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Maya Angelou, the nation’s wise woman Associated Press Writer
Maya Angelou walked into a meeting of civil rights leaders discussing affirmative action back in the 1990s, looked around, and put them all in their place with a single, astute observation. “She came into the room,” recalled Al Sharpton, “and she said: ‘The first problem is you don’t have women in here of equal status. We need to correct you before you can correct the country.’” Angelou, who died Wednesday at 86, made an impact on American culture that transcended her poetry and searing memoirs. She was the nation’s wise woman, a poet to presidents, an unapologetic conscience who became such a touchstone that grief over her loss poured from political leaders, celebrities and ordinary people in generous doses. “Above all, she was a storyteller — and her greatest stories were true,” President Barack Obama said. Never hesitant to speak her mind, Angelou passionately defended the rights of women, young people and the ignored. She effortlessly traversed the worlds of literature and activism, becoming a confidante to the original civil rights leaders, their successors and the current generation. “I’ve seen many things, I’ve learned many things,” Angelou told The Associated Press in 2013. “I’ve certainly
been exposed to many things and I’ve learned something: I owe it to you to tell you.” Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, remembered the “incredibly powerful experience” of being invited to Angelou’s home. They sat at her kitchen table for hours, Morial said, as Angelou told stories and talked about life, art, culture and humankind. “With equal parts majesty and humility, she held court — and I listened intently, absorbing every word and meaning that she had to impart,” Morial said. A former singer and dancer — as well as once being the first black streetcar conductor in San Francisco — she also put her imprint on the new world of celebrity, mentoring Oprah Winfrey, instructing Alicia Keys in “lining out,” a call-and-response form of singing popular in Southern black
churches, acting in a television sketch with Richard Pryor, and inspiring singers, authors and actors of all races and genders. Angelou was a “phenomenal woman of insight, eloquence and artistry who gave voice to the rawness and loftiness of our history and our humanity,” said Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the nation’s first female speaker of the House of Represntatives. Angelou’s talents and platforms were boundless: poetry, books, movies, the spoken word, television, a weekly SiriusXM satellite radio show and even Twitter and Facebook. She collected accolades from all portions of society: a Tony Award in 1973 for her appearance in the play “Look Away”; three Grammys for her spoken-word albums; an honorary National Book Award for her contributions to the literary community; a National Medal of Arts; and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor. Whether talking about the scourge of discrimination or the evil of sexism, “she has much to teach this generation and generations unborn about what it means to be an authentic person, and the power of the genuine,” the Rev. Jesse Jackson said.
Brad Pitt attacked at ‘Maleficent’ premiere Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES — A man was led away in handcuffs after allegedly attacking Brad Pitt on the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of the movie “Maleficent.” Pitt was apparently unhurt and soon resumed signing autographs. Witnesses saw the man from the fan area jump over a barrier on to the red carpet Wednesday at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood and rush at Pitt, touching him briefly before security guards wrestled him back across the barrier. A police spokeswoman says the man, whose name she did not know, was arrested on suspicion of battery. Pitt kept greeting fans and walked into the theater. Pitt’s longtime partner Angelina Jolie stars in “Maleficent,” Disney’s new live action spin on “Sleeping Beauty.” Email messages left for representatives for Pitt and Disney were not immediately returned.
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Page 13 Rabies vaccination was given to a dog during a mass vaccination program that held in Denpasar. The Bali provincial administration has set up at least 58 rabies prevention centers in several districts and cities in Bali to avoid the increase of rabies cases on the island.
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In this April 5, 2014 photo provided by the National Portrait Gallery, Cicely Tyson, Maya Angelou and Oprah Winfrey pose for a photo backstage at Angelou’s portrait unveiling at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington.
To avoid increase of Rabies cases
58 Prevention Centers set up in Bali
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DENPASAR - The Bali provincial administration has set up at least 58 rabies prevention centers in several districts and cities in Bali to avoid the increase of rabies cases on the island.
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A fan is walked off carpet in handcuffs after allegedly attacking Brad Pitt at the world premiere of “Maleficent” at the El Capitan Theatre on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Los Angeles.
“We have prepared 58 rabies unit centers for the people to handle the dog bite in Bali,” the head of the Environment Restructure and Disease Control Board, dr Gede Wira Sunetra, said. The 58 rabies centers are located across Bali including 14 units in Gianyar, 10 units in Jembrana, seven units in Badung and Buleleng each, six units in Tabanan, four units in Klungkung and Karangasem each and three units in Bangli. “Meanwhile, we only prepare three rabies centers in Denpasar area,” Wira said. The rabies prevention centers were set up in response to the rising dog bite cases in Bali which reached 3,782 from 2013 to April 2014, he said. “The average daily dog bite cases are recorded at 126 in several districts and cities in Bali,” he said. The figure was recorded at 122 in the same period a year earlier which saw the total bite cases of 3,724, he said. He added no casualties caused by dog bites were reported
in the January-April 2014. “We hope there will be no casualties caused by rabies cases,” he said. Wira said the office has found a potential rabies case in Buleleng District. However, it has not found any similar case in Denpasar and Badung areas. The office noted from 2013 to April 2014, there were 521 dog bite cases in Denpasar, 720 in Badung, 562 in Gianyar, 460 in Buleleng, 450 in Tabanan, 359 in Karangasem, 283 in Bangli, 216 in Klungkung and 191 in Jembrana. Signs of the dog that infected by rabies virus can be seen from the saliva amount (hipersaliva) of the animal. “Besides, the dogs that become aggressive and afraid to see water are also predicted to be infected by rabies,” he said. Wira suggested that the people immediately clean the wound after being bitten by dog and report to the center or hospital to get anti-rabies injection. “I advice the people to immediately clean their wound
after being bitten by dog,” Wira said. Mass Vaccination
Recently, Bali also held fifth mass vaccination program against rabies which has been ongoing across the Island of Bali since April 15, targeting 350 thousand stray dogs as part of the government’s efforts to make Bali free from rabies. Bali has resolved to become rabies-free by the year 2015, in order to maintain its reputation as the world’s most famous resort island. Nationally, the central government has targeted the entire country to be rabies-free by 2020. Over the past few years, Bali authorities have routinely carried out mass vaccination programs against rabies, targeting strays, as well as domestic dogs. Officially launched in Gunung Sari village, Seririt, Buleleng District, where several dog bite cases were reported recently, the fifth mass vaccination program is to continue until July 31.
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To fulfill needs, government promotes catfish cultivation in tarpaulin pond
BALI with various tourism industries has been able to encourage the growth of other sectors, where one of which is the informal sector. Unfortunately, the informal sector with minimal capital and labor intensive is not completely filled in by Balinese people. Even, the opportunities are mostly taken by migrants. No wonder, the traders of food, drinks, construction workers and other informal sector are then ‘controlled’ by migrants. One of the examples rampantly found is the trader of fresh salad and fried fish or chicken in night markets or store porch. Most of them are migrants, although there are also some natives to Bali but their number can still be counted on fingers. The rise of fresh salad traders is surely inseparable from the need for fish such as catfish or tilapia on sale. If the local fish production cannot meet such high demand, then where will they (traders— Ed) get the fish supply? The Head of Tabanan Fishery and Maritime Affairs, I Made Subagia, explained the need for fish such as catfish and tilapia all this time was very high. To meet the needs, his party had a catfish pond participatory program where in the program the group of fish farmers (Pokdakan) had been given assistance in the form of tarpaulin, fingerling and feed by the government in which the pond making was done by farmers. According to him, the fish cultivation in the tarpaulin pond could become an alternative for busi-
ness activities of Tabanan people because it could be implemented on less productive land. In addition, the production costs were also relatively affordable. On the other hand, the market opportunity was still widely open. “To encourage the potential of fishery and maritime sector in Tabanan, the government has piloted a participatory program. The result is not bad. Even, we are also supplying catfish to Denpasar, and vice versa. In other words, we build synergy,” he explained, Tuesday (May 27). Meanwhile, I Gede Darma Susila, a catfish breeder at Buruan village, Tabanan, revealed the freshwater fishery sector had become a lucrative business for many people. It also made him leave the pig breeding and switch to catfish
aquaculture sector because based on his calculation the business was more promising. “In pig breeding, the price is unstable. It is not good for business continuity in the long term. Eventually, I stop the pig breeding and switch to catfish cultivation because the selling price is more stable and promising,” he said. Darma explained the fulfillment of fingerlings for cultivation remained incomparable to the market demands. It was a constraint retaining the business opportunity at once. It could be imagined that Bali needed 10 tons of catfish for consumption per day, while Bali could only meet the demand for catfish for consumption only 3 tons per day. It was no less astonishing if the need for catfish fingerlings in a
month could reach 5 million. Unfortunately, only a small portion of the fingerling needs could be met by Bali breeders. He admitted, the catfish fingerlings had indeed a very specific problem. The condition was different from the fingerlings of tilapia and other fingerlings. It also became one of the causes kindling the small production of catfish fingerling over the years. He said the catfish breeding had high risk. Similarly, such condition also happened when it was send through interisland delivery at the fingerling stage. Catfish tended to be sensitive to environment, so only a few catfish fingerlings could grow. “Most people have mindset that catfish breeding is very easy. Actually, the fingerling stage has high risk of death because this condition is very sensitive,” he said. In this fingerling stage, he explained, catfish required a pond with specific pH level and temperature. Not to mention the condition of catfish belonging to cannibal where it was difficult to meet the needs for silk worms as its feed in Bali. Such condition increasingly reduced the amount
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advanced treatment in Sanglah Hospital as tertiary health care. As the referral system had been running, the Sanglah Hospital mostly handled dengue cases requiring intensive care. “Nevertheless, the case leading to death does not happen,” he said. Meanwhile, in the past four months, the dengue in Bali reached 3,520 cases. In April, it was recorded to reach 948 new cases respectively occurred in Buleleng with 186 cases, Jembrana (16), Tabanan (65), Badung (210), Denpasar (346), Gianyar (47), Bangli (18), Klungkung (28)
and Karangasem (32). A pediatrician of Wangaya Hospital, Wayan Retayasa, explained the dengue was very hazardous if it had reached the stage of bleeding and shocked condition. Cycle of the dengue itself resembled a camel’s hump. “It is a-week cycle beginning with a high temperature and then decreases to normal and gets higher again,” said Retayasa. The stage to be watched out for is when the body temperature drops and looks normal. Most patients felt to have recovered and stopped the treatment. Unwittingly, it is the phase where the bleeding
stage started to occur. When body temperature got higher again, most patients would experience shock or decreased consciousness. When reaching this stage, it would be very difficult to handle and have great potential to death. According to Retayasa, to detect such condition, patients should routinely check the level of platelet in the blood through laboratory test. When entering a hazardous stage, patients were usually advised to be hospitalized. Retayasa continued that dengue treatment depended on the patient’s immune system so as to
of fingerling production. All this time, the fulfillment of catfish fingerling in Bali was produced by three components of business, namely the People’s Hatchery Unit (UPR), Fish Fingerling Agency owned by the government and wholesale breeder posing a businessman who brought in fingerlings from Java and channeled back to fish breeders. He predicted the total production of fingerling was only able to meet about 1-2 million heads per month. Ultimately, the conditions made the selling price of catfish fingerling in the market fairly stable. For instance, the price of catfish fingerling at the level of entrepreneurs was at IDR 25 per head, while the monosex category was in the range of IDR 35 per head. The price of ready-to-sell catfish broodstock in the market sizing 10 cm was around IDR 300,000 per head, sizing 8 cm at IDR 250,000 thousand per head and sizing 6 cm at IDR 200,000 per head. The price of ready-to-consume catfish at the level of breeder was IDR 14,000 to IDR 15,000 per kg (containing 5 heads sizing 10 cm). (bit)
maintain the condition of the body with good nutrition and enough fluids was highly recommended. The Head of the Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya, added if dengue included the disease having relation to lifestyle and environmental sanitation. On that account, it should be attempted there was no stagnant water that could become the nest of mosquito denoting the vector of dengue. “The dengue is caused by virus. Therefore, the endurance is also very important to prevent infection of this disease,” said Suarjaya. (san)
At Sanglah Hospital, dengue case doubles
DENPASAR - Dengue cases handled by Sanglah Hospital showed a double increase compared to the cases in previous months. According to Secretary of the Sanglah Hospital Dengue Management Team, Ken Wirasandhi, the hospitalized patient previously reaching 6-10 cases increased to 20 cases or doubled in May. Most of the dengue cases in Sanglah Hospital, added Ken, posed the cases that could not be handled in primary and secondary health care and required an
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Starz Diner offers best buffet dinners IBP
KUTA - Starz Diner at Hard Rock Hotel Bali is known for serving one of the best buffet dinners on the island. Starz Diner offers contemporary South East Asian cuisine in casual yet vibrant surroundings. The 210-seat restaurant is the best venue for dinner with families, friends and colleagues. The restaurant also regularly hosts leisure and business groups, who enjoy Southeast Asian feast that pleases their palate while holidaying in Bali. In many occasions, the restaurant has received wonderful feedback for the sumptuous buffet. The culinary team has created a buffet selection of Southeast Asian delights and comfort foods include Soup Station with choices of noodles, meatballs and savory soup broths. The most sought-after dishes are the BBQ Pork with Pineapple and Pad Thai. Every Wednesday, Starz Diner serves authentic Balinese cuisine and received great reviews for its famous Balinese Suckling Pig. Patrons are greeted by the Balinese-dressed servers and the ambiance is essentially Balinese.
New specialties introduced at Starz Diner include Roti Jala with Nyonya Chicken Curry, Slow Roast Pork Belly with Truffle Hoisin Sauce, Chicken Biryani with Saffron Basmati Rice and Mutton Stew with Chickpeas and Yoghurt. Fantastic dinners are not complete without the tantalizing desserts. Starz Diner’s patrons enjoy signature desserts include Bubur Sago, selection of Cakes and Peranakan-style desserts. Kids menu is also available to complete treasured dinner experience at Starz Diner. Experience the Dinner Buffet at only Rp. 150,000++/adult. One child (under 12 years old) eats for free for every one paying adult. For table reservation and group inquiries, call (+62 361) 761 869 at extension 7522 during business hours or email to starzdiner@hardrockhotels.net.
Calendar Event for Jun 1 through Jul 12, 2014 1 Jun Pura Sakenan Serangan Denpasar Pura Dalem Pahuman Bhujangga Penatih Denpasar Timur Pura Alas Harum Batur Kintamani Pura Alas Angker Munduk Kintamani Pura Dalem Kawitan Empuaji Klungkung 4 Jun Buda Cemeng Langkir Pura Tanah Lot Kediri Tabanan Pura Bucabe Mas Ubud Pura Puseh Desa Ganggang Canggi Batuan Pura Luhur Batur Pucangan Buahan Tabanan Pura Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Ida Ratu Sundaring Jagat Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Dalem bangun Sakti Tamiang Kapal Dalem Bias Muntig Ped Nusa penida 8 Jun Pura Agung Petilan Pengerebongan kesiman Denpasar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kesiut Kangin Kerambitan Tabanan 10 Jun Anggarkasih Medangsia Pura Pesimpangan Gerya Sakti Yogaloka Lampung Selatan Pura Luhur Uluwatu Pura Bukit Pecatu Kuta badung Pura Penataran Agung Singakerta Ubud Pura Andakasa Karangasem Pura Gua Lawah Klungkung Pura Kawitan Arya Gelgel klungkung Pura Taman Ayun Mengwi Pura Suralaya Banda klungkung Pura Dalem Senapati Bebalang Bangli Pura Pasek Gaduh Blahbatuh Gianyar Pura Pasek Lurah Tutuan Kerambitan Tabanan Pura Pusering Jagat Tampaksiring
Gianyar Pura Gerya Sakti Tulikup Gianyar Pura Dalem Dauh Ubud Pura Segara Ketewel Sukawati Pura Mertha Sari Mas Ubud 11 Jun Pura Gede Purancak Jembrana Pura Dalem Dauma Batuan Sukawati Pura Nataran Kacang Dawa Klungkung Pura Bhatara Gede Apol Ubung Denpasar Pura Puseh Brahmana Klungkung Pura Kahyangan Jagat Dalem Purwa Denbantas Tabanan Pura Dalem Sukahet Klungkung Pura Dalem MuasPahit Guwang Sukawati Pura Taman Dukuh Tegallalang Pura Desa Sanding Tampak Siring gianyar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Batan Buah Kesiman Pura Sahab Nusa penida Pura Dalem Cemara Serangan Denpasar 12 Jun Purnama Sasih Sadha Pura Pauman Bhujangga Tonja Denpasar Pura Amertha Sari Rempoa Jakarta Selatan Pura Ulun Swi Kediri Tabanan Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Bitra Gianyar 15 Jun Kajeng Kliwon uwudan Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kekeran Mengwi 25 Jun Buda Kliwon Pahang Pura Luhur Puncak Padang Dawa Padangbai Karangasem Pura Aer jeruk Sukawati Gianyar Pura Dangin Pasar Batuan Sukawati Pura Penataran Batuyang Batubulan Pura Desa Lembeng Ketewel Gianyar Pura Pasek Bendesa Kediri Tabanan Pura Kawitan Dalem Sukawati gianyar Pura Kresek Banyuning Buleleng
Pura Puseh Bebandem Karangasem Pura Sad Kahyangan Batu Swana Nusa Penida Pura Buda Kliwon Penatih Denpasar Pura Penataran Dukuh Naga Sari Bebandem Karangasem Pura Batur Sari Ubud 27 Jun Tilem Sasih Sadha Pura Dalem Celuk Sukawati 30 Jun Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan Pura Pasek Gelgel Kekeran Delod Yeh Mengwi 5 Jul Tumpek krulut Pura Pasek gelgel Tengah Buleleng Pura Dalem Pemuteran Jelantik Tojan Klungkung Pura Pedarman Bhujangga Waisnawa Besakih Pura Taman Sari Penebel Tabanan Pura Benua Tarukan Besakih 9 Jul Buda Cemeng Merakih Pura Bendesa Mas Kepisah Pedungan Pura Natih Kalah Batubulan Pura Desa Silakarang Singapadu Pura Dalem Petitenget Kuta Badung Pura Dalem Pulasari Gianyar Pura Kubayan Kapisah Denpasar Selatan Pura Paibon Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Lumintang Denpasar Pura Panti Penyarikan Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Pasar Agung Kediri Tabanan Pura Puaya Batuan Sukawati 11 Jul Hari Bhatara Sri 12 Jul Purnama Sasih Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Tirta Besakih Pura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati
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Balinese Temple Ceremony Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc. The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion. The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines. In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.
