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Conde Nast says Anna Wintour not leaving Vogue

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UN honour guards take part in a ceremony to return the remains of US soldiers killed in the Korean War and collected in North Korea, at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek on August 1, 2018. The return of the remains marks the partial fulfilment of an agreement reached between the US president and North Korea’s leader at their historic summit in Singapore in June.

NEW YORK - Glossy magazine empire Conde Nast on Tuesday quashed months of rumors about the impending departure of Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, declaring that the magazine’s 30-year veteran was staying “indefinitely.”

“Anna Wintour is an incredibly talented and creative leader whose influence is beyond measure,” said CEO Bob Sauerberg in a statement tweeted by the company.

“She is integral to the future of our company’s transformation and has agreed to work with me indefinitely in her role as @voguemagazine editorin-chief and artistic director of Conde Nast.”

Legendary for her glacial demeanor, and for making or breaking designers’ careers at the flick of a manicured talon, 68-year-old Wintour had been at the helm of American Vogue since 1988 and artistic director of Conde Nast since 2013.

The announcement comes one day after The New York Times reported that Vogue’s fashion director and executive fashion editor were leaving staff jobs to become contributing editors.

The magazine’s Los Angeles director was also moving to Conde Nast’s in-house creative agency, the newspaper reported.

The changes come with the magazine empire, which also owns The New Yorker and Vanity Fair, tightening staff overheads, and expected to make $100 million dollars less revenue in 2017 than in 2016, according to the Times.

Rumors had been rife since April that Wintour would leave the American edition of the magazine after the July wedding of her daughter Bee Shaffer at her Long Island estate with the all-important September issue allegedly her last. (afp)

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In this file photo taken on November 19, 2012 actor Alan Alda arrives at the 40th International Emmy Awards in New York.

NEW YORK - Alan Alda, who starred as wise-cracking army doctor Hawkeye Pierce in the long-running television comedy series “M*A*S*H,” revealed on Tuesday that he has Parkinson’s disease.

Alda, 82, said he was diagnosed with the nervous system disorder three and a half years ago.

“I decided to let people know I have Parkinson’s to encourage others to take action,” he said in a statement on Twitter.

“My life is full. I act, I give talks, I do my podcast,” he said. “I take boxing lessons 3 days a week, play singles tennis twice a week, and take a mild pill.

“And I’m not entering dementia,” Alda said.

“I’m no more demented than I was before.”

“If you get a diagnosis, keep moving!”

In an appearance on “CBS This Morning,” Alda said the only symptom he has experienced so far is twitching in his thumb.

Besides “M*A*S*H,” the Emmy-winning Alda appeared on the popular TV political drama series “The West Wing” and was nominated for an Oscar for the movie “The Aviator.” (afp)

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N. Korea remains ‘likely to be American’: US agency

The remains of foreign soldiers returned by North Korea last week are likely to be American, an official at the US agency that deals with troops missing in action said Wednesday, as a US military aircraft prepared to repatriate the cases to Hawaii.

Last week Pyongyang returned 55 cases of remains from the 195053 Korean War, in line with an agreement between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at their summit in Singapore in June.

The process of identification could take years, according to experts. But John Byrd, director of scientific analysis at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), said preliminary findings suggested that “they are likely to be American remains”.

“The remains are consistent with remains we have recovered in North Korea... in the past,” Byrd

told reporters at the Osan US Air Base in South Korea. The cases have been kept there since Friday, awaiting their repatriation to Hawaii for further forensic analysis.

“There’s no reason at this point to doubt that they do relate to Korean War losses,” he added.

Around 500 officials from the United Nations Command (UNC), the United States and South Korea attended a formal repatriation ceremony at the airbase Wednesday. The cases, each draped with a white and blue UN flag, were lined up in rows as the ceremony got under way.

“The Korean War fallen have

never been forgotten by the United States of America,” the UNC said in a statement.

“UNC never leaves troops behind, living or deceased, and will continue the mission of repatriation until every service member returns home,” it added. After the ceremony uniformed soldiers carefully deposited each case into a C-17 cargo plane.

Byrd told reporters that “there was a single dog tag (US soldier’s identity tag) provided with the remains.” “The family of that individual has been notified,” he said.

“But I would caution... that it’s not necessarily the case that the

dog tag goes with the remains... in the box,” he added, underscoring the challenges of identifying the recovered remains.

The returned material also included military hardware and uniforms, including helmets, water bottles and boots, he said.

- DNA, bones, dental records Former DPAA official Jeong Yang-seung, who previously worked on identifying US remains from the North, said it was unusual to locate dog tags during the search and recovery process.

“It’s once in a blue moon that dog tags are recovered,” Jeong, now professor of forensic anthropology at the Middle Tennessee State University, told AFP. “I don’t think North Korea is refus-

ing to give dog tags when it has more but it probably doesn’t have dog tags lying around,” he said. “So when... only one dog tag was provided, it’s probably not to tease the US but rather that it was sent because it could offer clues to the remains.”

DNA analysis, skeletal studies of bones, dental records as well as details of where the remains were found play a key role in such investigations, he said.

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Karangsewu Beach managed naturally

ASIDE from Gilimanuk Bay, another natural tourist attraction that was recently developed at the western tip of Gilimanuk is the Karangsewu Beach. Although both rely on calm coastal beach scenery in combination with the cluster of Prapat Agung hill, there are differences in the concept of development.

Karangsewu Beach adjoining with the Gilimanuk steam power plant features a natural impression considering it is located in the West Bali National Park (TNBB). So, in the development it minimally takes advantage of concrete materials or permanent buildings. As soon as coming into the entrance gate of the area, no pathways are visible to the beach let alone paved. Along the road heading for the beach is still shaped in dusty mounds during the dry season. During high tides, some lands in lower position will get flooded like river water. Inevitably, visitors are forced to find another way. “It is indeed the flow of water during the high tide, including these rows of mangrove trees,” explained Suban, one of the fishermen.

In the management, a number of photo spots also put forward the natural materials. All the memorial and writing boards are almost entirely made of wood. When compared to Gilimanuk Bay, the boats serving water transportation can also be counted on fingers. The TNBB management still restricts, and so far it just allows the members of fishermen group to operate in the area. Suban who previously relied on fishing, now has a side

job. His boat offers tour services around the beach. “There is additional income beyond the fish search. Right now, many visitors start to come here especially on the weekend,” he explained.

In addition to serving the visitors, the group of fishermen around Gilimanuk is also required to maintain security in the surrounding area. It includes the sanitation and the people that enter into the area.

Karangsewu Beach is unique compared to other beaches in Bali.

In addition to offering calm water, the expanse of the land on the beach depends on the seasons. During dry season, the landscape is dominated by dry chocolate with only a few green trees. Meanwhile, in the rainy season, the expanse of green field resembles a football field, just like the characteristics of the seasonal forest which is one of the forest types in the park. In the vicinity also becomes the habitat of various faunas including the beautiful Bali starling.

Head of the TNBB, Agus Ngurah Krisna, said this year’s arrangement is begun to be done in order to support the tourism in Karangsewu.

He admitted the road does not use asphalt but paving blocks. The development of tourism facilities includes pedestrian for tourism development, landmark making, gazebo in the Karangsewu area, monitoring post and the development of tourist dock. In addition, the fence is also made around the Karangsewu. “With the pier development, we hope it can be empowered for mangrove tour activities,” he said. (olo)

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Jempiring Restaurant Presents Red & White Burger

In celebration of Indonesia’s 73rd Independence Day, Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center presents culinary promotion, theme Paket Merdeka at Jempiring Restaurant from 1 – 31 August 2018.

Led by Executive Chef Komang Aryana, the hotel offers a unique culinary reminiscent to the spirit of nation’s heroes in fought for the independence. The delectable menu items namely Red & White Burger – A unique dish consist of beef or chicken patty, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, sunny side up, and wrapped with the red and white bun, and served with French fries.

The Pastry Chef Komang Suarsih also presents a Red & White Chocolate Molten as the dessert served with a scoop of strawberry ice cream.

Furthermore, the Bartender Widu Martiana created a healthy drink called Red & White Pusaka, The giant waves damaged a gazebo in Klungkung

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Giant waves keep people up at night Huge waves were still crashing on Klungkung’s coast on Tuesday (Jul. 31), causing destruction to buildings. Many people were concerned about the natural phenomena and were thus unable to sleep well for the last few days.

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At 9:00 on Tuesday, Pesinggahan Beach, Dawan, all of the traditional Jukung boats were grounded as the waves were crashing down violently on the sandy beach. As the day drew on, the power of the waves increased.

Local residents looked with worry and cleaned up the sand that the waves had brought into their hoes with shovels. Local resident, 38 year old I Nengah Samba Yasa said that on Sunday afternoon the waves were so strong that the brick wall surrounding his home was knocked down. “Sea water came flushing in and the wall collapsed”, he explained. Large waves also washed away the facilities that had been set up for the ngeroras ceremony that will take place on August 12. “Many things drifted away, so we have to spend a lot to replace them”, he added.

Yasa has been living in his home for many years, and said that large waves usually only last for a few days and never reach the settlement. “This time it was more serious”, said this fisherman. Unable to fish due to the extreme weather he had to look for other work, saying he was nonetheless grateful “We have not been able to sleep for fear of the waves causing further damage”, he added.

Just a few meters away the waves also ravaged the building owned by I Wayan Gede Sukadana. His kitchen wall made of plywood was partly ripped off and his yard became filled with sand. “We suffered a lot of damage but the kitchen was the worst. When the waves came, he and his wife ran for safety in a nearby shrimp warehouse. “We did not dare stay in our house”, he said.

Sukadana is now jobless as he cannot go fishing. All he can do is wait for the weather to improve. “Actually there are a lot of fish, But with weather like this, we cannot go out to sea”, he explained.

Many fishermen huts made of plaited bamboo walls were also damaged by the waves. “Some traditional jukung boats have also been damaged”, added Sukadana. (kmb)

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Tight blood pressure control cuts memory loss, study finds

CHICAG0 - Lowering blood pressure to recommended levels can prevent dementia and the memory and thinking problems that often show up first, researchers reported Wednesday.

People whose top blood pressure reading was taken down to 120 were 19 percent less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment, the loss of memory and brain processing power that usually precedes Alzheimer’s, the study found. And they were 15 percent less likely to eventually develop cognitive decline and dementia.

“This is really exciting,” said Heather Snyder, senior

director of medical operations for the Alzheimer’s Association. The results were presented at the annual meeting of the association in Chicago.

“These results really do cement the adage that what is good for the heart is good for the brain,” said Dr. Mark Supiano, a geriatrician at the University of Utah Health system and the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System who worked on the study.

It may take a few more years before the study conclusively shows whether the risk of Alzheimer’s was actually reduced because of the lower blood pressure,the researchers said.

It’s the first intervention that has been clearly demon-

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Dr. Richard Isaacson, director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, measures patient Gregg Donovan’s blood pressure. A new study shows that lowering blood pressure can reduce dementia risk.

strated to lower rates of mental decline. And it was one of two promising studies presented at the Alzheimer’s Association annual meeting in Chicago. A second study found an experimental drug might slow progression of Alzheimer’s disease in early stage patients.

Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States. More than 5 million Americans have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, including 200,000 under the age of 65.

There’s no cure, and while there have been indications that a healthy lifestyle can lower the risk, no controlled trial comparing people given a treatment with people not given the treatment has been able to show a reduction in cases of either cognitive decline or dementia.

The findings come from a large trial of blood pressure called the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial, or SPRINT. It has already found that lowering systolic blood pressure — the top number in a blood pressure reading — to 120 or less can prevent stroke, heart attacks, kidney disease and other problems.

The findings were so compelling that the trial was stopped, and the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology released new guidelines for blood pressure in 2017 that recommended getting systolic blood pressure to 120 or lower in everyone.

Previously, people were not considered to have high blood pressure until the top reading hit 140.

The trial also was designed to tell if getting blood pressure down would affect dementia risk. It does, said Dr. Jeff Williamson of the Wake Forest School of Medicine and colleagues. They studied 9,361 people with an average age of 68 at the start. Half had their blood pressure lowered to 120 by whatever means it took, while the other half got standard blood pressure therapy.

“These results support the need to maintain well-controlled blood pressure, especially for persons over the age of 50,” Williamson said in a statement.

There had been worries that it might be too much.

“There was a lot of concern that there could be cognitive harm in lowering blood pressure,” Supiano told NBC News.

The fear was that less blood would get to the brain if blood pressure was taken down so much. (net)

Your home DNA test can now be used to develop drugs

HOME DNA test results from the 5 million customers of 23andMe will now be used by drug giant GlaxoSmithKline to design new drugs, the two companies announced Wednesday.

It’s the biggest partnership yet aimed at leveraging the increasingly popular home genetic testing market, in which customers pay for mail-in saliva tests that are analyzed by various companies. 23andMe dominates the market.

“By working with GSK, we believe we will accelerate the development of breakthroughs,” 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki wrote in a blog post.

23andMe patrons are asked if they want to participate in scientific research. The new agreement moves this consent firmly into the field of active drug discovery research.

“As always, if our customers do not want to participate in research, they can choose to opt out at any time,” Wojcicki wrote.

She emailed 23andMe customers after the announcement, including a quick link to opt out of the research.

Glaxo has invested $300 million in 23andMe and the companies have a four-year deal that gives Glaxo exclusive rights to collaborate with the DNA testing company to develop drugs.

Peter Pitts, president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, said the companies should pay the 23andMe customers whose DNA is used in any research.

“Are they going to offer rebates to people who opt in so their customers aren’t paying for the privilege of 23andMe working with a for-profit company in a for-profit research project?” he asked.

“It’s one thing for NIH (the National institutes of Health) to ask people to donate their genome sequences for the higher good,” Pitts told NBC News.

“But when two for-profit companies enter into an agreement where the jewel in the crown is your gene sequence and you are actually paying for the privilege of participating, I think that’s upside-down.”

Pitts also questioned whether there were solid protocols for protecting the privacy of 23andMe customers. (net)

A 23andMe genetic testing kit.

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Bali News

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Clove production of Buleleng experiences fluctuation

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Bad weather condition that occurred within the past few days caused a temporary closing to sea transportation in Nusa Penida.

Food distribution to Nusa Penida runs smoothly

DENPASAR — Bad weather condition that occurred within the past few days caused a temporary closing to sea transportation. There is also a harbor applying open-close system. As a result, the Nusa Penida, a separate region from Bali mainland, experiences difficulties in terms of food supply. However, this does not significantly impact food supply to Nusa Penida.

Head of the Bali Food Security Agency, Wayan Mardiana, explained that food distribution to Nusa Penida has no problem. Food distribution from Bali mainland to Nusa Penida uses roro ship through Padangbai. In addition, food is also delivered through Sanur, Tribuana Harbor and Kusamba Harbor by small boat.

He admitted the delivery via Padangbai cannot run smoothly due to the application of open-close system.

However, the closing does not reach 24 hours. So, that delivery of goods only experiences slight delay, not postponement. Delivery through Padangbai is usually for food in large quantities such as rice transported by truck. Meanwhile, the supply of vegetables and meat can be made through small ports with small boats.

“Other needs such as nuts and vegetables are made through Sanur and Kusamba but the number is not too much,” he added.

Delivery from Sanur, he admitted, was disrupted due to high waves. “Distribution is slightly constrained

because of bad weather but it does not affect the availability. The stocks are still normal,” he explained.

