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Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Angelina Jolie ‘upset’ over backlash to Cambodia film casting process

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A street vendor sells masks to motorists to protect against the swine flu, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in Yangon, Myanmar. Public health officials in Myanmar say that H1N1 flu, also known as swine flu, has killed three people out of 13 confirmed cases of the infection.

LOS ANGELES - Angelina Jolie responded to growing backlash over the casting process for her latest film, saying she was “upset” that an improvised scene during auditions had been misconstrued as taking real money away from impoverished children.

Angelina Jolie

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In a Vanity Fair interview published last week about her film “First They Killed My Father,” Jolie described a game played by the casting directors with the young Cambodian children auditioning for the lead role of Loung Ung. Jolie, a special envoy for the United Nations refugee agency, told Vanity Fair she looked for her lead star in orphanages, circuses and slum schools.

In the casting, a child was placed in front of money on a table, asked to think of what they needed it for and to snatch it away. Jolie would then pretend to catch them, and the child would have to lie about why they stole the money.

“I am upset that a pretend exercise in an improvisation, from an actual scene in the film, has been written about as if it was a real scenario,” Jolie, who directed the film, said in a statement on Sunday.

“The suggestion that real money

was taken from a child during an audition is false and upsetting. I would be outraged myself if this had happened.”

Users on social media slammed Jolie’s casting game as cruel and exploiting impoverished children. Vanity Fair reporter Evgenia Peretz called the casting game “disturbing in its realism” in the profile, while Kayla Cobb at pop culture website Decider.com compared the game to a psychological thriller.

“Everyone should know better than to literally dangle money in front of impoverished children ... no movie is worth psychologically traumatizing multiple children,” Cobb wrote.

“First They Killed My Father” is about the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime under which more than 1 million people died. It is due to be released globally and on Netflix in September. (rtr)

Clooneys to help 3,000 Syrian refugees go to school in Lebanon

U N I T E D N AT I O N S George and Amal Clooney said on Monday they would help 3,000 Syrian refugee children go to school this year in Lebanon, where the United Nations says 200,000 children are not receiving an education after fleeing the war in neighboring Syria.

The Clooney Foundation for Justice said it has teamed up with Google and HP Inc to help the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF and the Lebanese Ministry of Education open seven so-called “second shift” schools for Syrian refugee children.

Lebanon has more than 1 million Syrian refugees, includ-

ing nearly 500,000 children. It is educating Syrian children in public schools through a “second shift” system of additional afternoon classes exclusively for them.

“We don’t want to lose an entire generation because they had the bad luck of being born in the wrong place at the wrong time,” said Oscar-winning actor George Clooney and international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, who gave birth to twins last month.

“Thousands of young Syrian refugees are at risk - the risk of never being a productive part of society,” the couple said in

a statement. “Formal education can help change that.”

A $3.25 million donation from the Clooney Foundation for Justice, Google and HP will pay for transportation, school supplies, computers, content, curriculum and teacher training.

A spokesman for the Clooneys’ foundation, Max Gleischman, said the organization had decided to support education for Syrian refugees through the public school system, instead of investing in private schools operated by SABIS, an international company which has prepared students for college and high school exams. (rtr)

George Clooney and his wife Amal pose on the red carpet as they arrive for the screening of the film “Money Monster” during the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 12, 2016.

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Myanmar H1N1 swine flu death toll rises to 10

YANGON - Four more people have died in an outbreak of H1N1 influenza in Myanmar, a health official said on Monday, taking the death toll in the latest outbreak to 10 as the government stepped up public awareness campaigns about the swine flu virus.

The latest H1N1 outbreak began more than a week ago, said Thinzar Aung, deputy director of the infectious diseases department at the Ministry of Health and Sport, with Yangon, Myanmar ’s biggest city, the worst affected area.

Authorities have carried out health awareness campaigns and sought to calm public fears over the outbreak, although stores have sold out of surgical masks in Yangon. Authorities have told the public not to panic and described the latest outbreak as a regular seasonal occurrence.

“We have never withheld any

information about the infection of the disease,” heath minister Myint Htwe was quoted as saying by state-run newspaper Global New Light of Myanmar on Monday. “We are releasing real information on the seasonal influenza H1N1 in real time,” he said.

H1N1 has been among the strains of flu circulating in Myanmar seasonally since a global pandemic in 2009, although deaths from the virus had not been reported in recent years, heath officials have said.

Aside from those killed by the virus, 51 people have been

confirmed to have contracted the disease, according to the health ministry. It has called on hospitals and clinics to report patients showing signs of influenza-like illness.

Separately, Myanmar’s livestock ministry has also reported an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in the south. More than 1,800 chickens were culled after the virus was detected at a farm in the southern town of Dawei last month.

China China’s Inner Mongolia region has culled 66,500 chickens following an outbreak of bird flu

that has affected 35,000 birds, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday. The H5N1 strain of the virus was confirmed at a hen farm in Tongliao city, which has 3 million people, and has killed 15,000 birds, the ministry said in a statement on its website.

The outbreak is now under control, the ministry said. The last bird flu outbreak in March killed 134 birds at a duck farm in central Hubei province.

The most recent case is the first confirmed major bird flu outbreak among poultry after winter months and brings the total culled since October to more than 240,000 birds.

Additionally, the H7N9 strain of the virus has caused at least 281 deaths since October in

China.

Live poultry markets were shut down in many provinces following human infections, forcing egg producers to keep their hens beyond their prime time, as demand also plunged amid public fears over bird flu.

Flocks are particularly vulnerable to avian flu during the winter months and outbreaks usually die down afterwards.(rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Bali News

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Russian man sentenced to 17 years for attempting to smuggle hashish

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The officers are inspecting the identity of the people.Kuta Customary Village will be collecting data about migrants and foreigners who rent houses or rooms in boarding houses using a card system. This card data will be inputted into database of the Kuta customary village Management Information System (Simdaku) of krama tamiu or guest residents.

To monitor migrants and foreigners

Kuta customary village applies Simdaku

MANGUPURA - Kuta Customary Village will be collecting data about migrants and foreigners who rent houses or rooms in boarding houses using a card system. This card data will be inputted into database of the Kuta customary village Management Information System (Simdaku) of krama tamiu or guest residents.

As stated by chief of Kuta customary village, I Wayan Swarsa, when contacted on Monday (Jul. 31), the existence of foreigners contracting residences in Kuta is not a new thing however as of yet there has been system for collecting such data. According to Swarsa the reason this has been such a difficult task is because communication between parties related to the supervision of guest residents has been quite poor.

“I am not talking about hotels, villas and other such accommodations. The right to govern these lies with the government. The Customary Village does not have such a capacity” he said.

He clarified that many foreigners stay in rented houses or boarding houses owned by customary villagers and non-customary villagers to whom foreigners pay a monthly or yearly rent. He added that the Customary Village does not have any authority to regulate them but Swarsa feels a moral obligation to be responsible for these cases. IN order to meet this moral responsibility, the Customary Village is creating the Simdaku of guest residents.

In this system, two aspects will be dealt with.

Firstly, they will compile data about who and how many customary and administrative residents own boarding houses and rented houses. Each owner will be given a Simdaku card containing a chip on which data regarding the owner of the house and the renting of this house will be stored. “These cards will show the name of resident, their rented house, the location, number of rooms provided and the identity of the guests who are renting the house” he said.

Secondly, every resident or guest resident who is renting a house or room in Kuta annually annually will be given a guest resident number. “This guest resident card indicates that everyone boarding or contracting a house annually will have a guest resident card instead of seasonal resident identity card (kipem). This card will clearly record the data of the renter’s identity, their address and the name of the house owner. This system will be connected to Simdaku card owned by the house owner”, he concluded.

All these cards will then be accessible by GPS. “We started preparing this system four months ago. It will be effective in the case where a house owner needs to report anything about their occupants. We have set up a special management team for the Simdaku card system. The owners of contracted house will be obliged to report any increment, deduction or mutation of the renting residents”, he added. (kmb23)

DENPASAR - After having been proven guilty of possessing and smuggling 2.9 kg of hashish, a 29-year old Russian man, defendant Roman Kalashnikov, was convicted and sentenced to 17 years in prison.

On Monday (Jul. 31), in a trial at the Denpasar District Court, the panel of judges led by Partha Bargawa declared the Russian man to be under Article 113 paragraph 2 of Law No.35/2009 on narcotics. The defendant, who works as a chef, was also sentenced to pay a fine of IDR 2 billion with a 4-month subsidiary confinement.

This sentence is lighter than the sentence demanded by the public prosecutor Made Tangkas. Previ-

ously, the prosecutor from the Bali prosecutor’s office demanded the defendant Roman with 20 years of imprisonment with a fine of IDR 2 billion and a 6-month subsidiary confinement.

In response to this decision, the defendant accompanied by his legal counsel stated that they wanted to think about it first. A similar response was also presented by the public prosecutor. Roman was arrested by officers of Customs and Excises at Ngurah Rai Airport because he was caught carrying nearly 3 kg of hashish when entering Bali area on December 14, 2016. The hashish was put into 25 packages of Danti brand toothpaste that were stored in his suitcase. (kmb37)

Culture Camp 2017 in Tabanan

50 high school and vocational school students attend

TABANAN - Cultural Camp, a cultural event for students in the district of Tabanan district was held again this year and was officially opened on Sunday night (Jul. 30).

A total of 50 high school and vocational school students from across Tabanan participated in the creative camp in the area of Srijong Temple, Selemadeg. Assistant I Wayan Miarsana representing the regent of Tabanan expressed his appreciation for the Cultural Camp that entered its seventh year.

“Take positive benefits from this activity. Participants will be educated to be disciplined, creative and innovative. Take advantage of this five-day opportunity to get mental training,” he explained.

The initiator of the activity who is also Chairman of the Tabanan House of Representatives, I Ketut Suryadi, revealed that this year’s Cultural Camp features the theme One Earth, One Soul and as in previous years all the activities are aimed at sharpening creativity. “Be disciplined and follow all the guidance given by the mentors, alumni of the Cultural Camp, and builder from Anak Angin”, said Suryadi.

He added that every year those who attend the camp go on to achieve great things in different

fields and added that he is confident that the same will be true of this year’s participants. “We try to collaborate with artists in literature, music, dance and other arts, so as soon as the participants leave the camp they are better able to create original works”, he said.

He also emphasized that the students who attend the Culture Camp are not being formed into artists but rather encouraging creativity as a general life skill. “Whatever your profession creativity is helpful, especially if you are an artist of course”, he concluded.

This year one of the mentors Sawung Jabo will be attended as he does every year Baroque Circus.

Ayu Veda, artist Sujana Kenyem and playwright Putu Satria will also be mentors to the students this year.

In his opening speech Sawung Jabo greeted the participants with a question about the preparation for the five-day camp, he asked that all the participants try to develop their hidden potential. “For five days, we will cultivate our creativity and potential. You learn and so will I. We are all trying to break out of our limitations and become more useful. We’ll transform impossibility into possibility”, he concluded. (kmb)

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Activities

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Hai Bar & Grill at Hai Tide Beach Resort

When you’re visiting Lembongan next, do visit Hai Bar & Grill - a restaurant at the Hai Tide Beach Resort, an accommodation by Bali Hai Cruises. The restaurant boasts amazing views of Bali island from across the water. Whether morning coffee or sunset cocktail, you will certainly be accused of neglecting whoever your guests are…and focusing more on your camera as you capture the stunning views and beach around you. Come by for breakfast, lunch or dinner and try some of the crowd favourites including Breakfast

Burrito, Soto Ayam, Thai Beef Salad or the Hawaiian Pizza.

Hai Bar & Grill also has Movies Under the Stars and while you enjoy the movie, do feel free to order whatever you like from the menu.

You can also celebrate your special day here, whether it’s your it’s your engagement, wedding, birthday or family reunion. Contact the manager of the restaurant to make your arrangements.Bali Hai Cruises | Benoa Harbor, Bali | Ph: +62 361 720331 | sales@balihaicruises.com | www. balihaicruises.com

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Technology

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People walk along a Pavegen technology footpath on a ‘smart street’ in central London, Britain, July 28, 2017.

London’s ‘smart street’ turns footsteps into energy

LONDON - You might think that tasking a stretch of sidewalk with generating electricity would be enough of a feat, but this kinetic pavement on London’s Bird Street is apparently supposed to save retail, too. The 107-square-foot section of Pavegen pavers harvests energy from the steps of passersby—using essentially the same technique as those experimental vibrationharvesting roads. But with Pavegen installations already deployed in a handful of spots like Washington D.C. and Rio de Janeiro, the company decided that this Bird Street sidewalk has to do more than just power the street lamps. So they’ve added an app that not only lets you see how much power your brief stroll has generated, it also gives you discounts at the

stores you’ve just walked past. And they’ve deemed it “the world’s first ‘Smart Street’”—because what could be smarter than the idea that someone will take the time to find out what the funny-looking sidewalk is all about, then download an app to see how much power they’ve made, and then be so won over by a store voucher that they’ll detour into a retail space?

As Pavegen CEO Laurence Kemball-Cook puts it in a statement, “...being able to demonstrate how our technology can bring to life the retail shopping experience is a vital step for us. As retailers compete with online, technologies like ours make being in the busy high street more exciting and rewarding for people and brands alike.” (IBP/net)

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Facebook logo is seen at a start-up companies gathering at Paris’ Station F in Paris, France on January 17, 2017.

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Discourse on bylaws banning foreign tourists from entering temple

Google, Facebook show power of ad duopoly as rivals stumble

SAN FRANCISCO - Quarterly results from Alphabet Inc and Facebook Inc provided fresh evidence this week that the digital advertising market is effectively a duopoly, a dynamic with deep implications for two of Silicon Valley’s titans.

Alphabet, the owner of Google and YouTube, and Facebook, the world’s largest social network, each produced billions in profits during the most recent quarter and enjoyed steep revenue increases, while smaller rivals such as Snap Inc and Twitter Inc struggle to maintain growth and reduce losses.

This year, the Big Two in internet advertising are expected to take half of all revenue worldwide, and more than 60 percent in the United States, according to research firm eMarketer.

In the U.S. market, no other digital ad platform has market share above 5 percent.

Google suffered a minor blip in earnings due to higher payments to mobile carriers and others for search traffic. But efforts

by Verizon and other network operators to compete for mobile ad dollars have had little impact thus far.

Independent advertising technology companies such as Rubicon Project and Rocket Fuel have also found it tough to compete.

Advertisers are flocking to Facebook and Google because they reach billions of people and have a wealth of data that can be deployed for targeted marketing.

Their growing dominance, however, raises questions about how they will use their billions in profits to maintain growth when the advertising market as a whole is expanding only modestly.

“Digital advertising will soon be approaching a point of saturation, indicating that there are limits to growth which may not be fully accounted for by the investment community,” Brian Wieser, senior analyst at Pivotal Research, said in a client note this week.

The advent of a duopoly is also spurring concerns about monopolistic practices. Google this month set aside $2.7 billion to pay a record European Union antitrust fine for favoring its shopping service in search results, and it faces two additional investigations in Europe.

Facebook declined to comment on Friday. In the past, the company has rejected the idea that it is part of a duopoly, saying that it competes against more than just digital platforms and has less than 5 percent of the overall advertising market.

Alphabet did not reply to requests for comment. (rtr)

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Management of Goa Lawah Temple judges it inappropriate

SEMARAPURA — Following the incident of tourists sitting on the shrine at one of the temples in Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Penida, some members of the Bali House of Representatives, raised the idea of creating a regional bylaw that would prohibit foreign tourists from entering temples. The idea was even discussed with the Bali chapter of the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI).

