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Handicraft products of Bali shipped to various parts of the world include musical instrument crafts, woven crafts, bamboo handi-craft, sand stone craft, furniture, wood craft, ceramic crafts, shell craft, candle craft, silver, metal, painting, rattan craft, terracotta craft and bone craft.

Unfortunately, such figures

become a pseudo achievement be-cause not a few artisans in Bali have gone bankrupt due to large capital domination from outside in the ex-port market. Craftsmen in Gianyar regency, for example, dominantly in the field of crafts and handmade products have been eroded by the presence of large capital owners.

As acknowledged by a silver-

smith from Singapadu village, Nengah Rukun, conditions of the silversmiths at the village known as the center for craftsmen continued to slump. Such condition had hap-pened since the Bali bombing in 2002 and the peak in 2013 where hundreds of crafters fell into slug-gishness. More seriously, many of them shifted profession into

construction worker, farmer, odd worker, porter, trader and others.

“We are craftsmen who make various handicrafts based on re-quest from the art shops. Since 2011 the order of the art shop reduced significantly. The symp-toms leading to sluggishness have been undergone since 2002, even though there was still one or two orders and the volume diminished. Most severely, since 2011 the crafters have no longer pursued in silver business, but they switched profession into construction work-ers, farmers and others,” he com-plained.

He also recognized the sluggish

condition of crafters also had an indirect impact on the declining revenue in the local hamlet. When the business condition was normal, crafters could create jobs for local community so the income of hamlet from the migrants increased. Today, many artisans were out of business due to lack of protection from the government.

“Formerly, there were totally 180 artisans involved at Seseh ham-let. Now, the surviving crafters do not exceed 50 people. Actually, our residents were formerly skillful art craftsmen, but today they change profession.

Tourists looking at wooden handicraft that displayed in one of handicrafts outlets in Bali Island. Aside from being known as a world tourist desti-nation, Bali being syn-onymous with the art is also known as the center for the artisans who produce wood carving, clothes, painting, sculpture and others.

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Export realization shows pseudo achievement Bali Post

DENPASAR - Aside from being known as a world tourist destination, Bali being synonymous with the art is also known as the center for the artisans who produce wood carving, clothes, painting, sculpture and others. Even, this potential has a 42.09 percent share of the total value of Bali’s export from January to March 2014 reaching USD 132,962,658.32, an increase of 8.35 percent compared to the same period in the previous year, namely USD 122,718,426.34.

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“Sustaining a No. 1 ranking is gener-ally tougher in the summer than any other time of year,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. “You don’t expect a comedy to be able to unseat an epic blockbuster, but his-torically it happens more than you think.” Raunchy comedies have traditionally found success in the summer movie season:

Think “Bridesmaids,” ‘’The Hangover,” 2012’s “Ted” and last year’s “The Heat.”

“Neighbors” stars Rogen and Rose Byrne as new parents finding their footing in the suburbs when a fraternity led by Efron moves in next door. Filled with goofball and gross-out gags balanced with a dash of heart, the comedy boasts some epic party scenes and ample shirtless Efron.

The Universal release earned a “fresh” rating from review aggregator RottenTomatoes.com, with 74 percent of film critics responding favorably to the film. Conversely, Sony’s “Amazing Spider-Man 2” earned a “rotten” rating of 54 percent. Spidey is still a major success, with more than $550 million in worldwide ticket sales so far. “Spider-Man has nothing to worry about,” Der-garabedian said.

Another comedy, the Cameron Diaz-Leslie Mann revenge romp “The Other Woman” held onto third place in its third week of release, adding $9 million to its take. “Heaven Is for Real” and “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” round out the top five.

Associated Press

CARSON, California — Wango Tan-go alum Adam Levine welcomed a new generation of concert-goers to the an-nual, daylong music festival Saturday.

Before performing his hit “Pay Phone” the Maroon 5 frontman recalled his Wango debut in 2004.

“Half of you guys weren’t even alive. So welcome,” said a platinum blond

Levine.Colombian singer Shakira, Brit-

ish rocker Ed Sheernan and EDM producer-DJ Tiesto were the final acts at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera sang their emotional ballad “Say Something.” The pregnant pop star, who arrived late and breathless, said she had kicked off her heels and sprinted for

the stage.Other performers included Iggy Aza-

lea, Ariana Grande, Calvin Harris, One Republic and Paramore.

Adam Levine, left, and James Valen-tine arrive at Wango Tango held at StubHub Center on Saturday, May

10, 2014, in Carson, Calif.

Maroon 5, Shakira rock Wango Tango

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sion/AP

‘Neighbors’ unseats Spider-Man to top box officeAssociated Press

LOS ANGELES — Seth Rogen and Zac Efron have bested Spider-Man at the box office. Rogen and Efron’s family-versus-fraternity comedy “Neighbors,” was the top draw for moviegoers this weekend, unseating last week’s champ, “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” “Neigh-bors” debuted with $51 million in ticket sales, pushing Spidey to second place with $37 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Glen Wilson

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Rose Byrne, left, and Seth Rogen in a scene from “Neighbors.”

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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 con-sidered 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.

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Calendar Event for March 5 through May 21, 2014

5 Mar Hari Urip 6 Mar Hari Patetegan7 Mar Pengeradanan Pura Dadia Agung Pasek Kabayan Penebel Tabanan

8 Mar Saraswati Pura Pasek tangkas Gempinis Dalang TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Sayan AbiansemalPura Watu Gunung BimaPura Agung Jagat Karana SurabayaPura Aditya Jaya JakartaPura Pemaksan Banyuning TimurPura Agung Wira Loka Cimahi Jawa Barat

9 Mar Hari Banyu Pinaruh 10 Mar Soma ribek Pura Jati JembranaPura Kawitan Bayu Gaiyang BangliTirta Wening SurabayaPura Desa Lingga Wana Abang Karangasem

11 Mar Sabuh Mas12 Mar Hari Pagerwesi Pura Labang Sindu JiwaUbudPura Kehen BangliPura Wira Bhuana Magelang Jawa tengahPura Padang Sakti Denpasar TimurPura Payogan Agung Ketewel GianyarPura Gaduh Pangiasan Dauh Puri DenpasarPura Masceti Tampak SiringPura Dalem Ularan DenpasarPura Siwa Penebel TabananPura Luhur Sliki BanyuwangiPura Gunung Lebah UbudPura Puseh Sukawati

15 Mar Purnama Sasih Kesanga Pura Nataran Sasih Pejeng GianyarPura Bukit Mentik Gunung lebah Batur Kintamani

17 Mar Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 22 Mar Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya

DenpasarPura Agung Pasek TabananPura Pasek Tangkas TabananPura Kerta Banyuning BulelengPura Dalem Tenggaling Singapadu GianyarPura Bhujangga JembranaPura Dalem pingit TegalalangPura Penataran Pande Pandean MengwiPura Ida Ratu Pande BesakihPura Penataran AGung TulikupPura Kumuda Saraswati UbudPura Batur Arya Tabanan

23 Mar radite Umanis Ukir Sanggah Gede Dukuh Segening Tegal Tugu Gianyar

26 Mar Buda Cemeng Ukir Pura Pajenengan Kawitan Arya Gelgel KelungkungPura Pasar Agung BesakihPura Pasek Bendesa Legian Kuta BadungPura Gde Gunung Agung Munggu BadungPura Puseh Bebalang BangliPura Dalem Peruncak BadungPura Pasek Bendesa Hyang Krobokan BadungPura Kereban Langit Mengwi Badung

28 Mar Melasti Pakiyisan Ke Segara Pura Pasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga

30 Mar Tilem Kesanga Tawur Agung 31 Mar Hari raya Nyepi 1 May Buda Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan 2 May Bhatara Sri Ida Ratu Geng BesakihPura Penataran Agung BesakihIda Ratu Raja Puraus BesakihMerajan Saloding Besakih

6 May Anggara Kasih Juluwangi Pura Thirta Harum Tegal Wangi BangliPura Baratan BaturitiPura Batu Klotok Klungkung

Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari TabananPura Ibu Wanagiri Selemadeg TabananPura Manik Bingin Dukuh Sidemen

7 May Pura Penataran Gana Bebalang BangliPura Dalem Gede Pande BangliPura Puncak Sari Sangeh Abian SemalPura Puseh Penegil Dharma Kubu Tam-bahan BangliPura Dalem Maya Blahbatuh GianyarPura Linggih Betara Kayu Selem Penataran Agung Besakih

13 May Purnama Sasih Jiyestha Pura Dwija Warsa MalangPura Pucak Tinggah Angsri BaturitiPura Kawitan Luhur Bhujangga Jati Lu-wih PenebelPura Kawitan Batur Pande Tonja Tonja DenpasarPura Penataran Agung Sidemen Karan-gasemPura Maospahit Grenceng Denpasar

15 May Sugihan Jawa Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Tang-kas KlungkungPura Siang Kangin Peninjoan Tembuku BangliPura Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung BesakihPura Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Besakih

16 May Sugihan Bali Dan Kajeng Kliwon 18 May Penyekeban 19 May Penyajaan Galungan 20 May Penampahan Galungan21 May Hari raya Galungan Pura Wakika Kupang NTTPura Agung Girinatha Sumbawa Besar NTBPura Dukuh Sakti Dukuh Kediri Ta-bananPura Atambuananta Kutamba NTTPura Webananta Kupang NTTPura Giripati Mulawarman PontianakPura Mustika Dharma Cijantung Jakarta Timur

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One of the farmers at Bingin hamlet, Datah, Gede Budi, said on Sunday (May 11) that farmers at Datah were reluctant to plant cas-sava. Formerly, the cassava was the source of income of local farmers. In the harvest season made once a year falling around May-July, one hectare of cassava plants could produce over a ton of cassava tuber. The cassava tuber was then processed and dried for food sup-plies during dry season and at the beginning of rainy season, ahead

of the next harvest.Today, most farmers left their

land uncultivated rather than culti-vated with cassava but did not result in anything. Sweet potatoes also faced the same condition, where the harvest never gave a result. Hundreds of farmers often planted sweet potatoes just to look for the leaves for pig fodder. If it produced tubers, it could not be consumed as it perished after being bitten by white grubs.

Another farmer, Nyoman Gata,

said that he suffered losses when planting cassava and other crops such as corn and beans. Then, no farmers at the village cultivated beans. The white grubs had eaten up the leaves and the shoots for fod-der, let alone the sweet potato slips. This pest larvae phase belonged to telebo beetle. “We cannot cultivate seasonal crops such as cassava, taro and sweet potato, let alone the roots of banana tree and shoots of coconut as they are undermined by the white grubs,” said Gata.

Additionally, another farmer, Ketut Sudin, said the attack of white grubs was widespread and had occurred since about eight years ago. Allegedly, the attack occurred because people rarely wanted to capture and children were also reluctant to hunt it. In addition, many people also mi-grated to look for job opportuni-ties outside like in Denpasar and Badung for a better life.

Apart from the Datah village, the attack of white grubs also oc-curred at surrounding villages such as at Kesimpar and Nawa Kerti in the Tulamben area. Other than white grub attack, many coconuts also fell before dry as attacked by squirrel pests. (013)

Bali PostNEGARA - The sales of subsidized

soybean at Subak Berawantangi, Tukadaya, reaped a protest from the local subak members. It happened be-cause the price of soybean was higher than at other subak equally cultivating soybean. The selling price to farm-ers was at IDR 11,000 per kilogram; while at other subak was averagely at IDR 5,000 per kilogram.

A number of farmers from the local subak told reporters on Sunday (May 11) that the soybean was actually subsidized by the government. In fact, it was still sold at higher price in the field. Farmers actually knew this after getting information from outside and there was never any dissemination on this subsidized soybean. “We do not know how much the subsidy and the price are,” said this source.

At this subak, the price of soy-bean was sold for IDR 11,000. He compared the price to the Subak Sarikuning where it was only sold for IDR 5,000. Additionally, all of the subsidized soybeans were sold by the subak board. So, what kind of assistance was actually given to farmers? Nengah Widia, a farmer of Subak Berawantangi, Tukadaya, confessed that since he needed the soybeans for his land, he then pur-chased it. Similarly, he claimed to be surprised when finding the price was set at IDR 11,000 whereas the soybean was subsidized.

On the other hand, the Chief of Subak Berawantangi, Tukadaya, Me-laya, Ketut Karya Seden, said that the subak sold the subsidized soybean for IDR 11,000 per kilogram because it had been pursuant to the agreement of the subak members. According to him, the government’s subsidy was only IDR 3,650. Since, there was an agreement of the subak members, the remaining results would be allocated for the repair of subak temple.

Another subak indeed sold it at cheaper price because there was no other purpose. “We here did it be-cause we have an interest to develop a temple,” he said. Incidentally the subak organization with a total of 168 members was currently planting soybeans. (kmb26)

Complained, farmers purchase subsidized soybean at expensive price

IBP/File

The cassava which is attacked by white grubs

Datah residents reluctant to grow cassava Bali Post

AMLAPUrA - Hundreds of farmers in Abang subdistrict such as at Datah village and surrounding areas have been reluctant to plant cassava since a few years ago. It is kindled by the continuous attack of white grubs, so that the farmers fail to harvest or their cas-sava harvest dropped dramatically.

3Tuesday, May 13, 201414 InternationalInternational Bali NewsScience Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Everybody is talking stickers, from kids to grown-ups and students to doc-tors. Even Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has joined in the fun. Fans have set up trading places in front of stadiums, plazas and bookstores to swap their stickers and try to complete their sets. Some are hardcore collec-tors, others just for the thrill of it. Some are helping their kids, others are chal-lenging their work colleagues.

Brazil led all countries in sales dur-ing the 2010 World Cup and this time numbers are already better than they were four years ago, according to the FIFA-picked company in charge of the album, Italy-based Panini. The stickers are sold in more than 100 nations, with South America being the top market. Germany and Switzerland were the top countries in sales after Brazil in 2010, Panini said.

“The last time I did this was when I was just a little kid, but with the World Cup coming to Brazil there was no way I was going to pass up on this one. The World Cup is here

and this album will be historic,” said 32-year-old Fernando da Silva, who was trying to complete his second album at a trading point in front of the Pacaembu Stadium in Sao Paulo. “This brings back all memories from when I used to swap stickers with my friends at school.”

Hundreds of people have been go-ing to the Pacaembu every weekend, as well as to other trading places across Brazil’s largest city, including super-markets, cafes and malls. The city’s main art museum, MASP, is one of the most popular places for enthusiasts, attracting groups of teenagers, couples and entire families looking to swap their stickers.

There are many Internet groups devoted to people wanting to swap their stickers, and countless apps are at the disposal of fans looking for those hard-to-come-by stickers. There’s even a virtual album created by Panini. “This time it has been re-ally easy to find the stickers because everybody has an album,” said Inez

Carvalho Oliveira, a 28-year-old pediatrician who was at the Pac-aembu to try to find the 13 stickers still needed for her album.

Right next to her, 60-year-old Jucileia Lobato hastily gazed through a pack of duplicates, checking on the missing numbers from her list. “I started helping my grandkids when they bought the album because of the World Cup, and I liked it so much that I decided to buy one for myself,” she said, still looking at the stickers. “But I have to hurry because my husband is waiting in the car .. I just want to find a few more stickers.” President Rousseff told journalists she is helping her 3-year-old grand-son complete his set.

This year’s album hasn’t been free of controversy, however. Some fans were upset that nine stickers from sponsors were put on sale in Brazil, and Panini was forced to release a statement saying that it would exchange them for other stickers at no cost.

AP Photo/Andre Penner

A woman and her son organize their World Cup stickers’ album at a trading table outside the Pacaembu stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, May 10, 2014. The frenzy over the World Cup sticker album has taken over Brazil like never before.

Brazilians hit by sticker fever as World Cup nearsAssociated Press

SAO PAULO — The frenzy over the World Cup sticker album has taken over Brazil like never before. Brazilians have long been avid fans of World Cup albums, but this year there’s added motivation with football’s showcase event coming to their own backyard for a month, starting June 12.

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Eight members of the U.S. Senate are calling on the Food and Drug Administration to examine new research suggesting that some electronic cigarettes can produce dangerous carcinogens similar to those from traditional cigarettes. In a letter sent Thursday, the Democratic lawmakers say that the FDA should work to protect e- cigarette users and those nearby from cancer-causing vapors apparently produced by high-powered nicotine devices, known as tank systems.

Electronic cigarettes mainly consist of a battery, heating coil and a tank that holds flavored liquid nicotine. As users puff on the e-cigarette, the battery heats the coil and the liquid is turned into a vapor that is inhaled like smoke from a traditional cigarette. Tank systems are generally larger e-cigarettes — about the size of an electronic toothbrush — that can hold more nicotine and an extended battery supply.

Studies first reported by The New York Times suggest that these devices get hot enough to produce toxic chemicals like formaldehyde, a carcinogen also found in traditional cigarettes.

E-cigarette proponents have argued that the devices are a safer alterna-tive to cigarettes because they do not produce the smoke and tar caused by burning tobacco. But the new research by scientists at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute challenges that reasoning, at least for some products. The Buffalo, New York-based center’s study is scheduled for publication later this month in the Nicotine and Tobacco Research journal, according to the Times.

The findings also raise questions about the potential hazards of e-cigarettes for non-users who inadvertently inhale their vapors. New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles have all recently instituted bans on the use of e-cigarettes in certain indoor areas and public places. Last month the FDA announced it would begin regulating the emerging e-cigarette field. But the senators point out that the FDA’s proposal focuses mainly on e-cigarette ingredients, rather than the vapors they produce.

