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‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ Rockets to No. 1 With $145 Million

LOS ANGELES - And just like that, Star-Lord and his band of super buddies are back on top of the box office.

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” blasted into domestic theaters this weekend to kick off the summer box office to the tune of $145 million at 4,347 locations. The latest from Disney and Marvel was expected to make $140 million, but possibly more by some analysts considering the studio’s track record and enthusiasm that the first go-around generated.

“We feel great. It is a spectacular number, period,” said Disney’s distribution chief Dave Hollis. “This is such a fresh and exciting film ... it’s the kind of event that gets people excited about going to theaters.”

Returning to deliver more bright colors, wise-cracks and another groovy soundtrack, James Gunn directed and scripted the movie starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, and Bradley Cooper as the titular guardians.

The film also features expanded roles for Karen Gillan and Michael Rooker, as well as prominent new characters played by Kurt Russell and Pom Klementieff. The movie functions as an escape thriller, and

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017 People gather with French and European flags near the Eiffel Tower and hold placards with the message, “France tells Hate: Never Again” the day after presidential elections in the country, in Paris, France, May 8, 2017.

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This image released by Disney-Marvel shows Zoe Saldana, from left, Karen Gillan, Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista and Rocket, voiced by Bradley Cooper, in a scene from, “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2.” an origin story for Pratt’s Peter Quill (aka Star-Lord). Gunn is already attached to write and direct the third “Guardians” movie.

“Guardians 2” came into its opening domestic weekend with well over $100 million in the bank from international ticket sales. It made

more than $106 million in its first weekend at 58% of overseas territories. This weekend the movie earned an estimated $124 million abroad after opening in several more major foreign markets including Korea, Russia and China. That raises the global weekend total to about $269

million and the movie’s total global take so far to $428 million.

The latest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe entered theaters with high expectations. When the original was released in 2014, it was a relatively unknown property that managed to smash records for

the month of August when it opened to more than $94 million domestically (still modest by Disney/Marvel standards). But word-of-mouth kept building, and by the end of its theatrical run, it had raked in $333 million domestically and $440 million overseas. (rtr)

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Nicki Minaj pays college costs for Twitter fans

LOS ANGELES - Nicki Minaj is putting some fans on scholarship. After a fan asked the hip-hop star if she would pay his college tuition on Twitter on Saturday night, Minaj agreed to pay fans’ school costs — on the condition that they show her perfect marks.

She wrote , “Show me straight A’s that I can verify w/ur school and I’ll pay it.”

Many French voters yet to be convinced by Macron

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A few dozen fans took Minaj up on the offer, posting screenshots of their grades.

Minaj replied individually to some throughout the night and agreed to pay other things like book costs and student loans.

Minaj wrapped up the contest after a few hours, but she promised to do it again in a month or two. (ap)

Macron on the move

French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's En Marche party is set to emerge as the largest in June parliamentary elections, according to an OpinionWay-SLPV Analytics poll for Les Echos.

PARLIAMENTARY VOTING INTENTIONS PREDICTED NUMBER OF SEATS (535 of 577, absolute majority 289) Socialists En Marche Conservatives National Front 15-25 28-43

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PARIS - Emmanuel Macron may have won Sunday’s presidential election complicated to really change something.” by a comfortable margin, but even his supporters’ enthusiasm is tempered by the scale of the challenge that the inexperienced politician faces in tackling ENTHUSIASM HAS ITS LIMITS Moreover, despite Macron’s determinedly France’s deep-seated economic, social and security problems.

Macron, a former economy minister who had never previously stood for elected office, beat far-right leader Marine Le Pen by 66 percent to 34 - a gap well above the 20 or so percentage points that surveys had predicted. Helen Lhuillier, a 73-year-old French Canadian who has lived in France for 40 years and attended his supporters’ victory rally outside the Louvre museum, said she liked Macron’s “policies and his personality, his enthusiasm”.

“What he has achieved in a year is impressive,” she said, before adding: “I hope he will be able to make progress, but we must be realistic. He has work to do.” That

work begins right away.

The 39-year-old centrist has promised to transcend the traditional right-left political divide that has allowed vested interests to block fundamental economic reforms.

And he will have to do just that to secure a parliamentary majority in June for a oneyear-old political movement that has never fielded candidates for election.

“We can only hope that France seizes its chance,” Parisian Michael Jeuga said on Monday. “It’s a new way of working, it’s a bit different to the right- and left-wing politics we normally have ... Now we have the legislative elections and it will be a bit

can-do attitude, the enthusiasm for the former investment banker has its limits. A poll of nearly 7,000 voters on Sunday by Harris Interactive found that 59 percent of Macron’s voters had chosen him primarily to stop Le Pen becoming president, reflecting the distaste that still clings to a party long considered a pariah in France for its xenophobic associations.

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To avoid outdone by South Bali, Buleleng boost tourism investment POSSIBLY Buleleng district does not want be outdone by South Bali, so that it optimizes the development of tourism investment in recent years. This effort is taken because many tourism potentials in this region have not been managed optimally. The development itself is not only carried out by the government, but also by local community and the role of third party (investor—Ed) that have intensively worked on marine tourism, natural scenery, agro-tourism and cultural attractions.

In line with the policy of central government, tourism development in Buleleng still refers to the national tourism strategic area (KSPN). In Bali alone, there are nine KSPNs where four of them are in Buleleng. They consist of the KSPN Bedugul covering the district of Tabanan and Buleleng; and the KSPN North Bali includes Lovina area currently becoming a tourist mascot of Buleleng up to Air Sanih in Kubutambahan and surrounding areas. In addition, two

other KSPNs are located in West Bali National Park covering Buleleng and Jembrana, and the KSPN Pemuteran and Menjangan Island.

Of the four established KSPNs, the Buleleng tourism office recently continued to make efforts to develop and change the regulation.

Each of the KSPN Buleleng has set up a tourist destination. Destination development has been conducted.

Originally, it was only recorded to reach 19 destinations but now has increased to 86 destinations.

Lovina Beach, one of the tourist attarction in Buleleng

This development is based on the concept of 3A, namely Attraction, Amenity and Accessibility.

Head of the Buleleng Tourism Office, Nyoman Sutrisna, said on Friday (May 5) that the development of tourism sector in the region remains to be dominated by third parties (investors). From the existing record, 70 percent of the tourism potential in Buleleng is currently developed by investors, both local and foreign ones.

In addition to hotels and restau-

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rants, the investors are also intent on managing villa business to the development of marine tourism or nature tourism.

“In details, the percentage of tourism investment in our region is still mostly carried out by investors.

This cannot be avoided because the potential still has not been managed optimally and then there is an interest, so that investors choose North Bali region to invest,” he said.

Although investors still dominate the tourism development, lately local communities through community groups have begun to be inspired to develop the tourism sector. In terms of percentage, the development by local residents only reaches 10 percent. The vigorous development undertaken is tourism village or managing local tourist attraction such as waterfall, selfie location and the development of cultural tourism village of Bali Aga. “The ones managed by local community have small percentage, but this measure has been very good because the community or village youth begins to be moved not to become a spectator in their own country, but even competing to manage the potential at hand. One of them is the Bali Aga tourism village development continuing to move forward and able to lure foreign travelers to visit Buleleng,” he explained.

What about the role of government? Sutrisna said the government itself has also helped develop tourism sector. Based on the record, the

tourism sector worked on by the government reaches 20 percent.

The involvement of government itself is not competing against the development by local people.

However, when more and more parties are participating in managing tourism potential in the region, it is believed the tourism industry will grow rapidly or even be able to defeat the development of famous tourism in South Bali.

“Why the government is also managing it because according to the policy and regulation, the development of this industry also empowers the five pillars, namely the society, government, private sector, college and the mass media, so that the potential can be managed optimally,” he explained.

In addition to also managing, the government also has a responsibility to equip supporting facilities or access to the tourist areas. One of the commitments to support the improvement of tourism facilities and infrastructure is disbursement of fund worth IDR 2.5 billion in 2017 allocated for the arrangement, maintenance and addition of facilities at tourist destinations. With this effort, the issues of infrastructure at tourist destination can be handled though carried out slowly.

“People also improve or do repair to infrastructure of the community-managed objects, while the government itself also allocates a budget this year valued at IDR 2.5 billion to tourism development and infrastructure,” explained Sutrisna. (kmb38)

Bali’s leader must develop tourism more than standards DENPASAR — Bali has been a tourism area since ancient times. So, the ideal leader of Bali is one who has the ability and willingness to develop tourism more than the expected standards. “It means that he or she should be sympathetic to tourism, have knowledge, must be able to communicate in international language, in this case English,” said Prof. Nyoman Darma Putra, the Head of Graduate Tourism Studies of Udayana University on Friday (May 5).

Bali’s leader must also master

the knowledge of Balinese culture because the tourism developed in Bali belongs to cultural tourism. “I think there are many suitable figures for this. This means that the gubernatorial candidate or the leader of Bali has a positive and sympathetic attitude to tourism so that he or she really appreciates and enjoys managing tourism,” he explained.

In addition, Bali’s leaders must have a good commitment to make regulations. According to him, the most important is to provide a budget for promotion outside and the development of

internal infrastructure. “If one of them is not worked on, the other will mean nothing,” he said.

Tourism promotion should be continuously carried out even though Bali has been well known and even named ‘the best island in the world’ by TripAdvisor.

Nevertheless, it should still be promoted. “Certainly, not everyone hears it. Do not let any governor that does not want to provide promotional funds due to this reason. Although it is important, subordinating tourism is not good,” he concluded.

Do not let the Bali’s leader consider that tourism affairs have become the affairs of others and then are promoted by others so as not to make further improvements.

“Do not let the governor say that Bali has advanced, we do not have to work hard any longer,” he joked.

So far, cooperation between the central and regional government in terms of tourism development in Bali has been running dynamically. He hoped it will continue to be maintained by the next leader.

“If central government is traveling for promotion, the elements of the

region must be invited and helped financially or facilitated to make overseas promotions,” he said.

Like in the development program, central government intensively provides guidance and budget for the development of tourist destinations in order to create branding. Regional promotions such as Bali are always involved. In the larger development, the cooperation should be done so that it becomes synchronous between the desire of the regional and central government. (kmb42)

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In this photo taken March 28, 2017, Rick Goetz, a program manager with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, checks on sablefish larvae growing in tanks where they feed on green algae at a research facility in Manchester, Wash. Scientists are studying sablefish genetics and investigating ways to make it easier and more efficient to commercially grow and farm the fish.

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PLTU generates most dirty emission gas

Researchers seek better ways to farm popular Pacific fish PORT ORCHARD — The dark gray fish prized for its buttery flavor live deep in the ocean, so researchers keep their lab cold and dark to simulate ideal conditions for sablefish larvae.

A biologist shines his dim red headlamp and uses an ultrasound to scan the belly of an anesthetized sablefish about the length of his forearm to tell if it’s female and has eggs to collect. He gently squeezes out hundreds of tiny, translucent eggs into a glass beaker.

After the eggs are fertilized externally, they’ll grow in large indoor tanks and some in floating net pens in Washington state’s Puget Sound to be used for research.

At this federal marine research station near Seattle, scientists are studying sablefish genetics and investigating ways to make it easier and more efficient to commercially grow the fish.

It is part of a larger effort by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support marine aquaculture as a solution to feed a growing demand worldwide for seafood.

People are consuming more fish than in previous decades, with average worldwide per capita consumption hitting 43 pounds (20 kilograms) a year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Fish consumption is expected to grow even more in coming years.

NOAA says aquaculture can relieve pressure on fishing populations and promote economic growth.

Fishermen along the U.S. West Coast, mostly in Alaska, catch millions of pounds of wild sablefish each year but no commercial sablefish net-pen farming exists in the U.S. Sablefish, also known as black cod or butterfish, are long-lived species that is native to the northeast Pacific Ocean and highly valued in Asia for its beneficial nutrients and delicate flavor. The fish are grilled, smoked, poached, roasted or served as sushi.

Michael Rubino, who directs the NOAA aquaculture program, noted that practices for farming fish in the U.S. meet very strict environmental regulations.

But some critics worry large-scale farms could harm wild fish stocks and ocean health, and some commercial fishermen worry about potential competition.

“This would be a big threat for us,” said Robert Alverson, executive director of the Fishing Vessel Owners’ Association, a Seattle-based group that represents about 95 commercial fishermen in Alaska, Oregon, Washington and California.

In 2015, fisherman harvested about 35 million pounds (16 million kilograms) of sablefish worth $113 million in the United States, all along the U.S. West Coast.

Of that, nearly two-thirds, or about 23 million pounds (10 million kilograms), were caught in Alaska, with smaller amounts in Oregon, Washington and California. Nearly half of the sablefish caught in the United States is exported, with a majority going to Japan. (ap)

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DENPASAR — Bali has four power plants, namely the Pesanggaran gas-fueled power plant (PLTG) and diesel-fueled power plant (PLTD) owned by Indonesia Power. The PLTD uses oil and diesel fuel, while PLTG uses gas.

Other than at Pesanggaran, the other power plant also sits at Gilimanuk namely the gasand steam-fueled power plant (PLTGU Gilimanuk). “So far, the PLTGU still uses oil fuel, while in the future it will use gas,” said I Nyoman Satya Kumara, lectur-

er at the Electrical Engineering, Udayana University.

At Celukan Bawang, the steam-fueled power plant (PLTU Celukan Bawang) uses coal as its fuel, while the PLTG Pemaron at Pemaron uses gas. “All fuels like gas, diesel, oil and coal are clas-

sified into non-renewable and their emissions have a negative impact,” he said.

In general, the negative impacts of generators are divided into two: local impacts in the form of (air, water, noise) pollution and global impacts in the

form of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The problem at issue in the world is the global impact of carbon dioxide emissions. It leads to greenhouse gases causing global warming.

In terms of emissions, the order of generator ranked from the cleanest to dirtiest is gas-fueled power plant, diesel-fueled power plant and steam-fueled power plant. The cleanest here refers

to a little exhaust gas emissions while the dirtiest is the generation of most exhaust gas emissions. All of these plants belong to the non-renewable generators.

If sorted by the price side, the power generation by using coal is the cheapest. The second cheapest is gas and then followed by diesel and oil. Thus, oil fuel is the most expensive. (kmb42)

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The U.S. Airforce’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 4 after landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 7, 2017.