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What US shopping will look like in the future
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Forrester analyst Sucharita Mulpuru says stores of the future will be more about services, like day care, veterinary services and beauty services. Services that connect online and offline shopping could increase as well, with more drive-thru pickup and order-online, pick-up-in-store services. Checkout also will be self-service or with cashiers using computer tablets. Some stores are taking self-service further: A store in Seattle called Hointer displays clothing not in piles or on racks but as one piece hanging at a time, like a gallery. Shoppers just touch their smart-
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Some stores like British retailer Tesco and drugstore Duane Reade now are testing beacons, Bluetooth-enabled devices that can communicate directly with your cellphone to offer discounts, direct you to a desired product in a store or enable you to pay remotely. For example, you can walk into a drugstore where you normally buy face cream. The beacon would recognize your smartphone, connect it with past purchasing history and send you a text or email with a coupon for the cream.
“The more we know about customers ... you can use promotions on not a macro level but a micro level,” says Kasey Lobaugh, chief retail innovation officer at Deloitte Consulting. A store could offer a mother 20 percent off on Mother’s Day, for example, or offer frequent buyers of paper towels a discount on bulk purchases. 3-D PRINTING
Within 10 years, 3-D printing could make a major disruption in retail, Deloitte’s Lobaugh predicts. Take a simple item like a coffee cup. Instead of producing one in China, transporting it and distributing it to retail stores, you could just download the code for the coffee cup and 3-D print it at a retail outlet or in your own home. “That starts a dramatic change in terms of the structure of retail,” Lobaugh said. And while 3-D printing today is primarily plastic, Lobaugh says there are tests at places like MIT Media Lab and elsewhere with other materials, including fabric. Right now a few stores offer rudimentary 3-D-printing services, but they are very limited. He predicts the shift will come in 10 to 20 years.
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In this undated photo provided by Hointer, a woman demonstrates the Seattle store’s shopping technology.
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NEW YORK — When it comes to shopping, more Americans are skipping the stores and pulling out their smartphones and tablets. Still, there’s more on the horizon for shopping than just point-and-clicking. No one thinks physical stores are going away permanently. But because of the frenetic pace of advances in technology and online shopping, the stores that remain will likely offer amenities and services that are more about experiences and less about selling a product. Think: Apple Inc.’s stores. phones to a coded tag on the item and then select a color and size on their phone. Technology in the store keeps track of the items, and by the time a shopper is ready to try them on, they’re already at the dressing room. If the shopper doesn’t like an item, he tosses it down a chute, which automatically removes the item from the shopper’s online shopping cart. The shopper keeps the items that he or she wants, which are purchased automatically when leaving the store, no checkout involved. Nadia Shouraboura, Hointer’s CEO, says once shoppers get used to the process, they’re hooked.
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Five puppet masters to attend puppet festival in China
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Among the things industry watchers are envisioning are holograms in dressing rooms that will allow shoppers to try on clothes without getting undressed. Their homes will be equipped with smart technology that will order light bulbs before they go dark. And they’ll be able to print out a full version of coffee cups and other products using 3-D technology in stores. “Physical shopping will become a lot more fun because it’s going to have to be,” retail futurist Doug Stephens says.
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FILE - In this May 9, 2014 file photo, Beats Audio equipment is arranged for a photo next to an Apple laptop at Best Buy in Boston.
Apple’s Beats buy joins tech and street-wise style Associated Press
NEW YORK — Beats Electronics’ colorful, oversized headphones serve as a fashion accessory to cool kids riding the New York City subway, but as tech companies such as Apple, Samsung and others are discovering, wearable gadgets like smartwatches and Google Glass still have a long way to go to become trendy, must-have consumer items. Apple’s $3 billion purchase of Beats Electronics, by far the company’s largest acquisition, is at least in part recognition that Beats founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine might be able to help Apple incorporate more style and flair into its premium technology gadgets —especially a coming wave of wearable devices. Technology companies see wearables as an important area of growth beyond smartphones and tablets, and many are slowly realizing that if they expect people to wear gadgets —be they bracelets to monitor fitness activity, smartwatches to substitute smartphones or Internet-connected goggles— those devices must focus as much on form as function. So far, the most noteworthy wearables have hardly been stylish. The standard Google Glass product looks more like something out of Star Trek than a fashion accessory. Fitness bands meant to be worn 24 hours a day are difficult to match with evening gowns or even a suit and tie. “I guess they are accessories, but I would not say they are high fashion,” says Alison Minton, a blogger who writes about accessories, jewelry and handbags on accessorygeneration.com. “There’s a ways to go before they could be considered high fashion in the way Chanel would be, or Prada.” To change that, tech companies are beginning to attract top talent from the world of fashion. Apple’s move comes less than a year after the iPhone and iPad inventor hired Angela Ahrendts, a respected executive who helped mold Burberry into the popular luxury brand it is today. In recent weeks, Google lured fashion and marketing executive Ivy Ross, who’s worked for Calvin Klein, the Gap and Coach, to head its Google Glass unit. “With your help, I look forward to answering the seemingly simple, but truly audacious questions Glass poses: Can technology be something that frees us up and keeps us in the moment, rather than taking us out of it? Can it help us look up and out at the world around us, and the people who share it with us?” wrote Rossin a Google Plus post. For Ahrendts, Apple is already a luxury brand. Three years before she was hired at Apple last fall, she signaled her admiration for Apple in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. “I don’t look at Gucci or Chanel or anyone,” Ahrendts told the newspaper in 2010. “If I look to any company as a model, it’s Apple. They’re a brilliant design company working to create a lifestyle, and that’s the way I see us.”
GIANYAR - Five Balinese puppet masters will attend the International Puppet Festival which will be held in Nanchong, China, from May 31 to June 7, one of the puppet master I Wayan Tunjung said on Thursday. According to Tunjung, he and the other four puppet masters will perform the epic Mahabarata and Ramayana stories in the festival in China. The festival itself will be participated in by puppet masters from around the world. “The puppet festival in China is a good event to promote traditional culture of Indonesia to the world especially to the young people,” said Tunjung.
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A puppet master performed in ritual ceremony that held in Denpasar recently. Five Balinese puppet masters will attend the International Puppet Festival which will be held in Nanchong, China, from May 31 to June 7, one of the puppet master I Wayan Tunjung said.
To compete against migrants
Balinese need to change mindset
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SEMARAPURA - Balinese people increasingly lose out in competition against migrants. Tenacity of migrants in seizing the opportunities in the
micro-economy of Bali affirms that the position of Balinese people only serves as a spectator. In competing against migrants, Balinese people are still difficult to change the mindset in order to be able to seize every micro-
and macro- economic opportunities existing in the region. It was revealed by Deputy Regent of Klungkung, Made Kasta. According to him, foresight of migrants to take advantage of any economic
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Traditional fishermen are taking fishs out of their net in Kelan Beach. Balinese people increasingly lose out in competition against migrants. Tenacity of migrants in seizing the opportunities in the micro-economy of Bali affirms that the position of Balinese people only serves as a spectator.
opportunities around them should be appreciated. Moreover, they pursued it resiliently, so they could last up to reaching a success and rapid growth. Seeing the facts in the field, Kasta mentioned that many people had proved it. Even, many Balinese people were dependent on a wide range of businesses occupied by the migrants like the traders of fresh vegetables and fried fish or chicken proliferating at every corner of the city. “It is hard to encourage Balinese people so as to follow the positive measures taken by migrants. It is difficult to change the mindset of our society,” he explained. In addition to traders of salads, many other micro-economic opportunities were not exploited by the people of Bali, especially in Klungkung. Even, the making of canang oblation having become the daily activities of majority of Balinese people was also seized by migrants. More ironically, serombotan or assorted salads becoming the typical delicacy of Klungkung were widely sold by migrants. “Now, the serombotan is also widely presented by many migrants. We’re getting far less competitive whereas this is our native home where we are supposed to be smarter to seize the existing opportunities,” he said. Seeing the phenomenon, specifically in the field of fisheries, Kasta had a desire to encourage the community to develop a similar business but with different packaging. One of them was that county government should encourage the fishery sector since
the beginning, where there should be efforts to increase fish production in the region such as by increasing the cultivation of fish at each village. On that account, his party recognized the production of fish in Klungkung was still lacking. Unfortunately, the efforts of related agencies in promoting fish production were still minimal. Even, the deputy regent highlighted 11 fish breeding ponds belonging to the Klungkung Livestock, Fishery and Maritime Affairs (PKK) around his office, had not been utilized. “We need to build an integrated system in developing the fishery sector. Do not make a lot of cultivation but no one purchase it,” he said. Today, Klungkung remained to focus on building the fishery sector in general at the fish preservation (TPI) at Kusamba, Dawan subdistrict, Klungkung. The capacity of local fish supply to the location was only 2 tons per day. Meanwhile, the fish preservation at Kusamba was capable of producing an average of 10-15 tons per day. As consequence, it remained dependent on fish supply from outside the region. The deputy regent admitted the efforts to build the fishery sector in Klungkung was still minimal. His party asserted there was a good attempt to boost the fishery sector on a large scale in order to meet the target in the fish preservation or aquaculture to the real sector in every rural community. “The fishery sector provides a big enough opportunity for driving a populistic economic sector,” he said. (kmb31)
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A baby corpse set on fire in a dumpster Bangli regent sends 30 farmers to Malang
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A tragic phenomenon was found at Anggungan hamlet, Lukluk village, Mengwi, Badung, Monday morning (May 26). To be sure, a corpse of baby was found in a dumpster on fire. It was not known who the perpetrator and the motive of such tragic action, while police are still hunting the perpetrator alleged to set on fire the unlucky baby. The corpse of such innocent baby girl was rushed to Kapal Hospital. Discovery of the anonymous baby corpse started with the sound of explosion heard by I Wayan Edy Wirasnawa, 27. When checking, the flames had been seen right in front of his laundry outlet. “Around 00:45 a.m., I just got back from buying gasoline. Upon arriving at home, I immediately went in and sat down in the living room. However, 15 minutes after that I heard the sound of explosion outside the home. When checked, the fire was blazing in front of my laundry outlet,” said I Wayan Edy, Monday (May 26). Seeing the huge blaze, Wayan Edy immediately took a hose and sprayed water onto the burning trash. After extinguishing the fire, he found a bottle containing gasoline inside the dumpster and a lighter in the middle of the road. “After finding a lighter and gasoline, I think someone intentionally wanted to burn the house. So, I immediately woke up my parents to let them know,” he said. With his parents, I Wayan Resna, 59, and Kadek Suartini, 48, he then returned to the dumpster. After extinguishing the fire, it was visible a fabric twist on a pile of burning rubbish. Having been checked, the fabric twists had been covered in maggot. “I thought it was the burning of laundry fabric. Then, I checked with my mother (Kadek Suartini—Ed). When opened slightly, the maggots were seen inside the fabric twists,” he said. The fabric containing maggots was then lifted by Wayan Edy. Unexpectedly, after uplifted, a figure of baby girl corpse fell from the fabric twists. Allegedly, the baby girl had long died because it exuded stench. “I was shocked and told my mother if it was possibly a baby. Having been noticed, the baby was female and already smelling,” he explained. Furthermore, he suspected a motorcyclist riding a Honda Vario with license plate DK 8805 FP stopping not far from the location where the baby was found. Being suspicious, Wayan Edy then took his motorcycle and pursued the Vario rider. As being unable to counterbalance the speed, he was left behind. “At first, I thought he was setting on fire a baby, so I chased him by a motorcycle. However, since the rider of green Honda Vario with license plate DK 8805 FP dashed in high speed, it could escape,” he explained. Meanwhile, Mr. Yanik, who lived not far from the location, claimed to have seen a motorcyclist throwing something into the dumpster. “I saw a motorcyclist throwing something like a box in the dumpster. At that time, I did not notice because of having no suspicion. But after hearing there was a baby set to fire, I thought the motorist was the perpetrator,” he explained. Chief of Badung Police Criminal Detective, Wisnu Wardana, when asked for his confirmation justified to have received a report on the baby set on fire at 1:30 a.m. His party immediately assigned some members to come to the scene for conducting an investigation. “After receiving a report on the baby set on fire, our team was promptly assigned to come to the scene in order to check and conduct a crime scene investigation as well as assign the members to perform a search,” he said. Additionally, Wisnu affirmed the allegation on the burning of such poor baby was based on evidence such as a bottle containing gasoline. When asked whether the perpetrator had been identified, he answered that his party was still investigating the case. He also added if the baby had died since its birth pursuant to the doctor’s explanation. “We’re still collecting testimonies from several witnesses. In addition, the members continuously investigate this case. As the last information obtained from forensic physician, the baby has possibly died since its birth,” he added. (nik)
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BANGLI - A total of 30 excelled farmers across Bangli County that would attend the National Farmer and Fisherman Forum (Penas KTNA) XIV 2014 at Kedung Pedaringin village, Kepangen subdistrict, Malang, East Java, were released by Regent Made Gianyar, Monday (May 27). They would attend the event on June 5-12, 2014. The release took place in the meeting room of the Bangli Agriculture, Plantation and Forestry Agency marked with the conferment of Bangli region’s logo by the Bangli regent to Chairman of the Farmer and Fisherman Forum of Bangli, Ketut Mupu. Committee Chairman of the Farmer and Fisherman Forum XIV of Bangli, I Made Pulasari, in his report said the purpose of participation in the forum was to boost motivation, excitement, and independence of fisherman and forest farmer in Bangli County in the competitive, community-based and sustainable agribusiness development and systems through a mutually beneficial partnership. In the activities, fishermen and forest farmers had the opportunity to share ideas and experience in utilizing the agricultural resources available in each region as well as to examine the use of technology in the evolving world of agriculture.
In the National Farmer and Fisherman Forum XIV in Malang, Bangli County sent more participants than the previous year, namely 30 excelled farmers. The addition was based on the consideration that in 2015 Bangli County would get the turn to host the Farmer and Fisherman Forum XV of Bali Province. “In other words, with the more farmers sent, they will get more information, knowledge and experience to improve the quality and quantity of the agriculture in Bangli County,” said Ari Pulasari. Meanwhile, the Regent of Bangli, I Made Gianyar, on the occasion reminded in order the excelled farmers across Bangli County attending the National Farmer and Fisherman Forum XIV in Malang could take advantage of the opportunity well to enrich the information and knowledge about the latest agricultural development. Moreover, the touch of technology in the agricultural sector today could not be ruled out. With the use of technology, the agricultural sector continued to experience growth. “Hopefully, the participation of Bangli County in the Farmer and Fisherman Forum XIV, they will be motivated to continue to develop the agriculture in Bangli. Thus, the farmers in Bangli can be prosperous in the future through the farm,” he hoped. (ina)
Dependency on hybrid seeds
Farmers slump chance increasing Bali Post
DENPASAR - Dependency of farmers on genetically modified seeds (GMOs) and hybrid seeds, aside from making away from prosperity, will disrupt natural ecosystems. In addition, farmers who cannot afford the price of the original seed will look for the counterfeit quality. “There must be a negative impact. Actually the hybrid seed is the product of capitalist. Are farmers able to afford the price of high quality seed? Maximally they only afford the counterfeit quality,” said the owner of PT Aura International, I Kadek Agus Mulyawan, Friday (May 23). In addition, the use of seed showed a 90-percent dependency on the intake of inorganic substances such as fertilizer, stimulant to pesticide exceeding the safety threshold for consumption. Consequently it was not eco-friendly due to excessive intake of chemicals. “When eating the crops, of course, it has a negative impact on health. Therefore, I urge to think of it because it will threaten our health and environment,” said Agus. Agus added the two products were the result of breakthrough in biotech-
nology to boost food products and carried out in various ways, from the exposure to bacterial infiltration. According to him, the products actually reaped many complaints because of high costs. “After harvest, the hybrid seed cannot be cultivated back. Possibly, it is engineered so that farmers continue to buy and become dependent,” he said. Secretary of the Indonesian Farmers Union (HKTI) of Bali, Dewa Nyoman Sudita, asked the government to subsidize local breeders in Bali. There was a trend among the farmers to choose hybrid seed because it was considered more promising than local seeds. “There should be an increase in quality because as long as the local breeders are able to produce a good seed, I think it will be demanded by farmers,” he said. According to him, the efforts of rice breeders had been widely attempted in Bali. One of which was made by Subak Guama. Even, there were farmers especially developing local seeds. But the current fact indicated that there were lots of seeds offered by the Agriculture Agency and related agencies to farmers.
