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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

‘Other Woman’ curbs ‘Captain America’ with $24.7M Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — A femme-fueled comedy beat a superhero blockbuster at the box office this weekend. After holding the top position for three weeks, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” has been topped by “The Other Woman” for the No. 1 spot. Fox’s revenge comedy, starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton, debuted with $24.7 million, while Disney-Marvel’s “Captain America,” led by Chris Evans, grossed $16 million in its fourth weekend, bringing its domestic total to $225 million.

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The PG-13 rating of Nick Cassavetes directed “The Other Woman” — about three ladies wronged by a three-timing spouse played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau of “Game of Thrones” — helped it draw a larger audience, says Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst of box-office tracker Rentrak.

“The rating was perfect,” he said. “If you are going for the mainstream audience who is looking for something that has a little bit of an edge, but not too much, you can hit that sweet spot and draw a large audience.” The release date couldn’t have been better, Dergarabedian noted. “This was the perfect time to release this film, between the success of ‘Captain America’ and before the official start of the summer movie season with ‘SpiderMan 2.’ “ Hollywood hasn’t yet seen a comedy do especially well at the box office in 2014 since “Ride Along,” which was released in January. Domestically, Jason Bateman’s “Bad Words” made only $7.7 million overall. Tyler Perry’s “The Single Moms Club” brought in $16 million domestically. Most of his films have grossed over $40 million domestically.

And Marlon Wayans’ sequel “A Haunted House 2” opened with $8.8 million, drastically down from the original’s $18

This image released by 20th Century Fox shows Leslie Mann, from left, Nicki Minaj, Cameron Diaz and Kate Upton in a scene from “The Other Woman.”

Paroled ‘Sopranos’ actor discusses drug addiction

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — After spending eight years in prison, former “Sopranos” actor Lillo Brancato Jr. says he’s trying to help young people avoid making similar, drugfueled mistakes. “Here I am, I get the opportunity, I get the shot and then squander it, and do what I did, and get addicted to drugs and just make horrible decisions,” the 37-year-old Brancato said in an interview broadcast Sunday on WNYM-AM. He was paroled in December after serving time for his role in a 2005 Bronx break-in that left an off-duty police officer dead. Brancato, who was born in Colombia and got his break in the 1993 film “A Bronx Tale” with Robert De Niro, said he’s reaching out to young people to discuss the addiction he was unable to control. His last drug high was in prison in 2006, he said.

According to prosecutors, the actor and a Genovese crime family associate, Steven Armento, were drinking at a Bronx strip club before they tried to break into a nearby basement apartment and steal Valium.

The sound of shattering glass awoke off-duty Officer Daniel Enchautegui, who lived in the neighborhood and came to the rescue. He confronted the men and a gunbattle erupted, with Armento firing first, prosecutors said. The dying officer emptied his pistol, hitting Brancato and Armento.

The bloodied actor was arrested as he tried to get into his car, authorities said.

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2005, file photo shows actor Lillo Brancato Jr. in New York. After spending eight years in prison Brancato says he’s trying to help young people avoid making similar, drug-fueled mistakes.

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million debut.

“Sometimes it’s about casting,” Dergarabedian said. “When you have Cameron Diaz in a comedy like this, it’s hard not to knock it out of the park.

This film is right in her wheelhouse. This is what she does best.”

While Diaz’s last film, thriller “The Counselor,” grossed only $17 million domestically last year, her foul-mouthed 2011 comedy “Bad Teacher” earned over $100 million stateside. “Captain America” has now hit over $645 million globally, surpassing its 2011 original “The First Avenger,” which earned $370 million. The sequel is the highest-grossing April release ever.

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Obama announces sanctions on Russia Agence France-Presse

SLAVYANSK - President Barack Obama said Monday the United States was poised to unveil fresh sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, as pro-Kremlin gunmen seized another town in the east.

Speaking in the Philippines, Obama said the sanctions would include export restrictions on high-tech goods in a bid to ratchet up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin, blamed for the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War. Separately, top EU officials were to meet in Brussels to step up European sanctions on Russia as part of a coordinated global effort against Moscow.

On the ground in eastern Ukraine, tensions remained at fever pitch as gunmen stormed the town hall and police offices in Kostyantynivka, the latest in a string of assaults by insurgents on towns in the region.

Rebels also refused to release a group of international monitors from the OSCE after presenting them to the media as “prisoners of war” in what Germany said was a “repugnant” display.

Meanwhile, the threat of a full-scale invasion loomed large over the ex-Soviet country, with tens of thousands of Russian troops massed on the border and Ukraine’s prime minister warning of efforts to start a “third world war”.

On the last leg of a four-country Asia tour, Obama announced new steps to punish Russia for what the president has called “provocation” on Ukraine’s border, where Moscow has conducted military operations.

“Later today, there will be an announcement made. It builds on the sanctions that were already in place,” Obama told reporters.

He said Washington would unveil a list of “individuals and companies” that will be sanctioned to build pressure on Putin and Russia’s recession-hit economy.

He added the measures would also focus on “high-tech defence exports to Russia” that he said were not appropriate given the tensions between Moscow and the West.

The sanctions are in response to Russia’s perceived lack of action to implement an April 17 accord struck in Geneva to defuse

the crisis. Obama has said Moscow has not “lifted a finger” to enact the deal.

The goal was not to “go after Mr Putin personally”, Obama said but to “change his calculus” and “encourage him to walk the walk and not just talk the talk” in resolving the crisis diplomatically.

The Group of Seven (G7) top economies have vowed swift joint action and EU diplomats were expected to expand the bloc’s sanctions against Moscow at a meeting later on Monday.

The West has already imposed visa and travel restrictions on key members of Putin’s inner circle and slapped sanctions on a top bank. But some fear that undermining Russia’s economy could tip the world back into recession, just as it begins to recover from the eurozone debt crisis.

Reflecting these jitters, stocks in Japan closed nearly one percent lower and the yen -- seen as a safe haven against uncertainty -- gained in value.

However, former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said sanctions would have “no short-term effect” on the Russian economy and would take three or four years to really hurt Putin.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday, April 28, 2014. United States was poised to unveil fresh sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, as pro-Kremlin gunmen seized another town in the east.

AP Photo/ Charles Dharapak

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Residents queue to get clean water

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Abundant pilgrims, traffic jam occurs

GIANYAR - Ambience of the afternoon at Tedung village, Gianyar and Medahan village, Blahbatuh subdistrict, Gianyar, was different from most days, Sunday (Apr 27).Members of the community, having recently become customers of the Municipal Waterworks (PDAM) came out in droves to line up for clean water. This occured because the clean water service by the Municipal Waterworks had not been flowing since last week.

Made Mursana, one of the Medahan residents, said the clean water at his village had not been running since this week. Three days later, it flowed in short and small discharge and then did not flow until this time. This condition made people confusedabout how to find out clean water. As a result, residents had to queue in order to access local springs. In addition, some residents also stood in line at a public tap owned by the Municipality Waterworks in front of a temple to get clean water which could only be used for cooking and drinking purposes. Furthermore, for the purposes of bathing, washing and latrine, most people came to a nearby river.

Such less than optimal services by the Municipal Waterworks was also experienced by Penulisan and Anggarakasih hamlet, Medahan village. Most of the Keramas villagers also experienced the same conditions and complained about the service. It was not the first time. Previously, the Regent of Gianyar also got to see first hand the condition of service provided by the Municipality Waterworks at the location. However, there was no follow-up.

Meanwhile, Tedung hamlet, Abianbase village, had experienced the same condition where their clean water service had not run been running for three days. However, they were more fortunate than residents of Medahan because after stagnating for three days the Municipality Waterworks immediately dropped off water tanks by truck to serve the residents. As a result, residents thronged and got in line to get clean water.

Responding to such condition, Director of Municipality Waterworks of Gianyar, Made Sastra Kencana, said the water did not flow in the area due to blockage occurred in the water channel leading to customer connection. As for Medahan village, his party remained to make an evaluation to some main pipes delivering water to the village. “We are still evaluating because there is no a leaking pipe,” he said. (kmb16)

AMLAPURA - Abundant pilgrims came to Besakih on Sunday (Apr 27) to worship in relation to the Ngusaba Kedasa or Ida Batara Turun Kabeh ritual. As a result, the arrival of pilgrims was very crowded. Meanwhile, the road heading for Besakih was jammed about 5 km from Nongan village through Besakih. ritual committee, I Wayan Gunatra, expected all the pilgrims to comply with directions of traffic police officers and parking attendants in order that the pilgrimage could run smoothly and not be hampered by traffic.

The pilgrims had been provided with public and private parking space which was intended to smooth the traffic flows. Without diminishing the devotion, the ritual committee also expected all the pilgrims to dispose of the used oblations like canangsari or the wrapping, after worship-

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ping into the dust bins provided.

This was intended to prevent the middle courtyard of the Penataran Agung from being muddy as it had often rained at Besakih within the past few days.

Wayan Gunatra conveyed there was still a week to go for the pilgrims to say prayers as all the deities were still abiding at the congregation hall of Besakih until next Monday (May 5). Then, all the sanctified effigies of the deities would be stored in the respective shrines on Monday. (013)

Prayed at Besakih and Batur Temple IBP

NUSA DUA - People must always say their gratitude toward God. For that reason, Santika Siligita Hotel Nusa Dua prayed to ask for safety and welfare. The event joined by the staff and representative of the management was held on April 25, 2014 and took place in two temples, Batur Temple in Bangli and Besakih Temple in Karangasem.

Around 20 people joined the event including Jero Mangku Telaga who led the group during the ritual. The event was carried out solemnly and successfully. The event ended with a nice dinner together. The representative of Santika Siligita Hotel stated that the event will be held regularly, every six month. The purpose is to say the gratitude for the grace given by God and ask for better condition in the future.

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The residents of Medahan Village, Gianyar are queueing to get clean water

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He devotional workers committee applied the ‘open and close system’ at the split gates (candi bentar) into the Penataran Agung Temple. Though being flushed by heavy rain, it did not discourage the pilgrims despite having queud since morning. After that, they prayed fervently.

Aside from a long queue at the split gates coming into the Penataran Agung, crowded queues also occurred in front of the clan temple of Pedharman Ratu Pasek. Meanwhile, the

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Staff of Santika Siligita Hotel At Gianyar

The Hindus coming to Besakih is increasing rapidly

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11 Mar Sabuh Mas 12 Mar Hari Pagerwesi Pura Labang Sindu JiwaUbud Pura Kehen Bangli Pura Wira Bhuana Magelang Jawa tengah Pura Padang Sakti Denpasar Timur Pura Payogan Agung Ketewel Gianyar Pura Gaduh Pangiasan Dauh Puri Denpasar Pura Masceti Tampak Siring Pura Dalem Ularan Denpasar Pura Siwa Penebel Tabanan Pura Luhur Sliki Banyuwangi Pura Gunung Lebah Ubud Pura Puseh Sukawati 15 Mar Purnama Sasih Kesanga Pura Nataran Sasih Pejeng Gianyar Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung lebah Batur Kintamani 17 Mar Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 22 Mar Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya

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

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

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

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

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

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Study links California drought to global warming

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gases, the study says.

It’s like a complex game of weather dominos that starts with cold water off China and ends with a devastating drought and memorable winter in the United States, said study author Simon Wang, a Utah State University climate scientist.

Wang was looking at colder water off China as a precursor to an El Nino. The colder water there triggers westerly winds in the tropical Pacific. Those westerly winds persist for several months and eventually push warmed up water and air to the central Pacific where an El Nino forms, Wang said.

An El Nino is a warming of the central Pacific once every few years, from a combination of wind and waves in the tropics. It shakes up climate around the world, changing rain and temperature patterns. Wang saw the precursors and weather event coming months before federal weather officials issued an official El Nino watch last month.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Man accused of hijack scare released

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DENPASAR — An Australian man who caused a hijack scare on a flight to Bali by trying to break into the cockpit, released on Sunday, because the incident occurred on a plane registered in Australia, police said.

WASHINGTON — While researchers have sometimes connected weather extremes to man-made global warming, usually it is not done in real time. Now a study is asserting a link between climate change and both the intensifying California drought and the polar vortex blamed for a harsh winter that mercifully has just ended in many places in the U.S. and Canada.

The Utah State University scientists involved in the study say they hope what they found can help them predict the next big weird winter.

Outside scientists, such as Katharine Hayhoe at Texas Tech University, are calling this study promising but not quite proven as it pushes the boundaries in “one of the hottest topics in climate science today.”

The United States just came out of a two-faced winter — bitter cold and snowy in the Midwest and East, warm and severely dry in the West. The latest U.S. drought monitor says 100 percent of California is in an official drought.

The new study blames an unusual “dipole,” a combination of a strong Western high pressure ridge and deep Great Lakes low pressure trough. That dipole is linked to a recently found precursor to El Nino, the world-weather changing phenomenon. And that precursor itself seems amplified by a buildup of heat-trapping greenhouse

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FILE - This Thursday, March 13, 2014 file photo shows cracks in the dry bed of the Stevens Creek Reservoir in Cupertino, Calif.

Then Wang noticed the connection between that precursor — cold water off China, Vietnam and Taiwan — and the recent wild winter.

He tracked similar combinations of highs and lows in North America.

In this Wednesday, April 23, 2014 image made from video provided by NASA, astronauts Steven Swanson, left, and Rick Mastracchio perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to replace a dead computer.

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And he found those combination extremes are getting stronger.

Wang based his study, soon to be published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, on computer simulations, physics and

historical data. It is not as detailed and doesn’t involve numerous computer model simulations as more formal attribution studies.

Still, Wang said his is a proper connection.

Spacewalking astronauts complete urgent repair job Associated Press Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Spacewalking astronauts easily replaced a dead computer outside the International Space Station on Wednesday and got their orbiting home back up to full strength.

The two Americans on board, Rick Mastracchio and Steven Swanson, hustled through the urgent repair job, swapping out the computers well within an hour. The new one tested fine. “Excellent work, gentlemen,” Mission Control radioed. The removed computer, a critical backup, failed nearly two weeks ago.

The prime computer has been working perfectly, but NASA wanted to install a fresh spare as soon as possible.

Mission Control waited until after the arrival of a capsule full of fresh supplies Sunday.

Replacing the computer — a compact 50-pound (22-kilogram) box — involved just three bolts, hardly anything for a spacewalking chore.

Engineers do not know why the original failed. Mission Control asked the spacewalkers to keep an eye out for any damage that might explain the breakdown. Nothing jumped out. Flight controllers were trying to load software into the spare computer on April 11, but it failed to activate. That set into motion a frenzy of ground meetings and tests to fix the problem.

NASA feared that if the primary computer went down as well, the entire space station would be in jeopardy. These two computers — the primary and backup — control the pointing of the solar wings and radiators, as well as the movement of the robot-arm rail cart.

It was the first failure of one of dozens of so-called MDMs, or multiplexerdemultiplexers, in and outside the space station.

Indonesian authorities say the drunken man pounded on the cockpit door during Friday’s Virgin Australia flight, forcing the pilot to issue an alert code to air traffic control. Bali’s airport was closed for nearly two hours because of the incident, forcing several flights to be diverted.

The cabin crew managed to restrain the man and put him in a rear seat for the remaining hour of the flight, and Indonesian troops later took him into custody.

The man was released late Sunday and was to leave Bali on his own initiative, Bali police special crimes chief Col. Suryambodo Asmoro told reporters.

“Under Indonesia’s law, he couldn’t be charged in Indonesia because what he did was on a plane registered in Australia,”

Asmoro said, adding that it would be up to Australian authorities to decide whether to charge the man.

