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Brad Pitt backs with “Fury”

Brad Pitt gives his best stubbly, and battle-scarred look in the first poster for his new World War II drama Fury, coming to theaters this November. In the movie, he plays a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant known as “Wardaddy” who heads up a five-man Sherman tank unit into Germany.

The moody image, featuring ominous grey clouds and a pensive Pitt gazing down from the turret of his

tank, stands in contrast to the poster for his last WWII epic, Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, in which

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a defiant Pitt stood tall — his back literally to the wall — staring straight at the viewer.

This new poster is, however,

similar to a different Basterds banner which also had its title was scrawled on a weapon Fury is from writer/director David Ayer (End of Watch), and it also stars Shia LaBeouf , Logan Lerman, Jon Bernthal and Michael Peña.

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BAF News at Page 3 Fertility Rite of Kapal Village

Shaqiri treble sends Switzerland into last 16

Obama: Climate change steps making a difference

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Discourse on the continuation Bedugul geothermal project in Baturiti reaped a reaction from the Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti.

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Paul McCartney: Feeling better, ready to tour

GLENDALE - Dozens of Michael Jackson fans laid heaps of flowers Wednesday at the mausoleum where the pop icon is interred, to mark the 5th anniversary of his death.

Around 100 fans, some dressed as the self-proclaimed King of Pop, gathered at the Forest Lawn cemetery outside Los Angeles, where the 50-year-old died while rehearsing for a comeback tour.

“We love you Michael,” read a banner on a giant red heart placed outside the small mausoleum in Glendale, north of downtown LA. Jackson died on June 25, 2009 of an overdose of the clinical anesthetic propofol, administered by his doctor to help treat insomnia as the singer prepared for “This is It” shows in London.

His personal medic Conrad Murray was convicted of invol-

untary manslaughter in 2011 over the star’s death and jailed for four years. He was released in October after serving two years.

Jackson was planning a global comeback tour to help him stave off bankruptcy, five years after being acquitted of child molestation charges which left his career in tatters.

He had debts of up to $500 million before his death, but in the five years since, his executors have earned more than $700 million, according to a recent book, “Michael Jackson Inc.” Money-making ventures have included the “This is It” movie of rehearsals for the doomed tour, a touring Cirque du Soleil stage show and two posthumous albums so far, with more to come.

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TABANAN - Discourse on the continuation Bedugul geothermal project in Baturiti reaped a reaction from the Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti. The regent of the PDI-P party ascertained not to approve the geothermal project continuation. She argued that she wanted to save the nature of Bedugul from the possibility of negative impact generated by the mega project.

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LONDON — Paul McCartney says he’s feeling fab and ready to rock ‘n’ roll. The 72-year-old former Beatle posted a brief YouTube video Tuesday night saying he’s recovered from a virus that forced him to cancel shows in Japan and South Korea, and delay the opening of a U.S. tour.

He said the first U.S. show is set for July 5 in Albany, New York. The canceled U.S. dates have been rescheduled for September and October. The singer seemed fit and in good spirits as he thanked fans for their concern about his health.

Regent of Tabanan rejects continuation of geothermal project

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“So, I reiterate that there is no continuation of geothermal project. We reject the continuation of the power plant project. It is for the sake of the nature of Bali,” said Eka Wiryastuti.

Her party also questioned why the geothermal power plant (PLTPB) project at Bedugul emerged again. Actually, the project has been rejected by the Bali House.

“We are very dear to the nature of Bali, especially Bedugul area. So, there is no longer the continuation of geothermal project,” she stated. She hoped the geothermal project at Bedugul not to be tampered with as it had been finally rejected

by the Bali House. Her party worried, if the project would be continued it surely kindled new polemic, especially in Tabanan.

Aside from rejecting the continuation of geothermal project, Regent Eka also disagreed to the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. She said the reclamation would have an impact on the opening of the opportunities for mass urbanization, not to mention the issue of environmental damages. “Likewise, I reject the reclamation. It will have an impact on the environment of Bali. Do not let the reclamation plan trigger new issues. Bali should be sustainable,” she said.

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Jackson fans mark 5th anniversary of icon’s death

According to her, the nature of Bali was different from that of other islands. Balinese society, she said, was always respecting religion, customs and culture used as the basic capital of life all the times.

As reported previously, a suspicion emerged that Benoa Bay reclamation would have an impact on the Bedugul geothermal project. The presence of reclamation project was ascertained to need for greater electricity. One of the projects suspected to be continued in order to increase the supply of electricity was the geothermal drilling at Bedugul.

From the notes of Bali Post, the Bedugul geothermal project continued to reap polemic among residents, especially in the vicinity of the drilling area, Candikuning, Baturiti. Moreover, all this time, the community figures of Baturiti claimed to have never been given socialization regarding the fate of geothermal project. Similarly, they worried if the project would have a fatal impact on the environment. (kmb30)

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Embattle drugs and HIV/AIDS shouldn’t half-heartedly Bali Post

DENPASAR - Two worrying things are now shadowing Bali, namely drug trafficking and the transmission of HIV/ AIDS. All this time, the drug trafficking is rife enough in Denpasar. On the other hand, the closing of Dolly prostitute house in Surabaya, East Java, also tends to affect the emigration of the commercial sex workers to Bali. This condition is very vulnerable to the spread of HIV/AIDS in Bali.

To combat both social cases, stakeholders and the public should not take action half-heartedly. The community from hamlet level must be activate and empowered to take preventive measures.

One of the hamlets in Denpasar initiated such an effort was Kertha Bhuana hamlet, Dangin Puri Kangin, East Denpasar. On Tuesday night (Jun 24), the hamlet invited a number of important elements such as the Provincial Narcotics Agency (BNP), County/ Municipality Narcotics Agency (BNK), police, military, subdistrict head and Denpasar municipality to disseminate HIV/AIDS and drug distribution prevention, chiefly targeting teenagers. One of the ways to awaken the residents was through the staging of the arts, such as the dance played by parents, teenagers and Bondres comedy in combination with Joged Dance.

“Through the staging of the art, we expect the role of community from the bottom level can be more active in drug eradication and HIV/AIDS prevention,” said the headman of Dangin Puri Kangin, I Gusti Ngurah Putrawan.

Meanwhile, the Head of the BNP Bali, Gusti Ketut Budiartha, who was present at Kertha Bhuana hamlet said that his party hoped the active role of the community to begin participating in supervising the hamlet territory from drug trafficking. “Moreover, Denpasar includes the drug trafficking area,” he explained.

Such extension, he said, posed the reflection of the BNP concerns against drug abuse in the world, especially the city of Denpasar. On that account, the hazard of drugs was worth anticipating. “Moreover, after the closure of Dolly, there is possibility if the prostitutes

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The tourists are looking at the AIDS Banner placed in Kuta will move to Bali. Do not let Bali currently be flooded with travelers is then flooded with commercial sex workers,” hoped Ketut Budiartha while conveying his concerns as the prostitute would bring in diseases.

Budiartha added that those exposed to drugs were not all criminals. “Most of them are victims. They are sick people that should be treated. When your family members or relatives are exposed to drugs, do not be ignored as such, but please report them to the BNP or BNK Denpasar,” he said while mentioning there were two drug addicts who got rehabilitation outside Bali.

He added the participation of

community meant there had been sharpening of the hamlet itself to actively protect its territory from drug onslaught. “We expect there will be no distribution of drugs at customary village. Hopefully, the customary village can be freed from drug trafficking,” he said while adding that Bali currently was ranked 18th in terms of the national drug distribution. The circulation region in Bali included Denpasar (night clubs and cafés), Badung and Gianyar.

The Head of the BNK Denpasar, Purwadi, participating in the event said that his party expected the public to fortify themselves against drugs. From the existing data, he said, the drug us-

ers were predominantly teenagers and school children. At least, 500 people in Denpasar were drug users and the case was pretty much namely reaching 125 cases.

Meanwhile, Mayor of Denpasar, IB Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, said in his speech that combating drugs should not be carried out half-heartedly. “It is important for us to declare a war against drugs because it results in a huge loss,” he said.

On that account, the mayor asked stakeholders to conduct a raid at the location frequently taken advantage to make a drug transaction. “Similarly, keep an eye on the entrance like the airport,” he said. (asa)

After mutilation incident

Klungkung govt prepares Caru Labuh Gentuh ritual

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SEMARAPURA - Klungkung government seriously responded to the mutilation case occurred on Jalan Kenyeri IX, Jelantik Kuribatu hamlet, Gelgel village, Klungkung. The government prepared a Pecaruan Labuh Gentuh ritual at central intersection of Klungkung. The Caru Labuh Gentuh will be conducted after the implementation of presidential election.

Such ritual plan was decided after the Klungkung government acquired some inputs from various parties.

After conducting a closed meeting on Wednesday (Jun 25), the Acting Regent of Klungkung, Made Kasta, said the spiritual effort was meant to purify the territory after Klungkung became the location of sadistic murder to mutilate the victim. Even, the mutilated body parts were disposed to 13 crime scenes in the region of Klungkung and Karangasem.

In addition to focusing on the catus pata or central intersection, the similar Caru Labuh Gentuh would also be carried out at the murder scene. Meanwhile, at the location

where the victim’s mutilated body parts were disposed would be organized the caru manca sata. “With this ceremony, hopefully, the peace of the region can be maintained,” said Kasta.

Ceremony of this kind had never been undertaken all this time whereas similar heinous acts were noted to frequently occur in the region of Klungkung. Prior to the mutilation case, the murder case by slitting the victim’s neck also occurred in the region of Jumpai. Meanwhile, similar mutilation case had also occurred at the

former Gunaksa quarry location a few years earlier. However, no ritual was made in response to the incidents.

A religious leader, Dewa Soma, after meeting with Made Kasta added that Caru Labuh Gentuh ritual would be held because the mutilation case was considered a major case causing the palemahan (territory) of Klungkung to be spiritually impure.

Especially at the scene, the county government should make coordination with the owner of the boarding house and local residents.

Other than organizing the Caru

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Labuh Gentuh, Dewa Soma also proposed in order the establishment of boarding houses could be set forth in the customary bylaw (awig-awig) at each village as an effort to enforce a more stringent supervision.

The Acting Regent of Klungkung requested the owners and occupants of the boarding house to comply with the administrative regulation by reporting themselves to local hamlet head. Even, his party planned to make regional bylaw which would specifically regulate the construction of boarding houses. (kmb31)

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Olivia Birchfield won Ms. Hard Rock Bali 2014 IBP

KUTA - Hard Rock Hotel Bali proudly announced the winner of Ms. Hard Rock Bali 2014, Ms. Olivia Febrina Birchfield, 18 year old Hard Rocker from Bali, Indonesia. Ms. Birchfield has always been among the top contenders since the 1st Preliminary, but her performance on Final Night convinced the judges and wowed the crowd. Final Night was held on Friday, June 20 at Centerstage, attended by more than 200 supporters, fans, guests and invitees. During the Final Night, finalists competed in fashion shows, talent showcase and final questions.

By winning the coveted title, Ms. Olivia will represent Bali in the regional competition, Ms. Hard Rock Southeast Asia 2014, which will be held in Bali this September. Also competing in this unique pageant are the 1st Runner-up, Ms. Fitri Rachmawati and the 2nd Runner-up, Ms. Putu Desi Ara Paramitha.

The Top 3 will compete against Hard Rock Pattaya and Hard Rock Penang. “I’m so honored to win this title. I have always been a Hard Rocker and I’m simply over the moon”, said Olivia on the Final Night. The avid guitar player now looks forward to prepare herself along with the runner-ups to compete in September. “We ask the support from Bali and the

people. This Southeast Asia event will be fantastic to introduce Bali to the world once again, with the spirit of rock ‘n roll”, Olivia added.

Ms. Hard Rock Bali is an annual pageant event organized by Hard Rock Hotel Bali, that calls for beautiful, intelligent, smart and Hard Rocking girls that appreciate music, lifestyle and the true Rock ‘n Roll spirit. A similar event is annually held in Pattaya, Thailand and Penang, Malaysia and each location takes turn to host the regional event. The previous winners of this competition have since built a strong career in modeling, fashion and business marketplace.

Calendar Event for June 1 through July 12, 2014 1 Jun

Pura Sakenan Serangan Denpasar Pura Dalem Pahuman Bhujangga Penatih Denpasar Timur Pura Alas Harum Batur Kintamani Pura Alas Angker Munduk Kintamani Pura Dalem Kawitan Empuaji Klungkung 4 Jun Buda Cemeng Langkir Pura Tanah Lot Kediri Tabanan Pura Bucabe Mas Ubud Pura Puseh Desa Ganggang Canggi Batuan Pura Luhur Batur Pucangan Buahan Tabanan Pura Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Ida Ratu Sundaring Jagat Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Dalem bangun Sakti Tamiang Kapal Dalem Bias Muntig Ped Nusa penida 8 Jun

Pura Agung Petilan Pengerebongan kesiman Denpasar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kesiut Kangin Kerambitan Tabanan 10 Jun Anggarkasih Medangsia Pura Pesimpangan Gerya Sakti Yogaloka Lampung Selatan Pura Luhur Uluwatu Pura Bukit Pecatu Kuta badung Pura Penataran Agung Singakerta Ubud Pura Andakasa Karangasem Pura Gua Lawah Klungkung Pura Kawitan Arya Gelgel klungkung Pura Taman Ayun Mengwi Pura Suralaya Banda klungkung Pura Dalem Senapati Bebalang Bangli Pura Pasek Gaduh Blahbatuh Gianyar Pura Pasek Lurah Tutuan Kerambitan Tabanan Pura Pusering Jagat Tampaksiring

Gianyar Pura Gerya Sakti Tulikup Gianyar Pura Dalem Dauh Ubud Pura Segara Ketewel Sukawati Pura Mertha Sari Mas Ubud 11 Jun Pura Gede Purancak Jembrana Pura Dalem Dauma Batuan Sukawati Pura Nataran Kacang Dawa Klungkung Pura Bhatara Gede Apol Ubung Denpasar Pura Puseh Brahmana Klungkung Pura Kahyangan Jagat Dalem Purwa Denbantas Tabanan Pura Dalem Sukahet Klungkung Pura Dalem MuasPahit Guwang Sukawati Pura Taman Dukuh Tegallalang Pura Desa Sanding Tampak Siring gianyar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Batan Buah Kesiman Pura Sahab Nusa penida Pura Dalem Cemara Serangan Denpasar 12 Jun Purnama Sasih Sadha Pura Pauman Bhujangga Tonja Denpasar Pura Amertha Sari Rempoa Jakarta Selatan Pura Ulun Swi Kediri Tabanan Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Bitra Gianyar 15 Jun Kajeng Kliwon uwudan Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kekeran Mengwi 25 Jun Buda Kliwon Pahang Pura Luhur Puncak Padang Dawa Padangbai Karangasem Pura Aer jeruk Sukawati Gianyar Pura Dangin Pasar Batuan Sukawati Pura Penataran Batuyang Batubulan Pura Desa Lembeng Ketewel Gianyar Pura Pasek Bendesa Kediri Tabanan Pura Kawitan Dalem Sukawati gianyar Pura Kresek Banyuning Buleleng

Pura Puseh Bebandem Karangasem Pura Sad Kahyangan Batu Swana Nusa Penida Pura Buda Kliwon Penatih Denpasar Pura Penataran Dukuh Naga Sari Bebandem Karangasem Pura Batur Sari Ubud 27 Jun Tilem Sasih Sadha Pura Dalem Celuk Sukawati 30 Jun Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan Pura Pasek Gelgel Kekeran Delod Yeh Mengwi 5 Jul Tumpek krulut Pura Pasek gelgel Tengah Buleleng Pura Dalem Pemuteran Jelantik Tojan Klungkung Pura Pedarman Bhujangga Waisnawa Besakih Pura Taman Sari Penebel Tabanan Pura Benua Tarukan Besakih 9 Jul Buda Cemeng Merakih Pura Bendesa Mas Kepisah Pedungan Pura Natih Kalah Batubulan Pura Desa Silakarang Singapadu Pura Dalem Petitenget Kuta Badung Pura Dalem Pulasari Gianyar Pura Kubayan Kapisah Denpasar Selatan Pura Paibon Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Lumintang Denpasar Pura Panti Penyarikan Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Pasar Agung Kediri Tabanan Pura Puaya Batuan Sukawati 11 Jul Hari Bhatara Sri

12 Jul Purnama Sasih Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Tirta Besakih Pura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati

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

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

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

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

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

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Milan designers nudge men to dress with derring-do Associated Press

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Prada classics recall 70s with Ferragamo emphasizes top-stitched denim fluidity with aqueous blue Associated Press

MILAN — Miuccia Prada apparently does what many of us do when searching for fashion inspiration: She fishes the back of her closet.

