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No monkey business in ‘Planet of the Apes’

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Digital characters have by now long populated our movies like unwanted house guests. Some of these CGI inventions, like Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings,” have been pleasant, even precious company.

But most have disrupted our movie worlds — and not just as monsters tearing our cities apart, but as awkward distractions to our cinematic realities. The name Jar Jar Binks will forever be followed by solemn head shaking. Never forget. his human corollary, Gary Oldman — urge their species toward battle.

To a surprising degree, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” belongs to the monkeys.

In the uncommonly sure-handed fusion of computer-generated and live-action images, apes are the more fully realized, expressive characters. Given that the apes communicate in sign language and spurts of English, this may be the biggest summer movie with so many subtitles.

Whereas Pierre Boulle’s original “Planet of the Apes” was satirical, Reeves and screenwriters Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver and Mark Bomback have given this “Apes” the grandly gloomy “Dark Knight” treatment, complete with an exceptional score

by Michael Giacchino.

The movie feeds off a sense that, given the state of the planet, a reordering of the animal kingdom may be due. There’s a pervasive jealousy to the primates in “Apes”: their comfort in nature and simplicity of life. Audiences, in fact, will cheer the animals over the humans. And few will miss the gun control argument shallowly buried throughout the film. What would Charlton Heston have made of that?

But there’s also a question of putting too much gravity on an essentially absurd story. Eventually we have screaming monkeys on horseback firing automatic weapons amid roaring flames. One is tempted to lean forward and whisper,

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NEW YORK — What does it take to get country legends like Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and Merle Haggard on the same album? A 19-year-old newcomer named Mary Sarah. Sarah’s debut album, “Bridges,” features duets with their original performers including Parton and Nelson on their well-known country songs.

It also includes one of Ray Price’s final recordings before he died last year.

She was able to pull off the dream list of collaborators after meeting country singer-songwriter Freddy Powers, a close friend of Nelson and Haggard. Sarah, a Texas native, had performed throughout the Texas Opry circuit for years, mostly in Galveston and around Houston. She originally planned to record an album of covers from top Texas-based country singers.

“We took it to a couple people in Nashville and they said, ‘I don’t think

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Page 13 Indonesian stocks rallied to a one-year high Thursday after most unofficial tallies showed Jakarta governor Joko Widodo ahead of ex-general Prabowo Subianto in a closely fought race to lead Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.

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This photo released by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation shows Jason Clarke, as Malcolm, foreground, and, background from left, Andy Serkis, as Caesar; Toby Kebbell, as Koba; and Karin Konoval, as Maurice; in a scene from the film, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.” “’Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,’ your camp is showing.”

It’s gotten to be a very familiar ploy in Hollywood to remake previously light, cheesy entertainments with well-crafted, heavy grandiosity. So if there’s a failing of “Apes,” it’s that it feels like yet another manufactured franchise. Talented people like Reeves and Serkis are brought in like HGTV fixer-uppers to restore mossy popculture properties. But, alas, they’re very good at it.

“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” a 20th Century Fox release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and brief strong language.”

Running time: 130 minutes. Three stars out of four.

Country newcomer duets with legends on new album This July 7, 2014 photo shows 19-year-old country singer Mary Sarah posing at Hatch Show Print inside The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tenn.

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But in “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” the tables have turned, and not just because apes now rule a world where all but 1 in 500 humans have been wiped out by a so-called simian flu virus. No, the biggest uprising in the sequel to 2011’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” is by those digitally created, nonhuman characters which have finally and resoundingly come of age. Hail Caesar.

That’s the ape played by Andy Serkis, the motion-capture maestro of creatures like Gollum and a much bigger ape, Kong.

Serkis played Caesar in “Rise of the Planet Apes,” the surprisingly good origin story of the rebooted “Apes” franchise wherein chimps, injected with a serum meant to cure human brain damage, develop great intelligence. Caesar was a fine character then, but in “Dawn,” he shifts to center stage.

It’s 10 years after the last film ended and Caesar is now a weary leader and firmlyrooted family man with a wife, a teenage son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and a new baby.

Who gets credit for Caesar’s deep, troubled eyes, Serkis or the effects by Joe Letteri and Dan Lemmon? Does it matter?

Looking for a dam to restore power for a colony of human survivors, a group (Jason Clarke, Keri Russell) stumbles upon the monkeys’ Muir Woods home in the Redwoods outside San Francisco. The encounter sets off panic on both sides, as the firebrands in each community — the ape Koba, played by Toby Kebbell, and

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you’re thinking big enough,’” said Sarah, who released the album independently on Tuesday. “The idea wasn’t to have a legends project. ... What it turned into is really crazy and mind-blowing.” Sarah eventually moved to Nashville, where she met Parton’s producer, who introduced her to the country diva. Other big names started rolling in, she said.

“It was miracle after miracle that these artists did this on a handshake,” she said. “Bridges” also features Vince Gill, Tanya Tucker, Ronnie Milsap and Lynn Anderson. The big-voiced teen had been recording the album for two years, and she had kept the project “on the down low.” “We didn’t tell many people and I think now that it’s coming out, people are like, ‘What? When did this happen?’” she said. Sarah will reach even further territory when she opens for Haggard on his tour starting Aug. 20 in Starkville, Mississippi.

Markets welcome projected Widodo win

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JAKARTA - Indonesian stocks rallied to a one-year high Thursday after most unofficial tallies showed Jakarta governor Joko Widodo ahead of ex-general Prabowo Subianto in a closely fought race to lead Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.

Both candidates declared victory Wednesday in the tightest and most divisive presidential election since the downfall of dictator Suharto in 1998.

However the polling agencies considered most reliable indicated a Widodo win, and the Jakarta benchmark index surged more than 2.5 percent at the open.

Investors have been hoping for victory for the Jakarta governor, the first serious presidential contender without deep roots in the Suharto era, seeing him as a potential reformer and clean leader in a graft-ridden country.

Stocks eased slightly in early afternoon trade but remained

more than 1.8 percent up and at their highest level since May last year. The rupiah, which has retreated in recent weeks as Prabowo gained ground against Widodo, was up 0.6 percent at 11,565 to the dollar.

Official results are not expected until July 22.

“Joko Widodo looks to have won (the) presidential election in Indonesia, and hopes are high that he will make a fresh start on economic reform,” said Gareth Leather from Capital Economics.

Widodo is seen as more likely than Prabowo to embark on much-needed reforms to inject new life into the economy, and as being more welcoming to foreign companies operating in

Indonesia.

Prabowo, who was a top general in the Suharto era and has been dogged by allegations of human rights abuses, is seen as less friendly to overseas investors.

His speeches on the campaign trail have been marked by fiercely nationalistic rhetoric and pledges to further squeeze foreign companies operating in Indonesia, which is a member of the Group of 20 economic bloc.

Companies linked to Prabowo’s campaign team fell on the Jakarta stock market Thursday.

Visi Media Asia, which belongs to tycoon supporter Aburizal Bakrie, slid 4.85 percent, while Media Nusantara Citra, belonging to wealthy backer Hari Tanoesoedibjo, lost 3.66 percent.

Despite the initial market euphoria over a potential Widodo win, concerns are also growing about a long period of uncertainty that could unnerve investors.

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Bali News DENPASAR - A number of pollsters in Jakarta released the results of quick count of the presidential election. Temporarily, the candidate Jokowi-JK won over the candidate Prabowo-Hatta. However, there were also other pollsters declaring if the candidate Prabowo-Hatta won based on their quick count. Mutual claim of victory occurred from their respective camp at the center including Bali.

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Meanwhile, the Campaign Team Leader of Prabowo-Hatta for Bali Province, Ketut Sudikerta, declined to comment on the

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Recently, staff gathering of Kayu Raja Villa lasted festively and fraternally. In addition to eliminating the daily work routines, this periodic event held every three months was also intended to give appreciation to employees that could show off excellent achievement.

“As workers in tourism sector facing many challenges and dynamics, we are required to always smile and able to provide excellent services in all aspects and times to every single guest. Well, this gathering is intended to realize such a thing,” said General Manager, Gede Nik Sukarta.

Various events were designed with exciting entertainment. As the players, the committee involved all staff by featuring the arts and culture of the past, such as by presenting the kid song Meong-Meong (meow-meow), Kasih Ibu (Mother’s Love) as well as feeding cake and watering each other so that the atmosphere became full of fun and

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Koster then detailed the advantages of Jokowi-JK in Bali in accordance with the real count until 5:48 p.m. In Klungkung County, Jokowi-JK won with the vote gain of 66.11 percent and in Karangasem won with convincing gain of 72.10 percent. Meanwhile, in Denpasar, Jokowi-JK won with the vote acquisition of 75.66 percent and in Badung with 70 percent of the vote.

Afterward, in Tabanan JokowiJK won 72.37 percent, Jembrana (65.73 percent), Buleleng (73.43 percent), Bangli (74.24 percent) and Gianyar (78.21 percent). “The biggest victory of Jokowi-JK in Bali is in Gianyar County with a record of 78.21 percent of the vote,” said Koster.

Related to this maximal result, Koster specifically expressed his gratitude to all the people of Bali who had come to the polling stations and gave mandate to JokowiJK as president and vice president.

“We are thankful to the organizers that we observed so far has worked well in accordance with the existing regulations,” he said.

Despite winning for a while, Koster appealed to all cadres of political supporting parties, the team and volunteers to keep waiting for the official results announced by the Electoral Commission (KPU). “Do not make any party first. Let’s jointly oversee the counting process of the vote and recapitulation in Bali,” said Koster.

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Jokowi temporarily wins 70 percent in Bali

Although the Electoral Commission (KPU) has not officially announced the results, the Jokowi-JK Campaign Team of Bali Province has released the results of internal calculation or real count for Bali Province.

Team Leader of the JokowiJK Campaign for Bali Province, Wayan Koster, in a press conference in the office of the PDI-P Bali, claimed on Wednesday (Jul 9) that Jokowi-JK camp won the majority of the votes in all counties / municipality in Bali with the votes exceeded the target of 70 percent. “Gratefully, based on the result of real count, for the time being Jokowi-JK absolutely won in Bali with 70.99 percent or 685,411 votes of the totally 965,531 valid votes,” said Koster accompanied by Secretary of the Jokowi-JK Campaign Team for Bali Province Ida Bagus Oka Gunastawa with the ranks of the team and supporting volunteer of Jokowi-JK. However, Koster added that such figure might still change until all the valid votes came to tabulation. “But, we estimate the amount of vote will hold on. It’s remarkable because in fact this achievement exceeds our target at least 70 percent of the vote in Bali,” said Koster while adding that nearly 71 percent of victory gained by Jokowi-JK in Bali Province posed the accumulation of victory throughout the county/ municipality. “It’s very encouraging because we got the majority of victory in Bali, including in Karangasem and Klungkung County that was considered pretty hard at our initial prediction,” said the PDI-P politician from Buleleng.

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The activity was also coupled with the celebration staff’s and employee’s birthday falling in that month. The employees that could show excellent performance were awarded with an appreciation in the form of ‘the employee of the month’ to motivate so that they could be more passionate in providing services to guests.

Certificate of ‘the employee of the month’ for the back and front of the house was presented by General Manager Gede Sukarta doubling as Chairman of the Bali Villa Association (BVA) of Badung Chapter. Ultimately, the event was ended with an open house.

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Although the Electoral Commission (KPU) has not officially announced the results, the Jokowi-JK Campaign Team of Bali Province has released the results of internal calculation or real count for Bali Province. vote gain of Prabowo-Hatta in Bali.

His party tended to hold the results of quick count conducted by a number of pollsters declaring the victory of Prabowo-Hatta.

“Regarding the amount of vote gained by Prabowo-Hatta in Bali, we do not expose. We do not want to as it will even disturb because the quick count of some pollsters declared Prabowo-Hatta to excel nationally,” said Sudikerta to reporters at a press conference in the office of Golkar Party of Bali Province.

Despite claiming victory, his party was waiting for the results of vote count officially announced by the Electoral Commission. “From the results of quick count by a number of pollsters, nationally Prabowo-Hatta was declared the winner, but we surely wait for the real results, in this case the manual counting by the Electoral

Commission announced on July 22,” said Sudikerta.

To Sudikerta, whatever the results of the quick count would be, including the claim of victory by Jokowi-JK camp, it was just a kind of public opinion. “It’s similar to the Bali gubernatorial election in 2013. At that time, we were declared to lose in quick count, in fact we won in the end. So, let’s wait for the official results to be announced by the Electoral Commission,” he added.

On that occasion, Sudikerta invited all people of Bali to observe carefully the results of presidential election 2014 with clear heart. He also invited all parties to maintain and oversee the results as well as possible. “Do not let ripples trigger any friction,” said Sudikerta doubling as Deputy Governor of Bali.

At the same time, Deputy Chair-

man of the Steering Committee of the Prabowo-Hatta Campaign Team for Bali Province, Made Mudarta, also revealed no much different thing. He also invited all parties to be patient while waiting for the official results announced by the Electoral Commission. “Most importantly, let’s watch the vote in every level, so that it will not be taken away by robber cat,” he said.

Besides, he reminded all parties to reflect on the experience of Bali gubernatorial election in 2013. At that time, the phenomenon of such quick count result also occurred in the presidential election 2014. “It’s like a repetition of the last Bali gubernatorial election. As a result, Prabowo-Hatta will excel nationally in official count to be done by Electoral Commission,” affirmed Chairman of the Democratic Party of Bali Province. (wid)

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

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

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

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

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

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‘Calm’ Kardashian joins Emma Watson at Valentino

Models wear creations as part of the Valentino Fall Winter 201415 Haute Couture fashion collection, presented in Paris, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

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PARIS — She says her life is a lot calmer since she married fashionista-rapper Kanye West. And she prefers to stay at home with her baby. But calm did not prevail Wednesday when Kim Kardashian, in a whistlestop 24-hour visit to Paris, faced the incandescent lights of Valentino’s couture show in a plunging ice blue gown that caused photographers to trip over themselves.

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BAF Schedule Friday, July 11, 2014 Time Place 11.00 Angsoka Stage 11.00 Ayodya Stage 14.00 Ratna Kanda 20.00 Ayodya Stage 20.00 Ksirarnawa

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Event Traditional Music Reconstruction Joged Bumbung Dance Selonding Performance Drama Gong Exhibition Modern Puppets Performance

Time 11.00 11.00 11.00 20.00

Event Prembon Dance Ngocang Art Ceraken Music Traditional Performance Closing Ceremonial of BAF

Place Angsoka Stage Angsoka Stage Ayodya Stage Ardha Candra

It’s been a roller-coaster of a year for reality star Kardashian, with the birth of her baby last summer and her highly-publicized Florentine wedding with West. So little wonder that the 33-year-old feels her life has got more serene since she tied the knot. “Laughter is such a good medicine.

It’s definitely got calmer since I married. I love my life with my husband and my baby,” she told The Associated Press.

Kardashian looked radiant in a revealing silk Valentino floor length gown as she arrived arm-in-arm with house founder Valentino Garavani. “Absolutely, calm on the inside can make you glow on the outside. I also get a lot of sleep. But I’m a happy person and in such a good place,” she said.

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Mount Olympus PARIS - Valentino climbed Mount Olympus for inspiration for his new season, bringing back the flowing, draped silks and flat crisscross sandals of the ancient Greek gods.

Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli produced a strong 61-piece collection in which they showed off the natural beauty of crepe silk, sheer tulle and marbled wool in draped or column silhouettes. Often creations were cinched under the bust thanks to leather bandings in red, white and black, giving the models the illusion of goddess-like leg length. Elsewhere, details normally seen on Greco-Roman vases, like flowers or olive leaves, were

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There was more than a hint of Angelina Jolie’s latest Disney villain in the air at Jean Paul Gaultier’s bewitched show. Fifty dark couture creations such as black fur coats, black paneled leather pencil skirts, circular crinoline skirts, exaggeratedly high fringes, and sleeves

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Regent Suradnyana sees performance of Buleleng art envoy in BAF.

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printed on garments.

But the show hit its highest point when the designers let the sumptuous couture-standard fabrics do the talking — with devastating simplicity.

One draped pale blue gown with gentle ripples could have been worn by goddess Hera, and, deceptively, it looked like it had been cut from a single piece of cloth.

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Away from the limelight, Emma Watson, demure in a black lace gown, quietly slipped in at the last minute. Meanwhile, “Moulin Rouge” director Baz Luhrmann attended Jean Paul Gaultier’s gender-bending display and spoke out about gay politics.

Here are the highlights of the last full day of Paris’ haute couture fall-winter 2014-15 collections, including show reports from Valentino, Jean Paul Gaultier and Elie Saab.

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in black “mille feuille” organza couture slinked along the silken catwalk.

The piece de resistance? A look that Gaultier called “Maleficent.” A model with an exaggeratedly long jaw-line, black bustier with mink bands and dark crepe pants held out a mirror in which she stared, pouted and cackled. It had the audience hypnotized.

As is now common with the aging enfant terrible, many convergent silhouettes were thrown into the couture cauldron — including draped hoods, men’s tuxedos and even silver silk sweat pants. But the dark theme, and the layers of stiff organza that stood off the body and were delicately hand-cut in the atelier, gave this collection an unusual cohesion.

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PARIS - Baz Luhrmann, the director who brought dragqueens and gender-benders to the screen with gusto in films such as “Romeo & Juliet” and “Moulin Rouge,” spoke out about gay rights at Gaultier’s show. The catwalk models included Conchita Wurst, the bearded drag queen who won this year’s Eurovision song contest.

“Gaultier was always about transgender sexuality, about high and low,” he said. Refer-

ring to Wurst, he added: “So for him to be having his show crowned by the grand dame of drag queen or transsexual expression is appropriate.”

Luhrmann said there has been a backlash against gay rights around the world, especially in France and several US states, partly triggered by the legalization of gay marriage. But the 51-year-old said that this shows gay rights are advancing. “What you see is a sort of reaction against how successful it’s been,” he said.

The Bali of Fisheries and Maritime Agency noted the level of fish consumption in the Bali Province in 2013 amounted to 30.58 kg per capita/year.

Fish consumption in Bali remains low Bali Post

DENPASAR - The Bali of Fisheries and Maritime Agency noted the level of fish consumption in the Bali Province in 2013 amounted to 30.58 kg per capita/year. This figure is still lower than the national fish consumption rate, namely 33.14 kg per capita/year.

“Our national fish consumption is still lower when compared to that of Malaysia reaching 56.1 kg per capita/year and Singapore at 48.9 kg per capita/year,” said Head of the Bali Maritime and Fisheries Agency, Made Gunaja, Denpasar.

However, fish consumption in Bali stayed higher than the level of fish consumption in Jakarta, namely 29 kg per capita/year, while the world fish consumption was 19.2 kg per capita /year. “However, our rate of fish consumption needs to be increased.

Since the number is somewhat lower than the recommended amount by the government, namely 33.14 kg per capita / year,” he said.

He acknowledged making various efforts in order to increase fish consumption in Bali. To increase the

BULELENG - The fanfare of spectators in the Bali Arts Festival XXXVI became a motivation for the art envoy of Buleleng. Hundreds of spectators were present to directly witness the appearance of Gong Kebyar composition by Umajero village, Busungbiu subdistrict, Buleleng, at the Art Centre, Denpasar, Tuesday. The presentation of Tenun Dance and Gong Creation entitled Briak-briak Kembang Cengkeh was also witnessed by the Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana, with Chairperson of PKK Motivator Team of Buleleng Mrs. Aries Sujati Suradnyana.

Regent Suradnyana on the occasion said that his presence was to give an appreciation and support to the art envoys of Buleleng making their performance at the stage of the Bali Arts Festival (BAF). The motivation was given to cultivate the spirit of participants. “I want to encourage the art envoys making performance in the Bali Arts Festival. Hopefully, they can be constantly motivated and given a chance in the future. I expect the domino effect will excite the development of the arts and culture in Buleleng,” he said.

In addition, as a commitment to the arts in Buleleng, Regent Suradnyana prepared to hold a variety of art events in Buleleng. Among them, there would be the Buleleng Festival (Bulfest) 2014 featuring various arts from dozens of dance studios in Buleleng taking place on August 6-10.

This year, Fishermen Dance would be ready to open the Bulfest involving hundreds of dancers from 30 dance studios. (kmb34) consumption of fish, it was required different efforts, other than changing the pattern of consumption that mostly still liked to consume meat.”In addition to increasing the purchasing power and expanding the process in order to attract people’s interest,” he said.

According to him, the role of entrepreneurs in the field of fisheries was also very important in supporting the movement to popularize fish consumption. Besides, the growing number of restaurant and hotel would be able to assist the efforts to campaign the movement of fish consumption, especially in Bali denoting a tourist destination visited by many domestic and foreign travelers.

“The growth of fish consumption by communities in the country is

very important to be driven. Some of the efforts included the fish market, a means of mobile marketing, and growing restaurant with fish delicacy,” he said.

He explained that fish contained omega 3 and was good for brain development, high in protein, but without high cholesterol. To socialize the movement of fish consumption as in previous years the government would be targeting children. When the introduction to fish had been made since early age, the consumption of fish would become their lifestyle when growing adult.

“The fish cultivation activities and fishing in the ocean are not only intended to grow the sectors of the economy, but also to participate in the movement to popularize fish consumption,” he said. (kmb27)

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DENPASAR - China dominates 72.05 percent of the Bali’s import market or reaches USD 111,328,781 of the total value of Bali’s import during the period of January-May 2014 reaching USD 154,523,111.

The presence of a variety of products from China beats out South Korea, United States, Hong Kong and Australia.

The Head of Bali Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Panusunan Siregar, said the development of import value of the five countries indicated if the United States and Hong Kong showed a decrease by 10.90 percent and 74.85 percent. “Meanwhile, three other countries, namely China, South Korea and Australia showed an increase with the respective percentage of 405.64 percent, 597.27 percent and 25.31 percent,” said Panusunan Siregar.

According to him, the main commodities imported by Bali included machinery products, jewelry, electrical equipment, essential oils, cosmetics and watches. “Most imported products are mechanical equipment such as tractors and heavy equipment.

It is in accordance with our needs in Bali,” he said.

He said the import of production equipment was considered much better than bringing in food or beverages to meet consumer needs. Nevertheless, especially in May 2014 the import of Bali reached USD 13.60 million or decreased 24.24 percent compared to the same month in 2013.

“The import of machinery production will have a positive impact to kindle the foreign exchange earnings

in the foreseeable future,” he said.

It was mentioned the import value was still below the export gains of Bali in the same month reaching USD 42.97. The figure decreased 8.74 percent compared to the export value in May 2013 reaching USD 44.09. This achievement also slumped 3.75 percent compared to April 2014 which reached USD 44.65 million.

“Export commodities included fish and shrimp products, furniture, wood products, jewelry, and nonknitted apparel,” he said.

He explained that China did not only send a variety of products to the island, but also supplied travelers, even it ranked second after Australia.

The presence of Chinese travelers during the period of January to May 2014 reached 221,106 people, an increase of 43.27 percent compared to the same period in the previous year, namely 154,328 people.

“The countries showing the largest increase in the number of tourist arrival during the period was Singapore, reaching 51.01 percent, while the largest decline was experienced

by Japan, amounting to 8.32 percent,” he concluded. (kmb27)

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Congress asked to approved emergency spending Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of children streaming from chaotic Central American nations to the U.S. border have overwhelmed the government’s ability to respond, senior administration officials said Wednesday as President Barack Obama visited Texas and urged Congress to move swiftly to approve emergency spending request for the crisis.

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China dominates 72.05 percent of the Bali’s import market or reaches USD 111,328,781 of the total value of Bali’s import during the period of January-May 2014 reaching USD 154,523,111.

Green belt transformed into semi-permanent buildings

Emerging from a meeting with Republican Gov. Rick Perry, Obama said he was open to suggestions that he dispatch National Guard troops to the border with Mexico, but warned such a solution would only work temporarily. “The problem here is not major disagreement,” Obama said, but rather getting Congress to release the needed money to address the issue.

“If they’re interested in solving the problem, then this can be solved. If the preference is for politics, then it won’t be solved.”

But Republican opposition hardened to the president’s $3.7 billion request, leaving any solution unclear. In Washington, Republican Sen. John McCain, who has supported Obama’s stalled quest to remake the nation’s immigration laws, said he could not support the spending request, saying it would “just perpetuate an unacceptable humanitarian crisis that’s taking place on our southern border.”

In the House of Representatives, Republican Speaker John Boehner was noncommittal about bringing the spending measure to a vote. “If we don’t secure the border, nothing’s going to change,” Boehner told reporters.

Meanwhile, a group of civil liberties organizations filed a lawsuit in Seattle against the Obama administration, arguing that the federal government is failing to provide the migrant children with legal representation. And even some Democrats said Obama would be well-advised to visit the border and see the situation for himself. Asked about Obama’s decision not to go to the border, White House spokesman Josh Earnest noted that other administration officials have done so.

“So the president is well aware of exactly what’s happening,” Earnest told reporters. The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Gil Kerlikowske, told sena-

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President Barack Obama walks down the stairs from Air Force One at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport en route to Dallas, Texas, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

tors on Wednesday that the number of unaccompanied minors picked up since October now stands at 57,000, up from 52,000 in midJune, and more than double what it was at the same time last year.

They’re coming mostly from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, often fleeing gang violence.

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Now, the overlay of paddy fields along the Sakah-Kemenuh road section, Sukawati subdistrict, Gianyar, only leaves in memory.

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GIANYAR - Now, the overlay of paddy fields along the Sakah-Kemenuh road section, Sukawati subdistrict, Gianyar, only leaves in memory. The effort to maintain the region as green belt falls in line with the appearance of semi-permanent buildings in the area. As a result, the nurseries previously standing in a row in the region have disappeared with the presence of semi-permanent buildings.

As monitoring on Wednesday (Jul 9), the semi-permanent buildings at the location were getting more. The buildings established were owned by traders of statues, shrines, welders, food stalls and car wash business. Such condition was different from previous years. Originally in the 1990s, along the road section was the overlay of active paddy fields becoming a tourist attraction and then shifted into the stands of nurseries.

Within the past ten years, the land owners along the road section leased their land to nurseries. But lately, many nurseries at the location, especially on the north of the road, have changed the area into semi-permanent buildings, while some others have already been established with permanent buildings.

The law enforcement officers were unable to do much in response to the existing changes. Although the Municipal Police of Gianyar often came down to discipline, they were unable to. The Head of Gianyar Municipal Police, I Gde Daging, even admitted that his party found difficulty in enforcing regulations because along the Sakah-Kemenuh road section was private property where the landowner in this case contracted the land and was then built a business. (kmb16)

But their arrival also appears to stem from rumors that they would be allowed to stay if they reached the U.S. Juan Osuna, director of the executive office of immigration review at the Department of Justice, said that “we are facing the largest caseload that the agency has ever seen.”

Osuna said that deportation cases involving families and unaccompanied children would be moved to the top of court dockets.

That means lower priority cases will take even longer to wend through a system where there’s a backlog of more than 360,000 pending deportation cases.

Bosnians pay respect to 175 Srebrenica victims Associated Press

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A Bosnian Muslim woman searches for the coffin of her relative, in the Memorial center in Potocari, 200 kms northeast of Sarajevo, on Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

SARAJEVO — Hundreds of people turned out in Sarajevo’s main street on Wednesday to pay respect to 175 victims of the Srebrenica massacre — Europe’s worst since World War II — as a truck carried their coffins to a final resting place.

The remains of the men and boys, found in mass graves and identified through DNA analysis, will be buried in Srebrenica on Friday, the 19th anniversary of the massacre, next to 6,066 previously found victims.

As the coffins passed by, shielded by a canvas cloth, some tucked flowers in or caressed the canvas.

Others silently prayed as the truck stopped briefly in front of Bosnia’s presidency.

The eastern town of Srebrenica

was a United Nations-protected area that was besieged by Serb forces throughout the 1992-95 war for Serb domination in Bosnia. But U.N. troops offered no resistance when the Serbs overran the majority Muslim town on July 11, 1995, rounding up Srebrenica’s Muslims and killing over 8,000 men and boys. An international court later labeled the killings as genocide.

Workers are still excavating the victims’ bodies from hidden mass graves, and their job is made harder because those responsible often retrieved the bodies and relocated them elsewhere to hide the crimes. Many of the remains were torn apart or mixed up by bulldozers, and experts have had to use DNA analysis to put a body together from bones found in locations miles from each other.

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BUSINESS Vatican restructures scandal-hit bank, vows transparency Reuters

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FILE - In this April 17, 2014 file photo, South Korean Coast Guard officers search for missing passengers aboard sunken ferry Sewol in the waters off the southern coast near Jindo, South Korea.

South Korea cuts growth outlook on ferry disaster Associated Press

SEOUL — South Korea’s central bank said economic growth will be slower than expected this year because consumer spending has waned following a deadly ferry sinking. Lee Ju-yeol, governor at the Bank of Korea, said Thursday that South Korea’s economy will expand 3.8 percent this year instead of 4.0 percent predicted in April.

He said outlook for next year was also downgraded. Asia’s fourthlargest economy will likely grow 4.0 percent, not 4.2 percent, in 2015.

The revision was due to a decline in consumer spending after the April 16 ferry disaster that profoundly shocked South Koreans. The tragedy killed 293 people and left 11 missing. Most of the dead were teenagers on a school trip.

Sales of clothes, food and fuel dropped in April. Tourism, restaurant and leisure industries took most of the brunt of the tragedy because schools canceled trips and South

Koreans refrained from drinking and other festive activities. In May, the drop narrowed but spending still remained sluggish.

Inflationary pressure was also weakened, giving policymakers room to support the economy.

Consumer prices will increase 1.9 percent this year, lower than the previously forecast 2.0 percent increase, the bank said.

Also Thursday, Bank of Korea left its policy rate unchanged at 2.5 percent for a 14th month. However, the decision was not unanimous, with one policymaking dissenting.

Lee said South Korea’s economy faced a higher chance of slowing.

Even then, policymakers kept the rate steady because the recovery was intact, albeit a bit slower than before, he said.

South Korea’s finance minister nominee expressed similar views during a parliamentary hearing, saying there was a higher downside risk to South Korea’s growth. Choi Kyunghwan said he would swiftly introduce measures to stimulate the economy once he takes office. Choi, seen as pro-growth, said he would seek to stimulate the housing market.

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican on Wednesday said it would separate its bank’s investment business from its Church payments work to try to clean up after years of scandal, and vowed to become a “model of financial transparency”.

French businessman Jean-Baptiste de Franssu was named as the new head of the bank, officially known as the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), succeeding German lawyer Ernst Von Freyberg, who has run the bank since February 2013.

Freyberg, who has said he is leaving for personal reasons, has introduced reforms to make the IOR more transparent and compliant with international norms against money laundering, and has closed many suspicious accounts.

The Vatican also plans to increase scrutiny on one of the two sections of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, or APSA - also hit by recent scandals - that runs Vatican properties, handles income and spending, prepares budgets and acts as a central accounting department and purchasing office.

