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Angelina Jolie visits camp for Syrian refugees in Turkey

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ISTANBUL - Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie on Saturday called for more international action to help refugees as she visited a camp in southeastern Turkey housing thousands of Syrians who fled their war-torn country.

The Hollywood star and special envoy of the UN refugee agency visited the camp in Mardin on World Refugee Day with UNHCR chief Antonio Guterres, after meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was also in the city.

“We are here for a simple reason: this region is at the epicentre of a global crisis,” Jolie told reporters.

“We should call this what it is: not just a ‘refugee crisis,’ but a crisis of global security and governance, that is manifesting itself in the worst refugee crisis ever recorded -– and a time of mass displacement,” she said.

Jolie and Guterres’s visit came after the UN said Thursday that the number of people forced to flee war, violence and persecution has

soared to a record 59.5 million, half of them children.

The huge tide of displaced people has grown by 8.3 million since 2013 -- the highest-ever increase in a single year.

“My first message is that it is due time for people to respect the plight of refugees and see their value. We must protect them, and invest in them. They are not a problem, they are part of the solution to this global crisis,” Jolie said.

“I plead to the international community and leaders of the world to recognise what this moment in mass human displacement means. This is not just another day.”

The mother of six, including three adopted children, thanked Turkey and other countries who

have provided shelter to large numbers of refugees.

Turkey, which has taken in 1.8 million Syrian refugees since the conflict started in 2011, has repeatedly complained that it has been left to shoulder an unfair burden.

During her visit, Jolie met with Syrian refugees and heard how they had escaped their country. She was spotted earlier Saturday walking around Mardin and visiting local shops accompanied by her eldest daughter Shiloh.

On Friday, the pair had been in Lebanon, also to visit Syrian refugee camps.

Jolie has made several visits to countries neighbouring Syria since the war began more than years ago. (afp)

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Monday, June 22, 2015

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Virgin forest sullied

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Kim Kardashian’s spot on public radio show angers listeners

CHICAGO — An appearance

by Kim Kardashian on the National Public Radio show “Wait Wait ...

Don’t Tell Me!” has angered some listeners.

NPR received hundreds of complaints about last week’s episode of the humorous quiz show. Kardashian was in a segment called “Not My Job,” in which she answered questions about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. She answered two of three questions

correctly.

But many listeners were outraged that she was on the Chicago-based show. Some have threatened to stop donating to the nonprofit NPR. In a response posted on NPR’s website, ombudsman Elizabeth Jenson said she wasn’t sure what to make of the outrage over Kardashian’s 11-minute appearance.

She said while Kardashian wasn’t a great guest, “she was gracious” and had a couple of funny lines. (ap)

NEGARA - The so called protected forests of West Bali have apparently been illegally logged.

The cutting down of tress and civilian encroachments frequently take place without thought to the impacts downstream. The forests of West Bali officially cover some 66,000 hectares (Jembrana and Tabanan), and approximately 22,000 hectares or 30 percent of this land is in critical condition. Most of the land in question is located in Jembrana. In addition to protected areas managed by the West Bali Authority, the western tip of Bali is also home to conservation forest under the management of the West Bali National Park which covers an area of 19,000 hectares.

The West Bali Forests are most of what is left of 130, 000 hectares that make up Bali. In truth the requisite 30 percent of this land which should remain green is not respected as such. Unfortunately, the concern for forests is not equal to economic function of forests.

Protected forest area that are not allowed to be touched, have been converted into community estates.

Aside from plotting farmland, the forest as a life-supporting area has

also been made into plots for garden purposes.

Such conditions have become common knowledge, and even the buying and selling of protected forest still goes on today. In 2008, the local government along with military and police personnel as well as members of the local community tried to fight against production plants being set up in the forest.

The result was quite astonishing.

Protected forest area looked beauti-

ful on their edge, but were in fact cleared inside -what looked like plantations of crop production.

Buffering trees were cut down and planted with production crops such as banana, durian and others.

Moreover, the officers encountered the huts of encroaching residents located some kilometers from the frontier. The huts are used for temporary shelter by the encroachers.

Deforestation patterns have also developed more recently. With good

cellular signal at the encroachment location, the perpetrators get away with their illegal activities. Not infrequently, rangers find already cut logs, while the perpetrators are long gone. Besides, some unscrupulous people also take advantage of the protected forest or production forest for their livelihood. For instance, they search for firewood - unfortunately, by cutting down young trees.

I.B. Aryanto from the Forkot NGO said that the encroachment in the forest, are not always apparent but are in fact quite real. Encroachment has even become common knowledge and the same goes for land ownership transactions. “Forest areas are made into plots, while the impact will hit people down-

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stream. Do not be surprised if later on the forest becomes flooded with tourists because the land has been deforested,” he explained.

According to Aryanto, there should be willingness and new policies aimed at protecting the forests so as to remain sustainable.

Zoning and authorities in charge of forest security, he said, are not very effective because ranger stations are located at roadsides. (olo) 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.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo campaign for clean energy

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U.S. actress Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, listens to a question during a news conference following a visit to the Midyat refugee camp in Mardin, southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, Saturday, June 20, 2015.

NEW YORK — U.S. actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo have teamed up in a bid to widen access to clean energy.

The movie stars launched “100%,” a campaign aimed at making energy from renewable sources available to everyone — and making it affordable.

DiCaprio has spent much of the last few years supporting environmental and animal conservation efforts. At Thursday night’s event,

the actor said the clean energy movement was no longer about politics, but humanity.

The event was held at a community garden in New York. Musicians and dancers entertained the crowd while a solar-powered pizza truck provided food. A solar powered cell phone charging station was also available.

The event comes on the heels of Pope Francis’ plea on Thursday for the world to clean up the environment. (ap)

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Vehicle passed the road in the forest of West Bali National Park. The so called protected forests of West Bali have apparently been illegally logged. The cutting down of tress and civilian encroachments frequently take place without thought to the impacts downstream.

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Monday, June 22, 2015

Bali News Lie detection must be held without pressure

DENPASAR - Lying has a particular goal, either for goodness or crimes. Lying is a self-defense mechanism against the pressure of outsiders or to defend from a threat.

In the content of interview, people telling lies will be seen from their facial expression that changes before and during the interview. “The way they sit always changes, look restless, their eyes are not focused, talk vibrantly, legs vibrate and sway as well as the hands move aimlessly,” said A.A. Sri Wahyuni, a psychiatrist of Sanglah Hospital, Saturday (Jun. 20).

After getting anxious, it is usually followed by pounding heart. “At that time, the pulse of patient must be checked whether it increases or not. If increasing, it usually reaches 90-100 per minute,” she said. Sometimes they also feel claustrophobic after saying something or making a statement.

Wahyuni explained that in the content of interview, sometimes people are anxious or fearful although they do not lie but will show off the same symptoms. The way to distinguish it is by asking more about what happens to them. Question after question will continue to be raised by psychiatrist.

“When questioned, if it does not believe keep the question to be asked the next day,” she explained.

She asserted that the expertise or skills of interviewer is very crucial.

Lie detector does not have 100 percent absolute score to examine people are lying or not. “Because I do not know about its shape,” he said.

Lies by anxious, fearful or lying people will be similar, except for being proved with more specific question for what has been stated. “The reason will be more confusing,” she said. If in a relaxed atmosphere, lies will not be appearing. Statement or reason to deceive can only last for seven days.

“It happens because they forget the reasons put forward,” she explained.

“On that account, when making a psychiatric report patient must be hospitalized for seven days to be interviewed for 30 minutes every day,” she said. When getting no results, it may be extended for 14 days, and cannot be got in once interview. “I believe that everything can be obtained in the fourteenth day,” she said.

The questions raised are also similar, but with a different way of asking.

The interview must be carried out by a team, may not be executed by a single person as there will be subjectivity in the interview. “At least, the team involves three people and must be odd.

If the amount is even, it can result in a draw, and if this happens we are unable to decide,” she said. An important note is that in the psychiatric examination there must be no pressure from any others. If patients are under depressed mood, they will try to remember the scenario obtained from someone. (kmb42)

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Monday, June 22, 2015

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New Quest Hotel opens in Denpasar

DENPASAR – Archipelago International, one of Indonesia’s leading hotel operators, just opened another Quest hotel in Bali, this time in the bustling capital of Denpasar.

The Quest brand by Archipelago International aims to combine the value of premium budget hotels with unique and inspiring designs, creative hospitality concepts and state of the art technology for travelers seeking a stylish yet unpretentious environment. The upcoming hotel, Quest San Denpasar, will continue this concept of the affordable lifestyle 3-star hotel brand.

With this in mind, the Quest San Denpasar will be a modern, convenient and enjoyable hotel, delightfully furnished throughout the 179 rooms and suites, which cover 4 different room types. The hotel will also feature a signature restaurant, an outdoor swimming pool as well as a spa and a fitness center. Gearing itself towards business travelers, there will also be 4 meeting rooms and an eventfriendly ballroom that can accom-

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Until now the former quarry area in Klungkung County cannot be utilized. The inactive land is left unproductive by sand miners where the materials have been dredged for years.

Reclamation fund unclear, quarry area remains dormant

SEMARAPURA - Until now the former quarry area in Klungkung County cannot be utilized.

The inactive land is left unproductive by sand miners where the materials have been dredged for years. Unfortunately, after the quarry area is closed, absolutely there is no fund to reclaim the perforated land.

As observation of Bali Post on Saturday (Jun. 20), the former quarry area is no longer productive. Aside from being unable to grow plants, the sand material has been very thin. Gaping holes of the former dredging areas still become a spectacle on the area of 300 hectares. Virtually nothing can be done at this location. However, local people still depend on the land to look for remnants of the materials that can be sold.

According to local people, nothing can be done in the former quarry area after being closed.

Massive dredging of the materials across hundreds of hectares of land has resulted in potholes so that it is unsuitable for settlement or other buildings. On the other hand, the

reclamation fund that can be used for reclaiming the former quarry area has been unclear.

Assistant II for Economic Development and Public Administration, doubling as Acting Head of the Klungkung Public Works, Ketut Suayadnya, said that he did not know the whereabouts of the reclamation fund collected from the quarry entrepreneurs when they were in operation. Similar opinion was also revealed by Acting Head of the Klungkung Environment Agency doubling as the Head of Economic Affairs, Wayan Wasta.

He claimed not to know about the reclamation fund. In other words, when quarry activities were in operation the government of Klungkung had no intention to make the employers responsible for the damages caused by their activities. On the other hand, the government has not repaired the environmental damages.

However, the government of Klungkung has a plan to convert the former quarry area into a tourist area expected to bring in pros-

Balinese Temple Ceremony

perity to people still living in the area. Currently the plans to bring in investors that want to work on the land area is still constrained by land ownership considering the land owner is unable to ensure their land boundaries after the damages caused by the dredging. To that end, the government of Klungkung is still conducting an inventory of land ownership.

Acting Regional Secretary of Klungkung, Ida Bagus Sudarsana, said that after conducting dissemination stages, the data collection on the former quarry area has entered the stage of inventory because there are many land owners that have not certified their land ownership.

To that end, the landowners are asked to submit the copy of their land ownership warrant in the form Petok D, Pipil, Girik and various other proofs of land ownership.

“Later on, the copy of land ownership warrant is handed over to respective headman. After that, we immediately verify by conducting measurement in the field,” said Wayan Tika, at the office of Klungkung regent, not long ago. (dwa)

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Located on Jl. Mahendradata in the vicinity of Denpasar’s commercial hub and easily accessible from Kuta and Seminyak, the new Quest will become a popular choice for tourists seeking a central base from which to explore the island.

It is also one of the few Bali hotels that focuses on the needs of professionals, conference planners, and business travelers, and thus is well suited for small to medium-sized corporate gatherings.

“We are very excited to be opening another Quest hotel here in Bali. The city of Denpasar is a perfect location for our premium budget hotel brand, and with the addition of dedicated MICE facilities, we are pleased to also cater to the growing market of business and conference travel,” said Tenaiya Brookfield, VP Sales & Marketing at Archipelago International.

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

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

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Monday, June 22, 2015

Traveling

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Diver’s dream: Cuba’s pristine and protected coral reefs

MARIA LA GORDA, Cuba — The coral reefs and ginclear waters off the coast of Cuba offer some of the best diving in the Caribbean and some of the best-preserved reefs on earth.

And if travel restrictions on U.S. tourism to Cuba are ever lifted, the remote Peninsula of Guanahacabibes could well become a popular destination for American divers.

The land and marine reserve encompasses some 200 square miles (518 square kilometers) on Cuba’s westernmost tip about 135 miles (217 kilometers) northwest of Havana. It juts into the Caribbean, with protected forests on land, aquamarine waters lapping at white sand beaches and pristine coral beds teeming with a colorful variety of fish just offshore.

In some ways, the peninsula is just as frozen in time as other aspects of life in Cuba, where 50-year-old cars are common and Wi-Fi is scarce.

But the lack of change here has had a positive effect, sparing Cuba’s reefs from the degradation evident in coral beds elsewhere. Lack of agricultural run-off, little coastal development and strong environmental laws have all helped keep Cuba’s reefs healthy.

That said, several factors stand in the way of Guanahacabibes becoming a major tourist attraction any time soon.

For one thing, while President Barack Obama has relaxed limits on travel to Cuba, trips from the U.S. to Cuba for pure tourism remain prohibited by U.S. law. The Obama administration has said that it believes more U.S. visits to Cuba will accelerate reform on the island. But Obama’s critics say that U.S. visits simply feed cash into coffers of government agencies like the military-run tour company that oversees diving in Maria La Gorda, the resort inside the Guanahacabibes reserve.

Despite the travel ban, however, thousands of Americans are visiting Cuba, some flying in via third countries like Mexico or the Bahamas, others certifying that their trips meet standards for permitted categories such as educational or cultural travel.

Another impediment to tourism here is Guanahacabibes’ location. It’s a five-hour drive from Havana over tortuous roads to get to Maria La Gorda.

Finally, even though international travelers and moneyed Cubans enjoy the area, eagerly taking in the sights underwater, it doesn’t offer the type of comforts Americans are accustomed to.

“No, there is no way they are going to be ready for them,” said American diver Tony Dorland, 51, a contractor from Chicago who has visited the island numerous times to dive. Dorland said Americans “like all the bells and whistles when they travel, but it’s going to be for the people that know that this is the way Europeans travel, not the way Americans travel.”

The dive resort has the feel of a summer camp: spare hotel rooms (though they do have air conditioning) and a buffet that serves unimaginative fare of rice, beans and either chicken, beef or the ubiquitous pork Cuba is famous for.

And since it’s located at the edge of a protected reserve, there are no other visitor options for miles around.

Despite the lack of luxury, the attractions of the sea satisfy even the most demanding divers: clear water, spectacular coral heads towering 60 feet (18 meters) and an abundance of marine life.

Manuel Mons, 55, a marketing manager for a Cuban state-run tour agency, says Cuba is uniquely suited to ecotourism because of its lack of development and strong environmental laws.

“You’re diving in a protected area, so there aren’t areas that are under pressure from manmade activity,” said Mons. “On the contrary, the policy is of conservation, so it’s assumed under this conservation policy they should be that way for a long time.”

But he acknowledged that if the area wants to attract and please American tourists in the future, “we need to improve our infrastructure.” (ap)

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Monday, June 22, 2015

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The 37th Bali Art Festival Monday, June 22, 2015 Time

Place

Event

11.00 Angsoka Stage

14.00 Ratna Kanda Stage

17.00 Angsoka Stage

20.00 Ayodya Stage

20.00 Wantilan

Classical Performance from Cupu Kembang Dewata, Gianyar Art performance from Santi Dharma Yadnya Troupe, Bangli Classical art performance from Lega Sawitra Troupe, Buleleng Drama performance by Puspa Anom Troupe, Buleleng Pupet performance by PEPADI Denpasar

20.00 Ksirarnawa Hall

20.00 Ardha Candra

Pupet and theater performance

by Rebeca Jane and Sukawati artists Gong Kebyar performance by Putri Kencan Troupe and Wahana Gurnita

Bali no longer exports seaweed DENPASAR - Bali will no longer export seaweed, its primary export commodity in recent years, since its production fulfilled only the needs of local markets and it was traded among islands of Java, a top official said.

Speaking on Saturday, Head of the Bali Provincial National Bureau of Statistics Pansunan Siregar stated that other marine products are also no longer part of the foreign trade list, according to data from the 2013 agricultural census.

“Beside seaweed, other commodities such as shark fin and fish seeds are not registered for export, as well,” he added.

Siregar pointed out that there are several costs incurred in maintaining seaweed production. For example, seedlings are charged at Rp213,400, which is about 45 percent of the total costs.

In addition, workers’ salaries as well as expenditure on business facilities and other equipment for seaweed are among other costs involved.

According to Head of the Bali Provincial Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Office I Made Gunaja, a number of seaweed farmers in Nusa Penida had quit their profession to become tour guides and boat parking attendants.

This is because these professions have better prospects due to the rise in tourist arrivals to the island, which is a 30-minute boat ride away from Sanur Beach.

As a matter of fact, the Bali government noted that Nusa Penida, a coastal district in the mainland, has potential for the development of seaweed production and is capable of providing significant economic

value.

A seaweed farm of 100 square meters with a production cost of only Rp0.48 million is capable of producing yields worth Rp1.1 million. Therefore, it gains twice from the commodity.

