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‘Grease’ at 40: still the one that we want

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Four decades have passed since the Rydell High gang twisted, hand jived and crooned their way into the hearts of teenagers the world over -- but we’re all still hopelessly devoted to “Grease.” The classic musical, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary, took moviegoers back to their high school days with girl next door Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) and bad-boy T-Bird leader Danny (John Travolta).

“When we finished it, we really didn’t know what kind of impact it would have,” filmmaker Randal Kleiser, who made his featurelength theatrical directing debut with “Grease,” said in an interview with AFP. “We thought it would do well with teenagers for a summer or two but never thought that, 40 years later, that amazing amount of response from all over the world, and all ages, would happen.”

Based on a hit Broadway musical about the love affairs of 1950s high school students, it was shot over two months in LA for $6 million, and was initially eviscerated by many critics.

But it ended up grossing almost $400 million and was the most successful live-action movie musical of all time until “Mamma Mia!,” 30 years later. When Kleiser cast his leading couple, Travolta had already filmed “Saturday Night Fever” but was not yet released -- and he was largely known as the young heartthrob from ABC sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter.” Newton-John was a pop music superstar, with several hit records under her belt.

- Dark lyrics “John and I both wanted Olivia and she was resistant because she’d

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US director Randal Kleiser poses during a photo session for AFP with the “Grease Lightning” car, for the 40th anniversary of the movie, at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California on July 12, 2018. Four decades have passed since the Rydell High gang twisted, hand jived and crooned their way into the hearts of teenagers the world over -- but we’re all still hopelessly devoted to “Grease.” done a movie that didn’t do well in England, a sci-fi movie, and she thought she might be a little too old to play opposite him,” Kleiser says, referring to “Toomorrow” (1970).

“She requested a screen test and we did it. John and I both treated her like a little sister, gave her all the encouragement, and it worked.”

Travolta and Newton-John have remained close friends over the decades, starring together again in

1983’s “Two of a Kind,” a flop by any measure, and reuniting in 2012 to make a Christmas album.

They swap text messages and have supported each other through dark times, including the death of Travolta’s son in 2009 and the return of Newton-John’s breast cancer after she had beaten it in the 1990s.

Kleiser told AFP that while he had seen his stars separately

over the years, an anniversary get-together at the motion picture academy in Los Angeles next month would be the trio’s first full reunion.

The director made other movies after “Grease” -- most notably “The Flight of the Navigator” (1986) -- but the lure of big studio blockbusters lost its luster and he moved away from the Hollywood system in the 1990s.

In a wide-ranging interview he spoke of his frustration with Barry Gibb’s lyrics for the iconic title track sung by Frankie Valli, which he thought struck an incongruously dark tone.

Kleiser took Gibb aside and it emerged the Bee Gee knew nothing about the movie, the screenplay or the stage show -- and thought the word “Grease” was ridiculous. (afp)

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A woman and children place a Nicaraguan, a Vatican and a black flag on a barricade at Monimbo neighbourhood in Masaya, Nicaragua, on July 11, 2018.

The known death toll from a four-month crackdown on anti-government protests in Nicaragua has risen to 264, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said Wednesday.

Nicaraguan students vow to keep up fight until Ortega resigns

Students marched through Nicaragua’s capital Monday, chanting “GET OUT” to demand that President Daniel Ortega and his wife Vice President Rosario Murillo resign after a deadly weekend of clashes. At least 10 people died on Sunday, a rights group said, after pro-government forces launched an operation in the south to clear opposition barricades mounted in various towns to prevent police and armed forces from entering.

“We won’t stop struggling until these criminals resign,” chanted the students on Monday. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged for an end to the violence and a resumption of the stalled dialogue with the opposition.

“It’s absolutely essential that the violence ceases immediately and that the national dialogue is revitalized, because the only ac-

ceptable solution in Nicaragua is a political one,” Guterres said on Monday from San Jose, alongside Costa Rica President Carlos Alvarado.

On Saturday, some 200 students were holed up in a parish church next to the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua in the capital Managua, besieged by pro-government militias.

The ordeal, which saw students and journalists cowering on the floor of the church as bullets flew overhead, lasted 20 hours and left two people dead and 14 injured before the students were allowed to leave following the intercession of Catholic bishops.

“Even if they kill us and suppress us, we’re going to keep struggling until they go,” chanted students at Monday’s march, in

which they also demanded justice for those killed on Saturday.

“I’m grieving for the death of my brothers, I couldn’t do anything for them, they had us surrounded,” a crying student, his face covered with a shirt and who survived Saturday’s attack, told AFP. “We won’t take even one step back, their deaths won’t be in vain!”

- ‘No going back’ Some 280 Nicaraguans have been killed in clashes since protests -- led mostly by students and young people -- against Ortega and his government erupted on April 18, initially in opposi-

tion to a pension reform before mushrooming into wider civic discontent. “There will be no going back, the struggle will go on.

This government has to leave for there to be a better future,” 22year-old marketing student Harry Centeno told AFP. Continued to page 6

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Behind the world’s best predicate

Ubud infrastructure remains a problem

GIANYAR —Amid the lack of central government’s attention to infrastructure in Ubud, this tourist village returns to attain a world-class achievement. Moreover, it is recorded to be ranked fourth as the best city in the world. “With all the achievements so far, Ubud should be able to receive more attention from central government,” said the Head of the Gianyar Tourism Office, A.A. Bagus Ari Brahmanta, on Sunday (Jul. 15).

He said in the event of the World’s Best Awards, Travel + Leisure released the results of a survey of 15 best cities in the world. In the survey, Ubud was ranked fourth, with San Miguel de Allende (Mexico) in the first position, Oaxaca (Mexico) in the second position and Udaipur (India) in the third position. “In the previous year of the same event, Ubud was in the ninth position in the list of the world’s best cities,” he said.

According to Gung Ari as he familiarly addressed, Ubud is seen as a destination having many local arts and cultures, especially in Ubud there are many temples. “Ubud also gets united with nature and seen as the center of Balinese culture,” he said.

Behind the great appreciation of the world to Ubud, the government of Indonesia itself pays less attention.

This condition is seen from the infrastructure remaining much damaged. For example, it can be seen at catus pata or central intersection of Ubud as a gathering place for tourists wishing to visit Ubud Palace and Ubud Art Market.

Paving block at the catus pata is actually badly damaged.

From the beginning it was built around the 2000s, it has not got any repair yet.

“On that account, Ubud should get the attention because it has some problems such as congestion, infrastructure, sanitation and other social disorders such as beggars,” complained this official from Ubud.

Gianyar district itself has repeatedly applied for assistance to central government, but until now there has been no follow-up. Meanwhile, the local government can only do improvement as best as possible, such as the improvement of sidewalks becoming the portion of the district government. “The portion of central government cannot be done by district government like the pata catus,” he said. (kmb35)

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HARD ROCK HOTEL BALI TO MAKE WAVES IN KUTA BEACH WITH NEW RENOVATED ROOMS

Hard Rock Hotel Bali has unveiled renovatedpremium rooms including lofts and suites, the first phase of the USD 10million room enhancement project. The new roomsapprehend the energy and evolution of Rock ‘N Roll and combine all the comforts of home with all the latest mod con’s. The hotel’s overall design will offer more of amodern look, created to reflect a chic space geared towards comfort and convenience whether travelling onleisure orbusiness.

“For20 years Hard Rock Hotel Bali has been delivering authentic guest experiences and amplified service with high-energy entertainment” said Shane Coates, General Manager of Hard Rock Hotel Bali.

“Our new revitalized DeluxePremium rooms, Lofts, and Suites, will enhance our accommodation to be up there again with the best that Bali has to offer.” He also added “We are really excited to showcase our new rooms to the public and the feedback on our mock up rooms has been tremendous”. The completely renovated rooms and suites include curated features that evoke a history of Rock ‘N Roll musicinspired in its design, along with some Balinese touches.

The Hard Rock Hotel Bali with 418 guest rooms and suites was thefirst Hard Rock Hotel in Asia and located in the prime area opposite Kuta Beach. The property features 8 meeting rooms, the largest free-form pool in Bali, more than 700 pieces of rare music memorabilia, 2 live music and entertainment venues nightly and 9 on-site food and beverage outlets including Hard Rock Café and Jamie’s Italian Kuta Beach by Jamie Oliver.

For more information or to book a stay at Hard Rock Hotel Bali, please visit http://bali.hardrockhotels.net/.

About Hard Rock Hotel Bali Sprawling across 3.5 hectares of pristine tropical property, Hard Rock Hotel Bali is located in Kuta, the heart of Bali’s famous entertainment and shopping district. Hard Rock Hotel Bali is Asia’s first Hard Rock Hotel and the leading entertainment hotel in Bali features 418 tribute rooms, luxury and deluxe suites reflect the glory and legends of Rock ‘n Roll, alongside nine cutting edge food and beverage outlets. Additional facilities include Roxity Kids Club, TABU Teens Club, Boom Box Recording Studio, Rock Royalty VIP Lounge, Rock Spa, Body Rock fitness center and 2 Rock Shops – Hard Rock Merchandise Stores. For more information, please visit http://bali.hardrockhotels.net/.

Tourists are crowding in Ubud Palaca

Online marketing

Product quality must not be neglected

The Endek cloth is often sold as an online product

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SEMARAPURA —Marketing products online has become a trend that is widely used used by young entrepreneurs. Attention to speed of service is paramount as well as attention to quality. Jembrana official and Head of the Klungkung Cooperatives, SME and Trade Agency, I Wayan Ardiasa, explained on Monday (Jul. 16) that the district government has been encouraged the marketing of SME products, such as endek and other fabrics through information technology-based channels.

Not only is this method easier than traditional modes of marketing but always allows businesses to reach a

wider market and makes the managing of businesses free to be located anywhere. “We are pushing small businesses to use this method and many have applied”, he said.

Promotion has been going well but SMEs continue to be coached in terms of more stable service and improving the quality of the products offered. “Quality must be maintained at all times”, emphasized Ardiasa.

Endek seller I Putu Agus Aksara Diantika for example has started selling his wares online and admits that it is very helpful for his business even though some potential consumers remain unsure about the products on

display online. “Consumers indeed have different expectations from the goods sold online. To maintain consumers’ trust, we provide information about all our products as well as true to life photos of the products we offer”, he said.

Consumers who remain in doubt can also cross check by visiting the offline outlet for themselves as this young entrepreneur also offer conventional sales options. Diantika added that in person sales tend to be more stable. “So far our online sales have not much affected our in-store sales. Many people are happy to visit the shop in person”, he said. (kmb45)

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Amlapura town flushed by thin sand rain

AMLAPURA - Eruption around 09:05 on Sunday (Jul. 15) was immediately followed by sand rain in the circumference of Mount Agung. In addition, sand rain of thin intensity also flushed some areas of Amlapura town.

The phenomenon of rain containing volcanic eruption of Mount Agung in Amlapura town was the first time since the big eruption occurred last September 2017.

The sand rain is inseparable from the recent eruption condition in the mountain area including in the most areas of Karangasem flushed by rain.

The eruption was barely observed because the Mount Agung was covered up with clouds from the morning. Based on the release of the Geological Agency, the eruption ejected a dark-colored ash column as high as 1,500 meters.

As the information compiled, the eruption caused the rainwater to be turbid. The sand rain with thicker intensity occurred on the foot of the mountain like Budakeling and Buanagiri village in Bebandem. The areas usually exposed to volcanic ashes in the western area of the mountain were also remained affected. The ashes and sand rain lasted for most of the day.

A resident of Amlapura town, Made Sudarma, 36, said the fine

sand rain has occurred from the morning. At first, he admitted to not being aware of the phenomenon due to heavy rain. He just realized after the rain somewhat subsided.

“When going out of the house, it turned out the rainwater is cloudy, while the sandals in the courtyard contained black and fine grains of sand,” he explained.

Putu suspected the Amlapura town is exposed to volcanic materials due to rain and cloudy factors.

“Commonly, when the weather is clear, the eruption material flies away in the wind. Apparently, it consists of ashes and sand of the mountains held up by clouds,” he suspected.

In the meantime, the release of the Geological Agency reported three eruptions. The first eruption occurred at 04:52 but the column of the ashes was unobserved. The third eruption around 09:09 exuded ash column up to 1,500 meters above the summit of the Mount Agung crater. The gray column was observed in a thick intensity tending to move southeastward and westward.

Although the ashes and sand rain lasted throughout the day, they did not to disturb the resident activities. After the rain, the residents of Amlapura town could still move as usual. (117)

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The Bolivian car cable state-owned company “Mi teleferico” inaugurates to the public the Light Blue line that connects the south hillside with the centre of La Paz, on July 14, 2018. The Light Blue line is the seventh of the “Mi Teleferico” cable car state- owned company. This line will be able to transport 4000 passengers per hour.

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Median garden along Jalan Bypass Nusa Dua being beautified The statute is placed on Jimbaran crossroad.

La Paz’s colorful cable car system: no traffic and a great view

MANGUPURA —The arrangement of the median garden along the Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai Nusa Dua began to be worked on. It will be carried out starting from the entrance of Nusa Dua toll road to the entrance gate of the ITDC Nusa Dua area.

