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Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Livestreams, bad blood drive Katy Perry’s ‘Witness’ to No.1
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LOS ANGELES, June 19 (Reuters) - After weeks of promotion, a 96-hour livestream and an attempt to end some bad blood with Taylor Swift, Katy Perry’s “Witness” made its debut atop the U.S. Billboard 200 chart on Monday, the singer’s third chart-topping album. AP Photo/Manu Fernandez
Actor Jack Black poses to the media during a photocall to promote the film “Jumanji: Welcome to the jungle” in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, June 18, 2017.
Jack Black leads star-studded cast for “Jumanji” reboot
BARCELONA - U.S. actor Jack Black has some big comedic shoes to fill in his forthcoming project, which sees him take the lead role in “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”, a star-studded reboot of the hit 1995 comedy that starred the late Robin Williams. Black said that he only watched the original film after being cast in the follow-up. He described Williams as a “genius” who was “at the peak of his powers” in the movie. The original “Jumanji” saw Williams play a man who escapes from captivity inside a magical junglethemed board game. The new film sees that premise reversed, with the lead characters journeying into the game’s fantastical world. “In this one we actually travel with the characters into the jungle and it’s gorgeous and treacherous and exciting”, Black told Reuters. In another twist away from the original, which saw Williams’ character enter the game as a child an emerge as an adult, this film sees child characters transform into adults when they get pulled into the game. Black and co-star Nick Jonas were promoting the film at Cine Europe 2017, an annual cinema convention held in Barcelona. In addition to Black and Jonas the film features screen muscleman Dwanye “The Rock” Johnson, and comedian Kevin Hart. “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” is due out in Cinemas in December. (rtr)
“Witness,” in which Perry infused political themes into pop music, sold 162,000 albums, 51,000 songs and was streamed more than 19 million times in its opening week, totaling 180,000 album units, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. The Billboard 200 album chart tallies units from album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album). Perry’s promotional tour included numerous performances, interviews and a four-day livestream on YouTube before the album’s release. In one interview, Perry said she was ready to bury the hatchet on her long-running feud with Swift. Swift has yet to respond, but she released her back catalog to streaming services on the same day as Perry’s “Witness” release in what was widely seen as a bid to steal Perry’s thunder. On Monday, Swift’s 2014 album “1989” climbed to No. 31 on the Billboard 200 chart on the strength of nearly 19 million streams, just under the streaming figures for Perry’s “Witness.” Perry became the second solo female artist to top the Billboard chart this year, following on last week’s No. 1 debut from Halsey. Other new releases in the top 10 this week include hip hop singer SZA’s “CTRL” at No. 3, country music group Lady Antebellum’s “Heart Break” at No. 4 and punk rock band Rise Against at No. 9 with “Wolves.” On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online single sales, Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” featuring Justin Bieber continued its reign at the top, adding 140,000 copies sold. (rtr)
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In this photo provided by Noemie Pfister, French gendarmes use fire extinguishers after a man rammed into a police convoy and detonated an explosive device on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Monday, June 19, 2017. Two French police officials say the man who rammed into a police convoy on Paris’ Champs-Elysees was a 31-year-old man from a Paris suburb who had been flagged for extremism.
Champs Elysees attacker stashed weapons, was on French watchlist
PARIS - A man who rammed a car into a police van in Paris stored a cache of weapons at his home and held a gun permit despite being on a secret service list of people linked to radical Islam, police sources and French officials said on Tuesday. A judicial source said investigators were compiling an inventory of the arms and equipment found in the 31-year-old’s home. The man, who died in the attack, was also carrying in his car an assault rifle, two pistols, ammunition and two large gas canisters when he rammed a police convoy on Monday. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the individual first received a permit to possess a gun before he
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was flagged to intelligence agencies as a potential militant threat. At the time there was no reason to deny
him the permit, Philippe said. Philippe said it was “quite possible” the licence was active at the time the attacker was on a security watchlist. Three sources close to the investigation confirmed it was. “Nobody can be happy, and certainly not me, that someone who has been flagged to security agencies can continue to benefit from such an authorisation,” Philippe told BFM TV. The man was placed on France’s so called ‘Fiche S’ watchlist after he was found to belong to a radical Islamist movement, two police sources said. Individuals on the list are placed under surveillance though the intensity of that surveillance varies depending on the
perceived threat the individual poses. Philippe said draft legislation drawn up in May envisaged changes to allow officials who handle gun permits to check if individuals seeking licences are on a watchlist. ARRESTS But refusing permits in such cases had it drawbacks, he said. “If you revoke the authorisation of someone who is under surveillance, they’re going to know why.” On Monday, witnesses saw the man being pulled from the car as thick yellow smoke poured out. Police arrested four of his close relatives in a raid south of Paris late on Monday, a police source said. They included his father and brother. France has been on high alert after a wave of militant Islamist attacks over the past two years, including most recently an attack on police outside the Notre Dame
Cathedral and an Islamic Stateclaimed attack on police on the Champs Elysees in April. In July last year, 86 people were killed when a truck ploughed through a crowd in Nice, and similar incidents have occurred in other European cities. Philippe said the government would be presenting a draft law soon to toughen counter-terrorism legislation. “We need to find legal instruments that at once guarantee that we continue to live in a Fifth Republic which safeguards freedoms and ensure the security of French people,” Philippe said. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.
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International
After heavy rain, some areas in Kuta and Tuban flooded
MANGUPURA - A number of areas in Kuta dn Tuban were flooded in Monday (June 9) following heavy rains. Ngurah Rai Airport for example saw its motorcycle parking area and northern entrance flooded by 9 am with average water levels of 10 to 15 centimeters. When contacted via telephone, Communication and Legal Section Head of the Ngurah Rai Airport, Arie Ahsanurrohim, confirmed these facts saying that inundations were caused by a blocked canal and that number of officers were pumping the the excess water.
“The motorcycle parking area was inundated for about 60 minutes, after which the water was suctioned up by officers using a pump. They then went aroudn to check other areas”, he said. Some flights were also affected by the inundations. For flight safety, Airnav issued NOTAMN No: A2078 / 17 NOTAMN: :Visibility is below minimal due to rain. This notification is valid from 07:54 to 09:30 West Indonesia standard time because the visibility is only 100 meters where normatively it should be at least 800 meters”. Due to such conditions, a total of 13 aircrafts could not take off while another seven aircrafts were unable to land and had to be diverted to Surabaya. “A total of 20 aircrafts were unable to either land or take-off. Flights were however back to normal by 8:50 local time”, he said. Jalan Kartika Plaza also had water sloshing about. Vehicles had to move slowly through the approximately 20 centimeters of water Division Head of Water Resources at the Badung Public Works and Spatial Planning Agency (PUPR), A.A. Gde Dalem, came down to site of the inundation of Jl. Kartika Plaza. The water pump near Kuta’s subdistrict head office was not operating properly due to a melted battery terminal. As a result the generator could not be on. “Our staff have checked the pump and the problem lies with a melted battery terminal” said Dalem.
According to their SOP explained Dalem, the pump duty officers had already turned on the generator as they do three times a week. Furthermore the generator had been checked just three days ago and showed no signs of any problem. However after the heavy rainfall the generator apparently would not’ start the pump to drain the water. “I think this should not happen. In fact, the mechanism supervision system needs to be improved and the SOPs have to be re-evaluated. When terminals melt, they need to be replaced right away” he said. In the future, his agency will conduct more regular maintenance to the pump. According to Dalem, in Bali this kind of pump is only installed in Kuta and on Jalan Dewi Sri. “We will re-design the system and have Grufos take over the maintenance because they understand the specifications of this pump that they produced”, he concluded. Meanwhile, Decky Irmawan, Subdivision Head of Services for the national weather service (BMKG), Denpasar, said that this region has entered the dry season. However, due to anomalous seawater, convection clouds (rain cloud) are still being formed. Based on satellite imagery, there are disturbances over the Borneo region in the form of a vortex. “This has a noticeable effect on increasing rainfall due ot the formation of rain causing convection clouds. When compared to June last year, we should already be in the dry season. The dry season does not necessarily mean no rain” explained Irmawan. Based on weather modeling analysis, weather conditions in Bali are generally cloudy and have mild-to-moderate rainfall at night and early morning, especially in southern Bali. Seawater height in the waters of North Bali ranges from 0.25 meters to 1.25 meters. In Southern Bali they range from 0.7 meter to 3 meters. “Fishermen and marine tourism players and the public in general should pay attention to wave heights, and always refer to information provided by the BMKG”, he added. (kmb23)
The flood which happened in Ngurah Rai Airport
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017
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JAMIE’S ITALIAN KUTA BEACH LAUNCHES FRESH NEW MENU DELICIOUS VEGETARIAN & VEGAN OPTIONS, NEW COCKTAILS & MORE
This May, diners can look forward toJamie’s Italian Kuta Beach revealing a host of delicious new dishes, starters and classic cocktails – there is something on the menu for everyone! Tuck into sumptuous new starters that include Baked Mush-
rooms– baked chestnut mushrooms with crispy music bread, smoked mozzarella and thyme, or for some Bruschetta fans out there, new Salumi Bruschetta -crispy salumi, whipped buffalo ricotta with tasty herbs and aged balsamic. For Italian-inspired mains,
enjoy some amazing ingredients andhigher welfare meat from the best farms in the form of a new Herby Lamb Steak.
EVERY MONDAY Movie Monday19:00-21:00 Genius Cafe- Home to the entrepreneur Beach CLub Mertasari Beach (Next to Mercure), Sanur
The dish involvesjuicy Australian lamb chargrilled on the bone with roasted peppers, balsamic onions and salsa verde or try the restaurant’s freshly made pasta, a new Simple Baked Lasagnedish with amazing Wagyu beef ragù, roast-
EVERY TUESDAY Ecstatic contact dance: Transformative journey Paradiso Ubud, Jalan Goutama Selatan, Ubud 100k includes dinner
The Head of Bali Villa Association Gede Sukarta
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BVA focuses on quality tourism
DENPASAR - The Bali Villa Association (BVA) is still trying to improve the quality of tourism and hopes that the villa stakeholders will contribute to these improvements. Although there are many Chinese guests today, who tend to be associated with mass tourism, the BVA continues to lead the way to quality tourism. Chairman of the BVA Bali, Gede Sukarta, accompanied by Secretary Made Yoga Iswara added that quality tourism can be achieved by improving products, services and human resources. “The highest quality tourism services are offered by villas”, he said during the gathering for the celebration of the BVA’s 11th anniversary. Villas he said, offer good room rates and good service standards. As as result guests also have good holidays, he said adding that villas offer a different touch with totally private landscapes and rooms making for a different experience for guests too. “We hope that what we already have today can be improved upon according to applicable standards. Otherwise we could be seeing more illegal villas” said Iswara. A building that is rented out
as a villa without having a permit to do so is considered illegal. The BVA services individual guests because they have a higher purchasing power thn groups. The BVA seeks to unite all villa stakeholders in order to standardize what villas need to do in order to achieve the desired goals. One of the BVA’s goals is to work with Tujia, the largest vacation rental service in China. This vacation rental service is focused on the high end Chinese market about selecting which market segment we target. Villas are not meant for the middle to lower segment”, he stated. Iswara added that he is confident that not all Chinese guests have low purchasing power, thus Tuija can be a suitable partner. The BVA then invited fellow members to work on improving their products and services and the skills of their human resources. “We are not looking for more members, we are looking for qualified members who make a contribution”, he said. Currently, the Bali Villa Association has a total of 56 members and aims to increase . Their target is to have 100 qualified members. (kmb42)
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ed squash layered with béchamel and mozzarella. Jamie’s Italian Kuta Beach is also pleased to announce new meatfree options, easily identified with a vegetarian and vegan key. For a healthy main meal, the Super Green Veggie Burger of herby chickpeas and beans with balsamic onions, cottage cheese, gem and tomato in a brioche bun and served with funky chips. The refreshed menu also extends to the bar, o ff e r i n g a s e lection of new Italian-inspired cocktails and thirst-quenching mocktails. On a hot Kuta day, refresh with a bittersweetCampari Spritz - a mix of Campari, soda and Prosecco. Or finish your meal with a decadent dessert cocktail like theGreen Apple Martini made with vodka, passion fruit puree, syrup, and apple juice.Address: Jalan Pantai, Banjar Pande Mas Kuta, Bali. Website: www.jamiesitalian.co.id. Facebook: www. facebook.com/ jamiesitalianbali
Sapi Api Ceramics Jalan Suweta, Br Bentuyung, Ubud Saturday June 24 16:00-18:00 Workshop with KitaPoleng (Jasmine Okubo) & the Denpasar Deaf Community Cush cush gallery Jalan teuku Umar, ganag Rajawali no.1A Denpasar Saturday, June 24 13:00-16:00 Kumpul Hash Kumpul Coworking Space Jl. Danau Poso 51 A, Pantai Sanur Sunday, June 25 21:00 Harmoni Bu Pertiwi 05.30 with Joni Agung & double T Smkn 1 Nusa Penida Jln. Pasir Putih, no, 4, Desa Batununggul, Nusa Penida
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China propels rise of electric ultra-high-performance cars
BEIJING — Want an insanely fast ride with zero emissions? Startup NIO has the car: An electric two-seater with muscular European lines and a top speed of 195 miles per hour (313 kilometers per hour). The catch: The EP9 costs nearly $1.5 million. NIO, a Chinese-Western hybrid with bases in Shanghai, London and Silicon Valley, created it to showcase the company’s technology and had no sales plans. But it is taking orders for “bespoke vehicles” after hearing from buyers ready to pay the eye-popping price. “We are actually pleasantly surprised how much interest we are getting,” said the CEO of NIO’s U.S. unit, Padmasree Warrior, a veteran of Cisco and Motorola. NIO is part of a wave of fledgling automakers — all backed at least in part by Chinese investors — that are propelling the electric vehicle industry’s latest trend: ultra-highperformance cars. Manufacturers including Detroit Electric, Qiantu Motor, Thunder Power and NEVS aim to compete with Europe, Detroit and Japan by offering top speeds over 150 mph (240 kph) and features including carbon fiber bodies and web-linked navigation and entertainment. The ventures mix U.S. and European technology with Chinese money and manufacturing, reflecting this country’s rise as a market and investor for an industry where Beijing wants a leading role. Communist leaders see electric vehicles as a way to clear China’s smog-choked cities and as an engine for economic development. “We really haven’t seen nonChinese companies get into this super-technology market,” said Chris Robinson, who follows the industry for Lux Research. NIO’s backers include Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings, operator of the popular WeChat messaging service; computer maker Lenovo Group, a Singapore governmentowned investment fund and U.S.based IDG Capital, TPG and Hillhouse Capital. Some brands are following the strategy of Tesla Inc., which debuted with an eye-catching roadster to establish a premium image before launching lower-priced models. The instant torque and acceleration of electric cars make them natural performance vehicles. Detroit Electric, a revival of a pioneering U.S. electric car brand founded in 1907, launched a sports car venture this year with a Chinese battery maker and the government of Yixing, west of Shanghai. For a base price of $135,000, the company promises zero to 60 mph (100 kph)
in 3.7 seconds and a top speed of 155 mph (250 kph). The first seven of 100 cars ordered by European dealers have been delivered, according to its chairman and CEO, Albert Lam, a former Lotus chief executive. He said the company aims to release an SUV in 2018 and wants to have a four-vehicle lineup by 2020. “Our target is to be the first Chinese-based vehicle company to sell worldwide,” said Lam. Thunder Power, led by Hong Kong entrepreneur Wellen Sham, has a similarly multinational plan for a sport sedan due out in late 2018. The company is building a factory in southern China and plans a second in Spain. Engineering work is being handled by Italy’s Dallara Automobili, which helped develop Bugatti’s Veyron, the fastest streetlegal car with a top speed of 255 mph (408.84 kph). Thunder Power promises a top speed of 155 mph (245 kph). The company says its competitive edge will be a battery that can go up to 400 miles (650 kilometers) on one charge, or almost double the 200 to 250 miles (320 to 400 kilometers) of current high-end electrics. Beijing’s backing has helped to make China the biggest electric vehicle market at a time of uncertainty about the scale of support for the industry from Washington and European governments. Sales in China of plug-in and hybrid vehicles in the first quarter of this year totaled 55,929, versus 44,876 for the United States. The Cabinet hopes to have 100,000 public charging stations and 800,000 private stations operating by the end of this year. Regulators are pressing manufacturers to speed up development with a proposal to require that electrics account for at least 8 percent of each brand’s production by next year. To raise its profile, the electric vehicle industry launched its own racing circuit, dubbed Formula E, in 2014 with battery-powered Formula One-style cars and events in China, Europe, the United States and Mexico. Still, no matter how appealing they are, there aren’t enough buyers to support so many high-performance brands, said Lux’s Robinson. He noted Ferrari or Lamborghini might sell only 15 of their fastest vehicles, which are treated as marketing tools and even at prices above $1 million
fail to make a profit. Manufacturers wanting to move into lower priced segments face a crowded market, he said. “Really, not all of them are going to make it,” said Robinson. Despite that, the newcomers
express confidence they can take market share from established rivals. NIO’s Warrior points to the transition from cellphones to smartphones, in which industry leaders were displaced by upstarts. “We are in the beginning of a race.
