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English teen Tom Holland is Marvel’s new ‘Spider-Man’

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book superhero at older stages of his life in the five previous movies.

Holland played Naomi Watt’s son in the 2012 tsunami drama “The Impossible” and recently appeared in the British television miniseries “Wolf Hall.”

He was selected after a worldwide casting search to appear in the film that will be directed

by Jon Watts.

“We saw many terrific young actors, but Tom’s screen tests were special,” Tom Rothman, the chairman of Sony Pictures Motion Pictures Group, said in a statement.

News of Holland’s selection may disappoint some fans who had said they wanted a black actor to play SpiderMan for the upcoming film.

Walt Disney Co’s Marvel Studios will co-produce the film with Sony.

Under the agreement announced in February, Spider-Man will appear in the Marvel film, and Marvel characters, such as Iron Man, Thor and Captain America, can appear in later Spider-Man films.

Holland is expected to make his first appearance as Spider-Man in “Captain America: Civil War,” which is due for release in summer 2016.

Sony Pictures Entertainment, a division of Sony Corp, will continue to own the cinematic rights to Spider-Man. Writer Stan Lee and writer/artist Steve Ditko created the fictional superhero character, who first appeared in comics in 1962.

The “Spider-Man” franchise has earned more than $4 billion at the box office worldwide, making it the most successful franchise in the history of Sony Pictures. (rtr)

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Geothermal in Bali

NEW YORK - Little-known English actor Tom Holland has been picked to play the webslinging superhero in the next “Spider-Man” film, which is due for release in July 2017, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios said on Tuesday.

Holland, 19, will play Spider-Man’s teenage alter ego Peter Parker as a high-school age student in the upcoming, yet-to-be titled film.

He follows in the footsteps of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, who have portrayed the comic

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Olivia Wilde spotlights ripple effects of Ebola crisis

UNITED NATIONS — Actress Olivia Wilde hopes that a documentary film she helped produce will remind the world about the lingering impact of the Ebola crisis in West Africa.

The 31-year-old actress, who appeared in the TV medical drama “House” and soon will be costarring in the Christmas holiday comedy “Love the Coopers,” came to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations on Tuesday in a different role — as executive producer of the award-winning short documentary on Ebola “Body Team 12.”

She told dozens of ambassadors and diplomats that the film about a volunteer team collecting bodies at the height of the Ebola crisis in Liberia, touches on two issues that she cares deeply about: the rights of women and community health workers around the world, particularly in West Africa.

The Ebola epidemic has killed over 11,100 people mainly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea since it was first reported in March 2014.

Liberia, once the worst affected country, is now Ebola free, but the

battle to eradicate the disease is still going on in Sierra Leone and Guinea and the ripple effects of the disease on the economies and hardhit families in the three countries are expected to last for years.

The film, which won the best short documentary award at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, is told through the eyes of the only female member of the team collecting bodies in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia.

“The power of documentary filmmaking is profound to educate people about issues that they would possibly ignore because they’re so difficult or because they feel overwhelmed,” Wilde said.

“It’s something that most people won’t want to touch on,” she said of Ebola. “They want to leave it behind, and I think part of that has to do with personal fear.”

Wilde urged the diplomats “as people with voices that are listened to” to include Ebola and the role of women in the response in every discussion, and to share the film “because it’s inspiring — it’s a story of heroism.” (ap)

Between sanctity and independency of energy

DENPASAR - Geothermal project re-surfacing recently instantly brings up an option for Balinese people. Should the sanctity of the island be sacrificed for the sake of passion of making Bali independent in energy?

An academician from the Udayana University, Dr. Luh Kartini, said that the sanctity of Bali is something that cannot be contested. The geothermal plan is worried to harm the sacred area in Bedugul as the location of the project.

“Environmentally, people claim it is eco-friendly but there we also have a source of water. Now, we are asked to choose water or fire? We want water, Bali is small because

there are three lakes around there, will the three lakes be used up?” she said on Wednesday.

Kartini also questioned about the benefit of the Celukan Bawang power plant construction if the geothermal project will be reimplemented. According to her, the power plant project at Celukan Bawang is enough for Bali. For the remaining, Bali can obtain it from outside because over the years, Bali

has contributed much to the state revenues from tourism sector.

“I would like to tell the president and the Speaker of the House of the Representatives in Bali and Jakarta.

Bali becoming a tourism area because of its nature and culture, and it has been proved that the immense contribution has been submitted to central government. Travelers even thought that Bali is Indonesia. Why will the nature be harmed like this?” she said.

This Chairman of the Bali Organic Association also requested the central government not to arbitrarily allocate projects to

Bali. According to her, this tiny island may not be damaged by it. “At the current location, there are three lakes, right? And their sanctity is uncompromised, where the mountains and Bali poses an integrated ecosystem, when making geothermal project, it will result in problems. Today, for instance, water crisis has overwhelmed Bali.

So, it is the standpoint of Balinese people and then if any Lapindolike disaster happens who will be responsible?” she asked.

In the meantime, the Head of the Center for Environmental Research of the Udayana University, Prof. I

Geothermal project at Bedugul. Geothermal project re-surfacing recently instantly brings up an option for Balinese people.

Wayan Arthana, Ph.D., said that Bali is indeed necessary to prepare its own energy so as not to depend on the other regions as it is quite risky although based on national projection Bali must not need to be confused of thinking about it.

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Bloodstains in Margriet’s room have female code

DENPASAR - Results of the investigation finding bloodstains in the room of Margriet by Forensic Laboratory of the National Police Headquarters on Tuesday (Jun. 23) showed female code. However, the results are not yet clear whose bloodstains they are and no blood samples have been taken for comparison.

“They indicate female code but not known whose blood it is. This must be investigated by the investigators. Besides, the comparator blood is not available yet,” said the source requesting anonymity.

In the meantime, a Commissioner of the National Police Commission, Edi Saputra Ha-

sibuan, told journalists that his party urges the investigators to pursue the testimony of witnesses whose testimony leads to Margriet. “We urge police to chase witness’ testimony regarding the allegation on the involvement of Margriet in the murder of Engeline,” said Edi. A relative of Margriet, Lor-

raine Soriton, 58, said that Margriet once asked her to look for a servant. Furthermore, she took Arnold, 20, from Manado to Bali in November 2014 planned to be paid as much as IDR 1 million. On arriving at the home of Margriet, Arnold was even told to feed chickens. “He (Arnold— Ed) did not like working there.

Having worked for a month, he came back home. At that time, Margriet was returning to Pekanbaru,” she said.

Lorraine claiming to have been at the scene for few months saw the figure Engeline is an obedient child and she never denies.

Besides, she is also jovial. “If she is called by her mom (Margriet— Ed), Engeline looks fear,” said Lorraine.

Additionally, she had time to bathe Engeline. At that time, some bruises were seen on the body and

back of Engeline. “Apparently, she has been pinched. When asked why (blue and red), Engeline does not want to answer and never claims to be painful,” she said.

One day, Lorraine saw Engeline out of the room of Margriet while crying and being naked.

Looking at her, Lorraine directly took clothes for the innocent girl and enrobed her. “Indeed I have seen Engeline being beaten,” said Lorraine who is also a witness in the case of child neglect with the suspect Margriet. (kmb36)

Bird flu isolation chamber occupied by TBC’s patient TABANAN - Since the outbreak of bird flu, Tabanan Hospital is one of the hospitals in Bali having isolation chamber to treat bird flu patients. Other than Tabanan

Hospital, similar isolation chamber is also owned by Sanglah Hospital and Gianyar Hospital. Establishment of the isolation chamber at the Tabanan Hospital is meant

to cover bird flu patients in the western region. Aside from bird flu case, the isolation chamber is also used to treat rabies and MERS patients. But over the past few

The isolation chamber in Tabanan Hospital is now used for tuberculosis patients

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years, since there are rabies and bird flu, the room is then functioned to treat patients with other infectious cases, one of which is tuberculosis.

Director of the Tabanan Hospital, Nyoman Susila, said on Tuesday (Jun. 23) that even though rabies is currently still spreading back in Tabanan, the isolation chamber is still used for other infectious disease. “Should there be any rabies case, patients in isolation chamber will be moved to another room,” he said. The use of this isolation chamber is urgently needed by Tabanan Hospital considering the need for beds has increased and even showed booming patients, especially in the season of infectious diseases such as dengue.

Isolation chamber in the Tabanan Hospital consists of three wards where each is filled with two beds and a monitoring room.

“In total, there are six beds. Monitoring room is used by attendants to monitor patient,” said Susila.

According to Susila, the tools and facilities have been adequate to deal with similar cases to bird flu.

Currently the isolation chamber is occupied by three patients, while the three remaining beds are not occupied. Although the positive for rabies bite case increases this time, Susila admitted that his party does not specifically empty beds in the isolation chamber.

According to him, the need for

treatment bed makes his party stick with this isolation chamber for cases of disease requiring treatment in isolation chamber.

“So, there are no beds emptied.

However, if there is a rabies case, of course it will be prioritized and patients occupying isolation chamber will be moved to another,” said Susila.

The operational fund is not small for the handling of infectious disease case such as bird flu and rabies. According to Susila, the funds included in the budget of hospital-run healthcare with the status as regional public service agency (BLUD) like the Tabanan Hospital. “So, the use of healthcare budget depends on the condition of disease developing at the time,” said Susila. When calculated, for fulfillment of Personal Protective Equipment (APD) the officers can only spend around IDR 8 million. Most of the equipment is single use. “If calculated, one shift consists of six professionals and patient visit is made twice. So, the spending of the equipment for each attendant is IDR 700,000. Thus, it totally reaches IDR 8.4 million,” said Susila.

Seeing the large budget to be spent in handling bird flu and rabies cases, it will be better if it is made preventive efforts against the diseases so that the diseases will not spread nor claim a victim. (kmb24)

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Fourth anniversary of The Sunset Hotel & Restaurant

KUTA - Celebrations of the fourth anniversary of The Sunset Hotel & Restaurant - Bali were marked with the cutting of a cone by the owner Mr. Fofo Sariaatmadja, accompanied by Mrs. Susy Sariaatmadja, Mr. Jonggi Manalu (Commissioner), Mr. Krishna Mokoginta (President), Mr. Robert Pollana (Director) and Mr. Gede Kusuma Wirawan (General Manager). The celebration took place in a festive, intimitate and celebratory atmosphere. The celebration was enlivened by the employees performing song and dance, thus creating a more intimate atmosphere.

The most spectacular show was the perfromance of an impressive dramatic Opera. Gede Kusuma Wirawan came up with the idea after many events that have taken place here in the years leading up to this fourth anniversary. “Despite the tight competition in the hotel business, we have been able to thrive into this fourth year of operation,” he said.

The theme for the anniversary was “Creativity from the Heart Makes Sunset a Perfect Home,” and as explained Gede Kusuma explained. The Sunset Hotel & Restaurant, Bali seek to be increasingly creative both in terms of marketing and services. That way, customers will continue to be happy and satified with their stay at the Sunset Hotel. “Hopefully, the Sunset Hotel

can continue to grow in subsequent years” he added.

Leading up to the celebratory evening various other activities took place such as the blood drive that managed to collect 25 bags of blood. There were also staff team building activities like playing in a mud pit and tub rafting. These fun games served as prelude to the main celebration. (kmb)

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

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Study links erectile dysfunction drug with skin cancer

MIAMI - A class of erectile dysfunction drugs that includes Viagra has been linked to a slight increase in the risk of the skin cancer melanoma, according to a study Tuesday.

While the research in the Journal of the American Medical Association stops short of proving that the drugs cause melanoma, researchers said their findings warrant a closer look at medications known as PDE5 (phosphodiesterase type 5) inhibitors.

They include sildenafil, vardenafil and tadalafil, which go by brand names such as Viagra, Levitra, Cialis and others.

Using Swedish medical records spanning 2006 to 2012, researchers found about 4,000 cases of melanoma. Of those patients, 11 percent had filled at least one prescription for a PDE5 inhibitor to treat erectile dysfunction.

When comparing these men to a control group of cancer-free men selected randomly from the same registry and matched by age, researchers found the risk of mela-

noma was 21 percent higher in men who took the erectile dysfunction drugs.

However, the most pronounced risk was seen in men who had filled a single prescription (32 percent higher).

The risk of melanoma in men who filled multiple prescriptions was 14 percent higher, which was not statistically significant, according to the study led by doctor Stacy

Loeb of New York University.

Researchers were also puzzled by the finding that men taking ED drugs were more likely to be diagnosed with low-grade melanoma, not advanced or high risk cancers.

Study authors stressed that the risk of melanoma they found among erectile dysfunction drug takers was modest, and would translate to about seven additional cases of cancer per 100,000 men taking PDE5 inhibitors.

According to Chris Chapple,

New insulin ‘smart patch’ could help diabetes patients

MIAMI - An experimental patch that could automatically deliver doses of insulin to patients with diabetes has been successfully tested in lab animals, researchers said Monday.

If trials in people are shown to work, the patch could offer a less painful alternative for people who must otherwise use needles to inject themselves with insulin.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State described the product as “the first smart insulin patch that can detect increases in blood sugar levels

and secrete doses of insulin into the bloodstream whenever needed.”

The patch itself is about the size of a penny and contains more than 100 tiny needles, each about as big as an eyelash, according to the study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Each microneedle contains “microscopic storage units for insulin and glucose-sensing enzymes that rapidly release their cargo when blood sugar levels get too high,” said the study.

In mice with diabetes, those treated with

the microneedle patch saw their blood glucose levels brought under control within 30 minutes, and stayed that way for several hours.

Mice that were injected with insulin saw blood sugar levels return to normal, but they required another shot sooner than the patchwearing lab animals.

“If we can get these patches to work in people, it will be a game-changer,” said John Buse, co-senior author and director of the UNC Diabetes Care Center.

Diabetes affects more than 387 million people worldwide. (afp)

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Secretary General of the European Association of Urology, the findings are an “interesting observation” but more research is needed.

“This paper reports a previously unreported potential association,” said Chapple, who was not involved in the study.

“It’s an interesting observation, but it should not be a trigger for any change in current clinical practice relating to the use of drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction such as Viagra and related compounds.” (afp)

Skinny jeans could make you a fashion victim

PARIS - Squatting in super-tight “skinny” jeans may pose a health risk, Australian doctors warned Tuesday, reporting the case of a woman who temporarily lost feeling in her legs from an hours-long squeeze.

The 35-year-old collapsed and had to be hospitalised the day after helping a relative move home, spending hours on her haunches to unpack cupboards.

The unusual case was reported in a British specialist publication, the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

“She had been wearing tight ‘skinny’ jeans and recalled that these had felt increasingly tight and uncomfortable as the day wore on,” the journal said.

“Later that evening, she experienced numbness in her feet and found it difficult to walk, which caused her to trip and fall.

“Unable to get up, she spent several hours lying on the ground before she was found.”

The woman’s legs were so swollen that the jeans could only be removed by cutting them off, said the statement.

She couldn’t move her ankles or toes properly, and had lost feeling in her lower legs and feet.

She was put on a drip, and was able to walk normally again four days later.

Doctors at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, said the jeans, combined with the squatting, had reduced blood supply to the leg muscles.

At the same time, nerve fibres connecting to the lower legs had been damaged by prolonged compression, which explained the numbness and loss of control.

“The present case represents a new neurological complication of wearing tight jeans,” they wrote. (afp)

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The 37th Bali Art Festival Thursday, June 25, 2015 Time

Place

Event

11.00 Angsoka Stage

14.00 Ratna Kanda Stage

17.00 Ayodya Stage

Karawitan performances by Gambang Geria Asri Troupe, Klungkung Taman Penasar performances by Babakan Pule Troupe, Klungkung Singer Nadi Swara Troupe performances

20.00 Ksirarnawa Hall

20.00 Wantilan

Golek Pupet performances by Pesisiran Community Arja performances

20.00 Ardha Candra

Gong Kebyar Exhibition by Puspa Ken cana Mekar Troupe and Gurnita Pradnya Citta Troupe

Tangerine agriculture results in ‘tying farmers’

BANGLI - Tangerine cultivation in Bangli County having lasted since the past time remains to give a promising prospect. It is evident from the emergence of a number of ‘tying farmers” that are successful due the result of tangerine sales business.