Australian Cardinal George Pell, head of the Vatican’s recently formed Secretariat for the Economy, told a news conference that the move was necessary in order for his department to “exercise its responsibilities of economic control and vigilance” over all Vatican departments.

To underscore the importance the pope attaches to cleaning up the Vatican, he issued an official Latin decree called a “Motu Proprio” modifying a Vatican constitution to shift the responsibility for the APSA department to the Secretariat.

The decree said all had to obey his order “regardless of anything to the contrary”.

A new central Vatican Asset Management department will handle investments, leaving the bank to concentrate on its original aim and focus on payment services for religious orders, Vatican employees and charities, he said, changes that will be phased in over three years.

Pell said he wanted the entire Vatican to become “a model of financial transparency instead of cause for occasional scandal” and that all the changes had been approved by Pope Francis, noting that the cardinals who elected the pope in 2013 had given him a mandate to make the Vatican transparent and scandal-free.

“We are aiming at substantial transparency. There will be audits and these reports will be audited externally,” Pell said, noting that the IOR “is in a peaceful transition” and Freyberg had “cleared the decks” for a new phase in the bank’s history.

In June 2013, Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, who worked for 22 years as a senior accountant at APSA, was arrested and is on trial on charges of using his position in a plot to smuggle millions of dollars into Italy from Switzerland for his rich friends in order to avoid Italian taxes.

Scarano, who has told Italian magistrates of numerous irregularities at APSA, such as allowing outsiders to have accounts there, is also the subject of a separate trial on money laundering charges connected to the Vatican bank.

Pell said the Vatican would appoint an “independent auditor general who will be able to go anywhere and everywhere” in the Vatican to guarantee transparency and legality.

On Wednesday, the Vatican bank said in a financial statement that it had blocked the accounts of more than 2,000 clients and ended some 3,000 “customer relationships” as part of a clean-up process that nearly wiped out its profit.

Last year’s profits were also hit by extraordinary expenses related to the hiring of external professionals, such as the Promontory Financial Group, to help in compliance and transparency issues and account closures.

Casting at presidential election, traders at art market close Bali Post

GIANYAR - Casting at the presidential election on Wednesday (Jul 9) resulted in different atmosphere at several art markets in Gianyar.

As seen at Sukawati Art Market and Guwang Art Market, Sukawati subdistrict, both remained closed until 1:00 p.m.

Traders of the art market closing their operation were traders occupying the kiosks owned by county government. Entrance door of the market was totally closed.

It was following the appeal of the

management of the art market in relation to the presidential and vice presidential election. Closing of the art markets even made a number of tourist guides moan because their tourists did not want

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Nevertheless, based on monitoring at Sukawati Art Market, only a few traders at the art market were open because their venue was separated from the kiosk complex and the art market building owned by the county government. As a result, the travelers coming had limited options for shopping.

One of the tourist guides from Pegesangan deplored the closing of the art market. Actually

the voting could be done in the morning and the art market could open half a day. However, he realized the Sukawati Art Market was owned by local government whose management office was also closed.

Meanwhile, the parking attendant at the Sukawati Art Market confessed that the closing of traders at Sukawati Art Market was in relation to presidential election.

They closed based on the appeal

and agreement of the traders considering the kiosks at the art market building had a single-door access. So, they worried if their goods would lose, he said.

In the meantime, monitoring at Guwang Art Market showed if the entrance into the art market was locked. However, the shops and stalls located outside the market remained open selling craft items such as paintings and others. (kmb16)

Many voters using form A5 and identity card unable to vote Bali Post

DENPASAR - Various administrative and logistic issues still occurred related to voting in the presidential election, Wednesday (Jul 9). Based on facts in the field, it was found that a number of voters using A5 or removal letter to vote and identity card could not vote. It happened because the polling stations they visited had run out of ballots.

Such condition happened at a number of polling stations in Denpasar and Badung County.

For example, at polling station (TPS) 14 and 15 of Sanglah hamlet, Dauh Puri village, the voting organizer committee (KPPS) was confused and overwhelmed with the presence of many voters using identity

cards. Similarly, many other voters wanted to vote by using form A5 especially the doctors and employees of Sanglah Hospital. Unluckily, those voters could not cast because the ballot had run out. They were encouraged to vote at the polling station nearby, but they did not accept.

Similar experience was told by a reporter from NTT. Despite carrying the form A5, he still could not vote because the polling station he visited had run out of ballots. At polling station 4 Kutuh, South Kuta, a total of 10 people who wanted to cast were rejected because they did not carry form A5.

Something similar also happened in Denpasar namely at polling station 56 and 78 Panjer.

Many voters wanted to use identity card to vote. Unfortunately, most of them were rejected because the ballot had been exhausted, too.

Chairman of the Bali Electoral Commission (KPU), Dewa Kade Wiarsa Raka Sandhi, said there were a number of problems during the voting in some polling stations. Admittedly, a lot of voters who used identity card and form A5 did not get the opportunity to vote due running out of ballots.

Such problem also happened because the hospital did not provide special polling station. However, according to Raka Sandi, in general the presidential election took place safely. “The problem on the running out of ballots will be discussed in the next evaluation.

Electoral Commission only pre-

pared ballots in appropriate with the number of fixed voter list at the polling stations plus 2 percent of reserve. Our solution was asked the voters to look for polling station nearby,” he said.

At polling station 10 Penatih where Governor Made Mangku Pastika cast with family, JokowiJK absolutely won with 338 votes, while Prabowo-Hatta only got 58 votes at the polling station located at SDN 5 Penatih elementary school. “Whatever the result, we have to accept it. Most importantly, everything remains safe and peaceful and there is no friction,” said Governor Pastika accompanied by Mrs. Ayu Pastika.

After using his right to vote at polling station 10 Penatih, Pastika monitored the implementation of voting at eight polling stations in

Denpasar. The eight polling stations (TPS) included the TPS 09 Tembau Kaja, TPS 5 Penatih on Jalan Tembau Denpasar, TPS 4 and TPS 5 Tega on Jalan Ratna Denpasar, TPS 14 and TPS 15 Sanglah on Jalan Pulau Komodo Denpasar and TPS 4 and TPS 5 Jaya Giri on Jalan Jaya Giri Denpasar.

“From my observation, everything went well. I also make sure there is no potential to make uneasy. The security forces are also ready. So, there is no problem in the voting process in Bali,” said Governor Pastika. Regarding money politics rumored ahead of the voting, Governor Pastika asserted that so far he had not received any report from the field.

“I have not received any reports yet,” he concluded. (wid)

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Palestinians staged an anti-war, pro-Palestinian,anti-Israel demonstration in New York, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Several hundred demonstrators marched from the Israeli consulate to News Corp headquarters in New York.

Israel steps up offensive acts Associated Press

JERUSALEM — With rockets raining deep inside Israel, the military pummeled Palestinian targets Wednesday across the Gaza Strip and threatened a broad ground offensive, while the first diplomatic efforts to end two days of heavy fighting got underway.

Egypt, which has mediated before between Israel and the Hamas militant group, said it spoke to all sides about ending the violence. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in touch with Israel to try to lower tensions. And the United Nations chief warned of a “deteriorating situation ... which could quickly get beyond anyone’s control.”

As the Palestinian death toll rose to at least 75, neither side showed any sign of halting their heaviest fighting since an eight-day battle in late 2012.

Israel said it hit more than 300 targets and Hamas positions throughout Gaza, including rocket-launchers, weapons-storage sites and tunnels that it said the group uses to carry out attacks. The military said 74 rockets landed in Israel, including one that reached the northern city of Hadera, the deepest rocket strike ever from Gaza.

“Hamas will pay a heavy price for firing toward Israeli citizens,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

“The operation will expand and continue until the fire toward our towns stops and quiet returns.” Israel began the offensive Tuesday in response to weeks of rocket launches, and officials

said the airstrikes would continue until the firing stops. At least 20 civilians were among the at least 75 deaths reported by the Health Ministry in Gaza.

There have been no serious casualties on the Israeli side.

Thousands of Israeli troops massed near the Gaza border, the possibility of a ground invasion grew larger — along with the risk of heavier casualties on both sides.

“Despite the fact it will be hard, complicated and costly, we will have to take over Gaza temporarily, for a few weeks, to cut off the strengthening of this terror army,” Yuval Steinitz, Israel’s intelligence minister, told Israel Radio. “If you ask my humble opinion, a significant operation like this is approaching.”

The government has authorized the army to activate up to 40,000 reservists and Israeli TV stations said about a quarter of those forces had been called up, signaling a decision on a ground invasion could still be days away.

A ground offensive in Gaza would be a risky gamble for Israel. It could lead to heavy civilian casualties on the Palestinian side and trigger strong international criticism, as was the

case during one that killed hundreds of Palestinians in 2009. Israeli troops would also be at much greater risk if they enter Gaza’s crowded urban landscape, home to 1.8 million people, especially for a long-term presence.

Tal Russo, a former general who retired last year as head of Israel’s southern command, said a ground offensive did not guarantee success.

“There is no such concept as ‘decisive,’ and that needs to be understood,” he told Channel 10 TV. Israeli security officials say they have prepared different scenarios inside Gaza, ranging from a quick pinpoint operation to a full re-occupation of the seaside strip. Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005.

In the first indication that cease-fire efforts were underway, the office of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah elSissi said he held “extensive contacts with all active and concerned parties” to end the fighting.

It said the two sides discussed the “critical conditions and the need to stop all military action, and to stop the slide” toward more violence. It called on Israel to protect Palestinian civilians.

SPRING, Texas — A father opened fire at a suburban Houston home, killing four of his children as well as two adults who were with them and critically wounding his 15-year-old daughter, authorities said.

The teenager was able to call police Wednesday and later warned that her father planned to go to her grandparents’ home to kill them, said Deputy Thomas Gilliland of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

The suspected gunman eventually surrendered after a three-hour standoff with deputies who had cornered him in a nearby street.

Gilliand said there were “two hours of constant talking with a man armed with a pistol to his head and who had just killed six people.”

The sheriff’s department said precinct deputy constables were called to the house Wednesday evening and found two adults and three children dead. Another child later died at a hospital.

Killed were two boys, ages 4 and 14; two girls, ages 7 and 9; a 39-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman, Gilliland said. The gunman and his wife are estranged, and she was out of state, Gilliland said. All of the children were theirs. Two of the dead children were adopted, he said.

“It appears this stems from a domestic issue with a breakup in the family, from what our witness has told us,” Assistant Chief Deputy Constable Mark Herman of the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office told reporters. He did not explain further.

Authorities did not release the identities of the victims or the suspect, nor did they say whether the adults who were killed were related to the children or their father. Gilliland said the teenager was in “very critical condition” late Wednesday night.

History has been made...

From page 1 Official results are around two weeks away. Even if Widodo is then declared the winner, Prabowo can still challenge the result in the Constitutional Court, potentially dragging out the process for weeks.

Amid worries that the closely fought race could cause unrest, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono last night met both candidates at his residence outside Jakarta, urging them to wait for the official results before holding major celebrations.

“We call on all party members and volunteers not to organise a parade, it’s better just to give thankful prayers,” Widodo said late Wednesday after meeting the president.

Both candidates and their supporters kept a low profile Thursday, and there were no reports of large rallies.

Several polling agencies, which have accurately predicted the result of previous elections in Indonesia, gave Widodo a lead of four to five percentage points.

Prabowo, 62, however insisted that survey agencies followed by his camp gave him a narrow lead. He relied on three, less well-known agencies.

Should he be declared the official winner, 53-year-old Widodo is seen as likely to usher in a new style of leadership and consolidate democracy.

He shot to prominence in 2012 when he was elected Jakarta governor, and won legions of fans with his common touch. He would make regular tours of the metropolis’s sprawling slums dressed in casual clothes.

Prabowo, in contrast, was head of the feared special forces under Suharto, admitted ordering the abduction of democracy activists before the dictator’s downfall in 1998 and was formerly married to one of his daughters.

He has won support by playing up his military background, in a country where many have a yearning for a strong leader, but critics fear he may roll back democratic gains made since the fall of Suharto.

Some 190 million voters were eligible to cast ballots in Indonesia’s third direct presidential election since the end of authoritarian rule.

Polling went smoothly across the country, from eastern Papua to the main island of Java and jungle-clad Sumatra in the west, and no major disruptions were reported.

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The General Elections Commission (KPU) Chairman Husni Kamil Manik (2l) has called on both the presidential candidate pairs to respect the official results of the presidential election by the KPU.

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JAKARTA - The General Elections Commission (KPU) Chairman Husni Kamil Manik has called on both the presidential candidate pairs to respect the official results of the presidential election by the KPU. “We call on all parties to respect the official results of the presidential election by the KPU. The official results will be announced on July 22,” Husni Kamil Manik stated on Thursday.

He pointed out that the two camps of presidential candidates should maintain order and security until the inauguration of the president and vice president elected by the people.

“The activities and atmosphere remain conducive.

We hope that this is a form of maturity shown by the Indonesian people in building democracy,” he affirmed.

The safe and smooth implementation of the vote counting process on Wednesday (July 9) should be maintained until the determination and announcement of the results on July 22.

“Let us maintain this situation until the compilation of the presidential election results. All parties should work to maintain this peace. Accordingly, it can be said that the democratic process has been implemented, and the community has fulfilled its sovereignty in a democracy,” he added.

After voting and counting at ballot stations on

Wednesday (9 July), the board of election organizers has begun step-by-step recapitulation of votes on Thursday.

The vote recapitulation process gradually commenced from the village to the sub-district level at the Sub-district Polling Committee (PPS) for three days from Thursday until Saturday.

The recapitulation at the district level by the District Polling Committee (PPK) will be carried out on July 13-15, while the local KPU will carry out the vote recapitulation process at the city and regency levels on July 16-17 and the provincial KPU will conduct vote recapitulation on July 18-19.

The final stage of the vote recapitulation process by the KPU will be held for three days from July 20 to July 22.

The presidential election is contested by the Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa pair and the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla duo.

According to the KPU, a total of 190,307,134 voters have been registered, which includes 2,038,711 overseas voters, with 486,866 polling stations set up across the archipelago.

JAKARTA - The Indonesian government condemns Israel’s recent military attack on the Gaza area, Palestine, according to a press statement from the Foreign Affairs Ministry on Thursday.

“Indonesia condemns Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. It is an act that has caused a lot of innocent casualties in Palestine, and it has created a new obstacle in the efforts to create a condition conducive for the continuation of peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine,” stated Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa.

The minister noted that Israel’s recent military action had aggravated the distress of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. Marty described the military action as a “collective punishment” conducted by Israel on the people of Palestine.

“It must be understood that the core problem here is Israel occupying Palestine’s area. This must end. We must push through the peace negotiation process between Israel and Palestine in order for them to agree on a two-state solution,” Marty remarked.

“Regarding Israel’s recent attack, the UN’s Security Council and the international community must push Israel to stop conducting violence on the civilians in Gaza. This circle of violence needs to end,” he emphasized.

In response to Israel’s recent military attack, Marty emphasized that Indonesia will work with the Palestinian authority and leaders from the Organization

of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to draw international attention towards the situation in Gaza.

Earlier, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had urged all involved parties in the recent Gaza violations to avoid further civilian casualties.

With Israeli airstrikes on the enclave intensifying and Palestinians responding through rocket attacks against Israel, Ban Ki-moon expressed concern over the increase in violence in the Gaza Strip and reiterated his call on all actors to exercise maximum restraint and avoid further civilian casualties and overall destabilization.