“You pick something that is old-

fashioned. It is the only new thing,” Prada said backstage Sunday after the preview of her menswear looks for next summer.

The collection’s foundation was classic denim looks with top-stitching, the only embellishment on very

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A model wears a creation for Prada men’s Spring-Summer 2015 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Sunday, June 22, 2014.

Place Ratna Kanda Stage Ayodya Stage Wantilan Stage Ksirarnawa Stage Wantilan Ksirarnawa

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Event Topeng Panca Performance Joged Bumbung Dance Bondres Performance Baleganjur Competition Arja Performance Contemporary Art Performance Children Performance

Place Ratna Kanda Angsoka Stage Ayodya Stage Wantilan Stage Ksirarnawa Ayodya Stage Wantilan Ksirarnawa

Event Handicrafts Competition Art Dance Reconstruction Joged Bumbung Dance Participation from Bandung Baleganjur Competition Calonarang Dance Arja Performance Balinese song by Emoni

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basic looks, worn mostly with simple a blue shirt, for a 1970s vibe.

Prada herself said the title of the collection should be “Prada classics.”

“It is kind of conservative, I would say. And I thought that was the only new thing possible,” Prada said.

The designer kept the elements simple, from the color palate of blue, brown, dark green and beige, to the clean lines of the jackets, trench coats and blazers. Most looks were finished with a simple, light blue shirt — reflecting the azure waters of the swimming pool with white columns created by Rem Koolhaas’ architecture firm at the center of the showroom.

Prada said she also included a sub-collection for women, because she runs out of time rushing to finish the womenswear line to fit in everything she would like. For women, she started with denim skirt- and pant-suits and worked her way through bias-cut plaid and striped day suits to pretty, pleated, dark chiffon party dresses with rhinestone accents along the seams.

Explaining why she went with the classics, Prada said, “maybe, it is a moment in history that requires little silliness and more seriousness.”

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MILAN — The relaxed silhouette of the Salvatore Ferragamo menswear collection for next summer seems almost to deny the traditional tailoring responsible for its creation.

Massimiliano Giornetti, who has been designing Ferragamo menswear for 14 years, defined the silhouette as light.

“It is completely deconstructed,” he said backstage after the preview show Sunday, the second day of Milan Fashion Week. It is a deconstruction that doesn’t seek to challenge the sartorial rules, but rather reinforce them.

As if to emphasize the fluidity of the look, the color that unites the collection is an aqueous blue-green, which matches soothingly with earthier tones

of rust, gray, brown and beige.

The collection centers on sportswear, with a variety of jackets including longer overcoats, double-breasted jackets that are slightly cropped, blousons with gathered waists that function as a bomber jacket and, inventively, blazers that are belted from the inside or outside.

The outfits are finished with double-pleated trousers or loose-fitting Bermudas. Emphasizing the casual nature of the collection, scarves are favored over ties.

For the traveler, Giornetti designed large totes in waxed suede with leather accents on the corners and handles.

Shoes, Ferragamo’s calling card, are sturdy sandals and lace-ups with solid soles and thick fringe.

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A model wears a creation for Salvatore Ferragamo men’s SpringSummer 2015 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Sunday, June 22, 2014.

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Models wear creations for Giorgio Armani men’s Spring-Summer 2015 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, June 24, 2014.

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MILAN — Milan designers are gently inviting men to add just a little derring-do to their dressing. Feel secure in that double-breasted blazer? Why not snazz it up with a pair of silken shorts and thick-soled sneakers? Like the classic black and white, or red-white-and-blue combinations? Ok, but let’s brighten things up sometimes with color — purple, aqua blue, salmon pink.

It was a big regroup during the four days of fashion previews for next summer’s menswear that ended Tuesday. Miuccia Prada warned it was not the time for craziness and Giorgio Armani discussed the need of fashion to be “serious” and not pull consumers’ legs with outlandishly styled shirts that create a fashion media stir and cost 350 euros (nearly $500) a pop.

Designers seemed united in their desire to simplify things — returning to lines as a graphic form, adding stripes, gingham and checks to menswear but foregoing, for the most part, florals and ethnic prints.

The silhouette was relaxed and easy to wear, with jackets worn open and crew-necks or inventive tops favored over the traditional white or blue shirts. Trousers were roomy, pleated and often cuffed, but also straight and cropped. The preferred short was the Bermuda. Ties were replaced by foulards knotted snuggly on the neck or scarves tucked inside coats.

There was little denim — except on the Prada runway where there was almost nothing else. Distressed garments got a new life, as if to honor a man’s self-conscious nature about dressing well.

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Place Art Center Area Ksirarnawa Angsoka Stage Ratna Kanda Stage Wantilan Stage Ayodya Stage Front of Krya Area Ayodya Stage Wantilan Ksirarnawa Ardha Candra

Event Painting and coloring competition Feminity Workshop Art Dance Reconstruction Topeng Panca Performance Art Dance Performance Art Dance Performance Baleganjur Performance Drama Gong Show Arja Performance Pakeliran Theatre Songs Dharma by Dewa Bujana

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Community of young artists under the direction of AA Agung Gede Putra Rahma was successfully represent fertility rites in the Kapal Village by lifting phenomenon of “Tipat Bantal” War into a contemporary dance that still based on the traditions of Bali.

Fertility Rite of Kapal Village Bali Post

DENPASAR - Creativity in artist truly does not know stagnant term.

Through sensitivity of creativity, taste and their intention, artists create new innovations to be shown at Bali Art Festival (BAF).

In the arena of 36th BAF, for example, the work of contemporary dance Aci Rah Tabuh Penganggon that performed by Community for Contemporary Art Pancer Langit Bali, from Kapal Village successfully amaze visitors who thronged Ksirarnawa stage on Tuesday night.

Community of young artists under the direction of AA Agung Gede Putra Rahma was successfully represent fertility rites in the Kapal Village by lifting phenomenon of “Tipat Bantal” War into a contemporary dance that still based on the traditions of Bali.

In detail, this play tells the story of Kebo Iwa, sent by Maha Raja Sri Asta Sura Ratna Bumi Banten to renovate a temple at Kapal Village. At that time, village dwellers were facing long drought. Seeing the situation, Kebo Iwa asked guidance from God of Siwa at Sadha Temple. Kebo Iwa finally got an answer from God and told village dwellers to held “Tipat Bantal” war in front of Dalem Gelgel every year during the 4th full moon.

Fertility appears when the ceremony is held since 1337 AD. (ian)

Bali to build more long toll roads Antara

DENPASAR - The Bali provincial administration plans to build more toll roads between Denpasar and other district capitals in the tourist island.

Bali already has a long toll bridge extending over the sea coast between the tourist beach area of Nusa Dua and the regency of Badung.

Similar projects of flyovers will be built between Denpasar and Gilimanuk in western coast of Bali and between Denpasar and Singaraja in the northern coast, Bali’s deputy Governor I Ketut Sudikerta said on Thursday.

Sudikerta said the project is still in the pipeline, adding the provincial administration is still studying the plan including investment for the mega projects.

Flyovers linking Denpasar and the western and northern parts of the province are getting urgent to cope with the traffic congestion, he said.

The highway between Denpasar and Singaraja in the north has too many bends that it could take four hours to cover the distance especially with the traffic jams, he said.

With the flyover the distance could be covered in a much shorter time, he added.

Flyover is the only solution the growing worse traffic jams in the highways and to cut short the distance, he said.

He said construction is expected to start in 2016/2017 and to be completed in one or two years.

Flyover between Denpasar and Gilimanuk via the regencies of Tabanan and Jembrana and between Denpasar and Singaraja via the regencies of Tabanan and Buleleng would help boost economic development in the district areas and all Bali, he said.

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The Bali provincial administration plans to build more toll roads between Denpasar and other district capitals in the tourist island.

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A bus is exiting the Gilimanuk Harbor in Jembrana

Tourist bus increases up to 200 percent Bali Post

NEGARA - The number of tourist buses going in and out of Bali via Gilimanuk Harbor has increased since the end of last week. Passenger surge of tourist buses increased to 100 percent. Such condition caused the shipping services slightly delayed. As on Tuesday night (Jun 24), a queue occurred to tourist buses and trucks leading to the vessel.

From field observation, since Sunday (Jun 22) tourist buses from a number of counties on Java Island started booming. For instance, a school entourage could involve at least 5-6 buses, coupled with interprovincial buses (AKAP) holding many passengers.

One of the administrators of tourist buses, Kadek Dwi, recognized the growing number of tourist buses entering the holiday season. Each day, the number of tourist bus reached 100 units or more.

Operations Manager of the ASDP Gilimanuk, Wahyudi Susianto, confirmed the increasing number of vehicles especially buses and tourism on Wednesday (Jun 25). According to him, the increase reached 100-200 percent each day. Such condition also triggered a queue when getting into the vessel. “On Tuesday night, a queue happened because many vehicles came in. But the queue has been resolved the next morning,” he said. Wahyudi also mentioned that the service was not disrupted though the renovation and construction of LCM jetty was under progress. (kmb26)

ABUJA, Nigeria — An explosion blamed on Islamic extremists rocked a shopping mall in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and police said 21 people were killed. The blast came as Nigerians were preparing to watch their country’s Super Eagles play Argentina at the World Cup in Brazil. Many shops at the mall have TV screens but it was unclear if the explosion was timed to coincide with the match, which started an hour later.

Witnesses said body parts were scattered around the exit to Emab Plaza, in Abuja’s upscale Wuse 2 suburb. One witness said he thought the bomb was dropped at the entrance to the mall by a motorcyclist.

All spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. Soldiers shot and killed one suspect as he tried to escape on a power bike and police detained a second suspect, Mike Omeri, the government spokesman for the insurgency, said in a statement.

Billows of black smoke could be seen from a mile (kilometer) away, and police said 17 vehicles were burnt out in the blast. “I heard the explosion and (felt) the building shaking,” said Shuaibu Baba, who had a narrow escape. He said he rushed downstairs to find that the driver who had dropped him a few minutes earlier was dead. “I asked the driver to come with me, and he said ‘No,’ he would wait for me in the car.”

Police Superintendent Frank Mba said 17 people were wounded and 21 bodies were recovered. Omeri urged people to be calm and said the government was doing everything possible “to check the activities of insurgents.”

It is the latest in a series of violent attacks blamed on Islamic extremists. Nigerian security forces appear incapable of curtailing the near-daily attacks concentrated in the northeast, where Boko Haram extremists have their stronghold.

DENPASAR - Entering the new academic year, the students and their parents are made busy looking for new school.

The admission process of new students (PPDB) made online in Denpasar is expected to run well. Even, the use of ‘recommendation’ from some officials in Denpasar should also be neglected by school. Furthermore, the backstreet path usually causing to surpass school quota should be closed tightly.

This commitment was raised in the work meeting of the Denpasar House and the Denpasar Education Agency, Wednesday (Jun 25). The meeting attended by all factions in the local parliament as well as Chairman of the House agreed that this year’s admission process would be done purely based on existing regulations. If anyone was found violating, the offender could be imposed with sanction as set forth in the Public Service Law, Article

ent, but could be accessed by everyone.

In other words, if there was an excess of student when it was running, it could be traced. “We ensure the supervision will be tighter as carried out by many institutions, such as the Inspectorate, Ombudsmen, the House, as well as general public,” he explained.

From the data released by the Denpasar Education Agency, the quota of junior high school in Denpasar ranged from 240 to 320 students. Here is their respective quota of state junior high school: SMPN 1 (240), SMPN 2 (320), SMPN 3 (280), SMPN 4 (320), SMPN 5 (280), SMPN 6 (320), SMPN 7 (280), SMPN 8 (240), SMPN 9 (320), SMPN 10 (240), SMPN 11 (280) and SMPN 12 (280). Meanwhile, the quota for state high school in Denpasar ranged from 320 to 400 students, with details as follows: SMAN 1 (400), SMAN 2 (400), SMAN 3 (280), SMAN 4 (320), SMAN 5 (400), SMAN 6 (320), SMAN 7 (400) and SMAN 9 (320). (kmb12)

Obama: Climate change steps making a difference

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama claimed progress in his second-term drive to combat climate change but said more must be done to address a generational problem. He appealed for patience and perseverance from environmental activists. One year after unveiling an aggressive plan, Obama said Wednesday that new emissions limits on power plants, renewable energy projects and new incentives for green technology have cleared the way for further action in the U.S. and abroad, despite steadfast opposition from much of Congress.

Denpasar closes backstreet and ‘recommendation’ 54 and 55.

Deputy Chairman of the Denpasar House, AA Ngurah Bima Wikrama, accompanied by legislators AA Susruta Ngurah Putra, AA Gede Mahendra as well as Chairman of Commission D I Wayan Sugiarta met after the meeting said that his party had committed not to tarnish the admission process this time. The House also promised not to take improper action such as recommending individual students to be passed at a particular school. “We’ve committed so that the admission process in Denpasar can take place purely in accordance with the existing mechanisms,” he said.

Sugiarta added the new student admission process should be conducted openly, namely through national examination score (NUN) as much as 60 percent, allocation for poor students at 20 percent and allocation for student with excellent achievement at 20 percent of the school’s quota. Quota of each school was differ-

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Admission of new students

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This photo taken June 2, 2014, shows a coal train stops near White Bluff power plant near Redfield, Ark. President Barack Obama’s new pollution limits for power plants have set off an avalanche of information about what the rules will cost, how they’ll affect your health, and how far they’ll go toward curbing climate change.

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A Nigerian soldier, left, stands guard, at the scene of an explosion in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. An explosion rocked a shopping mall in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Wednesday and police say at least over 20 people have been killed and many wounded.

“When you take those first steps, even if they’re hard, and even if there are politics sometimes, you start building momentum and you start mobilizing larger and larger communities,” Obama said. “Every step makes a difference.”

Obama’s remarks to the League of Conservation Voters served as a progress report for his climate plan, which the president laid out with much fanfare last June at Georgetown University. Twelve months later, much of the plan is in motion, although the most ambitious steps are still up in the air and will take years to be fully realized.

Change won’t be instantaneous, Obama cautioned. “There’s no silver bullet.”

Indeed, many of the steps he’s taking are modest, limited in scope by hostility from both parties to putting a price on carbon pollution, which would require new laws from Congress. Still, Obama said he’s seeking to tackle the problem but cutting it up into smaller pieces.

“We’re moving, and it’s making a difference,” he told a supportive

crowd at LCV’s annual dinner. The environmental group backed Obama early in his 2008 campaign.

The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, a nonpartisan group formerly associated with the Pew Center, said this week that Obama has made at least some progress on most of the 75 goals he laid out last June. Those steps will require follow-through, but if the administration keeps up the pace it achieved in the past year, the U.S. could meet its 17 percent goal, the center said.

