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People need to be able to take advantage of the opportunities that nature has provided. Rather than looking to the wealth of other re-gions, each area should take care of their natural resources and manage them well.

“For example, Karangasem, particularly the region of Kubu is known as having a consistently high poverty rate. If however people there understood how to manage their

own resources, those communities would certainly prosper,” she said.

In addition, the mindset of people living in far flung places needs to be broadened. The government has provided various facilities in terms of education including scholarships, and a minimum 9-year compulsory education. However, there are still people that are not taking full advan-tage of these opportunities.

“We all know that one of the keys

to fighting poverty is education. If only people were aware of these programs and were able to manage their own natural resources, the condition of their lives would be greatly improved,” said Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Instructors (AISI) of Bali.

Secondly, continued Siska, in terms of government responsibility, there needs to be better promotion of programs before they start run-

ning and these programs should be well supervised. In terms of equitable distribution of develop-ment and economic assistance, the needs of each region need to be looked at separately. All region cannot be treated in the same way. Particularly in terms of government disbursements aimed at equalizing the playing field, systems for al-locating funds must be created by carefully taking each regions needs into account.

The economic development strategy of equalizing the different areas in order to stimulate overall economic growth requires that the

government play a major role. De-velopment needs to be focused not only stimulating economic growth but also on creating conditions that favour a better quality of life, equity and social justice, by putting the interests of the people first.

When economic inequality worsens -that is when rich people will get richer while the poor will get poorer all kinds of social unrest tend to ensue. Economic equality is one of the ways to create a peaceful society; the economic gap needs to be addressed soon, by working toward equalizing opportunities as quickly as possible. (rah)

Economic gap widensDENPASAR - To overcome the sluggish economy and to address development inequality in

Bali, cooperation between the government and local communities is required. Economist, Siska Suzana Darmawan, stated that because Indonesia is rich in natural resources, local communi-ties should be benefitting from the wealth that these resources generate.

Motorist passed a damage road in Kubu, Karangasem. Karangasem, par-

ticularly the region of Kubu is known as having a consistently high poverty rate.

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LOS ANGELES - Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan was warned by a judge she could face jail time if she fails to complete 125 hours of community service over a reck-less driving offense within the next three weeks.

The US actress, currently living in London, has only completed about nine of the hours so far, and US judge Mark Young said there will be “consequences” if she fails to finish the sentence by May 28.

Lohan’s attorney Shawn Holley said the actress was having trouble completing her service in London due to travel and costs, and limits on the number of hours she can perform

each day.The judge agreed to allow Lohan

to travel to New York to do the community service at the Brooklyn Community Center, working with children, but added that all the hours must be completed by the next hear-ing on May 28.

“If it is not done by May 28 there will be consequences,” Young said.

Prosecutor Melanie Skehar said the 28-year-old star could face around 18 months behind bars if she fails to complete her community service.

Lohan was sentenced in 2013 to 240 hours of community service

after she drove recklessly and lied to police following a car accident in Santa Monica, California.

The court also imposed 90 days of drug rehabilitation and 18 months psychiatric counseling during two years of probation.

But in February she was given another 125 hours of community service, after a judge questioned whether she fulfilled the terms of the initial sentence.

After rocketing to stardom for films “The Parent Trap,” “Freaky Friday,” and “Mean Girls,” Lohan has been in and out of rehab with drug problems and had numerous encounters with the law. (afp)

While a wild success by any measure, the film is still lagging behind the record-setting precedent of 2012’s “The Avengers,” which made $103.1 million in its second weekend in theatres and had a domestic total of $373 mil-lion at the same point in the cycle.

“Hot Pursuit,” meanwhile, failed to make a significant mark in its debut weekend, earning a less-than-impres-sive $13.3 million. The Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Ver-gara buddy comedy, which cost a reported $35 million to produce, was projected to earn at least $18 million out

of the gates.“Critics were very tough

on ‘Hot Pursuit,’” said Ren-trak’s Senior Media Ana-lyst Paul Dergarabedian. Considering the power of female audiences at the box office, and the frequency of female-driven films to over perform, the lagging enthu-siasm around “Hot Pursuit” is puzzling.

“It was a formula for what-ever reason didn’t resonate with the critics, and I think that had an impact on its box office,” Dergarabedian said.

Warner Bros. EVP of Distribution Jeff Goldstein noted that the film attracted

an older and primarily female audience, which is one that doesn’t necessarily rush out on opening weekend to check out a film. Audiences were 62 percent female and 82 percent over the age of 25.

Goldstein also said that the Mother’s Day holiday might help catapult “Hot Pursuit” to a stronger Sunday.

Ultimately, it’s still an “Avengers” world, at least until “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “Pitch Perfect 2” open next weekend. “’Ultron’ is just so big. It’s such a behemoth. It’s hard for a newcomer to get attention,” Dergarabedian said. (ap)

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In this image released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Reese Witherspoon, right, and Sofia Vergara appear in a scene from “Hot Pursuit.”

‘Avengers’ sequel tops charts, crushes ‘Hot Pursuit’

LOS ANGELES — The “Age of Ultron” is not over. The Avengers sequel topped the domestic box office for the second weekend in a row with an estimated $77.2 million according to Rentrak estimates Sunday. The film has earned a staggering $312.9 million in just 10 days in theaters, tying with “The Dark Knight” to become the second fastest film to do so.

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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 con-sidered 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 “umbul-umbul”, 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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Buleleng plans to enforce the regional bylaw (Perda) No.1/2013 regarding Waste Management. Unfortunately, the facilities and infrastructureon the ground are not entirely adequate. Evi-dence suggests that people do not fully understand the role of the regulation and the sanctions that are imposed in the case of violations. The government working through the Buleleng Sanita-tion and Landscaping Agency (DKP) is now intensively disseminating informa-tion about the bylaw. Hopefully, in the time that remains before July 2015, when violators of the bylaw will be be reprimanded, discourse on a plastic waste-free Buleleng can be fully ap-plied in general.

Head of the Buleleng Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, Nyoman Genep said on Monday that the plastic waste-free Buleleng program is expected to materialize in the field. His party continues to support this effort through the addition of a sanitation fleet made up of ten big garbage trucks, that will supplement the existing trucks, which are not sufficient. “Based on the reality of present circumstances, it would be very hard to implement proper waste management. We’ve disseminated in-formation regarding the regulation, but people are still like this. Garbage trucks have been prepared, but it is not enough

to make the government program suc-cessful,” said Genep.

The DKP of Buleleng only has 474 janitors on staff, which is not nearly enough to clean up all the garbage in all none subdistricts of Buleleng. Part of the problem is the increasing volume of waste every day. It is said that each resi-dent produces two to three kg of rub-bish each day. “We feel that there is still a lack of janitors considering the plume of waste that piles up everyday. We have therefor been sharing sanitation and waste management information at the household level,” he added.

For the next breakthrough, Genep plans to increase waste management performance by optimizing the use of the 24 regional waste disposal sites (TPSD) in Buleleng. For this, the role of villagers is necessary in particular to support the local governments lo-cal sanitation program. The fact is that some people are are still littering and dumping trash in the rivers. “We have taken the initiative of forming regional waste disposal sites and we will continuously add to these. People have been encouraged to care about en-vironmental sanitation in Buleleng. The Buleleleng DKPs total budget of IDR 20 billion for the sanitation program has been allocated. Hopefully, plastic waste-free Buleleng can be realized,” he said. (kmb34)

It was submitted by a legislator of the Karan-gasem House from Manggis and Bebandem electoral district, Wayan Sunarta, in Karangasem. From the observation all this time, even though it has been equipped with the night marker in the front side, it remains quiet as well.

Sunarta said that previously it has been tried to organize an entertainment and night market in the market project with the assistance of central govern-ment worth IDR 600 million and billions of rupiahs of the Karangasem regional budget. Apparently, few days after the night market it returned to be quiet.

“The executive has attempted to provide entertain-ment in order that the market building is not sluggish. Unfortunately, it has run out of power and in fact the market is not able to be optimized,” he said.

Nevertheless, added Sunarta, the executive is asked not to give up and run out of power. It must always be pursued because the budget spent has been in large amount, including the most recent artistic compound wall and looks grandiose at the front side.

Sunarta said that although the market building remains quiet and is threatened to be sluggish, it must remain to be well maintained. Its grass and bushes should be cleaned up, so that it will not result in creepy impression in the magnificent building of the market in front of the grave of the Manggis village.

According to Sunarta, the cruise ship harbor must

be utilized or operated, so that it can be optimal and not useless because hundreds of billions of rupiahs from central government and provincial government have been spent for the construction of some mag-nificent buildings. On the other hand, Karangasem County has acquired the land for surrounding paths and pavement by hot mix asphalt. “No matter how small the government budget used to build the largest cruise ship in Indonesia, it should be beneficial for the people,” he said.

On the other hand, the Regent of Karangasem, I Wayan Geredeg, admitted that today many tradi-tional markets in Karangasem are quiet. Formerly, all the markets were crowded, but later on they are deserted. He said that the increasingly quiet market is not the fault of the government but it happens be-cause more and more housewives open stall in front of their house. As a result, less people are going to the market to buy their needs.

He said that he once asked a farmer housewife from one of the villages in Karangasem who was standing next to a basket of chayote. The woman said that she does not need to bring her commodity to local market because just by telephoning the trader or buyer, they will come to bring a pickup truck to take out the chayote. “It is the impact of advances in information technology such as the cellular phone today,” Geredeg said. (013)

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The Manggis Art Market located at the edge of the village cemetery of Manggis, Karangasem, remains quiet even though it has been transformed into the Manggis Market.

Manggis Art Market sluggish

AMLAPUrA - The Manggis Art Market located at the edge of the village cemetery of Manggis, Karangasem, remains quiet even though it has been transformed into the Manggis Market. So far, condition of the market is still sluggish.

IBP/Dewa Kusuma

The government of Buleleng plans to enforce the regional bylaw (Perda) No.1/2013 regarding Waste Management. Unfortunately, the facilities and infrastructureon the ground are not entirely ad-equate.

Plastic waste-free program in Buleleng not fully applied

3Tuesday, May 12, 2015 14 InternationalInternational Bali NewsScience Tuesday, May 12, 2015

The findings, published by the Royal Astronomical Society, are based on the discovery of “a large quantity” of hydrogen and oxy-gen, the two chemical ingredients of water, in the atmosphere of a white dwarf star.

The find, based on observa-tions by the William Herschel Telescope in the Canary Islands, revealed that the quantity of wa-ter found on Earth is not unique, said a statement by Britain’s University of Warwick, whose as-tronomers made the discovery.

“Water delivery via asteroids or comets is likely taking place in many other planetary systems, just as it happened on Earth,” it said.

“The research findings add further support to the possibility

water can be delivered to Earth-like planets via such bodies (as asteroids and comets) to create a suitable environment for the formation of life.”

The latest findings support the widely-held view that Earth’s oceans were created through impacts by water-rich comets or asteroids, said lead researcher Roberto Raddi.

The white dwarf, an ageing star in decline, had once held water equivalent to about 30-35 percent of that found in Earth’s oceans, probably delivered in an asteroid impact.

“Our research has found that, rather than being unique, water-rich asteroids similar to those found in our solar system appear

to be frequent,” said Raddi. His colleague Boris Gansicke

added: “There are many white dwarfs that hold large amounts of hydrogen in their atmospheres, and this new study suggests that this is evidence that water-rich asteroids or comets are common around other stars than the Sun.

Last December, researchers said readings taken Europe’s comet orbiter Rosetta suggested that water on Earth was more likely to have come from aster-oids that slammed into the planet billions of years ago, than from comets.

The atomic signature of water molecules from the comet were vastly different from water on Earth. (afp)

MIAMI - Astronomers have located the most distant galaxy ever measured in the universe, and it looks like a bright blue mass of stars some 13.1 billion light-years from Earth.

The galaxy, called EGS-zs8-1, is “one of the brightest and most mas-sive objects in the early universe,” according to a statement from Yale University.

Calculating its exact distance from Earth was possible using the MOSFIRE instrument on the W.M.

Keck Observatory’s 10-meter tele-scope in Hawaii, researchers said.

The galaxy was first spotted in images from NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes.

Astronomers at Yale and the University of California, Santa Cruz say that EGS-zs8-1 is still forming stars rapidly, about 80 times faster than our galaxy, the Milky Way.

Details of the discovery were published Tuesday in the jour-nal Astrophysical Journal Let-ters. (afp)

MIAMI - In another ominous sign of human-caused climate change, US government scientists said Wednesday that global car-bon dioxide concentrations have reached a new monthly record of 400 parts per million.

Carbon dioxide is a potent greenhouse gas, and is a harmful by-product of burning fossil fuels such as oil and coal.

“For the first time since we be-gan tracking carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere, the monthly global average concentration of this greenhouse gas surpassed 400 parts per million in March 2015,” said the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Scientists announced that C02 had passed the 400 ppm level for the first time in the Arctic in 2012, and at Mauna Loa in Hawaii in 2013.

“It was only a matter of time that we would average 400 parts per million globally,” said Pieter Tans, lead scientist of NOAA’s Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network.

“Reaching 400 parts per million as a global average is a significant milestone.”

Tans said C02 has risen more than 120 parts per million since pre-industrial times.

“Half of that rise has occurred since 1980,” he said.

In March, the International Ener-gy Agency reported that the growth of global emissions from fossil fuel burning had stalled in 2014 and was level with emissions in 2013.

But experts warn that stabiliz-ing the rate of emissions will not ward off climate change, since greenhouse gases linger in the atmosphere for years and trap heat around the Earth.

“NOAA data show that the aver-age growth rate of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere from 2012 to 2014 was 2.25 ppm per year, the highest ever recorded over three consecutive years,” the agency said.

Carbon dioxide is a natural part of Earth’s atmosphere but the burning of fossil fuels sends excess amounts into the air and creates an even tougher heat-trapping blanket.

NOAA collects its data on global carbon dioxide concentra-tion on air samples taken from 40 sites around the world, including some remote islands.

“We choose to sample at these sites because the atmosphere itself serves to average out gas concen-trations that are being affected by human and natural forces. At these remote sites we get a better global average,” said Ed Dlugokencky, the NOAA scientist who manages the global network.

When the milestone of 400 ppm was first observed in 2012, many scientists said it should be considered a wake-up call that more renewable energies need to be used to cut back on cheap but polluting fuels.

But even though some countries have pledged to reduce emissions, the trend has proven hard to re-verse.

“Elimination of about 80 per-cent of fossil fuel emissions would essentially stop the rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but concentrations of carbon dioxide would not start decreasing until even further reductions are made and then it would only do so slowly,” said James Butler, direc-tor of NOAA’s Global Monitoring Division. (afp)

Astronomers find most distant galaxy ever measured

Global carbon dioxide levels reach new monthly record

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This photo from a sequence of images provided by NASA, taken from the Dawn spacecraft of Ceres, a dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Large amounts of water may exist on numerous deep space bodies, said a study Thursday that raises the theoretical odds of another planet like Earth sporting the life-giving resource.

Water on white dwarf raises prospects of H2O-rich planets

FRANCE - Large amounts of water may exist on numerous deep space bodies, said a study Thursday that raises the theoretical odds of another planet like Earth sporting the life-giving resource.

Indonesia executed a number of death row convict including Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran from Australia last month.

“Despite the political uproar there are always orders from working part-ners in Australia,” Made Parsua, handicraft makers in Gianyar said on Monday.

Made said the Central Bureau of Statistics of Bali recorded earning from exports to Australia rose 16.83 percent from US$7.9 million to US$9.2 million in the first three months of 2015.

This indicated that the Australian people especially business people had little concern for the politics over the execution of the drug convicts, Parsua said.

Handicraft exports by Bali mainly in silverware were valued at US$6.3 million in March including 15.11 percent of which were from exports to Australia.

The highest exports in value were to Singapore accounting for 26 percent that month.

Consumers in Australia also had large imports of garments from Bali, garment makers in Bali said.

Australian tourists also continue to flock to Bali many of them buying handicraft products. (ant)

GIANYAR - The area of Cu-cukan Beach, Medahan village, Blahbatuh, has tried to develop a new tourist attraction since two years ago. One of them is the implementation of canoe at-traction by residents around the Cucukan Beach. Conditions of the waves adequately support for the development of canoe attraction. However, so far the development is still stagnant.

People hope there is a promo-tion made by the government. Until these days, the campaign is only carried out by word of mouth. Visitors or travelers making a visit can rent a canoe to be ridden on the Cucukan Beach. Although the Cucukan Beach has been sur-rounded by villa buildings rented to foreign travelers, the canoe is mostly rented by local people. “Condition of the canoe attraction here is indeed different from that of Sanur,” added Dewa Putu Telaga,

an owner of canoe rental.Canoe attraction is dominantly

rented by local people. Though the growth is still stagnant, his party is optimistic that the canoe attraction will continuously grow. Optimism of the residents in the development of new tourist destination in Gianyar can also causes them to add their canoe inventory.

Previously, it has been reported that canoe attraction has begun to be initiated by Cucukan residents since two years ago and became one of the new tourist destinations in Gianyar. Other than surfing, the receding waves on the beach in the afternoon create an alterna-tive tourist attraction in the form of canoeing. “However, when big waves come, we surely ban the canoe rental to avoid unwanted thing,” explained Telaga doubling as a member of lifeguard (Bala-wista) of Gianyar. (kmb16)

IBP/Agung Dharmada

The area of Cucukan Beach, Medahan village, Blahbatuh, has tried to develop a new tourist attraction since two years ago. One of them is the implementation of canoe attraction by resi-dents around the Cucukan Beach.