However, since Nusa Penida was

categorized as a marine conservation area, its tourism sector has been improving and the region has been getting crowded.

Nusa Penida is known for its beautiful coral reefs, population of rare fish species and its famous craft of woven fabric. (ant)

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The funds of more than Rp20.7 trillion allocated for rural development are prone to misappropriation by irresponsible parties in the regional elections, a spokesman for the Bali Regional Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) said.

Village funds face threat of misuse in regional elections

DENPASAR - The funds of more than Rp20.7 trillion allocated for rural development are prone to misappropriation by irresponsible parties in the regional elections, a spokesman for the Bali Regional Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) said.

“Irresponsible parties tend to misuse the village funds in the regional elections because they are managed at the village level,” Ketut Rudia, the spokesman, stated while explaining the progress of preparations made for the regional elections in Bali.

He pointed out that a village head forum in a certain district in Bali had declared its support for one of the

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Bali will no longer export seaweed, its primary export commodity in recent years, since its production fulfilled only the needs of local markets and it was traded among islands of Java.

regional head aspirants in the upcoming elections.

Therefore, Rudia said he suspected that the funds for rural development could be used for political purposes.

“It is possible for an unscrupulous village chief to commit to local communities that the village funds would be disbursed if they choose a particular candidate,” he cautioned.

The spokesman added that to prevent the likelihood of such a situation, Bawaslu Bali will write to the heads of the beneficiary rural villages next Monday onwards to warn them to not try to use these funds for political purposes. (ant)

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Monday, June 22, 2015

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Waste increases due to emergence of illegal landfill

SEMARAPURA - Housing development in the area of Banjarangkan village, in fact, is not followed by an increase in adequate waste transport services. As a result, a lot of waste is dumped in temporary landfills by using vacant lands and not managed properly. Aside from exuding stench, the waste also spills onto sidewalk so that it results in rundown impression.

The most squalid scenery is visible in the west of the Banjarangkan Police whose waste has spilled onto sidewalk. Headman of Banjarangkan, Wayan Gede Suastika, when asked for his confirmation recognized that many impromptu or illegal landfills emerge at Banjarangkan village. Most of the landfills take advantage of vacant land abandoned by the owners. “There are many landfills utilizing abandoned vacant land belonging to residents,” said Suastika, Friday (Jun. 19).

A lot of waste at Banjarangkan village, according to Suastika, happens because many new housing complexes are built without providing temporary landfill. Unfortunately, such condition ANTARA FOTO/Fikri Yusuf

The INAFIS officers take traces scattered at crime scene and take sample to be examined.

Motive of Engeline’s murder hasn’t been revealed

DENPASAR - The motive of Engeline’s murder has not yet been revealed. According to the Chief of Bali Police, Dr. Ronny F. Sompie, the motive of the case will be revealed after the investigation has been completed, including whoever gets involved and so has the motive of child neglect case.

“Was the murder case related to the distribution of inheritance rights, economic or other motive?

Or related to sexual crime? All can be expressed clearly in the resume of the investigation,” said Ronny over the weekend.

To expedite the completion of the investigation, said the police chief, the chief of national police pays attention to providing support for Bali Police such as by deploying the INAFIS and Forensic Laboratory of the National Police Headquarters. His party puts emphasis on the search for evidence and traces based on scientific studies. On that account, the support of the INAFIS and Forensic Laboratory of the National Police Headquarters is very large. “We use lie detector and it is the support of the Central Forensic Laboratory of the National Police Headquarters. We get the support from INAFIS of the National Police Headquarters,” he said.

From the results of the crime scene investigation, the investigators will ensure the information of

the suspect Agus because so far his information continues to change.

Indeed, information of the suspect has been put into the last or fifth evidence. To that end, the investigators compile four other evidences including the testimony of witnesses, experts and evidence.

“So far, I have not received any results of the study related to competent experts with the results of polygraph (of Agus and Margriet— Ed). Therefore, I will wait for the results on the study whether it has lie or truth score,” said Ronny.

In the meantime, related to the suspect Margriet what can currently be proved so far based on valid evidence is the child neglect case, while the death case of her adopted child, to this day, continues to be strengthened things indeed leading to the verification whether there is involvement of other suspects.

“Regarding the victim’s murder case, a total of 25 witnesses including the experts have been examined.

As for the case of child neglect, 12 witnesses including the expert have

been examined. Perhaps, the number will continue to grow,” he said.

On Friday afternoon, the INAFIS team of the National Police Headquarters led by Bekti Suhartoni returned to the crime scene on Jalan Sedap Malam, Denpasar.

After combing for some hours, the officers found blood spots and latent fingerprints.

“The INAFIS officers take traces scattered at crime scene and take sample to be examined. If there is new development on the results of investigation leading to crime scene, the INAFIS team will definitely come again,” said Spokesman of Bali Police, Hery Wiyanto.

In the meantime, according to an officer of Bali Police, AA (friend to the suspect Agus) was taken back to Bali Police headquarters around five o’clock in the afternoon. “He (AA—Ed) rides a motorcycle with the officer and then comes in through back door. It is not known whether he is examined related to the same case,” said the officer rejecting to be named. (kmb36)

has not been reprimanded by the government of Klungkung. “I do hope the government can also require a landfill provision when issuing a permit for developers,” said Suastika.

Associated with waste problem, Banjarangkan only has two trucks to transport waste. Currently, the existing trucks are inadequate to transport the entire waste. “Other than having no rubbish depot, we do not have adequate number of trucks,” he added.

On the other hand, his party also deals with high operating costs of transporting waste. That is why the rubbish disposal of Banjarangkan cannot be made to the Sente landfill at Dawan, Klungkung. According to Suastika, his party attempts to manage the waste in the region by charging levies. Unfortunately, this effort is hampered by the absence of legal instrument to make the charges. “We want to charge levies to the public, but we have no legal instrument. Besides, we also plan to contract a land used for waste disposal,” added Suastika. (dwa)

Tanah Lot Bleganjur Festival 2015 has poleng theme

TABANAN - In the near future, the Tanah Lot tourist attraction will hold the Tanah Lot Bleganjur Festival 2015 at local attraction in the upcoming July 3-5. A total of 23 bleganjur gamelan troupes from 23 villages across Kediri subdistrict including from the Pandak Gede, Beraban and Pandak Badung village will show off their skill in playing the bleganjur instrument.

Uniquely, all the art troupe members are obliged to wear checkered (poleng) costumes and headdress.

“Tanah Lot is famous for its checkered sea snake. So, we adjust the ambience of the bleganjur festival where all the troupe members are obliged to wear checkered sarong and headdress,” said the Art Division Head of the Tabanan Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Muder, accompanied by Operations Manager of Tanah Lot tourist attraction, I Ketut Toya Adnyana, Friday (Jun. 19).

To be able to provide comfort for both travelers and local people wishing to enjoy the appearance of the art troupes, the management has prepared a fairly extensive space. Moreover, the art troupes will make attraction twice namely at wantilan hall and the area of Tanah Lot tourist attraction.

“Main focus on this festival is actually not given to champion but on how to explore the potential while maintaining the culture and togetherness,” said Muder.

During the two days of the festival namely July 3 and 4, the participants of bleganjur festival

will be divided in two groups. On the first day will feature 12 art troupes and the remaining 11 art troupes on the second day. “We also invite the jury from the ISI in order to get objective assessment. Later on, each participant will be given a record as an evaluation reference to further improve the art creativity,” he said.

On the other hand, the Operations Manager of the Tanah Lot tourist attraction, Toya Adnyana, added that the Tanah Lot Bleganjur Festival poses an activity to promote the tourist destination other than supporting the vision of the Tabanan development program to realize harmony in preserving Balinese culture.

“I hope the tourist arrival can increase to witness the festival and Tanah Lot remains to become a favorite tourist destination,” he said.

Aside from the bleganjur competition, this Tanah Lot festival is also filled with a variety of exhibitions and other entertainments. Adnyana also added that tourist arrival until May when compared to the same month in 2014 shows an increase. “But the increase only happens to foreign tourist visit, while domestic visit slightly decreases,” he explained.

On entering the month of fasting, added Adnyana, the decrease of arrival usually happens to domestic travelers. It is based on the same phenomenon in the previous year. “We remain to give priority to sanitation especially ahead of the festival,” he concluded. (kmb28)

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Black church in US to hold first service since shootings

CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Members of a historic black church in the U.S. will return to their sanctuary Sunday and worship less than a week after a white gunman killed nine people there, and similar sermons of recovery and healing will reverberate throughout the country.

Sunday morning will mark the first worship service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church since Dylann Roof, 21, sat among a Bible study group and opened fire after saying that he targeted them because they were black, authorities said. The church pastor, the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who was also a state senator, was among the dead.

Events to show solidarity are planned throughout the city and beyond, including the synchronized ringing of church bells at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT). South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and

her family were to attend the service at Emanuel.

Despite grim circumstances the congregation has been faced with, the welcoming spirit Roof exploited before the shooting is still alive, church members said.

Harold Washington, 75, expects the sanctuary to host even more newcomers after one shattered the group’s sense of peace and security.

“We’re gonna have people come by that we’ve never seen before and will probably never see again, and that’s OK,” he said Saturday. “It’s a church of the Lord, you don’t turn

nobody down.”

Church leaders will try to address the heavy psychological burdens parishioners bring with them.

“I think just because of what people have gone through emotions are definitely heightened, not just in Charleston but with anyone going to church because it is such a sacred place, it is such a safe place,” Shae Edros, 29, said after a multiracial group of women sang “Amazing Grace” outside the church Saturday afternoon.

“To have something like that

completely shattered by such evil — I think it will be in the back of everyone’s heads, really,” Erdos said. Erdos was planning on attending Sunday service in nearby Mount Pleasant.

The suburb is connected to Charleston by the Arthur Ravenel Bridge, where people are expected to join hands in solidarity Sunday evening. The bridge’s namesake is a former state lawmaker and a vocal Confederate flag supporter.

Roof had been photographed with the flag several times before the shooting.

Unity Church of Charleston the Rev. Ed Kosak said delivering Sunday morning’s sermon would be emotionally taxing but he felt empowered by the strength and

grace Emanuel members have shown — a demeanor he said has set the tone for religious leaders everywhere.

“I’ve gone into Sunday sermons before like when Virginia Tech happened, and when the Sikh shootings happened” Kosak said. The situation in Charleston may be harder to give a sermon on because it hits so close to home. But, Kosak said, “I am more ready than ever to speak to this tragedy in ways I didn’t think I could before.”

For the family of Cynthia Hurd, Sunday’s service will be especially poignant. Hurd, a longtime librarian, would have been celebrating her 55th birthday and was planning a trip to Virginia with her siblings. (ap)

‘Pirates’ held by Vietnam speak Indonesian

HANOI - Eight men detained by Vietnam on suspicion of hijacking a Malaysian-flagged tanker speak Indonesian and were carrying large amounts of cash when they were apprehended, state media reported Sunday.

The group were taken into custody on Friday after they pulled up to Vietnam’s southwestern Tho Chu island in a lifeboat claiming to have encountered an accident at sea.

The same day Malaysian authorities said eight men who had commandeered the MT Orkim

Harmony a week earlier had managed to give warships the slip by escaping in a lifeboat under cover of darkness.

The vessel was the latest to be targeted by increasingly bold pirates behind an upsurge of sea hijackings in Southeast Asia in the past two years that have typically targeted smaller tankers carrying valuable petrol, diesel or gas oil.

VNExpress Sunday said the eight men -- aged from 19 to 61 -spoke in Indonesian and “could not explain the origin of a big volume of

foreign currency they were carrying and dozens of phones”.

“These suspects were very stubborn, refusing to cooperate. They were professional and were very calm,” Lieutenant Do Van Toan of Vietnam’s Marine Police was quoted as saying.

Another marine police official, Colonel Le Van Minh, said investigators “have enough grounds to charge these eight suspects.”

“Vietnam is actively cooperating with Malaysia in the case. The point is how to make them admit their

crimes,” he added.

Indonesia’s state news agency said Jakarta had ordered its Hanoi embassy to find out the nationality of the men.

MT Orkim Harmony, carrying around 6,000 tonnes of petrol worth an estimated $5.6 million, went missing on June 11 en-route from Malaysia’s western coast to the port of Kuantan on the east coast.

The vessel’s 22 crew members were unscathed except for a slightly injured Indonesian seamen who was being treated for a gunshot wound

to the thigh, the Malaysian navy said Friday.

The pirates had managed to slip away by ordering naval vessels to stay at least five nautical miles from the ship or the crew would be harmed.

The London-based International Maritime Bureau has repeatedly warned that Southeast Asian waters are now the world’s most piracyprone, calling for decisive action by regional authorities to prevent the situation spiralling out of control. (afp)

Death toll from tainted liquor in Mumbai reaches 94

MUMBAI — Ten more people died in Mumbai from drinking tainted liquor, raising the death toll to 94 in the worst such incident in India in more than a decade, police said Sunday.

The 10 men died late Saturday, three days after drinking the cheap liquor in Malvani, in Mumbai’s Malad suburb. Around 40 others were being treated in hospitals, including 15 in critical condition.

Eight officers and constables of the Malwani police station have been suspended on charges of connivance and negligence, said Deputy Commissioner Dhananjay Kulkarni. No further details were given.

Devendra Fadnavis, the top elected official of Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, has ordered an inquiry into the cause of the deaths. Police have collected samples of the spurious liquor and have sent them for analysis.

Deaths from illegally brewed alcohol are common in India because the poor cannot afford licensed liquor. Illicit liquor is often spiked with chemicals such as pesticides to increase its AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade potency.

Family members of Raja Ludraswami Harjan, who died after drinking tainted liquor, cry at his funeral in Mumbai, In 2004, 104 people had died after drinking India, Saturday, June 20, 2015. Ten more people died in Mumbai from drinking tainted liquor, raising the death toll spurious liquor in Mumbai’s Vikhroli area. (ap) to 94 in the worst such incident in India in more than a decade, police said Sunday.

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‘Grexit’ would hurt Greek people, economy: US

SINGARAJA - Renowned as the gong kebyar art birthplace, Buleleng seems to begin discovering and preserving the heritage intensely. As one of the conservation efforts, this year Buleleng will present dozens of gong kebyar troupes in North Bali. The stage is associated with the Buleleng Festival (Bulfest) posing the third implementation taking place on August 4-8, 2015.

WASHINGTON - A Greek exit from the eurozone would have a major impact on the country’s moribund economy and its people, US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned.

AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis

People use the ATMs of a bank as others exit from the branch in Athens, Friday, June 19, 2015. A Greek exit from the eurozone would have a major impact on the country’s moribund economy and its people, US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned.

Germany, world champion in car-sharing

BERLIN - Car-sharing, pioneered in Switzerland in the 1970s, is gaining popularity across the globe as people shy away from the cost of owning and maintaining an automobile in big cities.

And it is proving particularly successful in Germany, where carmakers themselves are keen to get a slice of the action.

In addition to concerns about greenhouse gases and pollution, there are many reasons why a growing number of urban dwellers are opting not to buy their own car: a chronic shortage of parking space, soaring insurance and upkeep costs, and high fuel prices.

Many prefer to use the well developed and efficient public transport systems found in Germany and other countries.

“In towns and cities, young

people don’t necessarily want to have a car,” said Stefan Bratzel, director of the Center for Automotive Management (CAM) in Bergisch-Gladbach.

They still want the convenience of a car, without the financial burden of owning one. Yet they do not want to have to use traditional car-rental firms every time they decide to go for a spontaneous jaunt into the countryside.

For those reasons, car-sharing - which enables renting a car even for very short periods of time, at any hour of the day or night -- appeals to such people.

The scheme has also become handy for businesses which do not want to maintain a costly fleet of company cars for their employees.

The first car-sharing firm in Germany, Stattauto, was set up in

Berlin in 1988, starting out with a single car.

By last year, there were as many as 140 operators in Europe’s biggest economy, with 1.04 million registered users and a total combined pool of 15,400 cars at their disposal, according to figures compiled by the car-sharing industry federation BCS. “That represents approximately half of the total offer in Europe,” said Franck Leveque of British consulting firm, Frost & Sullivan.

Car sharing has been slower to catch on in other European countries. In Italy, there are around 250,000 customers, and in France and Britain around 200,000 each.

Further afield, there are around 700,000 users in Japan, which started car-sharing schemes in 2007, and 1.3 million in the

United States, according to recent data published by the University of California in Berkeley.

Gunnar Nehrke of BCS said that Germany stands out because of the sheer size and extent of its network.

“In many countries, there is car-sharing in the capital, or two or three of the biggest cities.

Here, car-sharing is available in 490 towns and municipalities,” he told AFP. BCS predicts the number of users in Germany will rise to two million in the next five years.

German companies active in the sector include Cambio, Stadtmobil, Book-n-drive, TeilAuto or CiteeCar, all of which have been active for a long time investing not only in major cities, but smaller towns as well.

The south-western city of

Karlsruhe has the highest density of shared cars at 2.15 cars for every 1,000 inhabitants.

Leveque at Frost & Sullivan said that another important factor in the success of car-sharing in Germany was the role of the automakers themselves: BMW has its own scheme, called Drivenow, and Daimler launched its Car2go in 2008.