As one of the farmers at Padpadan hamlet, Pengotan, village, I Nyoman Rudiasa, 36, has a good experience. Since he was tempted by the results obtained by a number of traders four years ago he has been desperate to open a business selling tangerine in addition to working on his own land.

He told that his business began when he sold tangerine to one of the traders worth IDR 160 million for two hectares of tangerine estate.

After picking, the traders confessed to him that the profit reached IDR 80 million. On hearing this, Rudiasa said to be surprised and emerged a desire to open a business. “I deeply involved in this business because of getting information from the trader that the profit was moderately good,” he said.

What Rudiasa has done ultimately bears a success. Gradually, his business is growing because more and more farmers trusted him to buy their tangerine. Other than getting capital injection from provincial government, the agricultural training for several times has made his business skyrocket.

Today, his product does not only penetrate the marketing area in Bali, but also on Java Island such as Solo and Surabaya. “Due to my efforts, the marketing of tangerine is not only in Bali, but also in Java,” he explained.

He further said that the delivery to Java during massive harvest in September to October reaches two trucks per day, where each truck holds 5.5 tons. In the meantime, in March and May, the delivery is only carried out two times a week.

It happens because the amount of the harvest is not too much.

“Delivery to Java is in accordance with the harvest. During harvest season, the frequency of delivery will increase,” he explained.

Rudiasa delivered that obstacle only occurs when the price fluctuates.

He also added that his cultivated land reaches 3.35 hectares, where each harvest season he gets a turnover of IDR 400 million to IDR 500 million.

It also depends on the crop. Nevertheless, Rudiasa admitted that from the results of his business he can invest, either in the form of savings or property. “Thankfully, I do not suffer losses so that I can invest,” he said while smiling. (sos)

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Tangerine cultivation in Bangli County having lasted since the past time remains to give a promising prospect. It is evident from the emergence of a number of ‘tying farmers” that are successful due the result of tangerine sales business.

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Legislators inspected pier development at Pesinggahan.

Government asked to speed up realization of Pesinggahan Pier SEMARAPURA - Until now, the crossing of goods from mainland Bali to Nusa Penida remains to be constrained by transportation means. As a result, the price of basic necessities in Nusa Penida is getting more expensive. To that end, the executive is asked to immediately realize the pier that can be used by barge to berth. So far, the distribution of goods such as building materials in Nusa Penida very much depends on barge.

Chairman of the Klungkung House, I Wayan Baru, revealed that the difficulty of distributing goods both building materials and foodstuff causes the price to soar in the market. It is inseparable from the restricted goods that can be ferried from mainland Bali to Nusa Penida. Definitely, this condition is very detrimental to the community of Nusa Penida becoming the largest contributor to poor households in Klungkung.

Wayan Baru asked the government of Klungkung to also think of crossing transport for goods to Nusa Penida currently remaining to be limited. Wayan Baru revealed that for the distribution of material buildings, the community still depends on barge.

However, so far there is no pier in Klungkung that can be used by barge to berth.

His party also asked so that Pesinggahan Pier planned for barge can be operated immediately. “Acceleration of the barge pier development is very much expected. It is in appropriate with the pace of physical development in Nusa Penida currently increasing rapidly,” said the man from Sakti village, Nusa Penida, Tuesday (Jun. 23).

As previous years, on Galungan Day, the number of people crossing to Nusa Penida increased rapidly. This will reduce the

capacity of cargo crossings. On the other hand, the basic needs of community in Nusa Penida on Galungan increase rapidly. Before the realization of this special barge pier, Wayan Baru asked the executive to jointly overcome the cargo crossing ahead of Galungan.

Accumulation of the cargo freight must be avoided due to limited transport capacity. Moreover, such condition is strongly felt by community of Nusa Penida mainly the middle to lower class.

“We do hope the government can help the cargo crossings other than the basic needs of ritual paraphernalia and people’s homecoming during holidays. Without such a help, people will get difficulty,” he concluded. (dwa)

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Iran’s ayatollah rejects long-term nuclear research freeze

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The health officers are inspecting the local snack in Klungkung Regency

Jaja gina made using textile dyes found

SEMARAPURA - Production of traditional snacks in Klungkung are increasing rapidly leading up to Galungan and Kuningan. Unfortunately, many use a textile dye known as Rhodamine B as an ingredient. The Klungkung Health Agency is having trouble preventing the circulation of these hazardous jaja gina or snacks that are produced in many villages and used that are often used as oblation.

The registration section of the Certification and Licensing of the Klungkung Health Agency, I Wayan Sara, revealed that Balinese snack production for Galungan function as a seasonal business. Many of the products do not have a distribution license from the Health Agency, namely in the category of household food industry (PIRT) and some have

been discovered to be using textile dyes (Rhodamine B).

Wayan Sara also revealed that his party often finds jaja gina that use textile dyes to obtain a bright red colour. Unfortunately, when officers from the Health inspect these household operations, they often meet with resistance from the home industry producers. “When the of-

ficers arrived to provide coaching, they were expelled and even met with abusive words,” he said, Tuesday (Jun. 23).

From information in the field, the producers of hazardous jaja gina are deliberately using the textile dye substance. They argued that the homemade jaja gina are only used for ceremonies. Nevertheless, ac-

cording to Wayan Sara, it can still harm people who may consume it.

Moreover, these jaja gina are still in great demand by the public.

The Head of the Denpasar Agency of Drug and Food Control (BBPOM) revealed that to tackle the distribution of food feasible for consumption, the institution implemented a food safety action program at three villages in Klungkung namely the Kamasan, Takmung and Kusamba, Tuesday (Jun. 23). “This movement is meant to produce cadres that can guide food producers, women social organization (PKK), teachers and

young people to achieve safe food village,” he explained.

Besides, it also aims to help the Klungkung Health Agency foster food producers that currently are very difficult to be supervised. Based on the data of the Klungkung Health Agency, food producers in Klungkung having distribution license only reaches some 150 people, while in reality the number of food producers in Klungkung is more than the registered numbers. This condition makes the government of Klungkung difficult to control the people’s product in the market. (dwa)

TEHRAN — Iran’s top leader has hardened his stance in nuclear negotiations with world powers as a deadline for a final deal rapidly approach, saying he rejects a longterm freeze on nuclear research and wants to ban international inspectors from accessing military sites.

The comments by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who repeatedly has backed the Islamic Republic’s negotiators amid criticism from hard-liners, may give his diplomats little room for concessions ahead of the June 30 deadline. They also directly challenge the U.S., especially his demand that Iran only will sign a final deal if economic sanctions are first lifted.

Iran’s parliament already has passed a bill that, if ratified, will ban access to military sites, documents and its scientists as part of any future deal. The bill must be ratified by the Guardian Council, a constitutional watchdog, to become a law.

Speaking Tuesday night in comments broadcast on Iranian state television, Khamenei called demands Iran halt the research and development portion of its nuclear program “excessive coercion.”

“We don’t accept 10-year restriction. We have told the negotiating team how many specific years of restrictions are acceptable,” Khamenei said. “Research and development must continue during the years of restrictions.”

Khamenei accused the U.S. of offering a “complicated formula” for lifting sanctions. He added waiting for the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency to verify its

cooperation would take too long.

“Lifting sanctions can’t depend on implementation of Iran’s obligations,” he said.

Khamenei also said he rejects any inspection of military sites or allowing its scientists to be interviewed. Iran’s nuclear scientists have been the targets of attacks before both inside the Islamic Republic and elsewhere.

The U.S.’ “goal is to uproot and destroy the country’s nuclear industry,” he said. “They want to keep up the pressure and are not after a complete lifting of sanctions.”

In a statement Sunday, the U.S. State Department said inspections remain a key part of any final deal.

Tehran is negotiating with the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany over its contested nuclear program. The talks are focused on reaching a final accord that curbs Iran’s nuclear program in return for the lifting of economic sanctions.

Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, such as power generation and medical research.

The West fears Iran could use it to finally build an atomic bomb.

Negotiations likely will begin in earnest in the coming days in Europe. On Wednesday, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported that deputy foreign ministers Abbas Araghchi and Majid Takhte-Ravanchi had resumed talks with Helga Schmidt, a deputy of European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. It did not elaborate. (ap)

asked for his confirmation on Tuesday (Jun. 23) justified the incident.

His party has not known why the victim fell from the second floor of Mercure Hotel, Kuta. “Results of the initial investigation do not reveal any elements of intent. We still examine witnesses,” he said.

In the meantime, according to an officer of the Denpasar Police, the traveler of Ballymena-born held the passport number 502001738. He was staying at the hotel during the

period of Jun 20-25, 2015.

From description of hotel employees to police officer on Monday around 9:30 p.m., the victim came to receptionist and asked for help to open his door. At that time, the victim claimed that his key was lost.

After that, the victim was ushered by bellboy Komang Wijaya and security guard Sudarma. After the door was opened, the victim looked panic because his passport was missing. “Having been searched in

his room, in fact, the passport was in the safety box. After that, the bellboy and security guard left the victim’s room,” added the officer.

Right at 10:30 p.m., a hotel staff, Zulfikar, was called by Sudarma that there was a foreign traveler falling in the shrine area in front of the hotel. After being checked, it was correct and the BIMC Hospital was contacted to come to hotel directly. A few minutes later, the ambulance of BIMC and his team

of doctors arrived at the scene. After examination, the victim was immediately taken to BIMC Hospital.

At approximately 11:15 p.m., the medical team declared if the victim already died.

“At the crime scene, the victim was found in a supine position; the head was facing east, using shorts, T-shirt and sandals. The victim’s head and nose bleed,” said the officer requesting his identity to be made secret. (kmb36)

Wind, rains cool Pakistan heat wave that killed at least 749

KARACHI — Wind from the sea and pre-monsoon rains cooled southern Pakistan on Wednesday, likely marking the end of a scorching heat wave that killed at least 749 people, authorities said.

Alleged to fall from second floor, a british traveler killed

DENPASAR - Employees and guests of a hotel located on Jalan Pantai Kuta on Monday night (Jun. 22) were shocked by the finding of Mervyn Greer Robert, 50, from Britain in the area of the hotel temple.

The victim staying in room 250 was alleged to fell from second floor and died on the way to hospital.

Chief of Kuta Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Dewa Tagel Wijarsa, with permission from Kuta Police Chief, Ida Bagus Dedy, when

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A Pakistani man rushes a child suffering from heatstroke to a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 23, 2015.

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In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian Supreme Leader on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses Iranian top officials in a mosque at his residence in Tehran, Iran.

Temperatures in hard-hit Karachi dropped to 34 degrees Celsius (93.2 degrees Fahrenheit), meteorologist Abdur Rasheed said. Hospital officials said admittances had dropped compared to previous days, when dehydrated patients lay in corridors and outside of clinics.

The port city has been in the grip of a heat wave called the worst in at least a decade, with temperatures reaching 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit).

Hourslong power outages, little running water and the majority of people fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan had worsened the situation.

Karachi, home to some 20 million people, suffers under an inef-

ficient power grid and a shortage of potable water. The power outages also affected the sporadic water supply in Karachi, where those who can afford it rely on tankers of water being delivered to their homes.

Mohammad Sabir, a top government official, said at least 749 people had died as a result of the heat wave in Sindh province, of which Karachi is the capital.

During the heat wave’s worst days, Karachi’s residents tried to find running water to cool off at public taps or broken pipes. Some bathed with their clothes on, while others washed their hands, faces and heads. As power outages rolled across the city, women and children

walked down roads looking for shelter after leaving their small, hot homes. “We’re forced to sleep in the streets,” resident Muzafar Khan said.

Political parties running the southern province and the federal government blamed each other for the disaster while debating the issue in parliament Wednesday. Some said those in Karachi couldn’t find cars to carry the coffins of their dead to the cemetery and even if they made it, gravediggers overcharged them.

“I literally wept when I heard a poor man didn’t have money to pay to a grave digger,” opposition lawmaker Abdul Rashid Godil said. (ap)

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BUSINESS Australia latest US ally to join China-backed infrastructure bank

SYDNEY - Australia said Wednesday it will join the new Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure interests as a rising power.

But Hockey said that following Investment Bank as a founding member, contributing Aus$930 million (US$719 million) in “intense negotiations” with China paid-in capital over five years.

Australia is the latest US ally to sign up to the bank, which has been shunned by Washington and Tokyo, the world’s largest and third-largest economies respectively.

The AIIB has 57 prospective members, and will have a paid-in capital of US$20 billion and total authorised capital of US$100 billion, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Treasurer Joe Hockey said in a joint statement.

“The decision comes after extensive discussions between the

government, China and other key partners around the world,” the ministers said.

“There is an estimated infrastructure financing gap of around US$8 trillion in the Asian region over the current decade. The AIIB will be part of the solution to closing this gap.”

Hockey will seal the agreement in Beijing on Monday.

The bank, expected to be operational later this year and based in the Chinese capital, has been viewed by

some as a rival to the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, two institutions under strong US influence.

Its success has caught the US off guard, after it led a high-profile attempt to dissuade allies from taking part, and now finds itself increasingly isolated.

There have been concerns over transparency of the lender, which will fund infrastructure in Asia, as well as worries that Beijing will use it to push its own geopolitical and economic

and other prospective founding members, Australia was satisfied with how the bank would be governed.

“We are absolutely satisfied that the governance arrangements now in place will ensure that there is appropriate transparency and accountability in the bank,” the treasurer told broadcaster Sky News.

“I have spoken with the Secretary of the US Treasury Jack Lew about it in the last 48 hours and we’ve also spoken with the Japanese government to address their

concerns.

“They (the Americans) understood exactly where we were coming from. It is a significant opportunity for Australia.”

The Australian government expects the bank, through its support of Asian infrastructure projects, to help boost the nation’s exports -- including minerals, agriculture and services -- to the region.

Australia and China signed a landmark trade deal last Wednesday after a decade of talks that Prime Minister Tony Abbott said would give the two nations unprecedented access to each other’s markets. (afp)

Global insurance rebounds in 2014: Swiss Re

GENEVA - The global insurance industry gained momentum last year, as economies improved and the long suffering life insur-

ance sector returned to growth in Europe and Japan, a study showed Wednesday.

Insurance premiums rose 3.7

percent to $4.8 trillion (4.2 trillion euros), a sharp rise over the 1.4percent growth recorded in 2013, according to the Sigma study,

conducted for the Swiss Re insurance group.

Developed countries saw growth of 2.9 percent while insurance

premiums shot up 7.4 percent in emerging countries.

“There was a return to positive growth in the life sector, with premiums up 4.3 percent to $2.7 trillion after a 1.8-percent decline in 2013,” the Swiss insurer said.

“Very strong growth in Oceania and solid results in Western Europe and Japan more than offset yet another year of contraction in North America, with falling sales of term and universal life products in the United States,” it said.

In the non-life sector, premiums rose 2.9 percent to $2.1 trillion globally.

Swiss Re said since the financial crisis of 2008, life premiums in the advanced markets had stagnated while in emerging markets, average annual premium growth was slower than in the pre-crisis years.

The insurer said it expected to see accelerated growth in 2015, with low oil prices likely to boost the global economy and lead to higher consumer spending and investment.

It said premium growth in the life sector was expected to remain fairly solid in the advanced economies this year and accelerate further in the emerging markets, especially in China and India, where government policies and new laws are expected to stimulate the market.

The outlook for non-life insurAP Photo/Don Ryan, File ance was bleak for Western Europe In this Nov. 12, 2014, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is shown on a laptop due to the sluggish economic rescreen in Portland, Ore. The global insurance industry gained momentum last year, as economies improved and the long suf- covery but was strong in emerging fering life insurance sector returned to growth in Europe and Japan, a study showed Wednesday. economies, Swiss Re said. (afp)

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Pucak Tinggah Temple: unity of Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu in bamboo grove

TABANAN - Tabanan Regency known as the rice granary of Bali has myriad temples related to subak or irrigation cooperative. One of them is the Pucak Tinggah Temple at Angseri Village, Baturiti. The temple sitting on hilltop is believed to be a rendezvous of Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu to bring prosperity to farmers. It is said the temple was originally a bamboo grove. The name of Puncak Tinggah stands for ‘a peak amid a bamboo grove.’

