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Russia makes Steven Seagal special envoy to US to help thaw relations

MOSCOW - Russia has handed Hollywood movie star Steven Seagal the task of keeping relations cordial with the United States.

The Russian foreign minister announced on Facebook that the actor will be its special envoy for humanitarian ties with the US. It said Seagal would “facilitate relations between Russia and the United States in the humanitarian field, including cooperation in culture, arts, public and youth exchanges”.

The post is unpaid.

The Hard To Kill action star is an accomplished martial artist, just like Russian president Vladimir Putin.

American Seagal, whose grandparents were Russian Jews, was granted Russian citizenship in 2016.

He has repeatedly defended Mr Putin’s policies, including the annexation of Crimea.

And he has criticised the US government.

Last year, Russian enemy Ukraine banned Seagal from entering the country for five years, citing national security reasons. (net)

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65,000 Indonesians go loco for pocopoco in Asian Games record attempt

Indonesian president Joko Widodo led some 65,000 of his compatriots in a mass dance through the streets of Jakarta on Sunday to promote the Asian Games and try to set a world record along the way.

Jakarta and the city of Palembang on Sumatra will jointly host Asia’s biggest sporting event from August 18 but President Widodo has previously complained about the lack of promotion and enthusiasm in the country.

In a bid to drum up support ahead of the games authorities turned to the Evangeline Lilly

poco-poco, a traditional line dance from North Sulawesi province.

Dressed in white and red -- the colour of the Indonesian flag -President Widodo, his wife Iriana, and several high ranking officials led tens of thousands of Indonesians in a long, snaking line of dancers through the capital.

Organisers hope to break the world record for the largest number of people performing the traditional dance in one place and said 65,000 people took part in Jakarta.

“Poco-poco is the original culture of Indonesia and it’s a native dance, so we are now performing a mass Poco-poco dance with 65,000 people setting the world record showing and reiterating Poco-poco belongs to Indonesia,” police chief Tito Karnavian who took part in the event said.

Police and military staff, members

of parliament, students, members of fitness centres as well as inmates in jails across Indonesia all showed their best Poco-poco moves at the same. “This a very good opportunity to show that Indonesia is conserving its traditions,” high school student Raja Farid Akbar said. “I am happy that I can help promote a tradition that could have been forgotten.”

About 11,000 athletes and 5,000 officials from 45 Asian countries are expected to flock to Jakarta and Palembang for the August 18 to

September 2 Games, the world’s biggest multi-sport event behind the Olympics. (afp) Continued to page 6 News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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JJ Abrams apologises to Evangeline Lilly over semi-naked Lost scene

LOS ANGELES - JJ Abrams has apologised to Evangeline Lilly after she complained about being “cornered” into a partially nude scene on Lost.

Lilly, 38, played the character Kate Austen in the TV show from 2004 to 2010 - but told a podcast last week of her difficulties with the producers.

Two of the show’s creators, Abrams and Damon Lindelof, have indirectly apologised to her, although they said they’re not sure if their message has got through.

“Our response to Evie’s comments this morning in the media was to immediately reach out to her to profoundly apologise for

the experience she detailed while working on Lost,” they said in a statement.

“We have not yet connected with her, but remain deeply and sincerely sorry. No person should ever feel unsafe at work. Period.”

Speaking on a podcast, Lilly said: “In season three, I’d had a bad experience on set with being basically cornered into doing a scene partially naked, and I felt had no choice in the matter.

“And I was mortified and I was

trembling and when it finished, I was crying my eyes out and I had to go on do a very formidable, very strong scene thereafter.

“In season four, another scene came up where Kate was undressing and I fought very hard to have that scene be under my control and I failed to control it again.

“And so I then said, ‘That’s it, no more. You can write whatever you want - I won’t do it. I will never take my clothes off on this show again’. And I didn’t.” (net)

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This handout picture taken and released by the Indonesian Presidential Palace on August 5, 2018 shows Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo (2nd R) and Vice President Yusuf Kalla (2nd L) taking part in a mass dance through the streets of Jakarta to promote the Asian Games. Indonesian president Joko Widodo led some 65,000 of his compatriots in a mass dance through the streets of Jakarta on August 5 to promote the Asian Games and try to set a world record along the way.

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Sacred Wayang wong of Tejakula

Well known in Asia and Europe, survives in magical way

TEJAKULA village, Tejakula, Buleleng, is the birthplace of the wayang wong (human puppet—Ed) art in Bali. Over the years, this art born out of the combination of Parwa and Gambuh arts, has experiences its ups and downs. Fortunately Wayang Wong has managed to be sustained and has even become known in parts of South East Asia and Europe which many attribute to the strength of this heritage that carries a magical aura.

This art is estimated to have been born in the mid-17th century through a sacred birth process.

Through trance experiences by supporting devotees and confidants of the deities abiding in the Tejakula clan temple, the deities requested that wayang wong be performed in a number of other temples in the territory of Tejakula customary village.

After getting a magical signal, artists in Tejakula customary village gathered and agreed to establish the wayang wong art.

Art figure I Gusti Ngurah Jelantik, a traditional artist, came to Tejakula in the 16th century, while I Dewa Batan, another artist, came to Tejakula in the 15th century.

These two artists are believed to have played important roles in the birth of the wayang wong art in Tejakula. Both artists also made wooden masks representing figures from the Ramayana epics.

There were 175 masks made at that time.

Until now, the clan temple regularly holds their temple festival (piodalan) with the accompaniment of a wayang wong performance inherited from generation to generation. This sacredness has allowed the wayang wong of Tejakula to be named as an Intangible Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO. One of the artists who witnessed the creation of the way-

ang wong of Tejakula is Gede Putu Tirta Ngis, a 72 year old resident of Tegal Semaga hamlet, Tejakula. When met recently, the man who is familiarly called Putu Ngis has deeply involved in the sacred arts since 1975 and until now he is still actively plays the wayang wong.

He is also known to be an expert in playing all the characters of this art.

In fact Putu Ngis did not know his relatives that had danced wayang wong but he is fact a descendant of I Gusti Ngurah Jelantik who is known to be one of the artists who helped create the wayang wong art.

“During the period of 1975 to

1985, I learned to play wayang wong. The process of learning involved dancing, performing and watching other perform. Eventually I was able to play all wayang wong figures”, he said.

According to Jelantik, the wayang wong of Tejakula is indeed a very old cultural heritage with hundreds of masks representing several groups of characters and include masks of Sugriwa, Rama, Laksamana, Wibisana, servant, Rahwana, Kumbakarna and giants. Hundreds of masks are now neatly stored at the clan (Maksan) temple of Tejakula. The masks that are estimated to have be 3 and half centuries old are still well preserved and are only used on special occasions like the Tejakula customary village, by the members of the wayang wong troupe of Tejakula that consists of 300 people.

This sacred art can only be

staged at particular times and places such as large ceremonies like at ngenteg linggih and piodalan at Danka Temple. Before the masks are used, special rituals like bakti pamungkah are are performed at Maksan Temple.

This sacred wayang wong dance must be played it’s full form and cannot be broken up into parts. “During the piodalan at the Desa Temple of Tejakula, the first part of the Ramayana epic is played then followed by the second part and so on. Once completed the story starts again”, he explained.

Through the generations Since its creation, the wayang wong has remained sacred over the generations. Sometimes without having learned the dance, if someone has been psychically appointed, they are automatically able to dance like the other dancers who have been practicing.

Gede Komang, another wayang wong artist who is known as a senior figure of this art form explained that some dancers inherit their talent form bloodlines other than those that have wayang wong dancers. Komang himself had never danced the wayang wong, but one day in the 1990’s he dreamt of the dance even though he had rarely ever seen it performed since he worked in East Timor. But since it time to dance, he danced. It is believed that if someone has been chosen to dance the wayang wong dance and refuses, bad things will happen to them.

He cited the example of a family member who had been suffering paralysis and could not be cured. After consulting a medium, the family member was told to join a wayang wong troupe.

After requesting holy water from Maksan Temple, they completed recovered. It is a commonly held belief that one must not reject the invitation to become a wayang wong dancer.

“We have confidence that when it’s time, I will join to dance.

If I try to reject this we believe something bad will happen- possibly continuous nitemares or chronic illness. This is a believe and indeed it happens to us”, he explained. (mud)

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15 Activities Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center Donates Blood, Donates Life

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Spirit of Independence Day is here! And this is the perfect time for us to express our caring towards each other especially to those who in need. Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center expresses it through its annual charity Blood Donation on August 5th, 2018 at Niti Mandala Renon, Denpasar or in front of fire department office.

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The event was attended by The Mayor of Denpasar Ida Bagus Rai Mantra and started with a flash mob performed by the entire committee to attract the attention of visitors. In addition, some door prizes were also distributed to the lucky donors and entertained by the acoustic band of BPBD Bali.

“The first main donors target is our own hotel employees, people

who come to Car Free Day, printed; online; and electronic media partners, and also Archipelago International as our hotel management. This year, we are proud to collaborate with PORGASI (Indonesian Airsoft Sport Association), BPBD (District Disaster Management Agency) Bali, and FORMI (Recreational Sports Federation for Indonesian Society), and reach

our target to donate 250 blood bags to Indonesian Red Cross.”

Said Wahyuningsih – Human Resources Manager of Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center on the event.

“Beside known as the hobby distribution, our community also needs to be introduced to the public that the airsoft game is not a crime and not to be abused, as well

as doing the annual charity event like this. We are pleased to do the cooperation with one of the largest hotel chains in Indonesia such as Aston Denpasar Hotel.” Said I Gusti Ngurah Gede Budhita SE. MM, Chief Pusdalops (Operation Disaster Control Center) BPBD, Denpasar and also as Chairman Pengprov (Provincial officials) PORGASI, Bali.

International Traveling Piz Gloria and James Bond 007: licence to chill in Schilthorn, Switzerland

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Ubud Village Jazz Festival August 10-11th

Bringing the world to Bali and Bali to the world

The Ubud Village Jazz Festival is headed into its sixth year as it opens to the public on August 10-11. As in previous years, the highly acclaimed festival will host a roaster of great talents from Bali, Indonesia and abroad, with Arma Museum and Resort serving as the venue.

Every Bond story features a masterly villain with ambitions of world domination, but few are so iconic as Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Most recently portrayed

by Christoph Waltz in Spectre, Blofeld has appeared in seven other Bond films and is often seen stroking his white Persian cat in evil contemplation.

One such appearance is in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”, one of the more divisive Bond films thanks to its leading man, George Lazenby, who played the role of 007 just the once. Although the 1969 film received a lukewarm reception from critics, many consider it to be one of the best in the series, in part because of its spectacular scenery.

The site of Blofeld’s secret lair, Piz Gloria, is atop the 2,970m summit of the Schilthorn in Switzerland’s Bernese Alps. This is one of the only places in the world where the public can experience a Bond film set up close and personal.

The story of Piz Gloria While searching for the ideal film location for Blofeld’s lair, the production team came across a partly constructed sports bar with a revolving floor on the Schilthorn summit. Set against a backdrop of dramatic, snow-topped mountains, which includes the indomitable Eiger, it seemed the perfect setting for a villainous plot. The film’s producer agreed to finance its completion in exchange for exclusive filming rights.

Since filming ended, the building has retained its Piz Gloria moniker, taking full advantage of the Bond connection. The restaurant has floor-to-ceiling windows and revolves a full 360 degrees in 55 minutes. The family friendly menu includes the fan favourite “007 burger” complete with a 007

stamped logo on the bun.

As well as a restaurant, there is also a permanent exhibition containing Bond memorabilia and film clips on the lower floor.

While this could seem a little corny, the “Bond World” exhibition is actually very well presented, with a great selection of iconic Bond posters, part of the helicopter used in the film and various interactive games and entertainment.

Outdoor adventures As you exit the cable car at the top of the Schilthorn, you are immediately presented with some rather spectacular views of the mountains surrounding the region. This includes the Jungfrau, Eiger and Jura Mountains. On a clear day, you can also see Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps. There is a large, open area covered with tables and chairs, where you can relax with a cocktail and enjoy the views.

If you’re feeling more adventurous, you can take part in the “thrill walk”, a 200m long steel and glass walkway that hugs the rock and leads to the cable car station. Not one for vertigo sufferers, the walkway is both narrow and high, but you are rewarded with uninterrupted views of the valley of Lauterbrunnen.

You can also channel your inner Bond and attempt to crawl though an (optional) eight-metre tunnel with clear views of the 250m drop below.

If you haven’t had enough of 007 by now, there is a new exhibition outside called the “007 Walk of Fame”: a series of statues featuring handprints of the film’s cast and crew and information about their time on set. The opening event in 2015 was attended by George Lazenby himself. (net)

Unlike previous years, this year the UVJF has received support from Indonesia’s creative economy funding body BEKRAF which is both financial helpful and also a form of acknowledgment of the previous successes of this rapidly growing festival.

Despite having a wide range of sponsors supporting this tribute to jazz in Ubud, due the large costs involved in the production, staging and the considerable cost of having renowned foreign musicians play at the festival, receiving the contribution of finding from BEKRAF has allowed the Ubud Village Jazz Festival to increase the overall quality of the experience of those who attend.

“While Arma is already an extremely pleasant venue with distinct touches of Balinese aesthetics and lots of greenery, it is always a challenge to create a new atmosphere from year to year. In fact each year it is harder because we want it to be different that it has ever been before, integrate video mapping that is minimalist enough to not distract from attention to the music, while still maintaining the general them of “Balinese village”, with all natural materials, like palm leaf and bamboo”, explained architect and designer Diana Surya who added that co-desiger Putu “Klick” Swantara had pulled out all the stops in this year’s design with Luden House’s Gede Sayur Suanda adding a special touch.

This year’s edition features the theme “freedom of expression”, referring to the roots of jazz as a musical genre. As festival co-organizer, artistic director and jazz addict Yuri Mahatma explained during a recent press conference at Rumah Sanur: “jazz is a particular genre of music that is indeed rooted in freedom of expression, this does not however mean that any from of musical sounds played freely constiutes jazz – such an understanding would imply a great disrespect for the countless hours that jazz musicians spend honing their skills. Here “freedom of expression” refers to the vast range of possibilities of this freedom-based genre”.