The Boeing 737-800 was carrying 137 passengers and seven crew members from Brisbane, Australia, to the resort island of Bali, which is a leading tourist destination for Australians.

No passengers or crew were hurt in the incident, according to the airline.

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Australian Matt Christopher Lockley, who triggered a recent hijack scare on a Virgin Australia flight, walks after health checks at the Police headquarters in Denpasar, Bali April 27, 2014.

Ceramic needs rely on outside Bali’s product Bali Post

DENPASAR - Ceramic needs in Bali are very high, especially in the area of Ubud, Gianyar and Sanur. Although the glassware is on the rise, this field is not considered by employers in Bali to set up a ceramic industry on the island so that the local merchants remain to rely on products from East Java.

As expressed by a ceramic seller, Udin, from Candikuning, Bedugul, Tabanan, the ceramic he sold was a product from East Java, whose factory was located in Probolinggo. On that account, the capital to be prepared should be quite large, at least IDR 10 million.

“Minimal amount of placing an order (of ceramics) is IDR 10 million. In addition, the broken goods are not replaced so the risk must be borne by buyer,” added Udin in the farming exhibition of the Udayana University held at the Puputan Badung Square, Sunday (Apr 27).

In addition, it was not allowed to order one kind of product only. So, the buyer should purchase all kinds of products of the factory for each order. “The goods we purchase include all kinds of products produced by the factory. They mostly covered household goods and ceramic pots,” said the younger brother of the owner of the Pindi Orchid Garden.

Meanwhile, the profits gained from the business were quite tempting. Of course, according to Udin, a week he could reach the sales of IDR 20 million and his stock remained available. “In addition to getting profits, the goods are remaining so the profits can be increasing,” he affirmed.

Consumers of ceramics were mostly in

Gianyar and Sanur. By chance, his products were always sold out every participating in the exhibition in the region. The difference lay in the consumers of Sanur area where they usually needed better quality goods. “Although it’s more expensive, many buyers bought up the entire stock. If there is an exhibition in Sanur and Ubud, we definitely participate because its prospects are good. For three days, we can sell at least IDR 5 million,” said Udin.

However, he claimed to have a little interest to open a store in Denpasar because buyers were deserted. Ceramics business could gain a lot during an exhibition. In addition to cheap booth rental, visitors were definitely booming and the merchandise would be sold. “As in Gianyar a few days ago, the exhibition visitor was abundant so it was difficult to pass. In addition, the consumers of ceramics are also quite a few. Thus, we are pleased to participate in that exhibition,” he said.

According to Udin, at this moment there was only home ceramic industry in Bali, precisely located in Ubud area. However, the price of product was expensive because it offered excellent quality and specialized for export needs.

Besides, it could not produce in large quantities.

Meanwhile, local consumers in Bali preferred to buy cheap products.

“It is sold not in dozen, but per piece and the cheapest price is IDR 25,000. The goods of standard quality is usually sold for IDR 40,000 per dozen. There are also traders buying wholesale goods but packaged like export products so the profit is so much,” he said. (rah)

Coffee price rises again Bali Post

BANGLI - A number of coffee farmers in Kintamani, Bangli, look so happy after the coffee price rises and endures in recent months. At the moment, the price of dried coffee beans is around IDR 25,000 per kilogram or better than the previous price. However, amid the rising coffee price in the market welcomed by farmers, a number of coffee farmers in Kintamani feel sorry because they previously have cut down their coffee plants to be replaced with other crops.

According to a number of coffee farmers in Kintamani, the price of raw coffee (freshly harvested bean) belonging to Arabica variety currently reached IDR 5,000 per kilogram. Meanwhile, the dried bean reached IDR 25,000 per kilogram. The price has increased since the past few months.

The re-increasing of coffee price was also recognized by a member of Commission II of the Bangli House, Nengah Sugiman. According to him, the current rise in the coffee price had

made some farmers more passionate for gardening. The improvement in coffee price at this time happened due to the increasing market demand and the absence of subterfuge by outside collectors.

Related to fluctuating coffee prices, Sugiman hoped in the future that local coffee farmers in Kintamani would not hurriedly cut down on their coffee plants when the price dropped. “I hope farmers to be slightly patient. Do not hurriedly cut down on the coffee plants when the price drops because the price of coffee can increase any time,” he said.

He added that it would be very nice if the planting could be done in intercropping system with citrus.

According to Sugiman, if the plant could really be well maintained, the coffee planted in intercropping system could remain to produce good quality coffee. “If coffee is really well maintained, it can grow everywhere even though in intercropping system with citrus,” he said. (ina)

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Irrigation channel at Ambengan left to be buried by avalanche Bali Post

SINGARAJA - An irrigation channel at Balu hamlet, Ambengan village, Sukasada subdistrict, were still buried under the collapsed concrete revetment along 15 meters when it rained on Saturday afternoon (Apr 26).

Cleanup effort by residents and subak members was not optimal because the equipment in use was inadequate. Residents worried if it rained the water volume would increase and could possibly overflow and the edge of the channel would avalanche.

Moreover, underneath the channel there was a house inhabited by six families. Not only that, but due to the buried irrigation channel, the rice fields belonging to farmers at Subak Jro in the area of Sangket, Sukasada subdistrict, were also

threatened by drought because there was no supply of irrigation water.

One of the local residents, Wayan Rinaya, said on Sunday (Apr 27) that after the collapse of the concrete revetment to cover the irrigation channel, residents had attempted to clean up the concrete debris hampering the channel.

However, due to inadequate equipment the cleaning was not optimal.

He hoped the technical agency in Buleleng County would provide assistance of equipment for cleaning the concrete debris hampering the

irrigation channel.

Since the avalanche was reported, no officials of the Buleleng Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) came down to help the people.

Actually, an immediate cleanup effort was expected because if it rained again people worried about the volume of water in the channel e overflowing. The flood water could erode the edge of the channel and cause another avalanche. Meanwhile, under the irrigation channel sat a settlement of six families. The family opened a roadside stall in the Singaraja-Bedugul road section.

“So far, the channel remains blocked by broken concrete and the cleaning by residents was not optimal due to limited equipment. If it rains and the water overflows, it can erode the edge of the channel. And

if it avalanches, the houses beneath will be threatened,” he said.

Separately, Chief Executive of the Buleleng Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), Putu Dana, said that after the incident his party received the report that the residents and subak members had clean up the buried channel in mutual assistance.

As a result, the BPBD Buleleng no longer deployed its officers to the scene and up until Sunday afternoon his party had no time to check the conditions after the irrigation channel at Ambengan village was buried.

“Last Saturday, local residents and subak members have done mutual assistance. So far, we have not checked it yet,” he said.

Dana added the avalanche hampering half of the SingarajaBedugul road body at Bangkiang

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Pro-Muslim Brotherhood students block a road with burning tires and chant slogan against the police and army, outside the main campus of Cairo University, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, April 23, 2014.

Egypt sentences 683 to death in mass trial Associated Press Writer

MINYA, Egypt — A judge in Egypt sentenced to death 683 alleged supporters of the country’s ousted Islamist president on Monday over acts of violence and the murder of policemen in the latest mass trial in Egypt that included the Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader, defense lawyers said. Under the law, Monday’s verdicts in the southern city of Minya have to be referred to Egypt’s Grand Mufti, the top Islamic official, said one of the attorneys, Ahmed Hefni.

The bus shelter is built above the sewer

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Such a move is usually considered a formality but the same judge in the trial on Monday also reversed most of the death sentences out of 529 that were passed in a similar case in March, and commuted the majority of them to life imprisonment.

Monday’s case is linked to deadly riots that erupted in Minya and elsewhere in Egypt after security forces violently disbanded sit-ins held by Brotherhood supporters in Cairo last August. Hundreds were killed as part of a sweeping campaign against supporters of ousted

President Mohammed Morsi, who was removed by the military last July.

Among those convicted and sentenced to death on Monday was Mohamed Badie, the Brotherhood’s spiritual guide. If his sentence is confirmed, it would make him the most senior figure in the Brotherhood to be sentenced to death since one of the group’s leading ideologues, Sayed Qutb, was executed in 1966. After Mufti’s decision, the same court will hold another session on June 21 to issue the final verdicts.

Monday’s stunning decision sparked an outcry among families of the defendants, with women fainting and relatives wailing and crying out “Why? This is unfair!”

“My three sons are inside,” said a woman outside the court who only gave her first name, Samiya, as she screamed in grief. “I have no one but God.” Another lawyer, Ali Kamal, said the hearing lasted only eight minutes.

Security forces surrounded the court building and blocked roads, preventing families and media from attending the proceedings. “This is against the spirit of the law. The verdicts will be easily appealed,” Kamal told reporters.

The same judge, Said Youssef, last month sentenced 529 Morsi supporters to death but on Monday commuted the sentences of all but 37 defendants. The remaining 490 were given life sentences.

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Divers renew search for South Korea ferry dead

Associated Press Writer

Sidem hamlet, Padangbulia village, Sukasada subdistrict, could have been cleared with the help of Bali Public Works. The avalanched soil covering the road was disposed to the north of the road, while the mud on asphalt surface had been sprayed by fire truck. In the meantime, traffic flow on the road section had been back to normal. “We worked yesterday until late morning. Now, the road has been clean, and the traffic is back to normal,” he explained.

For information, due to heavy rain on Saturday (Apr 26), a cliff at Bangkiang Sidem hamlet, Padangbulia village, avalanched. Half of the Singaraja-Bedugul road body was covered. As a result, the traffic flows was disrupted and prone to accidents due to slippery road surface as being covered by mud. (mud)

Shelter at BB Agung built above a gutter

NEGARA - A shelter at Baler Bale Agung village seems to have been forced. Actually the shelter was built over a gutter and rarely used. Some residents met revealed that they were truly helped by the shelter. However, position of the shelter was assessed to be forced. It was built on a narrow driveway. Since the space was not enough, it was then built over a gutter.

Besides, position of the shelter is not visible from the road. But it is accidentally adjacent to the post of motorcycle taxi in front of the Negara Square.

“Surprisingly, it was built over a gutter, while the other buildings are definitely prohibited. It was built by government but giving less good example,” said a resident.

Other residents around the location also mentioned that water from the gutter often overflowed especially during a heavy rain. This gutter ran to Banjar Tengah village and the channel went below the Denpasar-Gilimanuk road section. Therefore, it was questioned why such a facility or even public facility was built above the gutter.

As reported earlier, the government through Transportation Agency built shelter at some entrances to a number of villages. It was intended to facilitate people using public transportation services. Rural transport service (Angdes) clearly drove from and to terminal. However, some were considered inappropriate and seemed to be forced.

The budget allocated for a unit of the shelter reached approximately IDR 48 million and at the moment some rural road sections had owned such a shelter.

The Head of Jembrana Transportation Agency, I Gusti Bagus Putra Riyadi, when asked for his confirmation related to the newly accomplished shelter at Baler Bale Agung said it had been appropriate with the studies. The agency had made coordination with the Irrigation Subdivision of the Public Works before building the shelter above the gutter. (kmb26)

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JINDO, South Korea — Divers on Monday renewed their search for more than 100 bodies still trapped in a sunken ferry after weekend efforts were hindered by bad weather, strong currents and floating debris clogging the ship’s rooms. Investigators, meanwhile, expanded a probe into how coast guard and other rescuers responded after learning the ferry was sinking.

Divers found only one body Sunday after a week that saw an increasing number of corpses pulled from the ship as divers made their way through its labyrinth of cabins, lounges and halls.

The number of dead from the April 16 sinking is 188, with 114 people believed missing, though a government emergency task force has said the ship’s passengers list could be inaccurate. Only 174 people survived, including 22 of the 29 crew members.

Senior coast guard officer Kim Su-hyeon said that most of the remaining missing passengers are believed to be in 64 of the ship’s 111 rooms. Divers have entered 36 of those 64 rooms, coast guard officers said, but may need to go back into some because floating debris made it difficult for divers to be sure that there are no more dead bodies.

Ko Myung-seok, an official with the emergency task force, said Monday that 92 divers were searching the ferry. He also said that the government was making plans to salvage the ferry once

search efforts end but that details wouldn’t be available until officials talk with families of the victims.

On Sunday, South Korea’s prime minister resigned over the government’s handling of the sinking, blaming “deep-rooted evils” in society for the tragedy.

South Korean executive power is largely concentrated in the president, so Chung Hong-won’s resignation appears to be symbolic. Presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook said President Park Geun-hye would accept the resignation, but did not say when Chung would leave office.

Chung’s resignation comes amid rising indignation over claims by the victims’ relatives that the government did not do enough to rescue or protect their loved ones. Most of the dead and missing were high school students on a school trip.

Investigators have searched the two service centers that deal with vessel traffic and that communicated with a crew member on the ferry during the sinking. Senior prosecutor Ahn Sang-don told reporters Monday that prosecutors also seized documents and recordings from a coast guard office in Mokpo, and would do the same at an emergency call service center that received a call from a student on the ship reporting the sinking. The emergency service center official connected a coast guard official with the student, who local media reports said was later found dead.

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A relative of a passenger aboard the sunken Sewol ferry looks toward the sea as he awaits news on his missing loved one at a port in Jindo, South Korea, Sunday, April 27, 2014.

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IMF raises China growth outlook

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Government of Buleleng develops artificial reefs Bali Post

SINGARAJA - The empowerment of artificial reef by Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs in collaboration with a group of fishermen at Kerobokan village, Sawan subdistrict, has showed off significant growth. Hexadome installation at the bottom of the sea waters is intended to serve as coral reef conservation and boost the development of fish in the sea.

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BEIJING — The International Monetary Fund has raised its economic growth outlook for China this year by 0.3 percentage points to 7.5 percent and said Beijing needs to make more progress on promised reforms.

Monday’s forecast might help reassure investors who worry China’s economy is slowing so abruptly that growth might fall short of the ruling Communist Party’s target of 7.5 percent this year. The IMF said Beijing needs to make more progress in rebalancing the economy toward self-sustaining growth based on domestic consumption and away from reliance on investment.

“There are some burgeoning signs that consumption is set to play a larger role in the economy and efforts to cool down credit growth, raise the cost of capital, and dampen investment growth should continue,” the IMF said in a report.

In this April 19, 2014 photo, workers install a wind mill at a wind farm in Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County, in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region.

The International Monetary Fund has raised its economic growth outlook for China this year by 0.3 percentage points to 7.5 percent and said Beijing needs to make more progress on promised reforms.

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The empowerment of artificial reef by Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs in collaboration with a group of fishermen at Kerobokan village, Sawan subdistrict, has showed off significant growth.

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UK housing market recovery spreads further outside London Reuters

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A shopper walks in a clothing retail store at Ginza shopping district in Tokyo April 28, 2014.

Japanese retail sales rose in March at their fastest pace in 17 years as consumers went on a shopping spree before a national sales tax hike took effect on April 1, setting the stage for a decline in consumer spending the following month.

LONDON - Britain’s housing market recovery spread further beyond London this month as prices rose in more parts of England and Wales outside the capital than at any time over the last decade, a survey showed on Monday.

Asking prices for houses in England and Wales rose 0.6 percent in April, the same pace as in March, according to the survey of estate agents and surveyors from Hometrack.

The report showed 48 percent of postcode districts outside London reported rising house prices, the highest level since June 2004 and three times as high as a year ago.

“Demand continues to grow faster than supply, maintaining the supply/ demand imbalance that underpins the upward pressure on house prices,” said Richard O’Donnell, director of research at Hometrack.

