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Singer Demi Lovato hospitalized for drug overdose: reports

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LOS ANGELES - Pop star Demi Lovato was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday after an apparent drug overdose but remained in stable condition, reports said.

A Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman confirmed to AFP that emergency responders transported a 25-year-old woman from an address that matches Lovato’s to a hospital, but did not identify her by name or state her condition.

Celebrity news site TMZ released audio of an emergency call in which responders appear to say that Lovato is unconscious and revived with Narcan, a nasal spray used to treat opioid overdoses.

People magazine quoted an anonymous source close to Lovato saying that the singer was in stable condition and that the overdose, while drug-related, was not from heroin, as initially

reported by TMZ. Representatives for Lovato did not respond to requests for comment.

A former Disney child star, Lovato has been open about her struggles with addiction as well as depression and eating disorders. A 2012 documentary, “Demi Lovato: Stay Strong,” documents how she used to snort cocaine several times a day but found her way into rehab and back into a successful career.

But a month ago, she released a song entitled “Sober,” in which she appeared to indicate a relapse, opening with the line, “I got no excuses for all these goodbyes.” (afp)

Superstar pastry chef’s ‘food porn’ has Instagram drooling PARIS - When Cedric Grolet takes out his pastry knife, millions of mouths water.

The young Frenchman, named the top patissier on the planet last month by “The World’s 50 Best Restaurants” list, is an Instagram superstar.

Videos of him slicing through the exquisite fake fruit he creates to reveal their tastebud-teasing interiors get millions of views on social media.

Millions more drool over images of his glossy hyper-realistic pears, apricots, lemons, peaches and even tomatoes, with Vogue -- a magazine

not known for its championing of high-calorie desserts -- saying they “leave you wanting to lick the screen”.

“His fans cry, fall into his arms and demand autographs” and selfies, said the usually sober French daily Le Monde.

His work is pure “food porn”, it declared, with only a select few getting the chance to consummate their desire every day at the top Paris hotel where he works.

With high tea at Le Meurice featuring his cakes sometimes booked weeks in advance, Grolet opened a

tiny boutique there in March.

Its shelves empty within hours every day.

His Rubik’s cube cake -- which pivots just like the real thing -- has become a cult on the fashionable Parisian dinner circuit, although at 170 euros ($200) for a cake for six, only those with the deep pockets can afford it.

Grolet has even made a blue, white and red version to celebrate France’s World Cup win earlier this month.

Like the members of the French football team, he is something of a working-class hero. (afp)

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Big Waves Hit Southern Part of Bali

DENPASAR - Big waves have been rolling into Bali’s southern beaches with “monster” high tides, signaling the arrival of some serious swell. Anyone else getting some serious flashbacks to the king tides in 2016? Or in more recent memory, how about the massive waves at Angel’s Billabong last week?

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued an alert on Wednesday warning of waves up to six meters in Bali’s southern waters.

And with the big waves and high tides have come plenty of videos and photos on the net, documenting the intensity. The high tides has been happening in the last 5 days all around Bali.

It made trip to Nusa Penida was

cancelled.BMKG recommend the shut down of fast boat routes last week from Padang Bai harbor to the Gili islands off of Lombok until until conditions improve.

Similarly, fast boats have not been operating regularly from Sanur to Nusa Lembongan and Penida, islands off of Bali’s southeastern coast.

The helicopter charter has been hired by a number of tourists

“stranded” in the Gilis and Nusa Lembongan, wanting to make it back to mainland Bali.

Air Bali, which is actually Bali’s first helicopter company, predominantly provides helicopter tours, but also does medical charters, and film and aerial photography throughout the region when hired.

“For the past three days, we have had many (helicopter book-

ings) when boats in Bali have not been operating,” Bali Air marketing manager Feny Soviani told Detik on Saturday.

“Usually we take tours in Bali, sometimes make transfers every now and then, but with the boats being cancelled, this has caused an increase of up to 50 percent of the use of helicopters for transfer,” Soviani said.

From July 19 to 20, Air Bali had about 100 passengers per day, he said. Foreign tourists were picked up and brought to Bali form Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Penida, and also Gili Trawangan.But of

course, escape via chopper is only for the financially comfortable. A helicopter ride costs USD450 per passenger from Nusa Penida or Lembongan to Bali, while a troop from Gili Trawangan to Bali runs for USD600 a head, according to Soviani. (kmb) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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After determination, Koster-Ace immediately leads to Transition House

DENPASAR - The Bali Electoral Commission (KPU) determined Wayan Koster-Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati as the elected gubernatorial and deputy gubernatorial candidate in the 2018 Bali Gubernatorial Election in the Wiswasabha Utama of Bali Governor Office on Tuesday afternoon (Jul. 24). The determination was made after the Electoral Commission received a letter from the Constitutional Court on Monday (Jul. 23) stating that Bali is not listed in the registration of dispute cases in the 2018 simultaneous regional leader election.

Based on the letter of Director General of Regional Autonomy, Ministry of Home Affairs, the inauguration of the elected governor and deputy governor will be held on September 17. Meanwhile, Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, will end his office on August 29, 2018.

Of course, there will be a vacancy in the governor’s office until awaiting the inauguration of the new governor.

“Of course, it will become the authority of central government to fill in the governor’s position. Maybe it will be filled with acting governor or the like. Obviously, there should not be vacancy in the government,” said Chairman of the Bali Electoral Commission, I Dewa Kade Wiarsa Raka Sandi, after the opening of the plenary session of the determinantion of the elected governor and deputy governor.

Determination of the elected candidate pair also be-

came the last day of Raka Sandi’s term. After 10 years of serving as the organizer of the election, Raka Sandi will perform a new duty as electoral supervisor. It followed his inauguration as one of the members of Bali Electoral Supervisory Committee on Wednesday (Jul. 25).

“I participated in the selection process (of Electoral Supervisory Committee—Ed) that was indeed with the permission of the Chairman of the Central Electoral Supervisory Committee (Bawaslu) because the stages for the 2018 election had already been completed and the term of office is indeed over,” he explained.

Transition House

Meanwhile, Koster-Cok Ace went directly to the former official residence of the Chairman of the Bali House of Representatives having been transformed into a transition house on the idea of the current Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika. In front of the media crew, Koster thanked all parties, ranging from the gubernatorial election organizer to people who have used their voting right. Not to be missed, he also thanked to his rival, Ida Bagus Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra-I Ketut Sudikerta.

“We thank the candidate pair of number 2 that has used their political rights to participate in the 2018 Bali gubernatorial election as our partner in building the quality of democracy in Bali and providing intelligent political education for Balinese people, especially the younger generation,” said this Head of the PDI-P Bali.

Koster also reiterated the vision and mission as delivered during the last campaign. In essence, the de-

velopment in Bali will be carried out with a conceptual approach to one region, known as the one island, one system and one governance, or one island and one management. One of the agendas that will soon be implemented is to establish a special team to draft legislation, long-term development plan (RPJMD), programs in the 2018 regional budget (RAPBD) amendment and 2019 RAPBD, and priority programs after being inaugurated.

The regulations that will soon be formulated will include the one posing a direct request from PDI-P Chairperson, Megawati Soekarnoputri, regarding the drafting of regional bylaw or gubernatorial regulation about the ban from using plastic wrap.

“To strengthen the team that will handle these tasks, it will be formed a like-based working group (sekaa demen) for Bali consisting of the graduates of ITB Bandung who have professional competence and experiences in their respective field,” he explained.

The fields, continued Koster, will cover infrastructure, transportation, provision of basic drinking water and electricity, the environment, people’s handicraft industry, food to state-owned enterprises and the private sector. Approximately there are 20 people that will join and start working at transition house from July 28, 2018. They mainly compile the concept of Bali’s development as the implementation of the Koster-Ace’s vision and mission.

“They are ready to work free of charge so as not to burden the regional budget,” added this former member of the central House of Representatives. (kmb32)

Repeatedly hit by fire, Residents of Peh protest and have landfill closed

NEGARA - Peh landfill at Kaliakah village, Negara, was on fire on Tuesday (Jul. 24). The fire incident occurred in the piles of garbage at the southern side adjacent to the asphalt plant. Based on the information, the fire was known to blaze since Tuesday morning of around 04:30.

People who happened to pass saw the incident and reported to village officers.

Amid the fire extinguishment process by the firefighters, dozens of residents protested and demanded the closure of the largest landfill in Jembrana. They claimed to be furious with such condition because such incident has repeatedly happened.

“Smoke gets to the settlements. It is a pity on the surrounding babies and children.

Hopefully, this is the last one and we have the landfill closed,” said Ketut Witama, a local resident.

Apart from smoke problem, people have long objected to the existence of the landfill because of the bad impact in the form of the air and underground wa-

ter pollution. Stagnant water around the landfill area results in mosquito larvae and the color of the puddle is very thick.

The water also flows into the surrounding drains and irrigation channel used by the local subak (irrigation cooperative).

A member of Subak Tegalasih, Nengah Wisana, revealed that subak water is affected by the garbage seepage from the landfill. Most of the residents in Peh area are quite patient with such condition.

However, with this third fire incident they can longer stand. People asked the government to close and relocate the garbage disposal from Peh Landfill.

“The smoke from burning garbage has mounted like that. Within a few moments, it will become abundant,” said Komang, another resident.

They urged the government to immediately respond before they are getting anarchical because the impact of the landfill has been very detrimental to citizens.

Protest action had been calmed down by

village officers and Jembrana Environment Agency (LH). People then chose to disperse after getting a mask from the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) and previously were received by local headman.

Headman of Kaliakah, Made Bagiarta, said he already received a report from the public around 04:30. Fortunately, no casualties were reported in the incident.

However, it has received the attention from village apparatus because the fire has not gone out. According to him, this is the third fire experienced by the landfill.

Similarly, he admitted to have frequently received some complaints from people living around the landfill area.

There should be a solution from the local government so as not to accumulate at Peh. The Peh landfill is known to burn on Tuesday morning. The fire is estimated to originate from methane gas arising from the piles of garbage. From the observations made on Tuesday afternoon, the

fire was still visible in the piles of garbage with the height of 15 meters more.

Although the fire truck of the Jembrana district government alternately extinguished, thick smoke still puffed around the location.

Head of Fire Department, Kade Bagus Darmawan, amid the extinguishment revealed the officers have started to extinguish the fire from 05:04. It took a long time to extinguish as the source of fire was still in the middle of the garbage piles. The landfill spreading across the area of one hectare is still prone to fire. “We are still trying to open the piles of garbage with heavy equipment to extinguish the source of fire,” he explained.

This fire incident is the umpteenth times occurred at that location. Previously, the officers took up to three days to put out the fire. Fire Department deployed three fire trucks with the help of the Jembrana Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD). (kmb26)

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Thursday, July 26, 2018

Canggu Fun Run to Be Held in August 2018

Canggu Fun Run, a fun and exciting jogging event, will return to be held on August 19, 2018.

It aims to promote the Canggu tourism area with the target participants of more than 350 runners, either beginners or professionals. “All the runners are invited to know the very beautiful and unique Canggu village,” said Hotel Manager of FRii Bali Echo Beach, Hasan Bisri, on the sidelines of breaking fast together at the local hotel, Thursday (Jun. 7).

Tourism players and foreign tourists are given the opportunity to participate in the event having entered the third year. Therefore, this run is very different, where it does not only make the participants fit and healthy, but also happy.

“The route is the village area of ??Canggu, a newly developing village tourist area after Kuta and Seminyak. Rural atmosphere and the hospitality of its citizens along with their activity become a unique attraction in completing the route,”

said Hasan Bisri.

The route chosen is almost the same as last year’s, such as passing through paddy fields, beaches, mural art walls, cafes & restaurants, temples and residential area of local community in a fun manner. The Fun Run 2018 will cover a distance of about 5 km centered on Canggu Beach. The participants are tourism workers and hotel guests staying in Bali that will be divided into two categories: namely men and women Hasan Bisri said, other than intro-

ducing the tourist area of ??Canggu, the Fun Run 2018 is also held in a series of the commemoration of the 73rd Independence Day of Indonesia and the anniversary of local sekaa teruna (customary youth club). On that account, the Canggu Fun Run 2018 involves the sekaa teruna as the committee. “We invite local residents, especially sekaa teruna as part of the application of the Tri Hita Karana, especially the pawongan (social) and palemahan (environmental) aspect,” he said.

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Indeed, explained Hasan Bisri, the Canggu Fun Run 2018 is held

by FRii Bali Echo Beach in collaboration with The Haven Bali Seminyak, The Haven Suites Bali Berawa and Fontana Hotel Bali incorporated in PHM Collection under the auspices of PHM Hospitality. “This activity is a part of our social responsibility to the environment. Therefore, at the end of the event there is a handover of assistance to underprivileged children,” he concluded. (kmb)

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A new study links the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, found in cat feces, to entrepreneurship.

Parasite in cat poop could make us take risks

COLORADO - A mind-controlling parasite found in cat feces may give people the courage they need to become entrepreneurs, researchers reported Tuesday.

They found that people who have been infected with the Toxoplasma gondii parasite are more likely to major in business and to have started their own businesses than non-infected people.

The parasite, which makes rodents unafraid of cats, may be reducing the fear of failure in people, Stefanie Johnson of the University of Colorado and colleagues said.

They haven’t actually shown that. But toxoplasmosis does get into the brain, and it’s been linked to a variety of mental effects in mice and people alike.

It has been linked to a greater risk of “car accidents, mental illness, neuroticism, drug abuse and suicide,” Johnson and her colleagues wrote in their paper, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

It might be affecting message-carrying chemicals in the brain called neurotransmitters, or hormones such as testosterone, they wrote.

In particular, scientists have studied whether the parasite might increase risk-taking behavior.

Johnson is an associate professor of management at the University of Colorado and often told her students about the odd effects of the parasite, which travels to the brains of rodents and causes them to lose their innate fear of the smell of cat urine.

That benefits the organism, which reproduces in the bodies of cats. Cats are more likely to eat the unafraid infected mice, thus helping the parasite in its life cycle.

People can catch it from handling droppings from cats that are newly infected, but most people catch the parasite when eating poorly cooked meat, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

Pregnant women are warned to stay away from cat feces in litter boxes and raw meat because the parasite can cause miscarriages and birth defects. (net)

not only humanitarian but also smart policy, Fauci added.

“You get a twofer: You save the life of the person who’s infected,” he said, “and you’re making it virtually impossible for that person to transmit that infection to their sexual partner.”

Until there’s a vaccine, condoms are the best way to prevent HIV infection, but not everyone uses them or does so all the time, so other options are needed.

A two-drug combo used to treat people with HIV, sold as Truvada

by Gilead Science and in generic form in some countries, has been shown to help prevent infection when one partner has the virus and one does not, but the evidence so far has been strongest for malefemale couples.