“Actually, the key to these problems is how local government chiefly the agency dealing with food crops provides guidance for seed breeders. Armed with the guidance or good regulation, I think the farmers will no longer depend on the seed products from outside because the seeds produced by local farmers are not inferior,” he explained. However, he said the government should make a regulation profiting the local seed products by subsidizing the good agricultural seeds. “The government should help farmers generate good seed and make regulations to prohibit the entrance of seeds from outside the region. By that way, I think farmers will follow,” he said. He mentioned that many seeds produced by farmers today had been certified. Meanwhile, local breeders were not accompanied with technology and even some of them were still doing it conventionally. “In the future, we expect the government to encourage our agriculture by thinking about how the government subsidizes the seeds to farmers, so that our farmers will not feel disadvantaged,” he said. (kmb36/kmb37)
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Egypt: El-Sissi wins election by landslide
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CAIRO — With nearly all votes counted, Egypt’s former military chief has won a crushing victory over his sole opponent with more than 92 percent of the votes, according to results announced by his campaign early Thursday. The campaign of retired field marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said he won 23.38 million votes, with leftwing politician Hamdeen Sabahi taking 735,285. Invalid votes were 1.07 million, or nearly 350,000 more than the number of votes for the 59-year-old Sabahi. El-Sissi’s win was never in doubt, but the career infantry officer, also 59, had hoped for a strong turnout to bestow legitimacy on his ouster last July of Egypt’s first freely elected president, the Islamist Mohammed Morsi. According to el-Sissi’s campaign, the turnout nationwide was around 44 percent, even after voting was extended for a third day Wednesday — well below the nearly 52 percent turnout in the June 2012 election won by Morsi. Still, el-Sissi can genuinely claim he comes into office with an impressive vote tally — his campaign said he won 23.38 million votes. That’s significantly more than the 13 million that Morsi won two years ago. In his final campaign TV interview last week, el-Sissi had set the bar even higher, saying he wanted more than 40 million voters — there are nearly 54 million registered voters — to cast ballots to “show the world” the extent of his popular backing. After polls closed, his supporters held all-night celebrations in Cairo, with several thousands gathered at the central Tahrir square, birthplace of the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak. They waved Egyptian flags, el-Sissi posters and danced. There were similar celebrations in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria and a string of other cities north of the capital and in the Oasis province of Fayoum southwest of Cairo. Critics said the lack of enthusiasm at the polls was in part due to apathy among even el-Sissi supporters, knowing that his victory was a foregone conclusion. Others said it showed discontent with el-Sissi, not just among his Islamist foes but also among a broader section of the public that believes he has no concrete plans for Egypt’s woes and fears he will return Egypt to the autocratic ways of Hosni Mubarak. The tepid turnout was particularly embarrassing because the government and media had been whipping up adulation for el-Sissi over the past 10 months, depicting him as a warrior against terrorism and the only person able to tackle Egypt’s economic problems, high unemployment, inflation and instability. El-Sissi’s supporters in the Egyptian media have been in a panic the past two days. Political talk show hosts and newscasters urged people to vote, warning that otherwise the Brotherhood will be encouraged to step up its challenge to the new government. Prominent TV talk show host Amr Adeeb angrily said that by not voting, Egyptians might as well “go directly to the prison and return Mohammed Morsi to power.” “Tell him, ‘Your excellency, President Mohammed Morsi, please come out and rule us,’” he said.
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In this Wednesday, May 28, 2014 photo, an election worker counts ballots at a counting center in Cairo, Egypt.
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FILE - In this May 22, 2010, file photo, addressing the graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, President Barack Obama outlined a foreign policy vision using diplomacy and a strong military together, in West Point, N.Y.
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LONDON — President Barack Obama’s speech emphasizing soft power and alliances over military might crystallized into a single speech what many experts said Wednesday was an inevitable — and welcome — evolution of U.S. foreign policy. The president who pulled U.S. troops from Iraq, avoided direct confrontation in Syria and has tapered off the American military presence in Afghanistan seemed to be saying that the U.S. had learned that it cannot impose its will on the rest of the world, said David Livingstone, an expert in international security at London’s Chatham House. He said Obama’s words went against the “American instinct to go in hard with the military first” when crisis erupts. “America has to be in sympathy with the world, and its leadership has been perceived to be unilateral,” he said after listening to Obama’s speech at West Point. He thought the president should have made it clear that it is impossible to assure the safety of every American. In the Gulf state of Qatar, Brookings Center director Salman Shaikh saw the speech as a boost for consensus, but he said broke no new ground for a president who has distanced himself from the “interventionist wars” of his predecessor, George W. Bush. “He talked about partnerships, working multilaterally, which is all to be welcomed,” Shaikh said, cautioning that had to be balanced against “whether the U.S. is really willing to lead across the Middle East.” Obama devoted his most muscular
language to counterterrorism, particularly in Syria where Obama said extremists are spilling across borders and where a civil war has killed more than 160,000 people. Without specifying, Obama talked about more U.S. support for Syria’s moderate opposition fighting to oust President Bashar Assad. Obama put off any hint of using force there or in Iran, where he touted a possible agreement over its nuclear program. “He was clear that this is his foreign policy legacy, he hopes, when it comes to the Middle East,” Shaikh said, adding that Obama was “relatively weak” when pressing issues like human rights and democracy in the region. Boaz Ganor, an Israeli counterterrorism expert, said Obama’s speech revealed a lack of understanding of the global threat of terrorism. He disagreed with Obama’s assertion that al-Qaida is less dangerous now. “Maybe a 9/11 type of attack right now from a centralized al-Qaida in a lesser probability. But a decentralized al-Qaida is even more dangerous than a centralized al-Qaida because these splinter groups, these embryonic new al-Qaida organizations will emerge and will no doubt down the road try to hit the U.S. mainland and will inspire many followers in the United
States.” He said there is “a big question” on whether the U.S. has the determination to impose its will on enemies and a “small question” about whether it has the capability to do so. “You need to understand that if you are running away from terrorism, terrorism will probably come after you and chase you,” he said. “I would argue that the U.S. lost Egypt, lost Libya and diluted their influence in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries. It seems that the villains of the region have the upper hand, this is Iran and its affiliates, and that is a very bad sign for the allies of the United States around the world.” Concerns about terrorism also clouded the president’s message to Africa, said J. Peter Pham, the director of the Africa Center at the Washington-based Atlantic Council. The administration has emphasized Africa’s economic promise for its upcoming summit of African leaders in Washington. “For all the desire to move on to the ‘New Africa,’ the ‘Old Africa’ of conflicts, terrorism, and other security and humanitarian concerns still consumes much of the attention that the continent and its nations receive in Washington, all too often crowding out the strategic, long-term picture.”
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Malaysia Airlines union calls for CEO to resign Associated Press
KUALA LUMPUR — The union representing Malaysia Airlines employees is calling for the resignation of the airline’s chief executive, saying new management is needed to revive the beleaguered flag carrier. The union’s secretary Mohamad Jabbarullah Abdul Kadir said Thursday that the state-owned airline has been mired in losses for four straight years and is now grappling with the aftermath of the Flight 370 tragedy. The jet disappeared on March 8 with 239 people on board. He said the government and airline have done their best in handling the tragedy, but CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya and his team have failed to show leadership in charting the airline’s future. Mohamad Jabbarullah said staff frustration was not due to the plane crisis but had built up over the years because of management’s failure to engage employees and address internal problems. Bankruptcy isn’t an option for the airline that has 19,500 staff worldwide, he said. “We have lost trust in the current management. Staff morale is very low due to a lack of leadership and direction. We need a new team with experience to turn around the airline,” he told reporters. The union’s demand will add to pressures on Malaysia Air-
lines, which is already struggling to repair its image after Flight 370 vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. About two-thirds of the passengers were Chinese. Airline officials couldn’t be immediately reached for comment. The carrier’s first quarter loss swelled 59 percent to 443.4 million ringgit ($137.6 million), hit by a backlash in China. Last year, the airline’s losses ballooned to 1.17 billion ringgit ($363 million), nearly three times larger than its 433 million ringgit loss in 2012. Mohamad Jabbarullah said the union, which has about 8,000 members, is urging Prime Minister Najib Razak to intervene “to rescue the airline from disintegrating.” The government has said it will not bail out the carrier. The union will submit a memorandum to Najib soon to appeal for a new management team with strong experience in the aviation industry. Shares of Malaysia Airlines have plunged since Flight 370 disappeared.
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Japanese Villa at Pekutatan hangs fire
MOSCOW — Leaders of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan on Thursday signed an agreement to create the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), an alliance intended to further boost economic and trade ties between the ex-Soviet neighbors. Russian President Vladimir Putin said during talks in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, that the pact is taking their cooperation to a “new level,” while fully respecting their
sovereignty. Putin said the new union will help provide an “attractive center of economic development” and allow the three nations to exploit their economic potential and strengthen their positions in global markets. The new alliance is the development of the Customs Union including the same nations. In addition to free trade, it coordinates the members’ financial systems and regulates industrial and agricultural policies along with their labor markets and
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NEGARA - The fate of Japanese Villa at Pekutatan village owned by a Japanese citizen looks to be poorly maintained. Having been sealed by Bali Police related to the allegation of money laundering (AML), no activity is seen at the villa having a number of building units. The employees have resigned. Information from some residents on Monday (May 26) told if the villa on the area of 2.1 hectares did not show any activity over the years. Besides, the villa had been sealed and fitted with police line, but it had been lately removed. “I do not know the status whether it is an evidence or else,” said one of the residents. According to him, the villa was often closed but occasionally there was someone getting in by car. Allegedly the person was the villa manager. Despite no activity, the villa whose land was often mentioned in the court of the compost case was guarded by a warden. The villa owned by a Japanese citizen, K Tsurumi, posed the partner in the compost machine originally intended for Japanese elderly citizen through annual rental system. As planned, the total building would amount to 30 units, but after the case emerged involving the villa owner, the construction was stopped. Approximately, only six units of the building could have been completed and one of which had been occupied
by the owner, K Tsurumi. As revealed in the trial at that time, the villa was sealed because there was indication of money laundering crime (TPPU) from the transaction of the land purchase related to the compost machine. Aside from the land, the Mercedes-Benz E 320 series (1997) was also seized by Bali Police. So far, it was unclear about the latest progress of the case. As the result, the asset of land and villas at Pekutatan hanged fire and did not operate. Subdistrict head of Pekutatan, Ketut Eko Susilo, when asked for his comment on the villa on Tuesday (May 27) revealed if the villa indeed had no activity. All this time, there was no operation as any other villas / hotels in Pekutatan. “There is no activity, but police line has indeed been removed and is only guarded by security,” explained the former village chief of Gilimanuk. From the information received, the land in Pekutatan had been sealed but it was unclear whether it was related to the case or not. (kmb26)
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The fate of Japanese Villa at Pekutatan village owned by a Japanese citizen looks to be poorly maintained.
Attacked by disease
Hundreds hectares of paddy at risk from harvest failure Bali Post
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A visitor looks out from the viewing gallery as Malaysia Airlines aircraft sit on the tarmac at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang, Malaysia, Tuesday, May 27, 2014.
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transport systems. The deal stops short of introducing a single currency and delays the creation of a common energy market. The signing followed years of tense negotiations, and many differences have remained. Moscow will host the top executive body of the new alliance. Its high court will be based in Belarus, and the top financial regulator will be located in Kazakhstan. Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko,
who has depended on cheap Russian energy and other subsidies to keep the 10-million nation’s Soviet-style economy afloat, said before the signing he wasn’t fully happy with the deal, but hailed it reflected a mutually acceptable compromise. Kazakhstan, led by autocratic President Nursultan Nazarbayev, is the second largest country by territory and economy among the ex-Soviet nations. Nazarbayev has maneuvered between Russia and the West during more than two
decades in power. But Russia has little leverage over Kazakhstan, whose energy riches and booming economy make it an equal partner. Nazarbayev said the new pact is based on consensus. “The agreement is well-balanced and thorough, taking into accounts the interests of all its members,” he said. He voiced hope that the new alliance “will become a powerful incentive for modernizing our economies and helping making them global leaders.”
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Rice planting season this year is unlikely to provide benefit for farmers at Kerobokan village, Sawan subdistrict.
SINGARAJA – Rice planting season this year is unlikely to provide benefit for farmers at Kerobokan village, Sawan subdistrict. The newly planted paddy seedling is now under attack by unknown disease. Inevitably, the two-week seedlings are threatened to die. In the recent harvest season, farmers in this area suffered a loss because their paddy plant was attacked by rice seed bugs, so the harvest yield of farmers could not be sold to middlemen. The paddy seedlings was attacked by ‘mysterious’ disease as experienced by farmers at Subak Kloncing, Subak Lanyahan Kerobokan and Subak Babakan Kerobokan, Sawan subdistrict. The two-week paddy plant belonging to Ciherang variety looked sere. The trunk started perishing due to ferocity of the disease. Paddy field at Kerobokan village with the area of about 200 hectares had mostly been planted, but the planted seedlings dried and slowly died. Other than at Kerobokan, this mysterious disease also attacked the paddy plant of farmers at several subak areas at Sawan village, Kubutam-
bahan and surrounding areas. If the disease attack could not be overcome, farmers would possibly not cultivate their land in the next planting season as running out of capital. A local farmer, I Wayan Suana, 60, said on Tuesday (May 27) that since the planting his rice seedlings looked to grow normally. After two weeks, the leaves were sere and gradually dried. More surprisingly, the lower stem started to perish, so the seedlings were slowly dying. He tried to observe the diseases attacking the plant, but he did not find any kind of disease. Nevertheless, he suspected it was caused by adverse weather condition. “At the beginning it looked to grow normally and leaves turned green, but these days their leaves withered and dried. When observed, I could not find the disease such as leafhoppers. The paddy plants slowly died like this,” he said. According to him, such disease often attacked when planting season arrived. Unluckily, he and other farmers were unable to resolve from the first. He suspected the disease was endemic on lowland rice fields. Likewise, it was getting worse with the asynchronous planting season, so
the disease was difficult to eradicate. For this condition, he could only surrender because most of the rice seedlings slowly died. It was impossible to replace the dead ones with the new ones because many seedlings had died. Moreover, the seedling reserves had been entirely planted. “I think the disease to have been endemic and the planting season was not simultaneous, so the attack never stops. Now, the only way available is to abandon and surrender to this condition,” he explained. Similar opinion was disclosed by another farmer, Nyoman Rentana, 30. He said the newly planted rice seedlings had begun to indicate the disease. As having not known the form of the disease, he tried to control it by reducing the pool of water at each plot. Besides, he also tried to spray with poison. For this condition, he hoped the relevant technical agencies could help farmers overcome the disease. “Since I do not know the trigger of this disease causing gradual death, I try to handle by reducing irrigation and spraying with poison, but the paddy plants still looked withered and its leaves yellowed,” he explained. (kmb38)
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30 percent of world is now fat, no country immune
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INDONESIA Jakarta to allocate Rp3 trillion for sports parks
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In this image taken from video provided by NBC News on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, right, speaks to NBC News anchor Brian Williams, left, during an NBC Exclusive interview. Snowden told Williams that he worked undercover and overseas for the CIA and the NSA.
Kerry to Snowden: ‘Man up’ and come home Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday called National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden a fugitive and challenged him to “man up and come back to the United States.” Snowden says in an interview that he would like to go home. The former NSA contract systems analyst is living in Russia on a temporary grant of asylum after leaking a massive volume of NSA documents to the media. He told anchorman Brian Williams of NBC News that he had taken action in the belief that he was serving his country in exposing the surveillance programs of the NSA. “I don’t think there’s ever been any question that I’d like to go home,” Snowden said in a segment of the interview broadcast Wednesday night. “Now, whether amnesty or clemency ever becomes a possibility is not for me to say. That’s a debate for the public and the government to decide. But, if I could go anywhere in the world, that place would be home.”
Kerry’s comments came before NBC aired that portion of the Snowden interview. On the matter of Snowden returning, Kerry told the “Today” show on NBC: “If Mr. Snowden wants to come back to the United States, we’ll have him on a flight today.” Kerry also said, “A patriot would not run away.” Snowden told Williams that he worked undercover and overseas for the CIA and the NSA. He said he had a much larger role in U.S. intelligence than the government has acknowledged. “I was trained as a spy in sort of the traditional sense of the word, in that I lived and worked undercover overseas,” he said. National security adviser Susan Rice said in a CNN interview
that Snowden never worked undercover. As far as the necessity for the leaks, “let him come back and make his case,” Kerry said. “If he cares so much about America and he believes in America, he should trust the American system of justice.” Snowden said he never intended to be holed up in Russia but was forced to go there because Washington decided to “revoke my passport.” In response, Kerry said: “Well, for a supposedly smart guy, that’s a pretty dumb answer, after all.” “I think he’s confused,” Kerry said. “I think it’s very sad. But this is a man who has done great damage to his country.”
LONDON — Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis. Researchers found more than 2 billion people worldwide are now overweight or obese. The highest rates were in the Middle East and North Africa, where nearly 60 percent of men and 65 percent of women are heavy. The U.S. has about 13 percent of the world’s fat population, a greater percentage than any other country. China and India combined have about 15 percent. “It’s pretty grim,” said Christopher Murray of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, who led the study. He and colleagues reviewed more than 1,700 studies covering 188 countries from 1980 to 2013. “When we realized that not a single country has had a significant decline in obesity, that tells you how hard a challenge this is.” Murray said there was a strong link between income and obesity; as people get richer, their waistlines also tend to start bulging. He said scientists have noticed accompanying spikes in diabetes and that rates of cancers linked to weight, like pancreatic cancer, are also rising. The new report was paid for by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and published online Thursday in the journal, Lancet. Last week, the World Health Organization established a high-level commission tasked with ending childhood obesity. “Our children are getting fatter,” Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO’s director-general, said bluntly during a speech at the agency’s annual meeting in Geneva. “Parts of the world are quite literally eating themselves to death.” Earlier this year, WHO said that no more than 5 percent of your daily calories should come from sugar.
Prevention Centers... From page 1 “We have deployed 90 staff members during the ongoing mass vaccination program,” Putu Sumantra, the head of the Bali animal husbandry and health office, said recently. A total of 120 thousand doses of vaccines have been distributed across nine districts in Bali, while 250 thousand more doses were scheduled to arrive soon. The system being applied during the vaccination campaign is different from the ones used in previous campaigns. This time, officers are targeting stray dogs wandering in hilly and mountainous areas, and puppies, which were not vaccinated before. Vaccinations will also be given to puppies as young as two weeks to protect and strengthen their immunity. “Cats and monkeys that we encounter will also be vaccinated, but they are not our targets, because our main targets are dogs,” he reiterated. He called upon the cooperation of the local residents to help make the rabies-free Bali program a success. Since January 2014, 17 dogs have been found infected with rabies in seven districts in Bali, including six cases in Buleleng. This was a significant decrease, given that last year 44 dogs were infected with rabies, particularly in Buleleng, Jembrana and Bangli. The first fatal rabies case in Bali was found in 2008. Since then, the disease has claimed 146 lives. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s Crisis Management Centre for Animal Health conducted a mission to Bali in December of 2008. Since 2011, FAO has been supporting Indonesia in working to rapidly control the deadly rabies virus on the island, through an innovative strategy centered on comprehensive mass vaccinations of dogs. As a result of the programme, human rabies cases were reduced from eleven per month in 2010 to just one per month the following year. Following a mass vaccination of dogs, there was another major reduction in 2012 and 2013, bringing the number of reported cases down to only one human case in all of 2013. The previous four mass vaccination programs, which were organized in 2010, vaccinated 95 percent of targeted dogs.
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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that political competition in the upcoming presidential elections should run peacefully and leave no resentment so that the people could unite in developing the nation.