“London continues to register aboveaverage growth (of 0.8 percent) but mar-

ket conditions continue to strengthen in the regions outside London, particularly southern England.”

Hometrack cited “early signs” of price resistance in London, with around twothirds of London postcodes registering a price gain in April compared with an average of 76 percent over the last six months of 2013. Overall, the survey suggested housing investment would continue to boost British consumer spending, the principal driver of Britain’s economic recovery so far.

Economists expect data on Tuesday to show quarterly GDP growth picking up in the first quarter to 0.9 percent from 0.7 percent in the last three months of 2013, as business investment and construction also start to rebound.

A separate survey on Monday from Bibby Financial Services, an invoice finance specialist, showed the highest level of first-quarter output from 4,000 clients since 2008, suggesting small and mediumsized businesses had enjoyed their strongest level of activity in six years.

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IBP Hindu possesses a medical science that has been very renowned from time immemorial, namely Ayurvedic medicine. Ayurvedic medicine refers to the contents of the scripture Ayurveda born thousands of years ago.

Ayurvedic scripture denotes a part of Upaweda in the group of Smriti Vedas. However, the Ayurvedic scripture is often confused with Yajur Veda, the scripture containing sacrificial formula that also belongs to Smriti Veda. Yajur Veda itself is a scripture discussing about Yajña or ceremony.

Author of the book Usada Bali (Balinese Traditional Healing), the late Prof. IGN Nala, once said that to help the healing, the Ayurvedic healers usually provided natural herbal medicine having few side effects. Almost all plants existing around us could be eaten, they

The Head of Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Nyoman Sutrisna, said the installation of hexadome with several NGOs, fishermen group and his party was carried out regularly and no planted hexadomes collapsed. Meanwhile, the grouper cultivated indicated a quite encouraging development.

“Some divers are excited to see the development of grouper or other fish in the area. In the future, the prospect of fish potential at Kerobokan village will continue to be developed. To that end, we concretely have submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs to support the activities in marine tourism sector,” said Sutrisna, Sunday (Apr 27).

Sutrisna further explained that some of the concepts had been done by the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs through the Director General of Marine, Coastal and Small Islands (KP3K). “The original coral reefs remain to exist, but we are developing an artificial reef above the hexadome.

The development through hexadome will quickly cause to grow new coral reefs,” he explained.

His party advised the fellow fishermen to immediately get the training and nurturing system as well as oversee the coral reefs together. “The Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs only help, while supervision is made by private parties such as fishermen, so that the reefs will not be disrupted by unauthorized parties,” he added. (dgk)

Ayurvedic Medicine were medicine. On that account, all plants having efficacy for healing were necessary to be inventoried and developed.

In the meantime, the Dean of Faculty of Health Science, Hindu University of Indonesia (Unhi), I Nyoman Prastika, said that based Taru Premana palmmanuscript there were a number of beneficial herbs having the efficacy to cure diseases. Parts of those plants taken advantage consisted of its leaf, flower, fruit, bark or roots. Each herb had different quality such as cool, warm and mild.

To know whether a particular plant had a cold, warm or mild quality, it could be observed from the color of its flower and flavor.

For instance, white, yellow and green flower had warm quality. If their flowers were red and blue, these plants had cool efficacy.

Meanwhile, if the flower was multicolors, they could be ensured to have mild efficacy.

Likewise, if they tasted sweet

and sour, its quality might be warm.

However, if they tasted bitter and hot, they had cool efficacy. Then, if they were tasteless, they belonged to mild plant.

In herbal medicine system, added Prastika, people would be healthy if they consumed (ahara) nutritious healthy foods regularly, had adequate rest or sleep (nidra), and behaved (vihara) healthy. If the three aspects had been committed well, but it was still found health disturbances, then a herbal treatment (ausadhi) was required.

Preparation method of herbal medicine could be divided into three kinds, namely grinding, spraying and boiled. Its healing method could be performed by drinking and dropping for internal healing, while the spraying or applying the paste for external use.

Then, what kinds of plant could be used to cure diseases? Prastika said that virtually all edible plants by animals could be eaten by humans. Whether the herbs had medicinal quality, they could be ob-

served from the color of their flowers and flavor as mentioned above.

Similarly, the plants frequently used for spices in the cooking contained drug efficacy.

Red ginger for example, was good to increase warmth of the body as well as to stimulate or maintain immunity. If red ginger added with the flowers of carambola, bark of tamarind and kalmegh leaves, they could be used to accelerate breathing and relieve cough.

Meanwhile, to break up kidney stones and cure colic, people could also use herbal medicine. Its ingredients consisted of roots of reed, roots of palm tree, root of areca nut tree and added with palm sugar. All materials were thoroughly boiled.

Afterward, its decoction water was drunk in the morning and afternoon.

Herbal remedies could also cope with cardiac palpitations.

Its ingredients comprised the soy beans, green beans, ginger, cumin, fennel, bidara upas (Merremia mammosa) leaf, coriander and

pulasari (Alyxia Stellata). All ingredients should be boiled and then water of its decoction was drunk regularly.

Meanwhile, Balinese traditional healing used several palm-leaf manuscripts as reference. One of them was Lontar Usada Tiwang.

This manuscript described about various types of diseases along with their treatments. Tiwang conveyed numerous symptoms in the form of disorder on the function of organ. There were several types of tiwang presented in the manuscripts such as tiwang utara, tiwang tojos, tiwang wedul, tiwang pemali pepasangan, tiwang wong, and tiwang rajasa.

Prastika added that tiwang pemali pepasangan had symptoms like prickling pain in the chest and on the back. Being no resistant to the pain, the sufferers often groaned.

The disease itself could be treated by means of bark of rauvolfia, temu tis (Curcuma purpurascens), grilled coconut, hazelnut and fennel. It was applied by spraying its paste.

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Man rams car into people, kills 5

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INDONESIA President expects micro credit loan expansions

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BEIJING — Chinese media say a man intentionally rammed his car into electric scooters and pedestrians near a school in a southeastern village, killing at least five people.

The government-controlled Southwest Express said Monday that police subdued Lin Jianxin, 37, with a water gun when he threatened to set ablaze gasoline after his disabled vehicle halted in the village of Zhuangtou in the southeastern province of Fujian.

Southwest Express quotes provincial police employee Zheng Weitai as saying on a verified microblog that the suspect is in police custody and that five people have died.

It says a court heard Zheng’s divorce case in the morning and that Zheng rammed into vehicles and pedestrians around noon during a school break.

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Missing plane’s search area to be expanded

The Justice and Prosperous Party (PKS) is seriously considering a coalition with Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) party for the presidential election to be held on July 9, party’s President Anis Matta (right) confirmed on Monday.

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This photo provided by James Bryant shows tornado damage, Sunday, April 27, 2014 in Mayflower, Ark. A powerful storm system rumbled through the central and southern United States on Sunday, spawning several tornadoes, including one in a small northeastern Oklahoma city and another that carved a path of destruction through several northern suburbs of Little Rock, Ark.

Tornadoes strike central, southern US, killing 14 Associated Press Writer

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s prime minister said Monday that the underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet will be expanded. Prime Minister Tony Abbott told reporters in Canberra that the U.S. Navy’s Bluefin 21 has finished scouring the initial search area far off the Australian west coast and has not yet found anything.

“It is now 52 days since Malaysia Airlines Fight MH370 disappeared and I’m here to inform you that the search will be entering a new phase,” Abbott said at a news conference.

Radar and satellite data show the jet carrying 239 passengers and crew veered far off course on March 8 for unknown reasons during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Analysis indicates it would have run out of fuel in the remote section of ocean where the search has been focused. Not one piece of debris has been recovered since the massive multinational hunt began.

The Bluefin’s original search area was a circle with a 10-kilometer (6-mile) radius, 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) deep around a spot where signals consistent with airplane black boxes were heard on April on April 8.

“I want the families to know, I want the world to know, that Australia will not shirk its responsibilities in this area. We will do everything we humanly can ... to solve this mystery,” Abbott said. “We will not let people down and while the search will be moving to a new phase in coming weeks, it certainly is not ending.” Australian head of the search effort, Angus Houston, said: “We haven’t found anything anywhere that has any connection to MH370.”

MAYFLOWER, Arkansas — A tornado system ripped through the central U.S. and left at least 14 dead in a violent start to this year’s storm season, officials said. An Arkansas state agency reported that 13 deaths have been confirmed in that state Sunday when a tornado carved through several Little Rock suburbs. A separate tornado from the same storm system killed one person in Oklahoma.

The large tornado outside Little Rock, Arkansas, stayed on the ground as it moved northeastward for at least 30 miles (48 kilometers).

Emergency workers and volunteers went door-to-door to look for victims. Law enforcement officers checked the damaged and toppled 18-wheelers, cars and trucks on a stretch of Interstate 40, a major thoroughfare in and out of the state’s capital.

“It turned pitch black,” said Mark Ausbrooks, who was at his parents’ home when the storm arrived. “I ran and got pillows to put over our heads and ... all hell broke loose.” “My parents’ home, it’s gone completely,” he said.

Tornadoes also touched down

in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas, where dozens of homes in Baxter Springs were destroyed.

Twenty-five people were injured and one person died, but it wasn’t clear if the death was related to the storm, said Kari West, a spokeswoman for the Southeast Kansas Incident Management Team.

Forecasters had warned for days that violent weather would strike over the weekend. In Arkansas, Pulaski County Sheriff’s Lt. Carl Minden said three people were killed when a tornado destroyed a home west of Little Rock. Minden said several others were injured at the scene.

“I’m standing on the foundation of the house now. It’s totally gone,” Minden told The Associated Press

by phone. In Oklahoma, Ottawa County Emergency Management director Joe Dan Morgan said Quapaw, which has about 900 residents, was heavily damaged.

“Looks like about half of town got extensive damage as well as the fire department,” Morgan said.

Authorities earlier had said two were killed in Quapaw. Sheriff’s dispatcher Kelli Soechs declined to explain the discrepancy. Six people were treated for tornado-related injuries at Baptist Regional Health Center, said hospital spokeswoman Kristie Wallace.

The Missouri Highway Patrol reported a tractor-trailer was blown onto its side on Interstate 70. No one was injured.

AP Photo/Theron Kirkman

A Chinese Ilyushin IL -76 aircraft taxis off the runway after landing at Perth International Airport after returning from ongoing search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in Perth, Australia, Friday, April 18, 2014.

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PKS considers coalition with Gerindra Antara

JAKARTA - The Justice and Prosperous Party (PKS) is seriously considering a coalition with Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) party for the presidential election to be held on July 9, party’s President Anis Matta confirmed on Monday.

“We will hold a discussion with representatives from Gerindra and their Chief Patron Let Gen (ret) Prabowo,” Anis stated, adding that PKS had formed a special team of high-ranking figures to discuss the coalition matter with Gerindra.

Anis explained that among the things that will be discussed are ways to win the upcoming presidential election and the format of coalition in the government if the Gerindra and PKS’ teams win the election.

However, Anis noted that PKS is also open for coalition with other parties. “We are still observing the political dynamics in Indonesia before the election. We don’t want to be in a transactional coalition, but rather a strong coalition,” Anis added.

Earlier a political observer from Muhammadiyah University of North SUmatra (UMSU), Shohibul Anshor, noted that although Islamic-based political parties did not win many votes in the recent parliamentary election, it will be in demand as major parties had to seek a political coalition to nominate presidential candidates.

According to him, the so-called

nationalist and secular parties, such as the PDIP, the Golkar, and the Gerindra, need to coalesce with Islam-based parties in the next presidential election. The aim of establishing a coalition with Islam-based parties, such as the United Development Party (PPP), the Justice Prosperous Party (PKS), the National Mandate Party (PAN), the People Awakening Party (PKB), and the Crescent Star Party (PBB), will not only increase the vote percentage but also help project a victory, Shohibul explained.

Under a coalition, the Islambased parties might have an opportunity to nominate the vice president, he added.

He also stated that the Democratic Party (PD) still maintained its position as a strong party.

Although the official results of the legislative elections will be announced by the General Elections Commission (KPU) on May 7 and 9, quick vote counts by various survey institutions had shown that none of the political parties had secured 25 percent of the votes.

By law, a political party was required to win at least 25 percent of the total votes or a minimum of 20

percent of the 560 seats contested in the House of Representatives (DPR) before it can nominate its presidential candidate for the presidential election, scheduled to be held on July 9.

The quick vote count by the Indonesia Survey Institute (LSI) placed the PDIP in the first position, winning 19.77 percent of the votes, followed by the Golkar Party with 14.61 percent, the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) with 11.80 percent and the ruling Democratic Party (PD) in the fourth place with 9.73 percent.

The fifth position was won by the National Awakening Party (PKB) with 9.07 percent of the votes, followed by the National Mandate Party (PAN) in the sixth position with 7.47 percent, the United Development Party (PPP) in the seventh place with 7.08 percent, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) in the eighth place with 6.61 percent, the National Democrat Party (Nasdem) with 6.77 percent, the Peoples Conscience Party (Hanura) with 5.26 percent, the Crescent and Star Party (PBB) with 1.36 percent and the Indonesian Prosperous and Unity Party (PKPI) with 0.97 percent.

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has hoped for the expansion of the ongoing KUR micro credit loans scheme, as a form of the government’s concern to the small-scale entrepreneurs.

“The Micro credit loans scheme should be expanded and improved. I hope that we will implement the financial inclusion in the country,” stated the president on Monday. Besides this, the financial inclusion is important as the means and goal to improve the financial access to all levels of society.

Earlier, the Secretary of the Ministry of Cooperatives and Small Medium Enterprises, SMEs, Agus Muharram noted that the micro credit loans should be simplified and expanded. “The Mirco Credit Loans empowerment programs should be facilitated and expanded by the new cabinet,” pointed out Agus Muharram in Jakarta, on Monday, April 14.

Agus added that the micro credit scheme has high significance to strengthen the capital of 19 million customers and a total of Rp140 trillion loans.

While The People’s Coalition for Fisheries Justice Indonesia (KIARA) urged the government to increase the credit absorption in the fisheries sector which is still considered small when compared to the proportion of the overall portfolio. “The lack of credit absorption in the fisheries sector is caused by the lack of socialization efforts to the fisheries community, especially the small scaled fishermen group,” remarked the coalition’s secretary General Abdul Halim.

Abdul Halim explained that the low credit scheme’s absorption in fisheries sector is because fishermen’s families were not informed about how to repay the loan. Abdul added that the Micro Credit Loan is only still limited to banking activities in distributing loans.

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Warriors top Clippers 118-97, even series 2-2

Labuan Sait Beach IBP

MANGUPURA - This beach is located several kilometers on the northern part of Uluwatu Temple, facing to Indonesian Ocean. From the parking lot, the visitors must walk through a coral alley as long as 60 meters through a beautiful beach called Labuan Sait. The beach has white sand and very clean and also very quiet so it is very suitable for recreation. Sun bathing and surfing are also can be done on the beach. The local fishermen are also providing bots that can be rented by the tourist who want to look around and explore the beauty of the beach. There are also several restaurants and shops in the area for the visitors.

Associated Press Writer

OAKLAND, California — Stephen Curry made a career playoffhigh seven 3-pointers and scored 33 points to leading the Golden State Warriors past the Los Angeles 118-97 on Sunday to level a first-round series that has been pulled into a race-related scandal involving the Clippers’ owner. Clippers players made a silent protest against Donald Sterling by shedding their warm-up jerseys and going through pregame routine with their red shirts on inside out. They also wore black bands on their wrists or arms and black socks in a show of solidarity.

