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Monday, March 23, 2015

The song is over, as ‘Glee’ ends its tuneful 6-season run

NEW YORK — The “Glee” series finale delivered glorious news that William McKinley High School is being turned into an arts school and that Will Schuester, who started its glee club way back in 2009, will become its principal.

Oh, and that wondrous show choir, New Directions, won the national championship.

But “Glee” always had the underlying message: With a song in your heart, dreams do come true.

Another dream fulfilled: Mercedes (Amber Riley) told the gang she’ll be the opening act on Beyonce’s upcoming world tour.

Cue the songs: “Teach Your Children” ... “Someday We’ll Be Together” ... “The Winner Takes It All” ... “Daydream Believer.”

That’s how it went — happily ever after — as the Fox song-and-dance show concluded its six-season run Friday night.

Oh, sure, there were some unexpected nightmares, too. Looking ahead five years, faculty mean girl Sue Sylvester was seen winning a

second term as vice president of the United States (in the Jeb Bush administration). She announced to Geraldo Rivera that she planned to seek the presidency in 2024.

On a brighter note, five years from now Rachel will be a surrogate mom for gay couple Kurt and Blaine. She’ll also be a Tony winner: “Being a part of something special does not make you special,” she said on accepting her award. “Something is special because you are a part of it.”

The show finished with a rousing rendition of “I Lived.”

“Glee” leaves behind a remarkable legacy. First of all, it dared to try something that had seldom if ever succeeded in television history, blending episodic narrative with musical production numbers. It set those performances in the context of New

Directions at fictitious McKinley High, a setting replete with stories about growing up, self-acceptance, perseverance and dreams.

“Glee” did something else few would have thought possible: It helped make glee clubs cool while it promoted arts programs in schools.

And it served as a platform for new talent, launching such stars as Lea Michele (Rachel) while giving wide exposure to veterans like Matthew Morrison (Will) and Jane Lynch (Sue), with guest appearances by a broad range of celebrities that included Helen Mirren, Lindsey Lohan and Ricky Martin. Pop music — both new and well-established — reached new audiences, both on the show and through sales of more than 50 million songs and 13 million albums under the “Glee” signature.

While it was demonstrating a viewer appetite for musical theater among its audience, “Glee” accomplished one more thing: It highlighted, and even helped normalize, young people

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Chris Brown, right, appears with his attorney Mark Geragos, at a court hearing in the R&B singer’s long-running case over his 2009 attack on Rihanna in Los Angeles on Friday, March 20, 2015.

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Pakistani teaches underprivileged kids in outdoor school

Torres header sets Atletico on course for victory

Japan opts for massive, costly sea wall to fend off tsunamis

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Ngurah Rai airport reopens after Nyepi Day

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traditionally deemed marginal both in real life and on TV. Among the characters included in the “Glee” big tent

to attacking Rihanna just hours before the Grammy Awards. The attack led to immediate fallout for Brown, although his career has partially rebounded and he went on to win a Grammy Award three years after the attack.

The singer initially avoided problems with the case, but since 2013 has struggled to complete his community service obligations and had his probation revoked in January after he performed a show in Northern California without permission.

Brown’s attorney Mark Geragos has told Brandlin his office had inadvertently told Brown he could travel without permission. “I couldn’t be more delighted,” Geragos said after the hearing. (ap)

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Monday, March 23, 2015

In this Jan. 23, 2010 file photo, Jane Lynch, center, and the cast of “Glee” accept the award for best ensemble in a comedy series at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. “Glee” will conclude its six-season run with a two-hour finale on Friday, March 20, 2015.

Court closes Chris Brown’s case over 2009 Rihanna assault LOS ANGELES — A judge ended Chris Brown’s probation Friday and closed the R&B singer’s assault case filed over his brutal attack on his then-girlfriend Rihanna more than six years ago.

Superior Court Judge James R. Brandlin said Brown had completed community labor requirements as part of his felony assault case and officially closed the case after more than six years.

Brown and his attorney Mark Geragos hugged in the courtroom and again in a courthouse elevator. After the hearing, he tweeted, “IM OFF PROBATION!!!!!!!!

Thank the Lord!!!!!!”

Brown, 25, has been under supervision by court and probation officials since mid-2009 when he pleaded guilty

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was transgender girl Wade “Unique” Adams. Tolerance, or at least reaching for it, was a “Glee” hallmark. (ap)

Ninja turtles back to film in New York

NEW YORK - A sequel to children’s box-office hit “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” will start filming in New York next month, a delighted Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday.

The famous pizza-munching turtles, back for another mission to save New York from a dangerous threat, will return for their next cinema release on June 3, 2016.

The film is being directed by David Green and is being produced

by Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures.

De Blasio, who was elected on a progressive platform last year, said the film would bring $70 million to the state of New York and create “may jobs.”

“New York City knows how to host blockbuster films,” he boasted.

The mayor’s office quoted an independent study as saying that the entertainment industry generates $7.1 billion in New York, $400 million in tax revenue and employs 130,000 residents.

The last Ninja Turtles film, released in 2014, grossed more than $190 million at the US box office. (afp)

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The photo shows Kuta Beach during Nyepi celebration. The Bali Gusti Ngurah Rai International Day has reopened after being closed for 24 hours for “Nyepi” or Seclusion Day on Saturday. “The airport has reopened starting 6 am local time,” Co-General Manajer of the Ngurah Rai airport’s PT Angkasa Pura I Gusti Ngurah Ardita said in Kuta, Badung District, Sunday.

DENPASAR - The Bali Gusti Ngurah Rai International Day has reopened after being closed for 24 hours for “Nyepi” or Seclusion Day on Saturday. “The airport has reopened starting 6 am local time,” Co-General Manajer of the Ngurah Rai airport’s PT Angkasa Pura I Gusti Ngurah Ardita said in Kuta, Badung District, Sunday.

The airport has resumed its normal operation of serving domestic as well as international flights. The airport authorities had earlier issued a Notice to Airman to international airports and airways, informing the closing of the airport as the Balinese Hindus celebrated Seclusion Day. On Seclusion Day, which marked the arrival of New Year 1937 in the Saka calendar, Hindus turned lights off, stop all activities, including traveling, refrained from any kind of entertainment, and stayed indoors to contemplate.

All lights on streets and in houses were turned off, while hotels had been urged to block any light peeking out of their premises.

Traditional security personnel in Bali, known as the “pecalang,” monitored the situation during the Hindu Day of Seclusion to ensure that it progressed smoothly on Saturday.

Nyepi has been declared a national holiday out of respect for the Hindu community across the country.

No motor vehicles were allowed to hit the streets on that day and

provincial, district as well as the city administration gave no special treatment to anyone, except in the case of an emergency.

The resort island of Bali remained dark on Saturday evening with Hindus, who constitute a majority of the population there, observing Seclusion Day. Furthermore, the thousands of temples on the island remained dark and quiet on Saturday evening to make it appear as “an island without dwellers.”

Chief of the Bali chapter of the Indonesian Hindus Council (PHDI), Professor Dr. Gusti Ngurah Sudiana, said that the observation of Seclusion Day was aimed at making people control lust (greed).

Hindus are obligated to observe the event, while non-Hindus on the

island are expected to do the same.

However, if they are unable to turn the lights of their establishments off, they are urged to prevent light from coming out of their homes.

A spokesman for the Bali branch of state electricity company PT PLN, Wayan Redika, predicted that the use of electricity on the island could drop by up to 50 percent to 425 megawatts only from the peak use of 850 megawatts due to Seclusion Day. Last year, power usage during the commemoration of Seclusion Day was recorded at only 390 megawatts.

Although electricity usage dropped by half, generators continued to operate well, he affirmed, adding that it was not impossible for the operation of a few to be stopped that day.

PT PLN has more than one mil-

lion customers in Bali. Of these, 70 percent are companies, including hotels and the Ngurah Rai Airport, while the remaining 30 percent are individual customers.

It is these individual customers who refrained from using electricity the whole day on Saturday to commemorate Seclusion Day, Redika pointed out, adding that hotels and the Ngurah Rai Airport still needed power to carry out their operations and services. (ant) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Monday, March 23, 2015

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Serve hundreds of taxpayers,

Samsat Corner opens until evening

The farmer in Tabanan prefer to plan paddy rather than soybeans

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Due to capital obstacle, farmers of Tabanan hesitate to plant soybeans Tabanan

Tofu and tempeh makers in Tabanan have started to use imported soybeans since 2008 as their raw ingredients. It happens due to the lack of local soybean production. Tabanan itself has owned soybean production centers such as in Kediri and Kerambitan but it is insufficient. Lack of production stock is partly caused by preference of farmers in Tabanan to plant rice and slightly hesitate to plant soybeans due to lack of capital.

It was presented by the Head of Tabanan Agriculture, Food Crops and Horticulture Agency, Nyoman Budana. He continued that Tabanan currently wants to encourage farmers to grow soybeans that can meet the local needs and reduce import. One of the solutions is through the program of central government where Tabanan gets help for soybean planting with the area of 500 hectares. This assistance has been realized where Kediri gets the allocation of 450 hectares and Kerambitan 50 hectares.

Budana continued that farmers in Tabanan are likely to grow rice and still unwilling to plant soybeans. If the water is available, farmers will certainly

grow rice. The government itself makes an effort to encourage farmers to grow crops both soybean and corn during the season of less water or after rice harvest.

“Planting soybeans does not need special land. As requirement, the soybean must be planted after harvest,” said Budana. Deadline of the soybean planting is seven days after harvest because the condition of soil at that time is still moist. Later than that, according to Budana, the land is already dry and cannot be planted with crops.

Although it seems easy and promises a great benefit, the planting of soybeans will require capital. This is what cannot be met by farmers so that they

eventually can only grow rice.

To that end, the government will strive to meet the capital need of farmers either by grants or lowinterest loan.

Budana added that the quality of local soybean is actually not inferior to the imported one.

Unfortunately, the quality of local soybean highly depends on the weather. “When it has bore fruit and is ready to harvest, it suddenly rains. This condition makes the quality of seeds decreases because soybeans easily germinate when in contact with water,” said Budana. To that end, other than capital it also requires a breakthrough of technology to produce quality soybean that can meet domestic needs. (kmb24)

VARIOUS facilities surely become everyone’s dream, especially regarding the obligations as obedient citizens.

Likewise, taxpayers of motor vehicles obviously want fast and practical services when re-registering and paying their vehicle tax (Samsat). For the convenience of taxpayers in Denpasar and Badung and they do not flock to Samsat Office at Renon, the Bali Police Sub-directorate of Registration and Identification then makes a breakthrough by providing excellent services to community through the opening of Samsat Corner at Tiara Dewata Denpasar and Carrefour on Jalan Sunset Road, Kuta.

This service is very much beneficial to taxpayers and the most crowdedly visited by taxpayers is the Samsat Corner at Tiara Dewata. According to the Chief of Registration and Identification, Djoni Widodo, accompanied by the Section Head of Vehicle Registration, Andy Prihastomo, on Tuesday (Mar. 17) that to serve taxpayers his office is open until nine o’clock in the afternoon except for holidays. The officers on duty at Samsat Corner have two shifts namely from eight o’clock in the morning until two o’clock in the afternoon and four o’clock to nine o’clock in the afternoon.

What is the average amount of taxpayers served? Djoni asserted that one shift can serve 250 to 300 taxpayers. It means, added Djoni, the public awareness to pay vehicle tax has increased. Moreover, the opening of Samsat Corner is very helpful for people in terms of distance and

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time. “Not everyone can re-register and pay their vehicle tax at their convenient time. To serve better, we open two shifts,” he said.

However, the Samsat Corner only serves legalization. As for extending the validity period of registration, taxpayers should come to the Samsat Office at Renon because they must carry several requirements such as the rubbing of engine serial number and vehicle frame number, vehicle ownership book and others.

Currently, his party with Bali Revenue Service (Dispenda) and related parties is preparing e-banking vehicle tax payment system. This plan still needs finalization mainly in the matter of the system in use. When the e-banking vehicle tax payment system can be realized, it will become easier.

“We will make every effort to improve our services to taxpayers. However, there are still some obstacles hindering the implementation of the programs we have designed,” he said.

He pointed out that his party also prepares a Drive Thru Samsat. By this program, paying vehicle tax can be made faster and directly from the car or motorcycle. Due to obstacle of land availability, the program is still discussed further.

“Hopefully, the Samsat Corner can be multiplied and this can only happen if the space is available. Meanwhile, Bali Revenue Service provides Roving Samsat to reach taxpayers in remote rural areas,” said Djoni. (rah)

Monday, March 23, 2015

Candi Bentar cultural stage at Intercontinental Bali Resort

JIMBARAN - InterContinental Bali Resort is proud to showcase traditional Balinese architecture integrated within its dining and entertainment venues. Candi Bentar is the resort’s cultural stage. This enchanting open air theatre, heralded by the ceremonial split gate from which it takes its name, is used for cocktail events, weddings, and private dinners complete with cultural performances.

You will see Candi Bentar or split gates all over Bali, especially within temple architecture, where these huge, stone or brick structures represent the entrance from the outer realm. Each is an elaborately carved tower, open to the sky and cut clean through the middle to form two mirror-image halves of a solid, separated to allow entrance into the temple. The elevated gates are richly decorated, linked by a flight of steps, and usually flanked on either side by stone-carved temple guardians.

Candi Bentar at InterContinental Bali Resort is crafted from stone blocks with a pair of statues on either side, each pair supporting a triple-tiered Balinese temple parasol. In front of the split gates is an alfresco courtyard garden, with a manicured lawn bordered by two rows of fragrant, pink and white flowering frangipani trees.

Here, dining tables and chairs can be set up in accordance with a classic Balinese theme utilising, for example the ceremonial black and white chequered ‘poleng’ cloth, which represents a balance between opposing forces or elements. Centrepiece on each table, traditional wooden puppets are exquisitely arranged with tropical flowers and banana leaf strips encircling candles, while the garden is beautifully lit at night with strings of spherical lanterns suspended from the top of the split gate structures.

Other outdoor decorations might include ‘plengkung’, elaborate arches of Balinese coconut leaves, strings of finely-cut palm leaves, the colourful tapered flags known as ‘umbul-umbul’, and ‘tiki’ fire torches.

The festive atmosphere, meanwhile, will be enhanced by the sound of Balinese musicians playing the indigenous bamboo instrument ‘rindik’.

This majestic venue is perfect for a cultural dinner, such as an Indonesian ‘Rijstaffel’ banquet, literally meaning ‘rice-table’, and presenting traditional Indonesian fare dating back to DutchIndonesian colonial times. As the guests are seated, a starter of Seared Tuna Salad and Coconut Soup Klungah, with shredded chicken and sticky rice, is brought to the tables. This will be followed by ten main courses served by Balinese maidens wearing traditional costume, and complemented by the subtle yet hypnotic strains of the rindik music. Steamed white or yellow rice is always the centrepiece, accompanied by an assortment of different meat, fish and vegetable dishes, such as Beef Rendang - slow cooked beef stew, Balinese Chicken and Coconut Milk Curry, Mahi Mahi Fish grilled in banana leaves with kemangi, Prawn Moilee, Satay Ikan Lilit – minced fish satay, Lamb Stew with soya and tomato, and the warm vegetable salad known as Gado-Gado. Dessert might

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be Jajan Pasar, a family-style platter of assorted Balinese sweets and exotic fruits.

As dinner concludes and tea and coffee is served, a lavish spectacle will unfold on the outdoor stage with a reenactment of a traditional Balinese temple procession, led by dozens of Balinese girls in colourful costumes carrying offerings on their heads, escorted by a string of musicians. An all female group of ‘Joged Bumbung’ dancers will entertain guests with their extraordinary rapid fan, eye and feet movements, eventually luring willing participants to dance with them.

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Alindra Villa has laid a cornerstone on Wednesday, November 12, as a symbol of area expansion and additional units which is targeted to be finished in 2015. Alindra Villa is expanding itself in the area of 10 are by building six additional one-bedroom villas which will be finished in around 10-12 months. This expansion is aimed to meet the needs of traveler who want to enjoy the richness of culture and architectural of Indonesia.

“Alindra Villa is a work of art,” expressed Arifin Olii, the owner who is an architect and a painter himself.

His labor of love included choosing best building materials and contemporary furnishing, selecting antique sculpture and paintings, to make sure whoever stays inside feels the villa as a second home.

Alindra Villa also has distinctive ideology called Nautical Nine. It rep-

resents nine historic architecture and modern styles found in Alindra Villa.

It is also a representation of the nine spices and flower commonly used in Indonesian cuisine. And yet it is also representing the nine cardinal points in Hindu mythology.

Alindra Villa has cemented its presence in Bali since July 2013. Previously, Alindra has had twelve units which are divided in to three complexes, offering different experiences, from ethnic villas, Terracotta complex, and modern pool villas. The antiquities and paintings displayed in the modern pool villas and Terracotta suites are also the owner’s personal collection.

Alindra Villa has three areas which can host events, from engagement party, birthday party, to cocktail party.

The selection of food and beverages are provided by Terracotta Restaurant. (kmb)

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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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Monday, March 23, 2015

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Antarctica tourists: Be prepared for the wild and unexpected

KING GEORGE ISLAND, Antarctica — They trekked snow-covered mountains, gasped at seals flopping along the coastline and oohed at penguins waddling along on the ice, and even took in the spectacle of a humpback whale flapping its tail amid a sea of melting icebergs.

But then, the dozens of tourists stranded on a cruise ship at the end of the world could only stare up at the sky, waiting for several days of thick fog to clear so they could go home.

“In Antarctica, you can plan all you like, but you can’t really schedule anything,” goes a local saying.

It’s the last terrestrial tourism frontier that nature lovers, adventurers and explorers are rushing to visit. This tourist season, which runs November through March, more than 37,000 people are expected to visit the coldest continent on Earth, about 10 percent more than last season.

While some tourists climb Mount Vinson, Antarctica’s highest point at 16,050 feet (4,892 meters), others seek a chance to take in the views of other-worldly terrain or snap pictures of massive groups of penguins as they bop in and out of the water.