Presidential competition shouldn’t leave hatred to generation Antara
JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that political competition in the upcoming presidential elections should run peacefully and leave no resentment so that the people could unite in developing the nation. “After the elections, we all should unite again to continue the development of the nation. We should eliminate the distance we have during the competition. It is not good for us to entertain grudge and animosity,” the President said when addressing a function held to observe Isra Miraj, the ascension of the Prophet Muhammad at the Bogor Palace Wednesday night. He said that competition among the electoral contestants should run peacefully and healthily. “It is unwise to bequeath hatred and hostility to succeeding generation. Let’s build harmony and togetherness among the people based on solidarity,” Yudhoyono stated. He added: “Let’s prove that the democracy that we are building is the
democracy of Indonesia, increasingly mature and civilized democracy.” The President also called on the electoral contestants not to insult each other and launch slanderous campaigns aimed at ruining rivals. “Religion prohibits its followers to insult and defame others.” Yudhoyono also called on the people to support whoever is elected president so that they would work hand-in-hand in bringing progress to the nation. “Let us pray for whoever is elected president and vice president so that they will be able to implement the mandate and heavy tasks as well as possible,” he said. Currently, there are two presidential and vice presidential candidate pairs, Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla and
the Prabowo-Hatta Rajasa, who will contest in the July 9 presidential election. The Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla duo is supported by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), the National Democrat Party (NasDem), the National Awakening Party (PKB), and the People’s Conscience Party (Hanura) with 207 seats or 36.96 percent of the House of Representatives (DPR)’s 560 seats. The Prabowo-Hatta duo is supported by the Greater Indonesia Movement (Gerindra), the Golkar Party, the National Mandate Party, the Prosperous Justice Party, the United Development Party (PPP), and the Crescent and Star Party (PBB) with 292 seats or 52.14 percent in the parliament.
JAKARTA - The Jakarta provincial government is planning to allocate Rp3 trillion for the development of parks equipped with sports facilities in the capital. “It is true that we will buy land to develop sports parks. This is in line with the request of the governor (Joko Widodo),” Jakarta vice governor Basuki Tjajahaja Purnama said at the Jakarta city hall on Wednesday. “The sports parks will be built in slum areas. For the purpose, we will allocate Rp3 trillion in funds,” Ahok, as the vice governor is popularly called, added. He made it clear that the construction of sports parks in densely populated areas in the capital was one of the ways to deal with social conflicts. “By building the sports parks, various social conflicts such as brawls, which frequently occur in residential areas can be avoided,” he said Hopefully, the presence of sports facilities will motivate the city dwellers to exercise, he remarked. “Likewise, I also hope that if Jakarta has many sports facilities many children can develop their talent. The presence of the sports facilities is also expected to improve public health,” he pointed out.
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JAKARTA - The governments of Indonesia and Turkey agreed to boost cooperation in the agricultural sector especially in research and development of farm commodities. The agriculture ministry said in a statement on Wednesday Agriculture Minister Suswono and his Turkish counterpart Mehmed Medi Eker met to discuss the cooperation agreement on the Turkish town of Konya on Tuesday. The two ministers also agreed to promote bilateral trade in order to meet the target for trade value of US$5 billion in 2015 set by the governments of the two countries. Suswono said he wanted the agreement to be followed up with the forming of a working group to implement details of the agreement. “A working group is important that the agreement could be implemented immediately,” he said. The Indonesian minister said he expected there would be routine meeting at the level of senior officials to discuss the technicalities of the agreement. Meanwhile, the Turkish Minister for Agriculture, Food and Animal Husbandry Mehmed Medi Eker agreed with the need to form a working group and hoped that the agreement could be expanded in the future. Mehmed said he believed there are many things in which the two countries could expand cooperation in the agricultural sector. He said with the difference in seasons, Indonesia being a tropical country and Turkey a subtropical country, there are many products that could not be produced in Turkey, could be supplied by Indonesia and the other way round. “I believe there are many aspects in the agricultural sector the two countries could cooperate in,” he added. He said Indonesia and Turkey are active members of G-8, G-20, and the Islam Conference Organization, that there are many forums to discuss many issues including agricultural issue. In short term the two countries could start cooperation in research and development in the agricultural sector, he said Suswono agreed that cooperation in research and development in the agricultural sector should be implemented as soon as possible. Based on the agreement, a cooperation agreement has been signed by the agriculture ministries of the two countries.
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Pacers stay alive with 93-90 Game 5 win over Heat
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GIANYAR - Tuas Beach or frequently called as Keramas Beach is very popular among the world surfers. Even, the beach located in the region of the arts has been well known as one of the best surfing spots since 2000. So, do not be surprised, if the water sport hobbyists both the local and foreign tourists are coming here and tested their capability on the black sandy beach. Keramas Beach is located at Keramas village, Blahbatuh subdistrict, Gianyar, or about 8 km east of Denpasar and about 6 km from the Gianyar town. To get there, visitors can get through Sanur which then passes Jalan Bypass Ida Bagus Mantra to the east. This beach also offers a really wonderful ambience. Its nature remains pristine and has beautiful scenery because there are a wide overlay of green paddy fields and rows of palm trees lining along the road to the beach. The panorama will turn more beautiful when watching the surfers in action on the waves with their surf board. On holidays, a number of local tourists mingle with foreign tourists to relax, sunbathe or just play around or fish. One of the assistants of stall located on the beachside preparing surfing facilities, food and drink, said the beach was the location of local community to catch fish. However, in line with the tourism development, the beach was also favored by many foreign tourists.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Paul George scored 31 of his 37 points in the second half, including 21 in the fourth quarter, and almost single-handedly kept the Indiana Pacers alive in the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals with a 93-90 victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday. The Pacers still trail 3-2 in the best-of-seven series. Game 6 will be played Friday night in Miami. It took a frantic effort just to extend the series, even with the foul-plagued LeBron James held to just seven points in 23 minutes. Chris Bosh led the Heat with 20 points, but missed a potential go-ahead 3-pointer in the closing seconds. Indiana turned a 50-41 deficit into a 64-57 lead after three quarters, then led by as many as 11 in the fourth. Miami’s last-ditch rally made it 91-90 with 16 seconds to go, but Indiana managed to hold on to force a Game 6. George’s 21 fourth-quarter points were the most ever scored in one quarter of a playoff game against Miami. The previous best was 20 by the Bulls’ Michael Jordan in May 1997. “We just played. Our backs are against the wall right now so that’s all we can
do,” George said. “We were in a position that if we lost this game, we’re going home so I think that was in the backs of everybody’s minds.” David West added 19 points for the Pacers and Roy Hibbert had 10 points and 13 rebounds. Miami will now try to clinch its fourth straight Eastern Conference title at home. The Pacers played like a desperate team trying to save their season. They chased shooters all over the floor, ran down loose balls, even put themselves in harm’s way. Lance Stephenson appeared to hurt his left shoulder in the third quarter after a hard fall and still finished the game. Until George came alive in the second half, it looked like the Heat would
close out the series with a fourth straight win. But unlike Game 2, when the Pacers couldn’t stop Dwyane Wade and James late, the Pacers fended off the closing charge from the two-time defending champs — barely. George’s incredible ability to hit big shot after big shot and a defense that refused to give the lead away late eventually saved the Pacers, and only after they twice failed to take advantage of James’ absence in the first half. The Pacers finally figured it out midway through the third. “I just felt it. I felt in rhythm. I had to be aggressive,” George said. “I tried to come out and be aggressive to start this game off and I was getting looks. I got hot.”
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Indiana Pacers forward Paul George (24) shoots over Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade during the second half of Game 5 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals in Indianapolis, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Indiana Pacers won 90-93.
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Hope burns brightly for Sharapova after Serena exit Reuters
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Russia’s Maria Sharapova blows a kiss to the public after defeating Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova during the second round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France, Wednesday, May 28, 2014.
It is not something Maria Sharapova would confess to publicly, but Serena Williams’s early downfall at the French Open means the statuesque Russian can now skip around Paris with an extra spring in her step. While Williams’ unexpected second-round exit has offered a spark of hope to the 50 women still left standing in Roland Garros, nowhere was that hope burning brighter than in the Sharapova camp on Wednesday. As Sharapova’s 13-million plus followers on Facebook are aware, beating the younger of the Williams sisters has proved to be the one obstacle that has been insurmountable for the 27-year-old. It has been 10 long years since Sharapova has beaten her American rival and since that joyful day in Los Angeles in 2004, the former world number one has slumped to 15 successive defeats, including in the French Open final last year. “You always have to follow your path and always concentrate on your work and who’s ahead of you and not get worried about what’s going on,” Sharapova said after she reached the third round with a 7-5 6-2 win over Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova. “Obviously when you go on court you’re aware of a lot of the upsets, not just in the women but in the men, as well. “So it’s great to get a win in that type of atmosphere.” Williams’ demise carried extra significance for Sharapova as the 2012 Roland Garros champion had been on a quarter-final collision course with the American. Instead of worrying and fretting over that possible showdown, Sharapova may now consider sending little-known Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, the conqueror of Williams, a thank-you note if she is to lift the French Open trophy for the second time in three years on June 7.
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Nigeria comes back twice to draw 2-2 with Scotland Associated Press Writer
LONDON — A 90th minute strike from substitute Uche Nwofor saw Nigeria come from behind for the second time to draw 2-2 with Scotland in a friendly international match in London on Wednesday. In a match at Fulham’s home ground that had been the subject of allegations of attempted matchfixing, the forward, who had replaced Shola Ameobi in the 62nd minute, drilled the equalizer from close range following some slack Scottish defending. Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi said the allegations did not affect him or his team. “I don’t even know where that is coming from, we don’t know what happened,” said Keshi. “It’s something ridiculous, something that we don’t know where it’s coming from. We’re not gamblers, we are football players.” Nigeria had been behind for much of the match. Scotland had taken the lead as early as the 10th minute after a shot from midfielder James Morrison was flicked over the Nigeria goalkeeper Austin Ejide by Charlie Mulgrew. Scotland then appeared to have doubled its lead in the 32nd minute but the firm header from Grant Hanley was disallowed for a foul on Ejide. Following that let-off, Nigeria started to enjoy more possession and engineered a few chances. Its first equalizer came in the 41st minute, when forward Michael Uchebo strode forward and his shot took a big deflection off Hanley to deceive the Scotland goalkeeper Allan McGregor. Scotland reclaimed the lead in the 52nd minute after defender Azubuike Egwuekwe put past his own goalkeeper from close range following a cross from Alan Hutton. Nigeria strove hard in the final ten minutes to get back on level terms and was eventually rewarded with Nwofor’s goal. The buildup to the game was dominated by the alleged match-fixing. On Tuesday, The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that officers from the National Crime Agency were investigating attempts to fix Wednesday’s match. Keshi left many of his star players, such as midfielder John Obi Mikel and striker Emmanuel Emenike, out of the squad to face Scotland as he tried out younger players ahead of a June 2 deadline to trim his World Cup squad to the FIFA requirement of 23. Nigeria now takes its World Cup preparations to the United States where it will meet fellow qualifiers Greece and the U.S. Nigeria, the current Africa Cup of Nations champion, is in Group F alongside Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iran. It begins its campaign in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba against Iran on June 16.
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Swansea snap up Polish goalkeeper Fabianski from Arsenal Reuters
Lukasz Fabianski aims to oust Michel Vorm as Swansea City’s first choice goalkeeper after rejecting a contract extension with Arsenal and joining their English Premier League rivals on a free transfer on Thursday. The 29-year-old Polish international signed a four-year deal, which will be activated upon the expiry of his Arsenal contract on July 1, and becomes Garry Monk’s first signing since taking over as manager in February.
“I am very happy with the move, the decision and the club,” he told the Swansea website. “For me, it was an easy decision to make. “If I’m completely honest, the main reason I came to Swansea was because I want to be the number one goalkeeper. I want to play week-in, week-out. It’s going to be a real fight, but I’m not afraid of that.” Fabianski, who has won 21 international caps, will compete with Dutch international Vorm for a starting spot at the Liberty Stadium after ending his seven-year
spell at the Emirates. The injury-prone Vorm, who underwent knee surgery in December, was named in the Netherlands’ preliminary World Cup squad earlier this month. Swansea also have German goalkeeper Gerhard Tremmel on their books. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had said he had wanted to keep the goalkeeper, who was backup to first choice Wojciech Szczesny but started the FA Cup final earlier this month as the Londoners beat Hull City 3-2.
grave. There, miner Mario Sepulveda gives a moving speech telling Chile’s team to courageously fight against all odds, remembering how the miners overcame death itself. Then, the miners collect sand from the Atacama desert in jars that they hope to send to the team to be poured wherever they play. In the end, the group breaks into a chant of “Chi! Chi! Chi! Le! Le! Le!” — for the country’s name. “My message to our Chile team is that we’re going to win. They have the talent and a whole country behind them and they must battle until the end,” Sepulveda, the public face of the miners, told The Associated Press. “There are harder things in life and you can conquer them. Chile will not only pass to the second round, but it will surprise everyone.”
With world-class players including Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal and Barcelona forward Alexis Sanchez, Chile finished third in South American qualifying, had a draw with Spain and beat England in friendly matches, and lost only two of 15 games last year. Chile placed third when it hosted the 1962 World Cup. It will be playing in its second consecutive Cup, which it has never done before. In its last two appearances, in 1998 and 2010, Chile reached the round of 16. At the 2010 Cup in South Africa, Chile beat Switzerland and Honduras and lost to eventual champion Spain 2-1 in the group stage. It then lost to Brazil 3-0 in the second round. If Chile gets through the group stage, it could again meet host Brazil in the second round.
Chile miners seek to give boost to World Cup team Associated Press Writer
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Nigeria’s Michael Uchebo, left, celebrates with Azubuike Egwueke after he scores a goal during the international friendly soccer match between Nigeria and Scotland at Craven Cottage Stadium in London, Wednesday, May 28, 2014.
SANTIAGO, Chile — The Chilean miners who survived trapped underground longer than anyone else before have a message for their country’s World Cup team: Don’t fear the “group of death.” Chile has a strong squad, but in the first round it faces defending champion Spain and 2010 finalist Netherlands, as well as Australia. Just advancing out of Group B will be seen as a major success. But for the miners who were trapped deep underground for 69 days in 2010: “Nothing is impossible for a Chilean.” That’s the title of their stirring television ad released Wednesday. In the Bank of Chile ad, the men return to the mouth of the mine that nearly became their rocky
Former Man Utd owner Glazer died at 85
Associated Press Writer
TAMPA, Florida — Malcolm Glazer, the self-made billionaire who led the takeover of English football’s Manchester United and owned the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has died. He was 85. The Bucs said Glazer died Wednesday. The reclusive Palm Beach, Florida, businessman had been in failing health since April 2006 when a pair of strokes left him with impaired speech and limited mobility in his right arm and leg. Glazer raised his profile in 2005 with a $1.47 billion takeover of
Manchester United that was bitterly opposed by fans of one of the world’s richest football clubs. Before that, his unobtrusive management style helped transform the Bucs from a laughingstock into a model franchise that in 2003 won the Super Bowl 4821 over the Oakland Raiders. “The thoughts of everyone at Manchester United are with the family tonight,” the team said in a statement Born Aug. 25, 1928, in Rochester, New York, the son of a watch-parts salesman, Glazer began working for the family business when he was 8 and took over the operation as a teenager when his father died in 1943.
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As president and CEO of First Allied Corp., the holding company for the family business interests, he invested in mobile-home parks, restaurants, food service equipment, marine protein, television stations, real estate, natural gas and oil production and other ventures. In March 2010, Forbes ranked him as tied for the world’s 400th richest person, estimating his net worth at $2.4 billion. The magazine’s separate ranking of Americans put him and his family at 139th in fall 2008. He purchased the Bucs for a then-NFL record $192 million in 1995, taking over one of the worst-
run and least successful teams in American professional sports. And while Glazer once said he probably overpaid by $50 million, the value of the team has more than quadrupled since he assumed control. “Malcolm Glazer was the guiding force behind the building of a Super Bowl-champion organization. His dedication to the community was evident in all he did, including his leadership in bringing Super Bowls to Tampa Bay,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said. In an era when many owners of professional teams attract nearly as much attention as the athletes,
Glazer was content to allow three of his sons handle daily operation of the Bucs and rarely granted interviews or visited the team’s offices and training facility. But he was a fixture at Bucs games before his health declined, and he spent generously to acquire players and provide coaches and front office personnel with the resources to do their jobs. To NFL fans accustomed to the frugal ways of original Bucs owner Hugh Culverhouse, Glazer was a savior. “With our major investment here, we didn’t come in here to have a loser,” Glazer said after acquiring the Bucs.
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Chile’s soccer players warm up during a training session in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Chile will play a friendly match with Egypt in Santiago on Friday prior to competing at the World Cup in Brazil in June.
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Mexicol’s Miguel Layun celebrates after scoring during a friendly soccer match against Israel, in Mexico City, Wednesday, May 28, 2014.
Mexico gets 3-0 win over Israel in friendly Associated Press Writer
MEXICO CITY — Mexico got two goals from Miguel Layun to beat Israel 3-0 in a pre-World Cup friendly on Wednesday, but got a scare when starting goalkeeper Jesus Corona was injured in a collision with a teammate. Layun scored in the 42nd and 62nd minutes, and Marco Fabian added a goal in the 85th. Corona sustained a head injury after crashing into Francisco Rodriguez and was replaced in the 70th by Guillermo Ochoa. He was the team’s starter through most of Mexico’s World Cup qualifying campaign and the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil. “We don’t know yet what is wrong with Jesus. He is going to be tested and then we can give a status,” coach Miguel Herrera said. “I spoke briefly with him and he said that he was fine, but we need to wait.” Herrera did not rule out going on its pre-World Cup U.S. tour without him. Mexico will play Ecuador in a friendly on Saturday in Arlington, Texas, then face Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday night in Chicago and close its warm-up schedule against Portugal on June 6 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The team travels to Sao Paulo the next day. Mexico plays its first World Cup match against Cameroon in Natal on June 13, followed by its likely toughest test against Brazil on June 17 in Fortaleza. The Mexicans then play Croatia on June 23 in Recife. Mexico great Cuauhtemoc Blanco, who played in three World Cups and is the second all-time leading scorer for “el Tri,” made his final international appearance in Wednesday’s match against Israel. The 41 year-old Blanco, the only Mexican to score in three different World Cups, still plays in the Mexican league for Puebla.
