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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Jessica Chastain is a workaholic

PARIS - Jessica Chastain has signed up to a highly anticipated new project: to play Marilyn Monroe in a proposed 2016 film “Blond.” “I’m not ready to talk about it... But I’m very excited to be working with (the director) Andrew Dominic,” she said. Chastain was, however, ready to talk about her admiration for Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro, who’s directed her in the supernatural period film “Crimson Peak,” that comes out in October. “He’s a dream come true. I’ve worked with him twice — he produced a film I did called Mama. And “Crimson Peak” is the first one that he’s directed that I’ve done, which was really cool,” she said. Chastain, has another film — “Martian” — coming out November and is soon to start filming on “The Huntsman.” “I’m a workaholic,” she confessed. “I love it and when I don’t work I get to see amazing shows.” (ap)

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Madonna, Rihanna, Sam Smith to perform at iHeartRadio Awards

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NEW YORK — Madonna, Rihanna and Sam Smith will perform at the second annual iHeartRadio Music Awards this month. Iggy Azalea, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean and Meghan Trainor will also hit the stage on March 29 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, iHeartMedia announced Monday. Jamie Foxx will host the awards show. Azalea and Smith are the top nominees, with five nominations apiece. Azalea, Smith, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Luke Bryan are nominated for artist of the year. Swift will make an appearance, while other performers include Kelly Clarkson, Snoop Dogg, Jason Derulo, Jennifer Hudson, Alesso and Nate Ruess of fun. The three-hour event will air live on NBC and iHeartMedia’s radio stations. (ap)

‘Simpsons’ co-creator, philanthropist Sam Simon dies at 59

Sam Simon, a co-creator of “The Simpsons” and animal-rights advocate who made a midlife career shift into philanthropy and channeled much of his personal fortune into social causes, has died. Simon died Sunday at his home in Pacific Palisades, Calif., his agent, Andy Patman said. He was 59. He was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer in 2011. After stints writing for “Taxi,” ‘’Cheers” and “The Tracey Ullman Show,” Simon helped launch “The Simpsons.” During his writing and producing career, he collected nine prime-time Emmy awards. He left “The Simpsons” after its fourth season under a deal that rewarded him with ongoing royalties from the show, which is now in its 26th season. He then established the Sam Simon Foundation, which rescues dogs from animal shelters and trains them to assist the disabled. He also donated to Mercy for Animals and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, among other groups. In 2013, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ Norfolk, Va., headquarters were christened the Sam Simon Center in recognition of his support for that organization. Simon also funded a Los Angeles food bank.

In an interview with The Associated Press in 2013, Simon voiced a desire to spend all of his money on charitable causes. “I’m supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime,” he said, “and I want to continue to do that.” Simon had grown up in Beverly Hills across the street from Groucho Marx, though his father was in the garment industry, not show business. After turning his drawing talent into a job at an animation studio that made cartoons for kids, Simon submitted a script, on spec, to the ABC comedy “Taxi.” His script was bought and produced, and Simon, in his 20s, was hired as a staff writer and soon rose to be the showrunner. From there he joined a new NBC sitcom called “Cheers,” where he was staff writer for its defining first three seasons. In 1987 he became a writer and executive producer on the Fox sketch-comedy series “The Tracey Ullman Show,” where he was teamed alongside James L. Brooks, with whom he had worked on “Cheers” and “Taxi,” and cartoonist Matt Groening. This trio became the founding fathers of “The Simpsons.” (ap)

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Bali facing water deficit

DENPASAR - Director of the Center for Environmental Research (PPLH) at Udayana Univer- consumed there. Although far less sity, Prof. I Wayan Arthana, Ph.D, has stated that according to the results of research conducted water is used in Northern Bali, there is also far less rainfall, so by the centre in 2009, Bali is facing a shortage of both potable and irrigation water. “In 2009 Bali already had a wear deficit. Today, with the relentless conversion of farm lands into buildings, along with a general increase in water consumption by the growing population as well as by tourists, coupled with decreasing amounts of rain, we are seeing a clear reduction in ground water as well as in the water supplied by the

Municipal Waterworks (PDAM),” he said. Prof. Arthana added that he and his colleagues are encouraging the Public Works Agency to create ponds and dams in oder to hold rainwater, so that it does not simply flow directly back into the sea. However, during the rainy season the abundance of rainwater

means that it is difficult to process it into drinking water because of all the debris that gets mixed in, thus requiring coagulation substances to help reduce sedimentation. Water therefor has become a rather complicated issue in Bali. “South Bali is the most susceptible to water crisis due to large amounts of water that are

water shortages are an issue there too,” he added. Prof. Arthana explained that particularly in South Bali, star hotels that use excessive amounts of water, are encouraged, though as of yet not required to desalinate seawater. Star hotels still find it more profitable to desalinate, because the water that they get from PDAM still needs to be processed in order

to meet their standards. “When using sea water, they only need to process the water once which costs less than double processing but comes with its own challenges. Before taking sea water from the coast line, regulations require that the hotels undertake an Environmental Impact Analysis study, which also takes into account public usage and so forth, so the whole process can be complicated,” said Professor Arthana. (kmb32) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Children and a woman carried clean water to be use at their home at Karangasem Regency, Bali Island. According to the results of research conducted by the centre in 2009, Bali is facing a shortage of both potable and irrigation water.

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Be vigilant of motorcycle muggings

DENPASAR - Rampant and sadistic motorcycle muggings in Java are causing concern in the Balinese community that such cases could spread to the Island of the Gods. Some such cases have already occurred in the area of Kuta, where culprits were arrested and imprisoned. The East Denpasar Police is therefore taking precautionary measures by installing billboards urging motorists to be vigilant in certain areas. “Our task is different than that of firefighters -prevention efforts must take precedence” said the Chief of East Denpasar Police, Wimboko, on Monday (Mar. 9). Some billboards have been installed in locations that are considered vulnerable, such as on Jalan Akasia, East Denpasar. “We have also installed such billboards near police stations. It is important to remind people that such crimes can happen anytime and

anywhere” said the former chief of the Kuta Police. The billboards, added Wimboko, appeal to people to be vigilant of motorcycle muggings on the highway, urging people to avoide traveling at night, stopping or speeding when they see something suspicious, to travel in groups, and choose safer routes and avoiding carrying goods that attract attention. “In Java, motorcycle muggings have become more frequent. Hopefully, people will be vigilant so that this does not happen in Bali” he added. He also affirmed that until now

there have been no reported cases in East Denpasar despite their having been rumours to the contrary, after further investigation they were confirmed to simply be rumours. “Do not be too quick to believe unfounded information” he said. Similar opinions were also expressed by Chief Unit I of the Denpasar Police Criminal Investigation, Sulhadi. After reading about the alleged cases of muggings he immediately looked into the matter: “It is entirely not true as confirmed by the person who was allegged to have been the victim” he said.

He does however hope that should there in fact be a victim of such a case, that they would report it to the police as soon as possible so that the police could take immediate action to capture the perpetrator. He reiterated that so far there have been no reports of motorcycle muggins in Denpasar. “Hopefully, this (motorcycle muggings—Ed) will not happen” said Sulhadi. As reported, motorcycle muggings have in fact occurred in Bali. On Friday (Feb. 27), Kuta Police arrested a motorcycle mugger, namely the suspect Glery Judi Palilingan, 42, from North Jakarta. He is alleged to have committed a mugging on Jalan Kunti Gang Kelapa, Seminyak, Kuta. The incident occurred on Sun-

day (Feb. 15) at approximately at 05:30 a.m. in front of the Warung Italia. Originally Haerudin was on Jalan Popies II, Kuta, and suddenly approached by the suspect and asked the victim to give him a ride. At first, the victim refused but then the suspect used force to take the keys of the Yamaha Vega ZR motorcycle with license plate DK 3751 IJ belonging to the victim. The victim was then told to get up and the perpetrator hit the gas. When they arrived on Jalan Kunti Gang Kelapa, the victim asked to get off the bike out of fear. The suspect hit the victim to get him off the motorbike. At that point the perpetrator sped off on the stolen bike, leaving the victim on the side of the road. (rah)

