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Rapper Azealia Banks denounces ‘terrible’ Australia crowds

Angelina Jolie film paying tribute to land of her son Maddox

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PHNOM PENH — Cambodia helped Angelina Jolie become a film superstar and start a family. To tell the stories of people in the country that touched her, she is directing a Netflix film on location based on a memoir of the country’s 1970s holocaust under the communist Khmer Rouge, blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people.

And her Cambodian-born son Maddox will help with research and preparation for the film, Jolie said Tuesday in an email interview with The Associated Press.

Jolie’s 2001 hit, “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” was filmed partly at Cambodia’s famous Angkor Wat temple complex, and in 2002 she adopted 7-month-old Maddox from an

orphanage in western Cambodia.

Determined to give something back, she launched a foundation in Cambodia 12 years ago to promote community development alongside conservation.

This past weekend she visited some of the projects of the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation, which focuses on programs “to help local

families overcome problems associated with poverty in the region and to help preserve the remarkable habitat and wildlife for future generations,” she said.

She’s slated to begin filming in November on the Netflix project, an adaptation of “First they Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers,” author Loung Ung’s memoir of her childhood during the Khmer Rouge regime. Jolie recently directed the Louis Zamperini biopic “Unbroken” and is in post-production on the drama “By the Sea,” in which she also acts alongside her husband, Brad Pitt. (ap)

NEW YORK - Outspoken New York rapper Azealia Banks has declared herself fed up with playing in Australia, condemning the audiences as belligerent.

Her denunciation of the country came after her feud with white Australian rapper Iggy Azalea, whom Banks accused of cultural exploitation by affecting an African American accent.

Banks performed Saturday at Splendour in the Grass, an annual festival in the Australian winter held in the eastern beach town of Byron Bay. Banks did not take it lightly when an Australian radio host, Paul “Browny” Brown, sarcastically congratulated her for completing a full performance in the country.

In 2013, she walked off stage at a Melbourne festival when she

was hit by a can of beer.

“You guys are terrible crowds to play for. You’re violent and belligerent and I simply will not put my safety at risk,” Banks wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.

“I would’ve walked off stage had someone thrown something,” she wrote. “Plus you guys are too far away and honestly, the show guarantees are never really worth the trip.”

Banks has enjoyed critical acclaim for tracks such as the racially and sexually charged “212” but has been known in popular media more for her blunt views.

Iggy Azalea -- mocked by Banks as “Igloo Australia” -- has steered clear of the latest episode.

Earlier this year Azalea said she was taking time away from Twitter following a number of heated exchanges. (afp)

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Bali should stick with SCETO’s study

DENPASAR - The Societe Centrale pour l’Equpeent Touristique Ouetre-Mer (SCETO) conducted a study related to the master plan for tourism in Bali, including mapping out areas that are beneficial to be developed for tourism - such as Nusa Dua. The mass tourism currently being developped on the island, does not take this study into account as witnessed by the kinds of plans that are being implemented. “Why is Bali suddenly planning the reclamation (of Benoa Bay—Ed), the building of an airport (Buleleng—Ed), and these without a master plan or a comprehensive and holistic academic study?” asked Chairman of Love Bali

Forum, I Made Mandera recently.

In addition to the reclamation and airport plans, Mandera, former Managing Director of BTDC (now ITDC), also disagrees about the planned construction of another toll road, arguing that it will only exacerbate traffic congestion. He agrees that there needs to be improvements made to road infrastructure so that the differentt regions of Bali can more

easily be accessed, however he said that a toll road is not the answer.

“Not a single toll road is free of traffic congestion, what we need is a traffic system that does not direct the entire flow of traffic to any single pathway. When we talk about tourism, the main question is whether there will be traffic or not,” he explained.

Mandera added that Bali should not simply become a place for others to turn a profit. The SCETO study pointed to Nusa Dua as a area that could feasibly be developed for tourism and serve as the driving force of

the tourism economy when things are sluggish, however other areas still need to be developed. “For example Karangasem’s economy is not moving, so efforts should be made to drive the economy there, the same is true of Buleleng there is a need to direct development in these areas,” he added.

Mandera also addressed the issue of unemployment in Bali saying that with as little as 33,000 people being jobless and a projected 50,000 in twenty years from now, we should question what the use of a project that would employ 1 million people

is. ”All that means is that we will have to divide the pie into smaller and smaller pieces. We should instead sit down together in order to come up with a place for the future of Bali’s economy and what it might mean for the future of Balinese culture,” affirmed Mandera. (kmb32) 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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The photo shows eastern part of Bali from above. SCETO has conducted the studies on Bali tourism masterplan. One of the measures taken was by mapping out the areas worth developing for tourism such as Nusa Dua. If Bali consistently implements the studies, the tourism development may be less massive than what is happening today.

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Forensic of Sanglah Hospital receives some 300 bodies each month

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Parents complained on student orientation One of the orientation activity held in SMU 1 Denpasar

DENPASAR - The public, especially parents of new students, hoped the implementation of new student orientation term (MOS) for the level of junior high, high school and vocational school can thoroughly comply with the provisions as set forth in the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture No.55/2014 on New Student Orientation Term. However, it is still far from expectation. For example, implementation of the student orientation at one of the state high schools in Denpasar was complained by student’s parent as it was considered extremely burdensome.

Based on information received by Bali Post on Tuesday (Jul. 28), at the school all the new students were required to buy 17 items where each student must spend around IDR 250,000 to IDR 300,000. It is said that the task was given on the first day of orientation, Monday (Jul. 27). If the orientation lasts for one week, then every student will have to spend IDR 2.1 million for something with unclear benefits. It has not been multiplied with the number of new students at the school amounting to hundreds of people. Not only that, the new students were also collected with additional charges for meals or lunch pack whose value was not exactly cheap.

Unfortunately, the student’s parent complaining about the charges during the student orientation did not dare to

mention the identity clearly. He hoped that the students are taught to use the fund wisely and not otherwise wasting it for trivial things. In addition, he also criticized the implementation of student orientation remaining to be filled with mental violence, growling, bullying and so on.

When confirmed related to complaints revealed by student’s parent, the Head of the Denpasar Education Agency, IGN Eddy Mulya, said that his party has warned all the principals of junior high and high school or vocational schools in Denpasar to oversee the implementation of student orientation at their respective school extra tightly. If any indications of violation are found, he asked the principal to evaluate and improve it as soon as possible so that

the orientation can take place as outlined by the Regulation of Minister of Education and Culture No.55/2014. “I have not received any official reports if there are bizarre tasks during the student orientation.”

If it is an anonymous letter on behalf of student’s parent, it will be difficult for us to respond to it. Nevertheless, related to the information, we have made coordination with all the principals in Denpasar in order that they oversee the implementation of student orientation at their respective school for the whole period until it ends. “If the incident is true on the first day of the student orientation, we’ve ordered them to immediately stop the provision of bizarre tasks that are burdensome to new students and their parents,” he said. (kmb13)

DENPASAR - Forensic Medicine Installation of Sanglah Hospital receives at least 300 bodies each month. Based on data from the past six months, in January 2015 a total of 342 bodies were brought to the mortuary installation, February (359), March (382), April (341), May (374) and June (316).

The Head of Sanglah Hospital Forensic Medicine, Ida Bagus Putu Alit, said that his party generally classifies the manner of death into two, namely natural death and unnatural death. “Natural death happens if the death is caused by disease and old age,” he said, while unnatural death can be caused by several factors such accident, suicide, homicide, and undetermined cause.

From the data, in January 2015 there were 200 people dying naturally and 142 people dying unnaturally. In February, 223 people died naturally and 138 people died unnaturally. In March, 263 people died naturally and 85 people died unnaturally. In April, 246 people died naturally and 95 people died unnaturally. In May, 288 people died naturally and 70 people died unnaturally. In June, 151 died naturally and 165 people died unnaturally.

So, averagely 10 bodies are taken to the installation each day. It can be imagined how busy the officers are every day.

“High busyness here (Forensic Medicine Installation—Ed) can be seen from the benchmark index of individual performance, so that ours is high,” he said. Alit also stated that his party only observes the causes of death directly related to the body as a result of disease or violence leading directly to death. “Here, we do not know about the cause beyond the matters related to the bodies, such as late handling or the like,” he said.

One’s death is influenced by many factors such as demography, lifestyle (diseases), accidents, et cetera. Demographic factor that determines mortality is seen in general, for example, when an area is inhabited by more elderly population it is automatically more people die there. In the meantime, the factor of accident and suicide usually occurs at young age to adulthood. When associated with location of accident, said Alit, in the air is more fatal to cause death, while in the water or mainland can still be saved.

In addition to characterizing the way of one’s death, later on the handling procedures of the bodies at Sanglah Hospital is also divided into two, namely, the bodies coming from outside the hospital as well as the bodies hospitalized and died at hospital. “The bodies coming from inside the hospital are made a death certificate at hospital chamber, while in the mortuary is given the number of their death certificate. After that, it is given a corpse treatment. However, it highly depends on the request of family, whether they will be embalmed or commended,” he explained.

Corpse treatment is given basic services and conservation.

“The body is cleaned here, but when wishing to commend, it can be placed in a cooling unit or in coffin,” he said.

If the bodies are coming from hospital and the death is unnatural, then the family must make a report to police station. “So, the family must settle the matters with police beforehand, whether it needs an autopsy or investigation or others,” he said. In the meantime, the bodies coming from outside the hospital will need an examination to determine the death whether it is natural or not. “So, if death is not natural, we must report to police station,” he said. (kmb42)

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New Cozy Stay Hotel in Simpang 6 Denpasar DENPASAR - Cozy Stay Hotel at Gunung Soputan has managed in becoming one of the budget lifestyle hotels in the heart of Denpasar by offering pocket friendly rate for travelers. Now, Cozy Stay expanding its new branch at Jalan Pulau Kawe no 40 Denpasar under name Cozy Stay Hotel Simpang 6. Budhiratmanu, the Group Business Manager of Cozy Stay Hotel stated that Cozy Stay Hotel Simpang 6 carries family lifestyle hotel concept which is located at the heart of Denpasar City and opened in July 2015.

start from 36 sqm to 66 sqm, each rooms are completed with balcony and direct access to the pool,” stated Budhiratmanu.

From swimming pool, internet corner, restaurant that served

daily breakfast and accommodate up to 50 guests, meeting room for 40 guests, parking area to other supporting facilities, this hotel is also completed with services and facilities that might

not being able to be found in other budget hotels.

Located in Denpasar, near to the main culinary areas and business destination for sure become the main advantage for Cozy Stay

Hotel Simpang 6. “Hopefully by the opening of Cozy Stay Hotel Simpang 6, it can be a new alternative for accommodation in Denpasar and surroundings,” stated Budhiratmanu. (kmb)

Cozy Stay Hotel Simpang 6 is presented with total 29 rooms and contains of 10 family suites, 1 deluxe suite, and 18 suites.

“The room size is spacious

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon.

The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Two generic drugs reduce breast cancer deaths

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A couple passes by letters on the stairs to advertise a festival called “MERS(Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) Breaker” to hope an end to the MERS outbreak at the Sejong Culture Center in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, July 12, 2015.

Study finds promising experimental MERS vaccine

WASHINGTON - An experimental vaccine for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) showed promising results in animal testing, sparking an immune system response that could lead to a vaccine for people, researchers said Tuesday.

Currently there are no licensed vaccines for MERS, which first appeared in 2012 and has caused numerous scares including a recent deadly outbreak in South Korea.

Vaccinated mice produced antibodies that neutralized MERS strains, according to a study from the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

The vaccines that caused the larg-

est immune responses in mice were then administered to monkeys.

The monkeys were protected from a serious lung infection characteristic of MERS when given the experimental vaccines and then exposed to a version of the virus, the study said.

The study with the promising findings was published in the journal Nature Communications.

Researchers are now working on versions of the vaccine that could be tested in clinical trials for humans.

The MERS outbreak in South Korea in May infected some 180 people, killing 36. The World Health Organization has identified 1,368 cases since 2012 including 490 deaths, most of them in Saudi Arabia. (afp)

PARIS - Two inexpensive classes of drugs available in generic form each reduce the recurrence of breast cancer in post-menopausal women as well as death rates from the disease, a pair of studies reported Friday.

Taking the medications together may further boost anti-cancer benefits and help cancel out undesirable side-effects of one of the drugs, according to the research published in medical journal The Lancet.

The first “meta-study” pulling together data from nine trials covering 30,000 post-menopausal women found endocrine treatments based on a class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors yield higher survival rates after five years compared to standard endocrine therapy with tamoxifen.

The likelihood of cancer recurring was cut by about a third and the risk of dying by about 15 percent in the decade after treatment started. Compared to no treatment at all, the danger of dying from breast cancer fell by 40 percent, the study found.

Most women have already passed through menopause when breast cancer strikes. Even after surgery has removed all detectable traces, tiny amounts of the body’s own hormones can cause cancer cells to grow.

Endocrine therapies are designed to impede these hormones from stimulating the disease, and so help protect against relapse.

“But aromatase inhibitor treatment is not free of side-effects and it’s important to ensure that women” who suffer them are “supported”, said the study’s lead author, Mitch Dowsett of The Institute of Cancer Research in London.

The second meta-study, which scanned the results of 26 trials involving another 20,000 women, showed that another class of drugs called bisphosphonates –- usually taken to treat osteoporosis, a boneweakening condition that becomes more common with age –- also significantly boosted survival when taken for at least two years.

When breast cancer spreads, bone is its favoured destination. Tumour cells released from the primary breast cancer can remain dormant in bones for years before moving to other parts of the body.

Bisphosphonates make the bones a less hospitable environment for the cancer cells and so reduce the risk of cancer recurring. The beneficial effect were found to be far more pronounced in post-menopausal women, regardless of the treatment duration, the size of the tumour or whether the cancer had spread to lymph nodes.

The therapy did not, however, reduce the risk of new cancers developing in the opposite breast.

“These simple, well-tolerated treatments should now be considered for routine use” in women with natural or medically induced menopause, lead author Robert Coleman from the University of Sheffield said in a statement.

Some two-thirds of all women with breast cancer are post-menopausal with hormone-sensitive tumours, so could potentially benefit from both drugs, the researchers conclude.

“The drugs are complementary,” noted Oxford University’s Richard Gray, lead statistician for the studies. “The main side effect of aromatase inhibitors is an increase in bone loss and fractures, while bisphosphonates reduce bone loss.” (afp)

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destroy cancer cells and shrink tumors. Side effects can include weakness, nausea, fatigue, confusion and hair loss.

Most of the patients were men and their average age was 59.

They had about four months to live.

The aim of the study was to examine how chemotherapy affected quality of life when the patients were near the end of their lives, particularly regarding their ability to walk, do work and take care of basic needs.

Based on caregivers’ assessments of patients’ physical and

mental distress in their final week of life, researchers found that chemotherapy did not improve quality of life for patients who already had limited mobility.

And for those who were still able to perform basic life functions, chemotherapy made their quality of life worse.

“Not only did chemotherapy not benefit patients regardless of performance status, it appeared most harmful to those patients with good performance status,” said the study led by Holly Prigerson of Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian

Hospital.

The study suggested that “guidelines regarding chemotherapy use in patients with terminal cancer may need to be revised to recognize the potential harm of chemotherapy use in patients with progressive metastatic disease.”