Still others do extreme sports, like scuba diving in icy waters, or imagine themselves as early 20th century explorers during reenactment expeditions. High-profile visitors of recent years include Bill Gates and Prince Harry, while heavy-metal band Metallica rocked out for a small group of fans at the Carlini Argentine Base here in 2013.

No matter the draw, a strong dose of humor, patience and humility, not to mention tens of thousands of dollars, are an essential part of any Antarctica vacation. Without fail, every year some tourists are left waiting for the sun to come out, or for a patchy Internet connection to work, or even for help to get their stuck boots dislodged from the ice.

“Was it worth it? Yes, of course it was,” said English tourist Christine Brannan, 65, recently holed up on the cruise ship. “But I would say to anybody who wants to do the flight and cruise to be aware of the unpredictability.”

“It’s been fantastic,” chimed in husband John as the couple walked with other tourists to the airstrip. “It’s something we’ll never forget.”

Antarctica is roughly the size of United States and Mexico combined, but tourists and the 4,000 or so scientists who live here part of the year mostly keep to areas that aren’t permanently frozen and where wildlife can be found. Those areas account for less than 2 percent

of the continent.

Most visitors arrive on the Antarctic Peninsula, accessible from southern Argentina and Chile by plane or ship. The next most popular destination is the Ross Sea on the opposite side of the continent, which visitors reach after sailing 10 days from New Zealand or Australia.

The harsh environment requires vacationers to come with many essentials: water-resistant hiking boots, several layers of winter clothes including long underwear and a parka, and powerful sun lotion and dark shades with extra ultraviolet protection.

“I was awed by everything,” said Maria Estela Dorion, a retired nurse from Chile. “The snow-covered mountains, the sunsets, the sunrises.

There are no words to describe Antarctica.”

Although many tourists are well-heeled retirees who mostly stay aboard cruise ships, conservationists worry about potentially devastating environmental damage from boat pollution and from the more adventurous visitors who hike or cross-country ski around sensitive sites, such as moss beds or bird breeding colonies during the Southern Hemisphere summer, when 24-hour daylight allows unrestricted access.

Increasing foot traffic poses “particular risks of disturbance or contamination to some of the last remaining essentially pristine areas on the planet,” said Alan Hemmings, an environmental consultant on polar regions. “We should not passively watch Antarctica being turned into a theme park.”

Hemmings said several countries with territorial claims in Antarctica, such as the United States, Great Britain, Argentina, Chile and others, have signed agreements to regulate tourism, but most are non-binding or nearly impossible to enforce.

Many visitors are drawn here by the legacy of the so-called heroic era of Antarctic exploration from 1898 to 1915, when several adventurers braved harsh conditions, and sometimes died, to explore the mysterious continent.

Some agencies even lead reenactment expeditions of Ernest Shackleton’s desperate sea and land journey to a South Georgia Island whaling station in the southern Atlantic Ocean in 1916. After his ship was crushed by sea ice during

an Antarctica expedition, Shackleton left 22 of his crew at on remote Elephant Island and then set sail in a lifeboat on an 800-nautical-mile (1,482 kilometers) voyage to seek help. Thanks to Shackleton, the crew was rescued by a Chilean Navy cutter boat.

Antarctica is not for budget travelers, and the sky is the limit when it comes to cost. At the top end, chartering a 114-foot yacht (35-meter) in Antarctica costs about $53,000 per week, while a 460-foot yacht (140-meter) runs more than $1 million a week, according to estimates by Superyachts.com.

Tim Johnson, the founder of London-based TBJ Super Yachts, said demand is rising every year for clients wanting to explore “unchartered territory” in style.

“This is the last frontier on the planet,” he said.

For those not quite part of the 1 percent, a 14-day expedition on the National Geographic Explorer ship costs between $12,000 and $24,000. A more affordable option is Antarctica XXI, which offers plane and cruise ship trips starting at $10,000 for six nights, which is on top of the cost to fly to southern Chile.

Most tourists sleep on their cruise ships, which offer a bevy of fine-dining options and on-board entertainment between several excursions to see the landscapes and animals.

No matter how tourists arrive, weather delays are the norm. During the recent patch of heavy fog, for six days planes could not take off or land on King George, leaving guides to deal with more than 100 frustrated tourists.

Despite the unpredictable weather and high costs, tourism in Antarctica has become increasingly popular since the 1980s, when on average less than 2,000 visitors came per year. The peak was in 2007-2008, when 46,000 people visited, according to the Rhode Island-based International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators.

“It’s definitely on many people’s bucket list,” said Steven Cowpe, who leads expeditions for Antarctica Bound, a United Kingdom-based travel agency. “You feel like you’re at the end of the planet because it’s so wild and when you come back, you feel like you have achieved something great, even if you’re not an explorer.” (ap)

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Monday, March 23, 2015

Omed-Omedan, unique tradition of Sesetan Village

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DENPASAR - The day after Nyepi is known as Ngembak Geni. Meanwhile, some people also call it as the end of abstinence, release of abstinence, dissolution of abstinence namely the end of fasting or upawasa. On the Ngembak Geni, the Hindus should pay a visit to families and relatives to forgive one another and hold dharma santhi or masima krama for maintaining social relationship.

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In this Jan. 20, 2015 photo, a plane departs from King George Island, Antarctica. No matter how tourists arrive, weather delays are the norm. During a recent patch of heavy fog, for six days planes were unable to take off or land on King George, leaving guides to deal with frustrated tourists.

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This Feb. 2, 2015 photo shows the Ocean Nova cruise in Maxwell Bay, near King George Island, Antarctica. Antarctica is roughly the size of United States and Mexico combined, but tourists and the 4,000 or so scientists who live here part of the year mostly keep to areas that aren’t permanently frozen and where wildlife can be found.

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In this Jan. 22, 2015 photo, Gentoo penguins gather near a post of wooden arrows with names of cities and their respective distances, at the Bernardo O’Higgins scientific station, Antarctica.

For residents of Kaja Hamlet, Sesetan Village, Denpasar, the Ngembak Geni celebration is filled with a unique tradition and it is eagerly awaited, namely the implementation of MedMedan or Omed-Omedan. As the name implies, it is an attraction of ‘pulling each other’ performed by two groups ending with a ‘kiss.’ Participants of this attraction consist of single teenagers. On that account, teenagers of Kaja Hamlet, Sesetan, registered as the member of customary youth club (STT) are required to join.

Procedure of implementing the Med-Medan attraction is that the members of each group are specified in advance. If male group has 40 participants, the female will have 60 participants to poise their strength.

Those have not got their turn in the first round will be placed as stand-by in the next round. As consequence, all existing members will join the group in turn.

Each group has a group head, namely a teenager placed in the front position. Then, each participants lining up in the rear should hug the waist of another participant in front of him or her. When command of the attraction

has been started, the male group head holds the hand of the female group.

To make the play run orderly, pecalang or customary security taskforce divides their tasks. Some officers will give command to start the game, mediate and discontinue the game by means of flushing water. Every spraying of water by pecalang, participants must stop pulling their opponent. The flushing indicates the end of the round and every even round (II, IV, VI, and so on) is followed by exchange of position for the next start.

The Med-Medan tradition has lasted for some hundreds of years.

There are no sources mentioned when the tradition began to take place. According to I Made Munggah, a resident of Sesetan researching about the tradition, prior to the 1980s the attraction was performed right in the afternoon on Nyepi festivity. The attraction took place spontaneously without guidance and certainly it was not governed by pecalang. After the 1980s, the MedMedan tradition was arranged more neatly and undertaken on Ngembak Geni.

There has been an allegation that the Med-Medan tradition was taken

advantage as an opportunity to kiss in front of the general public. Thus, they had committed pornographic action.

Such accusation was denied by Made Munggah. It never happened and there had been no such idea. The tradition just posed an expression of overflowing joy of the youth when they carried out Med-Medan on the Ngembak Geni as an annual event of local villagers as written by Munggah in his

book entitled Med-Medan: Tradisi Unik dari Sesetan or Med-Medan: A Unique Tradition of Sesetan published

by Bali Post Publisher.

Munggah added that pecalang reminded so that no single participant deliberately did the kiss. Hamlet apparatus always told that such attraction should take place well, courteously, and ethically in accordance with Balinese culture (Oriental culture).

SEMARAPURA - The lack of assistance from local government in developing salt farming has opened the door for foreign investors. At Jumpai village, Klungkung subdistrict, a foreign investor is developping local salt production by bringing in raw salt from outside the region. After begin processed and packaged, the salt is sold to other regions of Bali and exported overseas.

PT Bening Big Tree Farms is the name of the company that is developing this salt production.

They are a foreign company that is rapidly growing in the field of organic food and grain in Indonesia.

Their salt production is centered in Jumpai village, near the road that leads to the beach where they use a greenhouse drying process and manual sorting. Coordinator of the salt farming business, Wayan Suardana, said that after the local government closed the salt quarry, Jumpai village had nothing to rely

on in terms of income, as even fishing has diminished to minimal levels over the years. The salt industry here, has however been saved by the foreign owned company that has built two greenhouses and has recruited dozen of employees from Jumpai village. Due to the limited availability of raw materials, Suardana said that the company brings in raw salt from outside of Klungkung, from places such as Buleleng. “The raw salt at Kusamba village (Klungkung) is not enough,” said Suardana. The raw salt is then processed, sorted and packed at Jumpai. In two weeks, the employees can produce 250kg of the ready-to-pack salt.

The process that takes place at Jumpai village requires several steps. The raw salt is melted and dried in the greenhouses where the temperature is much hotter and more constant than direct sunlight.

If the weather is good, the salt can be dried in 5 days. The salt can then be sorted into five different type of

grains, with ‘big pyramid’ being the most sought after for export. The salt is also used for local consumption and the different grades depend on its shape. This part of the process takes the longest, because the grains are hand sorted before being shipped to Sibang. “Packing and shipping is carried out at the headquarters in Sibang from where it is shipped to local and overseas markets,” said Suardana.

It takes one day to sort 3 kg of salt. Recently orders have been increasing, evidence of which can be seen by the amount of raw salt which is usually 15 tons, now only amounting to 4 tons at the Jumpai facilities.

The increase in demand has had a positive impact on the locals who work for this foreign company.

One employee at Pt Bening Big Tree, named Ni Ketut Landri, says that the survival of the salt industry in Jumpai has helped her.

A similar opinion was also expressed by two other employees

named Ni Kadek Arini and Nengah Juwita. After the closing of the quarry and with the disappearance of fishing as an option for earning a living, local residents were, obviously in a tight spot. All the employees at the new salt production company said that they are paid in accordance with the minimum wage for Klungkung county.

According to research carried out by I Dewa Nyoman Ngurah Ari Cahyadi and colleagues from the Department of International Relations, in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at Udayana University, the direct foreign investment made by PT Bening Big Tree Farms towards salt processing in 2013, which amounted to IDR 1.014 billion, seems to reaffirm the fact that the local government in unable to develop regional potential for the benefit of its residents. Nonetheless, many people are becoming involved in salt farming in the coastal villages of Klungkung. (kmb31)

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For residents of Kaja Hamlet, Sesetan Village, Denpasar, the Ngembak Geni celebration is filled with a unique tradition and it is eagerly awaited, namely the implementation of MedMedan or Omed-Omedan. As the name implies, it is an attraction of ‘pulling each other’ performed by two groups ending with a ‘kiss.’

Foreign investors develop salt farming at Jumpai

Similarly, the apparatus did not want if the attraction led to obscene, filthy and disgusting actions.

According to Munggah, Med-Medan was preceded by saying prayers en masse, dharma santhi or masima krama and then followed by performing Balinese dances. Afterwards, MedMedan attraction was held in the local Hamlet Hall and ended with having a meal together. (kmb)

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TABANAN - Auspicious days as well as holy days continue to provide opportunities for those in the business of producing and selling shrines.

Despite intense competition, hand crafted shrines are still a good business to be in, as they are much sought after. Now, with the proliferation of small living quarters, smaller shrines are also in high demand.

Owner of a shrine craft workshop on Jalan Bypass Soekarno, Tabanan -Mrs. Rama, says that shrine handicraft businesses remains prospective.

Because there are always customers looking to purchase these items given that they are a requirement of the Hindu community of Bali. In terms of design, the craft of shrine making has being seeing developments in terms of the raw materials and carving techniques used, although the original Balinese style remains intact. “Small-sized shrines are often sought after by the increasing number of people living in smaller spaces,” he said.

This is one of the reasons that the craft of shrine making is still surviving. Every year there are new innovations in the shrines, according to the demands of customers. “Apart from the area around Tabanan, customers also come from Lumajang and Semeru,” she added.

According to Rama, a variety of shrines are offered by crafters.

Generally, the widely used shrines found in residential family temples include the padmasana, tugu, or two-chambered shrine, as well as kemulan, catu, lumbung, piasan and others. The price on offer for these shrines is relatively affordable. “The price cannot be set ahead of time because it depends on the accompanying ritual paraphernalia. Prices are agreed upon by the buyer and

the seller and start from hundreds of thousands to millions of rupiahs,” she explained.

The raw material for making shrine crafts, she said, highly depends on the innovations of the crafters. For example, some shrine crafters have started using concrete, lava stone, sandstone or taro stone and some combine wood and concrete.

Gus Rai, owner of another shrine craft workshop gave a similar rundown of present conditions but added that although many shrines are sold, each shrine crafter caters to its own market, so that little competition is felt. The demand for crafted shrines depends on economic conditions and is influenced by auspicious days. Before Galungan, for example, generally there are a lot of orders because based on local beliefs, inaugural rituals may not take place later after Galungan. The prospects for shrine crafting businesses will remain good in the future because Hindus still hold firm to their beliefs.

“Our market remains within Bali and seldom reaches outside of the island,” he said.

This Sulawesi-born youth said that in the region of his birth, there are a lot of shrine crafters who meet the needs for shrines in those regions.

“By and large, only special orders are shipped from Bali, such as shrines made of fine coastal sand,” he said. (kmb28)

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In this March 12, 2015 photo, local residents Kazutoshi Musashi, left, and Shigeru Chiba look at the 12.5-meter (41-foot)-high concrete barrier under construction in the northern fishing port of Osabe, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

Japan opts for massive, costly sea wall to fend off tsunamis

The shrine being sold on the side of the street

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Prisoners have already been transferred

Drug Prison still lacks officers

The prison which is specialized for drug abuse prisoners

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BANGLI - The Prison located at Buungan hamlet, Tiga village, Susut, Bangli -the only prison of its kind in Bali, which only receives inmates who have been sentenced to dug related cirmes, is now beginning to receive prisoners.

There are 13 convicts of drug related crimes that are already being detained in this new prison; however there remain a limited number of officers on duty there.

Chief of the Bangli Drug Prison, Bambang Maryanto, explained that the 13 drug convicts detained in this new prison were transferred from Bangli Prison, Gianyar Prison and Klungkung Prison. Almost all of the prisoners have already served most of their sentence and are just waiting to be released or are up for parole.

The transfer of the 13 convicts is meant to help local officers make suitable arrangements before the Bangli Drug Prison officially begins operations, scheduled to take place in April.

“Yes, the prisoners are here to help organize the environment, including making a garden and others such things,” said the chief of Police.

Bambang admitted that the prison that was

completed at the end of 2014 still does not have entrance gates. Nevertheless, according to Bambang this is not a serious problem, given that all the buildings within the prison are secure. He added that the transfer of convicts from other prisons will be carried out gradually. Other than the fact that some of the prison’s buildings are not finished being built, there is also the problem of the limited number of employees at the Drug Prison. Currently there are only 16 officers assigned to the prison with only 4 officers on duty at any given time. Ideally there should be 10 officers on duty for every shift.

“For this reason we are gradually transferring prisoners, according to the number of officers we have available,” he said.

The Bangli Drug Prison will be able to accommodate a total of 260 prisoners in two residential blocks. Later, all drug prisoners in the prisons and detention centers scattered throughout Bali, including drug prisoners who have been detained at the Kerobokan Prison, will also be transferred to this new drug prison. (kmb40)

SENDAI — Four years after a towering tsunami ravaged much of Japan’s northeastern coast, efforts to fend off future disasters are focusing on a nearly 400-kilometer (250-mile) chain of cement sea walls, at places nearly five stories high.

Opponents of the 820 billion yen ($6.8 billion) plan argue that the massive concrete barriers will damage marine ecology and scenery, hinder vital fisheries and actually do little to protect residents who are mostly supposed to relocate to higher ground. Those in favor say the sea walls are a necessary evil, and one that will provide some jobs, at least for a time.

In the northern fishing port of Osabe, Kazutoshi Musashi chafes at the 12.5-meter (41-foot)-high concrete barrier blocking his view of the sea. “The reality is that it looks like the wall of a jail,” said Musashi, 46, who lived on the seaside before the tsunami struck Osabe and has moved inland since.

Pouring concrete for public works is a staple strategy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its backers in big business and construction, and local officials tend to go along with such plans.

The paradox of such projects, experts say, is that while they may reduce some damage, they can foster complacency. That can be a grave risk along coastlines vulner-

able to tsunamis, storm surges and other natural disasters. At least some of the 18,500 people who died or went missing in the 2011 disasters failed to heed warnings to escape in time.

Tsuneaki Iguchi was mayor of Iwanuma, a town just south of the region’s biggest city, Sendai, when the tsunami triggered by a magnitude-9 earthquake just off the coast inundated half of its area.

A 7.2-meter (24-foot) -high sea wall built years earlier to help stave off erosion of Iwanuma’s beaches slowed the wall of water, as did stands of tall, thin pine trees planted along the coast. But the tsunami still swept up to 5 kilometers (3 miles) inland. Passengers and staff watched from the upper floors and roof of the airport as the waves carried off cars, buildings and aircraft, smashing most homes in densely populated suburbs not far from the beach.

The city repaired the broken sea walls but doesn’t plan to make them any taller. Instead, Iguchi was one of the first local officials to back a plan championed by former Prime

Minister Morihiro Hosokawa to plant mixed forests along the coasts on tall mounds of soil or rubble, to help create a living “green wall” that would persist long after the concrete of the bigger, man-made structures has crumbled. “We don’t need the sea wall to be higher.

