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PHO personnel watch out for foreigners arriving from countries plagued by the deadly disease.

“We have taken preventive mea-sures to keep an eye out for (indica-tions of) the disease, especially at Ngurah Rai International Airport where passengers arrive from countries with recorded cases,” Head of the Bali PHO Dr. Ketut Suarjaya said.

The monitoring efforts are car-ried out in areas around the airport, as foreign nationals traveling to the island may have possibly con-tracted the infection.

Moreover, Suarjaya pointed out that other steps can be taken to prevent the transmission of MERS, such as maintaining a hygienic and healthy lifestyle and avoiding direct contact with camels while on pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

“Umrah pilgrims returning from the Holy Land must have a health checkup,” he emphasized.

Suarjaya further noted that the Bali PHO, along with the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Haji Indo-nesia, is routinely conducting these efforts before allowing Umrah pil-

grims to leave for the Holy Land, to prevent the spread of MERS.

In addition, the Department of Health is also administering the meningo encepalitis vaccination to Umrah pilgrims traveling to Mecca. It is also handing out health cards to those who return to Indonesia with any illness.

“To be able to go to the Holy Land, pilgrims’ must be healthy enough to be eligible for departure and must also conduct health check-ups after returning,” he stated.

Both institutions will continue to monitor Umrah pilgrims returning from Mecca to keep tabs on their health conditions.

He also urged people to check into healthcare facilities on their

return if they experience any symp-toms of MERS.

Optimum UseTo prevent MERS, the manage-

ment of Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport is making optimum use of a body temperature detector. “We make the best use of the detector as many airlines fly directly to Bali from a few countries plagued by the disease,” General Manager of Angkasa Pura of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Trikora Harjo said.

He added that the detector was operated by health officers of the airport at the international arrivals terminal. According to Harjo, the detector is activated when there is a new airline arriving from any of the

countries where cases of MERS-CoV were reported, such as South Korea and several Middle Eastern countries, among others.

“The detector is activated when there are airlines arriving from South Korea and Arab countries,” Harjo affirmed, adding that so far, no passengers arrived at the airport infected with the virus.

Bali steps up monitoring measures to prevent MERS

DENPASAR - Bali’s Public Health Office (PHO) has strength-ened monitoring measures to prevent the spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

ANTARA FOTO/Rivan Awal Lingga

An officer watched result of thermal scanner from airplane passengers that arrived in the airport to prevent MERS disease. Bali’s Public Health Office (PHO) has strengthened monitoring measures to prevent the spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

LONDON - Crooner Lionel Richie scored his first number one in the United Kingdom in 23 years after playing an ac-claimed set at British music festival Glastonbury, the Of-ficial Charts Company said on Sunday.

“The Definitive Collection” of the music of Lionel Richie & The Commodores was the most-sold album in the United Kingdom this week, based on sales of CDs, downloads, vinyl, and audio streams.

It reached number 10 in the chart when it was released in 2003, according to the Official Charts Company, which said

Richie last had a number one album in 1992, with “Back to Front”.

Tens of thousands of people watched Richie perform at Glastonbury last Sunday, in a performance hailed as one of the big hits of the five-day music festival, which has been held on a farm in England since 1970.

“I was overwhelmed per-forming at Glastonbury in front of all those people and for the fans to make the album Number 1 is ?unbelievable,” Richie told OfficialCharts.com.

“The UK has always been a special place for me, thank you, I love you all.” (afp)

The fourth film in the popular “Ju-rassic Park” series brought in $30.9 million over the weekend, bringing total earnings to $558 million -- mak-ing it the fifth highest grossing film of all time, according to Rentrak media analysts. The film, starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, brings viewers back to the tropical island featured in the first installment, re-leased in 1993.

Steven Spielberg -- who directed

the first two Jurassic films -- returns as executive producer for the action adventure about a genetically modi-fied killer dinosaur on the loose.

The movie just inched past its clos-est competitor, “Inside Out,” which snapped up $30.1 million in second place, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations reported.

The animated flick from Pixar features the voice of Amy Poehler as young Riley, whose emotions of joy,

fear, anger, disgust and sadness battle it out internally as she copes with a move to a new city.

In third was action-packed sci-fi fantasy “Terminator Genisys,” which brought in $28.7 million in its debut weekend. Following in fourth was another debut, “Magic Mike XXL,” a dance-themed drama about a former stripper starring Channing Tatum. It raked in $12 million in theaters over the weekend.

“Ted 2,” the raunchy sequel to Seth MacFarlane’s comedy about a foul-mouthed teddy bear came in fifth in its second week in theaters, bringing in $11 million. (afp)

NEW YORK — Vanessa Williams tied the knot with her fiance, Jim Skrip, on the Fourth of July. A representative for the singer-actress said Sunday that Williams and Skrip wed a day earlier. No details of the ceremony were provided.

This is the third marriage for Williams, who was previ-ous married to public relations consultant Ramon Hervey and former Los Angeles Laker Rick

Fox. She has three children with Hervey and a daughter with Fox.

Williams earlier said she met Skrip, a former accountant, while traveling in Egypt.

The 52-year-old Williams, a former Miss America contes-tant, has released eight studio albums and received several Emmy nominations for her performance on ABC’s “Ugly Betty.” (ap)

Lionel Richie tops chart after playing Glastonbury

Vanessa Williams weds Jim Skrip, her 3rd marriage

AP Photo/Andy Wong, File

This photo provided by Universal Pictures shows, Nick Robinson, left, and Ty Simpkins in a scene from the film, “Jurassic World,” directed by Colin Trevorrow, in the next install-ment of Steven Spielberg’s ground-

breaking “Jurassic Park” series.

Chuck Zlotnick/Universal Pictures via AP

‘Jurassic World’ stomps rivals at North American box office

LOS ANGELES - Dinosaur blockbuster “Jurassic World” showed no signs of extinction at North American movie theaters this weekend, taking the top spot for the fourth week running, ac-cording to industry estimates Sunday.

European heat wave gives Germany record temperature

Heritage title for Japan industry sites draws mixed reaction

Lloyd hat trick leads US over Japan 5-2 for World Cup title

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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 considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebra-tion 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 beau-tifully 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 beauti-fully 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

Solemen and Cubby House staff along with a gaggle of caring volunteers assisted with logistics, bringing the children from numerous locations around Southern Bali such as Gianyar, Renon, Sanur and Denpasar. Many of the youngsters needing to be carried in by willing help-ers as their conditions rendered them unable to walk or move unaided.

These children and their fami-lies and carers have come to the attention of Solemen because of their various illnesses, plights and conditions and they are providing much appreciated as-

sistance in an effort to help them experience a better life, much needed health care and support and aid for their families.

Their ages range from 6 months to 22 years of age and they are affl icted by such conditions including cerebral palsy, muscu-lar dystrophy, down syndrome, harlequins ichytosis and heart conditions, to name a few.

The afternoon involved the large group gathering at at The Cubby House, many taking ad-vantage of the doll houses and numerous toys and games on offer while others, unable to stand, viewed the goings on

from the comfort of their bean bags, a sparkle in their eyes and smiles on their faces conveying their enjoyment at simply being a part of the fun. Afternoon tea time rolled around and everyone enjoyed a feast the likes of nasi goreng, snacks and fresh fruit and juices.

The obvious love and care from an army of selfless vol-unteers from Solemen and the children’s family and friends was truly overwhelming to see. Families graciously relayed their stories.

For more information about the Cubby House Kids’ Club VIP program or how you can help support Solemen and their continuing work with these local families, please go to their web-site to view new and current cases requiring ongoing support. (r)

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An afternoon for every kid at Cubby House Kids Club

CANGGU - Having long been an avid supporter of Solemen Indonesia and their incredible humanitarian efforts throughout the community, The Canggu Club was more than happy to open the doors of their Kids’ Club to a group of amazing children and their carers and families for an afternoon of fun and games. Each month, as a part of their vIP program to support those less fortunate, Cubby House Kids’ Club invite a group of children to share some playtime, enjoy a meal and don their very own vIP T shirt!

The Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha, mingled with mem-bers of the local community dur-ing the clean up of the shrubs. Officials, ranging from the Regional Secretary of Jembrana Gede Gunadnya to a number of agency heads also participated in the sweet inducing cleanup that is held once a month. “We’d like to change the image of of-ficial gatherings where there seems to a great show of wealth and money wasted and instead promote beneficial activities such as this group cleanup,”

said Regent Artha. This par-ticular cleanup, held on the first Sunday of July, also co-incided with the the launching of a mutual assistance (team work) movement in the village. “such mutual assistance must continueally be encouraged. I am proud of the efforts made by the people of Candikusuma for maintaining their environ-ment,” said Artha.

In addition to the group cleanup of the culinary area, the regent also appealed to au-thorities to set aside a portion

of their income to help the poor. At least 22 poor families in the village and surrounding areas of Candikusuma were given food packages by the officials who participated in this social gath-ering. Regent Artha requested from both the officials as well as the pople, that the spirit of togetherness be maintained, so that the pro-people program could be achieved. Incidentally, the Candikusuma culinary area is having a number of facilities put in place including a wanti-lan hall. (kmb26)

DENPASAr - Investigation into the liquor being served at the Sky Garden Discotheque -which was alleged to be adulterated, has finally been terminated by the Directorate of Drug Investiga-tion Unit of Bali Police. Results of the examination of the liquor conducted by the Forensic Laboratory at the Denpasar Branch of the National Police Headquar-ters, indicated that the liquor was not harmful to humans.

Director of the Bali Police Drug Investigation Unit, Raden Purwadi, re-vealed that there is not enough evidence to continue the case into the probing stage. Based on the results of the foren-sic laboratory, that state that the liquor is not harmful to humans “we have re-turned the seized evidence,” he said.

Purwadi added that aside from the test results of the forensic laboratory, the police also asked for explanations from expert witnesses including the Indone-sia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), the Labor Agency and members of the tourism industry. In essence, no violations have been found. Moreover, the liquor is supplied by legally autho-rized distributors.

“We cannot continue this case. How-ever, we have asked the Sky Garden to provide a more sterile room in which to mix the beverages and also that they

employ professional workers, which they have agreed to do,” he said.

The representing attorney for Sky Garden, M. Rifan, when asked confirmed the matter. According to decree number: S.Tap /45b/VI/2015/Ditresnarkoba, it is stated that based on the results of the investigation of witnesses and the testi-mony of the expert from the Denpasar Branch of the Forensic Laboratory, there is insufficient evidence to fulfill criminal criteria required to continue the investigation process. The closing of the case is also based on the results of a crime scene investigation conducted on June 18. “Three employees have been released and the evidence has also been returned to the Sky Garden. The decree was issued on June 30,” said Rifan.

As reported, the case originated from information provided by the public, stat-ing that the Sky Garden Discotheque on Jalan Legian Kuta was selling adulter-ated liquor. Based on this information, a dozen joint personnel of the Directorate of the Bali Police Drug Investigation, Mobile Brigade and Public Services Unit, conducted a search of the Sky Garden on Tuesday (Jun. 2). As a result, the officers secured hundreds of liters of liquor. Additionally, the three employees who were mixing the liquor at that time were also arrested. (kmb36)

TABANAN - As Galungan and Eid celebrations near, and as the new academic year is about to begin, the submission of credit applications at the Pegadaian have shown a sig-nificant increase. Despite the surge in submissions, this non-bank financial institution is increasingly selective in selecting customers and analysing goods presented as collateral, in order to prevent fraud.

Branch Manager of Pegadaian Ta-banan, Gusti Nyoman Arka, revealed that there has been an increase of about 10-15 percent in credit transactions within the past month, due to Ramadan and the new academic year. The highest credit request growth has occurred with the fast secured loan (KCA) which use collateral such as jewelry, electronic goods and vehicles to obtain ‘fast work-ing capital’. “Although there has been an increase in the request for loans, our approval of such loans remains highly selective so as to prevent fraud which

could always emmerge,” he said.This selectivity aims to anticipate

the presentation of collateral such fake jewelry or redemption attempted with counterfeit money. According to Arka, this anticipation takes the form of pru-dence in assessing the pawn goods and measures range from existing SOP to chemical analysis of the goods. Similar measures are also applied to prevent bad loans. This is carried out in the early stage upon receiving collateral, by using the existing SOP and analyzing the profiles of borrowers in terms of their capacity to redeem their loans.

Assessment of the character of the customers’ is also looked at for such things as loyalty. Evidently, until now the non-performing loan (NPL) of the Pegadaian Tabanan are still zero, while the funds disbursed have reached IDR 18 billion for the month of June (2015). This number includes all the funds distributed from all Pegadaian in Tabanan. (kmb24)

IBP/Gus olo

Clean up activity done on Candikusuma area in Negara

Declared non-hazardous, Sky Garden liquor case closed

Loan frauds may increase before the holidays

Culinary area of Candikusuma cleaned up together

NEGArA - The culinary tourist attraction at Candikusuma Beach, Melaya cleaned up fromgarbage and shrubs on Sunday morning (July 3), by the local community as well as officials from the government of Jembrana.

3Tuesday, July 7, 2015 14 InternationalInternational Bali NewsScience Tuesday, July 7, 2015

The 37th Bali Art FestivalTuesday, July 7, 2015

Time Place Event

11.00 Ratna Stage Panca Mask Parade by Kaliungu Kaja Troupe, Denpasar

11.00 Ayodya Stage Drama performances by Kapan Kusamba, Klungkung 14.00 Angsoka Stage Gamelan performances by Teruma Mekar

Troupe, Gianyar 17.00 Ratna Stage Genggong instrument performances by Batur Sari Troupe, Gianyar 20.00 Wantilan Balinese instrument and new creation by Cahya Art Troupe, Denpasar20.00 Ksirarnawa Hall Theatre performances by Bajranyana Music Theatre20.00 Ardha Candra Balinese song festival by Badung, Karangasem, and Klungkung Regency

The U.S. Geological Survey, the Interior Department’s re-search arm, said updated scien-tific models don’t bode well for polar bear populations across the world, especially in Alaska.

The report released this week is part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s recovery plan for the polar bear. It is expected to be published Thursday in the Federal Register.

Greenhouse gases are blamed for the climate warming that’s reducing the polar bear’s summer sea ice habitat.

The effects of diminished sea ice will lead to population declines throughout the cen-tury. Scientists saw no rebound in population numbers in the projections that stretched to the year 2100.

The scientific models attempt-ed to predict the effects on polar bear populations under two sce-narios: one in which greenhouse gas emissions stabilized, and the other in which they continued unabated.

Under either scenario, the bears in the Alaska, Russia and Norway group — with an esti-mated population of about 8,500 — would start to be affected in either 2025 or 2030, said lead author Todd Atwood, an Alaska-based USGS research wildlife biologist.

He said the main reason is this part of the Arctic has suf-fered some of the most dramatic declines in summer sea ice.

Polar bears feed primarily on seals and use sea ice for feeding, mating and giving birth. When the sea ice retreats in the summer, polar bears are forced to land. A study earlier this year found the land-based food would not help a polar bear adapt to the loss of sea ice. The Office of Naval Research said the past eight years have had the eight lowest amounts of sum-mer sea ice on record.

The USGS didn’t predict spe-cific number declines and instead projected whether a population would see a decreased or a great-ly decreased population.

“That’s not to say that we’ll lose polar bears completely out of the area, but we think that they’ll be at a greatly decreased distribution than what they cur-rently are,” Atwood said.

