President Barack Obama offered condolences. “While we do not know all of the details ... the initial reports are heartbreaking,” Obama said in a statement.

The Jewish Community Center, which is also the site of Kansas City’s only Jewish community day school, the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy, was a hub of activity on Sunday.

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INDONESIA Vote trading can shatter public trust

JAKARTA - Vote trading practices in the 2014 legislative elections are feared to shake public trust in the election results, according to an observer.

Political observer from Public Synergy for Indonesian Democracy (Sigma) Said Salahudin

stated here on Monday that vote trading practices by legislative candidates and political parties

could shake public trust and raise suspicion.

“Such practices are feared to make election results from real count much different from those of quick count, which has been trusted so far by the people,” Salahudin noted.

He explained that the vote trading practices are different from the practice of inflating the electoral vote.

Salahudin added that unlike vote trading, inflating the electoral vote was relatively easy to detect from the difference

between the number of vote and the number ballot papers.

According to him, vote trading is perpetrated consciously and with full agreement among the legislative candidates from certain political parties and the election authorities.

Minister asks for reports on exam fraud

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Oscar Pistorius arrives at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, April 10, 2014.

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PRETORIA, South Africa — The chief prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius on Monday accused him of tailoring his version of how he killed his girlfriend to fit evidence at the scene, exhaustively listing alleged inconsistencies in the athlete’s account of the fatal shooting of Reeva Steenkamp.

The court temporarily adjourned late in the morning after the doubleamputee runner started to sob while testifying about the moments before he killed Steenkamp in his home in the early hours of Feb. 14, 2013. Chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel had asked him what exactly he shouted as he moved toward the bathroom where he shot Steenkamp, who was behind a closed door in the toilet cubicle.

Pistorius said he thought there was an intruder in the house. After a long pause after the question, he said he screamed, using an expletive, for the purported intruder to get out of his house. As he testified, Pistorius began to wail and Judge Thokozile Masipa called an adjournment. Just over an hour later and after court resumed, Pistorius again broke down when replying to a question on why he had opened fire, causing a second adjournment.

The prosecution has said Pistorius’ account of a mistaken shooting is a lie.

Nel opened the fourth day of crossexamination by alleging that Pistorius

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527 DNA tests planned over French high school rape

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PARIS — Male students and staff at a high school in western France — 527 people in total — were asked to give DNA samples beginning Monday as police search for the assailant who raped a teenage girl.

The La Rochelle prosecutor’s office said tests were expected to last from Monday through Wednesday at Fenelon-Notre Dame high school, where the 16-year-old was sexually assaulted Sept. 30 in a dark bathroom.

Police recovered genetic material from the girl’s clothing, but it had no matches in the national DNA database.

“This happened during the school day in a confined space,” Chantal Devaux, the private Roman Catholic school’s director, said in interviews with French media. “The decision to take such a large sample was made because it was the only way to advance the investigation.”

Summonses went out last week to 475 students, 31 teachers and 21 others — either staff or males who were on campus at the time. The cost to analyze the samples is estimated to total 5,000 euros ($6,900) Devaux acknowledged that all the results could come back negative, sending investigators back to the drawing board.

France has an extensive DNA database, with a total of 2 million profiles kept on file as of 2012, and refusing a test can be used against suspects in court.

JAKARTA - Education and Culture Minister Mohammad Nuh has asked the people to report any fraud in the implementation of national examinations, to the authorities.

“You must report it (fraud) if you find fraud or leakage of exam papers,” the minister stated, when conducting an unscheduled visit to SMAN 112 secondary school here on Monday.

However, he ensured that it was difficult to leak the question papers because officials carried out very tight supervision. Distribution of exam logistics was supervised by the police.

Moreover, he noted that in one classroom there were some 20 variations of different exam questions and so, exam takers could not abuse them.

“The important thing is that we should not think of fraud because it will only smear the image of our education system. Should there really be leakage of question papers or deceit, you should report it,” the minister reiterated.

Beginning on Monday, all upper secondary schools (SMA/ senior high schools, MS/religious high schools, SMK/vocational schools) and Packet C students are appearing for the national examinations across three days until April 6, totaling to 2.8 million students.

With regard to the distribution of exam logistics, the minister added, “We have reports from various regions that they have all received exam papers.”

He explained that the distribution of the exam logistics began from Jakarta to the provinces from where they were further distributed to the districts and rayon levels.

The exam papers will then be picked up by the schools, which will organize the national examination.

