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Beyonce storms Video Music Awards, Rihanna gets lifetime award

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NEW YORK - Beyonce dominated the MTV Video Music awards on Sunday, prowling the stage with a 15 minute medley from her powerful “Lemonade” album and taking home eight statuettes, including the top prize - video of the year.

On a night when women ruled, Britney Spears returned to the VMA stage for the first time in a decade, and Rihanna performed four times to mark her lifetime achievement award.

Beyonce brought the house down at New York’s Madison Square Garden, stringing together five of her “Lemonade” album tracks about betrayal, revenge and female empowerment in a song and dance routine that brought a long standing ovation.

VMA organizers had announced only three hours before Sunday’s show began that Beyonce would perform. The singer arrived on the red carpet accompanied by the mothers of three African-American men who have died at the hands of U.S. police in the past two years.

Her politically charged “Formation” beat Adele’s 2015 comeback single “Hello,” Drake’s “Hotline Bling,” Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” and Kanye West’s sleeping nude celebrity look-alikes in “Famous” for video of the year.

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A.A. Ngurah Adhi Ardhana

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A.A. Gede Yuniartha Putra

Cultural performance can become one of the attraction for the tourists to come to Bali REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Drake speaks with Rihanna after presenting her with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, U.S., August 28, 2016.

She also won best female video and prizes for choreography, editing, and long form video in the awards that are voted on by fans.

Where Beyonce was angry and bold, Spears, 34, dressed in a sparkly gold leotard and matching over the knee boots was slinky retro pop.

It was the “Toxic” singer’s first time on the VMA stage since her humiliating 2007 performance when her

personal and professional life was falling apart, and follows the release of a new album last week.

Rihanna, 28, sang 13 of the biggest hits in her 13-year career, including “Rude Girl,” “Diamonds” and “Only Girl in the World.” She was presented with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award by Canadian rapper Drake - with whom she has often been romantically linked. (rtr)

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Wonderful Indonesia Focus Group Discussion 2

Cultural tourism of Bali serves as locomotive of Wonderful Indonesia

DENPASAR - The plan of President Joko Widodo regarding the ‘10 New Balis’ indicates that tourism of Indonesia is inseparable from Bali. So, it is not an exaggeration to name Bali as the locomotive of Wonderful Indonesia as the tagline of the promotion program by Ministry of Tourism. This happens because the position of Bali has always been ‘a beginning’ that is then followed by other regions.

“Ten New Balis plan of the president shows that tourism is inseparable from Bali and Bali is inseparable from cultural tourism. When culture vanishes, it will certainly have significant impact on the tourism of Indonesia,” said the member of Commission II of the Bali House of Representatives, A.A. Ngurah Adhi Ardhana, in Denpasar, Sunday (Aug. 28).

Adhi Ardhana added that it is important for tourism players and

the governments in Bali to realize that Bali is nothing without culture.

Strengthening of cultural tourism should emerge from each individual to get the best results. It will be never enough simply through incentives and regulations.

“It would be very dangerous when giving discretion to the efforts forgetting culture. So, the best thing is the whole components should realize. By that way, they will have the awareness of protecting their own culture,” said this PDI-P

politician.

According to Adhi Ardhana, the concept of cultural tourism has been accommodated in the Regional Bylaw (Perda) on Regional Tourism Development Master Plan (Riparda) of Bali Province 2015-2029. In the regional bylaw, there has been a clear definition about cultural tourism, nature tourism, and man-made (artificial) tourism.

In this case, the government is obliged to prepare everything related to infrastructure, promotion to cultural preservation.

“In terms regulation, we have

owned the cultural tourism. In other words, it has been well defined.

Here, it is indicated that the Riparda we have made will be in line with our expectations namely preserving the cultural tourism,” added this former member the Riparda Special Committee.

The Head of the Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Gede Yuniartha Putra, said that the enactment of legislation on Tour Guide some time ago is one of the government’s commitments to implement the Riparda legislation. In this case, all the guides in Bali should pass the exam of Balinese culture as the requirement to have the tour guide identity card (KTPP).

“This happens because our tourism belongs to cultural tourism, so that everything must be based on our culture. Thus, the culture should

be preserved so that it is different from other regions,” he said. Other than regional bylaw on the Riparda, added Yuniartha, Regional Bylaw No.2/2012 on Balinese Cultural Tourism is also a proof of how Bali Province maintains the culture because from the past time Bali has been a major milestone of Indonesia tourism currently included in the Wonderful Indonesia.

“When talking about Wonderful Indonesia, it is the overall tourism branding. Bali formerly had its own branding as Bali Shanti and was then changed into Bali is My Life, but many people did not know about the branding. On that account, there will be a re-branding of tourism so that it will be in line with the Wonderful Indonesia,” he added.

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After price rises, tobacco demand feared to decrease

SINGARAJA - A number of tobacco farmers in Buleleng began to respond to the government plan that will raise the price of cigarettes in the near future. Over the discourse, it is ascertained to boost the price of tobacco. On the other hand, farmers even are worried if the tobacco demand will drop.

Moreover if the discourse is politicized, farmers remain to be the victims of policies benefiting certain groups. This was expressed by the Secretary of the Indonesia Tobacco Farmers Association (APTI) of Bali, Agung Adnyana, recently.

Furthermore, Agung said that the plan of government to increase the price of cigarette to IDR 50,000 will boost the price of tobacco. This increase will bring in profit to farmers. However, this seems to mean nothing as cigarette manufacturers reduce their demand for raw materials. This situation is also caused by the plan of the government that will increase the target of state revenue from cigarette taxes. In this situation, cigarette manufacturers will automatically reduce their production and raw material purchases.

Not only that, the absorption of labor will certainly reduce when compared to previous condition.

“From this discourse, the price of tobacco will be on the rise, while the demand decrease as cigarette manufacturers may limit their production. Thus, the policy is not clear whether farmers will get profit

or not,” he said.

According to Agung, cigarette manufacturers need 240,000 tons of tobacco. Of the total necessity, farmers in several districts in Bali could only meet 1,935 tons.

From the latest data, the Buleleng supplies 1,500 tons of Virginia tobacco, 90 tons of chopped tobacco, and 30 tons of White Burley tobacco. In the meantime, Jembrana district produces 20 tons, Gianyar (200 tons), Bangli (75 tons) and Karangasem (20 tons).

Seeing the data, tobacco production in Bali remains relatively small. It happens because the existing land has not been cultivated maximally. He cited that Buleleng has high potential to develop the agriculture reaching 7,000 hectares.

Of such potential, the land managed reaches an area of 3,500 hectares, while 600 hectares of them are developed by Gudang Garam.

In the meantime, Beringin Bali can only develop for 300 hectares.

Then, the remaining is chopped tobacco reaching 60 hectares and black tobacco (25 hectares). In addition to the problem, farmers still assume there is still impression if the company does monopoly starting from the price of tobacco to the willingness of partner companies to develop tobacco more optimally in accordance with the existing potential owned by the region.

“Tobacco production we supply stays quite small and the land can still actually be developed but not be managed due to the allocation of land by the company. Not to mention, there is impression of monopoly committed by the company regarding the price,” he explained.

On the other hand, Agung said that since the difficult condition hits, farmers in the region seem unenthusiastic to cultivate tobacco for some growing seasons. They consider the selling price and the capital to be borne are not comparable. To find the way out of this problem, he hoped there will be a policy in favor of farmers.

“Farmers are getting desperate and they did not cultivate the land that they should. Hopefully, it is in line with the discourse on the price

SINGARAJA - Approaching the Galungan and Kuningan holiday, Buleleng Police officers improve security in the community.

Coordination and anticipation are carried out to prevent disruption of social order during the holiday.

A number of police officers

attended the intensifying security efforts in anticipation of community activities in a series of the Galungan and Kuningan celebration taking place on September 6-8 and September 17. It is estimated that quite a lot of people in the town of Singaraja will take time to return

home to their village. Police asked to increase security surveillance in the community.

“We provide directive for 113 Buleleng Police personnel that will be assigned in appropriate with their warrant tasks before coming down to the field. Each police of-

ficer has its own placement,” said Chief of Buleleng Water Police unit, I Putu Aryana, with permission from Buleleng Police chief I Made Sukawijaya after conducting the rally, Sunday (Aug. 28).

Aryana added that in the field the personnel will do their duties

in appropriate with the main task and function. At the same time they oversee the vulnerable points in the community. “Our personnel in the field anticipate the people’s activities in crowded places made as the object of public holiday,” he said. (kmb34)

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years ago the price of frangipani could reach IDR 120,000 per kilogram. The price could even last up to six months.

According to her, the frangipani flower of various kinds is ever hunted by many merchants because it is used for the ingredient of cosmetics, perfume and incense. Moreover, it is exported so that the price soars.

At that time, many residents planted frangipani in their courtyard. Some even dared to contract land to be specially planted with frangipani because the price was very expensive.

According to her, many resi-

dents relied on their income from selling dried frangipani flowers. On average residents could sell two to five kilogram of dried frangipani flower per day. However, lately as time went by the price of frangipani flower continued to decline, from IDR 120,000 per kilogram to IDR 50,000 in the period of a year.

Further, it continuously declined to reach IDR 10,000 per kilogram.

The peak occurred three months ago where the price of frangipani flowers practically did not sell anymore. Likewise, the merchants commonly going around the village every

day absolutely no longer appeared.

But according to her, she is still collecting frangipani flowers that fall from the tree every day.

Moreover, she has owned 40 sacks respectively containing 100 kg of dried frangipani flowers. “I have collected this over the past six months,” she explained.

Currently, she added that the selling of frangipani flowers has revived since last week where the merchants start to go around the village to purchase dried flowers.

However, the price only reaches IDR 5,000 per kilogram.

Jainal, 43, a merchant of frangipani from Jember when met at Yehembang village, Mendoyo, confirmed that since the past week the price of frangipani business has revived after going dormant for nearly six months. Now, he has started selling again but the price just reached IDR 7,000 per kilogram. “But I purchase from the residents at IDR 5,000 per kilogram,” he explained.

He told that the frangipani flower will be sent to collector in Banyuwangi to be used as material of incense, perfume and cosmetics. (120)

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A tobacco farmer is drying his crops

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by the company,” he explained. (kmb38)

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Increase security ahead of Galungan and Kuningan holiday

NEGARA - Within the past few years, frangipani flower has been booming and many people even plant frangipani trees. Assuredly at every courtyard of Balinese people, this flower has always been flourishing.

Aside from being used to fill in the ritual means or oblations, various types of this frangipani have become popular for Balinese people because the price is exorbitant and almost equals to the price of gold.

A resident of Yehembang, Dewa Ayu Mulyawati, said on Sunday (Aug. 28) that approximately two

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Scientists find Earth-like planet circling sun’s nearest neighbor

MUENCHEN - Scientists have discovered a planet that appears to be similar to Earth circling the star closest to the sun, potentially a major step in the quest to find out if life exists elsewhere in the universe, research published on Wednesday showed.

The relative proximity of the planet, known as Proxima b, gives scientists a better chance to eventually capture an image of it, to help them establish whether it has an atmosphere and water, which is believed to be necessary for life.

Future studies may reveal if any atmosphere contains tell-tale chemicals of biological life, such as methane, according to a paper published in this week’s issue of the journal Nature.

“The key question of our initiative was whether there were potentially life-bearing planets orbiting these stars. We know now there is at least one planet with some characteristics similar to the Earth,” said Pete Worden, a former top NASA manager, who was speaking at a European Southern Observatory webcast news conference to announce the find.

The planet, located about 4.2 light-years from Earth, or 25 tril-

lion miles (40 trillion km), is the closest of some 3,500 planets that have been discovered beyond the solar system since 1995, according to the paper.

“This planetary system is much closer than any other that we know so detailed investigation is easier,” astronomer Ansgar Reiners, with the University of Gottingen in Germany, told reporters on a conference call.

Astronomers got their first hint of a planet circling the sun’s small dim neighbor star in 2013. But they needed additional observations, using more precise instruments, to make a definitive call.

An international team of 31 scientists found the planet after careful and repeated measurements of slight shifts in the color of the light coming from its host star, Proxima Centauri, which is a small, dim star in the Alpha Centauri system.

The shifts, which astronomers call

“wobbles,” are caused by the gravitational tugging of a planet roughly 1.3 times the size of Earth on the parent star. Based on the timing of wobbles, scientists determined that the planet circles its host star in just 11 days, compared to Earth’s 365-day orbit around the sun.

That puts the planet far closer to its parent star than Earth orbits the sun. However, Proxima Centauri is so much smaller and dimmer than the sun that its planet’s orbit is suitably positioned for liquid water despite being just 4.4 million miles away.

“Chances are good that it’s a viable, Earth-like planet today,” said astronomer Pedro Amado, with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía in Granada, Spain.

But scientists are unsure if red dwarf stars like Proxima Centauri are good hosts for life. Planets orbiting close enough to keep water liquid would be blasted with 100 times more high-energy radiation than Earth receives from the sun, though what impact that would have on life is a matter of scientific debate.

“We don’t think it’s a showstopper,” Amado said. (rtr)

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A view of the surface of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System, is seen in an undated artist’s impression released by the European Southern Observatory August 24, 2016.

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Goddess Danu statue of 20-meter high to be built at Batur lakeside

BANGLI - A statue depicting Goddess Danu with the height of approximately 20 meters will be established at Batur lakeside, Kintamani. As planned, the statue will serve as the icon to draw more travelers to visit this largest lake in Bali.

Headman of Songan B, Jro Lanang, stated on Sunday (Aug. 28) that the construction of the statue of Goddess Danu is carried out based on the idea of local villagers. They want the existence of a statue that can depict the grandeur

of Goddess Danu.

The location chosen for the construction of the statue of Goddess Danu is the Batur lakeside, exactly 50 meters south of the Segara Temple. Jro Lanang said, according to the plan, the statue cannot only be

seen as the figure of Goddess Danu, but also as the figure of the Goddess Ganga by Indian travelers and the Goddess Kwan Im when viewed

by Chinese travelers. “Later on, to make it seen as the figure of the three goddesses, it will be arranged in such away at the finishing stage,” he explained.