The centerpiece of Obama’s plan, carbon limits on existing power plants, is on track after the Environmental Protection Agency met its deadline to issue a draft, although the timeline for states to comply has been delayed in some cases. Still, the limits have drawn major opposition from Republicans and some Democrats and will face legal challenges that could threaten their durability.

“The president has no more elections to win, yet he allows the narrow interests of his most extreme political allies to dictate an agenda that puts jobs and op-

portunity out of reach,” said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

Obama delighted in mocking Republicans in Congress who dispute climate change or refuse to take a position on the grounds that they’re lawmakers, not scientists.

“Folks will tell you climate change is a hoax, or a fad, or a plot.

It’s a liberal plot!” Obama said, standing in front of a giant American flag for a speech that had all the trappings of a campaign rally.

Obama has also started the clock on carbon limits for new power plants, although the low cost of cleaner-burning natural gas means few new coal-fired plants will be built in the U.S. anyway.

Obama’s administration has approved 10 new renewable energy projects on public lands, but is less than halfway toward its goal of increasing solar, wind and geothermal output by 8,100 megawatts. The administration has also proposed nine new standards for energy efficiency and finalized eight others, seeking to curb emissions from appliances and other equipment.

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BUSINESS Corporate tax schemes hurt developing countries Agence France-Presse

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In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2009 file photo, estate agents’ boards on display outside properties, in south London. Concerns are mounting that the country’s housing market is overinflated, with London house prices rising almost 19 percent in the year to April.

Threat of housing bubble tempts Britain to act Associated Press

LONDON — Is Britain’s economy heading for bubble trouble? Concerns are mounting that the country’s housing market is overinflated, with London house prices rising almost 19 percent in the year to April. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has described the situation as the greatest risk to the economy. The International Monetary Fund is worried. Ditto European Union officials.

The pressure is on to act now rather than risk having it all come crashing down later, dragging Britain back into recession. A Bank of England committee set up in the wake of the economic crisis to ensure financial stability is widely expected to take action Thursday to cool the market.

The move will be of interest globally, as its outcome will shed some light on how much a central bank can keep a specific sector from overheating without putting the brakes on the economy as a whole.

“This may not be the mother of all house price bubbles, but it may be the sister,” said David Blanchflower, a former member of the Bank of England’s Mon-

etary Policy Committee who now teaches at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. “Does it make any sense for the economy? The answer has to be no.”

Driven by interest from wealthy investors, an improving economy and pent up demand in a country with a chronic housing shortage, house prices rose 18.7 percent in the capital and about 10 percent in the rest of the country in the year ending in April, according to official statistics. That far outstripped the 0.7 percent increase in wages including bonuses during the same period.

That means Britons have to borrow more to buy a home.

Homeowners in Britain often get

new mortgage loans every two or three years to take advantage of fluctuating markets — rather than a fixed longer-term system common in the United States.

Carney recently described overextended borrowers as a threat to the financial system, largely because households make up the bulk of domestic borrowing.

“History shows that the British people do everything they can to pay their mortgages,” Carney said in a speech this month.

“That means cutting back deeply on other expenditures when the unexpected happens, potentially slowing the economy sharply.”

Figures from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a policy watchdog

for the 34 most developed countries, suggest property prices in Britain are about 30 percent too high when compared to wages.

In the United States, by contrast, most homes are valued correctly while Japan remains the cheapest market among OECD members after years of deflation.

The froth can be seen in the explosion of real estate agents.

In a country where neighborhood retail shops often struggle to survive, realtor shops are a fixture, particularly in desirable neighborhoods.

PricedOut, a group that campaigns for affordable house prices, says people with steady but modest jobs — nurses, teachers and engineers — have little hope of buying a home, especially in the south. In Oxford, Britain’s least affordable city, the average house price — at about 340,000 pounds ($578,000) — costs 11 times gross average earnings, according to the Lloyds Bank Affordable Cities Review.

WASHINGTON - Developing economies are increasingly hurt by the way global corporations exploit taxation differences and move profits to low-tax locations, according to an International Monetary Fund report Wednesday.

But few countries can protect themselves in a competition for direct investment that increasingly appears like a “race to the bottom” in setting corporate tax rates, the IMF said.

Moreover, companies are increasingly able to shift and relocate more intangible assets -like intellectual property -- to avoid taxes.

The IMF said that the more countries give in to investors’ requirements on taxes, the more they are hurting the global community.

In addition, tax-cutting and legal tax avoidance by corporations are having an impact on countries’ fiscal strength, undermining their ability to fund government just at a time when many are fighting deficits.

Incentives are “significantly undermining revenue in developing countries,” the IMF said, noting that “overall fiscal performance is more vulnerable to pressures on these receipts.”

“The amounts at stake in a single taxplanning case now quite routinely run into tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. These sums may be small relative to total tax revenue in sizable advanced economies, but are large for the developing countries,” the report said.

That is especially the case in countries reliant on extractive industries like mining. Mining companies frequently load up on debt to reduce the tax they pay to the host country.

As important in denying countries tax receipts are corporate schemes like transfer pricing.

“Identifying the country that is the ‘source’ of income... is increasingly problematic,” the report said. “It has been made more difficult, conceptually and practically, by the increased importance of intra-firm transactions.”

It also said that companies increasingly exploit intangible assets like patents, trademarks, and other intellectual property “which can be much more easily relocated than can the bricksand-mortar facilities of the world.”

The report showed how foreign direct investment is handled through low-tax locations as a strategy.

Half of outgoing direct investment from Brazil goes to havens like Austria, the Cayman Islands, and the British Virgin Islands, before it goes to the final destination. Two-thirds of outgoing direct investment from Russia goes first to havens like Cyprus and the Netherlands.

The IMF spelled out the need for a “global architecture” for taxation in the way that trade is increasingly governed by international treaties.

But it warned that fixes can bring their own difficulties in how taxable income might be apportioned.

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Tourist arrival at Uluwatu ranked highest in Badung

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MANGUPURA - The number of tourist arrival to Uluwatu tourist attraction ranked first in Badung. From the data in 2014, until May the number of tourists visiting the Uluwatu tourist attraction reached 214,651 people. Meanwhile, Taman Ayun included in the World Cultural Heritage was ranked second drawing 124,779 tourist arrivals.

The Object and Tourist Attraction Division Head of Badung Government Tourism Office, Made Suastika, said on Tuesday (Jun 24) that after the top two tourist attractions, the next highest number were achieved by Sangeh and Nungnung Waterfall with respective tourist arrival of 31,410 people and 2,855 people.

So far, his party could only make data collection of tourist arrival at the four tourist attractions. It was enabled because his party

only implemented ticket levies to visitors at those locations. Meanwhile, in other tourist attractions, especially public spaces such as coastal region, his party could not collect the levies. (kmb25)

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The number of tourist arrival to Uluwatu tourist attraction ranked first in Badung.

Tirta Empul Ulu Temple at Gilimanuk IBP

GILIMANUK - The Tirta Empul Ulu Temple is located within the area of West Bali National

Park (TNBB), right on the roadside of Denpasar-Gilimanuk. Located on the Penginuman Beach, it is a strategic place where the tip of Java Island is visible. The

temple whose pujawali or anniversary falls on full moon of the fifth month in Balinese calendar (around October) still looks quite beautiful and exudes serene at-

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mosphere as sits under big trees.

Every day, many hordes of tame monkeys can still be encountered around the temple. the temple spreading across an area of around one hectare, many devotees come and say the temple spreading across an area of around one hectare, many devotees come and say prayers not just for invoking safety and health. They also perform purificatory rite or melukat in three freshwater springs located on the West of the temple. According to a temple attendant, Nengah Kembar Winada, the temple was built around 1990.

One of the priests discovering the temple, Mangku Gede Linggih, got divine inspiration and found the existence of a well or spring on beach. Despite the spring located in the sea sand, the water emanating does not taste salty but fresh. Based on the inspiration, it was then established a simple shrine (using tree branches) at several locations. Until now, the temple had complete buildings funded by the donations from devotees who did purificatory rite and had a vow.

He said the temple priest Mangku Gede Linggih who found the temple site has passed away.

As the successor, he was replaced by his wife Jro Mangku Lingsir Mangku Sumpang living in Gilimanuk.

Meanwhile, Winada added that every full moon, there were always devotees coming from all over Bali and even from Java.

They all came to do purificatory rite directly on the beach. But at high tides, the temple attendant had taken holy water for purificatory rite from the three springs and kept it in the temple area.

Having performed the purificatory rite, devotees entered into the three temple areas. Devotees said prayers at the shrine located in the innermost courtyard. Here lay a number of three-tiered meru shrines as well as the shrine respectively dedicated for the veneration of the Lord Kasiap, Balian and Lord Lumajang.

In the meantime, on the west area outside the main building and few meters from the three springs sat a shrine. It was used to venerate Goddess Ayu Giri Putri Dapdapsari. Then, on the north side could be found a shrine located rather far away with a complete building. Here, according to Winada, was venerated the Goddess Ayu Mas Melanting.

During the visit, a number of devotees, mostly from outside Jembrana, came to say prayers.

They delivered various invocations, some of which related to recovery from illness, while some others asked for a job opportunity. The three springs used for purificatory rite were arranged by means of concrete manholes at three sites which were adjacent to one other. It was the holy water used for the purificatory rites. “The water of each well tastes different, namely bitter and plain but not salty,” he explained. (kmb)

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Cameroon searches for missing US pilot Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG — A non-profit group that manages seven national parks in Africa says one of its employees, an American pilot, is missing after air traffic controllers lost contact with his small plane between Nigeria and Cameroon.

African Parks said pilot Bill Fitzpatrick reported to the control tower at Douala, Cameroon on Sunday night that he was approaching the city, but

the aircraft did not land.

The Johannesburg-based group says Cameroon and U.S. authorities are helping to search for the plane.

It says the Cessna 172 was flown from the United States to Senegal, where Fitzpatrick picked it up last week. His final destination was to be Congo; Fitzpatrick is employed at the Odzala-Kokoua National Park, which is run by African Parks. The plane was to be used for anti-poaching surveillance.

Celebrity senator gets not guilty plea in Manila Associated Press AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

In this Wednesday, June 25, 2014 photo, South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won arrives to attend a ceremony to mark the 64th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in Seoul, South Korea.

South Korea’s No. 2 to stay on after others pull out Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s president has decided to retain the country’s current prime minister — who holds the No. 2 spot in the government — after two possible replacements for the job both abandoned their nominations because of questions over past behavior, officials said Thursday. Prime Minister Chung Hong-won had offered to step down after April’s ferry disaster as a way to assuage enormous public anger over the tragedy, which left more than 300 people dead or missing. President Park Geun-hye tried to replace him and reshuffle other Cabinet officials to try to win back public trust.

But her two subsequent choices for prime minister withdrew their names even before their confirmation hearings began — one on Tuesday amid criticism over his past comments that allegedly supported Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea and the other last month over alleged ethical lapses. The two consecutive withdrawals dealt a blow to Park, whose approval rating has plummeted after the disaster.

On Thursday, senior presidential official Yoon Doo-hyun said in a televised briefing that Park has now rejected Chung’s resignation offer and asked him to stay on to prevent a further vacuum in state management. Chung said he agreed, and that he would strive to help Park press ahead with reform measures promised after the sinking.

South Korea’s executive power is concentrated in the president but the prime minister leads the country if the president becomes incapacitated. A person nominated for the job must be approved by the National Assembly.

It’s not clear whether Chung’s retaining would help Park facing mounting political offensive by her rivals. The main liberal opposition party on Thursday criticized Park’s decision, calling it an acknowledgement of her government’s incompetence. Some of Park’s choices for other Cabinet ministers have already faced snowballing criticism over their past behaviors such as alleged plagiarism of research papers. They are required to undergo parliamentary hearings, although their appointments don’t need legislative endorsements.

MANILA — One of three Philippine senators accused of plunder refused to enter a plea Thursday during arraignment by the anti-graft court in the biggest corruption trial in the country in more than a decade. The court instead entered a not guilty plea for Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr., an action movie star accused of receiving 224 million pesos ($5.1 million) in kickbacks from a scam that allegedly diverted millions of dollars from anti-poverty and development funds allotted to lawmakers’ pet projects.

The high-profile prosecutions bolster President Benigno Aquino III’s campaign to fight high-profile corruption that has plagued the nation of 97 million for decades. The problem has festered amid a culture of impunity among powerful politicians and their allies, weak law enforcement and a notoriously slow justice system. Still, it’s unclear whether the charges will lead to convictions, which have been rare in major cases.

Revilla has denied taking kickbacks or stealing money from state funds, but his lawyer Joel Bodegon said he advised the senator not to enter a plea so that

several pending motions questioning the validity of the charges will not be dismissed. Two other prominent senators are accused in the case — Juan Ponce Enrile and Jinggoy Estrada. They have not been arraigned yet.

Estrada, son of an ex-president and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, joined Revilla in detention at the national police headquarters on Monday. He is accused of pocketing 183 million pesos ($4.2 million) in kickbacks.

Enrile allegedly pocketed 172 million pesos ($3.94 million) in kickbacks, but an arrest warrant has not been issued yet for the 90-year-old former senate president.

Estrada and his father were also accused of plunder in 2001 in a landmark trial that followed the president’s ouster in a popular uprising. The younger Estrada was acquitted in 2007, but his father was convicted of illegally amassing about $81 million in bribes and proceeds from illegal gambling. He was later pardoned by his successor.

Bodegon said that his client, Revilla, feels the cases are politically motivated to hurt his chances for running for president in 2016. A bail hearing will be held next month for Revilla.

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INDONESIA Indonesia Nazitheme campaign video causes outrage Associated Press

JAKARTA — A Nazi-themed music video supporting a candidate in next month’s Indonesian presidential election is causing outrage at home and abroad.

The video, “Indonesia Bangkit,” or “Awakening Indonesia,” is based on Queen’s “We Will Rock You.” It shows musician Ahmad Dhani wearing a fasciststyle uniform and holding an Indonesian Garuda bird emblem that resembles the Nazis’ imperial eagle.

According to the German news magazine Der Spiegel, the military costume is similar to the uniform worn by SS commander Heinrich Himmler.

The video was uploaded on YouTube as a campaign song for Prabowo Subianto, a former army general who has been accused of abducting pro-democracy activists in 1998 and instigating deadly riots.

Brian May, Queen’s lead guitarist, has waded into the controversy, saying “of course this is completely unauthorized by us.”

Asvi Warman Adam, a noted historian from the Indonesian Science Institute, said the video defiles Indonesia’s state symbol, the Garuda bird.

“It is clear that Indonesia’s Constitution opposes all kinds of fascism as done by Nazis in the past,” he

said.

Joshua Oppenheimer, the Oscar-nominated director of the documentary “The Act of Killing,” about the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people across Indonesia in 1965-66 in the name of fighting communism, said the video “is not a clever foreign policy move for Prabowo, unless he really wants to alienate all of Europe — and the rest of the human community.”

He added, however, that given Prabowo’s background, “perhaps he doesn’t care.”

In an interview with American journalist Allan Nairn in 2001, Prabowo said Indonesia needed an “authoritarian regime” and indicated he was willing to be called a “fascist dictator.”

The July 9 election pits Prabowo against Jakarta Gov. Joko Widodo.

Supporters of each candidate created campaign songs for them. Prabowo posted the video on his Facebook page and thanked Dhani and other artists for their support.

Indonesia fires spark Singapore, Malaysia haze warning Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s disaster agency warned Wednesday that neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia could be hit by more choking smog, after a huge jump in forest fires in a province at the centre of an air pollution crisis last year.