The global car-sharing market is still small. According to consultancy firm Roland Berger, it is projected to grow by 30 percent each year and reach 5.6 billion euros in 2020 -- a small fraction of the vast 1.3 trillion euro market of global auto sales last year.

But automakers see it as a new marketing channel, a way “of letting customers get to know the brand and possibly buying one later,” said Bratzel at CAM. (afp)

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To discover potential, troupes participate in mass gong kebyar

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European Union heads are waiting for the anti-austerity government in Athens to present new economic reform and budget proposals, as Greece and its EU-IMF creditors struggle to reach a debt deal to prevent a default that could have worldwide repercussions.

“I’m not going to predict what the consequences would be,” Lew said in an interview with CNN, asked what would happen in the event of a “Grexit.”

“It’s clear that within Greece the consequence of a failure here would mean a terrible, terrible decline in their economic performance. It will hurt the Greek people, who will bear the first brunt of a failure.”

Lew said all parties in the fractious ongoing talks needed to show flexibility, ahead of an emergency summit of leaders of the 19 countries in the euro area on Monday in Brussels.

“The reality is that there are impacts on markets. And I don’t think anyone should want to find out,” he said of the prospect of Greece leaving the eurozone.

“I urge all the parties to be flexible but I think that we’re at a moment now where the burden is on Greece to come back with a response that’s the basis for reaching an agreement as soon as possible.” (afp)

Monday, June 22, 2015

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Mellifluous Indian instrumental music reverberate BAF

DENPASAR - The Indian instrumental music on Tanpura, Sitar, Sarod, Tabla, Dholak, Saraswati Veena, Guitar, Shehnai, Flute, Clarinet, violin reverberated the Balinese air with beautiful & mellifluous melodies composed on classical ragas, folk music and popular Hindi songs.

Fifteen eminent instrumental musicians from the Vadya Vrinda (instrumental ensemble) unit of the All India Radio participated in the annual 37th Bali Art Festival and presented their varied and skillful musical compositions on ancient Indian instruments.

Vadya Vrinda was established in 1952 by renowned musician, Pt. Ravi Shankar.

The Indian artistes participated in the cultural parade on the opening day of the Bali Art Festival on 13 June 2015 at Jalan Niti Mandala in central Denpasar and played Vande Mataram, a patriotic song and Ram Dhun, one of the favourite bhanjans of Mahatma Gandhi, and ensemble of popular Bollywood songs.

The Indian tableau at the cultural parade demonstrated Yoga, the centuries old legacy of India.

The United Nations has adopted June 21 as the International Day of Yoga which will be celebrated with mass yoga practice and other activities in Denpasar, Bali on that day.

The cultural parade was inaugurated by the Minister of Tourism of Indonesia, representing the President of Indonesia, besides the Governor of the Province of Bali, Chairman of the Regional House of Repre-

sentatives (DPRD), dignitaries & senior officials of the Regional Government of Bali and local administrations as well as members of the Bali Consular Corps, among others.

The Vadya Vrinda unit gave a more than hour-long full performance on the first day of the Bali Art Festival at Ksirarnawa Auditorium at the Bali Art Centre on 14 June 2015. The audience repeatedly applauded their performances which included rendering of ‘Vande Mataram’ & ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha’, the patriotic songs promoting nationalism, ‘Vadiayan’ based on folk music and ‘Raag Pahadi’, ‘Overture’ & ‘Jog’ compositions with the latter based on ‘Raag Jog’, and ‘Vaishnav Jan To Tene Kahiye’ & ‘Ram Dhun’, Gandhiji’s favourite bhajans, besides an ensemble of popular Bollywood songs. The Director of the Vital Objects Security as well as the Chief of Intelligence of Bail Province, representatives of Military, Provincial Department of Culture, Sanggar Tarian & Music (local dance & music communities) and large number of visitors to the Bali Art Festival attended.

Prior to visiting Bali, the Vadya Vrinda artistes performed at the Universitas Negeri Makassar (UNM) in South Sulawesi to the capacity-packed auditorium of over 700 students and invited guests, who were thoroughly enthralled by their beautiful musical compositions, including the ensemble of Bollywood songs popular among young Indonesians. (r)

It was expressed by the Head of the Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency, I Gede Suyasa, after attending the preparatory meeting of Bulfest 2015 in the meeting hall of the Buleleng regent office. The meeting led in person by the Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana, was attended by relevant agency leaders and involved creative team of the government of Buleleng.

Furthermore, Suyasa said that the gong kebyar troupes actually remain to survive well in the region.

However, in the development not all troupes can deeply get involved in the art activity maximally. It is inseparable from the constraints and competition against in the troupes from other regions. Besides, the event as their medium to stage remains relatively rare, so that it that many troupes are considered inactive. “At villages many art troupes remain to survive, but they are not getting involved in the arts optimally. Besides, the enrichment is still inadequate, so that there is an impression if some art troupes are no longer active,” he said.

To overcome this condition, he said that as conservation efforts his party will give a special space packed

in the Buleleng Festival (Bulfest) which is now entering the third implementation. In the upcoming Bulfest, mass gong kebyar will jazz up the opening ceremony as the presentation of the art troupes and villages in North Bali. A total of 30 art troupes are estimated to appear in the parade with gamelan players reaching thousands of people and coupled with dancers.

Especially for the dance, it will be featuring Teruna Jaya Dance created in North Bali. The mass gong kebyar performance will take place on Jalan Pahlawan (in front of the office of Buleleng regent) and Jalan Ngurah Rai, Singaraja.

“As decided in the meeting of the Bulfest 2015, it will feature the theme Gurnitanig Denbukit having the philosophy to evoke various kinds of distinctive musical arts of Buleleng and gong kebyar is one of them,” he said.

Ahead of the mass performance of the gong kebyar troupes of Buleleng, the Culture and Tourism Agency is still receiving the registration and making administrative selection of the art troupes or villages that will participate. From the registered art troupes, the agency will select with

Gong Kebyar performance

reference to some important considerations including achievement in the local events and outside the region. In addition, there must be an indicator of recognition or legality from the Buleleng Cultural Advisory Council and Development (Listibya) against the art troupes. The third indicator will be considered in terms of equity aspect of the region to be represented.

“Now, we are still receiving the registration of participants and then there will be a selection based on the three indicators. We are confident this will encourage the spirit of our gamelan musicians to perform and we are also interested in the discovery and conservation effort of the artistic heritage of our region,” he said.

Other than featuring mass gong kebyar, the Bulfest becoming the pilot project of the Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana, also displays Endek Carnival (BEC). It is no less interesting because it means to evoke the potential of endek handicrafts in North Bali so that it can grow and this heritage will not come to extinction.

The next Bulfest will be filled with the exhibition of culinary products of Buleleng and a variety of SME products. (kmb38)

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Not friends yet: Japan, South Korea mark 50-year treaty

TOKYO — Foreign ministers from Japan and South Korea held a rare meeting Sunday on the eve of the 50th anniversary since their countries normalized relations marred by Japan’s colonization and World War II conquest.

Yet, the ties between the most important U.S. allies in Asia are so low that one hoped-for outcome of the meeting is an agreement for the countries’ leaders to just show up at Monday’s ceremonies in their respective capitals, instead of exchanging written statements.

“It’s a grave situation, and what’s more serious is that Japan’s diplomacy toward South Korea has turned harsher against the backdrop of public sentiment,” said Junya Nishino, a political science professor at Keio University.

Yun Byung-se’s visit Sunday was the first by a South Korean foreign minister since 2011. Yun and his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, shook hands but made no comment during the several minutes of media coverage at the outset of their highly sensitive talks. They were expected to discuss Japan’s sexual enslavement of Korean women and other outstanding issues related to wartime history. Yun is set to meet with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday before attending anniversary events in Tokyo.

According to a poll by Japanese newspaper Asahi and South Korea’s Dong-a Ilbo, published Saturday, more than half of the respondents in both countries say their image of the other side has worsened in the past five years.

The poll also found that 87 percent of South Koreans feel strongly about better relations with their neighbor, compared to 64 percent in Japan.

“Trust between Japan and South Korea has been largely lost, and it’s not easy to restore it right away,” said Nishino.

Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye have yet to hold fully fledged bilateral talks since taking office in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Washington has been concerned about its allies’ strained relations.

They are rooted in Japan’s colonization of Korea, from 1910 to the end of World War II. The relations improved in the late 1990s, following Japanese apologies, cultural exchanges and a Korean pop culture boom in the 2000s, but nosedived a few years ago largely because of differences over their shared history.

Many Koreans still remember Japan’s 35-year colonization as the era of brutality and humili-

ation, during which they were forced to use Japanese names and language while their pride, heritage and sense of identity were severely threatened. After ties were normalized, three more decades passed before Seoul officially allowed Japanese films and other popular culture back into the country.

A downturn started in 2012, when then-South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visited a cluster of Seoul-controlled islets also claimed by Japan.

As public sentiment soured, ethnic Koreans in Japan, many of whom descendants of forced laborers, became target of racial insults by right-wing extremists. (ap)

Millions of people bend and twist their bodies for Yoga Day

NEW DELHI — Millions of yoga enthusiasts across the world bent and twisted their bodies in complex postures Sunday to mark International Yoga Day. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spread his mat among rows of people, including his Cabinet members and foreign diplomats, at New Delhi’s main thoroughfare, which was transformed into a sprawling exercise ground.

Thousands of people dressed in white sat on yellow mats under the Eiffel Tower, and similar events were held in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Beijing, Manila and other places. Modi had lobbied the U.N. to declare June 21 as the first International Yoga Day. “We are not only celebrating a day, but we are training the human mind to begin a new era of peace and harmony,” Modi told participants. “This is a program for the benefit of mankind, for a tension-free world and to spread the message of harmony.”

Schoolchildren, bureaucrats, homemakers, soldiers and ordinary folk took part in the exercise, held in all Indian state capitals.

In Modi’s home state of Gujarat, yoga events were organized at nearly 30,000 places, state officials said.

In Taipei, more than 2,000 participants rolled out mats and performed 108 rounds of the “sun salutation” — the sequence of poses often practiced at the beginning of a routine as the sun rises.

“They give themselves a piece

of time to observe their mind and their heart, which I think in the modern society we need a lot,” said practitioner Angela Hsi. Fazel Shah, an Indian pilot working for a Middle Eastern airline, rushed from the airport on his stopover in Taiwan to join the event.

“Isn’t it awesome? I mean, just look at the number of people who are here, embracing it,” he said.

He said yoga was probably born in India but belongs anywhere. “If you go up from where I am and look from the sky down, you don’t see borders, you don’t see religions, you don’t see nationalities, you just see one group of people. So, I just go down and meet up with them, that’s all.”

In Dubai, a 41 year-old Indian man attempted the world’s longest headstand. Ivan Stanley, who has lived in Dubai for 15 years, held the position for 61 minutes. He registered his attempt with Guinness World Records, which has yet to announce if he broke the record.

He later told reporters that he relied on his mental strength.

Many believe that yoga, the ancient form of exercise, is the best way to calm the mind and the best form of exercise for the body.

Indian officials said more than 35,000 people participated in the New Delhi event that was also an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the largest single yoga class at a single venue. Guinness representatives said they hired more than 1,500 members of a global accounting firm to count participants.

India’s Defense Ministry said that soldiers on the Siachen Glacier, the world’s highest battleground in the Himalayas, and naval cadets on navy ships at sea also had participated in the Yoga Day events.

Although Modi’s message was one of peace and harmony, many in India were concerned that the push for yoga was an attempt by

Hindu groups to give a boost to Hinduism.

Many Muslims objected to the government’s exhortations to join the public exercise programs.

Some Muslim leaders said yoga was a Hindu practice.

Some Christian groups were upset that the mass yoga sessions were being held at a time when they usually attend Sunday

Mass.

Others were skeptical about the time and money spent by the government on Yoga Day. “The government organizes these hyped-up events,” said Sumita Rani, a primary school teacher in South Delhi. “Last year was the Clean India Campaign.

What came of it? This city is as filthy as ever.” (ap)

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INDONESIA Precarious existence Stocks of basic in shadow of Sinabung necessities for fasting month adequate

JAKARTA - Trade Minister Rachmat Gobel said basic necessity stocks are adequate for the current fasting month of Ramadan and for the post-fasting Lebaran festivities.

“Reports I received from from East Java said basic necessity stocks were adequate and prices were stable,” the trade minister said when launching the departure of Artha Graha Peduli (AGP) rice market operations in Jakarta on Sunday.

He said that he met with the East Java governor who told him that stocks were adequate and prices were stable in East Java. If there were Increases they were still within the reasonable level.

“What is important is that basic need stocks are adequate during the fasting month and the Lebaran festivities and the prices are stable,” the minister remarked.

Gobel said that some prices of commodities in several regions were even going down or going up but these increases did not affect prices as a whole. If there are price increases or decreases there were still within the reasonable limit.

He therefore called on the people to not worry about about stocks.

“I call on the people to not worry about staple food stock. Apart from stocks of staple food, stock of chili and shallots are adequate as harvests are to be done this June and July. So, if prices now are increasing, they will go down when harvest yields are in stock.

The government is paying serious attention to the need of food commodities in the current fasting month, Lebaran and the post-Lebaran period,” he added.

In the meantime, Internal Trade Director General Srie Agustina said in order to stabilize prices her side had been organizing market operations.

“For example, the rice and sugar market operation in Bandung (West Java) was launched recently by President Joko Widodo. We have also been launching market operations in Jakarta like the launching today of the AGP cheap rice and meat opera-

JAKARTA - Indonesia announced Friday it will grant a 30 percent stake of the Mahakam gas block to be shared between French Total and Japanese Inpex, while giving the majority stake to state-owned oil firm Pertamina in 2018.

Oil giant Total, along with Inpex, has been running Mahakam, a huge natural gas block offshore of East Kalimantan province, since 1967. Total

has expressed it wanted to continue operating the block when the contract expires at the end of 2017.

However, President Joko Widodo’s government wanted Pertamina to take over the block despite doubts over Pertamina’s technical and financial capacity.

“The consideration for the stake allocation is that Pertamina should really play the role of an operator which

tions,” she said.

She said that the AGP market operations were held in 153 places in Jakarta and the surroundings. The operations have distributed 5,000 tons of rice and 1,000 tons of meat beginning on June 16, 2015. The AGP market operations also distribute medium quality rice with a price of Rp9,000 per kilogram (kg) and frozen meat Rp70,000 per kg. (ant)

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Office workers shop for “iftar” the meal to break their fast on first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, June 18, 2015.

Trade Minister Rachmat Gobel said basic necessity stocks are adequate for the current fasting month of Ramadan and for the post-fasting Lebaran festivities.

BERASTAGI - When Indonesian farmer Elfi Dalimunthe fled to safety last week as a volcano hurled hot ash and rocks across the sky, it marked the third time she was forced to abandon her home in recent years.

“I heard a loud booming sound and saw thick ash spewing out,” the 30-year-old told AFP, recalling the terrifying eruptions which prompted her family to jump into a bus and onto a motorbike and rush to a temporary shelter.

They are among more than 10,000 people evacuated from their homes this month after an increase in the activity of Mount Sinabung, on Sumatra island, highlighting the precarious existence for many in the country with the largest number of volcanoes in the world.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a belt of seismic activity running around the basin of the Pacific Ocean, and has around 130 active volcanoes.

But millions of poor Indonesians live on or near the slopes of the steaming mountains, where the volcanic soil makes for extremely fertile farmland, and many insist on returning to their villages after even major eruptions.

Dalimunthe fled her small village, just kilometres (miles) from Sinabung, for the first time in 2010 for a few weeks due to an eruption and was then forced from her home in September 2013 for more than a year.

Last year while she was living in a shelter, her wooden house was crushed by falling ash during a deadly eruption.

Despite this disaster, the vegetable farmer returned to the village with her husband and three children and established a new home.

And even after last week’s eruption, she insists she will return to her village and not move out immediately, citing the fact her children are

at schools in the area.

“I will move when the children are older,” she said, sitting on a thin mat in a cramped hall holding about 500 people in the town of Berastagi, where many are sheltering.

Many do not want to evacuate at all when volcanoes erupt violently, with officials facing resistance from villagers who are attached to their houses and farms, and in many cases have little education.

And some who are persuaded to leave insist on returning to their homes under the rumbling volcano during the daytime to tend to the crops of chilli, tomato and potato that grow in the area.

Vegetable seller Syafitri Sitepu fled from her village near Sinabung this week, but said her husband had returned to look after their crops.

“He’s our family’s breadwinner.

If he did not work, how would we be able to feed and buy milk for our baby?” said the 30-year-old.

The increase in Sinabung’s activity has been sudden and dramatic.

Clouds of hot gas and rocks, as well as molten lava, cascaded down the volcano’s slopes in the past week, and officials warn there is a strong chance of more eruptions.

As well as evacuating people, authorities’ immediate concern is getting hold of tents, blankets, clean water and clothing for the thousands forced from their homes, as well as providing counselling to those left traumatised.

Even for those who have not been evacuated from their homes, the eruptions can be highly disruptive. Thick ash has blown over a great distance, coating crops and buildings and forcing people to wear face masks for protection.

In addition, the economic impact of Sinabung has been devastating, with the national disaster agency estimating it caused more than $100 million in damage over two years, in 2013 and 2014. (afp)

Indonesia’s rich resources has grown louder in recent years.