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The plan to launch school bus by the Denpasar municipality in the academic year 2017 has not been realized.

School bus waits for vehicle procurement

DENPASAR — The plan to launch school bus by the Denpasar municipality in the academic year 2017 has not been realized. The transportation agency handling this program is still waiting for the procurement or purchase of the vehicles. “We are still waiting for procurement of the vehicles,” said the Head of Land Transportation, the Denpasar Transportation Agency, Dewa Ketut Adi Pradnyana, on Sunday (Jul. 30).

Adi Pradnyana said that preparations in the region have been completed, ranging from dissemination to schools to determination of the routes. “We are currently waiting for the purchase of vehicles or publishing e-catalogs. Based on information, several bus manufacturing companies have been published. Hopefully, the type of fleet can be determined this week,” said Adi Pradnyana, accompanied

by Administrative staff of the Land Transportation, I Putu Budi Ari Wibawa.

When asked about the launch of the school bus, Adi Pradnyana has not dared to give certainty.

Everything depends on the process carried out in central government.

“We cannot make sure when it can be launched. Now, we are just waiting for procurement of the vehicles, while the preparations here have been completed,” he said.

As is known, the free school transport service designed by the municipal government of Denpasar received positive responses from community, especially parents.

Evidently, from the results of dissemination targeting 20 public and private junior high schools, hundreds of students showed their interests by making registration.

Moreover, the registration already exceeded the specified quota.

At the initial phase, the school transport service will operate six microbuses for the route of North Denpasar and East Denpasar. Each bus has a capacity of 25 seats, so for the morning route can only serve 150 students. However, to make the service more effective, it will still be open for daytime service.

This free bus program is mainly intended to provide students with safety assurance and reduce the use of private vehicles to schools. The school bus is equipped with various facilities, such as air conditioning, Wi-Fi and some applications.

North and East Denpasar are selected as the routes because both subdistricts have not been served by public transportation. Actually, according to Law No. 22/2009, on traffic and road transportation, the local government guarantees the availability of transportation for the community. (kmb12)

The idea received a cold response from chief of Klungkung’s Goa Lawah Temple management, Putu Juliadi. Such a regional bylaw he said would negatively impact on tourism and should therefore be studied comprehensively before being instituted.

So far Goa Lawah temple that is located at Pesinggahan village, Dawan, still functions as a tourist destination, especially for foreign tourists. The innermost temple courtyard (uttama mandala) temple is located in a fruit bat cave. If a bylaw prohibiting foreign tourists from entering temples were to be instituted, tourism which has been having a positive impact on local villagers would surely dim as would the benefits that it brings. Tourists come to see unique things that cannot be found elsewhere, so there would be less tourists if they cannot witness this rare sight.

“I do not know what to say, but the Goa Lawah (fruit bat cave) attracts tourists who come to see the fruit bats, that happen to be found in the innermost temple courtyard. If the fruit bats were found outside

Goa Lawah Temple

the temple then tourists would also stay outside the temple”, said Juliadi on Sunday (July 30).

According to Juliadi in order to prevent an unfortunate incident like the one that occurred in Nusa Lembongan, tourists simply need to made aware of the rules regarding temple conduct and procedures for entering temples. Also there needs to be more supervision of visitors to temples. “ The most important thing is that we as the management should monitor the activities of all the guests to ensure that they are abiding by the rules” he said.

Juliadi asserted that apart from being accompanied by their own guides, tourists wanting to visit a temple should also be accompanied by a local guide to maximize supervision. During prayers, tourists must be behind the pilgrims. “We also instruct tourists to remain behind the people praying and that they should not approach the cave. These are the rules that we have made. We have also installed three CCTVs to monitor the temple” he affirmed.

Meanwhile, Head of the Klungkung Tourism Office, I Nengah Sukasta, revealed that so far his office and related institutions have not issued any rules related to tourist visits, and leave up to the management of each place. “We have handed over the decision about how to regulate and restrict tourist visits to the supporting devotees (pengempon). If possible, tourists should not be allowed to enter the location where people are praying. Excessive freedoms should not be accorded to tourists for the interests of making money without heading sanctity” he stated. (kmb45)

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ATV Kuber Bali has now complete permits

GIANYAR — All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Kuber Bali Adventure at Bayad hamlet, Melinggih, Payangan, is ascertained to have been completely licensed. This assurance was known after the officers of the Gianyar municipal police held a raid to the location on Monday (Jul. 31).

A number of officers led by the Chief of Gianyar Municipal Police, Cokorda Gede Agusnawa, came to location of the tourist attraction on Monday afternoon around 12:00. The entourage was received specifically by the local villagers that are also managing the ATV attraction in the wantilan hall of Puseh Bali Aga Temple, Bayad hamlet, Melinggih, Payangan.

The present villagers included chief of Puseh Bali Aga, trinity temple priests, chief of Bayad customary village, hamlet chief of Bayad, customary security guard, local apparatuses and chief of subak (irrigation cooperative) organization. At that time, they presented directly the complete licensing documents to the Gianyar municipal police.

Having checked the licensing documents presented, Cok Agusnawa ensured that the ATV Kuber Bali Adventure at Bayad hamlet has been equipped with complete permission, ranging from principle permit, operating permit, building permit (IMB), business premise permit (SITU) to business trading permit (SIUP). “Prior to coming here, we have checked in the licensing office. This ATV tourist attraction is already licensed. However, we still come down as the authorities to keep the demands of society. When checking in the field, it is proved there is nothing, unlike the publication,” he said accompanied by regional bylaws enforcement division head and a number of section heads and related staff.

Cok Agusnawa also requested that no other parties will questioned about the existence of this tourist attraction. He promised to back up the attraction entirely. “I will completely back up this ATV,” he said, applauded by dozens of the present customary villagers.

In the meantime, Operations Manager of the ATV, Jro Kubayan, explained the ATV tourist attraction was built on the agreement of local customary villagers. At the same time, it is also made into the temple property for the sake of the temple development and its piodalan (temple anniversary).

“This Puseh Bali Aga Temple is only supported by 28 families. So far, the villagers are alleviated for the sake of temple development because of the funds obtained from the business profit of ATV tourist attraction,” said the owner who is also priest of the Puseh Bali Aga Temple.

Jro Kubayan, having the common name Nyoman Partana, explained that his party considered to have been pressed since the business establishment in early January 2017. Actually, long before establishing the building, his party already submitted permission. He firmly denied the allegation if the tourist attraction passes through a cultural heritage in the form of Japanese cave heritage. “There is no Japanese cave. It is only an irrigation tunnel that is not used anymore,” he said.

Besides, local villagers have performed environmental conservation in the track along 4 kilometer. “We are blamed to have damaged the environment, but we even maintain and preserve it so that guests are comfortable,” he explained.

Chief of Puseh Bali Aga, Wayan Rena Artana, added that the ATV tourist attraction is already managed by local village. “It is considered as an income to improve temple and prepare temple anniversary. If relying on donation is impossible because the number of supporting devotees only consist of few families,” he said.

In addition to being allocated for the temple, the profit of this ATV tourist attraction business is also proved to have provided an economic equity.

Besides, it opens job opportunity for local residents. (kmb35)

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The entourage was received specifically by the local villagers that are also managing the ATV attraction in the wantilan hall of Puseh Bali Aga Temple, Bayad hamlet, Melinggih, Payangan.

China hits back at Trump criticism over N. Korea

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Due to asparagus commodity

Asparagus farmers at Plaga village

Farmers at Plaga village enjoy prosperity

MANGUPURA — Asparagus farmers at Plaga village, Petang, have begun to enjoy their prosperity since 2011. Prior to developing the asparagus farming at the village, farmers could only earn as much as IDR 4 million - IDR 7 million per year. However, after the asparagus farming develops, their income can reach IDR 60 million - IDR 100 million. It is an increase of 200 percent from previous agriculture.

Indeed this value remains a gross turnover, but after deducted with production costs such as fertilizer, seeds, energy, et cetera, the net profits are still high, namely reaching IDR 35 million - IDR 40 million. The profit is gained in once harvest.

This was stated by the Chief of Mertanadi Farmers Cooperative of Plaga village, I Wayan Supariyasa, recently.

With a rapid harvest period of only 6-7 months, farmers have got double profits. The asparagus seedling is carried out for 3-4 months.

After that, it is transplanted to farmland for 6-7 months.

Due to the quality owned, the asparagus produced by Plaga farmers has succeeded in achieving the best certificate or number one in ASEAN countries, so the Plaga asparagus is hunted by many countries. On that ac-

count, this asparagus cultivation is very prospective as the market demand continues to flood.

His party is overwhelmed to meet high demand. On average, local farmers can produce 300 kg per day. This production is limited to meet the domestic needs, namely Bali, Jakarta, Bogor and Surabaya. “There have been overseas demands from Singapore and Germany, but we have not been able to meet them,” he said. Since the export demand requires at least 500 kg per day, local farmers have not been able to fulfill them.

He revealed the asparagus produced in Bali is the only producer that can produce continuously. Indeed it is not the largest asparagus producer, but when compared to other regions, the asparagus agriculture in Bali remains to survive. He admitted

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that he just came from Malang to see asparagus farming, but he said it no longer exists.

His cooperative has a total member of 130 farmers, where 89 of them are asparagus farmers. They cultivate asparagus plant in an area of 25 hectares.

However, the total land cultivated by 130 farmers reaches 70 hectares. “We have 12 items of vegetable, where 20-25 hectares are productive land of asparagus,” said Supariyasa.

The farmers coalesced into the cooperative gain many advantages such as their asparagus product is marketed by the cooperative.

“No matter how many kilograms farmers produce, the cooperative is ready to market them. It happens because all this time the cooperative has got many demands and cannot be fulfilled entirely,” he added. (kmb42)

BEIJING - China hit back on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted he was “very disappointed” in China following North Korea’s latest missile test, saying the problem did not arise in China and that all sides need to work for a solution.

China has become increasingly frustrated with American and Japanese criticism that it should do more to rein in Pyongyang.

China is North Korea’s closest ally, but Beijing, too, is angry with its continued nuclear and missile tests.

North Korea said on Saturday it had conducted another successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile that proved its ability to strike the U.S. mainland, drawing a sharp warning from Trump and a rebuke from China.

Video of the latest missile test appears to show it breaking up before landing, indicating Pyongyang may not yet have mastered re-entry technology needed for an operational nuclear-tipped missile, a think tank reported on Monday.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke with Trump on Monday and agreed on the need for more action on North Korea just hours after the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations said Washington is “done talking about North Korea”.

A White House statement after the phone call said the two leaders “agreed that North Korea poses a grave and growing direct threat to the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and other countries near and far”.

It said Trump “reaffirmed our ironclad commitment” to defend Japan and South Korea from any attack, “using the full range of United States capabilities”.

Trump tweeted on Saturday after the missile test that he was “very disappointed” in China and that Beijing profits from U.S. trade but had done “nothing” for the United States with regards to North Korea, something he would not allow to continue.

Asked by a reporter on Monday how he plans to deal with Pyongyang, Trump said at the start of a Cabinet meeting: “We’ll handle North Korea... It will be handled.”

China’s Foreign Ministry, in a statement sent to Reuters responding to Trump’s earlier tweets, said the North Korean nuclear issue did not arise because of China and that everyone needed to work together to seek a resolution.

Russia said on Monday the United States and other countries were trying “to shift responsibility for the situation to Russia and China” following the most recent missile test.

“We view as groundless attempts undertaken by the U.S. and a number of other countries to shift responsibility to Russia and China, almost blaming Moscow and Beijing for indulging the missile and nuclear ambitions of the DPRK (North Korea),” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

At the United Nations in New York, China’s U.N. ambassador said on Monday it is primarily up to the United States and North Korea, not Beijing, to reduce tensions and work toward resuming talks to end Pyongyang’s nuclear weapon and missile programs.

The United States and North Korea “hold the primary responsibility to keep things moving, to start moving in the right direction, not China,” China’s U.N. Ambassador Liu Jieyi told a news conference to mark the end of Beijing’s presidency of the U.N. Security Council in July.

“No matter how capable China is, China’s efforts will not yield practical results because it depends on the two principal parties,” Liu said.

Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Qian Keming told a news conference there was no link between the North Korea issue and China-U.S. trade.

“We think the North Korea nuclear issue and China-U.S. trade are issues that are in two completely different domains. They aren’t related. They should not be discussed together,” Qian said.

China, with which North Korea does most of its trade, has repeatedly said it strictly follows U.N. resolutions on North Korea and has denounced unilateral U.S. sanctions as unhelpful.

Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said in a statement China must decide if it is willing to back imposing stronger U.N. sanctions on North Korea over Friday night’s longrange missile test, the North’s second this month. (rtr)

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Tearful former Thai PM Yingluck says she was never dishonest

BANGKOK - Thailand’s former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra delivered a tearful closing statement to a Bangkok court on Tuesday, saying she did not act dishonestly in a multibillion dollar rice subsidy scheme and that she was being politically persecuted.

Yingluck argued the rice scheme, which backfired costing Thailand $8 billion, benefited average Thais.

The scheme appealed to agricultural voters, who make up nearly 40 percent of the labour force, and are the backbone of Yingluck’s party.

“The rice policy has been proven to benefit the economy at the grass roots level and nationwide. It did not cause losses. Which is why I intended to make this rice scheme work,” Yingluck told the court.

“The rice scheme was honest and correct,” she added.

If convicted of negligence, Yingluck faces 10 years in jail.

Yingluck was ousted in a May 2014 coup and banned from politics for five years in 2015 but remains a figurehead of the populist movement that has won every Thai election since 2001.

The case against her is the latest twist in a chapter of political infighting that has pitted Yingluck

and her brother, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, against members of the Bangkok-based, military-backed establishment.

After being ousted in 2006, Thaksin fled Thailand to avoid a 2008 jail term for corruption. He has lived abroad since, but retains a strong influence over Thai politics.

A tearful Yingluck told the court she was the victim of political persecution.

“I never omitted to perform my duty ... or performed my duty dishonestly. I know that I am the victim of a deep political game,” she said.

Yingluck called for justice as she arrived at the Supreme Court where more than 1,000 supporters had gathered, in defiance of a government warning not to congregate en masse and as 300 police officers stood guard. As she entered the court her supporters shouted: “Fight! Fight!”.

Outside the court Ladda Boonma, 67, from Nakhon Sawan province, north of Bangkok, said she came to support the former prime minister because she had been “kind to the poor”.

“I came here to show my support to Prime Minister Yingluck because she has been kind to the poor and to farmers. Why is helping farmers wrong?”

In 2011 Yingluck sailed to victory in a general election and introduced a scheme to buy rice above market prices from farmers, her core constituents, store it and resell it later at a higher price.

But the scheme backfired and caused Thailand to lose its crown as the world’s largest exporter of the grain.

Thailand also ended up with 18 million tonnes of rice in stock piles which the military government has auctioned off since it took power in 2014. (rtr)

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Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets supporters as she leaves the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, August 1, 2017.

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LONDON - The biggest surge in export orders since 2010 helped British factories to recover in July from a seven-month low, according to a survey on Tuesday that may temper some of the concerns among Bank of England officials about a slowdown in the economy. Sterling hit its highest level in 10 months against the U.S. dollar and British government bond prices fell after Tuesday’s Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 55.1 from a downwardly revised 54.2 in June. be providing significant support for manufacturers by boosting external demand,” said Scott Bowman, an economist with Capital Economics.

“In addition, the survey suggests that the peak impact of sterling’s depreciation on manufacturing prices has now passed.” Although the PMI survey showed growth in manufacturing output cooled to a four-month low, new orders surged almost to the all-time high hit in April 2010, particularly from abroad, and employment also rose

strongly. EEF, a manufacturing industry association, said the improvement suggested the factory sector’s drag on the economy in the second quarter was likely to be temporary.