“We simply cannot afford to lag behind in our complete understanding of the health consequences to the user and bystander of these and other advanced nicotine delivery products,” states the letter. It was signed by Sens. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Jack Reed, D-Conn., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

An FDA spokeswoman said in a statement that the agency is also funding research into the safety of e-cigarette vapor, including one of the studies referenced by the senators.

“Where the science does not exist, we are able to fund the research to answer key questions related to e-cigarette safety and consumer behav-ior. In fact, FDA is funding dozens of studies that will help answer those questions, including four studies alone that will focus on the contents of e-cigarette vapor,” said Jennifer Haliski in an emailed statement.

Senators warn of carcinogen risk with e-cigarettes

AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

E-cigarettes appear on display at Vape store in

Chicago, Wednesday, April 23, 2014.

Bali PostGIANYAR - Craft sector is the backbone of

tourism sector and become the mainstay of the local economy of Bali, but it is now increasingly abandoned by the youth. The young generation living in the area where people mostly work as craftsman starts reluctant to take the jobs becom-ing the foundation of their family life.

This condition can be seen from some regions denoting the handicraft center such as Gianyar region. Animal sculptors at Pujung Tegallalang, pottery artisans at Perangsada, Blahbatuh, weavers at Bona, silversmiths at Celuk, textile craftsmen and other types of crafts have been mostly old and weak. Young craftsmen are rarely found. “Even, if they are still available, their number can still be counted on fingers,” said I Gusti Ngurah Susila.

This Headman of Bona admitted if the area was formerly known as the center of cane works with various types of products. Around the 1970s, other than being farmers, Bona communities sustained their life by becoming weavers. They were including the elderly and teenagers. Even, children were able to earn their school pocket money. Along with the declining market demand coupled with the global competition, the competi-tion even eliminated local crafters. By becoming a craftsman, they could not guarantee their lives today. As a result, many of them turned into construction workers or other jobs that could still make them survive.

Diminishing amount of the younger genera-tions that was willing to take a job as craftsman like their parents earlier was also experienced by young people at Celuk, known for its silver crafts. The silver handicraft growing and de-veloping at Celuk village, Sukawati subdistrict, Gianyar, during the 1980s through 2012 posed the sparkling period for crafters dealing with the field of silver.

According to Wayan Suweta, a Celuk silver-smith, the silver craftsmen of Celuk had currently entered the fourth generation. The children at that time (at his age) were very easy to make money. Those who still attending junior high school were easily earning money for school supplies, so they no longer burdened their parents.

However, amidst the success in the past many silversmiths did not perform regeneration. Due to desire to make their children more advanced, parents sometimes forbade their children to pur-sue the craft. Even, many outsiders worked and learned about the silver craft which in the end they were grown and successful.

Meanwhile, while many younger generations increasingly abandoned the craft sector, the existing data in the Gianyar Trade and Industry Agency even showed an increase every year. As the data released last Friday (May 9), the number of craftsmen within the past three years in Gian-yar increased. In 2011, the number of artisans reached 22,961 people, in 2012 (23,038 people) and in 2014 (23,098 people). The data were based on the results of monitoring by the Industry and Trade Agency.

But, since many craftsmen switched their profession, the Industry and Trade Agency ad-mitted the registered and licensed craftsmen in 2014 reached 660 people. However, the data of non-formal craftsmen reached 22,438 people. For the data validation, the agency would make a monitoring and evaluation in 2015. (dar)

Messages of the billboards posted were in relation to the decision made by three of the four hamlets at Tanjung Benoa vil-lage and the joint statement issued by the village that rejected the reclamation plan of Benoa Bay. First line of the billboard literally said ‘The Truth Will Win at the End, Let’s Guard Together the Decision of All Hamlets.’ Meanwhile, the bottom line mentioned that there would be sanc-tion to be imposed on anyone infringing the decision of the customary hamlet. So, residents were urged to comply with the customary bylaw. Otherwise, the local area would be chaotic.

The head of the ‘Tanjung Benoa Re-jects Benoa Bay Reclamation’ action, I Wayan Kartika, said the statement posted on the billboards was made last year.

“Since several groups of people want the reclamation, our conscience must au-tomatically carry out the activity like this today declaring a common position and

reminding of the people to reject Benoa Bay reclamation,” he said.

Kartika requested the decision of ma-jority of the Tanjung Benoa residents to be appreciated. All this time, he said, his party often received intimidation from parties which were pro with the reclama-tion plan.

“Concrete intimidation and movement have been definite. Those speaking in the media on behalf of the people of Tanjung Benoa that the Tanjung Benoa community approves or supports the reclamation have no valid reasoning. They do not have clear reasoning, but we do,” he said.

Field Coordinator of the action, Kadek Rino, added the three hamlets rejecting the reclamation were the Tengah hamlet, Purwa Santhi hamlet and Kertha Pascima hamlet.

“We at the village have four hamlets. Those having positively rejected consist of three hamlets and we conclude the

Tanjung Benoa village very firmly rejects the reclamation based on the signatures and statement made in the meeting of Tanjung Benoa village signed by our vil-lage officials,” he explained.

Spokesperson of the action, I Ketut Su-darsana, said that another hamlet, namely the Anyar hamlet, indeed had not issued a statement in harmony with the attitude of the three other hamlets. “There is no information given why it has not made a statement yet,” he said.

Meanwhile, the chief of Anyar hamlet, I Wayan Wardio, could not be asked for his confirmation related to the matter. When making a visit to his residence, he was not at home.

FlagAside from the billboards, it was also

installed a huge flag with the illustration of clenched fist. Then, the flag was written with the text reading ‘Tanjung Benoa Re-jects Benoa Bay Reclamation.’ Other than two huge flags, at least there were a hundred small flags distributed to residents of Tan-jung Benoa, especially those who rejected the reclamation plan of Benoa Bay.

“Each home will be fitted with a flag in accordance with the commit-ment to reject the reclamation,” said Sudarsana. (kmb32)

Handicraft sector increasingly abandoned

IBP/Yudi Karnaedi

Hundreds of villagers of Tanjung Benoa coalesced into the action of ‘Tanjung Benoa Rejects Benoa Bay Reclamation’ held a rally by installing billboards and flags rejecting the reclamation at local village, Sunday afternoon (May 11).

Tanjung Benoa rejects Benoa Bay reclamation

Bali PostMANGUPURA - Hundreds of villagers of Tanjung Benoa coalesced into

the action of ‘Tanjung Benoa Rejects Benoa Bay Reclamation’ held a rally by installing billboards and flags rejecting the reclamation at local village, Sunday afternoon (May 11). Two billboards were respectively installed at each main intersection of Tanjung Benoa village and Pandawa intersection. Installation of the billboards was accompanied by baleganjur gamelan music and characterized by trance undergone by one of the residents.

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DENPASAR - Do you still remember the case on the missing seven Japanese travelers while div-ing at Nusa Penida? Although some survived and two of them died, it does not mean if the case disappears as such. However, police officers who handle the case continue it to the judicial domain.

Captain of the Ocean Express vessel, Agustinus Brata Kusuma, 30, has been submitted to the Denpasar District Court. In the indictment read by the prosecutor I Putu Suparta Jaya it was mentioned if the defendant had committed negligence causing other people to die. The prosecutor accused the defendant with three chapters alternatively, namely the Article 359 of the Criminal Code, primary article 360 paragraph 1 point 1 of

the Criminal Code and a subsidiary article 360, paragraph 1 point 2 of the Criminal Code.

To refute the charges, the trial would be continued on Tuesday (May 13) with the agenda of evidentiary hearing by present-ing witnesses. Previously, in the indictment was described that the case was begun with a reservation from PT Jaya Sentana (Yellow Scuba) to deliver five women travelers from Japan, consisting of Miyata Ritsuko, Emi Yamamoto, Kawasaki Nahomi, Muruzono Aya and Yoshidome Atsumi for diving in the area of Nusa Penida waters.

On Friday (Feb 14, 2014) around 08:30 a.m., Agustinus was commis-sioned by the owner of the Ocean Express vessel to drive the ves-sel and assisted a crew to deliver Japanese guests for diving. “In the

implementation of diving, the Japa-nese guests were accompanied by two instructors namely Furukawa Saori and Shoko Takahashi,” said the prosecutor.

Upon arrival at the destination, the first diving was made at Manta Point Nusa Penida and at the Crys-tal Bay Nusa Penida with diving time for 45 minutes. Meanwhile, the third location was at the Sak-enan Mangrove, Nusa Lembongan. Before diving at the third location, the defendant had been told by the instructor Furukawa Saori to pick up the diving participants in the waters south of the Blue Corner remaining in the Sakenan area of Nusa Lembongan.

In the indictment was mentioned that since the underwater currents was strong enough, the five Japa-nese travelers and two instructors only dived for about 30 minutes so

it was less than 45 minutes. “Then, they came to the surface but the defendant as the vessel captain who should be responsible to wait until the Japanese guests finished diving even left them with the reason to buy or refuel the vessel he drove to Nusa Lembongan,” said the prosecutor.

Just after diving, the Japanese travelers and the instructors did not find the Ocean Express vessel when appearing on the surface of the water. They also held hands while waiting for the vessel driven by the defendant. At that time, the two instructors raised sausage (yel-low and orange sign) indicating if the diving had been complete. Unluckily, the vessel still did not appear.

On Saturday morning (Feb 15, 2014), the seven victims were still together. At that time, to rescue the

victims, the instructor Furukawa Saori was chasing a passing boat. Unfortunately, the effort failed because it was far away. Furukawa Saori gave up so she was washed up onto the beach in the afternoon. The six victims were also hit by the waves, so they were separate. Mi-yata Ritsuko and instructor Shoko Takahashi were missing. While Yamamoto Emi, Kawasaki Nahomi, Muruzono Aya and Yoshidome Atsumi as well as the instructor Furukawa Saori were found by Klungkung Marine Police around February 16-17, 2014 alive on the coast of Nusa Penida.

Meanwhile, Miyata Ritsuko was found dead on Tuesday (Feb 18) in the waters of Serangan, Denpasar, while Shoko Takahashi was also found dead in the coastal waters south of Blitar, East Java, a week later. (asa)

According to Wayan, the growth in the number of passengers from China to Indonesia continued to increase in line with the continued surge in the total population of the country, strengthening of the local currency exchange rate and the eco-nomic growth. Another factor was the emotional bond between the Indonesian and Chinese population and the increasing business rela-tions between the two countries.

Currently, said Wayan, Garuda had flown three cities in China, namely Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou with respective fre-quency of 7 times a week. The seat occupancy rate of the flight from Jakarta to Beijing served by the Air-bus 330 reached 150 passengers per day and the A320 flight to Shanghai had an average of 100 passengers per day, while the flight to Guang-zhou by Boeing 777 aircraft had an average of 40 passengers per day.

To that end, the total passengers served by Garuda from Jakarta to China reached about 105, 840

people per year. “With the addi-tion of new route to Chengdu, it is expected to increase by about 10 percent compared to the number of passengers served by Garuda at this time,” he said.

He added that Garuda soon added a new route to China, namely Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, projected to be real-ized in the second half of 2014. “So far, Garuda has flown three cities, namely Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Before the end of 2014, the flight will be added to the city of Chengdu,” said Wayan.

According to Wayan, his party was completing the review on the new flight to Chengdu, and then it was resumed with the prepara-tion of a variety of issues related to licensing, including provision of the aircraft that would serve the province.

Nevertheless, Wayan had not ascertained the route of Garuda to Chengdu whether it would be from Jakarta or Bali. “It is still being

assessed. If the route is Chengdu–Jakarta, it will be connected to other major cities in Indonesia, while if the route is Chengdu--Denpasar, then it will surely be focused to serve travelers visiting the Island of the Gods,” said Wayan.

Meanwhile, President Director of Garuda, Emirsyah Satar, said the video entitled the Garuda Indonesia Discovery: Our Journey to Excel-

lence contained a series of services and operational activities that should be informed to the users of the com-pany’s services that where it could be accessed on YouTube.

“Video program that can be ac-cessed on YouTube is intended to inform the service users of Garuda in order they know and understand more details about the processes applied maximally,” he said.

The video program posed a series of videos on various service aspects of Garuda Indonesia with the concept of behind the scene that had been attractively packaged in-cluding the Behind the Food Served on Board and Cabin Crew Train-ing. Further, it was also containing Flight Simulator, Chef on Board, First Class and Flight Operations Center. (010)

Japanese divers’ death

Captain of Ocean Express on trial

Indonesia lack of Mandarin-speaking tour guides Bali Post

JAKARTA - The lack of Mandarin-speaking tour guides in Indo-nesia poses a major obstacle to bring in Chinese travelers. “We have already conveyed this matter to the Ministry of Tourism in order to get the attention. The interest of Chinese travelers to come to Indonesia, especially to Bali, is quite high,” said Vice President of China Region of Garuda Indonesia, I Wayan Subagia, after the launch of the video entitled the Garuda Indonesia Discovery: Our Journey to Excellence in Jakarta, Sunday (May 11).

IBP/FileThe tourists from China are arriving in Ngurah Rai International Airport

It added that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe could help organize a dialogue be-tween Ukraine’s government and representatives of the east, where about 90 percent of votes backed sovereignty for their regions in Sunday’s vote. The Kremlin state-ment signaled that Russia has no intention to annex the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces, like it an-nexed Crimea following a similar referendum in March. It also noted the “high turnout” in the vote and condemned the use of force against civilians in the east.

According to early returns, 89 percent of those who cast ballots Sunday in the Donetsk region and about 96 percent of those who

turned out in the neighboring Lu-hansk region voted for sovereignty. It remained unclear whether the vote could lead to their secession. The pro-Russian insurgents, who organized Sunday’s balloting, said the ultimate status of the regions would be discussed later and could include the possibility of secession or annexation by Russia or remain-ing part of Ukraine.

Election organizers said turnout topped 70 percent by late afternoon, but with no international election monitors in place, it was all but impossible to confirm such claims. Turnout was brisk at some polling stations visited by AP journalists. At one polling station at a school in Donetsk, all voting slips that

could be seen in the transparent ballot boxes showed that self-rule had been selected.

Most opponents of sovereignty appeared likely to stay away from the polls rather than risk attract-ing attention. Surveys by polling companies have indicated that a significant majority of people in Ukraine reject movements to break away parts of the country.

There were no immediate signs of any outright intimidation by pro-Russian forces Sunday, and insurgents near the polls were not wearing their usual balaclavas.

Ukraine’s central government and the West have condemned the balloting as a sham and a violation of international law, and accused Moscow of fomenting the unrest in a possible attempt to grab more land weeks after the annexation of Crimea. “The farce, which terror-ists call the referendum, will have no legal consequences except the criminal responsibility for its orga-nizers,” Ukraine’s acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said in a statement Monday.

Associated Press

SEOUL — A rhetorical battle between the rival Koreas intensi-fied Monday with a South Korean official saying North Korea “must disappear soon.” The comments, which will likely draw a furious response from Pyongyang, fol-lowed a series of sexist and racist slurs by North Korea against the leaders of South Korea and the United States. Pyongyang’s state media likened South Korean Pres-ident Park Geun-hye to an “old prostitute” and U.S. President Barack Obama to a “monkey” in recent dispatches.

South Korean Defense Minis-try spokesman Kim Min-seok told reporters at a briefing in Seoul that North Korea isn’t a real country and exists for the benefit of only one person, a reference to dictator Kim Jong Un. He said the North has no human rights or public freedoms.

South Korea has been highly critical of North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, including recent rocket and missile tests and apparent preparations for a fourth nuclear test. But the com-ments from Seoul on Monday are stronger than normal. South Korea tries to avoid publicly talking about anything that could be inter-

preted as a collapse of the North Korean government because of worries that Pyongyang would raise tensions.

Pyongyang has been ramping up its rhetoric against Seoul and Washington since Obama and Park met in Seoul last month. During that visit, Obama said that it may be time to consider further sanctions against North Korea and that the U.S. will not hesitate to use its military might to defend its allies.

South Korea has called the North’s verbal insults against Park immoral and unacceptable. The U.S. State Department described the North’s racist slurs against Obama as “disgusting.”

Worries about renewed ten-sion on the Korean Peninsula have recently deepened with Pyongyang threatening to con-duct its fourth nuclear test to protest what it calls U.S. and South Korean hostility.

North Korea’s barrage of rocket and missile tests earlier this year drew condemnation from South Korea, the United States and oth-ers. The North says the tests were part of military training aimed at coping with annual Seoul-Wash-ington springtime military drills that Pyongyang calls an invasion rehearsal.

AP Photo/Vadim GhirdaA woman and child pose next to a statue of Leonid Utesov, a famous Soviet era jazz singer and actor, in Odessa, Ukraine, Sunday, May 11, 2014.

Kremlin hopes for dialogue after Ukraine voteAssociated Press

DONETSK, Ukraine — The Kremlin on Monday said Ukraine’s government should engage in a dialogue with the eastern parts of the country following the controversial referendums where about 90 percent of voters said they backed their regions’ sovereignty. The Russian government voiced its hope in a statement that “the practical implementation of the referendums results will take place in a civilized way,” without violence.

South Korea says North Korea “must disappear soon”

AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, FileFILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013 file photo, a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is displayed during an anti-North Ko-rea rally marking the second anniversary of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s death in Seoul, South Korea.

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LONDON - Britain’s top busi-ness lobby upgraded its economic growth forecasts for this year and next on Monday and said it expects to see marked improvements in British business investment and productivity.

The Confederation of British In-dustry predicted Britain’s economy will grow 3.0 percent this year,

raising its forecast from 2.6 percent previously.

It also upped its outlook for next year to show growth of 2.7 percent, compared with 2.5 percent earlier.

The CBI pointed to rising busi-ness investment as companies be-come more confident about strength of the upturn, helping to end years of poor productivity that has per-plexed policymakers.