In the implementation of the national examination, the Ministry of

Education and Culture Minister Mohammad Nuh has asked the people to report any fraud in the implementation of national examinations, to the authorities.

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Education and Culture is cooperating with higher school institutions to supervise the national examination, the minister confirmed.

Referring to disaster areas, the minister remarked that the implementation of the national exams in the disaster areas such as mount eruption affected Sinabung in North Sumatra and Kelud in Java, as well as flood hit Manado area in North Sulawesi ran smoothly.

He promised to take stern actions against those who committed fraud in the national exam.

The national exam this year differs from that in the previous year. The results of this year’s examinations would be used as a means to accept students at state universities.

Juanda Airport to have more runaways Antara

JAKARTA - State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura 1 plans to build three more runways at Juanda international airport in East Java to accommodate the growing number of flights, company’s General Manager Trikore Harjo stated.

“The construction of the new runways will be completed by 2017 and will be fully operational one year thereafter. Currently, we are still conducting

a feasibility study. We expect the construction to start soon,” Harjo noted.

According to him, the newly enhanced airport will also be equipped with a hotel, office building and other public facilities.

Meanwhile, Governor of East Java province Soekarwo asserted that the improvement of Juanda airport’s capacity has been the right decision considering 31 percent of Indonesia’s domestic trading activities takes

place in East Java province.

The new runways, Soekarwo pointed out, will improve efficiency in goods transportation to and from East Java. Improvement of Juanda airport’s capacity was also important to accommodate the growing numbers of passengers coming and leaving the area every year.

On an average, Juanda airport serves 17,6 million people per year. In 2018, the number of passengers is estimated to rise to 40 million people per year.

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Pulau Kawe Gang Surya, exactly in the south of Alfa Mart minimarket, South Denpasar, the suspect was ambushed at five o’clock in the afternoon. “The suspect tried to discard the package of crystal meth,” he said.

Due to foresight of police, the illicit goods were taken and recognized by the suspect if it belonged to him. Recognition of the suspect caused police to develop the case by going to his boarding house.

When the search was made in his room, the officers discovered again 10 packages of crystal meth and 33 ecstasy pills. In addition, there was also other evidence in the form of electric scale and other distribution tools.

Furthermore, the suspect was taken to Denpasar Police to undergo further examination. From the recognition of the suspect, all the drugs were obtained from a dealer with initial A. Well, this bookie with initial A was being pursued. “This case is still being developed while pursuing the bookie,” he added while saying if the crystal meth and ecstasy were distributed in the Denpasar area. (kmb21)

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FILE - In this April 1, 2014 file photo, provided by the U.S. Navy, the Bluefin 21 autonomous sub is hoisted back on board the Australian Defense Vessel Ocean Shield after successful buoyancy testing in the Indian Ocean, as search efforts continue for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

A drug dealer was arrested by the police

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Waterways clogged by rubbish

Landscaping garden in front of regent’s office collapses Bali Post

DENPASAR - Heavy rain flushing Bangli on Saturday afternoon

(Apr 12) caused the landscaping garden in front of the office of Bangli Regent to collapse. The garden constructed all this time to

The damage Landscaping garden in front of regent’s office in Bangli

beautify the look of urban areas collapsed along 30 meters. Allegedly, it happened because the retaining wall was not strong enough to

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withstand the heavily eroding water and blockage of rubbish right underneath.

Based on observation on Sunday afternoon (Apr 13), a number of officers of the Urban Planning, Public Works and Bangli disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) seemed to still clean up the residual materials that eroded the landscaping garden. Other than taking up the concrete drainage cover by using heavy equipment, the officers also removed the piles of rubbish clogging the flow of water underneath.

From the results of the cleanup, the officers managed to uplift totally a truck of rubbish.

The Head of the Bangli disaster mitigation agency, Wayan Sugiarta, said at the location the collapsed landscaping garden took place on Saturday (Apr 12) around five o’clock in the afternoon. According to him, the rainfall intensity was high enough since one o’clock causing the flow of water in the bottom of the garden to be large enough so it eroded the garden retaining wall. Additionally, the collapse of waterway was ascertained to have been caused by the piles of rubbish clogging the irrigation channel leading to Subak Aya.

“Actually it is not only the impact of the swift water, but it tended to have been caused by the blockage of trash causing the formation of gas. It eroded the retaining wall of the garden and then collapsed,” he explained. To address the collapse, his party claimed to hold a meeting with relevant agencies, in this case was the urban planning and public works.