Curry and the Warriors made another kind of statement. The All-Star guard made his first five 3 pointers to give Golden State a 20-point lead in the first quarter that held up most of the way. Curry shot 10 for 20 from the floor, including 7 of 14 from beyond the arc, and had seven assists and seven rebounds to help the Warriors snap a two-game skid.

Game 5 is Tuesday night in Los

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Golden State Warriors’ Andre Iguodala, left, dunks over Los Angeles Clippers’ Glen Davis during the second half in Game 4 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series on Sunday, April 27, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. Golden State won 118-97.

Marquez completes hattrick with Argentina victory

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MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez won the Argentine Grand Prix on Sunday to maintain his 100 percent record for the season with three wins in three races. The 21-yearold Spaniard, who fought back from a poor start at the new Termas de Rio Hondo circuit, became the first rider in 43 years to win all of the first three races in the premier category from pole position.

The last to be so dominant at the start of a year was Italian great Giacomo Agostini in 1971. Marquez’s Repsol Honda team mate Dani Pedrosa finished second with Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo taking third place to complete a Spanish sweep of the podium places. Italian Valentino Rossi, who won the opening three 500cc races of the 2001 season and also triumphed in the 250cc category in Argentina in 1998, was fourth.

Marquez, who now has a maximum 75 points with Pedrosa on 56 and Rossi third with 41, had slipped to seventh place after being swallowed up by the field at the start as Rossi and Lorenzo hit the front. His progress back through the field was relentless, however, with the Spaniard roaring back and slotting into second place after four laps when Rossi ran wide.

Stalking Lorenzo, Marquez took the lead conclusively with nine of the 25 laps remaining and pulled away with a string of quick

times. “In the beginning it was a little bit difficult because many riders were in front, the start was not so good,” the champion told BT Sport. “I started on a dirty place and spun the rear a little bit. But anyway it was fun.

“I saw Jorge opened some gap and thought ‘OK, stop playing’ and I tried to push a little bit to catch Jorge. Then I stayed there and when there were nine laps left I started to push a little bit more because I thought Dani was coming.” Pedrosa, who had dropped from third to sixth on the opening lap, caught Lorenzo and passed him on the penultimate lap for second place.

The podium was still a first for 2014 for Lorenzo, the double world champion looking happier with his afternoon’s work. “I didn’t expect to stay so many laps in first position,” he said. “I thought Marquez wanted to go away from the beginning but I made a good start.

“Then I made a mistake on the first lap and Valentino and Pedrosa passed me but I did not want to stay behind so I passed them very quickly and stayed very focused.

MotoGP Honda rider Marc Marquez of Spain waves to the crowd after crossing the finish line first during the Argentina’s Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit, Argentina, Sunday, April 27, 2014.

Angeles. Andre Iguodala added 22 points and nine assists, and David Lee, Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes each scored 15 as the Warriors regained their shooting touch.

Jamal Crawford scored 26 points, and Blake Griffin had 21 points and six rebounds for a Clippers team wrapped up in the most talked-about topic in sports.

Portland’s LaMarcus Aldridge had 29 points and 10 rebounds as the Trail Blazers claimed a 123120 overtime win over the Houston Rockets to take a 3-1 advantage in the series. Nicolas Batum added 25 points in the first win for the home team in the series, which m o v e s t o Houston for

Game 5 on Wednesday. It was the third overtime game of the series.

The Blazers haven’t advanced out of the first round since the postseason in 2000. James Harden had 28 points and Dwight Howard added 25 points and 14 rebounds for the Rockets.

At Washington, Trevor Ariza had a career playoff-high 30 points as the Wizards scored the first 14 points of the game and barely looked back to beat the Chicago Bulls 98-89 and take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference series.

John Wall added 15 points and 10 assists for the Wizards, who forced 16 turnovers and committed only six. Washington played without forward Nene, who was suspended for grabbing Jimmy Butler by the head in Game 3.

The Wizards are looking to win a playoff series for only the third time since the 1970s. They can finish off the Bulls in Game 5 on Tuesday in Chicago. Taj Gibson scored a career-high 32 points on 13 for 16 shooting for Chicago.

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Gerrard’s cruel slip could end Liverpool’s title Reuters

While Luis Suarez’s 30 goals have provided much of the impetus behind Liverpool’s remarkable rise to Premier League title contenders this season, captain Steven Gerrard has been the beating heart at the centre of the Merseyside revival. Unfortunately for the 33-year-old midfielder, who has spent his entire professional career at the club, his slip in Sunday’s 2-0 defeat by Chelsea may prove costly if Liverpool’s 24-year wait for a title continues beyond the season.

Just before halftime at Anfield, Gerrard slipped while receiving a routine pass from Mamadou Sakho, allowing Chelsea striker Demba Ba to race in on goal to put the visitors one up. Willian doubled the advantage late on as Liverpool failed to break down Chelsea’s dogged defensive line, a defeat that ended their 11-match winning streak and took their Premier League title aspirations out of their hand.

Liverpool still lead with 80 points, but third-placed City sit three points behind with a match in hand and with a superior goal difference, meaning the 2011-12 champions can secure a second crown in three seasons if they win their last three matches. Chelsea are second with 78 points.

Having won the Champions League, a UEFA Cup, two FA Cups and three League Cups, a league title is the one thing miss-

ing from Gerrard’s list of club honours, and it would be a cruel twist if his error went some way to denying him what many would see as a fitting reward for a career of graft and loyalty. Manager Brendan Rodgers refused to criticise his captain, saying his form was the reason they were fighting for the title.

“Steven is a boy who has picked up this club so many times,” Rodgers told reporters.

“And it was just really unfortunate because he slipped at a crucial moment and it was right on half-time.

“He was doing everything he possibly could today and we hoped there would be one or two who would step up to the plate instead of him, but we couldn’t quite do that today. “There’s certainly no blame because we are in the position we are in now because of him; he’s been instru-

mental for us this season. “It’s just unfortunate that he’s slipped over. It could have happened to anyone. This is a guy that is so strong mentally.”

Liverpool have matches away to Crystal Palace and against Newcastle United at Anfield, and will hoping City, who beat Palace 2-0 on Sunday, will drop points to Everton, Aston Villa or West Ham. Despite the denials of manager Jose Mourinho, Chelsea are also still in with a slim chance of winning, but Rodgers said it was important his side picked themselves up for their last two outings.

“If we can finish off the season and win these two games, we’ll finish above them and maybe above Manchester City. But there’s still a way to go,” the Northern Irishman said. “City will now feel they can go on and win their games.

We’ll just recover now; we’ll

focus on the next game, and continue with that positive mentality that we’ve had throughout the season - because that’s the reason why we are where we are.”

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Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard stands hands on hips as Chelsea celebrate their second goal during their English Premier League soccer match at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Sunday April 27, 2014.

Chelsea won the game 2-0.

Cardiff and Fulham hope two wins enough to avoid drop Reuters

Time is running out for the survivalseeking Premier League strugglers Cardiff City and Fulham, but both believe six points from their remaining two games might still be enough to avoid the drop.

Cardiff fell to the bottom of the table after suffering a 4-0 defeat at fellow strugglers Sunderland on Sunday, while Fulham threw away the chance to get out of the relegation zone when they let slip a 2-0 lead and could only draw at home to Hull City.

Sunderland’s victory allowed them to escape the relegation places and they sit in 17th on 32 points having played a game less than the current bottom three

of Norwich City (32), Fulham (31) and Cardiff (30).

Fulham next face a trip to 10th-placed Stoke City on Saturday before finishing their campaign at home to Crystal Palace, who are 11th.

“I think we need to win the last two,” Fulham defender Brede Hangeland was quoted as saying by British media on Monday. “That is clear for everyone to see. Is that impossible?

No, it is far from impossible. Of course we can do it.

“It is all about doing the business next week and then the week after and hoping that will be enough. It is a massive game next week and we have to win that.”

Fulham have conceded a leagueworst 79 goals in a calamitous campaign

with German Felix Magath their third manager of the season and struggling to arrest the slide.

The German replaced Rene Meulensteen in February after the Dutchman was sacked following a run of defeats despite being backed heavily in the January transfer window.

Greece striker Kostas Mitroglou has played only twice after struggling for fitness since joining for around 12 million.

Magath, though, was focusing only on next week’s fixture as Fulham attempt to secure a 14th consecutive season of top flight football.

“I am not afraid we won’t stand up for the next game,” he told the British media.

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Bayern has to overcome 1-0 deficit against Madrid Associated Press Writer

FRANKFURT, Germany — Bayern Munich is seeking to become the first club to defend t h e

Champions League title.

The title holder, however, is the only team to have conceded a goal in the first leg of the semifinals after losing to Real Madrid 1-0. Chelsea held on to earn a 0-0 draw at Atletico Madrid and will look to clinch its second final in three seasons at home on Wednesday.

Real Madrid has honed its attack for the trip to Germany. Besides winning the Copa del Rey over Barcelona two weeks ago, Carlo Ancelotti’s side has stayed in the Spanish league title hunt by winning its last four games by the combined score of 17-0.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 46th and 47th goals of the season in all competitions on Saturday as Madrid crushed Osasuna 4-0, while also resting Gareth Bale as he recovers from the flu, striker Karim

Benzema, defender Pepe and midfielder Xabi Alonso. Ancelotti said that Ronaldo is back to full fitness since a recent leg injury and that he expects both Bale and Benzema to play against Bayern Munich.

The Italian manager said he plans to go for the win instead of trying to make good on his team’s slender 1-0 advantage. “We want to score, not just defend,” Ancelotti said. “There is a good vibe in the team, a lot of confidence, and we are very motivated to play the match.”

Bayern was also in scoring mode at home, when it put five past Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga.

But it also conceded two and trailed twice after playing a very poor first half. Bayern’s defense looked vulnerable against counterattacks — precisely the way Madrid scored in the first leg.

Coach Pep Guardiola said the win was “good for the mood” before Tuesday’s match, but did not hide his disappointment at how Bayern played in the first half. Attacking midfielder Thomas Mueller was pragmatic. “This game is not important but the mood is important and we need to make sure we release all our positive energy now,” he said.

What should worry Bayern is its sudden weakness in defense — it has conceded eight goals in its last

three Bundesliga games at home.

Real Madrid has nine European Cup titles, while Bayern is a fivetime champion. The two clubs with the most titles have met in European Cup semifinals five times, with Madrid coming through only once, in 2000. In the most recent tie, Bayern won on penalties in 2012.

Madrid knocked out German opposition, Schalke and Borussia Dortmund, in the previous rounds, but it has only two wins in Germany with 19 defeats and six draws. Bayern has eight wins against Madrid at home, with one draw. he only trophy Jose Mourinho didn’t collect in his first spell as Chelsea manager was the Champions League, and it’s the competition he wants to win at the end of his first season back. Not that there is much of a choice, as it still trails leader Liverpool by two points in the Premier League despite beating its rival 2-0 on Sunday. Few managers can match Mourinho’s fierce competitive streak, yet he claims that finishing the season without a trophy won’t trouble him.

“When you give everything you have, when you try everything, when you work hard, when the group is good, when the group respects the club and the fans, you wait for the end of the season and you see what destiny has for you,” Mourinho said. Mourinho has

AP Photo/Paul White

Bayern’s Jerome Boateng, Philipp Lahm and Thomas Mueller, from left, acknowledge the fans after losing 0-1 in a Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, April 23, 2014 . long insisted this was a season of transition.

Frank Lampard and Jon Obi Mikel are suspended for the second leg, while first-choice goalkeeper Petr Cech has been ruled out after injuring his shoulder in Madrid.

Mark Schwarzer, the 41-year-old Australian who protected the 0-0

draw in the first leg, is set to stay in goal for the home fixture.

“He knows everything about the goal, about the small box,” Mourinho said of Schwarzer. “And when you are choosing a second goalkeeper you need to choose somebody that is especially mentally ready to play in any moment.”

Barcelona.

“We have two very powerful teams behind us that will surely win all their games and we can’t relax for even one day,” Simeone said.

“I ask my team to go forward with the same sense of calm knowing the importance of each result.” Atletico can now focus on the Champions League semifinals as it travels to Chelsea on Wednesday after a 0-0 draw in the first leg.

Again, Atletico snuffed out their opponents’ attack for a ninth straight victory. The pacesetters have only conceded one goal during their winning run while scoring 14. Atletico resisted Valencia’s early push and then went forward in search of an opening goal that came just before halftime.

Garcia used an exquisite flick of the head — with his back to goal — to lift Gabi Fernandez’s lobbed pass over goalkeeper Vicente Guaita and bouncing in off the post. Atletico defender Juanfran Torres was shown a direct red card for tackling Pablo Piatti in stoppage time.

Also, Athletic Bilbao routed 10-

man Sevilla 3-1 at home to deal a blow to its main rival for fourth place and Spain’s last Champions League berth, while Almeria fought back for a 2-1 win at nine-man Espanyol to move to within two points of safety.

Forward Markel Susaeta got the Basques rolling in the fifth minute by scoring a rarely seen goal directly from a corner kick, curling the ball from the corner flag inside the near post to beat goalkeeper Antonio “Beto” Bastos.

Right back Andoni Iraola then served two crosses for Iker Muniain to volley in the 54th and Ander Herrera to head home moments after Sevilla’s Diogo Figueras picked up a second booking in the 72nd. Kevin Gameiro scored Sevilla’s consolation goal in the 79th. The win lifted Bilbao six points clear of fifth-placed Sevilla.

“This win over Sevilla is huge, but this isn’t over,” said Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde. “We are knocking on the door. We are three points away from the Champions League, which would be a dream for everyone.”

Atletico moves toward title, Barca stages comeback

Associated Press Writer

BARCELONA, Spain — Atletico Madrid moved one step closer to its first Spanish league title in 18 years on Sunday with a 1-0 victory at Valencia, while Lionel Messi completed an emotional 3-2 comeback win for Barcelona at Villarreal two days after the death of former coach Tito Vilanova. Atletico midfielder Raul Garcia scored with an impressive header in the 43rd minute, and its defense did the rest as it gave Valencia no chance to rally at its Mestalla Stadium.

Diego Simeone’s side moved six points clear of Real Madrid, which has a game in hand, while Barcelona remained within four points after coming from two goals down to beat Villarreal in its first game since the death of Vilanova.

Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets wept as the two teams gathered at the center circle before kickoff at El Madrigal Stadium to observe a minutes of silence for Vilanova, who died on Friday after a battle with cancer, having led Barcelona to the

league title last season. Vilanova was honored similarly across Spain’s first division this weekend.

Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta said his team had been “very affected” by Vilanova’s death, who was honored this weekend by more than 50,000 people who attended a memorial site at Camp Nou. “It has touched all of us,” Iniesta said. “I will take with me the example he set for us, both when he was with us and after.”

Ruben “Cani” Gracia and Manuel Trigueros scored from counterattacks for Villarreal to go 2-0 up by the 55th minute. But Villarreal then self-destructed with own goals by Gabriel Armando in the 65th and Mateo Musacchio in the 78th, both redirecting passes by Dani Alves into their team’s net. Messi finally beat goalie Sergio Asenjo after Busquets and Cesc Fabregas combined to set the forward up to net his 27th league goal of the campaign and reach the 40-goal mark in all competitions for the fifth straight season.