Unmanned U.S. Air Force space plane lands after secret, 2-year mission

CAPE CANAVERAL - The U.S. military’s experimental X37B space plane landed on Sunday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a classified mission that lasted nearly two years, the Air Force said.

The unmanned X-37B, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, touched down at 7:47 a.m.

EDT (1147 GMT) on a runway formerly used for landings of the now-mothballed space shuttles, the Air Force said in an email.

The Boeing-built space plane blasted off in May 2015 from nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard an Atlas 5 rocket built by United Launch Alliance, a partnership between Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co. The X-37B, one of two in the Air Force fleet, conducted unspecified experiments for more than 700 days while in orbit. It was the fourth and lengthiest mission so far for the secretive

program, managed by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office.

The orbiters “perform risk reduction, experimentation and concept-of-operations development for reusable space vehicle technologies,” the Air Force has said without providing details.

The cost of the program is also classified.

The Secure World Foundation, a nonprofit group promoting the peaceful exploration of space, says the secrecy surrounding the X-37B suggests the presence of intelligence-related hardware being tested or evaluated aboard the craft.

The vehicles are 29 feet (9 meters) long and have a wingspan

of 15 feet, making them about one quarter of the size of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s now-retired space shuttles.

The X-37B, also known as Orbital Test Vehicle, or OTV, first flew in April 2010 and returned after eight months. A second mission launched in March 2011 and lasted 15 months, while a third took flight in December 2012 and returned after 22 months.

Sunday’s landing was the X37B’s first in Florida. The three previous landings took place at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Air Force relocated the program in 2014, taking over two of NASA’s former shuttleprocessing hangars.

The Air Force intends to launch the fifth X-37B mission from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, located just south of the Kennedy Space Center, later this year. (rtr)

The steam-fueled power plant (PLTU Celukan Bawang) uses coal as its fuel.

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IDI Buleleng investigates wrong medication case SINGARAJA — The Association of Indonesian Pharmacists (IAI) is serious about addressing the faults of drug administration at Buleleng public health center III and so is the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) of Buleleng Chapter. These professional organizations summoned the Head of the Buleleng public health center III, Dewa Made Suteja, and medical officer at the local public health, Gede Sudimartana, who presumably prescribed the medicine to patient Ketut Yasa, 58, a resident of Penarungan village, Buleleng.

Chairman of IDI Bule-

leng, Putu Sudarsana, said on Saturday (May 6) that from the results of investigation, the prescription written by the medical officer concerned has been in accordance with diagnosis. The result is confirmed by the results of examination against the prescription archives received in pharmacy.

In addition, the other evidence is obtained from prescription book carried by the medical officer.

According to Sudarsana, IDI just found a procedural fault in the service process. In addition, IDI also found the communication considered to be less ethical between med-

ical officer and patient when patient complained last Wednesday. At that time, the medical officer mentioned that a wrong ear drop previously given was actually a medicine to smooth the eyes.

“Prescription of the drug has been appropriate, but when given from the pharmacy was like that (ear drops). After the patient complained, there was unethical communication between medical officer and the patient,” he said.

From the results of clarification, the IDI Buleleng recommended that the doctor concerned should be withdrawn

from his service duties.

Although recommending the withdrawal of the doctor at the public health center, the whole authority to follow up this case depends on the Head of the Buleleng Health Agency, IGN Mahapramana.

“We just recommend so that he does not get contact with the service duties at the public health center. Temporarily, he can be in charge of management or the district health agency. This can be carried out depending on the decision of the head of the district health agency,” he said. (kmb38)

dr. Putu Sudarsana, Sp.OG.

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Emed-emedan Tradition, Maintain Togetherness and Kinship

BADUNG - As an expression of gratitude that people have implemented tapa bratha penyepian or penance, the day after Nyepi known as Ngembak Geni was filled with Majelangu Market by Tuban customary village on Wednesday (Mar. 29). Located along the highway of Tuban, the Majelangu Market was also filled with various activities, booth of merchants and implementation of emedemedan tradition.

Deputy Chief of Tuban customary village, in charge of Pawongan or social affairs, Ketut Lenen, said that on entering the third year, the Majelangu Market is held as a form of open house (simakrama) between residents around the neighborhood of Tuban village. Most booths of merchant were filled by residents in the neighborhood of Tuban customary village. A total of approximately 90 booths enlivened this annual event.

Related to the tradition of emed-emedan, said Lenen, in the past this activity was held in front of the village temple of Tuban under the banyan tree by using aerial roots of the banyan tree. Today, the emed-emedan tradition uses a rope as the means.

“This tradition was usually held right on Nyepi Day. However, this

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Made in North Korea: As tougher sanctions loom, more local goods in stores

PYONGYANG - From carrot-flavoured toothpaste and charcoal facemasks to motorcycles and solar panels, visitors to North Korea say they are seeing more and more locally made products in the isolated country’s shops and supermarkets, replacing mostly Chinese imports.

The meaning of emed-emedan tradition is to strengthen togetherness and familial relationship as well as to have fun. time Nyepi has gone worldwide, so that in honor of the Nyepi celebration, the emed-emedan tradition is moved to Ngembak

Geni,” he said.

According to Lenen, the meaning of emed-emedan tradition is to strengthen togetherness and

familial relationship as well as to have fun. In the past, participants consisted of young people, but today it is also followed by the

housewives coalesced into PKK group. “We hope that in the future this tradition can be more vibrant,” he said. (kmb)

Dengue still rampant, a 22-year-old juvenile killed

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The fogging has been held for two times only in Pabean hamlet, Ketewel, Sukawati.

GIANYAR — Virus of dengue fever claimed another casualty.

This time it claimed the life of Ni Wayan Mirah Adi Arini from Pabean hamlet, Ketewel, Sukawati, who died after undergoing treatment at Primagana Hospital on Friday morning (May 5). This 22year-old juvenile who daily works as a chef is also known to have experienced dengue symptoms since a month ago.

I Nyoman Lama, hamlet chief of Pabean, when asked for his confirmation justified if the resident who died on Friday morning was caused by dengue. He said that Ni Wayan Mirah Adi Arini has been ill since April 19. “Mirah has received medical treatment at Primagana Hospital, but is reported to have died this Friday morning,”

he said.

He disclosed that since February 2017 there have been about 25 cases of dengue fever at Pabean hamlet. One by one of local residents suffered the dengue, but only this time it claimed casualty. “Of the 25 cases, some have recovered and only Mirah experienced the condition like this,” he said.

He recognized that all this time the effort to handle dengue is quite lacking. Moreover, since February of this year, the fogging has been held for two times only, whereas his authority has repeatedly filed the fogging but was never realized. “The officer just came down after there is resident reported to have died of dengue. We are then directed to eradicate mosquito nests,” he said.

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Meanwhile, the Head of the Gianyar Health Agency, Ida Ayu Cahyani, who confirmed admitted that up to Friday afternoon she has not received any reports related to the increasing number of deaths due to dengue virus. “Until now, I have not received any reports, but we will definitely check this and immediately do the handling,” she said.

Cahyani also invited that all the components to participate in handling the transmission of dengue, namely by eradicating mosquito nests regularly. “The most important is the mosquito nets eradication carried out regularly. In addition, the larva monitoring officers at villages have also been optimized to minimize dengue cases,” he affirmed. (kmb45)

As the Trump administration considers tougher economic sanctions to push the isolated country towards dismantling its weapons programmes, North Korea is pursuing a dual strategy of developing both its military and economy.

The majority of consumer products in North Korea still come from China. But under leader Kim Jong Un, there’s been an attempt to sell more domestically made goods, to avoid any outflow of currency and to reinforce the national ideology of juche, or self-reliance, visiting businessmen say.

There is no available data to show how much is being produced domestically. Export data from countries like China and Malaysia, which sell consumer goods to North Korea, may not be an accurate reflection.

China’s commerce ministry declined to comment when asked whether China’s exports to North Korea were decreasing due to an increase in locally-made products.

Visitors say that with the impetus from the top, large North Korean companies like militarycontrolled Air Koryo, the operator of the national airline, and the

Naegohyang conglomerate have diversified into manufacturing consumer goods including cigarettes and sports clothing.

North Korea is one of the most insular countries in the world and visits by foreigners are highly regulated.

A Reuters team that was in the capital Pyongyang last month was allowed to go to a grocery store, accompanied by government minders, where shelves were filled with locally made drinks, biscuits and other basic food items. Other visitors have seen locally made canned goods, coffee, liquor, toothpaste, cosmetics, soap, bicycles and other goods on sale in the city.

“As new factories open, the branding, packaging and ingredients of our food products have improved,” said shop assistant Rhee Kyong-sook, 33.

Kim Chul-ung, a 39-year old physical education teacher visiting the store, said: “I can taste real fruit in the drinks that are made in North Korea, compared to drinks from other countries.”

Visitors say locally made consumer goods are becoming increasingly sophisticated and QR

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A vendor is pictured in a shop in a newly constructed residential complex after its opening ceremony in Ryomyong street in Pyongyang, North Korea April 13, 2017. Picture taken April 13, 2017. or matrix barcodes can been found on a wide range of products from make-up to soft drinks. Market vendors are also becoming more competitive, offering samples of their food to shoppers, something

they didn’t do five years ago.

“Around 2013, Kim Jong Un started talking about the need for import substitution,” said Andray Abrahamian of Choson Exchange, a Singapore-based group that trains

North Koreans in business skills.

“There was clearly recognition that too many products were being imported from China, not just high-end consumer goods but also lower-end ones like food.” (rtr)

Syria says up to 5,000 Chinese Uighurs fighting in militant groups

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Site of an oil field is seen at sunset in Karamay, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, May 7, 2017. Picture taken May 7, 2017.

BEIJING - Up to 5,000 ethnic Uighurs from China’s violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang are fighting in various militant groups in Syria, the Syrian ambassador to China said on Monday, adding that Beijing should be extremely concerned about it.

China is worried that Uighurs, a mostly Muslim people who speak a Turkic language, have gone to Syria and Iraq to fight for militants there, having travelled illegally via Southeast Asia and Turkey.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the killing of a Chinese hostage in 2015, highlighting China’s concern about Uighurs it says are fighting in the Middle East.

Hundreds of people have been killed in Xinjiang in the past few years, most in unrest between Uighurs and ethnic majority Han Chinese. The government blames the unrest on Islamist militants who want a separate state called East Turkestan.

Syria’s ambassador in Beijing, Imad Moustapha, told Reuters on the sidelines of a business forum that while some of the Uighurs were fighting with Islamic State, most were fighting “under their own banner” to promote their separatist cause.

“Our estimated numbers, because of the numbers we fight against, we kill, we capture, we wound, would be around 4-5,000 Xinjiang jihadists,” he said. “China as well as every other country should be extremely concerned.”

Beijing has never given a number for how many Uighurs it believes are fighting in the Middle East, but has repeatedly warned they pose a serious threat to China. It is not possible to independently verify the number of Uighurs in Syria. Rights groups and Uighur exiles say many Uighurs have fled to Turkey simply to escape Chinese repression at home, accusations Beijing denies.

Moustapha said China did not pick favourites with rebel groups, like Western countries, and China and Syria were cooperating to fight the threat.

“They don’t have a mixed message,” he said, referring to China.

“They understand the true nature of the ultra-Islamic jihadi doctrine of these groups.

Yes, we do exchange information and a little bit more than information regarding these terrorist groups,” he said, without elaborating. (rtr)

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Banks planning to move 9,000 jobs from Britain because of Brexit

LONDON - The largest global banks in London plan to move about 9,000 jobs to the continent in the next two years, public statements and information from sources shows, as the exodus of finance jobs starts to take shape.

Last week Standard Chartered and JPMorgan were the latest global banks to outline plans for their European operations after Brexit. They are among a growing number of lenders pushing ahead with plans to move operations from London.

Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein said in an interview on Friday that London’s growth as a financial centre could “stall” as a result of the upheaval caused by Brexit.

Thirteen major banks including Goldman Sachs, UBS, and Citigroup have given an indication of how they would bulk up their operations in Europe to secure market access to the European Union’s single market when Britain leaves the bloc.

Talks with financial authorities in Europe have been underway for several months, but banks are increasingly firming up plans to move staff and operations.

“It’s full speed ahead. We are in full motion with our contingency planning,” said the head of investment banking at one global bank in London. “There’s no waiting.” Although the moves would represent about 2 percent of London’s finance jobs, Britain’s tax revenues could be hit if it loses rich taxpayers working in financial services.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies - a think tank focused on budget issues - said in a report on Thursday the rest of the population will have to pay more if top earners move.

The exact number of jobs to leave will depend on the deal the British government strikes with the EU. Some politicians say bankers have exaggerated the threat to the economy from Brexit.

The plans of large banks such as Credit Suisse and Bank of America and many smaller banks are still unknown.

Frankfurt and Dublin are emerging as the biggest winners from the relocation plans. Six of the 13 banks favour opening a new office or moving the bulk their operations to Frankfurt.

Three of the banks will look to expand in Dublin.

Deutsche Bank said on Apr. 26 up to 4,000 UK jobs could be moved to Frankfurt and other locations in the EU as a result of Brexit - the largest potential move of any bank.

JPMorgan last week announced plans to move hundreds of roles to three European cities in the next two years. This is still significantly lower than the 4,000 figure JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon first estimated before the vote.

Estimates for possible finance-related job losses from Brexit are on a broad range from 4,000 to 232,000, according to separate reports by Oliver Wyman and Ernst & Young.(rtr)

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A Standard Chartered bank branch in Singapore October 11, 2016.

A mother plays with her children on the beach during sunset in Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, April 29, 2017.

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A general view of Macau peninsula, China October 8, 2015. Picture taken October 8, 2015.

China’s April trade growth slows as commodities, electronics demand cools

Beijing - China’s import growth slowed faster than expected in April, as inbound shipments of commodities such as iron ore and copper weakened, while export growth more than halved, in line with a general cooling in demand for electronic gadgets. China’s April imports rose 11.9 percent, cooling from March’s 20.3 percent rise, official data showed on Monday, and missing analysts’ expectations for an 18 percent rise.

Exports rose 8.0 percent from a year earlier, slowing from a 16.4 percent rise in the previous month and short of expectations of 10.4 percent.

While the data shows trade remained robust at the beginning of the second quarter, analysts say the spurt in China’s economic growth seen in the first three months of the year may be as good as it gets as policymakers seek to tighten speculative investment, especially in the property sector.

“Looking ahead, we expect export growth to hold up well given the relatively bright outlook for the global economy this year,” Capital Economics China economist Julian Evans-Pritchard said in a note.

