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LOS ANGELES — “The Honor-able Woman” is a meditative thriller that investigates a woman’s inner life and a global hot spot. Poised between dream-state and tough real-ity, it exposes timeless truths while remaining as current as the next Israeli-Palestinian clash.

An eight-hour miniseries premier-ing Thursday at 10 p.m. EDT on Sun-danceTV, “The Honorable Woman” is a virtuoso effort by Hugo Blick, who wrote and directed it.

And in the lead role of Baroness Nessa Stein, an Anglo-Israeli busi-nesswoman who wants to span a rag-ing divide with communication cables laid between Israel and the West Bank, Maggie Gyllenhaal delivers the most nuanced yet full-bodied performance you could hope to see.

The film was shot during five months in London and Morocco, with Andrew Buchan co-starring as Nessa’s brother and business partner; Janet McTeer (“Damages”) as head of the British spy agency MI6, pressing its own geopolitical agenda for the re-gion; and Stephen Rea (“The Crying Game”), who’s especially splendid as the outgoing head of MI6’s Middle East desk.

Politically charged, laden with for-eign intrigue and family secrets, the series is, in short, magnificent.

“I was really intrigued with ex-ploring the psychology of a woman

The two stars of “Magic in the Moonlight,” opening Friday, were both working for the first time with Allen, and they sat down recently to recount what it was like.

“I was incredibly nervous,” said Stone. “You don’t get to know him first, there’s no rehearsal, you don’t see him before shooting.”

As for Firth, he had a quick and somewhat strange phone call with the 78-year-old director.

“I thought he’d asked for the call, and it turns out he thought I’d asked for it,” said Firth. “Cate (Blanchett) told me the same happened to her with ‘Blue Jasmine.’”

The call, needless to say, was quick.“It wasn’t of the ‘Welcome to the

film!’ variety,” says Firth. “It was just sort of, ‘Cut to the chase.’”

Firth plays Stanley, a cynical stage magician who seeks to unmask Sophie, a young American medium, as a fraud.

But Firth points out that magic tricks

aren’t his strong suit.“I was called upon to perform a simple

card trick. That was the only time I saw a hint of impatience from Woody,” the actor laughs. “He was just sighing.” The scene was eventually cut.

Firth had been waiting for years to work with Allen. “This person’s work had such a specific role to play in my whole relation with movies,” he said. “To suddenly be invited to join the narrative a bit is thrilling.”

Both actors said a number of stories they’d heard about Allen turned out to be myths.

“There are a lot of stories,” said Firth. “He doesn’t really direct, don’t expect him to make jokes on the set, that sort of thing. No. He directs, and he was funny.”

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Colin Firth and Emma Stone

Colin Firth, Emma Stone riff on working with WoodyAssociated Press

NEW YORK — Colin Firth had been hoping for decades to get a call from Woody Allen. Emma Stone, at only 25, hadn’t been waiting nearly as long — but she notes her family dog IS named Alvy, after a classic Allen character, and she can keep up with Firth in a spontaneous recounting of the bank robbery scene in “Take the Money and Run.”

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Maggie Gyllenhaal glows as ‘The Honorable Woman’

within the chassis of a thriller,” said Blick, a 49-year-old filmmaker who claims such British series as “The Shadow Line” and “Sensitive Skin” among his credits. “The issue of in-tractable polarity, but with the chance of reconciliation, is what the story is engaged in.”

But what happens when the conflict exists not only in the outside world, but also, for Nessa, lodged deep within her soul and her indelible past?

“It’s often the case that when people stand on the world stage it’s a diver-sionary technique from dealing with the very vacuum that’s inside them-

selves that they feel their role in public life can help them fill,” said Blick with a wry grin and a blistering laugh.

Seated beside him for this recent interview at a Los Angeles hotel, Gyl-lenhaal was training her saucer-size blue eyes on him, listening and nod-ding thoughtfully as if none of what he voiced she’d ever heard before.

The 36-year-old actress, whose films include “Sherrybaby,” ‘’Crazy Heart,” ‘’World Trade Center” and “The Dark Knight,” explained that on “The Honorable Woman,” she and Blick related on a level beyond words.

Students of Pelita Bangsa elementary school of Denpasar, Bali, look at the photos of their school teacher Arnoud Hui-zen of the Netherlands and his Indonesian wife Yodricunda

Theistiasih, with their baby, who were passengers of the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, during a mourning cer-

emonty at the school. Education sector becomes the largest absorber of foreign workers in the city of Denpasar.

Expatriates dominantly get career in education

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Education sector becomes the larg-est absorber of foreign workers in the city of Den-pasar. Most of those foreign workers have profession as teacher at international schools that are increas-ingly prevalent lately. In accordance with the data of the Denpasar Social Welfare and Labor Agency, foreign labor is dominated by Australian origin.

The Head of Denpasar Social Welfare and Labor Agency, I Made Erwin Suryadharma Sena, said that education was currently absorbing the most foreign labor. “Numerous in-ternational schools in Denpasar make the needs of foreign workers in the field of education high,” he said.

According to him, the number of foreign workers in the city of Denpasar was very volatile. Nevertheless, the number of foreign workers tended to decrease each year. “Trade, goods, services and fishery sector show a decrease in the use of foreign workers,” he said.

In 2013, the number of foreign workers reached 215

people, while in 2012 reached 394 people and in 2011 even reached 518 people. In order to control the presence of foreign labor, his party had established the foreign worker use permit (IMTA) monitoring team, police, prosecutors, civil registry, immigration, social agency and municipal police.

The team had the task to check whether foreign workers already had a working permit and paid levies. If the obligation to pay the levy was violated, the Social and Labor Agency would impose sanction on the company hiring them.

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

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Calendar Event for August 9 through September 23, 2014

9 Aug Tumpek Kandang Pura Puseh GianyarPura Luhur Dalem Segening Kediri TabananPura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang

10 Aug Purnama Sasih Karo Pura Gelap BesakihPura Dangkahyangan TabananPura Candi Goro Tianyar Kubu Karangasem

13 Aug Buda Cemeng Menail Pura Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja GianyarPura Puseh Manakaji Peninjoan Tembuku BangliPura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal MengwiPura Taman Limut Mas Ubud

14 Aug Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 15 Aug Hari Bhatara Sri 19 Aug Hari Anggara Kasih Prebakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa KlungkungPura Tirtha Sudamala Bebalang BangliPura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sawan BulelengPura Gunung Pengsong LombokPura Dalem Benawah GianyarPura Tengah TegalalangPura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Pupuan TabananPira Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Pagan DenpasarPura Hyanghaluh/Jenggala BesakihPura Tengkulak Siyut Tulikup GianyarPura Taman Sari UbudPura Batu Sari UbudPura Penataran Dalem Guliang BangliPura Pasek Dangka Guwang SukawatiPura Hyang Ayung Pabean Ketewel

Pura Penataran Badung Muntig Karangasem

20 Aug Pura Kawitan Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak SiringPura Rambut Siwi JembranaPura Batu Bolong Canggu KutaPura Pasek Marga Klaci TabananPura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru NegaraPura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan BulelengPira Pasek Tangkas Dharma Reang Gede TabananPura Desa Banyuning BulelengPura Srijong TabananPura Pucak Mundi Nusa PenidaPura Kahyangan Jagat Kancing Gumi Bali Petang Serongga Kelod GianyarPura Penataran Dalem Pencar Mas Ubud

21 Aug Pura Ida Bhatara Sakti Wawu Rauh Kali Anget Seririt Buleleng

3 Sep Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Pulasari Peninjoan BangliPura Pasek Gelgel Kaba-Kaba TabananPura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah BulelengPura Desa Kahyangan Tiga Seririt BulelengPura Agung Gunung Taro Tegalalang

9 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok NTBPura Kawitan Gajah Arya Para Tianyar kubu KarangasemPura Padharman Arya Telabah BesakihPura Bukit Mentik Batur KintamaniPura Dadya Agung Pasek Salahin Suwat Gianyar

10 Sep Pura Dangkahyangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli

13 Sep Tumpek Wayang dan Kajengkliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit JembranaBhatara Ratu Gede Celuk GianyarPura Bhatara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Panti Gelgel Sesetan DenpasarBhatara Ratu Alit dan Lingsir Singakerta UbudPura Pedarman Dalem Bakas BesakihPura Pamerajan Agung Dawan Klung-kungPura Padarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan BesakihPura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo BanyuwangiPura Jala Shidi Amerta Juanda Surabaya

17 Sep Buda Cemeng Klawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang KarangasemPura Melanting Cemenggaon GianyarPura Penataran Ped Nusa PenidaPura Pasek Gelgel Bongkasa AbiansemalPura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Jawa Tengah BulelengPura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta UbudPura Masceti Tegeh Sanding Tampak SiringPura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan KlungkungPura Guwa BesakihPura Basukian BesakihPura Ida Ratu Puncak Pameneh Penataran Agung BesakihPura Sad Kahyangan Penida Nusa PenidaPura Jati Ubud GianyarPura Melanting Ubud GianyarPura Dalem Ped Nusa PenidaPura Penataran Agung Karangasem

19 Sep Hari Bhatara Sri 23 Sep Tilem Sasih Ketiga Dan Anggara

Winemaker James Kalleske at the helm of the 20 year old winery assures the 2013 vintage is the best Shiraz & Cabernet Mer-lot Two Islands has produced to date.

“Our new focus on sourcing the highest quality grapes from premium Australian wine regions mean the 2013 vintage Two Island Shiraz & Cabernet Merlot have opened a new chapter for quality wine production in Bali and have surpassed my expectations”

Two Islands is a collection of wines originating from the wine region of South Australia, designed to offer distinct Aus-tralian wine characteristics. Between the Pacific coast in Queensland to the Indian

Ocean coast in South Australia, the Aus-tralian continent offers up dry riverbeds, rainforest, mountain ranges, endless scru-bland, red deserts and eventually the cooler wine-growing valleys of the south coast. South-Eastern Australiais officially classi-fied as a viticultural ‘super zone’ covering the entire south-eastern third of Australia. The region is the Australian wine indus-try’s powerhouse State, producing most of the nation’s wine and boasting some of the oldest individual vines in the world.

“The new vintage is outstanding in taste and quality” says the owner of Hat-ten Wines and Two Islands brands, IB. Rai Budarsa, he adds “To maintain our

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Two Islands Shiraz and Cabernet Merlot Vintage release

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NUSA DUA - Living up to its commitment of continuously improv-ing on their wines, the popular Two Islands brand introduced its 2103 Shiraz & Cabernet Merlot in spectacular style at the Westin Hotel Nusa Dua recently.The 2013 Two Islands red’s are expected to hit the shelves and restaurant by Augustin Bali & Jakarta.

position as the market leader in Bali and throughout Indonesia, we must keep a close eye on our wine quality. And because our Shiraz & Cabernet Merlot is bestselling varietals in our Two Islands range, we make it our priority to ensure we outsource the finest grapes from South Australia and continue to improve on our wines year after year”.

In addition to being host to some of the world’s oldest vines, the State also has a diversity of regions ranging from the relatively warm temperate climate of the Barossa Valley through to the maritime precincts of the McLaren Vale, Southern Fleurieu, Currency Creek and Langhorne Creek regions on the Fleurieu Peninsula and across

the cooler Adelaide Hills region to the hotter Riverland region on the Murray River.

Two islands wines are from this rich and diverse wine land and using some of its most famous varietals: South Australia is famous for its fantastic Reds and Barossa Shiraz especially, is renowned throughout the world as one of the best.

Bali PostAMLAPURA - Two offices of

Amed Sea Express were vandalized by unidentified people, Monday night (Jul 28). Front glass wall of the company selling diving ticket and boat pass broke as stoned by those unknown individuals.

The vandalism case suspected to be deliberately committed by stoning had been reported by one of the employees of the company, Tuesday (Jul 29) to headquarters of Abang Police, Karangasem. Spokesperson of the Karangasem Police, Ketut Dasta, with permis-sion from the Karangasem Police Chief confirmed the case. The report of the employee, I Wayan Dana, 30, had been received by police. To that end, police had questioned a number of witnesses

namely the complainant witness Dana and a number of people around the scene.

So far, the culprit was unknown and still under investigation. Al-legedly, the culprit was riding a motorcycle. It approached the corporate office and broke the glass wall with a stone of adult fist-size. Evidence in the form of stone had been secured by police. Com-pany’s owner worried because the vandalism was not only committed to the office at Amed, but also the office at Tulamben. However, the motive was not yet known for sure whether the vandalism was related to competition or business or the matter of concern of the company to surrounding communities, said a source in the vicinity of the scene. (031)

The Head of Bangli Industry and Trade Agency, Nengah Sudibya, when asked for his confirmation on Tuesday (Jul 29) explained the develop-ment process of the geopark art market was stopped in 2013. It happened because the partner working on the project could not finish it on target so that it was imposed with penalty. Develop-ment process of the new market had been resumed recently.

Sudibya said the construction of the market located in front of the T-junction of Kedisan to Penelokan would be completed

in August this year. “After the completion, the market will be directly operated this August,” he said.

The three-floored market would be occupied by a number of local traders. First floor would include some kiosks occupied by 14 traders who had been sell-ing in front of the geopark art market. Meanwhile, the second and third floor was in the form of open courtyard to be allocated to selling area for hawkers “The arrangement will be worked on gradually. Other than being oc-cupied by hawkers, this area can

Bali PostGILIMANUK - Other than

serving as the entrance gate into Bali, Gilimanuk village also has a number of office buildings that are not functioned.

Position of Gilimanuk at the border and harbor makes this re-gion the location to establish an office for a number of agencies. Unfortunately, some of them are not functioned. The most obvious is the obsolete building at the T-junction of Cekik- Singaraja, next to the office of the forest manage-ment unit (KPH). Although it has been destroyed, it remains to set off the signage of the office name, branch of office of the Bali Public Works. The building standing on the area of 1,000 square meters resembles to a haunted house. No one cares about the building after the office was moved to Denpasar. As seen on Tuesday

(Jul 29), the building looked to have been damaged and was not worth mentioning an office.

One of the residents met around the location, Agung Sudiarta, said the building was one of the build-ings that were formerly func-tioned as the office but they were no longer in use at Gilimanuk.

On average, the buildings at Gilimanuk had been old and were lower than highway. The office of Gilimanuk headman, for instance, although it was still functioned, its position had been lower than highway. In addition to the of-fice of Public Works, the other unused office buildings included the office of Gilimanuk Terminal, customary village chief and some offices near Gilimanuk Harbor like the Fish Quarantine office that caught fire some time ago.

Aside from aging buildings, there was also a newly built of-

fice but was never functioned such as the office of the Agricul-tural Quarantine near the entrance gates. Coordinator of the Inte-grated Agricultural Quarantine Office at Gilimanuk, Nyoman Budiarta, when met recently said that his agency indeed had some buildings and the active office was only the Integrated Agricul-tural Quarantine (KPT) around the Gilimanuk Harbor. At least, they consisted of three build-ings, including a quarantine cage. However, his party could not manage them all due to a limited number of employees.

Currently, the Integrated Ag-ricultural Quarantine preferred to use the new office that had been renovated after the fire some time ago. Though it was not used, some officers remained to control the quarantine building regularly. (kmb26)

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The Geopark Art Market which is located at Penelokan, Kintamani

August, Geopark Art Market targeted to complete

Bali PostBANGLI - The development project of Geopark Art

Market at Penelokan, Kintamani which was stopped last year has now been resumed. As per development plan of the market, it is expected to be completed next August. The traders currently selling in front of the art market will be moved into the market area while the front area will be transformed into a parking lot.

Two offices of Amed Sea Express vandalized by people

Many office buildings unused at Gilimanuk

also be used as an exhibition venue,” said Sudibya.

After all the traders occupied the market, eventually the kiosks

in front of the geopark art market were planned to be dismantled for parking space. In addition to sell-ing a variety of food and beverages,

as the name implied the geopark art market would also serve as the center for selling various products of the geopark. (ina)

3Thursday, July 31, 201414 InternationalInternational Bali NewsHealth Thursday, July 31, 2014

Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - Going out for a quick, daily run may be just as effective as a long-distance jaunt when it comes to prolonging your life, said a study out Monday.

Running as little as five to 10 minutes per day can significantly cut the risks of getting heart disease and dying young, said the findings in the Journal of the American Col-lege of Cardiology.

People who exercised by running showed a 30 percent lower risk of death and a 45 percent lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than people who did not run at all.

Runners could be expected to live about three years longer on average than non-runners.

Even more, the benefits of run-ning were the same whether people ran a little or a lot, fast or slow.

There was no statistically signifi-cant difference among those who ran 50 minutes per week and those who ran 180 minutes per week, it found.

Nor did it matter if the running was happening at a pace of less than six miles per hour (10 kilometers per hour).

Even these minimal runners and slow joggers fared far better than people who did not run at all.

“Since time is one of the strongest barriers to participate in physical ac-tivity, the study may motivate more people to start running,” said lead author Duck-chul Lee, an assistant professor in the Iowa State Univer-sity Kinesiology Department.