Since the delivery from Sanur is disrupted, the needs of tourism sector in Nusa Penida are also disrupted. The needs of tourism such as potatoes, flour, eggs and vegetables are sent through Sanur.

Nusa Penida does not have a special warehouse for food storage, especially rice. By and large, the food supply from Bali mainland is directly distributed to merchants. So, the storage is done by local merchants.

In addition, the community of Nusa Penida is also said to not only consume rice but sometimes they also mix with tubers. Meanwhile, the protein needs are taken from fish, and Nusa Penida happens to belong to a coastal area. However, bad weather also makes fishing hampered so the protein needs are obtained from chicken meat and chicken eggs.

He recognized the data on food needs or daily delivery has not been reported because there are many crossings such as from Kusamba, Sanur and Padangbai. But for sure, the requirement of rice per capita per day amounts to 276 gram and 2.1 kg of meat.

In addition to food, fuel also gets the attention.

Sales Executive of LPG Pertamina for Bali Region, Rainier Axel Gultom, said that LPG supply to Nusa Penida remains normal because the weather and the waves have improved considerably. Delivery of the LPG tube is carried out through Sanur. However, he does not have any data on the needs and delivery. (kmb42)

SINGARAJA — Buleleng is known as one of the best clove contributors to Bali. The clove-producing villages in this region are located in seven subdistricts with an area of 7,800 hectares of land. Since the past few years, the clove production of Buleleng has fluctuated considerably.

This happens because of bad weather so the plants cannot bloom with the maximum.

The data of the Buleleng Agriculture Agency indicate the clove production of the North Bali region in three consecutive years amounted to 4,000 tons in 2015, increased to 6,000 tons in 2016 but dropped again to 250 tons of dry cloves in 2017. Other than fluctuation in terms of production, the development of clove prices at the farmer level also experienced similar condition. However, fluctuations in clove prices have not caused major losses to farmers.

Head of the Buleleng Agriculture Agency, Nyoman Genep, stated on Tuesday (Jul. 31) that clove production cannot be predicted. This happens because the cultivation of this plant is very dependent on weather conditions.

He gave an example the condition in 2017 that entered the harvest season but followed by prolonged rainfall in Buleleng region. Due to high rainfall, many plants failed to bloom. In contrast, the plants looked dense due to high moisture and it surely triggered the growth of lush leaves. Inevitably, this situation resulted in decreased clove production when compared to previous years.

“Fluctuations in clove production are inevitable because it depends on the weather especially when the plants will start the flowering season. Even though facing decline, our farmers did not suffer big losses because the prices remain stable and there is only a slight decline compared to previous years,” he said.

According to him, although depending on weather support, the pattern of maintenance and fertilization of plants must be considered by farmers. Moreover, the threat of

White Root Fungus (JAP) disease is still found in several villages in Buleleng, so the cleanliness of the garden area and soil moisture level should be considered. This can be done by grassing or weeds, so the light to the rod and roots is well maintained.

To optimize the control against this disease, farmers are encouraged to add nutrients to help the breeding of Trichoderma fungi known as natural enemies of the JAP. Meanwhile, balanced fertilization is also important to be done by farmers, so this effort is expected to be able to boost Buleleng clove production. “Maintenance and fertilization, especially to add nutrients for natural enemies of this fungus, is important to be done. In addition to providing coaching, our efforts will multiply demonstration plots for JAP control with Trichoderma itself,” he explained.

In the meantime, the Secretary General of the Indonesian Clove Farmers Association (APCI), I Ketut Budiman, said the production of cloves dropped dramatically in 2015 and 2017. This situation could not be avoided due to unfriendly weather.

As a result, the average production of cloves in Bali reached 5,000 tons per year. Meanwhile, the average national level of production reaches 100 to 110 tons per year. Though facing such drop, he is optimistic the production of cloves in Bali, including in Buleleng, will get boosted this year. The optimism is evidenced by the results of his recent observations where on average all the plants bloomed densely. “Our farmers faced twice difficult times, and this year all the plants are blooming so that I am optimistic it will return the clove production in Bali,” he said.

Related to the quality, Budiman called the clove of Bali is much needed by major cigarette companies in Indonesia because the quality is quite good compared to cloves from other regions. At least, with this advantage, farmers have more bargaining positions in selling their crops, so this farming business provides benefits. (kmb38)

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Buleleng is known as one of the best clove contributors to Bali.

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When huge waves crash, people sleep soundly

HUGE waves remained to hit the coastal area Klungkung district on Tuesday (Jul. 31). This natural phenomenon does not only trigger destruction of buildings, but also makes people worried. As consequence, they are unable to sleep well within the past few days.

Right on 09:00 that day, the atmosphere on Pesinggahan Beach, Dawan, looked different. Jukung or traditional boat belonged to local fisherman were parked. None of them were used for fishing. The waves were also more violent.

They demolished and crashed to get into dry sand located far enough.

When the sun was getting higher, the onslaught of the waves was widening.

A number of residents could only witness them. Some were cleaning up the sand having come into their house. By means of a shovel, they moved it out of the yard. He is I Nengah Samba Yasa.

This 38-year-old man said the waves did not only throw the sand.

On Sunday afternoon (Jul. 30) the waves knocked down the brick fence of his house with the length of about five meters. “The seawater came in directly. The fences were hit to collapse,” he said. Besides, the waves also washed away the facilities of ngeroras ceremony that will take place on August 12. For sure, it caused losses. Inevitably, he must spend additional money to buy a new one. “Many parts are drifting so that we must buy again,” he said.

Having been living in that place for years, only this time the brunt of the waves was very large and took

place the longest time. It used to be only two to three days. The gusts were also still far from settlement.

“For the first time, it is the most serious,” said the man who works as a fisherman. The unfriendly nature made him impossible to catch fish. Within the past few days, he is forced to become laborer. Although the result is not much, he remains grateful. “We cannot sleep well as being worried about the coming of waves at night,” he added.

Just a few meters from the house, the waves also ravaged the building owned by I Wayan Gede Sukadana. His kitchen wall made of plywood partly came off. His yard is also full of sand.

It’s really worrisome. “We’ve got many damages. The kitchen is the worst,” he said. When being hit, he and his wife ran away for safety. Now, to unwind he should temporarily stay in the building owned by one of the shrimp ponds.

The distance is not so far. “Being worried, we must find a safer place first as do not dare to stay here,” he explained.

He is now jobless. Catching fish has not been done since a few days ago. He can only surrender while hoping the weather will soon improve. “Actually there is now a lot of fish, but the weather is like this.

Thus, we cannot go to sea,” said this medium-sized man.

Damages also occurred in the huts built by a number of fishermen. The bamboo plaited walls came off. Inside the building is also filled with sand. “Some traditional boats or jukung are also broken,” added Sukadana. (sos)

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This natural phenomenon does not only trigger destruction of buildings, but also makes people worried. As consequence, they are unable to sleep well within the past few days.

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India bans vaccine imports from tainted China company

NEW DELHI - India has banned the import of a rabies vaccine from a Chinese manufacturer embroiled in a safety scandal, the head of India’s drug regulator told a newspaper in comments published Wednesday.

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Hopefully, after the rehabilitation all the inmates of drug addicts can live healthy without drugs and participate in the national development to reach the harmonious Tabanan.

Tabanan Prison closes drug rehabilitation program

TABANAN - Over the past month, thirty inmates of Tabanan Prison have been following rehabilitation activities in the hope of helping them escape from drug addiction. The rehabilitation activities were finally closed on Tuesday (Jul. 31).

Chief of Tabanan Prison, I Putu Murdiana, said the drugs pose a common enemy because they destroy all the elements in the life of society. The inmates previously getting addicted to drugs will take time to really be able to get out of the dark circles of the drugs that have ensnared them.

“Of course, the efforts should be made together and in integrated manner among the agencies and elements of society so the implementation of rehabilitation can be efficient and effective,” he said.

He further explained the rehabilitation for the 30 inmates getting involved in drug cases and drug addiction covers various activities such as counseling, coaching about the hazards of drugs, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other health, group dynamics, national insight, spiritual and mental guidance, yoga, sports and others.

Resource persons of the activities are in cooperation with the National Narcotics Agency (BNN)

of Bali Province, Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Tabanan district government, the 1619/Tabanan Military District Command, Tabanan Police, Health Agency, Ministry of Religious Affairs of Tabanan District, NGOs and the elements of community.

Meanwhile, the Drug Rehabilitation Program in Tabanan Prison is implemented by physician Tresnadewi. She said that during the rehabilitation period all the participants are also given Family Support Group (FSG) activities. It is the recovery process of an inmate getting involved as drug user. It is very important because drug users need family support considering the addiction is a chronic brain disease requiring the support of all parties in the recovery process. “This FSG activity is given at the end of the rehabilitation activities so that the recovery process turns maximal,” she explained.

Head of the BNN Bali, Putu Suastawa, on the occasion also

appreciated the implementation of drug rehabilitation carried out by the ranks of the Tabanan Prison.

Urine test of the participants before and after the rehabilitation showed negative results. This indicates that drug addicts in Tabanan Prison have been free from drug traps.

“Hopefully, this can be maintained continuously so that later after being free they can live healthy and no longer depend on drugs,” he explained.

On the other side, the Regent of Tabanan in her speech read by the first assistant, Wayan Yatnanadi, said the citizens getting trapped in drugs become the responsibility of all the components in the Tabanan district. Hopefully, after the rehabilitation all the inmates of drug addicts can live healthy without drugs and participate in the national development to reach the harmonious Tabanan. The closing of the rehabilitation was enlivened by LKBB demonstration and colossal drama played by all the inmates of the Tabanan Prison. (kmb28)

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This photo taken on July 23, 2018 shows people walking past the building of Changchun Changsheng Biotechnology in Changchun in China’s northeastern Jilin province. India has banned the import of a rabies vaccine from a Chinese manufacturer embroiled in a safety scandal.

“The vaccine is being used in India, but we don’t have the exact details of the total number of units imported or where they have been distributed,” S. Eswara Reddy told the Hindustan Times daily.

“I have asked my staff to prepare a detailed information report on its import and distribution,” he was quoted as saying in the interview.

“Once we get the information, we will ask for a recall of the vaccine from market. But until then, there is a blanket ban on its import.”

Rabies kills an estimated 20,000 people in India every year, according to the government’s National Rabies Control Programme.

China’s latest product-safety scare emerged more than a week ago with news that Changchun Changsheng Biotechnology had fabricated records and was ordered to cease production of rabies vaccines.

The Chinese government, which has also announced nationwide inspections of vaccine production sites, has said the problematic vaccine did not leave Changsheng’s factory and was not put up for sale.

Changsheng’s vaccine for diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) had also failed to meet quality standards, but 250,000 doses were nonetheless sold last year.

China is regularly hit by scandals involving unsafe food, drugs or other products despite repeated official promises to root out the corruption and shoddy manufacturing that is usually blamed. (afp)

One-party rule ‘terrible setback’ for Cambodia: opposition chief BONNIEUX - The co-founder of Cambodia’s disbanded opposition has decried the landslide victory of Hun Sen’s ruling party in an uncontested poll as a “terrible setback”, urging a campaign of non-cooperation with the next government.

A provisional count from Sunday’s poll has handed the Cambodia People’s Party of strongman Hun Sen, who has ruled for more than three decades, all 125 parliamentary seats -- cementing the country’s status as a one-party state.

The election was held without the only credible opposition, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which was barred from running after it was dissolved by the Supreme Court late last year.

“It’s a fake victory... a fake election, with a foregone conclusion,” said CNRP co-founder Sam Rainsy, who lives in self-exile in Paris to avoid a slew of convictions he con-

tends are politically motivated.

“It is a return to the old system, the one-party system, like during the Cold War, during the Communist times... it is a terrible setback for Cambodia,” he told AFP in an interview given in France’s southern Provence region.

Hun Sen has hailed Sunday’s vote as “free, fair and just”, with his party saying the estimated 82 percent turnout made a mockery of CNRP calls for a boycott.

On Wednesday, his first public appearance since the electoral endorsement, Cambodia’s ruler since 1985 said he is eyeing “big success” this year in “building the economy... and democracy”.

But critics say the poll was held against a backdrop of local-level intimidation while dissenting voices in the media and civil society had been quieted in the run-up to the vote.

In the last elections in 2013 the CNRP took around 44 percent of

the popular vote -- threatening Hun Sen’s hold on power.

The CNRP’s leadership has since either been jailed, pressed into leaving the country or silenced by court cases and intimidation.

Rainsy urged his party’s supporters to “mobilise to protest against this fake election” in a campaign of non-cooperation against any government that emerges from the landslide win.

He also said the international community should “reject” the result.

Cambodia and Hun Sen lent heavily on the Western world for aid and investment to rebuild the country from the ruins of decades of civil war, rule by the brutal Khmer Rouge and occupation by Vietnam.

But under fire from his old allies for his increasingly authoritarian bent, Hun Sen has in recent years turned to China for no-strings soft loans, investment and diplomatic

ballast.

Washington and the European Union have condemned Sunday’s

uncontested poll, while Beijing offered its congratulations to the Cambodian people. (afp)

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Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen (C) poses for photos with people as he attends the official launch of a public shuttle boat in Phnom Penh on August 1, 2018.

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BUSINESS World Bank warns some Lebanon projects might be cancelled

BEIRUT - A senior World Bank official said Tuesday that the Lebanese economy is “not doing great” and urged the country’s leaders to approve some $1.1 billion worth of projects put forward by the international lender, saying otherwise they could be cancelled.

Ferid Belhaj, the bank’s vice president for the Middle East and North Africa, told reporters in Beirut that the economy is “in a state of fragility.”

Lebanon’s economy has suffered from the sevenyear civil war in neighboring Syria, which has caused occasional spillovers of violence and has sent more than 1 million refugees across the border. Syrian refugees now make up about a quarter of Lebanon’s population.

The refugees’ presence has been a burden on Lebanon’s already crumbling infrastructure. Power outages are common, and many residents must have water brought to their homes by tanker truck.

Belhaj said Lebanon should take steps to reform the electricity sector, where the state-owned provider operates on a $1.5 billion annual deficit.

Corruption-plagued Lebanon has one of the highest debt ratios in the world, worth $80 billion, or 152 percent of the gross domestic product, and growth has been slow since 2011.

Belhaj said the World Bank has a portfolio of more than $2 billion of projects in Lebanon, including about $1.1 billion which is still “not converted into actual investment, meaning they are sitting with parliament and the council of ministers.”

He said the World Bank wants to make sure that projects move forward, not only because Lebanon needs them, but because the government is paying commitment fees on them. He said that if the projects are not approved by the government and parliament they will have to be canceled.

“This is not our preference, obviously. We would really want to have these projects move ahead as soon as possible,” he said.

Saroj Kumar Jha, the World Bank’s regional director for the Mashreq, or Middle East, said the projects include improving roads in rural areas, building rapid bus transit across Beirut and improving the electricity sector.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has been trying to form a Cabinet since after the May 6 parliamentary elections, with no success due to political bickering.

Also Tuesday, Lebanese media reported that Iraqi intelligence in collaboration with the Lebanese General Security have revealed a scam network spreading false information to blackmail a number of Lebanese banks, including one of the country’s largest.

Investigations were continuing, and the head of Lebanon’s General Security, Abbas Ibrahim, told reporters in Beirut the plot was to undermine Lebanon’s banking sectors, one of the country’s economic pillars.