Rumah Sanur also hosts a weekly Jazz event entitled ‘Jazz Under the Tree”, which has gained increasing popularity since it began a couple of years ago. And although there are a few other venues in Bali that hold regular jazz events, as festival founder and co-organiser and Chairman A. A Anom Wirajaya Darsana of Antida Productions explained: “one of the main inspirations for the Ubud Village Jazz Festival is to provide the Balinese public with exposure to great Jazz talents from here an abroad.

Bali has some exceptionally talented Jazz musicians too but they are rarely given the stage. So although it is great that this festival provides a boost to tourism in Bali, and allows Bali’s music scene to become known to other parts of the world, what gives me the most joy personally is knowing that all this great talent can be even more enriched by the exchange that takes place during the UVJF. It is truly a labor of love for everyone involved in the production”.

The Ubud Village Jazz Festival is also offering two day of pre-event workshops taught by both local international musicians appearing in the festival. The workshop will be held on August 8th-9th and will be taking place in Denpasar, Karangasem, Canggu, Kuta, Jumbaran, Sanur and Pengosekan.

As local jazz luminary Jeko Fauzy said, “I am really excited about some of the musicians who will be playing this year. I definitely plan to attend the workshop that Benny Green will be giving as part of the UVJV pre-events. Even though I give my heart and soul to my craft anyway, having such amazing musicians play here really inspires me to step up my game”.

“I am of course a big fan of jazz music in general and love singing jazz classics, but what I really love about the Ubud Village Jazz Festival is that it reminds us all that jazz is fun”, replied Bali-based, Malang born up and coming jazz vocalist Qee-Qee who performed a few soul soothing songs during the press conference.

The Ubud Village Jazz Festival is the larger festival in South-East Asia that is dedicated entirely to the musical genre of Jazz and in the short time since it was born, it has already proven to be must for Jazz lovers from around the world and has more firmly anchored Ubud as a culturally rich tourist destination.(kmb)

festival committee and Balinese jazz musicians at press conference at Rumah Sanur

Qee-Qee performing jazz classic at UVJF press conference at Rumah Sanur

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Farmers turn prosperous if people use local products

DENPASAR - Who is wrong if farmers do not prosper? It can be the fault of farmers or the government, but the community also has a big contribution to the welfare of farmers. People becoming the users of agricultural products are expected to use as much local fruit as possible to meet their needs, so that local farmers can prosper.

The owner of UD Sari Buah, Made Sianta, hoped there are rules requiring people to use local fruits.

He considered the competition in agriculture does not come from outside Bali (Indonesia) but from overseas with the entry of imported fruits.

This farmer from Padangan village, Pupuan, Tabanan, is also a salesperson of his colleagues coalesced into the farmer group.

Based on experience, he considered it really difficult to market the products if the rules on local fruit use are tightened. He used to supply fruits to hotels and supermarkets. Of the two modern markets, the fees obtained can be greater than the sales to traditional markets. However, the payment system in hotels and supermarkets is rather difficult for farmers. Supermarkets usually pay farmers after two weeks while hotel takes longer, where the payment is settled after one month.

This is one of the obstacles faced by farmers, namely capital. To be able to supply fruits and vegetables to hotels and supermarkets every day, he must have enough capital to support the production. Within two weeks to one month, there is no income obtained for the operational turnover of the business.

In addition, during the harvest season, the fruit is abundant.

Farmers will turn worried because the price of fruits can go down in harmony with the abundant supplies. Fruits will be valued cheaply and sometimes does not cover the operational costs of farmers.

Moreover, mangosteen harvest will start next three months. Abundant mangosteen is expected to get absorbed in the market. He really hoped the government can help smooth the mangosteen exports so that farmers do not waste their production.

An economic observer, Viraguna Bagoes Oka, said that so far the agricultural development in Bali is only short-term, not longterm oriented. Thus, it cannot be enjoyed, and prosper farmers in the long run. In addition, it has difficulty in terms of human resources.

Human resources in farming sector are gradually decreasing. This is the result of a human resource mindset oriented to an instant and factual profession, namely working in the bureaucracy and tourism. “Such orientation remains prominent.

This mindset causes the agricultural sector to require patience, fighting power, determination to produce optimally and really that takes a long time to produce results,” he explained.

Over the past ten years, the government has prioritized short-term aspects. Working patterns and results are seen in the short term. So, the sector requiring a long oriented foundation is less considered. For example, the infrastructure is very alarming. The traffic of goods from village to city or from city to city is very inefficient. Inevitably, the factor of production is burdened by transportation costs.

Similarly, there is no agricultural management from the upstream to downstream. Necessarily it should be managed well and continuously.

“Thus, what produced in the upstream is absorbed by the market.

Since the infrastructure is not supportive, the production is partially taken from other places that are also costly. On that account, Bali is 70 percent dependent on outside Bali for eight basic commodities,” he explained. (kmb42)

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People becoming the users of agricultural products are expected to use as much local fruit as possible to meet their needs, so that local farmers can prosper.

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Bangladesh PM urges teen protesters to go home amid violence

DHAKA - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged students Sunday to go home as police fired tear gas during an eighth day of unprecedented protests over road safety which have paralysed parts of Dhaka.

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Wayang wong ballet is one of the Balinese traditional dances included in the genre of bebali or semi-sacred dance.

Wayang wong regeneration in Bali

Staged at BAF and Mahalango after reconstructed

DENPASAR - Wayang wong ballet is one of the Balinese traditional dances included in the genre of bebali or semi-sacred dance. In 2015, wayang wong together with eight other traditional dances was recognized as an intangible cultural heritage by the UNESCO. After the recognition, the government has the duty to maintain and preserve the wayang wong. One of them is by keeping the dancer’s regeneration process so as not to get disconnected from time to time.

“We’ve obliged the regeneration process so that the nine Balinese dances included in the three genres (including wayang wong—Ed) must always be presented in every parade of the Bali Arts Festival (BAF). Then, we also perform wayang wong in the BAF and Bali Mandara Mahalango activities,” said the Head of the Bali Culture Office, Dewa Putu Beratha, when confirmed on Saturday (Aug. 4).

According to Beratha, wayang wong is one of the arts almost coming into extinction in several places. Nevertheless, it remains well preserved and made sacred like the wayang wong of Tejakula (Buleleng) and the one at Pucak Kembar Temple, Tabanan. To preserve the wayang wong almost going extinct, the reconstruction process is the answer.

“After reconstructing, we provide the opportunity for performances in cultural events such as BAF and Mahalango like the latest reconstruction in Kerobokan, Badung. Now, there is another in Kuta

and Bualu. The wayang wong of Bualu has already been performed twice. So, it is the government’s obligation to preserve and maintain because it has included in the world cultural heritage,” he explained.

Beratha added that one of the requirements before the nine Balinese dances were tried by the UNESCO into an intangible cultural heritage, indeed there must be a statement. For instance, Bali in particular will make a number of policies to maintain and preserve the arts considering there are currently challenges in the form of the development of people’s life that have more or less influenced the conservation efforts.

“It used to be an agrarian society and remained homogeneous, so there was still a lot of opportunity to do art activities. However, today the community has led to industrial services. Children are also busy going to school to a higher level,” he added.

In the past, continued Beratha, wayang wong was called barong

ketingkling and there was ngelawang or gallivanting show every month. During Galungan, the gallivanting show could even be done for a full month. At that time, agrarian society believed that if wayang wong entered people’s homes when making gallivanting show and touched the trees in the house compound, the trees would bear dense fruits.

“The gallivanting show tradition has no longer been seen today because there is a shift in livelihood.

However, the ones made sacred remains to be well maintained at temples, and these are taken to government events,” he said.

Beratha does not deny that there is a wayang wong truly sacred and may only be performed at certain temples. However, some may be allowed to be staged by using duplicates of the original masks of the wayang wong. Although there are also people remaining to carry the original masks, it is accompanied by many rituals at the location of the performance. (kmb32)

Students in their tens of thousands have brought parts of the capital to a standstill after two teenagers were killed by a speeding bus.

The unrest quickly spread beyond the capital. Authorities have shut down mobile internet services across swathes of the country, officials and local media said.

On Saturday the protests took a violent turn in Dhaka’s Jigatala neighbourhood, with more than 100 people injured as police fired rubber bullets at demonstrators.

A car carrying US ambassador Marcia Bernicat was also attacked by “armed men” but she escaped unscathed, the embassy said.

The violence continued Sunday with police firing tear gas into a large crowd marching toward an office of the ruling Awami League party, an AFP correspondent said.

Hasina warned Sunday that a “third party” could sabotage the protests and put the safety of demonstrators at risk.

“That’s why I request all guardians and parents to keep their children at home. Whatever they have done is enough,” the prime minister

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Bangladeshi students shout slogans as they march along a street during a student protest in Dhaka on August 5, 2018, following the deaths of two college students in a road accident. said from her office.

Some youngsters were rushed to hospital on Saturday after being attacked, allegedly by pro-government activists, witnesses said.

Hasina’s warning came as protesters marched towards the scene of Saturday’s clashes chanting “We

want justice!”

Police denied they fired rubber bullets or tear gas at the protesters.

However hospital staff said dozens of people had been injured, some seriously, and injuries were consistent with rubber bullets.

The Awami League has denied

allegations that its officials beat up students.

On Saturday, US ambassador Bernicat’s vehicle was set upon by a mob.

“As she was leaving about 11pm and getting into her car, a group attacked her car,” said rights

activist Badiul Alam Majumder, who was hosting the ambassador for dinner.

The US embassy confirmed an official vehicle “was attacked by a group of armed adult men” but the envoy and her team departed unharmed. (afp)

Maduro says he escaped ‘assassination’ attempt claimed by rebel group

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (C) attends a ceremony to celebrate the 81st anniversary of the National Guard in Caracas on August 4, 2018. A loud bang interrupted Maduro’s speech during the military ceremony.

CARACAS - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he was “more determined than ever” after he escaped an “assassination” attempt using an explosive-laden drone as he gave a speech during a Caracas military parade.

The government said seven soldiers were wounded in the alleged attack Saturday, blamed on Colombia by Maduro and later claimed by a mysterious rebel group.

“I am fine, I am alive, and after this attack I’m more determined than ever to follow the path of the revolution,” Maduro said defiantly of the incident, from which he escaped unharmed.

“Justice! Maximum punishment!

And there will be no forgiveness,” he warned in an address to the nation, sparking fears of an anti-

opposition offensive in a country already reportedly holding some 248 political prisoners.

Meanwhile, Attorney General Tarek William Saab, also present at the parade, said those arrested in connection with the incident would be identified on Monday.

“There will be a ruthless punishment,” he said.

Venezuelan state television images showed Maduro looking up disconcertedly in the middle of a speech having heard a bang, before members of the country’s National Guard lined up in the parade suddenly scattered.

“It was an attack to kill me, they tried to assassinate me today,” he said in a state broadcast, speaking of a “flying object (that) exploded in front of me.”

Communication Minister Jorge Rodriguez said there was “an explosive charge... detonated close to the presidential podium” and in several other spots along the parade held in central Caracas. Saab told CNN he saw a drone filming the event explode.

No drones could be seen in the television broadcast, which showed bodyguards jumping in front of Maduro to protect him with flexible ballistic shields. The broadcast was quickly cut.

Meanwhile, a policeman who requested anonymity told AFP that drones may have been released from a nearby apartment that suffered a fire after one exploded.

However, other versions of events attributed the fire to the accidental explosion of a gas cylinder. (afp)

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WASHINGTON - One of President Donald Trump’s priorities, low unemployment, is complicating another: curbing immigration.

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In this June 21, 2018 file photo, a job applicant looks at job listings for the Riverside Hotel at a job fair hosted by Job News South Florida, in Sunrise, Fla. Economists forecast that employers added 191,000 jobs in July, down from 213,000 in June but easily enough to lower the unemployment rate over time.

Frandy Frauville, 35, joined a wave of Haitians who came to Tijuana, Mexico, from Brazil starting in 2016. Brazil welcomed Haitians after Haiti’s 2010 earthquake. But Frauville grew tired of factory jobs in Mexico that barely allowed him to cover rent and food, and, lured by the prospects of better work and joining family near Miami, he lined up with his 5-year-old daughter at a border crossing.

“I’ll take whatever I can get,” he said.

And Rolando Antonio Bueso Castillo, who was separated from his infant Johan, was making only $10 a day driving a bus in Honduras. He was captured and quickly deported while his baby remained behind for five months.

He said he made the difficult journey because his brother had secured him a job in Maryland. Someday, he said, his son will ask what happened, and why he had left him in the United States.

“I’ll tell him the truth,” he said. “We thought we had a good plan to give him a better life.”

Many economists say immigration is actually good for the economy and migrants

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Galungan Cina at Museum Neka

Will economic boom complicate curbing immigration?

With the number of jobs available exceeding the number of Americans seeking jobs, employers are looking beyond the border to fill openings, and migrants are coming to the country in search of work.

Hotel and restaurant owner Todd Callewaert is short more than two dozen workers this season for his Mackinac Island, Michigan, businesses. “You can’t hire a line cook right now, it’s impossible, even for 20 bucks an hour,” he said. “We usually fill the gap with visa workers, but we can’t even get those this year.”

The Labor Department said Friday the unemployment rate was 3.9 percent, near the 18-year low set in May, and employers are adding jobs at a faster pace than last year.

Trump has made clear employers should be trying to attract American workers through wage increases and other incentives, not filling jobs with immigrants.

“Curbing immigration is essential to growing wages and ensuring available jobs go to American workers, not foreign workers,” Deputy White House Press Secretary Hogan Gidley told AP. “As immigration curbs are put into place, more and more Americans will be absorbed back into the workforce, especially those who have been left out due to poor work history or difficult life circumstances.”

The administration has made it harder to come to the U.S. for work, legally or otherwise. Work visas are costly, complicated and limited. Large-scale, job-seeking migration through a porous border is long gone.

This summer, the administration tried to deter would-be immigrants by adopting a “zero-tolerance” policy, prosecuting anyone caught crossing the border illegally. It resulted in nearly 3,000 children separated from their parents at the border, prompting international outrage. Trump eventually stopped the separations and the government was forced by a judge to reunify families.

Still, tens of thousands of people cross the border illegally every month, many seeking asylum from violence. But often, they’re coming because of the prospect of work.

Dala Edilson Ba Juc traveled with his 12-year-old daughter from Guatemala to the U.S. — only to be separated from her at the border, reunited and deported home. Sitting at an immigration facility in Guatemala City, he said they came for work.