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Nigeria comes back twice to draw 2-2 with Scotland Associated Press Writer
LONDON — A 90th minute strike from substitute Uche Nwofor saw Nigeria come from behind for the second time to draw 2-2 with Scotland in a friendly international match in London on Wednesday. In a match at Fulham’s home ground that had been the subject of allegations of attempted matchfixing, the forward, who had replaced Shola Ameobi in the 62nd minute, drilled the equalizer from close range following some slack Scottish defending. Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi said the allegations did not affect him or his team. “I don’t even know where that is coming from, we don’t know what happened,” said Keshi. “It’s something ridiculous, something that we don’t know where it’s coming from. We’re not gamblers, we are football players.” Nigeria had been behind for much of the match. Scotland had taken the lead as early as the 10th minute after a shot from midfielder James Morrison was flicked over the Nigeria goalkeeper Austin Ejide by Charlie Mulgrew. Scotland then appeared to have doubled its lead in the 32nd minute but the firm header from Grant Hanley was disallowed for a foul on Ejide. Following that let-off, Nigeria started to enjoy more possession and engineered a few chances. Its first equalizer came in the 41st minute, when forward Michael Uchebo strode forward and his shot took a big deflection off Hanley to deceive the Scotland goalkeeper Allan McGregor. Scotland reclaimed the lead in the 52nd minute after defender Azubuike Egwuekwe put past his own goalkeeper from close range following a cross from Alan Hutton. Nigeria strove hard in the final ten minutes to get back on level terms and was eventually rewarded with Nwofor’s goal. The buildup to the game was dominated by the alleged match-fixing. On Tuesday, The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that officers from the National Crime Agency were investigating attempts to fix Wednesday’s match. Keshi left many of his star players, such as midfielder John Obi Mikel and striker Emmanuel Emenike, out of the squad to face Scotland as he tried out younger players ahead of a June 2 deadline to trim his World Cup squad to the FIFA requirement of 23. Nigeria now takes its World Cup preparations to the United States where it will meet fellow qualifiers Greece and the U.S. Nigeria, the current Africa Cup of Nations champion, is in Group F alongside Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iran. It begins its campaign in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba against Iran on June 16.
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Swansea snap up Polish goalkeeper Fabianski from Arsenal Reuters
Lukasz Fabianski aims to oust Michel Vorm as Swansea City’s first choice goalkeeper after rejecting a contract extension with Arsenal and joining their English Premier League rivals on a free transfer on Thursday. The 29-year-old Polish international signed a four-year deal, which will be activated upon the expiry of his Arsenal contract on July 1, and becomes Garry Monk’s first signing since taking over as manager in February.
“I am very happy with the move, the decision and the club,” he told the Swansea website. “For me, it was an easy decision to make. “If I’m completely honest, the main reason I came to Swansea was because I want to be the number one goalkeeper. I want to play week-in, week-out. It’s going to be a real fight, but I’m not afraid of that.” Fabianski, who has won 21 international caps, will compete with Dutch international Vorm for a starting spot at the Liberty Stadium after ending his seven-year
spell at the Emirates. The injury-prone Vorm, who underwent knee surgery in December, was named in the Netherlands’ preliminary World Cup squad earlier this month. Swansea also have German goalkeeper Gerhard Tremmel on their books. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had said he had wanted to keep the goalkeeper, who was backup to first choice Wojciech Szczesny but started the FA Cup final earlier this month as the Londoners beat Hull City 3-2.
grave. There, miner Mario Sepulveda gives a moving speech telling Chile’s team to courageously fight against all odds, remembering how the miners overcame death itself. Then, the miners collect sand from the Atacama desert in jars that they hope to send to the team to be poured wherever they play. In the end, the group breaks into a chant of “Chi! Chi! Chi! Le! Le! Le!” — for the country’s name. “My message to our Chile team is that we’re going to win. They have the talent and a whole country behind them and they must battle until the end,” Sepulveda, the public face of the miners, told The Associated Press. “There are harder things in life and you can conquer them. Chile will not only pass to the second round, but it will surprise everyone.”
With world-class players including Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal and Barcelona forward Alexis Sanchez, Chile finished third in South American qualifying, had a draw with Spain and beat England in friendly matches, and lost only two of 15 games last year. Chile placed third when it hosted the 1962 World Cup. It will be playing in its second consecutive Cup, which it has never done before. In its last two appearances, in 1998 and 2010, Chile reached the round of 16. At the 2010 Cup in South Africa, Chile beat Switzerland and Honduras and lost to eventual champion Spain 2-1 in the group stage. It then lost to Brazil 3-0 in the second round. If Chile gets through the group stage, it could again meet host Brazil in the second round.
Chile miners seek to give boost to World Cup team Associated Press Writer
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Nigeria’s Michael Uchebo, left, celebrates with Azubuike Egwueke after he scores a goal during the international friendly soccer match between Nigeria and Scotland at Craven Cottage Stadium in London, Wednesday, May 28, 2014.
SANTIAGO, Chile — The Chilean miners who survived trapped underground longer than anyone else before have a message for their country’s World Cup team: Don’t fear the “group of death.” Chile has a strong squad, but in the first round it faces defending champion Spain and 2010 finalist Netherlands, as well as Australia. Just advancing out of Group B will be seen as a major success. But for the miners who were trapped deep underground for 69 days in 2010: “Nothing is impossible for a Chilean.” That’s the title of their stirring television ad released Wednesday. In the Bank of Chile ad, the men return to the mouth of the mine that nearly became their rocky
Former Man Utd owner Glazer died at 85
Associated Press Writer
TAMPA, Florida — Malcolm Glazer, the self-made billionaire who led the takeover of English football’s Manchester United and owned the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has died. He was 85. The Bucs said Glazer died Wednesday. The reclusive Palm Beach, Florida, businessman had been in failing health since April 2006 when a pair of strokes left him with impaired speech and limited mobility in his right arm and leg. Glazer raised his profile in 2005 with a $1.47 billion takeover of
Manchester United that was bitterly opposed by fans of one of the world’s richest football clubs. Before that, his unobtrusive management style helped transform the Bucs from a laughingstock into a model franchise that in 2003 won the Super Bowl 4821 over the Oakland Raiders. “The thoughts of everyone at Manchester United are with the family tonight,” the team said in a statement Born Aug. 25, 1928, in Rochester, New York, the son of a watch-parts salesman, Glazer began working for the family business when he was 8 and took over the operation as a teenager when his father died in 1943.
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As president and CEO of First Allied Corp., the holding company for the family business interests, he invested in mobile-home parks, restaurants, food service equipment, marine protein, television stations, real estate, natural gas and oil production and other ventures. In March 2010, Forbes ranked him as tied for the world’s 400th richest person, estimating his net worth at $2.4 billion. The magazine’s separate ranking of Americans put him and his family at 139th in fall 2008. He purchased the Bucs for a then-NFL record $192 million in 1995, taking over one of the worst-
run and least successful teams in American professional sports. And while Glazer once said he probably overpaid by $50 million, the value of the team has more than quadrupled since he assumed control. “Malcolm Glazer was the guiding force behind the building of a Super Bowl-champion organization. His dedication to the community was evident in all he did, including his leadership in bringing Super Bowls to Tampa Bay,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said. In an era when many owners of professional teams attract nearly as much attention as the athletes,
Glazer was content to allow three of his sons handle daily operation of the Bucs and rarely granted interviews or visited the team’s offices and training facility. But he was a fixture at Bucs games before his health declined, and he spent generously to acquire players and provide coaches and front office personnel with the resources to do their jobs. To NFL fans accustomed to the frugal ways of original Bucs owner Hugh Culverhouse, Glazer was a savior. “With our major investment here, we didn’t come in here to have a loser,” Glazer said after acquiring the Bucs.
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Chile’s soccer players warm up during a training session in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Chile will play a friendly match with Egypt in Santiago on Friday prior to competing at the World Cup in Brazil in June.
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Mexicol’s Miguel Layun celebrates after scoring during a friendly soccer match against Israel, in Mexico City, Wednesday, May 28, 2014.
Mexico gets 3-0 win over Israel in friendly Associated Press Writer
MEXICO CITY — Mexico got two goals from Miguel Layun to beat Israel 3-0 in a pre-World Cup friendly on Wednesday, but got a scare when starting goalkeeper Jesus Corona was injured in a collision with a teammate. Layun scored in the 42nd and 62nd minutes, and Marco Fabian added a goal in the 85th. Corona sustained a head injury after crashing into Francisco Rodriguez and was replaced in the 70th by Guillermo Ochoa. He was the team’s starter through most of Mexico’s World Cup qualifying campaign and the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil. “We don’t know yet what is wrong with Jesus. He is going to be tested and then we can give a status,” coach Miguel Herrera said. “I spoke briefly with him and he said that he was fine, but we need to wait.” Herrera did not rule out going on its pre-World Cup U.S. tour without him. Mexico will play Ecuador in a friendly on Saturday in Arlington, Texas, then face Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday night in Chicago and close its warm-up schedule against Portugal on June 6 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The team travels to Sao Paulo the next day. Mexico plays its first World Cup match against Cameroon in Natal on June 13, followed by its likely toughest test against Brazil on June 17 in Fortaleza. The Mexicans then play Croatia on June 23 in Recife. Mexico great Cuauhtemoc Blanco, who played in three World Cups and is the second all-time leading scorer for “el Tri,” made his final international appearance in Wednesday’s match against Israel. The 41 year-old Blanco, the only Mexican to score in three different World Cups, still plays in the Mexican league for Puebla.
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GIANYAR - Tuas Beach or frequently called as Keramas Beach is very popular among the world surfers. Even, the beach located in the region of the arts has been well known as one of the best surfing spots since 2000. So, do not be surprised, if the water sport hobbyists both the local and foreign tourists are coming here and tested their capability on the black sandy beach. Keramas Beach is located at Keramas village, Blahbatuh subdistrict, Gianyar, or about 8 km east of Denpasar and about 6 km from the Gianyar town. To get there, visitors can get through Sanur which then passes Jalan Bypass Ida Bagus Mantra to the east. This beach also offers a really wonderful ambience. Its nature remains pristine and has beautiful scenery because there are a wide overlay of green paddy fields and rows of palm trees lining along the road to the beach. The panorama will turn more beautiful when watching the surfers in action on the waves with their surf board. On holidays, a number of local tourists mingle with foreign tourists to relax, sunbathe or just play around or fish. One of the assistants of stall located on the beachside preparing surfing facilities, food and drink, said the beach was the location of local community to catch fish. However, in line with the tourism development, the beach was also favored by many foreign tourists.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Paul George scored 31 of his 37 points in the second half, including 21 in the fourth quarter, and almost single-handedly kept the Indiana Pacers alive in the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals with a 93-90 victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday. The Pacers still trail 3-2 in the best-of-seven series. Game 6 will be played Friday night in Miami. It took a frantic effort just to extend the series, even with the foul-plagued LeBron James held to just seven points in 23 minutes. Chris Bosh led the Heat with 20 points, but missed a potential go-ahead 3-pointer in the closing seconds. Indiana turned a 50-41 deficit into a 64-57 lead after three quarters, then led by as many as 11 in the fourth. Miami’s last-ditch rally made it 91-90 with 16 seconds to go, but Indiana managed to hold on to force a Game 6. George’s 21 fourth-quarter points were the most ever scored in one quarter of a playoff game against Miami. The previous best was 20 by the Bulls’ Michael Jordan in May 1997. “We just played. Our backs are against the wall right now so that’s all we can
do,” George said. “We were in a position that if we lost this game, we’re going home so I think that was in the backs of everybody’s minds.” David West added 19 points for the Pacers and Roy Hibbert had 10 points and 13 rebounds. Miami will now try to clinch its fourth straight Eastern Conference title at home. The Pacers played like a desperate team trying to save their season. They chased shooters all over the floor, ran down loose balls, even put themselves in harm’s way. Lance Stephenson appeared to hurt his left shoulder in the third quarter after a hard fall and still finished the game. Until George came alive in the second half, it looked like the Heat would
close out the series with a fourth straight win. But unlike Game 2, when the Pacers couldn’t stop Dwyane Wade and James late, the Pacers fended off the closing charge from the two-time defending champs — barely. George’s incredible ability to hit big shot after big shot and a defense that refused to give the lead away late eventually saved the Pacers, and only after they twice failed to take advantage of James’ absence in the first half. The Pacers finally figured it out midway through the third. “I just felt it. I felt in rhythm. I had to be aggressive,” George said. “I tried to come out and be aggressive to start this game off and I was getting looks. I got hot.”
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Indiana Pacers forward Paul George (24) shoots over Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade during the second half of Game 5 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals in Indianapolis, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Indiana Pacers won 90-93.
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Russia’s Maria Sharapova blows a kiss to the public after defeating Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova during the second round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France, Wednesday, May 28, 2014.
It is not something Maria Sharapova would confess to publicly, but Serena Williams’s early downfall at the French Open means the statuesque Russian can now skip around Paris with an extra spring in her step. While Williams’ unexpected second-round exit has offered a spark of hope to the 50 women still left standing in Roland Garros, nowhere was that hope burning brighter than in the Sharapova camp on Wednesday. As Sharapova’s 13-million plus followers on Facebook are aware, beating the younger of the Williams sisters has proved to be the one obstacle that has been insurmountable for the 27-year-old. It has been 10 long years since Sharapova has beaten her American rival and since that joyful day in Los Angeles in 2004, the former world number one has slumped to 15 successive defeats, including in the French Open final last year. “You always have to follow your path and always concentrate on your work and who’s ahead of you and not get worried about what’s going on,” Sharapova said after she reached the third round with a 7-5 6-2 win over Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova. “Obviously when you go on court you’re aware of a lot of the upsets, not just in the women but in the men, as well. “So it’s great to get a win in that type of atmosphere.” Williams’ demise carried extra significance for Sharapova as the 2012 Roland Garros champion had been on a quarter-final collision course with the American. Instead of worrying and fretting over that possible showdown, Sharapova may now consider sending little-known Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, the conqueror of Williams, a thank-you note if she is to lift the French Open trophy for the second time in three years on June 7.
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In this image taken from video provided by NBC News on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, right, speaks to NBC News anchor Brian Williams, left, during an NBC Exclusive interview. Snowden told Williams that he worked undercover and overseas for the CIA and the NSA.
Kerry to Snowden: ‘Man up’ and come home Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday called National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden a fugitive and challenged him to “man up and come back to the United States.” Snowden says in an interview that he would like to go home. The former NSA contract systems analyst is living in Russia on a temporary grant of asylum after leaking a massive volume of NSA documents to the media. He told anchorman Brian Williams of NBC News that he had taken action in the belief that he was serving his country in exposing the surveillance programs of the NSA. “I don’t think there’s ever been any question that I’d like to go home,” Snowden said in a segment of the interview broadcast Wednesday night. “Now, whether amnesty or clemency ever becomes a possibility is not for me to say. That’s a debate for the public and the government to decide. But, if I could go anywhere in the world, that place would be home.”
Kerry’s comments came before NBC aired that portion of the Snowden interview. On the matter of Snowden returning, Kerry told the “Today” show on NBC: “If Mr. Snowden wants to come back to the United States, we’ll have him on a flight today.” Kerry also said, “A patriot would not run away.” Snowden told Williams that he worked undercover and overseas for the CIA and the NSA. He said he had a much larger role in U.S. intelligence than the government has acknowledged. “I was trained as a spy in sort of the traditional sense of the word, in that I lived and worked undercover overseas,” he said. National security adviser Susan Rice said in a CNN interview
that Snowden never worked undercover. As far as the necessity for the leaks, “let him come back and make his case,” Kerry said. “If he cares so much about America and he believes in America, he should trust the American system of justice.” Snowden said he never intended to be holed up in Russia but was forced to go there because Washington decided to “revoke my passport.” In response, Kerry said: “Well, for a supposedly smart guy, that’s a pretty dumb answer, after all.” “I think he’s confused,” Kerry said. “I think it’s very sad. But this is a man who has done great damage to his country.”
LONDON — Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis. Researchers found more than 2 billion people worldwide are now overweight or obese. The highest rates were in the Middle East and North Africa, where nearly 60 percent of men and 65 percent of women are heavy. The U.S. has about 13 percent of the world’s fat population, a greater percentage than any other country. China and India combined have about 15 percent. “It’s pretty grim,” said Christopher Murray of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, who led the study. He and colleagues reviewed more than 1,700 studies covering 188 countries from 1980 to 2013. “When we realized that not a single country has had a significant decline in obesity, that tells you how hard a challenge this is.” Murray said there was a strong link between income and obesity; as people get richer, their waistlines also tend to start bulging. He said scientists have noticed accompanying spikes in diabetes and that rates of cancers linked to weight, like pancreatic cancer, are also rising. The new report was paid for by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and published online Thursday in the journal, Lancet. Last week, the World Health Organization established a high-level commission tasked with ending childhood obesity. “Our children are getting fatter,” Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO’s director-general, said bluntly during a speech at the agency’s annual meeting in Geneva. “Parts of the world are quite literally eating themselves to death.” Earlier this year, WHO said that no more than 5 percent of your daily calories should come from sugar.
Prevention Centers... From page 1 “We have deployed 90 staff members during the ongoing mass vaccination program,” Putu Sumantra, the head of the Bali animal husbandry and health office, said recently. A total of 120 thousand doses of vaccines have been distributed across nine districts in Bali, while 250 thousand more doses were scheduled to arrive soon. The system being applied during the vaccination campaign is different from the ones used in previous campaigns. This time, officers are targeting stray dogs wandering in hilly and mountainous areas, and puppies, which were not vaccinated before. Vaccinations will also be given to puppies as young as two weeks to protect and strengthen their immunity. “Cats and monkeys that we encounter will also be vaccinated, but they are not our targets, because our main targets are dogs,” he reiterated. He called upon the cooperation of the local residents to help make the rabies-free Bali program a success. Since January 2014, 17 dogs have been found infected with rabies in seven districts in Bali, including six cases in Buleleng. This was a significant decrease, given that last year 44 dogs were infected with rabies, particularly in Buleleng, Jembrana and Bangli. The first fatal rabies case in Bali was found in 2008. Since then, the disease has claimed 146 lives. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s Crisis Management Centre for Animal Health conducted a mission to Bali in December of 2008. Since 2011, FAO has been supporting Indonesia in working to rapidly control the deadly rabies virus on the island, through an innovative strategy centered on comprehensive mass vaccinations of dogs. As a result of the programme, human rabies cases were reduced from eleven per month in 2010 to just one per month the following year. Following a mass vaccination of dogs, there was another major reduction in 2012 and 2013, bringing the number of reported cases down to only one human case in all of 2013. The previous four mass vaccination programs, which were organized in 2010, vaccinated 95 percent of targeted dogs.