An apparatus of Pucak Tinggah Temple, Nyoman Artana, explained there were three groups of inscription telling about the origin of Pucak Tinggah Temple.

The inscriptions were the result of research made by an archaeologist from the Netherlands, Dr. R. Goris together with the Antiquities team of Bali Museum in 1977. The three inscriptions were respectively given a serial number like 007 Angseri A, 508 Angseri B and 1009 Angseri C. In terms of the form and script found, they were not made at the same time. The inscription of 007 Angseri was the oldest among the existing inscriptions. However, they were all inscribed in ancient Balinese script originating from the same period as the inscription found at Gobleg Village, Ujung and some other inscriptions of ancient Bali. Meanwhile, the inscription of 508 Angseri and 1009 Angseri were issued several hundred years after the inscription of 007 Angseri.

In the inscription of 007 Angseri was described that community established a shrine called Hyang Api meaning Puser or Pucak (pinnacle) during the reign of King Ratu Cri Ugrasena in Caka 837 or 915 AD. Meanwhile, the inscription of 508 Angseri was made during the administration of King Cri Curadhipa in Caka 1041 or 1115-1119 AD. It was mentioned, the King Prabu Sakti Wisnumurthi who was like the moon and sun exuded light to all that existed. The inscription also mentioned about the existence of Sukhamerta Village (now Angseri—Ed), where a senior figure Hyang Tatdwanyana came to King Cri Curadhipa in relation to the hermitage at Sukhamerta Village that was once made a sanctum by the King Sri Aji Tagendra Warmadewa ruling from 955-967 AD. “Condition of the 1009 Angseri inscription is damaged, so no one is able to read it,” said Nyoman Artana.

Aside from the inscription, based on the information from local public figures, the Pucak Tinggah had a number of historical narratives. Among them, when Rishi Markandeya came to Bali, he once dropped by and stayed in this temple and so did the Lord Pasupati.

At that time, Lord Pasupati abided

in Pucak Semeru Agung Temple. It was indicated by the representative shrine of Pucak Semeru Agung in the Pucak Tinggah area.

The temple was also believed to be a rendezvous of Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma. It was indicated by the existence of various springs in the temple area. Among them, there were many kinds of springs with different quality such as cold, lukewarm and hot, as well as water with different flavor such acid, sulfur, fishy and fresh. It could be traced back from the existence of Tri Kahyangan temple (trinity temple) and Batur Jati Temple.

Pucak Tinggah temple was also

associated with the Pucak Beratan, Pucak Bukit Sangkur, Teratai Bang, Pucak Batukaru, Pucak Bukit Adeng, Pucak Padang Dawa, Pucak Batu Lumbang, Pucak Sarinadi, and Penataran Dalem Ped. It happened because when Ida Ratu Gede Sakti Mas Mecaling came to Bali, he took a rest in Pucak Tinggah Temple.

The Pucak Tinggah Temple had many relations to other temples so that many temples from Tabanan, Badung and Gianyar brought along their sanctified effigies of some 30 units for worship.

In the past, the Pucak Tinggah Temple was venerated by 7 pekaseh (chief of subak or irrigation

cooperative) around the temple.

However, since the 1990s, a number of pekaseh set to be inactive. Then, the temple on the hilltop was only venerated by 60 families. Pujawali or temple anniversary was held once a year, every full moon of the eleventh month in Balinese calendar (around April-May). On the temple anniversary, thousands of devotees from Bali and Java always thronged this temple to worship.

Area of the temple reaches 14 hectares. It has a number of shrines. Originally the main shrine was a pile of stones located in the middle of a bamboo grove, known as Payogan or meditating place.

Now, the former bamboo grove is still left to grow in the temple as a forerunner to the temple. Aside from the main shrine, there are a number shrines built around the temple area. Among them, there

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are Taman Purwa or Saren Kauh functioning for purificatory ritual of the deities and Dalem Purwa used to store ritual paraphernalia of universal temple, Lingga Jati for storing temple paraphernalia and Gunung Santun for storing foodstuff.

During the temple anniversary at Pucak Tinggah, the deities will be ready to receive worship for three days. Its procession begins with melasti procession for the deities to Ulun Danu Beratan. It is resumed to escort the deities to Taman Beji, and then enters the pinnacle of the temple anniversary. This temple has seven principal priests assisted by dozens of auxiliary priests. So far, the temple has been rehabilitated for three times. To reach the temple is quite easy because it is located in the tourist route of Jatiluwih and Angseri hot spring. (kmb)

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FILE - In this Saturday, June 13, 2015 file photo, the Red Arrows perform a flypast during the Trooping The Colour parade at Buckingham Palace, in London.

Buckingham Palace needs repairs; queen may have to leave

LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II may have to move out of Buckingham Palace during muchneeded renovations to the residence, which has not been substantially redecorated since she took the throne in 1952, royal officials said Wednesday.

Officials say the palace needs an estimated 150 million pounds ($237 million) of renovation and upgrades, including replacing old plumbing and wiring and removing asbestos. Having her move out during the work is one option being considered.

The queen has several other residences but spends about a third of her time in the London palace, which was first used by her ancestor Queen Victoria. It is the site of

summer garden parties and scores of ceremonial events each year.

Keeper of the Privy Purse Alan Reid said maintenance on aging royal buildings, “and in particular Buckingham Palace, will present a significant financial challenge” in the next few years.

Annual accounts published Wednesday showed that the monarchy costs taxpayers 35.7 million pounds in the year to March 31, the equivalent of 56 pence per person.

That was unchanged from the year before.

Almost half the money, 18.7 million pounds, was spent on payroll costs, while property maintenance cost 11.7 million pounds and 5.1 million pounds was spent on official travel. The most expensive trip was an eight-day visit to Colombia and Mexico by Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, which cost almost 450,000 pounds. (ap)

BUDAPEST — Hungary’s foreign minister says the government has decided to build a temporary fence on the border with Serbia as fast as possible to stop the flow of illegal migrants.

Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Wednesday that several laws

needed to be amended before construction could begin but he did not say when the work on the border could start.

Szijjarto said the fence, which is opposed by Serbia, “is not a bilateral issue. Relations with Serbia have never been as good as now.”

He said 61,000 illegal immigrants had entered Hungary this year, nearly all by crossing Hungary’s southern border with Serbia. Most of those who request refugee status in Hungary quickly leave for other destinations in western Europe, like Austria, Germany and Sweden. (ap)

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Pakistan allows aid group Save the Children to reopen ISLAMABAD — The government of Pakistan on Wednesday allowed the international aid agency Save the Children to reopen its offices, the group’s spokesman said.

Saeed Ahmed, the group’s spokesman in Pakistan, said a team of government officials removed a lock on the gate to the group’s main office in Islamabad.

The move came two weeks after the government accused the group of violating its own charter, without elaborating.

Wednesday’s decision came days after Pakistan announced that non-government international aid groups could operate for another six months provided they register with officials in three months’ time. It was seen as a relief for humanitarian groups, which were worried since Pakistan suddenly shut the offices of Save the Children.

Save the Children also said in a statement that welcomed the government’s decision and said it would “continue to work as a credible, transparent and accountable partner” of the government of Pakistan.

Save the Children says it currently has 1,200 employees in Pakistan, none of whom are expatriates.

The group has been under intense scrutiny in Pakistan due to local suspicion it was connected to the May 2011 killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. The CIA used a vaccination campaign run by a Pakistani doctor to obtain DNA samples in Abbottabad, where bin Laden had been hiding.

The group denies any link to the CIA operation, saying it only offered the doctor training along with a thousand others in 2009 and 2010 about maternal health care.

Geothermal...

From page 1 “At Paiton power plant has been provided sufficient energy for Bali. The only problem is the submarine cables that are often problematic. Besides, the JavaBali interconnection above the sea has not been accomplished yet, so that it remains a long process whereas Bali may not get blackout. That’s the problem,” he said.

E n v i r o n m e n t a l l y, a d d e d Arthana, geothermal energy is actually the most eco-friendly option. Primarily when compared to other alternative energies such as wind with fluctuating condition in Bali, seawater in need of huge investments or coal and fuel (diesel) generating high pollution.

“Probably, the geothermal may be re-surfaced as long as it does not take forest land. What we worry is that when making geothermal without strict supervision. Unavoidably there will be access to the location, and then it is followed by building construction at the left and right side. Due to the presence of geothermal, people are interested to make a visit or it is made into an attraction and so forth, and this subsequent effect needs watching,” he said.

Arthana explained that subsequent effect of the geothermal may threaten the sustainability of

the upstream region and disrupts the function of local forests.

On the other hand, a legislator of Commission III of the Bali House, I Wayan Adnyana, said that the growth of electricity demand in Bali is high enough nearly 10-15 percent each year.

According to him, Bali needs a source of energy that does not pollute environment because so far all the power plants in Bali stay to consume coal or diesel fuel causing high pollution.

“Hence, the growth of 15 percent a year means that people always need. Otherwise, the development in Bali will stagnate.

No one can make a hotel without electricity or build a home without electricity,” he said.

This democrat has agreed that if geothermal energy is an ecofriendly alternative. According to him, Bali should be independent in terms of energy rather than continuing to rely on Java.

“We indeed have a good position, because the power plants are located outside Bali. We just utilize the electricity, it sounds fine. If later on the regions, for example, start thinking of creating a new policy where they think equally like we do and do not want to get polluted, then what to do? Is there a way out for this problem?” he explained. (kmb32)

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INDONESIA PLN to build 500-MW capacity of power plants in NTB

MATARAM - The Nusa Tenggara unit of the National Power Utility , PLN, said it will build a number of power generating plants with a total capacity of 500 megawatts in the region until 2018.

The power plants would be needed to keep pace with growing requirement for power supply in West and East Nusa Tenggara, director of the unit Suradji said on Tuesday.

Suradji said the project is part of the 35,000 MW power plants to be built by the government in the country until 2019.

It is part of the priority projects launched by the government to create security energy to support the country’s economic development in general, he said.

In West Nusa Tenggara a number of power generating projects would be built using renewable fuels in Lombok and Sumbawa.

In Lombok, there will be a 150 MW combined cycle power plant (PLTGU) fueled with gas and steam, now already under construction in Bagik Kembar, Mataram.

“Work is already in process for two months,” Suradji said.

Meanwhile, implementation of

a mobile PLTGU project with a capacity of 50 MW is still in the process of feasibility study, he added.

PLN will also build new units of steam powered electric plant (PLTU) of Lombok to be called PLTU Lombok 2 with a capacity of 100 MW and PLTU Lombok FPP 2 with the same capacity in the sub-district of Sambalia, regency of Lombok Timur.

In the island of Sumbawa, PLN would build a power plant called PLTMG Sumbawa with a capacity of 50 MW in the sub-district of Labuhan Badas.

A 50 MW power plant with steam engine energy (PLTMU) would also be built on the island of Bima. “Therefore, Lombok will have new power plants with a capacity of 400 MW, and Sumbawa 100 MW. All projects are to be completed not later than 2-018,” Suradji said.

PLN hopes that the local people would give full support for the project implementaiton, he said.

“PLN hopes that it would meet no much difficulty in carrying out the projects that would be in the interest of the people,” he added. (ant)

JAKARTA - Vice President Jusuf Kalla opened the “Gelar Batik Nusantara 2015” exhibition at the Jakarta Convention Center on Wednesday. Organized by the Indonesian Batik Foundation and PT Mediatama Binakreasi, it will be held from June 24 to 28 with the theme, “Batik Uniting Nations.”

The expo showcases thousands of coastal batik motifs and those of the best Indonesian batik collectors. “The popularity of batik is more widespread now than ever before,” the vice president said in his opening address.

Kalla noted that batik was no longer merely a traditional dress but had undergone innovations for the international market and had been adapted by several countries.

He explained that innovations in batik first started being made on the island of Java, but now, it has evolved in various regions across the Indonesian archipelago.

Furthermore, besides being a cultural factor that serves to

unify the nation, batik has also developed in a number of neighboring countries such as India and Malaysia, the vice president remarked.

In addition, he pointed out that since batik was recognized as a World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO in 2009, its reach continues to increase.

Kalla opined that as batik has become part of both official and casual clothing, there are challenges, as well, in terms of productivity and innovation.

According to the vice president, batik has been transformed from a form of traditional art into a masterpiece of global standard. It is also one of the cultural products of Indonesia that people are proud of and want to preserve.

Therefore, Kalla emphasized that the Gelar Batik Nusantara 2015 exhibition is expected to be able to open market opportunities and attract entrepreneurs, investors and institutions to develop batik as an international product. (ant)

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Police questioned Abraham Samad

JAKARTA - The police questioned suspended chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Abraham Samad as a suspect in the “Glass House” case on Wednesday.

“Today, I came to meet a summons,” he said upon arrival at the National Police Headquarters along with a number of his lawyers.

Stating he had been framed in the case, he added that the summons had no legal basis.

“I consider the case as part of a criminalization scheme. But as a good citizen, I must abide by the law. So following the summons, I came here. I believe what is mentioned in the summons does not have a legal basis,” Samad pointed out.

The Directorate of General Crimes of the National Police summoned Samad for questioning as a suspect over allegations of him having held direct or indirect meetings with parties involved in corruption cases when they were being dealt with by the KPK. He allegedly held the meetings around March and April 2014 at the Capital Residence Apartment in the SCBD area, Jakarta, and in May 2014 in Jakarta and Yogyakarta.

The case emerged following a

report from the Executive Director of KPK Watch Indonesia M. Yusf Sahide that was sent to the Crime Investigation Department of the National Police. The report was numbered LP/75/1/2015/Bareskrim, dated January 22, 2015.

Sahide suspected that Samad had often been involved in political activities through meetings with executives of political parties held beyond his duty as a KPK commissioner.

Samad is facing charges of violating article 36 in conjunction with article 65 of law number 30, 2002, on the KPK, which concerns meetings with parties whose cases are being handled by the anti-graft body.

Sahide’s report on Samad was based on information available in a Kompasiana Blog titled, “Rumah Kaca Abraham Samad,” which means “Abraham Samad’s Glass House.”

The article revealed that Samad met with political party executives several times and discussed numer-

ous issues, including offering to help in the case of corruption that involved Emir Moeis, a politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP).

The suspended KPK chief was also named as a suspect for his alleged involvement in a case of forgery of documents committed

by Feriyani Lim. As a result of these cases, President Joko Widodo suspended Samad in accordance with the law.

However, his suspension triggered suspicion that it was done because earlier, the KPK had named Commissioner General Budi Gunawan, who was nominated for the post of the national police chief then, as a suspect in a corruption case. It had led to the failure of Gunawan becoming the national police chief.

The court had later declared that the KPK’s decision to name Gunawan as a suspect in a case of corruption was illegitimate. He is now the deputy chief of the national police. (ant)

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Workers dismantle a jetliner to be recycled on an apron at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia Tuesday, June 23, 2015. The airport authorities dismantle a number of abandoned aircrafts deemed unserviceable and not airworthy to free up some space at the crowded aerodrome.

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Tenganan Village AMLAPURA - Tenganan Village is one of a number of ancient villages on the Island of Bali. The pattern of their social life reflects the culture and customs of Bali Aga village (pre Hindu) being different from

other villages in Bali. Location of the Tenganan Pegringsingan village is in Manggis subdistrict, about 17 km away from the town of Amlapura.

Tenganan village has many uniqueness and interesting points

to see. In terms of social system, Tenganan village is inhabited by the native village due to parental system adopted where women and men in the family have the same status and right to be an heir.