“These indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas must stop,” reads Ban Ki-moon’s statement and that “the secretary general is extremely concerned about the dangerous escalation of violence, which has already resulted in multiple Palestinian deaths and injuries as a result of Israeli operations against Gaza.”

“It is imperative now to restore calm.

The unsustainable situation in Gaza will also need to be addressed in its political, security, humanitarian, and development dimensions as part of a comprehensive solution,” he noted.

The Israeli regime has launched several raids against the besieged enclave following alleged abduction and killing of three settlers. In retaliation, the Israeli settlers killed a Palestinian teenager.

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed or wounded in recent escalation of airstrikes on Gaza.

Presidential candidates’ supporters asked to wait for KPU’s result Antara

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister of Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto has appealed to the supporters of the presidential candidates to have a proportional outlook towards the results of the presidential election on Wednesday.

Suyanto remarked that the supporters of Prabowo-Hatta and Jokowi-JK pairs should have a proportional outlook as the quick count figures were not the official results of the election.

“The official results of the votes will be from the accumulative vote count that will be announced by the General Elections Commission (KPU) on July 22, 2014,” Jokowi stated on Thursday.

The minister explained that the quick

count results from numerous survey institutes for each presidential candidate were not yet the final results.

“The victory claims by the two camps of presidential candidates should be responded wisely, and the two camps should also ask their supporters to have a proportional stance towards the election results,” he added.

According to the security minister, all anarchic acts will only be detrimental to the state and the nation, and therefore, he emphasized that the safe and peaceful democratic process through the presidential election should continue to be maintained until July 22 when the KPU will announce the official results of the election.

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Au revoir, Froome

ARENBERG, France — An injured wrist was just too much for Tour de France champion Chris Froome, in one of the most memorable and crash-marred stages in recent race history. The Kenyan-born Briton ended his repeat bid Wednesday, dropping out of cycling’s big event and dropping a bombshell on his competitors after crashing twice in a rain-, mud-, sweat- and blood-soaked fifth stage for the pack through nerve-wracking cobblestones along France’s border with Belgium.

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AMLAPURA - Amlapura, capital of Karangasem Regency, is 78 km east of Denpasar. Since the Karangasem Kingdom was established, Amlapura has been the civic center. Meanwhile, the famous tourist destination in Amlapura is the Royal Palace denoting a perfect fusion of Balinese, Chinese and European architecture. The palace was founded by Anak Agung Gede Jelantik, the first king of Karangasem. Inside the palace, we will find a collection of photos belonging to royal families and fashionable costumes worn at that time.

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The 29-year-old Team Sky leader, already nursing pain in his left wrist a day earlier, first scuffed up his right hip, tearing his uniform, then scraped his face. Both falls happened even before he got to the start of 13 total kilometers (8 miles) over joint-jangling cobblestones.

He was the best-known of several big-name riders who crashed on Wednesday. They found out months ago, when the course was announced, what they would face on the roads from Ypres, Belgium to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut. It’s the same big bumps known to racers of the celebrated Paris-Roubaix one-day race.

What they couldn’t foresee was the rain, which slickened roads and unsettled many rider nerves — and psychology was crucial to surviving the stage.

Before Froome crashed, Sky sporting director Nicolas Portal said it best: “His wrist hurts a bit, but it’ll be a question of mental

as well today,” according to the Tour’s Web site.

Before the stage, Froome had said that the biggest concern about the cobblestones was not riding over them, but the nervousness of the peloton as riders jockey to get up front, which is considered the safest place to be.

Froome didn’t speak to reporters after his second spill on the day at around the halfway mark.

Wincing and limping, he shook his head at a Team Sky staffer, walked over to a team car, and climbed in. The team said later that he was already on his way home.

On Twitter, he wrote that he was “devastated” to withdraw: “Injured wrist and tough conditions made controlling my bike near to impossible.” Froome wished luck to new Sky leader Richie Porte of Australia and his other teammates for the rest of the race.

AP Photo/Christophe Ena

Stage winner Lars Boom of The Netherlands, right, and Peter Sagan of Slovakia, left, pass over a cobblestone sector during the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 155 kilometers (96.3 miles) with start in Ypres, Belgium, and finish in Arenberg, France, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

Pedrosa secures new Honda MotoGP

REUTERS/Paul Vreeker/United Photos

Honda MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa of Spain takes a curve during the Dutch Grand Prix in Assen June 28, 2014.

Dani Pedrosa will race with the Honda MotoGP team at least until the end of the 2016 season after extending his current deal.

The Spaniard’s future had been the subject of speculation amid team-mate Marc Marquez’s incredible form, as the reigning champion won the first eight races of the year while Pedrosa was left tied with Valentino Rossi for a distant second in the standings.

Honda had announced a new contract with Marquez in May, but there had been no news about Pedrosa’s new deal.

On Wednesday, however, the speculation came to an end, with the Japanese team announcing a new two-year deal for Pedrosa.

That means works Honda line-up will remain unchanged at least until the end of 2016.

“I’m very happy to be able to announce my renewal with the Honda team, and grateful to Honda for the trust they have shown in me for for a further two years,” said Pedrosa, who has spent his entire world championship career with Honda, starting from 125cc in 2001.

“It’s the best way for me to continue in my racing career, together with the company I was with in my very first race. I am very excited to give my 100 per cent and continue to work together with everyone at Honda Racing Corporation.”

Honda’s Shuhei Nakamoto added: “We are very pleased to renew our contract with Dani. He is enjoying a very strong season and is currently tied with Rossi in the championship, we are very happy with his performance.

“The partnership of Dani and Marc has proven to be successful and we look forward to another two years of success.”

With Yamaha having recently extended Valentino Rossi’s deal until 2016, Jorge Lorenzo is the only rider in the leading teams yet to tie down a new contract.

He is expected to stay with Yamaha but said recently there were some sticking points in their talks.

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Reuters

SAO PAULO - Lionel Messi can secure his place among the game’s greats with a World Cup triumph after Argentina defeated the Netherlands on penalties on Wednesday to reach the final.

On Sunday at the Maracana stadium in Rio, Messi will come up against a Germany team that has ended his two previous attempts to bring his country a third World Cup title.

Messi has won everything that there is to win with his club Barcelona - six Spanish league titles and three Champions League titles along with various Cups.

On an individual level he has been crowned World Player of the Year on four occasions and has broken several scoring records.

But for his country, the ultimate prize has evaded him so far. A 2008 Olympic gold medal and an Under20 World Cup win back in 2005 are not to be dismissed but the narrative has long been set - if Messi wants to be viewed in the same category as his compatriot Diego Maradona and Brazilian Pele, he needs to win a World Cup. Maradona was the star of Argentina’s second World Cup triumph in 1986, scoring five goals and creating as many again with some memorable performances.

Pele won three World Cups with Brazil - in 1958, 1962 and 1970 but

while Messi’s skill and achievements at club level have put him close to the two other South American greats, he has yet to win the big one.

Messi had just turned 19 and was just coming back from injury when Argentina went out in the quarterfinals of the 2006 World Cup on penalties to Germany.

Four years later in South Africa, Germany again ended Argentina’s hopes with a crushing 4-0 defeat and Messi bowed out of the tournament without a goal to his name.

Now the 27-year-old Messi has the opportunity to make Germany pay for those two defeats and at the same time end the discussion about his contribution to the national team.

In Brazil Messi has looked like, not only Argentina’s star, but their leader on the field, as he has responded to close marking by drifting deep and providing prompts and creativity from behind striker Gonzalo Higuain.

Messi made his mark in the opening group game against Bosnia with a fine finish for his team’s second goal after helping create the opener in the 2-1 victory.

Associated Press

SAO PAULO — Louis van Gaal took some credit for showing Argentina’s Sergio Romero how to stop penalties, advice that cost the Netherlands coach dearly on Wednesday.

Romero stopped two spot kicks as Argentina beat Van Gaal’s team 4-2 in a penalty shootout in the World Cup semifinals, advancing to the final against Germany.

“I taught Romero to stop penalties, so that hurts,” said Van Gaal, who worked with Romero at Dutch club Alkmaar in 2007-2009.

In Argentina’s second game, a very tight affair against a determined Iran, Messi won the match with a brilliant 25-yard strike in stoppage time.

Two more goals followed in the 3-2 win over Nigeria and in the round of 16 he helped create Angel Di Maria’s winner against Switzerland.

Messi struggled to make an impact in the next two rounds when he was marked closely but showed his confidence and leadership as he went first up to successfully convert his penalty in the semi-final against the Netherlands. Now comes Germany and more close marking no doubt, but the perfect stage for him to stake his claim for a place among the very greatest of all.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Renata de Mouro Moitinho sambas so fast her feet blur, but her partner moves with the bumbling tentativeness of a toddler taking his first steps.

And in a way the strapping man in a tight spandex soccer jersey really is taking his first steps — his first samba steps, that is: Moitinho’s dance partner for the evening is an Italian, visiting Brazil for the World Cup, and she is giving him his very first lesson

in the nation’s frenetically paced national dance.

The two met at the Fan Fest in Rio de Janeiro, where 22-year-old Moitinho and a group of friends have been going throughout the monthlong tournament in order to, as she puts it, “hunt foreigners” like the Italian, who declined to give his name. Moitinho’s not alone.

The past three weeks’ flood of foreign soccer fans — the vast majority of them men — has been a boon for the single women of Bra-

Associated Press

SAO PAULO — It was Argentina’s joy, and another sting for Brazil. The Argentine soccer team beat the Netherlands on Wednesday to win a berth in the World Cup championship match — doing it on archrival Brazil’s soil, and just a day after Brazil was humiliated in a 7-1 loss to Germany.

Thousands of Argentina fans who traveled to Brazil for the tournament wept, kissed and raised their hands to the sky when their team won 4-2 on penalty kicks, sending it to the final for the first time in more than two decades.

“God knows we suffered, but now everything is good,” said

Argentina’s Ezequiel Lavezzi hugs Lionel Messi after Argentina defeated the Netherlands 4-2 in a penalty shootoutat the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo Brazil, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

zil, where a demographic imbalance means they outnumber men by more than 4 million nationally.

The imbalance, the result of higher mortality rates among young men, is particularly acute in Rio de Janeiro, where there are just over nine men for every 10 women, according to the 2010 census. That’s about the same as New York City, another metropolis known for its lack of eligible single men.

“There are so many men everywhere these days, it’s amazing,” Moitinho said, gesturing out over

Romero praised his former coach for helping him adapt when he arrived in the Netherlands as a 20year-old, though he said winning the shootout came down to chance.

“It’s luck, that’s the truth. You can dive (the right way) and not make it, like happened to their goalkeeper,” Romero said. “I had confidence, thank God things turned out.”

Romero, who isn’t even a starter in his current club team Monaco, now has three straight clean sheets in the World Cup, and has only conceded three goals in the tournament.

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The 27-year-old goalkeeper said a lot of thoughts were running through his mind before the shootout.

“I had my colleagues from the bench helping me where each player could shoot,” Romero said.

He stopped Ron Vlaar’s penalty kick by diving right and Wesley Sneijder’s by diving to the left.

“I was thinking Sneijder was going to shoot there,” Romero said.

“I was also thinking that (Arjen) Robben was going to shoot to my left and then he ended up shooting to the other side and that’s why I was so mad.”

Argentina soccer fans celebrate cup final berth

Brazilian women celebrate World Cup bonanza of men Associated Press

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Van Gaal: I taught Romero how to stop penalties AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano

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the sea of masculine faces at the Fan Fest. “The World Cup is God’s gift to women.”

Brazil’s World Cup bonanza hasn’t come without a downside, with scattered reports of Brazilian women being sexually harassed by out-of-control fans. But in most cases, Brazilian women say foreign fans have behaved well, and have displayed a more enlightened, less macho attitude than that of Brazilian guys.

Moitinho, who along with three friends braved the bus for more

than two hours to get to the Fan Fest from their home in a distant Rio suburb, said foreigners just have a je ne sais quoi that their Brazilian counterparts lack.

“They’re handsome, sweet, humble and generous,” Moitinho said as her friends grabbed hold of the Italian’s hips to lead him in samba’s hallmark sway. “They respect women and don’t come on strong like Brazilian men, who just grab on to you and try to kiss you right away. They’re much more gentlemanly.”

a weeping fan Rodrigo Aisen, who sealed the win by giving his girlfriend a long kiss. “Everything is joy!”

The 23-year-old celebrated with 20,000 others in the FIFA Fan Fest watch party in Sao Paulo, following a tense match in which neither team scored until the penalty shootout. Argentina and Germany will meet in the final on Sunday.

“I had faith that they would win today,” said Maribel Oviedo, 21, who two years ago had a lung transplant because of cystic fibrosis. Her twin sister died from the disease last year.

Her family traveled from Cordoba, Argentina, to see the World Cup, and Oviedo said making the final means more to her than any other sporting

achievement.

“Seeing the team in these moments gives me goose bumps. It is something beautiful,” she said.

In Argentina’s capital of Buenos Aires, fans gathered clad in shirts and hats bearing the sky blue and white colors of their flag to celebrate the victory.

Fans said their team’s victories at the World Cup have softened the financial struggles of the country that finds itself teetering on the brink of another default on its foreign debts.

“Argentina deserved to have this joy because we are doing badly otherwise,” said Norma Ontiveros, 59. “This way we can show that not everything is wrong. We have a solid team and good people.”

Fans of the Argentina national soccer team celebrate in front of the Municipal Theatre after their team defeated the Netherlands in a the semifinals match, during the 2014 soccer World Cup in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd

AP Photo/Fabrizio Bensch, Pool

Netherlands’ Arjen Robben walks off the pitch after the World Cup semifinal soccer match between the Netherlands and Argentina at the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

Robben, Van Persie empty-handed again Associated Press

SAO PAULO — Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie came up empty again. The Netherlands forwards, and the rest of the team, essentially ran out of steam Wednesday in the World Cup semifinals, losing to Argentina in a penalty shootout following a 0-0 draw. How different to a month ago and the start of the tournament, when the teammates scored two goals each and the Dutch soared to a glorious 5-1 win over defending champion Spain.

It was all downhill from there for the three-time World Cup runnersup. The Dutch never again reached the heights of that win over the world champions in Salvador, trailing Australia at one point, and then needing a last-gasp comeback against Mexico and their own shootout win over underdog Costa Rica to make the last four.

On Wednesday in a grinding battle against Argentina in Sao Paulo, the Dutch were on their last legs. Their fate appeared to be especially tied to the two front men, who both failed to score in open play in the knockout stages. And on Wednesday, the Argentine defense kept them covered yet again.

The Netherlands’ World Cup hopes faded through the last three games and finally ended with a 4-2 shootout loss to the Argentines at Itaquerao Stadium. “You can’t blame anybody, also not the boys who missed penalties,” said Robben, who did score in the shootout. “You win together and you lose together.”

As a team, the Dutch all appeared weary. Defender Bruno Martins Indi was substituted at halftime because he was struggling with the pace of Enzo Perez, and midfielder Nigel de Jong, only recently back from injury, had to come off after an hour.

Van Persie, the Netherlands captain, didn’t even make the shootout. His World Cup ended as he was brought off in extra time, with coach Louis van Gaal describing his lead striker as “exhausted.” Van Persie trudged off and still hasn’t scored in the knockout stage of a major tournament.

Robben, however, did keep going. And the Netherlands’ best chance of breaking the deadlock even fell to him. But like in the loss in the World Cup final in South Africa four years ago, he was agonizingly denied.

Back then, Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas stopped his shot with an outstretched foot. This time, Robben’s goal-bound poke was blocked

by Argentina midfielder Javier Mascherano. “We created tiny chances,” Robben said. “I had one right before full time. It didn’t come on to me nicely.” Van Gaal was more brutal, or maybe just more realistic, in his assessment. “We didn’t create very much,” the coach said.