The article also pointed out that a 2012 expert panel to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) had “described chemotherapy use among patients for whom there was no evidence of clinical value as the most widespread, wasteful, and unnecessary practice in oncology.”

Chemotherapy is sometimes given to terminal cancer patients in a bid to shrink tumors that might be causing pain, a practice known as palliative chemotherapy.

An accompanying editorial in the journal by doctors Charles Blanke and Erik Fromme of the Oregon Health and Science University, argued that changing guidelines for chemo use across the board is not the right solution.

Rather, they urged doctors to counsel advanced cancer patients against pursuing chemotherapy in their final months of life. (afp)

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Low-income people have low ability to buy house DENPASAR - Since the government of Jokowi-JK, the economy of Indonesia is getting more sluggish.

Without exception, Bali as a tourist destination also experiences similar condition. The real sector is staggering, let alone the number of tourist arrival increasing considerably during holiday season makes the roads in Kuta and South Badung be getting more crowded.

Director of PT Global Nusa Property (GNP), I Wayan Sukarja— or John Sadewa, as he is affectionately known—said that such condition is also experienced by property sector, where in the past two years it was very sexy with sales figures reaching above the target and in terms of price it can be said to be crazy. High season of property is only enjoyed by the upper middle class and speculating investors. In the meantime, the transaction by low-income communities served is very small, below five percent.

“Our fellow developers under the Real Estate Indonesia (REI) of Bali strongly undergo such condition, where sales figures are very far from expectation. Similarly, this condition is experienced by developers focused on landed house where their sales figures also dropped,” said Deputy Research and Development and Training of the REI Bali.

In terms of regional minimum wage, the low-income community only getting IDR 1.7 million per month, said John, is understandable if their capability to buy a house is very small. Even though the income of husband and wife is combined and the government has provided down payment aid program as much as one percent and 7.5-percent interest (in the one million housing program), it still cannot be said to be worth buying a house through a

house ownership assistance scheme of bank. Normally only 30 percent of the family income can be used for home loan installment.

Such condition is also caused by high price of production units by developers. It happens because the price of land acquisition is expensive, plus the quite expensive cost of construction.

I Made Ariyana, Director of PT Ariyana Property, added that if the government does not address these conditions, then the opportunities of the low-income community to buy and own a house on the Island of Thousand Temples is increasingly unaffordable. “Social inequality between the rich and the poor is widely open because the cost and necessities of life is increasingly expensive,” he said.

Under these conditions, Ariyana expected the government to be present to see the real condition in the field. It will be very sad when seeing people that must live from one boarding house or rented house to another on the island of their birth being renowned throughout the world. “Who should help them (low-income community—Ed)?

Property price is not affordable, even though they had to work hard,” he said.

Responding to these conditions, this board of the REI Bali would like to arouse the sympathy of the REI Bali members as one of the important components of development, especially the development of housing and settlements in Bali.

Through synergies with the Indonesian Institute of Architects (IAI), in the near future his party will hold a seminar to assess the constraints occurred, especially that inhibits the ability of the low-income community to have a home. (kmb36)

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The file photo showed government officer checked permit of foreign worker at one of hotels in Gianyar.

Foreign worker tax could reach IDR 700 million a year

GIANYAR - The Regional Bylaw on the Permits for Employing Foreign Workers (IMTA) appears to be boozing the government of Gianyar. Since the bylaw was first passed in October 2014, until June 2015, approximately IDR 700 million in taxes have been collected from foreign workers.

Doctors raise concern about chemo for end-stage cancer MIAMI - Giving chemotherapy to people with terminal cancer who are near the end of their lives is likely to cause more harm than good, according to a US study Thursday.

The findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Oncology are based on a group of more than 300 patients with metastatic cancer, meaning their tumors had spread from the initial site in the body to other organs, and had become incurable.

About half of the patients were on chemotherapy, which delivers potent chemicals into the body to

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High season of property is only enjoyed by the upper middle class and speculating investors. In the meantime, the transaction by low-income communities served is very small, below five percent.

The Head of the Gianyar Manpower Agency, Gede Widarma Suharta, said on Tuesday (Jul. 28) that the authority delegated to collect the tax was handed over to county government by central government in 2012. “Starting in 2013, we started the first draft of the regulations related to foreign workers in Gianyar. In October 2014, the regional bylaw on foreign workers was officially enacted,” he said.

Suharta added that between October and the end of December 2014, the government has ob-

tained IDR 300 million from 21 foreign workers. “Every foreign worker has to pay USD 100 in tax or USD 1,200 per year,” he said.

“For 2015, we project that IDR 700 million worth of taxes from foreign workers will be collected and are optimistic that we will exceed this amount,” said Suharta.

The names and addresses of foreigners working in Gianyar have been recorded, so that with a little monitoring illegal workers can be detected. He said that most foreigners in Gianyar are working in tourism or trade. (kmb35)

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Denpasar govt requires competency certification for tourism workers

DENPASAR - In December 2015, the era of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will officially begin. In this era, there will be a free flow of products, services, investment, labor and capital between member nations. People need to prepare themselves for this change that is right around the corner and so the Municipality of Denpasar is getting ready.

Through strategic programs, Mayor I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra along with Deputy Mayor IGN Jaya Negara are inviting all levels of the government

of Denpasar to make efforts to strengthen educated and professional workers so that they can remain competitive in domestic and overseas markets. One way to do

this is by providing competency certification for those working in tourism.

“The seminar on competency certification being conducted

by the Denpasar Tourism Office will provide an overview on the strengthening of professionals in the field of tourism,” said Mayor I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, on Tuesday (Jul. 28), during a meeting with the Head of the Denpasar Tourism Office, Wayan Gunawan, in which they were preparing the certification seminar that will be

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Tourists are seen on one of the traditional market in Denpasar.

held on July 30.

Rai Mantra also expects the ranks of the Municipality of Denpasar to immediately take steps to help not only tourism workers but people in all related sectors -from the arts to event organizers, to become certified so as to remain competitive. Given that Bali as a tourist destination is developing rapidly, Denpasar as its capital is the hear the island. So, in order to help prepare for the era of the AEC, obvisouly tourism workers must become certified but micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the city of Denpasar also need be strengthened so as to remain competitive.

Mayor Rai Mantra said that in the near future his party will declare the City of Denpasar competent to face the AEC. Head of the Denpasar Tourism Office, Wayan Gunawan, said that the seminar on competency certification is just one of the measures being implemented by Mayor Rai Mantra who is very keen to have tourism workers remain competitive in the era of the AEC. This one-day seminar will be held at Hotel Harris on Jalan Cokroaminoto and will involve 400 tourism workers will participate.

According to Gunawan, this seminar will play an important role in ensuring that the human resources of Bali’s tourism sector become certified for their various competences. The Denpasar Trouism Office, will also be disseminating information about the results of the seminar, through visits to tourism entrepreneurs in the City of Denpasar. “Hopefully, thanks to this seminar, all relevant members of the tourism industry will hold competency certificates by 2016,” he said. (kmb)

Thursday, July 30, 2015

International

Impending execution brings out mixed feelings in India

NEW DELHI — Few countries sentence more people to death than India. Whether those punishments are actually carried out is another matter. Though well over a thousand people have been sent to death row this century, just three have been executed. Yakub Abdul Razak Memon will soon be the fourth. Jailed for his supporting role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings that killed 257 people, he has made many appeals and is scheduled to be hanged Thursday.

About 300 prominent citizens, including at least eight retired judges of the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court, have urged India’s president to commute Memon’s sentence to life in prison, reflecting what appears to be growing uneasiness in India with the death penalty. Yet some of the most ardent supporters of capital punishment are leaders of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.

“Right now, it’s imperative that this conspirator is hanged to death. So it sends a message to the terrorists the world over, that India is not soft on terror,” said Shaina N.C., a BJP spokesperson.

But Yakub’s last hopes of a reprieve, or even a delay in his execution, were belied.

A new three-judge panel that Wednesday examined last week’s Supreme Court decision rejecting his clemency plea, ruled that there had been no procedural lapses in reaching that verdict. Memon had exhausted all legal remedies It is President Pranab Mukherjee rather than the more powerful prime minister, Narendra Modi, who is empowered to pardon condemned criminals under India’s constitution. By Wednesday, yet another appeal was awaiting a decision by the president. Also, Mukherjee had yet to respond to appeals from citizens including political leaders, journalists, artists and academics over Memon’s death sentence.

Memon, an accountant, was convicted of providing financial and logistical support in the series of bombings that shook

India’s business and entertainment hub in 1993. Those appealing for a commutation highlighted the time he has already spent in jail, that the main conspirators of the terror attacks on Mumbai were living freely in Pakistan and Dubai and that the death sentences of convicts in other terrorrelated cases had been commuted.

Memon’s last appeals for clemency come at a time when a governmentappointed panel that frames laws for the country has held a rare debate, seeking the views of lawmakers, social scientists, journalists, lawyers and opinion makers across the country on the death penalty and whether it is time to do end it.

Amid evidence that capital punishment has failed to serve as an effective deterrent against terror or crime, the objective of the Law Commission’s discussions was to recommend whether to retain the death penalty or modify the conditions under which it would be applied. It’s expected to make recommendations to the Supreme Court by the end of the year; any changes would eventually have to be approved by Parliament.

The number of countries that use capital punishment has steadily declined. Today, more than two-thirds of nations have abolished the death penalty in law or in practice.

Last year, Indian courts sentenced 64 people to death, making the country one of the top 10 out of 55 where capital punishment still exists. (ap)

Sofosbuvir, can be immediately issued. The drug is said to have been used in Thailand and other countries, while in Indonesia it has not obtained distribution permit yet.

Indeed, the drug has been registered in the National Agency of Drug and Food Control (BPOM). However, they wanted the drug can be listed in the fast track so that it can be immediately used by patients of hepatitis. In addition, the success rate of the drug reached 92 percent and has minimal side effects.

In addition to urging the government to accelerate the issuance of distribution permit, the IKON also requested the drug

can be covered in the government health insurance. The efforts to encourage the issuance of the drug distribution permit based on consideration that the previous drug such as Interferon is very expensive. Abdillah Fais even coined the term: “We do not die from hepatitis C but die due to earning money to buy medicine,” he said. He revealed so because the price of hepatitis drug is very expensive, even the treatment cost can reach billions of rupiahs.

Patrician Gregorius added that the action is not only carried out in Bali but also in five other provinces. The number of hepatitis C

has increased very significantly, even 90 percent of drug users experience hepatitis C and some others suffer both at a time, namely hepatitis B and C. According to her, hepatitis C is more urgent than HIV because people with hepatitis have no symptoms. In addition, patients with hepatitis do not get proper treatment as those with HIV get.

“In the meantime, more and more people worry about being contracted by HIV than hepatitis.

The reality is that every year 1.5 million people worldwide die from hepatitis B or C,” she said.

For then, I Wayan Eka Ratnata,

the Division Head of Research of the BBPOM Denpasar, said that in essence his party supports the effort of the IKON to immediately issue the distribution permit to the drug. However, his party can only facilitate by sending a letter to the BPOM related to the acceleration of the distribution permit of the drug.

“Issuance of the drug distribution permit remains at the authority of the BPOM,” he said.

On that account, the IKON wanted a recommendation letter of both parties (IKON and BBPOM) as a form of support for the IKON to accelerate the process of drug distribution permit. (kmb42)

AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal

In this July 27, 2015, photo, activists of the Social Democratic Party of India carry placards with portraits of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai bombings, during a protest against his death sentence outside Maharashtra House in New Delhi, India.

Myanmar’s democracy leader runs in Nov. 8 polls to keep seat

IKON rallied on hepatitis treatment

DENPASAR - In order to commemorate the World Hepatitis Day falling on July 28, the Association of Drug Victims (IKON) held a demonstration in front of the Denpasar Agency for Food and Drug Control (BBPOM), Tuesday (Jul. 28). Their action was well received by the ranks of leadership of the BBPOM that that was followed with a negotiation in the meeting room of the BBPOM. In the meeting, the IKON representatives consisting of Patrician Gregorious, Novian, Fais and Muhammad Rondi expressed their wish that the distribution permit of generic drug produced by India,

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Aung San Suu Kyi

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THANLYIN, Myanmar — Myanmar ’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday registered for November elections to keep her seat in parliament and challenge the ruling militarybacked party.

Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy will contest almost all the 498 parliamentary seats in the Nov. 8 polls, and expects heavy gains, according to party spokesman Nyan Win. He said the party will announce the first batch of candidates on Wednesday.

Suu Kyi submitted her papers amid flag-waving, cheering sup-

porters who shouted “Long live Mother Su,” at Thanlyin township for the Kawhmu constituency, a poor district south of Yangon, which she also represented during the 2012 by-election.

In the by-election, she and 42 other party members won all but one of the seats, which nonetheless represented a small bloc in a parliament dominated by a progovernment party.

“We have to support Aunty Suu as she is the only leader who can change our country,” said Daw Yee, one of more than 100 supporters who had waited for hours to catch

a glimpse of the democracy icon.

Parties have until Aug. 8 to submit their candidates.

The 70-year-old Nobel Peace laureate is still unable to run for presidency after lawmakers recently turned down efforts to amend the constitution, which grants the military a quarter of the parliamentary seats, ensuring it has veto power over amendments.

The upcoming polls will be the second since Myanmar ended a half-century of brutal military rule and handed power to a nominally civilian government in 2011. (ap)

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Fed is likely to delay 1st rate hike in 9 years a bit longer

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is moving toward raising interest rates from record lows — just not likely yet.

On Wednesday, when it ends its latest policy meeting, Fed officials will issue a statement that will be parsed for clues to just when the first rate increase since 2006 might occur. The meeting will end with a policy statement but no news conference by Chair Janet Yellen.

Though many economists foresee the first hike coming in September, they don’t expect this week’s policy statement to clearly signal the timing. Yellen has stressed that

the decision will be driven by the latest economic data. The Fed still wants to keep its options open.

Yet Yellen has left little doubt that the Fed is preparing to raise short-term rates by year’s end from the near-zero lows it set at the depths of the 2008 financial crisis. With the U.S. economy and job market now steadily rising, the need for ultra-low rates to stimulate growth is fading.

“Our economy is in a much

better state,” Yellen told Congress earlier this month. “We’re close to where we want to be, and we now think the economy can not only tolerate but needs higher rates.”

The economy still faces an array of threats, from subpar U.S. manufacturing and business investment to troubles in Europe and Asia, which have roiled financial markets. Inflation also remains below the Fed’s target rate. And while the unemployment rate, at 5.3 percent, is nearly normal, other gauges of the job market remain less than healthy.

Pay growth remains generally slug-

gish, for example, and many people are working part time because they can’t find full-time jobs.

Yellen has stressed that when the Fed begins to raise rates, it will do so only gradually. The idea is to avoid weakening an economy that’s still benefiting from low borrowing rates resulting from the Fed’s policies. She has suggested that raising rates in small increments, followed by pauses, will let the Fed assess the effects of slightly higher rates.

Although the September meeting, when Yellen is set to hold a news conference, is seen as the most

likely time for a rate increase, some analysts think the Fed might wait until December.