Minimal effortThe study was based on more

than 55,000 adults -- average age 44 -- in Texas who were followed for 15 years. Most were white; about one quarter of those in the study were women.

But a new foray into the arena of sound eating says the famous five-a-day recommendation made by the UN’s World Health Organi-sation (WHO) in 2003 should be fine.

Researchers in China and the United States trawled through 16 published investigations into diet and health involving more than 830,000 participants, who were followed for periods ranging from four and a half years to 26 years.

Fruit and veg: Five-a-day is OKAgence France-Presse

PARIS - British nutritionists threw down the gauntlet to dietary guidelines in April by declar-ing seven daily portions of fresh fruit and vegetables, rather than the recommended five, were the key to health.

Every additional daily serving of fruit and vegetables reduced the average risk of premature death from all causes by five percent, the scientists found.

Over the period of the studies, 56,000 of the participants died, researchers said.

In the case of death from a heart attack or a stroke, each ad-ditional serving curbed risk by four percent.

But there was no evidence of

an additional fall in risk beyond five portions, according to the review, published online Tuesday by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

“We found a threshold of around five servings a day of fruit and vegetables, after which the risk of death did not reduce further,” said the investigators, led by Frank Hu of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts.

High consumption of fruit and veg did not translate into a significant reduction in the risk of death from cancer, the study also found.

In addition to advising patients about the virtues of healthy eating, doctors should also push home the message about risks from obesity, inactivity, smoking and excessive drinking, said the paper.

In April, researchers at Uni-versity College London found that eating seven daily portions or more could reduce the risk of cancer by 25 percent and of heart disease by 31 percent, compared to people who consumed less than one portion a day.

The study was based on the

eating habits of more than 65,000 people in England between 2001 and 2008.

The London researchers admit-ted to being surprised by what they found and cautioned the results may not be applicable to other countries.

Britain has one of the highest rates of heart disease in Europe, a fact blamed in part on a diet high in fat and sugar.

The WHO guidelines are based on the equivalent of five 80-gram (three-ounce) portions. One por-tion is roughly equivalent to a medium-sized apple, a bowl of mixed salad or three dessert spoonfuls of raw, cooked, canned or frozen vegetables.

Quick, short runs pack health benefits

AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File

Going out for a quick, daily run may

be just as effective as a long-distance

jaunt when it comes to prolonging your

life, said a study out Monday.

For the analysis, researchers broke the participants into six groups: non-runners and five groups of runners according to weekly running time, distance, frequency and speed.

“Even the lowest quintiles of weekly running distance (six miles or less), frequency (one to two times)... and speed (less than six mph) had significantly lower risks of all-cause mortality compared

with not running,” the study said.“Similar trends were observed

with the risk of cardiovascular dis-ease mortality.”

Studies have shown that glob-ally, between 40 percent and 80 percent of the public does not ex-ercise enough.

US health authorities recom-mend 75 minutes per week of vig-orous exercise, or 150 minutes (a half hour a day, five days a week) of

moderate-intensity exercise.“Although such low compliance

with physical activity guidelines could be due to unawareness of the strong benefits of exercise, it is also possible that the standard is perceived as being too high, which could deter many people from even trying,” said an accompanying editorial.

“Instead, establishing goals that can be attained with minimal effort

becomes important.”Researchers also found that

when comparing running to walk-ing, a five-minute run brought the same health benefits as a 15-minute walk.

A previous study in The Lancet in 2011 showed that brisk walk-ing for 15 minutes a day -- half the recommended time amount -- could also add three years to a person’s life.

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NEGARA - Bottle for Botol’s par-ticipating schools have developed one of the most exciting, practical, student-led sustainability programs in Australia and Indonesia, with a focus on plastic waste. SMPN 1 Mendoyo in West Bali is the first ever Indonesian school to

replace the hundreds of single-use aqua cups used each day, by providing each student with refillable, student-designed stainless steel bottles. This is done through a one-for-one (or bottle-for-botol) pur-chasing program, where every bottle that is sold by a student in Australia covers the cost for a bottle to be donated to a student in Indonesia.

On Tuesday 29th July, Bottle for Botol celebrated the achievements of their stu-dents and teachers over the last 12 months and heard about their ambitious plan to lead a generational change away from single-use plastic. Students and teachers at SMPN 1 Mendoyo crossed live via Skype during the Bottle for Botol Launch Event and Awards Night that was held in

Melbourne, Australia. This was an excit-ing opportunity for them to re-engage with their partner school (Billanook College) as well as other participating schools in Australia.

“We are privileged that we have this opportunity to make a real difference in the world while empowering others to do the same,” stated Alice, student at Kingswood College (Australian partner school).

Bottle for Botol is a not-for-profit or-ganisation with a vision to empower stu-dents to move beyond single-use plastics towards an environmentally sustainable future. They generate partnerships be-tween Australian and Indonesian schools to combat single-use plastics consump-tion, primarily through a simple water bottle exchange program.

Students at participating schools in Indonesia receive their stainless steel bottles upon completion of an eight-week environmental education program that has a particular focus on the impacts of plastic on their health, the environment, and bird and marine life.

It was expressed by the Chair-man of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) of Badung Chapter, AA Ngurah Alit Wiraputra. According to him, Bali began to be overrun by foreign investors. With the open market potential, the island would become a magnet for foreign property en-trepreneurs.

“With the entry of foreign in-vestors in the property sector, the Balinese identity will fade by degrees. Have a look at today, a large number of hotels and build-ings ignore Balinese architecture,” he said.

Based on existing data, the for-eign property players working in Indonesia reached approximately 57,000 people and the figure was estimated to progressively in-crease. The role of foreign nation-als would be getting greater when the ASEAN Economic Community with its free trade agreement would be enacted in 2015.

“Dominance of foreign role will

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The foreign opportunities increasingly open after the enforcement of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015 also have the potential to erode the Balinese identity having been well known for its culture, especially in the matter of Balinese architecture.

Foreign investors in property sector erode Balinese identity Bali Post

MANGUPURA - The presence of foreign investors in Bali is not only a threat to local entrepreneurs. The foreign opportu-nities increasingly open after the enforcement of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015 also have the potential to erode the Balinese identity having been well known for its cul-ture, especially in the matter of Balinese architecture.

surely deviate from what we main-tain in Bali, namely the culture, chiefly Balinese architecture. Char-acteristics of Balinese culture must be implemented in each building. When we sell it to travelers, it will not only be embellished with the arts and culture, but also with the implementation of local culture,” he said.

Earlier, the economist of Bali, Prof. Dr. Gede Sri Darma, DBA, also recognized the negative im-pact of the entry of foreign inves-tors dominating the local property sector. Their dominance would become a threat to the people of Bali. “By that way, no Balinese will have assets in their home region which will result in the disappear-ance of identity or distinctiveness of Bali,” he said.

Indeed in the globalization era and the ASEAN Economic Com-munity, said Sri Darma, we could not stem the flow of capital, goods and services from entering Bali. Moreover, the island had been per-

ceived as the paradise of life, so that everyone wanted to invest.

“Absolutely, the safest and most profitable investment is

in property compared to saving money in banks, bonds, mutual funds and stocks. Moreover, when crisis occurred in Europe and

the exchange rate of rupiah was fluctuating, foreign investors will prefer to invest in Bali,” he concluded. (kmb27)

Bottle for Botol SMPN 1 Mendoyo fight against plastic waste

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SMPN 1 Mendoyo in West Bali is the first ever Indonesian school to replace the hundreds of single-use aqua cups used each day, by providing each student with refillable, student-designed stainless steel bottles.

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Bali PostDENPASAR - Denpasar Mu-

nicipality continues to beautify the appearance of the city. As evidence, this year Denpasar Mu-nicipality through the Sanitation and Landscape Agency (DKP) will allocate again a fund worth IDR 3 billion to revitalize the Denpasar urban park at Lumint-ang. Now, it just needs drafting the tender process.

The Head of Denpasar Sani-tation and Landscape Agency, I Ketut Wisada, when contacted on Tuesday (Jul 29) said the urban park revitalization would include a fountain that emitted a sound (musical fountain). “Re-arrangement of the urban park will provide options for people to enjoy the Denpasar public space. The park established is not just as a recreation park, but it gives meaning to the community,” he said.

On that account, the park was not only designed as a place for recreation, but also for support-ing Denpasar as a child-friendly city equipped with playground. In addition, the park also featured the friendly space for the elderly. “It applies the concept of an ac-tive park because people can in-teract by taking advantage of the existing facilities. The park will also include a colorful fountain emitting traditional music,” said

Wisada.He said the development of so-

phisticated fountain would surely be implemented this year. Then, it just needed to wait for the bud-get having been proposed in the amended budget 2014. In addition to the urban park revitalization, the municipal government would also complete the construction of Titibanda Sculpture Park at Tohpati intersection. According to Wisada, the presence of the sculpture was expected to be-come a monument and the pride of Denpasar community.

According to him, the Tit-ibanda Sculpture Park had a high philosophical meaning, where at the location would be built a Rama Sculpture along with his monkey troops. This implied a mutual cooperation or synergy between the leadership, staff and the community in achieving the development in the city of Denpasar.

“Meanwhile, Titibanda means golden bridge toward a prosper-ous society,” said the official from Penyaringan, Jembrana. The Titibanda Sculpture Park, he continued, had started to be undertaken by PT Putraningrat expected to complete later this year. In the meantime, the ar-rangement of the park around the sculpture would be worked on gradually. (kmb12)

Through the organization, the local tour guides denoting the repre-sentative of buffer villages of Lovina tourism would resolve the problems occurred at Lovina, so the manage-ment of tourism potential could be maximized. Most importantly, the organization could provide prosper-ity for local communities.

It was stated by Chairman of Manta Lovina, Ketut Bagiasa, ac-companied by his secretary I Gede Armadayasa on the sidelines of the beach plastic clean-up on Lovina Beach, Tuesday (Jul 29).

Furthermore, Armadayasa said the constraints happened in the field lately were quite a lot and they were very complex. One of the problems was the emergence of tariff war of accommodation at Lovina. The tariff competition was harmful to society, especially local tourism stakeholders at Lovina and the buffer villages.

The service rates of the agencies were, for instance, often determined by the company itself and they could suddenly increase the rate any time. Since the rates had been

set too expensive, local tour guides considered to have been disadvan-taged because they could no longer possible to mark up the diving rates for travelers.

Meanwhile, diving companies offered the services to travelers at cheaper tariff. “If this is allowed, it means that it will only be profitable to companies, while we as a local guide are actually harmed by the company. To bridge the company to local tour guides, we established a community of local guides. By that way, the Lovina tourist resort can really be managed by local residents and not dominated by the company,” he said.

To address this issue, he added that local tour guide through the community established in June 2014 could have resolved the tariff of div-ing services. Local tour guides and companies agreed to set tariff at IDR 500,000. Previously the companies put up different tariff ranging from IDR 450,000 to IDR 600,000. The agreement on the tariff was believed not to be detrimental to companies or local tour guides. “We have

implemented such agreement and this organization has been run in ac-cordance with the vision and mission to bridge the problems occurring in the field,” he added.

On the other hand, he added the community of local tour guides also had a program for environmental protection. It was very important because Lovina had the potential of marine tourist attractions such as watching dolphin, snorkeling and diving. One of the environmental sustainability programs was main-taining dolphin populations and marine life. As consequence, in the future the ecosystem would remain sustainable. Meanwhile, it was also intended to enhance the capability of tourism human resources (HR) of the Lovina tourism players and surrounding areas.

“Moreover, this year we will face the APTA 2014, and we as local tour guide will begin to make preparation to improve human resource capabili-ties and continuously invite the com-munity to jointly own and maintain the environment at Lovina and buf-fer villages,” he added. (kmb38)

IBP/MudThe local tourist guides are cleaning Lovina Beach in Buleleng

Community of local guide established To resolve room rate war at Lovina Bali Post

SINGARAJA - As the center of tourism development in North Bali, Lovina apparently remains to face a number of problems, especially among the tourism stakeholders. To overcome the problems, a total of 55 local tour guides at Lovina established an organization named Manta Lovina (United Guides of Lovina).

To arrange Lumintang urban park Municipal government allocates fund worth IDR 3 billion

IBP/FileThe dirty monument in the center of Lumintang Park is not properly arranged by the government

The coordinated sanctions were aimed at increasing pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end his country’s support for separatists in eastern Ukraine whom the West blames for taking down the passenger jet nearly two weeks ago. Obama and U.S. allies also warned that Russia was build-ing up troops and weaponry along its border with Ukraine.

“Today Russia is once again iso-lating itself from the international community, setting back decades of genuine progress,” Obama said. “It does not have to be this way. This a choice Russia and President Putin has made.”

Tuesday’s announcements fol-lowed an intense lobbying effort from Obama aimed at getting European leaders to toughen their penalties on Russia and match earlier U.S. sanctions. Europe has a far stronger economic relationship

with Russian than the U.S., but EU leaders have been reluctant to impose harsh penalties in part be-cause of concern about a negative impact on their own economies.

However, Europe’s calculus shifted sharply after a surface-to-air missile brought down the passenger jet, killing nearly 300 people including more than 200 Europeans. Obama and his coun-terparts from Britain, France, Germany and Italy finalized plans to announce the broader sanctions Monday in an unusual joint video conference.

European Union President Her-man Van Rompuy and the president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, said the sanctions sent a “strong warning” that Rus-sia’s destabilization of Ukraine cannot be tolerated.

“When the violence created spirals out of control and leads

to the killing of almost 300 in-nocent civilians in their flight from the Netherlands to Malaysia, the situation requires urgent and determined response,” the two top EU officials said in a statement. Despite the West’s escalation of its actions against Russia, Obama said the U.S. and Europe were not entering into Soviet-style standoff with Russia. “It’s not a new cold war,” he said in response to a re-porter’s question.

Still, U.S. officials say sanc-tions already rippling through Russia are having a detrimental impact on the country’s economy. Russia’s growth projections have been downgraded, and Obama said $100 billion in capital was already expected to flee Russia even before Tuesday’s joint U.S.-European announcements. The sanctions, Obama said, “have made a weak Russian economy even weaker.”

Associated Press CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Two North Carolina-based mis-

sionary groups have ordered the evacuation of their non-essential per-sonnel from Liberia after a doctor and a missionary contracted Ebola.

SIM USA President Bruce Johnson announced Tuesday that his group and Samaritan’s Purse decided on the evacuation following an upsurge in the number of Ebola cases in Liberia. Johnson said the logistics of the evacuation are being determined.

Spokesman Palmer Holt said approximately 60 employees will be evacuated. A statement from SIM says no symptoms of Ebola are present in any of the evacuees, who are being monitored continually. It was not known how many workers will be affected by the order. A Texas-trained doctor and a missionary from Charlotte have contracted the disease.

Associated Press

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel unleashed its heaviest air and artillery assault of the Gaza war on Tuesday, destroying key symbols of Hamas control, shutting down the territory’s only power plant and leaving at least 128 Palestinians dead on the bloodiest day of the 22-day conflict. Despite devastating blows that left the packed territory’s 1.7 million people cut off from power and water and sent the overall death toll soaring past 1,200, Hamas’ shadowy military leader remained defiant as he insisted that the Islamic militants would not cease fire until its demands are met.

The comments by Mohammed Deif in an audiotape broadcast on a Hamas satellite TV channel cast new doubt on international cease-fire efforts. Aides to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Egypt was trying to bring Israeli and Palestinian delegations together in Cairo for new talks in which Hamas would be presented this time as part of the Palestinian team. Israel’s final objective in Gaza remained unclear a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Israelis to be prepared for a “prolonged” war.

Netanyahu is under pressure from hawkish members of his co-alition to topple Hamas in an all-out offensive, but has not let on whether he plans to go beyond destroying Hamas rocket launchers, weapons depots and military tunnels used to infiltrate Israel and smuggle weapons.

Dozens of Israeli airstrikes and heavy tank shelling hit areas across Gaza, which was plunged into complete darkness Tuesday night after a strike on its sole power plant set a fuel tank ablaze.

AP Photo/Manuel Balce CenetaPresident Barack Obama speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 29, 2014, as he announces new economic sanctions against key sectors of the Russian economy in the latest move by to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to end his support for Ukrainian rebels.

US, Europe impose tough new sanctions on Russia Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Spurred to action by the downing of the Malaysian airliner, the European Union approved dramatically tougher economic sanctions Tuesday against Russia, including an arms embargo and restrictions on state-owned banks. President Barack Obama swiftly followed with an expansion of U.S. penalties targeting key sectors of the Russian economy.

Israel hits symbols of Hamas rule; 128 killed

Missionary groups call for evacuation from Liberia

AP Photo/ Youssouf BahIn this photo taken on Sunday, July 27, 2014, Medical personnel inside a clinic taking care of Ebola patients in the Kenema District on the outskirts of Kenema, Sierra Leone.