What we do need is for everyone to evacuate,” Iguchi said.

“The safest thing is for people to live on higher ground and for people’s homes and their workplaces to be in separate locations. If we do that, we don’t need to have a ‘Great Wall,’” he said.

While the lack of basic infrastructure can be catastrophic in developing countries, too heavy a reliance on such safeguards can lead communities to be too complacent at times, says Margareta Wahlstrom, head of the U.N.’s Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.

“There’s a bit of an overbelief in technology as a solution, even though everything we have learned demonstrates that people’s own insights and instincts are really what makes a difference, and technology in fact makes us a bit more vulnerable,” Wahlstrom said in an interview ahead of a recent conference in Sendai convened to draft a new framework for reducing disaster risks. (ap)

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Australia a puzzling hotbed of Islamic State recruiting

CANBERRA — A nightclub bouncer who reportedly became a terror group leader. A man who tweeted a photo of his young son clutching a severed head. A teenager who is believed to have turned suicide bomber, and others suspected of attempting to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State movement. All of them, Australian.

The London-based International Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence reports that between 100 and 250 Australians have joined Sunni militants in Iraq and Syria.

Given Australia’s vast distance from the region and its population of just 24 million, it is a remarkable number. The center estimates that about 100 fighters came from the United States, which has more than 13 times as many people as Australia.

Experts disagree about why Islamic State has been so effective recruiting in Australia, which is widely regarded as a multicultural success story, with an economy in an enviable 24th year of continuous growth.

Possible explanations include that some Australian Muslims are poorly integrated with the rest of the country, and that Islamic State recruiters have given Australia particular attention. In addition, the Australian government failed to keep tabs on some citizens who had been radicalized, and moderate Muslims have been put off

by some of Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s comments about their community.

Greg Barton, a global terrorism expert at Monash University in Melbourne, said Australia and some other countries underestimated Islamic State’s “pull factor.”

“We’re all coming to terms with the fact that this is a formidable targeter and predatory recruiter that goes after individuals one by one with a very masterful use of technology, and our sense of confidence that because we’ve got society working well makes us secure misses the point,” Barton said.

Muslims make up about 2.2 percent of the population in Australia, compared to just 1 percent in the United States.

And while many U.S. Muslims are from families who migrated in pursuit of the American economic dream, a larger proportion of Australian Muslims are from families who fled Lebanon’s civil war in the 1970s and ‘80s.

Australian Muslims of Lebanese origin are largely based in Sydney, the country’s biggest city.

They have been less successful in integrating into Australian society than many other groups, and the first Australian-born generation of these migrant families has been overrepresented in terrorism offenses and general street crime.(ap)

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FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2014 file photo, a hostage runs to armed tactical response police officers for safety after she escaped from a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia. For a country of just 24 million that is thousands of miles from Syria and Iraq, Australia has been unusually fertile ground for Islamic State recruiters.

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BEIJING — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says China’s economic slowdown is legitimate and Beijing can contribute to global prosperity.

Southeast Asia makes vital push in banking integration

KUALA LUMPUR — Southeast Asian nations Saturday wrapped up a key agreement allowing qualified banks to operate freely in each other’s countries in a push toward greater financial and economic integration.

The regional banking integration framework is part of efforts to create an economic community by the end of the year, making the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations a single market and production base.

ASEAN finance ministers and central bank governors said in a joint statement after a two-day meeting that qualified ASEAN banks can now operate with greater market access and be accorded flexibilities similar to those of domestic banks in the host country.

They said this will help accelerate the pace of regional financial integration and boost cross-border trade and investment.

“It took us five years from conception to operationalize this.

This is very exciting. This is something concrete, it’s a major progress for ASEAN,” Malaysian central bank governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz told reporters.

Zeti said allowing qualified ASEAN banks to operate as a domestic bank across the region will help to deepen trade and investment links to “unlock potential growth” in the region. Interregional trade is already on the rise, accounting for just over a quarter of ASEAN’s trade, she said.

No further details were immediately available on how a bank in one country can qualify as an ASEAN bank. Currently, regional countries place stringent limits on foreign banks to protect their domestic industry, including limiting foreign equity participation and curbing their expansion and market access. (ap)

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IMF welcomes Beijing’s efforts to boost regional investment Lagarde welcomed Beijing’s efforts to boost investment outside China, referring to the new Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

She was speaking Sunday at the opening of China Development Forum in Beijing.

China established the regional lending institution last year and put up most of its initial $50 billion in capital with the goal to finance construction of roads and other infrastructure.

At the forum, Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli said environmental protection and sustainably development will be Beijing’s priorities. The forum is an annual gathering of academics, entrepreneurs and representatives of multilateral organizations. (ap)

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Specialist Patrick King, center, works with traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, at the closing bell, Friday, March 20, 2015. A handful of automated investment startups created in the past few years now have more than $4 billion in assets under management, according to Forrester Research.

‘Robo-advisor’ growth hits Wall Street money managers WASHINGTON - When it comes to investment advice, would you trust a financial professional or a robot?

A growing number of people are choosing the latter, on the belief that algorithms can provide rational and dispassionate advice at a cost well below that of traditional advisors.

A handful of automated investment startups created in the past few years now have more than $4 billion in assets under management, according to Forrester Research.

It’s a small segment of a trilliondollar wealth management industry but growing at a red-hot pace, Forrester analyst Bill Doyle said.

“This is a more meaningful crop of disruptors than we’ve seen for many years, really since the Internet brokerages emerged,” he told AFP. Doyle said the digital investment services appeal to young adults who lack the minimum -- often $100,000 to $1 million -- for traditional wealth managers, but who want advice or management of their investments.

Robo-advisor firms often allow customers to set their preferences and let the algorithm do the rest -- trading, rebalancing and minimizing taxes.

Costs are often far less than a traditional advisory firm, which may charge one percent or more of a customer’s assets.

“These upstarts have simple uncomplicated offers, often for markets that are not being served effectively by incumbent firms,” Doyle said.

On the Bogleheads investment forum, one contributor claimed to be happy with the “low fees with a lot of added value” at one firm and the “Silicon Valley viewpoint on investing.”

Wealthfront, the largest of the new breed, announced this month it had reach $2 billion in assets under management in just over three years.

The California startup has an investment team led by Burton Malkiel, an emeritus professor of economics at Princeton University and author of a 1973 book that championed “passive” investing in low-cost indexes for stocks, bonds and other assets.

The strategy is based on the idea that “active” managers rarely outperform over the long term a broad index such as the Standard & Poor’s 500, especially when manager fees are included. These firms mainly recommend exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that offer these blends of assets.

“Investors are sick of the lack of transparency from traditional financial services,” Wealthfront chief executive Adam Nash said in a blog post. “For too long, this industry has made too much of its revenue on the backs of those who can least afford it.”

Other startups including Betterment and FutureAdvisor use a similar formula -- turning over daily portfolio management to an automated algorithm that selects investments based on a customer’s risk profile, age and other factors, in an effort replicate broad market returns.

“More people are searching for a technology-first automated solution,” said Betterment’s Joe Ziemer.

The New York startup launched in 2010 now has 73,000 customers and $1.6 billion under management.

Betterment’s average customer is 36 years old but its fastest growing segment is people over 50. The mainstream financial industry has taken notice. The large investment firm Charles Schwab this month launched its “Intelligent Portfolios,” using a similar method, without any fees beyond the underlying investment fund costs.

Schwab is likely to quickly overtake the “pure play” automated firms but won’t put them out of business, according to Doyle.

“Schwab’s entry will raise this whole market. It brings credibility to this model,” Doyle said. But Doyle said the large investment firms have done little to appeal to young adults with relatively small amounts to invest. (afp)

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The Badung Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) will deploy hundreds of janitors in anticipation of the surge of rubbish during the celebration of Nyepi.

On Nyepi celebration

975 sanitation workers deployed for cleaning rubbish

MANGUPURA - The Badung Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) will deploy hundreds of janitors in anticipation of the surge of rubbish during the celebration of Nyepi. The Agency requires the janitors to perform their regular works starting at midnight.

“All janitors start to work after the completion of ogoh-ogoh parade namely at midnight until three o’clock in the morning. It is the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in Badung,” said the Head of DKP Badung, I Putu Eka Merthawan.

He is committed that during the celebration of the Nyepi or catur brata penyepian all the roads along 16 kilometers on Kuta Beach will be clean from litter. “The roads must be clean and no single piece of ex-ogoh-ogoh will be left on the road. Our logic, on the Nyepi Day Badung has been clean,” he said.

Besides, the DKP Badung also prohibits its staff from taking leave

or vacation after the celebration of Nyepi, namely on Ngembak Geni, Sunday (Mar. 22). The team with a total of 975 personnel consisting of janitors, gardeners and transportation officers will be deployed to clean up Badung.

“First day of the Caka New Year 1937 must be clean, too. Every effort must be taken in order that the road can be clean on the day after Nyepi. Rubbish on Kuta Beach must also be cleaned up. So, after finishing the work in their field, they will be back to clean up the beach along 16 km, it is uncompromised,” he affirmed.

He predicted there will be a surge

in the volume of rubbish in the celebration of Nyepi, reaching about 400-500 tons from a daily average of 250 tons. This surge happens because the celebration of Caka New Year 1973 coincides with rainy season.

“This time shows the biggest increase due to rainy season. Many leaves fall, not to mention the drifted rubbish. On the Nyepi last year the rubbish reached 350 tons only,” he said.

In addition to maintaining the sanitation of Badung and the comfort of people, the effort was also aimed to maintain the Adipura or clean town predicate. “We will maintain the national first rank of Adipura for small town category, but now we are categorized into middle town so that the rivals will be tougher,” he concluded. (kmb27)

This year, Telkomsel has held services with 4G technology in several major cities in Indonesia. To that end, Telkomsel target in 2015 is to improve the quality of data services by adding about 15,000 base stations, so that at the end of the year the number of base stations will reach 100 thousand units. This statement was made by President Director of Telkomsel Ririek Adriansyah.

According to Ririek, number of Telkomsel customers have reached more than 140 million by the end of Q4 2014. Telkomsel intends to provide an experience that is convenient for its customers to use data service. Moreover, the presence of 4G technology make Telkomsel want to give the best digital mobile services for its customers. “We want our customers to be able to experience the best when they are in our network and when they use the various services we offer,” he explained.

To support the creation of the best experience for customers, explained Ririek, Telkomsel has set three flagship programs, namely TrueBEX (True Broadband Experience), Digital World, and Great Digital Payment Experience. Through this program, various improvements in terms of network and service will be conducted.

Furthermore, Ririek explained TrueBEX is improving the quality of broadband data services in 30 city and 1,000 POI (point of interest).

This improvement are expected to provide a real experience for the customer, one of which download speeds up to 1.5 Mbps. “Customers will feel comfortable for video streaming, browsing, chat, play games more quickly and without buffering,” said Ririek.

Still in an effort to provide TrueBEX experience to customers, Telkomsel has launched 4G service in some cities, namely Jakarta, Bali and Bandung. This service has just launched in Surabaya, and in the near future will be held in Medan, Makassar and Manado.

This technology is supported by more than 550 eNode B (BTS 4G).

Until now, said Ririek, the number of customers who have utilized the services of long term evolution (LTE) reached 150,000 customers.

Meanwhile, on the side of the digital world, Telkomsel will strengthen MyTelkomsel applications that currently exists. This application is positioned as an access point for customers to make a purchase various products Telkomsel, such as vouchers, packet data, and digital services. As for digital payment, Telkomsel will continue to develop the T-Cash by using technology NFC (near field communication). “Data services grew significantly, more and more customers using digital services in daily life. For that, Telkomsel continues to innovate in terms of network and service, so customers can enjoy the best mobile digital lifestyle experience from Telkomsel,” he said. (kmb18)

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President Director of Telkomsel Ririek Adriansyah (middle) explained Telkomsel’s target on 2015.

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Israeli president calls for healing after divisive election JERUSALEM — Israel’s mostly ceremonial president says the country must begin a “healing process” after a stormy election campaign.

Reuven Rivlin was meeting Sunday with the parties in parliament to hear their recommendations before deciding who will form the next coalition government. After a resounding victory, that person will almost surely be Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In a last-ditch attempt to spur his

supporters to the polls last week, Netanyahu warned that Arab citizens were voting “in droves” and endangering years of rule by his right-wing Likud Party. The comments drew accusations of racism from Israeli Arabs and a White House rebuke about the divisive language.

Alluding to the uproar, Rivlin told Likud representatives that the emerging government will have to serve “all the citizens of Israel, Jews and Arabs.” (ap)

Singaporeans leave flowers, cards as Lee’s health worsens

Pakistani teaches underprivileged kids in outdoor school

ISLAMABAD — On any given day in the Pakistani capital, a group of young people can be seen gathered outdoors in an open field, books open and looking at makeshift blackboards attached to metal pipes in an open-air school.

The school is the product of years of effort by Mohammed Ayub, a Pakistani man of humble origins who turned a promise to his dying father to make sure his siblings got an education into a life dedicated to teaching the less fortunate of this city. For three decades, children who might otherwise have gotten no education sat through his classes.

“I really don’t remember how many have passed through (the school). They must be in thousands,” Ayub, who is to be honored Monday at a ceremony in the eastern city of Lahore, told The Associated Press at the field where classes are held. “What I know is that I will continue this mission until my last breath.”

Ayub, a 57-year-old government worker, came to Islamabad in 1976 from his hometown of Mandi Bahauddin, about 170 kilometers (105 miles) from the capital to

find a job so he could take care of his seven siblings after his father died. Back home, he had struggled through a number of menial jobs.

In Islamabad, he eventually found a low-level position in the city’s emergency services. He worked hard to learn new skills such as first aid and firefighting — he even studied how to defuse bombs — and was eventually promoted to a full-fledged firefighter.

Never forgetting his promise to his father, he always sent money home to his siblings. One day in 1985, he saw a boy about 12 years old busing tables at a restaurant, and that sparked an idea that eventually changed his life, Ayub said.

“I thought, ‘He is no different than my younger brother.’ At that moment I decided to teach him, and that was the start of my open school mission,” he said.

Ayub convinced other boys working in shops and food outlets

in the neighborhood to study with him in the middle of the market for an hour or two. But the shopkeepers — upset that he was taking up too much space — pushed him out. After moving multiple times, he eventually settled in an open field near the city’s Kohsar market. City officials have agreed not to bother him as long as he doesn’t try to set up a permanent structure.

He taught students math, Urdu and some basic English — though he had no training in teaching.

He was always good at math, he says. When he started, most of the students were children who lived in the streets or worked during the day instead of going to school. Now about three-quarters of his roughly 170 students go to government-run schools but some to his classes afterward for extra tutoring. The rest aren’t in school at all. (ap)

SINGAPORE — As the health of Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew deteriorated on the weekend, thousands of Singaporeans visited his hospital and a community center to leave flowers, gifts and emotional messages of support.

Lee, 91, was hospitalized in early February with severe pneumonia.

In the past week his condition has worsened to critically ill and the government has given daily updates.

The latest, on Sunday, said he had “weakened further.”

Lee commands immense respect among Singaporeans, who this year will celebrate the country’s 50th independence anniversary. He led Singapore with an iron grip for more than three decades until 1990, and is credited with transforming the resource poor island into a wealthy bustling financial hub with low crime and almost zero corruption.

At Singapore General where the elder statesman is hospitalized, 26year-old university graduate Kim Lee fought back tears as she stood near the growing pile of flowers and cards.

“I came to give him my medal.

I just finished a running event this morning and I came to give it to him,” she said. “To me he is more than a champion.” Singaporeans

overseas also sent in messages of support. Among the cards was one from the Netherlands, signed “a faraway Singapore son.” Another message hailed the “countless extraordinary things” Lee did for the tropical city-state and wished for his recovery.

State media reported that about 1,000 people had gathered at a community center in Lee’s electorate, also leaving cards and gifts and writing messages on a giant banner.

Under Lee and his successors, including his son, current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore was known around the world for its strict social order including a ban on chewing gum, restrictions on free speech and canings for crimes some countries would rule as minor. In recent years, it has become socially more liberal and the fragmented political opposition made gains in Singapore’s last elections in 2011.

After stepping down as prime minister, Lee remained part of the Cabinet and an influential figure in Singapore and the region. “We are very proud of Mr. Lee. He built Singapore into something so famous and so good,” said David Kwok, 52. “Our people are very grateful to him.” (ap) AP Photo/Joseph Nair

A get well card is left at the hospital where Lee Kuan Yew has been treated for the last 6 weeks on Saturday, March 21, 2015 in Singapore. The health of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s 91year-old founding father, has further deteriorated, the government said Saturday.

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INDONESIA Widodo eyes investment, defence on Japan trip TOKYO - Indonesian President Joko Widodo will arrive in Tokyo late on Sunday, kicking off a week-long tour of Japan and China aimed at attracting investment and boosting defence co-operation.

“We want to develop (infrastructure) with particular focus on electric power plants, railways and express ways. I would like to ask Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for co-operation on this issue,” Widodo said in footage aired by Japan’s public broadcaster NHK. Widodo, who took office in October, will be in Japan until Wednesday and will meet Abe as well as Japanese businessmen.

Widodo told the Yomiuri Shimbun that he and Abe would sign a memorandum on boosting defence co-operation.

He said that China’s claim to virtually all of the South China Sea “has no legal foundation supported by international law”.

“We would absolutely like to learn Japan’s excellent experiences in protecting its waters,” he told the Yomiuri.

China has had occasionally tense confrontations with Japan and Southeast Asian countries -- the Philippines and Vietnam in particular -- over maritime disputes in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, respectively.

Indonesia “is ready to play a role of mediator”, Widodo told NHK. Widodo has vowed to boost Indonesia’s economic growth, which slipped to its slowest pace in five years in 2014, and is seeking new investment.

The president, nicknamed Jokowi, will also meet Emperor Akihito during the trip, which is his first as leader outside Southeast Asia.