International In addition, they also adopt an endogamy system where local people are bound to the awig-awig (customary bylaw) requiring the marriage to be performed by among the residents of Tenganan. Otherwise, the residents are not allowed to be the member (resident) of the village.

Another attraction owned by Tenganan village is tradition of Mekaré-kare ritual or better known as ‘pandanus war.’ Mekaré-kare

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poses the pinnacle of a series of ceremonies named Ngusaba Sambah held every June lasting for 30 days. Another great feature is the double ikat geringsing cloth. The word geringsing itself is derived from the word gering which in Balinese language means ‘sickness’ or ‘accident’ and sing which means ‘not’ and then the whole geringsing word is interpreted as repellent of calamity.

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Fuoco accepts blame for F1 testing crash

Antonio Fuoco took the blame for crashing the Ferrari on his Formula 1 debut during the first day of the second in-season test in Austria. The Ferrari Academy driver, who is currently competing in GP3 with Carlin, completed an impressive 71 laps in tricky conditions, with the track drying gradually after rain in the morning.

However, the 19-year-old lost control when he touched the kerbs which were likely to still have been wet following the rain - at Turn 1 and spun into the barriers, damaging the front-end of the car. “Unfortunately I made a mistake into Turn 1,” said Fuoco. “I lost the rear of the car and was unable to catch it again, so I hit the tyre wall.

“In another corner it might have been possible to catch the car, but this experience will help me the next time I’ll be in the car. “Until then I think I did a good job. I was pushing harder every time I went out.” Despite the accident, Fuoco said he was pleased with his Formula 1 debut and is looking forward to his next opportunity.

“It was a great emotion to fulfil the childhood dream of testing a Ferrari Formula 1 car but now I want more,” he said. “The mistake had nothing to do with the car being difficult to drive. “I was immedi-

ately comfortable with the car, from the first few runs.

“I also found the faster I was going, the extra downforce was making the car more comfortable to drive. “It’s a shame we couldn’t finish the programme, partially because of my mistake and partially because of the adverse weather conditions we had. “Of course I’m not happy with my mistake, but I also know these things happen.”

WEHRLEIN KEEN FOR WET MILEAGE

Pascal Wehrlein set the pace for Mercedes and though he was frustrated his track time was limited by the rain, he was pleased to gain experience working across the tyre range. “It was very difficult conditions,” said Wehrlein, who will drive the Force India on Wednesday.

“We did not do any driving in the morning which was a shame, especially for me because I need the track time and the experience.

“We had some positive things. I drove with the wets, intermediate and slick, so I used every tyre and I could compare everything so that was good. “But to learn and improve, you can only do that if you have consistent conditions and that wasn’t the case today, so that’s a shame.” (net)

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FILE - In this May 24, 2015, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt yells at his team as LeBron James (23) looks on during overtime of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals of the NBA basketball playoffs against the Atlanta Hawks in Cleveland. Blatt was handed a star-studded team expected to win an NBA title, but not a handbook on how to get the Cavaliers to the top.

Cavs coach says bond with LeBron ’more than meets the eye’

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Even after guiding a team wrecked by injuries to the NBA Finals in his first season, Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt can’t escape a narrative that’s shadowed him for months. His relationship with superstar LeBron James remains a touchy topic.

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On Thursday, as a national column painted an unflattering portrait of how James treated him during postseason games, Blatt said he considers coaching the four-time Most Valuable PLayer a privilege and they have a positive connection.

“People sometimes judge things on a game or on a period of time and they forget that we’re in there working together and striving to make the utmost of our team and of our situation day to day,” Blatt said, “and a bond develops over time that is a lot more than what meets the eye.”

Two days after the Cavaliers’ season ended with a Game 6 loss to Golden State in the NBA Finals, Blatt and general manager David Griffin both addressed the team’s upcoming plans to rebuild its roster, re-sign several core players including James, Kevin Love and Tristan Thompson and improve a bench — aging at the back end — that didn’t provide enough help against the Warriors.

And while there’s plenty of work to be done, Blatt, who said he “absolutely” intends to return next

season, doesn’t believe his bridge with James needs major repair.

It’s no secret that James didn’t always seem engaged with his coach during timeouts — anyone who watched the Cavs this season witnessed that — and there were times when he disagreed with Blatt, even questioned his strategies. But James’ respect for Blatt seemed to grow as the season went on.

In fact, following Tuesday’s pregame shoot-around before Game 6, James and Blatt walked off the court at Cleveland Clinic Courts with their arms around each other.

Blatt, who joined the Cavs last year after winning numerous titles in Europe, was asked if he adjusted his coaching style to accommodate James, the world’s best player.

“Absolutely, yes,” he said. “He is a galvanizing player. He is our best player. He’s the league’s best player. He’s a winner. He’s a proven champion. I think it’s important that he feels empowered and at the same time that he knows that he’s very much a part of this team. He’s exhibited that, and always put the team’s success beyond his.

“Now if he has felt that he has

something to say and wants to impose his will in terms of influencing in a positive way on those around him, that’s a good thing. That’s a good thing for all, and I certainly encourage that and certainly respected the fact that LeBron’s heart was in the right place.”

Griffin pointed out that just two weeks ago James, in the midst of a playoff run made more challenging because of season-ending injuries to Love and Kyrie Irving, praised Blatt’s performance this season by saying he had done “a hell of a job.” “That’s what the man said,” said Griffin, who agreed with James’ assessment, adding the Cavs went 33-3 in their last 36 games in which James, Love and Irving played together. Griffin has grown tired of the negativity directed at Blatt.

“It never has to go away because it’s all conjecture,” he said. “So I think one thing David did as well as anybody I’ve ever seen, and I wish I did better, was just ignore the noise from the media perspective.

Because frankly, none of that means anything. We know what actually takes place here.” (ap)

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Japan beats the Netherlands to reach World Cup quarterfinal

VANCOUVER — Japan coach Norio Sasaki apologized for the stressful, flurry of a finish. The defending Women’s World Cup champions are on to the quarterfinal following a nail-biter at the end against tournament first-timer the Netherlands after controlling most of the match.

Mizuho Sakaguchi scored what turned out to be the deciding goal in the 78th minute on a pretty left-footed shot from the top of the 18-yard box, and Japan held off a late attack and a close call in the waning moments to defeat the Dutch 2-1 on Tuesday night in the knockout stage.

“I’m sorry we kept you in suspense until the very end,” Sasaki said with a smile. “I tried to have a one-sided, stable game but we always have these tense moments.”

Kirsten van de Ven scored for the Dutch in stoppage time when the ball went off goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori’s right arm. Three additional minutes had been added to the clock.

The goalie put her gloves to her face in disbelief and said something to herself, then had to stay alert as the Dutch threatened once more before the final whistle.

Sakaguchi scored shortly after Japan nearly had an own goal. Sherida Spitse took a corner in the 76th and the ball deflected off Aya Sameshima toward her own net when Kaihori punched it away with her right fist.

“We are in the knockout stage so if we lost there would be nothing left, so I’m happy that we won,” Sakaguchi said. “I went for a strike and I thought it was a long shot (in distance) and that’s not my strength, but I thought I should try it.” Saori Ariyoshi found herself in perfect position when the Netherlands flubbed a clear and scored from the top of the box in the 10th minute for Japan’s initial goal.

Japan overpowered the young Dutch squad for much of the evening at BC Place by controlling possession in the midfield to create chances, and the defense pushed far up the field.

The Nadeshiko, who along with Brazil were the only teams to win all three group-stage games, advance to the quarterfinal against Australia on Saturday at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium.

They stuck with their familiar World Cup trend, too. Five of Japan’s six goals have come in the 29th minute or earlier, and all six have been scored by a different player.

Japan, with its hustle and fancy footwork on display for a crowd of 28,717, ran its game plan with precision to control all of the field against an overmatched Netherlands team making its World Cup debut.

On the early scoring play, Aya Miyama dribbled down the left sideline and crossed to Yuki Ogimi, whose header hit the crossbar and Dutch defender Merel van Dongen couldn’t clear the rebound. Ariyoshi then connected from about 15 yards out and put the ball in the lower corner past diving goalkeeper Loes Geurts.

Japan had another solid chance in the 22nd minute on a pretty give-andgo from Sameshima to Shinobu Ohno that Sameshima struck over the bar.

Ohno also missed an open header moments before the first-half whistle.

Even when the Netherlands threatened early, it seemed a step slow.

Dutch coach Roger Reijners said his

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Singapore stopper could be big in Japan after Saitama show SINGAPORE - Singaporean goalkeeper Izwan Mahbud has been offered a trial by J.League side Matsumoto Yamaga after he foiled four-times Asian champions Japan with a dominating display in Saitama last week.

The 24-year-old made 18 saves as minnows Singapore held the Samurai Blue to a surprise 0-0 draw in Japan’s opening World Cup and Asian Cup qualifier.

Newly promoted Matsumoto

were keen to take another look at the goalkeeper, who plays for Singaporean side Lions XII in the Malaysian Super League, to gauge his consistency.

“It’s hard to judge from one game but he had a dominating performance. He made fantastic saves and had an excellent performance,” Yamaga’s vice-president Yoshiyuki Kato was quoted as saying in Wednesday’s edition of The Straits Times. “The way he threw himself

agents or sports managers, police said.

A month ago, Catania finished 15th in the 22-team Serie B, safely avoiding the bottom four relegation spots.

Catania was relegated a year ago after eight consecutive seasons in Serie A, having matched a club record by finishing eighth in the top flight in 2013.

Pulvirenti’s low-cost airline, Wind Jet, went into crisis and

about and kept his concentration throughout was very impressive.

“He certainly has enough ability to play in the J.League and we would like to see him in practice.”

The J.League’s mid-season transfer window opens on July 10 and closes on Aug. 7 and the Football Association of Singapore said they were open to assisting a possible move, having helped Safuwan Baharudin get playing time in Australia last year. (rtr)

Neymar denies insulting referee after Copa America game SANTIAGO — Brazil captain Neymar has denied insulting a referee after being sent off in the Copa America game against Colombia, calling the incident a mix-up. Neymar received a four-game suspension after the incident in last week’s group game.

CONMEBOL said Neymar was given such a lengthy ban because he grabbed the referee by the arms

and insulted him in the tunnel to the changing rooms.

But Neymar said he only waited in the tunnel to ask the referee why he was sent off, and claimed that a commotion started after people thought he was going to do something else to the referee.

“Almost nothing happened in the tunnel,” Neymar told Globo TV before leaving Santiago late Mon-

Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP

Japan’s Mizuho Sakaguchi, left, defends Netherlands’ Lieke Martens during the second half of a round of 16 soccer match at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Tuesday, June 23, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. team was sloppy with its passing.

“Our team did all we could to get something going and not leave with nothing at all. After 2-0 we were a little lucky and managed to make it 2-1,” he said.

Manon Melis took a great ball in the seventh minute but couldn’t get a foot on it, whiffing as she knocked it out of bounds. In the 48th, 18-year-old forward Vivianne Miedema got the

ball near the top left corner of the box and opted to dribble into traffic rather than take a quick shot. The Dutch missed making contact on two headers from the same ball high in the box in the 73rd minute.

Japan started three different goalkeepers in the group stage as part of Sasaki’s liberal substitution plan to use his entire roster and have every player ready to contribute.

After Erina Yamane injured her shoulder, Sasaki went with Kaihori — the only one to give up a goal in the group stage in a late score by Cameroon. Kaihori made another save in the 86th minute Tuesday.

Japan’s Homare Sawa, playing her sixth and final World Cup, entered in the 80th minute after starting two of the team’s three matches in the group stage. (ap)

Catania president, 6 others arrested in match-fixing case ROME — The president of Catania and six others were arrested Tuesday for alleged matchfixing, in an apparent scheme to prevent the Sicilian club from relegation to the third division.

In addition to Catania president Antonino Pulvirenti, club CEO Pablo Cosentino and former sporting director Daniele Delli Carri were also arrested under sports fraud charges. The other four people arrested are betting

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had to suspend operations three years ago.

Giovanni Grasso, Pulvirenti’s lawyer said that his client “is certain he will be able to demonstrate his total non-involvement in the case.”

Grasso added that Pulvirenti intends to immediately make a decision over his role with Catania, “so that he can defend himself with the utmost serenity and protect the interests of the

sports club.”

Police said the five matches under investigation were played against Varese, Trapani, Latina, Ternana and Livorno. Catania won the first four games in April, and then drew 1-1 with Livorno on May 2. A match against Avellino that Catania won 1-0 on May 19 was also being looked at.

Management members of Messina and players with Livorno, Varese and Trapani were placed

under investigation in the operation that prosecutors have labeled “The goal trains.”

The Italian football federation immediately opened a sports inquiry and requested documentation from the Catania prosecutors. The FIGC added that it had already opened proceedings for some of the games mentioned after they were pointed out for an unusually high number of bets. (ap)

AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo

Brazil’s Neymar leaves the field after a soccer training session in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, June 20, 2015.

day. “I was inside the tunnel and I knew that (the ref) was coming, so I ended up waiting for him to ask why he sent me off. But then there was a commotion, with security and other people thinking that I was nervous and maybe was going to hit him or something like that.”

A CONMEBOL official told The Associated Press that the punishment against Neymar was aggravated by the fact that the player waited for the referee inside the tunnel.

The Barcelona star was sent off after kicking the ball toward Colombia’s Pablo Armero after the referee blew for fulltime in the Group C game in which Brazil lost 1-0. Neymar also appeared to try to head-butt another player who came to confront him, igniting a brief brawl between players from both teams. Colombia’s Carlos Bacca, who shoved Neymar from behind, also was sent off after the altercation. “I hope we can all learn from this,” the 23-year-old Neymar said.

During the game, Neymar had been shown his second yellow card of the tournament — which would have brought him a one-match ban.

Neymar watched from the stands on Sunday as Brazil advanced to the quarterfinals with a 2-1 win over Venezuela. He left the squad a day later after the Brazilian confederation decided not to appeal the suspension.

Neymar missed the decisive stages of the World Cup at home last year after sustaining an injury late in the quarterfinal match against Colombia.

He couldn’t play in Brazil’s 7-1 loss to Germany in the semifinals or in the 3-0 defeat to the Netherlands in the third-place game.

“Brazil can still win matches, can still win the Copa America,” Neymar said. “Brazil still has great players, they can handle this.” (rtr)

AP Photo/Jorge Saenz

Brazil’s Roberto Firmino controls a ball during a Copa America Group C soccer match against Venezuela at the Monumental stadium in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, June 21, 2015.

Liverpool agree to sign Brazil forward Firmino

BERLIN - Liverpool have agreed to sign Brazil international Roberto Firmino pending a medical that will take place after his participation at the Copa America, the Premier League club confirmed on Wednesday.

The gifted 23-year-old attacking midfielder is moving to Anfield from Germany’s Hoffenheim, where he played since 2010, scoring 47 goals in 151 appearances.

No details were given regarding the transfer fee or length of contract, although the deal was reported to cost Liverpool around 28 million pounds ($44.13 million).

Firmino has been outstanding at Hoffenheim, maturing from an exuberant teenager to team leader despite his young age and attracting the interest of several top European clubs in the process.

“The Reds have seen off serious competition from rivals in the Barclays Premier League and across Europe to make it Anfield where the goalscoring instincts and creative flair of Firmino can continue to blossom,” Liverpool said in a statement.

“Liverpool had been watching all along and acted fastest to put together a deal for Firmino, who will be exhibiting his mesmerising skills at Anfield from August.”

Versatile and skilled, Firmino can play a variety of roles in attack and midfield and his development in the past few seasons saw him earn a first Brazil cap last year.

He has also started Brazil’s last two fixtures at the Copa America, scoring the winner against Venezuela as his country advanced to the last eight of the competition.

Following a disappointing campaign in which the club could only finish sixth in the league, Firmino is the latest player to join Liverpool in a hectic start to the summer transfer window after the departure of longtime captain Steven Gerrard.

