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’Deadpool’ star Ryan Reynolds ‘heartbroken’ over stuntwoman’s death

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VANCOUVER - “Deadpool” star Ryan Reynolds said on Monday that actors and crew were “heartbroken, shocked and devastated” at the death of a driver in a motorcycle stunt in Vancouver that went wrong.

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“Today, we tragically lost a member of our crew while filming ‘Deadpool’,” Reynolds, a native of Vancouver, said in a message on his social media platforms.

Vancouver police confirmed the death on Monday of the stuntwoman on the set of 20th Century Fox’s superhero movie “Deadpool 2” but gave no further details and did not release her name.

Local media said the woman appeared to lose control of the motorbike, which drove off the set and through the window of a building across the street.

The film is a sequel to the 2016 R-rated comedy “Deadpool,” starring Reynolds as the foul-mouthed Marvel superhero Deadpool.

Movie studio 20th Century Fox, a unit of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., did not say whether production had been halted.

Spokesman Dan Berger said the studio was “deeply saddened by the accident.”

Reynolds said the cast and crew were “heartbroken, shocked and devastated...

but recognize nothing can come close to the grief and inexplicable pain her family and loved ones must feel in this moment.

My heart pours out to them — along with each and every person she touched in this world.”

The “Deadpool 2” death came one month after a stuntman died on the Atlanta, Georgia set of AMC horror TV series “The Walking Dead.” John Bernecker, 33, died after hitting his head during a stunt where he fell from a height of 20 feet to a concrete floor.

Separately, Tom Cruise, known for doing most of his own stunts, appeared to have been injured on the London set of his upcoming spy action movie “Mission: Impossible 6.”

Video emerged on Monday on celebrity news website TMZ showing Cruise, 55, trying to jump onto the roof of a high-rise building and landing hard against its wall.

Moments later Cruise, who was attached to a harness, limped off the set. (rtr)

Taylor Swift wins groping trial against DJ, awarded symbolic $1 DENVER - Taylor Swift won her trial against a Colorado radio personality on Monday after a jury found that the former DJ assaulted and battered the pop star by groping her bare bottom, and awarded her the symbolic $1 in damages she had sought.

Swift cried and hugged her mother as the verdicts were read in U.S. District Court in Denver and mouthed an emphatic “thank you” to members of the jury as they left the courtroom.

The six-woman, two-man jury, which deliberated for less than four hours following a sensational week-long trial, also rejected claims by radio personality David Mueller that members of Swift’s management team - her mother and a radio station liaison - got him fired from his “dream job” as a DJ by making false accusations.

“I acknowledge the privilege that I benefit from in life, in society and in my ability to shoulder the enormous cost of defending myself

in a trial like this,” the 27-year-old singer said in a statement released immediately following the verdicts.

“My hope is to help those whose voices should also be heard,” Swift said, adding that she would make donations to organizations that help sexual assault victims defend themselves.

Mueller, 55, showed no reaction as the verdicts were read.

The DJ had initiated the litigation after he was fired from his job after the groping claim was reported to the radio station. In his lawsuit he called the groping accusations false, and he sued Swift, her mother, Andrea, and radio station liaison Frank Bell over his termination.

During closing statements in the case, Mueller’s attorney, Gabriel McFarland, argued that his client was a respected industry veteran who would never have risked his $150,000-per-year radio job by grabbing a major celebrity’s rear end. (rtr)

JAKARTA - Indonesian police on Tuesday arrested five suspected Islamist militants and seized chemicals near the capital, Jakarta, that they said were being used to make bombs for attacks on the presidential palace at the end of August.

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Two of the five, a husband and wife, had been deported from Hong Kong for allegedly spreading radical ideology and the group had studied bomb-making techniques through a website run by an Indonesian believed to be fighting with Islamic State in Syria, police said.

Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, has seen a series of small-scale attacks inspired by Islamic State, but most have been amateurishly planned and executed, using basic homemade weapons that have caused few deaths and minimal damage.

Police have been concerned about suspected militants getting more sophisticated after twin pressure cooker

bombs killed three police at a Jakarta bus station in May. “This is perhaps the first time such a method has been used in West Java, involving very dangerous chemicals,” said provincial police spokesman Yusri Yunus, adding that several stores had declined to sell the chemicals to the suspects.Yunus did not elaborate on the chemicals or the plan to attack the presidential palace. West Java is just to the east of Jakarta.

Counter-terrorism police who found the chemicals in a raid on a house in Bandung, 120 km (70 miles) southeast of Jakarta, said they experienced a burning sensation and redness on their skin when they entered the house. (rtr)

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TABANAN - Bali is famous for its culture but also for its handicrafts. The number of professional wood carvers on the island have however been dwindling. Currently, young people rarely want to practice this skill as their main source of income. In order to add economic value to this profession and thus entice more young people to want to preserve this art form, 25 year old I Wayan Lovayana from Kuwun, Marga Village, Tabanan has been making handphone cases with Balinese style carvings.

When met on Monday (Aug. 14), Lovayana explained that he was inspired to develop this business in response to the traditional art of carving that is practiced in Marga Village. There are still quite a lot of carving businesses in Marga, he said but most of them make doors and furniture.

There is fear that carving artists will have no successors.

In keeping with the progress of time and technology, less and less young people are interested in pursuing traditional arts and culture.

Most young people in Bali, he said are more interested in working in tourism.

“If the arts continue to be aban- The unique handphone chases. doned, this will impact the welfare of artists and also lead to the loss of Balinese cultural identity”, said Lovayana.

On that account, starting with his masters’ thesis Lovayana began to think of ways to preserve Balinese carving by adding economic value to this profession.

Loivayana then worked with artists from his own village and from Ubud to make a carved wood phone case.

His target market is the upper-middle class.

Given this upscale target market, the phone cases made under the brand Tattwa Nusantara are currently focused on brands like iphone and Samsung Note generation and Galaxy S. His wooden cases sell for between IDR 350,000 to IDR 750,000. Lovayana feesl confident about selling at such prices as his phone cases are artworks and the first of their kind in Indonesia and maybe the world.

Lovayana is not developing this business alone.

Alone but works with young people from his village who help with sales and design to grow this business.

The themes depicted in his engraved casing usually feature gods like Ganesha, Barong and others. “We can also make customized order. We take pre-orders as it takes about a week to make”, he explained.

In order to improve the economy of the carving artists, Lovayana implements a profit sharing system where carving artists get 50 percent of the selling price.

With such a promising income, young people will more likely want to pursue this profession, thus the Balinese art of carving will be preserved.

Lovayana leaves it to the artists to obtain the wood for these cases, which is said is often salvaged from Marga’s furniture and building carvers’ scraps “So, in addition to preserving our culture, it also preserves the environment by maximizing the use of unused wood”, he added. Once the carving is done, IBP/Wira Sanjiwani Lovayana then puts in rubber lining to protect the handphones from getting scratch when the wooden cases are mounted.

These handphone cases have drawn interest from buyers across Indonesia as wel as customers from abroad. Unfortunately expensive shipping costs make export less appealing for small scale orders. “In the future, we hope to cooperate with a foundations in Hong Kong. So, the orders can be in large quantities with a consignment sale system”, added Lovayana. (kmb24)

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A wood carver from Marga makes handphone cases

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The students is parading during the celebration of Indonesian Independence in Catur Muka, Denpasar.

In Bali, five school days a week not mandatory

DENPASAR - The full-days or five days of school a week program has not become mandatory in Bali.

Nevertheless, some schools have submitted requests from the Bali Education Agency to be able to implemented the five-day school week. “For the schools that are ready, it’s, ok, but for those that are not, it should not be forced. Actually there hasn’t been any issue about this”, said Head of the Bali Education Agency, TIA Kusuma Wardhani, when asked for her confirmation on Monday (Aug. 14).

TIA confirmed that some school shad already started implemented the full-day policy but admitted that she had not personally investigated the matter first hand. Given that the matter is still being discussed in the central government, she will coordinate things as need be.

“I think there are only one or two schools in Denpasar that are running this program. Outside Denpasar, we have not recorded the numbers because it has not

become a national agenda. Later on, the rules will be set forth in a presidential regulation and this does not have to be implemented by all schools as conditions vary” she added.

If the schools are ready, continued TIA, then they can implement this system for character education.

“With five working days, character education is expected to be taught optimally to children. However, when talking about character education there are three components involved namely the family, school and community”, she said. . “Beyond school hours children become the full responsibility of their family”, she said.

As previously reported (Bali Post: Aug. 14), President Joko Widodo declared the issuing of a presidential decree on the strengthening of character education to replace the Minister of Education and Culture Regulation on the five-day or full-day school policy. (kmb32)

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China drone maker steps up security after U.S. Army ban

Chinese drone maker SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd is tightening data security on its drones after the U.S. Army ordered its members to stop using DJI drones because of “cyber vulnerabilities,” a company official told Reuters on Monday.

The privately held Shenzhen-based company is speeding deployment of a system that allows users to disconnect from the internet during flights, making it impossible for flight logs, photos or videos to reach DJI’s computer servers, Brendan Schulman, vice president of policy and legal affairs at DJI, said in an interview.

The security measure had been in the works for several months but DJI said it is bringing it out sooner than planned because of an Army memo earlier this month that barred service members from using DJI drones.

DJI said it has not had any communication with the Army about the issue. An Army spokesman did not respond to a request for comment. The other branches of the military have not banned the use of drones by DJI, the largest consumer drone maker with millions of the devices sold.

“The Army memo caused customers to express renewed concern about data security” and prompted DJI to speed up data security changes, Schulman said.

Some drone pilots choose to share images and video

with DJI, which makes them visible on its SkyPixel website. But many businesses and government customers have raised concerns about sensitive video and pictures - such as movie footage or images of critical infrastructure - and want to ensure it is never sent to DJI, he said.

DJI said it does not collect images, video or flight logs from users unless they share them. But turning on the new “local data mode” will prevent accidental syncing with DJI’s servers. Its drones do not rely on an internet connection to fly.

Cutting the link between the internet and DJI’s controller apps that run on tablets and mobile phones will disable updates of maps, flight restrictions and other data that the controller application receives from the internet while the drone is in use, he said.

Schulman said DJI plans to make updates to its controller applications available by the end of September, earlier than previously planned. The new apps with local data mode may not be available in all countries if there are regulations that require pilots to have the most updated maps and information.

DJI had about 70 percent share of the global commercial and consumer drone market, analysts at Goldman Sachs and Oppenheimer estimated in 2016.

Goldman analysts estimated the market, including military, to be worth more than $100 billion over the next five years. (rtr)

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The file photo shows Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko visiting the Yuzhmash plant in Dnipro in 2014.

Ukraine denies selling missile technology to North Korea

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KIEV - Ukraine denied on Monday that it had ever supplied defense technology to North Korea, responding to an article in the New York Times that said North Korea may have purchased rocket engines from Ukrainian factory Yuzhmash.

Concern that North Korea is close to achieving its goal of putting the mainland United States within range of a nuclear weapon has raised global tensions in recent weeks. The United States is a key backer of Ukraine.

The secretary of the Ukrainian Security and Defence Council, Oleksandr Turchynov, said Ukraine “has never supplied rocket engines or any kind of missile technology to North Korea.”

State-owned Yuzhmash said it had not produced military-grade ballistic missiles since independence from the Soviet Union in

1991.

“In the years of independence, Yuzhmash has not produced, and is not producing, missiles and military missile systems,” it said in a statement published on their company’s website.

President Donald Trump warned at the weekend that the U.S. military was “locked and loaded” if North Korea acted unwisely after threatening last week to land missiles near the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam.

North Korean officials in turn have accused the U.S. leader of driving the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war.

On Sunday, the head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency said he would not be surprised if North Korea tested another missile, after it conducted two tests in July. (rtr)

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The fire is alleged to have started due to the hot weather and strong winds which made the dry scrub easy to catch fire.

Six hectares of dry land set fire AMLAPURA — The fire that raged though six hectares of dry land covered in shrubs and a small plantation owned by residents of Tigaron Kangin Hamlet, Sukasada Village, Kubu, had people panicking. No casualties were reported in the incident however and the fire was quickly extinguished by firefighters along with the regional disaster mitigation agency (BPBD), police and members of the surrounding community.

The incident occurred around 14:00 when a 63 year old local resident named Mangku Nengah Raka noticed a small flame in her garden. As she approached she realized that the flames had already engulfed about 1 hectare and was spreading quickly. “I panicked and immediately told my husband,

I Made Rupa”, explained Raka.