“Growth in inbound shipments will continue to face headwinds, however.

In particular, policy tightening will further weigh on domestic demand in coming quarters.”

April’s numbers left the country with a trade surplus of $38.05 billion,

which compared with forecasts for $35.50 billion, and above $23.93 billion in March. The April trade figures are preliminary, with revised data due on May 23. China’s imports of crude oil, iron ore and copper all fell by volume compared with March, with the data in line with a recent survey of purchasing managers in the manufacturing sector showing April expansion was the slowest in six months.

Despite the slowdown, imports year-to-date are still up 20.8 percent by value, compared with 8.1 percent growth for exports over the first four months, though analysts say imports could slow further this year. While China’s economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter, policymakers have moved to reduce financial risks in the economy and stamp out speculative activity in the property market.

Commodity imports have also been hit by falling prices, with iron ore and steel hitting multi-month lows on China’s future markets in April

amid concern over rising inventories. China’s producer price inflation slowed in March for the first time in seven months, with price gains expected to continue to cool.

Exports of electronics and machinery products increased 2 percent year-on-year in April, customs data showed, slowing from 12.3 percent growth in March.

FRICTION China’s surplus with the United States widened in April, meaning pressure from the U.S. for action on the trade imbalance is not likely to go away anytime soon. The surplus with the U.S. was $21.34 billion in April, up from $17.74 billion in March and higher than the year-ago period, according to data from China’s customs bureau.

Exports to the United States, China’s largest export market, rose 11.7 percent in April from a year earlier while imports from the U.S. rose 1.5 percent. (rtr)

Temporary Tattoos in Tanah Lot Indeed Different Tanah Lot tourist attraction is known as the icon of Bali tourism. The attraction relying on the blend of natural and cultural tourism has various interesting and unique tourist attraction. Apart from beautiful sunset, it also offers panorama the temple perching amid the sea, ritual procession becoming cultural attractions and various nice trinkets for family or close friends.

Other than serving as a place to relax, Tanah Lot is also a popular place to shop. Lately, temporary tattoo becomes the main attraction to visitors of Tanah Lot. “Tattoo also draws the attention of travelers visiting Tanah Lot. Tattoo gives a special experience for them when making a visit to Tanah Lot,” said the public relations officer of Tanah Lot, Kadek Suarniti.

Tattoo makers at Tanah Lot do have their own expertise. They make their own design, without using any mock. Their imagination is very high, so that their tattoo works have advantages.

“We have our respective advantages in making the tattoo,” said Wayan, a tattoo maker.

At Tanah Lot, there are nine tattoo booths operated by Balinese natives. A total of six booths sit in the main road access to Tanah Lot Temple, while three others in the west of the object. All the tattoo makers offer various designs, but the most favorites

are tribal style, butterflies and others. “Most visitors request tribal images,” he said.

Visitors can choose the location anywhere. They are professional tattoo makers where no needles or no pain occur, let alone a scream. The tattoo makes use of some chemical substances. Tattoo making will require approximately 15 minutes. “Visitors may choose a picture they like best such as birds, butterflies, abstract figures or a naked woman,” said Wayan.

A wide variety of tattoo images are available to choose from. Visitors can choose permanent or temporary tattoos.

Chinese and Taiwanese visitors like best to make tattoo at Tanah Lot, while some Australian visitors prefer a special image. “There are always visitors dropping in and asking to make a tattoo,” said Wayan without mentioning the exact number of tattoo-making visitors each day. (kmb)

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Tenganan Village

Tenganan is one of Bali’s ancient traditional villages –known as Bali Aga villages and is located in Manggis, Karangasem.

The people of Tanganan follow a pattern of life determined by customary rules or bylawas, known as awig-awig. Locale people follow the guidelines of the awig-awig that was passed down from their ancestors.

The design and spatial layout of the buildings of Teganan are still original and thus comply with customary rules regarding architecture giving this village a unique appearance. Tenganan also has a distinctive traditional attire made from geringsing woven fabric. The people of Tenganan and other Bali Aga villages have different beliefs than the rest of the Balinese. For example the people of Tenganan do not recognize caste.

Tenganan village also has a unique tradition known as the pandanus war named for the thorny pandanus leaves with which the participants are armed as this ceremonial yet visceral ‘war’ every June. Visitors are welcome to watch as the villagers of Tenganan show respect to Lord Indra –the god of war by engaging in ceremonial battle with one and other wearing traditional pegrinsgingan sarongs, shawls and a headband. Before the pandanus war begins, residents of Tenganan perform a ngelawang procession that involves moving around the village pleadingfor alvation. (kmb)

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The poll, for M6 television, also found Le Pen’s supporters to be far more convinced by their candidate’s policies and qualities: 56 percent of Le Pen voters found that she spoke to their concerns, while only 21 percent of Macron voters said the same of him.

Macron plans to tackle a decade of slow growth and rising unemployment by overhauling France’s labour market, simplifying the tax and pension systems, paring back regulations and spending more on education, not least in deprived areas.

Le Pen offered a radically different vision, proposing to pull France out of the euro, hold a referendum on European Union membership, and impose protectionist trade policies to shield French workers from what she called “savage globalisation”.

Benjamin Boss, a 26-year-old bank worker, on Monday contrasted Macron’s win with Britain’s vote last year to leave the European Union and the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president. He said France had rejected those who wanted to “build borders and walls, and reject immigrants”. “Now we have a person who really wants progress, so it’s absolutely exceptional,” he said.

One of those at Sunday’s victory rally, 50-year-old nuclear technician Alain Perrouault, said he had voted for Macron primarily to counter Le Pen. “I want to live in a democracy,” he said. He added that he would also vote for Macron’s party in the parliamentary election, “so that he can govern”.

“LESSER OF TWO EVILS” Macron will be hoping that most voters take a similarly pragmatic line as he tackles a to-do list of unemployment around 10 percent, simmering tensions in deprived suburbs, and the home-grown Islamist radicalisation that has contributed to a wave of attacks since 2015.

Unlike in the presidential election, where the traditional ruling parties were eliminated in the first round, they will once more be a force to be reckoned with in the lower house elections.

IT worker Saskia Jenesen said the sight at the Louvre of “all the young people who were really motivated by politics” had given her hope - but that Sunday’s poll had seemed like a choice between “the lesser of two evils”. And many clearly shared that view - particularly those on the left who vehemently opposed Le Pen but found Macron’s plans to reduce corporate tax and cut public sector jobs unpalatable.

A record 11.5 percent of votes cast were either blank or spoiled, while a near-record total of 25.4 percent of registered voters abstained altogether, official figures showed.

Even the so-called “Republican Front” - a bipartisan movement that crushed the second-round chances of Le Pen’s father, Jean-Marie, in the 2002 election - proved much weaker this time around.

With 34 percent, Marine Le Pen almost doubled her father’s score.

Harris’s analysis suggested she had picked up significant numbers of votes in the runoff from supporters of both the centre-right and even the far-left candidate who were eliminated in the first round.

This made clear that Le Pen’s attempts to “de-toxify” the image of her party - whose founder, her father Jean-Marie, has multiple convictions for inciting discrimination and hatred and for minimising the Holocaust - had met with some success, even if she fell short of her goal.

Jean-Francois Perier, 76, speaking at Le Pen’s post-election event, said last week’s candidates’ debate had gone wrong for her.

“Clearly, she didn’t pass the test. There is something I can’t figure out that didn’t work. Now we can hope for a rebound in the parliamentary election.”(rtr)

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Indonesia to disband hardline Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir JAKARTA - Indonesia is to disband an Islamist group that calls for a state based on sharia law, citing concern it undermines a secular state ideology in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country, officials said on Monday. Chief security minister Wiranto said a government panel had evaluated Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), which seeks to establish an Islamic caliphate, and decided to take legal steps to disband it.

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Outgoing French President Francois Hollande (R) reaches out to touch President-elect Emmanuel Macron, as they attend a ceremony to mark the end of World War II at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, May 8, 2017.

Macron wins French presidency, to European allies’ relief

PARIS - Emmanuel Macron was elected French president on Sunday with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of the European Union.

The centrist’s emphatic victory, which also smashed the dominance of France’s mainstream parties, will bring huge relief to European allies who had feared another populist upheaval to follow Britain’s vote to quit the EU and Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president.

The euro currency, hit a sixmonth high agaisnt the dollar whiel Asian shares gained and U.S. stocks brfiefly touched a record high.

With virtually all votes counted, Macron had topped 66 percent against just under 34 percent for Le Pen - a gap wider than the 20 or so percentage points that pre-election surveys had suggested.

Even so, it was a record performance for the National Front, a party whose anti-immigrant policies once made it a pariah, and underlined the scale of the divisions that Macron must now try to heal.

After winning the first round two weeks ago, Macron had been accused of behaving as if he was already president. On Sunday

night, with victory finally sealed, he was much more solemn.

“I know the divisions in our nation, which have led some to vote for the extremes. I respect them,” Macron said in an address at his campaign headquarters, shown live on television.

“I know the anger, the anxiety, the doubts that very many of you have also expressed. It’s my responsibility to hear them,” he said. “I will work to recreate the link between Europe and its peoples, between Europe and citizens.”

Later he strode alone almost grimly through the courtyard of the Louvre Palace in central Paris to the strains of the EU anthem, Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, not breaking into a smile until he mounted the stage of his victory rally to the cheers of his partying supporters.

His immediate challenge will be to secure a majority in next month’s parliamentary election for a political movement that is barely a year old, rebranded as La Republique En Marche (“Onward the Republic”), in order to implement his programme.

EUROPE DEFENDED Outgoing president Francois Hollande, who brought Macron into politics, said the result “confirms that a very large majority of our fellow citizens wanted to unite around the values of the Republic and show their attachment to the European Union”.

Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, told Macron: “I am delighted that the ideas you defended of a strong and progressive Europe, which protects all its citizens, will be those that you will carry into your presidency.”

Macron spoke by phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with whom he hopes to revitalise the Franco-German axis at the heart of the EU, saying he planned to visit Berlin shortly.

Trump tweeted his congratulations on Macron’s “big win”, saying he looked forward to working with him. Chinese President Xi Jinping said China was willing to help push SinoFrench ties to a higher level, according to state news agency Xinhua. (rtr)

The group is the Indonesian branch of Hizb ut-Tahrir, a global Islamist party that has been banned in some Arab and Central Asian countries.

“The activities of HTI strongly indicate that they are in conflict with the Pancasila and the constitution,” said Wiranto, who uses only one name.

Pancasila is Indonesia’s state ideology, which includes belief in god, the unity of the country, social justice and democracy, and which enshrines religious diversity in an officially secular system. “Their activities create tensions in society, threaten security and order, and unity,” Wiranto added.

He denied that the decision meant the government was opposed to Islamic organisations. The ban comes amid concern over the rising influence of Islamist groups in Indonesia, which is home to sizeable

communities of Buddhists, Hindus, Christians and people who adhere to traditional beliefs.

A spokeswoman for HTI, Iffa Nur, urged the government not to disband the group, saying every citizen had a right to organise and HTI was just delivering Islamic teaching. Nur said there should have been dialogue before a legal process was started and her group was monitoring the situation.

Islamist vigilante groups, banned under the authoritarian regime of former President Suharto, which ended in 1998, have expanded in recent years. Though usually small and on the fringes of society, such groups are seen as a threat to Indonesia’s tradition of pluralism and moderate Islam.

One such group, the Islamic Defenders Forum (FPI), shot to promi-

nence during a recent election for governor in the capital, Jakarta.

The group was instrumental in mobilizing hundreds of thousands of Muslims against the Christian incumbent over accusations he insulted Islam.

HTI was among the groups that supported the rallies. Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama lost the election to a Muslim rival, who was endorsed, among others, by the FPI. Purnama is on trial for blasphemy after being accused of insulting the Koran. He has denied wrongdoing.

The charge stems from his criticism of rival politicians for citing the Koran to argue that Muslims should not vote for non-Muslims.

The trial is widely seen as a test of Indonesia’s religious tolerance. A verdict is due on Tuesday.(rtr)

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Indonesia hardline Muslim group members protest to call for maximum punishment to be imposed on Jakarta governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama ahead of the verdict of a blasphemy trial in front of Supreme Court in Jakarta, Indonesia May 5, 2017. Poster reads: “Ahok, the trouble maker.”

Indonesia to probe jail MUI tolds religious leaders to break as 150 inmates defend state ideology Pancasila remain on the run

JAKARTA - Indonesia has launched an investigation into accusations of mistreatment by prison guards, after around 350 inmates broke out of an overcrowded jail on Sumatra island in Riau Province last week, an official said on Monday.

Three days after the mass escape, 151 prisoners were still on the run and 197 have been recaptured, Ferdinand Siagian, the head of Riau Province’s Law Ministry office, which oversees Pekanbaru prison, told Reuters.

“We are carrying out a deep investigation into the serving officers,” said Siagian, adding that the warden of the prison had been transferred to a different post.

Before the prison break, prisoners had complained about mistreatment, accusing some

guards of violence, Siagian told Metro TV on Friday.

Family members of Pekanbaru inmates also said guards had extorted money from prisoners and their families to ensure they had sleeping space or to speed up visits, according to media.

The Pekanbaru prison housed about 1,800 prisoners, but was only meant to hold up to 700 inmates, a Riau police spokesman said.

To address overcrowding, Siagian said Riau’s Law Ministry office was building a new prison to house drug-related inmates.

Indonesia’s war on narcotics has led to a spike in the number of convicted drug offenders, s t r e t c h i n g a n a l r e a d y o v e rwhelmed prison system.(ap)

PALU - The Palu city branch of the Indonesian Council of Islamic Scholars (MUI), Central Sulawesi, told religious leaders in the region to be united in defending the state ideology Pancasila and the integrity of the Unitary State of Indonesia.

Chairman of the Palu MUI Prof.

Dr. H. Zainal Abidin said Pancasila as a state ideology has to be defended and may not be replaced with other ideology.

“Pancasila has become a principle that units us as a nation under the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia,” the professor said.

The expert in modern Islam noted there were lately certain groups organizing move against the state ideology and the motto of Unity in Diversity.

The motto of Unity in Diversity in the Unitary State needs to be strengthened and improved in quality by involving religious leaders of all faiths, he said.

He said the threat has to be seriously addressed before it is out of control, adding participation and involvement of religious leaders is determinant to defend the state and the state philosophy.

