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NEW YORK — Ariana Grande is the new princess of pop, topping the charts with her addictive single “Problem,” impressing critics with her thick, gliding vocal range and maintaining an image that her young Nickelodeon fans can vibe with, signature ponytail and all.

The 21-year-old is having the best time of her life. But it’s also the worst.

Her grandfather, with whom she had a very close relationship, died last week.

“I personally felt like I’ve been not as appreciative as I could be of the music success I wanted all my life because I’ve been distracted by my grandfather and his health and this being such a dark time,” she said in an interview.

Grande said she hasn’t had much time to “sit back and realize and just enjoy” her musical breakthrough, and what’s coming next may not allow any time for it.

Her sophomore album, “My Everything,” arrives Aug. 25 at midnight, moments after the MTV Video Music Awards, where Grande is nominated for three moonmen. She released a new single, “Bang Bang,” this week with

Nicki Minaj and Jessie J, which quickly topped the iTunes charts. The Iggy Azalea-assisted “Problem,” which has sold 2.6 million tracks so far, is spending its 13th consecutive week in the Top 10 and another single, “Break Free,” is a rising radio hit.

MTV reprised its “Total Request Live” for a day for Grande. Amy Doyle, the network’s executive vice president of music and talent programming strategy, said MTV sat down with Grande’s team to plan ways to help launch her new album.

“If ‘TRL’ was around today, Ariana would be a fixture in the same way Britney (Spears) was when Britney was of the moment,” said Doyle, who said the network had been thinking of ways to bring back “TRL,” but hadn’t come up with the right idea until they thought of

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Grande. “She was absolutely the perfect artist to do that because her fans are active and she’s very social.”

The triumph in music comes a year after Grande released her debut, “Yours Truly,” which featured the multiplatinum Top 10 hit “The Way” and drew comparisons to Mariah Carey. At about the same time, Nickelodeon premiered “Sam & Cat,” which at times was the network’s most popular series. The network announced this month the show wouldn’t have a second season.

Grande is changing her image, but not drastically: She’s traded her puffy, princess-style dresses for miniskirts paired with knee-high boots. And Grande says she’s ready for the celebrity spotlight.

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Actress and animal rights activist Pamela Anderson holds a press conference in Torshavn at the Faeroe Islands on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014.

COPENHAGEN — A more than four century-old pilot whales drive in the Faeroe Islands is a “barbaric, psychotic frenzy” which should cease, actress and animal rights activist Pamela Anderson said Friday.

Anderson traveled to the semi-autonomous Danish archipelago between Scotland and Iceland to support a campaign by Seattlebased Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. It opposes the drives, which date from the late 16th century.

“We want to protect the whales, not fight the Faeroes,” the former “Baywatch” star told a news conference. “We hope to convince people here to move on to something else.”

The pilot whales are not an endangered species, but environmental activists claim the hunt is cruel. Sea Shepherd has spearheaded the opposition against the drive, known locally as grindadrab, since the 1980s.

Each year, islanders drive herds of pilot whales into shallow waters, where they are stabbed to death. A blow-hole hook — said to be harmless — is used to secure beached whales, and the spine and main artery leading to brain are severed with knives.

The drives are regulated by legislation, and the meat and blubber are shared on a community basis. Islanders kill up to 1,000 whales annually out of an estimated pilot whale population of 128,000 in the northeast Atlantic, according to data kept by the Faeroe Islands.

Agrotourism, a solution for saving agriculture through tourism IBP/Eka Adhiyasa

So far, the synergy between the agriculture and tourism in Bali continues to be debated. A member of the Indonesian Tourism Promotion Board (BPPI), Jro Mangku Nyoman Kandia, said the conflict of these two sectors could be resolved by the development of agrotourism.

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DENPASAR - So far, the synergy between the agriculture and tourism in Bali continues to be debated. A member of the Indonesian Tourism Promotion Board (BPPI), Jro Mangku Nyoman Kandia, said the conflict of these two sectors could be resolved by the development of agrotourism.

“Today, the agrotourism in Bali is increasingly in demand among foreign and domestic travelers.

People visiting the ecotourism can not only enjoy a healthy diet, but also give peace of mind,” said Mangku Kandia.

According to him, the ecotourism was also able to improve the welfare of local farmers. Ecotourism was one of the ways to increase

the income of farmers through the yielding of market-oriented products so that what produced by farmers could be sold easily.

“Through our agrotourism we attempt farmers to enjoy the contribution of tourism through their products. Additionally, it also educates farmers to create added value such as bamboo where farmers do not sell it in raw material,

but bamboo that has been processed into bamboo craft,” he said.

The presence of agrotourism, he added, farmers’ products could be directly purchased by travelers. Ecotourism still had many advantages other than serving as sustainable and eco-friendly tourism. “Agrotourism is also more widely developed at rural areas by involving local farmers. This can minimize urbanization as it is established at local village. Thus, the multiplier effect of tourism is clear,” he said.

He mentioned that agrotourism business was closely associated with cultural tourism. Thus, it would be sustainable and became

a tourist attraction. “Agrotourism is related to cultural tourism. This can be sustainable, so I try to open agrotourism. Now, making a non-cultural business will not attract travelers since they come due to cultural attraction,” he explained.

Nevertheless, the development of agribusiness, recognized Mangku Kandia, should consider several aspects such as the access to location, area and topography of land, availability of water and professional human resources.

Besides, the marketing strategy and target market should be determined clearly as well.

“More importantly, the agricul-

tural product can be absorbed by hotel market. All this time, the absorption of agricultural products by hotels in Bali stays in small amount, so it needs to be accelerated and can be mutually beneficial,” he said.

An economist from Warmadewa University (Unwar), I Wayan Arjana, previously stated that tourism in Bali had a strong relation to religious, cultural and agricultural life. “Our culture is basically an agrarian culture, highly dependent on agriculture.

Agriculture will remain to play strategic role in the development of tourism and modern Balinese society,” he said.

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People of Kubung Batu Jimbaran reject Benoa Bay reclamation

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MANGUPURA - The community of Kubung Batu, Jimbaran, Badung, participated in rejecting the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. However, the rejection was made in a different manner. Local people of Kubung Batu staged Joged Dance, Saturday night (Aug 2). At the location, they also spread banners containing the rejection against the reclamation plan and Presidential Regulation No. 51/2014.

The Head of Teba hamlet, AA Yusa Arsana Putra, said that his party was impossible to let the people of Tanjung Benoa reject the reclamation plan alone. According to him, the rejection against the reclamation should be first voiced by the regent of Badung and then by governor of Bali serving as the ruler of Bali territory.

“Supposedly both leaders should have stated their rejection.

If people are allowed to perform it individually, as if we do not have a regent or a governor. In terms of all aspects, the reclamation project plan is not at all favorable for Bali,” said Yusa.

His party hoped the regent and the governor immediately declared a firm stand. They should not seem to reject but did not dare openly to assert and implement the aspirations of Balinese people. Actually Balinese people had rejected the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. When it was done by force, seawater flood disaster would be inevitable.

“If I talk about Archimedes’ principle, all people ranging from the students of kindergarten, to elementary school will know that any object, wholly or partially immersed in a fluid, is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. I used to supervise the BSD project in Jakarta in 1984. In 1987, indeed no seawater flood happened, but after 2 to 3 years, Muara Angke and Muara Baru estuary were hit by seawater flood. It absolutely happened, it is

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impossible for the seawater flood not to happen,” he said.

On the other hand, Yusa also questioned why there was an idea of Benoa Bay reclamation plan. Actually, when the public and the government equally rejected the reclamation plan, it should not emerge to the public to result in the pros and cons in the community.

“If I may say slightly harder, what happens? It is a great question. When hamlet head is asked whether it agrees to reclamation and says no, the governor and the regent must say no. As a result, there will be no a feasibility study. Since one of us tries to give an opportunity, it then kindles the emergence of feasibility study and so on,” he explained.

Chairman of this Jimbaran Hamlet Head Forum added that the reclama-

tion was also often associated with increasing economic and employment.

Actually, there were many examples of projects involving investors, but at the end they did not provide any direct benefit to local community.

“Have a look at the BTDC! Do the people of Bualu and Nusa Dua really enjoy the magnificence of hotels at their location? Not necessarily. One can still find local people mowing grass. Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) should be aware that such a glamour development did not provide a significant impact to community,” he said.

Further, he said that such an example indicated if the government so far had never thought of empowerment. Rather than doing development that added to the shortness of Bali, said

Yusa, the government should further empower ordinary people. “Hotels must no longer be built on the edge of bypass road. It will be nonsense when talking about empowerment.

Necessarily, the residents must be asked to increase their room number.

If hotel rooms in South Kuta had been fully occupied, guests could sleep in the house of local community so the results of tourism could be enjoyed immediately by small community. The tourism agency should not even coach star hotels, what kind of aspects to be featured? Probably, our agencies will be yelled at by hotel GMs,” he said.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Tanjung Benoa Rejecting Benoa Bay Reclamation (TBTR), I Wayan Kartika, who was attending the activity claimed to be vivacious because the Jimbaran

community particularly at Kubung Batu also rejected the reclamation.

According to him, the reclamation was extremely inappropriate with social, customary and cultural aspect. Not to mention, Benoa Bay was also a reservoir of five watersheds. “Benoa Bay is confluence and spiritualists said it is the kundalini or center of potential energy of Bali. When Benoa Bay is disrupted, Bali will be paralyzed,” he said.

Kartika also left a message to the elect president of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, in order he was willing to struggle and hear the aspirations of Balinese people that reclamation was not worth performing.

“Presidential Regulation No.51/2014 must be revoked and nullified. This is our expectation as resident of South Kuta,” he concluded. (kmb12)

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The “joged” performance is carried out by the community of Kubung Batu, Jimbaran, Badung as a symbol to reject the reclamation plant

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10 Aug Purnama Sasih Karo Pura Gelap Besakih Pura Dangkahyangan Tabanan Pura Candi Goro Tianyar Kubu Karangasem 13 Aug Buda Cemeng Menail Pura Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Pura Puseh Manakaji Peninjoan Tembuku Bangli Pura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal Mengwi Pura Taman Limut Mas Ubud 14 Aug Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

15 Aug Hari Bhatara Sri

19 Aug Hari Anggara Kasih Prebakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa Klungkung Pura Tirtha Sudamala Bebalang Bangli Pura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sawan Buleleng Pura Gunung Pengsong Lombok Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar Pura Tengah Tegalalang Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Pupuan Tabanan Pira Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Pagan Denpasar Pura Hyanghaluh/Jenggala Besakih Pura Tengkulak Siyut Tulikup Gianyar Pura Taman Sari Ubud Pura Batu Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Dalem Guliang Bangli Pura Pasek Dangka Guwang Sukawati Pura Hyang Ayung Pabean Ketewel

Pura Penataran Badung Muntig Karangasem 20 Aug Pura Kawitan Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak Siring Pura Rambut Siwi Jembrana Pura Batu Bolong Canggu Kuta Pura Pasek Marga Klaci Tabanan Pura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru Negara Pura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan Buleleng Pira Pasek Tangkas Dharma Reang Gede Tabanan Pura Desa Banyuning Buleleng Pura Srijong Tabanan Pura Pucak Mundi Nusa Penida Pura Kahyangan Jagat Kancing Gumi Bali Petang Serongga Kelod Gianyar Pura Penataran Dalem Pencar Mas Ubud 21 Aug Pura Ida Bhatara Sakti Wawu Rauh Kali Anget Seririt Buleleng 3 Sep Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Pulasari Peninjoan Bangli Pura Pasek Gelgel Kaba-Kaba Tabanan Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Desa Kahyangan Tiga Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Taro Tegalalang 9 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok NTB Pura Kawitan Gajah Arya Para Tianyar kubu Karangasem Pura Padharman Arya Telabah Besakih Pura Bukit Mentik Batur Kintamani Pura Dadya Agung Pasek Salahin Suwat Gianyar 10 Sep Pura Dangkahyangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli

13 Sep Tumpek Wayang dan Kajengkliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit Jembrana Bhatara Ratu Gede Celuk Gianyar Pura Bhatara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Panti Gelgel Sesetan Denpasar Bhatara Ratu Alit dan Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Pamerajan Agung Dawan Klungkung Pura Padarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Besakih Pura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura Jala Shidi Amerta Juanda Surabaya 17 Sep Buda Cemeng Klawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Cemenggaon Gianyar Pura Penataran Ped Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Gelgel Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Jawa Tengah Buleleng Pura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Tegeh Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan Klungkung Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Pura Ida Ratu Puncak Pameneh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Sad Kahyangan Penida Nusa Penida Pura Jati Ubud Gianyar Pura Melanting Ubud Gianyar Pura Dalem Ped Nusa Penida Pura Penataran Agung Karangasem 19 Sep Hari Bhatara Sri

23 Sep Tilem Sasih Ketiga Dan Anggara

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

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

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

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

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

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Teens love vacation selfies

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NEW YORK — Jacquie Whitt’s trip to the Galapagos with a group of teenagers was memorable not just for the scenery and wildlife, but also for the way the kids preserved their memories.

It was, said Whitt, a “selfie fest.”

For this generation, “digital devices are now part of the interpretive experience,” said Whitt, co-founder of Adios Adventure Travel.

Indeed, many parents love seeing their kids taking selfies and posting to social media when they travel. It shows “they are engaged and excited about where they are and what they are doing,” said Susan Austin, a photographer and Iowa mom.

But some adults think there’s a downside to vacation selfies.

They see them as narcissistic distractions that can detract from the travel experience. And they point to controversial examples — like a smiling selfie from Auschwitz posted to Twitter — as proof of the potential for poor judgment when young travelers use social media.

In addition, when traveling teens spend time taking selfies, “they’re so busy documenting, I wonder whether they’re actually experiencing it,” said Peg Streep, who writes about psychology and millennials.

Streep pointed to a study by Linda Henkel of Fairfield University in Connecticut that found museum visitors remember more about what they’ve seen if they don’t take photos of the objects they’re viewing. That suggests that any type of picture-taking can take “you out of the moment of the experience and shifts your attention.”

Another concern is practical.

A real-time selfie from a far-off place tells the world you’re not home. Leora Halpern Lanz, of Long Island, New York, loves it when her three kids take vacation selfies because it’s their way “of validating where they were.”

Lanz says the widely criticized Auschwitz selfie also shows “the risks of kids posting on social media” when they don’t know what’s appropriate.

Breanna Mitchell, the young woman who took the smiling Auschwitz selfie, received death threats and messages urging her to kill herself after the image went

viral. In a video interview with TakePart Live, Mitchell said the selfie was misinterpreted. She’d studied World War II history with her father and they’d planned to visit historic sites together, but he died before they could make the trip.

Her selfie from the grounds of the concentration camp was her way of saying, “I finally made it here. I finally got where me and my daddy had always said we were going to go,” she told TakePart Live.

Looking back now on the selfie, she says, “I just went so wrong with that.”

Still, most travel selfies are innocent and purely celebratory — as well as being a way for teens to keep in touch with peers. Taylor Garcia, 17, who traveled to Texas this summer on a family road trip from Oklahoma, says selfies are a fun way to remember places like Disney, SeaWorld and the Caribbean, but she also takes them “because I want to show my friends what I’m doing.”

This undated photo provided by Christie’s shows Edouard Manet’s portrait of an actress, known by its French title “Le Printemps” (“spring”).

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NEW YORK — Edouard Manet’s portrait of an actress will star at Christie’s fall auction where it’s estimated to bring $25 million to $35 million.

The work is widely known by its French title, “Le Printemps,” which means “spring.” It’s been on loan at the National Gallery of Art for two decades.

The 1881 painting depicts actress

AP Photo/Adios Adventure Travel, Jacqui Whitt

This July 2014 photo provided by Adios Adventure Travel shows a group of American high school students, from left, Isabela Gettier, Elizabeth Thomas, Hannah Whitt Linsly and Stephanie Kirby posing for a group selfie on a trip to the Galapagos.