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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that political competition in the upcoming presidential elections should run peacefully and leave no resentment so that the people could unite in developing the nation.
Presidential competition shouldn’t leave hatred to generation Antara
JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that political competition in the upcoming presidential elections should run peacefully and leave no resentment so that the people could unite in developing the nation. “After the elections, we all should unite again to continue the development of the nation. We should eliminate the distance we have during the competition. It is not good for us to entertain grudge and animosity,” the President said when addressing a function held to observe Isra Miraj, the ascension of the Prophet Muhammad at the Bogor Palace Wednesday night. He said that competition among the electoral contestants should run peacefully and healthily. “It is unwise to bequeath hatred and hostility to succeeding generation. Let’s build harmony and togetherness among the people based on solidarity,” Yudhoyono stated. He added: “Let’s prove that the democracy that we are building is the
democracy of Indonesia, increasingly mature and civilized democracy.” The President also called on the electoral contestants not to insult each other and launch slanderous campaigns aimed at ruining rivals. “Religion prohibits its followers to insult and defame others.” Yudhoyono also called on the people to support whoever is elected president so that they would work hand-in-hand in bringing progress to the nation. “Let us pray for whoever is elected president and vice president so that they will be able to implement the mandate and heavy tasks as well as possible,” he said. Currently, there are two presidential and vice presidential candidate pairs, Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla and
the Prabowo-Hatta Rajasa, who will contest in the July 9 presidential election. The Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla duo is supported by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), the National Democrat Party (NasDem), the National Awakening Party (PKB), and the People’s Conscience Party (Hanura) with 207 seats or 36.96 percent of the House of Representatives (DPR)’s 560 seats. The Prabowo-Hatta duo is supported by the Greater Indonesia Movement (Gerindra), the Golkar Party, the National Mandate Party, the Prosperous Justice Party, the United Development Party (PPP), and the Crescent and Star Party (PBB) with 292 seats or 52.14 percent in the parliament.
JAKARTA - The Jakarta provincial government is planning to allocate Rp3 trillion for the development of parks equipped with sports facilities in the capital. “It is true that we will buy land to develop sports parks. This is in line with the request of the governor (Joko Widodo),” Jakarta vice governor Basuki Tjajahaja Purnama said at the Jakarta city hall on Wednesday. “The sports parks will be built in slum areas. For the purpose, we will allocate Rp3 trillion in funds,” Ahok, as the vice governor is popularly called, added. He made it clear that the construction of sports parks in densely populated areas in the capital was one of the ways to deal with social conflicts. “By building the sports parks, various social conflicts such as brawls, which frequently occur in residential areas can be avoided,” he said Hopefully, the presence of sports facilities will motivate the city dwellers to exercise, he remarked. “Likewise, I also hope that if Jakarta has many sports facilities many children can develop their talent. The presence of the sports facilities is also expected to improve public health,” he pointed out.
Indonesia and Turkey to boost agricultural cooperation Antara
JAKARTA - The governments of Indonesia and Turkey agreed to boost cooperation in the agricultural sector especially in research and development of farm commodities. The agriculture ministry said in a statement on Wednesday Agriculture Minister Suswono and his Turkish counterpart Mehmed Medi Eker met to discuss the cooperation agreement on the Turkish town of Konya on Tuesday. The two ministers also agreed to promote bilateral trade in order to meet the target for trade value of US$5 billion in 2015 set by the governments of the two countries. Suswono said he wanted the agreement to be followed up with the forming of a working group to implement details of the agreement. “A working group is important that the agreement could be implemented immediately,” he said. The Indonesian minister said he expected there would be routine meeting at the level of senior officials to discuss the technicalities of the agreement. Meanwhile, the Turkish Minister for Agriculture, Food and Animal Husbandry Mehmed Medi Eker agreed with the need to form a working group and hoped that the agreement could be expanded in the future. Mehmed said he believed there are many things in which the two countries could expand cooperation in the agricultural sector. He said with the difference in seasons, Indonesia being a tropical country and Turkey a subtropical country, there are many products that could not be produced in Turkey, could be supplied by Indonesia and the other way round. “I believe there are many aspects in the agricultural sector the two countries could cooperate in,” he added. He said Indonesia and Turkey are active members of G-8, G-20, and the Islam Conference Organization, that there are many forums to discuss many issues including agricultural issue. In short term the two countries could start cooperation in research and development in the agricultural sector, he said Suswono agreed that cooperation in research and development in the agricultural sector should be implemented as soon as possible. Based on the agreement, a cooperation agreement has been signed by the agriculture ministries of the two countries.
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Malaysia Airlines union calls for CEO to resign Associated Press
KUALA LUMPUR — The union representing Malaysia Airlines employees is calling for the resignation of the airline’s chief executive, saying new management is needed to revive the beleaguered flag carrier. The union’s secretary Mohamad Jabbarullah Abdul Kadir said Thursday that the state-owned airline has been mired in losses for four straight years and is now grappling with the aftermath of the Flight 370 tragedy. The jet disappeared on March 8 with 239 people on board. He said the government and airline have done their best in handling the tragedy, but CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya and his team have failed to show leadership in charting the airline’s future. Mohamad Jabbarullah said staff frustration was not due to the plane crisis but had built up over the years because of management’s failure to engage employees and address internal problems. Bankruptcy isn’t an option for the airline that has 19,500 staff worldwide, he said. “We have lost trust in the current management. Staff morale is very low due to a lack of leadership and direction. We need a new team with experience to turn around the airline,” he told reporters. The union’s demand will add to pressures on Malaysia Air-
lines, which is already struggling to repair its image after Flight 370 vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. About two-thirds of the passengers were Chinese. Airline officials couldn’t be immediately reached for comment. The carrier’s first quarter loss swelled 59 percent to 443.4 million ringgit ($137.6 million), hit by a backlash in China. Last year, the airline’s losses ballooned to 1.17 billion ringgit ($363 million), nearly three times larger than its 433 million ringgit loss in 2012. Mohamad Jabbarullah said the union, which has about 8,000 members, is urging Prime Minister Najib Razak to intervene “to rescue the airline from disintegrating.” The government has said it will not bail out the carrier. The union will submit a memorandum to Najib soon to appeal for a new management team with strong experience in the aviation industry. Shares of Malaysia Airlines have plunged since Flight 370 disappeared.
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MOSCOW — Leaders of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan on Thursday signed an agreement to create the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), an alliance intended to further boost economic and trade ties between the ex-Soviet neighbors. Russian President Vladimir Putin said during talks in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, that the pact is taking their cooperation to a “new level,” while fully respecting their
sovereignty. Putin said the new union will help provide an “attractive center of economic development” and allow the three nations to exploit their economic potential and strengthen their positions in global markets. The new alliance is the development of the Customs Union including the same nations. In addition to free trade, it coordinates the members’ financial systems and regulates industrial and agricultural policies along with their labor markets and
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NEGARA - The fate of Japanese Villa at Pekutatan village owned by a Japanese citizen looks to be poorly maintained. Having been sealed by Bali Police related to the allegation of money laundering (AML), no activity is seen at the villa having a number of building units. The employees have resigned. Information from some residents on Monday (May 26) told if the villa on the area of 2.1 hectares did not show any activity over the years. Besides, the villa had been sealed and fitted with police line, but it had been lately removed. “I do not know the status whether it is an evidence or else,” said one of the residents. According to him, the villa was often closed but occasionally there was someone getting in by car. Allegedly the person was the villa manager. Despite no activity, the villa whose land was often mentioned in the court of the compost case was guarded by a warden. The villa owned by a Japanese citizen, K Tsurumi, posed the partner in the compost machine originally intended for Japanese elderly citizen through annual rental system. As planned, the total building would amount to 30 units, but after the case emerged involving the villa owner, the construction was stopped. Approximately, only six units of the building could have been completed and one of which had been occupied
by the owner, K Tsurumi. As revealed in the trial at that time, the villa was sealed because there was indication of money laundering crime (TPPU) from the transaction of the land purchase related to the compost machine. Aside from the land, the Mercedes-Benz E 320 series (1997) was also seized by Bali Police. So far, it was unclear about the latest progress of the case. As the result, the asset of land and villas at Pekutatan hanged fire and did not operate. Subdistrict head of Pekutatan, Ketut Eko Susilo, when asked for his comment on the villa on Tuesday (May 27) revealed if the villa indeed had no activity. All this time, there was no operation as any other villas / hotels in Pekutatan. “There is no activity, but police line has indeed been removed and is only guarded by security,” explained the former village chief of Gilimanuk. From the information received, the land in Pekutatan had been sealed but it was unclear whether it was related to the case or not. (kmb26)
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The fate of Japanese Villa at Pekutatan village owned by a Japanese citizen looks to be poorly maintained.
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Hundreds hectares of paddy at risk from harvest failure Bali Post
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A visitor looks out from the viewing gallery as Malaysia Airlines aircraft sit on the tarmac at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang, Malaysia, Tuesday, May 27, 2014.
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transport systems. The deal stops short of introducing a single currency and delays the creation of a common energy market. The signing followed years of tense negotiations, and many differences have remained. Moscow will host the top executive body of the new alliance. Its high court will be based in Belarus, and the top financial regulator will be located in Kazakhstan. Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko,
who has depended on cheap Russian energy and other subsidies to keep the 10-million nation’s Soviet-style economy afloat, said before the signing he wasn’t fully happy with the deal, but hailed it reflected a mutually acceptable compromise. Kazakhstan, led by autocratic President Nursultan Nazarbayev, is the second largest country by territory and economy among the ex-Soviet nations. Nazarbayev has maneuvered between Russia and the West during more than two
decades in power. But Russia has little leverage over Kazakhstan, whose energy riches and booming economy make it an equal partner. Nazarbayev said the new pact is based on consensus. “The agreement is well-balanced and thorough, taking into accounts the interests of all its members,” he said. He voiced hope that the new alliance “will become a powerful incentive for modernizing our economies and helping making them global leaders.”
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Rice planting season this year is unlikely to provide benefit for farmers at Kerobokan village, Sawan subdistrict.
SINGARAJA – Rice planting season this year is unlikely to provide benefit for farmers at Kerobokan village, Sawan subdistrict. The newly planted paddy seedling is now under attack by unknown disease. Inevitably, the two-week seedlings are threatened to die. In the recent harvest season, farmers in this area suffered a loss because their paddy plant was attacked by rice seed bugs, so the harvest yield of farmers could not be sold to middlemen. The paddy seedlings was attacked by ‘mysterious’ disease as experienced by farmers at Subak Kloncing, Subak Lanyahan Kerobokan and Subak Babakan Kerobokan, Sawan subdistrict. The two-week paddy plant belonging to Ciherang variety looked sere. The trunk started perishing due to ferocity of the disease. Paddy field at Kerobokan village with the area of about 200 hectares had mostly been planted, but the planted seedlings dried and slowly died. Other than at Kerobokan, this mysterious disease also attacked the paddy plant of farmers at several subak areas at Sawan village, Kubutam-
bahan and surrounding areas. If the disease attack could not be overcome, farmers would possibly not cultivate their land in the next planting season as running out of capital. A local farmer, I Wayan Suana, 60, said on Tuesday (May 27) that since the planting his rice seedlings looked to grow normally. After two weeks, the leaves were sere and gradually dried. More surprisingly, the lower stem started to perish, so the seedlings were slowly dying. He tried to observe the diseases attacking the plant, but he did not find any kind of disease. Nevertheless, he suspected it was caused by adverse weather condition. “At the beginning it looked to grow normally and leaves turned green, but these days their leaves withered and dried. When observed, I could not find the disease such as leafhoppers. The paddy plants slowly died like this,” he said. According to him, such disease often attacked when planting season arrived. Unluckily, he and other farmers were unable to resolve from the first. He suspected the disease was endemic on lowland rice fields. Likewise, it was getting worse with the asynchronous planting season, so
the disease was difficult to eradicate. For this condition, he could only surrender because most of the rice seedlings slowly died. It was impossible to replace the dead ones with the new ones because many seedlings had died. Moreover, the seedling reserves had been entirely planted. “I think the disease to have been endemic and the planting season was not simultaneous, so the attack never stops. Now, the only way available is to abandon and surrender to this condition,” he explained. Similar opinion was disclosed by another farmer, Nyoman Rentana, 30. He said the newly planted rice seedlings had begun to indicate the disease. As having not known the form of the disease, he tried to control it by reducing the pool of water at each plot. Besides, he also tried to spray with poison. For this condition, he hoped the relevant technical agencies could help farmers overcome the disease. “Since I do not know the trigger of this disease causing gradual death, I try to handle by reducing irrigation and spraying with poison, but the paddy plants still looked withered and its leaves yellowed,” he explained. (kmb38)
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A baby corpse set on fire in a dumpster Bangli regent sends 30 farmers to Malang
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A tragic phenomenon was found at Anggungan hamlet, Lukluk village, Mengwi, Badung, Monday morning (May 26). To be sure, a corpse of baby was found in a dumpster on fire. It was not known who the perpetrator and the motive of such tragic action, while police are still hunting the perpetrator alleged to set on fire the unlucky baby. The corpse of such innocent baby girl was rushed to Kapal Hospital. Discovery of the anonymous baby corpse started with the sound of explosion heard by I Wayan Edy Wirasnawa, 27. When checking, the flames had been seen right in front of his laundry outlet. “Around 00:45 a.m., I just got back from buying gasoline. Upon arriving at home, I immediately went in and sat down in the living room. However, 15 minutes after that I heard the sound of explosion outside the home. When checked, the fire was blazing in front of my laundry outlet,” said I Wayan Edy, Monday (May 26). Seeing the huge blaze, Wayan Edy immediately took a hose and sprayed water onto the burning trash. After extinguishing the fire, he found a bottle containing gasoline inside the dumpster and a lighter in the middle of the road. “After finding a lighter and gasoline, I think someone intentionally wanted to burn the house. So, I immediately woke up my parents to let them know,” he said. With his parents, I Wayan Resna, 59, and Kadek Suartini, 48, he then returned to the dumpster. After extinguishing the fire, it was visible a fabric twist on a pile of burning rubbish. Having been checked, the fabric twists had been covered in maggot. “I thought it was the burning of laundry fabric. Then, I checked with my mother (Kadek Suartini—Ed). When opened slightly, the maggots were seen inside the fabric twists,” he said. The fabric containing maggots was then lifted by Wayan Edy. Unexpectedly, after uplifted, a figure of baby girl corpse fell from the fabric twists. Allegedly, the baby girl had long died because it exuded stench. “I was shocked and told my mother if it was possibly a baby. Having been noticed, the baby was female and already smelling,” he explained. Furthermore, he suspected a motorcyclist riding a Honda Vario with license plate DK 8805 FP stopping not far from the location where the baby was found. Being suspicious, Wayan Edy then took his motorcycle and pursued the Vario rider. As being unable to counterbalance the speed, he was left behind. “At first, I thought he was setting on fire a baby, so I chased him by a motorcycle. However, since the rider of green Honda Vario with license plate DK 8805 FP dashed in high speed, it could escape,” he explained. Meanwhile, Mr. Yanik, who lived not far from the location, claimed to have seen a motorcyclist throwing something into the dumpster. “I saw a motorcyclist throwing something like a box in the dumpster. At that time, I did not notice because of having no suspicion. But after hearing there was a baby set to fire, I thought the motorist was the perpetrator,” he explained. Chief of Badung Police Criminal Detective, Wisnu Wardana, when asked for his confirmation justified to have received a report on the baby set on fire at 1:30 a.m. His party immediately assigned some members to come to the scene for conducting an investigation. “After receiving a report on the baby set on fire, our team was promptly assigned to come to the scene in order to check and conduct a crime scene investigation as well as assign the members to perform a search,” he said. Additionally, Wisnu affirmed the allegation on the burning of such poor baby was based on evidence such as a bottle containing gasoline. When asked whether the perpetrator had been identified, he answered that his party was still investigating the case. He also added if the baby had died since its birth pursuant to the doctor’s explanation. “We’re still collecting testimonies from several witnesses. In addition, the members continuously investigate this case. As the last information obtained from forensic physician, the baby has possibly died since its birth,” he added. (nik)
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BANGLI - A total of 30 excelled farmers across Bangli County that would attend the National Farmer and Fisherman Forum (Penas KTNA) XIV 2014 at Kedung Pedaringin village, Kepangen subdistrict, Malang, East Java, were released by Regent Made Gianyar, Monday (May 27). They would attend the event on June 5-12, 2014. The release took place in the meeting room of the Bangli Agriculture, Plantation and Forestry Agency marked with the conferment of Bangli region’s logo by the Bangli regent to Chairman of the Farmer and Fisherman Forum of Bangli, Ketut Mupu. Committee Chairman of the Farmer and Fisherman Forum XIV of Bangli, I Made Pulasari, in his report said the purpose of participation in the forum was to boost motivation, excitement, and independence of fisherman and forest farmer in Bangli County in the competitive, community-based and sustainable agribusiness development and systems through a mutually beneficial partnership. In the activities, fishermen and forest farmers had the opportunity to share ideas and experience in utilizing the agricultural resources available in each region as well as to examine the use of technology in the evolving world of agriculture.