That ought to hearten BoE policymakers ahead of Thursday’s interest rate announcement, as should the signs that price pressures are now fading.

EASING COST PRESSURE The BoE is expected to keep

rates at a record low although two of the eight sitting members of the Monetary Policy Committee have previously voted for a hike, saying exports will help economic growth this year. More important for the BoE will be Thursday’s PMI for the services industry which accounts for about 80 percent of British economic output compared with manufacturing’s 10 percent.

IHS Markit’s gauge of factory cost pressures fell for the sixth straight month to its lowest level since the Brexit vote. “If this trend of milder price pressures is also reflected in other areas of the UK economy, this should provide the Bank of England sufficient leeway to maintain its current supportive stance until the medium-term

outlook for economic growth becomes less uncertain,” Rob Dobson, an IHS Markit economist, said.

July’s increase in manufacturing activity was driven by consumer goods producers, IHS Markit said. Output growth in the investment and intermediate goods sectors hit its lowest in eight and five months respectively.

It remains to be seen how the signs of strength in the factory sector translates in official data which has so far shown manufacturing remained weak in early 2017.

Separately on Tuesday, a YouGov/ Cebr survey showed consumer confidence stabilised last month after hitting its lowest level since just after the Brexit vote.(rtr)

FILE - This Thursday, April 3, 2014, file photo shows cranes shrouded in smog as seen from Primrose Hill in London. Britain’s Office of National Statistics said Wednesday July 26, 2017 that the country’s economy hobbled along in the second quarter, barely recovering from a weak start to the year as industrial production and construction flagged amid uncertainties over the country’s exit from the European Union.

Eurozone economy picked up speed in the second quarter

FRANKFURT — Europe’s economic expansion kept on rolling and even picked up a little speed in the second quarter. The economy in the 19 countries that use the euro currency expanded by 0.6 percent compared with the quarter before, an acceleration from the 0.5 percent rate of the first quarter.

The official figures released Tuesday showed the economy

was 2.1 percent larger than a year earlier.

The eurozone is being boosted by a growing global economy, buoyant consumer and business sentiment, and massive monetary stimulus from the European Central Bank. The auto industry has rebounded, with June registrations across the wider EU close to those of June 2007, before the

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Let’s Have Selfie at Pancaseming JR Cliff

Export boost helps UK manufacturing growth recover in July -PMI

The PMI exceeded the consensus forecast of 54.4 in a Reuters poll of economists. Supporters of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union have said that sterling’s fall since last year’s referendum will help the economy by making exports more competitive. However, growth in the first half of 2017 slowed sharply as consumers felt the pinch of inflation, caused in part by the pound’s fall.

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global financial crisis. Indexes of manufacturing activity are showing strong growth.

And unemployment has kept on falling in the eurozone and is now at 9.1 percent, down from 12.1 percent at its peak in 2013.

The eurozone is still working off the effects of a crisis over high government and bank debt that forced member governments

to bail out member governments Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Cyprus and Spain’s banks.

The ECB has been reluctant to announce when it will dial back the stimulus in the form of 60 billion euros ($71 billion) in bond purchases slated to run at least through year-end. That’s because annual inflation at 1.3 percent remains below its goal of just under

2 percent. The bond purchases pump newly printed money into the economy in an effort to boost inflation to levels considered better for the economy.

For the full 28-member European Union, second-quarter growth was the same as for the eurozone at 0.6 percent, and up 2.2 percent from the year-earlier quarter.(ap)

Another new platform for selfie has been created. Located at Pancaseming hamlet, Batuagung, Jembrana, it has become one of the popular attractions in Jembrana since last month. This forest-near hamlet with friendly people, in fact, has considerable natural beauty.

Cliff top with the nickname ‘JR’ becomes one of the spots offering landscape view from the hills. Uniquely, this location becomes widely known after young people of the village uploaded the photos on social media. After getting word of mouth promotion, the JR hill can attract people to visit the location.

This condition is made into opportunities by surrounding young people largely consisting of estate farmers. It is just for parking and selling drinks around the location. Although it is independently managed, it could draw 4,000 visitors last February. They are not only the residents of Jembrana but also those from outside the town, especially on weekend.

JR cliff offers various landscape panoramas of the Negara town to vast ocean from a height. Best time to make a visit to the JR cliff is late afternoon because the weather is not too hot. Rugged terrain to reach the location will get paid with views on the cliff top. Local residents provide a platform made from natural materials that can be climbed so that visitors can see from the height. Similarly, there is a tree house that enables visitors to see the view of Negara town from the height.

Ida Bagus Artawan, 34, hamlet chief of Pancaseming, said that JR name was first introduced by Budi Sastra customary youth club standing for teenage encounter (jumpa remaja). It was inspired by the fact this location is often used as a meeting place of young people. Since it was opened early January, it has been visited by many travelers considering the location is also quite close or only about 7 km from the town center.

Visitors are only charged with voluntary donation used to improve various facilities such as the newly built tree house and beautifying all the plants along the path to the summit.

“To improve the management, we hope there will be assistance to repair the existing facilities considering they are not permanent yet and only relies on self-financing. In addition, the road access is still poor to allow visitors to pass through,” said Artawan.

He also hoped, in addition to physical development support, the support in the form of community empowerment. Thus, people will also have knowledge about the management of the attraction such as waste management, foreign language skills and others in the future. In addition to visitors from Jembrana, there are also those from outside the district like Gianyar and Badung. “They claimed to get the information from social media,” he said.

From the logbook filled in by visitors, the visit reached 4,000 people last month. Pancaseming is one of the hamlets at the northernmost tip of Batuagung village. In addition to JR Hill, Batuagung also has a number of historic sites such as Independence Valley memorial park.

Both offer spectacular and unspoiled view. (kmb)

Sacred Wayang Wong Dance of Tejakula Set Four Centuries Ago

Wayang Wong sacred dance that only exists at Tejakula village, Tejakula subdistrict, was presented at Maksan Temple of local village on Thursday (Apr. 6). The location is chosen because the masks of wayang wong characters are kept at local temple. They are even believed to have been four centuries old.

The players performing the Ramayana storyline start staging the first episode of the Bala Kanda in the Ramayana epic. In this staging, the storyline presented by the players is entitled “Sander Sita.”

It tells about the duke Marica disguising as a golden deer to attract the attention of Sita. When seeing the deer, Sita then asked Rama to chase it. Rama went away from Sita and tried to shoot the disguising deer. Marica cleverly cried out for help, and his voice was similar to Rama’s. Again, Sita asked Laksmana to look for Rama as being told to be facing difficulties. When Laksmana followed Rama, Sita was abducted by Ravana. By and large, when featuring the storyline of kanda (book—Ed) starting from the first through the seventh, it

will take approximately 4.5 years to 5 years.

Chairman of the Tejakukus Foundation, Gede Komang, amid the staging told that as sacred dance it is mandatory to be performed as devotional services or ngayah at the Maksan Temple of Tejakula.

As usual, the performance is done twice every year precisely on Wraspati Dungulan or the day after Galungan. Since it is sacred, the wayang wong must still perform the episodes of Ramayana epic sequentially. “It has become the tasks of the players of wayang wong to perform devotional services at the temple because the masks are stored at this Maksan temple,” said Komang Gede when met Friday afternoon.

According to him, although

it is classified into sacred dance, currently this wayang wong is also staged as entertainment art. For several times, the figures of wayang wong characters are presented in the art collaborations. However, the masks staged in the entertainment are not the sacred ones as those stored at Maksan Temple, but the imitations that are kept by the foundation.

Based on the existing references, wayang wong is known as sacred art. This art first appeared at Tejakula village about four centuries ago. From the location of its emergence at Tejakula, this art then spread to several regions in Bali.

Although having been widespread, its taksu (divine vibration) never disappears and is kept sacred until now. Wayang wong even becomes one of the nine dances included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Besides, the wayang wong dance is also recognized as one of the intangible cultural heritage objects in 2015. (kmb)

Buleleng Siobak a Very Delicious Food

Foodies may already be familiar with this delicacy made of boiled pork in thick gravy that is called siobak. The district of Buleleng is well known for its rich varety of culutre – including its special foods.

In fact a visit to Buleleng would not be complete without indulging in some of its culinary treasures such as its popular Siobak.

Siobak can be found in a variety of places in Buleleng ranging from

street vendors to fine restaurant.

Aye Syobak is the name of one of the street stalls that is quite popular in Buleleng. Manager Ketut Utama explained that he inherited his Siobka recipes from his biological grandmother and that he grew up learning how to run a the family food stall, so when Ketut got married, he dicided to continue the family business.

Ketut also explained that they

always use selected pork and in order to eliminate the pungent odor of pork they first boil the meat with spieces and soy sauce. This boiling process also yields the tasty gravy for which they are famous while the sauce soy sauce gives that special sweetness.

They also use pork skin, fatty meat, offal and head of pork. “ Actually it is easy to make siobak, you just need meat and seasoning” he added.

People from all over Buleleng

and other parts of Bali come to enjoy this 62 year old man’s special siobak. “We often have customaers from Malaysia and other foreign countries who stop by when visitiing Buleleng”, said Ketut. The distinctives foods of Buleleng are clearly not just popular with locals but with people from all over.

Since siobak there are more and more people serving siobak in Bulelelng, Ketut needs to keep his

recipie fine tuned in order to remain competitive. “Since my mother’S time our flavour has remained the same. It feels original without adding extra ingredients” he said.

According to Ketut Utama, it is important to keep the authenticity of Buleleng siobaks’ flavour. Aye Syobak which was first established in 1975 is located near the former harbor of Buleleng, at 38 Jalan Surapati.(kmb)

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Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro (C) speaks during a meeting with supporters in Caracas, Venezuela July 30, 2017. Picture taken July 30, 2017.

Defiant Venezuela president mocks Trump after U.S. sanctions

CARACAS - A defiant Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro mocked the sanctions Washington slapped on him Monday after Sunday’s election of a new legislative superbody that prompted the White House to call him a dictator for “seizing absolute power.”

Oil-rich but economically ailing Venezuela awaited a fresh wave of protests against the unpopular Maduro, whose loyalist Supreme Court had already stripped the opposition-controlled congress of its powers, while the country waited to see what actions the newly-minted constituent assembly will take.

At least 10 people were killed in unrest during Sunday’s vote, bringing the death toll from four months of anti-government protests to more than 120. Governments from Spain to Canada to Argentina and Peru joined Washington in denouncing the election, which was boycotted by the opposition and widely seen as an affront to democracy.

Maduro, hit earlier on Monday by sanctions aimed directly at him, chided U.S. President Donald Trump for winning the presidency by way of the electoral college after losing the popular vote in the November election.

“I don’t take orders from the empire,” he shouted to a televised gathering of supporters. “Keep up your sanctions, Donald Trump!”

“In the United States it’s possible to become president with 3 million votes less than your opponent.

What a tremendous democracy!” Maduro told a cheering and applauding audience.

Democrat Hillary Clinton outpaced Trump by almost 2.9 million votes, according to official U.S. election results.

Maduro said the sanctions reflected Trump’s “desperation” and “hatred” for Venezuela’s socialist government.

Under the sanctions, all of Maduro’s assets subject to U.S. jurisdiction were frozen, and Americans are barred from doing business with him, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said in a statement.

“Maduro is not just a bad leader. He is now a dictator,” White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster told a news briefing. “Recent actions culminating in yesterday’s seizure of absolute power through the sham election of the National Constituent Assembly represent a very serious blow to democracy in our hemisphere.”

Maduro, like his predecessor and mentor, the late Hugo Chavez, regularly laughs off criticism from Washington.

But the United States is Venezuela’s No. 1 crude importer, and any sanctions aimed at Venezuela’s vital energy sector could heap more damage onto an economy already suffering from a deep recession and the world’s highest inflation rate.

The U.S. sanctions against Maduro could be followed by an “escalatory process” to include oil-related transactions depending on how far the Venezuelan government goes in implementing the new congress, according to a person familiar with the White House deliberations. (rtr)

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Qatar launches wideranging WTO complaint against trade boycott

GENEVA - Qatar filed a wideranging legal complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday to challenge a trade boycott by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates, the director of Qatar’s WTO office Ali Alwaleed al-Thani told Reuters.

By formally “requesting consultations” with the three countries, the first step in a trade dispute, Qatar triggered a 60 day deadline for them to settle the complaint or face litigation at the WTO and potential retaliatory trade sanctions.

“We’ve given sufficient time to hear the legal explanations on how these measures are in compliance with their commitments, to no satisfactory result,” al-Thani said.

“We have always called for dialogue, for negotiations, and this is part of our strategy to talk to the members concerned and to gain more information on these measures, the legality of these measures, and to find a solution to resolve the dispute.”

The boycotting states cut ties with Qatar - a major global gas supplier and host to the biggest U.S. military base in the Middle East - on June 5, accusing it of financing militant groups in Syria, and allying with Iran, their regional foe, allegations Doha denies.

The boycotting countries have previously told the WTO that they would cite national security to justify their actions against Qatar, using a controversial and almost unprecedented exemption allowed under the WTO rules.

They said on Sunday they were ready for talks to tackle the dispute, the worst rift between Gulf Arab states in years, if Doha showed willingness to deal with their demands.

The text of Qatar’s WTO complaint cites “coercive attempts at economic isolation” and spells out how they are impeding Qatar’s rights in the trade in goods, trade in services and intellectual property.

The complaints against Saudi Arabia and the UAE run to eight pages each, while the document on Bahrain is six pages.

There was no immediate reaction from the three to Qatar’s complaint, which is likely to be circulated at the WTO later this week.

“REMAIN HOPEFUL”

The disputed trade restrictions include bans on trade through Qatar’s ports and travel by Qatari citizens, blockages of Qatari digital services and websites, closure of maritime borders and prohibition of flights operated by Qatari aircraft.

The complaint does not put a value on the trade boycott, and al-Thani declined to estimate how much Qatar could seek in sanctions if the litigation ever reached that stage, which can take 2-5 years or longer in the WTO system.

“We remain hopeful that the consultations could bear fruit in resolving this,” he said.

The WTO suit does not include Egypt, the fourth country involved in the boycott. Although it has also cut travel and diplomatic ties with Qatar, Egypt did not expel Qatari citizens or ask Egyptians to leave Qatar.

Al-Thani declined to explain why Egypt was not included.

“Obviously all options are available. But we have not raised a consultation request with Egypt yet,” he said.

In its WTO case, Qatar would also draw attention to the impact the boycott was having on other WTO members, he added.

Many trade diplomats say that using national security as a defence risks weakening the WTO by removing a taboo that could enable countries to escape international trade obligations.

Al-Thani said governments had wide discretion to invoke the national security defence but it had to be subject to oversight. (rtr)

AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File

In this Thursday Jan. 6, 2011 file photo, a traditional dhow floats in the Corniche Bay of Doha, Qatar, with tall buildings of the financial district in the background. Qatar filed a wideranging legal complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday to challenge a trade boycott by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates.

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President Jokowi orders immediate settlement of acid attack case

YOGYAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Tuesday ordered an immediate settlement of the case related to an acid attack on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan in April this year.

“I order an immediate settlement (of the case),” he said after launching a Measles-Rubella Immunization Campaign at the state Islamic junior high school (MTsN) 10 in Sleman District, Yogyakarta Province.

Earlier, President Jokowi had summoned National Police Chief General Tito Karnavian to discuss follow-up action to handle the case.

Speaking in connection with what was discussed at the meeting, the president noted that the national police chief had made the outcome of the meeting public. At the meet-

ing, the president urged the police to settle the case soon, Karnavian stated. He remarked that the police had taken several steps to solve the case.

