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Kesha officiates a real same-sex marriage in her latest music video LOS ANGELES - Longtime LGBTQ rights advocate Kesha has just released the video for “I Need a Woman to Love,” which is a reimagining of Janis Joplin’s rock song “I Need a Man to Love” with gender-flipped pronouns. And it actually celebrates that love, showing her officiating a real same-sex wedding between two women in Las Vegas.

The women, identified only as Dani and Lindsay, were selected to appear in Kesha’s video after submitting a clip explaining their wish to get married.

The video includes dialogue from both women, relating their history. “I had put in my mind that there were just certain parts of life I wasn’t going to participate in,” noted Lindsay. “Because of who I was. Even when I didn’t know who I was, I knew I was different.

“When we first met, getting married legally wasn’t an option, so I don’t think it was something that we kept as a step that we could do,” she continued. “It was just, ‘That’s

not for you.’”

The ceremony — which featured rainbow-motifed decor, including Kesha herself in a multicolored fringed tunic — took place at the Bellagio resort on March 26. The video reminds viewers that this date is the anniversary of the first-ever marriage license issued to a samesex couple in the United States.

The two women wrote their own vows, some of which Kesha read, and some they spoke directly to each other. They ranged from traditional sentiments (“I knew from the moment I saw you that you were unlike any other person on earth, and after meeting you I would never be the same”) to ones that are bit heartbreaking (“I promise to always hold your hand, no matter what anyone around us thinks”).

Before Kesha declared them married, the couple swore to create their own “wonderfully weird” family. They kissed under a shower of rainbow confetti, with family and friends observing with smiles and tears. (net)

LOS ANGELES - Mariah Carey is promoting hostels now, and it’s actually kind of amazing.

The “Always Be My Baby” singer is trying to change the perception of hostels, teaming up for a sketch with Hostelworld called “Even Divas Are Believers.” In the video — which you can watch below — Carey accidentally arrives at the $40-a-night Casa Gracia during a trip to Barcelona. Miraculously, she ends up liking it so much that she dresses up in a fancy sequined dress, hits the cocktail bar, and performs “Fantasy” (with a white dove) to backpackers and travelers.

Even the press release is gold. One line reads, “Known for outlandish diva demands, from ordering dog chauffeurs to demanding 20 white kittens and 100 doves for a performance and even having bodyguards watch her eat, Mariah surprised everyone when she exclaimed the hostel was ‘Fabulous!’”

Carey says, “For some reason, someone thought it would be funny to book me in a hostel. To mine and everyone’s surprise, the hostel was fabulous! It was super-clean, modern, and spacious. I say give hostels a go — it could be a great choice for all you world travelers out there!”

OK … but did Mariah actually stay in a hostel while filming this sketch?

Now that’s something we’d have to see to believe. (net)

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More than 50 people have died in little more than a week after drinking bootleg liquor in western Indonesia, including in the capital, Jakarta, officials said on April 9.

More than 50 Indonesians dead in April from bootleg liquor

JAKARTA — More than 50 people have died in little more than a week after drinking bootleg liquor in western Indonesia, including in the capital, Jakarta, officials said Monday. In the latest incident, 20 people died between Thursday and Monday in Cicalengka subdistrict near the West Java capital of Bandung. Head of the state-run hospital in Cicalengka, Yani Sumpena, said that 19 people died at the hospital and one was dead on arrival.

Mariah Carey attends the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 7 in Beverly Hills.

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In total, some 40 people were admitted with symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath and unconsciousness, and several are still being treated, Sumpena said.

In Bandung itself, police chief Hendro Pandowo said three people died on Sunday after being admitted to hospitals the day before suffering the symptoms of alcohol poisoning.

High taxes on alcohol have spawned a black market for booze among the poor in Indonesia, the world’s most populous

Muslim nation, where drinking alcohol is frowned upon but not illegal under civil law. Potentially lethal methanol can be a byproduct of bootleg distilling and the tainted alcohol is also sometimes mixed with soft drinks. In February 2016, about 30 people died in the central Java city of Yogyakarta after drinking bootleg alcohol.

The deaths since the beginning of April total 54. There were six deaths from drinking compromised liquor in the easternmost region of Papua in late March. Media reports

said police had closed four liquor stores in the Cicalengka region and confiscated dozens of jerry cans containing palm wines and hundreds of bottles of various types of liquor.

Jakarta police spokesman Argo Yuwono said Monday that 31 people have died in Jakarta and its satellite cities of Depok and Bekasi from alcohol poisoning in separate incidents since the beginning of the month. Police have arrested at least four suspects in the Jakarta area who are accused of selling tainted liquor. (ant)

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Sala customary villagers

Work vivaciously to pioneer tourism village

TOURISM potential owned by Sala customary village, Abuan, Susut subdistrict, is being developed by local community. Nature and spiritual tourism centered at Taman Campuhan Temple is packed in such a way so that gradually can add to the attraction as well as pioneer the establishment of tourism village.

Sacred area of Taman Campuhan Temple has a charming landscape. Tributary of two streams having clear water naturally forms a cliff and two exotic waterfalls seem to be able to quench the thirst of nature and spiritual tourism lovers. Not to mention, in the main area of the temple, visitors are presented with uniqueness of the temple architecture containing full of moral and religious messages. So, some visitors may claim that visiting this place is just like getting a complete package.

Chief of Sala customary village, Ketut Kayana, said on

Monday (Apr. 8) that Taman Campuhan is the leading attraction at the local village. Arrangement of the sacred area has been intensively conducted since 2017. In just a short time, local villagers have been able to arrange this area so it is more worth visiting. It does not happen because of getting much fund injection, but solely due to the vivacity of local villagers through devotional works.

“This happens due to people’s spirit to work devotionally and blessings of deities at this temple. The initial development fund is very minimal because we use the funds from the GGS program as much as IDR 70 million. By degrees, there are also donations from visitors. If calculated, the temple arrangement costs IDR 500 million excluding the independent fund of local community,” he said.

At the beginning of development, only few tourists or people made visit to the Campuhan Temple. However, the current average has reached 100 people per day. The number

of visits will increase significantly on ritual days (rerainan) reaching thousands of people. Visitors are not only local or domestic tourists but also foreigners such as from Australia, Japan and the Netherlands.

In the future, his organization will continuously develop the tourism potential currently untapped. Many small waterfalls and springs sit along the river that can be further explored for nature tourism. If calculated, the distance of the natural attractions from Taman Campuhan to the south is one km. In addition to exploring the river, the track also passes cemetery neatly arranged as well as the terraced rice field view. Various arrangements are expected to become the forerunner of tourism villages at this Abuan village.

“We will develop this later by arranging the village potential. In the future, we may take advantage of people’s homes for tourist accommodation. By that way, tourists will know more about the real Balinese culture and life. (ded)

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The Taman Campuhan Temple in Sala Customary Village

Ubud Food Festival highlights traditional dishes DENPASAR - Ubud Food Festival will highlight the potential of Bali food and traditional dishes as well as diversity of Indonesia’s cuisine to foreign tourists. “There will be a lot of Balinese and Indonesian food which will attract foreign tourists to taste local and street food,” General Manager of Ubud Food Festival Kadek Purnami said here on Thursday.

The food festival will be held from April 13-15 2018 at the culinary park on Jalan Sanggingan Ubud, Gianyar District. The participants or visitors will be invited to visit the traditional and cooking demo of Balinese food. The organizer will invite around 100 chefs, 60 percent of whom are prominent Indonesian chefs.

In addition, the committee will provides 90 culinary outlets with a typical menu of Bali and archi-

pelago cuisine. Despite raising traditional food, the organizer still brings international nuance as part of culinary acculturation.

The festival will display a number of programs including discussions, cooking demonstrations, workshops, cooking courses, food markets, music performances, and others.

Meanwhile, the event is intended to promote innovations for the culinary industry in the future.

Innovations ranging from social media, inspiring startup to companies that have a social mission in accordance with the theme of this year’s “Generation of Innovation”. The event is expected to boost tourism in Bali. Since, the eruption of Mount Agung, the popular destination has seen a drop in visitors. (ant)

Indian tourist arrivals in Bali up 59.08 percent

DENPASAR - A total of 55,530 Indian tourists visited Bali during the January-February 2018 period, up by 20,624 people or 59.08 percent from 34,906 Indians during the same period in the previous year. “India is in the third rank of countries contributing the largest number of tourists to Bali Island, after China and Australia,” Adi Nugroho, head of the Bali statistic office, said here, Monday.

Indian tourists constituted 6.9 percent of the total 805,538 tourist arrivals in Bali during the JanuaryFebruary 2018, down 11.94 percent from 914,809 tourist arrivals in the same period of last year.

China contributed 23.67 percent

and Australia 19.57 percent to the total tourist arrivals in Bali, but the two countries` tourist arrivals were respectively down 35.56 percent and 13.20 percent in the first two months of this year.

Japan contributed 4.45 percent, the UK 3.79 percent, the US 3.69 percent, Malaysia 3.34 percent, Russia 2.95 percent, South Korea 2.23 percent, and Taiwan 2.08 percent.

Indonesia`s flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has planned to serve a direct flights between Bali and Mumbai twice a week, starting April 23, 2018. In May 2018, Garuda will increase its Mumbai-Bali direct flights to trice a week. (ant)

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Apple says all its facilities now powered by clean energy CALIFORNIA - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Monday said it had achieved its goal of powering all of the company’s facilities with renewable energy, a milestone that includes all of its data centers, offices and retail stores in 43 countries.

The iPhone maker also said nine suppliers had recently committed to running their operations entirely on renewable energy sources like wind and solar, bringing to 23 the total number to make such a pledge.

Major U.S. corporations such as Apple, Wal-Mart Inc (WMT.N) and Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) have become some of the country’s biggest buyers of renewable forms of energy, driving substantial growth in the wind and solar industries.

Alphabet’s Google last year purchased enough renewable energy to cover all of its electricity consumption worldwide.

Costs for solar and wind are plunging thanks to technological advances and increased global production of panels and turbines, enabling companies seeking to green their images to buy clean power at competitive prices.

“We’re not spending any more than we would have,” Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president for environment, policy and social initiatives, said in an interview. “We’re seeing the benefits of an increasingly competitive clean energy market.”

Renewable energy projects that provide power to Apple facilities range from large wind farms in the United States to clusters of hundreds of rooftop solar systems in Japan and Singapore. The company has also urged utilities to procure renewable energy to help power Apple’s operations.

Encouraging suppliers to follow suit in embracing 100 percent renewable energy is the next step for Apple. The suppliers that pledge to use more clean energy know they will have “a leg up” against competitors for Apple’s business, Jackson said.

“We made it clear that over time this will become less of a wish list and more of a requirement,” she said. (net)

Apple’s 50-megawatt solar farm, east of Apple’s data center in Mesa, Arizona.

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There’s a $10 million race to build you a robot avatar by 2021

AUSTIN — Four years from now, physical attendance at SXSW could be optional for those who choose to send a sci-fi-style avatar in their place.

That vision closed out Monday’s

programming at the festival, as sold in a talk onstage by XPrize Foundation founder Peter Diamandis announcing the latest in a series of XPrize competitions, in which non-government teams from

around the world compete to solve an intimidatingly-difficult problem.

The ANA Avatar XPrize, sponsored by All Nippon Airways, will offer $10 million in total awards to whoever builds “a multipurpose

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The Walk-Man humanoid robot is tested for use with emergency response teams. The Avatar XPrize is challenging teams to create a robot avatar that can let humans see, hear and feel objects from anywhere in the world.

avatar system that will seamlessly transport human skills and experience to the exact location where and when they are needed” by October 1, 2021.

Faraway, so close Diamandis pitched the avatar concept as the logical outcome of exponential advances in computing power and robot capability meeting 5G wireless with its gigabit-speed and low-latency connectivity.

Avatars would enable their human operators to see, hear and touch via the robot’s sensors and actuators, essentially allowing them to teleport their skills and knowledge to anywhere in the world — although the contest requirements only require the avatar to work from at least 100 kilometers away.

“It’s about dislocating the knowledge from the physical location of action,” he said.

The doctor and entrepreneur described three possible use cases: disaster recovery, multi-purpose utility and personal care.

The first seems obvious, since we already use robots to extend human senses to places too

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dangerous for a direct human presence. Diamandis raised the example of sending an avatar into a failing nuclear plant to adjust whatever controls might stop a meltdown.

The second might be a harder sell, at least in the examples of surgery by avatar that Diamandis raised. While avatars could get around the uneven geographical distribution of medical talent and training, they won’t give the world’s most talented surgeons any more time in which to practice their craft.

And personal care — as Diamandis put it, to “go someplace and give someone a hug” — will depend heavily not on how effectively the avatar conveys the scene to its human, but on how the avatar represents the human.

The contest rules don’t mandate human-looking robots. “We don’t specify what technology they should use or what it should look like,” Diamandis said. The avatars depicted in his presentation made no attempt to mimic humans along the lines of, say, the robots in the 2015 movie Ex Machina. (net)

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Resulting stench and air pollution

DLHK Badung closes landfill in Ungasan

MANGUPURA — A piece of land used as a landfill in Ungasan area was closed by the Badung Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK) on Sunday (Apr. 8). The 2.5-hectare illegal landfill is located on the west side of GWK.