Midfielder James Milner, striker Danny Ings and goalkeeper Adam Bogdan have all completed Bosman moves, while promising defender Joe Gomez joined the club from Charlton Athletic for 3.5 million pounds. (rtr)

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Japan beats the Netherlands to reach World Cup quarterfinal

VANCOUVER — Japan coach Norio Sasaki apologized for the stressful, flurry of a finish. The defending Women’s World Cup champions are on to the quarterfinal following a nail-biter at the end against tournament first-timer the Netherlands after controlling most of the match.

Mizuho Sakaguchi scored what turned out to be the deciding goal in the 78th minute on a pretty left-footed shot from the top of the 18-yard box, and Japan held off a late attack and a close call in the waning moments to defeat the Dutch 2-1 on Tuesday night in the knockout stage.

“I’m sorry we kept you in suspense until the very end,” Sasaki said with a smile. “I tried to have a one-sided, stable game but we always have these tense moments.”

Kirsten van de Ven scored for the Dutch in stoppage time when the ball went off goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori’s right arm. Three additional minutes had been added to the clock.

The goalie put her gloves to her face in disbelief and said something to herself, then had to stay alert as the Dutch threatened once more before the final whistle.

Sakaguchi scored shortly after Japan nearly had an own goal. Sherida Spitse took a corner in the 76th and the ball deflected off Aya Sameshima toward her own net when Kaihori punched it away with her right fist.

“We are in the knockout stage so if we lost there would be nothing left, so I’m happy that we won,” Sakaguchi said. “I went for a strike and I thought it was a long shot (in distance) and that’s not my strength, but I thought I should try it.” Saori Ariyoshi found herself in perfect position when the Netherlands flubbed a clear and scored from the top of the box in the 10th minute for Japan’s initial goal.

Japan overpowered the young Dutch squad for much of the evening at BC Place by controlling possession in the midfield to create chances, and the defense pushed far up the field.

The Nadeshiko, who along with Brazil were the only teams to win all three group-stage games, advance to the quarterfinal against Australia on Saturday at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium.

They stuck with their familiar World Cup trend, too. Five of Japan’s six goals have come in the 29th minute or earlier, and all six have been scored by a different player.

Japan, with its hustle and fancy footwork on display for a crowd of 28,717, ran its game plan with precision to control all of the field against an overmatched Netherlands team making its World Cup debut.

On the early scoring play, Aya Miyama dribbled down the left sideline and crossed to Yuki Ogimi, whose header hit the crossbar and Dutch defender Merel van Dongen couldn’t clear the rebound. Ariyoshi then connected from about 15 yards out and put the ball in the lower corner past diving goalkeeper Loes Geurts.

Japan had another solid chance in the 22nd minute on a pretty give-andgo from Sameshima to Shinobu Ohno that Sameshima struck over the bar.

Ohno also missed an open header moments before the first-half whistle.

Even when the Netherlands threatened early, it seemed a step slow.

Dutch coach Roger Reijners said his

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Singapore stopper could be big in Japan after Saitama show SINGAPORE - Singaporean goalkeeper Izwan Mahbud has been offered a trial by J.League side Matsumoto Yamaga after he foiled four-times Asian champions Japan with a dominating display in Saitama last week.

The 24-year-old made 18 saves as minnows Singapore held the Samurai Blue to a surprise 0-0 draw in Japan’s opening World Cup and Asian Cup qualifier.

Newly promoted Matsumoto

were keen to take another look at the goalkeeper, who plays for Singaporean side Lions XII in the Malaysian Super League, to gauge his consistency.

“It’s hard to judge from one game but he had a dominating performance. He made fantastic saves and had an excellent performance,” Yamaga’s vice-president Yoshiyuki Kato was quoted as saying in Wednesday’s edition of The Straits Times. “The way he threw himself

agents or sports managers, police said.

A month ago, Catania finished 15th in the 22-team Serie B, safely avoiding the bottom four relegation spots.

Catania was relegated a year ago after eight consecutive seasons in Serie A, having matched a club record by finishing eighth in the top flight in 2013.

Pulvirenti’s low-cost airline, Wind Jet, went into crisis and

about and kept his concentration throughout was very impressive.

“He certainly has enough ability to play in the J.League and we would like to see him in practice.”

The J.League’s mid-season transfer window opens on July 10 and closes on Aug. 7 and the Football Association of Singapore said they were open to assisting a possible move, having helped Safuwan Baharudin get playing time in Australia last year. (rtr)

Neymar denies insulting referee after Copa America game SANTIAGO — Brazil captain Neymar has denied insulting a referee after being sent off in the Copa America game against Colombia, calling the incident a mix-up. Neymar received a four-game suspension after the incident in last week’s group game.

CONMEBOL said Neymar was given such a lengthy ban because he grabbed the referee by the arms

and insulted him in the tunnel to the changing rooms.

But Neymar said he only waited in the tunnel to ask the referee why he was sent off, and claimed that a commotion started after people thought he was going to do something else to the referee.

“Almost nothing happened in the tunnel,” Neymar told Globo TV before leaving Santiago late Mon-

Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP

Japan’s Mizuho Sakaguchi, left, defends Netherlands’ Lieke Martens during the second half of a round of 16 soccer match at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Tuesday, June 23, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. team was sloppy with its passing.

“Our team did all we could to get something going and not leave with nothing at all. After 2-0 we were a little lucky and managed to make it 2-1,” he said.

Manon Melis took a great ball in the seventh minute but couldn’t get a foot on it, whiffing as she knocked it out of bounds. In the 48th, 18-year-old forward Vivianne Miedema got the

ball near the top left corner of the box and opted to dribble into traffic rather than take a quick shot. The Dutch missed making contact on two headers from the same ball high in the box in the 73rd minute.

Japan started three different goalkeepers in the group stage as part of Sasaki’s liberal substitution plan to use his entire roster and have every player ready to contribute.

After Erina Yamane injured her shoulder, Sasaki went with Kaihori — the only one to give up a goal in the group stage in a late score by Cameroon. Kaihori made another save in the 86th minute Tuesday.

Japan’s Homare Sawa, playing her sixth and final World Cup, entered in the 80th minute after starting two of the team’s three matches in the group stage. (ap)

Catania president, 6 others arrested in match-fixing case ROME — The president of Catania and six others were arrested Tuesday for alleged matchfixing, in an apparent scheme to prevent the Sicilian club from relegation to the third division.

In addition to Catania president Antonino Pulvirenti, club CEO Pablo Cosentino and former sporting director Daniele Delli Carri were also arrested under sports fraud charges. The other four people arrested are betting

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had to suspend operations three years ago.

Giovanni Grasso, Pulvirenti’s lawyer said that his client “is certain he will be able to demonstrate his total non-involvement in the case.”

Grasso added that Pulvirenti intends to immediately make a decision over his role with Catania, “so that he can defend himself with the utmost serenity and protect the interests of the

sports club.”

Police said the five matches under investigation were played against Varese, Trapani, Latina, Ternana and Livorno. Catania won the first four games in April, and then drew 1-1 with Livorno on May 2. A match against Avellino that Catania won 1-0 on May 19 was also being looked at.

Management members of Messina and players with Livorno, Varese and Trapani were placed

under investigation in the operation that prosecutors have labeled “The goal trains.”

The Italian football federation immediately opened a sports inquiry and requested documentation from the Catania prosecutors. The FIGC added that it had already opened proceedings for some of the games mentioned after they were pointed out for an unusually high number of bets. (ap)

AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo

Brazil’s Neymar leaves the field after a soccer training session in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, June 20, 2015.

day. “I was inside the tunnel and I knew that (the ref) was coming, so I ended up waiting for him to ask why he sent me off. But then there was a commotion, with security and other people thinking that I was nervous and maybe was going to hit him or something like that.”

A CONMEBOL official told The Associated Press that the punishment against Neymar was aggravated by the fact that the player waited for the referee inside the tunnel.

The Barcelona star was sent off after kicking the ball toward Colombia’s Pablo Armero after the referee blew for fulltime in the Group C game in which Brazil lost 1-0. Neymar also appeared to try to head-butt another player who came to confront him, igniting a brief brawl between players from both teams. Colombia’s Carlos Bacca, who shoved Neymar from behind, also was sent off after the altercation. “I hope we can all learn from this,” the 23-year-old Neymar said.

During the game, Neymar had been shown his second yellow card of the tournament — which would have brought him a one-match ban.

Neymar watched from the stands on Sunday as Brazil advanced to the quarterfinals with a 2-1 win over Venezuela. He left the squad a day later after the Brazilian confederation decided not to appeal the suspension.

Neymar missed the decisive stages of the World Cup at home last year after sustaining an injury late in the quarterfinal match against Colombia.

He couldn’t play in Brazil’s 7-1 loss to Germany in the semifinals or in the 3-0 defeat to the Netherlands in the third-place game.

“Brazil can still win matches, can still win the Copa America,” Neymar said. “Brazil still has great players, they can handle this.” (rtr)

AP Photo/Jorge Saenz

Brazil’s Roberto Firmino controls a ball during a Copa America Group C soccer match against Venezuela at the Monumental stadium in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, June 21, 2015.

Liverpool agree to sign Brazil forward Firmino

BERLIN - Liverpool have agreed to sign Brazil international Roberto Firmino pending a medical that will take place after his participation at the Copa America, the Premier League club confirmed on Wednesday.

The gifted 23-year-old attacking midfielder is moving to Anfield from Germany’s Hoffenheim, where he played since 2010, scoring 47 goals in 151 appearances.

No details were given regarding the transfer fee or length of contract, although the deal was reported to cost Liverpool around 28 million pounds ($44.13 million).

Firmino has been outstanding at Hoffenheim, maturing from an exuberant teenager to team leader despite his young age and attracting the interest of several top European clubs in the process.

“The Reds have seen off serious competition from rivals in the Barclays Premier League and across Europe to make it Anfield where the goalscoring instincts and creative flair of Firmino can continue to blossom,” Liverpool said in a statement.

“Liverpool had been watching all along and acted fastest to put together a deal for Firmino, who will be exhibiting his mesmerising skills at Anfield from August.”

Versatile and skilled, Firmino can play a variety of roles in attack and midfield and his development in the past few seasons saw him earn a first Brazil cap last year.

He has also started Brazil’s last two fixtures at the Copa America, scoring the winner against Venezuela as his country advanced to the last eight of the competition.

Following a disappointing campaign in which the club could only finish sixth in the league, Firmino is the latest player to join Liverpool in a hectic start to the summer transfer window after the departure of longtime captain Steven Gerrard.

Midfielder James Milner, striker Danny Ings and goalkeeper Adam Bogdan have all completed Bosman moves, while promising defender Joe Gomez joined the club from Charlton Athletic for 3.5 million pounds. (rtr)

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Tenganan Village AMLAPURA - Tenganan Village is one of a number of ancient villages on the Island of Bali. The pattern of their social life reflects the culture and customs of Bali Aga village (pre Hindu) being different from

other villages in Bali. Location of the Tenganan Pegringsingan village is in Manggis subdistrict, about 17 km away from the town of Amlapura.

Tenganan village has many uniqueness and interesting points

to see. In terms of social system, Tenganan village is inhabited by the native village due to parental system adopted where women and men in the family have the same status and right to be an heir.

International In addition, they also adopt an endogamy system where local people are bound to the awig-awig (customary bylaw) requiring the marriage to be performed by among the residents of Tenganan. Otherwise, the residents are not allowed to be the member (resident) of the village.

Another attraction owned by Tenganan village is tradition of Mekaré-kare ritual or better known as ‘pandanus war.’ Mekaré-kare

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poses the pinnacle of a series of ceremonies named Ngusaba Sambah held every June lasting for 30 days. Another great feature is the double ikat geringsing cloth. The word geringsing itself is derived from the word gering which in Balinese language means ‘sickness’ or ‘accident’ and sing which means ‘not’ and then the whole geringsing word is interpreted as repellent of calamity.

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Fuoco accepts blame for F1 testing crash

Antonio Fuoco took the blame for crashing the Ferrari on his Formula 1 debut during the first day of the second in-season test in Austria. The Ferrari Academy driver, who is currently competing in GP3 with Carlin, completed an impressive 71 laps in tricky conditions, with the track drying gradually after rain in the morning.

However, the 19-year-old lost control when he touched the kerbs which were likely to still have been wet following the rain - at Turn 1 and spun into the barriers, damaging the front-end of the car. “Unfortunately I made a mistake into Turn 1,” said Fuoco. “I lost the rear of the car and was unable to catch it again, so I hit the tyre wall.

“In another corner it might have been possible to catch the car, but this experience will help me the next time I’ll be in the car. “Until then I think I did a good job. I was pushing harder every time I went out.” Despite the accident, Fuoco said he was pleased with his Formula 1 debut and is looking forward to his next opportunity.

“It was a great emotion to fulfil the childhood dream of testing a Ferrari Formula 1 car but now I want more,” he said. “The mistake had nothing to do with the car being difficult to drive. “I was immedi-

ately comfortable with the car, from the first few runs.

“I also found the faster I was going, the extra downforce was making the car more comfortable to drive. “It’s a shame we couldn’t finish the programme, partially because of my mistake and partially because of the adverse weather conditions we had. “Of course I’m not happy with my mistake, but I also know these things happen.”

WEHRLEIN KEEN FOR WET MILEAGE

Pascal Wehrlein set the pace for Mercedes and though he was frustrated his track time was limited by the rain, he was pleased to gain experience working across the tyre range. “It was very difficult conditions,” said Wehrlein, who will drive the Force India on Wednesday.

“We did not do any driving in the morning which was a shame, especially for me because I need the track time and the experience.

“We had some positive things. I drove with the wets, intermediate and slick, so I used every tyre and I could compare everything so that was good. “But to learn and improve, you can only do that if you have consistent conditions and that wasn’t the case today, so that’s a shame.” (net)

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FILE - In this May 24, 2015, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt yells at his team as LeBron James (23) looks on during overtime of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals of the NBA basketball playoffs against the Atlanta Hawks in Cleveland. Blatt was handed a star-studded team expected to win an NBA title, but not a handbook on how to get the Cavaliers to the top.

Cavs coach says bond with LeBron ’more than meets the eye’

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Even after guiding a team wrecked by injuries to the NBA Finals in his first season, Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt can’t escape a narrative that’s shadowed him for months. His relationship with superstar LeBron James remains a touchy topic.

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On Thursday, as a national column painted an unflattering portrait of how James treated him during postseason games, Blatt said he considers coaching the four-time Most Valuable PLayer a privilege and they have a positive connection.

“People sometimes judge things on a game or on a period of time and they forget that we’re in there working together and striving to make the utmost of our team and of our situation day to day,” Blatt said, “and a bond develops over time that is a lot more than what meets the eye.”

Two days after the Cavaliers’ season ended with a Game 6 loss to Golden State in the NBA Finals, Blatt and general manager David Griffin both addressed the team’s upcoming plans to rebuild its roster, re-sign several core players including James, Kevin Love and Tristan Thompson and improve a bench — aging at the back end — that didn’t provide enough help against the Warriors.

And while there’s plenty of work to be done, Blatt, who said he “absolutely” intends to return next

season, doesn’t believe his bridge with James needs major repair.

It’s no secret that James didn’t always seem engaged with his coach during timeouts — anyone who watched the Cavs this season witnessed that — and there were times when he disagreed with Blatt, even questioned his strategies. But James’ respect for Blatt seemed to grow as the season went on.

In fact, following Tuesday’s pregame shoot-around before Game 6, James and Blatt walked off the court at Cleveland Clinic Courts with their arms around each other.

Blatt, who joined the Cavs last year after winning numerous titles in Europe, was asked if he adjusted his coaching style to accommodate James, the world’s best player.

“Absolutely, yes,” he said. “He is a galvanizing player. He is our best player. He’s the league’s best player. He’s a winner. He’s a proven champion. I think it’s important that he feels empowered and at the same time that he knows that he’s very much a part of this team. He’s exhibited that, and always put the team’s success beyond his.

“Now if he has felt that he has

something to say and wants to impose his will in terms of influencing in a positive way on those around him, that’s a good thing. That’s a good thing for all, and I certainly encourage that and certainly respected the fact that LeBron’s heart was in the right place.”