In the National Farmer and Fisherman Forum XIV in Malang, Bangli County sent more participants than the previous year, namely 30 excelled farmers. The addition was based on the consideration that in 2015 Bangli County would get the turn to host the Farmer and Fisherman Forum XV of Bali Province. “In other words, with the more farmers sent, they will get more information, knowledge and experience to improve the quality and quantity of the agriculture in Bangli County,” said Ari Pulasari. Meanwhile, the Regent of Bangli, I Made Gianyar, on the occasion reminded in order the excelled farmers across Bangli County attending the National Farmer and Fisherman Forum XIV in Malang could take advantage of the opportunity well to enrich the information and knowledge about the latest agricultural development. Moreover, the touch of technology in the agricultural sector today could not be ruled out. With the use of technology, the agricultural sector continued to experience growth. “Hopefully, the participation of Bangli County in the Farmer and Fisherman Forum XIV, they will be motivated to continue to develop the agriculture in Bangli. Thus, the farmers in Bangli can be prosperous in the future through the farm,” he hoped. (ina)
Dependency on hybrid seeds
Farmers slump chance increasing Bali Post
DENPASAR - Dependency of farmers on genetically modified seeds (GMOs) and hybrid seeds, aside from making away from prosperity, will disrupt natural ecosystems. In addition, farmers who cannot afford the price of the original seed will look for the counterfeit quality. “There must be a negative impact. Actually the hybrid seed is the product of capitalist. Are farmers able to afford the price of high quality seed? Maximally they only afford the counterfeit quality,” said the owner of PT Aura International, I Kadek Agus Mulyawan, Friday (May 23). In addition, the use of seed showed a 90-percent dependency on the intake of inorganic substances such as fertilizer, stimulant to pesticide exceeding the safety threshold for consumption. Consequently it was not eco-friendly due to excessive intake of chemicals. “When eating the crops, of course, it has a negative impact on health. Therefore, I urge to think of it because it will threaten our health and environment,” said Agus. Agus added the two products were the result of breakthrough in biotech-
nology to boost food products and carried out in various ways, from the exposure to bacterial infiltration. According to him, the products actually reaped many complaints because of high costs. “After harvest, the hybrid seed cannot be cultivated back. Possibly, it is engineered so that farmers continue to buy and become dependent,” he said. Secretary of the Indonesian Farmers Union (HKTI) of Bali, Dewa Nyoman Sudita, asked the government to subsidize local breeders in Bali. There was a trend among the farmers to choose hybrid seed because it was considered more promising than local seeds. “There should be an increase in quality because as long as the local breeders are able to produce a good seed, I think it will be demanded by farmers,” he said. According to him, the efforts of rice breeders had been widely attempted in Bali. One of which was made by Subak Guama. Even, there were farmers especially developing local seeds. But the current fact indicated that there were lots of seeds offered by the Agriculture Agency and related agencies to farmers.
“Actually, the key to these problems is how local government chiefly the agency dealing with food crops provides guidance for seed breeders. Armed with the guidance or good regulation, I think the farmers will no longer depend on the seed products from outside because the seeds produced by local farmers are not inferior,” he explained. However, he said the government should make a regulation profiting the local seed products by subsidizing the good agricultural seeds. “The government should help farmers generate good seed and make regulations to prohibit the entrance of seeds from outside the region. By that way, I think farmers will follow,” he said. He mentioned that many seeds produced by farmers today had been certified. Meanwhile, local breeders were not accompanied with technology and even some of them were still doing it conventionally. “In the future, we expect the government to encourage our agriculture by thinking about how the government subsidizes the seeds to farmers, so that our farmers will not feel disadvantaged,” he said. (kmb36/kmb37)
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Egypt: El-Sissi wins election by landslide
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CAIRO — With nearly all votes counted, Egypt’s former military chief has won a crushing victory over his sole opponent with more than 92 percent of the votes, according to results announced by his campaign early Thursday. The campaign of retired field marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said he won 23.38 million votes, with leftwing politician Hamdeen Sabahi taking 735,285. Invalid votes were 1.07 million, or nearly 350,000 more than the number of votes for the 59-year-old Sabahi. El-Sissi’s win was never in doubt, but the career infantry officer, also 59, had hoped for a strong turnout to bestow legitimacy on his ouster last July of Egypt’s first freely elected president, the Islamist Mohammed Morsi. According to el-Sissi’s campaign, the turnout nationwide was around 44 percent, even after voting was extended for a third day Wednesday — well below the nearly 52 percent turnout in the June 2012 election won by Morsi. Still, el-Sissi can genuinely claim he comes into office with an impressive vote tally — his campaign said he won 23.38 million votes. That’s significantly more than the 13 million that Morsi won two years ago. In his final campaign TV interview last week, el-Sissi had set the bar even higher, saying he wanted more than 40 million voters — there are nearly 54 million registered voters — to cast ballots to “show the world” the extent of his popular backing. After polls closed, his supporters held all-night celebrations in Cairo, with several thousands gathered at the central Tahrir square, birthplace of the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak. They waved Egyptian flags, el-Sissi posters and danced. There were similar celebrations in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria and a string of other cities north of the capital and in the Oasis province of Fayoum southwest of Cairo. Critics said the lack of enthusiasm at the polls was in part due to apathy among even el-Sissi supporters, knowing that his victory was a foregone conclusion. Others said it showed discontent with el-Sissi, not just among his Islamist foes but also among a broader section of the public that believes he has no concrete plans for Egypt’s woes and fears he will return Egypt to the autocratic ways of Hosni Mubarak. The tepid turnout was particularly embarrassing because the government and media had been whipping up adulation for el-Sissi over the past 10 months, depicting him as a warrior against terrorism and the only person able to tackle Egypt’s economic problems, high unemployment, inflation and instability. El-Sissi’s supporters in the Egyptian media have been in a panic the past two days. Political talk show hosts and newscasters urged people to vote, warning that otherwise the Brotherhood will be encouraged to step up its challenge to the new government. Prominent TV talk show host Amr Adeeb angrily said that by not voting, Egyptians might as well “go directly to the prison and return Mohammed Morsi to power.” “Tell him, ‘Your excellency, President Mohammed Morsi, please come out and rule us,’” he said.
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In this Wednesday, May 28, 2014 photo, an election worker counts ballots at a counting center in Cairo, Egypt.
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FILE - In this May 22, 2010, file photo, addressing the graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, President Barack Obama outlined a foreign policy vision using diplomacy and a strong military together, in West Point, N.Y.
Obama’s speech gets mixed response overseas
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LONDON — President Barack Obama’s speech emphasizing soft power and alliances over military might crystallized into a single speech what many experts said Wednesday was an inevitable — and welcome — evolution of U.S. foreign policy. The president who pulled U.S. troops from Iraq, avoided direct confrontation in Syria and has tapered off the American military presence in Afghanistan seemed to be saying that the U.S. had learned that it cannot impose its will on the rest of the world, said David Livingstone, an expert in international security at London’s Chatham House. He said Obama’s words went against the “American instinct to go in hard with the military first” when crisis erupts. “America has to be in sympathy with the world, and its leadership has been perceived to be unilateral,” he said after listening to Obama’s speech at West Point. He thought the president should have made it clear that it is impossible to assure the safety of every American. In the Gulf state of Qatar, Brookings Center director Salman Shaikh saw the speech as a boost for consensus, but he said broke no new ground for a president who has distanced himself from the “interventionist wars” of his predecessor, George W. Bush. “He talked about partnerships, working multilaterally, which is all to be welcomed,” Shaikh said, cautioning that had to be balanced against “whether the U.S. is really willing to lead across the Middle East.” Obama devoted his most muscular
language to counterterrorism, particularly in Syria where Obama said extremists are spilling across borders and where a civil war has killed more than 160,000 people. Without specifying, Obama talked about more U.S. support for Syria’s moderate opposition fighting to oust President Bashar Assad. Obama put off any hint of using force there or in Iran, where he touted a possible agreement over its nuclear program. “He was clear that this is his foreign policy legacy, he hopes, when it comes to the Middle East,” Shaikh said, adding that Obama was “relatively weak” when pressing issues like human rights and democracy in the region. Boaz Ganor, an Israeli counterterrorism expert, said Obama’s speech revealed a lack of understanding of the global threat of terrorism. He disagreed with Obama’s assertion that al-Qaida is less dangerous now. “Maybe a 9/11 type of attack right now from a centralized al-Qaida in a lesser probability. But a decentralized al-Qaida is even more dangerous than a centralized al-Qaida because these splinter groups, these embryonic new al-Qaida organizations will emerge and will no doubt down the road try to hit the U.S. mainland and will inspire many followers in the United
States.” He said there is “a big question” on whether the U.S. has the determination to impose its will on enemies and a “small question” about whether it has the capability to do so. “You need to understand that if you are running away from terrorism, terrorism will probably come after you and chase you,” he said. “I would argue that the U.S. lost Egypt, lost Libya and diluted their influence in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries. It seems that the villains of the region have the upper hand, this is Iran and its affiliates, and that is a very bad sign for the allies of the United States around the world.” Concerns about terrorism also clouded the president’s message to Africa, said J. Peter Pham, the director of the Africa Center at the Washington-based Atlantic Council. The administration has emphasized Africa’s economic promise for its upcoming summit of African leaders in Washington. “For all the desire to move on to the ‘New Africa,’ the ‘Old Africa’ of conflicts, terrorism, and other security and humanitarian concerns still consumes much of the attention that the continent and its nations receive in Washington, all too often crowding out the strategic, long-term picture.”
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What US shopping will look like in the future
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Forrester analyst Sucharita Mulpuru says stores of the future will be more about services, like day care, veterinary services and beauty services. Services that connect online and offline shopping could increase as well, with more drive-thru pickup and order-online, pick-up-in-store services. Checkout also will be self-service or with cashiers using computer tablets. Some stores are taking self-service further: A store in Seattle called Hointer displays clothing not in piles or on racks but as one piece hanging at a time, like a gallery. Shoppers just touch their smart-
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Some stores like British retailer Tesco and drugstore Duane Reade now are testing beacons, Bluetooth-enabled devices that can communicate directly with your cellphone to offer discounts, direct you to a desired product in a store or enable you to pay remotely. For example, you can walk into a drugstore where you normally buy face cream. The beacon would recognize your smartphone, connect it with past purchasing history and send you a text or email with a coupon for the cream.
“The more we know about customers ... you can use promotions on not a macro level but a micro level,” says Kasey Lobaugh, chief retail innovation officer at Deloitte Consulting. A store could offer a mother 20 percent off on Mother’s Day, for example, or offer frequent buyers of paper towels a discount on bulk purchases. 3-D PRINTING
Within 10 years, 3-D printing could make a major disruption in retail, Deloitte’s Lobaugh predicts. Take a simple item like a coffee cup. Instead of producing one in China, transporting it and distributing it to retail stores, you could just download the code for the coffee cup and 3-D print it at a retail outlet or in your own home. “That starts a dramatic change in terms of the structure of retail,” Lobaugh said. And while 3-D printing today is primarily plastic, Lobaugh says there are tests at places like MIT Media Lab and elsewhere with other materials, including fabric. Right now a few stores offer rudimentary 3-D-printing services, but they are very limited. He predicts the shift will come in 10 to 20 years.
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In this undated photo provided by Hointer, a woman demonstrates the Seattle store’s shopping technology.
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NEW YORK — When it comes to shopping, more Americans are skipping the stores and pulling out their smartphones and tablets. Still, there’s more on the horizon for shopping than just point-and-clicking. No one thinks physical stores are going away permanently. But because of the frenetic pace of advances in technology and online shopping, the stores that remain will likely offer amenities and services that are more about experiences and less about selling a product. Think: Apple Inc.’s stores. phones to a coded tag on the item and then select a color and size on their phone. Technology in the store keeps track of the items, and by the time a shopper is ready to try them on, they’re already at the dressing room. If the shopper doesn’t like an item, he tosses it down a chute, which automatically removes the item from the shopper’s online shopping cart. The shopper keeps the items that he or she wants, which are purchased automatically when leaving the store, no checkout involved. Nadia Shouraboura, Hointer’s CEO, says once shoppers get used to the process, they’re hooked.
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Among the things industry watchers are envisioning are holograms in dressing rooms that will allow shoppers to try on clothes without getting undressed. Their homes will be equipped with smart technology that will order light bulbs before they go dark. And they’ll be able to print out a full version of coffee cups and other products using 3-D technology in stores. “Physical shopping will become a lot more fun because it’s going to have to be,” retail futurist Doug Stephens says.
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FILE - In this May 9, 2014 file photo, Beats Audio equipment is arranged for a photo next to an Apple laptop at Best Buy in Boston.
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NEW YORK — Beats Electronics’ colorful, oversized headphones serve as a fashion accessory to cool kids riding the New York City subway, but as tech companies such as Apple, Samsung and others are discovering, wearable gadgets like smartwatches and Google Glass still have a long way to go to become trendy, must-have consumer items. Apple’s $3 billion purchase of Beats Electronics, by far the company’s largest acquisition, is at least in part recognition that Beats founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine might be able to help Apple incorporate more style and flair into its premium technology gadgets —especially a coming wave of wearable devices. Technology companies see wearables as an important area of growth beyond smartphones and tablets, and many are slowly realizing that if they expect people to wear gadgets —be they bracelets to monitor fitness activity, smartwatches to substitute smartphones or Internet-connected goggles— those devices must focus as much on form as function. So far, the most noteworthy wearables have hardly been stylish. The standard Google Glass product looks more like something out of Star Trek than a fashion accessory. Fitness bands meant to be worn 24 hours a day are difficult to match with evening gowns or even a suit and tie. “I guess they are accessories, but I would not say they are high fashion,” says Alison Minton, a blogger who writes about accessories, jewelry and handbags on accessorygeneration.com. “There’s a ways to go before they could be considered high fashion in the way Chanel would be, or Prada.” To change that, tech companies are beginning to attract top talent from the world of fashion. Apple’s move comes less than a year after the iPhone and iPad inventor hired Angela Ahrendts, a respected executive who helped mold Burberry into the popular luxury brand it is today. In recent weeks, Google lured fashion and marketing executive Ivy Ross, who’s worked for Calvin Klein, the Gap and Coach, to head its Google Glass unit. “With your help, I look forward to answering the seemingly simple, but truly audacious questions Glass poses: Can technology be something that frees us up and keeps us in the moment, rather than taking us out of it? Can it help us look up and out at the world around us, and the people who share it with us?” wrote Rossin a Google Plus post. For Ahrendts, Apple is already a luxury brand. Three years before she was hired at Apple last fall, she signaled her admiration for Apple in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. “I don’t look at Gucci or Chanel or anyone,” Ahrendts told the newspaper in 2010. “If I look to any company as a model, it’s Apple. They’re a brilliant design company working to create a lifestyle, and that’s the way I see us.”
GIANYAR - Five Balinese puppet masters will attend the International Puppet Festival which will be held in Nanchong, China, from May 31 to June 7, one of the puppet master I Wayan Tunjung said on Thursday. According to Tunjung, he and the other four puppet masters will perform the epic Mahabarata and Ramayana stories in the festival in China. The festival itself will be participated in by puppet masters from around the world. “The puppet festival in China is a good event to promote traditional culture of Indonesia to the world especially to the young people,” said Tunjung.
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A puppet master performed in ritual ceremony that held in Denpasar recently. Five Balinese puppet masters will attend the International Puppet Festival which will be held in Nanchong, China, from May 31 to June 7, one of the puppet master I Wayan Tunjung said.
To compete against migrants
Balinese need to change mindset
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SEMARAPURA - Balinese people increasingly lose out in competition against migrants. Tenacity of migrants in seizing the opportunities in the
micro-economy of Bali affirms that the position of Balinese people only serves as a spectator. In competing against migrants, Balinese people are still difficult to change the mindset in order to be able to seize every micro-
and macro- economic opportunities existing in the region. It was revealed by Deputy Regent of Klungkung, Made Kasta. According to him, foresight of migrants to take advantage of any economic
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Traditional fishermen are taking fishs out of their net in Kelan Beach. Balinese people increasingly lose out in competition against migrants. Tenacity of migrants in seizing the opportunities in the micro-economy of Bali affirms that the position of Balinese people only serves as a spectator.