“I needed to try to make a better life for my family — I wanted them to have what I could not give them here,” he said. “There are many, many jobs in the States.”

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provide complementary work to the jobs Americans do. Despite Trump’s push, some business owners say they just can’t get Americans to fill the jobs.

A.J. Erskine is vice president of Cowart Seafood Group, which includes a Virginia oyster company of about 75 employees. “Entrylevel is $12.13 an hour,” he said. “I don’t know how much higher we can go without being unable to sell oysters. He said the company has been in business more than a half-century, and that despite massive recruiting efforts, it can’t keep American workers.

“We just don’t have people who want to come out and shuck oysters at 3 in the morning — and I don’t blame them,” he said.

Some, like Erksine, are willing to front the cost associated with a temporary work visa, about $4,000 per employee for workers holding down seasonal, non-agricultural jobs. But the visas are capped at 66,000 annually, with 15,000 additional visas this year.

Economists say the hiring crunch could be eased in part by increasing the number of visas available during boom years, and decreasing them when the economy is

weaker. But those changes must be made

by Congress.

Those turning a blind eye to immigration status, or hiring people with false identification face crackdowns by immigration agents.

Agents raided an Ohio garden center in the summer, arresting 114 workers and accusing the business of unlawful employment of aliens and fraud. “It’s not worth the risk for us to hire people we’re not sure about,” said Callewaert, the hotel and restaurant owner. But a lack of staff means the business can’t grow, he said.

Rep. Dave Brat, R-Virginia., a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said he did not think the lower unemployment rate would weaken efforts to restrict illegal immigration.

“The irony is it makes it more transparent what the real problem of the labor market is,” Brat said, citing about 10 million Americans not in the labor force. He called for improved education and imposing work requirements on food stamp recipients to get more of these Americans in the workforce. “The answer is not to bring in 10 million folks from abroad,” Brat said. (ap)

The beauty of togetherness The long history of cultural, religious, political, artistic and trade relations between Indonesia and China date back over half a millennium and continue to have profound influences on both countries. Though mostly harmonious these relations have also been marked by some deeply troubling events and as a consequence some less than harmonious attitudes and actions have occurred over the years often eclipsing the generally positive interactions that in fact flourish in day-to-day relations.

Bali has a particularly close relationship with Chinese culture that began long ago but is perhaps most notably described in the love story that took place in the 12th century between Balinese King Jaya Pangus of Kintamani and Chinese princess Kang Cing Wie of the Kang Dynasty that continues to resonate to this very day.

There are various renditions of the story but in essence they fell madly in love and the cultural influences that the Chinese princess brought with her have become part of Balinese culture in general with particular influence in the area of Kintamani where this legendary couple lived.

There were of course many Chinese merchants and cultural envoys visiting Bali and other parts of Indonesia before and after this story, however certain distinct influences like the use of pis bolong (chinese coins) and the barong landung (chinese style barong) and other influences from Chinese culture took root with this couple and have made their way all over the island and have become integrated into Balinese culture.

On July 25th, 2018 Neka Museum in collaboration with artist community Segara Lor from Udiksnas University opened an exhibition entitled “Galungan Cina” in celebration of the harmonious relations between these two cultures. According to some accounts, what has become one of Bali’s most important religious holidays – Galungan and Kuningan was born out of the love story between King Jaya Pangus and princess Kang Cing Wie. As curator and cultural art historian I Made Susanta Dwitanaya explained: “the title of the exhibition was chosen as a way to show how Balinese culture is one that is based on inclusion rather than exclusion, whereby influences from other cultures – in this case Chinese culture, are not feared, rejected or vilified but rather considered as enriching and incorporated into the broader world view of Balinese culture itself”.

Segara Lor invited guest artist Tien Hong to join them in this exhibition as a Balinese painter whose family descends from China.

Hong is from Desa Lampu, Kintamani where the majority of residents are also of Chinese descent. His family and neighbors have been living in Bali for many generations and although they acknowledge their roots in China and maintain certain traditions, they also practice Balinese religious and cultural customs. “Yes I am of Chinese descent but I am also very much Balinese.

Painting by I Wayan Juni Antara on display at Neka Museum’s Galungan Cina exhibition Never once in my life have I felt like a foreigner here, nor have I ever witnessed any kind of strained relations based on differences in ethnicity in my village. In fact Desa Lampu was given a national award for most harmonious inter-ethnic relations. I believe this is a testament to the possibility of such harmonious relations between all peoples in Indonesia”.

Galungan Cina features a diverse range of works by 19 artists: Wayan Sudiarta, Tien Hong, Komang Trisno Adi Wirawan, Made Kartiyoga, Kadek Antara, Dewa Gede Purwita, Riski Nanda Riwaldi, Nyoman Arisana, Ni Luh Pangestu Widya Sari, I Gusti Agung Prawira Yuda, Ida Bagus Pandit Prastu, I Made Hendra Putrawan, kadek Jefri Wibowo, Putu Suhartawan, Kadek Omo Santika,

and Dewa Johana.

All of the works in the exhibition refer in some way to the influence of Chinese culture in Bali, whether tangible or intangible and pay tribute the wealth that comes from such cultural interactions. The high quality and great diversity of the works themselves also echoes the distinct ability of Balinese culture in particular and Indonesian culture in general to allow for great diversity while preserving a fundamental identity. It is perhaps this ability to remain coherent while embracing difference that defines the unusually beautiful identity of this island and the nation of which it is part.

“Neka Museum is dedicated to supporting local, national and international artists of note and we are especially pleased to welcome

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alumni from Udisknas University’s Fine Arts department who have formed into the art community Segara Lor to present this exhibition – Galungan Cina, which speak to the long history of harmonious relations between Bali and China. We hope that this exhibition can demonstrate the beauty and power of unity in diversity and serve as an example for all of us who make up this great diverse nation”, explained founder of Neka Museum, Pande Wayan Suteja Neka Galungan Cina will be on display at Neka Museum, Jl Raya Sagingan, Ubud, until August 15th, 2018 and us a must see for any art lover and anyone interested in the wonderful dance between Bali and China that continues to yield much beauty, harmony and togetherness. (kmb)

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Melania Trump praises LeBron James after president’s insult

WASHINGTON - After Donald Trump sniped back at LeBron James’ suggestion that he fuels American racial divides, support has flooded in for the NBA great -- including from the US president’s own wife, Melania.

In an interview on Tuesday -- also broadcast late Friday -- Los Angeles Lakers player and philanthropist James told CNN he believed Trump “is kind of trying to divide us.”

“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?” said James, who on Monday opened an elementary school for at-risk youth in his native Akron, Ohio.

For the rest of the week, Trump was uncharacteristically silent -- until Friday night, when he finally shot back.

“Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, (CNN presenter) Don Lemon. He made Lebron look smart, which isn’t easy to do,” the president tweeted.

His comment sparked huge reaction from James’ supporters -- but the most surprising came from First Lady Melania Trump, whose communications director issued a statement that appeared to break ranks with the president.

Stephanie Grisham was quoted by CNN as saying James appeared to be “working to do good things on behalf of our next generation.”

“Just as she always has, the First Lady encourages everyone to have an open dialogue about issues facing children today,” she said.

Grisham added the first lady “would be open to visiting” James’ new school.

Meanwhile, Don Lemon, the presenter who had interviewed James, also got Melania Trump involved.

“Who’s the real dummy? A man who puts kids in classrooms or one who puts kids in cages? #BeBest”, Lemon tweeted, using the hashtag of her youth wellbeing awareness campaign, which advocates against cyberbullying. (afp)

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This photo taken on July 30, 2018 shows a man (R) taking pictures of robots at the ROBOT. HE restaurant in Shanghai.

Chip labour: Robots replace waiters in China restaurant The futuristic restaurant concept is the latest initiative in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s push to modernise service and retail in a country where robotics and artificial intelligence are increasingly being integrated into commerce.

Raising efficiency and lowering labour costs are the objectives at Alibaba’s “Robot.He” diners, where waiters have been replaced by robots about the size of microwave ovens, which roll around the dining room on table-high runways.

“In Shanghai, a waiter costs up to 10,000 yuan ($1,500) per month. That’s hundreds of thousands in cost every year. And two shifts of people are needed,” said Cao Haitao, the Alibaba product manager who

developed the concept.

“But we don’t need two shifts for robots and they are on duty every day.”

The diners are attached to Alibaba’s new Hema chain of semi-automated supermarkets, where grocery shoppers fill their “carts” on a mobile app and have the merchandise brought to them at checkout via conveyor tracks on the ceiling, or delivered straight to their homes.

Alibaba now has 57 Hema markets in 13 Chinese cities, all of which will eventually feature the robotic restaurants.

Industry experts say they serve more as showcases of Alibaba’s tech prowess than a serious business model in a country where labour costs are relatively low.

But the restaurants also typify the rapid adoption of new technologies in a country where the government is increasingly using facial-recognition technology to police streets and identify law-breakers. (afp)

Britain likely to leave EU without deal: minister LONDON - Britain is now likely leave the European Union without a deal due to the “intransigence” of the European Union, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox told the Sunday Times.

The pro-Brexit minister said that the chances of a no-deal Brexit were now “60-40”, laying the blame on EU chief negotiator

Michel Barnier.

“I think the intransigence of the commission is pushing us towards no deal,” he said in an interview with the Sunday Times.

“If the EU decides that the theological obsession of the unelected is to take priority over the economic wellbeing of the people of Europe then it’s a bureaucrats’

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Indonesian ambassador expects hajj quota to become 250 thousand

SHANGHAI - The little robotic waiter wheels up to the table, raises its glass lid to reveal a steaming plate of local Shanghai-style crayfish and announces in low, mechanical tones, “Enjoy your meal.”

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walk to board Marine One at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2018 as they head to spend the weekend in New Jersey.

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Brexit -- not a people’s Brexit -- then there is only going to be one outcome.”

He said that Barnier had rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s latest plan, agreed by her cabinet, on the grounds that “we have never done it before”.

It was therefore up to the EU to “show us one that they can sug-

gest that would be acceptable to us,” said Fox. “It’s up to the EU27 to determine whether they want the EU Commission’s ideological purity to be maintained at the expense of their real economies.”

May met with French President Emmanuel Macron on the Mediterranean coast on Friday to lobby

for her Brexit plan, which has divided her government and so far failed to win over EU negotiators.

The prime minister has just a few months before an agreement on Britain’s divorce from the European Union -- set for March 29, 2019 -- must be forged in principle ahead of a EU summit in mid-October. (afp)

JAKARTA - Indonesian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Agus Maftuh Abegebriel expects the additional quota for Indonesian hajj pilgrims to reach 250 thousand during the hajj season next year.

Ambassador Maftuh voiced his aspiration while speaking at a prestigious academic forum held by the Saudi Arabian Journalists Forum “SIHAFIYYUN” at the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce Building, Saudi Arabia, recently.

“During the forum, I explained about the waiting period for Hajj in Indonesia, which can be up to 20 years. At the forum, I seek an additional quota of 30 thousand for pilgrims during next year’s hajj season, with a better design to improve the accommodation capacity in Mina,” Ambassador Agus Maftuh informed Antara via a short message service received here on Saturday.

The Indonesian ambassador became one of the speakers at the international seminars themed “al Mamlakah, Masirah Tarikh fi Khidmah dhutuf ar-Rahman” or “the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Travel and History in Serving the Guests of Allah” that examined the management of Hajj.

At the seminar, the Indonesian ambassador lauded the Government of Saudi Arabia for the facilities and services provided to Indonesian pilgrims and extraordinary welcome ceremonies by the Kingdom to the pilgrims not existing earlier.

He explained that the additional quota is expected to increase the number of Indonesian pilgrims to 250 thousand, so it could shorten the waiting time for Hajj departures.

According to the ambassador, the increase in the quota has not been in line with the improvement in capacity accommodation in Mina.

Several solutions exist to solve the accommodation problems in Mina that can currently only provide 0.9 square meters per person. The solution is building multi-storey camps in Mina, utilizing hotels located close to Mina, and providing campsites outside Mina, with adequate access to Mina.

Meanwhile, Prince Faisal bin Sultan Al Saud, who spoke at the forum, also lauded Indonesia for having sound coordination with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

According to the prince, such efforts made Indonesians known as the most disciplined and obedient pilgrims to the rules set by the Saudi Government.

Prince Faisal also emphasized that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is serious about providing services to all pilgrims from around the world and preparing various infrastructure to provide comfort for the guests of Allah, in which the number of Indonesian pilgrims is the largest in the world.

The prince expressed hope that Indonesia would share its experiences of managing Hajj activities with other countries.(ant)

Australian woman detained in Bali over Papua link

JAKARTA — An Australian graduate student whose honeymoon plans in Indonesia included a cultural festival in the insecure Papua region says she’s being deported after officials accused her of being a journalist.

Belinda Lopez told The Associated Press she was detained on arrival in Bali on Friday and has been informed she’ll be deported on a 10 p.m. flight Saturday.

She said immigration officials wanted to know if she was a journalist and repeatedly asked her if she had “done something bad to Indonesia.”

Almost a decade ago she was an editor for English-language newspapers in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, and has produced podcasts for Australia’s state broadcaster. A freelance journalism site says she won awards in 2012 and 2013 for reporting, including a report on juvenile incarceration in the U.S. She is currently a Ph.D student at Sydney’s Macquarie University, studying the cultural experiences of migrants to Java, Indonesia’s most populous island. Being deported is “devastating,” Lopez said.

“It’s the first place I moved to as an adult, have visited so many times since, to learn the language and to visit people who have become some of my best friends in the world,” she said in a WhatsApp message.

Her holiday plans included the Baliem festival in the easternmost Papua region that Indonesia strictly polices and restricts foreign journalists and diplomats from visiting.(ap)

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In this Feb. 28, 2018, file photo, a luxury yacht named “Equanimity” is seen in the Benoa harbor in Bali, Indonesia. Indonesia is returning the luxury yacht allegedly bought with funds stolen from a Malaysian state investment company after a monthslong legal battle, a police official said Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018.

Indonesia returning yacht at center of Malaysia graft probe

JAKARTA — Indonesia is returning a luxury yacht allegedly bought with funds stolen from a Malaysian state investment company after a monthslong legal battle, a police official said Sunday,

The $250 million Equanimity is on its way to a border location where it will be transferred to Malaysia, said Daniel Silitonga, deputy director of economic crimes at Indonesia’s national police. He said the yacht is currently near Batam island close to Singapore, but declined to say when or where the transfer will happen.