Head of the Badung Environment and Sanitation Agency, Eka Merthawan, when asked for his confirmation said the closure of the landfill originated from a complaint from a French tourist because the garbage at the location generates stench and air pollution. Before closing, his agency already made data evaluation with the South Kuta subdistrict head, Ungasan, municipal police and related parties.

He said the location was originally used as a feed processing plant since 2003. After that, due to unbalanced earnings, the owner switched to buy waste that can be processed. Furthermore, it developed into the location of scavengers. Good garbage is taken while the bad one is stockpiled there. The landfill currently expands with subscribers reaching 3,000 families from ten housing complexes. “There are ten housing complexes from three villages namely, Pecatu, Ungasan and Jimbaran,” he said.

When making a site inspection, it was found if the location made into the illegal landfill is not licensed. Moreover, the location generates stinging smell and air pollution due to the smoke of burning. He mentioned such activities violate the Law No. 32/2009 on Environment and Waste Management.

“It is also clearly governed in the Regional Regulation No. 7/2013,” he concluded.

Currently, landowners are given leeway because the location cannot be closed directly. If closed immediately, surely it will affect the 3,000 customers. “We give tolerance for the temporary closing until April 15. After that, we will do sealing,” he said.

Meanwhile, to prevent from generating stenches, he appealed to backfill the piling up garbage. For plastic waste, his agency allows to sort that can be sold. To create a clean environment in Badung, in the future his agency will also close the same business at other locations.

When questioned, the landowner, I Wayan Nukarta, a resident of Angasari hamlet, Ungasan, South Kuta, admitted the activity has been going on since 2003. At that time, all villages in South Kuta threw garbage on his land. Since the amount of waste was too high, finally in 2009 he asked the village authority to handle it.

All this time, each of the 3,000 families from ten housing complexes in South Kuta is charged for IDR 15,000 – IDR

20,000 per month. So far, the garbage collected amounts to 25 tons. To handle such amount of garbage, he hires 30 employees each day.

Meanwhile, the Head of South Kuta Subdistrict, Made Widiana, when asked for his confirmation he firmly goes up against the existence of such illegal landfill. He hoped in the future there will be no unauthorized landfill in South Kuta

that pollutes the environment with a stinging smell.

He asked the entrepreneurs who handle the garbage service to make data collection of group head of the housing complexes served because after the closure all the waste handled must be disposed to the Suwung landfill. “Of course, it will cause the operating expenses to increase so we will disseminate this matter,” he concluded. (kmb23)

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He said the location was originally used as a feed processing plant since 2003. After that, due to unbalanced earnings, the owner switched to buy waste that can be processed.

Subsidized homes make consumers act unreasonably HOME program of President Joko Widodo known as the subsidized one million homes dedicated to the low-income people (MBR) is exploited by many rogue developers. In addition, with a down payment of IDR 5 million to IDR 7.5 million and installment of IDR 800,000 to IDR 900,000 consumers are made to act unreasonably. Consumers purchase without checking the legality of the developers.

Ida Bagus Dedy Darmawan, Director of PT Sejagad Indi Perkasa, confirmed on Monday (Apr. 9) that many rogue developers participate in working on the program. Other than in Bali, this condition also occurred in other regions.

Dedy said there are several factors triggering irresponsible parties to work on this project. “The price is cheap, so that consumers act unreasonably without considering whether the developers have good reputation or not. The house is subsidized by the government so the price can be cheap,” he said.

In addition, rogue developers do not understand about the mechanism of House Financing Liquidity Facility (FLPP) so they consider it easy. They only consider that getting a down payment from consumers in large amount has been safe. Actually, the rules are very strict.

As a result of this program, continued Dedy, some housing associations other than Real Estate Indonesia (REI) finally

appeared in numbers and they receive members without any screening so it is quite risky as they develop haphazardly.

On the way, the government makes the rules that all developers implementing the FLPP must join in the association.

Government regulations and policies also change according to circumstances in the field.

“For example, there is development carried out haphazardly and the buildings then collapse. Seeing such condition, the government organizes a meeting to hold additional requirements,” he said.

According to him, the FLPP (subsidized) house program is really capital intensive and unlike selling the plot of land.

The agreement can only be made after the house has been established. To process the contract agreement, many requirements must also be met by consumers. Until now, Bank BTN is serious and has its support in this program. “Rouge developers usually work on their own land only or cooperation from the results of their speculation. They mostly do not understand the procedures. As consequence, the project is jammed and the losers will be consumers,” said Dedy.

Responding to these conditions, Chairman of the REI Bali, Pande Agus Permana Widura, said his association still hoped consumers to select a developer more keenly. Before pur-

chasing, they should check first the legality of the developer because lately many developer organizations grow in Bali where each organization has different requirements. “The requirements can simplify or complicate the developers to join in the housing organization. This condition is sometimes difficult to control,” he said.

However, REI Bali is very selective in approving new members. Moreover, his side did the screening before giving approval to new members. It is meant to take care of the quality of the developer itself, let alone the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (PUPR) has made a very good system to prevent the presence of illegal developers in the procurement of subsidized homes.

“Now, it highly depends on us in the organization how to respond to this wisely, instead of just approving the new developers without making an appropriate selection,” said Agus.

Every developer of subsidized home must be registered in the organization. Otherwise, the developer cannot cooperate with the supporting bank. This system is made by the Ministry of Public Works and Housing so that one day if there is a problem with the developer, the ministry can easily browse through the organization. (rah)

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China says conflict with Taiwan ‘more probable’ after US agrees to help Taipei build submarines

BEIJING - A conflict between China and Taiwan is becoming “more probable” after Donald Trump agreed to help Taipei build its own submarines, Chinese media said.

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The decline in the number of evacuees caused the logistics stock to be unused.

Tanah Ampo command post receives return of 23 tons of rice

AMLAPURA — In harmony with the calming down of Mount Agung, the evacuees also decided to return to their homes. The number of evacuees also declined, leaving 193 people at eight points. The decline in the number of evacuees caused the logistics stock to be unused.

Meanwhile, the Tanah Ampo command post just received a return of logistics stock from Klungkung district as much as 23 tons because there are no longer evacuees.

The current refuge point is only around Karangasem. Based on the latest data of Jagabaya Brotherhood (Pasebaya) around the Mount Agung affected area, the total number of evacuees in Karangasem remains 195 people, spreading across eight points of refugee posts.

Klungkung initially became one of the refugee post centers.

Since the alert status of Mount Agung was dropped to watch, all

the evacuees gradually chose to go home. The stock of logistics remaining available has been returned to Tanah Ampo command post by the Klungkung Social Service on Sunday (Apr. 8). The return of rice was justified by one of the officials of the Social Service of Karangasem, I Gede Putra Yasa. When met at Tanah Ampo command post on Monday (Apr. 9), the returning of the 23 tons of

rice adds to the previous rice stock remaining 14 tons.

The amount has been deducted with the rice wrapped into thousands of packages of basic needs.

So, until now the total amount of rice logistics from the remaining stock plus the rice logistics returned by the Klungkung district has not yet been known in details. “Please ask directly to the agency head,” he said.

Similarly, he did not know where to be distributed the red wrapped package containing basic foods such as rice, instant noodles, cooking oil and other logistics.

Gede Putra Yasa himself admitted not to know about it.

Head of the Karangasem Social Agency, Ni Ketut Puspa Kumari, when contacted via telephone could not give an answer. Though having been contacted for several times, the Head of Social Agency did not respond.

“We delivered the last logistics to the evacuation post approximately a month ago, but until now there has been no order or demand

for logistics from the evacuation post,” said Gede Putrayasa.

Currently, there are no more refugees living or evacuating outside Karangasem area. In other words, the refugees of Mount Agung have been concentrated in eight refugee points within Karangasem district. Two of them are the refugee post at Rendang Agriculture Unit and in Amerta Buana village, Selat sub-district.

Headman of Amerta Buana, I Wayan Arsana, said that until now the stock of logistics at refugee post in the area remains safe. If there is shortage, it will soon be delivered to Tanah Ampo command post. (kmb31)

The US gave the go ahead for defence contractors to help Taiwan build an indigenous fleet after repeated appeals from Taiwan for help to bolster its defences against an increasingly assertive China.

The decision has prompted Chinese officials to warn the US against playing the ‘Taiwan card’ amid an escalating trade war between the two countries.

Taiwan first sought help from the US to build submarines in 1969, but Washington and European nations were reluctant to assist Taiwan in building a 12-boat fleet because of Chinese objections.

George W Bush’s administration said it would help Taiwan acquire diesel electric submarines, but after little progress, Taipei launched a plan to manufacture its own submarines last year.

The office of Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen thanked the US for its recent decision, while the defence ministry described the go ahead as a “breakthrough.”

However, media and officials in China which considers Taiwan a renegade province which will be reunited with the mainland - expressed anger at US interference in Taiwan.

The nationalist Global Times newspaper said: “The mainland needs to continue to prepare for a possible military clash across the Straits.

“A military showdown with Taiwan is becoming more probable and may take place sooner rather than later.”

Liu Jieyi, the director of China’s Taiwan Af-

Donald Trump shakes hands with China’s president Xi Jinping in Beijing, November 2017. fairs Office, said “some Americans indeed intend to play the Taiwan card”.

“This will not only harm the entire Chinese people, but harm rights and interests of Taiwan compatriots,” he said, according to Xiamen TV. Taiwan’s former defence minister, Andrew Yang, told The Telegraph the ruling was “a very

“This case occurred at 21:30 and was reported at 22:00,” said Chief of Denpasar Police Traffic Affairs, Rahmawaty Ismail, on Monday (Apr. 9).

Based on the results of the examination against witnesses, continued Rahmawaty, the victim initially moved from the south.

When arriving at the scene, the victim was alleged to lose her control and then

shuffled to the left and finally hit the sidewalk.

“The victim fell down and hit the sidewalk. People happening to see the incident immediately helped the victim and reported the incident to police and Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Denpasar,” she said.

By the officers, the victim was trans-

ported by BPBD ambulance to Bali Mandara Hospital on Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, Sanur. However, on the way to hospital the victim breathed her last.

“We appeal to the public, including foreign tourists, to be careful especially during the night trip. Hopefully, tour guides or the hotel management can tell their guests to be careful when driving,” she said. (kmb36)

Michael Tsai, another former defence minister, said: “China is expanding its very aggressive military activity around the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea. “Taiwan needs to strengthen its self defence capability, including submarines, to deter China from taking further aggressive military action in this area.” (net)

Runaway train rolls for miles in India without engine

Hit sidewalk, a Japanese tourist killed

DENPASAR - Alleged to be less careful when riding a motorcycle, a female Japanese tourist named Emiko Kojima, 56, got accident on Jalan Danau Tamblingan in front of Clara Bella Love, Sanur, South Denpasar, on Sunday (Apr. 8). As a result of crashing into the sidewalk, she was killed when being rushed to Bali Mandara Hospital.

important first step” in a process that could take at least ten years.

He said there was little surprise in Taipei over China’s negative reaction. “Beijing is always protesting US support for Taiwan in terms of providing defensive articles, particularly with regards to submarines. Submarines are more sensitive,” he said.

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India’s railways have a poor safety record.

NEW DELHI - India’s railway ministry said Sunday a “ghastly” accident was narrowly avoided after 22 train coaches carrying some 1,000 passengers became detached from the engine and sped backwards for miles before being stopped.

The runaway carriages in the eastern state of Odisha rolled for 12 kilometres (seven miles) before being brought to a shuddering halt by rocks placed on the tracks by railway staff.

A spokesman for the railway ministry’s eastern division said none of about 1,000 passengers were injured in the incident Saturday night.

But seven railway employees who did not follow proper procedures have been suspended and an

investigation launched into how the carriages became separated during the journey from the western state of Gujarat to Odisha, said spokesman JP Mishra.

Authorities believe that brakes applied when carriages are detached or attached to the engine were either incorrectly used or overlooked altogether.

“Something ghastly could have happened and it was averted by alert staff. Safety cannot be compromised,” Mishra told AFP, adding “more heads are likely to roll”.

“Everybody in the railways (ministry) is aghast and shocked.”

Mobile footage posted on social media showed the carriages speeding past a railway platform as help-

less onlookers screamed and yelled at passengers to pull the train’s emergency brake.

More than 22 million passengers commute daily on some 9,000 trains across India.

The incident is just latest to beset the creaking rail network, which dates back to the colonial era.

Last November 13 coaches of an express train derailed in northern India, killing three and leaving nine injured.

A year before that, 146 people died in a similar disaster.

A 2012 government report said almost 15,000 people were killed in various ways every year on India’s railways and described the loss of life as an annual “massacre”. (net)

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Mecakcakan Tradition at Sambirenteng Village

a year shortly before the Brexit vote.