GOLDEN, Colorado — Marijuana can go in more than brownies and cookies. And the dizzying variety of foods that can be infused with the drug is complicating matters for regulators in Colorado, which legalized recreational pot earlier this year. A first meeting Friday of edible marijuana makers, state regulators and pot critics ran into controversy early. Many seem to agree that pot cookies and candies should come with identifiable markers or colors so they won’t be confused with regular foods. But what about marijuana-infused honey? Or pasta sauce?

Colorado in January became the first state to legalize recreational marijuana use to adults over 21, followed by Washington state. Since then, sales have boomed for edible pot, considered a tastier or healthier

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Bali exports ornamental fish DENPASAR - Bali earned US$1.16 million from exports of ornamental fish in the first five months of this year, according to the local industry and trade service.

Jeanne Demarsy with a frilly parasol, lacy bonnet and floral dress.

It’s being offered on Nov. 5. Christie’s says the painting has remained in the same family for over 100 years.

Sale proceeds will benefit a private American foundation that supports environmental, public health and other causes.

The current Manet auction record is for a self-portrait that sold for $33.3 million in 2010.

The value drops by 14.61 percent compared to the same period of last year which was recorded at US$1.36 million, data showed on Sunday.

However in terms of volume exports rose by 692.30 percent from 635,473 fish last year to 5.03 million fish.

Ornamental fish exports contribute 0.54 percent to the island’s total exports reaching US$215.04 million in value.

A local ornamental fish exporter, Made Sukerena, said countries in Europe have been the biggest markets of Bali’s ornamental fish while only few amounts have been exported to the US. He said he exported most of its fish to the European countries in addition to South Africa.

He said exporters seemed to still rely on sea conditions and fishermen to sustain their business as no businessman has been interested in culturing ornamental sea fish to meet export demands.

He said demands were good in Europe as well as a number of Asian countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and South Korea in addition to Australia and Russia.

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Bali earned US$1.16 million from exports of ornamental fish in the first five months of this year, according to the local industry and trade service.

Balinese project laborers increasingly marginalized Bali Post

DENPASAR - In addition to street vendors, Bali also ‘invaded’ by project workers from Java, NTB, and NTT. Moreover, many projects of hotel, villa and

housing complexes are being developed. Meanwhile, position of local workers are threatened to be marginalized because their wage is expensive and taking a lot of days off.

“In terms of quality, there is no rival to Balinese laborers. But too expensive wage and often taking day off make developers think twice to employ local laborers,” said I Gede Suardita, a property

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alternative to smoking weed. Now regulators are looking for ways to make sure no one accidentally eats or drinks the drug.

Congressman Jonathan Singer sponsored the new law requiring edible marijuana to be “clearly identifiable.” Marijuana food and drink makers helping write those regulations didn’t seem to oppose stamps or marks on easily-marked products like hard candies or chocolate bars.

But the workgroup tripped up when contemplating all the varieties of foods that can be infused with marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient, THC. They include liquids, powdered drink mixes, meats and cereals.

“How are we going to be able to make these edibles identifiable to the public, so that they know this is marijuana?” said Gina Carbone, a volunteer for SMART Colorado, a group critical of the marijuana industry.

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Workers are working to finishing a project in Denpasar, Bali Island. In addition to street vendors, Bali also is also ‘invaded’ by project workers from Java, NTB, and NTT.

entrepreneur.

In addition, according to the owner of PT Bumi Asri Sempaka, when wishing to compete, the paradigm of Balinese laborers preferring not to work when did not get appropriate daily wage, should be changed. Actually, it would be detrimental and worsen the family’s economy. “If they do not work, where will they get the cost of living? They do have a family, right?” he said.

Meanwhile, laborers from Java, in addition to offering lower wage, they were also rarely taking day off. At least, they took once a year during the Eid. “Nowadays, many works of installing natural stones are taken by laborers from outside Bali. Indeed, Balinese laborers have a good quality but in the long run if there is no brand or special skill they will get marginalized,” said Suardita.

This entrepreneur from Tabanan confirmed that most developers and property entrepreneurs in Bali employed laborers from outside Bali. The reason was the same where they were cheaper and taking less day off. Even, the large projects and hotels mushrooming in Kuta, South Kuta and Denpasar were employing laborers from Java and Eastern Indonesia.

“Our laborers are less competitive in many things such as asking more expensive wage, taking more days off, having innovation and courage. If they do not want to lose competitiveness, they must make mental revolu-

tion,” he said.

A property analyst, John Sahadewa, said that currently the education level of Balinese people had increased. On that account, many local communities had local genius skills acquired around their neighborhood. Consequently, they would be reluctant to work as laborer because there were better options.

“In the matter of wages, they are actually the same and standard, except for the artisan or specialist workers such as carver and gold leaf painter whose wages can reach 2 to 3 times higher than the ordinary artisans,” added John.

Meanwhile, the laborers from outside Bali, according to him, were widely hired because it was easy to get. By and large, they respectively had a coordinator.

When needing the laborers, the employer just needed to contact the coordinator and they would come in requested number. In addition, Javanese laborers were also ready to work and live at the project for months. If they wanted to go home, they did in turn. Most importantly, they could send money to family at their home village.

“Meanwhile, Balinese laborers are rather difficult to stay at project site. Other than gathering with family, they also frequently attend social works and customary activities at their home village. As a result, they take many days off because of frequent feasts and customary activities,” he said. (kmb36)

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Eid homecoming and backflow claim 11 casualties

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JERUSALEM/GAZA - Israel on Sunday declared dead a soldier feared abducted by Hamas Islamist militants in the Gaza Strip and said it would continue to fight even after the army completes destroying cross-border tunnels used by Palestinian fighters to attack its territory.

As Israeli television showed live footage of some tanks withdrawing from Gaza in an apparent winding down of the 26-day campaign, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas would pay an “intolerable price” if it continued to attack Israel.

DENAPSAR - During the Eid Security Operation 2014, securing the homecoming and backflow traffic, Directorate of Traffic Affairs of Bali Police recorded there were 36 cases of traffic accidents claiming eleven casualties. This figure was estimated to rise throughout the backflow of the Eid 2014 lasting until August 7.

Buleleng. Later on, the security will be improved,” he affirmed.

Meanwhile, the backflow starting on Thursday (Aug 1) was estimated to last until (Aug 7). Today, police had anticipated the explosion of backflow. Nevertheless, his party was still monitoring the situation in the field to increase the number of personnel. “If there is a surge in backflow, we will increase the personnel, but we still keep the previous pattern,” he said.

As has been known, during the security of homecoming and backflow traffic police installed security post along the route of homecoming starting from Gilimanuk Harbor, Jembrana, such as at the road section of Denpasar-TabananGilimanuk including Denpasar, Tanah Lot, Megati, Banyu Biru, Rambutsiwi and Segara Rupek. In addition, security post was also established at the Padangbai Harbor, Karangasem County, including in

The passenger are looking for bus to go to their native home during the Eid Mubarak day.

the area of Guwang, Goa Lawah and Padangbai. A security post was also prepared at the Ngurah Rai International Airport to serve customers traveling by air. Similarly, security post was also alerted at a number of vital objects and tourism resort such as Kuta, Sempidi,

Bedugul, Singaraja, Kintamani and Penglipuran.

Meanwhile, the nine service posts had been established in the route of homecoming such as Soka (Tabanan), Gilimanuk Harbor (Jembrana), Ubung Terminal (Denpasar), Ngurah Rai (Badung),

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Masceti (Gianyar), Padangbai Harbor and Amlapura (Karangasem) and Sempidi (Badung). In addition to security and service post, Bali Police also set up 36 monitoring posts at some points in cooperation with other relevant agencies. (kmb35) REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Holiday season

Hundreds of visitors throng Banjar hot spring Bali Post

The crowded visitors of Banjar Hot Spring is seen in the picture.

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SINGARAJA - On entering the Eid al-Fitr holidays, the Banjar hot spring drew domestic and foreign travelers to enjoy the warm water attraction located at Banjar village, Buleleng, Friday morning (Aug 1).

Hundreds of visitors seemed to comingle in the three pool areas located at the Banjar hot spring bath. Each visitor is charged admission fee at IDR 5,000 (adult) and IDR 3,000 (child). With such affordable price, the Banjar hot spring became a favorite and alternative destination for children and families. “I with family make a visit to this tourist attraction every Eid holiday. Children seemed happy to soak in hot water of Banjar. Before visiting this tourist attraction, we have visited Happy Beach and Buleleng Harbor,” said Ferry Budi Irawan, 33, a domestic traveler from Bondowoso, East Java.

During several visits, he said the hot springs of Banjar gave some benefits to his bodily health. Other than crowded, the admission fee was also affordable, where the family seemed happy to swim and bathe in the hot spring of Banjar. “Yes, it is close to other tourist attractions and the admission fee is also affordable for families. Moreover, the bathing here can be taken advantage for massage therapy and energy recovery. As a result, when turning back

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The Unit Head of Education and Engineering, Directorate of Traffic Police of Bali Police, AA Anom Putra, with permission from Directorate of Traffic Affairs I Wayan Sunartha said that during the homecoming and backflow of the Eid 2014, from July 21 to Aug 1, eleven victims died, 10 others were seriously injured and 46 got minor injuries. “So far, a total of 36 cases of traffic accidents are recorded. We are still trying to minimize traffic accident until the end of the backflow next August 7,” he said when met during the patrol at Padangbai Harbor, Saturday afternoon (Aug 2).

This two-jasmine officer explained that most accidents occurred in the area of Buleleng (14 cases), Tabanan (5 cases), Denpasar (6 cases), Jembrana (5 cases), Klungkung (3 cases), Gianyar (2 cases), and Karangasem (1 case), while Bangli and Badung had zero accident. “The highest occurred in

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to Bondowoso we will be getting fresher,” he said.

Based on the data owned by the Banjar hot spring bath, the surge of visitor occurred on July 27, reaching about 815 people. It was a double increase compared to the previous tourist arrival which only reached 437 people. Furthermore, on July 27-28 coinciding with the Eid holidays, the number of tourist arrival increased sharply attaining over a thousand people.

Putu Ani Yunita, a management staff of the Banjar hot spring bath, estimated the increase in domestic tourist arrivals occurred until Sunday (Aug 3), right the time before school holidays came to an end.

She said the increasing number of tourist visits to the hot springs coincided with high season and holiday season of foreign travelers such as those from Australia, America and Europe. “Now, the visit is dominated by foreign travelers. Moreover, it has begun to enter high season. Banjar hot spring was preferred because it is close to Lovina Beach and the water is not too hot,” said Ani. Operation of the hot spring is managed the Yeh Panas Nirmala Foundation where it has five pools, two of them are functioned as Jacuzzi and three others as public bath. During high season, the operating hours are changing to 07:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time instead of from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (kmb34)

Israeli soldiers watch as smoke rises after forces blew up a cross-border tunnel in Gaza August 3, 2014. Israel’s main goal in its incursion into Gaza last month was to destroy Hamas’s network of tunnels, and the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) said they were close to achieving that.

It was determined that Hadar Goldin, 23, the soldier Israel had feared Hamas militants abducted on Friday, was killed in action during an operation in the southern Gaza Strip, an army statement said.

“A special committee led by the Israel Defence Forces Chief Rabbi, announced the death of the IDF infantry officer of the Givati Brigade, Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, who was killed in battle in the Gaza Strip on Friday, August 1, 2014,” part of the army statement said.

Hamas’ armed wing said on Saturday it had no clear indication on Goldin’s whereabouts and that he may have been killed during an ambush in the southern Gaza Strip in which two other Israeli soldiers were killed. Israel began its air and naval offensive against Gaza on July 8 following a surge of cross-border rocket salvoes by Hamas and other guerrillas, later escalating into ground incursions.

Shelling exchanges continued on Saturday, pushing the Gaza death toll given

by Palestinian officials to 1,675, most of them civilians. Israel has confirmed that 64 soldiers have died in combat, while Palestinian shelling has also killed three civilians in Israel. More than 30 tunnels and dozens of access shafts have been unearthed and were being blown up, the military said.

“Our understanding is that our objectives, most importantly the destruction of the tunnels, are close to completion,” a military spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Lerner, said. Netanyahu said in a televised speech on Saturday evening that military action would continue even after that goal was achieved.

“After completing the anti-tunnel operation, the IDF will act and continue

to act, in accordance with our security needs and only according to our defence needs, until we achieve our objective of restoring security to you, Israel’s citizens,” he said.

‘PAY FOR EVERY MINUTE’ A Hamas spokesman said: “Netanyahu will pay for every minute he spends carrying out more aggression against our people.” Several ceasefires between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement that dominates the Gaza Strip, have failed to take hold or quickly collapsed, most recently on Friday after the ambush in which Goldin and the two other soldiers were killed.

In Cairo, a Palestinian delegation arrived for new truce talks, which would include Hamas’ demand that Egypt ease movement across its border with blockaded Gaza. Turning its back on those negotiations, Israel said it would not send envoys as scheduled.

“They (Hamas) cannot be trusted to keep their word. They cannot stop (firing) because, for them, a ceasefire at this stage, whether by arrangement or not by arrangement, would mean acknowledging the worst possible defeat,” Deputy Foreign Minister Tzachi Hanegbi told Israel’s Channel Two TV. Hamas, its guerrillas massively outgunned by a Jewish state it considers an eternal enemy, said it would prevail.

Any unilateral pullout by Israel would mean “it has failed to achieve any of its goals and would be a clear defeat for the occupation army and for its leaders,” Hamas’ bloc in the Palestinian parliament said in a statement. “Gaza resisted, endured and will achieve victory.”

More human remains recovered at Ukraine site Associated Press

AMSTERDAM — Investigators using sniffer dogs recovered more human remains and personal belongings at the Malaysia Airlines wreckage site in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, the head of an international recovery mission said.

Speaking from the Ukrainian capital Kiev, Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg said 70 Dutch and Australian investigators were able to reach the site for the second consecutive day, despite clashes between pro-Russia separatist rebels and Ukrainian forces nearby.

Flight 17 was shot down above the village of Hrabove July 17 with what the West says was a Russian-made missile fired by the rebels, killing all 298 passengers and crew, most of them Dutch.

Aalbersberg did not give details of the remains recovered. His team is searching for decomposing remains of approximately 80 victims spread over an area of 8 square miles (20 square kilometers) — a process expected to take weeks.

He thanked the warring sides for allow-

ing the mission to proceed, after being delayed most of the week by fighting. “This is of great importance to the international police officers, the experts and, especially, the victims’ families,” he said. Remains are being transferred by refrigerated truck to a facility in Kharkiv, where they can be examined by Dutch, Malaysian and Australian forensic experts.

They will then be sent on to the Netherlands, to join more than 200 bodies that were collected and transferred in an initial haphazard effort overseen by the rebels.

Those remains are now being painstakingly identified. Aalbersberg said his team had been able to search a greater area on Saturday, despite hearing sounds of mortar fire in the distance as they worked.

Friday and Saturday’s search focused on the area around a chicken farm near the village of Grabovo, but that phase of the operation is now complete, Aalbersberg said.

“Tomorrow our goal is to move the search to an area northeast of the village of Rozsypne, where pieces of wreckage from the aircraft have been found,” he said.

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Australian and Dutch investigators examine pieces of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane, near the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine Friday, Aug. 1, 2014.

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US woos Africa as rivals eye economic growth Agence France-Presse

NAIROBI - African leaders head to Washington for a landmark US summit this week, with President Barack Obama hoping to boost trade, development and security ties amid growing competition from China on the continent.

China overtook the United States as Africa’s largest trading partner five years ago, with Beijing’s trade now worth more than $200 billion (150 billion euros) a year, double that of Washington.

But while the US is playing catch-up, experts say it is wrong to

view the situation as a direct competition between the two powers, since China’s investments potentially boost US trade and their companies are focused on different sectors.