Fires in Riau province, on Indonesia’s western Sumatra island, caused the worst haze in Southeast Asia for more than a decade in June last year, affecting daily life for millions and sparking a heated diplomatic row.

June is the start of the forest fire season -- when slash-and-burn techniques are used to clear land quickly and cheaply, often for palm oil plantations -- and disaster officials said the number of blazes in Riau was rising quickly.

A total of 366 “hotspots” -- either forest fires or areas likely to soon go up in flames -- had been detected in the province on Wednesday, up from 97 the previous day, according to disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.

“We must be on alert as the wind is travelling east-northeast. The likelihood of the smog reaching Singapore and Malaysia is getting higher,” Nugroho said.

Experts have said that an expected El Nino weather phenomenon later this year is likely to fan the forest fires as conditions become drier than usual.

El Nino drags precipitation across the Pacific Ocean, leaving countries in-

cluding Indonesia drier and parts of the Americas wetter.

But the latest outbreak of forest fires was yet to have any serious impact on daily life in Sumatra, and the skies over Singapore were still free of haze.

Authorities said that most of the forest fires last year were deliberately lit to clear land. Slash-and-burn is a traditional farming technique, but environmental groups also accuse big companies of using the method.

According to the Washington-based World Resources Institute, a large number of the recent fires have been linked to paper and palm oil giants and their suppliers.

Using data from satellite mapping tools, it found 75 hotspots between Saturday and Monday in areas where Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), one of the world’s largest paper companies, has operations.

A further 43 hotspots were found in areas occupied by suppliers to paper company Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) in the same period.

Aida Greenbury, APP managing director of sustainability and stakeholder engagement, said 10 fires had occurred on forest land run by APP’s suppliers in the past five days, all of which had been extinguished.

“We do not practise and highly condemn slash-and-burn activity,” she said.

APRIL said it had agreed to support the fire-fighting effort, lending its water pumps and a company helicopter.

Soldiers’ capabilities need constantly improve Antara

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Philippine Senator Ramon Revilla Jr., center, a popular actor accused of receiving 224 million pesos ($5.1 million) in kickbacks from a scam that allegedly diverted millions of dollars from anti-poverty and development funds allotted to lawmakers’ pet projects, is escorted by police after attending his arraignment at the Sandiganbayan antigraft court in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Thursday, June 26, 2014.

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An Indonesian police officer stands and watches workers folding ballots before being distributed to polling stations, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Indonesia will hold its presidential poll on July 9.

YOGYAKARTA - The capabilities of the National Defense Forces (TNI) soldiers need to be constantly honed, stated President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

“The TNI soldiers can be counted on for their good capability to defend the state sovereignty amid the changes in military technology and tactics,” President Yudhoyono noted while inaugurating some 453 new military cadets here on Thursday.

The head of state remarked that the TNI soldiers should be well-trained and well-educated and have sophisticated military weaponry systems.

Yudhoyono claimed that the challenges are currently increasing, and thus, during the past ten years, the state has made every effort to improve the army,

navy, and air force weaponry systems, including the capability and welfare of the TNI soldiers.

“Our reliable TNI soldiers should be able to face traditional and nontraditional threats of any kind, including modern warfare laden with technology,” the president emphasized.

As the Supreme Commander of the Indonesian Military, President Yudhoyono inaugurated 453 new military cadets as officers in a ceremony that took place at the main square of the Yogyakarta Air Force Academy.

All 453 new officers who graduated from the military, naval, and air force academy comprised 249 military, 99 navy, and 105 air force cadets.

Three top-performing graduates from each academy received Adhimakayasa medals.

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The Vulcano Museum IBP

BANGLI - the centre government, Bali Grovince Government and Bangli Regency Government are together making The Vulcano Museum of Mount Batur as to Visual the beautiful of Mount Batur. The museum is located at the parking area of Penelokan tourism object (look out point) about ± 20 kms of the northern regency of Bangli. This place is also for recreation because inside the building consist of audio visual room and conference room. The vulcano museum of Mount Batur is the place to keep the historical and ancient archeologycal and centre information for scientist.

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Djokovic delighted not to follow in Becker’s footsteps

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LONDON - There were plenty of reasons why Novak Djokovic hired Boris Becker as his coach. He wanted to emulate the three-time Wimbledon champion by winning more titles at the All England Club.

He wanted to pick the German’s brain on how to become a better volleyer. What he did not want to do was to follow in his mentor’s footsteps by becoming only the second men’s top seed to perish in the second round of Wimbledon in the professional era.

The scowl on Becker’s face as his Serbian charge surrendered the third set to Czech tactician Radek Stepanek on Wednesday may have revived the painful memories of his 1987 loss to Australian journeyman Peter Doohan.

After all, in contrast to Doohan’s rapid disappearance into the tennis wilderness, Stepanek has form on grass, as he showed during his straight-sets destruction of Andy Murray at the Queen’s Club tournament only 13 days ago.

“Before the match I was tense, knowing that Radek can produce great quality on this surface,” the 2011 champion told reporters.

The Centre Court crowd lapped

up the theatrics for more than three hours, but for all his heroics, there is only so much a battleweary 35-year-old body can do.

After hurling his body around left, right and centre - in much the same way Becker had done during his heyday - Stepanek was eventually powerless to stop his fitter and younger rival win the point that mattered.

“He has great touch, great talent on the net. He covered my passing shots very well. He was reading it,” 27-year-old Djokovic said after the 6-4 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(5) victory. “Credit to him for fighting ... it was a very close.

“Could have gone either way really. So all in all, just very glad that I managed to win this match because it was a great challenge, as I expected.

“I’m really glad that I managed to stay tough mentally and win this match instead of going to five sets against a player who is a specialist on this surface.”

AP Photo/Ben Curtis

Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns to Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic during their men’s singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Wednesday, June 25, 2014.

McLaren expects F1 ival Williams’ form to fluctuate during season

REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

McLaren Formula One driver Jenson Button of Britain drives during the second practice session of the Austrian F1 Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring circuit in Spielberg, June 20, 2014.

The Williams Formula 1 team’s upsurge in form over the past two races should not be taken as a sign it will be that competitive for the rest of the season, according to rival McLaren. Williams overtook McLaren for fifth place in the constructors’ championship by finishing third and fourth in the Austrian Grand Prix, and could have won the previous race in Canada following Mercedes’ troubles but for a botched pitstop for Felipe Massa.

McLaren has been less competitive over the past two events than its fellow Mercedes customer team, and could only score a best finish of seventh in Austria despite feeling that a major aerodynamic upgrade of the MP4-29 was step in the right direction.

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier praised the job done by Williams with is FW36, but said form would continue to fluctuate depending on the circuit.

“It’s interesting because it shows we have a little bit of a strange pecking order in some races, just because of the [track] layout,” Boullier said, when asked whether Williams’ form in Austria provided hope that Mercedes could be challenged further this season. “Williams has built a good car - they have some weaknesses but a lot of strengths on some track layouts.

“On a twisty track like Monaco they were not in good form, but on a track with more chicanes and long straightlines - like Canada or Austria - you could see they were on good form.

“This year is very dictated by the power unit, the driveability of the car, and how you deploy your energy - and I think this is why you have this change in the classification across different track layouts.”

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Shaqiri treble Switzerland into Reuters

International

sends last 16

Associated Press

Honduras 0 Switzerland 3 Ecuador 0 France 0 Standings France* Switzerland* Ecuador Honduras

P 3 3 3 3

W 2 2 1 0

D 1 0 1 0

L 0 1 1 3

F 8 7 3 1

A 2 6 3 8

Pts 7 6 4 0

*Denotes qualified for last 16 Previous Results: June 15 Switzerland 2 Ecuador 1 France 3 Honduras 0 June 20 Switzerland 2 France 5 Honduras 1 Ecuador 2

first half with Honduras constantly on the back foot.

The Hondurans, cheered by most neutral fans, were more purposeful early in the second half and nearly pulled one back when Swiss defender Ricardo Rodriguez cleared Jerry Bengtson’s shot off the line. It was a wake-up call for the Swiss and Shaqiri went close to adding a third, forcing another good save from Valladares before Honduras had a penalty claim waved away after Jerry Palacios went down under a challenge from Johan Djourou.

Spurred by Mexican waves on the terraces, Honduras threw men forward and were caught cold in the 71st minute, when Drmic’s good work down the left flank presented Shaqiri with a simple finish from eight metres.

Benaglio kept out a close-range Bengtson header in the closing stages as the tempo dropped in searing heat, which did not stop pockets of Swiss supporters celebrating long after the final whistle.

Honduras coach Luis Fernando Suarez said he had decided to quit after the defeat.

“I am not satisfied by what we achieved at the World Cup ... I think the team will have good results in the future. But I think someone can replace me and produce different results. “Today is the last day of my contract and I have taken the decision unilaterally not to continue...I want to do something else.”

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and a lot to gain. “We have to draw the right conclusions and improve. We do have a chance, even against Argentina.”

Shaqiri linked up brilliantly with striker Josip Drmic who set up two of the goals after he was preferred to Haris Seferovic in the starting line-up.

The opener, however, was entirely of the 22-year-old’s making as he shook of his marker and unleashed a thunderbolt into the top left corner which left Honduras keeper Noel Valladares rooted to the spot. He made it 2-0 on the half-hour mark, steering the ball past Valladares after he was released by Drmic who missed two chances in the closing stages of the

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — About a dozen Argentine fans couldn’t get enough of the smell of victory in the Beira-Rio Stadium, dancing and singing in their seats more than than an hour after their team beat Nigeria 3-2.

They had good reason to celebrate. Once again Lionel Messi had put on a World Cup show with two goals, but this time his whole team — aside from a couple of defensive blunders — was part of the performance.

In its third straight win, Argentina attacked with more flair than previously and could have scored more goals if it weren’t for some good saves by Nigeria’s goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama. Ahmed Musa kept things interesting by twice erasing Argentina’s lead, before Marcos Rojo kneed in the winner from a corner. “We played against a team that wanted to play,” Messi said.

“I think we saw a good Argentina. We need to continue on this path.”

Before the match, which saw both teams advance from Group F, Enyeama was the only goalkeeper in the tournament who hadn’t conceded a goal. In Porto Alegre it took just three minutes for Messi to beat him. The Argentina captain slammed in the rebound after Angel Di Maria’s shot bounced off the post. Nigeria replied within a minute as Musa cut in from the left and beat Sergio Romero with a curling shot toward the far post.

Then just before halftime Messi stunned Enyeama again, with a longrange free kick that rose over the wall then dipped sharply to slip in just inside the post. “Messi is from Jupiter, he is different,” Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi said. Messi had his best match so far, boosting his tournament total to four goals, and repeatedly cutting up Nigeria’s defense with dazzling runs and clever passes. The game lost intensity when its biggest profile was substituted after the hour-mark.

“At 3-2 with a half-hour left, we needed to let him rest,” Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella said. The second half started at the same furious pace as the first, with two goals within the first five minutes. First Musa took advantage of confusion in the Argentine defense to score his second. Then Rojo made it 3-2 as he got his right knee on a corner kick three minutes later.

Finding more space to attack, Argentina created more chances than in its previous games against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iran, but its defense caved in on both of Musa’s goals. Another concern for Argentina: Striker Sergio Aguero was injured in the first half, and replaced by Ezequiel Lavezzi. “Defensively sometimes we have problems,” Sabella said. “We will have to work on that ... because in round of 16 if things go bad you go home.”

Group F - final standings Nigeria 2 Argentina 3 Bosnia 3 Iran 1 Standings P Argentina* 3 Nigeria* 3 Iran

3 Bosnia 3

W 3 1 1 0

*Denotes qualified for last 16

D 0 1 0 1

RIO DE JANEIRO — As the world was judging Uruguay’s Luis Suarez for biting a player in the World Cup, his teammates, coaches and fans in his soccer-crazy country defended the star, blaming the foreign media, his Italian opponents and uneven

treatment. World Cup organizers scrambled Wednesday to quickly decide on a punishment before Uruguay plays Colombia Saturday in the round of 16.

“We have to resolve it either today or tomorrow,” FIFA disciplinary panel member Martin Hong told reporters Wednesday. “It’s our duty to see

justice done.” The disciplinary committee meeting was already underway on Wednesday evening, FIFA spokeswoman Delia Fischer said. Wilmar Valdez, Uruguay football federation president, told the Associated Press shortly after midnight local time that the disciplinary hearing will continue Thursday morning.

L 0 1 2 2

F 6 3 4 1

A 3 3 4 4

Pts 9 4 3 1

Previous Results: June 15 Argentina 2 Bosnia 1 June 16 Iran 0 Nigeria 0 June 21 Argentina 1 Iran 0 Nigeria 1 Bosnia 0

Deschamps shrugs off lack of goals as France cruise through Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO - France coach Didier Deschamps said he was not concerned about

his team’s goalless draw with Ecuador after two earlier high-scoring victories, saying the former world champions were just where he wanted them to be at this stage.

The 0-0 draw, which eliminated the South Americans from the competition, gave France top spot in their group and a meeting with Nigeria in the last 16.

Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri celebrates after they won Honduras in their 2014 World Cup Group E soccer match at the Amazonia arena in Manaus June 25, 2014.

Uruguay defends Suarez as FIFA scrambles Associated Press

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Messi ‘from Jupiter’ as Argentina scores 3rd win

MANAUS, Brazil - A rampant Switzerland reached the World Cup knockout stage and will locks horns with Argentina in the last 16 after a superb Xherdan Shaqiri hat-trick gave them a 3-0 win over Honduras on Wednesday. The result in no way flattered the resilient Swiss, who bounced back from their 5-2 drubbing by France to finish behind them in Group E while third-placed Ecuador and Honduras were eliminated.

It was a memorable match for Kosovo-born forward Shaqiri, who scored the 50th hat-trick in World Cup history and the second of this tournament after Germany’s Thomas Mueller netted three against Portugal. “Whenever you reach the second round it is a great motivation and we are highly motivated,” Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfeld told a news conference.

“We are going to write history and we have already written history with the three goals today. “It is not easy to play here. So many European teams have had to go home. It is going to be a match where we have nothing to lose

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“What we know is they (the disciplinary panel) met for a long time,” he said. “We don’t know if that’s a good or a bad situation.” A day after he tangled with defender Giorgio Chiellini, Suarez was coping well, according to Valdez.

“Luis is fine. He’s been through 1001 battles,” he told the online site

Tenfield.com on Wednesday. “We all know who Luis is and that’s why we have to defend him.”

The bite — just before Uruguay scored the clinching goal to eliminate the four-time champion Italians —will now test FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s often-stated commitment to “fair play, discipline, respect.”

AP Photo/Andrew Medichini

France’s Olivier Giroud, left, reacts after Ecuador’s goalkeeper Alexander Dominguez, right, stops his shot during the group E World Cup soccer match between Ecuador and France at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. The game ended in a 0-0 draw.

Deschamps changed more than half his starting line-up for their last Group E game, knowing that France were already virtually guaranteed a place in the next round.

The strong showing stands in contrast with their dismal performance in South Africa four years ago when Les Bleus were knocked out in the initial group stage.

“It’s good to have done well in the first games. It good for confidence and we will seek to keep that up,” said Deschamps, captain of the 1998 World Cup winning team. “In the World Cup, the shirt always weighs a bit more heavily.

“We had the aim of qualifying, if possible in first place, and we have done that. We’re very pleased but it’s not over.”

After scoring eight times in their first two games in Brazil, Wednesday’s unfamiliar-looking French team wasted most of the game’s best chances of breaking the deadlock. Deschamps played reserve striker Antoine Griez-

mann instead of Olivier Giroud and there were three new faces in defence. Asked about his selection, Deschamps said bringing in new players always came with a risk of disrupting a team’s flow.

