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Another delay in Justin Bieber’s Florida case Associated Press

MIAMI — Justin Bieber’s lawyers and Florida prosecutors said Wednesday they need more time to work out a possible plea deal on charges that the pop star drove under the influence and resisted arrest.

Assistant State Attorney David Gilbert and Bieber attorney Mark Shapiro asked for an additional three weeks.

Miami-Dade County Judge William Altfield reset the matter for Aug. 5.

Gilbert said at a brief hearing the two sides would inform Altfield on that date how the plea negotiations are progressing “and set a trial date, if necessary.” He gave no other details, and Shapiro also would not get into specifics. Bieber did not attend the hearing.

“It’s pretty much status quo,” Shapiro said.

Bieber was arrested early Jan. 23

in Miami Beach after what police described as an illegal street race between Bieber’s rented Lamborghini and a Ferrari driven by a friend, R&B singer Khalil Amir Sharieff. Neither was charged with drag racing.

Alcohol breath tests found Bieber’s level below Florida’s 0.02 limit for underage drivers but urine tests showed the presence of marijuana and the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in his system. Bieber was also charged with resisting arrest and driving on an expired license. Sharieff is also charged with DUI. Earlier this month, Bieber resolved

another criminal case by pleading no contest to a misdemeanor vandalism charge for throwing eggs at a neighbor’s house in Los Angeles. In that case, Bieber agreed to pay more than $80,000 in damages and meet a number of other conditions.

Bieber is also charged in Toronto with assaulting a limo driver in late December. His lawyers have said he is not guilty in that case.

Back in Miami, Bieber is being sued by a photographer who says he was roughed up while snapping pictures of the singer outside a recording studio.

The Canadian-born Bieber shot to stardom at age 15, after initially gaining notice through YouTube videos.

He was nominated for two Grammy Awards for his 2010 full-length album debut “My World 2.0,” but his popularity has begun to wane.

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Rooms growth surpass tourist arrivals

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Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber is pictured in police custody in Miami Beach, Florida January 23, 2014.

DENPASAR - The growth of hotel rooms in Bali is increasingly unmanageable. Even, it is now predicted to have surpassed the amount of tourist arrivals. This condition has a negative impact on occupancy rates.

Room occupancy of star hotels in May 2014 reached an average of 61.01 percent, down 0.27 points from the previous month. Meanwhile, the non-star hotel occupancy rate during the same period only reached an average of 29.64 percent.

Secretary General of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Badung Chapter, Gusti Kade Sutawa, also acknowledged if the hotel growth, especially in Southern Bali, exceeded the growth of tourist arrivals.

This condition was reflected by the declining occupancy rate annually.

“When having the intention (to suppress the growth of room—Ed), we will surely be able to. Simply calculate first the carrying capacity of Bali, especially Badung. If the result is enough, then it must be stopped, as in the UK if people want to establish a hotel in an area, then the government directly answers that it cannot because the region is full,” said Kade Sutawa when confirmed.

According to him, Bali did not require a lot of hotels to be built because such condition could make the Bali tourism cheap and would make the burden heavier. Currently,

the Island of the Gods required the road infrastructure in order the construction would not only be focused in the south because travelers would not want to visit the regions if they had to cover a long journey.

“If the permit is constantly opened, it will result in bad impact on the employers and workers where their income will decline and the welfare is getting farther and farther,” he said.

Nevertheless, the decline of Bali tourism, according to Kade Sutawa, was also influenced by the tourism market shifts. In the past, the island was once visited by many European travelers, but today it was dominated by Asian travelers. Even, the Asian market had now ranked second after Australia. This happened because the financial crisis engulfed many countries in Europe, so they preferred to choose the closer destination country.

“The Bali tourism market is also changing, from Europe to Asia, so that the purchasing power and the length of stay are getting lower and shorter than that of European travelers. Not to mention, we are also competing against Thailand and Singapore that sell cheap tourism,” he said.

The Head of Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali Chapter, Panusunan Siregar, also admitted if the average length of stay of foreign and Indonesian travelers at star hotels in Bali in May 2014 reached 3.36 days. These figures were down compared to the average length of stay in April 2014 reaching 3.53 days. “Overall, the average length of stay of Indonesian travelers in May 2014 reached 3.08 days, much shorter than the average length of stay of foreign travelers reaching 3.5 days,” he concluded.

As has been known, the total amount of accommodation in Bali in 2010 reached 2,190 units with 45,408 rooms. They consisted of 158 star hotels and 20,558 rooms, 1,036 units of budget hotels with a total of 20,410 rooms and 996 cottages with a total of 4,440 rooms. Until 2011, there were 55,000 hotel rooms and 1,658 restaurants with 81 thousand seats. Dominantly, the tourist accommodations are situated in Southern Bali, namely in Badung, Gianyar and Denpasar. (kmb27)

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This image released by Marvel Comics shows a female superhero who will appear in upcoming Thor comic book issues.

NEW YORK — Thor is now a Goddess of Thunder. Marvel Comics announced Tuesday that the hammerwielding Norse superhero will be a woman in upcoming comic book issues.

Marvel was thin on details explaining the switch, but said in a press release that “no longer is the classic male hero able to hold the mighty hammer.”

The new Thor was debuted on “The View” where artwork was revealed showcasing a buxom blonde clad a caped costume and brandishing the trademark hammer.

Series writer Jason Aaron says in a statement that “This is not She-Thor. This is not Lady Thor. ... This is THE Thor.”

The Marvel universe has historically been male-dominated, but that may be changing. Marvel Studios is developing a stand-alone film for Black Widow, the character played by Scarlett Johansson.

Villas development turning rampant in secluded area, especially that have view of paddy field. The growth of hotel rooms in Bali is increasingly unmanageable. Even, it is now predicted to have surpassed the amount of tourist arrivals.

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Suwung Kauh residents haunted by reclamation impact

DENPASAR - Aside from residents of Tanjung Benoa, Kuta and Sidakarya that are worrying about the impact of Benoa Bay reclamation, the residents of Suwung Kauh are also experiencing the same worries. The struggles to reject the reclamation continue to be done. One of them is by installing jumbo-size billboard on the side of Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, Suwung Kauh, South Denpasar, Wednesday (Jul 16). The billboard read ‘Do Not Sink Us Mr. Yudhoyono, Bali Rejects Reclamation and Please Cancel Presidential Regulation No.51/2014.’ hours later the billboard was taken and the officers said it would be taken to Denpasar Police,” he added.

Related to the incident, local residents felt to have been intimidated, whereas the installation of billboard was to convey their fears. Meanwhile, along the road there were many billboards of presidential candidate and mass organization, but were not dismantled. “It is the people’s aspiration and Mr. SBY must see it. We do not know why the officers suddenly dismantled it unilaterally. We had protested.

If it’s the matter of permit, this territory belongs to our village.

Frankly, we feel to be intimidated, both by the government and security forces, whereas we are here fret about the impact of the reclamation,” he said.

Moreover, on the piodalan or anniversary of the Dalem

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Aside from residents of Tanjung Benoa, Kuta and Sidakarya that are worrying about the impact of Benoa Bay reclamation, the residents of Suwung Kauh are also experiencing the same worries.

Penataran at Suwung Kauh on Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, around 11:00 p.m., the tidal seawater inundated the outermost courtyard of the temple. The incident made people more worried because the seawater would be getting higher if the Benoa Bay would be backfilled.

“Moreover, the Benoa Bay is the estuary of five rivers in Bali.

If backfilled, where does the river water flow to? Balinese people will be impacted. This is the reason why people here reject the reclamation. Hopefully, the reclamation can be cancelled and we make the

billboard to revoke the presidential regulation. We must change the mindsets of Balinese people that are reluctant and receptive. Now, we must be able to choose,” said Bobby while adding that tourism should not always be made the scapegoat. (kmb36)

NEGARA - Cacao drying machine provided to a number of subak (irrigation cooperative) organizations in Jembrana by the Ministry of Agriculture was admitted to be less effective by the Jembrana Agriculture, Plantation and Livestock Agency.

Today, there is a new emerging technology such as solar dryer that is more effective and has

been used by a number of subak organizations. It is the trigger why the assistance of the machine originating in the state budget is rarely used by farmers.

The Head of Jembrana Agriculture, Plantation and Livestock Agency, I Ketut Wiratma, said on Wednesday (Jul 16) that his party recognized the drying machine was less desirable by cacao farmers. It happened because the quality was not so good and the

dryness of the cacao bean did not reach the core.

According to him, such technology was used in 2008 and some Subak Abian organizations producing cacao received the machine. “When used in rainy season, the drying machine is less effective. So, farmers prefer to dry their cacao bean on the floor,” he said. Later, another technology emerged, namely solar dryer considered to be more effective. So,

the drying machine was getting rarely used.

From information obtained, the dryness did not get to the core of cacao beans and the results exuded the smell of fuel of the machine. On that account, the machine was considered ineffective and farmers preferred to choose manual drying.

One of the unused drying machines was at Subak Abian Sumber Urip, Pengeragoan vil-

lage, Pekutatan subdistrict. At this subak, the drying machine was left in the subak meeting hall and rarely used. Chief of Subak Abian Sumber Urip, I Made Sunantra, confirmed that the assistance from the state budget was rarely used because the resulting quality was not the same as the drying on the floor. As a result, farmers preferred to dry out their cacao bean on their respective drying floor. (kmb26)

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JAKARTA - Following Archipelago International’s “Exclusive Getaway Giveaway” social media competition, the maverick hotel management group recently announced their lucky winner, awarding the grand prize of a round trip holiday to Bali.

As the secret to her success, Ms. Sri Maryati said she spent 3 nights sharing, tagging and mentioning favehotels on Facebook to win the Exclusive Getaway Giveaway: “I was so pleased and delighted to win the Exclusive Getaway Giveaway from favehotels. It was a wonderful stay for me and my sister at favehotel Kuta Square and we’re really happy with the hotel and the services provided. We would love to go back again soon!” Said Ms. Sri Maryati.

“We were delighted to announce Ms. Sri Maryati as the winner of our favehotels giveaway! Our favehotel brand seems to be a true favorite as it was shared and seen by over a quarter

of a million people during the 2 week period.” Said Ms. Tenaiya Brookfield, Director of E-Commerce at Archipelago International.

With 95 fun, fresh and friendly rooms, favehotel Kuta Square aims to bring an edgy design and an unprecedented level of service to Kuta’s budget hotel market. With a swimming pool, an attractive and contemporary hotel lobby and an eclectic café, the hotel affords facilities and amenities usually associated with more costly hotels.

Guest rooms are equipped with 32 inch LED televisions, top of the line beds with quality cotton bed linens and duvets, free and “truly” high speed WiFi and a complete set of complimentary

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Ms. Nadiya Fabiola, Representative from Archipelago International, Ms. Sri Maryati, The Competition Winner, Mr. Dade M Fatwa, General Manager of favehotel Kuta Square and Ms. Rizki Oki, Representative from Archipelago International during the announcement of winner. in-room amenities such as fluffy cotton towels, bathroom amenities, individually controlled air-conditioning and safe deposit boxes.

Located at one of the best addresses on the island, the hotel sits

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Winner of “Exclusive Getaway Giveaway” annouced

The Exclusive Getaway Giveaway competition was held by favehotels for its friends on Facebook. In order to be in for a chance of winning, participants were asked to share and tag the Exclusive Getaway Giveaway on the social media site, with each mention earning them one entry to the competition.

With the highest number of ‘likes’, the winner of the competition was Ms. Sri Maryati from Jakarta, who chose to stay at favehotel Kuta Square in Bali with her sister between June 27-29, 2014. Ms. Sri Maryati won roundtrip flights for 2 with $400USD spending money and a 3 Day/4 Night stay at favehotel Kuta Square, which included allinclusive Food & Beverage privileges.

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“The area of Suwung Kauh has direct contact with the shore. When the toll bridge (JDP) project was under progress, seawater has rose for several times. We are concerned if the reclamation occurs, higher the volume of water will probably rise,” said a community leader of Suwung Kauh, Kadek Bobby Susila.

According to Bobby, the billboard installation was purely the initiative of local residents. It posed a form of concern with the impact of reclamation. “Previously, we also installed a billboard, but it was dismantled by the officers with reason that Mr. SBY would come before the opening of the Bali Arts Festival. Initially, it was returned to us and allowed us to re-install and arguably it could be re-installed after Mr. SBY left Bali. In fact, a few

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Pura Sakenan Serangan Denpasar Pura Dalem Pahuman Bhujangga Penatih Denpasar Timur Pura Alas Harum Batur Kintamani Pura Alas Angker Munduk Kintamani Pura Dalem Kawitan Empuaji Klungkung 4 Jun Buda Cemeng Langkir Pura Tanah Lot Kediri Tabanan Pura Bucabe Mas Ubud Pura Puseh Desa Ganggang Canggi Batuan Pura Luhur Batur Pucangan Buahan Tabanan Pura Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Ida Ratu Sundaring Jagat Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Dalem bangun Sakti Tamiang Kapal Dalem Bias Muntig Ped Nusa penida 8 Jun

Pura Agung Petilan Pengerebongan kesiman Denpasar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kesiut Kangin Kerambitan Tabanan 10 Jun Anggarkasih Medangsia Pura Pesimpangan Gerya Sakti Yogaloka Lampung Selatan Pura Luhur Uluwatu Pura Bukit Pecatu Kuta badung Pura Penataran Agung Singakerta Ubud Pura Andakasa Karangasem Pura Gua Lawah Klungkung Pura Kawitan Arya Gelgel klungkung Pura Taman Ayun Mengwi Pura Suralaya Banda klungkung Pura Dalem Senapati Bebalang Bangli Pura Pasek Gaduh Blahbatuh Gianyar Pura Pasek Lurah Tutuan Kerambitan Tabanan Pura Pusering Jagat Tampaksiring

Gianyar Pura Gerya Sakti Tulikup Gianyar Pura Dalem Dauh Ubud Pura Segara Ketewel Sukawati Pura Mertha Sari Mas Ubud 11 Jun Pura Gede Purancak Jembrana Pura Dalem Dauma Batuan Sukawati Pura Nataran Kacang Dawa Klungkung Pura Bhatara Gede Apol Ubung Denpasar Pura Puseh Brahmana Klungkung Pura Kahyangan Jagat Dalem Purwa Denbantas Tabanan Pura Dalem Sukahet Klungkung Pura Dalem MuasPahit Guwang Sukawati Pura Taman Dukuh Tegallalang Pura Desa Sanding Tampak Siring gianyar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Batan Buah Kesiman Pura Sahab Nusa penida Pura Dalem Cemara Serangan Denpasar 12 Jun Purnama Sasih Sadha Pura Pauman Bhujangga Tonja Denpasar Pura Amertha Sari Rempoa Jakarta Selatan Pura Ulun Swi Kediri Tabanan Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Bitra Gianyar 15 Jun Kajeng Kliwon uwudan Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kekeran Mengwi 25 Jun Buda Kliwon Pahang Pura Luhur Puncak Padang Dawa Padangbai Karangasem Pura Aer jeruk Sukawati Gianyar Pura Dangin Pasar Batuan Sukawati Pura Penataran Batuyang Batubulan Pura Desa Lembeng Ketewel Gianyar Pura Pasek Bendesa Kediri Tabanan Pura Kawitan Dalem Sukawati gianyar Pura Kresek Banyuning Buleleng

Pura Puseh Bebandem Karangasem Pura Sad Kahyangan Batu Swana Nusa Penida Pura Buda Kliwon Penatih Denpasar Pura Penataran Dukuh Naga Sari Bebandem Karangasem Pura Batur Sari Ubud 27 Jun Tilem Sasih Sadha Pura Dalem Celuk Sukawati 30 Jun Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan Pura Pasek Gelgel Kekeran Delod Yeh Mengwi 5 Jul Tumpek krulut Pura Pasek gelgel Tengah Buleleng Pura Dalem Pemuteran Jelantik Tojan Klungkung Pura Pedarman Bhujangga Waisnawa Besakih Pura Taman Sari Penebel Tabanan Pura Benua Tarukan Besakih 9 Jul Buda Cemeng Merakih Pura Bendesa Mas Kepisah Pedungan Pura Natih Kalah Batubulan Pura Desa Silakarang Singapadu Pura Dalem Petitenget Kuta Badung Pura Dalem Pulasari Gianyar Pura Kubayan Kapisah Denpasar Selatan Pura Paibon Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Lumintang Denpasar Pura Panti Penyarikan Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Pasar Agung Kediri Tabanan Pura Puaya Batuan Sukawati 11 Jul Hari Bhatara Sri

12 Jul Purnama Sasih Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Tirta Besakih Pura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati

in the very heart of bustling Kuta on Jalan Kahyangan Suci, no more than 5 minutes from Kuta Beach and the flurry of boutiques, shopping centers, cafes, bars, clubs and restaurants.

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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LONDON/MADRID - Discount fashion chain Primark has made its mark in Europe by offering fast-changing fashion at rock-bottom prices. The secret of its success: placing huge orders for top-selling items like socks, tops and jeans and passing on the savings to shoppers.

