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Fonda, Kardashian voice Fox animated episodes

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BEVERLY HILLS — Jane Fonda, Sarah Silverman and Nick Offerman are among the guest voices on “The Simpsons” this fall, while Kim Kardashian lends her voice in the final episode of “American Dad.” Fox said Sunday that Kardashian plays an alien in the woods who has a fling with Roger when the series wraps up its run on Sept. 21.

Jane Krakowski is heard in the one-hour season premiere on Sept. 14, with a second episode immediately following.

“The Simpsons” returns for its 26th season on Sept. 28. Fonda plays Mr. Burns’ girlfriend, while Willem Dafoe voices the part of Bart’s bullying teacher Mr. Lassen. Offerman and Silverman are heard in other episodes. Judd Apatow writes a special episode set to air later in the season.

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Kim Kardashian lends her voice in the final episode of “American Dad.” Fox said Sunday that Kardashian plays an alien in the woods who has a fling with Roger when the series wraps up its run on Sept. 21.

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Van Gaal set for busy summer at Manchester United

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Diplomacy intensifies amid mounting Gaza toll

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“Family Guy” comes back with a one-hour premiere on Sept. 28 that features a get-together between the Griffins and the Simpsons. The voices of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie will be heard, along with Moe. Liam Neeson, Julie Bowen of “Modern Family” and Allison Janney of “Mom” lend their voices later in the season.

Emmy-nominated “Bob’s Burgers” returns for a fifth season on Oct. 5. Rachel Dratch, Kevin Kline, Zach Galifianakis, Bill Hader, Aziz Ansari, Carl Reiner, Molly Shannon, Megan Mullally and Offerman, her real-life husband, are among the guest voices.

‘Apes’ outmuscles ‘The Purge’ at box office Associated Press

NEW YORK — The summer box office continued to lack mojo, as the R-rated “Sex Tape” failed to turn on moviegoers on a weekend where “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” maintained its rule.

20th Century Fox’s science fiction sequel outmuscled a trio of new films to top the North American box office for the second-straight week with $36 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The acclaimed sequel to 2011’s reboot of the chimp franchise has now made $139 million domestically in two weeks.

Its closest completion over the weekend was the home-invasion horror thriller “The Purge: Anarchy,” written and directed by James DeMoncaco.

Universal’s low-budget sequel to last year’s surprise hit, “The Purge,” opened with $28.4 million, down from the $34.1 million the original scared up on opening weekend.

Nikki Rocco, head of distribution for Universal, though, noted the stronger competition this time around and the overall “depressed” business at movie theaters. Weekend revenue was down 24 percent from the same weekend last year, continuing a cold summer for Hollywood that’s more than 20 percent off the pace of the summer of 2013.

But “Anarchy,” which imagines an America where all crime is legal for 12 hours every year, was made for only $9 million, making it immediately profitable for Universal. Such success is the envy of most movies, particularly Sony’s “Sex Tape,” a starrier, more expensive release

that opened with $15 million.

The Jason Segel, Cameron Diaz R-rated comedy failed to turn on moviegoers or critics. “Sex Tape,” in which a married couple makes a pornographic home video to stoke the flames of their lagging sex life, came in fourth place behind Disney’s “Planes: Fire & Rescue.” The animated sequel to 2013’s “Cars”-offshoot, “Planes,” opened with $18 million.

“It was kind of a middling weekend unless you were the top film,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. Dergarabedian looks ahead optimistically to upcoming releases “Lucy,” starring Scarlett Johansson, and the Marvel space film

“Guardians of the Galaxy,” of which he noted: “A lot of pressure is being put on that movie. It may be the last big summer blockbuster.”

But as July turns to August, Hollywood’s summer is certain to be a down one.

In a limited release of 68 theaters, Zach Braff’s crowd-funded “Wish I Was Here” also arrived with a tiny weekend opening of $495,000 for Focus Features.

The film, Braff’s directorial follow-up to 2004’s “Garden State,” was much criticized for depending on fan contributions for funding. “Wish I Was Here” will expand to more theaters next week, but it is sure to fall far short of the $26.8 million “Garden State” earned.

Reject Benoa Bay reclamation plan

Kelan customary village sends letter to president

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Kite to reject reclamation of Benoa Bay has risen up during the Kite Festival which took place in Padanggalak, Sanur on Sunday. Kelan customary village sent a letter to the president of the Republic of Indonesia related to the reclamation plan of Benoa Bay.

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MANGUPURA - Kelan customary village sent a letter to the president of the Republic of Indonesia related to the reclamation plan of Benoa Bay. In essence, the letter contained the firm rejection of Kelan villagers as the reclamation plan was assessed to only hurt the people. As planned, the letter would be brought in person by Chief of Kelan customary village, I Made Sugita, to the State Secretariat, Jakarta, Monday (Jul 21).

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This photo released by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation shows Andy Serkis as Caesar in a scene from the film, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.”

The letter to be sent to the president was No.0148 /DAK /VI/2014 dated June 30, 2014 with the subject of rejection against the reclamation.

The letter was signed by the Chief of Kelan customary village I Made Sugita and Secretary Ida Bagus Ngurah Agung Jaya Chandra. Copies of the letter were addressed to the

governor of Bali, chairman of Bali House, regent of Badung, chairman of Badung House, Kuta subdistrict head and headman of Tuban.

“Essentially, we reject the reclamation plan at Benoa Bay where our territory at Kelan village is a part of it and the eastern area is the beach directly bordering with the

location of the reclamation plan,” said Made Sugita accompanied by deputy chief I Nyoman Parta and environmental section head I Wayan Yuda, Sunday (Jul 20).

Sugita revealed the letter was the result of the public meeting of Kelan villagers. It was held on June 29, 2014 in Wantilan hall of Kelan customary village. The meeting discussed the work program of customary village, where one of which discussed about the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. Results of the meeting were carried in the minutes of meeting No.0102 / DAK-BA/ VI/2014 dated June 29, 2014, that expressly on behalf of customary villagers of Kelan, Tuban village,

Kuta subdistrict, the customary village rejected the implementation of reclamation.

The meeting was attended by all customary village apparatuses, representatives and association of temple priests of Kelan and all villagers. In the minutes of the meetings were also appended their signatures.

On the basis of the decision of the community, Sugita also said that his party did not want any of the parties trying to pass the reclamation plan. His party also rejected any intervention attempting to influence the attitudes of Kelan customary villagers that had expressly rejected the reclamation

plan of Benoa Bay. In this case, Sugita questioned about the invitation for him as chief of customary village to attend a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) held by the Center for Sustainable Development Studies, Udayana University, to be held on July 25, 2014 in the main conference room of the southern building of Bali Culture Agency. “The invitation is in connection with the assessment of the socio-cultural aspects of Benoa Bay region in responding to the development of activities in the region. We suspect if there has been something to do with the attempt to pass the Benoa Bay reclamation plan,” said Sugita. (kmb25)

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

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Measles spread, avoid with immunizations

DENPASAR - A traveler from Germany was found dead in a villa at Sanur Kauh, South Denpasar, Saturday (Jul 19). Mrs. Heike Bartsch, 46, was found lying in the bathroom covered in blood. Meanwhile, police still performed an investigation.

As information gathered, based on the investigation at crime scene on Jalan Batur Sari Gang VIII/16 Sanur Kauh, South Denpasar, police found blood spots on the shower floor where the victim’s body was found. “As provisional estimate, the victim died of hard impact, so there were spots of blood on the floor,” said a police source, Sunday (Jul 20).

The finding began when Mrs. Nicole Laughlin, 45, came to the victim’s residence around 2:00 p.m., Saturday (Jul 20). “Nicole was contacted by the victim’s employee

in Bima (NTB), asking for help to check because the victim did not pick up the phone and replied to the text messages,” he explained.

Since the door was locked, this woman from Switzerland came into the victim’s residence by jumping the fence. When checked, Mrs. Heike Bartsch was found lying in the bathroom, precisely at the rear shower. “The victim was found lying, naked and still held the shower,” he said while adding that the victim was then rushed to Prima Medika Hospital, while the incident was reported to South Denpasar Police.

Chief of South Denpasar Police, Nanang Prihasmoko, when asked for his confirmation justified the finding of a woman from Germany who died in the bathroom. As provisional allegation, the victim died due to slipping. “Allegedly the victim died of getting slipped,” he said. (kmb35)

affected children under five years old having weak bodily resistance.

Complication occurred when children were accompanied by malnutrition and a decrease in endurance. Healing of the measles could actually be made by improving the quality of life such as taking much rest and consuming nutritious food. In the case of complications, the treatment became more complex. “Treatment of measles is usually accompanied with the administration of antibiotics to prevent complications,” said Retayasa.

Keeping the environment clean as well as maintaining the immune system and regular immunization were the keys to avoid measles and other infectious diseases caused by viruses. (san)

DENPASAR - Who is not familiar with Bali?

Bali is a famous tourism island not only in domestic area but also overseas. As a world-class tourism area, Bali has more than 700 hotels with a wide range of classes and of course with a very tight competition.

In this Ramadan, no doubt, both domestic and foreign travelers declined sharply resulting in all Bali’s hotel occupancy. However, this is not happened in Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center where the International Biology Olympiad held and makes our occupancy reached 86.7%.

We are very proud to be selected as one of the hotel which provides for all the participants facilities and likewise the committee, “International Biology Olympiad” was held on July 6 to 13, 2014.

“Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center were very grateful for this international event which was attended by at least 61 countries and using our rooms as well as the meeting rooms. Therefore we could reach more our target that is already specified in this month. And we are also optimistic to reach this year target for groups or events that exist in the following months “said Sony Bambang Suryo, General Manager of Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center.

It becomes our spirit to boost up the quality of our services to make our guests comfortable and improve the consistence to be the best hotel in Denpasar.

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Police held a troop deploying before performing operation to secure Eid Fitr celebration that will be held from July 21 to August 4, 2014.

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Calendar Event for August 9 through September 23, 2014

10 Aug Purnama Sasih Karo Pura Gelap Besakih Pura Dangkahyangan Tabanan Pura Candi Goro Tianyar Kubu Karangasem

DENPASAR - Measles cases spread across in four counties of Bali in the past two weeks.

So far, a total of 12 cases of measles had infected residents in Buleleng, Denpasar, Klungkung and Karangasem County. Within the past decade, it very rarely appears because it has been organized a mandatory immunization program for measles. However, with the spread of measles cases in Bali, it can mean that some children are not immunized against measles. munized will become the source of transmission or be vulnerable to the event of an outbreak,” said Retayasa.

Measles disease itself was caused by a virus transmitted through the saliva of patients and vulnerably attacked children whose immune system was weak.

Its symptoms included high fever for 3-5 days with reddish spots behind the ears, red eyes, cough and colds. Measles turned dangerous if it caused complications.

By and large, the organs attacked were the brain, lungs and digestive tract. “Complications can include pneumonia, meningitis and diarrhea,” said Retayasa.

If a complication happened, measles could become very dangerous. This disease primarily

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9 Aug Tumpek Kandang Pura Puseh Gianyar Pura Luhur Dalem Segening Kediri Tabanan Pura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang

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A pediatrician specialist at Wangaya Hospital, Wayan Retayasa, described that a baby at the age of nine-month old should be immunized against measles. In addition, for maximum durability, the measles immunization was usually boosted again at the age of five years. “At the age of one and a half years, a toddler is given the MMR immunization, namely the immunization against measles, mumps and rubella,” said Retayasa. If the booster was not given, then the resistance of children against measles was not maximized, so it had the potential to be infected by measles outbreaks in the future.

“When the plague happens, it will be visible which children are not immunized or immunized irregularly. Those who are not im-

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

International biology olimpiad in Aston Denpasar

A German woman dies in bathroom

Measles spread, avoid with immunizations.

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14 Aug Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

15 Aug Hari Bhatara Sri

19 Aug Hari Anggara Kasih Prebakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa Klungkung Pura Tirtha Sudamala Bebalang Bangli Pura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sawan Buleleng Pura Gunung Pengsong Lombok Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar Pura Tengah Tegalalang Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Pupuan Tabanan Pira Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Pagan Denpasar Pura Hyanghaluh/Jenggala Besakih Pura Tengkulak Siyut Tulikup Gianyar Pura Taman Sari Ubud Pura Batu Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Dalem Guliang Bangli Pura Pasek Dangka Guwang Sukawati Pura Hyang Ayung Pabean Ketewel

Pura Penataran Badung Muntig Karangasem 20 Aug Pura Kawitan Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak Siring Pura Rambut Siwi Jembrana Pura Batu Bolong Canggu Kuta Pura Pasek Marga Klaci Tabanan Pura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru Negara Pura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan Buleleng Pira Pasek Tangkas Dharma Reang Gede Tabanan Pura Desa Banyuning Buleleng Pura Srijong Tabanan Pura Pucak Mundi Nusa Penida Pura Kahyangan Jagat Kancing Gumi Bali Petang Serongga Kelod Gianyar Pura Penataran Dalem Pencar Mas Ubud 21 Aug Pura Ida Bhatara Sakti Wawu Rauh Kali Anget Seririt Buleleng 3 Sep Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Pulasari Peninjoan Bangli Pura Pasek Gelgel Kaba-Kaba Tabanan Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Desa Kahyangan Tiga Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Taro Tegalalang 9 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok NTB Pura Kawitan Gajah Arya Para Tianyar kubu Karangasem Pura Padharman Arya Telabah Besakih Pura Bukit Mentik Batur Kintamani Pura Dadya Agung Pasek Salahin Suwat Gianyar 10 Sep Pura Dangkahyangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli

13 Sep Tumpek Wayang dan Kajengkliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit Jembrana Bhatara Ratu Gede Celuk Gianyar Pura Bhatara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Panti Gelgel Sesetan Denpasar Bhatara Ratu Alit dan Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Pamerajan Agung Dawan Klungkung Pura Padarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Besakih Pura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura Jala Shidi Amerta Juanda Surabaya 17 Sep Buda Cemeng Klawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Cemenggaon Gianyar Pura Penataran Ped Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Gelgel Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Jawa Tengah Buleleng Pura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Tegeh Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan Klungkung Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Pura Ida Ratu Puncak Pameneh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Sad Kahyangan Penida Nusa Penida Pura Jati Ubud Gianyar Pura Melanting Ubud Gianyar Pura Dalem Ped Nusa Penida Pura Penataran Agung Karangasem 19 Sep Hari Bhatara Sri

23 Sep Tilem Sasih Ketiga Dan Anggara

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

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

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

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

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

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

International

Medical advances turn science fiction into science fact Agence France-Presse

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Wastewater pollutes subak irrigation channel

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In this photo taken June 5, 2014, a customer who identified herself as “Tracy” displays dried marijuana, a pot-infused chocolate bar, and a marijuana truffle that she purchased outside her home from a pot delivery driver working for Winterlife, a marijuana delivery company in Seattle.

PARIS - Exoskeletons helping the paralysed to walk, tiny maggotinspired devices gnawing at brain tumours, machines working tirelessly as hospital helpers: in many respects, the future of medicine is already here.

Experts say that, at the experimental level, human skills are already being enhanced or replaced by robots and other hi-tech substitutes -- and these may become commonplace just a few years from now.

“If one had spoken of this 10 years ago, people would have said it’s science fiction. Today, it is a reality,” French ophthalmologist Gerard Dupeyron said of one of the most advanced technologies helping people today -- the bionic eye.

Last year, scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore said they had developed a creepy-crawly device inspired by the humble maggot that zaps tumours with electricity and sucks up the debris.

The finger-like prototype has multiple joints allowing it to move in several directions, according to a press release from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, which funded the work.

The idea for the tiny neurosurgical robot was born from the difficulty doctors have to reach many types of deep-seated tumours in the brain.

Researchers were testing the safety of the device in pigs and human cadavers.

Inspired by crab pincers, scientists in Singapore created a tiny robot which can access a person’s stomach via the

throat to cut up tumours using miniature claws.

One robotic arm holds the tumour while the other slices away, according to the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), which took part in the research.

The procedure, that could take as little as 20 minutes, may one day eliminate the need for surgery, which can take hours.

The Master and Slave Transluminal Endoscopic Robot (MASTER) has been tested successfully in patients, according to the NTU.

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food colouring.

They then put the fruit balls in front of different species of bulbul and barbet birds native to tropical Xishuangbanna in southwest China.