Iraqi intelligence has reportedly arrested some members of the network, who had falsely claimed they had accounts in Lebanese banks worth millions of dollars. (ap)

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Presenting Roasted Suckling Pig Every Birth A party ship, left, cruises on the river Main in Frankfurt, Germany, late Saturday, July 28, 2018.

Tektekan Calonarang of Penarukan Village

European economic expansion slows amid trade fears

FRANKFURT - Europe’s economic upswing slowed further in the second quarter amid concerns over global trade disputes that have seen the world’s major powers impose new tariffs on each other.

Official figures on Tuesday showed growth in the 19 countries that use the euro currency eased to a quarterly rate of 0.3 percent, weaker than markets had expected and down from 0.4 percent in the first quarter. Fear that new tariffs will slow global commerce has been weighing on the outlook in the Europe, which is heavily dependent on trade.

Surveys of business confidence have recently indicated that business leaders are concerned about the impact of new import taxes imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on global steel and aluminum imports and on a range of Chinese goods. The Chinese retaliated against U.S. products including autos and soybeans. The EU put tariffs on a range of typically American products like Harley Davidson bikes and peanut butter.

So far, the trade disputes seem to be affecting business confidence but that has not yet fed through to strongly dampen actual economic activity.

Despite the recent slowdown, the

economy is coming off a good year, and output was up a robust 2.1 percent from the second quarter a year earlier.

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has described the slowdown in the first six months of the year as a pullback from extraordinarily high rates of growth last year, and not as a sign of a looming downturn. Growth went as high as 0.7 percent quarter on quarter in both the third and fourth quarters of last year.

Jennifer McKeown, chief European economist at Capital Economics, said that “while the current pace of eurozone growth marks a sharp slowdown from last year’s 0.7 percent average, it is roughly in line with the region’s potential.”

Many in Europe were cautiously relieved after European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker went to Washington and reached an understanding with Trump to hold off on more tariffs for now. McKeown said signs are that growth could pick up slightly in the second half of the year “if the current

cease-fire over tariffs is maintained.”

The easing in growth has not been sharp enough to keep the ECB from moving ahead with plans to slowly withdraw its monetary stimulus, which it has been providing in the form of bond purchases and record low interest rates. The bank says it will stop the bond purchases, which help make credit cheap, by the end of the year and could start raising interest rates after the summer of 2019.

Separate figures from the European Union’s statistics agency showed that the unemployment rate was steady in June at 8.3 percent and annual inflation rose in July to 2.1 percent from 2.0 percent the previous month. Excluding volatile items like oil and food, prices rose more than expected to 1.1 percent, from 0.9 percent in June. That is good news for the ECB, which is trying to push inflation to just below 2 percent on a sustainable basis so that it stays there after the stimulus ends. Since the headline figure can fluctuate, the core figure is a better indicator of the underlying trend in inflation. (ap)

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Just Staged on Pujawali at Dalem and Puseh Temple

Definitely Tabanan people have been very familiar with the art of tektekan. As one of the traditional arts of Kerambitan subdistrict, it is often displayed lately in the festival activities such as in the annual the Kerambitan Festival.

The tektekan art itself is derived from a simple musical instrument made of bamboo sticks combined with a number of other traditional musical instruments. Nevertheless, it is capable of presenting a beautiful art performance, a noble culture developing well and still well maintained until now.

Originally, this tektekan in particular served to repel bhuta kala when people consider if the village was attacked by plague, and is paraded one day before Nyepi Day. In keeping with the passage of time, it increasingly accentuates on the creativity of the art, gradually the tektekan gamelan itself develops to have different functions or additional use. Tektekan originally functioned to neutralize plague now becomes a gamelan accompaniment to drama theatrical art known as Tektekan Calonarang.

At one of the villages in Kerambitan sub-district, namely Penarukan village, the tradition of Tektekan Calonarang is displayed on piodalan or temple festival at Dalem and Puseh Temple of local

village. Besides, the staging of tektekan can also be used to pay vows of the community.

“Tektekan Calonarang does not use alive human as corpse, but more focuses on the anger or the mother Ratna Manggali who sees her daughter being treated badly.

Ultimately, she takes advantage of her supernatural power to spread diseases. This can be neutralized with tektekan sounds,” said headman of Penarukan, I Putu Rai Suteja, not long ago.

Tektekan Calonarang is performed every festival at Puseh and Dalem Temple for one hour.

He said that in 1967, Kerambitan subdistrict area was attacked by disease outbreaks so that people had the initiative to sound the potluck tools like split bamboo drum or kentongan.

After that, the epidemic of the disease subsided, and it is believed the ngerebeg tradition is efficacious to eliminate the plague. A figure of Puri Anyar Palace also sees that it has the potential to be promoted into the art, and sustains the royal

tourism. Then, all the art figures were summoned and they established an art troupe collaborated with staging of Calonarang along with Rangda and Barong.

Forerunner in the formation of the Tektekan Calonarang at Penarukan involved three villages namely Kerambitan (for the dancers), Celuk hamlet, Sudimara (gamelan players) and Penarukan village (rangda and barong). Since at that time Celuk village and Sudimara village was separated by a river without a bridge, so when rainy season arrived, a flood in the river made them unable to cross. As a result, the order to make a performance was submitted to Penarukan and Kerambitan.

In the next development, because the dancers in Kerambitan have been old, finally the art troupe was bequeathed to Penarukan covering the dancers, gamelan players as well as the barong and rangda. At the end in 1967 was then established the tektekan troupe at Penarukan Kaja under dancer coordinator of Ketut Kamijana. (kmb)

There are always unique and interesting things in Bali. Gumang Temple at Bugbug, Karangasem, for instance, will hold a ritual to be thronged by thousands of Hindu pilgrims from all over Bali. Among the thousands of the pilgrims, the majority will climb to the hill top to the Gumang Temple with offerings including roasted suckling pig.

Apparently, every birth of resident, especially at Bugbug customary village, it must include a roasted suckling pig. This offering should not be performed as soon as the baby was born, but can also be done after it grows adult.

To get to the Gumang Temple is indeed not easy. Pilgrims have to walk about three kilometers with uphill terrain. Moreover, the pilgrims do not only bring themselves, but must also bring the offerings and roasted suckling pig.

This unique spectacle can be seen on Thursday (Oct. 13) after the sanctified effigy of Ida Bhatara of Bebandem, Ngis, Jasri and Bugbug customary village is enthroned at Gumang Temple.

According to chief of Bugbug customary village, Jero Wayan Mas Suyasa, the offering of roasted suckling pig implies a sincere offering of local residents to the deity.

“The offering of roasted suckling pig serves as an expression of devotion. Other than presenting this offering of every birth, many pilgrims also present roasted suckling pig to pay a vow after getting success in economy or recovery of diseases,” he said.

Such offerings of roasted suckling pig can reach thousands of pieces. These offerings are not only from residents of Bugbug, but also from other villages in Bali. It is also done by diaspora of Bugbug mostly living in Buleleng. Besides,

there are also from residents of Bugbug married outside the village.

Psychically, they still remember to devoted deities at their home birthplace.

“The offering of roasted suckling pig on every birth must not necessarily be paid as soon as after the newborn. In order not to become a burden, this offering can be paid any time when the people are ready. Moreover, it can be done after the child grows adult,” said Mas Suyasa, recently.

This tradition has lasted for generations. Every implementation of the usaba gumang is believed by all residents of Bugbug as the opportunity to gain blessing of salvation and wellbeing for the descendants.

Bugbug residents have confidence in the safety of their children after presenting this offering. If they have son, their roasted suckling pig are hogs, while if they have daughter their offerings will be of sows.

This tradition does not only involve the residents of Bugbug. However, it is also believed by residents of Bugbug getting married outside the village where they should practice the tradition until now.

In the procession of usaba gumang taking place from around 13:00, thousands of residents that will be presenting the offerings have thronged the road access to Gumang Temple while carrying roasted suckling pig, rice cone and other offerings. This usaba gumang is always welcomed vivaciously by the residents of Bugbug as the most densely populated village in Karangasem with about 3,000 families and other villages. It is inseparable from the quite high awareness of paying devotional services and holy sacrifices of the local community because it has been instilled early by their elders. (kmb)

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97 injured as Mexican plane crashes at airport in hail storm

DURANGO - An Aeromexico flight crashed on takeoff during a heavy hail storm in northern Mexico, engulfing the plane in flames and injuring 97 people, officials said Tuesday.

The Embraer 190 aircraft, which was operating between Durango and Mexico City and crashed around 3:00 pm local time (20:00 GMT), was carrying “88 adults, nine minors, two infants, two pilots and two flight attendants,” the airline’s director general Andres Conesa told a news conference.

“It is confirmed that there have been no deaths from the flight #AM2431 accident,” tweeted Jose Rosas, the governor of Durango state where the crash occurred.

The accident did cause two series injuries: a pilot had to undergo a spinal operation, and a young girl suffered burns on 25 percent of her body, the governor said.

A total of 97 people were admitted for treatment following the crash, most of them for “very light” injuries, according to Durango civil defense spokesman Alejandro Cardoza.

Cardoza said the plane was caught in a heavy hailstorm and the pilots tried to make an emergency landing, after which the fire broke out.

Conesa thanked the crew “for their professionalism” and said that the aircraft “was perfectly maintained,” but did not provide details on the circumstances of the accident.

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer announced the dispatch of a team to investigate the crash.

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Dozens of lightly injured passengers were seen leaving the plane, which was engulfed in gray smoke in a field.

- ‘We had to jump’ -

An image taken using a drone and obtained by AFP shows the aircraft immobilized in a field at the end of the runway.

“We were on the runway when the visibility grew worse,” 47-year-old Jacqueline Flores, who was traveling with her 16-year-old daughter, told AFP. “When we were already aloft, up high, it felt like the plane was going to level out but just then is when it plunged to the ground.

“I think we fell back on the runway because it was a hard surface, then we skidded on the ground until it stopped,” added the Durango native, a housewife who was on a journey back to Colombia where she lives.

With the plane on the ground amid some bushes and brush, Flores said luggage began sliding down the aisle and she started to smell smoke.

“I undid my seatbelt and saw flames, and realized we had to jump.

“There was a hole right next to us and the plane had broken up, I told my girl ‘We have to jump over here’ and we jumped,” she added.

According to Rosas, the passengers helped each other quickly evacuate the aircraft through the openings in the cabin caused by the accident.

In July 1981, an Aeromexico flight crashed on landing in northern Chihuahua due to bad weather, killing 32. (afp)

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Australia defends ties to toppled Malaysian regime

KUALA LUMPUR - Australia’s foreign minister Wednesday defended her country’s ties with Malaysia’s former graft-ridden government after Canberra was accused of being complicit in alleged corruption by harbouring a fugitive.

Political heavyweight Anwar Ibrahim, who was imprisoned under Prime Minister Najib Razak until his shock defeat in May elections, has slammed Canberra’s “tainted” policy towards the former government.

Anwar cited the case of a policeman, now in Australian custody, who fled Malaysia in 2015 after being sentenced to hang for the killing of a Mongolian woman linked to a bribery scandal involving Najib’s government.

Anwar, who was released from jail after Najib’s defeat and is now presumptive successor to 93-year-old Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, has called for the policeman to be sent home to face a new trial.

During a visit to Malaysia, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Australia had not received an extradition request for the officer, Sirul Azhar Umar.

Asked about Anwar’s comments, she said Canberra in the past had simply “worked with the government of Malaysia of the day.

“In the past 61 years it has been

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Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Ismail (R) shakes hands with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop prior to a meeting in Kuala Lumpur on August 1, 2018.

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Handout picture released by Durango’s Civil Protection showing the wreckage of a plane that crashed with 97 passengers and four crew on board on take off at the airport of Durango, in northern Mexico, on July 31, 2018.

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“It’s a very thorough process with many, many procedures so it takes a long time,” he said. “If it’s identified quickly, it would be around five to six months, but if not, it could take decades.”

More than 35,000 Americans were killed on the Korean

the same government,” said Bishop, following talks with Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Anwar’s wife and now deputy prime minister.

“If we were waiting for a new government, we will be waiting for 61 years... that is patently ridiculous.”

Australia’s policy of not extraditing people to countries where they may face the death penalty is seen as a barrier to getting Sirul sent back to Malaysia.

Mahathir has said that his death sentence may be commuted to allow his return to Malaysia.

The policeman maintains he was ordered by “important people” to murder the Mongolian woman, Altantuya Shaariibuu, in 2006.

Altantuya was killed and her body blown up with military-grade explosives.

Her murder was the most shocking aspect of a scandal involving allegations that an associate of Najib arranged huge kickbacks for the purchase of French submarines in 2002.

Anwar, who was a leading member of the opposition when Najib was in power, was jailed in 2015 on sodomy charges that critics say were politically motivated.

Since his election defeat Najib has been arrested and charged over a scandal at state fund 1MDB. (afp) Peninsula during the war and around 7,700 of them are still considered missing, including 5,300 in North Korea alone.

Between 1990 and 2005 229 sets of remains from the North were repatriated, but those operations were suspended when ties worsened over Pyongyang’s banned nuclear weapons programme. (afp)

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Indonesian officials and participants surround the flame during the torch relay of the 2018 Asian Games in Lake Toba on August 1, 2018. Jakarta and Palembang will host about 11,000 athletes and 5,000 officials from 45 Asian countries for the Asian Games, which will be held from August 18 to September 2.

Indonesia showcases main tourist destinations during Asian Games torch relay

JAKARTA - The Asian Games 2018 torch is currently being relayed in 53 cities and districts in 18 provinces, covering a total distance of over 18 thousand kilometers, via land, air, and even under the sea, similar to what happened when it arrived in Raja Ampat on July 26.

The flame, a merging of flame from India, the first host of the Asian Games in 1951, and Merapen flame from Central Java, Indonesia, this year`s host of the Asian Games, was kept in a tinderbox while diving.

The diver who took the torch while diving in crystal clear turquoise sea waters off Piaynemo Island, West Papua, was Tri Suswati, wife of General Tito Karnavian, Chief of the National Police.

Suswati was accompanied by Nadine Chandrawinata, a beautiful Indonesian actress, and eight other divers grouped under the Indonesian Female Divers (WASI) Cub headed by her.

She dove at a depth of three meters for nearly one minute with the torch in her hand and later returned the torch to Chandrawinata.

Raja Ampat is currently one of the best marine tourist destinations in Indonesia, if not the world. It is a crown jewel, thanks to its crystal clear turquoise sea waters and several isles covered by a thick green carpet of dense forests and mangrove swamps.

The stunning natural beauty of Raja Ampat isles, located on the northwestern tip of the Indonesian province of West Papua, is often seen as a heaven on earth, where dreams of divers come true and nature lovers find a perfect place.

Raja Ampat, which literally means “Four Kings,” is located in the Coral Triangle, the heart of the world`s coral reef biodiversity.

The seas around Raja Ampat Isles are home to the richest varieties of species in the world, including 75 percent of all known coral species.

The Raja Ampat archipelago encompasses 15 thousand square miles of land and sea. There are around 1.8 thousand isles in Raja Ampat District.

In addition to Raja Ampat, the Asian Games torch relay also tours other main tourist destinations across Indonesia, such as Prambanan Temple in Yogyakarta, Mount Bromo in East Java, Bali, Mandalika in South Lombok (West Nusa Tenggara), and Lake Toba in North Sumatra.

For Indonesia, the 18th Asian Games, the largest multisport event in Asia, is the best opportunity to promote its tourist destinations, particularly in Jakarta and Palembang, the two cities that will co-host the event from Aug 18 to Sept 2.