Forever 21 as well as players like Gap, American Eagle and Aeropostale, it could be a game changer.

“It’s a big if, and that’s how investors have got to look at this,” said John Bason, finance director of Primark’s parent Associated British Foods, which is 55 percent owned by the Weston family.

“The bull case is it is absolutely a step change, suddenly the population opportunity for Primark has just doubled - if it works. If it doesn’t work then Primark is a western European brand.”

O’Donoghue thinks the move to the United States will be helped by the fact the north east of the country has a similar climate and strong cultural links to Britain and Ireland, but said Primark was also keen to adapt to a new market.

“We are cautious. We take our time to learn. We want a U.S. business, not a Spanish business, not an Irish business,” she said at a store opening in Madrid in May.

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Bali tourism development must be arranged

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That is the formula it hopes will help it crack the $200 billion U.S. market next year. With an initial capital investment of under 200 million pounds ($340 million) Primark plans to open a store in downtown Boston towards the end of 2015, have 10 stores in the north east of the country by Easter 2016 and build out from there.

“We’re a volume business. We sell 300 million pairs of socks a year.

We sell 150 million T-shirts a year.

We don’t have major overheads. We have a very efficient supply chain,” said Primark’s business development director Breege O’Donoghue.

While there have been some successful European exports to the U.S., such as Philip Green’s Topshop chain, Spain’s Inditex and Sweden’s Hennes & Mauritz, there are several costly failures including attempts by Marks & Spencer and most recently Tesco.

If Primark can overcome the challenges of entering the market in America, where it will compete against established discount rivals Target and

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MANGUPURA - The development of tourism in Bali is now coupled with a number of problems such as the growth of uncontrolled hotel room. Ultimately, it has an impact on the land conversion, annexation of coastline, violation of green belt and so on. Therefore, Bali needs a commitment in managing and directing the tourism development with single-island management.

It was revealed by the lecturer of Tourism Faculty of Udayana University, I Putu Anom, when asked for his confirmation, Wednesday (Jul 16). He said the policy on tourism development all this time still controlled by county/municipal government made them small kings. Often, the leaders arbitrarily exploited the tourism potential owned with the pretext to raise the regionally generated revenue

(PAD) and people’s welfare.

“Bali Tourism must be managed through single management by making coordination and synergy among the county / provincial government, community and the tourism industry. Tourism development is not just for the sake of building the respective county / municipality, but Bali as a whole,” he said.

According to him, the policy

posed an attempt to realize the concept of equitable tourism in the nine counties / municipality in Bali. All this time, the tourism development in Bali tended to be one-sided and resulted in problems due to local autonomy.

“Why must the management and policy making related to Bali tourism apply single-door? It happens because the products sold are the tourism product of Bali, not the

products of Badung, Denpasar, Gianyar County or other products,” he said.

He assessed the coordination among the counties / municipality with the province in developing the tourism sector had not been going well because the policy was made in the county/municipality level.

Actually, the government had issued the laws governing the sustainability of Bali tourism. Some of them included the Regional Bylaw No.2/2012 on cultural tourism of Bali, Regional Bylaw No.10/2009 on tourism and Regional Bylaw No. 5/2006 and Regional Bylaw No.16 on Provincial Spatial Plan (RTRWP).

“Although the rules at provin-

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cial level have been ideal, in the execution it is very difficult to coordination with the existing rules in the counties and municipality because of local autonomy in the region,” he said.

He judged the counties / municipality very easily increased the revenue of the Hotel and Restaurant Tax (PHR) by issuing permits on the construction of hotels, villas and other tourist accommodation without thinking about the implications on the environmental sustainability. “Now, the UNESCO has set the subak in Bali as a world cultural heritage, but I’m even still in doubt whether we are able to maintain it,” he said pessimistically. (kmb27)

X-Ray just operated for state guests REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Customers shop at a Primark store on Oxford Street in London June 20, 2014. Discount fashion chain Primark has made its mark in Europe by offering fast-changing fashion at rock-bottom prices.

Nordstrom ads feature models with disabilities Associated Press

This undated image provided by Nordstrom shows a model in a wheelchair advertising boots in the company’s annual July anniversary catalog, which is its biggest sale event of the year with preview discounts on

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NEW YORK — It’s not easy to find models with disabilities in ads for the fashion and beauty industry — unless you look in the Nordstrom catalog.

The company has been using models with disabilities since 1997 and continues the tradition in its annual July catalog, which kicks off the upscale retailer’s largest event of the year with preview discounts of new fashions for fall.

This summer’s Nordstrom Inc. catalog includes among others a woman in a wheelchair modeling boots and a man with a prosthetic leg modeling Nike running shoes.

Hiring professional models with disabilities has become so much a part of the Seattle-based company’s DNA that its regular customers may not even realize how unusual it is.

“Identifying companies that utilize models or actresses with disabilities has been like finding a needle in a haystack,” said Meg O’Connell, a partner at the consulting firm Global Disability Inclusion.

Nordstrom, she added, “is a leader in this space and has been a long-standing supporter of disability inclusion not only in their advertising but also in employment and accessibility in their stores.”

The clothing that Nordstrom models wear is not adapted in any way. The model wearing Nikes has one on his foot and the other on his prosthetic device. The model in the wheelchair has short spiky hair as part of the punk look of her outfit, which includes a dark leather jacket along with the featured sale item, short boots with a buckled strap.

N o r d s t r o m s p o k e s w o m a n Ta r a Darrow said using the models is “really about reflecting the customers and communities we serve. We serve diverse customers and it’s an opportunity for them to see themselves when they’re looking through the book or online. ... We don’t promote it or go out and talk about it. We just think they look great.”

O’Connell said that the advertising and retail industries may be at a “tipping point” in terms of including models with disabilities. She noted that H&M and Diesel have also recently featured models with disabilities, while Swiffer recently featured an amputee actor and a Duracell ad used a deaf football player.

O’Connell said people with disabilities represent a significant marketing opportunity, with $225 billion in discretionary spending, and “companies that understand this will have an advantage.” new fashions for fall.

Operating cost reaches IDR 4 million per day

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DENPASAR - Operating cost of the X-ray detector of the Bali provincial government reaches IDR 4 million per day for one unit of mobile detector. However, the fund of the budget implementation list (DIPA) used to finance the device operation is often jammed.

As a result, the three sophisticated devices worth billions of rupiahs are only intended for state guests.

Meanwhile, security at border areas such as the harbors of Bali is still utilizing manual method.

Spokesperson of Bali Police, Hery Wiyanto, said on Wednesday (Jul 16) that the operation of the three X-ray detectors used the DIPA fund of the National Police.

He acknowledged the fund often could not be disbursed, so that the two units of mobile screening devices in the Headquarters of Bali Police Mobile Brigade and the X-ray detector at Gilimanuk, Jembrana were not effective. “We only use the DIPA funds for the three devices. Moreover, it was only used on particular events and we get the operating cost,” he said.

When asked if police did not submit the operating cost of the X-ray device to Bali government, this officer affirmed that after the grant of the device in 2013 to Bali Police, the whole operating costs would become the responsibility of police department. “The devices have been granted, not deposited. So, the operating cost

will entirely become our responsibility,” he said Due to restricted operating budget, the purpose of X-ray detector procurement to make Bali secure as per international standard remains in a dream only.

Meanwhile, Chief Unit of Bali Police Mobile Brigade, Rudy Hariyanto, when contacted after the meeting at the Bali Police Headquarters explained the operating cost of the X-ray device was estimated to reach IDR 4 million for 24 hours. However, it was also adjusted to the DIPA fund. If the activities were only under the Bali Police, the device was used for a few hours. “Approximately, it spends IDR 4 million for 24-hour operation.

However, if the event is under the Bali Police such as the event of the Bali government, the device is only used for a few hours,” he explained.

When asked about the two X-ray devices granted by Bali government, Rudy said the two mobile screening units were still stored in the Headquarters of Bali Police Mobile Brigade. He asserted the device posed a part of the Main Armament Equipment and could not be published without permission from the Chief of Bali Police. “The X-ray detectors are still stored at the Headquarters of Mobile Brigade. When wishing to see, it must get permission from the Bali Police Chief,” he said.

Nevertheless, he ensured that the equipment was still operated

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Operating cost of the X-ray detector of the Bali provincial government reaches IDR 4 million per day for one unit of mobile detector. at state events, such as the APEC, WTO and Miss World. Besides, the devices were also on display in the Ketupat Operation, Monday (Jul 21). “When hosting state

guests, this device is definitely operated,” he explained.

Similarly, this jasmine-three officer was not willing to reveal the sophistication of the device

because the operator team was still in Buleleng. “The team having been trained to operate the X-ray device is in Buleleng,” he concluded. (kmb35)

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Weather condition determines the catching production of fishermen in Buleleng. Aside from weather condition, the method of catching and fishing equipment in North Bali are still traditional and not using proper catching innovation.

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Fishermen taught innovation to catch Bali Post

SINGARAJA - Weather condition determines the catching production of fishermen in Buleleng. Aside from weather condition, the method of catching and fishing equipment in North Bali are still traditional and not using proper catching innovation. This condition often results in the production decline in the fish catch. Addressing this issue, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) through the Center for Fish Catch Development (BBPPI) Semarang equipped fishermen with the techniques and innovation of catching.

It was revealed in the Technological Guidance on Innovation Results held by the BBPPI at Ranggon Sunset Singaraja, Wednesday (Jul 16). The activity was attended by dozens of participants consisting of fishermen and field scouts (PPL). It was opened by the Head of Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Nyoman Sutrisna, accompanied by the Section Head of Publication and Documentation of the BBPPI Semarang, Sugiyarto.

Sugiyarto said that Buleleng was a coastal area in Indonesia having the potential for a sizeable fishing. Moreover, local fishermen had operated Inka Mina fishing vessel with engine capacity of 30 gross tons (GT). To provide with technique and innovation of fish catching, the BBPPI held technical guidance to fishermen and field scouts in the circles of the Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs.

Thus, fishermen had innovation in improving their catching production. “Potential of Buleleng is quite large and local fishermen have been operating Inka Mina fishing vessel. Well, to provide technical guidance and innovation on fish catch, we hold this technical guidance in the hope that fishermen can increase innovation and improve the produc-

tivity of fish catch,” he said.

On the other hand, Sugiyarto said the condition of marine environment, especially in the area of fish aggregating device (FAD) mounted by fishermen, showed degradation in quality. This condition led to decline in fish populations or fishing grown tending to quite deep area. It happened due to several factors such as the lacking of proper fish catch techniques and the use of chemicals. To prevent these adverse conditions, the BBPPI gave some innovations such as fish aggregating device. This multistoried fish house resembling a ‘fish apartment’ had been operated by fishermen in some coastal areas in Indonesia and it needed low cost. Another innovation was the use of fishing light attractor (lacuda) functioned to stimulate fish population on the fish congregate installed. In addition, the BBPPI Semarang also invented special fishing rod and net for catching squid. “We will teach this innovation here and hopefully this innovation can help fishermen to increase the production of their fishing,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the Head of Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Nyoman Sutrisna, said the environmental condition of fish catch in

Buleleng was still well preserved. However, due to bad weather condition and fisherman catch patterns were still limited to only oneday sailing, the fish production needed to be increased. To that end, the technical guidance by the innovation of the BBPPI was expected to provide additional insight and improve the human resources of fishermen to increase the results of their catch. “Condition of the seven coastal territories in our region remains well preserved. However, our fishermen are only able to go to sea for one day and some of their innovations are still traditional. Now, with the innovation of the BBPPI, we expect to ramp up the production of our fishermen,” he explained.

Similar opinion was disclosed by a member of Sumber Sari fishermen group from Sumberkima (Gerokgak), Putu Srinata. He admitted that so far the catch production decreased slightly compared to usual days. It happened due to adverse weather condition.

Weather condition affected the population of fish that could be captured from the FADs installed. For instance, these days he could catch fish maximally 6 to 7 tons for once departure. If the weather permitted, the catch could reach 10 tons. “Now, the fish catch decreases. Probably, it is caused by weather condition and our FADs are damaged, so they need to be fixed. We are very pleased with the implementation of guidance and technical innovation as they can provide additional insight to increase the production of our catch,” he said. (kmb38)

DENPASAR - Awareness of labor, especially those in the tourism sector in Bali, to follow the competency test remains low. Actually, the government has required the labor to have a Certificate of Competency in order to deal with the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015. Moreover, the labor of the Philippines has long been intending to come into Indonesia.

It was stated by tourism practitioner, Dr. I Ketut Putra Suarthana, Wednesday (Jul 16). Properly, Putra added that local labor realized the condition by preparing themselves in order not to be marginalized by foreign labor. One of the measures to anticipate was to have the certificate.

Additionally, the tourism education institutions should be able to prepare their graduates to have skills in their respective field, including having the certificate.

“They should be given special skills. The certificate of competency will clarify if they have special skills,” he said amidst the graduation ceremony of Mapindo Bali students at Sanur.

In the current development, according to Putra, the need for tourism labor in Bali was very high. One of the reasons was the growth of new hotels. By having the certificate, he was optimistic if the local labor would be absorbed.

Related to the future prospects of Bali tourism, said Director of the PPLP Mapindo Bali, the growth would continue to increase, while the competition was also getting tougher. It happened because the excessive hotels or rooms were incomparable to tourist arrival. “The growth of tourist arrivals to Bali is 15 percent, but the room growth reaches 100 percent. It’s not balanced,” he said.

Meanwhile, foreign labor coming to Indonesia, including Bali, could not be blocked due to the agreement among the ASEAN countries. “We can only stem them with requirements such as competency certificate. We will ask for the certificate of the foreign labor. From the beginning, the Philippines had been ready, even they asked what they could put into Indonesia. In ASEAN countries, the Philippines dominate. On that account, we need to improve the quality of our labor so they will not become spectators in their own country,” said Putra.

According to the academician Ni Made Eka Mahadewi, the labor should have the competency certificate. She added that it could also mean that they attended school in appropriate with their expertise.

“Thus, every labor should have certificate according to the ability or expertise,” she said.

Therefore, it required socialization that the certificate should be absolutely owned as a condition for getting a job.

In addition, the motivation should also be given. When necessary, it could be subsidized to excite the interest of Bali tourism labor. (kmb36)

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Israelis in center adjust to life under rockets Associated Press Writer

HOD HASHARON, Israel — A morning siren in this middle-class Israeli town sent some fleeing inside for shelter — but others ran outside, curious to catch a glimpse of the incoming rocket being shot down from the sky. Thanks to Israel’s “Iron Dome” defense system, Israelis seem to fear less for their lives than for their lifestyles as they adjust to the anxiety of random, potentially deadly, yet generally harmless rocket attacks.

Whereas the residents in northern and southern Israel have years of experience in coping with militant rocket fire, the people in central Israel are new to the reality and still getting used to hearing sounds of explosions. “It just doesn’t make any sense that this is happening,” said 18-year-old Taly Shlomo, who exited a Hod Hasharon bakery to watch the fireworks above.

“It’s not scary because nothing terrible has happened yet but it’s something you can’t get used to. It’s crazy.”

In Gaza, Israeli strikes have left a trail of devastation, with more than 200 people dead in just over a week of fighting — a quarter of them children, according to the United Nations.

Southern Israel has experience with the dangers too, battered for years by militant fire from Gaza that has caused deaths and frequently sends residents rushing for safety. But in central Israel, residents have long cultivated a sense of distance from the region’s conflicts — and their

main concern now appears to be that it not be shattered.

Residents are struggling to decide whether to carry on with their routines or take emergency precautions, whether to keep up with the nonstop TV coverage of the fighting or tune out entirely for their own sanity.

Parents are debating whether to rush their children to shelters at the sound of each siren or take their chances but not convey panic.

“We live in a weird and distorted reality,” said Maya Elharar, a 36-yearold mother of three. “The anxiety is there all the time. It’s very sad that people have to endure this.”

Her husband Roni was sitting across from her, outside the restaurant they own, as his iPhone beeped from an app informing him of another nearby rocket attack warning. He said daily life hadn’t been altered, just disrupted, and it was something that could not be sustained over time, particularly for children.

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In this Sunday, July 13, 2014 photo, a TV screen shows the ongoing fighting between Israel and Gaza at a laundromat, in downtown Tel Aviv, Israel. Israelis are struggling to decide whether to keep up with the nonstop TV coverage of the fighting or tune out entirely.

Thai junta gives ex-PM green light to go abroad Associated Press Writer

In this undated photo, former Thai Interior Minister and former leader of Pheu Thai Party Charupong Reuangsuwan speaks at a news conference at the party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand.

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BANGKOK — Thailand’s military government gave permission for former premier Yingluck Shinawatra to travel overseas for the first time since they overthrew her government in May, a spokesman said on Thursday.

Thai media speculated that Yingluck, accompanied by her son, will go to France to celebrate the birthday of her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup and fled overseas in 2008 to avoid a corruption conviction. Thaksin turns 65 on July 26.