Jro Lanang said that pursuant to the agreement, the financing for the construction of the statue

does not use the village fund, but the assistance from the third-party contribution, in this case from the senator (DPD) Wedakarna and some other foreign businessmen.

In the construction of this statue, villagers of Songan only provide the location and help the process of transporting the materials to the construction site. “To transport the materials to the location cannot use a landline but a boat to cross the

lake,” he explained.

He added if the construction process can run smoothly, the statue of Goddess Danu will have stood for a maximum of nine months.

“Construction of this statue serves as the icon for tourism development in the area of Lake Batur,” he said.

Since visitors must cross the lake to get to the location, it is believed that economy of local village community will develop. (kmb40)

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In this photo provided by the University of Hawaii, six scientists celebrate as they exit from their Mars simulation habitat on slopes of Mauna Loa on the Big Island, Hawaii, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. The scientists completed a yearlong Mars simulation in Hawaii on Sunday, where they lived in the dome in near isolation.

Scientists exit Hawaii dome after yearlong Mars simulation HILO — Six scientists have completed a yearlong Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in a dome in near isolation.

For the past year, the group in the dome on a Mauna Loa mountain could go outside only while wearing spacesuits.

On Sunday, the simulation ended, and the scientists emerged.

Cyprien Verseux, a crew member from France, said the simulation shows a mission to Mars can succeed.

“I can give you my personal impression which is that a mission to Mars in the close future is realistic. I think the technological and psychological obstacles can be overcome,” Verseux said.

Christiane Heinicke, a crew member from Germany, said the scientists were able to find their own water in a dry climate.

“Showing that it works, you can actually get water from the ground that is seemingly dry. It would work on Mars and the implication is that you would be able to get water on Mars from this little greenhouse construct,” she said.

Tristan Bassingthwaighte, a doctor of architecture candidate at University of Hawaii, served as the crew’s architect.

“The UH research going on up here is just super vital when it comes to picking crews, figuring out how people are going to actually work on different kinds of missions, and sort of the human factors element of space travel, colonization, whatever it is you are actually looking at,” Bassingthwaighte said.

Kim Binsted, principal investigator for the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS), said the researchers are looking forward to getting in the ocean and eating fresh produce and other foods that weren’t available in the dome.

“HI-SEAS is an example of international collaborative research hosted and run by the University of Hawai’i. So it’s really exciting to be able to welcome the crew back to earth and back to Hawai’i after a year on Mars,” Binsted said.

NASA funded the study run through the University of Hawaii.

Binsted said the simulation was the second-longest of its kind after a mission that lasted 520 days in Russia.

Scientists in the Hawaii simulation managed limited resources while conducting research and working to avoid personal conflicts. (ap)

A statue depicting Goddess Danu with the height of approximately 20 meters will be established at Batur lakeside, Kintamani.

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As for open stage project at Tanah Lot

Regent not anti-investors, provided that complies with rules

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Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti

TABANAN - Open stage project constructed at Tanah Lot, precisely at land property of Pekendungan Temple, is responded by Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti, Sunday (Aug. 28). According to Eka, the site inspection by the joint commission of the Tabanan House of Representatives found if the design of buildings does not match the field condition and the permit having been owned since 2009. Eka said that the permit obtained through previous investor namely the Surya Mandala is considered to have expired because it was not renewed.

“Since the permits needed have expired, they should be submitted

from the beginning,” she said.

Eka continued that as a regional leader she does not go up against the incoming investors to Tabanan as long as they comply with the rules. For the open stage project at Tanah Lot, the investor should get a recommendation from the Tanah Lot tourist attraction. Moreover, any investment at the location is not only concerned about the physical (sekala) aspect like the matter of permits but also the psychical (niskala) aspect. “Since it belongs to a sacred area, other than regarding the permits, it should also pay attention to psychical aspect,” she advised.

To that end, the regent called for the investor of The Mandala to submit the required permits. Moreover, the open stage is reportedly to be launched in two months. “It would be launched in the upcoming two months but the permits have not been renewed. Necessarily it should convey to the government and submit the permits to the licensing office,” she said.

Previously, the joint commission of the Tabanan House of Representatives led by deputy chairperson Ni Nengah Sri Labantari conducted a site inspection to see the open stage construction, Friday (Aug. 26). In the inspection, the House through

the member of Commission I, I Gede Suadnya Dharma, asked the investor PT Horizon Surya Gemilang to present its permit.

At that time, Lusiana as Directress of PT Horizon Surya Gemilang presented the permits issued in 2009. She added that after the raid of the municipal police her party had stop the construction of the open stage and building used as changing room of the players.

“We are still submitting the new permit. Besides, we also comply with the applicable rules and the work is immediately stopped until the permit is issued,” she said. (kmb24)

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Visitors to SVF reach 100,000 with transaction of IDR 16.5 billion

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DENPASAR - Transactions in the eleventh Sanur Village Festival (SVF) 2016 taking place for five days rose 10 percent when compared to the last year’s implementation. In the meantime, the number of visitors jumped from 80,000 people last year to about 100,000 people.

SVF General Coordinator, Ida Bagus Wisnu Diwangkara, stated that the highest visit occurred on weekend or Saturday night (Aug. 27) when the event was jazzed up by the performance of singer Sandhy Sondoro and on Sunday night by Glen Fredly.

“The visit did only occur at night, but has also taken place from the morning, afternoon, until late afternoon and scattered in various places of the event. This festival is the peak of the crowds throughout the implementation for 11 years,” said Gus Wisnu, Monday (Aug. 29).

Once again, Gus Wisnu expressed his apologies for the inconvenience caused to the people that might be passing during the festival. When reading the report at the closing ceremony, he said the annual festival was received enthusiastically by the public that flocked to the location at the Maissonettee of Inna Grand Bali Beach Sanur and several other locations such as the kite festival, regatta boat race, beach games, tennis, golf, marathon, cultural parade and chirping bird contest.

Last year, the similar event was visited by about 80,000 people and this year jumped to about 100,000 people.

He added that the transaction increased approximately 10 per-

cent, from IDR 15 billion last year to around IDR16.5 billion. Most revenue was obtained from culinary stand or food bazaar where this year amounted to 55 booths representing hotels, cafes and restaurants at Sanur and surrounding areas. Through the years, residents want to pamper their appetite with culinary experiences while enjoying entertainment on the main festival stage.

Other transactions, added Gus Wisnu, went in the 25 SVF bazaar booths and 50 booths of the Sanur Creative Expo. All the 75 booths coming from Bali and the Indonesian region offered a variety of products of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) such as knick-knack of fashion, accessories, flowers, fruit nursery transplant and a variety of other necessities. “From the beginning, the SVF has involved the MSMEs with the power to stimulate people’s economy,” he said.

Chairman of the Sanur Development Foundation, Ida Bagus Gde Sidharta, said that the festival has a positive impact, not only on tourism of Sanur, but also Bali on the whole. Sidharta who is also Chairman of the Regional Tourism Promotion Board (BPPD) Denpasar and Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) Denpasar

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A National Environment Agency officer informs residents as a worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016.

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The festival has a positive impact, not only on tourism of Sanur, but also Bali on the whole. assessed the consistency of this festival for 11 years has further increased public confidence in the efforts of Sanur to make creation and innovation in maintaining cultural heritage and potential.

He added that during the fiveday implementation of the festival there was also an increase in guests

in the Sanur area, both at restaurants and hotels. Room occupancy rate of hotels increased on the average from 80 percent to the range of 94-96 percent. “Many guests were unable to get a room at Sanur so that they were transferred to hotels around Denpasar,” said Gusde, as he familiarly addressed.

Gusde who is also Chairman of the SVF promised to evaluate and prepare better festival next year.

“Indeed, we highlight the preservation of cultural heritage and the environment that we have and the efforts empty out to improve people’s economy and prosperity. (kmb18)

Portrait of traditional limestone miners

Utilize bamboo as reminder of avalanche

HILL areas at Sumbersari, Melaya village have become a source of livelihood for some local people. Armed with traditional mining tools, a number of residents mine limestone at the bottom of the hill. It needs extra courage to dig the limestone. Some residents have even been pursuing this risky profession for dozens of years.

Limestone is much needed. Other than for foundations of buildings or roads, it can also be processed into other purposes. Preparation of burned limestone also gives job opportunity to a number of residents around this traditional quarry area.

Caves are formed from the excavations beneath the hills. Among a

number of locations in Jembrana, only Sumbersari has the potential of limestone. “Every day there are always some orders and sometimes we get overwhelmed,” said Made Nasa, 40, one of the traditional miners.

This miner from Melaya claimed to have moved several times from one location to another at Sumbersari. The excavation will be buried by itself when the soil on the hill collapses. To detect the hills about to collapsing, traditional miners only rely on their feelings and the use of simple bamboo tool. Some tall bamboos are installed lining at the mouth of the cave. It functions to give warning when the hill will collapse.

“When distressed, the wood or bamboo logs will sound like cracks.

On hearing that, we must be vigilant and immediately come out of the mouth of the cave,” said the man having been mining for 14 years.

Around the site, there is a mound of earth and limestone posing the result of avalanches. Under the heaps sit a former pit of excavation.

It avalanched two months ago and covered up the pit.

Row space at the base of the hill is divided into three to four mining sites. So, it forms a number of caves. When excavating the limestone, all people do it with ultimate circumspection. All miners sculpt by looking for the patterns and loopholes which can result

in limestone boulders. A mining area is limited with a simple way, namely by suspending a bottle with a rope tied above as the boundary marker. Each location in the cave is deliberately formed into a circular hole to form a kind of pillar that can support the hole formed by the quarry activities.

At one quarry location, Nasa and friends get uncertain results. Sometimes they can get one or two cubic meters of limestone. For the volume of a four-wheeled truck, the limestone is sold for about IDR 250,000 net. The results are then divided into two with his fellow worker.

He is truly aware of the risk at the limestone quarry having given him earnings for teens of years.

Result of the limestone quarry activities is also used by a number of local people by processing the material first. For instance, it can be used as mixture for shrimp pond water and deodorant at chicken farm. The limestone is processed by burning for several hours. Such burning technique also requires special skills. Most residents pursue the limestone processing because it has higher economic value than the unprocessed limestone.

Miners and people processing the limestone are aware of the limestone layer will run out in the long run. And when it happens, they should find another location having the same potential of limestone deposit. (kmb26)

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Singapore mass sprays residences as Zika expected to spread

SINGAPORE - Officials sprayed insecticide and cleared drains of stagnant water in residential areas of Singapore at high risk of further Zika infections on Monday after 41 locally transmitted cases were confirmed in the city state.

Workers wearing fumigation masks traveled methodically through high-rise public housing estates in seven separate areas of the island, inspecting plant pots closely as they sprayed insecticide via thermal fogging machines.

The health ministry on Saturday confirmed Singapore’s first locallytransmitted case of Zika, with the tally rising to 41 just a day later. All of the infected people were either residents of the Aljunied district or workers at a construction site owned

by GuocoLand in the area.

“We expect to identify more positive cases,” the ministry said on Monday in its latest update on the outbreak.

“Given that the majority of Zika cases are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, and mosquitoes in the affected areas may already have been infected, isolation of positive cases may have limited effect to managing

the spread,” it added.

Singapore, a major regional financial center and busy transit hub, which maintains a constant vigil against the mosquito-borne dengue virus, reported its first case of the Zika virus in May, brought in by a middleaged man who had been to Brazil.

GuocoLand, which is headquartered in Singapore and has developments across Asia, was ordered on Saturday to stop work on the building site where 36 of the infected people worked. It will remain closed until the company rectifies the conditions that allowed mosquitoes to breed and steps up preventative measures, the health ministry said.

The Zika virus, carried by mosquitoes, was detected in Brazil last year and has since spread across the Americas. It poses a risk to pregnant women because it can cause severe birth defects. It has been linked in Brazil to more than 1,600 cases of

microcephaly, where babies are born with abnormally small heads and brains.

The World Health Organization said on Sunday it did not know “which lineage of Zika is circulating” in Singapore or “what the level of population immunity is to this lineage of Zika in Asia.”

Singapore’s health ministry said some 19 mosquito breeding habitats were detected and destroyed in its first sweep of the Aljunied area on Sunday when it fumigated around a third of the 6,000 homes.

“I feel afraid,” said Ng Kai Yee, an 18-year-old female student who lives near the construction site believed to be a source of the outbreak. “I heard quite a lot about how harmful Zika virus is to girls, especially pregnant women.” Authorities have urged those living and working in the risk areas, especially pregnant women, to monitor their health and seek medical attention if they are unwell.

Of the 41 people known to have been infected, 34 have already fully recovered. Only the first case reported was a woman. (rtr)

MANILA - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday promised rewards running to tens of thousands of dollars for information leading to the capture of police officers protecting drug syndicates and warned corrupt officials they would face “a day of reckoning”.

In a National Heroes Day speech, Duterte said there would be no let-up in a “war on drugs” in which - according to police figures more than 1,900 people have been killed since he came to power two months ago.

Police say the toll of about 36 people a day is a result of drug dealers resisting arrest or gang feuds.

Duterte railed against critics who have complained that the poor who trade drugs to make a living are being targeted by the police, but added that army generals, city mayors, governors and police involved in the drug trade must also be stopped.

“I consider the fight against drugs a war, there is a crisis in this country, it is drugs ... it has infected every nook and corner,” he said in the speech to retired and serving soldiers, government officials and foreign diplomats.

Singling out corrupt policemen known as “ninjas”, who take payoffs from drug lords, Duterte said he was placing a 2 million peso ($43,000) bounty on their heads, telling their colleagues to “squeal on your friends”.

Duterte, who won a May election on a promise to wipe out drugs and dealers, last month named about 160 officials, judges, police and soldiers who he said were protecting drug traffickers or selling drugs in their communities.

The United States, a close ally of the Philippines, said last week it was “deeply concerned” about the reports of extra-judicial drug killings and it urged Duterte’s government to ensure that law-enforcement efforts “comply with its human rights obligation”.

The crackdown and some strongly worded criticism Duterte has made of the United States since coming to power present a dilemma for Washington, which has been seeking to forge unity among allies in Asia in the face of an increasingly assertive China, especially in the strategic South China Sea. This month, two U.N. human rights experts urged Manila to stop the extra-judicial executions and killings. Duterte responded by threatening to leave the United Nations.