“The recent volatility in the global economy and financial markets has given the Fed pause,” said Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at the Martin Smith School of Business at California State University, Channel Islands.

“I think the probability of a rate hike in September has diminished because the Fed is going to need more time to evaluate how the U.S. economy is doing. December looks like a good possibility.” (ap)

China auto sales slump hits industry fortunes

BEIJING — General Motors Co.’s $5 billion initiative to create cars for China and other emerging markets comes just as automakers face a collapse in the booming Chinese demand they were counting on to power their growth.

June sales in the biggest car market by number of vehicles sold shrank by 3.4 percent from a year earlier as an economic slowdown deepened and smog-choked cities tried to curb growth in car ownership. Sales growth has cooled from 2009’s explosive peak of 45 percent but the latest figures surprised analysts who were forecasting a healthy 7 to 8 percent for this year.

Those still buying cars are benefiting: GM and Volkswagen AG, China’s top-selling brands, have cut prices by up to 53,900 yuan ($8,700). Analysts say dealers are struggling financially and automakers also might have to share more profit with them.

“The days when you could sell whatever car you made are not there anymore,” said industry analyst Lin Huaibin of IHS Automotive.

This wrenching shift is especially significant because of China’s outsize role in the global ambitions of U.S., European and Asian automakers.

Despite the slowdown, they are pushing ahead with multibilliondollar plans to expand production and create models to suit Chinese tastes, adding to competition in a crowded market.

On Tuesday, GM said it will work with its main Chinese partner,

Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp., to develop vehicles to be sold in China, Brazil, India and Mexico.

GM said it aims for annual sales of 2 million vehicles beginning in 2019.

In April, Ford Motor Co. and a local partner announced they would spend $1.1 billion on a fac-

tory in China’s northeast. Ford said that would add 200,000 vehicles to its annual China production capacity.

China passed the United States in 2009 as the biggest market by number of vehicles sold as incomes rose and Beijing promoted the industry as an engine of economic development.

Double-digit Chinese sales growth helped to buoy global automakers after the 2008 financial crisis crushed demand everywhere else.

Automakers added bigger backseats and other features for Chinese buyers, changing the look and feel of cars sold worldwide. Nissan Motor Co. made China a pillar of its global turnaround strategy.

Companies were preparing for slower growth, but the squeeze hit faster than many expected.

Foreign brands also face pressure from lower-priced Chinese rivals including Geely, Chery and SUV brand Great Wall, which are improving quality.

Volkswagen blamed anemic first-quarter sales growth of just 2 percent on its lack of a low-priced SUV, a segment dominated by Chinese brands in which demand surged.

In May, GM’s joint venture with SAIC cut prices of 40 models by up to 53,900 yuan ($8,700). In Chinatopix via AP June, VW announced cuts of up to In this April 30, 2015 photo, a model dressed as the God of Fortune performs as a worker waits 12,000 yuan ($2,000). Great Wall for customers at an auto show in Changsha, in southern China’s Hunan province. June sales in Motors cut prices by up to 6,000 the biggest car market by number of vehicles sold shrank by 3.4 percent from a year earlier as an yuan ($970) to rev up weak SUV sales. (ap) economic slowdown deepened and smog-choked cities tried to curb growth in car ownership.

70 percent of Landih residents cultivate mandarin orange

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BANGLI - All this time the mandarin orange found at traditional markets is not only produced by farmers in Kintamani subdistrict. In fact, most farmers in the Bangli subdistrict, precisely Landih village, also produce this kind of fruit offering sweet flavor.

As recognized by headman of Landih, Ketut Sudana, when met at the village on Tuesday nearly 70 percent of the population is currently cultivating mandarin orange as the mainstay of local agricultural

commodities. The mandarin orange has started to be cultivated by Landih farmers in the past four years.

“In the past, most communities at Landih grew coffee, maize and other seasonal crops. However,

since the past four years, most people grow mandarin oranges,” he explained.

Economically, the mandarin orange is admitted to be very favorable compared to other crops. It happens because the sales prospect of mandarin orange remains very bright. Since many residents grow this kind of orange, the current public welfare of Landih is admitted to have increased. Unemployment

rate has begun to decline because this agricultural activity also has an impact on the absorption of many workers. Sudana said that other than becoming mandarin orange pickers, the cultivation of mandarin orange also caused people to have a job as packing laborer.

When asked about the difference of mandarin orange yielded

by Landih community from that produced in Kintamani, Sudana

admitted there is a slight difference.

The mandarin orange produced by Landih community has thinner skin than the one produced by farmers in Kintamani. In addition, the persistence of mandarin orange of Landih is lower than the mandarin orange of Kintamani. “However, in terms of the fruit size, the orange produced by farmers at Landih are greater than the one produced in Kintamani,” he added. (kmb40)

Sudang Lepet Jukut Undis Sudang lepet (salted fish) and jukut undis (pigeon pea vegetable) are typical foods of Den Bukit community, Buleleng gracing the culinary exhibition in the Buleleng Festival (Bulfest) 2015.

Both cuisines will be coupled with other Buleleng typical foods such as buffalo black soup, siobak, betutu, cerorot, remu (with sugar content), bantal, tumbeg (like a bantal), pedor, blayag, and dodol.

Sudang lepet dish accompanied with jukut undis will be more palatable if equipped with spicy condiment. When making a visit to North Bali, apparently it is not complete without tasting this kind of food. This food can also be taken advantage as souvenir because it lasts a long time.

Sudang lepet accompanied with jukut undis is very easy to find. It can usually be found in a number of traditional markets in

the former capital of the Lesser Sunda Province. Sudang lepet or salted fish is made through simple traditional process and certainly it is made without preservatives.

However, not all marine fish can be made into sudang. There are some fish that can be used namely the species of sharks or stingrays. The making is relatively easy, so that it is also easy to find in all traditional markets throughout Buleleng. (kmb)

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A car of the security society of Eurotunnel follows a group of migrants, in Calais, northern France, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. About 2,100 migrants tried to storm the area surrounding the Eurotunnel early Tuesday before being repelled by police, an official in the northern French port of Calais said.

Calais migrants: 2nd night of mass attempts to reach England

CALAIS, France — Migrants rushed the tunnel linking France and England repeatedly for a second night on Wednesday and one man was crushed by a truck in the chaos, deepening tensions surrounding the thousands of people camped in this northern French port city.

Eurotunnel said it had blocked more than 37,000 such attempts by migrants to reach Britain since January. There were conflicting numbers of people involved Wednesday, ranging from 150 to as many as 1,200. But French authorities and the company agreed there had been about 2,000 attempts on each of two successive nights.

The numbers have been growing as has the sense of crisis in recent weeks, spurred by new barriers around the Eurotunnel site, labor strife that turned the rails into protest sites for striking workers, and an influx of desperate migrants.

Many British officials have expressed growing alarm at what they see as a potential influx of foreigners, although it’s not clear how many people have successfully made the passage. Nine migrants have died in the attempt since June, said France’s interior minister.

“This exceptional migrant situation has dramatic human consequences,” said Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. “Calais is a mirror of conflicts tearing up regions of the world.”

About 25 migrants were seen getting off a public bus in Calais on Wednesday with a police officer

who left them by the side of the road.

Several said they were returning from a night of trying to cross the Channel. “(We) come from train here and tomorrow, inshallah, try again in the train,” said an Eritrean who would not give his name as he planned further attempts to reach England.

Natacha Bouchart, mayor of Calais, said about 150-250 migrants tried repeatedly overnight to reach the Eurotunnel. French officials said it was the second night of mass attempts on the tunnel. Gilles Debove, a police union official, counted about 2,000 attempts for a second night running.

Debove said officers pushing back the migrants counted between 750 and 1,200 people.

Bouchart told France Info radio migrants are trying to reach England from France “at all costs” — first crossing a busy highway and then trying to stow away on trucks waiting to board trains. She says Britain, France and the Eurotunnel need to work together on the issue.

The man killed overnight, believed to be a Sudanese man in his mid-20s, was crushed by a truck as he tried to stow away, Debove told The Associated Press.

Cargo trucks were lined up over-

night for several kilometers (miles) leading to the Eurotunnel freight loading zone, some of them stuck on a highway overpass above one of the many makeshift migrant camps. In a tweet, Eurotunnel said passenger trains were delayed an hour because of the overnight activity. The company called for help from both the French and British governments.

“It’s become a phenomenon which is beyond our means,” said spokesman John Keefe. “We’re just a small transport company operating in a little corner of Europe.”

Keefe said attacks on the fences are organized. “This is very clearly criminal gangs or human traffickers who coordinate attacks on the fences,” he said.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, speaking during his visit to Singapore, described the crisis as “very concerning,” but that there was no point in “pointing fingers of blame.” Other British officials blamed the government in France, where officials said Eurotunnel also needed to do more.

The British government has agreed to an extra 7 million pounds ($11 million) of funding for measures to improve security at Calais. (ap)

International

Romania seizes heroin shipment headed to Western Europe BUCHAREST, Romania — Romanian authorities have seized 333 kilograms (733 pounds) of heroin that was headed to Western Europe.

Authorities said Wednesday the drugs were found the day before stashed in two separate trucks, which each had a concealed gasoline tank. One truck was traveling toward Hungary and the other was intercepted in the northern town of Bistrita.

The drugs were sprinkled with

pepper to try and avoid detection by sniffer dogs. Anti-organized crime prosecutors said two Romanian men and two Turkish men were detained. Claudiu Cucu, a police chief, said the group had been under surveillance since 2011.

The heroin likely originated in Afghanistan and was transported through Turkey, Ukraine and Romania. The shipment’s destination was the Netherlands, where it was to be distributed to other Western European countries. (ap)

Putin: Russia will oppose international tribunal for MH17 MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has indicated that Moscow will veto a U.N. Security Council resolution to set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago.

Putin said Wednesday in a phone chat with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that Russia still opposes the idea that the Netherlands and Ukraine advocate.

Ukraine and the West suspect that the plane was hit by a surface-to-air missile fired by Russia-backed separatist rebels or Russian soldiers. Russia denies that. Nearly 200 of the 298 killed were Dutch.

The Kremlin quoted Putin as saying a tribunal would be “inexpedient” because Russia still has “a lot of questions” about the investigation to which it had little access. (ap)

AP Photo/ Alexander Zemlianichenko

Deputy head of the Russian Aviation Agency Oleg Storchevoi speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Russia on Thursday, July 16, 2015 A top Russian aviation official says leaks of the draft report on the Malaysian jetliner crash over eastern Ukraine are meant to put pressure on investigators.

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INDONESIA Southeast Asia sees little progress on haze as fires rage

JAKARTA - Southeast Asian nations meeting Tuesday to discuss the problem of haze that shrouds the region’s skies every year made little progress, as the number of smogbelching forest fires was on the rise in Indonesia.

Environment ministers from Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei and Singapore met in Jakarta to discuss the issue.

The haze mostly comes from forest fires on Indonesia’s western island of Sumatra, many of which are deliberately lit to clear land for plantations.

Pressure to resolve the problem has increased since 2013 when Southeast Asia suffered its worst smog crisis for more than a decade, with haze levels hitting a record high in Singapore.

Nevertheless, collaborative efforts by the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to resolve the problem have been slow, with Singapore’s calls for the adoption of a regional haze monitoring system making little headway.

The proposed system would use satellite data and maps of forest con-

cessions to identify firms responsible for fires, and use this evidence to prosecute them.

But Indonesia and Malaysia, which is also home to palm oil plantations, have been reluctant to provide such maps.

There were no concrete developments at the two-day Jakarta meeting, prompting Singaporean Environment Minister Vivian Balakrishnan to lament “very slow” progress despite many meetings.

“The human, social and economic cost of haze in our part of the world has been too high, and been going on far too long,” he told reporters.

Singapore has passed legislation allowing authorities to fine companies that cause or contribute to haze, regardless of whether they have an office in the city-state. But officials say they still need evidence from the ground.

The number of fires on Sumatra rose steeply in recent days, with staterun Antara news agency reporting over 300 “hotspots” -- either forest fires or areas likely soon to go up in flames -- detected on the island at the weekend. (afp)

SINGAPORE - An orchid species has been named after Indonesian First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo (Jokowi) at the National Botanical Garden of Singapore (NBGS), which was inaugurated during President Jokowi’s visit to Singapore on Wednesday.

The orchid species named after Iriana Jokowi was earlier called Dendrobium christabela, and now, it has been renamed to Dendrobium iriana jokowi.

First Lady Iriana Jokowi said she was honored as such a beautiful flower has been named after her.

“I feel honored,” Iriana noted, adding that she does not particularly collect orchids at home.

However, Iriana Jokowi described orchids, which need careful and kind treatment, as similar to how attentively and sincerely friendship should be maintained.

In accordance with her comment, President Jokowi described the naming of an orchid after his spouse’s name “Iriana Jokowi” as an impressive diplomatic step by Singapore.

“This is called flower diplomacy,

wherein a flower is used as a medium to build friendship. I am impressed by this different approach in diplomacy,” he affirmed.

Singapore has also named other orchid species in the NBGS after Ani Yudhoyono, the wife of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, as well as Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel.

President Jokowi and First Lady Iriana Jokowi are on a two-day state visit to Singapore on July 28-29.

The visit focuses on increasing economic cooperation between the two countries.

During the visit, President Jokowi met Singaporean President Tony Tan Keng Yam and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He also attended a business conference in which more than 150 CEOs of major Singaporebased companies participated.

President Jokowi and Prime Minister Loong also witnessed the signing of three memoranda of understanding (MoU) related to egovernance, youth and sports affairs, and strategic cooperation between the chambers of commerce of the two countries. (ant)

Orchid named after First Lady Iriana

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Registration process for regional head candidates runs smoothly

JAKARTA - The registration process for regional head candidates taking place in 269 regions across Indonesia on July 26-28, 2015, has run well in general, Chairman of the General Elections Commission (KPU) Husni Kamil Manik stated.

“In general, it has run well,” Manik informed on Wednesday.

All the 12 existing political parties including the Golkar and PPP, which are still facing internal rivalries, have submitted the names of their candidates, he added.

However, he pointed out that an incident had occurred in Manggarai District, East Nusa Tenggara Province, wherein a mob had forced the local election commission office to accept the registration of a certain pair of candidates although they came late.

Until Wednesday (July 29), at 00:00 Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB), the KPU has received 705 pairs of candidates standing for the regional head elections. Of the

total, 576 tickets are supported by political parties, and 129 tickets are independent candidates.

Of the total candidates, 650 are men and 55 are women.

However, this data is subject to change, he noted.

Besides this, 12 of the total 269 regions, which are going to hold simultaneous regional head elections, have only one ticket or none at all.

“The 12 regions are Asahan District in North Sumatra; Serang District in Banten; Tasikmalaya District in West Java; Surabaya Municipality and Blitar District in East Java; Purbalingga District in Central Java; Pacitan District in East Java; South Minahasa District

in North Sulawesi; Mataram city, Samarinda city, and Timur Tengah Utara District in East Nusa Tenggara; and East Bolaang Mongondow District in North Sulawesi,” KPU Senior Commissioner Ferry Kurnia stated.

Based on KPU’s regulations, politicians need to be nominated by a party, or a coalition of parties, that controls at least 20 percent of the seats in the regional council or 25 percent of the valid votes in the 2014 regional election.