AP Photo/Ng Han Guan
In this photo taken Wednesday, April 19, 2017, visitors look at the $1.5million NIO EP9 displayed at the Shanghai auto show. NIO is part of a wave of fledgling automakers - all backed at least in part by Chinese investors - that are propelling the electric vehicle industry’s latest trend: ultra-high-performance cars.
We are all at the same starting position,” said Christopher Nicoll, marketing director for Thunder Power. Detroit Electric’s Lam said his financial plan calls for each car to be sold at a profit by 2019. “We are not from the internet world,” he said. “We know how important it is for a car company to make money.” Other Chinese tech companies including internet search engine operator Baidu Inc. and LeEco, an online video service, are working on electric and self-driving vehicles. Most have research centers in Silicon Valley or Europe. “China isn’t necessarily a technological leader. They are a production leader,” said Robinson. “A lot of the more advanced electric vehicle, power train and other technology research is going on in Europe and the United States.” Chinese city governments are forging partnerships with automakers in hopes of becoming manufacturing centers. That helped Detroit Electric carry out its plans after other investors were uncertain, Lam said. He said the company picked Yixing after talking with four cities. “We were invited to come to China,” said Lam. The most prominent homegrown competitor is Qiantu Motor, led by a former executive of a state-owned automaker. Qiantu says its K50, on sale next year, will deliver a top speed of 125 mph (200 kph) and go 185 miles (300 kilometers) on one charge. NEVS is developing a sedan to be made in China based on technology acquired from defunct Swedish automaker Saab. Its owners include National Modern Energy Holdings Ltd., a Chinese developer of renewable energy technology, the government of the eastern city of Tianjin and State Research Information Technology Co., owned by the Chinese Cabinet. NIO developed the EP9 to promote its technology for self-driving vehicles. The first, a seven-seat SUV, is due to be released in China in 2018. The company worried buyers saw electrics as a “little toy car.” It wants to “break that mold and say that an electric car can be a serious performance car,” said Warrior. NIO says a self-driving version of the EP9 hit 160 mph (256 kph) in February on an Austin, Texas, test track. “We made seven, thinking it was essentially for a collector,” said Warrior. “Now there is increased interest. People actually want to buy this car.” (ap)
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Child gender players in rural areas are rare Techno gadgets taking over
DENPASAR - Children in rural areas do not seem as vivacious about learning to play gender puppet as their urban counterparts. This special style of gamelan hobbles along in the face of the cyclone of technological advancements. Technological gadgets are increasingly taking over the attention of today’s youngster. The younger generation seems to prefer staring down at their smartphones rather than sitting crosslegged playing gender music. “Nowadays it’s rather difficult to find for children to play gender. Gadgets are having a serious impact. In my time, there weren’t even any motorcycles. We just cut grass and learned to play gender puppet gamelan. There were always children to teach. But now, my own child refuses to play, even if we paid him. I don’t know what to do”, said I Nyoman Reni, Timbrah village’s Sughosa Santi Yadnya gender gamelan troupe instructor, amid the Kid Puppet Gender Gamelan Competition at the Bali Arts Festival (BAF) on the Ratna
Kanda stage of the Denpasar Art Center, on Sunday (Jun. 18). Reni added that puppet gender is quite difficult to learn as both hands are used to strike and dampen the gamelan keys that use slendro pitch or five tones. That is why the number of children willing to learn to play puppet gender is very limited. In his own art troupe, there are only eight children who are still learning. “For the BAF performance, we have been rehearsing with the children since January” he added. According to Reni, the govern-
ment should be helping to develop puppet gender in Karangasem. Supplying the kantilan and gender pemade musical insturments is especially important as puppet gender is often used in ceremonies like manusa yadnya (tooth filing) and pitra yadnya (cremation). “In my home there is only one set of gender instruments (a pair of kantilan and pemade), while there are more that 30 people wanting to practice. It makes it very hard to practice”, he concluded. Puppet gender instructor I Made Wardana from Tabanan faced similar difficulties in trying to find children to play at the BAF. Wardana searched several subdistricts and finally found four junior high school students from Subamia, Penebel and Pujungan who wanted to learn. “In Tabanan, there is not as much interest amongst youngsters as there is in Denpasar. Hopeful more young people will come to appreciate gender gamelan music
through competitions like this one” he said. Wardana added that preserving the art of puppet gender is not just aa matter of heritage but is also important in terms of helping young people balance their left and right side of their brains. Gender wayang (puppet) has quite complicated multi-technique beats so children have to go through a long process of training. It can take up to six months to get the basics down. “First they learn short compositions to familiarize themselves with using both hands to play a melody”, he added. Wardana also criticized the criteria used in the BAF’s puppet gender competition as it relied : on both slendro pitch gamelan composition and contemporary compositions that have lead to gong kebyar. The government he advised should first organize workshops or something before the perfomrances are finalized. “If possible, the competition
should not be evaluated based on the compositions as the purpose is to it encourage appreciation for puppet gender so that it can grow and develop. Otherwise, it certainly cannot grow”, he said. In yesterday’s puppet gender contest, Tabanan and Karangasem’s art envoys featured the pategak slendro, contemporary composition, Alas Arum composition and the Angkatangkatan. For contemporary composition, Karangasem featured Wangsuhpada describing the ultimate power of the creator through small droplets of its wangsuhan (holy water) and premana or fluctuations. Meanwhile, Tabanan presented the Maceburan contemporary composition that tells about childhood in the past playing in a clean, clear and unpolluted river. Maceburan or jumping off cliffs into the river is not only cheap and festive, but also interesting and entertaining and promotes the values of unity and friendship. (kmb32)
Japan Airlines re-opens flights to Denpasar
Ministry of tourism aims to have 762,000 visitors from Japan MANGUPURA - Japan Airlines re-opened direct flight from Narita to Denpasar on Saturday (Jun. 17). This is a charter flight using Boeing 767-300 that will fly three times; on June 17, 20 and 23. Previously Japan Airlines offered direct flight to Japan with 400 passengers daily. However, this flight was discontinued on September 30, 2010 due to internal factors of the company. Since then, direct flights from Japan to Indonesia have been served by Garuda Indonesia flying from Narita and Haneda to Jakarta and Denpasar. Meanwhile, Japan’s national airlines, such as ANA Airlines and Japan Airlines only operate flights to and from Jakarta. “Although it is just a charter flight, it is a good opportunity to bring in Japanese tourists to Indonesia. Until now, the number of passengers who will flown from Japan is 587”, said Ratna Suranti, Assistant Deputy of Overseas Tourism Marketing Strategy for the Ministry of Tourism. According to Ratna, Japan is one of the main target markets of foreign tourists to Indonesia. The ministry of Tourism aims to have 762,000 tourists from Japan in 2017. She added that this year, the Ministry of Tourism is focusing on foreign and national airlines are encouraged to accessibility to open routes from major market countries to Indonesia. “The full commitment of the Ministry of Tourism is indicated by preparation to welcome Japan Airlines’ first charter flight with Balinese art, provision of souvenirs and refreshments for passengers”, she said when met at the entrance of the passenger arrivals from Japan at Ngurah Rai Airport on Saturday (Jun. 17). Air Asia has also opened flight services from Narita to Denpasar, Mumbai to Denpasar. Sriwijaya Air will fly from Guangzhou to Tarakan on July 10, 2017 chartered by Dong Fang Travel of China. Head of the Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Gede Yuniartha Putra, said that this flight is a test case by Japan Airlines because bringing a plane into another country requires a very large investment. “With this chartered flight, Japanese tourists are expected to have an easier time coming to Bali” he said with hope. (kmb23)
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Kid Puppet Gender Gamelan Competition at the Bali Arts Festival (BAF) on the Ratna Kanda stage of the Denpasar Art Center, on Sunday (Jun. 18). SCHEDULE The 39th Bali Arts Festival Wednesday, 21th June 2017 Time : 11.00 ( Mid Indonesia Time) Location : Angsoka Stage Program : Theatre Show, by Mahima Community, Singaraja, representing Buleleng Regency. Time : 11.00 ( Mid Indonesia Time) Location : Ayodya Stage Program : Parade of Innovative Topeng Bondres,by Rare Kual Topeng Group, representing Buleleng Regency. Time : 14.00 ( Mid Indonesia Time) Location : Ratna Kanda Stage Program : Contest of Taman Penasar, by Suara Santhi Art Group, representing Karangasem Regency.
Time : 17.00 ( Mid Indonesia Time) Location : Angsoka Stage Program : Classical Legong, by Bali Ganda Sari Art Group, Bedulu Village, Tampaksiring Sub-district, Gianyar Regency. Time : 20.00 ( Mid Indonesia Time) Location : Ayodya Stage Program : Parade of Drama Gong, young performances, by Yowana Pande Paramartha Art Group, representing Klungkung Regency. Time : 20.00 ( Mid Indonesia Time) Location : Ardha Candra Amphitheatre Program : Parade of Gong Kebyar, adulf performers, by Surya Art Group, representing Badung Regency with Gong Kebyar Group of Pekutatan Sub-district, representing Jembrana Regency.
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Qatar says it will not negotiate unless neighbours lift “blockade” DOHA - Qatar will not negotiate with its neighbours to resolve the Gulf dispute unless they first lift the trade and travel boycott they imposed two weeks ago, its foreign minister said, but added Doha still believed a solution was possible.
The increase of vehicles leaving Bali is also coupled with the addition of operating ship so there are totally 41 ships from Gilimanuk.
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Homecoming vehicle traffic increases
Predicted to peak on day three prior to Lebaran
NEGARA — Until Monday (Jun. 19), the homecoming traffic through Gilimanuk Harbor began to increase. The ASDP Gilimanuk started to open all ticket counters for motorcycle and cars. From the observation last Monday, dense traffic occurred in the morning and late in the night, especially homecomers with motorcycles. Business Manager of Gilimanuk Harbor, Heru Wahyono, said last Monday that all ticket counters for motorcycles already started to open. There is an increase in the number of vehicles crossing through the harbor especially motorcycles. “There is an increase, but the vehicles do not get to outside of the harbor. They can
still be accommodated (parked) in harbor area,” he explained. Currently, according to him, all the ticket counters are opened to speed up services. Seven counters are allocated for motorcycles and five counters for cars. The ASDP predicted the dense traffic in Gilimanuk will occur between day four and day
two before holiday. In addition to the ticket counter at Gilimanuk, the ASDP also opened a buffer zone at three points prior to the harbor. They are opened at Soka (Tabanan), Candikusuma Square (Melaya) and Cekik (Gilimanuk). “At each point, homecomers can buy tickets online and utilize a rest area,” he said.
Besides, homecomers can also get a list of manifest and fill it out. So far, the only buffer zone opened until this Tuesday is at Cekik. In the meantime, the data collected in the ASDP during the period of day seven until day six before holiday indicated that 34,494 people have crossed. They consist of 5,811 motorcycles and 4,749 cars. The amount increased approximately 3 to 17 percent compared to the same day in the previous year. The increase of ve-
hicles leaving Bali is also coupled with the addition of operating ship so there are totally 41 ships from Gilimanuk. In the meantime, freight vehicles chiefly trailer trucks starting day five before holiday are appealed not to pass. Only freight vehicles carrying basic food and fuel are allowed to pass. District police have also provided a number of locations for trucks to park when the traffic is crowded. (kmb26)
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Crossing traffic starts increasing in Padangbai
AMLAPURA - Traffic of motorcycles and cars passing through Padangbai to Lembar Harbor in Lombok began to increase on day six before Lebaran. The number of vehicles has started to increase by about five percent than usual. Peak of the homecoming traffic of this Lebaran is estimated to occur on day three before Lebaran. Supervisor of the ASDP Padangbai, Rudi Susanto, explained on Monday (Jun. 19) that there has been an increase in the number of vehicles, but until last Monday there has not been a long line of homecomers. Likewise, until Monday the freight trucks are still allowed to cross through Padangbai. “The increase has been happening since the past two days or day eight
before holiday. The increase is dominated by motorcycles,” said Rudi Susanto. Motorcycles have showed an increase, while cars are said to look not so crowded. Seeing the last year’s homecoming traffic, it is estimated there will be a significant increase on day five before holiday and the peak occurs on day three before Lebaran. This means the surge of traffic of Lebaran homecoming will occur from Tuesday (Jun. 20). Rudi Susanto said the crowded queue of motorists usually occurs at certain hours such as afternoon, evening until dawn. It happens because the hours are selected by homecomers to avoid hot weather. Besides, at that time their condition is fit after having iftar. To anticipate the peak of vehicle surge later on,
his management has set up tents along the line of motorcycle queue. This measure is done to provide a comfort for motorists who are in queue that cross during the day. Although there has been an increase in the number of vehicles, the crossing trip made is still normal namely for 24 times. So far, the number of the trips can still accommodate vehicles and passengers, though there is an increase. The additional trip will be made when there has been a significant increase to cause long queues of vehicles inside the harbor. In order to accelerate the homecoming traffic in Padangbai Harbor, the harbor has prepared 33 ferries. This amount is enough to prevent long queue during pinnacle of the homecoming traffic. (kmb31)
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Peak of the homecoming traffic of this Lebaran is estimated to occur on day three before Lebaran.
The United Arab Emirates, which along with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain imposed the measures to isolate Qatar, said the sanctions could last for years unless Doha accepted demands that the Arab powers plan to reveal in coming days. Qatar has denied accusations by its neighbours that it funds terrorism, foments regional instability or has cosied up to their enemy Iran. The dispute has opened a rift among some of the main U.S. allies in the Middle East, with President Donald Trump backing tough measures against Qatar even as his State Department and Defense Department have sought to remain neutral. On Monday Qatar held war games with Turkish troops, showing off one
of its few remaining strong alliances after two weeks of unprecedented isolation. Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said Doha was ready to “engage and address” the concerns of other Gulf Arab states in what he described as a proper dialogue with pre-determined principles, but reiterated that sanctions must be lifted first. “Until now we didn’t see any progress about lifting the blockade, which is the condition for anything to move forward,” Sheikh Mohammed said. The countries that imposed the sanctions have denied that they amount to a blockade. Sheikh Mohammed said he
planned to travel to Washington next week to discuss the economic effect of the “blockade” and its effects on the global fight against terrorism. “We have a very strong partnership with the U.S. We are partners together in the global coalition of countering terrorism. We have been talking to them since the crisis started,” he said. UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said earlier on Monday said that those seeking to isolate Qatar had no intention of backing down unless their demands were met. “Qatar will realise that this is a new state of affairs and isolation can last years,” Gargash told reporters
in Paris. “If they want to be isolated because of their perverted view of what their political role is, then let them be isolated. They are still in a phase of denial and anger,” he said, adding that a list of grievances for Qatar to address would be completed in the coming days. Qatar has relished support from Turkey during the dispute. Its statefunded pan-Arab Al Jazeera news channel showed footage of a column of armoured personnel carriers flying the Turkish flag inside the Tariq bin Ziyad military base in Doha. It reported that additional Turkish troops had arrived in Qatar on Sunday for the exercises, although military sources in the region told Reuters the operation actually involved Turkish troops who were already present rather than new arrivals. (rtr)
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Qatar ’s foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani speaks to reporters in Doha, Qatar, June 8, 2017.
Thailand plans cyber network scrutiny, Britons cry for London law to toughen online monitoring fire victims as death toll rises to 79
BANGKOK - Thailand aims to buy software to strengthen the military government’s ability to track online networks and monitor online activity while planning a cyber law that will expand powers to pry into private communications. The beefing up of powers over the online world come as authorities are increasingly targeting social media for violations of a law that makes it a crime to defame, insult or threaten the king, queen, heir to the throne or regent. The Digital Economy Ministry aims to spend 128.56 million baht ($3.8 million) on software including a “social network data analysis system” to monitor and map individuals and relationships between more than one million online users, according to a ministry document seen by Reuters. “The software will sweep and store all data available on social media to be analyzed and monitored,” Teerawut Thongpak, director of the ministry’s Digital Service Infrastructure Department, told Reuters. He said the government would post a tender for the software and then consider offers. Governments around the world buy social media monitoring products to chart relationships and networks, as well as to monitor dissidents and identify their leaders.