In his speech on Monday Duterte scoffed at accusations that he was trampling on human rights and said law enforcers should not worry about criminal liability while acting on his campaign. (rtr)

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte takes part during a National Heroes Day commemoration at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery) in Taguig city, Metro Manila in the Philippines August 29, 2016.

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BUSINESS New tans, same old “polycrisis” as Europe’s summer ends

BRUSSELS - The European Union grinds back into action this week after its August break, still dazed by Britain’s midsummer vote to quit the EU and facing much the same “polycrisis” as a year ago: a mass of refugees, a fragile economy, hostile Russians and, yes, those Brits, now more awkward than ever.

When President Jean-Claude Juncker makes his annual State of the Union address to Parliament in Strasbourg on Sept. 14, he might easily repeat last year’s warning: the EU had a “last chance” to save itself from a tide of centrifugal nationalisms.

Last week, the EU’s remaining Big Three -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and their host, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi -- felt they needed to renew their vows at the wellspring of the union, the island of Ventotene, where in 1941 prisoners of Mussolini wrote a manifesto for a united Europe.

That they met on the deck of the aircraft carrier Garibaldi reinforced the sense of beleaguered leaders rallying to the EU’s defence as they contemplated an obstacle-strewn political calendar for the year ahead.

The EU leaders are first preparing for a summit on Sept. 16 in Bratislava -- without Britain -- that aims to sketch out a post-Brexit future for the Union.

On Oct. 2, Hungary’s right-wing prime minister, Viktor Orban, is set to deliver another slap to Brussels: a largely symbolic referendum to reject an EU quota system for relocating refugees among member states -- a scheme Juncker invested much capital in a year ago, but which has barely got off the ground.

TRUMP On Nov. 8, Orban is hoping for victory for a man he calls the “valiant” Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election. Few of Orban’s EU peers are so enthusiastic. They see Trump as a disruptive maverick whose endorsement of and by Brexiteer-in-chief Nigel Farage marks him as no friend of the Union.

A Trump win could snap a transatlantic coalition on Russia that is already fraying in Europe, where governments from Paris to Bratislava are seeking a review of Ukrainerelated sanctions when measures expire at year’s end. Trump might also inject a new dose of post-Brexit uncertainty for world trade.

At home, all the Big Three leaders face their own electoral challenges from eurosceptics. It starts with Renzi, today trying to persuade Italians he has the youthful energy for rebuilding after the latest earthquake in the Apennines, unlike the scandal-tainted Silvio Berlusconi at L’Aquila in 2009, when more than 300 people died.

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Anchored container ships and with other vessels sit offshore near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Los Angeles, California December 2, 2012.

Probably in November, Renzi will put to a referendum the constitutional reforms he says are needed to break a political deadlock that is choking the Italian economy. Polls are tight and the eurosceptic upstarts 5-Star are gunning for the socialist premier, who is expected to resign if he loses.

Hollande is threatened with a drubbing on April 23 at the hands of far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen in the first round of France’s presidential election.

Her appeal has been enhanced by Islamic State carnage in Paris and Nice and the summer row about burkinis on the beaches, although pollsters doubt she can win a May 7 runoff vote against Hollande or any other survivor from a mainstream party.

As for Merkel, she has yet to confirm she wants a fourth term at parliamentary elections due in just over a year. The biggest threat to her re-election remains her decision last year to welcome a million migrants to Germany as EU borders buckled. That has already weakened support for her conservative party.

HARDBALL Such threats to domestic survival have often spurred leaders to take potshots at Brussels -- even if only the British have taken it to the length of turning most voters against the EU entirely. But even if little has changed in Brus-

sels since last summer, optimists might see reason to hope for more unity now.

While rows go on about how, indeed whether, EU states should share out the burden of asylum-seekers stranded in Greece and Italy, what is new is how few are arriving, at least in Greece.

Rights groups were outraged this year by hard-nosed deals with non-EU Balkan states to bar the routes north from Greece and with Turkey to stop Syrian refugees reaching Greece in the first place. But those deals did slash the numbers arriving.

It’s something EU officials find hard to boast of. Many admit privately to unease at policies that, along with efforts to pay African governments to stop people setting off for Italy, sit uncomfortably with the Union’s lofty humanitarian ideals.

But look again at Merkel, Hollande and Renzi on the Garibaldi, flagship of an EU mission off Libya that is part rescue operation and military deterrent against people smugglers, and a slightly different image of today’s EU emerges.

EU ARMY All three spoke of Europe getting tougher and more cohesive on security. It is the kind of language that may resonate with sceptical voters dissatisfied with Europe’s struggle to

thrive in a globalising world and with the likes of Orban and other eastern leaders alarmed by Merkel’s earlier open-door policy.

Relieved of the need to keep Britons from bolting, Juncker wrung howls of outrage last week from London’s europhobic press when he called national borders “the worst invention ever”. He also renewed his call for a “European army”, which was long just a pipe dream for the Luxemburger as long as Britain had a veto.

The past few days have seen Merkel and a succession of other leaders she has met, including Orban, echo such hopes of joint military structures, indicating one area where EU integration may now forge ahead in response to the British departure.

That still leaves a host of issues dividing European leaders in the coming year: whether to be nice or nasty to Britain once it decides to open negotiations; how to shore up weaknesses in the economic cooperation that underpins the euro; how far to ease sanctions in the hope of better ties with Moscow.

Consensus will be a tall order. Merkel, standing on the deck of the Garibaldi, cited security, investment and youth opportunities as three priorities for a post-Brexit new start for a Europe united and strong. But, she warned: “Danger exists, of fragmentation, of selfishness, of retreating into ourselves.”(rtr)

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Indonesia steps up fire response as haze blankets Singapore

JAKARTA — Six Indonesian provinces have declared states of emergency as forest fires blanketed a swath of Southeast Asia in a smoky haze.

Singapore’s air quality deteriorated to unhealthy levels on Friday as winds blew smoke from fires on Sumatra, where millions of people are already affected by haze, across the city-state and into southern Malaysia.

The number of hotspots detected in Sumatra and Borneo by weather satellites has increased in the past month though they are below levels last year when massive fires in Indonesia caused a regional crisis.

Singapore’s three-hour air pollution index was at 157 by late afternoon, after peaking at 215. Its environment agency doesn’t give a health warning with the limited duration index, but on a 24-hour basis it says levels above 100 are unhealthy and above 200 very unhealthy.

“The smell of smoke woke me up. I thought something was burning outside,” said Singaporean copywriter Lim Jia Ying, who put on a mask for her commute to work. “I’m having a cough and it’s getting worse. Luckily, I found a face mask at home,” she said.

Indonesia’s Disaster Mitigation Agency

said six provinces which have a combined population of more than 23 million people have declared emergencies, allowing firefighting measures to go into full effect including aerial water drops.

The haze is an annual problem for Southeast Asia, but last year’s fires were the worst since 1997, straining relations between Indonesia and its neighbors. About 261,000 hectares (644,931 acres) burned, causing billions of dollars in economic losses for Indonesia.

Many of the fires are deliberately set by agricultural conglomerates and small-time farmers to clear forests and peatland for plantations.

National police chief Tito Karnavian said Friday that 85 people have been arrested this year for starting fires.

About 2,800 hectares (6,918 acres) have burned so far this year, according to Indonesia’s Forestry Ministry.

Separately, Indonesia’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a palm oil company PT Kallista Alam that was ordered to pay compensation of 366 billion rupiah ($28 million) for burning peatlands, according to a decision published this month on the court’s website. (ap)

JAKARTA - A knife-wielding Indonesian teen who tried to attack a priest at a church during a Sunday service was “obsessed” with extremist group Islamic State, a senior minister said on Monday.

Indonesian authorities are increasingly worried about a resurgence in radicalism in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, driven in part by a new generation of jihadis inspired

by Islamic State (IS).

“From the cellphone that was seized by security forces, this youth was obsessed with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,”

Chief Security Minister Wiranto told reporters, referring to the leader of the Middle Eastern militant group.

Wiranto, who goes by one name, said a note was found in the attacker’s backpack that said “I love al-Baghdadi” but added the suspect had no known links to existing militant networks.

There were no serious casualties in the latest attempted attack, which happened in a church in Medan, northern Sumatra. Police said the attacker had attempted to stab the priest, who suffered minor injuries, and detonate a crude home-made bomb but failed after being

restrained by other worshippers.

The suspect, identified as 17-yearold Ivan Armadi is under interrogation.

Police seized bomb-making materials from his home after the attack and said he had learned to assemble a bomb through online research.

Counter-terrorism officials have said there are hundreds of IS sympathisers in Indonesia, where the vast majority of Muslims practice a moderate form of the religion. The country suffered its first IS-linked attack in January, when four people died in a gun and bomb assault.(rtr)

President Jokowi expected to attend archipelago day in NTT KUPANG - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is expected to attend a function to celebrate “Nusantara” (Archipelago) Day to be held in Lembata District, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), on December 13, 2016.

The regional government is gearing up for the event by improving facilities and infrastructure, outgoing Lembata Deputy District Head Viktor Mado Watun stated here, recently. The road from Lewoleba to Waijarang is being renovated and widened to 14 meters

for the day.

The renovation and construction work to improve the infrastructure and facilities are estimated to cost Rp18 billion.

Nusantara Day commemorates the Djuanda Declaration signed on Dec. 13, 1957, which marked the beginning of Indonesia being acknowledged as an archipelagic nation.

The declaration, named after Prime Minister Djuanda Kartawidjaja, states that waters between Indonesian islands

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Tourists look at photographs taken on their smartphones in front of a hazy financial skyline on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016 in Singapore. Singapore’s air quality deteriorated to unhealthy levels on Friday as winds blew smoke from fires on Sumatra across the city-state and southern Malaysia.

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should also be regarded as Indonesias territorial waters instead of the traditional 12-mile delimitation.

In 1982, the principle was then internationally acknowledged through the United Nations Convention on The Law of The Sea. Nusantara Day, which was introduced by the then president Soeharto, is observed every December 13. Last year, the day was commemorated in the Aceh Darussalam Province in December.(ant)

Three students arrested on charges of possessing hashish

MAKASAR - The Makassar city police arrested three students on Saturday on charge of possessing four kilograms of hashish. The suspects, identified by their initials as AO, AR and AN, were arrested in Bukit Manggala Permai housing complex while receiving the contraband sent from Aceh province through a courier service, the chief of the Makassar city police, Senior Commissioner Rusdi Hartono, said.

He disclosed that the hashish was wrapped in milk cardboard packs along with coffee powder to overcome the aroma of dried narcotic during delivery.

However, the police found out the modus operandi after receiving information from the National Police Headquarters in Jakarta that there would be a delivery of hashish to Makassar from Aceh, he added.

“There were four packages of dried hashish wrapped in milk cardboard packs and kept there with the help of duct tape. To cheat the officers, coffee powder was sprinkled over the hashish so that it merely smelt of coffee,” he explained. Previously, the suspects had also received a kilogram of dried hashish from Aceh and trafficked it in Makassar.

“Based on their confession, they received consignments of hashish twice, with the first delivery involving one kilogram and the second delivery involving four kilograms,” he informed. The three suspects are being investigated. If found guilty, they may be sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in jail and also fined up to Rp10 billion.(ant)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel enters a car after ARD summer-interview in Berlin, Germany August 28, 2016.

Options sought as Merkel’s radio silence complicates path to soft Brexit landing

BERLIN - Triggering the procedure for Britain to exit the European Union is like turning off the engines on an airplane, a top European diplomat says: best only do it if you can see a landing strip. Otherwise, all parties risk a messy outcome.

When Britain makes its exit move - by invoking Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty - it will set the clock running on a two-year deadline to leave the EU. Keen to avoid a crash landing, officials on both sides are scoping out how to proceed.

Options include the ‘neverland’ possibility of simply not invoking Article 50, trying back channel talks to sharpen Britain’s sense of what scenarios are possible, and hopping from an interim outcome to a more permanent post-Brexit landing site.

The first option is a non-starter for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Europe’s most powerful leader and the first one Theresa May met after becoming British prime minister last month.

“The EU can’t accept that,” said a source close to Merkel, who has no desire to see Britain leave but has a pragmatic focus on holding the rest of bloc together, and does not believe Britain will hold a second referendum on its EU membership.

Even if the British economy’s resilience in the immediate aftermath of the country’s June 23 vote to leave the EU eases the economic pressure on Britain to press ahead with Brexit, May herself has said “Brexit means Brexit”.

She has, however, said Britain will not trigger the exit procedure this year.

For the British government, the dilemma of when and how to make a Brexit landing is complicated by a refusal on the part of EU leaders,

led by Merkel, to discuss potential outcomes until Britain invokes the exit procedure.

“We won’t talk beforehand,” said the source close to Merkel, speaking on condition of anonymity. Another German government official stressed the strict ban in Berlin on any pre-negotiating: “We won’t talk about substance.”

In the absence of formal prenegotiations, the British government must work through the second option: peering through gaps in the clouds of European officialdom to try to work out what its post-Brexit ‘landing’ options are.

Such back channelling could help the British work out what is realistic in order to avoid EU negotiators balking at their position, and the clock running down on the two-year deadline.

“You can only nail it down if you are in the realm of the possible,” said one European official. (rtr)

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Suicide bomber kills 54 in Yemen attack ADEN - A suicide bomber killed at least 54 people when he drove a car bomb into a militia compound in Aden on Monday, the health ministry said, in one of the deadliest attacks claimed

by Islamic State in the southern Yemeni port city.

The director general of Yemen’s health ministry in Aden, al-Khader Laswar, told Reuters that at least 67 other people were wounded in the attack in the city’s Mansoura district.

The militant Islamic State group said in a statement carried by its Amaq news agency one of its suicide bombers carried out the bombing.

“Around 60 dead in a martyrdom operation by a fighter from Islamic State targeting a recruitment centre in Aden city,” the statement said, without giving further details.

A security source said the attack targeted a school compound where conscripts of the Popular Committees, forces allied to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, were gathered for breakfast.

Witnesses said the suicide bomber entered the compound behind a truck that had brought breakfast for the conscripts, who had queued for the meal.