“Most Indonesians now are very nationalistic, and at the same time the ideology of the ruling party is also nationalistic, so it matched,” Komaidi Notonegoro, Jakarta-based research body ReforMiner Institute, told AFP. “What happened now is something that the public like, even though

investors such as Total might despise it,” he added.

Total declined to comment on the decision.

“At this moment we will not issue any comment or statement regarding the Government of Indonesia’s decision on Mahakam after 2017,” Kristanto Hartadi, a spokesman for Total E&P Indonesie, told AFP. (afp)

Indonesia grants 30 percent stake of Mahakam gas block to Total, Inpex

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Indians perform yoga on Rajpath, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, June 21, 2015. Millions of yoga enthusiasts are bending their bodies in complex postures across India as they take part in a mass yoga program to mark the first International Yoga Day.

controlled the majority of interest, and we also want to give appreciation to the (current) operators which have given the investment,” energy minister Sudirman Said told reporters.

Pertamina will have to share some of its 70 percent stake with a local East Kalimantan company, Said added.

To the frustration of foreign investors, calls for nationalisation of

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Goa Lawah SEMARAPURA - Being an extraordinary phenomenon, Goa Lawah is considered holy. A temple with shrines protects the entrance. The cave is said to extend all the way back to Besakih, and may continue to an underground river that comes up, it is said, at Pura Goa (Cave temple) within the Besakih complex - a temple asso-

ciated with the mythological naga or serpent Basuki which is also honored at Pura Goa Lawah, where a snake is supposed to live, feeding on bats.

Further explanation, Pura Goa Lawah (the Bat Cave Temple) is one of the island’s nine special Sad Kahyangan Temples, and as such it is the designated holy place to honour

Destination the God Maheswara who resides in this section of the island. Religious processions visit the temple every day, and it is a particular focus for religious rites associated with death.

Goa Lawah Temple located along the coast of southeastern Bali just west of Candidasa. The center of the temple is built around a cave filled with thousands of bat that make the roof of the cave their homes. Its entrances are guarded by a temple believed to be found by a sage nine centuries ago.

International The Goa Lawah temple is situated on a slight embankment and the name is derived from the thousands bats that are living at the ceiling and walls of the cave.The cave is also said to lead all the way to Pura Goa in Besakih, some 30 km away, but nobody in recent times has volunteered to confirm this since the fruit bats provide sustenance for the legendary giant snake, Naga Basuki, which is also believed to live in the cave. This ancient reptile is believed to be the caretaker of the earth’s equilibrium,

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a belief which stems from pre-Hindu animism.

Pursuant to the papyrus of Dwi Jendra Tattwa, the Goa Lawah’s name is Goa Lelawah, the name which is given by Danghyang Nirartha (a priest overspread the Hindu teaching in Bali) when he stop in this place on his Tirtha Yatra trips. He arrive at a cave which is a lot of bats hang on and its unbroken voice clamor as hymn to add the beauty of the cave.

Therefore this cave is named by Goa Lawah/Bat Cave.

HALLE - World number two Roger Federer edged past Ivo Karlovic 7-6(3) 7-6(4) on Saturday to reach the Halle Open final where he will face Italian Andreas Seppi, who went through when opponent Kei Nishikori retired injured. The Swiss top seed, eyeing his eighth title in the grasscourt Wimbledon warmup event, held serve throughout but was taken to two tiebreaks having failed to secure a single break point against the Croatian’s powerful serve.

Ferrari chairman open to supplying engines to Red Bull

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SPIELBERG — Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne welcomed the possibility of providing Formula One engines to the Red Bull team amid increasing talk that the team could leave the sport. Red Bull’s exasperated owner Dietrich Mateschitz has threatened to pull out of F1 unless French engine supplier Renault improves the performance of its ailing power unit.

Red Bull, F1’s dominant team from 2010-13 when Sebastian Vettel won four straight titles, has not finisher higher than fourth in a race so far this season. An angry Mateschitz said earlier this week that Renault has “destroyed” his team’s enjoyment of the sport.

“I have a lot of respect for Red Bull,” Marchionne said before the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday.

“I think they’ve done a lot for the sport, they’ve had the world cham-

pionship for a number of years. I think they will find their way again and if we can help them get there, we’d be more than glad to do it.”

Russian driver Daniil Kvyat had Red Bull’s best result of fourth at last month’s Monaco GP, with Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo managing a season’s best of fifth — at the same race — having won three races last year in his first season with the team.

Red Bull has used Ferrari engines before, in 2006, although Marchionne was evasive about the timing of another deal.

“I think we can provide engines to any of the teams that want to race,” said Marchionne, who is also the chief executive of Fiat Chrysler.

“As long as we keep control over the aerodynamic work on the car, I think there’s going to be enough distinguishing traits between us and the competition.” (ap)

“It is always complicated to play against Ivo but I remained calm when it mattered,” Federer told reporters. “I was lucky in the first round (needing three sets against Philipp Kohlschreiber) so I am happy to have made the final.” It was always going to be a slugfest with Karlovic having fired a record 45 aces past Tomas Berdych on Friday.

The Croat did not disappoint, racking up 10 aces halfway through

the first set. A sensational backhand return in the opening tiebreak gave Federer the slight edge he needed on his opponent’s serve and a double fault from the Croatian handed him the first set.

The Swiss again had to stay patient, but won two points on the Croatian’s serve in the second tiebreak and sealed his win with a backhand volley after one hour and 28 minutes.

Seppi advanced to his second

Switzerland’s Roger Federer in action during the quarter final

final of the year after Zagreb when Japan’s Nishikori, the second seed, retired injured early in the first set.

It was the second time in two days that the Italian had gone through thanks to an injury retirement, after he reached the last four on Friday when France’s Gael Monfils conceded in the second set.

Nishikori, who was moving poorly with his left leg heavily bandaged, lasted only five games before quitting. (rtr)

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Casey Stoner would still be a MotoGP winner if he ever made a comeback, reckons Jorge Lorenzo. Double world champion Stoner retired from MotoGP aged only 27 at the end of the 2012 season. He has remained a test rider for Honda and will return to racing for the Suzuka 8 Hours next month.

Stoner reappeared in the MotoGP paddock to demonstrate a

new Honda road bike at Barcelona last weekend, and Lorenzo is convinced his former title rival is still quick enough to be a frontrunner.

“For me Casey is a real natural talent,” said Lorenzo.

“I never saw a better natural talent riding a bike. It was clearly a great show watching him ride a bike, especially in Phillip Island, and he has my respect. “If he came back some day he would be there

winning and fighting for the win.

“I understand his decision to retire because racing is sometimes very stressful for us. “It depends on your personality or way of living.

It’s hard but it’s his decision. “If he came back I would receive him with open arms.”

Lorenzo’s team-mate Valentino Rossi - who also battled for several championships with Stoner - suspects too much time has now

passed since the Australian stopped racing.

Casey Stoner, Ducati, leads Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi, Yamaha, Valencia MotoGP 2010”I think we already have enough [quick riders] in this championship! For sure I’m joking but it’s been quite a lot of time since Casey has raced and it doesn’t make sense for him to come back,” said Rossi.

“But it would be interesting to understand his level of riding without a lot of races.” Dani Pedrosa, who was Stoner’s Honda team-mate in 2011-12, thinks it unlikely he will ever return to the grid. “I’ve been talking to him and he looks quite comfortable in his situation,” said Pedrosa. “Of course, to watch him ride and to be one of his rivals was a great pleasure. Big respect.” (rtr)

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They managed to defend their lead and avoid what happened in their opening match when they gave away a two-goal lead to Paraguay who scored twice in the last half hour for a 2-2 draw.

“In the first half we created lots of chances, we found the spaces but couldn’t score another goal,” said Messi, who was making his 100th appearance for Argentina.

“It got tougher for us in the second half, the rhythm dropped and we played much more slowly, that’s a fact... I don’t know if it’s a physical issue, I don’t know why it happened to us.”

Messi said Argentina would have to improve for the knockout phase if they want to win their first major title since the 1993 Copa America in Ecuador. “That was our objective, to finish first (in the group) and think about what’s to come. Another Copa starts now,” he said. (rtr)

China coach hails ‘warriors’ after gritty win EDMONTON - China coach Chang Wei Wei hailed his team as “warriors” after a hard-earned 1-0 win over Cameroon on Saturday took them into the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup. “Today all the players were wonderful,” said assistant coach Chang, who was in charge of the team for the game due to the suspension of head coach Hao Wei. “They put on a spectacular performance, they were resilient and brave. They were like warriors for 90 minutes.”

A series of wasted opportunities meant that the Chinese had to battle until the end to make sure of the win and Chang conceded his team had to be sharper in front of goal.

Monday, June 22, 2015

Mexico turn eye to Gold Cup after Copa America failure

MEXICO CITY - Mexico must not be afraid to admit failure after their early Copa America elimination and should not let it affect their Gold Cup performance, coach Miguel Herrera said.

“El Tri” went out at the group stage in the South American tournament in Chile after finishing bottom of Group A following draws with the host nation and Bolivia and a defeat

by Ecuador.

“I don’t feel under any pressure,” Herrera, who had set a goal of reaching the final, told reporters after the team’s return home.

“We can’t do anything about the

VINA DEL MAR - Lionel Messi is used to being sought after by fans, celebrities and even fellow professionals but he was still caught by surprise when Jamaica’s DeShorn Brown asked for a selfie following Argentina’s 1-0 Copa America win. Argentina won Group B with Saturday’s victory, their second at the tournament in Chile, and were waiting on Sunday to find out who they would face in the last eight after the final round of Group C matches.

Striker Brown, who had been substituted near the end of the match at Vina del Mar, picked up his mobile phone as soon as the final whistle went and ran onto the pitch to find Messi.

“I had thought about it before the match so that’s why I took (the phone) to the bench. As soon as (the match) finished ... I took the picture,” Brown told Reuters. “Messi is the best in the world, a star, and that’s a photo I’ll have as a souvenir all my life.”

Argentina’s captain laughed as he recalled what had happened.

“He surprised me. On top of that I was annoyed about how the match had gone despite our win ... but when I saw the phone I realised what was going on. It’s really nice when a colleague asks me for that,” Messi said.

Argentina were all over Jamaica in the first half and should have had more than Gonzalo Higuain’s early goal. They hit the bar twice before losing the initiative alarmingly in the

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tournament we’ve lost, we’ve got to have a rethink, now I have to disconnect myself from (Chile) and concentrate on the (Gold Cup) team.

“You have to admit you didn’t reach your objective, not be afraid of the word failure,” Herrera said.

Mexico will be strengthened by several European-based players, notably forwards Javier Hernandez, Carlos Vela and Giovani dos Santos, for the CONCACAF’s signature tournament in the United States that kicks off on July 7.

Herrera, who played in the team that reached the final the first time Mexico took part as a guest team at

the Copa America in 1993, leaves for the U.S. with his squad on Monday.

Mexico face Cuba, Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago in Group C of the tournament in which the U.S. will defend their title.

If Mexico win the tournament they will play off against the Americans, Gold cup winners in 2013, for the CONCACAF’s place at the 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia.

“Losing the last (Gold Cup) tournament obliges us to win this one...

What Mexico and the (federation) directors want is to go to the Confederations (Cup) hence the obligation to win this one,” Herrera said. (rtr)

Tabarez calls for more calm on the ball from his players

LA SERENA - Uruguay must take that extra second making decisions on the ball to have a chance of retaining their Copa America crown, coach Oscar Tabarez said on Saturday.

The holders reached the last eight in third place in Group B following a 1-1 draw with Paraguay and must wait to learn who their opponents will be after Sunday’s Group C matches.

“The match was as hard as we thought, played according to the characteristics of the teams,” Tabarez told reporters. “There was a lot of battling for the ball.

“In the second half we came close

more times (than them) but lacked calm at key moments of the match.

We didn’t make the most of chances we had in the Paraguay box.”

Tabarez added he felt the team’s spirit is what has helped them overcome apparently insurmountable odds in the nine years since he took charge.

This is the sixth time in seven tournaments that Uruguay have scraped into the last eight of the Copa America as one of the best third-placed teams and on five of those occasions they went on to reach the semi-finals.

Paraguay, unbeaten in their three

matches and top of the group before Argentina’s match with Jamaica, have improved under new coach Ramon Diaz after a disappointing spell during which they failed to reach the 2014 World Cup finals. “(Uruguay) played well in spells and were better than us but the team reacted and we were able to draw level,” Diaz said.

Midfielder Nestor Ortigoza came off with what appeared to be a hamstring injury and Diaz suggested he might see no further action in the tournament. “Orti was having a great championship,” he said. (rtr)

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Jamaica’s DeShorn Brown takes a selfie with Argentina’s Lionel Messi (10) following their first round Copa America 2015 soccer match at Estadio Sausalito in Vina del Mar, Chile, June 20, 2015.

“All the players worked very hard - defence is team-work, it is about the work of 11 players, but there is room for improvement in attack,” he said.

China, runners-up in 1999, reached the last eight in 2007 but did not qualify for the finals four years ago in Germany and Chang said Hao deserved credit for bringing the team back to the elite of the women’s game.

“Under coach Hao we have witnessed tremendous progress of the national team - he selected a lot of young, energetic and enterprising young players, becoming more mature and sophisticated players,” he added. “I think they can reach even higher levels.” (rtr)

Liverpool lead the way in spreading Premier League gospel

Liverpool will cover most miles of any Premier League club in pre-season preparation, closely followed by Manchester City, according to British media reports on Sunday.

The days of gentle friendly matches close to home are long gone for England’s biggest clubs, keen to exploit commercial possibilities in markets like Asia, Australasia and North America.

Liverpool will play in Thailand, Australia, Malaysia and Finland between July 14 and Aug. 1. That means flying more than 24,000 miles, according to the Sun on Sunday newspaper, which estimates Manchester City’s two matches in Melbourne will take them more than 21,000 miles.

Champions Chelsea have again chosen the

United States for a series of matches in July before returning home in time for the traditional Community Shield match at Wembley on Aug. 2 against FA Cup winners Arsenal.

Manchester United also visit the United States, playing in Seattle, San Jose, Berkeley and Chicago.

The biennial Barclays Asia Trophy starting on July 15 takes place in Singapore for the first time and features Arsenal, Everton and Stoke City, plus a Singapore XI. But West Ham United, under new manager Slaven Bilic, will be the Premier League team with the shortest summer break.

They face a qualifying tie in the Europa League as early as July 2, the draw for which will be made on Monday. (rtr)

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Uruguay’s coach Oscar Tabarez directs his team during their first round Copa America 2015 soccer match against Paraguay at Estadio La Portada in La Serena, Chile, June 20, 2015.

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Germany’s Celia Sasic (13) celebrates her goal against Sweden during the first half of a FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer game in Ottawa, Ontario, on Saturday, June 20, 2015.

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Germany eliminates Sweden with 4-1 win In Women’s World Cup

OTTAWA — After coasting through the preliminary round of the Women’s World Cup, forwards Anja Mittag and Celia Sasic provided a dominating reminder of why Germany is deserving of its top-rank billing.

Sasic scored twice, and Mittag added a goal and drew a penalty to set up another, in helping Germany advance to the quarterfinals with a 4-1 win to eliminate fifth-ranked Sweden in a Round of 16 game on Saturday.

“Benchmark? Yes. We measure ourselves against what we know we can achieve,” German coach Silvia Neid said through an interpreter. “It was a very important game, maybe it was a key match because we haven’t had many games of this quality yet in this World Cup.” Germany’s only first-round blemish was a 1-1 tie against Norway.

Otherwise, the Germans routed the Ivory Coast and Thailand, in scoring a tournament-best 15 goals. Now the two-time World Cup champions will travel to Montreal, where they will face the winner of Sunday’s match between third-ranked France and South Korea.

Disappointing as the finish was for Sweden, which ended the tournament without a victory, coach Pia Sundhage acknowledged it was going to take a near-perfect effort to beat Germany.

“Germany is a very good team, and they deserve to advance,” Sundhage said. “We fought and we tried, but it was not good enough.”

Mittag opened the scoring in the 24th minute, and then Sasic scored the next two — including one on a

penalty kick — in staking Germany to a 3-0 lead by the 78th minute.

The Swedes finally countered with Linda Sembrant scoring on a header off Therese Sjogran’s free kick from outside the box in the 82nd minute.

Sweden nearly cut the margin to 3-2 a minute later, when Sofia Jakobsson broke in alone. However, Jakobsson was stopped by goalie Nadine Angerer, who came out of the crease to cut the angle. Dzsenifer Marozsan then sealed the win by scoring in the 88th minute.

Sweden had the misfortune of opening the tournament in the socalled Group of Death, alongside the United States, Australia and Nigeria.

After three ties and a third-place finish, the Swedes then had to play in their third time zone in two weeks, and face Germany on three days’ rest.

Aware of how tired the Swedes might be, Neid said the plan was to apply the pressure from the opening minute.

“We couldn’t go into this match in a let’s-wait-and-see-what-happens attitude,” Neid said. “We wanted to deny them the feeling that it would be simple to play against Germany.”

Alexandra Popp and Simone Laudehr both had scoring chances in the opening two minutes, before Mittag finally put Germany on the board.