“The Obama administration has come under increasing pressure from the commercial sector to prior-

itise Africa policy. This US-Africa summit is more a response to this than a direct beauty contest with China,” said Alex Vines, from Britain’s Chatham House think tank.

The International Monetary Fund says Africa is now growing faster than Asia.

“Africa now is a land of competition of Europe, America, China, and even some Arabian countries,” Rene Kouassi, director of economic affairs at the African Union, told AFP. The US has been keen to avoid

any suggestion that the three-day summit opening Monday -- dubbed the “largest single engagement” by any American president with Africa -- is designed to challenge the role of other nations in the continent.

Although 50 heads of state were due to take part in the summit, several, including Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma and Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, have already said they are not planning to go because of the ongoing Ebola epidemic in their

countries.

The US, the world’s largest economy, is only Africa’s thirdlargest trade partner after the European Union -- some of whose members have post-colonial ties with African nations -- and China, which is hungry for the continent’s natural resources.

Africa is home to seven of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Many hope to alter an image of a war-ravaged continent where foreign relationships are based on aid alone.

Muslim visitors to Japan to hit a million by 2020 Agence France-Presse SINGAPORE - Muslim visitors to Japan are expected to reach one million a year by 2020, triple the 2013 level, as it further opens up to tourists, a specialist travel firm said Friday.

Singapore-based CrescentRating, which promotes “halal” or Islam-compliant travel, said Southeast Asia would be a key source for Muslim tourists after Tokyo eased visa requirements.

Muslim visitor arrivals in Japan grew at an average of 7.2 percent from 2004-2013 and this pace is likely to accelerate to an average 18.7 percent in the next seven years, the company said ahead of a halal travel conference in Tokyo starting Monday.

“The main drivers are the lifting of visa requirements for ASEAN countries and the increasing awareness of the halal travel market’s potential by Japan’s travel industry,” said CrescentRating chief executive Fazal Bahardeen, who will speak at the conference.

Japan announced in June 15-day visa-free entry for Indonesians and has relaxed entry requirements for Malaysians and Thais as well.

Indonesia is the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation and Malaysia has a predominantly Muslim population.

In 2013, the top three source markets for Muslim travellers to Japan were Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, according to Fazal.

Sunbathers pack the Shonan Beach under scorching summer heat in Fujisawa, near Tokyo, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made tourism development a key plank of his administration.

Karun Budhraja, vice president for corporate marketing and communications at travel booking and technology firm Amadeus Asia Pacific, said tourism would also get

a boost from Japan’s hosting of the Olympic Games in 2020.

“A positive move by Japan last year was to introduce visa exemptions for some 66 nations, including Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, each with Muslim populations,” Budhraja told AFP. Fazal said there was still a lot

of room for growth of Muslim tourism in Japan but it “needs to continue to ensure that a steady growth of services and facilities are made available for the Muslim travellers”.

Japan is a largely homogeneous country with only around 100,000 practising Muslims, who have

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distinct needs when they travel including restaurants serving halal food and prayer rooms at airports, shopping malls and hotels.

Fazal said expenditure by Muslim travellers globally is expected to reach $200 billion by 2020, or 13.5 percent of the global total, up from $140 billion in 2013.

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Yeh Nusa shortcut at Samsam village ‘accelerated’ Bali Post

TABANAN - Shortcut projects, a kind of flyover at the deadly path of Denpasar-Gilimanuk passing through Tabanan, seem to be speeded up. Even, one of the shortcuts (a bridge) spanning over Yeh Nusa River, precisely at Samsam village, Kerambitan subdistrict, looks almost gets connected.

Project coordinator targeted the shortcut over the Yeh Nusa River and graveyard of Samsam customary village would be completed at least at the end of 2014. From field observation, the shortcut at Samsam village was built along 270 meters in the south of the headman’s office of Samsam village, belonging to Penyalin hamlet. Meanwhile, the western end was Samsam I hamlet, Samsam village. The shortcut of 24 meters over the road used at least 6 columns. Project coordinator of PT Karya Raharjo, Suprapto, said the

high column in use varied, with the highest of 24 meters.

“The bridge spans along 270 meters and the tallest column is 24 meters long and is located adjacent to the western end (near graveyard of Samsam—Ed),” said Suprapto when met recently.

Each of those columns, described Suprapto, had the foundation with the depths of ring beam reaching 6 meters. Meanwhile, the distance of each column was 30 meters with a diameter of 170 meters. “Our target for completion is next December.

After the Eid, we will raise the last pre-cast segment so that it will totally get connected,” he explained.

Before elevating the pre-cast segment, his party still needed to make a wall in the western end of the bridge, while the wall at the east end had accomplished. In the meantime, another shortcut, precisely at the corner of Kresek, Megati village, East Selemadeg, has already started to install the pre-cast segment. The project established starting from the western boundary of Bunut Puhun hamlet, Bantas village, East Selemadeg subdistrict will connect to the area in the east of police station at Megati.

This 200-meter long bridge is supported at least by 7 columns with a height reaching 24 meters.

This bridge extends above Lambuk River.

Just to remind, the Denpasar-Gil-

imanuk road section passing through Tabanan gets the attention from central government. At least, three short-cut projects resembling to flyover are constructed at this track. They are assessed to serve as alternate path or shortcuts to reduce traffic accident cases in Denpasar – Gilimanuk road section.

The three shortcuts established include the one over Tukad Yeh Ho (East Selemadeg), Yeh Lambuk (Selemadeg) and Samsam (Kerambitan). Among the three shortcut projects in Tabanan, only the Yeh Ho Bridge connecting Meliling village (Kerambitan) to Pucuk hamlet, Bantas village (East Selemadeg) has been already in operation. Construction of the bridge shortcut uses state budget valued at IDR 33 billion more. The bridge along 42 meters with the width of 9.5 meters applies 5 columns with the highest reaching 29 meters.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Tabanan Transportation, Communications and Informatics Agency, Made Agus Hartawiguna, when asked for his confirmation regarding the development of the three shortcuts ascertained that they would be intended to reduce congestion and accidents on the Denpasar-Gilimanuk deadly pathway. Location of the shortcut projects was the most vulnerable points of traffic accident. The path was winding with sharp upgrade so that it was required shortcuts.

He said the Denpasar-Gilimanuk path belonged to second category nationally. It had the most upgrades and sharp turns. Then, they most frequently kindled traffic accident, started the truck overthrowing to plunging into the abyss. Later, the difficult road section would be replaced with shortcut. (kmb28)

Usaba Sumbu tradition:

Presenting deities through inviting ritual

Usaba Sumbu ritual is conducted every year by residents of Timbrah customary village, Karangasem subdistrict. Each implementation always draws public attention because they present thousands of roasted suckling pigs as an offering of local community to deities.

Uniquely, during the week-long procession there is a very sacred ritual performed when the usaba sumbu kelod takes place. Part of the usaba sumbu kelod is known as ngundangin or inviting ritual.

As the name implies, the ritual is meant to invite the deities in order they can be present among the devotees before the usaba sumbu kelod is held. Timbrah customary village poses one of the old villages in Bali. Historically, this village has been established in Caka Year 1118 (1196 AD). This tradition has been carried out through generations. In accordance with the awig-awig or bylaw of Timbrah customary village, procession of the ritual begins with melasti or purificatory rite on Soma (Monday) Wage Tambir. Next three days is then resumed with the usaba sumbu kaja on Wraspati (Thursday) Paing Tambir at Panti Kaler.

On the following day is called pengajengan. Ordinarily, on this day devotees hold a cockfight to neutralize bhuta kala or evil spirits. Then, it is resumed with panyelagan. On that day, devotees prepare all the paraphernalia required for the usaba sumbu kelod ritual held on Redite (Sunday) Pon Medangkungan. At night of the usaba sumbu kelod is held the ngundangin

ritual. This ritual starts from Peninjauan Temple or commonly called Segara Temple located approximately 200 meters southeast of the Bale Agung Temple.

This temple is considered sacred and has function in accordance with the implementation of ngundangin ritual. Its oceanfront location will make easier to hold the relationship between devotees and God as well as all the deities in the ocean. In addition, a local community leader, Nengah Supartha, said the temple was ultimately functioned as a place of worshipping Lord Varuna. Thus, in the inviting procession, Lord Rambut Sedana presented with piodalan or temple anniversary during the usaba sumbu kelod conveyed the invitation to Peninjauan Temple. At this temple, Lord Rambut Sedana invited all the deities abiding in the sea as well as invoking holy water or Tirta Amerta Kamandalu taken from the middle of the ocean. The holy water was then taken to the venue of the usaba sumbu kelod, in front of the Bale Agung Temple and shrine of Lord Rambut Sedana or on the platform.

The inviting procession was commenced with the passage of Klian Daha (four leaders of Rejang Dancer) followed the Rejang Dancers. On the left and right side, the Rejang Dancers were accompanied by prawayah (residents who have been initiated and got pamelisan of the village) and escorted by the march of customary youth, village apparatus and gamelan

player troupe. On the way to Segara Temple, the prawayah jangled their holy bell accompanied with the baleganjur gamelan music. Arriving at Segara Temple, the ritual was first performed by prawayah to invoke Tirta Amerta to Lord Rambut Sedana which previously had been invoked in the middle of the ocean. It was symbolized with the holy water put in the bowl. Ritual at Peninjauan Temple was concluded with saying prayers together. After that, the devotees came back to Bale Agung Temple. Gamelan player troupe and prawayah accompanied again the procession. Meanwhile, Klian Daha and Rejang Dancers chanted psalmodies followed by cheers of customary youth so as the psalmodies could not be heard by anyone else because they were considered very sacred.

If the psalmodies were heard by someone else, then Klian Daha or Rejang Dancers would instantly trance. During the trance, the Klian Daha would shout louder than the customary youth while crying hysterically. Thus, the customary youth played an important role in this ritual to prevent it from happening.

Arriving at Bale Agung Temple, prawayah would put the bowl of holy water on the platform of Lord Rambut Sedana and other deities. While the ritual taking place, the Klian Daha and Rejang Dance would pass the stage and immediately marched to the north of the stage facing east to resume the psalmodies that should not at all be heard by any-

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Usaba Sumbu ritual is conducted every year by residents of Timbrah customary village, Karangasem subdistrict. Each implementation always draws public attention because they present thousands of roasted suckling pigs as an offering of local community to deities.

one. Not infrequently, those who chanting the psalmodies put into a trance because there were people who attempted to hear and even to record it. But due to the efforts of local customary security guard (pecalang) and customary youth, any attempt to hear or record the psalmodies could be prevented.

One of them, the customary youth continued cheering loudly when the Klian Daha and Rejang Dancers chanted psalmodies as an effort to invite Lord Varuna to come to the usaba sumbu kelod.

The psalmodies were pronounced almost 20 minutes. During which the customary youth continued to cheer loudly so as to cause a tense

atmosphere. On the other hand, it became an interesting spectacle for local residents as some youths also filled it with mutually ridiculing to create boisterous atmosphere.

When Klian Daha ended its psalmodies, it signified if the deities had been present amidst the usaba sumbu kelod. All the local devotees then said prayers en masse at Bale Agung Temple. The inviting procession had the ritual, artistic, social and educational function.

Essentially it posed an expression of sincere gratitude to deities and invoked village prosperity. Moreover, it also contained the education on philosophical, ritual and ethical values. (Bagiarta)

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China car parts plant blast kills 69, hurts 187 Associated Press

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A cloud of dust rises as loose earth moves down a slope at the site of a landslide in Sindhupalchowk area, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of Katmandu, Nepal, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014.

‘No chance’ of finding 159 Nepal landslide victims

BEIJING — A suspected dust explosion at an automotive parts factory in eastern China that supplies General Motors killed at least 69 people and injured more than 180 others, state media reported Sunday, again highlighting workplace safety that remains a concern. It was China’s most serious industrial disaster since a fire at a poultry plant killed 119 people in June last year.

Saturday morning’s explosion occurred when more than 200 workers were on the site of the factory, which is in an industrial zone in the city of Kunshan, officials from the city said at a news conference. Kunshan, in Jiangsu province, is about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) southeast of Beijing. State broadcaster CCTV showed footage of large plumes of thick, black smoke rising from the plant, and news websites posted photos of the dead or injured lifted onto the back of large trucks, their bodies black, presumably from burns or soot.

The explosion occurred at 7:37 a.m. at a workshop in the factory, which polishes wheel hubs. Rescuers pulled out 44 bodies at the site, while 25 other people died at a hospital, officials said. At least 187 people were injured.

More than 120 of the injured were sent to hospitals in Kunshan and the nearby city of Suzhou. Burn experts from a Shanghai hospital arrived in Kunshan to help, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

A preliminary investigation showed that the blast was likely a dust explosion, Xinhua said. Chinese newspapers reported Sunday that workers at the factory had complained over the past years about dangerous levels of dust and inadequate cleaning practices in the facility.

A dust explosion is caused by the fast combustion of particles suspended in air in an enclosed space. The particles could include dust or powdered metals such as aluminum. They would have to come into contact with a spark, such as fire, an overheated surface or electrical discharge from machinery.

downstream villages as far away as India, Parajuli said.

He said the amount of water flowing out of the dam and pouring in was almost the same Sunday morning as the previous day, keeping the water level stable. A Mankha resident who was among the dozens of people injured by the landslide said he feared his entire village had been wiped out.

“There are nearly 100 people in the 60 houses in my village and 20 more people in the neighboring village who were buried by the landslide.

All of them are likely dead,” Durga Lal Shrestha said Saturday from his hospital bed in Katmandu, where he was flown by helicopter. Shrestha, who suffered bruises on his face and arms, said he and his family heard a rumbling sound and the ground shook like an earthquake.

“The walls in my house caved in, but the roof was fine and that is how we were able to survive,” he said.

“When we came out, it was dark and

muddy. Everyone was screaming and it was a chaotic situation.” About 40 people were injured. Besides Shrestha, 10 others were flown to Katmandu for hospital treatment, including a Belgian man. The Arniko highway, which connects Nepal to Tibet, remained closed on Sunday.

In neighboring India’s Bihar state, authorities evacuated thousands of villagers after flood warnings were issued in eight districts at risk of flash floods. Indian army soldiers and air force helicopters and jets were being readied to launch relief and rescue operations, said Anirudh Prasad, a top official in Patna, Bihar’s capital.

Landslides are common in mostly mountainous Nepal during the rainy season, which runs from June through September.

A landslide in May 2012 killed at least 26 people when an avalanche blocked the Seti river in northwestern Nepal. The walls burst, causing a flash flood that swept several downstream villages.

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JAYAPURA — Five suspected rebels were killed Friday in a clash with Indonesian soldiers in restive Papua province, the military said.

The clash occurred in the mountainous district of Lanny Jaya when a group of gunmen ambushed a passing army motorcade in Pirime subdistrict, Papua army chief Maj. Gen. Christian Zebua said.

He said two soldiers were wounded in the clash.

Zebua said there were 17 cars in the motorcade carrying soldiers assigned to hunt rebels who had attacked a group of police on Sunday in Lanny Jaya, killing two officers and injuring four others.

Media reports say armed groups have killed 30 officers and stolen 20 firearms in the

region this year.

Papua, a former Dutch colony in the western part of New Guinea, was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969 after a U.N.-sponsored ballot. A small, poorly armed separatist group called the Free Papua Movement has been battling for independence since then.

Death toll in Eid boat sinkings rises to 36 JAKARTA - Rescuers pulled 12 more bodies from an Indonesian river Friday, bringing the death toll in two boat sinkings to 36, as millions travel across the country for the Eid holiday season.

Most Indonesians in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation spend Eid, the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, with their families, abandoning cities in the

KATMANDU, Nepal — There is no chance of finding any of the more than 150 people who are believed to have been buried by a massive landslide in northern Nepal, an official said Sunday, as rescuers struggled to dig through piles of rock, mud and trees. Rescuers have so far recovered only eight bodies since the landslide early Saturday blocked a mountain river, causing the water to form a lake that was threatening to burst and sweep several villages. Fresh rainfall on Sunday hampered search attempts.