Bamboo and other crafts enter international market BANGLI - Bangli County is not only famous for its tourist attractions. The sokasi or bamboo rice basket that are produced in Bangli are in demand by foreign markets. The bamboo product, which has undergone many changes by innovative craftsmen, has distinctive features which make it appealing to consumers.. Today, many sokasi crafts are painted and beaded to create a new look. One of the bamboo sokasi crafters at Tanggahan Peken, Sulahan village, Susut subdistrict, Bangli, Ni Wayan Sariati, said that the craft holds Balinese cultural values and has a value that is not to be underestimated as it takes both patience and talent to produce. Sariati has elaborated on the basic sokasi craft by adding colorful beads. In addition, she also produced sokasi that use Balinese ornamentation with a touch of gold leaf paint. Other than sokasi, she also produces other bamboo crafts that are used to place of ritual paraphernalia in. “Some crafts are also decorated with beads, while some others are painted with gold leaf” she said. Furthermore, she said that the craft was not only in high demand by the people of Bali but that people throughout Indonesia, including customers from Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Kalimantan, Sumatra and Sulawesi also appreciate Sokasi. and even people from as far away as France and Australia are placing orders.“It is not only marketed at home, but also overseas” she said. Despite the high value of the craft, bamboo sokasi is sold at an affordable price. A sokasi with gold leaf paint is priced between IDR 50,000 and IDR 75,000, while those embellished with beads are sold for between IDR 50,000 and IDR 65,000. Flower baskets are sold for IDR 25,000. Other than bamboo craft, the mosaic craft utilizing recycled glass had also penetrated foreign markets. One of the mosaic recycled glass craftsmen at Gancan hamlet, Bebalang village, Dewa Gede Tirta Mas, said that the size of the mosaic art ranges from 20 cm up to one meter. Similarly, the price on offer was ranging from between IDR 25,000 to IDR 300,000. Tirta revealed that the mosaics were not created by a single person by are created with the assistance of 18 employees. This product has also penetrated markets outside of Bali, including Jakarta and Yogyakarta as well as overseas markets in America, Australia and Europe. (kmb45)

Enjoy organic food at Copper Kitchen and Bar UBUD - Ubud is like nowhere else, and Bisma Eight reflects that. Their dining options are an authentic and inspired blend of the flavors that have always brought people to Ubud and what those ingredients mean to them. Bisma Gardens’ organic produce is the secret to Copper Kitchen and Bar’s fresh take on modern Asian cuisine; food from and for the soul A chef’s Mise en Place is only as good as the ingredients they have access to – which makes having a fully-stocked herb garden on the roof of Bisma Eight indispensable. The flavors found in Copper Kitchen & Bar begin at Rooftop Garden. Their organic farm, Bisma Gardens, is a commitment to the agricultural traditions of central Bali and belief in sustainable living. “At Bisma Gardens, we invite you to pick your own vegetables and sit back while our chefs prepare them.

You’ll never have a meal better than the one grown just steps away from your table,” said Bisma Eight’s General Manager, Sebastien Marteau. He says, ”Copper Kitchen & Bar is food for and from the soul; food that embraces the depth of Asian culinary tradition and the skill and élan of the contemporary

kitchen. No one can live well unless they’re also eating well”. Copper Kitchen & Bar enjoys an easy vibe throughout the day, from its airy and non-constrictive passageways to the rustic wooden benches, and comfortable booth seating. Sensible architectural features come together

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JIMBARAN - Ayana Resort and Spa Bali has announced the promotion of Clive Edwards to General Manager, recognizing the key role he has played over the last five years in leading the exclusive Jimbaran resort to a successful performance. Clive will oversee the continued evolution of Ayana Resort and Spa Bali – Bali’s only integrated resort, which also includes The Villas at Ayana Resort and Rimba Jimbaran Bali by Ayana. Clive brings over 15 years experience in luxury hospitality to the role. After starting his career in his native Jamaica, he joined Ayana in 2009 as Director of Rooms, Executive Assistant Manager. He was appointed Acting General Manager in 2012, through to the opening of Rimba in November 2013. That year, he was appointed Corporate Director of Rooms Operations for Capella Hotel Group based in Atlanta, Georgia, before returning to Bali in 2014 as interim General Manager of Ayana and Rimba. His official appointment was announced by Horst Schulze, chairman of hotel management company Capella Hotel Group. “Clive is as well prepared as he

is deserving of this promotion,” said Mr Schulze. “Since 2009, the resort has been voted World’s Best Spa Resort by Conde Nast Traveler and has been awarded by Travel + Leisure among Asia’s Best. Quality goals were also exceeded with over 91% of employees rating their satisfaction either 9 or 10 out of 10.” Clive said 2015 will be a big year for the resort as it builds on the successes following RIMBA’s opening, which effectively repositioned AYANA as Bali’s only integrated resort.“I am honored to be appointed to lead such an amazing team, I truly believe we have the best people on the island with the passion, innovation and experience to set the bar even higher,” he said. The perfect sanctuary for a relaxing break, Ayana Resort and Spa is located on 90 hectares of cliff-top gardens above Jimbaran, on Bali’s ‘sunset’ coast. Just 20 minutes’ drive from Bali’s airport and minutes from art galleries, local markets and fashion boutiques, Jimbaran is home to the island’s most exclusive resorts yet retains the traditional ambience of a Balinese fishing village.

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seamlessly to form a refined take on modern-casual dining. The fare embodies Chef Miles Belfield’s sensibility of keeping things soulful and crafty while paying homage to Ubud’s surroundings. Food is thoughtful, grown locally, and interpreted with nods to Asia while drinks are inspired by the thorough approach of the old world. Much of the produce comes from Bisma Eight’s sister property in Bisma Gardens. (r)

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.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

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Apple Watch moves Internet out of your pocket

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple wants to move the Internet from your pocket to your wrist. Time will tell if millions of consumers are willing to spend $350 on up — there’s an 18-karat gold version that starts at $10,000 — for a wearable device that still requires a wirelessly connected smartphone to deliver its most powerful features. But CEO Tim Cook is selling the Apple Watch as the next musthave device, able to serve people’s information needs all day long, like no other tool has quite been able to do. “Now it’s on your wrist. It’s not in your pocket or pocketbook,” Cook said before unveiling the new line on Monday. “We think the Apple Watch is going to be integral to your day.” Apple wants this wristwatch — which piggybacks on a nearby smartphone’s Internet connection through Wi-Fi or Bluetooth — to be seen as so revolutionary that it requires its own new lingo. So while the watch face provides most of the same information as smartphones do, the back of the watch sends “taptic feedback,” tapping the wrist to remind the wearer to get up and burn more calories. “It’s like having a coach on your wrist!” gushed Cook, touting the potential health uses of a computer that sticks to your skin all day. The gadget also introduces “digital touch,” a new way of messaging that enables people to draw and send little figures with their fingertips and have them arrive on a friend’s watch face dynamically, in the same way they were drawn. Convincing consumers they can’t live without an expensive new device isn’t easy, but Apple’s strongest selling points include “convenience and immediacy,” along with high-end design features and some useful new apps, said Carolina Milanesi, a tech analyst with Kantar Worldpanel. “If you don’t have to be fumbling around for your phone, that can make a difference,” agreed analyst Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights and Strategy. Initial consumer reactions ranged from die-hard Apple fans vowing to buy the watch immediately, to naysayers who don’t see the point of paying so much to see updates on their wrist instead their smartphone. “I think it’s a tough market they are trying to get into, and I don’t see much promise that is going to

come out of it,” said Joshua Powers, 21, a junior at Emerson College in Boston who owns an iPhone, an iPad and a MacBook computer. As expected, the previously announced starting price of $349 is only for the entry-level Sport model. Prices range from $549 to $1,100 for the mid-range watch. That’s not out of line for a highquality watch, analysts said. But Cook did not answer a key question for price-conscious consumers, Moorhead noted: How will Apple update the watch when it releases new models? Apple did answer another vital question, promising an estimated 18-hour battery life before the watch needs to be taken off and attached to a magnetic recharger. Numerous tech companies are already selling smartwatches, from the Samsung Gear and Motorola’s Moto 360 to the Pebble Steel and other models made by smaller startups. Many run on Android Wear, the software platform from Google, and range from $100 to