Indonesian police working with the FBI seized the yacht off Bali in February but faced a legal challenge from a Cayman Islands company registered as its owner.

The U.S. Justice Department, one of several foreign agencies investigating the alleged multibillion dollar looting of the 1MDB state fund by associates of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, had listed the yacht among the assets it could seize and sell to recover stolen funds.

“We will hand over the yacht soon,” Silitonga said. “Special arrangements have been made by the two countries based on good relations.”

At the time of the seizure, Malaysia was not cooperating with international investigations into 1MDB. But the massive corruption scandal in May led to the electoral defeat of Najib, who is now facing charges.

Malaysian and international authorities want to question Malaysian financier Jho Low, who the Justice Department alleges was a key figure in the theft and international laundering of $4.5 billion from 1MDB. Low, who has so far evaded investigators, issued a statement through his U.S. attorney on Sunday, protesting the handover of the yacht.

“Actions like this make it increasingly clear that there is no jurisdiction where the issues in this case can be subject to a fair hearing, thanks to a global media circus fueled by politically motivated parties whose aim is to convict Mr. Low in the public arena,” the statement said.

The Equanimity’s lavish amenities include a helicopter landing pad, plunge pool, gymnasium and a cinema.

It was built in 2014 by the Dutch yacht manufacturer Oceano, which received detailed instructions from Low about its outfitting, according to the Justice Department’s asset recovery case.(ap)

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LEGIAN - Paddy’s Pub is a nightspot that flanks its sister site of Bounty Discotheque on Jalan Legian and is the third incarnation of the legendary Paddy’s Club. It retains much of its former appeal with its fun themed parties and reasonably priced drinks. Open from 17:00 every afternoon, you can step right in from the sidewalk and opt for its open-air terrace to enjoy street views and people-watching, or go further inside to the bar, lounge or dance floor where a mostly young crowd begins to gather in the wee hours. The venue is a sight of contrasts, and somehow deliberate.

Paddy’s Pub’s entrance is a Balinese-style gate decorated with statues and parasols, yet, the ‘temple’ buzzes with an interplay of colourful laser lights and thumping beats. You’ll experience a different set of décor almost every week around this façade, depending on the theme, so one evening here might not be the same as the next. Most enjoy Paddy’s better when it’s not too packed, notably during weekdays and non-holidays.

The playlist is a good mix between old school and contemporary and, although it’s great for those who opt to cut loose down on the centrepiece dance floor, it can get pretty loud for those at the bar or even on the streetside terrace. Overall, the staff are fun and they even have stilt walkers, magicians, and ushers in colourful wigs and whacky costumes to spice up the scene. Speaking of contrasts, large screens relaying rugby and other live sports loom over the somewhat oblivious partying crowd. To quench your thirst, the bar has Paddy’s Long Island iced tea, which some consider the best in Bali, and which you can enjoy with a circle of five friends every Sunday with five glasses at only IDR 149,000 (USD 11). For a warming sensation and to fuel your night here, look out for the special promos on their Jagerbombs at only IDR 85,000 (USD 6.35) per serving. Try their cocktails with dry ice for something sensational-looking, like something that came out from a lab. If you’re game, battle it out in drinking competitions, held spontaneously in between the DJs’ tracks. (net)

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NANJING - Carolina Marin claimed a slice of history as the Spaniard became the first woman to win three badminton world titles with an emphatic victory over P.V. Sindhu of India on Sunday.

The aggressive Marin is now the reigning world and Olympic champion thanks to an imperious 21-19, 21-10 win in Nanjing. The all-action 25-year-old adds the 2018 crown to her titles in 2014 and 2015, and the Olympic gold she won from the unlucky Sindhu at Rio 2016.

It was more disappointment for Sindhu, who has suffered a string of near-misses in recent times.

There was nothing between the pair coming into the final in Nanjing -- in their 12 previous encounters they had won six each. And so it was in the first game too, as the rivals went toe-to-toe, the more attacking Marin, the seventh seed, bellowing after each winning point.

Third seed Sindhu, 23, well known for her never-say-die spirit, initially edged ahead before Marin dragged her back to 16-16.

It was too close to call and the chair umpire had a job on his hands as the two foes repeatedly tried to throw one another

off on Marin’s serve -- the Spaniard wanting to get on with the game quickly but Sindhu refusing to let her in an attempt to kill the momentum.

Sindhu hit into the net to allow Marin to capture the first game in 27 minutes and she took that momentum into the second to make history.

As well as disappointment at Rio 2016, Sindhu was beaten in last year’s World Championships final by Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara and had to settle for silver at this year’s Commonwealth Games too. (afp)

Carolina Marin of Spain poses with her medal on the podium after defeating P.V. Sindhu of India in the women’s singles final during the badminton World Championships in Nanjing, Jiangsu province on August 5, 2018.

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Eleider Alvarez punches Sergey Kovalev during the WBO/IBA Light Heavyweight Title bout at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on August 4, 2018 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Eleider Alvarez stunned Sergey Kovalev

NEW YORK - Unbeaten Eleider Alvarez stunned Sergey Kovalev on Saturday, knocking the Russian champion down three times in the seventh round to capture the World Boxing Organization light heavyweight title.

Alvarez hit Kovalev with a powerful combination that sent him to the canvas for the final knockdown of the fight at 2:45 of the seventh to give the Colombian his first world title.

“I just can’t describe how I feel,” Alvarez said. “I wanted to show him that I am strong, I have a good chin and am ready for big things.”

The 35-year-old Kovalev was trying to re-establish his dominance in the light heavyweight division in his first real boxing test since

losing in back-to-back fights to Andre Ward in November 2016 and June 2017.

Kovalev was the more aggressive of the two boxers and was winning the majority of the rounds heading into the seventh.

But then he let his guard down and Alvarez seized the opportunity to land a barrage of heavy punches and go on to win the fight in one of the biggest boxing upsets of the year.

He knocked Kovalev down the first time with an overhand right to the side of the head and the second time with a left hook and a straight right to the forehead.

He then finished him off with a right hook and left uppercut combination and at that point the referee

stepped in with 15 seconds before the bell in front of a crowd of 5,600 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Kovalev was taken to the hospital after the fight to receive medical treatment.

“I feel OK. Thank you everyone, thank you very much to all the fans around the world for your support,” Kovalev said. “I love you, and I’m fine.”

It may have hurt Kovalev that his two most recent fights -- after losing his titles to Ward -- were victories over weak opponents.

With this loss he drops to a record of 32-3-1, while Alvarez, who is based in Montreal, Canada, improved to 24-0 with 12 knockouts. (afp)

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Pep Guardiola says fear of failure drives him on at Man City

Zenit edge Arsenal as Moscow derby ends in stalemate

Zenit St Petersburg edged visitors Arsenal Tula 1-0 on Saturday to register a second straight win to kick off the new Russian Premier League season.

Oleg Shatov, who spent last term on loan at Krasnodar, struck the only goal on the hour to give Sergei Semak’s men a solid start in their hunt for a first title since 2015. Elmir Nabiullin won a free-kick out on the left flank, and Shatov’s resulting delivery drifted into the far corner for his first Zenit goal in 15 months.

“It was a very difficult game,” said Zenit coach Semak. “Arsenal are a very skilled team. The score could have been more convincing but I believe it was a deserved win.”

Elsewhere, reigning champions

Lokomotiv Moscow played out a goalless draw with city rivals Spartak.

Spartak’s Brazilian forward Luiz Adriano had the best chance to break the deadlock on 70 minutes but Lokomotiv goalkeeper Marinato Guilherme made an excellent stop to keep out his header.

Spartak manager Massimo Carrera said he was pleased with his team’s early-season form ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League third qualifying round clash with Greek side PAOK. “We looked very impressive in the first half,” Carrera said. “After the break we eased up pressure allowing Lokomotiv to create several threats but we were still the better side.”(afp)

Liverpool thrash Napoli as Alisson makes debut

Brazil goalkeeper Alisson kept a clean sheet Saturday on his Liverpool debut in a 5-0 demolition of Carlo Ancelotti’s Napoli in Dublin. James Milner and Georginio Wijnaldum both scored inside the opening 10 minutes at the Aviva Stadium in Liverpool’s penultimate pre-season friendly.

Liverpool lost Milner to a clash of heads with Napoli defender Mario Rui early in the second half in an incident that left the former England international needing 15 stitches.

Mohamed Salah, who hit 32 Premier League goals last term -- a record for a 38-game season, added a third for Jurgen Klopp’s men just before the hour.

Daniel Sturridge and Alberto Moreno rounded out the scoring as Alisson, who joined from Roma in a deal worth up to £67 million ($88 million, 75 million euros) last month, was relatively untested.

Liverpool conclude their pre-season at home to Torino on Tuesday before launching their Premier League campaign on August 12 against West Ham.(afp)

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Marco Asensio #20 of Real Madrid celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal against Juventus in the second half during the International Champions Cup 2018 at FedExField on August 4, 2018 in Landover, Maryland.

Pep Guardiola has revealed that fear of failure has been the driving force behind his spectacular success at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and now Manchester City as he prepares for the new campaign.

The 47-year-old Catalan will start the new Premier League season aiming to become the first manager since Alex Ferguson in 2009 to retain the biggest prize in English club football.

The record books are on Guardiola’s side, with the City manager having won three consecutive titles at each of his previous clubs, Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

But in an intriguing insight into what drives him on, Guardiola, whose team face FA Cup winners Chelsea in the Community Shield on Sunday, has explained how it is the fear of losing, rather than the joy of winning, that motivates him.

“I am ready, I am ready,” said Guardiola of City’s title defence.

“From my point of view, the play-

ers don’t have to be worried. I am ready to fight again.

“The fear to lose the games makes me starving and hungry again. I don’t like the feeling to lose games.

“It is not good for any manager around the world so all the managers try to avoid that feeling when you lose a game.

“You feel guilty, you feel bad, your private life is not good, your relationship with the players is not good so that is why to avoid that, just with that simple fear to lose a game... it makes you hungry.”

Guardiola has not always looked so at ease, and been so forthright and honest, before the English media -- a fact that makes the forthcoming fly-on-the-wall Amazon documentary chronicling City’s spectacular title-winning season eagerly anticipated.

In one excerpt, already leaked on the internet, Guardiola is seen berating his players, telling them

“sometimes you play better when you hate me”. It was a management technique that Guardiola was happy to expand upon as he spoke before City’s match against Chelsea at Wembley.

“Sometimes you say some things in the heat of the dressing room,” he said. “Sometimes when you are sat here cold, you can analyse it in a different way.

“Some players need to be hugged and be close to them for their best performance. Sometimes when you don’t speak to them is when they play better. Every person is completely different.

“Others play better when they are angry with their manager or decisions or because you shout at them. The important thing is that they play better, not their relations with the manager.”

- Sterling issue Guardiola certainly appears to have struck up strong working

Asensio scores twice as Real Madrid topples Juventus 3-1

Substitute Marco Asensio made an immediate impact by scoring two early second-half goals as Real Madrid rallied to beat Juventus 3-1 in a pre-season exhibition contest on Saturday.

Asensio entered the game at the start of the second half and scored less than two minutes in before adding another in the 56th minute.

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Liverpool’s Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson Becker keeps goal during the pre-season friendly football match between Liverpool and Napoli at the Aviva Stadimum in Dublin on August 4, 2018.

It was the first defeat of the pre-season and the final match of the International Champions Cup campaign for Italy’s Juventus.

The Serie A champions now open up their title defense at Chievo on August 18.

They were without new signing Cristiano Ronaldo, who did not make his debut against his former team. The Portuguese superstar skipped the club’s US tour because he was recovering from his World Cup performance.

Gareth Bale also scored for the European champions as the Welshman served notice that he is going to produce despite the loss of Ronaldo. Bale hit a stunning shot from 20 yards out in the

39th minute to level the score at 1-1 in the front of the crowd of 60,000 at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland.

Bale finished with 16 La Liga goals last season and is in his fifth campaign with Real Madrid.

Asensio subbed in after halftime and wasted no time getting on the board. He finished off a drive by side-footing a shot home in the 47th minute on a rush with Vinicius Jr., who also entered the game at half-time.

Asensio scored just nine minutes later to make it 3-1 for Real Madrid on another unselfish pass, this time from Lucas Vazquez.

Asensio’s shot deflected off the right arm of Juventus goalkeeper

Wojciech Szczesny and trickled into the net.

Juventus’ lone score came in the 12th minute on an own goal

by Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal.

Carvajal was trying to corral Joao Cancelo’s left side cross when he deflected the ball into his own net.

It was the first pre-season defeat for Juventus, who were without many of their key attackers for their US tour, including Douglas Costa, Paulo Dybala and Mario Mandzukic.

In earlier matches, Juventus beat Bayern Munich, Benfica and the Major League Soccer All-Stars.(afp)

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Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola answered questions during a news conference for Saturday’s International Champions Cup soccer match against FC Bayern, Friday, July 27 2018, in Miami Gardens, Fla.

relationships with a number of key players, among them England forward Raheem Sterling, who found himself the centre of fevered debate over the summer for his displays at the World Cup. Sterling has declined a new contract offer from City, meaning he enters the new campaign with only two years left on his existing deal. In addition, City have spent a club-record £60 million ($78 million) on Riyad Mahrez from Leicester, a player who could be a natural long-term replacement for Sterling.

Guardiola, however, insists the contract impasse will not influence his team selection. “No, it won’t,” said Guardiola. “There is no doubt we want him. He knows that, his agent knows that.

“We made it clear from the day I arrived we want him, but deals are deals, agents are agents and players are players. So at the end I don’t know what is going to happen but

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I assure you 100 percent that the manager, sporting director and all the players want him at the club.”

Guardiola will also pay special attention to German winger Leroy Sane, controversially left out of his country’s World Cup squad for Russia, over the coming weeks although the City boss does not expect him to suffer any ill effects from that disappointment.

“I think always a player’s dream is to play the World Cup because it is the most fascinating tournament every four years, the most fascinating, beautiful and exciting tournament in the world,” he said.