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Reuters

SAO PAULO - Lionel Messi can secure his place among the game’s greats with a World Cup triumph after Argentina defeated the Netherlands on penalties on Wednesday to reach the final.

On Sunday at the Maracana stadium in Rio, Messi will come up against a Germany team that has ended his two previous attempts to bring his country a third World Cup title.

Messi has won everything that there is to win with his club Barcelona - six Spanish league titles and three Champions League titles along with various Cups.

On an individual level he has been crowned World Player of the Year on four occasions and has broken several scoring records.

But for his country, the ultimate prize has evaded him so far. A 2008 Olympic gold medal and an Under20 World Cup win back in 2005 are not to be dismissed but the narrative has long been set - if Messi wants to be viewed in the same category as his compatriot Diego Maradona and Brazilian Pele, he needs to win a World Cup. Maradona was the star of Argentina’s second World Cup triumph in 1986, scoring five goals and creating as many again with some memorable performances.

Pele won three World Cups with Brazil - in 1958, 1962 and 1970 but

while Messi’s skill and achievements at club level have put him close to the two other South American greats, he has yet to win the big one.

Messi had just turned 19 and was just coming back from injury when Argentina went out in the quarterfinals of the 2006 World Cup on penalties to Germany.

Four years later in South Africa, Germany again ended Argentina’s hopes with a crushing 4-0 defeat and Messi bowed out of the tournament without a goal to his name.

Now the 27-year-old Messi has the opportunity to make Germany pay for those two defeats and at the same time end the discussion about his contribution to the national team.

In Brazil Messi has looked like, not only Argentina’s star, but their leader on the field, as he has responded to close marking by drifting deep and providing prompts and creativity from behind striker Gonzalo Higuain.

Messi made his mark in the opening group game against Bosnia with a fine finish for his team’s second goal after helping create the opener in the 2-1 victory.

Associated Press

SAO PAULO — Louis van Gaal took some credit for showing Argentina’s Sergio Romero how to stop penalties, advice that cost the Netherlands coach dearly on Wednesday.

Romero stopped two spot kicks as Argentina beat Van Gaal’s team 4-2 in a penalty shootout in the World Cup semifinals, advancing to the final against Germany.

“I taught Romero to stop penalties, so that hurts,” said Van Gaal, who worked with Romero at Dutch club Alkmaar in 2007-2009.

In Argentina’s second game, a very tight affair against a determined Iran, Messi won the match with a brilliant 25-yard strike in stoppage time.

Two more goals followed in the 3-2 win over Nigeria and in the round of 16 he helped create Angel Di Maria’s winner against Switzerland.

Messi struggled to make an impact in the next two rounds when he was marked closely but showed his confidence and leadership as he went first up to successfully convert his penalty in the semi-final against the Netherlands. Now comes Germany and more close marking no doubt, but the perfect stage for him to stake his claim for a place among the very greatest of all.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Renata de Mouro Moitinho sambas so fast her feet blur, but her partner moves with the bumbling tentativeness of a toddler taking his first steps.

And in a way the strapping man in a tight spandex soccer jersey really is taking his first steps — his first samba steps, that is: Moitinho’s dance partner for the evening is an Italian, visiting Brazil for the World Cup, and she is giving him his very first lesson

in the nation’s frenetically paced national dance.

The two met at the Fan Fest in Rio de Janeiro, where 22-year-old Moitinho and a group of friends have been going throughout the monthlong tournament in order to, as she puts it, “hunt foreigners” like the Italian, who declined to give his name. Moitinho’s not alone.

The past three weeks’ flood of foreign soccer fans — the vast majority of them men — has been a boon for the single women of Bra-

Associated Press

SAO PAULO — It was Argentina’s joy, and another sting for Brazil. The Argentine soccer team beat the Netherlands on Wednesday to win a berth in the World Cup championship match — doing it on archrival Brazil’s soil, and just a day after Brazil was humiliated in a 7-1 loss to Germany.

Thousands of Argentina fans who traveled to Brazil for the tournament wept, kissed and raised their hands to the sky when their team won 4-2 on penalty kicks, sending it to the final for the first time in more than two decades.

“God knows we suffered, but now everything is good,” said

Argentina’s Ezequiel Lavezzi hugs Lionel Messi after Argentina defeated the Netherlands 4-2 in a penalty shootoutat the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo Brazil, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

zil, where a demographic imbalance means they outnumber men by more than 4 million nationally.

The imbalance, the result of higher mortality rates among young men, is particularly acute in Rio de Janeiro, where there are just over nine men for every 10 women, according to the 2010 census. That’s about the same as New York City, another metropolis known for its lack of eligible single men.

“There are so many men everywhere these days, it’s amazing,” Moitinho said, gesturing out over

Romero praised his former coach for helping him adapt when he arrived in the Netherlands as a 20year-old, though he said winning the shootout came down to chance.

“It’s luck, that’s the truth. You can dive (the right way) and not make it, like happened to their goalkeeper,” Romero said. “I had confidence, thank God things turned out.”

Romero, who isn’t even a starter in his current club team Monaco, now has three straight clean sheets in the World Cup, and has only conceded three goals in the tournament.

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The 27-year-old goalkeeper said a lot of thoughts were running through his mind before the shootout.

“I had my colleagues from the bench helping me where each player could shoot,” Romero said.

He stopped Ron Vlaar’s penalty kick by diving right and Wesley Sneijder’s by diving to the left.

“I was thinking Sneijder was going to shoot there,” Romero said.

“I was also thinking that (Arjen) Robben was going to shoot to my left and then he ended up shooting to the other side and that’s why I was so mad.”

Argentina soccer fans celebrate cup final berth

Brazilian women celebrate World Cup bonanza of men Associated Press

Friday, July 11, 2014

Van Gaal: I taught Romero how to stop penalties AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano

Messi has the stage to secure his place

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the sea of masculine faces at the Fan Fest. “The World Cup is God’s gift to women.”

Brazil’s World Cup bonanza hasn’t come without a downside, with scattered reports of Brazilian women being sexually harassed by out-of-control fans. But in most cases, Brazilian women say foreign fans have behaved well, and have displayed a more enlightened, less macho attitude than that of Brazilian guys.

Moitinho, who along with three friends braved the bus for more

than two hours to get to the Fan Fest from their home in a distant Rio suburb, said foreigners just have a je ne sais quoi that their Brazilian counterparts lack.

“They’re handsome, sweet, humble and generous,” Moitinho said as her friends grabbed hold of the Italian’s hips to lead him in samba’s hallmark sway. “They respect women and don’t come on strong like Brazilian men, who just grab on to you and try to kiss you right away. They’re much more gentlemanly.”

a weeping fan Rodrigo Aisen, who sealed the win by giving his girlfriend a long kiss. “Everything is joy!”

The 23-year-old celebrated with 20,000 others in the FIFA Fan Fest watch party in Sao Paulo, following a tense match in which neither team scored until the penalty shootout. Argentina and Germany will meet in the final on Sunday.

“I had faith that they would win today,” said Maribel Oviedo, 21, who two years ago had a lung transplant because of cystic fibrosis. Her twin sister died from the disease last year.

Her family traveled from Cordoba, Argentina, to see the World Cup, and Oviedo said making the final means more to her than any other sporting

achievement.

“Seeing the team in these moments gives me goose bumps. It is something beautiful,” she said.

In Argentina’s capital of Buenos Aires, fans gathered clad in shirts and hats bearing the sky blue and white colors of their flag to celebrate the victory.

Fans said their team’s victories at the World Cup have softened the financial struggles of the country that finds itself teetering on the brink of another default on its foreign debts.

“Argentina deserved to have this joy because we are doing badly otherwise,” said Norma Ontiveros, 59. “This way we can show that not everything is wrong. We have a solid team and good people.”

Fans of the Argentina national soccer team celebrate in front of the Municipal Theatre after their team defeated the Netherlands in a the semifinals match, during the 2014 soccer World Cup in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd

AP Photo/Fabrizio Bensch, Pool

Netherlands’ Arjen Robben walks off the pitch after the World Cup semifinal soccer match between the Netherlands and Argentina at the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

Robben, Van Persie empty-handed again Associated Press

SAO PAULO — Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie came up empty again. The Netherlands forwards, and the rest of the team, essentially ran out of steam Wednesday in the World Cup semifinals, losing to Argentina in a penalty shootout following a 0-0 draw. How different to a month ago and the start of the tournament, when the teammates scored two goals each and the Dutch soared to a glorious 5-1 win over defending champion Spain.

It was all downhill from there for the three-time World Cup runnersup. The Dutch never again reached the heights of that win over the world champions in Salvador, trailing Australia at one point, and then needing a last-gasp comeback against Mexico and their own shootout win over underdog Costa Rica to make the last four.

On Wednesday in a grinding battle against Argentina in Sao Paulo, the Dutch were on their last legs. Their fate appeared to be especially tied to the two front men, who both failed to score in open play in the knockout stages. And on Wednesday, the Argentine defense kept them covered yet again.

The Netherlands’ World Cup hopes faded through the last three games and finally ended with a 4-2 shootout loss to the Argentines at Itaquerao Stadium. “You can’t blame anybody, also not the boys who missed penalties,” said Robben, who did score in the shootout. “You win together and you lose together.”

As a team, the Dutch all appeared weary. Defender Bruno Martins Indi was substituted at halftime because he was struggling with the pace of Enzo Perez, and midfielder Nigel de Jong, only recently back from injury, had to come off after an hour.

Van Persie, the Netherlands captain, didn’t even make the shootout. His World Cup ended as he was brought off in extra time, with coach Louis van Gaal describing his lead striker as “exhausted.” Van Persie trudged off and still hasn’t scored in the knockout stage of a major tournament.

Robben, however, did keep going. And the Netherlands’ best chance of breaking the deadlock even fell to him. But like in the loss in the World Cup final in South Africa four years ago, he was agonizingly denied.

Back then, Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas stopped his shot with an outstretched foot. This time, Robben’s goal-bound poke was blocked

by Argentina midfielder Javier Mascherano. “We created tiny chances,” Robben said. “I had one right before full time. It didn’t come on to me nicely.” Van Gaal was more brutal, or maybe just more realistic, in his assessment. “We didn’t create very much,” the coach said.

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Au revoir, Froome

ARENBERG, France — An injured wrist was just too much for Tour de France champion Chris Froome, in one of the most memorable and crash-marred stages in recent race history. The Kenyan-born Briton ended his repeat bid Wednesday, dropping out of cycling’s big event and dropping a bombshell on his competitors after crashing twice in a rain-, mud-, sweat- and blood-soaked fifth stage for the pack through nerve-wracking cobblestones along France’s border with Belgium.

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AMLAPURA - Amlapura, capital of Karangasem Regency, is 78 km east of Denpasar. Since the Karangasem Kingdom was established, Amlapura has been the civic center. Meanwhile, the famous tourist destination in Amlapura is the Royal Palace denoting a perfect fusion of Balinese, Chinese and European architecture. The palace was founded by Anak Agung Gede Jelantik, the first king of Karangasem. Inside the palace, we will find a collection of photos belonging to royal families and fashionable costumes worn at that time.

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The 29-year-old Team Sky leader, already nursing pain in his left wrist a day earlier, first scuffed up his right hip, tearing his uniform, then scraped his face. Both falls happened even before he got to the start of 13 total kilometers (8 miles) over joint-jangling cobblestones.

He was the best-known of several big-name riders who crashed on Wednesday. They found out months ago, when the course was announced, what they would face on the roads from Ypres, Belgium to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut. It’s the same big bumps known to racers of the celebrated Paris-Roubaix one-day race.

What they couldn’t foresee was the rain, which slickened roads and unsettled many rider nerves — and psychology was crucial to surviving the stage.

Before Froome crashed, Sky sporting director Nicolas Portal said it best: “His wrist hurts a bit, but it’ll be a question of mental

as well today,” according to the Tour’s Web site.

Before the stage, Froome had said that the biggest concern about the cobblestones was not riding over them, but the nervousness of the peloton as riders jockey to get up front, which is considered the safest place to be.

Froome didn’t speak to reporters after his second spill on the day at around the halfway mark.

Wincing and limping, he shook his head at a Team Sky staffer, walked over to a team car, and climbed in. The team said later that he was already on his way home.

On Twitter, he wrote that he was “devastated” to withdraw: “Injured wrist and tough conditions made controlling my bike near to impossible.” Froome wished luck to new Sky leader Richie Porte of Australia and his other teammates for the rest of the race.

AP Photo/Christophe Ena

Stage winner Lars Boom of The Netherlands, right, and Peter Sagan of Slovakia, left, pass over a cobblestone sector during the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 155 kilometers (96.3 miles) with start in Ypres, Belgium, and finish in Arenberg, France, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

Pedrosa secures new Honda MotoGP

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Honda MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa of Spain takes a curve during the Dutch Grand Prix in Assen June 28, 2014.

Dani Pedrosa will race with the Honda MotoGP team at least until the end of the 2016 season after extending his current deal.

The Spaniard’s future had been the subject of speculation amid team-mate Marc Marquez’s incredible form, as the reigning champion won the first eight races of the year while Pedrosa was left tied with Valentino Rossi for a distant second in the standings.

Honda had announced a new contract with Marquez in May, but there had been no news about Pedrosa’s new deal.

On Wednesday, however, the speculation came to an end, with the Japanese team announcing a new two-year deal for Pedrosa.

That means works Honda line-up will remain unchanged at least until the end of 2016.

“I’m very happy to be able to announce my renewal with the Honda team, and grateful to Honda for the trust they have shown in me for for a further two years,” said Pedrosa, who has spent his entire world championship career with Honda, starting from 125cc in 2001.

“It’s the best way for me to continue in my racing career, together with the company I was with in my very first race. I am very excited to give my 100 per cent and continue to work together with everyone at Honda Racing Corporation.”

Honda’s Shuhei Nakamoto added: “We are very pleased to renew our contract with Dani. He is enjoying a very strong season and is currently tied with Rossi in the championship, we are very happy with his performance.

“The partnership of Dani and Marc has proven to be successful and we look forward to another two years of success.”

With Yamaha having recently extended Valentino Rossi’s deal until 2016, Jorge Lorenzo is the only rider in the leading teams yet to tie down a new contract.

He is expected to stay with Yamaha but said recently there were some sticking points in their talks.

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Palestinians staged an anti-war, pro-Palestinian,anti-Israel demonstration in New York, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Several hundred demonstrators marched from the Israeli consulate to News Corp headquarters in New York.

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JERUSALEM — With rockets raining deep inside Israel, the military pummeled Palestinian targets Wednesday across the Gaza Strip and threatened a broad ground offensive, while the first diplomatic efforts to end two days of heavy fighting got underway.

Egypt, which has mediated before between Israel and the Hamas militant group, said it spoke to all sides about ending the violence. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in touch with Israel to try to lower tensions. And the United Nations chief warned of a “deteriorating situation ... which could quickly get beyond anyone’s control.”

As the Palestinian death toll rose to at least 75, neither side showed any sign of halting their heaviest fighting since an eight-day battle in late 2012.

Israel said it hit more than 300 targets and Hamas positions throughout Gaza, including rocket-launchers, weapons-storage sites and tunnels that it said the group uses to carry out attacks. The military said 74 rockets landed in Israel, including one that reached the northern city of Hadera, the deepest rocket strike ever from Gaza.