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SINGARAJA - The Eid 1435 Hijri holidays were made a moment to visit popular tourist destinations in Buleleng. Watching dolphin and snorkeling as the mainstay of Lovina Beach, Buleleng County became the leading attraction for domestic travelers. Automatically the situation boosted the incomes of marine tour guides on Lovina Beach.

As observation of Bali Post on Tues-day (Jul 29), domestic travelers from Jakarta, Surabaya, and other major cities bustlingly visited Lovina Beach. In addition to riding buses, they also came with private car. As a result, the parking area in the region was fully occupied from the morning.

A marine tour guide, Putu Leong, when met on Lovina Beach last Tues-day said that numerous domestic travel-ers had begun to throng Lovina tourist

resort since Monday (Jul 27).Most tourists chose dolphin watch-

ing and snorkeling tour package he offered. Ticket price for the service was IDR 60,000 per person and each boat had the capacity of four passengers. Due to crowded visitors, his income at that time increased compared to usual days. “It was pretty crowded and all boats got passengers. So, the income also increased compared to usual days,” he said.

He added that other than marine tourist attraction to watch dolphin, a lot of travelers also took diving activity to see the panorama of coral reefs at Lovina. For diving service, the charge was the same at IDR 60,000 per person. “Our diving request is also bustling. It is mostly favored by travelers from Java and Jakarta. Indeed, they are fond of diving. We are very grateful because we get crowded domestic and foreign trav-

elers during July and August posing the holiday season for foreign travelers.

Meanwhile, one of the travelers, Dedi, said that he traveled to Lovina because he wanted to enjoy the dol-phin watching and snorkeling tourist attraction. Before deciding to travel to Lovina, he got information from his colleagues stating that Lovina was a beautiful place offering a unique dolphin attraction. Intrigued by the experience of his colleagues, Dedy ultimately chose to visit Lovina. After watching dolphin and snorkeling, he was satisfied. In addition, the room rate at Lovina was quite cheap and afford-able to all travelers.

“I’ve got information from my col-leagues who have visited Lovina. After I tried, the location was beautiful and the dolphin attraction was very impres-sive. Most importantly, the tariff is quite affordable,” he added. (kmb38)

Pursuant to the data collected at the office of the Buleleng Health Agency on Friday (Jul 25), in general the rabies dog bites in North Bali fluctuated. It could be seen from the data starting in January 2014 where the Health Agency recorded 442 cases of dog bite. Entering February, the case increased to 521 cases. In March 2014, the bite case slightly declined to 507. However, when en-tering April of the same year it soared to 545 cases, while in May 2014 the case declined again to 523 bites.

In the past five months, the total case of rabies reached 2,538 dog bites. Meanwhile, of the total case of rabies dog bites, three patients died with the history of having been bitten by rabies dog. One of the dead patients was from Umajero village, Busungbiu subdistrict, one from Suwug village, Sawan subdistrict and another from Sembiran village, Tejakula subdistrict.

The Head of Buleleng Health Agency, IGN Ma-hapramana, said at his office the rabid dog bite cases in the region stayed relatively high. It became a threat to people that might be bitten by dogs. Such condition was aggravated by the quite high population of stray dogs in Buleleng causing the dog bite cases to remain high. “Based on the data we have collected from public health centers and hospitals, the case is still quite high and the bite is still a threat to our residents. Moreover, the large number of stray dogs can potentially transmit rabies, so the bite case will possibly increase,” he said.

For the handling of patients with a rabid dog bites, added Mahapramana, the Buleleng Health Agency had prepared anti-rabies vaccine (VAR). Ration of the vac-cine purchased with the Buleleng budget was distributed to hospitals and public health centers having been set to be rabies centers. Until this mid-year, the stock of vac-cine in Buleleng reached 2,474 vials. To anticipate the unavailability of stock, the Health Agency through the amended budget this year would add some 7,500 vials of vaccine stock. “Our stock is still enough and should there be any surge of bite, the stock can be utilized. We have proposed this in the amended budget, so the vaccine scarcity can be avoided,” he said.

On the other hand, Mahapramana said that follow-ing a threat of rabid dog bite cases, public awareness to keep their dog properly should be instilled. Especially the dog owners were suggested to attempt vaccination for their dogs to the Buleleng Agriculture and Livestock Agency.

Moreover, the initial treatment when getting a dog bite should continuously disseminated to general public such as by firstly washing the wound with detergent and run-ning water. This simple handling would be very effective to prevent the contracting rabies when practiced correctly. Moreover, according to medical studies, the virus spread-ing disease washed under running water was believed to die and be unable to thrive in the human body.

“Initial handling like washing the wound with soap and running water must be socialized persistently. So far, some people still do not understand this method of handling. Yet, we will continue to campaign the alert against the transmission of rabies through our officers at public health centers,” he said. (kmb38)

Thousands of dog bite cases, three patients dieBali Post

SINGARAJA - Transmission of rabies in Buleleng County apparently cannot be underestimated. It is indicated by the high number of dog bite cases coming to the Buleleng Health Agency. Within the past five months, the Buleleng Health Agency recorded a total of 2,538 dog bite cases. Amidst those dog bite cases in 2014, three patients died with a history of being bitten by rabies dog.

Eid holidayDolphin and snorkeling attraction on Lovina Beach best favored

IBP/MudartaThe Eid 1435 Hijri holidays were made a moment to visit popular tourist destinations in Buleleng. Watching dolphin and snorkeling as the mainstay of Lovina Beach, Buleleng County became the leading attraction for domestic travelers.

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TOKYO — Toyota remains No. 1 in global vehicles sales after the first six months of this year, followed by Volkswagen which bumped General Motors out of second place as the U.S. automaker grapples with a recall scandal.

Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. an-nounced Wednesday that January-June global sales totaled 5.097 million vehicles, up nearly 4 percent from a year earlier. Sales grew in its home Japanese market as well in the rest of Asia, U.S. and Europe.

Sales in Japan were strong be-cause of a rush to beat the rise in the consumption tax that kicked in from April 1, according to Toyota.

Toyota’s vehicle sales soared 12 percent in China, while they also held up in North America, grow-

ing 5 percent. Toyota also did well in Europe, with sales edging up 8 percent.

Toyota declined comment on being No. 1. Toyota officials say they are merely trying to satisfy customers, one car at a time, and not competing to be at the top.

All auto officials tend to make such comments in public, but there is no question of the intense competition.

Volkswagen of Germany sold 4.97 million vehicles in the first half, outpacing General Motors Co. at 4.92 million vehicles, according to figures released earlier this month. VW’s sales are growing faster than that of Detroit-based GM, which is grappling with a major recall over faulty ignition switches.

Toyota, which makes the Camry sedan, Prius hybrid and Lexus luxury models, finished at the top last year

with a record 9.98 million vehicles. GM was second and VW third.

Toyota expects to sell more than 10 million vehicles this year, a mile-stone in the industry.

GM had been the top-selling auto-maker for more than seven decades before losing the title to Toyota in 2008. GM retook the sales crown in 2011, when Toyota’s production was hurt by the quake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

Toyota made a powerful come-back in 2012, and appears on track to retain its title this year. The battle among the three automakers remains tight, fought out in still largely untested territory in new markets. Toyota is a relative latecomer in China, for instance, whereas GM and VW are longtime powerhouses there. Toyota, however, is rapidly catching up.

From China and India to the Philippines and Indonesia, the fast-growing middle classes are looking to spend their cash by spreading their wings, leading to a boom in the Asia-Pacific region’s tourism sector.

Airlines have responded by setting up several new budget carriers and flying new routes -- but many airports are unable to cope, forcing governments to either expand or simply build new airports.

“Through the next 10 years, we see more than 350 new airports in the Asia-Pacific and the investment cost will be well over $100 billion,” said Chris De Lavigne, a global vice president at business consultancy Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific.

Upgrades of existing airports could cost an additional $25 billion, he told AFP by telephone from his office in Jakarta.

International tourist arrivals in Asia-Pacific grew an an-nual 6.0 percent to 248 million last year, the strongest of any region worldwide, according to the UN World Tourism Organization.

To cope with this, construction is being ramped up.The Canada-based Airports Council International (ACI)

said in a report that Indonesia plans to build 62 new airports in the next five years, in addition to its existing 237.

Soekarno-Hatta in Jakarta is improving capacity after han-dling 60 million passengers last year, nearly three times what it was designed for, ACI said.

And Kuala Lumpur aims to double capacity to 100 million a year by 2020, while Hong Kong wants to handle 97 million annually by 2030, up from 60 million in 2013.

In Beijing -- which already has a hub servicing 80 million people -- a second, $11 billion airport is being built to open in 2018 and handle 40 million passengers, Sydney-based consultancy Centre for Aviation said.

There are also plans for a full replacement of Manila’s Ni-noy Aquino International Airport, one of Asia’s most notorious for overcrowding and backward facilities.

Even Singapore’s Changi -- regarded by many as one of the world’s best -- is expanding, with a $1.0 billion Terminal 4 opening in 2017 that will raise capacity to 82 million pas-sengers from the current 54 million. Plans are already being made for a Terminal 5.

Shukor Yusof, an analyst with Malaysia-based Endau Ana-lytics, said airport infrastructure in many countries has lagged well behind travel growth.

“Many governments have paid scant attention to developing new terminals and new tarmacs, that’s why you find that many of the airports are bursting at the seams,” he told AFP.

The focus is not just on capitals. The need for more space means much of the new construction is taking place in second-ary cities, with some facilities potentially becoming hubs.

De Lavigne cited the Kualanamu International Airport in Indo-nesia’s Medan, which opened last July and could become a hub for flights to Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, India and China.

It was designed to handle eight million passengers a year but is already at capacity, he said.

“By 2025, they’re forecasting 24 million passengers out of Medan, or a three-fold increase in just over 10 years,” De Lavigne said, adding that Indonesia’s aviation sector alone is growing 14-15 percent a year.

Asia tourist boom fuels airport bingeAgence France-Presse

SINGAPORE - Faced with snaking queues at immigra-tion, overflowing baggage carousels and expensive flight delays, Asian nations are rushing to build hundreds of new airports to cope with surging demand for air travel in the region.

AP Photo/Eugene HoshikoVisitors walks past a Toyota IQ compact car displayed at a Toyota showroom in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Toyota remains No. 1 in global vehicles sales after the first six months of this year.

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AntaraSOLO - Indonesia’s President-

elect Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, holds an open house reception to celebrate Idul Fitri for the public in his hometown Solo, Central Java, on Wednesday.

Jokowi and his wife, Iriana Joko Widodo, said that he was very grateful to Solo’s people who had supported him during the presidential elections.

“I notice that Solo’s residents and the neighboring cities have been sup-porting me both materially and im-materially, which has proven that they all still love me, even though I am no longer their mayor,” Jokowi said.

According to the election result, Jokowi and his running mate Jusuf Kalla garnered 84.36 percent of votes in Solo, the highest among other regions.

“This is an incredible support, which shows that Solo residents still love me and FX Hadi Rudyatmo as the mayor of Solo,” said Jokowi.

When Jokowi was serving as the Mayor of Solo city, FX Hadi Ru-dyatmo was the vice mayor.

“I used to face many criticisms when I became the governor of Ja-karta Capital Region, but after I ran for presidential candidacy, it turned out

Subsidies are seen by many as the most urgent issue facing Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. The former OPEC member, and now major oil importer, has some of the world’s cheapest fuel prices, but the subsidies are eating up an already tight budget and threatening investor confidence by widening the current account deficit.

“Now that we have a winner, we are speaking to the elected president,” said a senior government official close to the talks, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter.

“Maybe if they agree, we can

AntaraJAYAPURA - Five police officers who were shot by un-

identified gunmen in Indawa Village, Lanny Jaya District of West Papua on Monday (July 28) are currently undergoing intensive medical treatment at the National Police’s Hospital in Jayapura.

The Jayapura National Police Hospital’s spokesperson Se-nior Police Commissary Dr Raymond confirmed the news of the five police officers being shot, one of whom is in a critical condition and is being treated at the National Police’s Hospital in Jayapura.

“We are still observing and monitoring the current condition of First Brig. (Briptu) Helsky Bonyadone, as the bullet is lodged in his organ,” Raymond stated on Wednesday.

Four police officers who were on duty at the Lanny Jaya police station were also hospitalized but are expected to be released from the hospital in a day or two and undergo outpa-tient treatment.

The gunshot wounds suffered by the four police personnel were not as serious as what Brigadier Helsky had, so they can be allowed to go home, noted Raymond.

This shooting incident took place in the Lanny Jaya police station on Monday (July 28) and was conducted by a group of seven unidentified gunmen, which led to the death of two police officers on the scene.

Second Brig. (Bripda) Zulkifli and Second Brig. (Bripda) Prayoga were killed in the shooting incident.

Officer Zulkifli was laid to rest on Tuesday (July 29) at the Waena Kusuma Bangsa National Heroes Cemetery, Jayapura, while Officer Prayoga was buried on Wednesday (July 30) in his home town in Semarang, Central Java.

Leaders in talks on raising fuel prices before OctoberReuters

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s outgoing president is in talks with his successor to increase heavily subsidised fuel prices before the new leader takes power, two sources close to the matter told Reuters.

increase it now ... the sooner the better.”

Mindful of past mass protests, the current government has been slow to cut subsidies, though a 33 percent average fuel price hike last year trig-gered only limited protests and its inflationary impact lasted little more than 2-3 months.

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, who earlier this week was declared the winner of a hotly contested presi-dential election, will succeed Presi-dent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Oct. 20 to serve a five-year term.

In an interview with Reuters last week, Widodo said he wanted to shift spending on subsidies - which account for about 20 percent of the budget - to productive areas of the economy such as agriculture.

A second source close to Widodo said talks were being held between the two political leaders over the timing of a fuel subsidy cut.

The subsidies, which mainly benefit the rich, cost the government around $20 billion a year and are the main factor behind a current account deficit that is expected to be above

3 percent of gross domestic product this year

Bank Indonesia’s deputy chief, Mirza Adityaswara, told Reuters last week that unless the government addressed the issue the central bank would not be able to bring down high interest rates, imposed to slow economic growth and therefore imports.

In the talks, both leaders were considering a cut to take place before Yudhoyono leaves office in August or September, said the source close to Widodo.

“The interesting thing is if the (fuel) price is raised this year, it will not only help the budget this year but also next year,” said the government official, adding that discussions in-volved a hike of around 1,000 rupiah ($0.09) a litre.

Indonesian fuel prices are among the world’s cheapest, currently at 6,500 rupiah a litre for gasoline and 5,500 for diesel.

When asked if a subsidy cut could take place this year, Finance Minister Chatib Basri told Reuters: “Don’t rule out any possibility of subsidy reform. I also said a few months before that you have to see that the next govern-ment will not be burdened.”

Vice President-elect Jusuf Kalla told Reuters last week that the next government planned to cut fuel subsi-dies within the first 100 days of office. He declined to say by how much it would initially reduce fuel subsidies which he said were the world’s big-gest after Iran and Venezuela.

Widodo has previously said he would gradually reduce fuel subsidies over a four or five-year period.

Five police officers hospitalized after gunmen attack

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Indonesia’s President-elect Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, holds an open house reception to celebrate Idul Fitri for the public in his hometown Solo, Central Java, on Wednesday.

President-elect Jokowi held open house in hometown

that Solo has provided a major support,” Jokowi emphasized.

Solo residents are enthusiastic to meet Jokowi on the open house reception, which is predicted to be attended by more than 5,000 people, including party’s of-ficials and the public.

Presidential candidate Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his running mate Jusuf Kalla

“JK” had won Indonesia’s 2014 presiden-tial election, as announced by the General Election Commission on July 22, 2014.

The elected president and vice presi-dent had won 70,997,833 votes, or 53.15 percent, of the 133,574,277 votes cast.

Jokowi and Jusuf Kalla will be inaugu-rated on October 20, 2014, before serving a five-year term.

Khieu Samphan, the regime’s head of state, and Nuon Chea, right-hand man to the group’s late leader, Pol Pot, are already set to face sentencing next week after being tried for crimes against hu-manity related mostly to the com-munist group’s forced movement of millions to the countryside when it took power in 1975.

The tribunal’s chief judge, Nil Nonn, opened the hearings by reading the charges and crime sites set to be heard in the newest trial segment. Tribunal officials say their second trial, with wit-nesses and the presentation of evidence, is likely to begin in the last quarter of this year. It will cover additional crimes against humanity, and add charges of genocide for the killings of mem-bers of Cambodia’s Vietnamese

and Cham ethnic minorities.The crimes of rape and forced

marriages will also be considered for the first time by the tribunal. “The purpose of today’s hearing is to clarify issues ahead of the case,” Nonn said. Because he is unable to sit for long periods of time, Nuon Chea remained in his holding cell. Khieu Samphan ap-peared in good health, diligently taking notes as he sat in court.

Anta Guisse, a defense lawyer for Khieu Samphan, said she was concerned about confusion over what evidence or findings from the first part of the trial would be carried over into the next. This week’s initial hearing will cover technical matters such as witness lists and procedural objections by the contending parties.