Earlier, Garcia’s ninth goal of the league season kept Atletico on

AP Photo/Alberto Saiz

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi from Argentina celebrates after scoring against Villarreal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Madrigal stadium in Villarreal, Spain, on Sunday, April 27, 2014. course for its first league title since 1996. With a better head-to-head record against Madrid, Atletico can clinch the domestic crown by winning two of its remaining three games. It first plays at Levante, then hosts Malaga, and finally travels to

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Gerrard’s cruel slip could end Liverpool’s title Reuters

While Luis Suarez’s 30 goals have provided much of the impetus behind Liverpool’s remarkable rise to Premier League title contenders this season, captain Steven Gerrard has been the beating heart at the centre of the Merseyside revival. Unfortunately for the 33-year-old midfielder, who has spent his entire professional career at the club, his slip in Sunday’s 2-0 defeat by Chelsea may prove costly if Liverpool’s 24-year wait for a title continues beyond the season.

Just before halftime at Anfield, Gerrard slipped while receiving a routine pass from Mamadou Sakho, allowing Chelsea striker Demba Ba to race in on goal to put the visitors one up. Willian doubled the advantage late on as Liverpool failed to break down Chelsea’s dogged defensive line, a defeat that ended their 11-match winning streak and took their Premier League title aspirations out of their hand.

Liverpool still lead with 80 points, but third-placed City sit three points behind with a match in hand and with a superior goal difference, meaning the 2011-12 champions can secure a second crown in three seasons if they win their last three matches. Chelsea are second with 78 points.

Having won the Champions League, a UEFA Cup, two FA Cups and three League Cups, a league title is the one thing miss-

ing from Gerrard’s list of club honours, and it would be a cruel twist if his error went some way to denying him what many would see as a fitting reward for a career of graft and loyalty. Manager Brendan Rodgers refused to criticise his captain, saying his form was the reason they were fighting for the title.

“Steven is a boy who has picked up this club so many times,” Rodgers told reporters.

“And it was just really unfortunate because he slipped at a crucial moment and it was right on half-time.

“He was doing everything he possibly could today and we hoped there would be one or two who would step up to the plate instead of him, but we couldn’t quite do that today. “There’s certainly no blame because we are in the position we are in now because of him; he’s been instru-

mental for us this season. “It’s just unfortunate that he’s slipped over. It could have happened to anyone. This is a guy that is so strong mentally.”

Liverpool have matches away to Crystal Palace and against Newcastle United at Anfield, and will hoping City, who beat Palace 2-0 on Sunday, will drop points to Everton, Aston Villa or West Ham. Despite the denials of manager Jose Mourinho, Chelsea are also still in with a slim chance of winning, but Rodgers said it was important his side picked themselves up for their last two outings.

“If we can finish off the season and win these two games, we’ll finish above them and maybe above Manchester City. But there’s still a way to go,” the Northern Irishman said. “City will now feel they can go on and win their games.

We’ll just recover now; we’ll

focus on the next game, and continue with that positive mentality that we’ve had throughout the season - because that’s the reason why we are where we are.”

AP Photo/Jon Super

Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard stands hands on hips as Chelsea celebrate their second goal during their English Premier League soccer match at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Sunday April 27, 2014.

Chelsea won the game 2-0.

Cardiff and Fulham hope two wins enough to avoid drop Reuters

Time is running out for the survivalseeking Premier League strugglers Cardiff City and Fulham, but both believe six points from their remaining two games might still be enough to avoid the drop.

Cardiff fell to the bottom of the table after suffering a 4-0 defeat at fellow strugglers Sunderland on Sunday, while Fulham threw away the chance to get out of the relegation zone when they let slip a 2-0 lead and could only draw at home to Hull City.

Sunderland’s victory allowed them to escape the relegation places and they sit in 17th on 32 points having played a game less than the current bottom three

of Norwich City (32), Fulham (31) and Cardiff (30).

Fulham next face a trip to 10th-placed Stoke City on Saturday before finishing their campaign at home to Crystal Palace, who are 11th.

“I think we need to win the last two,” Fulham defender Brede Hangeland was quoted as saying by British media on Monday. “That is clear for everyone to see. Is that impossible?

No, it is far from impossible. Of course we can do it.

“It is all about doing the business next week and then the week after and hoping that will be enough. It is a massive game next week and we have to win that.”

Fulham have conceded a leagueworst 79 goals in a calamitous campaign

with German Felix Magath their third manager of the season and struggling to arrest the slide.

The German replaced Rene Meulensteen in February after the Dutchman was sacked following a run of defeats despite being backed heavily in the January transfer window.

Greece striker Kostas Mitroglou has played only twice after struggling for fitness since joining for around 12 million.

Magath, though, was focusing only on next week’s fixture as Fulham attempt to secure a 14th consecutive season of top flight football.

“I am not afraid we won’t stand up for the next game,” he told the British media.

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Bayern has to overcome 1-0 deficit against Madrid Associated Press Writer

FRANKFURT, Germany — Bayern Munich is seeking to become the first club to defend t h e

Champions League title.

The title holder, however, is the only team to have conceded a goal in the first leg of the semifinals after losing to Real Madrid 1-0. Chelsea held on to earn a 0-0 draw at Atletico Madrid and will look to clinch its second final in three seasons at home on Wednesday.

Real Madrid has honed its attack for the trip to Germany. Besides winning the Copa del Rey over Barcelona two weeks ago, Carlo Ancelotti’s side has stayed in the Spanish league title hunt by winning its last four games by the combined score of 17-0.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 46th and 47th goals of the season in all competitions on Saturday as Madrid crushed Osasuna 4-0, while also resting Gareth Bale as he recovers from the flu, striker Karim

Benzema, defender Pepe and midfielder Xabi Alonso. Ancelotti said that Ronaldo is back to full fitness since a recent leg injury and that he expects both Bale and Benzema to play against Bayern Munich.

The Italian manager said he plans to go for the win instead of trying to make good on his team’s slender 1-0 advantage. “We want to score, not just defend,” Ancelotti said. “There is a good vibe in the team, a lot of confidence, and we are very motivated to play the match.”

Bayern was also in scoring mode at home, when it put five past Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga.

But it also conceded two and trailed twice after playing a very poor first half. Bayern’s defense looked vulnerable against counterattacks — precisely the way Madrid scored in the first leg.

Coach Pep Guardiola said the win was “good for the mood” before Tuesday’s match, but did not hide his disappointment at how Bayern played in the first half. Attacking midfielder Thomas Mueller was pragmatic. “This game is not important but the mood is important and we need to make sure we release all our positive energy now,” he said.

What should worry Bayern is its sudden weakness in defense — it has conceded eight goals in its last

three Bundesliga games at home.

Real Madrid has nine European Cup titles, while Bayern is a fivetime champion. The two clubs with the most titles have met in European Cup semifinals five times, with Madrid coming through only once, in 2000. In the most recent tie, Bayern won on penalties in 2012.

Madrid knocked out German opposition, Schalke and Borussia Dortmund, in the previous rounds, but it has only two wins in Germany with 19 defeats and six draws. Bayern has eight wins against Madrid at home, with one draw. he only trophy Jose Mourinho didn’t collect in his first spell as Chelsea manager was the Champions League, and it’s the competition he wants to win at the end of his first season back. Not that there is much of a choice, as it still trails leader Liverpool by two points in the Premier League despite beating its rival 2-0 on Sunday. Few managers can match Mourinho’s fierce competitive streak, yet he claims that finishing the season without a trophy won’t trouble him.

“When you give everything you have, when you try everything, when you work hard, when the group is good, when the group respects the club and the fans, you wait for the end of the season and you see what destiny has for you,” Mourinho said. Mourinho has

AP Photo/Paul White

Bayern’s Jerome Boateng, Philipp Lahm and Thomas Mueller, from left, acknowledge the fans after losing 0-1 in a Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, April 23, 2014 . long insisted this was a season of transition.

Frank Lampard and Jon Obi Mikel are suspended for the second leg, while first-choice goalkeeper Petr Cech has been ruled out after injuring his shoulder in Madrid.

Mark Schwarzer, the 41-year-old Australian who protected the 0-0

draw in the first leg, is set to stay in goal for the home fixture.

“He knows everything about the goal, about the small box,” Mourinho said of Schwarzer. “And when you are choosing a second goalkeeper you need to choose somebody that is especially mentally ready to play in any moment.”

Barcelona.

“We have two very powerful teams behind us that will surely win all their games and we can’t relax for even one day,” Simeone said.

“I ask my team to go forward with the same sense of calm knowing the importance of each result.” Atletico can now focus on the Champions League semifinals as it travels to Chelsea on Wednesday after a 0-0 draw in the first leg.

Again, Atletico snuffed out their opponents’ attack for a ninth straight victory. The pacesetters have only conceded one goal during their winning run while scoring 14. Atletico resisted Valencia’s early push and then went forward in search of an opening goal that came just before halftime.

Garcia used an exquisite flick of the head — with his back to goal — to lift Gabi Fernandez’s lobbed pass over goalkeeper Vicente Guaita and bouncing in off the post. Atletico defender Juanfran Torres was shown a direct red card for tackling Pablo Piatti in stoppage time.

Also, Athletic Bilbao routed 10-

man Sevilla 3-1 at home to deal a blow to its main rival for fourth place and Spain’s last Champions League berth, while Almeria fought back for a 2-1 win at nine-man Espanyol to move to within two points of safety.

Forward Markel Susaeta got the Basques rolling in the fifth minute by scoring a rarely seen goal directly from a corner kick, curling the ball from the corner flag inside the near post to beat goalkeeper Antonio “Beto” Bastos.

Right back Andoni Iraola then served two crosses for Iker Muniain to volley in the 54th and Ander Herrera to head home moments after Sevilla’s Diogo Figueras picked up a second booking in the 72nd. Kevin Gameiro scored Sevilla’s consolation goal in the 79th. The win lifted Bilbao six points clear of fifth-placed Sevilla.

“This win over Sevilla is huge, but this isn’t over,” said Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde. “We are knocking on the door. We are three points away from the Champions League, which would be a dream for everyone.”

Atletico moves toward title, Barca stages comeback

Associated Press Writer

BARCELONA, Spain — Atletico Madrid moved one step closer to its first Spanish league title in 18 years on Sunday with a 1-0 victory at Valencia, while Lionel Messi completed an emotional 3-2 comeback win for Barcelona at Villarreal two days after the death of former coach Tito Vilanova. Atletico midfielder Raul Garcia scored with an impressive header in the 43rd minute, and its defense did the rest as it gave Valencia no chance to rally at its Mestalla Stadium.

Diego Simeone’s side moved six points clear of Real Madrid, which has a game in hand, while Barcelona remained within four points after coming from two goals down to beat Villarreal in its first game since the death of Vilanova.

Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets wept as the two teams gathered at the center circle before kickoff at El Madrigal Stadium to observe a minutes of silence for Vilanova, who died on Friday after a battle with cancer, having led Barcelona to the

league title last season. Vilanova was honored similarly across Spain’s first division this weekend.

Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta said his team had been “very affected” by Vilanova’s death, who was honored this weekend by more than 50,000 people who attended a memorial site at Camp Nou. “It has touched all of us,” Iniesta said. “I will take with me the example he set for us, both when he was with us and after.”

Ruben “Cani” Gracia and Manuel Trigueros scored from counterattacks for Villarreal to go 2-0 up by the 55th minute. But Villarreal then self-destructed with own goals by Gabriel Armando in the 65th and Mateo Musacchio in the 78th, both redirecting passes by Dani Alves into their team’s net. Messi finally beat goalie Sergio Asenjo after Busquets and Cesc Fabregas combined to set the forward up to net his 27th league goal of the campaign and reach the 40-goal mark in all competitions for the fifth straight season.

Earlier, Garcia’s ninth goal of the league season kept Atletico on

AP Photo/Alberto Saiz

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi from Argentina celebrates after scoring against Villarreal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Madrigal stadium in Villarreal, Spain, on Sunday, April 27, 2014. course for its first league title since 1996. With a better head-to-head record against Madrid, Atletico can clinch the domestic crown by winning two of its remaining three games. It first plays at Levante, then hosts Malaga, and finally travels to

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Warriors top Clippers 118-97, even series 2-2

Labuan Sait Beach IBP

MANGUPURA - This beach is located several kilometers on the northern part of Uluwatu Temple, facing to Indonesian Ocean. From the parking lot, the visitors must walk through a coral alley as long as 60 meters through a beautiful beach called Labuan Sait. The beach has white sand and very clean and also very quiet so it is very suitable for recreation. Sun bathing and surfing are also can be done on the beach. The local fishermen are also providing bots that can be rented by the tourist who want to look around and explore the beauty of the beach. There are also several restaurants and shops in the area for the visitors.

Associated Press Writer

OAKLAND, California — Stephen Curry made a career playoffhigh seven 3-pointers and scored 33 points to leading the Golden State Warriors past the Los Angeles 118-97 on Sunday to level a first-round series that has been pulled into a race-related scandal involving the Clippers’ owner. Clippers players made a silent protest against Donald Sterling by shedding their warm-up jerseys and going through pregame routine with their red shirts on inside out. They also wore black bands on their wrists or arms and black socks in a show of solidarity.

Curry and the Warriors made another kind of statement. The All-Star guard made his first five 3 pointers to give Golden State a 20-point lead in the first quarter that held up most of the way. Curry shot 10 for 20 from the floor, including 7 of 14 from beyond the arc, and had seven assists and seven rebounds to help the Warriors snap a two-game skid.

Game 5 is Tuesday night in Los

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Golden State Warriors’ Andre Iguodala, left, dunks over Los Angeles Clippers’ Glen Davis during the second half in Game 4 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series on Sunday, April 27, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. Golden State won 118-97.

Marquez completes hattrick with Argentina victory

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MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez won the Argentine Grand Prix on Sunday to maintain his 100 percent record for the season with three wins in three races. The 21-yearold Spaniard, who fought back from a poor start at the new Termas de Rio Hondo circuit, became the first rider in 43 years to win all of the first three races in the premier category from pole position.

The last to be so dominant at the start of a year was Italian great Giacomo Agostini in 1971. Marquez’s Repsol Honda team mate Dani Pedrosa finished second with Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo taking third place to complete a Spanish sweep of the podium places. Italian Valentino Rossi, who won the opening three 500cc races of the 2001 season and also triumphed in the 250cc category in Argentina in 1998, was fourth.

Marquez, who now has a maximum 75 points with Pedrosa on 56 and Rossi third with 41, had slipped to seventh place after being swallowed up by the field at the start as Rossi and Lorenzo hit the front. His progress back through the field was relentless, however, with the Spaniard roaring back and slotting into second place after four laps when Rossi ran wide.

Stalking Lorenzo, Marquez took the lead conclusively with nine of the 25 laps remaining and pulled away with a string of quick

times. “In the beginning it was a little bit difficult because many riders were in front, the start was not so good,” the champion told BT Sport. “I started on a dirty place and spun the rear a little bit. But anyway it was fun.

“I saw Jorge opened some gap and thought ‘OK, stop playing’ and I tried to push a little bit to catch Jorge. Then I stayed there and when there were nine laps left I started to push a little bit more because I thought Dani was coming.” Pedrosa, who had dropped from third to sixth on the opening lap, caught Lorenzo and passed him on the penultimate lap for second place.

The podium was still a first for 2014 for Lorenzo, the double world champion looking happier with his afternoon’s work. “I didn’t expect to stay so many laps in first position,” he said. “I thought Marquez wanted to go away from the beginning but I made a good start.

“Then I made a mistake on the first lap and Valentino and Pedrosa passed me but I did not want to stay behind so I passed them very quickly and stayed very focused.