With the new cable car line, she says, she can be there in half the time. The opening of the new “Celestial,” or sky-blue line was timed partly as a tribute to the revolution of July 16, 1809 and to the heroes of the struggle against Spanish colonizers.

With a route from the city’s south to its administrative heart, site of the main public and privatesector offices -- and above the noisy, winding and traffic-clogged streets -- the line’s opening was highly anticipated.

As seen around the median garden of Nusa Dua road on Sunday (Jul. 15), a number of workers began to dismantle the garden and the dead grass. Besides, the soil of the garden planting media will also be added.

According to the Head of the Badung Environment and Landscaping Agency (LHK), I Putu Eka Merthawan, said on Sunday (Jul. 15) that a total of three main activities are undertaken. Firstly, the arrangement takes place in the median garden in front of the mosque in Tuban. The second arrangement is from the Nusa Dua toll exit to the gate of the ITDC Nusa Dua. Ultimately, it will accomplish the Nakula-Sadewa statue at the Kali

“Now I’m going to get to work faster!” exulted a smiling Rosa Lima, 52, one of the first passengers on a new cable car line in La Paz that reaches into the heart of the Bolivian capital.

Draped in a bright orange blanket typically worn by indigenous people here, Rosa says she lives in a neighborhood on the southern outskirts of La Paz and that it takes her more than an hour to reach the building where she works as a cleaner in the city center.

This is the seventh line in the city’s modern cable car system, inaugurated in 2014 and with 16 kilometers (10 miles) of cable in La Paz and reaching to the mountaintop communities of El Alto, at over 4,000 meters (13,100 feet).

It is the most extensive such network anywhere, certified as such by the Guinness World Records site, according to the staterun Mi Teleferico (My Cable Car) company, which manages the system. The new line offers excellent views of the city and

of snow-capped Mount Illimani (6,462 meters, or 21,200 feet), while allowing passengers to escape the capital’s steep and crowded streets.

- 106 million passengers In its four years in operation, the system has transported more than 106 million passengers. It now averages 159,000 a day. Each line in the system is identified by a color. The first three lines opened were identified as red, yellow and green, in homage to the Bolivian

flag. New lines were given the colors of white, blue, sky blue (the Celestial line) and orange, corresponding to the wiphala, the checkered banner of the indigenous people here.

The new line, inaugurated at a festive event featuring music and dance, is 2.6 kilometers (1.6 miles) long and includes 26 towers, four intermediate stations and 155 cabin cars, while connecting with other lines that lead to El Alto.

The new line is expected to be the network’s busiest and will travel 20 percent faster than other lines (86 meters, or 282 feet, per second), with a capacity of 4,000 passengers per hour, said Cesar Dockweiler, Mi Teleferico’s general manager.

“The line will primarily benefit public-sector employees, because the main government offices are in the city center,” he said. Hipolito Mamani, 45, works in a government office a few blocks from a Celestial station and, like Rosa, plans to take advantage of it.

“I’m going to save a lot of time, especially when there are blockades,” he said, referring to the frequent roadblocks and closures in the city center caused by demonstrations. Construction of the system has been overseen by Austrian company Doppelmayr, at a cost so far of $750 million.

In the next few months two other lines -- the purple and the brown -- are to be opened, with the former also serving the city center.(afp)

A car is covered with ash in Amlapura.

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intersection, Jimbaran.

He explained the statue in the road median along the Jalan Bypass Nusa Dua has been previously painted. Then, it is followed with the garden arrangement including the painting of the garden boundaries. As for the plants, they will be entirely replaced in order to look more beautiful. “There will be additional lighting accessories, so that it looks more sparkling at night,” he explained.

The project with the budget of IDR 900 million is said to have started the workmanship since early July. It is targeted to have completed next September.

In addition to median garden

arrangement on Jalan Bypass Nusa Dua, it also arranges the garden in front of the mosque in Tuban. Meanwhile, for the garden around the Dewa Ruci statue will be added a fountain, and a number of lights will also be replaced.

Meanwhile, the completion of the existing garden at Kali intersection, Jimbaran, is currently being worked on. The installation of additional sculptures other than the Nakula and Sahadewa began to be carried out like the installation of Twalen statue and additional deer statue. “This Twalen statue is mounted facing south and seeing the position of Nakula Sahadewa,” he added. (kmb23)

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Cold weather vulnerable to make asthma relapse

DENPASAR - Lately, the weather in Bali is rather cold.

As it is cold, the water is also made cold. In addition, strong winds also occur, causing the cold air to be getting colder. This kind of cold weather is vulnerable to make people with asthma recurrent. On that account, it is necessary to keep the body still warm.

An internist of pulmonology division of Sanglah Hospital, I Gede Ketut Sajinadiyasa, said the impact of cold weather on health depending on one’s endurance, whether they are sensitive or not.

Cold weather usually causes the respiratory tract to dry, pharyngitis, sore nose inflammation, sore throat and upper respiratory tract infection.

In addition, the respiratory tract disease often associated with coldness is asthma. “However, it can be so if patient is allergic to cold weather. Otherwise, maybe their asthma will not recur,” he said on Monday (Jul. 16).

Extreme cold weather may cause a rupture of blood vessels in the nose. However, with the current temperature remaining in normal condition, he assessed it will not

cause such a complaint. Denpasar being accustomed to hot weather will have an impact. It is not significant but depends on one’s body resistance.

According to him, the current air temperature stays normal in 26o Celsius for the respiratory tract. This means there will be no significant respiratory complaints. If the air temperature reaches 20o Celsius downwards, people must warm their body.

For example, they can do it by using thick jackets, scarves and masks.

Nevertheless, he did not find any spike in cases of respiratory tract diseases. Since Sanglah Hospital belongs to type A, it treats patients of level 3. Thus, the patients coming are those with severe disease. (kmb42)

Bali Arts Festival 2018 Schedule Wednesday, 18th July 2018 Time : 11.00 ( MIT ) Location : Angsoka Stage Program : Children Janger Dance “Sunda Upasunda” by Gita Balagana Arts Group, Denpasar City Time : 11.00 (MIT) Location : Ayodya Stage Program : Parade of Traditional Classical Palegongan Musics and Dances by: Gita Mahardika Group, Banjar Babakan, Sukawati Village, representing Gianyar Regency.

Time : 14.00 ( MIT ) Location : Ratna Kanda Stage.

Program : Parade of Dances and Musics of Angklung Kebyar by Angklung Group of Kumara Agung, Kuta, representing Badung Regency.

Time : 17.00 ( MIT ) Location : Madya Mandala Stage.

Program : Parade of Traditional Joged Bumbung Dances by Joged Group of Seraya Kanti, Getakan Village, Banjarangkan Village, representing Klungkung Regency.

Time : 20.00 ( MIT ) Location : Ksirarnawa Hall.

Program : Parade of Innovative Dances and Gamelan musics by Hari Dwipa Gamelan Group, representing Tabanan Regency.

Time : 20.00 ( MIT ) Location : Ayodya Stage Program : Dance-drama “Maha Indrakila”: by Indrakila Arts Group, Manggis Village, Karangasem Regency.

Time : 20.00 ( MIT ).

Location : Ardha Candra Amphitheatre.

Program : Colossal Calonarang Performance by the Dance and Music Group of Cahya

Using fake passport, Sri Lankan man charged for a year in prison DENPASAR - A man from Sri Lanka, defendant Selvarasa Krishna Pillai, 53, was declared to be found guilty of using fake documents, namely fake passport on Monday (Jul. 16) and prosecuted one year in prison. Public prosecutor, Dipa Umbara, stated the defendant was found guilty of committing an immigration crime by deliberately using a fake passport or travel document when going abroad.

The prosecutor from Bali Prosecutor’s Office before the panel of the judges led by Ketut Tirta considered the defendant’s act of deliberately using fake documents or falsified documents to travel overseas.

Against what the defendant committed, this dark-skinned man was charged with violating Article 119 Paragraph 2 of Law No. 6/2011 on Immigration. In addi-

tion to being charged for one year of imprisonment, the defendant is also charged with a fine of IDR100 million and a six-month subsidiary of confinement.

On the charges, the defendant accompanied by his legal counsel said that he would file a plea next week. To be known, the passport forgery was committed on March 6, 2018, when he was still in Sri Lanka and requested assistance to his colleague Selvarasa to make a Malaysian passport so that he can have a vacation to New Zealand.

He dared to make a fake passport because he got information from his friend Seelan that if the defendant wanted to go to New Zealand with the passport of Sri Lanka, it will be denied by the local immigration authorities.

On that basis, he requested the help of his friend Seelan to make the defendant a Malaysian passport

in exchange of INR 5 million lacs to Seelan for the passport submission.

After the passport was completed, the defendant had stopped in Malaysia and headed for the Island of Bali, but there has been no problem related to his passport.

The problem occurred when the immigration officer at Ngurah Rai Terminal suspected the passport belonging to the defendant was fake when he was about to leave Ngurah Rai International Airport to Guangzhou China by ordering a flight of Southern China Airlines CZ626 where the defendant was using Malaysian passport number A37458958 .

When interrogated by the officers, the defendant admitted to have falsified his passport to seek medical treatment to New Zealand, but before leaving for the country the defendant had a vacation in Bali for one week. (kmb27)

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Ping-pong diplomacy between the two Koreas

Table tennis players from North and South Korea play together in an international tournament Tuesday in the latest instalment of Korean sporting diplomacy. The sport has long had an unusual impact in foreign affairs, most notably in the “ping pong diplomacy” of the 1970s between China and the US. And sports have also had a role in the current rapprochement on the Korean peninsula, which was catalysed by the Winter Olympics in the South.

The two Koreas marched together behind a unification flag at the Games’ opening ceremony and formed a sometimes controversial unified women’s ice hockey team, while the host’s President Moon Jae-in seized the opportunity to broker talks between Pyongyang and Washington.

Three months later North and South Korea’s women table tennis players combined into a united team rather than play each other in the world team championships quarter final, although they went on to lose their semi-final and had to settle for bronze.

Now, after a historic summit in Singapore last month between Kim and US President Donald Trump, 16 North Korean players are taking part in the ITTF Korea Open tournament in Daejeon.

Four -- including the North’s 2016 Olympic women’s singles bronze medallist Kim Song I -- will join a Southern counterpart in the doubles, with the first two mixed pairs going into action on Tuesday.

The first time table tennis players from the two neighbours formed a joint team was for the world championships back in 1991, during an earlier period of rapprochement on the divided peninsula, when they shocked China to win the women’s team gold.

“Table tennis has had a long history as a driver of peace, and we are happy to open a new chapter of table tennis diplomacy to promote peace on the Korean peninsula,” said Thomas Weikert, the head of International Table Tennis Federation.

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Members of a North Korean table tennis team arrive at Incheon International Airport on July 15, 2018. The two Koreas will form joint table tennis teams for the 2018 Korea Open next week, a report said, the latest sign of thawing ties between the neighbours.

- ‘Beyond symbolism’ During periods of warmer ties the two Koreas -- which technically remain in conflict after the 1950-53 Korean War ended with armistice instead of a peace treaty -- have regularly sought to use sports as a symbol of reconciliation. “Sports is the easiest and least controversial link the two Koreas can share, and there is little political burden in sportsrelated cooperation,” said Lee Chang-seop, professor of physical education at Chungnam National University.

Past joint sports events had provided rare points of contact helping South Koreans feel that “North Koreans are humans, too”, he told AFP. Many joint teams have been hailed more for their symbolism than their performance -- the Winter Olympics women’s ice hockey team lost all five of their matches, outscored by a total of 36 to 2.

But the prospects for table tennis may be rosier -- South Korea is a power in the sport, with 18 Olympics medals to its name, second only to China. The 1991 team’s month-long

drama -- from their first meeting to the victory over the nine-time world champions -- was made made into a 2012 movie, “As One”, seen by nearly two million people in South, which has a population of around 50 million.

“We have convened the best players from the both sides,” said Kim Taek-soo, who coaches the South’s men’s team. “So we will try to achieve something beyond symbolism and to make it to the semifinal at least,” he told reporters. (afp)

Netflix shares dive as subscriber growth misses mark

Netflix shares plunged Monday after the leading streaming television service said subscriber growth fell short of expectations in the recently ended quarter. Membership in the quarter grew 5.2 million to a total of 130 million, matching the same period last year but a million shy of what Netflix had forecast, according to a letter released along with earnings figures.

Netflix shares dropped 14.11 percent to $343.97 in after-market

trade, in a setback to the television juggernaut operating in some 190 markets around the world.

“We had a strong but not stellar Q2 (second quarter),” Netflix said in a letter to shareholders. “Earnings, margins, and revenue were all in-line with forecast and way up from prior year.” The Silicon Valley based company said it is beginning to “lead artistically” in some categories with its original content, earning enough Emmy nominations

this year to break a 17-year top-spot streak by HBO. Netflix said it made a profit of $384 million on revenue of $3.9 billion in the recent quarter, compared to net income of $66 million on $2.8 billion in revenue in the same period last year. Wall Street analysts had expected Netflix revenue to be slightly higher.

“After four consecutive quarters of beating its own guidance,

and analysts’ expectations on key metrics such as revenues, profits, and subscriber gains, Netflix disappointed with a weak Q2,” said eMarketer principal analyst Paul Verna.