Because of the advanced age

and poor health of the defendants, the case against them was divided into separate smaller trials. But some critics feel that convictions on lesser charges may be an af-front to history. The first trial, which began in November 2011 and lasted two years, focused solely on forced evacuations and a mass execution of soldiers who had fought against the Khmer Rouge during a bitter 1970-75 civil war. That trial, a verdict for which is expected Aug. 7, was repeatedly hampered by delays, and by the end, it had lost half its original defendants.

Khmer Rouge Foreign Min-ister Ieng Sary died in March 2013, while his wife, Social Af-fairs Minister Ieng Thirith, was deemed unfit to stand trial due to dementia.

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — A landslide hit a village in western India following tor-rential rains Wednesday, sweeping away scores of houses and raising fears that more than 150 people could be trapped, officials said. Federal rescue workers were being hampered by continuing rains and poor roads leading to the village of Ambe in Pune district in Maharashtra state, where the landslide buried about 40 houses, said local commissioner Prabhakar Deshmukh.

“Reaching the exact space is taking time because there is a lot of damage to the road,” Sandeep Rai Rathore, a top official of the federal National Disaster Response Force, told NDTV news channel.

Police and medical teams arrived in the area but had difficulty communi-cating because of poor telephone and cellphone connectivity, local legislator Dilip Walse Patil told CNN-IBN TV network. “It is a small village and this happened very suddenly,” he added. Landslides are common in the area during the monsoon season, which runs from June through September.

The Pune district about is 151 kilometers (94 miles) southeast of Mumbai, India’s commercial capital. The nearest medical center is about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the village.

After the enactment of Regional Bylaw on the IMTA renewal effec-tive in 2014, the Denpasar Municipality had earned income worth IDR 3 billion over until July 2014. The fund obtained from the IMTA levy would be directed to the empowerment and enhancement of human resources so that local workers could gradually reduce dependency on foreign labor.

Foreign workers were charged the IMTA renewal levy at USD 100 per month. The levy payment was made by the companies hiring the foreign labor. “The payment can be done every six months. All levies are paid by companies hiring those foreign labors,” he concluded. (dwa)

Associated Press

TIRANA — Albania’s central bank says 713 million leke (5 million euros; $6.75 million) has been stolen from its reserve storage building. Authorities arrested two bank employees last week.

The Bank of Albania, which is in charge of the country’s price stability and manages 16 private banks, said Wednesday that the cash was stolen over time. It did not provide further details, but insisted that the bank’s operations had not been affected and it was supplying the country’s banking system with the necessary liquidity.

Local media reported that one of the suspects acknowledged the theft over the last four years, saying he had spent much of the money on gambling. The bank, police and judicial authorities declined to comment on the report.

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Cambodians line up at a court entrance before a hearing to prepare for the genocide trial of two surviving leaders Khieu Samphan and Noun Chea, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 30, 2014.

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PHNOM PENH — A U.N.-backed tribunal on Wednesday began a hearing to prepare for the genocide trial of the two senior surviving leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, under whose rule an estimated 1.7 million people died in the late 1970s from starvation, exhaustion, disease and execution.

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Indian villagers cross the river Baitarani in a country boat after the same was flooded following monsoon rains near Akhuapada in Jajpur distict of Orissa state, India, Wednes-day, July 23, 2014.

Landslide hits Indian village, 150 may be trapped

Millions reported stolen from Albania central bank

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DENPASAR - The statue stands on the cross roads in front of the Denpasar Mayor’s office. It is called Catur Muka (Four Faces) because it has four heads facing out to the four quarters of the compass and builled in 1973. The statue was created by a craftsmen led by the locally renowned artist I Gusti Nyoman Lempad from Ubud village. It’s 9 meters high statue is a representing God Brahma (God Brahma, as the Creator of the Universe) with four faces and has its original story can be found Mahabharata epic.

Experienced duo Venus Williams and Daniela Hantuchova also had first-round wins, while Cibulkova was beaten 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 by Spain’s Garbine Muguruza. Ivanovic took full advantage of Lisicki’s weak sec-ond serve, winning 16 of 23 points, and though she had 10 break points against her, the Serb saved eight of them, while Lisicki was broken four times from just five opportunities.

“Sometimes just a few points make a difference and it helps to be positive in a tight situation,” Ivanovic said. “I did that today in the tiebreak.” Ivanovic is playing her first tournament since hiring Dejan Petrovic as coach, replacing Nemanja Kontic.

“It was a lot of things on and off the court,” Ivanovic said of her split with Kontic following the loss to Lisicki at Wimbledon. “He helped me a lot and sometimes these deci-sions are very hard.” The Serbian next faces qualifier Carol Zhao, who

was leading Yanina Wickmayer, 6-2, 1-0, when the Belgian retired because of the effects of a viral infection.

Muguruza played pressure-free tennis to down sixth-seeded Cibulkova, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, with the tall Spaniard using her strong serve to good effect, winning 71 percent of points on first serve.

“When I play someone higher in the rankings I don’t feel pressure,” said the 28th-ranked Muguruza. “I just out and play. This is a really fast court and that’s good for my game. The court helps me sometimes.” Wil-liams beat qualifier Paula Kania, 6-3, 6-2. She’ll next play fourth seeded Victoria Azarenka, whom she has beaten in three previous meetings.

“She’s always a tough competi-tor,” Williams said. “I’ll need to be focused and on my toes.” Hantu-chova downed Argentina’s Paula Ormachea 6-3, 6-4 and will face Muguruza in the next round.

Kimi Raikkonen reckons his performance in the Hungarian Grand Prix shows there is “light at the end of the tunnel” following his difficult start to his Formula 1 season. Raikkonen bounced back

from a qualifying blunder on Sat-urday to rise from 16th on the grid to sixth at the Hungaroring, the Finn’s best result since rejoining Ferrari.

The 2007 world champion has

struggled to get comfortable driv-ing the F14 T, but said his perfor-mance in Sunday’s race at least suggests things are moving in the right direction. “It was more fun because the car has been feeling a

bit better, which makes life easier and lets you enjoy it more,” Raik-konen said.

“You can push and fight more rather than just defending and fall-ing backwards, which obviously

AP Photo/Ben CurtisAna Ivanovic of Serbia reacts after losing a point to Sabine Lisicki of Germany during their women’s singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, June 30, 2014.

Ivanovic beats Lisicki, Cibulkova out at Stanford

Associated Press

STANFORD, California — Ana Ivanovic dominated the second set to beat Sabine Lisicki on Tuesday and advance to the second round of the Bank of the West Classic, while defending champion Dominika Cibulkova made a first-round exit. The fifth-seeded Ivanovic won 7-6 (2), 6-1 against Lisicki, partially avenging her loss to the German in the previous meeting at Wimbledon.

Raikkonen says there is ‘light at the end of the tunnel’

REUTERS/Laszlo BaloghFerrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland

drives during the Hungarian F1 Grand Prix at the Hunga-roring circuit, near Budapest July 27, 2014.

helps. “It was difficult, but fun, and shows we’re doing something right and that there is some light at the end of the tunnel.

“But one result doesn’t change the big picture.” Raikkonen sug-gested the fact he failed to overtake the fifth placed Williams of Felipe Massa in the closing stages of the race shows how much work Ferrari still needs to do to improve.

“The car worked pretty well so it’s just we need a bit more straight-line speed, especially against the Mercedes-powered cars, to be able to pass them at this kind of track,” Raikkonen added. “We know we still have issues and things to improve - mechanical grip, downforce, power. “Here and Monaco seemed to be bet-ter for us but there is still a long way for us to go before we can say we’re happy and where we should be.

“The result was a bit better for me and the team got more points, but the fact is there hasn’t been a massive change. “We know where we are and what we have to do, and there’s a lot of things to do to get where we want to be.”

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The Blues went on to win 2-0, a result that effectively ended Liverpool’s push for a first title since 1990 as well as Gerrard’s hopes of a Premier League crown, the only club trophy that eludes him. “Where do I rank it? It’s probably the worst three months of my life. There is nothing else to say really is there,” Gerrard told reporters in New Jersey.

“You get a support network around you of the people you are close to. That’s been the case since day one, people who have watched me since before I made my debut. They are always there for me. They always will be,” he added. “They rally around you and try to pick you up but when

something like that happens, you have to try and face it. I am man enough to take it on the chin and accept it. It has happened and I can’t change it.”

Really Bad MomentAlong with strikers Daniel

Sturridge and Luis Suarez, now at Barcelona, Gerrard had been one of the driving forces behind Liverpool’s resurgence last sea-son. A one-club man, he keenly felt the pain of missing out on the title, and admitted he had watched his slip since and was resigned to be being asked about it for the foreseeable future.

“That’s why it was cruel. I haven’t made a mistake, I haven’t lost my man at a set-

piece. I haven’t missed a penalty. I haven’t made a bad pass,” Ger-rard said. “Every single person on the planet slips at some point in their life, whether it’s on the stairs, on the floor or whatever. For me, it happened on the pitch at a really bad moment.

“But over the course of 38 games a lot happens for you and against you and that determines if you win the league or not. But that moment happened at a really crucial time and I have to face that. And I will.”

Gerrard said he hoped a suc-cessful World Cup campaign in Brazil would help ease the hurt but defeats to Italy and Uruguay and a draw with Costa Rica meant England left early. He has

since re-tired from international duty.

“Unfortunately, I have had that tough time at club level at the end of the season, then I have gone into a World Cup hoping that it was going to go really well to help me get over it. But it backfired,” he added. “I have had two really massive unbelievable lows in a short space of time, so it is a good test for me this season. “Can I hit form after that? I believe that I can.

Reuters

ROME - Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal is not heading for Manchester United but is fundamental to champions Juventus and is happy to stay, the Italian club’s manager Massimiliano Allegri said on Tuesday. “The ideal thing would be not only to keep hold of Vidal but to bring others in,” Al-legri told reporters.

“We have never activated a clause to try to sell him and if he doesn’t show an intention to leave, our position won’t change. “He is a player that I consider fundamental and he wants to stay here,” added Allegri, who took over from Antonio Conte earlier this month.

Vidal has been frequently linked to United during the close season, with media reports saying the Premier League club are preparing a £48 million ($81.30 million) bid for the 27-year-old. He scored 11 league goals for Juve last season as they romped to their third straight Serie A title.

The Chilean played down speculation of a move on his return to Italy after the World Cup and Juve’s sporting director Giuseppe Marotta said the club would not sell unless Vidal made clear his intention to go to England. “We don’t want to sell Vidal, there are only rumours because he is among the best players in the world,” Marotta told Sky Italia.

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want to use Lionel Messi to help expand commercial ties with Russia despite diplomatic tensions between Moscow and the West, the Spanish club’s vice-president Javier Faus said on Tuesday. Russia and Brazil were places where the club did not have a major business part-ner and while Argentine Messi could help in Russia, Brazilian Neymar could do the same in his native country, Faus said on the club website (www.fcbarcelona.com).

Faus was announcing Barcelo-na’s financial results for 2013/14 in which the club made a record turnover of 530 million euros ($710.8 million). Member-owned Barcelona reported a net profit of 41 million euros last season despite losing out on the Span-ish title to Atletico Madrid and seeing rivals Real Madrid claim the Champions League.

“We are much stronger and we feel we have a greater presence around the world than we did four years ago”, Faus said after the club matched Real Madrid in breaking the 500 million euro turnover figure.

Russia is facing the threat of tougher economic sanctions over its support for separatists in Ukraine who are accused by the West of shooting down a Ma-laysian Airways passenger plane this month, killing 298 people. Britain’s deputy prime minister Nick Clegg and some German politicians have called for Russia to be stripped of the right to host the 2018 World Cup.

Barcelona’s image took a blow in January when club president Sandro Rosell stepped down when he was accused of tax eva-sion over Neymar’s move from Brazilian club Santos.

Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella is expected to resign Wednesday, ending weeks of speculation about his future fol-lowing his country’s loss in the World Cup final.

The Argentine Football As-

sociation said Sabella will hold a news conference Wednesday. The federation did not confirm his resignation, but local media report he is leaving.

Gerard Martino and Jose Peker-man have been mentioned as possi-ble replacements. Martino coached Paraguay’s national team and most recently Barcelona. Pekerman

coached Argentina at the 2006 World Cup and took Colombia to this year’s quarterfinals.

Sabella began coaching Argen-tina in 2011, succeeding Diego Maradona. Argentina lost to Ger-many 1-0 in this month’s final. Sabella has talked of being worn out since the World Cup, saying he needs a rest.

Reuters

BUENOS AIRES - The father of Juventus striker Carlos Tevez was kid-napped in Buenos Aires on Tuesday before being released following the payment of a ransom, according to local media. Reports said the footballer had initially looked to fly from Turin, where he is in pre-season training, to Argentina on hearing the news of the kidnapping but he remained in Italy.

Tevez said on Twitter that his father had been released without harm. “I thank everyone for their support always. I’m able to tell you my father is ok, safe and sound. That’s what’s most important,” he said on his Twitter account (@carlitos3210). “I also thank... the Buenos Aires and Federal and Anti-kidnapping police (forces) for their support for my family.”

The amount paid for Segundo Tevez’s release was not revealed but media reports said it was 400,000 Argentine pesos ($48,900). Tevez’s brother Diego told local radio station La Red that at first his father only had his vehicle stolen and was immediately released, but they went back for him when they saw his name on its registration.

“When they realised he was the father (of Carlos Tevez) because of the ‘green card’ they went back for him and asked for the ransom,” Diego Tevez said. The daily La Nacion, quoting sources close to the police operation, reported that the kidnappers had told Tevez’s father: “We admire your son, but we have to do this to work.”

Despite being in brilliant form in Serie A for Juventus last season, Tevez was not chosen by Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella for the World Cup finals in Brazil.

Argentina lost 1-0 to Germany in the Rio de Janeiro final two weeks ago. “We’re annoyed with Sabella because he didn’t call him up to the national team,” La Nacion also quoted the kidnappers as saying.

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at Chelsea to try to help the former European champions end a five-year wait to land the Premier League title, he said on Tuesday. The 36-year-old Ivory Coast striker signed a 12-month deal last week to return to Stamford Bridge after having left the club immediately after their 2012 Champions League final victory over Bayern Munich.

“Five years is a long time not to win the Premier League so I want to win it,” Drogba told the club website (www.chelseafc.com). “To lift the Premier League trophy is a fantastic feeling and we haven’t experienced it for a few years, too long for a club like ours. “I missed the Premier League, which for me is the best in the world. It’s true the German league is on the way up but the English league has

been the best over the last decade and I’m really looking forward to playing the first game.”

Drogba won the top-flight crown three times in his first spell at Chelsea, in 2005, 2006 and 2010, and also lifted the FA Cup four times and the League Cup twice. “It’s amazing to be back, a great feeling,” he said. “I’m happy to be back here and I’m looking forward to seeing the best fans. “It was an easy decision to make, it’s very difficult to say no to (manager) Jose (Mourinho) and to Chelsea. I have so many good memories with the club.”

Drogba, who has scored 157 goals in 341 ap-pearances for Chelsea, was one of Mourinho’s first signings when the Portuguese first joined the club in 2004. “He said to me that a player like me, who has history with the club, should come back one day,” said the Ivorian, who had short spells in China with Shanghai Shenhua and in Turkey

with Galatasaray during his time away from Stamford Bridge.

“I agree with him because even if I left I was still a Chelsea player because of the eight years I spent here. No offence to the teams I was with during those two years but that’s just the way it is. “He’s the one who gave me a chance to play in the Premier League. We won so many trophies to-gether and so many matches,” added Drogba, who will wear the same number 15 shirt he sported when he first joined Chelsea in 2004.

“His relationship is not only with me, it’s with all the players who were here from the beginning of the story. It’s quite emotional but the most im-portant thing is that we want to win, win, win.” Chelsea, who finished third in Mourinho’s first campaign back in charge last term, launch their new season at promoted Burnley on Aug. 18.

Sabella expected to leave as Argentina’s coach

Messi could help us expand in Russia, say Barcelona

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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (R) greets soccer player Lionel Messi (L) as Argentina’s national soccer team arrives at the Argentine Football Association (AFA) in Buenos Aires, in this July 14, 2014 handout picture provided by the Argentine Presidency.

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Tevez father kidnapped, released after ransom paid

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Gerrard says last three months “worst of my life”Reuters

Steven Gerrard says the slip that arguably ended Liverpool’s title hopes and England being knocked out the World Cup in the group stages have contributed to what has been “probably the worst three months of my life”. Speaking to reporters on Liverpool’s pre-season tour of North America, the 34-year-old addressed the moment when he lost his footing against Chelsea in late April, allowing Demba Ba to open the scoring.

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The Blues went on to win 2-0, a result that effectively ended Liverpool’s push for a first title since 1990 as well as Gerrard’s hopes of a Premier League crown, the only club trophy that eludes him. “Where do I rank it? It’s probably the worst three months of my life. There is nothing else to say really is there,” Gerrard told reporters in New Jersey.