Widodo, in China from March 26 to 27, will meet President Xi Jinping and Chinese businessmen. He will also participate in the Boao Forum for Asia -- an annual gathering of political and economic leaders. (afp)

Government to simplify regulation on working permit for expatriates JAKARTA - The government said it plans to simplify regulation on working permit for expatriates in a bid to draw more foreign investment into the country.

Industry Minister Saleh Husin said after a meeting with Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly, Labor Minister Hanif Dhakiri and head of the Investment Coordinating Board Franky Sibarani said many Japanese CEOs complained about red tape faced by expatriates in seeking their working permit.

“During my visit a few days ago to Japan with Vice President Jusuf Kalla I met with many Japanese CEO complaining that the process of securing working permit for expatriates could

take up to three months,” Saleh said after the meeting.

He said the process that could be wrapped up in less than a day has to take months affecting the process of production for foreign investors.

“This is especially a problem for technicians who plan only to stay in the country for a few days to fix something in a factory machine,” The red tape could also lead to expatriates having to use tourist visa to work in the country, he said.

“They use tourist visa for a week but they need only to stay here for three days,” he said.

Yasonna said he would coordinate with the Immigration Office to issue regulation on working permit for expatriate. (ant)

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Martin Anderson, right, a Ghanaian national who is on death row after being convicted of drug offences, talks to reporters from behind the bars of a holding cell prior to the start of his judicial review hearing at South Jakarta district court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, March 19, 2015. The attorney general reaffirmed on Friday that a plan to execute drug convicts on death row has not been put on hold, although no exact date has been set for its implementation.

Attorney general says no change in execution plan JAKARTA - The attorney general reaffirmed on Friday that a plan to execute drug convicts on death row has not been put on hold, although no exact date has been set for its implementation.

“I have said that judicially it was close to the final stage, but new developments have emerged after several of the death convicts directly or through lawyers filed for appeals,” Attorney General HM Prasetyo noted.

Five convicts have filed suits for a judicial review.

They include Martin Anderson from Ghana, Mary Jane from the Philippines, and Serge Areski Atlaoui from France.

Two Australian death convicts Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are also appealing against the Presidential Decrees that rejected their clemency pleas.

Hindu men carry a giant effigy called “ogoh-ogoh” representing evil spirits that need to be cleansed during a parade on the evening of the Day of Silence that marks Balinese Hindu’s New Year in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 20, 2015. Hindus in the world’s most populous Muslim country will celebrate their new year on Saturday by observing a day of silence in which they have to stay inside their homes and meditate in silence and darkness for the entire day.

Prasetyo remarked he should respect the ongoing legal processes, although they were already close to the final stage in terms of technical aspects.

“We have to be patient and wait for certain nonjudicial processes,” he added.

He pointed out he will not act arbitrarily and will still give an opportunity (for them to seek legal avenues), though their efforts are useless because their clemency requests have already been turned down.

“No other legal avenues can be taken. The only question is when to implement the death penalty,” he noted.

The attorney general explained that similar to the first round, the executions will be carried out simultaneously as planned. (ant)

AP Photo/Dita Alangkara

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Bali Museum

DENPASAR - Strategically located in Major Wisnu Street in Denpasar Bali and it is find it due to the location is in the heart town. In the north side there are glorious temple of Jagatnatha, meanwhile in front of it the Puputan Badung (Badung Courtyard) and four face statue (Catur Muka Statue) are located. The development of Bali Museum is begun by the existence of initiative how to vitally the heritage of Balinese culture and taking care of, preserve and maintaining. The initiative is based on the existence of feeling to worry, that there is symptom a kind of culture erosion, so that the cultural heritage become totally disappeared, lose, what omit only photograph and documentations.

The object collections which are kept in Bali Museum can be classified become the prehistoric object collection like: the Grave Petrify (sarkopag), the object collection coming from history era like: stupika clay containing superstitious formula Ye Te, the bronze statues (Hindu and Budha statues) and ethnography object collection like Keris, Endek Cloth, and religious ceremony equipments (Sangku, Cecepan and Sidakarya mask).

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Djokovic crushes Murray, faces Federer in Indian Wells final

Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley, right, and Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard battle for the ball during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. Conley scored 15 points as the Grizzlies won 98-92.

INDIAN WELLS - World number one Novak Djokovic crushed Britain’s Andy Murray 6-2 6-3 on Saturday to set up a mouthwatering final against number two Roger Federer in the BNP Paribas Open.

Federer defeated Canada’s Milos Raonic 7-5 6-4 to reach his 40th ATP Masters 1000 final and earn a repeat of last year’s epic final where he lost to Djokovic in three sets.

Djokovic has now won six straight matches against the Scotsman since his defeat in the 2013 Wimbledon final and owns a 17-8 record in their career meetings. “It went really well from the beginning,” said Djokovic. “I came out with the right intensity and Andy made a lot of unforced errors. I just played solid and I am happy with the performance,” Djokovic said after the one hour, 28 minute match.

“I was expecting a battle, it always is with Andy but today I guess he wasn’t as close as where he wanted to be on a high quality. I just hung in there and played tactically right.” The defending champion broke Murray three times to win the opening set and never looked in danger of needing a third set to secure his place in the final.

Djokovic, who has won three times in Indian Wells, looked sharp right from the outset while Murray made just two first serves in six points in his opening service game. Murray made a series of unforced errors, and having fallen a set behind, he struggled to find a way to turn the momentum in his direction.

In a tight first set, Federer broke to go 6-5 up when Raonic, who beat Rafa Nadal in Friday’s quarter-finals, went long with a backhand.

Big serving Raonic produced nine aces but Federer kept firm control in the second set, saving the only break point he faced.

“I think I did very well in the first set, scrambled down a few balls and then I did well to get the early break in the second set,” said Federer.

“After losing 7-6 to him (Djokovic) in the third last year, I couldn’t wait to face him on centre court again.” Federer, who is on a 19-set unbeaten run, has won Indian Wells on four occasions. (rtr)

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MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Jeff Green had 23 points and Mike Conley scored 21 with nine assists to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 97-86 victory over the struggling Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday.

Zach Randolph added 17 points for Memphis, which won its second straight. Marc Gasol had 13 points, and Tony Allen finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Damian Lillard led the Trail Blazers with 27 points and seven assists. In Houston, Eric Bledsoe had a career-high 34 points as the Phoenix Suns withstood a fourthquarter charge by the Rockets to win 117-102. Bledsoe scored 23 by halftime and surpassed his previous career best of 33 points, set earlier this season, on a free throw with about a minute remaining.

Donatas Motiejunas had 18 points for the Rockets and James Harden added 16 after scoring a career-high 50 in Thursday’s win

over Denver. Brooklyn’s Brook Lopez had 26 points and four blocked shots to lead the Nets over the slumping Indiana Pacers 123-111.

Bojan Bogdanovic added 21 points and five rebounds off the bench, and Deron Williams scored 17 for the Nets, who have won four of five.

George Hill had 18 points and nine assists for the Pacers (30-39), who lost their fifth straight. A win for the Pacers would have put them in sole possession of eighth place in the Eastern Conference. Instead, the Nets (29-39) closed the gap in

a crowded race for the final playoff spot.

The Detroit Pistons downed the Chicago Bulls 107-91 after The Detroit Pistons came back from a 19-point deficit to beat the Chicago Bulls 107-91 after Reggie Jackson had 22 points, including 17 in the third quarter.

The Pistons trailed 72-53 with 7 minutes left in the third quarter, but got a combined 27 points and 13 assists from Jackson and fellow point guard Spencer Dinwiddie in the second half.

Detroit had already taken an 8079 lead by the start of the fourth.

In all, the Pistons outscored the Bulls 47-11 in a 16-minute stretch spanning the final two quarters.

Pau Gasol had 27 points and 10 rebounds for Chicago. (ap)

AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, reacts to his win over Andy Murray, of Great Britain, in their semifinal match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Saturday, March 21, 2015, in Indian Wells, Calif.

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Torres header sets Atletico on course for victory

BARCELONA - A bullet header from Fernando Torres set up depleted Atletico Madrid for a 2-0 victory over Getafe on Saturday as the champions boosted their hopes of finishing third in La Liga. Torres powered home a Koke free kick after three minutes to claim his first league goal since returning to his boyhood club in the January transfer window from AC Milan. there is greater expectation,” said Simeone.

“Now we also have teams like Villarreal, Valencia and Sevilla that are pushing us.”

Leaders Barcelona face Real Madrid in the ‘Clasico’ on Sunday hoping to record a victory that will send them four points clear at the top. “Physically we are in good shape. The squad has been rotated and today there were players who haven’t been involved much,” said Jimenez who was given a rare chance in attack.

“It is good that we now have a break with players going off on international duty,” he told reporters. There was no hangover from Tuesday’s Champions League penalty shootout victory over Bayer Leverkusen as Torres quickly put Atletico ahead and Koke then hit the post with a drive from the edge of the area.

The hosts were without suspended centre half Miranda while Mario Mandzukic and Raul Garcia were injured and Antoine Griezmann

Vigo a 1-0 win away to Levante, Gael Kakuta hit the only goal in Rayo Vallecano’s 1-0 victory over Malaga and Granada drew 0-0 with Eibar. (rtr)

Atletico Madrid’s Fernando Torres celebrates after scoring a goal against Getafe during their Spanish first division soccer match at Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid March 21, 2015.

Xabier Etxeita and Mikel Rico gave Athletic Bilbao a 2-1 win over Almeria whose goal came through Mikel Balenziaga putting the ball in his own net.

A Charles D i a s strike gave Celta

ZURICH — Sepp Blatter is pledging to intensify a reform process at world football’s governing body if re-elected as its president but says that “all parts of FIFA” must help raise its credibility.

The 79-year-old Swiss official is the favorite to win a fifth term as FIFA president

when its member federations vote in May. Blatter signaled in an interview with Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung published Sunday that regional and national federations must help improve the image of the game’s administrators.

He said: “I will intensify the

reform process. We must do everything to raise FIFA’s credibility. All parts of FIFA must participate in this.”

Blatter was quoted as asserting that “FIFA is, with the positive emotions that football unleashes, more influential than any country on Earth and any religion.” (ap)

PARIS — Lyon stayed one point behind leader Paris Saint-Germain in the French title race after losing 2-1 at home against 10-man Nice, which sealed an unlikely victory with a late penalty on Saturday. Lyon played with an extra man after defender Lloyd Palun was sent off in the 53rd minute for a second yellow card after fouling Nabil Fekir.

“The team is disappointed with the performance and the result, especially because we lacked ma-

turity in the last 30 minutes,” Lyon coach Hubert Fournier said. “Instead of taking our time, we hurried things.”

Midfielder Carlos Eduardo put Nice ahead in the 23rd, and in the absence of 23-goal league topscorer Alexandre Lacazette, who was suspended, captain Maxime Golanons scored the penalty to level.

“The title isn’t over,” Gonalons said. “We can dream about it but PSG is very strong this year. Monaco is coming back well and so is Marseille.” Playmaker Yoann Gourcuff limped off injured early in the second half and, as Lyon pushed for a winner, Nice midfielder Valentin Eysseric scored from the spot in the 86th.

“It hurts a lot. I’m not quite sure

what to say. We played well in the second half and we could have avoided giving away a penalty,” Lyon defender Christophe Jallet said. “We had the chance to gain some confidence at home after three away games but we wasted it.”

Two-time defending champion PSG beat Lorient 3-1 at home on Friday, thanks to Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s hat trick.

PSG, which is chasing a domestic treble and is also through to the Champions League quarterfinals, has a far tougher schedule than Lyon, which has only the title to play for. Jallet hopes the defeat serves to wake the players up. “It puts us under pressure now. We’ve got eight games to go,” he said. “It’s down to us to go and get the points left on offer.” (ap)

French title contender Lyon loses 2-1 at home to Nice

Wrong man sent off as Manchester City beats West Brom 3-0 LONDON — Manchester City returned to winning ways in the Premier League on Saturday with a 3-0 home victory over West Bromwich Albion but the game was marred after the visitors had the wrong player sent off after only two minutes. City striker Wilfried Bony was brought down when through on goal by Craig Dawson and referee Neil Swarbrick blew for a foul but incorrectly dismissed Gareth McAuley for the offence.

Bony, Fernando and David Silva netted the goals for City, who produced a dominant performance with an extra man for almost the entire match. Manuel Pellegrini’s side, which exited the Champions League

midweek at the hands of Barcelona and lost its previous Premier League match to struggling Burnley, is now three points behind league leader Chelsea, which has two games in hand and plays Hull on Sunday.

Swarbrick’s error is the third major blunder by a referee in the Premier League in a year.

Last month, Roger East mistakenly sent off Wes Brown instead of his Sunderland teammate John O’Shea for bringing down Radamel Falcao of Manchester United in the penalty area. And in March 2014, Andre Marriner showed Kieran Gibbs of Arsenal a red card for handling on the goal line against Chelsea, when it was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain who

committed the foul.

The Professional Game Match Officials Ltd, the organization responsible for refereeing appointments, confirmed that Swarbrick had apologized for his mistake in a statement after the match.

“In the second minute of Manchester City v West Bromwich Albion, referee Neil Swarbrick made a decision to send off Gareth McAuley for a ‘denial of an obvious goalscoring opportunity’ offence,” the statement said. “The referee has confirmed the offence was caused by a different player, which should be addressed now as a case of mistaken identity. The referee has apologized for his error.” West Brom manager

Tony Pulis recommended a greater use of technology to assist referees in games.

“Refereeing is not easy, especially at the level we are at now and how quick the game is,” Pulis said. “I would definitely call now for managers to have two calls each and every game, where there are 30 seconds and they can have a video link-up with people upstairs who can watch it on video.

“It will eradicate the major decisions referees are getting wrong that actually affect games of football. We have to work hard to do that in what is the greatest league in the world.

The sooner that comes in, the better.” Elsewhere, two first-half strikes

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Blatter: ‘all parts of FIFA’ must help lift credibility

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The Spaniard arrived low on confidence following disappointing spells at Chelsea and the Serie A side, and while he has so far proved a useful reinforcement, Atletico coach Diego Simeone feels he has more to give.

“He is better and combining with his team-mates,” Simeone told a news conference.

“We still need more from him and he is a player that is used to the pressure. If we do not demand it then it is not good for him. “He is a player that lives off scoring and he needed to get that goal in the league. He is working hard and has a positive rivalry with (Mario) Mandzukic.”

Koke also played a part in the second goal before halftime when another free kick was flicked on by Raul Jimenez and Tiago nodded the ball in. Atletico were without several players through injury and suspension but looked sharper up front than of late.

The hosts, who eased off in the second half as Getafe caused little danger, are now one point behind third-placed Valencia with 59 points. “I think that responsibility and pressure always exist but the success that we have had in recent years clearly means that

began on the bench.

Koke should have increased Atletico’s lead midway through the first half when he shot straight at keeper Vicente Guaita from close range but he was then involved in Tiago’s goal.

Midfielder Koke’s return to form after injury has coincided with Atletico’s improvement and he has given them a boost especially with his delivery from set-plays.

Elsewhere on Saturday,

Monday, March 23, 2015

from Olivier Giroud handed Arsenal a hard fought 2-1 win at Newcastle.

Arsene Wenger’s side held off a spirited second half display from Newcastle, who pulled a goal back in the 48th minute through Moussa Sissoko. Arsenal’s victory keeps it a point behind second-place City and four behind Chelsea.

Harry Kane marked his first callup to the England international team with his first Premier League hat trick as Tottenham beat bottom-side Leicester 4-3 at White Hart Lane.

Kane’s treble means he is the Premier League’s top scorer so far with 19 goals, one more than Diego Costa, who can increase his tally when Chelsea visits Hull. (ap)

AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani

Nice’s Carlos Eduardo De Oliveira Alves, left, is tackled by Lyon’s Bakary Kone, right, during their French League One soccer match in Lyon, central France, Saturday, March 21, 2015.

AP Photo/Antonio Calanni

AC Milan’s Keisuke Honda runs with the ball during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Cagliari at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, March 21, 2015.

AC Milan beats Cagliari 3-1 for 1st win in 4 Serie A matches

MILAN — AC Milan beat relegation-threatened Cagliari 3-1 to end a run of three matches without a victory in Serie A on Saturday. However, there were few fans present to witness the victory, with the Milan ‘ultras’ calling a strike to protest poor results, leaving the stands mainly empty apart from banners which read: “Game over” and “Insert coin to save Milan.”

Jeremy Menez scored twice including a penalty, to move level with Juventus forward Carlos Tevez and Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi at the top of the goalscoring charts. “We all help each other,” Menez said. “If we continue like this then we can do nice things. There are 10 rounds to go, the squad is growing a lot. If we win two or three in a row, then everything will change.”

Philippe Mexes scored Milan’s other goal. Diego Farias leveled for Cagliari, which also hit the post through Joao Pedro.

Milan moved provisionally up to eighth, while Cagliari remained four points from safety as new coach Zdenek Zeman is still without a win after two matches in charge. Earlier, Chievo Verona missed a penalty but held on for a much-needed 1-0 victory over Palermo.

Menez broke the deadlock in the 21st minute, cutting inside the left side of the penalty area and curling a fine strike into the far side of goal. Cagliari leveled at the start of the second half as, following a rapid counterattack,

Marco Sau set up Farias, who dribbled past Mexes before slotting past Diego Lopez.

Mexes atoned for his error two minutes later by restoring Milan’s lead with a powerful volley from a corner.

Cagliari should have equalized again in the 75th but Joao Pedro’s effort crashed off the post.

The Sardinian side was made to rue that missed opportunity shortly afterwards when Alessio Cerci was brought down by Verona defender Luca Ceppitelli and, even though the foul appeared to be outside the area, the referee pointed to the penalty spot. Menez converted for his 15th league goal.

Alberto Paloschi netted the only goal of an entertaining match in Verona in the 35th minute, sprinting onto Riccardo Meggiorini’s backheel flick and holding off two defenders to fire into the bottom left corner.

It was Paloschi’s third goal in two matches.

He had a chance to double his tally just after the hour mark after Sinisa Andjelkovic handled in the area but blazed his penalty well over the bar.