A shortage of homes for sale is expected to continue to shore up the market and Halifax said it expected price growth to remain close to 3 percent in the coming months.

Rival mortgage lender Nationwide has said its measure of house prices showed the smallest increase in seven months in March when they rose by an annual 2.1 percent. (rtr)

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Chief of Sambirenteng customary village, Jro Bendesa Nengah Mas, said that the mecakcakan is a tradition having been carried out from generation to generation. Actually this ceremony is a series of pecaruan (animal sacrifice) at local village. The whole customary villagers are required to submit a rooster to the committee. If villagers do not submit a fighting rooster, it can be replaced with money. After that, the roosters of customary villagers are then pitted in the area of the village shrine.

Uniqueness of this ritual lies in the cockfighting where watching people are not allowed to bet, so that this ritual is free from the impression of gambling.

The losing rooster is slaughtered and cooked together to fill in the ritual oblations. The remaining will be enjoyed together through megibung in the area of the Bale Agung temple. “This ritual is a heritage we’ve received and shall be held every year,” he said.

According to Mas, from his predecessors the Mecakcakan ritual is held every entering the new moon in the seventh month of Balinese calendar (January). This ritual signifies the devotion of people to God having bestowed prosperity to universe, especially to Sambirenteng village. Besides, it also aims to maintain natural balance from various negative influences. (kmb)

Jaja Serud, a Sweet Pejaten Village a Home to Ceramic Arts Balinese Traditional Cake

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Sambirenteng customary village in Tejakula, Buleleng, organized mecakcakan tradition. This heritage tradition is better known as cockfighting in the shrine of Sambirenteng village. This unique ritual took place solemnly and festively attended by all local villagers. Chief of Sambirenteng customary village, Jro Bendesa Nengah Mas, said that the mecakcakan is a tradition

LONDON- British house prices rose by a stronger-thanexpected 2.7 percent in the first three months of 2018 after the weakest increase in nearly five years in the three months to February, figures from mortgage lender Halifax showed on Monday. In monthly terms, prices rose by 1.5 percent in March from February, the fastest gain since August last year.

Both increases were stronger than forecasts in a Reuters poll of economists. However, house prices are still rising much more slowly than before the 2016 referendum decision to take Britain out of the European Union which hit confidence among many households and their spending power as the pound’s fall pushed up inflation.

By Halifax’s measure, prices were rising by about 10 percent

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United States and Canada. Full-year 2017 auto exports grew 12.1 percent and production increased 8.9 percent, auto industry group AMIA said on Monday. Exports rose 16.7 percent in December from the same month a year earlier, while production was up 1.5 percent.

“Despite the uncertainty surrounding NAFTA and rumors Mexico wouldn’t be able to continue exporting to the United States, it’s important to note that not only did we hit a record in exports but we also had record export numbers to the United States with nearly 10 percent growth,” AMIA President Eduardo Solis said.

AMIA has a preliminary production forecast of over 4 million units for 2018, said Solis, a 6 percent increase in output over last year.

With Canada and Mexico objecting to major changes that Washington wants in NAFTA, time is running out to settle differences before the negotiations are scheduled

to wrap up at the end of March.

Mexico’s auto sector has benefited from NAFTA as major manufacturers, such as General Motors Co (GM.N), Ford Motor Co (F.N), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCHA. MI) and Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE), have made the country a top export hub, attracted by cheap labor and free trade pacts with more than 40 nations.

However, car sales in Mexico contracted 4.6 percent in 2017 from a year earlier and fell 17.6 percent in December, as stubbornly high inflation squeezed domestic consumption. Among the top 20-selling brands, Ford suffered the biggest drop in business last year, with sales in Mexico down by almost 18 percent compared with 2016.

Ford sparked anger last year when it canceled plans to build a plant in central Mexico.

Guillermo Rosales, deputy director general of the Mexican association of automobile distributors, dismissed the notion that this had hurt sales. (rtr)

Jaja serud or jaja gadang or green cake is a traditional cake tasting very sweet. It smells fragrant, looks beautiful and has a very distinctive flavor. In this modern time, this kind of traditional cake is still consumed by the Hindu community in Bali. Moreover, it often becomes a primary choice due to its delicious flavor. Some people desire to reminisce by enjoying this cake. In the past, it became a snack for people when holding mutual assistance activities such as having ceremonies and making house, shrines or other types of buildings. It will become nicer when enjoying this cake accompanied with coffee or tea.

This cake is also consumed by farmers when working in their paddy fields involving many people such as when growing rice, plowing fields using cattle and other activities. It is prepared by the wives of farmers through mutual assistance as well. It happens because brotherhood relationship is still strong, so without being informed they will certainly come to help.

Nowadays, this cake has economic value, so that it is sold in traditional markets. Nevertheless, it is not easy to find a merchant of the jaja serud. Other than being difficult to make, the preparation to presentation takes long time.

Moreover, it may not be served too long because it is quickly perishable. So, it is advisable to enjoy

this cake while remaining warm or after being cooked.

Virtually all the ingredients used to make are eco-friendly, without chemicals, preservatives or synthetic dyes. The main ingredients are rice flour, whiting water, extract of dracaena leaf, salt, brown sugar and grated coconut. Then, the tool used to make it is clean banana midrib.

Results of the cake would be great when self-preparing the rice flour through traditional process by pounding. First of all, select the rice and then soaked for whole night. Then, drain and pound until smooth. Rice flour is then clenchedfist and steamed. Once cooked, take out and douse with the extract of dracaena leaf and betel leaf, salt to taste and knead until smooth.

Shape the batter by means of banana midrib by preparing the batter of a marble size. Place this batter on the banana midrib by doing serud-serud (pulling down gently) with the thumb, so that it will look like a flower. Subsequently, place on banana leaf and then steam.

While waiting this, prepare brown sugar sauce by means of boiling and make grated coconut. Once cooked, take it out and cool down.

Remove the jaja serud from banana leaves and then put on a plate. After that, sprinkle with grated coconut and brown sugar sauce. Now, it is ready to serve. (kmb)

Pejaten has a new tourist attraction namely ceramics museum.

Many people do not know yet about it. It is natural because it was just established four years ago gradually. Visitors to the museum named Tantri only reach tens of people.

More foreign travelers are recorded.

Aside from having a look, they can also practice the Pejaten has a new tourist attraction namely ceramics museum.

Many people do not know yet about it. It is natural because it was just established four years ago gradually.

Visitors to the museum named Tantri only reach tens of people. More foreign travelers are recorded. Aside from having a look, they can also practice the making of ceramics.

The result can be taken home, so that Pejaten can still be remembered.

Putu Oka Mahendra, founder of the Tantri Museum of Ceramics, said that the idea of establishing the museum actually emerged in the 1980s. At that time, his father served as headman of Pejaten. The idea was then materialized in 2011.

Oka Mahendra said that ceramics and pottery or products made from clay are synonymous with Pejaten village. These crafts have been supporting the life of local community since the beginning. “In the past around in the 1970s, this village was a barren place. The existing agricultural land available was insufficient.

Then, pottery crafts helped support the people here,” he said.

In the next decade, around 1985, the ceramics and pottery industry

at the village was growing. It was in line with the introduction of the heating technique at high temperatures by a Dutch guest stopping at the village. With the technique, people could produce much higher quality ceramics and pottery.

This former legislator of Tabanan in the period of 2009-2014 said that incoming guests do not only have a look at the collection of ceramics, but also see the process of making ceramics from raw material processing, manufacturing to finishing processes.

In harmony with the passage of time, Oka Mahendra said that many domestic and foreign travelers then come to Pejaten village especially to see the making of ceramics. “The visit is still dominated by foreign travelers from Europe with an average of 30 people per day, while

domestic consists of 20 people,” he explained.

Admittedly, the development of Pejaten ceramics has started to increase. It is indicated by high demand for the goods, especially from hotels and restaurants. Definitely this condition encourages the growth of ceramic artisans.

Unfortunately, amid such development the artisans are faced with raw material constraint. Not infrequently they must be in line to get ready-toused materials. “Our raw materials are brought in from Jakarta,” he explained.

Nevertheless, together with local residents he is currently conducting an area arrangement to support the existence of the ceramic museum.

One of them is organizing the rural environment so as to support the existence of the industry. (kmb)

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Woman dies after being given formaldehyde instead of saline drip during routine surgery

President Donald Trump

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Trump fumes at Mueller probe after raid on attorney

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has lashed out against special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, branding it “an attack on our country” and exhibiting mounting concern about the yearlong probe after federal authorities raided the offices of his personal attorney.

Caught off guard and furious with the encroaching inquiry, the president showed a flare of temper watching cable news coverage of the raid Monday afternoon, summoning lawyers Ty Cobb and Jay Sekulow to get their opinion of what was happening.

Aides and outside allies described Trump as shaken and increasingly frustrated by the development, and they said his reaction had sparked discussion about whether the raid would usher an unpredictable new phase in how the president responds to the probe.

Trump vented from the Oval Office that Mueller’s investigators were “going too far” and conducting “their witch hunt” to undermine his presidency, according to three people familiar with the president’s views but not allowed to discuss them publicly.

Minutes later he publicly unleashed his sharpest invective to date against the sweeping investigation, calling the Monday search “a disgrace.”

“It’s an attack on our country in a true sense,” he said in the Cabinet Room, flanked by the nation’s top military brass, who watched the scene stone-faced.

“It’s an attack on what we all stand for.”

Trump let loose after federal agents pierced the

protective bubble around him, seizing records from the offices of longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen, on topics including a $130,000 payment made to a porn actress who says she had sex with Trump more than a decade ago.

Cohen has been an ardent defender in Trump’s business, personal and political affairs for more than a decade — Cohen claims to have used a personal home equity loan to pay the adult film actress, known as Stormy Daniels — and the probe’s expansion into the president’s inner circle left Trump fuming.

The president didn’t bat away the idea of firing Mueller, saying people have advised him to take that action: “Why don’t I just fire Mueller? Well, I think it’s a disgrace what’s going on — we’ll see what happens.”

He said the raid in New York marked a “whole new level of unfairness” by Mueller and his team.

Trump called the probe a “witch hunt,” as he has many times in the past, complaining that it distracts from serious issues such as consideration of a military response to the apparent use of a chemical weapon on Syrian civilians over the weekend. That was one of the intended subjects of his Monday evening meeting with the defense secretary, the joint chiefs of staff and U.S. combat commanders.

Instead, with reporters in the Cabinet Room and cameras rolling, Trump opened the meeting with an unprompted four-minute critique of Mueller’s investigation. “I just heard that they broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys, a good man,” Trump began, referring to agents who had obtained search warrants from a federal judge. (net)

MOSCOW - A Russian woman tragically died after she was administered embalming fluids instead of saline during a routine surgery, according to reports.

Ekaterina Fedyaeva, 27, was undergoing a procedure at a hospital in Ulyanovsk, Russia, in early April when her medics mistakenly put her on a formalin drip instead of a saline drip. The accidentally administered IV bag contained formaldehyde, a preservative used to prevent corpses from decomposing.

Fedyaeva came out of surgery suffering severe pain and convulsions, which lasted for two days before she slipped into a coma, according to the Sun. Fedyaeva’s husband, Igor, and her mother, Galina Baryshnikova, were both present throughout the horrifying ordeal.

“Her legs were moving, she had convulsions, her whole body was shaking,” said her mother. “I put socks on her, then a robe, then a blanket but she was shivering to such an extent, I can’t even describe it.”

Baryshnikova claimed that doctors were aware of their fatal error for hours but still did nothing to help her daughter.

“They needed to take some urgent measures, but they did nothing,” she said. “I begged, ‘please help her, she is my only child.’

I think they just wanted me to go away and to hide everything.”

The bereaved mother said she wasn’t even officially told about the accident until she stumbled upon a group of doctors quietly discussing how to break the news to Fedyaeva’s family.

Fedyaeva was eventually put on life support and flown to a larger hospital in Moscow where she briefly awoke from her coma before dying from multiple organ failure. She was laid to rest on April 7. (net)

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KPK arrests Jambi Governor Zumi Zola

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Monday sent Jambi Governor Zumi Zola to detention house after being grilled for 8 hours. KPK Zumi Zola was already named a suspect in a corruption case earlier this year but he was allowed to stay out of jail before KPK decided to put him in detention on Monday.

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ASEAN-China relations still nuanced with competition rather than collaboration: Expert

JAKARTA - Director of the ASEAN Study Center of Universitas Gadjah Mada, Dafri Agussalim, stated that ASEANChina relations are still nuanced with competition rather than collaboration, which will create negative impacts, particularly among ASEAN member states.

“The cooperation approach based on competition paradigm will result in imbalance in relations between ASEAN and China, as well as interfere with the cohesiveness, solidarity, and integrity among ASEAN countries,” he noted, during a seminar to commemorate the 15th Anniversary of the ChinaASEAN Strategic Partnership in Jakarta, on Monday.

Agussalim revealed that his argument was based on the fact that Chinese investment, which has been entering ASEAN market significantly, is mostly used for big industries such as infrastructure, mining, and capitaladvanced business, rather than the sectors that target middle and lower income people.