“You get a support network around you of the people you are close to. That’s been the case since day one, people who have watched me since before I made my debut. They are always there for me. They always will be,” he added. “They rally around you and try to pick you up but when

something like that happens, you have to try and face it. I am man enough to take it on the chin and accept it. It has happened and I can’t change it.”

Really Bad MomentAlong with strikers Daniel

Sturridge and Luis Suarez, now at Barcelona, Gerrard had been one of the driving forces behind Liverpool’s resurgence last sea-son. A one-club man, he keenly felt the pain of missing out on the title, and admitted he had watched his slip since and was resigned to be being asked about it for the foreseeable future.

“That’s why it was cruel. I haven’t made a mistake, I haven’t lost my man at a set-

piece. I haven’t missed a penalty. I haven’t made a bad pass,” Ger-rard said. “Every single person on the planet slips at some point in their life, whether it’s on the stairs, on the floor or whatever. For me, it happened on the pitch at a really bad moment.

“But over the course of 38 games a lot happens for you and against you and that determines if you win the league or not. But that moment happened at a really crucial time and I have to face that. And I will.”

Gerrard said he hoped a suc-cessful World Cup campaign in Brazil would help ease the hurt but defeats to Italy and Uruguay and a draw with Costa Rica meant England left early. He has

since re-tired from international duty.

“Unfortunately, I have had that tough time at club level at the end of the season, then I have gone into a World Cup hoping that it was going to go really well to help me get over it. But it backfired,” he added. “I have had two really massive unbelievable lows in a short space of time, so it is a good test for me this season. “Can I hit form after that? I believe that I can.

Reuters

ROME - Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal is not heading for Manchester United but is fundamental to champions Juventus and is happy to stay, the Italian club’s manager Massimiliano Allegri said on Tuesday. “The ideal thing would be not only to keep hold of Vidal but to bring others in,” Al-legri told reporters.

“We have never activated a clause to try to sell him and if he doesn’t show an intention to leave, our position won’t change. “He is a player that I consider fundamental and he wants to stay here,” added Allegri, who took over from Antonio Conte earlier this month.

Vidal has been frequently linked to United during the close season, with media reports saying the Premier League club are preparing a £48 million ($81.30 million) bid for the 27-year-old. He scored 11 league goals for Juve last season as they romped to their third straight Serie A title.

The Chilean played down speculation of a move on his return to Italy after the World Cup and Juve’s sporting director Giuseppe Marotta said the club would not sell unless Vidal made clear his intention to go to England. “We don’t want to sell Vidal, there are only rumours because he is among the best players in the world,” Marotta told Sky Italia.

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want to use Lionel Messi to help expand commercial ties with Russia despite diplomatic tensions between Moscow and the West, the Spanish club’s vice-president Javier Faus said on Tuesday. Russia and Brazil were places where the club did not have a major business part-ner and while Argentine Messi could help in Russia, Brazilian Neymar could do the same in his native country, Faus said on the club website (www.fcbarcelona.com).

Faus was announcing Barcelo-na’s financial results for 2013/14 in which the club made a record turnover of 530 million euros ($710.8 million). Member-owned Barcelona reported a net profit of 41 million euros last season despite losing out on the Span-ish title to Atletico Madrid and seeing rivals Real Madrid claim the Champions League.

“We are much stronger and we feel we have a greater presence around the world than we did four years ago”, Faus said after the club matched Real Madrid in breaking the 500 million euro turnover figure.

Russia is facing the threat of tougher economic sanctions over its support for separatists in Ukraine who are accused by the West of shooting down a Ma-laysian Airways passenger plane this month, killing 298 people. Britain’s deputy prime minister Nick Clegg and some German politicians have called for Russia to be stripped of the right to host the 2018 World Cup.

Barcelona’s image took a blow in January when club president Sandro Rosell stepped down when he was accused of tax eva-sion over Neymar’s move from Brazilian club Santos.

Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella is expected to resign Wednesday, ending weeks of speculation about his future fol-lowing his country’s loss in the World Cup final.

The Argentine Football As-

sociation said Sabella will hold a news conference Wednesday. The federation did not confirm his resignation, but local media report he is leaving.

Gerard Martino and Jose Peker-man have been mentioned as possi-ble replacements. Martino coached Paraguay’s national team and most recently Barcelona. Pekerman

coached Argentina at the 2006 World Cup and took Colombia to this year’s quarterfinals.

Sabella began coaching Argen-tina in 2011, succeeding Diego Maradona. Argentina lost to Ger-many 1-0 in this month’s final. Sabella has talked of being worn out since the World Cup, saying he needs a rest.

Reuters

BUENOS AIRES - The father of Juventus striker Carlos Tevez was kid-napped in Buenos Aires on Tuesday before being released following the payment of a ransom, according to local media. Reports said the footballer had initially looked to fly from Turin, where he is in pre-season training, to Argentina on hearing the news of the kidnapping but he remained in Italy.

Tevez said on Twitter that his father had been released without harm. “I thank everyone for their support always. I’m able to tell you my father is ok, safe and sound. That’s what’s most important,” he said on his Twitter account (@carlitos3210). “I also thank... the Buenos Aires and Federal and Anti-kidnapping police (forces) for their support for my family.”

The amount paid for Segundo Tevez’s release was not revealed but media reports said it was 400,000 Argentine pesos ($48,900). Tevez’s brother Diego told local radio station La Red that at first his father only had his vehicle stolen and was immediately released, but they went back for him when they saw his name on its registration.

“When they realised he was the father (of Carlos Tevez) because of the ‘green card’ they went back for him and asked for the ransom,” Diego Tevez said. The daily La Nacion, quoting sources close to the police operation, reported that the kidnappers had told Tevez’s father: “We admire your son, but we have to do this to work.”

Despite being in brilliant form in Serie A for Juventus last season, Tevez was not chosen by Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella for the World Cup finals in Brazil.

Argentina lost 1-0 to Germany in the Rio de Janeiro final two weeks ago. “We’re annoyed with Sabella because he didn’t call him up to the national team,” La Nacion also quoted the kidnappers as saying.

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at Chelsea to try to help the former European champions end a five-year wait to land the Premier League title, he said on Tuesday. The 36-year-old Ivory Coast striker signed a 12-month deal last week to return to Stamford Bridge after having left the club immediately after their 2012 Champions League final victory over Bayern Munich.

“Five years is a long time not to win the Premier League so I want to win it,” Drogba told the club website (www.chelseafc.com). “To lift the Premier League trophy is a fantastic feeling and we haven’t experienced it for a few years, too long for a club like ours. “I missed the Premier League, which for me is the best in the world. It’s true the German league is on the way up but the English league has

been the best over the last decade and I’m really looking forward to playing the first game.”

Drogba won the top-flight crown three times in his first spell at Chelsea, in 2005, 2006 and 2010, and also lifted the FA Cup four times and the League Cup twice. “It’s amazing to be back, a great feeling,” he said. “I’m happy to be back here and I’m looking forward to seeing the best fans. “It was an easy decision to make, it’s very difficult to say no to (manager) Jose (Mourinho) and to Chelsea. I have so many good memories with the club.”

Drogba, who has scored 157 goals in 341 ap-pearances for Chelsea, was one of Mourinho’s first signings when the Portuguese first joined the club in 2004. “He said to me that a player like me, who has history with the club, should come back one day,” said the Ivorian, who had short spells in China with Shanghai Shenhua and in Turkey

with Galatasaray during his time away from Stamford Bridge.

“I agree with him because even if I left I was still a Chelsea player because of the eight years I spent here. No offence to the teams I was with during those two years but that’s just the way it is. “He’s the one who gave me a chance to play in the Premier League. We won so many trophies to-gether and so many matches,” added Drogba, who will wear the same number 15 shirt he sported when he first joined Chelsea in 2004.

“His relationship is not only with me, it’s with all the players who were here from the beginning of the story. It’s quite emotional but the most im-portant thing is that we want to win, win, win.” Chelsea, who finished third in Mourinho’s first campaign back in charge last term, launch their new season at promoted Burnley on Aug. 18.

Sabella expected to leave as Argentina’s coach

Messi could help us expand in Russia, say Barcelona

REUTERS/Argentine Presidency/Handout via Reuters

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (R) greets soccer player Lionel Messi (L) as Argentina’s national soccer team arrives at the Argentine Football Association (AFA) in Buenos Aires, in this July 14, 2014 handout picture provided by the Argentine Presidency.

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Juve’s Vidal staying and not Man United bound

Tevez father kidnapped, released after ransom paid

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Steven Gerrard

Gerrard says last three months “worst of my life”Reuters

Steven Gerrard says the slip that arguably ended Liverpool’s title hopes and England being knocked out the World Cup in the group stages have contributed to what has been “probably the worst three months of my life”. Speaking to reporters on Liverpool’s pre-season tour of North America, the 34-year-old addressed the moment when he lost his footing against Chelsea in late April, allowing Demba Ba to open the scoring.

Excited Drogba aims to end Chelsea’s five-year title wait

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DENPASAR - The statue stands on the cross roads in front of the Denpasar Mayor’s office. It is called Catur Muka (Four Faces) because it has four heads facing out to the four quarters of the compass and builled in 1973. The statue was created by a craftsmen led by the locally renowned artist I Gusti Nyoman Lempad from Ubud village. It’s 9 meters high statue is a representing God Brahma (God Brahma, as the Creator of the Universe) with four faces and has its original story can be found Mahabharata epic.

Experienced duo Venus Williams and Daniela Hantuchova also had first-round wins, while Cibulkova was beaten 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 by Spain’s Garbine Muguruza. Ivanovic took full advantage of Lisicki’s weak sec-ond serve, winning 16 of 23 points, and though she had 10 break points against her, the Serb saved eight of them, while Lisicki was broken four times from just five opportunities.

“Sometimes just a few points make a difference and it helps to be positive in a tight situation,” Ivanovic said. “I did that today in the tiebreak.” Ivanovic is playing her first tournament since hiring Dejan Petrovic as coach, replacing Nemanja Kontic.

“It was a lot of things on and off the court,” Ivanovic said of her split with Kontic following the loss to Lisicki at Wimbledon. “He helped me a lot and sometimes these deci-sions are very hard.” The Serbian next faces qualifier Carol Zhao, who

was leading Yanina Wickmayer, 6-2, 1-0, when the Belgian retired because of the effects of a viral infection.

Muguruza played pressure-free tennis to down sixth-seeded Cibulkova, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, with the tall Spaniard using her strong serve to good effect, winning 71 percent of points on first serve.

“When I play someone higher in the rankings I don’t feel pressure,” said the 28th-ranked Muguruza. “I just out and play. This is a really fast court and that’s good for my game. The court helps me sometimes.” Wil-liams beat qualifier Paula Kania, 6-3, 6-2. She’ll next play fourth seeded Victoria Azarenka, whom she has beaten in three previous meetings.

“She’s always a tough competi-tor,” Williams said. “I’ll need to be focused and on my toes.” Hantu-chova downed Argentina’s Paula Ormachea 6-3, 6-4 and will face Muguruza in the next round.

Kimi Raikkonen reckons his performance in the Hungarian Grand Prix shows there is “light at the end of the tunnel” following his difficult start to his Formula 1 season. Raikkonen bounced back

from a qualifying blunder on Sat-urday to rise from 16th on the grid to sixth at the Hungaroring, the Finn’s best result since rejoining Ferrari.

The 2007 world champion has

struggled to get comfortable driv-ing the F14 T, but said his perfor-mance in Sunday’s race at least suggests things are moving in the right direction. “It was more fun because the car has been feeling a

bit better, which makes life easier and lets you enjoy it more,” Raik-konen said.

“You can push and fight more rather than just defending and fall-ing backwards, which obviously

AP Photo/Ben CurtisAna Ivanovic of Serbia reacts after losing a point to Sabine Lisicki of Germany during their women’s singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, June 30, 2014.

Ivanovic beats Lisicki, Cibulkova out at Stanford

Associated Press

STANFORD, California — Ana Ivanovic dominated the second set to beat Sabine Lisicki on Tuesday and advance to the second round of the Bank of the West Classic, while defending champion Dominika Cibulkova made a first-round exit. The fifth-seeded Ivanovic won 7-6 (2), 6-1 against Lisicki, partially avenging her loss to the German in the previous meeting at Wimbledon.

Raikkonen says there is ‘light at the end of the tunnel’

REUTERS/Laszlo BaloghFerrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland

drives during the Hungarian F1 Grand Prix at the Hunga-roring circuit, near Budapest July 27, 2014.

helps. “It was difficult, but fun, and shows we’re doing something right and that there is some light at the end of the tunnel.

“But one result doesn’t change the big picture.” Raikkonen sug-gested the fact he failed to overtake the fifth placed Williams of Felipe Massa in the closing stages of the race shows how much work Ferrari still needs to do to improve.

“The car worked pretty well so it’s just we need a bit more straight-line speed, especially against the Mercedes-powered cars, to be able to pass them at this kind of track,” Raikkonen added. “We know we still have issues and things to improve - mechanical grip, downforce, power. “Here and Monaco seemed to be bet-ter for us but there is still a long way for us to go before we can say we’re happy and where we should be.

“The result was a bit better for me and the team got more points, but the fact is there hasn’t been a massive change. “We know where we are and what we have to do, and there’s a lot of things to do to get where we want to be.”

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INDONESIAW RLD

AntaraSOLO - Indonesia’s President-

elect Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, holds an open house reception to celebrate Idul Fitri for the public in his hometown Solo, Central Java, on Wednesday.

Jokowi and his wife, Iriana Joko Widodo, said that he was very grateful to Solo’s people who had supported him during the presidential elections.

“I notice that Solo’s residents and the neighboring cities have been sup-porting me both materially and im-materially, which has proven that they all still love me, even though I am no longer their mayor,” Jokowi said.

According to the election result, Jokowi and his running mate Jusuf Kalla garnered 84.36 percent of votes in Solo, the highest among other regions.

“This is an incredible support, which shows that Solo residents still love me and FX Hadi Rudyatmo as the mayor of Solo,” said Jokowi.

When Jokowi was serving as the Mayor of Solo city, FX Hadi Ru-dyatmo was the vice mayor.

“I used to face many criticisms when I became the governor of Ja-karta Capital Region, but after I ran for presidential candidacy, it turned out

Subsidies are seen by many as the most urgent issue facing Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. The former OPEC member, and now major oil importer, has some of the world’s cheapest fuel prices, but the subsidies are eating up an already tight budget and threatening investor confidence by widening the current account deficit.

“Now that we have a winner, we are speaking to the elected president,” said a senior government official close to the talks, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter.

“Maybe if they agree, we can

AntaraJAYAPURA - Five police officers who were shot by un-

identified gunmen in Indawa Village, Lanny Jaya District of West Papua on Monday (July 28) are currently undergoing intensive medical treatment at the National Police’s Hospital in Jayapura.

The Jayapura National Police Hospital’s spokesperson Se-nior Police Commissary Dr Raymond confirmed the news of the five police officers being shot, one of whom is in a critical condition and is being treated at the National Police’s Hospital in Jayapura.

“We are still observing and monitoring the current condition of First Brig. (Briptu) Helsky Bonyadone, as the bullet is lodged in his organ,” Raymond stated on Wednesday.

Four police officers who were on duty at the Lanny Jaya police station were also hospitalized but are expected to be released from the hospital in a day or two and undergo outpa-tient treatment.

The gunshot wounds suffered by the four police personnel were not as serious as what Brigadier Helsky had, so they can be allowed to go home, noted Raymond.

This shooting incident took place in the Lanny Jaya police station on Monday (July 28) and was conducted by a group of seven unidentified gunmen, which led to the death of two police officers on the scene.

Second Brig. (Bripda) Zulkifli and Second Brig. (Bripda) Prayoga were killed in the shooting incident.

Officer Zulkifli was laid to rest on Tuesday (July 29) at the Waena Kusuma Bangsa National Heroes Cemetery, Jayapura, while Officer Prayoga was buried on Wednesday (July 30) in his home town in Semarang, Central Java.

Leaders in talks on raising fuel prices before OctoberReuters

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s outgoing president is in talks with his successor to increase heavily subsidised fuel prices before the new leader takes power, two sources close to the matter told Reuters.

increase it now ... the sooner the better.”

Mindful of past mass protests, the current government has been slow to cut subsidies, though a 33 percent average fuel price hike last year trig-gered only limited protests and its inflationary impact lasted little more than 2-3 months.

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, who earlier this week was declared the winner of a hotly contested presi-dential election, will succeed Presi-dent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Oct. 20 to serve a five-year term.

In an interview with Reuters last week, Widodo said he wanted to shift spending on subsidies - which account for about 20 percent of the budget - to productive areas of the economy such as agriculture.

A second source close to Widodo said talks were being held between the two political leaders over the timing of a fuel subsidy cut.