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A man is silhouetted onto an electronic screen displaying prohibited website in Bangkok, Thailand, in this June 19, 2017 illustration photo. New York University researchers have also found various U.S. jurisdictions had spent more than $5.82 million on social media monitoring software. Since a May 2014 coup in Thailand, the military government has arrested numerous people on suspicion of posting material on Facebook and other platforms deemed to violate the royal-insult law. The legal watchdog group iLaw says 59 people have been found guilty over online posts since the coup. This month, in the toughest sentence yet, a man was jailed for 35 years under the
law for posts online. The government has asked Facebook to block some 300 posts from users in Thailand this year, a sharp increase from 80 restrictions during the period from mid-2014 to the end of 2016, according to Facebook reports. The junta is also pushing for a cyber security bill, which is expected to be put before parliament this year, despite the concern of civil society and business groups that it will give the government powers for mass surveillance. (rtr)
LONDON - The death toll from a fire that ravaged a London tower block last week has risen to 79, police said on Monday, as the government tried to show it was improving its handling of a tragedy that has angered the public. Fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower, a social housing block in Kensington, west London, in the early hours of Wednesday, trapping residents inside as it tore through the building with terrifying speed. “I believe there are 79 people that are either dead, or missing, and sadly I have to presume are dead,” Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy told reporters. He said that five of the dead had been formally identified and it would be a slow and painstaking task to identify the others. Because of the intensity of the blaze some may never be identified. A minute’s silence was held across Britain at 1000 GMT to honour the victims of the fire - a painfully familiar ritual after the country has been hit by three deadly attacks by Islamist extremists in London and Manchester since March. At an improvised memorial wall covered in messages of grief and solidarity close to Grenfell Tower, firefighters and members of the local community stood together, some crying, as they observed the minute’s silence. One firefighter, in his black protective suit with FIRE emblazoned in yellow on the back, embraced a distraught woman who had photos of a missing person printed on her top. A red t-shirt with the London Fire Brigade’s logo had been placed by the memorial wall, with the name of a nearby fire station and the words “We tried, we’re sorry” scrawled on it. Briefing reporters at police headquarters, Cundy became visibly upset as he described conditions in the charred tower, where a search and recovery operation is expected to last weeks. “I was in there myself and went all the way to the top floor and it is incredibly hard,” he said, before pausing as tears welled up in his eyes. “It is incredibly hard to describe the devastation in some parts of the building,” he continued, his voice breaking. (rtr)
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Maziar Farzam, President of Inhance Digital, demonstrates virtual reality glasses which provide digital information about the Boeing 787-10 aircraft, during the opening of the 52nd Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport, near Paris, France, June 19, 2017.
Boeing lifts 20-year industry demand forecast to $6 trillion
PARIS - Boeing raised its 20-year industry forecast for passenger and freight plane deliveries by 4 percent on Tuesday, though executives at the world’s biggest airshow in Paris expect demand this year to cool from recent red-hot levels. The U.S. planemaker continued to rack up orders at the Paris Airshow for a new model of its best-selling 737 aircraft, which was launched on Monday amid a flurry of deals. Boeing’s projection includes a 5 percent increase in the 20-year forecast for deliveries of singleaisle aircraft such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 families, the cash cows of the world’s two largest aircraft manufacturers. Boeing now expects 29,530 deliveries in the medium-haul single-aisle category, which is popular with low-cost airlines. Aircraft leasing company Avolon announced a provisional deal on Tuesday to buy 75 Boeing 737 MAX 8s worth $8.4 billion at list prices and said it would have a “hard look” at possible orders for the MAX 10. Airbus, meanwhile, agreed a provisional $5 billion deal with low-cost carrier Viva Air Peru for 50 A320 jets, confirming a Reuters report.
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Bandrang, Umbul-umbul and Kober, Symbols of Majesty and Strength
In this Saturday, June 10, 2017, file photo, Balinese girls in traditional dress wait for a parade during the Bali Arts Festival in Bali, Indonesia. A month-long annual festival started on Saturday.
Leasing firm Aviation Capital Group (ACG), for example, said it had placed an order for 20 of the new 737 MAX 10 jets, worth a total of $2.5 billion at list prices. “It is getting a big endorsement from airlines and that is leading to more lessors endorsing it too,” Ihssane Mounir, Boeing vice president for sales and marketing, told reporters. But analysts expect demand at the June 19-25 event in Paris to fall short of recent years, and some aviation companies have cut back on staff and hospitality at the show. Over the longer term, though, Boeing sees an industry in rude health, forecasting 41,030 plane deliveries worth more than $6 trillion over the next two decades, up from 39,620 in a similar projection a year ago.
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AVIATION SERVICES Air travel has been on a sharp uptrend, led by emerging economies as China looks set to replace North America as the world’s biggest transport market in the coming years. But China’s economic expansion is slowing, even though it remains above 6 percent a year. Boeing trimmed its 20-year forecast for average global traffic growth to 4.7 percent from 4.8 percent. Airbus took a similar step with its 20-year forecast released earlier this month, though it raised its projection for total deliveries by 6 percent from last year to 34,899 aircraft. Boeing’s overall tally is higher partly because it counts aircraft with 90 seats or more, whereas Airbus starts at 100. With demand for new jets cooling, planemakers are seeing greater
opportunities in aviation services. Boeing forecast that market could be worth $8.5 trillion over 20 years, growing at an average 4 percent a year. Airbus launched a digital services platform on Tuesday, which it said could crunch data to help airlines improve maintenance, reduce fuel burn and optimise routes.
BIGGER NOT BETTER? In a symbolic change likely to rankle with its European rival, Boeing ditched its forecast for very large fourengined airplanes such as the Airbus A380 and its 747-8. For the first time, it lumped these models with large two-engined jets such as the Boeing 777 and the largest Airbus A350. Boeing has long argued that the “very large” category is on its way out as airlines switch to smaller twinjets. Both manufacturers have had to cut output of four-engined jumbos. “Frankly, we look at the demand for really big airplanes and we find it hard to believe that Airbus will be able to deliver the rest of their A380s
in backlog,” Boeing Marketing Vice-President Randy Tinseth said in a briefing. Airbus insists the double-decker A380 has a future due to airport congestion and predicts 5 percent of aircraft delivered over the next 20 years will be very large people carriers or freighters, even though it lowered its forecast. “They would do that, the 747-8 isn’t selling,” Airbus sales chief John Leahy said of Boeing’s decision to ditch its separate forecast for the biggest planes. “We have no intention of sharing that market with them, albeit a smaller market than we might have thought.” “Traffic is doubling,” he said. “(Boeing’s) explanation is we’ll fly more flights. I’m sorry, but you can’t do it. You have to have bigger aircraft.” Boeing predicted demand for 920 cargo planes, down 1 percent from its previous forecast. Much air cargo nowadays goes in the belly of widebody passenger planes rather than freighters. (rtr)
Jelekungkang Waterfall being made into tourist attraction
Jelekungkang waterfalls is being made into a tourist attraction and the local community is stepping up to the task by arranging the area around these waterfalls located in Tammanbali, Bangli. Ketut Purna who has been instrumental in this process, said that as of a week ago a path to the waterfalls has been opened.
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He explained that local residents have been bathing at these waterfalls for a very long time but that acces was not easy until recently. Since the road and path have been opened, children have been coming the waterfall in droves. “Now, almost every day, children from our village come here to bathe. Sometimes, they also help us cleanup the area”, said this man who also popularised Kiningan waterfall. Purna added that he is eager to make this waterfalls into a tourist attraction as a way to boost the local economy. Chief of Jelekungkang customary village, Wayan Wirya, confrimed that although the waterfall has been there for a very long time, it is only very recently that it has been made more accessible. “ It is Mr. Purna who took the initiative to arrange the area and I myself only found out a few days ago about his plan to make it inot a tourist attraction” siad Chief Wirya, who added that quite possibly the customary village authorities whoudl manage the site in the future. However, he explained that for the time being they are just seeing how things go. “For the now we do not know what management will look like. If things go well, perhaps it will be taken over by the customary village. Let’s see how things progress” stated Wirya. As observation recently, the path to the waterfall is quite steep with the path leading along a steep precipice that is only accessible by foot. The water of this 25 foot waterfall is very clear. (kmb)
For members of the Balinese Hindu community, religious ceremonies are inseparable form wht is known to many as art. The unique artistic values of Balinese Hindu rituals are also sometimes performed as a cultural attraction. Everything from the dances, pslamodies and even ritual paraphernalia are embed with aesthetic beauty of great meaning and value. Objects such as banners, kober and bandrang (spears) that are used in temple ceremonies also contain great meaning and value. Apart from their decorative aspects, these banners also have spiritual meaning and provide protection. Balinese humanist, and former rector of ISI Denpsar (1981-1997), Prof. Dr. I Made Bandem, explains that these ritual paraphernalia are important in religious processions like ngunya, ngelawang (gallivanting street show) and melasti and are used in accordance with time, place and circumstance as well as the scale of the ritual, whether large, medium or small. He added that in the past these objects were the property of kingdoms and were used to show or display the majesty of a kingdom. In modern times such paraphernalia are used when escorting the deities. Indirectly, they contains meaningful philosophy related to showing off the beauty, greatness and grandeur of the deities that are venerated by the community. “All ritual paraphernalia including the bandrang (spears), banners, kober (flags) and so forth are believed to serve as both phyical and spiritual protectors. The use of these objects is also related to the Balinese Hindu community’s respect for local venerated deities”, explained Prof. Bandem. While serving as a means to show respect for the deities, these ojects are also based on the values of Hindu philosophy. Dr. I Gusti Made Ngurah, Chairman of the Sabha Budaya Hindu Bali Foundation said that in the Purana and Itihasa scriptures bandrang are mentioned as being an ordinary spear embellished with feathers symbolizing the power of Lord Brahma, while banners symbolize the power of Lord Vishnu and kober -especially when they bear the image of Hanuman Maruti (son of Lord Bayu) symbolize strength. Due to the forces of such symbols, they are used in combinations with hope of producing balance. READ Melasti, Purifying Earth before Nyepi Ngurah added that the use of kober with the image of Dewata Nawa Sanga (gods of the nine directions) has become a necessity for the Hindu community of Bali and represents something about the arrival of Hindu religious teachings to Bali. This symbol also represents the the concept of Sarwa Dewata or Sarwa Samudaya which translates as something like ‘the god amounting to more than one’. The nine gods represented in the Dewata Nawa Sanga are each equipped with their own are each equipped with their own weapons as manifestations for their receptive powers. “The use of bandrang, banners, kober and so on are important for their philosophical meanings but also as a sign that a ritual is being held in a particular location” added Gusti Made Ngurah. (kmb)
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Van rams Muslim worshippers in London, PM May condemns “sickening” attack
LONDON - A van ploughed into worshippers near a London mosque in the early hours of Monday, injuring 11 people, two of them seriously, in what Prime Minister Theresa May said was a sickening, terrorist attack on Muslims.
The vehicle swerved into a group of mainly North and West African people shortly after midnight as they left prayers at the Muslim Welfare House and the nearby Finsbury Park Mosque in north London, one of the biggest in Britain. The driver, a 47-year-old white man, was grabbed at the scene by locals and pinned down until police arrived. The man was not named by police but local media reported he was a father of four who lived in Wales. He was held on suspicion of attempted murder which was later extended to preparing or instigating terrorism, including murder and attempted murder. After being seized, he said he had wanted to kill “many Muslim people”, one witness told journalists. A man, who had earlier suffered a heart attack, died at the scene but it was not clear if his death was connected to the van attack. “This morning, our country woke to news of another terrorist attack on the streets of our capital city: the second this month and every bit as sickening as those which have come before,” May told reporters outside her Downing Street office. “This was an attack on Muslims near their place of worship,” said May who later visited the mosque. The White House said U.S. President Donald Trump was receiving regular updates on the attack. “We’ve made it very clear to our British allies that we stand
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The mosques’ worshippers had just left special prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Usain Ali, 28, said he heard a bang and ran for his life. “When I looked back, I thought it was a car accident, but people were shouting, screaming and I realised this was a man choosing to terrorise people who are praying,” he told Reuters. “He chose exactly the time that people pray, and the mosque is too small and full, so some pray outside.” Another witness Yann Bouhllissa, 38, said he had been tending an old man who had suffered a heart attack when the van was driven at them. The driver was then seized by locals. “One guy caught the guy and brought him down,” Bouhllissa told Reuters. “When he was on the floor, the guy asked ‘why do you do that?’. He said ‘Because I want to kill many Muslim people’.” Mohammed Mahmoud, the imam from the Muslim Welfare House, stepped in to ensure the van driver was not hurt until he was bundled into a police van. (rtr)
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Police officers detain a man near the scene of an attack where a van was driven at muslim worshippers outside a mosque in Finsbury Park in North London, Britain, June 19, 2017.
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Otto Frederick Warmbier (C), a University of Virginia student who was detained in North Korea since early January, is taken to North Korea’s top court in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by Kyodo March 16, 2016.
U.S. student held prisoner by North Korea dies days after release
CINCINNATI - An American university student who had been held prisoner in North Korea for 17 months died at a Cincinnati hospital on Monday, just days after he was released from captivity in a coma, his parent said. Otto Warmbier, 22, who was arrested in North Korea while visiting as a tourist, had been described by doctors caring for him last week as having extensive brain damage that left him in a state of “unresponsive wakefulness.” “Unfortunately, the awful torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of the North Koreans ensured that no other outcome was possible beyond the sad one we experienced today,” the family said in a statement after Warmbier’s death at 2:20 p.m. EDT (1820 GMT). His family has said that Warmbier lapsed into a coma in March 2016, shortly after he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in North Korea. Physicians at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he died, said last Thursday that Warmbier showed no sign of understanding language or awareness of his surroundings, and had made no “purposeful movements or behaviors,” though he was breathing on his own. There was no immediate word from Warmbier’s family on the cause of his death. The circumstances of his detention in North Korea and what medical treatment he may have received there remained a mystery, but relatives have said his condition suggested that he had been physically abused by his captors. The University of Virginia stu-
dent and Ohio native was arrested, according to North Korean media, for trying to steal an item bearing a propaganda slogan. North Korea released Warmbier last week and said he was being freed “on humanitarian grounds.” The North Korean mission to the United Nations was not available for comment on Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump issued a statement offering condolences to the Warmbier family and denouncing “the brutality of the North Korean regime as we mourn its latest victim.” The president drew criticism in May when he said he would be “honored” to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would absolutely, I would be honored to do it,” Trump said in the interview. “If it’s under the, again, under the right circumstances. But I would do that.” The student’s father, Fred Warmbier, said last week that his son had been “brutalized and terrorized by the Pyongyang government and that the family disbelieved North Korea’s story that his son had fallen into a coma after contracting botulism and being given a sleeping pill. Doctors who examined Otto Warmbier after his release said there was no sign of botulism in his system. Warmbier was freed after the U.S. State Department’s special envoy on North Korea, Joseph Yun, traveled to Pyongyang and demanded the student’s release on humanitarian grounds, capping a flurry of secret diplomatic contacts, a U.S. official said last week. (rtr)
JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Rini Soemarno is optimistic of dispatching 250 thousand homecoming travelers in 2018, through a joint homecoming program, as it has sent a total of 118,220 travelers in 2017. “Hopefully, the number of homecoming travelers to depart would rise next year,” she said after seeing off a joint homecoming activity facilitated by 28 state-owned companies in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah in Jakarta on Monday. Soemarno elaborated on several ways to meet the expectation, first of which is working to provide additional modes of ground transportation,
especially by increasing the number of rail carriages. “In 2017, several homecoming travelers are keen to use trains, but the number of carriages are
not enough,” she pointed out. Secondly, the minister expected more state-owned companies to participate in supporting the joint homecoming program. For 2017, a total of 28 state-owned enterprises participated in dispatching 118,220 homecoming travelers by using their corporate social responsibility funds to provide land, sea, and air transportation modes. The homecoming travelers were dispatched to 84 destinations across Indonesia by using 1,920 buses, trains, ships provided by PT Pelni, and aircraft. Thirdly, she also opened up the opportunity to cooperate with private parties in facilitating the homecoming program. “Thus, more people can be dispatched through the joint homecoming program,” she stated. President Director of PT Jasa Raharja Budi Setyarso, who was
also coordinator for the 2017 Joint Homecoming, said his party will streamline the online homecoming registration system in order to make
it more sophisticated and easier for the community to use it. “The registration time range will be longer,” he stated. (ant)
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People carry they luggage at Senen train station as they leave for their hometowns, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, June 19, 2017. The mass exodus out of the capital and other major cities in the world’s most populous Muslim country is underway as millions are heading home to their villages to celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday on June 25. The holiday marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
Police apologize to ANTARA for attack on its journalist
JAKARTA - Deputy of the Polices Mobile Brigade Personnel Sen. Comm. Police Heru Novianto here, Monday, apologized to ANTARA and its journalist, Ricky Prayoga, who fell victim to an assault by a policeman, Adam Nasution, in Jakarta, Sunday. “Following the attack committed by one of our officers, we understand that they failed to act appropriately, and hence, we express regret over the incident,” Novianto remarked at the News Agency Office, Wisma ANTARA in Jakarta. Novianto stated that the Police are still questioning the officers, including Baratu Adam Nasution as well as his four counterparts. He further noted that the Police will take disciplinary action against the policemen if they are proven to have committed the assault. “We will impose a sanction on the officers,” he emphasized. The deputy admitted that the police members had overreacted in handling Sundays incident. Novianto, who was part of a mediation between Prayoga and the police on Monday, stated that the assault occurred when officer Adam and the journalist exchanged unpleasant looks. “After staring at one another, both men further argued.