Palermo almost made Chievo pay for that miss when Franco Vazquez’s effort crashed off the crossbar. Nobody has hit the woodwork more times this season than Palermo, with Vazquez alone rattling the frame of the goal nine times. Andjelkovic was sent off for a second booking four minutes from time. (ap)

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Torres header sets Atletico on course for victory

BARCELONA - A bullet header from Fernando Torres set up depleted Atletico Madrid for a 2-0 victory over Getafe on Saturday as the champions boosted their hopes of finishing third in La Liga. Torres powered home a Koke free kick after three minutes to claim his first league goal since returning to his boyhood club in the January transfer window from AC Milan. there is greater expectation,” said Simeone.

“Now we also have teams like Villarreal, Valencia and Sevilla that are pushing us.”

Leaders Barcelona face Real Madrid in the ‘Clasico’ on Sunday hoping to record a victory that will send them four points clear at the top. “Physically we are in good shape. The squad has been rotated and today there were players who haven’t been involved much,” said Jimenez who was given a rare chance in attack.

“It is good that we now have a break with players going off on international duty,” he told reporters. There was no hangover from Tuesday’s Champions League penalty shootout victory over Bayer Leverkusen as Torres quickly put Atletico ahead and Koke then hit the post with a drive from the edge of the area.

The hosts were without suspended centre half Miranda while Mario Mandzukic and Raul Garcia were injured and Antoine Griezmann

Vigo a 1-0 win away to Levante, Gael Kakuta hit the only goal in Rayo Vallecano’s 1-0 victory over Malaga and Granada drew 0-0 with Eibar. (rtr)

Atletico Madrid’s Fernando Torres celebrates after scoring a goal against Getafe during their Spanish first division soccer match at Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid March 21, 2015.

Xabier Etxeita and Mikel Rico gave Athletic Bilbao a 2-1 win over Almeria whose goal came through Mikel Balenziaga putting the ball in his own net.

A Charles D i a s strike gave Celta

ZURICH — Sepp Blatter is pledging to intensify a reform process at world football’s governing body if re-elected as its president but says that “all parts of FIFA” must help raise its credibility.

The 79-year-old Swiss official is the favorite to win a fifth term as FIFA president

when its member federations vote in May. Blatter signaled in an interview with Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung published Sunday that regional and national federations must help improve the image of the game’s administrators.

He said: “I will intensify the

reform process. We must do everything to raise FIFA’s credibility. All parts of FIFA must participate in this.”

Blatter was quoted as asserting that “FIFA is, with the positive emotions that football unleashes, more influential than any country on Earth and any religion.” (ap)

PARIS — Lyon stayed one point behind leader Paris Saint-Germain in the French title race after losing 2-1 at home against 10-man Nice, which sealed an unlikely victory with a late penalty on Saturday. Lyon played with an extra man after defender Lloyd Palun was sent off in the 53rd minute for a second yellow card after fouling Nabil Fekir.

“The team is disappointed with the performance and the result, especially because we lacked ma-

turity in the last 30 minutes,” Lyon coach Hubert Fournier said. “Instead of taking our time, we hurried things.”

Midfielder Carlos Eduardo put Nice ahead in the 23rd, and in the absence of 23-goal league topscorer Alexandre Lacazette, who was suspended, captain Maxime Golanons scored the penalty to level.

“The title isn’t over,” Gonalons said. “We can dream about it but PSG is very strong this year. Monaco is coming back well and so is Marseille.” Playmaker Yoann Gourcuff limped off injured early in the second half and, as Lyon pushed for a winner, Nice midfielder Valentin Eysseric scored from the spot in the 86th.

“It hurts a lot. I’m not quite sure

what to say. We played well in the second half and we could have avoided giving away a penalty,” Lyon defender Christophe Jallet said. “We had the chance to gain some confidence at home after three away games but we wasted it.”

Two-time defending champion PSG beat Lorient 3-1 at home on Friday, thanks to Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s hat trick.

PSG, which is chasing a domestic treble and is also through to the Champions League quarterfinals, has a far tougher schedule than Lyon, which has only the title to play for. Jallet hopes the defeat serves to wake the players up. “It puts us under pressure now. We’ve got eight games to go,” he said. “It’s down to us to go and get the points left on offer.” (ap)

French title contender Lyon loses 2-1 at home to Nice

Wrong man sent off as Manchester City beats West Brom 3-0 LONDON — Manchester City returned to winning ways in the Premier League on Saturday with a 3-0 home victory over West Bromwich Albion but the game was marred after the visitors had the wrong player sent off after only two minutes. City striker Wilfried Bony was brought down when through on goal by Craig Dawson and referee Neil Swarbrick blew for a foul but incorrectly dismissed Gareth McAuley for the offence.

Bony, Fernando and David Silva netted the goals for City, who produced a dominant performance with an extra man for almost the entire match. Manuel Pellegrini’s side, which exited the Champions League

midweek at the hands of Barcelona and lost its previous Premier League match to struggling Burnley, is now three points behind league leader Chelsea, which has two games in hand and plays Hull on Sunday.

Swarbrick’s error is the third major blunder by a referee in the Premier League in a year.

Last month, Roger East mistakenly sent off Wes Brown instead of his Sunderland teammate John O’Shea for bringing down Radamel Falcao of Manchester United in the penalty area. And in March 2014, Andre Marriner showed Kieran Gibbs of Arsenal a red card for handling on the goal line against Chelsea, when it was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain who

committed the foul.

The Professional Game Match Officials Ltd, the organization responsible for refereeing appointments, confirmed that Swarbrick had apologized for his mistake in a statement after the match.

“In the second minute of Manchester City v West Bromwich Albion, referee Neil Swarbrick made a decision to send off Gareth McAuley for a ‘denial of an obvious goalscoring opportunity’ offence,” the statement said. “The referee has confirmed the offence was caused by a different player, which should be addressed now as a case of mistaken identity. The referee has apologized for his error.” West Brom manager

Tony Pulis recommended a greater use of technology to assist referees in games.

“Refereeing is not easy, especially at the level we are at now and how quick the game is,” Pulis said. “I would definitely call now for managers to have two calls each and every game, where there are 30 seconds and they can have a video link-up with people upstairs who can watch it on video.

“It will eradicate the major decisions referees are getting wrong that actually affect games of football. We have to work hard to do that in what is the greatest league in the world.

The sooner that comes in, the better.” Elsewhere, two first-half strikes

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Blatter: ‘all parts of FIFA’ must help lift credibility

REUTERS/Sergio Perez

The Spaniard arrived low on confidence following disappointing spells at Chelsea and the Serie A side, and while he has so far proved a useful reinforcement, Atletico coach Diego Simeone feels he has more to give.

“He is better and combining with his team-mates,” Simeone told a news conference.

“We still need more from him and he is a player that is used to the pressure. If we do not demand it then it is not good for him. “He is a player that lives off scoring and he needed to get that goal in the league. He is working hard and has a positive rivalry with (Mario) Mandzukic.”

Koke also played a part in the second goal before halftime when another free kick was flicked on by Raul Jimenez and Tiago nodded the ball in. Atletico were without several players through injury and suspension but looked sharper up front than of late.

The hosts, who eased off in the second half as Getafe caused little danger, are now one point behind third-placed Valencia with 59 points. “I think that responsibility and pressure always exist but the success that we have had in recent years clearly means that

began on the bench.

Koke should have increased Atletico’s lead midway through the first half when he shot straight at keeper Vicente Guaita from close range but he was then involved in Tiago’s goal.

Midfielder Koke’s return to form after injury has coincided with Atletico’s improvement and he has given them a boost especially with his delivery from set-plays.

Elsewhere on Saturday,

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from Olivier Giroud handed Arsenal a hard fought 2-1 win at Newcastle.

Arsene Wenger’s side held off a spirited second half display from Newcastle, who pulled a goal back in the 48th minute through Moussa Sissoko. Arsenal’s victory keeps it a point behind second-place City and four behind Chelsea.

Harry Kane marked his first callup to the England international team with his first Premier League hat trick as Tottenham beat bottom-side Leicester 4-3 at White Hart Lane.

Kane’s treble means he is the Premier League’s top scorer so far with 19 goals, one more than Diego Costa, who can increase his tally when Chelsea visits Hull. (ap)

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Nice’s Carlos Eduardo De Oliveira Alves, left, is tackled by Lyon’s Bakary Kone, right, during their French League One soccer match in Lyon, central France, Saturday, March 21, 2015.

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AC Milan’s Keisuke Honda runs with the ball during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Cagliari at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, March 21, 2015.

AC Milan beats Cagliari 3-1 for 1st win in 4 Serie A matches

MILAN — AC Milan beat relegation-threatened Cagliari 3-1 to end a run of three matches without a victory in Serie A on Saturday. However, there were few fans present to witness the victory, with the Milan ‘ultras’ calling a strike to protest poor results, leaving the stands mainly empty apart from banners which read: “Game over” and “Insert coin to save Milan.”

Jeremy Menez scored twice including a penalty, to move level with Juventus forward Carlos Tevez and Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi at the top of the goalscoring charts. “We all help each other,” Menez said. “If we continue like this then we can do nice things. There are 10 rounds to go, the squad is growing a lot. If we win two or three in a row, then everything will change.”

Philippe Mexes scored Milan’s other goal. Diego Farias leveled for Cagliari, which also hit the post through Joao Pedro.

Milan moved provisionally up to eighth, while Cagliari remained four points from safety as new coach Zdenek Zeman is still without a win after two matches in charge. Earlier, Chievo Verona missed a penalty but held on for a much-needed 1-0 victory over Palermo.

Menez broke the deadlock in the 21st minute, cutting inside the left side of the penalty area and curling a fine strike into the far side of goal. Cagliari leveled at the start of the second half as, following a rapid counterattack,

Marco Sau set up Farias, who dribbled past Mexes before slotting past Diego Lopez.

Mexes atoned for his error two minutes later by restoring Milan’s lead with a powerful volley from a corner.

Cagliari should have equalized again in the 75th but Joao Pedro’s effort crashed off the post.

The Sardinian side was made to rue that missed opportunity shortly afterwards when Alessio Cerci was brought down by Verona defender Luca Ceppitelli and, even though the foul appeared to be outside the area, the referee pointed to the penalty spot. Menez converted for his 15th league goal.

Alberto Paloschi netted the only goal of an entertaining match in Verona in the 35th minute, sprinting onto Riccardo Meggiorini’s backheel flick and holding off two defenders to fire into the bottom left corner.

It was Paloschi’s third goal in two matches.

He had a chance to double his tally just after the hour mark after Sinisa Andjelkovic handled in the area but blazed his penalty well over the bar.

Palermo almost made Chievo pay for that miss when Franco Vazquez’s effort crashed off the crossbar. Nobody has hit the woodwork more times this season than Palermo, with Vazquez alone rattling the frame of the goal nine times. Andjelkovic was sent off for a second booking four minutes from time. (ap)

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Bali Museum

DENPASAR - Strategically located in Major Wisnu Street in Denpasar Bali and it is find it due to the location is in the heart town. In the north side there are glorious temple of Jagatnatha, meanwhile in front of it the Puputan Badung (Badung Courtyard) and four face statue (Catur Muka Statue) are located. The development of Bali Museum is begun by the existence of initiative how to vitally the heritage of Balinese culture and taking care of, preserve and maintaining. The initiative is based on the existence of feeling to worry, that there is symptom a kind of culture erosion, so that the cultural heritage become totally disappeared, lose, what omit only photograph and documentations.

The object collections which are kept in Bali Museum can be classified become the prehistoric object collection like: the Grave Petrify (sarkopag), the object collection coming from history era like: stupika clay containing superstitious formula Ye Te, the bronze statues (Hindu and Budha statues) and ethnography object collection like Keris, Endek Cloth, and religious ceremony equipments (Sangku, Cecepan and Sidakarya mask).

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Djokovic crushes Murray, faces Federer in Indian Wells final

Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley, right, and Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard battle for the ball during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. Conley scored 15 points as the Grizzlies won 98-92.

INDIAN WELLS - World number one Novak Djokovic crushed Britain’s Andy Murray 6-2 6-3 on Saturday to set up a mouthwatering final against number two Roger Federer in the BNP Paribas Open.

Federer defeated Canada’s Milos Raonic 7-5 6-4 to reach his 40th ATP Masters 1000 final and earn a repeat of last year’s epic final where he lost to Djokovic in three sets.

Djokovic has now won six straight matches against the Scotsman since his defeat in the 2013 Wimbledon final and owns a 17-8 record in their career meetings. “It went really well from the beginning,” said Djokovic. “I came out with the right intensity and Andy made a lot of unforced errors. I just played solid and I am happy with the performance,” Djokovic said after the one hour, 28 minute match.

“I was expecting a battle, it always is with Andy but today I guess he wasn’t as close as where he wanted to be on a high quality. I just hung in there and played tactically right.” The defending champion broke Murray three times to win the opening set and never looked in danger of needing a third set to secure his place in the final.

Djokovic, who has won three times in Indian Wells, looked sharp right from the outset while Murray made just two first serves in six points in his opening service game. Murray made a series of unforced errors, and having fallen a set behind, he struggled to find a way to turn the momentum in his direction.

In a tight first set, Federer broke to go 6-5 up when Raonic, who beat Rafa Nadal in Friday’s quarter-finals, went long with a backhand.

Big serving Raonic produced nine aces but Federer kept firm control in the second set, saving the only break point he faced.

“I think I did very well in the first set, scrambled down a few balls and then I did well to get the early break in the second set,” said Federer.

“After losing 7-6 to him (Djokovic) in the third last year, I couldn’t wait to face him on centre court again.” Federer, who is on a 19-set unbeaten run, has won Indian Wells on four occasions. (rtr)

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MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Jeff Green had 23 points and Mike Conley scored 21 with nine assists to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 97-86 victory over the struggling Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday.

Zach Randolph added 17 points for Memphis, which won its second straight. Marc Gasol had 13 points, and Tony Allen finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Damian Lillard led the Trail Blazers with 27 points and seven assists. In Houston, Eric Bledsoe had a career-high 34 points as the Phoenix Suns withstood a fourthquarter charge by the Rockets to win 117-102. Bledsoe scored 23 by halftime and surpassed his previous career best of 33 points, set earlier this season, on a free throw with about a minute remaining.

Donatas Motiejunas had 18 points for the Rockets and James Harden added 16 after scoring a career-high 50 in Thursday’s win

over Denver. Brooklyn’s Brook Lopez had 26 points and four blocked shots to lead the Nets over the slumping Indiana Pacers 123-111.

Bojan Bogdanovic added 21 points and five rebounds off the bench, and Deron Williams scored 17 for the Nets, who have won four of five.

George Hill had 18 points and nine assists for the Pacers (30-39), who lost their fifth straight. A win for the Pacers would have put them in sole possession of eighth place in the Eastern Conference. Instead, the Nets (29-39) closed the gap in

a crowded race for the final playoff spot.

The Detroit Pistons downed the Chicago Bulls 107-91 after The Detroit Pistons came back from a 19-point deficit to beat the Chicago Bulls 107-91 after Reggie Jackson had 22 points, including 17 in the third quarter.

The Pistons trailed 72-53 with 7 minutes left in the third quarter, but got a combined 27 points and 13 assists from Jackson and fellow point guard Spencer Dinwiddie in the second half.

Detroit had already taken an 8079 lead by the start of the fourth.

In all, the Pistons outscored the Bulls 47-11 in a 16-minute stretch spanning the final two quarters.

Pau Gasol had 27 points and 10 rebounds for Chicago. (ap)

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Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, reacts to his win over Andy Murray, of Great Britain, in their semifinal match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Saturday, March 21, 2015, in Indian Wells, Calif.

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Israeli president calls for healing after divisive election JERUSALEM — Israel’s mostly ceremonial president says the country must begin a “healing process” after a stormy election campaign.

Reuven Rivlin was meeting Sunday with the parties in parliament to hear their recommendations before deciding who will form the next coalition government. After a resounding victory, that person will almost surely be Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In a last-ditch attempt to spur his

supporters to the polls last week, Netanyahu warned that Arab citizens were voting “in droves” and endangering years of rule by his right-wing Likud Party. The comments drew accusations of racism from Israeli Arabs and a White House rebuke about the divisive language.

Alluding to the uproar, Rivlin told Likud representatives that the emerging government will have to serve “all the citizens of Israel, Jews and Arabs.” (ap)

Singaporeans leave flowers, cards as Lee’s health worsens

Pakistani teaches underprivileged kids in outdoor school

ISLAMABAD — On any given day in the Pakistani capital, a group of young people can be seen gathered outdoors in an open field, books open and looking at makeshift blackboards attached to metal pipes in an open-air school.

The school is the product of years of effort by Mohammed Ayub, a Pakistani man of humble origins who turned a promise to his dying father to make sure his siblings got an education into a life dedicated to teaching the less fortunate of this city. For three decades, children who might otherwise have gotten no education sat through his classes.

“I really don’t remember how many have passed through (the school). They must be in thousands,” Ayub, who is to be honored Monday at a ceremony in the eastern city of Lahore, told The Associated Press at the field where classes are held. “What I know is that I will continue this mission until my last breath.”

Ayub, a 57-year-old government worker, came to Islamabad in 1976 from his hometown of Mandi Bahauddin, about 170 kilometers (105 miles) from the capital to

find a job so he could take care of his seven siblings after his father died. Back home, he had struggled through a number of menial jobs.

In Islamabad, he eventually found a low-level position in the city’s emergency services. He worked hard to learn new skills such as first aid and firefighting — he even studied how to defuse bombs — and was eventually promoted to a full-fledged firefighter.

Never forgetting his promise to his father, he always sent money home to his siblings. One day in 1985, he saw a boy about 12 years old busing tables at a restaurant, and that sparked an idea that eventually changed his life, Ayub said.

“I thought, ‘He is no different than my younger brother.’ At that moment I decided to teach him, and that was the start of my open school mission,” he said.