The birds, both wild-caught and hand-reared, were left to choose for themselves what they wanted to eat.

All favoured red fruit, followed by black, the scientists found, and all avoided green ones, whose seeds in nature are generally dispersed by insects and other non-avian animals.

The results were similar in experiments with real fruit.

“The preferences were constant over time, supporting the hypothesis that bird colour preferences are a contributing factor driving fruit colour evolution in tropical Asia,” the team wrote in the Nature journal Scientific Reports.

Roboskeletons

Engineers around the world are racing to design the lightest, most autonomous robotic exoskeleton, not only to restore movement to disabled people but also to boost the strength and endurance of those who carry heavy cargo or walk very far, like soldiers or rescue workers.

Strapped to the lower body, such devices are powered by motors that take some of the strain off the muscles -- similar to the brain-controlled suit that helped a paraplegic kick a football at the World Cup opening ceremony.

Several prototypes have been developed, but many battle to meet the key challenge of compact, long-lasting, carry-on power supply.

Fruit colours evolved to please picky birds PARIS - Tropical Asian birds have a penchant for red and black -- a proclivity that likely prompted jungle plants to sprout fruit in these colours, scientists said on Thursday.

It has long been suspected that an abundance of red and black fleshy fruits in nature was partly inspired by a pigment preference of the keen-eyed birds that eat them and spread the seeds.

A team in China decided to test the theory by determining once and for all whether birds do have colour favourites.

To eliminate possibly confounding influences of smell, shape or taste, the team manufactured artificial fruits from a mixture of apple, pear, banana, wheat and corn flour rolled into small balls and dyed black, red, yellow, green or blue using tasteless

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Marijuana edibles burgeoning into US industry Associated Press

MONTPELIER, Vermont — Marijuana edibles and infused products such as snack bars, olive oils and tinctures have flourished into a gourmet market of chocolate truffles, whoopie pies and hard candies as Colorado and Washington state legalized the recreational use of pot in the past year.

The proliferation of marijuana edibles for both medical and recreational purposes is giving rise to a cottage industry of baked goods, candies, infused oils, cookbooks and classes that promises a slow burn as more states legalize the practice and awareness spreads about the best ways to deliver the drug.

“You’re seeing a lot of these types of products like cannabis cookbooks,” said Erik Altieri, spokesman for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. “They’ve always been popular among a subset of marijuana, but with the fact that more and more people from the mainstream are able to consume, there’s a lot more interest.”

Many pot users turn to edibles because they don’t like to inhale or smell the smoke or just want variety. For many people who are sick or in pain, controlled doses of edibles or tinctures can deliver a longer-lasting therapeutic dose that doesn’t give them the high.

And there’s money to be made.

BlueKudu, in Denver, started producing marijuana chocolate bars for medicinal purposes three years ago. Since recreational use became legal this year in Colorado, owner Andrew Schrot said, the wholesale business has more than doubled its sales from several hundred chocolate bars sold a day through dispensaries to more than 1,000, at $9 to $17 a piece.

“There seems to be quite a bit of intrigue about the infused products from the general public and consumer, especially tourists,” Schrot said.

Cooking classes have sprung up. One in Denver

— led by a chef who has turned out chocolatecovered bacon and Swedish meatballs with a marijuana-infused glaze — has grown so popular that it will be offered every week in August. It’s also part of a vacation package that provides pot tourists with a stay at a cannabis-friendly hotel (vaporizer and private smoke deck included), a visit to dispensaries and growing operations, and the cooking class.

Students are advised not to smoke before they come to class because there’s a lot to learn about the dosing and they will be sampling foods along the way.

“By the end of the class, everybody’s pretty stoned,” said founder J.J. Walker.

Mountain High Suckers in Denver sells lollipops and lozenges for medical marijuana users and plans to release treats for recreational users at the end of August. The company hopes they will take off.

It’s not just a hobby or business; there’s a science involved.

THC, marijuana’s psychoactive chemical, must be smoked or heated — as in cooked — to be activated. When ingested rather than inhaled, it provides a longer-lasting and often more intense feeling.

Users of pot edibles, such as cookies, are often advised to eat only a portion so they don’t get too high. Education about proper dosing has become a priority after at least one death and a handful of hospital visits were linked to consuming too much of an edible.

The concept isn’t new. High Times, a 40-yearold monthly magazine based in New York, has always featured a cooking column with a recipe. At least 40,000 people attended its Cannabis Cup in Denver in April, a sort of trade show that includes judging of marijuana edibles, said editor-in-chief Chris Simunek. The magazine said its “Official High Times Cannabis Cookbook” is the top-selling title of the five it offers.

DENPASAR - Wastewater pollution case resurfaces again in Denpasar.

Previously, the pollution cases often occurred in West Denpasar and South Denpasar, while today it begins to penetrate East Denpasar, precisely at Kesiman. Allegedly, the pollution is caused by a dye screen printing company on Jalan Sedap Malam operating without a good wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). As evidence, the dye waste was discharged into the subak irrigation channel.

As field monitoring on Sunday (Jul 20), it was found that the water in the irrigation channel was colorful in appropriate with the color used by the screen printing entrepreneur.

As a result of this incident, one of the local residents, Made Wahyu, protested because the subak irrigation channel flowing into paddy fields was polluted by the wastewater. He feared if the wastewater would damage his paddy plants. It was said that initially he saw the color of water in the subak irrigation channel was thick and purple.

Furthermore, Wahyu was furious and had asked about it directly to the dye company that directly disposed the wastewater indiscriminately. In fact, he was involved in argument with the owner of the screen printing business. As he did not want to get involved more seriously, he then chose to complain to relevant parties.

At the beginning, the dye company contracted a piece of vacant land for 10 years and so far it had been operating for 2 years, “At first, the owner wanted to make a pond of catfish breeding,” he explained. Indeed, when it was first built, his party saw some cisterns used to accommodate water.

Apparently, when it had been running, the catfish breeding pond was transformed into screen printing company. His party deplored such condition. By chance, the drain was subak irrigation channel so that many farmers in his backyard complained about such condition.

Responding to the complaint of resident, the Head of the Denpasar Environment Agency (BLH), AA Bagus Sudarsana, could not be asked for his confirmation. When contacted to his mobile phone, the answering machine suggested leaving a message at mailbox. (kmb12)

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Wastewater pollution case resurfaces again in Denpasar. Previously, the pollution cases often occurred in West Denpasar and South Denpasar, while today it begins to penetrate East Denpasar, precisely at Kesiman.

Land price expensive, hard to realize residential area Bali Post

DENPASAR - Developers found it difficult to build a residential area.

In addition to the limited land area, the price of land had skyrocketed, especially in the area of Denpasar and Badung. It was stated by I Gede Suardita, a property entrepreneur,

Sunday (Jul 20).

Actually, said Suardita, building a residential area should actually be provided with adequate facilities for residents. In addition, the concept of Tri Hita Karana could also be well absorbed. “The quality of roads, public facilities, social facilities and green open space must be available.

In addition, customers should be able to take a rest peacefully and conveniently,” said the owner of PT Bumi Asri Cempaka.

Today, such a housing model was getting more difficult to be realized, especially in the area of Denpasar and Badung whose land price had increasingly exorbitant. Moreover, to build a

Developers found it difficult to build a residential area. In addition to the limited land area, the price of land had skyrocketed, especially in the area of Denpasar and Badung.

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residential area would be required at least 3 hectares of land. “For example, today I can build a residential area because I have purchased land long time ago when the price was still cheap. I invested in land for a long time and it has just been built recently so the price is still affordable to the lower-middle class society,” he said.

Actually the need of low-cost housing was still high in Bali. Meanwhile, the funds provided by the Ministry of Public Housing to help build a flat (RST) could not be absorbed in Bali due to the problem of land prices. As a result, the housing needs on this Island of the Gods progressively accumulated and were difficult to meet.

“A house poses a basic human need and the state is obligated to provide it.

In the end, the community was forced to switch to boarding house and it is difficult to manage,” said the successful entrepreneur from Tabanan.

Meanwhile, John Sahadewa, a property analyst, said that it was rather difficult to build a residential area, especially in Denpasar and Badung due to limited land and high land prices. But it was still available in other counties, such as Tabanan, Negara, Gianyar, Bangli, Karangasem, Klungkung and Buleleng. Actually resi-

dential area had to provide adequate facilities, such as commercial areas, green open space, landscape garden and wide streets where they were well-ordered along with the utilities.

Even, it should also be provided with a means of recreation, education, health, security management and an order of good living.

“Some counties have issued regent regulation. Actually it is intended to regulate the spatial planning for new residential development so as to be more orderly and beautiful. It is good for the development of new cities and make a more neat and comfortable residential area,” he added.

However, he worried because the cost would be more expensive, while the purchasing power of people increasingly diminished. “Obviously the production cost of the building is getting larger that causes the selling price to be more expensive. Regent Regulation sometimes conflicts with the law issued by the Ministry of Public Housing and it is vulnerable to be sued. On that account, the executive and legislative needed to know, control, understand and know about the law, so that the rules can be made in accordance with the higher laws,” said John. (kmb36)

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Tabanan Police target zero accident at homecoming period Bali Post

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Diplomacy intensifies amid mounting Gaza toll Associated Press Writer

TABANAN - Security readiness to face homecoming traffic in the area of West Bali, especially in Tabanan prone to accident continued to be boosted by relevant authorities. At least Tabanan Police would deploy personnel to secure the homecoming traffic all out. Even, the Tabanan Police led by Dekananto Eko Purwono were also determined to attain zero accident on the highway, so the joyful atmosphere of the Eid would not change into the atmosphere of mourning.

Dekananto explained that his party would put personnel at the 13 monitoring posts along the deadly path of DenpasarGilimanuk said to be prone to congestion and traffic accidents.

The deadly path was from the borderline of Badung-Tabanan including Dadakan hamlet, Abiantuwung village (Kediri) to the borderline of Tabanan-Jembrana, including Selabih village (West Selemadeg).

“Monitoring post is located 100 meters from the critical points of traffic accident. There will police personnel on duty at each post who serve to give warning to road users or homecomers for caution,” said Chief Dekananto, Sunday (Jul 20).

He added the security of homecoming traffic posed a humanitarian operation in the hopes of securing the homecomers so that they would not become a victim of an accident. “Target of Tabanan

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The U.N. chief and the U.S. secretary of state headed to Cairo on Monday for the highest-level attempt yet to end two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting that has killed at least 510 Palestinians and 20 Israelis and driven tens of thousands of Gaza residents from their homes.

Police this year is zero accident,” he concluded.

Meanwhile, one of the monitoring posts in Kerambitan had been completed on Sunday noon. It was situated at the corner of Penyalin.

Chief of Kerambitan Police, I Ketut Sujata, said that monitoring post in Kerambitan was established at two points and the position was at the bend, where one of them was at the bend of Penyalin, Samsam village (Kerambitan) in which the traffic accident frequently occurred at the location.

“It is based on consideration to facilitate the homecoming traffic at critical points. If there is any accident, it can be handled quickly.

IBP/Wawan But hopefully, during the Ketupat Security readiness to face homecoming traffic in the area of West Bali, especially in Tabanan prone to Operation we can attain zero ac- accident continued to be boosted by relevant authorities. cident,” he explained.

The monitoring post started to ers were also provided with a the main route. post. “Each monitoring post will operate on Monday night (Jul 21) place to take a rest at Soka ResEven, the 1619/Tabanan Dis- be guarded by Indonesian military through the upcoming Wednesday taurant, Selemadeg. Even, in the trict Military Command under personnel (TNI) for 24 hours (Aug 6). In addition to preparation post would also offer free massage the leadership of Rudi Hermawan a day,” he explained recently. of monitoring post, the homecom- services as well as information on would alert 15 personnel at Soka (kmb28)

A toddler dies as submerged in cistern Bali Post

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Misfortune afflicted a toddler named I Wayan Iben, 3.5. The toddler from the barren area of Paleg Kaja, Tianyar village, Kubu was found dead floating in a cistern, Saturday afternoon (Jul 19).

AMLAPURA - Misfortune afflicted a toddler named I Wayan Iben, 3.5. The toddler from the barren area of Paleg Kaja, Tianyar village, Kubu was found dead floating in a cistern, Saturday afternoon (Jul 19).

The victim who was playing near the cistern seemed to get interested in seeing the water in the cistern.

Apparently the victim went up to the cistern that was not protected or covered. Victim’s leg slipped and fell into the cistern with the depth of three meters and the water depth reached 1.5 meters.

Spokesperson of Karangasem Police, Ketut Dasta, with permission from Chief of Karangasem Police I Gede Adhi Mulyawarman on Sunday (Jul 20) in Karangasem confirmed if police had received a report from Kubu Police that a toddler died in the cistern.

From the results of investigation to the victim’s body, it was found no scars of violence. Some water came out from the victim’s mouth and

nose. As a result, it was concluded that the toddler died of drowning in the cistern.

According to testimony of the victim’s grandmother, Ni Wayan Bet, 60, on that fateful Saturday, she took her grandson to her son’s house, I Nyoman Kayun, 45, at Paleg Kaja. She ordinarily weaved palm leaves every day at the home of Kayun while taking her grandson. When getting absorbed in weaving palm leaves, she forgot to watch her grandson, the victim’s Iben. Apparently, Iben was playing to the cistern located about 150 away from his parents’ home.

After a long time, then the grandmother remembered her grandson.

She attempted to look for him in backyard garden but not found him. When looking into the cistern, how shocked she was because the grandson was found floating and facing down in the water of the cistern. Grandmother Bet called out her families I Wayan Tiga and I Ketut Kapal to take out the Iben’s body from the cistern. The toddler was found dead. (013)

Despite the new cease-fire efforts by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Israeli aircraft continued to strike homes in Gaza while Hamas fired more rockets and tried to infiltrate into Israel.

In one Israeli strike, 25 people were buried under the rubble of a home in the southern town of Khan Younis, including 24 from the same family.

“Twenty-five people!” said family member Sabri Abu Jamea.

“Doesn’t this indicate that Israel is ruthless? Are we the liars? The evidence is here in the morgue refrigerators. The evidence is in the refrigerators.”

Hamas militants, meanwhile, tried to sneak into Israel through two tunnels, the latest in a series of such attempts. The Israeli military said 10 infiltrators were killed after being detected and targeted

by Israeli aircraft.

Hamas also fired 50 more rockets at Israel, including two at Tel

Aviv, causing no injuries or damage. Since the start of the Israeli operation, Hamas has fired almost 2,000 rockets at Israel. Despite the rising death toll, there was no sign of a let-up in the violence.

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said Monday he is prepared to continue the offensive “as long as necessary” to halt rocket fire and other attacks from Gaza on Israelis.

Israel accepted an Egyptian call for an unconditional cease-fire last week, but resumed its offensive after Hamas rejected the proposal.

Hamas says that before halting fire, it wants guarantees that Israel and Egypt will significantly ease a seven-year border blockade of Gaza.

“The resistance (Hamas) will not respond to any pressure,” Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a text message, in a reference to the renewed ceasefire efforts. Kerry is also pushing for an unconditional cease-fire.

Sunday marked the single

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Palestinians search for survivors under the rubble of a house destroyed by an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City, Monday, July 21, 2014.

deadliest day in Gaza since the conflict erupted on July 8, with more than 100 Palestinians killed, according to Palestinian health officials.

In response to the escalation,

the U.N. Security Council expressed “serious concern” about the rising civilian death toll and demanded an immediate end to the fighting.

Israel launched a ground of-

fensive late last week, preceded by a 10-day air campaign. Air and artillery strikes have targeted Gaza’s border areas in an attempt to destroy tunnels and rocket launchers.

Typhoon kills 11 in Vietnam; China deaths up to 26 Associated Press Writer

HANOI, Vietnam — A typhoon that barreled into northern Vietnam killed at least 11 people and left several missing, state media said Monday, while in China the death toll from the strongest storm to strike the country’s south in four decades rose to 26.

Typhoon Rammasun made landfall in Vietnam over the weekend, triggering heavy floods, destroying homes and crops, and blocking roads with landslides, said the Vietnam News, an English-language daily published by the official Vietnam News Agency.

The paper’s website carried photos that showed streets and local markets in the city of Lang Son and elsewhere submerged in water, with residents floating on rubber tires or

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rafts or huddling under makeshift tents.