Polar bears in Canada and Greenland also could see dra-matic population drops by 2050. Bears in the high Canadian Arctic fared the best in the two scientific models. They saw a “greatly de-creased” population only under the worst-case scenario.

“Polar bears are in big trouble,” said Rebecca Noblin, Alaska di-rector for the Center for Biologi-cal Survey. “There are other steps

NEW YORK — Shakespeare said a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. In fact, many kinds of roses today have little fragrance. But a new discov-ery might change that.

Brian Battaile/U.S. Geological Survey via AP, File

In this June 15, 2014 file photo, a polar bear dries off after taking a swim in the Chukchi Sea in Alaska. About a third of the world’s polar bears could be in imminent danger from greenhouse gas emissions in as soon as a decade, a U.S. government report shows.

Study: Polar bears could feel global warming’s sting by 2025

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — About a third of the world’s polar bears could be in imminent danger from greenhouse gas emis-sions in as soon as a decade, a U.S. government report shows.

we can take to slow the decline of polar bears, but in the long run, the only way to save polar bears in the Arctic is to reduce

greenhouse gas emissions.”The Center for Biological

Diversity originally petitioned for polar bears to be listed as

threatened under the Endangered Species Act. In 2008, the species became the first to be listed be-cause of global warming. (ap)

AP Photo/Matt Rourke

This Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015 file photo shows roses during preparations for the Philadelphia Flower Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

Heaven scent: Finding may help restore fragrance to roses

A study of roses that do have a strong scent revealed a previ-ously unknown chemical process in their petals. It’s key to their alluring odor.

Experts said the finding might let scientists restore a pleasing scent to rose varieties that have lost it because of breeding for traits like color or longevity.

French scientists identified a gene that’s far more active in a heavily scented kind of rose than in a type with little odor. This gene, which produces an enzyme, revealed the odor-producing pro-cess. (ap)

SEMARAPURA - High de-mand of mosaic stone materials and the abundance of availability on Klotok Beach cause many peo-ple to mine it on Klotok Beach and surrounding areas. Unfortunately, the business involving hundreds of people is allowed to go rampant. Each day the mine of mosaic stone reaches five tons to be sold to vari-ous counties in Bali.

The lucrative mosaic stone business has already been hap-pening for many years. According to Chairman of Commission I of the Klungkung House, Komang Suantara, at least five tons of mo-saic stone materials are collected from the Klotok Beach each day. He revealed that the exploitation of mosaic stone material on Klotok Beach has caused tremendous damages. When calculated, the collection of mosaic stone mate-rials on Klotok Beach during 15 years has reached 2,250 tons. One of the mosaic stone businesses arrested when transporting the materials collected by farmers is Wirda Jaya from Singaraja. “You can imagine how sad it will be if the sublime assets becoming the protector of the southern side is exploited,” he explained.

He regretted the profession shifting of farmers around the Klotok Beach that are now choos-ing to collect mosaic stone ma-terials. Moreover, it is obtaining a green light from the Regent of Klungkung I Nyoman Suwirta. If the wage of farmers is calculated and compared to the selling price of mosaic stone sold by the entrepre-neurs is only a quarter of it. “Our farmers can only enjoy a quarter of the results they have collected, but the people over there serving as capitalist can enjoy abundant profits,” quipped the legislator familiarly addressed as Otal.

His party asked the executive to stop the massive environmental de-struction. In addition, the legislator from Pande hamlet, Semarapura Kelod Kangin, also requested the people to appreciate and respect the abundant materials deposited for posterity.

Terminating is an appropriate measure before the nature rages and results in tears. The House is ready if the Klotok Beach will be arranged into a tourist attraction and some farmers will be involved in man-aging. The system and measures of local government lies in their hands,” he concluded. (dwa)

Such rampant buildings make the authority of the four Dalem Tamblingan customary villages start worrying if the situation is not immediately addressed by relevant agencies. The village authority has even reported the allegation of building violation to the government of Buleleng and was received by Deputy Regent of Buleleng Nyoman Sutjidra, last week.

The Leader of Team Nine doubling as the Chief of Munduk customary village, Banjar subdis-trict, said on Sunday (Jul. 5) that his party alleged the violation of tourist facility construction has taken place since long time ago. Initially, people only built a gaze-bo and wooden bench. But lately the facilities began to change into a permanent building. Other than used for stall, some people are also building a place to take pictures. It is very clearly included in the protected forest. One of the build-ings at the edge of the protected forest is alleged to be owned by a famous politician.

“As a matter of fact, those build-ings have been established long time ago. Since no one reprimands them, the illegal buildings at the edge of the protected forest are get-ting more rampant,” he said.

In addition to illegal buildings, added Ardana, many old trees at the edge of protected forest also fell down lately. From the infor-mation, they are alleged to have been deliberately cut down so that they will not hamper the view of Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblin-gan. More ironically, there is in-formation telling if the roots of the trees were sprinkled with carbide liquid, so that the plants will die slowly. Ultimately, the trees are dead and leave their shade only. After that, people easily cut down the trees by reason of old trees and will harm when toppling.

“That’s the information we get. It is very worrying when taking no action to maintain our forest areas so as to remain sustainable in sup-porting the availability of water in Buleleng and other regions in Bali,” he said.

Exploitation of Klotok Beach Five tons of mosaic stone

material amassed each day

IBP/Mudiarta

Along the road from the intersection in the peak area to the west up to Munduk village, Banjar subdistrict, the southern side of the road belonging to protected forest area has now been built with stalls or permanent buildings taken advan-tage by foreign and domestic travelers when making a visit to Buleleng.

Illegal buildings allegedly rampant at protected forest

SINGARAJA - Tourism development at Wanagiri village, Sukasada subdistrict, recently began to trigger a serious problem. As evidence, along the road from the intersection in the peak area to the west up to Munduk village, Banjar subdistrict, the southern side of the road belonging to protected forest area has now been built with stalls or permanent buildings taken advantage by foreign and domestic travelers when making a visit to Buleleng. Other than the buildings, the trees at the edge of the forest are alleged to have been marred so that they will not hamper the view of twin lakes (Buyan and Tamblingan) from the roadside.

Responding to this condition, Ardana hoped that related agen-cies in the local government must immediately take disciplining

action.His party through customary

institution is also mandated to maintain the forest area and is ready to help the government to overcome the rampant building at the edge of the protected forest. “We are ready to help prevent the illegal buildings so that they will not proliferate and prevent the damage. Moreover, the regent

has policies to arrange the area of Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan into spiritual area, so that it will not be marred by such violations,” he added. (kmb38)

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The country’s national weather service says an automated measure-ment station recorded a temperature

of 40.3 degrees Celsius (104.54 Fahrenheit) in Kitzingen, northern Bavaria, on Sunday afternoon.

Weather service spokesman Uwe Kirsche said Monday that the record won’t be official until technicians have manually checked the station. But he says “we as-

sume that our equipment worked properly.”

The previous record of 40.2 Cel-sius was measured in the southwest-ern city of Karlsruhe in 2003. Storms across parts of Germany on Sunday night brought temperatures back down. (ap)

PAMPLONA, Spain — Thou-sands of revelers doused each other with wine Monday to celebrate the start of the famed San Fermin running of the bulls festival in this northern Spanish city.

The festival started with the traditional launching of a fire-works rocket — known as the “Chupinazo”— from the town hall balcony. The heaving crowd packed the square down below, jumping and screaming “Viva San Fermin!”

Most in the crowd waved red neckerchiefs, which along with white shirts and trousers form the traditional festival clothing.

The Chupinazo takes place a day before the first of eight 8 a.m. bull

runs. Thousands of people at the festival test their speed and brav-ery by racing ahead of six fighting bulls along a 930-yard (850-meter) course from a holding pen to the city’s bull ring. The bulls are then killed by professional matadors in bullfights each afternoon.

The nine-day, street-partying fiesta was immortalized in Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises” and attracts thousands of foreign tourists.

Bull runs, or “encierros,” as they are called in Spanish, are a traditional part of summer festivals across Spain. Dozens are injured each year in the runs, most of them in falls.

Two men have died being gored

by bulls in Spanish festivals in re-cent weeks — one Saturday in the eastern town of Grao de Castellon and another June 24 in the south-western town of Coria.

Five Spaniards, two Australians and one American were gored in last year’s festival in Pamplona. In all, 15 people have died from gorings in San Fermin since record-keeping began in 1924.(ap)

NEW YORK — A solid gold chain and an intricate gold-and-enamel spoon are among items pulled from the wreckage of a 400-year-old Spanish galleon that will be auctioned off next month.

Nuestra Senora de Atocha went down in a violent hurricane in 1622 near the Florida Keys laden with New World gold while en route to Spain. It was among a fleet of nine ships that were lost at sea. Hundreds of people perished, including nobility who brought along their personal jewels.

Treasure hunter Mel Fisher searched 16 years for it before discovering the Atocha mother lode in 1985. What he found was the stuff of legends — 40 tons of silver and gold, fine Colombian emeralds and more than 1,000 silver bars.

On Aug. 5, Guernsey’s will auction 40 select items from the doomed ship. They represent some of Mel and Dorothy Fisher’s favorite pieces, said their daughter, Taffi Fisher Abt. Fisher died in 1998. His wife, Dorothy, died in 2009.

They include two spectacular gold chains. One, called a “money chain,” has big links the size of a thumbnail and extends past the waist. Fisher wore it on the “Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” soon after the ship’s discovery.

In the Colonial era, the Spanish king placed a 20-percent tariff on gold bullion called the Royal Fifth. But if the gold was turned into jewelry, the tax was forgiven. Each link of the “money chain” is of equal size and weight and could be twisted off and used as formal currency. It could bring $90,000 to $120,000.

The other chain features ornate carved links that come down to the knees — a favorite of Fisher Abt’s mother. It could sell for $40,000 to $50,000. “It’s real high-carat gold. ... Purer than any gold you’d buy in a store today,” she said.

Other highlights include an intricate gold spoon of Peruvian and Spanish origin. It’s believed to have been used during Communion by priests who sailed to the Americas to convert the natives to Christianity, said Fisher Abt. The spoon’s black enamel neck is decorated with scrolling flora and birds and a carved masculine face flanked by condors, a symbol of royalty among the Inca people. It’s estimated to bring $160,000 to $180,000. (ap)

AP Photo/Lionel CironneauChildren cool off in the water fountains in Nice, southeastern France, Sunday, July 5, 2015. A mass of hot air moving north from Africa is bringing unusually hot weather to Western Europe, with France in recent days experiencing temperatures around 34 degrees Celsius (93 Fahrenheit).

European heat wave gives Germany record temperature

BERLIN — Europe’s heat wave has pushed the mercury to its high-est level in Germany since measure-ments began in 1881.

Treasures from sunken Spanish galleon set for auction

Running of the bulls festival starts; crowd doused in wine

Revelers hold up traditional red neckties during the launch

of the “Chupinazo” rocket, to celebrate the official opening of

the 2015 San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Monday, July

6, 2015. AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

DENPASAR - The National Narcotic Agen-cy (BNNK) for the City of Denpasar, raided the Bahari Karaoke bar lo-cated on Jalan Gurita Denpasar, on Thursday (Jul. 2). The raid, car-ried out around 3:00 p.m. yielded three peo-ple who are suspected of taking drugs in one of the karaoke rooms as well as material evi-dence.

Chief of the BBNK Denpasar, Wayan Gede Suwahyu, confirmed the raids to reporters, on Sunday (Jul. 5). Ac-cording to Suwahyu, the raid is part of the antici-patory measures being taken to prevent drug trafficking - especially in nightclubs.

“We deployed 15 of-ficers to raid the Bahari Karaoke Bar. Police arrested three patrons for al legedly taking drugs and also secured evidence. I forgot their names because t he data was collected by our personnel,” he ex-plained.

According to Su-wahyu, two of the al-leged drug users are still undergoing investigation and are in the process of rehabilitation. The third alleged drug user will be sent to a reha-bilitation centre in Bo-gor for heavily addicted drug users. “He will be sent to Bogor tomorrow (Monday—Ed) upon the request of his parents as he is addicted to drugs,” said Suwayu.

He added that so far, the BNNK Denpasar has rehabilitated 20 drug users who were arrested in different locations. A dozen of them are pres-ently undergoing drug rehabilitation treatment at the Bangli Mental Hospital, while the oth-ers are being treated at the BNNK’s own facili-ties. (rah)

Spokesperson of PDAM Gianyar, Made Suarka, with permission from the Director Made Sastra Kencana, said that they predict that there will be an interruption in water services on Galungan and Kuningan, spe-cifically in North Gianyar in villages such as Madangan, Kabetan, Selat Samplangan and surrounding areas. “During the celebration of Galun-gan, the amount of water required by people increases, but the flow of

water is insufficient to meet these needs. Please do accept our apolo-gies” he said.

Due to such conditions, PDAM Gianyar is also appealing to its customers to be mindful of water usage whenever water is available. At present PDAM Gianyar is said to be drilling a new well next to the Babakan well and is scheduled to be completed this August (2015). Once the new well is operational, water

services will improve in the areas of Angkling, Gitgit, Bakbakan, Selat and in the region of Beng.

When asked about water supply conditions in South Gianyar, Made Suarka said that the artesian well at Keramas village has been in opera-tion since July 1, 2015. With a water discharge of 17 liter per second, it will help to improve the distribution of water in the areas of Medahan, Keramas and Blahbatuh villages. “The drilling process was quite long because of the hardness of the rock at this location, but now the artesian well at Keramas village can finally be used,” he said.

Even though the well at Keramas

village is in operation, it has yet to be able to service all the people who are requesting connections. There are currently 150 connection requests from Keramas village and 200 from Medahan that are still on a waiting list. “We cannot immediately add new connection because we still have to perform an evaluation” he explained. Nevertheless, PDAM Gianyar expects public participation in reporting to PDAM should there be any problems with their water service so that it can be handled as soon as possible. “We are asking for public participation in reporting any leaks so that we can fix it im-mediately” he said. (kmb35)

BNNK Denpasar raids Bahari Karaoke

IBP/FileA woman is looking for water to be used on her home. Water shortages in the region of Gianyar- particularly Northern Gianyar, remain regularly roblem during the celebrations of Galungan and Kuningan.

Water crisis every Galungan and Kuningan

GIANYAR - Water shortages in the region of Gianyar- particularly Northern Gianyar, remain regularly roblem during the celebrations of Galungan and Kuningan. In response to this issue, the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) Gianyar is asking for understanding from the public, given that water needs increase at this time of year.

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s ringgit hit a 16-year low Monday on growing political uncertainty following allegations that a probe into a state investment fund found hundreds of millions of dollars were transferred into the prime minister’s personal accounts.

The currency dropped 0.8 per-cent to 3.8088 against the greenback in Kuala Lumpur, the lowest level since May 1999.

The currency was fixed at 3.8 to the dollar in 1998 during the Asian financial crisis after it slumped 35 percent the previous year. The peg was dropped in 2005.

Malaysian stocks were also down 1.3 percent, in line with regional markets that have been roiled by the Greek debt negotia-tion saga.

The Wall Street Journal re-ported on Friday that government investigators had uncovered nearly $700 million that moved through government agencies, banks and companies linked to state-con-trolled investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

It said the funds ended up in the accounts of premier Najib Razak, who chairs the advisory board of 1MDB which he launched in 2009.

Malaysia’s attorney general said Saturday that a task force would investigate the allegation, which Najib has dismissed as “political sabotage”.

1MDB has said it had never provided any funds to Najib, and the premier has in the past persistently denied any wrongdoing.