Meanwhile, at separate location the Head of Bangli Urban Planning, Ida Ayu Yudi Sutha, said that based on the results of coordination with the Public Works it was known that under the garden lay a stream. The large enough water scour caused the concrete cover of the stream to collapse. “Technically, it has been followed up by public works and Bangli disaster mitigation agency.

And the plants can be saved temporarily in nursery bag in the office of urban planning until it is completely followed up by the public works and the Bangli disaster mitigation agency,” he said.

After accomplishing the collapsed parts, his party would restore the face of the landscaping garden as ever before. “Before the collapse, the condition of the landscaping garden looks very good,” he added. (ina)

Official says sub will be used in search for jet Associated Press Writer

PERTH, Australia — Search crews will for the first time send a robotic submarine deep into the Indian Ocean on Monday to try to determine whether underwater signals detected by sound-locating equipment are from the missing Malaysian jet’s black boxes, the leader of the search effort said.

The crew on board the Australian navy’s Ocean Shield will launch the unmanned underwater vehicle Monday evening, said Angus Houston, the head of a joint agency coordinating the search off Australia’s west coast. The Bluefin 21 autonomous sub can create a three-dimensional sonar map of the area to chart any debris on the seafloor.

The move comes after crews picked up a series of underwater sounds over the past two weeks that were consistent with an aircraft’s black boxes, which contain flight data and cockpit voice recordings.

The devices have beacons that emit “pings” so they can be more easily found, but the beacons’ batteries last only about a month, and it has been more than a month since the plane vanished. “We haven’t had

a single detection in six days, so I guess it’s time to go under water,” Houston said.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott raised hopes last week when he said authorities were “very confident” the four underwater signals that have been detected are coming from the black boxes on Flight 370, which disappeared March 8 during a flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing.

But Houston warned that while the signals are a promising lead, the public needs to be realistic about the challenges facing search crews, who are contending with an extremely remote, deep patch of ocean — an area he dubbed “new to man.”

“I would caution you against raising hopes that the deployment of the autonomous underwater ve-

hicle will result in the detection of the aircraft wreckage. It may not,” Houston said. “However, this is the best lead we have, and it must be pursued vigorously. Again, I emphasize that this will be a slow and painstaking process.”

The Ocean Shield has been dragging a U.S. Navy device called a towed pinger locator through the water to listen for any sounds from the black boxes’ beacons. Over the past 10 days, the equipment has picked up four separate signals.

The Bluefin sub takes six times longer to cover the same area as the ping locator, and the two devices can’t be used at the same time.

Crews were hoping to detect additional signals before sending down the sub, so they could triangulate the source and zero in on where exactly the black boxes may be.

But it has been 38 days since the plane disappeared, and search crews haven’t picked up any new sounds since Tuesday, suggesting that the devices’ batteries may now be dead.

That is why officials will now begin using the Bluefin, Houston said.

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2016 presidential race off to an early start

Associated Press Writer

DENPASAR - The suspect Togiman Ardianto alias Togar, 28, a resident of the boarding house at Jalan Tukad Alas Arum 27 Tengah hamlet, Sesetan, South Denpasar, is now huddled in the cell of Denpasar Police Narcotics Investigation Unit. This high-profile drug dealer was arrested by the officers as he was proved storing and distributing the illicit crystal meth and ecstasy, Saturday (Apr 12).

The evidence seized was quite a lot consisting of 11 packages of crystal meth weighing 27.82 grams and 33 ecstasy pills. Despite successfully capturing the suspect, police still pursued the bookie with the initial A. “Pursuant to his confession, the illicit goods were obtained from A (the bookie—Ed). We still go after him,” said the Chief of Denpasar Police Narcotics Investigation Unit, Agus Tri Waluyo, Sunday (Apr 13).

Chief Agus explained the arrest of the suspect having long become an operation target originated from the existence of public complaints. The suspect was said to often distribute drugs belonging to crystal meth. After making surveillance in the field, boarding house of the suspect could be tracked. “In fact, the suspect lives in a boarding house at Sesetan with the room number 204,” he told the Bali Post, Sunday.

Once the boarding house of the suspect was known, police immediately made reconnaissance around the scene. Not long after, the suspect came out of his room and hurried away. Police dogged the journey of the suspect. Right at Jalan

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

WASHINGTON — The next U.S. presidential election is more than two years away, but competition for the nomination is well under way. Democrats have a powerful front-runner who may not face a real challenger, while Republicans have a wide-open field with no candidate close to being a favorite.