The subsidies, which mainly benefit the rich, cost the government around $20 billion a year and are the main factor behind a current account deficit that is expected to be above

3 percent of gross domestic product this year

Bank Indonesia’s deputy chief, Mirza Adityaswara, told Reuters last week that unless the government addressed the issue the central bank would not be able to bring down high interest rates, imposed to slow economic growth and therefore imports.

In the talks, both leaders were considering a cut to take place before Yudhoyono leaves office in August or September, said the source close to Widodo.

“The interesting thing is if the (fuel) price is raised this year, it will not only help the budget this year but also next year,” said the government official, adding that discussions in-volved a hike of around 1,000 rupiah ($0.09) a litre.

Indonesian fuel prices are among the world’s cheapest, currently at 6,500 rupiah a litre for gasoline and 5,500 for diesel.

When asked if a subsidy cut could take place this year, Finance Minister Chatib Basri told Reuters: “Don’t rule out any possibility of subsidy reform. I also said a few months before that you have to see that the next govern-ment will not be burdened.”

Vice President-elect Jusuf Kalla told Reuters last week that the next government planned to cut fuel subsi-dies within the first 100 days of office. He declined to say by how much it would initially reduce fuel subsidies which he said were the world’s big-gest after Iran and Venezuela.

Widodo has previously said he would gradually reduce fuel subsidies over a four or five-year period.

Five police officers hospitalized after gunmen attack

ANTARA FOTO/Aloysius Jarot Nugroho

Indonesia’s President-elect Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, holds an open house reception to celebrate Idul Fitri for the public in his hometown Solo, Central Java, on Wednesday.

President-elect Jokowi held open house in hometown

that Solo has provided a major support,” Jokowi emphasized.

Solo residents are enthusiastic to meet Jokowi on the open house reception, which is predicted to be attended by more than 5,000 people, including party’s of-ficials and the public.

Presidential candidate Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his running mate Jusuf Kalla

“JK” had won Indonesia’s 2014 presiden-tial election, as announced by the General Election Commission on July 22, 2014.

The elected president and vice presi-dent had won 70,997,833 votes, or 53.15 percent, of the 133,574,277 votes cast.

Jokowi and Jusuf Kalla will be inaugu-rated on October 20, 2014, before serving a five-year term.

Khieu Samphan, the regime’s head of state, and Nuon Chea, right-hand man to the group’s late leader, Pol Pot, are already set to face sentencing next week after being tried for crimes against hu-manity related mostly to the com-munist group’s forced movement of millions to the countryside when it took power in 1975.

The tribunal’s chief judge, Nil Nonn, opened the hearings by reading the charges and crime sites set to be heard in the newest trial segment. Tribunal officials say their second trial, with wit-nesses and the presentation of evidence, is likely to begin in the last quarter of this year. It will cover additional crimes against humanity, and add charges of genocide for the killings of mem-bers of Cambodia’s Vietnamese

and Cham ethnic minorities.The crimes of rape and forced

marriages will also be considered for the first time by the tribunal. “The purpose of today’s hearing is to clarify issues ahead of the case,” Nonn said. Because he is unable to sit for long periods of time, Nuon Chea remained in his holding cell. Khieu Samphan ap-peared in good health, diligently taking notes as he sat in court.

Anta Guisse, a defense lawyer for Khieu Samphan, said she was concerned about confusion over what evidence or findings from the first part of the trial would be carried over into the next. This week’s initial hearing will cover technical matters such as witness lists and procedural objections by the contending parties.

Because of the advanced age

and poor health of the defendants, the case against them was divided into separate smaller trials. But some critics feel that convictions on lesser charges may be an af-front to history. The first trial, which began in November 2011 and lasted two years, focused solely on forced evacuations and a mass execution of soldiers who had fought against the Khmer Rouge during a bitter 1970-75 civil war. That trial, a verdict for which is expected Aug. 7, was repeatedly hampered by delays, and by the end, it had lost half its original defendants.

Khmer Rouge Foreign Min-ister Ieng Sary died in March 2013, while his wife, Social Af-fairs Minister Ieng Thirith, was deemed unfit to stand trial due to dementia.

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — A landslide hit a village in western India following tor-rential rains Wednesday, sweeping away scores of houses and raising fears that more than 150 people could be trapped, officials said. Federal rescue workers were being hampered by continuing rains and poor roads leading to the village of Ambe in Pune district in Maharashtra state, where the landslide buried about 40 houses, said local commissioner Prabhakar Deshmukh.

“Reaching the exact space is taking time because there is a lot of damage to the road,” Sandeep Rai Rathore, a top official of the federal National Disaster Response Force, told NDTV news channel.

Police and medical teams arrived in the area but had difficulty communi-cating because of poor telephone and cellphone connectivity, local legislator Dilip Walse Patil told CNN-IBN TV network. “It is a small village and this happened very suddenly,” he added. Landslides are common in the area during the monsoon season, which runs from June through September.

The Pune district about is 151 kilometers (94 miles) southeast of Mumbai, India’s commercial capital. The nearest medical center is about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the village.

After the enactment of Regional Bylaw on the IMTA renewal effec-tive in 2014, the Denpasar Municipality had earned income worth IDR 3 billion over until July 2014. The fund obtained from the IMTA levy would be directed to the empowerment and enhancement of human resources so that local workers could gradually reduce dependency on foreign labor.

Foreign workers were charged the IMTA renewal levy at USD 100 per month. The levy payment was made by the companies hiring the foreign labor. “The payment can be done every six months. All levies are paid by companies hiring those foreign labors,” he concluded. (dwa)

Associated Press

TIRANA — Albania’s central bank says 713 million leke (5 million euros; $6.75 million) has been stolen from its reserve storage building. Authorities arrested two bank employees last week.

The Bank of Albania, which is in charge of the country’s price stability and manages 16 private banks, said Wednesday that the cash was stolen over time. It did not provide further details, but insisted that the bank’s operations had not been affected and it was supplying the country’s banking system with the necessary liquidity.

Local media reported that one of the suspects acknowledged the theft over the last four years, saying he had spent much of the money on gambling. The bank, police and judicial authorities declined to comment on the report.

AP Photo/Heng Sinith

Cambodians line up at a court entrance before a hearing to prepare for the genocide trial of two surviving leaders Khieu Samphan and Noun Chea, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 30, 2014.

Khmer Rouge tribunal readies way for genocide caseAssociated Press

PHNOM PENH — A U.N.-backed tribunal on Wednesday began a hearing to prepare for the genocide trial of the two senior surviving leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, under whose rule an estimated 1.7 million people died in the late 1970s from starvation, exhaustion, disease and execution.

AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout

Indian villagers cross the river Baitarani in a country boat after the same was flooded following monsoon rains near Akhuapada in Jajpur distict of Orissa state, India, Wednes-day, July 23, 2014.

Landslide hits Indian village, 150 may be trapped

Millions reported stolen from Albania central bank

Expatriates...

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Bali Post

SINGARAJA - The Eid 1435 Hijri holidays were made a moment to visit popular tourist destinations in Buleleng. Watching dolphin and snorkeling as the mainstay of Lovina Beach, Buleleng County became the leading attraction for domestic travelers. Automatically the situation boosted the incomes of marine tour guides on Lovina Beach.

As observation of Bali Post on Tues-day (Jul 29), domestic travelers from Jakarta, Surabaya, and other major cities bustlingly visited Lovina Beach. In addition to riding buses, they also came with private car. As a result, the parking area in the region was fully occupied from the morning.

A marine tour guide, Putu Leong, when met on Lovina Beach last Tues-day said that numerous domestic travel-ers had begun to throng Lovina tourist

resort since Monday (Jul 27).Most tourists chose dolphin watch-

ing and snorkeling tour package he offered. Ticket price for the service was IDR 60,000 per person and each boat had the capacity of four passengers. Due to crowded visitors, his income at that time increased compared to usual days. “It was pretty crowded and all boats got passengers. So, the income also increased compared to usual days,” he said.

He added that other than marine tourist attraction to watch dolphin, a lot of travelers also took diving activity to see the panorama of coral reefs at Lovina. For diving service, the charge was the same at IDR 60,000 per person. “Our diving request is also bustling. It is mostly favored by travelers from Java and Jakarta. Indeed, they are fond of diving. We are very grateful because we get crowded domestic and foreign trav-

elers during July and August posing the holiday season for foreign travelers.

Meanwhile, one of the travelers, Dedi, said that he traveled to Lovina because he wanted to enjoy the dol-phin watching and snorkeling tourist attraction. Before deciding to travel to Lovina, he got information from his colleagues stating that Lovina was a beautiful place offering a unique dolphin attraction. Intrigued by the experience of his colleagues, Dedy ultimately chose to visit Lovina. After watching dolphin and snorkeling, he was satisfied. In addition, the room rate at Lovina was quite cheap and afford-able to all travelers.

“I’ve got information from my col-leagues who have visited Lovina. After I tried, the location was beautiful and the dolphin attraction was very impres-sive. Most importantly, the tariff is quite affordable,” he added. (kmb38)

Pursuant to the data collected at the office of the Buleleng Health Agency on Friday (Jul 25), in general the rabies dog bites in North Bali fluctuated. It could be seen from the data starting in January 2014 where the Health Agency recorded 442 cases of dog bite. Entering February, the case increased to 521 cases. In March 2014, the bite case slightly declined to 507. However, when en-tering April of the same year it soared to 545 cases, while in May 2014 the case declined again to 523 bites.

In the past five months, the total case of rabies reached 2,538 dog bites. Meanwhile, of the total case of rabies dog bites, three patients died with the history of having been bitten by rabies dog. One of the dead patients was from Umajero village, Busungbiu subdistrict, one from Suwug village, Sawan subdistrict and another from Sembiran village, Tejakula subdistrict.

The Head of Buleleng Health Agency, IGN Ma-hapramana, said at his office the rabid dog bite cases in the region stayed relatively high. It became a threat to people that might be bitten by dogs. Such condition was aggravated by the quite high population of stray dogs in Buleleng causing the dog bite cases to remain high. “Based on the data we have collected from public health centers and hospitals, the case is still quite high and the bite is still a threat to our residents. Moreover, the large number of stray dogs can potentially transmit rabies, so the bite case will possibly increase,” he said.

For the handling of patients with a rabid dog bites, added Mahapramana, the Buleleng Health Agency had prepared anti-rabies vaccine (VAR). Ration of the vac-cine purchased with the Buleleng budget was distributed to hospitals and public health centers having been set to be rabies centers. Until this mid-year, the stock of vac-cine in Buleleng reached 2,474 vials. To anticipate the unavailability of stock, the Health Agency through the amended budget this year would add some 7,500 vials of vaccine stock. “Our stock is still enough and should there be any surge of bite, the stock can be utilized. We have proposed this in the amended budget, so the vaccine scarcity can be avoided,” he said.

On the other hand, Mahapramana said that follow-ing a threat of rabid dog bite cases, public awareness to keep their dog properly should be instilled. Especially the dog owners were suggested to attempt vaccination for their dogs to the Buleleng Agriculture and Livestock Agency.

Moreover, the initial treatment when getting a dog bite should continuously disseminated to general public such as by firstly washing the wound with detergent and run-ning water. This simple handling would be very effective to prevent the contracting rabies when practiced correctly. Moreover, according to medical studies, the virus spread-ing disease washed under running water was believed to die and be unable to thrive in the human body.

“Initial handling like washing the wound with soap and running water must be socialized persistently. So far, some people still do not understand this method of handling. Yet, we will continue to campaign the alert against the transmission of rabies through our officers at public health centers,” he said. (kmb38)

Thousands of dog bite cases, three patients dieBali Post

SINGARAJA - Transmission of rabies in Buleleng County apparently cannot be underestimated. It is indicated by the high number of dog bite cases coming to the Buleleng Health Agency. Within the past five months, the Buleleng Health Agency recorded a total of 2,538 dog bite cases. Amidst those dog bite cases in 2014, three patients died with a history of being bitten by rabies dog.

Eid holidayDolphin and snorkeling attraction on Lovina Beach best favored

IBP/MudartaThe Eid 1435 Hijri holidays were made a moment to visit popular tourist destinations in Buleleng. Watching dolphin and snorkeling as the mainstay of Lovina Beach, Buleleng County became the leading attraction for domestic travelers.

Associated Press

TOKYO — Toyota remains No. 1 in global vehicles sales after the first six months of this year, followed by Volkswagen which bumped General Motors out of second place as the U.S. automaker grapples with a recall scandal.

Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. an-nounced Wednesday that January-June global sales totaled 5.097 million vehicles, up nearly 4 percent from a year earlier. Sales grew in its home Japanese market as well in the rest of Asia, U.S. and Europe.

Sales in Japan were strong be-cause of a rush to beat the rise in the consumption tax that kicked in from April 1, according to Toyota.

Toyota’s vehicle sales soared 12 percent in China, while they also held up in North America, grow-

ing 5 percent. Toyota also did well in Europe, with sales edging up 8 percent.

Toyota declined comment on being No. 1. Toyota officials say they are merely trying to satisfy customers, one car at a time, and not competing to be at the top.

All auto officials tend to make such comments in public, but there is no question of the intense competition.

Volkswagen of Germany sold 4.97 million vehicles in the first half, outpacing General Motors Co. at 4.92 million vehicles, according to figures released earlier this month. VW’s sales are growing faster than that of Detroit-based GM, which is grappling with a major recall over faulty ignition switches.

Toyota, which makes the Camry sedan, Prius hybrid and Lexus luxury models, finished at the top last year

with a record 9.98 million vehicles. GM was second and VW third.

Toyota expects to sell more than 10 million vehicles this year, a mile-stone in the industry.

GM had been the top-selling auto-maker for more than seven decades before losing the title to Toyota in 2008. GM retook the sales crown in 2011, when Toyota’s production was hurt by the quake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

Toyota made a powerful come-back in 2012, and appears on track to retain its title this year. The battle among the three automakers remains tight, fought out in still largely untested territory in new markets. Toyota is a relative latecomer in China, for instance, whereas GM and VW are longtime powerhouses there. Toyota, however, is rapidly catching up.

From China and India to the Philippines and Indonesia, the fast-growing middle classes are looking to spend their cash by spreading their wings, leading to a boom in the Asia-Pacific region’s tourism sector.

Airlines have responded by setting up several new budget carriers and flying new routes -- but many airports are unable to cope, forcing governments to either expand or simply build new airports.

“Through the next 10 years, we see more than 350 new airports in the Asia-Pacific and the investment cost will be well over $100 billion,” said Chris De Lavigne, a global vice president at business consultancy Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific.

Upgrades of existing airports could cost an additional $25 billion, he told AFP by telephone from his office in Jakarta.

International tourist arrivals in Asia-Pacific grew an an-nual 6.0 percent to 248 million last year, the strongest of any region worldwide, according to the UN World Tourism Organization.

To cope with this, construction is being ramped up.The Canada-based Airports Council International (ACI)

said in a report that Indonesia plans to build 62 new airports in the next five years, in addition to its existing 237.

Soekarno-Hatta in Jakarta is improving capacity after han-dling 60 million passengers last year, nearly three times what it was designed for, ACI said.

And Kuala Lumpur aims to double capacity to 100 million a year by 2020, while Hong Kong wants to handle 97 million annually by 2030, up from 60 million in 2013.

In Beijing -- which already has a hub servicing 80 million people -- a second, $11 billion airport is being built to open in 2018 and handle 40 million passengers, Sydney-based consultancy Centre for Aviation said.

There are also plans for a full replacement of Manila’s Ni-noy Aquino International Airport, one of Asia’s most notorious for overcrowding and backward facilities.

Even Singapore’s Changi -- regarded by many as one of the world’s best -- is expanding, with a $1.0 billion Terminal 4 opening in 2017 that will raise capacity to 82 million pas-sengers from the current 54 million. Plans are already being made for a Terminal 5.

Shukor Yusof, an analyst with Malaysia-based Endau Ana-lytics, said airport infrastructure in many countries has lagged well behind travel growth.

“Many governments have paid scant attention to developing new terminals and new tarmacs, that’s why you find that many of the airports are bursting at the seams,” he told AFP.

The focus is not just on capitals. The need for more space means much of the new construction is taking place in second-ary cities, with some facilities potentially becoming hubs.

De Lavigne cited the Kualanamu International Airport in Indo-nesia’s Medan, which opened last July and could become a hub for flights to Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, India and China.

It was designed to handle eight million passengers a year but is already at capacity, he said.

“By 2025, they’re forecasting 24 million passengers out of Medan, or a three-fold increase in just over 10 years,” De Lavigne said, adding that Indonesia’s aviation sector alone is growing 14-15 percent a year.

Asia tourist boom fuels airport bingeAgence France-Presse

SINGAPORE - Faced with snaking queues at immigra-tion, overflowing baggage carousels and expensive flight delays, Asian nations are rushing to build hundreds of new airports to cope with surging demand for air travel in the region.

AP Photo/Eugene HoshikoVisitors walks past a Toyota IQ compact car displayed at a Toyota showroom in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Toyota remains No. 1 in global vehicles sales after the first six months of this year.

