Edisi 14 Juli 2014 | International Bali Post

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

16 Pages Number 139 6th year

Price: Rp 3.000,-

Entertainment

Monday, July 14, 2014

Shakira thanks World Cup for changing her life Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — Preparing to perform at her third World Cup, pop star Shakira says she thanks football for changing her life.

Shakira says she “will never forget that I met the love of my life at the

World Cup.” She and Spain defender Gerard Pique met when promoting her 2010 World Cup anthem, “Waka Waka — Time for Africa,” and the couple have an 18month-old son.

Speaking ahead of Sunday’s closing ceremony concert, Shakira says “if it wasn’t for the World Cup my son Milan

e-mail: info_ibp@balipost.co.id online: http://www.internationalbalipost.com. http://epaper.internationalbalipost.com.

Monday, July 14, 2014 Kerry: extension of nuclear talks likely

Page 6

Brazil pay heavy price for tactical naivety, immaturity

Page 8

Israel calls for north Gaza evacuation after raid

Page 13

would not be here.”

In Maracana Stadium before the Argentina vs. Germany final she will perform “La La La (Brazil 2014)” with Brazilian musician Carlinhos Brown.

Shakira says though Pique was affected by defending champion Spain’s early exit, “I have a way of consoling him.”

On marriage story

Clooney rejects Daily Mail apology

Agence France-Presse

Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File

WEATHER FORECAST 23 - 32 Dps

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood star George Clooney on Friday rejected an apology from Britain’s Daily Mail over a story claiming his fiancee’s mother opposes the couple’s upcoming marriage, accusing the tabloid of cover-up.

The paper reported earlier this week that the US actor’s soon-to-be Lebanese motherin-law had been telling “half of Beirut” that she opposes the union between the heartthrob and her daughter Amal Alamuddin due to her supposed Druze faith.

The daily removed the piece from its widely read website and apologized following an initial protest by Clooney, who said it got many key facts wrong.

The publication however maintained that its story was “not a fabrication, but supplied in good faith” by a reputable journalist.

A clearly incensed Clooney is not letting the matter go, issuing a second USA Today opinion piece Friday in as many days.

“There is one constant when a person or company is caught doing something wrong.

The coverup is always worse,” Clooney wrote.

“In the apology, managing editor Charles Garside claims that the article was ‘not a fabrication,’ but ‘based the story on conversations with senior members of the Lebanese community,’” he added.

“The problem is that none of that is true...

So either they were lying originally, or they’re lying now.”

Word that Alamuddin, a Beirut-based London lawyer, had stolen the heart of one of Hollywood’s most celebrated bachelors caused an international media frenzy back in April.

No official details have been released on when the high-profile pair will say “I do.”

AP Photo/Leo Correa

CLOSING CEREMONY - Dance and musical drama from students of Gianyar’s vocational high school performed during the closing ceremony of Bali Art Festival on Saturday, July 12, 2014.

Indonesia’s economy predicted to rebound Bali Post

DENPASAR - The Indonesian Economists Association (ISEI) of Bali Chapter predicted the economy of Indonesia after the presidential election on July 9 would be experiencing a rebound. The surge leading to strengthening with significant percentage was caused by the democratic event having run safely and smoothly.

“Safe and smooth conditions until July 22 and thereafter have been in accordance with the decision of the Electoral Commission. Then,

the economy will be very excited and ascertained to rebound,” said the Secretary of the ISEI Bali, Prof.

Dr. IB Raka Suardana.

He said the smooth implementation of the presidential election would affect both the economy and the business sector, including triggering a positive effect on the capital market. It was marked by the increased stock purchase ahead of the recent presidential election, so the increase in stock price index (IHSG) on the stock market would increasingly strengthen.

“It proves if the market puts high reliance on each presidential candidate. Such condition is likely

to continue as long as the failing candidate is graceful and uncomplicated,” he said.

He also stated the safe and peaceful election resulted in a strengthening exchange of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar. Exchange rate and stock index indirectly strengthening would affect the businesses to get improved. Foreign funds would go to developing countries, including Indonesia, as long as there was no post-election unrest.

IBP/Wawan

Meanwhile, the Representative Office Head of Bank Indonesia (BI) for Region III Bali-Nusa Tenggara, Benny Siswanto, said that in the second quarter of 2014, the BI estimated the economic growth of Bali would be higher than the first quarter of 2014 showing a slow down. Bank Indonesia predicted the economic growth in the second quarter of 2014 would be in the range of 5.2 to 5.8 percent.

Continued on page 6

2

International

Monday, July 14, 2014

Bali News

Jokowi-JK win big in Bali

DENPASAR - Briefly, presidential candidate Joko Widodo and his running mate Jusuf Kalla absolutely won in Bali over the presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa (Prabowo-Hatta). Based on the latest data owned by Jokowi-JK Campaign Team for Bali Province, the Jokowi-JK coalition carried by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), National Democrat (NasDem), National Awakening Party (PKB), People’s Conscience (Hanura) Party and the Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (PKPI) got 71.45 percent or 1,535,203 votes, while Prabowo-Hatta supported by Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party, Golkar Party, Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), United Development Party (PPP) and the Crescent Star Party (PBB) only achieved 28.55 percent or 613,533 votes. the victory of Pastika and Sudikerta in the Bali gubernatorial election could not be converted into victory of votes for Prabowo-Hatta in this presidential election. “The result of Bali gubernatorial election was not in line with the presidential election, even though the governor and his deputy served as the winning team.

Once again, the figure factor highly determines the people’s choice.

Massive and progressive campaign strategy, even with the involvement of governor in the campaign, was still unable to influence of the choice of Balinese people getting more intelligent,” said Riniti.

She added the rampant black and negative campaign conducted in each campaign had made people think. It was the thinking process that had caused the political intelligence of the community to increase and they could make a choice rationally. On the other hand, added the former Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Science at the Ngurah Rai University Denpasar, the severe victory of Jokowi-JK in Bali had a very significant meaning for the PDI-P Bali. “Jokowi managed to restore the people’s votes to the PDI-P Bali that previously dropped from election to election and lost out in the Bali gubernatorial election and regent election in Klungkung though nationally the contribution of vote of Bali was relatively small compared to the provinces on the Island of Java.

However, the significance of Bali to PDI-P was very important. Bali as the basis symbol to PDI-P could have been taken back,” said the former commissioner of the Electoral Commission.

Separately, the Jokowi-JK Campaign Team Leader for Bali Province, Wayan Koster, said the victory of Jokowi-JK in Bali was not only

the result of hard work of the campaign team for the province and county/municipality and a group of volunteers, but also the great support and trust given by Balinese people. “It’s very encouraging because we in fact got severe victory in Bali, including in Karangasem and Klungkung County that since the beginning we predicted to be quite difficult,” said the PDI-P politician from Buleleng.

Related to the maximum results, Koster specifically expressed his gratitude to all the Balinese people who had come to the polling stations and gave a mandate to JokowiJK as president and vice president.

“I’m also grateful to the organizers that so far we considered to have been working well according to the existing rules,” he said. Despite winning for a while, Koster asked all the supporting political parties and the team of volunteers to keep waiting for the official results announced by the Electoral Commission.

When contacted separately, the Deputy Chairman of the PrabowoHatta Campaign Team for Bali Province, Ida Bagus Sukarta, rejected if his party was not solid in winning Prabowo-Hatta in Bali despite in fact the votes of PrabowoHatta in Bali was away from 55 percent as the target set.

Meanwhile, the votes gained by Prabowo-Hatta in Bali based on data owned by Jokowi-JK Campaign Team for Bali Province was only 28.55 percent, while JokowiJK got 71.45 percent. “Our team worked solidly. No matter how many votes obtained in Bali, it posed the maximal struggle having been attempted by the PrabowoHatta Campaign Team for Bali Province. It is the choice of Balinese people that we must respect

Monday, July 14, 2014

15

Maca Villas & Spa Bali named Tripadvisor Traveler’s Choice Winner

IBP

Maca Villas & Spa Bali announced that it has been named as Tripadvisor Traveler’s Choice Winner in the Top Luxury Hotels, Top Hotels for Romance, Top Small Hotels category in the 2014 Travelers’ Choice® awards. In the 12th year of the awards, the world’s most outstanding properties were identified in the categories of Top Hotels, Bargain, B&Bs and Inns, Family, Luxury, Romance, Small Hotels and Exceptional Service.

Bali Post

Victory of Jokowi-JK in Bali is like a kind of remedy and the awakening moment of the PDI-P after its candidates suffered a successive defeat in the Bali gubernatorial election and regent election 2013 in Klungkung. Jokowi-JK’s victory in Bali was also judged to show how the people loved and longed for the presence of the figure of future leader who was clean, honest, simple and populist. Besides, the victory of Jokowi-JK in Bali was assessed by a number of political observers as a severe blow to Prabowo-Hatta Campaign Team for Bali Province headed by the Deputy Governor of Bali Ketut Sudikerta, while Governor of Bali Mangku Pastika served as the Steering Committee.

In fact, the support of the two regional leaders in Bali was not influential enough to rally support and win Prabowo-Hatta in Bali with the target of 55 percent of votes because for the time being the achievement was in the range of 28 percent more.

Severe defeat of Prabowo-Hatta in Bali resulted in an assessment if the Prabowo-Hatta Campaign Team for Bali Province and counties / municipality in Bali is not solid and has not been working optimally.

Moreover, the Golkar Party itself has internal disunity.

A political observer doubling as an academician, Dr. Luh Riniti, revealed on Saturday (Jul 12) that severe victory of Jokowi-JK over Prabowo-Hatta in Bali showed off the great interest of Balinese community to change. “In fact, the majority of voters in Bali have set their preference for Jokowi figure that brings in novelty,” she said.

This Chairperson of Bali Sruti NGO assessed the support of Governor Pastika and Deputy Governor Sudikerta to Prabowo-Hatta did not affect much to gain support. In fact,

Activities

International

Travellers’ Choice award winners were determined based on the reviews and opinions of millions of TripAdvisor travellers around the globe.

Yoga Iswara, General Manager, Maca Villas & Spa Bali said, “It was truly an honor for us to receive the Award, our dedication and commitment to Service Excellence brought these Prestigious Awards to Maca Villas & Spa Bali. Being awarded as Travelers’ Choice Winner 2014 in the categories of Top Luxury, Top Romance and Top Small hotel indicates that the villa is on the right track to achieve its mission to be recognized as the preferred villas destination in Bali.

“These awards are testaments to our Team efforts to consistently deliver their best and encourage

them to continue provide Service Excellence as our standard everyday for every guest. We would like to thank our guests who have played a major roles in making this possible and assure them that every action and decision made at Maca is based on consumer satisfaction, hopefully you will continue to support us till the years to come and make Maca Villas & Spa Bali your “home away from home” every time your travels bring you to our great island,” he added.

Maca Villas & Spa Bali is just minutes away from the beach and the myriad of fine dining – restaurants, boutique shops and nightlife venues that has made Seminyak famous. The villa offer a great experience who want to spend an unforgettable moment in Bali.

Calendar Event for June 1 through July 12, 2014 1 Jun

Pura Sakenan Serangan Denpasar Pura Dalem Pahuman Bhujangga Penatih Denpasar Timur Pura Alas Harum Batur Kintamani Pura Alas Angker Munduk Kintamani Pura Dalem Kawitan Empuaji Klungkung

AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana

Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo, popularly known as “Jokowi” delivers his victory speech in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. and honor. Now, we just need to guard the tiered vote recapitulation,” said Chairman of the Gerindra Party of Bali Chapter.

However, Sukarta admitted the victory of Jokowi-JK in Bali was caused by the figure factor and Bali remained the basis of the PDI-P so it took a hard struggle for Prabowo-Hatta to win in Bali. “In terms of the strength mapping, Bali is still held by the PDI-P,” he said.

Related to the recapitulation process of vote at village level, and then resumed to subdistrict, county, provincial and central level, Sukarta hoped the witnesses could militantly keep the votes of PrabowoHatta and anticipate any fraud. “We’ve asked the witnesses to escort the votes carefully and militantly. No matter how many votes gained by Prabowo-Hatta in Bali, they must be guarded well to avoid any problems in the future. Do not get

complacent,” he said while adding that he had also collected all the Form C-1s from all polling stations.

“If there is a problem in the tiered recapitulation, we expect it could be resolved then and there will be no problem at the next level,” added Sukarta doubling as the Deputy Chairman of the Bali House.

Regarding the sudden arrival of Prabowo in Bali on Friday (Jul 11) who visited a number of places such as Besakih (Karangasem) and Batuan (Gianyar), Sukarta mentioned that it had nothing to do at all with political agenda of the presidential election. “Formerly, he was invited to be present in an event. Since he was unable to attend at the time, he then could attend after the presidential election. The visit had no political agenda,” said the Gerindra politician from Sanur. (wid)

 Founder : K.Nadha,  General Manager :Palgunadi Chief Editor: Diah Dewi Juniarti  Editors: Gugiek Savindra,Alit Susrini, Alit Sumertha, Daniel Fajry, Mawa, Suana, Sueca, Sugiartha, Yudi Winanto Denpasar: Dira Arsana, Giriana Saputra, Subrata, Sumatika, Asmara Putra. Bangli: Suasrina, Buleleng: Dewa kusuma, Gianyar: Agung Dharmada, Karangasem: Budana, Klungkung: Bagiarta. Jakarta: Nikson, Hardianto, Ade Irawan. NTB: Agus Talino, Izzul Khairi, Raka Akriyani. Surabaya: Bambang Wilianto.  Development: Alit Purnata, Mas Ruscitadewi.  Office: Jalan Kepundung 67 A Denpasar 80232. Telephone (0361)225764, Facsimile: 227418, P.O.Box: 3010 Denpasar 80001. Bali Post Jakarta, Advertizing: Jl.Palmerah Barat 21F. Telp 021-5357602, Facsimile: 021-5357605 Jakarta Pusat. NTB: Jalam Bangau No. 15 Cakranegara Telp.

(0370) 639543, Facsimile: (0370) 628257. Publisher: PT Bali Post

4 Jun Buda Cemeng Langkir Pura Tanah Lot Kediri Tabanan Pura Bucabe Mas Ubud Pura Puseh Desa Ganggang Canggi Batuan Pura Luhur Batur Pucangan Buahan Tabanan Pura Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Ida Ratu Sundaring Jagat Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Dalem bangun Sakti Tamiang Kapal Dalem Bias Muntig Ped Nusa penida 8 Jun

Pura Agung Petilan Pengerebongan kesiman Denpasar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kesiut Kangin Kerambitan Tabanan 10 Jun Anggarkasih Medangsia Pura Pesimpangan Gerya Sakti Yogaloka Lampung Selatan Pura Luhur Uluwatu Pura Bukit Pecatu Kuta badung Pura Penataran Agung Singakerta Ubud Pura Andakasa Karangasem Pura Gua Lawah Klungkung Pura Kawitan Arya Gelgel klungkung Pura Taman Ayun Mengwi Pura Suralaya Banda klungkung Pura Dalem Senapati Bebalang Bangli Pura Pasek Gaduh Blahbatuh Gianyar Pura Pasek Lurah Tutuan Kerambitan Tabanan Pura Pusering Jagat Tampaksiring

Gianyar Pura Gerya Sakti Tulikup Gianyar Pura Dalem Dauh Ubud Pura Segara Ketewel Sukawati Pura Mertha Sari Mas Ubud 11 Jun Pura Gede Purancak Jembrana Pura Dalem Dauma Batuan Sukawati Pura Nataran Kacang Dawa Klungkung Pura Bhatara Gede Apol Ubung Denpasar Pura Puseh Brahmana Klungkung Pura Kahyangan Jagat Dalem Purwa Denbantas Tabanan Pura Dalem Sukahet Klungkung Pura Dalem MuasPahit Guwang Sukawati Pura Taman Dukuh Tegallalang Pura Desa Sanding Tampak Siring gianyar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Batan Buah Kesiman Pura Sahab Nusa penida Pura Dalem Cemara Serangan Denpasar 12 Jun Purnama Sasih Sadha Pura Pauman Bhujangga Tonja Denpasar Pura Amertha Sari Rempoa Jakarta Selatan Pura Ulun Swi Kediri Tabanan Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Bitra Gianyar 15 Jun Kajeng Kliwon uwudan Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kekeran Mengwi 25 Jun Buda Kliwon Pahang Pura Luhur Puncak Padang Dawa Padangbai Karangasem Pura Aer jeruk Sukawati Gianyar Pura Dangin Pasar Batuan Sukawati Pura Penataran Batuyang Batubulan Pura Desa Lembeng Ketewel Gianyar Pura Pasek Bendesa Kediri Tabanan Pura Kawitan Dalem Sukawati gianyar Pura Kresek Banyuning Buleleng

Pura Puseh Bebandem Karangasem Pura Sad Kahyangan Batu Swana Nusa Penida Pura Buda Kliwon Penatih Denpasar Pura Penataran Dukuh Naga Sari Bebandem Karangasem Pura Batur Sari Ubud 27 Jun Tilem Sasih Sadha Pura Dalem Celuk Sukawati 30 Jun Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan Pura Pasek Gelgel Kekeran Delod Yeh Mengwi 5 Jul Tumpek krulut Pura Pasek gelgel Tengah Buleleng Pura Dalem Pemuteran Jelantik Tojan Klungkung Pura Pedarman Bhujangga Waisnawa Besakih Pura Taman Sari Penebel Tabanan Pura Benua Tarukan Besakih 9 Jul Buda Cemeng Merakih Pura Bendesa Mas Kepisah Pedungan Pura Natih Kalah Batubulan Pura Desa Silakarang Singapadu Pura Dalem Petitenget Kuta Badung Pura Dalem Pulasari Gianyar Pura Kubayan Kapisah Denpasar Selatan Pura Paibon Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Lumintang Denpasar Pura Panti Penyarikan Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Pasar Agung Kediri Tabanan Pura Puaya Batuan Sukawati 11 Jul Hari Bhatara Sri

12 Jul Purnama Sasih Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Tirta Besakih Pura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati

IBP/File Photo

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

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

14

Monday, July 14, 2014

Lifestyle

International

Etiquette gets reboot for digital age Agence France-Presse

AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Bob Care

In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, participants Nancy Barta, left, Samantha Langsdale center, and Fernando Barta pretend to play mock musical instruments and enjoy the Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival on Saturday, July 12, 2014.