Griffin pointed out that just two weeks ago James, in the midst of a playoff run made more challenging because of season-ending injuries to Love and Kyrie Irving, praised Blatt’s performance this season by saying he had done “a hell of a job.” “That’s what the man said,” said Griffin, who agreed with James’ assessment, adding the Cavs went 33-3 in their last 36 games in which James, Love and Irving played together. Griffin has grown tired of the negativity directed at Blatt.

“It never has to go away because it’s all conjecture,” he said. “So I think one thing David did as well as anybody I’ve ever seen, and I wish I did better, was just ignore the noise from the media perspective.

Because frankly, none of that means anything. We know what actually takes place here.” (ap)

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FILE - In this Saturday, June 13, 2015 file photo, the Red Arrows perform a flypast during the Trooping The Colour parade at Buckingham Palace, in London.

Buckingham Palace needs repairs; queen may have to leave

LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II may have to move out of Buckingham Palace during muchneeded renovations to the residence, which has not been substantially redecorated since she took the throne in 1952, royal officials said Wednesday.

Officials say the palace needs an estimated 150 million pounds ($237 million) of renovation and upgrades, including replacing old plumbing and wiring and removing asbestos. Having her move out during the work is one option being considered.

The queen has several other residences but spends about a third of her time in the London palace, which was first used by her ancestor Queen Victoria. It is the site of

summer garden parties and scores of ceremonial events each year.

Keeper of the Privy Purse Alan Reid said maintenance on aging royal buildings, “and in particular Buckingham Palace, will present a significant financial challenge” in the next few years.

Annual accounts published Wednesday showed that the monarchy costs taxpayers 35.7 million pounds in the year to March 31, the equivalent of 56 pence per person.

That was unchanged from the year before.

Almost half the money, 18.7 million pounds, was spent on payroll costs, while property maintenance cost 11.7 million pounds and 5.1 million pounds was spent on official travel. The most expensive trip was an eight-day visit to Colombia and Mexico by Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, which cost almost 450,000 pounds. (ap)

BUDAPEST — Hungary’s foreign minister says the government has decided to build a temporary fence on the border with Serbia as fast as possible to stop the flow of illegal migrants.

Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Wednesday that several laws

needed to be amended before construction could begin but he did not say when the work on the border could start.

Szijjarto said the fence, which is opposed by Serbia, “is not a bilateral issue. Relations with Serbia have never been as good as now.”

He said 61,000 illegal immigrants had entered Hungary this year, nearly all by crossing Hungary’s southern border with Serbia. Most of those who request refugee status in Hungary quickly leave for other destinations in western Europe, like Austria, Germany and Sweden. (ap)

Hungary to build fence on Serbian border as fast as possible

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Pakistan allows aid group Save the Children to reopen ISLAMABAD — The government of Pakistan on Wednesday allowed the international aid agency Save the Children to reopen its offices, the group’s spokesman said.

Saeed Ahmed, the group’s spokesman in Pakistan, said a team of government officials removed a lock on the gate to the group’s main office in Islamabad.

The move came two weeks after the government accused the group of violating its own charter, without elaborating.

Wednesday’s decision came days after Pakistan announced that non-government international aid groups could operate for another six months provided they register with officials in three months’ time. It was seen as a relief for humanitarian groups, which were worried since Pakistan suddenly shut the offices of Save the Children.

Save the Children also said in a statement that welcomed the government’s decision and said it would “continue to work as a credible, transparent and accountable partner” of the government of Pakistan.

Save the Children says it currently has 1,200 employees in Pakistan, none of whom are expatriates.

The group has been under intense scrutiny in Pakistan due to local suspicion it was connected to the May 2011 killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. The CIA used a vaccination campaign run by a Pakistani doctor to obtain DNA samples in Abbottabad, where bin Laden had been hiding.

The group denies any link to the CIA operation, saying it only offered the doctor training along with a thousand others in 2009 and 2010 about maternal health care.

Geothermal...

From page 1 “At Paiton power plant has been provided sufficient energy for Bali. The only problem is the submarine cables that are often problematic. Besides, the JavaBali interconnection above the sea has not been accomplished yet, so that it remains a long process whereas Bali may not get blackout. That’s the problem,” he said.

E n v i r o n m e n t a l l y, a d d e d Arthana, geothermal energy is actually the most eco-friendly option. Primarily when compared to other alternative energies such as wind with fluctuating condition in Bali, seawater in need of huge investments or coal and fuel (diesel) generating high pollution.

“Probably, the geothermal may be re-surfaced as long as it does not take forest land. What we worry is that when making geothermal without strict supervision. Unavoidably there will be access to the location, and then it is followed by building construction at the left and right side. Due to the presence of geothermal, people are interested to make a visit or it is made into an attraction and so forth, and this subsequent effect needs watching,” he said.

Arthana explained that subsequent effect of the geothermal may threaten the sustainability of

the upstream region and disrupts the function of local forests.

On the other hand, a legislator of Commission III of the Bali House, I Wayan Adnyana, said that the growth of electricity demand in Bali is high enough nearly 10-15 percent each year.

According to him, Bali needs a source of energy that does not pollute environment because so far all the power plants in Bali stay to consume coal or diesel fuel causing high pollution.

“Hence, the growth of 15 percent a year means that people always need. Otherwise, the development in Bali will stagnate.

No one can make a hotel without electricity or build a home without electricity,” he said.

This democrat has agreed that if geothermal energy is an ecofriendly alternative. According to him, Bali should be independent in terms of energy rather than continuing to rely on Java.

“We indeed have a good position, because the power plants are located outside Bali. We just utilize the electricity, it sounds fine. If later on the regions, for example, start thinking of creating a new policy where they think equally like we do and do not want to get polluted, then what to do? Is there a way out for this problem?” he explained. (kmb32)

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INDONESIA PLN to build 500-MW capacity of power plants in NTB

MATARAM - The Nusa Tenggara unit of the National Power Utility , PLN, said it will build a number of power generating plants with a total capacity of 500 megawatts in the region until 2018.

The power plants would be needed to keep pace with growing requirement for power supply in West and East Nusa Tenggara, director of the unit Suradji said on Tuesday.

Suradji said the project is part of the 35,000 MW power plants to be built by the government in the country until 2019.

It is part of the priority projects launched by the government to create security energy to support the country’s economic development in general, he said.

In West Nusa Tenggara a number of power generating projects would be built using renewable fuels in Lombok and Sumbawa.

In Lombok, there will be a 150 MW combined cycle power plant (PLTGU) fueled with gas and steam, now already under construction in Bagik Kembar, Mataram.

“Work is already in process for two months,” Suradji said.

Meanwhile, implementation of

a mobile PLTGU project with a capacity of 50 MW is still in the process of feasibility study, he added.

PLN will also build new units of steam powered electric plant (PLTU) of Lombok to be called PLTU Lombok 2 with a capacity of 100 MW and PLTU Lombok FPP 2 with the same capacity in the sub-district of Sambalia, regency of Lombok Timur.

In the island of Sumbawa, PLN would build a power plant called PLTMG Sumbawa with a capacity of 50 MW in the sub-district of Labuhan Badas.

A 50 MW power plant with steam engine energy (PLTMU) would also be built on the island of Bima. “Therefore, Lombok will have new power plants with a capacity of 400 MW, and Sumbawa 100 MW. All projects are to be completed not later than 2-018,” Suradji said.

PLN hopes that the local people would give full support for the project implementaiton, he said.

“PLN hopes that it would meet no much difficulty in carrying out the projects that would be in the interest of the people,” he added. (ant)

JAKARTA - Vice President Jusuf Kalla opened the “Gelar Batik Nusantara 2015” exhibition at the Jakarta Convention Center on Wednesday. Organized by the Indonesian Batik Foundation and PT Mediatama Binakreasi, it will be held from June 24 to 28 with the theme, “Batik Uniting Nations.”

The expo showcases thousands of coastal batik motifs and those of the best Indonesian batik collectors. “The popularity of batik is more widespread now than ever before,” the vice president said in his opening address.

Kalla noted that batik was no longer merely a traditional dress but had undergone innovations for the international market and had been adapted by several countries.

He explained that innovations in batik first started being made on the island of Java, but now, it has evolved in various regions across the Indonesian archipelago.

Furthermore, besides being a cultural factor that serves to

unify the nation, batik has also developed in a number of neighboring countries such as India and Malaysia, the vice president remarked.

In addition, he pointed out that since batik was recognized as a World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO in 2009, its reach continues to increase.

Kalla opined that as batik has become part of both official and casual clothing, there are challenges, as well, in terms of productivity and innovation.

According to the vice president, batik has been transformed from a form of traditional art into a masterpiece of global standard. It is also one of the cultural products of Indonesia that people are proud of and want to preserve.

Therefore, Kalla emphasized that the Gelar Batik Nusantara 2015 exhibition is expected to be able to open market opportunities and attract entrepreneurs, investors and institutions to develop batik as an international product. (ant)

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Police questioned Abraham Samad

JAKARTA - The police questioned suspended chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Abraham Samad as a suspect in the “Glass House” case on Wednesday.

“Today, I came to meet a summons,” he said upon arrival at the National Police Headquarters along with a number of his lawyers.

Stating he had been framed in the case, he added that the summons had no legal basis.

“I consider the case as part of a criminalization scheme. But as a good citizen, I must abide by the law. So following the summons, I came here. I believe what is mentioned in the summons does not have a legal basis,” Samad pointed out.

The Directorate of General Crimes of the National Police summoned Samad for questioning as a suspect over allegations of him having held direct or indirect meetings with parties involved in corruption cases when they were being dealt with by the KPK. He allegedly held the meetings around March and April 2014 at the Capital Residence Apartment in the SCBD area, Jakarta, and in May 2014 in Jakarta and Yogyakarta.

The case emerged following a

report from the Executive Director of KPK Watch Indonesia M. Yusf Sahide that was sent to the Crime Investigation Department of the National Police. The report was numbered LP/75/1/2015/Bareskrim, dated January 22, 2015.

Sahide suspected that Samad had often been involved in political activities through meetings with executives of political parties held beyond his duty as a KPK commissioner.

Samad is facing charges of violating article 36 in conjunction with article 65 of law number 30, 2002, on the KPK, which concerns meetings with parties whose cases are being handled by the anti-graft body.

Sahide’s report on Samad was based on information available in a Kompasiana Blog titled, “Rumah Kaca Abraham Samad,” which means “Abraham Samad’s Glass House.”

The article revealed that Samad met with political party executives several times and discussed numer-

ous issues, including offering to help in the case of corruption that involved Emir Moeis, a politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP).

The suspended KPK chief was also named as a suspect for his alleged involvement in a case of forgery of documents committed

by Feriyani Lim. As a result of these cases, President Joko Widodo suspended Samad in accordance with the law.

However, his suspension triggered suspicion that it was done because earlier, the KPK had named Commissioner General Budi Gunawan, who was nominated for the post of the national police chief then, as a suspect in a corruption case. It had led to the failure of Gunawan becoming the national police chief.

The court had later declared that the KPK’s decision to name Gunawan as a suspect in a case of corruption was illegitimate. He is now the deputy chief of the national police. (ant)

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Workers dismantle a jetliner to be recycled on an apron at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia Tuesday, June 23, 2015. The airport authorities dismantle a number of abandoned aircrafts deemed unserviceable and not airworthy to free up some space at the crowded aerodrome.

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BUSINESS Australia latest US ally to join China-backed infrastructure bank

SYDNEY - Australia said Wednesday it will join the new Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure interests as a rising power.

But Hockey said that following Investment Bank as a founding member, contributing Aus$930 million (US$719 million) in “intense negotiations” with China paid-in capital over five years.

Australia is the latest US ally to sign up to the bank, which has been shunned by Washington and Tokyo, the world’s largest and third-largest economies respectively.

The AIIB has 57 prospective members, and will have a paid-in capital of US$20 billion and total authorised capital of US$100 billion, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Treasurer Joe Hockey said in a joint statement.

“The decision comes after extensive discussions between the

government, China and other key partners around the world,” the ministers said.

“There is an estimated infrastructure financing gap of around US$8 trillion in the Asian region over the current decade. The AIIB will be part of the solution to closing this gap.”

Hockey will seal the agreement in Beijing on Monday.

The bank, expected to be operational later this year and based in the Chinese capital, has been viewed by

some as a rival to the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, two institutions under strong US influence.

Its success has caught the US off guard, after it led a high-profile attempt to dissuade allies from taking part, and now finds itself increasingly isolated.

There have been concerns over transparency of the lender, which will fund infrastructure in Asia, as well as worries that Beijing will use it to push its own geopolitical and economic

and other prospective founding members, Australia was satisfied with how the bank would be governed.

“We are absolutely satisfied that the governance arrangements now in place will ensure that there is appropriate transparency and accountability in the bank,” the treasurer told broadcaster Sky News.

“I have spoken with the Secretary of the US Treasury Jack Lew about it in the last 48 hours and we’ve also spoken with the Japanese government to address their

concerns.

“They (the Americans) understood exactly where we were coming from. It is a significant opportunity for Australia.”

The Australian government expects the bank, through its support of Asian infrastructure projects, to help boost the nation’s exports -- including minerals, agriculture and services -- to the region.

Australia and China signed a landmark trade deal last Wednesday after a decade of talks that Prime Minister Tony Abbott said would give the two nations unprecedented access to each other’s markets. (afp)

Global insurance rebounds in 2014: Swiss Re

GENEVA - The global insurance industry gained momentum last year, as economies improved and the long suffering life insur-

ance sector returned to growth in Europe and Japan, a study showed Wednesday.

Insurance premiums rose 3.7

percent to $4.8 trillion (4.2 trillion euros), a sharp rise over the 1.4percent growth recorded in 2013, according to the Sigma study,

conducted for the Swiss Re insurance group.

Developed countries saw growth of 2.9 percent while insurance

premiums shot up 7.4 percent in emerging countries.

“There was a return to positive growth in the life sector, with premiums up 4.3 percent to $2.7 trillion after a 1.8-percent decline in 2013,” the Swiss insurer said.

“Very strong growth in Oceania and solid results in Western Europe and Japan more than offset yet another year of contraction in North America, with falling sales of term and universal life products in the United States,” it said.

In the non-life sector, premiums rose 2.9 percent to $2.1 trillion globally.

Swiss Re said since the financial crisis of 2008, life premiums in the advanced markets had stagnated while in emerging markets, average annual premium growth was slower than in the pre-crisis years.

The insurer said it expected to see accelerated growth in 2015, with low oil prices likely to boost the global economy and lead to higher consumer spending and investment.

It said premium growth in the life sector was expected to remain fairly solid in the advanced economies this year and accelerate further in the emerging markets, especially in China and India, where government policies and new laws are expected to stimulate the market.

The outlook for non-life insurAP Photo/Don Ryan, File ance was bleak for Western Europe In this Nov. 12, 2014, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is shown on a laptop due to the sluggish economic rescreen in Portland, Ore. The global insurance industry gained momentum last year, as economies improved and the long suf- covery but was strong in emerging fering life insurance sector returned to growth in Europe and Japan, a study showed Wednesday. economies, Swiss Re said. (afp)

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Pucak Tinggah Temple: unity of Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu in bamboo grove

TABANAN - Tabanan Regency known as the rice granary of Bali has myriad temples related to subak or irrigation cooperative. One of them is the Pucak Tinggah Temple at Angseri Village, Baturiti. The temple sitting on hilltop is believed to be a rendezvous of Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu to bring prosperity to farmers. It is said the temple was originally a bamboo grove. The name of Puncak Tinggah stands for ‘a peak amid a bamboo grove.’

An apparatus of Pucak Tinggah Temple, Nyoman Artana, explained there were three groups of inscription telling about the origin of Pucak Tinggah Temple.