“This isn’t entirely surprising given rising competition in the video streaming market, where Amazon, Hulu, HBO and others are gaining share of subscription video dollars at Netflix’s expense,” he added.

Competition in the streaming television market includes YouTube, a platform under the umbrella of Google parent Alphabet, and entertainment titan Disney, along with AT&T. However, GBH Insights saw the Netflix subscriber forecast miss as a “speed bump,” rather than start a downward trend, reasoning that the “content arms race continues to be a major tailwind” for the company. (afp)

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A man poses alongside screens presenting the Rolls-Royce EVTOL air taxi concept during the Farnborough Airshow, south west of London, on July 16, 2018. British engine maker Rolls-Royce revealed plans this week to develop a hybrid electric vehicle, dubbed the “flying taxi”, which takes off and lands vertically and could be airborne within five years.

Rolls-Royce unveils hybrid flying taxi at Farnborough

British engine maker Rolls-Royce revealed plans this week to develop a hybrid electric vehicle, dubbed the “flying taxi”, which takes off and lands vertically and could be airborne within five years.

The London-listed aerospace giant, which is based in Derby in central England, showed off the plans at the Farnborough Airshow for the first time, as other players also rush into the market segment. we will be flight ready,” he told AFP at the group’s Farnborough chalet.

The hybrid vehicle, which has so far cost single-digit millions of pounds to develop, will use a traditional gas turbine engine with an electrical system wrapped around it. Rolls-Royce is also researching an all-electric product but that is not as advanced as the EVTOL offering.

“There is an emerging market for all-electric planes but we believe that you need a level of requirement that an all electric system cannot really provide today,” Watson told AFP.

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Ritual Meaning Behind Mesuryak Tradition

Celebration of Kuningan Day at Bongan Gede Hamlet, Bongan, Tabanan, returned to be accompanied with mesuryak tradition on Saturday (Jun. 9). It took place lively. The procession began around 09:00 until 11:00 local time marked with prayers at each resident’s house compound. After that, it was resumed with worship at village trinity temples and the merajan (family temple).

Rolls said it hoped to manufacture a prototype version of its electric vertical take-off and landing (EVTOL) vehicle within the next 18 months, and could potentially take to the skies in the early 2020s.

The Rolls-Royce EVTOL plane will seat four or five people, with a flying range of 500 miles (805 kilometres) and a top speed of 200 miles per hour.

“In this market, you will see something like this flying within three to five years, and we will demonstrate the system in two years,” said Rob Watson, head of Rolls-Royce’s electrical team. “At the end of next year

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- Hybrid propulsion “So, all-electric is the way to hop around within a city, but if you want to travel 200 or 300 miles, if you want to run London to Paris, then you are going to want to run something that will give you that range. “So we think you will see hybrid propulsion systems starting to make this market.”

Rolls is not alone in the hybrid “flying taxi” marketplace. Other companies researching the sector include US taxi-hailing company Uber, the Google-backed Kitty Hawk project, Lilium Aviation in Germany, Safran in France, and Honeywell in the United States.

The aerospace sector’s push into electric propulsion has drawn comparisons with the automotive industry, where electric cars are gaining ground in terms of popularity and performance.

“Think of it like the car industry. Historically everybody had an internal combustion engine. over time you add more electric capability to it and then you start to see electric cars,” added Watson. “In the same way, we are introducing a hybrid propulsion system into this market because we think it gives you that range and capability.”

- Potential disruptor David Stewart, aviation and aerospace adviser and partner at Oliver Wyman, told AFP that the aerospace sector was facing pressure to become more environmen-

tally friendly. “I think that electrical propulsion is a potential disruptor to the way things are powered,” said Stewart, who will speak at Farnborough on Tuesday.

“We are quite a long way for electrical power to be a replacement for kerosene, but never say never.” He cautioned that RollsRoyce’s flying taxi concept was in reality a development platform to test the new technology. The real market opportunity will likely be a scaled up version of 10-15 seats that can serve a wider variety of applications, according to Stewart.

Watson added: “Over time you’ve got more electrical capability for bigger and bigger aircraft -and that’s really what we are thinking about today. “We are learning today about the technology that we will need tomorrow.” (afp)

This worship is meant to invoke salvation to God as well as the ancestors believed to be at home during the celebration of Galungan until Kuningan. The mesuryak is then proceeded to bring all the ritual paraphernalia such as the offerings, including the

one symbolizing the Raja Dewata (ancestors) to the front gate of each house compound.

Furthermore, temple priests or the elders chanted the prayers closed with mesuryak procession. Each family provided provisions in the form of

coins and banknotes. The money was thrown into the air and then grabbed by residents. Girls and boys scrambled for the money. From the observation, every Kuningan Day, about tens of millions of rupiahs are dedicated by the citizens of Bongan Gede hamlet

for the mesuryak tradition.

Chief of Bongan Gede customary village, I Nyoman Parwata, said the tradition of mesuryak is passed down through generations at his hamlet. “Mesuryak aims to deliver the ancestral spirits back to heaven after coming down and participate in the celebration of Galungan with their descendants.

After ten days, precisely on Kuningan feast, we accompany our an-

Munduk Temu Offers a Cool Selfie Place

Munduk Temu village is one of the villages in Tabanan developing a tourism village. The environment with plantation, farming area and beautiful view becomes added value to the village in Pupuan subdistrict. The new location under development to attract visitors is a beautiful place to take selfie.

Superiority of this selfie location lies in the beautiful scenery of the nature. Headman of the Munduk Temu, I Nyoman Wintara, said that Munduk Temu sits at an altitude of approximately 1,500 meters above sea level. It is beautiful because displays a landscape of green plantations. Not a few tourists have rela-

tively long lived here. Meanwhile, some others just pass to perpetuate the beauty of the nature.

At the selfie location has been made a stage sizing 3×4 meter and winged boat ornament. In addition, the ornament resembles a cage that can be used to take pictures.

Visitors coming here can also enjoy the local coffee brand of Munduk Temu, namely the Leak Coffee and local fruit such as mangosteen and sugar snakefruit.

Most visitors coming here, said Wiantara, are teenagers. Commonly they throng on weekends whose number can reach 200 people. In order to be able to take pictures at the location, visitors must give donation as much as IDR 5,000 per person.

“Many visitors usually come here on weekends primarily at sunrise or sunset. They are mostly teenagers deliberately come here just to take selfie,” said Wintara.

Later on, this selfie location will be submitted by the tourism

awareness group of local village or Pokdarwis given the task as the party to manage the area. “Later on, around the selfie location the village plans to develop a guest house that involves community participation,” added Wintara.

Prior to becoming a tourism village, Munduk Temu has also implemented organic and in-organic waste sorting.

Other than sorting garbage, it also maintains environmental cleanliness.

Munduk Temu village has applied a fine to those who throw garbage carelessly as of March 2018.

For Munduk Temu customary village, the penalty is IDR 250,000 while Kebon Jero customary village worth IDR 100,000. In the meantime, the administrative village imposes stricter sanctions, where it does not only impose fine but also social sanction. Photo of the perpetrators who throw garbage carelessly will be uploaded to social media owned by the village. (kmb)

cestors back to heaven. We escort them with happiness while cheering (mesuryak) and throwing money into the air. Then, it is scrambled by many people,” he said.

The amount of money used in the mesuryak varies depending on the economic capacity of the citizens.

This tradition has existed for generations and remains to be organized every six months (210 days) coinciding with Kuningan Day. (kmb)

“Geprek” is Now in J4 Hotel

“Geprek” is a typical food of Yogyakarta city. Now this food is well known to many people.

Food is famous for fried chicken meat then “Geprek” or pounded with sambal at the same time until the meat becomes flat. The spice mixture on this geprek chicken recipe provides extraordinary delicacy. It was also liked by all circles.

Although almost the same as other chicken recipes, but our chicken geprek recipe has its own characteristics. To give a different impression, this time we want to present with other side dishes such as duck, shrimp, fish and catfish with flour will make it “crunchy” and delicious.

Yummm! (kmb)

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Novichok nerve agent was in ‘perfume bottle’: victim’s brother

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This handout photograph obtained July 16, 2018 courtesy of the Department of Land & Natural Resources shows the damaged roof of boat on July 16, 2018 after a projectile from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii struck the vessel carrying people watching lava from the two- month-old eruption.

‘Lava bomb’ from Hawaii volcano injures 23 on boat

A projectile from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii struck a boat carrying people watching lava from the two-month-old eruption, injuring 23, the fire department said. Thirteen of them required hospitalization and the rest were treated at a harbor when the boat engaged in a “lava tour” returned to the Big Island, also known as Hawaii.

Lava flowing into the Pacific is a spectacular sight, producing a foggy haze known in Hawaii as “laze.” One woman was in serious condition with a fractured femur. The total number of people on the boat was not immediately known, the Hawaii County Fire Department said.

In the early morning incident a “lava bomb” punctured the roof of the boat and damaged a railing, the department said. It gave no further details. “It was an explosion, basically,” said Janet Snyder, a spokeswoman for the county mayor, told the Tribune Herald newspaper. “It punctured a hole right through the roof of the boat.”

She described the boat as “covered with lava.” The eruption has destroyed hundreds of homes since it began on May 3. Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanos and one of five on the island. One of the most active fissures, number 8, continues to erupt and its lava has formed a small “island” a few meters from the coast, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). (afp)

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Opposition protesters are demanding that former left-wing guerrilla leader Ortega and his wife resign, accusing the pair of establishing a repressive, despotic and nepotic regime.

Ortega, 72, was once the heroes of the Sandinista rebels fighting against the US-backed Somoza family dictatorship that ruled Nicaragua for 43 years. But once Anastasio Somoza was toppled in 1979, Ortega assumed power until losing elections in 1990.

Since his re-election in 2007, Ortega has become increasingly unpopular amongst many of his former left-wing allies -- now his staunchest critics.

Sunday’s violence took place in and around the opposition stronghold of Masaya, where once Ortega himself was based while fighting against the Somoza dictatorship.

- ‘Violent repression’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) chief Paulo Abrao on Sunday denounced on Twitter “the violent repression

of towns in Masaya,” accusing the government of “ignoring the dialogue” with the opposition. The United States on Monday reiterated calls for an end to repression, and for early elections to be held.

“The Nicaraguan government must heed the Nicaraguan people’s call for democratic reforms immediately,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement. Students have taken on the protest baton following three days of anti-government action, including a strike last Friday, led by the opposition.

Monday’s march ended in front of the El Chipote prison where hundreds of young people have been detained since the protests began in April.

“No to repression. Murderer Ortega, you must go, go,” read one sign held aloft while students chanted: “Justice! Freedom!” Ortega’s government has accused opposition protesters of being “criminals” and “putschists.” The president has rejected an opposition call to have elections brought forward from 2021 to next year.(afp)

A British man exposed to Novichok, four months after the same nerve agent was used against a former Russian spy nearby, had found it in a perfume bottle, his brother said. Matthew Rowley told BBC News that his 45-year-old brother Charlie, who is conscious but seriously ill in hospital, told him he had picked up the perfume bottle.

Contacted by AFP, the police refused to confirm the claim. The police previously said that they found the Soviet-era nerve agent in a “small bottle” in Charlie Rowley’s home in Amesbury, near the city of Salisbury in southwest England. Rowley fell ill there on June 30, hours after his 44-year partner Dawn Sturgess collapsed after being exposed to the same nerve agent. Sturgess died on July 8.

Police said the two had been exposed to a “high dose” of the substance and had handled a contaminated object. Local MP John Glen told BBC radio earlier that the couple may have come across the object because of their “habit

of looking into bins”. Sturgess was living in a homeless hostel in the city.

Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia collapsed in Salisbury on March 4 after being exposed to Novichok. Both have since recovered. Britain blamed Russia for the attack against Skripal, a former colonel in military intelligence who was jailed for betraying Russian agents to Britain’s MI6 security service.

He left Russia for England in a 2010 spy swap. Russia has strongly denied poisoning the Skripals, sparking a diplomatic row that has led to tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions between Britain and its allies

and Russia.

Police have not been able to establish whether the Novichok that Rowley and Sturgess were exposed to was from the same batch used against the Skripals but have said that a possible connection is their main line of inquiry.

Sturgess’s son Ewan Hope, 19, has called on US President Donald Trump to raise his mother’s death at his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.

“I don’t share Donald Trump’s politics and I’ll never be a supporter of his, but I would like him to raise mum’s case with the Russian President,” he told the Sunday Mirror. “We need to get justice for my mum,” he said.(afp)

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Indonesia police shoot dead 11 petty criminals in Asian Games crackdown

Indonesian police have shot and killed 11 suspected smalltime criminals and wounded dozens more in a crackdown before it hosts the Asian Games next month, authorities said Tuesday.Some 52 suspects have been shot after resisting arrest in the capital Jakarta since the start of July, with 11 dying of their wounds, police said.

“They were endangering the public because they resisted arrest,” said Jakarta police spokesman Argo Yuwono. More than 2,000 suspected criminals have been arrested in the past few weeks, he added. Hundreds of extra officers are on patrol in Jakarta before it hosts the August 18-September 2 event along with Palembang city on Sumatra island.

Security is a major concern at the Games which come a few months after fatal attacks in Indonesia’s second-biggest city Surabaya reignited concerns about Islamist militants.