“It is disappointing but it was two months ago and life is like this. Life is not easy, so sometimes ups and downs, sometimes bad moments, it is how you react in those moments that will make you stronger. If he is able to overcome that situation, he will be a better player.”(afp)

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Pep Guardiola says fear of failure drives him on at Man City

Zenit edge Arsenal as Moscow derby ends in stalemate

Zenit St Petersburg edged visitors Arsenal Tula 1-0 on Saturday to register a second straight win to kick off the new Russian Premier League season.

Oleg Shatov, who spent last term on loan at Krasnodar, struck the only goal on the hour to give Sergei Semak’s men a solid start in their hunt for a first title since 2015. Elmir Nabiullin won a free-kick out on the left flank, and Shatov’s resulting delivery drifted into the far corner for his first Zenit goal in 15 months.

“It was a very difficult game,” said Zenit coach Semak. “Arsenal are a very skilled team. The score could have been more convincing but I believe it was a deserved win.”

Elsewhere, reigning champions

Lokomotiv Moscow played out a goalless draw with city rivals Spartak.

Spartak’s Brazilian forward Luiz Adriano had the best chance to break the deadlock on 70 minutes but Lokomotiv goalkeeper Marinato Guilherme made an excellent stop to keep out his header.

Spartak manager Massimo Carrera said he was pleased with his team’s early-season form ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League third qualifying round clash with Greek side PAOK. “We looked very impressive in the first half,” Carrera said. “After the break we eased up pressure allowing Lokomotiv to create several threats but we were still the better side.”(afp)

Liverpool thrash Napoli as Alisson makes debut

Brazil goalkeeper Alisson kept a clean sheet Saturday on his Liverpool debut in a 5-0 demolition of Carlo Ancelotti’s Napoli in Dublin. James Milner and Georginio Wijnaldum both scored inside the opening 10 minutes at the Aviva Stadium in Liverpool’s penultimate pre-season friendly.

Liverpool lost Milner to a clash of heads with Napoli defender Mario Rui early in the second half in an incident that left the former England international needing 15 stitches.

Mohamed Salah, who hit 32 Premier League goals last term -- a record for a 38-game season, added a third for Jurgen Klopp’s men just before the hour.

Daniel Sturridge and Alberto Moreno rounded out the scoring as Alisson, who joined from Roma in a deal worth up to £67 million ($88 million, 75 million euros) last month, was relatively untested.

Liverpool conclude their pre-season at home to Torino on Tuesday before launching their Premier League campaign on August 12 against West Ham.(afp)

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Marco Asensio #20 of Real Madrid celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal against Juventus in the second half during the International Champions Cup 2018 at FedExField on August 4, 2018 in Landover, Maryland.

Pep Guardiola has revealed that fear of failure has been the driving force behind his spectacular success at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and now Manchester City as he prepares for the new campaign.

The 47-year-old Catalan will start the new Premier League season aiming to become the first manager since Alex Ferguson in 2009 to retain the biggest prize in English club football.

The record books are on Guardiola’s side, with the City manager having won three consecutive titles at each of his previous clubs, Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

But in an intriguing insight into what drives him on, Guardiola, whose team face FA Cup winners Chelsea in the Community Shield on Sunday, has explained how it is the fear of losing, rather than the joy of winning, that motivates him.

“I am ready, I am ready,” said Guardiola of City’s title defence.

“From my point of view, the play-

ers don’t have to be worried. I am ready to fight again.

“The fear to lose the games makes me starving and hungry again. I don’t like the feeling to lose games.

“It is not good for any manager around the world so all the managers try to avoid that feeling when you lose a game.

“You feel guilty, you feel bad, your private life is not good, your relationship with the players is not good so that is why to avoid that, just with that simple fear to lose a game... it makes you hungry.”

Guardiola has not always looked so at ease, and been so forthright and honest, before the English media -- a fact that makes the forthcoming fly-on-the-wall Amazon documentary chronicling City’s spectacular title-winning season eagerly anticipated.

In one excerpt, already leaked on the internet, Guardiola is seen berating his players, telling them

“sometimes you play better when you hate me”. It was a management technique that Guardiola was happy to expand upon as he spoke before City’s match against Chelsea at Wembley.

“Sometimes you say some things in the heat of the dressing room,” he said. “Sometimes when you are sat here cold, you can analyse it in a different way.

“Some players need to be hugged and be close to them for their best performance. Sometimes when you don’t speak to them is when they play better. Every person is completely different.

“Others play better when they are angry with their manager or decisions or because you shout at them. The important thing is that they play better, not their relations with the manager.”

- Sterling issue Guardiola certainly appears to have struck up strong working

Asensio scores twice as Real Madrid topples Juventus 3-1

Substitute Marco Asensio made an immediate impact by scoring two early second-half goals as Real Madrid rallied to beat Juventus 3-1 in a pre-season exhibition contest on Saturday.

Asensio entered the game at the start of the second half and scored less than two minutes in before adding another in the 56th minute.

Paul FAITH / AFP

Liverpool’s Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson Becker keeps goal during the pre-season friendly football match between Liverpool and Napoli at the Aviva Stadimum in Dublin on August 4, 2018.

It was the first defeat of the pre-season and the final match of the International Champions Cup campaign for Italy’s Juventus.

The Serie A champions now open up their title defense at Chievo on August 18.

They were without new signing Cristiano Ronaldo, who did not make his debut against his former team. The Portuguese superstar skipped the club’s US tour because he was recovering from his World Cup performance.

Gareth Bale also scored for the European champions as the Welshman served notice that he is going to produce despite the loss of Ronaldo. Bale hit a stunning shot from 20 yards out in the

39th minute to level the score at 1-1 in the front of the crowd of 60,000 at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland.

Bale finished with 16 La Liga goals last season and is in his fifth campaign with Real Madrid.

Asensio subbed in after halftime and wasted no time getting on the board. He finished off a drive by side-footing a shot home in the 47th minute on a rush with Vinicius Jr., who also entered the game at half-time.

Asensio scored just nine minutes later to make it 3-1 for Real Madrid on another unselfish pass, this time from Lucas Vazquez.

Asensio’s shot deflected off the right arm of Juventus goalkeeper

Wojciech Szczesny and trickled into the net.

Juventus’ lone score came in the 12th minute on an own goal

by Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal.

Carvajal was trying to corral Joao Cancelo’s left side cross when he deflected the ball into his own net.

It was the first pre-season defeat for Juventus, who were without many of their key attackers for their US tour, including Douglas Costa, Paulo Dybala and Mario Mandzukic.

In earlier matches, Juventus beat Bayern Munich, Benfica and the Major League Soccer All-Stars.(afp)

Pedro Portal/Miami Herald via AP

Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola answered questions during a news conference for Saturday’s International Champions Cup soccer match against FC Bayern, Friday, July 27 2018, in Miami Gardens, Fla.

relationships with a number of key players, among them England forward Raheem Sterling, who found himself the centre of fevered debate over the summer for his displays at the World Cup. Sterling has declined a new contract offer from City, meaning he enters the new campaign with only two years left on his existing deal. In addition, City have spent a club-record £60 million ($78 million) on Riyad Mahrez from Leicester, a player who could be a natural long-term replacement for Sterling.

Guardiola, however, insists the contract impasse will not influence his team selection. “No, it won’t,” said Guardiola. “There is no doubt we want him. He knows that, his agent knows that.

“We made it clear from the day I arrived we want him, but deals are deals, agents are agents and players are players. So at the end I don’t know what is going to happen but

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I assure you 100 percent that the manager, sporting director and all the players want him at the club.”

Guardiola will also pay special attention to German winger Leroy Sane, controversially left out of his country’s World Cup squad for Russia, over the coming weeks although the City boss does not expect him to suffer any ill effects from that disappointment.

“I think always a player’s dream is to play the World Cup because it is the most fascinating tournament every four years, the most fascinating, beautiful and exciting tournament in the world,” he said.

“It is disappointing but it was two months ago and life is like this. Life is not easy, so sometimes ups and downs, sometimes bad moments, it is how you react in those moments that will make you stronger. If he is able to overcome that situation, he will be a better player.”(afp)

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Marin makes history with third badminton world title

LEGIAN - Paddy’s Pub is a nightspot that flanks its sister site of Bounty Discotheque on Jalan Legian and is the third incarnation of the legendary Paddy’s Club. It retains much of its former appeal with its fun themed parties and reasonably priced drinks. Open from 17:00 every afternoon, you can step right in from the sidewalk and opt for its open-air terrace to enjoy street views and people-watching, or go further inside to the bar, lounge or dance floor where a mostly young crowd begins to gather in the wee hours. The venue is a sight of contrasts, and somehow deliberate.

Paddy’s Pub’s entrance is a Balinese-style gate decorated with statues and parasols, yet, the ‘temple’ buzzes with an interplay of colourful laser lights and thumping beats. You’ll experience a different set of décor almost every week around this façade, depending on the theme, so one evening here might not be the same as the next. Most enjoy Paddy’s better when it’s not too packed, notably during weekdays and non-holidays.

The playlist is a good mix between old school and contemporary and, although it’s great for those who opt to cut loose down on the centrepiece dance floor, it can get pretty loud for those at the bar or even on the streetside terrace. Overall, the staff are fun and they even have stilt walkers, magicians, and ushers in colourful wigs and whacky costumes to spice up the scene. Speaking of contrasts, large screens relaying rugby and other live sports loom over the somewhat oblivious partying crowd. To quench your thirst, the bar has Paddy’s Long Island iced tea, which some consider the best in Bali, and which you can enjoy with a circle of five friends every Sunday with five glasses at only IDR 149,000 (USD 11). For a warming sensation and to fuel your night here, look out for the special promos on their Jagerbombs at only IDR 85,000 (USD 6.35) per serving. Try their cocktails with dry ice for something sensational-looking, like something that came out from a lab. If you’re game, battle it out in drinking competitions, held spontaneously in between the DJs’ tracks. (net)

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NANJING - Carolina Marin claimed a slice of history as the Spaniard became the first woman to win three badminton world titles with an emphatic victory over P.V. Sindhu of India on Sunday.

The aggressive Marin is now the reigning world and Olympic champion thanks to an imperious 21-19, 21-10 win in Nanjing. The all-action 25-year-old adds the 2018 crown to her titles in 2014 and 2015, and the Olympic gold she won from the unlucky Sindhu at Rio 2016.

It was more disappointment for Sindhu, who has suffered a string of near-misses in recent times.

There was nothing between the pair coming into the final in Nanjing -- in their 12 previous encounters they had won six each. And so it was in the first game too, as the rivals went toe-to-toe, the more attacking Marin, the seventh seed, bellowing after each winning point.

Third seed Sindhu, 23, well known for her never-say-die spirit, initially edged ahead before Marin dragged her back to 16-16.

It was too close to call and the chair umpire had a job on his hands as the two foes repeatedly tried to throw one another

off on Marin’s serve -- the Spaniard wanting to get on with the game quickly but Sindhu refusing to let her in an attempt to kill the momentum.

Sindhu hit into the net to allow Marin to capture the first game in 27 minutes and she took that momentum into the second to make history.

As well as disappointment at Rio 2016, Sindhu was beaten in last year’s World Championships final by Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara and had to settle for silver at this year’s Commonwealth Games too. (afp)

Carolina Marin of Spain poses with her medal on the podium after defeating P.V. Sindhu of India in the women’s singles final during the badminton World Championships in Nanjing, Jiangsu province on August 5, 2018.

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Eleider Alvarez punches Sergey Kovalev during the WBO/IBA Light Heavyweight Title bout at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on August 4, 2018 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Eleider Alvarez stunned Sergey Kovalev

NEW YORK - Unbeaten Eleider Alvarez stunned Sergey Kovalev on Saturday, knocking the Russian champion down three times in the seventh round to capture the World Boxing Organization light heavyweight title.

Alvarez hit Kovalev with a powerful combination that sent him to the canvas for the final knockdown of the fight at 2:45 of the seventh to give the Colombian his first world title.

“I just can’t describe how I feel,” Alvarez said. “I wanted to show him that I am strong, I have a good chin and am ready for big things.”

The 35-year-old Kovalev was trying to re-establish his dominance in the light heavyweight division in his first real boxing test since

losing in back-to-back fights to Andre Ward in November 2016 and June 2017.

Kovalev was the more aggressive of the two boxers and was winning the majority of the rounds heading into the seventh.

But then he let his guard down and Alvarez seized the opportunity to land a barrage of heavy punches and go on to win the fight in one of the biggest boxing upsets of the year.

He knocked Kovalev down the first time with an overhand right to the side of the head and the second time with a left hook and a straight right to the forehead.

He then finished him off with a right hook and left uppercut combination and at that point the referee

stepped in with 15 seconds before the bell in front of a crowd of 5,600 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Kovalev was taken to the hospital after the fight to receive medical treatment.

“I feel OK. Thank you everyone, thank you very much to all the fans around the world for your support,” Kovalev said. “I love you, and I’m fine.”

It may have hurt Kovalev that his two most recent fights -- after losing his titles to Ward -- were victories over weak opponents.

With this loss he drops to a record of 32-3-1, while Alvarez, who is based in Montreal, Canada, improved to 24-0 with 12 knockouts. (afp)

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Melania Trump praises LeBron James after president’s insult

WASHINGTON - After Donald Trump sniped back at LeBron James’ suggestion that he fuels American racial divides, support has flooded in for the NBA great -- including from the US president’s own wife, Melania.

In an interview on Tuesday -- also broadcast late Friday -- Los Angeles Lakers player and philanthropist James told CNN he believed Trump “is kind of trying to divide us.”

“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?” said James, who on Monday opened an elementary school for at-risk youth in his native Akron, Ohio.

For the rest of the week, Trump was uncharacteristically silent -- until Friday night, when he finally shot back.

“Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, (CNN presenter) Don Lemon. He made Lebron look smart, which isn’t easy to do,” the president tweeted.

His comment sparked huge reaction from James’ supporters -- but the most surprising came from First Lady Melania Trump, whose communications director issued a statement that appeared to break ranks with the president.

Stephanie Grisham was quoted by CNN as saying James appeared to be “working to do good things on behalf of our next generation.”

“Just as she always has, the First Lady encourages everyone to have an open dialogue about issues facing children today,” she said.

Grisham added the first lady “would be open to visiting” James’ new school.

Meanwhile, Don Lemon, the presenter who had interviewed James, also got Melania Trump involved.