“The recovery is advancing

after a strong performance in the first quarter of 2014,” said John Cridland, the CBI’s director gen-eral, referring to the 0.8 percent economic growth seen in the first three months of the year.

“I think we will see the sort of investment that will achieve organic productivity growth by boosting the productive capacity of workers through new kit, new technology, and new work organisation.”

The CBI said it expects business investment growth of 8.3 percent this year and 9.1 percent next year. But the it warned there were risks to its outlook - chief among them political uncertainty surrounding next year’s general election and the Scottish independence referendum this September.

It called on politicians to avoid making “damaging market inter-ventions”.

“Politicians must be wary of the risk of headline-grabbing policies that weaken investment, opportu-nity and jobs,” said Cridland.

The opposition Labour party has said it will stand up for voters by checking the interests of big business, and announced it would freeze electricity prices for 20 months if it wins power - a strategy dismissed as “anti-business” by the government.

Associated Press

BEIJING — China’s president has told the country to get used to slower growth, damp-ing expectations of a new stimulus.

President Xi Jinping’s weekend comments come amid weakening trade and manufacturing. Economic growth slowed in the latest quarter to 7.4 percent after last year’s full-year expansion of 7.7 percent tied 2012 for the weakest perfor-mance since 1999.

“We must boost our confidence, adapt to the new normal condition based on the characteris-tics of China’s economic growth in the current phase and stay cool-minded,” Xi said, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

The ruling Communist Party is trying to steer the economy to self-sustaining growth based on domestic consumption instead of trade and investment.

Other leaders have ruled out more stimulus, but unexpectedly weak demand for Chinese ex-ports has forced Beijing to backtrack and launch mini-stimulus efforts last year and in March. Official plans call for annual trade growth of 7.5 percent but so far this year total imports and exports are down by 0.5 percent.

Analysts say the ruling party appears willing to accept economic growth below its 7.5 percent target this year so long as the rate of creation of new jobs stays high enough to avoid political tensions. Speaking during a visit to the central province of Henan, Xi said Saturday the govern-ment will focus on longer-term reforms aimed at stabilizing growth.

China needs to prevent risks and “take timely countermeasures to reduce potential negative effects,” Xi said. He said Beijing will focus on longer-term reforms aimed at stabilizing growth.

“This is the clearest sign I have seen that a broad-base monetary stimulus to elevate that current slowdown will not eventuate,” said Evan Lucas of IG Markets in a report.

UK business lobby sees brighter economic outlook

President tells China to get used to slower growth

REUTERS/StringerEmployees assemble trucks at a production lines at a factory of the Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co. Ltd (JAC Motors) in Hefei, Anhui province May 9, 2014. China’s president has told the country to get used to slower growth, damping expectations of a new stimulus. President Xi Jinping’s weekend comments come amid weakening trade and manufacturing.

Bali Post

AMLAPURA - A number of cacao farmers at Kedui hamlet, Tembuku vil-lage, chose to cut down dozens of their cacao plants. The cutting down was done because their plants producing raw materi-als of chocolate were no longer considered productive. Moreover, the attack of pests within the past few seasons made the cacao pod hard and still attached to the skin and ultimately caused them to suffer a loss.

As expressed by Wayan Sabar, one of the farmers at local village, a number of cacao farmers decided to cut down their cacao trees because they were disap-pointed following the successive losses. “Many farmers here are forced to cut down their cacao trees due to disease at-tack,” he said.

After cutting down, the land originally planted with cacao plants was replaced with banana plants and various vegetables. According to them, these commodities could be more profitable than relying on the cacao crops.

Sabar said, since the past few seasons the cacao pod produced by farmers in the region was attacked by pests called fruit flies. As a result of the attack, the cacao pods turned hard. Its content was also still attached in the pod so the selling price dropped. “If the cacao pod is good and not attacked by pest, the bean will be easily detached from the pod and not hard nor rotten,” he said.

According to Sabar, if the price was good, becoming a cacao farmer was ac-tually very promising to be pursued. If the quality of the commodities produced was good then the price could reach IDR 25,000 per kilogram. Unfortunately, since the bean produced by farmers after the pest attack was worse, the price consequently slumped. (ina)

Chairman of the LDP KJK Balicertif, Gede Suriadnyana, said that such opportunity should be utilized as well as possible. For example, taking on-the-job train-ing in America had a plus value. In addition to enhance the experience, the graduates were also taken into account in international community and should be sought.

“The introduction to the culture of the destination country is very important including the habits of the local people. The most impor-tant is the language used,” added

Suriadnyana.On that account, he hoped the

formal and non-formal educational institution to familiarize the practi-cal use of foreign language during the learning process. In addition, according to this man from Ta-banan, the students had to get used to reading foreign reading materials in order to get used to.

“When wishing to work over-seas, one must be armed with skills and mental attitude as well as be ready with the responsibilities in the areas that will be done. In other

words, the candidates must have competency in a broader sense,” he said.

A master assessor, I Gusti Agung Nyoman Winda, said the govern-ment was indeed late in creating the professional and competent labor. Therefore, many local labors were rejected because they did not have a certificate of competency whereas they had superior ability compared to foreign labor.

“Indeed, the language skills become the constraint. But the most important is the ability and competency,” said the lecturer of the STPBI.

He acknowledged the tourism industry of America required a lot of trainees. In addition to enhanc-ing the multilateral cooperation, it was also intended to train human resources in Indonesia, especially Bali, with international quality.

“Moreover, the ability and per-formance of our students are well recognized in the country. These opportunities should be taken ad-vantage as well as possible. After training in America, our workers will be sought and can work all over the world,” said Winda.

An academician in tourism, IGM Sudjana, said that his party was only able to meet the needs of training for 200 to 300 people per year to America. Actually the needs nearly reached 1,000 people. He said to have been working with educational institutions outside Bali, but had not been able to fulfill the request.

“Language skill is a major problem. For example, of the 100 people tested, maximally only 50 percent could pass the test. The examiner team is directly brought in from the American tourism industry,” he added.

He also regretted after there was

a discourse to eliminate the foreign language subject in the curriculum of the elementary education. In the future, foreign language skills were needed, especially when the ASEAN free market had been enforced. “The foreign language skill should be encouraged, not vice versa. Moreover, we live at a tourist destination,” said Director of the SPB and the STPBI.

Sudjana expected the govern-ment to more seriously prepare the skilled and competent human resources. In addition, the more human resources could be absorbed in overseas job opportunities the number of unemployment could be reduced. “I think all parties should work together. Having got training overseas, especially in America, people are very easy to find job, even they will be sought after,” he said. (kmb36)

Overseas job opportunities widely openBali Post

DENPASAR - Although the tourism educational institutions pro-liferate, they have not been able to meet the manpower needs of the tourism industry overseas. America, for example, currently requires a lot of on-the-job training students in tourism. Unfortunately, Indo-nesia, including Bali, is unable to fulfill it whereas the students can gain international work experience.

IBP/SwasrinaA number of cacao farmers at Kedui hamlet, Tembuku village, chose to cut down dozens of their cacao plants.

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The additional personnel were drawn from the paramilitary People’s Armed Police, members of whom could be seen standing in groups of three around Tianan-men Square in the heart of the city. Wearing helmets and carry-ing automatic rifles, they kept a close eye on crowds circulating around some of the country’s most iconic sites such as Tiananmen Gate and the Great Hall of the People where foreign dignitaries are welcomed.

The additional security was taken to increase the public’s sense of security, intimidate would-be assailants, and shorten response times to violent inci-dents, the police statement said. “This armed patrol brigade will

speedily and effectively take down all forms of terrorist activ-ity,” it said.

The statement said the new security teams would be a perma-nent presence in the capital, add-ing to a slew of increased security measures that include checkpoints and security screening for subway riders and anyone seeking to enter public spaces such as Tiananmen Square.

China has increased security countrywide in the wake of two recent attacks at train stations that killed 30 people and at least two attackers. The assaults were blamed on extremists from among Xinjiang’s native Turkic Muslim Uighur ethnic group. The violence has also included an unprecedent-

ed attack last year on Tiananmen Gate in the heart of Beijing that killed three Uighur assailants and two tourists.

Although Uighur (pronounced WEE’-gur) separatists have been waging a low-level insurgency for decades, recent attacks have been bolder and bloodier, target-ing civilians and underscoring shortfalls in Beijing’s ability to respond. Uighur activists say the violence is being fueled by re-strictive and discriminatory poli-cies imposed by China’s majority Han ethnic group.

China has blamed several inci-dents on overseas-based separat-ist radicals in the East Turkistan Islamic Organization, although it has presented little evidence.

Associated Press Writer

MEXICO CITY — One of the military deserters who helped found the gang that grew into the brutal Zetas cartel was among six people killed during a gunbattle in a border town, a Tamaulipas state security official said Sunday. The official said authorities confirmed that Galindo Mellado Cruz was one of five gunmen who died Friday in a shootout that also killed a Mexican soldier in Reynosa, which is across from McAllen, Texas. The official was not permitted to be quoted by name for security reasons.

The official said that Mellado Cruz was one of the 30 ex-special forces soldiers who created the Zetas gang to serve as enforcers for the Gulf Cartel before splitting off in a bloody breakup with its former ally. The official said Mellado Cruz no longer held a Zetas command position.

Tamaulipas became one of the arenas for fighting between the Gulf Cartel and the Zetas and was one of Mexico’s most violent states. But the state had calmed somewhat by 2012, before violence re-ignited in recent weeks.

AP Photo/Andy Wong

Armed Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard near a city map in Beijing Monday, May 12, 2014. China’s capital boosted armed police patrols Monday following a spate of attacks the government blames on terrorists seeking independence for the northwestern region of Xinjiang.

Beijing adds armed police patrols after attacksAssociated Press

BEIJING — China’s capital boosted armed police patrols Monday following a spate of at-tacks the government blames on terrorists seeking independence for the northwestern region of Xinjiang. Beijing’s police force said on its microblog that 150 additional vehicles and nearly 2,000 police and auxiliaries were being assigned to guard key intersections around the city of more than 20 million people.

A Zetas founder among 6 dead in shootout

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - BlackBerry will this week launch a new budget handset in Indonesia, one of its last bastions, a major step in the ailing smartphone maker’s fightback against titans Samsung and Apple.

The Z3, which is designed for Indonesia but will likely be introduced in other emerging markets later, is the first new BlackBerry phone since chief executive John Chen took the helm of the crisis-hit company in November.

The handset is also the first to be produced from the Canadian firm’s partnership with Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn, which makes gadgets for Apple, and is a key test of whether the new strategy will work.

The company believes the device will be a hit in Indonesia, where many have remained loyal to BlackBerry, with a spokesman saying that “this product will deliver something that should resonate with consumers”.

But analysts believe it may already be too late for a comeback by the company that pioneered modern smartphone culture but has been unable to keep up with competition from Apple’s iPhone and handsets using the Google Android operating system.

Recent years have been dismal for BlackBerry, and it has suffered heavy losses and slashed thousands of jobs.

The company even put itself up for sale last year but abandoned hopes of finding a buyer several months later, and ousted chief executive Thor-sten Heins.

Since Chen took over, there have been small signs of improvement. The company reported a loss of $423 million in the three months to March 1, which was not as bad as had been feared.

As part of its turnaround strategy, the smartphone maker announced the tie-up with Foxconn in December, which involves transferring to the Taiwan company manufacturing and inventory management, while allow-ing BlackBerry to focus on software and services.

BlackBerry has chosen to launch its first new phone from the partner-ship in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s biggest economy with legions of social media-mad young consumers, where its devices remain popular but it has nevertheless lost ground in recent years.

The phone has a five inch (13 centimetre) touchscreen, like most of BlackBerry’s newest handsets which do not have the physical keyboards of the older devices.

It is designed specifically with Indonesian consumers in mind. The BBM messaging service -- wildly popular in Indonesia -- comes loaded with pictures of local cartoon characters for users to send to one another.

There is also a limited edition with “Jakarta” engraved on it.BlackBerry believes the low price -- it will retail for around $200 -- will

be a particular selling point.The phone will be launched on Tuesday in Jakarta and will go on sale

in the following days.

Whoever succeeds outgoing Presi-dent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in October will need to quickly tackle the problem.

The subsidies cost the government around $20 billion a year and are the main factor behind a current account deficit that was more than 2 percent of gross national product in the first quarter, and a budget deficit that is expected to be as high as 2.5 percent of GDP this year.

Jokowi, the popular governor of Jakarta, and his main rival, former general Prabowo Subianto, advocate different ways for bringing down costs.

Protests over fuel price increases contributed to the downfall of Presi-dent Suharto in 1998, and presidential candidates are mindful of the political sensitivities as they campaign for the July 9 election.

Jokowi has told local media that he would gradually reduce fuel subsidies over a four or five-year period.

Indonesian fuel prices are some of the cheapest in the region, currently priced at 6,500 rupiah ($0.56) a litre

for gasoline and 5,500 for diesel.An annual increase of up to 1,500

rupiah for fuel would be manageable and should help to avoid street protests like in 2005 and 2008, said Sri Adin-ingsih, economic adviser to Jokowi’s Indonesian Democratic-Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

Adiningsih told Reuters the money would be better spent on infrastructure projects like roads, ports and trains.

Fuel prices were raised by 33 percent in 2013. But, President Yud-hoyono softened the blow by provid-ing a 9-trillion rupiah compensation package to millions of poor families, and the were no major protests against the higher fuel prices.

Prabowo, who is running a distant second to Jokowi in opinion polls, is expected to keep fuel prices at current rates but impose measures to ensure subsidies were only used by the poor and lower middle class.“We will still give our people subsidies, not reduce it,” said Kardaya Warnika, a law-maker and senior energy adviser for Prabowo’s Gerindra Party.

“We won’t give the subsidy to

people who do not need it. For ex-ample, foreigners,” Warnika said, adding that the subsidy should be for those who make less than 20 million rupiah a month.

Under the Gerindra plan, car own-ers would have to register their car and include their income to obtain the fuel subsidy.

Some economists believed Jokowi’s plan was the better of the two options for Indonesia.

“The cut in prices is the preferred one,” said Santitarn Sathirathai, an economist at Credit Suisse. “Typically, when the price is wrong the quantita-tive measures have limited use. There tends to be leakages.”

Wellian Wiranto, an economist with OCBC Bank, said Jokowi’s plan was the “cleanest way” to get rid of subsidies, providing fiscal stability that would benefit the country’s bond market.

A third option, one the finance ministry is hoping to add to the 2015 budget, is to fix fuel subsidies at a certain amount. That would allow fuel prices to adjust with market prices.

Antara

JAKARTA - The national leadership meeting of the United Development Party (PPP) has finally decided to support the presidential aspirant from the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), Prabowo Subianto, stated PPP Chairman Suryadharma Ali.

“Finally, at the end of our meeting at 2 a.m., on Monday, we officially decided to support Prabowo Subianto as the presidential candidate in the July 9, 2014 presidential election,” Suryadharma Ali remarked.

He noted that there were three options at the start of the meeting on Saturday: Prabowo, Joko “Jokowi” Widodo of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), and Aburizal Bakrie of the Golkar party with PPP Deputy Chairman Lukman Hakim Saefuddin as Aburizals running mate.

But, the meeting, which was held on Saturday and lasted till early Monday morning, to determine the direction of its coalition finally decided to coalesce with Prabowo.

ANTARA FOTO/Widodo S. Jusuf

Indonesian presidential frontrunner Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s (2 left) plan to slowly reduce fuel subsidies over the next few years is the best option to ease pressure on the budget deficit while keeping inflation in check, economists said.

Economists back Jokowi’s fuel subsidy cut planReuters

JAKARTA - Indonesian presidential frontrunner Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s plan to slowly reduce fuel subsidies over the next few years is the best option to ease pressure on the budget deficit while keeping inflation in check, economists said.

PPP decided to support Gerindra

BlackBerry steps up fightback with Indonesian phone

Even, some of our residents here are recipients of the direct cash assistance and rice for the poor. Hopefully, our resident could become affluent society, so no one will become the recipient of the direct as-sistance,” he said.

According to him, the silver handicraft production had now been more monopolized by large investors applying technology without manual touch. For instance, all the design and production processes had been computerized. Even, their design innovation was minimally made with the touch of artistic and creative human hands, but almost the entire production was done by machine.

Similar condition was disclosed by Made Supartika, a craftsman from Pujung Kaja hamlet, Tegallalang. The number of existing wood crafters at his village slumped due to invasion by souvenir markets monopolizing the handicraft market. They did not give opportunity for small crafters to enjoy the sweetness of the tourism pie. “The problem we face is equal to that of the silversmiths. It used to be easy, but now it is difficult because we never lacked of orders. The orders were always abundant so we were overwhelmed. When the bombing tragedy occurred, the economy was disrupted and our order slumps to go bankrupt,” he said.

Deterioration of the artisans in Gianyar was inseparable from the minimal intervention of local government. As proof, the difficulties faced by the artisans such as access to market and capital had not yet been facilitated well. Even, the government seemed to promote the desire of large investors getting involved in the similar sector.

Chairman of the Center for Business Economic Data Analysis, Faculty of Economy, Udayana University, Dr. Sudjana Budhi, acknowledged that behind the success of the handmade product export, there were the men behind the curve, namely the rural artisans. They spread predominantly in the Gianyar, Badung, Bangli and Karangasem County.

According to him, all this time the policy holders in Bali were often fascinated by the figures of growth by giving a little attention to the market mechanisms increasingly hostile to the daily life of the crafters.

“We greatly appreciate the achievement of successful exports generating many foreign exchanges, but we often forget if the crafts-men are marginalized out of the market and replaced by new entrants. Meanwhile, local artisans can just wait for the time to go out of their business,” he said.