Indonesia’s anti-terrorism squad has arrested some 200 terror suspects since the May attacks, according to the national police chief.

Three terror suspects were shot and killed by police during raids in Indonesia’s cultural capital Yogyakarta at the weekend.

Some 100,000 security staff will be deployed in Jakarta, Palembang and West Java province, which is hosting some events, during the Games. More than 11,000 athletes from 45 countries are set to compete at the second-biggest multi-sport event behind the Olympics.(afp)

East Indonesia still has high percentage of poverty rate

Chris J Ratcliffe / AFP

In this file photo taken on July 05, 2018 A police officer guards a cordon at a residential address in Amesbury, southern England, on July 5, 2018 where police reported a man and woman were found unconscious in circumstances that sparked a major incident after contact with what was later identified as the nerve agent Novichok.

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JAKARTA - The percentage of people living in poverty in the eastern part of Indonesia in March 2018 was still higher than that of the western part, according to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS). “It (the poverty rate) mostly fell, but it remains a big homework in the eastern part of Indonesia, because the percentage of its poor people is far higher than that of the western part,” BPS Chief Suhariyanto said in a press conference here on Monday.

By percentage, poor people make up 21.20 percent of the population of Maluku and Papua provinces compared to 14.02 percent in Bali and Nusa Tenggara provinces and 10.64 percent in Sulawesi provinces. However, by number, most of the poor people live in Java, reaching 13.34 million, compared to 5.97 million living in Sumatra and 2.06 million in Sulawesi.

Suhariyanto expressed hope that a number of infrastructure projects carried out in the eastern port of Indonesia will help reduce the number of people living in poverty there.

“Therefore, the development activities in the eastern part of Indonesia will hopefully have a positive impact on the reduction of poverty rate there,” he asserted.

Nearly 25.95 million, or 9.82 percent, of the Indonesian population lived in poverty as of March 2018 compared to 27.77 million or 10.64 percent a year earlier.

The 9.82 percent decline in poverty rate is the first single-digit poverty rate that the country has achieved since 1999. Meanwhile, the poverty rate averaged 10 to 13 percent from March 2010 to September 2017.

Overall, Indonesia`s poverty rate has declined since 2012, except in March 2016, September 2013, and March 2015, due to an increase in the prices of basic necessities as a result of the government`s policy to raise fuel prices.(ant)

AGUNG SUPRIYANTO / AFP

Centre L-R: Indonesia’s Head of Air Force Yuyu Sutisna, Yogyakarta governor Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X, and Indonesia’s former badminton player Susi Susanti lead a procession with the Asian Games flame in Yogyakarta on July 17, 2018, following the flame’s arrival from India for the 2018 Asian Games torch relay. Indonesia will host the 2018 Asian Games on August 18 to September 2 in Jakarta and Palembang.

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Jamaica’s athlet Usain Bolt (2ndR) attends the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match between France and Croatia at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on July 15, 2018.

Jimbaran Beach, Seafood Culinary Destination, White Sands and Sunset

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Jimbaran Beach, South Kuta, Badung, is a famous beach to relax while watching sunset view and enjoying delicious seafood dishes from restaurants around the beach.

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For dinner, the dishes will generally be ready once the sun begins to set. Grilled snapper, grilled mussels, squid satay, water spinach with spicy sauce to crispy fried groupers have started to be presented on table. Surely, they are accompanied with a basket of steamed rice and three kinds of condiment as complement. Now, it is time to eat!

Then, for the drink visitors can choose the options like mineral water, fruit juice or young coconut.

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Bolt poised for surprise trial with Aussie football club

Usain Bolt is on the verge of sealing a deal to trial with the A-League’s Central Coast Mariners, the Australian club said Tuesday, as the sprint legend pursues his dream of playing professional football. Eight-time Olympic champion Bolt, 31, who retired from athletics after August’s World Championships in London, is an avid Manchester United fan who has long dreamt of playing top-flight football.

The 100m and 200m world record-holder trained with Norwegian club Stromsgodset last month and Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund in March. The planned arrangement will see him take part in a six-week trial starting next month at the Mariners’ base in Gosford, some 75 kilometres (47 miles) north of Sydney, chief executive

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A season-long deal could follow if it goes well, he told commercial broadcaster Channel Seven. Football agent Tony Rallis, who has been working on the deal, told Sky Sports Radio’s Big Sports Breakfast Tuesday it has been agreed “in principle... subject to a couple of benchmarks”.

“Mainly, a trial, and of course marquee funds support from (governing body Football Federation Australia),” he said, adding that the arrangement was not a gimmick.

“Once the FFA comes back and says that they’ll be part of the process, we’re going to the trial...

This bloke’s an ambitious athlete.

The A-League needed a hero, and

we got superman.” Mielekamp said his club had been working on the agreement for four to five months, and there was still “some work to do”.

“But fingers crossed things might play out, but the most important thing is we wait to find out and see how good a footballer he is first. “If all goes well, who knows?

He may be playing in the A-League this season.”

Mielekamp said reports of Bolt’s performance at the European clubs he has trialled with have been “pretty good”, and that “every time he

trains, he improves significantly”.

“He has a very good left foot, and time will tell at what level he is at and if it fits the A-League... it would only be big if he could play and go really well,” he said. “If he comes in and he is not up to the level, it could have a detrimental effect.” Bolt has dominated sprinting since taking double individual gold at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

The charismatic sportsman went on to win a further six Olympic golds and pick up 11 world titles.

The A-League season starts in October. (afp)

With their new superstar LeBron James looking on, the Los Angeles Lakers reached the semifinals of the NBA summer league Sunday with a 101-78 win over the Detroit Pistons in Las Vegas. The Lakers leapt to a 33-14 lead after one quarter and never trailed.

Svi Mykhailiuk paced the Lakers with 19 points, pulling down four rebounds and doling out two assists. Josh Hart added 18 points,

four assists, two rebounds and two steals and Xavier Rathan-Mayes chipped in 11 points.

At the pre-season tournament that typically gives rookies and young playmakers a chance to hone their skills and make their case for roster spots in the regular season, James created a sensation when he arrived to watch the Lakers’ game clad in gold Lakers shorts and purple shoes.

He departed before the summer league lineup of his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, beat the Toronto Raptors 82-68 to set up a semi-final clash with the Lakers.

James signed his new four-year contract worth $154 million with the Lakers earlier this month, a move that Lakers president Earvin “Magic” Johnson called a “huge step” for the team.

James made it known on July 1, at the start of the free agency period, that he would depart the Cavaliers for a second time and join the Lakers, ending months of frenzied speculation about the NBA superstar’s next career move. (afp)

With LeBron looking on Lakers reach summer league semis

Head coach Tyronn Lue (L) of the Cleveland Cavaliers greets LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers after a quarterfinal game of the 2018 NBA Summer League between the Lakers and the Detroit Pistons at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 15, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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France gives World Cup winners a heroes’ welcome home

The World Cup-winning French team returned home to a heroes’ welcome on Monday, parading down the Champs-Elysees as hundreds of thousands of cheering fans gave a raucous welcome to the country’s newest idols. After overcoming a determined Croatia to win 4-2 in Sunday’s final in Russia, the team came back to euphoric crowds in Paris hoping to catch a glimpse of the players that have captured the nation’s imagination.

The footballers did not disappoint, passing the golden World Cup trophy from player to player as they jumped and danced on an open-air bus with “World Champions” emblazoned on its side.

“Wow, it was completely crazy! They are too beautiful, France is beautiful!” said Julia Cohen, 28, after seeing players pass by on the Champs-Elysees, the gathering point for all national celebrations.

The parade was under heavy police guard, with 2,000 officers deployed in the capital to ensure the safety of the estimated 300,000 people who turned up.

Above the partying crowds, nine jets from the Patrouille de France, the air force’s acrobatic unit, did an honorary flyover trailing blue, white and red smoke.

- ‘Allez les Bleus!’ After leaving the ChampsElysees, the players changed into custom-made blue suits before being welcomed at the Elysee Palace by President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte, who were also decked out in blue for the occasion.

Macron has already promised the Legion of Honour for the victors’ “exceptional services” to the country, an award given to the legendary team that won France’s first World Cup title in 1998. The first couple then posed with the team as they sang the Marseillaise national anthem and waved scarves for a joyous group photo, before heading inside for a private meeting.

“Thanks to you all!” Macron told the team after gathering again outside. “This team is beautiful because you are united!” Midfielder Paul Pogba, despite his voice nearly failing him, then proved himself a showman off the pitch as well as on by leading the guests in an impromptu celebratory rap punctuated by “Allez les Bleus!” “It’s true, we went on the pitch, and we said, We’re going to crush them all!” he said.

- ‘Thank you!’ Nearly 3,000 guests were received in the Elysee gardens, including around 1,000 youths from local football clubs such as Bondy, the gritty Paris suburb whose towering hous-

ing blocks produced rising star forward Kylian Mbappe. Some of the children even got to touch the famed trophy, which captain Hugo Lloris handed around.

The guests were also treated to the beats of DJ Snake, who has worked with pop stars including Lady Gaga and is part of the Pardon My French collective of French DJs. Mbappe, who applied the coup de grace in the final to cement his place as a new global superstar at just 19, said he achieved what he had set out to do -win the World Cup. “We are proud to make the French happy,” he told French channel TF1. Striker

Antoine Griezmann said: “Frankly, personally, it’s not real yet.

This cup weighs a lot.”

“We are trying to give a good image for France, for French players. I hope that lots of young people will have seen this match and do the same,” he added.

Now, “the players are on holiday,” Philippe Tournon, head of press for the team, told AFP. Macron had already celebrated with the team on Sunday -- even doing “dab” dance moves with players in a video that has gone viral -- after attending the final in Moscow.

Some analysts believe the 40-year-old centrist will benefit from the feel-good factor sweeping France, with Macron able to show a common touch after months of criticism from his opponents that he is distant and elitist.

C o m mentators have also focused on the out-

pouring of patriotism and sense of national unity created by the multi-ethnic French team, many of whose stars including Pogba and Mbappe hail from deprived and often overlooked suburbs of Paris.

- Disappointed fans Macron will be relieved that joyous and occasionally chaotic celebrations across the country on Sunday night passed off without any major incident following a string of terror attacks in France since 2015 that have claimed nearly 250 lives. Some fans outside the luxury Hotel de Crillon were however disappointed after a lengthy wait to see the team, and vented their frustration on police.

Bottles were thrown, people shouted and booed angrily, before police finally broke up the crowd and forced them to disperse. Overall, some 292 people were arrested nationwide with 31 people, including eight minors, having their detention extended on suspicion of involvement in incidents in Paris during the victory celebrations, a Paris prosecutor said late Monday.(afp)

Zakaria ABDELKAFI / AFP

Fans wait at the Place de la Concorde for the French national football team’s scheduled arrival at the luxury Hotel de Crillon in Paris following their visit to the Elysee Palace as they celebrate winning the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match on July 16, 2018 in Paris. France celebrated their second World Cup win 20 years after their maiden triumph on July 15, 2018, overcoming a passionate Croatia side 4-2 in one of the most gripping finals in recent history.

Croatians hail returning World Cup squad Hundreds of thousands of Croatians took to the streets in Zagreb on Monday to greet their players as they returned home from Russia after losing the World Cup final.

A crowd estimated by police at more than 550,000 people cheered the team during its parade on an open-top bus from the airport to the capital’s main square.

It took five hours for the bus to get to Jelacic square as it was moving slowly through euphoric fans many waving flags, wearing the famous Croatia red and white shirt and singing popular songs.

Since the former Yugoslav republic’s independence in 1991, Zagreb has only once seen a larger crowd -- for the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1994.

More than 100,000 people thronged the square to hail Vatreni (the “Fiery Ones” in Croatian) led by captain and World Cup Golden Ball winner Luka Modric.

“Hrvatska, Hrvatska!” (Croatia) the fans chanted as team coach Zlatko

Dalic and the players stepped on an improvised stage in front of a giant screen under a shower of red and white confetti.

The players and the crowd sang the national anthem of the country of around four million people.

“Thank you Croatia! Thank you Zagreb! We have achieved our dream!” Modric told the euphoric crowd. Popular Croatian singer Marko Perkovic Thompson, known for his pro-Nazi sympathies, boarded the bus and also sang a song on the stage with the players and the crowd.

In the past Perkovic, whose repertoire is dominated by patriotic songs, has been banned from giving concerts in several European countries because of his sympathies for Croatia’s notorious World War II pro-Nazi Ustasha regime. At his concerts, Ustasha symbols are often brandished while some fans use the Nazi salute. During the parade Dalic and the players signed flags and jerseys handed to them by

cheering fans walking next to the bus. Ecstatic supporters held up banners celebrating the runnersup after their gallant 4-2 defeat by France.

“This is how Croatia is loved,” read one banner. Another said: “We are few, but we believed and that is enough.” Many even skipped work to celebrate the team reaching their first ever World Cup final. “I closed my office to welcome our heroes. I put a sign up reading ‘Today, July 16, 2018’, office closed due to our Vatreni,” doctor Sanja Klajic told AFP. Earlier the noisy fans awaited their side’s appearance by singing the popular song “Play on my Croatia, when I see you my heart is on fire!” while watching the plane carrying the team fly over the capital.