Ambulance sirens wailed throughout the morning as they ferried casualties to a hospital run by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), which was overwhelmed by the number of casualties. An

MSF spokesperson said the hospital received at least 45 bodies and more than 60 wounded people.

Islamist militants, including Islamic State, have exploited an 18-month-old civil war between the Houthi movement and Hadi’s supporters, attacking senior officials, religious figures, security forces and compounds of the Saudi-led Arab military coalition which supports Hadi.

Last month, the governor of the southern Yemeni city of Aden survived a car bomb attack targeting his convoy, the latest attempt on the city’s top official.

In May, a suicide bomber killed at least 40 army recruits and injured 60 others when he rammed a boobytrapped car at recruits lined up to enlist for military service at a compound in Aden.

Hadi’s supporters, who accuse former President Ali Abdullah Saleh of using Islamist militants to target the internationally-recognised president, have launched a series of raids in recent weeks to try to stem the violence, seizing dozens of people suspected of involvement in attacks across the city.

In eastern Yemen, forces loyal to Hadi, backed by troops from the United Arab Emirates, drove members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula from the city of Mukalla in a military operation in May. (rtr)

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People gather at the scene following an attack by a suicide bomber who drove a car laden with explosives into a compound run by local militias in the port city of Aden, Yemen August 29, 2016.

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Yuniartha added the re-branding of Bali tourism is discussed in the Focus Group Discussion at SwissBelhotel, Monday afternoon (Aug. 29). The FGD involved all components of Bali tourism, including humanists and academicians. Other than the issue of branding, Bali tourism actually faces many challenges such as the issue of visa-free to 169 countries to the issues in the field of safety, health, and others.

“Although we want to draw as many travelers as possible with visa-free policy, we must be careful.

There have been many cases, such as policeman murder or Amokrane case. Besides, there are also challenges in security issues, the issue of virus,” he explained.

According to Yuniartha, the government and tourism players cannot walk alone in maintaining the tourism so that it stays attractive to travelers of the world. There should be cooperation among the institutions, such as the health, transportation, customs, immigration, police authority, and so on to keep Bali.

It also includes having the contact with other countries to anticipate the entry of foreigners with the potential to commit evil deeds on the Island of the Gods. (kmb32)

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Petitenget Temple KUTA - In Banjar Batu Belig, Kerobokan, North Kuta, there is a golden sandy beach on whose shore line stands a temple called Pura Petitenget. The history of the place is not as glamorous as we might imagine from today’s jet set scene.

Peti means coven and Tenget means haunted. Petitenget Temple was built in the XV century, and history tells that the place was a wild area full of bushes and huge trees just like an untamed field.

The history of Petitenget Temple starts when a priest called Dang Hyang Dwijendra left Serangan island and arrived in a village now known as Kerobokan. In the village he saw a giant size shadow hiding

behind the bushes. He called the shadow to make an appearance: the shadow was Bhuta Ijo, the son of the God of Labuhan Masceti. Bhuta Ijo is a spirit which is believed to have a very scary look. Before the priest left the village he gave Bhuta Ijo a box looking like a coven and told him to guard it.

After a while during his meditation in Uluwatu, the priest had a visitor from Kerobokan village who came to him for help. The men from the village told the priest about an area of a land nearby his village which was very mysterious because every time someone tried to enter the land, the person got sick. As a solution, the priest told the man

to built a shrine. So the shrine was built in the area and magically it successfully made the area become more people friendly.

There is no creepy atmosphere anymore especially today when the temple is surrounded by villas, hotels and restaurants. Petitenget during day time is sleepier than during night time when the lights come on in every corner of the area. In front of Petitenget Temple is a spacious parking lot guarded by the local security community.

The car park is mostly used by visitors who come to the white sandy beach in front of the temple for jogging, sunbathing or just sightseeing. (IBP/net)

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Hamilton podium sours Rosberg’s Belgian win

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS - Nico Rosberg was handed a much-needed break in the Formula One title battle which he duly converted by winning Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix, but victory could have tasted much sweeter for the German.

Rosberg went into the weekend knowing this was his race to lose.

Mercedes team mate and title rival Lewis Hamilton was set to start at the back of the field after taking a planned series of engine-related grid penalties.

That gave Rosberg the perfect opportunity to reignite his title challenge after a run of lacklustre form and make major inroads into the Briton’s 19-point advantage in the standings.

Instead, he came away still trailing Hamilton by nine points after the reigning triple world champion took full advantage of collisions involving his rivals, race disruptions and some spectacular overtaking, to finish a shock third.

“I just saw at the end after the chequered flag I looked at the results and I knew Daniel was behind me and then I see Hamilton in third,” said Rosberg, who cruised to a comfortable win from pole-position in a chaotic race ahead of Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo.

“I was like ‘What, seriously?’. I don’t know what happened, I haven’t looked at the details, but for sure he must have done a great job.”

Rosberg, runner-up to Hamilton in 2014 and last year, opened the season with four wins in the first four races.

He led Hamilton by 43 points following May’s Spanish Grand Prix, but has steadily lost ground to his former childhood friend who

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Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg of Germany (C) celebrates on the podium with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton of Britain (R) and Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo of Australia (L) after the Belgian F1 Grand Prix. blitzed to six wins from seven races leading up to the Belgian Grand Prix.

The race at Spa-Francorchamps was Rosberg’s one “free race”, as Hamilton referred to it, in which the Briton was set to serve his long-pending engine-related penalties.

With the championship now heading to Monza for the Italian Grand Prix, before the

Asian leg which Hamilton has dominated the last two years, Rosberg was asked if he had hoped to come away with more from Sunday’s race.

“That’s not what I’m focusing on,” he told reporters.

“I came here, Belgian Grand Prix, and I wanted to win it. So, just happy it worked out,

perfect weekend for me.”

Hamilton, meanwhile, who now has three new engines, was upbeat.

“Definitely things have happened in the right way in that second quarter of the season and to go into the break 19 points ahead and now only lose 10 today, I’ll take it,” he said. (rtr)

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NEW YORK - Kei Nishikori is brimming with confidence heading into the U.S. Open starting on Monday, despite acknowledging the presence of a flock of title contenders at Flushing Meadows.

Nishikori, who surged into prominence with his run to the U.S. Open final two years ago, said he is a better player now and buoyed by his strong showing at the Rio Olympics where he defeated 14-times slam winner Rafa Nadal to claim the bronze.

“I think I’m little more patient and playing much better than last year, two years ago. You know, I’m really excited for next week,” the 26-year-old Japanese told reporters at Flushing Meadows.

“I feel a lot of special feeling here in the U.S. Open, a good memory from two years ago.”

One year after he became the first Asian to reach a men’s grand slam final, Nishikori in 2015 suffered a stunning first-round, five-set loss to 41st-ranked Benoit Paire of France.

Nishikori took the U.S. National Tennis Center by storm in 2014, beating Canada’s

Milos Raonic and third seed Stan Wawrinka in successive five-set struggles before ousting Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.

He fell short of lifting the winner’s trophy, however, as he fell to big-serving Croat Marin Cilic in the final.

Nishikori has enjoyed a fine hardcourt season, highlighted by a trip to the Toronto final and his appearance on the podium at the Rio Games to collect a bronze medal after a threeset win against 14-times slam winner Nadal.

“I had a great experience,” he said. “Olympic games, it’s something special, and especially the last match against Rafa I played good tennis.

“He almost came back, but played a great match. I had a lot of confidence from that match.”

While Nishikori feels good about his game, he knows other prominent players are also hitting top form for the year’s last grand slam championship, starting with top seed Djokovic and Wimbledon and Olympic winner Andy Murray, the second seed. (rtr)

Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports

Kei Nishikori (JPN) serves against Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) on day five during the Western and Southern tennis tournament at Linder Family Tennis Center.

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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Sp rt Rooney back as forward for England after midfield experiment

Wayne Rooney’s midfield experiment with England is over, with the Manchester United captain set to revert to playing as a deep-lying forward for the national team under new coach Sam Allardyce.

Rooney finished last season playing as a central midfielder for United under Louis van Gaal, and played there for England during its European Championship campaign that ended with an embarrassing last-16 loss to Iceland.

New United manager Jose Mourinho has returned Rooney to the No. 10 role behind the striker, and Allardyce also thinks that’s his best position.

“Wayne’s position has changed at Manchester United,” Allardyce said on Monday, “and that’s the sort of position I’d be looking for him to be playing in.”

The player most affected by that positional tweak is Ross Barkley, who was dropped on Sunday by Allardyce in his first squad announcement since replacing Roy Hodgson as England coach. Barkley plays

in the same position as Rooney at Everton, and has started the season in good form for his club with two goals in four games.

With Dele Alli included in England’s squad, it appears there was no room for another attacking playmaker.

“We have had to make some very difficult decisions, none more so than obviously I would think Ross Barkley,” Allardyce said. “But you have to make these decisions. The door will always be open for Ross, but at this moment I felt the squad I picked is the right one.”

Looking to put his own stamp on the national team, Allardyce has recalled winger Theo Walcott and also picked an uncapped wide player in Michail Antonio of West Ham. It would suggest Allardyce is looking to play with more width than England

did under Hodgson.

Antonio’s rise to the national team is being compared to that of Leicester striker Jamie Vardy, in that he started out in non-league football — with Tooting and Mitcham, a club in south London — rather than in an academy of a big club.

He had spells on loan at lowly clubs before joining Sheffield Wednesday and then Nottingham Forest. Antonio moved to West Ham last year and has impressed as a right-sided midfielder, especially in the air. He has scored eight headed goals since the start of last season — including one in each of his last two league games.

“His journey is something that deserves to be in this squad and me to have a look at as a potential player going forward,” Allardyce said. “It’s a bit similar to Jamie Vardy — it shows if you have got guts and determination and desire, how much it means.

“He goes forward, creates a career for himself and finally ends up in

Southampton sign Boufal for club-record fee Southampton have signed attacking midfielder Sofiane Boufal from Ligue 1 side Lille on a fiveyear contract for a club-record fee, the Premier League club said on Monday. The 22-yearold scored 12 goals in 34 appearances for Lille last season, helping the reach the French Cup final and finish fifth in the league table.

Financial details of the transfer were undisclosed but British media reported that Southampton paid 21 million pounds($27.5 million) to land the Moroccan international.

“I’m very, very happy to sign for Southampton and I am really excited to play in St Mary’s Stadium in front of the fans,” Boufal told the club’s website (www. saintsfc.co.uk).

“Southampton showed big interest in signing me, and I can see that this club is the best place for me to continue my progression as a footballer.” Southampton travel to Arsenal in their next Premier League game on Sept.10. (rtr)

the Premier League and with us in this squad. I’m looking forward to meeting him.”

Marcus Rashford wasn’t included

by Allardyce, despite going on as a substitute to score United’s injurytime winner against Hull in the Premier League on Saturday in his first appearance of the season. Zlatan Ibrahimovic has displaced 18-yearold Rashford up front at United.

Rashford will instead play for England Under-21s this week to get some game time. “Having international experience with the under-21s will be invaluable for us later down the line,” Allardyce said. “If he plays for Manchester United on a regular basis, he would certainly — if he is breaking into the Manchester United team — be in my squad.

“He made a massive impact last season, yes, but he’s only a young man, let’s not heap too much pressure IBP/ap

Sofiane Boufal

on him just yet.”

Rooney must wait until Tuesday to discover if he is being retained as England captain by Allardyce.(ap)

Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney in action with Bournemouth’s Adam Smith

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Kaka double gives Orlando 2-1 win, costs NYC top East spot

ORLANDO, Fla. — Kaka scored both goals as Orlando City beat New York City 2-1 on Sunday, preventing the Big Apple team from going top of Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference. NYC stayed two points behind East leader Toronto and is now only a point ahead of local rival New York after the Red Bulls defeated New England.

Kaka opened the scoring in the 32nd minute but Steven Mendoza

equalized for the visitors in the 55th minute when he knocked in a rebound from a saved shot.

Kaka drew a penalty in the 63rd minute and the former Brazil star converted it himself to secure a win that moved Orlando within a point of the last playoff-yielding spot in the East.

The Red Bulls moved onto NYC’s tail by beating New England 1-0. The winner came in the 55th minute when Revolution goalkeeper parried a shot back into play and Bradley

Wright-Phillips half-volleyed the rebound into the net for his 166th goal of the season.

Wright-Phillips has 61 goals in 100 career MLS games. New York is undefeated in nine games while the Revolution has gone six games without a win.

Portland beat regional rival Seattle 4-2, with all the Timbers goals coming in the first half.

Portland now has sole possession of sixth place — the last playoff berth — in the West, four points ahead of the Sounders. (ap)

BARCELONA - Barcelona are on the verge of completing a reported 30 million euro ($33.57 million) move for Spain international Paco Alcacer from Valencia after the striker arrived for a medical with the La Liga champions on Monday.

The Spaniard was excluded from the Valencia squad that lost 1-0 at Eibar on Saturday, with coach Pako Ayesteran telling reporters, “Today he was not in the ideal situation to compete.”

According to Barcelona-based newspaper Mundo Deportivo, Alcacer

will sign a five-year contract later on Monday before reporting for international duty with Spain at their Las Rozas training camp in Madrid.

Alcacer will be unveiled by the club at a news conference when he returns to Barcelona after Spain open their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign against Liechtenstein on Sept. 5. Alcacer, who turns 23 on Tuesday, came through the ranks at Valencia and made his debut in 2010, although he spent the 2012-13 season on loan at Getafe.

He scored 25 La Liga goals in 51 starts in the last two seasons at Valencia and was Spain’s top scorer in their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign with five goals but excluded from the squad for the final tournament.

The signing of Alcacer signals an end to a summer-long search by the

La Liga champions to supplement their feted frontline of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar, who netted a combined 131 goals in all competitions last season.

Barca had hoped to sign Kevin Gameiro from Sevilla before they were beaten to the Frenchman’s signature by Atletico Madrid, and failed to land Argentine forward Luciano Vietto, who joined Sevilla on loan instead.

Should the move go through, Alcacer will become the fourth Barcelona player to join from Valencia in the last four years.