Rupa and his son Made Eka Wijayana immediately went to see what was going on. As soon as they saw how big the fire was, they called the fire department. While they waited for the firefighters to arrive, this father and son team along with other local residents used buckets of water to try to slow down the fire’s progress. Not long after, the Karangasem firefighters arrived with five fleets, the BPBD Karangasem alo arrived with a double-cabin vehicle, police and the national military (TNI). They all worked to put out the fire and finally managed to stop the fire at around 16:00.

Once the fire was extinguished, Kubu Police personnel led by police the Chief of Criminal Investigation Unit started investigating the scene. Chief of the Kubu Police,

Made Suadnyana, said that based on the results of the crime scene investigation, the fire is alleged to have started due to the hot weather and strong winds which made the dry scrub easy to catch fire. He also assured that there were no casualties or other losses due to the fire. Fortunately the fire was extinguished before spreading to surrounding neighbourhoods.

“We appeal to the public to remain alert to the potential for subsequent fires and to immediately report any forces to the authorities so that that it can be handled promptly” added Kubu Police. Chief Suadnyana.

Given current weather conditions, there is a lot of potential for fires to spread quickly. People are therefor being asked to remain vigilant, take swift action and contact relevant officers. (kmb31)

Smuggling 106. 02 grams of crystal meth into Indonesia

Russian tourist files an appeal

DENPASAR — The Denpasar district court’s panel of judged has given a verdict of guilty Alexey Prusov from Russia with a sentence of nine years imprisonment. However, this man charged with smuggling 106.00 gram of crystal meth did not accept the verdict and has requested an appeal.

Valerian Libert Wange who accompanied Prusov on Monday (Aug. 14) said: “The defendant is filing an appeal, but we are no longer serving as his legal counsel. For further information, please contact the prosecutor about the defendant’s appeal”, said Valerian.

Prosecutor Eddy Artha Wijaya

and Ketut Sujaya when contacted confirmed that the defendant had appealed his verdict. “Since the defendant is submiting an appeal, we are also taking the same measure with the appeal. Actually it has reached two-thirds of the demand”, said the public prosecutor Eddy Artha Sujaya.

The Denpasar District Court

panel of judges, led by Dr. Yanto sentenced the Russian defendant to 9-year imprisonment. In addition to corporal punishment, the judges also imposed the defendant Alexey with a fine of IDR 2 billion with a subsidiary of 4 months in prison.

The judges’ verdict is lighter than that of prosecutor’s. Previously, the prosecutor demanded the de-

fendant be sentenced to14-year in prison and a fine of IDR 2 billion with a subsidiary of 6 months in prison because the judge considered the defendant guilty under Article 113 paragraph (2) of Indonesian Law No. 35/2009 on narcotics, for unlawfully importing non-plant class I drugs weighing more than 5 grams. (kmb37)

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Chinese tour guide arrested for smuggling drugs DENPASAR — A joint team of the National Narcotic Agency (BNNP) Bali and Ngurah Rai Airport Customs and Excise arrested a foreign tourist found carrying drugs. On Friday (Aug. 11), officers arrested 33 year old tour guide from China named Tiecheng, when arrived at Ngurah Rai Airport terminal, Tuban, fro trying to smuggle in crystal meth.

“Previously our personnel also arrested an American tourist. This proves that the airport is still being taken advantage of by drug syndicates”, said Chief of BNNP Bali, Putu Gede Suastawa, on Sunday (Aug. 13).

Cooperation between the BNNP Bali and Customs and Excise, continued Suastawa, has been more intensified as various attempts are being committed by drug mafia to smuggle illicit goods in to Bali.

Suastawa affirmed that in the case the usual supervision and monitoring of passengers landing at the domestic and international terminal was conducted by this joint team. On Friday (Aug. 11) at 00:00, Citilink aircraft with flight number QG 8839 on route from Ningbo China landed in Denpasar.

As usual, the passengers’ luggage was checked using the X-ray scanner. The officers suspected something suspicious was inside the suspect’s backpack. After searching the bag, the officers found a package of crystal meth weighing 0.40 grams net.

“The suspect, along with the evidence were then taken to the office of BNNP Bali for further investigation. According to the initial allegation, the evidence was intended for personal use”, said Suastawa accompanied by Eradication Division Head, Ketut Arta.

The case, he said is still being investigated as there is the possibility that the suspect is involved in an international narcotics syndicate. This case is still being processed according to procedures and the BNNP will coordinate with Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Indonesia. (kmb36)

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Cooperation between the BNNP Bali and Customs and Excise has been more intensified as various attempts are being committed by drug mafia to smuggle illicit goods in to Bali.

Shop attendant attends to hang himseld MANGUPURA — A 21 yearl old named Dominikus Billy, who was working as an attendant in building material shop tried to kill himself on Monday (Aug 14), by

hanging himself in a silk tree on Jalan Gunung Sanghyang VIII, Kerobokan, North Kuta, Badung.

This young man from West Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT)

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Pertamina and the community of Sibang Kaja Village in the sub-district of Badung are working with Kembang Sari Segara Group to conserve Bali Starlings

Independent feed and energy for Bali starling conservation

MANGUPURA — The population of Bali Starlings continues to decrease. Currently there are only 200 wild of these wild birds left on the island. A number of parties have become concerned about such conditions. Pertamina and the community of Sibang Kaja Village in the sub-district of Badung for example are working with Kembang Sari Segara Group - state owned enterprise to conserve Bali Starlings by starting a bird breeding group in Sibang Kaja.

This endeavour was first started in June 2016, when just 9 pairs of Bali Starling were being bred. Since then the number of birds has increased to a total of 40 birds. On an area of land covering 3,000 square meters an educational tourist attraction is also being developed. Turkey, deer, rabbits are also being included in this conservation area. “Initially, this was just a mulberry garden but was then arranged into an educational park”, said Operation Head of Pertamina for DPPU Ngurah Rai, Arnaya Gula, accompanied by Kembang Sari Segara Group Head, I Nyoman Madia, on Sunday (Aug. 13).

The Kembang Sari Segara Group has been coached about how to make feed for the turkey and Bali Starlings, which they make from crab shells, bran and corn. They have received a processing machine

through cooperation with Udayana University. A total of three machines are used to make the crab shell pellet. One machine is used to crush the shells into flour, while the two others are used to mix the shells, corn and bran, as to mould the pellets.

Crab shells have a high calcium content which strengthens the bones of poultry, especially Bali Starlings and the chitin found in these shells helps to beautify this small bird’s feathers. In addition to poultry, the feed can also be given to fish. Crab shell feed does not take long to make and is now being mass produced for sale in public markets.

This rare bird breeding group therefor produces their feed independently and are also self- sufficient in terms of energy. also Students of SMKN 1 South Kuta vocational school are being coached

by Pertamina to make a solar power plant to provide the power needed for lighting, as well as the egg incubator and hatching machine.

The conservation education center is also growing bok choy. They have purchased 500 seeds for 10 planting seasons. The proceeds from the sale of the bok choy will be used to buy more poultry. Disanvantaged people from Sibang Kaja will be given these poultry that they can then breed.

Sibang Kaja village has potential in terms of becoming a tourism village, therefor Bali Starling conservation is a suitable activity that could help draw tourists. “Because Sibang Kaja village has the to become a tourism village, we are developing this educational park and within 2- 3 years we hope to become a tourism village” he added. (kmb42)

was saved from such a fate as the rope he tried to hang himself with broke. He is now in critical condition having falling some seven meters to the ground.

Chief of North Kuta Police Criminal Investigation Unit, I Putu Ika Prabawa, confirmed that Billy lives in the barracks of the building material shop on Jalan Kebo Iwa-Gatot Subroto, West Denpasar. His action first

became known by people who happened to be passing the scene at the time.

“Some people saw the yong man in one of the branches of the tree” siad the police chief. They tried to persuade the victime to get down from the tree. However, before their pleas could be heard, the young man jumped from the branch with a rope fasted around his neck.

The victim hung in the air for a few seconds before the rope snapped sending him crashing to the ground. Shortly thereafter he was rushed to Mangusada Hospital in Kapal, Badung.

“The victim is unconscious, but is still breathing. We have not been able to ask the victim his motives for committing such desperate action. He is still undergoing medical treatment”, he said. (kmb36)

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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows to an altar for the war dead during a memorial ceremony marking the 72nd anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War Two, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan August 15, 2017.

Asian neighbours protest as Japan PM sends offering to war dead shrine

SEOUL - North Korea’s leader has delayed a decision on firing missiles towards Guam while he waits to see what the United States does next, the North’s state media said on Tuesday, as South Korea’s president said Seoul would seek to prevent war by all means.

Signs of an easing in tension on the Korean peninsula helped stock markets rally for a second day running even as the United States and South Korea prepared for more joint military drills, which infuriate the North, and experts warned it could still go ahead with its provocative plan.

In his first public appearance in about two weeks, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the command of the North’s army on Monday, examining a plan to fire four missiles to land near the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, the official KCNA said in a report.

“He said that if the Yankees persist in their extremely dangerous reckless actions on the Korean peninsula and in its vicinity, testing the self-restraint of the DPRK, the latter will make an important decision as it already declared,” the report said.

The DPRK stands for North Korea’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

In photos released with the KCNA report, Kim was seen holding a baton and pointing at a map showing a flight path for the missiles appearing to start from North Korea’s east coast, flying over Japan towards Guam. North Korea has often threatened to attack the United States and its bases and released similar photos in the past but never followed through.

Pyongyang’s plans to fire missiles near Guam prompted a surge in tensions in the region last week, with U.S. President Donald Trump saying the U.S. military was “locked and loaded” if North Korea acted unwisely.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday there would be no military action without Seoul’s consent and his government would prevent war by all means.

“Military action on the Korean peninsula can only be decided by South Korea and no one else can decide to take military action without the consent of South Korea,” Moon said in a speech to commemorate the anniversary of the nation’s liberation from Japanese military rule in 1945.

“The government, putting everything on the line, will block war by all means,” Moon said. (rtr)

TOKYO - China and South Korea called on Japan to face up to its wartime past after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent an offering to a shrine to war dead on Tuesday, the anniversary of Japan’s World War Two surrender.

Masahiko Shibayama, a lawmaker who made the offering on Abe’s behalf, said he did so to express condolences for those who died in the war and to pray for peace. He added Abe said he was sorry he could not visit the Yasukuni shrine.

Past visits by Japanese leaders to Yasukuni have outraged Beijing and Seoul because it honours 14 Japanese leaders convicted by an Allied tribunal as war criminals, along with other war dead, sometimes chilling ties for months.

China’s relations with Japan have long been poisoned by what Beijing sees as Tokyo’s failure to atone for its occupation of parts of China before and during World War Two. Japan occupied Korea from 1910-1945.

But maintaining harmony with China and South Korea is now more important than ever amid heightened tensions in the wake of North Korean missile tests, threats from North Ko-

rea to strike the area around the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam and U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning of retaliation.

“After the war, our country has consistently taken steps as a country that abhors war and treasures peace, and has made efforts to promote the peace and prosperity of the world,” Abe said at a national ceremony.

“We intend to keep this immovable policy firmly, throughout the ages, while facing history with humility.”

Dozens of Japanese lawmakers visited the shrine along with scores of ordinary Japanese, prompting protests from the South Korean and Chinese governments.

“We express our deep concerns that responsible leaders of Japan’s government and parliament are again paying tribute at the Yasukuni Shrine and visiting the shrine that glorifies the history of the war of aggression,” South Korea’s foreign ministry said

in a statement.

In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said China resolutely opposed Japan’s “wrong actions” over the shrine.

“China urges Japan to earnestly face up to and deeply reflect upon its history of militarism,” she told a daily news briefing.

Abe visited Yasukuni in 2013, an action that prompted criticism from key ally the United States as well as from Asian nations, but has since only sent offerings on August 15 and during Yasukuni’s twice yearly festivals.

Tensions in the region weighed on the minds of many who visited the shrine.

“I am furious about the threat from North Korea,” said Katsuhiko Ikeda, 78.

“North Korea’s missile threat towards Guam means anything would pass by Japan, and if anything happened, it could affect us.” (rtr)

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Servicepersons of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) and the Korean People’s Internal Security Forces (KPISF), civilians, school youth and children visited the statues of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of national liberation in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 15, 2017.

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Job shares and working from home are key to boost women’s salaries, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said, as British women earn 18 percent less than men for the same job.

“We need to overhaul our culture and make flexible working the norm - looking beyond women as the primary caregivers and having tough conversations about the biases that are rife in our workforce and society,” Caroline Waters, EHRC’s deputy chairwoman, said in a statement.