“Religious leaders - Islam, Christian, Hindu and Buddha, etc.- should need to take active participation in maintaining the national integrity,” he said.

The rector of the State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Palu described the threat to national integrity as serious that has to be dealt with seriously in addition to intolerance, radicalism and group that seeks to replace Pancasila.

“MUI as a religious proselytizing agency would come to the people to ask them to maintain and promote religious harmony,” he said.

Earlier in Jakarta, MUI Chairman KH Maruf Amin said Indonesia has Indonesia adopted and agrees with system of republic as a national pillar.

“Indonesia adopts and agrees with system of republic as a national pillar. We no longer need to talk about khilafah,” Maruf Amin said after the opening of a Muslim Economic Congress 2017 in the capital city last month.

Maruf was asked to comment about move by Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) to convene an “International Khilafah Forum” in the capital city. The forum was suspected as seeking to replace the present government system with caliphate (Khilafah).

He said Indonesian leaders from any religious sects already agreed with the existing system and the rise of new system would only trigger new instability.

“Agreement is already reached.

This noise about khilafah is caused by a new group that wants other system,” Maruf Amin said commenting on plan to hold “International Khilafah Forum” in Jakarta.(ant)

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Jean-Francois Fichot

GIANYAR - Jean-François Fichot is the eponymous flagship store of a late French designer and collector, and resides amongst a row of shops and restaurants on Jalan Raya Pengosekan, east of the Ubud Monkey Forest. This gorgeously laid out boutique hosts a vast collection of the works of art from a man who had devoted most of his life scouring the globe for unusual, natural materials, which he later passionately incorporated into one-of-a-kind, contemporary jewellery and home decor pieces.

Most are on sale, with several pieces obviously only for die-hard fine art collectors.

Jean-François Fichot set off to explore the world in the late 1960s, tracing the Silk Road, wandering through India’s Cochin backstreets for antiques, picking up old French perfume bottles in Cuba, and searching for cut emeralds in Bangkok. He stayed for several years in Goa, and then moved on to Southeast Asia, to Malaysia and Thailand, before settling on Bali in 1978. Falling in love with Ubud’s

artistic atmosphere, he built his house and studio here. With the help of a small group of skilled Balinese craftsmen, Jean-François grew his business, producing wearable art and luxury tabletop items.

His passion lives on through his niece Chloe, who continues to oversee the current design and production since his passing away in Cuba in 2011.

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The boutique of Jean FrancoisFichot comprises two main sections. The first you’ll walk into is the main gallery, largely displaying home decor with glass displays and finely polished wooden cabinets, and the gallery’s lounge furniture are also intricately carved sets, elaborately lined with silver and gold. On another tabletop there’s an antique Roman glass bowl from

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Afghanistan delicately edged in vine-like 22k yellow gold, and a carved green aventurine statue of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh, embellished with raw diamonds, Burmese lavender and Chinese jade, silver and 18k gold.

The ladies at the store are happy to provide you with a tour, explaining each item in detail with its background story, material info and crafting processes. You might even be lucky enough to meet Chloe in person.

In the northeast section is a smaller private room that houses the exquisite jewellery collection. An open-beam ceiling with a Victorian chandelier and a regal sofa surrounded by brightly lit cabinets filled with glitzy trinkets is an impressive sight. Among the collection are beautiful cowry shell bracelets and floral motif Afghan bangles intertwined with golden and silver studs. A unique ‘gorgone naga’ made of Cuban sea fans is set with tourmalines, rubies, gold and silver, inspired by the common Balinese bracelets worn by priests.

Gorgone (French for ‘sea fan’) is often used in jewellery for its deep black lustre. It is sometimes found washed up on tropical beaches, and is very pliable when heated.

Creatively combining rare, organic and antique materials with 22k gold, sterling silver, and gemstones of different colours, cuts and sizes, the products resemble polished ancient treasures rather than ordinary wearable jewellery.

The late designer’s vision was to produce new one-off items from already rare and mysterious objects that eclipse their own original functions. Perhaps in no other gallery will you be able to find items from most of the world’s ancient cultures – Hindu, Buddhist, China’s Song and Tang dynasties, Mesopotamia, Rome and Egypt – all inside one small boutique. Prices are in US dollars, and you can bring home a gold studded sterling silver bracelet for $1,2000 or a 22k golden ring set with a rectangular fiery ruby for $15,579. The production team also accepts special orders for tailormade items. (IBP/net)

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

International

Cilic downs Raonic in battle of big servers to win Istanbul title

ISTANBUL - Marin Cilic warmed up for this month’s French Open by capturing his first claycourt title in five years with a 7-6(3) 6-3 win over Canadian top seed Milos Raonic in the Istanbul Open final on Sunday.

The Croatian second seed fired down nine aces and saved all seven break points he faced to emerge triumphant in the battle of the big servers.

The 28-year-old claimed only his second claycourt title, and 17th overall, after not dropping a set all week.

“I’m on a good track and feeling very well,” Cilic, whose only

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tournaments - two Masters 1000 events and the French Open.”

After frustrating Raonic by bagging the closely-fought first set, Cilic capitalised on two double faults to break for a 3-1 lead in the second set. The 2014 U.S. Open champion wriggled out of trouble in the next game despite being 0-40 down and completed victory with an ace on his

second championship point.

“The critical points came in the tiebreak. I managed to play a really good tiebreak and hit a few great backhands down the line,” added Cilic.

“Then in the second set, getting that break and holding for 3-1 was definitely the deciding moment.” (rtr)

Thomas lobbies for calls with Celtics-Wizards series tied

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previous claycourt title came on home soil in Umag in 2012, told reporters.

“In these last three or four weeks on clay, it’s never easy, but I’m trying to get better with every match. This week was a big one for me and a good sign for the rest of the claycourt season. I hope I can improve in these upcoming three

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Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas (4) goes to the basket past Washington Wizards guard John Wall (2) during the second half in Game 4 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series, Sunday, May 7, 2017, in Washington.

WASHINGTON — Isaiah Thomas feels as though he was shut down by the Washington Wizards and the referees in Game 4. Thomas said after the Boston Celtics’ 121-102 loss Sunday that the officiating needs to change as the NBA second-round series continues after the Wizards played him hard in holding him to two points after the first 15 minutes.

“They were very physical. The refs were allowing them to hold and grab and do all those things,” Thomas said. “It’s got to be called differently. ... I can’t be allowed to be held and grabbed every pin-down, every screen and I don’t even shoot one free throw. I play the same way each and every night. That has to change.”

Thomas acknowledged that the Wizards’ 26-0 third-quarter run was the reason for the result, not the officiating. But with the series returning to Boston for Game 5 on Wednesday, he began to lobby for more calls after not going to the free throw line once.

The 5-foot-9 All-Star guard had 53 points in the Celtics’ Game 2 overtime victory and was bottled up with 13 and 19

in Washington. He started Game 4 shooting 5 for 5 from 3-point territory with 17 points and was held to two more on 1-of-7 shooting the rest of the way.

“They obviously were locked into him the whole game, but obviously more so after the barrage of 3s,” Celtics coach Brad Stevens said, crediting the Wizards for switching and sticking on Thomas off pickand-rolls. “They were really up into him.”

Being physical was the plan with Thomas, Wizards guard Bradley Beal said.

Coach Scott Brooks complimented his big men for keeping their hands up to avoid fouling Thomas, but Beal was more than willing to make contact when necessary.

“Our goal is just take him out of the game and just continue to be physical with him,” Beal said. “He runs around the floor all day, I’ve been chasing him all first half.

I just wanted to come in and just be physical with him.”

Containing Thomas is no easy task.

Games 3 and 4 marked the first time in his NBA career that he fell short of 20 points back to back. When he had five quick 3s

Sunday, it looked like another opportunity for Thomas to take over and potentially put Boston on the verge of facing the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference final.

“We made quite a few mistakes early,” Brooks said. “We can’t have that. If you do, it’s what you see: a 3, a 3, a drive, a 3, a 3, a drive. You have to be able to execute our game plan, and with that even being said it’s not a guarantee that he’s going to miss shots. ... He had wide-open looks and they made an adjustment and I think we did a good job of figuring that out.”

The onus is now on Thomas and the Celtics to adjust back for Game 5 and beyond. He said it was up to his team to make the Wizards pay for giving him so much attention. But as they do that, he also wants a few whistles.

“I’m just going to keep fighting,” Thomas said. “If they’re going to allow them to be aggressive on me and physical on me, they should allow me to do the same thing back and I felt like (Sunday) I wanted to be physical on the defensive end and I was called for some cheap ones. But there’s no excuse. Just got to figure it out.” (ap)

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Critics question Mourinho’s negative approach

LONDON - For all his mitigating talk of injuries and Europa League commitments, Manchester United’s Jose Mourinho is struggling to throw off his reputation as a risk-averse manager whose teams no longer match their main rivals.

A blizzard of statistics accompanies each Premier League games these days and Sunday’s 2-0 defeat at Arsenal threw up a particularly damning one - no Mourinho team has scored away against a big six team since January 2015 when Chelsea lost 5-3 to Spurs.

This season United have appeared particularly negative in drawing blanks at every major rival, with the same expected at Tottenham Hotspur next Sunday when Mourinho predicted it will be impossible to compete properly three days after the Europa League semi-final second leg against Celta Vigo.

Not everyone buys into his logic, however, with former Ireland striker Tony Cascarino among several accusing him of negativity. “Jose Mourinho isn’t doing enough with this Manchester United team,” wrote Cascarino in the Times.

“We know he can be conservative away from home but he’s showing the opposition too much respect by sitting deep and not attacking away from Old Trafford. There’s

almost a sense of fear about the players and that isn’t what United fans expect. “At the minute there is little for their rivals to worry about.”

Anyone who witnessed the bank of United midfielders camping in front of the defence on Sunday would struggle to disagree. Mourinho believes it will be “impossible” to finish in the top four but that might be down to his own negativity in a season when other teams, most notably Spurs, have reaped rewards for adventure.

Against Arsenal, Mourinho was probably alone in quibbling with the result.

“We didn’t deserve to lose,” he said. “The game was under control. Our chances were the big chances of the match. I was happy with the players.”

Among the standouts was Italian full back Matteo Darmian who man-marked Mesut Ozil whenever the German ghosted into United’s half, but critics might argue with the negative brief. So far this season, United have also scrambled goalless draws at Liverpool and Manchester City, appearing second best in both games, and lost

4-0 at Chelsea. Defeat at Spurs could see them slip to sixth, having already drawn 14 games this season.

“I don’t ever see United playing the way certain supporters want (with wingers providing width),” former Arsenal and England defender Nigel Winterburn told Sky Sports.

“But Jose Mourinho will say ‘yes but I will win you trophies’.” The manager’s credit column this season already contains the League Cup, with the Europa League possibly to come.

While most clubs would equate that with success, United are different. How they play matters and qualification for next season’s Champions League, which will be secured if they triumph in the May 24 Europa League final in Sweden, might further expose the deficiencies of the Mourinho brand. If they cannot travel to their major English rivals and win, what chance do they have at the Nou Camp or the Bernabeu where Real Madrid and Barcelona usually score for fun?

So next season could define Mourinho.

The very least expected after another summer of heavy spending is that United unleash their creative talent, not ask those players to track back and scramble more draws.(rtr)

Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante has been named Player of the Year by the Football Writers Association(FWA) on Monday, adding to his list of accolades this season, including the PFA Player of the Year award.

Kante, who joined leaders Chelsea from champions Leicester City in July, is on course to win consecutive Premier League titles. He came out on top of 17 players that received votes, including five of his Chelsea team mates.

“It is a fantastic honour to win this award,” Kante told the FWA website. (footballwriters.co.uk) “With so many great players in this Chelsea squad and in the Premier League, for the Football Writers’ Association to name me their Footballer of the Year is a very proud moment in my career.”(rtr)

Bangladeshi wins seat for Asian women on FIFA Council

MANAMA — Mahfuza Akhter of Bangladesh has beaten Australian rival Moya Dodd for a seat on the FIFA Council reserved for an Asian woman. Just before the Asian Football Confederation vote Monday, Palestinian and North Korean candidates withdrew.

Akhter, a member of the AFC executive committee, has a term through 2019 on the FIFA Council after beating Dodd 27-17. Dodd served on FIFA’s ruling body from 2013-16.

Three men who were seeking three other Asian seats on the FIFA Council were confirmed by acclamation: Zhang Jian of China, Mariano Varaneta of Philippines and Chung Mong-gyu of South Korea.

Asian Olympic head Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah withdrew and lost his seat after being accused of bribery by American authorities. The Kuwaiti sheikh denies any wrongdoing.(ap) A member of staff walks towards the building hosting the AFC, Asian Football Confederation Congress 2017, in Manama, Bahrain, Sunday, May 7, 2017.

Roma’s Francesco Totti arrives before the match.

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Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante in action

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Roma coach Spalletti exasperated over Totti situation

MILAN - AS Roma coach Luciano Spalletti is fed up with discussing 40-year-old Francesco Totti, saying he would not have taken the job in the first place if he had known it was going to be such a thorny subject.

Totti is in his 25th season at his only professional club, who have announced that he would retire when is contract ended in June.

However, the attacking midfielder has been used sparingly

by Spalletti this season with his 15 Serie A appearances including just one start and two halftime introductions from the bench. In most other games, he has been brought on less than 20 minutes from the end.

“If I could go back in time, I would never have come to coach Roma,”

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said Spalletti when asked why he did not bring on Totti during Sunday’s 4-1 league win at AC Milan.

“When I bring him on for the last five minutes you say I’m making a fool of him and I lack respect.

Let’s take the time to agree on what I should do,” he said in postmatch television interviews.

“When I took over, I said that it’s not for me to manage Totti’s legacy -- I must manage Totti the footballer. “Last season, he did well to make the most of his opportunities and he finished the campaign excellently but I don’t know what to do now.

“The club are there watching and we need to keep our chances of finishing second alive. I’m sorry, I’ll be more careful next time.

“Next time, we’ll form a co-

operative. We’ll have a collective vote and the ones who get the most votes will play.”

Roma need to finish second to qualify directly for next season’s Champions League group stage and Spalletti said he was not comfortable when the score was only 2-0 midway through the second half.

“The game was still open and they were coming at us with their forward line. If I’m the only one who saw it that way, maybe you guys are right but I’ve been criticised when he’s played five minutes,” he added.