He argued that since the process of the export trade started from Bali as an international tourist destination, then there would be surely groups wishing to travel while doing business of handicraft products. As conse-quence, a gap arose between the exporters and the artisans due to mutual market drawing force between the craft artists and businessmen being savvy to create the conditions to achieve a profit for them.

Nevertheless, Bali still had to get up and fix the economy so that people did not live as riding horse forever. Many alternatives could be taken by the county/municipal government and central government. For instance, it had been prepared a budget mechanism through a partnership between the employers, local government and the state budget in order to realize a business zone that could involve small businesses. Nowadays, it had been developed in various regions known as the Special Economic Zone (SZ) initiated by the Ministry of Finance together with the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry. (kmb27)

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GIANYAR - Kemenuh village is an attractive tourism village in Bali. The village with the population of

1,056 people has been commonly visited by tourists. Handicraft products like sculpture, Tegenun-gan Waterfall attraction and local culture have become the appeals.

Beautiful village with rice field view also has accommodation like hotel and villas. Interestingly, the property is owned and managed by local people.

Kemenuh village is located in Sukawati subdistrict, Gianyar. It is very close to tourist area of Ubud and Sukawati Art Market as well as can be reached from Gianyar Beach

tourist area. From Denpasar, it is only approximately 17 km. To get there, people can also take advan-tage of public transportation of the Denpasar – Gianyar route.

Exotic natural potential makes the Kemenuh village a center of tracking. Guests of hotels existing in Ubud area often take advantage of the tourist attraction located at the edge of the Petanu River. In later development, it is followed by the construction of accommodation such as The Chedi Club and Banus-wari Hotel. Besides, there are also villas and houses of expatriates hav-ing profession as environmentalist and health practitioner.

Kemenuh is also rich in culinary tradition. There are many food stalls and restaurants selling Balinese traditional cuisines. Cultural Hall, a house of local resident, prepares a variety of typical foods. It also of-fers cooking class program teaching travelers to learn to cook. Besides, the village also offers wedding party program and performing arts.

A unique local tradition that can draw the attention of travelers is ngedeblag, a ceremonial procession serving as repellent of disaster. This tradition is carried out annually, pre-cisely on the fifth month pursuant to Balinese calendar. In addition, there are Legong Dance and Joged Pingit functioning as repellent of disaster. Last but not least, the village has Cak Dance where the artists are dancing while performing fire war and playing a ball of fire.

Kemenuh Village

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Russell Westbrook, who scored 27 points, missed a 3-pointer and Serge Ibaka’s tip attempt was too late at the buzzer, allowing the Clippers to salvage a game they trailed until the final 1:23. Blake Griffin led Los Angeles with 25 points, making 9 of 11 free throws, and Chris Paul had 23 points and 10 assists. Jamal Crawford added 18 points. DeAndre Jordan had 14 rebounds, helping the Clippers win the boards, 45-43 — the first time in 11 playoff games the Thunder were outrebounded.

Kevin Durant scored 40 points, hitting 15 of 18 free throws, for the Thunder. Game 5 is Tuesday night in Oklahoma City. It was the 14th comeback by the Clippers this season after trailing by double digits. They rebounded from 12 points down in the second quarter of Game 7 to oust Golden State in the first round.

The Clippers had no answer for Durant and Westbrook until midway through the fourth quarter. That dynamic duo drove the lane with abandon, drew fouls and made free throws in leading the Thunder to an early 22-point lead. Durant’s three-point play early in the fourth extended the Thunder’s lead to 15 points, and they were still up by 10 with 7:44 to go.

Paul willed his team back into the game, scoring six straight points to get the Clippers within six. Grif-fin made three of four free throws before Collison sealed the win. The Pacers lead the second-round series 3-1 and can close it out Tuesday, hosting Game 5.

George played 46 minutes and scored 28 points after halftime at Los Angeles, including making six of his franchise playoff-record-tying seven 3-pointers. Roy Hibbert

had 17 points and nine rebounds, continuing his recent surge after a poor-as-can-be start to the se-ries. He helped Indiana overcome Washington’s 32-2 advantage in bench scoring.

That was thanks mainly to 30-somethings Al Harrington, Drew Gooden and Andre Miller, who combined for 28 points, 13 re-bounds and six assists. Wizards coach Randy Wittman likes to call that trio of not-yet-retired, best-days-behind-them guys — Miller, 38; Harrington, 34; Gooden, 32 — the “AARP group,” but they momentarily turned the game Washington’s way with quite a second quarter and a key stretch of the fourth.

Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin, top, goes up for a shot as Oklahoma City Thunder guard Reggie Jackson, second

from left, forward Nick Collison, second from right, and center

Steven Adams, right, of New Zealand, stand near along with

Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan, left, in the first

half of Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinal NBA bas-

ketball playoff series, Friday, May 9, 2014, in Los Angeles.

Nico Rosberg believes he needed just one more lap to overtake Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamil-ton for Spanish Grand Prix victory. Hamilton assumed the 2014 F1 world championship lead by beating Rosberg at Barcelona. But it was a close-run thing, as Rosberg used an alternate tyre strategy to close in on Hamilton in the final laps, finishing just 0.6 seconds behind.

Asked how many more laps he felt he needed to pull off an overtaking move, Rosberg replied: “I think one more to be honest. I could have given him a go. “I wasn’t close enough but with one more lap I would have been. “I’m a bit gutted.”

Rosberg feels he urgently needs to address his starts, having failed to jump his polesitting team-mate off the line. “The start was unfortunately poor,” he said. “It is a bit of a weak-ness I have at the moment. Three bad starts in a row and that has cost me.

It is not good and we need to work on that.”

He switched to hard tyres in his first pitstop while Hamilton stayed on mediums, meaning the opposite scenario applied in their final shootout for the win. Rosberg was happy that his strategic switch had paid off, and just rued running out of time to try a proper passing move. “The race pace was good, the best thing to do was switch strategies and it worked out perfectly,” said Rosberg.

“But this is a really difficult track to get close to the guy in front. “I got close, and at Turn 10 on the last lap I could have gone for a kamikaze move, but it wouldn’t have worked so not much point. “Lewis did a great job all weekend and was a little bit ahead, but there are a lot of positives to take out of it.

“I am fully motivated to take that bit extra and edge him out next time and it is doable.”

Rosberg reckons he needed one more lap to win

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Second placed Mercedes Formula One driver Nico Rosberg (L) of Germany and winner Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain spray champagne after the Spanish F1 Grand Prix at the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit in Montmelo, May 11, 2014.

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LoS ANGELES — Darren collison scored eight of his 18 points in the final 2:58 as the Los Angeles clippers came back to beat the oklahoma city Thunder 101-99 on Sunday to level the Western con-ference semifinal series 2-2. in the day’s other playoff, Paul George scored a career playoff-high 39 points and added 12 rebounds to lead the indiana Pacers back from a 19-point deficit and past the Wash-ington Wizards 95-92 to move one victory away from returning to the Eastern conference finals.

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Those same players, described by some as millionaire mercenar-ies attracted to the Etihad Stadium by Abu Dhabi oil money alone, queued up to pay fulsome tribute to their manager.

“I’m so happy for the manager because it’s his first title in Europe. He remained calm. It was a pleasure to work for him,” said Samir Nasri, who scored the opening goal. “It’s an amazing feeling. It’s my second league in three years. It was an amazing league all year. Everyone put his ego on the side.”

Pellegrini will have to get used to the praise, his steady hand at the tiller credited with seeing City through the last few weeks of the season without the drama that marked their 2011-12 triumph.

What might have settled City nerves most, however, was the huge superiority in goal difference they enjoyed over Liverpool, which al-lowed them the luxury of needing only a draw in their final match of the season. That advantage came from a campaign in which City scored 102 goals, one short of the Premier League record but one more than the much-vaunted Liv-erpool attack and a whopping 31 more than third-placed Chelsea.

FOOTBALL PHILOSOPHIESThe narrative of the Premier

League title race was often pre-sented as a battle of footballing philosophies between attack-minded Liverpool under Brendan Rodgers and Jose Mourinho’s more defensive approach at Chel-sea. Having beaten them both to the title, however, Pellegrini was quick to remind reporters that City’s record 156 goals in all competitions this season gave them a place in the debate.

“It’s not just winning titles that is important, but it’s the way you win them,” he told reporters in the post-match media conference. “It doesn’t matter who you play, maybe it’s easy to score a goal and then go behind the ball.

“We have players to play on the counter-attack, they are fast and technical, but again, I’m not

criticising the way other teams play, but if it was me, I wouldn’t be happy to win in that way. “The fans enjoyed the whole season - we broke the records for the most goals scored by any team in England. It is the way we must play with the quality of players we have.”

Pellegrini admitted that every-thing in the dressing room had not been perfect when he arrived at City but was also quick to revert to his customary self deprecation. “It’s a great honour to be the first manager from outside of Europe to win the title but I’m not the most important person,” the 60-year-old said.

“I think we all enjoyed this season - the players, me, the fans - because the team played very well, this is as important as winning the title.” Claiming the Premier League title in his first year at City was also a step up for Pellegrini, who had failed to win the Spanish title in his one season at Real Madrid in 2009-10.

He earned that job on the back of the marvels he worked in tak-ing Villareal into the top two in Spain and to the semi-finals of the Champions League. It was repeating the trick at Malaga, who he took to fourth place in La Liga and the quarter-finals of the Champions League, that earned him his chance at City.

As his counterpart for much of the season at Manchester United will attest, however, many coaches have failed to step up from success at a smaller club to challenging at the business end of the season with one of Eu-rope’s big-spending super clubs. Pellegrini will now undoubtedly enjoy Monday’s parade around Manchester city centre but said he would soon be back to work preparing for next season. “Big teams cannot be satisfied with one title. It’s very important,” he said. “Celebrate today, tomorrow and Monday and on Tuesday start working for next season because this club and players deserve more titles.”

City show the right way to win

Manchester City’s players celebrate after being crowned Cham-pions after the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and West Ham United at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Sunday, May 11, 2014.

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Manuel Pellegrini had no sooner brought Manchester City their fourth English league title on Sunday than he was plotting the acquisition of more silverware - and the Chilean wants to do it in style too. The first manager from outside Europe to win England’s most prestigious trophy, Pellegrini was tossed in the air in celebration by his players after their 2-0 win over West Ham United sealed the title.

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Associated Press

MADRID — Atletico Madrid and Barcelona set up a winner-takes-all decider for the Spanish league title after both teams drew on Sunday, while Real Madrid lost to see its slim title hopes end. Little-used defender To-bias Alderweireld headed home a corner kick for Atletico in the 74th minute to cancel out Samuel Garcia’s opener.

Though Malaga finished with 10 men, Atletico failed to score a winner that would have secured a first league title in 18 years after Elche held Barcelona 0-0. Instead, Atletico travels to the Camp Nou next weekend for a dramatic finale to decide the champion. Atletico leads with 89 points, three better than Barcelona, which means a draw will be enough to pry the championship away from the defending champion, which must win to retain its title.

“We still believe in this team. We’re Atletico and we’re going to go there to win,” Atletico cap-tain Gabi Fernandez said. “We’re used to playing in finals.” Madrid, which has 84 points, limped out of the league race following a poor showing in Vigo, where a pair of turnovers allowed Charles to score both goals in a 2-0 win.

Madrid faces Atletico in the Champions League final and played as if it was already look-ing ahead to Lisbon as defensive mistakes by Sergio Ramos and

Xabi Alonso allowed Charles to net easily in each half. Cristiano Ronaldo was sidelined with an injury and Gareth Bale was on the bench, while Sami Khedira and Alvaro Arbeloa returned from long injuries to play.

Atletico’s attack looked dis-jointed early on without leading scorer Diego Costa, with replace-ment David Villa unable to finish three good scoring opportunities — including early on when the Spain striker found the crossbar. Raul Garcia headed well wide with only Willy Caballero to beat, and the Malaga ‘keeper made key stops from Villa and substitute Diego Ribas after the break.

Thibaut Courtois rushed out to cut off Roque Santa Cruz’s solo effort on the hour mark, but the Atletico goalkeeper’s mix-up with defender Miranda allowed Samuel Garcia to get free to head home the opener. With nerves starting to creep in, Alderweireld — fill-ing in for the suspended Diego Godin — leapt high to head home a corner that allowed home fans to exhale.

Marcos Angeleri’s second yellow card left Malaga with 10 men from the 88th, and Atletico pushed forward as Jose Sosa’s free kick narrowly missed the target before Caballero made a leaping finger-tip stop to Adrian Lopez’s curling shot. “It’s go-ing to be an important game for the club,” Atletico coach Diego Simeone said. “We’ve reached

the last round three points above Barcelona — nobody would have believed we had a chance to win, but here we are, alive still.”

Barcelona, which counted itself out of the title race only eight days ago, came out at Elche with intention but eventually seemed to settle for its result when word of Malaga’s first goal arrived.

Andres Iniesta volleyed a shot off the crossbar early on before goalkeeper Manu Herrera got a touch to Lionel Messi’s effort in the 38th to tip it around the far post. Herrera denied Messi again after the restart, but the defend-ing champions barely threatened again.

“It’s going to be a great week ahead and for some of us it could be our last game with Barca so it would be a nice way to go out,” Barcelona defender Javier Mascherano said.

Atletico hasn’t lost to Barce-lona this season, drawing in four matches before finally beating the Catalans in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.

Two teams will join Real Betis in being relegated to the second division on the last day after Almeria and Getafe secured vic-tories to improve their chances of staying up. Real Valladolid allowed Betis to rally back three times before eventually losing 4-3 to the last-place club. Alme-ria, which won 2-0 at Granada, and Getafe — a 1-0 winner over Sevilla — share 39 points.

Associated Press

TOKYO — Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni announced his 23-man World Cup squad on Monday, picking AC Milan’s Keisuke Honda among 12 Europe-based players and add-ing a surprise with the selection of veteran striker Yoshito Okubo. As ex-pected, Honda was named along with Manchester United midfielder Shinji Kagawa and Mainz forward Shinji Okazaki. Honda has scored just one goal since joining Milan from CSKA Moscow in January but played a key role in Japan’s qualifying campaign.

“In the end, we decided to go with players who will be aggressive on the attack,” Zaccheroni said. “We felt these members give us the best chance to play our brand of football.” Okubo was one of the few surprises in the squad Zaccheroni unveiled at a news conference Monday.

The 31-year-old Okubo, last sea-

son’s top scorer in the J-League, made the squad despite having only been called up once by Zaccheroni since the Italian took over from 2010 World Cup coach Takeshi Okada. His eight goals this season for Kawasaki Fron-tale made it difficult for Zaccheroni to leave him off the squad.

“I know there is the opinion I haven’t used (Okubo) much,” Zac-cheroni said. “But he has a lot of experience and knows how to score goals. He will be a valuable player for us.”

Forward Yoichiro Kakitani, who scored 21 goals in 34 games last sea-son but has only one goal in 12 games for Cerezo Osaka this season, was among 11 J-League players included in the squad.

Japan, which co-hosted the World Cup with South Korea in 2002, is pre-paring for its fifth consecutive World Cup campaign and faces Ivory Coast, Greece and Colombia in Group C.

Reuters

LONDON - Experienced left back Ashley Cole has been left out of the England squad for next month’s World Cup in Brazil and the Chelsea defender has an-nounced his international retire-ment. Cole, 33, who won 107 caps, was told by Roy Hodgson he will not be included in his provisional 23-man squad or among the stand-by players to be named on Monday, with the England manager saying it was one of the hardest decisions of his career.

“Got the call from Roy and agree England team should be about the young players,” Cole tweeted on Sunday. “I think it best I retire from England team now. “We have a great manager and team and I wish them only success. I will be sup-porting them like a true fan. Thanks to everyone for everything.”

Hodgson told TheFA.com: “There are few players who can be considered among the very best in the world, but Ashley in his prime was the best left back without ques-tion. “Of course I must respect his decision to retire, he has been one of England’s finest players, but I want to look to the future. It has been one of the hardest decisions of my career.”

Southampton’s 18-year-old left back Luke Shaw, who has one Eng-land cap, is to be named as cover for Everton’s Leighton Baines in Hodgson’s squad, British media reported. Shaw made his England debut as a halftime substitute for Cole in the 1-0 friendly win over Denmark in March.

GREAT PLAYERS

“Baines and Shaw are great players, proved this season, and

are the future of this country, it was a pleasure to get 107 caps,” added Cole. “Like me or not, trust me it’s hurt me to stop playing for my country, proud and honoured.” Cole, the fifth most-capped Eng-land player of all time, has been first-choice left back since making his debut against Albania in 2001. He has started every tournament match since his first appearance at the 2002 World Cup against Sweden.

But he has struggled to get into the Chelsea team this term under Jose Mourinho and was used once off the bench in a three-month period from late January before recent starts at Liverpool and in the Champions League semi-final against Atletico Madrid. “Among many difficult decisions I’ve had to make for my squad not selecting Ashley was one of the hardest,” said Hodgson.

Cole left out of England World Cup squad, quits internationals

Atletico, Barca set up Spanish title decider

AP Photo/Alberto Saiz

Barcelona’s Adriano Correia from Brazil reacts after failing to score against Elche dur-ing a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Martinez Valero stadium in Elche, Spain, on Sunday, May 11, 2014.

Manchester United’s Shinji Kagawa is seen during his team’s English Premier League soccer match against Hull City, at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Tuesday May 6, 2014.