Divers, snorkelers converge for undersea ‘concert’ Associated Press

BIG PINE KEY, Florida — Nearly 500 divers and snorkelers submerged in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary on Saturday for a “concert” beneath the sea broadcast by a local radio station.

The 30th annual Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival, held at Looe Key Reef along the continental United States’ only living coral barrier reef, featured four hours of commercial-free music piped below the surface via a series of underwater speakers.

“We started this as an arts and cultural event 30 years ago (and) thought it would be a one-time thing,” said event co-founder and coordinator Bill Becker. “It’s the only place we know of where music is put underwater for divers, snorkelers and the marine life.”

The water-themed playlist included such tunes as the Beatles’ “Octopus’s Garden” and

the themes from Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” and television’s classic “Flipper” about a dolphin at a marine preserve in southern Florida. Participants described the music as clear and ethereal, with underwater visibility of about 50 feet (15 meters).

Snorkeler Uli Clef from Munich, Germany, said he was particularly impressed with the vivid colors and tropical fish he saw underwater.

“I’ve seen colors from red to blue to white, and even the shades of the sun coming from the water line,” Clef said when he surfaced.

“All these colorful fishes — that’s perfect.”

Some divers were costumed and pretended to play quirky metal instruments sculpted by Florida Keys artist August Powers. As well as offering an unusual experience for dive and snorkel enthusiasts, the broadcast included diver awareness announcements promoting coral reef protection.

“We try to get divers to be aware of their impact on the coral reef so that they lessen that impact and this reef can be here for generations to come,” said Becker.

The event was staged by radio station WWUS in partnership with the Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce.

Lone Ranger actor’s outfit sells for $195,000 Associated Press

WACO, Texas — The outfit Lone Ranger actor Clayton Moore wore when making appearances as the character after retiring from television has sold for $195,000 at a Texas auction.

Waco-based A & S Auction

Co. said the outfit was sold Saturday.

Moore, who died in 1999, played the masked lawman on the ABC television series “The Lone Ranger” from 1949 to 1957.

The auction house says that after retiring from television, Moore made appearances in char-

acter at events including fairs.

His outfit included a powder-blue shirt and pants, red kerchief, Stetson hat, boots, gun belt and Colt pistols.

The outfit spent more than a decade in the collection of a late Texas businessman whose family offered it at auction.

WASHINGTON - The digital age has created a host of new etiquette dilemmas. What should you do when your boss sends a Facebook friend request? Is it OK to take and share smartphone pictures at a friend’s wedding?

When should you take off Google Glass, rather than just turn it off?

Etiquette mavens say the book on manners must be rewritten, literally, to take into account new technologies and social media.

“Technology is such an area of anxiety for people,” says Steven Petrow, an author of etiquette books who last month began a digital manners column for USA Today.

In recent columns, Petrow addressed the question of mass emails that reveal the names of all recipients (not OK, he says), and how to deal with wedding guests who want to share smartphone pictures before the official photos are available (he urges the couple to make their wishes clear in the invitation).

“Fundamentally, I come back to my core values, which are about respect, kindness and civility,” Petrow told AFP. Social media such as Facebook pose particular etiquette problems: if users post news about a death, birth or engagement before relatives are notified, that creates tensions among family members.

“On Facebook, even if you have privacy protection, someone else can grab your message and send it along,” said Emily Yoffe, who pens the “Dear Prudence” column on Slate.

“Once you post it, you don’t control that information anymore,” said Yoffe, advising people to treat all social media posts as public.

Petrow sees other quandaries -- for example, whether it is appropriate to “like” a Facebook post about sad news.

“I believe that liking means you acknowledge it,” he said. “So you can like something sad but you should add a note to say what you mean.”

Social media is also used to break off, or to announce a new relationship, which can be a surprise to the other person.

“It’s always best to take your time, to discuss this with the other person,” Petrow said.

As for the boss’s friend request, Petrow advised managers to steer clear of this to avoid potential conflicts.

Employees should not ignore the request, but offer instead to connect on the professional network LinkedIn, he said.

Digital technology has forced a reboot at the Emily Post Institute, which grew out of the work of the noted etiquette author.

Her great-great-grandson Daniel Post Senning released a book last year on digital etiquette after realizing the topic merited more than just a chapter in the updated Emily Post book.

“New technology is changing every major aspect of people’s lives for which they would come to Emily Post looking for advice,” Senning said.

A longstanding digital etiquette issue is when people should turn off or silence their smartphones.

“The biggest challenge is that these devices take our attention from the people we’re with,” Senning told AFP. While smartphones are enormously useful tools, “If you’re with other people, your attention should be there,” Senning said. “Most people know that intuitively.”

Social networks are great places for sharing, but sometimes people go overboard. A 2012 survey by Intel found that in several countries, a majority said they were put off by “oversharing” of pictures and personal information.

Senning said the Post Institute often follows what is accepted by the public but that sometimes it takes the opposite view “if it’s a question of our fundamental principles of consideration, respect and honesty.”

Bali News

International

Japanese enthralled by Balinese arts

3

Antara

DENPASAR - During her foremost visit, 25-year-old Japanese citizen, Emiko Nakai, was interested in Balinese arts and culture alike any other tourist visiting Dewata Island for the first time. However, her love for Balinese arts and culture has deepened over the course of time. “After I learnt about Balinese arts and culture in detail, I found happiness and tranquility,” Emiko said.

Emiko who was born in Yokohama, Japan, also has a Balinese identity, Ni Putu Sulasmi. She along with 14 other Japanese women from the Wyarihita Dance Studio are showcasing their expertise in Balinese dance during the 36 Bali Arts Festival held in the Denpasar Culture Park.

Her interest in Balinese arts has evoked her love for the arts and culture of Dewata Island.

The leader of Wyarihita Dance Studio, Ni Wayan Deni Inaba, has a Japanese husband, Takahisa Inaba.

Emiko, who owns a beauty salon in Japan, has mastered at least five Balinese dances after studying at the dance studio.

During the festival, Emiko showcased her swaying movements while performing Candra Metu and Tarum Butterfly dances in Wantilan Denpasar Culture Park. Though she once lived in Jakarta, but she has in-depth knowledge of Balinese dances.

After her return to Sakura country, Emiko signed up to learn Balinese dance in the Wyarihita Dance Studio in Yokohama as she lived in proximity to the place.

Although she knew a lot about the Balinese culture in Jakarta, but she had yet to learn the dance in the Indonesian capital.

Emiko stated that she has been learning Balinese dance for the past three years, and she is keen to learn other Balinese dances.

She was also interested in learning Balinese traditional musical instruments such as gamelan, which is played during dance performances.

“I am still learning Balinese dance and gamelan music in Japan. However, when I visit Bali, I directly learn about them from the local artist,” Emiko remarked here after performing at the Bali Art Festival in collaboration with the Mekar Sari Ubud Dance Studio.

The senior Balinese artist I. Nyoman Cerita remarked that he is delighted by the visit of Japanese artists and has proudly facilitated their necessities during the festival.

Cerita also supported and guided the foreign artists regarding dance and traditional percussion of Bali. He surmised that all the Japanese artists had successfully performed the Balinese dances during the festival.

All 15 Japanese artists performed their dances accompanied by 32 traditional Balinese percussion artists.

Cerita revealed that many people came to watch the performance that lasted for 2.5 hours in the Denpasar Culture Park.

IBP/BTN

Tarum Butterfly dance philosophy depicts a group of butterflies flying around a flowery garden.

They move in a dynamic and agile manner in tune to the music, that represents merriment of the performers.

Two performances

Emiko, who can speak Bahasa passively, has performed twice on stage in Denpasar Culture Park along with five other Japanese dancers: Yumi Takashi, Midori Kadooka, Masako, Kimura, and Fumiko Komatsu during their Tarum Butterfly dance performance.

The Tarum Butterfly dance philosophy depicts a group of butterflies

flying around a flowery garden. They move in a dynamic and agile manner in tune to the music, that represents merriment of the performers.

During the second performance, the group performed Candra Metu dance, which depicts the moon in its first emersion in the night. Emiko along with Yumi Takahashi, Fumiko Komatsu, Deni Inaba, and Ni Putu Masrapini delivered the final perfor-

Youth raise funds for Gaza victims Antara

Trouble with ‘Glassholes’

Etiquette may see more changes with devices such as the Internetconnected eyewear Google Glass. Google has preemptively offered tips to avoid becoming a “Glasshole,” such as turning off the eyewear in many situations.

Wearable electronics like Google Glass create fears about being spied on. “I don’t think turning it off will be sufficient to quell those concerns,” Petrow said.

“Every new device seems to spawn its own chapter of etiquette dilemmas.”

From a historical perspective, “every generation perceives the state of manners in decline,” said Senning of the Post Institute.

“People thought that when the telephone moved to the home it would destroy home life, and it didn’t.”

Monday, July 14, 2014

IBP/kmb

Tens of Balinese youths came together to form the Bali Youth Alliance, to raise funds for victims of the Gaza strip conflict following Israeli air strikes in Palestine.

DENPASAR - Tens of Balinese youths came together to form the Bali Youth Alliance, to raise funds for victims of the Gaza strip conflict following Israeli air strikes in Palestine.

“We are concerned about the victims in Gaza from the ongoing Israeli air strikes in this prolonged conflict,” said alliance coordinator Komang Eka Suardana.

The fund-raising event was held at the intersection of Dewi Sartika and Puputan Niti Mandala Renon Road in Denpasar as a humanitarian gesture to support those who had suffered in Gaza.

Several motorists passing the

intersection donated towards the fund.

“As Balinese youth, this is the only way we can help the victims, even though it has happened in Palestine, which is far away from Indonesia, “ said Eka Suardana.

“What has happened there has violated human rights,¿ he added.

Besides raising funds, the alliance also condemned the Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip.

The entire fund collected would be sent to the Indonesian Emergency Rescue Committee (MERC)’s bank account, to be used as humanitarian aid for violence relief in the Gaza Strip.

mance of the festival that night.

The Candra Metu dance describes the beauty of the moon, in all its splendor, emerging in the night and spreading magnificence to the world.

It is difficult to compare the performance of Japanese artists to those by the Balinese women as their movements are really smooth akin to a butterfly in a flowery garden.

The five dances symbolize harmony, beauty, and peace. Ni Wayan Deni said she supports and teaches all the dancers in Japan so that they can perform gracefully.

The dancing team has conducted “Ngayah” or a traditional ceremony in two villages in Dewata Island to ensure success in the big event.

They have conducted “Ngayah” in the front yard of the temple in Pekrawan Mawang Village in Gianyar District on Wednesday evening. The second “Ngayah” was conducted in Pekraman Puaya Village in Gianyar District on Friday evening.

Ni Wayan Deni accompanies students keen to learn Balinese dance in Sakura Country to Bali in a bi-annual trip to conduct the performance. The current visit of 15 Japanese artists was the seventh since 2000.

They hope the Balinese Arts Festival can enhance the relationship between Japan and Indonesia through promoting the arts and culture sector, which has been wellestablished before.

4

Bali News

Monday, July 14, 2014

International

International

W

Housing proliferates

Monday, July 14, 2014

RLD

13

Businessman linked to terror killed on Kenya coast

Jembrana House urges to protect farmland Bali Post

Associated Press Writer

NEGARA - The rapid development of the region in Jembrana County drew the reaction of the Jembrana House. Two big factions in the Jembrana House, namely the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and Golkar Party Faction asked the government to protect the agricultural land from the invasion of the housing.

NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan official says unknown gunmen have killed a prominent businessman, who was facing terrorism related charges.

The murder in the coastal city of Mombasa comes amid a string of killings nearby of people associated with Islamic extremism. Human rights activists are accusing the government of being behind the assassinations, since few have been resolved.

Mombasa County police chief Richard Kitur said Saturday that two gunmen shot Mohamed Shahid Butt dead after their car blocked his vehicle. Kitur said the businessman had just picked up his son at the airport.

Butt was in court in last year over allegations by authorities of incitement and funding terror related activities. In the past two years, three other well-known Muslims, who have been publicly linked to extremism, have also been killed.

In the public expose delivered in the recent Plenary Session, the PDI-P through its legislator, Ni Made Sri Sutharmi, asked the government to prepare a strategic move to protect farmland. Farmer’s welfare remained to become a big challenge so that it was needed an immediate handling for the agricultural land gradually reducing as converted into housing.

Golkar Faction also considered the importance to assess the existing housing arrangement, especially in urban areas such as at the land consolidation (LC) located at Dauhwaru and Banjar Tengah hamlet. These two densely populated areas should improve its drainage to avoid flooding and shabby impression. Arrangement for the former prosecutor’s office located on the main road should be attempted to avoid from the impression of being neglected by the government. Golkar Faction also requested the access to Jalan Hassanudin should be arranged and equipped with sidewalks.

Still related to the urban arrangement, the PDI-P Faction agreed to the implementation of pavement to the lanes in urban areas as the follow up of embodiment of the aspirations developing in the community.

Similarly, the Single Goal Faction agreed the paving in urban lanes to equalize the development and improvement of the economic access of the community.

However, it should be balanced with the expenditure for the economic group development of other community. (kmb26)

Brain Gym Seminar held in Bali IBP

James Ralio

IBP/ocha

Denpasar – The unique idea of brain gym came from James Ralio, the man who held the record for playing drum for 40 hours in Indonesia. He got the record in 2011. James thinks that not only the body needs exercise but also the brain.

“There are many benefits in doing the exercise such as increasing memory and concentration. The IQ, EQ, and SQ will be balance and many more,” he explained. James also said that the brain gym is not difficult and everybody can do it.

He would like to share his knowledge on the exercise to the people in Bali by carrying out a seminar. James believes that the brain exercise will give many benefits in daily life such as in working. He stated that the brain gym will also increase the creativity of someone. James invites anyone who wants to get benefit from brain gym to join his seminar.

AP Photo/Hatem Moussa

Palestinians flee their homes to take shelter at the United Nations school in Gaza City, Sunday, July 13, 2014.

The ricefield is now turning into housing evreywhere.

Two Swiss teenagers arrested in Kuta

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Two Swiss minor travelers should be languishing in prison cell.

They were respectively with the initials AH, 16, and FJ, 16, and arrested because of stealing in one of fashion stores in Kuta, Thursday afternoon (Jul 10). Then, both culprits should undergo an examination in Kuta Police station.

A resource person at police station said on Friday (Jul 11) the incident began when both Swiss teenagers made a visit to Top Man Shop located at Beach Walk Shopping Center on Jalan Kartika Plaza, Kuta, around 12:00 a.m. “They were on vacation in Bali and then had a promenade to the largest shopping mall in Bali,” he said Originally, the shop attendant of Top Man did not suspect the gestures of both foreign travelers. However, when arriving on the second floor of the mall, AH and FJ

IBP/File

were seen taking a few pieces of clothes and pants hidden behind their shirt and bag. “After stealing, they left the store with a calm appearance,” added the source.

However, the shop attendant witnessing the action of the culprits secretly reported the case to the security guards. Then, while in front of the store, the officers and shop attendant directly arrested the culprits. From the results of examination, it was found two pieces of ladies tops, one pair of shorts and a piece of T-shirt with a total price of IDR 1.2 million. Both culprits were then taken to Kuta Police station to account for their act.

Chief of Kuta Police, Nyoman Sebudi, when asked for his confirmation justified the arrest to both Swiss travelers. After that, the two travelers from Switzerland, namely AH and FJ as well as the evidence had been secured at Kuta Police station.

“Both culprits are still being interrogated,” he said. (kmb35)

Israel calls for north Gaza evacuation after raid

Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Israel briefly deployed ground troops inside the Gaza Strip for the first time early Sunday as its military warned northern Gaza residents to evacuate their homes, part of a widening offensive that’s killed more than 160 Palestinians.

Neither Israel nor Palestinian militants show signs of agreeing to a cease-fire, despite calls by the United Nations Security Council and others to end the increasingly bloody six-day offensive. With Israel massing tanks and soldiers at Gaza’s borders, some fear that could signal a wider ground of-

fensive that would cause heavy casualties.

“We don’t know when the operation will end,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu told a Cabinet meeting Sunday. “It might take a long time.”

Early Sunday, Israeli troops launched a brief raid into north-

ern Gaza to destroy what it described as a rocket-launching site, an operation the military said left four soldiers slightly wounded.

The Israeli air force later dropped leaflets warning residents to evacuate their homes ahead of what Israel’s military spokesman described as a “short and temporary” campaign against northern Gaza to begin sometime after 12 p.m. (0900 GMT). The area is home to at least 100,000 people.

It was not clear whether the attack would be confined to stepped-

up airstrikes or whether it might include a sizeable ground offensive — something that Israel has so far been reluctant to undertake.

As the ultimatum drew near, hundreds fled Beit Lahiya, one of the communities the Israeli announcement affected. Some raced by in pickup trucks, waving white flags.

“They are sending warning messages,” resident Mohammad Abu Halemah said. “Once we received the message, we felt scared to stay in our homes. We want to leave.”