Defender Jordi Alba made the move in 2012, Jeremy Matheiu signed in 2014 and attacking midfielder Andre Gomes, a Euro 2016 winner with Portugal, joined Barcelona in July for 35 million euros. (rtr)

Alcacer has Barcelona medical ahead of proposed move

Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP

Orlando City’s Kaka celebrates after scoring a goal during an MLS soccer game against New York City FC in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016.

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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Sp rt Rooney back as forward for England after midfield experiment

Wayne Rooney’s midfield experiment with England is over, with the Manchester United captain set to revert to playing as a deep-lying forward for the national team under new coach Sam Allardyce.

Rooney finished last season playing as a central midfielder for United under Louis van Gaal, and played there for England during its European Championship campaign that ended with an embarrassing last-16 loss to Iceland.

New United manager Jose Mourinho has returned Rooney to the No. 10 role behind the striker, and Allardyce also thinks that’s his best position.

“Wayne’s position has changed at Manchester United,” Allardyce said on Monday, “and that’s the sort of position I’d be looking for him to be playing in.”

The player most affected by that positional tweak is Ross Barkley, who was dropped on Sunday by Allardyce in his first squad announcement since replacing Roy Hodgson as England coach. Barkley plays

in the same position as Rooney at Everton, and has started the season in good form for his club with two goals in four games.

With Dele Alli included in England’s squad, it appears there was no room for another attacking playmaker.

“We have had to make some very difficult decisions, none more so than obviously I would think Ross Barkley,” Allardyce said. “But you have to make these decisions. The door will always be open for Ross, but at this moment I felt the squad I picked is the right one.”

Looking to put his own stamp on the national team, Allardyce has recalled winger Theo Walcott and also picked an uncapped wide player in Michail Antonio of West Ham. It would suggest Allardyce is looking to play with more width than England

did under Hodgson.

Antonio’s rise to the national team is being compared to that of Leicester striker Jamie Vardy, in that he started out in non-league football — with Tooting and Mitcham, a club in south London — rather than in an academy of a big club.

He had spells on loan at lowly clubs before joining Sheffield Wednesday and then Nottingham Forest. Antonio moved to West Ham last year and has impressed as a right-sided midfielder, especially in the air. He has scored eight headed goals since the start of last season — including one in each of his last two league games.

“His journey is something that deserves to be in this squad and me to have a look at as a potential player going forward,” Allardyce said. “It’s a bit similar to Jamie Vardy — it shows if you have got guts and determination and desire, how much it means.

“He goes forward, creates a career for himself and finally ends up in

Southampton sign Boufal for club-record fee Southampton have signed attacking midfielder Sofiane Boufal from Ligue 1 side Lille on a fiveyear contract for a club-record fee, the Premier League club said on Monday. The 22-yearold scored 12 goals in 34 appearances for Lille last season, helping the reach the French Cup final and finish fifth in the league table.

Financial details of the transfer were undisclosed but British media reported that Southampton paid 21 million pounds($27.5 million) to land the Moroccan international.

“I’m very, very happy to sign for Southampton and I am really excited to play in St Mary’s Stadium in front of the fans,” Boufal told the club’s website (www. saintsfc.co.uk).

“Southampton showed big interest in signing me, and I can see that this club is the best place for me to continue my progression as a footballer.” Southampton travel to Arsenal in their next Premier League game on Sept.10. (rtr)

the Premier League and with us in this squad. I’m looking forward to meeting him.”

Marcus Rashford wasn’t included

by Allardyce, despite going on as a substitute to score United’s injurytime winner against Hull in the Premier League on Saturday in his first appearance of the season. Zlatan Ibrahimovic has displaced 18-yearold Rashford up front at United.

Rashford will instead play for England Under-21s this week to get some game time. “Having international experience with the under-21s will be invaluable for us later down the line,” Allardyce said. “If he plays for Manchester United on a regular basis, he would certainly — if he is breaking into the Manchester United team — be in my squad.

“He made a massive impact last season, yes, but he’s only a young man, let’s not heap too much pressure IBP/ap

Sofiane Boufal

on him just yet.”

Rooney must wait until Tuesday to discover if he is being retained as England captain by Allardyce.(ap)

Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney in action with Bournemouth’s Adam Smith

9

Kaka double gives Orlando 2-1 win, costs NYC top East spot

ORLANDO, Fla. — Kaka scored both goals as Orlando City beat New York City 2-1 on Sunday, preventing the Big Apple team from going top of Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference. NYC stayed two points behind East leader Toronto and is now only a point ahead of local rival New York after the Red Bulls defeated New England.

Kaka opened the scoring in the 32nd minute but Steven Mendoza

equalized for the visitors in the 55th minute when he knocked in a rebound from a saved shot.

Kaka drew a penalty in the 63rd minute and the former Brazil star converted it himself to secure a win that moved Orlando within a point of the last playoff-yielding spot in the East.

The Red Bulls moved onto NYC’s tail by beating New England 1-0. The winner came in the 55th minute when Revolution goalkeeper parried a shot back into play and Bradley

Wright-Phillips half-volleyed the rebound into the net for his 166th goal of the season.

Wright-Phillips has 61 goals in 100 career MLS games. New York is undefeated in nine games while the Revolution has gone six games without a win.

Portland beat regional rival Seattle 4-2, with all the Timbers goals coming in the first half.

Portland now has sole possession of sixth place — the last playoff berth — in the West, four points ahead of the Sounders. (ap)

BARCELONA - Barcelona are on the verge of completing a reported 30 million euro ($33.57 million) move for Spain international Paco Alcacer from Valencia after the striker arrived for a medical with the La Liga champions on Monday.

The Spaniard was excluded from the Valencia squad that lost 1-0 at Eibar on Saturday, with coach Pako Ayesteran telling reporters, “Today he was not in the ideal situation to compete.”

According to Barcelona-based newspaper Mundo Deportivo, Alcacer

will sign a five-year contract later on Monday before reporting for international duty with Spain at their Las Rozas training camp in Madrid.

Alcacer will be unveiled by the club at a news conference when he returns to Barcelona after Spain open their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign against Liechtenstein on Sept. 5. Alcacer, who turns 23 on Tuesday, came through the ranks at Valencia and made his debut in 2010, although he spent the 2012-13 season on loan at Getafe.

He scored 25 La Liga goals in 51 starts in the last two seasons at Valencia and was Spain’s top scorer in their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign with five goals but excluded from the squad for the final tournament.

The signing of Alcacer signals an end to a summer-long search by the

La Liga champions to supplement their feted frontline of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar, who netted a combined 131 goals in all competitions last season.

Barca had hoped to sign Kevin Gameiro from Sevilla before they were beaten to the Frenchman’s signature by Atletico Madrid, and failed to land Argentine forward Luciano Vietto, who joined Sevilla on loan instead.

Should the move go through, Alcacer will become the fourth Barcelona player to join from Valencia in the last four years.

Defender Jordi Alba made the move in 2012, Jeremy Matheiu signed in 2014 and attacking midfielder Andre Gomes, a Euro 2016 winner with Portugal, joined Barcelona in July for 35 million euros. (rtr)

Alcacer has Barcelona medical ahead of proposed move

Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP

Orlando City’s Kaka celebrates after scoring a goal during an MLS soccer game against New York City FC in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016.

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Destination

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International

Petitenget Temple KUTA - In Banjar Batu Belig, Kerobokan, North Kuta, there is a golden sandy beach on whose shore line stands a temple called Pura Petitenget. The history of the place is not as glamorous as we might imagine from today’s jet set scene.

Peti means coven and Tenget means haunted. Petitenget Temple was built in the XV century, and history tells that the place was a wild area full of bushes and huge trees just like an untamed field.

The history of Petitenget Temple starts when a priest called Dang Hyang Dwijendra left Serangan island and arrived in a village now known as Kerobokan. In the village he saw a giant size shadow hiding

behind the bushes. He called the shadow to make an appearance: the shadow was Bhuta Ijo, the son of the God of Labuhan Masceti. Bhuta Ijo is a spirit which is believed to have a very scary look. Before the priest left the village he gave Bhuta Ijo a box looking like a coven and told him to guard it.

After a while during his meditation in Uluwatu, the priest had a visitor from Kerobokan village who came to him for help. The men from the village told the priest about an area of a land nearby his village which was very mysterious because every time someone tried to enter the land, the person got sick. As a solution, the priest told the man

to built a shrine. So the shrine was built in the area and magically it successfully made the area become more people friendly.

There is no creepy atmosphere anymore especially today when the temple is surrounded by villas, hotels and restaurants. Petitenget during day time is sleepier than during night time when the lights come on in every corner of the area. In front of Petitenget Temple is a spacious parking lot guarded by the local security community.

The car park is mostly used by visitors who come to the white sandy beach in front of the temple for jogging, sunbathing or just sightseeing. (IBP/net)

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

International

Hamilton podium sours Rosberg’s Belgian win

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS - Nico Rosberg was handed a much-needed break in the Formula One title battle which he duly converted by winning Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix, but victory could have tasted much sweeter for the German.

Rosberg went into the weekend knowing this was his race to lose.

Mercedes team mate and title rival Lewis Hamilton was set to start at the back of the field after taking a planned series of engine-related grid penalties.

That gave Rosberg the perfect opportunity to reignite his title challenge after a run of lacklustre form and make major inroads into the Briton’s 19-point advantage in the standings.

Instead, he came away still trailing Hamilton by nine points after the reigning triple world champion took full advantage of collisions involving his rivals, race disruptions and some spectacular overtaking, to finish a shock third.

“I just saw at the end after the chequered flag I looked at the results and I knew Daniel was behind me and then I see Hamilton in third,” said Rosberg, who cruised to a comfortable win from pole-position in a chaotic race ahead of Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo.

“I was like ‘What, seriously?’. I don’t know what happened, I haven’t looked at the details, but for sure he must have done a great job.”

Rosberg, runner-up to Hamilton in 2014 and last year, opened the season with four wins in the first four races.

He led Hamilton by 43 points following May’s Spanish Grand Prix, but has steadily lost ground to his former childhood friend who

REUTERS/Yves Herman TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg of Germany (C) celebrates on the podium with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton of Britain (R) and Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo of Australia (L) after the Belgian F1 Grand Prix. blitzed to six wins from seven races leading up to the Belgian Grand Prix.

The race at Spa-Francorchamps was Rosberg’s one “free race”, as Hamilton referred to it, in which the Briton was set to serve his long-pending engine-related penalties.

With the championship now heading to Monza for the Italian Grand Prix, before the

Asian leg which Hamilton has dominated the last two years, Rosberg was asked if he had hoped to come away with more from Sunday’s race.

“That’s not what I’m focusing on,” he told reporters.

“I came here, Belgian Grand Prix, and I wanted to win it. So, just happy it worked out,

perfect weekend for me.”

Hamilton, meanwhile, who now has three new engines, was upbeat.

“Definitely things have happened in the right way in that second quarter of the season and to go into the break 19 points ahead and now only lose 10 today, I’ll take it,” he said. (rtr)

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NEW YORK - Kei Nishikori is brimming with confidence heading into the U.S. Open starting on Monday, despite acknowledging the presence of a flock of title contenders at Flushing Meadows.

Nishikori, who surged into prominence with his run to the U.S. Open final two years ago, said he is a better player now and buoyed by his strong showing at the Rio Olympics where he defeated 14-times slam winner Rafa Nadal to claim the bronze.

“I think I’m little more patient and playing much better than last year, two years ago. You know, I’m really excited for next week,” the 26-year-old Japanese told reporters at Flushing Meadows.

“I feel a lot of special feeling here in the U.S. Open, a good memory from two years ago.”

One year after he became the first Asian to reach a men’s grand slam final, Nishikori in 2015 suffered a stunning first-round, five-set loss to 41st-ranked Benoit Paire of France.

Nishikori took the U.S. National Tennis Center by storm in 2014, beating Canada’s

Milos Raonic and third seed Stan Wawrinka in successive five-set struggles before ousting Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.

He fell short of lifting the winner’s trophy, however, as he fell to big-serving Croat Marin Cilic in the final.

Nishikori has enjoyed a fine hardcourt season, highlighted by a trip to the Toronto final and his appearance on the podium at the Rio Games to collect a bronze medal after a threeset win against 14-times slam winner Nadal.

“I had a great experience,” he said. “Olympic games, it’s something special, and especially the last match against Rafa I played good tennis.

“He almost came back, but played a great match. I had a lot of confidence from that match.”

While Nishikori feels good about his game, he knows other prominent players are also hitting top form for the year’s last grand slam championship, starting with top seed Djokovic and Wimbledon and Olympic winner Andy Murray, the second seed. (rtr)

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Kei Nishikori (JPN) serves against Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) on day five during the Western and Southern tennis tournament at Linder Family Tennis Center.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel enters a car after ARD summer-interview in Berlin, Germany August 28, 2016.

Options sought as Merkel’s radio silence complicates path to soft Brexit landing

BERLIN - Triggering the procedure for Britain to exit the European Union is like turning off the engines on an airplane, a top European diplomat says: best only do it if you can see a landing strip. Otherwise, all parties risk a messy outcome.

When Britain makes its exit move - by invoking Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty - it will set the clock running on a two-year deadline to leave the EU. Keen to avoid a crash landing, officials on both sides are scoping out how to proceed.

Options include the ‘neverland’ possibility of simply not invoking Article 50, trying back channel talks to sharpen Britain’s sense of what scenarios are possible, and hopping from an interim outcome to a more permanent post-Brexit landing site.

The first option is a non-starter for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Europe’s most powerful leader and the first one Theresa May met after becoming British prime minister last month.

“The EU can’t accept that,” said a source close to Merkel, who has no desire to see Britain leave but has a pragmatic focus on holding the rest of bloc together, and does not believe Britain will hold a second referendum on its EU membership.

Even if the British economy’s resilience in the immediate aftermath of the country’s June 23 vote to leave the EU eases the economic pressure on Britain to press ahead with Brexit, May herself has said “Brexit means Brexit”.

She has, however, said Britain will not trigger the exit procedure this year.

For the British government, the dilemma of when and how to make a Brexit landing is complicated by a refusal on the part of EU leaders,

led by Merkel, to discuss potential outcomes until Britain invokes the exit procedure.

“We won’t talk beforehand,” said the source close to Merkel, speaking on condition of anonymity. Another German government official stressed the strict ban in Berlin on any pre-negotiating: “We won’t talk about substance.”