The junta agreed to Yingluck’s request to leave Thailand on a personal trip to Europe from July 20 to Aug. 10 since she “has not violated any orders of the NCPO or any agree-

ments, being the ban from politics or the ban on overseas travels” and “has given good cooperation all along,” said junta spokesman Col. Winthai Suvaree.

Yingluck, along with other former Cabinet ministers, were summoned and held briefly by the military after they took power on May 22. Upon their release, the detainees were asked to sign a form saying they will not go abroad without the junta’s permission and that they will not engage in any kind of political action.

Yingluck, the country’s first female leader, was ousted in May in a court case over her abuse of power, a few weeks before the military staged a coup.

She is currently facing charges of dereliction of duty in overseeing a contentious rice subsidy program.

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BUSINESS Novartis cites momentum in 3 percent profit rise

Asia stocks surrender gains before earnings, data IBP/ap

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SEOUL, South Korea — Asia’s major stock markets abandoned earlier modest gains, trading mostly lower on Thursday ahead of the release of U.S. economic data and corporate earnings reports.

Most of the region’s markets finished in negative territory or were little changed with the optimism from China’s growth report the previous day proving to be short-lived.

South Korea was the only major market that finished higher. The Kospi in Seoul rose 0.4 percent to 2,020.90. The market was boosted by expectations that the country’s new pro-growth finance minister would introduce measures to ease housing market regulations and encourage domestic spending.

Japan and Australia were little changed. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 closed 0.1 percent lower at 15,370.26 and Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.1

percent to 5,522.40. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dipped 0.1 percent to 23,497.81 while China Shanghai Composite declined 0.6 percent to 2,055.59.

For the rest of the week, earnings reports from Google and IBM are key events on the corporate side.

Investors cheered Intel’s report of a 40-percent jump in its bottom line, a sign of recovery in PC demand.

The U.S. government is also set to release economic data including unemployment claims and home construction.

The escalation of the U.S. sanctions against Russia appeared to have no immediate impact on Asian markets, although the move hit

Russian stocks. The new rounds of U.S. sanctions targeted two major energy firms, a pair of powerful financial institutions, eight weapons firms and four individuals. The U.S. penalties are meant to increase pressure to end the insurgency in eastern Ukraine believed to be supported

by Moscow.

In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude for August delivery was up 32 cents at $101.52 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract added $1.24 to settle at $101.20 on Thursday.

In currencies, the euro inched down to $1.3526 from $1.3528.

The dollar fell to 101.50 yen from 101.65 yen late Wednesday.

Bolivia on verge of legalizing work from age 10 Associated Press Writer

EL ALTO, Bolivia — Alicia weaves through El Alto’s stalled traffic under a blazing sun, hawking colorful woven flowers to grumpy drivers and lovers. With luck, the 12-year-old and her mother will together muster $18 by day’s end, all the while keeping watch over her younger brother and sister, ages 8 and 6.

“It is difficult for my mother to sell alone because she has to look after my brothers,” said Alicia, who normally goes to school in the afternoon but is using her vacation to help her mother by working the entire day. As her brothers sleep, her mother knits the flowers that Alicia sells.

While most of the world is trying to diminish child labor, Bolivia is on the verge of becoming the first nation to legalize it from age 10. Congress has approved the proposal and all that’s now required is President Evo Morales’ signature.

The bill’s sponsors say lowering the minimum work age from 14 simply acknowledges a reality: Many poor families in Bolivia have no other choice than for their kids to work. The bill offers working children safeguards, they say.

“Child labor already exists in Bolivia and it’s difficult to fight it. Rather than persecute it, we want to protect the rights and guarantee the labor security of children,” said Sen. Adolfo Mendoza, one of the bill’s sponsors.

Under the legislation, 10-year-olds will be able to work as long as they are under parental supervision and also attend school. It sets 12 as the minimum age for a child to work under contract. They also would have to attend school. “To eliminate work for boys and girls would be like eliminating people’s social conscience,” Morales said in December in support of unionized young workers who marched on Congress to prevent it from ratifying a bottom-end work age of 14.

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As grabbing foreigner, a recurrent convict arrested Bali Post

MANGUPURA - Kuta Police officers arrested a grabber, Limra Yani Achmad aka Kardi Achmad, 25, Friday (Jul 11). The man who lives on Jalan Jaya Giri IX/10 Denpasar is known to frequently snatch by targeting foreigners in Kuta.

Chief of Kuta Police, Nyoman Sebudi, accompanied by the Chief of Criminal Detective Unit, Dewa Tagel Wijasa, explained on Wednesday (Jul 16) that the arrest originated from several reports on grabbing actions in Kuta area. Police officers that were making investigation finally got the identity of the recurrent convict of Kuta Police, namely Limra Yani Achmad.

Ultimately, the police investigating the case found Kardi Ahmad who was back and forth around Jalan Kartika Plaza, Kuta, Badung, approximately at 9:00 p.m. The officers did not waste the opportunity to immediately arrest the culprit. “When about to be arrested, the suspect was looking for prey. Even, when arrested, the suspect was found bringing a sharp weapon,” he said.

The suspect along with his sharp weapon in the form of a knife and folding knife was directly secured and taken to Kuta Police station.

Besides, police also seized a Yamaha Jupiter MX motorcycle with false license plate DK 7348 AF. When interrogated, the suspect claimed to be a recidivist who had been sent to jail twice. “He is a recidivist of the same case,” he explained.

After released in May 2014, the suspect confessed to have taken action at five scenes in Kuta by targeting foreigners. As a result of his action, the suspect would be charged with Article 2 of Law of Emergency No.12/1951 and Article 362 of the Criminal Code. (kmb35)

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GENEVA — Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG posted a 3 percent rise in second-quarter profits Thursday, reflecting what it described as solid growth and an increased focus on core products.

Profits during the April-June quarter rose to $3.28 billion, up from $3.18 billion in the same quarter of 2013, helped by “strong innovation momentum” and rising sales in some of its household brands, the Basel-based company reported.

Earlier this year, the company launched a major overhaul of its business with a series of multibillion-dollar deals with Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline PLC and the U.S.’s Eli Lilly & Co., a reflection of the restructuring that’s occurring in the fast-changing industry.

Novartis confirmed its outlook for 2014 is for mid-to-high singledigit sales growth, partly due to its confidence from progress and approvals for cancer and heart drugs that are in development.

CEO Joseph Jimenez told reporters the company delivered a solid quarter and is benefiting from “a sweeping transformation” of its commercial portfolio.

Novartis said Thursday its deal to buy GSK’s cancer-drug business for $14.5 billion, plus up to $1.5 billion more if certain milestones are met, is now expected to close in the first half of 2015. The Swiss company has agreed to sell most of its vaccines business to GSK for $7.1 billion, plus royalties, giving GSK better market position with Bexsero, a meningitis B vaccine. The two firms are also creating a new consumer health care business.

Separately, Novartis is selling its animal health division to Eli Lilly for about $5.4 billion, in a deal it said Thursday is now expected to close in the first quarter of 2015. The Indianapolis-based Lilly has been hit hard by patent expirations and has staked its recovery in part on new drugs it develops and its animal health business.

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To secure the homecoming traffic 2014, the Bali Police prepared one-third of the 13,000 personnel.

To secure homecoming path

Police deploy 4,300 personnel and security posts Bali Post

DENPASAR - To secure the homecoming traffic 2014, the Bali Police prepared one-third of the 13,000 personnel. In addition, it will also be prepared security posts, service post and monitoring posts at a number of points across Bali ahead of the Eid homecoming traffic 2014.

Spokesperson of Bali Police, Hery Wiyanto, said on Wednesday (Jul 16) that Bali Police would deploy one third of the 13,000 personnel, or about 4,300 personnel to secure the current homecoming traffic 2014. “We’ll assign one third of the 13,000 personnel, which later will be divided into several posts,” he said.

The posts prepared included the security posts situated along the homecoming route heading for Gilimanuk Harbor (Jembrana) such as at the path of DenpasarTabanan-Gilimanuk including in Denpasar, Tanah Lot, Megati, Banyu Biru, Rambutsiwi and Segara Rupek. In addition, the security post would also be made at the

route leading to Padangbai Harbor in Karangasem County such as in the area of Guwang, Goa Lawah and Padangbai. Other security post would also be set up at Ngurah Rai International Airport serving as the route through the air. Likewise, the security post would also be alerted at a number of vital and tourist objects such as Kuta, Sempidi, Bedugul, Singaraja, Kintamani and Penglipuran. “The security posts are scattered at several points throughout the territory of Bali,” he added.

Meanwhile, the service post would be established at the homecoming traffic route such as at Soka (Tabanan), Gilimanuk (Jembrana), Ubung (Denpasar), Ngurah Rai

Airport, Sempidi (Badung), Masceti (Gianyar), Padangbai and the regent’s office (Karangasem). “Other than security and security posts, it will also be established monitoring posts at 36 points,” he explained.

Besides, this jasmine-three officer also described 21 critical points of traffic accidents, consisting of seven points in Buleleng, four points in Jembrana, two points in Tabanan, one point in Badung, two points in Gianyar, two points in Denpasar, while the region of Bangli, Karangasem and Klungkung respectively had one point. “We advised the homecomers to increase vigilance, especially at the critical points,” he appealed. (nik)

Tain Temuati Cake: A Balinese green and luscious cake

Jaja gadang tain temuati is one of the traditional cakes of community in Bali. It is called jaja gadang tain temuati because it is green (gadang) and has the shape of small round worm excrement (tain temuati). This very tender and sweet cake exudes a very typical flavor. Moreover, it is very safe to consume because the ingredients and coloring agent are made of organic substance.

The main ingredient is rice flour mixed with green leaf extract produced by daun suji or dracaena leaf. It is used to make the cake look greenish as well as engender a delicious flavor, and fragrance. To serve the cake, it is put onto a small dish and then sprinkled with grated coconut and brown sugar sauce.

On days of yore, the cake was presented with a tekor (dish-shaped banana leaf). This cake is usually served when people held grandiose religious ceremonies (engaging villagers). But now, the traditional cake is very rare. Aside from being difficult and complicated preparation, the ingredient in use is also of selected rice processed manually.

Preparations: first of all, the selected rice is soaked with clean water for about 6 hours. After that, the rice is made into flour by means of crushing. The flour is then clenched into the shape of balls. Then, steam all the batters until cooked or for 15 minutes. Take out the cooked flour and then mixed with the extract of dracaena leaf and give a small amount of starch to make it sticky. Unlike in the past, to make the batter sticky people usually used cassava.

Later on, the flour batter is crushed and kneaded until refined. Subsequently, the batter is formed by using coconut shell mold having many small holes. This mold is put on the flour and then driven while rolling it. From the holes of coconut shell mold will come out a cake resembling the earth worm excrement. Afterward, the cake is placed on a banana leaf and then steamed again for about 15 minutes.

When having cooked, the cake is taken out and cooled. For the presentation, the cake should be removed from the banana leaves one by one. Then, put them on the plate and sprinkle with grated coconut and brown sugar sauce. To sprinkle the sugar, use banana leaf whose end has been torn up resembling a brush. Having sprinkled it evenly, the cake is ready to serve.

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Putin: US sanctions hurt bilateral ties, US firms Associated Press Writer

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FILE - In this Feb.10, 2013 file photo, French soldiers secure the area where a suicide bomber attacked, at the entrance of Gao, northern Mali.

Terrorism: France to redeploy its troops in Africa Associated Press Writer

PARIS — French troops are still in Mali a year and a half after they were sent there for a targeted operation against extremists. And instead of leaving, they’re about to expand their mission to fighting terrorism from the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean. That’s because the region’s terrorist problem hasn’t gone away: French troops merely dispersed Mali’s al-Qaida-linked militants, and their potential ties with Nigerian militant group Boko Haram are of increasing concern to the French government.

The redeployment of 3,000 French troops in five of its former colonies across northwest Africa is expected to become official in the coming days.

Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived Wednesday in Mali, and President Francois Hollande is starting a three-day visit to Ivory Coast, Niger and Chad on Thursday.

Africans have mixed feelings about French soldiers setting up camp long-term. Some in Mali see it as a neo-colonial power grab, while others feel that the French are only extending the mission because they failed to finish the job they started in January 2013.

“A sovereign country should not accept the presence of foreign troops to assure its security. France took advantage of the weakness of our defense system to set itself up again in our country, after it was chased out in 1960 by the Malian people,” said Bassirou Guindo, a Bamako vendor.

The new operation — codenamed

“Barkhane” after a crescent-shaped dune in Sahara desert — will involve Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad.

While Hollande said this week that the original Mali operation, called Serval, “has been perfectly accomplished,” sporadic violence continues. A French soldier was killed Monday by a suicide attack while taking part in a reconnaissance mission in northern Mali.

And deadly violence has rocked the north in recent months as Tuareg separatists push back against central authority.

“There are still major risks that jihadists will develop in the zone,” Le Drian said Sunday on Europe 1 radio. The shifting strategy is aimed at preventing the “highway” across the region now used for drug and weapons trafficking “from becoming a place of permanent passage, where jihadist groups between Libya and the Atlantic Ocean can

rebuild themselves. It’s our security which is at stake,” he said. French authorities say al-Qaida’s North Africa branch, with fighters scattered around the region, is the main threat to French targets at home and around the world.

The number of soldiers in the region will remain roughly the same, with some 1,000 of them staying in northern Mali. The operation will have its headquarters in the Chadian capital of N’Djamena.

A senior French presidential aide said the shift “will allow us to have more flexibility so that we can take into account the situation in each country and deploy reinforcements where it is necessary.” The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because the operation is not officially launched yet. The force will count 20 helicopters, 200 armored vehicles, 10 transport planes, 6 fighter jets and 3 drones, according to the defense ministry.

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday lamented the latest round of U.S. sanctions against Russia, saying they will stalemate bilateral relations and hurt not only Russian but also American businesses. Russia’s benchmark MICEX was down 2.6 percent in early afternoon trading Thursday upon news of the sanctions while Russia’s biggest oil company, Rosneft, was nearly 5 percent down.

Putin’s comments came hours after President Barack Obama announced broader sanctions against Russia, targeting two major energy firms including Rosneft, a pair of powerful financial institutions, eight weapons firms and four individuals. The increased U.S. economic pressure is designed to end the insurgency in eastern Ukraine that is widely believed to be backed by the Kremlin.

The U.S. penalties, however, stopped short of the most stringent actions the West has threatened, which would fully cut off key sectors of Russia’s oil-dependent economy. But officials said those steps were still on the table if Russia fails to abide by the West’s demands to stop its support for the pro-Russia insurgents who have destabilized eastern Ukraine.

The insurgents have been fighting government troops in eastern Ukraine for four months now in a conflict that the U.N. says has killed over 400 people and has displaced tens of thousands. The conflict took off shortly after Russia annexed the mostly Russianspeaking Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. In televised comments Thursday, Putin said the sanctions are “driving into a corner” relations between the two nations as well as the interests of American companies and “the long-term national interests of the U.S. government and people.”

Putin warned Washington that the sanctions will backlash against American companies working in Russia. The most noticeable companies on the list are Rosneft and Russia’s largest independent gas producer, Novatek. Both are now barred from getting long-term loans from U.S. entities. Moscow-based investment bank SberbankCIB said in a note to investors that Russian companies cannot replace long-term loans from the U.S. immediately.

“While Asian and Middle Eastern money can step in to fill the gap, we expect that this will take time,” the note said, adding that borrowing will also cost more. Rosneft has a multibillion-dollar deal with ExxonMobil, which among other things allowed Exxon to develop lucrative oil fields in Russia.

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INDONESIA Budi Mulya sentenced to 10 years imprisonment Antara

JAKARTA - Former deputy governor of Bank Indonesia Budi Mulya was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years imprisonment by the anti corruption court with a fine of Rp500 million or an additional jail term of 5 months. The court found Budi guilty of corruption in granting short term loan facility (FPJP) to scandal hit Bank Century and declaring the the scandal hit lender as a failed bank with systemic impact in 2008.

Earlier the prosecutor demanded a 17 years imprisonment with a fine of Rp800 million and a compensation of Rp1 billion or additional jail terms of 8 months and three years respectively for Budi. Presiding judge Aviantara said Budi Mulya approved the short term loan facility not with good intention but for own benefit and to save a fund of a foundation (YKKBI) of the central bank employees deposited at Bank Century.

The foundation had Rp83 billion deposited at the bank, before it collapsed in 2008. The foundation was one of the banks clients whose fund was returned by the bank using the short term loan facility of Rp689.39 billion. The court also found Budi guilty of receiving a loan of Rp1 billion from Robert Tantular one of the bank owners, after approving the short term loan facility.

The court said Budi Mulya caused a loss of Rp8.5 trillion in state fund

including the short term loan facility and Rp6.7 trillion in bail out fund by the state owned Deposit Insurance Agency (LPS). The government defended the granting of the FPJP and the determination of Bank Century as a failed bank saying allowing the bank to collapse could trigger run on bank amid the global financial turbulence in 2008.

The House of Representatives, however, decided the bail out illegal, a decision that led to legal investigation by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). KPK has also questioned Vice President Boediono, who was then governor of the central bank, which facilitated the bail out fund. The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) said there had been malfeasance committed by related officials in granting the short term loan facility by the central bank.

