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Tuesday, July 28, 2015 16 Pages Number 152 7 th Year e-mail: [email protected] online: http://www.internationalbalipost.com. http://epaper.internationalbalipost.com. Price: Rp 3.000,- I N T E R N A T I O N A L DPS 23 - 32 WEATHER FORECAST PAGE 6 PAGE 8 US, Turkey seek to establish Islamic State-free zone Mexico wins 7th Gold Cup title with 3-1 victory over Jamaica PAGE 13 With warning to US, North Korea marks end of Korean War News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http://globalfmbali.listen2myradio. com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali Only three percent of investors are local people Businessman, Gede Wirata, says that there are three kinds of inves- tors, namely; foreign, domestic and local and that local investors only account for a measly 3 percent. The government appears to be tolerating this given the 85 percent increase in the growth of the private sector. “Of this three percent, there are Balinese people with a revenue of about IDR 50 billion per month. Within a year, they are making as much as IDR 1 trillion. So, why should we be afraid? Do not be too afraid as long as tomorrow is better than today,” he said. Bali remains the “prima donna” destination for travellers, not only for vacationing but also for doing business. This inevitably means a shift away from the principles of local wisdom such as Tri Hita Karana. “Visitors arriving with a spirit for business must be observed because according to my observations, over the last ten years about 60 percent of visitors end up doing business here,” said economic observer, Viraguna Bagus Oka, dur- ing the open house discussion that took place at the Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara, Sanur, Sunday (Jul. 26). Those who shared their thoughts included: the editor of Bali Post, economists, cooperatives, rural credit agency (LPD) and university rectors from throughout Bali. According to Viraguna, there are little to no restrictions or hindrances for travelers doing business in Bali, in contrast to neighbouring countries like Aus- tralia where investments cannot be done haphazardly where all money brought into the country is carefully kept track of. “Meanwhile, we impose no re- strictions, so it is like a business free- way here. This is one of the conse- quences of Bali being such a unique place. There are about 100 different flights into Bali, the flow canon be dammed up but we are still going about business as usual, sticking to old patterns. Our local wisdom, including the principle of Tri Hita Karana, have been shifting, so when people come to Bali they are no lon- ger focused on the cultural aspects of life but are instead focused on business as their main goal,” he said. Viraguna added that the people of Bali should not be talking about economic growth in itself, but should be looking at things more globally. China’s economy which was growing at a rate of about growing seven percent per year, has now slowed down too 5 percent. Similar economic slowing down is also happening in Japan and Korea, not to mention the economic crisis that Greece is facing. Because Bali depends so heavily on tourism, our economy is mostly affected by the economic slowdown happening in other countries. “We should not be talking about economic growth of more than five percent but rather the essence of this growth because despite Bali’s what- ever growth Bali may experience, 60 percent of it is is being enjoyed by people from outside Bali. According to date form numerous banks, third party funds account for nearly IDR 68 trillion, but 60-70 percent of it leaves the island. About 60 percent of what remains is spent on general con- sumption, 10 percent goes to SMEs, and the rest is used as working capital. As a result, our need to drive locally-based economic growth is very pressing,” he explained. DENPASAR - Over the last ten years, there has been an increasing trend of travelers doing business in Bali. This trend has in fact turned into state of affairs wherein only 3 percent of major investments are being made by locals, the remaining 97 percent of investors are foreign nationals or people from outside of Bali. Accomodation projects built in rural areas in Badung Re- gency, Bali Island. Over the last ten years, there has been an increasing trend of travelers doing business in Bali. This trend has in fact turned into state of affairs wherein only 3 percent of major investments are being made by locals. IBP/Wawan

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LOS ANGELES — “Ant-Man” crept past new opener “Pixels” to claim the top spot at the box office this weekend by an ant-sized margin. The Disney and Marvel superhero pic brought in $24.8 million over the weekend, bringing its domestic total to $106.1 million according to Rentrak estimates Sunday.

“Pixels,” meanwhile, just barely missed first place with a $24 million debut. While studios always hope for the bragging rights of a No. 1 debut, the real issue here is whether or not the Adam San-dler end of the world comedy will make up its $88 million production budget.

“It’s been a little competi-tive in the marketplace when

you consider the extent of the performance of ‘Jurassic’ and ‘Inside Out,’” said Sony’s President of Worldwide Dis-tribution Rory Bruer. “To get to where we opened to was quite good.”

Critics were not fond of “Pixels,” which shows 1980s video arcade game characters attacking Earth, but younger audiences still turned out to theaters — an estimated 62 percent were under the age of 25.

Paul Dergarabedian, Ren-trak’s senior media analyst, said Sandler can still attract an audience, but the expen-sive film has a lot of ground to make up.

“They’re really going to have to count on the inter-

national component. That’s going to be key,” he said.

Overall, the box office is down 3 percent from the same weekend last year, when “Lucy” opened particularly strong. Dergarabedian said that though some are at-tempting to link last week’s theater shootings to any dip in the box office this weekend, “the numbers just don’t bear it out.”

Holdovers “Minions” and “Trainwreck” took the third and fourth spots with $22.1 million and $17.3 million, respectively.

Meanwhile, the R-rated boxing drama “Southpaw” surpassed expectations and landed a place in the top five with its $16.5 million

opening.Dergarabedian said that

its performance is likely due to star Jake Gyllenhaal’s en-thusiastic promotion of the film and also the fact that it provides an alternative to the standard summer blockbuster fare.

“’Southpaw’ felt like a re-ally good fall movie,” he said.

“Paper Towns,” an ad-aptation of John Green’s coming-of-age novel, opened in sixth place with $12.5 mil-lion. The Fox film only cost $12 million to produce, but considering Green’s fan base and last year’s massive $48 million debut of “The Fault in Our Stars,” which Green also wrote, it’s a bit disap-pointing. (ap)

Her demise was the most awful inheritance of all.

Bobbi Kristina died on Sunday at Peachtree Chris-tian Hospice in Duluth, Georgia, about six months after she was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub in the suburban At-lanta townhome she shared with Nick Gordon, the man she called her husband. She was 22-years-old.

“Bobbi Kristina Brown passed away July, 26 2015, surrounded by her family. She is finally at peace in the arms of God. We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during

these last few months,” Kristen Foster, a repre-sentative for the Houston family said Sunday.

The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Bobbi Kristina’s death Sunday night and will issue a news release on Monday.

Police said she was found Jan. 31. A police report described it as a “drowning.”

Bobbi Kristina was the only child between Hous-ton and Brown.

She was hospitalized for months in Atlanta — eventually being placed in hospice care — after being

found in a manner grimly similar to the way her me-gastar mother died three years earlier. Gordon said at the time it seemed Bobbi Kristina wasn’t breathing and lacked a pulse before help arrived.

Brown — the sole heir of her mother’s estate — did have dreams.

She identified herself on Twitter as “Daughter of Queen WH,” ‘’Entertain-er/Actress” with William Morris & Co., and “LAST of a dying breed.” She told Oprah Winfrey shortly after her mother’s death in 2012 that she wanted to carry on her mother’s

legacy by singing, acting and dancing. But her ca-reer never took off. Actor and producer Tyler Perry said she had a future as an actress after her debut on his TV show “For Better or Worse” in 2012, but she only appeared in one episode. Aside from two ill-fated reality TV shows and the occasional paparazzi video, her image mostly showed up in the “selfies” she posted online.

She attended award shows and appeared on red carpets with her mother and father. She performed a duet with her mother in 2009, singing “My Love Is Your Love” in New York’s Central Park. She became social media sensation, sending more than 11,000 tweets and at t ract ing 164,000 followers. (ap)

Bobbi Kristina Brown has died

AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File

In this Feb. 12, 2011, file photo, singer Whitney Hous-ton, left, and daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown arrive at an event in Beverly Hills, Calif. Brown, who was in hospice after months of receiving medical care, died on Sunday, July 26, 2015.

DULUTH, Ga. — The brief, chaotic life of Bobbi Kristina Brown was never really her own. Born and raised in the shadow of fame and litigation, shattered by the loss of her mother, Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina was overwhelmed by the achievements and demons of others before she could begin to figure out who she was.

‘Ant-Man’ inches past ‘Pixels’ to take first-place spot

Zade Rosenthal/Disney/Marvel via AP

This photo provided by Disney shows Corey Stoll, left, as Darren Cross, and Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne, in a scene from Marvel’s “Ant-Man.”

Only three percent of investors are local people Businessman, Gede Wirata, says

that there are three kinds of inves-tors, namely; foreign, domestic and local and that local investors only account for a measly 3 percent. The government appears to be tolerating this given the 85 percent increase in the growth of the private sector.

“Of this three percent, there are Balinese people with a revenue of about IDR 50 billion per month. Within a year, they are making as much as IDR 1 trillion. So, why should we be afraid? Do not be too afraid as long as tomorrow is better than today,” he said.

Bali remains the “prima donna” destination for travellers, not only for vacationing but also for doing business. This inevitably means a shift away from the principles of local wisdom such as Tri Hita Karana.

“Visitors arriving

with a spirit for business must be observed because according to my observations, over the last ten years about 60 percent of visitors end up doing business here,” said economic observer, Viraguna Bagus Oka, dur-ing the open house discussion that took place at the Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara, Sanur, Sunday (Jul. 26).

Those who shared their thoughts included: the editor of Bali Post, economists, cooperatives, rural credit agency (LPD) and university rectors from throughout Bali.

According to Viraguna, there are little to no restrictions or hindrances for travelers doing business in Bali, in contrast to neighbouring

countries like Aus-

tralia where investments cannot be done haphazardly where all money brought into the country is carefully kept track of.

“Meanwhile, we impose no re-strictions, so it is like a business free-way here. This is one of the conse-quences of Bali being such a unique place. There are about 100 different flights into Bali, the flow canon be dammed up but we are still going about business as usual, sticking to old patterns. Our local wisdom, including the principle of Tri Hita Karana, have been shifting, so when people come to Bali they are no lon-ger focused on the cultural aspects of life but are instead focused on

business

as their main goal,” he said.Viraguna added that the people

of Bali should not be talking about economic growth in itself, but should be looking at things more globally. China’s economy which was growing at a rate of about growing seven percent per year, has now slowed down too 5 percent. Similar economic slowing down is also happening in Japan and Korea, not to mention the economic crisis that Greece is facing. Because Bali depends so heavily on tourism, our economy is mostly affected by the economic slowdown happening in other countries.

“We should not be talking about economic growth of more than five percent but rather the essence of this growth because despite Bali’s what-ever growth Bali may experience, 60 percent of it is is being enjoyed

by people from outside Bali. According to date form

numerous banks, third party funds account for nearly IDR 68 trillion, but 60-70 percent of it leaves the island. About 60 percent of what remains is spent on general con-sumption, 10 percent goes to SMEs, and the rest is used as working capital. As a result, our need to drive locally-based economic growth is very pressing,” he explained.

DENPASAR - Over the last ten years, there has been an increasing trend of travelers doing business in Bali. This trend has in fact turned into state of affairs wherein only 3 percent of major investments are being made by locals, the remaining 97 percent of investors are foreign nationals or people from outside of Bali.

Accomodation projects built in rural areas in Badung Re-gency, Bali Island. Over the last ten years, there has been

an increasing trend of travelers doing business in Bali. This trend has in fact turned into state of affairs wherein only 3

percent of major investments are being made by locals.IBP/Wawan

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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 celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Supplementing its existing yoga classes, the resort presents a different master-in-residence every month and complimen-tary daily sessions to enable in-house guests to fully im-merse themselves in the physical, spiritual and mental aspects of the hillside retreat’s wellbeing programs. Yogis of all levels have the opportunity to practice with international yoga ambas-sadors such as Bobbi Hamilton, whose trademark Phresh Mats & Yoga Game featured in Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! LA cam-paign. Developed specifically for children, teens and families to

combat rising childhood obesity, the Kids Phresh Program will be available at Four Seasons Sayan throughout Bobbi’s residence from 20 August to 1 September. Bobbi will also offer twice-daily group classes based on Tibetan Energetic Yoga Therapy, which she studied under Lobsang Dhar-gya, a former Tibetan monk and aid to the Dalai Lama.

In September, the resort pres-ents a series of Ashtanga Vin-yasa Yoga with Summer Dien. In residence September 14-20, October 5-10 and October 12-17, Summer’s style is described as ‘Mysore self-practice’, tailored

IBP/Net

Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move L.A” kids yoga workout at Four Seasons Resort Sayan

UBUD -For many people, time to focus on personal health and wellbeing is a luxury they struggle to fit in to daily life, and holi-days provide the opportunity to catch-up on this imbalance. As more and more travelers seek getaways that embrace a healthy lifestyle and peace within, Four Seasons resort Bali at Sayan has launched an exclusive series of international yoga masters offering riverside classes at its new Dharma Shanti yoga Bale.

to each student’s needs and also building self-discipline to enable them to take the sequence and practice wherever they go.

“Each month’s master- in-residence specializes in a dif-ferent form of yoga to keep the program exciting and varied for our guests,” said Luisa Ander-son, Regional Director of Spa for Four Seasons Resorts Bali. “The Dharma Shanti Yoga Bale is the perfect venue for guests to experience our visiting interna-tional yoga masters, and enjoy the natural healing energy of this special location. Guests tell us that they return home feeling reenergized and better-than-ever, and that’s exactly how a holiday should end.”

Dharma Shanti Yoga Bale is nestled in a quiet corner of the resort surrounded by lush forest at the bottom of the Sayan Valley, with views over ricefields to the fast-flowing Ayung River. The 100% bamboo structure – whose name means ‘path to peace’ in Sanskrit – is a sanctuary for pri-vate classes, group sessions and quiet introspection. Aside from the visiting masters-in-residence, Dharma Shanti’s regular daily program includes Mediation; Life Talks on stress management and love with Ibu Fera – a former Buddhist nun who is the resort’s resident wellbeing expert; and various types of yoga including Laughing, Hatha, Easy and the dynamic AntiGravity® or ‘fly-ing’ yoga. In-house guests enjoy exclusive access to 16 compli-mentary yoga and meditation classes each week.

NEGArA - Clove farmers in Jembrana are becoming concerned about the price of cloves, which has slumped to IDR 100, 000 per kg, wholesale. The Indonesian Clove Farmers Association (APCI) of Bali will however only take ac-tion when the price dips below the agreed upon price.

A number of farmers met last week and said that the price of cloves this time last year was IDR 150,000 per kg thus affecting the ability of farmers to account for the cost of picking the clove.

Secretary of APCI Bali, I Nyo-man Sandiyasa, said on Sunday (Jul. 26) that the price of cloves has even dipped below IDR 100,000 per kg. However, based on the experience of previous years, this remains a reasonable fluctuation and the market is to blame for the decline in price. Sandiyasa said that the price will return to normal and even go up next October or Novem-ber. “Presently farmers need extra income to pay for the start of the academic year, but they shouldn’t worry too much because the price will go back up in a few months,” said Sandiyasa.

The APCI and the government have set the lowest price for dried cloves at IDR 75,000. If the price slumps to that point, the APCI Bali will take action. Currently the APCI is focused on how farmers can maintain enough capital until the price of cloves goes back up again. For now it is only collectors who benefit from the low selling price from farmers. On away to help keep

The Head of the Jembrana Health Agency, Putu Suasta, when contacted on Sunday (Jul. 26) said that the number of cases is definitely on the rise as witnessed by the KPA as well as those working on ground provid-ing counselling to people facing this issue. Almost all public

health centers have now been equipped with VCT rooms. “The number are of course cumula-tive, but we keep an eye on new cases,” said Suasta.