Men and women should be encouraged to share childcare duties and fathers should be offered well-paid “use it or lose it” paternity leave to relieve the pressure on mothers to stall their careers to take care of their children, EHRC said.

The report comes a month after Britain’s public broadcaster, the BBC, revealed that its top male star was paid five times more than

its best-paid female presenter, prompting public criticism.

In April, large firms in Britain were required by law to report pay discrepancies between male and female employees. The pay gap for ethnic minorities is 5.7 percent and 13.6 percent for the disabled, EHRC said.

“The pay gaps issue sits right at the heart of our society and is a symbol of the work we still need to do to achieve equality for all,” Waters said.

“While there has been some progress, it has been painfully slow. We need radical change now otherwise we’ll be having the same conversation for decades to come.”

Women’s rights group the Fawcett Society agreed that flexible working should be the default for all employers to tackle the pay gap.

“Taking these steps will be good for employees but also

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good for business,” said Jemima Olchawski, head of policy at the Fawcett Society.

“Without it we risk excluding talented people from our workforce and underperforming as an

economy.”

Women from almost every minority ethnic group earn less than white British men, the charity found in March.

Closing Britain’s gender pay

gap could add 150 billion pounds ($193 billion) to the country’s annual gross domestic product by 2025, according to consulting firm McKinsey Global Institute. (rtr)

Dollar edges higher vs yen as concerns over N.Korea tensions ease

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SINGAPORE - The dollar edged higher against the yen on Tuesday, pulling away from a recent four-month low, as concerns over tensions between the United States and North Korea eased for now, supporting risk appetite.

North Korea’s said he will watch the actions of the United States for a while longer before making a decision on a threatened missile strike near Guam, the North’s official news agency said on Tuesday.

“The rhetoric is easing. I think the market was sort of leaning that way anyway,” said Stephen Innes, head of trading in Asia-Pacific for OANDA in Singapore, referring to an easing in investor concerns over the tensions between the United

States and North Korea.

Traders said the greenback also gained a lift after New York Fed President William Dudley said in an interview with the Associated Press that he would be in favour of another interest rate hike this year if the economy evolved in line with his expectations.

The dollar rose 0.4 percent to 110.04 yen, pulling further away from a near four-month low of 108.72 yen set on Friday.

The safe haven Swiss franc eased, with the dollar gaining about 0.1 percent to 0.9725 francs. The Swiss franc extended its losses after shedding about 1.1 percent against the dollar on Monday, its biggest daily fall since July 27. (rtr)

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All UK jobs should offer flexible hours to close pay gap - equality watchdog LONDON - All British employers should offer flexible hours to both sexes to make life fairer for working parents, the country’s equality watchdog said on Tuesday, as part of a push to close gender, ethnicity and disability pay gaps.

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Denpasar’s Taman Budaya or Art Center is perhaps best known for the annual Pesta Kesenian Bali (PKB) or Bali Art Festival (BAF) that takes place here every June-July. This month long festival features an astonishingly diverse array of traditional performing arts from all over Bali as well as collaborative performances with artists from other parts of the world and is very much in line with the original intention of the Art Center.

Bali’s then governor, Ida Bagus Mantra had the idea of creating a venue where Bali’s traditional and contemporary arts could be displayed, performed, developed and maintained in the face of the onslaught of international influences that were hitting Bali in the early 1970’s. The Art Center was built under his government in 1973 and was modelled after Balinese temple architecture with a healthy dose of elaborate Balinese ornamentation.

To this day, the Art Center still functions according to this original intention housing a permanent collection of Balinese paintings, photographs and other objects. Complete with a giant open air amphitheatre, only slightly smaller indoor stage and several other performance spaces, the

Art Center still hosts the BKB (Bali Arts Festival) as well as myriad other events throughout the year.

During an elaborate staging of a contemporary dance performance by students graduating from ISI Denpasar -the national arts school that lies adjacent to the Art centre, American couple Tina and Jonathan said: “it is so nice to see what young Indonesians are creating. It’s also impressive to see them use this beautiful outdoor space that allowed them to create this choreography that just would not have have worked so well indoors”. After the show they walked around the Art Center and commented that they pleased to see the Balinese carvings on the buildings set amongst so many trees.

The sprawling grounds of the

Denpasar Art Center, also include two sculpted bridges that cross the small portion of river that runs through the grounds, several pagodas, and an impressive lotus flower pond located in front of goddess statues from whom pour forth water similar to types of spouts found in some of Bali’s well-known temples. All the buildings located here host art events and exhibitions and are also impressive in they gradeur and ornate sculptural details that are overshadowed only by the majestic trees. In short, not only are these grounds dedicated to Balinese art but also to the beauty of the Island of Bali and make for a lovely place to take a few moments to stroll around or just sit and marvel at the wonder of it all. (kmb)

BALI - Students scrambled to safety as sirens blared during a tsunami drill on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Tuesday, part of a campaign to prepare for disasters in the quake-prone country.

Students at the Tanjung Benoa 2 elementary school took cover under their desks when the quake drill began, and then followed a tsunami evacuation route to the roof of a nearby hotel.

The exercise was part of a joint

project by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Japan’s government to raise awareness among children in 18 Asia-Pacific nations.

“Indonesia and Japan have the same high risk of natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunami ... so it’s very reasonable that Indonesia is given priority in this project,” said Hirohisa Chiba, Japan’s consul general to Indonesia.

Indonesia was the country worst-

hit in 2004 by an Indian Ocean tsunami triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake. The province of Aceh on the northwest tip of Sumatra island bore the brunt of tsunami, with at least 168,000 killed.

Huge tsunami waves slammed into Japan’s northeast coast in 2011, killing about 18,000 people and prompting authorities to revise warning systems and evacuation plans to save more lives. (rtr)

Dining in at a restaurant is a commonplace and so is working tasks in office. However, what about working an office job in a restaurant?

Or having meals in restaurant while completing office job? Well, this is unusual thing, but, it does exist. The Pemulan Coffee House and Resto provides dining facilities while working. This restaurant is located on Jalan Gunung Sari, Gang Uma Sekembang, Peliatan, Ubud – Gianyar.

Pemulan Coffee House and Resto as a place to eat and drink coffee is very fantastic. It offers a wonderful natural view. Being in a verdant paddy field, rich in local plants, close to the life of the wetland animals and the activities of village community makes the atmosphere comfortable and cool. The decor and interior arranged in original and antic style very much supports the atmosphere in the countryside.

Nevertheless, the facilities are very complete, so that guests can eat in tatami style or lesehan, together with girlfriends, family, entourage or colleagues. Similarly, it is equipped with a meeting room, a reception and a room for birthday celebration or just chat. There is also a coffee house, power king space and pool. “This place is also equipped with free Wi-Fi facilities with so fast access so that customers can eat while working,” said the owner, Putu Suryawan.

Pemulan Coffee House and Resto offers a variety of delicious foods.

In the process of this rebranding, all the menus are arranged, so they become more attractive and delicious. From about 20 menus available, barbeque pork ribs, bebek judes, steamed chicken (betutu) and bebek mekepu is the mostly ordered. “Other than offering good taste, the price is also affordable that can be reached by various circles, including local communities,” added Putu Suryawan accompanied by Operations Manager I Made Wiranata and Sales Marketing Lidya Minanti.

The bebek mekepu menu has a superior taste, so that it distinguishes from other duck menus. It has a specialty in black color. It does not happen due to being burned but due to the influence of spices in use.

The meat feels soft and tender because the marinade entirely seeps into the flesh. When served, it comes with three kinds of condiment namely green condiment, fried shallot and pounded condiment, so there is a choice of flavor. “I designed this menu inspired by the menu encountered in one of the ceremonies in Bali,” he said.

The duck meat does not feel fishy because it has passed through a long process, starting from the provision of spices and then massaged to make the seasoning get absorbed well. After that, it is silenced. Few minutes later, it is boiled about for half a day and then fried until getting crispy. Other than coming with three types of spices, the presentation of this bebek mekepu is also served with rice, plecing kangkung, sate lilit and ares bebek. “Although the process is long, it can be served very quickly as supported by experienced waiters,” he said.

Another menu that is not less interesting is the betutu ayam keren.

Although using ingredient of red chicken, the meat is soft to the bone.

The meat texture is soft and not hard if chewed. A portion of betutu ayam keren is served with urap vegetable, plecing kangkung, rice, raw condiment as well as fried shallot and served by using bamboo tray.

The drink on offer is not less interesting like tropical juice, cocktail, mocktail and original coffee of Kintamani. This restaurant is open every day starting at 09:00 until 21:00. (kmb)

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Indonesia graft witness worried about safety before his death

FREETOWN - Rescue workers have recovered 270 bodies so far from a mudslide in the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown and the search continues for more, the mayor said on Tuesday.

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People inspect the damage after a mudslide in the mountain town of Regent, Sierra Leone August 14, 2017.

Dozens of houses were covered in mud when a mountainside collapsed in the town of Regent on Monday morning, one of the deadliest natural disasters in Africa in recent years.

“We have a total of 270 corpses which we are now preparing for burial,” Freetown mayor Sam Gibson told reporters outside city hall.

A mass burial today will free up space for more bodies in the central morgue, which is overloaded, a Reuters witness said.

President Ernest Bai Koroma urged residents of Regent and other flooded areas around Freetown to evacuate immediately so that military personnel and other rescue workers could continue to search for survivors that might be buried underneath debris.

Rescue centres have been set up around the capital to register and assist victims, he said in a television address on Monday evening. (rtr)

Venezuela’s Maduro calls for military exercises after Trump threat

CARACAS - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday called for military exercises after U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of a possible armed intervention in the country, but Maduro insisted he still wanted to hold talks with the U.S. leader.

As Maduro told supporters in Caracas to prepare for an “imperialist” invasion, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence sought to calm concerns in the region about Trump’s talk, promising a peaceful solution to Venezuela’s “collapse into dictatorship.”

The unpopular Maduro, struggling with a disintegrating economy at home and increasing diplomatic isolation abroad, has used Trump’s comments on Friday to reaffirm longstanding accusations that Washington is preparing a military attack.

“Everyone has to join the defense plan, millions of men and women, let’s see how the American imperialists like it,” Maduro told supporters, urging them to join the two-day operation on Aug 26 and 27 involving both soldiers and civilians.

Thousands of government supporters rallied in Caracas where they dennounced Trump’s suggestion of a

“military option” to resolve Venezuela’s crisis.

Over 120 people have been killed since anti-government protests began in April, driven by outrage over shortages of food and medicine and Maduro’s creation of a legislative superbody that governments around the world say is dictatorial.

Maduro said Trump’s advisors had confused him about the true situation in Venezuela.

“I want to talk by phone with Mr. Trump, to tell him ‘They’re fooling you, Trump, everything they tell you about Venezuela is a lie. They’re throwing you off a cliff.’”

The White House last week rebuffed Maduro’s request to speak to Trump, saying the president would talk with Venezuela’s leader when the country returned to democracy.

‘FAILED STATE’

Earlier in the day, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino appeared in a televised broadcast with dozens of battle-ready troops behind him at an army base, including soldiers with shoulder-fired missile launchers pointed skyward.

In a speech, he warned that the

United States wanted to steal the OPEC nation’s oil reserves.

Late socialist leader Hugo Chavez frequently staged military exercises during his 14-year rule, many of which involved defending the country against mock foreign armies.

Critics generally dismissed them as bravado meant to distract from problems at home.

Venezuela’s opposition coalition on Sunday rejected foreign threats to the country. It did not specifically identify Trump or the United States, but criticized Maduro’s close relationship with Communist-run Cuba.

Vice President Pence said the United States would bring economic and diplomatic power to restore democracy in Venezuela.

“A failed state in Venezuela threatens the security and prosperity of our entire hemisphere and the people of the United States of America,” said Pence, speaking to reporters in the Colombian coastal city of Cartagena.

“The regime is experiencing change right now and what we’re witnessing is Venezuela is collapsing into dictatorship.”

Countries across Latin America, where the United States flexed its

military muscles throughout the 20th century, rejected Trump’s comments and said U.S. intervention was unwelcome.

On Sunday night, in an apparent effort to ease alarm, Pence said the United States was confident that a peaceful solution could be found to the country’s political and economic crises.

The country last month, at Maduro’s behest, elected a “con-

stituent assembly” with sweeping powers including the capacity to rewrite the constitution. Maduro says the assembly will bring peace to the country.