“Despite that, we had good movement,” Deschamps told a news conference. “Sure, we were less dangerous in the first half because Ecuador defended very well.” Once Ecuador went down to 10 men after the sending off of Antonio Valencia early in the second half, France had more space and “we linked up very well but we were not clinical,” he said.

By finishing top of their group, ahead of Switzerland in second place, France avoided meeting Argentina in the next round and will line up against Nigeria instead.

Deschamps said the reigning African champions had shown their strength earlier on Wednesday despite losing 3-2 to Argentina. “It will definitely be a difficult match,” he said.

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Shaqiri treble Switzerland into Reuters

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Honduras 0 Switzerland 3 Ecuador 0 France 0 Standings France* Switzerland* Ecuador Honduras

P 3 3 3 3

W 2 2 1 0

D 1 0 1 0

L 0 1 1 3

F 8 7 3 1

A 2 6 3 8

Pts 7 6 4 0

*Denotes qualified for last 16 Previous Results: June 15 Switzerland 2 Ecuador 1 France 3 Honduras 0 June 20 Switzerland 2 France 5 Honduras 1 Ecuador 2

first half with Honduras constantly on the back foot.

The Hondurans, cheered by most neutral fans, were more purposeful early in the second half and nearly pulled one back when Swiss defender Ricardo Rodriguez cleared Jerry Bengtson’s shot off the line. It was a wake-up call for the Swiss and Shaqiri went close to adding a third, forcing another good save from Valladares before Honduras had a penalty claim waved away after Jerry Palacios went down under a challenge from Johan Djourou.

Spurred by Mexican waves on the terraces, Honduras threw men forward and were caught cold in the 71st minute, when Drmic’s good work down the left flank presented Shaqiri with a simple finish from eight metres.

Benaglio kept out a close-range Bengtson header in the closing stages as the tempo dropped in searing heat, which did not stop pockets of Swiss supporters celebrating long after the final whistle.

Honduras coach Luis Fernando Suarez said he had decided to quit after the defeat.

“I am not satisfied by what we achieved at the World Cup ... I think the team will have good results in the future. But I think someone can replace me and produce different results. “Today is the last day of my contract and I have taken the decision unilaterally not to continue...I want to do something else.”

REUTERS/Michael Dalder

and a lot to gain. “We have to draw the right conclusions and improve. We do have a chance, even against Argentina.”

Shaqiri linked up brilliantly with striker Josip Drmic who set up two of the goals after he was preferred to Haris Seferovic in the starting line-up.

The opener, however, was entirely of the 22-year-old’s making as he shook of his marker and unleashed a thunderbolt into the top left corner which left Honduras keeper Noel Valladares rooted to the spot. He made it 2-0 on the half-hour mark, steering the ball past Valladares after he was released by Drmic who missed two chances in the closing stages of the

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — About a dozen Argentine fans couldn’t get enough of the smell of victory in the Beira-Rio Stadium, dancing and singing in their seats more than than an hour after their team beat Nigeria 3-2.

They had good reason to celebrate. Once again Lionel Messi had put on a World Cup show with two goals, but this time his whole team — aside from a couple of defensive blunders — was part of the performance.

In its third straight win, Argentina attacked with more flair than previously and could have scored more goals if it weren’t for some good saves by Nigeria’s goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama. Ahmed Musa kept things interesting by twice erasing Argentina’s lead, before Marcos Rojo kneed in the winner from a corner. “We played against a team that wanted to play,” Messi said.

“I think we saw a good Argentina. We need to continue on this path.”

Before the match, which saw both teams advance from Group F, Enyeama was the only goalkeeper in the tournament who hadn’t conceded a goal. In Porto Alegre it took just three minutes for Messi to beat him. The Argentina captain slammed in the rebound after Angel Di Maria’s shot bounced off the post. Nigeria replied within a minute as Musa cut in from the left and beat Sergio Romero with a curling shot toward the far post.

Then just before halftime Messi stunned Enyeama again, with a longrange free kick that rose over the wall then dipped sharply to slip in just inside the post. “Messi is from Jupiter, he is different,” Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi said. Messi had his best match so far, boosting his tournament total to four goals, and repeatedly cutting up Nigeria’s defense with dazzling runs and clever passes. The game lost intensity when its biggest profile was substituted after the hour-mark.

“At 3-2 with a half-hour left, we needed to let him rest,” Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella said. The second half started at the same furious pace as the first, with two goals within the first five minutes. First Musa took advantage of confusion in the Argentine defense to score his second. Then Rojo made it 3-2 as he got his right knee on a corner kick three minutes later.

Finding more space to attack, Argentina created more chances than in its previous games against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iran, but its defense caved in on both of Musa’s goals. Another concern for Argentina: Striker Sergio Aguero was injured in the first half, and replaced by Ezequiel Lavezzi. “Defensively sometimes we have problems,” Sabella said. “We will have to work on that ... because in round of 16 if things go bad you go home.”

Group F - final standings Nigeria 2 Argentina 3 Bosnia 3 Iran 1 Standings P Argentina* 3 Nigeria* 3 Iran

3 Bosnia 3

W 3 1 1 0

*Denotes qualified for last 16

D 0 1 0 1

RIO DE JANEIRO — As the world was judging Uruguay’s Luis Suarez for biting a player in the World Cup, his teammates, coaches and fans in his soccer-crazy country defended the star, blaming the foreign media, his Italian opponents and uneven

treatment. World Cup organizers scrambled Wednesday to quickly decide on a punishment before Uruguay plays Colombia Saturday in the round of 16.

“We have to resolve it either today or tomorrow,” FIFA disciplinary panel member Martin Hong told reporters Wednesday. “It’s our duty to see

justice done.” The disciplinary committee meeting was already underway on Wednesday evening, FIFA spokeswoman Delia Fischer said. Wilmar Valdez, Uruguay football federation president, told the Associated Press shortly after midnight local time that the disciplinary hearing will continue Thursday morning.

L 0 1 2 2

F 6 3 4 1

A 3 3 4 4

Pts 9 4 3 1

Previous Results: June 15 Argentina 2 Bosnia 1 June 16 Iran 0 Nigeria 0 June 21 Argentina 1 Iran 0 Nigeria 1 Bosnia 0

Deschamps shrugs off lack of goals as France cruise through Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO - France coach Didier Deschamps said he was not concerned about

his team’s goalless draw with Ecuador after two earlier high-scoring victories, saying the former world champions were just where he wanted them to be at this stage.

The 0-0 draw, which eliminated the South Americans from the competition, gave France top spot in their group and a meeting with Nigeria in the last 16.

Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri celebrates after they won Honduras in their 2014 World Cup Group E soccer match at the Amazonia arena in Manaus June 25, 2014.

Uruguay defends Suarez as FIFA scrambles Associated Press

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Messi ‘from Jupiter’ as Argentina scores 3rd win

MANAUS, Brazil - A rampant Switzerland reached the World Cup knockout stage and will locks horns with Argentina in the last 16 after a superb Xherdan Shaqiri hat-trick gave them a 3-0 win over Honduras on Wednesday. The result in no way flattered the resilient Swiss, who bounced back from their 5-2 drubbing by France to finish behind them in Group E while third-placed Ecuador and Honduras were eliminated.

It was a memorable match for Kosovo-born forward Shaqiri, who scored the 50th hat-trick in World Cup history and the second of this tournament after Germany’s Thomas Mueller netted three against Portugal. “Whenever you reach the second round it is a great motivation and we are highly motivated,” Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfeld told a news conference.

“We are going to write history and we have already written history with the three goals today. “It is not easy to play here. So many European teams have had to go home. It is going to be a match where we have nothing to lose

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“What we know is they (the disciplinary panel) met for a long time,” he said. “We don’t know if that’s a good or a bad situation.” A day after he tangled with defender Giorgio Chiellini, Suarez was coping well, according to Valdez.

“Luis is fine. He’s been through 1001 battles,” he told the online site

Tenfield.com on Wednesday. “We all know who Luis is and that’s why we have to defend him.”

The bite — just before Uruguay scored the clinching goal to eliminate the four-time champion Italians —will now test FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s often-stated commitment to “fair play, discipline, respect.”

AP Photo/Andrew Medichini

France’s Olivier Giroud, left, reacts after Ecuador’s goalkeeper Alexander Dominguez, right, stops his shot during the group E World Cup soccer match between Ecuador and France at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. The game ended in a 0-0 draw.

Deschamps changed more than half his starting line-up for their last Group E game, knowing that France were already virtually guaranteed a place in the next round.

The strong showing stands in contrast with their dismal performance in South Africa four years ago when Les Bleus were knocked out in the initial group stage.

“It’s good to have done well in the first games. It good for confidence and we will seek to keep that up,” said Deschamps, captain of the 1998 World Cup winning team. “In the World Cup, the shirt always weighs a bit more heavily.

“We had the aim of qualifying, if possible in first place, and we have done that. We’re very pleased but it’s not over.”

After scoring eight times in their first two games in Brazil, Wednesday’s unfamiliar-looking French team wasted most of the game’s best chances of breaking the deadlock. Deschamps played reserve striker Antoine Griez-

mann instead of Olivier Giroud and there were three new faces in defence. Asked about his selection, Deschamps said bringing in new players always came with a risk of disrupting a team’s flow.

“Despite that, we had good movement,” Deschamps told a news conference. “Sure, we were less dangerous in the first half because Ecuador defended very well.” Once Ecuador went down to 10 men after the sending off of Antonio Valencia early in the second half, France had more space and “we linked up very well but we were not clinical,” he said.

By finishing top of their group, ahead of Switzerland in second place, France avoided meeting Argentina in the next round and will line up against Nigeria instead.

Deschamps said the reigning African champions had shown their strength earlier on Wednesday despite losing 3-2 to Argentina. “It will definitely be a difficult match,” he said.

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The Vulcano Museum IBP

BANGLI - the centre government, Bali Grovince Government and Bangli Regency Government are together making The Vulcano Museum of Mount Batur as to Visual the beautiful of Mount Batur. The museum is located at the parking area of Penelokan tourism object (look out point) about ± 20 kms of the northern regency of Bangli. This place is also for recreation because inside the building consist of audio visual room and conference room. The vulcano museum of Mount Batur is the place to keep the historical and ancient archeologycal and centre information for scientist.

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Djokovic delighted not to follow in Becker’s footsteps

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LONDON - There were plenty of reasons why Novak Djokovic hired Boris Becker as his coach. He wanted to emulate the three-time Wimbledon champion by winning more titles at the All England Club.

He wanted to pick the German’s brain on how to become a better volleyer. What he did not want to do was to follow in his mentor’s footsteps by becoming only the second men’s top seed to perish in the second round of Wimbledon in the professional era.

The scowl on Becker’s face as his Serbian charge surrendered the third set to Czech tactician Radek Stepanek on Wednesday may have revived the painful memories of his 1987 loss to Australian journeyman Peter Doohan.

After all, in contrast to Doohan’s rapid disappearance into the tennis wilderness, Stepanek has form on grass, as he showed during his straight-sets destruction of Andy Murray at the Queen’s Club tournament only 13 days ago.

“Before the match I was tense, knowing that Radek can produce great quality on this surface,” the 2011 champion told reporters.

The Centre Court crowd lapped

up the theatrics for more than three hours, but for all his heroics, there is only so much a battleweary 35-year-old body can do.

After hurling his body around left, right and centre - in much the same way Becker had done during his heyday - Stepanek was eventually powerless to stop his fitter and younger rival win the point that mattered.

“He has great touch, great talent on the net. He covered my passing shots very well. He was reading it,” 27-year-old Djokovic said after the 6-4 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(5) victory. “Credit to him for fighting ... it was a very close.

“Could have gone either way really. So all in all, just very glad that I managed to win this match because it was a great challenge, as I expected.

“I’m really glad that I managed to stay tough mentally and win this match instead of going to five sets against a player who is a specialist on this surface.”

AP Photo/Ben Curtis

Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns to Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic during their men’s singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Wednesday, June 25, 2014.

McLaren expects F1 ival Williams’ form to fluctuate during season

REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

McLaren Formula One driver Jenson Button of Britain drives during the second practice session of the Austrian F1 Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring circuit in Spielberg, June 20, 2014.

The Williams Formula 1 team’s upsurge in form over the past two races should not be taken as a sign it will be that competitive for the rest of the season, according to rival McLaren. Williams overtook McLaren for fifth place in the constructors’ championship by finishing third and fourth in the Austrian Grand Prix, and could have won the previous race in Canada following Mercedes’ troubles but for a botched pitstop for Felipe Massa.

McLaren has been less competitive over the past two events than its fellow Mercedes customer team, and could only score a best finish of seventh in Austria despite feeling that a major aerodynamic upgrade of the MP4-29 was step in the right direction.

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier praised the job done by Williams with is FW36, but said form would continue to fluctuate depending on the circuit.

“It’s interesting because it shows we have a little bit of a strange pecking order in some races, just because of the [track] layout,” Boullier said, when asked whether Williams’ form in Austria provided hope that Mercedes could be challenged further this season. “Williams has built a good car - they have some weaknesses but a lot of strengths on some track layouts.

“On a twisty track like Monaco they were not in good form, but on a track with more chicanes and long straightlines - like Canada or Austria - you could see they were on good form.

“This year is very dictated by the power unit, the driveability of the car, and how you deploy your energy - and I think this is why you have this change in the classification across different track layouts.”

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Cameroon searches for missing US pilot Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG — A non-profit group that manages seven national parks in Africa says one of its employees, an American pilot, is missing after air traffic controllers lost contact with his small plane between Nigeria and Cameroon.

African Parks said pilot Bill Fitzpatrick reported to the control tower at Douala, Cameroon on Sunday night that he was approaching the city, but

the aircraft did not land.

The Johannesburg-based group says Cameroon and U.S. authorities are helping to search for the plane.

It says the Cessna 172 was flown from the United States to Senegal, where Fitzpatrick picked it up last week. His final destination was to be Congo; Fitzpatrick is employed at the Odzala-Kokoua National Park, which is run by African Parks. The plane was to be used for anti-poaching surveillance.

Celebrity senator gets not guilty plea in Manila Associated Press AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

In this Wednesday, June 25, 2014 photo, South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won arrives to attend a ceremony to mark the 64th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in Seoul, South Korea.

South Korea’s No. 2 to stay on after others pull out Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s president has decided to retain the country’s current prime minister — who holds the No. 2 spot in the government — after two possible replacements for the job both abandoned their nominations because of questions over past behavior, officials said Thursday. Prime Minister Chung Hong-won had offered to step down after April’s ferry disaster as a way to assuage enormous public anger over the tragedy, which left more than 300 people dead or missing. President Park Geun-hye tried to replace him and reshuffle other Cabinet officials to try to win back public trust.

But her two subsequent choices for prime minister withdrew their names even before their confirmation hearings began — one on Tuesday amid criticism over his past comments that allegedly supported Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea and the other last month over alleged ethical lapses. The two consecutive withdrawals dealt a blow to Park, whose approval rating has plummeted after the disaster.

On Thursday, senior presidential official Yoon Doo-hyun said in a televised briefing that Park has now rejected Chung’s resignation offer and asked him to stay on to prevent a further vacuum in state management. Chung said he agreed, and that he would strive to help Park press ahead with reform measures promised after the sinking.

South Korea’s executive power is concentrated in the president but the prime minister leads the country if the president becomes incapacitated. A person nominated for the job must be approved by the National Assembly.

It’s not clear whether Chung’s retaining would help Park facing mounting political offensive by her rivals. The main liberal opposition party on Thursday criticized Park’s decision, calling it an acknowledgement of her government’s incompetence. Some of Park’s choices for other Cabinet ministers have already faced snowballing criticism over their past behaviors such as alleged plagiarism of research papers. They are required to undergo parliamentary hearings, although their appointments don’t need legislative endorsements.