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INDONESIA 5 suspected rebels killed in clash in Papua

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“We have no chance of finding any of the missing people alive under this pile of debris,” said Yadav Prasad Koirala, who heads the government’s Department of Natural Disaster Management. “We have names of 159 people who are believed to be missing and buried, but there could be even more people.” Koirala said it was even difficult for bulldozers and heavy equipment to move the debris that crushed dozens of houses in the village of Mankha, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of Katmandu, Nepal’s capital.

Gopal Parajuli, the chief government administrator in the area, said the water level and mud was making the rescue work very difficult, and that army troops used explosives to try to alleviate a dangerous buildup of water.

The controlled explosions managed to knock down part of an earth wall that had blocked a river and created a temporary dam, allowing some water to flow out, but much of it still remained trapped, posing an immediate threat to

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massive exodus.

Local police confirmed 19 people dead from a boat carrying 48 that sank late Wednesday in a river on the island of Sumatra.

“We are still searching for the last missing person. The rest are accounted for,” local police chief of operations E. Hutagaol told AFP. A ferry carrying 70 people on the Indonesian part of Borneo island sank on Tuesday, with authorities Friday revising the final

death toll down from 18 to 17. The rest of the passengers and crew survived.

The National Disaster Management Agency said police were questioning the ferry crew as there were reports it might have been operating at overcapacity.

Boat accidents in the vast Indonesian archipelago are not uncommon, and there is a significant death toll from transport accidents during Eid each year.1, 2014.

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This photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency shows the site of an explosion at an eastern Chinese automotive parts factory in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014.

Agrotourism...

From page 1 He explained that agrotourism posed the area utilization or farming cultivation activities for tourist attraction. This had developed in several locations, such as tourism village taking advantage of subak path as route of trekking. Agrotourism should be developed to yield products in need by tourist consumption.

Surely, there should be a commitment among tourism players to accommodate local agricultural products. As with wine, farmers would have no difficulty in marketing. The economic impact of tourism activities was going directly to farmers, not only to workers in the tourism industry.

“Farmer groups and tourism business people need to do a partnership with a clear pattern, both in capital and marketing of farmers’ products. With this effort, farmers are expected to be more independent and able to go in harmony with the development of economic situation,” he said. (kmb27)

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90 hotspots detected in Riau Antara

PEKANBARU - The Modis, Terra and Aqua Satellites showed 90 detections identified as hotspots of forest fires that spread across Riau Island.

“Most of the hotspots are in Rokan Hilir District, with 70 hotspot detections,” Head of Riau Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) Saqlul Amri said on Sunday.

The satellite identification on Saturday evening showed that seven hotspots were identified in the coastal district of Dumai, while Bengkalis and Kampar Districts each have three hotspots.

One hotspot was identified by the Modis Satellite in Pelalawan District.

Meanwhile, the NOAA 18 Satellite on the same day only detected four hotspots in Riau, from overall 46 detections over the Sumatra Island.

Two were in Rokan Hulu and one in Bengkalis, while another one in Indragiri Hilir.

The hotspot is defined as an area having more than 40 degree Celcius temperature which may be identified as forest or wild fires.

Forest fires have burnt at least 25,000 hectares of forests and fields in Riau in 2014, while their smoke has upset the air quality in the region.

From January until July, the local police has arrested 189 suspects allegedly involved in causing forest fires.

“More suspects may be caught as our team is still hunting them down,” Spokesperson of Riau Police Adjunct Senior Commisionner Guntur Aryo Tejo said.

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BATAM - Lion Air Airways plans to offer flights from Batam to Thailand and Hong Kong beginning in September.

“Lion Air plans to begin serving this route in September 2014. The airways has seen the route as having a great potential,” according to the Chief of Public Sector of Hang Nadim International Airport of Batam Island, Suwarso, speaking on Saturday.

Lion Air has chosen Hang Nadim Airport as its flight hub for western area of Indonesia since 2013. They also plan to use the airport as an international flight hub.

“Batam is planning to be a linking airport for domestic and international flights. Previously, the Lion group branch company, Malindo Air, also served Batam-Subang,” Suwarso said.

Lion Air will use a Boeing 747-200 airplane in Batam to serve Umroh pilgrims flying to Saudi Arabia.

“The route from Indonesia to China and East Asia will be the destination for Lion Air from Batam Airport,” he said.

Previously, another airways, Citilink, also offered international flights from Batam to Bali and China.

“Citilink recently began offering its flights. The Lion Air plan will add more international flights from Batam,” Suwarso said.

Suwarso added that the airport will speed the development of a 200 meter apron in an area near the cargo terminal to make room for more airplanes.

“Generally, the airport is ready to accommodate more airplanes and flight schedules with various airplane types. The airport has 4 kilometers of runways that can handle landings by many types of aircraft,” Suwarso said.

The Hang Nadim Airport belongs to the Batam Enterprise Agency, which manages the facility along with the Transportation Ministry.

Hang Nadim was built when the third Indonesian president, Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, led the Batam Enterprise Agency.

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Batu Bolong Beach IBP CANGGU - Almost similar with Echo Beach, Batu Bolong Beach that located in

Canggu Village, Kerobokan District, Badung or about 200 meters adjacent to Echo Beach presents a big and dazzling waves for surfing. The magnificent sunset also support this

beach become more fascinating. Even, this beach has been the one of famous destination after Kuta that visited by foreign tourists who want surfing. It is also suitable for recreation or relax while enjoying the fresh atmosphere that flows from the Indian ocean.

To reach this place the tourists have to enter Batu Bolong street or about 35 km

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from Ngurah Rai Airport. Besides Surfing, this beach is usually used as Hinduism Ceremony where in front of the beach there are two temples namely Batu Bolong Temple and Luhur Bhujangga Waisnawa Temple.

This is the reason this beach has been well known by foreign tourists as the best surfing spot with interesting Hinduism activities.

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Doctors say George faces long rehab process

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INDIANAPOLIS — Doctors say Paul George’s biggest battle is yet to come, and it may take a year or more before he returns to the Pacers lineup. One day after the two-time All-Star suffered a gruesome open tibia-fibula fracture on his right leg during a USA Basketball intrasquad scrimmage in Las Vegas, the questions began in earnest about George’s recovery — and whether he’d ever regain the form that made him one of the NBA’s most complete players.

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The 24-year-old George said he was resting comfortably Saturday morning following surgery. Pacers president of basketball operations Larry Bird later issued a statement saying he hopes George will return to Indianapolis next week before the long rehab process begins.

“The thing about breaking a bone is that if you get it back in the appropriate position, it can be as good as new,” said Dr. James Gladstone, the co-chief of sports medicine at Icahn School at Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.

“If the muscle is not involved and the bone and muscle are fully healed, then I think he will get back (to his previous form).”

Gladstone, who is not treating George, said it usually takes athletes nine to 12 months to completely recover from this type of injury. If that time table holds up, the earliest possible return for George would be May when the NBA playoffs are in full swing.

If George misses the entire season, he would have almost 15 months before

opening day 2015 — a timeline that coincides with Dr. Patrick Kersey’s prognosis. Kersey, a physician at St. Vincent Sports Performance in Indianapolis, is the medical director of USA Football and treated Louisville guard Kevin Ware when he suffered a similarly horrific injury during the 2013 NCAA tournament regional finals.

Although Kersey is not George’s physician, either, he said it will likely take six to 12 weeks for the bone to fully heal and another six to 10 weeks for George to start walking normally. If all goes well, Kersey said George could be back in six to 12 months, though he warned it may take George as long as 18 months to start playing like his old self. The biggest obstacle for George may be his own patience.

“It’s a challenge because (athletes) want to push the envelope always,” Kersey said. “First, he has to get back to a normal life and then the body needs to work in an efficient way. Once those pieces are in place you can kind of start training and then return to basketball.”

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In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, Indiana Pacers’ Paul George is carted off the court after breaking his right leg during the USA Basketball Showcase intrasquad game in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014.

Serena Williams tops Petkovic in Stanford semis Associated Press

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Serena Williams returns the ball to Andrea Petkovic, from Germany, during the second set of a semifinal in the Bank of the West Classic tennis tournament in Stanford, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014.

Williams won 7-5, 6-0.

STANFORD, California — Serena Williams has put to rest any lingering concerns about her illness-caused departure from Wimbledon with a strong showing in her hard-court opener. Williams reached her fourth final of the season by taking the last eight games to beat Andrea Petkovic 7-5, 6-0 on Saturday in the Bank of the West Classic.

The top-seeded and top-ranked Williams has won all three finals she has contested so far in 2014, winning titles at Brisbane, Miami and Rome. The tournament is Williams’ first since she tried to play through a viral infection that caused her to lose equilibrium during a doubles match with sister Venus at Wimbledon.

In Sunday’s final at the hard-court tournament, Williams will face thirdseeded Angelique Kerber, a 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 winner over Varvara Lepchenko. Williams turned in her best performance yet against the eighth-seeded Petkovic, striking the ball with confidence and surviving long rallies. “I’m feeling healthy, I’m feeling good and more than anything

I’m feeling positive,” Williams said.

“I started making shots, got into a rhythm and it all seemed to come together for me.”

Williams had six aces and one double fault while playing consistently well. She held serve throughout and only needed to save one break point. “I still think I can do some things better,” said Williams, who will reach her 200th non-consecutive week at No. 1. “It’s important to win these matches to try and get on the right track.”

Williams has already defied the odds as the oldest player to be ranked No. 1 in the world. She also turned in the best season of her career last year, winning a career-best 11 titles.

Since returning from a right foot injury and pulmonary embolism in 2011, winning her first title in more than a year at Stanford, she’s won 23 of her 60 titles. She needed 12 years to win her first 37.

“I was thinking recently about appreciating what I’ve done. I just don’t do it enough,” she said. “I’ve done everything I’ve needed to do, so why not enjoy it? Why not have fun?

I don’t do that enough.”

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Man United defenders impress new coach Van Gaal

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BEIJING - Zlatan Ibrahimovic struck twice in 20 minutes as Paris St Germain beat Guingamp 2-0 to win the Champions Trophy for a fourth time in Beijing on Saturday.

The Swede scored after eight minutes with a curling long-range shot before doubling his tally from the penalty spot to effectively de-

Workers Stadium in the Chinese capital, with PSG’s Marco Verratti and Thiago Motta controlled the midfield.

Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani, at the centre of speculation about a potential transfer away from the French champions, came on as a substitute in the 61st minute but skewed a shot well over the Guingamp goal.

way in February. “As you know Frank has signed a contract with New York City and will start working here in January,” Pellegrini told a news conference after his side’s pre-season friendly with Olympiakos Piraeus in the United States.

“From next Wednesday he will start working with our team and will play for us until January. At the moment he will work with the squad and be a member of the squad.

“He will fight for a position. He knows we have a very good team, we have a lot of players in his position,” said Pellegrini. “He is one player more. We have a lot of games particularly with the Champions

League so he’s very important for our team.”

Manchester City play Chelsea, the club Lampard served for 13 years, in the league on Sept. 21 and there have been media reports that the player would prefer not to feature in the game at the Etihad Stadium. “I will talk about all those things with him but he’ll be a player for Manchester City and he’ll play every game he needs to play,” said Pellegrini.

The 36-year-old Lampard is Chelsea’s record scorer, having hit 211 goals in all competitions after moving to Stamford Bridge from West Ham United in 2001.

NEW YORK - Former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard is moving to Premier League champions Manchester City on a six-month loan deal, manager Manuel Pellegrini said on Saturday. The England international left Chelsea when his contract ran out at the end of last season and in July joined new Major League Soccer (MLS) club New York City on a two-year deal.

New York City are owned by Manchester City and Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees and will play at Yankee Stadium when the 2015 MLS season gets under-

Manchester United defender Michael Keane, front, gets challenged by Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo (7) for the ball in the second half of a Guinness International Champions Cup soccer match at Michigan Stadium, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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into the upper right corner.

Roma almost tied it in the 48th minute, but Mattia Destro’s header barely missed.

Nagatomo provided insurance in the 69th minute as he collected a loose ball in the right side of the box and buried it past Skorupski in the top right corner. Inter finished its group games in the exhibition International Champions Cup with six points, two behind Manchester United.

The final is Aug. 4.

Valbuena signs for Dynamo Moscow Associated Press

MOSCOW — France midfielder Mathieu Valbuena has signed for Dynamo Moscow, the Russian club says. The former Olympique de Marseille midfielder played four of France’s five games at the World Cup and had been linked with Spanish club Valencia and England’s West Ham United.

On the Dynamo website, Valbuena says his new club is “an interesting project that

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Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti watches training for a Guinness International Champions Cup soccer match against Manchester United at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., Friday, Aug. 1, 2014.

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PHILADELPHIA — Nemanja Vedic and Yuto Nagatomo scored and Inter Milan beat AS Roma 2-0 on Saturday. Inter broke a scoreless tie just moments before halftime. On a free kick from the left outside of the box, Dodo’s left-footed service found Vedic at the center of the penalty box and his deflected header ticked off the fingertips of goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski

cide the annual match between the respective winners of the French league and the French cup.

Mali striker Mustapha Yatabare missed a golden chance to pull a goal back for Cup holders Guingamp after 31 minutes when his penalty was well saved by PSG keeper Salvatore Sirigu.

The intensity of the match slumped on a humid night at the

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had the feeling that Real Madrid didn’t want to lose, which is why Ronaldo came on earlier than Carlo said (he would). But we won and deserved to win.”

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Manchester United defenders have impressed new coach Louis van Gaal in their unbeaten pre-season tour with the Dutchman lauding the backline for adapting well to the new formation he has introduced since arriving at the club last month. United defeated European champions Real Madrid 3-1 in the International Champions Cup match on Saturday to advance to Monday’s final of the eight-team tournament against Liverpool in Miami. converted from the spot after he was fouled in the box by Michael Keane.

Van Gaal said Keane and fellow defender Tyler Blackett would grow better with experience. “You saw them play today and they can do the job but not for a lot of matches - they can do it for one match. “Maybe when you give them more matches, their experience shall increase.

“But today the penalty was not so smart. He (Keane) has to learn from these errors. “It’s the same for Tyler - he can also play at this level but can he play match after match? That is the question and I cannot answer that at the moment.”

Van Gaal said the victory will boost the confidence of the team, which finished a lowly seventh in the league last season and also missed out on qualification for the European tournaments under the then coach David Moyes.

“It’s a very good result for us and it gives confidence to the players.

I changed players in the second half but in spite of that, we scored again,” he said.

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Ibrahimovic leads PSG to Champions Trophy win in Beijing

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The 20-times English champions have produced encouraging displays in the States, also beating Roma and Inter Milan, as they prepare for the start of the season under the 62-year-old coach. United have played their tour matches with three centre backs and it will probably be the former Netherlands coach’s preferred formation this season.

“It’s amazing that they have picked up a new system like that, because it’s not new for (Juan) Mata, for example - he plays in his position. Neither for (Wayne) Rooney, (Danny) Welbeck nor the two midfielders,” Van Gaal said in the post-match press conference. “The greatest impact with this new system is on the back line. But we only conceded one chance in the first half and two in the second.”

Two first-half goals from Ashley Young and an 80th minute strike from substitute Javier Hernandez ensured United’s victory in front of 109,318 people, the largest crowd to watch a soccer match in the United States.

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I’d like to take part in” and that the club’s league and European ambitions “completely match mine.”

Valbuena is not expected to take part in Dynamo’s first domestic league match of the season Sunday against FC Rostov, but could play in Thursday’s Europa League qualifier against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Valbuena joined Marseille in 2006 from Libourne and won the Ligue 1 title in 2010. He has scored six times in 38 games for France.