His adversaries boycotted the election, calling it a power grab meant to keep the ruling Socialist Party in power and insisting it will do nothing to tame soaring inflation or resolve food and medicine shortages. (rtr)

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JAKARTA - A witness in a $170 million Indonesian graft investigation linked to a national electronic identity card system told a witness protection agency he was worried about his safety just weeks before his suspected suicide, officials said. Johannes Marliem, 32, whose U.S.-based company had a contract to supply the ID cards, was pronounced dead on Thursday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after a standoff with police in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.

Earlier that week, on Tuesday, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation officers executed a federal search warrant at the same residence, said FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller, declining to give further details.

Last month, Marliem, had been in contact with Indonesia’s Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) on several occasions and also told media he had evidence in the form of digital recordings of his dealings with Indonesian politicians implicated in the scandal. “He said he was rather scared because he had 500 gigabytes of evidence,” LPSK deputy chairman Hasto Atmojo Suroyo told Reuters. Marliem was offered protection by authorities in late July but had not formally applied for it, Suroyo added.

“He asked for clarification on how to apply,” he said. “But then he suddenly died.” Marliem’s company, PT Biomorf Lone Indonesia, won the tender to supply automated fingerprint identification technology in a case that dates back to 2009, and centres on allegations that sums ranging from $5,000 to $5.5 million - money generated by marking up the costs of the ID card programme - were divided up in a room in parliament.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has already named the parliamentary speaker, Setya

Novanto, as a suspect in the investigation into the ID card scandal and is targeting at least 37 people including politicians and officials.

Novanto has denied any wrongdoing over the scandal in which 2.31 trillion rupiah ($173.07 million) is alleged to have been stolen. Another LPSK official, deputy chairwoman Lili Pantauli Siregar, said if the agency had received the application it could have taken immediate action to assist him. Instead, she said, Marliem had sent her a link to a fundraising page, requesting $5 million in donations.

“I understood with this he was looking for donations to live,” she added. Reuters could not verify the authenticity of the page that included a section stating that to reveal more information “the whistleblower needs protection, and other resources to stay alive”.

According to a KPK indictment, Marliem made sums of $14.88 million and 25.24 billion rupiah from the project.

According to media reports, Marliem had been interviewed by KPK investigators overseas. Siregar did not specify what nationality he held but said he would have been given protection whether he was an Indonesian citizen or not. Ed Winter, assistant chief of investigations at the LA County coroner’s office, said that Marliem’s death had been ruled a suicide.

Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman Officer Liliana Preciado said that Los Angeles SWAT officers had responded on late Wednesday afternoon to the residence where he died, finding a man barricaded inside. They entered the residence after midnight and found the man had shot himself and was dead.

A woman and a minor left the building late at night, police spokeswoman Detective Meghan Aguilar added, declining to give further details. The KPK said on Saturday Marliem’s death would not derail its investigation and Indonesian police have said they are working with the U.S. FBI to investigate his death. (rtr)

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Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a rally against U.S President Donald Trump in Caracas, Venezuela, August 14, 2017.

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The office of Indonesia’s anti-graft agency, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), is seen in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 24, 2010.

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MANGUPURA - Tanah Wuk(Wuk land) is a natural tourist attraction located in the river valley Tukad Penet lovely, is only 2 kilometers north woods ape Sangeh, Badung regency of Bali. If you are from Denpasar way to this attraction can be reached during 50 minutes with a distance of approximately 30 km. Located far from the main road, hidden fields, and is a very quiet and privacy to enjoy pristine nature. Natural beauty of Tanah Wuk, already known by many people and tourist for long time ago.

The tourists come to this natural attraction to release fatigue from routine work and for recreation with loved ones. In the Tanah Wuk, we can see the beauty of green valleys and stunning canyons with a very quiet situation, rows of hills, terraced rice fields and coffee plantations belonging to local communities complements the beauty, later on Tanah Wuk very appropriate to be used as a place outbound.

To complete your visiting around Tanah Wuk, you can see Sangeh Monkey Forest, 13 hectares of forest dominated by nutmeg trees, and majority of its inhabitants are long tailed gray apes (Macaca fascicularis), Bongkasa Village, as track of white water rafting on west bank of Ayung river, Plaga Village, Pangsan Tourism Village and other. (kmb)

CINCINNATI - Roger Federer has pulled out of the Cincinnati Open with a back injury, meaning Rafa Nadal will be the new world number one in next week’s rankings.

Federer, who has won the Ohio warm-up tournament for the U.S. Open on seven occasions, said he had picked up the injury in Montreal, where he lost to Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the final.

“I am very sorry to pull out of

the Western and Southern Open as I always enjoy playing here,” Federer said in a statement issued by the tournament.

“Cincinnati has some of the best fans in the world and I am sorry I will miss them. Unfortunately, I tweaked my back in

Montreal and I need to rest this week.”

Federer’s withdrawal assures that Nadal will be top of the rankings when they are issued on Aug. 21. The Spaniard will return to the top spot for the first time since July 6, 2014. (rtr)

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Australian Olympic champion Wooldridge dies

MELBOURNE - Australian cyclist Stephen Wooldridge, a former Olympic and world champion, has died at the age of 39.

Wooldridge won a team pursuit gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics and four world titles in the same discipline from 2002-06.

Wooldridge’s death came as a shock to Australia’s cycling community and triggered a flood of tributes on social media.

“Our thoughts are with Stephen’s family and friends during this very difficult time,” Cycling Australia CEO Nick Green said in a statement.

“Steve will be remembered by so many for not only his success in competition, but also for the contributions he made across so many roles in the sport.”

After his track career wound down, Sydney-born Wooldridge held a number of administrative roles in cycling and education.

He was survived by a son and a daughter, state broadcaster ABC said.

Wooldridge was remembered as an infectious, generous man but friends and colleagues spoke of a private mental health battle.

“Tragically today he gave his life away leaving behind a son and daughter, family and friends just short of his 40th birthday,” Phil Bates, the general manager of St George Cycling Club in Sydney and a former mentor to the rider, wrote on cycling media portal Ride Media (ridemedia.com.au).

“Terribly sad to hear we’ve lost you Stephen Wooldridge. RIP,” Australian cycling great Anna Meares tweeted. (rtr)

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CHARLOTTE - Hideki Matsuyama announced on Monday that he has been married since January and is now a father, news which caught Japanese media and fans by surprise.

Though numerous Japanese reporters follow Matsuyama every second of the day that he spends on a golf course, the world number two was able to keep his nuptials and fatherhood under wraps for months.

He said in a statement his child, a girl, was born in July, but did not reveal details of the identity of his wife.

Matsuyama announced the news only hours after falling short in his quest to become the first Japanese man to win a major championship.

Leading with nine holes to play at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow on Sunday, he had three consecutive bogeys on the back

nine and finished equal fifth behind winner Justin Thomas.

Matsuyama, 25, is one of the most popular sports figures in Japan. (rtr) Hideki Matsuyama tees off on the third hole during the final round of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club.

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Sp rt Premier League clubs mull closing transfer window early

LONDON - English Premier League clubs are set to discuss whether to shut the transfer window before the start of the 201819 season when they meet next month, British media have reported. Representatives from the 20 ­top-flight clubs are due to attend ­a shareholders meeting on Sept.

7 with the majority pushing for a new, earlier, transfer deadline to be introduced. Talks are expected to take place between all the clubs about whether to change the end of the window, which currently closes on Aug. 31 nearly three weeks after the first game.

It will be proposed that the ­transfer deadline is brought forward to the week before the start of the 2018-19 Premier League season, The Daily Telegraph reported on its website. British media said the majority of Premier League clubs favour an earlier window closure, with the approval of at least 14 of the 20 required for a new rule to be introduced.

Clubs from other European leagues, including Spain and Italy, would be allowed to sign players from England in line with their own domestic deadlines but transfers between Premier League clubs would not be allowed once the season starts. Swansea City manager Paul Clement, who has left Gylfi Sigurdsson out of the squad having been unsettled by repeated bids from Everton, spoke about the window after Saturday’s draw at Southampton in their opening game.

“It would be a better situation if the window closed before the start of the season and then people know that they have got their group for the first game they are available, they aren’t available,” Clement told a news conference.

“I know there are talks about changing that for the future and my opinion is that it should be changed. Before the first game you should know who you have got and who you haven’t got. “At our managers’ meeting at the Premier League ... we spoke about it. The majority of clubs are in favour, but maybe REUTERS/Andrew Yates all have to be for it to go through.” The Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho shakes hands January transfer window would be unafwith West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic after the match fected. (rtr)

Captain Jedinak named for Australia’s crunch qualifiers

Australia captain Mile Jedinak has been named in a preliminary 30-man squad for the crunch World Cup qualifiers against Japan and Thailand as he battles to recover from a groin injury.

The defensive midfielder was forced to miss the Confederations

Cup in Russia after aggravating a groin injury and is yet to resume club duties with Aston Villa in the English Championship (second tier).

Defender Brad Smith, who also missed the Confederations Cup, was also returned to the Ange Postecoglou’s squad for the Aug.

31 match away to Japan and the final clash at home to Thailand.

The squad will be trimmed to 23 next week.

Australia are third in Group B of Asian qualifying behind leaders Japan and Saudi Arabia. The top two secure automatic berths to next year’s finals in Russia. (rtr)

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Injured Tevez to return to China after Argentina treatment

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HONG KONG - Carlos Tevez has been granted a return to his native Argentina for treatment on a calf injury, but only after agreeing in writing to return to Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua before the end of the month. Speculation has been mounting in local media that the former Manchester United and Juventus forward was attempting to orchestrate a move back to Boca Juniors, who sold the 33-year-old to Shenhua for 11 million euros ($12.93 million) in January.

He has played just 11 times in the league for Shenhua, scoring twice, with his fitful performances blamed on the injury that first occurred in April. Tevez asked Shenhua to allow him to return to his native Buenos Aires for further treatment. “According to the request from Carlos Tevez to our club, after discussion, we now approve his request,” Shenhua said, according to the South China Morning Post.

“He’s permitted to go back to Argentina and receive treatment at the Clinica Jorge Bombicino and he must rejoin the team on August 30 and participate in training.” Tevez signed a two-year contract with the CSL side in January and according to media reports earns wages in the region of $800,000, making him one of the highest paid players in the world. However, a clause in the deal that saw him move from Boca Juniors states the Argentinian club must repay more than half of the transfer fee should the striker not complete two seasons with Shenhua.

Tevez has not played in the last two games and will now miss Wednesday’s first leg of the Chinese FA Cup against second division Shanghai Shenxin and Saturday’s meeting with league leaders and defending champions Guangzhou Evergrande.

“He didn’t go back to enjoy a holiday, he went back for the rehabilitation of his muscles,” David Wang, a Spanish translator working with Shenhua, was quoted as saying by the SCMP. “The rehabilitation process requires two weeks, but it will take two days to go and two days to come back.

“As the players are required to report to the club on August 28, Tevez won’t have enough time to do the rehabilitation, so the management of the club suggested him to leave a few days before the break and allow him to come back two days later.” (rtr)

BERLIN - Hertha Berlin needed late goals from Mitchell Weiser and Vedad Ibisevic to overcome third division Hans Rostock 2-0 away in the German Cup first round on Monday with the game interrupted by crowd trouble.

Weiser broke the deadlock with a thundering shot from just inside the box in the 88th minute after two interruptions, including one of 15 minutes late in the second half when the visiting Hertha fans lit flares in the stands and fired some towards the home supporters’ tribune.

Rostock fans responded by burning Hertha banners as the game looked on the brink of being abandoned.

Ibisevic tapped in Hertha’s second goal in stoppage time.

Schalke 04’s Ukrainian Yevhen Konoplyanka also scored two late goals to save his side’s blushes with a 2-0 win at gutsy fourth-tier club BFC Dynamo.

Holders Borussia Dortmund advanced on Saturday with a 4-0 win away to amateurs Rielasingen-Arlen as did Bayern Munich who crushed third division hosts Chemnitz 5-0. (rtr)

Hertha Berlin’s Mitchell Weiser celebrates scoring their first goal

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Squad: Mustafa Amini, Aziz Behich, Tim Cahill, Milos Degenek, Adam Federici, Alex Gersbach, Ajdin Hrustic, Jackson Irvine, Mile Jedinak, James Jeggo, Tomi Juric, Matthew Jurman, Robbie Kruse, Mitchell Langerak, Mathew Leckie, Massimo Luongo, Awer Mabil, Jamie Maclaren, Ryan McGowan, Riley McGree, Mark Milligan, Aaron Mooy, Tom Rogic, Mathew Ryan, Trent Sainsbury, Brad Smith, Matthew Spiranovic, James Troisi, Daniel Vukovic, Bailey Wrigh.