$500 or more. But most don’t have as many features as the Apple Watch, and they have not been big hits with consumers. Apple executive Kevin Lynch walked through a simulation of a typical day, checking the watch for messages and calendar items, responding to a WeChat message, scrolling through some Instagram photos and speaking with Siri, Apple’s voice-activated digital assistant, through the microphone on the watch. More impressively, Lynch presented an airline app with a bar code that acts as a boarding pass, another app that opened a garage door by remote control, and still another that promises to enable wearers to check out at the grocery store with a single tap on the watch face. Cook also showed off features that can be found on many fitness bands already on the market, such as a heart rate monitor and accelerometer that can track a wearer’s movements and log daily

exercise. But some design functions seem uniquely Apple: Twist a small knob, and the wearer can quickly select the face of a friend, then sketch an image with a fingertip that shows up dynamically, just like it is being drawn, on the friend’s watch face. Swipe the watch face to bring up an email, then with a single tap, turn that email into a calendar item. Cook hinted at bigger goals when he announced Monday that Apple has worked with leading medical institutions to develop an open-source software platform for iPhones to assist with medical research. He stopped just short of saying that Apple Watch, in combination with the iPhone, could be a key conduit for two-way delivery of health care information, sending data about a person’s metabolism to researchers while also reminding wearers to take their medicine or go exercise. For example, Apple executive Jeff Williams showed a new iPhone app that can track indicators of Par-

kinson’s disease by using a phone’s accelerometer to measure a user’s walking gait and its microphone to test for voice tremors. The watch also has both an accelerometer and microphone, so extending the app to the wrist would not be a major leap. Apple reportedly studied the possibility of adding more sophisticated medical sensors to the watch, but held off because of technical and regulatory hurdles. If the watch catches on, however, Apple and medical device-makers will undoubtedly find ways to measure skin temperature, glucose levels or other indicators, said Murray Brozinsky, chief strategy officer at Healthline, an online health information service. “If you’re building those sensors right now, you’re building them for hospitals. But you’d like to build more of them for 25 million Apple Watches,” Brozinsky said. Apple Watch will be available for viewing at Apple stores on April 10 and go on sale April 24. (ap)

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Minimarkets in Denpasar still sell liquor

DENPASAR - Prohibition of selling liquor in minimarket, in fact, has not been fully obeyed by employers in the city of Denpasar. As evidence, virtually all minimarkets targeted in the inspection of the Denpasar Industry and Trade Agency, Monday, were still found peddling liquor. The inspection led by the Head of the Denpasar Industry and Trade Agency, Wayan Gatra, targeted chained minimarkets like Circle K, Indomaret and Mini Mart at some points in the city of Denpasar. From the result of monitoring, the officers still found that all the mini markets were still selling various types of liquor. Management of the minimarket averagely quibbled if the liquor would be sold until the stock ran out. The Head of the Denpasar Industry and Trade Agency, Wayan Gatra, explained the prohibition from selling liquor belonging to class A, B and C in minimarket had been set forth through the regulation of the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia No. 6/2015. “To know the implementation of the rules, we then conduct this inspection,” he said. According to him, far in ad-

vance before the inspection, his party had socialized and made an approach to the minimarket entrepreneurs related to the Regulation of the Minister of Trade No. 6/2015. Nevertheless, the employers and managers of the minimarket had also understood it. Indeed the circulation of liquor in minimarket could not still be stopped completely because employers still sold the stock until it ran out. To that end, Denpasar Industry and Trade Agency still tolerated the liquor sale until March 19 or before a series of Nyepi procession. “If any minimarkets still violates until the deadline, their merchandise will be confiscated immediately by municipal police of Denpasar. To that end, we hope all minimarkets to comply with the circular because the comfort and security were our shared responsibility,” he said. (kmb25)

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Prohibition of selling liquor in minimarket, in fact, has not been fully obeyed by employers in the city of Denpasar. As evidence, virtually all minimarkets targeted in the inspection of the Denpasar Industry and Trade Agency, Monday, were still found peddling liquor.

At Peninjoan

Snakefruit plants cleared to be replaced with tangerine

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Apple CEO Tim Cook talks about the new Apple Watch during an Apple event on Monday, March 9, 2015, in San Francisco.

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BANGLI - Apparently the residents at several hamlets at Peninjoan, Tembuku subdistrict, Bangli have once cultivated snakefruit as local agricultural commodity. It belongs to Bali local variety. However, since the past few years the snakefruit plant at local village has gradually declined. Even, the snakefruit formerly made the main crop in the garden of local community has now been only used as a fencing plant. It was revealed by Headman of Peninjoan, Dewa Nyoman Tagel. He explained that formerly the snakefruit plant was widely cultivated by people at nearly all hamlets of Peninjoan. However, since the past two years people gradually started cutting down their snakefruit plants. They chose to chop the plants because the selling price often dropped, especially at harvest time. Other than price slump, he said, the crop also quite difficult to be marketed. Although many plants had been cleared, he admitted that some people remained to maintain the snakefruit plant, but only in a small number. “Now, some people still maintain their snakefruit plant, but only a little of them,” he said. In addition to snakefruit plant, the other agricultural commodities like cacao were slowly abandoned by Peninjoan farmers. According to Tagel, it happened because the cacao pods were widely attacked by pests, so that such condition was quite detrimental to farmers. After clearing their snakefruit plant, many residents then planted their gardens with tangerine. They chose the plant it because the results were considered more profitable. Tagel mentioned the residents replaced their snakefruit with tangerine plants occurred at several hamlets such as Kebon, Pulasari, Penarukan, IBP/Swasrina Puraja and Dadem. In addition to replacing with tangerine, some Several hamlets at Peninjoan, Tembuku subdistrict, Bangli have once snakefruit farmers also planted their garden with durian as carried cultivated snakefruit as local agricultural commodity. out by residents at Karangsuwung hamlet. (ina)

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A delegate, left, from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region speaks during the Xinjiang delegation group’s meeting on the sideline of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Tuesday, March 10, 2015.

China says Muslim Uighurs have joined Islamic State group

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The farmers are working in the ricefield. The increase in the price of rice, has impacted many farmers in the region of Klungkung. Unfortunately, the increase in the price of rice was not followed by increased production.

Grain production declines, prices rise

SEMARAPURA - The increase in the price of rice, has impacted many farmers in the region of Klungkung. Unfortunately, the increase in the price of rice was not followed by increased production. On the contrary, farmers have been producing less rice which makes things even harder for them. “The price of grain is rising, sir. But our grain production has dropped” said one of the farmers at Subak Dlod Banjarangkan, Klungkung named A.A. Rai. According to A.A. Rai, his grain product is sold for the relatively cheap price of IDR 200,000 per 100 square meters compared to IDR 225,000 per 100 square meters a

short while ago. “Previously, at the price of IDR 225,000 we got bountiful harvest. But now our harveets are decreasing so this price difference has a great impact on us” he said. The reduced grain production of farmers, said Agung Rai, is due to different cropping patterns being used now. Currently, the rice cropping pattern is being forced and does not adhere to seasonal norms. Originally he publicly

refused in the subak meetings, to grow rice out of season. However, due to the policy of the subak chief, he had no choice but follow the new system of pushing the planting of rice. “We used to grow rice using cropping patterns that considered the particular season. But now we use the pushing system and that the results are different” he said. According to A.A. Rai, with the implementation of the ‘push-

ing system’ farmers only yield 50 kg per 100 square meters. which is difference from the results of the old system,. This former chief of Subak Dlod Banjarangkan said that with the seasonal system farmers could produce 60 kg to 70 kg per 100 square meters. Farmers could averagely earn IDR 7 million by selling the grain produced on a of 3,000 square meters plot of land. “Now, the most we can earn is IDR 6 million” he said. Meanwhile, the Head of Klungkung Agriculture and Plantation Agency, Wayan Durma, when asked

NEGARA - I Wayan Aridana a 36 year old farmer from Dangin Tukad hamlet, Pengeragoan village, Pekutatan subdistrict, Jembrana, living on the edge of the forest, was arrested on Sunday afternoon (Mar. 8) for cutting down and processing forest timber. He was caught with 17 logs of Beachwood timber from the protected forest of Pengeragoan that had been processed into beams

and boards. he size of beam and board. According to the confession of the suspect and father of two children, he discovered timber that had fallen down in the woods and was a little rotten. He intended to use the timber to build a shack. A piece of timber log with the length of 9 meters was taken on February 26, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. and then cut into 17 logs of various sizes.

Spokesperson for the Jembrana Police, Wayan Setiajaya, accompanied by the Chief of Jembrana Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Gusti Made Sudarma Putra, with permission from the Jembrana Police Chief confirmed the arrest, Monday (Mar. 9). The suspect was arrested at his home based on public information. The suspect with the evidence in the form of timber and chainsaw machine Motoyana was arrested.