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Frank Lampard, of England, poses with the Manhattan skyline behind him after his introduction as a member of the MLS expansion club New York City FC, Thursday, July 24, 2014, in New York.

MADRID - Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is not concerned by his side’s three friendly defeats in the United States and is confident his players will be on top form for the European Super Cup against Sevilla on Aug. 12. Real were beaten 3-1 by English Premier League side Manchester United in an International Champions Cup match in Michigan on Saturday following reverses to Italian Serie A clubs AS Roma and Inter Milan.

“We are not happy with the defeat,” Ancelotti told a news conference at the University of Michigan stadium in Ann Arbor. “But I am sure we are going to play with a different spirit in the European Super Cup,” added the Italian, who led Real to the 2014 Champions League title in his debut season. “These are preparation matches. We didn’t do things well but everything will change next week.”

There was at least some good news for Real as Portugal forward and World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo, who is recovering from a knee injury, came on with around 20 minutes left to surprise the crowd of 109,318, a record attendance for a soccer match in the United States.

Ancelotti, who had said before the game Ronaldo would be unable to participate, predicted that once Real’s top scorer was back to full fitness and new signings James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos had joined up with the squad the team would be ready for the new season. “We can’t be ready at this point because some players only started (training) a week ago and they are not in optimal condition,” Ancelotti said.

“It’s normal to have a day like today as the team is not used to playing without Cristiano or the other players. “With the players who are returning the quality of the squad will improve.”

Ronaldo will have recovered from his left knee problem in time to feature in the Super Cup against Europa League winners Sevilla, which takes place in Cardiff, Ancelotti added.

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Man United defenders impress new coach Van Gaal

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BEIJING - Zlatan Ibrahimovic struck twice in 20 minutes as Paris St Germain beat Guingamp 2-0 to win the Champions Trophy for a fourth time in Beijing on Saturday.

The Swede scored after eight minutes with a curling long-range shot before doubling his tally from the penalty spot to effectively de-

Workers Stadium in the Chinese capital, with PSG’s Marco Verratti and Thiago Motta controlled the midfield.

Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani, at the centre of speculation about a potential transfer away from the French champions, came on as a substitute in the 61st minute but skewed a shot well over the Guingamp goal.

way in February. “As you know Frank has signed a contract with New York City and will start working here in January,” Pellegrini told a news conference after his side’s pre-season friendly with Olympiakos Piraeus in the United States.

“From next Wednesday he will start working with our team and will play for us until January. At the moment he will work with the squad and be a member of the squad.

“He will fight for a position. He knows we have a very good team, we have a lot of players in his position,” said Pellegrini. “He is one player more. We have a lot of games particularly with the Champions

League so he’s very important for our team.”

Manchester City play Chelsea, the club Lampard served for 13 years, in the league on Sept. 21 and there have been media reports that the player would prefer not to feature in the game at the Etihad Stadium. “I will talk about all those things with him but he’ll be a player for Manchester City and he’ll play every game he needs to play,” said Pellegrini.

The 36-year-old Lampard is Chelsea’s record scorer, having hit 211 goals in all competitions after moving to Stamford Bridge from West Ham United in 2001.

NEW YORK - Former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard is moving to Premier League champions Manchester City on a six-month loan deal, manager Manuel Pellegrini said on Saturday. The England international left Chelsea when his contract ran out at the end of last season and in July joined new Major League Soccer (MLS) club New York City on a two-year deal.

New York City are owned by Manchester City and Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees and will play at Yankee Stadium when the 2015 MLS season gets under-

Manchester United defender Michael Keane, front, gets challenged by Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo (7) for the ball in the second half of a Guinness International Champions Cup soccer match at Michigan Stadium, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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into the upper right corner.

Roma almost tied it in the 48th minute, but Mattia Destro’s header barely missed.

Nagatomo provided insurance in the 69th minute as he collected a loose ball in the right side of the box and buried it past Skorupski in the top right corner. Inter finished its group games in the exhibition International Champions Cup with six points, two behind Manchester United.

The final is Aug. 4.

Valbuena signs for Dynamo Moscow Associated Press

MOSCOW — France midfielder Mathieu Valbuena has signed for Dynamo Moscow, the Russian club says. The former Olympique de Marseille midfielder played four of France’s five games at the World Cup and had been linked with Spanish club Valencia and England’s West Ham United.

On the Dynamo website, Valbuena says his new club is “an interesting project that

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Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti watches training for a Guinness International Champions Cup soccer match against Manchester United at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., Friday, Aug. 1, 2014.

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PHILADELPHIA — Nemanja Vedic and Yuto Nagatomo scored and Inter Milan beat AS Roma 2-0 on Saturday. Inter broke a scoreless tie just moments before halftime. On a free kick from the left outside of the box, Dodo’s left-footed service found Vedic at the center of the penalty box and his deflected header ticked off the fingertips of goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski

cide the annual match between the respective winners of the French league and the French cup.

Mali striker Mustapha Yatabare missed a golden chance to pull a goal back for Cup holders Guingamp after 31 minutes when his penalty was well saved by PSG keeper Salvatore Sirigu.

The intensity of the match slumped on a humid night at the

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had the feeling that Real Madrid didn’t want to lose, which is why Ronaldo came on earlier than Carlo said (he would). But we won and deserved to win.”

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Manchester United defenders have impressed new coach Louis van Gaal in their unbeaten pre-season tour with the Dutchman lauding the backline for adapting well to the new formation he has introduced since arriving at the club last month. United defeated European champions Real Madrid 3-1 in the International Champions Cup match on Saturday to advance to Monday’s final of the eight-team tournament against Liverpool in Miami. converted from the spot after he was fouled in the box by Michael Keane.

Van Gaal said Keane and fellow defender Tyler Blackett would grow better with experience. “You saw them play today and they can do the job but not for a lot of matches - they can do it for one match. “Maybe when you give them more matches, their experience shall increase.

“But today the penalty was not so smart. He (Keane) has to learn from these errors. “It’s the same for Tyler - he can also play at this level but can he play match after match? That is the question and I cannot answer that at the moment.”

Van Gaal said the victory will boost the confidence of the team, which finished a lowly seventh in the league last season and also missed out on qualification for the European tournaments under the then coach David Moyes.

“It’s a very good result for us and it gives confidence to the players.

I changed players in the second half but in spite of that, we scored again,” he said.

“This wasn’t a friendly - I

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Ibrahimovic leads PSG to Champions Trophy win in Beijing

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The 20-times English champions have produced encouraging displays in the States, also beating Roma and Inter Milan, as they prepare for the start of the season under the 62-year-old coach. United have played their tour matches with three centre backs and it will probably be the former Netherlands coach’s preferred formation this season.

“It’s amazing that they have picked up a new system like that, because it’s not new for (Juan) Mata, for example - he plays in his position. Neither for (Wayne) Rooney, (Danny) Welbeck nor the two midfielders,” Van Gaal said in the post-match press conference. “The greatest impact with this new system is on the back line. But we only conceded one chance in the first half and two in the second.”

Two first-half goals from Ashley Young and an 80th minute strike from substitute Javier Hernandez ensured United’s victory in front of 109,318 people, the largest crowd to watch a soccer match in the United States.

Real’s only goal came in the 27th minute when Gareth Bale

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I’d like to take part in” and that the club’s league and European ambitions “completely match mine.”

Valbuena is not expected to take part in Dynamo’s first domestic league match of the season Sunday against FC Rostov, but could play in Thursday’s Europa League qualifier against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Valbuena joined Marseille in 2006 from Libourne and won the Ligue 1 title in 2010. He has scored six times in 38 games for France.

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Frank Lampard, of England, poses with the Manhattan skyline behind him after his introduction as a member of the MLS expansion club New York City FC, Thursday, July 24, 2014, in New York.

MADRID - Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is not concerned by his side’s three friendly defeats in the United States and is confident his players will be on top form for the European Super Cup against Sevilla on Aug. 12. Real were beaten 3-1 by English Premier League side Manchester United in an International Champions Cup match in Michigan on Saturday following reverses to Italian Serie A clubs AS Roma and Inter Milan.

“We are not happy with the defeat,” Ancelotti told a news conference at the University of Michigan stadium in Ann Arbor. “But I am sure we are going to play with a different spirit in the European Super Cup,” added the Italian, who led Real to the 2014 Champions League title in his debut season. “These are preparation matches. We didn’t do things well but everything will change next week.”

There was at least some good news for Real as Portugal forward and World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo, who is recovering from a knee injury, came on with around 20 minutes left to surprise the crowd of 109,318, a record attendance for a soccer match in the United States.

Ancelotti, who had said before the game Ronaldo would be unable to participate, predicted that once Real’s top scorer was back to full fitness and new signings James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos had joined up with the squad the team would be ready for the new season. “We can’t be ready at this point because some players only started (training) a week ago and they are not in optimal condition,” Ancelotti said.

“It’s normal to have a day like today as the team is not used to playing without Cristiano or the other players. “With the players who are returning the quality of the squad will improve.”

Ronaldo will have recovered from his left knee problem in time to feature in the Super Cup against Europa League winners Sevilla, which takes place in Cardiff, Ancelotti added.

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Batu Bolong Beach IBP CANGGU - Almost similar with Echo Beach, Batu Bolong Beach that located in

Canggu Village, Kerobokan District, Badung or about 200 meters adjacent to Echo Beach presents a big and dazzling waves for surfing. The magnificent sunset also support this

beach become more fascinating. Even, this beach has been the one of famous destination after Kuta that visited by foreign tourists who want surfing. It is also suitable for recreation or relax while enjoying the fresh atmosphere that flows from the Indian ocean.

To reach this place the tourists have to enter Batu Bolong street or about 35 km

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from Ngurah Rai Airport. Besides Surfing, this beach is usually used as Hinduism Ceremony where in front of the beach there are two temples namely Batu Bolong Temple and Luhur Bhujangga Waisnawa Temple.

This is the reason this beach has been well known by foreign tourists as the best surfing spot with interesting Hinduism activities.

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Doctors say George faces long rehab process

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INDIANAPOLIS — Doctors say Paul George’s biggest battle is yet to come, and it may take a year or more before he returns to the Pacers lineup. One day after the two-time All-Star suffered a gruesome open tibia-fibula fracture on his right leg during a USA Basketball intrasquad scrimmage in Las Vegas, the questions began in earnest about George’s recovery — and whether he’d ever regain the form that made him one of the NBA’s most complete players.

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The 24-year-old George said he was resting comfortably Saturday morning following surgery. Pacers president of basketball operations Larry Bird later issued a statement saying he hopes George will return to Indianapolis next week before the long rehab process begins.

“The thing about breaking a bone is that if you get it back in the appropriate position, it can be as good as new,” said Dr. James Gladstone, the co-chief of sports medicine at Icahn School at Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.

“If the muscle is not involved and the bone and muscle are fully healed, then I think he will get back (to his previous form).”

Gladstone, who is not treating George, said it usually takes athletes nine to 12 months to completely recover from this type of injury. If that time table holds up, the earliest possible return for George would be May when the NBA playoffs are in full swing.

If George misses the entire season, he would have almost 15 months before

opening day 2015 — a timeline that coincides with Dr. Patrick Kersey’s prognosis. Kersey, a physician at St. Vincent Sports Performance in Indianapolis, is the medical director of USA Football and treated Louisville guard Kevin Ware when he suffered a similarly horrific injury during the 2013 NCAA tournament regional finals.

Although Kersey is not George’s physician, either, he said it will likely take six to 12 weeks for the bone to fully heal and another six to 10 weeks for George to start walking normally. If all goes well, Kersey said George could be back in six to 12 months, though he warned it may take George as long as 18 months to start playing like his old self. The biggest obstacle for George may be his own patience.

“It’s a challenge because (athletes) want to push the envelope always,” Kersey said. “First, he has to get back to a normal life and then the body needs to work in an efficient way. Once those pieces are in place you can kind of start training and then return to basketball.”

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In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, Indiana Pacers’ Paul George is carted off the court after breaking his right leg during the USA Basketball Showcase intrasquad game in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014.

Serena Williams tops Petkovic in Stanford semis Associated Press

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Serena Williams returns the ball to Andrea Petkovic, from Germany, during the second set of a semifinal in the Bank of the West Classic tennis tournament in Stanford, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014.

Williams won 7-5, 6-0.

STANFORD, California — Serena Williams has put to rest any lingering concerns about her illness-caused departure from Wimbledon with a strong showing in her hard-court opener. Williams reached her fourth final of the season by taking the last eight games to beat Andrea Petkovic 7-5, 6-0 on Saturday in the Bank of the West Classic.

The top-seeded and top-ranked Williams has won all three finals she has contested so far in 2014, winning titles at Brisbane, Miami and Rome. The tournament is Williams’ first since she tried to play through a viral infection that caused her to lose equilibrium during a doubles match with sister Venus at Wimbledon.

In Sunday’s final at the hard-court tournament, Williams will face thirdseeded Angelique Kerber, a 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 winner over Varvara Lepchenko. Williams turned in her best performance yet against the eighth-seeded Petkovic, striking the ball with confidence and surviving long rallies. “I’m feeling healthy, I’m feeling good and more than anything

I’m feeling positive,” Williams said.

“I started making shots, got into a rhythm and it all seemed to come together for me.”

Williams had six aces and one double fault while playing consistently well. She held serve throughout and only needed to save one break point. “I still think I can do some things better,” said Williams, who will reach her 200th non-consecutive week at No. 1. “It’s important to win these matches to try and get on the right track.”

Williams has already defied the odds as the oldest player to be ranked No. 1 in the world. She also turned in the best season of her career last year, winning a career-best 11 titles.

Since returning from a right foot injury and pulmonary embolism in 2011, winning her first title in more than a year at Stanford, she’s won 23 of her 60 titles. She needed 12 years to win her first 37.

“I was thinking recently about appreciating what I’ve done. I just don’t do it enough,” she said. “I’ve done everything I’ve needed to do, so why not enjoy it? Why not have fun?

I don’t do that enough.”

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China car parts plant blast kills 69, hurts 187 Associated Press

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A cloud of dust rises as loose earth moves down a slope at the site of a landslide in Sindhupalchowk area, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of Katmandu, Nepal, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014.

‘No chance’ of finding 159 Nepal landslide victims

BEIJING — A suspected dust explosion at an automotive parts factory in eastern China that supplies General Motors killed at least 69 people and injured more than 180 others, state media reported Sunday, again highlighting workplace safety that remains a concern. It was China’s most serious industrial disaster since a fire at a poultry plant killed 119 people in June last year.

Saturday morning’s explosion occurred when more than 200 workers were on the site of the factory, which is in an industrial zone in the city of Kunshan, officials from the city said at a news conference. Kunshan, in Jiangsu province, is about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) southeast of Beijing. State broadcaster CCTV showed footage of large plumes of thick, black smoke rising from the plant, and news websites posted photos of the dead or injured lifted onto the back of large trucks, their bodies black, presumably from burns or soot.

The explosion occurred at 7:37 a.m. at a workshop in the factory, which polishes wheel hubs. Rescuers pulled out 44 bodies at the site, while 25 other people died at a hospital, officials said. At least 187 people were injured.

More than 120 of the injured were sent to hospitals in Kunshan and the nearby city of Suzhou. Burn experts from a Shanghai hospital arrived in Kunshan to help, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

A preliminary investigation showed that the blast was likely a dust explosion, Xinhua said. Chinese newspapers reported Sunday that workers at the factory had complained over the past years about dangerous levels of dust and inadequate cleaning practices in the facility.

A dust explosion is caused by the fast combustion of particles suspended in air in an enclosed space. The particles could include dust or powdered metals such as aluminum. They would have to come into contact with a spark, such as fire, an overheated surface or electrical discharge from machinery.

downstream villages as far away as India, Parajuli said.