“Hamas will pay a heavy price for firing toward Israeli citizens,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

“The operation will expand and continue until the fire toward our towns stops and quiet returns.” Israel began the offensive Tuesday in response to weeks of rocket launches, and officials

said the airstrikes would continue until the firing stops. At least 20 civilians were among the at least 75 deaths reported by the Health Ministry in Gaza.

There have been no serious casualties on the Israeli side.

Thousands of Israeli troops massed near the Gaza border, the possibility of a ground invasion grew larger — along with the risk of heavier casualties on both sides.

“Despite the fact it will be hard, complicated and costly, we will have to take over Gaza temporarily, for a few weeks, to cut off the strengthening of this terror army,” Yuval Steinitz, Israel’s intelligence minister, told Israel Radio. “If you ask my humble opinion, a significant operation like this is approaching.”

The government has authorized the army to activate up to 40,000 reservists and Israeli TV stations said about a quarter of those forces had been called up, signaling a decision on a ground invasion could still be days away.

A ground offensive in Gaza would be a risky gamble for Israel. It could lead to heavy civilian casualties on the Palestinian side and trigger strong international criticism, as was the

case during one that killed hundreds of Palestinians in 2009. Israeli troops would also be at much greater risk if they enter Gaza’s crowded urban landscape, home to 1.8 million people, especially for a long-term presence.

Tal Russo, a former general who retired last year as head of Israel’s southern command, said a ground offensive did not guarantee success.

“There is no such concept as ‘decisive,’ and that needs to be understood,” he told Channel 10 TV. Israeli security officials say they have prepared different scenarios inside Gaza, ranging from a quick pinpoint operation to a full re-occupation of the seaside strip. Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005.

In the first indication that cease-fire efforts were underway, the office of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah elSissi said he held “extensive contacts with all active and concerned parties” to end the fighting.

It said the two sides discussed the “critical conditions and the need to stop all military action, and to stop the slide” toward more violence. It called on Israel to protect Palestinian civilians.

SPRING, Texas — A father opened fire at a suburban Houston home, killing four of his children as well as two adults who were with them and critically wounding his 15-year-old daughter, authorities said.

The teenager was able to call police Wednesday and later warned that her father planned to go to her grandparents’ home to kill them, said Deputy Thomas Gilliland of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

The suspected gunman eventually surrendered after a three-hour standoff with deputies who had cornered him in a nearby street.

Gilliand said there were “two hours of constant talking with a man armed with a pistol to his head and who had just killed six people.”

The sheriff’s department said precinct deputy constables were called to the house Wednesday evening and found two adults and three children dead. Another child later died at a hospital.

Killed were two boys, ages 4 and 14; two girls, ages 7 and 9; a 39-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman, Gilliland said. The gunman and his wife are estranged, and she was out of state, Gilliland said. All of the children were theirs. Two of the dead children were adopted, he said.

“It appears this stems from a domestic issue with a breakup in the family, from what our witness has told us,” Assistant Chief Deputy Constable Mark Herman of the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office told reporters. He did not explain further.

Authorities did not release the identities of the victims or the suspect, nor did they say whether the adults who were killed were related to the children or their father. Gilliland said the teenager was in “very critical condition” late Wednesday night.

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From page 1 Official results are around two weeks away. Even if Widodo is then declared the winner, Prabowo can still challenge the result in the Constitutional Court, potentially dragging out the process for weeks.

Amid worries that the closely fought race could cause unrest, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono last night met both candidates at his residence outside Jakarta, urging them to wait for the official results before holding major celebrations.

“We call on all party members and volunteers not to organise a parade, it’s better just to give thankful prayers,” Widodo said late Wednesday after meeting the president.

Both candidates and their supporters kept a low profile Thursday, and there were no reports of large rallies.

Several polling agencies, which have accurately predicted the result of previous elections in Indonesia, gave Widodo a lead of four to five percentage points.

Prabowo, 62, however insisted that survey agencies followed by his camp gave him a narrow lead. He relied on three, less well-known agencies.

Should he be declared the official winner, 53-year-old Widodo is seen as likely to usher in a new style of leadership and consolidate democracy.

He shot to prominence in 2012 when he was elected Jakarta governor, and won legions of fans with his common touch. He would make regular tours of the metropolis’s sprawling slums dressed in casual clothes.

Prabowo, in contrast, was head of the feared special forces under Suharto, admitted ordering the abduction of democracy activists before the dictator’s downfall in 1998 and was formerly married to one of his daughters.

He has won support by playing up his military background, in a country where many have a yearning for a strong leader, but critics fear he may roll back democratic gains made since the fall of Suharto.

Some 190 million voters were eligible to cast ballots in Indonesia’s third direct presidential election since the end of authoritarian rule.

Polling went smoothly across the country, from eastern Papua to the main island of Java and jungle-clad Sumatra in the west, and no major disruptions were reported.

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The General Elections Commission (KPU) Chairman Husni Kamil Manik (2l) has called on both the presidential candidate pairs to respect the official results of the presidential election by the KPU.

KPU asks two candidates to respect official results Antara

JAKARTA - The General Elections Commission (KPU) Chairman Husni Kamil Manik has called on both the presidential candidate pairs to respect the official results of the presidential election by the KPU. “We call on all parties to respect the official results of the presidential election by the KPU. The official results will be announced on July 22,” Husni Kamil Manik stated on Thursday.

He pointed out that the two camps of presidential candidates should maintain order and security until the inauguration of the president and vice president elected by the people.

“The activities and atmosphere remain conducive.

We hope that this is a form of maturity shown by the Indonesian people in building democracy,” he affirmed.

The safe and smooth implementation of the vote counting process on Wednesday (July 9) should be maintained until the determination and announcement of the results on July 22.

“Let us maintain this situation until the compilation of the presidential election results. All parties should work to maintain this peace. Accordingly, it can be said that the democratic process has been implemented, and the community has fulfilled its sovereignty in a democracy,” he added.

After voting and counting at ballot stations on

Wednesday (9 July), the board of election organizers has begun step-by-step recapitulation of votes on Thursday.

The vote recapitulation process gradually commenced from the village to the sub-district level at the Sub-district Polling Committee (PPS) for three days from Thursday until Saturday.

The recapitulation at the district level by the District Polling Committee (PPK) will be carried out on July 13-15, while the local KPU will carry out the vote recapitulation process at the city and regency levels on July 16-17 and the provincial KPU will conduct vote recapitulation on July 18-19.

The final stage of the vote recapitulation process by the KPU will be held for three days from July 20 to July 22.

The presidential election is contested by the Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa pair and the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla duo.

According to the KPU, a total of 190,307,134 voters have been registered, which includes 2,038,711 overseas voters, with 486,866 polling stations set up across the archipelago.

JAKARTA - The Indonesian government condemns Israel’s recent military attack on the Gaza area, Palestine, according to a press statement from the Foreign Affairs Ministry on Thursday.

“Indonesia condemns Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. It is an act that has caused a lot of innocent casualties in Palestine, and it has created a new obstacle in the efforts to create a condition conducive for the continuation of peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine,” stated Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa.

The minister noted that Israel’s recent military action had aggravated the distress of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. Marty described the military action as a “collective punishment” conducted by Israel on the people of Palestine.

“It must be understood that the core problem here is Israel occupying Palestine’s area. This must end. We must push through the peace negotiation process between Israel and Palestine in order for them to agree on a two-state solution,” Marty remarked.

“Regarding Israel’s recent attack, the UN’s Security Council and the international community must push Israel to stop conducting violence on the civilians in Gaza. This circle of violence needs to end,” he emphasized.

In response to Israel’s recent military attack, Marty emphasized that Indonesia will work with the Palestinian authority and leaders from the Organization

of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to draw international attention towards the situation in Gaza.

Earlier, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had urged all involved parties in the recent Gaza violations to avoid further civilian casualties.

With Israeli airstrikes on the enclave intensifying and Palestinians responding through rocket attacks against Israel, Ban Ki-moon expressed concern over the increase in violence in the Gaza Strip and reiterated his call on all actors to exercise maximum restraint and avoid further civilian casualties and overall destabilization.

“These indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas must stop,” reads Ban Ki-moon’s statement and that “the secretary general is extremely concerned about the dangerous escalation of violence, which has already resulted in multiple Palestinian deaths and injuries as a result of Israeli operations against Gaza.”

“It is imperative now to restore calm.

The unsustainable situation in Gaza will also need to be addressed in its political, security, humanitarian, and development dimensions as part of a comprehensive solution,” he noted.

The Israeli regime has launched several raids against the besieged enclave following alleged abduction and killing of three settlers. In retaliation, the Israeli settlers killed a Palestinian teenager.

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed or wounded in recent escalation of airstrikes on Gaza.

Presidential candidates’ supporters asked to wait for KPU’s result Antara

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister of Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto has appealed to the supporters of the presidential candidates to have a proportional outlook towards the results of the presidential election on Wednesday.

Suyanto remarked that the supporters of Prabowo-Hatta and Jokowi-JK pairs should have a proportional outlook as the quick count figures were not the official results of the election.

“The official results of the votes will be from the accumulative vote count that will be announced by the General Elections Commission (KPU) on July 22, 2014,” Jokowi stated on Thursday.

The minister explained that the quick

count results from numerous survey institutes for each presidential candidate were not yet the final results.

“The victory claims by the two camps of presidential candidates should be responded wisely, and the two camps should also ask their supporters to have a proportional stance towards the election results,” he added.

According to the security minister, all anarchic acts will only be detrimental to the state and the nation, and therefore, he emphasized that the safe and peaceful democratic process through the presidential election should continue to be maintained until July 22 when the KPU will announce the official results of the election.

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BUSINESS Vatican restructures scandal-hit bank, vows transparency Reuters

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FILE - In this April 17, 2014 file photo, South Korean Coast Guard officers search for missing passengers aboard sunken ferry Sewol in the waters off the southern coast near Jindo, South Korea.

South Korea cuts growth outlook on ferry disaster Associated Press

SEOUL — South Korea’s central bank said economic growth will be slower than expected this year because consumer spending has waned following a deadly ferry sinking. Lee Ju-yeol, governor at the Bank of Korea, said Thursday that South Korea’s economy will expand 3.8 percent this year instead of 4.0 percent predicted in April.

He said outlook for next year was also downgraded. Asia’s fourthlargest economy will likely grow 4.0 percent, not 4.2 percent, in 2015.

The revision was due to a decline in consumer spending after the April 16 ferry disaster that profoundly shocked South Koreans. The tragedy killed 293 people and left 11 missing. Most of the dead were teenagers on a school trip.

Sales of clothes, food and fuel dropped in April. Tourism, restaurant and leisure industries took most of the brunt of the tragedy because schools canceled trips and South

Koreans refrained from drinking and other festive activities. In May, the drop narrowed but spending still remained sluggish.

Inflationary pressure was also weakened, giving policymakers room to support the economy.

Consumer prices will increase 1.9 percent this year, lower than the previously forecast 2.0 percent increase, the bank said.

Also Thursday, Bank of Korea left its policy rate unchanged at 2.5 percent for a 14th month. However, the decision was not unanimous, with one policymaking dissenting.

Lee said South Korea’s economy faced a higher chance of slowing.

Even then, policymakers kept the rate steady because the recovery was intact, albeit a bit slower than before, he said.

South Korea’s finance minister nominee expressed similar views during a parliamentary hearing, saying there was a higher downside risk to South Korea’s growth. Choi Kyunghwan said he would swiftly introduce measures to stimulate the economy once he takes office. Choi, seen as pro-growth, said he would seek to stimulate the housing market.

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican on Wednesday said it would separate its bank’s investment business from its Church payments work to try to clean up after years of scandal, and vowed to become a “model of financial transparency”.

French businessman Jean-Baptiste de Franssu was named as the new head of the bank, officially known as the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), succeeding German lawyer Ernst Von Freyberg, who has run the bank since February 2013.

Freyberg, who has said he is leaving for personal reasons, has introduced reforms to make the IOR more transparent and compliant with international norms against money laundering, and has closed many suspicious accounts.

The Vatican also plans to increase scrutiny on one of the two sections of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, or APSA - also hit by recent scandals - that runs Vatican properties, handles income and spending, prepares budgets and acts as a central accounting department and purchasing office.

Australian Cardinal George Pell, head of the Vatican’s recently formed Secretariat for the Economy, told a news conference that the move was necessary in order for his department to “exercise its responsibilities of economic control and vigilance” over all Vatican departments.

To underscore the importance the pope attaches to cleaning up the Vatican, he issued an official Latin decree called a “Motu Proprio” modifying a Vatican constitution to shift the responsibility for the APSA department to the Secretariat.

The decree said all had to obey his order “regardless of anything to the contrary”.

A new central Vatican Asset Management department will handle investments, leaving the bank to concentrate on its original aim and focus on payment services for religious orders, Vatican employees and charities, he said, changes that will be phased in over three years.

Pell said he wanted the entire Vatican to become “a model of financial transparency instead of cause for occasional scandal” and that all the changes had been approved by Pope Francis, noting that the cardinals who elected the pope in 2013 had given him a mandate to make the Vatican transparent and scandal-free.

“We are aiming at substantial transparency. There will be audits and these reports will be audited externally,” Pell said, noting that the IOR “is in a peaceful transition” and Freyberg had “cleared the decks” for a new phase in the bank’s history.

In June 2013, Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, who worked for 22 years as a senior accountant at APSA, was arrested and is on trial on charges of using his position in a plot to smuggle millions of dollars into Italy from Switzerland for his rich friends in order to avoid Italian taxes.

Scarano, who has told Italian magistrates of numerous irregularities at APSA, such as allowing outsiders to have accounts there, is also the subject of a separate trial on money laundering charges connected to the Vatican bank.

Pell said the Vatican would appoint an “independent auditor general who will be able to go anywhere and everywhere” in the Vatican to guarantee transparency and legality.

On Wednesday, the Vatican bank said in a financial statement that it had blocked the accounts of more than 2,000 clients and ended some 3,000 “customer relationships” as part of a clean-up process that nearly wiped out its profit.

Last year’s profits were also hit by extraordinary expenses related to the hiring of external professionals, such as the Promontory Financial Group, to help in compliance and transparency issues and account closures.

Casting at presidential election, traders at art market close Bali Post

GIANYAR - Casting at the presidential election on Wednesday (Jul 9) resulted in different atmosphere at several art markets in Gianyar.

As seen at Sukawati Art Market and Guwang Art Market, Sukawati subdistrict, both remained closed until 1:00 p.m.

Traders of the art market closing their operation were traders occupying the kiosks owned by county government. Entrance door of the market was totally closed.

It was following the appeal of the

management of the art market in relation to the presidential and vice presidential election. Closing of the art markets even made a number of tourist guides moan because their tourists did not want

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to go down.

Nevertheless, based on monitoring at Sukawati Art Market, only a few traders at the art market were open because their venue was separated from the kiosk complex and the art market building owned by the county government. As a result, the travelers coming had limited options for shopping.

One of the tourist guides from Pegesangan deplored the closing of the art market. Actually

the voting could be done in the morning and the art market could open half a day. However, he realized the Sukawati Art Market was owned by local government whose management office was also closed.

Meanwhile, the parking attendant at the Sukawati Art Market confessed that the closing of traders at Sukawati Art Market was in relation to presidential election.

They closed based on the appeal

and agreement of the traders considering the kiosks at the art market building had a single-door access. So, they worried if their goods would lose, he said.

In the meantime, monitoring at Guwang Art Market showed if the entrance into the art market was locked. However, the shops and stalls located outside the market remained open selling craft items such as paintings and others. (kmb16)

Many voters using form A5 and identity card unable to vote Bali Post

DENPASAR - Various administrative and logistic issues still occurred related to voting in the presidential election, Wednesday (Jul 9). Based on facts in the field, it was found that a number of voters using A5 or removal letter to vote and identity card could not vote. It happened because the polling stations they visited had run out of ballots.