The perpetrator and the evidence are secured at Jembrana Police and will be charged under the Article 83 paragraph (1) letter b in conjunction with Article 12 letter e and or Article 82 paragraph (1) letter b in conjunction with Article 12 letter b of the Law No.18/2013 concerning the Prevention and Combating of Deforestation with minimal penalty of one year and a maximum of 15 years in prison.

for his confirmation denied that rice production in Klungkung has decreased. According to him, grain production increases every year. He also pointed out that in 2013 only 53 quintals of grain per hectare were produced. The number rose to 63 quintals per hectare in 2014. Durma did admit that grain production in Banjarangkan was still lower than the two other subdistricts namely Dawan and Klungkung. On that account, to improve the grain production in Banjarangkan his party in the Agriculture Agency implemented the integrated plant management. (119)

Meanwhile, the subdistrict head of Pekutatan, Ketut Eko Susilo, when asked for his confirmation recognized that the resident arrested by police was a farmer and liked gardening. “He is living at the forest border with a simple family. Based on information, he did not cut down the timber but found it in the forest. It was slightly rotten and does not therefor qualify as a violation” said the subdistrict head. (kmb)

Farmer arrested for possession of timber

BEIJING — Chinese officials said Tuesday that members of the country’s Muslim Uighur ethnic minority have gone overseas to fight with the Islamic State group, which controls sections of Syria and Iraq, and returned to take part in plots at home. Authorities in the farwestern region of Xinjiang, which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan, will strengthen their crackdown on terrorism and extremism as a result, regional representatives said at a discussion on the sidelines of China’s legislature. Xinjiang has seen repeated violence as members of the Muslim Uighur minority group have bristled under what they say is repressive Chinese government rule. Attacks blamed on Uighurs have also occurred in other parts of the country, including a car which plowed into Beijing’s Tiananmen Gate in 2013, killing five people. “There are Uighurs that have fled overseas and joined the Islamic State,” said Zhang Chunxian, Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang. “The organization has a huge international influence and Xinjiang can’t keep aloof from it and we have already been affected.

We have also found that some who fought returned to Xinjiang to participate in terrorist plots.” He didn’t elaborate. Beijing has previously blamed the violence on Islamic militants with foreign connections who are seeking an independent state in Xinjiang, but has offered little evidence and ignored calls for independent investigations. Uighur groups say police have used indiscriminate deadly force against people protesting the government’s policies in the region. The Global Times, a newspaper affiliated with the ruling Communist Party, said in December that about 300 Chinese are fighting alongside the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. Zhang said authorities would take measures to stop people from going abroad to fight with the group, and that he expects “fewer and fewer cases” of that happening. “We are confident that we can fix it,” he said. Another official, Shohrat Zakir, said a yearlong crackdown on terrorist activities in the region “has won wide support from people of all ethnic groups.”(ap)

ROME — Italy’s highest court is hearing what could be the final appeal in former Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s infamous “bungabunga” case. The Court of Cassation will decide whether or not to make final Berlusconi’s acquittal by an appellate court on charges of paying for sex with an underage prostitute during sex-fueled parties at his Milan villa, and using his influence to cover it up. A lower court had convicted the

three-time former premier of both charges, and sentenced him to seven years. The high court can decide to uphold the acquittal or throw it out, ordering a new appeals trial. A decision is expected later Tuesday. Berlusconi last week completed his community service stint for a tax fraud conviction. He immediately threw himself back into politics ahead of regional elections in May. (ap)

Myanmar police charge at student protesters with batons

LETPADAN, Myanmar — Hundreds of riot police charged at students protesting Myanmar’s new education law on Tuesday, pummeling them with batons and then dragging them into trucks, bringing a quick, harsh end to a weeklong standoff. Police threw stones and jumped over fences as they broke up the demonstration. Some students and monks were chased into a Buddhist monastery, said Honey Oo, a student leader. “Many people were beaten and several arrested,” she said by telephone. Deputy police chief Col. Win Sein said 114 people were detained and several students and police had been injured, but none seriously. After the crackdown, police were seen celebrating and shouting, “Victory! Victory!” Myanmar only recently began moving from a half-century of brutal military rule toward democracy. But the nominally civilian government installed four years ago has been grappling

with the consequences of newfound freedoms of expression. It has been especially sensitive about public protests, arresting hundreds of people since taking office for peacefully expressing their views. In November, around a hundred students started protesting a new law that puts all decisions about education policy and curriculum in the hands of a group largely made up of government ministers, which critics say undermines the autonomy of universities.

They have been joined by monks and other activists, bringing their number to around 200 in the last nine days, when they started a sit-in on a road near a monastery in Letpadan, about 140 kilometers (90 miles) north of Yangon, the country’s biggest city. They wanted to march to Yangon, but security forces blocked them, forming a human chain and setting up barbed wire barriers. Authorities warned “action would be taken” if they tried to go ahead. (ap)

Italy’s highest court hears Berlusconi appeal

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Police officers beat a student protester after detaining him following a crackdown in Letpadan, 140 kilometers (90 miles) north of the country’s main city Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, March 10, 2015.

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BUSINESS Dollar hits near eight-year high on hopes for US rate hike

European Central Bank launches trillion-euro stimulus

TOKYO - The dollar hit a near eight-year high against the yen Tuesday on mounting speculation that the Federal Reserve will lift interest rates by mid-year as the US economy picks up strength. In Tokyo, the greenback briefly surged to a high of 122.02 yen in mid-day trading, around levels not seen since July 2007. The dollar later settled back to 121.68 yen, but was still up from 121.15 yen in New York. The euro was hovering around 11-year lows on the dollar as the European Central Bank embarked on its long-awaited bond-buying stimulus programme. The single currency slipped to $1.0797 from $1.0854 in US trade, and to 131.39

yen from 131.49 yen. “The US economy is moving in the right direction, and expectations of a rate hike should continue until the Fed’s meeting next week, which means the yen could continue to weaken against the dollar,” Toshihiko Matsuno, chief strategist at SMBC Friend Securities, told Bloomberg News. Friday’s jobs data added to growing evidence that the US economy is the recovery track and fanned expectations that the Fed will lift

rates as early as June. On Monday, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher warned of a recession risk if a rate hike was delayed. “Fisher’s comments have added spice” to the dollar rally, said Daisaku Ueno, chief currency strategist in Tokyo at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley. The dollar has surged after the Fed wound up its bond-buying quantitative easing (QE) in late 2014. (afp)

FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank has hit the launch button on its 1.1 trillion euro ($1.2 trillion) stimulus program by starting to buy government bonds. The chief monetary authority for the 19 countries that use the euro confirmed Monday it had begun the purchases, which aim to make credit cheaper, boost growth and raise inflation. ECB President Mario Draghi had announced the start date last week, sending stocks higher and the euro lower. The bonds are bought from banks and other financial institutions using newly printed money. Among the ECB’s chief concerns is low inflation — which at negative 0.3 percent annually is a sign of the economic weakness that has plagued the currency union as it struggles with high government debt. The ECB has said it will buy 60 billion euros per month in government and corporate bonds through September 2016, and in any case until inflation turns convincingly

upward toward the bank’s goal of just under 2 percent. Yields on government bonds have already fallen in anticipation of the program’s start. Some eurozone government bonds are trading at negative yields, meaning investors pay that government for loaning it money. One key effect of the program is expected to be a weaker euro, which would help eurozone exporters. More euros in circulation help drive down the currency’s value, as expressed by its exchange rate. Low or negative interest rates encourage investors to invest in a currency where rates are higher, such as the U.S. German 10-year government bonds are now trading at yields of just 0.29 percent, while 10-year U.S. Treasurys yield 2.22 percent. The euro traded at $1.09 Monday, well down from just under $1.40 in May, 2014. Some analysts think it could be headed for parity — one euro for one dollar. (ap)

Eurozone warns Greece to stop wasting time on reforms plan

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People walk past the Bank of Greece headquarters, in central Athens, on Friday, March 6, 2015. Greece’s European creditors told Athens to stop wasting time and flesh out as of Wednesday its proposals for economic reforms, which are crucial to releasing vital funds to assure financial survival.