Named the player of the match, Mittag forced a turnover at the left sideline of the Swedish zone. Playing give-and-go with Sasic, Mittag had a clear path to the net when she got a shot off from just outside the box and banked it in off the far right post. “I think right now my self-confidence is pretty good,” Mittag said. (ap)

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They managed to defend their lead and avoid what happened in their opening match when they gave away a two-goal lead to Paraguay who scored twice in the last half hour for a 2-2 draw.

“In the first half we created lots of chances, we found the spaces but couldn’t score another goal,” said Messi, who was making his 100th appearance for Argentina.

“It got tougher for us in the second half, the rhythm dropped and we played much more slowly, that’s a fact... I don’t know if it’s a physical issue, I don’t know why it happened to us.”

Messi said Argentina would have to improve for the knockout phase if they want to win their first major title since the 1993 Copa America in Ecuador. “That was our objective, to finish first (in the group) and think about what’s to come. Another Copa starts now,” he said. (rtr)

China coach hails ‘warriors’ after gritty win EDMONTON - China coach Chang Wei Wei hailed his team as “warriors” after a hard-earned 1-0 win over Cameroon on Saturday took them into the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup. “Today all the players were wonderful,” said assistant coach Chang, who was in charge of the team for the game due to the suspension of head coach Hao Wei. “They put on a spectacular performance, they were resilient and brave. They were like warriors for 90 minutes.”

A series of wasted opportunities meant that the Chinese had to battle until the end to make sure of the win and Chang conceded his team had to be sharper in front of goal.

Monday, June 22, 2015

Mexico turn eye to Gold Cup after Copa America failure

MEXICO CITY - Mexico must not be afraid to admit failure after their early Copa America elimination and should not let it affect their Gold Cup performance, coach Miguel Herrera said.

“El Tri” went out at the group stage in the South American tournament in Chile after finishing bottom of Group A following draws with the host nation and Bolivia and a defeat

by Ecuador.

“I don’t feel under any pressure,” Herrera, who had set a goal of reaching the final, told reporters after the team’s return home.

“We can’t do anything about the

VINA DEL MAR - Lionel Messi is used to being sought after by fans, celebrities and even fellow professionals but he was still caught by surprise when Jamaica’s DeShorn Brown asked for a selfie following Argentina’s 1-0 Copa America win. Argentina won Group B with Saturday’s victory, their second at the tournament in Chile, and were waiting on Sunday to find out who they would face in the last eight after the final round of Group C matches.

Striker Brown, who had been substituted near the end of the match at Vina del Mar, picked up his mobile phone as soon as the final whistle went and ran onto the pitch to find Messi.

“I had thought about it before the match so that’s why I took (the phone) to the bench. As soon as (the match) finished ... I took the picture,” Brown told Reuters. “Messi is the best in the world, a star, and that’s a photo I’ll have as a souvenir all my life.”

Argentina’s captain laughed as he recalled what had happened.

“He surprised me. On top of that I was annoyed about how the match had gone despite our win ... but when I saw the phone I realised what was going on. It’s really nice when a colleague asks me for that,” Messi said.

Argentina were all over Jamaica in the first half and should have had more than Gonzalo Higuain’s early goal. They hit the bar twice before losing the initiative alarmingly in the

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tournament we’ve lost, we’ve got to have a rethink, now I have to disconnect myself from (Chile) and concentrate on the (Gold Cup) team.

“You have to admit you didn’t reach your objective, not be afraid of the word failure,” Herrera said.

Mexico will be strengthened by several European-based players, notably forwards Javier Hernandez, Carlos Vela and Giovani dos Santos, for the CONCACAF’s signature tournament in the United States that kicks off on July 7.

Herrera, who played in the team that reached the final the first time Mexico took part as a guest team at

the Copa America in 1993, leaves for the U.S. with his squad on Monday.

Mexico face Cuba, Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago in Group C of the tournament in which the U.S. will defend their title.

If Mexico win the tournament they will play off against the Americans, Gold cup winners in 2013, for the CONCACAF’s place at the 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia.

“Losing the last (Gold Cup) tournament obliges us to win this one...

What Mexico and the (federation) directors want is to go to the Confederations (Cup) hence the obligation to win this one,” Herrera said. (rtr)

Tabarez calls for more calm on the ball from his players

LA SERENA - Uruguay must take that extra second making decisions on the ball to have a chance of retaining their Copa America crown, coach Oscar Tabarez said on Saturday.

The holders reached the last eight in third place in Group B following a 1-1 draw with Paraguay and must wait to learn who their opponents will be after Sunday’s Group C matches.

“The match was as hard as we thought, played according to the characteristics of the teams,” Tabarez told reporters. “There was a lot of battling for the ball.

“In the second half we came close

more times (than them) but lacked calm at key moments of the match.

We didn’t make the most of chances we had in the Paraguay box.”

Tabarez added he felt the team’s spirit is what has helped them overcome apparently insurmountable odds in the nine years since he took charge.

This is the sixth time in seven tournaments that Uruguay have scraped into the last eight of the Copa America as one of the best third-placed teams and on five of those occasions they went on to reach the semi-finals.

Paraguay, unbeaten in their three

matches and top of the group before Argentina’s match with Jamaica, have improved under new coach Ramon Diaz after a disappointing spell during which they failed to reach the 2014 World Cup finals. “(Uruguay) played well in spells and were better than us but the team reacted and we were able to draw level,” Diaz said.

Midfielder Nestor Ortigoza came off with what appeared to be a hamstring injury and Diaz suggested he might see no further action in the tournament. “Orti was having a great championship,” he said. (rtr)

REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Jamaica’s DeShorn Brown takes a selfie with Argentina’s Lionel Messi (10) following their first round Copa America 2015 soccer match at Estadio Sausalito in Vina del Mar, Chile, June 20, 2015.

“All the players worked very hard - defence is team-work, it is about the work of 11 players, but there is room for improvement in attack,” he said.

China, runners-up in 1999, reached the last eight in 2007 but did not qualify for the finals four years ago in Germany and Chang said Hao deserved credit for bringing the team back to the elite of the women’s game.

“Under coach Hao we have witnessed tremendous progress of the national team - he selected a lot of young, energetic and enterprising young players, becoming more mature and sophisticated players,” he added. “I think they can reach even higher levels.” (rtr)

Liverpool lead the way in spreading Premier League gospel

Liverpool will cover most miles of any Premier League club in pre-season preparation, closely followed by Manchester City, according to British media reports on Sunday.

The days of gentle friendly matches close to home are long gone for England’s biggest clubs, keen to exploit commercial possibilities in markets like Asia, Australasia and North America.

Liverpool will play in Thailand, Australia, Malaysia and Finland between July 14 and Aug. 1. That means flying more than 24,000 miles, according to the Sun on Sunday newspaper, which estimates Manchester City’s two matches in Melbourne will take them more than 21,000 miles.

Champions Chelsea have again chosen the

United States for a series of matches in July before returning home in time for the traditional Community Shield match at Wembley on Aug. 2 against FA Cup winners Arsenal.

Manchester United also visit the United States, playing in Seattle, San Jose, Berkeley and Chicago.

The biennial Barclays Asia Trophy starting on July 15 takes place in Singapore for the first time and features Arsenal, Everton and Stoke City, plus a Singapore XI. But West Ham United, under new manager Slaven Bilic, will be the Premier League team with the shortest summer break.

They face a qualifying tie in the Europa League as early as July 2, the draw for which will be made on Monday. (rtr)

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Uruguay’s coach Oscar Tabarez directs his team during their first round Copa America 2015 soccer match against Paraguay at Estadio La Portada in La Serena, Chile, June 20, 2015.

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Germany’s Celia Sasic (13) celebrates her goal against Sweden during the first half of a FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer game in Ottawa, Ontario, on Saturday, June 20, 2015.

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Germany eliminates Sweden with 4-1 win In Women’s World Cup

OTTAWA — After coasting through the preliminary round of the Women’s World Cup, forwards Anja Mittag and Celia Sasic provided a dominating reminder of why Germany is deserving of its top-rank billing.

Sasic scored twice, and Mittag added a goal and drew a penalty to set up another, in helping Germany advance to the quarterfinals with a 4-1 win to eliminate fifth-ranked Sweden in a Round of 16 game on Saturday.

“Benchmark? Yes. We measure ourselves against what we know we can achieve,” German coach Silvia Neid said through an interpreter. “It was a very important game, maybe it was a key match because we haven’t had many games of this quality yet in this World Cup.” Germany’s only first-round blemish was a 1-1 tie against Norway.

Otherwise, the Germans routed the Ivory Coast and Thailand, in scoring a tournament-best 15 goals. Now the two-time World Cup champions will travel to Montreal, where they will face the winner of Sunday’s match between third-ranked France and South Korea.

Disappointing as the finish was for Sweden, which ended the tournament without a victory, coach Pia Sundhage acknowledged it was going to take a near-perfect effort to beat Germany.

“Germany is a very good team, and they deserve to advance,” Sundhage said. “We fought and we tried, but it was not good enough.”

Mittag opened the scoring in the 24th minute, and then Sasic scored the next two — including one on a

penalty kick — in staking Germany to a 3-0 lead by the 78th minute.

The Swedes finally countered with Linda Sembrant scoring on a header off Therese Sjogran’s free kick from outside the box in the 82nd minute.

Sweden nearly cut the margin to 3-2 a minute later, when Sofia Jakobsson broke in alone. However, Jakobsson was stopped by goalie Nadine Angerer, who came out of the crease to cut the angle. Dzsenifer Marozsan then sealed the win by scoring in the 88th minute.

Sweden had the misfortune of opening the tournament in the socalled Group of Death, alongside the United States, Australia and Nigeria.

After three ties and a third-place finish, the Swedes then had to play in their third time zone in two weeks, and face Germany on three days’ rest.

Aware of how tired the Swedes might be, Neid said the plan was to apply the pressure from the opening minute.

“We couldn’t go into this match in a let’s-wait-and-see-what-happens attitude,” Neid said. “We wanted to deny them the feeling that it would be simple to play against Germany.”

Alexandra Popp and Simone Laudehr both had scoring chances in the opening two minutes, before Mittag finally put Germany on the board.

Named the player of the match, Mittag forced a turnover at the left sideline of the Swedish zone. Playing give-and-go with Sasic, Mittag had a clear path to the net when she got a shot off from just outside the box and banked it in off the far right post. “I think right now my self-confidence is pretty good,” Mittag said. (ap)

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Goa Lawah SEMARAPURA - Being an extraordinary phenomenon, Goa Lawah is considered holy. A temple with shrines protects the entrance. The cave is said to extend all the way back to Besakih, and may continue to an underground river that comes up, it is said, at Pura Goa (Cave temple) within the Besakih complex - a temple asso-

ciated with the mythological naga or serpent Basuki which is also honored at Pura Goa Lawah, where a snake is supposed to live, feeding on bats.

Further explanation, Pura Goa Lawah (the Bat Cave Temple) is one of the island’s nine special Sad Kahyangan Temples, and as such it is the designated holy place to honour

Destination the God Maheswara who resides in this section of the island. Religious processions visit the temple every day, and it is a particular focus for religious rites associated with death.

Goa Lawah Temple located along the coast of southeastern Bali just west of Candidasa. The center of the temple is built around a cave filled with thousands of bat that make the roof of the cave their homes. Its entrances are guarded by a temple believed to be found by a sage nine centuries ago.

International The Goa Lawah temple is situated on a slight embankment and the name is derived from the thousands bats that are living at the ceiling and walls of the cave.The cave is also said to lead all the way to Pura Goa in Besakih, some 30 km away, but nobody in recent times has volunteered to confirm this since the fruit bats provide sustenance for the legendary giant snake, Naga Basuki, which is also believed to live in the cave. This ancient reptile is believed to be the caretaker of the earth’s equilibrium,

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a belief which stems from pre-Hindu animism.

Pursuant to the papyrus of Dwi Jendra Tattwa, the Goa Lawah’s name is Goa Lelawah, the name which is given by Danghyang Nirartha (a priest overspread the Hindu teaching in Bali) when he stop in this place on his Tirtha Yatra trips. He arrive at a cave which is a lot of bats hang on and its unbroken voice clamor as hymn to add the beauty of the cave.

Therefore this cave is named by Goa Lawah/Bat Cave.

HALLE - World number two Roger Federer edged past Ivo Karlovic 7-6(3) 7-6(4) on Saturday to reach the Halle Open final where he will face Italian Andreas Seppi, who went through when opponent Kei Nishikori retired injured. The Swiss top seed, eyeing his eighth title in the grasscourt Wimbledon warmup event, held serve throughout but was taken to two tiebreaks having failed to secure a single break point against the Croatian’s powerful serve.

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SPIELBERG — Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne welcomed the possibility of providing Formula One engines to the Red Bull team amid increasing talk that the team could leave the sport. Red Bull’s exasperated owner Dietrich Mateschitz has threatened to pull out of F1 unless French engine supplier Renault improves the performance of its ailing power unit.

Red Bull, F1’s dominant team from 2010-13 when Sebastian Vettel won four straight titles, has not finisher higher than fourth in a race so far this season. An angry Mateschitz said earlier this week that Renault has “destroyed” his team’s enjoyment of the sport.

“I have a lot of respect for Red Bull,” Marchionne said before the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday.

“I think they’ve done a lot for the sport, they’ve had the world cham-

pionship for a number of years. I think they will find their way again and if we can help them get there, we’d be more than glad to do it.”

Russian driver Daniil Kvyat had Red Bull’s best result of fourth at last month’s Monaco GP, with Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo managing a season’s best of fifth — at the same race — having won three races last year in his first season with the team.

Red Bull has used Ferrari engines before, in 2006, although Marchionne was evasive about the timing of another deal.

“I think we can provide engines to any of the teams that want to race,” said Marchionne, who is also the chief executive of Fiat Chrysler.

“As long as we keep control over the aerodynamic work on the car, I think there’s going to be enough distinguishing traits between us and the competition.” (ap)

“It is always complicated to play against Ivo but I remained calm when it mattered,” Federer told reporters. “I was lucky in the first round (needing three sets against Philipp Kohlschreiber) so I am happy to have made the final.” It was always going to be a slugfest with Karlovic having fired a record 45 aces past Tomas Berdych on Friday.

The Croat did not disappoint, racking up 10 aces halfway through

the first set. A sensational backhand return in the opening tiebreak gave Federer the slight edge he needed on his opponent’s serve and a double fault from the Croatian handed him the first set.

The Swiss again had to stay patient, but won two points on the Croatian’s serve in the second tiebreak and sealed his win with a backhand volley after one hour and 28 minutes.

Seppi advanced to his second

Switzerland’s Roger Federer in action during the quarter final

final of the year after Zagreb when Japan’s Nishikori, the second seed, retired injured early in the first set.

It was the second time in two days that the Italian had gone through thanks to an injury retirement, after he reached the last four on Friday when France’s Gael Monfils conceded in the second set.

Nishikori, who was moving poorly with his left leg heavily bandaged, lasted only five games before quitting. (rtr)

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Casey Stoner would still be a MotoGP winner if he ever made a comeback, reckons Jorge Lorenzo. Double world champion Stoner retired from MotoGP aged only 27 at the end of the 2012 season. He has remained a test rider for Honda and will return to racing for the Suzuka 8 Hours next month.

Stoner reappeared in the MotoGP paddock to demonstrate a

new Honda road bike at Barcelona last weekend, and Lorenzo is convinced his former title rival is still quick enough to be a frontrunner.

“For me Casey is a real natural talent,” said Lorenzo.

“I never saw a better natural talent riding a bike. It was clearly a great show watching him ride a bike, especially in Phillip Island, and he has my respect. “If he came back some day he would be there

winning and fighting for the win.

“I understand his decision to retire because racing is sometimes very stressful for us. “It depends on your personality or way of living.

It’s hard but it’s his decision. “If he came back I would receive him with open arms.”

Lorenzo’s team-mate Valentino Rossi - who also battled for several championships with Stoner - suspects too much time has now

passed since the Australian stopped racing.

Casey Stoner, Ducati, leads Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi, Yamaha, Valencia MotoGP 2010”I think we already have enough [quick riders] in this championship! For sure I’m joking but it’s been quite a lot of time since Casey has raced and it doesn’t make sense for him to come back,” said Rossi.

“But it would be interesting to understand his level of riding without a lot of races.” Dani Pedrosa, who was Stoner’s Honda team-mate in 2011-12, thinks it unlikely he will ever return to the grid. “I’ve been talking to him and he looks quite comfortable in his situation,” said Pedrosa. “Of course, to watch him ride and to be one of his rivals was a great pleasure. Big respect.” (rtr)

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Not friends yet: Japan, South Korea mark 50-year treaty

TOKYO — Foreign ministers from Japan and South Korea held a rare meeting Sunday on the eve of the 50th anniversary since their countries normalized relations marred by Japan’s colonization and World War II conquest.

Yet, the ties between the most important U.S. allies in Asia are so low that one hoped-for outcome of the meeting is an agreement for the countries’ leaders to just show up at Monday’s ceremonies in their respective capitals, instead of exchanging written statements.

“It’s a grave situation, and what’s more serious is that Japan’s diplomacy toward South Korea has turned harsher against the backdrop of public sentiment,” said Junya Nishino, a political science professor at Keio University.