Cucukan Beach develops canoe attraction

A tourist passed a stall selling handicraft in Semawang, Sanur. Bali’s exports of handicraft products to Australia have continued to increase amid political disharmony between the two neighboring countries over the execution of two Aus-tralia drug convicts.

Bali’s handicraft exports to Australia increase

DENPASAR - Bali’s exports of handicraft products to Australia have continued to increase amid political disharmony between the two neighboring countries over the execution of two Australia drug convicts.

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BANGLI - An art parade held as part of the the peak of the 811th anniversary celebrations of the town of Bangli, on Sunday (May 10), was quite festive. Thousands of partici-pants and Bangli artists took part in the event held at the Captain Mudita Square. In addition to featuring a variety of existing arts from each subdistrict, the endangered arts were also reconstructed for the parade.

The Head of the Bangli Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Ad-nyana, said that that 2000 people took part in the parade, coming from all four subdistricts of Bangli. During the parade, each subdistrict shows off its own unique characteristics. “Each subdistrict also featured a reconstructed version of an art form that is almost extinct,” he said.

He added that most arts in the parade last Sunday will be presented again during the upcoming Bali Arts Festival (BAF).

Before the art parade, the celebra-tion of the anniversary of Bangli was commenced with an assembly attended by the Regent of Bangli, Made Gianyar, and his staff; regent of Klungkung, regent of Gianyar and representatives of other counties in Bali; Chief of Bangli Police, Com-mander of the 1626 / Bangli Military District and other invitees.

The governor of Bali, in his wel-come speech, read by Regent Made Gianyar said that this celebration was not a standard anniversary celebration but in fact was an opportunity for Bangli to look deeply into evaluating

and assessing to what extent their objectives and achievement have been obtained. An opportunity to think about ways to enhance failed programs. The ups and downs faced over the past year, should be inter-preted as the dynamics involved in realizing the Gita Santi Bangli.

In the context of regional devel-opment, the governor supports the county of Bangli’s policy of prioritiz-ing tourism, trade and services and small industries in order that these can be strengthened. The agricultural potential of Bangli should be devel-oped more as a support to natural, cultural, spiritual and ecotourism.

“Similarly, the tourism potential of Bangli County must continue to be developed, taken seriously and pre-served so that it can survive without sacrificing cultural values that have been ingrained in the life of Bangli people,” said Regent Made Gianyar, citing the speech of the governor.

On the sidelines of the assembly, Regent Made Gianyar also invited all the people of Bangli to work hard and promote Bangli. According to national policy, the target and pri-orities of Bangli are to continue to improve all the infrastructures such as roads, schools and hospitals. Rural roads that have not been paved, will be completed. In addition, to support rural development, his party will also disburse quite large village fund allocations (ADD). Thus, after all the infrastructures are well repaired, information and investmenst are ex-pected to come to Bangli. (kmb40)

The fogging activity is started at six o’clock in the morning and targets the hamlet of Bongan Gede, Bongan village, Tabanan.

Donny, a resident of Bongan, said that the fogging is greatly needed by the community as is mosquito nest eradication (PSN). Recently, a few local residents were infected with dengue. “Re-cently, three people were rushed to hospital because of dengue fever, so now every morning at 6AM we perform the fogging,” he said.

The three residents have now been released from hospital be-cause they have recovered. “We hope that the fogging can be car-ried out regularly, not just after people have been hospitalized,” said another resident.

Also, about a dozen residents of Yeh Gangga hamlet, Sudimara village, also suffered from dengue fever. “Dengue fever is indeed a seasonal and yearly outbreak. Last year, far too many people were

hospitalized because of dengue fever,” said this resident of Yeh Gangga.

Previously, the Division Head of the Communicable Disease Control and Environmental Health (P2MPL) of the Tabanan Health Agency, Wayan Triana Suryanata, said that dengue fever cases have indeed increased in-line with den-gue’S five year cycle. Increasing cases of dengue fever usually start in January and peaks around April and May. The increase of dengue is caused by the end of the rainy season when heat waves create ideal conditions for dengue carry-ing mosquitos.

In addition to dengue fever, an-other disease carried by mosquitos during this transitional seasons is Chikunguya. Triana explained that most cases arises in coastal areas such as Katimemes, Yeh Ganga and Tegal Temu. “It also appears in densely populated areas like at Kampung Jawa,” he said.

Although both diseases are transmitted by mosquito, accord-ing to Triana, the hazards of each are quite different. Chikunguya which is marked by symptoms such as joint pain, can be left untreated as most people heal by themselves. For this reason, data collection regarding the number of people infected by this disease are not as complete as it is for dengue which is most often recorded in hospital records,” said Trinata.

Because both diseases are trans-mitted by mosquito, the prevention of dengue fever and cikungunya transmission is the same, namely by implementing mosquito nest eradication and fogging. According to Triana, the Health Agency has invited all hamlets in Tabanan to regularly eradicate mosquito nests in their neighbourhoods - at least once a week. As for fogging, added Triana, it is only carried out in ar-eas where dengue positive patients have been reported. (kmb28)

NEGARA - Since 2010, the villagers of Budeng, Jembrana sub-district and surrounding areas have been preserving their mangroves. Their efforts have produced good results with approximately 64 hect-ares of mangrove forest now grows flourishingly.

Even though the land area of the village (consisting of two hamlets and population of 534 families or 1,752 people) itself is quite narrow, they still have uncultivated lands that remain wild. The headman of Budeng, I Putu Libra, while accompanying the regent, deputy regent and a number of officials as they conducted mutual assistance on Sunday (May 10) said that community participation in environmental conservation is quite high. Most of the dormant lands sur-rounding the village, composed of swamp lands, have been reforested using mangrove plants.

“Our potential here (at Budeng vil-lage) is the preservation of mangrove plants. Since it was initiated in 2010, we have managed to reforest an area

of 46 hectares by planting the area with mangrove,” said Libra.

Our small village was chosen to represent Jembrana in Bali’s province wide competition. The village itself is also well cared for, with com-munity members being encouraged to participate in maintenance and environmental sanitation.

Such efforts are supported by Re-gent Putu Artha along with Deputy Regent I Made Kembang Hartawan who both participated in the recent sanitation event with hundreds of people from the public and employ-ees. The Regent said that mutual assistance in the village should be im-proved. He said he saluts the efforts made by the community of Budeng, especially in regards to environmen-tal conservation.

“The proof is in the pudding. We want this village to continue to improve and when we see such optimal results and so much com-munity support, we are optimistic that we can reach this goal,” ex-plained Artha. (kmb26)

IBP/kmb28In anticipation of a potential outbreak of dengue fever, residents of Bongan village, Tabanan, have taken the initiative of carrying out “foggings” twice a week.

Dengue fever outbreak, fogging intensified

TABANAN - In anticipation of a potential outbreak of dengue fever, residents of Bongan village, Ta-banan, have taken the initiative of carrying out “foggings” twice a week. These foggings are being done in areas that are prone to dengue, which include Southern Tabanan areas ranging from the Bongan, Sudimara and Yeh Ganga village.

Budeng residents green 64 hectares of mangrove

Art parade and sobber thoughts for 811th anniversary of Bangli

With influential Euroskeptics clamoring in his own party and a very slim majority in Parliament, Cameron will have a hard time tackling the big headaches looming over his second term: Britain’s membership in the 28-nation European Union and the growing movement for Scottish independence.

“He would like to be seen as leading a governing party which is united on a core issue at the center of the political debate, but that’s unlikely to happen,” said Colin Hay, a British politics professor at the Paris Institute of Political Studies. “It’s going to be really tough.”

Cameron’s Conservatives won an un-expected majority in last week’s election, ensuring that he returns to 10 Downing Street with enough power to govern alone. His first term saw Cameron sharing power with the left-of-center Liberal Democrats, who held key positions in a sometimes-awkward coalition government.

Within hours of declaring victory Friday, Cameron re-appointed his four highest-ranking ministers — those heading defense, the Treasury, home and foreign affairs — to their posts. No big surprises are expected when the rest of the new, all-Tory Cabinet is unveiled this week.

Cameron Monday made London Mayor Boris Johnson a member of his political Cabinet, which is an advisory role that does

not involve running a department. Cameron said Johnson — seen as a potential future party leader — will “devote his attention to his final year as mayor of London.” The message of stability and continuity is clear: “Keep calm and carry on,” as the Times newspaper put it in a headline.

That is easier said than done in Brit-ain’s rowdy Parliament, where Cameron does not have full support from his party on the two key topics of Scotland and membership in the EU. The Conservatives now have a tiny majority — holding just over half of the House of Commons’ 650 seats — meaning that a dozen defiant Tories could potentially derail important policies.

Rebellion has long simmered in the Conservatives’ more right-wing factions, where many want Britain to pull out of the EU. The presence of the pro-EU Liberal Democrats in the government meant that such a move had been out of the question for the past five years.

Radical Conservatives also disagree with their more moderate colleagues over how to deal with the question of Scotland, where the separatist Scottish National Party gained an unprecedented landslide victory in the race for seats in the British Parliament, winning 56 of Scotland’s 59 seats.

Cameron and those who back him will do everything to keep Scotland’s centuries-old union with England, but some Conservatives are leery of ceding too much power to the north without get-ting reciprocal benefits for England.

The infighting over those two issues is likely to come to a head in the next two years. Responding to widespread British distrust of Brussels, Cameron has promised to hold a referendum on whether Britain should leave or stay in the EU by the end of 2017. He has maintained that he can negotiate better terms for Britain’s EU membership and increase Britain’s ability to control the flow of EU migrants to the country.

Cameron plans to meet with restive Conservative legislators Monday to dis-cuss plans for EU reform in an effort to unify the party before discussions with EU leaders about possible modifications to the terms of Britain’s membership. But many rank-and-file Conservatives want much tougher changes, and some have made up their minds that no settlement will be good enough.

“It was a very rebellious parliament the last time,” said Simon Usherwood, politics lecturer at the University of Surrey. “You’ve got some pretty serious Euro-skeptics.” (ap)

Despite majority, UK’s Cameron faces Conservative rebellion

LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives may have won the British election and ushered their coali-tion partner out the door, but that doesn’t mean it’s all smooth sailing for his government for the next five years.

SINGAPORE — A government crackdown on a teen video blogger and independent news and opinion website has focused attention on free speech limits, and perhaps the next election, in this cosmopolitan but famously strict city-state.

Five days after the death in March of Singapore’s founding father, 16-year-old Amos Yee posted his latest American-accented blog to YouTube, titled “Lee Kuan Yew Is Finally Dead!” He shared it with the popular and provocative site The Real Singapore, one of several online alternatives to government-controlled TV broadcasts and newspapers.

After it went viral locally, with over a million views so far, Yee was arrested and charged with transmit-ting an obscene image and delib-erately “wounding the religious or racial feelings of any person.” He refused bail conditions that amounted to a gag order and has been jailed for over two weeks, awaiting a court’s judgment on Tuesday. He has pleaded not guilty and faces up to three years in prison. The government’s Media Development Authority shut down

TRS, as it is known, earlier this month — though officials say it was for unrelated reasons.

“These are the things that will split the whole society,” said Alvin Tan, who as artistic director of the respected theater company The Nec-essary Stage has tangled with censors for over three decades. “I think we’re waiting for a tipping point.” He has refused to self-censor but negotiates with government representatives, who have had a lighter touch recently with his plays.

Singapore’s government has long aggressively protected its image and authority with legal action both against domestic and international critics, but Yee’s case stands out: A floppy-haired, wryly humorous teenager targeted by prosecutors for a strongly-worded video, sent to prison and shackled in court.

Last fall the MDA banned film director Tan Pin Pin’s documentary about political exiles “To Singapore, With Love.” Lawrence Wong, Sin-gapore’s minister for culture, com-munity and youth, said the film “was deemed to be a real distortion of what

happened in Singapore’s history, but disguised as a documentary.”

“Freedom is not unfettered free-dom. There are some limits. And the limits are put out there quite clearly,” he said Wong said the government intervenes only when concerned that speech will upset “social stability.” Standing next to his underground black box theater, Tan said the strong reaction to TRS and “famous Amos” could be due to the political land-scape. “I find things tightening up because it’s just before elections,” he said.

In the eulogies that followed Lee’s death the public was repeatedly reminded of his — and the ruling party’s — achievements, which will remain fresh in most people’s minds if the next general elections are called later this year, as is expected.

But at the same time, with the passing of a stalwart who was the ruling party’s binding force, a po-litical shift feels more possible. As Singaporeans celebrate 50 years of independence in August, they are also finding their own voices in social media, often the site for

public debate on politics and social issues.

Meanwhile, the opposition has been on the rise, and could do rela-tively well in the next elections. It won 10 seats in the 99-seat Parlia-ment in the 2011 elections, up from two previously. Losing even more seats to the opposition would be a huge blow for the People’s Action Party, which has ruled the country since 1959, and is now led by Lee’s oldest son, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

“The question of who is to lead the next Singapore is going to be

one of the scariest questions to an-swer,” said Shiao-Yin Kuik, a nomi-nated member of parliament who runs a consultancy and small chain of restaurants aimed at encouraging public dialogue about social issues. Though she dismisses Yee’s blog comments as uninformed, she’s been working to encourage political engagement among young people.

“A kid does not have it in his head that ‘I’m going to be presi-dent one day, or prime minister.’ It’s not in the narrative. And it’s not in the narrative of their parents,” she said. (ap)

Blogger, 16, exposes limits on free speech in Singapore In this May 8, 2015, photo, Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s Minister for Culture, Com-munity, and Youth, speaks in Singapore. A government crackdown on a teen video blogger and independent news and opinion website has focused attention on free speech limits, and perhaps the next election, in this cos-mopolitan but famously strict city-state. AP Photo/Ryan Pearson

Yui Mok/PA via APBritain’s Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha.

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BRUSSELS - Greece will plead for leeway from an unwavering Europe on Monday, in a fresh ef-fort to free up cash after months of deadlock in bailout talks.

The eurozone’s 19 ministers meet in Brussels one day before Greece must pay a 750 million euro ($840 million) debt bill to the IMF that some fear the Mediterranean nation cannot afford.

But Greece’s partners are un-swayed by the threat of financial catastrophe in Athens, ruling out any chance of imminent compromise that could unlock even a portion of the money still owed from its bailout.

“We have made progress, but we are not very close to an agreement,” said the head of the Eurogroup ministers, Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, in an interview at the weekend.

“We need more time,” he said.Led by Germany, eurozone min-

isters demand that Greece impose a rigorous regime of reforms, which the leftist government in Athens, in power since January, has so far baulked at adopting.

With no overall deal in sight, officials said Greece is hoping for a “positive statement” on negotia-tions that will allow for a section of 7.2 billion euros ($8.1 billion) in remaining bailout loans to be released.

The symbolic gesture would also help persuade the European Central Bank to keep emergency funds flow-

The euro retreated against the dollar and yen before a crucial eu-rozone meeting later in the day that Greece hopes will pave the way for a loan deal.

Shanghai had surged 2.41 per-cent in the afternoon and Hong Kong added 0.54 percent.

Tokyo rallied despite heavy losses in Sharp and Toshiba ow-ing to fears about their balance sheets. The Nikkei added 1.25 percent, or 241.72 points, to close

at 19,620.91.Seoul ended 0.57 percent higher,

adding 11.86 points to 2,097.38 but Sydney finished 0.17 percent, or 9.4 points, lower at 5,625.2.

China’s central bank on Sunday cut rates by 25 basis points -- after two similar moves since November -- as it tries to support the world’s number two economy, which grew last year at its slowest pace since 1990.

The move is the latest stimulus

by the People’s Bank of China, which has also twice this year reduced the amount of cash banks must keep in reserve.a

It followed another disappoint-ing set of economic indicators, with inflation coming in below forecasts for April and exports unexpectedly falling.

“The consensus was that there’ll be at least one or two more stages of monetary easing in China, so there’s no big surprise,” Shoji Hirakawa,

chief equity strategist at Okasan Securities in Tokyo, told Bloomberg News.

Dealers were already upbeat after a US Labor Department report Friday showed the economy added 223,000 jobs in April and unem-ployment fell to a seven-year low of 5.4 percent.

While the growth was not as much as expected, analysts say it was strong enough to suggest the economy was picking up -- but not enough that the Federal Reserve would feel comfortable raising interest rates soon.

On Wall Street Friday the Dow

rose 1.49 percent, the S&P 500 jumped 1.35 percent and the Nasdaq was up 1.17 percent.

In Tokyo Monday the dollar edged up to 119.90 yen from 119.77 yen in New York.

The euro fetched $1.1173 and 133.96 yen in Tokyo against $1.1208 and 134.25 yen.

The single currency was un-der pressure as investors await the meeting in Brussels, with Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras saying he was hoping for a positive statement on the coun-try’s progress in negotiating a debt reform deal. (afp)

Asia shares mostly up after US jobs report, China rate cutHONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose Monday following a healthy US jobs report last week,

while investor sentiment was also boosted by China’s decision to cut interest rates for the third time in six months.

AP Photo/Yorgos KarahalisA woman walks past an abandoned house in a neighborhood in Athens, Greece, Friday, May 8, 2015. Greece will plead for leeway from an unwavering Europe on Monday, in a fresh effort to free up cash after months of deadlock in bailout talks.

Greece to plead leeway as IMF cash crunch loomsing to Greece’s fragile banks at the current pace.

“We want a clear confirmation of the progress that has been made” in the talks, Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told a cabinet meet-ing on Sunday.

No one outside the Greek gov-ernment knows for sure how long Athens can go without a deal to end Greece’s 240 billion euro bailout, which began in 2010 and expires at the end of June.

Athens faces a harrowing repay-ment schedule over the coming weeks.