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Sp rt Premier League clubs mull closing transfer window early

LONDON - English Premier League clubs are set to discuss whether to shut the transfer window before the start of the 201819 season when they meet next month, British media have reported. Representatives from the 20 ­top-flight clubs are due to attend ­a shareholders meeting on Sept.

7 with the majority pushing for a new, earlier, transfer deadline to be introduced. Talks are expected to take place between all the clubs about whether to change the end of the window, which currently closes on Aug. 31 nearly three weeks after the first game.

It will be proposed that the ­transfer deadline is brought forward to the week before the start of the 2018-19 Premier League season, The Daily Telegraph reported on its website. British media said the majority of Premier League clubs favour an earlier window closure, with the approval of at least 14 of the 20 required for a new rule to be introduced.

Clubs from other European leagues, including Spain and Italy, would be allowed to sign players from England in line with their own domestic deadlines but transfers between Premier League clubs would not be allowed once the season starts. Swansea City manager Paul Clement, who has left Gylfi Sigurdsson out of the squad having been unsettled by repeated bids from Everton, spoke about the window after Saturday’s draw at Southampton in their opening game.

“It would be a better situation if the window closed before the start of the season and then people know that they have got their group for the first game they are available, they aren’t available,” Clement told a news conference.

“I know there are talks about changing that for the future and my opinion is that it should be changed. Before the first game you should know who you have got and who you haven’t got. “At our managers’ meeting at the Premier League ... we spoke about it. The majority of clubs are in favour, but maybe REUTERS/Andrew Yates all have to be for it to go through.” The Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho shakes hands January transfer window would be unafwith West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic after the match fected. (rtr)

Captain Jedinak named for Australia’s crunch qualifiers

Australia captain Mile Jedinak has been named in a preliminary 30-man squad for the crunch World Cup qualifiers against Japan and Thailand as he battles to recover from a groin injury.

The defensive midfielder was forced to miss the Confederations

Cup in Russia after aggravating a groin injury and is yet to resume club duties with Aston Villa in the English Championship (second tier).

Defender Brad Smith, who also missed the Confederations Cup, was also returned to the Ange Postecoglou’s squad for the Aug.

31 match away to Japan and the final clash at home to Thailand.

The squad will be trimmed to 23 next week.

Australia are third in Group B of Asian qualifying behind leaders Japan and Saudi Arabia. The top two secure automatic berths to next year’s finals in Russia. (rtr)

Hertha, Schalke made to sweat in German Cup first round

Injured Tevez to return to China after Argentina treatment

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HONG KONG - Carlos Tevez has been granted a return to his native Argentina for treatment on a calf injury, but only after agreeing in writing to return to Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua before the end of the month. Speculation has been mounting in local media that the former Manchester United and Juventus forward was attempting to orchestrate a move back to Boca Juniors, who sold the 33-year-old to Shenhua for 11 million euros ($12.93 million) in January.

He has played just 11 times in the league for Shenhua, scoring twice, with his fitful performances blamed on the injury that first occurred in April. Tevez asked Shenhua to allow him to return to his native Buenos Aires for further treatment. “According to the request from Carlos Tevez to our club, after discussion, we now approve his request,” Shenhua said, according to the South China Morning Post.

“He’s permitted to go back to Argentina and receive treatment at the Clinica Jorge Bombicino and he must rejoin the team on August 30 and participate in training.” Tevez signed a two-year contract with the CSL side in January and according to media reports earns wages in the region of $800,000, making him one of the highest paid players in the world. However, a clause in the deal that saw him move from Boca Juniors states the Argentinian club must repay more than half of the transfer fee should the striker not complete two seasons with Shenhua.

Tevez has not played in the last two games and will now miss Wednesday’s first leg of the Chinese FA Cup against second division Shanghai Shenxin and Saturday’s meeting with league leaders and defending champions Guangzhou Evergrande.

“He didn’t go back to enjoy a holiday, he went back for the rehabilitation of his muscles,” David Wang, a Spanish translator working with Shenhua, was quoted as saying by the SCMP. “The rehabilitation process requires two weeks, but it will take two days to go and two days to come back.

“As the players are required to report to the club on August 28, Tevez won’t have enough time to do the rehabilitation, so the management of the club suggested him to leave a few days before the break and allow him to come back two days later.” (rtr)

BERLIN - Hertha Berlin needed late goals from Mitchell Weiser and Vedad Ibisevic to overcome third division Hans Rostock 2-0 away in the German Cup first round on Monday with the game interrupted by crowd trouble.

Weiser broke the deadlock with a thundering shot from just inside the box in the 88th minute after two interruptions, including one of 15 minutes late in the second half when the visiting Hertha fans lit flares in the stands and fired some towards the home supporters’ tribune.

Rostock fans responded by burning Hertha banners as the game looked on the brink of being abandoned.

Ibisevic tapped in Hertha’s second goal in stoppage time.

Schalke 04’s Ukrainian Yevhen Konoplyanka also scored two late goals to save his side’s blushes with a 2-0 win at gutsy fourth-tier club BFC Dynamo.

Holders Borussia Dortmund advanced on Saturday with a 4-0 win away to amateurs Rielasingen-Arlen as did Bayern Munich who crushed third division hosts Chemnitz 5-0. (rtr)

Hertha Berlin’s Mitchell Weiser celebrates scoring their first goal

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Squad: Mustafa Amini, Aziz Behich, Tim Cahill, Milos Degenek, Adam Federici, Alex Gersbach, Ajdin Hrustic, Jackson Irvine, Mile Jedinak, James Jeggo, Tomi Juric, Matthew Jurman, Robbie Kruse, Mitchell Langerak, Mathew Leckie, Massimo Luongo, Awer Mabil, Jamie Maclaren, Ryan McGowan, Riley McGree, Mark Milligan, Aaron Mooy, Tom Rogic, Mathew Ryan, Trent Sainsbury, Brad Smith, Matthew Spiranovic, James Troisi, Daniel Vukovic, Bailey Wrigh.

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MANGUPURA - Tanah Wuk(Wuk land) is a natural tourist attraction located in the river valley Tukad Penet lovely, is only 2 kilometers north woods ape Sangeh, Badung regency of Bali. If you are from Denpasar way to this attraction can be reached during 50 minutes with a distance of approximately 30 km. Located far from the main road, hidden fields, and is a very quiet and privacy to enjoy pristine nature. Natural beauty of Tanah Wuk, already known by many people and tourist for long time ago.

The tourists come to this natural attraction to release fatigue from routine work and for recreation with loved ones. In the Tanah Wuk, we can see the beauty of green valleys and stunning canyons with a very quiet situation, rows of hills, terraced rice fields and coffee plantations belonging to local communities complements the beauty, later on Tanah Wuk very appropriate to be used as a place outbound.

To complete your visiting around Tanah Wuk, you can see Sangeh Monkey Forest, 13 hectares of forest dominated by nutmeg trees, and majority of its inhabitants are long tailed gray apes (Macaca fascicularis), Bongkasa Village, as track of white water rafting on west bank of Ayung river, Plaga Village, Pangsan Tourism Village and other. (kmb)

CINCINNATI - Roger Federer has pulled out of the Cincinnati Open with a back injury, meaning Rafa Nadal will be the new world number one in next week’s rankings.

Federer, who has won the Ohio warm-up tournament for the U.S. Open on seven occasions, said he had picked up the injury in Montreal, where he lost to Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the final.

“I am very sorry to pull out of

the Western and Southern Open as I always enjoy playing here,” Federer said in a statement issued by the tournament.

“Cincinnati has some of the best fans in the world and I am sorry I will miss them. Unfortunately, I tweaked my back in

Montreal and I need to rest this week.”

Federer’s withdrawal assures that Nadal will be top of the rankings when they are issued on Aug. 21. The Spaniard will return to the top spot for the first time since July 6, 2014. (rtr)

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Australian Olympic champion Wooldridge dies

MELBOURNE - Australian cyclist Stephen Wooldridge, a former Olympic and world champion, has died at the age of 39.

Wooldridge won a team pursuit gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics and four world titles in the same discipline from 2002-06.

Wooldridge’s death came as a shock to Australia’s cycling community and triggered a flood of tributes on social media.

“Our thoughts are with Stephen’s family and friends during this very difficult time,” Cycling Australia CEO Nick Green said in a statement.

“Steve will be remembered by so many for not only his success in competition, but also for the contributions he made across so many roles in the sport.”

After his track career wound down, Sydney-born Wooldridge held a number of administrative roles in cycling and education.

He was survived by a son and a daughter, state broadcaster ABC said.

Wooldridge was remembered as an infectious, generous man but friends and colleagues spoke of a private mental health battle.

“Tragically today he gave his life away leaving behind a son and daughter, family and friends just short of his 40th birthday,” Phil Bates, the general manager of St George Cycling Club in Sydney and a former mentor to the rider, wrote on cycling media portal Ride Media (ridemedia.com.au).

“Terribly sad to hear we’ve lost you Stephen Wooldridge. RIP,” Australian cycling great Anna Meares tweeted. (rtr)

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CHARLOTTE - Hideki Matsuyama announced on Monday that he has been married since January and is now a father, news which caught Japanese media and fans by surprise.

Though numerous Japanese reporters follow Matsuyama every second of the day that he spends on a golf course, the world number two was able to keep his nuptials and fatherhood under wraps for months.

He said in a statement his child, a girl, was born in July, but did not reveal details of the identity of his wife.

Matsuyama announced the news only hours after falling short in his quest to become the first Japanese man to win a major championship.

Leading with nine holes to play at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow on Sunday, he had three consecutive bogeys on the back

nine and finished equal fifth behind winner Justin Thomas.

Matsuyama, 25, is one of the most popular sports figures in Japan. (rtr) Hideki Matsuyama tees off on the third hole during the final round of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club.

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Indonesia graft witness worried about safety before his death

FREETOWN - Rescue workers have recovered 270 bodies so far from a mudslide in the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown and the search continues for more, the mayor said on Tuesday.

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People inspect the damage after a mudslide in the mountain town of Regent, Sierra Leone August 14, 2017.

Dozens of houses were covered in mud when a mountainside collapsed in the town of Regent on Monday morning, one of the deadliest natural disasters in Africa in recent years.

“We have a total of 270 corpses which we are now preparing for burial,” Freetown mayor Sam Gibson told reporters outside city hall.

A mass burial today will free up space for more bodies in the central morgue, which is overloaded, a Reuters witness said.

President Ernest Bai Koroma urged residents of Regent and other flooded areas around Freetown to evacuate immediately so that military personnel and other rescue workers could continue to search for survivors that might be buried underneath debris.

Rescue centres have been set up around the capital to register and assist victims, he said in a television address on Monday evening. (rtr)

Venezuela’s Maduro calls for military exercises after Trump threat

CARACAS - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday called for military exercises after U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of a possible armed intervention in the country, but Maduro insisted he still wanted to hold talks with the U.S. leader.

As Maduro told supporters in Caracas to prepare for an “imperialist” invasion, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence sought to calm concerns in the region about Trump’s talk, promising a peaceful solution to Venezuela’s “collapse into dictatorship.”

The unpopular Maduro, struggling with a disintegrating economy at home and increasing diplomatic isolation abroad, has used Trump’s comments on Friday to reaffirm longstanding accusations that Washington is preparing a military attack.

“Everyone has to join the defense plan, millions of men and women, let’s see how the American imperialists like it,” Maduro told supporters, urging them to join the two-day operation on Aug 26 and 27 involving both soldiers and civilians.

Thousands of government supporters rallied in Caracas where they dennounced Trump’s suggestion of a

“military option” to resolve Venezuela’s crisis.

Over 120 people have been killed since anti-government protests began in April, driven by outrage over shortages of food and medicine and Maduro’s creation of a legislative superbody that governments around the world say is dictatorial.

Maduro said Trump’s advisors had confused him about the true situation in Venezuela.

“I want to talk by phone with Mr. Trump, to tell him ‘They’re fooling you, Trump, everything they tell you about Venezuela is a lie. They’re throwing you off a cliff.’”

The White House last week rebuffed Maduro’s request to speak to Trump, saying the president would talk with Venezuela’s leader when the country returned to democracy.

‘FAILED STATE’

Earlier in the day, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino appeared in a televised broadcast with dozens of battle-ready troops behind him at an army base, including soldiers with shoulder-fired missile launchers pointed skyward.

In a speech, he warned that the

United States wanted to steal the OPEC nation’s oil reserves.

Late socialist leader Hugo Chavez frequently staged military exercises during his 14-year rule, many of which involved defending the country against mock foreign armies.