Political candidates must also get approval from the central board of their political party, whereas during the previous elections, they only needed the approval of the regional board. (ant)

AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana

Indonesian women queue up to collect clean water from a public well in Tangerang, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Several areas on the densely populated island of Java have been hit by drought during this dry season, forcing villagers to walk long distances to find clean water.

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Tegenungan Waterfall

GIANYAR - Gianyar Regency is indeed the hub to watch barong dance, sculpture and other types of arts. However, one time try to enjoy its natural attractions because this region also retains many attractions highlighting the interest in nature.

Tegenungan Waterfall, for instance, is one of them. The attraction located at Kemenuh Village offers a unique charm. Its natural aura can

really be perceived. Once visiting this nature tourism will definitely make visitors addicted. Tegenungan Waterfall is different from any other waterfalls in Bali. Though it is not situated on a highland or mountain, it remains to offer beautiful natural scenery. Its height is about 4 meters and has very heavy torrents. Its crystal clear water is very suitable for bathing or just playing around.

It is approximately 30 km from Denpasar or 13 km from the city of Gianyar.

Its scenery is so beautiful and enriched by lush tropical green trees growing on the riverbank. Around the area, there are several bathing places with multiple showers coming out from natural springs. Surrounding residents frequently take bath and fetch water here for daily

consumption. Similarly, travelers coming here often take advantage of the shower. By and large, they use it to cleanse their face or refresh the body.

At particular time, the shower located near the temple is crowded with local residents because they perform a melasti procession, a series of deva yajna ceremony held by the Hindus community in Bali.

If you want to capture an amazing picture, you should come in the afternoon or evening. This happens because the waterfall overlooks the west, so that it will be difficult to get an interesting photograph in the morning as disrupted by sunlight.

To reach the waterfall from parking lot, you should go down some 150 stairs. Afterward, go along the banks of the Petanu River.

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KUALA LUMPUR — Japanese organizers apologized to the IOC on Wednesday over the scrapping of the original plans for the Olympic stadium and delivered assurances that the new venue will be ready in time for the 2020 Games. The International Olympic Committee, meanwhile, said it would work with Japan on the new project to make sure “there are no surprises” this time.

Earlier this month, the Japanese government threw out the design plans for the flagship stadium amid public criticism of the 252 billion yen ($2 billion) price tag, which was nearly double the original estimate and would have made it the most expensive sports stadium ever.

The government said it would start over with a new design and construction competition. The move means the stadium will not be ready as planned for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, but Tokyo organizers and the IOC said they are confident it will be built in time for the games.

“I forthrightly extended our apologies regarding the change in plans for the national stadium,” organizing committee head Yoshio Mori said after a meeting with IOC President Thomas Bach and his executive board in Kuala Lumpur. “But they said it was not necessary to feel apologetic.

The IOC said that changes need to be made, and as long as the changes are made for the better, that is fine.”

Bach said Japan’s decision resulted from soaring construction costs that “have just gone through the roof” and were beyond the control of the organizing committee and the government.

“We respect and can understand in such times you would not like to build the most expensive stadium in the world,” Bach said at a news conference. “What we need is a state-of-the-art stadium for athletes and spectators, and I’m sure we will get it.”

Toshiro Muto, chief executive

officer of the Tokyo organizing committee, said the Japanese will work to reduce costs despite the rising prices of construction materials.

“There will be an inflation (of

prices) but we will make sure we minimize that,” he said. “For us the priority is to have it completed before the Olympics. We are sure and confident the stadium will be completed on time.”

Zaha Hadid Architects, the designers of the original stadium plans, blamed the bidding process and soaring building costs for the spiraling price tag. Two Japanese construction giants, Taisei Corp. and Takenaka Corp., which were part of the earlier plan, are expected

to put in another bid.

Bach stressed that the IOC would offer its own input in the tendering process to ensure the Olympic body is involved from the very beginning this time.

“We want to make sure that all the Olympic requirements are taken into consideration and there are no surprises ... neither for the government, neither for the IOC.” “You can be sure there will no exaggerated requirements,” Bach added.

Muto also updated the IOC

board on the status of Tokyo’s other venues, many of which have been moved over the past year in a bid to cut costs. Still up in the air is the location of the indoor cycling velodrome.

Muto said cycling’s governing body, the UCI, would hold a board meeting in September on the issue. The UCI has resisted Japanese proposals to move cycling from Tokyo to Izu, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) outside the capital. (rtr)

AP Photo/Vincent Thian

A worker cleans a floor in front of a poster at the venue that will host the 128th International Olympic Committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,Tuesday, July, 28, 2015. Malaysia is hosting the 128th International Olympic Committee executive board meeting where the vote for the host cities of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games and for the 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games will take place.

Honda identifies cause of Casey Stoner’s Suzuka 8 Hours crash

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Honda has identified the cause of the crash that left two-time MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner with multiple injuries on his return to racing in the Suzuka 8 Hours.

Stoner sustained a broken shoulder blade and fractured tibia in the accident at the Formula 1 venue’s hairpin. He was making his first competitive start since retiring from MotoGP at the end of 2012.

The Australian immediately cited a stuck throttle as the cause of the violent crash, and Honda has

now narrowed the problem down to the throttle cable.

“Checking the throttle, which is a particular specification for Endurance HRC Factory bikes, and different from the standard throttle used on the Honda CBR1000RR road version, a malfunction was discovered related to the throttle cable,” said a Honda statement.

“This kind of problem hasn’t arisen before, however, HRC will cease using this throttle specification and will design a new one to

be used for Endurance races.

“HRC would like to apologise to Casey Stoner and thank him for the effort he made in attending the Suzuka 8 Hour event.”

Stoner had been sharing his Honda with World Superbike rider Michael van der Mark and test rider Takumi Takahashi.

Yamaha won the Suzuka event with Tech 3 MotoGP duo Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro and its sometime works MotoGP stand-in rider Katsuyuki Nakasuga. (ap)

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Run-in with reporter triggered Mexico coach Herrera’s ouster

MEXICO CITY — In the end it wasn’t the middling on-field performance by Mexico’s national soccer team that cost Miguel Herrera his job as head coach of “El Tri.” It was the feisty nature, admired by some and criticized by others, that led to the ouster of “El Piojo,” an affectionate Spanish nickname that means “The Louse.”

The Mexican Soccer Federation fired Herrera on Tuesday, just two days after he led the team to a CONCACAF Gold Cup title. The ouster came after a television reporter said the coach punched him at the Philadelphia airport.

“Nobody can be above a situation like the one that happened Monday in Philadelphia,” said Decio de Maria, who on Saturday becomes president of the federation.

“Our values, our principles, are above any result,” he added. “In our profession, our industry, the matches are never over, and as public figures who represent an institution we must be absolutely clear on that.”

In a statement, Herrera apologized to his players, staff, fans, the federation and the media for his conduct in “the painful incident I had with a commentator.”

“It is clear to me that this is not the attitude that a coach for the Mexican national

team should take, despite having received all manner of criticisms, offenses and mockery of my family and my person,” it read. Herrera said he planned to spend time with family and rest.

“El Piojo” is the latest to depart from what has become a revolvingdoor job since Ricardo La Volpe of Argentina was the last to complete a four-year World Cup cycle as Mexico’s head coach. The team has burned through 10 head

coaches in the nine years since La Volpe departed after the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

De Maria did not announce a replacement for Herrera, who led Mexico to the round of 16 at last year’s World Cup. The incident involving the coach and Television Azteca’s Christian Martinoli took place as the team was set to fly home following its 3-1 victory over Jamaica in the championship match. Martinoli accused Herrera of hitting him in the neck and then threatening him.

The journalist has been a tough critic of Herrera as have many Mexican fans and pundits disappointed with the team’s recent results.

“El Tri” failed to advance from group play at the Copa America last month in Chile. Critics also faulted Mexico’s performance at the Gold Cup, where it finished second in group play and advanced to the final only after winning two knockout-round matches w i t h

AP Photo/Matt Rourke

the help of late penalty kicks awarded in controversial calls.

“We all saw what happened on the pitch. ... We won at the Gold Cup, but none of us liked how it happened,” de Maria said. Herrera defended his record.

“It saddens me greatly to leave the position of team

Mexico head coach Miguel Herrera yells during the first half of the CONCACAF Gold Cup championship soccer match against Jamaica, Sunday, July 26, 2015, in Philadelphia.

coach due to this regrettable reason, since the sporting results were, for the most part, positive within the stated objectives,” he said in his statement.

Famous for his exuberant sideline displays, Herrera became interim head coach in November 2013 and was given the job fulltime a month later. During his tenure Mexico won 18 matches, tied 11 and lost 7.

Crespo joins Villa as Sherwood continues to ring changes

LONDON - Jose Angel Crespo has become Aston Villa’s seventh close-season signing after sealing a move from relegated La Liga side Cordoba, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old defender has signed a three-year deal to join Villa, who finished one place above the relegation zone last season following manager Tim Sherwood’s appointment in February.

Villa’s other new faces include Scott Sinclair and Micah Richards from Manchester City, Idrissa Gueye from Lille and Jordan Ayew from Lorient.

Earlier this year he and two players came under investigation by the soccer federation for tweets supporting Mexico’s Green Party just before midterm elections, an apparent violation of the federation’s code of ethics.

Mexico’s next match is a friendly vs. Trinidad and Tobago on Sept.

4. In October, it faces regional rival the United States in a qualifying playoff for the 2017. (ap)

Mourinho targets Benitez over wife’s messy remark LONDON - Jose Mourinho has launched a stinging attack on Real Madrid manager Rafael Benitez after the Spaniard’s wife teased the Chelsea boss by saying her husband was always having to tidy up messes left by the Portuguese. Montserrat Seara triggered the attack after Spanish newspaper La Region published her light-hearted remark following Benitez’s appointment at the Bernabeu last month, the third time he has joined a club previously managed by his rival.

Mourinho was clearly not amused and speaking to reporters after Chelsea beat European champions Barcelona on penalties in a Washington friendly, he delivered a withering straight-faced response.

“The lady is a bit confused,” he said after the match that ended in a 2-2 draw. “I am not laughing... “Her husband went to Chelsea to replace Roberto Di Matteo and he went to Real Madrid and replaced Carlo Ancelotti. “The only club where her husband replaced me was at Inter Milan where, in six months, he destroyed the best team in Europe at the time.

“For her also to think about me, and to speak about me, I think she needs to occupy her time. “And if she takes care of her husband’s diet, she will have less time to speak about me.”

Benitez was hired by Inter Milan in 2010 after Mourinho had led an aging team to a European and domestic treble before leaving for Real Madrid. The Spaniard was dismissed after six months, with the club down in seventh place in Serie A. The Spaniard also managed Chelsea on an interim basis, succeeding Roberto Di Matteo in 2012, five years after Mourinho’s first spell ended, when the Italian was sacked six months after winning the Champions League.

His spouse’s comments appear to have rekindled a bitter feud between the two men that dates back to his time in charge at Liverpool, when he clashed with Mourinho several times between 2005 and 2007.

Defending Premier League champions Chelsea begin their domestic campaign on Sunday when they meet last season’s FA Cup winners Arsenal in the Community Shield at Wembley.

However, they may go into that match without England defender Gary Cahill, who suffered a suspected broken nose when he scored Chelsea’s second goal, and Spain striker Diego Costa, withdrawn due to a slight hamstring strain. (rtr)

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Manchester City forward Stevan Jovetic, center, leaves the hospital after a medical examination for Inter Milan Serie A soccer team in Rozzano near Milan, Italy, Tuesday, July 28 , 2015.

Jovetic undergoing medical with Inter in move from City MILAN — Injury-plagued forward Stevan Jovetic is undergoing medical exams with Inter Milan as part of a transfer from Manchester City.

The Montenegro international will reportedly move back to Italy on a two-year loan deal, with Inter obliged to eventually purchase his

full rights for 12 million euros ($13 million).

Inter coach Roberto Mancini says “he’ll be a key piece for us.”

The 25-year-old Jovetic established himself in Serie A with Fiorentina but never really regained the form he had before he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his

right knee in 2010, which caused him to miss the entire 2010-11 season.

Fiorentina sold Jovetic to City in 2013 for 26 million euros ($28.7 million). Jovetic scored only eight times in the Premier League over two seasons and made only 11 starts. (ap)

KIEV - Shakhtar Donetsk coach Mircea Lucescu admitted he went against UEFA’s wishes in fielding midfielder Fred in Tuesday’s Champions League qualifier despite being aware of a possible doping violation hanging over the Brazilian international.

According to reports in his native Brazil, the 22-year-old had tested positive for a banned diuretic at the recent Copa America in Chile and faces a lengthy ban from the game should his second sample confirm the findings.

Lucescu, however, opted to start the midfielder in Tuesday’s 0-0 draw at Fenerbahce in the first leg of their Champions League third qualifying round, dismissing UEFA’s concerns while claiming he had yet to receive confirmation of any violation.

“Before the game, UEFA advised us not to include him but we had not received any official documents and this was just a verbal recommendation,” the Romanian told reporters after the match in Istanbul.

“There is no specific statement on this matter for now and we are still waiting for the results of the B sample,” he added.

“I have talked to the team and the player personally. When the official decision arrives, of course, we will stick to it.”

Called up for the injured Luiz Gustavo, Fred played in Brazil’s opening two fixtures at the JuneJuly Copa America against Peru and Colombia but was dropped for the final group game against Venezuela and quarter-final defeat to Paraguay.

Lucescu believes the banned substance, the masking agent hydrochlorothiazide, could have been administered to the midfielder when he was on international duty.

“It is very hard to say what really happened. I guess the Brazil team doctor should be responsible for things like that,” the coach added.

“I do not think a guy who can run 13 km per game needs pills but I will avoid commenting on the issue further until the results of the second test are known. “However, it would be very sad if such a young player is suspended for some time.”

Shakhtar host Fenerbahce in the second leg of their tie on Aug. 5 with the winners advancing to the Champions League playoff round for a place in the group stage of the lucrative tournament. (rtr)

Shakhtar field midfielder despite threat of doping ban

“Jose is a player who has been on our radar for some time and we’re really pleased to secure his signature,” Sherwood told Aston Villa’s website (www.avfc. co.uk).

“He is an experienced player who has played in La Liga and Serie A -- two of the strongest leagues in the world -- and from speaking to him, I know he can’t wait to play for Aston Villa.”

Crespo, who has been capped

by Spain at under-21 level, previously played for Sevilla and Racing Santander in Spain and Padova, Bologna and Verona in Italy. (ap)

Michel Platini confirms he will run for FIFA president NYON, Switzerland — Michel Platini says he will run in the election to succeed Sepp Blatter as FIFA president.

Platini, the UEFA president and a FIFA vice president, has written to member federations in Europe saying he will stand and is counting on their support. The FIFA election is on Feb. 26 and would-be candidates must apply

by Oct. 26.

Platini has for years been the

obvious candidate to succeed Blatter, his mentor in FIFA politics. But a rift between the long-time allies deepened when Blatter broke a promise to leave office in 2015.

Platini chose last year not to oppose Blatter, who won a fifth presidential term on May 29. Four days later, Blatter announced his resignation plans under pressure from American and Swiss federal investigations of corruption implicating FIFA. (ap)

AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2014 file photo, UEFA President Michel Platini gestures during a press conference, one day prior to the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying draw in Nice, southeastern France.