Toyota remains at top in sales after first half

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Bali News International4 Thursday, July 31, 2014 Thursday, July 31, 2014 13International RLDW

Bali PostDENPASAR - Denpasar Mu-

nicipality continues to beautify the appearance of the city. As evidence, this year Denpasar Mu-nicipality through the Sanitation and Landscape Agency (DKP) will allocate again a fund worth IDR 3 billion to revitalize the Denpasar urban park at Lumint-ang. Now, it just needs drafting the tender process.

The Head of Denpasar Sani-tation and Landscape Agency, I Ketut Wisada, when contacted on Tuesday (Jul 29) said the urban park revitalization would include a fountain that emitted a sound (musical fountain). “Re-arrangement of the urban park will provide options for people to enjoy the Denpasar public space. The park established is not just as a recreation park, but it gives meaning to the community,” he said.

On that account, the park was not only designed as a place for recreation, but also for support-ing Denpasar as a child-friendly city equipped with playground. In addition, the park also featured the friendly space for the elderly. “It applies the concept of an ac-tive park because people can in-teract by taking advantage of the existing facilities. The park will also include a colorful fountain emitting traditional music,” said

Wisada.He said the development of so-

phisticated fountain would surely be implemented this year. Then, it just needed to wait for the bud-get having been proposed in the amended budget 2014. In addition to the urban park revitalization, the municipal government would also complete the construction of Titibanda Sculpture Park at Tohpati intersection. According to Wisada, the presence of the sculpture was expected to be-come a monument and the pride of Denpasar community.

According to him, the Tit-ibanda Sculpture Park had a high philosophical meaning, where at the location would be built a Rama Sculpture along with his monkey troops. This implied a mutual cooperation or synergy between the leadership, staff and the community in achieving the development in the city of Denpasar.

“Meanwhile, Titibanda means golden bridge toward a prosper-ous society,” said the official from Penyaringan, Jembrana. The Titibanda Sculpture Park, he continued, had started to be undertaken by PT Putraningrat expected to complete later this year. In the meantime, the ar-rangement of the park around the sculpture would be worked on gradually. (kmb12)

Through the organization, the local tour guides denoting the repre-sentative of buffer villages of Lovina tourism would resolve the problems occurred at Lovina, so the manage-ment of tourism potential could be maximized. Most importantly, the organization could provide prosper-ity for local communities.

It was stated by Chairman of Manta Lovina, Ketut Bagiasa, ac-companied by his secretary I Gede Armadayasa on the sidelines of the beach plastic clean-up on Lovina Beach, Tuesday (Jul 29).

Furthermore, Armadayasa said the constraints happened in the field lately were quite a lot and they were very complex. One of the problems was the emergence of tariff war of accommodation at Lovina. The tariff competition was harmful to society, especially local tourism stakeholders at Lovina and the buffer villages.

The service rates of the agencies were, for instance, often determined by the company itself and they could suddenly increase the rate any time. Since the rates had been

set too expensive, local tour guides considered to have been disadvan-taged because they could no longer possible to mark up the diving rates for travelers.

Meanwhile, diving companies offered the services to travelers at cheaper tariff. “If this is allowed, it means that it will only be profitable to companies, while we as a local guide are actually harmed by the company. To bridge the company to local tour guides, we established a community of local guides. By that way, the Lovina tourist resort can really be managed by local residents and not dominated by the company,” he said.

To address this issue, he added that local tour guide through the community established in June 2014 could have resolved the tariff of div-ing services. Local tour guides and companies agreed to set tariff at IDR 500,000. Previously the companies put up different tariff ranging from IDR 450,000 to IDR 600,000. The agreement on the tariff was believed not to be detrimental to companies or local tour guides. “We have

implemented such agreement and this organization has been run in ac-cordance with the vision and mission to bridge the problems occurring in the field,” he added.

On the other hand, he added the community of local tour guides also had a program for environmental protection. It was very important because Lovina had the potential of marine tourist attractions such as watching dolphin, snorkeling and diving. One of the environmental sustainability programs was main-taining dolphin populations and marine life. As consequence, in the future the ecosystem would remain sustainable. Meanwhile, it was also intended to enhance the capability of tourism human resources (HR) of the Lovina tourism players and surrounding areas.

“Moreover, this year we will face the APTA 2014, and we as local tour guide will begin to make preparation to improve human resource capabili-ties and continuously invite the com-munity to jointly own and maintain the environment at Lovina and buf-fer villages,” he added. (kmb38)

IBP/MudThe local tourist guides are cleaning Lovina Beach in Buleleng

Community of local guide established To resolve room rate war at Lovina Bali Post

SINGARAJA - As the center of tourism development in North Bali, Lovina apparently remains to face a number of problems, especially among the tourism stakeholders. To overcome the problems, a total of 55 local tour guides at Lovina established an organization named Manta Lovina (United Guides of Lovina).

To arrange Lumintang urban park Municipal government allocates fund worth IDR 3 billion

IBP/FileThe dirty monument in the center of Lumintang Park is not properly arranged by the government

The coordinated sanctions were aimed at increasing pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end his country’s support for separatists in eastern Ukraine whom the West blames for taking down the passenger jet nearly two weeks ago. Obama and U.S. allies also warned that Russia was build-ing up troops and weaponry along its border with Ukraine.

“Today Russia is once again iso-lating itself from the international community, setting back decades of genuine progress,” Obama said. “It does not have to be this way. This a choice Russia and President Putin has made.”

Tuesday’s announcements fol-lowed an intense lobbying effort from Obama aimed at getting European leaders to toughen their penalties on Russia and match earlier U.S. sanctions. Europe has a far stronger economic relationship

with Russian than the U.S., but EU leaders have been reluctant to impose harsh penalties in part be-cause of concern about a negative impact on their own economies.

However, Europe’s calculus shifted sharply after a surface-to-air missile brought down the passenger jet, killing nearly 300 people including more than 200 Europeans. Obama and his coun-terparts from Britain, France, Germany and Italy finalized plans to announce the broader sanctions Monday in an unusual joint video conference.

European Union President Her-man Van Rompuy and the president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, said the sanctions sent a “strong warning” that Rus-sia’s destabilization of Ukraine cannot be tolerated.

“When the violence created spirals out of control and leads

to the killing of almost 300 in-nocent civilians in their flight from the Netherlands to Malaysia, the situation requires urgent and determined response,” the two top EU officials said in a statement. Despite the West’s escalation of its actions against Russia, Obama said the U.S. and Europe were not entering into Soviet-style standoff with Russia. “It’s not a new cold war,” he said in response to a re-porter’s question.

Still, U.S. officials say sanc-tions already rippling through Russia are having a detrimental impact on the country’s economy. Russia’s growth projections have been downgraded, and Obama said $100 billion in capital was already expected to flee Russia even before Tuesday’s joint U.S.-European announcements. The sanctions, Obama said, “have made a weak Russian economy even weaker.”

Associated Press CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Two North Carolina-based mis-

sionary groups have ordered the evacuation of their non-essential per-sonnel from Liberia after a doctor and a missionary contracted Ebola.

SIM USA President Bruce Johnson announced Tuesday that his group and Samaritan’s Purse decided on the evacuation following an upsurge in the number of Ebola cases in Liberia. Johnson said the logistics of the evacuation are being determined.

Spokesman Palmer Holt said approximately 60 employees will be evacuated. A statement from SIM says no symptoms of Ebola are present in any of the evacuees, who are being monitored continually. It was not known how many workers will be affected by the order. A Texas-trained doctor and a missionary from Charlotte have contracted the disease.

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel unleashed its heaviest air and artillery assault of the Gaza war on Tuesday, destroying key symbols of Hamas control, shutting down the territory’s only power plant and leaving at least 128 Palestinians dead on the bloodiest day of the 22-day conflict. Despite devastating blows that left the packed territory’s 1.7 million people cut off from power and water and sent the overall death toll soaring past 1,200, Hamas’ shadowy military leader remained defiant as he insisted that the Islamic militants would not cease fire until its demands are met.

The comments by Mohammed Deif in an audiotape broadcast on a Hamas satellite TV channel cast new doubt on international cease-fire efforts. Aides to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Egypt was trying to bring Israeli and Palestinian delegations together in Cairo for new talks in which Hamas would be presented this time as part of the Palestinian team. Israel’s final objective in Gaza remained unclear a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Israelis to be prepared for a “prolonged” war.

Netanyahu is under pressure from hawkish members of his co-alition to topple Hamas in an all-out offensive, but has not let on whether he plans to go beyond destroying Hamas rocket launchers, weapons depots and military tunnels used to infiltrate Israel and smuggle weapons.

Dozens of Israeli airstrikes and heavy tank shelling hit areas across Gaza, which was plunged into complete darkness Tuesday night after a strike on its sole power plant set a fuel tank ablaze.

AP Photo/Manuel Balce CenetaPresident Barack Obama speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 29, 2014, as he announces new economic sanctions against key sectors of the Russian economy in the latest move by to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to end his support for Ukrainian rebels.

US, Europe impose tough new sanctions on Russia Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Spurred to action by the downing of the Malaysian airliner, the European Union approved dramatically tougher economic sanctions Tuesday against Russia, including an arms embargo and restrictions on state-owned banks. President Barack Obama swiftly followed with an expansion of U.S. penalties targeting key sectors of the Russian economy.

Israel hits symbols of Hamas rule; 128 killed

Missionary groups call for evacuation from Liberia

AP Photo/ Youssouf BahIn this photo taken on Sunday, July 27, 2014, Medical personnel inside a clinic taking care of Ebola patients in the Kenema District on the outskirts of Kenema, Sierra Leone.

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WASHINGTON - Going out for a quick, daily run may be just as effective as a long-distance jaunt when it comes to prolonging your life, said a study out Monday.

Running as little as five to 10 minutes per day can significantly cut the risks of getting heart disease and dying young, said the findings in the Journal of the American Col-lege of Cardiology.

People who exercised by running showed a 30 percent lower risk of death and a 45 percent lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than people who did not run at all.

Runners could be expected to live about three years longer on average than non-runners.

Even more, the benefits of run-ning were the same whether people ran a little or a lot, fast or slow.

There was no statistically signifi-cant difference among those who ran 50 minutes per week and those who ran 180 minutes per week, it found.

Nor did it matter if the running was happening at a pace of less than six miles per hour (10 kilometers per hour).

Even these minimal runners and slow joggers fared far better than people who did not run at all.

“Since time is one of the strongest barriers to participate in physical ac-tivity, the study may motivate more people to start running,” said lead author Duck-chul Lee, an assistant professor in the Iowa State Univer-sity Kinesiology Department.

Minimal effortThe study was based on more

than 55,000 adults -- average age 44 -- in Texas who were followed for 15 years. Most were white; about one quarter of those in the study were women.

But a new foray into the arena of sound eating says the famous five-a-day recommendation made by the UN’s World Health Organi-sation (WHO) in 2003 should be fine.

Researchers in China and the United States trawled through 16 published investigations into diet and health involving more than 830,000 participants, who were followed for periods ranging from four and a half years to 26 years.

Fruit and veg: Five-a-day is OKAgence France-Presse

PARIS - British nutritionists threw down the gauntlet to dietary guidelines in April by declar-ing seven daily portions of fresh fruit and vegetables, rather than the recommended five, were the key to health.

Every additional daily serving of fruit and vegetables reduced the average risk of premature death from all causes by five percent, the scientists found.

Over the period of the studies, 56,000 of the participants died, researchers said.

In the case of death from a heart attack or a stroke, each ad-ditional serving curbed risk by four percent.

But there was no evidence of

an additional fall in risk beyond five portions, according to the review, published online Tuesday by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

“We found a threshold of around five servings a day of fruit and vegetables, after which the risk of death did not reduce further,” said the investigators, led by Frank Hu of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts.

High consumption of fruit and veg did not translate into a significant reduction in the risk of death from cancer, the study also found.

In addition to advising patients about the virtues of healthy eating, doctors should also push home the message about risks from obesity, inactivity, smoking and excessive drinking, said the paper.

In April, researchers at Uni-versity College London found that eating seven daily portions or more could reduce the risk of cancer by 25 percent and of heart disease by 31 percent, compared to people who consumed less than one portion a day.

The study was based on the

eating habits of more than 65,000 people in England between 2001 and 2008.

The London researchers admit-ted to being surprised by what they found and cautioned the results may not be applicable to other countries.

Britain has one of the highest rates of heart disease in Europe, a fact blamed in part on a diet high in fat and sugar.

The WHO guidelines are based on the equivalent of five 80-gram (three-ounce) portions. One por-tion is roughly equivalent to a medium-sized apple, a bowl of mixed salad or three dessert spoonfuls of raw, cooked, canned or frozen vegetables.

Quick, short runs pack health benefits

AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File

Going out for a quick, daily run may

be just as effective as a long-distance

jaunt when it comes to prolonging your

life, said a study out Monday.

For the analysis, researchers broke the participants into six groups: non-runners and five groups of runners according to weekly running time, distance, frequency and speed.

“Even the lowest quintiles of weekly running distance (six miles or less), frequency (one to two times)... and speed (less than six mph) had significantly lower risks of all-cause mortality compared

with not running,” the study said.“Similar trends were observed

with the risk of cardiovascular dis-ease mortality.”

Studies have shown that glob-ally, between 40 percent and 80 percent of the public does not ex-ercise enough.

US health authorities recom-mend 75 minutes per week of vig-orous exercise, or 150 minutes (a half hour a day, five days a week) of

moderate-intensity exercise.“Although such low compliance

with physical activity guidelines could be due to unawareness of the strong benefits of exercise, it is also possible that the standard is perceived as being too high, which could deter many people from even trying,” said an accompanying editorial.

“Instead, establishing goals that can be attained with minimal effort

becomes important.”Researchers also found that

when comparing running to walk-ing, a five-minute run brought the same health benefits as a 15-minute walk.

A previous study in The Lancet in 2011 showed that brisk walk-ing for 15 minutes a day -- half the recommended time amount -- could also add three years to a person’s life.

IBP

NEGARA - Bottle for Botol’s par-ticipating schools have developed one of the most exciting, practical, student-led sustainability programs in Australia and Indonesia, with a focus on plastic waste. SMPN 1 Mendoyo in West Bali is the first ever Indonesian school to

replace the hundreds of single-use aqua cups used each day, by providing each student with refillable, student-designed stainless steel bottles. This is done through a one-for-one (or bottle-for-botol) pur-chasing program, where every bottle that is sold by a student in Australia covers the cost for a bottle to be donated to a student in Indonesia.

On Tuesday 29th July, Bottle for Botol celebrated the achievements of their stu-dents and teachers over the last 12 months and heard about their ambitious plan to lead a generational change away from single-use plastic. Students and teachers at SMPN 1 Mendoyo crossed live via Skype during the Bottle for Botol Launch Event and Awards Night that was held in

Melbourne, Australia. This was an excit-ing opportunity for them to re-engage with their partner school (Billanook College) as well as other participating schools in Australia.

“We are privileged that we have this opportunity to make a real difference in the world while empowering others to do the same,” stated Alice, student at Kingswood College (Australian partner school).

Bottle for Botol is a not-for-profit or-ganisation with a vision to empower stu-dents to move beyond single-use plastics towards an environmentally sustainable future. They generate partnerships be-tween Australian and Indonesian schools to combat single-use plastics consump-tion, primarily through a simple water bottle exchange program.

Students at participating schools in Indonesia receive their stainless steel bottles upon completion of an eight-week environmental education program that has a particular focus on the impacts of plastic on their health, the environment, and bird and marine life.

It was expressed by the Chair-man of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) of Badung Chapter, AA Ngurah Alit Wiraputra. According to him, Bali began to be overrun by foreign investors. With the open market potential, the island would become a magnet for foreign property en-trepreneurs.

“With the entry of foreign in-vestors in the property sector, the Balinese identity will fade by degrees. Have a look at today, a large number of hotels and build-ings ignore Balinese architecture,” he said.

Based on existing data, the for-eign property players working in Indonesia reached approximately 57,000 people and the figure was estimated to progressively in-crease. The role of foreign nation-als would be getting greater when the ASEAN Economic Community with its free trade agreement would be enacted in 2015.

“Dominance of foreign role will

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The foreign opportunities increasingly open after the enforcement of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015 also have the potential to erode the Balinese identity having been well known for its culture, especially in the matter of Balinese architecture.

Foreign investors in property sector erode Balinese identity Bali Post

MANGUPURA - The presence of foreign investors in Bali is not only a threat to local entrepreneurs. The foreign opportu-nities increasingly open after the enforcement of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015 also have the potential to erode the Balinese identity having been well known for its cul-ture, especially in the matter of Balinese architecture.

surely deviate from what we main-tain in Bali, namely the culture, chiefly Balinese architecture. Char-acteristics of Balinese culture must be implemented in each building. When we sell it to travelers, it will not only be embellished with the arts and culture, but also with the implementation of local culture,” he said.