MotoGP Honda rider Marc Marquez of Spain waves to the crowd after crossing the finish line first during the Argentina’s Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit, Argentina, Sunday, April 27, 2014.

Angeles. Andre Iguodala added 22 points and nine assists, and David Lee, Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes each scored 15 as the Warriors regained their shooting touch.

Jamal Crawford scored 26 points, and Blake Griffin had 21 points and six rebounds for a Clippers team wrapped up in the most talked-about topic in sports.

Portland’s LaMarcus Aldridge had 29 points and 10 rebounds as the Trail Blazers claimed a 123120 overtime win over the Houston Rockets to take a 3-1 advantage in the series. Nicolas Batum added 25 points in the first win for the home team in the series, which m o v e s t o Houston for

Game 5 on Wednesday. It was the third overtime game of the series.

The Blazers haven’t advanced out of the first round since the postseason in 2000. James Harden had 28 points and Dwight Howard added 25 points and 14 rebounds for the Rockets.

At Washington, Trevor Ariza had a career playoff-high 30 points as the Wizards scored the first 14 points of the game and barely looked back to beat the Chicago Bulls 98-89 and take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference series.

John Wall added 15 points and 10 assists for the Wizards, who forced 16 turnovers and committed only six. Washington played without forward Nene, who was suspended for grabbing Jimmy Butler by the head in Game 3.

The Wizards are looking to win a playoff series for only the third time since the 1970s. They can finish off the Bulls in Game 5 on Tuesday in Chicago. Taj Gibson scored a career-high 32 points on 13 for 16 shooting for Chicago.

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INDONESIA President expects micro credit loan expansions

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BEIJING — Chinese media say a man intentionally rammed his car into electric scooters and pedestrians near a school in a southeastern village, killing at least five people.

The government-controlled Southwest Express said Monday that police subdued Lin Jianxin, 37, with a water gun when he threatened to set ablaze gasoline after his disabled vehicle halted in the village of Zhuangtou in the southeastern province of Fujian.

Southwest Express quotes provincial police employee Zheng Weitai as saying on a verified microblog that the suspect is in police custody and that five people have died.

It says a court heard Zheng’s divorce case in the morning and that Zheng rammed into vehicles and pedestrians around noon during a school break.

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Missing plane’s search area to be expanded

The Justice and Prosperous Party (PKS) is seriously considering a coalition with Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) party for the presidential election to be held on July 9, party’s President Anis Matta (right) confirmed on Monday.

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This photo provided by James Bryant shows tornado damage, Sunday, April 27, 2014 in Mayflower, Ark. A powerful storm system rumbled through the central and southern United States on Sunday, spawning several tornadoes, including one in a small northeastern Oklahoma city and another that carved a path of destruction through several northern suburbs of Little Rock, Ark.

Tornadoes strike central, southern US, killing 14 Associated Press Writer

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s prime minister said Monday that the underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet will be expanded. Prime Minister Tony Abbott told reporters in Canberra that the U.S. Navy’s Bluefin 21 has finished scouring the initial search area far off the Australian west coast and has not yet found anything.

“It is now 52 days since Malaysia Airlines Fight MH370 disappeared and I’m here to inform you that the search will be entering a new phase,” Abbott said at a news conference.

Radar and satellite data show the jet carrying 239 passengers and crew veered far off course on March 8 for unknown reasons during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Analysis indicates it would have run out of fuel in the remote section of ocean where the search has been focused. Not one piece of debris has been recovered since the massive multinational hunt began.

The Bluefin’s original search area was a circle with a 10-kilometer (6-mile) radius, 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) deep around a spot where signals consistent with airplane black boxes were heard on April on April 8.

“I want the families to know, I want the world to know, that Australia will not shirk its responsibilities in this area. We will do everything we humanly can ... to solve this mystery,” Abbott said. “We will not let people down and while the search will be moving to a new phase in coming weeks, it certainly is not ending.” Australian head of the search effort, Angus Houston, said: “We haven’t found anything anywhere that has any connection to MH370.”

MAYFLOWER, Arkansas — A tornado system ripped through the central U.S. and left at least 14 dead in a violent start to this year’s storm season, officials said. An Arkansas state agency reported that 13 deaths have been confirmed in that state Sunday when a tornado carved through several Little Rock suburbs. A separate tornado from the same storm system killed one person in Oklahoma.

The large tornado outside Little Rock, Arkansas, stayed on the ground as it moved northeastward for at least 30 miles (48 kilometers).

Emergency workers and volunteers went door-to-door to look for victims. Law enforcement officers checked the damaged and toppled 18-wheelers, cars and trucks on a stretch of Interstate 40, a major thoroughfare in and out of the state’s capital.

“It turned pitch black,” said Mark Ausbrooks, who was at his parents’ home when the storm arrived. “I ran and got pillows to put over our heads and ... all hell broke loose.” “My parents’ home, it’s gone completely,” he said.

Tornadoes also touched down

in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas, where dozens of homes in Baxter Springs were destroyed.

Twenty-five people were injured and one person died, but it wasn’t clear if the death was related to the storm, said Kari West, a spokeswoman for the Southeast Kansas Incident Management Team.

Forecasters had warned for days that violent weather would strike over the weekend. In Arkansas, Pulaski County Sheriff’s Lt. Carl Minden said three people were killed when a tornado destroyed a home west of Little Rock. Minden said several others were injured at the scene.

“I’m standing on the foundation of the house now. It’s totally gone,” Minden told The Associated Press

by phone. In Oklahoma, Ottawa County Emergency Management director Joe Dan Morgan said Quapaw, which has about 900 residents, was heavily damaged.

“Looks like about half of town got extensive damage as well as the fire department,” Morgan said.

Authorities earlier had said two were killed in Quapaw. Sheriff’s dispatcher Kelli Soechs declined to explain the discrepancy. Six people were treated for tornado-related injuries at Baptist Regional Health Center, said hospital spokeswoman Kristie Wallace.

The Missouri Highway Patrol reported a tractor-trailer was blown onto its side on Interstate 70. No one was injured.

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A Chinese Ilyushin IL -76 aircraft taxis off the runway after landing at Perth International Airport after returning from ongoing search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in Perth, Australia, Friday, April 18, 2014.

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PKS considers coalition with Gerindra Antara

JAKARTA - The Justice and Prosperous Party (PKS) is seriously considering a coalition with Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) party for the presidential election to be held on July 9, party’s President Anis Matta confirmed on Monday.

“We will hold a discussion with representatives from Gerindra and their Chief Patron Let Gen (ret) Prabowo,” Anis stated, adding that PKS had formed a special team of high-ranking figures to discuss the coalition matter with Gerindra.

Anis explained that among the things that will be discussed are ways to win the upcoming presidential election and the format of coalition in the government if the Gerindra and PKS’ teams win the election.

However, Anis noted that PKS is also open for coalition with other parties. “We are still observing the political dynamics in Indonesia before the election. We don’t want to be in a transactional coalition, but rather a strong coalition,” Anis added.

Earlier a political observer from Muhammadiyah University of North SUmatra (UMSU), Shohibul Anshor, noted that although Islamic-based political parties did not win many votes in the recent parliamentary election, it will be in demand as major parties had to seek a political coalition to nominate presidential candidates.

According to him, the so-called

nationalist and secular parties, such as the PDIP, the Golkar, and the Gerindra, need to coalesce with Islam-based parties in the next presidential election. The aim of establishing a coalition with Islam-based parties, such as the United Development Party (PPP), the Justice Prosperous Party (PKS), the National Mandate Party (PAN), the People Awakening Party (PKB), and the Crescent Star Party (PBB), will not only increase the vote percentage but also help project a victory, Shohibul explained.

Under a coalition, the Islambased parties might have an opportunity to nominate the vice president, he added.

He also stated that the Democratic Party (PD) still maintained its position as a strong party.

Although the official results of the legislative elections will be announced by the General Elections Commission (KPU) on May 7 and 9, quick vote counts by various survey institutions had shown that none of the political parties had secured 25 percent of the votes.

By law, a political party was required to win at least 25 percent of the total votes or a minimum of 20

percent of the 560 seats contested in the House of Representatives (DPR) before it can nominate its presidential candidate for the presidential election, scheduled to be held on July 9.

The quick vote count by the Indonesia Survey Institute (LSI) placed the PDIP in the first position, winning 19.77 percent of the votes, followed by the Golkar Party with 14.61 percent, the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) with 11.80 percent and the ruling Democratic Party (PD) in the fourth place with 9.73 percent.

The fifth position was won by the National Awakening Party (PKB) with 9.07 percent of the votes, followed by the National Mandate Party (PAN) in the sixth position with 7.47 percent, the United Development Party (PPP) in the seventh place with 7.08 percent, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) in the eighth place with 6.61 percent, the National Democrat Party (Nasdem) with 6.77 percent, the Peoples Conscience Party (Hanura) with 5.26 percent, the Crescent and Star Party (PBB) with 1.36 percent and the Indonesian Prosperous and Unity Party (PKPI) with 0.97 percent.

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has hoped for the expansion of the ongoing KUR micro credit loans scheme, as a form of the government’s concern to the small-scale entrepreneurs.

“The Micro credit loans scheme should be expanded and improved. I hope that we will implement the financial inclusion in the country,” stated the president on Monday. Besides this, the financial inclusion is important as the means and goal to improve the financial access to all levels of society.

Earlier, the Secretary of the Ministry of Cooperatives and Small Medium Enterprises, SMEs, Agus Muharram noted that the micro credit loans should be simplified and expanded. “The Mirco Credit Loans empowerment programs should be facilitated and expanded by the new cabinet,” pointed out Agus Muharram in Jakarta, on Monday, April 14.

Agus added that the micro credit scheme has high significance to strengthen the capital of 19 million customers and a total of Rp140 trillion loans.

While The People’s Coalition for Fisheries Justice Indonesia (KIARA) urged the government to increase the credit absorption in the fisheries sector which is still considered small when compared to the proportion of the overall portfolio. “The lack of credit absorption in the fisheries sector is caused by the lack of socialization efforts to the fisheries community, especially the small scaled fishermen group,” remarked the coalition’s secretary General Abdul Halim.

Abdul Halim explained that the low credit scheme’s absorption in fisheries sector is because fishermen’s families were not informed about how to repay the loan. Abdul added that the Micro Credit Loan is only still limited to banking activities in distributing loans.

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Government of Buleleng develops artificial reefs Bali Post

SINGARAJA - The empowerment of artificial reef by Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs in collaboration with a group of fishermen at Kerobokan village, Sawan subdistrict, has showed off significant growth. Hexadome installation at the bottom of the sea waters is intended to serve as coral reef conservation and boost the development of fish in the sea.

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BEIJING — The International Monetary Fund has raised its economic growth outlook for China this year by 0.3 percentage points to 7.5 percent and said Beijing needs to make more progress on promised reforms.

Monday’s forecast might help reassure investors who worry China’s economy is slowing so abruptly that growth might fall short of the ruling Communist Party’s target of 7.5 percent this year. The IMF said Beijing needs to make more progress in rebalancing the economy toward self-sustaining growth based on domestic consumption and away from reliance on investment.

“There are some burgeoning signs that consumption is set to play a larger role in the economy and efforts to cool down credit growth, raise the cost of capital, and dampen investment growth should continue,” the IMF said in a report.

In this April 19, 2014 photo, workers install a wind mill at a wind farm in Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County, in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region.

The International Monetary Fund has raised its economic growth outlook for China this year by 0.3 percentage points to 7.5 percent and said Beijing needs to make more progress on promised reforms.

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The empowerment of artificial reef by Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs in collaboration with a group of fishermen at Kerobokan village, Sawan subdistrict, has showed off significant growth.

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A shopper walks in a clothing retail store at Ginza shopping district in Tokyo April 28, 2014.

Japanese retail sales rose in March at their fastest pace in 17 years as consumers went on a shopping spree before a national sales tax hike took effect on April 1, setting the stage for a decline in consumer spending the following month.

LONDON - Britain’s housing market recovery spread further beyond London this month as prices rose in more parts of England and Wales outside the capital than at any time over the last decade, a survey showed on Monday.

Asking prices for houses in England and Wales rose 0.6 percent in April, the same pace as in March, according to the survey of estate agents and surveyors from Hometrack.

The report showed 48 percent of postcode districts outside London reported rising house prices, the highest level since June 2004 and three times as high as a year ago.

“Demand continues to grow faster than supply, maintaining the supply/ demand imbalance that underpins the upward pressure on house prices,” said Richard O’Donnell, director of research at Hometrack.

“London continues to register aboveaverage growth (of 0.8 percent) but mar-

ket conditions continue to strengthen in the regions outside London, particularly southern England.”

Hometrack cited “early signs” of price resistance in London, with around twothirds of London postcodes registering a price gain in April compared with an average of 76 percent over the last six months of 2013. Overall, the survey suggested housing investment would continue to boost British consumer spending, the principal driver of Britain’s economic recovery so far.

Economists expect data on Tuesday to show quarterly GDP growth picking up in the first quarter to 0.9 percent from 0.7 percent in the last three months of 2013, as business investment and construction also start to rebound.

A separate survey on Monday from Bibby Financial Services, an invoice finance specialist, showed the highest level of first-quarter output from 4,000 clients since 2008, suggesting small and mediumsized businesses had enjoyed their strongest level of activity in six years.

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IBP Hindu possesses a medical science that has been very renowned from time immemorial, namely Ayurvedic medicine. Ayurvedic medicine refers to the contents of the scripture Ayurveda born thousands of years ago.

Ayurvedic scripture denotes a part of Upaweda in the group of Smriti Vedas. However, the Ayurvedic scripture is often confused with Yajur Veda, the scripture containing sacrificial formula that also belongs to Smriti Veda. Yajur Veda itself is a scripture discussing about Yajña or ceremony.

Author of the book Usada Bali (Balinese Traditional Healing), the late Prof. IGN Nala, once said that to help the healing, the Ayurvedic healers usually provided natural herbal medicine having few side effects. Almost all plants existing around us could be eaten, they

The Head of Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Nyoman Sutrisna, said the installation of hexadome with several NGOs, fishermen group and his party was carried out regularly and no planted hexadomes collapsed. Meanwhile, the grouper cultivated indicated a quite encouraging development.

“Some divers are excited to see the development of grouper or other fish in the area. In the future, the prospect of fish potential at Kerobokan village will continue to be developed. To that end, we concretely have submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs to support the activities in marine tourism sector,” said Sutrisna, Sunday (Apr 27).

Sutrisna further explained that some of the concepts had been done by the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs through the Director General of Marine, Coastal and Small Islands (KP3K). “The original coral reefs remain to exist, but we are developing an artificial reef above the hexadome.

The development through hexadome will quickly cause to grow new coral reefs,” he explained.

His party advised the fellow fishermen to immediately get the training and nurturing system as well as oversee the coral reefs together. “The Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs only help, while supervision is made by private parties such as fishermen, so that the reefs will not be disrupted by unauthorized parties,” he added. (dgk)

Ayurvedic Medicine were medicine. On that account, all plants having efficacy for healing were necessary to be inventoried and developed.

In the meantime, the Dean of Faculty of Health Science, Hindu University of Indonesia (Unhi), I Nyoman Prastika, said that based Taru Premana palmmanuscript there were a number of beneficial herbs having the efficacy to cure diseases. Parts of those plants taken advantage consisted of its leaf, flower, fruit, bark or roots. Each herb had different quality such as cool, warm and mild.

To know whether a particular plant had a cold, warm or mild quality, it could be observed from the color of its flower and flavor.