Honda, Kagawa selected in Japan’s World Cup squad

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Standard Liege), Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Reds), Shuichi Gonda (FC Tokyo)

Defenders: Masahiko Inoha (Jubilo Iwata), Yasuyuki Konno (Gamba Osaka), Yuto Nagatomo (Inter Milan), Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo), Atsuto Uchida (Schalke), Maya Yoshida (Southampton), Hiroki Sakai (Hannover), Gotoku Sakai (Stuttgart)

Midfielders: Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Makoto Hasebe (Nurem-berg), Toshihiro Aoyama (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka)

Forwards: Keisuke Honda (AC Milan), Yoshito Okubo (Kawasaki Frontale), Shinji Okazaki (Mainz), Shinji Kagawa (Manchester United), Hiroshi Kiyotake (Nuremberg), Yoichiro Kakitani (Cerezo Osaka), Manabu Saito (Yokohama F Marinos), Yuya Osako (1860 Munich)

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Those same players, described by some as millionaire mercenar-ies attracted to the Etihad Stadium by Abu Dhabi oil money alone, queued up to pay fulsome tribute to their manager.

“I’m so happy for the manager because it’s his first title in Europe. He remained calm. It was a pleasure to work for him,” said Samir Nasri, who scored the opening goal. “It’s an amazing feeling. It’s my second league in three years. It was an amazing league all year. Everyone put his ego on the side.”

Pellegrini will have to get used to the praise, his steady hand at the tiller credited with seeing City through the last few weeks of the season without the drama that marked their 2011-12 triumph.

What might have settled City nerves most, however, was the huge superiority in goal difference they enjoyed over Liverpool, which al-lowed them the luxury of needing only a draw in their final match of the season. That advantage came from a campaign in which City scored 102 goals, one short of the Premier League record but one more than the much-vaunted Liv-erpool attack and a whopping 31 more than third-placed Chelsea.

FOOTBALL PHILOSOPHIESThe narrative of the Premier

League title race was often pre-sented as a battle of footballing philosophies between attack-minded Liverpool under Brendan Rodgers and Jose Mourinho’s more defensive approach at Chel-sea. Having beaten them both to the title, however, Pellegrini was quick to remind reporters that City’s record 156 goals in all competitions this season gave them a place in the debate.

“It’s not just winning titles that is important, but it’s the way you win them,” he told reporters in the post-match media conference. “It doesn’t matter who you play, maybe it’s easy to score a goal and then go behind the ball.

“We have players to play on the counter-attack, they are fast and technical, but again, I’m not

criticising the way other teams play, but if it was me, I wouldn’t be happy to win in that way. “The fans enjoyed the whole season - we broke the records for the most goals scored by any team in England. It is the way we must play with the quality of players we have.”

Pellegrini admitted that every-thing in the dressing room had not been perfect when he arrived at City but was also quick to revert to his customary self deprecation. “It’s a great honour to be the first manager from outside of Europe to win the title but I’m not the most important person,” the 60-year-old said.

“I think we all enjoyed this season - the players, me, the fans - because the team played very well, this is as important as winning the title.” Claiming the Premier League title in his first year at City was also a step up for Pellegrini, who had failed to win the Spanish title in his one season at Real Madrid in 2009-10.

He earned that job on the back of the marvels he worked in tak-ing Villareal into the top two in Spain and to the semi-finals of the Champions League. It was repeating the trick at Malaga, who he took to fourth place in La Liga and the quarter-finals of the Champions League, that earned him his chance at City.

As his counterpart for much of the season at Manchester United will attest, however, many coaches have failed to step up from success at a smaller club to challenging at the business end of the season with one of Eu-rope’s big-spending super clubs. Pellegrini will now undoubtedly enjoy Monday’s parade around Manchester city centre but said he would soon be back to work preparing for next season. “Big teams cannot be satisfied with one title. It’s very important,” he said. “Celebrate today, tomorrow and Monday and on Tuesday start working for next season because this club and players deserve more titles.”

City show the right way to win

Manchester City’s players celebrate after being crowned Cham-pions after the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and West Ham United at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Sunday, May 11, 2014.

Reuters

Manuel Pellegrini had no sooner brought Manchester City their fourth English league title on Sunday than he was plotting the acquisition of more silverware - and the Chilean wants to do it in style too. The first manager from outside Europe to win England’s most prestigious trophy, Pellegrini was tossed in the air in celebration by his players after their 2-0 win over West Ham United sealed the title.

AP Photo/Rui Vieira

Associated Press

MADRID — Atletico Madrid and Barcelona set up a winner-takes-all decider for the Spanish league title after both teams drew on Sunday, while Real Madrid lost to see its slim title hopes end. Little-used defender To-bias Alderweireld headed home a corner kick for Atletico in the 74th minute to cancel out Samuel Garcia’s opener.

Though Malaga finished with 10 men, Atletico failed to score a winner that would have secured a first league title in 18 years after Elche held Barcelona 0-0. Instead, Atletico travels to the Camp Nou next weekend for a dramatic finale to decide the champion. Atletico leads with 89 points, three better than Barcelona, which means a draw will be enough to pry the championship away from the defending champion, which must win to retain its title.

“We still believe in this team. We’re Atletico and we’re going to go there to win,” Atletico cap-tain Gabi Fernandez said. “We’re used to playing in finals.” Madrid, which has 84 points, limped out of the league race following a poor showing in Vigo, where a pair of turnovers allowed Charles to score both goals in a 2-0 win.

Madrid faces Atletico in the Champions League final and played as if it was already look-ing ahead to Lisbon as defensive mistakes by Sergio Ramos and

Xabi Alonso allowed Charles to net easily in each half. Cristiano Ronaldo was sidelined with an injury and Gareth Bale was on the bench, while Sami Khedira and Alvaro Arbeloa returned from long injuries to play.

Atletico’s attack looked dis-jointed early on without leading scorer Diego Costa, with replace-ment David Villa unable to finish three good scoring opportunities — including early on when the Spain striker found the crossbar. Raul Garcia headed well wide with only Willy Caballero to beat, and the Malaga ‘keeper made key stops from Villa and substitute Diego Ribas after the break.

Thibaut Courtois rushed out to cut off Roque Santa Cruz’s solo effort on the hour mark, but the Atletico goalkeeper’s mix-up with defender Miranda allowed Samuel Garcia to get free to head home the opener. With nerves starting to creep in, Alderweireld — fill-ing in for the suspended Diego Godin — leapt high to head home a corner that allowed home fans to exhale.

Marcos Angeleri’s second yellow card left Malaga with 10 men from the 88th, and Atletico pushed forward as Jose Sosa’s free kick narrowly missed the target before Caballero made a leaping finger-tip stop to Adrian Lopez’s curling shot. “It’s go-ing to be an important game for the club,” Atletico coach Diego Simeone said. “We’ve reached

the last round three points above Barcelona — nobody would have believed we had a chance to win, but here we are, alive still.”

Barcelona, which counted itself out of the title race only eight days ago, came out at Elche with intention but eventually seemed to settle for its result when word of Malaga’s first goal arrived.

Andres Iniesta volleyed a shot off the crossbar early on before goalkeeper Manu Herrera got a touch to Lionel Messi’s effort in the 38th to tip it around the far post. Herrera denied Messi again after the restart, but the defend-ing champions barely threatened again.

“It’s going to be a great week ahead and for some of us it could be our last game with Barca so it would be a nice way to go out,” Barcelona defender Javier Mascherano said.

Atletico hasn’t lost to Barce-lona this season, drawing in four matches before finally beating the Catalans in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.

Two teams will join Real Betis in being relegated to the second division on the last day after Almeria and Getafe secured vic-tories to improve their chances of staying up. Real Valladolid allowed Betis to rally back three times before eventually losing 4-3 to the last-place club. Alme-ria, which won 2-0 at Granada, and Getafe — a 1-0 winner over Sevilla — share 39 points.

Associated Press

TOKYO — Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni announced his 23-man World Cup squad on Monday, picking AC Milan’s Keisuke Honda among 12 Europe-based players and add-ing a surprise with the selection of veteran striker Yoshito Okubo. As ex-pected, Honda was named along with Manchester United midfielder Shinji Kagawa and Mainz forward Shinji Okazaki. Honda has scored just one goal since joining Milan from CSKA Moscow in January but played a key role in Japan’s qualifying campaign.

“In the end, we decided to go with players who will be aggressive on the attack,” Zaccheroni said. “We felt these members give us the best chance to play our brand of football.” Okubo was one of the few surprises in the squad Zaccheroni unveiled at a news conference Monday.

The 31-year-old Okubo, last sea-

son’s top scorer in the J-League, made the squad despite having only been called up once by Zaccheroni since the Italian took over from 2010 World Cup coach Takeshi Okada. His eight goals this season for Kawasaki Fron-tale made it difficult for Zaccheroni to leave him off the squad.

“I know there is the opinion I haven’t used (Okubo) much,” Zac-cheroni said. “But he has a lot of experience and knows how to score goals. He will be a valuable player for us.”

Forward Yoichiro Kakitani, who scored 21 goals in 34 games last sea-son but has only one goal in 12 games for Cerezo Osaka this season, was among 11 J-League players included in the squad.

Japan, which co-hosted the World Cup with South Korea in 2002, is pre-paring for its fifth consecutive World Cup campaign and faces Ivory Coast, Greece and Colombia in Group C.

Reuters

LONDON - Experienced left back Ashley Cole has been left out of the England squad for next month’s World Cup in Brazil and the Chelsea defender has an-nounced his international retire-ment. Cole, 33, who won 107 caps, was told by Roy Hodgson he will not be included in his provisional 23-man squad or among the stand-by players to be named on Monday, with the England manager saying it was one of the hardest decisions of his career.

“Got the call from Roy and agree England team should be about the young players,” Cole tweeted on Sunday. “I think it best I retire from England team now. “We have a great manager and team and I wish them only success. I will be sup-porting them like a true fan. Thanks to everyone for everything.”

Hodgson told TheFA.com: “There are few players who can be considered among the very best in the world, but Ashley in his prime was the best left back without ques-tion. “Of course I must respect his decision to retire, he has been one of England’s finest players, but I want to look to the future. It has been one of the hardest decisions of my career.”

Southampton’s 18-year-old left back Luke Shaw, who has one Eng-land cap, is to be named as cover for Everton’s Leighton Baines in Hodgson’s squad, British media reported. Shaw made his England debut as a halftime substitute for Cole in the 1-0 friendly win over Denmark in March.

GREAT PLAYERS

“Baines and Shaw are great players, proved this season, and

are the future of this country, it was a pleasure to get 107 caps,” added Cole. “Like me or not, trust me it’s hurt me to stop playing for my country, proud and honoured.” Cole, the fifth most-capped Eng-land player of all time, has been first-choice left back since making his debut against Albania in 2001. He has started every tournament match since his first appearance at the 2002 World Cup against Sweden.

But he has struggled to get into the Chelsea team this term under Jose Mourinho and was used once off the bench in a three-month period from late January before recent starts at Liverpool and in the Champions League semi-final against Atletico Madrid. “Among many difficult decisions I’ve had to make for my squad not selecting Ashley was one of the hardest,” said Hodgson.

Cole left out of England World Cup squad, quits internationals

Atletico, Barca set up Spanish title decider

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Barcelona’s Adriano Correia from Brazil reacts after failing to score against Elche dur-ing a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Martinez Valero stadium in Elche, Spain, on Sunday, May 11, 2014.

Manchester United’s Shinji Kagawa is seen during his team’s English Premier League soccer match against Hull City, at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Tuesday May 6, 2014.

Honda, Kagawa selected in Japan’s World Cup squad

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Standard Liege), Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Reds), Shuichi Gonda (FC Tokyo)

Defenders: Masahiko Inoha (Jubilo Iwata), Yasuyuki Konno (Gamba Osaka), Yuto Nagatomo (Inter Milan), Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo), Atsuto Uchida (Schalke), Maya Yoshida (Southampton), Hiroki Sakai (Hannover), Gotoku Sakai (Stuttgart)

Midfielders: Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Makoto Hasebe (Nurem-berg), Toshihiro Aoyama (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka)

Forwards: Keisuke Honda (AC Milan), Yoshito Okubo (Kawasaki Frontale), Shinji Okazaki (Mainz), Shinji Kagawa (Manchester United), Hiroshi Kiyotake (Nuremberg), Yoichiro Kakitani (Cerezo Osaka), Manabu Saito (Yokohama F Marinos), Yuya Osako (1860 Munich)

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IBP

GIANYAR - Kemenuh village is an attractive tourism village in Bali. The village with the population of

1,056 people has been commonly visited by tourists. Handicraft products like sculpture, Tegenun-gan Waterfall attraction and local culture have become the appeals.

Beautiful village with rice field view also has accommodation like hotel and villas. Interestingly, the property is owned and managed by local people.

Kemenuh village is located in Sukawati subdistrict, Gianyar. It is very close to tourist area of Ubud and Sukawati Art Market as well as can be reached from Gianyar Beach

tourist area. From Denpasar, it is only approximately 17 km. To get there, people can also take advan-tage of public transportation of the Denpasar – Gianyar route.

Exotic natural potential makes the Kemenuh village a center of tracking. Guests of hotels existing in Ubud area often take advantage of the tourist attraction located at the edge of the Petanu River. In later development, it is followed by the construction of accommodation such as The Chedi Club and Banus-wari Hotel. Besides, there are also villas and houses of expatriates hav-ing profession as environmentalist and health practitioner.

Kemenuh is also rich in culinary tradition. There are many food stalls and restaurants selling Balinese traditional cuisines. Cultural Hall, a house of local resident, prepares a variety of typical foods. It also of-fers cooking class program teaching travelers to learn to cook. Besides, the village also offers wedding party program and performing arts.

A unique local tradition that can draw the attention of travelers is ngedeblag, a ceremonial procession serving as repellent of disaster. This tradition is carried out annually, pre-cisely on the fifth month pursuant to Balinese calendar. In addition, there are Legong Dance and Joged Pingit functioning as repellent of disaster. Last but not least, the village has Cak Dance where the artists are dancing while performing fire war and playing a ball of fire.

Kemenuh Village

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Russell Westbrook, who scored 27 points, missed a 3-pointer and Serge Ibaka’s tip attempt was too late at the buzzer, allowing the Clippers to salvage a game they trailed until the final 1:23. Blake Griffin led Los Angeles with 25 points, making 9 of 11 free throws, and Chris Paul had 23 points and 10 assists. Jamal Crawford added 18 points. DeAndre Jordan had 14 rebounds, helping the Clippers win the boards, 45-43 — the first time in 11 playoff games the Thunder were outrebounded.

Kevin Durant scored 40 points, hitting 15 of 18 free throws, for the Thunder. Game 5 is Tuesday night in Oklahoma City. It was the 14th comeback by the Clippers this season after trailing by double digits. They rebounded from 12 points down in the second quarter of Game 7 to oust Golden State in the first round.

The Clippers had no answer for Durant and Westbrook until midway through the fourth quarter. That dynamic duo drove the lane with abandon, drew fouls and made free throws in leading the Thunder to an early 22-point lead. Durant’s three-point play early in the fourth extended the Thunder’s lead to 15 points, and they were still up by 10 with 7:44 to go.

Paul willed his team back into the game, scoring six straight points to get the Clippers within six. Grif-fin made three of four free throws before Collison sealed the win. The Pacers lead the second-round series 3-1 and can close it out Tuesday, hosting Game 5.

George played 46 minutes and scored 28 points after halftime at Los Angeles, including making six of his franchise playoff-record-tying seven 3-pointers. Roy Hibbert

had 17 points and nine rebounds, continuing his recent surge after a poor-as-can-be start to the se-ries. He helped Indiana overcome Washington’s 32-2 advantage in bench scoring.

That was thanks mainly to 30-somethings Al Harrington, Drew Gooden and Andre Miller, who combined for 28 points, 13 re-bounds and six assists. Wizards coach Randy Wittman likes to call that trio of not-yet-retired, best-days-behind-them guys — Miller, 38; Harrington, 34; Gooden, 32 — the “AARP group,” but they momentarily turned the game Washington’s way with quite a second quarter and a key stretch of the fourth.

Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin, top, goes up for a shot as Oklahoma City Thunder guard Reggie Jackson, second

from left, forward Nick Collison, second from right, and center

Steven Adams, right, of New Zealand, stand near along with

Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan, left, in the first

half of Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinal NBA bas-

ketball playoff series, Friday, May 9, 2014, in Los Angeles.

Nico Rosberg believes he needed just one more lap to overtake Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamil-ton for Spanish Grand Prix victory. Hamilton assumed the 2014 F1 world championship lead by beating Rosberg at Barcelona. But it was a close-run thing, as Rosberg used an alternate tyre strategy to close in on Hamilton in the final laps, finishing just 0.6 seconds behind.

Asked how many more laps he felt he needed to pull off an overtaking move, Rosberg replied: “I think one more to be honest. I could have given him a go. “I wasn’t close enough but with one more lap I would have been. “I’m a bit gutted.”

Rosberg feels he urgently needs to address his starts, having failed to jump his polesitting team-mate off the line. “The start was unfortunately poor,” he said. “It is a bit of a weak-ness I have at the moment. Three bad starts in a row and that has cost me.

It is not good and we need to work on that.”

He switched to hard tyres in his first pitstop while Hamilton stayed on mediums, meaning the opposite scenario applied in their final shootout for the win. Rosberg was happy that his strategic switch had paid off, and just rued running out of time to try a proper passing move. “The race pace was good, the best thing to do was switch strategies and it worked out perfectly,” said Rosberg.

“But this is a really difficult track to get close to the guy in front. “I got close, and at Turn 10 on the last lap I could have gone for a kamikaze move, but it wouldn’t have worked so not much point. “Lewis did a great job all weekend and was a little bit ahead, but there are a lot of positives to take out of it.

“I am fully motivated to take that bit extra and edge him out next time and it is doable.”