Rammasun had earlier battered southern China, killing 26 people and destroying tens of thousands of homes, according to China’s official Xinhua News Agency.

It was the strongest typhoon to hit China’s southern region in 41 years, damaging roads and ports, cutting electricity and water supplies, and hampering rescue efforts as it swept through dozens of coastal cities.

Worst hit was the island province of Hainan, where the storm made its first landfall Friday. By Monday, 51,000 houses and 40,600 hectares (100,300 acres) of crops had been destroyed.

The typhoon wreaked havoc in the northern Philippines last week, leaving 94 people dead.

In this Saturday, July 19, 2014 photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, a vehicle sits under a collapsed building after landfall of typhoon Rammasun in Haikou, capital of south China’s Hainan Province.

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Indian stance taking global trade pact down to the wire Reuters

SYDNEY - Efforts to assuage Indian concerns about a landmark global trade pact appear to have failed, sources involved in the discussions said on Monday, setting off a frantic rush to win its support before a Thursday deadline.

India is the most prominent of a group of developing nations angry with rich countries for failing to address their concerns about a deal on trade facilitation struck by WTO member states in Bali, Indonesia, last year.

Proponents believe the deal could add $1 trillion to global gross domestic product and 21 million jobs by slashing red tape and

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streamlining customs, eliminating delays at the border that can often cost more than tariffs themselves.

A failure could prove disastrous for the moribund World Trade Organization (WTO) and the system of global free trade deals it underpins.

As late as Sunday, hopes were high that publicly addressing Indian concerns during a G20 Trade Ministers meeting in Sydney this past

weekend would give it a face-saving path towards reaffirming its assent before the July 31 deadline.

India stockpiles food for its poor, citing the need for food security, but doing so puts it at risk of breaking the rules of the WTO which worries that the stockpiling of subsidised food can distort trade.

In Bali, WTO members agreed to give India a pass on its stockpiles until 2017, while negotiating a permanent solution.

Officials told Reuters that India had not supplied any clear indication of concessions it wanted, so attempts were made at the meeting to reassure it that its concerns,

whatever they may be, were being heard.

“India clearly and forcefully expressed its concern that work proceed on all fronts, including food stockpiling, and received assurances that all G20 members are committed to the full implementation of all Bali agreements on the agreed timetables,” U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman told Reuters on Monday.

A confidential “Summary of Discussion” circulated to G20 participants by Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb obtained by Reuters details what one official said was an example of India winning acknowl-

BANGKOK - Thailand’s new military rulers have singled out the country’s troubled flagship airline as the first state enterprise to undergo reform, an exercise that will test their unproven business acumen and ability to separate politics from business.

Thai Airways International Pcl has racked up four quarters of losses due to declining ticket sales, high operating costs and ruthless competition. Boardroom fights have also led to slow decision-making and a lack of coherent strategy, sources in the company say.

The junta led by General Prayuth Chan-ocha has told the chief of the Royal Thai Air Force to fix the airline.

Air Chief Marshall Prajin Juntong, who also oversees economic matters for the military government, said on Friday a detailed restructuring plan aimed at returning the carrier to profit will be considered by the board at a meeting on July 24.

The success or failure of Prajin, who has little practical experience in running a business, will have wider implications for the government.

The junta needs to assure foreign investors of its ability to manage the economy and that it is not out to merely weed out allies of previous prime ministers.

“You are right in noting that Prajin is a military man with little experience in running a company,” Monthon Satchukorn, a spokesman for the Thai Air Force and a Prajin aide, told

Reuters in an interview.

“Prajin is a man whom he (the junta leader) can trust,” Monthon said. Prajin, who declined to be interviewed for this report, will be chairing the upcoming meeting with a smaller board this week. Five members have resigned since the junta came to power, reducing the board to 10 members.

Among the five who left was Ampon Kittiampon, who had been accused by the Thai Airways union of interfering with management and influencing executives whom he had close ties with. Ampon, who resigned as chairman in March but had remained on the board, has denied any wrongdoing.

Ampon was also the cabinet secretary under former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Her government was overthrown by the junta in May following months of sometimes violent street protests aimed at ousting Yingluck. The other four board members include Adul Sangsingkeow, the national police chief under Yingluck’s government.

Four of the five who left have links with former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the elder brother of Yingluck, a source at the airline said, declining to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter.

Malicious Cancer Prajin said the restructuring of Thai Airways will proceed in two phases, with the first focusing on boosting the efficiency of services

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DENPASAR - Bali’s corn production is forecast to fall 22.79 percent to 13,123 tons in dry grains in 2014, on a decline in harvest area.

“Corn fields are estimated to decline 1,139 hectares or 6.25 percent from the previous year,” head of provincial office of Central Bureau of Statistics Panasunan Siregar said on Sunday.

Panusunan said many farmer grew other crops considered more profitable instead of corn.

In addition, corn fields productivity also decline 17.63 percent, down 557 kilograms per hectare, he said.

edgment of its concerns.

The document notes that specific Indian concerns about the deal were raised by the members and pledges to work constructively this week to address those issues.

In principle, the WTO could pass the agreement on the basis of a qualified majority, but experts say that would be unprecedented and virtually impossible in an organisation that operates on consensus.

“India is quite influential, so let’s hope that they’re going to back down in some way,” Peter Gallagher, an expert on free trade and the WTO at the University of Adelaide, told Reuters.

Thai Airways to undergo reform

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Hanuman statue at the entrance of the eastern corridor of Sempidi village area looking dull was cleaned up by the officers of Badung Sanitation and Landscape Agency (DKP), Sunday (Jul 20).

Hanuman statue at Sempidi ‘bathed’ Bali Post

MANGUPURA - Hanuman statue at the entrance of the eastern corridor of Sempidi village area looking dull was cleaned up by the officers of Badung Sanitation and Landscape Agency (DKP), Sunday (Jul 20). The activity of cleaning up the Hanuman statue became the first phase of the landscape area arrangement in the region.

A total of four officers of the Badung Sanitation and Landscape Agency were busy cleaning up at

the location on Sunday. A unit of tank truck owned by the Badung Municipality Waterworks (PDAM)

was stationed in the process.

The Head of Badung Sanitation and Landscape Agency, Putu Eka Merthawan, revealed that his party and Sempidi community made a ritual first to ask for permission for the activity of cleaning up the statue. It was intended to invoke the safety during the process of cleaning up the statue.

After cleaning up the Hanuman

statue, it was resumed with the rearrangement activities around the park and installation of lamp under the statue. “Later on, aside from installing lamps under the Hanuman statue, a number of landscape gardens and effigies whose lamps had been going out will also be replaced,” he said.

For information, the Badung government annually allocated

maintenance cost for the landscape garden in Badung. In 2014, the budget allocated was IDR 3,025,216,500. Meanwhile for 2015, the budget allocated would reach IDR 5 billion more. He expressed the most maintenance cost was earmarked for paying janitors hired based on outsourcing system and replacement of the landscape garden. (kmb25)

Export standard, development of organic farming must be boosted Bali Post

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A Thai Airways plane prepares to land at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport July 17, 2014. Thailand’s new military rulers have singled out the country’s troubled flagship airline as the first state enterprise to undergo reform, an exercise that will test their unproven business acumen and ability to separate politics from business.

and their quality. Cost-cutting will kick in during the second phase.

“We need to get rid of the excess fat for restructuring,” Prajin said after a board meeting on Friday.

The carrier shoulders too many expenses, such as paying taxes for

employees who started working for the airline before 2004, Piyasvasti Amranand, a former president of the airline, told Reuters.

“Thai Air has a malicious cancer inside the body,” Piyasvasti said. “It has to be cured from the inside.”

Piyasvasti, sacked by Yingluck’s government in June 2012, took the helm at the airline in October 2009.

The former energy minister was credited for turning around the lossmaking carrier, which swung back to a profit in 2009-2012.

DENPASAR - Getting closer to the enforcement of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015 brings in various consequences with the presence of free market and competition in all sectors including the agriculture. One of the efforts that can be done is by developing and improving the quality of organic agricultural products.

“Now, the problem arising is how to provide the organic market.

Do not only multiply the souvenir markets, while ignoring the interests of the people, especially farmers,” said Putu Sudiarta, PhD, an

agricultural academician, Friday (Jul 18).

Without immediate action, the agriculture of Bali would be marginalized. Other than by rogue developers annexing the green belt, it would also be caused by the onslaught of foreign organic agricultural products. These conditions would make farmers more severe and difficult. “Without developing special market for organic products, it will be difficult to distinguish between the organic and non-organic products. Additionally, if the products are sold in general market, the price will be the same,” he said.

Actually, if at this time there had

been an organic market, farmers would definitely want to improve the quality of their organic products.

“Now, the price is the same as the conventional agricultural products,” said Sudiarta.

In addition, it was required a certification because the export procedures were not easy. Meanwhile, the government had not been serious to work on the market, whereas it had many enthusiasts. “Do not be talkative at export. Necessarily, the government should give facilitation, chiefly in the matter of certification and market. Do not just talk,” he said.

Supposedly, said Sudiarta, it

should not only establish souvenir shops. The government was expected to also create a market of organic products for middle-to upper class.

“If the organic products are sold to traditional market, the price will be the same, whereas the production cost is more expensive. Let’s make organic market organized by the government,” said the lecturer of the Udayana University.

Similar opinion was revealed by the Chairman of the Bali Environmental Care Forum, AA Gede Putra Arjawa. He said the government should have commitment and not only demand the public or farmers to improve the

quality of agricultural products.

“Goodwill of the government is still lacking. Similarly, the processing cost must also be assisted in order to increase farmers’ income,” he said.

In addition, the public mindset should also be changed so that the marketing and income of the quality products could be improved. It would enable them to compete in the global market, including the MEA 2015 “Most importantly, the organic agricultural products are very important for health. Hence, the production needs to be improved and marketed,” said Arjawa. (kmb36)

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KUALA LUMPUR — Many Malaysians are urging their government and world leaders to take a tough stance against Russia after pro-Russia rebels allegedly shot down a Malaysia Airlines jet, with some calling for economic sanctions and a boycott of Russian goods.

While the rebels and Ukraine blame each other for Thursday’s downing of Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine, near the Russian border, Russia’s government is being accused of not doing enough to ensure that authorities have proper access to the crash site.

Much of the Malaysian anger toward Russia stems from the inability for family members of Muslims who were aboard the plane to perform burial rites as quickly as possible, according to Islamic custom. Of the 298 people aboard the plane, 43 were from Muslim-majority Malaysia and 12 were from Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country.

The plane crashed in rebel-held territory, and the separatists — who are being blamed for shooting down the plane by much of the international community, including the United States — have been accused of preventing emergency workers from retrieving the victims’ bodies.

The issue has caused deep resentment in Malaysia, where many have blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin. Even politicians, who on Friday were careful not to point any fingers, seem to be losing patience.

“Pro-Russian terrorists have not handled #MH17 victims with dignity. Putin promised PM @NajibRazak he would help. He hasn’t,” Malaysian Youth and Sport Minister Khairy Jamaluddin tweeted Sunday, referring to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.

As people headed to Kuala Lumpur shopping malls on Sunday, their minds were still reeling from the horrific images of the crash site that have inundated television screens here. Many were calling for tough economic sanctions and an international boycott of Russian goods and services.

“Our government and the whole world have to do something about this case,” said 27-year-old Nur Zehan Abu Bakar, who works in the education sector. “If not, what will happen to our country? What will happen to (Malaysia Airlines)? To show that we are angry with Russia and if they still continue not to help us, I think the best way is for all Malaysians to boycott Russian products.”

Charles Foo, a retiree who was spending time with his family outside a mall, echoed Nur Zehan’s sentiments. “They (Russia) are a big country. We are a very small country, so how much can we do, unless all nations in the world stop buying their goods and whatever,” he said.

Malaysia is one of Russia’s main trading partners in Southeast Asia. Russia also is a key supplier for Malaysia’s military, delivering 18 Sukhoi fighter jets to the Malaysian air force over the past decade.

James Chin, a professor at the political science unit of Monash University in Malaysia, said he believed it was unlikely that Russian-Malaysian relations would be seriously harmed as a result of the incident, though he added that a lot would depend on the outcome of the official investigation.

Some Malaysians said it was important to remain rational and wait for the investigation to be completed.

“For now, I will calm myself down and not listen to all the noise,” a 36-year-old dancer, who wanted to be identified only by his family name, Wong, said at a popular Kuala Lumpur shopping district. “There is no point for me to get emotional at the moment. I encourage everyone to stay calm.”

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(From L to R) Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono stands beside presidential candidates Prabowo Subianto and Joko “Jokowi” Widodo during a meeting at the presidential palace in Jakarta July 20, 2014. Outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged Indonesians on Sunday to “safeguard the final chapter” of the country’s presidential election, saying the July 9 vote was democratic and peaceful.

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A monk prays during a special prayer for the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Malaysia, Sunday, July 20, 2014. Malaysia’s transport minister said the country is “deeply concerned” that the site in Ukraine where the Malaysia Airlines jetliner was shot down with 298 people onboard “has not been properly secured.”

UN to vote on crash resolution

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CANBERRA — Diplomats said the U.N. Security Council could vote as early as Monday on an Australia-proposed resolution demanding international access to the Ukraine plane crash site and a cease-fire around the area. But Australia and Russia late Sunday were still working out key differences, and Britain accused Moscow of using “delaying tactics.”

The resolution calls for proRussia separatists to allow access to the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines passenger jet carrying 298 people, including 37 Australian citizens and residents. It asks for the full cooperation of all countries in the region, including Russia.

Australia’s foreign minister, Julie Bishop, said she expects all 15 council members to support her country’s proposal.

But Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, said Moscow is concerned the draft “does not accurately reflect the need for an impar-

tial, international investigation.”

He said Russia is proposing that the International Civil Aviation Organization, a U.N. agency, take the lead in the investigation. The current proposal welcomes “the decision by ICAO to send a team to assist” Ukrainian investigators.

Churkin spoke to reporters on the sidelines of an emergency Security Council meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian fighting in Gaza. He said he and his Australian colleagues planned to stay after that meeting to hold further consultations on the Ukraine resolution.

British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant accused Russia of proposing amendment after amendment to delay passage of the resolution.

“It looks like a typical Russian delay in tactics, and one can guess why they want delay,” Lyall Grant told reporters.

The resolution also demands that armed groups who control the crash site do not disturb debris, belongings or victims’ remains and cease military activities in the area.

Churkin said Russia had proposed “a cease-fire around the crash site” and that Australia had accepted that idea. He did not say how large the cease-fire area would be.

The resolution also demands that “those responsible for this incident be held to account and that all states cooperate fully with efforts to establish accountability.”

U.N. diplomats have tweeted that the council will vote Monday afternoon on the proposal cosponsored by Australia, France and Lithuania.

Russia has the power to veto the resolution as a permanent council member.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Australia would view a Russian veto of the resolution “very badly,” adding that “no reasonable person” could object to its wording.

“This is still an absolutely shambolic situation. It does look more like a garden clean-up than a forensic investigation,” he told reporters.

President urges presidential election loser to concede

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JAKARTA - Indonesia’s outgoing leader on Monday came within a whisker of telling retired general Prabowo Subianto to admit defeat so that the country’s most bitterly fought leadership contest could be resolved.

Prabowo has almost certainly lost the July 9 election but on Sunday cried foul and demanded the Elections Commission investigate vote cheating before he would accept its result. The Commission is due to announce the result on Monday or Tuesday.

“Admitting defeat is noble,” President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told reporters in a clear reference to Prabowo.

A protracted wrangle over the election outcome could undermine confidence in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy which has seen strong investment in recent years.

Private tallies of the 130 million votes show Jakarta governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo won by about five percentage points over Prabowo who has spent the last 10 years preparing for his presidential bid.

Prabowo’s recalcitrance has led to fears his supporters might turn violent and some have threatened to rally outside the Elections Commission (KPU) office in central Jakarta ahead of the official result, which under law must be declared

by July 22.

The national police and military have

deployed nearly 300,000 personnel across the vast archipelago of 240 million people. Security has also been beefed up around the KPU office but there has been no word of any violence.

“We don’t anticipate the KPU to be a hot spot for violence,” national police spokesperson Boy Rafli Amar told Reuters.