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Run-in with reporter triggered Mexico coach Herrera’s ouster

MEXICO CITY — In the end it wasn’t the middling on-field performance by Mexico’s national soccer team that cost Miguel Herrera his job as head coach of “El Tri.” It was the feisty nature, admired by some and criticized by others, that led to the ouster of “El Piojo,” an affectionate Spanish nickname that means “The Louse.”

The Mexican Soccer Federation fired Herrera on Tuesday, just two days after he led the team to a CONCACAF Gold Cup title. The ouster came after a television reporter said the coach punched him at the Philadelphia airport.

“Nobody can be above a situation like the one that happened Monday in Philadelphia,” said Decio de Maria, who on Saturday becomes president of the federation.

“Our values, our principles, are above any result,” he added. “In our profession, our industry, the matches are never over, and as public figures who represent an institution we must be absolutely clear on that.”

In a statement, Herrera apologized to his players, staff, fans, the federation and the media for his conduct in “the painful incident I had with a commentator.”

“It is clear to me that this is not the attitude that a coach for the Mexican national

team should take, despite having received all manner of criticisms, offenses and mockery of my family and my person,” it read. Herrera said he planned to spend time with family and rest.

“El Piojo” is the latest to depart from what has become a revolvingdoor job since Ricardo La Volpe of Argentina was the last to complete a four-year World Cup cycle as Mexico’s head coach. The team has burned through 10 head

coaches in the nine years since La Volpe departed after the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

De Maria did not announce a replacement for Herrera, who led Mexico to the round of 16 at last year’s World Cup. The incident involving the coach and Television Azteca’s Christian Martinoli took place as the team was set to fly home following its 3-1 victory over Jamaica in the championship match. Martinoli accused Herrera of hitting him in the neck and then threatening him.

The journalist has been a tough critic of Herrera as have many Mexican fans and pundits disappointed with the team’s recent results.

“El Tri” failed to advance from group play at the Copa America last month in Chile. Critics also faulted Mexico’s performance at the Gold Cup, where it finished second in group play and advanced to the final only after winning two knockout-round matches w i t h

AP Photo/Matt Rourke

the help of late penalty kicks awarded in controversial calls.

“We all saw what happened on the pitch. ... We won at the Gold Cup, but none of us liked how it happened,” de Maria said. Herrera defended his record.

“It saddens me greatly to leave the position of team

Mexico head coach Miguel Herrera yells during the first half of the CONCACAF Gold Cup championship soccer match against Jamaica, Sunday, July 26, 2015, in Philadelphia.

coach due to this regrettable reason, since the sporting results were, for the most part, positive within the stated objectives,” he said in his statement.

Famous for his exuberant sideline displays, Herrera became interim head coach in November 2013 and was given the job fulltime a month later. During his tenure Mexico won 18 matches, tied 11 and lost 7.

Crespo joins Villa as Sherwood continues to ring changes

LONDON - Jose Angel Crespo has become Aston Villa’s seventh close-season signing after sealing a move from relegated La Liga side Cordoba, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old defender has signed a three-year deal to join Villa, who finished one place above the relegation zone last season following manager Tim Sherwood’s appointment in February.

Villa’s other new faces include Scott Sinclair and Micah Richards from Manchester City, Idrissa Gueye from Lille and Jordan Ayew from Lorient.

Earlier this year he and two players came under investigation by the soccer federation for tweets supporting Mexico’s Green Party just before midterm elections, an apparent violation of the federation’s code of ethics.

Mexico’s next match is a friendly vs. Trinidad and Tobago on Sept.

4. In October, it faces regional rival the United States in a qualifying playoff for the 2017. (ap)

Mourinho targets Benitez over wife’s messy remark LONDON - Jose Mourinho has launched a stinging attack on Real Madrid manager Rafael Benitez after the Spaniard’s wife teased the Chelsea boss by saying her husband was always having to tidy up messes left by the Portuguese. Montserrat Seara triggered the attack after Spanish newspaper La Region published her light-hearted remark following Benitez’s appointment at the Bernabeu last month, the third time he has joined a club previously managed by his rival.

Mourinho was clearly not amused and speaking to reporters after Chelsea beat European champions Barcelona on penalties in a Washington friendly, he delivered a withering straight-faced response.

“The lady is a bit confused,” he said after the match that ended in a 2-2 draw. “I am not laughing... “Her husband went to Chelsea to replace Roberto Di Matteo and he went to Real Madrid and replaced Carlo Ancelotti. “The only club where her husband replaced me was at Inter Milan where, in six months, he destroyed the best team in Europe at the time.

“For her also to think about me, and to speak about me, I think she needs to occupy her time. “And if she takes care of her husband’s diet, she will have less time to speak about me.”

Benitez was hired by Inter Milan in 2010 after Mourinho had led an aging team to a European and domestic treble before leaving for Real Madrid. The Spaniard was dismissed after six months, with the club down in seventh place in Serie A. The Spaniard also managed Chelsea on an interim basis, succeeding Roberto Di Matteo in 2012, five years after Mourinho’s first spell ended, when the Italian was sacked six months after winning the Champions League.

His spouse’s comments appear to have rekindled a bitter feud between the two men that dates back to his time in charge at Liverpool, when he clashed with Mourinho several times between 2005 and 2007.

Defending Premier League champions Chelsea begin their domestic campaign on Sunday when they meet last season’s FA Cup winners Arsenal in the Community Shield at Wembley.

However, they may go into that match without England defender Gary Cahill, who suffered a suspected broken nose when he scored Chelsea’s second goal, and Spain striker Diego Costa, withdrawn due to a slight hamstring strain. (rtr)

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AP Photo/Luca Bruno

Manchester City forward Stevan Jovetic, center, leaves the hospital after a medical examination for Inter Milan Serie A soccer team in Rozzano near Milan, Italy, Tuesday, July 28 , 2015.

Jovetic undergoing medical with Inter in move from City MILAN — Injury-plagued forward Stevan Jovetic is undergoing medical exams with Inter Milan as part of a transfer from Manchester City.

The Montenegro international will reportedly move back to Italy on a two-year loan deal, with Inter obliged to eventually purchase his

full rights for 12 million euros ($13 million).

Inter coach Roberto Mancini says “he’ll be a key piece for us.”

The 25-year-old Jovetic established himself in Serie A with Fiorentina but never really regained the form he had before he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his

right knee in 2010, which caused him to miss the entire 2010-11 season.

Fiorentina sold Jovetic to City in 2013 for 26 million euros ($28.7 million). Jovetic scored only eight times in the Premier League over two seasons and made only 11 starts. (ap)

KIEV - Shakhtar Donetsk coach Mircea Lucescu admitted he went against UEFA’s wishes in fielding midfielder Fred in Tuesday’s Champions League qualifier despite being aware of a possible doping violation hanging over the Brazilian international.

According to reports in his native Brazil, the 22-year-old had tested positive for a banned diuretic at the recent Copa America in Chile and faces a lengthy ban from the game should his second sample confirm the findings.

Lucescu, however, opted to start the midfielder in Tuesday’s 0-0 draw at Fenerbahce in the first leg of their Champions League third qualifying round, dismissing UEFA’s concerns while claiming he had yet to receive confirmation of any violation.

“Before the game, UEFA advised us not to include him but we had not received any official documents and this was just a verbal recommendation,” the Romanian told reporters after the match in Istanbul.

“There is no specific statement on this matter for now and we are still waiting for the results of the B sample,” he added.

“I have talked to the team and the player personally. When the official decision arrives, of course, we will stick to it.”

Called up for the injured Luiz Gustavo, Fred played in Brazil’s opening two fixtures at the JuneJuly Copa America against Peru and Colombia but was dropped for the final group game against Venezuela and quarter-final defeat to Paraguay.

Lucescu believes the banned substance, the masking agent hydrochlorothiazide, could have been administered to the midfielder when he was on international duty.

“It is very hard to say what really happened. I guess the Brazil team doctor should be responsible for things like that,” the coach added.

“I do not think a guy who can run 13 km per game needs pills but I will avoid commenting on the issue further until the results of the second test are known. “However, it would be very sad if such a young player is suspended for some time.”

Shakhtar host Fenerbahce in the second leg of their tie on Aug. 5 with the winners advancing to the Champions League playoff round for a place in the group stage of the lucrative tournament. (rtr)

Shakhtar field midfielder despite threat of doping ban

“Jose is a player who has been on our radar for some time and we’re really pleased to secure his signature,” Sherwood told Aston Villa’s website (www.avfc. co.uk).

“He is an experienced player who has played in La Liga and Serie A -- two of the strongest leagues in the world -- and from speaking to him, I know he can’t wait to play for Aston Villa.”

Crespo, who has been capped

by Spain at under-21 level, previously played for Sevilla and Racing Santander in Spain and Padova, Bologna and Verona in Italy. (ap)

Michel Platini confirms he will run for FIFA president NYON, Switzerland — Michel Platini says he will run in the election to succeed Sepp Blatter as FIFA president.

Platini, the UEFA president and a FIFA vice president, has written to member federations in Europe saying he will stand and is counting on their support. The FIFA election is on Feb. 26 and would-be candidates must apply

by Oct. 26.

Platini has for years been the

obvious candidate to succeed Blatter, his mentor in FIFA politics. But a rift between the long-time allies deepened when Blatter broke a promise to leave office in 2015.

Platini chose last year not to oppose Blatter, who won a fifth presidential term on May 29. Four days later, Blatter announced his resignation plans under pressure from American and Swiss federal investigations of corruption implicating FIFA. (ap)

AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2014 file photo, UEFA President Michel Platini gestures during a press conference, one day prior to the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying draw in Nice, southeastern France.

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Tegenungan Waterfall

GIANYAR - Gianyar Regency is indeed the hub to watch barong dance, sculpture and other types of arts. However, one time try to enjoy its natural attractions because this region also retains many attractions highlighting the interest in nature.

Tegenungan Waterfall, for instance, is one of them. The attraction located at Kemenuh Village offers a unique charm. Its natural aura can

really be perceived. Once visiting this nature tourism will definitely make visitors addicted. Tegenungan Waterfall is different from any other waterfalls in Bali. Though it is not situated on a highland or mountain, it remains to offer beautiful natural scenery. Its height is about 4 meters and has very heavy torrents. Its crystal clear water is very suitable for bathing or just playing around.

It is approximately 30 km from Denpasar or 13 km from the city of Gianyar.

Its scenery is so beautiful and enriched by lush tropical green trees growing on the riverbank. Around the area, there are several bathing places with multiple showers coming out from natural springs. Surrounding residents frequently take bath and fetch water here for daily

consumption. Similarly, travelers coming here often take advantage of the shower. By and large, they use it to cleanse their face or refresh the body.

At particular time, the shower located near the temple is crowded with local residents because they perform a melasti procession, a series of deva yajna ceremony held by the Hindus community in Bali.

If you want to capture an amazing picture, you should come in the afternoon or evening. This happens because the waterfall overlooks the west, so that it will be difficult to get an interesting photograph in the morning as disrupted by sunlight.

To reach the waterfall from parking lot, you should go down some 150 stairs. Afterward, go along the banks of the Petanu River.

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KUALA LUMPUR — Japanese organizers apologized to the IOC on Wednesday over the scrapping of the original plans for the Olympic stadium and delivered assurances that the new venue will be ready in time for the 2020 Games. The International Olympic Committee, meanwhile, said it would work with Japan on the new project to make sure “there are no surprises” this time.

Earlier this month, the Japanese government threw out the design plans for the flagship stadium amid public criticism of the 252 billion yen ($2 billion) price tag, which was nearly double the original estimate and would have made it the most expensive sports stadium ever.

The government said it would start over with a new design and construction competition. The move means the stadium will not be ready as planned for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, but Tokyo organizers and the IOC said they are confident it will be built in time for the games.

“I forthrightly extended our apologies regarding the change in plans for the national stadium,” organizing committee head Yoshio Mori said after a meeting with IOC President Thomas Bach and his executive board in Kuala Lumpur. “But they said it was not necessary to feel apologetic.

The IOC said that changes need to be made, and as long as the changes are made for the better, that is fine.”

Bach said Japan’s decision resulted from soaring construction costs that “have just gone through the roof” and were beyond the control of the organizing committee and the government.

“We respect and can understand in such times you would not like to build the most expensive stadium in the world,” Bach said at a news conference. “What we need is a state-of-the-art stadium for athletes and spectators, and I’m sure we will get it.”

Toshiro Muto, chief executive

officer of the Tokyo organizing committee, said the Japanese will work to reduce costs despite the rising prices of construction materials.

“There will be an inflation (of

prices) but we will make sure we minimize that,” he said. “For us the priority is to have it completed before the Olympics. We are sure and confident the stadium will be completed on time.”

Zaha Hadid Architects, the designers of the original stadium plans, blamed the bidding process and soaring building costs for the spiraling price tag. Two Japanese construction giants, Taisei Corp. and Takenaka Corp., which were part of the earlier plan, are expected

to put in another bid.

Bach stressed that the IOC would offer its own input in the tendering process to ensure the Olympic body is involved from the very beginning this time.

“We want to make sure that all the Olympic requirements are taken into consideration and there are no surprises ... neither for the government, neither for the IOC.” “You can be sure there will no exaggerated requirements,” Bach added.

Muto also updated the IOC

board on the status of Tokyo’s other venues, many of which have been moved over the past year in a bid to cut costs. Still up in the air is the location of the indoor cycling velodrome.

Muto said cycling’s governing body, the UCI, would hold a board meeting in September on the issue. The UCI has resisted Japanese proposals to move cycling from Tokyo to Izu, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) outside the capital. (rtr)

AP Photo/Vincent Thian

A worker cleans a floor in front of a poster at the venue that will host the 128th International Olympic Committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,Tuesday, July, 28, 2015. Malaysia is hosting the 128th International Olympic Committee executive board meeting where the vote for the host cities of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games and for the 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games will take place.

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Casey Stoner crash in Suzuka

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Honda has identified the cause of the crash that left two-time MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner with multiple injuries on his return to racing in the Suzuka 8 Hours.

Stoner sustained a broken shoulder blade and fractured tibia in the accident at the Formula 1 venue’s hairpin. He was making his first competitive start since retiring from MotoGP at the end of 2012.

The Australian immediately cited a stuck throttle as the cause of the violent crash, and Honda has

now narrowed the problem down to the throttle cable.

“Checking the throttle, which is a particular specification for Endurance HRC Factory bikes, and different from the standard throttle used on the Honda CBR1000RR road version, a malfunction was discovered related to the throttle cable,” said a Honda statement.

“This kind of problem hasn’t arisen before, however, HRC will cease using this throttle specification and will design a new one to

be used for Endurance races.

“HRC would like to apologise to Casey Stoner and thank him for the effort he made in attending the Suzuka 8 Hour event.”

Stoner had been sharing his Honda with World Superbike rider Michael van der Mark and test rider Takumi Takahashi.

Yamaha won the Suzuka event with Tech 3 MotoGP duo Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro and its sometime works MotoGP stand-in rider Katsuyuki Nakasuga. (ap)

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A car of the security society of Eurotunnel follows a group of migrants, in Calais, northern France, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. About 2,100 migrants tried to storm the area surrounding the Eurotunnel early Tuesday before being repelled by police, an official in the northern French port of Calais said.