A total of 16,920 athletes and officials from 45 Asian countries have been registered for the Games. Overall, more than 11 thousand athletes will vie for medals in 40 sports and 67 disciplines.

The Asian Games is not just a sporting event but also an opportunity to conduct tourism promotion, Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said while welcoming the torch in Bali on July 24.

Hence, the Asian Games torch relay in Bali covered several tourist attractions, such as the Subak Sembung eco-tourism destination, Bajra Sandhi monument in Renon, and Garuda Wisno Kencana in Nusa Dua, as well as Tampaksiring Palace.

From Bali, the torch relay proceeded to West Nusa Teng-

gara Province by air. Mandalika special economic zone in Central Lombok District welcomed the torch on July 25.

“We hope the presence of the Asian Games torch in Mandalika will promote this zone not only as a beach tourism destination but also as a sport tourism destination for the public in general, and tourists in particular,” Ngurah Wirawan, construction and operational director of PT Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (PT ITDC), said.

PT ITDC will build various sport facilities as Mandalika as a very long coastal line suitable for water sports and marathon, such as the TNI (Indonesian Defense Forces) Marathon, which will be organized in Sept 2018, according to him.

“So, we will change the concept for sport tourism arena, because we have tracks for paragliding, water sports, and surfing. Hopefully, in the next 5 to 10 years, Mandalika will not only remain a tourist destination but also a sport tourism destination,” he remarked.

The torch relay began in Yogyakarta on July 17 and will end on Aug 17 in Jakarta, a day before the Asian Games 2018 would be officially opened by President Joko Widodo.

The torch`s route includes Solo, Central Java Province; Blitar, Malang, Probolinggo, and Banyuwangi in East Java; Gilimanuk, Kuta, and Denpasar in Bali Province; Mataram in West Nusa Tenggara; Raja Ampat and Sorong in West Papua; Makassar in South Sulawesi; Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan; Banda Aceh in Aceh Province; Lake Toba in North Sumatra; Pekanbaru in Riau; Bukit Tinggi in West Sumatra; Jambi, Palembang, Banyuasin, and Prabumulih in South Sumatra; Bandar Lampung in Lampung; Serang in Banten; and Purwakarta, Bandung, Garut, Cianjur, and Bogor in West Java. (ant)

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Williams handed worst defeat of her career in San Jose

LOS ANGELES - Serena Williams suffered the most lopsided loss of her career at the WTA San Jose event on Tuesday, losing the final 12 games in a shocking first-round upset to unseeded Johanna Konta.

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MANGUPURA - Engine Room is a hip three-storey nightclub that chugs away nightly with a mostly young crowd on the main street of downtown Legian. The club’s doors open in the afternoon, earlier than most of the late night spots along the same strip. Partygoers can drop straight into the main dance floor from the Legian sidewalk, and it

is a popular first stop on their clubhopping adventures, with other great hubs such as Sky Garden and Vi Ai Pi just a short walk down the street.

The place gathers up steam around midnight as its team of resident DJs to turn up their beats from their booths with a good mix of hip hop, dub and trap. Passers-by along Jalan Legian can easily catch a glimpse of

the Engine Room’s interior that is much alive with vivid lasers, disco balls and LED fixtures. Guests, regular and new, will find a convivial atmosphere as the staff here are seemingly trained to spread fun, either inviting you to dance or challenge you with a round of pool.

As the crowd shuffles to the beats, watch out for the handouts

of free Engine Room singlets with purchases of their bestselling booze. Smirnoff Ice shots are only IDR 10,000 (under a dollar) all night long, and happy hour is 19:00 to 01:00, when you can grab two lychee martinis or strawberry daiquiris for the price of one. Go big with their plastic tumblers of ‘blaster’ and ‘illusion’ cocktails, with lid and straw to keep you fuelled while getting down, spillfree. The first, second and third levels are named the ‘front’, ‘red’ and ‘blue’ arenas respectively.

Girls should watch out for the ‘ladies’ nights out’ specials, when Bintangs are only IDR 10,000 at the blue arena bar (live rugby and other sports feeds are also regularly shown here), and until 22:00 at the front bar. Engine Room is a regular hotspot on the Bali party map for schoolies from Down Under, particularly during the November holidays, and you can make good use of their VIP drink cards that entitles you to a free beer, Smirnoff or ‘blaster’ tumblers with every fifth stamp. (net)

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a Williams of the United States returns a shot to Johanna Konta of Great Britain during Day 2 of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic at Spartan Tennis Complex on July 31, 2018 in San Jose, California.

The 23-time Grand Slam winner struggled mightily against the British No. 1 and former winner Konta, who crushed Williams 6-1, 6-0 in just 51 minutes on the main Stadium.

Williams, who was playing her first match since dropping the Wimbledon final, is trying to regain her top form after missing most of the 2017 season due to a pregnancy.

The 36-year-old Williams tried to shrug off the worst loss of her hall of fame career.

“I don’t know. I have so many things on my mind that I don’t have time to be shocked about a loss where I clearly wasn’t at my best,” she said.

Williams, who was seeded sixth, managed just nine winners against 25 unforced errors and had her serve broken six times.

She looked nothing like the player that dominated the Tour for years, winning 72 singles titles and earning more than $86 million in prize money.

“She obviously wasn’t playing her best level -- nowhere near -- so I tried to play the match on my terms and just do what I can out here,” Konta said.

Both women were playing their first match since Wimbledon, where Williams finished runner-up to Angelique Kerber and Konta lost in the second round to eventual quarter-finalist Dominika Cibulkova.

The loss to Konta comes just over a month after Williams complained that she is being discriminated against by the sport’s drug testing program because of the number of samples she is being asked to provide.

“Out of all the players it’s been proven I’m the one getting tested the most. Discrimination? I think so,” Williams wrote in a tweet.

Williams had won this tournament the last three times she played it in 2011, 2012 and 2014 and won her only previous meeting with Konta 6-2 6-3 in the 2017 Australian Open quarter-finals.

“I think she played better in this match than she did 18 months ago, so that’s a good thing for her,” said Williams. (afp)

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WASHINGTON - Basketball great LeBron James on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of intensifying racial divisions in the United States.

“I believe our president is kind of trying to divide us,” James, who is also a philanthropist, said in an interview with CNN’s Don Lemon.

“He’s kind of used sport to... divide us and that’s something I can’t relate to, because I know that sport was the first time I ever was around someone white. You know?” the bearded and bespectacled James said.

Trump has repeatedly criticized National Football League players who kneeled during the national anthem to protest racial injustice,

a protest begun by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in 2016.

James, 33, has previously expressed solidarity with the kneeling players and voiced earlier criticism of Trump.

He told his CNN interviewer that he “can’t sit back and not say nothing” in the face of Trump’s attempts at discord.

James, who ranks seventh in career National Basketball Association scoring, will play with the Los Angeles Lakers next season after leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers.

But he remains tied to Ohio, where on Monday an elementary school for at-risk youngsters opened in his hometown of Akron, through his LeBron James Family

Foundation.

James, wearing a grey suit and buttoned-down shirt, said even the most successful African Americans face discriminatory attitudes.

“They always going to let you know that you are the n-word no matter who you are,” he said.

“I think it’s always been there. But I think the president in charge now has given people -- they don’t care now, they throw it to your face.”

James was asked what he would say to Trump if he could sit across from the president.

“I would never sit across from him,” James replied. “I’d sit across from Barack, though,” he said of Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama, the first African American president. (afp)

Robyn Beck / AFP

In this file photo taken on February 18, 2018 LeBron James sinks a basket during the 2018 NBA All-Star Game at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

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Thursday, August 2, 2018

Man United holds on to beat Real Madrid 2-1

Jose Mourinho was finally given something to smile about as a tempestuous trip to the United States ended with Man United’s 2-1 win over former club Real Madrid thanks to first-half strikes from Alexis Sanchez and Ander Herrera. Mourinho has cut a miserable figure during their two week trip to the United States, lashing out at a lack of transfer activity while reserving stinging criticism for a number of first team players.

But seeing his side establish a two goal lead in the first half was encouraging, as was holding Real at bay after Karim Benezema’s goal just before the interval gave the Spanish side hope of mounting a comeback.

“I didn’t learn anything (from this tour),” said Mourinho. “I know what Ander Herrera, Juan Mata and Alexis Sanchez are.

“I know the kids are very young and need time to grow up, I know my players gave everything and in the last 15 mins we are dead and they bring on Toni Kroos and Asensio and Isco and I thought we wouldn’t resist but we did. “That’s the spirit we need because our first two or three weeks in the Premier League are going to be really hard for us because we didn’t prepare for that.”

The Portuguese has been without 12 key players for most of the tour with many enjoying an extended break following the World Cup. In front of 64,141 at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, United were finishing off their preseason preparations against a Real Madrid side just starting theirs.

La Liga starts a week later than the Premier League so new Real manager Julen Lopetegui was able to name the likes of Gareth Bale to start while Germany star Toni Kroos was on the bench. Spanish international David de Gea was making his first start since returning from the extra time given to him following the World Cup and he was almost beaten in the eighth minute - Bale starting a move which saw Benzema fire just wide from close range.

Brazilian Fred, who was signed earlier this summer for £52 million, was making his first United start and looked comfortable in his new surroundings. And on 18 minutes, United were ahead. Herrera fed Matteo Darmian and teed up Sanchez who clinically swept the ball home.

- Taken superbly -

It was Man United’s first real opportunity and it was taken superbly. “Alexis Sanchez is fresh, the way the man is running, I think he is in a fantastic condition,” said Mourinho. The second goal which arrived on 27 minutes was

equally impressive.

Darmian lifted the ball to Mata and once the Spaniard had regained his composure he crossed for Sanchez who was able to divert the ball into the path of Herrera who made no mistake.

Bale curled wide soon after but just before the interval, Benzema tapped in an excellent Theo Hernandez cross to give the vast amounts of Madrid fans in Miami something to cheer. Bale, a one time target for Mourinho, was withdrawn for the second half as Lopetegui shuffled his pack and one of the substitutes, Martin Odegaard should have levelled on 56 minutes when he blazed over the bar from eight yards.

The Norwegian saw a freekick saved by De Gea late on but United held firm to lift Mourinho’s mood. It was their first victory in regulation play this pre-season - AC Milan were defeated on penalties in Los Angelast week. (afp)

France defender Digne seeks to reignite career at Everton France defender Lucas Digne says he is excited by the challenge of playing in the Premier League after he signed for Everton for a reported £19million ($25million, 21million euros) from Barcelona on Wednesday.

The 25-year-old left-back, capped 21 times and who was on standby for the World Cup squad, signed a five-year deal with the club, which outlayed £40million on Brazilian forward Richarlison from Watford last week.

Digne, who failed to gain a regular first team place at Barcelona after moving from Paris Saint-Germain following an impressive loan period at AS Roma, will likely replace veteran Leighton Baines as the first choice

left-back.

“I am not afraid, I am excited,” he told Evertontv. “For me, it is a new challenge to discover a country, a league, people and a great club such as Everton. It is fabulous.”

Digne, who amongst several winners medals has accrued two French league titles with PSG including a clean sweep of the domestic trophies in the 2014/15 campaign and the 2017/18 domestic double with Barcelona, said he brought to Everton the experience of playing with some of the best players in the world.

“I played good football in Rome and I played well, too, in Barcelona,” said Digne,

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English referees will show cards to badly-behaved managers

English football intends to start punishing managers who behave badly on the sidelines as severely as players on the field, the Football Association (FA) said on Tuesday. In the coming season, referees will be able to show red and yellow cards to coaching staff in England’s top professional competitions, with the exception of the Premier League, as part of a pilot project based on the FA’s existing “technical area code of conduct”.

In the top flight, managers will not be shown cards but receive verbal warnings. Like cards for players, the warnings will be totted up and could lead to match bans.

What the FA calls “stage one warnings” will be issued for inappropriate language or gestures “which are an obvious show of dissent or an attempt to influence the decisions of the match officials”. These include kicking or throwing water bottles or clothing, sarcastic clapping or waving imaginary cards.

Managers who receive four warnings will be banned for one match, eight warnings will result in a twomatch ban, 12 warnings will bring a three-match ban and 16 will lead to a misconduct charge.

Unlike cards for players, the warnings will not, in most cases, be wiped out after a fixed number of games.

Shaun Harvey, the chief executive of

the English Football League which runs the three divisions below the Premier League, said on Tuesday that rules for behaviour in the dugout or technical area are not new, but the idea is to make the disciplinary procedure clearer to fans.

Referees have long been able to banish badly-behaved managers, but now a red card will make clear what is happening. “We thought it should add to the clarity and hopefully better behaviour in the technical areas,” said Harvey.

Harvey said that the referee can, if necessary, caution a team’s entire coaching staff. “This is not about creating a drama. It is about making sure behaviour doesn’t decline further.” (afp)

Kante offered huge raise by Chelsea to deter PSG: reports

Rob Foldy/ Getty Images/ AFP

J e s u s Vallejo #3 of Real Madrid and Alexis Sanchez #7 of Manchester United get tangled les up during the International Champions Cup match at Hard Rock Stadium on July 31, 2018 in Miami, Florida.

who was a member of the France squad that won the World U-20 title in 2013.

“I progressed a lot as a player and as a person by playing with the best players in the world.

“When you play with the best players it helps you build your character and, of course, it helps on the training ground and during games, too, because you want to give the best of you.”

Everton manager Marco Silva said Digne’s enthusiasm for his project in what will be his first season too at the club persuaded him to sign him.

“It is important to say that he is a player who, from the first moment he was contacted,

showed enormous desire to play at Everton,” said Silva.

“He is a high-quality player, aggressive, with good technical ability and in the past five seasons he has played two years at Paris St-Germain, one in Roma and for the past two seasons he has demonstrated his clear quality in Barcelona. “Lucas is a player who will add competitiveness in a position where we only had Leighton Baines last season and he is accustomed to winning.” (afp)

French midfielder N’Golo Kante, labelled the “essential element” in the World Cup-winning side by Didier Deschamps, has been offered a new five-year contract by Chelsea, according to British media reports on Tuesday. The pocket-sized 27-year-old dynamo -- who recovered the ball more often than any other team-mate during the finals in Russia -- will earn £290,000 ($380,000, 325,000 euros) a week if he signs the new deal, reported The Times and the London Evening Standard.

Chelsea, who sacked Antonio Conte as manager despite winning the FA Cup after finishing outside the Champions League spots last season, want to ward off apparent interest from Qatariowned French champions Paris SaintGermain. The new contract would see Kante’s pay almost doubled from his present deal -- £150,000 a week -- which terminates in 2021.

Kante was a pivotal figure in Chelsea’s title-winning campaign in 2016/17 under Conte after

joining from Leicester City for a reported £32 million. His move followed an equally influential role in The Foxes’ shock league-winning campaign in 2016.

Chelsea are also reported by both newspapers to be prepared to increase Belgian playmaker Eden Hazard’s weekly pay from £220,000 -- at present he is the highest wage earner -- to £300,000 in an effort to dissuade him from

moving to Spain with Real Madrid showing an interest, although the £200-million price tag may put them off.

Hazard and fellow Belgian Thibaut Courtois, who is also believed to be subject of a £35.5-million bid from Real Madrid, are due back in training this weekend after their holidays following Belgium’s run to the World Cup semi-finals.

Rob Foldy/Getty Images/AFP

Manager Julen Lopetegui of Real Madrid gestures during the International Champions Cup match against Manchester United at Hard Rock Stadium on July 31, 2018 in Miami, Florida.