A new study was designed as a real-world test in about 1,600 gay men in the Paris region who were at high risk of getting HIV because of many sex partners, reluctance to use condoms or other reasons. They were offered the preventive pills either for daily use, as is recommended in the United States, or “on demand” — before and after unprotected sex. A little more than half chose on demand, and have been tested every three months to see if they had been infected. (net)

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Truvada has been shown to help prevent infection when one partner has HIV and one does not.

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Full-day school is not a must

AIDS drugs suppress infections, studies show

New research shows more promise for using AIDS treatment drugs as a prevention tool, to help keep uninfected people from catching HIV during sex with a partner who has the virus.

There were no infections among gay men who used a two-drug combo pill either daily or just before and after sex with someone with HIV, one study found. In a second study, no uninfected men caught the virus if they had sex only with a partner whose HIV was well suppressed by medicines.

Both studies were discussed Tuesday at the International AIDS conference in Amsterdam.

The United States’ top AIDS scientist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, called the results “very impressive” and “really striking.”

About 36 million people worldwide have HIV and 1.8 million new infections occur each year, said Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

“The only way you’re going to end the epidemic is by preventing additional cases of transmission,” he said. The treatment drugs are tools that “if widely implemented, theoretically could end the epidemic.”

Expanding access to them is

Thursday, July 26, 2018

MANGUPURA - A number of elementary schools (SD) and junior high schools (SMP) in several districts in Bali remains to apply five-day school or known as full-day school. Actually, the policy referring to the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture No.23/2017 on School Day has been replaced by Presidential Regulation No.87/2017 on the Strengthening of Character Education.

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Having kept silent for few days, the Mount Agung returned to show off its volcanic activities.

Mount Agung erupts thrice in low scale AMLAPURA - Having kept silent for few days, the Mount Agung returned to show off its volcanic activities. On Tuesday (Jul. 24), the volcano with the height of 3,142 meters above sea level experienced thrice eruptions with one-hour interlude from one eruption to another.

The first eruption occurred at 12:52 with duration of 3 minutes 26 seconds and the height of ash column as high as 1,500 meters.

The second eruption followed at 13:36 with duration of 2 minutes 13 seconds and the height of ash column of 700 meter. Finally, the third eruption happened at 14:36 with the duration of 3 minutes 13 seconds and height of ash column of 700 meters. The medium intensity of ash column coming in white-gray color flew eastward and southeastward following the wind direction.

Related to the thrice eruptions in succession, the Head of the Volcanic Mitigation of Eastern Territory of the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG), Dr. Devi Kamil Syahbana, in a press release said the three eruptions belong to low scale.

Nevertheless, the multi-parameter data (seismic, deformation, geochemistry and satellite) indicate that Mt. Agung’s activities are still fluctuating, unstable and still potentially eruptive.

Previously, the blast activities and eruptions had decreased because there was a slight decrease in

the supply of magma. The records of the three eruptions occurred last Tuesday, according to Devi Kamil Syahbana, indicate the movement of magmatic fluid to the surface (indicated by the recorded volcanic earthquake). Based on the data analysis as a whole, it has not been observed any indications on the increase in magmatic intrusion in a large scale. “Under the current conditions, the main threat of danger can be a stone or lava flare in and out of the crater, pebble, sand or ash. Based on data modeling, there is possibility of large eruption material fall within the radius of 4 km,” he explained.

The eruption was followed by information on thin ash rain in several locations and even getting to Ubud, Gianyar. Regarding this matter, Devi Kamil Syahbana said the volcanic ash materials could spread very far even getting to outside Bali Island in accordance with the wind direction and speed.

He urged the community to remain calm but continuing to maintain preparedness and keeping abreast of the latest activity development to anticipate changes in dynamic volcanic activities.

“Mount Agung’s activities are still developing and can change any time. Currently, it remains in the watch alert level. If the data indicate there is a potential for larger eruption with a widespread threat, the PVMBG will re-evaluate its recommendations,” he concluded. (kmb)

The regulation gives freedom to schools to choose the system applied. Then, what about the schools in Badung district? The Head of Badung Education Agency, I Ketut Widia Astika, said the agency did not force elementary school and junior high school to apply the program. However, a number of schools, especially private schools, have implemented the program.

“There have been schools applying it (full-day school—Ed), but they are only in the level of elementary school, while at junior high school it is only applied by private school. So far, no state school does it. It is not easy to change from sixday to the five-day school,” said Widia Astika on Monday (Jul. 7).

According to him, the schools having implemented the five-day school program must really take into account both the curriculum and school character because not all parents of students agree with the program.

“There must be an agreement with the school committee whether there is objection to the pro-

gram because students’ parents may work until Saturday. Meanwhile, their children have day-off at home without supervision, so this also becomes a constraint,” he said.

Besides, the application of full-day school program at public schools, recognized by this bureaucrat from Kerobokan, North Kuta, finds difficulty because they are averagely apply double shifts, so it is impossible to apply the five-day school.

“Nevertheless, we will try to implement the program first. We make tryout for two weeks. If there are no complaints, it will be continued. If returning to six-day school, there is no obligation, so that we will return the decision to schools,” he said while adding that elementary schools having implemented full-day school are the SDN 4 Tuban and SDN 2 Tibubeneng elementary school.

Based on data of the Badung Education Agency, the private elementary and junior high schools having implemented the full-day school in Badung are the SD Harapan Bunda (South Kuta), SD Taman Rama (South Kuta), SD Bintang Mandiri (South Kuta), SD Taman Tirta (Mengwi), SD Bukit Sunrise (South Kuta), SD Immanuel (North Kuta), SD Lentera Hati (South Kuta), SD Jembatan Budaya (Kuta), SD Kalam Kudus (North Kuta), SD Tunas Kasih (South Kuta), SD Widiatmika (South Kuta), SD High Scope Indonesia Bali (North Kuta), SD Multi Q (North Kuta), SDN 4 Tuban (Kuta), SMP Widiatmika (South Kuta), SMP Taman Rama (South Kuta), SMP Tunas Kasih (South Kuta), SMP Bintang Mandiri (South Kuta), SMP Jembatan Budaya (Kuta), SMP Kalam Kudus (North Kuta) and SMP Sunari Loka (Kuta). (kmb27)

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A number of elementary schools (SD) and junior high schools (SMP) in several districts in Bali remains to apply five-day school or known as full-day school.

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International

Impact of delayed crossing

ATHENS - At least 79 people died in huge wildfires around Athens, Greek authorities said Wednesday, as rescuers scoured scorched homes and burned-out cars for survivors of one of the deadliest fire outbreaks in Europe’s modern history.

SEMARAPURA - The issuance of circular by the Benoa Harbor Authority and Harbormaster Office asking all passenger boat operators / pilots and / or fast boat operators to delay their voyage for several days due to bad weather had a significant impact on tourist visits to Nusa Penida islands. Since the presence of the appeal to delay voyage, tourist visit to Nusa Penida decreased by 60 percent. This condition was recognized by the Head of the Klungkung Tourism Office, I Nengah Sukasta, on Tuesday (Jul. 24).

Since the presence of the appeal to delay voyage, tourist visit to Nusa Penida decreased by 60 percent. harbormaster in accordance with the law. I don’t want to go beyond it.

However, what I question is that the sea condition is good. Why the voyage delay is extended again? As a result, it is fatal for Nusa Penida. Guest visits drastically reduced as well as delivery of basic foods and other commodities become disturbed because of the anxiety with the letter,” he said.

Responding to the problem, Sukasta said he would coordinate again with the relevant agencies. He hoped the appeal related to the delay of crossing service issued by the harbormaster can be adjusted to the

real conditions at sea. If condition of the sea waves is normal, the ships and boats are allowed to cross.

“If the condition is good, why should there be a delay? Indeed, this is the forecast of the National Weather Service (BMKG); I do not have capability of predicting it.

However, this condition is different in the field, not as bad as imagined,” said Sukasta while adding that the issue had previously been discussed with the harbormaster and related agencies on July 21.

Separately, Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant As-

sociation (PHRI) of Klungkung, I Wayan Kariana, also acknowledged that tourist visit to Nusa Penida experienced a significant decline since the issuance of appeal for not crossing for passenger ships and / or fast boats. Many tourists wishing to go to Nusa Penida, Lembongan and Jungut Batu canceled their visit. As a result, hotel occupancy as well as restaurants and transportation services have dropped dramatically.

“Many guests canceled their hotel reservations,” he said.

Regarding this condition, he admitted to have made an effort by

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visiting the harbormaster working unit at Sanur. The harbormaster, said Kariana, explained the postponement letter was not to close the fast boat departure. As long as the waves are observed good, the boats are allowed to cross.

“Due to confused news and information from different sources, many tourists canceled their visit to Nusa Penida whereas today (Jul. 24), some fast boats seem to have departed. For example, Angel Billabong Fast Boat continues to serve the Sanur - Nusa Penida route,” he added. (kmb40)

Police investigate the causes of fire incident at villas

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The joint team came back to the crime scene to uncover the exact causes of the fire.

MANGUPURA - The joint team of the Denpasar Forensic Laboratory, Denpasar Police and South Kuta Police continued to perform crime scene investigation at the fire incident exposed to Blue Point Villas and Ocean One Villa at the Labuan Sait, Pecatu, South Kuta. On Tuesday (Jul. 24), the joint team came back to the crime scene to uncover the exact causes of the fire.

“The authority having the appropriate competency to find the causes of this fire is forensic laboratory. So, we are waiting for the results of the investigation,” said Chief of South Kuta Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Andi Yaqin, while accompanying the Chief of South Kuta Police, Nengah Patrem.

According to Andi, the villa owner or villa management had not reported the incident yet. Nevertheless, his authority will continuously explore the information at the scene.

When asked about the indications of negligence in the incident because the fire was alleged to appear at the Ocean Wedding project using Styrofoam, Andi confirmed there are many possibilities regarding the causes of the fire. “Forensics will be able to explain the causes of the fire,” he affirmed.

Is requiring a permission to use Styrofoam as a building wall? “We are still investigating. Surely, we are going to coordinate with related institutions,” said Andi.

Meanwhile, Patrem said the crime scene was a project with steel

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Greek wildfires toll rises to 79 amid search for survivors

Tourist visit to Nusa Penida downs to 60 percent

Sukasta explained the decline in tourist visits to Nusa Penida has occurred since the past five days.

Nusa Penida commonly crowded with tourists has now been quiet since the issuance of the appeal to delay voyage for passenger ships and or fast boats. “The impact on Nusa Penida is extraordinary. No tourists can go there because the boat’s departure from the harbor is firmly restricted,” he explained.

Sukasta said that based on the information compiled from some of his staff in Nusa Penida, the condition of waters in the sea is quite normal to cross. He also questioned about the Benoa Harbor Authority and Harbormaster Office that returned to issue a letter for the third voyage delay.

“Indeed, the highest authority regarding the safety matters lies in

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frame construction and workmanship conditions has reached completion of 60 to 70 percent where the roof, floor and wall are made of Styrofoam. Daily workmanship of the project is carried out with electrical tools. On Monday (Jul. 23) at 09:00, the project installed a steel frame on the second floor handled by six people.

The fire was first discovered by six project workers, namely Abdul Rosyid, Febri Pujo Handoko, Bima Listian Asasi Makdur, Ahmad Budi Santoso and Kuku Sri Madona. At 13:30, they were startled by a cloud of dense smoke from the walls on the second floor of the building made of Styrofoam. Seeing the puff of smoke accompanied with flames, the project workers ran towards the edge of the pool. (kmb36)

Scores of locals and holidaymakers fled to the sea to try to escape the flames as they tore through towns near Athens stoked by 100-kilometre-per-hour wind gusts, devouring woodland and hundreds of buildings.

Greek media have described the disaster as a “national tragedy”, while Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras cut short a visit to Bosnia and announced three days of national mourning.

The government has not yet said how many people are still missing from the fires, which broke out on Monday, as firefighters continue to battle blazes in some areas.

Terrified residents and tourists were overtaken by the flames in homes, on foot or in their cars. AFP photographers saw the burnt bodies of people and dogs.

The charred bodies of 26 people, including small children, were discovered at a villa at the seaside resort of Mati, 40 kilometres (25 miles) northeast of Athens, rescuers said.

They were huddled together in small groups, “perhaps families, friends or strangers, entwined in a last attempt to protect themselves as they tried to reach the sea”, said rescuer Vassilis Andriopoulos.

“Mati no longer exists,” said the mayor of nearby Rafina, Evangelos

Valerie GACHE / AFP

Firefighters and volunteers try to extinguish flames during a wildfire at the village of Kineta, near Athens, on July 24, 2018.

Bournous, adding that more than a thousand buildings and 300 cars had been damaged.

On Wednesday a blaze was threatening houses near the seaside town of Kineta, 25 kilometres west of Athens.

- Deadliest ever Greek fire Dozens of firefighters were bat-

tling the flames aided by helicopters and planes dropping thousands of gallons of water.

A fire service official said that searches to find those missing in the fires would continue on Wednesday, although there was still no official word on the number of people unaccounted for.

Spokeswoman Stavroula Maliri

said authorities knew of “79 dead”, surpassing the 77 people killed in the previous deadliest fires in Greece, on the southern island of Evia in 2007.

Some 187 people have been hospitalised, with 82 being treated on Tuesday evening, including almost a dozen children, most of whom were in a “serious condition”, the

fire services said.

Rain is forecast for the coming days, which will help efforts to douse the flames after temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) on Monday.

Dramatic video footage showed people fleeing by car as the touristfriendly Attica region declared a state of emergency. (afp)

Deadly caste violence hits Indian state

IBP/net

Protests have been mounting across the key state since Monday, when a Maratha community activist jumped to his death from a bridge in protest.

MUMBAI - Violent protests by an Indian caste demanding reserved government jobs erupted in the western state of Maharashtra on Wednesday a day after deadly demonstrations, officials said.

Protests have been mounting across the key state since Monday, when a Maratha community activist jumped to his death from a bridge in protest.

Another activist killed himself with poison on Tuesday, the same day a police officer was killed in clashes during wider protests, reports said.

More than 30,000 police have

been deployed across the region but the first trouble on Wednesday blew up in the city of Thane, near Mumbai.

“Two incidents of stone-pelting and arson were reported near Thane and we have prevented further incidents by deploying our teams,” Sukhada Narkar, a police spokesperson in Thane told AFP. Maratha protests were held across the Mumbai, shutting many schools and colleges and delaying trains, officials added.

Maratha protestors have for years been pressing for more re-

served jobs in the government and education. A rally by hundreds of thousands of protestors last year paralysed Mumbai.

Campaigns by groups like the Marathas in Maharashtra and Patidars in Gujarat -- to back their demands for more government jobs -- have claimed many lives in recent years.