Rosberg reckons he needed one more lap to win

REUTERS/Sergio Carmona

Second placed Mercedes Formula One driver Nico Rosberg (L) of Germany and winner Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain spray champagne after the Spanish F1 Grand Prix at the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit in Montmelo, May 11, 2014.

Clippers rally for 101-99 win over ThunderAssociated Press

LoS ANGELES — Darren collison scored eight of his 18 points in the final 2:58 as the Los Angeles clippers came back to beat the oklahoma city Thunder 101-99 on Sunday to level the Western con-ference semifinal series 2-2. in the day’s other playoff, Paul George scored a career playoff-high 39 points and added 12 rebounds to lead the indiana Pacers back from a 19-point deficit and past the Wash-ington Wizards 95-92 to move one victory away from returning to the Eastern conference finals.

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The additional personnel were drawn from the paramilitary People’s Armed Police, members of whom could be seen standing in groups of three around Tianan-men Square in the heart of the city. Wearing helmets and carry-ing automatic rifles, they kept a close eye on crowds circulating around some of the country’s most iconic sites such as Tiananmen Gate and the Great Hall of the People where foreign dignitaries are welcomed.

The additional security was taken to increase the public’s sense of security, intimidate would-be assailants, and shorten response times to violent inci-dents, the police statement said. “This armed patrol brigade will

speedily and effectively take down all forms of terrorist activ-ity,” it said.

The statement said the new security teams would be a perma-nent presence in the capital, add-ing to a slew of increased security measures that include checkpoints and security screening for subway riders and anyone seeking to enter public spaces such as Tiananmen Square.

China has increased security countrywide in the wake of two recent attacks at train stations that killed 30 people and at least two attackers. The assaults were blamed on extremists from among Xinjiang’s native Turkic Muslim Uighur ethnic group. The violence has also included an unprecedent-

ed attack last year on Tiananmen Gate in the heart of Beijing that killed three Uighur assailants and two tourists.

Although Uighur (pronounced WEE’-gur) separatists have been waging a low-level insurgency for decades, recent attacks have been bolder and bloodier, target-ing civilians and underscoring shortfalls in Beijing’s ability to respond. Uighur activists say the violence is being fueled by re-strictive and discriminatory poli-cies imposed by China’s majority Han ethnic group.

China has blamed several inci-dents on overseas-based separat-ist radicals in the East Turkistan Islamic Organization, although it has presented little evidence.

Associated Press Writer

MEXICO CITY — One of the military deserters who helped found the gang that grew into the brutal Zetas cartel was among six people killed during a gunbattle in a border town, a Tamaulipas state security official said Sunday. The official said authorities confirmed that Galindo Mellado Cruz was one of five gunmen who died Friday in a shootout that also killed a Mexican soldier in Reynosa, which is across from McAllen, Texas. The official was not permitted to be quoted by name for security reasons.

The official said that Mellado Cruz was one of the 30 ex-special forces soldiers who created the Zetas gang to serve as enforcers for the Gulf Cartel before splitting off in a bloody breakup with its former ally. The official said Mellado Cruz no longer held a Zetas command position.

Tamaulipas became one of the arenas for fighting between the Gulf Cartel and the Zetas and was one of Mexico’s most violent states. But the state had calmed somewhat by 2012, before violence re-ignited in recent weeks.

AP Photo/Andy Wong

Armed Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard near a city map in Beijing Monday, May 12, 2014. China’s capital boosted armed police patrols Monday following a spate of attacks the government blames on terrorists seeking independence for the northwestern region of Xinjiang.

Beijing adds armed police patrols after attacksAssociated Press

BEIJING — China’s capital boosted armed police patrols Monday following a spate of at-tacks the government blames on terrorists seeking independence for the northwestern region of Xinjiang. Beijing’s police force said on its microblog that 150 additional vehicles and nearly 2,000 police and auxiliaries were being assigned to guard key intersections around the city of more than 20 million people.

A Zetas founder among 6 dead in shootout

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - BlackBerry will this week launch a new budget handset in Indonesia, one of its last bastions, a major step in the ailing smartphone maker’s fightback against titans Samsung and Apple.

The Z3, which is designed for Indonesia but will likely be introduced in other emerging markets later, is the first new BlackBerry phone since chief executive John Chen took the helm of the crisis-hit company in November.

The handset is also the first to be produced from the Canadian firm’s partnership with Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn, which makes gadgets for Apple, and is a key test of whether the new strategy will work.

The company believes the device will be a hit in Indonesia, where many have remained loyal to BlackBerry, with a spokesman saying that “this product will deliver something that should resonate with consumers”.

But analysts believe it may already be too late for a comeback by the company that pioneered modern smartphone culture but has been unable to keep up with competition from Apple’s iPhone and handsets using the Google Android operating system.

Recent years have been dismal for BlackBerry, and it has suffered heavy losses and slashed thousands of jobs.

The company even put itself up for sale last year but abandoned hopes of finding a buyer several months later, and ousted chief executive Thor-sten Heins.

Since Chen took over, there have been small signs of improvement. The company reported a loss of $423 million in the three months to March 1, which was not as bad as had been feared.

As part of its turnaround strategy, the smartphone maker announced the tie-up with Foxconn in December, which involves transferring to the Taiwan company manufacturing and inventory management, while allow-ing BlackBerry to focus on software and services.

BlackBerry has chosen to launch its first new phone from the partner-ship in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s biggest economy with legions of social media-mad young consumers, where its devices remain popular but it has nevertheless lost ground in recent years.

The phone has a five inch (13 centimetre) touchscreen, like most of BlackBerry’s newest handsets which do not have the physical keyboards of the older devices.

It is designed specifically with Indonesian consumers in mind. The BBM messaging service -- wildly popular in Indonesia -- comes loaded with pictures of local cartoon characters for users to send to one another.

There is also a limited edition with “Jakarta” engraved on it.BlackBerry believes the low price -- it will retail for around $200 -- will

be a particular selling point.The phone will be launched on Tuesday in Jakarta and will go on sale

in the following days.

Whoever succeeds outgoing Presi-dent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in October will need to quickly tackle the problem.

The subsidies cost the government around $20 billion a year and are the main factor behind a current account deficit that was more than 2 percent of gross national product in the first quarter, and a budget deficit that is expected to be as high as 2.5 percent of GDP this year.

Jokowi, the popular governor of Jakarta, and his main rival, former general Prabowo Subianto, advocate different ways for bringing down costs.

Protests over fuel price increases contributed to the downfall of Presi-dent Suharto in 1998, and presidential candidates are mindful of the political sensitivities as they campaign for the July 9 election.

Jokowi has told local media that he would gradually reduce fuel subsidies over a four or five-year period.

Indonesian fuel prices are some of the cheapest in the region, currently priced at 6,500 rupiah ($0.56) a litre

for gasoline and 5,500 for diesel.An annual increase of up to 1,500

rupiah for fuel would be manageable and should help to avoid street protests like in 2005 and 2008, said Sri Adin-ingsih, economic adviser to Jokowi’s Indonesian Democratic-Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

Adiningsih told Reuters the money would be better spent on infrastructure projects like roads, ports and trains.

Fuel prices were raised by 33 percent in 2013. But, President Yud-hoyono softened the blow by provid-ing a 9-trillion rupiah compensation package to millions of poor families, and the were no major protests against the higher fuel prices.

Prabowo, who is running a distant second to Jokowi in opinion polls, is expected to keep fuel prices at current rates but impose measures to ensure subsidies were only used by the poor and lower middle class.“We will still give our people subsidies, not reduce it,” said Kardaya Warnika, a law-maker and senior energy adviser for Prabowo’s Gerindra Party.

“We won’t give the subsidy to

people who do not need it. For ex-ample, foreigners,” Warnika said, adding that the subsidy should be for those who make less than 20 million rupiah a month.

Under the Gerindra plan, car own-ers would have to register their car and include their income to obtain the fuel subsidy.

Some economists believed Jokowi’s plan was the better of the two options for Indonesia.

“The cut in prices is the preferred one,” said Santitarn Sathirathai, an economist at Credit Suisse. “Typically, when the price is wrong the quantita-tive measures have limited use. There tends to be leakages.”

Wellian Wiranto, an economist with OCBC Bank, said Jokowi’s plan was the “cleanest way” to get rid of subsidies, providing fiscal stability that would benefit the country’s bond market.

A third option, one the finance ministry is hoping to add to the 2015 budget, is to fix fuel subsidies at a certain amount. That would allow fuel prices to adjust with market prices.

Antara

JAKARTA - The national leadership meeting of the United Development Party (PPP) has finally decided to support the presidential aspirant from the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), Prabowo Subianto, stated PPP Chairman Suryadharma Ali.

“Finally, at the end of our meeting at 2 a.m., on Monday, we officially decided to support Prabowo Subianto as the presidential candidate in the July 9, 2014 presidential election,” Suryadharma Ali remarked.

He noted that there were three options at the start of the meeting on Saturday: Prabowo, Joko “Jokowi” Widodo of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), and Aburizal Bakrie of the Golkar party with PPP Deputy Chairman Lukman Hakim Saefuddin as Aburizals running mate.

But, the meeting, which was held on Saturday and lasted till early Monday morning, to determine the direction of its coalition finally decided to coalesce with Prabowo.

ANTARA FOTO/Widodo S. Jusuf

Indonesian presidential frontrunner Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s (2 left) plan to slowly reduce fuel subsidies over the next few years is the best option to ease pressure on the budget deficit while keeping inflation in check, economists said.

Economists back Jokowi’s fuel subsidy cut planReuters

JAKARTA - Indonesian presidential frontrunner Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s plan to slowly reduce fuel subsidies over the next few years is the best option to ease pressure on the budget deficit while keeping inflation in check, economists said.

PPP decided to support Gerindra

BlackBerry steps up fightback with Indonesian phone

Even, some of our residents here are recipients of the direct cash assistance and rice for the poor. Hopefully, our resident could become affluent society, so no one will become the recipient of the direct as-sistance,” he said.

According to him, the silver handicraft production had now been more monopolized by large investors applying technology without manual touch. For instance, all the design and production processes had been computerized. Even, their design innovation was minimally made with the touch of artistic and creative human hands, but almost the entire production was done by machine.

Similar condition was disclosed by Made Supartika, a craftsman from Pujung Kaja hamlet, Tegallalang. The number of existing wood crafters at his village slumped due to invasion by souvenir markets monopolizing the handicraft market. They did not give opportunity for small crafters to enjoy the sweetness of the tourism pie. “The problem we face is equal to that of the silversmiths. It used to be easy, but now it is difficult because we never lacked of orders. The orders were always abundant so we were overwhelmed. When the bombing tragedy occurred, the economy was disrupted and our order slumps to go bankrupt,” he said.

Deterioration of the artisans in Gianyar was inseparable from the minimal intervention of local government. As proof, the difficulties faced by the artisans such as access to market and capital had not yet been facilitated well. Even, the government seemed to promote the desire of large investors getting involved in the similar sector.

Chairman of the Center for Business Economic Data Analysis, Faculty of Economy, Udayana University, Dr. Sudjana Budhi, acknowledged that behind the success of the handmade product export, there were the men behind the curve, namely the rural artisans. They spread predominantly in the Gianyar, Badung, Bangli and Karangasem County.

According to him, all this time the policy holders in Bali were often fascinated by the figures of growth by giving a little attention to the market mechanisms increasingly hostile to the daily life of the crafters.

“We greatly appreciate the achievement of successful exports generating many foreign exchanges, but we often forget if the crafts-men are marginalized out of the market and replaced by new entrants. Meanwhile, local artisans can just wait for the time to go out of their business,” he said.

He argued that since the process of the export trade started from Bali as an international tourist destination, then there would be surely groups wishing to travel while doing business of handicraft products. As conse-quence, a gap arose between the exporters and the artisans due to mutual market drawing force between the craft artists and businessmen being savvy to create the conditions to achieve a profit for them.

Nevertheless, Bali still had to get up and fix the economy so that people did not live as riding horse forever. Many alternatives could be taken by the county/municipal government and central government. For instance, it had been prepared a budget mechanism through a partnership between the employers, local government and the state budget in order to realize a business zone that could involve small businesses. Nowadays, it had been developed in various regions known as the Special Economic Zone (SZ) initiated by the Ministry of Finance together with the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry. (kmb27)

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Reuters

LONDON - Britain’s top busi-ness lobby upgraded its economic growth forecasts for this year and next on Monday and said it expects to see marked improvements in British business investment and productivity.

The Confederation of British In-dustry predicted Britain’s economy will grow 3.0 percent this year,

raising its forecast from 2.6 percent previously.

It also upped its outlook for next year to show growth of 2.7 percent, compared with 2.5 percent earlier.

The CBI pointed to rising busi-ness investment as companies be-come more confident about strength of the upturn, helping to end years of poor productivity that has per-plexed policymakers.

“The recovery is advancing

after a strong performance in the first quarter of 2014,” said John Cridland, the CBI’s director gen-eral, referring to the 0.8 percent economic growth seen in the first three months of the year.

“I think we will see the sort of investment that will achieve organic productivity growth by boosting the productive capacity of workers through new kit, new technology, and new work organisation.”

The CBI said it expects business investment growth of 8.3 percent this year and 9.1 percent next year. But the it warned there were risks to its outlook - chief among them political uncertainty surrounding next year’s general election and the Scottish independence referendum this September.

It called on politicians to avoid making “damaging market inter-ventions”.

“Politicians must be wary of the risk of headline-grabbing policies that weaken investment, opportu-nity and jobs,” said Cridland.

The opposition Labour party has said it will stand up for voters by checking the interests of big business, and announced it would freeze electricity prices for 20 months if it wins power - a strategy dismissed as “anti-business” by the government.

Associated Press

BEIJING — China’s president has told the country to get used to slower growth, damp-ing expectations of a new stimulus.

President Xi Jinping’s weekend comments come amid weakening trade and manufacturing. Economic growth slowed in the latest quarter to 7.4 percent after last year’s full-year expansion of 7.7 percent tied 2012 for the weakest perfor-mance since 1999.

“We must boost our confidence, adapt to the new normal condition based on the characteris-tics of China’s economic growth in the current phase and stay cool-minded,” Xi said, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

The ruling Communist Party is trying to steer the economy to self-sustaining growth based on domestic consumption instead of trade and investment.

Other leaders have ruled out more stimulus, but unexpectedly weak demand for Chinese ex-ports has forced Beijing to backtrack and launch mini-stimulus efforts last year and in March. Official plans call for annual trade growth of 7.5 percent but so far this year total imports and exports are down by 0.5 percent.

Analysts say the ruling party appears willing to accept economic growth below its 7.5 percent target this year so long as the rate of creation of new jobs stays high enough to avoid political tensions. Speaking during a visit to the central province of Henan, Xi said Saturday the govern-ment will focus on longer-term reforms aimed at stabilizing growth.

China needs to prevent risks and “take timely countermeasures to reduce potential negative effects,” Xi said. He said Beijing will focus on longer-term reforms aimed at stabilizing growth.

“This is the clearest sign I have seen that a broad-base monetary stimulus to elevate that current slowdown will not eventuate,” said Evan Lucas of IG Markets in a report.

UK business lobby sees brighter economic outlook

President tells China to get used to slower growth

REUTERS/StringerEmployees assemble trucks at a production lines at a factory of the Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co. Ltd (JAC Motors) in Hefei, Anhui province May 9, 2014. China’s president has told the country to get used to slower growth, damping expectations of a new stimulus. President Xi Jinping’s weekend comments come amid weakening trade and manufacturing.

Bali Post

AMLAPURA - A number of cacao farmers at Kedui hamlet, Tembuku vil-lage, chose to cut down dozens of their cacao plants. The cutting down was done because their plants producing raw materi-als of chocolate were no longer considered productive. Moreover, the attack of pests within the past few seasons made the cacao pod hard and still attached to the skin and ultimately caused them to suffer a loss.

As expressed by Wayan Sabar, one of the farmers at local village, a number of cacao farmers decided to cut down their cacao trees because they were disap-pointed following the successive losses. “Many farmers here are forced to cut down their cacao trees due to disease at-tack,” he said.

After cutting down, the land originally planted with cacao plants was replaced with banana plants and various vegetables. According to them, these commodities could be more profitable than relying on the cacao crops.

Sabar said, since the past few seasons the cacao pod produced by farmers in the region was attacked by pests called fruit flies. As a result of the attack, the cacao pods turned hard. Its content was also still attached in the pod so the selling price dropped. “If the cacao pod is good and not attacked by pest, the bean will be easily detached from the pod and not hard nor rotten,” he said.

According to Sabar, if the price was good, becoming a cacao farmer was ac-tually very promising to be pursued. If the quality of the commodities produced was good then the price could reach IDR 25,000 per kilogram. Unfortunately, since the bean produced by farmers after the pest attack was worse, the price consequently slumped. (ina)

Chairman of the LDP KJK Balicertif, Gede Suriadnyana, said that such opportunity should be utilized as well as possible. For example, taking on-the-job train-ing in America had a plus value. In addition to enhance the experience, the graduates were also taken into account in international community and should be sought.

“The introduction to the culture of the destination country is very important including the habits of the local people. The most impor-tant is the language used,” added

Suriadnyana.On that account, he hoped the

formal and non-formal educational institution to familiarize the practi-cal use of foreign language during the learning process. In addition, according to this man from Ta-banan, the students had to get used to reading foreign reading materials in order to get used to.

“When wishing to work over-seas, one must be armed with skills and mental attitude as well as be ready with the responsibilities in the areas that will be done. In other

words, the candidates must have competency in a broader sense,” he said.

A master assessor, I Gusti Agung Nyoman Winda, said the govern-ment was indeed late in creating the professional and competent labor. Therefore, many local labors were rejected because they did not have a certificate of competency whereas they had superior ability compared to foreign labor.