“I’ve seen games in which we’ve conceded goals in the space of a few minutes. The team was a bit weary. I don’t know what to say, I’m sorry.”(rtr)

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Critics question Mourinho’s negative approach

LONDON - For all his mitigating talk of injuries and Europa League commitments, Manchester United’s Jose Mourinho is struggling to throw off his reputation as a risk-averse manager whose teams no longer match their main rivals.

A blizzard of statistics accompanies each Premier League games these days and Sunday’s 2-0 defeat at Arsenal threw up a particularly damning one - no Mourinho team has scored away against a big six team since January 2015 when Chelsea lost 5-3 to Spurs.

This season United have appeared particularly negative in drawing blanks at every major rival, with the same expected at Tottenham Hotspur next Sunday when Mourinho predicted it will be impossible to compete properly three days after the Europa League semi-final second leg against Celta Vigo.

Not everyone buys into his logic, however, with former Ireland striker Tony Cascarino among several accusing him of negativity. “Jose Mourinho isn’t doing enough with this Manchester United team,” wrote Cascarino in the Times.

“We know he can be conservative away from home but he’s showing the opposition too much respect by sitting deep and not attacking away from Old Trafford. There’s

almost a sense of fear about the players and that isn’t what United fans expect. “At the minute there is little for their rivals to worry about.”

Anyone who witnessed the bank of United midfielders camping in front of the defence on Sunday would struggle to disagree. Mourinho believes it will be “impossible” to finish in the top four but that might be down to his own negativity in a season when other teams, most notably Spurs, have reaped rewards for adventure.

Against Arsenal, Mourinho was probably alone in quibbling with the result.

“We didn’t deserve to lose,” he said. “The game was under control. Our chances were the big chances of the match. I was happy with the players.”

Among the standouts was Italian full back Matteo Darmian who man-marked Mesut Ozil whenever the German ghosted into United’s half, but critics might argue with the negative brief. So far this season, United have also scrambled goalless draws at Liverpool and Manchester City, appearing second best in both games, and lost

4-0 at Chelsea. Defeat at Spurs could see them slip to sixth, having already drawn 14 games this season.

“I don’t ever see United playing the way certain supporters want (with wingers providing width),” former Arsenal and England defender Nigel Winterburn told Sky Sports.

“But Jose Mourinho will say ‘yes but I will win you trophies’.” The manager’s credit column this season already contains the League Cup, with the Europa League possibly to come.

While most clubs would equate that with success, United are different. How they play matters and qualification for next season’s Champions League, which will be secured if they triumph in the May 24 Europa League final in Sweden, might further expose the deficiencies of the Mourinho brand. If they cannot travel to their major English rivals and win, what chance do they have at the Nou Camp or the Bernabeu where Real Madrid and Barcelona usually score for fun?

So next season could define Mourinho.

The very least expected after another summer of heavy spending is that United unleash their creative talent, not ask those players to track back and scramble more draws.(rtr)

Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante has been named Player of the Year by the Football Writers Association(FWA) on Monday, adding to his list of accolades this season, including the PFA Player of the Year award.

Kante, who joined leaders Chelsea from champions Leicester City in July, is on course to win consecutive Premier League titles. He came out on top of 17 players that received votes, including five of his Chelsea team mates.

“It is a fantastic honour to win this award,” Kante told the FWA website. (footballwriters.co.uk) “With so many great players in this Chelsea squad and in the Premier League, for the Football Writers’ Association to name me their Footballer of the Year is a very proud moment in my career.”(rtr)

Bangladeshi wins seat for Asian women on FIFA Council

MANAMA — Mahfuza Akhter of Bangladesh has beaten Australian rival Moya Dodd for a seat on the FIFA Council reserved for an Asian woman. Just before the Asian Football Confederation vote Monday, Palestinian and North Korean candidates withdrew.

Akhter, a member of the AFC executive committee, has a term through 2019 on the FIFA Council after beating Dodd 27-17. Dodd served on FIFA’s ruling body from 2013-16.

Three men who were seeking three other Asian seats on the FIFA Council were confirmed by acclamation: Zhang Jian of China, Mariano Varaneta of Philippines and Chung Mong-gyu of South Korea.

Asian Olympic head Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah withdrew and lost his seat after being accused of bribery by American authorities. The Kuwaiti sheikh denies any wrongdoing.(ap) A member of staff walks towards the building hosting the AFC, Asian Football Confederation Congress 2017, in Manama, Bahrain, Sunday, May 7, 2017.

Roma’s Francesco Totti arrives before the match.

Action Images via Reuters / John Sibley

Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante in action

REUTERS/Giorgio Perottino/File Photo

Roma coach Spalletti exasperated over Totti situation

MILAN - AS Roma coach Luciano Spalletti is fed up with discussing 40-year-old Francesco Totti, saying he would not have taken the job in the first place if he had known it was going to be such a thorny subject.

Totti is in his 25th season at his only professional club, who have announced that he would retire when is contract ended in June.

However, the attacking midfielder has been used sparingly

by Spalletti this season with his 15 Serie A appearances including just one start and two halftime introductions from the bench. In most other games, he has been brought on less than 20 minutes from the end.

“If I could go back in time, I would never have come to coach Roma,”

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said Spalletti when asked why he did not bring on Totti during Sunday’s 4-1 league win at AC Milan.

“When I bring him on for the last five minutes you say I’m making a fool of him and I lack respect.

Let’s take the time to agree on what I should do,” he said in postmatch television interviews.

“When I took over, I said that it’s not for me to manage Totti’s legacy -- I must manage Totti the footballer. “Last season, he did well to make the most of his opportunities and he finished the campaign excellently but I don’t know what to do now.

“The club are there watching and we need to keep our chances of finishing second alive. I’m sorry, I’ll be more careful next time.

“Next time, we’ll form a co-

operative. We’ll have a collective vote and the ones who get the most votes will play.”

Roma need to finish second to qualify directly for next season’s Champions League group stage and Spalletti said he was not comfortable when the score was only 2-0 midway through the second half.

“The game was still open and they were coming at us with their forward line. If I’m the only one who saw it that way, maybe you guys are right but I’ve been criticised when he’s played five minutes,” he added.

“I’ve seen games in which we’ve conceded goals in the space of a few minutes. The team was a bit weary. I don’t know what to say, I’m sorry.”(rtr)

AP Photo/Rob Harris

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Jean-Francois Fichot

GIANYAR - Jean-François Fichot is the eponymous flagship store of a late French designer and collector, and resides amongst a row of shops and restaurants on Jalan Raya Pengosekan, east of the Ubud Monkey Forest. This gorgeously laid out boutique hosts a vast collection of the works of art from a man who had devoted most of his life scouring the globe for unusual, natural materials, which he later passionately incorporated into one-of-a-kind, contemporary jewellery and home decor pieces.

Most are on sale, with several pieces obviously only for die-hard fine art collectors.

Jean-François Fichot set off to explore the world in the late 1960s, tracing the Silk Road, wandering through India’s Cochin backstreets for antiques, picking up old French perfume bottles in Cuba, and searching for cut emeralds in Bangkok. He stayed for several years in Goa, and then moved on to Southeast Asia, to Malaysia and Thailand, before settling on Bali in 1978. Falling in love with Ubud’s

artistic atmosphere, he built his house and studio here. With the help of a small group of skilled Balinese craftsmen, Jean-François grew his business, producing wearable art and luxury tabletop items.

His passion lives on through his niece Chloe, who continues to oversee the current design and production since his passing away in Cuba in 2011.

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The boutique of Jean FrancoisFichot comprises two main sections. The first you’ll walk into is the main gallery, largely displaying home decor with glass displays and finely polished wooden cabinets, and the gallery’s lounge furniture are also intricately carved sets, elaborately lined with silver and gold. On another tabletop there’s an antique Roman glass bowl from

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Afghanistan delicately edged in vine-like 22k yellow gold, and a carved green aventurine statue of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh, embellished with raw diamonds, Burmese lavender and Chinese jade, silver and 18k gold.

The ladies at the store are happy to provide you with a tour, explaining each item in detail with its background story, material info and crafting processes. You might even be lucky enough to meet Chloe in person.

In the northeast section is a smaller private room that houses the exquisite jewellery collection. An open-beam ceiling with a Victorian chandelier and a regal sofa surrounded by brightly lit cabinets filled with glitzy trinkets is an impressive sight. Among the collection are beautiful cowry shell bracelets and floral motif Afghan bangles intertwined with golden and silver studs. A unique ‘gorgone naga’ made of Cuban sea fans is set with tourmalines, rubies, gold and silver, inspired by the common Balinese bracelets worn by priests.

Gorgone (French for ‘sea fan’) is often used in jewellery for its deep black lustre. It is sometimes found washed up on tropical beaches, and is very pliable when heated.

Creatively combining rare, organic and antique materials with 22k gold, sterling silver, and gemstones of different colours, cuts and sizes, the products resemble polished ancient treasures rather than ordinary wearable jewellery.

The late designer’s vision was to produce new one-off items from already rare and mysterious objects that eclipse their own original functions. Perhaps in no other gallery will you be able to find items from most of the world’s ancient cultures – Hindu, Buddhist, China’s Song and Tang dynasties, Mesopotamia, Rome and Egypt – all inside one small boutique. Prices are in US dollars, and you can bring home a gold studded sterling silver bracelet for $1,2000 or a 22k golden ring set with a rectangular fiery ruby for $15,579. The production team also accepts special orders for tailormade items. (IBP/net)

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

International

Cilic downs Raonic in battle of big servers to win Istanbul title

ISTANBUL - Marin Cilic warmed up for this month’s French Open by capturing his first claycourt title in five years with a 7-6(3) 6-3 win over Canadian top seed Milos Raonic in the Istanbul Open final on Sunday.

The Croatian second seed fired down nine aces and saved all seven break points he faced to emerge triumphant in the battle of the big servers.

The 28-year-old claimed only his second claycourt title, and 17th overall, after not dropping a set all week.

“I’m on a good track and feeling very well,” Cilic, whose only

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tournaments - two Masters 1000 events and the French Open.”

After frustrating Raonic by bagging the closely-fought first set, Cilic capitalised on two double faults to break for a 3-1 lead in the second set. The 2014 U.S. Open champion wriggled out of trouble in the next game despite being 0-40 down and completed victory with an ace on his

second championship point.

“The critical points came in the tiebreak. I managed to play a really good tiebreak and hit a few great backhands down the line,” added Cilic.

“Then in the second set, getting that break and holding for 3-1 was definitely the deciding moment.” (rtr)

Thomas lobbies for calls with Celtics-Wizards series tied

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previous claycourt title came on home soil in Umag in 2012, told reporters.

“In these last three or four weeks on clay, it’s never easy, but I’m trying to get better with every match. This week was a big one for me and a good sign for the rest of the claycourt season. I hope I can improve in these upcoming three

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Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas (4) goes to the basket past Washington Wizards guard John Wall (2) during the second half in Game 4 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series, Sunday, May 7, 2017, in Washington.

WASHINGTON — Isaiah Thomas feels as though he was shut down by the Washington Wizards and the referees in Game 4. Thomas said after the Boston Celtics’ 121-102 loss Sunday that the officiating needs to change as the NBA second-round series continues after the Wizards played him hard in holding him to two points after the first 15 minutes.

“They were very physical. The refs were allowing them to hold and grab and do all those things,” Thomas said. “It’s got to be called differently. ... I can’t be allowed to be held and grabbed every pin-down, every screen and I don’t even shoot one free throw. I play the same way each and every night. That has to change.”

Thomas acknowledged that the Wizards’ 26-0 third-quarter run was the reason for the result, not the officiating. But with the series returning to Boston for Game 5 on Wednesday, he began to lobby for more calls after not going to the free throw line once.

The 5-foot-9 All-Star guard had 53 points in the Celtics’ Game 2 overtime victory and was bottled up with 13 and 19

in Washington. He started Game 4 shooting 5 for 5 from 3-point territory with 17 points and was held to two more on 1-of-7 shooting the rest of the way.

“They obviously were locked into him the whole game, but obviously more so after the barrage of 3s,” Celtics coach Brad Stevens said, crediting the Wizards for switching and sticking on Thomas off pickand-rolls. “They were really up into him.”

Being physical was the plan with Thomas, Wizards guard Bradley Beal said.

Coach Scott Brooks complimented his big men for keeping their hands up to avoid fouling Thomas, but Beal was more than willing to make contact when necessary.

“Our goal is just take him out of the game and just continue to be physical with him,” Beal said. “He runs around the floor all day, I’ve been chasing him all first half.

I just wanted to come in and just be physical with him.”

Containing Thomas is no easy task.

Games 3 and 4 marked the first time in his NBA career that he fell short of 20 points back to back. When he had five quick 3s

Sunday, it looked like another opportunity for Thomas to take over and potentially put Boston on the verge of facing the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference final.

“We made quite a few mistakes early,” Brooks said. “We can’t have that. If you do, it’s what you see: a 3, a 3, a drive, a 3, a 3, a drive. You have to be able to execute our game plan, and with that even being said it’s not a guarantee that he’s going to miss shots. ... He had wide-open looks and they made an adjustment and I think we did a good job of figuring that out.”

The onus is now on Thomas and the Celtics to adjust back for Game 5 and beyond. He said it was up to his team to make the Wizards pay for giving him so much attention. But as they do that, he also wants a few whistles.

“I’m just going to keep fighting,” Thomas said. “If they’re going to allow them to be aggressive on me and physical on me, they should allow me to do the same thing back and I felt like (Sunday) I wanted to be physical on the defensive end and I was called for some cheap ones. But there’s no excuse. Just got to figure it out.” (ap)

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The poll, for M6 television, also found Le Pen’s supporters to be far more convinced by their candidate’s policies and qualities: 56 percent of Le Pen voters found that she spoke to their concerns, while only 21 percent of Macron voters said the same of him.

Macron plans to tackle a decade of slow growth and rising unemployment by overhauling France’s labour market, simplifying the tax and pension systems, paring back regulations and spending more on education, not least in deprived areas.

Le Pen offered a radically different vision, proposing to pull France out of the euro, hold a referendum on European Union membership, and impose protectionist trade policies to shield French workers from what she called “savage globalisation”.

Benjamin Boss, a 26-year-old bank worker, on Monday contrasted Macron’s win with Britain’s vote last year to leave the European Union and the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president. He said France had rejected those who wanted to “build borders and walls, and reject immigrants”. “Now we have a person who really wants progress, so it’s absolutely exceptional,” he said.