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Thursday, August 2, 2018

Man United holds on to beat Real Madrid 2-1

Jose Mourinho was finally given something to smile about as a tempestuous trip to the United States ended with Man United’s 2-1 win over former club Real Madrid thanks to first-half strikes from Alexis Sanchez and Ander Herrera. Mourinho has cut a miserable figure during their two week trip to the United States, lashing out at a lack of transfer activity while reserving stinging criticism for a number of first team players.

But seeing his side establish a two goal lead in the first half was encouraging, as was holding Real at bay after Karim Benezema’s goal just before the interval gave the Spanish side hope of mounting a comeback.

“I didn’t learn anything (from this tour),” said Mourinho. “I know what Ander Herrera, Juan Mata and Alexis Sanchez are.

“I know the kids are very young and need time to grow up, I know my players gave everything and in the last 15 mins we are dead and they bring on Toni Kroos and Asensio and Isco and I thought we wouldn’t resist but we did. “That’s the spirit we need because our first two or three weeks in the Premier League are going to be really hard for us because we didn’t prepare for that.”

The Portuguese has been without 12 key players for most of the tour with many enjoying an extended break following the World Cup. In front of 64,141 at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, United were finishing off their preseason preparations against a Real Madrid side just starting theirs.

La Liga starts a week later than the Premier League so new Real manager Julen Lopetegui was able to name the likes of Gareth Bale to start while Germany star Toni Kroos was on the bench. Spanish international David de Gea was making his first start since returning from the extra time given to him following the World Cup and he was almost beaten in the eighth minute - Bale starting a move which saw Benzema fire just wide from close range.

Brazilian Fred, who was signed earlier this summer for £52 million, was making his first United start and looked comfortable in his new surroundings. And on 18 minutes, United were ahead. Herrera fed Matteo Darmian and teed up Sanchez who clinically swept the ball home.

- Taken superbly -

It was Man United’s first real opportunity and it was taken superbly. “Alexis Sanchez is fresh, the way the man is running, I think he is in a fantastic condition,” said Mourinho. The second goal which arrived on 27 minutes was

equally impressive.

Darmian lifted the ball to Mata and once the Spaniard had regained his composure he crossed for Sanchez who was able to divert the ball into the path of Herrera who made no mistake.

Bale curled wide soon after but just before the interval, Benzema tapped in an excellent Theo Hernandez cross to give the vast amounts of Madrid fans in Miami something to cheer. Bale, a one time target for Mourinho, was withdrawn for the second half as Lopetegui shuffled his pack and one of the substitutes, Martin Odegaard should have levelled on 56 minutes when he blazed over the bar from eight yards.

The Norwegian saw a freekick saved by De Gea late on but United held firm to lift Mourinho’s mood. It was their first victory in regulation play this pre-season - AC Milan were defeated on penalties in Los Angelast week. (afp)

France defender Digne seeks to reignite career at Everton France defender Lucas Digne says he is excited by the challenge of playing in the Premier League after he signed for Everton for a reported £19million ($25million, 21million euros) from Barcelona on Wednesday.

The 25-year-old left-back, capped 21 times and who was on standby for the World Cup squad, signed a five-year deal with the club, which outlayed £40million on Brazilian forward Richarlison from Watford last week.

Digne, who failed to gain a regular first team place at Barcelona after moving from Paris Saint-Germain following an impressive loan period at AS Roma, will likely replace veteran Leighton Baines as the first choice

left-back.

“I am not afraid, I am excited,” he told Evertontv. “For me, it is a new challenge to discover a country, a league, people and a great club such as Everton. It is fabulous.”

Digne, who amongst several winners medals has accrued two French league titles with PSG including a clean sweep of the domestic trophies in the 2014/15 campaign and the 2017/18 domestic double with Barcelona, said he brought to Everton the experience of playing with some of the best players in the world.

“I played good football in Rome and I played well, too, in Barcelona,” said Digne,

9

English referees will show cards to badly-behaved managers

English football intends to start punishing managers who behave badly on the sidelines as severely as players on the field, the Football Association (FA) said on Tuesday. In the coming season, referees will be able to show red and yellow cards to coaching staff in England’s top professional competitions, with the exception of the Premier League, as part of a pilot project based on the FA’s existing “technical area code of conduct”.

In the top flight, managers will not be shown cards but receive verbal warnings. Like cards for players, the warnings will be totted up and could lead to match bans.

What the FA calls “stage one warnings” will be issued for inappropriate language or gestures “which are an obvious show of dissent or an attempt to influence the decisions of the match officials”. These include kicking or throwing water bottles or clothing, sarcastic clapping or waving imaginary cards.

Managers who receive four warnings will be banned for one match, eight warnings will result in a twomatch ban, 12 warnings will bring a three-match ban and 16 will lead to a misconduct charge.

Unlike cards for players, the warnings will not, in most cases, be wiped out after a fixed number of games.

Shaun Harvey, the chief executive of

the English Football League which runs the three divisions below the Premier League, said on Tuesday that rules for behaviour in the dugout or technical area are not new, but the idea is to make the disciplinary procedure clearer to fans.

Referees have long been able to banish badly-behaved managers, but now a red card will make clear what is happening. “We thought it should add to the clarity and hopefully better behaviour in the technical areas,” said Harvey.

Harvey said that the referee can, if necessary, caution a team’s entire coaching staff. “This is not about creating a drama. It is about making sure behaviour doesn’t decline further.” (afp)

Kante offered huge raise by Chelsea to deter PSG: reports

Rob Foldy/ Getty Images/ AFP

J e s u s Vallejo #3 of Real Madrid and Alexis Sanchez #7 of Manchester United get tangled les up during the International Champions Cup match at Hard Rock Stadium on July 31, 2018 in Miami, Florida.

who was a member of the France squad that won the World U-20 title in 2013.

“I progressed a lot as a player and as a person by playing with the best players in the world.

“When you play with the best players it helps you build your character and, of course, it helps on the training ground and during games, too, because you want to give the best of you.”

Everton manager Marco Silva said Digne’s enthusiasm for his project in what will be his first season too at the club persuaded him to sign him.

“It is important to say that he is a player who, from the first moment he was contacted,

showed enormous desire to play at Everton,” said Silva.

“He is a high-quality player, aggressive, with good technical ability and in the past five seasons he has played two years at Paris St-Germain, one in Roma and for the past two seasons he has demonstrated his clear quality in Barcelona. “Lucas is a player who will add competitiveness in a position where we only had Leighton Baines last season and he is accustomed to winning.” (afp)

French midfielder N’Golo Kante, labelled the “essential element” in the World Cup-winning side by Didier Deschamps, has been offered a new five-year contract by Chelsea, according to British media reports on Tuesday. The pocket-sized 27-year-old dynamo -- who recovered the ball more often than any other team-mate during the finals in Russia -- will earn £290,000 ($380,000, 325,000 euros) a week if he signs the new deal, reported The Times and the London Evening Standard.

Chelsea, who sacked Antonio Conte as manager despite winning the FA Cup after finishing outside the Champions League spots last season, want to ward off apparent interest from Qatariowned French champions Paris SaintGermain. The new contract would see Kante’s pay almost doubled from his present deal -- £150,000 a week -- which terminates in 2021.

Kante was a pivotal figure in Chelsea’s title-winning campaign in 2016/17 under Conte after

joining from Leicester City for a reported £32 million. His move followed an equally influential role in The Foxes’ shock league-winning campaign in 2016.

Chelsea are also reported by both newspapers to be prepared to increase Belgian playmaker Eden Hazard’s weekly pay from £220,000 -- at present he is the highest wage earner -- to £300,000 in an effort to dissuade him from

moving to Spain with Real Madrid showing an interest, although the £200-million price tag may put them off.

Hazard and fellow Belgian Thibaut Courtois, who is also believed to be subject of a £35.5-million bid from Real Madrid, are due back in training this weekend after their holidays following Belgium’s run to the World Cup semi-finals.

Rob Foldy/Getty Images/AFP

Manager Julen Lopetegui of Real Madrid gestures during the International Champions Cup match against Manchester United at Hard Rock Stadium on July 31, 2018 in Miami, Florida.

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International

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International

Williams handed worst defeat of her career in San Jose

LOS ANGELES - Serena Williams suffered the most lopsided loss of her career at the WTA San Jose event on Tuesday, losing the final 12 games in a shocking first-round upset to unseeded Johanna Konta.

Engine Room

MANGUPURA - Engine Room is a hip three-storey nightclub that chugs away nightly with a mostly young crowd on the main street of downtown Legian. The club’s doors open in the afternoon, earlier than most of the late night spots along the same strip. Partygoers can drop straight into the main dance floor from the Legian sidewalk, and it

is a popular first stop on their clubhopping adventures, with other great hubs such as Sky Garden and Vi Ai Pi just a short walk down the street.

The place gathers up steam around midnight as its team of resident DJs to turn up their beats from their booths with a good mix of hip hop, dub and trap. Passers-by along Jalan Legian can easily catch a glimpse of

the Engine Room’s interior that is much alive with vivid lasers, disco balls and LED fixtures. Guests, regular and new, will find a convivial atmosphere as the staff here are seemingly trained to spread fun, either inviting you to dance or challenge you with a round of pool.

As the crowd shuffles to the beats, watch out for the handouts

of free Engine Room singlets with purchases of their bestselling booze. Smirnoff Ice shots are only IDR 10,000 (under a dollar) all night long, and happy hour is 19:00 to 01:00, when you can grab two lychee martinis or strawberry daiquiris for the price of one. Go big with their plastic tumblers of ‘blaster’ and ‘illusion’ cocktails, with lid and straw to keep you fuelled while getting down, spillfree. The first, second and third levels are named the ‘front’, ‘red’ and ‘blue’ arenas respectively.

Girls should watch out for the ‘ladies’ nights out’ specials, when Bintangs are only IDR 10,000 at the blue arena bar (live rugby and other sports feeds are also regularly shown here), and until 22:00 at the front bar. Engine Room is a regular hotspot on the Bali party map for schoolies from Down Under, particularly during the November holidays, and you can make good use of their VIP drink cards that entitles you to a free beer, Smirnoff or ‘blaster’ tumblers with every fifth stamp. (net)

Ezra Shaw/Getty Images/AFP

a Williams of the United States returns a shot to Johanna Konta of Great Britain during Day 2 of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic at Spartan Tennis Complex on July 31, 2018 in San Jose, California.

The 23-time Grand Slam winner struggled mightily against the British No. 1 and former winner Konta, who crushed Williams 6-1, 6-0 in just 51 minutes on the main Stadium.

Williams, who was playing her first match since dropping the Wimbledon final, is trying to regain her top form after missing most of the 2017 season due to a pregnancy.

The 36-year-old Williams tried to shrug off the worst loss of her hall of fame career.

“I don’t know. I have so many things on my mind that I don’t have time to be shocked about a loss where I clearly wasn’t at my best,” she said.

Williams, who was seeded sixth, managed just nine winners against 25 unforced errors and had her serve broken six times.

She looked nothing like the player that dominated the Tour for years, winning 72 singles titles and earning more than $86 million in prize money.

“She obviously wasn’t playing her best level -- nowhere near -- so I tried to play the match on my terms and just do what I can out here,” Konta said.

Both women were playing their first match since Wimbledon, where Williams finished runner-up to Angelique Kerber and Konta lost in the second round to eventual quarter-finalist Dominika Cibulkova.

The loss to Konta comes just over a month after Williams complained that she is being discriminated against by the sport’s drug testing program because of the number of samples she is being asked to provide.

“Out of all the players it’s been proven I’m the one getting tested the most. Discrimination? I think so,” Williams wrote in a tweet.

Williams had won this tournament the last three times she played it in 2011, 2012 and 2014 and won her only previous meeting with Konta 6-2 6-3 in the 2017 Australian Open quarter-finals.

“I think she played better in this match than she did 18 months ago, so that’s a good thing for her,” said Williams. (afp)

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WASHINGTON - Basketball great LeBron James on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of intensifying racial divisions in the United States.

“I believe our president is kind of trying to divide us,” James, who is also a philanthropist, said in an interview with CNN’s Don Lemon.

“He’s kind of used sport to... divide us and that’s something I can’t relate to, because I know that sport was the first time I ever was around someone white. You know?” the bearded and bespectacled James said.

Trump has repeatedly criticized National Football League players who kneeled during the national anthem to protest racial injustice,

a protest begun by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in 2016.

James, 33, has previously expressed solidarity with the kneeling players and voiced earlier criticism of Trump.

He told his CNN interviewer that he “can’t sit back and not say nothing” in the face of Trump’s attempts at discord.

James, who ranks seventh in career National Basketball Association scoring, will play with the Los Angeles Lakers next season after leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers.

But he remains tied to Ohio, where on Monday an elementary school for at-risk youngsters opened in his hometown of Akron, through his LeBron James Family

Foundation.

James, wearing a grey suit and buttoned-down shirt, said even the most successful African Americans face discriminatory attitudes.

“They always going to let you know that you are the n-word no matter who you are,” he said.

“I think it’s always been there. But I think the president in charge now has given people -- they don’t care now, they throw it to your face.”

James was asked what he would say to Trump if he could sit across from the president.

“I would never sit across from him,” James replied. “I’d sit across from Barack, though,” he said of Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama, the first African American president. (afp)

Robyn Beck / AFP

In this file photo taken on February 18, 2018 LeBron James sinks a basket during the 2018 NBA All-Star Game at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

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RLD

97 injured as Mexican plane crashes at airport in hail storm

DURANGO - An Aeromexico flight crashed on takeoff during a heavy hail storm in northern Mexico, engulfing the plane in flames and injuring 97 people, officials said Tuesday.

The Embraer 190 aircraft, which was operating between Durango and Mexico City and crashed around 3:00 pm local time (20:00 GMT), was carrying “88 adults, nine minors, two infants, two pilots and two flight attendants,” the airline’s director general Andres Conesa told a news conference.

“It is confirmed that there have been no deaths from the flight #AM2431 accident,” tweeted Jose Rosas, the governor of Durango state where the crash occurred.

The accident did cause two series injuries: a pilot had to undergo a spinal operation, and a young girl suffered burns on 25 percent of her body, the governor said.

A total of 97 people were admitted for treatment following the crash, most of them for “very light” injuries, according to Durango civil defense spokesman Alejandro Cardoza.

Cardoza said the plane was caught in a heavy hailstorm and the pilots tried to make an emergency landing, after which the fire broke out.

Conesa thanked the crew “for their professionalism” and said that the aircraft “was perfectly maintained,” but did not provide details on the circumstances of the accident.

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer announced the dispatch of a team to investigate the crash.

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Dozens of lightly injured passengers were seen leaving the plane, which was engulfed in gray smoke in a field.

- ‘We had to jump’ -

An image taken using a drone and obtained by AFP shows the aircraft immobilized in a field at the end of the runway.

“We were on the runway when the visibility grew worse,” 47-year-old Jacqueline Flores, who was traveling with her 16-year-old daughter, told AFP. “When we were already aloft, up high, it felt like the plane was going to level out but just then is when it plunged to the ground.

“I think we fell back on the runway because it was a hard surface, then we skidded on the ground until it stopped,” added the Durango native, a housewife who was on a journey back to Colombia where she lives.

With the plane on the ground amid some bushes and brush, Flores said luggage began sliding down the aisle and she started to smell smoke.

“I undid my seatbelt and saw flames, and realized we had to jump.

“There was a hole right next to us and the plane had broken up, I told my girl ‘We have to jump over here’ and we jumped,” she added.