In June alone, Greece owes another 1.5 billion euros to the International Monetary Fund and it owes another three billion euros to the ECB in July and August.

According to sources in Athens, the loan repayment due on Tuesday to the IMF will be honoured on schedule.

Greece has been squeezing funds from the central and local governments to be able to meet its payments, but mayors are begin-ning to resist.

“Experience elsewhere in the world has shown that a country can suddenly slide into insolvency,” Wolfgang Schaeuble, the powerful German finance minister, warned on Sunday.

Greek officials went on a frenetic diplomatic offensive last week, with the flamboyant Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis making stops in Paris, Brussels, Rome and Madrid to

drum up support for his beleaguered nation.

Tsipras spoke three times by phone to Europe’s most powerful leader, Germany’s Angela Merkel, and he repeated calls to Jean-Claude Juncker,

the wily head of the European Com-mission.

Sitting in for Greece at the Euro-group will be Varoufakis, whose exu-berant style and propensity to lecture has made fellow ministers bristle.

Varoufakis was thought to have been sidelined as negotiator after the last eurozone meeting ended sourly, and officials in Brussels are unanimous that a new team has calmed the waters. (afp)

MANGUPURA - It sounds impos-sible but it’s the fact. A toddler that was initially unable to speak, after prostration and doing purificatory rite (melukat) in the Muku Telu Temple finally could do it smoothly. The voice coming out from the toddler’s mouth is like sunshine illuminat-ing the world. Prideful, happy and thankful expression is reflected in the countenance of the people becoming His servants.

The Muku Telu Temple is located at Beringkit Gadon hamlet, Kapal village, Mengwi, Badung. It is not too fancy or has no extensive area and situated on the edge of the road flanked by people’s houses and road connecting the village. In the west spread the overlay of rice fields that seems to be transformed into concrete building.

The temple and rice fields are bordered with an irrigation channel used to irrigate the local rice fields. On usual days, this temple looks deserted, just like the other isolated subak temples. However, it is only accompanied with traditional umbrel-las presented by pilgrims who have recovered. The atmosphere will be different on Kajeng Kliwon (least common of three- and five-day week in Balinese calendar) where dozens of pilgrims come to invoke safety, espe-cially those whose children, family or relatives have speech disorder.

Priest of the temple, Ni Ketut Marni, said it was called Muku Telu Temple because it was Temuku (water divider in Balinese subak irrigation cooperative) consisting of three chan-nels. One of which was in the middle

of the temple and the other lay in the south. Additionally, the center of sanctum also posed a pile of three desiccated coconut trees. However, it was replaced with a shrine some three years ago. “This shrine is dona-tion of a pilgrim whose toddler has recovered and been able to talk,” she said innocently.

Indeed, this temple has uniqueness to heal those who speech disorder. The venerated deity in the shrine is Lord Ishvara. Every Kajeng Kliwon coming every 15 days, many pilgrims come to say prayers. The pathway at the small village is crowded with people. Moreover, when the Kajeng Kliwon coincides with a holiday, abundant pilgrims will definitely come to say prayers. Meanwhile, the piodalan or temple anniversary falls on Kuningan. “The pilgrims come from the regions across Bali,” she said.

In addition, there were also trav-elers from China, India and other countries. They came to mingle with the Hindu community who wanted to invoke healing in order their speech could be fluent. “This belief has long existed. And I am the successor of my father who had a priest in this temple,” she said.

For people who invoked for a heal-ing, they should bring the oblations consisting of pejati, peras daksina, tipat kelanan, black segehan and white-and-yellow segehan with vol-untary donation. At first, the offerings are presented by the priest and then the ‘patient’ is bathed in the river flow. Afterward, it is resumed with wor-ship. This service is available from the morning till night. (kmb)

According to him, the Tarunajaya Dance is managed to penetrate the aesthetic taste of Balinese society across the ages. The dance is com-monly performed by female dancers remaining to consistently show off the energy amid the complexities of life. Tarunajaya can be seen as a representation of consistent spirit of

Balinese youth in artistic hue wrapped in the ornamen-

tal clothes.

Compared to the dances of its age, the Tarunajaya Dance still shows the glory of the age of more than half a century and it still looks monumental. Suartaya explained that at schools, art institute and art studios, this romantic dance are passed on from one generation to another so that it remains to survive.

Energy of the dance is never tired of being displayed in the Balinese dance competitions. Awesome charm is never quiet in the art activities

among the people. For the perfor-

mance of the kebyar art as entertain-ment (balih-balihan) during a ritual (temple ceremony), people present the Tarunajaya Dance.

Similarly, in the arena of the Bali Arts Festival (BAF), some art troupes presenting creation dance or kebyar art still make the Tarunajaya Dance their final performance that can amaze the audience. “Actually the dance wrapped in festive gold leaf attires has been repeatedly witnessed, but it is still riveting and interesting,” said Kadek Suartaya. (ant)

Tarunajaya Dance remains to survive

DENPASAR - An observer and actor of the Balinese art and culture, Kadek Suar-taya, judged that the Tarunajaya Dance, a work of Balinese classical dance, remains to survive so far and dazzles both local and foreign audience. “The aesthetic expression presented and the surge of optimism exuded is still evocative. It is the dance composi-

tion revealing the embryo in North Bali before the independence period,” said Kadek Suartaya who is also a lecturer at the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Denpasar.

Tarunajaya Dance

Toddler unable to talk, bathed in Muku Telu Temple

IBP/File PhotoThe Muku Telu Temple is located at Beringkit Gadon hamlet, Kapal village, Mengwi, Badung.

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“Our search and rescue team found another boat with more than 400 mi-grants, Rohingya from Myanmar and Bangladeshis, drifting off the waters off east Aceh early this morning,” Aceh provincial search and rescue chief Budiawan told AFP.

He said authorities believed there could be more boats arriving, with fishermen assisting in patrolling the waters off Aceh.

“We are on standby and ready

to rescue them when we receive an alert,” he said.

Nearly 1,000 migrants are now receiving food and medical treatment in shelters, clinics and the homes of local people across Aceh.

Authorities on Monday revised up the number of migrants aboard the first boat that was rescued over the weekend to 573.

A Muslim Rohingya, Jahangir Hussin, told local journalists that

traffickers had abandoned them at sea with little fuel.

The migrants boarded the boat in Thailand en route to Malaysia, but drifted toward the Indonesian coast when their boat ran out of fuel, he added.

Thousands of Muslim Rohingya have braved the dangerous sea crossing from Myanmar to south-ern Thailand and beyond in recent years. (afp)

MERAUKE - Foreign journal-ists must first obtain permits if they want to cover Papua, and there will be screening, according to Coordi-nating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno.

“So, we will not be blamed if they go to forbidden areas,” the chief minister affirmed.

The entry of foreign journalists into Papua is no longer closed, but there are preconditions if they want to cover news. Their reports must not contain defamatory content and information that is not based on facts and discredits Indonesia, the minister noted.

Foreign media can report what they see, and they should not seek untrue data provided by armed groups, he added.

“So, let the journalists have a firsthand glimpse of the situation in Papua. There is no news alike what is reported by the overseas media,” Minister Tedjo stated.

The government is now imple-menting the welfare approach and no longer uses the repressive secu-

rity approach.“We can see that is happening

here because the news published by foreign media describes that the situation is full of violations. I think it is not true,” the minister noted.

President Joko Widodo, on Sunday, stated that the foreign media are now free to enter Papua, similar to how they can enter other provinces in Indonesia.

“Beginning today, Sunday, I al-low the foreign journalists if they want to go to Papua just like the other regions,” President Jokowi stated in response to a question posed by Antara after attending a grand harvest in Wapeko, Kurik Sub-district, Merauke District, Papua Province.

Starting now, the nation should think positively and promote mu-tual trust, which is disappearing lately.

“Do not ask that question, that is enough,” Jokowi responded when questioned about a fact that foreign journalists usually prefer to cover the activities of illegal armed groups. (ant)

BIAK - The government, through PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo), will commence the construction of the seaport in Sorong city, West Papua province, in the July-August period, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said.

“The construction of the seaport in Sorong is expected to boost eco-nomic growth in the easternmost region in Indonesia,” President Joko Widodo stated on Monday.

The construction of a seaport in Sorong in West Papua is considered a very strategic move because it will serve as the entrance to the Papuan and West Papuan territories, which need attention, he explained.

Following the disbursement of the government’s budget, President Joko Widodo ordered related min-istries to expedite the development of infrastructure to increase job opportunities and improve regional economies, which would, in turn, advance investment competitive-ness in the regions.

With regard to details on the

distribution of funds, President Jokowi noted that Papua province received Rp6 trillion, while West Papua received Rp4 trillion.

The head of state further empha-sized that the central government has high hopes from infrastructural development as it can have positive impacts on the local economy.

“The ongoing progress of re-gional infrastructural development programs is expected to boost eco-nomic growth and create new jobs for local residents,” President Joko Widodo affirmed.

He was accompanied by First Lady Iriana and Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Tedjo EP.

Moreover, the president vowed to visit Papua and West Papua in the near future to review his ‘Nawacita’ (a Sanskrit term for nine priority programs) initiative, which includes achieving national rice resilience in Merauke, Papua, as well as the seaport development program in Sorong, West Papua. (ant)

AP Photo/S. Yulinnas

Ethnic Rohingya women and children whose boats were washed ashore on Sumatra Island board a military truck to be taken to a temporary shelter in Seunuddon, Aceh province, Indo-nesia, Sunday, May 10, 2015.

Boats carrying hundreds of migrants rescued off Aceh

JAKARTA - A second boat carrying hundreds of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh has been rescued off Indonesia’s far west coast, an official said Monday, less than a day after nearly 600 others arrived in a wooden vessel seeking refuge.

Foreign media should obtain permits to cover Papua

Construction of Sorong Seaport to begin in July-August

Howard County Sheriff Brian McJunkins said the victims lived in adjoining mobile homes and that two other people were criti-cally injured. In the small town of Van in northeast Texas, about two dozen people were injured and some homes were destroyed after a severe storm struck, an emergency management official said early Monday.

The storm that the National Weather Service said likely pro-duced a tornado hit the east side of Van Zandt County and the city of Van on Sunday evening. Chuck Allen, the Van Zandt County fire marshal and emergency manage-ment coordinator, said in an email that approximately 26 patients were transported to hospitals after a triage area was established at a church.

The extent of their injuries was not immediately clear. About 30 percent of the city suffered some

kind of damage, he said. “Damages range from completely destroyed homes, damaged homes, to trees and power lines down,” Allen wrote. The storm was part of severe weather that stretched across North Texas on Sunday.

Earlier in the day, another likely tornado ripped roofs off buildings and damaged trees near Denton, about 40 miles northwest of Dallas, according to National Weather Ser-vice meteorologist Tom Bradshaw. There were no immediate reports of injuries or fatalities.

The area also experienced tor-rential rains that led to widespread flash flooding. Authorities in Den-ton County said Sunday that two groups of people had to be airlifted by helicopters to safety. Tornadoes were also reported in central Iowa, where a roof was ripped off a high school, and in eastern South Da-kota, where a twister damaged the small town of Delmont and injured

at least nine people.“Our house is flat. There is noth-

ing left,” said Stephanie Lunder, 34, of Delmont. She was with her husband and four children in the basement when the storm hit.

The town about 90 miles south-west of Sioux Falls had no water, power or phones, South Dakota De-partment of Public Safety spokes-woman Kristi Turman said. The 200-plus residents were asked to leave for safety reasons.

On Sunday morning, Tropical Storm Ana made landfall near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and was downgraded to a tropical depression by Sunday afternoon. The storm’s maximum sustained winds were at 35 mph (56 kph), and it was expected to move over eastern North Carolina on Sunday night.Farther north, a late-season snow fell in parts of the Rockies, western Nebraska and western South Dakota. (ap)

MADRID — Investors pushed Airbus shares down Monday on Paris’ stock exchange after a mili-tary turboprop troop transporter plane undergoing final flight test-ing in Spain crashed, killing four aboard and injuring two. Airbus shares were down 4.4 percent to 60.60 euros ($67.68) as authori-ties investigated what caused the A400M to crash into a farm field Saturday after taking off from the southern city of Seville, where the planes are assembled.

The company held a moment of silence at all of its installations around the world for the dead — the two pilots and two of the four flight test engineers aboard. The voice and flight data black boxes were recovered on Sunday and delivered to a Spanish judge in Seville investigating the case, Spain’s presidency said in a state-ment.

The media office for the judge said Monday it could not imme-diately provide any information about analysis of the black boxes or the investigation. Spain’s Devel-opment Ministry is also investigat-ing the crash. The plane had been

due to be delivered to Turkey after test flights.

Also on Monday, Malaysia confirmed that it was grounding its A400M plane pending results of the crash probe. Although Ma-laysia only has one of the aircraft, it is scheduled to receive three more. The country’s decision came after Britain, Germany and Turkey grounded theirs over the weekend and France said it would only use A400M aircraft in urgent operations.

Airbus in January dismissed the head of its military program after governments including Germany, France and Turkey complained about delays in the 20-billion-euro A400M program.

The program has also been plagued by cost overruns. France was the first country to take deliv-ery of an A400M in 2013. The pro-gram was started so governments could replace their aging military Transall C-160s and C-130 Her-cules transporter planes. Twelve A400Ms have been delivered and the company has received 174 orders for the planes from eight countries. (ap)

Al Key/The Denton Record-Chronicle via AP

Lightning strikes as storm clouds pass in Denton, Texas, Sunday, May 10, 2015. Parts of several Great Plains and Midwest states were in the path of severe weather, including North Texas, where the National Weather Service said a likely tornado damaged roofs and trees near Denton and torrential rain caused flash flooding.

Severe weather across US: 2 killed in Arkansas

Tornadoes and storms ripping through several central states in the U.S. have killed two people and injured dozens, while a tropical storm affected the Carolinas in the Southeast, and wintry weather hit parts of Colorado in the Mountain West. Two people died from storms in southwestern Arkansas, KSLA-TV reported, citing the Howard County Sheriff’s Office.

AP Photo/Miguel Angel Morenatti

Emergency services personnel work at the scene after a plane crash near the Seville airport, in Spain, Saturday, May 9, 2015. A military transport plane crashed near southwestern Seville air-port Saturday, killing its crew, Spain’s prime minister said.

Airbus shares fall after military plane crash in Spain

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Design and spatial layout of their buildings are still original until now and comply with the customary rules. Apart from the architectural design of the buildings, the village is also known to have distinctive traditional attire made from geringsing fabric. The belief held by Tenganan community is different from the other Balinese residents in general where they do not recognize caste.

Besides, Tenganan village also has a unique tradition known as pandanus war. It is named pandanus war be-cause all the participants in the war armed with thorny pandanus leaf. If you want to watch, simply come in June precisely at two o’clock in the afternoon. Pandanus war is a form of respect showed by the villagers to Lord Indra as the God of War.

When the pandanus war is held, all the villagers put on customary attires of Tenganan better known as Pegringsingan. Meanwhile, the partici-pants of pandanus war put on sarong, shawl and headband. Before starting, the residents of Tenganan perform nge-lawang procession or traveling around the village to beg salvation.

Tenganan, a village with Pandanus War Tradition

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AMLAPURA - Tenganan is one of the traditional villages located in the Manggis subdistrict, Karan-gasem. It has a pattern of life which refers to customary rules known as awig-awig or bylaw. Local people maintain it as a tradition inherited from their ancestors as the Bali Aga village or Balinese ancient village.

This time, James got whistled for an offensive foul when he elbowed Mike Dunleavy Jr. That led to a tying layup for Rose with 9.4 seconds left. “I was supposed to take the ball out,” James said. “I told Coach there was no way I’m taking the ball out unless I could shoot it over the backboard and go in. So I told him, ‘Have somebody else take the ball out.’ The play that was drawn up, I scratched it. I just told Coach, ‘Just give me the ball. We’re either going to go into overtime or I’m going to win it for us.’”

James , playing the final quarter on a sprained left ankle, ended it with the jumper from the corner over Jimmy Butler. Game 5 is Tuesday in Cleveland. James committed eight turnovers and struggled again from the field, hit-

ting 10 of 30 shots. He is 18 of 55 the past two games. But he also had 14 rebounds and eight assists.

Kyrie Irving, playing with a sore foot, was 2 of 12 and had 12 points and two assists. Timofey Mozgov had 15 points and nine rebounds. J.R. Smith came on strong down the stretch, scoring all but two of his 13 in the fourth quarter. Rose scored 31 points and Jimmy Butler added 19 for Chicago, which was playing without Pau Gasol. He sat out with a strained left hamstring, and his status for Game 5 is in question.

In Sunday’s other playoff, De-Andre Jordan scored 26 points, surviving Houston’s intentional-foul fest in the first half as the Los Angeles Clippers took a 3-1 series lead to put the Rockets on the brink of elimination in the Western Con-ference semifinals.

Jordan made 14 of 34 free throws, attempting an NBA play-off-record 28 in the first half, and had 17 rebounds. Blake Griffin added 21 points, J.J. Redick had 18 points and Chris Paul finished with 15 points and 12 assists in the Clippers’ second straight blowout win in the best-of-7 series. They can advance to the conference finals for the first time in franchise history with a victory in Game 5 Tuesday night in Houston.

James Harden scored 21 points and Trevor Ariza added 18 for the Rockets. Dwight Howard was held to seven points and six rebounds after being in foul trouble most of a game that grinded to a halt early on when Houston started forcing Jordan to the line. Howard fouled out with 9:52 remaining and left the court. (ap)

AP Photo/Nam Y. HuhCleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James, left, shoots the game-winning shot against Chicago Bulls guard Jimmy Butler during the second half of Game 4 in a second-round NBA basketball playoff series in Chicago on Sunday, May 10, 2015. The Cavaliers won 86-84.