Probably, this junior officer was in a foul mood, so he got tempted to get into a fight,” Novianto stated. Meanwhile, President Director of ANTARA Meidyatama Suryodiningrat has lauded the polices swift response following the assault committed by its officers. “I praise this sincere apology given by the Polices Mobile Brigade personnel. Although, the final decision has yet to be elaborated on, we laud the polices step to investigate its members comprehensively,” Suryodiningrat remarked. Earlier on Sunday, Prayoga was assaulted by some police officers during the badminton tournament event, Indonesia Open Super Series 2017 held at the Jakarta Convention Centre. According to a video recorded during the incident, Prayoga was seen being dragged by the officers when he was on his way to an automatic teller machine nearby. “I thought I have done something wrong, and I asked Adam what it was,” Prayoga stated while adding that Adam and his three counterparts manhandled and dragged him to the corner of the room. Prayoga further admitted to being traumatized by the assault. (ant)
TARAKAN - Indonesian Military (TNI) commander General Gatot Nurmantyo lauded the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for their hard work to muffle ISIS terror in Marawi. “On this occasion, I congratulate AFP for their achievement towards dampening ISIS movement in Marawi and killing 257 terrorists,” he stated, during the inauguration of the Maritime Command Center (MCC) here, on Monday. According to Gatot, the initiative by the Philippines is a warning for Indonesia, as well as Malaysia, to counter ISIS, considering its sleeper cells that exist in both countries. Therefore, Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia must involve in trilateral cooperation and agreement to facilitate
exchange of information. “The speed and accuracy of information is needed to determine early anticipatory measures to prevent ISIS from entering the country,” Gatot remarked. Moreover, the authorities must also be aware of the possibility of ISIS members leaving Marawi posing as refugees, he added. Security has been tightened in Indonesia, where 16 of the regions have sleeper cells of ISIS, according to TNI. The addition of troops and the deployment of warships, submarines, and aircraft for patrols have been carried out primarily in border areas of North Sulawesi and North Kalimantan, such as Marore Island, Miangas, Morotai, and Talaud. (ant)
TNI chief lauds Philippines` military attempts to muffle ISIS in Marawi
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Australia’s Nick Kyrgios looks dejected after retiring from his first round match against USA’s Donald Young.
Kyrgios retires from Queen’s after another injury
Local Farming & Agriculture Experience with Lunch TABANAN - Experience what it’s like to be a Balinese farmer during an illuminating agricultural experience in Tunjuk Village and Jatiluwih Village. Visit an elementary school, practice planting or harvesting rice, and delight in a sumptuous meal before traveling to Jatiluwih to marvel at a series of flourishing rice terraces. Rise with the dawn and travel to Tunjuk Village. On weekdays, launch your tour with a visit to the regional elementary school before venturing into the heart of the village. In Tunjuk proper, meet a farmer and learn about the methods they use to plant, transplant, and harvest rice. Discover the traditional and modern-day techniques for sowing and transplanting the starts. Then, under the tutelage of your host, practice farming with cow- and buffalo-propelled tools as well as the streamlined machinery popular with present-day agriculturalists. After your hard work, cool off with a coconut snack. Then, savor a delicious lunch at the farm. As you appreciate the tasty offerings prepared by your guide, admire the fields with fresh eyes, acknowledging the efforts involved in producing the ancient grain. Finally, cap off your adventures with a tour of Jatiluwih Village. Trace a careful route through the forest and land at
a scenic promontory, with terraced rice fields as far as the eye can see. Village and Beyond Trekking The trek starts point at Taman Sari Buwana, Tunjuk village where the area still virgin from tourist activities. After self preparation you will then lead to trek to Subak Kelasem, where you can enjoy rice field panorama with metekap activity (plow over using two cows) by local farmers From Subak Kelasem you will trek toward to Subak Babakan by passing through a small river and an holy temple. A different panorama of rice field with blue mountain back ground could be enjoyed from this area. Walking along the rice field you will see a subak temple where usually farmers offer an offering as thanksgiving to the rice God, Dewi Sri. Incase by chance you see this activity; you may get involve with them. From Subak Babakan you will continue the trek to water dam.
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The trek will pass through coconut plantation where a local will show a coconut tree climbing attraction. Young coconut drink is served here as refreshment. After enjoying the water dam surrounding then you will continue the trek by walking along a riverside until reaching pig farming. You may ask some questions to the staff there. Just few steps from the pig farming there is a Hindu cemetery located. Your walking will pass on that cemetery. A different view of rice field with coconut trees back ground could be enjoyed from end of cemetery till reaching end side of the Beng Village. Then you will walk along the village while enjoy the village atmosphere and activities. Reaching the other side of village, you may get involve with a Balinese family in making offering and jajan (Balinese rice cake). A traditional set menu lunch is served with a Balinese family before of your trek at Taman Sari Buwana. (IBP/net)
LONDON - Nick Kyrgios suffered an injury setback just two weeks before the start of Wimbledon as he was forced to retire during his first round match at the Queen’s Club Championships in London on Monday. The talented Australian maverick slipped awkwardly on the grass at the back of the court during a rally at 4-4 in the first set against American Donald Young, succumbing again to a recent, problematic hip injury. After putting his head in his hands and lying on court for a few minutes after the slip, Kyrgios needed a medical time-out. When he resumed, obviously in some discomfort, he went on to squander two break points before losing the first set 7-3 in a tie-break and then deciding to retire from the contest. His withdrawal may have just
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been a precaution with Wimbledon so close, but it was another blow to the 22-year-old, whose hip and shoulder problems forced him to pull out of the Italian Open and blighted his French Open preparations. “It just was a sharp pain when I fell,” the Australian told reporters. “I started feeling it when I was walking, when I was landing on my serve. It’s exactly what I was feeling in Paris. It’s tough to play through. “It’s not great at the moment. But we’ll see.” Despite the setback, he expects to play at Wimbledon, which begins on July 3.
LONDON - The French Grand Prix will return to the Formula One calendar next year, for the first time since 2008, as part of an unprecedented triple-header with Austria and Britain. The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA), published a 21-race 2018 calendar on Monday with France and Germany’s Hockenheim, absent this year, returning while Malaysia drops off. The race at Le Castellet, inland from Marseille, will be on June 24, avoiding a clash with the Le Mans 24 Hours on June 16-17, followed by Austria on July 1 and Silverstone on July 8. Formula One has not had three races on successive weekends before, due to logistical reasons, although it has been mooted. A proposed street race in New Jersey was sandwiched between Monaco and Canada on the provisional 2014 calendar but the U.S. round did not happen for financial reasons. The season will start in Australia on March 25 with teams then travelling to Shanghai and Bahrain, which will be back-to-back on April 8 and 15, before the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on April 29. Russia was the fourth round this year but that race moves away from the May Day holiday weekend to an end of September slot instead. Spain’s Circuit de Barcelona opens the European season on May 13, followed by the showcase Monaco race, before Formula One travels across the Atlantic to Canada on June 10 and then returns to France. Germany returns on July 22 with a race at Hockenheim, followed by Hungary on the next weekend, with the three week August break maintained after fears it might have to go to accommodate the extra races. Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps and Italy’s Monza are also back-to-back races, in late August and early September, with Singapore - Asia’s glittering floodlit night race - a stand-alone on Sept 16. Singapore and China both have asterisks against them as subject to confirmation by the commercial rights holder. Russia and Japan are paired, as are the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, and Mexico. The season ends in Abu Dhabi, as usual, on Nov. 25. Sean Bratches, commercial managing director for Formula One after former supremo Bernie Ecclestone was moved aside in January following Liberty Media’s takeover, has spoken of the need to divide the calendar more clearly into regions. (rtr)
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PARIS - The third-placed Vaillant Rebellion car driven by Brazilian Nelson Piquet Junior, Denmark’s David Heinemeier Hansson and Switzerland’s Mathias Beche has been disqualified from the Le Mans 24 Hours standings after technical checks. The second tier LMP2 team intended to appeal, organisers added on Monday -- a day after the race finished at the Circuit de la Sarthe. The disqualification means that the Jackie Chan DC Racing number 37 car driven by China’s David Cheng, France’s Tristan Gommendy and Britain’s Alex Brundle
moves up to the podium place. That would be a double for the LMP2 team backed by the Hong Kong action movie star and stuntman, whose other car finished second behind winners Porsche. The Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) said in a statement that technical marshals had found a modification to the number 13 car’s bodywork that was not in compliance with the rules. Media reports said a hole had been made to give access to the starter motor without having to remove the engine cover and rear bodywork. (rtr)
The Oreca 07 No. 13 of the Vaillante Rebellion Team driven by Mathais Beche of Switzerland, David Heinemeier Hansson of Switzerland and Nelsinho Piquet of Brazil races in a curve during the 85th 24hour Le Mans endurance race in Le Mans, western France, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (AP Photo/David Vincent) AP Photo/David Vincent
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Sp rt FIFA president happy with video review despite confusion
ST. PETERSBURG - Video review is making FIFA President Gianni Infantino “extremely happy” after being used five times and causing moments of confusion in the first round of Confederations Cup games. “We have seen how video assistance has helped referees to make the correct decisions,” Infantino said in a statement after watching Germany’s 3-2 win over Australia on Monday in Sochi. The on-trial technology was used to confirm Australia’s second goal, when the ball appeared to brush the arm of scorer Tomi Juric. Video review is on trial in Russia and Infantino hopes it can be fast-tracked for approval at the 2018 World Cup to help referees overturn “clear errors” in game-changing situations such as penalty kicks awarded and offside rulings affecting goals. “What fans have been waiting for over so many years is finally happening,” Infantino said, adding that video review been tested in games for less than one year “is the future of modern football.” Still, fans, players, coaches and media were left confused in Sunday’s two games by decisions — reached more slowly than expected — by referees taking advice from assistants watching multiple replays. Portugal and Chile both had goals disallowed for offside. Portugal had to wait for what seemed an unnecessary review of a good goal scored. Chile was also made to wait for a review before a goal was confirmed. In trying to define a clear error, FIFA has suggested when
“almost everyone who is neutral agrees the decision is incorrect.” Portugal ended 2-2 with Mexico and, perhaps fortunately for FIFA, Chile beat Cameroon 2-0. “It is a little difficult for the players,” Chile coach Juan Antonio Pizzi said. “Even if it is the right decision, this has an impact on players’ emotions and feelings.” Chile’s star player Arturo Vidal fiercely argued with referee Damir Skomina when a goal scored in first-half stoppage time by Eduardo Vargas was overruled almost one minute later. FIFA later released still images of a razor-thin offside margin. Video review seems to have plenty to prove to football’s rule-making panel, known as IFAB. A decision on approval is due in March. Four incidents on just the second day of the biggest tournament so far to conduct live trials has created more controversy than FIFA expected. One “clear error” might be overturned every four or five games, FIFA head of refereeing Massimo Busacca suggested last year. “If this is going to happen several times during a game, well it’s not very pleasant for the players,” Cam-
AP Photo/Martin Meissner
A giant screen reports a VAR incident is being reviewed during the Confederations Cup, Group A soccer match between Portugal and Mexico, at the Kazan Arena, Russia, Sunday, June 18, 2017. eroon coach Hugo Broos said. Though the system ultimately proved accurate, the time taken and manner of explaining decisions in the stadium and to TV viewers appeared chaotic. “The VAR tests during this Confedera-
tions Cup are also helping us to improve the processes and finetune communication,” Infantino acknowledged. Count Chile’s Vidal among the current skeptics. Chile players had done their choreographed goal celebration
Fresh-faced Germans made to sweat in 3-2 win over Australia SOCHI - Fresh-faced Germany were made to work harder than expected in their 3-2 victory over Australia in their Confederations Cup Group B debut on Monday with the world champions’ young squad still adjusting to tournament life. With half a dozen key players rested this summer ahead of next year’s World Cup title defence in Russia, Germany coach Joachim Loew brought a young team to Russia. But they still should have had an
easier afternoon on the Black Sea were it not for their wasted scoring chances. The Germans were in control from the start and outsprinted their opponents, with Lars Stindl converting a perfectly timed cutback from Julian Brandt to put them ahead in the fifth minute. They squandered a bagful of chances in a one-sided first half and were punished when Tommy Rogic scored out of nowhere, his first off-target shot bouncing off a defender’s back and his rebound
slipping in under keeper Bernd Leno. Their joy lasted only three minutes with the Germans earning a penalty in the 44th. Captain Julian Draxler put them back in the driving seat. Leon Goretzka grabbed another three minutes after the restart but again the Germans dropped the ball with Leno letting a shot slip out of his hands and Tomi Juric tapping in as Germany paid the price of their poor conversion rate. (rtr)
routine and were moving back into position for the restart when referee Skomina signaled for a review. FIFA wants to keep fans in the loop by showing slow motion images on stadium giant screens. Vidal angrily directed the referee — relying on his three video assistant referees (VARs) to interpret images he was not watching — to check them himself. Uncertainty in the stadium lasted far beyond the six-second target FIFA had set last year for officials to review their opinions. It took at least 30 seconds for Vargas’s goal in second-half stoppage time to be confirmed after Alexis Sanchez was judged not to have been in an offside position earlier in the move. Against Mexico, Portugal had to wait to find out that the score would stay at 0-0 in the first half when Nani’s shot was overruled for an offside call that went unflagged in an earlier phase of play. More confusion was caused when Argentine referee Nestor Pitana called a review for unclear reasons after defender Cedric Soares’s deflected shot in the 86th gave Portugal a 2-1 lead. “It’s the new rule, and if it brings benefits to football, that’s fine,” Portugal coach Fernando Santos said. “But we have to be careful because I don’t think people understand this new rule really well.” (ap)
Germany’s Julian Draxler celebrates scoring their second goal
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Perez says he hasn’t spoken to Ronaldo about rumors of exit MADRID - Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says he has yet to speak with Cristiano Ronaldo regarding speculation that the star forward wants to leave Spain after being accused of tax fraud. “The whole thing is very strange because Cristiano Ronaldo is a great guy, both as a player and a person. That’s why I will speak with him when he gets back and see what’s up,” Perez told Spanish radio Onda Cero late Monday. Ronaldo is at the Confederations Cup in Russia, playing for Portugal. The interview was Perez’s first comment on Ronaldo since Portuguese sports daily A Bola reported on Friday that Ronaldo was considering leaving Spain after a state prosecutor accused him of four counts of tax fraud totaling 14.7 million euros ($16.5 million) in unpaid taxes. “I still haven’t spoken to Cristiano Ronaldo. I found out about all this from a newspaper,” Perez said. “He will tell us what has happened.(.) The only thing I
know is that he feels mistreated by the media.” Madrid’s long-time president said the club had not received any transfer offers for Ronaldo. Ronaldo has denied any wrongdoing, and Madrid issued a statement last week saying it believed the player was innocent. A judge will decide whether there are grounds to take the matter to court. Perez said on Monday that “as far as I know Cristiano has always met (his fiscal obligations)” and that “it all must be some sort of misunderstanding that will be cleared up quickly.” Perez’s radio interview came hours after the 70-year-old businessman was reelected to a fifth four-year term as Madrid’s president. He ran unopposed. A four-time Ballon d’Or winner, the 32-year-old Ronaldo is the top European soccer player. He has led Madrid to back-toback Champions League titles and its first Spanish league in five seasons this year, and helped Portugal to win last year’s European Championship. (ap)
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Real Madrid’s president Florentino Perez waves during the official announcement of his reelection as the club’s new president at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Monday, June 19, 2017. Florentino Perez was re-elected president as he was the only official candidate.
Spanish prosecutors accuse Mourinho of 3.3 mln eur tax fraud
MADRID - Spanish prosecutors said on Tuesday they ing to a report in El Confidencial newspaper on Tuesday. had filed a claim against Manchester United manager Jose Real Madrid was not immediately available for comMourinho on two counts of tax fraud dating back to when ment on the allegations against Mourihno or Ronaldo’s he coached Real Madrid. The Portuguese manager owes hearing. Spanish tax authorities 3.3 million euros ($3.7 million), Gestifute, a Portuguese-based soccer agency which a Madrid prosecutor said in a statement, adding it had represents Mourinho and Ronaldo, did not immediately presented a claim to a local court. respond to requests for comment. (rtr) Mourinho left Real Madrid in 2013 to manage English club Chelsea for a second spell before signing with United in 2016. Prosecutors said he had failed to declare revenues from his image rights in his Spanish income tax declarations from 2011 and 2012, “with the aim of obtaining illicit profits”. They said Mourinho had already settled a previous claim relating to his Spanish taxes, which resulted in a penalty of 1.15 million euros in 2014. But tax authorities later found that some of the information presented in that settlement was incorrect, the prosecutors said. The claims against Mourinho come amid a lengthening list of tax fraud cases involving soccer stars in Spain. Action Images via REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo has been called to testify on July 31 in Madrid on allegations that he hid in- Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho come from tax authorities between 2011 and 2014, accord- during the press conference.