Yun Byung-se’s visit Sunday was the first by a South Korean foreign minister since 2011. Yun and his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, shook hands but made no comment during the several minutes of media coverage at the outset of their highly sensitive talks. They were expected to discuss Japan’s sexual enslavement of Korean women and other outstanding issues related to wartime history. Yun is set to meet with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday before attending anniversary events in Tokyo.

According to a poll by Japanese newspaper Asahi and South Korea’s Dong-a Ilbo, published Saturday, more than half of the respondents in both countries say their image of the other side has worsened in the past five years.

The poll also found that 87 percent of South Koreans feel strongly about better relations with their neighbor, compared to 64 percent in Japan.

“Trust between Japan and South Korea has been largely lost, and it’s not easy to restore it right away,” said Nishino.

Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye have yet to hold fully fledged bilateral talks since taking office in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Washington has been concerned about its allies’ strained relations.

They are rooted in Japan’s colonization of Korea, from 1910 to the end of World War II. The relations improved in the late 1990s, following Japanese apologies, cultural exchanges and a Korean pop culture boom in the 2000s, but nosedived a few years ago largely because of differences over their shared history.

Many Koreans still remember Japan’s 35-year colonization as the era of brutality and humili-

ation, during which they were forced to use Japanese names and language while their pride, heritage and sense of identity were severely threatened. After ties were normalized, three more decades passed before Seoul officially allowed Japanese films and other popular culture back into the country.

A downturn started in 2012, when then-South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visited a cluster of Seoul-controlled islets also claimed by Japan.

As public sentiment soured, ethnic Koreans in Japan, many of whom descendants of forced laborers, became target of racial insults by right-wing extremists. (ap)

Millions of people bend and twist their bodies for Yoga Day

NEW DELHI — Millions of yoga enthusiasts across the world bent and twisted their bodies in complex postures Sunday to mark International Yoga Day. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spread his mat among rows of people, including his Cabinet members and foreign diplomats, at New Delhi’s main thoroughfare, which was transformed into a sprawling exercise ground.

Thousands of people dressed in white sat on yellow mats under the Eiffel Tower, and similar events were held in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Beijing, Manila and other places. Modi had lobbied the U.N. to declare June 21 as the first International Yoga Day. “We are not only celebrating a day, but we are training the human mind to begin a new era of peace and harmony,” Modi told participants. “This is a program for the benefit of mankind, for a tension-free world and to spread the message of harmony.”

Schoolchildren, bureaucrats, homemakers, soldiers and ordinary folk took part in the exercise, held in all Indian state capitals.

In Modi’s home state of Gujarat, yoga events were organized at nearly 30,000 places, state officials said.

In Taipei, more than 2,000 participants rolled out mats and performed 108 rounds of the “sun salutation” — the sequence of poses often practiced at the beginning of a routine as the sun rises.

“They give themselves a piece

of time to observe their mind and their heart, which I think in the modern society we need a lot,” said practitioner Angela Hsi. Fazel Shah, an Indian pilot working for a Middle Eastern airline, rushed from the airport on his stopover in Taiwan to join the event.

“Isn’t it awesome? I mean, just look at the number of people who are here, embracing it,” he said.

He said yoga was probably born in India but belongs anywhere. “If you go up from where I am and look from the sky down, you don’t see borders, you don’t see religions, you don’t see nationalities, you just see one group of people. So, I just go down and meet up with them, that’s all.”

In Dubai, a 41 year-old Indian man attempted the world’s longest headstand. Ivan Stanley, who has lived in Dubai for 15 years, held the position for 61 minutes. He registered his attempt with Guinness World Records, which has yet to announce if he broke the record.

He later told reporters that he relied on his mental strength.

Many believe that yoga, the ancient form of exercise, is the best way to calm the mind and the best form of exercise for the body.

Indian officials said more than 35,000 people participated in the New Delhi event that was also an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the largest single yoga class at a single venue. Guinness representatives said they hired more than 1,500 members of a global accounting firm to count participants.

India’s Defense Ministry said that soldiers on the Siachen Glacier, the world’s highest battleground in the Himalayas, and naval cadets on navy ships at sea also had participated in the Yoga Day events.

Although Modi’s message was one of peace and harmony, many in India were concerned that the push for yoga was an attempt by

Hindu groups to give a boost to Hinduism.

Many Muslims objected to the government’s exhortations to join the public exercise programs.

Some Muslim leaders said yoga was a Hindu practice.

Some Christian groups were upset that the mass yoga sessions were being held at a time when they usually attend Sunday

Mass.

Others were skeptical about the time and money spent by the government on Yoga Day. “The government organizes these hyped-up events,” said Sumita Rani, a primary school teacher in South Delhi. “Last year was the Clean India Campaign.

What came of it? This city is as filthy as ever.” (ap)

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INDONESIA Precarious existence Stocks of basic in shadow of Sinabung necessities for fasting month adequate

JAKARTA - Trade Minister Rachmat Gobel said basic necessity stocks are adequate for the current fasting month of Ramadan and for the post-fasting Lebaran festivities.

“Reports I received from from East Java said basic necessity stocks were adequate and prices were stable,” the trade minister said when launching the departure of Artha Graha Peduli (AGP) rice market operations in Jakarta on Sunday.

He said that he met with the East Java governor who told him that stocks were adequate and prices were stable in East Java. If there were Increases they were still within the reasonable level.

“What is important is that basic need stocks are adequate during the fasting month and the Lebaran festivities and the prices are stable,” the minister remarked.

Gobel said that some prices of commodities in several regions were even going down or going up but these increases did not affect prices as a whole. If there are price increases or decreases there were still within the reasonable limit.

He therefore called on the people to not worry about about stocks.

“I call on the people to not worry about staple food stock. Apart from stocks of staple food, stock of chili and shallots are adequate as harvests are to be done this June and July. So, if prices now are increasing, they will go down when harvest yields are in stock.

The government is paying serious attention to the need of food commodities in the current fasting month, Lebaran and the post-Lebaran period,” he added.

In the meantime, Internal Trade Director General Srie Agustina said in order to stabilize prices her side had been organizing market operations.

“For example, the rice and sugar market operation in Bandung (West Java) was launched recently by President Joko Widodo. We have also been launching market operations in Jakarta like the launching today of the AGP cheap rice and meat opera-

JAKARTA - Indonesia announced Friday it will grant a 30 percent stake of the Mahakam gas block to be shared between French Total and Japanese Inpex, while giving the majority stake to state-owned oil firm Pertamina in 2018.

Oil giant Total, along with Inpex, has been running Mahakam, a huge natural gas block offshore of East Kalimantan province, since 1967. Total

has expressed it wanted to continue operating the block when the contract expires at the end of 2017.

However, President Joko Widodo’s government wanted Pertamina to take over the block despite doubts over Pertamina’s technical and financial capacity.

“The consideration for the stake allocation is that Pertamina should really play the role of an operator which

tions,” she said.

She said that the AGP market operations were held in 153 places in Jakarta and the surroundings. The operations have distributed 5,000 tons of rice and 1,000 tons of meat beginning on June 16, 2015. The AGP market operations also distribute medium quality rice with a price of Rp9,000 per kilogram (kg) and frozen meat Rp70,000 per kg. (ant)

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Office workers shop for “iftar” the meal to break their fast on first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, June 18, 2015.

Trade Minister Rachmat Gobel said basic necessity stocks are adequate for the current fasting month of Ramadan and for the post-fasting Lebaran festivities.

BERASTAGI - When Indonesian farmer Elfi Dalimunthe fled to safety last week as a volcano hurled hot ash and rocks across the sky, it marked the third time she was forced to abandon her home in recent years.

“I heard a loud booming sound and saw thick ash spewing out,” the 30-year-old told AFP, recalling the terrifying eruptions which prompted her family to jump into a bus and onto a motorbike and rush to a temporary shelter.

They are among more than 10,000 people evacuated from their homes this month after an increase in the activity of Mount Sinabung, on Sumatra island, highlighting the precarious existence for many in the country with the largest number of volcanoes in the world.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a belt of seismic activity running around the basin of the Pacific Ocean, and has around 130 active volcanoes.

But millions of poor Indonesians live on or near the slopes of the steaming mountains, where the volcanic soil makes for extremely fertile farmland, and many insist on returning to their villages after even major eruptions.

Dalimunthe fled her small village, just kilometres (miles) from Sinabung, for the first time in 2010 for a few weeks due to an eruption and was then forced from her home in September 2013 for more than a year.

Last year while she was living in a shelter, her wooden house was crushed by falling ash during a deadly eruption.

Despite this disaster, the vegetable farmer returned to the village with her husband and three children and established a new home.

And even after last week’s eruption, she insists she will return to her village and not move out immediately, citing the fact her children are

at schools in the area.

“I will move when the children are older,” she said, sitting on a thin mat in a cramped hall holding about 500 people in the town of Berastagi, where many are sheltering.

Many do not want to evacuate at all when volcanoes erupt violently, with officials facing resistance from villagers who are attached to their houses and farms, and in many cases have little education.

And some who are persuaded to leave insist on returning to their homes under the rumbling volcano during the daytime to tend to the crops of chilli, tomato and potato that grow in the area.

Vegetable seller Syafitri Sitepu fled from her village near Sinabung this week, but said her husband had returned to look after their crops.

“He’s our family’s breadwinner.

If he did not work, how would we be able to feed and buy milk for our baby?” said the 30-year-old.

The increase in Sinabung’s activity has been sudden and dramatic.

Clouds of hot gas and rocks, as well as molten lava, cascaded down the volcano’s slopes in the past week, and officials warn there is a strong chance of more eruptions.

As well as evacuating people, authorities’ immediate concern is getting hold of tents, blankets, clean water and clothing for the thousands forced from their homes, as well as providing counselling to those left traumatised.

Even for those who have not been evacuated from their homes, the eruptions can be highly disruptive. Thick ash has blown over a great distance, coating crops and buildings and forcing people to wear face masks for protection.

In addition, the economic impact of Sinabung has been devastating, with the national disaster agency estimating it caused more than $100 million in damage over two years, in 2013 and 2014. (afp)

Indonesia’s rich resources has grown louder in recent years.

“Most Indonesians now are very nationalistic, and at the same time the ideology of the ruling party is also nationalistic, so it matched,” Komaidi Notonegoro, Jakarta-based research body ReforMiner Institute, told AFP. “What happened now is something that the public like, even though

investors such as Total might despise it,” he added.

Total declined to comment on the decision.

“At this moment we will not issue any comment or statement regarding the Government of Indonesia’s decision on Mahakam after 2017,” Kristanto Hartadi, a spokesman for Total E&P Indonesie, told AFP. (afp)

Indonesia grants 30 percent stake of Mahakam gas block to Total, Inpex

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Indians perform yoga on Rajpath, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, June 21, 2015. Millions of yoga enthusiasts are bending their bodies in complex postures across India as they take part in a mass yoga program to mark the first International Yoga Day.

controlled the majority of interest, and we also want to give appreciation to the (current) operators which have given the investment,” energy minister Sudirman Said told reporters.

Pertamina will have to share some of its 70 percent stake with a local East Kalimantan company, Said added.

To the frustration of foreign investors, calls for nationalisation of

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‘Grexit’ would hurt Greek people, economy: US

SINGARAJA - Renowned as the gong kebyar art birthplace, Buleleng seems to begin discovering and preserving the heritage intensely. As one of the conservation efforts, this year Buleleng will present dozens of gong kebyar troupes in North Bali. The stage is associated with the Buleleng Festival (Bulfest) posing the third implementation taking place on August 4-8, 2015.

WASHINGTON - A Greek exit from the eurozone would have a major impact on the country’s moribund economy and its people, US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned.

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People use the ATMs of a bank as others exit from the branch in Athens, Friday, June 19, 2015. A Greek exit from the eurozone would have a major impact on the country’s moribund economy and its people, US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned.

Germany, world champion in car-sharing

BERLIN - Car-sharing, pioneered in Switzerland in the 1970s, is gaining popularity across the globe as people shy away from the cost of owning and maintaining an automobile in big cities.

And it is proving particularly successful in Germany, where carmakers themselves are keen to get a slice of the action.

In addition to concerns about greenhouse gases and pollution, there are many reasons why a growing number of urban dwellers are opting not to buy their own car: a chronic shortage of parking space, soaring insurance and upkeep costs, and high fuel prices.

Many prefer to use the well developed and efficient public transport systems found in Germany and other countries.

“In towns and cities, young

people don’t necessarily want to have a car,” said Stefan Bratzel, director of the Center for Automotive Management (CAM) in Bergisch-Gladbach.

They still want the convenience of a car, without the financial burden of owning one. Yet they do not want to have to use traditional car-rental firms every time they decide to go for a spontaneous jaunt into the countryside.

For those reasons, car-sharing - which enables renting a car even for very short periods of time, at any hour of the day or night -- appeals to such people.

The scheme has also become handy for businesses which do not want to maintain a costly fleet of company cars for their employees.

The first car-sharing firm in Germany, Stattauto, was set up in

Berlin in 1988, starting out with a single car.

By last year, there were as many as 140 operators in Europe’s biggest economy, with 1.04 million registered users and a total combined pool of 15,400 cars at their disposal, according to figures compiled by the car-sharing industry federation BCS. “That represents approximately half of the total offer in Europe,” said Franck Leveque of British consulting firm, Frost & Sullivan.

Car sharing has been slower to catch on in other European countries. In Italy, there are around 250,000 customers, and in France and Britain around 200,000 each.

Further afield, there are around 700,000 users in Japan, which started car-sharing schemes in 2007, and 1.3 million in the

United States, according to recent data published by the University of California in Berkeley.

Gunnar Nehrke of BCS said that Germany stands out because of the sheer size and extent of its network.

“In many countries, there is car-sharing in the capital, or two or three of the biggest cities.

Here, car-sharing is available in 490 towns and municipalities,” he told AFP. BCS predicts the number of users in Germany will rise to two million in the next five years.

German companies active in the sector include Cambio, Stadtmobil, Book-n-drive, TeilAuto or CiteeCar, all of which have been active for a long time investing not only in major cities, but smaller towns as well.

The south-western city of

Karlsruhe has the highest density of shared cars at 2.15 cars for every 1,000 inhabitants.

Leveque at Frost & Sullivan said that another important factor in the success of car-sharing in Germany was the role of the automakers themselves: BMW has its own scheme, called Drivenow, and Daimler launched its Car2go in 2008.

The global car-sharing market is still small. According to consultancy firm Roland Berger, it is projected to grow by 30 percent each year and reach 5.6 billion euros in 2020 -- a small fraction of the vast 1.3 trillion euro market of global auto sales last year.

But automakers see it as a new marketing channel, a way “of letting customers get to know the brand and possibly buying one later,” said Bratzel at CAM. (afp)

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European Union heads are waiting for the anti-austerity government in Athens to present new economic reform and budget proposals, as Greece and its EU-IMF creditors struggle to reach a debt deal to prevent a default that could have worldwide repercussions.

“I’m not going to predict what the consequences would be,” Lew said in an interview with CNN, asked what would happen in the event of a “Grexit.”

“It’s clear that within Greece the consequence of a failure here would mean a terrible, terrible decline in their economic performance. It will hurt the Greek people, who will bear the first brunt of a failure.”

Lew said all parties in the fractious ongoing talks needed to show flexibility, ahead of an emergency summit of leaders of the 19 countries in the euro area on Monday in Brussels.

“The reality is that there are impacts on markets. And I don’t think anyone should want to find out,” he said of the prospect of Greece leaving the eurozone.

“I urge all the parties to be flexible but I think that we’re at a moment now where the burden is on Greece to come back with a response that’s the basis for reaching an agreement as soon as possible.” (afp)

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Mellifluous Indian instrumental music reverberate BAF

DENPASAR - The Indian instrumental music on Tanpura, Sitar, Sarod, Tabla, Dholak, Saraswati Veena, Guitar, Shehnai, Flute, Clarinet, violin reverberated the Balinese air with beautiful & mellifluous melodies composed on classical ragas, folk music and popular Hindi songs.

Fifteen eminent instrumental musicians from the Vadya Vrinda (instrumental ensemble) unit of the All India Radio participated in the annual 37th Bali Art Festival and presented their varied and skillful musical compositions on ancient Indian instruments.

Vadya Vrinda was established in 1952 by renowned musician, Pt. Ravi Shankar.

The Indian artistes participated in the cultural parade on the opening day of the Bali Art Festival on 13 June 2015 at Jalan Niti Mandala in central Denpasar and played Vande Mataram, a patriotic song and Ram Dhun, one of the favourite bhanjans of Mahatma Gandhi, and ensemble of popular Bollywood songs.

The Indian tableau at the cultural parade demonstrated Yoga, the centuries old legacy of India.

The United Nations has adopted June 21 as the International Day of Yoga which will be celebrated with mass yoga practice and other activities in Denpasar, Bali on that day.

The cultural parade was inaugurated by the Minister of Tourism of Indonesia, representing the President of Indonesia, besides the Governor of the Province of Bali, Chairman of the Regional House of Repre-

sentatives (DPRD), dignitaries & senior officials of the Regional Government of Bali and local administrations as well as members of the Bali Consular Corps, among others.