Ignoring international appeals

for a cease-fire, Israel widened its range of Gaza bombing targets Saturday to include civilian institutions with suspected Hamas ties.

One strike hit a center for the disabled, killing two patients and wounding four people. In a second attack, an Israeli warplane flattened the home of Gaza police chief Taysir al-Batsh and damaged a nearby mosque as evening prayers ended, killing at least 18 people, 17 of whom were al-Batsh family members. Fifty were wounded, including al-Batsh himself.

Malaysian cop killed, another kidnapped in Sabah

Associated Press Writer

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Armed gunmen fatally shot a Malaysian policeman and kidnapped another during a shootout at a resort on Borneo island, a security official said Sunday.

It was the latest in a spate of kidnappings in Sabah, highlighting per-

sistent security threats in the state.

Sabah is a short boat ride from the southern Philippines, home to Muslim militants and kidnap gangs.

Eight gunmen wearing army fatigues barged into the Mabul Water Bungalow Resort late Saturday and ambushed marine police officers on guard there, said Abdul Rashid Haron, who heads the Eastern Sabah

Security Command.

A marine policeman was killed in the shootout and the gunmen, who had their faces covered, fled on a boat with another officer, Abdul Rashid said, adding that the boat was seen heading toward the southern Philippines.

He said the gunmen may either have been planning to kidnap some-

one at the resort or were targeting marine police after recent increased security on the island helped to curb their activities.

“We don’t know their motive.

Maybe they were retaliating because we have tightened security in the area. I cannot rule that out,” Abdul Rashid said.

It was not clear who was behind

the attack, but previous kidnappings are believed to have been carried out

by Abu Sayyaf militants.

The kidnappings have hampered tourism in Sabah, a popular destination for foreigners and a diving haven. Sabah’s government has announced a curfew and travel restrictions in high-risk areas to bolster security.

12

International

Monday, July 14, 2014

BUSINESS

Economists lower forecasts for US growth Associated Press

WASHINGTON — U.S. business economists have sharply cut their growth forecasts for the April-June quarter and 2014, though they remain optimistic that the economy will rebound from a dismal first quarter.

The average forecast for growth in the second quarter has fallen to 3 percent, according to a survey released Friday by the National Association for Business Economics. That’s down from 3.5 percent in a June survey. Growth in 2014 as a whole will be just 1.6 percent, they project, sharply below a previous forecast of 2.5 percent. If accurate, this year’s growth would be the weakest since the Great Recession.

The lower 2014 forecast largely reflects the impact of a sharp contraction in the first quarter. The economy shrank 2.9 percent at an annual rate, the biggest drop in five years. That decline will weigh heavily on the economy this year, even if growth resumes and stays at 3 percent or above, as most economists expect.

The economists reduced their second-quarter forecast largely because they expect consumers spent at a much more modest pace.

They now expect spending will grow just 2.3 percent at an annual rate in the second quarter, down from a 2.9 percent estimate in June.

Spending rose just 1 percent in the first quarter, the smallest increase in four years, a sign consumers are still reluctant to spend freely.

Many retail chains are feeling the pain. The Container Store said Tuesday that sales at stores open

for at least a year slipped 0.8 percent in the first quarter.

“We are experiencing a retail ‘funk’,” Kip Tindell, chief executive of The Container Store, said Tuesday. “While consumers are buying homes and automobiles and even high ticket furniture, most segments of retail are, like us, seeing more challenging sales than we had hoped early in 2014.”

Family Dollar Stores and clothing retailer the Gap also reported lower sales this week.

Another factor weighed heavily on the first quarter: A big drop in exports widened the nation’s trade deficit and accounted for about half the contraction. Exports picked up in May and trade is unlikely to be as big a drag in the second quarter.

But the NABE survey found that economists expect exports will now rise just 2.5 percent this year, down from June’s estimate of 3 percent. The weaker figures reflect sluggish economies in Europe and slower growth in China.

The NABE did a special survey after the government announced the dismal figures at the end of June. The group typically surveys economists quarterly.

Despite the downgrades, the survey underscores that economists are mostly optimistic about the rest of this year. Analysts largely blame the first quarter

AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File

In this Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 file photo, a cashier rings up a sale at a Sears store, in Las Vegas. U.S. business economists have sharply cut their growth forecasts for the April-June quarter and 2014, though they remain optimistic that the economy will rebound from a dismal first quarter.

shrinkage on temporary factors, such as harsh winter weather and a sharp slowdown in inventory restocking. When companies restock their inventories at a weaker pace, it slows demand for factory goods and lowers production.

Jack Kleinhenz, president of the association and chief economist at the National Retail Federation, said that most other recent economic data, particularly regarding hiring,

has been positive. Employers have added an average of 230,000 jobs a month this year, one of the best stretches since the recession.

In addition, consumers are more confident and government spending cuts and tax increases are exerting less of a drag. In 2013, a Social Security tax cut expired and government spending cuts were implemented. The combined effects slowed growth by 1.5 percent-

age points, economists estimate.

“Many of the fundamentals are there for growth,” Kleinhenz said.

As a result, the 50 economists who responded to the survey see the chances of a recession this year or next as pretty low. Sixty percent said the odds were 10 percent or lower, and more than 90 percent said they were 25 percent or lower.

Softbank in deal to merge Sprint, T-Mobile

Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - Japan’s SoftBank and Deutsche Telekom of Germany have reached a basic agreement for a merger between their US affiliates Sprint and T-Mobile US, the business daily Nikkei reported Saturday.

Eight financial institutions, including Japan’s top three megabanks Mizuho, Mitsubishi UFJ and Sumitomo Mitsui, will provide a credit line of around four trillion

yen ($39 billion) for SoftBank’s purchase of T-Mobile through Sprint, according to the report.

The combined customer base of Sprint, ranked third among US mobile phone firms, and fourth-ranked T-Mobile roughly equals those of the sector’s two leaders -- top-ranked Verizon Wireless and AT&T, the daily said.

The US Federal Communications Commission will examine the proposed merger

from a communications policy standpoint while the Department of Justice will scrutinise it for antitrust issues.

SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son has been actively lobbying in Washington to win over regulators, who appear content to keep the market dominated by four players, the daily said.

Sprint, acquired by SoftBank for $21.6 billion in July last year, was the only one of the top four US carriers to log a net

decrease in subscribers over the JanuaryMarch quarter.

Having been less aggressive to invest in its wireless network, the company has not been able to shed the perception that its network is slow and has poor coverage, the Nikkei said.

T-Mobile, owned 67 percent by Deutsche Telekom, enjoyed the largest net increase in subscribers over the threemonth period.

Bali News

International

Monday, July 14, 2014

Jokowi-JK storms to victory in Klungkung

5

Antara

SEMARAPURA - The pair of presidential candidates, Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla (JokowiJK), emerged victorious in Nusa Penida, the only Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) stronghold in Klungkung district, Bali province.

Data received from the local electoral committee indicated that the Jokowi-JK pair, supported by the PDIP, Nasdem, PKB, Hanura, and PKPI parties, won 15,579 votes, but the Prabowo-Hatta duo who are supported by Gerindra, PAN, Golkar, PKS, PPP, PBB, and the Demokrat parties only gained 12,085 votes. Nusa Penida is the stronghold of Gerindra, which was established by Prabowo Subianto.

During the legislative election in April 2014, Gerindra had secured a landslide victory in Nusa Penida and contributed the highest number of seats in the Klungkung district legislative assembly (DPRD) for the 2014-2019 period.

But ironically, the Jokowi-JK pair won the presidential election in ten of the 16 villages in the district, while the Prabowo-Hatta duo only managed to win in six villages.

In the West Papua province, the Jokowi-JK pair also gained a landslide victory over the PrabowoHatta duo in the presidential election on Wednesday.

Spokesman of the Optimistic Papua Movement’s team of volunteers Jimmy Demianus Ijie stated in Sorong on Thursday that a total of 713,902 voters cast their ballots at 2,616 polling stations in

IBP/Bagiarta

The pair of presidential candidates, Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla (Jokowi-JK), emerged victorious in Nusa Penida, the only Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) stronghold in Klungkung district, Bali province.

11 districts across the province on Wednesday.

According to Ijie, the Jokowi-JK pair garnered 72 percent of the total votes and the Prabowo-Hatta duo only got 28 percent votes.

Ijie noted that Jokowi and Kalla

were nominated as the presidential and vice presidential candidates by the Indonesian Democratic Party Struggle (PDIP), but their landslide victory came as a surprise as it happened in those districts, which were known to be the stronghold of the

Nangluk Merana Ritual IBP

DENPASAR - Nangluk merana ritual involving hundreds or even thousands of Hindu devotees was held at sea. It was intended to rid the universe ranging from the sea to mountains as the source of life. Through the ritual, devotees invoked to God in order they were bestowed with graces for the sake of entire universe and protected from danger.

The Head of the Institute for Community Service (LPM) of Hindu University of Indonesia (Unhi) Denpasar, IB Sutama, said the nangluk merana ritual was the term of

agricultural culture in Bali in realizing the green culture. Through the ritual, farmers tried to stem all the plant diseases and pests attacking their crop, either in irrigated field or non-irrigated field.

In the Usada Wrespati Tatwa manuscript, explained this waidika (Hindu doctor), merana was the disease in plants. In animal it was called sasab, while in human was called gering. “The nangluk merana ritual was used to neutralize the nature, so that it can stem all kinds of diseases such as gering, sasab and merana and they will not come to mainland or to human nature,” he said.

The ritual was focused on invoking welfare and safety to Lord Varuna as the ruler of the sea. He had the power to clean up all the existing diseases. The universe was derived from water or thalesia. Similarly, human also began and ended with water. “The whole universe was purified by him at sea. As evidence, whatever discharged into the sea does not cause any odor. Therefore, the holy water or tirtha is centered at sea,” he explained.

This humanist and religious observer explained that 65-70 percent of macrocosm (universe) and microcosm (human body) contained water. When, we were in the

Golkar Party.

By and large, the 2014 presidential election in West Papua went smoothly, orderly, and peacefully, although there are several irregularities, he remarked.

Ijie reported that before the

election, some security personnel had tried to persuade the people in Sorong district to vote in favor of a certain pair of presidential and vice presidential candidates, but the Jokowi-JK pair emerged as the winner.

womb, 90 percent of our protector was water and at the meeting of heaven and earth or kama bang (sperm) and kama petak (ovum) or intercourse of mother and father we are composed of 100 percent of water. “That’s why we end the ritual with water of Lord Varuna,” he convinced.

In the nangluk merana was always accompanied with animal sacrifice by slaughtering or floating animal into the sea. It was affected by bhairava leading to Shaktism.

Sacred animal sacrifice was intended to neutralize nature and as a substitute for human sacrifice, so that it did not sacrifice human.

Nangluk merana ritual was regularly held towards year end because a very extreme weather change took place in December. It was before the

seventh month in Balinese calendar being prone to natural disasters and disease outbreaks. “Sickness in the seventh month is not affected by leak or Balinese black magic, but pure sickness as a result of climate change. It is a sickness caused by one of the daiweika dhuka namely sickness due to deity, ourselves and our inadvertency,” he said.

Hindu community in Bali drove away global warming by nangluk marana ritual in which in Hinduism it was called detya (effect of feral solar heat). This Detya was portrayed as a great giant with prominence. The poorly maintained environment would trigger Denawa or great flooding disaster. “Organizing the nangluk merana ritual should be accompanied with environmental conservation,” he added.

6

Monday, July 14, 2014

W

RLD

International

Man accused of starting North California wildfire Associated Press

REDDING, California — A 27-year-old man who was allegedly at an illegal marijuana plot is suspected of starting a wildfire that has burned more than 4 1/2 square miles of forested land in northern California.

Freddie Alexander Smoke III was arrested Saturday and accused of recklessly causing a fire and with marijuana cultivation, both felonies, fire officials said Saturday.

They said he was delivering material to the pot site in Shasta County when the exhaust from his truck ignited dry grass.

The so-called Bully fire has since grown to nearly 3,000 acres, officials said. More than 1,000 personnel are involved in fighting the blaze, which was just 10 percent contained Saturday night.

The wildfire had prompted evacuations and road closures, but fire officials said all residents have been allowed to return home and all roads have been open to them. Still, the fire is threatening 15 homes and about 50 other structures.

In Central California, a wildfire has burned nearly two square miles (1,200 acres) of a remote wilderness area of the Sequoia National Forest and was just 5 percent contained as of Saturday night.

Officials said more than 600 personnel are involved in fighting the Nicolls fire, which broke out Friday afternoon south of Sequoia National Park. No homes were evacuated or in danger.

The forest where the fire started is south of and separate from the Sequoia National Park east of Fresno, which is famous for its giant Sequoia trees.

AP Photo/Ronald Zak

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures as he arrives in front of a hotel where closed-door nuclear talks on Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, July 13, 2014.

Kerry in Vienna; extension of nuclear talks likely

VIENNA — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and fellow foreign ministers are adding their diplomatic muscle to try and advance troubled nuclear talks with Iran, with a target date only a week away for a pact meant to curb programs Tehran could turn to making atomic arms. still far apart,” and the ministers had come to “try and narrow differences.”

Kerry arrived Sunday. Britain and Germany also sent their foreign ministers to Austria’s capital for talks over the next few days, as has Iran. But the top diplomats from China and Russia are sending lower-ranking officials instead. That may reflect their view that an extension is unavoidable.

Still, the most important disputes over how deeply Iran must cut its nuclear program are between Washington and Tehran, so Kerry’s presence is crucial. He will be able to talk directly to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is at the Vienna negotiations.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke Sat-

urday of “huge and deep” differences. But he told Iranian TV that “if no breakthrough is achieved, it doesn’t mean that (the) talks have failed.”

Kerry arrived in Vienna after diplomatic success in Afghanistan, where he persuaded rival presidential candidates to agree to a full audit of their recent runoff election. They also agreed to a powersharing arrangement. In Austria’s capital, the top American diplomat has perhaps a harder task.

Discussions center on imposing long-term restrictions on Iran’s uranium enrichment and against plutonium production — materials usable in nuclear warheads. In exchange, the U.S. and other powers would scrap a series of trade and oil sanctions against Tehran.

Monday, July 14, 2014

11

INDONESIA Uncertainty for Indonesia after disputed vote Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia faces a long period of uncertainty after last week’s disputed presidential election, analysts warn -- raising fears for Southeast Asia’s top economy as growth sits at four-year lows, foreign investment slows and corruption remains rife.

After a bitterly-fought campaign, Jakarta governor Joko Widodo and his rival, ex-general Prabowo Subianto, both used different unofficial tallies to claim they had won on Wednesday.

Most credible counts showed Widodo in the lead, sparking a rally in stocks and the rupiah Thursday on the expectation that he will be declared the winner when official results are announced later this month.

But the initial euphoria quickly wore off. The Jakarta stock market slumped as much as two percent the following day, and was 1.3 percent down at the close as investors grew nervous about the potential for a prolonged deadlock.

“Given the conspicuous absence of a concession, the market still cannot rid itself of the spectre of draggy

uncertainty for a while more,” said economist Wellian Wiranto, from Singapore’s OCBC Bank.

Investors favour Widodo, known by his nickname Jokowi, as he is seen as a potential reformer and a clean leader in one of the world’s most corrupt countries.

Prabowo, a top military figure in the era of dictator Suharto, has struck a fiercely nationalistic tone on the campaign trail, and is looked at warily by markets.

Fears of violence

The election commission is expected to announce the official results on July 22 but the loser may contest them in the Constitutional Court, which has until the end of August to make a ruling.

It is not a good time for Indonesia to be hit by uncertainty that could scare off investors, as it undergoes a painful transition from a decade of rapid growth fuelled by high global prices for its abundant commodities.

Falling commodity prices, as well as a series of protectionist policies, have hit the economy, which expanded at 5.21 percent in the first quarter -- its slowest pace since late 2009.

Foreign investment has also slowed steeply, with investors wary of the uncertain business environment.

Corruption, seen as a major obstacle to operating in Indonesia, remains rampant.

The political uncertainty caused by the election deadlock can only add to the gloomy picture, observers warn.

The Jakarta Post newspaper, which

has backed Widodo, warned in an editorial that taking the battle all the way to the Constitutional Court “would prolong the political stalemate and uncertainty until late August”.

“The prospect of violence would dramatically increase unless leaders of political parties work to control their bases of support. The market would roil in response to these destabilising developments,” it said.

Indonesia was rocked by violence before the downfall of Suharto in 1998 following his three-decade dictatorship, with many killed in the capital Jakarta during rioting and looting.

The country has enjoyed a decade of relative peace and stability under the presidency of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, helping to transform it into one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and a major investment destination.

But fears are growing that the rising political tensions could spark fresh unrest, and Yudhoyono has called on both sides to restrain their supporters.

Analysts warn that the uncertainty

could also hit domestic demand in the rapidly growing middle class, a key driver of growth in recent years.

“A disputed result will not just have market implications, but also likely a dampening impact on sentiment,” said Australia’s ANZ Bank in a note.

“A Jokowi presidency is likely to be aligned with more optimistic consumers whereas a Prabowo challenge could dampen sentiment and spending.”

Investors are hopeful for a quick end to the stalemate, with Widodo being declared the official winner later this month and Prabowo graciously conceding defeat.

But it is still far from clear how the crisis will play out, and most analysts think it is likely that Prabowo -- who has been seeking the presidency for the past decade -- will challenge the result in court if he loses.

“As much as the market is hopeful that the political drama has ended, we note that there are still alternative final episode scripts that cannot be totally ruled out,” said OCBC’s Wiranto.