According to him, the public sees Chinese investment as part of the Chinese hegemony against the ASEAN economy, which later spread suspicion, distrust, and negative sentiment towards the investment in the region.

“Such economic relations and trade between the two sides are not responded properly and positively, and it also receives

negative response from the people of ASEAN countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia,” he noted.

Another fact is that ASEAN countries always suffer from trade deficit to China, which also becomes an additional reminder that ASEAN and China should shift their cooperation approach paradigm from competition to collaboration. By applying collaboration, both parties aim to cooperate to achieve a win-win solution rather than a win-lose solution.

“People who share the same goals are regarded as partners rather than competitors. The other party is considered to have the potential to realize mutual benefits. Thus, a collaborative approach can improve cooperation between existing parties.

That is why I think ASEAN and China need to move from competition to a collaborative nature of relationship,” Agussalim explained.

He admitted that such mindset change will not be a simple process, but ASEAN and China can start by reviewing the regimes of cooperation between the two sides, such as the ASEAN China Free-Trade Area (ACFTA).

“We cannot put our strategic partnership purely to the market mechanism. Thus, political will from every ASEAN member state should also be imposed to change this nature of cooperation,” he concluded. (ant)

The politician of the National Mandate Party (PAN) and an official of the Jambi Public Works and Housing Office Arfan were charged with accepting a bribe of Rp6 billion related to projects of Public Works and Housing office in Jambi in 2014-2017.

The case implicating Zumi Zola was unveiled after the bribery case involving acting provincial administration secretary Erwan Malik, was caught red handed by KPK on Nov. 29 last year. Erwan and acting head of the regional

public work and housing office Saifudin and a Jambi lawmaker Supriono were arrested by KPK on bribery charge.

KPK named Supriono as a suspect on charge of accepting bribe and Erwan, Arfan and Saifuddin were charged with bribing the lawmaker, to help ensure that the regional legislative assembly approved a regional budget proposed by the provincial administration.

Arfan, therefore, is suspect in two different cases.

First he and Zumi Zola were charged with accepting bribe from business players and second he was involved in bribing lawmaker to speed up legislators’ approval for regional budget.

KPK confiscated a total of Rp4.7 billion from those caught red handed by KPK. The money was to be used to bribe the regional lawmakers to approve the draft provincial budget. If found guilty Zumi Zola will face a sentence of up to 20 years’ imprisonment with a fine of up to Rp1 billion. (ant)

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Kolaka government witnesses rise of new HIV infections

KOLAKA - The number of people suffering from HIV in Kolaka District, Southeast Sulawesi, has increased by 270 percent in 2017 as compared to that recorded in 2016.

Head of the Kolaka Health Office Harun Massiri cited findings of the health office team on the field that showed several people, especially men, were infected with HIV. “The increase is very high in the last two years,” he remarked.

Kolaka District is one of the

most open areas, with several people moving in and out of the area due to which the disease has easily spread from outside.

According to Massiri, the onfield team had found that dozens of HIV sufferers were the local residents of Kolaka, especially men in the age group of some 25-45 years.

“We cannot reveal the sufferers` identities due to privacy concerns.

However, we have already cured them, including through medicines and counseling,” he stated.

In a bid to take precautionary measures against the transmission of the disease, the government has urged stakeholders, including religious scholars and leaders, to disseminate information and awareness of HIV among the local people.

“I urge stakeholders to adopt effective approaches and conduct socialization, including highlighting the impact of HIV disease on the local people of Kolaka. I believe we can prevent it,” he remarked. (ant)

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Did Toro Rosso show Honda engine programme is on right track?

AMLAPURA - Surfer, skater and petrol-head lifestyle brand Deus Ex Machina collaborated with The Marine Foundation to create this bio-rock feature off the coast of Gili Trawangan. It comprises a motorbike, in keeping with the brand’s custom culture, and which offers divers and snorkelers a totally rad underwater holiday photo op. You can call it a bike, a sculpture or a bio reef, or what the Deus guys like to call, bio-rock ‘n’ roll. The site is some 50 metres off the shore of the Café Gili, at a depth of around 6-7 metres.

The Deus project is a creative collaboration between the Marine Foundation and Deus and the reef restoration method Bio-rock®, made in the Deus motorbike workshops at their flagship store ‘The Temple of Enthusiasm ’ in Changu, Bali. Once completed the structure was transported to the Gili Islands on the roof of the Blue water express fast boat. Reassembled on the beach with a team of helpers it was literally carried into its underwater home in front of Cafe Gili in approx. 5 m water depth. There can be strong currents which adds a challenging dimension to riding the only motorbike on Gili, an island dedicated to diving it is characteristically housed underwater giving a home to fish and marine life.

Gili Eco Trust who run the Gili Islands environmental program is managing the bio-rock installation and checking that the gentle electrical current required by the bio-rock® method is working and providing juice for the corals and fish that have taken up residence.

Now a unique and fun interactive experience and a great photo opportunity drawing a new audience to the issues of the ocean environment and sustainable marine management. (net)

BAHRAIN - Pierre Gasly’s superb fourth place for Toro Rosso in the Bahrain Grand Prix has reset perceptions of Honda’s Formula 1 engine programme almost overnight.

Honda were ditched by McLaren at the end of last season, the team preferring to forego a net $100m (£71m) benefit of being a works partner with a car company in favour of paying for Renault engines because they had lost faith the Japanese company would ever get it right in F1.

That decision looks questionable following Toro Rosso’s performance in the desert at the weekend.

Not only did Gasly qualify a stunning sixth, start fifth after Lewis Hamilton’s grid penalty and race strongly to fourth, but both Toro Rosso cars out-qualified both McLarens, with Brendon Hartley taking 11th on the grid ahead of Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne in 13th and 14th.

This has only increased the pressure on the senior management at McLaren, who had an abject time in qualifying at the home race of their major shareholders, the Bahraini royal family.

Alonso and Vandoorne did eventually finish seventh and eighth in the race. And Alonso, it should be noted, is an impressive fourth in the championship after the first two grands prix.

But Bahrain also emphasised that Honda, after three years of struggle, seem finally on the right track in F1, in the fourth year after their return.

OUT OF THE WOODS It all has to be kept in perspective, as Alonso himself was keen to point out after qualifying. Asked about the Toro Rosso performance, the Spanish two-time world champion replied: “It was great - but you didn’t ask about Toro Rosso in Australia. Because, I mean, if the Toro Rosso question will become a normality, I hope it becomes a normality at all 21 races - because the championship is 21 races.”

In other words, one swallow does not make a summer. Alonso was referencing Toro Rosso’s performance at the first race of the season in Melbourne, where Hartley and Gasly qualified 16th and 20th. The Frenchman also suffered a major engine failure in the race.

Honda got through Bahrain with no reliability problems after fitting a revised turbo/hybrid unit to both cars, which means Gasly and Hartley are now on their second of the season and only three are allowed before grid penalties kick in. So engine-related grid drops, which became all too familiar during Honda’s years with McLaren, seem an inevitability again.

The wider point, though, is about performance. McLaren dropped Honda after spending much of last season claiming that their engine was the major reason for the car’s lack of pace.

Even at the time, many engineers up and down the pit lane were sceptical of this claim, feeling that McLaren were somewhat overstating the competitiveness of their chassis and aerodynamics.

And in Bahrain at the weekend there was a distinct sense of schadenfreude from many as McLaren reeled and Toro Rosso celebrated. (net)

Pierre Gasly, Toro Rosso, Bahrain International Circuit, 2018.

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PHILADELPHIA - Ben Simmons’ latest comments apparently raised some eyebrows — Donovan Mitchell’s included. The Philadelphia 76ers forward took a page out of LeBron James’ book this weekend by boldly declaring himself the favorite to win the 2018 NBA Rookie of the Year award. “Who would I pick? Me, 100 percent,” Simmons told ESPN’s Chris Haynes on Saturday. ” … If you look at the numbers, you will see. People who know the game know.”

Simmons does appear to be the front-runner — he’s averaging 16.0 points per contest while leading all NBA rookies in both rebounds (8.1) and assists (8.2) per game –but the Utah Jazz’s Mitchell also makes a compelling case, while Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum has been strong, too. When asked which other rookies

have caught his attention this season, though, Simmons gave a surprisingly blunt answer.

“None,” he replied. “I want to be where the greats are. So, for me, I watch the guys like (Kevin Durant), (LeBron James), (Stephen) Curry, Russell (Westbrook). Guys like that.”

We get where Simmons is coming from: The greats all have unwavering confidence, so why not aim high? But the 21-year-old’s comments still opened him for ridicule. Shortly after Simmons’ boast went public, Mitchell posted a GIF on Twitter that could be about anything but totally was related to the Sixers forward’s comments. Obviously, Mitchell doesn’t share Simmons’ views here. The Louisville product’s 20.5 points per game are tops among NBA rookies, so he certainly has a point. (net)

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Salah warned off leaving Liverpool to live in Ronaldo or Messi’s shadow Mohamed Salah has been warned off leaving Liverpool by former Egypt coach Hassan Shehata, with any switch to Real Madrid set to leave him in the shadow of Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Champions League holders continue to be heavily linked with a man who has netted 38 times across all competitions this season – a tally which leaves him just two adrift of a talismanic presence at Santiago Bernabeu.

Real are said to consider Salah to be of the ‘Galactico’ mould and are weighing up the merits of a bigmoney move for a man who only arrived at Anfield in a £36.9 million deal over the summer of 2017.

Shehata appreciates why the 25-year-old has become a man in demand, but has used Brazilian superstar Neymar as an example of how operating alongside a multiple Ballon d’Or winner can actually do more harm than good.

He told ON Sport of Salah, who is tied to a contract at Liverpool until 2022: “It is honour to us when we talk about Mohamed Salah.

“He did great job this year with Liverpool. He can either leave for Barcelona or Real Madrid, or he can stay with Liverpool. “It is up to him, but I think he should play for the team who will always let him play.

“Salah is the biggest star with Liverpool, but with Real Madrid he will under the shadow of Cristiano Ronaldo.

“That’s what made Neymar leave Barcelona, because he wanted to be out of Lionel Messi’s shadow.

“Salah should think very well before he leaves Liverpool and get advice from trustworthy professional people, then he will take the best decision for himself.”

Article continues below For now, Salah is focused on the present and recovering from an untimely knock. Having been forced off during a Champions League quarter-final first leg clash with Manchester City, the Egyptian forward played no part in Liverpool’s 0-0 Merseyside derby draw with Everton.

He may, however, come back into contention for a return date with City on Tuesday, as Jurgen Klopp’s side endeavour to build on a 3-0 advantage and book their place in the last four of Europe’s elite club competition. (afp)

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‘Nothing Bale does is worth €100 million’ - Real Madrid star savaged by Valdano Gareth Bale has been slammed by former Real Madrid player and coach Jorge Valdano, with the Welshman told “nothing he does is worth €100 million”. The Blancos invested a then record-breaking transfer fee in the Wales international forward back in 2013.

Bale is closing in on 200 appearances for the club and has helped them to La Liga, Copa del Rey and Club World Cup triumphs, along with three

Champions League crowns.

He has, however, struggled for form and fitness at various stages throughout his time in Spain and his value has now been questioned by a man who has filled roles at Santiago Bernabeu ranging from goalgetting frontman to sporting director.

Valdano told El Transistor: “Nothing Bale does is worth 100 million euros, and that’s the price tag he carries around on his shirt.” (afp)

Man United, Barcelona, Real Madrid a dream move for Dayot Upamecano Reported Manchester United target Dayot Upamecano says he dreamed of playing for the Premier League club, as well as Real Madrid and Barcelona, as a child. United are reportedly tracking Upamecano, whose superb performances for RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga and in European competition over the last 14 months have earned rave reviews.

The 18-year-old centre-back, who grew up in the same area of Normandy with Barca’s Ousmane Dembele, has been tipped to join one of Europe’s biggest clubs.

“As a youngster, you dream of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, but to get there, you have to work,” he told Telefoot.

“I’m very proud of myself, very happy. I have to keep going in the same direction. I have to aim higher. My preference for the moment is Leipzig. Afterwards, we’ll see.”

Leipzig have set their asking price at €100 million, 10 times what they paid sister club FC Salzburg for the teenager in January 2017.

Upamecano has two France under-21 appearances to his name, but is yet to feature at senior level.

“All the great players play for their national teams,” he said. “I would also like to be called up one day. I know I’m on the right track, so I have to keep going like this.” (afp)

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Torres: This will be my last season at Atletico Madrid Fernando Torres has announced that he will leave Atletico Madrid at the end of the 201718 season, but vows to continue playing football elsewhere.

Torres joined his boyhood club at the age of 10, spending six years in their youth system and another six in the first team before moving to Liverpool.

The Spain international scored an impressive 65 goals in 102 league appearances for the Merseysiders before trading the Reds for a stint at Chelsea.