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Sp rt FIFA president happy with video review despite confusion
ST. PETERSBURG - Video review is making FIFA President Gianni Infantino “extremely happy” after being used five times and causing moments of confusion in the first round of Confederations Cup games. “We have seen how video assistance has helped referees to make the correct decisions,” Infantino said in a statement after watching Germany’s 3-2 win over Australia on Monday in Sochi. The on-trial technology was used to confirm Australia’s second goal, when the ball appeared to brush the arm of scorer Tomi Juric. Video review is on trial in Russia and Infantino hopes it can be fast-tracked for approval at the 2018 World Cup to help referees overturn “clear errors” in game-changing situations such as penalty kicks awarded and offside rulings affecting goals. “What fans have been waiting for over so many years is finally happening,” Infantino said, adding that video review been tested in games for less than one year “is the future of modern football.” Still, fans, players, coaches and media were left confused in Sunday’s two games by decisions — reached more slowly than expected — by referees taking advice from assistants watching multiple replays. Portugal and Chile both had goals disallowed for offside. Portugal had to wait for what seemed an unnecessary review of a good goal scored. Chile was also made to wait for a review before a goal was confirmed. In trying to define a clear error, FIFA has suggested when
“almost everyone who is neutral agrees the decision is incorrect.” Portugal ended 2-2 with Mexico and, perhaps fortunately for FIFA, Chile beat Cameroon 2-0. “It is a little difficult for the players,” Chile coach Juan Antonio Pizzi said. “Even if it is the right decision, this has an impact on players’ emotions and feelings.” Chile’s star player Arturo Vidal fiercely argued with referee Damir Skomina when a goal scored in first-half stoppage time by Eduardo Vargas was overruled almost one minute later. FIFA later released still images of a razor-thin offside margin. Video review seems to have plenty to prove to football’s rule-making panel, known as IFAB. A decision on approval is due in March. Four incidents on just the second day of the biggest tournament so far to conduct live trials has created more controversy than FIFA expected. One “clear error” might be overturned every four or five games, FIFA head of refereeing Massimo Busacca suggested last year. “If this is going to happen several times during a game, well it’s not very pleasant for the players,” Cam-
AP Photo/Martin Meissner
A giant screen reports a VAR incident is being reviewed during the Confederations Cup, Group A soccer match between Portugal and Mexico, at the Kazan Arena, Russia, Sunday, June 18, 2017. eroon coach Hugo Broos said. Though the system ultimately proved accurate, the time taken and manner of explaining decisions in the stadium and to TV viewers appeared chaotic. “The VAR tests during this Confedera-
tions Cup are also helping us to improve the processes and finetune communication,” Infantino acknowledged. Count Chile’s Vidal among the current skeptics. Chile players had done their choreographed goal celebration
Fresh-faced Germans made to sweat in 3-2 win over Australia SOCHI - Fresh-faced Germany were made to work harder than expected in their 3-2 victory over Australia in their Confederations Cup Group B debut on Monday with the world champions’ young squad still adjusting to tournament life. With half a dozen key players rested this summer ahead of next year’s World Cup title defence in Russia, Germany coach Joachim Loew brought a young team to Russia. But they still should have had an
easier afternoon on the Black Sea were it not for their wasted scoring chances. The Germans were in control from the start and outsprinted their opponents, with Lars Stindl converting a perfectly timed cutback from Julian Brandt to put them ahead in the fifth minute. They squandered a bagful of chances in a one-sided first half and were punished when Tommy Rogic scored out of nowhere, his first off-target shot bouncing off a defender’s back and his rebound
slipping in under keeper Bernd Leno. Their joy lasted only three minutes with the Germans earning a penalty in the 44th. Captain Julian Draxler put them back in the driving seat. Leon Goretzka grabbed another three minutes after the restart but again the Germans dropped the ball with Leno letting a shot slip out of his hands and Tomi Juric tapping in as Germany paid the price of their poor conversion rate. (rtr)
routine and were moving back into position for the restart when referee Skomina signaled for a review. FIFA wants to keep fans in the loop by showing slow motion images on stadium giant screens. Vidal angrily directed the referee — relying on his three video assistant referees (VARs) to interpret images he was not watching — to check them himself. Uncertainty in the stadium lasted far beyond the six-second target FIFA had set last year for officials to review their opinions. It took at least 30 seconds for Vargas’s goal in second-half stoppage time to be confirmed after Alexis Sanchez was judged not to have been in an offside position earlier in the move. Against Mexico, Portugal had to wait to find out that the score would stay at 0-0 in the first half when Nani’s shot was overruled for an offside call that went unflagged in an earlier phase of play. More confusion was caused when Argentine referee Nestor Pitana called a review for unclear reasons after defender Cedric Soares’s deflected shot in the 86th gave Portugal a 2-1 lead. “It’s the new rule, and if it brings benefits to football, that’s fine,” Portugal coach Fernando Santos said. “But we have to be careful because I don’t think people understand this new rule really well.” (ap)
Germany’s Julian Draxler celebrates scoring their second goal
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Perez says he hasn’t spoken to Ronaldo about rumors of exit MADRID - Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says he has yet to speak with Cristiano Ronaldo regarding speculation that the star forward wants to leave Spain after being accused of tax fraud. “The whole thing is very strange because Cristiano Ronaldo is a great guy, both as a player and a person. That’s why I will speak with him when he gets back and see what’s up,” Perez told Spanish radio Onda Cero late Monday. Ronaldo is at the Confederations Cup in Russia, playing for Portugal. The interview was Perez’s first comment on Ronaldo since Portuguese sports daily A Bola reported on Friday that Ronaldo was considering leaving Spain after a state prosecutor accused him of four counts of tax fraud totaling 14.7 million euros ($16.5 million) in unpaid taxes. “I still haven’t spoken to Cristiano Ronaldo. I found out about all this from a newspaper,” Perez said. “He will tell us what has happened.(.) The only thing I
know is that he feels mistreated by the media.” Madrid’s long-time president said the club had not received any transfer offers for Ronaldo. Ronaldo has denied any wrongdoing, and Madrid issued a statement last week saying it believed the player was innocent. A judge will decide whether there are grounds to take the matter to court. Perez said on Monday that “as far as I know Cristiano has always met (his fiscal obligations)” and that “it all must be some sort of misunderstanding that will be cleared up quickly.” Perez’s radio interview came hours after the 70-year-old businessman was reelected to a fifth four-year term as Madrid’s president. He ran unopposed. A four-time Ballon d’Or winner, the 32-year-old Ronaldo is the top European soccer player. He has led Madrid to back-toback Champions League titles and its first Spanish league in five seasons this year, and helped Portugal to win last year’s European Championship. (ap)
AP Photo/Francisco Seco
Real Madrid’s president Florentino Perez waves during the official announcement of his reelection as the club’s new president at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Monday, June 19, 2017. Florentino Perez was re-elected president as he was the only official candidate.
Spanish prosecutors accuse Mourinho of 3.3 mln eur tax fraud
MADRID - Spanish prosecutors said on Tuesday they ing to a report in El Confidencial newspaper on Tuesday. had filed a claim against Manchester United manager Jose Real Madrid was not immediately available for comMourinho on two counts of tax fraud dating back to when ment on the allegations against Mourihno or Ronaldo’s he coached Real Madrid. The Portuguese manager owes hearing. Spanish tax authorities 3.3 million euros ($3.7 million), Gestifute, a Portuguese-based soccer agency which a Madrid prosecutor said in a statement, adding it had represents Mourinho and Ronaldo, did not immediately presented a claim to a local court. respond to requests for comment. (rtr) Mourinho left Real Madrid in 2013 to manage English club Chelsea for a second spell before signing with United in 2016. Prosecutors said he had failed to declare revenues from his image rights in his Spanish income tax declarations from 2011 and 2012, “with the aim of obtaining illicit profits”. They said Mourinho had already settled a previous claim relating to his Spanish taxes, which resulted in a penalty of 1.15 million euros in 2014. But tax authorities later found that some of the information presented in that settlement was incorrect, the prosecutors said. The claims against Mourinho come amid a lengthening list of tax fraud cases involving soccer stars in Spain. Action Images via REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo has been called to testify on July 31 in Madrid on allegations that he hid in- Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho come from tax authorities between 2011 and 2014, accord- during the press conference.
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France returns in 2018 as part of F1 triple-header
Tunjuk Village
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Australia’s Nick Kyrgios looks dejected after retiring from his first round match against USA’s Donald Young.
Kyrgios retires from Queen’s after another injury
Local Farming & Agriculture Experience with Lunch TABANAN - Experience what it’s like to be a Balinese farmer during an illuminating agricultural experience in Tunjuk Village and Jatiluwih Village. Visit an elementary school, practice planting or harvesting rice, and delight in a sumptuous meal before traveling to Jatiluwih to marvel at a series of flourishing rice terraces. Rise with the dawn and travel to Tunjuk Village. On weekdays, launch your tour with a visit to the regional elementary school before venturing into the heart of the village. In Tunjuk proper, meet a farmer and learn about the methods they use to plant, transplant, and harvest rice. Discover the traditional and modern-day techniques for sowing and transplanting the starts. Then, under the tutelage of your host, practice farming with cow- and buffalo-propelled tools as well as the streamlined machinery popular with present-day agriculturalists. After your hard work, cool off with a coconut snack. Then, savor a delicious lunch at the farm. As you appreciate the tasty offerings prepared by your guide, admire the fields with fresh eyes, acknowledging the efforts involved in producing the ancient grain. Finally, cap off your adventures with a tour of Jatiluwih Village. Trace a careful route through the forest and land at
a scenic promontory, with terraced rice fields as far as the eye can see. Village and Beyond Trekking The trek starts point at Taman Sari Buwana, Tunjuk village where the area still virgin from tourist activities. After self preparation you will then lead to trek to Subak Kelasem, where you can enjoy rice field panorama with metekap activity (plow over using two cows) by local farmers From Subak Kelasem you will trek toward to Subak Babakan by passing through a small river and an holy temple. A different panorama of rice field with blue mountain back ground could be enjoyed from this area. Walking along the rice field you will see a subak temple where usually farmers offer an offering as thanksgiving to the rice God, Dewi Sri. Incase by chance you see this activity; you may get involve with them. From Subak Babakan you will continue the trek to water dam.
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The trek will pass through coconut plantation where a local will show a coconut tree climbing attraction. Young coconut drink is served here as refreshment. After enjoying the water dam surrounding then you will continue the trek by walking along a riverside until reaching pig farming. You may ask some questions to the staff there. Just few steps from the pig farming there is a Hindu cemetery located. Your walking will pass on that cemetery. A different view of rice field with coconut trees back ground could be enjoyed from end of cemetery till reaching end side of the Beng Village. Then you will walk along the village while enjoy the village atmosphere and activities. Reaching the other side of village, you may get involve with a Balinese family in making offering and jajan (Balinese rice cake). A traditional set menu lunch is served with a Balinese family before of your trek at Taman Sari Buwana. (IBP/net)
LONDON - Nick Kyrgios suffered an injury setback just two weeks before the start of Wimbledon as he was forced to retire during his first round match at the Queen’s Club Championships in London on Monday. The talented Australian maverick slipped awkwardly on the grass at the back of the court during a rally at 4-4 in the first set against American Donald Young, succumbing again to a recent, problematic hip injury. After putting his head in his hands and lying on court for a few minutes after the slip, Kyrgios needed a medical time-out. When he resumed, obviously in some discomfort, he went on to squander two break points before losing the first set 7-3 in a tie-break and then deciding to retire from the contest. His withdrawal may have just
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“I’d play Wimbledon if I was injured pretty bad anyway,” he said. “I’m here anyway. I don’t really have time to go home or anything. Yeah, I will be playing, for sure.” Earlier, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga had returned emphatically to winning ways at Queen’s, putting his shock first round exit at his home French Open firmly behind him. Tsonga outplayed his compatriot Adrian Mannarino 6-2 6-2 in the opening match of the traditional Wimbledon warm-up event in his first match since suffering a four-set defeat by little-known Argentine Renzo Olivo at Roland Garros. (rtr)
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been a precaution with Wimbledon so close, but it was another blow to the 22-year-old, whose hip and shoulder problems forced him to pull out of the Italian Open and blighted his French Open preparations. “It just was a sharp pain when I fell,” the Australian told reporters. “I started feeling it when I was walking, when I was landing on my serve. It’s exactly what I was feeling in Paris. It’s tough to play through. “It’s not great at the moment. But we’ll see.” Despite the setback, he expects to play at Wimbledon, which begins on July 3.
LONDON - The French Grand Prix will return to the Formula One calendar next year, for the first time since 2008, as part of an unprecedented triple-header with Austria and Britain. The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA), published a 21-race 2018 calendar on Monday with France and Germany’s Hockenheim, absent this year, returning while Malaysia drops off. The race at Le Castellet, inland from Marseille, will be on June 24, avoiding a clash with the Le Mans 24 Hours on June 16-17, followed by Austria on July 1 and Silverstone on July 8. Formula One has not had three races on successive weekends before, due to logistical reasons, although it has been mooted. A proposed street race in New Jersey was sandwiched between Monaco and Canada on the provisional 2014 calendar but the U.S. round did not happen for financial reasons. The season will start in Australia on March 25 with teams then travelling to Shanghai and Bahrain, which will be back-to-back on April 8 and 15, before the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on April 29. Russia was the fourth round this year but that race moves away from the May Day holiday weekend to an end of September slot instead. Spain’s Circuit de Barcelona opens the European season on May 13, followed by the showcase Monaco race, before Formula One travels across the Atlantic to Canada on June 10 and then returns to France. Germany returns on July 22 with a race at Hockenheim, followed by Hungary on the next weekend, with the three week August break maintained after fears it might have to go to accommodate the extra races. Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps and Italy’s Monza are also back-to-back races, in late August and early September, with Singapore - Asia’s glittering floodlit night race - a stand-alone on Sept 16. Singapore and China both have asterisks against them as subject to confirmation by the commercial rights holder. Russia and Japan are paired, as are the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, and Mexico. The season ends in Abu Dhabi, as usual, on Nov. 25. Sean Bratches, commercial managing director for Formula One after former supremo Bernie Ecclestone was moved aside in January following Liberty Media’s takeover, has spoken of the need to divide the calendar more clearly into regions. (rtr)
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PARIS - The third-placed Vaillant Rebellion car driven by Brazilian Nelson Piquet Junior, Denmark’s David Heinemeier Hansson and Switzerland’s Mathias Beche has been disqualified from the Le Mans 24 Hours standings after technical checks. The second tier LMP2 team intended to appeal, organisers added on Monday -- a day after the race finished at the Circuit de la Sarthe. The disqualification means that the Jackie Chan DC Racing number 37 car driven by China’s David Cheng, France’s Tristan Gommendy and Britain’s Alex Brundle
moves up to the podium place. That would be a double for the LMP2 team backed by the Hong Kong action movie star and stuntman, whose other car finished second behind winners Porsche. The Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) said in a statement that technical marshals had found a modification to the number 13 car’s bodywork that was not in compliance with the rules. Media reports said a hole had been made to give access to the starter motor without having to remove the engine cover and rear bodywork. (rtr)
The Oreca 07 No. 13 of the Vaillante Rebellion Team driven by Mathais Beche of Switzerland, David Heinemeier Hansson of Switzerland and Nelsinho Piquet of Brazil races in a curve during the 85th 24hour Le Mans endurance race in Le Mans, western France, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (AP Photo/David Vincent) AP Photo/David Vincent
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LONDON - A van ploughed into worshippers near a London mosque in the early hours of Monday, injuring 11 people, two of them seriously, in what Prime Minister Theresa May said was a sickening, terrorist attack on Muslims.