The decision to declare Bank Century a failed bank potential to trigger systemic was given the reason of the

government for the granting of the bail out fund. In the report which was only wrapped up on Dec 20, 2013, BPK presented all details of alleged wrongdoings with officials as the policy makers, BPK chairman Hadi Purnomo said.

The short term loan facility was granted when Bank Century had only a capital adequacy ratio of 2.02 percent much below the minimum limit of 8 percent making the bank not entitled to the facility. Bank Indonesia, however, changed its own regulation to allow the bank to receive the facility. Observers said the bank was bailed out not for the sake of the bank but to recover the funds of big depositors among the government supporters ahead of the presidential election in 2009.

The bank collapsed after being robbed by its owners who drained it of cash including funds belonging to its depositors. Some of the owners fled the country.

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KPU claims 98.53 pct of c1 forms already uploaded Antara

JAKARTA - The General Elections Commission (KPU) had reported that 98.53 percent of C1 forms recording votes cast at polling stations have been uploaded at www.kpu.go.id, Commissioner Ferry Kurnia Rizkiyansyah said here on Tuesday. “A total of 98.53 percent of C1 forms have been scanned and transferred to our system of information. The principle is we are transparent with regard to C1 form-uploading activity. People can view the forms.

That is solid proof of the vote-counting process,” he said.

He noted that with the scanning of C1 forms, the general public could verify whether errors had been committed or irregularities had happened as part of their contribution to recapitulation process.

“If they observe any irregularities, we hope the public will report, so we could immediately follow that up in the field. Do not arrive at conclusions without crosschecking,” he said. KPU commended the people for giving inputs and reports about irregularities found in C1 forms uploaded in its official website.

With regard to the complaints, he appealed to the public not to generalize the issue for all C1 forms from hundreds of thousands of polling stations. “The public must understand that the process followed at the low levels have conformed to the procedures. So, they must not generalize the case. Be proportionate,” he said.

The KPU chief, Husni Kamil Manik, meanwhile pointed out that the C1 scanning process in the presidential election has been faster than in the legislative elections on April 9.

“Progress in speed is evident now than in the earlier legislative elections. Six days after the presidential election 90 percent forms have already been uploaded, while in the same period in the earlier legislative elections it was 80 percent,” he said.

Minister destroys illegal pork Antara

AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko

In this photo taken on Sunday, June 22, 2014, Russian Vladimir Putin takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow’s Kremlin Wall, in Moscow, Russia, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.

AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana

Workers make toffee-like traditional sweet cake called “dodol,” one of special Ramadan delicacies, at a factory in Serpong on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Muslims around the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan in which they refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk.

CILEGON, Banten - Agriculture Minister Suswono accompanied by regional officials seized and destroyed 7.4 tons of illegal swine meat in Cilegon, Banten, on Wednesday. The meat was destroyed in an incinerator, belonging to the Agricultural Quarantine Office of Cilegon. The 7.4 tons of meat was confiscated in the course of two raids.

The first arrest, with a volume of 4,555 kilograms, was made on July 5, 2014, while the second arrest, with a volume of 2,918 kilogram, was made on July 8, 2014. Head of the Cilegon Quarantine Office Banun Harpini said that during the period January-July 2014, the quarantine office had foiled nine smuggling attempts of pork.

He said that the meat had been smuggled from Sumatra to Java.

The total volumes of meat confiscated by the quarantine office from 2012 to July 2014 stood at 25,413 kilograms.

The quarantine office in Lampung, Sumatra, meanwhile, had confiscated 34,105 kilograms of swine meat till July 2014, he said.

Until now, the Lampung quarantine has seized 5,700 kilograms of pork.

Meanwhile, legislator Habib Nabiel Almusawa has urged the government to guarantee the protection of Muslim consumers by not allowing swine meat into traditional markets. The government should take immediate action to curb the wide circulation of pork to consumers, he said in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, last week.

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Cliff Temple of Tegallinggah

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GIANYAR - As a culture reserve, the Cliff Temple of Tegallinggah is one of the historic tourist attractions. Located at Tegallinggah, Bedulu village, Blahbatuh, Gianyar, this ancient site is also adjacent to the Pakerisan River currently including in the world cultural heritage. To reach the location, it will take visitors approximately 30 minutes from the capital of Denpasar by motor vehicle. When going to this object, visitors will pass through dozens of stairs with a view of fish and shrimp ponds adorned with lotus plants and water lettuce.

Splashing waters along the stairs make the atmosphere very cool. Meanwhile, large trees and hanging roots make the panorama look beautiful.

Uniqueness of this ancient site is visible on the temple carvings attached to the cliff wall. On the wall sit two very ancient temples. Each temple has three phalli symbolizing the gods of trinity namely Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. On the same rock, precisely on the right part of the temple there are 4 niches and 3 others on the left. Besides, there are also 8 niche of larger size. In the meantime, 3 additional niches can be found at the location separated by the Pakerisan River.

Around the temple can be found some ruins of temples that have been damaged by objects. Then, there is a cave and place to deliver canangsari oblation. Some showers can also be found here where they are used for religious ceremonies and melukat or selfpurificatory rite. At the shower, visitors can wash the face just to feel the freshness of the falling water on the sidelines of the cliff.

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SYLVANIA, Ohio — Some like to see their name in lights. Beatriz Recari was thrilled to see hers bolted to a light pole. The name of each year’s winner of the Marathon Classic is placed on the signs along the main drag of this Toledo suburb.

“It’s really cool,” said Recari, a 27-year-old Spaniard who has won three times on the LPGA Tour. “It’s obviously a great bonus not only to get this trophy and everything that comes along with it. But to get your own street for a year, that’s pretty special.”

Recari has become more of a household name as her career blossomed in the last year. After winning the Kia tournament, she outdueled Paula Creamer down the stretch to also win the Marathon.

While collecting more than $1 million in checks, she placed sixth in the tour’s player of the year standings, finished 3-1-1 for the victorious European side at the Solheim Cup and contended at last week’s Women’s British Open.

She began the final round at Royal Birkdale three shots back of the leader but faded to a tie for 17th with a 79.

“I had a little bit of a slow start first half of the year, but feel like everything is coming along,” she said, referring to lower back and hip problems. “I’m working on things that feel good for me. I’m healthy and fit. I had a very good performance last week, and I’m very happy with my practicing.”

Mo Martin, who won the Women’s British Open with a closing 72, is still adapting to the title of major champion.

“It’s definitely been a whirlwind,” she said of arriving in Ohio after several connecting flights and lots of frequent-flier miles. “I hadn’t even turned my phone on. When I eventually did get here, I turned my phone on and it kind of exploded, everybody just congratulating me.”

She also got a pat-on-the-back letter from no less than legend Arnold Palmer. Recari and Martin aren’t the only prominent players to keep an eye on this week.

Creamer, who won the tournament formerly known as the Jamie Farr in 2008, always plays well at Highland Meadows. She is one of the most popular players in the field every year.

“Yeah, I love this golf course,” she said. “I shot 60 here (in the first round in ‘08). I have a lot of really good memories. This just fits my game.”

AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani

Andrew Talansky of the U.S. strains as he rides alone with more than 20 minutes delay on the pack because of back pain during the eleventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 187.5 kilometers (116.5 miles) with start in Besancon and finish in Oyonnax, France, Wednesday, July 16, 2014.

Talansky’s tenacity on show in Tour Stage 11 Associated Press Writer

OYONNAX, France — Sitting on a roadside guard rail, wincing and rubbing his lower back, Andrew Talansky looked ready to quit the Tour de France in the middle of Stage 11. The Tour’s Web site and French TV commentators said his race was over. So did some English-language Twitterati. The “Pit Bull” proved them wrong.

AP Photo/John Bazemore

Beatriz Recari, of Spain watches her putt on the ninth hole during a practice round for the U.S. Women’s Open golf tournament in Pinehurst, N.C., Wednesday, June 18, 2014.

With a show of tooth-grinding grit and determination to repay his Garmin Sharp teammates who had ridden hard to help him, the 25-year-old Miami native got back up on his bike, wiped his eyes and pedaled on to the finish far behind the pack — and just in time.

Two days earlier, the pain and damage from two recent crashes had already ended Talansky’s outsider hopes of victory. He began Wednesday’s 187.5-kilometer (116.3-mile) hilly ride from Besancon to Oyonnax in eastern France in 26th place — nearly 15 minutes behind race leader Vincenzo Nibali. The Italian retained the yellow jersey Wednesday by finishing right behind France’s Tony Gallopin, who won Stage 11 in a bold late breakaway.

Talansky, nursing a sore back, had bad luck compound his misery early in the stage: He blew a tire and got left behind. Because he was no longer in contention to win the Tour in Paris on July 27, his teammates didn’t wait up. Straining, he couldn’t make up

the difference alone, but pressed on anyway.

When Talansky, clearly in agony, stopped on a roadside and sat down with about 60 kilometers left, GarminSharp sporting director Robert Hunter — who as a rider became the first South African to win a Tour stage — and other two other staffers pulled up in a team car.

“He thought that maybe it was time to stop the Tour. He sat down ... thought about it, and decided to continue,” said Hunter. “If he wants to fight on and get to the finish, the only way we’re going to get there is by fighting. That’s his character and the way the team works as well.” Hunter continued to pour on encouragement from the car as Talansky resumed riding.

Under race rules, Talansky — who would’ve liked to be a journalist if not a cyclist — faced a deadline: Because it was a hilly, relatively long stage, he had to finish with a time no more than 14 percent greater than that of Gallopin. It added up to

roughly 37 minutes, race officials said. He finished 32:05 back, with a 20-second penalty for taking too long a pause.

Other riders might have calculated that it would be wiser not to risk worsening an injury so early in a promising career. But Talansky was running on determination, and wanted to make it through the stage.

“I just wanted to make it to the finish ... for my team and the work that they’ve put into this Tour for me,” he said at the team bus after straggling to the finish. “I didn’t just want to stop and go home that way after everything they’ve done for me.”

Talansky was the last of the 179 remaining riders in a pack already depleted of its two biggest stars to crashes. Now, he’s 44th in the overall standings — more than 47 minutes behind Nibali. Because he made it, he and the team were able to think over whether it’s really worth it for him to carry in a similar Stage 12 on Thursday.

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Allegri points to European success for dominant Juventus Reuters

ROME - Massimiliano Allegri knows he will have to bring European success to Juventus if he is to win over fans after replacing the much-loved Antonio Conte as the Italian champions’ coach. four points behind Conte’s undefeated Juventus the following year.

The next season, Allegri had to deal with the sale of Brazil defender Thiago Silva and Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic as the club tightened the purse strings, but Milan managed third place and a spot in the Champions League.

‘NORMAL REACTION’

“It’s normal that there’s a reaction from the fans. Conte represented more than just the last three years, he represents a lot for Juve as a player as well,” Allegri said.

“How can I win them over? With results, hard work and respect and professionalism. I know how important it is to coach Juve, I was Milan’s trainer for four years and that makes me ready to continue their winning run.”

Reports had also circulated that Carlos Tevez and other players had demanded a meeting with the club hierarchy after hearing of Conte’s departure, something categorically denied by Juve’s sporting director Giuseppe Marotta.

“That any players have asked for a meeting with me is utterly false. It’s normal that you call your players to tell them that we’ve got a new trainer, and that’s what we did,” he said.

Marotta said Conte leaving had nothing to do with clashes over transfer policy, after reports that Juventus were willing to sell top midfielders Paul Pogba of France and Arturo Vidal, insisting that the Chilean was not for sale.

Associated Press Writer

MUNICH — Germany midfielder Toni Kroos has joined Real Madrid from Bayern Munich on a six-year contract. Madrid said the 24-year-old Kroos, a key member of Germany’s World Cupwinning team, would be presented at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium later Thursday.

Neither Champions League winner Madrid nor Bundesliga champion Bayern disclosed the transfer fee. Kroos was chosen as the best player at the 2007 Under-17 World Cup, when Germany finished third.

He joined Bayern when he was 16 and later spent 18 months on loan at Bayer Leverkusen before returning.

He was a regular starter since Pep Guardiola took over as coach last season.

Kroos helped Bayern win the Champions League in 2013 and domestic doubles the past two seasons.

He was on Germany’s 2010 World Cup squad, but was given a bigger role in coach Joachim Loew’s team during qualifying for this year’s tournament in Brazil.

Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge thanked Kroos for his time in Munich and wished him “all the best in Madrid and at Real.”

FILE - In this file photo take in Milan on Dec. 16, 2013, AC Milan former coach Massimiliano Allegri gestures during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Roma. Massimiliano Allegri has been hired

REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/Files

Germany’s Toni Kroos celebrates scoring his team’s fourth goal against Brazil during their 2014 World Cup semi-finals at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte in this July 8, 2014 file photo.

Clint Dempsey among MLS All-Star list

“Vidal is a Juventus player, we have never put him up for sale.

We’ve been asked for meetings with important clubs, but we have never sat down with anyone for negotiations.”

Allegri played down suggestions of a rift with playmaker Andrea Pirlo, who as Milan coach he sold to Juventus in 2011.

Pirlo said after the transfer that Allegri’s desire to play other players in his position forced him out of Milan.to coach Italian champion Juventus a day after Antonio Conte unexpectedly left the club.

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Clint Dempsey is one of eight players from the U.S. World Cup team voted to play in next month’s MLS All-Star game. Major League

Soccer announced the result of the fan vote Wednesday. The game against Bayern Munich is scheduled for Aug. 6 in Portland, Oregon.

DeAndre Yedlin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Kyle Beckerman, Nick Rimando, Omar Gonzalez and Michael Bradley also represented the U.S. in Brazil. They

were voted to the MLS team.

Landon Donovan, who played for the United States in the previous three World Cups but was cut from this year’s team, also made the MLS list.

Forwards Thierry Henry of the New York Red Bulls and Obafemi Martins of the Seattle Sounders round out the Fan XI.

Germany top of FIFA rankings after World Cup win Associated Press Writer

ZURICH, Switzerland — Germany has climbed to the top of the FIFA rankings after winning the World Cup for the first time in 24 years.

The four-time champions, who beat Argentina 1-0 at the Maracana on Sunday, have replaced Spain in first place as well as succeeding them

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Toni Kroos joins Real Madrid

AP Photo/Antonio Calanni

Conte resigned on Tuesday after three years at the helm during which he won a hat-trick of league titles and re-established the Old Lady as the preeminent force in Italian football.

However, he failed to translate that local dominance into European triumphs, with Juve’s best under Conte being a place in the Champions League quarter-finals where they were brushed aside 4-0 on aggregate by eventual winners Bayern Munich.

Last year they crashed out of the Champions League at the group stage, before being beaten by Benfica in the semi-finals of the Europa League.

“There is definitely a need to do better in the Champions League. The club is looking to strengthen the team in Italy but above all in Europe,” Allegri told a media conference on Wednesday.

“In Europe there are great clubs that earn more money than us, but we have the duty to have a good Champions League campaign because I believe that Juve should be in the top eight of European football.”

Juve fans are unhappy about Conte’s departure or the hiring of Allegri, creating the #NoAllegri hashtag on Twitter to show the club their displeasure at their new coach. It quickly started trending worldwide.

Allegri was sacked by AC Milan midway through last season after a dreadful start that left them languishing in mid-table and was replaced

by Clarence Seedorf in January after more than a year of speculation surrounding his position.

However, he won the Serie A title in 2011 with Milan and they finished

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as world champions.

Argentina and the Netherlands complete the new-look top three. Spain’s title defense surprisingly ended in the group stage, and the team has dropped to eighth place.

First-round exits also led to Portugal going down seven places to 11th, Italy dropping five to 14th and England plummeting 10 spots to 20th.

AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

Seattle Sounders’ Clint Dempsey leaps in the air after he scored a goal against the Portland Timbers, in the second half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, July 13, 2014, in Seattle.

Boca Juniors agree deal to coach young Chinese players Reuters

BUENOS AIRES - Boca Juniors will train young Chinese soccer players in Buenos Aires and also prepare coaches in Beijing in a deal sponsored by a leading Chinese drink, the Argentine club announced on Wednesday.

The initiative, sponsored by Jiaduobao, aims to improve the skill levels of Beijing’s junior players.

Boca president Daniel Angelici welcomed a first batch of Chinese players, who have begun work at the Argentine team’s Casa Amarilla training camp, and said his club would also be sending instructors to teach football coaches in China.

“It’s been a few days now that these young men have been living and practising at our training camp,” Angelici told the Chinese visiting party at a news conference.

“Yesterday morning I went to see them and I saw them playing with our juniors and this made me very happy because Boca always try to be pioneers in questions of exchanges, to continue growing in a country with millions of people like China, to have a market that we can explore with sports schools.

“With this agreement that we are going to sign for social and sports cooperation, we promise to continue working and to send our coaches to China,” Angelici said.

Under the agreement, which also involves the Beijing Sports Fund created for the development of sport in China, 60 junior players from Beijing will visit Argentina, in three separate groups, for training.