Calais migrants: 2nd night of mass attempts to reach England

CALAIS, France — Migrants rushed the tunnel linking France and England repeatedly for a second night on Wednesday and one man was crushed by a truck in the chaos, deepening tensions surrounding the thousands of people camped in this northern French port city.

Eurotunnel said it had blocked more than 37,000 such attempts by migrants to reach Britain since January. There were conflicting numbers of people involved Wednesday, ranging from 150 to as many as 1,200. But French authorities and the company agreed there had been about 2,000 attempts on each of two successive nights.

The numbers have been growing as has the sense of crisis in recent weeks, spurred by new barriers around the Eurotunnel site, labor strife that turned the rails into protest sites for striking workers, and an influx of desperate migrants.

Many British officials have expressed growing alarm at what they see as a potential influx of foreigners, although it’s not clear how many people have successfully made the passage. Nine migrants have died in the attempt since June, said France’s interior minister.

“This exceptional migrant situation has dramatic human consequences,” said Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. “Calais is a mirror of conflicts tearing up regions of the world.”

About 25 migrants were seen getting off a public bus in Calais on Wednesday with a police officer

who left them by the side of the road.

Several said they were returning from a night of trying to cross the Channel. “(We) come from train here and tomorrow, inshallah, try again in the train,” said an Eritrean who would not give his name as he planned further attempts to reach England.

Natacha Bouchart, mayor of Calais, said about 150-250 migrants tried repeatedly overnight to reach the Eurotunnel. French officials said it was the second night of mass attempts on the tunnel. Gilles Debove, a police union official, counted about 2,000 attempts for a second night running.

Debove said officers pushing back the migrants counted between 750 and 1,200 people.

Bouchart told France Info radio migrants are trying to reach England from France “at all costs” — first crossing a busy highway and then trying to stow away on trucks waiting to board trains. She says Britain, France and the Eurotunnel need to work together on the issue.

The man killed overnight, believed to be a Sudanese man in his mid-20s, was crushed by a truck as he tried to stow away, Debove told The Associated Press.

Cargo trucks were lined up over-

night for several kilometers (miles) leading to the Eurotunnel freight loading zone, some of them stuck on a highway overpass above one of the many makeshift migrant camps. In a tweet, Eurotunnel said passenger trains were delayed an hour because of the overnight activity. The company called for help from both the French and British governments.

“It’s become a phenomenon which is beyond our means,” said spokesman John Keefe. “We’re just a small transport company operating in a little corner of Europe.”

Keefe said attacks on the fences are organized. “This is very clearly criminal gangs or human traffickers who coordinate attacks on the fences,” he said.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, speaking during his visit to Singapore, described the crisis as “very concerning,” but that there was no point in “pointing fingers of blame.” Other British officials blamed the government in France, where officials said Eurotunnel also needed to do more.

The British government has agreed to an extra 7 million pounds ($11 million) of funding for measures to improve security at Calais. (ap)

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Romania seizes heroin shipment headed to Western Europe BUCHAREST, Romania — Romanian authorities have seized 333 kilograms (733 pounds) of heroin that was headed to Western Europe.

Authorities said Wednesday the drugs were found the day before stashed in two separate trucks, which each had a concealed gasoline tank. One truck was traveling toward Hungary and the other was intercepted in the northern town of Bistrita.

The drugs were sprinkled with

pepper to try and avoid detection by sniffer dogs. Anti-organized crime prosecutors said two Romanian men and two Turkish men were detained. Claudiu Cucu, a police chief, said the group had been under surveillance since 2011.

The heroin likely originated in Afghanistan and was transported through Turkey, Ukraine and Romania. The shipment’s destination was the Netherlands, where it was to be distributed to other Western European countries. (ap)

Putin: Russia will oppose international tribunal for MH17 MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has indicated that Moscow will veto a U.N. Security Council resolution to set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago.

Putin said Wednesday in a phone chat with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that Russia still opposes the idea that the Netherlands and Ukraine advocate.

Ukraine and the West suspect that the plane was hit by a surface-to-air missile fired by Russia-backed separatist rebels or Russian soldiers. Russia denies that. Nearly 200 of the 298 killed were Dutch.

The Kremlin quoted Putin as saying a tribunal would be “inexpedient” because Russia still has “a lot of questions” about the investigation to which it had little access. (ap)

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Deputy head of the Russian Aviation Agency Oleg Storchevoi speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Russia on Thursday, July 16, 2015 A top Russian aviation official says leaks of the draft report on the Malaysian jetliner crash over eastern Ukraine are meant to put pressure on investigators.

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INDONESIA Southeast Asia sees little progress on haze as fires rage

JAKARTA - Southeast Asian nations meeting Tuesday to discuss the problem of haze that shrouds the region’s skies every year made little progress, as the number of smogbelching forest fires was on the rise in Indonesia.

Environment ministers from Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei and Singapore met in Jakarta to discuss the issue.

The haze mostly comes from forest fires on Indonesia’s western island of Sumatra, many of which are deliberately lit to clear land for plantations.

Pressure to resolve the problem has increased since 2013 when Southeast Asia suffered its worst smog crisis for more than a decade, with haze levels hitting a record high in Singapore.

Nevertheless, collaborative efforts by the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to resolve the problem have been slow, with Singapore’s calls for the adoption of a regional haze monitoring system making little headway.

The proposed system would use satellite data and maps of forest con-

cessions to identify firms responsible for fires, and use this evidence to prosecute them.

But Indonesia and Malaysia, which is also home to palm oil plantations, have been reluctant to provide such maps.

There were no concrete developments at the two-day Jakarta meeting, prompting Singaporean Environment Minister Vivian Balakrishnan to lament “very slow” progress despite many meetings.

“The human, social and economic cost of haze in our part of the world has been too high, and been going on far too long,” he told reporters.

Singapore has passed legislation allowing authorities to fine companies that cause or contribute to haze, regardless of whether they have an office in the city-state. But officials say they still need evidence from the ground.

The number of fires on Sumatra rose steeply in recent days, with staterun Antara news agency reporting over 300 “hotspots” -- either forest fires or areas likely soon to go up in flames -- detected on the island at the weekend. (afp)

SINGAPORE - An orchid species has been named after Indonesian First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo (Jokowi) at the National Botanical Garden of Singapore (NBGS), which was inaugurated during President Jokowi’s visit to Singapore on Wednesday.

The orchid species named after Iriana Jokowi was earlier called Dendrobium christabela, and now, it has been renamed to Dendrobium iriana jokowi.

First Lady Iriana Jokowi said she was honored as such a beautiful flower has been named after her.

“I feel honored,” Iriana noted, adding that she does not particularly collect orchids at home.

However, Iriana Jokowi described orchids, which need careful and kind treatment, as similar to how attentively and sincerely friendship should be maintained.

In accordance with her comment, President Jokowi described the naming of an orchid after his spouse’s name “Iriana Jokowi” as an impressive diplomatic step by Singapore.

“This is called flower diplomacy,

wherein a flower is used as a medium to build friendship. I am impressed by this different approach in diplomacy,” he affirmed.

Singapore has also named other orchid species in the NBGS after Ani Yudhoyono, the wife of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, as well as Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel.

President Jokowi and First Lady Iriana Jokowi are on a two-day state visit to Singapore on July 28-29.

The visit focuses on increasing economic cooperation between the two countries.

During the visit, President Jokowi met Singaporean President Tony Tan Keng Yam and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He also attended a business conference in which more than 150 CEOs of major Singaporebased companies participated.

President Jokowi and Prime Minister Loong also witnessed the signing of three memoranda of understanding (MoU) related to egovernance, youth and sports affairs, and strategic cooperation between the chambers of commerce of the two countries. (ant)

Orchid named after First Lady Iriana

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Registration process for regional head candidates runs smoothly

JAKARTA - The registration process for regional head candidates taking place in 269 regions across Indonesia on July 26-28, 2015, has run well in general, Chairman of the General Elections Commission (KPU) Husni Kamil Manik stated.

“In general, it has run well,” Manik informed on Wednesday.

All the 12 existing political parties including the Golkar and PPP, which are still facing internal rivalries, have submitted the names of their candidates, he added.

However, he pointed out that an incident had occurred in Manggarai District, East Nusa Tenggara Province, wherein a mob had forced the local election commission office to accept the registration of a certain pair of candidates although they came late.

Until Wednesday (July 29), at 00:00 Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB), the KPU has received 705 pairs of candidates standing for the regional head elections. Of the

total, 576 tickets are supported by political parties, and 129 tickets are independent candidates.

Of the total candidates, 650 are men and 55 are women.

However, this data is subject to change, he noted.

Besides this, 12 of the total 269 regions, which are going to hold simultaneous regional head elections, have only one ticket or none at all.

“The 12 regions are Asahan District in North Sumatra; Serang District in Banten; Tasikmalaya District in West Java; Surabaya Municipality and Blitar District in East Java; Purbalingga District in Central Java; Pacitan District in East Java; South Minahasa District

in North Sulawesi; Mataram city, Samarinda city, and Timur Tengah Utara District in East Nusa Tenggara; and East Bolaang Mongondow District in North Sulawesi,” KPU Senior Commissioner Ferry Kurnia stated.

Based on KPU’s regulations, politicians need to be nominated by a party, or a coalition of parties, that controls at least 20 percent of the seats in the regional council or 25 percent of the valid votes in the 2014 regional election.

Political candidates must also get approval from the central board of their political party, whereas during the previous elections, they only needed the approval of the regional board. (ant)

AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana

Indonesian women queue up to collect clean water from a public well in Tangerang, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Several areas on the densely populated island of Java have been hit by drought during this dry season, forcing villagers to walk long distances to find clean water.

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Fed is likely to delay 1st rate hike in 9 years a bit longer

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is moving toward raising interest rates from record lows — just not likely yet.

On Wednesday, when it ends its latest policy meeting, Fed officials will issue a statement that will be parsed for clues to just when the first rate increase since 2006 might occur. The meeting will end with a policy statement but no news conference by Chair Janet Yellen.

Though many economists foresee the first hike coming in September, they don’t expect this week’s policy statement to clearly signal the timing. Yellen has stressed that

the decision will be driven by the latest economic data. The Fed still wants to keep its options open.

Yet Yellen has left little doubt that the Fed is preparing to raise short-term rates by year’s end from the near-zero lows it set at the depths of the 2008 financial crisis. With the U.S. economy and job market now steadily rising, the need for ultra-low rates to stimulate growth is fading.

“Our economy is in a much

better state,” Yellen told Congress earlier this month. “We’re close to where we want to be, and we now think the economy can not only tolerate but needs higher rates.”

The economy still faces an array of threats, from subpar U.S. manufacturing and business investment to troubles in Europe and Asia, which have roiled financial markets. Inflation also remains below the Fed’s target rate. And while the unemployment rate, at 5.3 percent, is nearly normal, other gauges of the job market remain less than healthy.

Pay growth remains generally slug-

gish, for example, and many people are working part time because they can’t find full-time jobs.

Yellen has stressed that when the Fed begins to raise rates, it will do so only gradually. The idea is to avoid weakening an economy that’s still benefiting from low borrowing rates resulting from the Fed’s policies. She has suggested that raising rates in small increments, followed by pauses, will let the Fed assess the effects of slightly higher rates.

Although the September meeting, when Yellen is set to hold a news conference, is seen as the most

likely time for a rate increase, some analysts think the Fed might wait until December.

“The recent volatility in the global economy and financial markets has given the Fed pause,” said Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at the Martin Smith School of Business at California State University, Channel Islands.

“I think the probability of a rate hike in September has diminished because the Fed is going to need more time to evaluate how the U.S. economy is doing. December looks like a good possibility.” (ap)

China auto sales slump hits industry fortunes

BEIJING — General Motors Co.’s $5 billion initiative to create cars for China and other emerging markets comes just as automakers face a collapse in the booming Chinese demand they were counting on to power their growth.

June sales in the biggest car market by number of vehicles sold shrank by 3.4 percent from a year earlier as an economic slowdown deepened and smog-choked cities tried to curb growth in car ownership. Sales growth has cooled from 2009’s explosive peak of 45 percent but the latest figures surprised analysts who were forecasting a healthy 7 to 8 percent for this year.

Those still buying cars are benefiting: GM and Volkswagen AG, China’s top-selling brands, have cut prices by up to 53,900 yuan ($8,700). Analysts say dealers are struggling financially and automakers also might have to share more profit with them.

“The days when you could sell whatever car you made are not there anymore,” said industry analyst Lin Huaibin of IHS Automotive.

This wrenching shift is especially significant because of China’s outsize role in the global ambitions of U.S., European and Asian automakers.

Despite the slowdown, they are pushing ahead with multibilliondollar plans to expand production and create models to suit Chinese tastes, adding to competition in a crowded market.

On Tuesday, GM said it will work with its main Chinese partner,

Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp., to develop vehicles to be sold in China, Brazil, India and Mexico.

GM said it aims for annual sales of 2 million vehicles beginning in 2019.

In April, Ford Motor Co. and a local partner announced they would spend $1.1 billion on a fac-

tory in China’s northeast. Ford said that would add 200,000 vehicles to its annual China production capacity.

China passed the United States in 2009 as the biggest market by number of vehicles sold as incomes rose and Beijing promoted the industry as an engine of economic development.

Double-digit Chinese sales growth helped to buoy global automakers after the 2008 financial crisis crushed demand everywhere else.

Automakers added bigger backseats and other features for Chinese buyers, changing the look and feel of cars sold worldwide. Nissan Motor Co. made China a pillar of its global turnaround strategy.

Companies were preparing for slower growth, but the squeeze hit faster than many expected.

Foreign brands also face pressure from lower-priced Chinese rivals including Geely, Chery and SUV brand Great Wall, which are improving quality.

Volkswagen blamed anemic first-quarter sales growth of just 2 percent on its lack of a low-priced SUV, a segment dominated by Chinese brands in which demand surged.

In May, GM’s joint venture with SAIC cut prices of 40 models by up to 53,900 yuan ($8,700). In Chinatopix via AP June, VW announced cuts of up to In this April 30, 2015 photo, a model dressed as the God of Fortune performs as a worker waits 12,000 yuan ($2,000). Great Wall for customers at an auto show in Changsha, in southern China’s Hunan province. June sales in Motors cut prices by up to 6,000 the biggest car market by number of vehicles sold shrank by 3.4 percent from a year earlier as an yuan ($970) to rev up weak SUV sales. (ap) economic slowdown deepened and smog-choked cities tried to curb growth in car ownership.

70 percent of Landih residents cultivate mandarin orange

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BANGLI - All this time the mandarin orange found at traditional markets is not only produced by farmers in Kintamani subdistrict. In fact, most farmers in the Bangli subdistrict, precisely Landih village, also produce this kind of fruit offering sweet flavor.

As recognized by headman of Landih, Ketut Sudana, when met at the village on Tuesday nearly 70 percent of the population is currently cultivating mandarin orange as the mainstay of local agricultural

commodities. The mandarin orange has started to be cultivated by Landih farmers in the past four years.

“In the past, most communities at Landih grew coffee, maize and other seasonal crops. However,

since the past four years, most people grow mandarin oranges,” he explained.