According to Rosas, the passengers helped each other quickly evacuate the aircraft through the openings in the cabin caused by the accident.

In July 1981, an Aeromexico flight crashed on landing in northern Chihuahua due to bad weather, killing 32. (afp)

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Australia defends ties to toppled Malaysian regime

KUALA LUMPUR - Australia’s foreign minister Wednesday defended her country’s ties with Malaysia’s former graft-ridden government after Canberra was accused of being complicit in alleged corruption by harbouring a fugitive.

Political heavyweight Anwar Ibrahim, who was imprisoned under Prime Minister Najib Razak until his shock defeat in May elections, has slammed Canberra’s “tainted” policy towards the former government.

Anwar cited the case of a policeman, now in Australian custody, who fled Malaysia in 2015 after being sentenced to hang for the killing of a Mongolian woman linked to a bribery scandal involving Najib’s government.

Anwar, who was released from jail after Najib’s defeat and is now presumptive successor to 93-year-old Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, has called for the policeman to be sent home to face a new trial.

During a visit to Malaysia, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Australia had not received an extradition request for the officer, Sirul Azhar Umar.

Asked about Anwar’s comments, she said Canberra in the past had simply “worked with the government of Malaysia of the day.

“In the past 61 years it has been

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Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Ismail (R) shakes hands with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop prior to a meeting in Kuala Lumpur on August 1, 2018.

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“It’s a very thorough process with many, many procedures so it takes a long time,” he said. “If it’s identified quickly, it would be around five to six months, but if not, it could take decades.”

More than 35,000 Americans were killed on the Korean

the same government,” said Bishop, following talks with Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Anwar’s wife and now deputy prime minister.

“If we were waiting for a new government, we will be waiting for 61 years... that is patently ridiculous.”

Australia’s policy of not extraditing people to countries where they may face the death penalty is seen as a barrier to getting Sirul sent back to Malaysia.

Mahathir has said that his death sentence may be commuted to allow his return to Malaysia.

The policeman maintains he was ordered by “important people” to murder the Mongolian woman, Altantuya Shaariibuu, in 2006.

Altantuya was killed and her body blown up with military-grade explosives.

Her murder was the most shocking aspect of a scandal involving allegations that an associate of Najib arranged huge kickbacks for the purchase of French submarines in 2002.

Anwar, who was a leading member of the opposition when Najib was in power, was jailed in 2015 on sodomy charges that critics say were politically motivated.

Since his election defeat Najib has been arrested and charged over a scandal at state fund 1MDB. (afp) Peninsula during the war and around 7,700 of them are still considered missing, including 5,300 in North Korea alone.

Between 1990 and 2005 229 sets of remains from the North were repatriated, but those operations were suspended when ties worsened over Pyongyang’s banned nuclear weapons programme. (afp)

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Indonesian officials and participants surround the flame during the torch relay of the 2018 Asian Games in Lake Toba on August 1, 2018. Jakarta and Palembang will host about 11,000 athletes and 5,000 officials from 45 Asian countries for the Asian Games, which will be held from August 18 to September 2.

Indonesia showcases main tourist destinations during Asian Games torch relay

JAKARTA - The Asian Games 2018 torch is currently being relayed in 53 cities and districts in 18 provinces, covering a total distance of over 18 thousand kilometers, via land, air, and even under the sea, similar to what happened when it arrived in Raja Ampat on July 26.

The flame, a merging of flame from India, the first host of the Asian Games in 1951, and Merapen flame from Central Java, Indonesia, this year`s host of the Asian Games, was kept in a tinderbox while diving.

The diver who took the torch while diving in crystal clear turquoise sea waters off Piaynemo Island, West Papua, was Tri Suswati, wife of General Tito Karnavian, Chief of the National Police.

Suswati was accompanied by Nadine Chandrawinata, a beautiful Indonesian actress, and eight other divers grouped under the Indonesian Female Divers (WASI) Cub headed by her.

She dove at a depth of three meters for nearly one minute with the torch in her hand and later returned the torch to Chandrawinata.

Raja Ampat is currently one of the best marine tourist destinations in Indonesia, if not the world. It is a crown jewel, thanks to its crystal clear turquoise sea waters and several isles covered by a thick green carpet of dense forests and mangrove swamps.

The stunning natural beauty of Raja Ampat isles, located on the northwestern tip of the Indonesian province of West Papua, is often seen as a heaven on earth, where dreams of divers come true and nature lovers find a perfect place.

Raja Ampat, which literally means “Four Kings,” is located in the Coral Triangle, the heart of the world`s coral reef biodiversity.

The seas around Raja Ampat Isles are home to the richest varieties of species in the world, including 75 percent of all known coral species.

The Raja Ampat archipelago encompasses 15 thousand square miles of land and sea. There are around 1.8 thousand isles in Raja Ampat District.

In addition to Raja Ampat, the Asian Games torch relay also tours other main tourist destinations across Indonesia, such as Prambanan Temple in Yogyakarta, Mount Bromo in East Java, Bali, Mandalika in South Lombok (West Nusa Tenggara), and Lake Toba in North Sumatra.

For Indonesia, the 18th Asian Games, the largest multisport event in Asia, is the best opportunity to promote its tourist destinations, particularly in Jakarta and Palembang, the two cities that will co-host the event from Aug 18 to Sept 2.

A total of 16,920 athletes and officials from 45 Asian countries have been registered for the Games. Overall, more than 11 thousand athletes will vie for medals in 40 sports and 67 disciplines.

The Asian Games is not just a sporting event but also an opportunity to conduct tourism promotion, Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said while welcoming the torch in Bali on July 24.

Hence, the Asian Games torch relay in Bali covered several tourist attractions, such as the Subak Sembung eco-tourism destination, Bajra Sandhi monument in Renon, and Garuda Wisno Kencana in Nusa Dua, as well as Tampaksiring Palace.

From Bali, the torch relay proceeded to West Nusa Teng-

gara Province by air. Mandalika special economic zone in Central Lombok District welcomed the torch on July 25.

“We hope the presence of the Asian Games torch in Mandalika will promote this zone not only as a beach tourism destination but also as a sport tourism destination for the public in general, and tourists in particular,” Ngurah Wirawan, construction and operational director of PT Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (PT ITDC), said.

PT ITDC will build various sport facilities as Mandalika as a very long coastal line suitable for water sports and marathon, such as the TNI (Indonesian Defense Forces) Marathon, which will be organized in Sept 2018, according to him.

“So, we will change the concept for sport tourism arena, because we have tracks for paragliding, water sports, and surfing. Hopefully, in the next 5 to 10 years, Mandalika will not only remain a tourist destination but also a sport tourism destination,” he remarked.

The torch relay began in Yogyakarta on July 17 and will end on Aug 17 in Jakarta, a day before the Asian Games 2018 would be officially opened by President Joko Widodo.

The torch`s route includes Solo, Central Java Province; Blitar, Malang, Probolinggo, and Banyuwangi in East Java; Gilimanuk, Kuta, and Denpasar in Bali Province; Mataram in West Nusa Tenggara; Raja Ampat and Sorong in West Papua; Makassar in South Sulawesi; Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan; Banda Aceh in Aceh Province; Lake Toba in North Sumatra; Pekanbaru in Riau; Bukit Tinggi in West Sumatra; Jambi, Palembang, Banyuasin, and Prabumulih in South Sumatra; Bandar Lampung in Lampung; Serang in Banten; and Purwakarta, Bandung, Garut, Cianjur, and Bogor in West Java. (ant)

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BUSINESS World Bank warns some Lebanon projects might be cancelled

BEIRUT - A senior World Bank official said Tuesday that the Lebanese economy is “not doing great” and urged the country’s leaders to approve some $1.1 billion worth of projects put forward by the international lender, saying otherwise they could be cancelled.

Ferid Belhaj, the bank’s vice president for the Middle East and North Africa, told reporters in Beirut that the economy is “in a state of fragility.”

Lebanon’s economy has suffered from the sevenyear civil war in neighboring Syria, which has caused occasional spillovers of violence and has sent more than 1 million refugees across the border. Syrian refugees now make up about a quarter of Lebanon’s population.

The refugees’ presence has been a burden on Lebanon’s already crumbling infrastructure. Power outages are common, and many residents must have water brought to their homes by tanker truck.

Belhaj said Lebanon should take steps to reform the electricity sector, where the state-owned provider operates on a $1.5 billion annual deficit.

Corruption-plagued Lebanon has one of the highest debt ratios in the world, worth $80 billion, or 152 percent of the gross domestic product, and growth has been slow since 2011.

Belhaj said the World Bank has a portfolio of more than $2 billion of projects in Lebanon, including about $1.1 billion which is still “not converted into actual investment, meaning they are sitting with parliament and the council of ministers.”

He said the World Bank wants to make sure that projects move forward, not only because Lebanon needs them, but because the government is paying commitment fees on them. He said that if the projects are not approved by the government and parliament they will have to be canceled.

“This is not our preference, obviously. We would really want to have these projects move ahead as soon as possible,” he said.

Saroj Kumar Jha, the World Bank’s regional director for the Mashreq, or Middle East, said the projects include improving roads in rural areas, building rapid bus transit across Beirut and improving the electricity sector.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has been trying to form a Cabinet since after the May 6 parliamentary elections, with no success due to political bickering.

Also Tuesday, Lebanese media reported that Iraqi intelligence in collaboration with the Lebanese General Security have revealed a scam network spreading false information to blackmail a number of Lebanese banks, including one of the country’s largest.

Investigations were continuing, and the head of Lebanon’s General Security, Abbas Ibrahim, told reporters in Beirut the plot was to undermine Lebanon’s banking sectors, one of the country’s economic pillars.

Iraqi intelligence has reportedly arrested some members of the network, who had falsely claimed they had accounts in Lebanese banks worth millions of dollars. (ap)

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Presenting Roasted Suckling Pig Every Birth A party ship, left, cruises on the river Main in Frankfurt, Germany, late Saturday, July 28, 2018.

Tektekan Calonarang of Penarukan Village

European economic expansion slows amid trade fears

FRANKFURT - Europe’s economic upswing slowed further in the second quarter amid concerns over global trade disputes that have seen the world’s major powers impose new tariffs on each other.

Official figures on Tuesday showed growth in the 19 countries that use the euro currency eased to a quarterly rate of 0.3 percent, weaker than markets had expected and down from 0.4 percent in the first quarter. Fear that new tariffs will slow global commerce has been weighing on the outlook in the Europe, which is heavily dependent on trade.

Surveys of business confidence have recently indicated that business leaders are concerned about the impact of new import taxes imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on global steel and aluminum imports and on a range of Chinese goods. The Chinese retaliated against U.S. products including autos and soybeans. The EU put tariffs on a range of typically American products like Harley Davidson bikes and peanut butter.

So far, the trade disputes seem to be affecting business confidence but that has not yet fed through to strongly dampen actual economic activity.

Despite the recent slowdown, the

economy is coming off a good year, and output was up a robust 2.1 percent from the second quarter a year earlier.

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has described the slowdown in the first six months of the year as a pullback from extraordinarily high rates of growth last year, and not as a sign of a looming downturn. Growth went as high as 0.7 percent quarter on quarter in both the third and fourth quarters of last year.

Jennifer McKeown, chief European economist at Capital Economics, said that “while the current pace of eurozone growth marks a sharp slowdown from last year’s 0.7 percent average, it is roughly in line with the region’s potential.”

Many in Europe were cautiously relieved after European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker went to Washington and reached an understanding with Trump to hold off on more tariffs for now. McKeown said signs are that growth could pick up slightly in the second half of the year “if the current

cease-fire over tariffs is maintained.”

The easing in growth has not been sharp enough to keep the ECB from moving ahead with plans to slowly withdraw its monetary stimulus, which it has been providing in the form of bond purchases and record low interest rates. The bank says it will stop the bond purchases, which help make credit cheap, by the end of the year and could start raising interest rates after the summer of 2019.

Separate figures from the European Union’s statistics agency showed that the unemployment rate was steady in June at 8.3 percent and annual inflation rose in July to 2.1 percent from 2.0 percent the previous month. Excluding volatile items like oil and food, prices rose more than expected to 1.1 percent, from 0.9 percent in June. That is good news for the ECB, which is trying to push inflation to just below 2 percent on a sustainable basis so that it stays there after the stimulus ends. Since the headline figure can fluctuate, the core figure is a better indicator of the underlying trend in inflation. (ap)

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Just Staged on Pujawali at Dalem and Puseh Temple

Definitely Tabanan people have been very familiar with the art of tektekan. As one of the traditional arts of Kerambitan subdistrict, it is often displayed lately in the festival activities such as in the annual the Kerambitan Festival.

The tektekan art itself is derived from a simple musical instrument made of bamboo sticks combined with a number of other traditional musical instruments. Nevertheless, it is capable of presenting a beautiful art performance, a noble culture developing well and still well maintained until now.

Originally, this tektekan in particular served to repel bhuta kala when people consider if the village was attacked by plague, and is paraded one day before Nyepi Day. In keeping with the passage of time, it increasingly accentuates on the creativity of the art, gradually the tektekan gamelan itself develops to have different functions or additional use. Tektekan originally functioned to neutralize plague now becomes a gamelan accompaniment to drama theatrical art known as Tektekan Calonarang.

At one of the villages in Kerambitan sub-district, namely Penarukan village, the tradition of Tektekan Calonarang is displayed on piodalan or temple festival at Dalem and Puseh Temple of local

village. Besides, the staging of tektekan can also be used to pay vows of the community.

“Tektekan Calonarang does not use alive human as corpse, but more focuses on the anger or the mother Ratna Manggali who sees her daughter being treated badly.

Ultimately, she takes advantage of her supernatural power to spread diseases. This can be neutralized with tektekan sounds,” said headman of Penarukan, I Putu Rai Suteja, not long ago.

Tektekan Calonarang is performed every festival at Puseh and Dalem Temple for one hour.

He said that in 1967, Kerambitan subdistrict area was attacked by disease outbreaks so that people had the initiative to sound the potluck tools like split bamboo drum or kentongan.

After that, the epidemic of the disease subsided, and it is believed the ngerebeg tradition is efficacious to eliminate the plague. A figure of Puri Anyar Palace also sees that it has the potential to be promoted into the art, and sustains the royal

tourism. Then, all the art figures were summoned and they established an art troupe collaborated with staging of Calonarang along with Rangda and Barong.

Forerunner in the formation of the Tektekan Calonarang at Penarukan involved three villages namely Kerambitan (for the dancers), Celuk hamlet, Sudimara (gamelan players) and Penarukan village (rangda and barong). Since at that time Celuk village and Sudimara village was separated by a river without a bridge, so when rainy season arrived, a flood in the river made them unable to cross. As a result, the order to make a performance was submitted to Penarukan and Kerambitan.

In the next development, because the dancers in Kerambitan have been old, finally the art troupe was bequeathed to Penarukan covering the dancers, gamelan players as well as the barong and rangda. At the end in 1967 was then established the tektekan troupe at Penarukan Kaja under dancer coordinator of Ketut Kamijana. (kmb)

There are always unique and interesting things in Bali. Gumang Temple at Bugbug, Karangasem, for instance, will hold a ritual to be thronged by thousands of Hindu pilgrims from all over Bali. Among the thousands of the pilgrims, the majority will climb to the hill top to the Gumang Temple with offerings including roasted suckling pig.

Apparently, every birth of resident, especially at Bugbug customary village, it must include a roasted suckling pig. This offering should not be performed as soon as the baby was born, but can also be done after it grows adult.