Torres’ form dropped markedly after leaving Liverpool, but he has enjoyed something of a resurgence after returning to Atletico in 2015, where he has now amassed a total of 92 Liga goals for the club. At 34 years old, however, the striker is ready to move on. (afp) IBP/net

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Salah warned off leaving Liverpool to live in Ronaldo or Messi’s shadow Mohamed Salah has been warned off leaving Liverpool by former Egypt coach Hassan Shehata, with any switch to Real Madrid set to leave him in the shadow of Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Champions League holders continue to be heavily linked with a man who has netted 38 times across all competitions this season – a tally which leaves him just two adrift of a talismanic presence at Santiago Bernabeu.

Real are said to consider Salah to be of the ‘Galactico’ mould and are weighing up the merits of a bigmoney move for a man who only arrived at Anfield in a £36.9 million deal over the summer of 2017.

Shehata appreciates why the 25-year-old has become a man in demand, but has used Brazilian superstar Neymar as an example of how operating alongside a multiple Ballon d’Or winner can actually do more harm than good.

He told ON Sport of Salah, who is tied to a contract at Liverpool until 2022: “It is honour to us when we talk about Mohamed Salah.

“He did great job this year with Liverpool. He can either leave for Barcelona or Real Madrid, or he can stay with Liverpool. “It is up to him, but I think he should play for the team who will always let him play.

“Salah is the biggest star with Liverpool, but with Real Madrid he will under the shadow of Cristiano Ronaldo.

“That’s what made Neymar leave Barcelona, because he wanted to be out of Lionel Messi’s shadow.

“Salah should think very well before he leaves Liverpool and get advice from trustworthy professional people, then he will take the best decision for himself.”

Article continues below For now, Salah is focused on the present and recovering from an untimely knock. Having been forced off during a Champions League quarter-final first leg clash with Manchester City, the Egyptian forward played no part in Liverpool’s 0-0 Merseyside derby draw with Everton.

He may, however, come back into contention for a return date with City on Tuesday, as Jurgen Klopp’s side endeavour to build on a 3-0 advantage and book their place in the last four of Europe’s elite club competition. (afp)

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‘Nothing Bale does is worth €100 million’ - Real Madrid star savaged by Valdano Gareth Bale has been slammed by former Real Madrid player and coach Jorge Valdano, with the Welshman told “nothing he does is worth €100 million”. The Blancos invested a then record-breaking transfer fee in the Wales international forward back in 2013.

Bale is closing in on 200 appearances for the club and has helped them to La Liga, Copa del Rey and Club World Cup triumphs, along with three

Champions League crowns.

He has, however, struggled for form and fitness at various stages throughout his time in Spain and his value has now been questioned by a man who has filled roles at Santiago Bernabeu ranging from goalgetting frontman to sporting director.

Valdano told El Transistor: “Nothing Bale does is worth 100 million euros, and that’s the price tag he carries around on his shirt.” (afp)

Man United, Barcelona, Real Madrid a dream move for Dayot Upamecano Reported Manchester United target Dayot Upamecano says he dreamed of playing for the Premier League club, as well as Real Madrid and Barcelona, as a child. United are reportedly tracking Upamecano, whose superb performances for RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga and in European competition over the last 14 months have earned rave reviews.

The 18-year-old centre-back, who grew up in the same area of Normandy with Barca’s Ousmane Dembele, has been tipped to join one of Europe’s biggest clubs.

“As a youngster, you dream of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, but to get there, you have to work,” he told Telefoot.

“I’m very proud of myself, very happy. I have to keep going in the same direction. I have to aim higher. My preference for the moment is Leipzig. Afterwards, we’ll see.”

Leipzig have set their asking price at €100 million, 10 times what they paid sister club FC Salzburg for the teenager in January 2017.

Upamecano has two France under-21 appearances to his name, but is yet to feature at senior level.

“All the great players play for their national teams,” he said. “I would also like to be called up one day. I know I’m on the right track, so I have to keep going like this.” (afp)

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Torres: This will be my last season at Atletico Madrid Fernando Torres has announced that he will leave Atletico Madrid at the end of the 201718 season, but vows to continue playing football elsewhere.

Torres joined his boyhood club at the age of 10, spending six years in their youth system and another six in the first team before moving to Liverpool.

The Spain international scored an impressive 65 goals in 102 league appearances for the Merseysiders before trading the Reds for a stint at Chelsea.

Torres’ form dropped markedly after leaving Liverpool, but he has enjoyed something of a resurgence after returning to Atletico in 2015, where he has now amassed a total of 92 Liga goals for the club. At 34 years old, however, the striker is ready to move on. (afp) IBP/net

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AMLAPURA - Surfer, skater and petrol-head lifestyle brand Deus Ex Machina collaborated with The Marine Foundation to create this bio-rock feature off the coast of Gili Trawangan. It comprises a motorbike, in keeping with the brand’s custom culture, and which offers divers and snorkelers a totally rad underwater holiday photo op. You can call it a bike, a sculpture or a bio reef, or what the Deus guys like to call, bio-rock ‘n’ roll. The site is some 50 metres off the shore of the Café Gili, at a depth of around 6-7 metres.

The Deus project is a creative collaboration between the Marine Foundation and Deus and the reef restoration method Bio-rock®, made in the Deus motorbike workshops at their flagship store ‘The Temple of Enthusiasm ’ in Changu, Bali. Once completed the structure was transported to the Gili Islands on the roof of the Blue water express fast boat. Reassembled on the beach with a team of helpers it was literally carried into its underwater home in front of Cafe Gili in approx. 5 m water depth. There can be strong currents which adds a challenging dimension to riding the only motorbike on Gili, an island dedicated to diving it is characteristically housed underwater giving a home to fish and marine life.

Gili Eco Trust who run the Gili Islands environmental program is managing the bio-rock installation and checking that the gentle electrical current required by the bio-rock® method is working and providing juice for the corals and fish that have taken up residence.

Now a unique and fun interactive experience and a great photo opportunity drawing a new audience to the issues of the ocean environment and sustainable marine management. (net)

BAHRAIN - Pierre Gasly’s superb fourth place for Toro Rosso in the Bahrain Grand Prix has reset perceptions of Honda’s Formula 1 engine programme almost overnight.

Honda were ditched by McLaren at the end of last season, the team preferring to forego a net $100m (£71m) benefit of being a works partner with a car company in favour of paying for Renault engines because they had lost faith the Japanese company would ever get it right in F1.

That decision looks questionable following Toro Rosso’s performance in the desert at the weekend.

Not only did Gasly qualify a stunning sixth, start fifth after Lewis Hamilton’s grid penalty and race strongly to fourth, but both Toro Rosso cars out-qualified both McLarens, with Brendon Hartley taking 11th on the grid ahead of Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne in 13th and 14th.

This has only increased the pressure on the senior management at McLaren, who had an abject time in qualifying at the home race of their major shareholders, the Bahraini royal family.

Alonso and Vandoorne did eventually finish seventh and eighth in the race. And Alonso, it should be noted, is an impressive fourth in the championship after the first two grands prix.

But Bahrain also emphasised that Honda, after three years of struggle, seem finally on the right track in F1, in the fourth year after their return.

OUT OF THE WOODS It all has to be kept in perspective, as Alonso himself was keen to point out after qualifying. Asked about the Toro Rosso performance, the Spanish two-time world champion replied: “It was great - but you didn’t ask about Toro Rosso in Australia. Because, I mean, if the Toro Rosso question will become a normality, I hope it becomes a normality at all 21 races - because the championship is 21 races.”

In other words, one swallow does not make a summer. Alonso was referencing Toro Rosso’s performance at the first race of the season in Melbourne, where Hartley and Gasly qualified 16th and 20th. The Frenchman also suffered a major engine failure in the race.

Honda got through Bahrain with no reliability problems after fitting a revised turbo/hybrid unit to both cars, which means Gasly and Hartley are now on their second of the season and only three are allowed before grid penalties kick in. So engine-related grid drops, which became all too familiar during Honda’s years with McLaren, seem an inevitability again.

The wider point, though, is about performance. McLaren dropped Honda after spending much of last season claiming that their engine was the major reason for the car’s lack of pace.

Even at the time, many engineers up and down the pit lane were sceptical of this claim, feeling that McLaren were somewhat overstating the competitiveness of their chassis and aerodynamics.

And in Bahrain at the weekend there was a distinct sense of schadenfreude from many as McLaren reeled and Toro Rosso celebrated. (net)

Pierre Gasly, Toro Rosso, Bahrain International Circuit, 2018.

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PHILADELPHIA - Ben Simmons’ latest comments apparently raised some eyebrows — Donovan Mitchell’s included. The Philadelphia 76ers forward took a page out of LeBron James’ book this weekend by boldly declaring himself the favorite to win the 2018 NBA Rookie of the Year award. “Who would I pick? Me, 100 percent,” Simmons told ESPN’s Chris Haynes on Saturday. ” … If you look at the numbers, you will see. People who know the game know.”

Simmons does appear to be the front-runner — he’s averaging 16.0 points per contest while leading all NBA rookies in both rebounds (8.1) and assists (8.2) per game –but the Utah Jazz’s Mitchell also makes a compelling case, while Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum has been strong, too. When asked which other rookies

have caught his attention this season, though, Simmons gave a surprisingly blunt answer.

“None,” he replied. “I want to be where the greats are. So, for me, I watch the guys like (Kevin Durant), (LeBron James), (Stephen) Curry, Russell (Westbrook). Guys like that.”

We get where Simmons is coming from: The greats all have unwavering confidence, so why not aim high? But the 21-year-old’s comments still opened him for ridicule. Shortly after Simmons’ boast went public, Mitchell posted a GIF on Twitter that could be about anything but totally was related to the Sixers forward’s comments. Obviously, Mitchell doesn’t share Simmons’ views here. The Louisville product’s 20.5 points per game are tops among NBA rookies, so he certainly has a point. (net)

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Woman dies after being given formaldehyde instead of saline drip during routine surgery

President Donald Trump

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WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has lashed out against special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, branding it “an attack on our country” and exhibiting mounting concern about the yearlong probe after federal authorities raided the offices of his personal attorney.

Caught off guard and furious with the encroaching inquiry, the president showed a flare of temper watching cable news coverage of the raid Monday afternoon, summoning lawyers Ty Cobb and Jay Sekulow to get their opinion of what was happening.

Aides and outside allies described Trump as shaken and increasingly frustrated by the development, and they said his reaction had sparked discussion about whether the raid would usher an unpredictable new phase in how the president responds to the probe.

Trump vented from the Oval Office that Mueller’s investigators were “going too far” and conducting “their witch hunt” to undermine his presidency, according to three people familiar with the president’s views but not allowed to discuss them publicly.

Minutes later he publicly unleashed his sharpest invective to date against the sweeping investigation, calling the Monday search “a disgrace.”

“It’s an attack on our country in a true sense,” he said in the Cabinet Room, flanked by the nation’s top military brass, who watched the scene stone-faced.

“It’s an attack on what we all stand for.”

Trump let loose after federal agents pierced the

protective bubble around him, seizing records from the offices of longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen, on topics including a $130,000 payment made to a porn actress who says she had sex with Trump more than a decade ago.

Cohen has been an ardent defender in Trump’s business, personal and political affairs for more than a decade — Cohen claims to have used a personal home equity loan to pay the adult film actress, known as Stormy Daniels — and the probe’s expansion into the president’s inner circle left Trump fuming.

The president didn’t bat away the idea of firing Mueller, saying people have advised him to take that action: “Why don’t I just fire Mueller? Well, I think it’s a disgrace what’s going on — we’ll see what happens.”

He said the raid in New York marked a “whole new level of unfairness” by Mueller and his team.

Trump called the probe a “witch hunt,” as he has many times in the past, complaining that it distracts from serious issues such as consideration of a military response to the apparent use of a chemical weapon on Syrian civilians over the weekend. That was one of the intended subjects of his Monday evening meeting with the defense secretary, the joint chiefs of staff and U.S. combat commanders.

Instead, with reporters in the Cabinet Room and cameras rolling, Trump opened the meeting with an unprompted four-minute critique of Mueller’s investigation. “I just heard that they broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys, a good man,” Trump began, referring to agents who had obtained search warrants from a federal judge. (net)

MOSCOW - A Russian woman tragically died after she was administered embalming fluids instead of saline during a routine surgery, according to reports.

Ekaterina Fedyaeva, 27, was undergoing a procedure at a hospital in Ulyanovsk, Russia, in early April when her medics mistakenly put her on a formalin drip instead of a saline drip. The accidentally administered IV bag contained formaldehyde, a preservative used to prevent corpses from decomposing.

Fedyaeva came out of surgery suffering severe pain and convulsions, which lasted for two days before she slipped into a coma, according to the Sun. Fedyaeva’s husband, Igor, and her mother, Galina Baryshnikova, were both present throughout the horrifying ordeal.

“Her legs were moving, she had convulsions, her whole body was shaking,” said her mother. “I put socks on her, then a robe, then a blanket but she was shivering to such an extent, I can’t even describe it.”

Baryshnikova claimed that doctors were aware of their fatal error for hours but still did nothing to help her daughter.

“They needed to take some urgent measures, but they did nothing,” she said. “I begged, ‘please help her, she is my only child.’