“At the same time, we ask the public not to assemble there so that the KPU officials can continue their work in a conducive atmosphere.”

Candidates can lodge complaints with the Constitutional Court, which has been done by the losers in the previous two presidential elections. The Court has to return a verdict on any challenge within two weeks. The verdict cannot be appealed.

“If there is someone who does not accept the official result, I would advise them to peacefully go the constitutional route,” said Yudhoyono, who hosted both candidates for dinner at the presidential palace on Sunday night.

KPU officials said reports of irregularities have been investigated as recommended by the election watchdog.

They said the number of disputed votes numbered in the thousands.

Analysts reckon it would need a reversal of up to seven million votes to hand Prabowo victory.

As it has become increasingly clear that Prabowo has lost, so signs have grown that key supporters may be ready to leave his “permanent coalition” of parties, or join the other side.

“The election has been completed and my job is complete. I’ve failed the Prabowo ... ticket,” Mahfud MD, a widely respected former chief of the Constitutional Court and head of Prabowo’s campaign team told media.

Members of the biggest party backing Prabowo, Golkar, also appear to be turning against their own chief Aburizal Bakrie, who is a staunch supporter of Prabowo.

Bakrie, who heads a prominent, debtladen conglomerate, has been a key Prabowo ally.

Indonesia, a member of the G-20 group of nations, was swept by bloodshed in which hundreds of people were killed when strongman ruler Suharto was ousted in 1998 after more than three decades in power.

It has since made a slow transition to full democracy, with this only its third direct presidential election.

JAKARTA - The General Elections Commission (KPU) will go ahead with its recapitulation on the results of the July 9 presidential election, although a presidential candidate’s success team has threatened to take the matter to court.

“We will continue to hold a plenary meeting based on the schedule and regulations,” KPU Chairman Husni Kamil Manik stated after chairing an open plenary session on the national recapitulation of the presidential election result on Monday.

Manik noted that the national recapitulation day on Monday was the second day of the recapitulation, which will be held for three days until Tuesday (July 22).

“So, no one can stop us. The recapitulation will proceed,” he stressed.

Manik remarked that his side will not pay heed to the Prabowo-Hatta pair’s success team’s threat of taking the matter to court on grounds that the recapitulation process had legal flaws.

The warning was issued by the success team rather than the presidential candidate, Prabowo Subianto, the KPU chairman added.

Alamsyah of the Prabowo-Hatta pair’s legal team earlier remarked that fraud had occurred in many regions, so he had given the KPU time until Monday to stop its recapitulation. If it continues with the recapitulation process, the team will take up the matter in the court.

On the first day, vote recapitulation was carried out in 15 provinces with the Prabowo-Hatta duo temporarily leading with 13,176,384 votes ahead of the Joko WidodoJusuf Kalla pair’s 12,249,515 votes.

According to the recapitulation data, the Prabowo team won 926,869 votes more than those garnered by the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla ticket.

The KPU has planned to announce the official result of the July 9, 2014, presidential election on Tuesday (July 22).

To ensure security and order, the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Command will implement a multi-tiered security system during the announcement of the presidential election result.

“The KPU compound will be sterilized,” the command’s Deputy Chief Brigadier General Sudjarno noted.

At the time of the announcement, the police will cordon off the KPU office to prohibit the entry of people within a certain radius of the building, Sudjarno remarked.

The supporters of rival candidates attending the announcement will be stopped at different locations to prevent a possible clash that can arise as the crowds start to gather, Sudjarno added.

The command will deploy 3,121 personnel to ensure security during the final recount ahead of the announcement of the final result of the election on July 22, he explained.

The July 9 election was contested by two pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates.

After the conclusion of the voting process, both the Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa and the Joko WidodoJusuf Kalla pairs claimed victory.

In the meantime, several survey institutions have declared the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla duo as the winner based on their quick vote counts. However, some others have declared the other pair as the winner in the election.

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Wozniacki defeats Vinci to win Istanbul Cup title

Carat Waterfall at Tamblang Village

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SINGARAJA - Tamblang Village in Kubutambahan Subdistrict is one of the villages which are quite developed in terms of economy in Buleleng. Such economic progress is indicated by four major banks opening a unit office at the village and coupled with a cooperative unit with a substantial turnover.

One of the sectors growing significantly and giving contribution to the economic advancement of the village is home industry sector.

Local people independently work on home industry activities, such as producing taffy cake, peas and others. To further enhance the rural economy, local residents are now also building community-based nature tourism by relying on the natural beauty such as waterfalls and the curve of the hills.

At location of the Carat Waterfall sits two waterfalls of large and small size. The larger (higher) waterfall is under the smaller one. The waterfall itself has a height of about 60 meters.

Meanwhile, the higher waterfall is about 100 meters high and surrounded by high and steep cliff. Therefore, many visitors can only see the higher waterfall from a distance because it is difficult to reach. According to Headman Sudarsana, many investors had come to develop the waterfall attraction.

This Carat Waterfall can be an alternative tourism in North Bali when supported by the establishment of supporting facilities that are now becoming the main problem for the tourism development. If the object is developed and equipped with adequate infrastructure it will surely become a source of regionally generated revenue (PAD) from the tourism sector.

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ISTANBUL - Caroline Wozniacki overpowered second-seeded Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-1 Sunday to win the Istanbul Cup final and clinch her first WTA title of the year and 22nd overall.

The top-seeded Dane needed only 67 minutes against the 24thranked Italian. Wozniacki won 76 percent of points on her first serve

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Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, left, and Roberta Vinci of Italy hold their trophies after their tennis final match at the Istanbul Cup in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, July 20, 2014.

â?? compared to just 43 percent for Vinci â?? and also saved all six break points against her at the hard-court Koza World of Sport Complex.

“I served well and pushed her around the court,” said Wozniacki, who won all seven of her service games. Vinci was broken five times in the match and lost her last three service games.

The two players are 2-2 in head-

to-heads with Vinci beating Wozniacki when she was the top-ranked player in 2011.

The 24-year-old Wozniacki â?? runner-up at the 2009 U.S. Open to Kim Clijsters â?? has won at least one WTA title every year since 2008. Now ranked 15th, her victory in Istanbul came just hours before golfer Rory McIlroy won the British Open by two strokes at Royal Liverpool.

After getting engaged to Wozniacki on New Year’s Eve, McIlroy broke off the engagement in May with a telephone call. About a week after, Wozniacki exited the French Open in the first round.

Hamilton feared for F1 marshals’ safety

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Lewis Hamilton feared for the safety of the Formula 1 marshals at the German Grand Prix when a safety car was not brought out for Adrian Sutil’s spun Sauber. Sutil had left his car in the middle of the circuit after the final corner following a spin on lap 48 of his home race.

With the FIA deciding that a safety car was not needed, marshals had to run across the track and push the Sauber to safety while cars raced past at full speed.

Hamilton said he was extremely worried about the situation - and recalled the Tom Pryce tragedy from the 1977 South African Grand Prix when the Welshman and marshal Frikkie Jansen van Vuuren were killed in a collision.

“I was really concerned for the marshals, really concerned,” said Hamilton. “You come around that corner at serious speed, and then there are marshals standing not far from where you are driving past.

For me that is the closest it has been for a long, long time.”

Hamilton said that as he was going past the scene, his mind was cast back to video footage he had seen of Pryce’s horrific accident, when the Shadow driver struck van Vuuren as the marshal carried a fire extinguisher across the track to attend to Renzo Zorzi’s parked car.

“I used to work at a driving school in Bedford and one day I came in and they had this video playing all the time. It was a video from a race years and years ago of a car stopped on the track, the marshal ran across the track and got hit by a car coming past. That was the

AP Photo/Petr David Josek

Sauber driver Adrian Sutil of Germany leaves his car after crashing out of the German Formula One Grand Prix in Hockenheim, Germany, Sunday, July 20, 2014.

first thing I thought about.

“Obviously we are not going as fast as that straight but I was worried about the marshals. Fortunately no one got hurt.”

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, passes marshals attending to Adrian Sutil’s spun Sauber, German GP 2014, Hockenheim

Hamilton was not the only driver questioning why the safety car had not been brought out.

Fernando Alonso said that although a safety car at that moment would have been bad for his chances, he thought it would have been the best thing to do from a safety perspective.

“We were hoping not because we were in a situation that if the safety car went out there, it was 17 laps to the end and if we put the super-softs on, 17 laps was tough.

“But being objective and honest, probably we were expecting a safety car in a normal situation.

Sometimes they put the safety car

out for a piece of front wing on the track and now it was a car there and it was not a safety car.

“It was a surprise. But if they didn’t put it out it was because they felt it was not a risk and they removed the car in a safe manner - I hope, I didn’t see it - and that was it.”

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Sp rt Angry fans attack Flamengo player after 4-0 defeat Reuters

SAO PAULO - Flamengo’s season went from bad to worse on Sunday when defender Andre Santos was punched and kicked by the club’s fans as he left the stadium after a 4-0 defeat by Internacional that left the Rio club bottom of the Brazilian first division.

Local media reported that the left back was hit in the face as he left Beira-rio stadium in Porto Alegre.

Angry fans also kicked him as he sought refuge in the van that was picking him up outside the dressing rooms, according to the reports.

The former Brazil and Arsenal defender has failed to impress since

Van Gaal set for busy summer at Manchester United

Title

Van Gaal is a highly-rated boss and has won silverware in a number of Europe’s top leagues. However, talk of winning the Premier League title may be slightly premature.

United finished seventh in the topflight last season and endured a

terrible season. Not many teams go from finishing seventh in the Premier League to then winning the title the next season, although Liverpool went close last season.

Van Gaal also takes time to get his ideas across to the players that play under him. When he does his teams tend to win titles. United’s biggest aim has to be to get back into the Champions League next season.

The title looks unrealistic at the moment, despite the Red Devils being third favourites to lift the trophy at odds of 5/1. The likes of arch-rivals Manchester City and Chelsea look more equip to take the crown next season.

Clear-out

It is quite possible that Van Gaal could have a big clear-out

on Sunday meant they extended their lead at the top of the table to five points.

Ricardo Goulart got a goal after seven minutes and Manuel headed home another three minutes later. Palmeiras got one back after eight minutes of the second period through Tobio but could not grab what would have been a deserved equaliser.

The other big winners were newly promoted Chapecoense, who came to Sao Paulo on Saturday and beat the home side 1-0 in front of 43,075 fans, the biggest crowd of the weekend. Gremio, Botafogo, Fluminense and Atletico Paranaense also won.

Milan reignite interest in Lavezzi

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal looks set for a busy summer at Old Trafford attempting to reshape his squad ahead of the new season. The Red Devils have already added full-back Luke Shaw and playmaker Ander Herrera to their squad, but the strengthening is very unlikely to finish there. United chief executive Ed Woodward has confirmed there will be new arrivals by telling MUTV: “There is no fixed budget. Financially we are extremely strong, we have funds available,” “Louis is the boss and is assessing what’s going on but we have been in dialogue for some time about targets so there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes… we’re continuing to move forward on some of those targets… so watch this space.

“The time he (Van Gaal) spends here as well (in America) he’ll be able to assess more what he’s got and continue to tweak the decisions if we need to. We want to do what it takes to win the title.”

signing for Flamengo in July last year and has been a constant target of fans. That anger boiled over on Sunday as Flamengo lost again to find themselves rooted to the bottom of the league with just seven points from 11 games.

The Rio club had Chicao sent off in the first half and were no match for an Internacional side who are now one of five clubs with 19 points, six behind leaders Cruzeiro.

Corinthians are in second on 20 after getting a point in a drab 0-0 draw away at Vitoria.

Cruzeiro are the only team in the top half of the table to win both their games since the World Cup break and their 2-1 victory at Palmeiras

this summer, with a number of mediocre players in his squad at Old Trafford leaving. The likes of Tom Cleverley, Anderson and Bebe all look likely to be sold this summer.

Cleverley failed to perform last season and has never lived up to his potential at Old Trafford. Anderson is another who has struggled to fulfil what was supposed to be big potential. The Brazilian spent the second half of last season on-loan in Serie A with Fiorentina.

Bebe has made just two Premier League appearances for United since joining the Red Devils in 2010. He has since had loan spells with Besiktas in Turkey and also in Portugal with Rio Ave and more recently Pacos de Ferreira. Then there is last summer’s big signing Marouane Fellaini, who has struggled

badly in midfield since his £27million move from Everton. The big Belgium international found his appearances restricted by fitness worries and injuries. Still he would have to be considered a flop.

Perennial super sub striker Javier Hernandez is also being linked with a move elsewhere. The Mexican forward is currently behind Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck in the striking pecking order at Old Trafford.

Linked

United have been linked with a number of names in recent weeks.

The two that consistently seem to come up are Holland and Ajax fullback Daley Blind and Chile and Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal.

Both players enjoyed decent World Cup’s with their respective countries. Vidal has been considered one of the most complete central midfielders in the world for a couple of years now. At Juventus he has developed into a player that can do everything and anything. Vidal

has also been linked with Arsenal and Liverpool this summer, but it seems that United may be his most likely destination.

Arsenal centre-back Thomas Vermaelen is also believed to be close to making a switch to Old Trafford. United lost veteran centre-backs Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand this summer after their contracts expired.

However they have youngsters Chris Smalling and Phil Jones, along with Jonny Evans who can play at centre-back, but look in need of another experienced centre-back. I am sure that Van Gaal will make a host of signings before the Premier League season kicks off and we will be looking at a completely different Manchester United team next season. The Red Devils will improve from last season, because let’s face it they could not get much worse. Last season is likely to be a blip for United and with Van Gaal at the helm the Red Devils are now likely to move in the right direction.

Tuttosport has learned that AC Milan are planning a new assault on Paris Saint-Germain forward Ezequiel Lavezzi.

The Rossoneri chiefs all agree that the Argentine would be an excellent addition to the squad at San Siro and the club officials are stepping up their efforts to recruit him in the summer transfer window.

Given the difficult financial situation, Milan first need to cash in on Mario Balotelli before they can bid for Lavezzi, but the Italy international appears to be nearing the exit door.

Meanwhile, PSG may be forced to offload the Argentine after he rejected a new contract offer, especially since they need to ensure they comply with FIFA Financial Fair Play rules.

It is no secret that Lavezzi wants to return to Italian Serie A having struggled to prove his worth in French Ligue 1, with the Argentine showing everyone what he was capable of with some pretty impressive performances at the 2014 World Cup. REUTERS/Darren Staples

Argentina’s Ezequiel Lavezzi (L) fights for the ball with Germany’s Thomas Mueller during their 2014 World Cup final at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro July 13, 2014.

Alvaro Negredo

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Negredo out for several months with broken foot Reuters

LONDON - Manchester City striker Alvaro Negredo will miss the start of the new season and be sidelined for several months after breaking his foot in the Premier League champions’ 2-1 pre-season win over Hearts in Edinburgh on Friday.

The 28-year-old Spain international, who did not go to the World Cup, said on Monday he had broken a metatarsal in his right foot.

“I want to let you know that its going to be hard for the next few months, I fractured my fifth metatarsal and will be out a few months,” Negredo wrote on his Instagram account. He also posted a photo of himself wearing a protective boot. “I will be back stronger than ever. I will return with a vengeance,” he added.

Negro scored 23 goals in the first 33 games he played for City in all competitions last season, but did not find the net in his last 16 matches.

Shakhtar six face penalties should they stay away - owner Reuters

KIEV - The owner of Shakhtar Donetsk has assured the safety of six players who refused to return to Ukraine as conflict rages around the club’s home city but warned they would be in breach of their contracts should they opt to stay away.

Shakhtar president Rynat Akhmetov confirmed that Brazilians Alex Teixeira, Fred, Dentinho, Douglas Costa and Ismaily, and Argentine striker Facundo Ferreira refused to travel from France to Ukraine following a friendly against Lyon on Saturday.

The players’ action came two days after 298 people aboard a Malaysian Airlines flight died when their plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine.

“This is true, six players did not come back with the team but they have certain contractual obligations and should they refuse to return, they will be the ones to suffer,” Akhmetov said on the club’s official website. “There is nothing to be afraid of and we are ready to guarantee their safety.”

Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu

blamed agents for misleading the players and taking advantage of the volatile situation in the country in an attempt to have their contracts annulled.