James hits jumper at buzzer, lifts Cavaliers over Bulls

Lewis Hamilton believes his troubled Spanish Grand Prix week-end was “damage limitation” after watching Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg close the gap in the For-mula 1 title fight. While Hamilton struggled with the set-up of his car, Rosberg enjoyed a faultless few days at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya, claiming the ninth win of his F1 ca-reer after ending the Briton’s run of four straight poles in 2015.

Off the line from second on the grid, Hamilton immediately fell behind Sebastian Vettel in his Fer-rari, and then endured a slow first pit stop due to a wheel-gun issue in changing the left-rear tyre. That forced the team to change tactics, switching Hamilton from a two-stop

CHICAGO — LeBron James hit a jump shot from the corner at the final buzzer to give the Cleveland Cavaliers an 86-84 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Sunday, leveling the Eastern Conference semifinal series at 2-2. James finished with 25 points to help the Cavaliers win in another wild finish, returning the favor after Chicago took Game 3 on Derrick Rose’s banked 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Second placed Mercedes driver Britain’s Lewis Hamilton cel-ebrates on the podium of the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix at the Barcelona Catalunya race-track in Montmelo, just outside Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2015.

Hamilton says his Spanish GP was ‘damage limitation’

strategy to three, and although it aided his cause in claiming Vettel’s scalp, he ultimately finished 17.5s adrift of Rosberg. Assessing his race, Hamilton said: “Obviously I had quite a poor start. It’s been a long time since I’ve had such a poor start. “I tried my best to recover - I nearly dropped back to fourth, so I was very fortunate to keep third - and then it was just about trying to fight.

“Unfortunately, this track isn’t very good for overtaking. Actually it’s the worst for overtaking. You cannot get close enough, even with DRS. “Fortunately towards the end it was enough to get it done on a three-stopper, I was able to get by, but if I had been behind him in traf-fic I wouldn’t have got past.

“I’m grateful I could gain those points for the team, and it’s kind of damage limitation for me, so it’s not bad.” Although Hamilton tried his best to reel in Rosberg following the last of his three stops, ultimately his charge became a fruitless one.

“I pushed very hard to see if I could have the pace on him in order

to close the gap,” said Hamilton. “I pushed right until there were like six laps to go, and I still had 13 sec-onds, so after that I realised I should bring the car home and live to fight another day.” Mercedes motorsport chief Toto Wolff said it was hard to pinpoint why Hamilton’s weekend didn’t work out.

“When you are on such a level playing field it’s about feeling comfortable in the car, comfortable on the track - before the weekend Lewis mentioned Barcelona was not his favourite,” said Wolff. “I don’t know if that was the reason, but it was very difficult this week-end for him to get the right set-up with the winds and the lack of grip from session to session.

“Both drivers are mentally strong, and as much as we would like to find a dynamic that is pro or against a driver, they come out very strong, even after a bad weekend or a defeat. “You have two drivers matching each other, trying to outperform each other, and for us that’s a really good situation.” (net)

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“I think the first goal should have been disallowed,” Lazio director of sport Igli Tare said. “I also have huge doubts about their second goal and the penalty. I don’t think it was right to put such a young referee in charge of such an important match.”

Lazio remained a point behind Roma. The two capital clubs meet in the penultimate match of the season, before Lazio plays Napoli in its final game. “There is certainly disappointment, as this was a fundamental weekend and we could have taken advantage of slip-ups from our opponents,” Lazio coach Stefano Pioli said. “The team gave everything, even if they made a few mistakes. The future is still in our hands and we will fight right until the end.”

Earlier, Napoli cut the gap to Lazio to three points with a 2-2 draw at already-relegated Parma. Fiorentina kept up its pursuit of a European spot by beating Empoli 3-2 to move back above Sampdoria, which crushed Udi-nese 4-1 earlier. Inter was two points behind sixth-place Samp.

At the other end of the table, 10-man Atalanta clung on to win 3-2 at Palermo to boost its chances of avoiding the drop and ensure Cesena, beaten 3-2 by Sassuolo, was relegated. Elsewhere, Chievo Verona drew 2-2 against Hellas

Verona in a local derby match.Lazio was looking for a win to

move above Roma, which had lost 2-1 at AC Milan on Saturday and seemed to be on course for victory when Candreva fired it in front following another assist from Felipe Anderson, who had raced into the penalty area before cutting back from the byline.

The match turned when Mauricio was sent off for a clumsy challenge on Rodrigo Palacio and Hernanes leveled, curling the free kick around the wall and into the bottom left cor-ner. Hernanes, who spent three and a half years at Lazio, was booed by his former fans after celebrating with his trademark backflip.

Lazio continued to threaten even with 10 men but had another player sent off when Hernanes sent Icardi through on goal and Marchetti brought down the Argentine. His replacement Berisha dove to his left to keep out Icardi penalty and Lazio continued to attack but were caught out on the counter by a Palacio flick to send Hernanes bursting down the center of the pitch and clear through on goal to score the winner.

Second spot offers direct entry into the Champions League, while third carries a berth in the last playoff round.

With three rounds remain-ing, Napoli’s best chance of admission might be winning the Europa League. It drew 1-1 at Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the first leg of its semifinal and Rafa Benitez rested a number of players ahead of Thursday’s return match.

Napoli goalkeeper Mariano Andu-jar gifted Parma the lead in the ninth minute when he flapped at a corner, allowing Raffaele Palladino to turn into an empty net from close range. Napoli leveled in the 28th after Marek Hamsik slotted the ball through to Manolo Gab-biadini. Antonio Mirante got a hand to the angled drive, but not enough to stop it rolling into the bottom left corner.

Parma swiftly restored its lead as a well-worked free kick allowed Cristo-bal Jorquera to fire in a screamer from 25 yards for his first Serie A goal in more than three years. Mirante denied Napoli several times before and after Dries Mertens netted the equalizer in the 72nd with a solo effort.

In the Tuscan derby, Fiorentina was looking to bounce back after losing 3-0 at Sevilla in the Europa League and with four defeats in its past five Serie A matches.

Josip Ilicic took his tally to five goals in three league matches with a double,

London — After years of abuse from Chelsea fans, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was not appreciative of one final gesture of goodwill — an ovation from fans throughout Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Not when Gerrard was merci-lessly taunted throughout the 1-1

draw over the slip against Chelsea a year ago that contributed to his hopes of a first Premier League title ending. And especially not on a day when Chelsea continued its Premier League title celebrations and Liverpool faced up to missing out on the Champions League next season.

“I think Chelsea fans have showed respect for me for a couple of seconds but they have slaugh-tered me all game,” Gerrard said of the applause as he was substituted in the second half, before adding acerbically: “It was nice of them to turn up for once today.” Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho responded: “The negative song only shows re-spect.” Gerrard had already felt un-comfortable being part of the guard of honor Liverpool for Chelsea’s players before Sunday’s match in keeping with the tradition afforded to newly-crowned champions.

“It’s not nice when you’re doing it for other people,” said Gerrard, who joins the Los Angeles Galaxy next month after an entire career at Liverpool.

The only bright spot for the 34-year-old midfielder on Sunday

BARCELONA — Fernando Torres scored with 10 minutes left to give Atletico Madrid a 2-2 draw at Levante in the Spanish league on Sunday, while Villarreal sealed a Europa League berth for next sea-son. Atletico’s draw kept the soon-to-be-dethroned champions in third place, four points above Valencia with two rounds remaining.

David Barral opened the scor-ing for Levante in the 32nd, only for Siqueira to level three minutes later. Kalu Uche put the hosts back ahead in the 63rd. Atletico struggled in attack, but Torres substituted striker Mario Mandzukic with 30 minutes to play and headed in Jorge “Koke” Resurreccion’s corner for the equalizer.

“Torres went on and gave us power, speed and fresh legs,” Atletico coach Diego Simeone said. “When the rival is tired, he performs better. That’s how we had planned it. (Mario) Mandzukic to start and Fernando for the second half. Fortunately, he scored the goal that got us closer to the result we wanted.”

Villarreal forward Joel Campbell nodded in what proved to be the 26th-minute winner to down Elche 1-0 at home, ending an 11-game winless streak and locking up a sixth-place finish for “the Yellow

Submarine.”“I’m extremely grateful and

proud of this team,” said Villar-real coach Marcelino Garcia. “Two years ago we were in the second division and now we are going back to Europe.”

Elche was unlucky to not salvage at least a point after Pedro Mosquera sent two strikes off the woodwork. Elche remained in 13th place and safe from the relegation fight, in front of 14th-place Levante, which still has work to do to guarantee it stays up. Elsewhere, Sevilla stum-bled to a 1-1 draw at Celta Vigo as it tries to catch Valencia and earn a Champions League berth.

Kevin Gameiro worked a one-two passing combination with Iago Aspas to put Sevilla ahead in the eighth, but Santi Mina leveled in the 58th from the penalty spot after Alejandro Arribas fouled Charles. Sevilla coach Unai Emery missed the match due to the death of his fa-ther. Sevilla will visit Fiorentina on Thursday holding a 3-0 advantage in their Europa League semifinal.

Malaga also broke a seven-game winless run by winning 2-1 at Almeria, moving the Andalusian club into seventh. Javi Guerra scored in the 69th minute to secure the victory that left Almeria one point above the drop zone. (ap)

BERLIN — Bas Dost scored twice as Wolfsburg ensured direct qualifi-cation for next season’s Champions League with a 3-1 win at relegation-threatened Paderborn in the Bundes-

liga on Sunday. The Dutch striker took his league tally to 16 goals as Wolfsburg reclaimed second place and moved seven points clear of fourth-place Bayer Leverkusen

with two rounds remaining.“It’s a wonderful achievement to

qualify directly. That was the target,” Wolfsburg director Klaus Allofs said before he confirmed the signing of Germany forward Max Kruse on a four-year deal from Borussia Mo-enchengladbach. Paderborn started well but Timm Klose scored against the run of play with a header from a corner in the 15th minute.

Dost converted at the back post

10 minutes later after Ivan Perisic floated a cross over Paderborn keeper Lukas Kruse and he sealed the win on a rebound in the 82nd after Kruse saved Maximilian Arnold’s initial shot. “Unfortunately there was a time when I wasn’t scoring but I think 16 is in order,” Dost said. “Now I want to keep it going.”

Lukas Rupp scored Paderborn’s consolation with the last kick of the game, but his side stayed second from bottom, one point above Stuttgart, and level on 31 points with Hannover and Freiburg. Hamburger SV had 32 points and Hertha Berlin had 34 with two games to play. Cologne defeated Schalke 2-0 in the late game to ensure Bundesliga survival and place the visiting side’s Europa League qualifi-cation in danger.

“The remarkable thing is that we

got through the rounds relatively consistently with the second-division squad and few changes,” said Cologne general manager Joerg Schmadtke, whose side was promoted last sea-son.

Marcel Risse scored in the 34th, calmly slotting home the rebound after Ralf Faehrmann saved Japanese midfielder Kazuki Nagasawa’s effort following a well-worked team move. Nagasawa set up Cologne substitute Dusan Svento in the 61st, but he sent the ball wide with only the goalkeeper to beat.

The 21-year-old Yannick Gerhardt finally sealed the win with his first Bundesliga goal in the 89th. Schalke has only one win from eight Bundes-liga games since the side beat Real Madrid 4-3 away in the Champions League. (ap)

PARIS — Late goals from Andre Ayew and Romain Alessandrini guided Marseille to a 2-1 win over Monaco in the French league Sunday and maintained its chances of quali-fying for next season’s Champions League. Marseille pushed for an equalizer for 78 minutes after Portu-guese midfielder Joao Moutinho gave Monaco the lead inside the first minute and was finally rewarded when Ayew headed home from Alessandrini’s cross from the right. Marseille contin-ued to attack relentlessly in the final 10 minutes and Alessandrini snatched the winner three minutes from time on a quick counterattack after being set up by Dimitri Payet.

“We needed to win. Even when we were down 1-0 we continued to believe

in ourselves,” Ayew said after netting his ninth goal this season. “The most important thing was not to concede a second goal. We missed many chances and lacked a cutting edge for a long period, but to our credit we kept the faith until the end.”

With two matches remaining this season in the French league, Alessan-drini’s goal guaranteed a mouthwater-ing three-way final battle between Monaco, Marseille and Saint-Etienne for the final Champions League spot. With Paris Saint-Germain on the brink of clinching a third consecutive title, six points clear of Lyon at the top of the standings, the main focus will be on the battle for third place over the next two weeks.

Third-place Monaco remains

favorite to clinch it, leading both Saint-Etienne and Marseille by two points. Marseille’s hopes of finishing in the top three nearly ended with another poor defensive display at the Stade Velodrome, where it conceded 14 goals in its last six games.

Marseille fans unveiled a huge display of their traditional white and blue colors with the word “Conquer” painted in black letters, but it was Monaco who made the best start. Moutinho took advantage of a poor clearance from Mario Lemina inside the first minute to slam the ball into the near post with a 20-meter shot past Steve Mandanda.

Marseille had most of the posses-sion afterward but Monaco was the most dangerous team on the break, with

Anthony Martial coming close in the 25th minute with a shot from in-side the box that forced Mandanda to a good save after Ales-sandrini gave the ball away. Bernardo Silva missed the chance to make it 2-0 at the stroke of halftime, hitting the post after Yannick Ferreira Carrasco burst into the area and released the ball for Martial, whose deflected attempt ended in the Portuguese midfielder’s path.

Earlier, Saint-Etienne remained in the final sprint for Champions League qualification with a 5-0 thrashing of Nice. A week after Saint-Etienne coach Christophe Galtier criticized his players, the team produced its biggest win this season. Saint-Etienne

captain Loic Perrin, who missed last week’s 1-0 defeat to Bastia, celebrated his 250th match in the first divi-sion with the opening goal when he headed home from a corner after 25 minutes.

Jeremy Clement then volleyed home to double the hosts’ lead five minutes before halftime with his first goal for Saint-Etienne. Nice saw its attempts to get back in the game de-nied by ‘keeper Stephane Ruffier, who stopped a fine shot from Alassane Plea moments before Mevlut Erding scored his eighth goal of the season. (ap)

Marseille rallies to beat Monaco 2-1 in French League

Wolfsburg beats Paderborn 3-1 to reach Champions League

Liverpool held 1-1 by Chelsea, effectively ending CL hopes

was nodding in the equalizer from Jordan Henderson’s free kick before halftime, canceling out Chelsea captain John Terry’s fifth-minute header.

But only a win would have kept alive any realistic hope of a top-four finish and Champions League quali-fication. Despite a brighter second half from Liverpool against a team already in the midst of its title celebrations, the visitors couldn’t conjure a winner.

“(Gerrard) has taken a lot of stick here, but I think the Chelsea sup-porters knew deep down it’s only because he’s a superstar player — they showed great appreciation for him,” Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said. “He’s a player that makes the big contributions when needed. I’ve said before he’s ir-replaceable but we need to find the

solutions, one way or the other.”Liverpool principal owner John

Henry has to try to strengthen its squad in the summer transfer win-dow without the attraction of the Champions League at Anfield next season. Gerrard said it’s important “the owners dig deep and try to help Brendan and the lads out, try and make some additions and try to improve.”

Liverpool second-place finish last season had seen its five-year Champions League exile end but Rodgers’ side exited in the group stage in December. Now Liverpool will have to settle for fifth place and the grueling, less lucrative Europa League. Liverpool is six points from the top four with two games remaining and fourth-place Man-chester United has a far superior goal difference. (ap)

AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

Atletico’s Fernando Torres, centre, gestures after missing a chance during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Elche at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, April 25, 2015.

Torres gives Atletico draw; Villarreal seals Europa spot

9-man Lazio loses 2-1 to Inter, misses chance to move 2nd

MILAN — Lazio missed the chance to move back into second place in Serie A as it lost 2-1 at home to Inter Milan on Sunday after playing most of the second half with nine men. Hernanes scored both Inter goals against his former club, netting the winner six minutes from time. Antonio Candreva had given Lazio the lead but Mauricio was sent off in the 24th minute and goalkeeper Federico Marchetti was also dismissed shortly after the hour. Substitute Etrit Berisha’s first act was to save Mauro Icardi’s penalty.

while Mo-hamed Salah was also on target for Fiorentina. Riccardo Saponara, who also missed several opportunities, netted for Empoli as did substitute Levan Mchedlidze, a minute after coming off the bench. (ap)

Inter Milan’s Anderson Hernanes, left, jumps as he

celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soc-cer match between

Lazio and Inter Milan at Rome’s Olympic

stadium, Sunday, May 10, 2015.

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Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard, left hands the captains arm band to teammate Jordan Henderson as he turns to go off the pitch as he is substituted during their English Premier League soc-cer match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Sunday, May 10, 2015.

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“I think the first goal should have been disallowed,” Lazio director of sport Igli Tare said. “I also have huge doubts about their second goal and the penalty. I don’t think it was right to put such a young referee in charge of such an important match.”

Lazio remained a point behind Roma. The two capital clubs meet in the penultimate match of the season, before Lazio plays Napoli in its final game. “There is certainly disappointment, as this was a fundamental weekend and we could have taken advantage of slip-ups from our opponents,” Lazio coach Stefano Pioli said. “The team gave everything, even if they made a few mistakes. The future is still in our hands and we will fight right until the end.”

Earlier, Napoli cut the gap to Lazio to three points with a 2-2 draw at already-relegated Parma. Fiorentina kept up its pursuit of a European spot by beating Empoli 3-2 to move back above Sampdoria, which crushed Udi-nese 4-1 earlier. Inter was two points behind sixth-place Samp.