Maharashtra is a key agricultural state but in recent years poor rains have led to crop failures. Many Marathas were among more than 2,500 farmers who committed suicide in the state in 2017, according to official figures. (afp)

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Iran replaces central bank chief as economy faces crisis

Iran replaced its central bank chief on Wednesday, local media reported, amid fallout over banking scandals and the crisis facing the country’s economy. Valiollah Seif, who had served as the bank’s governor since President Hassan Rouhani took power in August 2013, was replaced by Abdolnasser Hemati following a cabinet meeting, according to the official IRNA news agency.

Hemati, 61, previously served as head of Central Insurance of Iran, as well as both Sina Bank and Bank Melli.

He had been slated to become ambassador to China until he was recalled at the last minute.

Seif has been criticised particularly over his handling of a currency crisis that has seen the rial lose more than half its value against the dollar in the past year.

An attempt in April to enforce a fixed rate for the rial sparked a boom in black market exchanges, forcing the central bank to backtrack as the currency’s street value crashed to record lows in June. The crisis coincided with Washington’s announcement in May that it was pulling out of the 2015 nuclear deal and reimposing full sanctions on Tehran, exacerbating the run on the rial.

The US also slapped individual sanctions on Seif in May, accusing him of helping Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps transfer millions of dollars to Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

Rouhani thanked Seif for his “strong and serious service”, and said the cabinet had “full confidence” in Hemati. He said a key priority was tackling “illegal credit institutions”.

Bankruptcies at several unlicensed lenders -- which had offered high interest rates and cheap loans with little capital to back them up -- wiped out the savings of millions of depositors and has been a key driver of recent protests.

Rouhani vowed to crackdown on unlicenced banks when he came to power. His government has been pressured to repay lost deposits, further straining government resources. (afp)

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Gas giant Linde reports strong Q2 ahead of mega-merger

German industrial gases giant Linde reported strong performance in the second quarter, adding that preparations for a hoped-for massive merger with American rival Praxair were in “full swing”.

Munich-based Linde said net profits attributable to shareholders reached 429 million euros ($501 million) between April and June, up 43 percent year-on-year.

Operating, or underlying profit as measured by EBIT grew 31 percent, to 623 million euros, on the back of revenues up 1.0 percent at 4.5 billion euros. Preferring to highlight turnover up 4.7 percent in currency-adjusted terms over

the first six months, chief executive Aldo Belloni hailed “encouraging growth in revenue” helping put the group “on the right track” ahead of the Praxair merger.

Revenues and profits at the group’s flagship gases division sagged in the second quarter, but were more than made up for by growth at the engineering division, which builds ready-to-use industrial plants. Looking to its proposed merger with Praxair, Linde said that “the merger control and regulatory processes are in full swing”.

Hoping to earn competition authorities’ favour for the tie-up, it

said earlier this month it had agreed to sell off much of its business in the Americas for $3.3 billion if the deal goes ahead. Meanwhile, Praxair has promised to offload European businesses worth $5.9 billion on the same terms. The two groups hope to secure approval and complete the merger -- worth around $65 billion -- in the second half of the year.

Over the full year, Linde alone expects revenues up to 4.0 percent higher than the 17.1 billion euros achieved in 2017, while shooting for operating profit adjusted for currency effects up to 5.0 percent higher. (afp)

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Jembong Waterfall, Cheap and Fun Nature Tourism

Generally when making a trip to waterfall, tourists must step down hundreds of stairs first. However, it is different when visiting Jembong waterfall where you just need to climb dozens of stairs.

Within three minutes, you can take selfie with the background of fascinating Jembong waterfall.

Armed with the capital of IDR 5,000, tourists can have enjoyed the allurement of Jembong waterfall.

However, if you only want to swim, you only need to pay as much as IDR 5,000 for adult and IDR 3,000 for child.

There are three fairly large pools with very clear water. Each has the depth of 110 cm for adult, while two children pools have varied depths, namely 80 cm and 60 cm. The water purely comes from Jembong waterfall having been filtered.

If you want to take selfie with an instragrammable background, you can pose on the bridge with a distance of about five meters from the waterfall. Verdant trees in combination with the beautiful waterfall will make your photos more interesting.

Jembong waterfall located at Ambengan village, Sukasada,

Buleleng, also provides a challenging adrenaline attraction, namely flying fox. There are several tracks, such as flying fox of track A with the price set at IDR 15,000; track B at IDR 25,000; and track A & B at IDR 30,000.

Some other activities that can still be enjoyed by tourists here include the trekking and wet rappelling. This tourist attraction is managed by Banten Sari tourism awareness group (Pokdarwis) where it can draw the visit up to 500 people each day.

Pokdarwis leader, Made Suneka, said the attraction was officially opened in 2013. “Tourists making a visit here do not only domestic, but also foreign ones,” he said recently.

He added that tourist visits are usually crowded during holidays.

Similar opinion was also revealed by one of Pokdarwis staff, Wayan Surung. He said although

the flying fox was just officially opened two months ago, it has been widely demanded. Moreover, there are about 60 students of Ganesha University of Education Singaraja that have tried the excitement of flying fox.

One of the visitors, Sumiasih, expressed her excitement at the Jembong waterfall. She claimed to spend her time to swim and soak.

“Water of the pools here directly flows from Jembong waterfall, so it is fresh and very cool,” said the student who is currently studying at the STAHN Mpu Kuturan, Singaraja.

If visitors are hungry and thirsty, the operator has provided with a stall and some gazebos to rest for a moment. In addition, for visitors wishing to do melukat or purificatory rite, the operator has also provided a place to do it located near the waterfall. (kmb)

Ritual Meaning Behind Mesuryak Tradition

Valiollah Seif

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Celebration of Kuningan Day at Bongan Gede Hamlet, Bongan, Tabanan, returned to be accompanied with mesuryak tradition on Saturday (Jun. 9). It took place lively. The procession began around 09:00 until 11:00 local time marked with prayers at each resident’s house compound. After that, it was resumed with worship at village trinity temples and the merajan (family temple).

This worship is meant to invoke salvation to God as well as the ancestors believed to be at home during the celebration of Galungan until Kuningan. The mesuryak is then proceeded to bring all the ritual paraphernalia such as the offerings, including the one symbolizing the Raja Dewata (ancestors) to the front gate of each house compound.

Furthermore, temple priests or the elders

chanted the prayers closed with mesuryak procession. Each family provided provisions in the form of coins and banknotes. The money was thrown into the air and then grabbed by residents. Girls and boys scrambled for the money. From the observation, every Kuningan Day, about tens of millions of rupiahs are dedicated by the citizens of Bongan Gede hamlet for the mesuryak tradition.

Chief of Bongan Gede customary village, I Nyoman Parwata, said the tradition of mesuryak is passed down through generations at his hamlet. “Mesuryak aims to deliver the ancestral spirits back to heaven after coming down and participate in the celebration of Galungan with their descendants.

After ten days, precisely on Kuningan feast, we accompany our ancestors back to heaven. We escort them with happiness while cheering (mesuryak) and throwing money into the air.

Then, it is scrambled by many people,” he said.

The amount of money used in the mesuryak varies depending on the economic capacity of the citizens. This tradition has existed for generations and remains to be organized every six months (210 days) coinciding with Kuningan Day. (kmb)

Pesan, a Tasty Balinese Traditional Menu Pesan or pepes is a Balinese traditional menu that is quite tasty. This menu is also often called tum or anyang or in accordance with respective region. Shape of the package is also different where in general there are three shapes, namely longwise upward rectangle, while others may wrap it like wrapped rice and sideline longwise rectangle like a pillow. However, they all have the same ingredients and preparation.

For the Hindu communities on the Island of Gods, this pesan menu is also used as a means of offering presented to the ancestors.

Yet this one is made simpler or smaller, so it can be easily put into the basket of the offerings. The pesan for offerings is very special as made from selected ingredient such as black chicken, multi-colored chicken and others in accordance with the type of offerings and the level of ceremony.

Well, the pesan menu commonly intended for consumption has larger size. Similarly, the pesan to be sold will have different shape where it is mostly longwise and sideways like pillow. The ingredient also varies. The one for sale is usually made from pork, chicken and fish. Meanwhile, farmers in rural areas usually take advantage of the ingredients obtained from their paddy fields, such as fish, eels, frog, dragonflies and others.

Well, the pesan made from pork is the most easily encountered. This one is usually sold at restaurants and food stalls in rural and urban areas. Besides, it can also be obtained in traditional markets. If local com-

munities organize a ceremony like wedding, pawukon-based birthday (otonan), cremation (ngaben) and others they will definitely make this type of pesan. This means the activities will involve community members in large numbers and this pesan menu will be served.

Local community is very familiar with this menu.

Ingredient of this pesan menu is selected meat such as ham, skin and blood. The seasoning consists of onion, garlic, pepper and chili plus salt according to taste. Do not forget to add bay leaves to remove fishy smell ??as well as increase the delicious aroma. People in rural areas regularly mix the ingredients with other supplement such as banana heart and banana underground steam and others.

Its preparation is very simple. First of all, chop the meat to become smooth. While chopping, please be filled with blood so the meat turns red. The skin is boiled and then sliced thin and into small size. Seasoning of onion, garlic, and chili are sliced ??into small part. Then, the chopped meat is mixed together with seasoning well. Add some salt according to your taste.

When having a little stock of meat, people usually mix with grated coconut to get more batter. Next, wrap the batter with banana leaves and affix each end of the wrap with bamboo spin. Each wrap is filled with a bay leaf to balance cholesterol. Then, steam them for about 20 minutes. Ultimately, take out and it’s ready to serve. (kmb)

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Jessica Ann Tyson (L) and Monica Sparks, twin sisters pose on July 21, 2018 in Kentwood, Michigan.

Identical twins run for US office -- for rival parties

KENTWOOD - Twins Monica Sparks and Jessica Ann Tyson are identical in almost every way.

The African American sisters running for local office in the US state of Michigan forged an unbreakable bond during a childhood tarred by abuse. They wear the same white dress and even finish each other’s sentences.

But their choice of jewelry -- a blue flower pin for Sparks, a red one for Tyson -- gives away the one key thing separating the 46-year-old women: their political stripes.

Sparks is a Democrat. Tyson is a Republican.

They say they are proof positive that political differences can be overcome, even in an increasingly polarized America.

“It just baffles our mind why people hate each other,” Tyson tells AFP in a joint interview with her sister. “Mothers aren’t talking to sons. Fathers are disowning daughters.”

“We are not going to let this come between our family,” says Sparks.

- ‘Start finding common ground’ -

Sparks and Tyson live in neighboring electoral districts in the Midwestern state -- part of the country’s traditionally Democratic Rust Belt that, against all odds, helped Donald Trump win the presidency.

Each is campaigning for a seat on the governing board that oversees Kent County, which is home to 640,000 people and is the state’s second most populous area, after Detroit.

The primary election is on August 7. Sparks faces several Democratic rivals, while Tyson is running

unopposed for the Republican nomination.

The twins say they agree on broad ideas: they both want to live a life of service and to reduce political discord.

The rest, they say, can be negotiated.

“We need to start finding common ground, period, if we’re going to get ahead as a society,” says Sparks.

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Red planet and ‘blood moon’ pair up to dazzle skygazers PARIS - The longest “blood moon” eclipse this century will coincide with Mars’ closest approach in 15 years to offer skygazers a thrilling astronomical double bill on Friday, astronomers say.

For about half the world, the moon will be partly or fully in Earth’s shadow from 1714 to 2328 GMT -- six hours and 14 minutes in all.

The period of complete eclipse -- known as “totality”, when the moon appears darkest -- will last from 1930 to 2113 GMT. “Totality will last for 103 minutes, making it the longest eclipse of the 21st century!” said the Royal Astronomical Society in London.

At the same time, Mars will hover near the moon in the night sky, easily visible with the naked eye.

Our neighbouring planet will appear unusually large and bright, a mere 57.7 million kilometres (35.9 million miles) from Earth on its elliptical orbit around the sun.

“We have a rare and interesting conjunction of phenomena,” Pascal Descamps, an astronomer with the Paris Observatory, told AFP. “We should have a coppery red tint on the moon with Mars the ‘Red Planet’ just next to it, very bright and with a slight orange hue itself.”

Amateur astronomers in the southern hemisphere will be best-placed to enjoy the spectacle, especially those in southern Africa, Australia, India and Madagascar, though it will also

be partly visible in Europe and South America.

- Celestial bodies align -

A total lunar eclipse happens when Earth takes position in a straight line between the moon and sun, blotting out the direct sunlight that normally makes our satellite glow whitish-yellow.

The moon travels to a similar position every month, but the tilt of its orbit means it normally passes above or below the Earth’s shadow -- so most months we have a full moon without an eclipse.

When the three celestial bodies are perfectly lined up, however, the Earth’s atmosphere scatters blue light from the sun while refracting or bending red light onto the moon, usually giving it a rosy blush.

This is what gives the phenomenon the name “blood moon”, though Mark Bailey of the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland said the colour can vary greatly.

It depends partly on “how cloudy or transparent those parts of the Earth’s atmosphere are which enable sunlight to reach the moon”, he told AFP. “During a very dark eclipse the moon may be almost invisible.

“Less dark eclipses may show the moon as dark grey or brown... as rust-coloured, brick-red, or, if very bright, copper-red or orange.”

The long duration of this eclipse is partly due to the fact that the moon will make a near-central passage through Earth’s umbra -- the darkest, most central part of the shadow. (ant)

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Indonesia’s tattoo removers zap the sin from your skin Indonesian tattoo remover Sandi Widodo does a brisk business zapping sin from skin -- at bargain-basement prices. But there’s a catch for pious Muslims keen to shed body art at his Jakarta shop: they’ve got to recite 50 Koranic verses from memory and repent for their tattooed past. That’s a small price to pay for Riki Irawan, who hopes that getting rid of three tribal-style tattoos will bring him closer to God But he has another reason for ditching the ink -- his fiancee’s devout parents won’t let him marry their daughter unless he is tattoo-free. “The joy of having a tattoo is temporary,” the 31-year-old said.

“It only lasts for a few weeks and after that your life is ruined.” Irawan is not alone in his regret judging by the volume of business at Widodo’s clinic, which has a waiting list of over 1,000 people. The stigma over tattoos has long faded in the West, with everyone from college kids to celebrities and athletes happy to display their body art in public.

But in some Asian countries, tattoos are often associated with crime and loose morals. Tattoos are also frowned upon in Islam, making it especially tough for wearers in the world’s largest Muslim majority country. “It was uncomfortable to go into a mosque,” said Widodo, who still has a fading tattoo on the side of his face. “I tried to act normal but people were looking at me.”

pent. If you can’t remove your tattoo because it’s too painful, then leave it but you must still repent.” Renny Rengganis, a practising Muslim, has no plans to repent or ditch her tattoos.

In fact, she wants to enlarge a design depicting a mother and son that covers threequarters of her back, despite the objections of her devoutly religious relatives.