BRUSSELS — Greece’s European creditors told Athens to stop wasting time and flesh out as of Wednesday its proposals for economic reforms, which are crucial to releasing vital funds to assure financial survival. “We have spent now two weeks apparently discussing who meets whom where, in what configuration, and on what agenda and it is a complete waste of time,” Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch finance minister who heads the meeting known as the Eurogroup, said Monday. “We’ve talked about this long enough now,” he told reporters, after the fourth ministerial meeting on Greece in Brussels in a month. After a meeting of the 19-nation group using the euro single currency, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis agreed that technical talks on the reforms proposed by Greece to secure a four-month bailout extension should begin in Brussels on Wednesday and denied holding up the process. “There has been no time wasted, not by the Greek government,” he said. “We were very speedy.” The eurozone agreed last month to extend Greece’s bailout until June, but before it actually pays out more rescue loans it wants to approve a detailed list of reforms by April. So far, Greece has only outlined some of its proposals in

broad terms. After an initial list of seven initiatives, Varoufakis said that Greece would soon provide “another batch of seven or eight reforms” for the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund to assess. The final 7.5 billion euro installment of Greece’s 240 billion euro international bailout is still pending, and without it, the country is quickly running out of funds and faces repayments of IMF loan installments this month. Dijsselbloem said there could be “no talk of disbursement (of bailout funds) if there is no implementation.” He said the eurozone would consider disbursing the loans in parts, but that could happen only after Greece had begun implementing its reforms. Greece’s government was voted into power in January on promises of abolishing the budget austerity that accompanied the bailout. But it has had to roll back on a series of pre-election promises, including seeking a write-off of most of the country’s debt. Monday’s meeting was held under a cloud of skepticism among Greece’s partners over its progress in detailing the promised reforms. (ap)

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Indonesia Today

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Government gives recognition to Golkar under Agung Laksono

JAKARTA - Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H Laoly said the government has decided to give its official recognition to the Golkar party under Agung Laksono. “After we received a decision from the party’s tribunal and after studying it carefully we decided as the party’s tribunal has decided to give recognition to the Central Executive Board formed in the Ancol congress in Jakarta,” Yasonna Laoly said in a news conference on Tuesday. The central executive board of the party that garnered the second largest votes in the last election was split into two -- one from a congress in Bali under Aburizal Bakrie and another from another congress in Ancol, Jakarta under Agung Laksono. The government’s decision is in

line with regulation on political parties No. 2 in 2008, the minister said. “We make the decision based on the law on political parties that the decision of a party’s tribunal is final and binding,” he said. The decision is consistent with a letter of the minister on Dec. 15 in

2014 on the Bali Congress and the one in Ancol that the party’s dispute should be settled internally through the party’s tribunal. “This is not easy for me as it involves my friends in both sides - Aburizal, Azis Syamsuddin, Bambang Susatyo and Idrus Marham in

one side and Agung and Priyo in the other side. This is a difficult decision I have to take. I really did not enjoy it, but I have to make a decision,” Yasonna said. He said as for the lawsuit filed by Aburizal Bakrie to the Supreme Court it is his right . The minister also would not come in the way of the Aburizal Bakrie camp if it wants to challenge the government decision by making a case against it at the State Administrative Court (PTUN).

“We have to make a decision,” he repeated, adding, even for Agung Laksono and his faction secretary general Zainuddin Amali , there is a legal mechanism by going to the PTUN if they were not satisfied with the decision. We play under a set of regulations. We just go by it,” he said. He said he did hope that Agung Laksono could approach Aburizal Bakrie in forming a good and effective executive board of the party. (ant)

JAKARTA - Indonesian Vice President Jusuf M. Kalla has expressed doubt that the 16 Indonesian citizens, who had reportedly gone missing in Turkey, have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). “I am not sure that they have joined ISIS. If someone wants to wage jihad, he would not bring along his children and wife,” Kalla noted. Despite the rewards offered by ISIS to those becoming its mem-

bers, the vice president was not convinced that the 16 Indonesians had joined the movement. He also supported the Indonesian home affairs ministry and the security authorities for their efforts to locate them. So far, no information is available regarding the whereabouts of the 16 people, according to Kalla. The Indonesian consulate general in Istanbul reported that 25 Indonesian tourists, who were part of a group arranged by Smailing Tour,

arrived at the Ataturk International Airport by a Turkish Airline flight TK-67 on February 24. Sixteen of them, however, decided to separate from the group and promised to join them in Pamukkale, on February 26. Since then, they have been missing, and the Indonesian diplomat reported to the Turkish security authorities about their disappearance. The Indonesian government has sent a team to Turkey to look for the 16 Indonesian nationals who

are “missing” in the Mediterranean country. “A team from Indonesia is already there to help the Turkish security authorities (find the 16 people),” Arrmanatha Nasir, a spokesman of the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry, stated on Monday. He stated that Turkey is a huge country spanning 770 thousand square kilometers and has several mountains and difficult terrains. He pointed out that if someone

is hiding somewhere in Turkey, it is very difficult to find him or her. According to Nasir, the ministry does not want to speculate about the reason why the 16 Indonesians left the tour group and until now their whereabouts are still unknown. The search and investigation process is still ongoing, he added. “The foreign ministry is reluctant to speculate about their motive to leave the tour group, including about suspicions that they might have joined ISIS,” he noted. (ant)

CILACAP - Nusakambangan, dubbed Indonesia’s “Alcatraz”, is known internationally as a grim prison island and execution site. But inside the country, many see it as a proud symbol of the fight against drugs. Last week the two Australian ringleaders of the so-called “Bali Nine” heroin smuggling group, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, were transferred to the island and will soon face the firing squad despite a wave of international criticism. At home the island is not only a key part of the country’s battle against drugs, but some even believe its macabre reputation poses no challenge to a future as a top tourist spot with idyllic beaches. Nusakambangan highlights the gulf in views between Indonesia, where the death penalty for drug traffickers has solid public support, and some of the countries whose citizens will soon be put to death, in particular neighbouring Australia. “Nusakambangan is not just a point of pride for the people of Cilacap, but all Indonesians,” said gemstone trader Edy, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, referring to the Javanese port town that is the gateway to the island. “Indonesians think executions are a good way to fight drugs.”

Despite his image as a reformist, new President Joko Widodo has made the campaign to execute drug traffickers a key policy, a populist move analysts say is aimed at showing he is a tough leader. He says Indonesia is facing an “emergency” due to rising drugs use, and has won the backing of key groups such as the Muslim-majority country’s two biggest Islamic organisations. The first executions during his presidency were in January, when six drug convicts, including five foreigners, were put to death -- unleashing a diplomatic furore. While there are dissenting voices, notably from academics and rights groups, and no comprehensive studies have been conducted, the policy has won broad public backing and there has been only muted political opposition. Moments before legal and diplomatic teams visited the Australians last week, protesters descended on Cilacap port with signs declaring, “Go to hell drug traffickers”, and urging foreigners not to interfere in Indonesia’s judicial system. The policy shift signals that Nusakambangan is likely to become the site of regular executions. Despite repeated appeals from Canberra, Chan and Sukumaran were brought there under heavy military escort last week.

They are expected to be put to death in the near future at the same time as drug convicts from France, Brazil, the Philippines, Nigeria and Ghana, although no date has been set. As the executions draw closer, the convicts’ families have been making the short ferry journey from Cilacap to see their loved ones on jungle-clad Nusakambangan, which has served as a penal colony since Indonesia’s then Dutch rulers began detaining prisoners there more than a century ago. Today those colonial jails, long decommissioned, can still be seen by visitors to the island. The modern prisons make up a sprawling complex across the island’s interior, seven facilities ranging from maximum security to an “open” prison where inmates work in fields and carve gemstones for jewellery. Many of the country’s most notorious murderers and militants have been sent to Nusakambangan. Imam Samudra, Amrozi and Mukhlas, who carried out the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists, were executed there in late 2008. For those on death row in Indonesia, Nusakambangan is normally the end of the road. Seventy-two hours before being executed, condemned inmates are taken to an isolation cell where they

wait until being led -- chained and, if desired, blindfolded -- outside the jail to nearby jungle clearings. There, they are tied to a post and shot by a 12-man firing squad. The local view of Nusakambangan is a million miles from that of a dark, foreboding execution island, however. It has a budding tourist industry, with boat operators at Cilacap’s main beach saying they take up to 100 -- mainly Indonesian -- visitors each Sunday across the narrow strait to explore the island’s white-

sand beaches and caves. Akhmad Edi Susanto, deputy chief of the local district, envisions a day when the island, with its beaches “more beautiful than Bali”, can attract the levels of tourism enjoyed by Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay, and wants a cable car affording visitors a bird’s-eye view. “I’m very proud because there’s no place like it,” he told AFP. “The prison can remain a prison, the executions can continue, but the nature must be enjoyed by everyone.” (afp)

VP doubts 16 Indonesians have joined ISIS

Indonesia’s ‘Alcatraz’ highlights death penalty divide

AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim

An Indonesian boy jumps into the sea at Wijaya Pura port in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, March 7, 2015.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

RLD This Dec. 11, 2013 photo shows a Fonterra milk powder factory at Pahiatua, New Zealand. New Zealand police said Tuesday, March 10, 2015, they were investigating an anonymous threat to poison infant formula in an apparent protest over the country’s use of poison baits for pest control, after dairy giant Fonterra received packets of milk powder laced with pesticide.