“Indeed, the language skills become the constraint. But the most important is the ability and competency,” said the lecturer of the STPBI.

He acknowledged the tourism industry of America required a lot of trainees. In addition to enhanc-ing the multilateral cooperation, it was also intended to train human resources in Indonesia, especially Bali, with international quality.

“Moreover, the ability and per-formance of our students are well recognized in the country. These opportunities should be taken ad-vantage as well as possible. After training in America, our workers will be sought and can work all over the world,” said Winda.

An academician in tourism, IGM Sudjana, said that his party was only able to meet the needs of training for 200 to 300 people per year to America. Actually the needs nearly reached 1,000 people. He said to have been working with educational institutions outside Bali, but had not been able to fulfill the request.

“Language skill is a major problem. For example, of the 100 people tested, maximally only 50 percent could pass the test. The examiner team is directly brought in from the American tourism industry,” he added.

He also regretted after there was

a discourse to eliminate the foreign language subject in the curriculum of the elementary education. In the future, foreign language skills were needed, especially when the ASEAN free market had been enforced. “The foreign language skill should be encouraged, not vice versa. Moreover, we live at a tourist destination,” said Director of the SPB and the STPBI.

Sudjana expected the govern-ment to more seriously prepare the skilled and competent human resources. In addition, the more human resources could be absorbed in overseas job opportunities the number of unemployment could be reduced. “I think all parties should work together. Having got training overseas, especially in America, people are very easy to find job, even they will be sought after,” he said. (kmb36)

Overseas job opportunities widely openBali Post

DENPASAR - Although the tourism educational institutions pro-liferate, they have not been able to meet the manpower needs of the tourism industry overseas. America, for example, currently requires a lot of on-the-job training students in tourism. Unfortunately, Indo-nesia, including Bali, is unable to fulfill it whereas the students can gain international work experience.

IBP/SwasrinaA number of cacao farmers at Kedui hamlet, Tembuku village, chose to cut down dozens of their cacao plants.

Unproductive, farmers to cut down cacao treesBUSINESS

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Bali Post

DENPASAR - Do you still remember the case on the missing seven Japanese travelers while div-ing at Nusa Penida? Although some survived and two of them died, it does not mean if the case disappears as such. However, police officers who handle the case continue it to the judicial domain.

Captain of the Ocean Express vessel, Agustinus Brata Kusuma, 30, has been submitted to the Denpasar District Court. In the indictment read by the prosecutor I Putu Suparta Jaya it was mentioned if the defendant had committed negligence causing other people to die. The prosecutor accused the defendant with three chapters alternatively, namely the Article 359 of the Criminal Code, primary article 360 paragraph 1 point 1 of

the Criminal Code and a subsidiary article 360, paragraph 1 point 2 of the Criminal Code.

To refute the charges, the trial would be continued on Tuesday (May 13) with the agenda of evidentiary hearing by present-ing witnesses. Previously, in the indictment was described that the case was begun with a reservation from PT Jaya Sentana (Yellow Scuba) to deliver five women travelers from Japan, consisting of Miyata Ritsuko, Emi Yamamoto, Kawasaki Nahomi, Muruzono Aya and Yoshidome Atsumi for diving in the area of Nusa Penida waters.

On Friday (Feb 14, 2014) around 08:30 a.m., Agustinus was commis-sioned by the owner of the Ocean Express vessel to drive the ves-sel and assisted a crew to deliver Japanese guests for diving. “In the

implementation of diving, the Japa-nese guests were accompanied by two instructors namely Furukawa Saori and Shoko Takahashi,” said the prosecutor.

Upon arrival at the destination, the first diving was made at Manta Point Nusa Penida and at the Crys-tal Bay Nusa Penida with diving time for 45 minutes. Meanwhile, the third location was at the Sak-enan Mangrove, Nusa Lembongan. Before diving at the third location, the defendant had been told by the instructor Furukawa Saori to pick up the diving participants in the waters south of the Blue Corner remaining in the Sakenan area of Nusa Lembongan.

In the indictment was mentioned that since the underwater currents was strong enough, the five Japa-nese travelers and two instructors only dived for about 30 minutes so

it was less than 45 minutes. “Then, they came to the surface but the defendant as the vessel captain who should be responsible to wait until the Japanese guests finished diving even left them with the reason to buy or refuel the vessel he drove to Nusa Lembongan,” said the prosecutor.

Just after diving, the Japanese travelers and the instructors did not find the Ocean Express vessel when appearing on the surface of the water. They also held hands while waiting for the vessel driven by the defendant. At that time, the two instructors raised sausage (yel-low and orange sign) indicating if the diving had been complete. Unluckily, the vessel still did not appear.

On Saturday morning (Feb 15, 2014), the seven victims were still together. At that time, to rescue the

victims, the instructor Furukawa Saori was chasing a passing boat. Unfortunately, the effort failed because it was far away. Furukawa Saori gave up so she was washed up onto the beach in the afternoon. The six victims were also hit by the waves, so they were separate. Mi-yata Ritsuko and instructor Shoko Takahashi were missing. While Yamamoto Emi, Kawasaki Nahomi, Muruzono Aya and Yoshidome Atsumi as well as the instructor Furukawa Saori were found by Klungkung Marine Police around February 16-17, 2014 alive on the coast of Nusa Penida.

Meanwhile, Miyata Ritsuko was found dead on Tuesday (Feb 18) in the waters of Serangan, Denpasar, while Shoko Takahashi was also found dead in the coastal waters south of Blitar, East Java, a week later. (asa)

According to Wayan, the growth in the number of passengers from China to Indonesia continued to increase in line with the continued surge in the total population of the country, strengthening of the local currency exchange rate and the eco-nomic growth. Another factor was the emotional bond between the Indonesian and Chinese population and the increasing business rela-tions between the two countries.

Currently, said Wayan, Garuda had flown three cities in China, namely Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou with respective fre-quency of 7 times a week. The seat occupancy rate of the flight from Jakarta to Beijing served by the Air-bus 330 reached 150 passengers per day and the A320 flight to Shanghai had an average of 100 passengers per day, while the flight to Guang-zhou by Boeing 777 aircraft had an average of 40 passengers per day.

To that end, the total passengers served by Garuda from Jakarta to China reached about 105, 840

people per year. “With the addi-tion of new route to Chengdu, it is expected to increase by about 10 percent compared to the number of passengers served by Garuda at this time,” he said.

He added that Garuda soon added a new route to China, namely Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, projected to be real-ized in the second half of 2014. “So far, Garuda has flown three cities, namely Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Before the end of 2014, the flight will be added to the city of Chengdu,” said Wayan.

According to Wayan, his party was completing the review on the new flight to Chengdu, and then it was resumed with the prepara-tion of a variety of issues related to licensing, including provision of the aircraft that would serve the province.

Nevertheless, Wayan had not ascertained the route of Garuda to Chengdu whether it would be from Jakarta or Bali. “It is still being

assessed. If the route is Chengdu–Jakarta, it will be connected to other major cities in Indonesia, while if the route is Chengdu--Denpasar, then it will surely be focused to serve travelers visiting the Island of the Gods,” said Wayan.

Meanwhile, President Director of Garuda, Emirsyah Satar, said the video entitled the Garuda Indonesia Discovery: Our Journey to Excel-

lence contained a series of services and operational activities that should be informed to the users of the com-pany’s services that where it could be accessed on YouTube.

“Video program that can be ac-cessed on YouTube is intended to inform the service users of Garuda in order they know and understand more details about the processes applied maximally,” he said.

The video program posed a series of videos on various service aspects of Garuda Indonesia with the concept of behind the scene that had been attractively packaged in-cluding the Behind the Food Served on Board and Cabin Crew Train-ing. Further, it was also containing Flight Simulator, Chef on Board, First Class and Flight Operations Center. (010)

Japanese divers’ death

Captain of Ocean Express on trial

Indonesia lack of Mandarin-speaking tour guides Bali Post

JAKARTA - The lack of Mandarin-speaking tour guides in Indo-nesia poses a major obstacle to bring in Chinese travelers. “We have already conveyed this matter to the Ministry of Tourism in order to get the attention. The interest of Chinese travelers to come to Indonesia, especially to Bali, is quite high,” said Vice President of China Region of Garuda Indonesia, I Wayan Subagia, after the launch of the video entitled the Garuda Indonesia Discovery: Our Journey to Excellence in Jakarta, Sunday (May 11).

IBP/FileThe tourists from China are arriving in Ngurah Rai International Airport

It added that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe could help organize a dialogue be-tween Ukraine’s government and representatives of the east, where about 90 percent of votes backed sovereignty for their regions in Sunday’s vote. The Kremlin state-ment signaled that Russia has no intention to annex the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces, like it an-nexed Crimea following a similar referendum in March. It also noted the “high turnout” in the vote and condemned the use of force against civilians in the east.

According to early returns, 89 percent of those who cast ballots Sunday in the Donetsk region and about 96 percent of those who

turned out in the neighboring Lu-hansk region voted for sovereignty. It remained unclear whether the vote could lead to their secession. The pro-Russian insurgents, who organized Sunday’s balloting, said the ultimate status of the regions would be discussed later and could include the possibility of secession or annexation by Russia or remain-ing part of Ukraine.

Election organizers said turnout topped 70 percent by late afternoon, but with no international election monitors in place, it was all but impossible to confirm such claims. Turnout was brisk at some polling stations visited by AP journalists. At one polling station at a school in Donetsk, all voting slips that

could be seen in the transparent ballot boxes showed that self-rule had been selected.

Most opponents of sovereignty appeared likely to stay away from the polls rather than risk attract-ing attention. Surveys by polling companies have indicated that a significant majority of people in Ukraine reject movements to break away parts of the country.

There were no immediate signs of any outright intimidation by pro-Russian forces Sunday, and insurgents near the polls were not wearing their usual balaclavas.

Ukraine’s central government and the West have condemned the balloting as a sham and a violation of international law, and accused Moscow of fomenting the unrest in a possible attempt to grab more land weeks after the annexation of Crimea. “The farce, which terror-ists call the referendum, will have no legal consequences except the criminal responsibility for its orga-nizers,” Ukraine’s acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said in a statement Monday.

Associated Press

SEOUL — A rhetorical battle between the rival Koreas intensi-fied Monday with a South Korean official saying North Korea “must disappear soon.” The comments, which will likely draw a furious response from Pyongyang, fol-lowed a series of sexist and racist slurs by North Korea against the leaders of South Korea and the United States. Pyongyang’s state media likened South Korean Pres-ident Park Geun-hye to an “old prostitute” and U.S. President Barack Obama to a “monkey” in recent dispatches.

South Korean Defense Minis-try spokesman Kim Min-seok told reporters at a briefing in Seoul that North Korea isn’t a real country and exists for the benefit of only one person, a reference to dictator Kim Jong Un. He said the North has no human rights or public freedoms.

South Korea has been highly critical of North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, including recent rocket and missile tests and apparent preparations for a fourth nuclear test. But the com-ments from Seoul on Monday are stronger than normal. South Korea tries to avoid publicly talking about anything that could be inter-

preted as a collapse of the North Korean government because of worries that Pyongyang would raise tensions.

Pyongyang has been ramping up its rhetoric against Seoul and Washington since Obama and Park met in Seoul last month. During that visit, Obama said that it may be time to consider further sanctions against North Korea and that the U.S. will not hesitate to use its military might to defend its allies.

South Korea has called the North’s verbal insults against Park immoral and unacceptable. The U.S. State Department described the North’s racist slurs against Obama as “disgusting.”

Worries about renewed ten-sion on the Korean Peninsula have recently deepened with Pyongyang threatening to con-duct its fourth nuclear test to protest what it calls U.S. and South Korean hostility.

North Korea’s barrage of rocket and missile tests earlier this year drew condemnation from South Korea, the United States and oth-ers. The North says the tests were part of military training aimed at coping with annual Seoul-Wash-ington springtime military drills that Pyongyang calls an invasion rehearsal.

AP Photo/Vadim GhirdaA woman and child pose next to a statue of Leonid Utesov, a famous Soviet era jazz singer and actor, in Odessa, Ukraine, Sunday, May 11, 2014.

Kremlin hopes for dialogue after Ukraine voteAssociated Press

DONETSK, Ukraine — The Kremlin on Monday said Ukraine’s government should engage in a dialogue with the eastern parts of the country following the controversial referendums where about 90 percent of voters said they backed their regions’ sovereignty. The Russian government voiced its hope in a statement that “the practical implementation of the referendums results will take place in a civilized way,” without violence.

South Korea says North Korea “must disappear soon”

AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, FileFILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013 file photo, a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is displayed during an anti-North Ko-rea rally marking the second anniversary of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s death in Seoul, South Korea.

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Everybody is talking stickers, from kids to grown-ups and students to doc-tors. Even Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has joined in the fun. Fans have set up trading places in front of stadiums, plazas and bookstores to swap their stickers and try to complete their sets. Some are hardcore collec-tors, others just for the thrill of it. Some are helping their kids, others are chal-lenging their work colleagues.

Brazil led all countries in sales dur-ing the 2010 World Cup and this time numbers are already better than they were four years ago, according to the FIFA-picked company in charge of the album, Italy-based Panini. The stickers are sold in more than 100 nations, with South America being the top market. Germany and Switzerland were the top countries in sales after Brazil in 2010, Panini said.

“The last time I did this was when I was just a little kid, but with the World Cup coming to Brazil there was no way I was going to pass up on this one. The World Cup is here

and this album will be historic,” said 32-year-old Fernando da Silva, who was trying to complete his second album at a trading point in front of the Pacaembu Stadium in Sao Paulo. “This brings back all memories from when I used to swap stickers with my friends at school.”

Hundreds of people have been go-ing to the Pacaembu every weekend, as well as to other trading places across Brazil’s largest city, including super-markets, cafes and malls. The city’s main art museum, MASP, is one of the most popular places for enthusiasts, attracting groups of teenagers, couples and entire families looking to swap their stickers.

There are many Internet groups devoted to people wanting to swap their stickers, and countless apps are at the disposal of fans looking for those hard-to-come-by stickers. There’s even a virtual album created by Panini. “This time it has been re-ally easy to find the stickers because everybody has an album,” said Inez

Carvalho Oliveira, a 28-year-old pediatrician who was at the Pac-aembu to try to find the 13 stickers still needed for her album.

Right next to her, 60-year-old Jucileia Lobato hastily gazed through a pack of duplicates, checking on the missing numbers from her list. “I started helping my grandkids when they bought the album because of the World Cup, and I liked it so much that I decided to buy one for myself,” she said, still looking at the stickers. “But I have to hurry because my husband is waiting in the car .. I just want to find a few more stickers.” President Rousseff told journalists she is helping her 3-year-old grand-son complete his set.

This year’s album hasn’t been free of controversy, however. Some fans were upset that nine stickers from sponsors were put on sale in Brazil, and Panini was forced to release a statement saying that it would exchange them for other stickers at no cost.

AP Photo/Andre Penner

A woman and her son organize their World Cup stickers’ album at a trading table outside the Pacaembu stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, May 10, 2014. The frenzy over the World Cup sticker album has taken over Brazil like never before.

Brazilians hit by sticker fever as World Cup nearsAssociated Press

SAO PAULO — The frenzy over the World Cup sticker album has taken over Brazil like never before. Brazilians have long been avid fans of World Cup albums, but this year there’s added motivation with football’s showcase event coming to their own backyard for a month, starting June 12.

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Eight members of the U.S. Senate are calling on the Food and Drug Administration to examine new research suggesting that some electronic cigarettes can produce dangerous carcinogens similar to those from traditional cigarettes. In a letter sent Thursday, the Democratic lawmakers say that the FDA should work to protect e- cigarette users and those nearby from cancer-causing vapors apparently produced by high-powered nicotine devices, known as tank systems.

Electronic cigarettes mainly consist of a battery, heating coil and a tank that holds flavored liquid nicotine. As users puff on the e-cigarette, the battery heats the coil and the liquid is turned into a vapor that is inhaled like smoke from a traditional cigarette. Tank systems are generally larger e-cigarettes — about the size of an electronic toothbrush — that can hold more nicotine and an extended battery supply.

Studies first reported by The New York Times suggest that these devices get hot enough to produce toxic chemicals like formaldehyde, a carcinogen also found in traditional cigarettes.

E-cigarette proponents have argued that the devices are a safer alterna-tive to cigarettes because they do not produce the smoke and tar caused by burning tobacco. But the new research by scientists at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute challenges that reasoning, at least for some products. The Buffalo, New York-based center’s study is scheduled for publication later this month in the Nicotine and Tobacco Research journal, according to the Times.

The findings also raise questions about the potential hazards of e-cigarettes for non-users who inadvertently inhale their vapors. New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles have all recently instituted bans on the use of e-cigarettes in certain indoor areas and public places. Last month the FDA announced it would begin regulating the emerging e-cigarette field. But the senators point out that the FDA’s proposal focuses mainly on e-cigarette ingredients, rather than the vapors they produce.

“We simply cannot afford to lag behind in our complete understanding of the health consequences to the user and bystander of these and other advanced nicotine delivery products,” states the letter. It was signed by Sens. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Jack Reed, D-Conn., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

An FDA spokeswoman said in a statement that the agency is also funding research into the safety of e-cigarette vapor, including one of the studies referenced by the senators.

“Where the science does not exist, we are able to fund the research to answer key questions related to e-cigarette safety and consumer behav-ior. In fact, FDA is funding dozens of studies that will help answer those questions, including four studies alone that will focus on the contents of e-cigarette vapor,” said Jennifer Haliski in an emailed statement.