“I detect the ‘hand’ of agents in this,” Lucescu told Segodnya newspaper. “Kia (Joorabchian) took our best players like Teixeira, Douglas Costa and Fred and he wanted to do the same with Adriano, Ilsinho, Marlos and Taison but they refused.

“His goal is to make them free agents and earn some money but this is not right, he is trying to make use of the situation in the country and get the players for free.

“Facundo Ferreira has a different agent but he did the same thing. We have to ask FIFA and UEFA for help.”

Shakhtar are scheduled to open the new season with a Super Cup encounter against rivals Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday.

When the regular season kicks off, the Donetsk-based team are likely to play their home games in the neighbouring city of Kharkiv until the conflict between the army and pro-Russian rebels in the region is resolved.

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Sp rt Angry fans attack Flamengo player after 4-0 defeat Reuters

SAO PAULO - Flamengo’s season went from bad to worse on Sunday when defender Andre Santos was punched and kicked by the club’s fans as he left the stadium after a 4-0 defeat by Internacional that left the Rio club bottom of the Brazilian first division.

Local media reported that the left back was hit in the face as he left Beira-rio stadium in Porto Alegre.

Angry fans also kicked him as he sought refuge in the van that was picking him up outside the dressing rooms, according to the reports.

The former Brazil and Arsenal defender has failed to impress since

Van Gaal set for busy summer at Manchester United

Title

Van Gaal is a highly-rated boss and has won silverware in a number of Europe’s top leagues. However, talk of winning the Premier League title may be slightly premature.

United finished seventh in the topflight last season and endured a

terrible season. Not many teams go from finishing seventh in the Premier League to then winning the title the next season, although Liverpool went close last season.

Van Gaal also takes time to get his ideas across to the players that play under him. When he does his teams tend to win titles. United’s biggest aim has to be to get back into the Champions League next season.

The title looks unrealistic at the moment, despite the Red Devils being third favourites to lift the trophy at odds of 5/1. The likes of arch-rivals Manchester City and Chelsea look more equip to take the crown next season.

Clear-out

It is quite possible that Van Gaal could have a big clear-out

on Sunday meant they extended their lead at the top of the table to five points.

Ricardo Goulart got a goal after seven minutes and Manuel headed home another three minutes later. Palmeiras got one back after eight minutes of the second period through Tobio but could not grab what would have been a deserved equaliser.

The other big winners were newly promoted Chapecoense, who came to Sao Paulo on Saturday and beat the home side 1-0 in front of 43,075 fans, the biggest crowd of the weekend. Gremio, Botafogo, Fluminense and Atletico Paranaense also won.

Milan reignite interest in Lavezzi

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal looks set for a busy summer at Old Trafford attempting to reshape his squad ahead of the new season. The Red Devils have already added full-back Luke Shaw and playmaker Ander Herrera to their squad, but the strengthening is very unlikely to finish there. United chief executive Ed Woodward has confirmed there will be new arrivals by telling MUTV: “There is no fixed budget. Financially we are extremely strong, we have funds available,” “Louis is the boss and is assessing what’s going on but we have been in dialogue for some time about targets so there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes… we’re continuing to move forward on some of those targets… so watch this space.

“The time he (Van Gaal) spends here as well (in America) he’ll be able to assess more what he’s got and continue to tweak the decisions if we need to. We want to do what it takes to win the title.”

signing for Flamengo in July last year and has been a constant target of fans. That anger boiled over on Sunday as Flamengo lost again to find themselves rooted to the bottom of the league with just seven points from 11 games.

The Rio club had Chicao sent off in the first half and were no match for an Internacional side who are now one of five clubs with 19 points, six behind leaders Cruzeiro.

Corinthians are in second on 20 after getting a point in a drab 0-0 draw away at Vitoria.

Cruzeiro are the only team in the top half of the table to win both their games since the World Cup break and their 2-1 victory at Palmeiras

this summer, with a number of mediocre players in his squad at Old Trafford leaving. The likes of Tom Cleverley, Anderson and Bebe all look likely to be sold this summer.

Cleverley failed to perform last season and has never lived up to his potential at Old Trafford. Anderson is another who has struggled to fulfil what was supposed to be big potential. The Brazilian spent the second half of last season on-loan in Serie A with Fiorentina.

Bebe has made just two Premier League appearances for United since joining the Red Devils in 2010. He has since had loan spells with Besiktas in Turkey and also in Portugal with Rio Ave and more recently Pacos de Ferreira. Then there is last summer’s big signing Marouane Fellaini, who has struggled

badly in midfield since his £27million move from Everton. The big Belgium international found his appearances restricted by fitness worries and injuries. Still he would have to be considered a flop.

Perennial super sub striker Javier Hernandez is also being linked with a move elsewhere. The Mexican forward is currently behind Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck in the striking pecking order at Old Trafford.

Linked

United have been linked with a number of names in recent weeks.

The two that consistently seem to come up are Holland and Ajax fullback Daley Blind and Chile and Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal.

Both players enjoyed decent World Cup’s with their respective countries. Vidal has been considered one of the most complete central midfielders in the world for a couple of years now. At Juventus he has developed into a player that can do everything and anything. Vidal

has also been linked with Arsenal and Liverpool this summer, but it seems that United may be his most likely destination.

Arsenal centre-back Thomas Vermaelen is also believed to be close to making a switch to Old Trafford. United lost veteran centre-backs Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand this summer after their contracts expired.

However they have youngsters Chris Smalling and Phil Jones, along with Jonny Evans who can play at centre-back, but look in need of another experienced centre-back. I am sure that Van Gaal will make a host of signings before the Premier League season kicks off and we will be looking at a completely different Manchester United team next season. The Red Devils will improve from last season, because let’s face it they could not get much worse. Last season is likely to be a blip for United and with Van Gaal at the helm the Red Devils are now likely to move in the right direction.

Tuttosport has learned that AC Milan are planning a new assault on Paris Saint-Germain forward Ezequiel Lavezzi.

The Rossoneri chiefs all agree that the Argentine would be an excellent addition to the squad at San Siro and the club officials are stepping up their efforts to recruit him in the summer transfer window.

Given the difficult financial situation, Milan first need to cash in on Mario Balotelli before they can bid for Lavezzi, but the Italy international appears to be nearing the exit door.

Meanwhile, PSG may be forced to offload the Argentine after he rejected a new contract offer, especially since they need to ensure they comply with FIFA Financial Fair Play rules.

It is no secret that Lavezzi wants to return to Italian Serie A having struggled to prove his worth in French Ligue 1, with the Argentine showing everyone what he was capable of with some pretty impressive performances at the 2014 World Cup. REUTERS/Darren Staples

Argentina’s Ezequiel Lavezzi (L) fights for the ball with Germany’s Thomas Mueller during their 2014 World Cup final at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro July 13, 2014.

Alvaro Negredo

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Negredo out for several months with broken foot Reuters

LONDON - Manchester City striker Alvaro Negredo will miss the start of the new season and be sidelined for several months after breaking his foot in the Premier League champions’ 2-1 pre-season win over Hearts in Edinburgh on Friday.

The 28-year-old Spain international, who did not go to the World Cup, said on Monday he had broken a metatarsal in his right foot.

“I want to let you know that its going to be hard for the next few months, I fractured my fifth metatarsal and will be out a few months,” Negredo wrote on his Instagram account. He also posted a photo of himself wearing a protective boot. “I will be back stronger than ever. I will return with a vengeance,” he added.

Negro scored 23 goals in the first 33 games he played for City in all competitions last season, but did not find the net in his last 16 matches.

Shakhtar six face penalties should they stay away - owner Reuters

KIEV - The owner of Shakhtar Donetsk has assured the safety of six players who refused to return to Ukraine as conflict rages around the club’s home city but warned they would be in breach of their contracts should they opt to stay away.

Shakhtar president Rynat Akhmetov confirmed that Brazilians Alex Teixeira, Fred, Dentinho, Douglas Costa and Ismaily, and Argentine striker Facundo Ferreira refused to travel from France to Ukraine following a friendly against Lyon on Saturday.

The players’ action came two days after 298 people aboard a Malaysian Airlines flight died when their plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine.

“This is true, six players did not come back with the team but they have certain contractual obligations and should they refuse to return, they will be the ones to suffer,” Akhmetov said on the club’s official website. “There is nothing to be afraid of and we are ready to guarantee their safety.”

Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu

blamed agents for misleading the players and taking advantage of the volatile situation in the country in an attempt to have their contracts annulled.

“I detect the ‘hand’ of agents in this,” Lucescu told Segodnya newspaper. “Kia (Joorabchian) took our best players like Teixeira, Douglas Costa and Fred and he wanted to do the same with Adriano, Ilsinho, Marlos and Taison but they refused.

“His goal is to make them free agents and earn some money but this is not right, he is trying to make use of the situation in the country and get the players for free.

“Facundo Ferreira has a different agent but he did the same thing. We have to ask FIFA and UEFA for help.”

Shakhtar are scheduled to open the new season with a Super Cup encounter against rivals Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday.

When the regular season kicks off, the Donetsk-based team are likely to play their home games in the neighbouring city of Kharkiv until the conflict between the army and pro-Russian rebels in the region is resolved.

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Wozniacki defeats Vinci to win Istanbul Cup title

Carat Waterfall at Tamblang Village

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SINGARAJA - Tamblang Village in Kubutambahan Subdistrict is one of the villages which are quite developed in terms of economy in Buleleng. Such economic progress is indicated by four major banks opening a unit office at the village and coupled with a cooperative unit with a substantial turnover.

One of the sectors growing significantly and giving contribution to the economic advancement of the village is home industry sector.

Local people independently work on home industry activities, such as producing taffy cake, peas and others. To further enhance the rural economy, local residents are now also building community-based nature tourism by relying on the natural beauty such as waterfalls and the curve of the hills.

At location of the Carat Waterfall sits two waterfalls of large and small size. The larger (higher) waterfall is under the smaller one. The waterfall itself has a height of about 60 meters.

Meanwhile, the higher waterfall is about 100 meters high and surrounded by high and steep cliff. Therefore, many visitors can only see the higher waterfall from a distance because it is difficult to reach. According to Headman Sudarsana, many investors had come to develop the waterfall attraction.

This Carat Waterfall can be an alternative tourism in North Bali when supported by the establishment of supporting facilities that are now becoming the main problem for the tourism development. If the object is developed and equipped with adequate infrastructure it will surely become a source of regionally generated revenue (PAD) from the tourism sector.

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ISTANBUL - Caroline Wozniacki overpowered second-seeded Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-1 Sunday to win the Istanbul Cup final and clinch her first WTA title of the year and 22nd overall.

The top-seeded Dane needed only 67 minutes against the 24thranked Italian. Wozniacki won 76 percent of points on her first serve

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Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, left, and Roberta Vinci of Italy hold their trophies after their tennis final match at the Istanbul Cup in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, July 20, 2014.

â?? compared to just 43 percent for Vinci â?? and also saved all six break points against her at the hard-court Koza World of Sport Complex.

“I served well and pushed her around the court,” said Wozniacki, who won all seven of her service games. Vinci was broken five times in the match and lost her last three service games.

The two players are 2-2 in head-

to-heads with Vinci beating Wozniacki when she was the top-ranked player in 2011.

The 24-year-old Wozniacki â?? runner-up at the 2009 U.S. Open to Kim Clijsters â?? has won at least one WTA title every year since 2008. Now ranked 15th, her victory in Istanbul came just hours before golfer Rory McIlroy won the British Open by two strokes at Royal Liverpool.

After getting engaged to Wozniacki on New Year’s Eve, McIlroy broke off the engagement in May with a telephone call. About a week after, Wozniacki exited the French Open in the first round.

Hamilton feared for F1 marshals’ safety

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Lewis Hamilton feared for the safety of the Formula 1 marshals at the German Grand Prix when a safety car was not brought out for Adrian Sutil’s spun Sauber. Sutil had left his car in the middle of the circuit after the final corner following a spin on lap 48 of his home race.

With the FIA deciding that a safety car was not needed, marshals had to run across the track and push the Sauber to safety while cars raced past at full speed.

Hamilton said he was extremely worried about the situation - and recalled the Tom Pryce tragedy from the 1977 South African Grand Prix when the Welshman and marshal Frikkie Jansen van Vuuren were killed in a collision.

“I was really concerned for the marshals, really concerned,” said Hamilton. “You come around that corner at serious speed, and then there are marshals standing not far from where you are driving past.

For me that is the closest it has been for a long, long time.”

Hamilton said that as he was going past the scene, his mind was cast back to video footage he had seen of Pryce’s horrific accident, when the Shadow driver struck van Vuuren as the marshal carried a fire extinguisher across the track to attend to Renzo Zorzi’s parked car.

“I used to work at a driving school in Bedford and one day I came in and they had this video playing all the time. It was a video from a race years and years ago of a car stopped on the track, the marshal ran across the track and got hit by a car coming past. That was the

AP Photo/Petr David Josek

Sauber driver Adrian Sutil of Germany leaves his car after crashing out of the German Formula One Grand Prix in Hockenheim, Germany, Sunday, July 20, 2014.

first thing I thought about.

“Obviously we are not going as fast as that straight but I was worried about the marshals. Fortunately no one got hurt.”

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, passes marshals attending to Adrian Sutil’s spun Sauber, German GP 2014, Hockenheim

Hamilton was not the only driver questioning why the safety car had not been brought out.

Fernando Alonso said that although a safety car at that moment would have been bad for his chances, he thought it would have been the best thing to do from a safety perspective.

“We were hoping not because we were in a situation that if the safety car went out there, it was 17 laps to the end and if we put the super-softs on, 17 laps was tough.

“But being objective and honest, probably we were expecting a safety car in a normal situation.

Sometimes they put the safety car

out for a piece of front wing on the track and now it was a car there and it was not a safety car.

“It was a surprise. But if they didn’t put it out it was because they felt it was not a risk and they removed the car in a safe manner - I hope, I didn’t see it - and that was it.”

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KUALA LUMPUR — Many Malaysians are urging their government and world leaders to take a tough stance against Russia after pro-Russia rebels allegedly shot down a Malaysia Airlines jet, with some calling for economic sanctions and a boycott of Russian goods.

While the rebels and Ukraine blame each other for Thursday’s downing of Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine, near the Russian border, Russia’s government is being accused of not doing enough to ensure that authorities have proper access to the crash site.

Much of the Malaysian anger toward Russia stems from the inability for family members of Muslims who were aboard the plane to perform burial rites as quickly as possible, according to Islamic custom. Of the 298 people aboard the plane, 43 were from Muslim-majority Malaysia and 12 were from Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country.

The plane crashed in rebel-held territory, and the separatists — who are being blamed for shooting down the plane by much of the international community, including the United States — have been accused of preventing emergency workers from retrieving the victims’ bodies.

The issue has caused deep resentment in Malaysia, where many have blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin. Even politicians, who on Friday were careful not to point any fingers, seem to be losing patience.

“Pro-Russian terrorists have not handled #MH17 victims with dignity. Putin promised PM @NajibRazak he would help. He hasn’t,” Malaysian Youth and Sport Minister Khairy Jamaluddin tweeted Sunday, referring to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.

As people headed to Kuala Lumpur shopping malls on Sunday, their minds were still reeling from the horrific images of the crash site that have inundated television screens here. Many were calling for tough economic sanctions and an international boycott of Russian goods and services.

“Our government and the whole world have to do something about this case,” said 27-year-old Nur Zehan Abu Bakar, who works in the education sector. “If not, what will happen to our country? What will happen to (Malaysia Airlines)? To show that we are angry with Russia and if they still continue not to help us, I think the best way is for all Malaysians to boycott Russian products.”

Charles Foo, a retiree who was spending time with his family outside a mall, echoed Nur Zehan’s sentiments. “They (Russia) are a big country. We are a very small country, so how much can we do, unless all nations in the world stop buying their goods and whatever,” he said.

Malaysia is one of Russia’s main trading partners in Southeast Asia. Russia also is a key supplier for Malaysia’s military, delivering 18 Sukhoi fighter jets to the Malaysian air force over the past decade.

James Chin, a professor at the political science unit of Monash University in Malaysia, said he believed it was unlikely that Russian-Malaysian relations would be seriously harmed as a result of the incident, though he added that a lot would depend on the outcome of the official investigation.

Some Malaysians said it was important to remain rational and wait for the investigation to be completed.