Critics generally dismissed them as bravado meant to distract from problems at home.

Venezuela’s opposition coalition on Sunday rejected foreign threats to the country. It did not specifically identify Trump or the United States, but criticized Maduro’s close relationship with Communist-run Cuba.

Vice President Pence said the United States would bring economic and diplomatic power to restore democracy in Venezuela.

“A failed state in Venezuela threatens the security and prosperity of our entire hemisphere and the people of the United States of America,” said Pence, speaking to reporters in the Colombian coastal city of Cartagena.

“The regime is experiencing change right now and what we’re witnessing is Venezuela is collapsing into dictatorship.”

Countries across Latin America, where the United States flexed its

military muscles throughout the 20th century, rejected Trump’s comments and said U.S. intervention was unwelcome.

On Sunday night, in an apparent effort to ease alarm, Pence said the United States was confident that a peaceful solution could be found to the country’s political and economic crises.

The country last month, at Maduro’s behest, elected a “con-

stituent assembly” with sweeping powers including the capacity to rewrite the constitution. Maduro says the assembly will bring peace to the country.

His adversaries boycotted the election, calling it a power grab meant to keep the ruling Socialist Party in power and insisting it will do nothing to tame soaring inflation or resolve food and medicine shortages. (rtr)

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JAKARTA - A witness in a $170 million Indonesian graft investigation linked to a national electronic identity card system told a witness protection agency he was worried about his safety just weeks before his suspected suicide, officials said. Johannes Marliem, 32, whose U.S.-based company had a contract to supply the ID cards, was pronounced dead on Thursday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after a standoff with police in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.

Earlier that week, on Tuesday, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation officers executed a federal search warrant at the same residence, said FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller, declining to give further details.

Last month, Marliem, had been in contact with Indonesia’s Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) on several occasions and also told media he had evidence in the form of digital recordings of his dealings with Indonesian politicians implicated in the scandal. “He said he was rather scared because he had 500 gigabytes of evidence,” LPSK deputy chairman Hasto Atmojo Suroyo told Reuters. Marliem was offered protection by authorities in late July but had not formally applied for it, Suroyo added.

“He asked for clarification on how to apply,” he said. “But then he suddenly died.” Marliem’s company, PT Biomorf Lone Indonesia, won the tender to supply automated fingerprint identification technology in a case that dates back to 2009, and centres on allegations that sums ranging from $5,000 to $5.5 million - money generated by marking up the costs of the ID card programme - were divided up in a room in parliament.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has already named the parliamentary speaker, Setya

Novanto, as a suspect in the investigation into the ID card scandal and is targeting at least 37 people including politicians and officials.

Novanto has denied any wrongdoing over the scandal in which 2.31 trillion rupiah ($173.07 million) is alleged to have been stolen. Another LPSK official, deputy chairwoman Lili Pantauli Siregar, said if the agency had received the application it could have taken immediate action to assist him. Instead, she said, Marliem had sent her a link to a fundraising page, requesting $5 million in donations.

“I understood with this he was looking for donations to live,” she added. Reuters could not verify the authenticity of the page that included a section stating that to reveal more information “the whistleblower needs protection, and other resources to stay alive”.

According to a KPK indictment, Marliem made sums of $14.88 million and 25.24 billion rupiah from the project.

According to media reports, Marliem had been interviewed by KPK investigators overseas. Siregar did not specify what nationality he held but said he would have been given protection whether he was an Indonesian citizen or not. Ed Winter, assistant chief of investigations at the LA County coroner’s office, said that Marliem’s death had been ruled a suicide.

Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman Officer Liliana Preciado said that Los Angeles SWAT officers had responded on late Wednesday afternoon to the residence where he died, finding a man barricaded inside. They entered the residence after midnight and found the man had shot himself and was dead.

A woman and a minor left the building late at night, police spokeswoman Detective Meghan Aguilar added, declining to give further details. The KPK said on Saturday Marliem’s death would not derail its investigation and Indonesian police have said they are working with the U.S. FBI to investigate his death. (rtr)

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Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a rally against U.S President Donald Trump in Caracas, Venezuela, August 14, 2017.

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Job shares and working from home are key to boost women’s salaries, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said, as British women earn 18 percent less than men for the same job.

“We need to overhaul our culture and make flexible working the norm - looking beyond women as the primary caregivers and having tough conversations about the biases that are rife in our workforce and society,” Caroline Waters, EHRC’s deputy chairwoman, said in a statement.

Men and women should be encouraged to share childcare duties and fathers should be offered well-paid “use it or lose it” paternity leave to relieve the pressure on mothers to stall their careers to take care of their children, EHRC said.

The report comes a month after Britain’s public broadcaster, the BBC, revealed that its top male star was paid five times more than

its best-paid female presenter, prompting public criticism.

In April, large firms in Britain were required by law to report pay discrepancies between male and female employees. The pay gap for ethnic minorities is 5.7 percent and 13.6 percent for the disabled, EHRC said.

“The pay gaps issue sits right at the heart of our society and is a symbol of the work we still need to do to achieve equality for all,” Waters said.

“While there has been some progress, it has been painfully slow. We need radical change now otherwise we’ll be having the same conversation for decades to come.”

Women’s rights group the Fawcett Society agreed that flexible working should be the default for all employers to tackle the pay gap.

“Taking these steps will be good for employees but also

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good for business,” said Jemima Olchawski, head of policy at the Fawcett Society.

“Without it we risk excluding talented people from our workforce and underperforming as an

economy.”

Women from almost every minority ethnic group earn less than white British men, the charity found in March.

Closing Britain’s gender pay

gap could add 150 billion pounds ($193 billion) to the country’s annual gross domestic product by 2025, according to consulting firm McKinsey Global Institute. (rtr)

Dollar edges higher vs yen as concerns over N.Korea tensions ease

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SINGAPORE - The dollar edged higher against the yen on Tuesday, pulling away from a recent four-month low, as concerns over tensions between the United States and North Korea eased for now, supporting risk appetite.

North Korea’s said he will watch the actions of the United States for a while longer before making a decision on a threatened missile strike near Guam, the North’s official news agency said on Tuesday.

“The rhetoric is easing. I think the market was sort of leaning that way anyway,” said Stephen Innes, head of trading in Asia-Pacific for OANDA in Singapore, referring to an easing in investor concerns over the tensions between the United

States and North Korea.

Traders said the greenback also gained a lift after New York Fed President William Dudley said in an interview with the Associated Press that he would be in favour of another interest rate hike this year if the economy evolved in line with his expectations.

The dollar rose 0.4 percent to 110.04 yen, pulling further away from a near four-month low of 108.72 yen set on Friday.

The safe haven Swiss franc eased, with the dollar gaining about 0.1 percent to 0.9725 francs. The Swiss franc extended its losses after shedding about 1.1 percent against the dollar on Monday, its biggest daily fall since July 27. (rtr)

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All UK jobs should offer flexible hours to close pay gap - equality watchdog LONDON - All British employers should offer flexible hours to both sexes to make life fairer for working parents, the country’s equality watchdog said on Tuesday, as part of a push to close gender, ethnicity and disability pay gaps.

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Denpasar’s Taman Budaya or Art Center is perhaps best known for the annual Pesta Kesenian Bali (PKB) or Bali Art Festival (BAF) that takes place here every June-July. This month long festival features an astonishingly diverse array of traditional performing arts from all over Bali as well as collaborative performances with artists from other parts of the world and is very much in line with the original intention of the Art Center.

Bali’s then governor, Ida Bagus Mantra had the idea of creating a venue where Bali’s traditional and contemporary arts could be displayed, performed, developed and maintained in the face of the onslaught of international influences that were hitting Bali in the early 1970’s. The Art Center was built under his government in 1973 and was modelled after Balinese temple architecture with a healthy dose of elaborate Balinese ornamentation.

To this day, the Art Center still functions according to this original intention housing a permanent collection of Balinese paintings, photographs and other objects. Complete with a giant open air amphitheatre, only slightly smaller indoor stage and several other performance spaces, the

Art Center still hosts the BKB (Bali Arts Festival) as well as myriad other events throughout the year.

During an elaborate staging of a contemporary dance performance by students graduating from ISI Denpasar -the national arts school that lies adjacent to the Art centre, American couple Tina and Jonathan said: “it is so nice to see what young Indonesians are creating. It’s also impressive to see them use this beautiful outdoor space that allowed them to create this choreography that just would not have have worked so well indoors”. After the show they walked around the Art Center and commented that they pleased to see the Balinese carvings on the buildings set amongst so many trees.

The sprawling grounds of the

Denpasar Art Center, also include two sculpted bridges that cross the small portion of river that runs through the grounds, several pagodas, and an impressive lotus flower pond located in front of goddess statues from whom pour forth water similar to types of spouts found in some of Bali’s well-known temples. All the buildings located here host art events and exhibitions and are also impressive in they gradeur and ornate sculptural details that are overshadowed only by the majestic trees. In short, not only are these grounds dedicated to Balinese art but also to the beauty of the Island of Bali and make for a lovely place to take a few moments to stroll around or just sit and marvel at the wonder of it all. (kmb)

BALI - Students scrambled to safety as sirens blared during a tsunami drill on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Tuesday, part of a campaign to prepare for disasters in the quake-prone country.

Students at the Tanjung Benoa 2 elementary school took cover under their desks when the quake drill began, and then followed a tsunami evacuation route to the roof of a nearby hotel.

The exercise was part of a joint

project by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Japan’s government to raise awareness among children in 18 Asia-Pacific nations.

“Indonesia and Japan have the same high risk of natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunami ... so it’s very reasonable that Indonesia is given priority in this project,” said Hirohisa Chiba, Japan’s consul general to Indonesia.

Indonesia was the country worst-

hit in 2004 by an Indian Ocean tsunami triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake. The province of Aceh on the northwest tip of Sumatra island bore the brunt of tsunami, with at least 168,000 killed.

Huge tsunami waves slammed into Japan’s northeast coast in 2011, killing about 18,000 people and prompting authorities to revise warning systems and evacuation plans to save more lives. (rtr)

Dining in at a restaurant is a commonplace and so is working tasks in office. However, what about working an office job in a restaurant?

Or having meals in restaurant while completing office job? Well, this is unusual thing, but, it does exist. The Pemulan Coffee House and Resto provides dining facilities while working. This restaurant is located on Jalan Gunung Sari, Gang Uma Sekembang, Peliatan, Ubud – Gianyar.

Pemulan Coffee House and Resto as a place to eat and drink coffee is very fantastic. It offers a wonderful natural view. Being in a verdant paddy field, rich in local plants, close to the life of the wetland animals and the activities of village community makes the atmosphere comfortable and cool. The decor and interior arranged in original and antic style very much supports the atmosphere in the countryside.

Nevertheless, the facilities are very complete, so that guests can eat in tatami style or lesehan, together with girlfriends, family, entourage or colleagues. Similarly, it is equipped with a meeting room, a reception and a room for birthday celebration or just chat. There is also a coffee house, power king space and pool. “This place is also equipped with free Wi-Fi facilities with so fast access so that customers can eat while working,” said the owner, Putu Suryawan.

Pemulan Coffee House and Resto offers a variety of delicious foods.

In the process of this rebranding, all the menus are arranged, so they become more attractive and delicious. From about 20 menus available, barbeque pork ribs, bebek judes, steamed chicken (betutu) and bebek mekepu is the mostly ordered. “Other than offering good taste, the price is also affordable that can be reached by various circles, including local communities,” added Putu Suryawan accompanied by Operations Manager I Made Wiranata and Sales Marketing Lidya Minanti.

The bebek mekepu menu has a superior taste, so that it distinguishes from other duck menus. It has a specialty in black color. It does not happen due to being burned but due to the influence of spices in use.

The meat feels soft and tender because the marinade entirely seeps into the flesh. When served, it comes with three kinds of condiment namely green condiment, fried shallot and pounded condiment, so there is a choice of flavor. “I designed this menu inspired by the menu encountered in one of the ceremonies in Bali,” he said.

The duck meat does not feel fishy because it has passed through a long process, starting from the provision of spices and then massaged to make the seasoning get absorbed well. After that, it is silenced. Few minutes later, it is boiled about for half a day and then fried until getting crispy. Other than coming with three types of spices, the presentation of this bebek mekepu is also served with rice, plecing kangkung, sate lilit and ares bebek. “Although the process is long, it can be served very quickly as supported by experienced waiters,” he said.

Another menu that is not less interesting is the betutu ayam keren.

Although using ingredient of red chicken, the meat is soft to the bone.