At the other end of the table, 10-man Atalanta clung on to win 3-2 at Palermo to boost its chances of avoiding the drop and ensure Cesena, beaten 3-2 by Sassuolo, was relegated. Elsewhere, Chievo Verona drew 2-2 against Hellas

Verona in a local derby match.Lazio was looking for a win to

move above Roma, which had lost 2-1 at AC Milan on Saturday and seemed to be on course for victory when Candreva fired it in front following another assist from Felipe Anderson, who had raced into the penalty area before cutting back from the byline.

The match turned when Mauricio was sent off for a clumsy challenge on Rodrigo Palacio and Hernanes leveled, curling the free kick around the wall and into the bottom left cor-ner. Hernanes, who spent three and a half years at Lazio, was booed by his former fans after celebrating with his trademark backflip.

Lazio continued to threaten even with 10 men but had another player sent off when Hernanes sent Icardi through on goal and Marchetti brought down the Argentine. His replacement Berisha dove to his left to keep out Icardi penalty and Lazio continued to attack but were caught out on the counter by a Palacio flick to send Hernanes bursting down the center of the pitch and clear through on goal to score the winner.

Second spot offers direct entry into the Champions League, while third carries a berth in the last playoff round.

With three rounds remain-ing, Napoli’s best chance of admission might be winning the Europa League. It drew 1-1 at Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the first leg of its semifinal and Rafa Benitez rested a number of players ahead of Thursday’s return match.

Napoli goalkeeper Mariano Andu-jar gifted Parma the lead in the ninth minute when he flapped at a corner, allowing Raffaele Palladino to turn into an empty net from close range. Napoli leveled in the 28th after Marek Hamsik slotted the ball through to Manolo Gab-biadini. Antonio Mirante got a hand to the angled drive, but not enough to stop it rolling into the bottom left corner.

Parma swiftly restored its lead as a well-worked free kick allowed Cristo-bal Jorquera to fire in a screamer from 25 yards for his first Serie A goal in more than three years. Mirante denied Napoli several times before and after Dries Mertens netted the equalizer in the 72nd with a solo effort.

In the Tuscan derby, Fiorentina was looking to bounce back after losing 3-0 at Sevilla in the Europa League and with four defeats in its past five Serie A matches.

Josip Ilicic took his tally to five goals in three league matches with a double,

London — After years of abuse from Chelsea fans, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was not appreciative of one final gesture of goodwill — an ovation from fans throughout Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Not when Gerrard was merci-lessly taunted throughout the 1-1

draw over the slip against Chelsea a year ago that contributed to his hopes of a first Premier League title ending. And especially not on a day when Chelsea continued its Premier League title celebrations and Liverpool faced up to missing out on the Champions League next season.

“I think Chelsea fans have showed respect for me for a couple of seconds but they have slaugh-tered me all game,” Gerrard said of the applause as he was substituted in the second half, before adding acerbically: “It was nice of them to turn up for once today.” Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho responded: “The negative song only shows re-spect.” Gerrard had already felt un-comfortable being part of the guard of honor Liverpool for Chelsea’s players before Sunday’s match in keeping with the tradition afforded to newly-crowned champions.

“It’s not nice when you’re doing it for other people,” said Gerrard, who joins the Los Angeles Galaxy next month after an entire career at Liverpool.

The only bright spot for the 34-year-old midfielder on Sunday

BARCELONA — Fernando Torres scored with 10 minutes left to give Atletico Madrid a 2-2 draw at Levante in the Spanish league on Sunday, while Villarreal sealed a Europa League berth for next sea-son. Atletico’s draw kept the soon-to-be-dethroned champions in third place, four points above Valencia with two rounds remaining.

David Barral opened the scor-ing for Levante in the 32nd, only for Siqueira to level three minutes later. Kalu Uche put the hosts back ahead in the 63rd. Atletico struggled in attack, but Torres substituted striker Mario Mandzukic with 30 minutes to play and headed in Jorge “Koke” Resurreccion’s corner for the equalizer.

“Torres went on and gave us power, speed and fresh legs,” Atletico coach Diego Simeone said. “When the rival is tired, he performs better. That’s how we had planned it. (Mario) Mandzukic to start and Fernando for the second half. Fortunately, he scored the goal that got us closer to the result we wanted.”

Villarreal forward Joel Campbell nodded in what proved to be the 26th-minute winner to down Elche 1-0 at home, ending an 11-game winless streak and locking up a sixth-place finish for “the Yellow

Submarine.”“I’m extremely grateful and

proud of this team,” said Villar-real coach Marcelino Garcia. “Two years ago we were in the second division and now we are going back to Europe.”

Elche was unlucky to not salvage at least a point after Pedro Mosquera sent two strikes off the woodwork. Elche remained in 13th place and safe from the relegation fight, in front of 14th-place Levante, which still has work to do to guarantee it stays up. Elsewhere, Sevilla stum-bled to a 1-1 draw at Celta Vigo as it tries to catch Valencia and earn a Champions League berth.

Kevin Gameiro worked a one-two passing combination with Iago Aspas to put Sevilla ahead in the eighth, but Santi Mina leveled in the 58th from the penalty spot after Alejandro Arribas fouled Charles. Sevilla coach Unai Emery missed the match due to the death of his fa-ther. Sevilla will visit Fiorentina on Thursday holding a 3-0 advantage in their Europa League semifinal.

Malaga also broke a seven-game winless run by winning 2-1 at Almeria, moving the Andalusian club into seventh. Javi Guerra scored in the 69th minute to secure the victory that left Almeria one point above the drop zone. (ap)

BERLIN — Bas Dost scored twice as Wolfsburg ensured direct qualifi-cation for next season’s Champions League with a 3-1 win at relegation-threatened Paderborn in the Bundes-

liga on Sunday. The Dutch striker took his league tally to 16 goals as Wolfsburg reclaimed second place and moved seven points clear of fourth-place Bayer Leverkusen

with two rounds remaining.“It’s a wonderful achievement to

qualify directly. That was the target,” Wolfsburg director Klaus Allofs said before he confirmed the signing of Germany forward Max Kruse on a four-year deal from Borussia Mo-enchengladbach. Paderborn started well but Timm Klose scored against the run of play with a header from a corner in the 15th minute.

Dost converted at the back post

10 minutes later after Ivan Perisic floated a cross over Paderborn keeper Lukas Kruse and he sealed the win on a rebound in the 82nd after Kruse saved Maximilian Arnold’s initial shot. “Unfortunately there was a time when I wasn’t scoring but I think 16 is in order,” Dost said. “Now I want to keep it going.”

Lukas Rupp scored Paderborn’s consolation with the last kick of the game, but his side stayed second from bottom, one point above Stuttgart, and level on 31 points with Hannover and Freiburg. Hamburger SV had 32 points and Hertha Berlin had 34 with two games to play. Cologne defeated Schalke 2-0 in the late game to ensure Bundesliga survival and place the visiting side’s Europa League qualifi-cation in danger.

“The remarkable thing is that we

got through the rounds relatively consistently with the second-division squad and few changes,” said Cologne general manager Joerg Schmadtke, whose side was promoted last sea-son.

Marcel Risse scored in the 34th, calmly slotting home the rebound after Ralf Faehrmann saved Japanese midfielder Kazuki Nagasawa’s effort following a well-worked team move. Nagasawa set up Cologne substitute Dusan Svento in the 61st, but he sent the ball wide with only the goalkeeper to beat.

The 21-year-old Yannick Gerhardt finally sealed the win with his first Bundesliga goal in the 89th. Schalke has only one win from eight Bundes-liga games since the side beat Real Madrid 4-3 away in the Champions League. (ap)

PARIS — Late goals from Andre Ayew and Romain Alessandrini guided Marseille to a 2-1 win over Monaco in the French league Sunday and maintained its chances of quali-fying for next season’s Champions League. Marseille pushed for an equalizer for 78 minutes after Portu-guese midfielder Joao Moutinho gave Monaco the lead inside the first minute and was finally rewarded when Ayew headed home from Alessandrini’s cross from the right. Marseille contin-ued to attack relentlessly in the final 10 minutes and Alessandrini snatched the winner three minutes from time on a quick counterattack after being set up by Dimitri Payet.

“We needed to win. Even when we were down 1-0 we continued to believe

in ourselves,” Ayew said after netting his ninth goal this season. “The most important thing was not to concede a second goal. We missed many chances and lacked a cutting edge for a long period, but to our credit we kept the faith until the end.”

With two matches remaining this season in the French league, Alessan-drini’s goal guaranteed a mouthwater-ing three-way final battle between Monaco, Marseille and Saint-Etienne for the final Champions League spot. With Paris Saint-Germain on the brink of clinching a third consecutive title, six points clear of Lyon at the top of the standings, the main focus will be on the battle for third place over the next two weeks.

Third-place Monaco remains

favorite to clinch it, leading both Saint-Etienne and Marseille by two points. Marseille’s hopes of finishing in the top three nearly ended with another poor defensive display at the Stade Velodrome, where it conceded 14 goals in its last six games.

Marseille fans unveiled a huge display of their traditional white and blue colors with the word “Conquer” painted in black letters, but it was Monaco who made the best start. Moutinho took advantage of a poor clearance from Mario Lemina inside the first minute to slam the ball into the near post with a 20-meter shot past Steve Mandanda.

Marseille had most of the posses-sion afterward but Monaco was the most dangerous team on the break, with

Anthony Martial coming close in the 25th minute with a shot from in-side the box that forced Mandanda to a good save after Ales-sandrini gave the ball away. Bernardo Silva missed the chance to make it 2-0 at the stroke of halftime, hitting the post after Yannick Ferreira Carrasco burst into the area and released the ball for Martial, whose deflected attempt ended in the Portuguese midfielder’s path.

Earlier, Saint-Etienne remained in the final sprint for Champions League qualification with a 5-0 thrashing of Nice. A week after Saint-Etienne coach Christophe Galtier criticized his players, the team produced its biggest win this season. Saint-Etienne

captain Loic Perrin, who missed last week’s 1-0 defeat to Bastia, celebrated his 250th match in the first divi-sion with the opening goal when he headed home from a corner after 25 minutes.

Jeremy Clement then volleyed home to double the hosts’ lead five minutes before halftime with his first goal for Saint-Etienne. Nice saw its attempts to get back in the game de-nied by ‘keeper Stephane Ruffier, who stopped a fine shot from Alassane Plea moments before Mevlut Erding scored his eighth goal of the season. (ap)

Marseille rallies to beat Monaco 2-1 in French League

Wolfsburg beats Paderborn 3-1 to reach Champions League

Liverpool held 1-1 by Chelsea, effectively ending CL hopes

was nodding in the equalizer from Jordan Henderson’s free kick before halftime, canceling out Chelsea captain John Terry’s fifth-minute header.

But only a win would have kept alive any realistic hope of a top-four finish and Champions League quali-fication. Despite a brighter second half from Liverpool against a team already in the midst of its title celebrations, the visitors couldn’t conjure a winner.

“(Gerrard) has taken a lot of stick here, but I think the Chelsea sup-porters knew deep down it’s only because he’s a superstar player — they showed great appreciation for him,” Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said. “He’s a player that makes the big contributions when needed. I’ve said before he’s ir-replaceable but we need to find the

solutions, one way or the other.”Liverpool principal owner John

Henry has to try to strengthen its squad in the summer transfer win-dow without the attraction of the Champions League at Anfield next season. Gerrard said it’s important “the owners dig deep and try to help Brendan and the lads out, try and make some additions and try to improve.”

Liverpool second-place finish last season had seen its five-year Champions League exile end but Rodgers’ side exited in the group stage in December. Now Liverpool will have to settle for fifth place and the grueling, less lucrative Europa League. Liverpool is six points from the top four with two games remaining and fourth-place Man-chester United has a far superior goal difference. (ap)

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Atletico’s Fernando Torres, centre, gestures after missing a chance during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Elche at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, April 25, 2015.

Torres gives Atletico draw; Villarreal seals Europa spot

9-man Lazio loses 2-1 to Inter, misses chance to move 2nd

MILAN — Lazio missed the chance to move back into second place in Serie A as it lost 2-1 at home to Inter Milan on Sunday after playing most of the second half with nine men. Hernanes scored both Inter goals against his former club, netting the winner six minutes from time. Antonio Candreva had given Lazio the lead but Mauricio was sent off in the 24th minute and goalkeeper Federico Marchetti was also dismissed shortly after the hour. Substitute Etrit Berisha’s first act was to save Mauro Icardi’s penalty.

while Mo-hamed Salah was also on target for Fiorentina. Riccardo Saponara, who also missed several opportunities, netted for Empoli as did substitute Levan Mchedlidze, a minute after coming off the bench. (ap)

Inter Milan’s Anderson Hernanes, left, jumps as he

celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soc-cer match between

Lazio and Inter Milan at Rome’s Olympic

stadium, Sunday, May 10, 2015.

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Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard, left hands the captains arm band to teammate Jordan Henderson as he turns to go off the pitch as he is substituted during their English Premier League soc-cer match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Sunday, May 10, 2015.

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Besides, Tenganan village also has a unique tradition known as pandanus war. It is named pandanus war be-cause all the participants in the war armed with thorny pandanus leaf. If you want to watch, simply come in June precisely at two o’clock in the afternoon. Pandanus war is a form of respect showed by the villagers to Lord Indra as the God of War.

When the pandanus war is held, all the villagers put on customary attires of Tenganan better known as Pegringsingan. Meanwhile, the partici-pants of pandanus war put on sarong, shawl and headband. Before starting, the residents of Tenganan perform nge-lawang procession or traveling around the village to beg salvation.

Tenganan, a village with Pandanus War Tradition

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AMLAPURA - Tenganan is one of the traditional villages located in the Manggis subdistrict, Karan-gasem. It has a pattern of life which refers to customary rules known as awig-awig or bylaw. Local people maintain it as a tradition inherited from their ancestors as the Bali Aga village or Balinese ancient village.

This time, James got whistled for an offensive foul when he elbowed Mike Dunleavy Jr. That led to a tying layup for Rose with 9.4 seconds left. “I was supposed to take the ball out,” James said. “I told Coach there was no way I’m taking the ball out unless I could shoot it over the backboard and go in. So I told him, ‘Have somebody else take the ball out.’ The play that was drawn up, I scratched it. I just told Coach, ‘Just give me the ball. We’re either going to go into overtime or I’m going to win it for us.’”

James , playing the final quarter on a sprained left ankle, ended it with the jumper from the corner over Jimmy Butler. Game 5 is Tuesday in Cleveland. James committed eight turnovers and struggled again from the field, hit-

ting 10 of 30 shots. He is 18 of 55 the past two games. But he also had 14 rebounds and eight assists.

Kyrie Irving, playing with a sore foot, was 2 of 12 and had 12 points and two assists. Timofey Mozgov had 15 points and nine rebounds. J.R. Smith came on strong down the stretch, scoring all but two of his 13 in the fourth quarter. Rose scored 31 points and Jimmy Butler added 19 for Chicago, which was playing without Pau Gasol. He sat out with a strained left hamstring, and his status for Game 5 is in question.

In Sunday’s other playoff, De-Andre Jordan scored 26 points, surviving Houston’s intentional-foul fest in the first half as the Los Angeles Clippers took a 3-1 series lead to put the Rockets on the brink of elimination in the Western Con-ference semifinals.

Jordan made 14 of 34 free throws, attempting an NBA play-off-record 28 in the first half, and had 17 rebounds. Blake Griffin added 21 points, J.J. Redick had 18 points and Chris Paul finished with 15 points and 12 assists in the Clippers’ second straight blowout win in the best-of-7 series. They can advance to the conference finals for the first time in franchise history with a victory in Game 5 Tuesday night in Houston.

James Harden scored 21 points and Trevor Ariza added 18 for the Rockets. Dwight Howard was held to seven points and six rebounds after being in foul trouble most of a game that grinded to a halt early on when Houston started forcing Jordan to the line. Howard fouled out with 9:52 remaining and left the court. (ap)

AP Photo/Nam Y. HuhCleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James, left, shoots the game-winning shot against Chicago Bulls guard Jimmy Butler during the second half of Game 4 in a second-round NBA basketball playoff series in Chicago on Sunday, May 10, 2015. The Cavaliers won 86-84.

James hits jumper at buzzer, lifts Cavaliers over Bulls

Lewis Hamilton believes his troubled Spanish Grand Prix week-end was “damage limitation” after watching Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg close the gap in the For-mula 1 title fight. While Hamilton struggled with the set-up of his car, Rosberg enjoyed a faultless few days at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya, claiming the ninth win of his F1 ca-reer after ending the Briton’s run of four straight poles in 2015.

Off the line from second on the grid, Hamilton immediately fell behind Sebastian Vettel in his Fer-rari, and then endured a slow first pit stop due to a wheel-gun issue in changing the left-rear tyre. That forced the team to change tactics, switching Hamilton from a two-stop

CHICAGO — LeBron James hit a jump shot from the corner at the final buzzer to give the Cleveland Cavaliers an 86-84 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Sunday, leveling the Eastern Conference semifinal series at 2-2. James finished with 25 points to help the Cavaliers win in another wild finish, returning the favor after Chicago took Game 3 on Derrick Rose’s banked 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Second placed Mercedes driver Britain’s Lewis Hamilton cel-ebrates on the podium of the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix at the Barcelona Catalunya race-track in Montmelo, just outside Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2015.