Such condition happened at a number of polling stations in Denpasar and Badung County.

For example, at polling station (TPS) 14 and 15 of Sanglah hamlet, Dauh Puri village, the voting organizer committee (KPPS) was confused and overwhelmed with the presence of many voters using identity

cards. Similarly, many other voters wanted to vote by using form A5 especially the doctors and employees of Sanglah Hospital. Unluckily, those voters could not cast because the ballot had run out. They were encouraged to vote at the polling station nearby, but they did not accept.

Similar experience was told by a reporter from NTT. Despite carrying the form A5, he still could not vote because the polling station he visited had run out of ballots. At polling station 4 Kutuh, South Kuta, a total of 10 people who wanted to cast were rejected because they did not carry form A5.

Something similar also happened in Denpasar namely at polling station 56 and 78 Panjer.

Many voters wanted to use identity card to vote. Unfortunately, most of them were rejected because the ballot had been exhausted, too.

Chairman of the Bali Electoral Commission (KPU), Dewa Kade Wiarsa Raka Sandhi, said there were a number of problems during the voting in some polling stations. Admittedly, a lot of voters who used identity card and form A5 did not get the opportunity to vote due running out of ballots.

Such problem also happened because the hospital did not provide special polling station. However, according to Raka Sandi, in general the presidential election took place safely. “The problem on the running out of ballots will be discussed in the next evaluation.

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pared ballots in appropriate with the number of fixed voter list at the polling stations plus 2 percent of reserve. Our solution was asked the voters to look for polling station nearby,” he said.

At polling station 10 Penatih where Governor Made Mangku Pastika cast with family, JokowiJK absolutely won with 338 votes, while Prabowo-Hatta only got 58 votes at the polling station located at SDN 5 Penatih elementary school. “Whatever the result, we have to accept it. Most importantly, everything remains safe and peaceful and there is no friction,” said Governor Pastika accompanied by Mrs. Ayu Pastika.

After using his right to vote at polling station 10 Penatih, Pastika monitored the implementation of voting at eight polling stations in

Denpasar. The eight polling stations (TPS) included the TPS 09 Tembau Kaja, TPS 5 Penatih on Jalan Tembau Denpasar, TPS 4 and TPS 5 Tega on Jalan Ratna Denpasar, TPS 14 and TPS 15 Sanglah on Jalan Pulau Komodo Denpasar and TPS 4 and TPS 5 Jaya Giri on Jalan Jaya Giri Denpasar.

“From my observation, everything went well. I also make sure there is no potential to make uneasy. The security forces are also ready. So, there is no problem in the voting process in Bali,” said Governor Pastika. Regarding money politics rumored ahead of the voting, Governor Pastika asserted that so far he had not received any report from the field.

“I have not received any reports yet,” he concluded. (wid)

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DENPASAR - China dominates 72.05 percent of the Bali’s import market or reaches USD 111,328,781 of the total value of Bali’s import during the period of January-May 2014 reaching USD 154,523,111.

The presence of a variety of products from China beats out South Korea, United States, Hong Kong and Australia.

The Head of Bali Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Panusunan Siregar, said the development of import value of the five countries indicated if the United States and Hong Kong showed a decrease by 10.90 percent and 74.85 percent. “Meanwhile, three other countries, namely China, South Korea and Australia showed an increase with the respective percentage of 405.64 percent, 597.27 percent and 25.31 percent,” said Panusunan Siregar.

According to him, the main commodities imported by Bali included machinery products, jewelry, electrical equipment, essential oils, cosmetics and watches. “Most imported products are mechanical equipment such as tractors and heavy equipment.

It is in accordance with our needs in Bali,” he said.

He said the import of production equipment was considered much better than bringing in food or beverages to meet consumer needs. Nevertheless, especially in May 2014 the import of Bali reached USD 13.60 million or decreased 24.24 percent compared to the same month in 2013.

“The import of machinery production will have a positive impact to kindle the foreign exchange earnings

in the foreseeable future,” he said.

It was mentioned the import value was still below the export gains of Bali in the same month reaching USD 42.97. The figure decreased 8.74 percent compared to the export value in May 2013 reaching USD 44.09. This achievement also slumped 3.75 percent compared to April 2014 which reached USD 44.65 million.

“Export commodities included fish and shrimp products, furniture, wood products, jewelry, and nonknitted apparel,” he said.

He explained that China did not only send a variety of products to the island, but also supplied travelers, even it ranked second after Australia.

The presence of Chinese travelers during the period of January to May 2014 reached 221,106 people, an increase of 43.27 percent compared to the same period in the previous year, namely 154,328 people.

“The countries showing the largest increase in the number of tourist arrival during the period was Singapore, reaching 51.01 percent, while the largest decline was experienced

by Japan, amounting to 8.32 percent,” he concluded. (kmb27)

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Congress asked to approved emergency spending Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of children streaming from chaotic Central American nations to the U.S. border have overwhelmed the government’s ability to respond, senior administration officials said Wednesday as President Barack Obama visited Texas and urged Congress to move swiftly to approve emergency spending request for the crisis.

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China dominates 72.05 percent of the Bali’s import market or reaches USD 111,328,781 of the total value of Bali’s import during the period of January-May 2014 reaching USD 154,523,111.

Green belt transformed into semi-permanent buildings

Emerging from a meeting with Republican Gov. Rick Perry, Obama said he was open to suggestions that he dispatch National Guard troops to the border with Mexico, but warned such a solution would only work temporarily. “The problem here is not major disagreement,” Obama said, but rather getting Congress to release the needed money to address the issue.

“If they’re interested in solving the problem, then this can be solved. If the preference is for politics, then it won’t be solved.”

But Republican opposition hardened to the president’s $3.7 billion request, leaving any solution unclear. In Washington, Republican Sen. John McCain, who has supported Obama’s stalled quest to remake the nation’s immigration laws, said he could not support the spending request, saying it would “just perpetuate an unacceptable humanitarian crisis that’s taking place on our southern border.”

In the House of Representatives, Republican Speaker John Boehner was noncommittal about bringing the spending measure to a vote. “If we don’t secure the border, nothing’s going to change,” Boehner told reporters.

Meanwhile, a group of civil liberties organizations filed a lawsuit in Seattle against the Obama administration, arguing that the federal government is failing to provide the migrant children with legal representation. And even some Democrats said Obama would be well-advised to visit the border and see the situation for himself. Asked about Obama’s decision not to go to the border, White House spokesman Josh Earnest noted that other administration officials have done so.

“So the president is well aware of exactly what’s happening,” Earnest told reporters. The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Gil Kerlikowske, told sena-

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President Barack Obama walks down the stairs from Air Force One at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport en route to Dallas, Texas, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

tors on Wednesday that the number of unaccompanied minors picked up since October now stands at 57,000, up from 52,000 in midJune, and more than double what it was at the same time last year.

They’re coming mostly from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, often fleeing gang violence.

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Now, the overlay of paddy fields along the Sakah-Kemenuh road section, Sukawati subdistrict, Gianyar, only leaves in memory.

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GIANYAR - Now, the overlay of paddy fields along the Sakah-Kemenuh road section, Sukawati subdistrict, Gianyar, only leaves in memory. The effort to maintain the region as green belt falls in line with the appearance of semi-permanent buildings in the area. As a result, the nurseries previously standing in a row in the region have disappeared with the presence of semi-permanent buildings.

As monitoring on Wednesday (Jul 9), the semi-permanent buildings at the location were getting more. The buildings established were owned by traders of statues, shrines, welders, food stalls and car wash business. Such condition was different from previous years. Originally in the 1990s, along the road section was the overlay of active paddy fields becoming a tourist attraction and then shifted into the stands of nurseries.

Within the past ten years, the land owners along the road section leased their land to nurseries. But lately, many nurseries at the location, especially on the north of the road, have changed the area into semi-permanent buildings, while some others have already been established with permanent buildings.

The law enforcement officers were unable to do much in response to the existing changes. Although the Municipal Police of Gianyar often came down to discipline, they were unable to. The Head of Gianyar Municipal Police, I Gde Daging, even admitted that his party found difficulty in enforcing regulations because along the Sakah-Kemenuh road section was private property where the landowner in this case contracted the land and was then built a business. (kmb16)

But their arrival also appears to stem from rumors that they would be allowed to stay if they reached the U.S. Juan Osuna, director of the executive office of immigration review at the Department of Justice, said that “we are facing the largest caseload that the agency has ever seen.”

Osuna said that deportation cases involving families and unaccompanied children would be moved to the top of court dockets.

That means lower priority cases will take even longer to wend through a system where there’s a backlog of more than 360,000 pending deportation cases.

Bosnians pay respect to 175 Srebrenica victims Associated Press

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A Bosnian Muslim woman searches for the coffin of her relative, in the Memorial center in Potocari, 200 kms northeast of Sarajevo, on Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

SARAJEVO — Hundreds of people turned out in Sarajevo’s main street on Wednesday to pay respect to 175 victims of the Srebrenica massacre — Europe’s worst since World War II — as a truck carried their coffins to a final resting place.

The remains of the men and boys, found in mass graves and identified through DNA analysis, will be buried in Srebrenica on Friday, the 19th anniversary of the massacre, next to 6,066 previously found victims.

As the coffins passed by, shielded by a canvas cloth, some tucked flowers in or caressed the canvas.

Others silently prayed as the truck stopped briefly in front of Bosnia’s presidency.

The eastern town of Srebrenica

was a United Nations-protected area that was besieged by Serb forces throughout the 1992-95 war for Serb domination in Bosnia. But U.N. troops offered no resistance when the Serbs overran the majority Muslim town on July 11, 1995, rounding up Srebrenica’s Muslims and killing over 8,000 men and boys. An international court later labeled the killings as genocide.

Workers are still excavating the victims’ bodies from hidden mass graves, and their job is made harder because those responsible often retrieved the bodies and relocated them elsewhere to hide the crimes. Many of the remains were torn apart or mixed up by bulldozers, and experts have had to use DNA analysis to put a body together from bones found in locations miles from each other.

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‘Calm’ Kardashian joins Emma Watson at Valentino

Models wear creations as part of the Valentino Fall Winter 201415 Haute Couture fashion collection, presented in Paris, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

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PARIS — She says her life is a lot calmer since she married fashionista-rapper Kanye West. And she prefers to stay at home with her baby. But calm did not prevail Wednesday when Kim Kardashian, in a whistlestop 24-hour visit to Paris, faced the incandescent lights of Valentino’s couture show in a plunging ice blue gown that caused photographers to trip over themselves.

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BAF Schedule Friday, July 11, 2014 Time Place 11.00 Angsoka Stage 11.00 Ayodya Stage 14.00 Ratna Kanda 20.00 Ayodya Stage 20.00 Ksirarnawa

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Event Traditional Music Reconstruction Joged Bumbung Dance Selonding Performance Drama Gong Exhibition Modern Puppets Performance

Time 11.00 11.00 11.00 20.00

Event Prembon Dance Ngocang Art Ceraken Music Traditional Performance Closing Ceremonial of BAF

Place Angsoka Stage Angsoka Stage Ayodya Stage Ardha Candra

It’s been a roller-coaster of a year for reality star Kardashian, with the birth of her baby last summer and her highly-publicized Florentine wedding with West. So little wonder that the 33-year-old feels her life has got more serene since she tied the knot. “Laughter is such a good medicine.

It’s definitely got calmer since I married. I love my life with my husband and my baby,” she told The Associated Press.

Kardashian looked radiant in a revealing silk Valentino floor length gown as she arrived arm-in-arm with house founder Valentino Garavani. “Absolutely, calm on the inside can make you glow on the outside. I also get a lot of sleep. But I’m a happy person and in such a good place,” she said.

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Mount Olympus PARIS - Valentino climbed Mount Olympus for inspiration for his new season, bringing back the flowing, draped silks and flat crisscross sandals of the ancient Greek gods.

Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli produced a strong 61-piece collection in which they showed off the natural beauty of crepe silk, sheer tulle and marbled wool in draped or column silhouettes. Often creations were cinched under the bust thanks to leather bandings in red, white and black, giving the models the illusion of goddess-like leg length. Elsewhere, details normally seen on Greco-Roman vases, like flowers or olive leaves, were

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There was more than a hint of Angelina Jolie’s latest Disney villain in the air at Jean Paul Gaultier’s bewitched show. Fifty dark couture creations such as black fur coats, black paneled leather pencil skirts, circular crinoline skirts, exaggeratedly high fringes, and sleeves

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Regent Suradnyana sees performance of Buleleng art envoy in BAF.

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printed on garments.

But the show hit its highest point when the designers let the sumptuous couture-standard fabrics do the talking — with devastating simplicity.

One draped pale blue gown with gentle ripples could have been worn by goddess Hera, and, deceptively, it looked like it had been cut from a single piece of cloth.

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Away from the limelight, Emma Watson, demure in a black lace gown, quietly slipped in at the last minute. Meanwhile, “Moulin Rouge” director Baz Luhrmann attended Jean Paul Gaultier’s gender-bending display and spoke out about gay politics.

Here are the highlights of the last full day of Paris’ haute couture fall-winter 2014-15 collections, including show reports from Valentino, Jean Paul Gaultier and Elie Saab.

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in black “mille feuille” organza couture slinked along the silken catwalk.

The piece de resistance? A look that Gaultier called “Maleficent.” A model with an exaggeratedly long jaw-line, black bustier with mink bands and dark crepe pants held out a mirror in which she stared, pouted and cackled. It had the audience hypnotized.

As is now common with the aging enfant terrible, many convergent silhouettes were thrown into the couture cauldron — including draped hoods, men’s tuxedos and even silver silk sweat pants. But the dark theme, and the layers of stiff organza that stood off the body and were delicately hand-cut in the atelier, gave this collection an unusual cohesion.

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PARIS - Baz Luhrmann, the director who brought dragqueens and gender-benders to the screen with gusto in films such as “Romeo & Juliet” and “Moulin Rouge,” spoke out about gay rights at Gaultier’s show. The catwalk models included Conchita Wurst, the bearded drag queen who won this year’s Eurovision song contest.

“Gaultier was always about transgender sexuality, about high and low,” he said. Refer-

ring to Wurst, he added: “So for him to be having his show crowned by the grand dame of drag queen or transsexual expression is appropriate.”

Luhrmann said there has been a backlash against gay rights around the world, especially in France and several US states, partly triggered by the legalization of gay marriage. But the 51-year-old said that this shows gay rights are advancing. “What you see is a sort of reaction against how successful it’s been,” he said.

The Bali of Fisheries and Maritime Agency noted the level of fish consumption in the Bali Province in 2013 amounted to 30.58 kg per capita/year.

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DENPASAR - The Bali of Fisheries and Maritime Agency noted the level of fish consumption in the Bali Province in 2013 amounted to 30.58 kg per capita/year. This figure is still lower than the national fish consumption rate, namely 33.14 kg per capita/year.

“Our national fish consumption is still lower when compared to that of Malaysia reaching 56.1 kg per capita/year and Singapore at 48.9 kg per capita/year,” said Head of the Bali Maritime and Fisheries Agency, Made Gunaja, Denpasar.

However, fish consumption in Bali stayed higher than the level of fish consumption in Jakarta, namely 29 kg per capita/year, while the world fish consumption was 19.2 kg per capita /year. “However, our rate of fish consumption needs to be increased.

Since the number is somewhat lower than the recommended amount by the government, namely 33.14 kg per capita / year,” he said.