The race is taking place against the backdrop of congressional elections this November, in which Republicans are expected to keep their significant majority in the House of Representatives and perhaps gain a majority in the Senate.

Republican domination of both houses of Congress for the last two years of President Barack Obama’s second term would play heavily on the 2016 presidential race and would leave Obama with only his veto pen to protect his legislative achievements so far — the sweeping health care overhaul, for example. Republicans would be sure to try to push through legislation that revokes the law.

Right now, the Democratic nomination would appear to be Hillary Rodham Clinton’s for the taking. The 2008 presidential candidate who lost the nomination to Obama is a former first lady, senator and secretary of state. She has a big lead in the early polling and vast financial backing coming together, even though she remains coy about her plans. As she travels the country making speeches, a super political action committee is urging her to announce her can-

didacy and reports it has already raised $1.7 million in the first three months of the year.

Waiting for her to decide is Vice President Joe Biden, who has said he sees “no obvious reason” he shouldn’t make a run.

So are Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The left wing of the party is urging Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to make a run. She’s a favorite of the liberals because of her populist attacks on America’s big financial institutions and vocal criticism of growing income inequality.

The Republican field is much wider. It includes Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, brother to President George W. Bush and son of President George H.W. Bush. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was an early favorite but was brought low by a political scandal over the closure of lanes leading to a major bridge into New York City and days of horrendous traffic jams.

“That’s one of the reasons that Jeb Bush has had so much buzz early on, because there are some pretty strong indications that some of the top donors ... once they soured on Christie, are beginning to test the waters to see if Bush is interested in a run,” said Texas Christian University political scientist Adam Schiffer. “It’s just buzz, speculation at this point.

But the maneuvering by the top donors and senior party officials and office-holders are much more indicative of what may happen than the polls or grass-roots buzz or anything like that.”

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FILE - In this July 28, 2005 file photo shows the iconic “Welcome to Las Vegas,” sign in Las Vegas, Nev. Backed by the GOP’s most powerful benefactor, Las Vegas has emerged as an early leader in the multi-city fight to host the next Republican National Convention.

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A look at predictions of the 1964 World’s Fair Associated Press Writer

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FILE - This May 23, 2011 photo released by NASA shows the International Space Station at an altitude of approximately 220 miles above the Earth, taken by Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli from the Soyuz TMA-20 following its undocking.

NASA approves space station supply launch

NEW YORK — The New York World’s Fair of 1964 introduced 51 million visitors to a range of technological innovations and predictions during its run. Fifty years later, some of those ideas have turned out to be commonplace in our world. Others? Not so much.

What they had right: — “Picturephone”: Bell System introduced this innovation, which allowed people to see whom they were calling. It didn’t go over well at the time, but it’s a concept that’s an everyday part of our lives now in apps such as Skype and Facetime.

— Personal use of the computer: Several pavilions had exhibits set up where visitors could ask computers for information and get responses in seconds.

— Robotics: Walt Disney’s “It’s a Small World” exhibit introduced robotic animation in which characters sing, speak and make lifelike gestures such as smiles and blinks. It’s still in use in theme parks and movies today.

— Ford Mustang: The two-seater sports car with its long hood and short rear deck was officially unveiled at the World’s Fair and immediately became popular. It has remained in production ever since.

— Touch-tone phones: Originally introduced at the Seattle World’s Fair in 1962, this was still the first time many visitors were exposed to this technology.

What they had wrong: — Colonies on the moon, underwater and in Antarctica: The “Futurama 2” ride from General Motors, which featured images of people living in places where they clearly don’t.

— Paved-over rainforests: Another image from “Futurama 2” featured a machine that used a laser to cut through the rainforests and left behind paved roads.

— Jet packs: There were demonstrations of jet pack power at the fair, with men wearing them and zooming around the grounds.

Sadly, they remain a mode of transport found mainly in science fiction.

Associated Press Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — NASA is pressing ahead with Monday’s planned launch of a supply ship despite a critical computer outage at the International Space Station, determining the situation is safe.

Mission managers decided Sunday to proceed with the countdown for the SpaceX Dragon capsule, already a month late in delivering more than 2 tons of cargo.

“We’re good to go,” said NASA space station program manager Mike Suffredini.

Suffredini noted the many important supplies aboard the Dragon, including a new spacesuit and repair parts for the older spacesuits already in orbit.

Much-needed food is also packed away.