Hamilton says his Spanish GP was ‘damage limitation’

strategy to three, and although it aided his cause in claiming Vettel’s scalp, he ultimately finished 17.5s adrift of Rosberg. Assessing his race, Hamilton said: “Obviously I had quite a poor start. It’s been a long time since I’ve had such a poor start. “I tried my best to recover - I nearly dropped back to fourth, so I was very fortunate to keep third - and then it was just about trying to fight.

“Unfortunately, this track isn’t very good for overtaking. Actually it’s the worst for overtaking. You cannot get close enough, even with DRS. “Fortunately towards the end it was enough to get it done on a three-stopper, I was able to get by, but if I had been behind him in traf-fic I wouldn’t have got past.

“I’m grateful I could gain those points for the team, and it’s kind of damage limitation for me, so it’s not bad.” Although Hamilton tried his best to reel in Rosberg following the last of his three stops, ultimately his charge became a fruitless one.

“I pushed very hard to see if I could have the pace on him in order

to close the gap,” said Hamilton. “I pushed right until there were like six laps to go, and I still had 13 sec-onds, so after that I realised I should bring the car home and live to fight another day.” Mercedes motorsport chief Toto Wolff said it was hard to pinpoint why Hamilton’s weekend didn’t work out.

“When you are on such a level playing field it’s about feeling comfortable in the car, comfortable on the track - before the weekend Lewis mentioned Barcelona was not his favourite,” said Wolff. “I don’t know if that was the reason, but it was very difficult this week-end for him to get the right set-up with the winds and the lack of grip from session to session.

“Both drivers are mentally strong, and as much as we would like to find a dynamic that is pro or against a driver, they come out very strong, even after a bad weekend or a defeat. “You have two drivers matching each other, trying to outperform each other, and for us that’s a really good situation.” (net)

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“Our search and rescue team found another boat with more than 400 mi-grants, Rohingya from Myanmar and Bangladeshis, drifting off the waters off east Aceh early this morning,” Aceh provincial search and rescue chief Budiawan told AFP.

He said authorities believed there could be more boats arriving, with fishermen assisting in patrolling the waters off Aceh.

“We are on standby and ready

to rescue them when we receive an alert,” he said.

Nearly 1,000 migrants are now receiving food and medical treatment in shelters, clinics and the homes of local people across Aceh.

Authorities on Monday revised up the number of migrants aboard the first boat that was rescued over the weekend to 573.

A Muslim Rohingya, Jahangir Hussin, told local journalists that

traffickers had abandoned them at sea with little fuel.

The migrants boarded the boat in Thailand en route to Malaysia, but drifted toward the Indonesian coast when their boat ran out of fuel, he added.

Thousands of Muslim Rohingya have braved the dangerous sea crossing from Myanmar to south-ern Thailand and beyond in recent years. (afp)

MERAUKE - Foreign journal-ists must first obtain permits if they want to cover Papua, and there will be screening, according to Coordi-nating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno.

“So, we will not be blamed if they go to forbidden areas,” the chief minister affirmed.

The entry of foreign journalists into Papua is no longer closed, but there are preconditions if they want to cover news. Their reports must not contain defamatory content and information that is not based on facts and discredits Indonesia, the minister noted.

Foreign media can report what they see, and they should not seek untrue data provided by armed groups, he added.

“So, let the journalists have a firsthand glimpse of the situation in Papua. There is no news alike what is reported by the overseas media,” Minister Tedjo stated.

The government is now imple-menting the welfare approach and no longer uses the repressive secu-

rity approach.“We can see that is happening

here because the news published by foreign media describes that the situation is full of violations. I think it is not true,” the minister noted.

President Joko Widodo, on Sunday, stated that the foreign media are now free to enter Papua, similar to how they can enter other provinces in Indonesia.

“Beginning today, Sunday, I al-low the foreign journalists if they want to go to Papua just like the other regions,” President Jokowi stated in response to a question posed by Antara after attending a grand harvest in Wapeko, Kurik Sub-district, Merauke District, Papua Province.

Starting now, the nation should think positively and promote mu-tual trust, which is disappearing lately.

“Do not ask that question, that is enough,” Jokowi responded when questioned about a fact that foreign journalists usually prefer to cover the activities of illegal armed groups. (ant)

BIAK - The government, through PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo), will commence the construction of the seaport in Sorong city, West Papua province, in the July-August period, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said.

“The construction of the seaport in Sorong is expected to boost eco-nomic growth in the easternmost region in Indonesia,” President Joko Widodo stated on Monday.

The construction of a seaport in Sorong in West Papua is considered a very strategic move because it will serve as the entrance to the Papuan and West Papuan territories, which need attention, he explained.

Following the disbursement of the government’s budget, President Joko Widodo ordered related min-istries to expedite the development of infrastructure to increase job opportunities and improve regional economies, which would, in turn, advance investment competitive-ness in the regions.

With regard to details on the

distribution of funds, President Jokowi noted that Papua province received Rp6 trillion, while West Papua received Rp4 trillion.

The head of state further empha-sized that the central government has high hopes from infrastructural development as it can have positive impacts on the local economy.

“The ongoing progress of re-gional infrastructural development programs is expected to boost eco-nomic growth and create new jobs for local residents,” President Joko Widodo affirmed.

He was accompanied by First Lady Iriana and Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Tedjo EP.

Moreover, the president vowed to visit Papua and West Papua in the near future to review his ‘Nawacita’ (a Sanskrit term for nine priority programs) initiative, which includes achieving national rice resilience in Merauke, Papua, as well as the seaport development program in Sorong, West Papua. (ant)

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Ethnic Rohingya women and children whose boats were washed ashore on Sumatra Island board a military truck to be taken to a temporary shelter in Seunuddon, Aceh province, Indo-nesia, Sunday, May 10, 2015.

Boats carrying hundreds of migrants rescued off Aceh

JAKARTA - A second boat carrying hundreds of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh has been rescued off Indonesia’s far west coast, an official said Monday, less than a day after nearly 600 others arrived in a wooden vessel seeking refuge.

Foreign media should obtain permits to cover Papua

Construction of Sorong Seaport to begin in July-August

Howard County Sheriff Brian McJunkins said the victims lived in adjoining mobile homes and that two other people were criti-cally injured. In the small town of Van in northeast Texas, about two dozen people were injured and some homes were destroyed after a severe storm struck, an emergency management official said early Monday.

The storm that the National Weather Service said likely pro-duced a tornado hit the east side of Van Zandt County and the city of Van on Sunday evening. Chuck Allen, the Van Zandt County fire marshal and emergency manage-ment coordinator, said in an email that approximately 26 patients were transported to hospitals after a triage area was established at a church.

The extent of their injuries was not immediately clear. About 30 percent of the city suffered some

kind of damage, he said. “Damages range from completely destroyed homes, damaged homes, to trees and power lines down,” Allen wrote. The storm was part of severe weather that stretched across North Texas on Sunday.

Earlier in the day, another likely tornado ripped roofs off buildings and damaged trees near Denton, about 40 miles northwest of Dallas, according to National Weather Ser-vice meteorologist Tom Bradshaw. There were no immediate reports of injuries or fatalities.

The area also experienced tor-rential rains that led to widespread flash flooding. Authorities in Den-ton County said Sunday that two groups of people had to be airlifted by helicopters to safety. Tornadoes were also reported in central Iowa, where a roof was ripped off a high school, and in eastern South Da-kota, where a twister damaged the small town of Delmont and injured

at least nine people.“Our house is flat. There is noth-

ing left,” said Stephanie Lunder, 34, of Delmont. She was with her husband and four children in the basement when the storm hit.

The town about 90 miles south-west of Sioux Falls had no water, power or phones, South Dakota De-partment of Public Safety spokes-woman Kristi Turman said. The 200-plus residents were asked to leave for safety reasons.

On Sunday morning, Tropical Storm Ana made landfall near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and was downgraded to a tropical depression by Sunday afternoon. The storm’s maximum sustained winds were at 35 mph (56 kph), and it was expected to move over eastern North Carolina on Sunday night.Farther north, a late-season snow fell in parts of the Rockies, western Nebraska and western South Dakota. (ap)

MADRID — Investors pushed Airbus shares down Monday on Paris’ stock exchange after a mili-tary turboprop troop transporter plane undergoing final flight test-ing in Spain crashed, killing four aboard and injuring two. Airbus shares were down 4.4 percent to 60.60 euros ($67.68) as authori-ties investigated what caused the A400M to crash into a farm field Saturday after taking off from the southern city of Seville, where the planes are assembled.

The company held a moment of silence at all of its installations around the world for the dead — the two pilots and two of the four flight test engineers aboard. The voice and flight data black boxes were recovered on Sunday and delivered to a Spanish judge in Seville investigating the case, Spain’s presidency said in a state-ment.

The media office for the judge said Monday it could not imme-diately provide any information about analysis of the black boxes or the investigation. Spain’s Devel-opment Ministry is also investigat-ing the crash. The plane had been

due to be delivered to Turkey after test flights.

Also on Monday, Malaysia confirmed that it was grounding its A400M plane pending results of the crash probe. Although Ma-laysia only has one of the aircraft, it is scheduled to receive three more. The country’s decision came after Britain, Germany and Turkey grounded theirs over the weekend and France said it would only use A400M aircraft in urgent operations.

Airbus in January dismissed the head of its military program after governments including Germany, France and Turkey complained about delays in the 20-billion-euro A400M program.

The program has also been plagued by cost overruns. France was the first country to take deliv-ery of an A400M in 2013. The pro-gram was started so governments could replace their aging military Transall C-160s and C-130 Her-cules transporter planes. Twelve A400Ms have been delivered and the company has received 174 orders for the planes from eight countries. (ap)

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Lightning strikes as storm clouds pass in Denton, Texas, Sunday, May 10, 2015. Parts of several Great Plains and Midwest states were in the path of severe weather, including North Texas, where the National Weather Service said a likely tornado damaged roofs and trees near Denton and torrential rain caused flash flooding.

Severe weather across US: 2 killed in Arkansas

Tornadoes and storms ripping through several central states in the U.S. have killed two people and injured dozens, while a tropical storm affected the Carolinas in the Southeast, and wintry weather hit parts of Colorado in the Mountain West. Two people died from storms in southwestern Arkansas, KSLA-TV reported, citing the Howard County Sheriff’s Office.

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Emergency services personnel work at the scene after a plane crash near the Seville airport, in Spain, Saturday, May 9, 2015. A military transport plane crashed near southwestern Seville air-port Saturday, killing its crew, Spain’s prime minister said.

Airbus shares fall after military plane crash in Spain

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BRUSSELS - Greece will plead for leeway from an unwavering Europe on Monday, in a fresh ef-fort to free up cash after months of deadlock in bailout talks.

The eurozone’s 19 ministers meet in Brussels one day before Greece must pay a 750 million euro ($840 million) debt bill to the IMF that some fear the Mediterranean nation cannot afford.

But Greece’s partners are un-swayed by the threat of financial catastrophe in Athens, ruling out any chance of imminent compromise that could unlock even a portion of the money still owed from its bailout.

“We have made progress, but we are not very close to an agreement,” said the head of the Eurogroup ministers, Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, in an interview at the weekend.

“We need more time,” he said.Led by Germany, eurozone min-

isters demand that Greece impose a rigorous regime of reforms, which the leftist government in Athens, in power since January, has so far baulked at adopting.

With no overall deal in sight, officials said Greece is hoping for a “positive statement” on negotia-tions that will allow for a section of 7.2 billion euros ($8.1 billion) in remaining bailout loans to be released.

The symbolic gesture would also help persuade the European Central Bank to keep emergency funds flow-

The euro retreated against the dollar and yen before a crucial eu-rozone meeting later in the day that Greece hopes will pave the way for a loan deal.

Shanghai had surged 2.41 per-cent in the afternoon and Hong Kong added 0.54 percent.

Tokyo rallied despite heavy losses in Sharp and Toshiba ow-ing to fears about their balance sheets. The Nikkei added 1.25 percent, or 241.72 points, to close

at 19,620.91.Seoul ended 0.57 percent higher,

adding 11.86 points to 2,097.38 but Sydney finished 0.17 percent, or 9.4 points, lower at 5,625.2.

China’s central bank on Sunday cut rates by 25 basis points -- after two similar moves since November -- as it tries to support the world’s number two economy, which grew last year at its slowest pace since 1990.

The move is the latest stimulus

by the People’s Bank of China, which has also twice this year reduced the amount of cash banks must keep in reserve.a

It followed another disappoint-ing set of economic indicators, with inflation coming in below forecasts for April and exports unexpectedly falling.

“The consensus was that there’ll be at least one or two more stages of monetary easing in China, so there’s no big surprise,” Shoji Hirakawa,

chief equity strategist at Okasan Securities in Tokyo, told Bloomberg News.

Dealers were already upbeat after a US Labor Department report Friday showed the economy added 223,000 jobs in April and unem-ployment fell to a seven-year low of 5.4 percent.

While the growth was not as much as expected, analysts say it was strong enough to suggest the economy was picking up -- but not enough that the Federal Reserve would feel comfortable raising interest rates soon.

On Wall Street Friday the Dow

rose 1.49 percent, the S&P 500 jumped 1.35 percent and the Nasdaq was up 1.17 percent.

In Tokyo Monday the dollar edged up to 119.90 yen from 119.77 yen in New York.

The euro fetched $1.1173 and 133.96 yen in Tokyo against $1.1208 and 134.25 yen.

The single currency was un-der pressure as investors await the meeting in Brussels, with Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras saying he was hoping for a positive statement on the coun-try’s progress in negotiating a debt reform deal. (afp)

Asia shares mostly up after US jobs report, China rate cutHONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose Monday following a healthy US jobs report last week,

while investor sentiment was also boosted by China’s decision to cut interest rates for the third time in six months.

AP Photo/Yorgos KarahalisA woman walks past an abandoned house in a neighborhood in Athens, Greece, Friday, May 8, 2015. Greece will plead for leeway from an unwavering Europe on Monday, in a fresh effort to free up cash after months of deadlock in bailout talks.

Greece to plead leeway as IMF cash crunch loomsing to Greece’s fragile banks at the current pace.

“We want a clear confirmation of the progress that has been made” in the talks, Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told a cabinet meet-ing on Sunday.

No one outside the Greek gov-ernment knows for sure how long Athens can go without a deal to end Greece’s 240 billion euro bailout, which began in 2010 and expires at the end of June.

Athens faces a harrowing repay-ment schedule over the coming weeks.

In June alone, Greece owes another 1.5 billion euros to the International Monetary Fund and it owes another three billion euros to the ECB in July and August.

According to sources in Athens, the loan repayment due on Tuesday to the IMF will be honoured on schedule.

Greece has been squeezing funds from the central and local governments to be able to meet its payments, but mayors are begin-ning to resist.

“Experience elsewhere in the world has shown that a country can suddenly slide into insolvency,” Wolfgang Schaeuble, the powerful German finance minister, warned on Sunday.

Greek officials went on a frenetic diplomatic offensive last week, with the flamboyant Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis making stops in Paris, Brussels, Rome and Madrid to

drum up support for his beleaguered nation.

Tsipras spoke three times by phone to Europe’s most powerful leader, Germany’s Angela Merkel, and he repeated calls to Jean-Claude Juncker,

the wily head of the European Com-mission.

Sitting in for Greece at the Euro-group will be Varoufakis, whose exu-berant style and propensity to lecture has made fellow ministers bristle.

Varoufakis was thought to have been sidelined as negotiator after the last eurozone meeting ended sourly, and officials in Brussels are unanimous that a new team has calmed the waters. (afp)

MANGUPURA - It sounds impos-sible but it’s the fact. A toddler that was initially unable to speak, after prostration and doing purificatory rite (melukat) in the Muku Telu Temple finally could do it smoothly. The voice coming out from the toddler’s mouth is like sunshine illuminat-ing the world. Prideful, happy and thankful expression is reflected in the countenance of the people becoming His servants.

The Muku Telu Temple is located at Beringkit Gadon hamlet, Kapal village, Mengwi, Badung. It is not too fancy or has no extensive area and situated on the edge of the road flanked by people’s houses and road connecting the village. In the west spread the overlay of rice fields that seems to be transformed into concrete building.

The temple and rice fields are bordered with an irrigation channel used to irrigate the local rice fields. On usual days, this temple looks deserted, just like the other isolated subak temples. However, it is only accompanied with traditional umbrel-las presented by pilgrims who have recovered. The atmosphere will be different on Kajeng Kliwon (least common of three- and five-day week in Balinese calendar) where dozens of pilgrims come to invoke safety, espe-cially those whose children, family or relatives have speech disorder.

Priest of the temple, Ni Ketut Marni, said it was called Muku Telu Temple because it was Temuku (water divider in Balinese subak irrigation cooperative) consisting of three chan-nels. One of which was in the middle

of the temple and the other lay in the south. Additionally, the center of sanctum also posed a pile of three desiccated coconut trees. However, it was replaced with a shrine some three years ago. “This shrine is dona-tion of a pilgrim whose toddler has recovered and been able to talk,” she said innocently.

Indeed, this temple has uniqueness to heal those who speech disorder. The venerated deity in the shrine is Lord Ishvara. Every Kajeng Kliwon coming every 15 days, many pilgrims come to say prayers. The pathway at the small village is crowded with people. Moreover, when the Kajeng Kliwon coincides with a holiday, abundant pilgrims will definitely come to say prayers. Meanwhile, the piodalan or temple anniversary falls on Kuningan. “The pilgrims come from the regions across Bali,” she said.

In addition, there were also trav-elers from China, India and other countries. They came to mingle with the Hindu community who wanted to invoke healing in order their speech could be fluent. “This belief has long existed. And I am the successor of my father who had a priest in this temple,” she said.