When the aircraft, accompanied by military jets and emblazoned with the logo “Bravo Vatreni”, flew overhead the crowd cheered and chanted “Hands up, hands up!”.(afp)

Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP

Croatian national football team players ride a bus as people gather for a “heroes’ welcome” in tribute to their national team, after reaching the final at the Russia 2018 World Cup, at the Bana Jelacica Square in Zagreb, on July 16, 2018.

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France gives World Cup winners a heroes’ welcome home

The World Cup-winning French team returned home to a heroes’ welcome on Monday, parading down the Champs-Elysees as hundreds of thousands of cheering fans gave a raucous welcome to the country’s newest idols. After overcoming a determined Croatia to win 4-2 in Sunday’s final in Russia, the team came back to euphoric crowds in Paris hoping to catch a glimpse of the players that have captured the nation’s imagination.

The footballers did not disappoint, passing the golden World Cup trophy from player to player as they jumped and danced on an open-air bus with “World Champions” emblazoned on its side.

“Wow, it was completely crazy! They are too beautiful, France is beautiful!” said Julia Cohen, 28, after seeing players pass by on the Champs-Elysees, the gathering point for all national celebrations.

The parade was under heavy police guard, with 2,000 officers deployed in the capital to ensure the safety of the estimated 300,000 people who turned up.

Above the partying crowds, nine jets from the Patrouille de France, the air force’s acrobatic unit, did an honorary flyover trailing blue, white and red smoke.

- ‘Allez les Bleus!’ After leaving the ChampsElysees, the players changed into custom-made blue suits before being welcomed at the Elysee Palace by President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte, who were also decked out in blue for the occasion.

Macron has already promised the Legion of Honour for the victors’ “exceptional services” to the country, an award given to the legendary team that won France’s first World Cup title in 1998. The first couple then posed with the team as they sang the Marseillaise national anthem and waved scarves for a joyous group photo, before heading inside for a private meeting.

“Thanks to you all!” Macron told the team after gathering again outside. “This team is beautiful because you are united!” Midfielder Paul Pogba, despite his voice nearly failing him, then proved himself a showman off the pitch as well as on by leading the guests in an impromptu celebratory rap punctuated by “Allez les Bleus!” “It’s true, we went on the pitch, and we said, We’re going to crush them all!” he said.

- ‘Thank you!’ Nearly 3,000 guests were received in the Elysee gardens, including around 1,000 youths from local football clubs such as Bondy, the gritty Paris suburb whose towering hous-

ing blocks produced rising star forward Kylian Mbappe. Some of the children even got to touch the famed trophy, which captain Hugo Lloris handed around.

The guests were also treated to the beats of DJ Snake, who has worked with pop stars including Lady Gaga and is part of the Pardon My French collective of French DJs. Mbappe, who applied the coup de grace in the final to cement his place as a new global superstar at just 19, said he achieved what he had set out to do -win the World Cup. “We are proud to make the French happy,” he told French channel TF1. Striker

Antoine Griezmann said: “Frankly, personally, it’s not real yet.

This cup weighs a lot.”

“We are trying to give a good image for France, for French players. I hope that lots of young people will have seen this match and do the same,” he added.

Now, “the players are on holiday,” Philippe Tournon, head of press for the team, told AFP. Macron had already celebrated with the team on Sunday -- even doing “dab” dance moves with players in a video that has gone viral -- after attending the final in Moscow.

Some analysts believe the 40-year-old centrist will benefit from the feel-good factor sweeping France, with Macron able to show a common touch after months of criticism from his opponents that he is distant and elitist.

C o m mentators have also focused on the out-

pouring of patriotism and sense of national unity created by the multi-ethnic French team, many of whose stars including Pogba and Mbappe hail from deprived and often overlooked suburbs of Paris.

- Disappointed fans Macron will be relieved that joyous and occasionally chaotic celebrations across the country on Sunday night passed off without any major incident following a string of terror attacks in France since 2015 that have claimed nearly 250 lives. Some fans outside the luxury Hotel de Crillon were however disappointed after a lengthy wait to see the team, and vented their frustration on police.

Bottles were thrown, people shouted and booed angrily, before police finally broke up the crowd and forced them to disperse. Overall, some 292 people were arrested nationwide with 31 people, including eight minors, having their detention extended on suspicion of involvement in incidents in Paris during the victory celebrations, a Paris prosecutor said late Monday.(afp)

Zakaria ABDELKAFI / AFP

Fans wait at the Place de la Concorde for the French national football team’s scheduled arrival at the luxury Hotel de Crillon in Paris following their visit to the Elysee Palace as they celebrate winning the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match on July 16, 2018 in Paris. France celebrated their second World Cup win 20 years after their maiden triumph on July 15, 2018, overcoming a passionate Croatia side 4-2 in one of the most gripping finals in recent history.

Croatians hail returning World Cup squad Hundreds of thousands of Croatians took to the streets in Zagreb on Monday to greet their players as they returned home from Russia after losing the World Cup final.

A crowd estimated by police at more than 550,000 people cheered the team during its parade on an open-top bus from the airport to the capital’s main square.

It took five hours for the bus to get to Jelacic square as it was moving slowly through euphoric fans many waving flags, wearing the famous Croatia red and white shirt and singing popular songs.

Since the former Yugoslav republic’s independence in 1991, Zagreb has only once seen a larger crowd -- for the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1994.

More than 100,000 people thronged the square to hail Vatreni (the “Fiery Ones” in Croatian) led by captain and World Cup Golden Ball winner Luka Modric.

“Hrvatska, Hrvatska!” (Croatia) the fans chanted as team coach Zlatko

Dalic and the players stepped on an improvised stage in front of a giant screen under a shower of red and white confetti.

The players and the crowd sang the national anthem of the country of around four million people.

“Thank you Croatia! Thank you Zagreb! We have achieved our dream!” Modric told the euphoric crowd. Popular Croatian singer Marko Perkovic Thompson, known for his pro-Nazi sympathies, boarded the bus and also sang a song on the stage with the players and the crowd.

In the past Perkovic, whose repertoire is dominated by patriotic songs, has been banned from giving concerts in several European countries because of his sympathies for Croatia’s notorious World War II pro-Nazi Ustasha regime. At his concerts, Ustasha symbols are often brandished while some fans use the Nazi salute. During the parade Dalic and the players signed flags and jerseys handed to them by

cheering fans walking next to the bus. Ecstatic supporters held up banners celebrating the runnersup after their gallant 4-2 defeat by France.

“This is how Croatia is loved,” read one banner. Another said: “We are few, but we believed and that is enough.” Many even skipped work to celebrate the team reaching their first ever World Cup final. “I closed my office to welcome our heroes. I put a sign up reading ‘Today, July 16, 2018’, office closed due to our Vatreni,” doctor Sanja Klajic told AFP. Earlier the noisy fans awaited their side’s appearance by singing the popular song “Play on my Croatia, when I see you my heart is on fire!” while watching the plane carrying the team fly over the capital.

When the aircraft, accompanied by military jets and emblazoned with the logo “Bravo Vatreni”, flew overhead the crowd cheered and chanted “Hands up, hands up!”.(afp)

Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP

Croatian national football team players ride a bus as people gather for a “heroes’ welcome” in tribute to their national team, after reaching the final at the Russia 2018 World Cup, at the Bana Jelacica Square in Zagreb, on July 16, 2018.

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Jamaica’s athlet Usain Bolt (2ndR) attends the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match between France and Croatia at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on July 15, 2018.

Jimbaran Beach, Seafood Culinary Destination, White Sands and Sunset

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Bolt poised for surprise trial with Aussie football club

Usain Bolt is on the verge of sealing a deal to trial with the A-League’s Central Coast Mariners, the Australian club said Tuesday, as the sprint legend pursues his dream of playing professional football. Eight-time Olympic champion Bolt, 31, who retired from athletics after August’s World Championships in London, is an avid Manchester United fan who has long dreamt of playing top-flight football.

The 100m and 200m world record-holder trained with Norwegian club Stromsgodset last month and Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund in March. The planned arrangement will see him take part in a six-week trial starting next month at the Mariners’ base in Gosford, some 75 kilometres (47 miles) north of Sydney, chief executive

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Shaun Mielekamp said.

A season-long deal could follow if it goes well, he told commercial broadcaster Channel Seven. Football agent Tony Rallis, who has been working on the deal, told Sky Sports Radio’s Big Sports Breakfast Tuesday it has been agreed “in principle... subject to a couple of benchmarks”.

“Mainly, a trial, and of course marquee funds support from (governing body Football Federation Australia),” he said, adding that the arrangement was not a gimmick.

“Once the FFA comes back and says that they’ll be part of the process, we’re going to the trial...

This bloke’s an ambitious athlete.

The A-League needed a hero, and

we got superman.” Mielekamp said his club had been working on the agreement for four to five months, and there was still “some work to do”.

“But fingers crossed things might play out, but the most important thing is we wait to find out and see how good a footballer he is first. “If all goes well, who knows?

He may be playing in the A-League this season.”

Mielekamp said reports of Bolt’s performance at the European clubs he has trialled with have been “pretty good”, and that “every time he

trains, he improves significantly”.

“He has a very good left foot, and time will tell at what level he is at and if it fits the A-League... it would only be big if he could play and go really well,” he said. “If he comes in and he is not up to the level, it could have a detrimental effect.” Bolt has dominated sprinting since taking double individual gold at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

The charismatic sportsman went on to win a further six Olympic golds and pick up 11 world titles.

The A-League season starts in October. (afp)

With their new superstar LeBron James looking on, the Los Angeles Lakers reached the semifinals of the NBA summer league Sunday with a 101-78 win over the Detroit Pistons in Las Vegas. The Lakers leapt to a 33-14 lead after one quarter and never trailed.

Svi Mykhailiuk paced the Lakers with 19 points, pulling down four rebounds and doling out two assists. Josh Hart added 18 points,

four assists, two rebounds and two steals and Xavier Rathan-Mayes chipped in 11 points.

At the pre-season tournament that typically gives rookies and young playmakers a chance to hone their skills and make their case for roster spots in the regular season, James created a sensation when he arrived to watch the Lakers’ game clad in gold Lakers shorts and purple shoes.

He departed before the summer league lineup of his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, beat the Toronto Raptors 82-68 to set up a semi-final clash with the Lakers.

James signed his new four-year contract worth $154 million with the Lakers earlier this month, a move that Lakers president Earvin “Magic” Johnson called a “huge step” for the team.

James made it known on July 1, at the start of the free agency period, that he would depart the Cavaliers for a second time and join the Lakers, ending months of frenzied speculation about the NBA superstar’s next career move. (afp)

With LeBron looking on Lakers reach summer league semis

Head coach Tyronn Lue (L) of the Cleveland Cavaliers greets LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers after a quarterfinal game of the 2018 NBA Summer League between the Lakers and the Detroit Pistons at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 15, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Novichok nerve agent was in ‘perfume bottle’: victim’s brother

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This handout photograph obtained July 16, 2018 courtesy of the Department of Land & Natural Resources shows the damaged roof of boat on July 16, 2018 after a projectile from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii struck the vessel carrying people watching lava from the two- month-old eruption.

‘Lava bomb’ from Hawaii volcano injures 23 on boat

A projectile from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii struck a boat carrying people watching lava from the two-month-old eruption, injuring 23, the fire department said. Thirteen of them required hospitalization and the rest were treated at a harbor when the boat engaged in a “lava tour” returned to the Big Island, also known as Hawaii.

Lava flowing into the Pacific is a spectacular sight, producing a foggy haze known in Hawaii as “laze.” One woman was in serious condition with a fractured femur. The total number of people on the boat was not immediately known, the Hawaii County Fire Department said.

In the early morning incident a “lava bomb” punctured the roof of the boat and damaged a railing, the department said. It gave no further details. “It was an explosion, basically,” said Janet Snyder, a spokeswoman for the county mayor, told the Tribune Herald newspaper. “It punctured a hole right through the roof of the boat.”

She described the boat as “covered with lava.” The eruption has destroyed hundreds of homes since it began on May 3. Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanos and one of five on the island. One of the most active fissures, number 8, continues to erupt and its lava has formed a small “island” a few meters from the coast, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). (afp)

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Opposition protesters are demanding that former left-wing guerrilla leader Ortega and his wife resign, accusing the pair of establishing a repressive, despotic and nepotic regime.

Ortega, 72, was once the heroes of the Sandinista rebels fighting against the US-backed Somoza family dictatorship that ruled Nicaragua for 43 years. But once Anastasio Somoza was toppled in 1979, Ortega assumed power until losing elections in 1990.

Since his re-election in 2007, Ortega has become increasingly unpopular amongst many of his former left-wing allies -- now his staunchest critics.

Sunday’s violence took place in and around the opposition stronghold of Masaya, where once Ortega himself was based while fighting against the Somoza dictatorship.

- ‘Violent repression’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) chief Paulo Abrao on Sunday denounced on Twitter “the violent repression

of towns in Masaya,” accusing the government of “ignoring the dialogue” with the opposition. The United States on Monday reiterated calls for an end to repression, and for early elections to be held.

“The Nicaraguan government must heed the Nicaraguan people’s call for democratic reforms immediately,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement. Students have taken on the protest baton following three days of anti-government action, including a strike last Friday, led by the opposition.

Monday’s march ended in front of the El Chipote prison where hundreds of young people have been detained since the protests began in April.