opportunities around them should be appreciated. Moreover, they pursued it resiliently, so they could last up to reaching a success and rapid growth. Seeing the facts in the field, Kasta mentioned that many people had proved it. Even, many Balinese people were dependent on a wide range of businesses occupied by the migrants like the traders of fresh vegetables and fried fish or chicken proliferating at every corner of the city. “It is hard to encourage Balinese people so as to follow the positive measures taken by migrants. It is difficult to change the mindset of our society,” he explained. In addition to traders of salads, many other micro-economic opportunities were not exploited by the people of Bali, especially in Klungkung. Even, the making of canang oblation having become the daily activities of majority of Balinese people was also seized by migrants. More ironically, serombotan or assorted salads becoming the typical delicacy of Klungkung were widely sold by migrants. “Now, the serombotan is also widely presented by many migrants. We’re getting far less competitive whereas this is our native home where we are supposed to be smarter to seize the existing opportunities,” he said. Seeing the phenomenon, specifically in the field of fisheries, Kasta had a desire to encourage the community to develop a similar business but with different packaging. One of them was that county government should encourage the fishery sector since
the beginning, where there should be efforts to increase fish production in the region such as by increasing the cultivation of fish at each village. On that account, his party recognized the production of fish in Klungkung was still lacking. Unfortunately, the efforts of related agencies in promoting fish production were still minimal. Even, the deputy regent highlighted 11 fish breeding ponds belonging to the Klungkung Livestock, Fishery and Maritime Affairs (PKK) around his office, had not been utilized. “We need to build an integrated system in developing the fishery sector. Do not make a lot of cultivation but no one purchase it,” he said. Today, Klungkung remained to focus on building the fishery sector in general at the fish preservation (TPI) at Kusamba, Dawan subdistrict, Klungkung. The capacity of local fish supply to the location was only 2 tons per day. Meanwhile, the fish preservation at Kusamba was capable of producing an average of 10-15 tons per day. As consequence, it remained dependent on fish supply from outside the region. The deputy regent admitted the efforts to build the fishery sector in Klungkung was still minimal. His party asserted there was a good attempt to boost the fishery sector on a large scale in order to meet the target in the fish preservation or aquaculture to the real sector in every rural community. “The fishery sector provides a big enough opportunity for driving a populistic economic sector,” he said. (kmb31)
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To fulfill needs, government promotes catfish cultivation in tarpaulin pond
BALI with various tourism industries has been able to encourage the growth of other sectors, where one of which is the informal sector. Unfortunately, the informal sector with minimal capital and labor intensive is not completely filled in by Balinese people. Even, the opportunities are mostly taken by migrants. No wonder, the traders of food, drinks, construction workers and other informal sector are then ‘controlled’ by migrants. One of the examples rampantly found is the trader of fresh salad and fried fish or chicken in night markets or store porch. Most of them are migrants, although there are also some natives to Bali but their number can still be counted on fingers. The rise of fresh salad traders is surely inseparable from the need for fish such as catfish or tilapia on sale. If the local fish production cannot meet such high demand, then where will they (traders— Ed) get the fish supply? The Head of Tabanan Fishery and Maritime Affairs, I Made Subagia, explained the need for fish such as catfish and tilapia all this time was very high. To meet the needs, his party had a catfish pond participatory program where in the program the group of fish farmers (Pokdakan) had been given assistance in the form of tarpaulin, fingerling and feed by the government in which the pond making was done by farmers. According to him, the fish cultivation in the tarpaulin pond could become an alternative for busi-
ness activities of Tabanan people because it could be implemented on less productive land. In addition, the production costs were also relatively affordable. On the other hand, the market opportunity was still widely open. “To encourage the potential of fishery and maritime sector in Tabanan, the government has piloted a participatory program. The result is not bad. Even, we are also supplying catfish to Denpasar, and vice versa. In other words, we build synergy,” he explained, Tuesday (May 27). Meanwhile, I Gede Darma Susila, a catfish breeder at Buruan village, Tabanan, revealed the freshwater fishery sector had become a lucrative business for many people. It also made him leave the pig breeding and switch to catfish
aquaculture sector because based on his calculation the business was more promising. “In pig breeding, the price is unstable. It is not good for business continuity in the long term. Eventually, I stop the pig breeding and switch to catfish cultivation because the selling price is more stable and promising,” he said. Darma explained the fulfillment of fingerlings for cultivation remained incomparable to the market demands. It was a constraint retaining the business opportunity at once. It could be imagined that Bali needed 10 tons of catfish for consumption per day, while Bali could only meet the demand for catfish for consumption only 3 tons per day. It was no less astonishing if the need for catfish fingerlings in a
month could reach 5 million. Unfortunately, only a small portion of the fingerling needs could be met by Bali breeders. He admitted, the catfish fingerlings had indeed a very specific problem. The condition was different from the fingerlings of tilapia and other fingerlings. It also became one of the causes kindling the small production of catfish fingerling over the years. He said the catfish breeding had high risk. Similarly, such condition also happened when it was send through interisland delivery at the fingerling stage. Catfish tended to be sensitive to environment, so only a few catfish fingerlings could grow. “Most people have mindset that catfish breeding is very easy. Actually, the fingerling stage has high risk of death because this condition is very sensitive,” he said. In this fingerling stage, he explained, catfish required a pond with specific pH level and temperature. Not to mention the condition of catfish belonging to cannibal where it was difficult to meet the needs for silk worms as its feed in Bali. Such condition increasingly reduced the amount
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advanced treatment in Sanglah Hospital as tertiary health care. As the referral system had been running, the Sanglah Hospital mostly handled dengue cases requiring intensive care. “Nevertheless, the case leading to death does not happen,” he said. Meanwhile, in the past four months, the dengue in Bali reached 3,520 cases. In April, it was recorded to reach 948 new cases respectively occurred in Buleleng with 186 cases, Jembrana (16), Tabanan (65), Badung (210), Denpasar (346), Gianyar (47), Bangli (18), Klungkung (28)
and Karangasem (32). A pediatrician of Wangaya Hospital, Wayan Retayasa, explained the dengue was very hazardous if it had reached the stage of bleeding and shocked condition. Cycle of the dengue itself resembled a camel’s hump. “It is a-week cycle beginning with a high temperature and then decreases to normal and gets higher again,” said Retayasa. The stage to be watched out for is when the body temperature drops and looks normal. Most patients felt to have recovered and stopped the treatment. Unwittingly, it is the phase where the bleeding
stage started to occur. When body temperature got higher again, most patients would experience shock or decreased consciousness. When reaching this stage, it would be very difficult to handle and have great potential to death. According to Retayasa, to detect such condition, patients should routinely check the level of platelet in the blood through laboratory test. When entering a hazardous stage, patients were usually advised to be hospitalized. Retayasa continued that dengue treatment depended on the patient’s immune system so as to
of fingerling production. All this time, the fulfillment of catfish fingerling in Bali was produced by three components of business, namely the People’s Hatchery Unit (UPR), Fish Fingerling Agency owned by the government and wholesale breeder posing a businessman who brought in fingerlings from Java and channeled back to fish breeders. He predicted the total production of fingerling was only able to meet about 1-2 million heads per month. Ultimately, the conditions made the selling price of catfish fingerling in the market fairly stable. For instance, the price of catfish fingerling at the level of entrepreneurs was at IDR 25 per head, while the monosex category was in the range of IDR 35 per head. The price of ready-to-sell catfish broodstock in the market sizing 10 cm was around IDR 300,000 per head, sizing 8 cm at IDR 250,000 thousand per head and sizing 6 cm at IDR 200,000 per head. The price of ready-to-consume catfish at the level of breeder was IDR 14,000 to IDR 15,000 per kg (containing 5 heads sizing 10 cm). (bit)
maintain the condition of the body with good nutrition and enough fluids was highly recommended. The Head of the Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya, added if dengue included the disease having relation to lifestyle and environmental sanitation. On that account, it should be attempted there was no stagnant water that could become the nest of mosquito denoting the vector of dengue. “The dengue is caused by virus. Therefore, the endurance is also very important to prevent infection of this disease,” said Suarjaya. (san)
At Sanglah Hospital, dengue case doubles
DENPASAR - Dengue cases handled by Sanglah Hospital showed a double increase compared to the cases in previous months. According to Secretary of the Sanglah Hospital Dengue Management Team, Ken Wirasandhi, the hospitalized patient previously reaching 6-10 cases increased to 20 cases or doubled in May. Most of the dengue cases in Sanglah Hospital, added Ken, posed the cases that could not be handled in primary and secondary health care and required an
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Starz Diner offers best buffet dinners IBP
KUTA - Starz Diner at Hard Rock Hotel Bali is known for serving one of the best buffet dinners on the island. Starz Diner offers contemporary South East Asian cuisine in casual yet vibrant surroundings. The 210-seat restaurant is the best venue for dinner with families, friends and colleagues. The restaurant also regularly hosts leisure and business groups, who enjoy Southeast Asian feast that pleases their palate while holidaying in Bali. In many occasions, the restaurant has received wonderful feedback for the sumptuous buffet. The culinary team has created a buffet selection of Southeast Asian delights and comfort foods include Soup Station with choices of noodles, meatballs and savory soup broths. The most sought-after dishes are the BBQ Pork with Pineapple and Pad Thai. Every Wednesday, Starz Diner serves authentic Balinese cuisine and received great reviews for its famous Balinese Suckling Pig. Patrons are greeted by the Balinese-dressed servers and the ambiance is essentially Balinese.
New specialties introduced at Starz Diner include Roti Jala with Nyonya Chicken Curry, Slow Roast Pork Belly with Truffle Hoisin Sauce, Chicken Biryani with Saffron Basmati Rice and Mutton Stew with Chickpeas and Yoghurt. Fantastic dinners are not complete without the tantalizing desserts. Starz Diner’s patrons enjoy signature desserts include Bubur Sago, selection of Cakes and Peranakan-style desserts. Kids menu is also available to complete treasured dinner experience at Starz Diner. Experience the Dinner Buffet at only Rp. 150,000++/adult. One child (under 12 years old) eats for free for every one paying adult. For table reservation and group inquiries, call (+62 361) 761 869 at extension 7522 during business hours or email to starzdiner@hardrockhotels.net.
Calendar Event for Jun 1 through Jul 12, 2014 1 Jun Pura Sakenan Serangan Denpasar Pura Dalem Pahuman Bhujangga Penatih Denpasar Timur Pura Alas Harum Batur Kintamani Pura Alas Angker Munduk Kintamani Pura Dalem Kawitan Empuaji Klungkung 4 Jun Buda Cemeng Langkir Pura Tanah Lot Kediri Tabanan Pura Bucabe Mas Ubud Pura Puseh Desa Ganggang Canggi Batuan Pura Luhur Batur Pucangan Buahan Tabanan Pura Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Ida Ratu Sundaring Jagat Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Dalem bangun Sakti Tamiang Kapal Dalem Bias Muntig Ped Nusa penida 8 Jun Pura Agung Petilan Pengerebongan kesiman Denpasar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kesiut Kangin Kerambitan Tabanan 10 Jun Anggarkasih Medangsia Pura Pesimpangan Gerya Sakti Yogaloka Lampung Selatan Pura Luhur Uluwatu Pura Bukit Pecatu Kuta badung Pura Penataran Agung Singakerta Ubud Pura Andakasa Karangasem Pura Gua Lawah Klungkung Pura Kawitan Arya Gelgel klungkung Pura Taman Ayun Mengwi Pura Suralaya Banda klungkung Pura Dalem Senapati Bebalang Bangli Pura Pasek Gaduh Blahbatuh Gianyar Pura Pasek Lurah Tutuan Kerambitan Tabanan Pura Pusering Jagat Tampaksiring
Gianyar Pura Gerya Sakti Tulikup Gianyar Pura Dalem Dauh Ubud Pura Segara Ketewel Sukawati Pura Mertha Sari Mas Ubud 11 Jun Pura Gede Purancak Jembrana Pura Dalem Dauma Batuan Sukawati Pura Nataran Kacang Dawa Klungkung Pura Bhatara Gede Apol Ubung Denpasar Pura Puseh Brahmana Klungkung Pura Kahyangan Jagat Dalem Purwa Denbantas Tabanan Pura Dalem Sukahet Klungkung Pura Dalem MuasPahit Guwang Sukawati Pura Taman Dukuh Tegallalang Pura Desa Sanding Tampak Siring gianyar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Batan Buah Kesiman Pura Sahab Nusa penida Pura Dalem Cemara Serangan Denpasar 12 Jun Purnama Sasih Sadha Pura Pauman Bhujangga Tonja Denpasar Pura Amertha Sari Rempoa Jakarta Selatan Pura Ulun Swi Kediri Tabanan Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Bitra Gianyar 15 Jun Kajeng Kliwon uwudan Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kekeran Mengwi 25 Jun Buda Kliwon Pahang Pura Luhur Puncak Padang Dawa Padangbai Karangasem Pura Aer jeruk Sukawati Gianyar Pura Dangin Pasar Batuan Sukawati Pura Penataran Batuyang Batubulan Pura Desa Lembeng Ketewel Gianyar Pura Pasek Bendesa Kediri Tabanan Pura Kawitan Dalem Sukawati gianyar Pura Kresek Banyuning Buleleng
Pura Puseh Bebandem Karangasem Pura Sad Kahyangan Batu Swana Nusa Penida Pura Buda Kliwon Penatih Denpasar Pura Penataran Dukuh Naga Sari Bebandem Karangasem Pura Batur Sari Ubud 27 Jun Tilem Sasih Sadha Pura Dalem Celuk Sukawati 30 Jun Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan Pura Pasek Gelgel Kekeran Delod Yeh Mengwi 5 Jul Tumpek krulut Pura Pasek gelgel Tengah Buleleng Pura Dalem Pemuteran Jelantik Tojan Klungkung Pura Pedarman Bhujangga Waisnawa Besakih Pura Taman Sari Penebel Tabanan Pura Benua Tarukan Besakih 9 Jul Buda Cemeng Merakih Pura Bendesa Mas Kepisah Pedungan Pura Natih Kalah Batubulan Pura Desa Silakarang Singapadu Pura Dalem Petitenget Kuta Badung Pura Dalem Pulasari Gianyar Pura Kubayan Kapisah Denpasar Selatan Pura Paibon Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Lumintang Denpasar Pura Panti Penyarikan Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Pasar Agung Kediri Tabanan Pura Puaya Batuan Sukawati 11 Jul Hari Bhatara Sri 12 Jul Purnama Sasih Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Tirta Besakih Pura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati
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Balinese Temple Ceremony Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc. The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion. The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines. In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.
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Maya Angelou, the nation’s wise woman Associated Press Writer
Maya Angelou walked into a meeting of civil rights leaders discussing affirmative action back in the 1990s, looked around, and put them all in their place with a single, astute observation. “She came into the room,” recalled Al Sharpton, “and she said: ‘The first problem is you don’t have women in here of equal status. We need to correct you before you can correct the country.’” Angelou, who died Wednesday at 86, made an impact on American culture that transcended her poetry and searing memoirs. She was the nation’s wise woman, a poet to presidents, an unapologetic conscience who became such a touchstone that grief over her loss poured from political leaders, celebrities and ordinary people in generous doses. “Above all, she was a storyteller — and her greatest stories were true,” President Barack Obama said. Never hesitant to speak her mind, Angelou passionately defended the rights of women, young people and the ignored. She effortlessly traversed the worlds of literature and activism, becoming a confidante to the original civil rights leaders, their successors and the current generation. “I’ve seen many things, I’ve learned many things,” Angelou told The Associated Press in 2013. “I’ve certainly
been exposed to many things and I’ve learned something: I owe it to you to tell you.” Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, remembered the “incredibly powerful experience” of being invited to Angelou’s home. They sat at her kitchen table for hours, Morial said, as Angelou told stories and talked about life, art, culture and humankind. “With equal parts majesty and humility, she held court — and I listened intently, absorbing every word and meaning that she had to impart,” Morial said. A former singer and dancer — as well as once being the first black streetcar conductor in San Francisco — she also put her imprint on the new world of celebrity, mentoring Oprah Winfrey, instructing Alicia Keys in “lining out,” a call-and-response form of singing popular in Southern black
churches, acting in a television sketch with Richard Pryor, and inspiring singers, authors and actors of all races and genders. Angelou was a “phenomenal woman of insight, eloquence and artistry who gave voice to the rawness and loftiness of our history and our humanity,” said Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the nation’s first female speaker of the House of Represntatives. Angelou’s talents and platforms were boundless: poetry, books, movies, the spoken word, television, a weekly SiriusXM satellite radio show and even Twitter and Facebook. She collected accolades from all portions of society: a Tony Award in 1973 for her appearance in the play “Look Away”; three Grammys for her spoken-word albums; an honorary National Book Award for her contributions to the literary community; a National Medal of Arts; and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor. Whether talking about the scourge of discrimination or the evil of sexism, “she has much to teach this generation and generations unborn about what it means to be an authentic person, and the power of the genuine,” the Rev. Jesse Jackson said.
Brad Pitt attacked at ‘Maleficent’ premiere Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES — A man was led away in handcuffs after allegedly attacking Brad Pitt on the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of the movie “Maleficent.” Pitt was apparently unhurt and soon resumed signing autographs. Witnesses saw the man from the fan area jump over a barrier on to the red carpet Wednesday at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood and rush at Pitt, touching him briefly before security guards wrestled him back across the barrier. A police spokeswoman says the man, whose name she did not know, was arrested on suspicion of battery. Pitt kept greeting fans and walked into the theater. Pitt’s longtime partner Angelina Jolie stars in “Maleficent,” Disney’s new live action spin on “Sleeping Beauty.” Email messages left for representatives for Pitt and Disney were not immediately returned.
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Page 13 Rabies vaccination was given to a dog during a mass vaccination program that held in Denpasar. The Bali provincial administration has set up at least 58 rabies prevention centers in several districts and cities in Bali to avoid the increase of rabies cases on the island.
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In this April 5, 2014 photo provided by the National Portrait Gallery, Cicely Tyson, Maya Angelou and Oprah Winfrey pose for a photo backstage at Angelou’s portrait unveiling at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington.
To avoid increase of Rabies cases
58 Prevention Centers set up in Bali
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DENPASAR - The Bali provincial administration has set up at least 58 rabies prevention centers in several districts and cities in Bali to avoid the increase of rabies cases on the island.
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A fan is walked off carpet in handcuffs after allegedly attacking Brad Pitt at the world premiere of “Maleficent” at the El Capitan Theatre on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Los Angeles.
“We have prepared 58 rabies unit centers for the people to handle the dog bite in Bali,” the head of the Environment Restructure and Disease Control Board, dr Gede Wira Sunetra, said. The 58 rabies centers are located across Bali including 14 units in Gianyar, 10 units in Jembrana, seven units in Badung and Buleleng each, six units in Tabanan, four units in Klungkung and Karangasem each and three units in Bangli. “Meanwhile, we only prepare three rabies centers in Denpasar area,” Wira said. The rabies prevention centers were set up in response to the rising dog bite cases in Bali which reached 3,782 from 2013 to April 2014, he said. “The average daily dog bite cases are recorded at 126 in several districts and cities in Bali,” he said. The figure was recorded at 122 in the same period a year earlier which saw the total bite cases of 3,724, he said. He added no casualties caused by dog bites were reported
in the January-April 2014. “We hope there will be no casualties caused by rabies cases,” he said. Wira said the office has found a potential rabies case in Buleleng District. However, it has not found any similar case in Denpasar and Badung areas. The office noted from 2013 to April 2014, there were 521 dog bite cases in Denpasar, 720 in Badung, 562 in Gianyar, 460 in Buleleng, 450 in Tabanan, 359 in Karangasem, 283 in Bangli, 216 in Klungkung and 191 in Jembrana. Signs of the dog that infected by rabies virus can be seen from the saliva amount (hipersaliva) of the animal. “Besides, the dogs that become aggressive and afraid to see water are also predicted to be infected by rabies,” he said. Wira suggested that the people immediately clean the wound after being bitten by dog and report to the center or hospital to get anti-rabies injection. “I advice the people to immediately clean their wound
after being bitten by dog,” Wira said. Mass Vaccination
Recently, Bali also held fifth mass vaccination program against rabies which has been ongoing across the Island of Bali since April 15, targeting 350 thousand stray dogs as part of the government’s efforts to make Bali free from rabies. Bali has resolved to become rabies-free by the year 2015, in order to maintain its reputation as the world’s most famous resort island. Nationally, the central government has targeted the entire country to be rabies-free by 2020. Over the past few years, Bali authorities have routinely carried out mass vaccination programs against rabies, targeting strays, as well as domestic dogs. Officially launched in Gunung Sari village, Seririt, Buleleng District, where several dog bite cases were reported recently, the fifth mass vaccination program is to continue until July 31.