Both Najib and 1MDB have also

said that previous leaked documents had “reportedly” been tampered with, and that the documents cited

by the WSJ had not been verified.The prime minister, under pres-

sure after being accused of failing

to properly address allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars have gone missing from deals involving

1MDB, earlier this year ordered government auditors to examine the fund’s books. (afp)

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In the final tally early Monday, 61.31 percent of Greeks had re-jected creditor demands for further austerity in return for more bailout funds, sending Greece’s eurozone partners scrambling to respond and European stock markets tumbling.

Until now, the ECB has agreed to keep Greek banks -- and, by extension, the debt-wracked Greek economy afloat -- on life support via the eurozone’s Emergency Liquid-

ity Assistance or ELA facility. But the overwhelming ‘No’ vote

has made the ECB’s position far more difficult.

“Without a clear prospect of an immediate bailout deal that could prevent a full-scale sovereign default after Greece’s de facto de-fault on the IMF last week ... it is very hard for the ECB to authorise continuing emergency support for Greek banks, let alone to allow

an increase in such support,” said Berenberg Bank economist Holger Schmieding.

Among the flurry of meetings by European policymakers to decide how to respond to the referendum, ECB president Mario Draghi was scheduled to talk via telephone con-ference with EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem and the head of the European Council Don-ald Tusk on Monday morning.

Draghi would then chair a meet-ing of the ECB’s governing council later in the day to discuss ELA, after the Bank of Greece requested that

the ELA ceiling be lifted.“While politicians in the eu-

rozone are preparing for possible new talks, it is once again up to the ECB to do the dirty work,” said ING DiBa economist Carsten Brzeski.

“The ‘No’ has not made the ECB’s life any easier. With every step that Greece is moving closer to total default or even a Grexit and Greek banks are losing deposits, it will be harder for the ECB to label Greek banks as solvent, and thereby eligible for ELA,” Brzeski said.

In Paris, French Finance Minis-ter Michel Sapin insisted that the ELA “cannot be lowered.”

ELA is currently the only source of financing for Greek banks, and therefore the Greek economy. But with Greece’s bailout programme now officially expired and no new programme on the table, the con-ditions for ELA to be kept open are no longer fulfilled. The ECB defines ELA as support given by eurozone national central banks in “exceptional circumstances and on a case-by-case basis to temporarily illiquid institutions and markets”.

If there are no euros in the banks, then Greece may be forced to intro-duce a parallel currency with which to pay its bills. (afp)

All eyes on ECB after Greek ‘No’ voteFRANKFURT - All eyes were on the European Central Bank on

Monday following the resounding ‘No’ in the Greek referendum, with the ECB seen as the only institution capable of calming market panic and preventing the Greek economy from collapsing.

Malaysia ringgit hits 16-year low on political uncertainty

AP Photo/Vincent ThianPeople walk in front of the trading board at a private stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, July 6, 2015. Malaysia’s ringgit hit a 16-year low Monday on growing political uncertainty following allegations that a probe into a state investment fund found hundreds of millions of dollars were transferred into the prime minister’s personal accounts.

BANGLI - Trunyan village has been dubbed the earthquake-proof village. Believe it or not, when a large earthquake shook Bali in 1970s, this village that borders the county of Karangasem, was the only village that was not af-fected by the tremors, despite the surrounding areas being damaged by the high magnitude earthquake. Trunyan villagers believe that Ida Ratu Sakti Pancering Jagat spared

the village from the quake. Ida Ratu Sakti abides at the

Ratu Sakti Pancering Jagat Temple in Trunyan. The temple is believed to be the center of Bali. The temple is also called the Kancing Gumi.

This thousands of years old temple, has a number of shrines. One of them is the seven-tiered meru shrine, which stores the sacred Datonta statue. This statue has some unique properties. This

ancient stone statue is believed by local people to naturally grow larger each year, and it has now reached the height of about four meters. Not everyone can look directly at the statue. It is said that the statue was originally a small stone emerging from the ground. The stone seemed strange because it could grow like a living creature. Day by day the stone became larg-er and transformed into a statue, the statue of a standing man.

The Datonta or Ida Ratu Sakti Pancering Jagat was originally a wanderer from Dalem Solo. He

came to Trunyan to find the source of the fragrant scent that he smells from Solo. On his arrival at Tru-nyan, he found that the source of the fragrant scent was apparently emerging from the body of a god-dess, a very beautiful goddess.

Her beauty captivated the nomad and he wanted to marry her. The goddess agreed provided that the nomad was willing to become a king at Trunyan. The wanderer agreed to her condition. The king ruled the region wisely. His journey did not leave any traces and he is believed to have attained moksha or reunion

with the Creator. Afterwards, he became a stone that eventually emerged from the ground, while the Goddess is currently venerated as Ratu Ayu Pingit Dalem Dasar. She resides in the sapta petala shrine bearing the task of preserving the existence of Lake Batur.

If an earthquake occurs in Bali, local Trunyan residents ordinarily bring a pestle made from the eryth-rina tree to Pancering Jagat Tem-ple. The pestle will be pounded into the ground around the home of the Datonta statue to tamp the soil around his feet. (kmb)

The reward and punishment is not come directly but indirectly as well, so Balinese will say to some-one who done something; lets Ida Sang Hyiang Whidi Wasa, The Su-preme God will judge it by reward-ing or punishing the perpetrator.

If you happen to be strolling in Singaraja, the capital of Buleleng Regency, in the North of Bali, along Jalan Gajah Mada, on the south east corner you encounter

a wall of Buleleng’s cemetery, a relief carved on the wall depict-ing the reward and punishment after-life.

The relief carved on the cement wall and painted white. The fig-ures of the relief divided into two parts, on the right from where you are standing is the figures of evil characters and the left is the noble character. This division of placing the two confronted characters aslo

can be found during the “wayang” (puppet show) of where the puppe-teer places his puppet figures on the same way planted on a banana trunk underneath of stretched cloth screen called in Balinese “kelir”.

This kind of puppet shadow performance is usually staged as part of “ngaben” (cremation) ritual taking a line of story “Bima Swarga” or “Bima goes to Heaven”. The story goes that Bima, one of Pandawa brothers in Mahabaratha Hindu Epic, as physically strongest among his brothers goes to heaven to find out what the cause of his mother death. During his journey, Bima witnesses what is happen-

ing in the heaven of those who did good thing are rewarded and those did wrong-doing are punished. As just for example, those who have caught red-handed stealing are punished by cutting their hands and those who have done noble things are rewarded by being surrounded beautiful angels.

What you may find very interest-ing of the relief on the wall, there is a God holding a “lontar” (palm script paper) on one of his hands flanked by two other as guardians. In the “lontar” it is believed, what has been done by everyone and when someone dies God will check the note in the lontar and the the

God will determines whether he or she will be rewarded or punished. All of these scenes can be seen on the relief of the wall of Buleleng’s cemetery. This kind of relief can also be found on the front wall of “Pura Dalem” (the Temple of the Dead) located at Sangsit, Bule-leng.

On this temple the relief were carved on the sand stone and due to the wind and moisture the relief is now eroding and despite in such a situation the temple is frequently visited by tourists due to the attrac-tive line of story of Bima Swarga, reward and punishment after live. (nyoman suwela)

Reward and punishment after-life

Datonta Statue

SINGARAJA - The Balinese believes that everyone will be judged after she or he dies in the life after. In Balinese faith it is called “Karma Pala” literally in English “you will reap what you have planted, or in short you will be rewarded or punished on what you have done, not during your life but after you died or in after-life.

IBP/Nyoman Suwela

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“In building the public’s trust, the head of state must be assisted by capable people who are not facing problems regarding basic necessities for themselves and their families,” Sidarto Danusub-roto noted in response to the country’s current socio-economic condition.

Therefore, Joko Widodo’s gov-ernment must be able to maintain the trust that the people have placed on it, so that economic development in the country can be boosted, he affirmed.

“Maintaining the people’s trust

is a must. Economic development is closely related to the public’s trust both within and outside In-donesia,” Danusubroto said.

He, however, appeared reluc-tant to reply to the questions posed by journalists regarding President Widodo’s meeting with Head of the Presidential Advisory Board Sri Adiningsih.

“I do not want to comment on the meeting. My point is that there must be public trust, as the coun-try’s economy is closely related to it,” he emphasized.

Meanwhile, Adiningsih stated

that the Presidential Advisory Board’s members have an obli-gation to convey their views on the country’s current situation, including matters related to eco-nomic performance.

“A lot of things still need to be improved, as we must also observe the current dynamics of the world’s economy in view of the Greek crisis. In this context, Indonesia has its own vision and mission as well as the target that it has set. How do we achieve the targets that have been set?” she added. (ant)

JAYAPURA - The Regional office of the Investment Coordi-nating Board (BKPM) of Papua said a significant increase has been recorded in the number of investors doing business in that province.

Head of the Papua office of BKPM Jhon Way said on Mon-day the increase in the number of investors was obvious from the realization of the investment target of Rp31 trillion set by the central government for Papua.

Investment in Papua in the first

half of this year were valued at Rp29 trillion in the mining, plan-tation and farming, fisheries and forestry sectors, Jhon said.

He said the completion of layout stipulation is one of the factors boosting investment in Papua.

He said layout stipulation is important as one of the references for investors in the province.

Investors are no longer wor-ried over possible problem on layout with the certainty of the regulation. (ant)

AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim

An Indonesian Muslim women sells cake ingredients during the holy month of Ramadan at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, July 6, 2015. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn till dusk.

SLEMAN - Some 11 tourism villages in Sleman district, Yogya-karta, are ready to receive thousands of tourists during the 2015 Idul Fitri, or Lebaran holiday season, according to the local Culture and Tourism Department spokesperson Ayu Laksmidewi.

“The tourism managers in the villages in Sleman have expressed their readiness to receive thousands of tourists during the Lebaran holi-day season this year,” Ayu stated on Monday.

She pointed out that there are more than 30 tourism villages in Sleman, but some are develop-ing well while some are not, and hence, they need to be intensively promoted.

“Of more than 30 tourism vil-lages in Sleman, only 11 are poised

to receive the tourists during this year’s Lebaran holiday season,” Ayu pointed out.

According to Ayu, the number of tourism villages in Sleman contin-ues to increase from year to year, and they have become an alternative tourist destination.

“The tourism villages are very flexible, as they can provide fa-cilities for holding both large- and small-scale Meeting, Incentive, Conference, and Exhibition (MICE) activities,” Ayu noted.

She affirmed that both domestic and foreign tourists will flock to the tourism villages of Pentingsari, Umbulharjo, Cangkringan, Tan-jung, Donoharjo, Ngaglik, Dukuh, Donokerto Turi, Rumah Domes, Sumberharjo, and Prambanan dur-ing this year’s holidays. (ant)

ANTARA FOTO/Regina Safri

A man visit mini museum in Mt. Merapi foot-hill, Sleman. Some 11 tourism villages in Sleman district, Yogyakarta, are ready to receive thousands of tourists during the 2015 Idul Fitri, or Lebaran holiday season.

Sleman tourism villages ready to welcome tourists

President urged to maintain people’s trust

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo needs to maintain the people’s trust on his administra-tion, as it will directly affect the political and economic sectors of the country, a member of the Presidential Advisory Board stated on Monday.

More investors to venture in Papua

MERS-CoV was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and has now infected a number of patients in South Korea.

It is a disease caused by a coronavi-rus that attacks the respiratory tract. Its symptoms include fever, acute cough, and shortness of breath.

According to the Central Statistical

Agency of Bali, 62,817 tourists visited the province from South Korea in the January to May period this year. It constitutes the fifth-highest number of tourist arrivals to Bali.

The number jumped nearly 12 per-cent as compared to that in the same period last year, when it was recorded at 56,120. (ant)

Seoul portrayed the decision as a diplomatic win after Japan also agreed to acknowledge its history of forcing tens of thousands of South Koreans, Chinese and World War II prisoners of war to work at dozens of factories, mines and other industrial facilities, conscripted to fill labor shortages especially toward the end of the war. China called for a better accounting from Tokyo on its past forced labor practices.

Though the number of survi-vors is dwindling, some of those who endured starvation, abuse by their captors and bombardment are still seeking redress, or at least apology.

Until recently, Seoul had object-ed to the listing by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee unless the role of Korean prisoners forced to work at the sites during World War II was formally recognized. The two countries sparred for weeks but eventually reached a compromise that finessed the is-sue. It is unlikely to entirely finish it, however.

“Japan is prepared to take mea-sures that allow an understanding that there were a large number of Koreans and others who were brought against their will and forced to work under harsh condi-tions in the 1940s at some of the sites,” the Japanese delegation said in a statement.

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said the country was pleased that the sites were recog-nized “in the form that takes ac-count of our legitimate concerns.” “We have achieved our principle and position that historical truths must be reflected as they are,” he said.

Japanese officials expressed their delight with the UNESCO list-ings, which include Gunkanjima, or “Battleship Island,” a former coal mine on a fortress island off Japan’s southwest coast.

Kenji Kitahayashi, the mayor of Kitakyushu, a city where the Yawata steel mill, which used thousands of forced laborers, is located, said the value of places that “became the driving force of

Japan’s industrial development has gained global recognition.”

Japan’s foreign minister, Fumio Kishida, said in a statement that Japan would “sincerely address the recommendations by the Inter-national Council on Monuments and Sites,” which asked that Japan acknowledge that foreign workers were forced to labor at many of the sites and that its exhibits reflect the entire history of those places.

But Kishida emphasized that Ja-pan had not budged in its stance that any issues related to compensation, including forced labor, were settled decades ago. China’s official Xin-hua News Agency cited Beijing’s UNESCO envoy as questioning Japan’s recognition of that past.

“There still lacks an adequate account from Japan of the whole facts surrounding the use of forced labor,” it cited Zhang Xiuqin, the UNESCO ambassador, as say-ing. She urged Japan to ensure that “the sufferings of each and every one of the forced laborers are remembered, and their dignity upheld.” (ap)

BANGKOK — Thai customs of-ficials said Monday they seized 250 kilograms (550 pounds) of ivory — or about 130 tusks and pieces — hidden in crates being shipped from Africa to Asia.

The haul was headed from Congo to Laos and transited through sev-eral countries in between, said the deputy director-general of Thailand’s Customs Department, Chamroen Photiyod. He said Thai authorities received a tip-off and began tracking the shipment when it left Addis Ababa airport in Ethiopia.

On Friday, authorities at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport stopped the

shipment which was inside two wood-en crates marked “marble pieces” that contained four suitcases with the ivory inside, Chamroen told a news conference.

The ivory was worth an estimated 10 million baht (US$295,000), he said. This is the 11th ivory seizure the Thai Customs Department has made this year.

Thailand is a major transit hub and destination for smuggled tusks, which are often carved into tourist trinkets and ornaments. Poachers have killed tens of thousands of African elephants for their tusks in recent years to meet demand for ivory in Asia. (ap)

YEREVAN, Armenia — Police in the Armenian capital have cleared away barricades to unblock a central avenue that demonstrators had occu-pied for two weeks to protest hikes in electricity prices in the impoverished former Soviet nation.

Police on Monday also peacefully detained about 20 demonstrators who refused to disperse, but said they would soon be freed. It was unclear whether the protest would resume elsewhere in the evening.

The prolonged standoff with po-lice was the most serious unrest that Armenia, a close ally of Russia, has seen in years.