Ayub convinced other boys working in shops and food outlets

in the neighborhood to study with him in the middle of the market for an hour or two. But the shopkeepers — upset that he was taking up too much space — pushed him out. After moving multiple times, he eventually settled in an open field near the city’s Kohsar market. City officials have agreed not to bother him as long as he doesn’t try to set up a permanent structure.

He taught students math, Urdu and some basic English — though he had no training in teaching.

He was always good at math, he says. When he started, most of the students were children who lived in the streets or worked during the day instead of going to school. Now about three-quarters of his roughly 170 students go to government-run schools but some to his classes afterward for extra tutoring. The rest aren’t in school at all. (ap)

SINGAPORE — As the health of Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew deteriorated on the weekend, thousands of Singaporeans visited his hospital and a community center to leave flowers, gifts and emotional messages of support.

Lee, 91, was hospitalized in early February with severe pneumonia.

In the past week his condition has worsened to critically ill and the government has given daily updates.

The latest, on Sunday, said he had “weakened further.”

Lee commands immense respect among Singaporeans, who this year will celebrate the country’s 50th independence anniversary. He led Singapore with an iron grip for more than three decades until 1990, and is credited with transforming the resource poor island into a wealthy bustling financial hub with low crime and almost zero corruption.

At Singapore General where the elder statesman is hospitalized, 26year-old university graduate Kim Lee fought back tears as she stood near the growing pile of flowers and cards.

“I came to give him my medal.

I just finished a running event this morning and I came to give it to him,” she said. “To me he is more than a champion.” Singaporeans

overseas also sent in messages of support. Among the cards was one from the Netherlands, signed “a faraway Singapore son.” Another message hailed the “countless extraordinary things” Lee did for the tropical city-state and wished for his recovery.

State media reported that about 1,000 people had gathered at a community center in Lee’s electorate, also leaving cards and gifts and writing messages on a giant banner.

Under Lee and his successors, including his son, current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore was known around the world for its strict social order including a ban on chewing gum, restrictions on free speech and canings for crimes some countries would rule as minor. In recent years, it has become socially more liberal and the fragmented political opposition made gains in Singapore’s last elections in 2011.

After stepping down as prime minister, Lee remained part of the Cabinet and an influential figure in Singapore and the region. “We are very proud of Mr. Lee. He built Singapore into something so famous and so good,” said David Kwok, 52. “Our people are very grateful to him.” (ap) AP Photo/Joseph Nair

A get well card is left at the hospital where Lee Kuan Yew has been treated for the last 6 weeks on Saturday, March 21, 2015 in Singapore. The health of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s 91year-old founding father, has further deteriorated, the government said Saturday.

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INDONESIA Widodo eyes investment, defence on Japan trip TOKYO - Indonesian President Joko Widodo will arrive in Tokyo late on Sunday, kicking off a week-long tour of Japan and China aimed at attracting investment and boosting defence co-operation.

“We want to develop (infrastructure) with particular focus on electric power plants, railways and express ways. I would like to ask Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for co-operation on this issue,” Widodo said in footage aired by Japan’s public broadcaster NHK. Widodo, who took office in October, will be in Japan until Wednesday and will meet Abe as well as Japanese businessmen.

Widodo told the Yomiuri Shimbun that he and Abe would sign a memorandum on boosting defence co-operation.

He said that China’s claim to virtually all of the South China Sea “has no legal foundation supported by international law”.

“We would absolutely like to learn Japan’s excellent experiences in protecting its waters,” he told the Yomiuri.

China has had occasionally tense confrontations with Japan and Southeast Asian countries -- the Philippines and Vietnam in particular -- over maritime disputes in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, respectively.

Indonesia “is ready to play a role of mediator”, Widodo told NHK. Widodo has vowed to boost Indonesia’s economic growth, which slipped to its slowest pace in five years in 2014, and is seeking new investment.

The president, nicknamed Jokowi, will also meet Emperor Akihito during the trip, which is his first as leader outside Southeast Asia.

Widodo, in China from March 26 to 27, will meet President Xi Jinping and Chinese businessmen. He will also participate in the Boao Forum for Asia -- an annual gathering of political and economic leaders. (afp)

Government to simplify regulation on working permit for expatriates JAKARTA - The government said it plans to simplify regulation on working permit for expatriates in a bid to draw more foreign investment into the country.

Industry Minister Saleh Husin said after a meeting with Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly, Labor Minister Hanif Dhakiri and head of the Investment Coordinating Board Franky Sibarani said many Japanese CEOs complained about red tape faced by expatriates in seeking their working permit.

“During my visit a few days ago to Japan with Vice President Jusuf Kalla I met with many Japanese CEO complaining that the process of securing working permit for expatriates could

take up to three months,” Saleh said after the meeting.

He said the process that could be wrapped up in less than a day has to take months affecting the process of production for foreign investors.

“This is especially a problem for technicians who plan only to stay in the country for a few days to fix something in a factory machine,” The red tape could also lead to expatriates having to use tourist visa to work in the country, he said.

“They use tourist visa for a week but they need only to stay here for three days,” he said.

Yasonna said he would coordinate with the Immigration Office to issue regulation on working permit for expatriate. (ant)

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Martin Anderson, right, a Ghanaian national who is on death row after being convicted of drug offences, talks to reporters from behind the bars of a holding cell prior to the start of his judicial review hearing at South Jakarta district court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, March 19, 2015. The attorney general reaffirmed on Friday that a plan to execute drug convicts on death row has not been put on hold, although no exact date has been set for its implementation.

Attorney general says no change in execution plan JAKARTA - The attorney general reaffirmed on Friday that a plan to execute drug convicts on death row has not been put on hold, although no exact date has been set for its implementation.

“I have said that judicially it was close to the final stage, but new developments have emerged after several of the death convicts directly or through lawyers filed for appeals,” Attorney General HM Prasetyo noted.

Five convicts have filed suits for a judicial review.

They include Martin Anderson from Ghana, Mary Jane from the Philippines, and Serge Areski Atlaoui from France.

Two Australian death convicts Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are also appealing against the Presidential Decrees that rejected their clemency pleas.

Hindu men carry a giant effigy called “ogoh-ogoh” representing evil spirits that need to be cleansed during a parade on the evening of the Day of Silence that marks Balinese Hindu’s New Year in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 20, 2015. Hindus in the world’s most populous Muslim country will celebrate their new year on Saturday by observing a day of silence in which they have to stay inside their homes and meditate in silence and darkness for the entire day.

Prasetyo remarked he should respect the ongoing legal processes, although they were already close to the final stage in terms of technical aspects.

“We have to be patient and wait for certain nonjudicial processes,” he added.

He pointed out he will not act arbitrarily and will still give an opportunity (for them to seek legal avenues), though their efforts are useless because their clemency requests have already been turned down.

“No other legal avenues can be taken. The only question is when to implement the death penalty,” he noted.

The attorney general explained that similar to the first round, the executions will be carried out simultaneously as planned. (ant)

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BEIJING — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says China’s economic slowdown is legitimate and Beijing can contribute to global prosperity.

Southeast Asia makes vital push in banking integration

KUALA LUMPUR — Southeast Asian nations Saturday wrapped up a key agreement allowing qualified banks to operate freely in each other’s countries in a push toward greater financial and economic integration.

The regional banking integration framework is part of efforts to create an economic community by the end of the year, making the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations a single market and production base.

ASEAN finance ministers and central bank governors said in a joint statement after a two-day meeting that qualified ASEAN banks can now operate with greater market access and be accorded flexibilities similar to those of domestic banks in the host country.

They said this will help accelerate the pace of regional financial integration and boost cross-border trade and investment.

“It took us five years from conception to operationalize this.

This is very exciting. This is something concrete, it’s a major progress for ASEAN,” Malaysian central bank governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz told reporters.

Zeti said allowing qualified ASEAN banks to operate as a domestic bank across the region will help to deepen trade and investment links to “unlock potential growth” in the region. Interregional trade is already on the rise, accounting for just over a quarter of ASEAN’s trade, she said.

No further details were immediately available on how a bank in one country can qualify as an ASEAN bank. Currently, regional countries place stringent limits on foreign banks to protect their domestic industry, including limiting foreign equity participation and curbing their expansion and market access. (ap)

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IMF welcomes Beijing’s efforts to boost regional investment Lagarde welcomed Beijing’s efforts to boost investment outside China, referring to the new Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

She was speaking Sunday at the opening of China Development Forum in Beijing.

China established the regional lending institution last year and put up most of its initial $50 billion in capital with the goal to finance construction of roads and other infrastructure.

At the forum, Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli said environmental protection and sustainably development will be Beijing’s priorities. The forum is an annual gathering of academics, entrepreneurs and representatives of multilateral organizations. (ap)

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Specialist Patrick King, center, works with traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, at the closing bell, Friday, March 20, 2015. A handful of automated investment startups created in the past few years now have more than $4 billion in assets under management, according to Forrester Research.

‘Robo-advisor’ growth hits Wall Street money managers WASHINGTON - When it comes to investment advice, would you trust a financial professional or a robot?

A growing number of people are choosing the latter, on the belief that algorithms can provide rational and dispassionate advice at a cost well below that of traditional advisors.

A handful of automated investment startups created in the past few years now have more than $4 billion in assets under management, according to Forrester Research.

It’s a small segment of a trilliondollar wealth management industry but growing at a red-hot pace, Forrester analyst Bill Doyle said.

“This is a more meaningful crop of disruptors than we’ve seen for many years, really since the Internet brokerages emerged,” he told AFP. Doyle said the digital investment services appeal to young adults who lack the minimum -- often $100,000 to $1 million -- for traditional wealth managers, but who want advice or management of their investments.

Robo-advisor firms often allow customers to set their preferences and let the algorithm do the rest -- trading, rebalancing and minimizing taxes.

Costs are often far less than a traditional advisory firm, which may charge one percent or more of a customer’s assets.

“These upstarts have simple uncomplicated offers, often for markets that are not being served effectively by incumbent firms,” Doyle said.

On the Bogleheads investment forum, one contributor claimed to be happy with the “low fees with a lot of added value” at one firm and the “Silicon Valley viewpoint on investing.”

Wealthfront, the largest of the new breed, announced this month it had reach $2 billion in assets under management in just over three years.

The California startup has an investment team led by Burton Malkiel, an emeritus professor of economics at Princeton University and author of a 1973 book that championed “passive” investing in low-cost indexes for stocks, bonds and other assets.

The strategy is based on the idea that “active” managers rarely outperform over the long term a broad index such as the Standard & Poor’s 500, especially when manager fees are included. These firms mainly recommend exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that offer these blends of assets.

“Investors are sick of the lack of transparency from traditional financial services,” Wealthfront chief executive Adam Nash said in a blog post. “For too long, this industry has made too much of its revenue on the backs of those who can least afford it.”

Other startups including Betterment and FutureAdvisor use a similar formula -- turning over daily portfolio management to an automated algorithm that selects investments based on a customer’s risk profile, age and other factors, in an effort replicate broad market returns.

“More people are searching for a technology-first automated solution,” said Betterment’s Joe Ziemer.

The New York startup launched in 2010 now has 73,000 customers and $1.6 billion under management.

Betterment’s average customer is 36 years old but its fastest growing segment is people over 50. The mainstream financial industry has taken notice. The large investment firm Charles Schwab this month launched its “Intelligent Portfolios,” using a similar method, without any fees beyond the underlying investment fund costs.

Schwab is likely to quickly overtake the “pure play” automated firms but won’t put them out of business, according to Doyle.

“Schwab’s entry will raise this whole market. It brings credibility to this model,” Doyle said. But Doyle said the large investment firms have done little to appeal to young adults with relatively small amounts to invest. (afp)

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The Badung Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) will deploy hundreds of janitors in anticipation of the surge of rubbish during the celebration of Nyepi.

On Nyepi celebration

975 sanitation workers deployed for cleaning rubbish

MANGUPURA - The Badung Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) will deploy hundreds of janitors in anticipation of the surge of rubbish during the celebration of Nyepi. The Agency requires the janitors to perform their regular works starting at midnight.

“All janitors start to work after the completion of ogoh-ogoh parade namely at midnight until three o’clock in the morning. It is the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in Badung,” said the Head of DKP Badung, I Putu Eka Merthawan.

He is committed that during the celebration of the Nyepi or catur brata penyepian all the roads along 16 kilometers on Kuta Beach will be clean from litter. “The roads must be clean and no single piece of ex-ogoh-ogoh will be left on the road. Our logic, on the Nyepi Day Badung has been clean,” he said.

Besides, the DKP Badung also prohibits its staff from taking leave

or vacation after the celebration of Nyepi, namely on Ngembak Geni, Sunday (Mar. 22). The team with a total of 975 personnel consisting of janitors, gardeners and transportation officers will be deployed to clean up Badung.

“First day of the Caka New Year 1937 must be clean, too. Every effort must be taken in order that the road can be clean on the day after Nyepi. Rubbish on Kuta Beach must also be cleaned up. So, after finishing the work in their field, they will be back to clean up the beach along 16 km, it is uncompromised,” he affirmed.

He predicted there will be a surge

in the volume of rubbish in the celebration of Nyepi, reaching about 400-500 tons from a daily average of 250 tons. This surge happens because the celebration of Caka New Year 1973 coincides with rainy season.

“This time shows the biggest increase due to rainy season. Many leaves fall, not to mention the drifted rubbish. On the Nyepi last year the rubbish reached 350 tons only,” he said.

In addition to maintaining the sanitation of Badung and the comfort of people, the effort was also aimed to maintain the Adipura or clean town predicate. “We will maintain the national first rank of Adipura for small town category, but now we are categorized into middle town so that the rivals will be tougher,” he concluded. (kmb27)

This year, Telkomsel has held services with 4G technology in several major cities in Indonesia. To that end, Telkomsel target in 2015 is to improve the quality of data services by adding about 15,000 base stations, so that at the end of the year the number of base stations will reach 100 thousand units. This statement was made by President Director of Telkomsel Ririek Adriansyah.

According to Ririek, number of Telkomsel customers have reached more than 140 million by the end of Q4 2014. Telkomsel intends to provide an experience that is convenient for its customers to use data service. Moreover, the presence of 4G technology make Telkomsel want to give the best digital mobile services for its customers. “We want our customers to be able to experience the best when they are in our network and when they use the various services we offer,” he explained.

To support the creation of the best experience for customers, explained Ririek, Telkomsel has set three flagship programs, namely TrueBEX (True Broadband Experience), Digital World, and Great Digital Payment Experience. Through this program, various improvements in terms of network and service will be conducted.

Furthermore, Ririek explained TrueBEX is improving the quality of broadband data services in 30 city and 1,000 POI (point of interest).

This improvement are expected to provide a real experience for the customer, one of which download speeds up to 1.5 Mbps. “Customers will feel comfortable for video streaming, browsing, chat, play games more quickly and without buffering,” said Ririek.

Still in an effort to provide TrueBEX experience to customers, Telkomsel has launched 4G service in some cities, namely Jakarta, Bali and Bandung. This service has just launched in Surabaya, and in the near future will be held in Medan, Makassar and Manado.

This technology is supported by more than 550 eNode B (BTS 4G).

Until now, said Ririek, the number of customers who have utilized the services of long term evolution (LTE) reached 150,000 customers.

Meanwhile, on the side of the digital world, Telkomsel will strengthen MyTelkomsel applications that currently exists. This application is positioned as an access point for customers to make a purchase various products Telkomsel, such as vouchers, packet data, and digital services. As for digital payment, Telkomsel will continue to develop the T-Cash by using technology NFC (near field communication). “Data services grew significantly, more and more customers using digital services in daily life. For that, Telkomsel continues to innovate in terms of network and service, so customers can enjoy the best mobile digital lifestyle experience from Telkomsel,” he said. (kmb18)

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President Director of Telkomsel Ririek Adriansyah (middle) explained Telkomsel’s target on 2015.

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TABANAN - Auspicious days as well as holy days continue to provide opportunities for those in the business of producing and selling shrines.

Despite intense competition, hand crafted shrines are still a good business to be in, as they are much sought after. Now, with the proliferation of small living quarters, smaller shrines are also in high demand.

Owner of a shrine craft workshop on Jalan Bypass Soekarno, Tabanan -Mrs. Rama, says that shrine handicraft businesses remains prospective.

Because there are always customers looking to purchase these items given that they are a requirement of the Hindu community of Bali. In terms of design, the craft of shrine making has being seeing developments in terms of the raw materials and carving techniques used, although the original Balinese style remains intact. “Small-sized shrines are often sought after by the increasing number of people living in smaller spaces,” he said.

This is one of the reasons that the craft of shrine making is still surviving. Every year there are new innovations in the shrines, according to the demands of customers. “Apart from the area around Tabanan, customers also come from Lumajang and Semeru,” she added.

According to Rama, a variety of shrines are offered by crafters.

Generally, the widely used shrines found in residential family temples include the padmasana, tugu, or two-chambered shrine, as well as kemulan, catu, lumbung, piasan and others. The price on offer for these shrines is relatively affordable. “The price cannot be set ahead of time because it depends on the accompanying ritual paraphernalia. Prices are agreed upon by the buyer and

the seller and start from hundreds of thousands to millions of rupiahs,” she explained.

The raw material for making shrine crafts, she said, highly depends on the innovations of the crafters. For example, some shrine crafters have started using concrete, lava stone, sandstone or taro stone and some combine wood and concrete.

Gus Rai, owner of another shrine craft workshop gave a similar rundown of present conditions but added that although many shrines are sold, each shrine crafter caters to its own market, so that little competition is felt. The demand for crafted shrines depends on economic conditions and is influenced by auspicious days. Before Galungan, for example, generally there are a lot of orders because based on local beliefs, inaugural rituals may not take place later after Galungan. The prospects for shrine crafting businesses will remain good in the future because Hindus still hold firm to their beliefs.

“Our market remains within Bali and seldom reaches outside of the island,” he said.

This Sulawesi-born youth said that in the region of his birth, there are a lot of shrine crafters who meet the needs for shrines in those regions.