“There’s a certain amount of urgency to go ahead and get these vehicles” at the space station, Suffredini told reporters. These shipments have to fit around other space station operations, like crew comings and goings.

“Things start to bunch up,” Suffredini said, “and so we’re just trying to fly as soon as we safely can, which is what we believe we’re doing.”

This backup computer, located on the outside of the space

station, mysteriously failed to work when activated Friday. The main computer kept operating perfectly, and the six-man crew was never in any danger. NASA debated whether to delay the SpaceX mission and, on Sunday, determined the station has sufficient redundancy to safely support the visiting vessel.

A spacewalk will be required, meanwhile, to replace the bad computer. Engineers don’t know why it failed.

Suffredini said the spacewalk will be conducted by a pair of astronauts on April 22, using suits outfitted with new fan components to avoid the near-disaster that occurred last summer. An Italian astronaut almost drowned when his helmet flooded with water from the suit’s cooling system.

An April 22 spacewalk will give SpaceX two chances to get its unmanned Dragon capsule flying. Good weather is forecast for Monday’s 4:58 p.m. (2058 GMT) launch. If that doesn’t work, the next launch attempt for the Cali-

fornia company’s Falcon rocket would come Friday.

NASA rushed material for the computer replacement job to the Cape Canaveral launch site over the weekend, for packing into the Dragon. While not essential, the gasket-like item will make the task easier for the astronauts.

For the past few years, NASA has been paying SpaceX — Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

— and Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corp. to keep the station well stocked. The need arose after the space shuttles — NASA’s workhorses for station shipments — were retired in 2011. Russia, Europe and Japan also make occasional deliveries.

As soon as the Dragon soars, the space station’s solar panels will be moved into the proper position for its arrival, Suffredini said. That will guard against any complications resulting from additional computer breakdowns.

Luckily, the sun’s angle is favorable right now for thermal conditions at the outpost, he noted.

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FILE - This 1964 file photo from the World’s Fair in the Queens borough of New York shows a views of the future in the “Futurama 2” ride put together by General Motors.

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IMTA revenue of Denpasar exceeds target

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DENPASAR - From January to March 2014, the Denpasar Social and Labor Agency could surpass the revenue target of foreign worker permit (IMTA) at IDR 2.5 billion whereas the previous target was only IDR 1 billion a year. Therefore, the income until the end of this December is predicted to rise.

The Head of Denpasar Social and Labor Agency, Made Erwin Suryadarma Sena, said the income of the foreign worker permit had been already high, even doubled.

It was also supported by the unpaid levies by foreign workers in 2013.

“Rising income of the foreign worker permit happened because the data collection of foreign workers working in Denpasar that have not fulfilled their obligations was already made,” added Erwin.

Since the enactment of the Regional Bylaw on the foreign worker

permit in 2013, Erwin confirmed that his party had conducted a meeting with relevant agencies, such as police, immigration, municipal police, legal division of Denpasar municipality, population and civil registry office as well as revenue service. It was intended to perform discipline and founding to foreign workers working in Denpasar. The control and founding targeted the companies that employed foreign workers. “We have come to the companies to verify whether the foreign workers working in the

company are appropriate with the data sent to Social and Labor Agency,” he said.

He added that it was aimed at exploring the existing potential.

In addition, the foreign workers working in Denpasar were really recorded, so there was nothing illegal. For example, a company employed 6 foreign workers, but it only reported two workers so it would result in data manipulation.

“We also make a coaching schedule to companies employing foreign workers. The coaching is done to

avoid manipulation of data,” said the former Spokesperson of Denpasar municipality.

He recognized the increasing revenue obtained from the foreign workers. From one side, it was quite encouraging. In addition, the increasing revenue was clearly beneficial for the Denpasar municipality.

“We do not expect a lot of foreign workers working in Denpasar even though it is beneficial in terms of revenue. We seek to reduce foreign workers in order the companies recruit more local workers,” he said.

Erwin affirmed that it did not necessarily mean if the companies in Denpasar were not allowed to recruit foreign workers, but it was allowed for the sectors that required

an expertise such as quality control, marketing and so on. “If the companies do need foreign workers, it does not matter. But if it’s possible, it must be reduced. Make use of local labor as many of them have high quality and are not inferior to foreign labor,” said Erwin.