“Argentina’s national team is (among) the best in the world, and for that reason it is very interesting for these Chinese young men to come and learn the techniques, philosophy and strategy of Argentine football,” said China’s cultural attache in Buenos Aires, Han Mengtang.

Twice World Cup winners Argentina finished runners-up to Germany in the 2014 final in Brazil after a 1-0 defeat in Sunday’s showpiece at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

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Allegri points to European success for dominant Juventus Reuters

ROME - Massimiliano Allegri knows he will have to bring European success to Juventus if he is to win over fans after replacing the much-loved Antonio Conte as the Italian champions’ coach. four points behind Conte’s undefeated Juventus the following year.

The next season, Allegri had to deal with the sale of Brazil defender Thiago Silva and Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic as the club tightened the purse strings, but Milan managed third place and a spot in the Champions League.

‘NORMAL REACTION’

“It’s normal that there’s a reaction from the fans. Conte represented more than just the last three years, he represents a lot for Juve as a player as well,” Allegri said.

“How can I win them over? With results, hard work and respect and professionalism. I know how important it is to coach Juve, I was Milan’s trainer for four years and that makes me ready to continue their winning run.”

Reports had also circulated that Carlos Tevez and other players had demanded a meeting with the club hierarchy after hearing of Conte’s departure, something categorically denied by Juve’s sporting director Giuseppe Marotta.

“That any players have asked for a meeting with me is utterly false. It’s normal that you call your players to tell them that we’ve got a new trainer, and that’s what we did,” he said.

Marotta said Conte leaving had nothing to do with clashes over transfer policy, after reports that Juventus were willing to sell top midfielders Paul Pogba of France and Arturo Vidal, insisting that the Chilean was not for sale.

Associated Press Writer

MUNICH — Germany midfielder Toni Kroos has joined Real Madrid from Bayern Munich on a six-year contract. Madrid said the 24-year-old Kroos, a key member of Germany’s World Cupwinning team, would be presented at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium later Thursday.

Neither Champions League winner Madrid nor Bundesliga champion Bayern disclosed the transfer fee. Kroos was chosen as the best player at the 2007 Under-17 World Cup, when Germany finished third.

He joined Bayern when he was 16 and later spent 18 months on loan at Bayer Leverkusen before returning.

He was a regular starter since Pep Guardiola took over as coach last season.

Kroos helped Bayern win the Champions League in 2013 and domestic doubles the past two seasons.

He was on Germany’s 2010 World Cup squad, but was given a bigger role in coach Joachim Loew’s team during qualifying for this year’s tournament in Brazil.

Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge thanked Kroos for his time in Munich and wished him “all the best in Madrid and at Real.”

FILE - In this file photo take in Milan on Dec. 16, 2013, AC Milan former coach Massimiliano Allegri gestures during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Roma. Massimiliano Allegri has been hired

REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/Files

Germany’s Toni Kroos celebrates scoring his team’s fourth goal against Brazil during their 2014 World Cup semi-finals at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte in this July 8, 2014 file photo.

Clint Dempsey among MLS All-Star list

“Vidal is a Juventus player, we have never put him up for sale.

We’ve been asked for meetings with important clubs, but we have never sat down with anyone for negotiations.”

Allegri played down suggestions of a rift with playmaker Andrea Pirlo, who as Milan coach he sold to Juventus in 2011.

Pirlo said after the transfer that Allegri’s desire to play other players in his position forced him out of Milan.to coach Italian champion Juventus a day after Antonio Conte unexpectedly left the club.

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Clint Dempsey is one of eight players from the U.S. World Cup team voted to play in next month’s MLS All-Star game. Major League

Soccer announced the result of the fan vote Wednesday. The game against Bayern Munich is scheduled for Aug. 6 in Portland, Oregon.

DeAndre Yedlin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Kyle Beckerman, Nick Rimando, Omar Gonzalez and Michael Bradley also represented the U.S. in Brazil. They

were voted to the MLS team.

Landon Donovan, who played for the United States in the previous three World Cups but was cut from this year’s team, also made the MLS list.

Forwards Thierry Henry of the New York Red Bulls and Obafemi Martins of the Seattle Sounders round out the Fan XI.

Germany top of FIFA rankings after World Cup win Associated Press Writer

ZURICH, Switzerland — Germany has climbed to the top of the FIFA rankings after winning the World Cup for the first time in 24 years.

The four-time champions, who beat Argentina 1-0 at the Maracana on Sunday, have replaced Spain in first place as well as succeeding them

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Toni Kroos joins Real Madrid

AP Photo/Antonio Calanni

Conte resigned on Tuesday after three years at the helm during which he won a hat-trick of league titles and re-established the Old Lady as the preeminent force in Italian football.

However, he failed to translate that local dominance into European triumphs, with Juve’s best under Conte being a place in the Champions League quarter-finals where they were brushed aside 4-0 on aggregate by eventual winners Bayern Munich.

Last year they crashed out of the Champions League at the group stage, before being beaten by Benfica in the semi-finals of the Europa League.

“There is definitely a need to do better in the Champions League. The club is looking to strengthen the team in Italy but above all in Europe,” Allegri told a media conference on Wednesday.

“In Europe there are great clubs that earn more money than us, but we have the duty to have a good Champions League campaign because I believe that Juve should be in the top eight of European football.”

Juve fans are unhappy about Conte’s departure or the hiring of Allegri, creating the #NoAllegri hashtag on Twitter to show the club their displeasure at their new coach. It quickly started trending worldwide.

Allegri was sacked by AC Milan midway through last season after a dreadful start that left them languishing in mid-table and was replaced

by Clarence Seedorf in January after more than a year of speculation surrounding his position.

However, he won the Serie A title in 2011 with Milan and they finished

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as world champions.

Argentina and the Netherlands complete the new-look top three. Spain’s title defense surprisingly ended in the group stage, and the team has dropped to eighth place.

First-round exits also led to Portugal going down seven places to 11th, Italy dropping five to 14th and England plummeting 10 spots to 20th.

AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

Seattle Sounders’ Clint Dempsey leaps in the air after he scored a goal against the Portland Timbers, in the second half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, July 13, 2014, in Seattle.

Boca Juniors agree deal to coach young Chinese players Reuters

BUENOS AIRES - Boca Juniors will train young Chinese soccer players in Buenos Aires and also prepare coaches in Beijing in a deal sponsored by a leading Chinese drink, the Argentine club announced on Wednesday.

The initiative, sponsored by Jiaduobao, aims to improve the skill levels of Beijing’s junior players.

Boca president Daniel Angelici welcomed a first batch of Chinese players, who have begun work at the Argentine team’s Casa Amarilla training camp, and said his club would also be sending instructors to teach football coaches in China.

“It’s been a few days now that these young men have been living and practising at our training camp,” Angelici told the Chinese visiting party at a news conference.

“Yesterday morning I went to see them and I saw them playing with our juniors and this made me very happy because Boca always try to be pioneers in questions of exchanges, to continue growing in a country with millions of people like China, to have a market that we can explore with sports schools.

“With this agreement that we are going to sign for social and sports cooperation, we promise to continue working and to send our coaches to China,” Angelici said.

Under the agreement, which also involves the Beijing Sports Fund created for the development of sport in China, 60 junior players from Beijing will visit Argentina, in three separate groups, for training.

“Argentina’s national team is (among) the best in the world, and for that reason it is very interesting for these Chinese young men to come and learn the techniques, philosophy and strategy of Argentine football,” said China’s cultural attache in Buenos Aires, Han Mengtang.

Twice World Cup winners Argentina finished runners-up to Germany in the 2014 final in Brazil after a 1-0 defeat in Sunday’s showpiece at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

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Cliff Temple of Tegallinggah

Friday, July 18, 2014

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Strong field, low scores expected at Marathon LPGA

IBP

GIANYAR - As a culture reserve, the Cliff Temple of Tegallinggah is one of the historic tourist attractions. Located at Tegallinggah, Bedulu village, Blahbatuh, Gianyar, this ancient site is also adjacent to the Pakerisan River currently including in the world cultural heritage. To reach the location, it will take visitors approximately 30 minutes from the capital of Denpasar by motor vehicle. When going to this object, visitors will pass through dozens of stairs with a view of fish and shrimp ponds adorned with lotus plants and water lettuce.

Splashing waters along the stairs make the atmosphere very cool. Meanwhile, large trees and hanging roots make the panorama look beautiful.

Uniqueness of this ancient site is visible on the temple carvings attached to the cliff wall. On the wall sit two very ancient temples. Each temple has three phalli symbolizing the gods of trinity namely Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. On the same rock, precisely on the right part of the temple there are 4 niches and 3 others on the left. Besides, there are also 8 niche of larger size. In the meantime, 3 additional niches can be found at the location separated by the Pakerisan River.

Around the temple can be found some ruins of temples that have been damaged by objects. Then, there is a cave and place to deliver canangsari oblation. Some showers can also be found here where they are used for religious ceremonies and melukat or selfpurificatory rite. At the shower, visitors can wash the face just to feel the freshness of the falling water on the sidelines of the cliff.

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International

Associated Press Writer

IBP/File Photo

SYLVANIA, Ohio — Some like to see their name in lights. Beatriz Recari was thrilled to see hers bolted to a light pole. The name of each year’s winner of the Marathon Classic is placed on the signs along the main drag of this Toledo suburb.

“It’s really cool,” said Recari, a 27-year-old Spaniard who has won three times on the LPGA Tour. “It’s obviously a great bonus not only to get this trophy and everything that comes along with it. But to get your own street for a year, that’s pretty special.”

Recari has become more of a household name as her career blossomed in the last year. After winning the Kia tournament, she outdueled Paula Creamer down the stretch to also win the Marathon.

While collecting more than $1 million in checks, she placed sixth in the tour’s player of the year standings, finished 3-1-1 for the victorious European side at the Solheim Cup and contended at last week’s Women’s British Open.

She began the final round at Royal Birkdale three shots back of the leader but faded to a tie for 17th with a 79.

“I had a little bit of a slow start first half of the year, but feel like everything is coming along,” she said, referring to lower back and hip problems. “I’m working on things that feel good for me. I’m healthy and fit. I had a very good performance last week, and I’m very happy with my practicing.”

Mo Martin, who won the Women’s British Open with a closing 72, is still adapting to the title of major champion.

“It’s definitely been a whirlwind,” she said of arriving in Ohio after several connecting flights and lots of frequent-flier miles. “I hadn’t even turned my phone on. When I eventually did get here, I turned my phone on and it kind of exploded, everybody just congratulating me.”

She also got a pat-on-the-back letter from no less than legend Arnold Palmer. Recari and Martin aren’t the only prominent players to keep an eye on this week.

Creamer, who won the tournament formerly known as the Jamie Farr in 2008, always plays well at Highland Meadows. She is one of the most popular players in the field every year.

“Yeah, I love this golf course,” she said. “I shot 60 here (in the first round in ‘08). I have a lot of really good memories. This just fits my game.”

AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani

Andrew Talansky of the U.S. strains as he rides alone with more than 20 minutes delay on the pack because of back pain during the eleventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 187.5 kilometers (116.5 miles) with start in Besancon and finish in Oyonnax, France, Wednesday, July 16, 2014.

Talansky’s tenacity on show in Tour Stage 11 Associated Press Writer

OYONNAX, France — Sitting on a roadside guard rail, wincing and rubbing his lower back, Andrew Talansky looked ready to quit the Tour de France in the middle of Stage 11. The Tour’s Web site and French TV commentators said his race was over. So did some English-language Twitterati. The “Pit Bull” proved them wrong.

AP Photo/John Bazemore

Beatriz Recari, of Spain watches her putt on the ninth hole during a practice round for the U.S. Women’s Open golf tournament in Pinehurst, N.C., Wednesday, June 18, 2014.

With a show of tooth-grinding grit and determination to repay his Garmin Sharp teammates who had ridden hard to help him, the 25-year-old Miami native got back up on his bike, wiped his eyes and pedaled on to the finish far behind the pack — and just in time.

Two days earlier, the pain and damage from two recent crashes had already ended Talansky’s outsider hopes of victory. He began Wednesday’s 187.5-kilometer (116.3-mile) hilly ride from Besancon to Oyonnax in eastern France in 26th place — nearly 15 minutes behind race leader Vincenzo Nibali. The Italian retained the yellow jersey Wednesday by finishing right behind France’s Tony Gallopin, who won Stage 11 in a bold late breakaway.

Talansky, nursing a sore back, had bad luck compound his misery early in the stage: He blew a tire and got left behind. Because he was no longer in contention to win the Tour in Paris on July 27, his teammates didn’t wait up. Straining, he couldn’t make up

the difference alone, but pressed on anyway.

When Talansky, clearly in agony, stopped on a roadside and sat down with about 60 kilometers left, GarminSharp sporting director Robert Hunter — who as a rider became the first South African to win a Tour stage — and other two other staffers pulled up in a team car.

“He thought that maybe it was time to stop the Tour. He sat down ... thought about it, and decided to continue,” said Hunter. “If he wants to fight on and get to the finish, the only way we’re going to get there is by fighting. That’s his character and the way the team works as well.” Hunter continued to pour on encouragement from the car as Talansky resumed riding.

Under race rules, Talansky — who would’ve liked to be a journalist if not a cyclist — faced a deadline: Because it was a hilly, relatively long stage, he had to finish with a time no more than 14 percent greater than that of Gallopin. It added up to

roughly 37 minutes, race officials said. He finished 32:05 back, with a 20-second penalty for taking too long a pause.

Other riders might have calculated that it would be wiser not to risk worsening an injury so early in a promising career. But Talansky was running on determination, and wanted to make it through the stage.

“I just wanted to make it to the finish ... for my team and the work that they’ve put into this Tour for me,” he said at the team bus after straggling to the finish. “I didn’t just want to stop and go home that way after everything they’ve done for me.”

Talansky was the last of the 179 remaining riders in a pack already depleted of its two biggest stars to crashes. Now, he’s 44th in the overall standings — more than 47 minutes behind Nibali. Because he made it, he and the team were able to think over whether it’s really worth it for him to carry in a similar Stage 12 on Thursday.

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Putin: US sanctions hurt bilateral ties, US firms Associated Press Writer

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FILE - In this Feb.10, 2013 file photo, French soldiers secure the area where a suicide bomber attacked, at the entrance of Gao, northern Mali.

Terrorism: France to redeploy its troops in Africa Associated Press Writer

PARIS — French troops are still in Mali a year and a half after they were sent there for a targeted operation against extremists. And instead of leaving, they’re about to expand their mission to fighting terrorism from the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean. That’s because the region’s terrorist problem hasn’t gone away: French troops merely dispersed Mali’s al-Qaida-linked militants, and their potential ties with Nigerian militant group Boko Haram are of increasing concern to the French government.

The redeployment of 3,000 French troops in five of its former colonies across northwest Africa is expected to become official in the coming days.

Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived Wednesday in Mali, and President Francois Hollande is starting a three-day visit to Ivory Coast, Niger and Chad on Thursday.

Africans have mixed feelings about French soldiers setting up camp long-term. Some in Mali see it as a neo-colonial power grab, while others feel that the French are only extending the mission because they failed to finish the job they started in January 2013.

“A sovereign country should not accept the presence of foreign troops to assure its security. France took advantage of the weakness of our defense system to set itself up again in our country, after it was chased out in 1960 by the Malian people,” said Bassirou Guindo, a Bamako vendor.

The new operation — codenamed

“Barkhane” after a crescent-shaped dune in Sahara desert — will involve Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad.

While Hollande said this week that the original Mali operation, called Serval, “has been perfectly accomplished,” sporadic violence continues. A French soldier was killed Monday by a suicide attack while taking part in a reconnaissance mission in northern Mali.

And deadly violence has rocked the north in recent months as Tuareg separatists push back against central authority.

“There are still major risks that jihadists will develop in the zone,” Le Drian said Sunday on Europe 1 radio. The shifting strategy is aimed at preventing the “highway” across the region now used for drug and weapons trafficking “from becoming a place of permanent passage, where jihadist groups between Libya and the Atlantic Ocean can

rebuild themselves. It’s our security which is at stake,” he said. French authorities say al-Qaida’s North Africa branch, with fighters scattered around the region, is the main threat to French targets at home and around the world.

The number of soldiers in the region will remain roughly the same, with some 1,000 of them staying in northern Mali. The operation will have its headquarters in the Chadian capital of N’Djamena.

A senior French presidential aide said the shift “will allow us to have more flexibility so that we can take into account the situation in each country and deploy reinforcements where it is necessary.” The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because the operation is not officially launched yet. The force will count 20 helicopters, 200 armored vehicles, 10 transport planes, 6 fighter jets and 3 drones, according to the defense ministry.

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday lamented the latest round of U.S. sanctions against Russia, saying they will stalemate bilateral relations and hurt not only Russian but also American businesses. Russia’s benchmark MICEX was down 2.6 percent in early afternoon trading Thursday upon news of the sanctions while Russia’s biggest oil company, Rosneft, was nearly 5 percent down.