MANILA — One of three Philippine senators accused of plunder refused to enter a plea Thursday during arraignment by the anti-graft court in the biggest corruption trial in the country in more than a decade. The court instead entered a not guilty plea for Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr., an action movie star accused of receiving 224 million pesos ($5.1 million) in kickbacks from a scam that allegedly diverted millions of dollars from anti-poverty and development funds allotted to lawmakers’ pet projects.

The high-profile prosecutions bolster President Benigno Aquino III’s campaign to fight high-profile corruption that has plagued the nation of 97 million for decades. The problem has festered amid a culture of impunity among powerful politicians and their allies, weak law enforcement and a notoriously slow justice system. Still, it’s unclear whether the charges will lead to convictions, which have been rare in major cases.

Revilla has denied taking kickbacks or stealing money from state funds, but his lawyer Joel Bodegon said he advised the senator not to enter a plea so that

several pending motions questioning the validity of the charges will not be dismissed. Two other prominent senators are accused in the case — Juan Ponce Enrile and Jinggoy Estrada. They have not been arraigned yet.

Estrada, son of an ex-president and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, joined Revilla in detention at the national police headquarters on Monday. He is accused of pocketing 183 million pesos ($4.2 million) in kickbacks.

Enrile allegedly pocketed 172 million pesos ($3.94 million) in kickbacks, but an arrest warrant has not been issued yet for the 90-year-old former senate president.

Estrada and his father were also accused of plunder in 2001 in a landmark trial that followed the president’s ouster in a popular uprising. The younger Estrada was acquitted in 2007, but his father was convicted of illegally amassing about $81 million in bribes and proceeds from illegal gambling. He was later pardoned by his successor.

Bodegon said that his client, Revilla, feels the cases are politically motivated to hurt his chances for running for president in 2016. A bail hearing will be held next month for Revilla.

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INDONESIA Indonesia Nazitheme campaign video causes outrage Associated Press

JAKARTA — A Nazi-themed music video supporting a candidate in next month’s Indonesian presidential election is causing outrage at home and abroad.

The video, “Indonesia Bangkit,” or “Awakening Indonesia,” is based on Queen’s “We Will Rock You.” It shows musician Ahmad Dhani wearing a fasciststyle uniform and holding an Indonesian Garuda bird emblem that resembles the Nazis’ imperial eagle.

According to the German news magazine Der Spiegel, the military costume is similar to the uniform worn by SS commander Heinrich Himmler.

The video was uploaded on YouTube as a campaign song for Prabowo Subianto, a former army general who has been accused of abducting pro-democracy activists in 1998 and instigating deadly riots.

Brian May, Queen’s lead guitarist, has waded into the controversy, saying “of course this is completely unauthorized by us.”

Asvi Warman Adam, a noted historian from the Indonesian Science Institute, said the video defiles Indonesia’s state symbol, the Garuda bird.

“It is clear that Indonesia’s Constitution opposes all kinds of fascism as done by Nazis in the past,” he

said.

Joshua Oppenheimer, the Oscar-nominated director of the documentary “The Act of Killing,” about the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people across Indonesia in 1965-66 in the name of fighting communism, said the video “is not a clever foreign policy move for Prabowo, unless he really wants to alienate all of Europe — and the rest of the human community.”

He added, however, that given Prabowo’s background, “perhaps he doesn’t care.”

In an interview with American journalist Allan Nairn in 2001, Prabowo said Indonesia needed an “authoritarian regime” and indicated he was willing to be called a “fascist dictator.”

The July 9 election pits Prabowo against Jakarta Gov. Joko Widodo.

Supporters of each candidate created campaign songs for them. Prabowo posted the video on his Facebook page and thanked Dhani and other artists for their support.

Indonesia fires spark Singapore, Malaysia haze warning Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s disaster agency warned Wednesday that neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia could be hit by more choking smog, after a huge jump in forest fires in a province at the centre of an air pollution crisis last year.

Fires in Riau province, on Indonesia’s western Sumatra island, caused the worst haze in Southeast Asia for more than a decade in June last year, affecting daily life for millions and sparking a heated diplomatic row.

June is the start of the forest fire season -- when slash-and-burn techniques are used to clear land quickly and cheaply, often for palm oil plantations -- and disaster officials said the number of blazes in Riau was rising quickly.

A total of 366 “hotspots” -- either forest fires or areas likely to soon go up in flames -- had been detected in the province on Wednesday, up from 97 the previous day, according to disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.

“We must be on alert as the wind is travelling east-northeast. The likelihood of the smog reaching Singapore and Malaysia is getting higher,” Nugroho said.

Experts have said that an expected El Nino weather phenomenon later this year is likely to fan the forest fires as conditions become drier than usual.

El Nino drags precipitation across the Pacific Ocean, leaving countries in-

cluding Indonesia drier and parts of the Americas wetter.

But the latest outbreak of forest fires was yet to have any serious impact on daily life in Sumatra, and the skies over Singapore were still free of haze.

Authorities said that most of the forest fires last year were deliberately lit to clear land. Slash-and-burn is a traditional farming technique, but environmental groups also accuse big companies of using the method.

According to the Washington-based World Resources Institute, a large number of the recent fires have been linked to paper and palm oil giants and their suppliers.

Using data from satellite mapping tools, it found 75 hotspots between Saturday and Monday in areas where Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), one of the world’s largest paper companies, has operations.

A further 43 hotspots were found in areas occupied by suppliers to paper company Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) in the same period.

Aida Greenbury, APP managing director of sustainability and stakeholder engagement, said 10 fires had occurred on forest land run by APP’s suppliers in the past five days, all of which had been extinguished.

“We do not practise and highly condemn slash-and-burn activity,” she said.

APRIL said it had agreed to support the fire-fighting effort, lending its water pumps and a company helicopter.

Soldiers’ capabilities need constantly improve Antara

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Philippine Senator Ramon Revilla Jr., center, a popular actor accused of receiving 224 million pesos ($5.1 million) in kickbacks from a scam that allegedly diverted millions of dollars from anti-poverty and development funds allotted to lawmakers’ pet projects, is escorted by police after attending his arraignment at the Sandiganbayan antigraft court in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Thursday, June 26, 2014.

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An Indonesian police officer stands and watches workers folding ballots before being distributed to polling stations, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Indonesia will hold its presidential poll on July 9.

YOGYAKARTA - The capabilities of the National Defense Forces (TNI) soldiers need to be constantly honed, stated President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

“The TNI soldiers can be counted on for their good capability to defend the state sovereignty amid the changes in military technology and tactics,” President Yudhoyono noted while inaugurating some 453 new military cadets here on Thursday.

The head of state remarked that the TNI soldiers should be well-trained and well-educated and have sophisticated military weaponry systems.

Yudhoyono claimed that the challenges are currently increasing, and thus, during the past ten years, the state has made every effort to improve the army,

navy, and air force weaponry systems, including the capability and welfare of the TNI soldiers.

“Our reliable TNI soldiers should be able to face traditional and nontraditional threats of any kind, including modern warfare laden with technology,” the president emphasized.

As the Supreme Commander of the Indonesian Military, President Yudhoyono inaugurated 453 new military cadets as officers in a ceremony that took place at the main square of the Yogyakarta Air Force Academy.

All 453 new officers who graduated from the military, naval, and air force academy comprised 249 military, 99 navy, and 105 air force cadets.

Three top-performing graduates from each academy received Adhimakayasa medals.

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BUSINESS Corporate tax schemes hurt developing countries Agence France-Presse

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In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2009 file photo, estate agents’ boards on display outside properties, in south London. Concerns are mounting that the country’s housing market is overinflated, with London house prices rising almost 19 percent in the year to April.

Threat of housing bubble tempts Britain to act Associated Press

LONDON — Is Britain’s economy heading for bubble trouble? Concerns are mounting that the country’s housing market is overinflated, with London house prices rising almost 19 percent in the year to April. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has described the situation as the greatest risk to the economy. The International Monetary Fund is worried. Ditto European Union officials.

The pressure is on to act now rather than risk having it all come crashing down later, dragging Britain back into recession. A Bank of England committee set up in the wake of the economic crisis to ensure financial stability is widely expected to take action Thursday to cool the market.

The move will be of interest globally, as its outcome will shed some light on how much a central bank can keep a specific sector from overheating without putting the brakes on the economy as a whole.

“This may not be the mother of all house price bubbles, but it may be the sister,” said David Blanchflower, a former member of the Bank of England’s Mon-

etary Policy Committee who now teaches at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. “Does it make any sense for the economy? The answer has to be no.”

Driven by interest from wealthy investors, an improving economy and pent up demand in a country with a chronic housing shortage, house prices rose 18.7 percent in the capital and about 10 percent in the rest of the country in the year ending in April, according to official statistics. That far outstripped the 0.7 percent increase in wages including bonuses during the same period.

That means Britons have to borrow more to buy a home.

Homeowners in Britain often get

new mortgage loans every two or three years to take advantage of fluctuating markets — rather than a fixed longer-term system common in the United States.

Carney recently described overextended borrowers as a threat to the financial system, largely because households make up the bulk of domestic borrowing.

“History shows that the British people do everything they can to pay their mortgages,” Carney said in a speech this month.

“That means cutting back deeply on other expenditures when the unexpected happens, potentially slowing the economy sharply.”

Figures from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a policy watchdog

for the 34 most developed countries, suggest property prices in Britain are about 30 percent too high when compared to wages.

In the United States, by contrast, most homes are valued correctly while Japan remains the cheapest market among OECD members after years of deflation.

The froth can be seen in the explosion of real estate agents.

In a country where neighborhood retail shops often struggle to survive, realtor shops are a fixture, particularly in desirable neighborhoods.

PricedOut, a group that campaigns for affordable house prices, says people with steady but modest jobs — nurses, teachers and engineers — have little hope of buying a home, especially in the south. In Oxford, Britain’s least affordable city, the average house price — at about 340,000 pounds ($578,000) — costs 11 times gross average earnings, according to the Lloyds Bank Affordable Cities Review.

WASHINGTON - Developing economies are increasingly hurt by the way global corporations exploit taxation differences and move profits to low-tax locations, according to an International Monetary Fund report Wednesday.

But few countries can protect themselves in a competition for direct investment that increasingly appears like a “race to the bottom” in setting corporate tax rates, the IMF said.

Moreover, companies are increasingly able to shift and relocate more intangible assets -like intellectual property -- to avoid taxes.

The IMF said that the more countries give in to investors’ requirements on taxes, the more they are hurting the global community.

In addition, tax-cutting and legal tax avoidance by corporations are having an impact on countries’ fiscal strength, undermining their ability to fund government just at a time when many are fighting deficits.

Incentives are “significantly undermining revenue in developing countries,” the IMF said, noting that “overall fiscal performance is more vulnerable to pressures on these receipts.”

“The amounts at stake in a single taxplanning case now quite routinely run into tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. These sums may be small relative to total tax revenue in sizable advanced economies, but are large for the developing countries,” the report said.

That is especially the case in countries reliant on extractive industries like mining. Mining companies frequently load up on debt to reduce the tax they pay to the host country.

As important in denying countries tax receipts are corporate schemes like transfer pricing.

“Identifying the country that is the ‘source’ of income... is increasingly problematic,” the report said. “It has been made more difficult, conceptually and practically, by the increased importance of intra-firm transactions.”

It also said that companies increasingly exploit intangible assets like patents, trademarks, and other intellectual property “which can be much more easily relocated than can the bricksand-mortar facilities of the world.”

The report showed how foreign direct investment is handled through low-tax locations as a strategy.

Half of outgoing direct investment from Brazil goes to havens like Austria, the Cayman Islands, and the British Virgin Islands, before it goes to the final destination. Two-thirds of outgoing direct investment from Russia goes first to havens like Cyprus and the Netherlands.

The IMF spelled out the need for a “global architecture” for taxation in the way that trade is increasingly governed by international treaties.

But it warned that fixes can bring their own difficulties in how taxable income might be apportioned.

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Tourist arrival at Uluwatu ranked highest in Badung

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MANGUPURA - The number of tourist arrival to Uluwatu tourist attraction ranked first in Badung. From the data in 2014, until May the number of tourists visiting the Uluwatu tourist attraction reached 214,651 people. Meanwhile, Taman Ayun included in the World Cultural Heritage was ranked second drawing 124,779 tourist arrivals.

The Object and Tourist Attraction Division Head of Badung Government Tourism Office, Made Suastika, said on Tuesday (Jun 24) that after the top two tourist attractions, the next highest number were achieved by Sangeh and Nungnung Waterfall with respective tourist arrival of 31,410 people and 2,855 people.

So far, his party could only make data collection of tourist arrival at the four tourist attractions. It was enabled because his party

only implemented ticket levies to visitors at those locations. Meanwhile, in other tourist attractions, especially public spaces such as coastal region, his party could not collect the levies. (kmb25)

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The number of tourist arrival to Uluwatu tourist attraction ranked first in Badung.

Tirta Empul Ulu Temple at Gilimanuk IBP

GILIMANUK - The Tirta Empul Ulu Temple is located within the area of West Bali National

Park (TNBB), right on the roadside of Denpasar-Gilimanuk. Located on the Penginuman Beach, it is a strategic place where the tip of Java Island is visible. The

temple whose pujawali or anniversary falls on full moon of the fifth month in Balinese calendar (around October) still looks quite beautiful and exudes serene at-

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mosphere as sits under big trees.

Every day, many hordes of tame monkeys can still be encountered around the temple. the temple spreading across an area of around one hectare, many devotees come and say the temple spreading across an area of around one hectare, many devotees come and say prayers not just for invoking safety and health. They also perform purificatory rite or melukat in three freshwater springs located on the West of the temple. According to a temple attendant, Nengah Kembar Winada, the temple was built around 1990.

One of the priests discovering the temple, Mangku Gede Linggih, got divine inspiration and found the existence of a well or spring on beach. Despite the spring located in the sea sand, the water emanating does not taste salty but fresh. Based on the inspiration, it was then established a simple shrine (using tree branches) at several locations. Until now, the temple had complete buildings funded by the donations from devotees who did purificatory rite and had a vow.

He said the temple priest Mangku Gede Linggih who found the temple site has passed away.

As the successor, he was replaced by his wife Jro Mangku Lingsir Mangku Sumpang living in Gilimanuk.

Meanwhile, Winada added that every full moon, there were always devotees coming from all over Bali and even from Java.

They all came to do purificatory rite directly on the beach. But at high tides, the temple attendant had taken holy water for purificatory rite from the three springs and kept it in the temple area.

Having performed the purificatory rite, devotees entered into the three temple areas. Devotees said prayers at the shrine located in the innermost courtyard. Here lay a number of three-tiered meru shrines as well as the shrine respectively dedicated for the veneration of the Lord Kasiap, Balian and Lord Lumajang.

In the meantime, on the west area outside the main building and few meters from the three springs sat a shrine. It was used to venerate Goddess Ayu Giri Putri Dapdapsari. Then, on the north side could be found a shrine located rather far away with a complete building. Here, according to Winada, was venerated the Goddess Ayu Mas Melanting.

During the visit, a number of devotees, mostly from outside Jembrana, came to say prayers.

They delivered various invocations, some of which related to recovery from illness, while some others asked for a job opportunity. The three springs used for purificatory rite were arranged by means of concrete manholes at three sites which were adjacent to one other. It was the holy water used for the purificatory rites. “The water of each well tastes different, namely bitter and plain but not salty,” he explained. (kmb)

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Explosion rocks mall in Nigerian capital

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A bus is exiting the Gilimanuk Harbor in Jembrana

Tourist bus increases up to 200 percent Bali Post

NEGARA - The number of tourist buses going in and out of Bali via Gilimanuk Harbor has increased since the end of last week. Passenger surge of tourist buses increased to 100 percent. Such condition caused the shipping services slightly delayed. As on Tuesday night (Jun 24), a queue occurred to tourist buses and trucks leading to the vessel.