For instance, white, yellow and green flower had warm quality. If their flowers were red and blue, these plants had cool efficacy.

Meanwhile, if the flower was multicolors, they could be ensured to have mild efficacy.

Likewise, if they tasted sweet

and sour, its quality might be warm.

However, if they tasted bitter and hot, they had cool efficacy. Then, if they were tasteless, they belonged to mild plant.

In herbal medicine system, added Prastika, people would be healthy if they consumed (ahara) nutritious healthy foods regularly, had adequate rest or sleep (nidra), and behaved (vihara) healthy. If the three aspects had been committed well, but it was still found health disturbances, then a herbal treatment (ausadhi) was required.

Preparation method of herbal medicine could be divided into three kinds, namely grinding, spraying and boiled. Its healing method could be performed by drinking and dropping for internal healing, while the spraying or applying the paste for external use.

Then, what kinds of plant could be used to cure diseases? Prastika said that virtually all edible plants by animals could be eaten by humans. Whether the herbs had medicinal quality, they could be ob-

served from the color of their flowers and flavor as mentioned above.

Similarly, the plants frequently used for spices in the cooking contained drug efficacy.

Red ginger for example, was good to increase warmth of the body as well as to stimulate or maintain immunity. If red ginger added with the flowers of carambola, bark of tamarind and kalmegh leaves, they could be used to accelerate breathing and relieve cough.

Meanwhile, to break up kidney stones and cure colic, people could also use herbal medicine. Its ingredients consisted of roots of reed, roots of palm tree, root of areca nut tree and added with palm sugar. All materials were thoroughly boiled.

Afterward, its decoction water was drunk in the morning and afternoon.

Herbal remedies could also cope with cardiac palpitations.

Its ingredients comprised the soy beans, green beans, ginger, cumin, fennel, bidara upas (Merremia mammosa) leaf, coriander and

pulasari (Alyxia Stellata). All ingredients should be boiled and then water of its decoction was drunk regularly.

Meanwhile, Balinese traditional healing used several palm-leaf manuscripts as reference. One of them was Lontar Usada Tiwang.

This manuscript described about various types of diseases along with their treatments. Tiwang conveyed numerous symptoms in the form of disorder on the function of organ. There were several types of tiwang presented in the manuscripts such as tiwang utara, tiwang tojos, tiwang wedul, tiwang pemali pepasangan, tiwang wong, and tiwang rajasa.

Prastika added that tiwang pemali pepasangan had symptoms like prickling pain in the chest and on the back. Being no resistant to the pain, the sufferers often groaned.

The disease itself could be treated by means of bark of rauvolfia, temu tis (Curcuma purpurascens), grilled coconut, hazelnut and fennel. It was applied by spraying its paste.

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Irrigation channel at Ambengan left to be buried by avalanche Bali Post

SINGARAJA - An irrigation channel at Balu hamlet, Ambengan village, Sukasada subdistrict, were still buried under the collapsed concrete revetment along 15 meters when it rained on Saturday afternoon (Apr 26).

Cleanup effort by residents and subak members was not optimal because the equipment in use was inadequate. Residents worried if it rained the water volume would increase and could possibly overflow and the edge of the channel would avalanche.

Moreover, underneath the channel there was a house inhabited by six families. Not only that, but due to the buried irrigation channel, the rice fields belonging to farmers at Subak Jro in the area of Sangket, Sukasada subdistrict, were also

threatened by drought because there was no supply of irrigation water.

One of the local residents, Wayan Rinaya, said on Sunday (Apr 27) that after the collapse of the concrete revetment to cover the irrigation channel, residents had attempted to clean up the concrete debris hampering the channel.

However, due to inadequate equipment the cleaning was not optimal.

He hoped the technical agency in Buleleng County would provide assistance of equipment for cleaning the concrete debris hampering the

irrigation channel.

Since the avalanche was reported, no officials of the Buleleng Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) came down to help the people.

Actually, an immediate cleanup effort was expected because if it rained again people worried about the volume of water in the channel e overflowing. The flood water could erode the edge of the channel and cause another avalanche. Meanwhile, under the irrigation channel sat a settlement of six families. The family opened a roadside stall in the Singaraja-Bedugul road section.

“So far, the channel remains blocked by broken concrete and the cleaning by residents was not optimal due to limited equipment. If it rains and the water overflows, it can erode the edge of the channel. And

if it avalanches, the houses beneath will be threatened,” he said.

Separately, Chief Executive of the Buleleng Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), Putu Dana, said that after the incident his party received the report that the residents and subak members had clean up the buried channel in mutual assistance.

As a result, the BPBD Buleleng no longer deployed its officers to the scene and up until Sunday afternoon his party had no time to check the conditions after the irrigation channel at Ambengan village was buried.

“Last Saturday, local residents and subak members have done mutual assistance. So far, we have not checked it yet,” he said.

Dana added the avalanche hampering half of the SingarajaBedugul road body at Bangkiang

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Pro-Muslim Brotherhood students block a road with burning tires and chant slogan against the police and army, outside the main campus of Cairo University, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, April 23, 2014.

Egypt sentences 683 to death in mass trial Associated Press Writer

MINYA, Egypt — A judge in Egypt sentenced to death 683 alleged supporters of the country’s ousted Islamist president on Monday over acts of violence and the murder of policemen in the latest mass trial in Egypt that included the Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader, defense lawyers said. Under the law, Monday’s verdicts in the southern city of Minya have to be referred to Egypt’s Grand Mufti, the top Islamic official, said one of the attorneys, Ahmed Hefni.

The bus shelter is built above the sewer

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Such a move is usually considered a formality but the same judge in the trial on Monday also reversed most of the death sentences out of 529 that were passed in a similar case in March, and commuted the majority of them to life imprisonment.

Monday’s case is linked to deadly riots that erupted in Minya and elsewhere in Egypt after security forces violently disbanded sit-ins held by Brotherhood supporters in Cairo last August. Hundreds were killed as part of a sweeping campaign against supporters of ousted

President Mohammed Morsi, who was removed by the military last July.

Among those convicted and sentenced to death on Monday was Mohamed Badie, the Brotherhood’s spiritual guide. If his sentence is confirmed, it would make him the most senior figure in the Brotherhood to be sentenced to death since one of the group’s leading ideologues, Sayed Qutb, was executed in 1966. After Mufti’s decision, the same court will hold another session on June 21 to issue the final verdicts.

Monday’s stunning decision sparked an outcry among families of the defendants, with women fainting and relatives wailing and crying out “Why? This is unfair!”

“My three sons are inside,” said a woman outside the court who only gave her first name, Samiya, as she screamed in grief. “I have no one but God.” Another lawyer, Ali Kamal, said the hearing lasted only eight minutes.

Security forces surrounded the court building and blocked roads, preventing families and media from attending the proceedings. “This is against the spirit of the law. The verdicts will be easily appealed,” Kamal told reporters.

The same judge, Said Youssef, last month sentenced 529 Morsi supporters to death but on Monday commuted the sentences of all but 37 defendants. The remaining 490 were given life sentences.

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Divers renew search for South Korea ferry dead

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Sidem hamlet, Padangbulia village, Sukasada subdistrict, could have been cleared with the help of Bali Public Works. The avalanched soil covering the road was disposed to the north of the road, while the mud on asphalt surface had been sprayed by fire truck. In the meantime, traffic flow on the road section had been back to normal. “We worked yesterday until late morning. Now, the road has been clean, and the traffic is back to normal,” he explained.

For information, due to heavy rain on Saturday (Apr 26), a cliff at Bangkiang Sidem hamlet, Padangbulia village, avalanched. Half of the Singaraja-Bedugul road body was covered. As a result, the traffic flows was disrupted and prone to accidents due to slippery road surface as being covered by mud. (mud)

Shelter at BB Agung built above a gutter

NEGARA - A shelter at Baler Bale Agung village seems to have been forced. Actually the shelter was built over a gutter and rarely used. Some residents met revealed that they were truly helped by the shelter. However, position of the shelter was assessed to be forced. It was built on a narrow driveway. Since the space was not enough, it was then built over a gutter.

Besides, position of the shelter is not visible from the road. But it is accidentally adjacent to the post of motorcycle taxi in front of the Negara Square.

“Surprisingly, it was built over a gutter, while the other buildings are definitely prohibited. It was built by government but giving less good example,” said a resident.

Other residents around the location also mentioned that water from the gutter often overflowed especially during a heavy rain. This gutter ran to Banjar Tengah village and the channel went below the Denpasar-Gilimanuk road section. Therefore, it was questioned why such a facility or even public facility was built above the gutter.

As reported earlier, the government through Transportation Agency built shelter at some entrances to a number of villages. It was intended to facilitate people using public transportation services. Rural transport service (Angdes) clearly drove from and to terminal. However, some were considered inappropriate and seemed to be forced.

The budget allocated for a unit of the shelter reached approximately IDR 48 million and at the moment some rural road sections had owned such a shelter.

The Head of Jembrana Transportation Agency, I Gusti Bagus Putra Riyadi, when asked for his confirmation related to the newly accomplished shelter at Baler Bale Agung said it had been appropriate with the studies. The agency had made coordination with the Irrigation Subdivision of the Public Works before building the shelter above the gutter. (kmb26)

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JINDO, South Korea — Divers on Monday renewed their search for more than 100 bodies still trapped in a sunken ferry after weekend efforts were hindered by bad weather, strong currents and floating debris clogging the ship’s rooms. Investigators, meanwhile, expanded a probe into how coast guard and other rescuers responded after learning the ferry was sinking.

Divers found only one body Sunday after a week that saw an increasing number of corpses pulled from the ship as divers made their way through its labyrinth of cabins, lounges and halls.

The number of dead from the April 16 sinking is 188, with 114 people believed missing, though a government emergency task force has said the ship’s passengers list could be inaccurate. Only 174 people survived, including 22 of the 29 crew members.

Senior coast guard officer Kim Su-hyeon said that most of the remaining missing passengers are believed to be in 64 of the ship’s 111 rooms. Divers have entered 36 of those 64 rooms, coast guard officers said, but may need to go back into some because floating debris made it difficult for divers to be sure that there are no more dead bodies.

Ko Myung-seok, an official with the emergency task force, said Monday that 92 divers were searching the ferry. He also said that the government was making plans to salvage the ferry once

search efforts end but that details wouldn’t be available until officials talk with families of the victims.

On Sunday, South Korea’s prime minister resigned over the government’s handling of the sinking, blaming “deep-rooted evils” in society for the tragedy.

South Korean executive power is largely concentrated in the president, so Chung Hong-won’s resignation appears to be symbolic. Presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook said President Park Geun-hye would accept the resignation, but did not say when Chung would leave office.

Chung’s resignation comes amid rising indignation over claims by the victims’ relatives that the government did not do enough to rescue or protect their loved ones. Most of the dead and missing were high school students on a school trip.

Investigators have searched the two service centers that deal with vessel traffic and that communicated with a crew member on the ferry during the sinking. Senior prosecutor Ahn Sang-don told reporters Monday that prosecutors also seized documents and recordings from a coast guard office in Mokpo, and would do the same at an emergency call service center that received a call from a student on the ship reporting the sinking. The emergency service center official connected a coast guard official with the student, who local media reports said was later found dead.

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A relative of a passenger aboard the sunken Sewol ferry looks toward the sea as he awaits news on his missing loved one at a port in Jindo, South Korea, Sunday, April 27, 2014.

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Study links California drought to global warming

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gases, the study says.

It’s like a complex game of weather dominos that starts with cold water off China and ends with a devastating drought and memorable winter in the United States, said study author Simon Wang, a Utah State University climate scientist.

Wang was looking at colder water off China as a precursor to an El Nino. The colder water there triggers westerly winds in the tropical Pacific. Those westerly winds persist for several months and eventually push warmed up water and air to the central Pacific where an El Nino forms, Wang said.

An El Nino is a warming of the central Pacific once every few years, from a combination of wind and waves in the tropics. It shakes up climate around the world, changing rain and temperature patterns. Wang saw the precursors and weather event coming months before federal weather officials issued an official El Nino watch last month.

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Man accused of hijack scare released

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DENPASAR — An Australian man who caused a hijack scare on a flight to Bali by trying to break into the cockpit, released on Sunday, because the incident occurred on a plane registered in Australia, police said.

WASHINGTON — While researchers have sometimes connected weather extremes to man-made global warming, usually it is not done in real time. Now a study is asserting a link between climate change and both the intensifying California drought and the polar vortex blamed for a harsh winter that mercifully has just ended in many places in the U.S. and Canada.

The Utah State University scientists involved in the study say they hope what they found can help them predict the next big weird winter.

Outside scientists, such as Katharine Hayhoe at Texas Tech University, are calling this study promising but not quite proven as it pushes the boundaries in “one of the hottest topics in climate science today.”

The United States just came out of a two-faced winter — bitter cold and snowy in the Midwest and East, warm and severely dry in the West. The latest U.S. drought monitor says 100 percent of California is in an official drought.

The new study blames an unusual “dipole,” a combination of a strong Western high pressure ridge and deep Great Lakes low pressure trough. That dipole is linked to a recently found precursor to El Nino, the world-weather changing phenomenon. And that precursor itself seems amplified by a buildup of heat-trapping greenhouse

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Then Wang noticed the connection between that precursor — cold water off China, Vietnam and Taiwan — and the recent wild winter.

He tracked similar combinations of highs and lows in North America.

In this Wednesday, April 23, 2014 image made from video provided by NASA, astronauts Steven Swanson, left, and Rick Mastracchio perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to replace a dead computer.

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And he found those combination extremes are getting stronger.

Wang based his study, soon to be published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, on computer simulations, physics and

historical data. It is not as detailed and doesn’t involve numerous computer model simulations as more formal attribution studies.

Still, Wang said his is a proper connection.

Spacewalking astronauts complete urgent repair job Associated Press Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Spacewalking astronauts easily replaced a dead computer outside the International Space Station on Wednesday and got their orbiting home back up to full strength.

The two Americans on board, Rick Mastracchio and Steven Swanson, hustled through the urgent repair job, swapping out the computers well within an hour. The new one tested fine. “Excellent work, gentlemen,” Mission Control radioed. The removed computer, a critical backup, failed nearly two weeks ago.

The prime computer has been working perfectly, but NASA wanted to install a fresh spare as soon as possible.

Mission Control waited until after the arrival of a capsule full of fresh supplies Sunday.

Replacing the computer — a compact 50-pound (22-kilogram) box — involved just three bolts, hardly anything for a spacewalking chore.

Engineers do not know why the original failed. Mission Control asked the spacewalkers to keep an eye out for any damage that might explain the breakdown. Nothing jumped out. Flight controllers were trying to load software into the spare computer on April 11, but it failed to activate. That set into motion a frenzy of ground meetings and tests to fix the problem.

NASA feared that if the primary computer went down as well, the entire space station would be in jeopardy. These two computers — the primary and backup — control the pointing of the solar wings and radiators, as well as the movement of the robot-arm rail cart.

It was the first failure of one of dozens of so-called MDMs, or multiplexerdemultiplexers, in and outside the space station.

Indonesian authorities say the drunken man pounded on the cockpit door during Friday’s Virgin Australia flight, forcing the pilot to issue an alert code to air traffic control. Bali’s airport was closed for nearly two hours because of the incident, forcing several flights to be diverted.

The cabin crew managed to restrain the man and put him in a rear seat for the remaining hour of the flight, and Indonesian troops later took him into custody.