In the absence of formal prenegotiations, the British government must work through the second option: peering through gaps in the clouds of European officialdom to try to work out what its post-Brexit ‘landing’ options are.

Such back channelling could help the British work out what is realistic in order to avoid EU negotiators balking at their position, and the clock running down on the two-year deadline.

“You can only nail it down if you are in the realm of the possible,” said one European official. (rtr)

International

Suicide bomber kills 54 in Yemen attack ADEN - A suicide bomber killed at least 54 people when he drove a car bomb into a militia compound in Aden on Monday, the health ministry said, in one of the deadliest attacks claimed

by Islamic State in the southern Yemeni port city.

The director general of Yemen’s health ministry in Aden, al-Khader Laswar, told Reuters that at least 67 other people were wounded in the attack in the city’s Mansoura district.

The militant Islamic State group said in a statement carried by its Amaq news agency one of its suicide bombers carried out the bombing.

“Around 60 dead in a martyrdom operation by a fighter from Islamic State targeting a recruitment centre in Aden city,” the statement said, without giving further details.

A security source said the attack targeted a school compound where conscripts of the Popular Committees, forces allied to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, were gathered for breakfast.

Witnesses said the suicide bomber entered the compound behind a truck that had brought breakfast for the conscripts, who had queued for the meal.

Ambulance sirens wailed throughout the morning as they ferried casualties to a hospital run by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), which was overwhelmed by the number of casualties. An

MSF spokesperson said the hospital received at least 45 bodies and more than 60 wounded people.

Islamist militants, including Islamic State, have exploited an 18-month-old civil war between the Houthi movement and Hadi’s supporters, attacking senior officials, religious figures, security forces and compounds of the Saudi-led Arab military coalition which supports Hadi.

Last month, the governor of the southern Yemeni city of Aden survived a car bomb attack targeting his convoy, the latest attempt on the city’s top official.

In May, a suicide bomber killed at least 40 army recruits and injured 60 others when he rammed a boobytrapped car at recruits lined up to enlist for military service at a compound in Aden.

Hadi’s supporters, who accuse former President Ali Abdullah Saleh of using Islamist militants to target the internationally-recognised president, have launched a series of raids in recent weeks to try to stem the violence, seizing dozens of people suspected of involvement in attacks across the city.

In eastern Yemen, forces loyal to Hadi, backed by troops from the United Arab Emirates, drove members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula from the city of Mukalla in a military operation in May. (rtr)

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People gather at the scene following an attack by a suicide bomber who drove a car laden with explosives into a compound run by local militias in the port city of Aden, Yemen August 29, 2016.

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Yuniartha added the re-branding of Bali tourism is discussed in the Focus Group Discussion at SwissBelhotel, Monday afternoon (Aug. 29). The FGD involved all components of Bali tourism, including humanists and academicians. Other than the issue of branding, Bali tourism actually faces many challenges such as the issue of visa-free to 169 countries to the issues in the field of safety, health, and others.

“Although we want to draw as many travelers as possible with visa-free policy, we must be careful.

There have been many cases, such as policeman murder or Amokrane case. Besides, there are also challenges in security issues, the issue of virus,” he explained.

According to Yuniartha, the government and tourism players cannot walk alone in maintaining the tourism so that it stays attractive to travelers of the world. There should be cooperation among the institutions, such as the health, transportation, customs, immigration, police authority, and so on to keep Bali.

It also includes having the contact with other countries to anticipate the entry of foreigners with the potential to commit evil deeds on the Island of the Gods. (kmb32)

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BUSINESS New tans, same old “polycrisis” as Europe’s summer ends

BRUSSELS - The European Union grinds back into action this week after its August break, still dazed by Britain’s midsummer vote to quit the EU and facing much the same “polycrisis” as a year ago: a mass of refugees, a fragile economy, hostile Russians and, yes, those Brits, now more awkward than ever.

When President Jean-Claude Juncker makes his annual State of the Union address to Parliament in Strasbourg on Sept. 14, he might easily repeat last year’s warning: the EU had a “last chance” to save itself from a tide of centrifugal nationalisms.

Last week, the EU’s remaining Big Three -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and their host, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi -- felt they needed to renew their vows at the wellspring of the union, the island of Ventotene, where in 1941 prisoners of Mussolini wrote a manifesto for a united Europe.

That they met on the deck of the aircraft carrier Garibaldi reinforced the sense of beleaguered leaders rallying to the EU’s defence as they contemplated an obstacle-strewn political calendar for the year ahead.

The EU leaders are first preparing for a summit on Sept. 16 in Bratislava -- without Britain -- that aims to sketch out a post-Brexit future for the Union.

On Oct. 2, Hungary’s right-wing prime minister, Viktor Orban, is set to deliver another slap to Brussels: a largely symbolic referendum to reject an EU quota system for relocating refugees among member states -- a scheme Juncker invested much capital in a year ago, but which has barely got off the ground.

TRUMP On Nov. 8, Orban is hoping for victory for a man he calls the “valiant” Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election. Few of Orban’s EU peers are so enthusiastic. They see Trump as a disruptive maverick whose endorsement of and by Brexiteer-in-chief Nigel Farage marks him as no friend of the Union.

A Trump win could snap a transatlantic coalition on Russia that is already fraying in Europe, where governments from Paris to Bratislava are seeking a review of Ukrainerelated sanctions when measures expire at year’s end. Trump might also inject a new dose of post-Brexit uncertainty for world trade.

At home, all the Big Three leaders face their own electoral challenges from eurosceptics. It starts with Renzi, today trying to persuade Italians he has the youthful energy for rebuilding after the latest earthquake in the Apennines, unlike the scandal-tainted Silvio Berlusconi at L’Aquila in 2009, when more than 300 people died.

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Probably in November, Renzi will put to a referendum the constitutional reforms he says are needed to break a political deadlock that is choking the Italian economy. Polls are tight and the eurosceptic upstarts 5-Star are gunning for the socialist premier, who is expected to resign if he loses.

Hollande is threatened with a drubbing on April 23 at the hands of far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen in the first round of France’s presidential election.

Her appeal has been enhanced by Islamic State carnage in Paris and Nice and the summer row about burkinis on the beaches, although pollsters doubt she can win a May 7 runoff vote against Hollande or any other survivor from a mainstream party.

As for Merkel, she has yet to confirm she wants a fourth term at parliamentary elections due in just over a year. The biggest threat to her re-election remains her decision last year to welcome a million migrants to Germany as EU borders buckled. That has already weakened support for her conservative party.

HARDBALL Such threats to domestic survival have often spurred leaders to take potshots at Brussels -- even if only the British have taken it to the length of turning most voters against the EU entirely. But even if little has changed in Brus-

sels since last summer, optimists might see reason to hope for more unity now.

While rows go on about how, indeed whether, EU states should share out the burden of asylum-seekers stranded in Greece and Italy, what is new is how few are arriving, at least in Greece.

Rights groups were outraged this year by hard-nosed deals with non-EU Balkan states to bar the routes north from Greece and with Turkey to stop Syrian refugees reaching Greece in the first place. But those deals did slash the numbers arriving.

It’s something EU officials find hard to boast of. Many admit privately to unease at policies that, along with efforts to pay African governments to stop people setting off for Italy, sit uncomfortably with the Union’s lofty humanitarian ideals.

But look again at Merkel, Hollande and Renzi on the Garibaldi, flagship of an EU mission off Libya that is part rescue operation and military deterrent against people smugglers, and a slightly different image of today’s EU emerges.

EU ARMY All three spoke of Europe getting tougher and more cohesive on security. It is the kind of language that may resonate with sceptical voters dissatisfied with Europe’s struggle to

thrive in a globalising world and with the likes of Orban and other eastern leaders alarmed by Merkel’s earlier open-door policy.

Relieved of the need to keep Britons from bolting, Juncker wrung howls of outrage last week from London’s europhobic press when he called national borders “the worst invention ever”. He also renewed his call for a “European army”, which was long just a pipe dream for the Luxemburger as long as Britain had a veto.

The past few days have seen Merkel and a succession of other leaders she has met, including Orban, echo such hopes of joint military structures, indicating one area where EU integration may now forge ahead in response to the British departure.

That still leaves a host of issues dividing European leaders in the coming year: whether to be nice or nasty to Britain once it decides to open negotiations; how to shore up weaknesses in the economic cooperation that underpins the euro; how far to ease sanctions in the hope of better ties with Moscow.

Consensus will be a tall order. Merkel, standing on the deck of the Garibaldi, cited security, investment and youth opportunities as three priorities for a post-Brexit new start for a Europe united and strong. But, she warned: “Danger exists, of fragmentation, of selfishness, of retreating into ourselves.”(rtr)

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Indonesia steps up fire response as haze blankets Singapore

JAKARTA — Six Indonesian provinces have declared states of emergency as forest fires blanketed a swath of Southeast Asia in a smoky haze.

Singapore’s air quality deteriorated to unhealthy levels on Friday as winds blew smoke from fires on Sumatra, where millions of people are already affected by haze, across the city-state and into southern Malaysia.

The number of hotspots detected in Sumatra and Borneo by weather satellites has increased in the past month though they are below levels last year when massive fires in Indonesia caused a regional crisis.

Singapore’s three-hour air pollution index was at 157 by late afternoon, after peaking at 215. Its environment agency doesn’t give a health warning with the limited duration index, but on a 24-hour basis it says levels above 100 are unhealthy and above 200 very unhealthy.

“The smell of smoke woke me up. I thought something was burning outside,” said Singaporean copywriter Lim Jia Ying, who put on a mask for her commute to work. “I’m having a cough and it’s getting worse. Luckily, I found a face mask at home,” she said.

Indonesia’s Disaster Mitigation Agency

said six provinces which have a combined population of more than 23 million people have declared emergencies, allowing firefighting measures to go into full effect including aerial water drops.

The haze is an annual problem for Southeast Asia, but last year’s fires were the worst since 1997, straining relations between Indonesia and its neighbors. About 261,000 hectares (644,931 acres) burned, causing billions of dollars in economic losses for Indonesia.

Many of the fires are deliberately set by agricultural conglomerates and small-time farmers to clear forests and peatland for plantations.

National police chief Tito Karnavian said Friday that 85 people have been arrested this year for starting fires.

About 2,800 hectares (6,918 acres) have burned so far this year, according to Indonesia’s Forestry Ministry.

Separately, Indonesia’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a palm oil company PT Kallista Alam that was ordered to pay compensation of 366 billion rupiah ($28 million) for burning peatlands, according to a decision published this month on the court’s website. (ap)

JAKARTA - A knife-wielding Indonesian teen who tried to attack a priest at a church during a Sunday service was “obsessed” with extremist group Islamic State, a senior minister said on Monday.

Indonesian authorities are increasingly worried about a resurgence in radicalism in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, driven in part by a new generation of jihadis inspired

by Islamic State (IS).

“From the cellphone that was seized by security forces, this youth was obsessed with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,”

Chief Security Minister Wiranto told reporters, referring to the leader of the Middle Eastern militant group.

Wiranto, who goes by one name, said a note was found in the attacker’s backpack that said “I love al-Baghdadi” but added the suspect had no known links to existing militant networks.

There were no serious casualties in the latest attempted attack, which happened in a church in Medan, northern Sumatra. Police said the attacker had attempted to stab the priest, who suffered minor injuries, and detonate a crude home-made bomb but failed after being

restrained by other worshippers.

The suspect, identified as 17-yearold Ivan Armadi is under interrogation.

Police seized bomb-making materials from his home after the attack and said he had learned to assemble a bomb through online research.

Counter-terrorism officials have said there are hundreds of IS sympathisers in Indonesia, where the vast majority of Muslims practice a moderate form of the religion. The country suffered its first IS-linked attack in January, when four people died in a gun and bomb assault.(rtr)

President Jokowi expected to attend archipelago day in NTT KUPANG - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is expected to attend a function to celebrate “Nusantara” (Archipelago) Day to be held in Lembata District, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), on December 13, 2016.

The regional government is gearing up for the event by improving facilities and infrastructure, outgoing Lembata Deputy District Head Viktor Mado Watun stated here, recently. The road from Lewoleba to Waijarang is being renovated and widened to 14 meters

for the day.

The renovation and construction work to improve the infrastructure and facilities are estimated to cost Rp18 billion.

Nusantara Day commemorates the Djuanda Declaration signed on Dec. 13, 1957, which marked the beginning of Indonesia being acknowledged as an archipelagic nation.

The declaration, named after Prime Minister Djuanda Kartawidjaja, states that waters between Indonesian islands

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Tourists look at photographs taken on their smartphones in front of a hazy financial skyline on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016 in Singapore. Singapore’s air quality deteriorated to unhealthy levels on Friday as winds blew smoke from fires on Sumatra across the city-state and southern Malaysia.

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should also be regarded as Indonesias territorial waters instead of the traditional 12-mile delimitation.

In 1982, the principle was then internationally acknowledged through the United Nations Convention on The Law of The Sea. Nusantara Day, which was introduced by the then president Soeharto, is observed every December 13. Last year, the day was commemorated in the Aceh Darussalam Province in December.(ant)

Three students arrested on charges of possessing hashish

MAKASAR - The Makassar city police arrested three students on Saturday on charge of possessing four kilograms of hashish. The suspects, identified by their initials as AO, AR and AN, were arrested in Bukit Manggala Permai housing complex while receiving the contraband sent from Aceh province through a courier service, the chief of the Makassar city police, Senior Commissioner Rusdi Hartono, said.

He disclosed that the hashish was wrapped in milk cardboard packs along with coffee powder to overcome the aroma of dried narcotic during delivery.

However, the police found out the modus operandi after receiving information from the National Police Headquarters in Jakarta that there would be a delivery of hashish to Makassar from Aceh, he added.

“There were four packages of dried hashish wrapped in milk cardboard packs and kept there with the help of duct tape. To cheat the officers, coffee powder was sprinkled over the hashish so that it merely smelt of coffee,” he explained. Previously, the suspects had also received a kilogram of dried hashish from Aceh and trafficked it in Makassar.