President urges fair count after disputed poll

Associated Press Writer

Deep differences separate the two sides and six world powers and Iran appear set to extend their talks past July 20. That would give more time to negotiate a deal that would limit the scope of such programs in exchange for a full lifting of nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Tehran.

“Obviously we have some very significant gaps still, so we need to see if we can make some progress,” Kerry told reporters before a meeting with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who is convening the talks.

“It is vital to make certain that Iran is not going to develop nuclear weapons, that their program is peaceful. That’s what we are here trying to achieve.”

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said “positions are

International

Agence France-Presse AP photo/The Bakersfield Californian, Casey Christie

The Shirley Fire kicks up lots of smoke with the sun in the center, as seen in Wofford Heights, Calif., Sunday, June 15, 2014.

Indonesia’s economy...

From page 1 The economic growth of Bali in the second quarter within the next three months would also be imbued by optimism of entrepreneurs based on a survey conducted by his party to business sector and retail traders. The increase in economic growth of Bali was also contributed by the agricultural sector with relatively good weather conditions.

Benny continued to say that in terms of economic data on the Island of the Gods in the first quarter showed a slowdown with the growth of 5.43 percent or slowed down compared to the fourth quarter in 2013.

“Initially, Bank Indonesia predicted the growth was in the range of 5.5-6.0 percent, but the realization was 5.43 percent,” he said. The slowdown of Bali’s economy in the first quarter was estimated to happen due to the slowdown of large-scale infrastructure development and slowing demand for residential property of the small-scale property companies. (kmb27)

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s president on Friday urged the election chief to ensure a transparent vote count following this week’s disputed presidential poll, after both sides raised fears the other may tamper with the ballots.

Political tensions are rising after the tight election in the world’s third-biggest democracy ended with both Jakarta governor Joko Widodo and his rival, ex-general Prabowo Subianto, declaring victory on Wednesday.

Most credible pollsters gave Widodo a lead in unofficial tallies, but Prabowo said that other polling institutes followed by his team showed he was the winner.

Vote tallying is a long, complex process in the world’s biggest archipelago nation, and results are not expected until July 22.

On Thursday Widodo, known by his nickname Jokowi, expressed fears that the vote count could be manipulated in one of the world’s most-graft ridden countries, and urged his supporters to monitor the process.

But Prabowo hit back, saying he thought his side was being targeted.

“There are reports that some election boxes

have been stolen, our witnesses are being intimidated,” he told journalists, after addressing a huge crowd of devout Muslims at a rally in Jakarta protesting Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.

Outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono stepped into the row Friday, saying the role of the election commission was now “important and critical” and that he had spoken to the head of the body.

“I suggested that the (commission) invite both candidates and their teams to monitor the counting process so they can see the counting on a day-byday basis,” he said.

This means that “when it is announced, they know that the process has been carried out carefully”, he said, talking to journalists at the presidential palace in Jakarta before a cabinet meeting.

He added the election chief had welcomed the suggestion.

Widodo, 53, is the first serious presidential contender without deep roots in the era of dictator Suharto, and he has won huge popularity with his common touch.

Prabowo, 63, was a top military figure in the time of Suharto. He has admitted ordering the abduction of democracy activists before the strongman’s downfall, and was formerly married to one of his daughters.

AP Photo/Dita Alangkara

A Muslim student waves a Palestinian flag during a rally to protest against Israeli attack on Gaza, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, July 12, 2014.

10

IBP

Monday, July 14, 2014

Destination

Batu Bolong Beach

CANGGU - Almost similar with Echo Beach, Batu Bolong Beach that located in

Canggu Village, Kerobokan District, Badung or about 200 meters adjacent to Echo Beach presents a big and dazzling waves for surfing. The magnificent sunset also support this

beach become more fascinating. Even, this beach has been the one of famous destination after Kuta that visited by foreign tourists who want surfing. It is also suitable for recreation or relax while enjoying the fresh atmosphere that flows from the Indian ocean.

To reach this place the tourists have to enter Batu Bolong street or about 35 km

Sports

International

International

7

Lindsay Davenport inducted into Hall of Fame

from Ngurah Rai Airport. Besides Surfing, this beach is usually used as Hinduism Ceremony where in front of the beach there are two temples namely Batu Bolong Temple and Luhur Bhujangga Waisnawa Temple.

This is the reason this beach has been well known by foreign tourists as the best surfing spot with interesting Hinduism activities.

Reuters

REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Mahindra Moto3 rider Bryan Schouten of the Netherlands fights with compatriot Kalex KTM Moto3 rider Scott Deroue (R) after they crashed during the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring circuit in the eastern German town of Hohenstein-Ernstthal July 13, 2014.

IBP/File Photo

Monday, July 14, 2014

Three-time Grand Slam champion and former world number one Lindsay Davenport was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday, saying she fell in love with the sport the first time she picked up a racquet.

“I was five years old when I first hit a tennis ball and a racquet was put in my hand,” the American said at her enshrinement along with legendary tennis coach Nick Bollettieri, five time Paralympic medallist Chantal Vandierendonck, tennis executive Jane Brown Grimes and British broadcaster John Barrett in ceremonies at Newport, Rhode Island.

“It was the third sport that my parents tried with me to get me out of the house clearly at a young age after school. I never wanted to learn another sport and I still don’t.

“Hitting the ball and making contact was always something that came very natural to me. Everything else about the game took work and was a struggle. But that was the reason why I fell in love with it.”

Davenport, now 38, said it took her 20 years of practice and competition to reach her peak.

The Californian was rewarded with Grand Slam victories at the 1998 U.S. Open, 1999 Wimbledon and 2000 Australian Open. She also won an Olympic gold medal in 1996 during a career stretching from 1991 through 2011. She was ranked number one in the world for 98 weeks.

The Return: James goes home to Cavaliers Associated Press

CLEVELAND — LeBron James returns older, more mature, a polished champion. He’s got a little less hair, and a ton more experience. Like anyone, he changed in four years. The NBA’s biggest star left four summers ago on poor terms, despised by fans who burned his jersey and scorned by an owner who felt betrayed. Cast as a villain, James was on a mission to win an NBA title — “not just one, not two, not three ... “ — in Miami with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh and he got two championship rings.

James has come back home to do something bigger, to do something no one has done for nearly 50 years. He wants to do something that would stamp his legacy and just maybe separate him from basketball’s immortals. He wants to deliver a championship — to Cleveland, the city where sports heartbreak is as predictable as cold winters.

“Our city,” the Akron native said, “hasn’t had that feeling in a long, long, long time. My goal is still to win as many titles as possible, no question. But what’s most important for me is bringing one trophy back to Northeast Ohio.”

Four years after he announced his decision to leave Cleveland on a poorly conceived, hour-long national TV special, James told the world he was going home in an essay for Sports Illustrated. It wasn’t about “taking his talents” anywhere

this time. It was from the heart.

James said it all in three words.

“I’m coming home,” he said.

And with that, the balance of power shifted in the Eastern Conference, other free agents started looking for new teams, and Cleveland, without a U.S. pro sports title since the NFL’s Browns won it all in 1964, is again home to the best basketballer on the planet. “My relationship with Northeast Ohio is bigger than basketball. I didn’t realize that four years ago. I do now,” he said. “I looked at other teams, but I wasn’t going to leave Miami for anywhere except Cleveland.

The more time passed, the more it felt right. This is what makes me happy.”

James knows the Cavaliers have a long way to go before they can challenge for a crown. But he’s joining a young team with an All-Star in Kyrie Irving, No. 1 overall picks

Anthony Bennett and Andrew Wiggins, and plenty of potential.

The Cavs, too, might look to add another star and have had preliminary discussions with Minnesota about forward Kevin Love, who played with James on the U.S. Olympic team in London two years ago, and has just one more year on his contract with the Timberwolves.

Love can be bought, but it might take Wiggins to get him. Cleveland also may try to land sharpshooters like free agents Ray Allen and Mike Miller, who both played with James in Miami. However the roster ends ups, James needs to help the Cavs grow up.

“I see myself as a mentor now and I’m excited to lead some of these talented young guys,” he said. “I can help Kyrie Irving become one of the best point guards in our league. I can help elevate Tristan Thompson and Dion Waiters. And I can’t wait to reunite with Anderson Varejao, one of my favorite teammates.”

FILE - IN this April 22, 2010, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James dunks against the Chicago Bulls during the second quarter of Game 3 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series in Chicago.

AP Photo/Charles Cherney, File

8

International

Monday, July 14, 2014

Brazil pay heavy price for tactical naivety, immaturity Reuters

Monday, July 14, 2014

When France faced off against Mexico, and the United States met Belgium in matches at different venues in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo in 1930, few people could imagine what had been unleashed on the world. A quarter of a century or so after the idea of a global footballing tournament was first mooted, 13 teams, including the host, gathered in Uruguay.

Associated Press

IRAJA, Brazil — The protesters who many feared would wreck Brazil’s World Cup party failed to show up. While the national team fell short of claiming the coveted championship, the country at least can say the tournament that wraps up with Sunday’s title game has gone off with only scattered demonstrations.

Brazil avoided a repeat of last year’s Confederations Cup when violent protests broke out in several cities and more than a million people took to the streets on just one night to demand the government spend on improvements for education and other public services instead of soccer. But the absence of conflict during the World Cup came less from dissipated anger than attention being glued to the games and police cracking down on even small demonstrations.

Brazil’s Thiago Silva (L), Willian and David Luiz react after the 2014 World Cup third-place playoff between Brazil and the Netherlands at the Brasilia national stadium in Brasilia July 12, 2014. footballing world.

Brazil were pre-tournament favourites and not just as they were hosts and because no European team have ever won the World Cup in the Americas.

They arrived having won their previous nine matches, with a settled squad and an experienced manager who led them to the World Cup in 2002.

Just one year ago, they won the Confederations Cup in style, winning all five games and handing world and European champions Spain a 3-0 drubbing in the final.

Brazil, though, never really convinced from the moment they went behind to an own goal after 11 minutes of the opening match against Croatia.

They won the game 3-1, but needed a suspiciously soft penalty decision to give them the lead.

Many European countries, including Italy and Spain, opted against making the multi-week boat trip, while the four British associations had withdrawn from FIFA. Uruguay, which won the gold medal in the 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games, was given the right to host the competition for the Jules Rimet Trophy, the World Cup’s original name, and termed in honor of the

then FIFA president who had done so much to make the tournament a reality. For the record, France beat Mexico 4-1, while the U.S. defeated Belgium 3-0. France’s Lucien Laurent scored the first goal in World Cup history. On July 30, Uruguay became the first World Cup champion when it beat Argentina 4-2 at Centenario Stadium.

Paulo Cavalcante, a 50-year-old public servant, shouted himself hoarse during last year’s protests, even bringing his teenage daughter along on the marches. But during the World Cup, like many other Brazilians, he chose to stay home.

“The police had orders to break the demonstrators,” he said, referring to the early days of the monthlong tournament when officers turned tear gas and powerful stun guns on even small crowds of protesters. “I couldn’t put my family in harm’s way.”

For Sunday’s final between Argentina and Germany in Rio de Janeiro, authorities ordered the deployment of more than 25,000 officers and soldiers, the largest security detail in Brazil’s history. On Saturday, police arrested 19 people suspected of vandalism and seized gas masks, fireworks and firearms, according to local media reports.

President Dilma Rousseff, who

bore the brunt of criticism over spending on World Cup stadiums and projects, rejoiced in having created a festive and welcoming atmosphere for fans that proved doubters wrong.

“We competently maintained peace and order,” she told a group of foreign journalists Friday night.

Whether such celebration will serve her in the campaign for her reelection in October’s election remains to be seen. Anger continues to simmer over inflation, gripping poverty and allegations of corruption.

“The average Brazilian citizen has deep grievances against the government and is sympathetic to the unified demand of the street — namely that the government funnels the same resources they put into organizing the World Cup into education, health and housing,” said Guillermo Trejo, a political scientist at Notre Dame University who focuses on social unrest in Latin America.

REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

Defensively Vulnerable

They could not score against a resolute Mexico side in their second game and although they trounced Cameroon 4-1 in the final group match they looked defensively vulnerable against one of the tournament’s weakest sides.

They only qualified for the quarter-finals by beating Chile on penalties after a thrillingly close game.

Even the 2-1 win over Colombia in the quarter-finals was fraught.

The decisive factor came in that game with the loss through injury and suspension of Neymar and Thiago Silva. Silva got a needless yellow card and that kept him out the semi-final and Neymar’s injury, a fractured vertebra, shattered the team’s confidence and highlighted their emotional fragility.

Several players had cried uncon-

trollably after they beat Chile on penalties and they looked visibly shaky at facing the Germans without their biggest asset.

Captain in Thiago Silva’s absence, an emotional David Luiz even held aloft Neymar’s jersey before the national anthems.

In contrast, the Germans looked cool and collected and when asked why they did not celebrate the 7-1 mauling more expansively, they replied that there was a time and place to show emotions.

Their performance also highlighted Brazil’s lack of top-quality players. Unlike the Germans, the Dutch and to a lesser extent Argentina, several of the Brazilian players who started the match were not regular starters for top European sides.

Goalkeeper Julio Cesar plays in

Canada, Paulinho struggled last season at Tottenham Hotspur, Bernard and Hulk play in eastern Europe, Luiz Gustavo is at Wolfsburg and centre forward Fred is at Fluminense.

If there is a silver lining it is that unlike four years ago, when defeat by the Netherlands prompted a purge of the old guard, Brazil still have a young team and this experience, while bitter, could serve them well in the future.

Neymar is still only 22, midfielders Oscar and Willian are 23 and 25, respectively, and first-choice players Hulk, Luiz Gustavo and Marcelo will still only be 30 or 31 by the time the next World Cup comes around.

Central defensive pairing David Luiz, 27 and Thiago Silva, 30, will have a chance to deepen their understanding by playing together at Paris St Germain starting next season.

9

On this day, first ever tournament started

Brazil protests fizzled, but roots of anger remain

SAO PAULO - Brazil came into the World Cup expecting nothing less than victory but tactical naivety, a lack of emotional preparation and an inability to overcome the loss of two leading players cost them the chance of winning a sixth title.

Having gone 39 years without a competitive home defeat, they suffered two in five days, the 7-1 semifinal loss by Germany their heaviest ever at the World Cup. They followed up with a feeble 3-0 defeat by the Netherlands in the thirdplace playoff on Saturday. “After the 7-1 today’s game was very difficult psychologically,” captain Thiago Silva said after the Dutch game.

“But we need to look at what we did wrong so we don’t make the same mistakes again. Especially when we lose a goal it’s like the world has ended and that’s not the way it should be.

Football changes every minute and you can’t fall apart when you lose goals. That’s normal, it’s natural in football.”

The Dutch defeat was bad but it was the humiliation by Germany that will forever scar the Brazilian players and their memories of this World Cup, the first to be played in the country since 1950.

The defence was all at sea, unable to mark, cover or tackle, and a midfield that had looked ponderous throughout the tournament was over-run, with Fernandinho and Luiz Gustavo outnumbered and outsmarted.

Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari aimed to attack but left his midfield vulnerable and with Neymar out injured, there was no one to create. “We forgot how to play as a team,” former World Cup winner Tostao said in his newspaper column.

“For Felipao (Scolari) and the majority of coaches exchanging passes in midfield is fancy, nicey nice, unproductive. Brazilian football is all about running, lunging, and balls into the air.

Because of the contempt we have for midfield we have no great players in that sector.” The result shocked the

International

AP Photo/Bruno Magalhaes, File

FILE - In this June 14, 2014, file photo, a demonstrator films a line of police during a protest against the World Cup in Belo Horizonte.

REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal reacts in the sidelines during the 2014 World Cup third-place playoff between Brazil and Netherlands at the Brasilia national stadium in Brasilia July 12, 2014.

Dutch exceed expectations under talismanic Van Gaal Reuters

The Netherlands far exceeded expectation in finishing third at the World Cup in Brazil, tearing up not only up the formbook but their own rules on how best to play the game as their coach provided a talismanic touch. They also set a new record for themselves by going through the entire tournament without losing a match in regulation time.

A relatively young and inexperienced squad were given little chance of emulating the achievement of four years ago when they reached the final in South Africa. But with the canny coaching of Louis van Gaal they came mighty close once again, missing out after a semi-final penalty shootout defeat by Argentina and comfortably beating hosts Brazil 3-0 in the third-place playoff.

“It was a big honour for us to be here and a once in a lifetime experience,” Dutch winger Arjen Robben said. “Today’s match I think for us was the best way to end this tournament. We also fully deserved this third place the way we played. Nobody expected us to be in the last four.”

Van Gaal raised the wrath of footballing purists in the home of “total football” when he said he was dispensing with the 4-3-3 formation which had taken the Dutch successfully through qualification for a more conservative approach, with an emphasis on quick counter-attacks.

The reason, Van Gaal insisted, was that he had lost the balance in his midfield because of the long-term injury suffered by hard man Kevin Strootman a few months before the tournament. It was a virtually untested approach which looked set to backfire in the opening half of their first game against Spain in Salvador.

The Dutch were trailing 1-0 and struggling until a swift counter led to wingback Daley Blind hitting a long cross from the left which Robin van Persie leapt salmon-like to head home the equaliser. The delight shared by coach and captain in a sideline high-five spoke volumes of the satisfaction of a plan coming together.

The subsequent mauling of the defending champions left the Dutch oozing with confidence and they topped their first-round group, although not in a very fluent style.

Van Gaal proved the talisman on several more occasions with tactical switches that kept the Dutch on a winning path. The Manchester United-bound coach brought on 20-year-old Memphis Depay to score the come-from-behind winner against Australia.