As the number of protesters grew, reaching about 15,000, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan promised June 27 to suspend the rate increase. The protesters, however, refused to remove their barricades, formed from large trash containers, but the number joining the nightly protest rallies gradually dwindled. (ap)

AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko

In this June 29, 2015 photo, tourists take a photo during a visit to Hashima Island, commonly known as Gunkanjima, which mean “Battleship Island,” off Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, southern Japan. Japanese officials expressed elation Monday, July 6, 2015, over the U.N.

Heritage title for Japan industry sites draws mixed reaction

TOKYO — Japanese officials Monday celebrated the U.N. cultural body’s approval of world heritage status for 23 historic sites showing the country’s transformation from feudal isolation into an industrial power at the end of the 19th century.

Bali steps up...

AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit

Thai customs officials display seized ivory during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 6, 2015. Thai authorities seized more than 200 kilograms of ivory hidden in luggage shipped out from Congo to Laos.

Thailand seizes illegal ivory in crates marked as ‘marble’

Armenian police disperse protest after 2 weeks

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SEMARAPURA - Tihingan village is one of the villages in Banjarangkan sub-district, Klungkung being renowned as the central producer of traditional gamelan mu-sical instrument. On that account, the buyer or gamelan players from various regions in

Bali, even outside the region, often come to this central producer of gamelan in Bali.

Chief of Tihingan customary village, I Made Soma Wandita, said the village was inhabited by 174 households with a popula-tion of 832 people. Of that number, about

90 percent was gamelan craftsman. The rest had profession as farmer, trader, carpenter, civil servant and police. Therefore, the ma-jority of people chose to work at their home village rather than outside the area.

The profession of making gamelan in-

strument is carried out through generations. In general there are two groups of gamelan artisan, namely the group in charge of mak-ing and forming various kinds of gamelan instruments and those being competent in calibrating the gamelan tones.

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Center of Gamelan craft in Bali But at Silverstone, when rain fell in the second-half of the race, the team made the right call with Hamilton to seal his third Brit-ish GP victory. Rosberg thought Hamilton call was wrong “Monaco was particularly difficult because the virtual safety car played a role first time,” said Wolff. “It was very tricky and we had a problem in our system which made us decide what we shouldn’t have decided. “Here it was completely concentrated, calm,

focused on the priorities and that was certainly a part of getting it all right.”

Wolff said Hamilton was the one to make the call as to when to come in for intermedi-ates but praised the team as a whole for its performance at Silverstone. “This is a team. It is always a joint exercise, we cock-up together and we win together,” he said.

What more could Williams have done? “The exchange on the radio about what is

happening out there on track, and the strategy regarding the traffic management were spot on today. “Then finally, with the rain hitting us, it was just calm on the radio, and so good about what the options were. “We had the guys in Brackley saying ‘it’s raining like hell here’.

“Then it was his call. He said the tyres were not good enough any more, and the rain was increasing. “He made the pit call at the right time, and with the right amount of information that is what made the race.

“It was the absolutely right call, but it wasn’t obvious, so leaving the other car out there was the right strategy in terms of split-ting the cars.” (rtr)

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Austin Dillon’s car (3) crashes against

the catch fence during the finish of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona Interna-tional Speedway.

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Mercedes F1 team bounced back from Monaco

Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff said he was pleased with how the team reacted to changing conditions in the British Grand Prix following its slip-up in Monaco. Lewis Hamilton was cruising to the chequered flag in Monte Carlo when his team blun-dered by calling the Briton in for fresh tyres, a decision that cost him the win.

McIlroy ruptures ligament in ankle while playing soccer

LONDON — World number one Rory McIlroy has ruptured a ligament in his left ankle while playing soccer less than two weeks before the start of his British Open title defense.

The Northern Irish golfer gave no indi-cation how long he would be out in the an-nouncement M o n d a y on his Ins-tagram ac-count, only saying that he is “work-ing hard to get back as soon a s I can.”

“ T o t a l rupture of l e f t ATFL (ankle liga-ment) and associated jo in t cap-sule damage in a soccer k i c k a b o u t with friends o n S a t u r -day,” McIl-roy wrote. “Continuing to assess extent of injury and treatment plan day by day. Rehab already started..... Working hard to get back as soon as I can.” The British Open starts on July 16 at St. Andrews in Scotland. (ap)

AP Photo/Lenny IgnelziRory McIlroy, of Northern Ire-land, warms up on the range before a practice round for the U.S. Open golf tourna-ment at Chambers Bay on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 in University Place, Wash.

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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton cel-ebrates his win after the race with Nico Rosberg and the team

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A sellout crowd of 53,341 that included U.S. Vice President Joe Biden roared in approval for Lloyd’s hat trick, the first in a Women’s World Cup final.

“It’s been a long journey, my ca-reer. I’ve had a lot of people believe in me, in my corner, from day one,” said the midfielder, who turns 33 on July 16. “I’ve dedicated my whole life to this. Everything else comes second. But I wouldn’t want to do it any other way.”

When it was over, Lloyd collapsed to her knees and pumped her fists. Forward Abby Wambach bear-hugged teary-eyed coach Jill Ellis, lifting her off the ground. Lloyd, awarded the Golden Ball as player of the tourna-ment, scored twice in a span of about 135 seconds as the U.S. led 2-0 by the fifth minute.

Lauren Holiday boosted the lead in the 14th, and two minutes later Lloyd made it 4-0 with an audacious 54-yard, right-footed shot from midfield that sailed over goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori. Japan closed on Yuki Ogimi’s goal in the 27th and an own goal by Ju-lie Johnston on an errant header in the 52nd. Tobin Heath scored two minutes later, the third goal off a restart for the Americans.

VANCOUVER — Japan clearly was not ready for Carli Lloyd. Lloyd scored a hat trick in the open-ing 16 minutes on Sunday to help give the United States a 5-2 vic-tory over Japan for its record third Women’s World Cup title.

The game Sunday night at Van-couver’s BC Place was a rematch of the World Cup four years ago when Japan prevailed after a penalty shootout for the nation’s first cham-pionship in the premier women’s soccer tournament.

Leading up to that victory in Germany, Japan had been deeply scarred by the deadly earthquake and tsunami. The national team gave the country reason to cheer, and the players were welcomed home as heroes.

A win on Sunday would have made Japan just the second team to repeat as World Cup Champions (Germany, 2003 and ‘07) in con-secutive World Cups. But it wasn’t to be.

Lloyd, awarded the Golden Ball as player of the tournament, scored twice in a span of about 135 seconds as the U.S. led 2-0 by the fifth minute.

Lauren Holiday boosted the lead in the 14th and two minutes later Lloyd made it 4-0 with an audacious 54-yard, right-footed shot from midfield that sailed over goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori.

Japan closed on Yuki Ogimi’s goal in the 27th and an own goal by Julie Johnston on an errant header in the 52nd. Tobin Heath scored two minutes later, the third goal off a restart for the Americans.

“If you look at the overall per-formance it was very rare in terms of the probability that we could win today,” coach Norio Sasaki said afterward through a translator.

Lloyd, a 32-year-old midfielder, had come up big against Japan before, scoring the winning goal in the 2012 Olympic final.

“Ms. Lloyd she always does

this to us. In London she scored 2 goals and today she scored 3 goals. We are embarrassed,” Sa-saki said. “But she is an excellent player but I really respect her and admire her.”

The Japanese arrived in this year’s final with a dramatic — and for the English, heartbreaking — semifinal victory.

After England outplayed Japan for much of the second half, a charging Laura Bassett inadver-tently directed the ball at the net and it ricocheted off the crossbar for an own goal in the final minute of stoppage time, giving Japan a 2-1 win.

The victory set up the rematch with the United States. Japan, ranked No. 4 in the world, has met the second-ranked Americans three previous times at the World Cup, with the United States winning two matches before the final in Germany. Overall, the U.S. team is 25-1-6 against Japan. (ap)

NEW DELHI - Former Brazil and Real Ma-drid defender Roberto Carlos will manage Delhi Dynamos in this year’s Indian Super League (ISL), the club announced on Sunday.

“I’m coming to you and into the club which is mine now... I want to win together,” the 42-year-old said in a brief video message to the club’s fans. The league got off to a rousing start last year with Brazilian Zico headlining the managers’ list while marquee players included Italian duo Alessandro Del Piero and Marco Materazzi, and Frenchman Nicholas Anelka.

Zico has returned for his second year at the helm of FC Goa, who also signed Carlos’ 2002 World Cup-winning teammate and former Bayern Munich defender Lucio as their marquee player. Anelka also returned to Mumbai City FC, this time as player-cum-coach.

Carlos, famous for his free-kick prowess during his playing days, replaces Dutchman Harm van Veldhoven, under whom Delhi finished at fifth spot last year. The second season of the eight-team league, boasting of celebrity owners, kicks off on Oct. 3. (rtr)

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers moved to reinforce his depleted coach-ing set up with the left field appointment of Sean O’Driscoll and the promotion of Pepijn Lijnders from the academy.

O’Driscoll, sacked by second tier Bristol City 18 month ago, leaves his head coach position with the England under-19s to become Rodgers’ assistant following the axing of Colin Pascoe after a review of a disappointing season by the club’s Ameri-can owners.

The Fenway Sports Group also decided to dismiss first-team coach Mike Marsh fol-lowing the evaluation in Boston last month but Rodgers was kept on despite a trophy-less campaign and sixth place league finish. “I have made these appointments because I want to take us in a new technical direc-tion, in terms of coaching,” Rodgers said in a statement on Monday.

“I believe the entire first-team set-up will benefit and I am extremely positive and excited about what we can achieve, as a group, going forward.” The Northern Irishman came under heavy pressure last year after failing to match the heights of the previous title-challenging campaign following the sale of talismanic striker Luis Suarez to Barcelona.

A vast outlay on new signings failed to fill the void left by Suarez’s departure and a disappointing Champions League campaign ended at the group stage, while a meek exit to Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi-finals

ended any hopes of silverware.The former Swansea City, Watford and

Reading boss was also criticised for his constant tinkering of tactics and personnel through the campaign.

He was confident, though, of a change in fortunes at the 18-times English and five-times European champions following the introduction of O’Driscoll, a former Ireland international whose management experience has been limited to the lower echelons of English league football.

O’Driscoll enjoyed promotion success with Doncaster Rovers and Bournemouth but the 58-year-old, known for playing a Rodgers-like passing style, was sacked from his more recent roles with Nottingham Forest and Bristol City. “My admiration for Sean, as a professional, is well docu-mented,” Rodgers added.

“He is someone with a clear vision and philosophy and has proved he has the ability to transfer that knowledge, through his coaching, to the players.” O’Driscoll was understandably thrilled at the oppor-tunity. “I am excited to be joining one of the world’s most iconic football clubs,” he said.

Lijnders is already familiar with the An-field surroundings having joined in August last year to oversee the development of the under-16s having held similar roles with PSV Eindhoven and Porto. The Dutchman will take on the newly created role of first team development coach. (rtr)

SANTIAGO - Three people were killed and sev-eral injured and arrested in massive street celebra-tions in Chile following the host country’s triumph in the Copa America soccer tournament, local media reported Sunday.

Chileans streamed into roads, squares and bars after their team beat bitter rival Argentina 4-1 on penalties Saturday - the South American country’s first ever ma-jor trophy. Thousands continued rejoicing Sunday.

“This is the biggest celebration we’ve seen in

Chile,” regional governor of Santiago Claudio Orrego said. One man was shot dead in a victory celebration, local newspaper La Tercera reported.

Two people were killed and several others injured when a car slammed into street revelers, local radio Bio-Bio said.

Some crowds attempted to loot shops and su-permarkets before being stopped by police, who made more than two dozen arrests, La Tercera reported. (rtr)

Japan emotional after World Cup loss

Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP

Japan goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori (18) is consoled by Kozue Ando after losing to the United States in 5-2 in the FIFA Wom-en’s World Cup soccer championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Sunday, July 5, 2015.

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Roberto Carlos

Roberto Carlos joins Delhi team in Indian league

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Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP

United States’ Carli Lloyd holds

the trophy after they defeated Ja-

pan 5-2 in the FIFA Women’s World

Cup soccer championship

in Vancouver, British

Columbia, Canada, Sunday, July 5, 2015.

Lloyd hat trick leads US over Japan 5-2 for World Cup title

VANCOUVER — Carli Lloyd lives for the big moment. She had her biggest on Sunday night — and gave the United States its record third Women’s World Cup title. Lloyd scored three times as the U.S. jumped to a four-goal lead in the first 16 minutes, and the Americans overwhelmed defending champion Japan 5-2 for the team’s first World Cup championship since 1999.

While winning the last three Olym-pic gold medals, the U.S. had struggled in the World Cup since taking the title at the inaugural tournament in 1991 and then again at the Rose Bowl eight years later.

Christie Rampone, the only hold-over from the 1999 team, lifted the trophy with Wambach, the 35-year-old former FIFA Player of the Year who has said this will be her last World Cup. Wambach was among the most vocal opponents of FIFA’s decision to play the tourna-ment on artificial turf.

With FIFA President Sepp Blatter staying away from Canada during a U.S. criminal investigation of soccer corruption, the trophy was presented by FIFA Senior Vice President Issa Hayatou of Cameroon, the head of African soccer’s governing body.

Hope Solo won her second straight Golden Glove as top goalkeeper of the tournament. She played despite critics who urged the U.S. Soccer Federation to drop her after she initially faced two misdemeanor counts of domestic violence from a June 2014 altercation at her half-sister’s house, charges that were dismissed earlier this year. Solo, who hasn’t spoken to the media for most of the tournament, proclaimed

simply: “We did it! Awe-some!”

The title, which adds a coveted third star to the American uniform, also vindicated the USSF for its decision in April

2014 to fire coach Tom Ser-

man-ni, who

h a d r e -placed Pia

S u n d - hage the previous year, and replace him with Ellis, the British-born American who had been an assistant on the coaching staff.

Ellis’ tactics and lineups were criti-cized early in the World Cup tourna-ment when the U.S. offense sputtered at times on offense. She shifted Lloyd to an attacking midfielder in the semi-final against top-ranked Germany and again in the final, and put 22-year-old Morgan Brian, the youngest player on her roster, in a defensive midfield role.

“I want to thank Jill,” Lloyd said. “I know lots of people out in the stands

were worried about us. We all held togeth-er. We all stayed the course. We all executed the game

plan.” Lloyd had come up big before,

scoring the winning goals in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic finals.

She put the U.S. ahead in the third min-ute off a grass-hugging corner kick from Me-gan Rapinoe, streaking into the penalty area on a diagonal run and us-ing the side of her left foot just in front of the spot to redirect the ball inside the far post.

She made it 2-0 after Holiday took a low free kick from the flank and Johnston made a back-heel flick to Lloyd, who was 2 yards out. With her right foot, she poked the ball between two defenders and past Kaihori’s out-stretched arms.

Lloyd’s third goal came when Kaihori ventured far off her line. The keeper backpedaled and got her right hand on the long shot, but the ball glanced off a post into the goal.

It was the fastest hat trick in World Cup history — men or women — and Lloyd became the first American since Michelle Akers in 1991 to score mul-tiple goals in a World Cup final. The only other hat trick in a World Cup final was when England’s Geoff Hurst scored three times against Germany in the men’s 1966 final at Wembley. “Miss Lloyd she always does this to us. In

London she scored 2 goals and today she scored

3 goals. We are embarrassed,”

Japan coach Norio Sa-saki said. “But she is an ex-ce l len t p l a y e r and I re-ally re-

spect her and admire

her.” (ap)

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A sellout crowd of 53,341 that included U.S. Vice President Joe Biden roared in approval for Lloyd’s hat trick, the first in a Women’s World Cup final.