The meat texture is soft and not hard if chewed. A portion of betutu ayam keren is served with urap vegetable, plecing kangkung, rice, raw condiment as well as fried shallot and served by using bamboo tray.

The drink on offer is not less interesting like tropical juice, cocktail, mocktail and original coffee of Kintamani. This restaurant is open every day starting at 09:00 until 21:00. (kmb)

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Chinese tour guide arrested for smuggling drugs DENPASAR — A joint team of the National Narcotic Agency (BNNP) Bali and Ngurah Rai Airport Customs and Excise arrested a foreign tourist found carrying drugs. On Friday (Aug. 11), officers arrested 33 year old tour guide from China named Tiecheng, when arrived at Ngurah Rai Airport terminal, Tuban, fro trying to smuggle in crystal meth.

“Previously our personnel also arrested an American tourist. This proves that the airport is still being taken advantage of by drug syndicates”, said Chief of BNNP Bali, Putu Gede Suastawa, on Sunday (Aug. 13).

Cooperation between the BNNP Bali and Customs and Excise, continued Suastawa, has been more intensified as various attempts are being committed by drug mafia to smuggle illicit goods in to Bali.

Suastawa affirmed that in the case the usual supervision and monitoring of passengers landing at the domestic and international terminal was conducted by this joint team. On Friday (Aug. 11) at 00:00, Citilink aircraft with flight number QG 8839 on route from Ningbo China landed in Denpasar.

As usual, the passengers’ luggage was checked using the X-ray scanner. The officers suspected something suspicious was inside the suspect’s backpack. After searching the bag, the officers found a package of crystal meth weighing 0.40 grams net.

“The suspect, along with the evidence were then taken to the office of BNNP Bali for further investigation. According to the initial allegation, the evidence was intended for personal use”, said Suastawa accompanied by Eradication Division Head, Ketut Arta.

The case, he said is still being investigated as there is the possibility that the suspect is involved in an international narcotics syndicate. This case is still being processed according to procedures and the BNNP will coordinate with Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Indonesia. (kmb36)

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Cooperation between the BNNP Bali and Customs and Excise has been more intensified as various attempts are being committed by drug mafia to smuggle illicit goods in to Bali.

Shop attendant attends to hang himseld MANGUPURA — A 21 yearl old named Dominikus Billy, who was working as an attendant in building material shop tried to kill himself on Monday (Aug 14), by

hanging himself in a silk tree on Jalan Gunung Sanghyang VIII, Kerobokan, North Kuta, Badung.

This young man from West Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT)

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Pertamina and the community of Sibang Kaja Village in the sub-district of Badung are working with Kembang Sari Segara Group to conserve Bali Starlings

Independent feed and energy for Bali starling conservation

MANGUPURA — The population of Bali Starlings continues to decrease. Currently there are only 200 wild of these wild birds left on the island. A number of parties have become concerned about such conditions. Pertamina and the community of Sibang Kaja Village in the sub-district of Badung for example are working with Kembang Sari Segara Group - state owned enterprise to conserve Bali Starlings by starting a bird breeding group in Sibang Kaja.

This endeavour was first started in June 2016, when just 9 pairs of Bali Starling were being bred. Since then the number of birds has increased to a total of 40 birds. On an area of land covering 3,000 square meters an educational tourist attraction is also being developed. Turkey, deer, rabbits are also being included in this conservation area. “Initially, this was just a mulberry garden but was then arranged into an educational park”, said Operation Head of Pertamina for DPPU Ngurah Rai, Arnaya Gula, accompanied by Kembang Sari Segara Group Head, I Nyoman Madia, on Sunday (Aug. 13).

The Kembang Sari Segara Group has been coached about how to make feed for the turkey and Bali Starlings, which they make from crab shells, bran and corn. They have received a processing machine

through cooperation with Udayana University. A total of three machines are used to make the crab shell pellet. One machine is used to crush the shells into flour, while the two others are used to mix the shells, corn and bran, as to mould the pellets.

Crab shells have a high calcium content which strengthens the bones of poultry, especially Bali Starlings and the chitin found in these shells helps to beautify this small bird’s feathers. In addition to poultry, the feed can also be given to fish. Crab shell feed does not take long to make and is now being mass produced for sale in public markets.

This rare bird breeding group therefor produces their feed independently and are also self- sufficient in terms of energy. also Students of SMKN 1 South Kuta vocational school are being coached

by Pertamina to make a solar power plant to provide the power needed for lighting, as well as the egg incubator and hatching machine.

The conservation education center is also growing bok choy. They have purchased 500 seeds for 10 planting seasons. The proceeds from the sale of the bok choy will be used to buy more poultry. Disanvantaged people from Sibang Kaja will be given these poultry that they can then breed.

Sibang Kaja village has potential in terms of becoming a tourism village, therefor Bali Starling conservation is a suitable activity that could help draw tourists. “Because Sibang Kaja village has the to become a tourism village, we are developing this educational park and within 2- 3 years we hope to become a tourism village” he added. (kmb42)

was saved from such a fate as the rope he tried to hang himself with broke. He is now in critical condition having falling some seven meters to the ground.

Chief of North Kuta Police Criminal Investigation Unit, I Putu Ika Prabawa, confirmed that Billy lives in the barracks of the building material shop on Jalan Kebo Iwa-Gatot Subroto, West Denpasar. His action first

became known by people who happened to be passing the scene at the time.

“Some people saw the yong man in one of the branches of the tree” siad the police chief. They tried to persuade the victime to get down from the tree. However, before their pleas could be heard, the young man jumped from the branch with a rope fasted around his neck.

The victim hung in the air for a few seconds before the rope snapped sending him crashing to the ground. Shortly thereafter he was rushed to Mangusada Hospital in Kapal, Badung.

“The victim is unconscious, but is still breathing. We have not been able to ask the victim his motives for committing such desperate action. He is still undergoing medical treatment”, he said. (kmb36)

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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows to an altar for the war dead during a memorial ceremony marking the 72nd anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War Two, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan August 15, 2017.

Asian neighbours protest as Japan PM sends offering to war dead shrine

SEOUL - North Korea’s leader has delayed a decision on firing missiles towards Guam while he waits to see what the United States does next, the North’s state media said on Tuesday, as South Korea’s president said Seoul would seek to prevent war by all means.

Signs of an easing in tension on the Korean peninsula helped stock markets rally for a second day running even as the United States and South Korea prepared for more joint military drills, which infuriate the North, and experts warned it could still go ahead with its provocative plan.

In his first public appearance in about two weeks, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the command of the North’s army on Monday, examining a plan to fire four missiles to land near the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, the official KCNA said in a report.

“He said that if the Yankees persist in their extremely dangerous reckless actions on the Korean peninsula and in its vicinity, testing the self-restraint of the DPRK, the latter will make an important decision as it already declared,” the report said.

The DPRK stands for North Korea’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

In photos released with the KCNA report, Kim was seen holding a baton and pointing at a map showing a flight path for the missiles appearing to start from North Korea’s east coast, flying over Japan towards Guam. North Korea has often threatened to attack the United States and its bases and released similar photos in the past but never followed through.

Pyongyang’s plans to fire missiles near Guam prompted a surge in tensions in the region last week, with U.S. President Donald Trump saying the U.S. military was “locked and loaded” if North Korea acted unwisely.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday there would be no military action without Seoul’s consent and his government would prevent war by all means.

“Military action on the Korean peninsula can only be decided by South Korea and no one else can decide to take military action without the consent of South Korea,” Moon said in a speech to commemorate the anniversary of the nation’s liberation from Japanese military rule in 1945.

“The government, putting everything on the line, will block war by all means,” Moon said. (rtr)

TOKYO - China and South Korea called on Japan to face up to its wartime past after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent an offering to a shrine to war dead on Tuesday, the anniversary of Japan’s World War Two surrender.

Masahiko Shibayama, a lawmaker who made the offering on Abe’s behalf, said he did so to express condolences for those who died in the war and to pray for peace. He added Abe said he was sorry he could not visit the Yasukuni shrine.

Past visits by Japanese leaders to Yasukuni have outraged Beijing and Seoul because it honours 14 Japanese leaders convicted by an Allied tribunal as war criminals, along with other war dead, sometimes chilling ties for months.

China’s relations with Japan have long been poisoned by what Beijing sees as Tokyo’s failure to atone for its occupation of parts of China before and during World War Two. Japan occupied Korea from 1910-1945.

But maintaining harmony with China and South Korea is now more important than ever amid heightened tensions in the wake of North Korean missile tests, threats from North Ko-

rea to strike the area around the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam and U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning of retaliation.

“After the war, our country has consistently taken steps as a country that abhors war and treasures peace, and has made efforts to promote the peace and prosperity of the world,” Abe said at a national ceremony.

“We intend to keep this immovable policy firmly, throughout the ages, while facing history with humility.”

Dozens of Japanese lawmakers visited the shrine along with scores of ordinary Japanese, prompting protests from the South Korean and Chinese governments.

“We express our deep concerns that responsible leaders of Japan’s government and parliament are again paying tribute at the Yasukuni Shrine and visiting the shrine that glorifies the history of the war of aggression,” South Korea’s foreign ministry said

in a statement.

In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said China resolutely opposed Japan’s “wrong actions” over the shrine.

“China urges Japan to earnestly face up to and deeply reflect upon its history of militarism,” she told a daily news briefing.

Abe visited Yasukuni in 2013, an action that prompted criticism from key ally the United States as well as from Asian nations, but has since only sent offerings on August 15 and during Yasukuni’s twice yearly festivals.

Tensions in the region weighed on the minds of many who visited the shrine.

“I am furious about the threat from North Korea,” said Katsuhiko Ikeda, 78.

“North Korea’s missile threat towards Guam means anything would pass by Japan, and if anything happened, it could affect us.” (rtr)

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Servicepersons of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) and the Korean People’s Internal Security Forces (KPISF), civilians, school youth and children visited the statues of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of national liberation in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 15, 2017.

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China drone maker steps up security after U.S. Army ban

Chinese drone maker SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd is tightening data security on its drones after the U.S. Army ordered its members to stop using DJI drones because of “cyber vulnerabilities,” a company official told Reuters on Monday.

The privately held Shenzhen-based company is speeding deployment of a system that allows users to disconnect from the internet during flights, making it impossible for flight logs, photos or videos to reach DJI’s computer servers, Brendan Schulman, vice president of policy and legal affairs at DJI, said in an interview.

The security measure had been in the works for several months but DJI said it is bringing it out sooner than planned because of an Army memo earlier this month that barred service members from using DJI drones.

DJI said it has not had any communication with the Army about the issue. An Army spokesman did not respond to a request for comment. The other branches of the military have not banned the use of drones by DJI, the largest consumer drone maker with millions of the devices sold.

“The Army memo caused customers to express renewed concern about data security” and prompted DJI to speed up data security changes, Schulman said.

Some drone pilots choose to share images and video

with DJI, which makes them visible on its SkyPixel website. But many businesses and government customers have raised concerns about sensitive video and pictures - such as movie footage or images of critical infrastructure - and want to ensure it is never sent to DJI, he said.

DJI said it does not collect images, video or flight logs from users unless they share them. But turning on the new “local data mode” will prevent accidental syncing with DJI’s servers. Its drones do not rely on an internet connection to fly.

Cutting the link between the internet and DJI’s controller apps that run on tablets and mobile phones will disable updates of maps, flight restrictions and other data that the controller application receives from the internet while the drone is in use, he said.

Schulman said DJI plans to make updates to its controller applications available by the end of September, earlier than previously planned. The new apps with local data mode may not be available in all countries if there are regulations that require pilots to have the most updated maps and information.

DJI had about 70 percent share of the global commercial and consumer drone market, analysts at Goldman Sachs and Oppenheimer estimated in 2016.

Goldman analysts estimated the market, including military, to be worth more than $100 billion over the next five years. (rtr)

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The file photo shows Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko visiting the Yuzhmash plant in Dnipro in 2014.

Ukraine denies selling missile technology to North Korea

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KIEV - Ukraine denied on Monday that it had ever supplied defense technology to North Korea, responding to an article in the New York Times that said North Korea may have purchased rocket engines from Ukrainian factory Yuzhmash.

Concern that North Korea is close to achieving its goal of putting the mainland United States within range of a nuclear weapon has raised global tensions in recent weeks. The United States is a key backer of Ukraine.

The secretary of the Ukrainian Security and Defence Council, Oleksandr Turchynov, said Ukraine “has never supplied rocket engines or any kind of missile technology to North Korea.”

State-owned Yuzhmash said it had not produced military-grade ballistic missiles since independence from the Soviet Union in

1991.