8

International

Monday, July 14, 2014

Brazil pay heavy price for tactical naivety, immaturity Reuters

Monday, July 14, 2014

When France faced off against Mexico, and the United States met Belgium in matches at different venues in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo in 1930, few people could imagine what had been unleashed on the world. A quarter of a century or so after the idea of a global footballing tournament was first mooted, 13 teams, including the host, gathered in Uruguay.

Associated Press

IRAJA, Brazil — The protesters who many feared would wreck Brazil’s World Cup party failed to show up. While the national team fell short of claiming the coveted championship, the country at least can say the tournament that wraps up with Sunday’s title game has gone off with only scattered demonstrations.

Brazil avoided a repeat of last year’s Confederations Cup when violent protests broke out in several cities and more than a million people took to the streets on just one night to demand the government spend on improvements for education and other public services instead of soccer. But the absence of conflict during the World Cup came less from dissipated anger than attention being glued to the games and police cracking down on even small demonstrations.

Brazil’s Thiago Silva (L), Willian and David Luiz react after the 2014 World Cup third-place playoff between Brazil and the Netherlands at the Brasilia national stadium in Brasilia July 12, 2014. footballing world.

Brazil were pre-tournament favourites and not just as they were hosts and because no European team have ever won the World Cup in the Americas.

They arrived having won their previous nine matches, with a settled squad and an experienced manager who led them to the World Cup in 2002.

Just one year ago, they won the Confederations Cup in style, winning all five games and handing world and European champions Spain a 3-0 drubbing in the final.

Brazil, though, never really convinced from the moment they went behind to an own goal after 11 minutes of the opening match against Croatia.

They won the game 3-1, but needed a suspiciously soft penalty decision to give them the lead.

Many European countries, including Italy and Spain, opted against making the multi-week boat trip, while the four British associations had withdrawn from FIFA. Uruguay, which won the gold medal in the 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games, was given the right to host the competition for the Jules Rimet Trophy, the World Cup’s original name, and termed in honor of the

then FIFA president who had done so much to make the tournament a reality. For the record, France beat Mexico 4-1, while the U.S. defeated Belgium 3-0. France’s Lucien Laurent scored the first goal in World Cup history. On July 30, Uruguay became the first World Cup champion when it beat Argentina 4-2 at Centenario Stadium.

Paulo Cavalcante, a 50-year-old public servant, shouted himself hoarse during last year’s protests, even bringing his teenage daughter along on the marches. But during the World Cup, like many other Brazilians, he chose to stay home.

“The police had orders to break the demonstrators,” he said, referring to the early days of the monthlong tournament when officers turned tear gas and powerful stun guns on even small crowds of protesters. “I couldn’t put my family in harm’s way.”

For Sunday’s final between Argentina and Germany in Rio de Janeiro, authorities ordered the deployment of more than 25,000 officers and soldiers, the largest security detail in Brazil’s history. On Saturday, police arrested 19 people suspected of vandalism and seized gas masks, fireworks and firearms, according to local media reports.

President Dilma Rousseff, who

bore the brunt of criticism over spending on World Cup stadiums and projects, rejoiced in having created a festive and welcoming atmosphere for fans that proved doubters wrong.

“We competently maintained peace and order,” she told a group of foreign journalists Friday night.

Whether such celebration will serve her in the campaign for her reelection in October’s election remains to be seen. Anger continues to simmer over inflation, gripping poverty and allegations of corruption.

“The average Brazilian citizen has deep grievances against the government and is sympathetic to the unified demand of the street — namely that the government funnels the same resources they put into organizing the World Cup into education, health and housing,” said Guillermo Trejo, a political scientist at Notre Dame University who focuses on social unrest in Latin America.

REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

Defensively Vulnerable

They could not score against a resolute Mexico side in their second game and although they trounced Cameroon 4-1 in the final group match they looked defensively vulnerable against one of the tournament’s weakest sides.

They only qualified for the quarter-finals by beating Chile on penalties after a thrillingly close game.

Even the 2-1 win over Colombia in the quarter-finals was fraught.

The decisive factor came in that game with the loss through injury and suspension of Neymar and Thiago Silva. Silva got a needless yellow card and that kept him out the semi-final and Neymar’s injury, a fractured vertebra, shattered the team’s confidence and highlighted their emotional fragility.

Several players had cried uncon-

trollably after they beat Chile on penalties and they looked visibly shaky at facing the Germans without their biggest asset.

Captain in Thiago Silva’s absence, an emotional David Luiz even held aloft Neymar’s jersey before the national anthems.

In contrast, the Germans looked cool and collected and when asked why they did not celebrate the 7-1 mauling more expansively, they replied that there was a time and place to show emotions.

Their performance also highlighted Brazil’s lack of top-quality players. Unlike the Germans, the Dutch and to a lesser extent Argentina, several of the Brazilian players who started the match were not regular starters for top European sides.

Goalkeeper Julio Cesar plays in

Canada, Paulinho struggled last season at Tottenham Hotspur, Bernard and Hulk play in eastern Europe, Luiz Gustavo is at Wolfsburg and centre forward Fred is at Fluminense.

If there is a silver lining it is that unlike four years ago, when defeat by the Netherlands prompted a purge of the old guard, Brazil still have a young team and this experience, while bitter, could serve them well in the future.

Neymar is still only 22, midfielders Oscar and Willian are 23 and 25, respectively, and first-choice players Hulk, Luiz Gustavo and Marcelo will still only be 30 or 31 by the time the next World Cup comes around.

Central defensive pairing David Luiz, 27 and Thiago Silva, 30, will have a chance to deepen their understanding by playing together at Paris St Germain starting next season.

9

On this day, first ever tournament started

Brazil protests fizzled, but roots of anger remain

SAO PAULO - Brazil came into the World Cup expecting nothing less than victory but tactical naivety, a lack of emotional preparation and an inability to overcome the loss of two leading players cost them the chance of winning a sixth title.

Having gone 39 years without a competitive home defeat, they suffered two in five days, the 7-1 semifinal loss by Germany their heaviest ever at the World Cup. They followed up with a feeble 3-0 defeat by the Netherlands in the thirdplace playoff on Saturday. “After the 7-1 today’s game was very difficult psychologically,” captain Thiago Silva said after the Dutch game.

“But we need to look at what we did wrong so we don’t make the same mistakes again. Especially when we lose a goal it’s like the world has ended and that’s not the way it should be.

Football changes every minute and you can’t fall apart when you lose goals. That’s normal, it’s natural in football.”

The Dutch defeat was bad but it was the humiliation by Germany that will forever scar the Brazilian players and their memories of this World Cup, the first to be played in the country since 1950.

The defence was all at sea, unable to mark, cover or tackle, and a midfield that had looked ponderous throughout the tournament was over-run, with Fernandinho and Luiz Gustavo outnumbered and outsmarted.

Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari aimed to attack but left his midfield vulnerable and with Neymar out injured, there was no one to create. “We forgot how to play as a team,” former World Cup winner Tostao said in his newspaper column.

“For Felipao (Scolari) and the majority of coaches exchanging passes in midfield is fancy, nicey nice, unproductive. Brazilian football is all about running, lunging, and balls into the air.

Because of the contempt we have for midfield we have no great players in that sector.” The result shocked the

International

AP Photo/Bruno Magalhaes, File

FILE - In this June 14, 2014, file photo, a demonstrator films a line of police during a protest against the World Cup in Belo Horizonte.

REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal reacts in the sidelines during the 2014 World Cup third-place playoff between Brazil and Netherlands at the Brasilia national stadium in Brasilia July 12, 2014.

Dutch exceed expectations under talismanic Van Gaal Reuters

The Netherlands far exceeded expectation in finishing third at the World Cup in Brazil, tearing up not only up the formbook but their own rules on how best to play the game as their coach provided a talismanic touch. They also set a new record for themselves by going through the entire tournament without losing a match in regulation time.

A relatively young and inexperienced squad were given little chance of emulating the achievement of four years ago when they reached the final in South Africa. But with the canny coaching of Louis van Gaal they came mighty close once again, missing out after a semi-final penalty shootout defeat by Argentina and comfortably beating hosts Brazil 3-0 in the third-place playoff.

“It was a big honour for us to be here and a once in a lifetime experience,” Dutch winger Arjen Robben said. “Today’s match I think for us was the best way to end this tournament. We also fully deserved this third place the way we played. Nobody expected us to be in the last four.”

Van Gaal raised the wrath of footballing purists in the home of “total football” when he said he was dispensing with the 4-3-3 formation which had taken the Dutch successfully through qualification for a more conservative approach, with an emphasis on quick counter-attacks.

The reason, Van Gaal insisted, was that he had lost the balance in his midfield because of the long-term injury suffered by hard man Kevin Strootman a few months before the tournament. It was a virtually untested approach which looked set to backfire in the opening half of their first game against Spain in Salvador.

The Dutch were trailing 1-0 and struggling until a swift counter led to wingback Daley Blind hitting a long cross from the left which Robin van Persie leapt salmon-like to head home the equaliser. The delight shared by coach and captain in a sideline high-five spoke volumes of the satisfaction of a plan coming together.

The subsequent mauling of the defending champions left the Dutch oozing with confidence and they topped their first-round group, although not in a very fluent style.

Van Gaal proved the talisman on several more occasions with tactical switches that kept the Dutch on a winning path. The Manchester United-bound coach brought on 20-year-old Memphis Depay to score the come-from-behind winner against Australia.

10

IBP

Monday, July 14, 2014

Destination

Batu Bolong Beach

CANGGU - Almost similar with Echo Beach, Batu Bolong Beach that located in

Canggu Village, Kerobokan District, Badung or about 200 meters adjacent to Echo Beach presents a big and dazzling waves for surfing. The magnificent sunset also support this

beach become more fascinating. Even, this beach has been the one of famous destination after Kuta that visited by foreign tourists who want surfing. It is also suitable for recreation or relax while enjoying the fresh atmosphere that flows from the Indian ocean.

To reach this place the tourists have to enter Batu Bolong street or about 35 km

Sports

International

International

7

Lindsay Davenport inducted into Hall of Fame

from Ngurah Rai Airport. Besides Surfing, this beach is usually used as Hinduism Ceremony where in front of the beach there are two temples namely Batu Bolong Temple and Luhur Bhujangga Waisnawa Temple.

This is the reason this beach has been well known by foreign tourists as the best surfing spot with interesting Hinduism activities.

Reuters

REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Mahindra Moto3 rider Bryan Schouten of the Netherlands fights with compatriot Kalex KTM Moto3 rider Scott Deroue (R) after they crashed during the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring circuit in the eastern German town of Hohenstein-Ernstthal July 13, 2014.

IBP/File Photo

Monday, July 14, 2014

Three-time Grand Slam champion and former world number one Lindsay Davenport was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday, saying she fell in love with the sport the first time she picked up a racquet.

“I was five years old when I first hit a tennis ball and a racquet was put in my hand,” the American said at her enshrinement along with legendary tennis coach Nick Bollettieri, five time Paralympic medallist Chantal Vandierendonck, tennis executive Jane Brown Grimes and British broadcaster John Barrett in ceremonies at Newport, Rhode Island.

“It was the third sport that my parents tried with me to get me out of the house clearly at a young age after school. I never wanted to learn another sport and I still don’t.

“Hitting the ball and making contact was always something that came very natural to me. Everything else about the game took work and was a struggle. But that was the reason why I fell in love with it.”

Davenport, now 38, said it took her 20 years of practice and competition to reach her peak.

The Californian was rewarded with Grand Slam victories at the 1998 U.S. Open, 1999 Wimbledon and 2000 Australian Open. She also won an Olympic gold medal in 1996 during a career stretching from 1991 through 2011. She was ranked number one in the world for 98 weeks.

The Return: James goes home to Cavaliers Associated Press

CLEVELAND — LeBron James returns older, more mature, a polished champion. He’s got a little less hair, and a ton more experience. Like anyone, he changed in four years. The NBA’s biggest star left four summers ago on poor terms, despised by fans who burned his jersey and scorned by an owner who felt betrayed. Cast as a villain, James was on a mission to win an NBA title — “not just one, not two, not three ... “ — in Miami with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh and he got two championship rings.

James has come back home to do something bigger, to do something no one has done for nearly 50 years. He wants to do something that would stamp his legacy and just maybe separate him from basketball’s immortals. He wants to deliver a championship — to Cleveland, the city where sports heartbreak is as predictable as cold winters.

“Our city,” the Akron native said, “hasn’t had that feeling in a long, long, long time. My goal is still to win as many titles as possible, no question. But what’s most important for me is bringing one trophy back to Northeast Ohio.”

Four years after he announced his decision to leave Cleveland on a poorly conceived, hour-long national TV special, James told the world he was going home in an essay for Sports Illustrated. It wasn’t about “taking his talents” anywhere

this time. It was from the heart.

James said it all in three words.

“I’m coming home,” he said.

And with that, the balance of power shifted in the Eastern Conference, other free agents started looking for new teams, and Cleveland, without a U.S. pro sports title since the NFL’s Browns won it all in 1964, is again home to the best basketballer on the planet. “My relationship with Northeast Ohio is bigger than basketball. I didn’t realize that four years ago. I do now,” he said. “I looked at other teams, but I wasn’t going to leave Miami for anywhere except Cleveland.

The more time passed, the more it felt right. This is what makes me happy.”

James knows the Cavaliers have a long way to go before they can challenge for a crown. But he’s joining a young team with an All-Star in Kyrie Irving, No. 1 overall picks

Anthony Bennett and Andrew Wiggins, and plenty of potential.

The Cavs, too, might look to add another star and have had preliminary discussions with Minnesota about forward Kevin Love, who played with James on the U.S. Olympic team in London two years ago, and has just one more year on his contract with the Timberwolves.

Love can be bought, but it might take Wiggins to get him. Cleveland also may try to land sharpshooters like free agents Ray Allen and Mike Miller, who both played with James in Miami. However the roster ends ups, James needs to help the Cavs grow up.

“I see myself as a mentor now and I’m excited to lead some of these talented young guys,” he said. “I can help Kyrie Irving become one of the best point guards in our league. I can help elevate Tristan Thompson and Dion Waiters. And I can’t wait to reunite with Anderson Varejao, one of my favorite teammates.”

FILE - IN this April 22, 2010, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James dunks against the Chicago Bulls during the second quarter of Game 3 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series in Chicago.

AP Photo/Charles Cherney, File

6

Monday, July 14, 2014

W

RLD

International

Man accused of starting North California wildfire Associated Press

REDDING, California — A 27-year-old man who was allegedly at an illegal marijuana plot is suspected of starting a wildfire that has burned more than 4 1/2 square miles of forested land in northern California.

Freddie Alexander Smoke III was arrested Saturday and accused of recklessly causing a fire and with marijuana cultivation, both felonies, fire officials said Saturday.

They said he was delivering material to the pot site in Shasta County when the exhaust from his truck ignited dry grass.

The so-called Bully fire has since grown to nearly 3,000 acres, officials said. More than 1,000 personnel are involved in fighting the blaze, which was just 10 percent contained Saturday night.

The wildfire had prompted evacuations and road closures, but fire officials said all residents have been allowed to return home and all roads have been open to them. Still, the fire is threatening 15 homes and about 50 other structures.

In Central California, a wildfire has burned nearly two square miles (1,200 acres) of a remote wilderness area of the Sequoia National Forest and was just 5 percent contained as of Saturday night.

Officials said more than 600 personnel are involved in fighting the Nicolls fire, which broke out Friday afternoon south of Sequoia National Park. No homes were evacuated or in danger.

The forest where the fire started is south of and separate from the Sequoia National Park east of Fresno, which is famous for its giant Sequoia trees.

AP Photo/Ronald Zak

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures as he arrives in front of a hotel where closed-door nuclear talks on Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, July 13, 2014.

Kerry in Vienna; extension of nuclear talks likely

VIENNA — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and fellow foreign ministers are adding their diplomatic muscle to try and advance troubled nuclear talks with Iran, with a target date only a week away for a pact meant to curb programs Tehran could turn to making atomic arms. still far apart,” and the ministers had come to “try and narrow differences.”

Kerry arrived Sunday. Britain and Germany also sent their foreign ministers to Austria’s capital for talks over the next few days, as has Iran. But the top diplomats from China and Russia are sending lower-ranking officials instead. That may reflect their view that an extension is unavoidable.

Still, the most important disputes over how deeply Iran must cut its nuclear program are between Washington and Tehran, so Kerry’s presence is crucial. He will be able to talk directly to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is at the Vienna negotiations.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke Sat-

urday of “huge and deep” differences. But he told Iranian TV that “if no breakthrough is achieved, it doesn’t mean that (the) talks have failed.”

Kerry arrived in Vienna after diplomatic success in Afghanistan, where he persuaded rival presidential candidates to agree to a full audit of their recent runoff election. They also agreed to a powersharing arrangement. In Austria’s capital, the top American diplomat has perhaps a harder task.

Discussions center on imposing long-term restrictions on Iran’s uranium enrichment and against plutonium production — materials usable in nuclear warheads. In exchange, the U.S. and other powers would scrap a series of trade and oil sanctions against Tehran.

Monday, July 14, 2014

11

INDONESIA Uncertainty for Indonesia after disputed vote Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia faces a long period of uncertainty after last week’s disputed presidential election, analysts warn -- raising fears for Southeast Asia’s top economy as growth sits at four-year lows, foreign investment slows and corruption remains rife.

After a bitterly-fought campaign, Jakarta governor Joko Widodo and his rival, ex-general Prabowo Subianto, both used different unofficial tallies to claim they had won on Wednesday.