“It’s been a long journey, my ca-reer. I’ve had a lot of people believe in me, in my corner, from day one,” said the midfielder, who turns 33 on July 16. “I’ve dedicated my whole life to this. Everything else comes second. But I wouldn’t want to do it any other way.”

When it was over, Lloyd collapsed to her knees and pumped her fists. Forward Abby Wambach bear-hugged teary-eyed coach Jill Ellis, lifting her off the ground. Lloyd, awarded the Golden Ball as player of the tourna-ment, scored twice in a span of about 135 seconds as the U.S. led 2-0 by the fifth minute.

Lauren Holiday boosted the lead in the 14th, and two minutes later Lloyd made it 4-0 with an audacious 54-yard, right-footed shot from midfield that sailed over goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori. Japan closed on Yuki Ogimi’s goal in the 27th and an own goal by Ju-lie Johnston on an errant header in the 52nd. Tobin Heath scored two minutes later, the third goal off a restart for the Americans.

VANCOUVER — Japan clearly was not ready for Carli Lloyd. Lloyd scored a hat trick in the open-ing 16 minutes on Sunday to help give the United States a 5-2 vic-tory over Japan for its record third Women’s World Cup title.

The game Sunday night at Van-couver’s BC Place was a rematch of the World Cup four years ago when Japan prevailed after a penalty shootout for the nation’s first cham-pionship in the premier women’s soccer tournament.

Leading up to that victory in Germany, Japan had been deeply scarred by the deadly earthquake and tsunami. The national team gave the country reason to cheer, and the players were welcomed home as heroes.

A win on Sunday would have made Japan just the second team to repeat as World Cup Champions (Germany, 2003 and ‘07) in con-secutive World Cups. But it wasn’t to be.

Lloyd, awarded the Golden Ball as player of the tournament, scored twice in a span of about 135 seconds as the U.S. led 2-0 by the fifth minute.

Lauren Holiday boosted the lead in the 14th and two minutes later Lloyd made it 4-0 with an audacious 54-yard, right-footed shot from midfield that sailed over goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori.

Japan closed on Yuki Ogimi’s goal in the 27th and an own goal by Julie Johnston on an errant header in the 52nd. Tobin Heath scored two minutes later, the third goal off a restart for the Americans.

“If you look at the overall per-formance it was very rare in terms of the probability that we could win today,” coach Norio Sasaki said afterward through a translator.

Lloyd, a 32-year-old midfielder, had come up big against Japan before, scoring the winning goal in the 2012 Olympic final.

“Ms. Lloyd she always does

this to us. In London she scored 2 goals and today she scored 3 goals. We are embarrassed,” Sa-saki said. “But she is an excellent player but I really respect her and admire her.”

The Japanese arrived in this year’s final with a dramatic — and for the English, heartbreaking — semifinal victory.

After England outplayed Japan for much of the second half, a charging Laura Bassett inadver-tently directed the ball at the net and it ricocheted off the crossbar for an own goal in the final minute of stoppage time, giving Japan a 2-1 win.

The victory set up the rematch with the United States. Japan, ranked No. 4 in the world, has met the second-ranked Americans three previous times at the World Cup, with the United States winning two matches before the final in Germany. Overall, the U.S. team is 25-1-6 against Japan. (ap)

NEW DELHI - Former Brazil and Real Ma-drid defender Roberto Carlos will manage Delhi Dynamos in this year’s Indian Super League (ISL), the club announced on Sunday.

“I’m coming to you and into the club which is mine now... I want to win together,” the 42-year-old said in a brief video message to the club’s fans. The league got off to a rousing start last year with Brazilian Zico headlining the managers’ list while marquee players included Italian duo Alessandro Del Piero and Marco Materazzi, and Frenchman Nicholas Anelka.

Zico has returned for his second year at the helm of FC Goa, who also signed Carlos’ 2002 World Cup-winning teammate and former Bayern Munich defender Lucio as their marquee player. Anelka also returned to Mumbai City FC, this time as player-cum-coach.

Carlos, famous for his free-kick prowess during his playing days, replaces Dutchman Harm van Veldhoven, under whom Delhi finished at fifth spot last year. The second season of the eight-team league, boasting of celebrity owners, kicks off on Oct. 3. (rtr)

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers moved to reinforce his depleted coach-ing set up with the left field appointment of Sean O’Driscoll and the promotion of Pepijn Lijnders from the academy.

O’Driscoll, sacked by second tier Bristol City 18 month ago, leaves his head coach position with the England under-19s to become Rodgers’ assistant following the axing of Colin Pascoe after a review of a disappointing season by the club’s Ameri-can owners.

The Fenway Sports Group also decided to dismiss first-team coach Mike Marsh fol-lowing the evaluation in Boston last month but Rodgers was kept on despite a trophy-less campaign and sixth place league finish. “I have made these appointments because I want to take us in a new technical direc-tion, in terms of coaching,” Rodgers said in a statement on Monday.

“I believe the entire first-team set-up will benefit and I am extremely positive and excited about what we can achieve, as a group, going forward.” The Northern Irishman came under heavy pressure last year after failing to match the heights of the previous title-challenging campaign following the sale of talismanic striker Luis Suarez to Barcelona.

A vast outlay on new signings failed to fill the void left by Suarez’s departure and a disappointing Champions League campaign ended at the group stage, while a meek exit to Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi-finals

ended any hopes of silverware.The former Swansea City, Watford and

Reading boss was also criticised for his constant tinkering of tactics and personnel through the campaign.

He was confident, though, of a change in fortunes at the 18-times English and five-times European champions following the introduction of O’Driscoll, a former Ireland international whose management experience has been limited to the lower echelons of English league football.

O’Driscoll enjoyed promotion success with Doncaster Rovers and Bournemouth but the 58-year-old, known for playing a Rodgers-like passing style, was sacked from his more recent roles with Nottingham Forest and Bristol City. “My admiration for Sean, as a professional, is well docu-mented,” Rodgers added.

“He is someone with a clear vision and philosophy and has proved he has the ability to transfer that knowledge, through his coaching, to the players.” O’Driscoll was understandably thrilled at the oppor-tunity. “I am excited to be joining one of the world’s most iconic football clubs,” he said.

Lijnders is already familiar with the An-field surroundings having joined in August last year to oversee the development of the under-16s having held similar roles with PSV Eindhoven and Porto. The Dutchman will take on the newly created role of first team development coach. (rtr)

SANTIAGO - Three people were killed and sev-eral injured and arrested in massive street celebra-tions in Chile following the host country’s triumph in the Copa America soccer tournament, local media reported Sunday.

Chileans streamed into roads, squares and bars after their team beat bitter rival Argentina 4-1 on penalties Saturday - the South American country’s first ever ma-jor trophy. Thousands continued rejoicing Sunday.

“This is the biggest celebration we’ve seen in

Chile,” regional governor of Santiago Claudio Orrego said. One man was shot dead in a victory celebration, local newspaper La Tercera reported.

Two people were killed and several others injured when a car slammed into street revelers, local radio Bio-Bio said.

Some crowds attempted to loot shops and su-permarkets before being stopped by police, who made more than two dozen arrests, La Tercera reported. (rtr)

Japan emotional after World Cup loss

Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP

Japan goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori (18) is consoled by Kozue Ando after losing to the United States in 5-2 in the FIFA Wom-en’s World Cup soccer championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Sunday, July 5, 2015.

IBP/ist

Roberto Carlos

Roberto Carlos joins Delhi team in Indian league

Three killed in street revels in Chile after soccer win -media

Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP

United States’ Carli Lloyd holds

the trophy after they defeated Ja-

pan 5-2 in the FIFA Women’s World

Cup soccer championship

in Vancouver, British

Columbia, Canada, Sunday, July 5, 2015.

Lloyd hat trick leads US over Japan 5-2 for World Cup title

VANCOUVER — Carli Lloyd lives for the big moment. She had her biggest on Sunday night — and gave the United States its record third Women’s World Cup title. Lloyd scored three times as the U.S. jumped to a four-goal lead in the first 16 minutes, and the Americans overwhelmed defending champion Japan 5-2 for the team’s first World Cup championship since 1999.

While winning the last three Olym-pic gold medals, the U.S. had struggled in the World Cup since taking the title at the inaugural tournament in 1991 and then again at the Rose Bowl eight years later.

Christie Rampone, the only hold-over from the 1999 team, lifted the trophy with Wambach, the 35-year-old former FIFA Player of the Year who has said this will be her last World Cup. Wambach was among the most vocal opponents of FIFA’s decision to play the tourna-ment on artificial turf.

With FIFA President Sepp Blatter staying away from Canada during a U.S. criminal investigation of soccer corruption, the trophy was presented by FIFA Senior Vice President Issa Hayatou of Cameroon, the head of African soccer’s governing body.

Hope Solo won her second straight Golden Glove as top goalkeeper of the tournament. She played despite critics who urged the U.S. Soccer Federation to drop her after she initially faced two misdemeanor counts of domestic violence from a June 2014 altercation at her half-sister’s house, charges that were dismissed earlier this year. Solo, who hasn’t spoken to the media for most of the tournament, proclaimed

simply: “We did it! Awe-some!”

The title, which adds a coveted third star to the American uniform, also vindicated the USSF for its decision in April

2014 to fire coach Tom Ser-

man-ni, who

h a d r e -placed Pia

S u n d - hage the previous year, and replace him with Ellis, the British-born American who had been an assistant on the coaching staff.

Ellis’ tactics and lineups were criti-cized early in the World Cup tourna-ment when the U.S. offense sputtered at times on offense. She shifted Lloyd to an attacking midfielder in the semi-final against top-ranked Germany and again in the final, and put 22-year-old Morgan Brian, the youngest player on her roster, in a defensive midfield role.

“I want to thank Jill,” Lloyd said. “I know lots of people out in the stands

were worried about us. We all held togeth-er. We all stayed the course. We all executed the game

plan.” Lloyd had come up big before,

scoring the winning goals in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic finals.

She put the U.S. ahead in the third min-ute off a grass-hugging corner kick from Me-gan Rapinoe, streaking into the penalty area on a diagonal run and us-ing the side of her left foot just in front of the spot to redirect the ball inside the far post.

She made it 2-0 after Holiday took a low free kick from the flank and Johnston made a back-heel flick to Lloyd, who was 2 yards out. With her right foot, she poked the ball between two defenders and past Kaihori’s out-stretched arms.

Lloyd’s third goal came when Kaihori ventured far off her line. The keeper backpedaled and got her right hand on the long shot, but the ball glanced off a post into the goal.

It was the fastest hat trick in World Cup history — men or women — and Lloyd became the first American since Michelle Akers in 1991 to score mul-tiple goals in a World Cup final. The only other hat trick in a World Cup final was when England’s Geoff Hurst scored three times against Germany in the men’s 1966 final at Wembley. “Miss Lloyd she always does this to us. In

London she scored 2 goals and today she scored

3 goals. We are embarrassed,”

Japan coach Norio Sa-saki said. “But she is an ex-ce l len t p l a y e r and I re-ally re-

spect her and admire

her.” (ap)

Liverpool appoint coaches O’Driscoll and Lijnders

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SEMARAPURA - Tihingan village is one of the villages in Banjarangkan sub-district, Klungkung being renowned as the central producer of traditional gamelan mu-sical instrument. On that account, the buyer or gamelan players from various regions in

Bali, even outside the region, often come to this central producer of gamelan in Bali.

Chief of Tihingan customary village, I Made Soma Wandita, said the village was inhabited by 174 households with a popula-tion of 832 people. Of that number, about

90 percent was gamelan craftsman. The rest had profession as farmer, trader, carpenter, civil servant and police. Therefore, the ma-jority of people chose to work at their home village rather than outside the area.

The profession of making gamelan in-

strument is carried out through generations. In general there are two groups of gamelan artisan, namely the group in charge of mak-ing and forming various kinds of gamelan instruments and those being competent in calibrating the gamelan tones.

IBP/File Photo

Center of Gamelan craft in Bali But at Silverstone, when rain fell in the second-half of the race, the team made the right call with Hamilton to seal his third Brit-ish GP victory. Rosberg thought Hamilton call was wrong “Monaco was particularly difficult because the virtual safety car played a role first time,” said Wolff. “It was very tricky and we had a problem in our system which made us decide what we shouldn’t have decided. “Here it was completely concentrated, calm,

focused on the priorities and that was certainly a part of getting it all right.”

Wolff said Hamilton was the one to make the call as to when to come in for intermedi-ates but praised the team as a whole for its performance at Silverstone. “This is a team. It is always a joint exercise, we cock-up together and we win together,” he said.

What more could Williams have done? “The exchange on the radio about what is

happening out there on track, and the strategy regarding the traffic management were spot on today. “Then finally, with the rain hitting us, it was just calm on the radio, and so good about what the options were. “We had the guys in Brackley saying ‘it’s raining like hell here’.

“Then it was his call. He said the tyres were not good enough any more, and the rain was increasing. “He made the pit call at the right time, and with the right amount of information that is what made the race.

“It was the absolutely right call, but it wasn’t obvious, so leaving the other car out there was the right strategy in terms of split-ting the cars.” (rtr)

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Austin Dillon’s car (3) crashes against

the catch fence during the finish of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona Interna-tional Speedway.

Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Mercedes F1 team bounced back from Monaco

Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff said he was pleased with how the team reacted to changing conditions in the British Grand Prix following its slip-up in Monaco. Lewis Hamilton was cruising to the chequered flag in Monte Carlo when his team blun-dered by calling the Briton in for fresh tyres, a decision that cost him the win.

McIlroy ruptures ligament in ankle while playing soccer

LONDON — World number one Rory McIlroy has ruptured a ligament in his left ankle while playing soccer less than two weeks before the start of his British Open title defense.

The Northern Irish golfer gave no indi-cation how long he would be out in the an-nouncement M o n d a y on his Ins-tagram ac-count, only saying that he is “work-ing hard to get back as soon a s I can.”

“ T o t a l rupture of l e f t ATFL (ankle liga-ment) and associated jo in t cap-sule damage in a soccer k i c k a b o u t with friends o n S a t u r -day,” McIl-roy wrote. “Continuing to assess extent of injury and treatment plan day by day. Rehab already started..... Working hard to get back as soon as I can.” The British Open starts on July 16 at St. Andrews in Scotland. (ap)

AP Photo/Lenny IgnelziRory McIlroy, of Northern Ire-land, warms up on the range before a practice round for the U.S. Open golf tourna-ment at Chambers Bay on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 in University Place, Wash.

Reuters / Paul Childs

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton cel-ebrates his win after the race with Nico Rosberg and the team

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INDONESIAW RLD

“In building the public’s trust, the head of state must be assisted by capable people who are not facing problems regarding basic necessities for themselves and their families,” Sidarto Danusub-roto noted in response to the country’s current socio-economic condition.

Therefore, Joko Widodo’s gov-ernment must be able to maintain the trust that the people have placed on it, so that economic development in the country can be boosted, he affirmed.

“Maintaining the people’s trust

is a must. Economic development is closely related to the public’s trust both within and outside In-donesia,” Danusubroto said.

He, however, appeared reluc-tant to reply to the questions posed by journalists regarding President Widodo’s meeting with Head of the Presidential Advisory Board Sri Adiningsih.