“Based on their confession, they received consignments of hashish twice, with the first delivery involving one kilogram and the second delivery involving four kilograms,” he informed. The three suspects are being investigated. If found guilty, they may be sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in jail and also fined up to Rp10 billion.(ant)

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Visitors to SVF reach 100,000 with transaction of IDR 16.5 billion

Philippines’ Duterte offers reward for corrupt police linked to drugs

DENPASAR - Transactions in the eleventh Sanur Village Festival (SVF) 2016 taking place for five days rose 10 percent when compared to the last year’s implementation. In the meantime, the number of visitors jumped from 80,000 people last year to about 100,000 people.

SVF General Coordinator, Ida Bagus Wisnu Diwangkara, stated that the highest visit occurred on weekend or Saturday night (Aug. 27) when the event was jazzed up by the performance of singer Sandhy Sondoro and on Sunday night by Glen Fredly.

“The visit did only occur at night, but has also taken place from the morning, afternoon, until late afternoon and scattered in various places of the event. This festival is the peak of the crowds throughout the implementation for 11 years,” said Gus Wisnu, Monday (Aug. 29).

Once again, Gus Wisnu expressed his apologies for the inconvenience caused to the people that might be passing during the festival. When reading the report at the closing ceremony, he said the annual festival was received enthusiastically by the public that flocked to the location at the Maissonettee of Inna Grand Bali Beach Sanur and several other locations such as the kite festival, regatta boat race, beach games, tennis, golf, marathon, cultural parade and chirping bird contest.

Last year, the similar event was visited by about 80,000 people and this year jumped to about 100,000 people.

He added that the transaction increased approximately 10 per-

cent, from IDR 15 billion last year to around IDR16.5 billion. Most revenue was obtained from culinary stand or food bazaar where this year amounted to 55 booths representing hotels, cafes and restaurants at Sanur and surrounding areas. Through the years, residents want to pamper their appetite with culinary experiences while enjoying entertainment on the main festival stage.

Other transactions, added Gus Wisnu, went in the 25 SVF bazaar booths and 50 booths of the Sanur Creative Expo. All the 75 booths coming from Bali and the Indonesian region offered a variety of products of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) such as knick-knack of fashion, accessories, flowers, fruit nursery transplant and a variety of other necessities. “From the beginning, the SVF has involved the MSMEs with the power to stimulate people’s economy,” he said.

Chairman of the Sanur Development Foundation, Ida Bagus Gde Sidharta, said that the festival has a positive impact, not only on tourism of Sanur, but also Bali on the whole. Sidharta who is also Chairman of the Regional Tourism Promotion Board (BPPD) Denpasar and Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) Denpasar

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A National Environment Agency officer informs residents as a worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016.

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The festival has a positive impact, not only on tourism of Sanur, but also Bali on the whole. assessed the consistency of this festival for 11 years has further increased public confidence in the efforts of Sanur to make creation and innovation in maintaining cultural heritage and potential.

He added that during the fiveday implementation of the festival there was also an increase in guests

in the Sanur area, both at restaurants and hotels. Room occupancy rate of hotels increased on the average from 80 percent to the range of 94-96 percent. “Many guests were unable to get a room at Sanur so that they were transferred to hotels around Denpasar,” said Gusde, as he familiarly addressed.

Gusde who is also Chairman of the SVF promised to evaluate and prepare better festival next year.

“Indeed, we highlight the preservation of cultural heritage and the environment that we have and the efforts empty out to improve people’s economy and prosperity. (kmb18)

Portrait of traditional limestone miners

Utilize bamboo as reminder of avalanche

HILL areas at Sumbersari, Melaya village have become a source of livelihood for some local people. Armed with traditional mining tools, a number of residents mine limestone at the bottom of the hill. It needs extra courage to dig the limestone. Some residents have even been pursuing this risky profession for dozens of years.

Limestone is much needed. Other than for foundations of buildings or roads, it can also be processed into other purposes. Preparation of burned limestone also gives job opportunity to a number of residents around this traditional quarry area.

Caves are formed from the excavations beneath the hills. Among a

number of locations in Jembrana, only Sumbersari has the potential of limestone. “Every day there are always some orders and sometimes we get overwhelmed,” said Made Nasa, 40, one of the traditional miners.

This miner from Melaya claimed to have moved several times from one location to another at Sumbersari. The excavation will be buried by itself when the soil on the hill collapses. To detect the hills about to collapsing, traditional miners only rely on their feelings and the use of simple bamboo tool. Some tall bamboos are installed lining at the mouth of the cave. It functions to give warning when the hill will collapse.

“When distressed, the wood or bamboo logs will sound like cracks.

On hearing that, we must be vigilant and immediately come out of the mouth of the cave,” said the man having been mining for 14 years.

Around the site, there is a mound of earth and limestone posing the result of avalanches. Under the heaps sit a former pit of excavation.

It avalanched two months ago and covered up the pit.

Row space at the base of the hill is divided into three to four mining sites. So, it forms a number of caves. When excavating the limestone, all people do it with ultimate circumspection. All miners sculpt by looking for the patterns and loopholes which can result

in limestone boulders. A mining area is limited with a simple way, namely by suspending a bottle with a rope tied above as the boundary marker. Each location in the cave is deliberately formed into a circular hole to form a kind of pillar that can support the hole formed by the quarry activities.

At one quarry location, Nasa and friends get uncertain results. Sometimes they can get one or two cubic meters of limestone. For the volume of a four-wheeled truck, the limestone is sold for about IDR 250,000 net. The results are then divided into two with his fellow worker.

He is truly aware of the risk at the limestone quarry having given him earnings for teens of years.

Result of the limestone quarry activities is also used by a number of local people by processing the material first. For instance, it can be used as mixture for shrimp pond water and deodorant at chicken farm. The limestone is processed by burning for several hours. Such burning technique also requires special skills. Most residents pursue the limestone processing because it has higher economic value than the unprocessed limestone.

Miners and people processing the limestone are aware of the limestone layer will run out in the long run. And when it happens, they should find another location having the same potential of limestone deposit. (kmb26)

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Singapore mass sprays residences as Zika expected to spread

SINGAPORE - Officials sprayed insecticide and cleared drains of stagnant water in residential areas of Singapore at high risk of further Zika infections on Monday after 41 locally transmitted cases were confirmed in the city state.

Workers wearing fumigation masks traveled methodically through high-rise public housing estates in seven separate areas of the island, inspecting plant pots closely as they sprayed insecticide via thermal fogging machines.

The health ministry on Saturday confirmed Singapore’s first locallytransmitted case of Zika, with the tally rising to 41 just a day later. All of the infected people were either residents of the Aljunied district or workers at a construction site owned

by GuocoLand in the area.

“We expect to identify more positive cases,” the ministry said on Monday in its latest update on the outbreak.

“Given that the majority of Zika cases are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, and mosquitoes in the affected areas may already have been infected, isolation of positive cases may have limited effect to managing

the spread,” it added.

Singapore, a major regional financial center and busy transit hub, which maintains a constant vigil against the mosquito-borne dengue virus, reported its first case of the Zika virus in May, brought in by a middleaged man who had been to Brazil.

GuocoLand, which is headquartered in Singapore and has developments across Asia, was ordered on Saturday to stop work on the building site where 36 of the infected people worked. It will remain closed until the company rectifies the conditions that allowed mosquitoes to breed and steps up preventative measures, the health ministry said.

The Zika virus, carried by mosquitoes, was detected in Brazil last year and has since spread across the Americas. It poses a risk to pregnant women because it can cause severe birth defects. It has been linked in Brazil to more than 1,600 cases of

microcephaly, where babies are born with abnormally small heads and brains.

The World Health Organization said on Sunday it did not know “which lineage of Zika is circulating” in Singapore or “what the level of population immunity is to this lineage of Zika in Asia.”

Singapore’s health ministry said some 19 mosquito breeding habitats were detected and destroyed in its first sweep of the Aljunied area on Sunday when it fumigated around a third of the 6,000 homes.

“I feel afraid,” said Ng Kai Yee, an 18-year-old female student who lives near the construction site believed to be a source of the outbreak. “I heard quite a lot about how harmful Zika virus is to girls, especially pregnant women.” Authorities have urged those living and working in the risk areas, especially pregnant women, to monitor their health and seek medical attention if they are unwell.

Of the 41 people known to have been infected, 34 have already fully recovered. Only the first case reported was a woman. (rtr)

MANILA - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday promised rewards running to tens of thousands of dollars for information leading to the capture of police officers protecting drug syndicates and warned corrupt officials they would face “a day of reckoning”.

In a National Heroes Day speech, Duterte said there would be no let-up in a “war on drugs” in which - according to police figures more than 1,900 people have been killed since he came to power two months ago.

Police say the toll of about 36 people a day is a result of drug dealers resisting arrest or gang feuds.

Duterte railed against critics who have complained that the poor who trade drugs to make a living are being targeted by the police, but added that army generals, city mayors, governors and police involved in the drug trade must also be stopped.

“I consider the fight against drugs a war, there is a crisis in this country, it is drugs ... it has infected every nook and corner,” he said in the speech to retired and serving soldiers, government officials and foreign diplomats.

Singling out corrupt policemen known as “ninjas”, who take payoffs from drug lords, Duterte said he was placing a 2 million peso ($43,000) bounty on their heads, telling their colleagues to “squeal on your friends”.

Duterte, who won a May election on a promise to wipe out drugs and dealers, last month named about 160 officials, judges, police and soldiers who he said were protecting drug traffickers or selling drugs in their communities.

The United States, a close ally of the Philippines, said last week it was “deeply concerned” about the reports of extra-judicial drug killings and it urged Duterte’s government to ensure that law-enforcement efforts “comply with its human rights obligation”.

The crackdown and some strongly worded criticism Duterte has made of the United States since coming to power present a dilemma for Washington, which has been seeking to forge unity among allies in Asia in the face of an increasingly assertive China, especially in the strategic South China Sea. This month, two U.N. human rights experts urged Manila to stop the extra-judicial executions and killings. Duterte responded by threatening to leave the United Nations.

In his speech on Monday Duterte scoffed at accusations that he was trampling on human rights and said law enforcers should not worry about criminal liability while acting on his campaign. (rtr)

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte takes part during a National Heroes Day commemoration at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery) in Taguig city, Metro Manila in the Philippines August 29, 2016.

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Scientists find Earth-like planet circling sun’s nearest neighbor

MUENCHEN - Scientists have discovered a planet that appears to be similar to Earth circling the star closest to the sun, potentially a major step in the quest to find out if life exists elsewhere in the universe, research published on Wednesday showed.

The relative proximity of the planet, known as Proxima b, gives scientists a better chance to eventually capture an image of it, to help them establish whether it has an atmosphere and water, which is believed to be necessary for life.

Future studies may reveal if any atmosphere contains tell-tale chemicals of biological life, such as methane, according to a paper published in this week’s issue of the journal Nature.

“The key question of our initiative was whether there were potentially life-bearing planets orbiting these stars. We know now there is at least one planet with some characteristics similar to the Earth,” said Pete Worden, a former top NASA manager, who was speaking at a European Southern Observatory webcast news conference to announce the find.

The planet, located about 4.2 light-years from Earth, or 25 tril-

lion miles (40 trillion km), is the closest of some 3,500 planets that have been discovered beyond the solar system since 1995, according to the paper.

“This planetary system is much closer than any other that we know so detailed investigation is easier,” astronomer Ansgar Reiners, with the University of Gottingen in Germany, told reporters on a conference call.

Astronomers got their first hint of a planet circling the sun’s small dim neighbor star in 2013. But they needed additional observations, using more precise instruments, to make a definitive call.

An international team of 31 scientists found the planet after careful and repeated measurements of slight shifts in the color of the light coming from its host star, Proxima Centauri, which is a small, dim star in the Alpha Centauri system.

The shifts, which astronomers call

“wobbles,” are caused by the gravitational tugging of a planet roughly 1.3 times the size of Earth on the parent star. Based on the timing of wobbles, scientists determined that the planet circles its host star in just 11 days, compared to Earth’s 365-day orbit around the sun.

That puts the planet far closer to its parent star than Earth orbits the sun. However, Proxima Centauri is so much smaller and dimmer than the sun that its planet’s orbit is suitably positioned for liquid water despite being just 4.4 million miles away.

“Chances are good that it’s a viable, Earth-like planet today,” said astronomer Pedro Amado, with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía in Granada, Spain.

But scientists are unsure if red dwarf stars like Proxima Centauri are good hosts for life. Planets orbiting close enough to keep water liquid would be blasted with 100 times more high-energy radiation than Earth receives from the sun, though what impact that would have on life is a matter of scientific debate.

“We don’t think it’s a showstopper,” Amado said. (rtr)

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A view of the surface of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System, is seen in an undated artist’s impression released by the European Southern Observatory August 24, 2016.

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Goddess Danu statue of 20-meter high to be built at Batur lakeside

BANGLI - A statue depicting Goddess Danu with the height of approximately 20 meters will be established at Batur lakeside, Kintamani. As planned, the statue will serve as the icon to draw more travelers to visit this largest lake in Bali.

Headman of Songan B, Jro Lanang, stated on Sunday (Aug. 28) that the construction of the statue of Goddess Danu is carried out based on the idea of local villagers. They want the existence of a statue that can depict the grandeur

of Goddess Danu.

The location chosen for the construction of the statue of Goddess Danu is the Batur lakeside, exactly 50 meters south of the Segara Temple. Jro Lanang said, according to the plan, the statue cannot only be

seen as the figure of Goddess Danu, but also as the figure of the Goddess Ganga by Indian travelers and the Goddess Kwan Im when viewed

by Chinese travelers. “Later on, to make it seen as the figure of the three goddesses, it will be arranged in such away at the finishing stage,” he explained.

Jro Lanang said that pursuant to the agreement, the financing for the construction of the statue

does not use the village fund, but the assistance from the third-party contribution, in this case from the senator (DPD) Wedakarna and some other foreign businessmen.

In the construction of this statue, villagers of Songan only provide the location and help the process of transporting the materials to the construction site. “To transport the materials to the location cannot use a landline but a boat to cross the

lake,” he explained.

He added if the construction process can run smoothly, the statue of Goddess Danu will have stood for a maximum of nine months.

“Construction of this statue serves as the icon for tourism development in the area of Lake Batur,” he said.