The vehicle swerved into a group of mainly North and West African people shortly after midnight as they left prayers at the Muslim Welfare House and the nearby Finsbury Park Mosque in north London, one of the biggest in Britain. The driver, a 47-year-old white man, was grabbed at the scene by locals and pinned down until police arrived. The man was not named by police but local media reported he was a father of four who lived in Wales. He was held on suspicion of attempted murder which was later extended to preparing or instigating terrorism, including murder and attempted murder. After being seized, he said he had wanted to kill “many Muslim people”, one witness told journalists. A man, who had earlier suffered a heart attack, died at the scene but it was not clear if his death was connected to the van attack. “This morning, our country woke to news of another terrorist attack on the streets of our capital city: the second this month and every bit as sickening as those which have come before,” May told reporters outside her Downing Street office. “This was an attack on Muslims near their place of worship,” said May who later visited the mosque. The White House said U.S. President Donald Trump was receiving regular updates on the attack. “We’ve made it very clear to our British allies that we stand
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The mosques’ worshippers had just left special prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Usain Ali, 28, said he heard a bang and ran for his life. “When I looked back, I thought it was a car accident, but people were shouting, screaming and I realised this was a man choosing to terrorise people who are praying,” he told Reuters. “He chose exactly the time that people pray, and the mosque is too small and full, so some pray outside.” Another witness Yann Bouhllissa, 38, said he had been tending an old man who had suffered a heart attack when the van was driven at them. The driver was then seized by locals. “One guy caught the guy and brought him down,” Bouhllissa told Reuters. “When he was on the floor, the guy asked ‘why do you do that?’. He said ‘Because I want to kill many Muslim people’.” Mohammed Mahmoud, the imam from the Muslim Welfare House, stepped in to ensure the van driver was not hurt until he was bundled into a police van. (rtr)
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Police officers detain a man near the scene of an attack where a van was driven at muslim worshippers outside a mosque in Finsbury Park in North London, Britain, June 19, 2017.
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Otto Frederick Warmbier (C), a University of Virginia student who was detained in North Korea since early January, is taken to North Korea’s top court in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by Kyodo March 16, 2016.
U.S. student held prisoner by North Korea dies days after release
CINCINNATI - An American university student who had been held prisoner in North Korea for 17 months died at a Cincinnati hospital on Monday, just days after he was released from captivity in a coma, his parent said. Otto Warmbier, 22, who was arrested in North Korea while visiting as a tourist, had been described by doctors caring for him last week as having extensive brain damage that left him in a state of “unresponsive wakefulness.” “Unfortunately, the awful torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of the North Koreans ensured that no other outcome was possible beyond the sad one we experienced today,” the family said in a statement after Warmbier’s death at 2:20 p.m. EDT (1820 GMT). His family has said that Warmbier lapsed into a coma in March 2016, shortly after he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in North Korea. Physicians at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he died, said last Thursday that Warmbier showed no sign of understanding language or awareness of his surroundings, and had made no “purposeful movements or behaviors,” though he was breathing on his own. There was no immediate word from Warmbier’s family on the cause of his death. The circumstances of his detention in North Korea and what medical treatment he may have received there remained a mystery, but relatives have said his condition suggested that he had been physically abused by his captors. The University of Virginia stu-
dent and Ohio native was arrested, according to North Korean media, for trying to steal an item bearing a propaganda slogan. North Korea released Warmbier last week and said he was being freed “on humanitarian grounds.” The North Korean mission to the United Nations was not available for comment on Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump issued a statement offering condolences to the Warmbier family and denouncing “the brutality of the North Korean regime as we mourn its latest victim.” The president drew criticism in May when he said he would be “honored” to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would absolutely, I would be honored to do it,” Trump said in the interview. “If it’s under the, again, under the right circumstances. But I would do that.” The student’s father, Fred Warmbier, said last week that his son had been “brutalized and terrorized by the Pyongyang government and that the family disbelieved North Korea’s story that his son had fallen into a coma after contracting botulism and being given a sleeping pill. Doctors who examined Otto Warmbier after his release said there was no sign of botulism in his system. Warmbier was freed after the U.S. State Department’s special envoy on North Korea, Joseph Yun, traveled to Pyongyang and demanded the student’s release on humanitarian grounds, capping a flurry of secret diplomatic contacts, a U.S. official said last week. (rtr)
JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Rini Soemarno is optimistic of dispatching 250 thousand homecoming travelers in 2018, through a joint homecoming program, as it has sent a total of 118,220 travelers in 2017. “Hopefully, the number of homecoming travelers to depart would rise next year,” she said after seeing off a joint homecoming activity facilitated by 28 state-owned companies in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah in Jakarta on Monday. Soemarno elaborated on several ways to meet the expectation, first of which is working to provide additional modes of ground transportation,
especially by increasing the number of rail carriages. “In 2017, several homecoming travelers are keen to use trains, but the number of carriages are
not enough,” she pointed out. Secondly, the minister expected more state-owned companies to participate in supporting the joint homecoming program. For 2017, a total of 28 state-owned enterprises participated in dispatching 118,220 homecoming travelers by using their corporate social responsibility funds to provide land, sea, and air transportation modes. The homecoming travelers were dispatched to 84 destinations across Indonesia by using 1,920 buses, trains, ships provided by PT Pelni, and aircraft. Thirdly, she also opened up the opportunity to cooperate with private parties in facilitating the homecoming program. “Thus, more people can be dispatched through the joint homecoming program,” she stated. President Director of PT Jasa Raharja Budi Setyarso, who was
also coordinator for the 2017 Joint Homecoming, said his party will streamline the online homecoming registration system in order to make
it more sophisticated and easier for the community to use it. “The registration time range will be longer,” he stated. (ant)
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People carry they luggage at Senen train station as they leave for their hometowns, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, June 19, 2017. The mass exodus out of the capital and other major cities in the world’s most populous Muslim country is underway as millions are heading home to their villages to celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday on June 25. The holiday marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
Police apologize to ANTARA for attack on its journalist
JAKARTA - Deputy of the Polices Mobile Brigade Personnel Sen. Comm. Police Heru Novianto here, Monday, apologized to ANTARA and its journalist, Ricky Prayoga, who fell victim to an assault by a policeman, Adam Nasution, in Jakarta, Sunday. “Following the attack committed by one of our officers, we understand that they failed to act appropriately, and hence, we express regret over the incident,” Novianto remarked at the News Agency Office, Wisma ANTARA in Jakarta. Novianto stated that the Police are still questioning the officers, including Baratu Adam Nasution as well as his four counterparts. He further noted that the Police will take disciplinary action against the policemen if they are proven to have committed the assault. “We will impose a sanction on the officers,” he emphasized. The deputy admitted that the police members had overreacted in handling Sundays incident. Novianto, who was part of a mediation between Prayoga and the police on Monday, stated that the assault occurred when officer Adam and the journalist exchanged unpleasant looks. “After staring at one another, both men further argued.
Probably, this junior officer was in a foul mood, so he got tempted to get into a fight,” Novianto stated. Meanwhile, President Director of ANTARA Meidyatama Suryodiningrat has lauded the polices swift response following the assault committed by its officers. “I praise this sincere apology given by the Polices Mobile Brigade personnel. Although, the final decision has yet to be elaborated on, we laud the polices step to investigate its members comprehensively,” Suryodiningrat remarked. Earlier on Sunday, Prayoga was assaulted by some police officers during the badminton tournament event, Indonesia Open Super Series 2017 held at the Jakarta Convention Centre. According to a video recorded during the incident, Prayoga was seen being dragged by the officers when he was on his way to an automatic teller machine nearby. “I thought I have done something wrong, and I asked Adam what it was,” Prayoga stated while adding that Adam and his three counterparts manhandled and dragged him to the corner of the room. Prayoga further admitted to being traumatized by the assault. (ant)
TARAKAN - Indonesian Military (TNI) commander General Gatot Nurmantyo lauded the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for their hard work to muffle ISIS terror in Marawi. “On this occasion, I congratulate AFP for their achievement towards dampening ISIS movement in Marawi and killing 257 terrorists,” he stated, during the inauguration of the Maritime Command Center (MCC) here, on Monday. According to Gatot, the initiative by the Philippines is a warning for Indonesia, as well as Malaysia, to counter ISIS, considering its sleeper cells that exist in both countries. Therefore, Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia must involve in trilateral cooperation and agreement to facilitate
exchange of information. “The speed and accuracy of information is needed to determine early anticipatory measures to prevent ISIS from entering the country,” Gatot remarked. Moreover, the authorities must also be aware of the possibility of ISIS members leaving Marawi posing as refugees, he added. Security has been tightened in Indonesia, where 16 of the regions have sleeper cells of ISIS, according to TNI. The addition of troops and the deployment of warships, submarines, and aircraft for patrols have been carried out primarily in border areas of North Sulawesi and North Kalimantan, such as Marore Island, Miangas, Morotai, and Talaud. (ant)
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Maziar Farzam, President of Inhance Digital, demonstrates virtual reality glasses which provide digital information about the Boeing 787-10 aircraft, during the opening of the 52nd Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport, near Paris, France, June 19, 2017.
Boeing lifts 20-year industry demand forecast to $6 trillion
PARIS - Boeing raised its 20-year industry forecast for passenger and freight plane deliveries by 4 percent on Tuesday, though executives at the world’s biggest airshow in Paris expect demand this year to cool from recent red-hot levels. The U.S. planemaker continued to rack up orders at the Paris Airshow for a new model of its best-selling 737 aircraft, which was launched on Monday amid a flurry of deals. Boeing’s projection includes a 5 percent increase in the 20-year forecast for deliveries of singleaisle aircraft such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 families, the cash cows of the world’s two largest aircraft manufacturers. Boeing now expects 29,530 deliveries in the medium-haul single-aisle category, which is popular with low-cost airlines. Aircraft leasing company Avolon announced a provisional deal on Tuesday to buy 75 Boeing 737 MAX 8s worth $8.4 billion at list prices and said it would have a “hard look” at possible orders for the MAX 10. Airbus, meanwhile, agreed a provisional $5 billion deal with low-cost carrier Viva Air Peru for 50 A320 jets, confirming a Reuters report.
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In this Saturday, June 10, 2017, file photo, Balinese girls in traditional dress wait for a parade during the Bali Arts Festival in Bali, Indonesia. A month-long annual festival started on Saturday.
Leasing firm Aviation Capital Group (ACG), for example, said it had placed an order for 20 of the new 737 MAX 10 jets, worth a total of $2.5 billion at list prices. “It is getting a big endorsement from airlines and that is leading to more lessors endorsing it too,” Ihssane Mounir, Boeing vice president for sales and marketing, told reporters. But analysts expect demand at the June 19-25 event in Paris to fall short of recent years, and some aviation companies have cut back on staff and hospitality at the show. Over the longer term, though, Boeing sees an industry in rude health, forecasting 41,030 plane deliveries worth more than $6 trillion over the next two decades, up from 39,620 in a similar projection a year ago.
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AVIATION SERVICES Air travel has been on a sharp uptrend, led by emerging economies as China looks set to replace North America as the world’s biggest transport market in the coming years. But China’s economic expansion is slowing, even though it remains above 6 percent a year. Boeing trimmed its 20-year forecast for average global traffic growth to 4.7 percent from 4.8 percent. Airbus took a similar step with its 20-year forecast released earlier this month, though it raised its projection for total deliveries by 6 percent from last year to 34,899 aircraft. Boeing’s overall tally is higher partly because it counts aircraft with 90 seats or more, whereas Airbus starts at 100. With demand for new jets cooling, planemakers are seeing greater
opportunities in aviation services. Boeing forecast that market could be worth $8.5 trillion over 20 years, growing at an average 4 percent a year. Airbus launched a digital services platform on Tuesday, which it said could crunch data to help airlines improve maintenance, reduce fuel burn and optimise routes.
BIGGER NOT BETTER? In a symbolic change likely to rankle with its European rival, Boeing ditched its forecast for very large fourengined airplanes such as the Airbus A380 and its 747-8. For the first time, it lumped these models with large two-engined jets such as the Boeing 777 and the largest Airbus A350. Boeing has long argued that the “very large” category is on its way out as airlines switch to smaller twinjets. Both manufacturers have had to cut output of four-engined jumbos. “Frankly, we look at the demand for really big airplanes and we find it hard to believe that Airbus will be able to deliver the rest of their A380s
in backlog,” Boeing Marketing Vice-President Randy Tinseth said in a briefing. Airbus insists the double-decker A380 has a future due to airport congestion and predicts 5 percent of aircraft delivered over the next 20 years will be very large people carriers or freighters, even though it lowered its forecast. “They would do that, the 747-8 isn’t selling,” Airbus sales chief John Leahy said of Boeing’s decision to ditch its separate forecast for the biggest planes. “We have no intention of sharing that market with them, albeit a smaller market than we might have thought.” “Traffic is doubling,” he said. “(Boeing’s) explanation is we’ll fly more flights. I’m sorry, but you can’t do it. You have to have bigger aircraft.” Boeing predicted demand for 920 cargo planes, down 1 percent from its previous forecast. Much air cargo nowadays goes in the belly of widebody passenger planes rather than freighters. (rtr)
Jelekungkang Waterfall being made into tourist attraction
Jelekungkang waterfalls is being made into a tourist attraction and the local community is stepping up to the task by arranging the area around these waterfalls located in Tammanbali, Bangli. Ketut Purna who has been instrumental in this process, said that as of a week ago a path to the waterfalls has been opened.
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He explained that local residents have been bathing at these waterfalls for a very long time but that acces was not easy until recently. Since the road and path have been opened, children have been coming the waterfall in droves. “Now, almost every day, children from our village come here to bathe. Sometimes, they also help us cleanup the area”, said this man who also popularised Kiningan waterfall. Purna added that he is eager to make this waterfalls into a tourist attraction as a way to boost the local economy. Chief of Jelekungkang customary village, Wayan Wirya, confrimed that although the waterfall has been there for a very long time, it is only very recently that it has been made more accessible. “ It is Mr. Purna who took the initiative to arrange the area and I myself only found out a few days ago about his plan to make it inot a tourist attraction” siad Chief Wirya, who added that quite possibly the customary village authorities whoudl manage the site in the future. However, he explained that for the time being they are just seeing how things go. “For the now we do not know what management will look like. If things go well, perhaps it will be taken over by the customary village. Let’s see how things progress” stated Wirya. As observation recently, the path to the waterfall is quite steep with the path leading along a steep precipice that is only accessible by foot. The water of this 25 foot waterfall is very clear. (kmb)
For members of the Balinese Hindu community, religious ceremonies are inseparable form wht is known to many as art. The unique artistic values of Balinese Hindu rituals are also sometimes performed as a cultural attraction. Everything from the dances, pslamodies and even ritual paraphernalia are embed with aesthetic beauty of great meaning and value. Objects such as banners, kober and bandrang (spears) that are used in temple ceremonies also contain great meaning and value. Apart from their decorative aspects, these banners also have spiritual meaning and provide protection. Balinese humanist, and former rector of ISI Denpsar (1981-1997), Prof. Dr. I Made Bandem, explains that these ritual paraphernalia are important in religious processions like ngunya, ngelawang (gallivanting street show) and melasti and are used in accordance with time, place and circumstance as well as the scale of the ritual, whether large, medium or small. He added that in the past these objects were the property of kingdoms and were used to show or display the majesty of a kingdom. In modern times such paraphernalia are used when escorting the deities. Indirectly, they contains meaningful philosophy related to showing off the beauty, greatness and grandeur of the deities that are venerated by the community. “All ritual paraphernalia including the bandrang (spears), banners, kober (flags) and so forth are believed to serve as both phyical and spiritual protectors. The use of these objects is also related to the Balinese Hindu community’s respect for local venerated deities”, explained Prof. Bandem. While serving as a means to show respect for the deities, these ojects are also based on the values of Hindu philosophy. Dr. I Gusti Made Ngurah, Chairman of the Sabha Budaya Hindu Bali Foundation said that in the Purana and Itihasa scriptures bandrang are mentioned as being an ordinary spear embellished with feathers symbolizing the power of Lord Brahma, while banners symbolize the power of Lord Vishnu and kober -especially when they bear the image of Hanuman Maruti (son of Lord Bayu) symbolize strength. Due to the forces of such symbols, they are used in combinations with hope of producing balance. READ Melasti, Purifying Earth before Nyepi Ngurah added that the use of kober with the image of Dewata Nawa Sanga (gods of the nine directions) has become a necessity for the Hindu community of Bali and represents something about the arrival of Hindu religious teachings to Bali. This symbol also represents the the concept of Sarwa Dewata or Sarwa Samudaya which translates as something like ‘the god amounting to more than one’. The nine gods represented in the Dewata Nawa Sanga are each equipped with their own are each equipped with their own weapons as manifestations for their receptive powers. “The use of bandrang, banners, kober and so on are important for their philosophical meanings but also as a sign that a ritual is being held in a particular location” added Gusti Made Ngurah. (kmb)
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Qatar says it will not negotiate unless neighbours lift “blockade” DOHA - Qatar will not negotiate with its neighbours to resolve the Gulf dispute unless they first lift the trade and travel boycott they imposed two weeks ago, its foreign minister said, but added Doha still believed a solution was possible.
The increase of vehicles leaving Bali is also coupled with the addition of operating ship so there are totally 41 ships from Gilimanuk.