“For now, I will calm myself down and not listen to all the noise,” a 36-year-old dancer, who wanted to be identified only by his family name, Wong, said at a popular Kuala Lumpur shopping district. “There is no point for me to get emotional at the moment. I encourage everyone to stay calm.”

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(From L to R) Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono stands beside presidential candidates Prabowo Subianto and Joko “Jokowi” Widodo during a meeting at the presidential palace in Jakarta July 20, 2014. Outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged Indonesians on Sunday to “safeguard the final chapter” of the country’s presidential election, saying the July 9 vote was democratic and peaceful.

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A monk prays during a special prayer for the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Malaysia, Sunday, July 20, 2014. Malaysia’s transport minister said the country is “deeply concerned” that the site in Ukraine where the Malaysia Airlines jetliner was shot down with 298 people onboard “has not been properly secured.”

UN to vote on crash resolution

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CANBERRA — Diplomats said the U.N. Security Council could vote as early as Monday on an Australia-proposed resolution demanding international access to the Ukraine plane crash site and a cease-fire around the area. But Australia and Russia late Sunday were still working out key differences, and Britain accused Moscow of using “delaying tactics.”

The resolution calls for proRussia separatists to allow access to the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines passenger jet carrying 298 people, including 37 Australian citizens and residents. It asks for the full cooperation of all countries in the region, including Russia.

Australia’s foreign minister, Julie Bishop, said she expects all 15 council members to support her country’s proposal.

But Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, said Moscow is concerned the draft “does not accurately reflect the need for an impar-

tial, international investigation.”

He said Russia is proposing that the International Civil Aviation Organization, a U.N. agency, take the lead in the investigation. The current proposal welcomes “the decision by ICAO to send a team to assist” Ukrainian investigators.

Churkin spoke to reporters on the sidelines of an emergency Security Council meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian fighting in Gaza. He said he and his Australian colleagues planned to stay after that meeting to hold further consultations on the Ukraine resolution.

British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant accused Russia of proposing amendment after amendment to delay passage of the resolution.

“It looks like a typical Russian delay in tactics, and one can guess why they want delay,” Lyall Grant told reporters.

The resolution also demands that armed groups who control the crash site do not disturb debris, belongings or victims’ remains and cease military activities in the area.

Churkin said Russia had proposed “a cease-fire around the crash site” and that Australia had accepted that idea. He did not say how large the cease-fire area would be.

The resolution also demands that “those responsible for this incident be held to account and that all states cooperate fully with efforts to establish accountability.”

U.N. diplomats have tweeted that the council will vote Monday afternoon on the proposal cosponsored by Australia, France and Lithuania.

Russia has the power to veto the resolution as a permanent council member.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Australia would view a Russian veto of the resolution “very badly,” adding that “no reasonable person” could object to its wording.

“This is still an absolutely shambolic situation. It does look more like a garden clean-up than a forensic investigation,” he told reporters.

President urges presidential election loser to concede

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JAKARTA - Indonesia’s outgoing leader on Monday came within a whisker of telling retired general Prabowo Subianto to admit defeat so that the country’s most bitterly fought leadership contest could be resolved.

Prabowo has almost certainly lost the July 9 election but on Sunday cried foul and demanded the Elections Commission investigate vote cheating before he would accept its result. The Commission is due to announce the result on Monday or Tuesday.

“Admitting defeat is noble,” President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told reporters in a clear reference to Prabowo.

A protracted wrangle over the election outcome could undermine confidence in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy which has seen strong investment in recent years.

Private tallies of the 130 million votes show Jakarta governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo won by about five percentage points over Prabowo who has spent the last 10 years preparing for his presidential bid.

Prabowo’s recalcitrance has led to fears his supporters might turn violent and some have threatened to rally outside the Elections Commission (KPU) office in central Jakarta ahead of the official result, which under law must be declared

by July 22.

The national police and military have

deployed nearly 300,000 personnel across the vast archipelago of 240 million people. Security has also been beefed up around the KPU office but there has been no word of any violence.

“We don’t anticipate the KPU to be a hot spot for violence,” national police spokesperson Boy Rafli Amar told Reuters.

“At the same time, we ask the public not to assemble there so that the KPU officials can continue their work in a conducive atmosphere.”

Candidates can lodge complaints with the Constitutional Court, which has been done by the losers in the previous two presidential elections. The Court has to return a verdict on any challenge within two weeks. The verdict cannot be appealed.

“If there is someone who does not accept the official result, I would advise them to peacefully go the constitutional route,” said Yudhoyono, who hosted both candidates for dinner at the presidential palace on Sunday night.

KPU officials said reports of irregularities have been investigated as recommended by the election watchdog.

They said the number of disputed votes numbered in the thousands.

Analysts reckon it would need a reversal of up to seven million votes to hand Prabowo victory.

As it has become increasingly clear that Prabowo has lost, so signs have grown that key supporters may be ready to leave his “permanent coalition” of parties, or join the other side.

“The election has been completed and my job is complete. I’ve failed the Prabowo ... ticket,” Mahfud MD, a widely respected former chief of the Constitutional Court and head of Prabowo’s campaign team told media.

Members of the biggest party backing Prabowo, Golkar, also appear to be turning against their own chief Aburizal Bakrie, who is a staunch supporter of Prabowo.

Bakrie, who heads a prominent, debtladen conglomerate, has been a key Prabowo ally.

Indonesia, a member of the G-20 group of nations, was swept by bloodshed in which hundreds of people were killed when strongman ruler Suharto was ousted in 1998 after more than three decades in power.

It has since made a slow transition to full democracy, with this only its third direct presidential election.

JAKARTA - The General Elections Commission (KPU) will go ahead with its recapitulation on the results of the July 9 presidential election, although a presidential candidate’s success team has threatened to take the matter to court.

“We will continue to hold a plenary meeting based on the schedule and regulations,” KPU Chairman Husni Kamil Manik stated after chairing an open plenary session on the national recapitulation of the presidential election result on Monday.

Manik noted that the national recapitulation day on Monday was the second day of the recapitulation, which will be held for three days until Tuesday (July 22).

“So, no one can stop us. The recapitulation will proceed,” he stressed.

Manik remarked that his side will not pay heed to the Prabowo-Hatta pair’s success team’s threat of taking the matter to court on grounds that the recapitulation process had legal flaws.

The warning was issued by the success team rather than the presidential candidate, Prabowo Subianto, the KPU chairman added.

Alamsyah of the Prabowo-Hatta pair’s legal team earlier remarked that fraud had occurred in many regions, so he had given the KPU time until Monday to stop its recapitulation. If it continues with the recapitulation process, the team will take up the matter in the court.

On the first day, vote recapitulation was carried out in 15 provinces with the Prabowo-Hatta duo temporarily leading with 13,176,384 votes ahead of the Joko WidodoJusuf Kalla pair’s 12,249,515 votes.

According to the recapitulation data, the Prabowo team won 926,869 votes more than those garnered by the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla ticket.

The KPU has planned to announce the official result of the July 9, 2014, presidential election on Tuesday (July 22).

To ensure security and order, the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Command will implement a multi-tiered security system during the announcement of the presidential election result.

“The KPU compound will be sterilized,” the command’s Deputy Chief Brigadier General Sudjarno noted.

At the time of the announcement, the police will cordon off the KPU office to prohibit the entry of people within a certain radius of the building, Sudjarno remarked.

The supporters of rival candidates attending the announcement will be stopped at different locations to prevent a possible clash that can arise as the crowds start to gather, Sudjarno added.

The command will deploy 3,121 personnel to ensure security during the final recount ahead of the announcement of the final result of the election on July 22, he explained.

The July 9 election was contested by two pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates.

After the conclusion of the voting process, both the Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa and the Joko WidodoJusuf Kalla pairs claimed victory.

In the meantime, several survey institutions have declared the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla duo as the winner based on their quick vote counts. However, some others have declared the other pair as the winner in the election.

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Corn production predicted to decline

Indian stance taking global trade pact down to the wire Reuters

SYDNEY - Efforts to assuage Indian concerns about a landmark global trade pact appear to have failed, sources involved in the discussions said on Monday, setting off a frantic rush to win its support before a Thursday deadline.

India is the most prominent of a group of developing nations angry with rich countries for failing to address their concerns about a deal on trade facilitation struck by WTO member states in Bali, Indonesia, last year.

Proponents believe the deal could add $1 trillion to global gross domestic product and 21 million jobs by slashing red tape and

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streamlining customs, eliminating delays at the border that can often cost more than tariffs themselves.

A failure could prove disastrous for the moribund World Trade Organization (WTO) and the system of global free trade deals it underpins.

As late as Sunday, hopes were high that publicly addressing Indian concerns during a G20 Trade Ministers meeting in Sydney this past

weekend would give it a face-saving path towards reaffirming its assent before the July 31 deadline.

India stockpiles food for its poor, citing the need for food security, but doing so puts it at risk of breaking the rules of the WTO which worries that the stockpiling of subsidised food can distort trade.

In Bali, WTO members agreed to give India a pass on its stockpiles until 2017, while negotiating a permanent solution.

Officials told Reuters that India had not supplied any clear indication of concessions it wanted, so attempts were made at the meeting to reassure it that its concerns,

whatever they may be, were being heard.

“India clearly and forcefully expressed its concern that work proceed on all fronts, including food stockpiling, and received assurances that all G20 members are committed to the full implementation of all Bali agreements on the agreed timetables,” U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman told Reuters on Monday.

A confidential “Summary of Discussion” circulated to G20 participants by Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb obtained by Reuters details what one official said was an example of India winning acknowl-

BANGKOK - Thailand’s new military rulers have singled out the country’s troubled flagship airline as the first state enterprise to undergo reform, an exercise that will test their unproven business acumen and ability to separate politics from business.

Thai Airways International Pcl has racked up four quarters of losses due to declining ticket sales, high operating costs and ruthless competition. Boardroom fights have also led to slow decision-making and a lack of coherent strategy, sources in the company say.

The junta led by General Prayuth Chan-ocha has told the chief of the Royal Thai Air Force to fix the airline.

Air Chief Marshall Prajin Juntong, who also oversees economic matters for the military government, said on Friday a detailed restructuring plan aimed at returning the carrier to profit will be considered by the board at a meeting on July 24.

The success or failure of Prajin, who has little practical experience in running a business, will have wider implications for the government.

The junta needs to assure foreign investors of its ability to manage the economy and that it is not out to merely weed out allies of previous prime ministers.

“You are right in noting that Prajin is a military man with little experience in running a company,” Monthon Satchukorn, a spokesman for the Thai Air Force and a Prajin aide, told

Reuters in an interview.

“Prajin is a man whom he (the junta leader) can trust,” Monthon said. Prajin, who declined to be interviewed for this report, will be chairing the upcoming meeting with a smaller board this week. Five members have resigned since the junta came to power, reducing the board to 10 members.

Among the five who left was Ampon Kittiampon, who had been accused by the Thai Airways union of interfering with management and influencing executives whom he had close ties with. Ampon, who resigned as chairman in March but had remained on the board, has denied any wrongdoing.

Ampon was also the cabinet secretary under former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Her government was overthrown by the junta in May following months of sometimes violent street protests aimed at ousting Yingluck. The other four board members include Adul Sangsingkeow, the national police chief under Yingluck’s government.

Four of the five who left have links with former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the elder brother of Yingluck, a source at the airline said, declining to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter.

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DENPASAR - Bali’s corn production is forecast to fall 22.79 percent to 13,123 tons in dry grains in 2014, on a decline in harvest area.

“Corn fields are estimated to decline 1,139 hectares or 6.25 percent from the previous year,” head of provincial office of Central Bureau of Statistics Panasunan Siregar said on Sunday.

Panusunan said many farmer grew other crops considered more profitable instead of corn.

In addition, corn fields productivity also decline 17.63 percent, down 557 kilograms per hectare, he said.

edgment of its concerns.

The document notes that specific Indian concerns about the deal were raised by the members and pledges to work constructively this week to address those issues.

In principle, the WTO could pass the agreement on the basis of a qualified majority, but experts say that would be unprecedented and virtually impossible in an organisation that operates on consensus.

“India is quite influential, so let’s hope that they’re going to back down in some way,” Peter Gallagher, an expert on free trade and the WTO at the University of Adelaide, told Reuters.

Thai Airways to undergo reform

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Hanuman statue at the entrance of the eastern corridor of Sempidi village area looking dull was cleaned up by the officers of Badung Sanitation and Landscape Agency (DKP), Sunday (Jul 20).

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MANGUPURA - Hanuman statue at the entrance of the eastern corridor of Sempidi village area looking dull was cleaned up by the officers of Badung Sanitation and Landscape Agency (DKP), Sunday (Jul 20). The activity of cleaning up the Hanuman statue became the first phase of the landscape area arrangement in the region.

A total of four officers of the Badung Sanitation and Landscape Agency were busy cleaning up at

the location on Sunday. A unit of tank truck owned by the Badung Municipality Waterworks (PDAM)

was stationed in the process.

The Head of Badung Sanitation and Landscape Agency, Putu Eka Merthawan, revealed that his party and Sempidi community made a ritual first to ask for permission for the activity of cleaning up the statue. It was intended to invoke the safety during the process of cleaning up the statue.

After cleaning up the Hanuman

statue, it was resumed with the rearrangement activities around the park and installation of lamp under the statue. “Later on, aside from installing lamps under the Hanuman statue, a number of landscape gardens and effigies whose lamps had been going out will also be replaced,” he said.

For information, the Badung government annually allocated

maintenance cost for the landscape garden in Badung. In 2014, the budget allocated was IDR 3,025,216,500. Meanwhile for 2015, the budget allocated would reach IDR 5 billion more. He expressed the most maintenance cost was earmarked for paying janitors hired based on outsourcing system and replacement of the landscape garden. (kmb25)

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A Thai Airways plane prepares to land at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport July 17, 2014. Thailand’s new military rulers have singled out the country’s troubled flagship airline as the first state enterprise to undergo reform, an exercise that will test their unproven business acumen and ability to separate politics from business.

and their quality. Cost-cutting will kick in during the second phase.

“We need to get rid of the excess fat for restructuring,” Prajin said after a board meeting on Friday.

The carrier shoulders too many expenses, such as paying taxes for

employees who started working for the airline before 2004, Piyasvasti Amranand, a former president of the airline, told Reuters.

“Thai Air has a malicious cancer inside the body,” Piyasvasti said. “It has to be cured from the inside.”

Piyasvasti, sacked by Yingluck’s government in June 2012, took the helm at the airline in October 2009.

The former energy minister was credited for turning around the lossmaking carrier, which swung back to a profit in 2009-2012.

DENPASAR - Getting closer to the enforcement of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015 brings in various consequences with the presence of free market and competition in all sectors including the agriculture. One of the efforts that can be done is by developing and improving the quality of organic agricultural products.

“Now, the problem arising is how to provide the organic market.

Do not only multiply the souvenir markets, while ignoring the interests of the people, especially farmers,” said Putu Sudiarta, PhD, an

agricultural academician, Friday (Jul 18).

Without immediate action, the agriculture of Bali would be marginalized. Other than by rogue developers annexing the green belt, it would also be caused by the onslaught of foreign organic agricultural products. These conditions would make farmers more severe and difficult. “Without developing special market for organic products, it will be difficult to distinguish between the organic and non-organic products. Additionally, if the products are sold in general market, the price will be the same,” he said.

Actually, if at this time there had

been an organic market, farmers would definitely want to improve the quality of their organic products.

“Now, the price is the same as the conventional agricultural products,” said Sudiarta.

In addition, it was required a certification because the export procedures were not easy. Meanwhile, the government had not been serious to work on the market, whereas it had many enthusiasts. “Do not be talkative at export. Necessarily, the government should give facilitation, chiefly in the matter of certification and market. Do not just talk,” he said.

Supposedly, said Sudiarta, it

should not only establish souvenir shops. The government was expected to also create a market of organic products for middle-to upper class.

“If the organic products are sold to traditional market, the price will be the same, whereas the production cost is more expensive. Let’s make organic market organized by the government,” said the lecturer of the Udayana University.

Similar opinion was revealed by the Chairman of the Bali Environmental Care Forum, AA Gede Putra Arjawa. He said the government should have commitment and not only demand the public or farmers to improve the

quality of agricultural products.

“Goodwill of the government is still lacking. Similarly, the processing cost must also be assisted in order to increase farmers’ income,” he said.