The inscriptions were the result of research made by an archaeologist from the Netherlands, Dr. R. Goris together with the Antiquities team of Bali Museum in 1977. The three inscriptions were respectively given a serial number like 007 Angseri A, 508 Angseri B and 1009 Angseri C. In terms of the form and script found, they were not made at the same time. The inscription of 007 Angseri was the oldest among the existing inscriptions. However, they were all inscribed in ancient Balinese script originating from the same period as the inscription found at Gobleg Village, Ujung and some other inscriptions of ancient Bali. Meanwhile, the inscription of 508 Angseri and 1009 Angseri were issued several hundred years after the inscription of 007 Angseri.

In the inscription of 007 Angseri was described that community established a shrine called Hyang Api meaning Puser or Pucak (pinnacle) during the reign of King Ratu Cri Ugrasena in Caka 837 or 915 AD. Meanwhile, the inscription of 508 Angseri was made during the administration of King Cri Curadhipa in Caka 1041 or 1115-1119 AD. It was mentioned, the King Prabu Sakti Wisnumurthi who was like the moon and sun exuded light to all that existed. The inscription also mentioned about the existence of Sukhamerta Village (now Angseri—Ed), where a senior figure Hyang Tatdwanyana came to King Cri Curadhipa in relation to the hermitage at Sukhamerta Village that was once made a sanctum by the King Sri Aji Tagendra Warmadewa ruling from 955-967 AD. “Condition of the 1009 Angseri inscription is damaged, so no one is able to read it,” said Nyoman Artana.

Aside from the inscription, based on the information from local public figures, the Pucak Tinggah had a number of historical narratives. Among them, when Rishi Markandeya came to Bali, he once dropped by and stayed in this temple and so did the Lord Pasupati.

At that time, Lord Pasupati abided

in Pucak Semeru Agung Temple. It was indicated by the representative shrine of Pucak Semeru Agung in the Pucak Tinggah area.

The temple was also believed to be a rendezvous of Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma. It was indicated by the existence of various springs in the temple area. Among them, there were many kinds of springs with different quality such as cold, lukewarm and hot, as well as water with different flavor such acid, sulfur, fishy and fresh. It could be traced back from the existence of Tri Kahyangan temple (trinity temple) and Batur Jati Temple.

Pucak Tinggah temple was also

associated with the Pucak Beratan, Pucak Bukit Sangkur, Teratai Bang, Pucak Batukaru, Pucak Bukit Adeng, Pucak Padang Dawa, Pucak Batu Lumbang, Pucak Sarinadi, and Penataran Dalem Ped. It happened because when Ida Ratu Gede Sakti Mas Mecaling came to Bali, he took a rest in Pucak Tinggah Temple.

The Pucak Tinggah Temple had many relations to other temples so that many temples from Tabanan, Badung and Gianyar brought along their sanctified effigies of some 30 units for worship.

In the past, the Pucak Tinggah Temple was venerated by 7 pekaseh (chief of subak or irrigation

cooperative) around the temple.

However, since the 1990s, a number of pekaseh set to be inactive. Then, the temple on the hilltop was only venerated by 60 families. Pujawali or temple anniversary was held once a year, every full moon of the eleventh month in Balinese calendar (around April-May). On the temple anniversary, thousands of devotees from Bali and Java always thronged this temple to worship.

Area of the temple reaches 14 hectares. It has a number of shrines. Originally the main shrine was a pile of stones located in the middle of a bamboo grove, known as Payogan or meditating place.

Now, the former bamboo grove is still left to grow in the temple as a forerunner to the temple. Aside from the main shrine, there are a number shrines built around the temple area. Among them, there

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are Taman Purwa or Saren Kauh functioning for purificatory ritual of the deities and Dalem Purwa used to store ritual paraphernalia of universal temple, Lingga Jati for storing temple paraphernalia and Gunung Santun for storing foodstuff.

During the temple anniversary at Pucak Tinggah, the deities will be ready to receive worship for three days. Its procession begins with melasti procession for the deities to Ulun Danu Beratan. It is resumed to escort the deities to Taman Beji, and then enters the pinnacle of the temple anniversary. This temple has seven principal priests assisted by dozens of auxiliary priests. So far, the temple has been rehabilitated for three times. To reach the temple is quite easy because it is located in the tourist route of Jatiluwih and Angseri hot spring. (kmb)

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The health officers are inspecting the local snack in Klungkung Regency

Jaja gina made using textile dyes found

SEMARAPURA - Production of traditional snacks in Klungkung are increasing rapidly leading up to Galungan and Kuningan. Unfortunately, many use a textile dye known as Rhodamine B as an ingredient. The Klungkung Health Agency is having trouble preventing the circulation of these hazardous jaja gina or snacks that are produced in many villages and used that are often used as oblation.

The registration section of the Certification and Licensing of the Klungkung Health Agency, I Wayan Sara, revealed that Balinese snack production for Galungan function as a seasonal business. Many of the products do not have a distribution license from the Health Agency, namely in the category of household food industry (PIRT) and some have

been discovered to be using textile dyes (Rhodamine B).

Wayan Sara also revealed that his party often finds jaja gina that use textile dyes to obtain a bright red colour. Unfortunately, when officers from the Health inspect these household operations, they often meet with resistance from the home industry producers. “When the of-

ficers arrived to provide coaching, they were expelled and even met with abusive words,” he said, Tuesday (Jun. 23).

From information in the field, the producers of hazardous jaja gina are deliberately using the textile dye substance. They argued that the homemade jaja gina are only used for ceremonies. Nevertheless, ac-

cording to Wayan Sara, it can still harm people who may consume it.

Moreover, these jaja gina are still in great demand by the public.

The Head of the Denpasar Agency of Drug and Food Control (BBPOM) revealed that to tackle the distribution of food feasible for consumption, the institution implemented a food safety action program at three villages in Klungkung namely the Kamasan, Takmung and Kusamba, Tuesday (Jun. 23). “This movement is meant to produce cadres that can guide food producers, women social organization (PKK), teachers and

young people to achieve safe food village,” he explained.

Besides, it also aims to help the Klungkung Health Agency foster food producers that currently are very difficult to be supervised. Based on the data of the Klungkung Health Agency, food producers in Klungkung having distribution license only reaches some 150 people, while in reality the number of food producers in Klungkung is more than the registered numbers. This condition makes the government of Klungkung difficult to control the people’s product in the market. (dwa)

TEHRAN — Iran’s top leader has hardened his stance in nuclear negotiations with world powers as a deadline for a final deal rapidly approach, saying he rejects a longterm freeze on nuclear research and wants to ban international inspectors from accessing military sites.

The comments by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who repeatedly has backed the Islamic Republic’s negotiators amid criticism from hard-liners, may give his diplomats little room for concessions ahead of the June 30 deadline. They also directly challenge the U.S., especially his demand that Iran only will sign a final deal if economic sanctions are first lifted.

Iran’s parliament already has passed a bill that, if ratified, will ban access to military sites, documents and its scientists as part of any future deal. The bill must be ratified by the Guardian Council, a constitutional watchdog, to become a law.

Speaking Tuesday night in comments broadcast on Iranian state television, Khamenei called demands Iran halt the research and development portion of its nuclear program “excessive coercion.”

“We don’t accept 10-year restriction. We have told the negotiating team how many specific years of restrictions are acceptable,” Khamenei said. “Research and development must continue during the years of restrictions.”

Khamenei accused the U.S. of offering a “complicated formula” for lifting sanctions. He added waiting for the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency to verify its

cooperation would take too long.

“Lifting sanctions can’t depend on implementation of Iran’s obligations,” he said.

Khamenei also said he rejects any inspection of military sites or allowing its scientists to be interviewed. Iran’s nuclear scientists have been the targets of attacks before both inside the Islamic Republic and elsewhere.

The U.S.’ “goal is to uproot and destroy the country’s nuclear industry,” he said. “They want to keep up the pressure and are not after a complete lifting of sanctions.”

In a statement Sunday, the U.S. State Department said inspections remain a key part of any final deal.

Tehran is negotiating with the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany over its contested nuclear program. The talks are focused on reaching a final accord that curbs Iran’s nuclear program in return for the lifting of economic sanctions.

Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, such as power generation and medical research.

The West fears Iran could use it to finally build an atomic bomb.

Negotiations likely will begin in earnest in the coming days in Europe. On Wednesday, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported that deputy foreign ministers Abbas Araghchi and Majid Takhte-Ravanchi had resumed talks with Helga Schmidt, a deputy of European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. It did not elaborate. (ap)

asked for his confirmation on Tuesday (Jun. 23) justified the incident.

His party has not known why the victim fell from the second floor of Mercure Hotel, Kuta. “Results of the initial investigation do not reveal any elements of intent. We still examine witnesses,” he said.

In the meantime, according to an officer of the Denpasar Police, the traveler of Ballymena-born held the passport number 502001738. He was staying at the hotel during the

period of Jun 20-25, 2015.

From description of hotel employees to police officer on Monday around 9:30 p.m., the victim came to receptionist and asked for help to open his door. At that time, the victim claimed that his key was lost.

After that, the victim was ushered by bellboy Komang Wijaya and security guard Sudarma. After the door was opened, the victim looked panic because his passport was missing. “Having been searched in

his room, in fact, the passport was in the safety box. After that, the bellboy and security guard left the victim’s room,” added the officer.

Right at 10:30 p.m., a hotel staff, Zulfikar, was called by Sudarma that there was a foreign traveler falling in the shrine area in front of the hotel. After being checked, it was correct and the BIMC Hospital was contacted to come to hotel directly. A few minutes later, the ambulance of BIMC and his team

of doctors arrived at the scene. After examination, the victim was immediately taken to BIMC Hospital.

At approximately 11:15 p.m., the medical team declared if the victim already died.

“At the crime scene, the victim was found in a supine position; the head was facing east, using shorts, T-shirt and sandals. The victim’s head and nose bleed,” said the officer requesting his identity to be made secret. (kmb36)

Wind, rains cool Pakistan heat wave that killed at least 749

KARACHI — Wind from the sea and pre-monsoon rains cooled southern Pakistan on Wednesday, likely marking the end of a scorching heat wave that killed at least 749 people, authorities said.

Alleged to fall from second floor, a british traveler killed

DENPASAR - Employees and guests of a hotel located on Jalan Pantai Kuta on Monday night (Jun. 22) were shocked by the finding of Mervyn Greer Robert, 50, from Britain in the area of the hotel temple.

The victim staying in room 250 was alleged to fell from second floor and died on the way to hospital.

Chief of Kuta Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Dewa Tagel Wijarsa, with permission from Kuta Police Chief, Ida Bagus Dedy, when

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A Pakistani man rushes a child suffering from heatstroke to a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 23, 2015.

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In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian Supreme Leader on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses Iranian top officials in a mosque at his residence in Tehran, Iran.

Temperatures in hard-hit Karachi dropped to 34 degrees Celsius (93.2 degrees Fahrenheit), meteorologist Abdur Rasheed said. Hospital officials said admittances had dropped compared to previous days, when dehydrated patients lay in corridors and outside of clinics.

The port city has been in the grip of a heat wave called the worst in at least a decade, with temperatures reaching 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit).

Hourslong power outages, little running water and the majority of people fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan had worsened the situation.

Karachi, home to some 20 million people, suffers under an inef-

ficient power grid and a shortage of potable water. The power outages also affected the sporadic water supply in Karachi, where those who can afford it rely on tankers of water being delivered to their homes.

Mohammad Sabir, a top government official, said at least 749 people had died as a result of the heat wave in Sindh province, of which Karachi is the capital.

During the heat wave’s worst days, Karachi’s residents tried to find running water to cool off at public taps or broken pipes. Some bathed with their clothes on, while others washed their hands, faces and heads. As power outages rolled across the city, women and children

walked down roads looking for shelter after leaving their small, hot homes. “We’re forced to sleep in the streets,” resident Muzafar Khan said.

Political parties running the southern province and the federal government blamed each other for the disaster while debating the issue in parliament Wednesday. Some said those in Karachi couldn’t find cars to carry the coffins of their dead to the cemetery and even if they made it, gravediggers overcharged them.

“I literally wept when I heard a poor man didn’t have money to pay to a grave digger,” opposition lawmaker Abdul Rashid Godil said. (ap)

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Study links erectile dysfunction drug with skin cancer

MIAMI - A class of erectile dysfunction drugs that includes Viagra has been linked to a slight increase in the risk of the skin cancer melanoma, according to a study Tuesday.

While the research in the Journal of the American Medical Association stops short of proving that the drugs cause melanoma, researchers said their findings warrant a closer look at medications known as PDE5 (phosphodiesterase type 5) inhibitors.

They include sildenafil, vardenafil and tadalafil, which go by brand names such as Viagra, Levitra, Cialis and others.

Using Swedish medical records spanning 2006 to 2012, researchers found about 4,000 cases of melanoma. Of those patients, 11 percent had filled at least one prescription for a PDE5 inhibitor to treat erectile dysfunction.

When comparing these men to a control group of cancer-free men selected randomly from the same registry and matched by age, researchers found the risk of mela-

noma was 21 percent higher in men who took the erectile dysfunction drugs.

However, the most pronounced risk was seen in men who had filled a single prescription (32 percent higher).

The risk of melanoma in men who filled multiple prescriptions was 14 percent higher, which was not statistically significant, according to the study led by doctor Stacy

Loeb of New York University.

Researchers were also puzzled by the finding that men taking ED drugs were more likely to be diagnosed with low-grade melanoma, not advanced or high risk cancers.

Study authors stressed that the risk of melanoma they found among erectile dysfunction drug takers was modest, and would translate to about seven additional cases of cancer per 100,000 men taking PDE5 inhibitors.

According to Chris Chapple,

New insulin ‘smart patch’ could help diabetes patients

MIAMI - An experimental patch that could automatically deliver doses of insulin to patients with diabetes has been successfully tested in lab animals, researchers said Monday.

If trials in people are shown to work, the patch could offer a less painful alternative for people who must otherwise use needles to inject themselves with insulin.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State described the product as “the first smart insulin patch that can detect increases in blood sugar levels

and secrete doses of insulin into the bloodstream whenever needed.”

The patch itself is about the size of a penny and contains more than 100 tiny needles, each about as big as an eyelash, according to the study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Each microneedle contains “microscopic storage units for insulin and glucose-sensing enzymes that rapidly release their cargo when blood sugar levels get too high,” said the study.

In mice with diabetes, those treated with

the microneedle patch saw their blood glucose levels brought under control within 30 minutes, and stayed that way for several hours.

Mice that were injected with insulin saw blood sugar levels return to normal, but they required another shot sooner than the patchwearing lab animals.

“If we can get these patches to work in people, it will be a game-changer,” said John Buse, co-senior author and director of the UNC Diabetes Care Center.

Diabetes affects more than 387 million people worldwide. (afp)

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Secretary General of the European Association of Urology, the findings are an “interesting observation” but more research is needed.

“This paper reports a previously unreported potential association,” said Chapple, who was not involved in the study.

“It’s an interesting observation, but it should not be a trigger for any change in current clinical practice relating to the use of drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction such as Viagra and related compounds.” (afp)

Skinny jeans could make you a fashion victim

PARIS - Squatting in super-tight “skinny” jeans may pose a health risk, Australian doctors warned Tuesday, reporting the case of a woman who temporarily lost feeling in her legs from an hours-long squeeze.

The 35-year-old collapsed and had to be hospitalised the day after helping a relative move home, spending hours on her haunches to unpack cupboards.

The unusual case was reported in a British specialist publication, the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

“She had been wearing tight ‘skinny’ jeans and recalled that these had felt increasingly tight and uncomfortable as the day wore on,” the journal said.

“Later that evening, she experienced numbness in her feet and found it difficult to walk, which caused her to trip and fall.

“Unable to get up, she spent several hours lying on the ground before she was found.”

The woman’s legs were so swollen that the jeans could only be removed by cutting them off, said the statement.

She couldn’t move her ankles or toes properly, and had lost feeling in her lower legs and feet.

She was put on a drip, and was able to walk normally again four days later.

Doctors at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, said the jeans, combined with the squatting, had reduced blood supply to the leg muscles.

At the same time, nerve fibres connecting to the lower legs had been damaged by prolonged compression, which explained the numbness and loss of control.