There has been fluctuation in the numbers over the years. In 2012 for example there were a reported 90 case, in 2013 there

were 74 and in 2014 there were 82 new cases reported as of June 2015 there are 44 new cases this year. Thus, the total number of cumulative cases since 2014 is 556 people living with the deadly disease. Intensive counselling conducted through voluntary counselling test (VCT) in hos-

IBP/File

The clove trees are seen on the picture. Clove farmers in Jembrana are becoming concerned about the price of cloves, which has slumped to IDR 100, 000 per kg, wholesale. The Indonesian Clove Farmers Association (APCI) of Bali will however only take action when the price dips below the agreed upon price.

Number of people with HIV/AIDS continue to increase

NEGArA - year after year, the number of people in Jembrana who contract HIv/AIDS con-tinues to increase. Data from the Jembrana AIDS Mitigation Commission (KPA) showed that between January and June of this year a total of 44 new cases were reported.

pitals and public health clinics, is one way that new cases come to light.

Chairman of the Jalak Bali Community (KJB), Made Su-arnayasa, said that a number of volunteers in the organization also provide guidance. “Also, we always coordinate with the KPA when we come across a new case,” he explained.

Similarly, counseling assis-tance is also provided at a number

of public health centers.Suarnayasa admitted that HIV/

AIDS is like an iceberg with one a small percentage of the problem being visible. On that account, it is very important to work on prevention by disseminating in-formation to young people. HIV is transmitted though sexual in-tercourse and other ways that hu-mans fluids are exchanged, like when people share syringes (as drug addicts often do). (kmb26)

Clove farmers need bailoutthe farmers afloat is to petition the help of the local government. “The provincial government has posted their planation budget, so we plan

to ask for assistance,” he said.The assistance -in the form

of bailout, needs to be requested through a cooperative organiza-

tion or association. The request for this bailout needs to be final-ized so that the clove farmers can make it through this rough patch.

Despite the demand for 120,000 tons a year of clove, Jembrana can only produce 80 percent of this. (kmb26)

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Pluto is hazier than scientists expected and appears to be covered with flowing ice. The team respon-sible for the New Horizons flyby of Pluto last week released new pictures Friday of the previously unexplored world on the edge of the solar system.

“If you’re seeing a cardiolo-gist, you may want to leave the room,” principal scientist Alan Stern teased at the opening of the

news conference at NASA head-quarters. “There are some pretty mind-blowing discoveries.”

NASA’s New Horizons space-craft, now 7.5 million miles be-yond Pluto, has detected layers of haze stretching 100 miles (160 kilometers) into the atmosphere, much higher than anticipated. All this haze is believed to account for the dwarf planet’s reddish color.

If you were standing on Pluto and looking up, you probably

wouldn’t notice the haze, said George Mason University’s Mi-chael Summers. In fact, New Horizons had to wait until after its closest approach on July 14, so the sun would silhouette Pluto and the atmosphere could be measured by means of the scattered sunlight.

As for the ice flows, they appear to be relatively recent: no more than a few tens of millions of years, according to William McKinnon of Washington University in St.

Louis. That compares with the 4.5 billion-year age of Pluto and the rest of the solar system.

To see evidence of such recent activity, he said, is “simply a dream come true.”

Temperatures on Pluto are mi-nus 380 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 229 degrees Celsius), and so water ice would not move anywhere in such extreme cold. But McKinnon said the nitrogen and other ices believed to be on Pluto would be

geologically soft and therefore able to flow like glaciers on Earth.

Some of that plutonian ice seems to have emptied into impact craters, creating ponds of frozen nitrogen. One of those semi-filled craters is about the size of metro-politan Washington D.C., McKin-non said.

These latest findings support the theory that an underground ocean might exist deep beneath Pluto’s icy crust, McKinnon said. (ap)

“It is the closest thing that we have to another place that some-body else might call home,” said Jon Jenkins from NASA’s Ames Research Center in California.

The researchers announced their discovery Thursday based on observations from NASA’s Kepler space telescope.

This older, bigger cousin to Earth is called Kepler-452b. What makes this planet remarkable is that it orbits its star at about the same distance that Earth orbits the sun. What’s more, its home star looks to be similar to our sun. Based on what scientists know today, Jenkins noted it’s the near-est thing to another Earth-sun twin system.

“Today the Earth is a little less lonely because there’s a new kid on the block,” Jenkins said during a news conference. He led the team that discovered Kepler-452b.

The last Kepler discovery that had scientists gushing was just over a year ago. That close-to-Earth-size planet, Kepler-186f, also was in the habitable zone of its star. But that faint dwarf star was unlike our sun.

John Grunsfeld, NASA’s sci-ence mission chief, emphasized that the exoplanet system identified Thursday — “a pretty good close cousin to the Earth and our sun” — is the closest so far. “And I really emphasize the ‘so far.’

The planet-hunting Kepler will keep churning out new discover-ies, Grunsfeld noted, and possibly find even better matches for “Earth 2.0.”

Kepler was launched in 2009 and has nearly 5,000 potential exoplanets to its credit — worlds

Conditions on Pluto: Incredibly hazy with flowing ice

NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle via AP

This artist’s rendering made available by NASA on Thursday, July 23, 2015 shows a comparison between the Earth, left, and the planet Kepler-452b. It is the first near-Earth-size planet orbiting in the habitable zone of a sun-like star, found using data from NASA’s Kepler mission.

Scientists find closest thing yet to Earth-sun twin system

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have identified a “close cousin” to Earth that’s orbiting a sun-like star and might harbor life.

beyond our solar system. It is help-ing to address such fundamental questions as where do we come from and where are we headed, and arguably the biggest question of all: Are we alone in the universe?

Grunsfeld said thanks to Ke-pler’s latest finding, we’re taking “one small step in answering that question today.”

While scientists are uncertain whether Planet 452b is rocky like Earth, they believe there’s a better than even chance it is.

As for the age and size, it is about 6 billion years old, 1.5 bil-lion years older than Earth, and 60

percent larger in diameter than our home planet. Its star, Kepler 452, is also older and bigger, as well as brighter than our sun.

If the planet is indeed rocky, geologists believe its mass would be five times that of Earth and its gravity would be twice Earth’s. (That’s right, you would weigh twice as much there.) Its atmo-sphere would be thicker and have more clouds, and any volcanoes would likely still be active.

Planet 452b takes 385 days to orbit its star, just a little more than Earth takes for a one-year lap. It’s just a bit farther from its star

than Earth is from our sun. That’s important because it makes the planet ripe, potentially, for liquid water on the surface. And water could mean life.

The planet is in a solar system that is 1,400 light years from our own, located in the Constellation Cygnus, or swan.

“So pack your bags, it’s a long trip,” joked Jenkins.

Planet 452b is among more than 500 new entries listed in the Kepler team’s latest catalog of exoplanet candidates released Thursday. Kepler identifies poten-tial planets by looking for periodic

blips against the brightness of stars — some 150,000 stars to be exact.

Of those 500-plus new poten-tial planets, 12 are less than twice Earth’s diameter and also orbiting in the so-called habitable zone of their star, also known as the just-right Goldilocks zone.

Kepler 452b is the first of those 12 to be confirmed as a true planet, thanks to ground observations.

Altogether, the catalog now includes 4,696 exoplanet candi-dates. Slightly more than 1,000 of them — 1,030 — are confirmed to be planets. (ap)

Based on data from the Gianyar Tourism Office, tourism businesses located in Ubud are comprised of 13 star hotels, 169 budget hotels, 697 cottages, 163 restaurants, 110 bars, 228 food stalls, 242 spa outlets, 17 cycling tours, 125 tourist transport busi-nesses and nine rafting businesses.

Outside of Ubud there are only two star hotels, both located in Payangan and this only because of its proximity to Ubud. There are no hotels available in the oth-ers subdistrict. Similarly, of the total 196 budget hotels in Gianyar, only seven are located outside of Ubud. Villas however have started sprouting up outside of Ubud. Chairman of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Gianyar, Tjokorda Gde Agung Ichiro Sukawati agreed that since the 1930’s when tourism was first developed in Ubud, a number of businesses were were quickly generated. “We cannot deny that Ubud has had a very large impact on the growth of tourism busi-nesses in the vicinity, particularly in the subdisrtict of Payangan,” he said.

Related to the current condition of Ubud that has become crowded with tourist accommodations, Cok Ichiro as he

is familiarly know, has asked the govern-ment to work more intensively to equalize the development of tourism development in the other six other subdistricts by featuring their regional characteristic. “I think it’s important for the government to focus on equitable distribution because each subdistrict has regional character-istics. For example, South Gianyar has beaches and North Gianyar has natural and archaeological heritage sites,” he explained.

Cok Ichiro also said there is a need for government regulations that ensure that every tourist accommodation that is developed in Gianyar in general and Ubud in particular, follow the principles of Tri Hita Karana and also that they highlights Balinese arts. “We have to maintain our cultural uniqueness which has become a tourist attraction. However, the problem is that a number of tourist accommodations that have been built recently have been designed in ways that are very far from Baliense culture. This will significantly affect Ubud as a culture-based tourism area. I think it must be reprimanded by the government,” he said. (kmb35)

BANYUWANGI - The peak of backflow to Bali from Keta-pang Harbor, Banyuwangi, occurred on Sunday (Jul. 26). Within a day, the number of passengers and vehicles crossing to Bali is estimated to reach 61,000. Of this number, they are dominated by motorcyclists reaching approximately 11,000 units.

This amount increased by approximately seven percent over the previous year. Passenger and vehicle density at Ketapang Harbor begun to happen from the morning, especially motor-cycle. By late afternoon, the traffic of vehicle is getting crowded. Four jumbo-sized tents set up in the harbor area were filled with motorcyclists. Due to high density, the line was even spilling to outside the harbor.

On average, motorcyclists must wait for about 15-20 minutes to get into the vessel. In the meantime, car must wait for one to two hours. “I have been waiting for two hours, but remain in line,” com-plained Salmah, a private car passenger from Jember, East Java.

Another passenger, Rosidi, from Banyuwangi, admitted that he has to wait for an hour, but still trapped in the line. “When I came here the line has taken place. It has been for an hour, but the line is still long,” he complained.

Although the vessel unloading schedule has been accelerated, the line of vehicles in the harbor parking area cannot be avoided. Approaching the afternoon, the traffic of vehicles coming into the harbor continues to turn crowded, either motorcycles or cars. Two car ticket booths were forcibly diverted to ticket counter of motorcycle. Until five o’clock in the afternoon, the lines of vehicles are still crowded in Ketapang Harbor.

Operations Manager of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry Ketapang, Saharudin Kotto, asserted that according to prediction Sunday was the peak of backflow to Bali. As initial prediction, the number of passengers crossing to Bali during the peak of backflow reached 45,000 people, 10,000 units of motorcycle and about 5,000 units of car. This number increased sharply compared to the previous day. “Indeed, we predict the peak of backflow to Bali occurred on Saturday (Jul. 25) and Sunday (Jul. 26) because school holiday will end on Monday,” he explained.

During the peak of homecoming, Kotto said, his party deployed 37 vessels, consisting of 26 passenger vessel and 11 LCT. To avoid long lines, the load and unloading activities were accelerated from initial schedule.

“When the vessels are fully occupied, they immediately set off,” he explained. Despite the line, Kotto ascertained that passengers will not have to wait for hours to get into the vessel. Motorcy-clists, he said, just wait for a maximum of 15 minutes, while cars for a maximum of 45 minutes. It is enabled because seven ticket counters have been functioned to serve all passengers. Besides, the ticket counter of car was transferred to serve ticket sales for motorcycles.

Kotto added that based on the data collected by the ASDP, up to day eight after holiday on Sunday, the number of homecomers on foot (passengers) having returned to Bali has reached 81 percent, 13 percent of car and around 57 percent of motorcycle. “We pre-dict the motorcyclist will continue to flow to Bali, unlike cars that tend to come back together,” he explained. In total, the passengers returning to Bali during the current homecoming and backflow of the Eid 2015 reached 690,282 people, 76,535 units of motorcycle and 99,974 units of car. In the meantime, during the homecoming period from Gilimanuk the number of passengers crossing to Java reached 871,745 people, 136.535 units of motorcycle and 107,887 units of car. (kmb30)

Data of homecoming at Gilimanuk 2015

Passengers : 871,745 people Motorcycle : 136,535 units Car : 107,887 units

Backflow to Bali from Ketapang 2015

Passengers : 690,282 people Motorcycle : 76,535 units Car : 99,974 units

Source: PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry Ketapang

Peak of backflow, 61,000 passengers enter Bali

Tourists flocked in Monkey Forest at Ubud, Gianyar. Since the beginning of the development of Ubud as a tourism village, a variety of tourism business have been encouraged to set up shop in the area. Of the 2,461 registered tourism businesses in Gianyar County (2014), approximately 1,773 are located in Ubud.

Thousands of tourism businesses focused in Ubud

GIANYAR - Since the beginning of the development of Ubud as a tourism village, a variety of tourism business have been encouraged to set up shop in the area. Of the 2,461 registered tourism businesses in Gianyar County (2014), approximately 1,773 are located in Ubud. The remaining 688 tourism businesses are located in the other six subdiscticts of Gianyar indicated that these areas have not succeeded in optimizing tourism in their localities.

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Pyongyang and other cities around North Korea were decked out with flags and banners as North Koreans flocked to patriotic gatherings and mass dance celebrations to mark the anniversary of the July 27, 1953, agreement that brought the three-year Korean war to an end with an armi-stice, not a peace treaty.

North Korean officials took the opportunity of the anniversary to step up their anti-U.S. rhetoric and call upon the nation to redouble its devotion to the nation’s current leader, Kim Jong Un, the third leader in the Kim dynasty, and prepare for a final showdown with Washington.

The anniversary is hailed in North Korea as a victory over the U.S., which fought with the South Koreans and U.N. allies against the North’s forces, who were supported by China and the Soviet Union.

In a speech to veterans on Saturday, Kim Jong Un stressed the importance of instilling the country’s young people with the same fighting spirit and devo-tion as the generation that experienced the war. But he also stressed that North Korea has a new ace in the hole — a nuclear arsenal of its own.

“Gone forever is the era when the United States blackmailed us with nukes; now the United States is no

longer a source of threat and fear for us and we are the very source of fear for it,” he said in the speech, the text of which was broadcast on North Korean television.

At a separate gathering held Sun-day, Korean People’s Army Gen. Pak Yong Sik, who is believed to be the country’s new defense minister, said that if the United States does not abandon its hostile policies toward Pyongyang and provokes another war, the North is prepared to fight until “there would be no one left to sign a surrender document.”

“It is more than 60 years since the ceasefire on (the) land, but peace has not yet settled on it,” he told the meet-ing, which included high-level offi-cials, veterans and diplomats stationed in Pyongyang. “The past Korean War brought about the beginning of the downhill turn for the U.S., but the second Korean war will bring the final ruin to U.S. imperialism.”

The anniversary brought a festive atmosphere to the capital, with citizens using the holiday not only to show their patriotic pride by laying flowers before statues of North Korea’s first president Kim Il Sung and his son, Kim Jong Il, but also to enjoy the warm summer weather at parks and ice cream stands. (ap)

MADRID — A wildfire is con-tinuing to blacken forests in north-eastern Spain but authorities say that weaker winds and rising humidity are helping slow its advance.

The blaze near Barcelona, which officials say is the Catalonia region’s biggest forest fire this year, had charred some 1,000 hectares (2,400 acres) by Monday. Officials said 22 helicopters were helping efforts to bring the wildfire under control.

Some 400 people were evacuated after the fire broke out Sunday. By Monday, all but 122 had returned to their homes.