One of those at Sunday’s victory rally, 50-year-old nuclear technician Alain Perrouault, said he had voted for Macron primarily to counter Le Pen. “I want to live in a democracy,” he said. He added that he would also vote for Macron’s party in the parliamentary election, “so that he can govern”.

“LESSER OF TWO EVILS” Macron will be hoping that most voters take a similarly pragmatic line as he tackles a to-do list of unemployment around 10 percent, simmering tensions in deprived suburbs, and the home-grown Islamist radicalisation that has contributed to a wave of attacks since 2015.

Unlike in the presidential election, where the traditional ruling parties were eliminated in the first round, they will once more be a force to be reckoned with in the lower house elections.

IT worker Saskia Jenesen said the sight at the Louvre of “all the young people who were really motivated by politics” had given her hope - but that Sunday’s poll had seemed like a choice between “the lesser of two evils”. And many clearly shared that view - particularly those on the left who vehemently opposed Le Pen but found Macron’s plans to reduce corporate tax and cut public sector jobs unpalatable.

A record 11.5 percent of votes cast were either blank or spoiled, while a near-record total of 25.4 percent of registered voters abstained altogether, official figures showed.

Even the so-called “Republican Front” - a bipartisan movement that crushed the second-round chances of Le Pen’s father, Jean-Marie, in the 2002 election - proved much weaker this time around.

With 34 percent, Marine Le Pen almost doubled her father’s score.

Harris’s analysis suggested she had picked up significant numbers of votes in the runoff from supporters of both the centre-right and even the far-left candidate who were eliminated in the first round.

This made clear that Le Pen’s attempts to “de-toxify” the image of her party - whose founder, her father Jean-Marie, has multiple convictions for inciting discrimination and hatred and for minimising the Holocaust - had met with some success, even if she fell short of her goal.

Jean-Francois Perier, 76, speaking at Le Pen’s post-election event, said last week’s candidates’ debate had gone wrong for her.

“Clearly, she didn’t pass the test. There is something I can’t figure out that didn’t work. Now we can hope for a rebound in the parliamentary election.”(rtr)

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Indonesia to disband hardline Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir JAKARTA - Indonesia is to disband an Islamist group that calls for a state based on sharia law, citing concern it undermines a secular state ideology in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country, officials said on Monday. Chief security minister Wiranto said a government panel had evaluated Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), which seeks to establish an Islamic caliphate, and decided to take legal steps to disband it.

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Outgoing French President Francois Hollande (R) reaches out to touch President-elect Emmanuel Macron, as they attend a ceremony to mark the end of World War II at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, May 8, 2017.

Macron wins French presidency, to European allies’ relief

PARIS - Emmanuel Macron was elected French president on Sunday with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of the European Union.

The centrist’s emphatic victory, which also smashed the dominance of France’s mainstream parties, will bring huge relief to European allies who had feared another populist upheaval to follow Britain’s vote to quit the EU and Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president.

The euro currency, hit a sixmonth high agaisnt the dollar whiel Asian shares gained and U.S. stocks brfiefly touched a record high.

With virtually all votes counted, Macron had topped 66 percent against just under 34 percent for Le Pen - a gap wider than the 20 or so percentage points that pre-election surveys had suggested.

Even so, it was a record performance for the National Front, a party whose anti-immigrant policies once made it a pariah, and underlined the scale of the divisions that Macron must now try to heal.

After winning the first round two weeks ago, Macron had been accused of behaving as if he was already president. On Sunday

night, with victory finally sealed, he was much more solemn.

“I know the divisions in our nation, which have led some to vote for the extremes. I respect them,” Macron said in an address at his campaign headquarters, shown live on television.

“I know the anger, the anxiety, the doubts that very many of you have also expressed. It’s my responsibility to hear them,” he said. “I will work to recreate the link between Europe and its peoples, between Europe and citizens.”

Later he strode alone almost grimly through the courtyard of the Louvre Palace in central Paris to the strains of the EU anthem, Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, not breaking into a smile until he mounted the stage of his victory rally to the cheers of his partying supporters.

His immediate challenge will be to secure a majority in next month’s parliamentary election for a political movement that is barely a year old, rebranded as La Republique En Marche (“Onward the Republic”), in order to implement his programme.

EUROPE DEFENDED Outgoing president Francois Hollande, who brought Macron into politics, said the result “confirms that a very large majority of our fellow citizens wanted to unite around the values of the Republic and show their attachment to the European Union”.

Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, told Macron: “I am delighted that the ideas you defended of a strong and progressive Europe, which protects all its citizens, will be those that you will carry into your presidency.”

Macron spoke by phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with whom he hopes to revitalise the Franco-German axis at the heart of the EU, saying he planned to visit Berlin shortly.

Trump tweeted his congratulations on Macron’s “big win”, saying he looked forward to working with him. Chinese President Xi Jinping said China was willing to help push SinoFrench ties to a higher level, according to state news agency Xinhua. (rtr)

The group is the Indonesian branch of Hizb ut-Tahrir, a global Islamist party that has been banned in some Arab and Central Asian countries.

“The activities of HTI strongly indicate that they are in conflict with the Pancasila and the constitution,” said Wiranto, who uses only one name.

Pancasila is Indonesia’s state ideology, which includes belief in god, the unity of the country, social justice and democracy, and which enshrines religious diversity in an officially secular system. “Their activities create tensions in society, threaten security and order, and unity,” Wiranto added.

He denied that the decision meant the government was opposed to Islamic organisations. The ban comes amid concern over the rising influence of Islamist groups in Indonesia, which is home to sizeable

communities of Buddhists, Hindus, Christians and people who adhere to traditional beliefs.

A spokeswoman for HTI, Iffa Nur, urged the government not to disband the group, saying every citizen had a right to organise and HTI was just delivering Islamic teaching. Nur said there should have been dialogue before a legal process was started and her group was monitoring the situation.

Islamist vigilante groups, banned under the authoritarian regime of former President Suharto, which ended in 1998, have expanded in recent years. Though usually small and on the fringes of society, such groups are seen as a threat to Indonesia’s tradition of pluralism and moderate Islam.

One such group, the Islamic Defenders Forum (FPI), shot to promi-

nence during a recent election for governor in the capital, Jakarta.

The group was instrumental in mobilizing hundreds of thousands of Muslims against the Christian incumbent over accusations he insulted Islam.

HTI was among the groups that supported the rallies. Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama lost the election to a Muslim rival, who was endorsed, among others, by the FPI. Purnama is on trial for blasphemy after being accused of insulting the Koran. He has denied wrongdoing.

The charge stems from his criticism of rival politicians for citing the Koran to argue that Muslims should not vote for non-Muslims.

The trial is widely seen as a test of Indonesia’s religious tolerance. A verdict is due on Tuesday.(rtr)

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Indonesia hardline Muslim group members protest to call for maximum punishment to be imposed on Jakarta governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama ahead of the verdict of a blasphemy trial in front of Supreme Court in Jakarta, Indonesia May 5, 2017. Poster reads: “Ahok, the trouble maker.”

Indonesia to probe jail MUI tolds religious leaders to break as 150 inmates defend state ideology Pancasila remain on the run

JAKARTA - Indonesia has launched an investigation into accusations of mistreatment by prison guards, after around 350 inmates broke out of an overcrowded jail on Sumatra island in Riau Province last week, an official said on Monday.

Three days after the mass escape, 151 prisoners were still on the run and 197 have been recaptured, Ferdinand Siagian, the head of Riau Province’s Law Ministry office, which oversees Pekanbaru prison, told Reuters.

“We are carrying out a deep investigation into the serving officers,” said Siagian, adding that the warden of the prison had been transferred to a different post.

Before the prison break, prisoners had complained about mistreatment, accusing some

guards of violence, Siagian told Metro TV on Friday.

Family members of Pekanbaru inmates also said guards had extorted money from prisoners and their families to ensure they had sleeping space or to speed up visits, according to media.

The Pekanbaru prison housed about 1,800 prisoners, but was only meant to hold up to 700 inmates, a Riau police spokesman said.

To address overcrowding, Siagian said Riau’s Law Ministry office was building a new prison to house drug-related inmates.

Indonesia’s war on narcotics has led to a spike in the number of convicted drug offenders, s t r e t c h i n g a n a l r e a d y o v e rwhelmed prison system.(ap)

PALU - The Palu city branch of the Indonesian Council of Islamic Scholars (MUI), Central Sulawesi, told religious leaders in the region to be united in defending the state ideology Pancasila and the integrity of the Unitary State of Indonesia.

Chairman of the Palu MUI Prof.

Dr. H. Zainal Abidin said Pancasila as a state ideology has to be defended and may not be replaced with other ideology.

“Pancasila has become a principle that units us as a nation under the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia,” the professor said.

The expert in modern Islam noted there were lately certain groups organizing move against the state ideology and the motto of Unity in Diversity.

The motto of Unity in Diversity in the Unitary State needs to be strengthened and improved in quality by involving religious leaders of all faiths, he said.

He said the threat has to be seriously addressed before it is out of control, adding participation and involvement of religious leaders is determinant to defend the state and the state philosophy.

“Religious leaders - Islam, Christian, Hindu and Buddha, etc.- should need to take active participation in maintaining the national integrity,” he said.

The rector of the State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Palu described the threat to national integrity as serious that has to be dealt with seriously in addition to intolerance, radicalism and group that seeks to replace Pancasila.

“MUI as a religious proselytizing agency would come to the people to ask them to maintain and promote religious harmony,” he said.

Earlier in Jakarta, MUI Chairman KH Maruf Amin said Indonesia has Indonesia adopted and agrees with system of republic as a national pillar.

“Indonesia adopts and agrees with system of republic as a national pillar. We no longer need to talk about khilafah,” Maruf Amin said after the opening of a Muslim Economic Congress 2017 in the capital city last month.

Maruf was asked to comment about move by Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) to convene an “International Khilafah Forum” in the capital city. The forum was suspected as seeking to replace the present government system with caliphate (Khilafah).

He said Indonesian leaders from any religious sects already agreed with the existing system and the rise of new system would only trigger new instability.

“Agreement is already reached.

This noise about khilafah is caused by a new group that wants other system,” Maruf Amin said commenting on plan to hold “International Khilafah Forum” in Jakarta.(ant)

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Banks planning to move 9,000 jobs from Britain because of Brexit

LONDON - The largest global banks in London plan to move about 9,000 jobs to the continent in the next two years, public statements and information from sources shows, as the exodus of finance jobs starts to take shape.

Last week Standard Chartered and JPMorgan were the latest global banks to outline plans for their European operations after Brexit. They are among a growing number of lenders pushing ahead with plans to move operations from London.

Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein said in an interview on Friday that London’s growth as a financial centre could “stall” as a result of the upheaval caused by Brexit.

Thirteen major banks including Goldman Sachs, UBS, and Citigroup have given an indication of how they would bulk up their operations in Europe to secure market access to the European Union’s single market when Britain leaves the bloc.

Talks with financial authorities in Europe have been underway for several months, but banks are increasingly firming up plans to move staff and operations.

“It’s full speed ahead. We are in full motion with our contingency planning,” said the head of investment banking at one global bank in London. “There’s no waiting.” Although the moves would represent about 2 percent of London’s finance jobs, Britain’s tax revenues could be hit if it loses rich taxpayers working in financial services.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies - a think tank focused on budget issues - said in a report on Thursday the rest of the population will have to pay more if top earners move.

The exact number of jobs to leave will depend on the deal the British government strikes with the EU. Some politicians say bankers have exaggerated the threat to the economy from Brexit.

The plans of large banks such as Credit Suisse and Bank of America and many smaller banks are still unknown.

Frankfurt and Dublin are emerging as the biggest winners from the relocation plans. Six of the 13 banks favour opening a new office or moving the bulk their operations to Frankfurt.

Three of the banks will look to expand in Dublin.

Deutsche Bank said on Apr. 26 up to 4,000 UK jobs could be moved to Frankfurt and other locations in the EU as a result of Brexit - the largest potential move of any bank.

JPMorgan last week announced plans to move hundreds of roles to three European cities in the next two years. This is still significantly lower than the 4,000 figure JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon first estimated before the vote.

Estimates for possible finance-related job losses from Brexit are on a broad range from 4,000 to 232,000, according to separate reports by Oliver Wyman and Ernst & Young.(rtr)

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A Standard Chartered bank branch in Singapore October 11, 2016.

A mother plays with her children on the beach during sunset in Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, April 29, 2017.

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A general view of Macau peninsula, China October 8, 2015. Picture taken October 8, 2015.

China’s April trade growth slows as commodities, electronics demand cools

Beijing - China’s import growth slowed faster than expected in April, as inbound shipments of commodities such as iron ore and copper weakened, while export growth more than halved, in line with a general cooling in demand for electronic gadgets. China’s April imports rose 11.9 percent, cooling from March’s 20.3 percent rise, official data showed on Monday, and missing analysts’ expectations for an 18 percent rise.

Exports rose 8.0 percent from a year earlier, slowing from a 16.4 percent rise in the previous month and short of expectations of 10.4 percent.

While the data shows trade remained robust at the beginning of the second quarter, analysts say the spurt in China’s economic growth seen in the first three months of the year may be as good as it gets as policymakers seek to tighten speculative investment, especially in the property sector.

“Looking ahead, we expect export growth to hold up well given the relatively bright outlook for the global economy this year,” Capital Economics China economist Julian Evans-Pritchard said in a note.

“Growth in inbound shipments will continue to face headwinds, however.

In particular, policy tightening will further weigh on domestic demand in coming quarters.”

April’s numbers left the country with a trade surplus of $38.05 billion,

which compared with forecasts for $35.50 billion, and above $23.93 billion in March. The April trade figures are preliminary, with revised data due on May 23. China’s imports of crude oil, iron ore and copper all fell by volume compared with March, with the data in line with a recent survey of purchasing managers in the manufacturing sector showing April expansion was the slowest in six months.

Despite the slowdown, imports year-to-date are still up 20.8 percent by value, compared with 8.1 percent growth for exports over the first four months, though analysts say imports could slow further this year. While China’s economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter, policymakers have moved to reduce financial risks in the economy and stamp out speculative activity in the property market.

Commodity imports have also been hit by falling prices, with iron ore and steel hitting multi-month lows on China’s future markets in April

amid concern over rising inventories. China’s producer price inflation slowed in March for the first time in seven months, with price gains expected to continue to cool.

Exports of electronics and machinery products increased 2 percent year-on-year in April, customs data showed, slowing from 12.3 percent growth in March.