Most credible counts showed Widodo in the lead, sparking a rally in stocks and the rupiah Thursday on the expectation that he will be declared the winner when official results are announced later this month.

But the initial euphoria quickly wore off. The Jakarta stock market slumped as much as two percent the following day, and was 1.3 percent down at the close as investors grew nervous about the potential for a prolonged deadlock.

“Given the conspicuous absence of a concession, the market still cannot rid itself of the spectre of draggy

uncertainty for a while more,” said economist Wellian Wiranto, from Singapore’s OCBC Bank.

Investors favour Widodo, known by his nickname Jokowi, as he is seen as a potential reformer and a clean leader in one of the world’s most corrupt countries.

Prabowo, a top military figure in the era of dictator Suharto, has struck a fiercely nationalistic tone on the campaign trail, and is looked at warily by markets.

Fears of violence

The election commission is expected to announce the official results on July 22 but the loser may contest them in the Constitutional Court, which has until the end of August to make a ruling.

It is not a good time for Indonesia to be hit by uncertainty that could scare off investors, as it undergoes a painful transition from a decade of rapid growth fuelled by high global prices for its abundant commodities.

Falling commodity prices, as well as a series of protectionist policies, have hit the economy, which expanded at 5.21 percent in the first quarter -- its slowest pace since late 2009.

Foreign investment has also slowed steeply, with investors wary of the uncertain business environment.

Corruption, seen as a major obstacle to operating in Indonesia, remains rampant.

The political uncertainty caused by the election deadlock can only add to the gloomy picture, observers warn.

The Jakarta Post newspaper, which

has backed Widodo, warned in an editorial that taking the battle all the way to the Constitutional Court “would prolong the political stalemate and uncertainty until late August”.

“The prospect of violence would dramatically increase unless leaders of political parties work to control their bases of support. The market would roil in response to these destabilising developments,” it said.

Indonesia was rocked by violence before the downfall of Suharto in 1998 following his three-decade dictatorship, with many killed in the capital Jakarta during rioting and looting.

The country has enjoyed a decade of relative peace and stability under the presidency of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, helping to transform it into one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and a major investment destination.

But fears are growing that the rising political tensions could spark fresh unrest, and Yudhoyono has called on both sides to restrain their supporters.

Analysts warn that the uncertainty

could also hit domestic demand in the rapidly growing middle class, a key driver of growth in recent years.

“A disputed result will not just have market implications, but also likely a dampening impact on sentiment,” said Australia’s ANZ Bank in a note.

“A Jokowi presidency is likely to be aligned with more optimistic consumers whereas a Prabowo challenge could dampen sentiment and spending.”

Investors are hopeful for a quick end to the stalemate, with Widodo being declared the official winner later this month and Prabowo graciously conceding defeat.

But it is still far from clear how the crisis will play out, and most analysts think it is likely that Prabowo -- who has been seeking the presidency for the past decade -- will challenge the result in court if he loses.

“As much as the market is hopeful that the political drama has ended, we note that there are still alternative final episode scripts that cannot be totally ruled out,” said OCBC’s Wiranto.

President urges fair count after disputed poll

Associated Press Writer

Deep differences separate the two sides and six world powers and Iran appear set to extend their talks past July 20. That would give more time to negotiate a deal that would limit the scope of such programs in exchange for a full lifting of nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Tehran.

“Obviously we have some very significant gaps still, so we need to see if we can make some progress,” Kerry told reporters before a meeting with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who is convening the talks.

“It is vital to make certain that Iran is not going to develop nuclear weapons, that their program is peaceful. That’s what we are here trying to achieve.”

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said “positions are

International

Agence France-Presse AP photo/The Bakersfield Californian, Casey Christie

The Shirley Fire kicks up lots of smoke with the sun in the center, as seen in Wofford Heights, Calif., Sunday, June 15, 2014.

Indonesia’s economy...

From page 1 The economic growth of Bali in the second quarter within the next three months would also be imbued by optimism of entrepreneurs based on a survey conducted by his party to business sector and retail traders. The increase in economic growth of Bali was also contributed by the agricultural sector with relatively good weather conditions.

Benny continued to say that in terms of economic data on the Island of the Gods in the first quarter showed a slowdown with the growth of 5.43 percent or slowed down compared to the fourth quarter in 2013.

“Initially, Bank Indonesia predicted the growth was in the range of 5.5-6.0 percent, but the realization was 5.43 percent,” he said. The slowdown of Bali’s economy in the first quarter was estimated to happen due to the slowdown of large-scale infrastructure development and slowing demand for residential property of the small-scale property companies. (kmb27)

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s president on Friday urged the election chief to ensure a transparent vote count following this week’s disputed presidential poll, after both sides raised fears the other may tamper with the ballots.

Political tensions are rising after the tight election in the world’s third-biggest democracy ended with both Jakarta governor Joko Widodo and his rival, ex-general Prabowo Subianto, declaring victory on Wednesday.

Most credible pollsters gave Widodo a lead in unofficial tallies, but Prabowo said that other polling institutes followed by his team showed he was the winner.

Vote tallying is a long, complex process in the world’s biggest archipelago nation, and results are not expected until July 22.

On Thursday Widodo, known by his nickname Jokowi, expressed fears that the vote count could be manipulated in one of the world’s most-graft ridden countries, and urged his supporters to monitor the process.

But Prabowo hit back, saying he thought his side was being targeted.

“There are reports that some election boxes

have been stolen, our witnesses are being intimidated,” he told journalists, after addressing a huge crowd of devout Muslims at a rally in Jakarta protesting Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.

Outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono stepped into the row Friday, saying the role of the election commission was now “important and critical” and that he had spoken to the head of the body.

“I suggested that the (commission) invite both candidates and their teams to monitor the counting process so they can see the counting on a day-byday basis,” he said.

This means that “when it is announced, they know that the process has been carried out carefully”, he said, talking to journalists at the presidential palace in Jakarta before a cabinet meeting.

He added the election chief had welcomed the suggestion.

Widodo, 53, is the first serious presidential contender without deep roots in the era of dictator Suharto, and he has won huge popularity with his common touch.

Prabowo, 63, was a top military figure in the time of Suharto. He has admitted ordering the abduction of democracy activists before the strongman’s downfall, and was formerly married to one of his daughters.

AP Photo/Dita Alangkara

A Muslim student waves a Palestinian flag during a rally to protest against Israeli attack on Gaza, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, July 12, 2014.

12

International

Monday, July 14, 2014

BUSINESS

Economists lower forecasts for US growth Associated Press

WASHINGTON — U.S. business economists have sharply cut their growth forecasts for the April-June quarter and 2014, though they remain optimistic that the economy will rebound from a dismal first quarter.

The average forecast for growth in the second quarter has fallen to 3 percent, according to a survey released Friday by the National Association for Business Economics. That’s down from 3.5 percent in a June survey. Growth in 2014 as a whole will be just 1.6 percent, they project, sharply below a previous forecast of 2.5 percent. If accurate, this year’s growth would be the weakest since the Great Recession.

The lower 2014 forecast largely reflects the impact of a sharp contraction in the first quarter. The economy shrank 2.9 percent at an annual rate, the biggest drop in five years. That decline will weigh heavily on the economy this year, even if growth resumes and stays at 3 percent or above, as most economists expect.

The economists reduced their second-quarter forecast largely because they expect consumers spent at a much more modest pace.

They now expect spending will grow just 2.3 percent at an annual rate in the second quarter, down from a 2.9 percent estimate in June.

Spending rose just 1 percent in the first quarter, the smallest increase in four years, a sign consumers are still reluctant to spend freely.

Many retail chains are feeling the pain. The Container Store said Tuesday that sales at stores open

for at least a year slipped 0.8 percent in the first quarter.

“We are experiencing a retail ‘funk’,” Kip Tindell, chief executive of The Container Store, said Tuesday. “While consumers are buying homes and automobiles and even high ticket furniture, most segments of retail are, like us, seeing more challenging sales than we had hoped early in 2014.”

Family Dollar Stores and clothing retailer the Gap also reported lower sales this week.

Another factor weighed heavily on the first quarter: A big drop in exports widened the nation’s trade deficit and accounted for about half the contraction. Exports picked up in May and trade is unlikely to be as big a drag in the second quarter.

But the NABE survey found that economists expect exports will now rise just 2.5 percent this year, down from June’s estimate of 3 percent. The weaker figures reflect sluggish economies in Europe and slower growth in China.

The NABE did a special survey after the government announced the dismal figures at the end of June. The group typically surveys economists quarterly.

Despite the downgrades, the survey underscores that economists are mostly optimistic about the rest of this year. Analysts largely blame the first quarter

AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File

In this Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 file photo, a cashier rings up a sale at a Sears store, in Las Vegas. U.S. business economists have sharply cut their growth forecasts for the April-June quarter and 2014, though they remain optimistic that the economy will rebound from a dismal first quarter.

shrinkage on temporary factors, such as harsh winter weather and a sharp slowdown in inventory restocking. When companies restock their inventories at a weaker pace, it slows demand for factory goods and lowers production.

Jack Kleinhenz, president of the association and chief economist at the National Retail Federation, said that most other recent economic data, particularly regarding hiring,

has been positive. Employers have added an average of 230,000 jobs a month this year, one of the best stretches since the recession.

In addition, consumers are more confident and government spending cuts and tax increases are exerting less of a drag. In 2013, a Social Security tax cut expired and government spending cuts were implemented. The combined effects slowed growth by 1.5 percent-

age points, economists estimate.

“Many of the fundamentals are there for growth,” Kleinhenz said.

As a result, the 50 economists who responded to the survey see the chances of a recession this year or next as pretty low. Sixty percent said the odds were 10 percent or lower, and more than 90 percent said they were 25 percent or lower.

Softbank in deal to merge Sprint, T-Mobile

Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - Japan’s SoftBank and Deutsche Telekom of Germany have reached a basic agreement for a merger between their US affiliates Sprint and T-Mobile US, the business daily Nikkei reported Saturday.

Eight financial institutions, including Japan’s top three megabanks Mizuho, Mitsubishi UFJ and Sumitomo Mitsui, will provide a credit line of around four trillion

yen ($39 billion) for SoftBank’s purchase of T-Mobile through Sprint, according to the report.

The combined customer base of Sprint, ranked third among US mobile phone firms, and fourth-ranked T-Mobile roughly equals those of the sector’s two leaders -- top-ranked Verizon Wireless and AT&T, the daily said.

The US Federal Communications Commission will examine the proposed merger

from a communications policy standpoint while the Department of Justice will scrutinise it for antitrust issues.

SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son has been actively lobbying in Washington to win over regulators, who appear content to keep the market dominated by four players, the daily said.

Sprint, acquired by SoftBank for $21.6 billion in July last year, was the only one of the top four US carriers to log a net

decrease in subscribers over the JanuaryMarch quarter.

Having been less aggressive to invest in its wireless network, the company has not been able to shed the perception that its network is slow and has poor coverage, the Nikkei said.

T-Mobile, owned 67 percent by Deutsche Telekom, enjoyed the largest net increase in subscribers over the threemonth period.

Bali News

International

Monday, July 14, 2014

Jokowi-JK storms to victory in Klungkung

5

Antara

SEMARAPURA - The pair of presidential candidates, Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla (JokowiJK), emerged victorious in Nusa Penida, the only Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) stronghold in Klungkung district, Bali province.

Data received from the local electoral committee indicated that the Jokowi-JK pair, supported by the PDIP, Nasdem, PKB, Hanura, and PKPI parties, won 15,579 votes, but the Prabowo-Hatta duo who are supported by Gerindra, PAN, Golkar, PKS, PPP, PBB, and the Demokrat parties only gained 12,085 votes. Nusa Penida is the stronghold of Gerindra, which was established by Prabowo Subianto.

During the legislative election in April 2014, Gerindra had secured a landslide victory in Nusa Penida and contributed the highest number of seats in the Klungkung district legislative assembly (DPRD) for the 2014-2019 period.

But ironically, the Jokowi-JK pair won the presidential election in ten of the 16 villages in the district, while the Prabowo-Hatta duo only managed to win in six villages.

In the West Papua province, the Jokowi-JK pair also gained a landslide victory over the PrabowoHatta duo in the presidential election on Wednesday.

Spokesman of the Optimistic Papua Movement’s team of volunteers Jimmy Demianus Ijie stated in Sorong on Thursday that a total of 713,902 voters cast their ballots at 2,616 polling stations in

IBP/Bagiarta

The pair of presidential candidates, Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla (Jokowi-JK), emerged victorious in Nusa Penida, the only Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) stronghold in Klungkung district, Bali province.

11 districts across the province on Wednesday.

According to Ijie, the Jokowi-JK pair garnered 72 percent of the total votes and the Prabowo-Hatta duo only got 28 percent votes.

Ijie noted that Jokowi and Kalla

were nominated as the presidential and vice presidential candidates by the Indonesian Democratic Party Struggle (PDIP), but their landslide victory came as a surprise as it happened in those districts, which were known to be the stronghold of the

Nangluk Merana Ritual IBP

DENPASAR - Nangluk merana ritual involving hundreds or even thousands of Hindu devotees was held at sea. It was intended to rid the universe ranging from the sea to mountains as the source of life. Through the ritual, devotees invoked to God in order they were bestowed with graces for the sake of entire universe and protected from danger.

The Head of the Institute for Community Service (LPM) of Hindu University of Indonesia (Unhi) Denpasar, IB Sutama, said the nangluk merana ritual was the term of

agricultural culture in Bali in realizing the green culture. Through the ritual, farmers tried to stem all the plant diseases and pests attacking their crop, either in irrigated field or non-irrigated field.

In the Usada Wrespati Tatwa manuscript, explained this waidika (Hindu doctor), merana was the disease in plants. In animal it was called sasab, while in human was called gering. “The nangluk merana ritual was used to neutralize the nature, so that it can stem all kinds of diseases such as gering, sasab and merana and they will not come to mainland or to human nature,” he said.

The ritual was focused on invoking welfare and safety to Lord Varuna as the ruler of the sea. He had the power to clean up all the existing diseases. The universe was derived from water or thalesia. Similarly, human also began and ended with water. “The whole universe was purified by him at sea. As evidence, whatever discharged into the sea does not cause any odor. Therefore, the holy water or tirtha is centered at sea,” he explained.

This humanist and religious observer explained that 65-70 percent of macrocosm (universe) and microcosm (human body) contained water. When, we were in the

Golkar Party.

By and large, the 2014 presidential election in West Papua went smoothly, orderly, and peacefully, although there are several irregularities, he remarked.

Ijie reported that before the

election, some security personnel had tried to persuade the people in Sorong district to vote in favor of a certain pair of presidential and vice presidential candidates, but the Jokowi-JK pair emerged as the winner.

womb, 90 percent of our protector was water and at the meeting of heaven and earth or kama bang (sperm) and kama petak (ovum) or intercourse of mother and father we are composed of 100 percent of water. “That’s why we end the ritual with water of Lord Varuna,” he convinced.

In the nangluk merana was always accompanied with animal sacrifice by slaughtering or floating animal into the sea. It was affected by bhairava leading to Shaktism.

Sacred animal sacrifice was intended to neutralize nature and as a substitute for human sacrifice, so that it did not sacrifice human.

Nangluk merana ritual was regularly held towards year end because a very extreme weather change took place in December. It was before the

seventh month in Balinese calendar being prone to natural disasters and disease outbreaks. “Sickness in the seventh month is not affected by leak or Balinese black magic, but pure sickness as a result of climate change. It is a sickness caused by one of the daiweika dhuka namely sickness due to deity, ourselves and our inadvertency,” he said.

Hindu community in Bali drove away global warming by nangluk marana ritual in which in Hinduism it was called detya (effect of feral solar heat). This Detya was portrayed as a great giant with prominence. The poorly maintained environment would trigger Denawa or great flooding disaster. “Organizing the nangluk merana ritual should be accompanied with environmental conservation,” he added.

4

Bali News

Monday, July 14, 2014

International

International

W

Housing proliferates

Monday, July 14, 2014

RLD

13

Businessman linked to terror killed on Kenya coast

Jembrana House urges to protect farmland Bali Post

Associated Press Writer

NEGARA - The rapid development of the region in Jembrana County drew the reaction of the Jembrana House. Two big factions in the Jembrana House, namely the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and Golkar Party Faction asked the government to protect the agricultural land from the invasion of the housing.

NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan official says unknown gunmen have killed a prominent businessman, who was facing terrorism related charges.

The murder in the coastal city of Mombasa comes amid a string of killings nearby of people associated with Islamic extremism. Human rights activists are accusing the government of being behind the assassinations, since few have been resolved.

Mombasa County police chief Richard Kitur said Saturday that two gunmen shot Mohamed Shahid Butt dead after their car blocked his vehicle. Kitur said the businessman had just picked up his son at the airport.

Butt was in court in last year over allegations by authorities of incitement and funding terror related activities. In the past two years, three other well-known Muslims, who have been publicly linked to extremism, have also been killed.

In the public expose delivered in the recent Plenary Session, the PDI-P through its legislator, Ni Made Sri Sutharmi, asked the government to prepare a strategic move to protect farmland. Farmer’s welfare remained to become a big challenge so that it was needed an immediate handling for the agricultural land gradually reducing as converted into housing.

Golkar Faction also considered the importance to assess the existing housing arrangement, especially in urban areas such as at the land consolidation (LC) located at Dauhwaru and Banjar Tengah hamlet. These two densely populated areas should improve its drainage to avoid flooding and shabby impression. Arrangement for the former prosecutor’s office located on the main road should be attempted to avoid from the impression of being neglected by the government. Golkar Faction also requested the access to Jalan Hassanudin should be arranged and equipped with sidewalks.