“Who’s the real dummy? A man who puts kids in classrooms or one who puts kids in cages? #BeBest”, Lemon tweeted, using the hashtag of her youth wellbeing awareness campaign, which advocates against cyberbullying. (afp)

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This photo taken on July 30, 2018 shows a man (R) taking pictures of robots at the ROBOT. HE restaurant in Shanghai.

Chip labour: Robots replace waiters in China restaurant The futuristic restaurant concept is the latest initiative in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s push to modernise service and retail in a country where robotics and artificial intelligence are increasingly being integrated into commerce.

Raising efficiency and lowering labour costs are the objectives at Alibaba’s “Robot.He” diners, where waiters have been replaced by robots about the size of microwave ovens, which roll around the dining room on table-high runways.

“In Shanghai, a waiter costs up to 10,000 yuan ($1,500) per month. That’s hundreds of thousands in cost every year. And two shifts of people are needed,” said Cao Haitao, the Alibaba product manager who

developed the concept.

“But we don’t need two shifts for robots and they are on duty every day.”

The diners are attached to Alibaba’s new Hema chain of semi-automated supermarkets, where grocery shoppers fill their “carts” on a mobile app and have the merchandise brought to them at checkout via conveyor tracks on the ceiling, or delivered straight to their homes.

Alibaba now has 57 Hema markets in 13 Chinese cities, all of which will eventually feature the robotic restaurants.

Industry experts say they serve more as showcases of Alibaba’s tech prowess than a serious business model in a country where labour costs are relatively low.

But the restaurants also typify the rapid adoption of new technologies in a country where the government is increasingly using facial-recognition technology to police streets and identify law-breakers. (afp)

Britain likely to leave EU without deal: minister LONDON - Britain is now likely leave the European Union without a deal due to the “intransigence” of the European Union, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox told the Sunday Times.

The pro-Brexit minister said that the chances of a no-deal Brexit were now “60-40”, laying the blame on EU chief negotiator

Michel Barnier.

“I think the intransigence of the commission is pushing us towards no deal,” he said in an interview with the Sunday Times.

“If the EU decides that the theological obsession of the unelected is to take priority over the economic wellbeing of the people of Europe then it’s a bureaucrats’

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Indonesian ambassador expects hajj quota to become 250 thousand

SHANGHAI - The little robotic waiter wheels up to the table, raises its glass lid to reveal a steaming plate of local Shanghai-style crayfish and announces in low, mechanical tones, “Enjoy your meal.”

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walk to board Marine One at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2018 as they head to spend the weekend in New Jersey.

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Brexit -- not a people’s Brexit -- then there is only going to be one outcome.”

He said that Barnier had rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s latest plan, agreed by her cabinet, on the grounds that “we have never done it before”.

It was therefore up to the EU to “show us one that they can sug-

gest that would be acceptable to us,” said Fox. “It’s up to the EU27 to determine whether they want the EU Commission’s ideological purity to be maintained at the expense of their real economies.”

May met with French President Emmanuel Macron on the Mediterranean coast on Friday to lobby

for her Brexit plan, which has divided her government and so far failed to win over EU negotiators.

The prime minister has just a few months before an agreement on Britain’s divorce from the European Union -- set for March 29, 2019 -- must be forged in principle ahead of a EU summit in mid-October. (afp)

JAKARTA - Indonesian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Agus Maftuh Abegebriel expects the additional quota for Indonesian hajj pilgrims to reach 250 thousand during the hajj season next year.

Ambassador Maftuh voiced his aspiration while speaking at a prestigious academic forum held by the Saudi Arabian Journalists Forum “SIHAFIYYUN” at the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce Building, Saudi Arabia, recently.

“During the forum, I explained about the waiting period for Hajj in Indonesia, which can be up to 20 years. At the forum, I seek an additional quota of 30 thousand for pilgrims during next year’s hajj season, with a better design to improve the accommodation capacity in Mina,” Ambassador Agus Maftuh informed Antara via a short message service received here on Saturday.

The Indonesian ambassador became one of the speakers at the international seminars themed “al Mamlakah, Masirah Tarikh fi Khidmah dhutuf ar-Rahman” or “the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Travel and History in Serving the Guests of Allah” that examined the management of Hajj.

At the seminar, the Indonesian ambassador lauded the Government of Saudi Arabia for the facilities and services provided to Indonesian pilgrims and extraordinary welcome ceremonies by the Kingdom to the pilgrims not existing earlier.

He explained that the additional quota is expected to increase the number of Indonesian pilgrims to 250 thousand, so it could shorten the waiting time for Hajj departures.

According to the ambassador, the increase in the quota has not been in line with the improvement in capacity accommodation in Mina.

Several solutions exist to solve the accommodation problems in Mina that can currently only provide 0.9 square meters per person. The solution is building multi-storey camps in Mina, utilizing hotels located close to Mina, and providing campsites outside Mina, with adequate access to Mina.

Meanwhile, Prince Faisal bin Sultan Al Saud, who spoke at the forum, also lauded Indonesia for having sound coordination with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

According to the prince, such efforts made Indonesians known as the most disciplined and obedient pilgrims to the rules set by the Saudi Government.

Prince Faisal also emphasized that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is serious about providing services to all pilgrims from around the world and preparing various infrastructure to provide comfort for the guests of Allah, in which the number of Indonesian pilgrims is the largest in the world.

The prince expressed hope that Indonesia would share its experiences of managing Hajj activities with other countries.(ant)

Australian woman detained in Bali over Papua link

JAKARTA — An Australian graduate student whose honeymoon plans in Indonesia included a cultural festival in the insecure Papua region says she’s being deported after officials accused her of being a journalist.

Belinda Lopez told The Associated Press she was detained on arrival in Bali on Friday and has been informed she’ll be deported on a 10 p.m. flight Saturday.

She said immigration officials wanted to know if she was a journalist and repeatedly asked her if she had “done something bad to Indonesia.”

Almost a decade ago she was an editor for English-language newspapers in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, and has produced podcasts for Australia’s state broadcaster. A freelance journalism site says she won awards in 2012 and 2013 for reporting, including a report on juvenile incarceration in the U.S. She is currently a Ph.D student at Sydney’s Macquarie University, studying the cultural experiences of migrants to Java, Indonesia’s most populous island. Being deported is “devastating,” Lopez said.

“It’s the first place I moved to as an adult, have visited so many times since, to learn the language and to visit people who have become some of my best friends in the world,” she said in a WhatsApp message.

Her holiday plans included the Baliem festival in the easternmost Papua region that Indonesia strictly polices and restricts foreign journalists and diplomats from visiting.(ap)

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In this Feb. 28, 2018, file photo, a luxury yacht named “Equanimity” is seen in the Benoa harbor in Bali, Indonesia. Indonesia is returning the luxury yacht allegedly bought with funds stolen from a Malaysian state investment company after a monthslong legal battle, a police official said Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018.

Indonesia returning yacht at center of Malaysia graft probe

JAKARTA — Indonesia is returning a luxury yacht allegedly bought with funds stolen from a Malaysian state investment company after a monthslong legal battle, a police official said Sunday,

The $250 million Equanimity is on its way to a border location where it will be transferred to Malaysia, said Daniel Silitonga, deputy director of economic crimes at Indonesia’s national police. He said the yacht is currently near Batam island close to Singapore, but declined to say when or where the transfer will happen.

Indonesian police working with the FBI seized the yacht off Bali in February but faced a legal challenge from a Cayman Islands company registered as its owner.

The U.S. Justice Department, one of several foreign agencies investigating the alleged multibillion dollar looting of the 1MDB state fund by associates of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, had listed the yacht among the assets it could seize and sell to recover stolen funds.

“We will hand over the yacht soon,” Silitonga said. “Special arrangements have been made by the two countries based on good relations.”

At the time of the seizure, Malaysia was not cooperating with international investigations into 1MDB. But the massive corruption scandal in May led to the electoral defeat of Najib, who is now facing charges.

Malaysian and international authorities want to question Malaysian financier Jho Low, who the Justice Department alleges was a key figure in the theft and international laundering of $4.5 billion from 1MDB. Low, who has so far evaded investigators, issued a statement through his U.S. attorney on Sunday, protesting the handover of the yacht.

“Actions like this make it increasingly clear that there is no jurisdiction where the issues in this case can be subject to a fair hearing, thanks to a global media circus fueled by politically motivated parties whose aim is to convict Mr. Low in the public arena,” the statement said.

The Equanimity’s lavish amenities include a helicopter landing pad, plunge pool, gymnasium and a cinema.

It was built in 2014 by the Dutch yacht manufacturer Oceano, which received detailed instructions from Low about its outfitting, according to the Justice Department’s asset recovery case.(ap)

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WASHINGTON - One of President Donald Trump’s priorities, low unemployment, is complicating another: curbing immigration.

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In this June 21, 2018 file photo, a job applicant looks at job listings for the Riverside Hotel at a job fair hosted by Job News South Florida, in Sunrise, Fla. Economists forecast that employers added 191,000 jobs in July, down from 213,000 in June but easily enough to lower the unemployment rate over time.

Frandy Frauville, 35, joined a wave of Haitians who came to Tijuana, Mexico, from Brazil starting in 2016. Brazil welcomed Haitians after Haiti’s 2010 earthquake. But Frauville grew tired of factory jobs in Mexico that barely allowed him to cover rent and food, and, lured by the prospects of better work and joining family near Miami, he lined up with his 5-year-old daughter at a border crossing.

“I’ll take whatever I can get,” he said.

And Rolando Antonio Bueso Castillo, who was separated from his infant Johan, was making only $10 a day driving a bus in Honduras. He was captured and quickly deported while his baby remained behind for five months.

He said he made the difficult journey because his brother had secured him a job in Maryland. Someday, he said, his son will ask what happened, and why he had left him in the United States.

“I’ll tell him the truth,” he said. “We thought we had a good plan to give him a better life.”

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Galungan Cina at Museum Neka

Will economic boom complicate curbing immigration?

With the number of jobs available exceeding the number of Americans seeking jobs, employers are looking beyond the border to fill openings, and migrants are coming to the country in search of work.

Hotel and restaurant owner Todd Callewaert is short more than two dozen workers this season for his Mackinac Island, Michigan, businesses. “You can’t hire a line cook right now, it’s impossible, even for 20 bucks an hour,” he said. “We usually fill the gap with visa workers, but we can’t even get those this year.”

The Labor Department said Friday the unemployment rate was 3.9 percent, near the 18-year low set in May, and employers are adding jobs at a faster pace than last year.

Trump has made clear employers should be trying to attract American workers through wage increases and other incentives, not filling jobs with immigrants.

“Curbing immigration is essential to growing wages and ensuring available jobs go to American workers, not foreign workers,” Deputy White House Press Secretary Hogan Gidley told AP. “As immigration curbs are put into place, more and more Americans will be absorbed back into the workforce, especially those who have been left out due to poor work history or difficult life circumstances.”

The administration has made it harder to come to the U.S. for work, legally or otherwise. Work visas are costly, complicated and limited. Large-scale, job-seeking migration through a porous border is long gone.

This summer, the administration tried to deter would-be immigrants by adopting a “zero-tolerance” policy, prosecuting anyone caught crossing the border illegally. It resulted in nearly 3,000 children separated from their parents at the border, prompting international outrage. Trump eventually stopped the separations and the government was forced by a judge to reunify families.

Still, tens of thousands of people cross the border illegally every month, many seeking asylum from violence. But often, they’re coming because of the prospect of work.

Dala Edilson Ba Juc traveled with his 12-year-old daughter from Guatemala to the U.S. — only to be separated from her at the border, reunited and deported home. Sitting at an immigration facility in Guatemala City, he said they came for work.

“I needed to try to make a better life for my family — I wanted them to have what I could not give them here,” he said. “There are many, many jobs in the States.”

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provide complementary work to the jobs Americans do. Despite Trump’s push, some business owners say they just can’t get Americans to fill the jobs.

A.J. Erskine is vice president of Cowart Seafood Group, which includes a Virginia oyster company of about 75 employees. “Entrylevel is $12.13 an hour,” he said. “I don’t know how much higher we can go without being unable to sell oysters. He said the company has been in business more than a half-century, and that despite massive recruiting efforts, it can’t keep American workers.

“We just don’t have people who want to come out and shuck oysters at 3 in the morning — and I don’t blame them,” he said.

Some, like Erksine, are willing to front the cost associated with a temporary work visa, about $4,000 per employee for workers holding down seasonal, non-agricultural jobs. But the visas are capped at 66,000 annually, with 15,000 additional visas this year.

Economists say the hiring crunch could be eased in part by increasing the number of visas available during boom years, and decreasing them when the economy is

weaker. But those changes must be made

by Congress.

Those turning a blind eye to immigration status, or hiring people with false identification face crackdowns by immigration agents.

Agents raided an Ohio garden center in the summer, arresting 114 workers and accusing the business of unlawful employment of aliens and fraud. “It’s not worth the risk for us to hire people we’re not sure about,” said Callewaert, the hotel and restaurant owner. But a lack of staff means the business can’t grow, he said.

Rep. Dave Brat, R-Virginia., a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said he did not think the lower unemployment rate would weaken efforts to restrict illegal immigration.

“The irony is it makes it more transparent what the real problem of the labor market is,” Brat said, citing about 10 million Americans not in the labor force. He called for improved education and imposing work requirements on food stamp recipients to get more of these Americans in the workforce. “The answer is not to bring in 10 million folks from abroad,” Brat said. (ap)

The beauty of togetherness The long history of cultural, religious, political, artistic and trade relations between Indonesia and China date back over half a millennium and continue to have profound influences on both countries. Though mostly harmonious these relations have also been marked by some deeply troubling events and as a consequence some less than harmonious attitudes and actions have occurred over the years often eclipsing the generally positive interactions that in fact flourish in day-to-day relations.

Bali has a particularly close relationship with Chinese culture that began long ago but is perhaps most notably described in the love story that took place in the 12th century between Balinese King Jaya Pangus of Kintamani and Chinese princess Kang Cing Wie of the Kang Dynasty that continues to resonate to this very day.

There are various renditions of the story but in essence they fell madly in love and the cultural influences that the Chinese princess brought with her have become part of Balinese culture in general with particular influence in the area of Kintamani where this legendary couple lived.

There were of course many Chinese merchants and cultural envoys visiting Bali and other parts of Indonesia before and after this story, however certain distinct influences like the use of pis bolong (chinese coins) and the barong landung (chinese style barong) and other influences from Chinese culture took root with this couple and have made their way all over the island and have become integrated into Balinese culture.