FRICTION China’s surplus with the United States widened in April, meaning pressure from the U.S. for action on the trade imbalance is not likely to go away anytime soon. The surplus with the U.S. was $21.34 billion in April, up from $17.74 billion in March and higher than the year-ago period, according to data from China’s customs bureau.

Exports to the United States, China’s largest export market, rose 11.7 percent in April from a year earlier while imports from the U.S. rose 1.5 percent. (rtr)

Temporary Tattoos in Tanah Lot Indeed Different Tanah Lot tourist attraction is known as the icon of Bali tourism. The attraction relying on the blend of natural and cultural tourism has various interesting and unique tourist attraction. Apart from beautiful sunset, it also offers panorama the temple perching amid the sea, ritual procession becoming cultural attractions and various nice trinkets for family or close friends.

Other than serving as a place to relax, Tanah Lot is also a popular place to shop. Lately, temporary tattoo becomes the main attraction to visitors of Tanah Lot. “Tattoo also draws the attention of travelers visiting Tanah Lot. Tattoo gives a special experience for them when making a visit to Tanah Lot,” said the public relations officer of Tanah Lot, Kadek Suarniti.

Tattoo makers at Tanah Lot do have their own expertise. They make their own design, without using any mock. Their imagination is very high, so that their tattoo works have advantages.

“We have our respective advantages in making the tattoo,” said Wayan, a tattoo maker.

At Tanah Lot, there are nine tattoo booths operated by Balinese natives. A total of six booths sit in the main road access to Tanah Lot Temple, while three others in the west of the object. All the tattoo makers offer various designs, but the most favorites

are tribal style, butterflies and others. “Most visitors request tribal images,” he said.

Visitors can choose the location anywhere. They are professional tattoo makers where no needles or no pain occur, let alone a scream. The tattoo makes use of some chemical substances. Tattoo making will require approximately 15 minutes. “Visitors may choose a picture they like best such as birds, butterflies, abstract figures or a naked woman,” said Wayan.

A wide variety of tattoo images are available to choose from. Visitors can choose permanent or temporary tattoos.

Chinese and Taiwanese visitors like best to make tattoo at Tanah Lot, while some Australian visitors prefer a special image. “There are always visitors dropping in and asking to make a tattoo,” said Wayan without mentioning the exact number of tattoo-making visitors each day. (kmb)

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Tenganan Village

Tenganan is one of Bali’s ancient traditional villages –known as Bali Aga villages and is located in Manggis, Karangasem.

The people of Tanganan follow a pattern of life determined by customary rules or bylawas, known as awig-awig. Locale people follow the guidelines of the awig-awig that was passed down from their ancestors.

The design and spatial layout of the buildings of Teganan are still original and thus comply with customary rules regarding architecture giving this village a unique appearance. Tenganan also has a distinctive traditional attire made from geringsing woven fabric. The people of Tenganan and other Bali Aga villages have different beliefs than the rest of the Balinese. For example the people of Tenganan do not recognize caste.

Tenganan village also has a unique tradition known as the pandanus war named for the thorny pandanus leaves with which the participants are armed as this ceremonial yet visceral ‘war’ every June. Visitors are welcome to watch as the villagers of Tenganan show respect to Lord Indra –the god of war by engaging in ceremonial battle with one and other wearing traditional pegrinsgingan sarongs, shawls and a headband. Before the pandanus war begins, residents of Tenganan perform a ngelawang procession that involves moving around the village pleadingfor alvation. (kmb)

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Emed-emedan Tradition, Maintain Togetherness and Kinship

BADUNG - As an expression of gratitude that people have implemented tapa bratha penyepian or penance, the day after Nyepi known as Ngembak Geni was filled with Majelangu Market by Tuban customary village on Wednesday (Mar. 29). Located along the highway of Tuban, the Majelangu Market was also filled with various activities, booth of merchants and implementation of emedemedan tradition.

Deputy Chief of Tuban customary village, in charge of Pawongan or social affairs, Ketut Lenen, said that on entering the third year, the Majelangu Market is held as a form of open house (simakrama) between residents around the neighborhood of Tuban village. Most booths of merchant were filled by residents in the neighborhood of Tuban customary village. A total of approximately 90 booths enlivened this annual event.

Related to the tradition of emed-emedan, said Lenen, in the past this activity was held in front of the village temple of Tuban under the banyan tree by using aerial roots of the banyan tree. Today, the emed-emedan tradition uses a rope as the means.

“This tradition was usually held right on Nyepi Day. However, this

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Made in North Korea: As tougher sanctions loom, more local goods in stores

PYONGYANG - From carrot-flavoured toothpaste and charcoal facemasks to motorcycles and solar panels, visitors to North Korea say they are seeing more and more locally made products in the isolated country’s shops and supermarkets, replacing mostly Chinese imports.

The meaning of emed-emedan tradition is to strengthen togetherness and familial relationship as well as to have fun. time Nyepi has gone worldwide, so that in honor of the Nyepi celebration, the emed-emedan tradition is moved to Ngembak

Geni,” he said.

According to Lenen, the meaning of emed-emedan tradition is to strengthen togetherness and

familial relationship as well as to have fun. In the past, participants consisted of young people, but today it is also followed by the

housewives coalesced into PKK group. “We hope that in the future this tradition can be more vibrant,” he said. (kmb)

Dengue still rampant, a 22-year-old juvenile killed

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The fogging has been held for two times only in Pabean hamlet, Ketewel, Sukawati.

GIANYAR — Virus of dengue fever claimed another casualty.

This time it claimed the life of Ni Wayan Mirah Adi Arini from Pabean hamlet, Ketewel, Sukawati, who died after undergoing treatment at Primagana Hospital on Friday morning (May 5). This 22year-old juvenile who daily works as a chef is also known to have experienced dengue symptoms since a month ago.

I Nyoman Lama, hamlet chief of Pabean, when asked for his confirmation justified if the resident who died on Friday morning was caused by dengue. He said that Ni Wayan Mirah Adi Arini has been ill since April 19. “Mirah has received medical treatment at Primagana Hospital, but is reported to have died this Friday morning,”

he said.

He disclosed that since February 2017 there have been about 25 cases of dengue fever at Pabean hamlet. One by one of local residents suffered the dengue, but only this time it claimed casualty. “Of the 25 cases, some have recovered and only Mirah experienced the condition like this,” he said.

He recognized that all this time the effort to handle dengue is quite lacking. Moreover, since February of this year, the fogging has been held for two times only, whereas his authority has repeatedly filed the fogging but was never realized. “The officer just came down after there is resident reported to have died of dengue. We are then directed to eradicate mosquito nests,” he said.

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Meanwhile, the Head of the Gianyar Health Agency, Ida Ayu Cahyani, who confirmed admitted that up to Friday afternoon she has not received any reports related to the increasing number of deaths due to dengue virus. “Until now, I have not received any reports, but we will definitely check this and immediately do the handling,” she said.

Cahyani also invited that all the components to participate in handling the transmission of dengue, namely by eradicating mosquito nests regularly. “The most important is the mosquito nets eradication carried out regularly. In addition, the larva monitoring officers at villages have also been optimized to minimize dengue cases,” he affirmed. (kmb45)

As the Trump administration considers tougher economic sanctions to push the isolated country towards dismantling its weapons programmes, North Korea is pursuing a dual strategy of developing both its military and economy.

The majority of consumer products in North Korea still come from China. But under leader Kim Jong Un, there’s been an attempt to sell more domestically made goods, to avoid any outflow of currency and to reinforce the national ideology of juche, or self-reliance, visiting businessmen say.

There is no available data to show how much is being produced domestically. Export data from countries like China and Malaysia, which sell consumer goods to North Korea, may not be an accurate reflection.

China’s commerce ministry declined to comment when asked whether China’s exports to North Korea were decreasing due to an increase in locally-made products.

Visitors say that with the impetus from the top, large North Korean companies like militarycontrolled Air Koryo, the operator of the national airline, and the

Naegohyang conglomerate have diversified into manufacturing consumer goods including cigarettes and sports clothing.

North Korea is one of the most insular countries in the world and visits by foreigners are highly regulated.

A Reuters team that was in the capital Pyongyang last month was allowed to go to a grocery store, accompanied by government minders, where shelves were filled with locally made drinks, biscuits and other basic food items. Other visitors have seen locally made canned goods, coffee, liquor, toothpaste, cosmetics, soap, bicycles and other goods on sale in the city.

“As new factories open, the branding, packaging and ingredients of our food products have improved,” said shop assistant Rhee Kyong-sook, 33.

Kim Chul-ung, a 39-year old physical education teacher visiting the store, said: “I can taste real fruit in the drinks that are made in North Korea, compared to drinks from other countries.”

Visitors say locally made consumer goods are becoming increasingly sophisticated and QR

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A vendor is pictured in a shop in a newly constructed residential complex after its opening ceremony in Ryomyong street in Pyongyang, North Korea April 13, 2017. Picture taken April 13, 2017. or matrix barcodes can been found on a wide range of products from make-up to soft drinks. Market vendors are also becoming more competitive, offering samples of their food to shoppers, something

they didn’t do five years ago.

“Around 2013, Kim Jong Un started talking about the need for import substitution,” said Andray Abrahamian of Choson Exchange, a Singapore-based group that trains

North Koreans in business skills.

“There was clearly recognition that too many products were being imported from China, not just high-end consumer goods but also lower-end ones like food.” (rtr)

Syria says up to 5,000 Chinese Uighurs fighting in militant groups

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Site of an oil field is seen at sunset in Karamay, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, May 7, 2017. Picture taken May 7, 2017.

BEIJING - Up to 5,000 ethnic Uighurs from China’s violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang are fighting in various militant groups in Syria, the Syrian ambassador to China said on Monday, adding that Beijing should be extremely concerned about it.

China is worried that Uighurs, a mostly Muslim people who speak a Turkic language, have gone to Syria and Iraq to fight for militants there, having travelled illegally via Southeast Asia and Turkey.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the killing of a Chinese hostage in 2015, highlighting China’s concern about Uighurs it says are fighting in the Middle East.

Hundreds of people have been killed in Xinjiang in the past few years, most in unrest between Uighurs and ethnic majority Han Chinese. The government blames the unrest on Islamist militants who want a separate state called East Turkestan.

Syria’s ambassador in Beijing, Imad Moustapha, told Reuters on the sidelines of a business forum that while some of the Uighurs were fighting with Islamic State, most were fighting “under their own banner” to promote their separatist cause.

“Our estimated numbers, because of the numbers we fight against, we kill, we capture, we wound, would be around 4-5,000 Xinjiang jihadists,” he said. “China as well as every other country should be extremely concerned.”

Beijing has never given a number for how many Uighurs it believes are fighting in the Middle East, but has repeatedly warned they pose a serious threat to China. It is not possible to independently verify the number of Uighurs in Syria. Rights groups and Uighur exiles say many Uighurs have fled to Turkey simply to escape Chinese repression at home, accusations Beijing denies.

Moustapha said China did not pick favourites with rebel groups, like Western countries, and China and Syria were cooperating to fight the threat.

“They don’t have a mixed message,” he said, referring to China.

“They understand the true nature of the ultra-Islamic jihadi doctrine of these groups.

Yes, we do exchange information and a little bit more than information regarding these terrorist groups,” he said, without elaborating. (rtr)

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In this photo taken March 28, 2017, Rick Goetz, a program manager with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, checks on sablefish larvae growing in tanks where they feed on green algae at a research facility in Manchester, Wash. Scientists are studying sablefish genetics and investigating ways to make it easier and more efficient to commercially grow and farm the fish.

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Researchers seek better ways to farm popular Pacific fish PORT ORCHARD — The dark gray fish prized for its buttery flavor live deep in the ocean, so researchers keep their lab cold and dark to simulate ideal conditions for sablefish larvae.

A biologist shines his dim red headlamp and uses an ultrasound to scan the belly of an anesthetized sablefish about the length of his forearm to tell if it’s female and has eggs to collect. He gently squeezes out hundreds of tiny, translucent eggs into a glass beaker.

After the eggs are fertilized externally, they’ll grow in large indoor tanks and some in floating net pens in Washington state’s Puget Sound to be used for research.

At this federal marine research station near Seattle, scientists are studying sablefish genetics and investigating ways to make it easier and more efficient to commercially grow the fish.

It is part of a larger effort by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support marine aquaculture as a solution to feed a growing demand worldwide for seafood.

People are consuming more fish than in previous decades, with average worldwide per capita consumption hitting 43 pounds (20 kilograms) a year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Fish consumption is expected to grow even more in coming years.

NOAA says aquaculture can relieve pressure on fishing populations and promote economic growth.

Fishermen along the U.S. West Coast, mostly in Alaska, catch millions of pounds of wild sablefish each year but no commercial sablefish net-pen farming exists in the U.S. Sablefish, also known as black cod or butterfish, are long-lived species that is native to the northeast Pacific Ocean and highly valued in Asia for its beneficial nutrients and delicate flavor. The fish are grilled, smoked, poached, roasted or served as sushi.

Michael Rubino, who directs the NOAA aquaculture program, noted that practices for farming fish in the U.S. meet very strict environmental regulations.

But some critics worry large-scale farms could harm wild fish stocks and ocean health, and some commercial fishermen worry about potential competition.

“This would be a big threat for us,” said Robert Alverson, executive director of the Fishing Vessel Owners’ Association, a Seattle-based group that represents about 95 commercial fishermen in Alaska, Oregon, Washington and California.

In 2015, fisherman harvested about 35 million pounds (16 million kilograms) of sablefish worth $113 million in the United States, all along the U.S. West Coast.

Of that, nearly two-thirds, or about 23 million pounds (10 million kilograms), were caught in Alaska, with smaller amounts in Oregon, Washington and California. Nearly half of the sablefish caught in the United States is exported, with a majority going to Japan. (ap)

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DENPASAR — Bali has four power plants, namely the Pesanggaran gas-fueled power plant (PLTG) and diesel-fueled power plant (PLTD) owned by Indonesia Power. The PLTD uses oil and diesel fuel, while PLTG uses gas.

Other than at Pesanggaran, the other power plant also sits at Gilimanuk namely the gasand steam-fueled power plant (PLTGU Gilimanuk). “So far, the PLTGU still uses oil fuel, while in the future it will use gas,” said I Nyoman Satya Kumara, lectur-

er at the Electrical Engineering, Udayana University.