Economically, the mandarin orange is admitted to be very favorable compared to other crops. It happens because the sales prospect of mandarin orange remains very bright. Since many residents grow this kind of orange, the current public welfare of Landih is admitted to have increased. Unemployment

rate has begun to decline because this agricultural activity also has an impact on the absorption of many workers. Sudana said that other than becoming mandarin orange pickers, the cultivation of mandarin orange also caused people to have a job as packing laborer.

When asked about the difference of mandarin orange yielded

by Landih community from that produced in Kintamani, Sudana

admitted there is a slight difference.

The mandarin orange produced by Landih community has thinner skin than the one produced by farmers in Kintamani. In addition, the persistence of mandarin orange of Landih is lower than the mandarin orange of Kintamani. “However, in terms of the fruit size, the orange produced by farmers at Landih are greater than the one produced in Kintamani,” he added. (kmb40)

Sudang Lepet Jukut Undis Sudang lepet (salted fish) and jukut undis (pigeon pea vegetable) are typical foods of Den Bukit community, Buleleng gracing the culinary exhibition in the Buleleng Festival (Bulfest) 2015.

Both cuisines will be coupled with other Buleleng typical foods such as buffalo black soup, siobak, betutu, cerorot, remu (with sugar content), bantal, tumbeg (like a bantal), pedor, blayag, and dodol.

Sudang lepet dish accompanied with jukut undis will be more palatable if equipped with spicy condiment. When making a visit to North Bali, apparently it is not complete without tasting this kind of food. This food can also be taken advantage as souvenir because it lasts a long time.

Sudang lepet accompanied with jukut undis is very easy to find. It can usually be found in a number of traditional markets in

the former capital of the Lesser Sunda Province. Sudang lepet or salted fish is made through simple traditional process and certainly it is made without preservatives.

However, not all marine fish can be made into sudang. There are some fish that can be used namely the species of sharks or stingrays. The making is relatively easy, so that it is also easy to find in all traditional markets throughout Buleleng. (kmb)

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Denpasar govt requires competency certification for tourism workers

DENPASAR - In December 2015, the era of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will officially begin. In this era, there will be a free flow of products, services, investment, labor and capital between member nations. People need to prepare themselves for this change that is right around the corner and so the Municipality of Denpasar is getting ready.

Through strategic programs, Mayor I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra along with Deputy Mayor IGN Jaya Negara are inviting all levels of the government

of Denpasar to make efforts to strengthen educated and professional workers so that they can remain competitive in domestic and overseas markets. One way to do

this is by providing competency certification for those working in tourism.

“The seminar on competency certification being conducted

by the Denpasar Tourism Office will provide an overview on the strengthening of professionals in the field of tourism,” said Mayor I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, on Tuesday (Jul. 28), during a meeting with the Head of the Denpasar Tourism Office, Wayan Gunawan, in which they were preparing the certification seminar that will be

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Tourists are seen on one of the traditional market in Denpasar.

held on July 30.

Rai Mantra also expects the ranks of the Municipality of Denpasar to immediately take steps to help not only tourism workers but people in all related sectors -from the arts to event organizers, to become certified so as to remain competitive. Given that Bali as a tourist destination is developing rapidly, Denpasar as its capital is the hear the island. So, in order to help prepare for the era of the AEC, obvisouly tourism workers must become certified but micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the city of Denpasar also need be strengthened so as to remain competitive.

Mayor Rai Mantra said that in the near future his party will declare the City of Denpasar competent to face the AEC. Head of the Denpasar Tourism Office, Wayan Gunawan, said that the seminar on competency certification is just one of the measures being implemented by Mayor Rai Mantra who is very keen to have tourism workers remain competitive in the era of the AEC. This one-day seminar will be held at Hotel Harris on Jalan Cokroaminoto and will involve 400 tourism workers will participate.

According to Gunawan, this seminar will play an important role in ensuring that the human resources of Bali’s tourism sector become certified for their various competences. The Denpasar Trouism Office, will also be disseminating information about the results of the seminar, through visits to tourism entrepreneurs in the City of Denpasar. “Hopefully, thanks to this seminar, all relevant members of the tourism industry will hold competency certificates by 2016,” he said. (kmb)

Thursday, July 30, 2015

International

Impending execution brings out mixed feelings in India

NEW DELHI — Few countries sentence more people to death than India. Whether those punishments are actually carried out is another matter. Though well over a thousand people have been sent to death row this century, just three have been executed. Yakub Abdul Razak Memon will soon be the fourth. Jailed for his supporting role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings that killed 257 people, he has made many appeals and is scheduled to be hanged Thursday.

About 300 prominent citizens, including at least eight retired judges of the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court, have urged India’s president to commute Memon’s sentence to life in prison, reflecting what appears to be growing uneasiness in India with the death penalty. Yet some of the most ardent supporters of capital punishment are leaders of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.

“Right now, it’s imperative that this conspirator is hanged to death. So it sends a message to the terrorists the world over, that India is not soft on terror,” said Shaina N.C., a BJP spokesperson.

But Yakub’s last hopes of a reprieve, or even a delay in his execution, were belied.

A new three-judge panel that Wednesday examined last week’s Supreme Court decision rejecting his clemency plea, ruled that there had been no procedural lapses in reaching that verdict. Memon had exhausted all legal remedies It is President Pranab Mukherjee rather than the more powerful prime minister, Narendra Modi, who is empowered to pardon condemned criminals under India’s constitution. By Wednesday, yet another appeal was awaiting a decision by the president. Also, Mukherjee had yet to respond to appeals from citizens including political leaders, journalists, artists and academics over Memon’s death sentence.

Memon, an accountant, was convicted of providing financial and logistical support in the series of bombings that shook

India’s business and entertainment hub in 1993. Those appealing for a commutation highlighted the time he has already spent in jail, that the main conspirators of the terror attacks on Mumbai were living freely in Pakistan and Dubai and that the death sentences of convicts in other terrorrelated cases had been commuted.

Memon’s last appeals for clemency come at a time when a governmentappointed panel that frames laws for the country has held a rare debate, seeking the views of lawmakers, social scientists, journalists, lawyers and opinion makers across the country on the death penalty and whether it is time to do end it.

Amid evidence that capital punishment has failed to serve as an effective deterrent against terror or crime, the objective of the Law Commission’s discussions was to recommend whether to retain the death penalty or modify the conditions under which it would be applied. It’s expected to make recommendations to the Supreme Court by the end of the year; any changes would eventually have to be approved by Parliament.

The number of countries that use capital punishment has steadily declined. Today, more than two-thirds of nations have abolished the death penalty in law or in practice.

Last year, Indian courts sentenced 64 people to death, making the country one of the top 10 out of 55 where capital punishment still exists. (ap)

Sofosbuvir, can be immediately issued. The drug is said to have been used in Thailand and other countries, while in Indonesia it has not obtained distribution permit yet.

Indeed, the drug has been registered in the National Agency of Drug and Food Control (BPOM). However, they wanted the drug can be listed in the fast track so that it can be immediately used by patients of hepatitis. In addition, the success rate of the drug reached 92 percent and has minimal side effects.

In addition to urging the government to accelerate the issuance of distribution permit, the IKON also requested the drug

can be covered in the government health insurance. The efforts to encourage the issuance of the drug distribution permit based on consideration that the previous drug such as Interferon is very expensive. Abdillah Fais even coined the term: “We do not die from hepatitis C but die due to earning money to buy medicine,” he said. He revealed so because the price of hepatitis drug is very expensive, even the treatment cost can reach billions of rupiahs.

Patrician Gregorius added that the action is not only carried out in Bali but also in five other provinces. The number of hepatitis C

has increased very significantly, even 90 percent of drug users experience hepatitis C and some others suffer both at a time, namely hepatitis B and C. According to her, hepatitis C is more urgent than HIV because people with hepatitis have no symptoms. In addition, patients with hepatitis do not get proper treatment as those with HIV get.

“In the meantime, more and more people worry about being contracted by HIV than hepatitis.

The reality is that every year 1.5 million people worldwide die from hepatitis B or C,” she said.

For then, I Wayan Eka Ratnata,

the Division Head of Research of the BBPOM Denpasar, said that in essence his party supports the effort of the IKON to immediately issue the distribution permit to the drug. However, his party can only facilitate by sending a letter to the BPOM related to the acceleration of the distribution permit of the drug.

“Issuance of the drug distribution permit remains at the authority of the BPOM,” he said.

On that account, the IKON wanted a recommendation letter of both parties (IKON and BBPOM) as a form of support for the IKON to accelerate the process of drug distribution permit. (kmb42)

AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal

In this July 27, 2015, photo, activists of the Social Democratic Party of India carry placards with portraits of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai bombings, during a protest against his death sentence outside Maharashtra House in New Delhi, India.

Myanmar’s democracy leader runs in Nov. 8 polls to keep seat

IKON rallied on hepatitis treatment

DENPASAR - In order to commemorate the World Hepatitis Day falling on July 28, the Association of Drug Victims (IKON) held a demonstration in front of the Denpasar Agency for Food and Drug Control (BBPOM), Tuesday (Jul. 28). Their action was well received by the ranks of leadership of the BBPOM that that was followed with a negotiation in the meeting room of the BBPOM. In the meeting, the IKON representatives consisting of Patrician Gregorious, Novian, Fais and Muhammad Rondi expressed their wish that the distribution permit of generic drug produced by India,

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Aung San Suu Kyi

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THANLYIN, Myanmar — Myanmar ’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday registered for November elections to keep her seat in parliament and challenge the ruling militarybacked party.

Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy will contest almost all the 498 parliamentary seats in the Nov. 8 polls, and expects heavy gains, according to party spokesman Nyan Win. He said the party will announce the first batch of candidates on Wednesday.

Suu Kyi submitted her papers amid flag-waving, cheering sup-

porters who shouted “Long live Mother Su,” at Thanlyin township for the Kawhmu constituency, a poor district south of Yangon, which she also represented during the 2012 by-election.

In the by-election, she and 42 other party members won all but one of the seats, which nonetheless represented a small bloc in a parliament dominated by a progovernment party.

“We have to support Aunty Suu as she is the only leader who can change our country,” said Daw Yee, one of more than 100 supporters who had waited for hours to catch

a glimpse of the democracy icon.

Parties have until Aug. 8 to submit their candidates.

The 70-year-old Nobel Peace laureate is still unable to run for presidency after lawmakers recently turned down efforts to amend the constitution, which grants the military a quarter of the parliamentary seats, ensuring it has veto power over amendments.

The upcoming polls will be the second since Myanmar ended a half-century of brutal military rule and handed power to a nominally civilian government in 2011. (ap)

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Health

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International

Two generic drugs reduce breast cancer deaths

AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

A couple passes by letters on the stairs to advertise a festival called “MERS(Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) Breaker” to hope an end to the MERS outbreak at the Sejong Culture Center in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, July 12, 2015.

Study finds promising experimental MERS vaccine

WASHINGTON - An experimental vaccine for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) showed promising results in animal testing, sparking an immune system response that could lead to a vaccine for people, researchers said Tuesday.

Currently there are no licensed vaccines for MERS, which first appeared in 2012 and has caused numerous scares including a recent deadly outbreak in South Korea.

Vaccinated mice produced antibodies that neutralized MERS strains, according to a study from the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

The vaccines that caused the larg-

est immune responses in mice were then administered to monkeys.

The monkeys were protected from a serious lung infection characteristic of MERS when given the experimental vaccines and then exposed to a version of the virus, the study said.

The study with the promising findings was published in the journal Nature Communications.

Researchers are now working on versions of the vaccine that could be tested in clinical trials for humans.

The MERS outbreak in South Korea in May infected some 180 people, killing 36. The World Health Organization has identified 1,368 cases since 2012 including 490 deaths, most of them in Saudi Arabia. (afp)

PARIS - Two inexpensive classes of drugs available in generic form each reduce the recurrence of breast cancer in post-menopausal women as well as death rates from the disease, a pair of studies reported Friday.

Taking the medications together may further boost anti-cancer benefits and help cancel out undesirable side-effects of one of the drugs, according to the research published in medical journal The Lancet.

The first “meta-study” pulling together data from nine trials covering 30,000 post-menopausal women found endocrine treatments based on a class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors yield higher survival rates after five years compared to standard endocrine therapy with tamoxifen.

The likelihood of cancer recurring was cut by about a third and the risk of dying by about 15 percent in the decade after treatment started. Compared to no treatment at all, the danger of dying from breast cancer fell by 40 percent, the study found.

Most women have already passed through menopause when breast cancer strikes. Even after surgery has removed all detectable traces, tiny amounts of the body’s own hormones can cause cancer cells to grow.

Endocrine therapies are designed to impede these hormones from stimulating the disease, and so help protect against relapse.

“But aromatase inhibitor treatment is not free of side-effects and it’s important to ensure that women” who suffer them are “supported”, said the study’s lead author, Mitch Dowsett of The Institute of Cancer Research in London.

The second meta-study, which scanned the results of 26 trials involving another 20,000 women, showed that another class of drugs called bisphosphonates –- usually taken to treat osteoporosis, a boneweakening condition that becomes more common with age –- also significantly boosted survival when taken for at least two years.

When breast cancer spreads, bone is its favoured destination. Tumour cells released from the primary breast cancer can remain dormant in bones for years before moving to other parts of the body.

Bisphosphonates make the bones a less hospitable environment for the cancer cells and so reduce the risk of cancer recurring. The beneficial effect were found to be far more pronounced in post-menopausal women, regardless of the treatment duration, the size of the tumour or whether the cancer had spread to lymph nodes.

The therapy did not, however, reduce the risk of new cancers developing in the opposite breast.

“These simple, well-tolerated treatments should now be considered for routine use” in women with natural or medically induced menopause, lead author Robert Coleman from the University of Sheffield said in a statement.

Some two-thirds of all women with breast cancer are post-menopausal with hormone-sensitive tumours, so could potentially benefit from both drugs, the researchers conclude.

“The drugs are complementary,” noted Oxford University’s Richard Gray, lead statistician for the studies. “The main side effect of aromatase inhibitors is an increase in bone loss and fractures, while bisphosphonates reduce bone loss.” (afp)

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destroy cancer cells and shrink tumors. Side effects can include weakness, nausea, fatigue, confusion and hair loss.

Most of the patients were men and their average age was 59.

They had about four months to live.

The aim of the study was to examine how chemotherapy affected quality of life when the patients were near the end of their lives, particularly regarding their ability to walk, do work and take care of basic needs.

Based on caregivers’ assessments of patients’ physical and

mental distress in their final week of life, researchers found that chemotherapy did not improve quality of life for patients who already had limited mobility.

And for those who were still able to perform basic life functions, chemotherapy made their quality of life worse.

“Not only did chemotherapy not benefit patients regardless of performance status, it appeared most harmful to those patients with good performance status,” said the study led by Holly Prigerson of Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian

Hospital.

The study suggested that “guidelines regarding chemotherapy use in patients with terminal cancer may need to be revised to recognize the potential harm of chemotherapy use in patients with progressive metastatic disease.”

The article also pointed out that a 2012 expert panel to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) had “described chemotherapy use among patients for whom there was no evidence of clinical value as the most widespread, wasteful, and unnecessary practice in oncology.”