“No to repression. Murderer Ortega, you must go, go,” read one sign held aloft while students chanted: “Justice! Freedom!” Ortega’s government has accused opposition protesters of being “criminals” and “putschists.” The president has rejected an opposition call to have elections brought forward from 2021 to next year.(afp)

A British man exposed to Novichok, four months after the same nerve agent was used against a former Russian spy nearby, had found it in a perfume bottle, his brother said. Matthew Rowley told BBC News that his 45-year-old brother Charlie, who is conscious but seriously ill in hospital, told him he had picked up the perfume bottle.

Contacted by AFP, the police refused to confirm the claim. The police previously said that they found the Soviet-era nerve agent in a “small bottle” in Charlie Rowley’s home in Amesbury, near the city of Salisbury in southwest England. Rowley fell ill there on June 30, hours after his 44-year partner Dawn Sturgess collapsed after being exposed to the same nerve agent. Sturgess died on July 8.

Police said the two had been exposed to a “high dose” of the substance and had handled a contaminated object. Local MP John Glen told BBC radio earlier that the couple may have come across the object because of their “habit

of looking into bins”. Sturgess was living in a homeless hostel in the city.

Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia collapsed in Salisbury on March 4 after being exposed to Novichok. Both have since recovered. Britain blamed Russia for the attack against Skripal, a former colonel in military intelligence who was jailed for betraying Russian agents to Britain’s MI6 security service.

He left Russia for England in a 2010 spy swap. Russia has strongly denied poisoning the Skripals, sparking a diplomatic row that has led to tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions between Britain and its allies

and Russia.

Police have not been able to establish whether the Novichok that Rowley and Sturgess were exposed to was from the same batch used against the Skripals but have said that a possible connection is their main line of inquiry.

Sturgess’s son Ewan Hope, 19, has called on US President Donald Trump to raise his mother’s death at his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.

“I don’t share Donald Trump’s politics and I’ll never be a supporter of his, but I would like him to raise mum’s case with the Russian President,” he told the Sunday Mirror. “We need to get justice for my mum,” he said.(afp)

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Indonesia police shoot dead 11 petty criminals in Asian Games crackdown

Indonesian police have shot and killed 11 suspected smalltime criminals and wounded dozens more in a crackdown before it hosts the Asian Games next month, authorities said Tuesday.Some 52 suspects have been shot after resisting arrest in the capital Jakarta since the start of July, with 11 dying of their wounds, police said.

“They were endangering the public because they resisted arrest,” said Jakarta police spokesman Argo Yuwono. More than 2,000 suspected criminals have been arrested in the past few weeks, he added. Hundreds of extra officers are on patrol in Jakarta before it hosts the August 18-September 2 event along with Palembang city on Sumatra island.

Security is a major concern at the Games which come a few months after fatal attacks in Indonesia’s second-biggest city Surabaya reignited concerns about Islamist militants.

Indonesia’s anti-terrorism squad has arrested some 200 terror suspects since the May attacks, according to the national police chief.

Three terror suspects were shot and killed by police during raids in Indonesia’s cultural capital Yogyakarta at the weekend.

Some 100,000 security staff will be deployed in Jakarta, Palembang and West Java province, which is hosting some events, during the Games. More than 11,000 athletes from 45 countries are set to compete at the second-biggest multi-sport event behind the Olympics.(afp)

East Indonesia still has high percentage of poverty rate

Chris J Ratcliffe / AFP

In this file photo taken on July 05, 2018 A police officer guards a cordon at a residential address in Amesbury, southern England, on July 5, 2018 where police reported a man and woman were found unconscious in circumstances that sparked a major incident after contact with what was later identified as the nerve agent Novichok.

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JAKARTA - The percentage of people living in poverty in the eastern part of Indonesia in March 2018 was still higher than that of the western part, according to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS). “It (the poverty rate) mostly fell, but it remains a big homework in the eastern part of Indonesia, because the percentage of its poor people is far higher than that of the western part,” BPS Chief Suhariyanto said in a press conference here on Monday.

By percentage, poor people make up 21.20 percent of the population of Maluku and Papua provinces compared to 14.02 percent in Bali and Nusa Tenggara provinces and 10.64 percent in Sulawesi provinces. However, by number, most of the poor people live in Java, reaching 13.34 million, compared to 5.97 million living in Sumatra and 2.06 million in Sulawesi.

Suhariyanto expressed hope that a number of infrastructure projects carried out in the eastern port of Indonesia will help reduce the number of people living in poverty there.

“Therefore, the development activities in the eastern part of Indonesia will hopefully have a positive impact on the reduction of poverty rate there,” he asserted.

Nearly 25.95 million, or 9.82 percent, of the Indonesian population lived in poverty as of March 2018 compared to 27.77 million or 10.64 percent a year earlier.

The 9.82 percent decline in poverty rate is the first single-digit poverty rate that the country has achieved since 1999. Meanwhile, the poverty rate averaged 10 to 13 percent from March 2010 to September 2017.

Overall, Indonesia`s poverty rate has declined since 2012, except in March 2016, September 2013, and March 2015, due to an increase in the prices of basic necessities as a result of the government`s policy to raise fuel prices.(ant)

AGUNG SUPRIYANTO / AFP

Centre L-R: Indonesia’s Head of Air Force Yuyu Sutisna, Yogyakarta governor Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X, and Indonesia’s former badminton player Susi Susanti lead a procession with the Asian Games flame in Yogyakarta on July 17, 2018, following the flame’s arrival from India for the 2018 Asian Games torch relay. Indonesia will host the 2018 Asian Games on August 18 to September 2 in Jakarta and Palembang.

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A man poses alongside screens presenting the Rolls-Royce EVTOL air taxi concept during the Farnborough Airshow, south west of London, on July 16, 2018. British engine maker Rolls-Royce revealed plans this week to develop a hybrid electric vehicle, dubbed the “flying taxi”, which takes off and lands vertically and could be airborne within five years.

Rolls-Royce unveils hybrid flying taxi at Farnborough

British engine maker Rolls-Royce revealed plans this week to develop a hybrid electric vehicle, dubbed the “flying taxi”, which takes off and lands vertically and could be airborne within five years.

The London-listed aerospace giant, which is based in Derby in central England, showed off the plans at the Farnborough Airshow for the first time, as other players also rush into the market segment. we will be flight ready,” he told AFP at the group’s Farnborough chalet.

The hybrid vehicle, which has so far cost single-digit millions of pounds to develop, will use a traditional gas turbine engine with an electrical system wrapped around it. Rolls-Royce is also researching an all-electric product but that is not as advanced as the EVTOL offering.

“There is an emerging market for all-electric planes but we believe that you need a level of requirement that an all electric system cannot really provide today,” Watson told AFP.

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Ritual Meaning Behind Mesuryak Tradition

Celebration of Kuningan Day at Bongan Gede Hamlet, Bongan, Tabanan, returned to be accompanied with mesuryak tradition on Saturday (Jun. 9). It took place lively. The procession began around 09:00 until 11:00 local time marked with prayers at each resident’s house compound. After that, it was resumed with worship at village trinity temples and the merajan (family temple).

Rolls said it hoped to manufacture a prototype version of its electric vertical take-off and landing (EVTOL) vehicle within the next 18 months, and could potentially take to the skies in the early 2020s.

The Rolls-Royce EVTOL plane will seat four or five people, with a flying range of 500 miles (805 kilometres) and a top speed of 200 miles per hour.

“In this market, you will see something like this flying within three to five years, and we will demonstrate the system in two years,” said Rob Watson, head of Rolls-Royce’s electrical team. “At the end of next year

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- Hybrid propulsion “So, all-electric is the way to hop around within a city, but if you want to travel 200 or 300 miles, if you want to run London to Paris, then you are going to want to run something that will give you that range. “So we think you will see hybrid propulsion systems starting to make this market.”

Rolls is not alone in the hybrid “flying taxi” marketplace. Other companies researching the sector include US taxi-hailing company Uber, the Google-backed Kitty Hawk project, Lilium Aviation in Germany, Safran in France, and Honeywell in the United States.

The aerospace sector’s push into electric propulsion has drawn comparisons with the automotive industry, where electric cars are gaining ground in terms of popularity and performance.

“Think of it like the car industry. Historically everybody had an internal combustion engine. over time you add more electric capability to it and then you start to see electric cars,” added Watson. “In the same way, we are introducing a hybrid propulsion system into this market because we think it gives you that range and capability.”

- Potential disruptor David Stewart, aviation and aerospace adviser and partner at Oliver Wyman, told AFP that the aerospace sector was facing pressure to become more environmen-

tally friendly. “I think that electrical propulsion is a potential disruptor to the way things are powered,” said Stewart, who will speak at Farnborough on Tuesday.

“We are quite a long way for electrical power to be a replacement for kerosene, but never say never.” He cautioned that RollsRoyce’s flying taxi concept was in reality a development platform to test the new technology. The real market opportunity will likely be a scaled up version of 10-15 seats that can serve a wider variety of applications, according to Stewart.

Watson added: “Over time you’ve got more electrical capability for bigger and bigger aircraft -and that’s really what we are thinking about today. “We are learning today about the technology that we will need tomorrow.” (afp)

This worship is meant to invoke salvation to God as well as the ancestors believed to be at home during the celebration of Galungan until Kuningan. The mesuryak is then proceeded to bring all the ritual paraphernalia such as the offerings, including the

one symbolizing the Raja Dewata (ancestors) to the front gate of each house compound.

Furthermore, temple priests or the elders chanted the prayers closed with mesuryak procession. Each family provided provisions in the form of

coins and banknotes. The money was thrown into the air and then grabbed by residents. Girls and boys scrambled for the money. From the observation, every Kuningan Day, about tens of millions of rupiahs are dedicated by the citizens of Bongan Gede hamlet

for the mesuryak tradition.

Chief of Bongan Gede customary village, I Nyoman Parwata, said the tradition of mesuryak is passed down through generations at his hamlet. “Mesuryak aims to deliver the ancestral spirits back to heaven after coming down and participate in the celebration of Galungan with their descendants.

After ten days, precisely on Kuningan feast, we accompany our an-

Munduk Temu Offers a Cool Selfie Place

Munduk Temu village is one of the villages in Tabanan developing a tourism village. The environment with plantation, farming area and beautiful view becomes added value to the village in Pupuan subdistrict. The new location under development to attract visitors is a beautiful place to take selfie.

Superiority of this selfie location lies in the beautiful scenery of the nature. Headman of the Munduk Temu, I Nyoman Wintara, said that Munduk Temu sits at an altitude of approximately 1,500 meters above sea level. It is beautiful because displays a landscape of green plantations. Not a few tourists have rela-

tively long lived here. Meanwhile, some others just pass to perpetuate the beauty of the nature.

At the selfie location has been made a stage sizing 3×4 meter and winged boat ornament. In addition, the ornament resembles a cage that can be used to take pictures.

Visitors coming here can also enjoy the local coffee brand of Munduk Temu, namely the Leak Coffee and local fruit such as mangosteen and sugar snakefruit.

Most visitors coming here, said Wiantara, are teenagers. Commonly they throng on weekends whose number can reach 200 people. In order to be able to take pictures at the location, visitors must give donation as much as IDR 5,000 per person.

“Many visitors usually come here on weekends primarily at sunrise or sunset. They are mostly teenagers deliberately come here just to take selfie,” said Wintara.

Later on, this selfie location will be submitted by the tourism

awareness group of local village or Pokdarwis given the task as the party to manage the area. “Later on, around the selfie location the village plans to develop a guest house that involves community participation,” added Wintara.

Prior to becoming a tourism village, Munduk Temu has also implemented organic and in-organic waste sorting.

Other than sorting garbage, it also maintains environmental cleanliness.

Munduk Temu village has applied a fine to those who throw garbage carelessly as of March 2018.

For Munduk Temu customary village, the penalty is IDR 250,000 while Kebon Jero customary village worth IDR 100,000. In the meantime, the administrative village imposes stricter sanctions, where it does not only impose fine but also social sanction. Photo of the perpetrators who throw garbage carelessly will be uploaded to social media owned by the village. (kmb)

cestors back to heaven. We escort them with happiness while cheering (mesuryak) and throwing money into the air. Then, it is scrambled by many people,” he said.

The amount of money used in the mesuryak varies depending on the economic capacity of the citizens.

This tradition has existed for generations and remains to be organized every six months (210 days) coinciding with Kuningan Day. (kmb)

“Geprek” is Now in J4 Hotel

“Geprek” is a typical food of Yogyakarta city. Now this food is well known to many people.

Food is famous for fried chicken meat then “Geprek” or pounded with sambal at the same time until the meat becomes flat. The spice mixture on this geprek chicken recipe provides extraordinary delicacy. It was also liked by all circles.

Although almost the same as other chicken recipes, but our chicken geprek recipe has its own characteristics. To give a different impression, this time we want to present with other side dishes such as duck, shrimp, fish and catfish with flour will make it “crunchy” and delicious.

Yummm! (kmb)

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Cold weather vulnerable to make asthma relapse

DENPASAR - Lately, the weather in Bali is rather cold.

As it is cold, the water is also made cold. In addition, strong winds also occur, causing the cold air to be getting colder. This kind of cold weather is vulnerable to make people with asthma recurrent. On that account, it is necessary to keep the body still warm.