In addition, the public mindset should also be changed so that the marketing and income of the quality products could be improved. It would enable them to compete in the global market, including the MEA 2015 “Most importantly, the organic agricultural products are very important for health. Hence, the production needs to be improved and marketed,” said Arjawa. (kmb36)

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TABANAN - Security readiness to face homecoming traffic in the area of West Bali, especially in Tabanan prone to accident continued to be boosted by relevant authorities. At least Tabanan Police would deploy personnel to secure the homecoming traffic all out. Even, the Tabanan Police led by Dekananto Eko Purwono were also determined to attain zero accident on the highway, so the joyful atmosphere of the Eid would not change into the atmosphere of mourning.

Dekananto explained that his party would put personnel at the 13 monitoring posts along the deadly path of DenpasarGilimanuk said to be prone to congestion and traffic accidents.

The deadly path was from the borderline of Badung-Tabanan including Dadakan hamlet, Abiantuwung village (Kediri) to the borderline of Tabanan-Jembrana, including Selabih village (West Selemadeg).

“Monitoring post is located 100 meters from the critical points of traffic accident. There will police personnel on duty at each post who serve to give warning to road users or homecomers for caution,” said Chief Dekananto, Sunday (Jul 20).

He added the security of homecoming traffic posed a humanitarian operation in the hopes of securing the homecomers so that they would not become a victim of an accident. “Target of Tabanan

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The U.N. chief and the U.S. secretary of state headed to Cairo on Monday for the highest-level attempt yet to end two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting that has killed at least 510 Palestinians and 20 Israelis and driven tens of thousands of Gaza residents from their homes.

Police this year is zero accident,” he concluded.

Meanwhile, one of the monitoring posts in Kerambitan had been completed on Sunday noon. It was situated at the corner of Penyalin.

Chief of Kerambitan Police, I Ketut Sujata, said that monitoring post in Kerambitan was established at two points and the position was at the bend, where one of them was at the bend of Penyalin, Samsam village (Kerambitan) in which the traffic accident frequently occurred at the location.

“It is based on consideration to facilitate the homecoming traffic at critical points. If there is any accident, it can be handled quickly.

IBP/Wawan But hopefully, during the Ketupat Security readiness to face homecoming traffic in the area of West Bali, especially in Tabanan prone to Operation we can attain zero ac- accident continued to be boosted by relevant authorities. cident,” he explained.

The monitoring post started to ers were also provided with a the main route. post. “Each monitoring post will operate on Monday night (Jul 21) place to take a rest at Soka ResEven, the 1619/Tabanan Dis- be guarded by Indonesian military through the upcoming Wednesday taurant, Selemadeg. Even, in the trict Military Command under personnel (TNI) for 24 hours (Aug 6). In addition to preparation post would also offer free massage the leadership of Rudi Hermawan a day,” he explained recently. of monitoring post, the homecom- services as well as information on would alert 15 personnel at Soka (kmb28)

A toddler dies as submerged in cistern Bali Post

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Misfortune afflicted a toddler named I Wayan Iben, 3.5. The toddler from the barren area of Paleg Kaja, Tianyar village, Kubu was found dead floating in a cistern, Saturday afternoon (Jul 19).

AMLAPURA - Misfortune afflicted a toddler named I Wayan Iben, 3.5. The toddler from the barren area of Paleg Kaja, Tianyar village, Kubu was found dead floating in a cistern, Saturday afternoon (Jul 19).

The victim who was playing near the cistern seemed to get interested in seeing the water in the cistern.

Apparently the victim went up to the cistern that was not protected or covered. Victim’s leg slipped and fell into the cistern with the depth of three meters and the water depth reached 1.5 meters.

Spokesperson of Karangasem Police, Ketut Dasta, with permission from Chief of Karangasem Police I Gede Adhi Mulyawarman on Sunday (Jul 20) in Karangasem confirmed if police had received a report from Kubu Police that a toddler died in the cistern.

From the results of investigation to the victim’s body, it was found no scars of violence. Some water came out from the victim’s mouth and

nose. As a result, it was concluded that the toddler died of drowning in the cistern.

According to testimony of the victim’s grandmother, Ni Wayan Bet, 60, on that fateful Saturday, she took her grandson to her son’s house, I Nyoman Kayun, 45, at Paleg Kaja. She ordinarily weaved palm leaves every day at the home of Kayun while taking her grandson. When getting absorbed in weaving palm leaves, she forgot to watch her grandson, the victim’s Iben. Apparently, Iben was playing to the cistern located about 150 away from his parents’ home.

After a long time, then the grandmother remembered her grandson.

She attempted to look for him in backyard garden but not found him. When looking into the cistern, how shocked she was because the grandson was found floating and facing down in the water of the cistern. Grandmother Bet called out her families I Wayan Tiga and I Ketut Kapal to take out the Iben’s body from the cistern. The toddler was found dead. (013)

Despite the new cease-fire efforts by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Israeli aircraft continued to strike homes in Gaza while Hamas fired more rockets and tried to infiltrate into Israel.

In one Israeli strike, 25 people were buried under the rubble of a home in the southern town of Khan Younis, including 24 from the same family.

“Twenty-five people!” said family member Sabri Abu Jamea.

“Doesn’t this indicate that Israel is ruthless? Are we the liars? The evidence is here in the morgue refrigerators. The evidence is in the refrigerators.”

Hamas militants, meanwhile, tried to sneak into Israel through two tunnels, the latest in a series of such attempts. The Israeli military said 10 infiltrators were killed after being detected and targeted

by Israeli aircraft.

Hamas also fired 50 more rockets at Israel, including two at Tel

Aviv, causing no injuries or damage. Since the start of the Israeli operation, Hamas has fired almost 2,000 rockets at Israel. Despite the rising death toll, there was no sign of a let-up in the violence.

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said Monday he is prepared to continue the offensive “as long as necessary” to halt rocket fire and other attacks from Gaza on Israelis.

Israel accepted an Egyptian call for an unconditional cease-fire last week, but resumed its offensive after Hamas rejected the proposal.

Hamas says that before halting fire, it wants guarantees that Israel and Egypt will significantly ease a seven-year border blockade of Gaza.

“The resistance (Hamas) will not respond to any pressure,” Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a text message, in a reference to the renewed ceasefire efforts. Kerry is also pushing for an unconditional cease-fire.

Sunday marked the single

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Palestinians search for survivors under the rubble of a house destroyed by an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City, Monday, July 21, 2014.

deadliest day in Gaza since the conflict erupted on July 8, with more than 100 Palestinians killed, according to Palestinian health officials.

In response to the escalation,

the U.N. Security Council expressed “serious concern” about the rising civilian death toll and demanded an immediate end to the fighting.

Israel launched a ground of-

fensive late last week, preceded by a 10-day air campaign. Air and artillery strikes have targeted Gaza’s border areas in an attempt to destroy tunnels and rocket launchers.

Typhoon kills 11 in Vietnam; China deaths up to 26 Associated Press Writer

HANOI, Vietnam — A typhoon that barreled into northern Vietnam killed at least 11 people and left several missing, state media said Monday, while in China the death toll from the strongest storm to strike the country’s south in four decades rose to 26.

Typhoon Rammasun made landfall in Vietnam over the weekend, triggering heavy floods, destroying homes and crops, and blocking roads with landslides, said the Vietnam News, an English-language daily published by the official Vietnam News Agency.

The paper’s website carried photos that showed streets and local markets in the city of Lang Son and elsewhere submerged in water, with residents floating on rubber tires or

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rafts or huddling under makeshift tents.

Rammasun had earlier battered southern China, killing 26 people and destroying tens of thousands of homes, according to China’s official Xinhua News Agency.

It was the strongest typhoon to hit China’s southern region in 41 years, damaging roads and ports, cutting electricity and water supplies, and hampering rescue efforts as it swept through dozens of coastal cities.

Worst hit was the island province of Hainan, where the storm made its first landfall Friday. By Monday, 51,000 houses and 40,600 hectares (100,300 acres) of crops had been destroyed.

The typhoon wreaked havoc in the northern Philippines last week, leaving 94 people dead.

In this Saturday, July 19, 2014 photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, a vehicle sits under a collapsed building after landfall of typhoon Rammasun in Haikou, capital of south China’s Hainan Province.

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Medical advances turn science fiction into science fact Agence France-Presse

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In this photo taken June 5, 2014, a customer who identified herself as “Tracy” displays dried marijuana, a pot-infused chocolate bar, and a marijuana truffle that she purchased outside her home from a pot delivery driver working for Winterlife, a marijuana delivery company in Seattle.

PARIS - Exoskeletons helping the paralysed to walk, tiny maggotinspired devices gnawing at brain tumours, machines working tirelessly as hospital helpers: in many respects, the future of medicine is already here.

Experts say that, at the experimental level, human skills are already being enhanced or replaced by robots and other hi-tech substitutes -- and these may become commonplace just a few years from now.

“If one had spoken of this 10 years ago, people would have said it’s science fiction. Today, it is a reality,” French ophthalmologist Gerard Dupeyron said of one of the most advanced technologies helping people today -- the bionic eye.

Last year, scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore said they had developed a creepy-crawly device inspired by the humble maggot that zaps tumours with electricity and sucks up the debris.

The finger-like prototype has multiple joints allowing it to move in several directions, according to a press release from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, which funded the work.

The idea for the tiny neurosurgical robot was born from the difficulty doctors have to reach many types of deep-seated tumours in the brain.

Researchers were testing the safety of the device in pigs and human cadavers.

Inspired by crab pincers, scientists in Singapore created a tiny robot which can access a person’s stomach via the

throat to cut up tumours using miniature claws.

One robotic arm holds the tumour while the other slices away, according to the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), which took part in the research.

The procedure, that could take as little as 20 minutes, may one day eliminate the need for surgery, which can take hours.

The Master and Slave Transluminal Endoscopic Robot (MASTER) has been tested successfully in patients, according to the NTU.

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food colouring.

They then put the fruit balls in front of different species of bulbul and barbet birds native to tropical Xishuangbanna in southwest China.

The birds, both wild-caught and hand-reared, were left to choose for themselves what they wanted to eat.

All favoured red fruit, followed by black, the scientists found, and all avoided green ones, whose seeds in nature are generally dispersed by insects and other non-avian animals.

The results were similar in experiments with real fruit.

“The preferences were constant over time, supporting the hypothesis that bird colour preferences are a contributing factor driving fruit colour evolution in tropical Asia,” the team wrote in the Nature journal Scientific Reports.

Roboskeletons

Engineers around the world are racing to design the lightest, most autonomous robotic exoskeleton, not only to restore movement to disabled people but also to boost the strength and endurance of those who carry heavy cargo or walk very far, like soldiers or rescue workers.

Strapped to the lower body, such devices are powered by motors that take some of the strain off the muscles -- similar to the brain-controlled suit that helped a paraplegic kick a football at the World Cup opening ceremony.

Several prototypes have been developed, but many battle to meet the key challenge of compact, long-lasting, carry-on power supply.

Fruit colours evolved to please picky birds PARIS - Tropical Asian birds have a penchant for red and black -- a proclivity that likely prompted jungle plants to sprout fruit in these colours, scientists said on Thursday.

It has long been suspected that an abundance of red and black fleshy fruits in nature was partly inspired by a pigment preference of the keen-eyed birds that eat them and spread the seeds.

A team in China decided to test the theory by determining once and for all whether birds do have colour favourites.

To eliminate possibly confounding influences of smell, shape or taste, the team manufactured artificial fruits from a mixture of apple, pear, banana, wheat and corn flour rolled into small balls and dyed black, red, yellow, green or blue using tasteless

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Marijuana edibles burgeoning into US industry Associated Press

MONTPELIER, Vermont — Marijuana edibles and infused products such as snack bars, olive oils and tinctures have flourished into a gourmet market of chocolate truffles, whoopie pies and hard candies as Colorado and Washington state legalized the recreational use of pot in the past year.

The proliferation of marijuana edibles for both medical and recreational purposes is giving rise to a cottage industry of baked goods, candies, infused oils, cookbooks and classes that promises a slow burn as more states legalize the practice and awareness spreads about the best ways to deliver the drug.

“You’re seeing a lot of these types of products like cannabis cookbooks,” said Erik Altieri, spokesman for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. “They’ve always been popular among a subset of marijuana, but with the fact that more and more people from the mainstream are able to consume, there’s a lot more interest.”

Many pot users turn to edibles because they don’t like to inhale or smell the smoke or just want variety. For many people who are sick or in pain, controlled doses of edibles or tinctures can deliver a longer-lasting therapeutic dose that doesn’t give them the high.

And there’s money to be made.

BlueKudu, in Denver, started producing marijuana chocolate bars for medicinal purposes three years ago. Since recreational use became legal this year in Colorado, owner Andrew Schrot said, the wholesale business has more than doubled its sales from several hundred chocolate bars sold a day through dispensaries to more than 1,000, at $9 to $17 a piece.

“There seems to be quite a bit of intrigue about the infused products from the general public and consumer, especially tourists,” Schrot said.

Cooking classes have sprung up. One in Denver

— led by a chef who has turned out chocolatecovered bacon and Swedish meatballs with a marijuana-infused glaze — has grown so popular that it will be offered every week in August. It’s also part of a vacation package that provides pot tourists with a stay at a cannabis-friendly hotel (vaporizer and private smoke deck included), a visit to dispensaries and growing operations, and the cooking class.

Students are advised not to smoke before they come to class because there’s a lot to learn about the dosing and they will be sampling foods along the way.

“By the end of the class, everybody’s pretty stoned,” said founder J.J. Walker.

Mountain High Suckers in Denver sells lollipops and lozenges for medical marijuana users and plans to release treats for recreational users at the end of August. The company hopes they will take off.

It’s not just a hobby or business; there’s a science involved.

THC, marijuana’s psychoactive chemical, must be smoked or heated — as in cooked — to be activated. When ingested rather than inhaled, it provides a longer-lasting and often more intense feeling.

Users of pot edibles, such as cookies, are often advised to eat only a portion so they don’t get too high. Education about proper dosing has become a priority after at least one death and a handful of hospital visits were linked to consuming too much of an edible.

The concept isn’t new. High Times, a 40-yearold monthly magazine based in New York, has always featured a cooking column with a recipe. At least 40,000 people attended its Cannabis Cup in Denver in April, a sort of trade show that includes judging of marijuana edibles, said editor-in-chief Chris Simunek. The magazine said its “Official High Times Cannabis Cookbook” is the top-selling title of the five it offers.

DENPASAR - Wastewater pollution case resurfaces again in Denpasar.

Previously, the pollution cases often occurred in West Denpasar and South Denpasar, while today it begins to penetrate East Denpasar, precisely at Kesiman. Allegedly, the pollution is caused by a dye screen printing company on Jalan Sedap Malam operating without a good wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). As evidence, the dye waste was discharged into the subak irrigation channel.

As field monitoring on Sunday (Jul 20), it was found that the water in the irrigation channel was colorful in appropriate with the color used by the screen printing entrepreneur.

As a result of this incident, one of the local residents, Made Wahyu, protested because the subak irrigation channel flowing into paddy fields was polluted by the wastewater. He feared if the wastewater would damage his paddy plants. It was said that initially he saw the color of water in the subak irrigation channel was thick and purple.

Furthermore, Wahyu was furious and had asked about it directly to the dye company that directly disposed the wastewater indiscriminately. In fact, he was involved in argument with the owner of the screen printing business. As he did not want to get involved more seriously, he then chose to complain to relevant parties.

At the beginning, the dye company contracted a piece of vacant land for 10 years and so far it had been operating for 2 years, “At first, the owner wanted to make a pond of catfish breeding,” he explained. Indeed, when it was first built, his party saw some cisterns used to accommodate water.

Apparently, when it had been running, the catfish breeding pond was transformed into screen printing company. His party deplored such condition. By chance, the drain was subak irrigation channel so that many farmers in his backyard complained about such condition.

Responding to the complaint of resident, the Head of the Denpasar Environment Agency (BLH), AA Bagus Sudarsana, could not be asked for his confirmation. When contacted to his mobile phone, the answering machine suggested leaving a message at mailbox. (kmb12)

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Wastewater pollution case resurfaces again in Denpasar. Previously, the pollution cases often occurred in West Denpasar and South Denpasar, while today it begins to penetrate East Denpasar, precisely at Kesiman.