He said the amount of water flowing out of the dam and pouring in was almost the same Sunday morning as the previous day, keeping the water level stable. A Mankha resident who was among the dozens of people injured by the landslide said he feared his entire village had been wiped out.

“There are nearly 100 people in the 60 houses in my village and 20 more people in the neighboring village who were buried by the landslide.

All of them are likely dead,” Durga Lal Shrestha said Saturday from his hospital bed in Katmandu, where he was flown by helicopter. Shrestha, who suffered bruises on his face and arms, said he and his family heard a rumbling sound and the ground shook like an earthquake.

“The walls in my house caved in, but the roof was fine and that is how we were able to survive,” he said.

“When we came out, it was dark and

muddy. Everyone was screaming and it was a chaotic situation.” About 40 people were injured. Besides Shrestha, 10 others were flown to Katmandu for hospital treatment, including a Belgian man. The Arniko highway, which connects Nepal to Tibet, remained closed on Sunday.

In neighboring India’s Bihar state, authorities evacuated thousands of villagers after flood warnings were issued in eight districts at risk of flash floods. Indian army soldiers and air force helicopters and jets were being readied to launch relief and rescue operations, said Anirudh Prasad, a top official in Patna, Bihar’s capital.

Landslides are common in mostly mountainous Nepal during the rainy season, which runs from June through September.

A landslide in May 2012 killed at least 26 people when an avalanche blocked the Seti river in northwestern Nepal. The walls burst, causing a flash flood that swept several downstream villages.

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JAYAPURA — Five suspected rebels were killed Friday in a clash with Indonesian soldiers in restive Papua province, the military said.

The clash occurred in the mountainous district of Lanny Jaya when a group of gunmen ambushed a passing army motorcade in Pirime subdistrict, Papua army chief Maj. Gen. Christian Zebua said.

He said two soldiers were wounded in the clash.

Zebua said there were 17 cars in the motorcade carrying soldiers assigned to hunt rebels who had attacked a group of police on Sunday in Lanny Jaya, killing two officers and injuring four others.

Media reports say armed groups have killed 30 officers and stolen 20 firearms in the

region this year.

Papua, a former Dutch colony in the western part of New Guinea, was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969 after a U.N.-sponsored ballot. A small, poorly armed separatist group called the Free Papua Movement has been battling for independence since then.

Death toll in Eid boat sinkings rises to 36 JAKARTA - Rescuers pulled 12 more bodies from an Indonesian river Friday, bringing the death toll in two boat sinkings to 36, as millions travel across the country for the Eid holiday season.

Most Indonesians in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation spend Eid, the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, with their families, abandoning cities in the

KATMANDU, Nepal — There is no chance of finding any of the more than 150 people who are believed to have been buried by a massive landslide in northern Nepal, an official said Sunday, as rescuers struggled to dig through piles of rock, mud and trees. Rescuers have so far recovered only eight bodies since the landslide early Saturday blocked a mountain river, causing the water to form a lake that was threatening to burst and sweep several villages. Fresh rainfall on Sunday hampered search attempts.

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INDONESIA 5 suspected rebels killed in clash in Papua

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“We have no chance of finding any of the missing people alive under this pile of debris,” said Yadav Prasad Koirala, who heads the government’s Department of Natural Disaster Management. “We have names of 159 people who are believed to be missing and buried, but there could be even more people.” Koirala said it was even difficult for bulldozers and heavy equipment to move the debris that crushed dozens of houses in the village of Mankha, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of Katmandu, Nepal’s capital.

Gopal Parajuli, the chief government administrator in the area, said the water level and mud was making the rescue work very difficult, and that army troops used explosives to try to alleviate a dangerous buildup of water.

The controlled explosions managed to knock down part of an earth wall that had blocked a river and created a temporary dam, allowing some water to flow out, but much of it still remained trapped, posing an immediate threat to

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massive exodus.

Local police confirmed 19 people dead from a boat carrying 48 that sank late Wednesday in a river on the island of Sumatra.

“We are still searching for the last missing person. The rest are accounted for,” local police chief of operations E. Hutagaol told AFP. A ferry carrying 70 people on the Indonesian part of Borneo island sank on Tuesday, with authorities Friday revising the final

death toll down from 18 to 17. The rest of the passengers and crew survived.

The National Disaster Management Agency said police were questioning the ferry crew as there were reports it might have been operating at overcapacity.

Boat accidents in the vast Indonesian archipelago are not uncommon, and there is a significant death toll from transport accidents during Eid each year.1, 2014.

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This photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency shows the site of an explosion at an eastern Chinese automotive parts factory in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014.

Agrotourism...

From page 1 He explained that agrotourism posed the area utilization or farming cultivation activities for tourist attraction. This had developed in several locations, such as tourism village taking advantage of subak path as route of trekking. Agrotourism should be developed to yield products in need by tourist consumption.

Surely, there should be a commitment among tourism players to accommodate local agricultural products. As with wine, farmers would have no difficulty in marketing. The economic impact of tourism activities was going directly to farmers, not only to workers in the tourism industry.

“Farmer groups and tourism business people need to do a partnership with a clear pattern, both in capital and marketing of farmers’ products. With this effort, farmers are expected to be more independent and able to go in harmony with the development of economic situation,” he said. (kmb27)

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PEKANBARU - The Modis, Terra and Aqua Satellites showed 90 detections identified as hotspots of forest fires that spread across Riau Island.

“Most of the hotspots are in Rokan Hilir District, with 70 hotspot detections,” Head of Riau Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) Saqlul Amri said on Sunday.

The satellite identification on Saturday evening showed that seven hotspots were identified in the coastal district of Dumai, while Bengkalis and Kampar Districts each have three hotspots.

One hotspot was identified by the Modis Satellite in Pelalawan District.

Meanwhile, the NOAA 18 Satellite on the same day only detected four hotspots in Riau, from overall 46 detections over the Sumatra Island.

Two were in Rokan Hulu and one in Bengkalis, while another one in Indragiri Hilir.

The hotspot is defined as an area having more than 40 degree Celcius temperature which may be identified as forest or wild fires.

Forest fires have burnt at least 25,000 hectares of forests and fields in Riau in 2014, while their smoke has upset the air quality in the region.

From January until July, the local police has arrested 189 suspects allegedly involved in causing forest fires.

“More suspects may be caught as our team is still hunting them down,” Spokesperson of Riau Police Adjunct Senior Commisionner Guntur Aryo Tejo said.

Lion Air opens Batam-ThailandHong Kong route Antara

BATAM - Lion Air Airways plans to offer flights from Batam to Thailand and Hong Kong beginning in September.

“Lion Air plans to begin serving this route in September 2014. The airways has seen the route as having a great potential,” according to the Chief of Public Sector of Hang Nadim International Airport of Batam Island, Suwarso, speaking on Saturday.

Lion Air has chosen Hang Nadim Airport as its flight hub for western area of Indonesia since 2013. They also plan to use the airport as an international flight hub.

“Batam is planning to be a linking airport for domestic and international flights. Previously, the Lion group branch company, Malindo Air, also served Batam-Subang,” Suwarso said.

Lion Air will use a Boeing 747-200 airplane in Batam to serve Umroh pilgrims flying to Saudi Arabia.

“The route from Indonesia to China and East Asia will be the destination for Lion Air from Batam Airport,” he said.

Previously, another airways, Citilink, also offered international flights from Batam to Bali and China.

“Citilink recently began offering its flights. The Lion Air plan will add more international flights from Batam,” Suwarso said.

Suwarso added that the airport will speed the development of a 200 meter apron in an area near the cargo terminal to make room for more airplanes.

“Generally, the airport is ready to accommodate more airplanes and flight schedules with various airplane types. The airport has 4 kilometers of runways that can handle landings by many types of aircraft,” Suwarso said.

The Hang Nadim Airport belongs to the Batam Enterprise Agency, which manages the facility along with the Transportation Ministry.

Hang Nadim was built when the third Indonesian president, Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, led the Batam Enterprise Agency.

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US woos Africa as rivals eye economic growth Agence France-Presse

NAIROBI - African leaders head to Washington for a landmark US summit this week, with President Barack Obama hoping to boost trade, development and security ties amid growing competition from China on the continent.

China overtook the United States as Africa’s largest trading partner five years ago, with Beijing’s trade now worth more than $200 billion (150 billion euros) a year, double that of Washington.

But while the US is playing catch-up, experts say it is wrong to

view the situation as a direct competition between the two powers, since China’s investments potentially boost US trade and their companies are focused on different sectors.

“The Obama administration has come under increasing pressure from the commercial sector to prior-

itise Africa policy. This US-Africa summit is more a response to this than a direct beauty contest with China,” said Alex Vines, from Britain’s Chatham House think tank.

The International Monetary Fund says Africa is now growing faster than Asia.

“Africa now is a land of competition of Europe, America, China, and even some Arabian countries,” Rene Kouassi, director of economic affairs at the African Union, told AFP. The US has been keen to avoid

any suggestion that the three-day summit opening Monday -- dubbed the “largest single engagement” by any American president with Africa -- is designed to challenge the role of other nations in the continent.

Although 50 heads of state were due to take part in the summit, several, including Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma and Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, have already said they are not planning to go because of the ongoing Ebola epidemic in their

countries.

The US, the world’s largest economy, is only Africa’s thirdlargest trade partner after the European Union -- some of whose members have post-colonial ties with African nations -- and China, which is hungry for the continent’s natural resources.

Africa is home to seven of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Many hope to alter an image of a war-ravaged continent where foreign relationships are based on aid alone.

Muslim visitors to Japan to hit a million by 2020 Agence France-Presse SINGAPORE - Muslim visitors to Japan are expected to reach one million a year by 2020, triple the 2013 level, as it further opens up to tourists, a specialist travel firm said Friday.

Singapore-based CrescentRating, which promotes “halal” or Islam-compliant travel, said Southeast Asia would be a key source for Muslim tourists after Tokyo eased visa requirements.

Muslim visitor arrivals in Japan grew at an average of 7.2 percent from 2004-2013 and this pace is likely to accelerate to an average 18.7 percent in the next seven years, the company said ahead of a halal travel conference in Tokyo starting Monday.

“The main drivers are the lifting of visa requirements for ASEAN countries and the increasing awareness of the halal travel market’s potential by Japan’s travel industry,” said CrescentRating chief executive Fazal Bahardeen, who will speak at the conference.

Japan announced in June 15-day visa-free entry for Indonesians and has relaxed entry requirements for Malaysians and Thais as well.

Indonesia is the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation and Malaysia has a predominantly Muslim population.

In 2013, the top three source markets for Muslim travellers to Japan were Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, according to Fazal.

Sunbathers pack the Shonan Beach under scorching summer heat in Fujisawa, near Tokyo, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made tourism development a key plank of his administration.

Karun Budhraja, vice president for corporate marketing and communications at travel booking and technology firm Amadeus Asia Pacific, said tourism would also get

a boost from Japan’s hosting of the Olympic Games in 2020.

“A positive move by Japan last year was to introduce visa exemptions for some 66 nations, including Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, each with Muslim populations,” Budhraja told AFP. Fazal said there was still a lot

of room for growth of Muslim tourism in Japan but it “needs to continue to ensure that a steady growth of services and facilities are made available for the Muslim travellers”.

Japan is a largely homogeneous country with only around 100,000 practising Muslims, who have

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distinct needs when they travel including restaurants serving halal food and prayer rooms at airports, shopping malls and hotels.

Fazal said expenditure by Muslim travellers globally is expected to reach $200 billion by 2020, or 13.5 percent of the global total, up from $140 billion in 2013.

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Yeh Nusa shortcut at Samsam village ‘accelerated’ Bali Post

TABANAN - Shortcut projects, a kind of flyover at the deadly path of Denpasar-Gilimanuk passing through Tabanan, seem to be speeded up. Even, one of the shortcuts (a bridge) spanning over Yeh Nusa River, precisely at Samsam village, Kerambitan subdistrict, looks almost gets connected.

Project coordinator targeted the shortcut over the Yeh Nusa River and graveyard of Samsam customary village would be completed at least at the end of 2014. From field observation, the shortcut at Samsam village was built along 270 meters in the south of the headman’s office of Samsam village, belonging to Penyalin hamlet. Meanwhile, the western end was Samsam I hamlet, Samsam village. The shortcut of 24 meters over the road used at least 6 columns. Project coordinator of PT Karya Raharjo, Suprapto, said the

high column in use varied, with the highest of 24 meters.

“The bridge spans along 270 meters and the tallest column is 24 meters long and is located adjacent to the western end (near graveyard of Samsam—Ed),” said Suprapto when met recently.

Each of those columns, described Suprapto, had the foundation with the depths of ring beam reaching 6 meters. Meanwhile, the distance of each column was 30 meters with a diameter of 170 meters. “Our target for completion is next December.

After the Eid, we will raise the last pre-cast segment so that it will totally get connected,” he explained.

Before elevating the pre-cast segment, his party still needed to make a wall in the western end of the bridge, while the wall at the east end had accomplished. In the meantime, another shortcut, precisely at the corner of Kresek, Megati village, East Selemadeg, has already started to install the pre-cast segment. The project established starting from the western boundary of Bunut Puhun hamlet, Bantas village, East Selemadeg subdistrict will connect to the area in the east of police station at Megati.

This 200-meter long bridge is supported at least by 7 columns with a height reaching 24 meters.

This bridge extends above Lambuk River.

Just to remind, the Denpasar-Gil-

imanuk road section passing through Tabanan gets the attention from central government. At least, three short-cut projects resembling to flyover are constructed at this track. They are assessed to serve as alternate path or shortcuts to reduce traffic accident cases in Denpasar – Gilimanuk road section.

The three shortcuts established include the one over Tukad Yeh Ho (East Selemadeg), Yeh Lambuk (Selemadeg) and Samsam (Kerambitan). Among the three shortcut projects in Tabanan, only the Yeh Ho Bridge connecting Meliling village (Kerambitan) to Pucuk hamlet, Bantas village (East Selemadeg) has been already in operation. Construction of the bridge shortcut uses state budget valued at IDR 33 billion more. The bridge along 42 meters with the width of 9.5 meters applies 5 columns with the highest reaching 29 meters.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Tabanan Transportation, Communications and Informatics Agency, Made Agus Hartawiguna, when asked for his confirmation regarding the development of the three shortcuts ascertained that they would be intended to reduce congestion and accidents on the Denpasar-Gilimanuk deadly pathway. Location of the shortcut projects was the most vulnerable points of traffic accident. The path was winding with sharp upgrade so that it was required shortcuts.

He said the Denpasar-Gilimanuk path belonged to second category nationally. It had the most upgrades and sharp turns. Then, they most frequently kindled traffic accident, started the truck overthrowing to plunging into the abyss. Later, the difficult road section would be replaced with shortcut. (kmb28)

Usaba Sumbu tradition:

Presenting deities through inviting ritual

Usaba Sumbu ritual is conducted every year by residents of Timbrah customary village, Karangasem subdistrict. Each implementation always draws public attention because they present thousands of roasted suckling pigs as an offering of local community to deities.

Uniquely, during the week-long procession there is a very sacred ritual performed when the usaba sumbu kelod takes place. Part of the usaba sumbu kelod is known as ngundangin or inviting ritual.

As the name implies, the ritual is meant to invite the deities in order they can be present among the devotees before the usaba sumbu kelod is held. Timbrah customary village poses one of the old villages in Bali. Historically, this village has been established in Caka Year 1118 (1196 AD). This tradition has been carried out through generations. In accordance with the awig-awig or bylaw of Timbrah customary village, procession of the ritual begins with melasti or purificatory rite on Soma (Monday) Wage Tambir. Next three days is then resumed with the usaba sumbu kaja on Wraspati (Thursday) Paing Tambir at Panti Kaler.