YANGON, Myanmar — The death toll from monsoon rains in north-western Myanmar that triggered heavy flooding has climbed to 14, with thousands of others affected.

The State-run Kyemon daily reported Monday that the flooding due to heavy rains falling on many parts of Myanmar had also damaged roads and bridges, including a 100-year-old bridge in northern Shan state Sipaw township, killing five and injuring three others.

The U.N emergency relief organization reported Saturday that the flooding had killed nine people. The U.N. report said flooding has affected more than 800 households in northern Kachin state, forcing the relocation of some. Flooding is common during Myanmar’s monsoon season, which typically starts in late May and ends in mid-October. (ap)

AP Photo/Wong Maye-EBronze statues of the late leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il tower over flower offerings at Munsu Hill, Monday, July 27, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Koreans gathered to offer flowers and pay their respects to their late leaders as part of celebrations for the 62nd anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War.

With warning to US, North Korea marks end of Korean WarPYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korean officials warned

the United States that another war on the Korean Peninsula would leave no Americans alive to sign a surrender document as the country marked Monday’s anniversary of the armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War more than six decades ago.

A group of people talk in front of El Montserrat mountain covered in smoke from a wild-fire in El Bruc, Spain, Sunday, July 26, 2015.

Weaker wind, humidity may help control big Spanish wildfire

Death toll in northern Myanmar flooding rises to 14

Authorities said they received no reports of injuries. The region

is known for its picturesque coun-tryside. (ap)

SEMARAPURA - Condition of Jalan Puputan Klungkung be-comes chaotic because many cars are parked overnight at roadside. Unavoidably the road section often deals with traffic conges-tion every day because the car parked takes road body. Besides, numerous people also deliber-ately display their car on sale at the roadside. Unfortunately, this daily violation does not get decisive action from relevant authorities.

The row of parked cars are increasingly crowded since the enactment of the traffic diversion for cars heading north through Jalan Puputan. The policy aim-ing to accelerate traffic is not successful because the quiet condition is even taken advan-tage to park private cars on the road body.

Traffic congestion frequently happens in the region of Galiran, Jelantik, Tojan, Satra and Gelgel. Unfortunately, relevant authori-ties do not even take optimal action to tackle the congestion. When asked for his confirma-tion, the Head of Klungkung Transportation, Informatics and Communications Agency, Nen-gah Sukasta, recognized that the chaotic condition is getting worse. “Yeah the condition is getting worse. We are difficult to curb them,” said Sukasta while arguing if it is beyond the author-ity of his agency.

He reasoned that he has re-quested the Klungkung Police Traffic Affairs to take action by ticketing in place but did not get any response. In the meantime, a road user, Ketut Rupia from Tojan, when met asked the autho-rized agency to take action. “If allowed and only limited to the appeal alone, it obviously does not resolve the issue of traffic jams and the Jalan Puputan will become crowded. There must be decisive action by ticketing or revoke their license,” he said while shaking head as stuck in traffic jam.

The Regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta, when met on the sidelines of car-free day at the Puputan Klungkung Square on Sunday (Jul. 26) hoped there will be an action from the agency having the authority for the en-forcement. He promised to check the chaotic condition if there is a report to him. “We will carry out monitoring against the chaotic condition,” said the regent from Nusa Penida. (dwa)

To prevent such incident, it cer-tainly requires vigilance and close supervision by the management. Along with the increasing number of visitors to Tanah Lot, the man-agement certainly needs to increase its lifeguard personnel. According to the Operation Manager of Tanah Lot attraction, Ketut Toya Adnyana, Tanah Lot currently only has seven lifeguards. This number is still assumed inadequate considering the tourist visit to the attraction at Beraban village continues to increase. “Prior to adding, we will make coordination beforehand and hold a meeting with related par-ties,” he said.

Toya explained that the search for lifeguard is not easy. A beach lifeguard must meet many criteria

and skills in conducting rescue and monitoring. The main requirement for a candidate must surely be good at swimming. To that end, the Tanah Lot attraction will only recruit the specifically certified lifeguard.

In addition to increasing tourist visit, security issues are also in-fluenced by condition of nature in which the waves are unpredictable so that it requires extra vigilance. Due to shortage of lifeguard, the management also involves pecalang or customary security guard and security officers to jointly supervise the safety of visitors. “Pecalang is always alerted to help, including the security. We engage all includ-ing the staff to monitor the beach area,” he said.

To anticipate high tides, the

management has designed the re-strictions of hazardous area to be visited. “We have installed signs of prohibition and chain barrier to close the access to beach area. In addition, public relations will also announce a warning for visi-tors through loudspeaker in order to always be cautious during high tides and high waves because they are very dangerous for visitors,” said Toya.

In the meantime, the deputy chief of Tanah Lot lifeguard, I Wayan Bantat, also said that the existing seven lifeguards are still considered very minimal to handle the ever-increasing visitors. More-over, Tanah Lot has extreme coastal terrain with many rocks. Although the lifeguard of Tanah Lot has

worked maximally to provide warning signs of hazard during high tides and high waves, there are still stubborn visitors violating the barriers. To that end, he considered it important to add lifeguard person-nel at Tanah Lot.

Bantat explained that the crite-ria of a lifeguard must be able to swim, physically strong, and speak English. During the training, a lifeguard is required to swim as far as 400 meters in the sea. Not only during the training, lifeguards must regularly improve their swimming skills so that they can swim farther than 400 meters. The lifeguards of Tanah Lot regularly make exercise once a month to establish their ca-pability in case there is a disaster at sea. “We have regular exercise depending on coastal condition. Moreover, we also patrol at sea by using inflatable boat to Soka Beach to look the coastal areas,” said Bantat. (kmb24)

Parking takes road body, road chaotic

Tanah Lot lacks of lifeguard personnel

IBP/FileTanah Lot, one of the famous tourism destination in Bali.

TABANAN - The increase in tourist visits to Tanah Lot tourist attraction will surely lead to positive and negative things in the matter of security aspect. Not a few travelers violating the safety limits speci-fied by the management so that it can lead to disaster. One of them is that visitor can fall into the sea and be drowned.

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SYDNEY - With the end game in sight to what could be the world’s most ambitious trade deal, critics fear a controversial mechanism to protect investors will strengthen the hand of big business while eroding national sovereignty.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) -- a wide-ranging accord that would encompass 40 percent of the world’s trade -- could be sealed in Hawaii this week after more than five years of talks.

The United States, the chief architect of the ambitious pact which takes in 11 other Pacific Rim countries, says it would loos-en trade restrictions, drive jobs growth and encourage investment by strengthening legal protection

for companies.But critics say it favours mul-

tinational corporations over state interests and individual consumers, pointing in particular to a proposed investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism that would allow foreign companies to sue governments, likely through inter-national tribunals.

They warn ISDS cases might expose states to potentially huge liability claims -- a bigger risk for developing countries that do not have deep pockets -- and may also threaten their ability to introduce health and environmental laws.

That is a particular issue because there are several developing coun-tries among the prospective mem-

bers, which are Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Sin-gapore, the US and Vietnam.

“There are risks for all govern-ments involved in the TPP in rela-tion to the investor-state dispute settlement,” Matthew Rimmer, an intellectual property expert at the Queensland University of Technol-ogy, told AFP.

“Under the regime, investors -- particularly multinational com-panies -- can bring actions against governments, but governments cannot bring actions against cor-porations.

“So it’s a very one-sided regime and it can provide special rights to foreign investors that are not pres-

ent for domestic investors.”The issue has become a particu-

larly hot topic in Australia, which was sued by tobacco giant Philip Morris after it became the first country to introduce plain packag-ing laws for cigarettes in 2012.

Canberra refused to reveal its legal bill for defending the claim from Philip Morris, which argued the legislation breached a bilateral investment treaty.

The case, and broader concerns about ISDS processes, saw Austra-lia’s top judge Chief Justice Robert French warn last year that claims tribunals could undermine domestic legal jurisdictions.

Philip Morris’ suing of Uru-guay after the country ordered that

the health warnings be larger on cigarette packets helped prompt billionaires Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg to launch a fund to sup-port developing states in their legal battles with tobacco giants.

On a global scale, the number of cases brought by companies against governments has been on the rise in recent years, according to figures from the United Nations Confer-ence on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Out of 608 known cases brought between 1987 and 2014, more than a quarter of them were over the past three years, UNCTAD said, adding that confidentiality agree-ments meant there were likely more. (afp)

The dollar also remained weak after a disappointing read on the US housing market, while oil was also under pressure owing to a global sup-ply glut.

Tokyo fell 0.95 percent, or 194.43 points, to 20,350.10, Seoul gave up 0.35 percent, or 7.15 points, to 2,038.81 and in late trade Hong Kong shed 2.57 percent and Shanghai was

3.20 percent lower.However, Sydney ended higher,

adding 0.43 percent on gains by retailers.

Investors took a lead from their US counterparts, who continued to cash out on Friday as data showing sales of new single-family homes fell in June and May sales were much lower than previously reported.

The news, which followed a down-beat Chinese manufacturing report, trumped forecast-busting earnings from online retailer Amazon.

The Dow fell 0.92 percent, the S&P 500 dropped 1.07 percent and the Nasdaq sank 1.12 percent.

“Share markets are likely to remain volatile as we are still going through a seasonally weak period of the year for

shares,” Shane Oliver, Sydney-based global strategist at AMP Capital Inves-tors Ltd., told Bloomberg News.

“Uncertainties remain regarding Chinese economic growth and a likely Fed interest rate hike lies ahead for later this year.”

The focus is now on the Fed’s policy meeting this week. While it is not expected to raise rates, dealers are hoping for some forward guidance, with most analysts tipping a hike in either September or December.

Chinese markets suffered a second

straight day of selling on increasing fears about the state of the mainland economy after a gauge of manufac-turing activity fell in July to its lowest level in 15 months.

And on Monday figures showed profits at the country’s industrial firms slipped 0.3 percent year-on-year in June.

“The soft industrial figure num-ber is adding downward pressure,” said Gerry Alfonso, a sales trader at Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co. in Shanghai. (afp)

Critics fear Pacific trade deal favours big business over states

A currency trader walks by a screen showing the Ko-rea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Asian markets mostly retreat-ed Monday following a fourth successive sell-off in New York, while investors await the US Federal Reserve’s next policy meeting looking for a handle on its plans for inter-est rates.

Asia markets sink after US losses, eyes on Fed meeting

HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly retreated Monday following a fourth successive sell-off in New York, while investors await the US Federal Reserve’s next policy meeting looking for a handle on its plans for interest rates.

AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

GIANYAR - So far Balinese people still continue to maintain the customs and traditions inherited from their ancestors so that they bring in uniqueness and become a tourist attraction throughout the country. One of them is the white cow population considered as the vehicle of deity located in the for-est area of 2.5 hectares at Taro Kaja customary village, Tegallalang, Gianyar.

“It is said the white cow is a descendant of the Nandini cow and currently amounts to 41 heads, while three of them are under two months old. The last one is male and was born on Galungan, Wednesday (Jul. 15). This white cow is highly respected and sanctified by sur-rounding communities and Balinese people in general because it is a complementary means of Ngasti ceremony in Bali,” explained Made Wisersa, 63, chief of Taro Kaja customary village.

Taro Kaja customary village is located approximately 40 kilo-meters from Denpasar and can be covered within an hour by passing through a green region with cool air. Geographically Taro village is part of Munduk Gunung Lebah, a plateau stretching from the north to the south and flanked by Oos Ulu Luh River in the west and Oos Ulu Muani River in the east. Both streams are then fused at the edge of the western part of Ubud village, known as Campuhan. The northern part of Taro village is adjacent to Apuan village (Kintamani), the eastern part to Sebatu village (Tegallalang), the southern part to Kelusa village (Tegallalang) and the western part to Puhu village (Payangan).

Taro Kaja customary village has a uniqueness that is not owned by other villages in Bali, namely the presence of white cow being

sanctified by Taro village commu-nity, especially by the residents of Taro Kaja customary village. They strongly believe in the sanctity of this animal. They do not dare to maintain personally, let alone kill the sacred animal. “If there is a white cow born from their breed-ing, when reaching the age of six months it must have been submitted to the village to be taken care of. Until now, the existence of white cow is cared for by the White Cow Foundation managed by the com-munity of Taro Kaja customary village. In essence, the white cow is treated special. The descendants of white cow are equally treated even though born in different colors,” explained Ketut Sayoga, one of the administrators of the White Cow Foundation.

“Other than being sanctified, this white cow is also often used as a complementary means (witness) of ceremonies in Bali, such as Ngasti (and similar level to this ceremony). Lately, many people from outside Taro Kaja customary village such as Jembrana, Klungkung, Mengwi and Tabanan suffering cervical cancer, chronic kidney failure, paralysis and insanity come to invoke a drug derived from the dung or urine of this white cow. It is believed it can heal some diseases,” added Ketut Sayoga.

“To keep the sanctity of this white cow, the people coming to invoke drug is required to perform purificatory rite or melukat in ad-vance in front of the Shiva Nandini statue. After that, they are allowed to invoke the means of drug, either in the form of urine or dung of the white cow. Later, it is resumed with saying prayers at a shrine lo-cated at the northeastern tip of the Taman Sarwa Ada, the ashram of Ida Sri Nandini,” explained Made Wisersa. (kmb)

One of the bamboo craft in-dustry players from Penida Kelod hamlet, Tembuku subdistrict, I Kadek Sudanco, revealed that at the moment he only employs 35 workers. Indeed the ideal amount required reaches at least 50 peo-ple. The lack of employees causes its production to get a little prob-lem because the workmanship of his product becomes longer. To address this issue, he should work extra hard to meet the demand tending to increase. “I still lack of dozens of employees,” he said.

Sudanco also revealed that he already tried to find employees. Unfortunately, no one is inter-ested. Local people prefer to look for another job where they can get daily salary. “People prefer to get daily work. Conversely, I use a contract system, so that it is difficult to find employees,”

he said.He further explained that work-

ing with contract system is much better. Workers can set their own time. In addition, Sudanco said that working in this industry will provide with knowledge to be used to open an independent business. “When observed, the employment contract system will cause no losses. Other than being able to set the time, they can also get knowledge,” he said.

Apart from labor issues, said Sudanco, the volume of bamboo handicraft export also decreases by 25 percent. It is the impact of the weakening economy of Bali. Just a note, the bamboo products have penetrated a number of Euro-pean countries such as the United Kingdom and Germany.

Other than Sudanco, similar condition is also experienced by

another bamboo industry player from Bangli, Putra Wisatawan. Behind the development of busi-ness prospect, in fact it has not been supported by adequate work-force. “Similarly I also remain to lack of workforce. People are rarely willing to work like this whereas they can get skill,” he described.

In the meantime, the Head of Bangli Industry and Trade Agency, I Nengah Sudibia, also confirmed the difficulty of look-ing for employee faced by cottage industry businesses. Actually when compared to other jobs, the results of this job do not lose com-petitiveness. On average, this dif-ficulty is experienced by the entire industry business. “Businessmen are still difficult to get employees whereas the results are very prom-ising,” he said. (kmb45)

Sanctity of Taro white cow

IBP/kmbShiva Nandini statue, a place to perform purificatory rite (melukat) for people wishing to beg healing.

IBP/SosiawanBamboo crafts displayed on the stall. A number of craft industries in Bangli County are not only con-strained by the difficulty related to promotion and capital issues. However, lately, the difficulty to look for employees is often experienced by them as well.

