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Entertainment
Monday, October 28, 2013
Jay-Z defends deal with store accused of profiling Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — Jay-Z — under pressure to drop a collaboration with luxury store Barneys New York after it was accused of racially profiling two black customers — said Saturday he’s being unfairly “demonized” for waiting to hear all of the facts. The rap mogul made his first statement about the controversy in a posting on his website. He has been criticized for remaining silent after two young black people said they were profiled by Barneys after they purchased expensive items from their Manhattan store. An online petition and Twitter messages from fans have been circulating, calling on the star to leave his upcoming partnership with Barneys for the holiday season, which will have the store selling items by top designers, inspired by Jay-Z, with some proceeds going to his charity. But Jay-Z — whose real name is Shawn Carter — defended himself, say-
ing he hasn’t spoken about it because he’s still trying to figure out what happened. “I haven’t made any comments because I am waiting on facts and the outcome of a meeting between community leaders and Barneys,” the statement said. “Why am I being demonized ... for not speaking immediately?” The two Barneys customers, Trayon Christian and Kayla Phillips, said this week they were detained by police after making expensive purchases. Christian sued Barneys, saying he was accused of fraud after using his debit card to buy a $349 Ferragamo belt in April. Philips filed a notice of claim say-
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FILE- In this May 14, 2012 file photo, entertainer Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter arrives at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File
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Well managed, agriculture can support economic growth
ing she would sue after she was stopped by detectives outside the store when she bought a $2,500 Celine handbag in February. Barneys said Thursday it had retained a civil rights expert to help review its procedures. The CEO of Barneys, Mark Lee, offered his “sincere regret and deepest apologies.” Kirsten John Foy, an official with the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, said he would meet with Barneys officials on Tuesday to discuss the allegations. Jay-Z — who rose from a life of crime to become one of entertainment’s biggest superstars — has in the past called for a boycott of labels perceived to be racist. He has become more political in recent years, from speaking out about the killing of black teenager Trayvon Martin to campaigning for President Barack Obama. Jay-Z said in this case, he’s still trying to find out what happened.
Stuntman and ‘Smokey’ director Hal Needham dies Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES — Hal Needham, a top Hollywood stuntman who turned to directing action films including “Smokey and the Bandit” and “The Cannonball Run,” has died. He was 82. His business managers tell the Los Angeles Times that Needham died Friday in Los Angeles. A former paratrooper, Needham appeared in thousands of TV episodes and hundreds of movies, performing
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and designing stunts. Needham jumped from planes, was dragged by horses and wrecked cars — breaking 56 bones in the process. His best-known directing efforts involved 1970s Burt Reynolds action comedies. He also directed Arnold Schwarzenegger in “The Villain.” In a Twitter posting, Schwarzenegger called Needham an icon. Needham received an honorary Oscar last year.
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2012 file photo, Hal Needham arrives at the 4th Annual Governors Awards at Hollywood and Highland Center’s Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles.
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The potential of agriculture in the broad sense (agriculture, horticulture and food) in Bali is very large. When the agricultural sector empowerment has been undertaken like the improvement of agricultural technology and preservation of quality of agricultural products, the sector can certainly play a significant role in the economic growth Bali Post
DENPASAR - So far, the economic growth of Bali has been dominantly driven by trade, hotel and restaurant as well as the sector of services and transportation. Unfortunately, the agricultural sector in Bali deeply involved by almost 80 percent of the population only plays the role averagely 19.28 percent in the annual economic growth. An agricultural expert, Prof. Nyoman Suparta, doubling as former Chairman of the Indonesia Farmers Union (HKTI) of Bali, said that he saw the potential of agriculture in the broad sense (agriculture, horticulture and food) in Bali was very large. Although so far the role of agriculture was not so high to sustain the economic growth, he was confident and optimistic that in years to come the sector becoming the backbone of Balinese people would play a tremendous role in
sustaining the economic growth in Bali, provided that the agricultural sector could be maximally cultivated and well managed. “We all know the agricultural land in Bali is actually far more extensive than that of tourism. When the agricultural sector empowerment has been undertaken like the improvement of agricultural technology and preservation of quality of agricultural products, the sector can certainly play a significant role in the economic growth,” he said.
He asserted that Bali essentially had a great potential to develop and improve the agricultural sector amid the high demand of tourism sector, especially hotels and restaurants, for agricultural products. Unfortunately, all this time the agricultural products of local farmers could not fully be absorbed in the tourism sector. “In the future, at least the agricultural products of local farmers in Bali can be distributed to tourism sector so that tourism can become a host at its own home. Aside from being capable of reducing the amount of agricultural imports from outside, at least this strategy can give value to the agricultural products in Bali,” he advised. He also highly regretted the condition of agricultural products after harvest. So far, the reality indicated if the agricultural products in harvest season sometimes had
no value. Abundant volume did not fully provide benefits for farmers because the price dropped. “Suppose that we make a processing unit for the agricultural products, the agricultural products in the harvest season will remain to have higher selling price and even can increase the regional revenue,” he said. Different opinion was given by an agricultural and plantation observer, IB Raka Wiryanata. According to him, tourism sector would continue to dominate the economy of Bali. It could happen because so far there had been no real action from the government to the agricultural sector, so the agriculture turned sluggish. He also considered the recent weakening of the agriculture in Bali was also caused by a number of factors including the decrease of farmland due to conversion into
various other purposes. “Have a look at Bali where it seems still very dependent on other regions such as in the provision of various agricultural commodities. It is recorded that 6070 percent of the market share in this region is filled in by agricultural commodities from outside Bali,” he revealed doubling as Chairman of the Indonesian Market Traders Association (APPSI) of Bali. If it continued to happen and any disruption happened to transportation from outside Bali impeding the delivery of agricultural commodities to Bali, it could be imagined that Bali would be paralyzed. Thus, revitalization of the agriculture would surely become strategic to be done related to increasing the economic structure and competitiveness of agricultural products in Bali. (kmb28)