“I didn’t get tattoos to rebel against anything or to express my right to do what I want with my own body,” said the 35-year-old public relations professional. “I simply like tattoos that have meaning and wanted (them) inscribed on my body forever.”

- ‘Drop your sins’ -

For those who do regret their body art,

plenty of Indonesian clinics offer tattoo removal services. But most charge several thousand dollars for the repeated treatments necessary to clear colour pigmentation -putting them out of reach for many ordinary Indonesians. In response, cheaper tattoo removal shops have opened in recent years including a service in Indonesia’s secondbiggest city Surabaya that also requires clients to recite Koranic verses.

Islamic lender Bank Muamalat has sponsored a mobile tattoo removal van on the country’s main island Java. Years ago, cheaper options weren’t available for regretful tattoo enthusiasts like Widodo.

So he set out to start a tattoo removal shop with a crowd-funding campaign that raised about $6,500 -- enough for a pair of

laser removal machines. His shop -- which has a sign that reads “Drop your sins, clasp the hand of a Muslim brother” -- opened its doors last summer. Widodo has since removed tattoos from a few hundred customers and many more are eager to tap his 150,000 rupiah ($11) service.

One of them, Maulidul Irfan, was so desperate to remove his tattoos -- which he chalks up to teenage rebellion -- that he tried everything from cashew sap and breast milk to harsh chemicals that scarred his skin, all without success.

“I’m studying to be an Islamic study teacher so it would be embarrassing to have tattoos,” the 23-year-old said at the clinic.

“People don’t always judge us on who we are now, but rather what we did in the past.” (afp)

- ‘Remove tattoo & repent’ -

- Endorse my Democratic sister? Nope -

Sparks and Tyson say they have been close all of their lives, relying on each other as children when they couldn’t rely on adults.

Born in 1972 to a heroin-addicted mother in the state capital Lansing, they were sent to a terrible foster home at the age of five.

Sparks says they were abused “emotionally, physically, sexually,” and Tyson remembers her sister rummaging through trash cans looking for food.

“We went through a lot of abuse together,” Tyson says. “And together we got through.”

The girls eventually were adopted by loving parents, who instilled in them a sense of civic duty.

As adults, they have volunteered for various causes, served on their school board and other local agencies, while running small businesses.

Now, they hope to serve in a formal political capacity.

Their bond was tested when Tyson endorsed the Republican running in Sparks’s district, instead of her own sister, but both say family and sisterhood come first.

“I celebrate her as a woman, and all of the accomplishments that she has made,” Tyson says of her sister.

“And no amount of winning or losing, or politics, will stop the love that I have for her.” (afp)

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In this file photo taken on January 31, 2018 the “super blue blood moon” is seen over Los Angeles, California.

Widodo’s current profession is a long way from his former life as a successful tattoo artist in the Hindu-dominated resort island Bali, where local men frequently sport body art and there are few hang ups about the practice. His tattoo-seeking clients asked for everything from relatives’ names to elaborate, centuries-old designs still worn by the Southeast Asian archipelago’s indigenous people.

A traditional practice known as handtapping -- artists gently tap a stick mounted with a needle on a subject’s skin -- has even enjoyed a revival in recent years.

But for Widodo, finding religion marked a turning point and he turned his back on the business. “Tattoos are associated with negative stuff like drugs and partying,” he said. “So I decided to quit and sold my equipment.” Indonesia’s Muslim clerics say the choice is clear.

“Tattoos are not allowed in Islam because you’re not only hurting yourself, but it is altering God’s creation,” said Huzaemah Tahido, an official at top religious body the Indonesian Ulema Council.

“If possible, remove your tattoo and re-

GOH Chai Hin / AFP

This picture taken on April 18, 2018 shows tattoo remover Sandi Widodo (R) removing a tattoo of a Muslim man at the Hijrah Tattoo Removal clinic in Jakarta. Indonesian tattoo remover Sandi Widodo does a brisk business zapping sin from skin -- at bargain-basement prices. But there’s a catch for pious Muslims keen to shed body art at his Jakarta shop: they’ve got to recite 50 Koranic verses from memory and repent for their tattooed past.

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Sick star Lee out of badminton World Championships, Asian Games

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian badminton star Lee Chong Wei has pulled out of the World Championships and Asian Games because of a respiratory illness, officials said Wednesday, after a gruelling schedule in recent months.

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The world number two has been advised to rest and undergo treatment after competing in nine tournaments so far this year.

The week-long World Championships in Nanjing, China, begin on Monday while the Asian Games in Indonesia are from August 18 to September 2. “(Lee) is unwell and suffering from a respiratory related disorder,” the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) said in a statement.

“For the time being, he cannot undergo any intensive physical activity for a period of at least one month and therefore we have to withdraw Lee from his participation at the BWF World Championships... and the Asian Games.”

BAM did not give any further details about the three-time Olympic silver medallist’s illness.

Speculation had been mounting over the past week about the 35-year-old’s health after he failed to show up for training.

The development is a blow for the former world number one, who has never won gold at either the World Championships or the Asian Games during a stellar 17-year career.

His achievements this year include winning the men’s singles gold at the Commonwealth Games and clinching his 12th Malaysian Open title.

BAM president Norza Zakaria said he had met Lee and supports his decision to rest.

“We do not want the pressure of competition to impose a toll on his health. We look forward to his return to competition, he told AFP. (afp)

Freestyle star Ledecky still pushing boundaries IRVINE - Katie Ledecky, the freestyle phenomenon who bagged her 14th world record in May, says she’ll keep trying to push her boundaries as she looks toward the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

Ledecky, who won four gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics to take her tally to five, obliterated her own 1,500m freestyle world record at Indianapolis on May 16 -- her first event since announcing she was turning professional and giving up the amateur status that allowed her to compete for Stanford University.

In June she inked a sponsorship deal with TYR Sport Inc., the timing giving her plenty of time to adapt to the demands of a pro career before 2020 arrives.

Ledecky is entered in five events at the US national championships that start on Wednesday in Irvine, south of Los Angeles.

The meet is a qualifier for the Pan Pacific championships in

Tokyo next month, with the two meets together serving as selectors for the 2019 world championships in South Korea.

“Make the Pan Pacs team,” Ledecky said Tuesday of her goals for the week. “That’s as much as I’m going to share.

“I want to be my best this summer at Pan Pacs, but if it’s kind of split between these two meets and some of my best swims are at this meet and some are at Pan Pacs, I’ll take that, too.”

Ledecky was 16 when she set her first world record, in the 1,500m free at the 2013 world championships in Barcelona.

She had improved that record and grabbed the 800m free world record before she set her first 400m free world mark at the 2014 US championships in Irvine.

“I definitely walked in here yesterday and it brought me back to some good memories,” Ledecky said. “It was the first time I broke

that one. So that was a memorable one, not to say all of them aren’t. But that was especially memorable.”

Since then Ledecky has proven herself with world and Olympic gold in the 200m free, and she remains in a class by herself in the distance freestyle events.

For Ledecky, 21, that only adds to the challenge.

“I think it gets harder. It’s not any easier being me and having the times that I have to go best times,” she said.

“But the work I’ve put in over the past year has been really, really good, some of my best training I’ve ever put in.

“I’m someone that really takes confidence from practice and translates it into my racing. So that’s something that I know that if I can train that way still, I can race that way still and can still push my boundaries and see what I can do when I step up on the blocks.” (afp)

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World Cup stars dominate FIFA best player award shortlist French World Cup winners Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann and Raphael Varane were included alongside perennial candidates Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi on a 10-man shortlist for the FIFA best player award on Tuesday. Luka Modric was nominated for the prize as well after helping Croatia reach the final, with the Real Madrid midfielder named the player of the tournament in Russia.

Belgium duo Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne were also shortlisted along with England striker Harry Kane, in addition to Liverpool and Egypt star Mohamed Salah. However, there was no place for Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil forward Neymar, whose country lost 2-1 to Belgium in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. France coach Didier Deschamps and compatriot Zinedine Zidane, who led Real Madrid to a third successive Champions League title, headlined the 11 candidates in the running for men’s coach of the year.

Deschamps became just the third man to lift the World Cup trophy as both a player and a coach, joining an exclusive club featuring Mario Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer.

Zlatko Dalic was recognised after Croatia’s impressive run to the final, while Gareth Southgate and Roberto Martinez were also among the nominees, having respectively led England and Belgium to the last four. Six members of Lyon’s Champions

League-winning side are in contention for the women’s player of the year award, including Norwegian forward Ada Hegerberg, whose 15 goals fired them to a record fifth European title.

Lyon boss Reynald Pedros is one of 10 nominees for the best women’s coach.

With the help of fan voting, the final lists will be trimmed to three candidates in each category and revealed in early September.

This is the third edition of the Best FIFA awards following the end of a six-year merger between the FIFA honour and France Football’s Ballon d’Or in 2016. Ronaldo is the two-time winner of the accolade, which is a revival of the FIFA World Player of the Year award. (afp)

Guardiola says repeat of record-breaking season ‘impossible’

Croatia’s midfielder Luka Modric attempts a shot during the Russia 2018 World Cup semi-final football match between Croatia and England at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on July 11, 2018.

Difficult for Fekir to find a better club, says Lyon president

PHILIPPE DESMAZES / AFP

French football player Nabil Fekir (L) waves next to a poster reading “World champion” in his home town of Vaulx-en-Velin near Lyon, southeastern France on July 17, 2018, two days after French players won the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match.

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Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas said on Tuesday that it would be “difficult” for his club captain Nabil Fekir to find a better side, despite the persistent rumours over the midfielder’s future. The 25-year-old came close to a move to Champions League runners-up Liverpool before the World Cup, but negotiations between the two clubs ended on June 9, with Lyon announcing he would stay in France.

Fekir made six substitute appearances, including in the final victory over Croatia on July 15, as France won the World Cup in Russia. “In the current context, as a world champion and with a Lyon team with the ambition to do something very good next year, it’s difficult for Nabil to find a much better club,” Aulas claimed in a press conference.

Centre-back Marcelo has also been heavily linked with a move to the Premier League, and Aulas admitted he faces a struggle to keep both the Brazilian and Fekir before the English transfer window closes.

“I don’t fear anything,” he insisted. “If they leave it will be that we’ve found our amount, but we will do everything so that they don’t leave.

“We will surely have a bit of a storm in the week before the end of the English market on August 9.” Lyon will return to the Champions League group stage after a one-year absence this season. Fekir scored 18 goals in Ligue 1 last term as Lyon finished third behind champions Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco. (afp)

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has ruled out another record-breaking Premier League campaign, warning fans that a repeat of last season’s feats will be “impossible.” City’s dominance in England last season was underscored by a slew of records that were set as they romped to their first league title of the Guardiola era.

City became the first ever team in the Premier League to win with 100 points as well as securing the biggest title-winning margin (19 points) by scoring the most goals (106), most wins (32), most consecutive wins (18) and best goal difference (+79). Guardiola’s men broke 11 records in all but the former Barcelona coach envisages a far more difficult campaign when the action kicks-off next month.

“We are not going to break any more records in the Premier League, it is impossible… it is almost impossible,” Guardiola said Tuesday ahead of his team’s International Champions Cup friendly with Liverpool in New Jersey on Wednesday.

“I have to see the faces of my players in the next two weeks when they are together because we are here without 15 players. When we come back we have four or five days to prepare for [the Community Shield] against Chelsea and we are going to see their faces. “The target is win the next

game and how to prepare to win the game, that is the target.

The records we took last season was a consequence of what we’ve done every single day. That is the point.

“If we are going to compare November, December, January, comparing the position, we are going to lose all the comparisons with what we have done last season.”

Guardiola meanwhile signed a new contract in May which ties him to Manchester City until 2021 - the longest commitment he’s ever made since becoming a manager in 2008. The Spaniard knows, however, that nothing is certain. “When we decided to extend the contract, first of all I am comfortable, the second one is the club trust what we are doing,” he said.

“The people at the club ... know it depends on results. We have three more years contract, but the results will dictate what will happen in the future. “If we are not able to be consistent and be there to win the title. That’s the most important thing to arrive in April and May and be there for the title.

“Football trainers always we are in a dangerous position.”

Guardiola meanwhile said he was unfazed by the lavish spending of City’s Premier League rivals. Wednesday’s opponents, Liverpool, have splashed out £250 million ($328 million) since January in a bid to build a team capable of challenging for the title.

Guardiola has only brought in £60 million Riyad Mahrez from Leicester in the close season but remains happy with the nucleus of the squad which saw him dominate the Premier League last term.

“Every club does what they believe, I understand com-

Barcelona sign Malcom from Bordeaux after Roma drama

Spanish champions Barcelona announced on Tuesday they have signed Brazilian winger Malcom from French side Bordeaux on a five-year deal for 41 million euros ($48 million). The signing comes after Bordeaux blocked the transfer of the 21-year-old to Italian giants Roma following a last-minute bid from the Catalan side on Monday.

“FC Barcelona and Girondins de Bordeaux have reached an agreement for the transfer of the player Malcom Filipe Silva de Oliveira.

The operation will cost 41 million euros and 1 million in variables,” Barcelona said in a statement. “The player will sign with the club for the next five seasons, until the end of the 2022/23 season.”

Malcom had been expected to arrive in Rome on Monday night for a medical on Tuesday before joining his future teammates on their pre-season tour of the United States

the following day, but had his flight cancelled by the Ligue 1 outfit at the last moment. Barcelona made contact with Bordeaux following the failure to sign Brazil international Willian from Chelsea and, according to Italian media reports, made a bid larger than the reported fee of 38 million euros agreed with Roma.

Malcom had been a reported target for several European clubs including Premier League sides Arsenal and Tottenham, but English clubs may have been put off from making a bid as he needed a UK work permit to play in the Premier League. He scored 12 goals in 35 league games for Bordeaux last season.

Malcom, yet to be capped at senior level by Brazil, will arrive in Barcelona on Tuesday and undergo a medical the following day before joining the team on their US tour.

Barcelona praised him as a “dar-

ing, pacey forward with an ability to shoot from distance” who has “a great future ahead of him”.

“He stands out due to his electrifying pace and his technique with the ball at his feet,” the club added.

“Aside from his speed, he also has great technical ability and links up well with his team-mates, one of the main aspects of Barca’s football.”

His signing leaves Ernesto Valverde’s side well stocked across the forward line with Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Ousmane Dembele and now Malcom all competing for a place in the attack.

Malcom is Barcelona’s second Brazilian summer signing after Gremio midfielder Arthur, 21, joined in a 31-million-euro deal. Arthur was a star turn with Gremio as the Porto Alegre side lifted the Copa Libertadores, and was named as man of the match in the second leg of their final win over Argentina’s Lanus. (afp)

pletely,” said the City manager when asked about Liverpool’s activity in the transfer market. “They are contenders to win the title, Liverpool are always a contender because of the history they have.