Bamboo craft industry difficult to get employees

BANGLI - A number of craft industries in Bangli County are not only constrained by the difficulty related to promotion and capital issues. However, lately, the difficulty to look for employees is often ex-perienced by them as well.

BUSINESS

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The accident at Freeport-Mc-MoRan’s Grasberg mine, high in the mountains of Papua province, happened on Saturday in a mining area, said Riza Pratama, spokesman for the company’s Indonesia unit.

The victim suffered severe injuries and died on the spot, he added. The spokesman did not

give further details but Tempo news website reported that the employee died after falling onto a conveyor belt.

Grasberg, one of the world’s biggest gold and copper mines, has been plagued by accidents and production problems in recent years.

In January, three security per-sonnel who had been patrolling the mine were found dead with bullet and machete wounds.

In May 2013, a training tunnel collapsed, killing 28 miners as they took part in a safety course, in one of Indonesia’s worst-ever mining accidents. (afp)

PEKANBARU - The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has rented a Russian-made Sikorsky helicopter to strengthen its efforts to put out wildfires in Riau Province.

The helicopter arrived at Roesmin Nurjadin Air Force Base here on Sat-urday (July 25) and started dropping water bombs on the fires on Sunday, Edward Sanger from the Pekanbaru disaster mitigation office stated.

In addition to Sikorsky, the of-fice has already deployed an MI-17 helicopter in an effort to extinguish the blaze.

Sikorsky has a capacity to carry

JAKARTA - British Prime Minister David Cameron begins a visit to Southeast Asia on Monday, looking to seal $1.2 billion in trade deals and push for greater cooperation in the fight against the Islamic State group.

Cameron will arrive in Indonesia on the first stop of a four-day trip, accompanied by 30 British business leaders and the trade min-ister, before heading to Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia.

He will use meetings with President Joko Widodo of Indonesia and Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia to discuss what he calls the “common enemy” of IS jihadists, who have seized vast swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria.

Hundreds of young Britons have joined IS in Syria and Iraq, spark-ing fears they could launch attacks on home soil upon their return. The threat from the jihadists is also in focus after IS claimed an attack on a Tunisian beach hotel last month that left 30 Britons dead.

Indonesia, which has the world’s largest Muslim population and has long struggled with extremism, fears up to 500 of its citizens have been lured to the Middle East by IS, while nationals of Muslim-majority Malaysia have also joined the jihadists.

In remarks before the trip -- his first outside Europe since being re-elected in May -- Cameron said he would be talking to Southeast Asian leaders about “one of the biggest threats our world has faced”.

“We will only defeat these brutal terrorists if we take action at home, overseas and online and if we unite with countries around the world against this common enemy,” he said.

Britain would offer expertise on counter-terrorism, he added, and could also learn from Indonesia and Malaysia about what they have done to tackle extremism and build tolerant societies.

With trade a major focus as Britain seeks to find new markets in fast-growing Asia, Cameron said that deals worth more than £750 million ($1.2 billion) would be struck during the trip.

“Over the next 20 years, 90 percent of global growth is expected to come from outside Europe and Britain must be poised to take advantage,” he said.

“That’s why I’m delighted to be taking British businesses to this vast and dynamic market, securing deals worth over £750 million and creating opportunities for hard-working people back at home.”

Accompanying Cameron on the trip are senior figures from prominent British businesses including engine maker Rolls-Royce and construction equipment maker JCB.

He will also seek progress on a free trade deal between the Eu-ropean Union and the 10-member Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) during talks with the regional bloc’s secretary general at its Jakarta headquarters.

In addition, Cameron will discuss action on climate change while in Indonesia ahead of a key summit in Paris later this year. Indonesia is one of the world’s top greenhouse gas emitters, due in large part to rampant deforestation.

But there could be tension when Cameron meets Widodo Mon-day over the plight of a Briton on death row in Indonesia for drug smuggling.

Grandmother Lindsay Sandiford has said she fears her execution is imminent after a group of foreigners were put to death by firing squad in April, sparking international outrage.

The prime minister could run into controversy during his stop in Malaysia, with calls mounting for him to meet with the opposition as well as the government at a time Najib is fighting off a crisis.

The Malaysian leader is facing outrage over allegations that hun-dreds of millions of dollars were siphoned off from a state-owned development company he launched and retains close links with.

The premier and the company, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), have both vehemently denied any wrongdoing. The case is being investigated by Malaysian authorities and a parliamentary committee.

Cameron will depart Jakarta on Tuesday for Singapore.

British PM heads to Southeast Asia with trade, IS on agenda

New worker death at US-owned mine in Papua

JAKARTA - A worker has been killed in an accident at a US-owned gold and copper mine in remote eastern Indonesia, the company said Monday, the latest death at the trouble-plagued site.

Russia-made helicopter deployed to extinguish Riau wildfires

ANTARA FOTO/FB Anggoro

A fireman tries to exthinguish wildfires in Riau province. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has rented a Russian-made Sikorsky helicopter to strengthen its efforts to put out wild-fires in Riau Province.

up to four tons of water during each sortie.

In the meantime, the Terra and Aqua satellites detected 308 hotspots indicating wildfires on Sumatra Island, Sunday, Head of the Pakan-baru meteorology, climatology and geophysics office (BMKG) Sugarin stated.

Riau is the largest contributor, with 122 hotspots, followed by South Sumatra (59), Jambi (58), North Su-matra (25), West Sumatra (19), Beng-kulu (10), Bangka Belitung (nine), Lampung (five), and Riau Islands (one), according to Sugarin.

In Riau Province, 44 hotspots were found in Pelalawan District, 17 in Bengkalis, 16 in Kampar, 14 in Indragiri Hulu, eight in Indragiri Hilir,

seven in Dumai, five in Rokan Hilir, four in Kuantan Singingi, and two in Rokan Hulu.

Of the total 122 hotspots in Riau, 71 had the accuracy rate of above 70 percent, thereby confirming the emer-gence of wildfires in the province.

More wildfires are likely to occur in Riau as the temperature in Riau reached 34 degrees Celsius, and the humidity was 97 percent.

The visibility in Pekanbaru on Sunday, at 7 a.m. local time, reached only a kilometer, which is the minimal safety limit for operating flights.

Based on the Air Pollution Stan-dard Index monitoring data, the air quality over Pekanbaru City was at a moderate level despite haze shrouding the capital of Riau Province. (ant)

A U.S. official said the creation of an “Islamic State-free zone” would ensure greater security and stability in the Turkish-Syrian border region. However, the official said any joint military efforts with Turkey would not include the imposition of a no-fly zone, a step Washington has long resisted despite Turkish requests.

The discussions come amid a major tactical shift in Turkey’s approach to the Islamic State. Af-ter months of reluctance, Turkish warplanes started striking militant targets in Syria last week, following

a long-awaited agreement allowing the U.S. to launch its own strikes from the strategically located Incir-lik Air Base.

The official insisted on anonym-ity because this person was not authorized to publicly discuss the talks with Turkey.

Despite the U.S. and Turkey’s shared interests in fighting the Islamic State, the Turks have also prioritized defeating Syrian Presi-dent Bashar Assad. While the U.S. says Assad has lost legitimacy, it has not taken direct military action to try

to remove him from office.Turkey’s new airstrike campaign

also includes a second front target-ing the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. The U.S. has relied on Syrian Kurdish fighters affiliated with the PKK to help make gains against the Islamic State.

Turkey accuses the PKK of not keeping pledges to withdraw armed fighters from its territory and disarm. The Turks are also concerned that gains made by Kurds in Iraq and in Syria could encourage its own mi-nority to seek independence. (ap)

MOGADISHU — Somali police say the toll for the massive truck bomb attack on the capital’s premier hotel has risen to 15, including a Kenya diplomat, a Chinese embassy guard and three journalists.

The scale of the truck bomb used against the Jazeera Hotel has stunned Mogadishu, a capital long used to conflict and raises fears of an escalation of force by the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group battling the

government.The radical al-Shabab had been

pushed out of the capital by Somali forces backed by troops from the Af-rican Union. The group said the bomb was in retaliation for the offensive.

The front of the five-story hotel, which used to host diplomats, jour-nalists and visiting heads of state, had been sheared off, echoing the devastation from worst days of the civil war. (ap)

MANILA — Left-wing protest-ers clashed with riot police amid a downpour Monday as they tried to breach a barricade of barbed wire and shipping containers ahead of the Philippine president’s final state of the nation address.

Some of the approximately 4,000 drenched protesters started to push away the metal cargo containers and iron railings blocking them from getting close to the House of Repre-sentatives in suburban Quezon city where President Benigno Aquino III is to deliver his speech later Monday, police said.

At least three policemen and 16 protesters were injured when authori-ties used water cannon to push back

the activists, who hurled rocks and bottles at the police, according to po-lice and Red Cross volunteers.

Aquino, whose six-year term ends next June, is expected to report on the progress of his fight against corruption and poverty, his campaign battle cry that landed him a landslide victory.

But problems have persisted in a Southeast Asian country where about a fourth of its 100 million people remain mired in long-entrenched poverty. Communist and Muslim insurgencies that have raged on and off for more than four decades have combined with natural disasters in the typhoon-prone archipelago and law and order prob-lems to turn governance into a tough and complex dilemma. (ap)

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — The president of Kyrgyzstan is lambast-ing the United States for honoring a jailed Kyrgyz journalist.

The U.S. State Department ear-lier this month conferred a share of its annual Human Rights Defender award to Azimzhan Askarov, an ethnic Uzbek journalist who is

in prison for stirring up “ethnic hatred.”

Kyrgyzstan last week dissolved a 1993 cooperation agreement with the United States, saying that Askarov is a dangerous criminal.

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev told reporters on Mon-day that he views the award to

Askarov as a “deliberate provoca-tion aiming to flare up ethnic ten-sions” in the south of the country.

More than 400 people were killed and thousands displaced by clashes between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz in 2010. Venezuelan hu-man rights lawyer Foro Penal was co-winner of the award. (ap)

Protesters, police clash ahead of Philippine leader’s speech

Somalia hotel truck bomb toll rises to 15

AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file

FILE-In this Monday, June 15, 2015 file photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, southeastern Turkey, showing a Turkish soldier walking by the border fence with Syria while in the background, Kurdish fighters, top right, advance, as civilians, top left, flee the outskirts of Tal Abyad, Syria.

US, Turkey seek to establish Islamic State-free zone

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The United States and Turkey are finalizing plans for a military campaign to push the Islamic State out of a strip of land along the Syrian border, deepening efforts to halt the extremists’ advances.

Prof. I Nengah Dasi Astawa, said that there are two things that Balinese people have do to prevent their own destruction. One is to stop selling their land and instead rent it out, or join with cooperatives because once the land is sold then it is only a matter of time before the Balinese lose everything.

“In terms of mysticism, when Balinese people sell their land, espe-cially land that has been bequeathed to them, this will result in kepongor (blame from the ancestors). Kepon-gor is characterized by the loss of any kind of bargaining position in the customary village and not being able to sell land despite making offers everywhere. When Balinese people run out of land, Balinese culture will feast to exist. Somewhere between 90-100 percent of Balinese culture is based on the agricultural sector,” said Astawa.

The second thing than Balinese people need to do to preserve their heritage is to address the issue of their human resources who need to be up to or above the national average. Many local people have a strong willingness to work but have one weakness and

that is a lack of courage. “Suppose if Balinese people, despite us begin few in number, were like the Batak or the Javanese, who dare to wander far from home,” he said.

Astawa added that actually Bali is not inferior to developed countries like Singapore which is only one eighth the size of the island of Bali. In terms of natural resources, Bali is a hundred times more powerful that Singapore that relies on Malaysia and Indonesia for their staples.

“Singapore is inhabited by a popu-lation of 5.7 million, while Bali’s population is only 4.255 million, so is Singapore’S per capita income USD 55 while ours is IDR 3, 500? That’s 17 times lower despite having more natural resources and comparable hu-man resources,” he continued.

Astawa attribute this gap to Bali’s lack of good management and cour-age. He also mentioned that Bali’s infrastructural problems also hinder development and the competitiveness of its human resources. In order to succeed, he said that we must master the three T’s, namely; technology, transportation and trade. (kmb32)

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TABANAN - Tabanan County retains potential coastal tourism. All this time, the widely known beaches are the Tanah Lot, Yeh Ganga, Pasut and Balian Beach. Actually there are many more beaches in Tabanan whose beauty is no less good to be enjoyed. One of them is Soka Beach located at Soka Kelod hamlet, Antap village, Selemadeg. Moreover, Soka Beach has belonged to one of the tourist attractions owned by Tabanan.

Soka Beach is one of the beach-es facing the Indonesian Ocean. To reach this beach, we have to drive about 45 minutes from the town of Tabanan towards Gilimanuk

along approximately 20 km. When entering the area of Soka hamlet, the overlay of paddy field terraces spreading from the mountain to the sea will soothe our sight. Moreover, most of the area includes in the green belt and winding path of the highway adds fun to the journey to Soka Beach.

Deep black sand between the rocks protruding into the sea wel-comes us with huge waves crash-ing along the reef. There is a high rock separating the land from the sea. However, the most beautiful scenery on the beach owned by Tabanan is in the afternoon. When the sun will set, the horizon of red-

dish orange is the main attraction of Soka Beach that is not inferior to Kuta Beach.

Very beautiful panorama is one of the reasons why the beach attrac-tion in Tabanan must be visited. As far as the eyes can see, of course it will entertain visitors and can eliminate their boredom. In ad-dition, the Soka Beach attraction has a spacious parking lot. Few stalls and a restaurant are avail-able here to unwind after enjoying the magnificent scenery. For those who love sea fishing, simply join the local fishermen by riding a traditional boat with or without outboard engine.

Black Sandy Soka Beach

With team-mate Jenson Button ninth, it was the first time this year McLaren finished a grand prix with both cars in the points.

Alonso said: “The race was chaotic in some parts, and we took advantage of the opportunities that arrived to us, and we maximised the result. “Fifth is unbelievable, a little impressive for us because in this moment we are not super competitive

“For the whole team, the people at the factory working 24 hours a day just to keep updating the car, to get some points is a good way to go into the break. “We know the car is improving, we know we are getting more competitive, but it’s always nice to touch it with your hands.

“At the end of the day we are here to compete, to win one day, but we are not in that position right now. “We know we are going in the right direc-tion, but it’s always better if you score points. “We were a little bit lucky with some of the things that happened in the race, but in some races we’ve been unlucky, so we need to take every opportunity.”

Button felt he could have poten-tially have finished as high as Alonso,

but for the fact his tyres were not replaced during a safety car period, resulting in him being on old rubber come the end of the race.

“I’d rather have been up where Fernando is, but he did a great job, and also the strategy worked for him in putting on the soft tyres in the final stint,” assessed Button. “Most people stopped under the safety car, but I didn’t, which made it very difficult because the tyres were old when we started again.

“So I did a very long stint whereas other people were on new tyres. “I was running on primes when oth-ers were on options, so it was very, very difficult to hold people behind. “Tough one, that was a mistake, but I still scored points.

“For the team it’s great to get points going into the summer break, but we are also realistic and we understand what was going on in a crazy race.

“There were a lot of offs and drivethroughs, which helped us quite a bit, but good to get some points, and both be in the points as well. “This is a step forward, but we need another step forward if we’re going to repeat this.” (ap)

BEIJING — Beijing has mar-keted its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics as the reliable choice, despite concerns about a lack of natural snow, notoriously bad air pollution and warnings about the government’s treatment of political dissidents and minority groups.

As the IOC prepares to choose between the Chinese capital and Almaty, Kazakhstan, Beijing back-ers hope that a wealth of venues and experience accumulated from the 2008 Summer Olympics will be enough to clinch the vote.