Two men had reportedly attacked Baswedan as he was walking home after attending the dawn prayer at a nearby mosque at 5:10 a.m. local time at the Kelapa Gading housing complex in North Jakarta in April.

The attack resulted in injuries to his face and left eye, while the attackers were still at large.

Baswedan, who is currently handling high-profile corruption cases, has been frequently terrorized and attacked. In 2016, he was hit by a car while driving a motorcycle on his way to the KPK building. The police have questioned at least 16 witnesses to identify the attackers. (ant)

DEPOK - The University of Indonesia (UI) has once again achieved the first rank as the best university in Indonesia, according to Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2017. UI Rector Professor Muhammad Anis, in a written statement received by ANTARA here on Monday, stated that the UI is intensifying teaching, learning, and research supported by Information Communication Technology (ICT).

“One of them is website development for downloading journals and improving national and international scientific publications from UI civitas academia to provide access to knowledge transfer, education, and improving teaching quality,” he noted.

According to Webometrics 2017 version, in addition to UI, some Indonesian universities which are included in the top five in the country are Gadjah Mada University (ranked second in Indonesia and 1,004 in the world), Bandung Institute of Technology (ranked third at national and 1,209 in the world), Bogor Institute of Agriculture (fourth at national and 1.342 at global level), and Brawijaya University (ranked fifth at national and 1,870 at global level).

Webometrics also released that the UI ranked is at the 14th in

Southeast Asia and ranked 955th in the world. UI is considered the best in terms of open access to scientific publications that can be reached by the world community through the Internet network.

Webometrics assessment is based on the number of web pages recorded on search engines (Google) and visibility, which is the number of unique external links (number of backlinks) received by the web domain of colleges (inlinks) recorded by search engines (Google). Webometrics is a website-based university ranking system worldwide. Webometrics believes that web presence and visibility can be used as a global performance indicator of a university.

The indicator considers universitys teaching commitments, research results, international prestige, and community relations, including with industrial and economic sectors and between universities. The ranking is conducted by the Spanish Cybermetric lab, which assesses more than 19 thousand higher educational institutions in the world.

Webometrics ranking system aims to promote publications webs and support open access and electronic access for scientific publications and other academic materials. (ant)

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Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov, center, smiles as he leaves after a press conference following his meeting with Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara in Jakarta, Indonesia Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. The Indonesian government has lifted its threat to ban the encrypted messaging app Telegram because it’s taking steps to address “negative” content that includes forums for Islamic State group supporters, Rudiantara said Tuesday.

Indonesia to lift University of indonesia ban on Telegram tops webometrics ranking message service over security JAKARTA- Indonesia and encrypted messaging service Telegram have agreed to establish better procedures to stamp out distribution of terrorist propaganda on the platform, the app’s founder and the communications minister said on Tuesday. Indonesia, home to the world’s largest Muslim population, has seen a resurgence in home-grown radicalism, and worries about the growing influence of extremist group Islamic State.

Telegram is a messaging platform believed to be popular with Islamic State sympathizers, who use chatrooms with hundreds of members, besides holding private conversations. Indonesian authorities blocked access to some Telegram channels last month, saying it had several forums that were “full of radical and terrorist propaganda”.

“We have discussed ways to block publicly available propaganda of terrorism on Telegram, which is something we have committed to do globally, and particularly in Indonesia,” app founder Pavel Durov told a joint news conference with the minister. Durov said the two had agreed to set up better lines of communication, because Telegram was not aware of email

requests from the ministry to take down some channels.

It could take about 24 to 36 hours for the app to shut down public channels with terrorism content, but a direct communication line to Indonesian authorities would allow it to “shut them down more efficiently within several hours”, he said. Durov has formed a team of Indonesian speakers, he added.

Once a standard operating procedure has been agreed, the government would free up operations of Telegram in Indonesia, said Communications Minister Rudiantara. “Once all the technicalities are done, we can remove the blockage,” added the minister, who uses one name, like many Indonesians.

Indonesia had blocked 11 of Telegram’s Domain Name Systems(DNS) for its web-based service on July 14 and these would be reopened this week, the ministry said in a statement. Many messaging apps, such as Whatsapp and Telegram, offer end-to-end encryption from sender to recipient, which blocks even the companies providing the platform from seeing messages.

Security officials in some countries have complained that such apps provide a safe space for militants to communicate with each other. Several governments, including those of Australia and Britain, have urged technology companies to do more to help security agencies thwart threats. (rtr)

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Sharapova struggles but advances on return at Stanford

CALIFORNIA - Maria Sharapova shook off some rust after injury and a 15-month doping ban to beat Jennifer Brady in her first match in the United States in more than two years on Monday at the Stanford Classic. The five-times grand slam champion, who returned

to tennis in April after being banned for testing positive for meldonium, suffered a thigh injury at the Italian Open in May and struggled to put away Brady before she advanced with a 6-1 4-6 6-0 win.

“I feel like I just want to hug everyone and say thank you,”

Sharapova told an on-court interview after her triumph as a tournament wildcard.

“It’s my first match in the States in a really long time, and it’s the closest thing to home for me. The welcome has been incredible and finally playing so close to home

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Keraban Langit Temple was built in ancient times, the temple has existed since the time of Udayana Kingdom. This is explained in the inscription on the Pura Puseh Desa Adat Sading. (IBP/net)

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Brady rebounded when she raced away to a 3-0 lead in the second set, before Sharapova regrouped to run away with the match in the third to set up a clash with seventh seed Lesia Tsurenko, who beat Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino 6-3 6-3. (rtr)

Despite the doubters, Farah bows out as the best

Keraban Langit Temple MANGUPURA - Keraban Langit Temple is located in the Village Sading, Mengwi District, Badung regency, Bali. Distance to the temple is about 13 km from Denpasar, Bali and about 35 minutes away when using a motor vehicle from Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport.

Keraban Langit Temple located at the area at the edge of rice fields precisely the riverbank. This temple is Dang Khayangan Temple. When the day of the offering or the birthday of the god (pujawali) village communities around constantly to do cleansing in this temple. In this temple there is a spring of holy water by the people who are believed to bring blessings. Besides the temple is often used as a place for meditation. God is worshiped in this temple is Lord Vishnu, Quenn Gede Lingsir, Queen Ayu and Queen Made. On certain days

was really special.”

Sharapova was pushed by Brady who forced several long games during the match. In the opening set, Sharapova saved three break points in the sixth game but managed to hold to take a 5-1 lead before she sealed the set in the next game.

Christian Taylor

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Taylor set to deliver ‘double blow’ to Edwards’ legacy

LONDON - Christian Taylor will be delighted to secure a record-breaking third world triple jump title in London this month, but the American has even loftier ambitions to cement his name in the history of the event.

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“I am very happy with the medals but I am missing that ‘WR’ (world record),” the double Olympic champion told Reuters.

“That’s the only reason I am in the sport.”

From the day training started in November to his last competition of the year, Taylor said “that is what I am chasing, that world record”.

The 27-year-old came agonisingly close to achieving that goal at the 2015 world championships, failing by just eight centimetres to match Briton Jonathan Edwards’ long-standing mark with a leap of 18.21 metres. Now comes London.

“I think my world record could go there,” Edwards told Reuters of his 1995 milestone in March.

And if it does, it could dampen the day for the British jumper turned broadcaster.

“I’ve looked at the schedule,” Edwards said. “August 10. My son’s birthday... a double blow.

That’ll be a bad birthday present.”

While Taylor yearns for the record, “trying to be as respectful as possible because the distance has stood there 20 plus years,” he said.

Competitiveness, he said, was his greatest asset.

“I’m sure not going to say I am stronger than Jonathan, faster than Jonathan. More experienced,” Taylor said.

Yet the American has four of the nine longest jumps in history and is more than likely the only triple jumper to earn Olympic gold using different takeoff legs.

POTENTIAL RECORD Left knee pain prompted the switch to a right-leg takeoff in

2013, a year after winning his first Olympic gold in London off his left leg.

“I didn’t want to do injections, I didn’t want to do knee surgeries,” Taylor said. “So we thought outside the box and made the switch.”

Not only did the Georgia native who trains in the Netherlands save his career, the move led to a second world title in 2015 and another Olympic gold in 2016.

His four longest jumps also have come from a right-leg launch, including the number three leap of all-time, an 18.11m effort in May that rekindled world record talk.

“I love to be in the conversation of the world record because that means that someone or several people see that there is potential,” Taylor said.

U.S. team mate Will Claye and Cuban Pedro Pablo Pichardo, who upset Taylor at last month’s Diamond League meet in Lausanne, appear to be the American’s strongest challengers in London. (rtr)

LONDON - Mo Farah will bring down the curtain on his championship career with a bid for yet another distance double in London but, despite his unmatchable palmares, the Briton still finds himself fighting for appreciation in some quarters.

Five years ago, when the same stadium produced that unprecedented rolling roar to help carry the home-town favourite to emotional Olympic victories over 10,000 and 5,000 metres, Farah was the golden hero.

Since then, he has successfully defended both titles at Rio, something only Lasse Viren had previously achieved, and kept his grip on the world championships.

He is seeking a third successive world double in London and a seventh world title, with his last global defeat coming in the 10,000m in Daegu in 2011. He also has five European titles to his name.

To put that in perspective, no Briton had previously won the 10,000 or 5,000m at the Olympics or world championships and no British track and field athlete managed more than two Olympic golds.

Yet, just as in the Tour de France, where the idea of a British victor was something of a joke for a century and now is so commonplace it’s expected, Farah’s accomplishments have somehow become so predictable that the blood doesn’t pump the same way.

Perhaps, like Monaco-based and Africa-raised Chris Froome, the Somalia-born and America-based Farah is just not considered British enough.

To some fans it doesn’t matter how often he grabs the microphone post-race to rave about loving London - where he lived after arriving at the age of eight - if he then jumps on the first plane out to return to his preferred training environment of Alberto Salazar’s much-criticised Oregon project.

Among athletics aficionados too, there are sometimes murmurs of doubt. Farah’s titles should brook no argument, but nagging whispers remain that he has somehow had it easy.

Critics say that he is lucky to be operating in a period when the best African talent has begun diverting to the lucrative marathon circuit at a younger age than previously and that his championship opposition is not in the class of previous champions such as Kenenisa Bekele. (rtr)

Action Images via Reuters/Henry Browne

Great Britain’s Mo Farah during the Men’s 3000m.

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Sp rt English crackdown on divers gets first airing in season’s openers

LONDON - A new era in English soccer begins on Friday with a crackdown on players who cheat referees by diving to win a penalty or get an opponent sent off.

The second-tier Championship games between Sunderland and Derby County and between Nottingham Forest and Millwall will be the first in which players can be retrospectively punished with two-match bans if they are found guilty in a trial by video.

Diving for penalties has been a growing problem in the English game. Most clubs in the top two divisions were accused of it at some point last season, with Marcus Rashford of Manchester United, Leroy Sane of Manchester City and Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur coming under the spotlight on a single weekend.

The crackdown, announced in May, is aimed at players who go unpunished during the match for actions that have a significant bearing on it. The Football Association will be able to charge them with “successful deception of a match official”.

Its implementation follows a year of feedback from players and officials and it is adapted from a similar regulation in force in Scotland.

While controversies there are settled by a compliance officer, in England a three-person panel consisting of an ex-player, an ex-manager and an ex-referee will

Barcelona soccer player Neymar poses for photos during a fashion event in Shanghai, China July 31, 2017. Picture taken July 31, 2017.

sit in judgement. All three must agree there is a “clear and overwhelming case” for a charge to be brought.

If the player accepts a charge he will be given an immediate two-match ban. If not, the case will go before an FA independent regulatory commission that deals with all disciplinary issues.

Players proved to be the innocent victims of cheating will have red cards, although not yellow ones, rescinded.

The crackdown is an extension of the FA’s “not seen” measure, which led to retrospective bans for Tyron Mings and Zlatan Ibrahimovic for clashes that were not picked up by officials in last season’s game between Bournemouth and Manchester United. Not everyone thinks the new measure goes far enough, however.

Former England manager Sam Allardyce criticised it for having no provision to remove cards for players wrongly accused of diving.

He also wants greater use of in-game video technology of the kind used at this summer’s Confederations Cup when six “game-changing decisions” were changed. World soccer body Fifa said the experiment had “really good results but many aspects should be improved”. (rtr) REUTERS/Stringer

Celtic fans in the safe standing area before the match.

Action Images via Reuters / Craig Brough / Livepic / File Photo

Standing brings passion but is still a contentious issue

ZURICH - Former Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp once described entering the pitch to the clamour of fans on Europe’s biggest standing tribune at the club’s Signal Iduna stadium as “like being born”. “You go through this dark tunnel to get on to the pitch, it’s precisely two metres high,” he said. “When you come out, the place explodes... out of the darkness and into the light. You look to your left and it seems there are about 150,000 people up on the terrace all going completely nuts.”

actively campaigning in favour of standing.

In countries such as Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden, standing has not been banned. Instead, standing areas have been redesigned to make them safer while allowing fans to create a vibrant atmosphere.

“It’s not theatre, it’s football... it’s important to have these emotions,” said Benni Burkart, head of security at Swiss Super League club St Gallen, adding that he did not consider standing to be a risk in itself. “The risk are the people who do not obey the rules,” he told Reuters.

“The only difference is that, when you are born, there aren’t as many people applauding.” The sight that caught the imagination of Klopp, now manager of Liverpool, was the Suedtribuene, with standing room for 25,000 fanatical, flag-waving supporters.

Standing, though, has long been banned at the World Cup, the European championship and European club competitions.

In England, all-seater stadiums became mandatory in the top two divisions following the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, when 96 fans were killed in a crush at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. A campaign to bring back standing areas gained fresh impetus on Monday when members of the Liverpool supporters’ group Spirit of Shankly (SOS) voted overwhelmingly in favour of safe standing in an online poll.

Even so, any changes to the existing legislation would require government approval as well as the backing of the football authorities. And SOS emphasised that they were not

There are several varieties of safe standing where terraces can quickly be converted to seats for European club matches.

Rail seats are widely used in the German Bundesliga. Each row has a safety barrier which incorporates a seat that can either be locked into an upright position for standing, or unlocked and folded into position for sitting.

Other varieties include clip-on seats, where terrace steps have metal clips that seats can be attached to and removed from, and fold-away seats, which can be slipped under aluminium steps. Like its German counterpart, Austria’s Bundesliga views standing as beneficial and safe.

“We like to offer different target groups a wide range of services,” the Austria league said in an e-mailed statement to Reuters. “Those include seats, VIP offers, special offers for families in addition to standing places -- which are both for the active fan scene or for spectators who simply prefer not to sit down.” “It can also be observed that the noise in the stadium as a rule emanates from the active fan scene in

SEAT DESIGNS OFFER OPTIONS

the standing places.”

The league did not share the concept that standing fans increased the risk of vandalism. “There are a wide range of measures to ensure the safety of spectators including wide stairs, crash barriers and security cameras,” it said. Even so, standing remains contentious.

Global soccer’s governing body FIFA said it would not change its stance and all matches in its competitions, including the World Cup qualifiers, would have to take place in all-seater stadiums. “The safety of spectators at FIFA matches is our primary concern and we are not considering any change to our position regarding appropriate spectator accommodation at FIFA matches,” said a spokesperson.

In France, the National Association of Supporters (ANS) issued a 20-page booklet in November explaining why it was in favour of a return of standing areas. “(It) would promote a greater atmosphere in the stadiums, would allow cheaper places, limit the costs of maintaining the stands and prevent supporters from injuring themselves by standing in appropriate surroundings,” it said.