Erwin added that a lot of foreign workers were working in the field of education, tourism, fisheries and other sectors. Meanwhile, the number of foreign workers was very fluctuating, depending on the extension of foreign worker permits. On that account, the revenue could not be predicted. “Foreign workers who work in Denpasar approximately reach 300 people. Sometimes they move on after working for a year,” he said. (rah)

Bali to hold fifth mass vaccination campaign Antara

DENPASAR - Bali will hold the fifth mass vaccination campaign against rabies starting April 15, targeting stray dogs, according to Putu Sumantra, the head of the Bali animal husbandry and health office.

The system this year, to be applied during the campaign, will be different from the ones held in previous campaigns, he stated.

This time, they will target stray dogs wandering in hilly and mountainous areas particularly, and puppies, which have been vaccinated before.

“Vaccination will also be given to puppies to protect and strengthen their immunity. Two week-old puppies can be vaccinated,” he added.

He called upon the cooperation of the local people to help make the rabies-free Bali program a success.

The mass vaccination against rabies will be implemented from April 15 to July 31, with a target of 350 thousand dogs across Bali Island.

“We have prepared 90 personnel.

I think it’s adequate. The official launch of the campaign will be held at Gunung Sari village, Seririt, Buleleng District,” he confirmed.

However, in several villages in Buleleng, the vaccination program has been implemented since April 7.

A total of 120 thousand doses of vaccines have been distributed across nine districts in Bali, while 250 thousand others will are scheduled to arrive soon.

“Cats and monkeys that we encounter will also be vaccinated, but they are not our targets, because our main targets are dogs,” he reiterated.

Since January 2014, 17 dogs have been found infected with rabies in seven districts in Bali, including six cases in Buleleng. Last

year, there were 44 dogs infected with rabies particularly in Buleleng, Jembrana and Bangli.

Bali has firmly resolved to be

rabies-free by the year 2015, in order to maintain its reputation as the world’s most famous resort island.

Over the past few years, the Bali

authorities have routinely carried out mass vaccination programs against rabies, targeting stray as well as domestic dogs.

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Bali will hold the fifth mass vaccination campaign against rabies starting April 15, targeting stray dogs, according to Putu Sumantra, the head of the Bali animal husbandry and health office.

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Drought, respiratory infection widespread

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DENPASAR - When entering dry season, people must be vigilant to the disease of upper respiratory tract infection (ISPA). Based on data from the Bali Health Agency, this respiratory tract infection has started to increase in the community.

A pediatrician of Wangaya Hospital, Wayan Retayasa, described the dry season caused the hot and dusty air. Supported by pollution it kindled many viruses causing the upper respiratory tract inspection to scatter. “The spread of virus through the air causes the respiratory diseases to easily infect from one person

to another,” he said.

The upper respiratory tract infection could possibly recover by itself when one’s endurance was good. However, according to Retayasa, the upper respiratory tract disease could be threatening and causing death if it infected infant, in this case a toddler under the age of one year. Moreover,

the toddler’s immune system was in a state of decline.

Further, Retayasa worried if the upper respiratory tract infection afflicted the infants and infected the lower respiratory tract as it could cause bronchitis or bronchopneumonia. “The toddler will experience a disruption in the lungs and experience shortness of

breath so that it potentially leads to death,” he said.

Characteristics of the toddlers experiencing shortness of breath due to lower respiratory tract infection were breathing fast, strong pull in the chest cavity and nostrils flared quickly. If these symptoms had appeared, the patient should be immediately rushed to hospital to get immediate treatment.

On that account, the precautions were required so the toddlers would not be infected by

viruses of the upper respiratory tract infection. He explained that when an adult was infected by the upper respiratory tract diseases, it should stay away from toddlers and small children as well as should use facial mask to prevent the spread of the virus through droplets or saliva.

“Besides, it is also required a measure to take care of the body with nutritious food and drink a plenty of water as well as take enough rest and exercise,” he said. (san)

Denpasar to build central parking at Lumintang civic center

UBUD - Established by a recognized global organization, the World Luxury Spa Awards stands to acknowledge hotels and spas that ultimately provide guests with high-end facilities and service excellence. Awards are presented to hospitality leaders in different categories on a country and global basis with the aim to encourage and raise service standards within the industry.

“It is indeed a great honor to win this prestigious award alongside some of the world’s most iconic wellness brands. This outstanding achievement is a credit to the de daun Group and the high standards present throughout our DaLa Spas both in Kuta and Ubud. We will continue to focus on exceeding our guests’ expectations and delivering a world-class service,“ comments Jimmy Gunawan, Managing Director of de daun Group.

DaLa Spa received recognition in three different categories for its outstanding achievement in delivering impeccable service over the past year. Guests, travel agents and industry consultants participated by voting in a global poll to determine the finest spas in the world.