“We are convinced that there are multiple reasons why Beijing would be the ideal, athlete-centered, sustainable and economical choice,” Beijing mayor and bid committee chairman Wang Anshun said as he led a delegation to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for final presentations and the vote on Friday.

If successful Beijing would be the first city to host both the Sum-mer and Winter Olympics, yet another milestone for this city of 21 million from where the Chinese government has overseen a three

ISTANBUL — Lesia Tsurenko won her first WTA Tour title on Sunday after beating Urszula Rad-wanska in the final of the Istanbul Cup. The Ukrainian saw off her Polish counterpart in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1.

“When I saw the draw it looked tough, but I believe that if you go to a tournament you can win it,” Tsurenko said.

“You have to think like this. I’m

so happy I could win here and show good tennis. That’s my goal, getting good results.”

Tsurenko saved three set points on serve in the opening set before winning nine of the next ten games to secure her maiden title in one hour and 32 minutes.

It’s the second time Radwanska has been defeated in a WTA final after her loss in Rosmalen three years ago. (ap)

REUTERS/Ronald Zak/PoolTrack marshals help McLaren Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain (R) to push his car after a breakdown during the qualifying sesson for the Hungarian F1 Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit, near Budapest, Hungary July 25, 2015.

Alonso says fifth place in Hungarian GP ‘unbelievable’

Fernando Alonso emerged from a “chaotic” Formula 1 Hungar-ian Grand Prix with a result he has hailed as “unbelievable” for McLaren. Following an incident-strewn race Alonso claimed the Honda-powered team’s best result of a troubled season with fifth position at the Hungaroring.

AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, FileFILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, a skier passes by snow machines on the slopes of the Chongli ski resort in Hebei province where the Nordic skiing, ski jumping, and other outdoor Olympic events are proposed to be held for Beijing’s 2022 bid.

Tsurenko beats Radwanska to win Istanbul Cup

Beijing touts experience, facilities in 2022 Olympic biddecade-long economic boom that has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty.

But while the Beijing bid had been the inside favorite, Almaty has emerged as a more robust contender than expected, boasting a strong winter sports tradition, plentiful natural snow and a compact design that places most venues less than an hour from the city center.

Beijing lacks high mountains in the immediate vicinity and its winters are known for being cold and dry, with only intermittent light snow. That requires situating the ski and sliding events at venues in Yangqing and Zhangjiakou, 60 and 140 kilome-ters (40 and 90 miles) outside the city, while indoor events will use venues in Beijing’s city center.

To compensate for the distance, a

high-speed rail line is being built to Zhangjiakou that organizers say will cut the trip to 50 minutes, putting Beijing in easy reach of the Chongli ski area at the base of the Great Wall where the Nordic skiing events would be held. Organizers also say they have a plan to cut air pollution through a 75 percent reduction in

coal use, factory closures and vehicle restrictions.

Beijing also promises a frugal plan, with a total budget of slightly over $3 billion, split roughly be-tween organizing events and infra-structure construction, a fraction of the budget for the 2014 Winter Games at Sochi, Russia. (ap)

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Guardado had his fourth goal of the knockout rounds, and Jesus Corona and Oribe Peralta also scored as El Tri won its seventh Gold Cup. It was a convincing performance for coach Miguel Herrera and his team after some shaky play and contentious mo-ments in the previous two games.

Jamaica had made a rousing run to the final, stunning the U.S. in the semis to become the first Caribbean nation to reach the Gold Cup’s championship match. And the Reggae Boyz looked as though they belonged in the open-ing minutes, keeping the pressure on Mexico with several promising scoring chances but never putting a shot on goal.

But then El Tri started to find the gaps in the defense, and a yellow card for Jamaica helped lead to Mexico’s first goal. The Reggae Boyz hadn’t trailed since early in the second half of their Gold Cup opener.

Mexico, which already held the record for most Gold Cup titles, is 7-1 in finals. El Tri will face the U.S., the 2013 Gold Cup champ, on Oct. 9 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, for CONCACAF’S spot in the 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia. “We won a game today, but we don’t accomplish our goal yet,” Herrera said.

The only way Mexico had been able to score in the knockout rounds before Sunday was on penalty kicks, all three by Guardado. And two of those came on late, questionable calls.

Against Costa Rica in the quar-terfinals, a scoreless game was mo-

SEOUL - South Korea’s Chung Mong-joon, who is expected to announce his candidacy for the FIFA presidency next month, met potential rival Michel Platini in the United States on Sunday and called for a ‘fair competition’ should he enter the race.

Former FIFA Vice President Chung said last week he was still weighing up a bid to replace Sepp Blatter as the head of world foot-ball’s scandal-hit governing body and that he was thinking about

making an official announcement in mid-August.

Chung, the billionaire scion of the Hyundai conglomerate and one of the most influential figures in Asian soccer, posted a picture of his meeting with UEFA chief Platini on his official website and said he planned to meet him again in Europe in August. (www.mjc-hung.com)

Platini and Chung were attending Sunday’s final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in Philadelphia between

BUENOS AIRES - Carlos Tevez inspired nine-man Boca Juniors to a 1-0 away win over Belgrano that gave them a three-point lead at the top of the Argen-tine championship.

Boca, who scored through Ar-gentina midfielder Fernando Gago in the 37th minute of Sunday’s match in Cordoba, were down to 10 men for the last half hour and nine for the last 22 minutes.

Midfielder Pablo Perez and de-fender Gino Peruzzi were sent off after picking up second bookings in a foul-riddled match in which Tevez was the target of some hard marking but got on with the game and kept Boca afloat.

“You have to know how to read games. When we were able to play, we played. When we had to fight, we fought,” Tevez told reporters.

“Boca can do big things, we have to stay on this route, we’re doing well,” he added after his

second match since returning to his first club following a decade abroad.

Boca have 40 points after 18 matches, three points more than San Lorenzo, held 1-1 at Godoy Cruz, and River Plate, who beat Colon 3-1 at home on Saturday.

Rosario Central, fourth on 35 points, won their fourth consecu-tive city derby 1-0 away to New-ell’s Old Boys with a goal from the championship’s leading scorer Marco Ruben, who took his tally to 12 in 18 matches.

River striker Fernando Cave-naghi is one goal back after scoring for a second string side, while coach Marcelo Gallardo rested first choice players for Wednesday’s first leg of the Lib-ertadores Cup final away to Tigres of Mexico in Monterrey.

“The lads are all on the same wavelength and that’s good,” Gal-lardo said of his squad. “The fans have big dreams.” (rtr)

SEOUL, South Korea — Asian powers Japan and South Korea have named squads devoid of big names for next month’s biennial East Asian Cup, which also features China and North Korea.

The four-nation round-robin com-petition, to be held in the Chinese city of Wuhan, is not officially recognized by FIFA so European-based clubs, preparing for the start of domestic seasons, are not obliged to release players.

This means Japan will be without big names such as Keisuke Honda of AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund’s Shinji Kagawa while South Korea will miss Bayer Leverkusen’s Son Heung-min and English Premier League star Ki Seung-yeung.

The absences give up and coming players the chance for some interna-tional time with vital 2018 World Cup qualifiers fast approaching.

Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic

named an entirely J-League based squad of 23 players and has called up Yuki Moto of Urawa Reds, Shonan Bellmare’s Wataru Endo and Gamba Osaka stars Koki Yonekura and Shu Kurata for the first time.

“This is a tournament in which the new players have to show what they are capable of. For the domestic players this will be a very good test,” Halilhodzic told reporters in Tokyo.

Japan is looking to bounce back from disappointing 0-0 draw with Sin-gapore last month at home in its first qualifier for the 2018 World Cup.

South Korea coach Uli Stielike has named players from the Chinese Super League as well as the J-League and the 2015 Asian Cup runner-up has selected Kim Shin-wook for the first time since the striker broke his ankle in last September’s Asian Games.

The tall attacker has been linked with a move to England in the transfer window and could perhaps increase

his options and asking price by a good showing in China. Korea goalkeeper Kim Jin-hyeon has withdrawn from the squad after breaking his collar bone, to be replaced by Lee Bom-young.

“China and North Korea will field their strongest squads, but Japan face the same situation as us,” said Stielike. “We’ll do our best with the players we have.”

China is hoping to build on an en-couraging last eight finish at the 2015 Asian Cup in January and has named an-all domestic roster as it looks to recapture the trophy won in Tokyo in 2010. Coach Alain Perrin has named seven players from Chinese Super League powerhouse Guangzhou Evergrande.

North Korea had a dismal Asian Cup but has started qualification for the 2018 World Cup brightly. The team has included three overseas play-ers in its list. (ap)

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United has signed Ar-gentina goalkeeper Sergio Romero to a three-year deal on a free transfer. The 28-year-old Romero previously

played for United manager Louis van Gaal at Dutch club AZ Alkmaar.

Romero will provide competition for Spanish ‘keeper David De Gea — currently pursued by Real Madrid

— while Victor Valdes is set to be sold after Van Gaal said he refused to play in the reserves.

“Sergio is a very talented goal-keeper,” Van Gaal said. “He was a

young keeper during my time at AZ Alkmaar and I am delighted he is join-ing Manchester United.”

Romero has played 62 matches for Argentina and played in the 2014

World Cup final against title-winner Germany. He made his senior club debut at Racing Club in 2007 before moving to AZ and most recently Italy’s Sampdoria. (ap)

AP Photo/Michael Perez

Mexico players celebrate their 3-1 win over Jamaica in the CONCACAF Gold Cup championship soccer match, Sunday, July 26, 2015, in Philadelphia.

Mexico wins 7th Gold Cup title with 3-1 victory over Jamaica

PHILADELPHIA — An-dres Guardado scored again, with no penalty kick needed this time, and his teammates finally managed some goals, too. Mexico ensured the final wouldn’t come down to any calls in the last minutes with a 3-1 victory over upstart Jamaica for the CONCACAF Gold Cup title Sunday.

ments from going to a shootout when Guardado converted his penalty in the final minute of extra time. Mexico had been the better team that day, but that wasn’t the case in the semifinals. Down to 10 men, Panama was on the verge of victory when a disputed hand ball set up a penalty for Guardado in second-half stoppage time, and he scored on another for the winner in extra time.

Mexico had gone 272 minutes since one of its players scored on anything other than a penalty when Guardado put El Tri ahead for good

Sunday. Jonathan dos Santos found Paul Aguilar out wide on a free kick, and Aguilar crossed it to Guardado, whose left-footed volley made it 1-0 in the 31st minute. It was his sixth goal of the tournament, one behind Clint Dempsey of the U.S.

Guardado, voted top player of the tournament, had also been the last Mexico player to score on anything other than a penalty with his goal in the 88th minute against Trinidad and Tobago in the final group stage match.

Any chance of a Jamaica comeback

quickly evaporated after halftime. Just over a minute in, Corona, who had failed to convert two good chances in the first half, stole the ball from Michael Hector and pushed forward. The 22-year-old forward slid his left-footed shot from the edge of the area under the legs of Wes Morgan for a 2-0 lead in the 47th minute. Corona was selected top young player of the tournament.

Another mistake by Hector in the 61st minute put Mexico up 3-0. He whiffed on an attempted clearance, and the ball went right to Peralta for

an easy goal. Shortly after, Guardado came off to a thunderous ovation from the pro-Mexico crowd of 68,930 at Lincoln Financial Field, home of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles. “We really managed the game in the correct way,” Herrera said.

Darren Mattocks scored in the 80th minute to pull the Reggae Boyz within 3-1. A magical tournament over in defeat, Jamaica coach Winfried Schaefer proudly held out the medal hanging around his neck. “For me, this is not the silver, this is gold,” he said. “Nobody gave us a shot.” (ap)

Man United signs Argentina ‘keeper Romero on free transfer

Japan, South Korea without stars for East Asian Cup

FIFA hopeful Chung meets potential rival Platini in US

AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 3, 2015, former FIFA Vice Presi-dent Chung Mong-joon arrives to hold a press conference in Seoul, South Korea. Chung said Tuesday, July 21 he is leaning toward running for president of football’s governing body at the Feb. 26 election to replace Sepp Blatter.

Jamaica and Mexico.An “extraordinary elective con-

gress” of all 209 member associa-tions will decide the successor to Blatter, who has been at the helm of FIFA since 1998.

Blatter announced on June 2 he was standing down, just four days after winning a fifth term with an election victory at a congress over-shadowed by the arrest of seven soccer officials.

Chung, a former member of FIFA’s powerful Executive Com-mittee and a fierce critic of Blatter, is the biggest shareholder in Hyun-dai Heavy Industries Co Ltd and a one-time South Korean presidential hopeful.

He was instrumental in bringing the World Cup to South Korea in 2002, when it co-hosted the event with Japan.

While he has yet to throw his hat into the ring, Platini, the head of Europe’s governing body, is viewed as favourite to succeed Blatter and has reportedly received the back-ing of four out of six continental confederations.

FIFA is in the grip of the worst crisis in its 111-year history, with more than a dozen sports marketing executives and soccer officials, in-cluding several from FIFA, indicted in the United States on bribery, money laundering and wire fraud charges. (rtr)

REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

Boca Juniors’ Carlos Tevez gives a thumbs-up as he leaves after the their Argentine First Division soccer match against Quilmes in Buenos Aires July 18, 2015.

Tevez steers nine-man Boca to

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Guardado had his fourth goal of the knockout rounds, and Jesus Corona and Oribe Peralta also scored as El Tri won its seventh Gold Cup. It was a convincing performance for coach Miguel Herrera and his team after some shaky play and contentious mo-ments in the previous two games.

Jamaica had made a rousing run to the final, stunning the U.S. in the semis to become the first Caribbean nation to reach the Gold Cup’s championship match. And the Reggae Boyz looked as though they belonged in the open-ing minutes, keeping the pressure on Mexico with several promising scoring chances but never putting a shot on goal.

But then El Tri started to find the gaps in the defense, and a yellow card for Jamaica helped lead to Mexico’s first goal. The Reggae Boyz hadn’t trailed since early in the second half of their Gold Cup opener.

Mexico, which already held the record for most Gold Cup titles, is 7-1 in finals. El Tri will face the U.S., the 2013 Gold Cup champ, on Oct. 9 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, for CONCACAF’S spot in the 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia. “We won a game today, but we don’t accomplish our goal yet,” Herrera said.

The only way Mexico had been able to score in the knockout rounds before Sunday was on penalty kicks, all three by Guardado. And two of those came on late, questionable calls.

Against Costa Rica in the quar-terfinals, a scoreless game was mo-

SEOUL - South Korea’s Chung Mong-joon, who is expected to announce his candidacy for the FIFA presidency next month, met potential rival Michel Platini in the United States on Sunday and called for a ‘fair competition’ should he enter the race.

Former FIFA Vice President Chung said last week he was still weighing up a bid to replace Sepp Blatter as the head of world foot-ball’s scandal-hit governing body and that he was thinking about

making an official announcement in mid-August.

Chung, the billionaire scion of the Hyundai conglomerate and one of the most influential figures in Asian soccer, posted a picture of his meeting with UEFA chief Platini on his official website and said he planned to meet him again in Europe in August. (www.mjc-hung.com)

Platini and Chung were attending Sunday’s final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in Philadelphia between

BUENOS AIRES - Carlos Tevez inspired nine-man Boca Juniors to a 1-0 away win over Belgrano that gave them a three-point lead at the top of the Argen-tine championship.

Boca, who scored through Ar-gentina midfielder Fernando Gago in the 37th minute of Sunday’s match in Cordoba, were down to 10 men for the last half hour and nine for the last 22 minutes.