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Predicted to peak on day three prior to Lebaran
NEGARA — Until Monday (Jun. 19), the homecoming traffic through Gilimanuk Harbor began to increase. The ASDP Gilimanuk started to open all ticket counters for motorcycle and cars. From the observation last Monday, dense traffic occurred in the morning and late in the night, especially homecomers with motorcycles. Business Manager of Gilimanuk Harbor, Heru Wahyono, said last Monday that all ticket counters for motorcycles already started to open. There is an increase in the number of vehicles crossing through the harbor especially motorcycles. “There is an increase, but the vehicles do not get to outside of the harbor. They can
still be accommodated (parked) in harbor area,” he explained. Currently, according to him, all the ticket counters are opened to speed up services. Seven counters are allocated for motorcycles and five counters for cars. The ASDP predicted the dense traffic in Gilimanuk will occur between day four and day
two before holiday. In addition to the ticket counter at Gilimanuk, the ASDP also opened a buffer zone at three points prior to the harbor. They are opened at Soka (Tabanan), Candikusuma Square (Melaya) and Cekik (Gilimanuk). “At each point, homecomers can buy tickets online and utilize a rest area,” he said.
Besides, homecomers can also get a list of manifest and fill it out. So far, the only buffer zone opened until this Tuesday is at Cekik. In the meantime, the data collected in the ASDP during the period of day seven until day six before holiday indicated that 34,494 people have crossed. They consist of 5,811 motorcycles and 4,749 cars. The amount increased approximately 3 to 17 percent compared to the same day in the previous year. The increase of ve-
hicles leaving Bali is also coupled with the addition of operating ship so there are totally 41 ships from Gilimanuk. In the meantime, freight vehicles chiefly trailer trucks starting day five before holiday are appealed not to pass. Only freight vehicles carrying basic food and fuel are allowed to pass. District police have also provided a number of locations for trucks to park when the traffic is crowded. (kmb26)
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Crossing traffic starts increasing in Padangbai
AMLAPURA - Traffic of motorcycles and cars passing through Padangbai to Lembar Harbor in Lombok began to increase on day six before Lebaran. The number of vehicles has started to increase by about five percent than usual. Peak of the homecoming traffic of this Lebaran is estimated to occur on day three before Lebaran. Supervisor of the ASDP Padangbai, Rudi Susanto, explained on Monday (Jun. 19) that there has been an increase in the number of vehicles, but until last Monday there has not been a long line of homecomers. Likewise, until Monday the freight trucks are still allowed to cross through Padangbai. “The increase has been happening since the past two days or day eight
before holiday. The increase is dominated by motorcycles,” said Rudi Susanto. Motorcycles have showed an increase, while cars are said to look not so crowded. Seeing the last year’s homecoming traffic, it is estimated there will be a significant increase on day five before holiday and the peak occurs on day three before Lebaran. This means the surge of traffic of Lebaran homecoming will occur from Tuesday (Jun. 20). Rudi Susanto said the crowded queue of motorists usually occurs at certain hours such as afternoon, evening until dawn. It happens because the hours are selected by homecomers to avoid hot weather. Besides, at that time their condition is fit after having iftar. To anticipate the peak of vehicle surge later on,
his management has set up tents along the line of motorcycle queue. This measure is done to provide a comfort for motorists who are in queue that cross during the day. Although there has been an increase in the number of vehicles, the crossing trip made is still normal namely for 24 times. So far, the number of the trips can still accommodate vehicles and passengers, though there is an increase. The additional trip will be made when there has been a significant increase to cause long queues of vehicles inside the harbor. In order to accelerate the homecoming traffic in Padangbai Harbor, the harbor has prepared 33 ferries. This amount is enough to prevent long queue during pinnacle of the homecoming traffic. (kmb31)
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Peak of the homecoming traffic of this Lebaran is estimated to occur on day three before Lebaran.
The United Arab Emirates, which along with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain imposed the measures to isolate Qatar, said the sanctions could last for years unless Doha accepted demands that the Arab powers plan to reveal in coming days. Qatar has denied accusations by its neighbours that it funds terrorism, foments regional instability or has cosied up to their enemy Iran. The dispute has opened a rift among some of the main U.S. allies in the Middle East, with President Donald Trump backing tough measures against Qatar even as his State Department and Defense Department have sought to remain neutral. On Monday Qatar held war games with Turkish troops, showing off one
of its few remaining strong alliances after two weeks of unprecedented isolation. Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said Doha was ready to “engage and address” the concerns of other Gulf Arab states in what he described as a proper dialogue with pre-determined principles, but reiterated that sanctions must be lifted first. “Until now we didn’t see any progress about lifting the blockade, which is the condition for anything to move forward,” Sheikh Mohammed said. The countries that imposed the sanctions have denied that they amount to a blockade. Sheikh Mohammed said he
planned to travel to Washington next week to discuss the economic effect of the “blockade” and its effects on the global fight against terrorism. “We have a very strong partnership with the U.S. We are partners together in the global coalition of countering terrorism. We have been talking to them since the crisis started,” he said. UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said earlier on Monday said that those seeking to isolate Qatar had no intention of backing down unless their demands were met. “Qatar will realise that this is a new state of affairs and isolation can last years,” Gargash told reporters
in Paris. “If they want to be isolated because of their perverted view of what their political role is, then let them be isolated. They are still in a phase of denial and anger,” he said, adding that a list of grievances for Qatar to address would be completed in the coming days. Qatar has relished support from Turkey during the dispute. Its statefunded pan-Arab Al Jazeera news channel showed footage of a column of armoured personnel carriers flying the Turkish flag inside the Tariq bin Ziyad military base in Doha. It reported that additional Turkish troops had arrived in Qatar on Sunday for the exercises, although military sources in the region told Reuters the operation actually involved Turkish troops who were already present rather than new arrivals. (rtr)
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Qatar ’s foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani speaks to reporters in Doha, Qatar, June 8, 2017.
Thailand plans cyber network scrutiny, Britons cry for London law to toughen online monitoring fire victims as death toll rises to 79
BANGKOK - Thailand aims to buy software to strengthen the military government’s ability to track online networks and monitor online activity while planning a cyber law that will expand powers to pry into private communications. The beefing up of powers over the online world come as authorities are increasingly targeting social media for violations of a law that makes it a crime to defame, insult or threaten the king, queen, heir to the throne or regent. The Digital Economy Ministry aims to spend 128.56 million baht ($3.8 million) on software including a “social network data analysis system” to monitor and map individuals and relationships between more than one million online users, according to a ministry document seen by Reuters. “The software will sweep and store all data available on social media to be analyzed and monitored,” Teerawut Thongpak, director of the ministry’s Digital Service Infrastructure Department, told Reuters. He said the government would post a tender for the software and then consider offers. Governments around the world buy social media monitoring products to chart relationships and networks, as well as to monitor dissidents and identify their leaders.
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A man is silhouetted onto an electronic screen displaying prohibited website in Bangkok, Thailand, in this June 19, 2017 illustration photo. New York University researchers have also found various U.S. jurisdictions had spent more than $5.82 million on social media monitoring software. Since a May 2014 coup in Thailand, the military government has arrested numerous people on suspicion of posting material on Facebook and other platforms deemed to violate the royal-insult law. The legal watchdog group iLaw says 59 people have been found guilty over online posts since the coup. This month, in the toughest sentence yet, a man was jailed for 35 years under the
law for posts online. The government has asked Facebook to block some 300 posts from users in Thailand this year, a sharp increase from 80 restrictions during the period from mid-2014 to the end of 2016, according to Facebook reports. The junta is also pushing for a cyber security bill, which is expected to be put before parliament this year, despite the concern of civil society and business groups that it will give the government powers for mass surveillance. (rtr)
LONDON - The death toll from a fire that ravaged a London tower block last week has risen to 79, police said on Monday, as the government tried to show it was improving its handling of a tragedy that has angered the public. Fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower, a social housing block in Kensington, west London, in the early hours of Wednesday, trapping residents inside as it tore through the building with terrifying speed. “I believe there are 79 people that are either dead, or missing, and sadly I have to presume are dead,” Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy told reporters. He said that five of the dead had been formally identified and it would be a slow and painstaking task to identify the others. Because of the intensity of the blaze some may never be identified. A minute’s silence was held across Britain at 1000 GMT to honour the victims of the fire - a painfully familiar ritual after the country has been hit by three deadly attacks by Islamist extremists in London and Manchester since March. At an improvised memorial wall covered in messages of grief and solidarity close to Grenfell Tower, firefighters and members of the local community stood together, some crying, as they observed the minute’s silence. One firefighter, in his black protective suit with FIRE emblazoned in yellow on the back, embraced a distraught woman who had photos of a missing person printed on her top. A red t-shirt with the London Fire Brigade’s logo had been placed by the memorial wall, with the name of a nearby fire station and the words “We tried, we’re sorry” scrawled on it. Briefing reporters at police headquarters, Cundy became visibly upset as he described conditions in the charred tower, where a search and recovery operation is expected to last weeks. “I was in there myself and went all the way to the top floor and it is incredibly hard,” he said, before pausing as tears welled up in his eyes. “It is incredibly hard to describe the devastation in some parts of the building,” he continued, his voice breaking. (rtr)
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China propels rise of electric ultra-high-performance cars
BEIJING — Want an insanely fast ride with zero emissions? Startup NIO has the car: An electric two-seater with muscular European lines and a top speed of 195 miles per hour (313 kilometers per hour). The catch: The EP9 costs nearly $1.5 million. NIO, a Chinese-Western hybrid with bases in Shanghai, London and Silicon Valley, created it to showcase the company’s technology and had no sales plans. But it is taking orders for “bespoke vehicles” after hearing from buyers ready to pay the eye-popping price. “We are actually pleasantly surprised how much interest we are getting,” said the CEO of NIO’s U.S. unit, Padmasree Warrior, a veteran of Cisco and Motorola. NIO is part of a wave of fledgling automakers — all backed at least in part by Chinese investors — that are propelling the electric vehicle industry’s latest trend: ultra-highperformance cars. Manufacturers including Detroit Electric, Qiantu Motor, Thunder Power and NEVS aim to compete with Europe, Detroit and Japan by offering top speeds over 150 mph (240 kph) and features including carbon fiber bodies and web-linked navigation and entertainment. The ventures mix U.S. and European technology with Chinese money and manufacturing, reflecting this country’s rise as a market and investor for an industry where Beijing wants a leading role. Communist leaders see electric vehicles as a way to clear China’s smog-choked cities and as an engine for economic development. “We really haven’t seen nonChinese companies get into this super-technology market,” said Chris Robinson, who follows the industry for Lux Research. NIO’s backers include Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings, operator of the popular WeChat messaging service; computer maker Lenovo Group, a Singapore governmentowned investment fund and U.S.based IDG Capital, TPG and Hillhouse Capital. Some brands are following the strategy of Tesla Inc., which debuted with an eye-catching roadster to establish a premium image before launching lower-priced models. The instant torque and acceleration of electric cars make them natural performance vehicles. Detroit Electric, a revival of a pioneering U.S. electric car brand founded in 1907, launched a sports car venture this year with a Chinese battery maker and the government of Yixing, west of Shanghai. For a base price of $135,000, the company promises zero to 60 mph (100 kph)
in 3.7 seconds and a top speed of 155 mph (250 kph). The first seven of 100 cars ordered by European dealers have been delivered, according to its chairman and CEO, Albert Lam, a former Lotus chief executive. He said the company aims to release an SUV in 2018 and wants to have a four-vehicle lineup by 2020. “Our target is to be the first Chinese-based vehicle company to sell worldwide,” said Lam. Thunder Power, led by Hong Kong entrepreneur Wellen Sham, has a similarly multinational plan for a sport sedan due out in late 2018. The company is building a factory in southern China and plans a second in Spain. Engineering work is being handled by Italy’s Dallara Automobili, which helped develop Bugatti’s Veyron, the fastest streetlegal car with a top speed of 255 mph (408.84 kph). Thunder Power promises a top speed of 155 mph (245 kph). The company says its competitive edge will be a battery that can go up to 400 miles (650 kilometers) on one charge, or almost double the 200 to 250 miles (320 to 400 kilometers) of current high-end electrics. Beijing’s backing has helped to make China the biggest electric vehicle market at a time of uncertainty about the scale of support for the industry from Washington and European governments. Sales in China of plug-in and hybrid vehicles in the first quarter of this year totaled 55,929, versus 44,876 for the United States. The Cabinet hopes to have 100,000 public charging stations and 800,000 private stations operating by the end of this year. Regulators are pressing manufacturers to speed up development with a proposal to require that electrics account for at least 8 percent of each brand’s production by next year. To raise its profile, the electric vehicle industry launched its own racing circuit, dubbed Formula E, in 2014 with battery-powered Formula One-style cars and events in China, Europe, the United States and Mexico. Still, no matter how appealing they are, there aren’t enough buyers to support so many high-performance brands, said Lux’s Robinson. He noted Ferrari or Lamborghini might sell only 15 of their fastest vehicles, which are treated as marketing tools and even at prices above $1 million
fail to make a profit. Manufacturers wanting to move into lower priced segments face a crowded market, he said. “Really, not all of them are going to make it,” said Robinson. Despite that, the newcomers
express confidence they can take market share from established rivals. NIO’s Warrior points to the transition from cellphones to smartphones, in which industry leaders were displaced by upstarts. “We are in the beginning of a race.
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In this photo taken Wednesday, April 19, 2017, visitors look at the $1.5million NIO EP9 displayed at the Shanghai auto show. NIO is part of a wave of fledgling automakers - all backed at least in part by Chinese investors - that are propelling the electric vehicle industry’s latest trend: ultra-high-performance cars.