An internist of pulmonology division of Sanglah Hospital, I Gede Ketut Sajinadiyasa, said the impact of cold weather on health depending on one’s endurance, whether they are sensitive or not.

Cold weather usually causes the respiratory tract to dry, pharyngitis, sore nose inflammation, sore throat and upper respiratory tract infection.

In addition, the respiratory tract disease often associated with coldness is asthma. “However, it can be so if patient is allergic to cold weather. Otherwise, maybe their asthma will not recur,” he said on Monday (Jul. 16).

Extreme cold weather may cause a rupture of blood vessels in the nose. However, with the current temperature remaining in normal condition, he assessed it will not

cause such a complaint. Denpasar being accustomed to hot weather will have an impact. It is not significant but depends on one’s body resistance.

According to him, the current air temperature stays normal in 26o Celsius for the respiratory tract. This means there will be no significant respiratory complaints. If the air temperature reaches 20o Celsius downwards, people must warm their body.

For example, they can do it by using thick jackets, scarves and masks.

Nevertheless, he did not find any spike in cases of respiratory tract diseases. Since Sanglah Hospital belongs to type A, it treats patients of level 3. Thus, the patients coming are those with severe disease. (kmb42)

Bali Arts Festival 2018 Schedule Wednesday, 18th July 2018 Time : 11.00 ( MIT ) Location : Angsoka Stage Program : Children Janger Dance “Sunda Upasunda” by Gita Balagana Arts Group, Denpasar City Time : 11.00 (MIT) Location : Ayodya Stage Program : Parade of Traditional Classical Palegongan Musics and Dances by: Gita Mahardika Group, Banjar Babakan, Sukawati Village, representing Gianyar Regency.

Time : 14.00 ( MIT ) Location : Ratna Kanda Stage.

Program : Parade of Dances and Musics of Angklung Kebyar by Angklung Group of Kumara Agung, Kuta, representing Badung Regency.

Time : 17.00 ( MIT ) Location : Madya Mandala Stage.

Program : Parade of Traditional Joged Bumbung Dances by Joged Group of Seraya Kanti, Getakan Village, Banjarangkan Village, representing Klungkung Regency.

Time : 20.00 ( MIT ) Location : Ksirarnawa Hall.

Program : Parade of Innovative Dances and Gamelan musics by Hari Dwipa Gamelan Group, representing Tabanan Regency.

Time : 20.00 ( MIT ) Location : Ayodya Stage Program : Dance-drama “Maha Indrakila”: by Indrakila Arts Group, Manggis Village, Karangasem Regency.

Time : 20.00 ( MIT ).

Location : Ardha Candra Amphitheatre.

Program : Colossal Calonarang Performance by the Dance and Music Group of Cahya

Using fake passport, Sri Lankan man charged for a year in prison DENPASAR - A man from Sri Lanka, defendant Selvarasa Krishna Pillai, 53, was declared to be found guilty of using fake documents, namely fake passport on Monday (Jul. 16) and prosecuted one year in prison. Public prosecutor, Dipa Umbara, stated the defendant was found guilty of committing an immigration crime by deliberately using a fake passport or travel document when going abroad.

The prosecutor from Bali Prosecutor’s Office before the panel of the judges led by Ketut Tirta considered the defendant’s act of deliberately using fake documents or falsified documents to travel overseas.

Against what the defendant committed, this dark-skinned man was charged with violating Article 119 Paragraph 2 of Law No. 6/2011 on Immigration. In addi-

tion to being charged for one year of imprisonment, the defendant is also charged with a fine of IDR100 million and a six-month subsidiary of confinement.

On the charges, the defendant accompanied by his legal counsel said that he would file a plea next week. To be known, the passport forgery was committed on March 6, 2018, when he was still in Sri Lanka and requested assistance to his colleague Selvarasa to make a Malaysian passport so that he can have a vacation to New Zealand.

He dared to make a fake passport because he got information from his friend Seelan that if the defendant wanted to go to New Zealand with the passport of Sri Lanka, it will be denied by the local immigration authorities.

On that basis, he requested the help of his friend Seelan to make the defendant a Malaysian passport

in exchange of INR 5 million lacs to Seelan for the passport submission.

After the passport was completed, the defendant had stopped in Malaysia and headed for the Island of Bali, but there has been no problem related to his passport.

The problem occurred when the immigration officer at Ngurah Rai Terminal suspected the passport belonging to the defendant was fake when he was about to leave Ngurah Rai International Airport to Guangzhou China by ordering a flight of Southern China Airlines CZ626 where the defendant was using Malaysian passport number A37458958 .

When interrogated by the officers, the defendant admitted to have falsified his passport to seek medical treatment to New Zealand, but before leaving for the country the defendant had a vacation in Bali for one week. (kmb27)

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Ping-pong diplomacy between the two Koreas

Table tennis players from North and South Korea play together in an international tournament Tuesday in the latest instalment of Korean sporting diplomacy. The sport has long had an unusual impact in foreign affairs, most notably in the “ping pong diplomacy” of the 1970s between China and the US. And sports have also had a role in the current rapprochement on the Korean peninsula, which was catalysed by the Winter Olympics in the South.

The two Koreas marched together behind a unification flag at the Games’ opening ceremony and formed a sometimes controversial unified women’s ice hockey team, while the host’s President Moon Jae-in seized the opportunity to broker talks between Pyongyang and Washington.

Three months later North and South Korea’s women table tennis players combined into a united team rather than play each other in the world team championships quarter final, although they went on to lose their semi-final and had to settle for bronze.

Now, after a historic summit in Singapore last month between Kim and US President Donald Trump, 16 North Korean players are taking part in the ITTF Korea Open tournament in Daejeon.

Four -- including the North’s 2016 Olympic women’s singles bronze medallist Kim Song I -- will join a Southern counterpart in the doubles, with the first two mixed pairs going into action on Tuesday.

The first time table tennis players from the two neighbours formed a joint team was for the world championships back in 1991, during an earlier period of rapprochement on the divided peninsula, when they shocked China to win the women’s team gold.

“Table tennis has had a long history as a driver of peace, and we are happy to open a new chapter of table tennis diplomacy to promote peace on the Korean peninsula,” said Thomas Weikert, the head of International Table Tennis Federation.

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Members of a North Korean table tennis team arrive at Incheon International Airport on July 15, 2018. The two Koreas will form joint table tennis teams for the 2018 Korea Open next week, a report said, the latest sign of thawing ties between the neighbours.

- ‘Beyond symbolism’ During periods of warmer ties the two Koreas -- which technically remain in conflict after the 1950-53 Korean War ended with armistice instead of a peace treaty -- have regularly sought to use sports as a symbol of reconciliation. “Sports is the easiest and least controversial link the two Koreas can share, and there is little political burden in sportsrelated cooperation,” said Lee Chang-seop, professor of physical education at Chungnam National University.

Past joint sports events had provided rare points of contact helping South Koreans feel that “North Koreans are humans, too”, he told AFP. Many joint teams have been hailed more for their symbolism than their performance -- the Winter Olympics women’s ice hockey team lost all five of their matches, outscored by a total of 36 to 2.

But the prospects for table tennis may be rosier -- South Korea is a power in the sport, with 18 Olympics medals to its name, second only to China. The 1991 team’s month-long

drama -- from their first meeting to the victory over the nine-time world champions -- was made made into a 2012 movie, “As One”, seen by nearly two million people in South, which has a population of around 50 million.

“We have convened the best players from the both sides,” said Kim Taek-soo, who coaches the South’s men’s team. “So we will try to achieve something beyond symbolism and to make it to the semifinal at least,” he told reporters. (afp)

Netflix shares dive as subscriber growth misses mark

Netflix shares plunged Monday after the leading streaming television service said subscriber growth fell short of expectations in the recently ended quarter. Membership in the quarter grew 5.2 million to a total of 130 million, matching the same period last year but a million shy of what Netflix had forecast, according to a letter released along with earnings figures.

Netflix shares dropped 14.11 percent to $343.97 in after-market

trade, in a setback to the television juggernaut operating in some 190 markets around the world.

“We had a strong but not stellar Q2 (second quarter),” Netflix said in a letter to shareholders. “Earnings, margins, and revenue were all in-line with forecast and way up from prior year.” The Silicon Valley based company said it is beginning to “lead artistically” in some categories with its original content, earning enough Emmy nominations

this year to break a 17-year top-spot streak by HBO. Netflix said it made a profit of $384 million on revenue of $3.9 billion in the recent quarter, compared to net income of $66 million on $2.8 billion in revenue in the same period last year. Wall Street analysts had expected Netflix revenue to be slightly higher.

“After four consecutive quarters of beating its own guidance,

and analysts’ expectations on key metrics such as revenues, profits, and subscriber gains, Netflix disappointed with a weak Q2,” said eMarketer principal analyst Paul Verna.

“This isn’t entirely surprising given rising competition in the video streaming market, where Amazon, Hulu, HBO and others are gaining share of subscription video dollars at Netflix’s expense,” he added.

Competition in the streaming television market includes YouTube, a platform under the umbrella of Google parent Alphabet, and entertainment titan Disney, along with AT&T. However, GBH Insights saw the Netflix subscriber forecast miss as a “speed bump,” rather than start a downward trend, reasoning that the “content arms race continues to be a major tailwind” for the company. (afp)

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Amlapura town flushed by thin sand rain

AMLAPURA - Eruption around 09:05 on Sunday (Jul. 15) was immediately followed by sand rain in the circumference of Mount Agung. In addition, sand rain of thin intensity also flushed some areas of Amlapura town.

The phenomenon of rain containing volcanic eruption of Mount Agung in Amlapura town was the first time since the big eruption occurred last September 2017.

The sand rain is inseparable from the recent eruption condition in the mountain area including in the most areas of Karangasem flushed by rain.

The eruption was barely observed because the Mount Agung was covered up with clouds from the morning. Based on the release of the Geological Agency, the eruption ejected a dark-colored ash column as high as 1,500 meters.

As the information compiled, the eruption caused the rainwater to be turbid. The sand rain with thicker intensity occurred on the foot of the mountain like Budakeling and Buanagiri village in Bebandem. The areas usually exposed to volcanic ashes in the western area of the mountain were also remained affected. The ashes and sand rain lasted for most of the day.

A resident of Amlapura town, Made Sudarma, 36, said the fine

sand rain has occurred from the morning. At first, he admitted to not being aware of the phenomenon due to heavy rain. He just realized after the rain somewhat subsided.

“When going out of the house, it turned out the rainwater is cloudy, while the sandals in the courtyard contained black and fine grains of sand,” he explained.

Putu suspected the Amlapura town is exposed to volcanic materials due to rain and cloudy factors.

“Commonly, when the weather is clear, the eruption material flies away in the wind. Apparently, it consists of ashes and sand of the mountains held up by clouds,” he suspected.

In the meantime, the release of the Geological Agency reported three eruptions. The first eruption occurred at 04:52 but the column of the ashes was unobserved. The third eruption around 09:09 exuded ash column up to 1,500 meters above the summit of the Mount Agung crater. The gray column was observed in a thick intensity tending to move southeastward and westward.

Although the ashes and sand rain lasted throughout the day, they did not to disturb the resident activities. After the rain, the residents of Amlapura town could still move as usual. (117)

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The Bolivian car cable state-owned company “Mi teleferico” inaugurates to the public the Light Blue line that connects the south hillside with the centre of La Paz, on July 14, 2018. The Light Blue line is the seventh of the “Mi Teleferico” cable car state- owned company. This line will be able to transport 4000 passengers per hour.

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Median garden along Jalan Bypass Nusa Dua being beautified The statute is placed on Jimbaran crossroad.

La Paz’s colorful cable car system: no traffic and a great view

MANGUPURA —The arrangement of the median garden along the Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai Nusa Dua began to be worked on. It will be carried out starting from the entrance of Nusa Dua toll road to the entrance gate of the ITDC Nusa Dua area.

With the new cable car line, she says, she can be there in half the time. The opening of the new “Celestial,” or sky-blue line was timed partly as a tribute to the revolution of July 16, 1809 and to the heroes of the struggle against Spanish colonizers.

With a route from the city’s south to its administrative heart, site of the main public and privatesector offices -- and above the noisy, winding and traffic-clogged streets -- the line’s opening was highly anticipated.

As seen around the median garden of Nusa Dua road on Sunday (Jul. 15), a number of workers began to dismantle the garden and the dead grass. Besides, the soil of the garden planting media will also be added.

According to the Head of the Badung Environment and Landscaping Agency (LHK), I Putu Eka Merthawan, said on Sunday (Jul. 15) that a total of three main activities are undertaken. Firstly, the arrangement takes place in the median garden in front of the mosque in Tuban. The second arrangement is from the Nusa Dua toll exit to the gate of the ITDC Nusa Dua. Ultimately, it will accomplish the Nakula-Sadewa statue at the Kali

“Now I’m going to get to work faster!” exulted a smiling Rosa Lima, 52, one of the first passengers on a new cable car line in La Paz that reaches into the heart of the Bolivian capital.

Draped in a bright orange blanket typically worn by indigenous people here, Rosa says she lives in a neighborhood on the southern outskirts of La Paz and that it takes her more than an hour to reach the building where she works as a cleaner in the city center.