“I am not concerned what someone says one day. If Liverpool believe they need these players for this kind of money, that’s fine. If they think it’s best for them, that’s perfect for them. “All the contenders, United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham will be stronger.” (afp)

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World Cup stars dominate FIFA best player award shortlist French World Cup winners Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann and Raphael Varane were included alongside perennial candidates Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi on a 10-man shortlist for the FIFA best player award on Tuesday. Luka Modric was nominated for the prize as well after helping Croatia reach the final, with the Real Madrid midfielder named the player of the tournament in Russia.

Belgium duo Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne were also shortlisted along with England striker Harry Kane, in addition to Liverpool and Egypt star Mohamed Salah. However, there was no place for Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil forward Neymar, whose country lost 2-1 to Belgium in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. France coach Didier Deschamps and compatriot Zinedine Zidane, who led Real Madrid to a third successive Champions League title, headlined the 11 candidates in the running for men’s coach of the year.

Deschamps became just the third man to lift the World Cup trophy as both a player and a coach, joining an exclusive club featuring Mario Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer.

Zlatko Dalic was recognised after Croatia’s impressive run to the final, while Gareth Southgate and Roberto Martinez were also among the nominees, having respectively led England and Belgium to the last four. Six members of Lyon’s Champions

League-winning side are in contention for the women’s player of the year award, including Norwegian forward Ada Hegerberg, whose 15 goals fired them to a record fifth European title.

Lyon boss Reynald Pedros is one of 10 nominees for the best women’s coach.

With the help of fan voting, the final lists will be trimmed to three candidates in each category and revealed in early September.

This is the third edition of the Best FIFA awards following the end of a six-year merger between the FIFA honour and France Football’s Ballon d’Or in 2016. Ronaldo is the two-time winner of the accolade, which is a revival of the FIFA World Player of the Year award. (afp)

Guardiola says repeat of record-breaking season ‘impossible’

Croatia’s midfielder Luka Modric attempts a shot during the Russia 2018 World Cup semi-final football match between Croatia and England at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on July 11, 2018.

Difficult for Fekir to find a better club, says Lyon president

PHILIPPE DESMAZES / AFP

French football player Nabil Fekir (L) waves next to a poster reading “World champion” in his home town of Vaulx-en-Velin near Lyon, southeastern France on July 17, 2018, two days after French players won the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match.

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Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas said on Tuesday that it would be “difficult” for his club captain Nabil Fekir to find a better side, despite the persistent rumours over the midfielder’s future. The 25-year-old came close to a move to Champions League runners-up Liverpool before the World Cup, but negotiations between the two clubs ended on June 9, with Lyon announcing he would stay in France.

Fekir made six substitute appearances, including in the final victory over Croatia on July 15, as France won the World Cup in Russia. “In the current context, as a world champion and with a Lyon team with the ambition to do something very good next year, it’s difficult for Nabil to find a much better club,” Aulas claimed in a press conference.

Centre-back Marcelo has also been heavily linked with a move to the Premier League, and Aulas admitted he faces a struggle to keep both the Brazilian and Fekir before the English transfer window closes.

“I don’t fear anything,” he insisted. “If they leave it will be that we’ve found our amount, but we will do everything so that they don’t leave.

“We will surely have a bit of a storm in the week before the end of the English market on August 9.” Lyon will return to the Champions League group stage after a one-year absence this season. Fekir scored 18 goals in Ligue 1 last term as Lyon finished third behind champions Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco. (afp)

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has ruled out another record-breaking Premier League campaign, warning fans that a repeat of last season’s feats will be “impossible.” City’s dominance in England last season was underscored by a slew of records that were set as they romped to their first league title of the Guardiola era.

City became the first ever team in the Premier League to win with 100 points as well as securing the biggest title-winning margin (19 points) by scoring the most goals (106), most wins (32), most consecutive wins (18) and best goal difference (+79). Guardiola’s men broke 11 records in all but the former Barcelona coach envisages a far more difficult campaign when the action kicks-off next month.

“We are not going to break any more records in the Premier League, it is impossible… it is almost impossible,” Guardiola said Tuesday ahead of his team’s International Champions Cup friendly with Liverpool in New Jersey on Wednesday.

“I have to see the faces of my players in the next two weeks when they are together because we are here without 15 players. When we come back we have four or five days to prepare for [the Community Shield] against Chelsea and we are going to see their faces. “The target is win the next

game and how to prepare to win the game, that is the target.

The records we took last season was a consequence of what we’ve done every single day. That is the point.

“If we are going to compare November, December, January, comparing the position, we are going to lose all the comparisons with what we have done last season.”

Guardiola meanwhile signed a new contract in May which ties him to Manchester City until 2021 - the longest commitment he’s ever made since becoming a manager in 2008. The Spaniard knows, however, that nothing is certain. “When we decided to extend the contract, first of all I am comfortable, the second one is the club trust what we are doing,” he said.

“The people at the club ... know it depends on results. We have three more years contract, but the results will dictate what will happen in the future. “If we are not able to be consistent and be there to win the title. That’s the most important thing to arrive in April and May and be there for the title.

“Football trainers always we are in a dangerous position.”

Guardiola meanwhile said he was unfazed by the lavish spending of City’s Premier League rivals. Wednesday’s opponents, Liverpool, have splashed out £250 million ($328 million) since January in a bid to build a team capable of challenging for the title.

Guardiola has only brought in £60 million Riyad Mahrez from Leicester in the close season but remains happy with the nucleus of the squad which saw him dominate the Premier League last term.

“Every club does what they believe, I understand com-

Barcelona sign Malcom from Bordeaux after Roma drama

Spanish champions Barcelona announced on Tuesday they have signed Brazilian winger Malcom from French side Bordeaux on a five-year deal for 41 million euros ($48 million). The signing comes after Bordeaux blocked the transfer of the 21-year-old to Italian giants Roma following a last-minute bid from the Catalan side on Monday.

“FC Barcelona and Girondins de Bordeaux have reached an agreement for the transfer of the player Malcom Filipe Silva de Oliveira.

The operation will cost 41 million euros and 1 million in variables,” Barcelona said in a statement. “The player will sign with the club for the next five seasons, until the end of the 2022/23 season.”

Malcom had been expected to arrive in Rome on Monday night for a medical on Tuesday before joining his future teammates on their pre-season tour of the United States

the following day, but had his flight cancelled by the Ligue 1 outfit at the last moment. Barcelona made contact with Bordeaux following the failure to sign Brazil international Willian from Chelsea and, according to Italian media reports, made a bid larger than the reported fee of 38 million euros agreed with Roma.

Malcom had been a reported target for several European clubs including Premier League sides Arsenal and Tottenham, but English clubs may have been put off from making a bid as he needed a UK work permit to play in the Premier League. He scored 12 goals in 35 league games for Bordeaux last season.

Malcom, yet to be capped at senior level by Brazil, will arrive in Barcelona on Tuesday and undergo a medical the following day before joining the team on their US tour.

Barcelona praised him as a “dar-

ing, pacey forward with an ability to shoot from distance” who has “a great future ahead of him”.

“He stands out due to his electrifying pace and his technique with the ball at his feet,” the club added.

“Aside from his speed, he also has great technical ability and links up well with his team-mates, one of the main aspects of Barca’s football.”

His signing leaves Ernesto Valverde’s side well stocked across the forward line with Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Ousmane Dembele and now Malcom all competing for a place in the attack.

Malcom is Barcelona’s second Brazilian summer signing after Gremio midfielder Arthur, 21, joined in a 31-million-euro deal. Arthur was a star turn with Gremio as the Porto Alegre side lifted the Copa Libertadores, and was named as man of the match in the second leg of their final win over Argentina’s Lanus. (afp)

pletely,” said the City manager when asked about Liverpool’s activity in the transfer market. “They are contenders to win the title, Liverpool are always a contender because of the history they have.

“I am not concerned what someone says one day. If Liverpool believe they need these players for this kind of money, that’s fine. If they think it’s best for them, that’s perfect for them. “All the contenders, United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham will be stronger.” (afp)

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Sick star Lee out of badminton World Championships, Asian Games

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian badminton star Lee Chong Wei has pulled out of the World Championships and Asian Games because of a respiratory illness, officials said Wednesday, after a gruelling schedule in recent months.

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The world number two has been advised to rest and undergo treatment after competing in nine tournaments so far this year.

The week-long World Championships in Nanjing, China, begin on Monday while the Asian Games in Indonesia are from August 18 to September 2. “(Lee) is unwell and suffering from a respiratory related disorder,” the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) said in a statement.

“For the time being, he cannot undergo any intensive physical activity for a period of at least one month and therefore we have to withdraw Lee from his participation at the BWF World Championships... and the Asian Games.”

BAM did not give any further details about the three-time Olympic silver medallist’s illness.

Speculation had been mounting over the past week about the 35-year-old’s health after he failed to show up for training.

The development is a blow for the former world number one, who has never won gold at either the World Championships or the Asian Games during a stellar 17-year career.

His achievements this year include winning the men’s singles gold at the Commonwealth Games and clinching his 12th Malaysian Open title.

BAM president Norza Zakaria said he had met Lee and supports his decision to rest.

“We do not want the pressure of competition to impose a toll on his health. We look forward to his return to competition, he told AFP. (afp)

Freestyle star Ledecky still pushing boundaries IRVINE - Katie Ledecky, the freestyle phenomenon who bagged her 14th world record in May, says she’ll keep trying to push her boundaries as she looks toward the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

Ledecky, who won four gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics to take her tally to five, obliterated her own 1,500m freestyle world record at Indianapolis on May 16 -- her first event since announcing she was turning professional and giving up the amateur status that allowed her to compete for Stanford University.

In June she inked a sponsorship deal with TYR Sport Inc., the timing giving her plenty of time to adapt to the demands of a pro career before 2020 arrives.

Ledecky is entered in five events at the US national championships that start on Wednesday in Irvine, south of Los Angeles.

The meet is a qualifier for the Pan Pacific championships in

Tokyo next month, with the two meets together serving as selectors for the 2019 world championships in South Korea.

“Make the Pan Pacs team,” Ledecky said Tuesday of her goals for the week. “That’s as much as I’m going to share.

“I want to be my best this summer at Pan Pacs, but if it’s kind of split between these two meets and some of my best swims are at this meet and some are at Pan Pacs, I’ll take that, too.”

Ledecky was 16 when she set her first world record, in the 1,500m free at the 2013 world championships in Barcelona.

She had improved that record and grabbed the 800m free world record before she set her first 400m free world mark at the 2014 US championships in Irvine.

“I definitely walked in here yesterday and it brought me back to some good memories,” Ledecky said. “It was the first time I broke

that one. So that was a memorable one, not to say all of them aren’t. But that was especially memorable.”

Since then Ledecky has proven herself with world and Olympic gold in the 200m free, and she remains in a class by herself in the distance freestyle events.

For Ledecky, 21, that only adds to the challenge.

“I think it gets harder. It’s not any easier being me and having the times that I have to go best times,” she said.

“But the work I’ve put in over the past year has been really, really good, some of my best training I’ve ever put in.

“I’m someone that really takes confidence from practice and translates it into my racing. So that’s something that I know that if I can train that way still, I can race that way still and can still push my boundaries and see what I can do when I step up on the blocks.” (afp)

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Jessica Ann Tyson (L) and Monica Sparks, twin sisters pose on July 21, 2018 in Kentwood, Michigan.

Identical twins run for US office -- for rival parties

KENTWOOD - Twins Monica Sparks and Jessica Ann Tyson are identical in almost every way.

The African American sisters running for local office in the US state of Michigan forged an unbreakable bond during a childhood tarred by abuse. They wear the same white dress and even finish each other’s sentences.

But their choice of jewelry -- a blue flower pin for Sparks, a red one for Tyson -- gives away the one key thing separating the 46-year-old women: their political stripes.

Sparks is a Democrat. Tyson is a Republican.

They say they are proof positive that political differences can be overcome, even in an increasingly polarized America.

“It just baffles our mind why people hate each other,” Tyson tells AFP in a joint interview with her sister. “Mothers aren’t talking to sons. Fathers are disowning daughters.”

“We are not going to let this come between our family,” says Sparks.

- ‘Start finding common ground’ -

Sparks and Tyson live in neighboring electoral districts in the Midwestern state -- part of the country’s traditionally Democratic Rust Belt that, against all odds, helped Donald Trump win the presidency.

Each is campaigning for a seat on the governing board that oversees Kent County, which is home to 640,000 people and is the state’s second most populous area, after Detroit.

The primary election is on August 7. Sparks faces several Democratic rivals, while Tyson is running

unopposed for the Republican nomination.

The twins say they agree on broad ideas: they both want to live a life of service and to reduce political discord.

The rest, they say, can be negotiated.

“We need to start finding common ground, period, if we’re going to get ahead as a society,” says Sparks.

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Red planet and ‘blood moon’ pair up to dazzle skygazers PARIS - The longest “blood moon” eclipse this century will coincide with Mars’ closest approach in 15 years to offer skygazers a thrilling astronomical double bill on Friday, astronomers say.

For about half the world, the moon will be partly or fully in Earth’s shadow from 1714 to 2328 GMT -- six hours and 14 minutes in all.

The period of complete eclipse -- known as “totality”, when the moon appears darkest -- will last from 1930 to 2113 GMT. “Totality will last for 103 minutes, making it the longest eclipse of the 21st century!” said the Royal Astronomical Society in London.

At the same time, Mars will hover near the moon in the night sky, easily visible with the naked eye.

Our neighbouring planet will appear unusually large and bright, a mere 57.7 million kilometres (35.9 million miles) from Earth on its elliptical orbit around the sun.

“We have a rare and interesting conjunction of phenomena,” Pascal Descamps, an astronomer with the Paris Observatory, told AFP. “We should have a coppery red tint on the moon with Mars the ‘Red Planet’ just next to it, very bright and with a slight orange hue itself.”

Amateur astronomers in the southern hemisphere will be best-placed to enjoy the spectacle, especially those in southern Africa, Australia, India and Madagascar, though it will also

be partly visible in Europe and South America.

- Celestial bodies align -

A total lunar eclipse happens when Earth takes position in a straight line between the moon and sun, blotting out the direct sunlight that normally makes our satellite glow whitish-yellow.

The moon travels to a similar position every month, but the tilt of its orbit means it normally passes above or below the Earth’s shadow -- so most months we have a full moon without an eclipse.

When the three celestial bodies are perfectly lined up, however, the Earth’s atmosphere scatters blue light from the sun while refracting or bending red light onto the moon, usually giving it a rosy blush.

This is what gives the phenomenon the name “blood moon”, though Mark Bailey of the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland said the colour can vary greatly.

It depends partly on “how cloudy or transparent those parts of the Earth’s atmosphere are which enable sunlight to reach the moon”, he told AFP. “During a very dark eclipse the moon may be almost invisible.

“Less dark eclipses may show the moon as dark grey or brown... as rust-coloured, brick-red, or, if very bright, copper-red or orange.”