The man was released late Sunday and was to leave Bali on his own initiative, Bali police special crimes chief Col. Suryambodo Asmoro told reporters.

“Under Indonesia’s law, he couldn’t be charged in Indonesia because what he did was on a plane registered in Australia,”

Asmoro said, adding that it would be up to Australian authorities to decide whether to charge the man.

The Boeing 737-800 was carrying 137 passengers and seven crew members from Brisbane, Australia, to the resort island of Bali, which is a leading tourist destination for Australians.

No passengers or crew were hurt in the incident, according to the airline.

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Australian Matt Christopher Lockley, who triggered a recent hijack scare on a Virgin Australia flight, walks after health checks at the Police headquarters in Denpasar, Bali April 27, 2014.

Ceramic needs rely on outside Bali’s product Bali Post

DENPASAR - Ceramic needs in Bali are very high, especially in the area of Ubud, Gianyar and Sanur. Although the glassware is on the rise, this field is not considered by employers in Bali to set up a ceramic industry on the island so that the local merchants remain to rely on products from East Java.

As expressed by a ceramic seller, Udin, from Candikuning, Bedugul, Tabanan, the ceramic he sold was a product from East Java, whose factory was located in Probolinggo. On that account, the capital to be prepared should be quite large, at least IDR 10 million.

“Minimal amount of placing an order (of ceramics) is IDR 10 million. In addition, the broken goods are not replaced so the risk must be borne by buyer,” added Udin in the farming exhibition of the Udayana University held at the Puputan Badung Square, Sunday (Apr 27).

In addition, it was not allowed to order one kind of product only. So, the buyer should purchase all kinds of products of the factory for each order. “The goods we purchase include all kinds of products produced by the factory. They mostly covered household goods and ceramic pots,” said the younger brother of the owner of the Pindi Orchid Garden.

Meanwhile, the profits gained from the business were quite tempting. Of course, according to Udin, a week he could reach the sales of IDR 20 million and his stock remained available. “In addition to getting profits, the goods are remaining so the profits can be increasing,” he affirmed.

Consumers of ceramics were mostly in

Gianyar and Sanur. By chance, his products were always sold out every participating in the exhibition in the region. The difference lay in the consumers of Sanur area where they usually needed better quality goods. “Although it’s more expensive, many buyers bought up the entire stock. If there is an exhibition in Sanur and Ubud, we definitely participate because its prospects are good. For three days, we can sell at least IDR 5 million,” said Udin.

However, he claimed to have a little interest to open a store in Denpasar because buyers were deserted. Ceramics business could gain a lot during an exhibition. In addition to cheap booth rental, visitors were definitely booming and the merchandise would be sold. “As in Gianyar a few days ago, the exhibition visitor was abundant so it was difficult to pass. In addition, the consumers of ceramics are also quite a few. Thus, we are pleased to participate in that exhibition,” he said.

According to Udin, at this moment there was only home ceramic industry in Bali, precisely located in Ubud area. However, the price of product was expensive because it offered excellent quality and specialized for export needs.

Besides, it could not produce in large quantities.

Meanwhile, local consumers in Bali preferred to buy cheap products.

“It is sold not in dozen, but per piece and the cheapest price is IDR 25,000. The goods of standard quality is usually sold for IDR 40,000 per dozen. There are also traders buying wholesale goods but packaged like export products so the profit is so much,” he said. (rah)

Coffee price rises again Bali Post

BANGLI - A number of coffee farmers in Kintamani, Bangli, look so happy after the coffee price rises and endures in recent months. At the moment, the price of dried coffee beans is around IDR 25,000 per kilogram or better than the previous price. However, amid the rising coffee price in the market welcomed by farmers, a number of coffee farmers in Kintamani feel sorry because they previously have cut down their coffee plants to be replaced with other crops.

According to a number of coffee farmers in Kintamani, the price of raw coffee (freshly harvested bean) belonging to Arabica variety currently reached IDR 5,000 per kilogram. Meanwhile, the dried bean reached IDR 25,000 per kilogram. The price has increased since the past few months.

The re-increasing of coffee price was also recognized by a member of Commission II of the Bangli House, Nengah Sugiman. According to him, the current rise in the coffee price had

made some farmers more passionate for gardening. The improvement in coffee price at this time happened due to the increasing market demand and the absence of subterfuge by outside collectors.

Related to fluctuating coffee prices, Sugiman hoped in the future that local coffee farmers in Kintamani would not hurriedly cut down on their coffee plants when the price dropped. “I hope farmers to be slightly patient. Do not hurriedly cut down on the coffee plants when the price drops because the price of coffee can increase any time,” he said.

He added that it would be very nice if the planting could be done in intercropping system with citrus.

According to Sugiman, if the plant could really be well maintained, the coffee planted in intercropping system could remain to produce good quality coffee. “If coffee is really well maintained, it can grow everywhere even though in intercropping system with citrus,” he said. (ina)

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GIANYAR - Ambience of the afternoon at Tedung village, Gianyar and Medahan village, Blahbatuh subdistrict, Gianyar, was different from most days, Sunday (Apr 27).Members of the community, having recently become customers of the Municipal Waterworks (PDAM) came out in droves to line up for clean water. This occured because the clean water service by the Municipal Waterworks had not been flowing since last week.

Made Mursana, one of the Medahan residents, said the clean water at his village had not been running since this week. Three days later, it flowed in short and small discharge and then did not flow until this time. This condition made people confusedabout how to find out clean water. As a result, residents had to queue in order to access local springs. In addition, some residents also stood in line at a public tap owned by the Municipality Waterworks in front of a temple to get clean water which could only be used for cooking and drinking purposes. Furthermore, for the purposes of bathing, washing and latrine, most people came to a nearby river.

Such less than optimal services by the Municipal Waterworks was also experienced by Penulisan and Anggarakasih hamlet, Medahan village. Most of the Keramas villagers also experienced the same conditions and complained about the service. It was not the first time. Previously, the Regent of Gianyar also got to see first hand the condition of service provided by the Municipality Waterworks at the location. However, there was no follow-up.

Meanwhile, Tedung hamlet, Abianbase village, had experienced the same condition where their clean water service had not run been running for three days. However, they were more fortunate than residents of Medahan because after stagnating for three days the Municipality Waterworks immediately dropped off water tanks by truck to serve the residents. As a result, residents thronged and got in line to get clean water.

Responding to such condition, Director of Municipality Waterworks of Gianyar, Made Sastra Kencana, said the water did not flow in the area due to blockage occurred in the water channel leading to customer connection. As for Medahan village, his party remained to make an evaluation to some main pipes delivering water to the village. “We are still evaluating because there is no a leaking pipe,” he said. (kmb16)

AMLAPURA - Abundant pilgrims came to Besakih on Sunday (Apr 27) to worship in relation to the Ngusaba Kedasa or Ida Batara Turun Kabeh ritual. As a result, the arrival of pilgrims was very crowded. Meanwhile, the road heading for Besakih was jammed about 5 km from Nongan village through Besakih. ritual committee, I Wayan Gunatra, expected all the pilgrims to comply with directions of traffic police officers and parking attendants in order that the pilgrimage could run smoothly and not be hampered by traffic.

The pilgrims had been provided with public and private parking space which was intended to smooth the traffic flows. Without diminishing the devotion, the ritual committee also expected all the pilgrims to dispose of the used oblations like canangsari or the wrapping, after worship-

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ping into the dust bins provided.

This was intended to prevent the middle courtyard of the Penataran Agung from being muddy as it had often rained at Besakih within the past few days.

Wayan Gunatra conveyed there was still a week to go for the pilgrims to say prayers as all the deities were still abiding at the congregation hall of Besakih until next Monday (May 5). Then, all the sanctified effigies of the deities would be stored in the respective shrines on Monday. (013)

Prayed at Besakih and Batur Temple IBP

NUSA DUA - People must always say their gratitude toward God. For that reason, Santika Siligita Hotel Nusa Dua prayed to ask for safety and welfare. The event joined by the staff and representative of the management was held on April 25, 2014 and took place in two temples, Batur Temple in Bangli and Besakih Temple in Karangasem.

Around 20 people joined the event including Jero Mangku Telaga who led the group during the ritual. The event was carried out solemnly and successfully. The event ended with a nice dinner together. The representative of Santika Siligita Hotel stated that the event will be held regularly, every six month. The purpose is to say the gratitude for the grace given by God and ask for better condition in the future.

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He devotional workers committee applied the ‘open and close system’ at the split gates (candi bentar) into the Penataran Agung Temple. Though being flushed by heavy rain, it did not discourage the pilgrims despite having queud since morning. After that, they prayed fervently.

Aside from a long queue at the split gates coming into the Penataran Agung, crowded queues also occurred in front of the clan temple of Pedharman Ratu Pasek. Meanwhile, the

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11 Mar Sabuh Mas 12 Mar Hari Pagerwesi Pura Labang Sindu JiwaUbud Pura Kehen Bangli Pura Wira Bhuana Magelang Jawa tengah Pura Padang Sakti Denpasar Timur Pura Payogan Agung Ketewel Gianyar Pura Gaduh Pangiasan Dauh Puri Denpasar Pura Masceti Tampak Siring Pura Dalem Ularan Denpasar Pura Siwa Penebel Tabanan Pura Luhur Sliki Banyuwangi Pura Gunung Lebah Ubud Pura Puseh Sukawati 15 Mar Purnama Sasih Kesanga Pura Nataran Sasih Pejeng Gianyar Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung lebah Batur Kintamani 17 Mar Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 22 Mar Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya

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

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

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

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

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

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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‘Other Woman’ curbs ‘Captain America’ with $24.7M Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — A femme-fueled comedy beat a superhero blockbuster at the box office this weekend. After holding the top position for three weeks, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” has been topped by “The Other Woman” for the No. 1 spot. Fox’s revenge comedy, starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton, debuted with $24.7 million, while Disney-Marvel’s “Captain America,” led by Chris Evans, grossed $16 million in its fourth weekend, bringing its domestic total to $225 million.

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The PG-13 rating of Nick Cassavetes directed “The Other Woman” — about three ladies wronged by a three-timing spouse played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau of “Game of Thrones” — helped it draw a larger audience, says Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst of box-office tracker Rentrak.

“The rating was perfect,” he said. “If you are going for the mainstream audience who is looking for something that has a little bit of an edge, but not too much, you can hit that sweet spot and draw a large audience.” The release date couldn’t have been better, Dergarabedian noted. “This was the perfect time to release this film, between the success of ‘Captain America’ and before the official start of the summer movie season with ‘SpiderMan 2.’ “ Hollywood hasn’t yet seen a comedy do especially well at the box office in 2014 since “Ride Along,” which was released in January. Domestically, Jason Bateman’s “Bad Words” made only $7.7 million overall. Tyler Perry’s “The Single Moms Club” brought in $16 million domestically. Most of his films have grossed over $40 million domestically.

And Marlon Wayans’ sequel “A Haunted House 2” opened with $8.8 million, drastically down from the original’s $18

This image released by 20th Century Fox shows Leslie Mann, from left, Nicki Minaj, Cameron Diaz and Kate Upton in a scene from “The Other Woman.”

Paroled ‘Sopranos’ actor discusses drug addiction

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NEW YORK — After spending eight years in prison, former “Sopranos” actor Lillo Brancato Jr. says he’s trying to help young people avoid making similar, drugfueled mistakes. “Here I am, I get the opportunity, I get the shot and then squander it, and do what I did, and get addicted to drugs and just make horrible decisions,” the 37-year-old Brancato said in an interview broadcast Sunday on WNYM-AM. He was paroled in December after serving time for his role in a 2005 Bronx break-in that left an off-duty police officer dead. Brancato, who was born in Colombia and got his break in the 1993 film “A Bronx Tale” with Robert De Niro, said he’s reaching out to young people to discuss the addiction he was unable to control. His last drug high was in prison in 2006, he said.

According to prosecutors, the actor and a Genovese crime family associate, Steven Armento, were drinking at a Bronx strip club before they tried to break into a nearby basement apartment and steal Valium.

The sound of shattering glass awoke off-duty Officer Daniel Enchautegui, who lived in the neighborhood and came to the rescue. He confronted the men and a gunbattle erupted, with Armento firing first, prosecutors said. The dying officer emptied his pistol, hitting Brancato and Armento.

The bloodied actor was arrested as he tried to get into his car, authorities said.

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2005, file photo shows actor Lillo Brancato Jr. in New York. After spending eight years in prison Brancato says he’s trying to help young people avoid making similar, drug-fueled mistakes.

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million debut.

“Sometimes it’s about casting,” Dergarabedian said. “When you have Cameron Diaz in a comedy like this, it’s hard not to knock it out of the park.

This film is right in her wheelhouse. This is what she does best.”

While Diaz’s last film, thriller “The Counselor,” grossed only $17 million domestically last year, her foul-mouthed 2011 comedy “Bad Teacher” earned over $100 million stateside. “Captain America” has now hit over $645 million globally, surpassing its 2011 original “The First Avenger,” which earned $370 million. The sequel is the highest-grossing April release ever.

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Obama announces sanctions on Russia Agence France-Presse

SLAVYANSK - President Barack Obama said Monday the United States was poised to unveil fresh sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, as pro-Kremlin gunmen seized another town in the east.

Speaking in the Philippines, Obama said the sanctions would include export restrictions on high-tech goods in a bid to ratchet up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin, blamed for the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War. Separately, top EU officials were to meet in Brussels to step up European sanctions on Russia as part of a coordinated global effort against Moscow.

On the ground in eastern Ukraine, tensions remained at fever pitch as gunmen stormed the town hall and police offices in Kostyantynivka, the latest in a string of assaults by insurgents on towns in the region.

Rebels also refused to release a group of international monitors from the OSCE after presenting them to the media as “prisoners of war” in what Germany said was a “repugnant” display.

Meanwhile, the threat of a full-scale invasion loomed large over the ex-Soviet country, with tens of thousands of Russian troops massed on the border and Ukraine’s prime minister warning of efforts to start a “third world war”.

On the last leg of a four-country Asia tour, Obama announced new steps to punish Russia for what the president has called “provocation” on Ukraine’s border, where Moscow has conducted military operations.

“Later today, there will be an announcement made. It builds on the sanctions that were already in place,” Obama told reporters.

He said Washington would unveil a list of “individuals and companies” that will be sanctioned to build pressure on Putin and Russia’s recession-hit economy.

He added the measures would also focus on “high-tech defence exports to Russia” that he said were not appropriate given the tensions between Moscow and the West.

The sanctions are in response to Russia’s perceived lack of action to implement an April 17 accord struck in Geneva to defuse

the crisis. Obama has said Moscow has not “lifted a finger” to enact the deal.

The goal was not to “go after Mr Putin personally”, Obama said but to “change his calculus” and “encourage him to walk the walk and not just talk the talk” in resolving the crisis diplomatically.

The Group of Seven (G7) top economies have vowed swift joint action and EU diplomats were expected to expand the bloc’s sanctions against Moscow at a meeting later on Monday.

The West has already imposed visa and travel restrictions on key members of Putin’s inner circle and slapped sanctions on a top bank. But some fear that undermining Russia’s economy could tip the world back into recession, just as it begins to recover from the eurozone debt crisis.

Reflecting these jitters, stocks in Japan closed nearly one percent lower and the yen -- seen as a safe haven against uncertainty -- gained in value.

However, former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said sanctions would have “no short-term effect” on the Russian economy and would take three or four years to really hurt Putin.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday, April 28, 2014. United States was poised to unveil fresh sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, as pro-Kremlin gunmen seized another town in the east.

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