Spain’s La Liga does not allow standing and fans seem content simply to ignore the rules -- something which standing’s supporters say happens elsewhere. “One of the problems we have at the moment is that people stand up in seating areas anyway and then the people behind them are also forced to stand,” said Peter Daykin from England’s Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF). “It’s preferable to have designated standing areas rather than having areas where some people stand and others don’t. The fans deserve proper and safe standing areas.” (rtr)

IBP/net

Chelsea midfielder Oscar theatrically fell when challenged by Southampton keeper Kelvin Davis

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Sp rt English crackdown on divers gets first airing in season’s openers

LONDON - A new era in English soccer begins on Friday with a crackdown on players who cheat referees by diving to win a penalty or get an opponent sent off.

The second-tier Championship games between Sunderland and Derby County and between Nottingham Forest and Millwall will be the first in which players can be retrospectively punished with two-match bans if they are found guilty in a trial by video.

Diving for penalties has been a growing problem in the English game. Most clubs in the top two divisions were accused of it at some point last season, with Marcus Rashford of Manchester United, Leroy Sane of Manchester City and Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur coming under the spotlight on a single weekend.

The crackdown, announced in May, is aimed at players who go unpunished during the match for actions that have a significant bearing on it. The Football Association will be able to charge them with “successful deception of a match official”.

Its implementation follows a year of feedback from players and officials and it is adapted from a similar regulation in force in Scotland.

While controversies there are settled by a compliance officer, in England a three-person panel consisting of an ex-player, an ex-manager and an ex-referee will

Barcelona soccer player Neymar poses for photos during a fashion event in Shanghai, China July 31, 2017. Picture taken July 31, 2017.

sit in judgement. All three must agree there is a “clear and overwhelming case” for a charge to be brought.

If the player accepts a charge he will be given an immediate two-match ban. If not, the case will go before an FA independent regulatory commission that deals with all disciplinary issues.

Players proved to be the innocent victims of cheating will have red cards, although not yellow ones, rescinded.

The crackdown is an extension of the FA’s “not seen” measure, which led to retrospective bans for Tyron Mings and Zlatan Ibrahimovic for clashes that were not picked up by officials in last season’s game between Bournemouth and Manchester United. Not everyone thinks the new measure goes far enough, however.

Former England manager Sam Allardyce criticised it for having no provision to remove cards for players wrongly accused of diving.

He also wants greater use of in-game video technology of the kind used at this summer’s Confederations Cup when six “game-changing decisions” were changed. World soccer body Fifa said the experiment had “really good results but many aspects should be improved”. (rtr) REUTERS/Stringer

Celtic fans in the safe standing area before the match.

Action Images via Reuters / Craig Brough / Livepic / File Photo

Standing brings passion but is still a contentious issue

ZURICH - Former Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp once described entering the pitch to the clamour of fans on Europe’s biggest standing tribune at the club’s Signal Iduna stadium as “like being born”. “You go through this dark tunnel to get on to the pitch, it’s precisely two metres high,” he said. “When you come out, the place explodes... out of the darkness and into the light. You look to your left and it seems there are about 150,000 people up on the terrace all going completely nuts.”

actively campaigning in favour of standing.

In countries such as Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden, standing has not been banned. Instead, standing areas have been redesigned to make them safer while allowing fans to create a vibrant atmosphere.

“It’s not theatre, it’s football... it’s important to have these emotions,” said Benni Burkart, head of security at Swiss Super League club St Gallen, adding that he did not consider standing to be a risk in itself. “The risk are the people who do not obey the rules,” he told Reuters.

“The only difference is that, when you are born, there aren’t as many people applauding.” The sight that caught the imagination of Klopp, now manager of Liverpool, was the Suedtribuene, with standing room for 25,000 fanatical, flag-waving supporters.

Standing, though, has long been banned at the World Cup, the European championship and European club competitions.

In England, all-seater stadiums became mandatory in the top two divisions following the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, when 96 fans were killed in a crush at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. A campaign to bring back standing areas gained fresh impetus on Monday when members of the Liverpool supporters’ group Spirit of Shankly (SOS) voted overwhelmingly in favour of safe standing in an online poll.

Even so, any changes to the existing legislation would require government approval as well as the backing of the football authorities. And SOS emphasised that they were not

There are several varieties of safe standing where terraces can quickly be converted to seats for European club matches.

Rail seats are widely used in the German Bundesliga. Each row has a safety barrier which incorporates a seat that can either be locked into an upright position for standing, or unlocked and folded into position for sitting.

Other varieties include clip-on seats, where terrace steps have metal clips that seats can be attached to and removed from, and fold-away seats, which can be slipped under aluminium steps. Like its German counterpart, Austria’s Bundesliga views standing as beneficial and safe.

“We like to offer different target groups a wide range of services,” the Austria league said in an e-mailed statement to Reuters. “Those include seats, VIP offers, special offers for families in addition to standing places -- which are both for the active fan scene or for spectators who simply prefer not to sit down.” “It can also be observed that the noise in the stadium as a rule emanates from the active fan scene in

SEAT DESIGNS OFFER OPTIONS

the standing places.”

The league did not share the concept that standing fans increased the risk of vandalism. “There are a wide range of measures to ensure the safety of spectators including wide stairs, crash barriers and security cameras,” it said. Even so, standing remains contentious.

Global soccer’s governing body FIFA said it would not change its stance and all matches in its competitions, including the World Cup qualifiers, would have to take place in all-seater stadiums. “The safety of spectators at FIFA matches is our primary concern and we are not considering any change to our position regarding appropriate spectator accommodation at FIFA matches,” said a spokesperson.

In France, the National Association of Supporters (ANS) issued a 20-page booklet in November explaining why it was in favour of a return of standing areas. “(It) would promote a greater atmosphere in the stadiums, would allow cheaper places, limit the costs of maintaining the stands and prevent supporters from injuring themselves by standing in appropriate surroundings,” it said.

Spain’s La Liga does not allow standing and fans seem content simply to ignore the rules -- something which standing’s supporters say happens elsewhere. “One of the problems we have at the moment is that people stand up in seating areas anyway and then the people behind them are also forced to stand,” said Peter Daykin from England’s Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF). “It’s preferable to have designated standing areas rather than having areas where some people stand and others don’t. The fans deserve proper and safe standing areas.” (rtr)

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Chelsea midfielder Oscar theatrically fell when challenged by Southampton keeper Kelvin Davis

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International

Sharapova struggles but advances on return at Stanford

CALIFORNIA - Maria Sharapova shook off some rust after injury and a 15-month doping ban to beat Jennifer Brady in her first match in the United States in more than two years on Monday at the Stanford Classic. The five-times grand slam champion, who returned

to tennis in April after being banned for testing positive for meldonium, suffered a thigh injury at the Italian Open in May and struggled to put away Brady before she advanced with a 6-1 4-6 6-0 win.

“I feel like I just want to hug everyone and say thank you,”

Sharapova told an on-court interview after her triumph as a tournament wildcard.

“It’s my first match in the States in a really long time, and it’s the closest thing to home for me. The welcome has been incredible and finally playing so close to home

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Keraban Langit Temple are in a cave. Upon entering the temple area in the middle of the cave was cool, fresh and peaceful is due at the top of the cave there is a hole so as to make fresh air and sun can enter inside and make a prayer or meditation to feel comfortable and at home. This temple called Pura Keraban Langit, where Kerep means tedung (roof) and the Langit means the sky so if you have the sense described temple open to the sky.

Keraban Langit Temple was built in ancient times, the temple has existed since the time of Udayana Kingdom. This is explained in the inscription on the Pura Puseh Desa Adat Sading. (IBP/net)

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Brady rebounded when she raced away to a 3-0 lead in the second set, before Sharapova regrouped to run away with the match in the third to set up a clash with seventh seed Lesia Tsurenko, who beat Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino 6-3 6-3. (rtr)

Despite the doubters, Farah bows out as the best

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was really special.”

Sharapova was pushed by Brady who forced several long games during the match. In the opening set, Sharapova saved three break points in the sixth game but managed to hold to take a 5-1 lead before she sealed the set in the next game.

Christian Taylor

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Taylor set to deliver ‘double blow’ to Edwards’ legacy

LONDON - Christian Taylor will be delighted to secure a record-breaking third world triple jump title in London this month, but the American has even loftier ambitions to cement his name in the history of the event.

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“I am very happy with the medals but I am missing that ‘WR’ (world record),” the double Olympic champion told Reuters.

“That’s the only reason I am in the sport.”

From the day training started in November to his last competition of the year, Taylor said “that is what I am chasing, that world record”.

The 27-year-old came agonisingly close to achieving that goal at the 2015 world championships, failing by just eight centimetres to match Briton Jonathan Edwards’ long-standing mark with a leap of 18.21 metres. Now comes London.

“I think my world record could go there,” Edwards told Reuters of his 1995 milestone in March.

And if it does, it could dampen the day for the British jumper turned broadcaster.

“I’ve looked at the schedule,” Edwards said. “August 10. My son’s birthday... a double blow.

That’ll be a bad birthday present.”

While Taylor yearns for the record, “trying to be as respectful as possible because the distance has stood there 20 plus years,” he said.

Competitiveness, he said, was his greatest asset.

“I’m sure not going to say I am stronger than Jonathan, faster than Jonathan. More experienced,” Taylor said.

Yet the American has four of the nine longest jumps in history and is more than likely the only triple jumper to earn Olympic gold using different takeoff legs.

POTENTIAL RECORD Left knee pain prompted the switch to a right-leg takeoff in

2013, a year after winning his first Olympic gold in London off his left leg.

“I didn’t want to do injections, I didn’t want to do knee surgeries,” Taylor said. “So we thought outside the box and made the switch.”

Not only did the Georgia native who trains in the Netherlands save his career, the move led to a second world title in 2015 and another Olympic gold in 2016.

His four longest jumps also have come from a right-leg launch, including the number three leap of all-time, an 18.11m effort in May that rekindled world record talk.

“I love to be in the conversation of the world record because that means that someone or several people see that there is potential,” Taylor said.

U.S. team mate Will Claye and Cuban Pedro Pablo Pichardo, who upset Taylor at last month’s Diamond League meet in Lausanne, appear to be the American’s strongest challengers in London. (rtr)

LONDON - Mo Farah will bring down the curtain on his championship career with a bid for yet another distance double in London but, despite his unmatchable palmares, the Briton still finds himself fighting for appreciation in some quarters.

Five years ago, when the same stadium produced that unprecedented rolling roar to help carry the home-town favourite to emotional Olympic victories over 10,000 and 5,000 metres, Farah was the golden hero.

Since then, he has successfully defended both titles at Rio, something only Lasse Viren had previously achieved, and kept his grip on the world championships.

He is seeking a third successive world double in London and a seventh world title, with his last global defeat coming in the 10,000m in Daegu in 2011. He also has five European titles to his name.

To put that in perspective, no Briton had previously won the 10,000 or 5,000m at the Olympics or world championships and no British track and field athlete managed more than two Olympic golds.

Yet, just as in the Tour de France, where the idea of a British victor was something of a joke for a century and now is so commonplace it’s expected, Farah’s accomplishments have somehow become so predictable that the blood doesn’t pump the same way.

Perhaps, like Monaco-based and Africa-raised Chris Froome, the Somalia-born and America-based Farah is just not considered British enough.

To some fans it doesn’t matter how often he grabs the microphone post-race to rave about loving London - where he lived after arriving at the age of eight - if he then jumps on the first plane out to return to his preferred training environment of Alberto Salazar’s much-criticised Oregon project.

Among athletics aficionados too, there are sometimes murmurs of doubt. Farah’s titles should brook no argument, but nagging whispers remain that he has somehow had it easy.

Critics say that he is lucky to be operating in a period when the best African talent has begun diverting to the lucrative marathon circuit at a younger age than previously and that his championship opposition is not in the class of previous champions such as Kenenisa Bekele. (rtr)

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Great Britain’s Mo Farah during the Men’s 3000m.

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Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro (C) speaks during a meeting with supporters in Caracas, Venezuela July 30, 2017. Picture taken July 30, 2017.

Defiant Venezuela president mocks Trump after U.S. sanctions

CARACAS - A defiant Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro mocked the sanctions Washington slapped on him Monday after Sunday’s election of a new legislative superbody that prompted the White House to call him a dictator for “seizing absolute power.”

Oil-rich but economically ailing Venezuela awaited a fresh wave of protests against the unpopular Maduro, whose loyalist Supreme Court had already stripped the opposition-controlled congress of its powers, while the country waited to see what actions the newly-minted constituent assembly will take.

At least 10 people were killed in unrest during Sunday’s vote, bringing the death toll from four months of anti-government protests to more than 120. Governments from Spain to Canada to Argentina and Peru joined Washington in denouncing the election, which was boycotted by the opposition and widely seen as an affront to democracy.

Maduro, hit earlier on Monday by sanctions aimed directly at him, chided U.S. President Donald Trump for winning the presidency by way of the electoral college after losing the popular vote in the November election.

“I don’t take orders from the empire,” he shouted to a televised gathering of supporters. “Keep up your sanctions, Donald Trump!”

“In the United States it’s possible to become president with 3 million votes less than your opponent.

What a tremendous democracy!” Maduro told a cheering and applauding audience.

Democrat Hillary Clinton outpaced Trump by almost 2.9 million votes, according to official U.S. election results.

Maduro said the sanctions reflected Trump’s “desperation” and “hatred” for Venezuela’s socialist government.

Under the sanctions, all of Maduro’s assets subject to U.S. jurisdiction were frozen, and Americans are barred from doing business with him, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said in a statement.

“Maduro is not just a bad leader. He is now a dictator,” White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster told a news briefing. “Recent actions culminating in yesterday’s seizure of absolute power through the sham election of the National Constituent Assembly represent a very serious blow to democracy in our hemisphere.”

Maduro, like his predecessor and mentor, the late Hugo Chavez, regularly laughs off criticism from Washington.

But the United States is Venezuela’s No. 1 crude importer, and any sanctions aimed at Venezuela’s vital energy sector could heap more damage onto an economy already suffering from a deep recession and the world’s highest inflation rate.

The U.S. sanctions against Maduro could be followed by an “escalatory process” to include oil-related transactions depending on how far the Venezuelan government goes in implementing the new congress, according to a person familiar with the White House deliberations. (rtr)

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Qatar launches wideranging WTO complaint against trade boycott

GENEVA - Qatar filed a wideranging legal complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday to challenge a trade boycott by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates, the director of Qatar’s WTO office Ali Alwaleed al-Thani told Reuters.

By formally “requesting consultations” with the three countries, the first step in a trade dispute, Qatar triggered a 60 day deadline for them to settle the complaint or face litigation at the WTO and potential retaliatory trade sanctions.

“We’ve given sufficient time to hear the legal explanations on how these measures are in compliance with their commitments, to no satisfactory result,” al-Thani said.

“We have always called for dialogue, for negotiations, and this is part of our strategy to talk to the members concerned and to gain more information on these measures, the legality of these measures, and to find a solution to resolve the dispute.”

The boycotting states cut ties with Qatar - a major global gas supplier and host to the biggest U.S. military base in the Middle East - on June 5, accusing it of financing militant groups in Syria, and allying with Iran, their regional foe, allegations Doha denies.

The boycotting countries have previously told the WTO that they would cite national security to justify their actions against Qatar, using a controversial and almost unprecedented exemption allowed under the WTO rules.

They said on Sunday they were ready for talks to tackle the dispute, the worst rift between Gulf Arab states in years, if Doha showed willingness to deal with their demands.

The text of Qatar’s WTO complaint cites “coercive attempts at economic isolation” and spells out how they are impeding Qatar’s rights in the trade in goods, trade in services and intellectual property.