We are all at the same starting position,” said Christopher Nicoll, marketing director for Thunder Power. Detroit Electric’s Lam said his financial plan calls for each car to be sold at a profit by 2019. “We are not from the internet world,” he said. “We know how important it is for a car company to make money.” Other Chinese tech companies including internet search engine operator Baidu Inc. and LeEco, an online video service, are working on electric and self-driving vehicles. Most have research centers in Silicon Valley or Europe. “China isn’t necessarily a technological leader. They are a production leader,” said Robinson. “A lot of the more advanced electric vehicle, power train and other technology research is going on in Europe and the United States.” Chinese city governments are forging partnerships with automakers in hopes of becoming manufacturing centers. That helped Detroit Electric carry out its plans after other investors were uncertain, Lam said. He said the company picked Yixing after talking with four cities. “We were invited to come to China,” said Lam. The most prominent homegrown competitor is Qiantu Motor, led by a former executive of a state-owned automaker. Qiantu says its K50, on sale next year, will deliver a top speed of 125 mph (200 kph) and go 185 miles (300 kilometers) on one charge. NEVS is developing a sedan to be made in China based on technology acquired from defunct Swedish automaker Saab. Its owners include National Modern Energy Holdings Ltd., a Chinese developer of renewable energy technology, the government of the eastern city of Tianjin and State Research Information Technology Co., owned by the Chinese Cabinet. NIO developed the EP9 to promote its technology for self-driving vehicles. The first, a seven-seat SUV, is due to be released in China in 2018. The company worried buyers saw electrics as a “little toy car.” It wants to “break that mold and say that an electric car can be a serious performance car,” said Warrior. NIO says a self-driving version of the EP9 hit 160 mph (256 kph) in February on an Austin, Texas, test track. “We made seven, thinking it was essentially for a collector,” said Warrior. “Now there is increased interest. People actually want to buy this car.” (ap)
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Child gender players in rural areas are rare Techno gadgets taking over
DENPASAR - Children in rural areas do not seem as vivacious about learning to play gender puppet as their urban counterparts. This special style of gamelan hobbles along in the face of the cyclone of technological advancements. Technological gadgets are increasingly taking over the attention of today’s youngster. The younger generation seems to prefer staring down at their smartphones rather than sitting crosslegged playing gender music. “Nowadays it’s rather difficult to find for children to play gender. Gadgets are having a serious impact. In my time, there weren’t even any motorcycles. We just cut grass and learned to play gender puppet gamelan. There were always children to teach. But now, my own child refuses to play, even if we paid him. I don’t know what to do”, said I Nyoman Reni, Timbrah village’s Sughosa Santi Yadnya gender gamelan troupe instructor, amid the Kid Puppet Gender Gamelan Competition at the Bali Arts Festival (BAF) on the Ratna
Kanda stage of the Denpasar Art Center, on Sunday (Jun. 18). Reni added that puppet gender is quite difficult to learn as both hands are used to strike and dampen the gamelan keys that use slendro pitch or five tones. That is why the number of children willing to learn to play puppet gender is very limited. In his own art troupe, there are only eight children who are still learning. “For the BAF performance, we have been rehearsing with the children since January” he added. According to Reni, the govern-
ment should be helping to develop puppet gender in Karangasem. Supplying the kantilan and gender pemade musical insturments is especially important as puppet gender is often used in ceremonies like manusa yadnya (tooth filing) and pitra yadnya (cremation). “In my home there is only one set of gender instruments (a pair of kantilan and pemade), while there are more that 30 people wanting to practice. It makes it very hard to practice”, he concluded. Puppet gender instructor I Made Wardana from Tabanan faced similar difficulties in trying to find children to play at the BAF. Wardana searched several subdistricts and finally found four junior high school students from Subamia, Penebel and Pujungan who wanted to learn. “In Tabanan, there is not as much interest amongst youngsters as there is in Denpasar. Hopeful more young people will come to appreciate gender gamelan music
through competitions like this one” he said. Wardana added that preserving the art of puppet gender is not just aa matter of heritage but is also important in terms of helping young people balance their left and right side of their brains. Gender wayang (puppet) has quite complicated multi-technique beats so children have to go through a long process of training. It can take up to six months to get the basics down. “First they learn short compositions to familiarize themselves with using both hands to play a melody”, he added. Wardana also criticized the criteria used in the BAF’s puppet gender competition as it relied : on both slendro pitch gamelan composition and contemporary compositions that have lead to gong kebyar. The government he advised should first organize workshops or something before the perfomrances are finalized. “If possible, the competition
should not be evaluated based on the compositions as the purpose is to it encourage appreciation for puppet gender so that it can grow and develop. Otherwise, it certainly cannot grow”, he said. In yesterday’s puppet gender contest, Tabanan and Karangasem’s art envoys featured the pategak slendro, contemporary composition, Alas Arum composition and the Angkatangkatan. For contemporary composition, Karangasem featured Wangsuhpada describing the ultimate power of the creator through small droplets of its wangsuhan (holy water) and premana or fluctuations. Meanwhile, Tabanan presented the Maceburan contemporary composition that tells about childhood in the past playing in a clean, clear and unpolluted river. Maceburan or jumping off cliffs into the river is not only cheap and festive, but also interesting and entertaining and promotes the values of unity and friendship. (kmb32)
Japan Airlines re-opens flights to Denpasar
Ministry of tourism aims to have 762,000 visitors from Japan MANGUPURA - Japan Airlines re-opened direct flight from Narita to Denpasar on Saturday (Jun. 17). This is a charter flight using Boeing 767-300 that will fly three times; on June 17, 20 and 23. Previously Japan Airlines offered direct flight to Japan with 400 passengers daily. However, this flight was discontinued on September 30, 2010 due to internal factors of the company. Since then, direct flights from Japan to Indonesia have been served by Garuda Indonesia flying from Narita and Haneda to Jakarta and Denpasar. Meanwhile, Japan’s national airlines, such as ANA Airlines and Japan Airlines only operate flights to and from Jakarta. “Although it is just a charter flight, it is a good opportunity to bring in Japanese tourists to Indonesia. Until now, the number of passengers who will flown from Japan is 587”, said Ratna Suranti, Assistant Deputy of Overseas Tourism Marketing Strategy for the Ministry of Tourism. According to Ratna, Japan is one of the main target markets of foreign tourists to Indonesia. The ministry of Tourism aims to have 762,000 tourists from Japan in 2017. She added that this year, the Ministry of Tourism is focusing on foreign and national airlines are encouraged to accessibility to open routes from major market countries to Indonesia. “The full commitment of the Ministry of Tourism is indicated by preparation to welcome Japan Airlines’ first charter flight with Balinese art, provision of souvenirs and refreshments for passengers”, she said when met at the entrance of the passenger arrivals from Japan at Ngurah Rai Airport on Saturday (Jun. 17). Air Asia has also opened flight services from Narita to Denpasar, Mumbai to Denpasar. Sriwijaya Air will fly from Guangzhou to Tarakan on July 10, 2017 chartered by Dong Fang Travel of China. Head of the Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Gede Yuniartha Putra, said that this flight is a test case by Japan Airlines because bringing a plane into another country requires a very large investment. “With this chartered flight, Japanese tourists are expected to have an easier time coming to Bali” he said with hope. (kmb23)
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Kid Puppet Gender Gamelan Competition at the Bali Arts Festival (BAF) on the Ratna Kanda stage of the Denpasar Art Center, on Sunday (Jun. 18). SCHEDULE The 39th Bali Arts Festival Wednesday, 21th June 2017 Time : 11.00 ( Mid Indonesia Time) Location : Angsoka Stage Program : Theatre Show, by Mahima Community, Singaraja, representing Buleleng Regency. Time : 11.00 ( Mid Indonesia Time) Location : Ayodya Stage Program : Parade of Innovative Topeng Bondres,by Rare Kual Topeng Group, representing Buleleng Regency. Time : 14.00 ( Mid Indonesia Time) Location : Ratna Kanda Stage Program : Contest of Taman Penasar, by Suara Santhi Art Group, representing Karangasem Regency.
Time : 17.00 ( Mid Indonesia Time) Location : Angsoka Stage Program : Classical Legong, by Bali Ganda Sari Art Group, Bedulu Village, Tampaksiring Sub-district, Gianyar Regency. Time : 20.00 ( Mid Indonesia Time) Location : Ayodya Stage Program : Parade of Drama Gong, young performances, by Yowana Pande Paramartha Art Group, representing Klungkung Regency. Time : 20.00 ( Mid Indonesia Time) Location : Ardha Candra Amphitheatre Program : Parade of Gong Kebyar, adulf performers, by Surya Art Group, representing Badung Regency with Gong Kebyar Group of Pekutatan Sub-district, representing Jembrana Regency.
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After heavy rain, some areas in Kuta and Tuban flooded
MANGUPURA - A number of areas in Kuta dn Tuban were flooded in Monday (June 9) following heavy rains. Ngurah Rai Airport for example saw its motorcycle parking area and northern entrance flooded by 9 am with average water levels of 10 to 15 centimeters. When contacted via telephone, Communication and Legal Section Head of the Ngurah Rai Airport, Arie Ahsanurrohim, confirmed these facts saying that inundations were caused by a blocked canal and that number of officers were pumping the the excess water.
“The motorcycle parking area was inundated for about 60 minutes, after which the water was suctioned up by officers using a pump. They then went aroudn to check other areas”, he said. Some flights were also affected by the inundations. For flight safety, Airnav issued NOTAMN No: A2078 / 17 NOTAMN: :Visibility is below minimal due to rain. This notification is valid from 07:54 to 09:30 West Indonesia standard time because the visibility is only 100 meters where normatively it should be at least 800 meters”. Due to such conditions, a total of 13 aircrafts could not take off while another seven aircrafts were unable to land and had to be diverted to Surabaya. “A total of 20 aircrafts were unable to either land or take-off. Flights were however back to normal by 8:50 local time”, he said. Jalan Kartika Plaza also had water sloshing about. Vehicles had to move slowly through the approximately 20 centimeters of water Division Head of Water Resources at the Badung Public Works and Spatial Planning Agency (PUPR), A.A. Gde Dalem, came down to site of the inundation of Jl. Kartika Plaza. The water pump near Kuta’s subdistrict head office was not operating properly due to a melted battery terminal. As a result the generator could not be on. “Our staff have checked the pump and the problem lies with a melted battery terminal” said Dalem.
According to their SOP explained Dalem, the pump duty officers had already turned on the generator as they do three times a week. Furthermore the generator had been checked just three days ago and showed no signs of any problem. However after the heavy rainfall the generator apparently would not’ start the pump to drain the water. “I think this should not happen. In fact, the mechanism supervision system needs to be improved and the SOPs have to be re-evaluated. When terminals melt, they need to be replaced right away” he said. In the future, his agency will conduct more regular maintenance to the pump. According to Dalem, in Bali this kind of pump is only installed in Kuta and on Jalan Dewi Sri. “We will re-design the system and have Grufos take over the maintenance because they understand the specifications of this pump that they produced”, he concluded. Meanwhile, Decky Irmawan, Subdivision Head of Services for the national weather service (BMKG), Denpasar, said that this region has entered the dry season. However, due to anomalous seawater, convection clouds (rain cloud) are still being formed. Based on satellite imagery, there are disturbances over the Borneo region in the form of a vortex. “This has a noticeable effect on increasing rainfall due ot the formation of rain causing convection clouds. When compared to June last year, we should already be in the dry season. The dry season does not necessarily mean no rain” explained Irmawan. Based on weather modeling analysis, weather conditions in Bali are generally cloudy and have mild-to-moderate rainfall at night and early morning, especially in southern Bali. Seawater height in the waters of North Bali ranges from 0.25 meters to 1.25 meters. In Southern Bali they range from 0.7 meter to 3 meters. “Fishermen and marine tourism players and the public in general should pay attention to wave heights, and always refer to information provided by the BMKG”, he added. (kmb23)
The flood which happened in Ngurah Rai Airport
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017
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JAMIE’S ITALIAN KUTA BEACH LAUNCHES FRESH NEW MENU DELICIOUS VEGETARIAN & VEGAN OPTIONS, NEW COCKTAILS & MORE
This May, diners can look forward toJamie’s Italian Kuta Beach revealing a host of delicious new dishes, starters and classic cocktails – there is something on the menu for everyone! Tuck into sumptuous new starters that include Baked Mush-
rooms– baked chestnut mushrooms with crispy music bread, smoked mozzarella and thyme, or for some Bruschetta fans out there, new Salumi Bruschetta -crispy salumi, whipped buffalo ricotta with tasty herbs and aged balsamic. For Italian-inspired mains,
enjoy some amazing ingredients andhigher welfare meat from the best farms in the form of a new Herby Lamb Steak.
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The Head of Bali Villa Association Gede Sukarta
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BVA focuses on quality tourism
DENPASAR - The Bali Villa Association (BVA) is still trying to improve the quality of tourism and hopes that the villa stakeholders will contribute to these improvements. Although there are many Chinese guests today, who tend to be associated with mass tourism, the BVA continues to lead the way to quality tourism. Chairman of the BVA Bali, Gede Sukarta, accompanied by Secretary Made Yoga Iswara added that quality tourism can be achieved by improving products, services and human resources. “The highest quality tourism services are offered by villas”, he said during the gathering for the celebration of the BVA’s 11th anniversary. Villas he said, offer good room rates and good service standards. As as result guests also have good holidays, he said adding that villas offer a different touch with totally private landscapes and rooms making for a different experience for guests too. “We hope that what we already have today can be improved upon according to applicable standards. Otherwise we could be seeing more illegal villas” said Iswara. A building that is rented out
as a villa without having a permit to do so is considered illegal. The BVA services individual guests because they have a higher purchasing power thn groups. The BVA seeks to unite all villa stakeholders in order to standardize what villas need to do in order to achieve the desired goals. One of the BVA’s goals is to work with Tujia, the largest vacation rental service in China. This vacation rental service is focused on the high end Chinese market about selecting which market segment we target. Villas are not meant for the middle to lower segment”, he stated. Iswara added that he is confident that not all Chinese guests have low purchasing power, thus Tuija can be a suitable partner. The BVA then invited fellow members to work on improving their products and services and the skills of their human resources. “We are not looking for more members, we are looking for qualified members who make a contribution”, he said. Currently, the Bali Villa Association has a total of 56 members and aims to increase . Their target is to have 100 qualified members. (kmb42)
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EVERY WEDNESDAY DEep Dive Dance Guided improvised movement 19:00-21:00 Paradiso Ubud Jalan Goutama Selatan, Ubud 100k EVERY THURSDAY African Drums with Catur SAng Klang Wijaya 16:00-18:00 Experience the healing power of drumming, all levels welcome BY DONATION SUNDAY MARKETS 10AM 1PM Sunday Market at Batu Jimbar Jl. Danau Tablingan , Sanur 10AM-4PM The Sands Beach Club and Restaurant Sunday MArket Jl. Danau Tamblingan, No 27, Sanur 9:30AM-1PM Sunday Market @ Warung Sopa Jl. Sugriwas no36, Padang Tegal, Ubud 9AM-2PM Samadi Sunday Market Jalan. Padang Linjong 39, Canggu, 9AM-2PM Wednesday and Sunday Ubud Organik Market Jl. Raya Pengosekan across from Zens Hotel Tebesaya, Ubud 12PM-10PM Sunday Food Festival & Bazaar Byrdhouse Beach Club, Sanur
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Livestreams, bad blood drive Katy Perry’s ‘Witness’ to No.1
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LOS ANGELES, June 19 (Reuters) - After weeks of promotion, a 96-hour livestream and an attempt to end some bad blood with Taylor Swift, Katy Perry’s “Witness” made its debut atop the U.S. Billboard 200 chart on Monday, the singer’s third chart-topping album. AP Photo/Manu Fernandez
Actor Jack Black poses to the media during a photocall to promote the film “Jumanji: Welcome to the jungle” in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, June 18, 2017.
Jack Black leads star-studded cast for “Jumanji” reboot
BARCELONA - U.S. actor Jack Black has some big comedic shoes to fill in his forthcoming project, which sees him take the lead role in “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”, a star-studded reboot of the hit 1995 comedy that starred the late Robin Williams. Black said that he only watched the original film after being cast in the follow-up. He described Williams as a “genius” who was “at the peak of his powers” in the movie. The original “Jumanji” saw Williams play a man who escapes from captivity inside a magical junglethemed board game. The new film sees that premise reversed, with the lead characters journeying into the game’s fantastical world. “In this one we actually travel with the characters into the jungle and it’s gorgeous and treacherous and exciting”, Black told Reuters. In another twist away from the original, which saw Williams’ character enter the game as a child an emerge as an adult, this film sees child characters transform into adults when they get pulled into the game. Black and co-star Nick Jonas were promoting the film at Cine Europe 2017, an annual cinema convention held in Barcelona. In addition to Black and Jonas the film features screen muscleman Dwanye “The Rock” Johnson, and comedian Kevin Hart. “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” is due out in Cinemas in December. (rtr)
“Witness,” in which Perry infused political themes into pop music, sold 162,000 albums, 51,000 songs and was streamed more than 19 million times in its opening week, totaling 180,000 album units, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. The Billboard 200 album chart tallies units from album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album). Perry’s promotional tour included numerous performances, interviews and a four-day livestream on YouTube before the album’s release. In one interview, Perry said she was ready to bury the hatchet on her long-running feud with Swift. Swift has yet to respond, but she released her back catalog to streaming services on the same day as Perry’s “Witness” release in what was widely seen as a bid to steal Perry’s thunder. On Monday, Swift’s 2014 album “1989” climbed to No. 31 on the Billboard 200 chart on the strength of nearly 19 million streams, just under the streaming figures for Perry’s “Witness.” Perry became the second solo female artist to top the Billboard chart this year, following on last week’s No. 1 debut from Halsey. Other new releases in the top 10 this week include hip hop singer SZA’s “CTRL” at No. 3, country music group Lady Antebellum’s “Heart Break” at No. 4 and punk rock band Rise Against at No. 9 with “Wolves.” On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online single sales, Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” featuring Justin Bieber continued its reign at the top, adding 140,000 copies sold. (rtr)
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In this photo provided by Noemie Pfister, French gendarmes use fire extinguishers after a man rammed into a police convoy and detonated an explosive device on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Monday, June 19, 2017. Two French police officials say the man who rammed into a police convoy on Paris’ Champs-Elysees was a 31-year-old man from a Paris suburb who had been flagged for extremism.
Champs Elysees attacker stashed weapons, was on French watchlist
PARIS - A man who rammed a car into a police van in Paris stored a cache of weapons at his home and held a gun permit despite being on a secret service list of people linked to radical Islam, police sources and French officials said on Tuesday. A judicial source said investigators were compiling an inventory of the arms and equipment found in the 31-year-old’s home. The man, who died in the attack, was also carrying in his car an assault rifle, two pistols, ammunition and two large gas canisters when he rammed a police convoy on Monday. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the individual first received a permit to possess a gun before he
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was flagged to intelligence agencies as a potential militant threat. At the time there was no reason to deny
him the permit, Philippe said. Philippe said it was “quite possible” the licence was active at the time the attacker was on a security watchlist. Three sources close to the investigation confirmed it was. “Nobody can be happy, and certainly not me, that someone who has been flagged to security agencies can continue to benefit from such an authorisation,” Philippe told BFM TV. The man was placed on France’s so called ‘Fiche S’ watchlist after he was found to belong to a radical Islamist movement, two police sources said. Individuals on the list are placed under surveillance though the intensity of that surveillance varies depending on the
perceived threat the individual poses. Philippe said draft legislation drawn up in May envisaged changes to allow officials who handle gun permits to check if individuals seeking licences are on a watchlist. ARRESTS But refusing permits in such cases had it drawbacks, he said. “If you revoke the authorisation of someone who is under surveillance, they’re going to know why.” On Monday, witnesses saw the man being pulled from the car as thick yellow smoke poured out. Police arrested four of his close relatives in a raid south of Paris late on Monday, a police source said. They included his father and brother. France has been on high alert after a wave of militant Islamist attacks over the past two years, including most recently an attack on police outside the Notre Dame
Cathedral and an Islamic Stateclaimed attack on police on the Champs Elysees in April. In July last year, 86 people were killed when a truck ploughed through a crowd in Nice, and similar incidents have occurred in other European cities. Philippe said the government would be presenting a draft law soon to toughen counter-terrorism legislation. “We need to find legal instruments that at once guarantee that we continue to live in a Fifth Republic which safeguards freedoms and ensure the security of French people,” Philippe said. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.