Putin’s comments came hours after President Barack Obama announced broader sanctions against Russia, targeting two major energy firms including Rosneft, a pair of powerful financial institutions, eight weapons firms and four individuals. The increased U.S. economic pressure is designed to end the insurgency in eastern Ukraine that is widely believed to be backed by the Kremlin.

The U.S. penalties, however, stopped short of the most stringent actions the West has threatened, which would fully cut off key sectors of Russia’s oil-dependent economy. But officials said those steps were still on the table if Russia fails to abide by the West’s demands to stop its support for the pro-Russia insurgents who have destabilized eastern Ukraine.

The insurgents have been fighting government troops in eastern Ukraine for four months now in a conflict that the U.N. says has killed over 400 people and has displaced tens of thousands. The conflict took off shortly after Russia annexed the mostly Russianspeaking Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. In televised comments Thursday, Putin said the sanctions are “driving into a corner” relations between the two nations as well as the interests of American companies and “the long-term national interests of the U.S. government and people.”

Putin warned Washington that the sanctions will backlash against American companies working in Russia. The most noticeable companies on the list are Rosneft and Russia’s largest independent gas producer, Novatek. Both are now barred from getting long-term loans from U.S. entities. Moscow-based investment bank SberbankCIB said in a note to investors that Russian companies cannot replace long-term loans from the U.S. immediately.

“While Asian and Middle Eastern money can step in to fill the gap, we expect that this will take time,” the note said, adding that borrowing will also cost more. Rosneft has a multibillion-dollar deal with ExxonMobil, which among other things allowed Exxon to develop lucrative oil fields in Russia.

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INDONESIA Budi Mulya sentenced to 10 years imprisonment Antara

JAKARTA - Former deputy governor of Bank Indonesia Budi Mulya was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years imprisonment by the anti corruption court with a fine of Rp500 million or an additional jail term of 5 months. The court found Budi guilty of corruption in granting short term loan facility (FPJP) to scandal hit Bank Century and declaring the the scandal hit lender as a failed bank with systemic impact in 2008.

Earlier the prosecutor demanded a 17 years imprisonment with a fine of Rp800 million and a compensation of Rp1 billion or additional jail terms of 8 months and three years respectively for Budi. Presiding judge Aviantara said Budi Mulya approved the short term loan facility not with good intention but for own benefit and to save a fund of a foundation (YKKBI) of the central bank employees deposited at Bank Century.

The foundation had Rp83 billion deposited at the bank, before it collapsed in 2008. The foundation was one of the banks clients whose fund was returned by the bank using the short term loan facility of Rp689.39 billion. The court also found Budi guilty of receiving a loan of Rp1 billion from Robert Tantular one of the bank owners, after approving the short term loan facility.

The court said Budi Mulya caused a loss of Rp8.5 trillion in state fund

including the short term loan facility and Rp6.7 trillion in bail out fund by the state owned Deposit Insurance Agency (LPS). The government defended the granting of the FPJP and the determination of Bank Century as a failed bank saying allowing the bank to collapse could trigger run on bank amid the global financial turbulence in 2008.

The House of Representatives, however, decided the bail out illegal, a decision that led to legal investigation by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). KPK has also questioned Vice President Boediono, who was then governor of the central bank, which facilitated the bail out fund. The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) said there had been malfeasance committed by related officials in granting the short term loan facility by the central bank.

The decision to declare Bank Century a failed bank potential to trigger systemic was given the reason of the

government for the granting of the bail out fund. In the report which was only wrapped up on Dec 20, 2013, BPK presented all details of alleged wrongdoings with officials as the policy makers, BPK chairman Hadi Purnomo said.

The short term loan facility was granted when Bank Century had only a capital adequacy ratio of 2.02 percent much below the minimum limit of 8 percent making the bank not entitled to the facility. Bank Indonesia, however, changed its own regulation to allow the bank to receive the facility. Observers said the bank was bailed out not for the sake of the bank but to recover the funds of big depositors among the government supporters ahead of the presidential election in 2009.

The bank collapsed after being robbed by its owners who drained it of cash including funds belonging to its depositors. Some of the owners fled the country.

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KPU claims 98.53 pct of c1 forms already uploaded Antara

JAKARTA - The General Elections Commission (KPU) had reported that 98.53 percent of C1 forms recording votes cast at polling stations have been uploaded at www.kpu.go.id, Commissioner Ferry Kurnia Rizkiyansyah said here on Tuesday. “A total of 98.53 percent of C1 forms have been scanned and transferred to our system of information. The principle is we are transparent with regard to C1 form-uploading activity. People can view the forms.

That is solid proof of the vote-counting process,” he said.

He noted that with the scanning of C1 forms, the general public could verify whether errors had been committed or irregularities had happened as part of their contribution to recapitulation process.

“If they observe any irregularities, we hope the public will report, so we could immediately follow that up in the field. Do not arrive at conclusions without crosschecking,” he said. KPU commended the people for giving inputs and reports about irregularities found in C1 forms uploaded in its official website.

With regard to the complaints, he appealed to the public not to generalize the issue for all C1 forms from hundreds of thousands of polling stations. “The public must understand that the process followed at the low levels have conformed to the procedures. So, they must not generalize the case. Be proportionate,” he said.

The KPU chief, Husni Kamil Manik, meanwhile pointed out that the C1 scanning process in the presidential election has been faster than in the legislative elections on April 9.

“Progress in speed is evident now than in the earlier legislative elections. Six days after the presidential election 90 percent forms have already been uploaded, while in the same period in the earlier legislative elections it was 80 percent,” he said.

Minister destroys illegal pork Antara

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In this photo taken on Sunday, June 22, 2014, Russian Vladimir Putin takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow’s Kremlin Wall, in Moscow, Russia, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.

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Workers make toffee-like traditional sweet cake called “dodol,” one of special Ramadan delicacies, at a factory in Serpong on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Muslims around the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan in which they refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk.

CILEGON, Banten - Agriculture Minister Suswono accompanied by regional officials seized and destroyed 7.4 tons of illegal swine meat in Cilegon, Banten, on Wednesday. The meat was destroyed in an incinerator, belonging to the Agricultural Quarantine Office of Cilegon. The 7.4 tons of meat was confiscated in the course of two raids.

The first arrest, with a volume of 4,555 kilograms, was made on July 5, 2014, while the second arrest, with a volume of 2,918 kilogram, was made on July 8, 2014. Head of the Cilegon Quarantine Office Banun Harpini said that during the period January-July 2014, the quarantine office had foiled nine smuggling attempts of pork.

He said that the meat had been smuggled from Sumatra to Java.

The total volumes of meat confiscated by the quarantine office from 2012 to July 2014 stood at 25,413 kilograms.

The quarantine office in Lampung, Sumatra, meanwhile, had confiscated 34,105 kilograms of swine meat till July 2014, he said.

Until now, the Lampung quarantine has seized 5,700 kilograms of pork.

Meanwhile, legislator Habib Nabiel Almusawa has urged the government to guarantee the protection of Muslim consumers by not allowing swine meat into traditional markets. The government should take immediate action to curb the wide circulation of pork to consumers, he said in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, last week.

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BUSINESS Novartis cites momentum in 3 percent profit rise

Asia stocks surrender gains before earnings, data IBP/ap

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SEOUL, South Korea — Asia’s major stock markets abandoned earlier modest gains, trading mostly lower on Thursday ahead of the release of U.S. economic data and corporate earnings reports.

Most of the region’s markets finished in negative territory or were little changed with the optimism from China’s growth report the previous day proving to be short-lived.

South Korea was the only major market that finished higher. The Kospi in Seoul rose 0.4 percent to 2,020.90. The market was boosted by expectations that the country’s new pro-growth finance minister would introduce measures to ease housing market regulations and encourage domestic spending.

Japan and Australia were little changed. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 closed 0.1 percent lower at 15,370.26 and Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.1

percent to 5,522.40. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dipped 0.1 percent to 23,497.81 while China Shanghai Composite declined 0.6 percent to 2,055.59.

For the rest of the week, earnings reports from Google and IBM are key events on the corporate side.

Investors cheered Intel’s report of a 40-percent jump in its bottom line, a sign of recovery in PC demand.

The U.S. government is also set to release economic data including unemployment claims and home construction.

The escalation of the U.S. sanctions against Russia appeared to have no immediate impact on Asian markets, although the move hit

Russian stocks. The new rounds of U.S. sanctions targeted two major energy firms, a pair of powerful financial institutions, eight weapons firms and four individuals. The U.S. penalties are meant to increase pressure to end the insurgency in eastern Ukraine believed to be supported

by Moscow.

In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude for August delivery was up 32 cents at $101.52 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract added $1.24 to settle at $101.20 on Thursday.

In currencies, the euro inched down to $1.3526 from $1.3528.

The dollar fell to 101.50 yen from 101.65 yen late Wednesday.

Bolivia on verge of legalizing work from age 10 Associated Press Writer

EL ALTO, Bolivia — Alicia weaves through El Alto’s stalled traffic under a blazing sun, hawking colorful woven flowers to grumpy drivers and lovers. With luck, the 12-year-old and her mother will together muster $18 by day’s end, all the while keeping watch over her younger brother and sister, ages 8 and 6.

“It is difficult for my mother to sell alone because she has to look after my brothers,” said Alicia, who normally goes to school in the afternoon but is using her vacation to help her mother by working the entire day. As her brothers sleep, her mother knits the flowers that Alicia sells.

While most of the world is trying to diminish child labor, Bolivia is on the verge of becoming the first nation to legalize it from age 10. Congress has approved the proposal and all that’s now required is President Evo Morales’ signature.

The bill’s sponsors say lowering the minimum work age from 14 simply acknowledges a reality: Many poor families in Bolivia have no other choice than for their kids to work. The bill offers working children safeguards, they say.

“Child labor already exists in Bolivia and it’s difficult to fight it. Rather than persecute it, we want to protect the rights and guarantee the labor security of children,” said Sen. Adolfo Mendoza, one of the bill’s sponsors.

Under the legislation, 10-year-olds will be able to work as long as they are under parental supervision and also attend school. It sets 12 as the minimum age for a child to work under contract. They also would have to attend school. “To eliminate work for boys and girls would be like eliminating people’s social conscience,” Morales said in December in support of unionized young workers who marched on Congress to prevent it from ratifying a bottom-end work age of 14.

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As grabbing foreigner, a recurrent convict arrested Bali Post

MANGUPURA - Kuta Police officers arrested a grabber, Limra Yani Achmad aka Kardi Achmad, 25, Friday (Jul 11). The man who lives on Jalan Jaya Giri IX/10 Denpasar is known to frequently snatch by targeting foreigners in Kuta.

Chief of Kuta Police, Nyoman Sebudi, accompanied by the Chief of Criminal Detective Unit, Dewa Tagel Wijasa, explained on Wednesday (Jul 16) that the arrest originated from several reports on grabbing actions in Kuta area. Police officers that were making investigation finally got the identity of the recurrent convict of Kuta Police, namely Limra Yani Achmad.

Ultimately, the police investigating the case found Kardi Ahmad who was back and forth around Jalan Kartika Plaza, Kuta, Badung, approximately at 9:00 p.m. The officers did not waste the opportunity to immediately arrest the culprit. “When about to be arrested, the suspect was looking for prey. Even, when arrested, the suspect was found bringing a sharp weapon,” he said.

The suspect along with his sharp weapon in the form of a knife and folding knife was directly secured and taken to Kuta Police station.

Besides, police also seized a Yamaha Jupiter MX motorcycle with false license plate DK 7348 AF. When interrogated, the suspect claimed to be a recidivist who had been sent to jail twice. “He is a recidivist of the same case,” he explained.

After released in May 2014, the suspect confessed to have taken action at five scenes in Kuta by targeting foreigners. As a result of his action, the suspect would be charged with Article 2 of Law of Emergency No.12/1951 and Article 362 of the Criminal Code. (kmb35)

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GENEVA — Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG posted a 3 percent rise in second-quarter profits Thursday, reflecting what it described as solid growth and an increased focus on core products.

Profits during the April-June quarter rose to $3.28 billion, up from $3.18 billion in the same quarter of 2013, helped by “strong innovation momentum” and rising sales in some of its household brands, the Basel-based company reported.

Earlier this year, the company launched a major overhaul of its business with a series of multibillion-dollar deals with Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline PLC and the U.S.’s Eli Lilly & Co., a reflection of the restructuring that’s occurring in the fast-changing industry.

Novartis confirmed its outlook for 2014 is for mid-to-high singledigit sales growth, partly due to its confidence from progress and approvals for cancer and heart drugs that are in development.

CEO Joseph Jimenez told reporters the company delivered a solid quarter and is benefiting from “a sweeping transformation” of its commercial portfolio.

Novartis said Thursday its deal to buy GSK’s cancer-drug business for $14.5 billion, plus up to $1.5 billion more if certain milestones are met, is now expected to close in the first half of 2015. The Swiss company has agreed to sell most of its vaccines business to GSK for $7.1 billion, plus royalties, giving GSK better market position with Bexsero, a meningitis B vaccine. The two firms are also creating a new consumer health care business.

Separately, Novartis is selling its animal health division to Eli Lilly for about $5.4 billion, in a deal it said Thursday is now expected to close in the first quarter of 2015. The Indianapolis-based Lilly has been hit hard by patent expirations and has staked its recovery in part on new drugs it develops and its animal health business.

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To secure the homecoming traffic 2014, the Bali Police prepared one-third of the 13,000 personnel.

To secure homecoming path

Police deploy 4,300 personnel and security posts Bali Post

DENPASAR - To secure the homecoming traffic 2014, the Bali Police prepared one-third of the 13,000 personnel. In addition, it will also be prepared security posts, service post and monitoring posts at a number of points across Bali ahead of the Eid homecoming traffic 2014.

Spokesperson of Bali Police, Hery Wiyanto, said on Wednesday (Jul 16) that Bali Police would deploy one third of the 13,000 personnel, or about 4,300 personnel to secure the current homecoming traffic 2014. “We’ll assign one third of the 13,000 personnel, which later will be divided into several posts,” he said.

The posts prepared included the security posts situated along the homecoming route heading for Gilimanuk Harbor (Jembrana) such as at the path of DenpasarTabanan-Gilimanuk including in Denpasar, Tanah Lot, Megati, Banyu Biru, Rambutsiwi and Segara Rupek. In addition, the security post would also be made at the

route leading to Padangbai Harbor in Karangasem County such as in the area of Guwang, Goa Lawah and Padangbai. Other security post would also be set up at Ngurah Rai International Airport serving as the route through the air. Likewise, the security post would also be alerted at a number of vital and tourist objects such as Kuta, Sempidi, Bedugul, Singaraja, Kintamani and Penglipuran. “The security posts are scattered at several points throughout the territory of Bali,” he added.

Meanwhile, the service post would be established at the homecoming traffic route such as at Soka (Tabanan), Gilimanuk (Jembrana), Ubung (Denpasar), Ngurah Rai

Airport, Sempidi (Badung), Masceti (Gianyar), Padangbai and the regent’s office (Karangasem). “Other than security and security posts, it will also be established monitoring posts at 36 points,” he explained.

Besides, this jasmine-three officer also described 21 critical points of traffic accidents, consisting of seven points in Buleleng, four points in Jembrana, two points in Tabanan, one point in Badung, two points in Gianyar, two points in Denpasar, while the region of Bangli, Karangasem and Klungkung respectively had one point. “We advised the homecomers to increase vigilance, especially at the critical points,” he appealed. (nik)

Tain Temuati Cake: A Balinese green and luscious cake

Jaja gadang tain temuati is one of the traditional cakes of community in Bali. It is called jaja gadang tain temuati because it is green (gadang) and has the shape of small round worm excrement (tain temuati). This very tender and sweet cake exudes a very typical flavor. Moreover, it is very safe to consume because the ingredients and coloring agent are made of organic substance.

The main ingredient is rice flour mixed with green leaf extract produced by daun suji or dracaena leaf. It is used to make the cake look greenish as well as engender a delicious flavor, and fragrance. To serve the cake, it is put onto a small dish and then sprinkled with grated coconut and brown sugar sauce.

On days of yore, the cake was presented with a tekor (dish-shaped banana leaf). This cake is usually served when people held grandiose religious ceremonies (engaging villagers). But now, the traditional cake is very rare. Aside from being difficult and complicated preparation, the ingredient in use is also of selected rice processed manually.

Preparations: first of all, the selected rice is soaked with clean water for about 6 hours. After that, the rice is made into flour by means of crushing. The flour is then clenched into the shape of balls. Then, steam all the batters until cooked or for 15 minutes. Take out the cooked flour and then mixed with the extract of dracaena leaf and give a small amount of starch to make it sticky. Unlike in the past, to make the batter sticky people usually used cassava.

Later on, the flour batter is crushed and kneaded until refined. Subsequently, the batter is formed by using coconut shell mold having many small holes. This mold is put on the flour and then driven while rolling it. From the holes of coconut shell mold will come out a cake resembling the earth worm excrement. Afterward, the cake is placed on a banana leaf and then steamed again for about 15 minutes.