The complaints against Saudi Arabia and the UAE run to eight pages each, while the document on Bahrain is six pages.

There was no immediate reaction from the three to Qatar’s complaint, which is likely to be circulated at the WTO later this week.

“REMAIN HOPEFUL”

The disputed trade restrictions include bans on trade through Qatar’s ports and travel by Qatari citizens, blockages of Qatari digital services and websites, closure of maritime borders and prohibition of flights operated by Qatari aircraft.

The complaint does not put a value on the trade boycott, and al-Thani declined to estimate how much Qatar could seek in sanctions if the litigation ever reached that stage, which can take 2-5 years or longer in the WTO system.

“We remain hopeful that the consultations could bear fruit in resolving this,” he said.

The WTO suit does not include Egypt, the fourth country involved in the boycott. Although it has also cut travel and diplomatic ties with Qatar, Egypt did not expel Qatari citizens or ask Egyptians to leave Qatar.

Al-Thani declined to explain why Egypt was not included.

“Obviously all options are available. But we have not raised a consultation request with Egypt yet,” he said.

In its WTO case, Qatar would also draw attention to the impact the boycott was having on other WTO members, he added.

Many trade diplomats say that using national security as a defence risks weakening the WTO by removing a taboo that could enable countries to escape international trade obligations.

Al-Thani said governments had wide discretion to invoke the national security defence but it had to be subject to oversight. (rtr)

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In this Thursday Jan. 6, 2011 file photo, a traditional dhow floats in the Corniche Bay of Doha, Qatar, with tall buildings of the financial district in the background. Qatar filed a wideranging legal complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday to challenge a trade boycott by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates.

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President Jokowi orders immediate settlement of acid attack case

YOGYAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Tuesday ordered an immediate settlement of the case related to an acid attack on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan in April this year.

“I order an immediate settlement (of the case),” he said after launching a Measles-Rubella Immunization Campaign at the state Islamic junior high school (MTsN) 10 in Sleman District, Yogyakarta Province.

Earlier, President Jokowi had summoned National Police Chief General Tito Karnavian to discuss follow-up action to handle the case.

Speaking in connection with what was discussed at the meeting, the president noted that the national police chief had made the outcome of the meeting public. At the meet-

ing, the president urged the police to settle the case soon, Karnavian stated. He remarked that the police had taken several steps to solve the case.

Two men had reportedly attacked Baswedan as he was walking home after attending the dawn prayer at a nearby mosque at 5:10 a.m. local time at the Kelapa Gading housing complex in North Jakarta in April.

The attack resulted in injuries to his face and left eye, while the attackers were still at large.

Baswedan, who is currently handling high-profile corruption cases, has been frequently terrorized and attacked. In 2016, he was hit by a car while driving a motorcycle on his way to the KPK building. The police have questioned at least 16 witnesses to identify the attackers. (ant)

DEPOK - The University of Indonesia (UI) has once again achieved the first rank as the best university in Indonesia, according to Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2017. UI Rector Professor Muhammad Anis, in a written statement received by ANTARA here on Monday, stated that the UI is intensifying teaching, learning, and research supported by Information Communication Technology (ICT).

“One of them is website development for downloading journals and improving national and international scientific publications from UI civitas academia to provide access to knowledge transfer, education, and improving teaching quality,” he noted.

According to Webometrics 2017 version, in addition to UI, some Indonesian universities which are included in the top five in the country are Gadjah Mada University (ranked second in Indonesia and 1,004 in the world), Bandung Institute of Technology (ranked third at national and 1,209 in the world), Bogor Institute of Agriculture (fourth at national and 1.342 at global level), and Brawijaya University (ranked fifth at national and 1,870 at global level).

Webometrics also released that the UI ranked is at the 14th in

Southeast Asia and ranked 955th in the world. UI is considered the best in terms of open access to scientific publications that can be reached by the world community through the Internet network.

Webometrics assessment is based on the number of web pages recorded on search engines (Google) and visibility, which is the number of unique external links (number of backlinks) received by the web domain of colleges (inlinks) recorded by search engines (Google). Webometrics is a website-based university ranking system worldwide. Webometrics believes that web presence and visibility can be used as a global performance indicator of a university.

The indicator considers universitys teaching commitments, research results, international prestige, and community relations, including with industrial and economic sectors and between universities. The ranking is conducted by the Spanish Cybermetric lab, which assesses more than 19 thousand higher educational institutions in the world.

Webometrics ranking system aims to promote publications webs and support open access and electronic access for scientific publications and other academic materials. (ant)

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Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov, center, smiles as he leaves after a press conference following his meeting with Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara in Jakarta, Indonesia Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. The Indonesian government has lifted its threat to ban the encrypted messaging app Telegram because it’s taking steps to address “negative” content that includes forums for Islamic State group supporters, Rudiantara said Tuesday.

Indonesia to lift University of indonesia ban on Telegram tops webometrics ranking message service over security JAKARTA- Indonesia and encrypted messaging service Telegram have agreed to establish better procedures to stamp out distribution of terrorist propaganda on the platform, the app’s founder and the communications minister said on Tuesday. Indonesia, home to the world’s largest Muslim population, has seen a resurgence in home-grown radicalism, and worries about the growing influence of extremist group Islamic State.

Telegram is a messaging platform believed to be popular with Islamic State sympathizers, who use chatrooms with hundreds of members, besides holding private conversations. Indonesian authorities blocked access to some Telegram channels last month, saying it had several forums that were “full of radical and terrorist propaganda”.

“We have discussed ways to block publicly available propaganda of terrorism on Telegram, which is something we have committed to do globally, and particularly in Indonesia,” app founder Pavel Durov told a joint news conference with the minister. Durov said the two had agreed to set up better lines of communication, because Telegram was not aware of email

requests from the ministry to take down some channels.

It could take about 24 to 36 hours for the app to shut down public channels with terrorism content, but a direct communication line to Indonesian authorities would allow it to “shut them down more efficiently within several hours”, he said. Durov has formed a team of Indonesian speakers, he added.

Once a standard operating procedure has been agreed, the government would free up operations of Telegram in Indonesia, said Communications Minister Rudiantara. “Once all the technicalities are done, we can remove the blockage,” added the minister, who uses one name, like many Indonesians.

Indonesia had blocked 11 of Telegram’s Domain Name Systems(DNS) for its web-based service on July 14 and these would be reopened this week, the ministry said in a statement. Many messaging apps, such as Whatsapp and Telegram, offer end-to-end encryption from sender to recipient, which blocks even the companies providing the platform from seeing messages.

Security officials in some countries have complained that such apps provide a safe space for militants to communicate with each other. Several governments, including those of Australia and Britain, have urged technology companies to do more to help security agencies thwart threats. (rtr)

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LONDON - The biggest surge in export orders since 2010 helped British factories to recover in July from a seven-month low, according to a survey on Tuesday that may temper some of the concerns among Bank of England officials about a slowdown in the economy. Sterling hit its highest level in 10 months against the U.S. dollar and British government bond prices fell after Tuesday’s Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 55.1 from a downwardly revised 54.2 in June. be providing significant support for manufacturers by boosting external demand,” said Scott Bowman, an economist with Capital Economics.

“In addition, the survey suggests that the peak impact of sterling’s depreciation on manufacturing prices has now passed.” Although the PMI survey showed growth in manufacturing output cooled to a four-month low, new orders surged almost to the all-time high hit in April 2010, particularly from abroad, and employment also rose

strongly. EEF, a manufacturing industry association, said the improvement suggested the factory sector’s drag on the economy in the second quarter was likely to be temporary.

That ought to hearten BoE policymakers ahead of Thursday’s interest rate announcement, as should the signs that price pressures are now fading.

EASING COST PRESSURE The BoE is expected to keep

rates at a record low although two of the eight sitting members of the Monetary Policy Committee have previously voted for a hike, saying exports will help economic growth this year. More important for the BoE will be Thursday’s PMI for the services industry which accounts for about 80 percent of British economic output compared with manufacturing’s 10 percent.

IHS Markit’s gauge of factory cost pressures fell for the sixth straight month to its lowest level since the Brexit vote. “If this trend of milder price pressures is also reflected in other areas of the UK economy, this should provide the Bank of England sufficient leeway to maintain its current supportive stance until the medium-term

outlook for economic growth becomes less uncertain,” Rob Dobson, an IHS Markit economist, said.

July’s increase in manufacturing activity was driven by consumer goods producers, IHS Markit said. Output growth in the investment and intermediate goods sectors hit its lowest in eight and five months respectively.

It remains to be seen how the signs of strength in the factory sector translates in official data which has so far shown manufacturing remained weak in early 2017.

Separately on Tuesday, a YouGov/ Cebr survey showed consumer confidence stabilised last month after hitting its lowest level since just after the Brexit vote.(rtr)

FILE - This Thursday, April 3, 2014, file photo shows cranes shrouded in smog as seen from Primrose Hill in London. Britain’s Office of National Statistics said Wednesday July 26, 2017 that the country’s economy hobbled along in the second quarter, barely recovering from a weak start to the year as industrial production and construction flagged amid uncertainties over the country’s exit from the European Union.

Eurozone economy picked up speed in the second quarter

FRANKFURT — Europe’s economic expansion kept on rolling and even picked up a little speed in the second quarter. The economy in the 19 countries that use the euro currency expanded by 0.6 percent compared with the quarter before, an acceleration from the 0.5 percent rate of the first quarter.

The official figures released Tuesday showed the economy

was 2.1 percent larger than a year earlier.

The eurozone is being boosted by a growing global economy, buoyant consumer and business sentiment, and massive monetary stimulus from the European Central Bank. The auto industry has rebounded, with June registrations across the wider EU close to those of June 2007, before the

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Let’s Have Selfie at Pancaseming JR Cliff

Export boost helps UK manufacturing growth recover in July -PMI

The PMI exceeded the consensus forecast of 54.4 in a Reuters poll of economists. Supporters of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union have said that sterling’s fall since last year’s referendum will help the economy by making exports more competitive. However, growth in the first half of 2017 slowed sharply as consumers felt the pinch of inflation, caused in part by the pound’s fall.

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global financial crisis. Indexes of manufacturing activity are showing strong growth.

And unemployment has kept on falling in the eurozone and is now at 9.1 percent, down from 12.1 percent at its peak in 2013.

The eurozone is still working off the effects of a crisis over high government and bank debt that forced member governments

to bail out member governments Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Cyprus and Spain’s banks.

The ECB has been reluctant to announce when it will dial back the stimulus in the form of 60 billion euros ($71 billion) in bond purchases slated to run at least through year-end. That’s because annual inflation at 1.3 percent remains below its goal of just under

2 percent. The bond purchases pump newly printed money into the economy in an effort to boost inflation to levels considered better for the economy.

For the full 28-member European Union, second-quarter growth was the same as for the eurozone at 0.6 percent, and up 2.2 percent from the year-earlier quarter.(ap)

Another new platform for selfie has been created. Located at Pancaseming hamlet, Batuagung, Jembrana, it has become one of the popular attractions in Jembrana since last month. This forest-near hamlet with friendly people, in fact, has considerable natural beauty.

Cliff top with the nickname ‘JR’ becomes one of the spots offering landscape view from the hills. Uniquely, this location becomes widely known after young people of the village uploaded the photos on social media. After getting word of mouth promotion, the JR hill can attract people to visit the location.

This condition is made into opportunities by surrounding young people largely consisting of estate farmers. It is just for parking and selling drinks around the location. Although it is independently managed, it could draw 4,000 visitors last February. They are not only the residents of Jembrana but also those from outside the town, especially on weekend.

JR cliff offers various landscape panoramas of the Negara town to vast ocean from a height. Best time to make a visit to the JR cliff is late afternoon because the weather is not too hot. Rugged terrain to reach the location will get paid with views on the cliff top. Local residents provide a platform made from natural materials that can be climbed so that visitors can see from the height. Similarly, there is a tree house that enables visitors to see the view of Negara town from the height.

Ida Bagus Artawan, 34, hamlet chief of Pancaseming, said that JR name was first introduced by Budi Sastra customary youth club standing for teenage encounter (jumpa remaja). It was inspired by the fact this location is often used as a meeting place of young people. Since it was opened early January, it has been visited by many travelers considering the location is also quite close or only about 7 km from the town center.

Visitors are only charged with voluntary donation used to improve various facilities such as the newly built tree house and beautifying all the plants along the path to the summit.

“To improve the management, we hope there will be assistance to repair the existing facilities considering they are not permanent yet and only relies on self-financing. In addition, the road access is still poor to allow visitors to pass through,” said Artawan.

He also hoped, in addition to physical development support, the support in the form of community empowerment. Thus, people will also have knowledge about the management of the attraction such as waste management, foreign language skills and others in the future. In addition to visitors from Jembrana, there are also those from outside the district like Gianyar and Badung. “They claimed to get the information from social media,” he said.

From the logbook filled in by visitors, the visit reached 4,000 people last month. Pancaseming is one of the hamlets at the northernmost tip of Batuagung village. In addition to JR Hill, Batuagung also has a number of historic sites such as Independence Valley memorial park.

Both offer spectacular and unspoiled view. (kmb)

Sacred Wayang Wong Dance of Tejakula Set Four Centuries Ago

Wayang Wong sacred dance that only exists at Tejakula village, Tejakula subdistrict, was presented at Maksan Temple of local village on Thursday (Apr. 6). The location is chosen because the masks of wayang wong characters are kept at local temple. They are even believed to have been four centuries old.

The players performing the Ramayana storyline start staging the first episode of the Bala Kanda in the Ramayana epic. In this staging, the storyline presented by the players is entitled “Sander Sita.”

It tells about the duke Marica disguising as a golden deer to attract the attention of Sita. When seeing the deer, Sita then asked Rama to chase it. Rama went away from Sita and tried to shoot the disguising deer. Marica cleverly cried out for help, and his voice was similar to Rama’s. Again, Sita asked Laksmana to look for Rama as being told to be facing difficulties. When Laksmana followed Rama, Sita was abducted by Ravana. By and large, when featuring the storyline of kanda (book—Ed) starting from the first through the seventh, it

will take approximately 4.5 years to 5 years.

Chairman of the Tejakukus Foundation, Gede Komang, amid the staging told that as sacred dance it is mandatory to be performed as devotional services or ngayah at the Maksan Temple of Tejakula.

As usual, the performance is done twice every year precisely on Wraspati Dungulan or the day after Galungan. Since it is sacred, the wayang wong must still perform the episodes of Ramayana epic sequentially. “It has become the tasks of the players of wayang wong to perform devotional services at the temple because the masks are stored at this Maksan temple,” said Komang Gede when met Friday afternoon.

According to him, although

it is classified into sacred dance, currently this wayang wong is also staged as entertainment art. For several times, the figures of wayang wong characters are presented in the art collaborations. However, the masks staged in the entertainment are not the sacred ones as those stored at Maksan Temple, but the imitations that are kept by the foundation.

Based on the existing references, wayang wong is known as sacred art. This art first appeared at Tejakula village about four centuries ago. From the location of its emergence at Tejakula, this art then spread to several regions in Bali.

Although having been widespread, its taksu (divine vibration) never disappears and is kept sacred until now. Wayang wong even becomes one of the nine dances included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Besides, the wayang wong dance is also recognized as one of the intangible cultural heritage objects in 2015. (kmb)

Buleleng Siobak a Very Delicious Food

Foodies may already be familiar with this delicacy made of boiled pork in thick gravy that is called siobak. The district of Buleleng is well known for its rich varety of culutre – including its special foods.

In fact a visit to Buleleng would not be complete without indulging in some of its culinary treasures such as its popular Siobak.