I think they just wanted me to go away and to hide everything.”

The bereaved mother said she wasn’t even officially told about the accident until she stumbled upon a group of doctors quietly discussing how to break the news to Fedyaeva’s family.

Fedyaeva was eventually put on life support and flown to a larger hospital in Moscow where she briefly awoke from her coma before dying from multiple organ failure. She was laid to rest on April 7. (net)

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Monday sent Jambi Governor Zumi Zola to detention house after being grilled for 8 hours. KPK Zumi Zola was already named a suspect in a corruption case earlier this year but he was allowed to stay out of jail before KPK decided to put him in detention on Monday.

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ASEAN-China relations still nuanced with competition rather than collaboration: Expert

JAKARTA - Director of the ASEAN Study Center of Universitas Gadjah Mada, Dafri Agussalim, stated that ASEANChina relations are still nuanced with competition rather than collaboration, which will create negative impacts, particularly among ASEAN member states.

“The cooperation approach based on competition paradigm will result in imbalance in relations between ASEAN and China, as well as interfere with the cohesiveness, solidarity, and integrity among ASEAN countries,” he noted, during a seminar to commemorate the 15th Anniversary of the ChinaASEAN Strategic Partnership in Jakarta, on Monday.

Agussalim revealed that his argument was based on the fact that Chinese investment, which has been entering ASEAN market significantly, is mostly used for big industries such as infrastructure, mining, and capitaladvanced business, rather than the sectors that target middle and lower income people.

According to him, the public sees Chinese investment as part of the Chinese hegemony against the ASEAN economy, which later spread suspicion, distrust, and negative sentiment towards the investment in the region.

“Such economic relations and trade between the two sides are not responded properly and positively, and it also receives

negative response from the people of ASEAN countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia,” he noted.

Another fact is that ASEAN countries always suffer from trade deficit to China, which also becomes an additional reminder that ASEAN and China should shift their cooperation approach paradigm from competition to collaboration. By applying collaboration, both parties aim to cooperate to achieve a win-win solution rather than a win-lose solution.

“People who share the same goals are regarded as partners rather than competitors. The other party is considered to have the potential to realize mutual benefits. Thus, a collaborative approach can improve cooperation between existing parties.

That is why I think ASEAN and China need to move from competition to a collaborative nature of relationship,” Agussalim explained.

He admitted that such mindset change will not be a simple process, but ASEAN and China can start by reviewing the regimes of cooperation between the two sides, such as the ASEAN China Free-Trade Area (ACFTA).

“We cannot put our strategic partnership purely to the market mechanism. Thus, political will from every ASEAN member state should also be imposed to change this nature of cooperation,” he concluded. (ant)

The politician of the National Mandate Party (PAN) and an official of the Jambi Public Works and Housing Office Arfan were charged with accepting a bribe of Rp6 billion related to projects of Public Works and Housing office in Jambi in 2014-2017.

The case implicating Zumi Zola was unveiled after the bribery case involving acting provincial administration secretary Erwan Malik, was caught red handed by KPK on Nov. 29 last year. Erwan and acting head of the regional

public work and housing office Saifudin and a Jambi lawmaker Supriono were arrested by KPK on bribery charge.

KPK named Supriono as a suspect on charge of accepting bribe and Erwan, Arfan and Saifuddin were charged with bribing the lawmaker, to help ensure that the regional legislative assembly approved a regional budget proposed by the provincial administration.

Arfan, therefore, is suspect in two different cases.

First he and Zumi Zola were charged with accepting bribe from business players and second he was involved in bribing lawmaker to speed up legislators’ approval for regional budget.

KPK confiscated a total of Rp4.7 billion from those caught red handed by KPK. The money was to be used to bribe the regional lawmakers to approve the draft provincial budget. If found guilty Zumi Zola will face a sentence of up to 20 years’ imprisonment with a fine of up to Rp1 billion. (ant)

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Kolaka government witnesses rise of new HIV infections

KOLAKA - The number of people suffering from HIV in Kolaka District, Southeast Sulawesi, has increased by 270 percent in 2017 as compared to that recorded in 2016.

Head of the Kolaka Health Office Harun Massiri cited findings of the health office team on the field that showed several people, especially men, were infected with HIV. “The increase is very high in the last two years,” he remarked.

Kolaka District is one of the

most open areas, with several people moving in and out of the area due to which the disease has easily spread from outside.

According to Massiri, the onfield team had found that dozens of HIV sufferers were the local residents of Kolaka, especially men in the age group of some 25-45 years.

“We cannot reveal the sufferers` identities due to privacy concerns.

However, we have already cured them, including through medicines and counseling,” he stated.

In a bid to take precautionary measures against the transmission of the disease, the government has urged stakeholders, including religious scholars and leaders, to disseminate information and awareness of HIV among the local people.

“I urge stakeholders to adopt effective approaches and conduct socialization, including highlighting the impact of HIV disease on the local people of Kolaka. I believe we can prevent it,” he remarked. (ant)

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BUSINESS UK house prices rise more than expected in March - Halifax

Mecakcakan Tradition at Sambirenteng Village

a year shortly before the Brexit vote.

A shortage of homes for sale is expected to continue to shore up the market and Halifax said it expected price growth to remain close to 3 percent in the coming months.

Rival mortgage lender Nationwide has said its measure of house prices showed the smallest increase in seven months in March when they rose by an annual 2.1 percent. (rtr)

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Chief of Sambirenteng customary village, Jro Bendesa Nengah Mas, said that the mecakcakan is a tradition having been carried out from generation to generation. Actually this ceremony is a series of pecaruan (animal sacrifice) at local village. The whole customary villagers are required to submit a rooster to the committee. If villagers do not submit a fighting rooster, it can be replaced with money. After that, the roosters of customary villagers are then pitted in the area of the village shrine.

Uniqueness of this ritual lies in the cockfighting where watching people are not allowed to bet, so that this ritual is free from the impression of gambling.

The losing rooster is slaughtered and cooked together to fill in the ritual oblations. The remaining will be enjoyed together through megibung in the area of the Bale Agung temple. “This ritual is a heritage we’ve received and shall be held every year,” he said.

According to Mas, from his predecessors the Mecakcakan ritual is held every entering the new moon in the seventh month of Balinese calendar (January). This ritual signifies the devotion of people to God having bestowed prosperity to universe, especially to Sambirenteng village. Besides, it also aims to maintain natural balance from various negative influences. (kmb)

Jaja Serud, a Sweet Pejaten Village a Home to Ceramic Arts Balinese Traditional Cake

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Sambirenteng customary village in Tejakula, Buleleng, organized mecakcakan tradition. This heritage tradition is better known as cockfighting in the shrine of Sambirenteng village. This unique ritual took place solemnly and festively attended by all local villagers. Chief of Sambirenteng customary village, Jro Bendesa Nengah Mas, said that the mecakcakan is a tradition

LONDON- British house prices rose by a stronger-thanexpected 2.7 percent in the first three months of 2018 after the weakest increase in nearly five years in the three months to February, figures from mortgage lender Halifax showed on Monday. In monthly terms, prices rose by 1.5 percent in March from February, the fastest gain since August last year.

Both increases were stronger than forecasts in a Reuters poll of economists. However, house prices are still rising much more slowly than before the 2016 referendum decision to take Britain out of the European Union which hit confidence among many households and their spending power as the pound’s fall pushed up inflation.

By Halifax’s measure, prices were rising by about 10 percent

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United States and Canada. Full-year 2017 auto exports grew 12.1 percent and production increased 8.9 percent, auto industry group AMIA said on Monday. Exports rose 16.7 percent in December from the same month a year earlier, while production was up 1.5 percent.

“Despite the uncertainty surrounding NAFTA and rumors Mexico wouldn’t be able to continue exporting to the United States, it’s important to note that not only did we hit a record in exports but we also had record export numbers to the United States with nearly 10 percent growth,” AMIA President Eduardo Solis said.

AMIA has a preliminary production forecast of over 4 million units for 2018, said Solis, a 6 percent increase in output over last year.

With Canada and Mexico objecting to major changes that Washington wants in NAFTA, time is running out to settle differences before the negotiations are scheduled

to wrap up at the end of March.

Mexico’s auto sector has benefited from NAFTA as major manufacturers, such as General Motors Co (GM.N), Ford Motor Co (F.N), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCHA. MI) and Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE), have made the country a top export hub, attracted by cheap labor and free trade pacts with more than 40 nations.

However, car sales in Mexico contracted 4.6 percent in 2017 from a year earlier and fell 17.6 percent in December, as stubbornly high inflation squeezed domestic consumption. Among the top 20-selling brands, Ford suffered the biggest drop in business last year, with sales in Mexico down by almost 18 percent compared with 2016.

Ford sparked anger last year when it canceled plans to build a plant in central Mexico.

Guillermo Rosales, deputy director general of the Mexican association of automobile distributors, dismissed the notion that this had hurt sales. (rtr)

Jaja serud or jaja gadang or green cake is a traditional cake tasting very sweet. It smells fragrant, looks beautiful and has a very distinctive flavor. In this modern time, this kind of traditional cake is still consumed by the Hindu community in Bali. Moreover, it often becomes a primary choice due to its delicious flavor. Some people desire to reminisce by enjoying this cake. In the past, it became a snack for people when holding mutual assistance activities such as having ceremonies and making house, shrines or other types of buildings. It will become nicer when enjoying this cake accompanied with coffee or tea.

This cake is also consumed by farmers when working in their paddy fields involving many people such as when growing rice, plowing fields using cattle and other activities. It is prepared by the wives of farmers through mutual assistance as well. It happens because brotherhood relationship is still strong, so without being informed they will certainly come to help.

Nowadays, this cake has economic value, so that it is sold in traditional markets. Nevertheless, it is not easy to find a merchant of the jaja serud. Other than being difficult to make, the preparation to presentation takes long time.

Moreover, it may not be served too long because it is quickly perishable. So, it is advisable to enjoy

this cake while remaining warm or after being cooked.

Virtually all the ingredients used to make are eco-friendly, without chemicals, preservatives or synthetic dyes. The main ingredients are rice flour, whiting water, extract of dracaena leaf, salt, brown sugar and grated coconut. Then, the tool used to make it is clean banana midrib.

Results of the cake would be great when self-preparing the rice flour through traditional process by pounding. First of all, select the rice and then soaked for whole night. Then, drain and pound until smooth. Rice flour is then clenchedfist and steamed. Once cooked, take out and douse with the extract of dracaena leaf and betel leaf, salt to taste and knead until smooth.

Shape the batter by means of banana midrib by preparing the batter of a marble size. Place this batter on the banana midrib by doing serud-serud (pulling down gently) with the thumb, so that it will look like a flower. Subsequently, place on banana leaf and then steam.

While waiting this, prepare brown sugar sauce by means of boiling and make grated coconut. Once cooked, take it out and cool down.

Remove the jaja serud from banana leaves and then put on a plate. After that, sprinkle with grated coconut and brown sugar sauce. Now, it is ready to serve. (kmb)

Pejaten has a new tourist attraction namely ceramics museum.

Many people do not know yet about it. It is natural because it was just established four years ago gradually. Visitors to the museum named Tantri only reach tens of people.

More foreign travelers are recorded.

Aside from having a look, they can also practice the Pejaten has a new tourist attraction namely ceramics museum.

Many people do not know yet about it. It is natural because it was just established four years ago gradually.

Visitors to the museum named Tantri only reach tens of people. More foreign travelers are recorded. Aside from having a look, they can also practice the making of ceramics.

The result can be taken home, so that Pejaten can still be remembered.

Putu Oka Mahendra, founder of the Tantri Museum of Ceramics, said that the idea of establishing the museum actually emerged in the 1980s. At that time, his father served as headman of Pejaten. The idea was then materialized in 2011.

Oka Mahendra said that ceramics and pottery or products made from clay are synonymous with Pejaten village. These crafts have been supporting the life of local community since the beginning. “In the past around in the 1970s, this village was a barren place. The existing agricultural land available was insufficient.

Then, pottery crafts helped support the people here,” he said.

In the next decade, around 1985, the ceramics and pottery industry

at the village was growing. It was in line with the introduction of the heating technique at high temperatures by a Dutch guest stopping at the village. With the technique, people could produce much higher quality ceramics and pottery.

This former legislator of Tabanan in the period of 2009-2014 said that incoming guests do not only have a look at the collection of ceramics, but also see the process of making ceramics from raw material processing, manufacturing to finishing processes.

In harmony with the passage of time, Oka Mahendra said that many domestic and foreign travelers then come to Pejaten village especially to see the making of ceramics. “The visit is still dominated by foreign travelers from Europe with an average of 30 people per day, while

domestic consists of 20 people,” he explained.

Admittedly, the development of Pejaten ceramics has started to increase. It is indicated by high demand for the goods, especially from hotels and restaurants. Definitely this condition encourages the growth of ceramic artisans.

Unfortunately, amid such development the artisans are faced with raw material constraint. Not infrequently they must be in line to get ready-toused materials. “Our raw materials are brought in from Jakarta,” he explained.