DaLa Spa is now considered a leader in today’s evolving spa industry. It has set a benchmark that other spas within the region can only aspire to follow.

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Dozens of contraband poultry secured Bali Post

DENPASAR - Dozens of contraband chickens were secured in Post II of the Gilimanuk Harbor, Sunday morning (Apr 13). The officers of the Integrated Agricultural Quarantine Office at Gilimanuk and Gilimanuk Marine Police secured the illegal poultry put in a plastic sack from a motorcycle taxi.

At least 20 chickens belonging to Sanian and Misiya from Banyuwangi were put into a plastic sack and transported by motorcycle taxi. The motorcycle taxi was passing around 04:00 in

the morning. As planned, the chickens would be sold in the Gilimanuk Market. Police suspected the plastic sack as it was seen moving. In addition to live chickens, the owner also brought a plastic sack of chicken flesh. However, the chicken flesh was without the necessary delivery document.

A few minutes later, the officers secured another 20 kampong chickens belonging to Sanian transported by a motorcycle taxi. In addition to dozens of chicken flesh, police also seized dozens of canary birds in the baggage of Malang Indah intercity bus with

license plate N 7329 UN. Having been checked, the box inspected in fact contained 12 birds and two roosters. However, no passengers claimed to own the birds and roosters.

Afterward, police asked for information to the Gilimanuk Marine Police.

Furthermore, the roosters and birds were handed over to the Integrated Agricultural Quarantine Office at Gilimanuk. Coordinator of the Quarantine Office, Nyoman Budiartha, justified the arrest. His party would examine the health condition of the poultry. (kmb26)

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DENPASAR - The Denpasar Spatial Planning and Housing Agency (DTRP) will definitely work on the construction of the central parking in the area of Lumintang civic center, Denpasar. The pattern of central parking built at this time will be slightly different from the existing one.

As proof, this central parking will be built in the form of multi-storied basement. It will consist of two levels under the ground floor.

It was disclosed by the Head of the Denpasar Spatial Planning and Housing Agency, I Kadek Kusuma Diputra, when met in the mayor’s office, Thursday (Apr 10). This pattern was done to provide a fixed viewpoint of the main building, namely the Sewaka Dharma building. “If the building consists of two levels downwards, the height shall not exceed the main building,” he said when accompanied by the Division Head of Spatial Affairs, Gede Cipta Sudewa.

Kusuma Diputra said the central parking would not accomplish within this year. At the first phase, his party would complete the basement parking only, while the building on it, namely the hall would not be made this year. Likely it would be worked on in stages because the funds spent on this project would be quite large. The first phase alone would cost around IDR 15 billion.

The central parking would be able to accommodate about 170-200 cars, while motorcycle would be allocated for approximately 50 units. “Motorcycle will be centered in the north parking lot currently used for visitor parking to Lumintang civic center,” said Kusuma Diputra.

Related to physical project this year, some had been under progress, particularly the works that did not pass through tenders or the projects with direct appointment. If the value was greater, it should pass through a tender and could not run yet because it was still under tender process.

“Some physical projects worth less than IDR 100 million have been done,” he explained. (kmb12)

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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 — Jennifer Lopez has added a couple of more trophies to her block.

The pop star and “American Idol” judge was honored Saturday night at the 25th annual GLAAD Media Awards with the Vanguard Award, which lauds efforts to increase visibility and understanding of the gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender community. In addition to being an outspoken advocate for gay rights, Lopez serves as executive producer of the ABC Family series “The Fosters,” which centers on a lesbian

couple raising their children. “The Fosters” also won the award for outstanding drama series.

Other winners at the Beverly Hilton Hotel ceremony included NBC’s soap opera “Days of Our Lives” for daily drama, Fuse’s “Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce” for reality program, Tegan and Sara for music artist, and “Young Avengers” for comic book. “Bridegroom” and “Call Me Kuchu” tied for the outstanding documentary trophy.

Laverne Cox, who stars in the Netflix women’s prison drama “Orange is the New Black,” was presented with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, which

is given to a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender member of the entertainment community. Previous recipients include Wanda Sykes, Rufus Wainwright, Melissa Etheridge, Ellen DeGeneres and Ian McKellen.

Norman Lear, the veteran producer of such groundbreaking TV comedies as “All in the Family” and “Maude,” was honored with the Pioneer Award.

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Jennifer Lopez arrives at the 25th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday, April 12, 2014.