When having cooked, the cake is taken out and cooled. For the presentation, the cake should be removed from the banana leaves one by one. Then, put them on the plate and sprinkle with grated coconut and brown sugar sauce. To sprinkle the sugar, use banana leaf whose end has been torn up resembling a brush. Having sprinkled it evenly, the cake is ready to serve.

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Weather condition determines the catching production of fishermen in Buleleng. Aside from weather condition, the method of catching and fishing equipment in North Bali are still traditional and not using proper catching innovation.

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Fishermen taught innovation to catch Bali Post

SINGARAJA - Weather condition determines the catching production of fishermen in Buleleng. Aside from weather condition, the method of catching and fishing equipment in North Bali are still traditional and not using proper catching innovation. This condition often results in the production decline in the fish catch. Addressing this issue, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) through the Center for Fish Catch Development (BBPPI) Semarang equipped fishermen with the techniques and innovation of catching.

It was revealed in the Technological Guidance on Innovation Results held by the BBPPI at Ranggon Sunset Singaraja, Wednesday (Jul 16). The activity was attended by dozens of participants consisting of fishermen and field scouts (PPL). It was opened by the Head of Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Nyoman Sutrisna, accompanied by the Section Head of Publication and Documentation of the BBPPI Semarang, Sugiyarto.

Sugiyarto said that Buleleng was a coastal area in Indonesia having the potential for a sizeable fishing. Moreover, local fishermen had operated Inka Mina fishing vessel with engine capacity of 30 gross tons (GT). To provide with technique and innovation of fish catching, the BBPPI held technical guidance to fishermen and field scouts in the circles of the Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs.

Thus, fishermen had innovation in improving their catching production. “Potential of Buleleng is quite large and local fishermen have been operating Inka Mina fishing vessel. Well, to provide technical guidance and innovation on fish catch, we hold this technical guidance in the hope that fishermen can increase innovation and improve the produc-

tivity of fish catch,” he said.

On the other hand, Sugiyarto said the condition of marine environment, especially in the area of fish aggregating device (FAD) mounted by fishermen, showed degradation in quality. This condition led to decline in fish populations or fishing grown tending to quite deep area. It happened due to several factors such as the lacking of proper fish catch techniques and the use of chemicals. To prevent these adverse conditions, the BBPPI gave some innovations such as fish aggregating device. This multistoried fish house resembling a ‘fish apartment’ had been operated by fishermen in some coastal areas in Indonesia and it needed low cost. Another innovation was the use of fishing light attractor (lacuda) functioned to stimulate fish population on the fish congregate installed. In addition, the BBPPI Semarang also invented special fishing rod and net for catching squid. “We will teach this innovation here and hopefully this innovation can help fishermen to increase the production of their fishing,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the Head of Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Nyoman Sutrisna, said the environmental condition of fish catch in

Buleleng was still well preserved. However, due to bad weather condition and fisherman catch patterns were still limited to only oneday sailing, the fish production needed to be increased. To that end, the technical guidance by the innovation of the BBPPI was expected to provide additional insight and improve the human resources of fishermen to increase the results of their catch. “Condition of the seven coastal territories in our region remains well preserved. However, our fishermen are only able to go to sea for one day and some of their innovations are still traditional. Now, with the innovation of the BBPPI, we expect to ramp up the production of our fishermen,” he explained.

Similar opinion was disclosed by a member of Sumber Sari fishermen group from Sumberkima (Gerokgak), Putu Srinata. He admitted that so far the catch production decreased slightly compared to usual days. It happened due to adverse weather condition.

Weather condition affected the population of fish that could be captured from the FADs installed. For instance, these days he could catch fish maximally 6 to 7 tons for once departure. If the weather permitted, the catch could reach 10 tons. “Now, the fish catch decreases. Probably, it is caused by weather condition and our FADs are damaged, so they need to be fixed. We are very pleased with the implementation of guidance and technical innovation as they can provide additional insight to increase the production of our catch,” he said. (kmb38)

DENPASAR - Awareness of labor, especially those in the tourism sector in Bali, to follow the competency test remains low. Actually, the government has required the labor to have a Certificate of Competency in order to deal with the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015. Moreover, the labor of the Philippines has long been intending to come into Indonesia.

It was stated by tourism practitioner, Dr. I Ketut Putra Suarthana, Wednesday (Jul 16). Properly, Putra added that local labor realized the condition by preparing themselves in order not to be marginalized by foreign labor. One of the measures to anticipate was to have the certificate.

Additionally, the tourism education institutions should be able to prepare their graduates to have skills in their respective field, including having the certificate.

“They should be given special skills. The certificate of competency will clarify if they have special skills,” he said amidst the graduation ceremony of Mapindo Bali students at Sanur.

In the current development, according to Putra, the need for tourism labor in Bali was very high. One of the reasons was the growth of new hotels. By having the certificate, he was optimistic if the local labor would be absorbed.

Related to the future prospects of Bali tourism, said Director of the PPLP Mapindo Bali, the growth would continue to increase, while the competition was also getting tougher. It happened because the excessive hotels or rooms were incomparable to tourist arrival. “The growth of tourist arrivals to Bali is 15 percent, but the room growth reaches 100 percent. It’s not balanced,” he said.

Meanwhile, foreign labor coming to Indonesia, including Bali, could not be blocked due to the agreement among the ASEAN countries. “We can only stem them with requirements such as competency certificate. We will ask for the certificate of the foreign labor. From the beginning, the Philippines had been ready, even they asked what they could put into Indonesia. In ASEAN countries, the Philippines dominate. On that account, we need to improve the quality of our labor so they will not become spectators in their own country,” said Putra.

According to the academician Ni Made Eka Mahadewi, the labor should have the competency certificate. She added that it could also mean that they attended school in appropriate with their expertise.

“Thus, every labor should have certificate according to the ability or expertise,” she said.

Therefore, it required socialization that the certificate should be absolutely owned as a condition for getting a job.

In addition, the motivation should also be given. When necessary, it could be subsidized to excite the interest of Bali tourism labor. (kmb36)

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Israelis in center adjust to life under rockets Associated Press Writer

HOD HASHARON, Israel — A morning siren in this middle-class Israeli town sent some fleeing inside for shelter — but others ran outside, curious to catch a glimpse of the incoming rocket being shot down from the sky. Thanks to Israel’s “Iron Dome” defense system, Israelis seem to fear less for their lives than for their lifestyles as they adjust to the anxiety of random, potentially deadly, yet generally harmless rocket attacks.

Whereas the residents in northern and southern Israel have years of experience in coping with militant rocket fire, the people in central Israel are new to the reality and still getting used to hearing sounds of explosions. “It just doesn’t make any sense that this is happening,” said 18-year-old Taly Shlomo, who exited a Hod Hasharon bakery to watch the fireworks above.

“It’s not scary because nothing terrible has happened yet but it’s something you can’t get used to. It’s crazy.”

In Gaza, Israeli strikes have left a trail of devastation, with more than 200 people dead in just over a week of fighting — a quarter of them children, according to the United Nations.

Southern Israel has experience with the dangers too, battered for years by militant fire from Gaza that has caused deaths and frequently sends residents rushing for safety. But in central Israel, residents have long cultivated a sense of distance from the region’s conflicts — and their

main concern now appears to be that it not be shattered.

Residents are struggling to decide whether to carry on with their routines or take emergency precautions, whether to keep up with the nonstop TV coverage of the fighting or tune out entirely for their own sanity.

Parents are debating whether to rush their children to shelters at the sound of each siren or take their chances but not convey panic.

“We live in a weird and distorted reality,” said Maya Elharar, a 36-yearold mother of three. “The anxiety is there all the time. It’s very sad that people have to endure this.”

Her husband Roni was sitting across from her, outside the restaurant they own, as his iPhone beeped from an app informing him of another nearby rocket attack warning. He said daily life hadn’t been altered, just disrupted, and it was something that could not be sustained over time, particularly for children.

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In this Sunday, July 13, 2014 photo, a TV screen shows the ongoing fighting between Israel and Gaza at a laundromat, in downtown Tel Aviv, Israel. Israelis are struggling to decide whether to keep up with the nonstop TV coverage of the fighting or tune out entirely.

Thai junta gives ex-PM green light to go abroad Associated Press Writer

In this undated photo, former Thai Interior Minister and former leader of Pheu Thai Party Charupong Reuangsuwan speaks at a news conference at the party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand.

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BANGKOK — Thailand’s military government gave permission for former premier Yingluck Shinawatra to travel overseas for the first time since they overthrew her government in May, a spokesman said on Thursday.

Thai media speculated that Yingluck, accompanied by her son, will go to France to celebrate the birthday of her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup and fled overseas in 2008 to avoid a corruption conviction. Thaksin turns 65 on July 26.

The junta agreed to Yingluck’s request to leave Thailand on a personal trip to Europe from July 20 to Aug. 10 since she “has not violated any orders of the NCPO or any agree-

ments, being the ban from politics or the ban on overseas travels” and “has given good cooperation all along,” said junta spokesman Col. Winthai Suvaree.

Yingluck, along with other former Cabinet ministers, were summoned and held briefly by the military after they took power on May 22. Upon their release, the detainees were asked to sign a form saying they will not go abroad without the junta’s permission and that they will not engage in any kind of political action.

Yingluck, the country’s first female leader, was ousted in May in a court case over her abuse of power, a few weeks before the military staged a coup.

She is currently facing charges of dereliction of duty in overseeing a contentious rice subsidy program.

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Fashion

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LONDON/MADRID - Discount fashion chain Primark has made its mark in Europe by offering fast-changing fashion at rock-bottom prices. The secret of its success: placing huge orders for top-selling items like socks, tops and jeans and passing on the savings to shoppers.

Forever 21 as well as players like Gap, American Eagle and Aeropostale, it could be a game changer.

“It’s a big if, and that’s how investors have got to look at this,” said John Bason, finance director of Primark’s parent Associated British Foods, which is 55 percent owned by the Weston family.

“The bull case is it is absolutely a step change, suddenly the population opportunity for Primark has just doubled - if it works. If it doesn’t work then Primark is a western European brand.”

O’Donoghue thinks the move to the United States will be helped by the fact the north east of the country has a similar climate and strong cultural links to Britain and Ireland, but said Primark was also keen to adapt to a new market.

“We are cautious. We take our time to learn. We want a U.S. business, not a Spanish business, not an Irish business,” she said at a store opening in Madrid in May.

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Bali tourism development must be arranged

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That is the formula it hopes will help it crack the $200 billion U.S. market next year. With an initial capital investment of under 200 million pounds ($340 million) Primark plans to open a store in downtown Boston towards the end of 2015, have 10 stores in the north east of the country by Easter 2016 and build out from there.

“We’re a volume business. We sell 300 million pairs of socks a year.

We sell 150 million T-shirts a year.

We don’t have major overheads. We have a very efficient supply chain,” said Primark’s business development director Breege O’Donoghue.

While there have been some successful European exports to the U.S., such as Philip Green’s Topshop chain, Spain’s Inditex and Sweden’s Hennes & Mauritz, there are several costly failures including attempts by Marks & Spencer and most recently Tesco.

If Primark can overcome the challenges of entering the market in America, where it will compete against established discount rivals Target and

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MANGUPURA - The development of tourism in Bali is now coupled with a number of problems such as the growth of uncontrolled hotel room. Ultimately, it has an impact on the land conversion, annexation of coastline, violation of green belt and so on. Therefore, Bali needs a commitment in managing and directing the tourism development with single-island management.

It was revealed by the lecturer of Tourism Faculty of Udayana University, I Putu Anom, when asked for his confirmation, Wednesday (Jul 16). He said the policy on tourism development all this time still controlled by county/municipal government made them small kings. Often, the leaders arbitrarily exploited the tourism potential owned with the pretext to raise the regionally generated revenue

(PAD) and people’s welfare.

“Bali Tourism must be managed through single management by making coordination and synergy among the county / provincial government, community and the tourism industry. Tourism development is not just for the sake of building the respective county / municipality, but Bali as a whole,” he said.

According to him, the policy

posed an attempt to realize the concept of equitable tourism in the nine counties / municipality in Bali. All this time, the tourism development in Bali tended to be one-sided and resulted in problems due to local autonomy.

“Why must the management and policy making related to Bali tourism apply single-door? It happens because the products sold are the tourism product of Bali, not the

products of Badung, Denpasar, Gianyar County or other products,” he said.

He assessed the coordination among the counties / municipality with the province in developing the tourism sector had not been going well because the policy was made in the county/municipality level.

Actually, the government had issued the laws governing the sustainability of Bali tourism. Some of them included the Regional Bylaw No.2/2012 on cultural tourism of Bali, Regional Bylaw No.10/2009 on tourism and Regional Bylaw No. 5/2006 and Regional Bylaw No.16 on Provincial Spatial Plan (RTRWP).

“Although the rules at provin-

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cial level have been ideal, in the execution it is very difficult to coordination with the existing rules in the counties and municipality because of local autonomy in the region,” he said.

He judged the counties / municipality very easily increased the revenue of the Hotel and Restaurant Tax (PHR) by issuing permits on the construction of hotels, villas and other tourist accommodation without thinking about the implications on the environmental sustainability. “Now, the UNESCO has set the subak in Bali as a world cultural heritage, but I’m even still in doubt whether we are able to maintain it,” he said pessimistically. (kmb27)

X-Ray just operated for state guests REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Customers shop at a Primark store on Oxford Street in London June 20, 2014. Discount fashion chain Primark has made its mark in Europe by offering fast-changing fashion at rock-bottom prices.

Nordstrom ads feature models with disabilities Associated Press

This undated image provided by Nordstrom shows a model in a wheelchair advertising boots in the company’s annual July anniversary catalog, which is its biggest sale event of the year with preview discounts on

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NEW YORK — It’s not easy to find models with disabilities in ads for the fashion and beauty industry — unless you look in the Nordstrom catalog.

The company has been using models with disabilities since 1997 and continues the tradition in its annual July catalog, which kicks off the upscale retailer’s largest event of the year with preview discounts of new fashions for fall.

This summer’s Nordstrom Inc. catalog includes among others a woman in a wheelchair modeling boots and a man with a prosthetic leg modeling Nike running shoes.

Hiring professional models with disabilities has become so much a part of the Seattle-based company’s DNA that its regular customers may not even realize how unusual it is.

“Identifying companies that utilize models or actresses with disabilities has been like finding a needle in a haystack,” said Meg O’Connell, a partner at the consulting firm Global Disability Inclusion.

Nordstrom, she added, “is a leader in this space and has been a long-standing supporter of disability inclusion not only in their advertising but also in employment and accessibility in their stores.”

The clothing that Nordstrom models wear is not adapted in any way. The model wearing Nikes has one on his foot and the other on his prosthetic device. The model in the wheelchair has short spiky hair as part of the punk look of her outfit, which includes a dark leather jacket along with the featured sale item, short boots with a buckled strap.

N o r d s t r o m s p o k e s w o m a n Ta r a Darrow said using the models is “really about reflecting the customers and communities we serve. We serve diverse customers and it’s an opportunity for them to see themselves when they’re looking through the book or online. ... We don’t promote it or go out and talk about it. We just think they look great.”

O’Connell said that the advertising and retail industries may be at a “tipping point” in terms of including models with disabilities. She noted that H&M and Diesel have also recently featured models with disabilities, while Swiffer recently featured an amputee actor and a Duracell ad used a deaf football player.

O’Connell said people with disabilities represent a significant marketing opportunity, with $225 billion in discretionary spending, and “companies that understand this will have an advantage.” new fashions for fall.

Operating cost reaches IDR 4 million per day

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DENPASAR - Operating cost of the X-ray detector of the Bali provincial government reaches IDR 4 million per day for one unit of mobile detector. However, the fund of the budget implementation list (DIPA) used to finance the device operation is often jammed.

As a result, the three sophisticated devices worth billions of rupiahs are only intended for state guests.

Meanwhile, security at border areas such as the harbors of Bali is still utilizing manual method.

Spokesperson of Bali Police, Hery Wiyanto, said on Wednesday (Jul 16) that the operation of the three X-ray detectors used the DIPA fund of the National Police.

He acknowledged the fund often could not be disbursed, so that the two units of mobile screening devices in the Headquarters of Bali Police Mobile Brigade and the X-ray detector at Gilimanuk, Jembrana were not effective. “We only use the DIPA funds for the three devices. Moreover, it was only used on particular events and we get the operating cost,” he said.

When asked if police did not submit the operating cost of the X-ray device to Bali government, this officer affirmed that after the grant of the device in 2013 to Bali Police, the whole operating costs would become the responsibility of police department. “The devices have been granted, not deposited. So, the operating cost

will entirely become our responsibility,” he said Due to restricted operating budget, the purpose of X-ray detector procurement to make Bali secure as per international standard remains in a dream only.

Meanwhile, Chief Unit of Bali Police Mobile Brigade, Rudy Hariyanto, when contacted after the meeting at the Bali Police Headquarters explained the operating cost of the X-ray device was estimated to reach IDR 4 million for 24 hours. However, it was also adjusted to the DIPA fund. If the activities were only under the Bali Police, the device was used for a few hours. “Approximately, it spends IDR 4 million for 24-hour operation.