New Zealand investigating threat to poison baby formula AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Steve Carle

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — An anonymous blackmailer threatened to poison infant formula in New Zealand to protest the country’s use of poisonous baits for pest control, and sent dairy giant Fonterra packets of milk powder laced with pesticide, police said Tuesday. Prime Minister John Key said the threat was likely a hoax, and assured parents that formula was safe for babies to drink. But the announcement prompted fears of a backlash against the country’s economically crucial dairy industry. Fonterra, the world’s largest exporter of dairy products and New Zealand’s biggest company, and farming association Federated Farmers both received anonymous letters in November, police said. The letters were accompanied by small packages of milk powder that tested positive for a concentrated form of the agricultural pesticide 1080 (ten-eighty), which is used by the country’s conservation department to control pests such as rats and possums. The letters threatened to contaminate infant and other formula with 1080 unless New Zealand stopped using it by the end of March, New Zealand Police Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement said. New Zealand uses 80 percent of the 1080 produced worldwide, and many animal welfare advocates oppose its use, arguing it causes animals to suffer slow, painful deaths. Since November, dozens of police have been trying without success to figure out who sent the letters,

Clement said. The blackmailer had threatened to go public by the end of the month, prompting officials to make the announcement on Tuesday. The nation’s Ministry for Primary Industries said it had tested over 40,000 product samples and found no evidence that any were contaminated. “We are advised it is extremely unlikely anyone could deliberately contaminate formula during the manufacturing process and there is no evidence that this has ever occurred,” Key said. “While it is very likely this threat is a hoax, we as the government have to take it seriously and I can assure you that we are.” Although Fonterra received one of the letters, the blackmailer did not specifically threaten the dairy company’s products, Clement said. Still, the threat raised the prospect of consumer skittishness about the safety of the dairy giant, which suffered a brief hit to its reputation in 2013 after a false botulism scare. That

incident came after it was revealed that the company processed whey protein concentrate in dirty pipes in one of its factories. Initial tests indicated the presence of botulism bacteria in the concentrate, sparking a global recall of infant formula. Subsequent tests found it to be another, less harmful bacteria. Fonterra later pleaded guilty to four food-safety violations. New Zealand’s dairy industry drives the nation’s economy and any threat to its safety is treated with the utmost urgency. Companies such as Fonterra command a premium in the country’s biggest export market, China, because of their reputation for providing high-quality products. “We can fully assure our customers and consumers that all of our milk and products are safe and of high quality, and our supply chain continues to be secure and world-class,” Fonterra CEO Theo Spierings said in a statement. In New Zealand, a blackmail conviction can carry a sentence of up to 14 years in prison. (ap)

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Knifed US ambassador released from South Korean hospital SEOUL — U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert vowed Tuesday not to change his “open and friendly” approach to diplomacy, as he left a South Korean hospital five days after being attacked by a knifewielding man screaming about Korean unification. Lippert told reporters assembled at Seoul’s Severance Hospital that he felt “pretty darn good, all things considered” after the “scary incident” on Thursday, when police say an anti-U.S. activist slashed his face and left arm during a breakfast forum in Seoul. Lippert, his face bandaged and his arm in a brace, would not comment on the specifics of the attack because of the police investigation. He refused to discuss possible new security measures, except to say U.S. officials would take “a hard look” at procedures in South Korea and then make a decision. He said that since arriving in Seoul this past fall, he has “felt embraced and welcomed by the Korean people.” “In return, we have made it our mission to be open and friendly. And that will not change,” he said. Lippert has endeared himself to South Koreans by regularly walking his basset hound around his compound in downtown Seoul

and giving his newborn son a Korean middle name. He said he was deeply moved by the messages of support he received, and that the attack would only strengthen an “unbreakable bond” between Seoul and Washington. Media images of the bleeding ambassador shocked many in South Korea, a strong U.S. ally, and caused an outpouring of public sympathy. President Park Geun-hye and other senior officials visited Lippert in the hospital, while activists held a series of pro-U.S. rallies near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul. Hundreds of activists rallied again in Seoul on Tuesday, waving U.S. and South Korean flags and holding signs with congratulatory messages for Lippert on his hospital release. Doctors removed the 80 stitches needed to close the cut on Lippert’s face. Hospital officials said the ambassador was still feeling some pain in his arm, but that it was manageable with medicine. The alleged attacker, known as an anti-U.S. activist who was previously convicted of hurling a piece of concrete at the Japanese ambassador in Seoul in 2010, was arrested Friday. Kim Ki-jong could face charges including attempted murder. (ap)

Former Ivorian 1st lady gets 20 years’ jail for violence ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Former first lady Simone Gbagbo was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years’ jail by an Ivory Coast court for her part in post-election violence that killed more than 3,000 people four years ago. Her lawyer, Rodrigue Dadje, called it a “purely political decision to keep her out of the political game.” But there was jubilation from a prosecutor. “We have shown that impunity cannot continue in Ivory Coast,” said Soungalo Coulibaly, a state lawyer who participated in the legal action. Former President Laurent Gbagbo awaits trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for alleged war crimes including rape, murder and persecuting political opponents before his fall from power in 2011. Ivory Coast refused the international court’s order to surrender his wife for trial there on similar charges.

Instead, an Ivorian court found her guilty of undermining state security. She had pleaded not guilty. Simone Gbagbo, 65, who was a powerful politician in her own right, was sentenced early Tuesday after hours of deliberation. More than 3,000 people were killed after Gbagbo refused to accept his defeat in 2010 elections. Rebels who had divided the country in two in a years-long civil war gave their support to electoral victor Alassane Ouattara, who is president today. Both sides were accused of atrocities that brought shell- and rocket-fire to the once-glamorous lagoon-side capital, Abidjan. The Gbagbos were arrested in 2011 after French troops and U.N. peacekeepers backed by proOuattara forces stormed a bunker where they had been holed up at the presidential mansion in Abidjan. (ap)

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DENPASAR - Mertasari Beach is located facing north, unlike the Sanur Beach facing west. So, to see the position of sunrise is not in the middle of the beach, but it emerges from the side of coastline. This beach is located on Jalan Tirta Empul, Sanur, or can be reached through Jalan Pengembak, Sanur. To access the beach can be made through Jalan Danau Poso, Sanur then turn southwards to Jalan Pengembak and straight to the beach. However, people more frequently access it through Jalan Danau Poso and then turn southward into Jalan Sekar Waru and then turn right to the T-junction and encounter a large banyan tree in the middle and then turn left. Ultimately, you will arrive on Mertasari Beach. Mertasari Beach is an ideal place for relaxing, while bathing, swimming or sunbathing on the white sand. In the late 1976, this beach was used to sunbathe by tourists while facing east at sunrise. When exploring the coast, we will see many travelers lying down along the white sandy beach, bathing in sunlight or they call it sunbathing. On certain days, Mertasari Beach will be thronged by a myriad of visitors. Moreover, on Umanis Kuningan that coincides with Sunday, it will be very crowded. Hindu people of Bali will cross to Serangan Island to pray at Sakenan Temple. So, do not to miss this rare opportunity. IBP/File Photo

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Williams driver Valtteri Bottas says his strong performance in 2014 has better prepared him to win his first Formula 1 grand prix this year. The Finn had a breakthrough season last year, scoring six podiums and finishing fourth in the drivers’ championship as Williams returned to form. When asked if he felt this would be the year that he would achieve his maiden F1 victory, Bottas said: “I’m ready for it. I know I will be a better driver than last year, I’m more ready for it personally than last year. “I never doubted [myself] but it was nice to prove that with a good car, I can be there at the top fighting for wins. “Now I have done 38 races. It’s still not a lot but I have learned something from every single race. “I always aim to be better in the next race. That’s why I think I will be better, more experienced. I also feel

really good in the team, with good engineers and good people, so I’m looking forward to it. “We as a team have improved a lot. If we have a quick car, we can do it. There will be 20 opportunities and we are going to try and do it.” Bottas and Williams will need to beat the reigning world champion Mercedes, which showed ominous form in testing as it beat all rivals without having to use the supersoft tyres that others set their best laps on. “I don’t know yet if we have closed the gap,” added the Finn, whose Williams team finished third in the constructors’ championship last year, but ended the season as Mercedes’ closest rival on merit. “We want to try and make a good fight with them. It’s still early days. Our goals are still the same. We want to improve from last year.”(net)