On July 25th, 2018 Neka Museum in collaboration with artist community Segara Lor from Udiksnas University opened an exhibition entitled “Galungan Cina” in celebration of the harmonious relations between these two cultures. According to some accounts, what has become one of Bali’s most important religious holidays – Galungan and Kuningan was born out of the love story between King Jaya Pangus and princess Kang Cing Wie. As curator and cultural art historian I Made Susanta Dwitanaya explained: “the title of the exhibition was chosen as a way to show how Balinese culture is one that is based on inclusion rather than exclusion, whereby influences from other cultures – in this case Chinese culture, are not feared, rejected or vilified but rather considered as enriching and incorporated into the broader world view of Balinese culture itself”.

Segara Lor invited guest artist Tien Hong to join them in this exhibition as a Balinese painter whose family descends from China.

Hong is from Desa Lampu, Kintamani where the majority of residents are also of Chinese descent. His family and neighbors have been living in Bali for many generations and although they acknowledge their roots in China and maintain certain traditions, they also practice Balinese religious and cultural customs. “Yes I am of Chinese descent but I am also very much Balinese.

Painting by I Wayan Juni Antara on display at Neka Museum’s Galungan Cina exhibition Never once in my life have I felt like a foreigner here, nor have I ever witnessed any kind of strained relations based on differences in ethnicity in my village. In fact Desa Lampu was given a national award for most harmonious inter-ethnic relations. I believe this is a testament to the possibility of such harmonious relations between all peoples in Indonesia”.

Galungan Cina features a diverse range of works by 19 artists: Wayan Sudiarta, Tien Hong, Komang Trisno Adi Wirawan, Made Kartiyoga, Kadek Antara, Dewa Gede Purwita, Riski Nanda Riwaldi, Nyoman Arisana, Ni Luh Pangestu Widya Sari, I Gusti Agung Prawira Yuda, Ida Bagus Pandit Prastu, I Made Hendra Putrawan, kadek Jefri Wibowo, Putu Suhartawan, Kadek Omo Santika,

and Dewa Johana.

All of the works in the exhibition refer in some way to the influence of Chinese culture in Bali, whether tangible or intangible and pay tribute the wealth that comes from such cultural interactions. The high quality and great diversity of the works themselves also echoes the distinct ability of Balinese culture in particular and Indonesian culture in general to allow for great diversity while preserving a fundamental identity. It is perhaps this ability to remain coherent while embracing difference that defines the unusually beautiful identity of this island and the nation of which it is part.

“Neka Museum is dedicated to supporting local, national and international artists of note and we are especially pleased to welcome

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alumni from Udisknas University’s Fine Arts department who have formed into the art community Segara Lor to present this exhibition – Galungan Cina, which speak to the long history of harmonious relations between Bali and China. We hope that this exhibition can demonstrate the beauty and power of unity in diversity and serve as an example for all of us who make up this great diverse nation”, explained founder of Neka Museum, Pande Wayan Suteja Neka Galungan Cina will be on display at Neka Museum, Jl Raya Sagingan, Ubud, until August 15th, 2018 and us a must see for any art lover and anyone interested in the wonderful dance between Bali and China that continues to yield much beauty, harmony and togetherness. (kmb)

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Farmers turn prosperous if people use local products

DENPASAR - Who is wrong if farmers do not prosper? It can be the fault of farmers or the government, but the community also has a big contribution to the welfare of farmers. People becoming the users of agricultural products are expected to use as much local fruit as possible to meet their needs, so that local farmers can prosper.

The owner of UD Sari Buah, Made Sianta, hoped there are rules requiring people to use local fruits.

He considered the competition in agriculture does not come from outside Bali (Indonesia) but from overseas with the entry of imported fruits.

This farmer from Padangan village, Pupuan, Tabanan, is also a salesperson of his colleagues coalesced into the farmer group.

Based on experience, he considered it really difficult to market the products if the rules on local fruit use are tightened. He used to supply fruits to hotels and supermarkets. Of the two modern markets, the fees obtained can be greater than the sales to traditional markets. However, the payment system in hotels and supermarkets is rather difficult for farmers. Supermarkets usually pay farmers after two weeks while hotel takes longer, where the payment is settled after one month.

This is one of the obstacles faced by farmers, namely capital. To be able to supply fruits and vegetables to hotels and supermarkets every day, he must have enough capital to support the production. Within two weeks to one month, there is no income obtained for the operational turnover of the business.

In addition, during the harvest season, the fruit is abundant.

Farmers will turn worried because the price of fruits can go down in harmony with the abundant supplies. Fruits will be valued cheaply and sometimes does not cover the operational costs of farmers.

Moreover, mangosteen harvest will start next three months. Abundant mangosteen is expected to get absorbed in the market. He really hoped the government can help smooth the mangosteen exports so that farmers do not waste their production.

An economic observer, Viraguna Bagoes Oka, said that so far the agricultural development in Bali is only short-term, not longterm oriented. Thus, it cannot be enjoyed, and prosper farmers in the long run. In addition, it has difficulty in terms of human resources.

Human resources in farming sector are gradually decreasing. This is the result of a human resource mindset oriented to an instant and factual profession, namely working in the bureaucracy and tourism. “Such orientation remains prominent.

This mindset causes the agricultural sector to require patience, fighting power, determination to produce optimally and really that takes a long time to produce results,” he explained.

Over the past ten years, the government has prioritized short-term aspects. Working patterns and results are seen in the short term. So, the sector requiring a long oriented foundation is less considered. For example, the infrastructure is very alarming. The traffic of goods from village to city or from city to city is very inefficient. Inevitably, the factor of production is burdened by transportation costs.

Similarly, there is no agricultural management from the upstream to downstream. Necessarily it should be managed well and continuously.

“Thus, what produced in the upstream is absorbed by the market.

Since the infrastructure is not supportive, the production is partially taken from other places that are also costly. On that account, Bali is 70 percent dependent on outside Bali for eight basic commodities,” he explained. (kmb42)

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Bangladesh PM urges teen protesters to go home amid violence

DHAKA - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged students Sunday to go home as police fired tear gas during an eighth day of unprecedented protests over road safety which have paralysed parts of Dhaka.

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Wayang wong ballet is one of the Balinese traditional dances included in the genre of bebali or semi-sacred dance.

Wayang wong regeneration in Bali

Staged at BAF and Mahalango after reconstructed

DENPASAR - Wayang wong ballet is one of the Balinese traditional dances included in the genre of bebali or semi-sacred dance. In 2015, wayang wong together with eight other traditional dances was recognized as an intangible cultural heritage by the UNESCO. After the recognition, the government has the duty to maintain and preserve the wayang wong. One of them is by keeping the dancer’s regeneration process so as not to get disconnected from time to time.

“We’ve obliged the regeneration process so that the nine Balinese dances included in the three genres (including wayang wong—Ed) must always be presented in every parade of the Bali Arts Festival (BAF). Then, we also perform wayang wong in the BAF and Bali Mandara Mahalango activities,” said the Head of the Bali Culture Office, Dewa Putu Beratha, when confirmed on Saturday (Aug. 4).

According to Beratha, wayang wong is one of the arts almost coming into extinction in several places. Nevertheless, it remains well preserved and made sacred like the wayang wong of Tejakula (Buleleng) and the one at Pucak Kembar Temple, Tabanan. To preserve the wayang wong almost going extinct, the reconstruction process is the answer.

“After reconstructing, we provide the opportunity for performances in cultural events such as BAF and Mahalango like the latest reconstruction in Kerobokan, Badung. Now, there is another in Kuta

and Bualu. The wayang wong of Bualu has already been performed twice. So, it is the government’s obligation to preserve and maintain because it has included in the world cultural heritage,” he explained.

Beratha added that one of the requirements before the nine Balinese dances were tried by the UNESCO into an intangible cultural heritage, indeed there must be a statement. For instance, Bali in particular will make a number of policies to maintain and preserve the arts considering there are currently challenges in the form of the development of people’s life that have more or less influenced the conservation efforts.

“It used to be an agrarian society and remained homogeneous, so there was still a lot of opportunity to do art activities. However, today the community has led to industrial services. Children are also busy going to school to a higher level,” he added.

In the past, continued Beratha, wayang wong was called barong

ketingkling and there was ngelawang or gallivanting show every month. During Galungan, the gallivanting show could even be done for a full month. At that time, agrarian society believed that if wayang wong entered people’s homes when making gallivanting show and touched the trees in the house compound, the trees would bear dense fruits.

“The gallivanting show tradition has no longer been seen today because there is a shift in livelihood.

However, the ones made sacred remains to be well maintained at temples, and these are taken to government events,” he said.

Beratha does not deny that there is a wayang wong truly sacred and may only be performed at certain temples. However, some may be allowed to be staged by using duplicates of the original masks of the wayang wong. Although there are also people remaining to carry the original masks, it is accompanied by many rituals at the location of the performance. (kmb32)

Students in their tens of thousands have brought parts of the capital to a standstill after two teenagers were killed by a speeding bus.

The unrest quickly spread beyond the capital. Authorities have shut down mobile internet services across swathes of the country, officials and local media said.

On Saturday the protests took a violent turn in Dhaka’s Jigatala neighbourhood, with more than 100 people injured as police fired rubber bullets at demonstrators.

A car carrying US ambassador Marcia Bernicat was also attacked by “armed men” but she escaped unscathed, the embassy said.

The violence continued Sunday with police firing tear gas into a large crowd marching toward an office of the ruling Awami League party, an AFP correspondent said.

Hasina warned Sunday that a “third party” could sabotage the protests and put the safety of demonstrators at risk.

“That’s why I request all guardians and parents to keep their children at home. Whatever they have done is enough,” the prime minister

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Bangladeshi students shout slogans as they march along a street during a student protest in Dhaka on August 5, 2018, following the deaths of two college students in a road accident. said from her office.

Some youngsters were rushed to hospital on Saturday after being attacked, allegedly by pro-government activists, witnesses said.

Hasina’s warning came as protesters marched towards the scene of Saturday’s clashes chanting “We

want justice!”

Police denied they fired rubber bullets or tear gas at the protesters.

However hospital staff said dozens of people had been injured, some seriously, and injuries were consistent with rubber bullets.

The Awami League has denied

allegations that its officials beat up students.

On Saturday, US ambassador Bernicat’s vehicle was set upon by a mob.

“As she was leaving about 11pm and getting into her car, a group attacked her car,” said rights

activist Badiul Alam Majumder, who was hosting the ambassador for dinner.

The US embassy confirmed an official vehicle “was attacked by a group of armed adult men” but the envoy and her team departed unharmed. (afp)

Maduro says he escaped ‘assassination’ attempt claimed by rebel group

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (C) attends a ceremony to celebrate the 81st anniversary of the National Guard in Caracas on August 4, 2018. A loud bang interrupted Maduro’s speech during the military ceremony.

CARACAS - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he was “more determined than ever” after he escaped an “assassination” attempt using an explosive-laden drone as he gave a speech during a Caracas military parade.

The government said seven soldiers were wounded in the alleged attack Saturday, blamed on Colombia by Maduro and later claimed by a mysterious rebel group.

“I am fine, I am alive, and after this attack I’m more determined than ever to follow the path of the revolution,” Maduro said defiantly of the incident, from which he escaped unharmed.

“Justice! Maximum punishment!

And there will be no forgiveness,” he warned in an address to the nation, sparking fears of an anti-

opposition offensive in a country already reportedly holding some 248 political prisoners.

Meanwhile, Attorney General Tarek William Saab, also present at the parade, said those arrested in connection with the incident would be identified on Monday.

“There will be a ruthless punishment,” he said.

Venezuelan state television images showed Maduro looking up disconcertedly in the middle of a speech having heard a bang, before members of the country’s National Guard lined up in the parade suddenly scattered.

“It was an attack to kill me, they tried to assassinate me today,” he said in a state broadcast, speaking of a “flying object (that) exploded in front of me.”

Communication Minister Jorge Rodriguez said there was “an explosive charge... detonated close to the presidential podium” and in several other spots along the parade held in central Caracas. Saab told CNN he saw a drone filming the event explode.

No drones could be seen in the television broadcast, which showed bodyguards jumping in front of Maduro to protect him with flexible ballistic shields. The broadcast was quickly cut.

Meanwhile, a policeman who requested anonymity told AFP that drones may have been released from a nearby apartment that suffered a fire after one exploded.

However, other versions of events attributed the fire to the accidental explosion of a gas cylinder. (afp)

International Traveling Piz Gloria and James Bond 007: licence to chill in Schilthorn, Switzerland

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Ubud Village Jazz Festival August 10-11th

Bringing the world to Bali and Bali to the world

The Ubud Village Jazz Festival is headed into its sixth year as it opens to the public on August 10-11. As in previous years, the highly acclaimed festival will host a roaster of great talents from Bali, Indonesia and abroad, with Arma Museum and Resort serving as the venue.

Every Bond story features a masterly villain with ambitions of world domination, but few are so iconic as Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Most recently portrayed

by Christoph Waltz in Spectre, Blofeld has appeared in seven other Bond films and is often seen stroking his white Persian cat in evil contemplation.

One such appearance is in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”, one of the more divisive Bond films thanks to its leading man, George Lazenby, who played the role of 007 just the once. Although the 1969 film received a lukewarm reception from critics, many consider it to be one of the best in the series, in part because of its spectacular scenery.

The site of Blofeld’s secret lair, Piz Gloria, is atop the 2,970m summit of the Schilthorn in Switzerland’s Bernese Alps. This is one of the only places in the world where the public can experience a Bond film set up close and personal.

The story of Piz Gloria While searching for the ideal film location for Blofeld’s lair, the production team came across a partly constructed sports bar with a revolving floor on the Schilthorn summit. Set against a backdrop of dramatic, snow-topped mountains, which includes the indomitable Eiger, it seemed the perfect setting for a villainous plot. The film’s producer agreed to finance its completion in exchange for exclusive filming rights.

Since filming ended, the building has retained its Piz Gloria moniker, taking full advantage of the Bond connection. The restaurant has floor-to-ceiling windows and revolves a full 360 degrees in 55 minutes. The family friendly menu includes the fan favourite “007 burger” complete with a 007

stamped logo on the bun.

As well as a restaurant, there is also a permanent exhibition containing Bond memorabilia and film clips on the lower floor.