“The present case represents a new neurological complication of wearing tight jeans,” they wrote. (afp)

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The 37th Bali Art Festival Thursday, June 25, 2015 Time

Place

Event

11.00 Angsoka Stage

14.00 Ratna Kanda Stage

17.00 Ayodya Stage

Karawitan performances by Gambang Geria Asri Troupe, Klungkung Taman Penasar performances by Babakan Pule Troupe, Klungkung Singer Nadi Swara Troupe performances

20.00 Ksirarnawa Hall

20.00 Wantilan

Golek Pupet performances by Pesisiran Community Arja performances

20.00 Ardha Candra

Gong Kebyar Exhibition by Puspa Ken cana Mekar Troupe and Gurnita Pradnya Citta Troupe

Tangerine agriculture results in ‘tying farmers’

BANGLI - Tangerine cultivation in Bangli County having lasted since the past time remains to give a promising prospect. It is evident from the emergence of a number of ‘tying farmers” that are successful due the result of tangerine sales business.

As one of the farmers at Padpadan hamlet, Pengotan, village, I Nyoman Rudiasa, 36, has a good experience. Since he was tempted by the results obtained by a number of traders four years ago he has been desperate to open a business selling tangerine in addition to working on his own land.

He told that his business began when he sold tangerine to one of the traders worth IDR 160 million for two hectares of tangerine estate.

After picking, the traders confessed to him that the profit reached IDR 80 million. On hearing this, Rudiasa said to be surprised and emerged a desire to open a business. “I deeply involved in this business because of getting information from the trader that the profit was moderately good,” he said.

What Rudiasa has done ultimately bears a success. Gradually, his business is growing because more and more farmers trusted him to buy their tangerine. Other than getting capital injection from provincial government, the agricultural training for several times has made his business skyrocket.

Today, his product does not only penetrate the marketing area in Bali, but also on Java Island such as Solo and Surabaya. “Due to my efforts, the marketing of tangerine is not only in Bali, but also in Java,” he explained.

He further said that the delivery to Java during massive harvest in September to October reaches two trucks per day, where each truck holds 5.5 tons. In the meantime, in March and May, the delivery is only carried out two times a week.

It happens because the amount of the harvest is not too much.

“Delivery to Java is in accordance with the harvest. During harvest season, the frequency of delivery will increase,” he explained.

Rudiasa delivered that obstacle only occurs when the price fluctuates.

He also added that his cultivated land reaches 3.35 hectares, where each harvest season he gets a turnover of IDR 400 million to IDR 500 million.

It also depends on the crop. Nevertheless, Rudiasa admitted that from the results of his business he can invest, either in the form of savings or property. “Thankfully, I do not suffer losses so that I can invest,” he said while smiling. (sos)

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Tangerine cultivation in Bangli County having lasted since the past time remains to give a promising prospect. It is evident from the emergence of a number of ‘tying farmers” that are successful due the result of tangerine sales business.

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Legislators inspected pier development at Pesinggahan.

Government asked to speed up realization of Pesinggahan Pier SEMARAPURA - Until now, the crossing of goods from mainland Bali to Nusa Penida remains to be constrained by transportation means. As a result, the price of basic necessities in Nusa Penida is getting more expensive. To that end, the executive is asked to immediately realize the pier that can be used by barge to berth. So far, the distribution of goods such as building materials in Nusa Penida very much depends on barge.

Chairman of the Klungkung House, I Wayan Baru, revealed that the difficulty of distributing goods both building materials and foodstuff causes the price to soar in the market. It is inseparable from the restricted goods that can be ferried from mainland Bali to Nusa Penida. Definitely, this condition is very detrimental to the community of Nusa Penida becoming the largest contributor to poor households in Klungkung.

Wayan Baru asked the government of Klungkung to also think of crossing transport for goods to Nusa Penida currently remaining to be limited. Wayan Baru revealed that for the distribution of material buildings, the community still depends on barge.

However, so far there is no pier in Klungkung that can be used by barge to berth.

His party also asked so that Pesinggahan Pier planned for barge can be operated immediately. “Acceleration of the barge pier development is very much expected. It is in appropriate with the pace of physical development in Nusa Penida currently increasing rapidly,” said the man from Sakti village, Nusa Penida, Tuesday (Jun. 23).

As previous years, on Galungan Day, the number of people crossing to Nusa Penida increased rapidly. This will reduce the

capacity of cargo crossings. On the other hand, the basic needs of community in Nusa Penida on Galungan increase rapidly. Before the realization of this special barge pier, Wayan Baru asked the executive to jointly overcome the cargo crossing ahead of Galungan.

Accumulation of the cargo freight must be avoided due to limited transport capacity. Moreover, such condition is strongly felt by community of Nusa Penida mainly the middle to lower class.

“We do hope the government can help the cargo crossings other than the basic needs of ritual paraphernalia and people’s homecoming during holidays. Without such a help, people will get difficulty,” he concluded. (dwa)

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Bloodstains in Margriet’s room have female code

DENPASAR - Results of the investigation finding bloodstains in the room of Margriet by Forensic Laboratory of the National Police Headquarters on Tuesday (Jun. 23) showed female code. However, the results are not yet clear whose bloodstains they are and no blood samples have been taken for comparison.

“They indicate female code but not known whose blood it is. This must be investigated by the investigators. Besides, the comparator blood is not available yet,” said the source requesting anonymity.

In the meantime, a Commissioner of the National Police Commission, Edi Saputra Ha-

sibuan, told journalists that his party urges the investigators to pursue the testimony of witnesses whose testimony leads to Margriet. “We urge police to chase witness’ testimony regarding the allegation on the involvement of Margriet in the murder of Engeline,” said Edi. A relative of Margriet, Lor-

raine Soriton, 58, said that Margriet once asked her to look for a servant. Furthermore, she took Arnold, 20, from Manado to Bali in November 2014 planned to be paid as much as IDR 1 million. On arriving at the home of Margriet, Arnold was even told to feed chickens. “He (Arnold— Ed) did not like working there.

Having worked for a month, he came back home. At that time, Margriet was returning to Pekanbaru,” she said.

Lorraine claiming to have been at the scene for few months saw the figure Engeline is an obedient child and she never denies.

Besides, she is also jovial. “If she is called by her mom (Margriet— Ed), Engeline looks fear,” said Lorraine.

Additionally, she had time to bathe Engeline. At that time, some bruises were seen on the body and

back of Engeline. “Apparently, she has been pinched. When asked why (blue and red), Engeline does not want to answer and never claims to be painful,” she said.

One day, Lorraine saw Engeline out of the room of Margriet while crying and being naked.

Looking at her, Lorraine directly took clothes for the innocent girl and enrobed her. “Indeed I have seen Engeline being beaten,” said Lorraine who is also a witness in the case of child neglect with the suspect Margriet. (kmb36)

Bird flu isolation chamber occupied by TBC’s patient TABANAN - Since the outbreak of bird flu, Tabanan Hospital is one of the hospitals in Bali having isolation chamber to treat bird flu patients. Other than Tabanan

Hospital, similar isolation chamber is also owned by Sanglah Hospital and Gianyar Hospital. Establishment of the isolation chamber at the Tabanan Hospital is meant

to cover bird flu patients in the western region. Aside from bird flu case, the isolation chamber is also used to treat rabies and MERS patients. But over the past few

The isolation chamber in Tabanan Hospital is now used for tuberculosis patients

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years, since there are rabies and bird flu, the room is then functioned to treat patients with other infectious cases, one of which is tuberculosis.

Director of the Tabanan Hospital, Nyoman Susila, said on Tuesday (Jun. 23) that even though rabies is currently still spreading back in Tabanan, the isolation chamber is still used for other infectious disease. “Should there be any rabies case, patients in isolation chamber will be moved to another room,” he said. The use of this isolation chamber is urgently needed by Tabanan Hospital considering the need for beds has increased and even showed booming patients, especially in the season of infectious diseases such as dengue.

Isolation chamber in the Tabanan Hospital consists of three wards where each is filled with two beds and a monitoring room.

“In total, there are six beds. Monitoring room is used by attendants to monitor patient,” said Susila.

According to Susila, the tools and facilities have been adequate to deal with similar cases to bird flu.

Currently the isolation chamber is occupied by three patients, while the three remaining beds are not occupied. Although the positive for rabies bite case increases this time, Susila admitted that his party does not specifically empty beds in the isolation chamber.

According to him, the need for

treatment bed makes his party stick with this isolation chamber for cases of disease requiring treatment in isolation chamber.

“So, there are no beds emptied.

However, if there is a rabies case, of course it will be prioritized and patients occupying isolation chamber will be moved to another,” said Susila.

The operational fund is not small for the handling of infectious disease case such as bird flu and rabies. According to Susila, the funds included in the budget of hospital-run healthcare with the status as regional public service agency (BLUD) like the Tabanan Hospital. “So, the use of healthcare budget depends on the condition of disease developing at the time,” said Susila. When calculated, for fulfillment of Personal Protective Equipment (APD) the officers can only spend around IDR 8 million. Most of the equipment is single use. “If calculated, one shift consists of six professionals and patient visit is made twice. So, the spending of the equipment for each attendant is IDR 700,000. Thus, it totally reaches IDR 8.4 million,” said Susila.

Seeing the large budget to be spent in handling bird flu and rabies cases, it will be better if it is made preventive efforts against the diseases so that the diseases will not spread nor claim a victim. (kmb24)

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Fourth anniversary of The Sunset Hotel & Restaurant

KUTA - Celebrations of the fourth anniversary of The Sunset Hotel & Restaurant - Bali were marked with the cutting of a cone by the owner Mr. Fofo Sariaatmadja, accompanied by Mrs. Susy Sariaatmadja, Mr. Jonggi Manalu (Commissioner), Mr. Krishna Mokoginta (President), Mr. Robert Pollana (Director) and Mr. Gede Kusuma Wirawan (General Manager). The celebration took place in a festive, intimitate and celebratory atmosphere. The celebration was enlivened by the employees performing song and dance, thus creating a more intimate atmosphere.

The most spectacular show was the perfromance of an impressive dramatic Opera. Gede Kusuma Wirawan came up with the idea after many events that have taken place here in the years leading up to this fourth anniversary. “Despite the tight competition in the hotel business, we have been able to thrive into this fourth year of operation,” he said.

The theme for the anniversary was “Creativity from the Heart Makes Sunset a Perfect Home,” and as explained Gede Kusuma explained. The Sunset Hotel & Restaurant, Bali seek to be increasingly creative both in terms of marketing and services. That way, customers will continue to be happy and satified with their stay at the Sunset Hotel. “Hopefully, the Sunset Hotel

can continue to grow in subsequent years” he added.

Leading up to the celebratory evening various other activities took place such as the blood drive that managed to collect 25 bags of blood. There were also staff team building activities like playing in a mud pit and tub rafting. These fun games served as prelude to the main celebration. (kmb)

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

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book superhero at older stages of his life in the five previous movies.

Holland played Naomi Watt’s son in the 2012 tsunami drama “The Impossible” and recently appeared in the British television miniseries “Wolf Hall.”

He was selected after a worldwide casting search to appear in the film that will be directed

by Jon Watts.

“We saw many terrific young actors, but Tom’s screen tests were special,” Tom Rothman, the chairman of Sony Pictures Motion Pictures Group, said in a statement.

News of Holland’s selection may disappoint some fans who had said they wanted a black actor to play SpiderMan for the upcoming film.

Walt Disney Co’s Marvel Studios will co-produce the film with Sony.

Under the agreement announced in February, Spider-Man will appear in the Marvel film, and Marvel characters, such as Iron Man, Thor and Captain America, can appear in later Spider-Man films.

Holland is expected to make his first appearance as Spider-Man in “Captain America: Civil War,” which is due for release in summer 2016.

Sony Pictures Entertainment, a division of Sony Corp, will continue to own the cinematic rights to Spider-Man. Writer Stan Lee and writer/artist Steve Ditko created the fictional superhero character, who first appeared in comics in 1962.

The “Spider-Man” franchise has earned more than $4 billion at the box office worldwide, making it the most successful franchise in the history of Sony Pictures. (rtr)

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Geothermal in Bali

NEW YORK - Little-known English actor Tom Holland has been picked to play the webslinging superhero in the next “Spider-Man” film, which is due for release in July 2017, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios said on Tuesday.

Holland, 19, will play Spider-Man’s teenage alter ego Peter Parker as a high-school age student in the upcoming, yet-to-be titled film.

He follows in the footsteps of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, who have portrayed the comic

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Olivia Wilde spotlights ripple effects of Ebola crisis

UNITED NATIONS — Actress Olivia Wilde hopes that a documentary film she helped produce will remind the world about the lingering impact of the Ebola crisis in West Africa.

The 31-year-old actress, who appeared in the TV medical drama “House” and soon will be costarring in the Christmas holiday comedy “Love the Coopers,” came to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations on Tuesday in a different role — as executive producer of the award-winning short documentary on Ebola “Body Team 12.”

She told dozens of ambassadors and diplomats that the film about a volunteer team collecting bodies at the height of the Ebola crisis in Liberia, touches on two issues that she cares deeply about: the rights of women and community health workers around the world, particularly in West Africa.

The Ebola epidemic has killed over 11,100 people mainly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea since it was first reported in March 2014.

Liberia, once the worst affected country, is now Ebola free, but the

battle to eradicate the disease is still going on in Sierra Leone and Guinea and the ripple effects of the disease on the economies and hardhit families in the three countries are expected to last for years.

The film, which won the best short documentary award at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, is told through the eyes of the only female member of the team collecting bodies in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia.

“The power of documentary filmmaking is profound to educate people about issues that they would possibly ignore because they’re so difficult or because they feel overwhelmed,” Wilde said.

“It’s something that most people won’t want to touch on,” she said of Ebola. “They want to leave it behind, and I think part of that has to do with personal fear.”

Wilde urged the diplomats “as people with voices that are listened to” to include Ebola and the role of women in the response in every discussion, and to share the film “because it’s inspiring — it’s a story of heroism.” (ap)

Between sanctity and independency of energy

DENPASAR - Geothermal project re-surfacing recently instantly brings up an option for Balinese people. Should the sanctity of the island be sacrificed for the sake of passion of making Bali independent in energy?

An academician from the Udayana University, Dr. Luh Kartini, said that the sanctity of Bali is something that cannot be contested. The geothermal plan is worried to harm the sacred area in Bedugul as the location of the project.

“Environmentally, people claim it is eco-friendly but there we also have a source of water. Now, we are asked to choose water or fire? We want water, Bali is small because

there are three lakes around there, will the three lakes be used up?” she said on Wednesday.

Kartini also questioned about the benefit of the Celukan Bawang power plant construction if the geothermal project will be reimplemented. According to her, the power plant project at Celukan Bawang is enough for Bali. For the remaining, Bali can obtain it from outside because over the years, Bali

has contributed much to the state revenues from tourism sector.

“I would like to tell the president and the Speaker of the House of the Representatives in Bali and Jakarta.

Bali becoming a tourism area because of its nature and culture, and it has been proved that the immense contribution has been submitted to central government. Travelers even thought that Bali is Indonesia. Why will the nature be harmed like this?” she said.

This Chairman of the Bali Organic Association also requested the central government not to arbitrarily allocate projects to

Bali. According to her, this tiny island may not be damaged by it. “At the current location, there are three lakes, right? And their sanctity is uncompromised, where the mountains and Bali poses an integrated ecosystem, when making geothermal project, it will result in problems. Today, for instance, water crisis has overwhelmed Bali.

So, it is the standpoint of Balinese people and then if any Lapindolike disaster happens who will be responsible?” she asked.

In the meantime, the Head of the Center for Environmental Research of the Udayana University, Prof. I

Geothermal project at Bedugul. Geothermal project re-surfacing recently instantly brings up an option for Balinese people.

Wayan Arthana, Ph.D., said that Bali is indeed necessary to prepare its own energy so as not to depend on the other regions as it is quite risky although based on national projection Bali must not need to be confused of thinking about it.

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