To get to the Gumang Temple is indeed not easy. Pilgrims have to walk about three kilometers with uphill terrain. Moreover, the pilgrims do not only bring themselves, but must also bring the offerings and roasted suckling pig.

This unique spectacle can be seen on Thursday (Oct. 13) after the sanctified effigy of Ida Bhatara of Bebandem, Ngis, Jasri and Bugbug customary village is enthroned at Gumang Temple.

According to chief of Bugbug customary village, Jero Wayan Mas Suyasa, the offering of roasted suckling pig implies a sincere offering of local residents to the deity.

“The offering of roasted suckling pig serves as an expression of devotion. Other than presenting this offering of every birth, many pilgrims also present roasted suckling pig to pay a vow after getting success in economy or recovery of diseases,” he said.

Such offerings of roasted suckling pig can reach thousands of pieces. These offerings are not only from residents of Bugbug, but also from other villages in Bali. It is also done by diaspora of Bugbug mostly living in Buleleng. Besides,

there are also from residents of Bugbug married outside the village.

Psychically, they still remember to devoted deities at their home birthplace.

“The offering of roasted suckling pig on every birth must not necessarily be paid as soon as after the newborn. In order not to become a burden, this offering can be paid any time when the people are ready. Moreover, it can be done after the child grows adult,” said Mas Suyasa, recently.

This tradition has lasted for generations. Every implementation of the usaba gumang is believed by all residents of Bugbug as the opportunity to gain blessing of salvation and wellbeing for the descendants.

Bugbug residents have confidence in the safety of their children after presenting this offering. If they have son, their roasted suckling pig are hogs, while if they have daughter their offerings will be of sows.

This tradition does not only involve the residents of Bugbug. However, it is also believed by residents of Bugbug getting married outside the village where they should practice the tradition until now.

In the procession of usaba gumang taking place from around 13:00, thousands of residents that will be presenting the offerings have thronged the road access to Gumang Temple while carrying roasted suckling pig, rice cone and other offerings. This usaba gumang is always welcomed vivaciously by the residents of Bugbug as the most densely populated village in Karangasem with about 3,000 families and other villages. It is inseparable from the quite high awareness of paying devotional services and holy sacrifices of the local community because it has been instilled early by their elders. (kmb)

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When huge waves crash, people sleep soundly

HUGE waves remained to hit the coastal area Klungkung district on Tuesday (Jul. 31). This natural phenomenon does not only trigger destruction of buildings, but also makes people worried. As consequence, they are unable to sleep well within the past few days.

Right on 09:00 that day, the atmosphere on Pesinggahan Beach, Dawan, looked different. Jukung or traditional boat belonged to local fisherman were parked. None of them were used for fishing. The waves were also more violent.

They demolished and crashed to get into dry sand located far enough.

When the sun was getting higher, the onslaught of the waves was widening.

A number of residents could only witness them. Some were cleaning up the sand having come into their house. By means of a shovel, they moved it out of the yard. He is I Nengah Samba Yasa.

This 38-year-old man said the waves did not only throw the sand.

On Sunday afternoon (Jul. 30) the waves knocked down the brick fence of his house with the length of about five meters. “The seawater came in directly. The fences were hit to collapse,” he said. Besides, the waves also washed away the facilities of ngeroras ceremony that will take place on August 12. For sure, it caused losses. Inevitably, he must spend additional money to buy a new one. “Many parts are drifting so that we must buy again,” he said.

Having been living in that place for years, only this time the brunt of the waves was very large and took

place the longest time. It used to be only two to three days. The gusts were also still far from settlement.

“For the first time, it is the most serious,” said the man who works as a fisherman. The unfriendly nature made him impossible to catch fish. Within the past few days, he is forced to become laborer. Although the result is not much, he remains grateful. “We cannot sleep well as being worried about the coming of waves at night,” he added.

Just a few meters from the house, the waves also ravaged the building owned by I Wayan Gede Sukadana. His kitchen wall made of plywood partly came off. His yard is also full of sand.

It’s really worrisome. “We’ve got many damages. The kitchen is the worst,” he said. When being hit, he and his wife ran away for safety. Now, to unwind he should temporarily stay in the building owned by one of the shrimp ponds.

The distance is not so far. “Being worried, we must find a safer place first as do not dare to stay here,” he explained.

He is now jobless. Catching fish has not been done since a few days ago. He can only surrender while hoping the weather will soon improve. “Actually there is now a lot of fish, but the weather is like this.

Thus, we cannot go to sea,” said this medium-sized man.

Damages also occurred in the huts built by a number of fishermen. The bamboo plaited walls came off. Inside the building is also filled with sand. “Some traditional boats or jukung are also broken,” added Sukadana. (sos)

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This natural phenomenon does not only trigger destruction of buildings, but also makes people worried. As consequence, they are unable to sleep well within the past few days.

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India bans vaccine imports from tainted China company

NEW DELHI - India has banned the import of a rabies vaccine from a Chinese manufacturer embroiled in a safety scandal, the head of India’s drug regulator told a newspaper in comments published Wednesday.

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Hopefully, after the rehabilitation all the inmates of drug addicts can live healthy without drugs and participate in the national development to reach the harmonious Tabanan.

Tabanan Prison closes drug rehabilitation program

TABANAN - Over the past month, thirty inmates of Tabanan Prison have been following rehabilitation activities in the hope of helping them escape from drug addiction. The rehabilitation activities were finally closed on Tuesday (Jul. 31).

Chief of Tabanan Prison, I Putu Murdiana, said the drugs pose a common enemy because they destroy all the elements in the life of society. The inmates previously getting addicted to drugs will take time to really be able to get out of the dark circles of the drugs that have ensnared them.

“Of course, the efforts should be made together and in integrated manner among the agencies and elements of society so the implementation of rehabilitation can be efficient and effective,” he said.

He further explained the rehabilitation for the 30 inmates getting involved in drug cases and drug addiction covers various activities such as counseling, coaching about the hazards of drugs, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other health, group dynamics, national insight, spiritual and mental guidance, yoga, sports and others.

Resource persons of the activities are in cooperation with the National Narcotics Agency (BNN)

of Bali Province, Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Tabanan district government, the 1619/Tabanan Military District Command, Tabanan Police, Health Agency, Ministry of Religious Affairs of Tabanan District, NGOs and the elements of community.

Meanwhile, the Drug Rehabilitation Program in Tabanan Prison is implemented by physician Tresnadewi. She said that during the rehabilitation period all the participants are also given Family Support Group (FSG) activities. It is the recovery process of an inmate getting involved as drug user. It is very important because drug users need family support considering the addiction is a chronic brain disease requiring the support of all parties in the recovery process. “This FSG activity is given at the end of the rehabilitation activities so that the recovery process turns maximal,” she explained.

Head of the BNN Bali, Putu Suastawa, on the occasion also

appreciated the implementation of drug rehabilitation carried out by the ranks of the Tabanan Prison.

Urine test of the participants before and after the rehabilitation showed negative results. This indicates that drug addicts in Tabanan Prison have been free from drug traps.

“Hopefully, this can be maintained continuously so that later after being free they can live healthy and no longer depend on drugs,” he explained.

On the other side, the Regent of Tabanan in her speech read by the first assistant, Wayan Yatnanadi, said the citizens getting trapped in drugs become the responsibility of all the components in the Tabanan district. Hopefully, after the rehabilitation all the inmates of drug addicts can live healthy without drugs and participate in the national development to reach the harmonious Tabanan. The closing of the rehabilitation was enlivened by LKBB demonstration and colossal drama played by all the inmates of the Tabanan Prison. (kmb28)

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This photo taken on July 23, 2018 shows people walking past the building of Changchun Changsheng Biotechnology in Changchun in China’s northeastern Jilin province. India has banned the import of a rabies vaccine from a Chinese manufacturer embroiled in a safety scandal.

“The vaccine is being used in India, but we don’t have the exact details of the total number of units imported or where they have been distributed,” S. Eswara Reddy told the Hindustan Times daily.

“I have asked my staff to prepare a detailed information report on its import and distribution,” he was quoted as saying in the interview.

“Once we get the information, we will ask for a recall of the vaccine from market. But until then, there is a blanket ban on its import.”

Rabies kills an estimated 20,000 people in India every year, according to the government’s National Rabies Control Programme.

China’s latest product-safety scare emerged more than a week ago with news that Changchun Changsheng Biotechnology had fabricated records and was ordered to cease production of rabies vaccines.

The Chinese government, which has also announced nationwide inspections of vaccine production sites, has said the problematic vaccine did not leave Changsheng’s factory and was not put up for sale.

Changsheng’s vaccine for diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) had also failed to meet quality standards, but 250,000 doses were nonetheless sold last year.

China is regularly hit by scandals involving unsafe food, drugs or other products despite repeated official promises to root out the corruption and shoddy manufacturing that is usually blamed. (afp)

One-party rule ‘terrible setback’ for Cambodia: opposition chief BONNIEUX - The co-founder of Cambodia’s disbanded opposition has decried the landslide victory of Hun Sen’s ruling party in an uncontested poll as a “terrible setback”, urging a campaign of non-cooperation with the next government.

A provisional count from Sunday’s poll has handed the Cambodia People’s Party of strongman Hun Sen, who has ruled for more than three decades, all 125 parliamentary seats -- cementing the country’s status as a one-party state.

The election was held without the only credible opposition, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which was barred from running after it was dissolved by the Supreme Court late last year.

“It’s a fake victory... a fake election, with a foregone conclusion,” said CNRP co-founder Sam Rainsy, who lives in self-exile in Paris to avoid a slew of convictions he con-

tends are politically motivated.

“It is a return to the old system, the one-party system, like during the Cold War, during the Communist times... it is a terrible setback for Cambodia,” he told AFP in an interview given in France’s southern Provence region.

Hun Sen has hailed Sunday’s vote as “free, fair and just”, with his party saying the estimated 82 percent turnout made a mockery of CNRP calls for a boycott.

On Wednesday, his first public appearance since the electoral endorsement, Cambodia’s ruler since 1985 said he is eyeing “big success” this year in “building the economy... and democracy”.

But critics say the poll was held against a backdrop of local-level intimidation while dissenting voices in the media and civil society had been quieted in the run-up to the vote.

In the last elections in 2013 the CNRP took around 44 percent of

the popular vote -- threatening Hun Sen’s hold on power.

The CNRP’s leadership has since either been jailed, pressed into leaving the country or silenced by court cases and intimidation.

Rainsy urged his party’s supporters to “mobilise to protest against this fake election” in a campaign of non-cooperation against any government that emerges from the landslide win.

He also said the international community should “reject” the result.

Cambodia and Hun Sen lent heavily on the Western world for aid and investment to rebuild the country from the ruins of decades of civil war, rule by the brutal Khmer Rouge and occupation by Vietnam.

But under fire from his old allies for his increasingly authoritarian bent, Hun Sen has in recent years turned to China for no-strings soft loans, investment and diplomatic

ballast.

Washington and the European Union have condemned Sunday’s

uncontested poll, while Beijing offered its congratulations to the Cambodian people. (afp)

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Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen (C) poses for photos with people as he attends the official launch of a public shuttle boat in Phnom Penh on August 1, 2018.

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Tight blood pressure control cuts memory loss, study finds

CHICAG0 - Lowering blood pressure to recommended levels can prevent dementia and the memory and thinking problems that often show up first, researchers reported Wednesday.

People whose top blood pressure reading was taken down to 120 were 19 percent less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment, the loss of memory and brain processing power that usually precedes Alzheimer’s, the study found. And they were 15 percent less likely to eventually develop cognitive decline and dementia.

“This is really exciting,” said Heather Snyder, senior

director of medical operations for the Alzheimer’s Association. The results were presented at the annual meeting of the association in Chicago.

“These results really do cement the adage that what is good for the heart is good for the brain,” said Dr. Mark Supiano, a geriatrician at the University of Utah Health system and the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System who worked on the study.

It may take a few more years before the study conclusively shows whether the risk of Alzheimer’s was actually reduced because of the lower blood pressure,the researchers said.

It’s the first intervention that has been clearly demon-

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Dr. Richard Isaacson, director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, measures patient Gregg Donovan’s blood pressure. A new study shows that lowering blood pressure can reduce dementia risk.

strated to lower rates of mental decline. And it was one of two promising studies presented at the Alzheimer’s Association annual meeting in Chicago. A second study found an experimental drug might slow progression of Alzheimer’s disease in early stage patients.

Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States. More than 5 million Americans have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, including 200,000 under the age of 65.

There’s no cure, and while there have been indications that a healthy lifestyle can lower the risk, no controlled trial comparing people given a treatment with people not given the treatment has been able to show a reduction in cases of either cognitive decline or dementia.

The findings come from a large trial of blood pressure called the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial, or SPRINT. It has already found that lowering systolic blood pressure — the top number in a blood pressure reading — to 120 or less can prevent stroke, heart attacks, kidney disease and other problems.

The findings were so compelling that the trial was stopped, and the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology released new guidelines for blood pressure in 2017 that recommended getting systolic blood pressure to 120 or lower in everyone.

Previously, people were not considered to have high blood pressure until the top reading hit 140.

The trial also was designed to tell if getting blood pressure down would affect dementia risk. It does, said Dr. Jeff Williamson of the Wake Forest School of Medicine and colleagues. They studied 9,361 people with an average age of 68 at the start. Half had their blood pressure lowered to 120 by whatever means it took, while the other half got standard blood pressure therapy.

“These results support the need to maintain well-controlled blood pressure, especially for persons over the age of 50,” Williamson said in a statement.

There had been worries that it might be too much.

“There was a lot of concern that there could be cognitive harm in lowering blood pressure,” Supiano told NBC News.

The fear was that less blood would get to the brain if blood pressure was taken down so much. (net)

Your home DNA test can now be used to develop drugs

HOME DNA test results from the 5 million customers of 23andMe will now be used by drug giant GlaxoSmithKline to design new drugs, the two companies announced Wednesday.

It’s the biggest partnership yet aimed at leveraging the increasingly popular home genetic testing market, in which customers pay for mail-in saliva tests that are analyzed by various companies. 23andMe dominates the market.

“By working with GSK, we believe we will accelerate the development of breakthroughs,” 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki wrote in a blog post.

23andMe patrons are asked if they want to participate in scientific research. The new agreement moves this consent firmly into the field of active drug discovery research.

“As always, if our customers do not want to participate in research, they can choose to opt out at any time,” Wojcicki wrote.

She emailed 23andMe customers after the announcement, including a quick link to opt out of the research.

Glaxo has invested $300 million in 23andMe and the companies have a four-year deal that gives Glaxo exclusive rights to collaborate with the DNA testing company to develop drugs.

Peter Pitts, president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, said the companies should pay the 23andMe customers whose DNA is used in any research.

“Are they going to offer rebates to people who opt in so their customers aren’t paying for the privilege of 23andMe working with a for-profit company in a for-profit research project?” he asked.

“It’s one thing for NIH (the National institutes of Health) to ask people to donate their genome sequences for the higher good,” Pitts told NBC News.

“But when two for-profit companies enter into an agreement where the jewel in the crown is your gene sequence and you are actually paying for the privilege of participating, I think that’s upside-down.”

Pitts also questioned whether there were solid protocols for protecting the privacy of 23andMe customers. (net)

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Clove production of Buleleng experiences fluctuation

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Bad weather condition that occurred within the past few days caused a temporary closing to sea transportation in Nusa Penida.