Land price expensive, hard to realize residential area Bali Post

DENPASAR - Developers found it difficult to build a residential area.

In addition to the limited land area, the price of land had skyrocketed, especially in the area of Denpasar and Badung. It was stated by I Gede Suardita, a property entrepreneur,

Sunday (Jul 20).

Actually, said Suardita, building a residential area should actually be provided with adequate facilities for residents. In addition, the concept of Tri Hita Karana could also be well absorbed. “The quality of roads, public facilities, social facilities and green open space must be available.

In addition, customers should be able to take a rest peacefully and conveniently,” said the owner of PT Bumi Asri Cempaka.

Today, such a housing model was getting more difficult to be realized, especially in the area of Denpasar and Badung whose land price had increasingly exorbitant. Moreover, to build a

Developers found it difficult to build a residential area. In addition to the limited land area, the price of land had skyrocketed, especially in the area of Denpasar and Badung.

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residential area would be required at least 3 hectares of land. “For example, today I can build a residential area because I have purchased land long time ago when the price was still cheap. I invested in land for a long time and it has just been built recently so the price is still affordable to the lower-middle class society,” he said.

Actually the need of low-cost housing was still high in Bali. Meanwhile, the funds provided by the Ministry of Public Housing to help build a flat (RST) could not be absorbed in Bali due to the problem of land prices. As a result, the housing needs on this Island of the Gods progressively accumulated and were difficult to meet.

“A house poses a basic human need and the state is obligated to provide it.

In the end, the community was forced to switch to boarding house and it is difficult to manage,” said the successful entrepreneur from Tabanan.

Meanwhile, John Sahadewa, a property analyst, said that it was rather difficult to build a residential area, especially in Denpasar and Badung due to limited land and high land prices. But it was still available in other counties, such as Tabanan, Negara, Gianyar, Bangli, Karangasem, Klungkung and Buleleng. Actually resi-

dential area had to provide adequate facilities, such as commercial areas, green open space, landscape garden and wide streets where they were well-ordered along with the utilities.

Even, it should also be provided with a means of recreation, education, health, security management and an order of good living.

“Some counties have issued regent regulation. Actually it is intended to regulate the spatial planning for new residential development so as to be more orderly and beautiful. It is good for the development of new cities and make a more neat and comfortable residential area,” he added.

However, he worried because the cost would be more expensive, while the purchasing power of people increasingly diminished. “Obviously the production cost of the building is getting larger that causes the selling price to be more expensive. Regent Regulation sometimes conflicts with the law issued by the Ministry of Public Housing and it is vulnerable to be sued. On that account, the executive and legislative needed to know, control, understand and know about the law, so that the rules can be made in accordance with the higher laws,” said John. (kmb36)

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Measles spread, avoid with immunizations

DENPASAR - A traveler from Germany was found dead in a villa at Sanur Kauh, South Denpasar, Saturday (Jul 19). Mrs. Heike Bartsch, 46, was found lying in the bathroom covered in blood. Meanwhile, police still performed an investigation.

As information gathered, based on the investigation at crime scene on Jalan Batur Sari Gang VIII/16 Sanur Kauh, South Denpasar, police found blood spots on the shower floor where the victim’s body was found. “As provisional estimate, the victim died of hard impact, so there were spots of blood on the floor,” said a police source, Sunday (Jul 20).

The finding began when Mrs. Nicole Laughlin, 45, came to the victim’s residence around 2:00 p.m., Saturday (Jul 20). “Nicole was contacted by the victim’s employee

in Bima (NTB), asking for help to check because the victim did not pick up the phone and replied to the text messages,” he explained.

Since the door was locked, this woman from Switzerland came into the victim’s residence by jumping the fence. When checked, Mrs. Heike Bartsch was found lying in the bathroom, precisely at the rear shower. “The victim was found lying, naked and still held the shower,” he said while adding that the victim was then rushed to Prima Medika Hospital, while the incident was reported to South Denpasar Police.

Chief of South Denpasar Police, Nanang Prihasmoko, when asked for his confirmation justified the finding of a woman from Germany who died in the bathroom. As provisional allegation, the victim died due to slipping. “Allegedly the victim died of getting slipped,” he said. (kmb35)

affected children under five years old having weak bodily resistance.

Complication occurred when children were accompanied by malnutrition and a decrease in endurance. Healing of the measles could actually be made by improving the quality of life such as taking much rest and consuming nutritious food. In the case of complications, the treatment became more complex. “Treatment of measles is usually accompanied with the administration of antibiotics to prevent complications,” said Retayasa.

Keeping the environment clean as well as maintaining the immune system and regular immunization were the keys to avoid measles and other infectious diseases caused by viruses. (san)

DENPASAR - Who is not familiar with Bali?

Bali is a famous tourism island not only in domestic area but also overseas. As a world-class tourism area, Bali has more than 700 hotels with a wide range of classes and of course with a very tight competition.

In this Ramadan, no doubt, both domestic and foreign travelers declined sharply resulting in all Bali’s hotel occupancy. However, this is not happened in Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center where the International Biology Olympiad held and makes our occupancy reached 86.7%.

We are very proud to be selected as one of the hotel which provides for all the participants facilities and likewise the committee, “International Biology Olympiad” was held on July 6 to 13, 2014.

“Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center were very grateful for this international event which was attended by at least 61 countries and using our rooms as well as the meeting rooms. Therefore we could reach more our target that is already specified in this month. And we are also optimistic to reach this year target for groups or events that exist in the following months “said Sony Bambang Suryo, General Manager of Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center.

It becomes our spirit to boost up the quality of our services to make our guests comfortable and improve the consistence to be the best hotel in Denpasar.

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DENPASAR - Measles cases spread across in four counties of Bali in the past two weeks.

So far, a total of 12 cases of measles had infected residents in Buleleng, Denpasar, Klungkung and Karangasem County. Within the past decade, it very rarely appears because it has been organized a mandatory immunization program for measles. However, with the spread of measles cases in Bali, it can mean that some children are not immunized against measles. munized will become the source of transmission or be vulnerable to the event of an outbreak,” said Retayasa.

Measles disease itself was caused by a virus transmitted through the saliva of patients and vulnerably attacked children whose immune system was weak.

Its symptoms included high fever for 3-5 days with reddish spots behind the ears, red eyes, cough and colds. Measles turned dangerous if it caused complications.

By and large, the organs attacked were the brain, lungs and digestive tract. “Complications can include pneumonia, meningitis and diarrhea,” said Retayasa.

If a complication happened, measles could become very dangerous. This disease primarily

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A pediatrician specialist at Wangaya Hospital, Wayan Retayasa, described that a baby at the age of nine-month old should be immunized against measles. In addition, for maximum durability, the measles immunization was usually boosted again at the age of five years. “At the age of one and a half years, a toddler is given the MMR immunization, namely the immunization against measles, mumps and rubella,” said Retayasa. If the booster was not given, then the resistance of children against measles was not maximized, so it had the potential to be infected by measles outbreaks in the future.

“When the plague happens, it will be visible which children are not immunized or immunized irregularly. Those who are not im-

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

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A German woman dies in bathroom

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19 Aug Hari Anggara Kasih Prebakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa Klungkung Pura Tirtha Sudamala Bebalang Bangli Pura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sawan Buleleng Pura Gunung Pengsong Lombok Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar Pura Tengah Tegalalang Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Pupuan Tabanan Pira Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Pagan Denpasar Pura Hyanghaluh/Jenggala Besakih Pura Tengkulak Siyut Tulikup Gianyar Pura Taman Sari Ubud Pura Batu Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Dalem Guliang Bangli Pura Pasek Dangka Guwang Sukawati Pura Hyang Ayung Pabean Ketewel

Pura Penataran Badung Muntig Karangasem 20 Aug Pura Kawitan Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak Siring Pura Rambut Siwi Jembrana Pura Batu Bolong Canggu Kuta Pura Pasek Marga Klaci Tabanan Pura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru Negara Pura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan Buleleng Pira Pasek Tangkas Dharma Reang Gede Tabanan Pura Desa Banyuning Buleleng Pura Srijong Tabanan Pura Pucak Mundi Nusa Penida Pura Kahyangan Jagat Kancing Gumi Bali Petang Serongga Kelod Gianyar Pura Penataran Dalem Pencar Mas Ubud 21 Aug Pura Ida Bhatara Sakti Wawu Rauh Kali Anget Seririt Buleleng 3 Sep Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Pulasari Peninjoan Bangli Pura Pasek Gelgel Kaba-Kaba Tabanan Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Desa Kahyangan Tiga Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Taro Tegalalang 9 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok NTB Pura Kawitan Gajah Arya Para Tianyar kubu Karangasem Pura Padharman Arya Telabah Besakih Pura Bukit Mentik Batur Kintamani Pura Dadya Agung Pasek Salahin Suwat Gianyar 10 Sep Pura Dangkahyangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli

13 Sep Tumpek Wayang dan Kajengkliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit Jembrana Bhatara Ratu Gede Celuk Gianyar Pura Bhatara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Panti Gelgel Sesetan Denpasar Bhatara Ratu Alit dan Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Pamerajan Agung Dawan Klungkung Pura Padarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Besakih Pura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura Jala Shidi Amerta Juanda Surabaya 17 Sep Buda Cemeng Klawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Cemenggaon Gianyar Pura Penataran Ped Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Gelgel Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Jawa Tengah Buleleng Pura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Tegeh Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan Klungkung Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Pura Ida Ratu Puncak Pameneh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Sad Kahyangan Penida Nusa Penida Pura Jati Ubud Gianyar Pura Melanting Ubud Gianyar Pura Dalem Ped Nusa Penida Pura Penataran Agung Karangasem 19 Sep Hari Bhatara Sri

23 Sep Tilem Sasih Ketiga Dan Anggara

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

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

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

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

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

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BEVERLY HILLS — Jane Fonda, Sarah Silverman and Nick Offerman are among the guest voices on “The Simpsons” this fall, while Kim Kardashian lends her voice in the final episode of “American Dad.” Fox said Sunday that Kardashian plays an alien in the woods who has a fling with Roger when the series wraps up its run on Sept. 21.

Jane Krakowski is heard in the one-hour season premiere on Sept. 14, with a second episode immediately following.

“The Simpsons” returns for its 26th season on Sept. 28. Fonda plays Mr. Burns’ girlfriend, while Willem Dafoe voices the part of Bart’s bullying teacher Mr. Lassen. Offerman and Silverman are heard in other episodes. Judd Apatow writes a special episode set to air later in the season.

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Kim Kardashian lends her voice in the final episode of “American Dad.” Fox said Sunday that Kardashian plays an alien in the woods who has a fling with Roger when the series wraps up its run on Sept. 21.

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“Family Guy” comes back with a one-hour premiere on Sept. 28 that features a get-together between the Griffins and the Simpsons. The voices of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie will be heard, along with Moe. Liam Neeson, Julie Bowen of “Modern Family” and Allison Janney of “Mom” lend their voices later in the season.

Emmy-nominated “Bob’s Burgers” returns for a fifth season on Oct. 5. Rachel Dratch, Kevin Kline, Zach Galifianakis, Bill Hader, Aziz Ansari, Carl Reiner, Molly Shannon, Megan Mullally and Offerman, her real-life husband, are among the guest voices.

‘Apes’ outmuscles ‘The Purge’ at box office Associated Press

NEW YORK — The summer box office continued to lack mojo, as the R-rated “Sex Tape” failed to turn on moviegoers on a weekend where “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” maintained its rule.

20th Century Fox’s science fiction sequel outmuscled a trio of new films to top the North American box office for the second-straight week with $36 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The acclaimed sequel to 2011’s reboot of the chimp franchise has now made $139 million domestically in two weeks.

Its closest completion over the weekend was the home-invasion horror thriller “The Purge: Anarchy,” written and directed by James DeMoncaco.

Universal’s low-budget sequel to last year’s surprise hit, “The Purge,” opened with $28.4 million, down from the $34.1 million the original scared up on opening weekend.

Nikki Rocco, head of distribution for Universal, though, noted the stronger competition this time around and the overall “depressed” business at movie theaters. Weekend revenue was down 24 percent from the same weekend last year, continuing a cold summer for Hollywood that’s more than 20 percent off the pace of the summer of 2013.

But “Anarchy,” which imagines an America where all crime is legal for 12 hours every year, was made for only $9 million, making it immediately profitable for Universal. Such success is the envy of most movies, particularly Sony’s “Sex Tape,” a starrier, more expensive release

that opened with $15 million.

The Jason Segel, Cameron Diaz R-rated comedy failed to turn on moviegoers or critics. “Sex Tape,” in which a married couple makes a pornographic home video to stoke the flames of their lagging sex life, came in fourth place behind Disney’s “Planes: Fire & Rescue.” The animated sequel to 2013’s “Cars”-offshoot, “Planes,” opened with $18 million.

“It was kind of a middling weekend unless you were the top film,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. Dergarabedian looks ahead optimistically to upcoming releases “Lucy,” starring Scarlett Johansson, and the Marvel space film

“Guardians of the Galaxy,” of which he noted: “A lot of pressure is being put on that movie. It may be the last big summer blockbuster.”

But as July turns to August, Hollywood’s summer is certain to be a down one.

In a limited release of 68 theaters, Zach Braff’s crowd-funded “Wish I Was Here” also arrived with a tiny weekend opening of $495,000 for Focus Features.

The film, Braff’s directorial follow-up to 2004’s “Garden State,” was much criticized for depending on fan contributions for funding. “Wish I Was Here” will expand to more theaters next week, but it is sure to fall far short of the $26.8 million “Garden State” earned.

Reject Benoa Bay reclamation plan

Kelan customary village sends letter to president

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Kite to reject reclamation of Benoa Bay has risen up during the Kite Festival which took place in Padanggalak, Sanur on Sunday. Kelan customary village sent a letter to the president of the Republic of Indonesia related to the reclamation plan of Benoa Bay.

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MANGUPURA - Kelan customary village sent a letter to the president of the Republic of Indonesia related to the reclamation plan of Benoa Bay. In essence, the letter contained the firm rejection of Kelan villagers as the reclamation plan was assessed to only hurt the people. As planned, the letter would be brought in person by Chief of Kelan customary village, I Made Sugita, to the State Secretariat, Jakarta, Monday (Jul 21).

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The letter to be sent to the president was No.0148 /DAK /VI/2014 dated June 30, 2014 with the subject of rejection against the reclamation.

The letter was signed by the Chief of Kelan customary village I Made Sugita and Secretary Ida Bagus Ngurah Agung Jaya Chandra. Copies of the letter were addressed to the

governor of Bali, chairman of Bali House, regent of Badung, chairman of Badung House, Kuta subdistrict head and headman of Tuban.

“Essentially, we reject the reclamation plan at Benoa Bay where our territory at Kelan village is a part of it and the eastern area is the beach directly bordering with the

location of the reclamation plan,” said Made Sugita accompanied by deputy chief I Nyoman Parta and environmental section head I Wayan Yuda, Sunday (Jul 20).

Sugita revealed the letter was the result of the public meeting of Kelan villagers. It was held on June 29, 2014 in Wantilan hall of Kelan customary village. The meeting discussed the work program of customary village, where one of which discussed about the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. Results of the meeting were carried in the minutes of meeting No.0102 / DAK-BA/ VI/2014 dated June 29, 2014, that expressly on behalf of customary villagers of Kelan, Tuban village,

Kuta subdistrict, the customary village rejected the implementation of reclamation.

The meeting was attended by all customary village apparatuses, representatives and association of temple priests of Kelan and all villagers. In the minutes of the meetings were also appended their signatures.

On the basis of the decision of the community, Sugita also said that his party did not want any of the parties trying to pass the reclamation plan. His party also rejected any intervention attempting to influence the attitudes of Kelan customary villagers that had expressly rejected the reclamation

plan of Benoa Bay. In this case, Sugita questioned about the invitation for him as chief of customary village to attend a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) held by the Center for Sustainable Development Studies, Udayana University, to be held on July 25, 2014 in the main conference room of the southern building of Bali Culture Agency. “The invitation is in connection with the assessment of the socio-cultural aspects of Benoa Bay region in responding to the development of activities in the region. We suspect if there has been something to do with the attempt to pass the Benoa Bay reclamation plan,” said Sugita. (kmb25)