He acknowledged making various efforts in order to increase fish consumption in Bali. To increase the

BULELENG - The fanfare of spectators in the Bali Arts Festival XXXVI became a motivation for the art envoy of Buleleng. Hundreds of spectators were present to directly witness the appearance of Gong Kebyar composition by Umajero village, Busungbiu subdistrict, Buleleng, at the Art Centre, Denpasar, Tuesday. The presentation of Tenun Dance and Gong Creation entitled Briak-briak Kembang Cengkeh was also witnessed by the Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana, with Chairperson of PKK Motivator Team of Buleleng Mrs. Aries Sujati Suradnyana.

Regent Suradnyana on the occasion said that his presence was to give an appreciation and support to the art envoys of Buleleng making their performance at the stage of the Bali Arts Festival (BAF). The motivation was given to cultivate the spirit of participants. “I want to encourage the art envoys making performance in the Bali Arts Festival. Hopefully, they can be constantly motivated and given a chance in the future. I expect the domino effect will excite the development of the arts and culture in Buleleng,” he said.

In addition, as a commitment to the arts in Buleleng, Regent Suradnyana prepared to hold a variety of art events in Buleleng. Among them, there would be the Buleleng Festival (Bulfest) 2014 featuring various arts from dozens of dance studios in Buleleng taking place on August 6-10.

This year, Fishermen Dance would be ready to open the Bulfest involving hundreds of dancers from 30 dance studios. (kmb34) consumption of fish, it was required different efforts, other than changing the pattern of consumption that mostly still liked to consume meat.”In addition to increasing the purchasing power and expanding the process in order to attract people’s interest,” he said.

According to him, the role of entrepreneurs in the field of fisheries was also very important in supporting the movement to popularize fish consumption. Besides, the growing number of restaurant and hotel would be able to assist the efforts to campaign the movement of fish consumption, especially in Bali denoting a tourist destination visited by many domestic and foreign travelers.

“The growth of fish consumption by communities in the country is

very important to be driven. Some of the efforts included the fish market, a means of mobile marketing, and growing restaurant with fish delicacy,” he said.

He explained that fish contained omega 3 and was good for brain development, high in protein, but without high cholesterol. To socialize the movement of fish consumption as in previous years the government would be targeting children. When the introduction to fish had been made since early age, the consumption of fish would become their lifestyle when growing adult.

“The fish cultivation activities and fishing in the ocean are not only intended to grow the sectors of the economy, but also to participate in the movement to popularize fish consumption,” he said. (kmb27)

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Bali News DENPASAR - A number of pollsters in Jakarta released the results of quick count of the presidential election. Temporarily, the candidate Jokowi-JK won over the candidate Prabowo-Hatta. However, there were also other pollsters declaring if the candidate Prabowo-Hatta won based on their quick count. Mutual claim of victory occurred from their respective camp at the center including Bali.

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Meanwhile, the Campaign Team Leader of Prabowo-Hatta for Bali Province, Ketut Sudikerta, declined to comment on the

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Kayu Raja Villa Confers Achievement Award IBP

Recently, staff gathering of Kayu Raja Villa lasted festively and fraternally. In addition to eliminating the daily work routines, this periodic event held every three months was also intended to give appreciation to employees that could show off excellent achievement.

“As workers in tourism sector facing many challenges and dynamics, we are required to always smile and able to provide excellent services in all aspects and times to every single guest. Well, this gathering is intended to realize such a thing,” said General Manager, Gede Nik Sukarta.

Various events were designed with exciting entertainment. As the players, the committee involved all staff by featuring the arts and culture of the past, such as by presenting the kid song Meong-Meong (meow-meow), Kasih Ibu (Mother’s Love) as well as feeding cake and watering each other so that the atmosphere became full of fun and

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Koster then detailed the advantages of Jokowi-JK in Bali in accordance with the real count until 5:48 p.m. In Klungkung County, Jokowi-JK won with the vote gain of 66.11 percent and in Karangasem won with convincing gain of 72.10 percent. Meanwhile, in Denpasar, Jokowi-JK won with the vote acquisition of 75.66 percent and in Badung with 70 percent of the vote.

Afterward, in Tabanan JokowiJK won 72.37 percent, Jembrana (65.73 percent), Buleleng (73.43 percent), Bangli (74.24 percent) and Gianyar (78.21 percent). “The biggest victory of Jokowi-JK in Bali is in Gianyar County with a record of 78.21 percent of the vote,” said Koster.

Related to this maximal result, Koster specifically expressed his gratitude to all the people of Bali who had come to the polling stations and gave mandate to JokowiJK as president and vice president.

“We are thankful to the organizers that we observed so far has worked well in accordance with the existing regulations,” he said.

Despite winning for a while, Koster appealed to all cadres of political supporting parties, the team and volunteers to keep waiting for the official results announced by the Electoral Commission (KPU). “Do not make any party first. Let’s jointly oversee the counting process of the vote and recapitulation in Bali,” said Koster.

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Jokowi temporarily wins 70 percent in Bali

Although the Electoral Commission (KPU) has not officially announced the results, the Jokowi-JK Campaign Team of Bali Province has released the results of internal calculation or real count for Bali Province.

Team Leader of the JokowiJK Campaign for Bali Province, Wayan Koster, in a press conference in the office of the PDI-P Bali, claimed on Wednesday (Jul 9) that Jokowi-JK camp won the majority of the votes in all counties / municipality in Bali with the votes exceeded the target of 70 percent. “Gratefully, based on the result of real count, for the time being Jokowi-JK absolutely won in Bali with 70.99 percent or 685,411 votes of the totally 965,531 valid votes,” said Koster accompanied by Secretary of the Jokowi-JK Campaign Team for Bali Province Ida Bagus Oka Gunastawa with the ranks of the team and supporting volunteer of Jokowi-JK. However, Koster added that such figure might still change until all the valid votes came to tabulation. “But, we estimate the amount of vote will hold on. It’s remarkable because in fact this achievement exceeds our target at least 70 percent of the vote in Bali,” said Koster while adding that nearly 71 percent of victory gained by Jokowi-JK in Bali Province posed the accumulation of victory throughout the county/ municipality. “It’s very encouraging because we got the majority of victory in Bali, including in Karangasem and Klungkung County that was considered pretty hard at our initial prediction,” said the PDI-P politician from Buleleng.

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The activity was also coupled with the celebration staff’s and employee’s birthday falling in that month. The employees that could show excellent performance were awarded with an appreciation in the form of ‘the employee of the month’ to motivate so that they could be more passionate in providing services to guests.

Certificate of ‘the employee of the month’ for the back and front of the house was presented by General Manager Gede Sukarta doubling as Chairman of the Bali Villa Association (BVA) of Badung Chapter. Ultimately, the event was ended with an open house.

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Although the Electoral Commission (KPU) has not officially announced the results, the Jokowi-JK Campaign Team of Bali Province has released the results of internal calculation or real count for Bali Province. vote gain of Prabowo-Hatta in Bali.

His party tended to hold the results of quick count conducted by a number of pollsters declaring the victory of Prabowo-Hatta.

“Regarding the amount of vote gained by Prabowo-Hatta in Bali, we do not expose. We do not want to as it will even disturb because the quick count of some pollsters declared Prabowo-Hatta to excel nationally,” said Sudikerta to reporters at a press conference in the office of Golkar Party of Bali Province.

Despite claiming victory, his party was waiting for the results of vote count officially announced by the Electoral Commission. “From the results of quick count by a number of pollsters, nationally Prabowo-Hatta was declared the winner, but we surely wait for the real results, in this case the manual counting by the Electoral

Commission announced on July 22,” said Sudikerta.

To Sudikerta, whatever the results of the quick count would be, including the claim of victory by Jokowi-JK camp, it was just a kind of public opinion. “It’s similar to the Bali gubernatorial election in 2013. At that time, we were declared to lose in quick count, in fact we won in the end. So, let’s wait for the official results to be announced by the Electoral Commission,” he added.

On that occasion, Sudikerta invited all people of Bali to observe carefully the results of presidential election 2014 with clear heart. He also invited all parties to maintain and oversee the results as well as possible. “Do not let ripples trigger any friction,” said Sudikerta doubling as Deputy Governor of Bali.

At the same time, Deputy Chair-

man of the Steering Committee of the Prabowo-Hatta Campaign Team for Bali Province, Made Mudarta, also revealed no much different thing. He also invited all parties to be patient while waiting for the official results announced by the Electoral Commission. “Most importantly, let’s watch the vote in every level, so that it will not be taken away by robber cat,” he said.

Besides, he reminded all parties to reflect on the experience of Bali gubernatorial election in 2013. At that time, the phenomenon of such quick count result also occurred in the presidential election 2014. “It’s like a repetition of the last Bali gubernatorial election. As a result, Prabowo-Hatta will excel nationally in official count to be done by Electoral Commission,” affirmed Chairman of the Democratic Party of Bali Province. (wid)

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

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

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

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

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

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Digital characters have by now long populated our movies like unwanted house guests. Some of these CGI inventions, like Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings,” have been pleasant, even precious company.

But most have disrupted our movie worlds — and not just as monsters tearing our cities apart, but as awkward distractions to our cinematic realities. The name Jar Jar Binks will forever be followed by solemn head shaking. Never forget. his human corollary, Gary Oldman — urge their species toward battle.

To a surprising degree, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” belongs to the monkeys.

In the uncommonly sure-handed fusion of computer-generated and live-action images, apes are the more fully realized, expressive characters. Given that the apes communicate in sign language and spurts of English, this may be the biggest summer movie with so many subtitles.

Whereas Pierre Boulle’s original “Planet of the Apes” was satirical, Reeves and screenwriters Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver and Mark Bomback have given this “Apes” the grandly gloomy “Dark Knight” treatment, complete with an exceptional score

by Michael Giacchino.

The movie feeds off a sense that, given the state of the planet, a reordering of the animal kingdom may be due. There’s a pervasive jealousy to the primates in “Apes”: their comfort in nature and simplicity of life. Audiences, in fact, will cheer the animals over the humans. And few will miss the gun control argument shallowly buried throughout the film. What would Charlton Heston have made of that?

But there’s also a question of putting too much gravity on an essentially absurd story. Eventually we have screaming monkeys on horseback firing automatic weapons amid roaring flames. One is tempted to lean forward and whisper,

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NEW YORK — What does it take to get country legends like Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and Merle Haggard on the same album? A 19-year-old newcomer named Mary Sarah. Sarah’s debut album, “Bridges,” features duets with their original performers including Parton and Nelson on their well-known country songs.

It also includes one of Ray Price’s final recordings before he died last year.

She was able to pull off the dream list of collaborators after meeting country singer-songwriter Freddy Powers, a close friend of Nelson and Haggard. Sarah, a Texas native, had performed throughout the Texas Opry circuit for years, mostly in Galveston and around Houston. She originally planned to record an album of covers from top Texas-based country singers.

“We took it to a couple people in Nashville and they said, ‘I don’t think

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This photo released by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation shows Jason Clarke, as Malcolm, foreground, and, background from left, Andy Serkis, as Caesar; Toby Kebbell, as Koba; and Karin Konoval, as Maurice; in a scene from the film, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.” “’Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,’ your camp is showing.”

It’s gotten to be a very familiar ploy in Hollywood to remake previously light, cheesy entertainments with well-crafted, heavy grandiosity. So if there’s a failing of “Apes,” it’s that it feels like yet another manufactured franchise. Talented people like Reeves and Serkis are brought in like HGTV fixer-uppers to restore mossy popculture properties. But, alas, they’re very good at it.

“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” a 20th Century Fox release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and brief strong language.”

Running time: 130 minutes. Three stars out of four.

Country newcomer duets with legends on new album This July 7, 2014 photo shows 19-year-old country singer Mary Sarah posing at Hatch Show Print inside The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tenn.

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But in “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” the tables have turned, and not just because apes now rule a world where all but 1 in 500 humans have been wiped out by a so-called simian flu virus. No, the biggest uprising in the sequel to 2011’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” is by those digitally created, nonhuman characters which have finally and resoundingly come of age. Hail Caesar.

That’s the ape played by Andy Serkis, the motion-capture maestro of creatures like Gollum and a much bigger ape, Kong.

Serkis played Caesar in “Rise of the Planet Apes,” the surprisingly good origin story of the rebooted “Apes” franchise wherein chimps, injected with a serum meant to cure human brain damage, develop great intelligence. Caesar was a fine character then, but in “Dawn,” he shifts to center stage.

It’s 10 years after the last film ended and Caesar is now a weary leader and firmlyrooted family man with a wife, a teenage son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and a new baby.

Who gets credit for Caesar’s deep, troubled eyes, Serkis or the effects by Joe Letteri and Dan Lemmon? Does it matter?

Looking for a dam to restore power for a colony of human survivors, a group (Jason Clarke, Keri Russell) stumbles upon the monkeys’ Muir Woods home in the Redwoods outside San Francisco. The encounter sets off panic on both sides, as the firebrands in each community — the ape Koba, played by Toby Kebbell, and

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you’re thinking big enough,’” said Sarah, who released the album independently on Tuesday. “The idea wasn’t to have a legends project. ... What it turned into is really crazy and mind-blowing.” Sarah eventually moved to Nashville, where she met Parton’s producer, who introduced her to the country diva. Other big names started rolling in, she said.

“It was miracle after miracle that these artists did this on a handshake,” she said. “Bridges” also features Vince Gill, Tanya Tucker, Ronnie Milsap and Lynn Anderson. The big-voiced teen had been recording the album for two years, and she had kept the project “on the down low.” “We didn’t tell many people and I think now that it’s coming out, people are like, ‘What? When did this happen?’” she said. Sarah will reach even further territory when she opens for Haggard on his tour starting Aug. 20 in Starkville, Mississippi.

Markets welcome projected Widodo win

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Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesian stocks rallied to a one-year high Thursday after most unofficial tallies showed Jakarta governor Joko Widodo ahead of ex-general Prabowo Subianto in a closely fought race to lead Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.

Both candidates declared victory Wednesday in the tightest and most divisive presidential election since the downfall of dictator Suharto in 1998.

However the polling agencies considered most reliable indicated a Widodo win, and the Jakarta benchmark index surged more than 2.5 percent at the open.

Investors have been hoping for victory for the Jakarta governor, the first serious presidential contender without deep roots in the Suharto era, seeing him as a potential reformer and clean leader in a graft-ridden country.

Stocks eased slightly in early afternoon trade but remained

more than 1.8 percent up and at their highest level since May last year. The rupiah, which has retreated in recent weeks as Prabowo gained ground against Widodo, was up 0.6 percent at 11,565 to the dollar.

Official results are not expected until July 22.

“Joko Widodo looks to have won (the) presidential election in Indonesia, and hopes are high that he will make a fresh start on economic reform,” said Gareth Leather from Capital Economics.

Widodo is seen as more likely than Prabowo to embark on much-needed reforms to inject new life into the economy, and as being more welcoming to foreign companies operating in

Indonesia.

Prabowo, who was a top general in the Suharto era and has been dogged by allegations of human rights abuses, is seen as less friendly to overseas investors.

His speeches on the campaign trail have been marked by fiercely nationalistic rhetoric and pledges to further squeeze foreign companies operating in Indonesia, which is a member of the Group of 20 economic bloc.

Companies linked to Prabowo’s campaign team fell on the Jakarta stock market Thursday.

Visi Media Asia, which belongs to tycoon supporter Aburizal Bakrie, slid 4.85 percent, while Media Nusantara Citra, belonging to wealthy backer Hari Tanoesoedibjo, lost 3.66 percent.

Despite the initial market euphoria over a potential Widodo win, concerns are also growing about a long period of uncertainty that could unnerve investors.

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