Food distribution to Nusa Penida runs smoothly

DENPASAR — Bad weather condition that occurred within the past few days caused a temporary closing to sea transportation. There is also a harbor applying open-close system. As a result, the Nusa Penida, a separate region from Bali mainland, experiences difficulties in terms of food supply. However, this does not significantly impact food supply to Nusa Penida.

Head of the Bali Food Security Agency, Wayan Mardiana, explained that food distribution to Nusa Penida has no problem. Food distribution from Bali mainland to Nusa Penida uses roro ship through Padangbai. In addition, food is also delivered through Sanur, Tribuana Harbor and Kusamba Harbor by small boat.

He admitted the delivery via Padangbai cannot run smoothly due to the application of open-close system.

However, the closing does not reach 24 hours. So, that delivery of goods only experiences slight delay, not postponement. Delivery through Padangbai is usually for food in large quantities such as rice transported by truck. Meanwhile, the supply of vegetables and meat can be made through small ports with small boats.

“Other needs such as nuts and vegetables are made through Sanur and Kusamba but the number is not too much,” he added.

Delivery from Sanur, he admitted, was disrupted due to high waves. “Distribution is slightly constrained

because of bad weather but it does not affect the availability. The stocks are still normal,” he explained.

Since the delivery from Sanur is disrupted, the needs of tourism sector in Nusa Penida are also disrupted. The needs of tourism such as potatoes, flour, eggs and vegetables are sent through Sanur.

Nusa Penida does not have a special warehouse for food storage, especially rice. By and large, the food supply from Bali mainland is directly distributed to merchants. So, the storage is done by local merchants.

In addition, the community of Nusa Penida is also said to not only consume rice but sometimes they also mix with tubers. Meanwhile, the protein needs are taken from fish, and Nusa Penida happens to belong to a coastal area. However, bad weather also makes fishing hampered so the protein needs are obtained from chicken meat and chicken eggs.

He recognized the data on food needs or daily delivery has not been reported because there are many crossings such as from Kusamba, Sanur and Padangbai. But for sure, the requirement of rice per capita per day amounts to 276 gram and 2.1 kg of meat.

In addition to food, fuel also gets the attention.

Sales Executive of LPG Pertamina for Bali Region, Rainier Axel Gultom, said that LPG supply to Nusa Penida remains normal because the weather and the waves have improved considerably. Delivery of the LPG tube is carried out through Sanur. However, he does not have any data on the needs and delivery. (kmb42)

SINGARAJA — Buleleng is known as one of the best clove contributors to Bali. The clove-producing villages in this region are located in seven subdistricts with an area of 7,800 hectares of land. Since the past few years, the clove production of Buleleng has fluctuated considerably.

This happens because of bad weather so the plants cannot bloom with the maximum.

The data of the Buleleng Agriculture Agency indicate the clove production of the North Bali region in three consecutive years amounted to 4,000 tons in 2015, increased to 6,000 tons in 2016 but dropped again to 250 tons of dry cloves in 2017. Other than fluctuation in terms of production, the development of clove prices at the farmer level also experienced similar condition. However, fluctuations in clove prices have not caused major losses to farmers.

Head of the Buleleng Agriculture Agency, Nyoman Genep, stated on Tuesday (Jul. 31) that clove production cannot be predicted. This happens because the cultivation of this plant is very dependent on weather conditions.

He gave an example the condition in 2017 that entered the harvest season but followed by prolonged rainfall in Buleleng region. Due to high rainfall, many plants failed to bloom. In contrast, the plants looked dense due to high moisture and it surely triggered the growth of lush leaves. Inevitably, this situation resulted in decreased clove production when compared to previous years.

“Fluctuations in clove production are inevitable because it depends on the weather especially when the plants will start the flowering season. Even though facing decline, our farmers did not suffer big losses because the prices remain stable and there is only a slight decline compared to previous years,” he said.

According to him, although depending on weather support, the pattern of maintenance and fertilization of plants must be considered by farmers. Moreover, the threat of

White Root Fungus (JAP) disease is still found in several villages in Buleleng, so the cleanliness of the garden area and soil moisture level should be considered. This can be done by grassing or weeds, so the light to the rod and roots is well maintained.

To optimize the control against this disease, farmers are encouraged to add nutrients to help the breeding of Trichoderma fungi known as natural enemies of the JAP. Meanwhile, balanced fertilization is also important to be done by farmers, so this effort is expected to be able to boost Buleleng clove production. “Maintenance and fertilization, especially to add nutrients for natural enemies of this fungus, is important to be done. In addition to providing coaching, our efforts will multiply demonstration plots for JAP control with Trichoderma itself,” he explained.

In the meantime, the Secretary General of the Indonesian Clove Farmers Association (APCI), I Ketut Budiman, said the production of cloves dropped dramatically in 2015 and 2017. This situation could not be avoided due to unfriendly weather.

As a result, the average production of cloves in Bali reached 5,000 tons per year. Meanwhile, the average national level of production reaches 100 to 110 tons per year. Though facing such drop, he is optimistic the production of cloves in Bali, including in Buleleng, will get boosted this year. The optimism is evidenced by the results of his recent observations where on average all the plants bloomed densely. “Our farmers faced twice difficult times, and this year all the plants are blooming so that I am optimistic it will return the clove production in Bali,” he said.

Related to the quality, Budiman called the clove of Bali is much needed by major cigarette companies in Indonesia because the quality is quite good compared to cloves from other regions. At least, with this advantage, farmers have more bargaining positions in selling their crops, so this farming business provides benefits. (kmb38)

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Karangsewu Beach managed naturally

ASIDE from Gilimanuk Bay, another natural tourist attraction that was recently developed at the western tip of Gilimanuk is the Karangsewu Beach. Although both rely on calm coastal beach scenery in combination with the cluster of Prapat Agung hill, there are differences in the concept of development.

Karangsewu Beach adjoining with the Gilimanuk steam power plant features a natural impression considering it is located in the West Bali National Park (TNBB). So, in the development it minimally takes advantage of concrete materials or permanent buildings. As soon as coming into the entrance gate of the area, no pathways are visible to the beach let alone paved. Along the road heading for the beach is still shaped in dusty mounds during the dry season. During high tides, some lands in lower position will get flooded like river water. Inevitably, visitors are forced to find another way. “It is indeed the flow of water during the high tide, including these rows of mangrove trees,” explained Suban, one of the fishermen.

In the management, a number of photo spots also put forward the natural materials. All the memorial and writing boards are almost entirely made of wood. When compared to Gilimanuk Bay, the boats serving water transportation can also be counted on fingers. The TNBB management still restricts, and so far it just allows the members of fishermen group to operate in the area. Suban who previously relied on fishing, now has a side

job. His boat offers tour services around the beach. “There is additional income beyond the fish search. Right now, many visitors start to come here especially on the weekend,” he explained.

In addition to serving the visitors, the group of fishermen around Gilimanuk is also required to maintain security in the surrounding area. It includes the sanitation and the people that enter into the area.

Karangsewu Beach is unique compared to other beaches in Bali.

In addition to offering calm water, the expanse of the land on the beach depends on the seasons. During dry season, the landscape is dominated by dry chocolate with only a few green trees. Meanwhile, in the rainy season, the expanse of green field resembles a football field, just like the characteristics of the seasonal forest which is one of the forest types in the park. In the vicinity also becomes the habitat of various faunas including the beautiful Bali starling.

Head of the TNBB, Agus Ngurah Krisna, said this year’s arrangement is begun to be done in order to support the tourism in Karangsewu.

He admitted the road does not use asphalt but paving blocks. The development of tourism facilities includes pedestrian for tourism development, landmark making, gazebo in the Karangsewu area, monitoring post and the development of tourist dock. In addition, the fence is also made around the Karangsewu. “With the pier development, we hope it can be empowered for mangrove tour activities,” he said. (olo)

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Jempiring Restaurant Presents Red & White Burger

In celebration of Indonesia’s 73rd Independence Day, Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center presents culinary promotion, theme Paket Merdeka at Jempiring Restaurant from 1 – 31 August 2018.

Led by Executive Chef Komang Aryana, the hotel offers a unique culinary reminiscent to the spirit of nation’s heroes in fought for the independence. The delectable menu items namely Red & White Burger – A unique dish consist of beef or chicken patty, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, sunny side up, and wrapped with the red and white bun, and served with French fries.

The Pastry Chef Komang Suarsih also presents a Red & White Chocolate Molten as the dessert served with a scoop of strawberry ice cream.

Furthermore, the Bartender Widu Martiana created a healthy drink called Red & White Pusaka, The giant waves damaged a gazebo in Klungkung

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Giant waves keep people up at night Huge waves were still crashing on Klungkung’s coast on Tuesday (Jul. 31), causing destruction to buildings. Many people were concerned about the natural phenomena and were thus unable to sleep well for the last few days.

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At 9:00 on Tuesday, Pesinggahan Beach, Dawan, all of the traditional Jukung boats were grounded as the waves were crashing down violently on the sandy beach. As the day drew on, the power of the waves increased.

Local residents looked with worry and cleaned up the sand that the waves had brought into their hoes with shovels. Local resident, 38 year old I Nengah Samba Yasa said that on Sunday afternoon the waves were so strong that the brick wall surrounding his home was knocked down. “Sea water came flushing in and the wall collapsed”, he explained. Large waves also washed away the facilities that had been set up for the ngeroras ceremony that will take place on August 12. “Many things drifted away, so we have to spend a lot to replace them”, he added.

Yasa has been living in his home for many years, and said that large waves usually only last for a few days and never reach the settlement. “This time it was more serious”, said this fisherman. Unable to fish due to the extreme weather he had to look for other work, saying he was nonetheless grateful “We have not been able to sleep for fear of the waves causing further damage”, he added.

Just a few meters away the waves also ravaged the building owned by I Wayan Gede Sukadana. His kitchen wall made of plywood was partly ripped off and his yard became filled with sand. “We suffered a lot of damage but the kitchen was the worst. When the waves came, he and his wife ran for safety in a nearby shrimp warehouse. “We did not dare stay in our house”, he said.

Sukadana is now jobless as he cannot go fishing. All he can do is wait for the weather to improve. “Actually there are a lot of fish, But with weather like this, we cannot go out to sea”, he explained.

Many fishermen huts made of plaited bamboo walls were also damaged by the waves. “Some traditional jukung boats have also been damaged”, added Sukadana. (kmb)

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“The dining experience will serve in ala carte style for lunch and dinner with two options, Red & White Burger with Molten or Red & White Burger with Pusaka, priced at IDR 73,000 nett per person.” Said Ady Suardi – Restaurant & Banquet Manager at Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center.

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UN honour guards take part in a ceremony to return the remains of US soldiers killed in the Korean War and collected in North Korea, at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek on August 1, 2018. The return of the remains marks the partial fulfilment of an agreement reached between the US president and North Korea’s leader at their historic summit in Singapore in June.

NEW YORK - Glossy magazine empire Conde Nast on Tuesday quashed months of rumors about the impending departure of Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, declaring that the magazine’s 30-year veteran was staying “indefinitely.”

“Anna Wintour is an incredibly talented and creative leader whose influence is beyond measure,” said CEO Bob Sauerberg in a statement tweeted by the company.

“She is integral to the future of our company’s transformation and has agreed to work with me indefinitely in her role as @voguemagazine editorin-chief and artistic director of Conde Nast.”

Legendary for her glacial demeanor, and for making or breaking designers’ careers at the flick of a manicured talon, 68-year-old Wintour had been at the helm of American Vogue since 1988 and artistic director of Conde Nast since 2013.

The announcement comes one day after The New York Times reported that Vogue’s fashion director and executive fashion editor were leaving staff jobs to become contributing editors.

The magazine’s Los Angeles director was also moving to Conde Nast’s in-house creative agency, the newspaper reported.

The changes come with the magazine empire, which also owns The New Yorker and Vanity Fair, tightening staff overheads, and expected to make $100 million dollars less revenue in 2017 than in 2016, according to the Times.

Rumors had been rife since April that Wintour would leave the American edition of the magazine after the July wedding of her daughter Bee Shaffer at her Long Island estate with the all-important September issue allegedly her last. (afp)

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In this file photo taken on November 19, 2012 actor Alan Alda arrives at the 40th International Emmy Awards in New York.

NEW YORK - Alan Alda, who starred as wise-cracking army doctor Hawkeye Pierce in the long-running television comedy series “M*A*S*H,” revealed on Tuesday that he has Parkinson’s disease.

Alda, 82, said he was diagnosed with the nervous system disorder three and a half years ago.

“I decided to let people know I have Parkinson’s to encourage others to take action,” he said in a statement on Twitter.

“My life is full. I act, I give talks, I do my podcast,” he said. “I take boxing lessons 3 days a week, play singles tennis twice a week, and take a mild pill.

“And I’m not entering dementia,” Alda said.

“I’m no more demented than I was before.”

“If you get a diagnosis, keep moving!”

In an appearance on “CBS This Morning,” Alda said the only symptom he has experienced so far is twitching in his thumb.

Besides “M*A*S*H,” the Emmy-winning Alda appeared on the popular TV political drama series “The West Wing” and was nominated for an Oscar for the movie “The Aviator.” (afp)

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N. Korea remains ‘likely to be American’: US agency

The remains of foreign soldiers returned by North Korea last week are likely to be American, an official at the US agency that deals with troops missing in action said Wednesday, as a US military aircraft prepared to repatriate the cases to Hawaii.

Last week Pyongyang returned 55 cases of remains from the 195053 Korean War, in line with an agreement between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at their summit in Singapore in June.

The process of identification could take years, according to experts. But John Byrd, director of scientific analysis at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), said preliminary findings suggested that “they are likely to be American remains”.

“The remains are consistent with remains we have recovered in North Korea... in the past,” Byrd

told reporters at the Osan US Air Base in South Korea. The cases have been kept there since Friday, awaiting their repatriation to Hawaii for further forensic analysis.

“There’s no reason at this point to doubt that they do relate to Korean War losses,” he added.

Around 500 officials from the United Nations Command (UNC), the United States and South Korea attended a formal repatriation ceremony at the airbase Wednesday. The cases, each draped with a white and blue UN flag, were lined up in rows as the ceremony got under way.

“The Korean War fallen have

never been forgotten by the United States of America,” the UNC said in a statement.

“UNC never leaves troops behind, living or deceased, and will continue the mission of repatriation until every service member returns home,” it added. After the ceremony uniformed soldiers carefully deposited each case into a C-17 cargo plane.

Byrd told reporters that “there was a single dog tag (US soldier’s identity tag) provided with the remains.” “The family of that individual has been notified,” he said.

“But I would caution... that it’s not necessarily the case that the

dog tag goes with the remains... in the box,” he added, underscoring the challenges of identifying the recovered remains.

The returned material also included military hardware and uniforms, including helmets, water bottles and boots, he said.

- DNA, bones, dental records Former DPAA official Jeong Yang-seung, who previously worked on identifying US remains from the North, said it was unusual to locate dog tags during the search and recovery process.

“It’s once in a blue moon that dog tags are recovered,” Jeong, now professor of forensic anthropology at the Middle Tennessee State University, told AFP. “I don’t think North Korea is refus-

ing to give dog tags when it has more but it probably doesn’t have dog tags lying around,” he said. “So when... only one dog tag was provided, it’s probably not to tease the US but rather that it was sent because it could offer clues to the remains.”

DNA analysis, skeletal studies of bones, dental records as well as details of where the remains were found play a key role in such investigations, he said.

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