Since visitors must cross the lake to get to the location, it is believed that economy of local village community will develop. (kmb40)

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In this photo provided by the University of Hawaii, six scientists celebrate as they exit from their Mars simulation habitat on slopes of Mauna Loa on the Big Island, Hawaii, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. The scientists completed a yearlong Mars simulation in Hawaii on Sunday, where they lived in the dome in near isolation.

Scientists exit Hawaii dome after yearlong Mars simulation HILO — Six scientists have completed a yearlong Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in a dome in near isolation.

For the past year, the group in the dome on a Mauna Loa mountain could go outside only while wearing spacesuits.

On Sunday, the simulation ended, and the scientists emerged.

Cyprien Verseux, a crew member from France, said the simulation shows a mission to Mars can succeed.

“I can give you my personal impression which is that a mission to Mars in the close future is realistic. I think the technological and psychological obstacles can be overcome,” Verseux said.

Christiane Heinicke, a crew member from Germany, said the scientists were able to find their own water in a dry climate.

“Showing that it works, you can actually get water from the ground that is seemingly dry. It would work on Mars and the implication is that you would be able to get water on Mars from this little greenhouse construct,” she said.

Tristan Bassingthwaighte, a doctor of architecture candidate at University of Hawaii, served as the crew’s architect.

“The UH research going on up here is just super vital when it comes to picking crews, figuring out how people are going to actually work on different kinds of missions, and sort of the human factors element of space travel, colonization, whatever it is you are actually looking at,” Bassingthwaighte said.

Kim Binsted, principal investigator for the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS), said the researchers are looking forward to getting in the ocean and eating fresh produce and other foods that weren’t available in the dome.

“HI-SEAS is an example of international collaborative research hosted and run by the University of Hawai’i. So it’s really exciting to be able to welcome the crew back to earth and back to Hawai’i after a year on Mars,” Binsted said.

NASA funded the study run through the University of Hawaii.

Binsted said the simulation was the second-longest of its kind after a mission that lasted 520 days in Russia.

Scientists in the Hawaii simulation managed limited resources while conducting research and working to avoid personal conflicts. (ap)

A statue depicting Goddess Danu with the height of approximately 20 meters will be established at Batur lakeside, Kintamani.

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As for open stage project at Tanah Lot

Regent not anti-investors, provided that complies with rules

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Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti

TABANAN - Open stage project constructed at Tanah Lot, precisely at land property of Pekendungan Temple, is responded by Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti, Sunday (Aug. 28). According to Eka, the site inspection by the joint commission of the Tabanan House of Representatives found if the design of buildings does not match the field condition and the permit having been owned since 2009. Eka said that the permit obtained through previous investor namely the Surya Mandala is considered to have expired because it was not renewed.

“Since the permits needed have expired, they should be submitted

from the beginning,” she said.

Eka continued that as a regional leader she does not go up against the incoming investors to Tabanan as long as they comply with the rules. For the open stage project at Tanah Lot, the investor should get a recommendation from the Tanah Lot tourist attraction. Moreover, any investment at the location is not only concerned about the physical (sekala) aspect like the matter of permits but also the psychical (niskala) aspect. “Since it belongs to a sacred area, other than regarding the permits, it should also pay attention to psychical aspect,” she advised.

To that end, the regent called for the investor of The Mandala to submit the required permits. Moreover, the open stage is reportedly to be launched in two months. “It would be launched in the upcoming two months but the permits have not been renewed. Necessarily it should convey to the government and submit the permits to the licensing office,” she said.

Previously, the joint commission of the Tabanan House of Representatives led by deputy chairperson Ni Nengah Sri Labantari conducted a site inspection to see the open stage construction, Friday (Aug. 26). In the inspection, the House through

the member of Commission I, I Gede Suadnya Dharma, asked the investor PT Horizon Surya Gemilang to present its permit.

At that time, Lusiana as Directress of PT Horizon Surya Gemilang presented the permits issued in 2009. She added that after the raid of the municipal police her party had stop the construction of the open stage and building used as changing room of the players.

“We are still submitting the new permit. Besides, we also comply with the applicable rules and the work is immediately stopped until the permit is issued,” she said. (kmb24)

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After price rises, tobacco demand feared to decrease

SINGARAJA - A number of tobacco farmers in Buleleng began to respond to the government plan that will raise the price of cigarettes in the near future. Over the discourse, it is ascertained to boost the price of tobacco. On the other hand, farmers even are worried if the tobacco demand will drop.

Moreover if the discourse is politicized, farmers remain to be the victims of policies benefiting certain groups. This was expressed by the Secretary of the Indonesia Tobacco Farmers Association (APTI) of Bali, Agung Adnyana, recently.

Furthermore, Agung said that the plan of government to increase the price of cigarette to IDR 50,000 will boost the price of tobacco. This increase will bring in profit to farmers. However, this seems to mean nothing as cigarette manufacturers reduce their demand for raw materials. This situation is also caused by the plan of the government that will increase the target of state revenue from cigarette taxes. In this situation, cigarette manufacturers will automatically reduce their production and raw material purchases.

Not only that, the absorption of labor will certainly reduce when compared to previous condition.

“From this discourse, the price of tobacco will be on the rise, while the demand decrease as cigarette manufacturers may limit their production. Thus, the policy is not clear whether farmers will get profit

or not,” he said.

According to Agung, cigarette manufacturers need 240,000 tons of tobacco. Of the total necessity, farmers in several districts in Bali could only meet 1,935 tons.

From the latest data, the Buleleng supplies 1,500 tons of Virginia tobacco, 90 tons of chopped tobacco, and 30 tons of White Burley tobacco. In the meantime, Jembrana district produces 20 tons, Gianyar (200 tons), Bangli (75 tons) and Karangasem (20 tons).

Seeing the data, tobacco production in Bali remains relatively small. It happens because the existing land has not been cultivated maximally. He cited that Buleleng has high potential to develop the agriculture reaching 7,000 hectares.

Of such potential, the land managed reaches an area of 3,500 hectares, while 600 hectares of them are developed by Gudang Garam.

In the meantime, Beringin Bali can only develop for 300 hectares.

Then, the remaining is chopped tobacco reaching 60 hectares and black tobacco (25 hectares). In addition to the problem, farmers still assume there is still impression if the company does monopoly starting from the price of tobacco to the willingness of partner companies to develop tobacco more optimally in accordance with the existing potential owned by the region.

“Tobacco production we supply stays quite small and the land can still actually be developed but not be managed due to the allocation of land by the company. Not to mention, there is impression of monopoly committed by the company regarding the price,” he explained.

On the other hand, Agung said that since the difficult condition hits, farmers in the region seem unenthusiastic to cultivate tobacco for some growing seasons. They consider the selling price and the capital to be borne are not comparable. To find the way out of this problem, he hoped there will be a policy in favor of farmers.

“Farmers are getting desperate and they did not cultivate the land that they should. Hopefully, it is in line with the discourse on the price

SINGARAJA - Approaching the Galungan and Kuningan holiday, Buleleng Police officers improve security in the community.

Coordination and anticipation are carried out to prevent disruption of social order during the holiday.

A number of police officers

attended the intensifying security efforts in anticipation of community activities in a series of the Galungan and Kuningan celebration taking place on September 6-8 and September 17. It is estimated that quite a lot of people in the town of Singaraja will take time to return

home to their village. Police asked to increase security surveillance in the community.

“We provide directive for 113 Buleleng Police personnel that will be assigned in appropriate with their warrant tasks before coming down to the field. Each police of-

ficer has its own placement,” said Chief of Buleleng Water Police unit, I Putu Aryana, with permission from Buleleng Police chief I Made Sukawijaya after conducting the rally, Sunday (Aug. 28).

Aryana added that in the field the personnel will do their duties

in appropriate with the main task and function. At the same time they oversee the vulnerable points in the community. “Our personnel in the field anticipate the people’s activities in crowded places made as the object of public holiday,” he said. (kmb34)

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years ago the price of frangipani could reach IDR 120,000 per kilogram. The price could even last up to six months.

According to her, the frangipani flower of various kinds is ever hunted by many merchants because it is used for the ingredient of cosmetics, perfume and incense. Moreover, it is exported so that the price soars.

At that time, many residents planted frangipani in their courtyard. Some even dared to contract land to be specially planted with frangipani because the price was very expensive.

According to her, many resi-

dents relied on their income from selling dried frangipani flowers. On average residents could sell two to five kilogram of dried frangipani flower per day. However, lately as time went by the price of frangipani flower continued to decline, from IDR 120,000 per kilogram to IDR 50,000 in the period of a year.

Further, it continuously declined to reach IDR 10,000 per kilogram.

The peak occurred three months ago where the price of frangipani flowers practically did not sell anymore. Likewise, the merchants commonly going around the village every

day absolutely no longer appeared.

But according to her, she is still collecting frangipani flowers that fall from the tree every day.

Moreover, she has owned 40 sacks respectively containing 100 kg of dried frangipani flowers. “I have collected this over the past six months,” she explained.

Currently, she added that the selling of frangipani flowers has revived since last week where the merchants start to go around the village to purchase dried flowers.

However, the price only reaches IDR 5,000 per kilogram.

Jainal, 43, a merchant of frangipani from Jember when met at Yehembang village, Mendoyo, confirmed that since the past week the price of frangipani business has revived after going dormant for nearly six months. Now, he has started selling again but the price just reached IDR 7,000 per kilogram. “But I purchase from the residents at IDR 5,000 per kilogram,” he explained.

He told that the frangipani flower will be sent to collector in Banyuwangi to be used as material of incense, perfume and cosmetics. (120)

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NEGARA - Within the past few years, frangipani flower has been booming and many people even plant frangipani trees. Assuredly at every courtyard of Balinese people, this flower has always been flourishing.

Aside from being used to fill in the ritual means or oblations, various types of this frangipani have become popular for Balinese people because the price is exorbitant and almost equals to the price of gold.

A resident of Yehembang, Dewa Ayu Mulyawati, said on Sunday (Aug. 28) that approximately two

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NEW YORK - Beyonce dominated the MTV Video Music awards on Sunday, prowling the stage with a 15 minute medley from her powerful “Lemonade” album and taking home eight statuettes, including the top prize - video of the year.

On a night when women ruled, Britney Spears returned to the VMA stage for the first time in a decade, and Rihanna performed four times to mark her lifetime achievement award.

Beyonce brought the house down at New York’s Madison Square Garden, stringing together five of her “Lemonade” album tracks about betrayal, revenge and female empowerment in a song and dance routine that brought a long standing ovation.

VMA organizers had announced only three hours before Sunday’s show began that Beyonce would perform. The singer arrived on the red carpet accompanied by the mothers of three African-American men who have died at the hands of U.S. police in the past two years.

Her politically charged “Formation” beat Adele’s 2015 comeback single “Hello,” Drake’s “Hotline Bling,” Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” and Kanye West’s sleeping nude celebrity look-alikes in “Famous” for video of the year.

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Drake speaks with Rihanna after presenting her with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, U.S., August 28, 2016.

She also won best female video and prizes for choreography, editing, and long form video in the awards that are voted on by fans.

Where Beyonce was angry and bold, Spears, 34, dressed in a sparkly gold leotard and matching over the knee boots was slinky retro pop.

It was the “Toxic” singer’s first time on the VMA stage since her humiliating 2007 performance when her

personal and professional life was falling apart, and follows the release of a new album last week.

Rihanna, 28, sang 13 of the biggest hits in her 13-year career, including “Rude Girl,” “Diamonds” and “Only Girl in the World.” She was presented with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award by Canadian rapper Drake - with whom she has often been romantically linked. (rtr)

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Cultural tourism of Bali serves as locomotive of Wonderful Indonesia

DENPASAR - The plan of President Joko Widodo regarding the ‘10 New Balis’ indicates that tourism of Indonesia is inseparable from Bali. So, it is not an exaggeration to name Bali as the locomotive of Wonderful Indonesia as the tagline of the promotion program by Ministry of Tourism. This happens because the position of Bali has always been ‘a beginning’ that is then followed by other regions.

“Ten New Balis plan of the president shows that tourism is inseparable from Bali and Bali is inseparable from cultural tourism. When culture vanishes, it will certainly have significant impact on the tourism of Indonesia,” said the member of Commission II of the Bali House of Representatives, A.A. Ngurah Adhi Ardhana, in Denpasar, Sunday (Aug. 28).

Adhi Ardhana added that it is important for tourism players and

the governments in Bali to realize that Bali is nothing without culture.

Strengthening of cultural tourism should emerge from each individual to get the best results. It will be never enough simply through incentives and regulations.

“It would be very dangerous when giving discretion to the efforts forgetting culture. So, the best thing is the whole components should realize. By that way, they will have the awareness of protecting their own culture,” said this PDI-P

politician.

According to Adhi Ardhana, the concept of cultural tourism has been accommodated in the Regional Bylaw (Perda) on Regional Tourism Development Master Plan (Riparda) of Bali Province 2015-2029. In the regional bylaw, there has been a clear definition about cultural tourism, nature tourism, and man-made (artificial) tourism.

In this case, the government is obliged to prepare everything related to infrastructure, promotion to cultural preservation.

“In terms regulation, we have

owned the cultural tourism. In other words, it has been well defined.

Here, it is indicated that the Riparda we have made will be in line with our expectations namely preserving the cultural tourism,” added this former member the Riparda Special Committee.

The Head of the Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Gede Yuniartha Putra, said that the enactment of legislation on Tour Guide some time ago is one of the government’s commitments to implement the Riparda legislation. In this case, all the guides in Bali should pass the exam of Balinese culture as the requirement to have the tour guide identity card (KTPP).

“This happens because our tourism belongs to cultural tourism, so that everything must be based on our culture. Thus, the culture should

be preserved so that it is different from other regions,” he said. Other than regional bylaw on the Riparda, added Yuniartha, Regional Bylaw No.2/2012 on Balinese Cultural Tourism is also a proof of how Bali Province maintains the culture because from the past time Bali has been a major milestone of Indonesia tourism currently included in the Wonderful Indonesia.

“When talking about Wonderful Indonesia, it is the overall tourism branding. Bali formerly had its own branding as Bali Shanti and was then changed into Bali is My Life, but many people did not know about the branding. On that account, there will be a re-branding of tourism so that it will be in line with the Wonderful Indonesia,” he added.