NEW YORK - Roger Federer is proud of all his grand slam singles titles, but if the Swiss master could add just one more to his record men’s haul of 17 it would be at Wimbledon. “It would be my favorite choice if I had a choice right now,” Federer, 33, told reporters on the eve of Tuesday’s BNB Parabas Showdown exhibition at Madison Square Garden against 23-year-old Grigor Dimitrov. “I’d love to win Wimbledon. I think it’s possible, and I think if I win Wimbledon it’s more cool for me personally, and my team and Swiss people and my fans.” Another singles title at the All England Club would give Federer a record eighth Wimbledon crown, breaking his tie with Pete Sampras and W.C. Renshaw of the late 19th century. It would also make him the oldest Wimbledon men’s winner, eclipsing Arthur Ashe, who was 31 when he won in 1975. Federer said he is not consumed by a quest to add breathing room to his record total with Rafa Nadal sitting on 14, six ahead of world number one Novak Djokovic, who lost to the Swiss in the final at Dubai on Feb.

28. Federer said Nadal could charge past him, but felt Djokovic was a longshot. “Who knows? Rafa has the best shot if he wins the French Open a few more times and if I don’t win anymore he can catch me quickly. “I guess Novak is still a long shot but it really depends on how dominant his next years are going to be,” said Federer, whose wife and two sets of twins travel with him around the globe. “They have to be very dominant because Rafa and me, we both are still playing. It’s not like we’re both retired or anything. “I’m more focused on me than on them. I hope to make it more difficult on them but at the end of the day records are there to be broken.” Federer, whose last grand slam triumph came at the 2012 Wimbledon, made it clear that setting the all-time record meant a great deal to him. “I was very happy to get the grand slam record at Wimbledon in 2009,” he said about surpassing Sampras’s total of 14. “It was a dream come true and it was a huge motivation to get to that after Pete had set that record.”(rtr)

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Hawks, Warriors win 50th games of NBA season

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks bounced back from a rare loss to score a season-high 130 points in a rout of the Sacramento Kings on Monday, becoming the first NBA team to 50 wins this season. Hours later, the Golden State Warriors joined them in the 50-win club, beating the Phoenix Suns 98-80. Kyle Korver and DeMarre Carroll each scored 20 points for the Hawks, who had their best game of the season in defeating the Kings 130-105. The Hawks set a club record by going 20 of 36 from 3-point range, breaking the mark of 19 set against Dallas on Dec. 17, 1996. They also finished with 42 assists, best in the NBA this season. “We’ll pass up a good shot to get a great shot,” said Carroll, who scored all of his points in the first half, connecting on 4 of 6 from 3-point range. “When you have guys that don’t care about the glory, this is the result.” Resting three starters, the East-leading Hawks (50-13) were beaten by the lowly 76ers over the weekend.

Golden State (50-12) maintained a half-game lead over the Hawks by beating the Suns. Stephen Curry scored 25 of his 36 points in the second half and Klay Thompson added 25 for the Warriors. Curry made 7 of 13 3-pointers, 6 of 8 in the second half, in his 13th 30-point game of the season. In other games, Anthony Davis matched a career high with 43 points to lead New Orleans past Milwaukee 114-103, Marc Gasol scored 23 points to lift Memphis past his brother Pau and Chicago 101-91 and the injury-depleted Los Angeles Clippers got a 89-76 victory over Minnesota. New Orleans kept pace with Oklahoma City for the eighth and final playoff spot in the West, pulling within a half game

of the Thunder. After Milwaukee took a 101100 lead with 3:35 remaining on a runner by Giannis Antetokounmpo, Davis scored eight consecutive points to help New Orleans close the game on a 14-2 run. He recorded his third career 40-point game. The Pelicans shot 59 percent for the game and 60 percent from 3-point range. Marc Gasol was 10 of 16 from the field for the Grizzlies, who moved two games ahead of idle Houston for the Southwest Division lead. His older brother, Pau Gasol, had 13 points and 11 rebounds for his 43rd double-double of the season to match the career high he set during the 2010-11 season with the Los Angeles Lakers. (ap)

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Sacramento Kings’ Omri Casspi, left, of Israel, shoots against Atlanta Hawks’ Al Horford in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game Monday, March 9, 2015, in Atlanta. The Hawks won 130-105.

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ROME — Paul Pogba produced a spectacular late strike as Juventus beat visiting Sassuolo 1-0 Monday to extend its lead in Serie A to 11 points, ending a two-match winless streak for the Bianconeri. Juventus drew 1-1 with second-place Roma in its last league match then was beat 2-1 at home by Fiorentina in the first leg of the Italian Cup semifinals last week. It looked like the three-time defending champion was in for another disappointing night until Pogba broke the deadlock with his first goal since January. In the 82nd minute at the Juventus Stadium, Pogba took a pass from Simone Pepe, used one touch to control the bouncing ball and then pounded it into the back of the net from beyond the area with his next touch. “It was a very, very difficult match,” the 21-year-old P o g b a said. “I can still do more. I’ve got to continue working hard to become a great player.” E a r l i e r, M i r o s l a v Klose scored twice and Lazio made a big statement in the battle for Serie A’s final Champions

League spot with a 4-0 win over Fiorentina. Lucas Biglia opened the scoring with a long volleyed shot six minutes in and Antonio Candreva added a penalty in the 65th before Klose scored two more. First, Klose finished off a counterattack by heading in a rebound then he scored from close-range. The 36-year-old Klose has 11 goals this season — eight in Serie A and three in the Italian Cup — and four goals and two assists in his last four league appearances. Lazio moved level third with Napoli, while

Fiorentina remained fifth, four points behind the Champions League spot. It was Lazio’s fourth consecutive win, while Fiorentina’s unbeaten run in all competitions ended at 15 matches. Juventus had drawn three of its last five matches in Serie A and was in need of a confidence boost ahead of its return match at Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League next week. But in the first half, Juve had only one shot on goal, and second-half chances from Carlos Tevez and Leonardo Bonucci were deflected by goalkeeper Andrea Consigli before Pogba’s winner. The only negative note for Pogba was that he picked up a yellow card four minutes before he scored and will miss Juve’s next match at Palermo. With Andrea Pirlo out injured, Pogba’s absence could provide problems in midfield. Earlier, Martin Caceres underwent surgery to repair a left ankle injury that will keep the

Juventus defender out for the rest of the season. Fiorentina entered the Stadio Olimpico full of confidence after beating Juventus 2-1 in Turin last week in the opening leg of the Italian Cup semifinals. But Lazio controlled from the start and quickly took the lead when Biglia volleyed in from just beyond the area. Biglia nearly scored again with a near replica of his goal in the 33rd but goalkeeper Neto pushed the shot off the post. Lazio had several more chances in the first half and Fiorentina was fortunate to take a one-goal deficit into the changing rooms. After a brief spurt from Fiorentina at the start of the second half, defender Nenad Tomovic fouled Felipe Anderson to set up Candreva’s penalty. Klose’s first came in the 75th after Fiorentina gave away a free kick by passing the ball directly to Lazio and his second 10 minutes later was another rebound, off his own shot. (ap)

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Juventus’ Paul Pogba controls the ball during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Sassuolo at the Juventus stadium, in Turin, Italy, Monday, March 9, 2015.