Still related to the urban arrangement, the PDI-P Faction agreed to the implementation of pavement to the lanes in urban areas as the follow up of embodiment of the aspirations developing in the community.

Similarly, the Single Goal Faction agreed the paving in urban lanes to equalize the development and improvement of the economic access of the community.

However, it should be balanced with the expenditure for the economic group development of other community. (kmb26)

Brain Gym Seminar held in Bali IBP

James Ralio

IBP/ocha

Denpasar – The unique idea of brain gym came from James Ralio, the man who held the record for playing drum for 40 hours in Indonesia. He got the record in 2011. James thinks that not only the body needs exercise but also the brain.

“There are many benefits in doing the exercise such as increasing memory and concentration. The IQ, EQ, and SQ will be balance and many more,” he explained. James also said that the brain gym is not difficult and everybody can do it.

He would like to share his knowledge on the exercise to the people in Bali by carrying out a seminar. James believes that the brain exercise will give many benefits in daily life such as in working. He stated that the brain gym will also increase the creativity of someone. James invites anyone who wants to get benefit from brain gym to join his seminar.

AP Photo/Hatem Moussa

Palestinians flee their homes to take shelter at the United Nations school in Gaza City, Sunday, July 13, 2014.

The ricefield is now turning into housing evreywhere.

Two Swiss teenagers arrested in Kuta

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Two Swiss minor travelers should be languishing in prison cell.

They were respectively with the initials AH, 16, and FJ, 16, and arrested because of stealing in one of fashion stores in Kuta, Thursday afternoon (Jul 10). Then, both culprits should undergo an examination in Kuta Police station.

A resource person at police station said on Friday (Jul 11) the incident began when both Swiss teenagers made a visit to Top Man Shop located at Beach Walk Shopping Center on Jalan Kartika Plaza, Kuta, around 12:00 a.m. “They were on vacation in Bali and then had a promenade to the largest shopping mall in Bali,” he said Originally, the shop attendant of Top Man did not suspect the gestures of both foreign travelers. However, when arriving on the second floor of the mall, AH and FJ

IBP/File

were seen taking a few pieces of clothes and pants hidden behind their shirt and bag. “After stealing, they left the store with a calm appearance,” added the source.

However, the shop attendant witnessing the action of the culprits secretly reported the case to the security guards. Then, while in front of the store, the officers and shop attendant directly arrested the culprits. From the results of examination, it was found two pieces of ladies tops, one pair of shorts and a piece of T-shirt with a total price of IDR 1.2 million. Both culprits were then taken to Kuta Police station to account for their act.

Chief of Kuta Police, Nyoman Sebudi, when asked for his confirmation justified the arrest to both Swiss travelers. After that, the two travelers from Switzerland, namely AH and FJ as well as the evidence had been secured at Kuta Police station.

“Both culprits are still being interrogated,” he said. (kmb35)

Israel calls for north Gaza evacuation after raid

Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Israel briefly deployed ground troops inside the Gaza Strip for the first time early Sunday as its military warned northern Gaza residents to evacuate their homes, part of a widening offensive that’s killed more than 160 Palestinians.

Neither Israel nor Palestinian militants show signs of agreeing to a cease-fire, despite calls by the United Nations Security Council and others to end the increasingly bloody six-day offensive. With Israel massing tanks and soldiers at Gaza’s borders, some fear that could signal a wider ground of-

fensive that would cause heavy casualties.

“We don’t know when the operation will end,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu told a Cabinet meeting Sunday. “It might take a long time.”

Early Sunday, Israeli troops launched a brief raid into north-

ern Gaza to destroy what it described as a rocket-launching site, an operation the military said left four soldiers slightly wounded.

The Israeli air force later dropped leaflets warning residents to evacuate their homes ahead of what Israel’s military spokesman described as a “short and temporary” campaign against northern Gaza to begin sometime after 12 p.m. (0900 GMT). The area is home to at least 100,000 people.

It was not clear whether the attack would be confined to stepped-

up airstrikes or whether it might include a sizeable ground offensive — something that Israel has so far been reluctant to undertake.

As the ultimatum drew near, hundreds fled Beit Lahiya, one of the communities the Israeli announcement affected. Some raced by in pickup trucks, waving white flags.

“They are sending warning messages,” resident Mohammad Abu Halemah said. “Once we received the message, we felt scared to stay in our homes. We want to leave.”

Ignoring international appeals

for a cease-fire, Israel widened its range of Gaza bombing targets Saturday to include civilian institutions with suspected Hamas ties.

One strike hit a center for the disabled, killing two patients and wounding four people. In a second attack, an Israeli warplane flattened the home of Gaza police chief Taysir al-Batsh and damaged a nearby mosque as evening prayers ended, killing at least 18 people, 17 of whom were al-Batsh family members. Fifty were wounded, including al-Batsh himself.

Malaysian cop killed, another kidnapped in Sabah

Associated Press Writer

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Armed gunmen fatally shot a Malaysian policeman and kidnapped another during a shootout at a resort on Borneo island, a security official said Sunday.

It was the latest in a spate of kidnappings in Sabah, highlighting per-

sistent security threats in the state.

Sabah is a short boat ride from the southern Philippines, home to Muslim militants and kidnap gangs.

Eight gunmen wearing army fatigues barged into the Mabul Water Bungalow Resort late Saturday and ambushed marine police officers on guard there, said Abdul Rashid Haron, who heads the Eastern Sabah

Security Command.

A marine policeman was killed in the shootout and the gunmen, who had their faces covered, fled on a boat with another officer, Abdul Rashid said, adding that the boat was seen heading toward the southern Philippines.

He said the gunmen may either have been planning to kidnap some-

one at the resort or were targeting marine police after recent increased security on the island helped to curb their activities.

“We don’t know their motive.

Maybe they were retaliating because we have tightened security in the area. I cannot rule that out,” Abdul Rashid said.

It was not clear who was behind

the attack, but previous kidnappings are believed to have been carried out

by Abu Sayyaf militants.

The kidnappings have hampered tourism in Sabah, a popular destination for foreigners and a diving haven. Sabah’s government has announced a curfew and travel restrictions in high-risk areas to bolster security.

14

Monday, July 14, 2014

Lifestyle

International

Etiquette gets reboot for digital age Agence France-Presse

AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Bob Care

In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, participants Nancy Barta, left, Samantha Langsdale center, and Fernando Barta pretend to play mock musical instruments and enjoy the Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival on Saturday, July 12, 2014.

Divers, snorkelers converge for undersea ‘concert’ Associated Press

BIG PINE KEY, Florida — Nearly 500 divers and snorkelers submerged in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary on Saturday for a “concert” beneath the sea broadcast by a local radio station.

The 30th annual Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival, held at Looe Key Reef along the continental United States’ only living coral barrier reef, featured four hours of commercial-free music piped below the surface via a series of underwater speakers.

“We started this as an arts and cultural event 30 years ago (and) thought it would be a one-time thing,” said event co-founder and coordinator Bill Becker. “It’s the only place we know of where music is put underwater for divers, snorkelers and the marine life.”

The water-themed playlist included such tunes as the Beatles’ “Octopus’s Garden” and

the themes from Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” and television’s classic “Flipper” about a dolphin at a marine preserve in southern Florida. Participants described the music as clear and ethereal, with underwater visibility of about 50 feet (15 meters).

Snorkeler Uli Clef from Munich, Germany, said he was particularly impressed with the vivid colors and tropical fish he saw underwater.

“I’ve seen colors from red to blue to white, and even the shades of the sun coming from the water line,” Clef said when he surfaced.

“All these colorful fishes — that’s perfect.”

Some divers were costumed and pretended to play quirky metal instruments sculpted by Florida Keys artist August Powers. As well as offering an unusual experience for dive and snorkel enthusiasts, the broadcast included diver awareness announcements promoting coral reef protection.

“We try to get divers to be aware of their impact on the coral reef so that they lessen that impact and this reef can be here for generations to come,” said Becker.

The event was staged by radio station WWUS in partnership with the Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce.

Lone Ranger actor’s outfit sells for $195,000 Associated Press

WACO, Texas — The outfit Lone Ranger actor Clayton Moore wore when making appearances as the character after retiring from television has sold for $195,000 at a Texas auction.

Waco-based A & S Auction

Co. said the outfit was sold Saturday.

Moore, who died in 1999, played the masked lawman on the ABC television series “The Lone Ranger” from 1949 to 1957.

The auction house says that after retiring from television, Moore made appearances in char-

acter at events including fairs.

His outfit included a powder-blue shirt and pants, red kerchief, Stetson hat, boots, gun belt and Colt pistols.

The outfit spent more than a decade in the collection of a late Texas businessman whose family offered it at auction.

WASHINGTON - The digital age has created a host of new etiquette dilemmas. What should you do when your boss sends a Facebook friend request? Is it OK to take and share smartphone pictures at a friend’s wedding?

When should you take off Google Glass, rather than just turn it off?

Etiquette mavens say the book on manners must be rewritten, literally, to take into account new technologies and social media.

“Technology is such an area of anxiety for people,” says Steven Petrow, an author of etiquette books who last month began a digital manners column for USA Today.

In recent columns, Petrow addressed the question of mass emails that reveal the names of all recipients (not OK, he says), and how to deal with wedding guests who want to share smartphone pictures before the official photos are available (he urges the couple to make their wishes clear in the invitation).

“Fundamentally, I come back to my core values, which are about respect, kindness and civility,” Petrow told AFP. Social media such as Facebook pose particular etiquette problems: if users post news about a death, birth or engagement before relatives are notified, that creates tensions among family members.

“On Facebook, even if you have privacy protection, someone else can grab your message and send it along,” said Emily Yoffe, who pens the “Dear Prudence” column on Slate.

“Once you post it, you don’t control that information anymore,” said Yoffe, advising people to treat all social media posts as public.

Petrow sees other quandaries -- for example, whether it is appropriate to “like” a Facebook post about sad news.

“I believe that liking means you acknowledge it,” he said. “So you can like something sad but you should add a note to say what you mean.”

Social media is also used to break off, or to announce a new relationship, which can be a surprise to the other person.

“It’s always best to take your time, to discuss this with the other person,” Petrow said.

As for the boss’s friend request, Petrow advised managers to steer clear of this to avoid potential conflicts.

Employees should not ignore the request, but offer instead to connect on the professional network LinkedIn, he said.

Digital technology has forced a reboot at the Emily Post Institute, which grew out of the work of the noted etiquette author.

Her great-great-grandson Daniel Post Senning released a book last year on digital etiquette after realizing the topic merited more than just a chapter in the updated Emily Post book.

“New technology is changing every major aspect of people’s lives for which they would come to Emily Post looking for advice,” Senning said.

A longstanding digital etiquette issue is when people should turn off or silence their smartphones.

“The biggest challenge is that these devices take our attention from the people we’re with,” Senning told AFP. While smartphones are enormously useful tools, “If you’re with other people, your attention should be there,” Senning said. “Most people know that intuitively.”

Social networks are great places for sharing, but sometimes people go overboard. A 2012 survey by Intel found that in several countries, a majority said they were put off by “oversharing” of pictures and personal information.

Senning said the Post Institute often follows what is accepted by the public but that sometimes it takes the opposite view “if it’s a question of our fundamental principles of consideration, respect and honesty.”

Bali News

International

Japanese enthralled by Balinese arts

3

Antara

DENPASAR - During her foremost visit, 25-year-old Japanese citizen, Emiko Nakai, was interested in Balinese arts and culture alike any other tourist visiting Dewata Island for the first time. However, her love for Balinese arts and culture has deepened over the course of time. “After I learnt about Balinese arts and culture in detail, I found happiness and tranquility,” Emiko said.

Emiko who was born in Yokohama, Japan, also has a Balinese identity, Ni Putu Sulasmi. She along with 14 other Japanese women from the Wyarihita Dance Studio are showcasing their expertise in Balinese dance during the 36 Bali Arts Festival held in the Denpasar Culture Park.

Her interest in Balinese arts has evoked her love for the arts and culture of Dewata Island.

The leader of Wyarihita Dance Studio, Ni Wayan Deni Inaba, has a Japanese husband, Takahisa Inaba.

Emiko, who owns a beauty salon in Japan, has mastered at least five Balinese dances after studying at the dance studio.

During the festival, Emiko showcased her swaying movements while performing Candra Metu and Tarum Butterfly dances in Wantilan Denpasar Culture Park. Though she once lived in Jakarta, but she has in-depth knowledge of Balinese dances.

After her return to Sakura country, Emiko signed up to learn Balinese dance in the Wyarihita Dance Studio in Yokohama as she lived in proximity to the place.

Although she knew a lot about the Balinese culture in Jakarta, but she had yet to learn the dance in the Indonesian capital.

Emiko stated that she has been learning Balinese dance for the past three years, and she is keen to learn other Balinese dances.

She was also interested in learning Balinese traditional musical instruments such as gamelan, which is played during dance performances.

“I am still learning Balinese dance and gamelan music in Japan. However, when I visit Bali, I directly learn about them from the local artist,” Emiko remarked here after performing at the Bali Art Festival in collaboration with the Mekar Sari Ubud Dance Studio.

The senior Balinese artist I. Nyoman Cerita remarked that he is delighted by the visit of Japanese artists and has proudly facilitated their necessities during the festival.

Cerita also supported and guided the foreign artists regarding dance and traditional percussion of Bali. He surmised that all the Japanese artists had successfully performed the Balinese dances during the festival.

All 15 Japanese artists performed their dances accompanied by 32 traditional Balinese percussion artists.

Cerita revealed that many people came to watch the performance that lasted for 2.5 hours in the Denpasar Culture Park.

IBP/BTN

Tarum Butterfly dance philosophy depicts a group of butterflies flying around a flowery garden.

They move in a dynamic and agile manner in tune to the music, that represents merriment of the performers.

Two performances

Emiko, who can speak Bahasa passively, has performed twice on stage in Denpasar Culture Park along with five other Japanese dancers: Yumi Takashi, Midori Kadooka, Masako, Kimura, and Fumiko Komatsu during their Tarum Butterfly dance performance.

The Tarum Butterfly dance philosophy depicts a group of butterflies

flying around a flowery garden. They move in a dynamic and agile manner in tune to the music, that represents merriment of the performers.

During the second performance, the group performed Candra Metu dance, which depicts the moon in its first emersion in the night. Emiko along with Yumi Takahashi, Fumiko Komatsu, Deni Inaba, and Ni Putu Masrapini delivered the final perfor-

Youth raise funds for Gaza victims Antara

Trouble with ‘Glassholes’

Etiquette may see more changes with devices such as the Internetconnected eyewear Google Glass. Google has preemptively offered tips to avoid becoming a “Glasshole,” such as turning off the eyewear in many situations.

Wearable electronics like Google Glass create fears about being spied on. “I don’t think turning it off will be sufficient to quell those concerns,” Petrow said.

“Every new device seems to spawn its own chapter of etiquette dilemmas.”

From a historical perspective, “every generation perceives the state of manners in decline,” said Senning of the Post Institute.

“People thought that when the telephone moved to the home it would destroy home life, and it didn’t.”

Monday, July 14, 2014

IBP/kmb

Tens of Balinese youths came together to form the Bali Youth Alliance, to raise funds for victims of the Gaza strip conflict following Israeli air strikes in Palestine.

DENPASAR - Tens of Balinese youths came together to form the Bali Youth Alliance, to raise funds for victims of the Gaza strip conflict following Israeli air strikes in Palestine.

“We are concerned about the victims in Gaza from the ongoing Israeli air strikes in this prolonged conflict,” said alliance coordinator Komang Eka Suardana.

The fund-raising event was held at the intersection of Dewi Sartika and Puputan Niti Mandala Renon Road in Denpasar as a humanitarian gesture to support those who had suffered in Gaza.

Several motorists passing the

intersection donated towards the fund.

“As Balinese youth, this is the only way we can help the victims, even though it has happened in Palestine, which is far away from Indonesia, “ said Eka Suardana.

“What has happened there has violated human rights,¿ he added.

Besides raising funds, the alliance also condemned the Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip.

The entire fund collected would be sent to the Indonesian Emergency Rescue Committee (MERC)’s bank account, to be used as humanitarian aid for violence relief in the Gaza Strip.

mance of the festival that night.

The Candra Metu dance describes the beauty of the moon, in all its splendor, emerging in the night and spreading magnificence to the world.

It is difficult to compare the performance of Japanese artists to those by the Balinese women as their movements are really smooth akin to a butterfly in a flowery garden.

The five dances symbolize harmony, beauty, and peace. Ni Wayan Deni said she supports and teaches all the dancers in Japan so that they can perform gracefully.

The dancing team has conducted “Ngayah” or a traditional ceremony in two villages in Dewata Island to ensure success in the big event.

They have conducted “Ngayah” in the front yard of the temple in Pekrawan Mawang Village in Gianyar District on Wednesday evening. The second “Ngayah” was conducted in Pekraman Puaya Village in Gianyar District on Friday evening.

Ni Wayan Deni accompanies students keen to learn Balinese dance in Sakura Country to Bali in a bi-annual trip to conduct the performance. The current visit of 15 Japanese artists was the seventh since 2000.

They hope the Balinese Arts Festival can enhance the relationship between Japan and Indonesia through promoting the arts and culture sector, which has been wellestablished before.