Siobak can be found in a variety of places in Buleleng ranging from

street vendors to fine restaurant.

Aye Syobak is the name of one of the street stalls that is quite popular in Buleleng. Manager Ketut Utama explained that he inherited his Siobka recipes from his biological grandmother and that he grew up learning how to run a the family food stall, so when Ketut got married, he dicided to continue the family business.

Ketut also explained that they

always use selected pork and in order to eliminate the pungent odor of pork they first boil the meat with spieces and soy sauce. This boiling process also yields the tasty gravy for which they are famous while the sauce soy sauce gives that special sweetness.

They also use pork skin, fatty meat, offal and head of pork. “ Actually it is easy to make siobak, you just need meat and seasoning” he added.

People from all over Buleleng

and other parts of Bali come to enjoy this 62 year old man’s special siobak. “We often have customaers from Malaysia and other foreign countries who stop by when visitiing Buleleng”, said Ketut. The distinctives foods of Buleleng are clearly not just popular with locals but with people from all over.

Since siobak there are more and more people serving siobak in Bulelelng, Ketut needs to keep his

recipie fine tuned in order to remain competitive. “Since my mother’S time our flavour has remained the same. It feels original without adding extra ingredients” he said.

According to Ketut Utama, it is important to keep the authenticity of Buleleng siobaks’ flavour. Aye Syobak which was first established in 1975 is located near the former harbor of Buleleng, at 38 Jalan Surapati.(kmb)

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ATV Kuber Bali has now complete permits

GIANYAR — All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Kuber Bali Adventure at Bayad hamlet, Melinggih, Payangan, is ascertained to have been completely licensed. This assurance was known after the officers of the Gianyar municipal police held a raid to the location on Monday (Jul. 31).

A number of officers led by the Chief of Gianyar Municipal Police, Cokorda Gede Agusnawa, came to location of the tourist attraction on Monday afternoon around 12:00. The entourage was received specifically by the local villagers that are also managing the ATV attraction in the wantilan hall of Puseh Bali Aga Temple, Bayad hamlet, Melinggih, Payangan.

The present villagers included chief of Puseh Bali Aga, trinity temple priests, chief of Bayad customary village, hamlet chief of Bayad, customary security guard, local apparatuses and chief of subak (irrigation cooperative) organization. At that time, they presented directly the complete licensing documents to the Gianyar municipal police.

Having checked the licensing documents presented, Cok Agusnawa ensured that the ATV Kuber Bali Adventure at Bayad hamlet has been equipped with complete permission, ranging from principle permit, operating permit, building permit (IMB), business premise permit (SITU) to business trading permit (SIUP). “Prior to coming here, we have checked in the licensing office. This ATV tourist attraction is already licensed. However, we still come down as the authorities to keep the demands of society. When checking in the field, it is proved there is nothing, unlike the publication,” he said accompanied by regional bylaws enforcement division head and a number of section heads and related staff.

Cok Agusnawa also requested that no other parties will questioned about the existence of this tourist attraction. He promised to back up the attraction entirely. “I will completely back up this ATV,” he said, applauded by dozens of the present customary villagers.

In the meantime, Operations Manager of the ATV, Jro Kubayan, explained the ATV tourist attraction was built on the agreement of local customary villagers. At the same time, it is also made into the temple property for the sake of the temple development and its piodalan (temple anniversary).

“This Puseh Bali Aga Temple is only supported by 28 families. So far, the villagers are alleviated for the sake of temple development because of the funds obtained from the business profit of ATV tourist attraction,” said the owner who is also priest of the Puseh Bali Aga Temple.

Jro Kubayan, having the common name Nyoman Partana, explained that his party considered to have been pressed since the business establishment in early January 2017. Actually, long before establishing the building, his party already submitted permission. He firmly denied the allegation if the tourist attraction passes through a cultural heritage in the form of Japanese cave heritage. “There is no Japanese cave. It is only an irrigation tunnel that is not used anymore,” he said.

Besides, local villagers have performed environmental conservation in the track along 4 kilometer. “We are blamed to have damaged the environment, but we even maintain and preserve it so that guests are comfortable,” he explained.

Chief of Puseh Bali Aga, Wayan Rena Artana, added that the ATV tourist attraction is already managed by local village. “It is considered as an income to improve temple and prepare temple anniversary. If relying on donation is impossible because the number of supporting devotees only consist of few families,” he said.

In addition to being allocated for the temple, the profit of this ATV tourist attraction business is also proved to have provided an economic equity.

Besides, it opens job opportunity for local residents. (kmb35)

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The entourage was received specifically by the local villagers that are also managing the ATV attraction in the wantilan hall of Puseh Bali Aga Temple, Bayad hamlet, Melinggih, Payangan.

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Due to asparagus commodity

Asparagus farmers at Plaga village

Farmers at Plaga village enjoy prosperity

MANGUPURA — Asparagus farmers at Plaga village, Petang, have begun to enjoy their prosperity since 2011. Prior to developing the asparagus farming at the village, farmers could only earn as much as IDR 4 million - IDR 7 million per year. However, after the asparagus farming develops, their income can reach IDR 60 million - IDR 100 million. It is an increase of 200 percent from previous agriculture.

Indeed this value remains a gross turnover, but after deducted with production costs such as fertilizer, seeds, energy, et cetera, the net profits are still high, namely reaching IDR 35 million - IDR 40 million. The profit is gained in once harvest.

This was stated by the Chief of Mertanadi Farmers Cooperative of Plaga village, I Wayan Supariyasa, recently.

With a rapid harvest period of only 6-7 months, farmers have got double profits. The asparagus seedling is carried out for 3-4 months.

After that, it is transplanted to farmland for 6-7 months.

Due to the quality owned, the asparagus produced by Plaga farmers has succeeded in achieving the best certificate or number one in ASEAN countries, so the Plaga asparagus is hunted by many countries. On that ac-

count, this asparagus cultivation is very prospective as the market demand continues to flood.

His party is overwhelmed to meet high demand. On average, local farmers can produce 300 kg per day. This production is limited to meet the domestic needs, namely Bali, Jakarta, Bogor and Surabaya. “There have been overseas demands from Singapore and Germany, but we have not been able to meet them,” he said. Since the export demand requires at least 500 kg per day, local farmers have not been able to fulfill them.

He revealed the asparagus produced in Bali is the only producer that can produce continuously. Indeed it is not the largest asparagus producer, but when compared to other regions, the asparagus agriculture in Bali remains to survive. He admitted

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that he just came from Malang to see asparagus farming, but he said it no longer exists.

His cooperative has a total member of 130 farmers, where 89 of them are asparagus farmers. They cultivate asparagus plant in an area of 25 hectares.

However, the total land cultivated by 130 farmers reaches 70 hectares. “We have 12 items of vegetable, where 20-25 hectares are productive land of asparagus,” said Supariyasa.

The farmers coalesced into the cooperative gain many advantages such as their asparagus product is marketed by the cooperative.

“No matter how many kilograms farmers produce, the cooperative is ready to market them. It happens because all this time the cooperative has got many demands and cannot be fulfilled entirely,” he added. (kmb42)

BEIJING - China hit back on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted he was “very disappointed” in China following North Korea’s latest missile test, saying the problem did not arise in China and that all sides need to work for a solution.

China has become increasingly frustrated with American and Japanese criticism that it should do more to rein in Pyongyang.

China is North Korea’s closest ally, but Beijing, too, is angry with its continued nuclear and missile tests.

North Korea said on Saturday it had conducted another successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile that proved its ability to strike the U.S. mainland, drawing a sharp warning from Trump and a rebuke from China.

Video of the latest missile test appears to show it breaking up before landing, indicating Pyongyang may not yet have mastered re-entry technology needed for an operational nuclear-tipped missile, a think tank reported on Monday.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke with Trump on Monday and agreed on the need for more action on North Korea just hours after the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations said Washington is “done talking about North Korea”.

A White House statement after the phone call said the two leaders “agreed that North Korea poses a grave and growing direct threat to the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and other countries near and far”.

It said Trump “reaffirmed our ironclad commitment” to defend Japan and South Korea from any attack, “using the full range of United States capabilities”.

Trump tweeted on Saturday after the missile test that he was “very disappointed” in China and that Beijing profits from U.S. trade but had done “nothing” for the United States with regards to North Korea, something he would not allow to continue.

Asked by a reporter on Monday how he plans to deal with Pyongyang, Trump said at the start of a Cabinet meeting: “We’ll handle North Korea... It will be handled.”

China’s Foreign Ministry, in a statement sent to Reuters responding to Trump’s earlier tweets, said the North Korean nuclear issue did not arise because of China and that everyone needed to work together to seek a resolution.

Russia said on Monday the United States and other countries were trying “to shift responsibility for the situation to Russia and China” following the most recent missile test.

“We view as groundless attempts undertaken by the U.S. and a number of other countries to shift responsibility to Russia and China, almost blaming Moscow and Beijing for indulging the missile and nuclear ambitions of the DPRK (North Korea),” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

At the United Nations in New York, China’s U.N. ambassador said on Monday it is primarily up to the United States and North Korea, not Beijing, to reduce tensions and work toward resuming talks to end Pyongyang’s nuclear weapon and missile programs.

The United States and North Korea “hold the primary responsibility to keep things moving, to start moving in the right direction, not China,” China’s U.N. Ambassador Liu Jieyi told a news conference to mark the end of Beijing’s presidency of the U.N. Security Council in July.

“No matter how capable China is, China’s efforts will not yield practical results because it depends on the two principal parties,” Liu said.

Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Qian Keming told a news conference there was no link between the North Korea issue and China-U.S. trade.

“We think the North Korea nuclear issue and China-U.S. trade are issues that are in two completely different domains. They aren’t related. They should not be discussed together,” Qian said.

China, with which North Korea does most of its trade, has repeatedly said it strictly follows U.N. resolutions on North Korea and has denounced unilateral U.S. sanctions as unhelpful.

Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said in a statement China must decide if it is willing to back imposing stronger U.N. sanctions on North Korea over Friday night’s longrange missile test, the North’s second this month. (rtr)

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Tearful former Thai PM Yingluck says she was never dishonest

BANGKOK - Thailand’s former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra delivered a tearful closing statement to a Bangkok court on Tuesday, saying she did not act dishonestly in a multibillion dollar rice subsidy scheme and that she was being politically persecuted.

Yingluck argued the rice scheme, which backfired costing Thailand $8 billion, benefited average Thais.

The scheme appealed to agricultural voters, who make up nearly 40 percent of the labour force, and are the backbone of Yingluck’s party.

“The rice policy has been proven to benefit the economy at the grass roots level and nationwide. It did not cause losses. Which is why I intended to make this rice scheme work,” Yingluck told the court.

“The rice scheme was honest and correct,” she added.

If convicted of negligence, Yingluck faces 10 years in jail.

Yingluck was ousted in a May 2014 coup and banned from politics for five years in 2015 but remains a figurehead of the populist movement that has won every Thai election since 2001.

The case against her is the latest twist in a chapter of political infighting that has pitted Yingluck

and her brother, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, against members of the Bangkok-based, military-backed establishment.

After being ousted in 2006, Thaksin fled Thailand to avoid a 2008 jail term for corruption. He has lived abroad since, but retains a strong influence over Thai politics.

A tearful Yingluck told the court she was the victim of political persecution.

“I never omitted to perform my duty ... or performed my duty dishonestly. I know that I am the victim of a deep political game,” she said.

Yingluck called for justice as she arrived at the Supreme Court where more than 1,000 supporters had gathered, in defiance of a government warning not to congregate en masse and as 300 police officers stood guard. As she entered the court her supporters shouted: “Fight! Fight!”.

Outside the court Ladda Boonma, 67, from Nakhon Sawan province, north of Bangkok, said she came to support the former prime minister because she had been “kind to the poor”.

“I came here to show my support to Prime Minister Yingluck because she has been kind to the poor and to farmers. Why is helping farmers wrong?”

In 2011 Yingluck sailed to victory in a general election and introduced a scheme to buy rice above market prices from farmers, her core constituents, store it and resell it later at a higher price.

But the scheme backfired and caused Thailand to lose its crown as the world’s largest exporter of the grain.

Thailand also ended up with 18 million tonnes of rice in stock piles which the military government has auctioned off since it took power in 2014. (rtr)

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Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets supporters as she leaves the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, August 1, 2017.

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People walk along a Pavegen technology footpath on a ‘smart street’ in central London, Britain, July 28, 2017.

London’s ‘smart street’ turns footsteps into energy

LONDON - You might think that tasking a stretch of sidewalk with generating electricity would be enough of a feat, but this kinetic pavement on London’s Bird Street is apparently supposed to save retail, too. The 107-square-foot section of Pavegen pavers harvests energy from the steps of passersby—using essentially the same technique as those experimental vibrationharvesting roads. But with Pavegen installations already deployed in a handful of spots like Washington D.C. and Rio de Janeiro, the company decided that this Bird Street sidewalk has to do more than just power the street lamps. So they’ve added an app that not only lets you see how much power your brief stroll has generated, it also gives you discounts at the

stores you’ve just walked past. And they’ve deemed it “the world’s first ‘Smart Street’”—because what could be smarter than the idea that someone will take the time to find out what the funny-looking sidewalk is all about, then download an app to see how much power they’ve made, and then be so won over by a store voucher that they’ll detour into a retail space?

As Pavegen CEO Laurence Kemball-Cook puts it in a statement, “...being able to demonstrate how our technology can bring to life the retail shopping experience is a vital step for us. As retailers compete with online, technologies like ours make being in the busy high street more exciting and rewarding for people and brands alike.” (IBP/net)

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Facebook logo is seen at a start-up companies gathering at Paris’ Station F in Paris, France on January 17, 2017.

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Discourse on bylaws banning foreign tourists from entering temple

Google, Facebook show power of ad duopoly as rivals stumble

SAN FRANCISCO - Quarterly results from Alphabet Inc and Facebook Inc provided fresh evidence this week that the digital advertising market is effectively a duopoly, a dynamic with deep implications for two of Silicon Valley’s titans.

Alphabet, the owner of Google and YouTube, and Facebook, the world’s largest social network, each produced billions in profits during the most recent quarter and enjoyed steep revenue increases, while smaller rivals such as Snap Inc and Twitter Inc struggle to maintain growth and reduce losses.

This year, the Big Two in internet advertising are expected to take half of all revenue worldwide, and more than 60 percent in the United States, according to research firm eMarketer.

In the U.S. market, no other digital ad platform has market share above 5 percent.

Google suffered a minor blip in earnings due to higher payments to mobile carriers and others for search traffic. But efforts

by Verizon and other network operators to compete for mobile ad dollars have had little impact thus far.

Independent advertising technology companies such as Rubicon Project and Rocket Fuel have also found it tough to compete.

Advertisers are flocking to Facebook and Google because they reach billions of people and have a wealth of data that can be deployed for targeted marketing.

Their growing dominance, however, raises questions about how they will use their billions in profits to maintain growth when the advertising market as a whole is expanding only modestly.

“Digital advertising will soon be approaching a point of saturation, indicating that there are limits to growth which may not be fully accounted for by the investment community,” Brian Wieser, senior analyst at Pivotal Research, said in a client note this week.

The advent of a duopoly is also spurring concerns about monopolistic practices. Google this month set aside $2.7 billion to pay a record European Union antitrust fine for favoring its shopping service in search results, and it faces two additional investigations in Europe.

Facebook declined to comment on Friday. In the past, the company has rejected the idea that it is part of a duopoly, saying that it competes against more than just digital platforms and has less than 5 percent of the overall advertising market.