With $41.4M, ‘Captain America’ holds off ‘Rio 2’ Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — “Captain America” continued to flex its Marvel muscle at the global box office, as “The Winter Soldier” took in $41.4 million domestically and $60.6 million overseas.

The strong second-week performance for the Walt Disney release in North America was enough to narrowly edge 20th Century Fox’s “Rio 2” in a springtime battle of sequels. The animated Amazon jungle tale “Rio 2” debuted with $39 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, almost exactly the opening weekend total of the 2011 Oscar-nominated original.

But “Captain America” has grown considerably in stature since its 2011 original, “The First Avenger.” With a

global cumulative total of nearly $477 million, “The Winter Soldier” has (in two weeks domestically, three weeks internationally) easily surpassed the $370 million total of “The First Avenger.” For a superhero whose costume is draped with the U.S. flag, Captain America (played

by Chris Evans) has proven particularly popular abroad. The international appeal of such a traditionally patriot figure was once doubted.

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Cast members Chris Evans (L), Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L Jackson (R) pose at the French premiere of the film “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” in Paris March 17, 2014.

brand,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. “’Captain America’ can play in Peoria just as well as Hong Kong.” Two other new releases opened in a distant third and fourth place. The low-budget supernatural horror film “Oculus” took in $12 million for Relativity Media.

The football drama “Draft Day,” starring Kevin Costner and directed by Ivan Reitman, debuted weakly with $9.8 million. Made with the cooperation of the National Football League, the Lionsgate release is the second movie this year, along with the thriller “3 Days to Kill,” to attempt to restore the 59-year-old Costner to leading man status.

The overall box office for the year is up more than 7 percent over 2013’s record box-office haul. The month of April has been propelled especially by the summerstyle release of “The Winter Soldier” and a number of less likely successes.

With $39.5 million domestically, the Wes Anderson caper “The Grand Budapest Hotel” has performed exceptionally in a gradual release by Fox Searchlight.

The independently released Christian film “God’s Not Dead,” from Freestyle Releasing, has made a whopping $40.7 million in four weeks.

Just holding in the top five was Lionsgate’s teen science-fiction franchisestarter “Divergent,” which added $7.5 million in its fourth week to bring its cumulative total to $124.9 million.

Lionsgate announced Friday that the third installment in the series (a sequel for 2015 is already in the works) will be split into two releases. The final book in Veronica Roth’s young-adult trilogy, “Allegiant,” will be made into two installments, one to open in March 2016, the other in March 2017.

‘Hunger Games’ wins big at MTV Movie Awards Matt Sayles/Invision/AP

Johnny Depp, right, presents Sam Claflin, left, and Josh Hutcherson with the award for movie of the year for “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, April 13, 2014, at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

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LOS ANGELES - The second installment of “The Hunger Games” saga dominated the MTV Movie Awards Sunday, with a best-film trophy and best actor awards for Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence.

Hutcherson accepted the movie of the year trophy on behalf of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” while paying tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died in February and played the role Plutarch Heavensbee in the dystopian film series.

“I know that if Phillip were here, he would really think that this is very cool,” Hutcherson said.

Hutcherson also took home the trophy for best male performance, while co-star Jennifer Lawrence, who was not present, won for best female.

Both also won in 2012 for the first movie in the series, and Lawrence had previously won in 2013 for “Silver Linings Playbook.”

The MTV Movie Awards, hosted by comedian Conan O’Brien in Los Angeles, were based on public voting.

The ceremony, famous for its off-the-wall award categories, passed out accolades for best kiss, best shirtless performance and best “#wtf moment,” among others.

Leonardo DiCaprio won best “#wtf moment” for a scene from

“The Wolf of Wall Street,” in which his drugged-out character drags himself to his car, unable to walk.

Best shirtless performance was won by Zac Efron, who had his shirt ripped off in a clearly staged stunt while he accepted the award for a bare-chested scene in “That Awkward Moment.”

Studios use the ceremony -- which falls after the winter’s Golden Globe and Oscar awards -- to promote forthcoming summer blockbusters.

The night’s young target audi-

ence was hit with trailers and appearances by stars such as Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who presented a trophy and will appear in “Godzilla,” out this May. Among the evening’s other winners were Jared Leto, Mark Wahlberg, Channing Tatum, Rihanna, Brad Pitt, Mila Kunis and Orlando Bloom.

Other contenders for movie of the year were “12 Years a Slave,” “American Hustle,” “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.”