The Vadya Vrinda unit gave a more than hour-long full performance on the first day of the Bali Art Festival at Ksirarnawa Auditorium at the Bali Art Centre on 14 June 2015. The audience repeatedly applauded their performances which included rendering of ‘Vande Mataram’ & ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha’, the patriotic songs promoting nationalism, ‘Vadiayan’ based on folk music and ‘Raag Pahadi’, ‘Overture’ & ‘Jog’ compositions with the latter based on ‘Raag Jog’, and ‘Vaishnav Jan To Tene Kahiye’ & ‘Ram Dhun’, Gandhiji’s favourite bhajans, besides an ensemble of popular Bollywood songs. The Director of the Vital Objects Security as well as the Chief of Intelligence of Bail Province, representatives of Military, Provincial Department of Culture, Sanggar Tarian & Music (local dance & music communities) and large number of visitors to the Bali Art Festival attended.

Prior to visiting Bali, the Vadya Vrinda artistes performed at the Universitas Negeri Makassar (UNM) in South Sulawesi to the capacity-packed auditorium of over 700 students and invited guests, who were thoroughly enthralled by their beautiful musical compositions, including the ensemble of Bollywood songs popular among young Indonesians. (r)

It was expressed by the Head of the Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency, I Gede Suyasa, after attending the preparatory meeting of Bulfest 2015 in the meeting hall of the Buleleng regent office. The meeting led in person by the Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana, was attended by relevant agency leaders and involved creative team of the government of Buleleng.

Furthermore, Suyasa said that the gong kebyar troupes actually remain to survive well in the region.

However, in the development not all troupes can deeply get involved in the art activity maximally. It is inseparable from the constraints and competition against in the troupes from other regions. Besides, the event as their medium to stage remains relatively rare, so that it that many troupes are considered inactive. “At villages many art troupes remain to survive, but they are not getting involved in the arts optimally. Besides, the enrichment is still inadequate, so that there is an impression if some art troupes are no longer active,” he said.

To overcome this condition, he said that as conservation efforts his party will give a special space packed

in the Buleleng Festival (Bulfest) which is now entering the third implementation. In the upcoming Bulfest, mass gong kebyar will jazz up the opening ceremony as the presentation of the art troupes and villages in North Bali. A total of 30 art troupes are estimated to appear in the parade with gamelan players reaching thousands of people and coupled with dancers.

Especially for the dance, it will be featuring Teruna Jaya Dance created in North Bali. The mass gong kebyar performance will take place on Jalan Pahlawan (in front of the office of Buleleng regent) and Jalan Ngurah Rai, Singaraja.

“As decided in the meeting of the Bulfest 2015, it will feature the theme Gurnitanig Denbukit having the philosophy to evoke various kinds of distinctive musical arts of Buleleng and gong kebyar is one of them,” he said.

Ahead of the mass performance of the gong kebyar troupes of Buleleng, the Culture and Tourism Agency is still receiving the registration and making administrative selection of the art troupes or villages that will participate. From the registered art troupes, the agency will select with

Gong Kebyar performance

reference to some important considerations including achievement in the local events and outside the region. In addition, there must be an indicator of recognition or legality from the Buleleng Cultural Advisory Council and Development (Listibya) against the art troupes. The third indicator will be considered in terms of equity aspect of the region to be represented.

“Now, we are still receiving the registration of participants and then there will be a selection based on the three indicators. We are confident this will encourage the spirit of our gamelan musicians to perform and we are also interested in the discovery and conservation effort of the artistic heritage of our region,” he said.

Other than featuring mass gong kebyar, the Bulfest becoming the pilot project of the Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana, also displays Endek Carnival (BEC). It is no less interesting because it means to evoke the potential of endek handicrafts in North Bali so that it can grow and this heritage will not come to extinction.

The next Bulfest will be filled with the exhibition of culinary products of Buleleng and a variety of SME products. (kmb38)

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Waste increases due to emergence of illegal landfill

SEMARAPURA - Housing development in the area of Banjarangkan village, in fact, is not followed by an increase in adequate waste transport services. As a result, a lot of waste is dumped in temporary landfills by using vacant lands and not managed properly. Aside from exuding stench, the waste also spills onto sidewalk so that it results in rundown impression.

The most squalid scenery is visible in the west of the Banjarangkan Police whose waste has spilled onto sidewalk. Headman of Banjarangkan, Wayan Gede Suastika, when asked for his confirmation recognized that many impromptu or illegal landfills emerge at Banjarangkan village. Most of the landfills take advantage of vacant land abandoned by the owners. “There are many landfills utilizing abandoned vacant land belonging to residents,” said Suastika, Friday (Jun. 19).

A lot of waste at Banjarangkan village, according to Suastika, happens because many new housing complexes are built without providing temporary landfill. Unfortunately, such condition ANTARA FOTO/Fikri Yusuf

The INAFIS officers take traces scattered at crime scene and take sample to be examined.

Motive of Engeline’s murder hasn’t been revealed

DENPASAR - The motive of Engeline’s murder has not yet been revealed. According to the Chief of Bali Police, Dr. Ronny F. Sompie, the motive of the case will be revealed after the investigation has been completed, including whoever gets involved and so has the motive of child neglect case.

“Was the murder case related to the distribution of inheritance rights, economic or other motive?

Or related to sexual crime? All can be expressed clearly in the resume of the investigation,” said Ronny over the weekend.

To expedite the completion of the investigation, said the police chief, the chief of national police pays attention to providing support for Bali Police such as by deploying the INAFIS and Forensic Laboratory of the National Police Headquarters. His party puts emphasis on the search for evidence and traces based on scientific studies. On that account, the support of the INAFIS and Forensic Laboratory of the National Police Headquarters is very large. “We use lie detector and it is the support of the Central Forensic Laboratory of the National Police Headquarters. We get the support from INAFIS of the National Police Headquarters,” he said.

From the results of the crime scene investigation, the investigators will ensure the information of

the suspect Agus because so far his information continues to change.

Indeed, information of the suspect has been put into the last or fifth evidence. To that end, the investigators compile four other evidences including the testimony of witnesses, experts and evidence.

“So far, I have not received any results of the study related to competent experts with the results of polygraph (of Agus and Margriet— Ed). Therefore, I will wait for the results on the study whether it has lie or truth score,” said Ronny.

In the meantime, related to the suspect Margriet what can currently be proved so far based on valid evidence is the child neglect case, while the death case of her adopted child, to this day, continues to be strengthened things indeed leading to the verification whether there is involvement of other suspects.

“Regarding the victim’s murder case, a total of 25 witnesses including the experts have been examined.

As for the case of child neglect, 12 witnesses including the expert have

been examined. Perhaps, the number will continue to grow,” he said.

On Friday afternoon, the INAFIS team of the National Police Headquarters led by Bekti Suhartoni returned to the crime scene on Jalan Sedap Malam, Denpasar.

After combing for some hours, the officers found blood spots and latent fingerprints.

“The INAFIS officers take traces scattered at crime scene and take sample to be examined. If there is new development on the results of investigation leading to crime scene, the INAFIS team will definitely come again,” said Spokesman of Bali Police, Hery Wiyanto.

In the meantime, according to an officer of Bali Police, AA (friend to the suspect Agus) was taken back to Bali Police headquarters around five o’clock in the afternoon. “He (AA—Ed) rides a motorcycle with the officer and then comes in through back door. It is not known whether he is examined related to the same case,” said the officer rejecting to be named. (kmb36)

has not been reprimanded by the government of Klungkung. “I do hope the government can also require a landfill provision when issuing a permit for developers,” said Suastika.

Associated with waste problem, Banjarangkan only has two trucks to transport waste. Currently, the existing trucks are inadequate to transport the entire waste. “Other than having no rubbish depot, we do not have adequate number of trucks,” he added.

On the other hand, his party also deals with high operating costs of transporting waste. That is why the rubbish disposal of Banjarangkan cannot be made to the Sente landfill at Dawan, Klungkung. According to Suastika, his party attempts to manage the waste in the region by charging levies. Unfortunately, this effort is hampered by the absence of legal instrument to make the charges. “We want to charge levies to the public, but we have no legal instrument. Besides, we also plan to contract a land used for waste disposal,” added Suastika. (dwa)

Tanah Lot Bleganjur Festival 2015 has poleng theme

TABANAN - In the near future, the Tanah Lot tourist attraction will hold the Tanah Lot Bleganjur Festival 2015 at local attraction in the upcoming July 3-5. A total of 23 bleganjur gamelan troupes from 23 villages across Kediri subdistrict including from the Pandak Gede, Beraban and Pandak Badung village will show off their skill in playing the bleganjur instrument.

Uniquely, all the art troupe members are obliged to wear checkered (poleng) costumes and headdress.

“Tanah Lot is famous for its checkered sea snake. So, we adjust the ambience of the bleganjur festival where all the troupe members are obliged to wear checkered sarong and headdress,” said the Art Division Head of the Tabanan Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Muder, accompanied by Operations Manager of Tanah Lot tourist attraction, I Ketut Toya Adnyana, Friday (Jun. 19).

To be able to provide comfort for both travelers and local people wishing to enjoy the appearance of the art troupes, the management has prepared a fairly extensive space. Moreover, the art troupes will make attraction twice namely at wantilan hall and the area of Tanah Lot tourist attraction.

“Main focus on this festival is actually not given to champion but on how to explore the potential while maintaining the culture and togetherness,” said Muder.

During the two days of the festival namely July 3 and 4, the participants of bleganjur festival

will be divided in two groups. On the first day will feature 12 art troupes and the remaining 11 art troupes on the second day. “We also invite the jury from the ISI in order to get objective assessment. Later on, each participant will be given a record as an evaluation reference to further improve the art creativity,” he said.

On the other hand, the Operations Manager of the Tanah Lot tourist attraction, Toya Adnyana, added that the Tanah Lot Bleganjur Festival poses an activity to promote the tourist destination other than supporting the vision of the Tabanan development program to realize harmony in preserving Balinese culture.

“I hope the tourist arrival can increase to witness the festival and Tanah Lot remains to become a favorite tourist destination,” he said.

Aside from the bleganjur competition, this Tanah Lot festival is also filled with a variety of exhibitions and other entertainments. Adnyana also added that tourist arrival until May when compared to the same month in 2014 shows an increase. “But the increase only happens to foreign tourist visit, while domestic visit slightly decreases,” he explained.

On entering the month of fasting, added Adnyana, the decrease of arrival usually happens to domestic travelers. It is based on the same phenomenon in the previous year. “We remain to give priority to sanitation especially ahead of the festival,” he concluded. (kmb28)

Monday, June 22, 2015

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Black church in US to hold first service since shootings

CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Members of a historic black church in the U.S. will return to their sanctuary Sunday and worship less than a week after a white gunman killed nine people there, and similar sermons of recovery and healing will reverberate throughout the country.

Sunday morning will mark the first worship service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church since Dylann Roof, 21, sat among a Bible study group and opened fire after saying that he targeted them because they were black, authorities said. The church pastor, the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who was also a state senator, was among the dead.

Events to show solidarity are planned throughout the city and beyond, including the synchronized ringing of church bells at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT). South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and

her family were to attend the service at Emanuel.

Despite grim circumstances the congregation has been faced with, the welcoming spirit Roof exploited before the shooting is still alive, church members said.

Harold Washington, 75, expects the sanctuary to host even more newcomers after one shattered the group’s sense of peace and security.

“We’re gonna have people come by that we’ve never seen before and will probably never see again, and that’s OK,” he said Saturday. “It’s a church of the Lord, you don’t turn

nobody down.”

Church leaders will try to address the heavy psychological burdens parishioners bring with them.

“I think just because of what people have gone through emotions are definitely heightened, not just in Charleston but with anyone going to church because it is such a sacred place, it is such a safe place,” Shae Edros, 29, said after a multiracial group of women sang “Amazing Grace” outside the church Saturday afternoon.

“To have something like that

completely shattered by such evil — I think it will be in the back of everyone’s heads, really,” Erdos said. Erdos was planning on attending Sunday service in nearby Mount Pleasant.

The suburb is connected to Charleston by the Arthur Ravenel Bridge, where people are expected to join hands in solidarity Sunday evening. The bridge’s namesake is a former state lawmaker and a vocal Confederate flag supporter.

Roof had been photographed with the flag several times before the shooting.

Unity Church of Charleston the Rev. Ed Kosak said delivering Sunday morning’s sermon would be emotionally taxing but he felt empowered by the strength and

grace Emanuel members have shown — a demeanor he said has set the tone for religious leaders everywhere.

“I’ve gone into Sunday sermons before like when Virginia Tech happened, and when the Sikh shootings happened” Kosak said. The situation in Charleston may be harder to give a sermon on because it hits so close to home. But, Kosak said, “I am more ready than ever to speak to this tragedy in ways I didn’t think I could before.”

For the family of Cynthia Hurd, Sunday’s service will be especially poignant. Hurd, a longtime librarian, would have been celebrating her 55th birthday and was planning a trip to Virginia with her siblings. (ap)

‘Pirates’ held by Vietnam speak Indonesian

HANOI - Eight men detained by Vietnam on suspicion of hijacking a Malaysian-flagged tanker speak Indonesian and were carrying large amounts of cash when they were apprehended, state media reported Sunday.

The group were taken into custody on Friday after they pulled up to Vietnam’s southwestern Tho Chu island in a lifeboat claiming to have encountered an accident at sea.

The same day Malaysian authorities said eight men who had commandeered the MT Orkim

Harmony a week earlier had managed to give warships the slip by escaping in a lifeboat under cover of darkness.

The vessel was the latest to be targeted by increasingly bold pirates behind an upsurge of sea hijackings in Southeast Asia in the past two years that have typically targeted smaller tankers carrying valuable petrol, diesel or gas oil.

VNExpress Sunday said the eight men -- aged from 19 to 61 -spoke in Indonesian and “could not explain the origin of a big volume of

foreign currency they were carrying and dozens of phones”.

“These suspects were very stubborn, refusing to cooperate. They were professional and were very calm,” Lieutenant Do Van Toan of Vietnam’s Marine Police was quoted as saying.

Another marine police official, Colonel Le Van Minh, said investigators “have enough grounds to charge these eight suspects.”

“Vietnam is actively cooperating with Malaysia in the case. The point is how to make them admit their

crimes,” he added.

Indonesia’s state news agency said Jakarta had ordered its Hanoi embassy to find out the nationality of the men.

MT Orkim Harmony, carrying around 6,000 tonnes of petrol worth an estimated $5.6 million, went missing on June 11 en-route from Malaysia’s western coast to the port of Kuantan on the east coast.

The vessel’s 22 crew members were unscathed except for a slightly injured Indonesian seamen who was being treated for a gunshot wound

to the thigh, the Malaysian navy said Friday.

The pirates had managed to slip away by ordering naval vessels to stay at least five nautical miles from the ship or the crew would be harmed.

The London-based International Maritime Bureau has repeatedly warned that Southeast Asian waters are now the world’s most piracyprone, calling for decisive action by regional authorities to prevent the situation spiralling out of control. (afp)

Death toll from tainted liquor in Mumbai reaches 94

MUMBAI — Ten more people died in Mumbai from drinking tainted liquor, raising the death toll to 94 in the worst such incident in India in more than a decade, police said Sunday.

The 10 men died late Saturday, three days after drinking the cheap liquor in Malvani, in Mumbai’s Malad suburb. Around 40 others were being treated in hospitals, including 15 in critical condition.

Eight officers and constables of the Malwani police station have been suspended on charges of connivance and negligence, said Deputy Commissioner Dhananjay Kulkarni. No further details were given.

Devendra Fadnavis, the top elected official of Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, has ordered an inquiry into the cause of the deaths. Police have collected samples of the spurious liquor and have sent them for analysis.

Deaths from illegally brewed alcohol are common in India because the poor cannot afford licensed liquor. Illicit liquor is often spiked with chemicals such as pesticides to increase its AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade potency.

Family members of Raja Ludraswami Harjan, who died after drinking tainted liquor, cry at his funeral in Mumbai, In 2004, 104 people had died after drinking India, Saturday, June 20, 2015. Ten more people died in Mumbai from drinking tainted liquor, raising the death toll spurious liquor in Mumbai’s Vikhroli area. (ap) to 94 in the worst such incident in India in more than a decade, police said Sunday.

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International

Diver’s dream: Cuba’s pristine and protected coral reefs

MARIA LA GORDA, Cuba — The coral reefs and ginclear waters off the coast of Cuba offer some of the best diving in the Caribbean and some of the best-preserved reefs on earth.

And if travel restrictions on U.S. tourism to Cuba are ever lifted, the remote Peninsula of Guanahacabibes could well become a popular destination for American divers.

The land and marine reserve encompasses some 200 square miles (518 square kilometers) on Cuba’s westernmost tip about 135 miles (217 kilometers) northwest of Havana. It juts into the Caribbean, with protected forests on land, aquamarine waters lapping at white sand beaches and pristine coral beds teeming with a colorful variety of fish just offshore.

In some ways, the peninsula is just as frozen in time as other aspects of life in Cuba, where 50-year-old cars are common and Wi-Fi is scarce.

But the lack of change here has had a positive effect, sparing Cuba’s reefs from the degradation evident in coral beds elsewhere. Lack of agricultural run-off, little coastal development and strong environmental laws have all helped keep Cuba’s reefs healthy.

That said, several factors stand in the way of Guanahacabibes becoming a major tourist attraction any time soon.