Alphabet did not reply to requests for comment. (rtr)

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Management of Goa Lawah Temple judges it inappropriate

SEMARAPURA — Following the incident of tourists sitting on the shrine at one of the temples in Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Penida, some members of the Bali House of Representatives, raised the idea of creating a regional bylaw that would prohibit foreign tourists from entering temples. The idea was even discussed with the Bali chapter of the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI).

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The plan to launch school bus by the Denpasar municipality in the academic year 2017 has not been realized.

School bus waits for vehicle procurement

DENPASAR — The plan to launch school bus by the Denpasar municipality in the academic year 2017 has not been realized. The transportation agency handling this program is still waiting for the procurement or purchase of the vehicles. “We are still waiting for procurement of the vehicles,” said the Head of Land Transportation, the Denpasar Transportation Agency, Dewa Ketut Adi Pradnyana, on Sunday (Jul. 30).

Adi Pradnyana said that preparations in the region have been completed, ranging from dissemination to schools to determination of the routes. “We are currently waiting for the purchase of vehicles or publishing e-catalogs. Based on information, several bus manufacturing companies have been published. Hopefully, the type of fleet can be determined this week,” said Adi Pradnyana, accompanied

by Administrative staff of the Land Transportation, I Putu Budi Ari Wibawa.

When asked about the launch of the school bus, Adi Pradnyana has not dared to give certainty.

Everything depends on the process carried out in central government.

“We cannot make sure when it can be launched. Now, we are just waiting for procurement of the vehicles, while the preparations here have been completed,” he said.

As is known, the free school transport service designed by the municipal government of Denpasar received positive responses from community, especially parents.

Evidently, from the results of dissemination targeting 20 public and private junior high schools, hundreds of students showed their interests by making registration.

Moreover, the registration already exceeded the specified quota.

At the initial phase, the school transport service will operate six microbuses for the route of North Denpasar and East Denpasar. Each bus has a capacity of 25 seats, so for the morning route can only serve 150 students. However, to make the service more effective, it will still be open for daytime service.

This free bus program is mainly intended to provide students with safety assurance and reduce the use of private vehicles to schools. The school bus is equipped with various facilities, such as air conditioning, Wi-Fi and some applications.

North and East Denpasar are selected as the routes because both subdistricts have not been served by public transportation. Actually, according to Law No. 22/2009, on traffic and road transportation, the local government guarantees the availability of transportation for the community. (kmb12)

The idea received a cold response from chief of Klungkung’s Goa Lawah Temple management, Putu Juliadi. Such a regional bylaw he said would negatively impact on tourism and should therefore be studied comprehensively before being instituted.

So far Goa Lawah temple that is located at Pesinggahan village, Dawan, still functions as a tourist destination, especially for foreign tourists. The innermost temple courtyard (uttama mandala) temple is located in a fruit bat cave. If a bylaw prohibiting foreign tourists from entering temples were to be instituted, tourism which has been having a positive impact on local villagers would surely dim as would the benefits that it brings. Tourists come to see unique things that cannot be found elsewhere, so there would be less tourists if they cannot witness this rare sight.

“I do not know what to say, but the Goa Lawah (fruit bat cave) attracts tourists who come to see the fruit bats, that happen to be found in the innermost temple courtyard. If the fruit bats were found outside

Goa Lawah Temple

the temple then tourists would also stay outside the temple”, said Juliadi on Sunday (July 30).

According to Juliadi in order to prevent an unfortunate incident like the one that occurred in Nusa Lembongan, tourists simply need to made aware of the rules regarding temple conduct and procedures for entering temples. Also there needs to be more supervision of visitors to temples. “ The most important thing is that we as the management should monitor the activities of all the guests to ensure that they are abiding by the rules” he said.

Juliadi asserted that apart from being accompanied by their own guides, tourists wanting to visit a temple should also be accompanied by a local guide to maximize supervision. During prayers, tourists must be behind the pilgrims. “We also instruct tourists to remain behind the people praying and that they should not approach the cave. These are the rules that we have made. We have also installed three CCTVs to monitor the temple” he affirmed.

Meanwhile, Head of the Klungkung Tourism Office, I Nengah Sukasta, revealed that so far his office and related institutions have not issued any rules related to tourist visits, and leave up to the management of each place. “We have handed over the decision about how to regulate and restrict tourist visits to the supporting devotees (pengempon). If possible, tourists should not be allowed to enter the location where people are praying. Excessive freedoms should not be accorded to tourists for the interests of making money without heading sanctity” he stated. (kmb45)

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Russian man sentenced to 17 years for attempting to smuggle hashish

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The officers are inspecting the identity of the people.Kuta Customary Village will be collecting data about migrants and foreigners who rent houses or rooms in boarding houses using a card system. This card data will be inputted into database of the Kuta customary village Management Information System (Simdaku) of krama tamiu or guest residents.

To monitor migrants and foreigners

Kuta customary village applies Simdaku

MANGUPURA - Kuta Customary Village will be collecting data about migrants and foreigners who rent houses or rooms in boarding houses using a card system. This card data will be inputted into database of the Kuta customary village Management Information System (Simdaku) of krama tamiu or guest residents.

As stated by chief of Kuta customary village, I Wayan Swarsa, when contacted on Monday (Jul. 31), the existence of foreigners contracting residences in Kuta is not a new thing however as of yet there has been system for collecting such data. According to Swarsa the reason this has been such a difficult task is because communication between parties related to the supervision of guest residents has been quite poor.

“I am not talking about hotels, villas and other such accommodations. The right to govern these lies with the government. The Customary Village does not have such a capacity” he said.

He clarified that many foreigners stay in rented houses or boarding houses owned by customary villagers and non-customary villagers to whom foreigners pay a monthly or yearly rent. He added that the Customary Village does not have any authority to regulate them but Swarsa feels a moral obligation to be responsible for these cases. IN order to meet this moral responsibility, the Customary Village is creating the Simdaku of guest residents.

In this system, two aspects will be dealt with.

Firstly, they will compile data about who and how many customary and administrative residents own boarding houses and rented houses. Each owner will be given a Simdaku card containing a chip on which data regarding the owner of the house and the renting of this house will be stored. “These cards will show the name of resident, their rented house, the location, number of rooms provided and the identity of the guests who are renting the house” he said.

Secondly, every resident or guest resident who is renting a house or room in Kuta annually annually will be given a guest resident number. “This guest resident card indicates that everyone boarding or contracting a house annually will have a guest resident card instead of seasonal resident identity card (kipem). This card will clearly record the data of the renter’s identity, their address and the name of the house owner. This system will be connected to Simdaku card owned by the house owner”, he concluded.

All these cards will then be accessible by GPS. “We started preparing this system four months ago. It will be effective in the case where a house owner needs to report anything about their occupants. We have set up a special management team for the Simdaku card system. The owners of contracted house will be obliged to report any increment, deduction or mutation of the renting residents”, he added. (kmb23)

DENPASAR - After having been proven guilty of possessing and smuggling 2.9 kg of hashish, a 29-year old Russian man, defendant Roman Kalashnikov, was convicted and sentenced to 17 years in prison.

On Monday (Jul. 31), in a trial at the Denpasar District Court, the panel of judges led by Partha Bargawa declared the Russian man to be under Article 113 paragraph 2 of Law No.35/2009 on narcotics. The defendant, who works as a chef, was also sentenced to pay a fine of IDR 2 billion with a 4-month subsidiary confinement.

This sentence is lighter than the sentence demanded by the public prosecutor Made Tangkas. Previ-

ously, the prosecutor from the Bali prosecutor’s office demanded the defendant Roman with 20 years of imprisonment with a fine of IDR 2 billion and a 6-month subsidiary confinement.

In response to this decision, the defendant accompanied by his legal counsel stated that they wanted to think about it first. A similar response was also presented by the public prosecutor. Roman was arrested by officers of Customs and Excises at Ngurah Rai Airport because he was caught carrying nearly 3 kg of hashish when entering Bali area on December 14, 2016. The hashish was put into 25 packages of Danti brand toothpaste that were stored in his suitcase. (kmb37)

Culture Camp 2017 in Tabanan

50 high school and vocational school students attend

TABANAN - Cultural Camp, a cultural event for students in the district of Tabanan district was held again this year and was officially opened on Sunday night (Jul. 30).

A total of 50 high school and vocational school students from across Tabanan participated in the creative camp in the area of Srijong Temple, Selemadeg. Assistant I Wayan Miarsana representing the regent of Tabanan expressed his appreciation for the Cultural Camp that entered its seventh year.

“Take positive benefits from this activity. Participants will be educated to be disciplined, creative and innovative. Take advantage of this five-day opportunity to get mental training,” he explained.

The initiator of the activity who is also Chairman of the Tabanan House of Representatives, I Ketut Suryadi, revealed that this year’s Cultural Camp features the theme One Earth, One Soul and as in previous years all the activities are aimed at sharpening creativity. “Be disciplined and follow all the guidance given by the mentors, alumni of the Cultural Camp, and builder from Anak Angin”, said Suryadi.

He added that every year those who attend the camp go on to achieve great things in different

fields and added that he is confident that the same will be true of this year’s participants. “We try to collaborate with artists in literature, music, dance and other arts, so as soon as the participants leave the camp they are better able to create original works”, he said.

He also emphasized that the students who attend the Culture Camp are not being formed into artists but rather encouraging creativity as a general life skill. “Whatever your profession creativity is helpful, especially if you are an artist of course”, he concluded.

This year one of the mentors Sawung Jabo will be attended as he does every year Baroque Circus.

Ayu Veda, artist Sujana Kenyem and playwright Putu Satria will also be mentors to the students this year.

In his opening speech Sawung Jabo greeted the participants with a question about the preparation for the five-day camp, he asked that all the participants try to develop their hidden potential. “For five days, we will cultivate our creativity and potential. You learn and so will I. We are all trying to break out of our limitations and become more useful. We’ll transform impossibility into possibility”, he concluded. (kmb)

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Hai Bar & Grill at Hai Tide Beach Resort

When you’re visiting Lembongan next, do visit Hai Bar & Grill - a restaurant at the Hai Tide Beach Resort, an accommodation by Bali Hai Cruises. The restaurant boasts amazing views of Bali island from across the water. Whether morning coffee or sunset cocktail, you will certainly be accused of neglecting whoever your guests are…and focusing more on your camera as you capture the stunning views and beach around you. Come by for breakfast, lunch or dinner and try some of the crowd favourites including Breakfast

Burrito, Soto Ayam, Thai Beef Salad or the Hawaiian Pizza.

Hai Bar & Grill also has Movies Under the Stars and while you enjoy the movie, do feel free to order whatever you like from the menu.

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Angelina Jolie ‘upset’ over backlash to Cambodia film casting process

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LOS ANGELES - Angelina Jolie responded to growing backlash over the casting process for her latest film, saying she was “upset” that an improvised scene during auditions had been misconstrued as taking real money away from impoverished children.

Angelina Jolie

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In a Vanity Fair interview published last week about her film “First They Killed My Father,” Jolie described a game played by the casting directors with the young Cambodian children auditioning for the lead role of Loung Ung. Jolie, a special envoy for the United Nations refugee agency, told Vanity Fair she looked for her lead star in orphanages, circuses and slum schools.

In the casting, a child was placed in front of money on a table, asked to think of what they needed it for and to snatch it away. Jolie would then pretend to catch them, and the child would have to lie about why they stole the money.

“I am upset that a pretend exercise in an improvisation, from an actual scene in the film, has been written about as if it was a real scenario,” Jolie, who directed the film, said in a statement on Sunday.

“The suggestion that real money

was taken from a child during an audition is false and upsetting. I would be outraged myself if this had happened.”

Users on social media slammed Jolie’s casting game as cruel and exploiting impoverished children. Vanity Fair reporter Evgenia Peretz called the casting game “disturbing in its realism” in the profile, while Kayla Cobb at pop culture website Decider.com compared the game to a psychological thriller.

“Everyone should know better than to literally dangle money in front of impoverished children ... no movie is worth psychologically traumatizing multiple children,” Cobb wrote.

“First They Killed My Father” is about the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime under which more than 1 million people died. It is due to be released globally and on Netflix in September. (rtr)

Clooneys to help 3,000 Syrian refugees go to school in Lebanon

U N I T E D N AT I O N S George and Amal Clooney said on Monday they would help 3,000 Syrian refugee children go to school this year in Lebanon, where the United Nations says 200,000 children are not receiving an education after fleeing the war in neighboring Syria.

The Clooney Foundation for Justice said it has teamed up with Google and HP Inc to help the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF and the Lebanese Ministry of Education open seven so-called “second shift” schools for Syrian refugee children.

Lebanon has more than 1 million Syrian refugees, includ-

ing nearly 500,000 children. It is educating Syrian children in public schools through a “second shift” system of additional afternoon classes exclusively for them.

“We don’t want to lose an entire generation because they had the bad luck of being born in the wrong place at the wrong time,” said Oscar-winning actor George Clooney and international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, who gave birth to twins last month.

“Thousands of young Syrian refugees are at risk - the risk of never being a productive part of society,” the couple said in

a statement. “Formal education can help change that.”

A $3.25 million donation from the Clooney Foundation for Justice, Google and HP will pay for transportation, school supplies, computers, content, curriculum and teacher training.

A spokesman for the Clooneys’ foundation, Max Gleischman, said the organization had decided to support education for Syrian refugees through the public school system, instead of investing in private schools operated by SABIS, an international company which has prepared students for college and high school exams. (rtr)

George Clooney and his wife Amal pose on the red carpet as they arrive for the screening of the film “Money Monster” during the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 12, 2016.

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Myanmar H1N1 swine flu death toll rises to 10

YANGON - Four more people have died in an outbreak of H1N1 influenza in Myanmar, a health official said on Monday, taking the death toll in the latest outbreak to 10 as the government stepped up public awareness campaigns about the swine flu virus.

The latest H1N1 outbreak began more than a week ago, said Thinzar Aung, deputy director of the infectious diseases department at the Ministry of Health and Sport, with Yangon, Myanmar ’s biggest city, the worst affected area.

Authorities have carried out health awareness campaigns and sought to calm public fears over the outbreak, although stores have sold out of surgical masks in Yangon. Authorities have told the public not to panic and described the latest outbreak as a regular seasonal occurrence.

“We have never withheld any

information about the infection of the disease,” heath minister Myint Htwe was quoted as saying by state-run newspaper Global New Light of Myanmar on Monday. “We are releasing real information on the seasonal influenza H1N1 in real time,” he said.

H1N1 has been among the strains of flu circulating in Myanmar seasonally since a global pandemic in 2009, although deaths from the virus had not been reported in recent years, heath officials have said.

Aside from those killed by the virus, 51 people have been

confirmed to have contracted the disease, according to the health ministry. It has called on hospitals and clinics to report patients showing signs of influenza-like illness.

Separately, Myanmar’s livestock ministry has also reported an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in the south. More than 1,800 chickens were culled after the virus was detected at a farm in the southern town of Dawei last month.

China China’s Inner Mongolia region has culled 66,500 chickens following an outbreak of bird flu

that has affected 35,000 birds, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday. The H5N1 strain of the virus was confirmed at a hen farm in Tongliao city, which has 3 million people, and has killed 15,000 birds, the ministry said in a statement on its website.

The outbreak is now under control, the ministry said. The last bird flu outbreak in March killed 134 birds at a duck farm in central Hubei province.

The most recent case is the first confirmed major bird flu outbreak among poultry after winter months and brings the total culled since October to more than 240,000 birds.

Additionally, the H7N9 strain of the virus has caused at least 281 deaths since October in

China.

Live poultry markets were shut down in many provinces following human infections, forcing egg producers to keep their hens beyond their prime time, as demand also plunged amid public fears over bird flu.

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