“I do not want to comment on the meeting. My point is that there must be public trust, as the coun-try’s economy is closely related to it,” he emphasized.

Meanwhile, Adiningsih stated

that the Presidential Advisory Board’s members have an obli-gation to convey their views on the country’s current situation, including matters related to eco-nomic performance.

“A lot of things still need to be improved, as we must also observe the current dynamics of the world’s economy in view of the Greek crisis. In this context, Indonesia has its own vision and mission as well as the target that it has set. How do we achieve the targets that have been set?” she added. (ant)

JAYAPURA - The Regional office of the Investment Coordi-nating Board (BKPM) of Papua said a significant increase has been recorded in the number of investors doing business in that province.

Head of the Papua office of BKPM Jhon Way said on Mon-day the increase in the number of investors was obvious from the realization of the investment target of Rp31 trillion set by the central government for Papua.

Investment in Papua in the first

half of this year were valued at Rp29 trillion in the mining, plan-tation and farming, fisheries and forestry sectors, Jhon said.

He said the completion of layout stipulation is one of the factors boosting investment in Papua.

He said layout stipulation is important as one of the references for investors in the province.

Investors are no longer wor-ried over possible problem on layout with the certainty of the regulation. (ant)

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An Indonesian Muslim women sells cake ingredients during the holy month of Ramadan at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, July 6, 2015. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn till dusk.

SLEMAN - Some 11 tourism villages in Sleman district, Yogya-karta, are ready to receive thousands of tourists during the 2015 Idul Fitri, or Lebaran holiday season, according to the local Culture and Tourism Department spokesperson Ayu Laksmidewi.

“The tourism managers in the villages in Sleman have expressed their readiness to receive thousands of tourists during the Lebaran holi-day season this year,” Ayu stated on Monday.

She pointed out that there are more than 30 tourism villages in Sleman, but some are develop-ing well while some are not, and hence, they need to be intensively promoted.

“Of more than 30 tourism vil-lages in Sleman, only 11 are poised

to receive the tourists during this year’s Lebaran holiday season,” Ayu pointed out.

According to Ayu, the number of tourism villages in Sleman contin-ues to increase from year to year, and they have become an alternative tourist destination.

“The tourism villages are very flexible, as they can provide fa-cilities for holding both large- and small-scale Meeting, Incentive, Conference, and Exhibition (MICE) activities,” Ayu noted.

She affirmed that both domestic and foreign tourists will flock to the tourism villages of Pentingsari, Umbulharjo, Cangkringan, Tan-jung, Donoharjo, Ngaglik, Dukuh, Donokerto Turi, Rumah Domes, Sumberharjo, and Prambanan dur-ing this year’s holidays. (ant)

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A man visit mini museum in Mt. Merapi foot-hill, Sleman. Some 11 tourism villages in Sleman district, Yogyakarta, are ready to receive thousands of tourists during the 2015 Idul Fitri, or Lebaran holiday season.

Sleman tourism villages ready to welcome tourists

President urged to maintain people’s trust

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo needs to maintain the people’s trust on his administra-tion, as it will directly affect the political and economic sectors of the country, a member of the Presidential Advisory Board stated on Monday.

More investors to venture in Papua

MERS-CoV was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and has now infected a number of patients in South Korea.

It is a disease caused by a coronavi-rus that attacks the respiratory tract. Its symptoms include fever, acute cough, and shortness of breath.

According to the Central Statistical

Agency of Bali, 62,817 tourists visited the province from South Korea in the January to May period this year. It constitutes the fifth-highest number of tourist arrivals to Bali.

The number jumped nearly 12 per-cent as compared to that in the same period last year, when it was recorded at 56,120. (ant)

Seoul portrayed the decision as a diplomatic win after Japan also agreed to acknowledge its history of forcing tens of thousands of South Koreans, Chinese and World War II prisoners of war to work at dozens of factories, mines and other industrial facilities, conscripted to fill labor shortages especially toward the end of the war. China called for a better accounting from Tokyo on its past forced labor practices.

Though the number of survi-vors is dwindling, some of those who endured starvation, abuse by their captors and bombardment are still seeking redress, or at least apology.

Until recently, Seoul had object-ed to the listing by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee unless the role of Korean prisoners forced to work at the sites during World War II was formally recognized. The two countries sparred for weeks but eventually reached a compromise that finessed the is-sue. It is unlikely to entirely finish it, however.

“Japan is prepared to take mea-sures that allow an understanding that there were a large number of Koreans and others who were brought against their will and forced to work under harsh condi-tions in the 1940s at some of the sites,” the Japanese delegation said in a statement.

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said the country was pleased that the sites were recog-nized “in the form that takes ac-count of our legitimate concerns.” “We have achieved our principle and position that historical truths must be reflected as they are,” he said.

Japanese officials expressed their delight with the UNESCO list-ings, which include Gunkanjima, or “Battleship Island,” a former coal mine on a fortress island off Japan’s southwest coast.

Kenji Kitahayashi, the mayor of Kitakyushu, a city where the Yawata steel mill, which used thousands of forced laborers, is located, said the value of places that “became the driving force of

Japan’s industrial development has gained global recognition.”

Japan’s foreign minister, Fumio Kishida, said in a statement that Japan would “sincerely address the recommendations by the Inter-national Council on Monuments and Sites,” which asked that Japan acknowledge that foreign workers were forced to labor at many of the sites and that its exhibits reflect the entire history of those places.

But Kishida emphasized that Ja-pan had not budged in its stance that any issues related to compensation, including forced labor, were settled decades ago. China’s official Xin-hua News Agency cited Beijing’s UNESCO envoy as questioning Japan’s recognition of that past.

“There still lacks an adequate account from Japan of the whole facts surrounding the use of forced labor,” it cited Zhang Xiuqin, the UNESCO ambassador, as say-ing. She urged Japan to ensure that “the sufferings of each and every one of the forced laborers are remembered, and their dignity upheld.” (ap)

BANGKOK — Thai customs of-ficials said Monday they seized 250 kilograms (550 pounds) of ivory — or about 130 tusks and pieces — hidden in crates being shipped from Africa to Asia.

The haul was headed from Congo to Laos and transited through sev-eral countries in between, said the deputy director-general of Thailand’s Customs Department, Chamroen Photiyod. He said Thai authorities received a tip-off and began tracking the shipment when it left Addis Ababa airport in Ethiopia.

On Friday, authorities at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport stopped the

shipment which was inside two wood-en crates marked “marble pieces” that contained four suitcases with the ivory inside, Chamroen told a news conference.

The ivory was worth an estimated 10 million baht (US$295,000), he said. This is the 11th ivory seizure the Thai Customs Department has made this year.

Thailand is a major transit hub and destination for smuggled tusks, which are often carved into tourist trinkets and ornaments. Poachers have killed tens of thousands of African elephants for their tusks in recent years to meet demand for ivory in Asia. (ap)

YEREVAN, Armenia — Police in the Armenian capital have cleared away barricades to unblock a central avenue that demonstrators had occu-pied for two weeks to protest hikes in electricity prices in the impoverished former Soviet nation.

Police on Monday also peacefully detained about 20 demonstrators who refused to disperse, but said they would soon be freed. It was unclear whether the protest would resume elsewhere in the evening.

The prolonged standoff with po-lice was the most serious unrest that Armenia, a close ally of Russia, has seen in years.

As the number of protesters grew, reaching about 15,000, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan promised June 27 to suspend the rate increase. The protesters, however, refused to remove their barricades, formed from large trash containers, but the number joining the nightly protest rallies gradually dwindled. (ap)

AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko

In this June 29, 2015 photo, tourists take a photo during a visit to Hashima Island, commonly known as Gunkanjima, which mean “Battleship Island,” off Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, southern Japan. Japanese officials expressed elation Monday, July 6, 2015, over the U.N.

Heritage title for Japan industry sites draws mixed reaction

TOKYO — Japanese officials Monday celebrated the U.N. cultural body’s approval of world heritage status for 23 historic sites showing the country’s transformation from feudal isolation into an industrial power at the end of the 19th century.

Bali steps up...

AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit

Thai customs officials display seized ivory during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 6, 2015. Thai authorities seized more than 200 kilograms of ivory hidden in luggage shipped out from Congo to Laos.

Thailand seizes illegal ivory in crates marked as ‘marble’

Armenian police disperse protest after 2 weeks

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s ringgit hit a 16-year low Monday on growing political uncertainty following allegations that a probe into a state investment fund found hundreds of millions of dollars were transferred into the prime minister’s personal accounts.

The currency dropped 0.8 per-cent to 3.8088 against the greenback in Kuala Lumpur, the lowest level since May 1999.

The currency was fixed at 3.8 to the dollar in 1998 during the Asian financial crisis after it slumped 35 percent the previous year. The peg was dropped in 2005.

Malaysian stocks were also down 1.3 percent, in line with regional markets that have been roiled by the Greek debt negotia-tion saga.

The Wall Street Journal re-ported on Friday that government investigators had uncovered nearly $700 million that moved through government agencies, banks and companies linked to state-con-trolled investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

It said the funds ended up in the accounts of premier Najib Razak, who chairs the advisory board of 1MDB which he launched in 2009.

Malaysia’s attorney general said Saturday that a task force would investigate the allegation, which Najib has dismissed as “political sabotage”.

1MDB has said it had never provided any funds to Najib, and the premier has in the past persistently denied any wrongdoing.

Both Najib and 1MDB have also

said that previous leaked documents had “reportedly” been tampered with, and that the documents cited

by the WSJ had not been verified.The prime minister, under pres-

sure after being accused of failing

to properly address allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars have gone missing from deals involving

1MDB, earlier this year ordered government auditors to examine the fund’s books. (afp)

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In the final tally early Monday, 61.31 percent of Greeks had re-jected creditor demands for further austerity in return for more bailout funds, sending Greece’s eurozone partners scrambling to respond and European stock markets tumbling.

Until now, the ECB has agreed to keep Greek banks -- and, by extension, the debt-wracked Greek economy afloat -- on life support via the eurozone’s Emergency Liquid-

ity Assistance or ELA facility. But the overwhelming ‘No’ vote

has made the ECB’s position far more difficult.

“Without a clear prospect of an immediate bailout deal that could prevent a full-scale sovereign default after Greece’s de facto de-fault on the IMF last week ... it is very hard for the ECB to authorise continuing emergency support for Greek banks, let alone to allow

an increase in such support,” said Berenberg Bank economist Holger Schmieding.

Among the flurry of meetings by European policymakers to decide how to respond to the referendum, ECB president Mario Draghi was scheduled to talk via telephone con-ference with EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem and the head of the European Council Don-ald Tusk on Monday morning.

Draghi would then chair a meet-ing of the ECB’s governing council later in the day to discuss ELA, after the Bank of Greece requested that

the ELA ceiling be lifted.“While politicians in the eu-

rozone are preparing for possible new talks, it is once again up to the ECB to do the dirty work,” said ING DiBa economist Carsten Brzeski.

“The ‘No’ has not made the ECB’s life any easier. With every step that Greece is moving closer to total default or even a Grexit and Greek banks are losing deposits, it will be harder for the ECB to label Greek banks as solvent, and thereby eligible for ELA,” Brzeski said.

In Paris, French Finance Minis-ter Michel Sapin insisted that the ELA “cannot be lowered.”

ELA is currently the only source of financing for Greek banks, and therefore the Greek economy. But with Greece’s bailout programme now officially expired and no new programme on the table, the con-ditions for ELA to be kept open are no longer fulfilled. The ECB defines ELA as support given by eurozone national central banks in “exceptional circumstances and on a case-by-case basis to temporarily illiquid institutions and markets”.

If there are no euros in the banks, then Greece may be forced to intro-duce a parallel currency with which to pay its bills. (afp)

All eyes on ECB after Greek ‘No’ voteFRANKFURT - All eyes were on the European Central Bank on

Monday following the resounding ‘No’ in the Greek referendum, with the ECB seen as the only institution capable of calming market panic and preventing the Greek economy from collapsing.

Malaysia ringgit hits 16-year low on political uncertainty

AP Photo/Vincent ThianPeople walk in front of the trading board at a private stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, July 6, 2015. Malaysia’s ringgit hit a 16-year low Monday on growing political uncertainty following allegations that a probe into a state investment fund found hundreds of millions of dollars were transferred into the prime minister’s personal accounts.

BANGLI - Trunyan village has been dubbed the earthquake-proof village. Believe it or not, when a large earthquake shook Bali in 1970s, this village that borders the county of Karangasem, was the only village that was not af-fected by the tremors, despite the surrounding areas being damaged by the high magnitude earthquake. Trunyan villagers believe that Ida Ratu Sakti Pancering Jagat spared

the village from the quake. Ida Ratu Sakti abides at the

Ratu Sakti Pancering Jagat Temple in Trunyan. The temple is believed to be the center of Bali. The temple is also called the Kancing Gumi.

This thousands of years old temple, has a number of shrines. One of them is the seven-tiered meru shrine, which stores the sacred Datonta statue. This statue has some unique properties. This

ancient stone statue is believed by local people to naturally grow larger each year, and it has now reached the height of about four meters. Not everyone can look directly at the statue. It is said that the statue was originally a small stone emerging from the ground. The stone seemed strange because it could grow like a living creature. Day by day the stone became larg-er and transformed into a statue, the statue of a standing man.

The Datonta or Ida Ratu Sakti Pancering Jagat was originally a wanderer from Dalem Solo. He

came to Trunyan to find the source of the fragrant scent that he smells from Solo. On his arrival at Tru-nyan, he found that the source of the fragrant scent was apparently emerging from the body of a god-dess, a very beautiful goddess.

Her beauty captivated the nomad and he wanted to marry her. The goddess agreed provided that the nomad was willing to become a king at Trunyan. The wanderer agreed to her condition. The king ruled the region wisely. His journey did not leave any traces and he is believed to have attained moksha or reunion

with the Creator. Afterwards, he became a stone that eventually emerged from the ground, while the Goddess is currently venerated as Ratu Ayu Pingit Dalem Dasar. She resides in the sapta petala shrine bearing the task of preserving the existence of Lake Batur.

If an earthquake occurs in Bali, local Trunyan residents ordinarily bring a pestle made from the eryth-rina tree to Pancering Jagat Tem-ple. The pestle will be pounded into the ground around the home of the Datonta statue to tamp the soil around his feet. (kmb)

The reward and punishment is not come directly but indirectly as well, so Balinese will say to some-one who done something; lets Ida Sang Hyiang Whidi Wasa, The Su-preme God will judge it by reward-ing or punishing the perpetrator.

If you happen to be strolling in Singaraja, the capital of Buleleng Regency, in the North of Bali, along Jalan Gajah Mada, on the south east corner you encounter

a wall of Buleleng’s cemetery, a relief carved on the wall depict-ing the reward and punishment after-life.

The relief carved on the cement wall and painted white. The fig-ures of the relief divided into two parts, on the right from where you are standing is the figures of evil characters and the left is the noble character. This division of placing the two confronted characters aslo

can be found during the “wayang” (puppet show) of where the puppe-teer places his puppet figures on the same way planted on a banana trunk underneath of stretched cloth screen called in Balinese “kelir”.