Senators warn of carcinogen risk with e-cigarettes

AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

E-cigarettes appear on display at Vape store in

Chicago, Wednesday, April 23, 2014.

Bali PostGIANYAR - Craft sector is the backbone of

tourism sector and become the mainstay of the local economy of Bali, but it is now increasingly abandoned by the youth. The young generation living in the area where people mostly work as craftsman starts reluctant to take the jobs becom-ing the foundation of their family life.

This condition can be seen from some regions denoting the handicraft center such as Gianyar region. Animal sculptors at Pujung Tegallalang, pottery artisans at Perangsada, Blahbatuh, weavers at Bona, silversmiths at Celuk, textile craftsmen and other types of crafts have been mostly old and weak. Young craftsmen are rarely found. “Even, if they are still available, their number can still be counted on fingers,” said I Gusti Ngurah Susila.

This Headman of Bona admitted if the area was formerly known as the center of cane works with various types of products. Around the 1970s, other than being farmers, Bona communities sustained their life by becoming weavers. They were including the elderly and teenagers. Even, children were able to earn their school pocket money. Along with the declining market demand coupled with the global competition, the competi-tion even eliminated local crafters. By becoming a craftsman, they could not guarantee their lives today. As a result, many of them turned into construction workers or other jobs that could still make them survive.

Diminishing amount of the younger genera-tions that was willing to take a job as craftsman like their parents earlier was also experienced by young people at Celuk, known for its silver crafts. The silver handicraft growing and de-veloping at Celuk village, Sukawati subdistrict, Gianyar, during the 1980s through 2012 posed the sparkling period for crafters dealing with the field of silver.

According to Wayan Suweta, a Celuk silver-smith, the silver craftsmen of Celuk had currently entered the fourth generation. The children at that time (at his age) were very easy to make money. Those who still attending junior high school were easily earning money for school supplies, so they no longer burdened their parents.

However, amidst the success in the past many silversmiths did not perform regeneration. Due to desire to make their children more advanced, parents sometimes forbade their children to pur-sue the craft. Even, many outsiders worked and learned about the silver craft which in the end they were grown and successful.

Meanwhile, while many younger generations increasingly abandoned the craft sector, the existing data in the Gianyar Trade and Industry Agency even showed an increase every year. As the data released last Friday (May 9), the number of craftsmen within the past three years in Gian-yar increased. In 2011, the number of artisans reached 22,961 people, in 2012 (23,038 people) and in 2014 (23,098 people). The data were based on the results of monitoring by the Industry and Trade Agency.

But, since many craftsmen switched their profession, the Industry and Trade Agency ad-mitted the registered and licensed craftsmen in 2014 reached 660 people. However, the data of non-formal craftsmen reached 22,438 people. For the data validation, the agency would make a monitoring and evaluation in 2015. (dar)

Messages of the billboards posted were in relation to the decision made by three of the four hamlets at Tanjung Benoa vil-lage and the joint statement issued by the village that rejected the reclamation plan of Benoa Bay. First line of the billboard literally said ‘The Truth Will Win at the End, Let’s Guard Together the Decision of All Hamlets.’ Meanwhile, the bottom line mentioned that there would be sanc-tion to be imposed on anyone infringing the decision of the customary hamlet. So, residents were urged to comply with the customary bylaw. Otherwise, the local area would be chaotic.

The head of the ‘Tanjung Benoa Re-jects Benoa Bay Reclamation’ action, I Wayan Kartika, said the statement posted on the billboards was made last year.

“Since several groups of people want the reclamation, our conscience must au-tomatically carry out the activity like this today declaring a common position and

reminding of the people to reject Benoa Bay reclamation,” he said.

Kartika requested the decision of ma-jority of the Tanjung Benoa residents to be appreciated. All this time, he said, his party often received intimidation from parties which were pro with the reclama-tion plan.

“Concrete intimidation and movement have been definite. Those speaking in the media on behalf of the people of Tanjung Benoa that the Tanjung Benoa community approves or supports the reclamation have no valid reasoning. They do not have clear reasoning, but we do,” he said.

Field Coordinator of the action, Kadek Rino, added the three hamlets rejecting the reclamation were the Tengah hamlet, Purwa Santhi hamlet and Kertha Pascima hamlet.

“We at the village have four hamlets. Those having positively rejected consist of three hamlets and we conclude the

Tanjung Benoa village very firmly rejects the reclamation based on the signatures and statement made in the meeting of Tanjung Benoa village signed by our vil-lage officials,” he explained.

Spokesperson of the action, I Ketut Su-darsana, said that another hamlet, namely the Anyar hamlet, indeed had not issued a statement in harmony with the attitude of the three other hamlets. “There is no information given why it has not made a statement yet,” he said.

Meanwhile, the chief of Anyar hamlet, I Wayan Wardio, could not be asked for his confirmation related to the matter. When making a visit to his residence, he was not at home.

FlagAside from the billboards, it was also

installed a huge flag with the illustration of clenched fist. Then, the flag was written with the text reading ‘Tanjung Benoa Re-jects Benoa Bay Reclamation.’ Other than two huge flags, at least there were a hundred small flags distributed to residents of Tan-jung Benoa, especially those who rejected the reclamation plan of Benoa Bay.

“Each home will be fitted with a flag in accordance with the commit-ment to reject the reclamation,” said Sudarsana. (kmb32)

Handicraft sector increasingly abandoned

IBP/Yudi Karnaedi

Hundreds of villagers of Tanjung Benoa coalesced into the action of ‘Tanjung Benoa Rejects Benoa Bay Reclamation’ held a rally by installing billboards and flags rejecting the reclamation at local village, Sunday afternoon (May 11).

Tanjung Benoa rejects Benoa Bay reclamation

Bali PostMANGUPURA - Hundreds of villagers of Tanjung Benoa coalesced into

the action of ‘Tanjung Benoa Rejects Benoa Bay Reclamation’ held a rally by installing billboards and flags rejecting the reclamation at local village, Sunday afternoon (May 11). Two billboards were respectively installed at each main intersection of Tanjung Benoa village and Pandawa intersection. Installation of the billboards was accompanied by baleganjur gamelan music and characterized by trance undergone by one of the residents.

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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 con-sidered 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.

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Calendar Event for March 5 through May 21, 2014

5 Mar Hari Urip 6 Mar Hari Patetegan7 Mar Pengeradanan Pura Dadia Agung Pasek Kabayan Penebel Tabanan

8 Mar Saraswati Pura Pasek tangkas Gempinis Dalang TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Sayan AbiansemalPura Watu Gunung BimaPura Agung Jagat Karana SurabayaPura Aditya Jaya JakartaPura Pemaksan Banyuning TimurPura Agung Wira Loka Cimahi Jawa Barat

9 Mar Hari Banyu Pinaruh 10 Mar Soma ribek Pura Jati JembranaPura Kawitan Bayu Gaiyang BangliTirta Wening SurabayaPura Desa Lingga Wana Abang Karangasem

11 Mar Sabuh Mas12 Mar Hari Pagerwesi Pura Labang Sindu JiwaUbudPura Kehen BangliPura Wira Bhuana Magelang Jawa tengahPura Padang Sakti Denpasar TimurPura Payogan Agung Ketewel GianyarPura Gaduh Pangiasan Dauh Puri DenpasarPura Masceti Tampak SiringPura Dalem Ularan DenpasarPura Siwa Penebel TabananPura Luhur Sliki BanyuwangiPura Gunung Lebah UbudPura Puseh Sukawati

15 Mar Purnama Sasih Kesanga Pura Nataran Sasih Pejeng GianyarPura Bukit Mentik Gunung lebah Batur Kintamani

17 Mar Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 22 Mar Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya

DenpasarPura Agung Pasek TabananPura Pasek Tangkas TabananPura Kerta Banyuning BulelengPura Dalem Tenggaling Singapadu GianyarPura Bhujangga JembranaPura Dalem pingit TegalalangPura Penataran Pande Pandean MengwiPura Ida Ratu Pande BesakihPura Penataran AGung TulikupPura Kumuda Saraswati UbudPura Batur Arya Tabanan

23 Mar radite Umanis Ukir Sanggah Gede Dukuh Segening Tegal Tugu Gianyar

26 Mar Buda Cemeng Ukir Pura Pajenengan Kawitan Arya Gelgel KelungkungPura Pasar Agung BesakihPura Pasek Bendesa Legian Kuta BadungPura Gde Gunung Agung Munggu BadungPura Puseh Bebalang BangliPura Dalem Peruncak BadungPura Pasek Bendesa Hyang Krobokan BadungPura Kereban Langit Mengwi Badung

28 Mar Melasti Pakiyisan Ke Segara Pura Pasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga

30 Mar Tilem Kesanga Tawur Agung 31 Mar Hari raya Nyepi 1 May Buda Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan 2 May Bhatara Sri Ida Ratu Geng BesakihPura Penataran Agung BesakihIda Ratu Raja Puraus BesakihMerajan Saloding Besakih

6 May Anggara Kasih Juluwangi Pura Thirta Harum Tegal Wangi BangliPura Baratan BaturitiPura Batu Klotok Klungkung

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One of the farmers at Bingin hamlet, Datah, Gede Budi, said on Sunday (May 11) that farmers at Datah were reluctant to plant cas-sava. Formerly, the cassava was the source of income of local farmers. In the harvest season made once a year falling around May-July, one hectare of cassava plants could produce over a ton of cassava tuber. The cassava tuber was then processed and dried for food sup-plies during dry season and at the beginning of rainy season, ahead

of the next harvest.Today, most farmers left their

land uncultivated rather than culti-vated with cassava but did not result in anything. Sweet potatoes also faced the same condition, where the harvest never gave a result. Hundreds of farmers often planted sweet potatoes just to look for the leaves for pig fodder. If it produced tubers, it could not be consumed as it perished after being bitten by white grubs.

Another farmer, Nyoman Gata,

said that he suffered losses when planting cassava and other crops such as corn and beans. Then, no farmers at the village cultivated beans. The white grubs had eaten up the leaves and the shoots for fod-der, let alone the sweet potato slips. This pest larvae phase belonged to telebo beetle. “We cannot cultivate seasonal crops such as cassava, taro and sweet potato, let alone the roots of banana tree and shoots of coconut as they are undermined by the white grubs,” said Gata.

Additionally, another farmer, Ketut Sudin, said the attack of white grubs was widespread and had occurred since about eight years ago. Allegedly, the attack occurred because people rarely wanted to capture and children were also reluctant to hunt it. In addition, many people also mi-grated to look for job opportuni-ties outside like in Denpasar and Badung for a better life.

Apart from the Datah village, the attack of white grubs also oc-curred at surrounding villages such as at Kesimpar and Nawa Kerti in the Tulamben area. Other than white grub attack, many coconuts also fell before dry as attacked by squirrel pests. (013)

Bali PostNEGARA - The sales of subsidized

soybean at Subak Berawantangi, Tukadaya, reaped a protest from the local subak members. It happened be-cause the price of soybean was higher than at other subak equally cultivating soybean. The selling price to farm-ers was at IDR 11,000 per kilogram; while at other subak was averagely at IDR 5,000 per kilogram.

A number of farmers from the local subak told reporters on Sunday (May 11) that the soybean was actually subsidized by the government. In fact, it was still sold at higher price in the field. Farmers actually knew this after getting information from outside and there was never any dissemination on this subsidized soybean. “We do not know how much the subsidy and the price are,” said this source.

At this subak, the price of soy-bean was sold for IDR 11,000. He compared the price to the Subak Sarikuning where it was only sold for IDR 5,000. Additionally, all of the subsidized soybeans were sold by the subak board. So, what kind of assistance was actually given to farmers? Nengah Widia, a farmer of Subak Berawantangi, Tukadaya, confessed that since he needed the soybeans for his land, he then pur-chased it. Similarly, he claimed to be surprised when finding the price was set at IDR 11,000 whereas the soybean was subsidized.

On the other hand, the Chief of Subak Berawantangi, Tukadaya, Me-laya, Ketut Karya Seden, said that the subak sold the subsidized soybean for IDR 11,000 per kilogram because it had been pursuant to the agreement of the subak members. According to him, the government’s subsidy was only IDR 3,650. Since, there was an agreement of the subak members, the remaining results would be allocated for the repair of subak temple.

Another subak indeed sold it at cheaper price because there was no other purpose. “We here did it be-cause we have an interest to develop a temple,” he said. Incidentally the subak organization with a total of 168 members was currently planting soybeans. (kmb26)

Complained, farmers purchase subsidized soybean at expensive price

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The cassava which is attacked by white grubs

Datah residents reluctant to grow cassava Bali Post

AMLAPUrA - Hundreds of farmers in Abang subdistrict such as at Datah village and surrounding areas have been reluctant to plant cassava since a few years ago. It is kindled by the continuous attack of white grubs, so that the farmers fail to harvest or their cas-sava harvest dropped dramatically.

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Handicraft products of Bali shipped to various parts of the world include musical instrument crafts, woven crafts, bamboo handi-craft, sand stone craft, furniture, wood craft, ceramic crafts, shell craft, candle craft, silver, metal, painting, rattan craft, terracotta craft and bone craft.

Unfortunately, such figures

become a pseudo achievement be-cause not a few artisans in Bali have gone bankrupt due to large capital domination from outside in the ex-port market. Craftsmen in Gianyar regency, for example, dominantly in the field of crafts and handmade products have been eroded by the presence of large capital owners.

As acknowledged by a silver-

smith from Singapadu village, Nengah Rukun, conditions of the silversmiths at the village known as the center for craftsmen continued to slump. Such condition had hap-pened since the Bali bombing in 2002 and the peak in 2013 where hundreds of crafters fell into slug-gishness. More seriously, many of them shifted profession into

construction worker, farmer, odd worker, porter, trader and others.

“We are craftsmen who make various handicrafts based on re-quest from the art shops. Since 2011 the order of the art shop reduced significantly. The symp-toms leading to sluggishness have been undergone since 2002, even though there was still one or two orders and the volume diminished. Most severely, since 2011 the crafters have no longer pursued in silver business, but they switched profession into construction work-ers, farmers and others,” he com-plained.

He also recognized the sluggish

condition of crafters also had an indirect impact on the declining revenue in the local hamlet. When the business condition was normal, crafters could create jobs for local community so the income of hamlet from the migrants increased. Today, many artisans were out of business due to lack of protection from the government.

“Formerly, there were totally 180 artisans involved at Seseh ham-let. Now, the surviving crafters do not exceed 50 people. Actually, our residents were formerly skillful art craftsmen, but today they change profession.

Tourists looking at wooden handicraft that displayed in one of handicrafts outlets in Bali Island. Aside from being known as a world tourist desti-nation, Bali being syn-onymous with the art is also known as the center for the artisans who produce wood carving, clothes, painting, sculpture and others.

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Export realization shows pseudo achievement Bali Post

DENPASAR - Aside from being known as a world tourist destination, Bali being synonymous with the art is also known as the center for the artisans who produce wood carving, clothes, painting, sculpture and others. Even, this potential has a 42.09 percent share of the total value of Bali’s export from January to March 2014 reaching USD 132,962,658.32, an increase of 8.35 percent compared to the same period in the previous year, namely USD 122,718,426.34.

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“Sustaining a No. 1 ranking is gener-ally tougher in the summer than any other time of year,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. “You don’t expect a comedy to be able to unseat an epic blockbuster, but his-torically it happens more than you think.” Raunchy comedies have traditionally found success in the summer movie season:

Think “Bridesmaids,” ‘’The Hangover,” 2012’s “Ted” and last year’s “The Heat.”

“Neighbors” stars Rogen and Rose Byrne as new parents finding their footing in the suburbs when a fraternity led by Efron moves in next door. Filled with goofball and gross-out gags balanced with a dash of heart, the comedy boasts some epic party scenes and ample shirtless Efron.

The Universal release earned a “fresh” rating from review aggregator RottenTomatoes.com, with 74 percent of film critics responding favorably to the film. Conversely, Sony’s “Amazing Spider-Man 2” earned a “rotten” rating of 54 percent. Spidey is still a major success, with more than $550 million in worldwide ticket sales so far. “Spider-Man has nothing to worry about,” Der-garabedian said.

Another comedy, the Cameron Diaz-Leslie Mann revenge romp “The Other Woman” held onto third place in its third week of release, adding $9 million to its take. “Heaven Is for Real” and “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” round out the top five.

Associated Press

CARSON, California — Wango Tan-go alum Adam Levine welcomed a new generation of concert-goers to the an-nual, daylong music festival Saturday.

Before performing his hit “Pay Phone” the Maroon 5 frontman recalled his Wango debut in 2004.

“Half of you guys weren’t even alive. So welcome,” said a platinum blond

Levine.Colombian singer Shakira, Brit-

ish rocker Ed Sheernan and EDM producer-DJ Tiesto were the final acts at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera sang their emotional ballad “Say Something.” The pregnant pop star, who arrived late and breathless, said she had kicked off her heels and sprinted for

the stage.Other performers included Iggy Aza-

lea, Ariana Grande, Calvin Harris, One Republic and Paramore.

Adam Levine, left, and James Valen-tine arrive at Wango Tango held at StubHub Center on Saturday, May

10, 2014, in Carson, Calif.

Maroon 5, Shakira rock Wango Tango

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‘Neighbors’ unseats Spider-Man to top box officeAssociated Press

LOS ANGELES — Seth Rogen and Zac Efron have bested Spider-Man at the box office. Rogen and Efron’s family-versus-fraternity comedy “Neighbors,” was the top draw for moviegoers this weekend, unseating last week’s champ, “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” “Neigh-bors” debuted with $51 million in ticket sales, pushing Spidey to second place with $37 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

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This image released by Universal Pictures shows Rose Byrne, left, and Seth Rogen in a scene from “Neighbors.”