For people who invoked for a heal-ing, they should bring the oblations consisting of pejati, peras daksina, tipat kelanan, black segehan and white-and-yellow segehan with vol-untary donation. At first, the offerings are presented by the priest and then the ‘patient’ is bathed in the river flow. Afterward, it is resumed with wor-ship. This service is available from the morning till night. (kmb)

According to him, the Tarunajaya Dance is managed to penetrate the aesthetic taste of Balinese society across the ages. The dance is com-monly performed by female dancers remaining to consistently show off the energy amid the complexities of life. Tarunajaya can be seen as a representation of consistent spirit of

Balinese youth in artistic hue wrapped in the ornamen-

tal clothes.

Compared to the dances of its age, the Tarunajaya Dance still shows the glory of the age of more than half a century and it still looks monumental. Suartaya explained that at schools, art institute and art studios, this romantic dance are passed on from one generation to another so that it remains to survive.

Energy of the dance is never tired of being displayed in the Balinese dance competitions. Awesome charm is never quiet in the art activities

among the people. For the perfor-

mance of the kebyar art as entertain-ment (balih-balihan) during a ritual (temple ceremony), people present the Tarunajaya Dance.

Similarly, in the arena of the Bali Arts Festival (BAF), some art troupes presenting creation dance or kebyar art still make the Tarunajaya Dance their final performance that can amaze the audience. “Actually the dance wrapped in festive gold leaf attires has been repeatedly witnessed, but it is still riveting and interesting,” said Kadek Suartaya. (ant)

Tarunajaya Dance remains to survive

DENPASAR - An observer and actor of the Balinese art and culture, Kadek Suar-taya, judged that the Tarunajaya Dance, a work of Balinese classical dance, remains to survive so far and dazzles both local and foreign audience. “The aesthetic expression presented and the surge of optimism exuded is still evocative. It is the dance composi-

tion revealing the embryo in North Bali before the independence period,” said Kadek Suartaya who is also a lecturer at the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Denpasar.

Tarunajaya Dance

Toddler unable to talk, bathed in Muku Telu Temple

IBP/File PhotoThe Muku Telu Temple is located at Beringkit Gadon hamlet, Kapal village, Mengwi, Badung.

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BANGLI - An art parade held as part of the the peak of the 811th anniversary celebrations of the town of Bangli, on Sunday (May 10), was quite festive. Thousands of partici-pants and Bangli artists took part in the event held at the Captain Mudita Square. In addition to featuring a variety of existing arts from each subdistrict, the endangered arts were also reconstructed for the parade.

The Head of the Bangli Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Ad-nyana, said that that 2000 people took part in the parade, coming from all four subdistricts of Bangli. During the parade, each subdistrict shows off its own unique characteristics. “Each subdistrict also featured a reconstructed version of an art form that is almost extinct,” he said.

He added that most arts in the parade last Sunday will be presented again during the upcoming Bali Arts Festival (BAF).

Before the art parade, the celebra-tion of the anniversary of Bangli was commenced with an assembly attended by the Regent of Bangli, Made Gianyar, and his staff; regent of Klungkung, regent of Gianyar and representatives of other counties in Bali; Chief of Bangli Police, Com-mander of the 1626 / Bangli Military District and other invitees.

The governor of Bali, in his wel-come speech, read by Regent Made Gianyar said that this celebration was not a standard anniversary celebration but in fact was an opportunity for Bangli to look deeply into evaluating

and assessing to what extent their objectives and achievement have been obtained. An opportunity to think about ways to enhance failed programs. The ups and downs faced over the past year, should be inter-preted as the dynamics involved in realizing the Gita Santi Bangli.

In the context of regional devel-opment, the governor supports the county of Bangli’s policy of prioritiz-ing tourism, trade and services and small industries in order that these can be strengthened. The agricultural potential of Bangli should be devel-oped more as a support to natural, cultural, spiritual and ecotourism.

“Similarly, the tourism potential of Bangli County must continue to be developed, taken seriously and pre-served so that it can survive without sacrificing cultural values that have been ingrained in the life of Bangli people,” said Regent Made Gianyar, citing the speech of the governor.

On the sidelines of the assembly, Regent Made Gianyar also invited all the people of Bangli to work hard and promote Bangli. According to national policy, the target and pri-orities of Bangli are to continue to improve all the infrastructures such as roads, schools and hospitals. Rural roads that have not been paved, will be completed. In addition, to support rural development, his party will also disburse quite large village fund allocations (ADD). Thus, after all the infrastructures are well repaired, information and investmenst are ex-pected to come to Bangli. (kmb40)

The fogging activity is started at six o’clock in the morning and targets the hamlet of Bongan Gede, Bongan village, Tabanan.

Donny, a resident of Bongan, said that the fogging is greatly needed by the community as is mosquito nest eradication (PSN). Recently, a few local residents were infected with dengue. “Re-cently, three people were rushed to hospital because of dengue fever, so now every morning at 6AM we perform the fogging,” he said.

The three residents have now been released from hospital be-cause they have recovered. “We hope that the fogging can be car-ried out regularly, not just after people have been hospitalized,” said another resident.

Also, about a dozen residents of Yeh Gangga hamlet, Sudimara village, also suffered from dengue fever. “Dengue fever is indeed a seasonal and yearly outbreak. Last year, far too many people were

hospitalized because of dengue fever,” said this resident of Yeh Gangga.

Previously, the Division Head of the Communicable Disease Control and Environmental Health (P2MPL) of the Tabanan Health Agency, Wayan Triana Suryanata, said that dengue fever cases have indeed increased in-line with den-gue’S five year cycle. Increasing cases of dengue fever usually start in January and peaks around April and May. The increase of dengue is caused by the end of the rainy season when heat waves create ideal conditions for dengue carry-ing mosquitos.

In addition to dengue fever, an-other disease carried by mosquitos during this transitional seasons is Chikunguya. Triana explained that most cases arises in coastal areas such as Katimemes, Yeh Ganga and Tegal Temu. “It also appears in densely populated areas like at Kampung Jawa,” he said.

Although both diseases are transmitted by mosquito, accord-ing to Triana, the hazards of each are quite different. Chikunguya which is marked by symptoms such as joint pain, can be left untreated as most people heal by themselves. For this reason, data collection regarding the number of people infected by this disease are not as complete as it is for dengue which is most often recorded in hospital records,” said Trinata.

Because both diseases are trans-mitted by mosquito, the prevention of dengue fever and cikungunya transmission is the same, namely by implementing mosquito nest eradication and fogging. According to Triana, the Health Agency has invited all hamlets in Tabanan to regularly eradicate mosquito nests in their neighbourhoods - at least once a week. As for fogging, added Triana, it is only carried out in ar-eas where dengue positive patients have been reported. (kmb28)

NEGARA - Since 2010, the villagers of Budeng, Jembrana sub-district and surrounding areas have been preserving their mangroves. Their efforts have produced good results with approximately 64 hect-ares of mangrove forest now grows flourishingly.

Even though the land area of the village (consisting of two hamlets and population of 534 families or 1,752 people) itself is quite narrow, they still have uncultivated lands that remain wild. The headman of Budeng, I Putu Libra, while accompanying the regent, deputy regent and a number of officials as they conducted mutual assistance on Sunday (May 10) said that community participation in environmental conservation is quite high. Most of the dormant lands sur-rounding the village, composed of swamp lands, have been reforested using mangrove plants.

“Our potential here (at Budeng vil-lage) is the preservation of mangrove plants. Since it was initiated in 2010, we have managed to reforest an area

of 46 hectares by planting the area with mangrove,” said Libra.

Our small village was chosen to represent Jembrana in Bali’s province wide competition. The village itself is also well cared for, with com-munity members being encouraged to participate in maintenance and environmental sanitation.

Such efforts are supported by Re-gent Putu Artha along with Deputy Regent I Made Kembang Hartawan who both participated in the recent sanitation event with hundreds of people from the public and employ-ees. The Regent said that mutual assistance in the village should be im-proved. He said he saluts the efforts made by the community of Budeng, especially in regards to environmen-tal conservation.

“The proof is in the pudding. We want this village to continue to improve and when we see such optimal results and so much com-munity support, we are optimistic that we can reach this goal,” ex-plained Artha. (kmb26)

IBP/kmb28In anticipation of a potential outbreak of dengue fever, residents of Bongan village, Tabanan, have taken the initiative of carrying out “foggings” twice a week.

Dengue fever outbreak, fogging intensified

TABANAN - In anticipation of a potential outbreak of dengue fever, residents of Bongan village, Ta-banan, have taken the initiative of carrying out “foggings” twice a week. These foggings are being done in areas that are prone to dengue, which include Southern Tabanan areas ranging from the Bongan, Sudimara and Yeh Ganga village.

Budeng residents green 64 hectares of mangrove

Art parade and sobber thoughts for 811th anniversary of Bangli

With influential Euroskeptics clamoring in his own party and a very slim majority in Parliament, Cameron will have a hard time tackling the big headaches looming over his second term: Britain’s membership in the 28-nation European Union and the growing movement for Scottish independence.

“He would like to be seen as leading a governing party which is united on a core issue at the center of the political debate, but that’s unlikely to happen,” said Colin Hay, a British politics professor at the Paris Institute of Political Studies. “It’s going to be really tough.”

Cameron’s Conservatives won an un-expected majority in last week’s election, ensuring that he returns to 10 Downing Street with enough power to govern alone. His first term saw Cameron sharing power with the left-of-center Liberal Democrats, who held key positions in a sometimes-awkward coalition government.

Within hours of declaring victory Friday, Cameron re-appointed his four highest-ranking ministers — those heading defense, the Treasury, home and foreign affairs — to their posts. No big surprises are expected when the rest of the new, all-Tory Cabinet is unveiled this week.

Cameron Monday made London Mayor Boris Johnson a member of his political Cabinet, which is an advisory role that does

not involve running a department. Cameron said Johnson — seen as a potential future party leader — will “devote his attention to his final year as mayor of London.” The message of stability and continuity is clear: “Keep calm and carry on,” as the Times newspaper put it in a headline.

That is easier said than done in Brit-ain’s rowdy Parliament, where Cameron does not have full support from his party on the two key topics of Scotland and membership in the EU. The Conservatives now have a tiny majority — holding just over half of the House of Commons’ 650 seats — meaning that a dozen defiant Tories could potentially derail important policies.

Rebellion has long simmered in the Conservatives’ more right-wing factions, where many want Britain to pull out of the EU. The presence of the pro-EU Liberal Democrats in the government meant that such a move had been out of the question for the past five years.

Radical Conservatives also disagree with their more moderate colleagues over how to deal with the question of Scotland, where the separatist Scottish National Party gained an unprecedented landslide victory in the race for seats in the British Parliament, winning 56 of Scotland’s 59 seats.

Cameron and those who back him will do everything to keep Scotland’s centuries-old union with England, but some Conservatives are leery of ceding too much power to the north without get-ting reciprocal benefits for England.

The infighting over those two issues is likely to come to a head in the next two years. Responding to widespread British distrust of Brussels, Cameron has promised to hold a referendum on whether Britain should leave or stay in the EU by the end of 2017. He has maintained that he can negotiate better terms for Britain’s EU membership and increase Britain’s ability to control the flow of EU migrants to the country.

Cameron plans to meet with restive Conservative legislators Monday to dis-cuss plans for EU reform in an effort to unify the party before discussions with EU leaders about possible modifications to the terms of Britain’s membership. But many rank-and-file Conservatives want much tougher changes, and some have made up their minds that no settlement will be good enough.

“It was a very rebellious parliament the last time,” said Simon Usherwood, politics lecturer at the University of Surrey. “You’ve got some pretty serious Euro-skeptics.” (ap)

Despite majority, UK’s Cameron faces Conservative rebellion

LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives may have won the British election and ushered their coali-tion partner out the door, but that doesn’t mean it’s all smooth sailing for his government for the next five years.

SINGAPORE — A government crackdown on a teen video blogger and independent news and opinion website has focused attention on free speech limits, and perhaps the next election, in this cosmopolitan but famously strict city-state.

Five days after the death in March of Singapore’s founding father, 16-year-old Amos Yee posted his latest American-accented blog to YouTube, titled “Lee Kuan Yew Is Finally Dead!” He shared it with the popular and provocative site The Real Singapore, one of several online alternatives to government-controlled TV broadcasts and newspapers.

After it went viral locally, with over a million views so far, Yee was arrested and charged with transmit-ting an obscene image and delib-erately “wounding the religious or racial feelings of any person.” He refused bail conditions that amounted to a gag order and has been jailed for over two weeks, awaiting a court’s judgment on Tuesday. He has pleaded not guilty and faces up to three years in prison. The government’s Media Development Authority shut down

TRS, as it is known, earlier this month — though officials say it was for unrelated reasons.

“These are the things that will split the whole society,” said Alvin Tan, who as artistic director of the respected theater company The Nec-essary Stage has tangled with censors for over three decades. “I think we’re waiting for a tipping point.” He has refused to self-censor but negotiates with government representatives, who have had a lighter touch recently with his plays.

Singapore’s government has long aggressively protected its image and authority with legal action both against domestic and international critics, but Yee’s case stands out: A floppy-haired, wryly humorous teenager targeted by prosecutors for a strongly-worded video, sent to prison and shackled in court.

Last fall the MDA banned film director Tan Pin Pin’s documentary about political exiles “To Singapore, With Love.” Lawrence Wong, Sin-gapore’s minister for culture, com-munity and youth, said the film “was deemed to be a real distortion of what

happened in Singapore’s history, but disguised as a documentary.”

“Freedom is not unfettered free-dom. There are some limits. And the limits are put out there quite clearly,” he said Wong said the government intervenes only when concerned that speech will upset “social stability.” Standing next to his underground black box theater, Tan said the strong reaction to TRS and “famous Amos” could be due to the political land-scape. “I find things tightening up because it’s just before elections,” he said.

In the eulogies that followed Lee’s death the public was repeatedly reminded of his — and the ruling party’s — achievements, which will remain fresh in most people’s minds if the next general elections are called later this year, as is expected.

But at the same time, with the passing of a stalwart who was the ruling party’s binding force, a po-litical shift feels more possible. As Singaporeans celebrate 50 years of independence in August, they are also finding their own voices in social media, often the site for

public debate on politics and social issues.

Meanwhile, the opposition has been on the rise, and could do rela-tively well in the next elections. It won 10 seats in the 99-seat Parlia-ment in the 2011 elections, up from two previously. Losing even more seats to the opposition would be a huge blow for the People’s Action Party, which has ruled the country since 1959, and is now led by Lee’s oldest son, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

“The question of who is to lead the next Singapore is going to be

one of the scariest questions to an-swer,” said Shiao-Yin Kuik, a nomi-nated member of parliament who runs a consultancy and small chain of restaurants aimed at encouraging public dialogue about social issues. Though she dismisses Yee’s blog comments as uninformed, she’s been working to encourage political engagement among young people.

“A kid does not have it in his head that ‘I’m going to be presi-dent one day, or prime minister.’ It’s not in the narrative. And it’s not in the narrative of their parents,” she said. (ap)

Blogger, 16, exposes limits on free speech in Singapore In this May 8, 2015, photo, Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s Minister for Culture, Com-munity, and Youth, speaks in Singapore. A government crackdown on a teen video blogger and independent news and opinion website has focused attention on free speech limits, and perhaps the next election, in this cos-mopolitan but famously strict city-state. AP Photo/Ryan Pearson

Yui Mok/PA via APBritain’s Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha.

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The findings, published by the Royal Astronomical Society, are based on the discovery of “a large quantity” of hydrogen and oxy-gen, the two chemical ingredients of water, in the atmosphere of a white dwarf star.

The find, based on observa-tions by the William Herschel Telescope in the Canary Islands, revealed that the quantity of wa-ter found on Earth is not unique, said a statement by Britain’s University of Warwick, whose as-tronomers made the discovery.

“Water delivery via asteroids or comets is likely taking place in many other planetary systems, just as it happened on Earth,” it said.

“The research findings add further support to the possibility

water can be delivered to Earth-like planets via such bodies (as asteroids and comets) to create a suitable environment for the formation of life.”

The latest findings support the widely-held view that Earth’s oceans were created through impacts by water-rich comets or asteroids, said lead researcher Roberto Raddi.

The white dwarf, an ageing star in decline, had once held water equivalent to about 30-35 percent of that found in Earth’s oceans, probably delivered in an asteroid impact.

“Our research has found that, rather than being unique, water-rich asteroids similar to those found in our solar system appear

to be frequent,” said Raddi. His colleague Boris Gansicke

added: “There are many white dwarfs that hold large amounts of hydrogen in their atmospheres, and this new study suggests that this is evidence that water-rich asteroids or comets are common around other stars than the Sun.

Last December, researchers said readings taken Europe’s comet orbiter Rosetta suggested that water on Earth was more likely to have come from aster-oids that slammed into the planet billions of years ago, than from comets.

The atomic signature of water molecules from the comet were vastly different from water on Earth. (afp)

MIAMI - Astronomers have located the most distant galaxy ever measured in the universe, and it looks like a bright blue mass of stars some 13.1 billion light-years from Earth.

The galaxy, called EGS-zs8-1, is “one of the brightest and most mas-sive objects in the early universe,” according to a statement from Yale University.

Calculating its exact distance from Earth was possible using the MOSFIRE instrument on the W.M.

Keck Observatory’s 10-meter tele-scope in Hawaii, researchers said.

The galaxy was first spotted in images from NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes.

Astronomers at Yale and the University of California, Santa Cruz say that EGS-zs8-1 is still forming stars rapidly, about 80 times faster than our galaxy, the Milky Way.