However, if the event is under the Bali Police such as the event of the Bali government, the device is only used for a few hours,” he explained.

When asked about the two X-ray devices granted by Bali government, Rudy said the two mobile screening units were still stored in the Headquarters of Bali Police Mobile Brigade. He asserted the device posed a part of the Main Armament Equipment and could not be published without permission from the Chief of Bali Police. “The X-ray detectors are still stored at the Headquarters of Mobile Brigade. When wishing to see, it must get permission from the Bali Police Chief,” he said.

Nevertheless, he ensured that the equipment was still operated

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Operating cost of the X-ray detector of the Bali provincial government reaches IDR 4 million per day for one unit of mobile detector. at state events, such as the APEC, WTO and Miss World. Besides, the devices were also on display in the Ketupat Operation, Monday (Jul 21). “When hosting state

guests, this device is definitely operated,” he explained.

Similarly, this jasmine-three officer was not willing to reveal the sophistication of the device

because the operator team was still in Buleleng. “The team having been trained to operate the X-ray device is in Buleleng,” he concluded. (kmb35)

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Suwung Kauh residents haunted by reclamation impact

DENPASAR - Aside from residents of Tanjung Benoa, Kuta and Sidakarya that are worrying about the impact of Benoa Bay reclamation, the residents of Suwung Kauh are also experiencing the same worries. The struggles to reject the reclamation continue to be done. One of them is by installing jumbo-size billboard on the side of Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, Suwung Kauh, South Denpasar, Wednesday (Jul 16). The billboard read ‘Do Not Sink Us Mr. Yudhoyono, Bali Rejects Reclamation and Please Cancel Presidential Regulation No.51/2014.’ hours later the billboard was taken and the officers said it would be taken to Denpasar Police,” he added.

Related to the incident, local residents felt to have been intimidated, whereas the installation of billboard was to convey their fears. Meanwhile, along the road there were many billboards of presidential candidate and mass organization, but were not dismantled. “It is the people’s aspiration and Mr. SBY must see it. We do not know why the officers suddenly dismantled it unilaterally. We had protested.

If it’s the matter of permit, this territory belongs to our village.

Frankly, we feel to be intimidated, both by the government and security forces, whereas we are here fret about the impact of the reclamation,” he said.

Moreover, on the piodalan or anniversary of the Dalem

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Aside from residents of Tanjung Benoa, Kuta and Sidakarya that are worrying about the impact of Benoa Bay reclamation, the residents of Suwung Kauh are also experiencing the same worries.

Penataran at Suwung Kauh on Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, around 11:00 p.m., the tidal seawater inundated the outermost courtyard of the temple. The incident made people more worried because the seawater would be getting higher if the Benoa Bay would be backfilled.

“Moreover, the Benoa Bay is the estuary of five rivers in Bali.

If backfilled, where does the river water flow to? Balinese people will be impacted. This is the reason why people here reject the reclamation. Hopefully, the reclamation can be cancelled and we make the

billboard to revoke the presidential regulation. We must change the mindsets of Balinese people that are reluctant and receptive. Now, we must be able to choose,” said Bobby while adding that tourism should not always be made the scapegoat. (kmb36)

NEGARA - Cacao drying machine provided to a number of subak (irrigation cooperative) organizations in Jembrana by the Ministry of Agriculture was admitted to be less effective by the Jembrana Agriculture, Plantation and Livestock Agency.

Today, there is a new emerging technology such as solar dryer that is more effective and has

been used by a number of subak organizations. It is the trigger why the assistance of the machine originating in the state budget is rarely used by farmers.

The Head of Jembrana Agriculture, Plantation and Livestock Agency, I Ketut Wiratma, said on Wednesday (Jul 16) that his party recognized the drying machine was less desirable by cacao farmers. It happened because the quality was not so good and the

dryness of the cacao bean did not reach the core.

According to him, such technology was used in 2008 and some Subak Abian organizations producing cacao received the machine. “When used in rainy season, the drying machine is less effective. So, farmers prefer to dry their cacao bean on the floor,” he said. Later, another technology emerged, namely solar dryer considered to be more effective. So,

the drying machine was getting rarely used.

From information obtained, the dryness did not get to the core of cacao beans and the results exuded the smell of fuel of the machine. On that account, the machine was considered ineffective and farmers preferred to choose manual drying.

One of the unused drying machines was at Subak Abian Sumber Urip, Pengeragoan vil-

lage, Pekutatan subdistrict. At this subak, the drying machine was left in the subak meeting hall and rarely used. Chief of Subak Abian Sumber Urip, I Made Sunantra, confirmed that the assistance from the state budget was rarely used because the resulting quality was not the same as the drying on the floor. As a result, farmers preferred to dry out their cacao bean on their respective drying floor. (kmb26)

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JAKARTA - Following Archipelago International’s “Exclusive Getaway Giveaway” social media competition, the maverick hotel management group recently announced their lucky winner, awarding the grand prize of a round trip holiday to Bali.

As the secret to her success, Ms. Sri Maryati said she spent 3 nights sharing, tagging and mentioning favehotels on Facebook to win the Exclusive Getaway Giveaway: “I was so pleased and delighted to win the Exclusive Getaway Giveaway from favehotels. It was a wonderful stay for me and my sister at favehotel Kuta Square and we’re really happy with the hotel and the services provided. We would love to go back again soon!” Said Ms. Sri Maryati.

“We were delighted to announce Ms. Sri Maryati as the winner of our favehotels giveaway! Our favehotel brand seems to be a true favorite as it was shared and seen by over a quarter

of a million people during the 2 week period.” Said Ms. Tenaiya Brookfield, Director of E-Commerce at Archipelago International.

With 95 fun, fresh and friendly rooms, favehotel Kuta Square aims to bring an edgy design and an unprecedented level of service to Kuta’s budget hotel market. With a swimming pool, an attractive and contemporary hotel lobby and an eclectic café, the hotel affords facilities and amenities usually associated with more costly hotels.

Guest rooms are equipped with 32 inch LED televisions, top of the line beds with quality cotton bed linens and duvets, free and “truly” high speed WiFi and a complete set of complimentary

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Ms. Nadiya Fabiola, Representative from Archipelago International, Ms. Sri Maryati, The Competition Winner, Mr. Dade M Fatwa, General Manager of favehotel Kuta Square and Ms. Rizki Oki, Representative from Archipelago International during the announcement of winner. in-room amenities such as fluffy cotton towels, bathroom amenities, individually controlled air-conditioning and safe deposit boxes.

Located at one of the best addresses on the island, the hotel sits

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Winner of “Exclusive Getaway Giveaway” annouced

The Exclusive Getaway Giveaway competition was held by favehotels for its friends on Facebook. In order to be in for a chance of winning, participants were asked to share and tag the Exclusive Getaway Giveaway on the social media site, with each mention earning them one entry to the competition.

With the highest number of ‘likes’, the winner of the competition was Ms. Sri Maryati from Jakarta, who chose to stay at favehotel Kuta Square in Bali with her sister between June 27-29, 2014. Ms. Sri Maryati won roundtrip flights for 2 with $400USD spending money and a 3 Day/4 Night stay at favehotel Kuta Square, which included allinclusive Food & Beverage privileges.

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“The area of Suwung Kauh has direct contact with the shore. When the toll bridge (JDP) project was under progress, seawater has rose for several times. We are concerned if the reclamation occurs, higher the volume of water will probably rise,” said a community leader of Suwung Kauh, Kadek Bobby Susila.

According to Bobby, the billboard installation was purely the initiative of local residents. It posed a form of concern with the impact of reclamation. “Previously, we also installed a billboard, but it was dismantled by the officers with reason that Mr. SBY would come before the opening of the Bali Arts Festival. Initially, it was returned to us and allowed us to re-install and arguably it could be re-installed after Mr. SBY left Bali. In fact, a few

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Pura Sakenan Serangan Denpasar Pura Dalem Pahuman Bhujangga Penatih Denpasar Timur Pura Alas Harum Batur Kintamani Pura Alas Angker Munduk Kintamani Pura Dalem Kawitan Empuaji Klungkung 4 Jun Buda Cemeng Langkir Pura Tanah Lot Kediri Tabanan Pura Bucabe Mas Ubud Pura Puseh Desa Ganggang Canggi Batuan Pura Luhur Batur Pucangan Buahan Tabanan Pura Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Ida Ratu Sundaring Jagat Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Dalem bangun Sakti Tamiang Kapal Dalem Bias Muntig Ped Nusa penida 8 Jun

Pura Agung Petilan Pengerebongan kesiman Denpasar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kesiut Kangin Kerambitan Tabanan 10 Jun Anggarkasih Medangsia Pura Pesimpangan Gerya Sakti Yogaloka Lampung Selatan Pura Luhur Uluwatu Pura Bukit Pecatu Kuta badung Pura Penataran Agung Singakerta Ubud Pura Andakasa Karangasem Pura Gua Lawah Klungkung Pura Kawitan Arya Gelgel klungkung Pura Taman Ayun Mengwi Pura Suralaya Banda klungkung Pura Dalem Senapati Bebalang Bangli Pura Pasek Gaduh Blahbatuh Gianyar Pura Pasek Lurah Tutuan Kerambitan Tabanan Pura Pusering Jagat Tampaksiring

Gianyar Pura Gerya Sakti Tulikup Gianyar Pura Dalem Dauh Ubud Pura Segara Ketewel Sukawati Pura Mertha Sari Mas Ubud 11 Jun Pura Gede Purancak Jembrana Pura Dalem Dauma Batuan Sukawati Pura Nataran Kacang Dawa Klungkung Pura Bhatara Gede Apol Ubung Denpasar Pura Puseh Brahmana Klungkung Pura Kahyangan Jagat Dalem Purwa Denbantas Tabanan Pura Dalem Sukahet Klungkung Pura Dalem MuasPahit Guwang Sukawati Pura Taman Dukuh Tegallalang Pura Desa Sanding Tampak Siring gianyar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Batan Buah Kesiman Pura Sahab Nusa penida Pura Dalem Cemara Serangan Denpasar 12 Jun Purnama Sasih Sadha Pura Pauman Bhujangga Tonja Denpasar Pura Amertha Sari Rempoa Jakarta Selatan Pura Ulun Swi Kediri Tabanan Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Bitra Gianyar 15 Jun Kajeng Kliwon uwudan Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kekeran Mengwi 25 Jun Buda Kliwon Pahang Pura Luhur Puncak Padang Dawa Padangbai Karangasem Pura Aer jeruk Sukawati Gianyar Pura Dangin Pasar Batuan Sukawati Pura Penataran Batuyang Batubulan Pura Desa Lembeng Ketewel Gianyar Pura Pasek Bendesa Kediri Tabanan Pura Kawitan Dalem Sukawati gianyar Pura Kresek Banyuning Buleleng

Pura Puseh Bebandem Karangasem Pura Sad Kahyangan Batu Swana Nusa Penida Pura Buda Kliwon Penatih Denpasar Pura Penataran Dukuh Naga Sari Bebandem Karangasem Pura Batur Sari Ubud 27 Jun Tilem Sasih Sadha Pura Dalem Celuk Sukawati 30 Jun Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan Pura Pasek Gelgel Kekeran Delod Yeh Mengwi 5 Jul Tumpek krulut Pura Pasek gelgel Tengah Buleleng Pura Dalem Pemuteran Jelantik Tojan Klungkung Pura Pedarman Bhujangga Waisnawa Besakih Pura Taman Sari Penebel Tabanan Pura Benua Tarukan Besakih 9 Jul Buda Cemeng Merakih Pura Bendesa Mas Kepisah Pedungan Pura Natih Kalah Batubulan Pura Desa Silakarang Singapadu Pura Dalem Petitenget Kuta Badung Pura Dalem Pulasari Gianyar Pura Kubayan Kapisah Denpasar Selatan Pura Paibon Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Lumintang Denpasar Pura Panti Penyarikan Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Pasar Agung Kediri Tabanan Pura Puaya Batuan Sukawati 11 Jul Hari Bhatara Sri

12 Jul Purnama Sasih Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Tirta Besakih Pura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati

in the very heart of bustling Kuta on Jalan Kahyangan Suci, no more than 5 minutes from Kuta Beach and the flurry of boutiques, shopping centers, cafes, bars, clubs and restaurants.

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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Another delay in Justin Bieber’s Florida case Associated Press

MIAMI — Justin Bieber’s lawyers and Florida prosecutors said Wednesday they need more time to work out a possible plea deal on charges that the pop star drove under the influence and resisted arrest.

Assistant State Attorney David Gilbert and Bieber attorney Mark Shapiro asked for an additional three weeks.

Miami-Dade County Judge William Altfield reset the matter for Aug. 5.

Gilbert said at a brief hearing the two sides would inform Altfield on that date how the plea negotiations are progressing “and set a trial date, if necessary.” He gave no other details, and Shapiro also would not get into specifics. Bieber did not attend the hearing.

“It’s pretty much status quo,” Shapiro said.

Bieber was arrested early Jan. 23

in Miami Beach after what police described as an illegal street race between Bieber’s rented Lamborghini and a Ferrari driven by a friend, R&B singer Khalil Amir Sharieff. Neither was charged with drag racing.

Alcohol breath tests found Bieber’s level below Florida’s 0.02 limit for underage drivers but urine tests showed the presence of marijuana and the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in his system. Bieber was also charged with resisting arrest and driving on an expired license. Sharieff is also charged with DUI. Earlier this month, Bieber resolved

another criminal case by pleading no contest to a misdemeanor vandalism charge for throwing eggs at a neighbor’s house in Los Angeles. In that case, Bieber agreed to pay more than $80,000 in damages and meet a number of other conditions.

Bieber is also charged in Toronto with assaulting a limo driver in late December. His lawyers have said he is not guilty in that case.

Back in Miami, Bieber is being sued by a photographer who says he was roughed up while snapping pictures of the singer outside a recording studio.

The Canadian-born Bieber shot to stardom at age 15, after initially gaining notice through YouTube videos.

He was nominated for two Grammy Awards for his 2010 full-length album debut “My World 2.0,” but his popularity has begun to wane.

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Rooms growth surpass tourist arrivals

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DENPASAR - The growth of hotel rooms in Bali is increasingly unmanageable. Even, it is now predicted to have surpassed the amount of tourist arrivals. This condition has a negative impact on occupancy rates.

Room occupancy of star hotels in May 2014 reached an average of 61.01 percent, down 0.27 points from the previous month. Meanwhile, the non-star hotel occupancy rate during the same period only reached an average of 29.64 percent.

Secretary General of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Badung Chapter, Gusti Kade Sutawa, also acknowledged if the hotel growth, especially in Southern Bali, exceeded the growth of tourist arrivals.

This condition was reflected by the declining occupancy rate annually.

“When having the intention (to suppress the growth of room—Ed), we will surely be able to. Simply calculate first the carrying capacity of Bali, especially Badung. If the result is enough, then it must be stopped, as in the UK if people want to establish a hotel in an area, then the government directly answers that it cannot because the region is full,” said Kade Sutawa when confirmed.

According to him, Bali did not require a lot of hotels to be built because such condition could make the Bali tourism cheap and would make the burden heavier. Currently,

the Island of the Gods required the road infrastructure in order the construction would not only be focused in the south because travelers would not want to visit the regions if they had to cover a long journey.

“If the permit is constantly opened, it will result in bad impact on the employers and workers where their income will decline and the welfare is getting farther and farther,” he said.

Nevertheless, the decline of Bali tourism, according to Kade Sutawa, was also influenced by the tourism market shifts. In the past, the island was once visited by many European travelers, but today it was dominated by Asian travelers. Even, the Asian market had now ranked second after Australia. This happened because the financial crisis engulfed many countries in Europe, so they preferred to choose the closer destination country.

“The Bali tourism market is also changing, from Europe to Asia, so that the purchasing power and the length of stay are getting lower and shorter than that of European travelers. Not to mention, we are also competing against Thailand and Singapore that sell cheap tourism,” he said.

The Head of Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali Chapter, Panusunan Siregar, also admitted if the average length of stay of foreign and Indonesian travelers at star hotels in Bali in May 2014 reached 3.36 days. These figures were down compared to the average length of stay in April 2014 reaching 3.53 days. “Overall, the average length of stay of Indonesian travelers in May 2014 reached 3.08 days, much shorter than the average length of stay of foreign travelers reaching 3.5 days,” he concluded.

As has been known, the total amount of accommodation in Bali in 2010 reached 2,190 units with 45,408 rooms. They consisted of 158 star hotels and 20,558 rooms, 1,036 units of budget hotels with a total of 20,410 rooms and 996 cottages with a total of 4,440 rooms. Until 2011, there were 55,000 hotel rooms and 1,658 restaurants with 81 thousand seats. Dominantly, the tourist accommodations are situated in Southern Bali, namely in Badung, Gianyar and Denpasar. (kmb27)

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Villas development turning rampant in secluded area, especially that have view of paddy field. The growth of hotel rooms in Bali is increasingly unmanageable. Even, it is now predicted to have surpassed the amount of tourist arrivals.

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