“By and large, only special orders are shipped from Bali, such as shrines made of fine coastal sand,” he said. (kmb28)

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In this March 12, 2015 photo, local residents Kazutoshi Musashi, left, and Shigeru Chiba look at the 12.5-meter (41-foot)-high concrete barrier under construction in the northern fishing port of Osabe, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

Japan opts for massive, costly sea wall to fend off tsunamis

The shrine being sold on the side of the street

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Prisoners have already been transferred

Drug Prison still lacks officers

The prison which is specialized for drug abuse prisoners

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BANGLI - The Prison located at Buungan hamlet, Tiga village, Susut, Bangli -the only prison of its kind in Bali, which only receives inmates who have been sentenced to dug related cirmes, is now beginning to receive prisoners.

There are 13 convicts of drug related crimes that are already being detained in this new prison; however there remain a limited number of officers on duty there.

Chief of the Bangli Drug Prison, Bambang Maryanto, explained that the 13 drug convicts detained in this new prison were transferred from Bangli Prison, Gianyar Prison and Klungkung Prison. Almost all of the prisoners have already served most of their sentence and are just waiting to be released or are up for parole.

The transfer of the 13 convicts is meant to help local officers make suitable arrangements before the Bangli Drug Prison officially begins operations, scheduled to take place in April.

“Yes, the prisoners are here to help organize the environment, including making a garden and others such things,” said the chief of Police.

Bambang admitted that the prison that was

completed at the end of 2014 still does not have entrance gates. Nevertheless, according to Bambang this is not a serious problem, given that all the buildings within the prison are secure. He added that the transfer of convicts from other prisons will be carried out gradually. Other than the fact that some of the prison’s buildings are not finished being built, there is also the problem of the limited number of employees at the Drug Prison. Currently there are only 16 officers assigned to the prison with only 4 officers on duty at any given time. Ideally there should be 10 officers on duty for every shift.

“For this reason we are gradually transferring prisoners, according to the number of officers we have available,” he said.

The Bangli Drug Prison will be able to accommodate a total of 260 prisoners in two residential blocks. Later, all drug prisoners in the prisons and detention centers scattered throughout Bali, including drug prisoners who have been detained at the Kerobokan Prison, will also be transferred to this new drug prison. (kmb40)

SENDAI — Four years after a towering tsunami ravaged much of Japan’s northeastern coast, efforts to fend off future disasters are focusing on a nearly 400-kilometer (250-mile) chain of cement sea walls, at places nearly five stories high.

Opponents of the 820 billion yen ($6.8 billion) plan argue that the massive concrete barriers will damage marine ecology and scenery, hinder vital fisheries and actually do little to protect residents who are mostly supposed to relocate to higher ground. Those in favor say the sea walls are a necessary evil, and one that will provide some jobs, at least for a time.

In the northern fishing port of Osabe, Kazutoshi Musashi chafes at the 12.5-meter (41-foot)-high concrete barrier blocking his view of the sea. “The reality is that it looks like the wall of a jail,” said Musashi, 46, who lived on the seaside before the tsunami struck Osabe and has moved inland since.

Pouring concrete for public works is a staple strategy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its backers in big business and construction, and local officials tend to go along with such plans.

The paradox of such projects, experts say, is that while they may reduce some damage, they can foster complacency. That can be a grave risk along coastlines vulner-

able to tsunamis, storm surges and other natural disasters. At least some of the 18,500 people who died or went missing in the 2011 disasters failed to heed warnings to escape in time.

Tsuneaki Iguchi was mayor of Iwanuma, a town just south of the region’s biggest city, Sendai, when the tsunami triggered by a magnitude-9 earthquake just off the coast inundated half of its area.

A 7.2-meter (24-foot) -high sea wall built years earlier to help stave off erosion of Iwanuma’s beaches slowed the wall of water, as did stands of tall, thin pine trees planted along the coast. But the tsunami still swept up to 5 kilometers (3 miles) inland. Passengers and staff watched from the upper floors and roof of the airport as the waves carried off cars, buildings and aircraft, smashing most homes in densely populated suburbs not far from the beach.

The city repaired the broken sea walls but doesn’t plan to make them any taller. Instead, Iguchi was one of the first local officials to back a plan championed by former Prime

Minister Morihiro Hosokawa to plant mixed forests along the coasts on tall mounds of soil or rubble, to help create a living “green wall” that would persist long after the concrete of the bigger, man-made structures has crumbled. “We don’t need the sea wall to be higher.

What we do need is for everyone to evacuate,” Iguchi said.

“The safest thing is for people to live on higher ground and for people’s homes and their workplaces to be in separate locations. If we do that, we don’t need to have a ‘Great Wall,’” he said.

While the lack of basic infrastructure can be catastrophic in developing countries, too heavy a reliance on such safeguards can lead communities to be too complacent at times, says Margareta Wahlstrom, head of the U.N.’s Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.

“There’s a bit of an overbelief in technology as a solution, even though everything we have learned demonstrates that people’s own insights and instincts are really what makes a difference, and technology in fact makes us a bit more vulnerable,” Wahlstrom said in an interview ahead of a recent conference in Sendai convened to draft a new framework for reducing disaster risks. (ap)

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Australia a puzzling hotbed of Islamic State recruiting

CANBERRA — A nightclub bouncer who reportedly became a terror group leader. A man who tweeted a photo of his young son clutching a severed head. A teenager who is believed to have turned suicide bomber, and others suspected of attempting to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State movement. All of them, Australian.

The London-based International Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence reports that between 100 and 250 Australians have joined Sunni militants in Iraq and Syria.

Given Australia’s vast distance from the region and its population of just 24 million, it is a remarkable number. The center estimates that about 100 fighters came from the United States, which has more than 13 times as many people as Australia.

Experts disagree about why Islamic State has been so effective recruiting in Australia, which is widely regarded as a multicultural success story, with an economy in an enviable 24th year of continuous growth.

Possible explanations include that some Australian Muslims are poorly integrated with the rest of the country, and that Islamic State recruiters have given Australia particular attention. In addition, the Australian government failed to keep tabs on some citizens who had been radicalized, and moderate Muslims have been put off

by some of Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s comments about their community.

Greg Barton, a global terrorism expert at Monash University in Melbourne, said Australia and some other countries underestimated Islamic State’s “pull factor.”

“We’re all coming to terms with the fact that this is a formidable targeter and predatory recruiter that goes after individuals one by one with a very masterful use of technology, and our sense of confidence that because we’ve got society working well makes us secure misses the point,” Barton said.

Muslims make up about 2.2 percent of the population in Australia, compared to just 1 percent in the United States.

And while many U.S. Muslims are from families who migrated in pursuit of the American economic dream, a larger proportion of Australian Muslims are from families who fled Lebanon’s civil war in the 1970s and ‘80s.

Australian Muslims of Lebanese origin are largely based in Sydney, the country’s biggest city.

They have been less successful in integrating into Australian society than many other groups, and the first Australian-born generation of these migrant families has been overrepresented in terrorism offenses and general street crime.(ap)

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FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2014 file photo, a hostage runs to armed tactical response police officers for safety after she escaped from a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia. For a country of just 24 million that is thousands of miles from Syria and Iraq, Australia has been unusually fertile ground for Islamic State recruiters.

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Antarctica tourists: Be prepared for the wild and unexpected

KING GEORGE ISLAND, Antarctica — They trekked snow-covered mountains, gasped at seals flopping along the coastline and oohed at penguins waddling along on the ice, and even took in the spectacle of a humpback whale flapping its tail amid a sea of melting icebergs.

But then, the dozens of tourists stranded on a cruise ship at the end of the world could only stare up at the sky, waiting for several days of thick fog to clear so they could go home.

“In Antarctica, you can plan all you like, but you can’t really schedule anything,” goes a local saying.

It’s the last terrestrial tourism frontier that nature lovers, adventurers and explorers are rushing to visit. This tourist season, which runs November through March, more than 37,000 people are expected to visit the coldest continent on Earth, about 10 percent more than last season.

While some tourists climb Mount Vinson, Antarctica’s highest point at 16,050 feet (4,892 meters), others seek a chance to take in the views of other-worldly terrain or snap pictures of massive groups of penguins as they bop in and out of the water.

Still others do extreme sports, like scuba diving in icy waters, or imagine themselves as early 20th century explorers during reenactment expeditions. High-profile visitors of recent years include Bill Gates and Prince Harry, while heavy-metal band Metallica rocked out for a small group of fans at the Carlini Argentine Base here in 2013.

No matter the draw, a strong dose of humor, patience and humility, not to mention tens of thousands of dollars, are an essential part of any Antarctica vacation. Without fail, every year some tourists are left waiting for the sun to come out, or for a patchy Internet connection to work, or even for help to get their stuck boots dislodged from the ice.

“Was it worth it? Yes, of course it was,” said English tourist Christine Brannan, 65, recently holed up on the cruise ship. “But I would say to anybody who wants to do the flight and cruise to be aware of the unpredictability.”

“It’s been fantastic,” chimed in husband John as the couple walked with other tourists to the airstrip. “It’s something we’ll never forget.”

Antarctica is roughly the size of United States and Mexico combined, but tourists and the 4,000 or so scientists who live here part of the year mostly keep to areas that aren’t permanently frozen and where wildlife can be found. Those areas account for less than 2 percent

of the continent.

Most visitors arrive on the Antarctic Peninsula, accessible from southern Argentina and Chile by plane or ship. The next most popular destination is the Ross Sea on the opposite side of the continent, which visitors reach after sailing 10 days from New Zealand or Australia.

The harsh environment requires vacationers to come with many essentials: water-resistant hiking boots, several layers of winter clothes including long underwear and a parka, and powerful sun lotion and dark shades with extra ultraviolet protection.

“I was awed by everything,” said Maria Estela Dorion, a retired nurse from Chile. “The snow-covered mountains, the sunsets, the sunrises.

There are no words to describe Antarctica.”

Although many tourists are well-heeled retirees who mostly stay aboard cruise ships, conservationists worry about potentially devastating environmental damage from boat pollution and from the more adventurous visitors who hike or cross-country ski around sensitive sites, such as moss beds or bird breeding colonies during the Southern Hemisphere summer, when 24-hour daylight allows unrestricted access.

Increasing foot traffic poses “particular risks of disturbance or contamination to some of the last remaining essentially pristine areas on the planet,” said Alan Hemmings, an environmental consultant on polar regions. “We should not passively watch Antarctica being turned into a theme park.”

Hemmings said several countries with territorial claims in Antarctica, such as the United States, Great Britain, Argentina, Chile and others, have signed agreements to regulate tourism, but most are non-binding or nearly impossible to enforce.

Many visitors are drawn here by the legacy of the so-called heroic era of Antarctic exploration from 1898 to 1915, when several adventurers braved harsh conditions, and sometimes died, to explore the mysterious continent.

Some agencies even lead reenactment expeditions of Ernest Shackleton’s desperate sea and land journey to a South Georgia Island whaling station in the southern Atlantic Ocean in 1916. After his ship was crushed by sea ice during

an Antarctica expedition, Shackleton left 22 of his crew at on remote Elephant Island and then set sail in a lifeboat on an 800-nautical-mile (1,482 kilometers) voyage to seek help. Thanks to Shackleton, the crew was rescued by a Chilean Navy cutter boat.

Antarctica is not for budget travelers, and the sky is the limit when it comes to cost. At the top end, chartering a 114-foot yacht (35-meter) in Antarctica costs about $53,000 per week, while a 460-foot yacht (140-meter) runs more than $1 million a week, according to estimates by Superyachts.com.

Tim Johnson, the founder of London-based TBJ Super Yachts, said demand is rising every year for clients wanting to explore “unchartered territory” in style.

“This is the last frontier on the planet,” he said.

For those not quite part of the 1 percent, a 14-day expedition on the National Geographic Explorer ship costs between $12,000 and $24,000. A more affordable option is Antarctica XXI, which offers plane and cruise ship trips starting at $10,000 for six nights, which is on top of the cost to fly to southern Chile.

Most tourists sleep on their cruise ships, which offer a bevy of fine-dining options and on-board entertainment between several excursions to see the landscapes and animals.

No matter how tourists arrive, weather delays are the norm. During the recent patch of heavy fog, for six days planes could not take off or land on King George, leaving guides to deal with more than 100 frustrated tourists.

Despite the unpredictable weather and high costs, tourism in Antarctica has become increasingly popular since the 1980s, when on average less than 2,000 visitors came per year. The peak was in 2007-2008, when 46,000 people visited, according to the Rhode Island-based International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators.

“It’s definitely on many people’s bucket list,” said Steven Cowpe, who leads expeditions for Antarctica Bound, a United Kingdom-based travel agency. “You feel like you’re at the end of the planet because it’s so wild and when you come back, you feel like you have achieved something great, even if you’re not an explorer.” (ap)

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DENPASAR - The day after Nyepi is known as Ngembak Geni. Meanwhile, some people also call it as the end of abstinence, release of abstinence, dissolution of abstinence namely the end of fasting or upawasa. On the Ngembak Geni, the Hindus should pay a visit to families and relatives to forgive one another and hold dharma santhi or masima krama for maintaining social relationship.

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In this Jan. 20, 2015 photo, a plane departs from King George Island, Antarctica. No matter how tourists arrive, weather delays are the norm. During a recent patch of heavy fog, for six days planes were unable to take off or land on King George, leaving guides to deal with frustrated tourists.

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This Feb. 2, 2015 photo shows the Ocean Nova cruise in Maxwell Bay, near King George Island, Antarctica. Antarctica is roughly the size of United States and Mexico combined, but tourists and the 4,000 or so scientists who live here part of the year mostly keep to areas that aren’t permanently frozen and where wildlife can be found.

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In this Jan. 22, 2015 photo, Gentoo penguins gather near a post of wooden arrows with names of cities and their respective distances, at the Bernardo O’Higgins scientific station, Antarctica.

For residents of Kaja Hamlet, Sesetan Village, Denpasar, the Ngembak Geni celebration is filled with a unique tradition and it is eagerly awaited, namely the implementation of MedMedan or Omed-Omedan. As the name implies, it is an attraction of ‘pulling each other’ performed by two groups ending with a ‘kiss.’ Participants of this attraction consist of single teenagers. On that account, teenagers of Kaja Hamlet, Sesetan, registered as the member of customary youth club (STT) are required to join.

Procedure of implementing the Med-Medan attraction is that the members of each group are specified in advance. If male group has 40 participants, the female will have 60 participants to poise their strength.

Those have not got their turn in the first round will be placed as stand-by in the next round. As consequence, all existing members will join the group in turn.

Each group has a group head, namely a teenager placed in the front position. Then, each participants lining up in the rear should hug the waist of another participant in front of him or her. When command of the attraction

has been started, the male group head holds the hand of the female group.

To make the play run orderly, pecalang or customary security taskforce divides their tasks. Some officers will give command to start the game, mediate and discontinue the game by means of flushing water. Every spraying of water by pecalang, participants must stop pulling their opponent. The flushing indicates the end of the round and every even round (II, IV, VI, and so on) is followed by exchange of position for the next start.

The Med-Medan tradition has lasted for some hundreds of years.

There are no sources mentioned when the tradition began to take place. According to I Made Munggah, a resident of Sesetan researching about the tradition, prior to the 1980s the attraction was performed right in the afternoon on Nyepi festivity. The attraction took place spontaneously without guidance and certainly it was not governed by pecalang. After the 1980s, the MedMedan tradition was arranged more neatly and undertaken on Ngembak Geni.

There has been an allegation that the Med-Medan tradition was taken

advantage as an opportunity to kiss in front of the general public. Thus, they had committed pornographic action.

Such accusation was denied by Made Munggah. It never happened and there had been no such idea. The tradition just posed an expression of overflowing joy of the youth when they carried out Med-Medan on the Ngembak Geni as an annual event of local villagers as written by Munggah in his

book entitled Med-Medan: Tradisi Unik dari Sesetan or Med-Medan: A Unique Tradition of Sesetan published

by Bali Post Publisher.

Munggah added that pecalang reminded so that no single participant deliberately did the kiss. Hamlet apparatus always told that such attraction should take place well, courteously, and ethically in accordance with Balinese culture (Oriental culture).

SEMARAPURA - The lack of assistance from local government in developing salt farming has opened the door for foreign investors. At Jumpai village, Klungkung subdistrict, a foreign investor is developping local salt production by bringing in raw salt from outside the region. After begin processed and packaged, the salt is sold to other regions of Bali and exported overseas.

PT Bening Big Tree Farms is the name of the company that is developing this salt production.

They are a foreign company that is rapidly growing in the field of organic food and grain in Indonesia.

Their salt production is centered in Jumpai village, near the road that leads to the beach where they use a greenhouse drying process and manual sorting. Coordinator of the salt farming business, Wayan Suardana, said that after the local government closed the salt quarry, Jumpai village had nothing to rely

on in terms of income, as even fishing has diminished to minimal levels over the years. The salt industry here, has however been saved by the foreign owned company that has built two greenhouses and has recruited dozen of employees from Jumpai village. Due to the limited availability of raw materials, Suardana said that the company brings in raw salt from outside of Klungkung, from places such as Buleleng. “The raw salt at Kusamba village (Klungkung) is not enough,” said Suardana. The raw salt is then processed, sorted and packed at Jumpai. In two weeks, the employees can produce 250kg of the ready-to-pack salt.

The process that takes place at Jumpai village requires several steps. The raw salt is melted and dried in the greenhouses where the temperature is much hotter and more constant than direct sunlight.

If the weather is good, the salt can be dried in 5 days. The salt can then be sorted into five different type of

grains, with ‘big pyramid’ being the most sought after for export. The salt is also used for local consumption and the different grades depend on its shape. This part of the process takes the longest, because the grains are hand sorted before being shipped to Sibang. “Packing and shipping is carried out at the headquarters in Sibang from where it is shipped to local and overseas markets,” said Suardana.

It takes one day to sort 3 kg of salt. Recently orders have been increasing, evidence of which can be seen by the amount of raw salt which is usually 15 tons, now only amounting to 4 tons at the Jumpai facilities.

The increase in demand has had a positive impact on the locals who work for this foreign company.

One employee at Pt Bening Big Tree, named Ni Ketut Landri, says that the survival of the salt industry in Jumpai has helped her.