The long duration of this eclipse is partly due to the fact that the moon will make a near-central passage through Earth’s umbra -- the darkest, most central part of the shadow. (ant)

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Indonesia’s tattoo removers zap the sin from your skin Indonesian tattoo remover Sandi Widodo does a brisk business zapping sin from skin -- at bargain-basement prices. But there’s a catch for pious Muslims keen to shed body art at his Jakarta shop: they’ve got to recite 50 Koranic verses from memory and repent for their tattooed past. That’s a small price to pay for Riki Irawan, who hopes that getting rid of three tribal-style tattoos will bring him closer to God But he has another reason for ditching the ink -- his fiancee’s devout parents won’t let him marry their daughter unless he is tattoo-free. “The joy of having a tattoo is temporary,” the 31-year-old said.

“It only lasts for a few weeks and after that your life is ruined.” Irawan is not alone in his regret judging by the volume of business at Widodo’s clinic, which has a waiting list of over 1,000 people. The stigma over tattoos has long faded in the West, with everyone from college kids to celebrities and athletes happy to display their body art in public.

But in some Asian countries, tattoos are often associated with crime and loose morals. Tattoos are also frowned upon in Islam, making it especially tough for wearers in the world’s largest Muslim majority country. “It was uncomfortable to go into a mosque,” said Widodo, who still has a fading tattoo on the side of his face. “I tried to act normal but people were looking at me.”

pent. If you can’t remove your tattoo because it’s too painful, then leave it but you must still repent.” Renny Rengganis, a practising Muslim, has no plans to repent or ditch her tattoos.

In fact, she wants to enlarge a design depicting a mother and son that covers threequarters of her back, despite the objections of her devoutly religious relatives.

“I didn’t get tattoos to rebel against anything or to express my right to do what I want with my own body,” said the 35-year-old public relations professional. “I simply like tattoos that have meaning and wanted (them) inscribed on my body forever.”

- ‘Drop your sins’ -

For those who do regret their body art,

plenty of Indonesian clinics offer tattoo removal services. But most charge several thousand dollars for the repeated treatments necessary to clear colour pigmentation -putting them out of reach for many ordinary Indonesians. In response, cheaper tattoo removal shops have opened in recent years including a service in Indonesia’s secondbiggest city Surabaya that also requires clients to recite Koranic verses.

Islamic lender Bank Muamalat has sponsored a mobile tattoo removal van on the country’s main island Java. Years ago, cheaper options weren’t available for regretful tattoo enthusiasts like Widodo.

So he set out to start a tattoo removal shop with a crowd-funding campaign that raised about $6,500 -- enough for a pair of

laser removal machines. His shop -- which has a sign that reads “Drop your sins, clasp the hand of a Muslim brother” -- opened its doors last summer. Widodo has since removed tattoos from a few hundred customers and many more are eager to tap his 150,000 rupiah ($11) service.

One of them, Maulidul Irfan, was so desperate to remove his tattoos -- which he chalks up to teenage rebellion -- that he tried everything from cashew sap and breast milk to harsh chemicals that scarred his skin, all without success.

“I’m studying to be an Islamic study teacher so it would be embarrassing to have tattoos,” the 23-year-old said at the clinic.

“People don’t always judge us on who we are now, but rather what we did in the past.” (afp)

- ‘Remove tattoo & repent’ -

- Endorse my Democratic sister? Nope -

Sparks and Tyson say they have been close all of their lives, relying on each other as children when they couldn’t rely on adults.

Born in 1972 to a heroin-addicted mother in the state capital Lansing, they were sent to a terrible foster home at the age of five.

Sparks says they were abused “emotionally, physically, sexually,” and Tyson remembers her sister rummaging through trash cans looking for food.

“We went through a lot of abuse together,” Tyson says. “And together we got through.”

The girls eventually were adopted by loving parents, who instilled in them a sense of civic duty.

As adults, they have volunteered for various causes, served on their school board and other local agencies, while running small businesses.

Now, they hope to serve in a formal political capacity.

Their bond was tested when Tyson endorsed the Republican running in Sparks’s district, instead of her own sister, but both say family and sisterhood come first.

“I celebrate her as a woman, and all of the accomplishments that she has made,” Tyson says of her sister.

“And no amount of winning or losing, or politics, will stop the love that I have for her.” (afp)

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In this file photo taken on January 31, 2018 the “super blue blood moon” is seen over Los Angeles, California.

Widodo’s current profession is a long way from his former life as a successful tattoo artist in the Hindu-dominated resort island Bali, where local men frequently sport body art and there are few hang ups about the practice. His tattoo-seeking clients asked for everything from relatives’ names to elaborate, centuries-old designs still worn by the Southeast Asian archipelago’s indigenous people.

A traditional practice known as handtapping -- artists gently tap a stick mounted with a needle on a subject’s skin -- has even enjoyed a revival in recent years.

But for Widodo, finding religion marked a turning point and he turned his back on the business. “Tattoos are associated with negative stuff like drugs and partying,” he said. “So I decided to quit and sold my equipment.” Indonesia’s Muslim clerics say the choice is clear.

“Tattoos are not allowed in Islam because you’re not only hurting yourself, but it is altering God’s creation,” said Huzaemah Tahido, an official at top religious body the Indonesian Ulema Council.

“If possible, remove your tattoo and re-

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This picture taken on April 18, 2018 shows tattoo remover Sandi Widodo (R) removing a tattoo of a Muslim man at the Hijrah Tattoo Removal clinic in Jakarta. Indonesian tattoo remover Sandi Widodo does a brisk business zapping sin from skin -- at bargain-basement prices. But there’s a catch for pious Muslims keen to shed body art at his Jakarta shop: they’ve got to recite 50 Koranic verses from memory and repent for their tattooed past.

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Iran replaces central bank chief as economy faces crisis

Iran replaced its central bank chief on Wednesday, local media reported, amid fallout over banking scandals and the crisis facing the country’s economy. Valiollah Seif, who had served as the bank’s governor since President Hassan Rouhani took power in August 2013, was replaced by Abdolnasser Hemati following a cabinet meeting, according to the official IRNA news agency.

Hemati, 61, previously served as head of Central Insurance of Iran, as well as both Sina Bank and Bank Melli.

He had been slated to become ambassador to China until he was recalled at the last minute.

Seif has been criticised particularly over his handling of a currency crisis that has seen the rial lose more than half its value against the dollar in the past year.

An attempt in April to enforce a fixed rate for the rial sparked a boom in black market exchanges, forcing the central bank to backtrack as the currency’s street value crashed to record lows in June. The crisis coincided with Washington’s announcement in May that it was pulling out of the 2015 nuclear deal and reimposing full sanctions on Tehran, exacerbating the run on the rial.

The US also slapped individual sanctions on Seif in May, accusing him of helping Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps transfer millions of dollars to Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

Rouhani thanked Seif for his “strong and serious service”, and said the cabinet had “full confidence” in Hemati. He said a key priority was tackling “illegal credit institutions”.

Bankruptcies at several unlicensed lenders -- which had offered high interest rates and cheap loans with little capital to back them up -- wiped out the savings of millions of depositors and has been a key driver of recent protests.

Rouhani vowed to crackdown on unlicenced banks when he came to power. His government has been pressured to repay lost deposits, further straining government resources. (afp)

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Gas giant Linde reports strong Q2 ahead of mega-merger

German industrial gases giant Linde reported strong performance in the second quarter, adding that preparations for a hoped-for massive merger with American rival Praxair were in “full swing”.

Munich-based Linde said net profits attributable to shareholders reached 429 million euros ($501 million) between April and June, up 43 percent year-on-year.

Operating, or underlying profit as measured by EBIT grew 31 percent, to 623 million euros, on the back of revenues up 1.0 percent at 4.5 billion euros. Preferring to highlight turnover up 4.7 percent in currency-adjusted terms over

the first six months, chief executive Aldo Belloni hailed “encouraging growth in revenue” helping put the group “on the right track” ahead of the Praxair merger.

Revenues and profits at the group’s flagship gases division sagged in the second quarter, but were more than made up for by growth at the engineering division, which builds ready-to-use industrial plants. Looking to its proposed merger with Praxair, Linde said that “the merger control and regulatory processes are in full swing”.

Hoping to earn competition authorities’ favour for the tie-up, it

said earlier this month it had agreed to sell off much of its business in the Americas for $3.3 billion if the deal goes ahead. Meanwhile, Praxair has promised to offload European businesses worth $5.9 billion on the same terms. The two groups hope to secure approval and complete the merger -- worth around $65 billion -- in the second half of the year.

Over the full year, Linde alone expects revenues up to 4.0 percent higher than the 17.1 billion euros achieved in 2017, while shooting for operating profit adjusted for currency effects up to 5.0 percent higher. (afp)

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Jembong Waterfall, Cheap and Fun Nature Tourism

Generally when making a trip to waterfall, tourists must step down hundreds of stairs first. However, it is different when visiting Jembong waterfall where you just need to climb dozens of stairs.

Within three minutes, you can take selfie with the background of fascinating Jembong waterfall.

Armed with the capital of IDR 5,000, tourists can have enjoyed the allurement of Jembong waterfall.

However, if you only want to swim, you only need to pay as much as IDR 5,000 for adult and IDR 3,000 for child.

There are three fairly large pools with very clear water. Each has the depth of 110 cm for adult, while two children pools have varied depths, namely 80 cm and 60 cm. The water purely comes from Jembong waterfall having been filtered.

If you want to take selfie with an instragrammable background, you can pose on the bridge with a distance of about five meters from the waterfall. Verdant trees in combination with the beautiful waterfall will make your photos more interesting.

Jembong waterfall located at Ambengan village, Sukasada,

Buleleng, also provides a challenging adrenaline attraction, namely flying fox. There are several tracks, such as flying fox of track A with the price set at IDR 15,000; track B at IDR 25,000; and track A & B at IDR 30,000.

Some other activities that can still be enjoyed by tourists here include the trekking and wet rappelling. This tourist attraction is managed by Banten Sari tourism awareness group (Pokdarwis) where it can draw the visit up to 500 people each day.

Pokdarwis leader, Made Suneka, said the attraction was officially opened in 2013. “Tourists making a visit here do not only domestic, but also foreign ones,” he said recently.

He added that tourist visits are usually crowded during holidays.

Similar opinion was also revealed by one of Pokdarwis staff, Wayan Surung. He said although

the flying fox was just officially opened two months ago, it has been widely demanded. Moreover, there are about 60 students of Ganesha University of Education Singaraja that have tried the excitement of flying fox.

One of the visitors, Sumiasih, expressed her excitement at the Jembong waterfall. She claimed to spend her time to swim and soak.

“Water of the pools here directly flows from Jembong waterfall, so it is fresh and very cool,” said the student who is currently studying at the STAHN Mpu Kuturan, Singaraja.

If visitors are hungry and thirsty, the operator has provided with a stall and some gazebos to rest for a moment. In addition, for visitors wishing to do melukat or purificatory rite, the operator has also provided a place to do it located near the waterfall. (kmb)

Ritual Meaning Behind Mesuryak Tradition

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Celebration of Kuningan Day at Bongan Gede Hamlet, Bongan, Tabanan, returned to be accompanied with mesuryak tradition on Saturday (Jun. 9). It took place lively. The procession began around 09:00 until 11:00 local time marked with prayers at each resident’s house compound. After that, it was resumed with worship at village trinity temples and the merajan (family temple).

This worship is meant to invoke salvation to God as well as the ancestors believed to be at home during the celebration of Galungan until Kuningan. The mesuryak is then proceeded to bring all the ritual paraphernalia such as the offerings, including the one symbolizing the Raja Dewata (ancestors) to the front gate of each house compound.

Furthermore, temple priests or the elders

chanted the prayers closed with mesuryak procession. Each family provided provisions in the form of coins and banknotes. The money was thrown into the air and then grabbed by residents. Girls and boys scrambled for the money. From the observation, every Kuningan Day, about tens of millions of rupiahs are dedicated by the citizens of Bongan Gede hamlet for the mesuryak tradition.

Chief of Bongan Gede customary village, I Nyoman Parwata, said the tradition of mesuryak is passed down through generations at his hamlet. “Mesuryak aims to deliver the ancestral spirits back to heaven after coming down and participate in the celebration of Galungan with their descendants.

After ten days, precisely on Kuningan feast, we accompany our ancestors back to heaven. We escort them with happiness while cheering (mesuryak) and throwing money into the air.

Then, it is scrambled by many people,” he said.

The amount of money used in the mesuryak varies depending on the economic capacity of the citizens. This tradition has existed for generations and remains to be organized every six months (210 days) coinciding with Kuningan Day. (kmb)

Pesan, a Tasty Balinese Traditional Menu Pesan or pepes is a Balinese traditional menu that is quite tasty. This menu is also often called tum or anyang or in accordance with respective region. Shape of the package is also different where in general there are three shapes, namely longwise upward rectangle, while others may wrap it like wrapped rice and sideline longwise rectangle like a pillow. However, they all have the same ingredients and preparation.

For the Hindu communities on the Island of Gods, this pesan menu is also used as a means of offering presented to the ancestors.

Yet this one is made simpler or smaller, so it can be easily put into the basket of the offerings. The pesan for offerings is very special as made from selected ingredient such as black chicken, multi-colored chicken and others in accordance with the type of offerings and the level of ceremony.

Well, the pesan menu commonly intended for consumption has larger size. Similarly, the pesan to be sold will have different shape where it is mostly longwise and sideways like pillow. The ingredient also varies. The one for sale is usually made from pork, chicken and fish. Meanwhile, farmers in rural areas usually take advantage of the ingredients obtained from their paddy fields, such as fish, eels, frog, dragonflies and others.

Well, the pesan made from pork is the most easily encountered. This one is usually sold at restaurants and food stalls in rural and urban areas. Besides, it can also be obtained in traditional markets. If local com-

munities organize a ceremony like wedding, pawukon-based birthday (otonan), cremation (ngaben) and others they will definitely make this type of pesan. This means the activities will involve community members in large numbers and this pesan menu will be served.

Local community is very familiar with this menu.

Ingredient of this pesan menu is selected meat such as ham, skin and blood. The seasoning consists of onion, garlic, pepper and chili plus salt according to taste. Do not forget to add bay leaves to remove fishy smell ??as well as increase the delicious aroma. People in rural areas regularly mix the ingredients with other supplement such as banana heart and banana underground steam and others.

Its preparation is very simple. First of all, chop the meat to become smooth. While chopping, please be filled with blood so the meat turns red. The skin is boiled and then sliced thin and into small size. Seasoning of onion, garlic, and chili are sliced ??into small part. Then, the chopped meat is mixed together with seasoning well. Add some salt according to your taste.