This kind of puppet shadow performance is usually staged as part of “ngaben” (cremation) ritual taking a line of story “Bima Swarga” or “Bima goes to Heaven”. The story goes that Bima, one of Pandawa brothers in Mahabaratha Hindu Epic, as physically strongest among his brothers goes to heaven to find out what the cause of his mother death. During his journey, Bima witnesses what is happen-

ing in the heaven of those who did good thing are rewarded and those did wrong-doing are punished. As just for example, those who have caught red-handed stealing are punished by cutting their hands and those who have done noble things are rewarded by being surrounded beautiful angels.

What you may find very interest-ing of the relief on the wall, there is a God holding a “lontar” (palm script paper) on one of his hands flanked by two other as guardians. In the “lontar” it is believed, what has been done by everyone and when someone dies God will check the note in the lontar and the the

God will determines whether he or she will be rewarded or punished. All of these scenes can be seen on the relief of the wall of Buleleng’s cemetery. This kind of relief can also be found on the front wall of “Pura Dalem” (the Temple of the Dead) located at Sangsit, Bule-leng.

On this temple the relief were carved on the sand stone and due to the wind and moisture the relief is now eroding and despite in such a situation the temple is frequently visited by tourists due to the attrac-tive line of story of Bima Swarga, reward and punishment after live. (nyoman suwela)

Reward and punishment after-life

Datonta Statue

SINGARAJA - The Balinese believes that everyone will be judged after she or he dies in the life after. In Balinese faith it is called “Karma Pala” literally in English “you will reap what you have planted, or in short you will be rewarded or punished on what you have done, not during your life but after you died or in after-life.

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The country’s national weather service says an automated measure-ment station recorded a temperature

of 40.3 degrees Celsius (104.54 Fahrenheit) in Kitzingen, northern Bavaria, on Sunday afternoon.

Weather service spokesman Uwe Kirsche said Monday that the record won’t be official until technicians have manually checked the station. But he says “we as-

sume that our equipment worked properly.”

The previous record of 40.2 Cel-sius was measured in the southwest-ern city of Karlsruhe in 2003. Storms across parts of Germany on Sunday night brought temperatures back down. (ap)

PAMPLONA, Spain — Thou-sands of revelers doused each other with wine Monday to celebrate the start of the famed San Fermin running of the bulls festival in this northern Spanish city.

The festival started with the traditional launching of a fire-works rocket — known as the “Chupinazo”— from the town hall balcony. The heaving crowd packed the square down below, jumping and screaming “Viva San Fermin!”

Most in the crowd waved red neckerchiefs, which along with white shirts and trousers form the traditional festival clothing.

The Chupinazo takes place a day before the first of eight 8 a.m. bull

runs. Thousands of people at the festival test their speed and brav-ery by racing ahead of six fighting bulls along a 930-yard (850-meter) course from a holding pen to the city’s bull ring. The bulls are then killed by professional matadors in bullfights each afternoon.

The nine-day, street-partying fiesta was immortalized in Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises” and attracts thousands of foreign tourists.

Bull runs, or “encierros,” as they are called in Spanish, are a traditional part of summer festivals across Spain. Dozens are injured each year in the runs, most of them in falls.

Two men have died being gored

by bulls in Spanish festivals in re-cent weeks — one Saturday in the eastern town of Grao de Castellon and another June 24 in the south-western town of Coria.

Five Spaniards, two Australians and one American were gored in last year’s festival in Pamplona. In all, 15 people have died from gorings in San Fermin since record-keeping began in 1924.(ap)

NEW YORK — A solid gold chain and an intricate gold-and-enamel spoon are among items pulled from the wreckage of a 400-year-old Spanish galleon that will be auctioned off next month.

Nuestra Senora de Atocha went down in a violent hurricane in 1622 near the Florida Keys laden with New World gold while en route to Spain. It was among a fleet of nine ships that were lost at sea. Hundreds of people perished, including nobility who brought along their personal jewels.

Treasure hunter Mel Fisher searched 16 years for it before discovering the Atocha mother lode in 1985. What he found was the stuff of legends — 40 tons of silver and gold, fine Colombian emeralds and more than 1,000 silver bars.

On Aug. 5, Guernsey’s will auction 40 select items from the doomed ship. They represent some of Mel and Dorothy Fisher’s favorite pieces, said their daughter, Taffi Fisher Abt. Fisher died in 1998. His wife, Dorothy, died in 2009.

They include two spectacular gold chains. One, called a “money chain,” has big links the size of a thumbnail and extends past the waist. Fisher wore it on the “Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” soon after the ship’s discovery.

In the Colonial era, the Spanish king placed a 20-percent tariff on gold bullion called the Royal Fifth. But if the gold was turned into jewelry, the tax was forgiven. Each link of the “money chain” is of equal size and weight and could be twisted off and used as formal currency. It could bring $90,000 to $120,000.

The other chain features ornate carved links that come down to the knees — a favorite of Fisher Abt’s mother. It could sell for $40,000 to $50,000. “It’s real high-carat gold. ... Purer than any gold you’d buy in a store today,” she said.

Other highlights include an intricate gold spoon of Peruvian and Spanish origin. It’s believed to have been used during Communion by priests who sailed to the Americas to convert the natives to Christianity, said Fisher Abt. The spoon’s black enamel neck is decorated with scrolling flora and birds and a carved masculine face flanked by condors, a symbol of royalty among the Inca people. It’s estimated to bring $160,000 to $180,000. (ap)

AP Photo/Lionel CironneauChildren cool off in the water fountains in Nice, southeastern France, Sunday, July 5, 2015. A mass of hot air moving north from Africa is bringing unusually hot weather to Western Europe, with France in recent days experiencing temperatures around 34 degrees Celsius (93 Fahrenheit).

European heat wave gives Germany record temperature

BERLIN — Europe’s heat wave has pushed the mercury to its high-est level in Germany since measure-ments began in 1881.

Treasures from sunken Spanish galleon set for auction

Running of the bulls festival starts; crowd doused in wine

Revelers hold up traditional red neckties during the launch

of the “Chupinazo” rocket, to celebrate the official opening of

the 2015 San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Monday, July

6, 2015. AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

DENPASAR - The National Narcotic Agen-cy (BNNK) for the City of Denpasar, raided the Bahari Karaoke bar lo-cated on Jalan Gurita Denpasar, on Thursday (Jul. 2). The raid, car-ried out around 3:00 p.m. yielded three peo-ple who are suspected of taking drugs in one of the karaoke rooms as well as material evi-dence.

Chief of the BBNK Denpasar, Wayan Gede Suwahyu, confirmed the raids to reporters, on Sunday (Jul. 5). Ac-cording to Suwahyu, the raid is part of the antici-patory measures being taken to prevent drug trafficking - especially in nightclubs.

“We deployed 15 of-ficers to raid the Bahari Karaoke Bar. Police arrested three patrons for al legedly taking drugs and also secured evidence. I forgot their names because t he data was collected by our personnel,” he ex-plained.

According to Su-wahyu, two of the al-leged drug users are still undergoing investigation and are in the process of rehabilitation. The third alleged drug user will be sent to a reha-bilitation centre in Bo-gor for heavily addicted drug users. “He will be sent to Bogor tomorrow (Monday—Ed) upon the request of his parents as he is addicted to drugs,” said Suwayu.

He added that so far, the BNNK Denpasar has rehabilitated 20 drug users who were arrested in different locations. A dozen of them are pres-ently undergoing drug rehabilitation treatment at the Bangli Mental Hospital, while the oth-ers are being treated at the BNNK’s own facili-ties. (rah)

Spokesperson of PDAM Gianyar, Made Suarka, with permission from the Director Made Sastra Kencana, said that they predict that there will be an interruption in water services on Galungan and Kuningan, spe-cifically in North Gianyar in villages such as Madangan, Kabetan, Selat Samplangan and surrounding areas. “During the celebration of Galun-gan, the amount of water required by people increases, but the flow of

water is insufficient to meet these needs. Please do accept our apolo-gies” he said.

Due to such conditions, PDAM Gianyar is also appealing to its customers to be mindful of water usage whenever water is available. At present PDAM Gianyar is said to be drilling a new well next to the Babakan well and is scheduled to be completed this August (2015). Once the new well is operational, water

services will improve in the areas of Angkling, Gitgit, Bakbakan, Selat and in the region of Beng.

When asked about water supply conditions in South Gianyar, Made Suarka said that the artesian well at Keramas village has been in opera-tion since July 1, 2015. With a water discharge of 17 liter per second, it will help to improve the distribution of water in the areas of Medahan, Keramas and Blahbatuh villages. “The drilling process was quite long because of the hardness of the rock at this location, but now the artesian well at Keramas village can finally be used,” he said.

Even though the well at Keramas

village is in operation, it has yet to be able to service all the people who are requesting connections. There are currently 150 connection requests from Keramas village and 200 from Medahan that are still on a waiting list. “We cannot immediately add new connection because we still have to perform an evaluation” he explained. Nevertheless, PDAM Gianyar expects public participation in reporting to PDAM should there be any problems with their water service so that it can be handled as soon as possible. “We are asking for public participation in reporting any leaks so that we can fix it im-mediately” he said. (kmb35)

BNNK Denpasar raids Bahari Karaoke

IBP/FileA woman is looking for water to be used on her home. Water shortages in the region of Gianyar- particularly Northern Gianyar, remain regularly roblem during the celebrations of Galungan and Kuningan.

Water crisis every Galungan and Kuningan

GIANYAR - Water shortages in the region of Gianyar- particularly Northern Gianyar, remain regularly roblem during the celebrations of Galungan and Kuningan. In response to this issue, the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) Gianyar is asking for understanding from the public, given that water needs increase at this time of year.

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The 37th Bali Art FestivalTuesday, July 7, 2015

Time Place Event

11.00 Ratna Stage Panca Mask Parade by Kaliungu Kaja Troupe, Denpasar

11.00 Ayodya Stage Drama performances by Kapan Kusamba, Klungkung 14.00 Angsoka Stage Gamelan performances by Teruma Mekar

Troupe, Gianyar 17.00 Ratna Stage Genggong instrument performances by Batur Sari Troupe, Gianyar 20.00 Wantilan Balinese instrument and new creation by Cahya Art Troupe, Denpasar20.00 Ksirarnawa Hall Theatre performances by Bajranyana Music Theatre20.00 Ardha Candra Balinese song festival by Badung, Karangasem, and Klungkung Regency

The U.S. Geological Survey, the Interior Department’s re-search arm, said updated scien-tific models don’t bode well for polar bear populations across the world, especially in Alaska.

The report released this week is part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s recovery plan for the polar bear. It is expected to be published Thursday in the Federal Register.

Greenhouse gases are blamed for the climate warming that’s reducing the polar bear’s summer sea ice habitat.

The effects of diminished sea ice will lead to population declines throughout the cen-tury. Scientists saw no rebound in population numbers in the projections that stretched to the year 2100.

The scientific models attempt-ed to predict the effects on polar bear populations under two sce-narios: one in which greenhouse gas emissions stabilized, and the other in which they continued unabated.

Under either scenario, the bears in the Alaska, Russia and Norway group — with an esti-mated population of about 8,500 — would start to be affected in either 2025 or 2030, said lead author Todd Atwood, an Alaska-based USGS research wildlife biologist.

He said the main reason is this part of the Arctic has suf-fered some of the most dramatic declines in summer sea ice.

Polar bears feed primarily on seals and use sea ice for feeding, mating and giving birth. When the sea ice retreats in the summer, polar bears are forced to land. A study earlier this year found the land-based food would not help a polar bear adapt to the loss of sea ice. The Office of Naval Research said the past eight years have had the eight lowest amounts of sum-mer sea ice on record.

The USGS didn’t predict spe-cific number declines and instead projected whether a population would see a decreased or a great-ly decreased population.

“That’s not to say that we’ll lose polar bears completely out of the area, but we think that they’ll be at a greatly decreased distribution than what they cur-rently are,” Atwood said.

Polar bears in Canada and Greenland also could see dra-matic population drops by 2050. Bears in the high Canadian Arctic fared the best in the two scientific models. They saw a “greatly de-creased” population only under the worst-case scenario.

“Polar bears are in big trouble,” said Rebecca Noblin, Alaska di-rector for the Center for Biologi-cal Survey. “There are other steps

NEW YORK — Shakespeare said a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. In fact, many kinds of roses today have little fragrance. But a new discov-ery might change that.

Brian Battaile/U.S. Geological Survey via AP, File

In this June 15, 2014 file photo, a polar bear dries off after taking a swim in the Chukchi Sea in Alaska. About a third of the world’s polar bears could be in imminent danger from greenhouse gas emissions in as soon as a decade, a U.S. government report shows.

Study: Polar bears could feel global warming’s sting by 2025

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — About a third of the world’s polar bears could be in imminent danger from greenhouse gas emis-sions in as soon as a decade, a U.S. government report shows.

we can take to slow the decline of polar bears, but in the long run, the only way to save polar bears in the Arctic is to reduce

greenhouse gas emissions.”The Center for Biological

Diversity originally petitioned for polar bears to be listed as

threatened under the Endangered Species Act. In 2008, the species became the first to be listed be-cause of global warming. (ap)

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This Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015 file photo shows roses during preparations for the Philadelphia Flower Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

Heaven scent: Finding may help restore fragrance to roses

A study of roses that do have a strong scent revealed a previ-ously unknown chemical process in their petals. It’s key to their alluring odor.

Experts said the finding might let scientists restore a pleasing scent to rose varieties that have lost it because of breeding for traits like color or longevity.

French scientists identified a gene that’s far more active in a heavily scented kind of rose than in a type with little odor. This gene, which produces an enzyme, revealed the odor-producing pro-cess. (ap)

SEMARAPURA - High de-mand of mosaic stone materials and the abundance of availability on Klotok Beach cause many peo-ple to mine it on Klotok Beach and surrounding areas. Unfortunately, the business involving hundreds of people is allowed to go rampant. Each day the mine of mosaic stone reaches five tons to be sold to vari-ous counties in Bali.

The lucrative mosaic stone business has already been hap-pening for many years. According to Chairman of Commission I of the Klungkung House, Komang Suantara, at least five tons of mo-saic stone materials are collected from the Klotok Beach each day. He revealed that the exploitation of mosaic stone material on Klotok Beach has caused tremendous damages. When calculated, the collection of mosaic stone mate-rials on Klotok Beach during 15 years has reached 2,250 tons. One of the mosaic stone businesses arrested when transporting the materials collected by farmers is Wirda Jaya from Singaraja. “You can imagine how sad it will be if the sublime assets becoming the protector of the southern side is exploited,” he explained.

He regretted the profession shifting of farmers around the Klotok Beach that are now choos-ing to collect mosaic stone ma-terials. Moreover, it is obtaining a green light from the Regent of Klungkung I Nyoman Suwirta. If the wage of farmers is calculated and compared to the selling price of mosaic stone sold by the entrepre-neurs is only a quarter of it. “Our farmers can only enjoy a quarter of the results they have collected, but the people over there serving as capitalist can enjoy abundant profits,” quipped the legislator familiarly addressed as Otal.

His party asked the executive to stop the massive environmental de-struction. In addition, the legislator from Pande hamlet, Semarapura Kelod Kangin, also requested the people to appreciate and respect the abundant materials deposited for posterity.

Terminating is an appropriate measure before the nature rages and results in tears. The House is ready if the Klotok Beach will be arranged into a tourist attraction and some farmers will be involved in man-aging. The system and measures of local government lies in their hands,” he concluded. (dwa)

Such rampant buildings make the authority of the four Dalem Tamblingan customary villages start worrying if the situation is not immediately addressed by relevant agencies. The village authority has even reported the allegation of building violation to the government of Buleleng and was received by Deputy Regent of Buleleng Nyoman Sutjidra, last week.