Midfielder Pablo Perez and de-fender Gino Peruzzi were sent off after picking up second bookings in a foul-riddled match in which Tevez was the target of some hard marking but got on with the game and kept Boca afloat.

“You have to know how to read games. When we were able to play, we played. When we had to fight, we fought,” Tevez told reporters.

“Boca can do big things, we have to stay on this route, we’re doing well,” he added after his

second match since returning to his first club following a decade abroad.

Boca have 40 points after 18 matches, three points more than San Lorenzo, held 1-1 at Godoy Cruz, and River Plate, who beat Colon 3-1 at home on Saturday.

Rosario Central, fourth on 35 points, won their fourth consecu-tive city derby 1-0 away to New-ell’s Old Boys with a goal from the championship’s leading scorer Marco Ruben, who took his tally to 12 in 18 matches.

River striker Fernando Cave-naghi is one goal back after scoring for a second string side, while coach Marcelo Gallardo rested first choice players for Wednesday’s first leg of the Lib-ertadores Cup final away to Tigres of Mexico in Monterrey.

“The lads are all on the same wavelength and that’s good,” Gal-lardo said of his squad. “The fans have big dreams.” (rtr)

SEOUL, South Korea — Asian powers Japan and South Korea have named squads devoid of big names for next month’s biennial East Asian Cup, which also features China and North Korea.

The four-nation round-robin com-petition, to be held in the Chinese city of Wuhan, is not officially recognized by FIFA so European-based clubs, preparing for the start of domestic seasons, are not obliged to release players.

This means Japan will be without big names such as Keisuke Honda of AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund’s Shinji Kagawa while South Korea will miss Bayer Leverkusen’s Son Heung-min and English Premier League star Ki Seung-yeung.

The absences give up and coming players the chance for some interna-tional time with vital 2018 World Cup qualifiers fast approaching.

Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic

named an entirely J-League based squad of 23 players and has called up Yuki Moto of Urawa Reds, Shonan Bellmare’s Wataru Endo and Gamba Osaka stars Koki Yonekura and Shu Kurata for the first time.

“This is a tournament in which the new players have to show what they are capable of. For the domestic players this will be a very good test,” Halilhodzic told reporters in Tokyo.

Japan is looking to bounce back from disappointing 0-0 draw with Sin-gapore last month at home in its first qualifier for the 2018 World Cup.

South Korea coach Uli Stielike has named players from the Chinese Super League as well as the J-League and the 2015 Asian Cup runner-up has selected Kim Shin-wook for the first time since the striker broke his ankle in last September’s Asian Games.

The tall attacker has been linked with a move to England in the transfer window and could perhaps increase

his options and asking price by a good showing in China. Korea goalkeeper Kim Jin-hyeon has withdrawn from the squad after breaking his collar bone, to be replaced by Lee Bom-young.

“China and North Korea will field their strongest squads, but Japan face the same situation as us,” said Stielike. “We’ll do our best with the players we have.”

China is hoping to build on an en-couraging last eight finish at the 2015 Asian Cup in January and has named an-all domestic roster as it looks to recapture the trophy won in Tokyo in 2010. Coach Alain Perrin has named seven players from Chinese Super League powerhouse Guangzhou Evergrande.

North Korea had a dismal Asian Cup but has started qualification for the 2018 World Cup brightly. The team has included three overseas play-ers in its list. (ap)

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United has signed Ar-gentina goalkeeper Sergio Romero to a three-year deal on a free transfer. The 28-year-old Romero previously

played for United manager Louis van Gaal at Dutch club AZ Alkmaar.

Romero will provide competition for Spanish ‘keeper David De Gea — currently pursued by Real Madrid

— while Victor Valdes is set to be sold after Van Gaal said he refused to play in the reserves.

“Sergio is a very talented goal-keeper,” Van Gaal said. “He was a

young keeper during my time at AZ Alkmaar and I am delighted he is join-ing Manchester United.”

Romero has played 62 matches for Argentina and played in the 2014

World Cup final against title-winner Germany. He made his senior club debut at Racing Club in 2007 before moving to AZ and most recently Italy’s Sampdoria. (ap)

AP Photo/Michael Perez

Mexico players celebrate their 3-1 win over Jamaica in the CONCACAF Gold Cup championship soccer match, Sunday, July 26, 2015, in Philadelphia.

Mexico wins 7th Gold Cup title with 3-1 victory over Jamaica

PHILADELPHIA — An-dres Guardado scored again, with no penalty kick needed this time, and his teammates finally managed some goals, too. Mexico ensured the final wouldn’t come down to any calls in the last minutes with a 3-1 victory over upstart Jamaica for the CONCACAF Gold Cup title Sunday.

ments from going to a shootout when Guardado converted his penalty in the final minute of extra time. Mexico had been the better team that day, but that wasn’t the case in the semifinals. Down to 10 men, Panama was on the verge of victory when a disputed hand ball set up a penalty for Guardado in second-half stoppage time, and he scored on another for the winner in extra time.

Mexico had gone 272 minutes since one of its players scored on anything other than a penalty when Guardado put El Tri ahead for good

Sunday. Jonathan dos Santos found Paul Aguilar out wide on a free kick, and Aguilar crossed it to Guardado, whose left-footed volley made it 1-0 in the 31st minute. It was his sixth goal of the tournament, one behind Clint Dempsey of the U.S.

Guardado, voted top player of the tournament, had also been the last Mexico player to score on anything other than a penalty with his goal in the 88th minute against Trinidad and Tobago in the final group stage match.

Any chance of a Jamaica comeback

quickly evaporated after halftime. Just over a minute in, Corona, who had failed to convert two good chances in the first half, stole the ball from Michael Hector and pushed forward. The 22-year-old forward slid his left-footed shot from the edge of the area under the legs of Wes Morgan for a 2-0 lead in the 47th minute. Corona was selected top young player of the tournament.

Another mistake by Hector in the 61st minute put Mexico up 3-0. He whiffed on an attempted clearance, and the ball went right to Peralta for

an easy goal. Shortly after, Guardado came off to a thunderous ovation from the pro-Mexico crowd of 68,930 at Lincoln Financial Field, home of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles. “We really managed the game in the correct way,” Herrera said.

Darren Mattocks scored in the 80th minute to pull the Reggae Boyz within 3-1. A magical tournament over in defeat, Jamaica coach Winfried Schaefer proudly held out the medal hanging around his neck. “For me, this is not the silver, this is gold,” he said. “Nobody gave us a shot.” (ap)

Man United signs Argentina ‘keeper Romero on free transfer

Japan, South Korea without stars for East Asian Cup

FIFA hopeful Chung meets potential rival Platini in US

AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 3, 2015, former FIFA Vice Presi-dent Chung Mong-joon arrives to hold a press conference in Seoul, South Korea. Chung said Tuesday, July 21 he is leaning toward running for president of football’s governing body at the Feb. 26 election to replace Sepp Blatter.

Jamaica and Mexico.An “extraordinary elective con-

gress” of all 209 member associa-tions will decide the successor to Blatter, who has been at the helm of FIFA since 1998.

Blatter announced on June 2 he was standing down, just four days after winning a fifth term with an election victory at a congress over-shadowed by the arrest of seven soccer officials.

Chung, a former member of FIFA’s powerful Executive Com-mittee and a fierce critic of Blatter, is the biggest shareholder in Hyun-dai Heavy Industries Co Ltd and a one-time South Korean presidential hopeful.

He was instrumental in bringing the World Cup to South Korea in 2002, when it co-hosted the event with Japan.

While he has yet to throw his hat into the ring, Platini, the head of Europe’s governing body, is viewed as favourite to succeed Blatter and has reportedly received the back-ing of four out of six continental confederations.

FIFA is in the grip of the worst crisis in its 111-year history, with more than a dozen sports marketing executives and soccer officials, in-cluding several from FIFA, indicted in the United States on bribery, money laundering and wire fraud charges. (rtr)

REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

Boca Juniors’ Carlos Tevez gives a thumbs-up as he leaves after the their Argentine First Division soccer match against Quilmes in Buenos Aires July 18, 2015.

Tevez steers nine-man Boca to

1-0 win over Belgrano

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TABANAN - Tabanan County retains potential coastal tourism. All this time, the widely known beaches are the Tanah Lot, Yeh Ganga, Pasut and Balian Beach. Actually there are many more beaches in Tabanan whose beauty is no less good to be enjoyed. One of them is Soka Beach located at Soka Kelod hamlet, Antap village, Selemadeg. Moreover, Soka Beach has belonged to one of the tourist attractions owned by Tabanan.

Soka Beach is one of the beach-es facing the Indonesian Ocean. To reach this beach, we have to drive about 45 minutes from the town of Tabanan towards Gilimanuk

along approximately 20 km. When entering the area of Soka hamlet, the overlay of paddy field terraces spreading from the mountain to the sea will soothe our sight. Moreover, most of the area includes in the green belt and winding path of the highway adds fun to the journey to Soka Beach.

Deep black sand between the rocks protruding into the sea wel-comes us with huge waves crash-ing along the reef. There is a high rock separating the land from the sea. However, the most beautiful scenery on the beach owned by Tabanan is in the afternoon. When the sun will set, the horizon of red-

dish orange is the main attraction of Soka Beach that is not inferior to Kuta Beach.

Very beautiful panorama is one of the reasons why the beach attrac-tion in Tabanan must be visited. As far as the eyes can see, of course it will entertain visitors and can eliminate their boredom. In ad-dition, the Soka Beach attraction has a spacious parking lot. Few stalls and a restaurant are avail-able here to unwind after enjoying the magnificent scenery. For those who love sea fishing, simply join the local fishermen by riding a traditional boat with or without outboard engine.

Black Sandy Soka Beach

With team-mate Jenson Button ninth, it was the first time this year McLaren finished a grand prix with both cars in the points.

Alonso said: “The race was chaotic in some parts, and we took advantage of the opportunities that arrived to us, and we maximised the result. “Fifth is unbelievable, a little impressive for us because in this moment we are not super competitive

“For the whole team, the people at the factory working 24 hours a day just to keep updating the car, to get some points is a good way to go into the break. “We know the car is improving, we know we are getting more competitive, but it’s always nice to touch it with your hands.

“At the end of the day we are here to compete, to win one day, but we are not in that position right now. “We know we are going in the right direc-tion, but it’s always better if you score points. “We were a little bit lucky with some of the things that happened in the race, but in some races we’ve been unlucky, so we need to take every opportunity.”

Button felt he could have poten-tially have finished as high as Alonso,

but for the fact his tyres were not replaced during a safety car period, resulting in him being on old rubber come the end of the race.

“I’d rather have been up where Fernando is, but he did a great job, and also the strategy worked for him in putting on the soft tyres in the final stint,” assessed Button. “Most people stopped under the safety car, but I didn’t, which made it very difficult because the tyres were old when we started again.

“So I did a very long stint whereas other people were on new tyres. “I was running on primes when oth-ers were on options, so it was very, very difficult to hold people behind. “Tough one, that was a mistake, but I still scored points.

“For the team it’s great to get points going into the summer break, but we are also realistic and we understand what was going on in a crazy race.

“There were a lot of offs and drivethroughs, which helped us quite a bit, but good to get some points, and both be in the points as well. “This is a step forward, but we need another step forward if we’re going to repeat this.” (ap)

BEIJING — Beijing has mar-keted its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics as the reliable choice, despite concerns about a lack of natural snow, notoriously bad air pollution and warnings about the government’s treatment of political dissidents and minority groups.

As the IOC prepares to choose between the Chinese capital and Almaty, Kazakhstan, Beijing back-ers hope that a wealth of venues and experience accumulated from the 2008 Summer Olympics will be enough to clinch the vote.

“We are convinced that there are multiple reasons why Beijing would be the ideal, athlete-centered, sustainable and economical choice,” Beijing mayor and bid committee chairman Wang Anshun said as he led a delegation to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for final presentations and the vote on Friday.

If successful Beijing would be the first city to host both the Sum-mer and Winter Olympics, yet another milestone for this city of 21 million from where the Chinese government has overseen a three

ISTANBUL — Lesia Tsurenko won her first WTA Tour title on Sunday after beating Urszula Rad-wanska in the final of the Istanbul Cup. The Ukrainian saw off her Polish counterpart in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1.

“When I saw the draw it looked tough, but I believe that if you go to a tournament you can win it,” Tsurenko said.

“You have to think like this. I’m

so happy I could win here and show good tennis. That’s my goal, getting good results.”

Tsurenko saved three set points on serve in the opening set before winning nine of the next ten games to secure her maiden title in one hour and 32 minutes.

It’s the second time Radwanska has been defeated in a WTA final after her loss in Rosmalen three years ago. (ap)

REUTERS/Ronald Zak/PoolTrack marshals help McLaren Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain (R) to push his car after a breakdown during the qualifying sesson for the Hungarian F1 Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit, near Budapest, Hungary July 25, 2015.

Alonso says fifth place in Hungarian GP ‘unbelievable’

Fernando Alonso emerged from a “chaotic” Formula 1 Hungar-ian Grand Prix with a result he has hailed as “unbelievable” for McLaren. Following an incident-strewn race Alonso claimed the Honda-powered team’s best result of a troubled season with fifth position at the Hungaroring.

AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, FileFILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, a skier passes by snow machines on the slopes of the Chongli ski resort in Hebei province where the Nordic skiing, ski jumping, and other outdoor Olympic events are proposed to be held for Beijing’s 2022 bid.

Tsurenko beats Radwanska to win Istanbul Cup

Beijing touts experience, facilities in 2022 Olympic biddecade-long economic boom that has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty.

But while the Beijing bid had been the inside favorite, Almaty has emerged as a more robust contender than expected, boasting a strong winter sports tradition, plentiful natural snow and a compact design that places most venues less than an hour from the city center.

Beijing lacks high mountains in the immediate vicinity and its winters are known for being cold and dry, with only intermittent light snow. That requires situating the ski and sliding events at venues in Yangqing and Zhangjiakou, 60 and 140 kilome-ters (40 and 90 miles) outside the city, while indoor events will use venues in Beijing’s city center.

To compensate for the distance, a

high-speed rail line is being built to Zhangjiakou that organizers say will cut the trip to 50 minutes, putting Beijing in easy reach of the Chongli ski area at the base of the Great Wall where the Nordic skiing events would be held. Organizers also say they have a plan to cut air pollution through a 75 percent reduction in

coal use, factory closures and vehicle restrictions.

Beijing also promises a frugal plan, with a total budget of slightly over $3 billion, split roughly be-tween organizing events and infra-structure construction, a fraction of the budget for the 2014 Winter Games at Sochi, Russia. (ap)

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The accident at Freeport-Mc-MoRan’s Grasberg mine, high in the mountains of Papua province, happened on Saturday in a mining area, said Riza Pratama, spokesman for the company’s Indonesia unit.

The victim suffered severe injuries and died on the spot, he added. The spokesman did not

give further details but Tempo news website reported that the employee died after falling onto a conveyor belt.

Grasberg, one of the world’s biggest gold and copper mines, has been plagued by accidents and production problems in recent years.

In January, three security per-sonnel who had been patrolling the mine were found dead with bullet and machete wounds.

In May 2013, a training tunnel collapsed, killing 28 miners as they took part in a safety course, in one of Indonesia’s worst-ever mining accidents. (afp)

PEKANBARU - The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has rented a Russian-made Sikorsky helicopter to strengthen its efforts to put out wildfires in Riau Province.

The helicopter arrived at Roesmin Nurjadin Air Force Base here on Sat-urday (July 25) and started dropping water bombs on the fires on Sunday, Edward Sanger from the Pekanbaru disaster mitigation office stated.