A similar opinion was also expressed by two other employees

named Ni Kadek Arini and Nengah Juwita. After the closing of the quarry and with the disappearance of fishing as an option for earning a living, local residents were, obviously in a tight spot. All the employees at the new salt production company said that they are paid in accordance with the minimum wage for Klungkung county.

According to research carried out by I Dewa Nyoman Ngurah Ari Cahyadi and colleagues from the Department of International Relations, in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at Udayana University, the direct foreign investment made by PT Bening Big Tree Farms towards salt processing in 2013, which amounted to IDR 1.014 billion, seems to reaffirm the fact that the local government in unable to develop regional potential for the benefit of its residents. Nonetheless, many people are becoming involved in salt farming in the coastal villages of Klungkung. (kmb31)

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For residents of Kaja Hamlet, Sesetan Village, Denpasar, the Ngembak Geni celebration is filled with a unique tradition and it is eagerly awaited, namely the implementation of MedMedan or Omed-Omedan. As the name implies, it is an attraction of ‘pulling each other’ performed by two groups ending with a ‘kiss.’

Foreign investors develop salt farming at Jumpai

Similarly, the apparatus did not want if the attraction led to obscene, filthy and disgusting actions.

According to Munggah, Med-Medan was preceded by saying prayers en masse, dharma santhi or masima krama and then followed by performing Balinese dances. Afterwards, MedMedan attraction was held in the local Hamlet Hall and ended with having a meal together. (kmb)

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Samsat Corner opens until evening

The farmer in Tabanan prefer to plan paddy rather than soybeans

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Due to capital obstacle, farmers of Tabanan hesitate to plant soybeans Tabanan

Tofu and tempeh makers in Tabanan have started to use imported soybeans since 2008 as their raw ingredients. It happens due to the lack of local soybean production. Tabanan itself has owned soybean production centers such as in Kediri and Kerambitan but it is insufficient. Lack of production stock is partly caused by preference of farmers in Tabanan to plant rice and slightly hesitate to plant soybeans due to lack of capital.

It was presented by the Head of Tabanan Agriculture, Food Crops and Horticulture Agency, Nyoman Budana. He continued that Tabanan currently wants to encourage farmers to grow soybeans that can meet the local needs and reduce import. One of the solutions is through the program of central government where Tabanan gets help for soybean planting with the area of 500 hectares. This assistance has been realized where Kediri gets the allocation of 450 hectares and Kerambitan 50 hectares.

Budana continued that farmers in Tabanan are likely to grow rice and still unwilling to plant soybeans. If the water is available, farmers will certainly

grow rice. The government itself makes an effort to encourage farmers to grow crops both soybean and corn during the season of less water or after rice harvest.

“Planting soybeans does not need special land. As requirement, the soybean must be planted after harvest,” said Budana. Deadline of the soybean planting is seven days after harvest because the condition of soil at that time is still moist. Later than that, according to Budana, the land is already dry and cannot be planted with crops.

Although it seems easy and promises a great benefit, the planting of soybeans will require capital. This is what cannot be met by farmers so that they

eventually can only grow rice.

To that end, the government will strive to meet the capital need of farmers either by grants or lowinterest loan.

Budana added that the quality of local soybean is actually not inferior to the imported one.

Unfortunately, the quality of local soybean highly depends on the weather. “When it has bore fruit and is ready to harvest, it suddenly rains. This condition makes the quality of seeds decreases because soybeans easily germinate when in contact with water,” said Budana. To that end, other than capital it also requires a breakthrough of technology to produce quality soybean that can meet domestic needs. (kmb24)

VARIOUS facilities surely become everyone’s dream, especially regarding the obligations as obedient citizens.

Likewise, taxpayers of motor vehicles obviously want fast and practical services when re-registering and paying their vehicle tax (Samsat). For the convenience of taxpayers in Denpasar and Badung and they do not flock to Samsat Office at Renon, the Bali Police Sub-directorate of Registration and Identification then makes a breakthrough by providing excellent services to community through the opening of Samsat Corner at Tiara Dewata Denpasar and Carrefour on Jalan Sunset Road, Kuta.

This service is very much beneficial to taxpayers and the most crowdedly visited by taxpayers is the Samsat Corner at Tiara Dewata. According to the Chief of Registration and Identification, Djoni Widodo, accompanied by the Section Head of Vehicle Registration, Andy Prihastomo, on Tuesday (Mar. 17) that to serve taxpayers his office is open until nine o’clock in the afternoon except for holidays. The officers on duty at Samsat Corner have two shifts namely from eight o’clock in the morning until two o’clock in the afternoon and four o’clock to nine o’clock in the afternoon.

What is the average amount of taxpayers served? Djoni asserted that one shift can serve 250 to 300 taxpayers. It means, added Djoni, the public awareness to pay vehicle tax has increased. Moreover, the opening of Samsat Corner is very helpful for people in terms of distance and

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time. “Not everyone can re-register and pay their vehicle tax at their convenient time. To serve better, we open two shifts,” he said.

However, the Samsat Corner only serves legalization. As for extending the validity period of registration, taxpayers should come to the Samsat Office at Renon because they must carry several requirements such as the rubbing of engine serial number and vehicle frame number, vehicle ownership book and others.

Currently, his party with Bali Revenue Service (Dispenda) and related parties is preparing e-banking vehicle tax payment system. This plan still needs finalization mainly in the matter of the system in use. When the e-banking vehicle tax payment system can be realized, it will become easier.

“We will make every effort to improve our services to taxpayers. However, there are still some obstacles hindering the implementation of the programs we have designed,” he said.

He pointed out that his party also prepares a Drive Thru Samsat. By this program, paying vehicle tax can be made faster and directly from the car or motorcycle. Due to obstacle of land availability, the program is still discussed further.

“Hopefully, the Samsat Corner can be multiplied and this can only happen if the space is available. Meanwhile, Bali Revenue Service provides Roving Samsat to reach taxpayers in remote rural areas,” said Djoni. (rah)

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Candi Bentar cultural stage at Intercontinental Bali Resort

JIMBARAN - InterContinental Bali Resort is proud to showcase traditional Balinese architecture integrated within its dining and entertainment venues. Candi Bentar is the resort’s cultural stage. This enchanting open air theatre, heralded by the ceremonial split gate from which it takes its name, is used for cocktail events, weddings, and private dinners complete with cultural performances.

You will see Candi Bentar or split gates all over Bali, especially within temple architecture, where these huge, stone or brick structures represent the entrance from the outer realm. Each is an elaborately carved tower, open to the sky and cut clean through the middle to form two mirror-image halves of a solid, separated to allow entrance into the temple. The elevated gates are richly decorated, linked by a flight of steps, and usually flanked on either side by stone-carved temple guardians.

Candi Bentar at InterContinental Bali Resort is crafted from stone blocks with a pair of statues on either side, each pair supporting a triple-tiered Balinese temple parasol. In front of the split gates is an alfresco courtyard garden, with a manicured lawn bordered by two rows of fragrant, pink and white flowering frangipani trees.

Here, dining tables and chairs can be set up in accordance with a classic Balinese theme utilising, for example the ceremonial black and white chequered ‘poleng’ cloth, which represents a balance between opposing forces or elements. Centrepiece on each table, traditional wooden puppets are exquisitely arranged with tropical flowers and banana leaf strips encircling candles, while the garden is beautifully lit at night with strings of spherical lanterns suspended from the top of the split gate structures.

Other outdoor decorations might include ‘plengkung’, elaborate arches of Balinese coconut leaves, strings of finely-cut palm leaves, the colourful tapered flags known as ‘umbul-umbul’, and ‘tiki’ fire torches.

The festive atmosphere, meanwhile, will be enhanced by the sound of Balinese musicians playing the indigenous bamboo instrument ‘rindik’.

This majestic venue is perfect for a cultural dinner, such as an Indonesian ‘Rijstaffel’ banquet, literally meaning ‘rice-table’, and presenting traditional Indonesian fare dating back to DutchIndonesian colonial times. As the guests are seated, a starter of Seared Tuna Salad and Coconut Soup Klungah, with shredded chicken and sticky rice, is brought to the tables. This will be followed by ten main courses served by Balinese maidens wearing traditional costume, and complemented by the subtle yet hypnotic strains of the rindik music. Steamed white or yellow rice is always the centrepiece, accompanied by an assortment of different meat, fish and vegetable dishes, such as Beef Rendang - slow cooked beef stew, Balinese Chicken and Coconut Milk Curry, Mahi Mahi Fish grilled in banana leaves with kemangi, Prawn Moilee, Satay Ikan Lilit – minced fish satay, Lamb Stew with soya and tomato, and the warm vegetable salad known as Gado-Gado. Dessert might

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be Jajan Pasar, a family-style platter of assorted Balinese sweets and exotic fruits.

As dinner concludes and tea and coffee is served, a lavish spectacle will unfold on the outdoor stage with a reenactment of a traditional Balinese temple procession, led by dozens of Balinese girls in colourful costumes carrying offerings on their heads, escorted by a string of musicians. An all female group of ‘Joged Bumbung’ dancers will entertain guests with their extraordinary rapid fan, eye and feet movements, eventually luring willing participants to dance with them.

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Alindra Villa has laid a cornerstone on Wednesday, November 12, as a symbol of area expansion and additional units which is targeted to be finished in 2015. Alindra Villa is expanding itself in the area of 10 are by building six additional one-bedroom villas which will be finished in around 10-12 months. This expansion is aimed to meet the needs of traveler who want to enjoy the richness of culture and architectural of Indonesia.

“Alindra Villa is a work of art,” expressed Arifin Olii, the owner who is an architect and a painter himself.

His labor of love included choosing best building materials and contemporary furnishing, selecting antique sculpture and paintings, to make sure whoever stays inside feels the villa as a second home.

Alindra Villa also has distinctive ideology called Nautical Nine. It rep-

resents nine historic architecture and modern styles found in Alindra Villa.

It is also a representation of the nine spices and flower commonly used in Indonesian cuisine. And yet it is also representing the nine cardinal points in Hindu mythology.

Alindra Villa has cemented its presence in Bali since July 2013. Previously, Alindra has had twelve units which are divided in to three complexes, offering different experiences, from ethnic villas, Terracotta complex, and modern pool villas. The antiquities and paintings displayed in the modern pool villas and Terracotta suites are also the owner’s personal collection.

Alindra Villa has three areas which can host events, from engagement party, birthday party, to cocktail party.

The selection of food and beverages are provided by Terracotta Restaurant. (kmb)

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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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Monday, March 23, 2015

The song is over, as ‘Glee’ ends its tuneful 6-season run

NEW YORK — The “Glee” series finale delivered glorious news that William McKinley High School is being turned into an arts school and that Will Schuester, who started its glee club way back in 2009, will become its principal.

Oh, and that wondrous show choir, New Directions, won the national championship.

But “Glee” always had the underlying message: With a song in your heart, dreams do come true.

Another dream fulfilled: Mercedes (Amber Riley) told the gang she’ll be the opening act on Beyonce’s upcoming world tour.

Cue the songs: “Teach Your Children” ... “Someday We’ll Be Together” ... “The Winner Takes It All” ... “Daydream Believer.”

That’s how it went — happily ever after — as the Fox song-and-dance show concluded its six-season run Friday night.

Oh, sure, there were some unexpected nightmares, too. Looking ahead five years, faculty mean girl Sue Sylvester was seen winning a

second term as vice president of the United States (in the Jeb Bush administration). She announced to Geraldo Rivera that she planned to seek the presidency in 2024.

On a brighter note, five years from now Rachel will be a surrogate mom for gay couple Kurt and Blaine. She’ll also be a Tony winner: “Being a part of something special does not make you special,” she said on accepting her award. “Something is special because you are a part of it.”

The show finished with a rousing rendition of “I Lived.”

“Glee” leaves behind a remarkable legacy. First of all, it dared to try something that had seldom if ever succeeded in television history, blending episodic narrative with musical production numbers. It set those performances in the context of New

Directions at fictitious McKinley High, a setting replete with stories about growing up, self-acceptance, perseverance and dreams.

“Glee” did something else few would have thought possible: It helped make glee clubs cool while it promoted arts programs in schools.

And it served as a platform for new talent, launching such stars as Lea Michele (Rachel) while giving wide exposure to veterans like Matthew Morrison (Will) and Jane Lynch (Sue), with guest appearances by a broad range of celebrities that included Helen Mirren, Lindsey Lohan and Ricky Martin. Pop music — both new and well-established — reached new audiences, both on the show and through sales of more than 50 million songs and 13 million albums under the “Glee” signature.

While it was demonstrating a viewer appetite for musical theater among its audience, “Glee” accomplished one more thing: It highlighted, and even helped normalize, young people

Court closes Chris Brown’s case over 2009 Rihanna assault

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Chris Brown, right, appears with his attorney Mark Geragos, at a court hearing in the R&B singer’s long-running case over his 2009 attack on Rihanna in Los Angeles on Friday, March 20, 2015.

LOS ANGELES — A judge ended Chris Brown’s probation Friday and closed the R&B singer’s assault case filed over his brutal attack on his then-girlfriend Rihanna more than six years ago.

Superior Court Judge James R. Brandlin said Brown had completed community labor requirements as part of his felony assault case and officially closed the case after more than six years.

Brown and his attorney Mark Geragos hugged in the courtroom and again in a courthouse elevator. After the hearing, he tweeted, “IM OFF PROBATION!!!!!!!!

Thank the Lord!!!!!!”

Brown, 25, has been under supervision by court and probation officials since mid-2009 when he pleaded guilty

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to attacking Rihanna just hours before the Grammy Awards. The attack led to immediate fallout for Brown, although his career has partially rebounded and he went on to win a Grammy Award three years after the attack.

The singer initially avoided problems with the case, but since 2013 has struggled to complete his community service obligations and had his probation revoked in January after he performed a show in Northern California without permission.

Brown’s attorney Mark Geragos has told Brandlin his office had inadvertently told Brown he could travel without permission. “I couldn’t be more delighted,” Geragos said after the hearing. (ap)

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In this Jan. 23, 2010 file photo, Jane Lynch, center, and the cast of “Glee” accept the award for best ensemble in a comedy series at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. “Glee” will conclude its six-season run with a two-hour finale on Friday, March 20, 2015.

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was transgender girl Wade “Unique” Adams. Tolerance, or at least reaching for it, was a “Glee” hallmark. (ap)

Ninja turtles back to film in New York

NEW YORK - A sequel to children’s box-office hit “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” will start filming in New York next month, a delighted Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday.

The famous pizza-munching turtles, back for another mission to save New York from a dangerous threat, will return for their next cinema release on June 3, 2016.

The film is being directed by David Green and is being produced

by Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures.

De Blasio, who was elected on a progressive platform last year, said the film would bring $70 million to the state of New York and create “may jobs.”

“New York City knows how to host blockbuster films,” he boasted.

The mayor’s office quoted an independent study as saying that the entertainment industry generates $7.1 billion in New York, $400 million in tax revenue and employs 130,000 residents.

The last Ninja Turtles film, released in 2014, grossed more than $190 million at the US box office. (afp)

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The photo shows Kuta Beach during Nyepi celebration. The Bali Gusti Ngurah Rai International Day has reopened after being closed for 24 hours for “Nyepi” or Seclusion Day on Saturday. “The airport has reopened starting 6 am local time,” Co-General Manajer of the Ngurah Rai airport’s PT Angkasa Pura I Gusti Ngurah Ardita said in Kuta, Badung District, Sunday.

DENPASAR - The Bali Gusti Ngurah Rai International Day has reopened after being closed for 24 hours for “Nyepi” or Seclusion Day on Saturday. “The airport has reopened starting 6 am local time,” Co-General Manajer of the Ngurah Rai airport’s PT Angkasa Pura I Gusti Ngurah Ardita said in Kuta, Badung District, Sunday.

The airport has resumed its normal operation of serving domestic as well as international flights. The airport authorities had earlier issued a Notice to Airman to international airports and airways, informing the closing of the airport as the Balinese Hindus celebrated Seclusion Day. On Seclusion Day, which marked the arrival of New Year 1937 in the Saka calendar, Hindus turned lights off, stop all activities, including traveling, refrained from any kind of entertainment, and stayed indoors to contemplate.

All lights on streets and in houses were turned off, while hotels had been urged to block any light peeking out of their premises.

Traditional security personnel in Bali, known as the “pecalang,” monitored the situation during the Hindu Day of Seclusion to ensure that it progressed smoothly on Saturday.

Nyepi has been declared a national holiday out of respect for the Hindu community across the country.

No motor vehicles were allowed to hit the streets on that day and

provincial, district as well as the city administration gave no special treatment to anyone, except in the case of an emergency.

The resort island of Bali remained dark on Saturday evening with Hindus, who constitute a majority of the population there, observing Seclusion Day. Furthermore, the thousands of temples on the island remained dark and quiet on Saturday evening to make it appear as “an island without dwellers.”

Chief of the Bali chapter of the Indonesian Hindus Council (PHDI), Professor Dr. Gusti Ngurah Sudiana, said that the observation of Seclusion Day was aimed at making people control lust (greed).

Hindus are obligated to observe the event, while non-Hindus on the

island are expected to do the same.

However, if they are unable to turn the lights of their establishments off, they are urged to prevent light from coming out of their homes.

A spokesman for the Bali branch of state electricity company PT PLN, Wayan Redika, predicted that the use of electricity on the island could drop by up to 50 percent to 425 megawatts only from the peak use of 850 megawatts due to Seclusion Day. Last year, power usage during the commemoration of Seclusion Day was recorded at only 390 megawatts.

Although electricity usage dropped by half, generators continued to operate well, he affirmed, adding that it was not impossible for the operation of a few to be stopped that day.

PT PLN has more than one mil-

lion customers in Bali. Of these, 70 percent are companies, including hotels and the Ngurah Rai Airport, while the remaining 30 percent are individual customers.

It is these individual customers who refrained from using electricity the whole day on Saturday to commemorate Seclusion Day, Redika pointed out, adding that hotels and the Ngurah Rai Airport still needed power to carry out their operations and services. (ant) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.