Details of the discovery were published Tuesday in the jour-nal Astrophysical Journal Let-ters. (afp)

MIAMI - In another ominous sign of human-caused climate change, US government scientists said Wednesday that global car-bon dioxide concentrations have reached a new monthly record of 400 parts per million.

Carbon dioxide is a potent greenhouse gas, and is a harmful by-product of burning fossil fuels such as oil and coal.

“For the first time since we be-gan tracking carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere, the monthly global average concentration of this greenhouse gas surpassed 400 parts per million in March 2015,” said the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Scientists announced that C02 had passed the 400 ppm level for the first time in the Arctic in 2012, and at Mauna Loa in Hawaii in 2013.

“It was only a matter of time that we would average 400 parts per million globally,” said Pieter Tans, lead scientist of NOAA’s Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network.

“Reaching 400 parts per million as a global average is a significant milestone.”

Tans said C02 has risen more than 120 parts per million since pre-industrial times.

“Half of that rise has occurred since 1980,” he said.

In March, the International Ener-gy Agency reported that the growth of global emissions from fossil fuel burning had stalled in 2014 and was level with emissions in 2013.

But experts warn that stabiliz-ing the rate of emissions will not ward off climate change, since greenhouse gases linger in the atmosphere for years and trap heat around the Earth.

“NOAA data show that the aver-age growth rate of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere from 2012 to 2014 was 2.25 ppm per year, the highest ever recorded over three consecutive years,” the agency said.

Carbon dioxide is a natural part of Earth’s atmosphere but the burning of fossil fuels sends excess amounts into the air and creates an even tougher heat-trapping blanket.

NOAA collects its data on global carbon dioxide concentra-tion on air samples taken from 40 sites around the world, including some remote islands.

“We choose to sample at these sites because the atmosphere itself serves to average out gas concen-trations that are being affected by human and natural forces. At these remote sites we get a better global average,” said Ed Dlugokencky, the NOAA scientist who manages the global network.

When the milestone of 400 ppm was first observed in 2012, many scientists said it should be considered a wake-up call that more renewable energies need to be used to cut back on cheap but polluting fuels.

But even though some countries have pledged to reduce emissions, the trend has proven hard to re-verse.

“Elimination of about 80 per-cent of fossil fuel emissions would essentially stop the rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but concentrations of carbon dioxide would not start decreasing until even further reductions are made and then it would only do so slowly,” said James Butler, direc-tor of NOAA’s Global Monitoring Division. (afp)

Astronomers find most distant galaxy ever measured

Global carbon dioxide levels reach new monthly record

NASA via AP

This photo from a sequence of images provided by NASA, taken from the Dawn spacecraft of Ceres, a dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Large amounts of water may exist on numerous deep space bodies, said a study Thursday that raises the theoretical odds of another planet like Earth sporting the life-giving resource.

Water on white dwarf raises prospects of H2O-rich planets

FRANCE - Large amounts of water may exist on numerous deep space bodies, said a study Thursday that raises the theoretical odds of another planet like Earth sporting the life-giving resource.

Indonesia executed a number of death row convict including Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran from Australia last month.

“Despite the political uproar there are always orders from working part-ners in Australia,” Made Parsua, handicraft makers in Gianyar said on Monday.

Made said the Central Bureau of Statistics of Bali recorded earning from exports to Australia rose 16.83 percent from US$7.9 million to US$9.2 million in the first three months of 2015.

This indicated that the Australian people especially business people had little concern for the politics over the execution of the drug convicts, Parsua said.

Handicraft exports by Bali mainly in silverware were valued at US$6.3 million in March including 15.11 percent of which were from exports to Australia.

The highest exports in value were to Singapore accounting for 26 percent that month.

Consumers in Australia also had large imports of garments from Bali, garment makers in Bali said.

Australian tourists also continue to flock to Bali many of them buying handicraft products. (ant)

GIANYAR - The area of Cu-cukan Beach, Medahan village, Blahbatuh, has tried to develop a new tourist attraction since two years ago. One of them is the implementation of canoe at-traction by residents around the Cucukan Beach. Conditions of the waves adequately support for the development of canoe attraction. However, so far the development is still stagnant.

People hope there is a promo-tion made by the government. Until these days, the campaign is only carried out by word of mouth. Visitors or travelers making a visit can rent a canoe to be ridden on the Cucukan Beach. Although the Cucukan Beach has been sur-rounded by villa buildings rented to foreign travelers, the canoe is mostly rented by local people. “Condition of the canoe attraction here is indeed different from that of Sanur,” added Dewa Putu Telaga,

an owner of canoe rental.Canoe attraction is dominantly

rented by local people. Though the growth is still stagnant, his party is optimistic that the canoe attraction will continuously grow. Optimism of the residents in the development of new tourist destination in Gianyar can also causes them to add their canoe inventory.

Previously, it has been reported that canoe attraction has begun to be initiated by Cucukan residents since two years ago and became one of the new tourist destinations in Gianyar. Other than surfing, the receding waves on the beach in the afternoon create an alterna-tive tourist attraction in the form of canoeing. “However, when big waves come, we surely ban the canoe rental to avoid unwanted thing,” explained Telaga doubling as a member of lifeguard (Bala-wista) of Gianyar. (kmb16)

IBP/Agung Dharmada

The area of Cucukan Beach, Medahan village, Blahbatuh, has tried to develop a new tourist attraction since two years ago. One of them is the implementation of canoe attraction by resi-dents around the Cucukan Beach.

Cucukan Beach develops canoe attraction

A tourist passed a stall selling handicraft in Semawang, Sanur. Bali’s exports of handicraft products to Australia have continued to increase amid political disharmony between the two neighboring countries over the execution of two Aus-tralia drug convicts.

Bali’s handicraft exports to Australia increase

DENPASAR - Bali’s exports of handicraft products to Australia have continued to increase amid political disharmony between the two neighboring countries over the execution of two Australia drug convicts.

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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 con-sidered 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 “umbul-umbul”, 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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PT. Nusa Pratama Property as the owning company deliberately builds this hotel as one of the largest confer-ence hotels in the area, offering stylish designed of 296 guest rooms and suites equipped with the sophistications of today’s technology such as IPTV, free high speed internet connection, and soundproof. 12 full equipment of meeting rooms and a pillar-less Sky Ballroom that can accommodate up to 800 guests. Canary Coffee Shop is located on lobby level offering wide array local and international delights. To satisfy your Japanese food, Momiji Restaurant is the best choice placed on second level, LA Lounge for casual busi-ness meetings, a private executive lounge, a swimming pool, spa and fitness center for that much needed downtime.

“Jakarta is such a diverse capital city, with locals and tourists from across the world exploring its culture. This time, the Archipelago brand is opening up in South Jakarta with an address conveniently close to the toll highway, government buildings and financial district area. You can enjoy doing business in this area whilst also enjoying the plethora of dining, shopping and entertainment options. We believe Aston Priority Simatupang will be a nice and comfortable hotel for Jakartans and visitors alike, especially those who enjoy a modern lifestyle and a friendly service when doing great business. This hotel will be the 40th Aston in Indonesia, with 15 upcoming Aston Hotels opening by the end of 2017, continuing our reputation as the fastest growing and most consistent hotel network in Indonesia,” Said Mr. John Flood, President & CEO of Archipelago International.

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New conference hotel in South JakartaJAKArTA – Archipelago International reveals its latest property in South Jakarta, Aston Priority

Simatupang. Strategically close to the southern Central Business District (CBD), Fatmawati and TB Si-matupang, prominent international business headquarters such as Switzerland’s Nestle and Siemens of Germany. The hotel offers easy access on off the Jakarta – Bintaro – Serpong toll road ring, to Pondok Indah International Golf Course, and a number of trendy shopping centers. This strategic location makes the hotel become South Jakarta’s premier choices for business travelers on short and long term assign-ments and is the very best meetings and event location in the area.SINGARAJA - The government of

Buleleng plans to enforce the regional bylaw (Perda) No.1/2013 regarding Waste Management. Unfortunately, the facilities and infrastructureon the ground are not entirely adequate. Evi-dence suggests that people do not fully understand the role of the regulation and the sanctions that are imposed in the case of violations. The government working through the Buleleng Sanita-tion and Landscaping Agency (DKP) is now intensively disseminating informa-tion about the bylaw. Hopefully, in the time that remains before July 2015, when violators of the bylaw will be be reprimanded, discourse on a plastic waste-free Buleleng can be fully ap-plied in general.

Head of the Buleleng Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, Nyoman Genep said on Monday that the plastic waste-free Buleleng program is expected to materialize in the field. His party continues to support this effort through the addition of a sanitation fleet made up of ten big garbage trucks, that will supplement the existing trucks, which are not sufficient. “Based on the reality of present circumstances, it would be very hard to implement proper waste management. We’ve disseminated in-formation regarding the regulation, but people are still like this. Garbage trucks have been prepared, but it is not enough

to make the government program suc-cessful,” said Genep.

The DKP of Buleleng only has 474 janitors on staff, which is not nearly enough to clean up all the garbage in all none subdistricts of Buleleng. Part of the problem is the increasing volume of waste every day. It is said that each resi-dent produces two to three kg of rub-bish each day. “We feel that there is still a lack of janitors considering the plume of waste that piles up everyday. We have therefor been sharing sanitation and waste management information at the household level,” he added.

For the next breakthrough, Genep plans to increase waste management performance by optimizing the use of the 24 regional waste disposal sites (TPSD) in Buleleng. For this, the role of villagers is necessary in particular to support the local governments lo-cal sanitation program. The fact is that some people are are still littering and dumping trash in the rivers. “We have taken the initiative of forming regional waste disposal sites and we will continuously add to these. People have been encouraged to care about en-vironmental sanitation in Buleleng. The Buleleleng DKPs total budget of IDR 20 billion for the sanitation program has been allocated. Hopefully, plastic waste-free Buleleng can be realized,” he said. (kmb34)

It was submitted by a legislator of the Karan-gasem House from Manggis and Bebandem electoral district, Wayan Sunarta, in Karangasem. From the observation all this time, even though it has been equipped with the night marker in the front side, it remains quiet as well.

Sunarta said that previously it has been tried to organize an entertainment and night market in the market project with the assistance of central govern-ment worth IDR 600 million and billions of rupiahs of the Karangasem regional budget. Apparently, few days after the night market it returned to be quiet.

“The executive has attempted to provide entertain-ment in order that the market building is not sluggish. Unfortunately, it has run out of power and in fact the market is not able to be optimized,” he said.

Nevertheless, added Sunarta, the executive is asked not to give up and run out of power. It must always be pursued because the budget spent has been in large amount, including the most recent artistic compound wall and looks grandiose at the front side.

Sunarta said that although the market building remains quiet and is threatened to be sluggish, it must remain to be well maintained. Its grass and bushes should be cleaned up, so that it will not result in creepy impression in the magnificent building of the market in front of the grave of the Manggis village.

According to Sunarta, the cruise ship harbor must

be utilized or operated, so that it can be optimal and not useless because hundreds of billions of rupiahs from central government and provincial government have been spent for the construction of some mag-nificent buildings. On the other hand, Karangasem County has acquired the land for surrounding paths and pavement by hot mix asphalt. “No matter how small the government budget used to build the largest cruise ship in Indonesia, it should be beneficial for the people,” he said.

On the other hand, the Regent of Karangasem, I Wayan Geredeg, admitted that today many tradi-tional markets in Karangasem are quiet. Formerly, all the markets were crowded, but later on they are deserted. He said that the increasingly quiet market is not the fault of the government but it happens be-cause more and more housewives open stall in front of their house. As a result, less people are going to the market to buy their needs.

He said that he once asked a farmer housewife from one of the villages in Karangasem who was standing next to a basket of chayote. The woman said that she does not need to bring her commodity to local market because just by telephoning the trader or buyer, they will come to bring a pickup truck to take out the chayote. “It is the impact of advances in information technology such as the cellular phone today,” Geredeg said. (013)

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The Manggis Art Market located at the edge of the village cemetery of Manggis, Karangasem, remains quiet even though it has been transformed into the Manggis Market.

Manggis Art Market sluggish

AMLAPUrA - The Manggis Art Market located at the edge of the village cemetery of Manggis, Karangasem, remains quiet even though it has been transformed into the Manggis Market. So far, condition of the market is still sluggish.

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The government of Buleleng plans to enforce the regional bylaw (Perda) No.1/2013 regarding Waste Management. Unfortunately, the facilities and infrastructureon the ground are not entirely ad-equate.

Plastic waste-free program in Buleleng not fully applied

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People need to be able to take advantage of the opportunities that nature has provided. Rather than looking to the wealth of other re-gions, each area should take care of their natural resources and manage them well.

“For example, Karangasem, particularly the region of Kubu is known as having a consistently high poverty rate. If however people there understood how to manage their

own resources, those communities would certainly prosper,” she said.

In addition, the mindset of people living in far flung places needs to be broadened. The government has provided various facilities in terms of education including scholarships, and a minimum 9-year compulsory education. However, there are still people that are not taking full advan-tage of these opportunities.

“We all know that one of the keys

to fighting poverty is education. If only people were aware of these programs and were able to manage their own natural resources, the condition of their lives would be greatly improved,” said Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Instructors (AISI) of Bali.

Secondly, continued Siska, in terms of government responsibility, there needs to be better promotion of programs before they start run-

ning and these programs should be well supervised. In terms of equitable distribution of develop-ment and economic assistance, the needs of each region need to be looked at separately. All region cannot be treated in the same way. Particularly in terms of government disbursements aimed at equalizing the playing field, systems for al-locating funds must be created by carefully taking each regions needs into account.

The economic development strategy of equalizing the different areas in order to stimulate overall economic growth requires that the

government play a major role. De-velopment needs to be focused not only stimulating economic growth but also on creating conditions that favour a better quality of life, equity and social justice, by putting the interests of the people first.

When economic inequality worsens -that is when rich people will get richer while the poor will get poorer all kinds of social unrest tend to ensue. Economic equality is one of the ways to create a peaceful society; the economic gap needs to be addressed soon, by working toward equalizing opportunities as quickly as possible. (rah)

Economic gap widensDENPASAR - To overcome the sluggish economy and to address development inequality in

Bali, cooperation between the government and local communities is required. Economist, Siska Suzana Darmawan, stated that because Indonesia is rich in natural resources, local communi-ties should be benefitting from the wealth that these resources generate.

Motorist passed a damage road in Kubu, Karangasem. Karangasem, par-

ticularly the region of Kubu is known as having a consistently high poverty rate.

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LOS ANGELES - Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan was warned by a judge she could face jail time if she fails to complete 125 hours of community service over a reck-less driving offense within the next three weeks.

The US actress, currently living in London, has only completed about nine of the hours so far, and US judge Mark Young said there will be “consequences” if she fails to finish the sentence by May 28.

Lohan’s attorney Shawn Holley said the actress was having trouble completing her service in London due to travel and costs, and limits on the number of hours she can perform

each day.The judge agreed to allow Lohan

to travel to New York to do the community service at the Brooklyn Community Center, working with children, but added that all the hours must be completed by the next hear-ing on May 28.

“If it is not done by May 28 there will be consequences,” Young said.

Prosecutor Melanie Skehar said the 28-year-old star could face around 18 months behind bars if she fails to complete her community service.

Lohan was sentenced in 2013 to 240 hours of community service

after she drove recklessly and lied to police following a car accident in Santa Monica, California.

The court also imposed 90 days of drug rehabilitation and 18 months psychiatric counseling during two years of probation.

But in February she was given another 125 hours of community service, after a judge questioned whether she fulfilled the terms of the initial sentence.

After rocketing to stardom for films “The Parent Trap,” “Freaky Friday,” and “Mean Girls,” Lohan has been in and out of rehab with drug problems and had numerous encounters with the law. (afp)

While a wild success by any measure, the film is still lagging behind the record-setting precedent of 2012’s “The Avengers,” which made $103.1 million in its second weekend in theatres and had a domestic total of $373 mil-lion at the same point in the cycle.

“Hot Pursuit,” meanwhile, failed to make a significant mark in its debut weekend, earning a less-than-impres-sive $13.3 million. The Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Ver-gara buddy comedy, which cost a reported $35 million to produce, was projected to earn at least $18 million out

of the gates.“Critics were very tough

on ‘Hot Pursuit,’” said Ren-trak’s Senior Media Ana-lyst Paul Dergarabedian. Considering the power of female audiences at the box office, and the frequency of female-driven films to over perform, the lagging enthu-siasm around “Hot Pursuit” is puzzling.

“It was a formula for what-ever reason didn’t resonate with the critics, and I think that had an impact on its box office,” Dergarabedian said.

Warner Bros. EVP of Distribution Jeff Goldstein noted that the film attracted

an older and primarily female audience, which is one that doesn’t necessarily rush out on opening weekend to check out a film. Audiences were 62 percent female and 82 percent over the age of 25.

Goldstein also said that the Mother’s Day holiday might help catapult “Hot Pursuit” to a stronger Sunday.

Ultimately, it’s still an “Avengers” world, at least until “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “Pitch Perfect 2” open next weekend. “’Ultron’ is just so big. It’s such a behemoth. It’s hard for a newcomer to get attention,” Dergarabedian said. (ap)

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In this image released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Reese Witherspoon, right, and Sofia Vergara appear in a scene from “Hot Pursuit.”

‘Avengers’ sequel tops charts, crushes ‘Hot Pursuit’

LOS ANGELES — The “Age of Ultron” is not over. The Avengers sequel topped the domestic box office for the second weekend in a row with an estimated $77.2 million according to Rentrak estimates Sunday. The film has earned a staggering $312.9 million in just 10 days in theaters, tying with “The Dark Knight” to become the second fastest film to do so.

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Lohan gets jail warning over community service deadline