Nevertheless, together with local residents he is currently conducting an area arrangement to support the existence of the ceramic museum.

One of them is organizing the rural environment so as to support the existence of the industry. (kmb)

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China says conflict with Taiwan ‘more probable’ after US agrees to help Taipei build submarines

BEIJING - A conflict between China and Taiwan is becoming “more probable” after Donald Trump agreed to help Taipei build its own submarines, Chinese media said.

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The decline in the number of evacuees caused the logistics stock to be unused.

Tanah Ampo command post receives return of 23 tons of rice

AMLAPURA — In harmony with the calming down of Mount Agung, the evacuees also decided to return to their homes. The number of evacuees also declined, leaving 193 people at eight points. The decline in the number of evacuees caused the logistics stock to be unused.

Meanwhile, the Tanah Ampo command post just received a return of logistics stock from Klungkung district as much as 23 tons because there are no longer evacuees.

The current refuge point is only around Karangasem. Based on the latest data of Jagabaya Brotherhood (Pasebaya) around the Mount Agung affected area, the total number of evacuees in Karangasem remains 195 people, spreading across eight points of refugee posts.

Klungkung initially became one of the refugee post centers.

Since the alert status of Mount Agung was dropped to watch, all

the evacuees gradually chose to go home. The stock of logistics remaining available has been returned to Tanah Ampo command post by the Klungkung Social Service on Sunday (Apr. 8). The return of rice was justified by one of the officials of the Social Service of Karangasem, I Gede Putra Yasa. When met at Tanah Ampo command post on Monday (Apr. 9), the returning of the 23 tons of

rice adds to the previous rice stock remaining 14 tons.

The amount has been deducted with the rice wrapped into thousands of packages of basic needs.

So, until now the total amount of rice logistics from the remaining stock plus the rice logistics returned by the Klungkung district has not yet been known in details. “Please ask directly to the agency head,” he said.

Similarly, he did not know where to be distributed the red wrapped package containing basic foods such as rice, instant noodles, cooking oil and other logistics.

Gede Putra Yasa himself admitted not to know about it.

Head of the Karangasem Social Agency, Ni Ketut Puspa Kumari, when contacted via telephone could not give an answer. Though having been contacted for several times, the Head of Social Agency did not respond.

“We delivered the last logistics to the evacuation post approximately a month ago, but until now there has been no order or demand

for logistics from the evacuation post,” said Gede Putrayasa.

Currently, there are no more refugees living or evacuating outside Karangasem area. In other words, the refugees of Mount Agung have been concentrated in eight refugee points within Karangasem district. Two of them are the refugee post at Rendang Agriculture Unit and in Amerta Buana village, Selat sub-district.

Headman of Amerta Buana, I Wayan Arsana, said that until now the stock of logistics at refugee post in the area remains safe. If there is shortage, it will soon be delivered to Tanah Ampo command post. (kmb31)

The US gave the go ahead for defence contractors to help Taiwan build an indigenous fleet after repeated appeals from Taiwan for help to bolster its defences against an increasingly assertive China.

The decision has prompted Chinese officials to warn the US against playing the ‘Taiwan card’ amid an escalating trade war between the two countries.

Taiwan first sought help from the US to build submarines in 1969, but Washington and European nations were reluctant to assist Taiwan in building a 12-boat fleet because of Chinese objections.

George W Bush’s administration said it would help Taiwan acquire diesel electric submarines, but after little progress, Taipei launched a plan to manufacture its own submarines last year.

The office of Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen thanked the US for its recent decision, while the defence ministry described the go ahead as a “breakthrough.”

However, media and officials in China which considers Taiwan a renegade province which will be reunited with the mainland - expressed anger at US interference in Taiwan.

The nationalist Global Times newspaper said: “The mainland needs to continue to prepare for a possible military clash across the Straits.

“A military showdown with Taiwan is becoming more probable and may take place sooner rather than later.”

Liu Jieyi, the director of China’s Taiwan Af-

Donald Trump shakes hands with China’s president Xi Jinping in Beijing, November 2017. fairs Office, said “some Americans indeed intend to play the Taiwan card”.

“This will not only harm the entire Chinese people, but harm rights and interests of Taiwan compatriots,” he said, according to Xiamen TV. Taiwan’s former defence minister, Andrew Yang, told The Telegraph the ruling was “a very

“This case occurred at 21:30 and was reported at 22:00,” said Chief of Denpasar Police Traffic Affairs, Rahmawaty Ismail, on Monday (Apr. 9).

Based on the results of the examination against witnesses, continued Rahmawaty, the victim initially moved from the south.

When arriving at the scene, the victim was alleged to lose her control and then

shuffled to the left and finally hit the sidewalk.

“The victim fell down and hit the sidewalk. People happening to see the incident immediately helped the victim and reported the incident to police and Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Denpasar,” she said.

By the officers, the victim was trans-

ported by BPBD ambulance to Bali Mandara Hospital on Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, Sanur. However, on the way to hospital the victim breathed her last.

“We appeal to the public, including foreign tourists, to be careful especially during the night trip. Hopefully, tour guides or the hotel management can tell their guests to be careful when driving,” she said. (kmb36)

Michael Tsai, another former defence minister, said: “China is expanding its very aggressive military activity around the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea. “Taiwan needs to strengthen its self defence capability, including submarines, to deter China from taking further aggressive military action in this area.” (net)

Runaway train rolls for miles in India without engine

Hit sidewalk, a Japanese tourist killed

DENPASAR - Alleged to be less careful when riding a motorcycle, a female Japanese tourist named Emiko Kojima, 56, got accident on Jalan Danau Tamblingan in front of Clara Bella Love, Sanur, South Denpasar, on Sunday (Apr. 8). As a result of crashing into the sidewalk, she was killed when being rushed to Bali Mandara Hospital.

important first step” in a process that could take at least ten years.

He said there was little surprise in Taipei over China’s negative reaction. “Beijing is always protesting US support for Taiwan in terms of providing defensive articles, particularly with regards to submarines. Submarines are more sensitive,” he said.

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India’s railways have a poor safety record.

NEW DELHI - India’s railway ministry said Sunday a “ghastly” accident was narrowly avoided after 22 train coaches carrying some 1,000 passengers became detached from the engine and sped backwards for miles before being stopped.

The runaway carriages in the eastern state of Odisha rolled for 12 kilometres (seven miles) before being brought to a shuddering halt by rocks placed on the tracks by railway staff.

A spokesman for the railway ministry’s eastern division said none of about 1,000 passengers were injured in the incident Saturday night.

But seven railway employees who did not follow proper procedures have been suspended and an

investigation launched into how the carriages became separated during the journey from the western state of Gujarat to Odisha, said spokesman JP Mishra.

Authorities believe that brakes applied when carriages are detached or attached to the engine were either incorrectly used or overlooked altogether.

“Something ghastly could have happened and it was averted by alert staff. Safety cannot be compromised,” Mishra told AFP, adding “more heads are likely to roll”.

“Everybody in the railways (ministry) is aghast and shocked.”

Mobile footage posted on social media showed the carriages speeding past a railway platform as help-

less onlookers screamed and yelled at passengers to pull the train’s emergency brake.

More than 22 million passengers commute daily on some 9,000 trains across India.

The incident is just latest to beset the creaking rail network, which dates back to the colonial era.

Last November 13 coaches of an express train derailed in northern India, killing three and leaving nine injured.

A year before that, 146 people died in a similar disaster.

A 2012 government report said almost 15,000 people were killed in various ways every year on India’s railways and described the loss of life as an annual “massacre”. (net)

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Apple says all its facilities now powered by clean energy CALIFORNIA - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Monday said it had achieved its goal of powering all of the company’s facilities with renewable energy, a milestone that includes all of its data centers, offices and retail stores in 43 countries.

The iPhone maker also said nine suppliers had recently committed to running their operations entirely on renewable energy sources like wind and solar, bringing to 23 the total number to make such a pledge.

Major U.S. corporations such as Apple, Wal-Mart Inc (WMT.N) and Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) have become some of the country’s biggest buyers of renewable forms of energy, driving substantial growth in the wind and solar industries.

Alphabet’s Google last year purchased enough renewable energy to cover all of its electricity consumption worldwide.

Costs for solar and wind are plunging thanks to technological advances and increased global production of panels and turbines, enabling companies seeking to green their images to buy clean power at competitive prices.

“We’re not spending any more than we would have,” Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president for environment, policy and social initiatives, said in an interview. “We’re seeing the benefits of an increasingly competitive clean energy market.”

Renewable energy projects that provide power to Apple facilities range from large wind farms in the United States to clusters of hundreds of rooftop solar systems in Japan and Singapore. The company has also urged utilities to procure renewable energy to help power Apple’s operations.

Encouraging suppliers to follow suit in embracing 100 percent renewable energy is the next step for Apple. The suppliers that pledge to use more clean energy know they will have “a leg up” against competitors for Apple’s business, Jackson said.

“We made it clear that over time this will become less of a wish list and more of a requirement,” she said. (net)

Apple’s 50-megawatt solar farm, east of Apple’s data center in Mesa, Arizona.

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There’s a $10 million race to build you a robot avatar by 2021

AUSTIN — Four years from now, physical attendance at SXSW could be optional for those who choose to send a sci-fi-style avatar in their place.

That vision closed out Monday’s

programming at the festival, as sold in a talk onstage by XPrize Foundation founder Peter Diamandis announcing the latest in a series of XPrize competitions, in which non-government teams from

around the world compete to solve an intimidatingly-difficult problem.

The ANA Avatar XPrize, sponsored by All Nippon Airways, will offer $10 million in total awards to whoever builds “a multipurpose

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The Walk-Man humanoid robot is tested for use with emergency response teams. The Avatar XPrize is challenging teams to create a robot avatar that can let humans see, hear and feel objects from anywhere in the world.

avatar system that will seamlessly transport human skills and experience to the exact location where and when they are needed” by October 1, 2021.

Faraway, so close Diamandis pitched the avatar concept as the logical outcome of exponential advances in computing power and robot capability meeting 5G wireless with its gigabit-speed and low-latency connectivity.

Avatars would enable their human operators to see, hear and touch via the robot’s sensors and actuators, essentially allowing them to teleport their skills and knowledge to anywhere in the world — although the contest requirements only require the avatar to work from at least 100 kilometers away.

“It’s about dislocating the knowledge from the physical location of action,” he said.

The doctor and entrepreneur described three possible use cases: disaster recovery, multi-purpose utility and personal care.

The first seems obvious, since we already use robots to extend human senses to places too

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dangerous for a direct human presence. Diamandis raised the example of sending an avatar into a failing nuclear plant to adjust whatever controls might stop a meltdown.

The second might be a harder sell, at least in the examples of surgery by avatar that Diamandis raised. While avatars could get around the uneven geographical distribution of medical talent and training, they won’t give the world’s most talented surgeons any more time in which to practice their craft.

And personal care — as Diamandis put it, to “go someplace and give someone a hug” — will depend heavily not on how effectively the avatar conveys the scene to its human, but on how the avatar represents the human.

The contest rules don’t mandate human-looking robots. “We don’t specify what technology they should use or what it should look like,” Diamandis said. The avatars depicted in his presentation made no attempt to mimic humans along the lines of, say, the robots in the 2015 movie Ex Machina. (net)

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Resulting stench and air pollution

DLHK Badung closes landfill in Ungasan

MANGUPURA — A piece of land used as a landfill in Ungasan area was closed by the Badung Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK) on Sunday (Apr. 8). The 2.5-hectare illegal landfill is located on the west side of GWK.

Head of the Badung Environment and Sanitation Agency, Eka Merthawan, when asked for his confirmation said the closure of the landfill originated from a complaint from a French tourist because the garbage at the location generates stench and air pollution. Before closing, his agency already made data evaluation with the South Kuta subdistrict head, Ungasan, municipal police and related parties.

He said the location was originally used as a feed processing plant since 2003. After that, due to unbalanced earnings, the owner switched to buy waste that can be processed. Furthermore, it developed into the location of scavengers. Good garbage is taken while the bad one is stockpiled there. The landfill currently expands with subscribers reaching 3,000 families from ten housing complexes. “There are ten housing complexes from three villages namely, Pecatu, Ungasan and Jimbaran,” he said.

When making a site inspection, it was found if the location made into the illegal landfill is not licensed. Moreover, the location generates stinging smell and air pollution due to the smoke of burning. He mentioned such activities violate the Law No. 32/2009 on Environment and Waste Management.

“It is also clearly governed in the Regional Regulation No. 7/2013,” he concluded.

Currently, landowners are given leeway because the location cannot be closed directly. If closed immediately, surely it will affect the 3,000 customers. “We give tolerance for the temporary closing until April 15. After that, we will do sealing,” he said.

Meanwhile, to prevent from generating stenches, he appealed to backfill the piling up garbage. For plastic waste, his agency allows to sort that can be sold. To create a clean environment in Badung, in the future his agency will also close the same business at other locations.