From field observation, since Sunday (Jun 22) tourist buses from a number of counties on Java Island started booming. For instance, a school entourage could involve at least 5-6 buses, coupled with interprovincial buses (AKAP) holding many passengers.

One of the administrators of tourist buses, Kadek Dwi, recognized the growing number of tourist buses entering the holiday season. Each day, the number of tourist bus reached 100 units or more.

Operations Manager of the ASDP Gilimanuk, Wahyudi Susianto, confirmed the increasing number of vehicles especially buses and tourism on Wednesday (Jun 25). According to him, the increase reached 100-200 percent each day. Such condition also triggered a queue when getting into the vessel. “On Tuesday night, a queue happened because many vehicles came in. But the queue has been resolved the next morning,” he said. Wahyudi also mentioned that the service was not disrupted though the renovation and construction of LCM jetty was under progress. (kmb26)

ABUJA, Nigeria — An explosion blamed on Islamic extremists rocked a shopping mall in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and police said 21 people were killed. The blast came as Nigerians were preparing to watch their country’s Super Eagles play Argentina at the World Cup in Brazil. Many shops at the mall have TV screens but it was unclear if the explosion was timed to coincide with the match, which started an hour later.

Witnesses said body parts were scattered around the exit to Emab Plaza, in Abuja’s upscale Wuse 2 suburb. One witness said he thought the bomb was dropped at the entrance to the mall by a motorcyclist.

All spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. Soldiers shot and killed one suspect as he tried to escape on a power bike and police detained a second suspect, Mike Omeri, the government spokesman for the insurgency, said in a statement.

Billows of black smoke could be seen from a mile (kilometer) away, and police said 17 vehicles were burnt out in the blast. “I heard the explosion and (felt) the building shaking,” said Shuaibu Baba, who had a narrow escape. He said he rushed downstairs to find that the driver who had dropped him a few minutes earlier was dead. “I asked the driver to come with me, and he said ‘No,’ he would wait for me in the car.”

Police Superintendent Frank Mba said 17 people were wounded and 21 bodies were recovered. Omeri urged people to be calm and said the government was doing everything possible “to check the activities of insurgents.”

It is the latest in a series of violent attacks blamed on Islamic extremists. Nigerian security forces appear incapable of curtailing the near-daily attacks concentrated in the northeast, where Boko Haram extremists have their stronghold.

DENPASAR - Entering the new academic year, the students and their parents are made busy looking for new school.

The admission process of new students (PPDB) made online in Denpasar is expected to run well. Even, the use of ‘recommendation’ from some officials in Denpasar should also be neglected by school. Furthermore, the backstreet path usually causing to surpass school quota should be closed tightly.

This commitment was raised in the work meeting of the Denpasar House and the Denpasar Education Agency, Wednesday (Jun 25). The meeting attended by all factions in the local parliament as well as Chairman of the House agreed that this year’s admission process would be done purely based on existing regulations. If anyone was found violating, the offender could be imposed with sanction as set forth in the Public Service Law, Article

ent, but could be accessed by everyone.

In other words, if there was an excess of student when it was running, it could be traced. “We ensure the supervision will be tighter as carried out by many institutions, such as the Inspectorate, Ombudsmen, the House, as well as general public,” he explained.

From the data released by the Denpasar Education Agency, the quota of junior high school in Denpasar ranged from 240 to 320 students. Here is their respective quota of state junior high school: SMPN 1 (240), SMPN 2 (320), SMPN 3 (280), SMPN 4 (320), SMPN 5 (280), SMPN 6 (320), SMPN 7 (280), SMPN 8 (240), SMPN 9 (320), SMPN 10 (240), SMPN 11 (280) and SMPN 12 (280). Meanwhile, the quota for state high school in Denpasar ranged from 320 to 400 students, with details as follows: SMAN 1 (400), SMAN 2 (400), SMAN 3 (280), SMAN 4 (320), SMAN 5 (400), SMAN 6 (320), SMAN 7 (400) and SMAN 9 (320). (kmb12)

Obama: Climate change steps making a difference

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama claimed progress in his second-term drive to combat climate change but said more must be done to address a generational problem. He appealed for patience and perseverance from environmental activists. One year after unveiling an aggressive plan, Obama said Wednesday that new emissions limits on power plants, renewable energy projects and new incentives for green technology have cleared the way for further action in the U.S. and abroad, despite steadfast opposition from much of Congress.

Denpasar closes backstreet and ‘recommendation’ 54 and 55.

Deputy Chairman of the Denpasar House, AA Ngurah Bima Wikrama, accompanied by legislators AA Susruta Ngurah Putra, AA Gede Mahendra as well as Chairman of Commission D I Wayan Sugiarta met after the meeting said that his party had committed not to tarnish the admission process this time. The House also promised not to take improper action such as recommending individual students to be passed at a particular school. “We’ve committed so that the admission process in Denpasar can take place purely in accordance with the existing mechanisms,” he said.

Sugiarta added the new student admission process should be conducted openly, namely through national examination score (NUN) as much as 60 percent, allocation for poor students at 20 percent and allocation for student with excellent achievement at 20 percent of the school’s quota. Quota of each school was differ-

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Admission of new students

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This photo taken June 2, 2014, shows a coal train stops near White Bluff power plant near Redfield, Ark. President Barack Obama’s new pollution limits for power plants have set off an avalanche of information about what the rules will cost, how they’ll affect your health, and how far they’ll go toward curbing climate change.

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A Nigerian soldier, left, stands guard, at the scene of an explosion in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. An explosion rocked a shopping mall in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Wednesday and police say at least over 20 people have been killed and many wounded.

“When you take those first steps, even if they’re hard, and even if there are politics sometimes, you start building momentum and you start mobilizing larger and larger communities,” Obama said. “Every step makes a difference.”

Obama’s remarks to the League of Conservation Voters served as a progress report for his climate plan, which the president laid out with much fanfare last June at Georgetown University. Twelve months later, much of the plan is in motion, although the most ambitious steps are still up in the air and will take years to be fully realized.

Change won’t be instantaneous, Obama cautioned. “There’s no silver bullet.”

Indeed, many of the steps he’s taking are modest, limited in scope by hostility from both parties to putting a price on carbon pollution, which would require new laws from Congress. Still, Obama said he’s seeking to tackle the problem but cutting it up into smaller pieces.

“We’re moving, and it’s making a difference,” he told a supportive

crowd at LCV’s annual dinner. The environmental group backed Obama early in his 2008 campaign.

The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, a nonpartisan group formerly associated with the Pew Center, said this week that Obama has made at least some progress on most of the 75 goals he laid out last June. Those steps will require follow-through, but if the administration keeps up the pace it achieved in the past year, the U.S. could meet its 17 percent goal, the center said.

The centerpiece of Obama’s plan, carbon limits on existing power plants, is on track after the Environmental Protection Agency met its deadline to issue a draft, although the timeline for states to comply has been delayed in some cases. Still, the limits have drawn major opposition from Republicans and some Democrats and will face legal challenges that could threaten their durability.

“The president has no more elections to win, yet he allows the narrow interests of his most extreme political allies to dictate an agenda that puts jobs and op-

portunity out of reach,” said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

Obama delighted in mocking Republicans in Congress who dispute climate change or refuse to take a position on the grounds that they’re lawmakers, not scientists.

“Folks will tell you climate change is a hoax, or a fad, or a plot.

It’s a liberal plot!” Obama said, standing in front of a giant American flag for a speech that had all the trappings of a campaign rally.

Obama has also started the clock on carbon limits for new power plants, although the low cost of cleaner-burning natural gas means few new coal-fired plants will be built in the U.S. anyway.

Obama’s administration has approved 10 new renewable energy projects on public lands, but is less than halfway toward its goal of increasing solar, wind and geothermal output by 8,100 megawatts. The administration has also proposed nine new standards for energy efficiency and finalized eight others, seeking to curb emissions from appliances and other equipment.

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Milan designers nudge men to dress with derring-do Associated Press

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Prada classics recall 70s with Ferragamo emphasizes top-stitched denim fluidity with aqueous blue Associated Press

MILAN — Miuccia Prada apparently does what many of us do when searching for fashion inspiration: She fishes the back of her closet.

“You pick something that is old-

fashioned. It is the only new thing,” Prada said backstage Sunday after the preview of her menswear looks for next summer.

The collection’s foundation was classic denim looks with top-stitching, the only embellishment on very

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A model wears a creation for Prada men’s Spring-Summer 2015 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Sunday, June 22, 2014.

Place Ratna Kanda Stage Ayodya Stage Wantilan Stage Ksirarnawa Stage Wantilan Ksirarnawa

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Event Topeng Panca Performance Joged Bumbung Dance Bondres Performance Baleganjur Competition Arja Performance Contemporary Art Performance Children Performance

Place Ratna Kanda Angsoka Stage Ayodya Stage Wantilan Stage Ksirarnawa Ayodya Stage Wantilan Ksirarnawa

Event Handicrafts Competition Art Dance Reconstruction Joged Bumbung Dance Participation from Bandung Baleganjur Competition Calonarang Dance Arja Performance Balinese song by Emoni

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basic looks, worn mostly with simple a blue shirt, for a 1970s vibe.

Prada herself said the title of the collection should be “Prada classics.”

“It is kind of conservative, I would say. And I thought that was the only new thing possible,” Prada said.

The designer kept the elements simple, from the color palate of blue, brown, dark green and beige, to the clean lines of the jackets, trench coats and blazers. Most looks were finished with a simple, light blue shirt — reflecting the azure waters of the swimming pool with white columns created by Rem Koolhaas’ architecture firm at the center of the showroom.

Prada said she also included a sub-collection for women, because she runs out of time rushing to finish the womenswear line to fit in everything she would like. For women, she started with denim skirt- and pant-suits and worked her way through bias-cut plaid and striped day suits to pretty, pleated, dark chiffon party dresses with rhinestone accents along the seams.

Explaining why she went with the classics, Prada said, “maybe, it is a moment in history that requires little silliness and more seriousness.”

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MILAN — The relaxed silhouette of the Salvatore Ferragamo menswear collection for next summer seems almost to deny the traditional tailoring responsible for its creation.

Massimiliano Giornetti, who has been designing Ferragamo menswear for 14 years, defined the silhouette as light.

“It is completely deconstructed,” he said backstage after the preview show Sunday, the second day of Milan Fashion Week. It is a deconstruction that doesn’t seek to challenge the sartorial rules, but rather reinforce them.

As if to emphasize the fluidity of the look, the color that unites the collection is an aqueous blue-green, which matches soothingly with earthier tones

of rust, gray, brown and beige.

The collection centers on sportswear, with a variety of jackets including longer overcoats, double-breasted jackets that are slightly cropped, blousons with gathered waists that function as a bomber jacket and, inventively, blazers that are belted from the inside or outside.

The outfits are finished with double-pleated trousers or loose-fitting Bermudas. Emphasizing the casual nature of the collection, scarves are favored over ties.

For the traveler, Giornetti designed large totes in waxed suede with leather accents on the corners and handles.

Shoes, Ferragamo’s calling card, are sturdy sandals and lace-ups with solid soles and thick fringe.

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A model wears a creation for Salvatore Ferragamo men’s SpringSummer 2015 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Sunday, June 22, 2014.

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Models wear creations for Giorgio Armani men’s Spring-Summer 2015 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, June 24, 2014.

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MILAN — Milan designers are gently inviting men to add just a little derring-do to their dressing. Feel secure in that double-breasted blazer? Why not snazz it up with a pair of silken shorts and thick-soled sneakers? Like the classic black and white, or red-white-and-blue combinations? Ok, but let’s brighten things up sometimes with color — purple, aqua blue, salmon pink.

It was a big regroup during the four days of fashion previews for next summer’s menswear that ended Tuesday. Miuccia Prada warned it was not the time for craziness and Giorgio Armani discussed the need of fashion to be “serious” and not pull consumers’ legs with outlandishly styled shirts that create a fashion media stir and cost 350 euros (nearly $500) a pop.

Designers seemed united in their desire to simplify things — returning to lines as a graphic form, adding stripes, gingham and checks to menswear but foregoing, for the most part, florals and ethnic prints.

The silhouette was relaxed and easy to wear, with jackets worn open and crew-necks or inventive tops favored over the traditional white or blue shirts. Trousers were roomy, pleated and often cuffed, but also straight and cropped. The preferred short was the Bermuda. Ties were replaced by foulards knotted snuggly on the neck or scarves tucked inside coats.

There was little denim — except on the Prada runway where there was almost nothing else. Distressed garments got a new life, as if to honor a man’s self-conscious nature about dressing well.

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Place Art Center Area Ksirarnawa Angsoka Stage Ratna Kanda Stage Wantilan Stage Ayodya Stage Front of Krya Area Ayodya Stage Wantilan Ksirarnawa Ardha Candra

Event Painting and coloring competition Feminity Workshop Art Dance Reconstruction Topeng Panca Performance Art Dance Performance Art Dance Performance Baleganjur Performance Drama Gong Show Arja Performance Pakeliran Theatre Songs Dharma by Dewa Bujana

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Community of young artists under the direction of AA Agung Gede Putra Rahma was successfully represent fertility rites in the Kapal Village by lifting phenomenon of “Tipat Bantal” War into a contemporary dance that still based on the traditions of Bali.

Fertility Rite of Kapal Village Bali Post

DENPASAR - Creativity in artist truly does not know stagnant term.

Through sensitivity of creativity, taste and their intention, artists create new innovations to be shown at Bali Art Festival (BAF).

In the arena of 36th BAF, for example, the work of contemporary dance Aci Rah Tabuh Penganggon that performed by Community for Contemporary Art Pancer Langit Bali, from Kapal Village successfully amaze visitors who thronged Ksirarnawa stage on Tuesday night.

Community of young artists under the direction of AA Agung Gede Putra Rahma was successfully represent fertility rites in the Kapal Village by lifting phenomenon of “Tipat Bantal” War into a contemporary dance that still based on the traditions of Bali.

In detail, this play tells the story of Kebo Iwa, sent by Maha Raja Sri Asta Sura Ratna Bumi Banten to renovate a temple at Kapal Village. At that time, village dwellers were facing long drought. Seeing the situation, Kebo Iwa asked guidance from God of Siwa at Sadha Temple. Kebo Iwa finally got an answer from God and told village dwellers to held “Tipat Bantal” war in front of Dalem Gelgel every year during the 4th full moon.

Fertility appears when the ceremony is held since 1337 AD. (ian)

Bali to build more long toll roads Antara

DENPASAR - The Bali provincial administration plans to build more toll roads between Denpasar and other district capitals in the tourist island.

Bali already has a long toll bridge extending over the sea coast between the tourist beach area of Nusa Dua and the regency of Badung.

Similar projects of flyovers will be built between Denpasar and Gilimanuk in western coast of Bali and between Denpasar and Singaraja in the northern coast, Bali’s deputy Governor I Ketut Sudikerta said on Thursday.

Sudikerta said the project is still in the pipeline, adding the provincial administration is still studying the plan including investment for the mega projects.

Flyovers linking Denpasar and the western and northern parts of the province are getting urgent to cope with the traffic congestion, he said.

The highway between Denpasar and Singaraja in the north has too many bends that it could take four hours to cover the distance especially with the traffic jams, he said.

With the flyover the distance could be covered in a much shorter time, he added.

Flyover is the only solution the growing worse traffic jams in the highways and to cut short the distance, he said.