“In the years of independence, Yuzhmash has not produced, and is not producing, missiles and military missile systems,” it said in a statement published on their company’s website.

President Donald Trump warned at the weekend that the U.S. military was “locked and loaded” if North Korea acted unwisely after threatening last week to land missiles near the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam.

North Korean officials in turn have accused the U.S. leader of driving the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war.

On Sunday, the head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency said he would not be surprised if North Korea tested another missile, after it conducted two tests in July. (rtr)

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The fire is alleged to have started due to the hot weather and strong winds which made the dry scrub easy to catch fire.

Six hectares of dry land set fire AMLAPURA — The fire that raged though six hectares of dry land covered in shrubs and a small plantation owned by residents of Tigaron Kangin Hamlet, Sukasada Village, Kubu, had people panicking. No casualties were reported in the incident however and the fire was quickly extinguished by firefighters along with the regional disaster mitigation agency (BPBD), police and members of the surrounding community.

The incident occurred around 14:00 when a 63 year old local resident named Mangku Nengah Raka noticed a small flame in her garden. As she approached she realized that the flames had already engulfed about 1 hectare and was spreading quickly. “I panicked and immediately told my husband,

I Made Rupa”, explained Raka.

Rupa and his son Made Eka Wijayana immediately went to see what was going on. As soon as they saw how big the fire was, they called the fire department. While they waited for the firefighters to arrive, this father and son team along with other local residents used buckets of water to try to slow down the fire’s progress. Not long after, the Karangasem firefighters arrived with five fleets, the BPBD Karangasem alo arrived with a double-cabin vehicle, police and the national military (TNI). They all worked to put out the fire and finally managed to stop the fire at around 16:00.

Once the fire was extinguished, Kubu Police personnel led by police the Chief of Criminal Investigation Unit started investigating the scene. Chief of the Kubu Police,

Made Suadnyana, said that based on the results of the crime scene investigation, the fire is alleged to have started due to the hot weather and strong winds which made the dry scrub easy to catch fire. He also assured that there were no casualties or other losses due to the fire. Fortunately the fire was extinguished before spreading to surrounding neighbourhoods.

“We appeal to the public to remain alert to the potential for subsequent fires and to immediately report any forces to the authorities so that that it can be handled promptly” added Kubu Police. Chief Suadnyana.

Given current weather conditions, there is a lot of potential for fires to spread quickly. People are therefor being asked to remain vigilant, take swift action and contact relevant officers. (kmb31)

Smuggling 106. 02 grams of crystal meth into Indonesia

Russian tourist files an appeal

DENPASAR — The Denpasar district court’s panel of judged has given a verdict of guilty Alexey Prusov from Russia with a sentence of nine years imprisonment. However, this man charged with smuggling 106.00 gram of crystal meth did not accept the verdict and has requested an appeal.

Valerian Libert Wange who accompanied Prusov on Monday (Aug. 14) said: “The defendant is filing an appeal, but we are no longer serving as his legal counsel. For further information, please contact the prosecutor about the defendant’s appeal”, said Valerian.

Prosecutor Eddy Artha Wijaya

and Ketut Sujaya when contacted confirmed that the defendant had appealed his verdict. “Since the defendant is submiting an appeal, we are also taking the same measure with the appeal. Actually it has reached two-thirds of the demand”, said the public prosecutor Eddy Artha Sujaya.

The Denpasar District Court

panel of judges, led by Dr. Yanto sentenced the Russian defendant to 9-year imprisonment. In addition to corporal punishment, the judges also imposed the defendant Alexey with a fine of IDR 2 billion with a subsidiary of 4 months in prison.

The judges’ verdict is lighter than that of prosecutor’s. Previously, the prosecutor demanded the de-

fendant be sentenced to14-year in prison and a fine of IDR 2 billion with a subsidiary of 6 months in prison because the judge considered the defendant guilty under Article 113 paragraph (2) of Indonesian Law No. 35/2009 on narcotics, for unlawfully importing non-plant class I drugs weighing more than 5 grams. (kmb37)

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TABANAN - Bali is famous for its culture but also for its handicrafts. The number of professional wood carvers on the island have however been dwindling. Currently, young people rarely want to practice this skill as their main source of income. In order to add economic value to this profession and thus entice more young people to want to preserve this art form, 25 year old I Wayan Lovayana from Kuwun, Marga Village, Tabanan has been making handphone cases with Balinese style carvings.

When met on Monday (Aug. 14), Lovayana explained that he was inspired to develop this business in response to the traditional art of carving that is practiced in Marga Village. There are still quite a lot of carving businesses in Marga, he said but most of them make doors and furniture.

There is fear that carving artists will have no successors.

In keeping with the progress of time and technology, less and less young people are interested in pursuing traditional arts and culture.

Most young people in Bali, he said are more interested in working in tourism.

“If the arts continue to be aban- The unique handphone chases. doned, this will impact the welfare of artists and also lead to the loss of Balinese cultural identity”, said Lovayana.

On that account, starting with his masters’ thesis Lovayana began to think of ways to preserve Balinese carving by adding economic value to this profession.

Loivayana then worked with artists from his own village and from Ubud to make a carved wood phone case.

His target market is the upper-middle class.

Given this upscale target market, the phone cases made under the brand Tattwa Nusantara are currently focused on brands like iphone and Samsung Note generation and Galaxy S. His wooden cases sell for between IDR 350,000 to IDR 750,000. Lovayana feesl confident about selling at such prices as his phone cases are artworks and the first of their kind in Indonesia and maybe the world.

Lovayana is not developing this business alone.

Alone but works with young people from his village who help with sales and design to grow this business.

The themes depicted in his engraved casing usually feature gods like Ganesha, Barong and others. “We can also make customized order. We take pre-orders as it takes about a week to make”, he explained.

In order to improve the economy of the carving artists, Lovayana implements a profit sharing system where carving artists get 50 percent of the selling price.

With such a promising income, young people will more likely want to pursue this profession, thus the Balinese art of carving will be preserved.

Lovayana leaves it to the artists to obtain the wood for these cases, which is said is often salvaged from Marga’s furniture and building carvers’ scraps “So, in addition to preserving our culture, it also preserves the environment by maximizing the use of unused wood”, he added. Once the carving is done, IBP/Wira Sanjiwani Lovayana then puts in rubber lining to protect the handphones from getting scratch when the wooden cases are mounted.

These handphone cases have drawn interest from buyers across Indonesia as wel as customers from abroad. Unfortunately expensive shipping costs make export less appealing for small scale orders. “In the future, we hope to cooperate with a foundations in Hong Kong. So, the orders can be in large quantities with a consignment sale system”, added Lovayana. (kmb24)

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The students is parading during the celebration of Indonesian Independence in Catur Muka, Denpasar.

In Bali, five school days a week not mandatory

DENPASAR - The full-days or five days of school a week program has not become mandatory in Bali.

Nevertheless, some schools have submitted requests from the Bali Education Agency to be able to implemented the five-day school week. “For the schools that are ready, it’s, ok, but for those that are not, it should not be forced. Actually there hasn’t been any issue about this”, said Head of the Bali Education Agency, TIA Kusuma Wardhani, when asked for her confirmation on Monday (Aug. 14).

TIA confirmed that some school shad already started implemented the full-day policy but admitted that she had not personally investigated the matter first hand. Given that the matter is still being discussed in the central government, she will coordinate things as need be.

“I think there are only one or two schools in Denpasar that are running this program. Outside Denpasar, we have not recorded the numbers because it has not

become a national agenda. Later on, the rules will be set forth in a presidential regulation and this does not have to be implemented by all schools as conditions vary” she added.

If the schools are ready, continued TIA, then they can implement this system for character education.

“With five working days, character education is expected to be taught optimally to children. However, when talking about character education there are three components involved namely the family, school and community”, she said. . “Beyond school hours children become the full responsibility of their family”, she said.

As previously reported (Bali Post: Aug. 14), President Joko Widodo declared the issuing of a presidential decree on the strengthening of character education to replace the Minister of Education and Culture Regulation on the five-day or full-day school policy. (kmb32)

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The river banks is arranged so the view can be maiantained.

There is also an idea to make river tourism in Denpasar.

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’Deadpool’ star Ryan Reynolds ‘heartbroken’ over stuntwoman’s death

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VANCOUVER - “Deadpool” star Ryan Reynolds said on Monday that actors and crew were “heartbroken, shocked and devastated” at the death of a driver in a motorcycle stunt in Vancouver that went wrong.

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“Today, we tragically lost a member of our crew while filming ‘Deadpool’,” Reynolds, a native of Vancouver, said in a message on his social media platforms.

Vancouver police confirmed the death on Monday of the stuntwoman on the set of 20th Century Fox’s superhero movie “Deadpool 2” but gave no further details and did not release her name.

Local media said the woman appeared to lose control of the motorbike, which drove off the set and through the window of a building across the street.

The film is a sequel to the 2016 R-rated comedy “Deadpool,” starring Reynolds as the foul-mouthed Marvel superhero Deadpool.

Movie studio 20th Century Fox, a unit of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., did not say whether production had been halted.

Spokesman Dan Berger said the studio was “deeply saddened by the accident.”

Reynolds said the cast and crew were “heartbroken, shocked and devastated...

but recognize nothing can come close to the grief and inexplicable pain her family and loved ones must feel in this moment.

My heart pours out to them — along with each and every person she touched in this world.”

The “Deadpool 2” death came one month after a stuntman died on the Atlanta, Georgia set of AMC horror TV series “The Walking Dead.” John Bernecker, 33, died after hitting his head during a stunt where he fell from a height of 20 feet to a concrete floor.

Separately, Tom Cruise, known for doing most of his own stunts, appeared to have been injured on the London set of his upcoming spy action movie “Mission: Impossible 6.”

Video emerged on Monday on celebrity news website TMZ showing Cruise, 55, trying to jump onto the roof of a high-rise building and landing hard against its wall.

Moments later Cruise, who was attached to a harness, limped off the set. (rtr)

Taylor Swift wins groping trial against DJ, awarded symbolic $1 DENVER - Taylor Swift won her trial against a Colorado radio personality on Monday after a jury found that the former DJ assaulted and battered the pop star by groping her bare bottom, and awarded her the symbolic $1 in damages she had sought.

Swift cried and hugged her mother as the verdicts were read in U.S. District Court in Denver and mouthed an emphatic “thank you” to members of the jury as they left the courtroom.

The six-woman, two-man jury, which deliberated for less than four hours following a sensational week-long trial, also rejected claims by radio personality David Mueller that members of Swift’s management team - her mother and a radio station liaison - got him fired from his “dream job” as a DJ by making false accusations.

“I acknowledge the privilege that I benefit from in life, in society and in my ability to shoulder the enormous cost of defending myself

in a trial like this,” the 27-year-old singer said in a statement released immediately following the verdicts.

“My hope is to help those whose voices should also be heard,” Swift said, adding that she would make donations to organizations that help sexual assault victims defend themselves.

Mueller, 55, showed no reaction as the verdicts were read.

The DJ had initiated the litigation after he was fired from his job after the groping claim was reported to the radio station. In his lawsuit he called the groping accusations false, and he sued Swift, her mother, Andrea, and radio station liaison Frank Bell over his termination.

During closing statements in the case, Mueller’s attorney, Gabriel McFarland, argued that his client was a respected industry veteran who would never have risked his $150,000-per-year radio job by grabbing a major celebrity’s rear end. (rtr)

JAKARTA - Indonesian police on Tuesday arrested five suspected Islamist militants and seized chemicals near the capital, Jakarta, that they said were being used to make bombs for attacks on the presidential palace at the end of August.

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Two of the five, a husband and wife, had been deported from Hong Kong for allegedly spreading radical ideology and the group had studied bomb-making techniques through a website run by an Indonesian believed to be fighting with Islamic State in Syria, police said.

Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, has seen a series of small-scale attacks inspired by Islamic State, but most have been amateurishly planned and executed, using basic homemade weapons that have caused few deaths and minimal damage.

Police have been concerned about suspected militants getting more sophisticated after twin pressure cooker

bombs killed three police at a Jakarta bus station in May. “This is perhaps the first time such a method has been used in West Java, involving very dangerous chemicals,” said provincial police spokesman Yusri Yunus, adding that several stores had declined to sell the chemicals to the suspects.Yunus did not elaborate on the chemicals or the plan to attack the presidential palace. West Java is just to the east of Jakarta.

Counter-terrorism police who found the chemicals in a raid on a house in Bandung, 120 km (70 miles) southeast of Jakarta, said they experienced a burning sensation and redness on their skin when they entered the house. (rtr)

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