On the following day is called pengajengan. Ordinarily, on this day devotees hold a cockfight to neutralize bhuta kala or evil spirits. Then, it is resumed with panyelagan. On that day, devotees prepare all the paraphernalia required for the usaba sumbu kelod ritual held on Redite (Sunday) Pon Medangkungan. At night of the usaba sumbu kelod is held the ngundangin

ritual. This ritual starts from Peninjauan Temple or commonly called Segara Temple located approximately 200 meters southeast of the Bale Agung Temple.

This temple is considered sacred and has function in accordance with the implementation of ngundangin ritual. Its oceanfront location will make easier to hold the relationship between devotees and God as well as all the deities in the ocean. In addition, a local community leader, Nengah Supartha, said the temple was ultimately functioned as a place of worshipping Lord Varuna. Thus, in the inviting procession, Lord Rambut Sedana presented with piodalan or temple anniversary during the usaba sumbu kelod conveyed the invitation to Peninjauan Temple. At this temple, Lord Rambut Sedana invited all the deities abiding in the sea as well as invoking holy water or Tirta Amerta Kamandalu taken from the middle of the ocean. The holy water was then taken to the venue of the usaba sumbu kelod, in front of the Bale Agung Temple and shrine of Lord Rambut Sedana or on the platform.

The inviting procession was commenced with the passage of Klian Daha (four leaders of Rejang Dancer) followed the Rejang Dancers. On the left and right side, the Rejang Dancers were accompanied by prawayah (residents who have been initiated and got pamelisan of the village) and escorted by the march of customary youth, village apparatus and gamelan

player troupe. On the way to Segara Temple, the prawayah jangled their holy bell accompanied with the baleganjur gamelan music. Arriving at Segara Temple, the ritual was first performed by prawayah to invoke Tirta Amerta to Lord Rambut Sedana which previously had been invoked in the middle of the ocean. It was symbolized with the holy water put in the bowl. Ritual at Peninjauan Temple was concluded with saying prayers together. After that, the devotees came back to Bale Agung Temple. Gamelan player troupe and prawayah accompanied again the procession. Meanwhile, Klian Daha and Rejang Dancers chanted psalmodies followed by cheers of customary youth so as the psalmodies could not be heard by anyone else because they were considered very sacred.

If the psalmodies were heard by someone else, then Klian Daha or Rejang Dancers would instantly trance. During the trance, the Klian Daha would shout louder than the customary youth while crying hysterically. Thus, the customary youth played an important role in this ritual to prevent it from happening.

Arriving at Bale Agung Temple, prawayah would put the bowl of holy water on the platform of Lord Rambut Sedana and other deities. While the ritual taking place, the Klian Daha and Rejang Dance would pass the stage and immediately marched to the north of the stage facing east to resume the psalmodies that should not at all be heard by any-

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Usaba Sumbu ritual is conducted every year by residents of Timbrah customary village, Karangasem subdistrict. Each implementation always draws public attention because they present thousands of roasted suckling pigs as an offering of local community to deities.

one. Not infrequently, those who chanting the psalmodies put into a trance because there were people who attempted to hear and even to record it. But due to the efforts of local customary security guard (pecalang) and customary youth, any attempt to hear or record the psalmodies could be prevented.

One of them, the customary youth continued cheering loudly when the Klian Daha and Rejang Dancers chanted psalmodies as an effort to invite Lord Varuna to come to the usaba sumbu kelod.

The psalmodies were pronounced almost 20 minutes. During which the customary youth continued to cheer loudly so as to cause a tense

atmosphere. On the other hand, it became an interesting spectacle for local residents as some youths also filled it with mutually ridiculing to create boisterous atmosphere.

When Klian Daha ended its psalmodies, it signified if the deities had been present amidst the usaba sumbu kelod. All the local devotees then said prayers en masse at Bale Agung Temple. The inviting procession had the ritual, artistic, social and educational function.

Essentially it posed an expression of sincere gratitude to deities and invoked village prosperity. Moreover, it also contained the education on philosophical, ritual and ethical values. (Bagiarta)

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Eid homecoming and backflow claim 11 casualties

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JERUSALEM/GAZA - Israel on Sunday declared dead a soldier feared abducted by Hamas Islamist militants in the Gaza Strip and said it would continue to fight even after the army completes destroying cross-border tunnels used by Palestinian fighters to attack its territory.

As Israeli television showed live footage of some tanks withdrawing from Gaza in an apparent winding down of the 26-day campaign, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas would pay an “intolerable price” if it continued to attack Israel.

DENAPSAR - During the Eid Security Operation 2014, securing the homecoming and backflow traffic, Directorate of Traffic Affairs of Bali Police recorded there were 36 cases of traffic accidents claiming eleven casualties. This figure was estimated to rise throughout the backflow of the Eid 2014 lasting until August 7.

Buleleng. Later on, the security will be improved,” he affirmed.

Meanwhile, the backflow starting on Thursday (Aug 1) was estimated to last until (Aug 7). Today, police had anticipated the explosion of backflow. Nevertheless, his party was still monitoring the situation in the field to increase the number of personnel. “If there is a surge in backflow, we will increase the personnel, but we still keep the previous pattern,” he said.

As has been known, during the security of homecoming and backflow traffic police installed security post along the route of homecoming starting from Gilimanuk Harbor, Jembrana, such as at the road section of Denpasar-TabananGilimanuk including Denpasar, Tanah Lot, Megati, Banyu Biru, Rambutsiwi and Segara Rupek. In addition, security post was also established at the Padangbai Harbor, Karangasem County, including in

The passenger are looking for bus to go to their native home during the Eid Mubarak day.

the area of Guwang, Goa Lawah and Padangbai. A security post was also prepared at the Ngurah Rai International Airport to serve customers traveling by air. Similarly, security post was also alerted at a number of vital objects and tourism resort such as Kuta, Sempidi,

Bedugul, Singaraja, Kintamani and Penglipuran.

Meanwhile, the nine service posts had been established in the route of homecoming such as Soka (Tabanan), Gilimanuk Harbor (Jembrana), Ubung Terminal (Denpasar), Ngurah Rai (Badung),

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Masceti (Gianyar), Padangbai Harbor and Amlapura (Karangasem) and Sempidi (Badung). In addition to security and service post, Bali Police also set up 36 monitoring posts at some points in cooperation with other relevant agencies. (kmb35) REUTERS/Amir Cohen

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Hundreds of visitors throng Banjar hot spring Bali Post

The crowded visitors of Banjar Hot Spring is seen in the picture.

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SINGARAJA - On entering the Eid al-Fitr holidays, the Banjar hot spring drew domestic and foreign travelers to enjoy the warm water attraction located at Banjar village, Buleleng, Friday morning (Aug 1).

Hundreds of visitors seemed to comingle in the three pool areas located at the Banjar hot spring bath. Each visitor is charged admission fee at IDR 5,000 (adult) and IDR 3,000 (child). With such affordable price, the Banjar hot spring became a favorite and alternative destination for children and families. “I with family make a visit to this tourist attraction every Eid holiday. Children seemed happy to soak in hot water of Banjar. Before visiting this tourist attraction, we have visited Happy Beach and Buleleng Harbor,” said Ferry Budi Irawan, 33, a domestic traveler from Bondowoso, East Java.

During several visits, he said the hot springs of Banjar gave some benefits to his bodily health. Other than crowded, the admission fee was also affordable, where the family seemed happy to swim and bathe in the hot spring of Banjar. “Yes, it is close to other tourist attractions and the admission fee is also affordable for families. Moreover, the bathing here can be taken advantage for massage therapy and energy recovery. As a result, when turning back

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The Unit Head of Education and Engineering, Directorate of Traffic Police of Bali Police, AA Anom Putra, with permission from Directorate of Traffic Affairs I Wayan Sunartha said that during the homecoming and backflow of the Eid 2014, from July 21 to Aug 1, eleven victims died, 10 others were seriously injured and 46 got minor injuries. “So far, a total of 36 cases of traffic accidents are recorded. We are still trying to minimize traffic accident until the end of the backflow next August 7,” he said when met during the patrol at Padangbai Harbor, Saturday afternoon (Aug 2).

This two-jasmine officer explained that most accidents occurred in the area of Buleleng (14 cases), Tabanan (5 cases), Denpasar (6 cases), Jembrana (5 cases), Klungkung (3 cases), Gianyar (2 cases), and Karangasem (1 case), while Bangli and Badung had zero accident. “The highest occurred in

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to Bondowoso we will be getting fresher,” he said.

Based on the data owned by the Banjar hot spring bath, the surge of visitor occurred on July 27, reaching about 815 people. It was a double increase compared to the previous tourist arrival which only reached 437 people. Furthermore, on July 27-28 coinciding with the Eid holidays, the number of tourist arrival increased sharply attaining over a thousand people.

Putu Ani Yunita, a management staff of the Banjar hot spring bath, estimated the increase in domestic tourist arrivals occurred until Sunday (Aug 3), right the time before school holidays came to an end.

She said the increasing number of tourist visits to the hot springs coincided with high season and holiday season of foreign travelers such as those from Australia, America and Europe. “Now, the visit is dominated by foreign travelers. Moreover, it has begun to enter high season. Banjar hot spring was preferred because it is close to Lovina Beach and the water is not too hot,” said Ani. Operation of the hot spring is managed the Yeh Panas Nirmala Foundation where it has five pools, two of them are functioned as Jacuzzi and three others as public bath. During high season, the operating hours are changing to 07:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time instead of from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (kmb34)

Israeli soldiers watch as smoke rises after forces blew up a cross-border tunnel in Gaza August 3, 2014. Israel’s main goal in its incursion into Gaza last month was to destroy Hamas’s network of tunnels, and the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) said they were close to achieving that.

It was determined that Hadar Goldin, 23, the soldier Israel had feared Hamas militants abducted on Friday, was killed in action during an operation in the southern Gaza Strip, an army statement said.

“A special committee led by the Israel Defence Forces Chief Rabbi, announced the death of the IDF infantry officer of the Givati Brigade, Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, who was killed in battle in the Gaza Strip on Friday, August 1, 2014,” part of the army statement said.

Hamas’ armed wing said on Saturday it had no clear indication on Goldin’s whereabouts and that he may have been killed during an ambush in the southern Gaza Strip in which two other Israeli soldiers were killed. Israel began its air and naval offensive against Gaza on July 8 following a surge of cross-border rocket salvoes by Hamas and other guerrillas, later escalating into ground incursions.

Shelling exchanges continued on Saturday, pushing the Gaza death toll given

by Palestinian officials to 1,675, most of them civilians. Israel has confirmed that 64 soldiers have died in combat, while Palestinian shelling has also killed three civilians in Israel. More than 30 tunnels and dozens of access shafts have been unearthed and were being blown up, the military said.

“Our understanding is that our objectives, most importantly the destruction of the tunnels, are close to completion,” a military spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Lerner, said. Netanyahu said in a televised speech on Saturday evening that military action would continue even after that goal was achieved.

“After completing the anti-tunnel operation, the IDF will act and continue

to act, in accordance with our security needs and only according to our defence needs, until we achieve our objective of restoring security to you, Israel’s citizens,” he said.

‘PAY FOR EVERY MINUTE’ A Hamas spokesman said: “Netanyahu will pay for every minute he spends carrying out more aggression against our people.” Several ceasefires between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement that dominates the Gaza Strip, have failed to take hold or quickly collapsed, most recently on Friday after the ambush in which Goldin and the two other soldiers were killed.

In Cairo, a Palestinian delegation arrived for new truce talks, which would include Hamas’ demand that Egypt ease movement across its border with blockaded Gaza. Turning its back on those negotiations, Israel said it would not send envoys as scheduled.

“They (Hamas) cannot be trusted to keep their word. They cannot stop (firing) because, for them, a ceasefire at this stage, whether by arrangement or not by arrangement, would mean acknowledging the worst possible defeat,” Deputy Foreign Minister Tzachi Hanegbi told Israel’s Channel Two TV. Hamas, its guerrillas massively outgunned by a Jewish state it considers an eternal enemy, said it would prevail.

Any unilateral pullout by Israel would mean “it has failed to achieve any of its goals and would be a clear defeat for the occupation army and for its leaders,” Hamas’ bloc in the Palestinian parliament said in a statement. “Gaza resisted, endured and will achieve victory.”

More human remains recovered at Ukraine site Associated Press

AMSTERDAM — Investigators using sniffer dogs recovered more human remains and personal belongings at the Malaysia Airlines wreckage site in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, the head of an international recovery mission said.

Speaking from the Ukrainian capital Kiev, Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg said 70 Dutch and Australian investigators were able to reach the site for the second consecutive day, despite clashes between pro-Russia separatist rebels and Ukrainian forces nearby.

Flight 17 was shot down above the village of Hrabove July 17 with what the West says was a Russian-made missile fired by the rebels, killing all 298 passengers and crew, most of them Dutch.

Aalbersberg did not give details of the remains recovered. His team is searching for decomposing remains of approximately 80 victims spread over an area of 8 square miles (20 square kilometers) — a process expected to take weeks.

He thanked the warring sides for allow-

ing the mission to proceed, after being delayed most of the week by fighting. “This is of great importance to the international police officers, the experts and, especially, the victims’ families,” he said. Remains are being transferred by refrigerated truck to a facility in Kharkiv, where they can be examined by Dutch, Malaysian and Australian forensic experts.

They will then be sent on to the Netherlands, to join more than 200 bodies that were collected and transferred in an initial haphazard effort overseen by the rebels.

Those remains are now being painstakingly identified. Aalbersberg said his team had been able to search a greater area on Saturday, despite hearing sounds of mortar fire in the distance as they worked.

Friday and Saturday’s search focused on the area around a chicken farm near the village of Grabovo, but that phase of the operation is now complete, Aalbersberg said.

“Tomorrow our goal is to move the search to an area northeast of the village of Rozsypne, where pieces of wreckage from the aircraft have been found,” he said.

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Australian and Dutch investigators examine pieces of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane, near the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine Friday, Aug. 1, 2014.

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Teens love vacation selfies

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NEW YORK — Jacquie Whitt’s trip to the Galapagos with a group of teenagers was memorable not just for the scenery and wildlife, but also for the way the kids preserved their memories.

It was, said Whitt, a “selfie fest.”

For this generation, “digital devices are now part of the interpretive experience,” said Whitt, co-founder of Adios Adventure Travel.

Indeed, many parents love seeing their kids taking selfies and posting to social media when they travel. It shows “they are engaged and excited about where they are and what they are doing,” said Susan Austin, a photographer and Iowa mom.

But some adults think there’s a downside to vacation selfies.

They see them as narcissistic distractions that can detract from the travel experience. And they point to controversial examples — like a smiling selfie from Auschwitz posted to Twitter — as proof of the potential for poor judgment when young travelers use social media.

In addition, when traveling teens spend time taking selfies, “they’re so busy documenting, I wonder whether they’re actually experiencing it,” said Peg Streep, who writes about psychology and millennials.

Streep pointed to a study by Linda Henkel of Fairfield University in Connecticut that found museum visitors remember more about what they’ve seen if they don’t take photos of the objects they’re viewing. That suggests that any type of picture-taking can take “you out of the moment of the experience and shifts your attention.”

Another concern is practical.

A real-time selfie from a far-off place tells the world you’re not home. Leora Halpern Lanz, of Long Island, New York, loves it when her three kids take vacation selfies because it’s their way “of validating where they were.”

Lanz says the widely criticized Auschwitz selfie also shows “the risks of kids posting on social media” when they don’t know what’s appropriate.

Breanna Mitchell, the young woman who took the smiling Auschwitz selfie, received death threats and messages urging her to kill herself after the image went

viral. In a video interview with TakePart Live, Mitchell said the selfie was misinterpreted. She’d studied World War II history with her father and they’d planned to visit historic sites together, but he died before they could make the trip.

Her selfie from the grounds of the concentration camp was her way of saying, “I finally made it here. I finally got where me and my daddy had always said we were going to go,” she told TakePart Live.

Looking back now on the selfie, she says, “I just went so wrong with that.”