While this could seem a little corny, the “Bond World” exhibition is actually very well presented, with a great selection of iconic Bond posters, part of the helicopter used in the film and various interactive games and entertainment.

Outdoor adventures As you exit the cable car at the top of the Schilthorn, you are immediately presented with some rather spectacular views of the mountains surrounding the region. This includes the Jungfrau, Eiger and Jura Mountains. On a clear day, you can also see Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps. There is a large, open area covered with tables and chairs, where you can relax with a cocktail and enjoy the views.

If you’re feeling more adventurous, you can take part in the “thrill walk”, a 200m long steel and glass walkway that hugs the rock and leads to the cable car station. Not one for vertigo sufferers, the walkway is both narrow and high, but you are rewarded with uninterrupted views of the valley of Lauterbrunnen.

You can also channel your inner Bond and attempt to crawl though an (optional) eight-metre tunnel with clear views of the 250m drop below.

If you haven’t had enough of 007 by now, there is a new exhibition outside called the “007 Walk of Fame”: a series of statues featuring handprints of the film’s cast and crew and information about their time on set. The opening event in 2015 was attended by George Lazenby himself. (net)

Unlike previous years, this year the UVJF has received support from Indonesia’s creative economy funding body BEKRAF which is both financial helpful and also a form of acknowledgment of the previous successes of this rapidly growing festival.

Despite having a wide range of sponsors supporting this tribute to jazz in Ubud, due the large costs involved in the production, staging and the considerable cost of having renowned foreign musicians play at the festival, receiving the contribution of finding from BEKRAF has allowed the Ubud Village Jazz Festival to increase the overall quality of the experience of those who attend.

“While Arma is already an extremely pleasant venue with distinct touches of Balinese aesthetics and lots of greenery, it is always a challenge to create a new atmosphere from year to year. In fact each year it is harder because we want it to be different that it has ever been before, integrate video mapping that is minimalist enough to not distract from attention to the music, while still maintaining the general them of “Balinese village”, with all natural materials, like palm leaf and bamboo”, explained architect and designer Diana Surya who added that co-desiger Putu “Klick” Swantara had pulled out all the stops in this year’s design with Luden House’s Gede Sayur Suanda adding a special touch.

This year’s edition features the theme “freedom of expression”, referring to the roots of jazz as a musical genre. As festival co-organizer, artistic director and jazz addict Yuri Mahatma explained during a recent press conference at Rumah Sanur: “jazz is a particular genre of music that is indeed rooted in freedom of expression, this does not however mean that any from of musical sounds played freely constiutes jazz – such an understanding would imply a great disrespect for the countless hours that jazz musicians spend honing their skills. Here “freedom of expression” refers to the vast range of possibilities of this freedom-based genre”.

Rumah Sanur also hosts a weekly Jazz event entitled ‘Jazz Under the Tree”, which has gained increasing popularity since it began a couple of years ago. And although there are a few other venues in Bali that hold regular jazz events, as festival founder and co-organiser and Chairman A. A Anom Wirajaya Darsana of Antida Productions explained: “one of the main inspirations for the Ubud Village Jazz Festival is to provide the Balinese public with exposure to great Jazz talents from here an abroad.

Bali has some exceptionally talented Jazz musicians too but they are rarely given the stage. So although it is great that this festival provides a boost to tourism in Bali, and allows Bali’s music scene to become known to other parts of the world, what gives me the most joy personally is knowing that all this great talent can be even more enriched by the exchange that takes place during the UVJF. It is truly a labor of love for everyone involved in the production”.

The Ubud Village Jazz Festival is also offering two day of pre-event workshops taught by both local international musicians appearing in the festival. The workshop will be held on August 8th-9th and will be taking place in Denpasar, Karangasem, Canggu, Kuta, Jumbaran, Sanur and Pengosekan.

As local jazz luminary Jeko Fauzy said, “I am really excited about some of the musicians who will be playing this year. I definitely plan to attend the workshop that Benny Green will be giving as part of the UVJV pre-events. Even though I give my heart and soul to my craft anyway, having such amazing musicians play here really inspires me to step up my game”.

“I am of course a big fan of jazz music in general and love singing jazz classics, but what I really love about the Ubud Village Jazz Festival is that it reminds us all that jazz is fun”, replied Bali-based, Malang born up and coming jazz vocalist Qee-Qee who performed a few soul soothing songs during the press conference.

The Ubud Village Jazz Festival is the larger festival in South-East Asia that is dedicated entirely to the musical genre of Jazz and in the short time since it was born, it has already proven to be must for Jazz lovers from around the world and has more firmly anchored Ubud as a culturally rich tourist destination.(kmb)

festival committee and Balinese jazz musicians at press conference at Rumah Sanur

Qee-Qee performing jazz classic at UVJF press conference at Rumah Sanur

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Sacred Wayang wong of Tejakula

Well known in Asia and Europe, survives in magical way

TEJAKULA village, Tejakula, Buleleng, is the birthplace of the wayang wong (human puppet—Ed) art in Bali. Over the years, this art born out of the combination of Parwa and Gambuh arts, has experiences its ups and downs. Fortunately Wayang Wong has managed to be sustained and has even become known in parts of South East Asia and Europe which many attribute to the strength of this heritage that carries a magical aura.

This art is estimated to have been born in the mid-17th century through a sacred birth process.

Through trance experiences by supporting devotees and confidants of the deities abiding in the Tejakula clan temple, the deities requested that wayang wong be performed in a number of other temples in the territory of Tejakula customary village.

After getting a magical signal, artists in Tejakula customary village gathered and agreed to establish the wayang wong art.

Art figure I Gusti Ngurah Jelantik, a traditional artist, came to Tejakula in the 16th century, while I Dewa Batan, another artist, came to Tejakula in the 15th century.

These two artists are believed to have played important roles in the birth of the wayang wong art in Tejakula. Both artists also made wooden masks representing figures from the Ramayana epics.

There were 175 masks made at that time.

Until now, the clan temple regularly holds their temple festival (piodalan) with the accompaniment of a wayang wong performance inherited from generation to generation. This sacredness has allowed the wayang wong of Tejakula to be named as an Intangible Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO. One of the artists who witnessed the creation of the way-

ang wong of Tejakula is Gede Putu Tirta Ngis, a 72 year old resident of Tegal Semaga hamlet, Tejakula. When met recently, the man who is familiarly called Putu Ngis has deeply involved in the sacred arts since 1975 and until now he is still actively plays the wayang wong.

He is also known to be an expert in playing all the characters of this art.

In fact Putu Ngis did not know his relatives that had danced wayang wong but he is fact a descendant of I Gusti Ngurah Jelantik who is known to be one of the artists who helped create the wayang wong art.

“During the period of 1975 to

1985, I learned to play wayang wong. The process of learning involved dancing, performing and watching other perform. Eventually I was able to play all wayang wong figures”, he said.

According to Jelantik, the wayang wong of Tejakula is indeed a very old cultural heritage with hundreds of masks representing several groups of characters and include masks of Sugriwa, Rama, Laksamana, Wibisana, servant, Rahwana, Kumbakarna and giants. Hundreds of masks are now neatly stored at the clan (Maksan) temple of Tejakula. The masks that are estimated to have be 3 and half centuries old are still well preserved and are only used on special occasions like the Tejakula customary village, by the members of the wayang wong troupe of Tejakula that consists of 300 people.

This sacred art can only be

staged at particular times and places such as large ceremonies like at ngenteg linggih and piodalan at Danka Temple. Before the masks are used, special rituals like bakti pamungkah are are performed at Maksan Temple.

This sacred wayang wong dance must be played it’s full form and cannot be broken up into parts. “During the piodalan at the Desa Temple of Tejakula, the first part of the Ramayana epic is played then followed by the second part and so on. Once completed the story starts again”, he explained.

Through the generations Since its creation, the wayang wong has remained sacred over the generations. Sometimes without having learned the dance, if someone has been psychically appointed, they are automatically able to dance like the other dancers who have been practicing.

Gede Komang, another wayang wong artist who is known as a senior figure of this art form explained that some dancers inherit their talent form bloodlines other than those that have wayang wong dancers. Komang himself had never danced the wayang wong, but one day in the 1990’s he dreamt of the dance even though he had rarely ever seen it performed since he worked in East Timor. But since it time to dance, he danced. It is believed that if someone has been chosen to dance the wayang wong dance and refuses, bad things will happen to them.

He cited the example of a family member who had been suffering paralysis and could not be cured. After consulting a medium, the family member was told to join a wayang wong troupe.

After requesting holy water from Maksan Temple, they completed recovered. It is a commonly held belief that one must not reject the invitation to become a wayang wong dancer.

“We have confidence that when it’s time, I will join to dance.

If I try to reject this we believe something bad will happen- possibly continuous nitemares or chronic illness. This is a believe and indeed it happens to us”, he explained. (mud)

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Spirit of Independence Day is here! And this is the perfect time for us to express our caring towards each other especially to those who in need. Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center expresses it through its annual charity Blood Donation on August 5th, 2018 at Niti Mandala Renon, Denpasar or in front of fire department office.

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The event was attended by The Mayor of Denpasar Ida Bagus Rai Mantra and started with a flash mob performed by the entire committee to attract the attention of visitors. In addition, some door prizes were also distributed to the lucky donors and entertained by the acoustic band of BPBD Bali.

“The first main donors target is our own hotel employees, people

who come to Car Free Day, printed; online; and electronic media partners, and also Archipelago International as our hotel management. This year, we are proud to collaborate with PORGASI (Indonesian Airsoft Sport Association), BPBD (District Disaster Management Agency) Bali, and FORMI (Recreational Sports Federation for Indonesian Society), and reach

our target to donate 250 blood bags to Indonesian Red Cross.”

Said Wahyuningsih – Human Resources Manager of Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center on the event.

“Beside known as the hobby distribution, our community also needs to be introduced to the public that the airsoft game is not a crime and not to be abused, as well

as doing the annual charity event like this. We are pleased to do the cooperation with one of the largest hotel chains in Indonesia such as Aston Denpasar Hotel.” Said I Gusti Ngurah Gede Budhita SE. MM, Chief Pusdalops (Operation Disaster Control Center) BPBD, Denpasar and also as Chairman Pengprov (Provincial officials) PORGASI, Bali.

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Russia makes Steven Seagal special envoy to US to help thaw relations

MOSCOW - Russia has handed Hollywood movie star Steven Seagal the task of keeping relations cordial with the United States.

The Russian foreign minister announced on Facebook that the actor will be its special envoy for humanitarian ties with the US. It said Seagal would “facilitate relations between Russia and the United States in the humanitarian field, including cooperation in culture, arts, public and youth exchanges”.

The post is unpaid.

The Hard To Kill action star is an accomplished martial artist, just like Russian president Vladimir Putin.

American Seagal, whose grandparents were Russian Jews, was granted Russian citizenship in 2016.

He has repeatedly defended Mr Putin’s policies, including the annexation of Crimea.

And he has criticised the US government.

Last year, Russian enemy Ukraine banned Seagal from entering the country for five years, citing national security reasons. (net)

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65,000 Indonesians go loco for pocopoco in Asian Games record attempt

Indonesian president Joko Widodo led some 65,000 of his compatriots in a mass dance through the streets of Jakarta on Sunday to promote the Asian Games and try to set a world record along the way.

Jakarta and the city of Palembang on Sumatra will jointly host Asia’s biggest sporting event from August 18 but President Widodo has previously complained about the lack of promotion and enthusiasm in the country.

In a bid to drum up support ahead of the games authorities turned to the Evangeline Lilly

poco-poco, a traditional line dance from North Sulawesi province.

Dressed in white and red -- the colour of the Indonesian flag -President Widodo, his wife Iriana, and several high ranking officials led tens of thousands of Indonesians in a long, snaking line of dancers through the capital.

Organisers hope to break the world record for the largest number of people performing the traditional dance in one place and said 65,000 people took part in Jakarta.

“Poco-poco is the original culture of Indonesia and it’s a native dance, so we are now performing a mass Poco-poco dance with 65,000 people setting the world record showing and reiterating Poco-poco belongs to Indonesia,” police chief Tito Karnavian who took part in the event said.

Police and military staff, members

of parliament, students, members of fitness centres as well as inmates in jails across Indonesia all showed their best Poco-poco moves at the same. “This a very good opportunity to show that Indonesia is conserving its traditions,” high school student Raja Farid Akbar said. “I am happy that I can help promote a tradition that could have been forgotten.”

About 11,000 athletes and 5,000 officials from 45 Asian countries are expected to flock to Jakarta and Palembang for the August 18 to

September 2 Games, the world’s biggest multi-sport event behind the Olympics. (afp) Continued to page 6 News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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JJ Abrams apologises to Evangeline Lilly over semi-naked Lost scene

LOS ANGELES - JJ Abrams has apologised to Evangeline Lilly after she complained about being “cornered” into a partially nude scene on Lost.

Lilly, 38, played the character Kate Austen in the TV show from 2004 to 2010 - but told a podcast last week of her difficulties with the producers.

Two of the show’s creators, Abrams and Damon Lindelof, have indirectly apologised to her, although they said they’re not sure if their message has got through.

“Our response to Evie’s comments this morning in the media was to immediately reach out to her to profoundly apologise for

the experience she detailed while working on Lost,” they said in a statement.

“We have not yet connected with her, but remain deeply and sincerely sorry. No person should ever feel unsafe at work. Period.”

Speaking on a podcast, Lilly said: “In season three, I’d had a bad experience on set with being basically cornered into doing a scene partially naked, and I felt had no choice in the matter.

“And I was mortified and I was

trembling and when it finished, I was crying my eyes out and I had to go on do a very formidable, very strong scene thereafter.

“In season four, another scene came up where Kate was undressing and I fought very hard to have that scene be under my control and I failed to control it again.

“And so I then said, ‘That’s it, no more. You can write whatever you want - I won’t do it. I will never take my clothes off on this show again’. And I didn’t.” (net)

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This handout picture taken and released by the Indonesian Presidential Palace on August 5, 2018 shows Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo (2nd R) and Vice President Yusuf Kalla (2nd L) taking part in a mass dance through the streets of Jakarta to promote the Asian Games. Indonesian president Joko Widodo led some 65,000 of his compatriots in a mass dance through the streets of Jakarta on August 5 to promote the Asian Games and try to set a world record along the way.