When having a little stock of meat, people usually mix with grated coconut to get more batter. Next, wrap the batter with banana leaves and affix each end of the wrap with bamboo spin. Each wrap is filled with a bay leaf to balance cholesterol. Then, steam them for about 20 minutes. Ultimately, take out and it’s ready to serve. (kmb)

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Impact of delayed crossing

ATHENS - At least 79 people died in huge wildfires around Athens, Greek authorities said Wednesday, as rescuers scoured scorched homes and burned-out cars for survivors of one of the deadliest fire outbreaks in Europe’s modern history.

SEMARAPURA - The issuance of circular by the Benoa Harbor Authority and Harbormaster Office asking all passenger boat operators / pilots and / or fast boat operators to delay their voyage for several days due to bad weather had a significant impact on tourist visits to Nusa Penida islands. Since the presence of the appeal to delay voyage, tourist visit to Nusa Penida decreased by 60 percent. This condition was recognized by the Head of the Klungkung Tourism Office, I Nengah Sukasta, on Tuesday (Jul. 24).

Since the presence of the appeal to delay voyage, tourist visit to Nusa Penida decreased by 60 percent. harbormaster in accordance with the law. I don’t want to go beyond it.

However, what I question is that the sea condition is good. Why the voyage delay is extended again? As a result, it is fatal for Nusa Penida. Guest visits drastically reduced as well as delivery of basic foods and other commodities become disturbed because of the anxiety with the letter,” he said.

Responding to the problem, Sukasta said he would coordinate again with the relevant agencies. He hoped the appeal related to the delay of crossing service issued by the harbormaster can be adjusted to the

real conditions at sea. If condition of the sea waves is normal, the ships and boats are allowed to cross.

“If the condition is good, why should there be a delay? Indeed, this is the forecast of the National Weather Service (BMKG); I do not have capability of predicting it.

However, this condition is different in the field, not as bad as imagined,” said Sukasta while adding that the issue had previously been discussed with the harbormaster and related agencies on July 21.

Separately, Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant As-

sociation (PHRI) of Klungkung, I Wayan Kariana, also acknowledged that tourist visit to Nusa Penida experienced a significant decline since the issuance of appeal for not crossing for passenger ships and / or fast boats. Many tourists wishing to go to Nusa Penida, Lembongan and Jungut Batu canceled their visit. As a result, hotel occupancy as well as restaurants and transportation services have dropped dramatically.

“Many guests canceled their hotel reservations,” he said.

Regarding this condition, he admitted to have made an effort by

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visiting the harbormaster working unit at Sanur. The harbormaster, said Kariana, explained the postponement letter was not to close the fast boat departure. As long as the waves are observed good, the boats are allowed to cross.

“Due to confused news and information from different sources, many tourists canceled their visit to Nusa Penida whereas today (Jul. 24), some fast boats seem to have departed. For example, Angel Billabong Fast Boat continues to serve the Sanur - Nusa Penida route,” he added. (kmb40)

Police investigate the causes of fire incident at villas

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The joint team came back to the crime scene to uncover the exact causes of the fire.

MANGUPURA - The joint team of the Denpasar Forensic Laboratory, Denpasar Police and South Kuta Police continued to perform crime scene investigation at the fire incident exposed to Blue Point Villas and Ocean One Villa at the Labuan Sait, Pecatu, South Kuta. On Tuesday (Jul. 24), the joint team came back to the crime scene to uncover the exact causes of the fire.

“The authority having the appropriate competency to find the causes of this fire is forensic laboratory. So, we are waiting for the results of the investigation,” said Chief of South Kuta Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Andi Yaqin, while accompanying the Chief of South Kuta Police, Nengah Patrem.

According to Andi, the villa owner or villa management had not reported the incident yet. Nevertheless, his authority will continuously explore the information at the scene.

When asked about the indications of negligence in the incident because the fire was alleged to appear at the Ocean Wedding project using Styrofoam, Andi confirmed there are many possibilities regarding the causes of the fire. “Forensics will be able to explain the causes of the fire,” he affirmed.

Is requiring a permission to use Styrofoam as a building wall? “We are still investigating. Surely, we are going to coordinate with related institutions,” said Andi.

Meanwhile, Patrem said the crime scene was a project with steel

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Greek wildfires toll rises to 79 amid search for survivors

Tourist visit to Nusa Penida downs to 60 percent

Sukasta explained the decline in tourist visits to Nusa Penida has occurred since the past five days.

Nusa Penida commonly crowded with tourists has now been quiet since the issuance of the appeal to delay voyage for passenger ships and or fast boats. “The impact on Nusa Penida is extraordinary. No tourists can go there because the boat’s departure from the harbor is firmly restricted,” he explained.

Sukasta said that based on the information compiled from some of his staff in Nusa Penida, the condition of waters in the sea is quite normal to cross. He also questioned about the Benoa Harbor Authority and Harbormaster Office that returned to issue a letter for the third voyage delay.

“Indeed, the highest authority regarding the safety matters lies in

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frame construction and workmanship conditions has reached completion of 60 to 70 percent where the roof, floor and wall are made of Styrofoam. Daily workmanship of the project is carried out with electrical tools. On Monday (Jul. 23) at 09:00, the project installed a steel frame on the second floor handled by six people.

The fire was first discovered by six project workers, namely Abdul Rosyid, Febri Pujo Handoko, Bima Listian Asasi Makdur, Ahmad Budi Santoso and Kuku Sri Madona. At 13:30, they were startled by a cloud of dense smoke from the walls on the second floor of the building made of Styrofoam. Seeing the puff of smoke accompanied with flames, the project workers ran towards the edge of the pool. (kmb36)

Scores of locals and holidaymakers fled to the sea to try to escape the flames as they tore through towns near Athens stoked by 100-kilometre-per-hour wind gusts, devouring woodland and hundreds of buildings.

Greek media have described the disaster as a “national tragedy”, while Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras cut short a visit to Bosnia and announced three days of national mourning.

The government has not yet said how many people are still missing from the fires, which broke out on Monday, as firefighters continue to battle blazes in some areas.

Terrified residents and tourists were overtaken by the flames in homes, on foot or in their cars. AFP photographers saw the burnt bodies of people and dogs.

The charred bodies of 26 people, including small children, were discovered at a villa at the seaside resort of Mati, 40 kilometres (25 miles) northeast of Athens, rescuers said.

They were huddled together in small groups, “perhaps families, friends or strangers, entwined in a last attempt to protect themselves as they tried to reach the sea”, said rescuer Vassilis Andriopoulos.

“Mati no longer exists,” said the mayor of nearby Rafina, Evangelos

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Firefighters and volunteers try to extinguish flames during a wildfire at the village of Kineta, near Athens, on July 24, 2018.

Bournous, adding that more than a thousand buildings and 300 cars had been damaged.

On Wednesday a blaze was threatening houses near the seaside town of Kineta, 25 kilometres west of Athens.

- Deadliest ever Greek fire Dozens of firefighters were bat-

tling the flames aided by helicopters and planes dropping thousands of gallons of water.

A fire service official said that searches to find those missing in the fires would continue on Wednesday, although there was still no official word on the number of people unaccounted for.

Spokeswoman Stavroula Maliri

said authorities knew of “79 dead”, surpassing the 77 people killed in the previous deadliest fires in Greece, on the southern island of Evia in 2007.

Some 187 people have been hospitalised, with 82 being treated on Tuesday evening, including almost a dozen children, most of whom were in a “serious condition”, the

fire services said.

Rain is forecast for the coming days, which will help efforts to douse the flames after temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) on Monday.

Dramatic video footage showed people fleeing by car as the touristfriendly Attica region declared a state of emergency. (afp)

Deadly caste violence hits Indian state

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Protests have been mounting across the key state since Monday, when a Maratha community activist jumped to his death from a bridge in protest.

MUMBAI - Violent protests by an Indian caste demanding reserved government jobs erupted in the western state of Maharashtra on Wednesday a day after deadly demonstrations, officials said.

Protests have been mounting across the key state since Monday, when a Maratha community activist jumped to his death from a bridge in protest.

Another activist killed himself with poison on Tuesday, the same day a police officer was killed in clashes during wider protests, reports said.

More than 30,000 police have

been deployed across the region but the first trouble on Wednesday blew up in the city of Thane, near Mumbai.

“Two incidents of stone-pelting and arson were reported near Thane and we have prevented further incidents by deploying our teams,” Sukhada Narkar, a police spokesperson in Thane told AFP. Maratha protests were held across the Mumbai, shutting many schools and colleges and delaying trains, officials added.

Maratha protestors have for years been pressing for more re-

served jobs in the government and education. A rally by hundreds of thousands of protestors last year paralysed Mumbai.

Campaigns by groups like the Marathas in Maharashtra and Patidars in Gujarat -- to back their demands for more government jobs -- have claimed many lives in recent years.

Maharashtra is a key agricultural state but in recent years poor rains have led to crop failures. Many Marathas were among more than 2,500 farmers who committed suicide in the state in 2017, according to official figures. (afp)

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A new study links the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, found in cat feces, to entrepreneurship.

Parasite in cat poop could make us take risks

COLORADO - A mind-controlling parasite found in cat feces may give people the courage they need to become entrepreneurs, researchers reported Tuesday.

They found that people who have been infected with the Toxoplasma gondii parasite are more likely to major in business and to have started their own businesses than non-infected people.

The parasite, which makes rodents unafraid of cats, may be reducing the fear of failure in people, Stefanie Johnson of the University of Colorado and colleagues said.

They haven’t actually shown that. But toxoplasmosis does get into the brain, and it’s been linked to a variety of mental effects in mice and people alike.

It has been linked to a greater risk of “car accidents, mental illness, neuroticism, drug abuse and suicide,” Johnson and her colleagues wrote in their paper, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

It might be affecting message-carrying chemicals in the brain called neurotransmitters, or hormones such as testosterone, they wrote.

In particular, scientists have studied whether the parasite might increase risk-taking behavior.

Johnson is an associate professor of management at the University of Colorado and often told her students about the odd effects of the parasite, which travels to the brains of rodents and causes them to lose their innate fear of the smell of cat urine.

That benefits the organism, which reproduces in the bodies of cats. Cats are more likely to eat the unafraid infected mice, thus helping the parasite in its life cycle.

People can catch it from handling droppings from cats that are newly infected, but most people catch the parasite when eating poorly cooked meat, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

Pregnant women are warned to stay away from cat feces in litter boxes and raw meat because the parasite can cause miscarriages and birth defects. (net)

not only humanitarian but also smart policy, Fauci added.

“You get a twofer: You save the life of the person who’s infected,” he said, “and you’re making it virtually impossible for that person to transmit that infection to their sexual partner.”

Until there’s a vaccine, condoms are the best way to prevent HIV infection, but not everyone uses them or does so all the time, so other options are needed.

A two-drug combo used to treat people with HIV, sold as Truvada

by Gilead Science and in generic form in some countries, has been shown to help prevent infection when one partner has the virus and one does not, but the evidence so far has been strongest for malefemale couples.

A new study was designed as a real-world test in about 1,600 gay men in the Paris region who were at high risk of getting HIV because of many sex partners, reluctance to use condoms or other reasons. They were offered the preventive pills either for daily use, as is recommended in the United States, or “on demand” — before and after unprotected sex. A little more than half chose on demand, and have been tested every three months to see if they had been infected. (net)

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Truvada has been shown to help prevent infection when one partner has HIV and one does not.

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Full-day school is not a must

AIDS drugs suppress infections, studies show

New research shows more promise for using AIDS treatment drugs as a prevention tool, to help keep uninfected people from catching HIV during sex with a partner who has the virus.

There were no infections among gay men who used a two-drug combo pill either daily or just before and after sex with someone with HIV, one study found. In a second study, no uninfected men caught the virus if they had sex only with a partner whose HIV was well suppressed by medicines.

Both studies were discussed Tuesday at the International AIDS conference in Amsterdam.

The United States’ top AIDS scientist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, called the results “very impressive” and “really striking.”

About 36 million people worldwide have HIV and 1.8 million new infections occur each year, said Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

“The only way you’re going to end the epidemic is by preventing additional cases of transmission,” he said. The treatment drugs are tools that “if widely implemented, theoretically could end the epidemic.”

Expanding access to them is

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MANGUPURA - A number of elementary schools (SD) and junior high schools (SMP) in several districts in Bali remains to apply five-day school or known as full-day school. Actually, the policy referring to the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture No.23/2017 on School Day has been replaced by Presidential Regulation No.87/2017 on the Strengthening of Character Education.

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Having kept silent for few days, the Mount Agung returned to show off its volcanic activities.

Mount Agung erupts thrice in low scale AMLAPURA - Having kept silent for few days, the Mount Agung returned to show off its volcanic activities. On Tuesday (Jul. 24), the volcano with the height of 3,142 meters above sea level experienced thrice eruptions with one-hour interlude from one eruption to another.

The first eruption occurred at 12:52 with duration of 3 minutes 26 seconds and the height of ash column as high as 1,500 meters.

The second eruption followed at 13:36 with duration of 2 minutes 13 seconds and the height of ash column of 700 meter. Finally, the third eruption happened at 14:36 with the duration of 3 minutes 13 seconds and height of ash column of 700 meters. The medium intensity of ash column coming in white-gray color flew eastward and southeastward following the wind direction.

Related to the thrice eruptions in succession, the Head of the Volcanic Mitigation of Eastern Territory of the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG), Dr. Devi Kamil Syahbana, in a press release said the three eruptions belong to low scale.

Nevertheless, the multi-parameter data (seismic, deformation, geochemistry and satellite) indicate that Mt. Agung’s activities are still fluctuating, unstable and still potentially eruptive.

Previously, the blast activities and eruptions had decreased because there was a slight decrease in

the supply of magma. The records of the three eruptions occurred last Tuesday, according to Devi Kamil Syahbana, indicate the movement of magmatic fluid to the surface (indicated by the recorded volcanic earthquake). Based on the data analysis as a whole, it has not been observed any indications on the increase in magmatic intrusion in a large scale. “Under the current conditions, the main threat of danger can be a stone or lava flare in and out of the crater, pebble, sand or ash. Based on data modeling, there is possibility of large eruption material fall within the radius of 4 km,” he explained.

The eruption was followed by information on thin ash rain in several locations and even getting to Ubud, Gianyar. Regarding this matter, Devi Kamil Syahbana said the volcanic ash materials could spread very far even getting to outside Bali Island in accordance with the wind direction and speed.

He urged the community to remain calm but continuing to maintain preparedness and keeping abreast of the latest activity development to anticipate changes in dynamic volcanic activities.

“Mount Agung’s activities are still developing and can change any time. Currently, it remains in the watch alert level. If the data indicate there is a potential for larger eruption with a widespread threat, the PVMBG will re-evaluate its recommendations,” he concluded. (kmb)

The regulation gives freedom to schools to choose the system applied. Then, what about the schools in Badung district? The Head of Badung Education Agency, I Ketut Widia Astika, said the agency did not force elementary school and junior high school to apply the program. However, a number of schools, especially private schools, have implemented the program.