Still, most travel selfies are innocent and purely celebratory — as well as being a way for teens to keep in touch with peers. Taylor Garcia, 17, who traveled to Texas this summer on a family road trip from Oklahoma, says selfies are a fun way to remember places like Disney, SeaWorld and the Caribbean, but she also takes them “because I want to show my friends what I’m doing.”

This undated photo provided by Christie’s shows Edouard Manet’s portrait of an actress, known by its French title “Le Printemps” (“spring”).

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NEW YORK — Edouard Manet’s portrait of an actress will star at Christie’s fall auction where it’s estimated to bring $25 million to $35 million.

The work is widely known by its French title, “Le Printemps,” which means “spring.” It’s been on loan at the National Gallery of Art for two decades.

The 1881 painting depicts actress

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This July 2014 photo provided by Adios Adventure Travel shows a group of American high school students, from left, Isabela Gettier, Elizabeth Thomas, Hannah Whitt Linsly and Stephanie Kirby posing for a group selfie on a trip to the Galapagos.

GOLDEN, Colorado — Marijuana can go in more than brownies and cookies. And the dizzying variety of foods that can be infused with the drug is complicating matters for regulators in Colorado, which legalized recreational pot earlier this year. A first meeting Friday of edible marijuana makers, state regulators and pot critics ran into controversy early. Many seem to agree that pot cookies and candies should come with identifiable markers or colors so they won’t be confused with regular foods. But what about marijuana-infused honey? Or pasta sauce?

Colorado in January became the first state to legalize recreational marijuana use to adults over 21, followed by Washington state. Since then, sales have boomed for edible pot, considered a tastier or healthier

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Bali exports ornamental fish DENPASAR - Bali earned US$1.16 million from exports of ornamental fish in the first five months of this year, according to the local industry and trade service.

Jeanne Demarsy with a frilly parasol, lacy bonnet and floral dress.

It’s being offered on Nov. 5. Christie’s says the painting has remained in the same family for over 100 years.

Sale proceeds will benefit a private American foundation that supports environmental, public health and other causes.

The current Manet auction record is for a self-portrait that sold for $33.3 million in 2010.

The value drops by 14.61 percent compared to the same period of last year which was recorded at US$1.36 million, data showed on Sunday.

However in terms of volume exports rose by 692.30 percent from 635,473 fish last year to 5.03 million fish.

Ornamental fish exports contribute 0.54 percent to the island’s total exports reaching US$215.04 million in value.

A local ornamental fish exporter, Made Sukerena, said countries in Europe have been the biggest markets of Bali’s ornamental fish while only few amounts have been exported to the US. He said he exported most of its fish to the European countries in addition to South Africa.

He said exporters seemed to still rely on sea conditions and fishermen to sustain their business as no businessman has been interested in culturing ornamental sea fish to meet export demands.

He said demands were good in Europe as well as a number of Asian countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and South Korea in addition to Australia and Russia.

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Bali earned US$1.16 million from exports of ornamental fish in the first five months of this year, according to the local industry and trade service.

Balinese project laborers increasingly marginalized Bali Post

DENPASAR - In addition to street vendors, Bali also ‘invaded’ by project workers from Java, NTB, and NTT. Moreover, many projects of hotel, villa and

housing complexes are being developed. Meanwhile, position of local workers are threatened to be marginalized because their wage is expensive and taking a lot of days off.

“In terms of quality, there is no rival to Balinese laborers. But too expensive wage and often taking day off make developers think twice to employ local laborers,” said I Gede Suardita, a property

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alternative to smoking weed. Now regulators are looking for ways to make sure no one accidentally eats or drinks the drug.

Congressman Jonathan Singer sponsored the new law requiring edible marijuana to be “clearly identifiable.” Marijuana food and drink makers helping write those regulations didn’t seem to oppose stamps or marks on easily-marked products like hard candies or chocolate bars.

But the workgroup tripped up when contemplating all the varieties of foods that can be infused with marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient, THC. They include liquids, powdered drink mixes, meats and cereals.

“How are we going to be able to make these edibles identifiable to the public, so that they know this is marijuana?” said Gina Carbone, a volunteer for SMART Colorado, a group critical of the marijuana industry.

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Workers are working to finishing a project in Denpasar, Bali Island. In addition to street vendors, Bali also is also ‘invaded’ by project workers from Java, NTB, and NTT.

entrepreneur.

In addition, according to the owner of PT Bumi Asri Sempaka, when wishing to compete, the paradigm of Balinese laborers preferring not to work when did not get appropriate daily wage, should be changed. Actually, it would be detrimental and worsen the family’s economy. “If they do not work, where will they get the cost of living? They do have a family, right?” he said.

Meanwhile, laborers from Java, in addition to offering lower wage, they were also rarely taking day off. At least, they took once a year during the Eid. “Nowadays, many works of installing natural stones are taken by laborers from outside Bali. Indeed, Balinese laborers have a good quality but in the long run if there is no brand or special skill they will get marginalized,” said Suardita.

This entrepreneur from Tabanan confirmed that most developers and property entrepreneurs in Bali employed laborers from outside Bali. The reason was the same where they were cheaper and taking less day off. Even, the large projects and hotels mushrooming in Kuta, South Kuta and Denpasar were employing laborers from Java and Eastern Indonesia.

“Our laborers are less competitive in many things such as asking more expensive wage, taking more days off, having innovation and courage. If they do not want to lose competitiveness, they must make mental revolu-

tion,” he said.

A property analyst, John Sahadewa, said that currently the education level of Balinese people had increased. On that account, many local communities had local genius skills acquired around their neighborhood. Consequently, they would be reluctant to work as laborer because there were better options.

“In the matter of wages, they are actually the same and standard, except for the artisan or specialist workers such as carver and gold leaf painter whose wages can reach 2 to 3 times higher than the ordinary artisans,” added John.

Meanwhile, the laborers from outside Bali, according to him, were widely hired because it was easy to get. By and large, they respectively had a coordinator.

When needing the laborers, the employer just needed to contact the coordinator and they would come in requested number. In addition, Javanese laborers were also ready to work and live at the project for months. If they wanted to go home, they did in turn. Most importantly, they could send money to family at their home village.

“Meanwhile, Balinese laborers are rather difficult to stay at project site. Other than gathering with family, they also frequently attend social works and customary activities at their home village. As a result, they take many days off because of frequent feasts and customary activities,” he said. (kmb36)

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People of Kubung Batu Jimbaran reject Benoa Bay reclamation

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MANGUPURA - The community of Kubung Batu, Jimbaran, Badung, participated in rejecting the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. However, the rejection was made in a different manner. Local people of Kubung Batu staged Joged Dance, Saturday night (Aug 2). At the location, they also spread banners containing the rejection against the reclamation plan and Presidential Regulation No. 51/2014.

The Head of Teba hamlet, AA Yusa Arsana Putra, said that his party was impossible to let the people of Tanjung Benoa reject the reclamation plan alone. According to him, the rejection against the reclamation should be first voiced by the regent of Badung and then by governor of Bali serving as the ruler of Bali territory.

“Supposedly both leaders should have stated their rejection.

If people are allowed to perform it individually, as if we do not have a regent or a governor. In terms of all aspects, the reclamation project plan is not at all favorable for Bali,” said Yusa.

His party hoped the regent and the governor immediately declared a firm stand. They should not seem to reject but did not dare openly to assert and implement the aspirations of Balinese people. Actually Balinese people had rejected the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. When it was done by force, seawater flood disaster would be inevitable.

“If I talk about Archimedes’ principle, all people ranging from the students of kindergarten, to elementary school will know that any object, wholly or partially immersed in a fluid, is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. I used to supervise the BSD project in Jakarta in 1984. In 1987, indeed no seawater flood happened, but after 2 to 3 years, Muara Angke and Muara Baru estuary were hit by seawater flood. It absolutely happened, it is

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impossible for the seawater flood not to happen,” he said.

On the other hand, Yusa also questioned why there was an idea of Benoa Bay reclamation plan. Actually, when the public and the government equally rejected the reclamation plan, it should not emerge to the public to result in the pros and cons in the community.

“If I may say slightly harder, what happens? It is a great question. When hamlet head is asked whether it agrees to reclamation and says no, the governor and the regent must say no. As a result, there will be no a feasibility study. Since one of us tries to give an opportunity, it then kindles the emergence of feasibility study and so on,” he explained.

Chairman of this Jimbaran Hamlet Head Forum added that the reclama-

tion was also often associated with increasing economic and employment.

Actually, there were many examples of projects involving investors, but at the end they did not provide any direct benefit to local community.

“Have a look at the BTDC! Do the people of Bualu and Nusa Dua really enjoy the magnificence of hotels at their location? Not necessarily. One can still find local people mowing grass. Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) should be aware that such a glamour development did not provide a significant impact to community,” he said.

Further, he said that such an example indicated if the government so far had never thought of empowerment. Rather than doing development that added to the shortness of Bali, said

Yusa, the government should further empower ordinary people. “Hotels must no longer be built on the edge of bypass road. It will be nonsense when talking about empowerment.

Necessarily, the residents must be asked to increase their room number.

If hotel rooms in South Kuta had been fully occupied, guests could sleep in the house of local community so the results of tourism could be enjoyed immediately by small community. The tourism agency should not even coach star hotels, what kind of aspects to be featured? Probably, our agencies will be yelled at by hotel GMs,” he said.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Tanjung Benoa Rejecting Benoa Bay Reclamation (TBTR), I Wayan Kartika, who was attending the activity claimed to be vivacious because the Jimbaran

community particularly at Kubung Batu also rejected the reclamation.

According to him, the reclamation was extremely inappropriate with social, customary and cultural aspect. Not to mention, Benoa Bay was also a reservoir of five watersheds. “Benoa Bay is confluence and spiritualists said it is the kundalini or center of potential energy of Bali. When Benoa Bay is disrupted, Bali will be paralyzed,” he said.

Kartika also left a message to the elect president of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, in order he was willing to struggle and hear the aspirations of Balinese people that reclamation was not worth performing.

“Presidential Regulation No.51/2014 must be revoked and nullified. This is our expectation as resident of South Kuta,” he concluded. (kmb12)

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NEW YORK — Ariana Grande is the new princess of pop, topping the charts with her addictive single “Problem,” impressing critics with her thick, gliding vocal range and maintaining an image that her young Nickelodeon fans can vibe with, signature ponytail and all.

The 21-year-old is having the best time of her life. But it’s also the worst.

Her grandfather, with whom she had a very close relationship, died last week.

“I personally felt like I’ve been not as appreciative as I could be of the music success I wanted all my life because I’ve been distracted by my grandfather and his health and this being such a dark time,” she said in an interview.

Grande said she hasn’t had much time to “sit back and realize and just enjoy” her musical breakthrough, and what’s coming next may not allow any time for it.

Her sophomore album, “My Everything,” arrives Aug. 25 at midnight, moments after the MTV Video Music Awards, where Grande is nominated for three moonmen. She released a new single, “Bang Bang,” this week with

Nicki Minaj and Jessie J, which quickly topped the iTunes charts. The Iggy Azalea-assisted “Problem,” which has sold 2.6 million tracks so far, is spending its 13th consecutive week in the Top 10 and another single, “Break Free,” is a rising radio hit.

MTV reprised its “Total Request Live” for a day for Grande. Amy Doyle, the network’s executive vice president of music and talent programming strategy, said MTV sat down with Grande’s team to plan ways to help launch her new album.

“If ‘TRL’ was around today, Ariana would be a fixture in the same way Britney (Spears) was when Britney was of the moment,” said Doyle, who said the network had been thinking of ways to bring back “TRL,” but hadn’t come up with the right idea until they thought of

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Grande. “She was absolutely the perfect artist to do that because her fans are active and she’s very social.”

The triumph in music comes a year after Grande released her debut, “Yours Truly,” which featured the multiplatinum Top 10 hit “The Way” and drew comparisons to Mariah Carey. At about the same time, Nickelodeon premiered “Sam & Cat,” which at times was the network’s most popular series. The network announced this month the show wouldn’t have a second season.

Grande is changing her image, but not drastically: She’s traded her puffy, princess-style dresses for miniskirts paired with knee-high boots. And Grande says she’s ready for the celebrity spotlight.

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Actress and animal rights activist Pamela Anderson holds a press conference in Torshavn at the Faeroe Islands on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014.

COPENHAGEN — A more than four century-old pilot whales drive in the Faeroe Islands is a “barbaric, psychotic frenzy” which should cease, actress and animal rights activist Pamela Anderson said Friday.

Anderson traveled to the semi-autonomous Danish archipelago between Scotland and Iceland to support a campaign by Seattlebased Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. It opposes the drives, which date from the late 16th century.

“We want to protect the whales, not fight the Faeroes,” the former “Baywatch” star told a news conference. “We hope to convince people here to move on to something else.”

The pilot whales are not an endangered species, but environmental activists claim the hunt is cruel. Sea Shepherd has spearheaded the opposition against the drive, known locally as grindadrab, since the 1980s.

Each year, islanders drive herds of pilot whales into shallow waters, where they are stabbed to death. A blow-hole hook — said to be harmless — is used to secure beached whales, and the spine and main artery leading to brain are severed with knives.

The drives are regulated by legislation, and the meat and blubber are shared on a community basis. Islanders kill up to 1,000 whales annually out of an estimated pilot whale population of 128,000 in the northeast Atlantic, according to data kept by the Faeroe Islands.

Agrotourism, a solution for saving agriculture through tourism IBP/Eka Adhiyasa

So far, the synergy between the agriculture and tourism in Bali continues to be debated. A member of the Indonesian Tourism Promotion Board (BPPI), Jro Mangku Nyoman Kandia, said the conflict of these two sectors could be resolved by the development of agrotourism.

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DENPASAR - So far, the synergy between the agriculture and tourism in Bali continues to be debated. A member of the Indonesian Tourism Promotion Board (BPPI), Jro Mangku Nyoman Kandia, said the conflict of these two sectors could be resolved by the development of agrotourism.

“Today, the agrotourism in Bali is increasingly in demand among foreign and domestic travelers.

People visiting the ecotourism can not only enjoy a healthy diet, but also give peace of mind,” said Mangku Kandia.

According to him, the ecotourism was also able to improve the welfare of local farmers. Ecotourism was one of the ways to increase

the income of farmers through the yielding of market-oriented products so that what produced by farmers could be sold easily.

“Through our agrotourism we attempt farmers to enjoy the contribution of tourism through their products. Additionally, it also educates farmers to create added value such as bamboo where farmers do not sell it in raw material,

but bamboo that has been processed into bamboo craft,” he said.

The presence of agrotourism, he added, farmers’ products could be directly purchased by travelers. Ecotourism still had many advantages other than serving as sustainable and eco-friendly tourism. “Agrotourism is also more widely developed at rural areas by involving local farmers. This can minimize urbanization as it is established at local village. Thus, the multiplier effect of tourism is clear,” he said.

He mentioned that agrotourism business was closely associated with cultural tourism. Thus, it would be sustainable and became

a tourist attraction. “Agrotourism is related to cultural tourism. This can be sustainable, so I try to open agrotourism. Now, making a non-cultural business will not attract travelers since they come due to cultural attraction,” he explained.

Nevertheless, the development of agribusiness, recognized Mangku Kandia, should consider several aspects such as the access to location, area and topography of land, availability of water and professional human resources.

Besides, the marketing strategy and target market should be determined clearly as well.

“More importantly, the agricul-

tural product can be absorbed by hotel market. All this time, the absorption of agricultural products by hotels in Bali stays in small amount, so it needs to be accelerated and can be mutually beneficial,” he said.

An economist from Warmadewa University (Unwar), I Wayan Arjana, previously stated that tourism in Bali had a strong relation to religious, cultural and agricultural life. “Our culture is basically an agrarian culture, highly dependent on agriculture.

Agriculture will remain to play strategic role in the development of tourism and modern Balinese society,” he said.

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