At Celukan Bawang, the steam-fueled power plant (PLTU Celukan Bawang) uses coal as its fuel, while the PLTG Pemaron at Pemaron uses gas. “All fuels like gas, diesel, oil and coal are clas-

sified into non-renewable and their emissions have a negative impact,” he said.

In general, the negative impacts of generators are divided into two: local impacts in the form of (air, water, noise) pollution and global impacts in the

form of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The problem at issue in the world is the global impact of carbon dioxide emissions. It leads to greenhouse gases causing global warming.

In terms of emissions, the order of generator ranked from the cleanest to dirtiest is gas-fueled power plant, diesel-fueled power plant and steam-fueled power plant. The cleanest here refers

to a little exhaust gas emissions while the dirtiest is the generation of most exhaust gas emissions. All of these plants belong to the non-renewable generators.

If sorted by the price side, the power generation by using coal is the cheapest. The second cheapest is gas and then followed by diesel and oil. Thus, oil fuel is the most expensive. (kmb42)

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The U.S. Airforce’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 4 after landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 7, 2017.

Unmanned U.S. Air Force space plane lands after secret, 2-year mission

CAPE CANAVERAL - The U.S. military’s experimental X37B space plane landed on Sunday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a classified mission that lasted nearly two years, the Air Force said.

The unmanned X-37B, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, touched down at 7:47 a.m.

EDT (1147 GMT) on a runway formerly used for landings of the now-mothballed space shuttles, the Air Force said in an email.

The Boeing-built space plane blasted off in May 2015 from nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard an Atlas 5 rocket built by United Launch Alliance, a partnership between Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co. The X-37B, one of two in the Air Force fleet, conducted unspecified experiments for more than 700 days while in orbit. It was the fourth and lengthiest mission so far for the secretive

program, managed by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office.

The orbiters “perform risk reduction, experimentation and concept-of-operations development for reusable space vehicle technologies,” the Air Force has said without providing details.

The cost of the program is also classified.

The Secure World Foundation, a nonprofit group promoting the peaceful exploration of space, says the secrecy surrounding the X-37B suggests the presence of intelligence-related hardware being tested or evaluated aboard the craft.

The vehicles are 29 feet (9 meters) long and have a wingspan

of 15 feet, making them about one quarter of the size of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s now-retired space shuttles.

The X-37B, also known as Orbital Test Vehicle, or OTV, first flew in April 2010 and returned after eight months. A second mission launched in March 2011 and lasted 15 months, while a third took flight in December 2012 and returned after 22 months.

Sunday’s landing was the X37B’s first in Florida. The three previous landings took place at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Air Force relocated the program in 2014, taking over two of NASA’s former shuttleprocessing hangars.

The Air Force intends to launch the fifth X-37B mission from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, located just south of the Kennedy Space Center, later this year. (rtr)

The steam-fueled power plant (PLTU Celukan Bawang) uses coal as its fuel.

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IDI Buleleng investigates wrong medication case SINGARAJA — The Association of Indonesian Pharmacists (IAI) is serious about addressing the faults of drug administration at Buleleng public health center III and so is the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) of Buleleng Chapter. These professional organizations summoned the Head of the Buleleng public health center III, Dewa Made Suteja, and medical officer at the local public health, Gede Sudimartana, who presumably prescribed the medicine to patient Ketut Yasa, 58, a resident of Penarungan village, Buleleng.

Chairman of IDI Bule-

leng, Putu Sudarsana, said on Saturday (May 6) that from the results of investigation, the prescription written by the medical officer concerned has been in accordance with diagnosis. The result is confirmed by the results of examination against the prescription archives received in pharmacy.

In addition, the other evidence is obtained from prescription book carried by the medical officer.

According to Sudarsana, IDI just found a procedural fault in the service process. In addition, IDI also found the communication considered to be less ethical between med-

ical officer and patient when patient complained last Wednesday. At that time, the medical officer mentioned that a wrong ear drop previously given was actually a medicine to smooth the eyes.

“Prescription of the drug has been appropriate, but when given from the pharmacy was like that (ear drops). After the patient complained, there was unethical communication between medical officer and the patient,” he said.

From the results of clarification, the IDI Buleleng recommended that the doctor concerned should be withdrawn

from his service duties.

Although recommending the withdrawal of the doctor at the public health center, the whole authority to follow up this case depends on the Head of the Buleleng Health Agency, IGN Mahapramana.

“We just recommend so that he does not get contact with the service duties at the public health center. Temporarily, he can be in charge of management or the district health agency. This can be carried out depending on the decision of the head of the district health agency,” he said. (kmb38)

dr. Putu Sudarsana, Sp.OG.

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To avoid outdone by South Bali, Buleleng boost tourism investment POSSIBLY Buleleng district does not want be outdone by South Bali, so that it optimizes the development of tourism investment in recent years. This effort is taken because many tourism potentials in this region have not been managed optimally. The development itself is not only carried out by the government, but also by local community and the role of third party (investor—Ed) that have intensively worked on marine tourism, natural scenery, agro-tourism and cultural attractions.

In line with the policy of central government, tourism development in Buleleng still refers to the national tourism strategic area (KSPN). In Bali alone, there are nine KSPNs where four of them are in Buleleng. They consist of the KSPN Bedugul covering the district of Tabanan and Buleleng; and the KSPN North Bali includes Lovina area currently becoming a tourist mascot of Buleleng up to Air Sanih in Kubutambahan and surrounding areas. In addition, two

other KSPNs are located in West Bali National Park covering Buleleng and Jembrana, and the KSPN Pemuteran and Menjangan Island.

Of the four established KSPNs, the Buleleng tourism office recently continued to make efforts to develop and change the regulation.

Each of the KSPN Buleleng has set up a tourist destination. Destination development has been conducted.

Originally, it was only recorded to reach 19 destinations but now has increased to 86 destinations.

Lovina Beach, one of the tourist attarction in Buleleng

This development is based on the concept of 3A, namely Attraction, Amenity and Accessibility.

Head of the Buleleng Tourism Office, Nyoman Sutrisna, said on Friday (May 5) that the development of tourism sector in the region remains to be dominated by third parties (investors). From the existing record, 70 percent of the tourism potential in Buleleng is currently developed by investors, both local and foreign ones.

In addition to hotels and restau-

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rants, the investors are also intent on managing villa business to the development of marine tourism or nature tourism.

“In details, the percentage of tourism investment in our region is still mostly carried out by investors.

This cannot be avoided because the potential still has not been managed optimally and then there is an interest, so that investors choose North Bali region to invest,” he said.

Although investors still dominate the tourism development, lately local communities through community groups have begun to be inspired to develop the tourism sector. In terms of percentage, the development by local residents only reaches 10 percent. The vigorous development undertaken is tourism village or managing local tourist attraction such as waterfall, selfie location and the development of cultural tourism village of Bali Aga. “The ones managed by local community have small percentage, but this measure has been very good because the community or village youth begins to be moved not to become a spectator in their own country, but even competing to manage the potential at hand. One of them is the Bali Aga tourism village development continuing to move forward and able to lure foreign travelers to visit Buleleng,” he explained.

What about the role of government? Sutrisna said the government itself has also helped develop tourism sector. Based on the record, the

tourism sector worked on by the government reaches 20 percent.

The involvement of government itself is not competing against the development by local people.

However, when more and more parties are participating in managing tourism potential in the region, it is believed the tourism industry will grow rapidly or even be able to defeat the development of famous tourism in South Bali.

“Why the government is also managing it because according to the policy and regulation, the development of this industry also empowers the five pillars, namely the society, government, private sector, college and the mass media, so that the potential can be managed optimally,” he explained.

In addition to also managing, the government also has a responsibility to equip supporting facilities or access to the tourist areas. One of the commitments to support the improvement of tourism facilities and infrastructure is disbursement of fund worth IDR 2.5 billion in 2017 allocated for the arrangement, maintenance and addition of facilities at tourist destinations. With this effort, the issues of infrastructure at tourist destination can be handled though carried out slowly.

“People also improve or do repair to infrastructure of the community-managed objects, while the government itself also allocates a budget this year valued at IDR 2.5 billion to tourism development and infrastructure,” explained Sutrisna. (kmb38)

Bali’s leader must develop tourism more than standards DENPASAR — Bali has been a tourism area since ancient times. So, the ideal leader of Bali is one who has the ability and willingness to develop tourism more than the expected standards. “It means that he or she should be sympathetic to tourism, have knowledge, must be able to communicate in international language, in this case English,” said Prof. Nyoman Darma Putra, the Head of Graduate Tourism Studies of Udayana University on Friday (May 5).

Bali’s leader must also master

the knowledge of Balinese culture because the tourism developed in Bali belongs to cultural tourism. “I think there are many suitable figures for this. This means that the gubernatorial candidate or the leader of Bali has a positive and sympathetic attitude to tourism so that he or she really appreciates and enjoys managing tourism,” he explained.

In addition, Bali’s leaders must have a good commitment to make regulations. According to him, the most important is to provide a budget for promotion outside and the development of

internal infrastructure. “If one of them is not worked on, the other will mean nothing,” he said.

Tourism promotion should be continuously carried out even though Bali has been well known and even named ‘the best island in the world’ by TripAdvisor.

Nevertheless, it should still be promoted. “Certainly, not everyone hears it. Do not let any governor that does not want to provide promotional funds due to this reason. Although it is important, subordinating tourism is not good,” he concluded.

Do not let the Bali’s leader consider that tourism affairs have become the affairs of others and then are promoted by others so as not to make further improvements.

“Do not let the governor say that Bali has advanced, we do not have to work hard any longer,” he joked.

So far, cooperation between the central and regional government in terms of tourism development in Bali has been running dynamically. He hoped it will continue to be maintained by the next leader.

“If central government is traveling for promotion, the elements of the

region must be invited and helped financially or facilitated to make overseas promotions,” he said.

Like in the development program, central government intensively provides guidance and budget for the development of tourist destinations in order to create branding. Regional promotions such as Bali are always involved. In the larger development, the cooperation should be done so that it becomes synchronous between the desire of the regional and central government. (kmb42)

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‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ Rockets to No. 1 With $145 Million

LOS ANGELES - And just like that, Star-Lord and his band of super buddies are back on top of the box office.

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” blasted into domestic theaters this weekend to kick off the summer box office to the tune of $145 million at 4,347 locations. The latest from Disney and Marvel was expected to make $140 million, but possibly more by some analysts considering the studio’s track record and enthusiasm that the first go-around generated.

“We feel great. It is a spectacular number, period,” said Disney’s distribution chief Dave Hollis. “This is such a fresh and exciting film ... it’s the kind of event that gets people excited about going to theaters.”

Returning to deliver more bright colors, wise-cracks and another groovy soundtrack, James Gunn directed and scripted the movie starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, and Bradley Cooper as the titular guardians.

The film also features expanded roles for Karen Gillan and Michael Rooker, as well as prominent new characters played by Kurt Russell and Pom Klementieff. The movie functions as an escape thriller, and

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017 People gather with French and European flags near the Eiffel Tower and hold placards with the message, “France tells Hate: Never Again” the day after presidential elections in the country, in Paris, France, May 8, 2017.

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This image released by Disney-Marvel shows Zoe Saldana, from left, Karen Gillan, Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista and Rocket, voiced by Bradley Cooper, in a scene from, “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2.” an origin story for Pratt’s Peter Quill (aka Star-Lord). Gunn is already attached to write and direct the third “Guardians” movie.

“Guardians 2” came into its opening domestic weekend with well over $100 million in the bank from international ticket sales. It made

more than $106 million in its first weekend at 58% of overseas territories. This weekend the movie earned an estimated $124 million abroad after opening in several more major foreign markets including Korea, Russia and China. That raises the global weekend total to about $269

million and the movie’s total global take so far to $428 million.

The latest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe entered theaters with high expectations. When the original was released in 2014, it was a relatively unknown property that managed to smash records for

the month of August when it opened to more than $94 million domestically (still modest by Disney/Marvel standards). But word-of-mouth kept building, and by the end of its theatrical run, it had raked in $333 million domestically and $440 million overseas. (rtr)

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Nicki Minaj pays college costs for Twitter fans

LOS ANGELES - Nicki Minaj is putting some fans on scholarship. After a fan asked the hip-hop star if she would pay his college tuition on Twitter on Saturday night, Minaj agreed to pay fans’ school costs — on the condition that they show her perfect marks.

She wrote , “Show me straight A’s that I can verify w/ur school and I’ll pay it.”

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A few dozen fans took Minaj up on the offer, posting screenshots of their grades.

Minaj replied individually to some throughout the night and agreed to pay other things like book costs and student loans.

Minaj wrapped up the contest after a few hours, but she promised to do it again in a month or two. (ap)

Macron on the move

French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's En Marche party is set to emerge as the largest in June parliamentary elections, according to an OpinionWay-SLPV Analytics poll for Les Echos.

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PARIS - Emmanuel Macron may have won Sunday’s presidential election complicated to really change something.” by a comfortable margin, but even his supporters’ enthusiasm is tempered by the scale of the challenge that the inexperienced politician faces in tackling ENTHUSIASM HAS ITS LIMITS Moreover, despite Macron’s determinedly France’s deep-seated economic, social and security problems.

Macron, a former economy minister who had never previously stood for elected office, beat far-right leader Marine Le Pen by 66 percent to 34 - a gap well above the 20 or so percentage points that surveys had predicted. Helen Lhuillier, a 73-year-old French Canadian who has lived in France for 40 years and attended his supporters’ victory rally outside the Louvre museum, said she liked Macron’s “policies and his personality, his enthusiasm”.

“What he has achieved in a year is impressive,” she said, before adding: “I hope he will be able to make progress, but we must be realistic. He has work to do.” That

work begins right away.

The 39-year-old centrist has promised to transcend the traditional right-left political divide that has allowed vested interests to block fundamental economic reforms.

And he will have to do just that to secure a parliamentary majority in June for a oneyear-old political movement that has never fielded candidates for election.

“We can only hope that France seizes its chance,” Parisian Michael Jeuga said on Monday. “It’s a new way of working, it’s a bit different to the right- and left-wing politics we normally have ... Now we have the legislative elections and it will be a bit

can-do attitude, the enthusiasm for the former investment banker has its limits. A poll of nearly 7,000 voters on Sunday by Harris Interactive found that 59 percent of Macron’s voters had chosen him primarily to stop Le Pen becoming president, reflecting the distaste that still clings to a party long considered a pariah in France for its xenophobic associations.

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