This is the seventh line in the city’s modern cable car system, inaugurated in 2014 and with 16 kilometers (10 miles) of cable in La Paz and reaching to the mountaintop communities of El Alto, at over 4,000 meters (13,100 feet).

It is the most extensive such network anywhere, certified as such by the Guinness World Records site, according to the staterun Mi Teleferico (My Cable Car) company, which manages the system. The new line offers excellent views of the city and

of snow-capped Mount Illimani (6,462 meters, or 21,200 feet), while allowing passengers to escape the capital’s steep and crowded streets.

- 106 million passengers In its four years in operation, the system has transported more than 106 million passengers. It now averages 159,000 a day. Each line in the system is identified by a color. The first three lines opened were identified as red, yellow and green, in homage to the Bolivian

flag. New lines were given the colors of white, blue, sky blue (the Celestial line) and orange, corresponding to the wiphala, the checkered banner of the indigenous people here.

The new line, inaugurated at a festive event featuring music and dance, is 2.6 kilometers (1.6 miles) long and includes 26 towers, four intermediate stations and 155 cabin cars, while connecting with other lines that lead to El Alto.

The new line is expected to be the network’s busiest and will travel 20 percent faster than other lines (86 meters, or 282 feet, per second), with a capacity of 4,000 passengers per hour, said Cesar Dockweiler, Mi Teleferico’s general manager.

“The line will primarily benefit public-sector employees, because the main government offices are in the city center,” he said. Hipolito Mamani, 45, works in a government office a few blocks from a Celestial station and, like Rosa, plans to take advantage of it.

“I’m going to save a lot of time, especially when there are blockades,” he said, referring to the frequent roadblocks and closures in the city center caused by demonstrations. Construction of the system has been overseen by Austrian company Doppelmayr, at a cost so far of $750 million.

In the next few months two other lines -- the purple and the brown -- are to be opened, with the former also serving the city center.(afp)

A car is covered with ash in Amlapura.

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intersection, Jimbaran.

He explained the statue in the road median along the Jalan Bypass Nusa Dua has been previously painted. Then, it is followed with the garden arrangement including the painting of the garden boundaries. As for the plants, they will be entirely replaced in order to look more beautiful. “There will be additional lighting accessories, so that it looks more sparkling at night,” he explained.

The project with the budget of IDR 900 million is said to have started the workmanship since early July. It is targeted to have completed next September.

In addition to median garden

arrangement on Jalan Bypass Nusa Dua, it also arranges the garden in front of the mosque in Tuban. Meanwhile, for the garden around the Dewa Ruci statue will be added a fountain, and a number of lights will also be replaced.

Meanwhile, the completion of the existing garden at Kali intersection, Jimbaran, is currently being worked on. The installation of additional sculptures other than the Nakula and Sahadewa began to be carried out like the installation of Twalen statue and additional deer statue. “This Twalen statue is mounted facing south and seeing the position of Nakula Sahadewa,” he added. (kmb23)

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Behind the world’s best predicate

Ubud infrastructure remains a problem

GIANYAR —Amid the lack of central government’s attention to infrastructure in Ubud, this tourist village returns to attain a world-class achievement. Moreover, it is recorded to be ranked fourth as the best city in the world. “With all the achievements so far, Ubud should be able to receive more attention from central government,” said the Head of the Gianyar Tourism Office, A.A. Bagus Ari Brahmanta, on Sunday (Jul. 15).

He said in the event of the World’s Best Awards, Travel + Leisure released the results of a survey of 15 best cities in the world. In the survey, Ubud was ranked fourth, with San Miguel de Allende (Mexico) in the first position, Oaxaca (Mexico) in the second position and Udaipur (India) in the third position. “In the previous year of the same event, Ubud was in the ninth position in the list of the world’s best cities,” he said.

According to Gung Ari as he familiarly addressed, Ubud is seen as a destination having many local arts and cultures, especially in Ubud there are many temples. “Ubud also gets united with nature and seen as the center of Balinese culture,” he said.

Behind the great appreciation of the world to Ubud, the government of Indonesia itself pays less attention.

This condition is seen from the infrastructure remaining much damaged. For example, it can be seen at catus pata or central intersection of Ubud as a gathering place for tourists wishing to visit Ubud Palace and Ubud Art Market.

Paving block at the catus pata is actually badly damaged.

From the beginning it was built around the 2000s, it has not got any repair yet.

“On that account, Ubud should get the attention because it has some problems such as congestion, infrastructure, sanitation and other social disorders such as beggars,” complained this official from Ubud.

Gianyar district itself has repeatedly applied for assistance to central government, but until now there has been no follow-up. Meanwhile, the local government can only do improvement as best as possible, such as the improvement of sidewalks becoming the portion of the district government. “The portion of central government cannot be done by district government like the pata catus,” he said. (kmb35)

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HARD ROCK HOTEL BALI TO MAKE WAVES IN KUTA BEACH WITH NEW RENOVATED ROOMS

Hard Rock Hotel Bali has unveiled renovatedpremium rooms including lofts and suites, the first phase of the USD 10million room enhancement project. The new roomsapprehend the energy and evolution of Rock ‘N Roll and combine all the comforts of home with all the latest mod con’s. The hotel’s overall design will offer more of amodern look, created to reflect a chic space geared towards comfort and convenience whether travelling onleisure orbusiness.

“For20 years Hard Rock Hotel Bali has been delivering authentic guest experiences and amplified service with high-energy entertainment” said Shane Coates, General Manager of Hard Rock Hotel Bali.

“Our new revitalized DeluxePremium rooms, Lofts, and Suites, will enhance our accommodation to be up there again with the best that Bali has to offer.” He also added “We are really excited to showcase our new rooms to the public and the feedback on our mock up rooms has been tremendous”. The completely renovated rooms and suites include curated features that evoke a history of Rock ‘N Roll musicinspired in its design, along with some Balinese touches.

The Hard Rock Hotel Bali with 418 guest rooms and suites was thefirst Hard Rock Hotel in Asia and located in the prime area opposite Kuta Beach. The property features 8 meeting rooms, the largest free-form pool in Bali, more than 700 pieces of rare music memorabilia, 2 live music and entertainment venues nightly and 9 on-site food and beverage outlets including Hard Rock Café and Jamie’s Italian Kuta Beach by Jamie Oliver.

For more information or to book a stay at Hard Rock Hotel Bali, please visit http://bali.hardrockhotels.net/.

About Hard Rock Hotel Bali Sprawling across 3.5 hectares of pristine tropical property, Hard Rock Hotel Bali is located in Kuta, the heart of Bali’s famous entertainment and shopping district. Hard Rock Hotel Bali is Asia’s first Hard Rock Hotel and the leading entertainment hotel in Bali features 418 tribute rooms, luxury and deluxe suites reflect the glory and legends of Rock ‘n Roll, alongside nine cutting edge food and beverage outlets. Additional facilities include Roxity Kids Club, TABU Teens Club, Boom Box Recording Studio, Rock Royalty VIP Lounge, Rock Spa, Body Rock fitness center and 2 Rock Shops – Hard Rock Merchandise Stores. For more information, please visit http://bali.hardrockhotels.net/.

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SEMARAPURA —Marketing products online has become a trend that is widely used used by young entrepreneurs. Attention to speed of service is paramount as well as attention to quality. Jembrana official and Head of the Klungkung Cooperatives, SME and Trade Agency, I Wayan Ardiasa, explained on Monday (Jul. 16) that the district government has been encouraged the marketing of SME products, such as endek and other fabrics through information technology-based channels.

Not only is this method easier than traditional modes of marketing but always allows businesses to reach a

wider market and makes the managing of businesses free to be located anywhere. “We are pushing small businesses to use this method and many have applied”, he said.

Promotion has been going well but SMEs continue to be coached in terms of more stable service and improving the quality of the products offered. “Quality must be maintained at all times”, emphasized Ardiasa.

Endek seller I Putu Agus Aksara Diantika for example has started selling his wares online and admits that it is very helpful for his business even though some potential consumers remain unsure about the products on

display online. “Consumers indeed have different expectations from the goods sold online. To maintain consumers’ trust, we provide information about all our products as well as true to life photos of the products we offer”, he said.

Consumers who remain in doubt can also cross check by visiting the offline outlet for themselves as this young entrepreneur also offer conventional sales options. Diantika added that in person sales tend to be more stable. “So far our online sales have not much affected our in-store sales. Many people are happy to visit the shop in person”, he said. (kmb45)

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Four decades have passed since the Rydell High gang twisted, hand jived and crooned their way into the hearts of teenagers the world over -- but we’re all still hopelessly devoted to “Grease.” The classic musical, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary, took moviegoers back to their high school days with girl next door Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) and bad-boy T-Bird leader Danny (John Travolta).

“When we finished it, we really didn’t know what kind of impact it would have,” filmmaker Randal Kleiser, who made his featurelength theatrical directing debut with “Grease,” said in an interview with AFP. “We thought it would do well with teenagers for a summer or two but never thought that, 40 years later, that amazing amount of response from all over the world, and all ages, would happen.”

Based on a hit Broadway musical about the love affairs of 1950s high school students, it was shot over two months in LA for $6 million, and was initially eviscerated by many critics.

But it ended up grossing almost $400 million and was the most successful live-action movie musical of all time until “Mamma Mia!,” 30 years later. When Kleiser cast his leading couple, Travolta had already filmed “Saturday Night Fever” but was not yet released -- and he was largely known as the young heartthrob from ABC sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter.” Newton-John was a pop music superstar, with several hit records under her belt.

- Dark lyrics “John and I both wanted Olivia and she was resistant because she’d

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US director Randal Kleiser poses during a photo session for AFP with the “Grease Lightning” car, for the 40th anniversary of the movie, at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California on July 12, 2018. Four decades have passed since the Rydell High gang twisted, hand jived and crooned their way into the hearts of teenagers the world over -- but we’re all still hopelessly devoted to “Grease.” done a movie that didn’t do well in England, a sci-fi movie, and she thought she might be a little too old to play opposite him,” Kleiser says, referring to “Toomorrow” (1970).

“She requested a screen test and we did it. John and I both treated her like a little sister, gave her all the encouragement, and it worked.”

Travolta and Newton-John have remained close friends over the decades, starring together again in

1983’s “Two of a Kind,” a flop by any measure, and reuniting in 2012 to make a Christmas album.

They swap text messages and have supported each other through dark times, including the death of Travolta’s son in 2009 and the return of Newton-John’s breast cancer after she had beaten it in the 1990s.

Kleiser told AFP that while he had seen his stars separately

over the years, an anniversary get-together at the motion picture academy in Los Angeles next month would be the trio’s first full reunion.

The director made other movies after “Grease” -- most notably “The Flight of the Navigator” (1986) -- but the lure of big studio blockbusters lost its luster and he moved away from the Hollywood system in the 1990s.

In a wide-ranging interview he spoke of his frustration with Barry Gibb’s lyrics for the iconic title track sung by Frankie Valli, which he thought struck an incongruously dark tone.

Kleiser took Gibb aside and it emerged the Bee Gee knew nothing about the movie, the screenplay or the stage show -- and thought the word “Grease” was ridiculous. (afp)

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A woman and children place a Nicaraguan, a Vatican and a black flag on a barricade at Monimbo neighbourhood in Masaya, Nicaragua, on July 11, 2018.

The known death toll from a four-month crackdown on anti-government protests in Nicaragua has risen to 264, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said Wednesday.

Nicaraguan students vow to keep up fight until Ortega resigns

Students marched through Nicaragua’s capital Monday, chanting “GET OUT” to demand that President Daniel Ortega and his wife Vice President Rosario Murillo resign after a deadly weekend of clashes. At least 10 people died on Sunday, a rights group said, after pro-government forces launched an operation in the south to clear opposition barricades mounted in various towns to prevent police and armed forces from entering.

“We won’t stop struggling until these criminals resign,” chanted the students on Monday. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged for an end to the violence and a resumption of the stalled dialogue with the opposition.

“It’s absolutely essential that the violence ceases immediately and that the national dialogue is revitalized, because the only ac-

ceptable solution in Nicaragua is a political one,” Guterres said on Monday from San Jose, alongside Costa Rica President Carlos Alvarado.

On Saturday, some 200 students were holed up in a parish church next to the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua in the capital Managua, besieged by pro-government militias.

The ordeal, which saw students and journalists cowering on the floor of the church as bullets flew overhead, lasted 20 hours and left two people dead and 14 injured before the students were allowed to leave following the intercession of Catholic bishops.

“Even if they kill us and suppress us, we’re going to keep struggling until they go,” chanted students at Monday’s march, in

which they also demanded justice for those killed on Saturday.

“I’m grieving for the death of my brothers, I couldn’t do anything for them, they had us surrounded,” a crying student, his face covered with a shirt and who survived Saturday’s attack, told AFP. “We won’t take even one step back, their deaths won’t be in vain!”

- ‘No going back’ Some 280 Nicaraguans have been killed in clashes since protests -- led mostly by students and young people -- against Ortega and his government erupted on April 18, initially in opposi-

tion to a pension reform before mushrooming into wider civic discontent. “There will be no going back, the struggle will go on.

This government has to leave for there to be a better future,” 22year-old marketing student Harry Centeno told AFP. Continued to page 6

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