For one thing, while President Barack Obama has relaxed limits on travel to Cuba, trips from the U.S. to Cuba for pure tourism remain prohibited by U.S. law. The Obama administration has said that it believes more U.S. visits to Cuba will accelerate reform on the island. But Obama’s critics say that U.S. visits simply feed cash into coffers of government agencies like the military-run tour company that oversees diving in Maria La Gorda, the resort inside the Guanahacabibes reserve.

Despite the travel ban, however, thousands of Americans are visiting Cuba, some flying in via third countries like Mexico or the Bahamas, others certifying that their trips meet standards for permitted categories such as educational or cultural travel.

Another impediment to tourism here is Guanahacabibes’ location. It’s a five-hour drive from Havana over tortuous roads to get to Maria La Gorda.

Finally, even though international travelers and moneyed Cubans enjoy the area, eagerly taking in the sights underwater, it doesn’t offer the type of comforts Americans are accustomed to.

“No, there is no way they are going to be ready for them,” said American diver Tony Dorland, 51, a contractor from Chicago who has visited the island numerous times to dive. Dorland said Americans “like all the bells and whistles when they travel, but it’s going to be for the people that know that this is the way Europeans travel, not the way Americans travel.”

The dive resort has the feel of a summer camp: spare hotel rooms (though they do have air conditioning) and a buffet that serves unimaginative fare of rice, beans and either chicken, beef or the ubiquitous pork Cuba is famous for.

And since it’s located at the edge of a protected reserve, there are no other visitor options for miles around.

Despite the lack of luxury, the attractions of the sea satisfy even the most demanding divers: clear water, spectacular coral heads towering 60 feet (18 meters) and an abundance of marine life.

Manuel Mons, 55, a marketing manager for a Cuban state-run tour agency, says Cuba is uniquely suited to ecotourism because of its lack of development and strong environmental laws.

“You’re diving in a protected area, so there aren’t areas that are under pressure from manmade activity,” said Mons. “On the contrary, the policy is of conservation, so it’s assumed under this conservation policy they should be that way for a long time.”

But he acknowledged that if the area wants to attract and please American tourists in the future, “we need to improve our infrastructure.” (ap)

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Monday, June 22, 2015

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The 37th Bali Art Festival Monday, June 22, 2015 Time

Place

Event

11.00 Angsoka Stage

14.00 Ratna Kanda Stage

17.00 Angsoka Stage

20.00 Ayodya Stage

20.00 Wantilan

Classical Performance from Cupu Kembang Dewata, Gianyar Art performance from Santi Dharma Yadnya Troupe, Bangli Classical art performance from Lega Sawitra Troupe, Buleleng Drama performance by Puspa Anom Troupe, Buleleng Pupet performance by PEPADI Denpasar

20.00 Ksirarnawa Hall

20.00 Ardha Candra

Pupet and theater performance

by Rebeca Jane and Sukawati artists Gong Kebyar performance by Putri Kencan Troupe and Wahana Gurnita

Bali no longer exports seaweed DENPASAR - Bali will no longer export seaweed, its primary export commodity in recent years, since its production fulfilled only the needs of local markets and it was traded among islands of Java, a top official said.

Speaking on Saturday, Head of the Bali Provincial National Bureau of Statistics Pansunan Siregar stated that other marine products are also no longer part of the foreign trade list, according to data from the 2013 agricultural census.

“Beside seaweed, other commodities such as shark fin and fish seeds are not registered for export, as well,” he added.

Siregar pointed out that there are several costs incurred in maintaining seaweed production. For example, seedlings are charged at Rp213,400, which is about 45 percent of the total costs.

In addition, workers’ salaries as well as expenditure on business facilities and other equipment for seaweed are among other costs involved.

According to Head of the Bali Provincial Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Office I Made Gunaja, a number of seaweed farmers in Nusa Penida had quit their profession to become tour guides and boat parking attendants.

This is because these professions have better prospects due to the rise in tourist arrivals to the island, which is a 30-minute boat ride away from Sanur Beach.

As a matter of fact, the Bali government noted that Nusa Penida, a coastal district in the mainland, has potential for the development of seaweed production and is capable of providing significant economic

value.

A seaweed farm of 100 square meters with a production cost of only Rp0.48 million is capable of producing yields worth Rp1.1 million. Therefore, it gains twice from the commodity.

However, since Nusa Penida was

categorized as a marine conservation area, its tourism sector has been improving and the region has been getting crowded.

Nusa Penida is known for its beautiful coral reefs, population of rare fish species and its famous craft of woven fabric. (ant)

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The funds of more than Rp20.7 trillion allocated for rural development are prone to misappropriation by irresponsible parties in the regional elections, a spokesman for the Bali Regional Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) said.

Village funds face threat of misuse in regional elections

DENPASAR - The funds of more than Rp20.7 trillion allocated for rural development are prone to misappropriation by irresponsible parties in the regional elections, a spokesman for the Bali Regional Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) said.

“Irresponsible parties tend to misuse the village funds in the regional elections because they are managed at the village level,” Ketut Rudia, the spokesman, stated while explaining the progress of preparations made for the regional elections in Bali.

He pointed out that a village head forum in a certain district in Bali had declared its support for one of the

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Bali will no longer export seaweed, its primary export commodity in recent years, since its production fulfilled only the needs of local markets and it was traded among islands of Java.

regional head aspirants in the upcoming elections.

Therefore, Rudia said he suspected that the funds for rural development could be used for political purposes.

“It is possible for an unscrupulous village chief to commit to local communities that the village funds would be disbursed if they choose a particular candidate,” he cautioned.

The spokesman added that to prevent the likelihood of such a situation, Bawaslu Bali will write to the heads of the beneficiary rural villages next Monday onwards to warn them to not try to use these funds for political purposes. (ant)

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Monday, June 22, 2015

Bali News Lie detection must be held without pressure

DENPASAR - Lying has a particular goal, either for goodness or crimes. Lying is a self-defense mechanism against the pressure of outsiders or to defend from a threat.

In the content of interview, people telling lies will be seen from their facial expression that changes before and during the interview. “The way they sit always changes, look restless, their eyes are not focused, talk vibrantly, legs vibrate and sway as well as the hands move aimlessly,” said A.A. Sri Wahyuni, a psychiatrist of Sanglah Hospital, Saturday (Jun. 20).

After getting anxious, it is usually followed by pounding heart. “At that time, the pulse of patient must be checked whether it increases or not. If increasing, it usually reaches 90-100 per minute,” she said. Sometimes they also feel claustrophobic after saying something or making a statement.

Wahyuni explained that in the content of interview, sometimes people are anxious or fearful although they do not lie but will show off the same symptoms. The way to distinguish it is by asking more about what happens to them. Question after question will continue to be raised by psychiatrist.

“When questioned, if it does not believe keep the question to be asked the next day,” she explained.

She asserted that the expertise or skills of interviewer is very crucial.

Lie detector does not have 100 percent absolute score to examine people are lying or not. “Because I do not know about its shape,” he said.

Lies by anxious, fearful or lying people will be similar, except for being proved with more specific question for what has been stated. “The reason will be more confusing,” she said. If in a relaxed atmosphere, lies will not be appearing. Statement or reason to deceive can only last for seven days.

“It happens because they forget the reasons put forward,” she explained.

“On that account, when making a psychiatric report patient must be hospitalized for seven days to be interviewed for 30 minutes every day,” she said. When getting no results, it may be extended for 14 days, and cannot be got in once interview. “I believe that everything can be obtained in the fourteenth day,” she said.

The questions raised are also similar, but with a different way of asking.

The interview must be carried out by a team, may not be executed by a single person as there will be subjectivity in the interview. “At least, the team involves three people and must be odd.

If the amount is even, it can result in a draw, and if this happens we are unable to decide,” she said. An important note is that in the psychiatric examination there must be no pressure from any others. If patients are under depressed mood, they will try to remember the scenario obtained from someone. (kmb42)

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New Quest Hotel opens in Denpasar

DENPASAR – Archipelago International, one of Indonesia’s leading hotel operators, just opened another Quest hotel in Bali, this time in the bustling capital of Denpasar.

The Quest brand by Archipelago International aims to combine the value of premium budget hotels with unique and inspiring designs, creative hospitality concepts and state of the art technology for travelers seeking a stylish yet unpretentious environment. The upcoming hotel, Quest San Denpasar, will continue this concept of the affordable lifestyle 3-star hotel brand.

With this in mind, the Quest San Denpasar will be a modern, convenient and enjoyable hotel, delightfully furnished throughout the 179 rooms and suites, which cover 4 different room types. The hotel will also feature a signature restaurant, an outdoor swimming pool as well as a spa and a fitness center. Gearing itself towards business travelers, there will also be 4 meeting rooms and an eventfriendly ballroom that can accom-

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Until now the former quarry area in Klungkung County cannot be utilized. The inactive land is left unproductive by sand miners where the materials have been dredged for years.

Reclamation fund unclear, quarry area remains dormant

SEMARAPURA - Until now the former quarry area in Klungkung County cannot be utilized.

The inactive land is left unproductive by sand miners where the materials have been dredged for years. Unfortunately, after the quarry area is closed, absolutely there is no fund to reclaim the perforated land.

As observation of Bali Post on Saturday (Jun. 20), the former quarry area is no longer productive. Aside from being unable to grow plants, the sand material has been very thin. Gaping holes of the former dredging areas still become a spectacle on the area of 300 hectares. Virtually nothing can be done at this location. However, local people still depend on the land to look for remnants of the materials that can be sold.

According to local people, nothing can be done in the former quarry area after being closed.

Massive dredging of the materials across hundreds of hectares of land has resulted in potholes so that it is unsuitable for settlement or other buildings. On the other hand, the

reclamation fund that can be used for reclaiming the former quarry area has been unclear.

Assistant II for Economic Development and Public Administration, doubling as Acting Head of the Klungkung Public Works, Ketut Suayadnya, said that he did not know the whereabouts of the reclamation fund collected from the quarry entrepreneurs when they were in operation. Similar opinion was also revealed by Acting Head of the Klungkung Environment Agency doubling as the Head of Economic Affairs, Wayan Wasta.

He claimed not to know about the reclamation fund. In other words, when quarry activities were in operation the government of Klungkung had no intention to make the employers responsible for the damages caused by their activities. On the other hand, the government has not repaired the environmental damages.

However, the government of Klungkung has a plan to convert the former quarry area into a tourist area expected to bring in pros-

Balinese Temple Ceremony

perity to people still living in the area. Currently the plans to bring in investors that want to work on the land area is still constrained by land ownership considering the land owner is unable to ensure their land boundaries after the damages caused by the dredging. To that end, the government of Klungkung is still conducting an inventory of land ownership.

Acting Regional Secretary of Klungkung, Ida Bagus Sudarsana, said that after conducting dissemination stages, the data collection on the former quarry area has entered the stage of inventory because there are many land owners that have not certified their land ownership.

To that end, the landowners are asked to submit the copy of their land ownership warrant in the form Petok D, Pipil, Girik and various other proofs of land ownership.

“Later on, the copy of land ownership warrant is handed over to respective headman. After that, we immediately verify by conducting measurement in the field,” said Wayan Tika, at the office of Klungkung regent, not long ago. (dwa)

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Located on Jl. Mahendradata in the vicinity of Denpasar’s commercial hub and easily accessible from Kuta and Seminyak, the new Quest will become a popular choice for tourists seeking a central base from which to explore the island.

It is also one of the few Bali hotels that focuses on the needs of professionals, conference planners, and business travelers, and thus is well suited for small to medium-sized corporate gatherings.

“We are very excited to be opening another Quest hotel here in Bali. The city of Denpasar is a perfect location for our premium budget hotel brand, and with the addition of dedicated MICE facilities, we are pleased to also cater to the growing market of business and conference travel,” said Tenaiya Brookfield, VP Sales & Marketing at Archipelago International.

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

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

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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ISTANBUL - Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie on Saturday called for more international action to help refugees as she visited a camp in southeastern Turkey housing thousands of Syrians who fled their war-torn country.

The Hollywood star and special envoy of the UN refugee agency visited the camp in Mardin on World Refugee Day with UNHCR chief Antonio Guterres, after meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was also in the city.

“We are here for a simple reason: this region is at the epicentre of a global crisis,” Jolie told reporters.

“We should call this what it is: not just a ‘refugee crisis,’ but a crisis of global security and governance, that is manifesting itself in the worst refugee crisis ever recorded -– and a time of mass displacement,” she said.

Jolie and Guterres’s visit came after the UN said Thursday that the number of people forced to flee war, violence and persecution has

soared to a record 59.5 million, half of them children.

The huge tide of displaced people has grown by 8.3 million since 2013 -- the highest-ever increase in a single year.

“My first message is that it is due time for people to respect the plight of refugees and see their value. We must protect them, and invest in them. They are not a problem, they are part of the solution to this global crisis,” Jolie said.

“I plead to the international community and leaders of the world to recognise what this moment in mass human displacement means. This is not just another day.”

The mother of six, including three adopted children, thanked Turkey and other countries who

have provided shelter to large numbers of refugees.

Turkey, which has taken in 1.8 million Syrian refugees since the conflict started in 2011, has repeatedly complained that it has been left to shoulder an unfair burden.

During her visit, Jolie met with Syrian refugees and heard how they had escaped their country. She was spotted earlier Saturday walking around Mardin and visiting local shops accompanied by her eldest daughter Shiloh.

On Friday, the pair had been in Lebanon, also to visit Syrian refugee camps.

Jolie has made several visits to countries neighbouring Syria since the war began more than years ago. (afp)

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Virgin forest sullied

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Kim Kardashian’s spot on public radio show angers listeners

CHICAGO — An appearance

by Kim Kardashian on the National Public Radio show “Wait Wait ...

Don’t Tell Me!” has angered some listeners.

NPR received hundreds of complaints about last week’s episode of the humorous quiz show. Kardashian was in a segment called “Not My Job,” in which she answered questions about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. She answered two of three questions

correctly.

But many listeners were outraged that she was on the Chicago-based show. Some have threatened to stop donating to the nonprofit NPR. In a response posted on NPR’s website, ombudsman Elizabeth Jenson said she wasn’t sure what to make of the outrage over Kardashian’s 11-minute appearance.

She said while Kardashian wasn’t a great guest, “she was gracious” and had a couple of funny lines. (ap)

NEGARA - The so called protected forests of West Bali have apparently been illegally logged.

The cutting down of tress and civilian encroachments frequently take place without thought to the impacts downstream. The forests of West Bali officially cover some 66,000 hectares (Jembrana and Tabanan), and approximately 22,000 hectares or 30 percent of this land is in critical condition. Most of the land in question is located in Jembrana. In addition to protected areas managed by the West Bali Authority, the western tip of Bali is also home to conservation forest under the management of the West Bali National Park which covers an area of 19,000 hectares.

The West Bali Forests are most of what is left of 130, 000 hectares that make up Bali. In truth the requisite 30 percent of this land which should remain green is not respected as such. Unfortunately, the concern for forests is not equal to economic function of forests.

Protected forest area that are not allowed to be touched, have been converted into community estates.

Aside from plotting farmland, the forest as a life-supporting area has

also been made into plots for garden purposes.

Such conditions have become common knowledge, and even the buying and selling of protected forest still goes on today. In 2008, the local government along with military and police personnel as well as members of the local community tried to fight against production plants being set up in the forest.

The result was quite astonishing.

Protected forest area looked beauti-

ful on their edge, but were in fact cleared inside -what looked like plantations of crop production.

Buffering trees were cut down and planted with production crops such as banana, durian and others.

Moreover, the officers encountered the huts of encroaching residents located some kilometers from the frontier. The huts are used for temporary shelter by the encroachers.

Deforestation patterns have also developed more recently. With good

cellular signal at the encroachment location, the perpetrators get away with their illegal activities. Not infrequently, rangers find already cut logs, while the perpetrators are long gone. Besides, some unscrupulous people also take advantage of the protected forest or production forest for their livelihood. For instance, they search for firewood - unfortunately, by cutting down young trees.

I.B. Aryanto from the Forkot NGO said that the encroachment in the forest, are not always apparent but are in fact quite real. Encroachment has even become common knowledge and the same goes for land ownership transactions. “Forest areas are made into plots, while the impact will hit people down-

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stream. Do not be surprised if later on the forest becomes flooded with tourists because the land has been deforested,” he explained.

According to Aryanto, there should be willingness and new policies aimed at protecting the forests so as to remain sustainable.

Zoning and authorities in charge of forest security, he said, are not very effective because ranger stations are located at roadsides. (olo) 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.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo campaign for clean energy

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U.S. actress Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, listens to a question during a news conference following a visit to the Midyat refugee camp in Mardin, southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, Saturday, June 20, 2015.

NEW YORK — U.S. actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo have teamed up in a bid to widen access to clean energy.

The movie stars launched “100%,” a campaign aimed at making energy from renewable sources available to everyone — and making it affordable.

DiCaprio has spent much of the last few years supporting environmental and animal conservation efforts. At Thursday night’s event,

the actor said the clean energy movement was no longer about politics, but humanity.

The event was held at a community garden in New York. Musicians and dancers entertained the crowd while a solar-powered pizza truck provided food. A solar powered cell phone charging station was also available.

The event comes on the heels of Pope Francis’ plea on Thursday for the world to clean up the environment. (ap)

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Vehicle passed the road in the forest of West Bali National Park. The so called protected forests of West Bali have apparently been illegally logged. The cutting down of tress and civilian encroachments frequently take place without thought to the impacts downstream.