2

International

Monday, July 14, 2014

Bali News

Jokowi-JK win big in Bali

DENPASAR - Briefly, presidential candidate Joko Widodo and his running mate Jusuf Kalla absolutely won in Bali over the presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa (Prabowo-Hatta). Based on the latest data owned by Jokowi-JK Campaign Team for Bali Province, the Jokowi-JK coalition carried by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), National Democrat (NasDem), National Awakening Party (PKB), People’s Conscience (Hanura) Party and the Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (PKPI) got 71.45 percent or 1,535,203 votes, while Prabowo-Hatta supported by Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party, Golkar Party, Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), United Development Party (PPP) and the Crescent Star Party (PBB) only achieved 28.55 percent or 613,533 votes. the victory of Pastika and Sudikerta in the Bali gubernatorial election could not be converted into victory of votes for Prabowo-Hatta in this presidential election. “The result of Bali gubernatorial election was not in line with the presidential election, even though the governor and his deputy served as the winning team.

Once again, the figure factor highly determines the people’s choice.

Massive and progressive campaign strategy, even with the involvement of governor in the campaign, was still unable to influence of the choice of Balinese people getting more intelligent,” said Riniti.

She added the rampant black and negative campaign conducted in each campaign had made people think. It was the thinking process that had caused the political intelligence of the community to increase and they could make a choice rationally. On the other hand, added the former Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Science at the Ngurah Rai University Denpasar, the severe victory of Jokowi-JK in Bali had a very significant meaning for the PDI-P Bali. “Jokowi managed to restore the people’s votes to the PDI-P Bali that previously dropped from election to election and lost out in the Bali gubernatorial election and regent election in Klungkung though nationally the contribution of vote of Bali was relatively small compared to the provinces on the Island of Java.

However, the significance of Bali to PDI-P was very important. Bali as the basis symbol to PDI-P could have been taken back,” said the former commissioner of the Electoral Commission.

Separately, the Jokowi-JK Campaign Team Leader for Bali Province, Wayan Koster, said the victory of Jokowi-JK in Bali was not only

the result of hard work of the campaign team for the province and county/municipality and a group of volunteers, but also the great support and trust given by Balinese people. “It’s very encouraging because we in fact got severe victory in Bali, including in Karangasem and Klungkung County that since the beginning we predicted to be quite difficult,” said the PDI-P politician from Buleleng.

Related to the maximum results, Koster specifically expressed his gratitude to all the Balinese people who had come to the polling stations and gave a mandate to JokowiJK as president and vice president.

“I’m also grateful to the organizers that so far we considered to have been working well according to the existing rules,” he said. Despite winning for a while, Koster asked all the supporting political parties and the team of volunteers to keep waiting for the official results announced by the Electoral Commission.

When contacted separately, the Deputy Chairman of the PrabowoHatta Campaign Team for Bali Province, Ida Bagus Sukarta, rejected if his party was not solid in winning Prabowo-Hatta in Bali despite in fact the votes of PrabowoHatta in Bali was away from 55 percent as the target set.

Meanwhile, the votes gained by Prabowo-Hatta in Bali based on data owned by Jokowi-JK Campaign Team for Bali Province was only 28.55 percent, while JokowiJK got 71.45 percent. “Our team worked solidly. No matter how many votes obtained in Bali, it posed the maximal struggle having been attempted by the PrabowoHatta Campaign Team for Bali Province. It is the choice of Balinese people that we must respect

Monday, July 14, 2014

15

Maca Villas & Spa Bali named Tripadvisor Traveler’s Choice Winner

IBP

Maca Villas & Spa Bali announced that it has been named as Tripadvisor Traveler’s Choice Winner in the Top Luxury Hotels, Top Hotels for Romance, Top Small Hotels category in the 2014 Travelers’ Choice® awards. In the 12th year of the awards, the world’s most outstanding properties were identified in the categories of Top Hotels, Bargain, B&Bs and Inns, Family, Luxury, Romance, Small Hotels and Exceptional Service.

Bali Post

Victory of Jokowi-JK in Bali is like a kind of remedy and the awakening moment of the PDI-P after its candidates suffered a successive defeat in the Bali gubernatorial election and regent election 2013 in Klungkung. Jokowi-JK’s victory in Bali was also judged to show how the people loved and longed for the presence of the figure of future leader who was clean, honest, simple and populist. Besides, the victory of Jokowi-JK in Bali was assessed by a number of political observers as a severe blow to Prabowo-Hatta Campaign Team for Bali Province headed by the Deputy Governor of Bali Ketut Sudikerta, while Governor of Bali Mangku Pastika served as the Steering Committee.

In fact, the support of the two regional leaders in Bali was not influential enough to rally support and win Prabowo-Hatta in Bali with the target of 55 percent of votes because for the time being the achievement was in the range of 28 percent more.

Severe defeat of Prabowo-Hatta in Bali resulted in an assessment if the Prabowo-Hatta Campaign Team for Bali Province and counties / municipality in Bali is not solid and has not been working optimally.

Moreover, the Golkar Party itself has internal disunity.

A political observer doubling as an academician, Dr. Luh Riniti, revealed on Saturday (Jul 12) that severe victory of Jokowi-JK over Prabowo-Hatta in Bali showed off the great interest of Balinese community to change. “In fact, the majority of voters in Bali have set their preference for Jokowi figure that brings in novelty,” she said.

This Chairperson of Bali Sruti NGO assessed the support of Governor Pastika and Deputy Governor Sudikerta to Prabowo-Hatta did not affect much to gain support. In fact,

Activities

International

Travellers’ Choice award winners were determined based on the reviews and opinions of millions of TripAdvisor travellers around the globe.

Yoga Iswara, General Manager, Maca Villas & Spa Bali said, “It was truly an honor for us to receive the Award, our dedication and commitment to Service Excellence brought these Prestigious Awards to Maca Villas & Spa Bali. Being awarded as Travelers’ Choice Winner 2014 in the categories of Top Luxury, Top Romance and Top Small hotel indicates that the villa is on the right track to achieve its mission to be recognized as the preferred villas destination in Bali.

“These awards are testaments to our Team efforts to consistently deliver their best and encourage

them to continue provide Service Excellence as our standard everyday for every guest. We would like to thank our guests who have played a major roles in making this possible and assure them that every action and decision made at Maca is based on consumer satisfaction, hopefully you will continue to support us till the years to come and make Maca Villas & Spa Bali your “home away from home” every time your travels bring you to our great island,” he added.

Maca Villas & Spa Bali is just minutes away from the beach and the myriad of fine dining – restaurants, boutique shops and nightlife venues that has made Seminyak famous. The villa offer a great experience who want to spend an unforgettable moment in Bali.

Calendar Event for June 1 through July 12, 2014 1 Jun

Pura Sakenan Serangan Denpasar Pura Dalem Pahuman Bhujangga Penatih Denpasar Timur Pura Alas Harum Batur Kintamani Pura Alas Angker Munduk Kintamani Pura Dalem Kawitan Empuaji Klungkung

AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana

Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo, popularly known as “Jokowi” delivers his victory speech in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. and honor. Now, we just need to guard the tiered vote recapitulation,” said Chairman of the Gerindra Party of Bali Chapter.

However, Sukarta admitted the victory of Jokowi-JK in Bali was caused by the figure factor and Bali remained the basis of the PDI-P so it took a hard struggle for Prabowo-Hatta to win in Bali. “In terms of the strength mapping, Bali is still held by the PDI-P,” he said.

Related to the recapitulation process of vote at village level, and then resumed to subdistrict, county, provincial and central level, Sukarta hoped the witnesses could militantly keep the votes of PrabowoHatta and anticipate any fraud. “We’ve asked the witnesses to escort the votes carefully and militantly. No matter how many votes gained by Prabowo-Hatta in Bali, they must be guarded well to avoid any problems in the future. Do not get

complacent,” he said while adding that he had also collected all the Form C-1s from all polling stations.

“If there is a problem in the tiered recapitulation, we expect it could be resolved then and there will be no problem at the next level,” added Sukarta doubling as the Deputy Chairman of the Bali House.

Regarding the sudden arrival of Prabowo in Bali on Friday (Jul 11) who visited a number of places such as Besakih (Karangasem) and Batuan (Gianyar), Sukarta mentioned that it had nothing to do at all with political agenda of the presidential election. “Formerly, he was invited to be present in an event. Since he was unable to attend at the time, he then could attend after the presidential election. The visit had no political agenda,” said the Gerindra politician from Sanur. (wid)

 Founder : K.Nadha,  General Manager :Palgunadi Chief Editor: Diah Dewi Juniarti  Editors: Gugiek Savindra,Alit Susrini, Alit Sumertha, Daniel Fajry, Mawa, Suana, Sueca, Sugiartha, Yudi Winanto Denpasar: Dira Arsana, Giriana Saputra, Subrata, Sumatika, Asmara Putra. Bangli: Suasrina, Buleleng: Dewa kusuma, Gianyar: Agung Dharmada, Karangasem: Budana, Klungkung: Bagiarta. Jakarta: Nikson, Hardianto, Ade Irawan. NTB: Agus Talino, Izzul Khairi, Raka Akriyani. Surabaya: Bambang Wilianto.  Development: Alit Purnata, Mas Ruscitadewi.  Office: Jalan Kepundung 67 A Denpasar 80232. Telephone (0361)225764, Facsimile: 227418, P.O.Box: 3010 Denpasar 80001. Bali Post Jakarta, Advertizing: Jl.Palmerah Barat 21F. Telp 021-5357602, Facsimile: 021-5357605 Jakarta Pusat. NTB: Jalam Bangau No. 15 Cakranegara Telp.

(0370) 639543, Facsimile: (0370) 628257. Publisher: PT Bali Post

4 Jun Buda Cemeng Langkir Pura Tanah Lot Kediri Tabanan Pura Bucabe Mas Ubud Pura Puseh Desa Ganggang Canggi Batuan Pura Luhur Batur Pucangan Buahan Tabanan Pura Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Ida Ratu Sundaring Jagat Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Dalem bangun Sakti Tamiang Kapal Dalem Bias Muntig Ped Nusa penida 8 Jun

Pura Agung Petilan Pengerebongan kesiman Denpasar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kesiut Kangin Kerambitan Tabanan 10 Jun Anggarkasih Medangsia Pura Pesimpangan Gerya Sakti Yogaloka Lampung Selatan Pura Luhur Uluwatu Pura Bukit Pecatu Kuta badung Pura Penataran Agung Singakerta Ubud Pura Andakasa Karangasem Pura Gua Lawah Klungkung Pura Kawitan Arya Gelgel klungkung Pura Taman Ayun Mengwi Pura Suralaya Banda klungkung Pura Dalem Senapati Bebalang Bangli Pura Pasek Gaduh Blahbatuh Gianyar Pura Pasek Lurah Tutuan Kerambitan Tabanan Pura Pusering Jagat Tampaksiring

Gianyar Pura Gerya Sakti Tulikup Gianyar Pura Dalem Dauh Ubud Pura Segara Ketewel Sukawati Pura Mertha Sari Mas Ubud 11 Jun Pura Gede Purancak Jembrana Pura Dalem Dauma Batuan Sukawati Pura Nataran Kacang Dawa Klungkung Pura Bhatara Gede Apol Ubung Denpasar Pura Puseh Brahmana Klungkung Pura Kahyangan Jagat Dalem Purwa Denbantas Tabanan Pura Dalem Sukahet Klungkung Pura Dalem MuasPahit Guwang Sukawati Pura Taman Dukuh Tegallalang Pura Desa Sanding Tampak Siring gianyar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Batan Buah Kesiman Pura Sahab Nusa penida Pura Dalem Cemara Serangan Denpasar 12 Jun Purnama Sasih Sadha Pura Pauman Bhujangga Tonja Denpasar Pura Amertha Sari Rempoa Jakarta Selatan Pura Ulun Swi Kediri Tabanan Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Bitra Gianyar 15 Jun Kajeng Kliwon uwudan Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kekeran Mengwi 25 Jun Buda Kliwon Pahang Pura Luhur Puncak Padang Dawa Padangbai Karangasem Pura Aer jeruk Sukawati Gianyar Pura Dangin Pasar Batuan Sukawati Pura Penataran Batuyang Batubulan Pura Desa Lembeng Ketewel Gianyar Pura Pasek Bendesa Kediri Tabanan Pura Kawitan Dalem Sukawati gianyar Pura Kresek Banyuning Buleleng

Pura Puseh Bebandem Karangasem Pura Sad Kahyangan Batu Swana Nusa Penida Pura Buda Kliwon Penatih Denpasar Pura Penataran Dukuh Naga Sari Bebandem Karangasem Pura Batur Sari Ubud 27 Jun Tilem Sasih Sadha Pura Dalem Celuk Sukawati 30 Jun Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan Pura Pasek Gelgel Kekeran Delod Yeh Mengwi 5 Jul Tumpek krulut Pura Pasek gelgel Tengah Buleleng Pura Dalem Pemuteran Jelantik Tojan Klungkung Pura Pedarman Bhujangga Waisnawa Besakih Pura Taman Sari Penebel Tabanan Pura Benua Tarukan Besakih 9 Jul Buda Cemeng Merakih Pura Bendesa Mas Kepisah Pedungan Pura Natih Kalah Batubulan Pura Desa Silakarang Singapadu Pura Dalem Petitenget Kuta Badung Pura Dalem Pulasari Gianyar Pura Kubayan Kapisah Denpasar Selatan Pura Paibon Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Lumintang Denpasar Pura Panti Penyarikan Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Pasar Agung Kediri Tabanan Pura Puaya Batuan Sukawati 11 Jul Hari Bhatara Sri

12 Jul Purnama Sasih Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Tirta Besakih Pura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati

IBP/File Photo

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

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

16 Pages Number 139 6th year

Price: Rp 3.000,-

Entertainment

Monday, July 14, 2014

Shakira thanks World Cup for changing her life Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — Preparing to perform at her third World Cup, pop star Shakira says she thanks football for changing her life.

Shakira says she “will never forget that I met the love of my life at the

World Cup.” She and Spain defender Gerard Pique met when promoting her 2010 World Cup anthem, “Waka Waka — Time for Africa,” and the couple have an 18month-old son.

Speaking ahead of Sunday’s closing ceremony concert, Shakira says “if it wasn’t for the World Cup my son Milan

e-mail: info_ibp@balipost.co.id online: http://www.internationalbalipost.com. http://epaper.internationalbalipost.com.

Monday, July 14, 2014 Kerry: extension of nuclear talks likely

Page 6

Brazil pay heavy price for tactical naivety, immaturity

Page 8

Israel calls for north Gaza evacuation after raid

Page 13

would not be here.”

In Maracana Stadium before the Argentina vs. Germany final she will perform “La La La (Brazil 2014)” with Brazilian musician Carlinhos Brown.

Shakira says though Pique was affected by defending champion Spain’s early exit, “I have a way of consoling him.”

On marriage story

Clooney rejects Daily Mail apology

Agence France-Presse

Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File

WEATHER FORECAST 23 - 32 Dps

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood star George Clooney on Friday rejected an apology from Britain’s Daily Mail over a story claiming his fiancee’s mother opposes the couple’s upcoming marriage, accusing the tabloid of cover-up.

The paper reported earlier this week that the US actor’s soon-to-be Lebanese motherin-law had been telling “half of Beirut” that she opposes the union between the heartthrob and her daughter Amal Alamuddin due to her supposed Druze faith.

The daily removed the piece from its widely read website and apologized following an initial protest by Clooney, who said it got many key facts wrong.

The publication however maintained that its story was “not a fabrication, but supplied in good faith” by a reputable journalist.

A clearly incensed Clooney is not letting the matter go, issuing a second USA Today opinion piece Friday in as many days.

“There is one constant when a person or company is caught doing something wrong.

The coverup is always worse,” Clooney wrote.

“In the apology, managing editor Charles Garside claims that the article was ‘not a fabrication,’ but ‘based the story on conversations with senior members of the Lebanese community,’” he added.

“The problem is that none of that is true...

So either they were lying originally, or they’re lying now.”

Word that Alamuddin, a Beirut-based London lawyer, had stolen the heart of one of Hollywood’s most celebrated bachelors caused an international media frenzy back in April.

No official details have been released on when the high-profile pair will say “I do.”

AP Photo/Leo Correa

CLOSING CEREMONY - Dance and musical drama from students of Gianyar’s vocational high school performed during the closing ceremony of Bali Art Festival on Saturday, July 12, 2014.

Indonesia’s economy predicted to rebound Bali Post

DENPASAR - The Indonesian Economists Association (ISEI) of Bali Chapter predicted the economy of Indonesia after the presidential election on July 9 would be experiencing a rebound. The surge leading to strengthening with significant percentage was caused by the democratic event having run safely and smoothly.

“Safe and smooth conditions until July 22 and thereafter have been in accordance with the decision of the Electoral Commission. Then,

the economy will be very excited and ascertained to rebound,” said the Secretary of the ISEI Bali, Prof.

Dr. IB Raka Suardana.

He said the smooth implementation of the presidential election would affect both the economy and the business sector, including triggering a positive effect on the capital market. It was marked by the increased stock purchase ahead of the recent presidential election, so the increase in stock price index (IHSG) on the stock market would increasingly strengthen.

“It proves if the market puts high reliance on each presidential candidate. Such condition is likely

to continue as long as the failing candidate is graceful and uncomplicated,” he said.

He also stated the safe and peaceful election resulted in a strengthening exchange of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar. Exchange rate and stock index indirectly strengthening would affect the businesses to get improved. Foreign funds would go to developing countries, including Indonesia, as long as there was no post-election unrest.

IBP/Wawan

Meanwhile, the Representative Office Head of Bank Indonesia (BI) for Region III Bali-Nusa Tenggara, Benny Siswanto, said that in the second quarter of 2014, the BI estimated the economic growth of Bali would be higher than the first quarter of 2014 showing a slow down. Bank Indonesia predicted the economic growth in the second quarter of 2014 would be in the range of 5.2 to 5.8 percent.

Continued on page 6