The Leader of Team Nine doubling as the Chief of Munduk customary village, Banjar subdis-trict, said on Sunday (Jul. 5) that his party alleged the violation of tourist facility construction has taken place since long time ago. Initially, people only built a gaze-bo and wooden bench. But lately the facilities began to change into a permanent building. Other than used for stall, some people are also building a place to take pictures. It is very clearly included in the protected forest. One of the build-ings at the edge of the protected forest is alleged to be owned by a famous politician.

“As a matter of fact, those build-ings have been established long time ago. Since no one reprimands them, the illegal buildings at the edge of the protected forest are get-ting more rampant,” he said.

In addition to illegal buildings, added Ardana, many old trees at the edge of protected forest also fell down lately. From the infor-mation, they are alleged to have been deliberately cut down so that they will not hamper the view of Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblin-gan. More ironically, there is in-formation telling if the roots of the trees were sprinkled with carbide liquid, so that the plants will die slowly. Ultimately, the trees are dead and leave their shade only. After that, people easily cut down the trees by reason of old trees and will harm when toppling.

“That’s the information we get. It is very worrying when taking no action to maintain our forest areas so as to remain sustainable in sup-porting the availability of water in Buleleng and other regions in Bali,” he said.

Exploitation of Klotok Beach Five tons of mosaic stone

material amassed each day

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Along the road from the intersection in the peak area to the west up to Munduk village, Banjar subdistrict, the southern side of the road belonging to protected forest area has now been built with stalls or permanent buildings taken advan-tage by foreign and domestic travelers when making a visit to Buleleng.

Illegal buildings allegedly rampant at protected forest

SINGARAJA - Tourism development at Wanagiri village, Sukasada subdistrict, recently began to trigger a serious problem. As evidence, along the road from the intersection in the peak area to the west up to Munduk village, Banjar subdistrict, the southern side of the road belonging to protected forest area has now been built with stalls or permanent buildings taken advantage by foreign and domestic travelers when making a visit to Buleleng. Other than the buildings, the trees at the edge of the forest are alleged to have been marred so that they will not hamper the view of twin lakes (Buyan and Tamblingan) from the roadside.

Responding to this condition, Ardana hoped that related agen-cies in the local government must immediately take disciplining

action.His party through customary

institution is also mandated to maintain the forest area and is ready to help the government to overcome the rampant building at the edge of the protected forest. “We are ready to help prevent the illegal buildings so that they will not proliferate and prevent the damage. Moreover, the regent

has policies to arrange the area of Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan into spiritual area, so that it will not be marred by such violations,” he added. (kmb38)

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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 considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebra-tion 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 beau-tifully 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 beauti-fully 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

Solemen and Cubby House staff along with a gaggle of caring volunteers assisted with logistics, bringing the children from numerous locations around Southern Bali such as Gianyar, Renon, Sanur and Denpasar. Many of the youngsters needing to be carried in by willing help-ers as their conditions rendered them unable to walk or move unaided.

These children and their fami-lies and carers have come to the attention of Solemen because of their various illnesses, plights and conditions and they are providing much appreciated as-

sistance in an effort to help them experience a better life, much needed health care and support and aid for their families.

Their ages range from 6 months to 22 years of age and they are affl icted by such conditions including cerebral palsy, muscu-lar dystrophy, down syndrome, harlequins ichytosis and heart conditions, to name a few.

The afternoon involved the large group gathering at at The Cubby House, many taking ad-vantage of the doll houses and numerous toys and games on offer while others, unable to stand, viewed the goings on

from the comfort of their bean bags, a sparkle in their eyes and smiles on their faces conveying their enjoyment at simply being a part of the fun. Afternoon tea time rolled around and everyone enjoyed a feast the likes of nasi goreng, snacks and fresh fruit and juices.

The obvious love and care from an army of selfless vol-unteers from Solemen and the children’s family and friends was truly overwhelming to see. Families graciously relayed their stories.

For more information about the Cubby House Kids’ Club VIP program or how you can help support Solemen and their continuing work with these local families, please go to their web-site to view new and current cases requiring ongoing support. (r)

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An afternoon for every kid at Cubby House Kids Club

CANGGU - Having long been an avid supporter of Solemen Indonesia and their incredible humanitarian efforts throughout the community, The Canggu Club was more than happy to open the doors of their Kids’ Club to a group of amazing children and their carers and families for an afternoon of fun and games. Each month, as a part of their vIP program to support those less fortunate, Cubby House Kids’ Club invite a group of children to share some playtime, enjoy a meal and don their very own vIP T shirt!

The Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha, mingled with mem-bers of the local community dur-ing the clean up of the shrubs. Officials, ranging from the Regional Secretary of Jembrana Gede Gunadnya to a number of agency heads also participated in the sweet inducing cleanup that is held once a month. “We’d like to change the image of of-ficial gatherings where there seems to a great show of wealth and money wasted and instead promote beneficial activities such as this group cleanup,”

said Regent Artha. This par-ticular cleanup, held on the first Sunday of July, also co-incided with the the launching of a mutual assistance (team work) movement in the village. “such mutual assistance must continueally be encouraged. I am proud of the efforts made by the people of Candikusuma for maintaining their environ-ment,” said Artha.

In addition to the group cleanup of the culinary area, the regent also appealed to au-thorities to set aside a portion

of their income to help the poor. At least 22 poor families in the village and surrounding areas of Candikusuma were given food packages by the officials who participated in this social gath-ering. Regent Artha requested from both the officials as well as the pople, that the spirit of togetherness be maintained, so that the pro-people program could be achieved. Incidentally, the Candikusuma culinary area is having a number of facilities put in place including a wanti-lan hall. (kmb26)

DENPASAr - Investigation into the liquor being served at the Sky Garden Discotheque -which was alleged to be adulterated, has finally been terminated by the Directorate of Drug Investiga-tion Unit of Bali Police. Results of the examination of the liquor conducted by the Forensic Laboratory at the Denpasar Branch of the National Police Headquar-ters, indicated that the liquor was not harmful to humans.

Director of the Bali Police Drug Investigation Unit, Raden Purwadi, re-vealed that there is not enough evidence to continue the case into the probing stage. Based on the results of the foren-sic laboratory, that state that the liquor is not harmful to humans “we have re-turned the seized evidence,” he said.

Purwadi added that aside from the test results of the forensic laboratory, the police also asked for explanations from expert witnesses including the Indone-sia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), the Labor Agency and members of the tourism industry. In essence, no violations have been found. Moreover, the liquor is supplied by legally autho-rized distributors.

“We cannot continue this case. How-ever, we have asked the Sky Garden to provide a more sterile room in which to mix the beverages and also that they

employ professional workers, which they have agreed to do,” he said.

The representing attorney for Sky Garden, M. Rifan, when asked confirmed the matter. According to decree number: S.Tap /45b/VI/2015/Ditresnarkoba, it is stated that based on the results of the investigation of witnesses and the testi-mony of the expert from the Denpasar Branch of the Forensic Laboratory, there is insufficient evidence to fulfill criminal criteria required to continue the investigation process. The closing of the case is also based on the results of a crime scene investigation conducted on June 18. “Three employees have been released and the evidence has also been returned to the Sky Garden. The decree was issued on June 30,” said Rifan.

As reported, the case originated from information provided by the public, stat-ing that the Sky Garden Discotheque on Jalan Legian Kuta was selling adulter-ated liquor. Based on this information, a dozen joint personnel of the Directorate of the Bali Police Drug Investigation, Mobile Brigade and Public Services Unit, conducted a search of the Sky Garden on Tuesday (Jun. 2). As a result, the officers secured hundreds of liters of liquor. Additionally, the three employees who were mixing the liquor at that time were also arrested. (kmb36)

TABANAN - As Galungan and Eid celebrations near, and as the new academic year is about to begin, the submission of credit applications at the Pegadaian have shown a sig-nificant increase. Despite the surge in submissions, this non-bank financial institution is increasingly selective in selecting customers and analysing goods presented as collateral, in order to prevent fraud.

Branch Manager of Pegadaian Ta-banan, Gusti Nyoman Arka, revealed that there has been an increase of about 10-15 percent in credit transactions within the past month, due to Ramadan and the new academic year. The highest credit request growth has occurred with the fast secured loan (KCA) which use collateral such as jewelry, electronic goods and vehicles to obtain ‘fast work-ing capital’. “Although there has been an increase in the request for loans, our approval of such loans remains highly selective so as to prevent fraud which

could always emmerge,” he said.This selectivity aims to anticipate

the presentation of collateral such fake jewelry or redemption attempted with counterfeit money. According to Arka, this anticipation takes the form of pru-dence in assessing the pawn goods and measures range from existing SOP to chemical analysis of the goods. Similar measures are also applied to prevent bad loans. This is carried out in the early stage upon receiving collateral, by using the existing SOP and analyzing the profiles of borrowers in terms of their capacity to redeem their loans.

Assessment of the character of the customers’ is also looked at for such things as loyalty. Evidently, until now the non-performing loan (NPL) of the Pegadaian Tabanan are still zero, while the funds disbursed have reached IDR 18 billion for the month of June (2015). This number includes all the funds distributed from all Pegadaian in Tabanan. (kmb24)

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Clean up activity done on Candikusuma area in Negara

Declared non-hazardous, Sky Garden liquor case closed

Loan frauds may increase before the holidays

Culinary area of Candikusuma cleaned up together

NEGArA - The culinary tourist attraction at Candikusuma Beach, Melaya cleaned up fromgarbage and shrubs on Sunday morning (July 3), by the local community as well as officials from the government of Jembrana.

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PHO personnel watch out for foreigners arriving from countries plagued by the deadly disease.

“We have taken preventive mea-sures to keep an eye out for (indica-tions of) the disease, especially at Ngurah Rai International Airport where passengers arrive from countries with recorded cases,” Head of the Bali PHO Dr. Ketut Suarjaya said.

The monitoring efforts are car-ried out in areas around the airport, as foreign nationals traveling to the island may have possibly con-tracted the infection.

Moreover, Suarjaya pointed out that other steps can be taken to prevent the transmission of MERS, such as maintaining a hygienic and healthy lifestyle and avoiding direct contact with camels while on pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

“Umrah pilgrims returning from the Holy Land must have a health checkup,” he emphasized.

Suarjaya further noted that the Bali PHO, along with the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Haji Indo-nesia, is routinely conducting these efforts before allowing Umrah pil-

grims to leave for the Holy Land, to prevent the spread of MERS.

In addition, the Department of Health is also administering the meningo encepalitis vaccination to Umrah pilgrims traveling to Mecca. It is also handing out health cards to those who return to Indonesia with any illness.

“To be able to go to the Holy Land, pilgrims’ must be healthy enough to be eligible for departure and must also conduct health check-ups after returning,” he stated.

Both institutions will continue to monitor Umrah pilgrims returning from Mecca to keep tabs on their health conditions.

He also urged people to check into healthcare facilities on their

return if they experience any symp-toms of MERS.

Optimum UseTo prevent MERS, the manage-

ment of Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport is making optimum use of a body temperature detector. “We make the best use of the detector as many airlines fly directly to Bali from a few countries plagued by the disease,” General Manager of Angkasa Pura of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Trikora Harjo said.

He added that the detector was operated by health officers of the airport at the international arrivals terminal. According to Harjo, the detector is activated when there is a new airline arriving from any of the

countries where cases of MERS-CoV were reported, such as South Korea and several Middle Eastern countries, among others.

“The detector is activated when there are airlines arriving from South Korea and Arab countries,” Harjo affirmed, adding that so far, no passengers arrived at the airport infected with the virus.

Bali steps up monitoring measures to prevent MERS

DENPASAR - Bali’s Public Health Office (PHO) has strength-ened monitoring measures to prevent the spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

ANTARA FOTO/Rivan Awal Lingga

An officer watched result of thermal scanner from airplane passengers that arrived in the airport to prevent MERS disease. Bali’s Public Health Office (PHO) has strengthened monitoring measures to prevent the spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

LONDON - Crooner Lionel Richie scored his first number one in the United Kingdom in 23 years after playing an ac-claimed set at British music festival Glastonbury, the Of-ficial Charts Company said on Sunday.

“The Definitive Collection” of the music of Lionel Richie & The Commodores was the most-sold album in the United Kingdom this week, based on sales of CDs, downloads, vinyl, and audio streams.

It reached number 10 in the chart when it was released in 2003, according to the Official Charts Company, which said

Richie last had a number one album in 1992, with “Back to Front”.

Tens of thousands of people watched Richie perform at Glastonbury last Sunday, in a performance hailed as one of the big hits of the five-day music festival, which has been held on a farm in England since 1970.

“I was overwhelmed per-forming at Glastonbury in front of all those people and for the fans to make the album Number 1 is ?unbelievable,” Richie told OfficialCharts.com.

“The UK has always been a special place for me, thank you, I love you all.” (afp)

The fourth film in the popular “Ju-rassic Park” series brought in $30.9 million over the weekend, bringing total earnings to $558 million -- mak-ing it the fifth highest grossing film of all time, according to Rentrak media analysts. The film, starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, brings viewers back to the tropical island featured in the first installment, re-leased in 1993.

Steven Spielberg -- who directed

the first two Jurassic films -- returns as executive producer for the action adventure about a genetically modi-fied killer dinosaur on the loose.

The movie just inched past its clos-est competitor, “Inside Out,” which snapped up $30.1 million in second place, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations reported.

The animated flick from Pixar features the voice of Amy Poehler as young Riley, whose emotions of joy,

fear, anger, disgust and sadness battle it out internally as she copes with a move to a new city.

In third was action-packed sci-fi fantasy “Terminator Genisys,” which brought in $28.7 million in its debut weekend. Following in fourth was another debut, “Magic Mike XXL,” a dance-themed drama about a former stripper starring Channing Tatum. It raked in $12 million in theaters over the weekend.

“Ted 2,” the raunchy sequel to Seth MacFarlane’s comedy about a foul-mouthed teddy bear came in fifth in its second week in theaters, bringing in $11 million. (afp)

NEW YORK — Vanessa Williams tied the knot with her fiance, Jim Skrip, on the Fourth of July. A representative for the singer-actress said Sunday that Williams and Skrip wed a day earlier. No details of the ceremony were provided.

This is the third marriage for Williams, who was previ-ous married to public relations consultant Ramon Hervey and former Los Angeles Laker Rick

Fox. She has three children with Hervey and a daughter with Fox.

Williams earlier said she met Skrip, a former accountant, while traveling in Egypt.

The 52-year-old Williams, a former Miss America contes-tant, has released eight studio albums and received several Emmy nominations for her performance on ABC’s “Ugly Betty.” (ap)

Lionel Richie tops chart after playing Glastonbury

Vanessa Williams weds Jim Skrip, her 3rd marriage

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This photo provided by Universal Pictures shows, Nick Robinson, left, and Ty Simpkins in a scene from the film, “Jurassic World,” directed by Colin Trevorrow, in the next install-ment of Steven Spielberg’s ground-

breaking “Jurassic Park” series.

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‘Jurassic World’ stomps rivals at North American box office

LOS ANGELES - Dinosaur blockbuster “Jurassic World” showed no signs of extinction at North American movie theaters this weekend, taking the top spot for the fourth week running, ac-cording to industry estimates Sunday.

European heat wave gives Germany record temperature

Heritage title for Japan industry sites draws mixed reaction

Lloyd hat trick leads US over Japan 5-2 for World Cup title