“There have been schools applying it (full-day school—Ed), but they are only in the level of elementary school, while at junior high school it is only applied by private school. So far, no state school does it. It is not easy to change from sixday to the five-day school,” said Widia Astika on Monday (Jul. 7).

According to him, the schools having implemented the five-day school program must really take into account both the curriculum and school character because not all parents of students agree with the program.

“There must be an agreement with the school committee whether there is objection to the pro-

gram because students’ parents may work until Saturday. Meanwhile, their children have day-off at home without supervision, so this also becomes a constraint,” he said.

Besides, the application of full-day school program at public schools, recognized by this bureaucrat from Kerobokan, North Kuta, finds difficulty because they are averagely apply double shifts, so it is impossible to apply the five-day school.

“Nevertheless, we will try to implement the program first. We make tryout for two weeks. If there are no complaints, it will be continued. If returning to six-day school, there is no obligation, so that we will return the decision to schools,” he said while adding that elementary schools having implemented full-day school are the SDN 4 Tuban and SDN 2 Tibubeneng elementary school.

Based on data of the Badung Education Agency, the private elementary and junior high schools having implemented the full-day school in Badung are the SD Harapan Bunda (South Kuta), SD Taman Rama (South Kuta), SD Bintang Mandiri (South Kuta), SD Taman Tirta (Mengwi), SD Bukit Sunrise (South Kuta), SD Immanuel (North Kuta), SD Lentera Hati (South Kuta), SD Jembatan Budaya (Kuta), SD Kalam Kudus (North Kuta), SD Tunas Kasih (South Kuta), SD Widiatmika (South Kuta), SD High Scope Indonesia Bali (North Kuta), SD Multi Q (North Kuta), SDN 4 Tuban (Kuta), SMP Widiatmika (South Kuta), SMP Taman Rama (South Kuta), SMP Tunas Kasih (South Kuta), SMP Bintang Mandiri (South Kuta), SMP Jembatan Budaya (Kuta), SMP Kalam Kudus (North Kuta) and SMP Sunari Loka (Kuta). (kmb27)

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A number of elementary schools (SD) and junior high schools (SMP) in several districts in Bali remains to apply five-day school or known as full-day school.

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After determination, Koster-Ace immediately leads to Transition House

DENPASAR - The Bali Electoral Commission (KPU) determined Wayan Koster-Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati as the elected gubernatorial and deputy gubernatorial candidate in the 2018 Bali Gubernatorial Election in the Wiswasabha Utama of Bali Governor Office on Tuesday afternoon (Jul. 24). The determination was made after the Electoral Commission received a letter from the Constitutional Court on Monday (Jul. 23) stating that Bali is not listed in the registration of dispute cases in the 2018 simultaneous regional leader election.

Based on the letter of Director General of Regional Autonomy, Ministry of Home Affairs, the inauguration of the elected governor and deputy governor will be held on September 17. Meanwhile, Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, will end his office on August 29, 2018.

Of course, there will be a vacancy in the governor’s office until awaiting the inauguration of the new governor.

“Of course, it will become the authority of central government to fill in the governor’s position. Maybe it will be filled with acting governor or the like. Obviously, there should not be vacancy in the government,” said Chairman of the Bali Electoral Commission, I Dewa Kade Wiarsa Raka Sandi, after the opening of the plenary session of the determinantion of the elected governor and deputy governor.

Determination of the elected candidate pair also be-

came the last day of Raka Sandi’s term. After 10 years of serving as the organizer of the election, Raka Sandi will perform a new duty as electoral supervisor. It followed his inauguration as one of the members of Bali Electoral Supervisory Committee on Wednesday (Jul. 25).

“I participated in the selection process (of Electoral Supervisory Committee—Ed) that was indeed with the permission of the Chairman of the Central Electoral Supervisory Committee (Bawaslu) because the stages for the 2018 election had already been completed and the term of office is indeed over,” he explained.

Transition House

Meanwhile, Koster-Cok Ace went directly to the former official residence of the Chairman of the Bali House of Representatives having been transformed into a transition house on the idea of the current Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika. In front of the media crew, Koster thanked all parties, ranging from the gubernatorial election organizer to people who have used their voting right. Not to be missed, he also thanked to his rival, Ida Bagus Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra-I Ketut Sudikerta.

“We thank the candidate pair of number 2 that has used their political rights to participate in the 2018 Bali gubernatorial election as our partner in building the quality of democracy in Bali and providing intelligent political education for Balinese people, especially the younger generation,” said this Head of the PDI-P Bali.

Koster also reiterated the vision and mission as delivered during the last campaign. In essence, the de-

velopment in Bali will be carried out with a conceptual approach to one region, known as the one island, one system and one governance, or one island and one management. One of the agendas that will soon be implemented is to establish a special team to draft legislation, long-term development plan (RPJMD), programs in the 2018 regional budget (RAPBD) amendment and 2019 RAPBD, and priority programs after being inaugurated.

The regulations that will soon be formulated will include the one posing a direct request from PDI-P Chairperson, Megawati Soekarnoputri, regarding the drafting of regional bylaw or gubernatorial regulation about the ban from using plastic wrap.

“To strengthen the team that will handle these tasks, it will be formed a like-based working group (sekaa demen) for Bali consisting of the graduates of ITB Bandung who have professional competence and experiences in their respective field,” he explained.

The fields, continued Koster, will cover infrastructure, transportation, provision of basic drinking water and electricity, the environment, people’s handicraft industry, food to state-owned enterprises and the private sector. Approximately there are 20 people that will join and start working at transition house from July 28, 2018. They mainly compile the concept of Bali’s development as the implementation of the Koster-Ace’s vision and mission.

“They are ready to work free of charge so as not to burden the regional budget,” added this former member of the central House of Representatives. (kmb32)

Repeatedly hit by fire, Residents of Peh protest and have landfill closed

NEGARA - Peh landfill at Kaliakah village, Negara, was on fire on Tuesday (Jul. 24). The fire incident occurred in the piles of garbage at the southern side adjacent to the asphalt plant. Based on the information, the fire was known to blaze since Tuesday morning of around 04:30.

People who happened to pass saw the incident and reported to village officers.

Amid the fire extinguishment process by the firefighters, dozens of residents protested and demanded the closure of the largest landfill in Jembrana. They claimed to be furious with such condition because such incident has repeatedly happened.

“Smoke gets to the settlements. It is a pity on the surrounding babies and children.

Hopefully, this is the last one and we have the landfill closed,” said Ketut Witama, a local resident.

Apart from smoke problem, people have long objected to the existence of the landfill because of the bad impact in the form of the air and underground wa-

ter pollution. Stagnant water around the landfill area results in mosquito larvae and the color of the puddle is very thick.

The water also flows into the surrounding drains and irrigation channel used by the local subak (irrigation cooperative).

A member of Subak Tegalasih, Nengah Wisana, revealed that subak water is affected by the garbage seepage from the landfill. Most of the residents in Peh area are quite patient with such condition.

However, with this third fire incident they can longer stand. People asked the government to close and relocate the garbage disposal from Peh Landfill.

“The smoke from burning garbage has mounted like that. Within a few moments, it will become abundant,” said Komang, another resident.

They urged the government to immediately respond before they are getting anarchical because the impact of the landfill has been very detrimental to citizens.

Protest action had been calmed down by

village officers and Jembrana Environment Agency (LH). People then chose to disperse after getting a mask from the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) and previously were received by local headman.

Headman of Kaliakah, Made Bagiarta, said he already received a report from the public around 04:30. Fortunately, no casualties were reported in the incident.

However, it has received the attention from village apparatus because the fire has not gone out. According to him, this is the third fire experienced by the landfill.

Similarly, he admitted to have frequently received some complaints from people living around the landfill area.

There should be a solution from the local government so as not to accumulate at Peh. The Peh landfill is known to burn on Tuesday morning. The fire is estimated to originate from methane gas arising from the piles of garbage. From the observations made on Tuesday afternoon, the

fire was still visible in the piles of garbage with the height of 15 meters more.

Although the fire truck of the Jembrana district government alternately extinguished, thick smoke still puffed around the location.

Head of Fire Department, Kade Bagus Darmawan, amid the extinguishment revealed the officers have started to extinguish the fire from 05:04. It took a long time to extinguish as the source of fire was still in the middle of the garbage piles. The landfill spreading across the area of one hectare is still prone to fire. “We are still trying to open the piles of garbage with heavy equipment to extinguish the source of fire,” he explained.

This fire incident is the umpteenth times occurred at that location. Previously, the officers took up to three days to put out the fire. Fire Department deployed three fire trucks with the help of the Jembrana Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD). (kmb26)

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Canggu Fun Run to Be Held in August 2018

Canggu Fun Run, a fun and exciting jogging event, will return to be held on August 19, 2018.

It aims to promote the Canggu tourism area with the target participants of more than 350 runners, either beginners or professionals. “All the runners are invited to know the very beautiful and unique Canggu village,” said Hotel Manager of FRii Bali Echo Beach, Hasan Bisri, on the sidelines of breaking fast together at the local hotel, Thursday (Jun. 7).

Tourism players and foreign tourists are given the opportunity to participate in the event having entered the third year. Therefore, this run is very different, where it does not only make the participants fit and healthy, but also happy.

“The route is the village area of ??Canggu, a newly developing village tourist area after Kuta and Seminyak. Rural atmosphere and the hospitality of its citizens along with their activity become a unique attraction in completing the route,”

said Hasan Bisri.

The route chosen is almost the same as last year’s, such as passing through paddy fields, beaches, mural art walls, cafes & restaurants, temples and residential area of local community in a fun manner. The Fun Run 2018 will cover a distance of about 5 km centered on Canggu Beach. The participants are tourism workers and hotel guests staying in Bali that will be divided into two categories: namely men and women Hasan Bisri said, other than intro-

ducing the tourist area of ??Canggu, the Fun Run 2018 is also held in a series of the commemoration of the 73rd Independence Day of Indonesia and the anniversary of local sekaa teruna (customary youth club). On that account, the Canggu Fun Run 2018 involves the sekaa teruna as the committee. “We invite local residents, especially sekaa teruna as part of the application of the Tri Hita Karana, especially the pawongan (social) and palemahan (environmental) aspect,” he said.

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Indeed, explained Hasan Bisri, the Canggu Fun Run 2018 is held

by FRii Bali Echo Beach in collaboration with The Haven Bali Seminyak, The Haven Suites Bali Berawa and Fontana Hotel Bali incorporated in PHM Collection under the auspices of PHM Hospitality. “This activity is a part of our social responsibility to the environment. Therefore, at the end of the event there is a handover of assistance to underprivileged children,” he concluded. (kmb)

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Singer Demi Lovato hospitalized for drug overdose: reports

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LOS ANGELES - Pop star Demi Lovato was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday after an apparent drug overdose but remained in stable condition, reports said.

A Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman confirmed to AFP that emergency responders transported a 25-year-old woman from an address that matches Lovato’s to a hospital, but did not identify her by name or state her condition.

Celebrity news site TMZ released audio of an emergency call in which responders appear to say that Lovato is unconscious and revived with Narcan, a nasal spray used to treat opioid overdoses.

People magazine quoted an anonymous source close to Lovato saying that the singer was in stable condition and that the overdose, while drug-related, was not from heroin, as initially

reported by TMZ. Representatives for Lovato did not respond to requests for comment.

A former Disney child star, Lovato has been open about her struggles with addiction as well as depression and eating disorders. A 2012 documentary, “Demi Lovato: Stay Strong,” documents how she used to snort cocaine several times a day but found her way into rehab and back into a successful career.

But a month ago, she released a song entitled “Sober,” in which she appeared to indicate a relapse, opening with the line, “I got no excuses for all these goodbyes.” (afp)

Superstar pastry chef’s ‘food porn’ has Instagram drooling PARIS - When Cedric Grolet takes out his pastry knife, millions of mouths water.

The young Frenchman, named the top patissier on the planet last month by “The World’s 50 Best Restaurants” list, is an Instagram superstar.

Videos of him slicing through the exquisite fake fruit he creates to reveal their tastebud-teasing interiors get millions of views on social media.

Millions more drool over images of his glossy hyper-realistic pears, apricots, lemons, peaches and even tomatoes, with Vogue -- a magazine

not known for its championing of high-calorie desserts -- saying they “leave you wanting to lick the screen”.

“His fans cry, fall into his arms and demand autographs” and selfies, said the usually sober French daily Le Monde.

His work is pure “food porn”, it declared, with only a select few getting the chance to consummate their desire every day at the top Paris hotel where he works.

With high tea at Le Meurice featuring his cakes sometimes booked weeks in advance, Grolet opened a

tiny boutique there in March.

Its shelves empty within hours every day.

His Rubik’s cube cake -- which pivots just like the real thing -- has become a cult on the fashionable Parisian dinner circuit, although at 170 euros ($200) for a cake for six, only those with the deep pockets can afford it.

Grolet has even made a blue, white and red version to celebrate France’s World Cup win earlier this month.

Like the members of the French football team, he is something of a working-class hero. (afp)

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Big Waves Hit Southern Part of Bali

DENPASAR - Big waves have been rolling into Bali’s southern beaches with “monster” high tides, signaling the arrival of some serious swell. Anyone else getting some serious flashbacks to the king tides in 2016? Or in more recent memory, how about the massive waves at Angel’s Billabong last week?

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued an alert on Wednesday warning of waves up to six meters in Bali’s southern waters.

And with the big waves and high tides have come plenty of videos and photos on the net, documenting the intensity. The high tides has been happening in the last 5 days all around Bali.

It made trip to Nusa Penida was

cancelled.BMKG recommend the shut down of fast boat routes last week from Padang Bai harbor to the Gili islands off of Lombok until until conditions improve.

Similarly, fast boats have not been operating regularly from Sanur to Nusa Lembongan and Penida, islands off of Bali’s southeastern coast.

The helicopter charter has been hired by a number of tourists

“stranded” in the Gilis and Nusa Lembongan, wanting to make it back to mainland Bali.

Air Bali, which is actually Bali’s first helicopter company, predominantly provides helicopter tours, but also does medical charters, and film and aerial photography throughout the region when hired.

“For the past three days, we have had many (helicopter book-

ings) when boats in Bali have not been operating,” Bali Air marketing manager Feny Soviani told Detik on Saturday.

“Usually we take tours in Bali, sometimes make transfers every now and then, but with the boats being cancelled, this has caused an increase of up to 50 percent of the use of helicopters for transfer,” Soviani said.

From July 19 to 20, Air Bali had about 100 passengers per day, he said. Foreign tourists were picked up and brought to Bali form Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Penida, and also Gili Trawangan.But of

course, escape via chopper is only for the financially comfortable. A helicopter ride costs USD450 per passenger from Nusa Penida or Lembongan to Bali, while a troop from Gili Trawangan to Bali runs for USD600 a head, according to Soviani. (kmb) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.