Chelsea buzzing ahead of PSG return, says Cahill LONDON - Chelsea are brimming with confidence and, fortified by a seven-day break, go into Wednesday’s Champions League last-16 return match as favourites to knock Paris St Germain out for the second season in a row. Defender Gary Cahill says “there’s a great buzz” around Stamford Bridge after the Londoners followed their 2-0 League Cup final victory over Tottenham Hotspur on March 1 by winning 1-0 at West Ham United in the Premier League

three days later. Treble-chasing Chelsea, who are five points clear at the top of the Premier League, have not played since their Upton Park triumph and, according to Cahill, the Wembley win over Spurs has lifted the squad’s self-belief to new heights. “The Cup final was huge in terms of the atmosphere around the club and the dressing room,” he told the club website (www. chelseafc.com). “We were desperate as a squad

to win that game. It’s the first time this group, a newish group formed at the start of last season and before this season, has reached the end of a competition together. “We came through it really well and hopefully we can take the positive experiences from that and try and build momentum for many more cup finals,” added Cahill. “We are very proud of winning our first trophy as a group together and getting that win at West Ham. But they are gone, all that is on our

minds now is the PSG game.” Zlatan Ibrahimovic was missing through injury when PSG were beaten on away goals by Chelsea in last season’s quarter-finals but the French club’s talismanic striker is fit this time round. Last month’s first leg in Paris ended in a 1-1 draw and visiting coach Laurent Blanc wants his attack to be more ruthless than they were during Saturday’s 4-1 victory over struggling RC Lens in Ligue 1.

“When you play a game like the one against Lens you must be efficient,” said Blanc who criticised Argentine forward Ezequiel Lavezzi for wasting an opportunity in front of an open goal. “If he misses the same chance at Stamford Bridge I won’t be the only one who is not happy.” PSG will be without injured forward Lucas but fellow Brazilian David Luiz returns to Chelsea for the first time since moving to Paris in the close season. (rtr)

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Qatar should be stripped of World Cup - FIFA’s Zwanziger BERLIN - Qatar should be stripped of the 2022 World Cup in order to rectify the mistake of awarding them the world’s biggest single sports event, outgoing FIFA Executive Committee member Theo Zwanziger said on Tuesday. Zwanziger, the former boss of Germany’s football association (DFB), said that could happen, however, only if a report into how the World Cup was awarded offers details of specific wrongdoing. “The best solution would be not to play in Qatar and to rectify this wrong awarding,” he told Bayern 2 radio station. “But that can only

happen if the report provides sufficient clues that the awarding broke FIFA ethics rules,” he sad. FIFA has been plagued by a wave of scandals and controversy, ranging from allegations of corruption in the 2018/2022 World Cup bidding processes to a row over $25,000 watches given as gifts to executive committee members at the World Cup in Brazil. Former U.S. attorney Michael Garcia who investigated the claims and drafted a report, resigned in December, saying he felt he was no longer making progress and that soccer’s governing body “lacked

leadership.” His report has not been made public while a redacted version will be published at an undisclosed date. Garcia resigned after a disagreement with Hans-Joachim Eckert, head of the ethics committee’s judgement chamber, over the handling of his report. “Qatar was not suitable to host such a World Cup for a number of reasons,” Zwanziger, who steps down from FIFA in May, said, citing among other the scorching desert temperatures. FIFA is expected to move the tournament to winter. (rtr)

FA Cup exit adds to United’s post-Ferguson agony

Manchester - Few Manchester United fans thought life after Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford would be easy but fewer would have imagined the possibility of a second successive season without any silverware and devoid of Champions League football. Monday’s 2-1 home defeat by Arsenal, which eliminated United from the FA Cup, means United face the longest trophyless run since the early days of Ferguson’s silverware-laden era. Ferguson, who succeeded Ron Atkinson in 1986 after the latter lifted the FA Cup in 1985, barely kept his job during his first four barren years in charge but continued in the hot seat when he ended the drought by winning the competition in 1990. Ferguson’s compatriot and successor David Moyes lasted less than a season and was sacked last year when it became clear United would miss out on any European competition, with Ryan Giggs briefly taking over the reigns before handing them over to Louis van Gaal. Heavy spending by the Dutchman has resulted in little improvement as United continued to look a side vulnerable at the back, bereft of ideas in midfield and lacking firepower up front against opposition of any quality. Having enjoyed consistent results which flattered their performances largely thanks to superb goalkeeping by David de Gea, United paid the price for the many chinks in their armour in Premier League defeats by Southampton and Swansea before the FA Cup fiasco. Although in no immediate danger of following in Moyes’s footsteps through the exit door, van Gaal must be revisiting some of his transfer decisions although he put on a brave

face in the wake of his reject Danny Welbeck putting his former club to the sword. “It was a surprise that Wenger put him in the lineup in that position,” Van Gaal said after Welbeck, deemed surplus to requirements after misfiring Colombian Radamel Falcao was hauled in on loan from Monaco, struck an opportunist second-half winner. “Also, a lot of times against the club who a player was playing for, he shall be very motivated. But I think we gave that goal particularly.” Record signing Angel Di Maria has shown occasional flashes of brilliance like the inch-perfect cross for Wayne Rooney’s headed equaliser, but his first season in English football has so far been a torrid one with the Argentine looking like a fish out of water most of the time. Struggling to cope with decent tackling and often going down like a sack of potatoes under any kind of challenge, Di Maria was booked for diving and then sent off for grab-

bing referee Michael Oliver’s shirt. Even van Gaal had no excuse for the winger’s shocking act, often a common sight in Argentine league football but almost unfathomable in the Premier League. “I know, of course, and also Angel Di Maria knows that he doesn’t have to touch the referee, so that is not so smart of him,” van Gaal said. “But to control emotion is not so easy in such a match.” With Chelsea and Manchester City seemingly poised to fight it out for the Premier League title, United now have only a top-four finish to play for and with games against all their main rivals yet to come in the home straight, van Gaal will feel the heat. Former United midfielder Roy Keane was confident the Dutchman would and should be given time to pick up the pieces and put them back together. “They’ve got to give him a chance. He needs two or three years to rebuild the club,” Keane said. (rtr)

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Manchester United’s manager Louis van Gaal waves as he takes to the touchline before his team’s English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Sunderland at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday Feb. 28, 2015.

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Soccer player Samuel Eto’o, of Cameroon right, receives his medal from Moshe Kantor, left, president of the European Council of Tolerance and Reconciliation at the awards ceremony, at Kensington Palace in central London, Monday, March 9, 2015.

Samuel Eto’o honored for work fighting racism in football LONDON — Recalling the first time he was exposed to racism in football a decade ago, Samuel Eto’o said he made an immediate decision to “stand up and shout” rather than continue to endure abuses and hatred on the field. On Monday, the four-time African player of the year was honored for his work countering racism, receiving the European Medal of Tolerance from the European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation, a non-governmental organization. ECTR President Moshe Kantor said the 34-year-old Cameroon great was receiving the award for finding “the courage and will to stand against the racists, building awareness and inspiring fellow footballers and millions of football fans.” Eto’o took a stand in 2005 while playing for Barcelona, threatening to walk off the pitch after Zaragoza fans taunted him with monkey chants and threw peanuts when he got the ball. The following year, Eto’o was racially abused again at Zaragoza. “You are born with love and you have to learn hatred, and that is something I discovered that day (in 2005),” Eto’o said through a translator at Kensington Palace in London. “I decided to stand up and shout. My teammates supported me, the management supported me. Then I discovered the only path is to stand up and shout. “Since that day I decided to stand up and fight against all the abuses either in the stadium

or outside the stadium.” Last month, another racially tinged incident occurred in Paris involving fans of Eto’o’s former club, Chelsea, who prevented a black man from boarding the metro and chanted racist slogans before Chelsea played a match at Paris Saint-Germain. The incident was shown in a video at Monday’s ceremony and dinner, which was also attended Chelsea winger Eden Hazard. “I heard about the Chelsea fans in Paris and I was shocked about it,” said Eto’o, who spent the 2013-14 season at Chelsea. “You can’t condemn the club for just five or 10 people who have that attitude.” Racism continues to blight games across Europe. The volume of incidents in 2018 World Cup host Russia, in particular, was highlighted in a recent report by the anti-discrimination network, Fare, which was also honored on Monday. “When I was growing up I thought everything was a life of friendship, respect and sharing,” Eto’o said. “But I discovered that unfortunately you have people who aren’t behaving in the same way but have hatred.” Eto’o has defied the racists with a distinguished career that has also included stints at Inter Milan, Everton and Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala. In January, he returned to Italy to join Sampdoria, scoring his first goal for the team last weekend. (ap)

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Juventus’ Paul Pogba controls the ball during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Sassuolo at the Juventus stadium, in Turin, Italy, Monday, March 9, 2015.

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Sacramento Kings’ Omri Casspi, left, of Israel, shoots against Atlanta Hawks’ Al Horford in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game Monday, March 9, 2015, in Atlanta. The Hawks won 130-105.

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