Earlier, the economist of Bali, Prof. Dr. Gede Sri Darma, DBA, also recognized the negative im-pact of the entry of foreign inves-tors dominating the local property sector. Their dominance would become a threat to the people of Bali. “By that way, no Balinese will have assets in their home region which will result in the disappear-ance of identity or distinctiveness of Bali,” he said.

Indeed in the globalization era and the ASEAN Economic Com-munity, said Sri Darma, we could not stem the flow of capital, goods and services from entering Bali. Moreover, the island had been per-

ceived as the paradise of life, so that everyone wanted to invest.

“Absolutely, the safest and most profitable investment is

in property compared to saving money in banks, bonds, mutual funds and stocks. Moreover, when crisis occurred in Europe and

the exchange rate of rupiah was fluctuating, foreign investors will prefer to invest in Bali,” he concluded. (kmb27)

Bottle for Botol SMPN 1 Mendoyo fight against plastic waste

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SMPN 1 Mendoyo in West Bali is the first ever Indonesian school to replace the hundreds of single-use aqua cups used each day, by providing each student with refillable, student-designed stainless steel bottles.

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

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Calendar Event for August 9 through September 23, 2014

9 Aug Tumpek Kandang Pura Puseh GianyarPura Luhur Dalem Segening Kediri TabananPura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang

10 Aug Purnama Sasih Karo Pura Gelap BesakihPura Dangkahyangan TabananPura Candi Goro Tianyar Kubu Karangasem

13 Aug Buda Cemeng Menail Pura Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja GianyarPura Puseh Manakaji Peninjoan Tembuku BangliPura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal MengwiPura Taman Limut Mas Ubud

14 Aug Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 15 Aug Hari Bhatara Sri 19 Aug Hari Anggara Kasih Prebakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa KlungkungPura Tirtha Sudamala Bebalang BangliPura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sawan BulelengPura Gunung Pengsong LombokPura Dalem Benawah GianyarPura Tengah TegalalangPura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Pupuan TabananPira Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Pagan DenpasarPura Hyanghaluh/Jenggala BesakihPura Tengkulak Siyut Tulikup GianyarPura Taman Sari UbudPura Batu Sari UbudPura Penataran Dalem Guliang BangliPura Pasek Dangka Guwang SukawatiPura Hyang Ayung Pabean Ketewel

Pura Penataran Badung Muntig Karangasem

20 Aug Pura Kawitan Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak SiringPura Rambut Siwi JembranaPura Batu Bolong Canggu KutaPura Pasek Marga Klaci TabananPura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru NegaraPura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan BulelengPira Pasek Tangkas Dharma Reang Gede TabananPura Desa Banyuning BulelengPura Srijong TabananPura Pucak Mundi Nusa PenidaPura Kahyangan Jagat Kancing Gumi Bali Petang Serongga Kelod GianyarPura Penataran Dalem Pencar Mas Ubud

21 Aug Pura Ida Bhatara Sakti Wawu Rauh Kali Anget Seririt Buleleng

3 Sep Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Pulasari Peninjoan BangliPura Pasek Gelgel Kaba-Kaba TabananPura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah BulelengPura Desa Kahyangan Tiga Seririt BulelengPura Agung Gunung Taro Tegalalang

9 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok NTBPura Kawitan Gajah Arya Para Tianyar kubu KarangasemPura Padharman Arya Telabah BesakihPura Bukit Mentik Batur KintamaniPura Dadya Agung Pasek Salahin Suwat Gianyar

10 Sep Pura Dangkahyangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli

13 Sep Tumpek Wayang dan Kajengkliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit JembranaBhatara Ratu Gede Celuk GianyarPura Bhatara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Panti Gelgel Sesetan DenpasarBhatara Ratu Alit dan Lingsir Singakerta UbudPura Pedarman Dalem Bakas BesakihPura Pamerajan Agung Dawan Klung-kungPura Padarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan BesakihPura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo BanyuwangiPura Jala Shidi Amerta Juanda Surabaya

17 Sep Buda Cemeng Klawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang KarangasemPura Melanting Cemenggaon GianyarPura Penataran Ped Nusa PenidaPura Pasek Gelgel Bongkasa AbiansemalPura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Jawa Tengah BulelengPura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta UbudPura Masceti Tegeh Sanding Tampak SiringPura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan KlungkungPura Guwa BesakihPura Basukian BesakihPura Ida Ratu Puncak Pameneh Penataran Agung BesakihPura Sad Kahyangan Penida Nusa PenidaPura Jati Ubud GianyarPura Melanting Ubud GianyarPura Dalem Ped Nusa PenidaPura Penataran Agung Karangasem

19 Sep Hari Bhatara Sri 23 Sep Tilem Sasih Ketiga Dan Anggara

Winemaker James Kalleske at the helm of the 20 year old winery assures the 2013 vintage is the best Shiraz & Cabernet Mer-lot Two Islands has produced to date.

“Our new focus on sourcing the highest quality grapes from premium Australian wine regions mean the 2013 vintage Two Island Shiraz & Cabernet Merlot have opened a new chapter for quality wine production in Bali and have surpassed my expectations”

Two Islands is a collection of wines originating from the wine region of South Australia, designed to offer distinct Aus-tralian wine characteristics. Between the Pacific coast in Queensland to the Indian

Ocean coast in South Australia, the Aus-tralian continent offers up dry riverbeds, rainforest, mountain ranges, endless scru-bland, red deserts and eventually the cooler wine-growing valleys of the south coast. South-Eastern Australiais officially classi-fied as a viticultural ‘super zone’ covering the entire south-eastern third of Australia. The region is the Australian wine indus-try’s powerhouse State, producing most of the nation’s wine and boasting some of the oldest individual vines in the world.

“The new vintage is outstanding in taste and quality” says the owner of Hat-ten Wines and Two Islands brands, IB. Rai Budarsa, he adds “To maintain our

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Two Islands Shiraz and Cabernet Merlot Vintage release

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NUSA DUA - Living up to its commitment of continuously improv-ing on their wines, the popular Two Islands brand introduced its 2103 Shiraz & Cabernet Merlot in spectacular style at the Westin Hotel Nusa Dua recently.The 2013 Two Islands red’s are expected to hit the shelves and restaurant by Augustin Bali & Jakarta.

position as the market leader in Bali and throughout Indonesia, we must keep a close eye on our wine quality. And because our Shiraz & Cabernet Merlot is bestselling varietals in our Two Islands range, we make it our priority to ensure we outsource the finest grapes from South Australia and continue to improve on our wines year after year”.

In addition to being host to some of the world’s oldest vines, the State also has a diversity of regions ranging from the relatively warm temperate climate of the Barossa Valley through to the maritime precincts of the McLaren Vale, Southern Fleurieu, Currency Creek and Langhorne Creek regions on the Fleurieu Peninsula and across

the cooler Adelaide Hills region to the hotter Riverland region on the Murray River.

Two islands wines are from this rich and diverse wine land and using some of its most famous varietals: South Australia is famous for its fantastic Reds and Barossa Shiraz especially, is renowned throughout the world as one of the best.

Bali PostAMLAPURA - Two offices of

Amed Sea Express were vandalized by unidentified people, Monday night (Jul 28). Front glass wall of the company selling diving ticket and boat pass broke as stoned by those unknown individuals.

The vandalism case suspected to be deliberately committed by stoning had been reported by one of the employees of the company, Tuesday (Jul 29) to headquarters of Abang Police, Karangasem. Spokesperson of the Karangasem Police, Ketut Dasta, with permis-sion from the Karangasem Police Chief confirmed the case. The report of the employee, I Wayan Dana, 30, had been received by police. To that end, police had questioned a number of witnesses

namely the complainant witness Dana and a number of people around the scene.

So far, the culprit was unknown and still under investigation. Al-legedly, the culprit was riding a motorcycle. It approached the corporate office and broke the glass wall with a stone of adult fist-size. Evidence in the form of stone had been secured by police. Com-pany’s owner worried because the vandalism was not only committed to the office at Amed, but also the office at Tulamben. However, the motive was not yet known for sure whether the vandalism was related to competition or business or the matter of concern of the company to surrounding communities, said a source in the vicinity of the scene. (031)

The Head of Bangli Industry and Trade Agency, Nengah Sudibya, when asked for his confirmation on Tuesday (Jul 29) explained the develop-ment process of the geopark art market was stopped in 2013. It happened because the partner working on the project could not finish it on target so that it was imposed with penalty. Develop-ment process of the new market had been resumed recently.

Sudibya said the construction of the market located in front of the T-junction of Kedisan to Penelokan would be completed

in August this year. “After the completion, the market will be directly operated this August,” he said.

The three-floored market would be occupied by a number of local traders. First floor would include some kiosks occupied by 14 traders who had been sell-ing in front of the geopark art market. Meanwhile, the second and third floor was in the form of open courtyard to be allocated to selling area for hawkers “The arrangement will be worked on gradually. Other than being oc-cupied by hawkers, this area can

Bali PostGILIMANUK - Other than

serving as the entrance gate into Bali, Gilimanuk village also has a number of office buildings that are not functioned.

Position of Gilimanuk at the border and harbor makes this re-gion the location to establish an office for a number of agencies. Unfortunately, some of them are not functioned. The most obvious is the obsolete building at the T-junction of Cekik- Singaraja, next to the office of the forest manage-ment unit (KPH). Although it has been destroyed, it remains to set off the signage of the office name, branch of office of the Bali Public Works. The building standing on the area of 1,000 square meters resembles to a haunted house. No one cares about the building after the office was moved to Denpasar. As seen on Tuesday

(Jul 29), the building looked to have been damaged and was not worth mentioning an office.

One of the residents met around the location, Agung Sudiarta, said the building was one of the build-ings that were formerly func-tioned as the office but they were no longer in use at Gilimanuk.

On average, the buildings at Gilimanuk had been old and were lower than highway. The office of Gilimanuk headman, for instance, although it was still functioned, its position had been lower than highway. In addition to the of-fice of Public Works, the other unused office buildings included the office of Gilimanuk Terminal, customary village chief and some offices near Gilimanuk Harbor like the Fish Quarantine office that caught fire some time ago.

Aside from aging buildings, there was also a newly built of-

fice but was never functioned such as the office of the Agricul-tural Quarantine near the entrance gates. Coordinator of the Inte-grated Agricultural Quarantine Office at Gilimanuk, Nyoman Budiarta, when met recently said that his agency indeed had some buildings and the active office was only the Integrated Agricul-tural Quarantine (KPT) around the Gilimanuk Harbor. At least, they consisted of three build-ings, including a quarantine cage. However, his party could not manage them all due to a limited number of employees.

Currently, the Integrated Ag-ricultural Quarantine preferred to use the new office that had been renovated after the fire some time ago. Though it was not used, some officers remained to control the quarantine building regularly. (kmb26)

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The Geopark Art Market which is located at Penelokan, Kintamani

August, Geopark Art Market targeted to complete

Bali PostBANGLI - The development project of Geopark Art

Market at Penelokan, Kintamani which was stopped last year has now been resumed. As per development plan of the market, it is expected to be completed next August. The traders currently selling in front of the art market will be moved into the market area while the front area will be transformed into a parking lot.

Two offices of Amed Sea Express vandalized by people

Many office buildings unused at Gilimanuk

also be used as an exhibition venue,” said Sudibya.

After all the traders occupied the market, eventually the kiosks

in front of the geopark art market were planned to be dismantled for parking space. In addition to sell-ing a variety of food and beverages,

as the name implied the geopark art market would also serve as the center for selling various products of the geopark. (ina)

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LOS ANGELES — “The Honor-able Woman” is a meditative thriller that investigates a woman’s inner life and a global hot spot. Poised between dream-state and tough real-ity, it exposes timeless truths while remaining as current as the next Israeli-Palestinian clash.

An eight-hour miniseries premier-ing Thursday at 10 p.m. EDT on Sun-danceTV, “The Honorable Woman” is a virtuoso effort by Hugo Blick, who wrote and directed it.

And in the lead role of Baroness Nessa Stein, an Anglo-Israeli busi-nesswoman who wants to span a rag-ing divide with communication cables laid between Israel and the West Bank, Maggie Gyllenhaal delivers the most nuanced yet full-bodied performance you could hope to see.

The film was shot during five months in London and Morocco, with Andrew Buchan co-starring as Nessa’s brother and business partner; Janet McTeer (“Damages”) as head of the British spy agency MI6, pressing its own geopolitical agenda for the re-gion; and Stephen Rea (“The Crying Game”), who’s especially splendid as the outgoing head of MI6’s Middle East desk.

Politically charged, laden with for-eign intrigue and family secrets, the series is, in short, magnificent.

“I was really intrigued with ex-ploring the psychology of a woman

The two stars of “Magic in the Moonlight,” opening Friday, were both working for the first time with Allen, and they sat down recently to recount what it was like.

“I was incredibly nervous,” said Stone. “You don’t get to know him first, there’s no rehearsal, you don’t see him before shooting.”

As for Firth, he had a quick and somewhat strange phone call with the 78-year-old director.

“I thought he’d asked for the call, and it turns out he thought I’d asked for it,” said Firth. “Cate (Blanchett) told me the same happened to her with ‘Blue Jasmine.’”

The call, needless to say, was quick.“It wasn’t of the ‘Welcome to the

film!’ variety,” says Firth. “It was just sort of, ‘Cut to the chase.’”

Firth plays Stanley, a cynical stage magician who seeks to unmask Sophie, a young American medium, as a fraud.

But Firth points out that magic tricks

aren’t his strong suit.“I was called upon to perform a simple

card trick. That was the only time I saw a hint of impatience from Woody,” the actor laughs. “He was just sighing.” The scene was eventually cut.

Firth had been waiting for years to work with Allen. “This person’s work had such a specific role to play in my whole relation with movies,” he said. “To suddenly be invited to join the narrative a bit is thrilling.”

Both actors said a number of stories they’d heard about Allen turned out to be myths.

“There are a lot of stories,” said Firth. “He doesn’t really direct, don’t expect him to make jokes on the set, that sort of thing. No. He directs, and he was funny.”

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Colin Firth and Emma Stone

Colin Firth, Emma Stone riff on working with WoodyAssociated Press

NEW YORK — Colin Firth had been hoping for decades to get a call from Woody Allen. Emma Stone, at only 25, hadn’t been waiting nearly as long — but she notes her family dog IS named Alvy, after a classic Allen character, and she can keep up with Firth in a spontaneous recounting of the bank robbery scene in “Take the Money and Run.”

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Maggie Gyllenhaal glows as ‘The Honorable Woman’

within the chassis of a thriller,” said Blick, a 49-year-old filmmaker who claims such British series as “The Shadow Line” and “Sensitive Skin” among his credits. “The issue of in-tractable polarity, but with the chance of reconciliation, is what the story is engaged in.”

But what happens when the conflict exists not only in the outside world, but also, for Nessa, lodged deep within her soul and her indelible past?

“It’s often the case that when people stand on the world stage it’s a diver-sionary technique from dealing with the very vacuum that’s inside them-

selves that they feel their role in public life can help them fill,” said Blick with a wry grin and a blistering laugh.

Seated beside him for this recent interview at a Los Angeles hotel, Gyl-lenhaal was training her saucer-size blue eyes on him, listening and nod-ding thoughtfully as if none of what he voiced she’d ever heard before.

The 36-year-old actress, whose films include “Sherrybaby,” ‘’Crazy Heart,” ‘’World Trade Center” and “The Dark Knight,” explained that on “The Honorable Woman,” she and Blick related on a level beyond words.

Students of Pelita Bangsa elementary school of Denpasar, Bali, look at the photos of their school teacher Arnoud Hui-zen of the Netherlands and his Indonesian wife Yodricunda

Theistiasih, with their baby, who were passengers of the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, during a mourning cer-

emonty at the school. Education sector becomes the largest absorber of foreign workers in the city of Denpasar.

Expatriates dominantly get career in education

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Education sector becomes the larg-est absorber of foreign workers in the city of Den-pasar. Most of those foreign workers have profession as teacher at international schools that are increas-ingly prevalent lately. In accordance with the data of the Denpasar Social Welfare and Labor Agency, foreign labor is dominated by Australian origin.

The Head of Denpasar Social Welfare and Labor Agency, I Made Erwin Suryadharma Sena, said that education was currently absorbing the most foreign labor. “Numerous in-ternational schools in Denpasar make the needs of foreign workers in the field of education high,” he said.

According to him, the number of foreign workers in the city of Denpasar was very volatile. Nevertheless, the number of foreign workers tended to decrease each year. “Trade, goods, services and fishery sector show a decrease in the use of foreign workers,” he said.

In 2013, the number of foreign workers reached 215

people, while in 2012 reached 394 people and in 2011 even reached 518 people. In order to control the presence of foreign labor, his party had established the foreign worker use permit (IMTA) monitoring team, police, prosecutors, civil registry, immigration, social agency and municipal police.

The team had the task to check whether foreign workers already had a working permit and paid levies. If the obligation to pay the levy was violated, the Social and Labor Agency would impose sanction on the company hiring them.

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