When questioned, the landowner, I Wayan Nukarta, a resident of Angasari hamlet, Ungasan, South Kuta, admitted the activity has been going on since 2003. At that time, all villages in South Kuta threw garbage on his land. Since the amount of waste was too high, finally in 2009 he asked the village authority to handle it.

All this time, each of the 3,000 families from ten housing complexes in South Kuta is charged for IDR 15,000 – IDR

20,000 per month. So far, the garbage collected amounts to 25 tons. To handle such amount of garbage, he hires 30 employees each day.

Meanwhile, the Head of South Kuta Subdistrict, Made Widiana, when asked for his confirmation he firmly goes up against the existence of such illegal landfill. He hoped in the future there will be no unauthorized landfill in South Kuta

that pollutes the environment with a stinging smell.

He asked the entrepreneurs who handle the garbage service to make data collection of group head of the housing complexes served because after the closure all the waste handled must be disposed to the Suwung landfill. “Of course, it will cause the operating expenses to increase so we will disseminate this matter,” he concluded. (kmb23)

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He said the location was originally used as a feed processing plant since 2003. After that, due to unbalanced earnings, the owner switched to buy waste that can be processed.

Subsidized homes make consumers act unreasonably HOME program of President Joko Widodo known as the subsidized one million homes dedicated to the low-income people (MBR) is exploited by many rogue developers. In addition, with a down payment of IDR 5 million to IDR 7.5 million and installment of IDR 800,000 to IDR 900,000 consumers are made to act unreasonably. Consumers purchase without checking the legality of the developers.

Ida Bagus Dedy Darmawan, Director of PT Sejagad Indi Perkasa, confirmed on Monday (Apr. 9) that many rogue developers participate in working on the program. Other than in Bali, this condition also occurred in other regions.

Dedy said there are several factors triggering irresponsible parties to work on this project. “The price is cheap, so that consumers act unreasonably without considering whether the developers have good reputation or not. The house is subsidized by the government so the price can be cheap,” he said.

In addition, rogue developers do not understand about the mechanism of House Financing Liquidity Facility (FLPP) so they consider it easy. They only consider that getting a down payment from consumers in large amount has been safe. Actually, the rules are very strict.

As a result of this program, continued Dedy, some housing associations other than Real Estate Indonesia (REI) finally

appeared in numbers and they receive members without any screening so it is quite risky as they develop haphazardly.

On the way, the government makes the rules that all developers implementing the FLPP must join in the association.

Government regulations and policies also change according to circumstances in the field.

“For example, there is development carried out haphazardly and the buildings then collapse. Seeing such condition, the government organizes a meeting to hold additional requirements,” he said.

According to him, the FLPP (subsidized) house program is really capital intensive and unlike selling the plot of land.

The agreement can only be made after the house has been established. To process the contract agreement, many requirements must also be met by consumers. Until now, Bank BTN is serious and has its support in this program. “Rouge developers usually work on their own land only or cooperation from the results of their speculation. They mostly do not understand the procedures. As consequence, the project is jammed and the losers will be consumers,” said Dedy.

Responding to these conditions, Chairman of the REI Bali, Pande Agus Permana Widura, said his association still hoped consumers to select a developer more keenly. Before pur-

chasing, they should check first the legality of the developer because lately many developer organizations grow in Bali where each organization has different requirements. “The requirements can simplify or complicate the developers to join in the housing organization. This condition is sometimes difficult to control,” he said.

However, REI Bali is very selective in approving new members. Moreover, his side did the screening before giving approval to new members. It is meant to take care of the quality of the developer itself, let alone the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (PUPR) has made a very good system to prevent the presence of illegal developers in the procurement of subsidized homes.

“Now, it highly depends on us in the organization how to respond to this wisely, instead of just approving the new developers without making an appropriate selection,” said Agus.

Every developer of subsidized home must be registered in the organization. Otherwise, the developer cannot cooperate with the supporting bank. This system is made by the Ministry of Public Works and Housing so that one day if there is a problem with the developer, the ministry can easily browse through the organization. (rah)

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Sala customary villagers

Work vivaciously to pioneer tourism village

TOURISM potential owned by Sala customary village, Abuan, Susut subdistrict, is being developed by local community. Nature and spiritual tourism centered at Taman Campuhan Temple is packed in such a way so that gradually can add to the attraction as well as pioneer the establishment of tourism village.

Sacred area of Taman Campuhan Temple has a charming landscape. Tributary of two streams having clear water naturally forms a cliff and two exotic waterfalls seem to be able to quench the thirst of nature and spiritual tourism lovers. Not to mention, in the main area of the temple, visitors are presented with uniqueness of the temple architecture containing full of moral and religious messages. So, some visitors may claim that visiting this place is just like getting a complete package.

Chief of Sala customary village, Ketut Kayana, said on

Monday (Apr. 8) that Taman Campuhan is the leading attraction at the local village. Arrangement of the sacred area has been intensively conducted since 2017. In just a short time, local villagers have been able to arrange this area so it is more worth visiting. It does not happen because of getting much fund injection, but solely due to the vivacity of local villagers through devotional works.

“This happens due to people’s spirit to work devotionally and blessings of deities at this temple. The initial development fund is very minimal because we use the funds from the GGS program as much as IDR 70 million. By degrees, there are also donations from visitors. If calculated, the temple arrangement costs IDR 500 million excluding the independent fund of local community,” he said.

At the beginning of development, only few tourists or people made visit to the Campuhan Temple. However, the current average has reached 100 people per day. The number

of visits will increase significantly on ritual days (rerainan) reaching thousands of people. Visitors are not only local or domestic tourists but also foreigners such as from Australia, Japan and the Netherlands.

In the future, his organization will continuously develop the tourism potential currently untapped. Many small waterfalls and springs sit along the river that can be further explored for nature tourism. If calculated, the distance of the natural attractions from Taman Campuhan to the south is one km. In addition to exploring the river, the track also passes cemetery neatly arranged as well as the terraced rice field view. Various arrangements are expected to become the forerunner of tourism villages at this Abuan village.

“We will develop this later by arranging the village potential. In the future, we may take advantage of people’s homes for tourist accommodation. By that way, tourists will know more about the real Balinese culture and life. (ded)

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The Taman Campuhan Temple in Sala Customary Village

Ubud Food Festival highlights traditional dishes DENPASAR - Ubud Food Festival will highlight the potential of Bali food and traditional dishes as well as diversity of Indonesia’s cuisine to foreign tourists. “There will be a lot of Balinese and Indonesian food which will attract foreign tourists to taste local and street food,” General Manager of Ubud Food Festival Kadek Purnami said here on Thursday.

The food festival will be held from April 13-15 2018 at the culinary park on Jalan Sanggingan Ubud, Gianyar District. The participants or visitors will be invited to visit the traditional and cooking demo of Balinese food. The organizer will invite around 100 chefs, 60 percent of whom are prominent Indonesian chefs.

In addition, the committee will provides 90 culinary outlets with a typical menu of Bali and archi-

pelago cuisine. Despite raising traditional food, the organizer still brings international nuance as part of culinary acculturation.

The festival will display a number of programs including discussions, cooking demonstrations, workshops, cooking courses, food markets, music performances, and others.

Meanwhile, the event is intended to promote innovations for the culinary industry in the future.

Innovations ranging from social media, inspiring startup to companies that have a social mission in accordance with the theme of this year’s “Generation of Innovation”. The event is expected to boost tourism in Bali. Since, the eruption of Mount Agung, the popular destination has seen a drop in visitors. (ant)

Indian tourist arrivals in Bali up 59.08 percent

DENPASAR - A total of 55,530 Indian tourists visited Bali during the January-February 2018 period, up by 20,624 people or 59.08 percent from 34,906 Indians during the same period in the previous year. “India is in the third rank of countries contributing the largest number of tourists to Bali Island, after China and Australia,” Adi Nugroho, head of the Bali statistic office, said here, Monday.

Indian tourists constituted 6.9 percent of the total 805,538 tourist arrivals in Bali during the JanuaryFebruary 2018, down 11.94 percent from 914,809 tourist arrivals in the same period of last year.

China contributed 23.67 percent

and Australia 19.57 percent to the total tourist arrivals in Bali, but the two countries` tourist arrivals were respectively down 35.56 percent and 13.20 percent in the first two months of this year.

Japan contributed 4.45 percent, the UK 3.79 percent, the US 3.69 percent, Malaysia 3.34 percent, Russia 2.95 percent, South Korea 2.23 percent, and Taiwan 2.08 percent.

Indonesia`s flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has planned to serve a direct flights between Bali and Mumbai twice a week, starting April 23, 2018. In May 2018, Garuda will increase its Mumbai-Bali direct flights to trice a week. (ant)

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Kesha officiates a real same-sex marriage in her latest music video LOS ANGELES - Longtime LGBTQ rights advocate Kesha has just released the video for “I Need a Woman to Love,” which is a reimagining of Janis Joplin’s rock song “I Need a Man to Love” with gender-flipped pronouns. And it actually celebrates that love, showing her officiating a real same-sex wedding between two women in Las Vegas.

The women, identified only as Dani and Lindsay, were selected to appear in Kesha’s video after submitting a clip explaining their wish to get married.

The video includes dialogue from both women, relating their history. “I had put in my mind that there were just certain parts of life I wasn’t going to participate in,” noted Lindsay. “Because of who I was. Even when I didn’t know who I was, I knew I was different.

“When we first met, getting married legally wasn’t an option, so I don’t think it was something that we kept as a step that we could do,” she continued. “It was just, ‘That’s

not for you.’”

The ceremony — which featured rainbow-motifed decor, including Kesha herself in a multicolored fringed tunic — took place at the Bellagio resort on March 26. The video reminds viewers that this date is the anniversary of the first-ever marriage license issued to a samesex couple in the United States.

The two women wrote their own vows, some of which Kesha read, and some they spoke directly to each other. They ranged from traditional sentiments (“I knew from the moment I saw you that you were unlike any other person on earth, and after meeting you I would never be the same”) to ones that are bit heartbreaking (“I promise to always hold your hand, no matter what anyone around us thinks”).

Before Kesha declared them married, the couple swore to create their own “wonderfully weird” family. They kissed under a shower of rainbow confetti, with family and friends observing with smiles and tears. (net)

LOS ANGELES - Mariah Carey is promoting hostels now, and it’s actually kind of amazing.

The “Always Be My Baby” singer is trying to change the perception of hostels, teaming up for a sketch with Hostelworld called “Even Divas Are Believers.” In the video — which you can watch below — Carey accidentally arrives at the $40-a-night Casa Gracia during a trip to Barcelona. Miraculously, she ends up liking it so much that she dresses up in a fancy sequined dress, hits the cocktail bar, and performs “Fantasy” (with a white dove) to backpackers and travelers.

Even the press release is gold. One line reads, “Known for outlandish diva demands, from ordering dog chauffeurs to demanding 20 white kittens and 100 doves for a performance and even having bodyguards watch her eat, Mariah surprised everyone when she exclaimed the hostel was ‘Fabulous!’”

Carey says, “For some reason, someone thought it would be funny to book me in a hostel. To mine and everyone’s surprise, the hostel was fabulous! It was super-clean, modern, and spacious. I say give hostels a go — it could be a great choice for all you world travelers out there!”

OK … but did Mariah actually stay in a hostel while filming this sketch?

Now that’s something we’d have to see to believe. (net)

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More than 50 people have died in little more than a week after drinking bootleg liquor in western Indonesia, including in the capital, Jakarta, officials said on April 9.

More than 50 Indonesians dead in April from bootleg liquor

JAKARTA — More than 50 people have died in little more than a week after drinking bootleg liquor in western Indonesia, including in the capital, Jakarta, officials said Monday. In the latest incident, 20 people died between Thursday and Monday in Cicalengka subdistrict near the West Java capital of Bandung. Head of the state-run hospital in Cicalengka, Yani Sumpena, said that 19 people died at the hospital and one was dead on arrival.

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In total, some 40 people were admitted with symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath and unconsciousness, and several are still being treated, Sumpena said.

In Bandung itself, police chief Hendro Pandowo said three people died on Sunday after being admitted to hospitals the day before suffering the symptoms of alcohol poisoning.

High taxes on alcohol have spawned a black market for booze among the poor in Indonesia, the world’s most populous

Muslim nation, where drinking alcohol is frowned upon but not illegal under civil law. Potentially lethal methanol can be a byproduct of bootleg distilling and the tainted alcohol is also sometimes mixed with soft drinks. In February 2016, about 30 people died in the central Java city of Yogyakarta after drinking bootleg alcohol.

The deaths since the beginning of April total 54. There were six deaths from drinking compromised liquor in the easternmost region of Papua in late March. Media reports

said police had closed four liquor stores in the Cicalengka region and confiscated dozens of jerry cans containing palm wines and hundreds of bottles of various types of liquor.

Jakarta police spokesman Argo Yuwono said Monday that 31 people have died in Jakarta and its satellite cities of Depok and Bekasi from alcohol poisoning in separate incidents since the beginning of the month. Police have arrested at least four suspects in the Jakarta area who are accused of selling tainted liquor. (ant)

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