Chemotherapy is sometimes given to terminal cancer patients in a bid to shrink tumors that might be causing pain, a practice known as palliative chemotherapy.

An accompanying editorial in the journal by doctors Charles Blanke and Erik Fromme of the Oregon Health and Science University, argued that changing guidelines for chemo use across the board is not the right solution.

Rather, they urged doctors to counsel advanced cancer patients against pursuing chemotherapy in their final months of life. (afp)

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Low-income people have low ability to buy house DENPASAR - Since the government of Jokowi-JK, the economy of Indonesia is getting more sluggish.

Without exception, Bali as a tourist destination also experiences similar condition. The real sector is staggering, let alone the number of tourist arrival increasing considerably during holiday season makes the roads in Kuta and South Badung be getting more crowded.

Director of PT Global Nusa Property (GNP), I Wayan Sukarja— or John Sadewa, as he is affectionately known—said that such condition is also experienced by property sector, where in the past two years it was very sexy with sales figures reaching above the target and in terms of price it can be said to be crazy. High season of property is only enjoyed by the upper middle class and speculating investors. In the meantime, the transaction by low-income communities served is very small, below five percent.

“Our fellow developers under the Real Estate Indonesia (REI) of Bali strongly undergo such condition, where sales figures are very far from expectation. Similarly, this condition is experienced by developers focused on landed house where their sales figures also dropped,” said Deputy Research and Development and Training of the REI Bali.

In terms of regional minimum wage, the low-income community only getting IDR 1.7 million per month, said John, is understandable if their capability to buy a house is very small. Even though the income of husband and wife is combined and the government has provided down payment aid program as much as one percent and 7.5-percent interest (in the one million housing program), it still cannot be said to be worth buying a house through a

house ownership assistance scheme of bank. Normally only 30 percent of the family income can be used for home loan installment.

Such condition is also caused by high price of production units by developers. It happens because the price of land acquisition is expensive, plus the quite expensive cost of construction.

I Made Ariyana, Director of PT Ariyana Property, added that if the government does not address these conditions, then the opportunities of the low-income community to buy and own a house on the Island of Thousand Temples is increasingly unaffordable. “Social inequality between the rich and the poor is widely open because the cost and necessities of life is increasingly expensive,” he said.

Under these conditions, Ariyana expected the government to be present to see the real condition in the field. It will be very sad when seeing people that must live from one boarding house or rented house to another on the island of their birth being renowned throughout the world. “Who should help them (low-income community—Ed)?

Property price is not affordable, even though they had to work hard,” he said.

Responding to these conditions, this board of the REI Bali would like to arouse the sympathy of the REI Bali members as one of the important components of development, especially the development of housing and settlements in Bali.

Through synergies with the Indonesian Institute of Architects (IAI), in the near future his party will hold a seminar to assess the constraints occurred, especially that inhibits the ability of the low-income community to have a home. (kmb36)

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The file photo showed government officer checked permit of foreign worker at one of hotels in Gianyar.

Foreign worker tax could reach IDR 700 million a year

GIANYAR - The Regional Bylaw on the Permits for Employing Foreign Workers (IMTA) appears to be boozing the government of Gianyar. Since the bylaw was first passed in October 2014, until June 2015, approximately IDR 700 million in taxes have been collected from foreign workers.

Doctors raise concern about chemo for end-stage cancer MIAMI - Giving chemotherapy to people with terminal cancer who are near the end of their lives is likely to cause more harm than good, according to a US study Thursday.

The findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Oncology are based on a group of more than 300 patients with metastatic cancer, meaning their tumors had spread from the initial site in the body to other organs, and had become incurable.

About half of the patients were on chemotherapy, which delivers potent chemicals into the body to

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High season of property is only enjoyed by the upper middle class and speculating investors. In the meantime, the transaction by low-income communities served is very small, below five percent.

The Head of the Gianyar Manpower Agency, Gede Widarma Suharta, said on Tuesday (Jul. 28) that the authority delegated to collect the tax was handed over to county government by central government in 2012. “Starting in 2013, we started the first draft of the regulations related to foreign workers in Gianyar. In October 2014, the regional bylaw on foreign workers was officially enacted,” he said.

Suharta added that between October and the end of December 2014, the government has ob-

tained IDR 300 million from 21 foreign workers. “Every foreign worker has to pay USD 100 in tax or USD 1,200 per year,” he said.

“For 2015, we project that IDR 700 million worth of taxes from foreign workers will be collected and are optimistic that we will exceed this amount,” said Suharta.

The names and addresses of foreigners working in Gianyar have been recorded, so that with a little monitoring illegal workers can be detected. He said that most foreigners in Gianyar are working in tourism or trade. (kmb35)

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Forensic of Sanglah Hospital receives some 300 bodies each month

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Parents complained on student orientation One of the orientation activity held in SMU 1 Denpasar

DENPASAR - The public, especially parents of new students, hoped the implementation of new student orientation term (MOS) for the level of junior high, high school and vocational school can thoroughly comply with the provisions as set forth in the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture No.55/2014 on New Student Orientation Term. However, it is still far from expectation. For example, implementation of the student orientation at one of the state high schools in Denpasar was complained by student’s parent as it was considered extremely burdensome.

Based on information received by Bali Post on Tuesday (Jul. 28), at the school all the new students were required to buy 17 items where each student must spend around IDR 250,000 to IDR 300,000. It is said that the task was given on the first day of orientation, Monday (Jul. 27). If the orientation lasts for one week, then every student will have to spend IDR 2.1 million for something with unclear benefits. It has not been multiplied with the number of new students at the school amounting to hundreds of people. Not only that, the new students were also collected with additional charges for meals or lunch pack whose value was not exactly cheap.

Unfortunately, the student’s parent complaining about the charges during the student orientation did not dare to

mention the identity clearly. He hoped that the students are taught to use the fund wisely and not otherwise wasting it for trivial things. In addition, he also criticized the implementation of student orientation remaining to be filled with mental violence, growling, bullying and so on.

When confirmed related to complaints revealed by student’s parent, the Head of the Denpasar Education Agency, IGN Eddy Mulya, said that his party has warned all the principals of junior high and high school or vocational schools in Denpasar to oversee the implementation of student orientation at their respective school extra tightly. If any indications of violation are found, he asked the principal to evaluate and improve it as soon as possible so that

the orientation can take place as outlined by the Regulation of Minister of Education and Culture No.55/2014. “I have not received any official reports if there are bizarre tasks during the student orientation.”

If it is an anonymous letter on behalf of student’s parent, it will be difficult for us to respond to it. Nevertheless, related to the information, we have made coordination with all the principals in Denpasar in order that they oversee the implementation of student orientation at their respective school for the whole period until it ends. “If the incident is true on the first day of the student orientation, we’ve ordered them to immediately stop the provision of bizarre tasks that are burdensome to new students and their parents,” he said. (kmb13)

DENPASAR - Forensic Medicine Installation of Sanglah Hospital receives at least 300 bodies each month. Based on data from the past six months, in January 2015 a total of 342 bodies were brought to the mortuary installation, February (359), March (382), April (341), May (374) and June (316).

The Head of Sanglah Hospital Forensic Medicine, Ida Bagus Putu Alit, said that his party generally classifies the manner of death into two, namely natural death and unnatural death. “Natural death happens if the death is caused by disease and old age,” he said, while unnatural death can be caused by several factors such accident, suicide, homicide, and undetermined cause.

From the data, in January 2015 there were 200 people dying naturally and 142 people dying unnaturally. In February, 223 people died naturally and 138 people died unnaturally. In March, 263 people died naturally and 85 people died unnaturally. In April, 246 people died naturally and 95 people died unnaturally. In May, 288 people died naturally and 70 people died unnaturally. In June, 151 died naturally and 165 people died unnaturally.

So, averagely 10 bodies are taken to the installation each day. It can be imagined how busy the officers are every day.

“High busyness here (Forensic Medicine Installation—Ed) can be seen from the benchmark index of individual performance, so that ours is high,” he said. Alit also stated that his party only observes the causes of death directly related to the body as a result of disease or violence leading directly to death. “Here, we do not know about the cause beyond the matters related to the bodies, such as late handling or the like,” he said.

One’s death is influenced by many factors such as demography, lifestyle (diseases), accidents, et cetera. Demographic factor that determines mortality is seen in general, for example, when an area is inhabited by more elderly population it is automatically more people die there. In the meantime, the factor of accident and suicide usually occurs at young age to adulthood. When associated with location of accident, said Alit, in the air is more fatal to cause death, while in the water or mainland can still be saved.

In addition to characterizing the way of one’s death, later on the handling procedures of the bodies at Sanglah Hospital is also divided into two, namely, the bodies coming from outside the hospital as well as the bodies hospitalized and died at hospital. “The bodies coming from inside the hospital are made a death certificate at hospital chamber, while in the mortuary is given the number of their death certificate. After that, it is given a corpse treatment. However, it highly depends on the request of family, whether they will be embalmed or commended,” he explained.

Corpse treatment is given basic services and conservation.

“The body is cleaned here, but when wishing to commend, it can be placed in a cooling unit or in coffin,” he said.

If the bodies are coming from hospital and the death is unnatural, then the family must make a report to police station. “So, the family must settle the matters with police beforehand, whether it needs an autopsy or investigation or others,” he said. In the meantime, the bodies coming from outside the hospital will need an examination to determine the death whether it is natural or not. “So, if death is not natural, we must report to police station,” he said. (kmb42)

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New Cozy Stay Hotel in Simpang 6 Denpasar DENPASAR - Cozy Stay Hotel at Gunung Soputan has managed in becoming one of the budget lifestyle hotels in the heart of Denpasar by offering pocket friendly rate for travelers. Now, Cozy Stay expanding its new branch at Jalan Pulau Kawe no 40 Denpasar under name Cozy Stay Hotel Simpang 6. Budhiratmanu, the Group Business Manager of Cozy Stay Hotel stated that Cozy Stay Hotel Simpang 6 carries family lifestyle hotel concept which is located at the heart of Denpasar City and opened in July 2015.

start from 36 sqm to 66 sqm, each rooms are completed with balcony and direct access to the pool,” stated Budhiratmanu.

From swimming pool, internet corner, restaurant that served

daily breakfast and accommodate up to 50 guests, meeting room for 40 guests, parking area to other supporting facilities, this hotel is also completed with services and facilities that might

not being able to be found in other budget hotels.

Located in Denpasar, near to the main culinary areas and business destination for sure become the main advantage for Cozy Stay

Hotel Simpang 6. “Hopefully by the opening of Cozy Stay Hotel Simpang 6, it can be a new alternative for accommodation in Denpasar and surroundings,” stated Budhiratmanu. (kmb)

Cozy Stay Hotel Simpang 6 is presented with total 29 rooms and contains of 10 family suites, 1 deluxe suite, and 18 suites.

“The room size is spacious

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon.

The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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PHNOM PENH — Cambodia helped Angelina Jolie become a film superstar and start a family. To tell the stories of people in the country that touched her, she is directing a Netflix film on location based on a memoir of the country’s 1970s holocaust under the communist Khmer Rouge, blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people.

And her Cambodian-born son Maddox will help with research and preparation for the film, Jolie said Tuesday in an email interview with The Associated Press.

Jolie’s 2001 hit, “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” was filmed partly at Cambodia’s famous Angkor Wat temple complex, and in 2002 she adopted 7-month-old Maddox from an

orphanage in western Cambodia.

Determined to give something back, she launched a foundation in Cambodia 12 years ago to promote community development alongside conservation.

This past weekend she visited some of the projects of the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation, which focuses on programs “to help local

families overcome problems associated with poverty in the region and to help preserve the remarkable habitat and wildlife for future generations,” she said.

She’s slated to begin filming in November on the Netflix project, an adaptation of “First they Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers,” author Loung Ung’s memoir of her childhood during the Khmer Rouge regime. Jolie recently directed the Louis Zamperini biopic “Unbroken” and is in post-production on the drama “By the Sea,” in which she also acts alongside her husband, Brad Pitt. (ap)

NEW YORK - Outspoken New York rapper Azealia Banks has declared herself fed up with playing in Australia, condemning the audiences as belligerent.

Her denunciation of the country came after her feud with white Australian rapper Iggy Azalea, whom Banks accused of cultural exploitation by affecting an African American accent.

Banks performed Saturday at Splendour in the Grass, an annual festival in the Australian winter held in the eastern beach town of Byron Bay. Banks did not take it lightly when an Australian radio host, Paul “Browny” Brown, sarcastically congratulated her for completing a full performance in the country.

In 2013, she walked off stage at a Melbourne festival when she

was hit by a can of beer.

“You guys are terrible crowds to play for. You’re violent and belligerent and I simply will not put my safety at risk,” Banks wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.

“I would’ve walked off stage had someone thrown something,” she wrote. “Plus you guys are too far away and honestly, the show guarantees are never really worth the trip.”

Banks has enjoyed critical acclaim for tracks such as the racially and sexually charged “212” but has been known in popular media more for her blunt views.

Iggy Azalea -- mocked by Banks as “Igloo Australia” -- has steered clear of the latest episode.

Earlier this year Azalea said she was taking time away from Twitter following a number of heated exchanges. (afp)

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Bali should stick with SCETO’s study

DENPASAR - The Societe Centrale pour l’Equpeent Touristique Ouetre-Mer (SCETO) conducted a study related to the master plan for tourism in Bali, including mapping out areas that are beneficial to be developed for tourism - such as Nusa Dua. The mass tourism currently being developped on the island, does not take this study into account as witnessed by the kinds of plans that are being implemented. “Why is Bali suddenly planning the reclamation (of Benoa Bay—Ed), the building of an airport (Buleleng—Ed), and these without a master plan or a comprehensive and holistic academic study?” asked Chairman of Love Bali

Forum, I Made Mandera recently.

In addition to the reclamation and airport plans, Mandera, former Managing Director of BTDC (now ITDC), also disagrees about the planned construction of another toll road, arguing that it will only exacerbate traffic congestion. He agrees that there needs to be improvements made to road infrastructure so that the differentt regions of Bali can more

easily be accessed, however he said that a toll road is not the answer.

“Not a single toll road is free of traffic congestion, what we need is a traffic system that does not direct the entire flow of traffic to any single pathway. When we talk about tourism, the main question is whether there will be traffic or not,” he explained.

Mandera added that Bali should not simply become a place for others to turn a profit. The SCETO study pointed to Nusa Dua as a area that could feasibly be developed for tourism and serve as the driving force of

the tourism economy when things are sluggish, however other areas still need to be developed. “For example Karangasem’s economy is not moving, so efforts should be made to drive the economy there, the same is true of Buleleng there is a need to direct development in these areas,” he added.

Mandera also addressed the issue of unemployment in Bali saying that with as little as 33,000 people being jobless and a projected 50,000 in twenty years from now, we should question what the use of a project that would employ 1 million people

is. ”All that means is that we will have to divide the pie into smaller and smaller pieces. We should instead sit down together in order to come up with a place for the future of Bali’s economy and what it might mean for the future of Balinese culture,” affirmed Mandera. (kmb32) 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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The photo shows eastern part of Bali from above. SCETO has conducted the studies on Bali tourism masterplan. One of the measures taken was by mapping out the areas worth developing for tourism such as Nusa Dua. If Bali consistently implements the studies, the tourism development may be less massive than what is happening today.