He said construction is expected to start in 2016/2017 and to be completed in one or two years.

Flyover between Denpasar and Gilimanuk via the regencies of Tabanan and Jembrana and between Denpasar and Singaraja via the regencies of Tabanan and Buleleng would help boost economic development in the district areas and all Bali, he said.

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The Bali provincial administration plans to build more toll roads between Denpasar and other district capitals in the tourist island.

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Embattle drugs and HIV/AIDS shouldn’t half-heartedly Bali Post

DENPASAR - Two worrying things are now shadowing Bali, namely drug trafficking and the transmission of HIV/ AIDS. All this time, the drug trafficking is rife enough in Denpasar. On the other hand, the closing of Dolly prostitute house in Surabaya, East Java, also tends to affect the emigration of the commercial sex workers to Bali. This condition is very vulnerable to the spread of HIV/AIDS in Bali.

To combat both social cases, stakeholders and the public should not take action half-heartedly. The community from hamlet level must be activate and empowered to take preventive measures.

One of the hamlets in Denpasar initiated such an effort was Kertha Bhuana hamlet, Dangin Puri Kangin, East Denpasar. On Tuesday night (Jun 24), the hamlet invited a number of important elements such as the Provincial Narcotics Agency (BNP), County/ Municipality Narcotics Agency (BNK), police, military, subdistrict head and Denpasar municipality to disseminate HIV/AIDS and drug distribution prevention, chiefly targeting teenagers. One of the ways to awaken the residents was through the staging of the arts, such as the dance played by parents, teenagers and Bondres comedy in combination with Joged Dance.

“Through the staging of the art, we expect the role of community from the bottom level can be more active in drug eradication and HIV/AIDS prevention,” said the headman of Dangin Puri Kangin, I Gusti Ngurah Putrawan.

Meanwhile, the Head of the BNP Bali, Gusti Ketut Budiartha, who was present at Kertha Bhuana hamlet said that his party hoped the active role of the community to begin participating in supervising the hamlet territory from drug trafficking. “Moreover, Denpasar includes the drug trafficking area,” he explained.

Such extension, he said, posed the reflection of the BNP concerns against drug abuse in the world, especially the city of Denpasar. On that account, the hazard of drugs was worth anticipating. “Moreover, after the closure of Dolly, there is possibility if the prostitutes

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The tourists are looking at the AIDS Banner placed in Kuta will move to Bali. Do not let Bali currently be flooded with travelers is then flooded with commercial sex workers,” hoped Ketut Budiartha while conveying his concerns as the prostitute would bring in diseases.

Budiartha added that those exposed to drugs were not all criminals. “Most of them are victims. They are sick people that should be treated. When your family members or relatives are exposed to drugs, do not be ignored as such, but please report them to the BNP or BNK Denpasar,” he said while mentioning there were two drug addicts who got rehabilitation outside Bali.

He added the participation of

community meant there had been sharpening of the hamlet itself to actively protect its territory from drug onslaught. “We expect there will be no distribution of drugs at customary village. Hopefully, the customary village can be freed from drug trafficking,” he said while adding that Bali currently was ranked 18th in terms of the national drug distribution. The circulation region in Bali included Denpasar (night clubs and cafés), Badung and Gianyar.

The Head of the BNK Denpasar, Purwadi, participating in the event said that his party expected the public to fortify themselves against drugs. From the existing data, he said, the drug us-

ers were predominantly teenagers and school children. At least, 500 people in Denpasar were drug users and the case was pretty much namely reaching 125 cases.

Meanwhile, Mayor of Denpasar, IB Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, said in his speech that combating drugs should not be carried out half-heartedly. “It is important for us to declare a war against drugs because it results in a huge loss,” he said.

On that account, the mayor asked stakeholders to conduct a raid at the location frequently taken advantage to make a drug transaction. “Similarly, keep an eye on the entrance like the airport,” he said. (asa)

After mutilation incident

Klungkung govt prepares Caru Labuh Gentuh ritual

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SEMARAPURA - Klungkung government seriously responded to the mutilation case occurred on Jalan Kenyeri IX, Jelantik Kuribatu hamlet, Gelgel village, Klungkung. The government prepared a Pecaruan Labuh Gentuh ritual at central intersection of Klungkung. The Caru Labuh Gentuh will be conducted after the implementation of presidential election.

Such ritual plan was decided after the Klungkung government acquired some inputs from various parties.

After conducting a closed meeting on Wednesday (Jun 25), the Acting Regent of Klungkung, Made Kasta, said the spiritual effort was meant to purify the territory after Klungkung became the location of sadistic murder to mutilate the victim. Even, the mutilated body parts were disposed to 13 crime scenes in the region of Klungkung and Karangasem.

In addition to focusing on the catus pata or central intersection, the similar Caru Labuh Gentuh would also be carried out at the murder scene. Meanwhile, at the location

where the victim’s mutilated body parts were disposed would be organized the caru manca sata. “With this ceremony, hopefully, the peace of the region can be maintained,” said Kasta.

Ceremony of this kind had never been undertaken all this time whereas similar heinous acts were noted to frequently occur in the region of Klungkung. Prior to the mutilation case, the murder case by slitting the victim’s neck also occurred in the region of Jumpai. Meanwhile, similar mutilation case had also occurred at the

former Gunaksa quarry location a few years earlier. However, no ritual was made in response to the incidents.

A religious leader, Dewa Soma, after meeting with Made Kasta added that Caru Labuh Gentuh ritual would be held because the mutilation case was considered a major case causing the palemahan (territory) of Klungkung to be spiritually impure.

Especially at the scene, the county government should make coordination with the owner of the boarding house and local residents.

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The Acting Regent of Klungkung requested the owners and occupants of the boarding house to comply with the administrative regulation by reporting themselves to local hamlet head. Even, his party planned to make regional bylaw which would specifically regulate the construction of boarding houses. (kmb31)

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Olivia Birchfield won Ms. Hard Rock Bali 2014 IBP

KUTA - Hard Rock Hotel Bali proudly announced the winner of Ms. Hard Rock Bali 2014, Ms. Olivia Febrina Birchfield, 18 year old Hard Rocker from Bali, Indonesia. Ms. Birchfield has always been among the top contenders since the 1st Preliminary, but her performance on Final Night convinced the judges and wowed the crowd. Final Night was held on Friday, June 20 at Centerstage, attended by more than 200 supporters, fans, guests and invitees. During the Final Night, finalists competed in fashion shows, talent showcase and final questions.

By winning the coveted title, Ms. Olivia will represent Bali in the regional competition, Ms. Hard Rock Southeast Asia 2014, which will be held in Bali this September. Also competing in this unique pageant are the 1st Runner-up, Ms. Fitri Rachmawati and the 2nd Runner-up, Ms. Putu Desi Ara Paramitha.

The Top 3 will compete against Hard Rock Pattaya and Hard Rock Penang. “I’m so honored to win this title. I have always been a Hard Rocker and I’m simply over the moon”, said Olivia on the Final Night. The avid guitar player now looks forward to prepare herself along with the runner-ups to compete in September. “We ask the support from Bali and the

people. This Southeast Asia event will be fantastic to introduce Bali to the world once again, with the spirit of rock ‘n roll”, Olivia added.

Ms. Hard Rock Bali is an annual pageant event organized by Hard Rock Hotel Bali, that calls for beautiful, intelligent, smart and Hard Rocking girls that appreciate music, lifestyle and the true Rock ‘n Roll spirit. A similar event is annually held in Pattaya, Thailand and Penang, Malaysia and each location takes turn to host the regional event. The previous winners of this competition have since built a strong career in modeling, fashion and business marketplace.

Calendar Event for June 1 through July 12, 2014 1 Jun

Pura Sakenan Serangan Denpasar Pura Dalem Pahuman Bhujangga Penatih Denpasar Timur Pura Alas Harum Batur Kintamani Pura Alas Angker Munduk Kintamani Pura Dalem Kawitan Empuaji Klungkung 4 Jun Buda Cemeng Langkir Pura Tanah Lot Kediri Tabanan Pura Bucabe Mas Ubud Pura Puseh Desa Ganggang Canggi Batuan Pura Luhur Batur Pucangan Buahan Tabanan Pura Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Ida Ratu Sundaring Jagat Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Dalem bangun Sakti Tamiang Kapal Dalem Bias Muntig Ped Nusa penida 8 Jun

Pura Agung Petilan Pengerebongan kesiman Denpasar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kesiut Kangin Kerambitan Tabanan 10 Jun Anggarkasih Medangsia Pura Pesimpangan Gerya Sakti Yogaloka Lampung Selatan Pura Luhur Uluwatu Pura Bukit Pecatu Kuta badung Pura Penataran Agung Singakerta Ubud Pura Andakasa Karangasem Pura Gua Lawah Klungkung Pura Kawitan Arya Gelgel klungkung Pura Taman Ayun Mengwi Pura Suralaya Banda klungkung Pura Dalem Senapati Bebalang Bangli Pura Pasek Gaduh Blahbatuh Gianyar Pura Pasek Lurah Tutuan Kerambitan Tabanan Pura Pusering Jagat Tampaksiring

Gianyar Pura Gerya Sakti Tulikup Gianyar Pura Dalem Dauh Ubud Pura Segara Ketewel Sukawati Pura Mertha Sari Mas Ubud 11 Jun Pura Gede Purancak Jembrana Pura Dalem Dauma Batuan Sukawati Pura Nataran Kacang Dawa Klungkung Pura Bhatara Gede Apol Ubung Denpasar Pura Puseh Brahmana Klungkung Pura Kahyangan Jagat Dalem Purwa Denbantas Tabanan Pura Dalem Sukahet Klungkung Pura Dalem MuasPahit Guwang Sukawati Pura Taman Dukuh Tegallalang Pura Desa Sanding Tampak Siring gianyar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Batan Buah Kesiman Pura Sahab Nusa penida Pura Dalem Cemara Serangan Denpasar 12 Jun Purnama Sasih Sadha Pura Pauman Bhujangga Tonja Denpasar Pura Amertha Sari Rempoa Jakarta Selatan Pura Ulun Swi Kediri Tabanan Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Bitra Gianyar 15 Jun Kajeng Kliwon uwudan Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kekeran Mengwi 25 Jun Buda Kliwon Pahang Pura Luhur Puncak Padang Dawa Padangbai Karangasem Pura Aer jeruk Sukawati Gianyar Pura Dangin Pasar Batuan Sukawati Pura Penataran Batuyang Batubulan Pura Desa Lembeng Ketewel Gianyar Pura Pasek Bendesa Kediri Tabanan Pura Kawitan Dalem Sukawati gianyar Pura Kresek Banyuning Buleleng

Pura Puseh Bebandem Karangasem Pura Sad Kahyangan Batu Swana Nusa Penida Pura Buda Kliwon Penatih Denpasar Pura Penataran Dukuh Naga Sari Bebandem Karangasem Pura Batur Sari Ubud 27 Jun Tilem Sasih Sadha Pura Dalem Celuk Sukawati 30 Jun Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan Pura Pasek Gelgel Kekeran Delod Yeh Mengwi 5 Jul Tumpek krulut Pura Pasek gelgel Tengah Buleleng Pura Dalem Pemuteran Jelantik Tojan Klungkung Pura Pedarman Bhujangga Waisnawa Besakih Pura Taman Sari Penebel Tabanan Pura Benua Tarukan Besakih 9 Jul Buda Cemeng Merakih Pura Bendesa Mas Kepisah Pedungan Pura Natih Kalah Batubulan Pura Desa Silakarang Singapadu Pura Dalem Petitenget Kuta Badung Pura Dalem Pulasari Gianyar Pura Kubayan Kapisah Denpasar Selatan Pura Paibon Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Lumintang Denpasar Pura Panti Penyarikan Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Pasar Agung Kediri Tabanan Pura Puaya Batuan Sukawati 11 Jul Hari Bhatara Sri

12 Jul Purnama Sasih Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Tirta Besakih Pura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati

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

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

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

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

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

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Discourse on the continuation Bedugul geothermal project in Baturiti reaped a reaction from the Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti.

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Paul McCartney: Feeling better, ready to tour

GLENDALE - Dozens of Michael Jackson fans laid heaps of flowers Wednesday at the mausoleum where the pop icon is interred, to mark the 5th anniversary of his death.

Around 100 fans, some dressed as the self-proclaimed King of Pop, gathered at the Forest Lawn cemetery outside Los Angeles, where the 50-year-old died while rehearsing for a comeback tour.

“We love you Michael,” read a banner on a giant red heart placed outside the small mausoleum in Glendale, north of downtown LA. Jackson died on June 25, 2009 of an overdose of the clinical anesthetic propofol, administered by his doctor to help treat insomnia as the singer prepared for “This is It” shows in London.

His personal medic Conrad Murray was convicted of invol-

untary manslaughter in 2011 over the star’s death and jailed for four years. He was released in October after serving two years.

Jackson was planning a global comeback tour to help him stave off bankruptcy, five years after being acquitted of child molestation charges which left his career in tatters.

He had debts of up to $500 million before his death, but in the five years since, his executors have earned more than $700 million, according to a recent book, “Michael Jackson Inc.” Money-making ventures have included the “This is It” movie of rehearsals for the doomed tour, a touring Cirque du Soleil stage show and two posthumous albums so far, with more to come.

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TABANAN - Discourse on the continuation Bedugul geothermal project in Baturiti reaped a reaction from the Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti. The regent of the PDI-P party ascertained not to approve the geothermal project continuation. She argued that she wanted to save the nature of Bedugul from the possibility of negative impact generated by the mega project.

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LONDON — Paul McCartney says he’s feeling fab and ready to rock ‘n’ roll. The 72-year-old former Beatle posted a brief YouTube video Tuesday night saying he’s recovered from a virus that forced him to cancel shows in Japan and South Korea, and delay the opening of a U.S. tour.

He said the first U.S. show is set for July 5 in Albany, New York. The canceled U.S. dates have been rescheduled for September and October. The singer seemed fit and in good spirits as he thanked fans for their concern about his health.

Regent of Tabanan rejects continuation of geothermal project

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“So, I reiterate that there is no continuation of geothermal project. We reject the continuation of the power plant project. It is for the sake of the nature of Bali,” said Eka Wiryastuti.

Her party also questioned why the geothermal power plant (PLTPB) project at Bedugul emerged again. Actually, the project has been rejected by the Bali House.

“We are very dear to the nature of Bali, especially Bedugul area. So, there is no longer the continuation of geothermal project,” she stated. She hoped the geothermal project at Bedugul not to be tampered with as it had been finally rejected

by the Bali House. Her party worried, if the project would be continued it surely kindled new polemic, especially in Tabanan.

Aside from rejecting the continuation of geothermal project, Regent Eka also disagreed to the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. She said the reclamation would have an impact on the opening of the opportunities for mass urbanization, not to mention the issue of environmental damages. “Likewise, I reject the reclamation. It will have an impact on the environment of Bali. Do not let the reclamation plan trigger new issues. Bali should be sustainable,” she said.

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According to her, the nature of Bali was different from that of other islands. Balinese society, she said, was always respecting religion, customs and culture used as the basic capital of life all the times.

As reported previously, a suspicion emerged that Benoa Bay reclamation would have an impact on the Bedugul geothermal project. The presence of reclamation project was ascertained to need for greater electricity. One of the projects suspected to be continued in order to increase the supply of electricity was the geothermal drilling at Bedugul.

From the notes of Bali Post, the Bedugul geothermal project continued to reap polemic among residents, especially in the vicinity of the drilling area, Candikuning, Baturiti. Moreover, all this time, the community figures of Baturiti claimed to have never been given socialization regarding the fate of geothermal project. Similarly, they worried if the project would have a fatal impact on the environment. (kmb30)