In addition to Sikorsky, the of-fice has already deployed an MI-17 helicopter in an effort to extinguish the blaze.

Sikorsky has a capacity to carry

JAKARTA - British Prime Minister David Cameron begins a visit to Southeast Asia on Monday, looking to seal $1.2 billion in trade deals and push for greater cooperation in the fight against the Islamic State group.

Cameron will arrive in Indonesia on the first stop of a four-day trip, accompanied by 30 British business leaders and the trade min-ister, before heading to Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia.

He will use meetings with President Joko Widodo of Indonesia and Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia to discuss what he calls the “common enemy” of IS jihadists, who have seized vast swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria.

Hundreds of young Britons have joined IS in Syria and Iraq, spark-ing fears they could launch attacks on home soil upon their return. The threat from the jihadists is also in focus after IS claimed an attack on a Tunisian beach hotel last month that left 30 Britons dead.

Indonesia, which has the world’s largest Muslim population and has long struggled with extremism, fears up to 500 of its citizens have been lured to the Middle East by IS, while nationals of Muslim-majority Malaysia have also joined the jihadists.

In remarks before the trip -- his first outside Europe since being re-elected in May -- Cameron said he would be talking to Southeast Asian leaders about “one of the biggest threats our world has faced”.

“We will only defeat these brutal terrorists if we take action at home, overseas and online and if we unite with countries around the world against this common enemy,” he said.

Britain would offer expertise on counter-terrorism, he added, and could also learn from Indonesia and Malaysia about what they have done to tackle extremism and build tolerant societies.

With trade a major focus as Britain seeks to find new markets in fast-growing Asia, Cameron said that deals worth more than £750 million ($1.2 billion) would be struck during the trip.

“Over the next 20 years, 90 percent of global growth is expected to come from outside Europe and Britain must be poised to take advantage,” he said.

“That’s why I’m delighted to be taking British businesses to this vast and dynamic market, securing deals worth over £750 million and creating opportunities for hard-working people back at home.”

Accompanying Cameron on the trip are senior figures from prominent British businesses including engine maker Rolls-Royce and construction equipment maker JCB.

He will also seek progress on a free trade deal between the Eu-ropean Union and the 10-member Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) during talks with the regional bloc’s secretary general at its Jakarta headquarters.

In addition, Cameron will discuss action on climate change while in Indonesia ahead of a key summit in Paris later this year. Indonesia is one of the world’s top greenhouse gas emitters, due in large part to rampant deforestation.

But there could be tension when Cameron meets Widodo Mon-day over the plight of a Briton on death row in Indonesia for drug smuggling.

Grandmother Lindsay Sandiford has said she fears her execution is imminent after a group of foreigners were put to death by firing squad in April, sparking international outrage.

The prime minister could run into controversy during his stop in Malaysia, with calls mounting for him to meet with the opposition as well as the government at a time Najib is fighting off a crisis.

The Malaysian leader is facing outrage over allegations that hun-dreds of millions of dollars were siphoned off from a state-owned development company he launched and retains close links with.

The premier and the company, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), have both vehemently denied any wrongdoing. The case is being investigated by Malaysian authorities and a parliamentary committee.

Cameron will depart Jakarta on Tuesday for Singapore.

British PM heads to Southeast Asia with trade, IS on agenda

New worker death at US-owned mine in Papua

JAKARTA - A worker has been killed in an accident at a US-owned gold and copper mine in remote eastern Indonesia, the company said Monday, the latest death at the trouble-plagued site.

Russia-made helicopter deployed to extinguish Riau wildfires

ANTARA FOTO/FB Anggoro

A fireman tries to exthinguish wildfires in Riau province. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has rented a Russian-made Sikorsky helicopter to strengthen its efforts to put out wild-fires in Riau Province.

up to four tons of water during each sortie.

In the meantime, the Terra and Aqua satellites detected 308 hotspots indicating wildfires on Sumatra Island, Sunday, Head of the Pakan-baru meteorology, climatology and geophysics office (BMKG) Sugarin stated.

Riau is the largest contributor, with 122 hotspots, followed by South Sumatra (59), Jambi (58), North Su-matra (25), West Sumatra (19), Beng-kulu (10), Bangka Belitung (nine), Lampung (five), and Riau Islands (one), according to Sugarin.

In Riau Province, 44 hotspots were found in Pelalawan District, 17 in Bengkalis, 16 in Kampar, 14 in Indragiri Hulu, eight in Indragiri Hilir,

seven in Dumai, five in Rokan Hilir, four in Kuantan Singingi, and two in Rokan Hulu.

Of the total 122 hotspots in Riau, 71 had the accuracy rate of above 70 percent, thereby confirming the emer-gence of wildfires in the province.

More wildfires are likely to occur in Riau as the temperature in Riau reached 34 degrees Celsius, and the humidity was 97 percent.

The visibility in Pekanbaru on Sunday, at 7 a.m. local time, reached only a kilometer, which is the minimal safety limit for operating flights.

Based on the Air Pollution Stan-dard Index monitoring data, the air quality over Pekanbaru City was at a moderate level despite haze shrouding the capital of Riau Province. (ant)

A U.S. official said the creation of an “Islamic State-free zone” would ensure greater security and stability in the Turkish-Syrian border region. However, the official said any joint military efforts with Turkey would not include the imposition of a no-fly zone, a step Washington has long resisted despite Turkish requests.

The discussions come amid a major tactical shift in Turkey’s approach to the Islamic State. Af-ter months of reluctance, Turkish warplanes started striking militant targets in Syria last week, following

a long-awaited agreement allowing the U.S. to launch its own strikes from the strategically located Incir-lik Air Base.

The official insisted on anonym-ity because this person was not authorized to publicly discuss the talks with Turkey.

Despite the U.S. and Turkey’s shared interests in fighting the Islamic State, the Turks have also prioritized defeating Syrian Presi-dent Bashar Assad. While the U.S. says Assad has lost legitimacy, it has not taken direct military action to try

to remove him from office.Turkey’s new airstrike campaign

also includes a second front target-ing the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. The U.S. has relied on Syrian Kurdish fighters affiliated with the PKK to help make gains against the Islamic State.

Turkey accuses the PKK of not keeping pledges to withdraw armed fighters from its territory and disarm. The Turks are also concerned that gains made by Kurds in Iraq and in Syria could encourage its own mi-nority to seek independence. (ap)

MOGADISHU — Somali police say the toll for the massive truck bomb attack on the capital’s premier hotel has risen to 15, including a Kenya diplomat, a Chinese embassy guard and three journalists.

The scale of the truck bomb used against the Jazeera Hotel has stunned Mogadishu, a capital long used to conflict and raises fears of an escalation of force by the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group battling the

government.The radical al-Shabab had been

pushed out of the capital by Somali forces backed by troops from the Af-rican Union. The group said the bomb was in retaliation for the offensive.

The front of the five-story hotel, which used to host diplomats, jour-nalists and visiting heads of state, had been sheared off, echoing the devastation from worst days of the civil war. (ap)

MANILA — Left-wing protest-ers clashed with riot police amid a downpour Monday as they tried to breach a barricade of barbed wire and shipping containers ahead of the Philippine president’s final state of the nation address.

Some of the approximately 4,000 drenched protesters started to push away the metal cargo containers and iron railings blocking them from getting close to the House of Repre-sentatives in suburban Quezon city where President Benigno Aquino III is to deliver his speech later Monday, police said.

At least three policemen and 16 protesters were injured when authori-ties used water cannon to push back

the activists, who hurled rocks and bottles at the police, according to po-lice and Red Cross volunteers.

Aquino, whose six-year term ends next June, is expected to report on the progress of his fight against corruption and poverty, his campaign battle cry that landed him a landslide victory.

But problems have persisted in a Southeast Asian country where about a fourth of its 100 million people remain mired in long-entrenched poverty. Communist and Muslim insurgencies that have raged on and off for more than four decades have combined with natural disasters in the typhoon-prone archipelago and law and order prob-lems to turn governance into a tough and complex dilemma. (ap)

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — The president of Kyrgyzstan is lambast-ing the United States for honoring a jailed Kyrgyz journalist.

The U.S. State Department ear-lier this month conferred a share of its annual Human Rights Defender award to Azimzhan Askarov, an ethnic Uzbek journalist who is

in prison for stirring up “ethnic hatred.”

Kyrgyzstan last week dissolved a 1993 cooperation agreement with the United States, saying that Askarov is a dangerous criminal.

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev told reporters on Mon-day that he views the award to

Askarov as a “deliberate provoca-tion aiming to flare up ethnic ten-sions” in the south of the country.

More than 400 people were killed and thousands displaced by clashes between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz in 2010. Venezuelan hu-man rights lawyer Foro Penal was co-winner of the award. (ap)

Protesters, police clash ahead of Philippine leader’s speech

Somalia hotel truck bomb toll rises to 15

AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file

FILE-In this Monday, June 15, 2015 file photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, southeastern Turkey, showing a Turkish soldier walking by the border fence with Syria while in the background, Kurdish fighters, top right, advance, as civilians, top left, flee the outskirts of Tal Abyad, Syria.

US, Turkey seek to establish Islamic State-free zone

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The United States and Turkey are finalizing plans for a military campaign to push the Islamic State out of a strip of land along the Syrian border, deepening efforts to halt the extremists’ advances.

Prof. I Nengah Dasi Astawa, said that there are two things that Balinese people have do to prevent their own destruction. One is to stop selling their land and instead rent it out, or join with cooperatives because once the land is sold then it is only a matter of time before the Balinese lose everything.

“In terms of mysticism, when Balinese people sell their land, espe-cially land that has been bequeathed to them, this will result in kepongor (blame from the ancestors). Kepon-gor is characterized by the loss of any kind of bargaining position in the customary village and not being able to sell land despite making offers everywhere. When Balinese people run out of land, Balinese culture will feast to exist. Somewhere between 90-100 percent of Balinese culture is based on the agricultural sector,” said Astawa.

The second thing than Balinese people need to do to preserve their heritage is to address the issue of their human resources who need to be up to or above the national average. Many local people have a strong willingness to work but have one weakness and

that is a lack of courage. “Suppose if Balinese people, despite us begin few in number, were like the Batak or the Javanese, who dare to wander far from home,” he said.

Astawa added that actually Bali is not inferior to developed countries like Singapore which is only one eighth the size of the island of Bali. In terms of natural resources, Bali is a hundred times more powerful that Singapore that relies on Malaysia and Indonesia for their staples.

“Singapore is inhabited by a popu-lation of 5.7 million, while Bali’s population is only 4.255 million, so is Singapore’S per capita income USD 55 while ours is IDR 3, 500? That’s 17 times lower despite having more natural resources and comparable hu-man resources,” he continued.

Astawa attribute this gap to Bali’s lack of good management and cour-age. He also mentioned that Bali’s infrastructural problems also hinder development and the competitiveness of its human resources. In order to succeed, he said that we must master the three T’s, namely; technology, transportation and trade. (kmb32)

Only three percent...

Kyrgyz president is fuming over award to jailed journalist

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SYDNEY - With the end game in sight to what could be the world’s most ambitious trade deal, critics fear a controversial mechanism to protect investors will strengthen the hand of big business while eroding national sovereignty.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) -- a wide-ranging accord that would encompass 40 percent of the world’s trade -- could be sealed in Hawaii this week after more than five years of talks.

The United States, the chief architect of the ambitious pact which takes in 11 other Pacific Rim countries, says it would loos-en trade restrictions, drive jobs growth and encourage investment by strengthening legal protection

for companies.But critics say it favours mul-

tinational corporations over state interests and individual consumers, pointing in particular to a proposed investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism that would allow foreign companies to sue governments, likely through inter-national tribunals.

They warn ISDS cases might expose states to potentially huge liability claims -- a bigger risk for developing countries that do not have deep pockets -- and may also threaten their ability to introduce health and environmental laws.

That is a particular issue because there are several developing coun-tries among the prospective mem-

bers, which are Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Sin-gapore, the US and Vietnam.

“There are risks for all govern-ments involved in the TPP in rela-tion to the investor-state dispute settlement,” Matthew Rimmer, an intellectual property expert at the Queensland University of Technol-ogy, told AFP.

“Under the regime, investors -- particularly multinational com-panies -- can bring actions against governments, but governments cannot bring actions against cor-porations.

“So it’s a very one-sided regime and it can provide special rights to foreign investors that are not pres-

ent for domestic investors.”The issue has become a particu-

larly hot topic in Australia, which was sued by tobacco giant Philip Morris after it became the first country to introduce plain packag-ing laws for cigarettes in 2012.

Canberra refused to reveal its legal bill for defending the claim from Philip Morris, which argued the legislation breached a bilateral investment treaty.

The case, and broader concerns about ISDS processes, saw Austra-lia’s top judge Chief Justice Robert French warn last year that claims tribunals could undermine domestic legal jurisdictions.

Philip Morris’ suing of Uru-guay after the country ordered that

the health warnings be larger on cigarette packets helped prompt billionaires Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg to launch a fund to sup-port developing states in their legal battles with tobacco giants.

On a global scale, the number of cases brought by companies against governments has been on the rise in recent years, according to figures from the United Nations Confer-ence on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Out of 608 known cases brought between 1987 and 2014, more than a quarter of them were over the past three years, UNCTAD said, adding that confidentiality agree-ments meant there were likely more. (afp)

The dollar also remained weak after a disappointing read on the US housing market, while oil was also under pressure owing to a global sup-ply glut.

Tokyo fell 0.95 percent, or 194.43 points, to 20,350.10, Seoul gave up 0.35 percent, or 7.15 points, to 2,038.81 and in late trade Hong Kong shed 2.57 percent and Shanghai was

3.20 percent lower.However, Sydney ended higher,

adding 0.43 percent on gains by retailers.

Investors took a lead from their US counterparts, who continued to cash out on Friday as data showing sales of new single-family homes fell in June and May sales were much lower than previously reported.

The news, which followed a down-beat Chinese manufacturing report, trumped forecast-busting earnings from online retailer Amazon.

The Dow fell 0.92 percent, the S&P 500 dropped 1.07 percent and the Nasdaq sank 1.12 percent.

“Share markets are likely to remain volatile as we are still going through a seasonally weak period of the year for

shares,” Shane Oliver, Sydney-based global strategist at AMP Capital Inves-tors Ltd., told Bloomberg News.

“Uncertainties remain regarding Chinese economic growth and a likely Fed interest rate hike lies ahead for later this year.”

The focus is now on the Fed’s policy meeting this week. While it is not expected to raise rates, dealers are hoping for some forward guidance, with most analysts tipping a hike in either September or December.

Chinese markets suffered a second

straight day of selling on increasing fears about the state of the mainland economy after a gauge of manufac-turing activity fell in July to its lowest level in 15 months.

And on Monday figures showed profits at the country’s industrial firms slipped 0.3 percent year-on-year in June.

“The soft industrial figure num-ber is adding downward pressure,” said Gerry Alfonso, a sales trader at Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co. in Shanghai. (afp)

Critics fear Pacific trade deal favours big business over states

A currency trader walks by a screen showing the Ko-rea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Asian markets mostly retreat-ed Monday following a fourth successive sell-off in New York, while investors await the US Federal Reserve’s next policy meeting looking for a handle on its plans for inter-est rates.

Asia markets sink after US losses, eyes on Fed meeting

HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly retreated Monday following a fourth successive sell-off in New York, while investors await the US Federal Reserve’s next policy meeting looking for a handle on its plans for interest rates.

AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

GIANYAR - So far Balinese people still continue to maintain the customs and traditions inherited from their ancestors so that they bring in uniqueness and become a tourist attraction throughout the country. One of them is the white cow population considered as the vehicle of deity located in the for-est area of 2.5 hectares at Taro Kaja customary village, Tegallalang, Gianyar.

“It is said the white cow is a descendant of the Nandini cow and currently amounts to 41 heads, while three of them are under two months old. The last one is male and was born on Galungan, Wednesday (Jul. 15). This white cow is highly respected and sanctified by sur-rounding communities and Balinese people in general because it is a complementary means of Ngasti ceremony in Bali,” explained Made Wisersa, 63, chief of Taro Kaja customary village.

Taro Kaja customary village is located approximately 40 kilo-meters from Denpasar and can be covered within an hour by passing through a green region with cool air. Geographically Taro village is part of Munduk Gunung Lebah, a plateau stretching from the north to the south and flanked by Oos Ulu Luh River in the west and Oos Ulu Muani River in the east. Both streams are then fused at the edge of the western part of Ubud village, known as Campuhan. The northern part of Taro village is adjacent to Apuan village (Kintamani), the eastern part to Sebatu village (Tegallalang), the southern part to Kelusa village (Tegallalang) and the western part to Puhu village (Payangan).

Taro Kaja customary village has a uniqueness that is not owned by other villages in Bali, namely the presence of white cow being

sanctified by Taro village commu-nity, especially by the residents of Taro Kaja customary village. They strongly believe in the sanctity of this animal. They do not dare to maintain personally, let alone kill the sacred animal. “If there is a white cow born from their breed-ing, when reaching the age of six months it must have been submitted to the village to be taken care of. Until now, the existence of white cow is cared for by the White Cow Foundation managed by the com-munity of Taro Kaja customary village. In essence, the white cow is treated special. The descendants of white cow are equally treated even though born in different colors,” explained Ketut Sayoga, one of the administrators of the White Cow Foundation.

“Other than being sanctified, this white cow is also often used as a complementary means (witness) of ceremonies in Bali, such as Ngasti (and similar level to this ceremony). Lately, many people from outside Taro Kaja customary village such as Jembrana, Klungkung, Mengwi and Tabanan suffering cervical cancer, chronic kidney failure, paralysis and insanity come to invoke a drug derived from the dung or urine of this white cow. It is believed it can heal some diseases,” added Ketut Sayoga.

“To keep the sanctity of this white cow, the people coming to invoke drug is required to perform purificatory rite or melukat in ad-vance in front of the Shiva Nandini statue. After that, they are allowed to invoke the means of drug, either in the form of urine or dung of the white cow. Later, it is resumed with saying prayers at a shrine lo-cated at the northeastern tip of the Taman Sarwa Ada, the ashram of Ida Sri Nandini,” explained Made Wisersa. (kmb)

One of the bamboo craft in-dustry players from Penida Kelod hamlet, Tembuku subdistrict, I Kadek Sudanco, revealed that at the moment he only employs 35 workers. Indeed the ideal amount required reaches at least 50 peo-ple. The lack of employees causes its production to get a little prob-lem because the workmanship of his product becomes longer. To address this issue, he should work extra hard to meet the demand tending to increase. “I still lack of dozens of employees,” he said.

Sudanco also revealed that he already tried to find employees. Unfortunately, no one is inter-ested. Local people prefer to look for another job where they can get daily salary. “People prefer to get daily work. Conversely, I use a contract system, so that it is difficult to find employees,”

he said.He further explained that work-

ing with contract system is much better. Workers can set their own time. In addition, Sudanco said that working in this industry will provide with knowledge to be used to open an independent business. “When observed, the employment contract system will cause no losses. Other than being able to set the time, they can also get knowledge,” he said.

Apart from labor issues, said Sudanco, the volume of bamboo handicraft export also decreases by 25 percent. It is the impact of the weakening economy of Bali. Just a note, the bamboo products have penetrated a number of Euro-pean countries such as the United Kingdom and Germany.

Other than Sudanco, similar condition is also experienced by

another bamboo industry player from Bangli, Putra Wisatawan. Behind the development of busi-ness prospect, in fact it has not been supported by adequate work-force. “Similarly I also remain to lack of workforce. People are rarely willing to work like this whereas they can get skill,” he described.

In the meantime, the Head of Bangli Industry and Trade Agency, I Nengah Sudibia, also confirmed the difficulty of look-ing for employee faced by cottage industry businesses. Actually when compared to other jobs, the results of this job do not lose com-petitiveness. On average, this dif-ficulty is experienced by the entire industry business. “Businessmen are still difficult to get employees whereas the results are very prom-ising,” he said. (kmb45)

Sanctity of Taro white cow

IBP/kmbShiva Nandini statue, a place to perform purificatory rite (melukat) for people wishing to beg healing.

IBP/SosiawanBamboo crafts displayed on the stall. A number of craft industries in Bangli County are not only con-strained by the difficulty related to promotion and capital issues. However, lately, the difficulty to look for employees is often experienced by them as well.

Bamboo craft industry difficult to get employees

BANGLI - A number of craft industries in Bangli County are not only constrained by the difficulty related to promotion and capital issues. However, lately, the difficulty to look for employees is often ex-perienced by them as well.

BUSINESS

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Pyongyang and other cities around North Korea were decked out with flags and banners as North Koreans flocked to patriotic gatherings and mass dance celebrations to mark the anniversary of the July 27, 1953, agreement that brought the three-year Korean war to an end with an armi-stice, not a peace treaty.

North Korean officials took the opportunity of the anniversary to step up their anti-U.S. rhetoric and call upon the nation to redouble its devotion to the nation’s current leader, Kim Jong Un, the third leader in the Kim dynasty, and prepare for a final showdown with Washington.

The anniversary is hailed in North Korea as a victory over the U.S., which fought with the South Koreans and U.N. allies against the North’s forces, who were supported by China and the Soviet Union.

In a speech to veterans on Saturday, Kim Jong Un stressed the importance of instilling the country’s young people with the same fighting spirit and devo-tion as the generation that experienced the war. But he also stressed that North Korea has a new ace in the hole — a nuclear arsenal of its own.

“Gone forever is the era when the United States blackmailed us with nukes; now the United States is no

longer a source of threat and fear for us and we are the very source of fear for it,” he said in the speech, the text of which was broadcast on North Korean television.

At a separate gathering held Sun-day, Korean People’s Army Gen. Pak Yong Sik, who is believed to be the country’s new defense minister, said that if the United States does not abandon its hostile policies toward Pyongyang and provokes another war, the North is prepared to fight until “there would be no one left to sign a surrender document.”

“It is more than 60 years since the ceasefire on (the) land, but peace has not yet settled on it,” he told the meet-ing, which included high-level offi-cials, veterans and diplomats stationed in Pyongyang. “The past Korean War brought about the beginning of the downhill turn for the U.S., but the second Korean war will bring the final ruin to U.S. imperialism.”

The anniversary brought a festive atmosphere to the capital, with citizens using the holiday not only to show their patriotic pride by laying flowers before statues of North Korea’s first president Kim Il Sung and his son, Kim Jong Il, but also to enjoy the warm summer weather at parks and ice cream stands. (ap)

MADRID — A wildfire is con-tinuing to blacken forests in north-eastern Spain but authorities say that weaker winds and rising humidity are helping slow its advance.

The blaze near Barcelona, which officials say is the Catalonia region’s biggest forest fire this year, had charred some 1,000 hectares (2,400 acres) by Monday. Officials said 22 helicopters were helping efforts to bring the wildfire under control.

Some 400 people were evacuated after the fire broke out Sunday. By Monday, all but 122 had returned to their homes.

YANGON, Myanmar — The death toll from monsoon rains in north-western Myanmar that triggered heavy flooding has climbed to 14, with thousands of others affected.

The State-run Kyemon daily reported Monday that the flooding due to heavy rains falling on many parts of Myanmar had also damaged roads and bridges, including a 100-year-old bridge in northern Shan state Sipaw township, killing five and injuring three others.

The U.N emergency relief organization reported Saturday that the flooding had killed nine people. The U.N. report said flooding has affected more than 800 households in northern Kachin state, forcing the relocation of some. Flooding is common during Myanmar’s monsoon season, which typically starts in late May and ends in mid-October. (ap)

AP Photo/Wong Maye-EBronze statues of the late leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il tower over flower offerings at Munsu Hill, Monday, July 27, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Koreans gathered to offer flowers and pay their respects to their late leaders as part of celebrations for the 62nd anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War.

With warning to US, North Korea marks end of Korean WarPYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korean officials warned

the United States that another war on the Korean Peninsula would leave no Americans alive to sign a surrender document as the country marked Monday’s anniversary of the armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War more than six decades ago.

A group of people talk in front of El Montserrat mountain covered in smoke from a wild-fire in El Bruc, Spain, Sunday, July 26, 2015.

Weaker wind, humidity may help control big Spanish wildfire

Death toll in northern Myanmar flooding rises to 14

Authorities said they received no reports of injuries. The region

is known for its picturesque coun-tryside. (ap)

SEMARAPURA - Condition of Jalan Puputan Klungkung be-comes chaotic because many cars are parked overnight at roadside. Unavoidably the road section often deals with traffic conges-tion every day because the car parked takes road body. Besides, numerous people also deliber-ately display their car on sale at the roadside. Unfortunately, this daily violation does not get decisive action from relevant authorities.

The row of parked cars are increasingly crowded since the enactment of the traffic diversion for cars heading north through Jalan Puputan. The policy aim-ing to accelerate traffic is not successful because the quiet condition is even taken advan-tage to park private cars on the road body.

Traffic congestion frequently happens in the region of Galiran, Jelantik, Tojan, Satra and Gelgel. Unfortunately, relevant authori-ties do not even take optimal action to tackle the congestion. When asked for his confirma-tion, the Head of Klungkung Transportation, Informatics and Communications Agency, Nen-gah Sukasta, recognized that the chaotic condition is getting worse. “Yeah the condition is getting worse. We are difficult to curb them,” said Sukasta while arguing if it is beyond the author-ity of his agency.

He reasoned that he has re-quested the Klungkung Police Traffic Affairs to take action by ticketing in place but did not get any response. In the meantime, a road user, Ketut Rupia from Tojan, when met asked the autho-rized agency to take action. “If allowed and only limited to the appeal alone, it obviously does not resolve the issue of traffic jams and the Jalan Puputan will become crowded. There must be decisive action by ticketing or revoke their license,” he said while shaking head as stuck in traffic jam.

The Regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta, when met on the sidelines of car-free day at the Puputan Klungkung Square on Sunday (Jul. 26) hoped there will be an action from the agency having the authority for the en-forcement. He promised to check the chaotic condition if there is a report to him. “We will carry out monitoring against the chaotic condition,” said the regent from Nusa Penida. (dwa)

To prevent such incident, it cer-tainly requires vigilance and close supervision by the management. Along with the increasing number of visitors to Tanah Lot, the man-agement certainly needs to increase its lifeguard personnel. According to the Operation Manager of Tanah Lot attraction, Ketut Toya Adnyana, Tanah Lot currently only has seven lifeguards. This number is still assumed inadequate considering the tourist visit to the attraction at Beraban village continues to increase. “Prior to adding, we will make coordination beforehand and hold a meeting with related par-ties,” he said.

Toya explained that the search for lifeguard is not easy. A beach lifeguard must meet many criteria

and skills in conducting rescue and monitoring. The main requirement for a candidate must surely be good at swimming. To that end, the Tanah Lot attraction will only recruit the specifically certified lifeguard.

In addition to increasing tourist visit, security issues are also in-fluenced by condition of nature in which the waves are unpredictable so that it requires extra vigilance. Due to shortage of lifeguard, the management also involves pecalang or customary security guard and security officers to jointly supervise the safety of visitors. “Pecalang is always alerted to help, including the security. We engage all includ-ing the staff to monitor the beach area,” he said.

To anticipate high tides, the

management has designed the re-strictions of hazardous area to be visited. “We have installed signs of prohibition and chain barrier to close the access to beach area. In addition, public relations will also announce a warning for visi-tors through loudspeaker in order to always be cautious during high tides and high waves because they are very dangerous for visitors,” said Toya.

In the meantime, the deputy chief of Tanah Lot lifeguard, I Wayan Bantat, also said that the existing seven lifeguards are still considered very minimal to handle the ever-increasing visitors. More-over, Tanah Lot has extreme coastal terrain with many rocks. Although the lifeguard of Tanah Lot has

worked maximally to provide warning signs of hazard during high tides and high waves, there are still stubborn visitors violating the barriers. To that end, he considered it important to add lifeguard person-nel at Tanah Lot.

Bantat explained that the crite-ria of a lifeguard must be able to swim, physically strong, and speak English. During the training, a lifeguard is required to swim as far as 400 meters in the sea. Not only during the training, lifeguards must regularly improve their swimming skills so that they can swim farther than 400 meters. The lifeguards of Tanah Lot regularly make exercise once a month to establish their ca-pability in case there is a disaster at sea. “We have regular exercise depending on coastal condition. Moreover, we also patrol at sea by using inflatable boat to Soka Beach to look the coastal areas,” said Bantat. (kmb24)

Parking takes road body, road chaotic

Tanah Lot lacks of lifeguard personnel

IBP/FileTanah Lot, one of the famous tourism destination in Bali.

TABANAN - The increase in tourist visits to Tanah Lot tourist attraction will surely lead to positive and negative things in the matter of security aspect. Not a few travelers violating the safety limits speci-fied by the management so that it can lead to disaster. One of them is that visitor can fall into the sea and be drowned.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Pluto is hazier than scientists expected and appears to be covered with flowing ice. The team respon-sible for the New Horizons flyby of Pluto last week released new pictures Friday of the previously unexplored world on the edge of the solar system.

“If you’re seeing a cardiolo-gist, you may want to leave the room,” principal scientist Alan Stern teased at the opening of the

news conference at NASA head-quarters. “There are some pretty mind-blowing discoveries.”

NASA’s New Horizons space-craft, now 7.5 million miles be-yond Pluto, has detected layers of haze stretching 100 miles (160 kilometers) into the atmosphere, much higher than anticipated. All this haze is believed to account for the dwarf planet’s reddish color.

If you were standing on Pluto and looking up, you probably

wouldn’t notice the haze, said George Mason University’s Mi-chael Summers. In fact, New Horizons had to wait until after its closest approach on July 14, so the sun would silhouette Pluto and the atmosphere could be measured by means of the scattered sunlight.

As for the ice flows, they appear to be relatively recent: no more than a few tens of millions of years, according to William McKinnon of Washington University in St.

Louis. That compares with the 4.5 billion-year age of Pluto and the rest of the solar system.

To see evidence of such recent activity, he said, is “simply a dream come true.”

Temperatures on Pluto are mi-nus 380 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 229 degrees Celsius), and so water ice would not move anywhere in such extreme cold. But McKinnon said the nitrogen and other ices believed to be on Pluto would be

geologically soft and therefore able to flow like glaciers on Earth.

Some of that plutonian ice seems to have emptied into impact craters, creating ponds of frozen nitrogen. One of those semi-filled craters is about the size of metro-politan Washington D.C., McKin-non said.

These latest findings support the theory that an underground ocean might exist deep beneath Pluto’s icy crust, McKinnon said. (ap)

“It is the closest thing that we have to another place that some-body else might call home,” said Jon Jenkins from NASA’s Ames Research Center in California.

The researchers announced their discovery Thursday based on observations from NASA’s Kepler space telescope.

This older, bigger cousin to Earth is called Kepler-452b. What makes this planet remarkable is that it orbits its star at about the same distance that Earth orbits the sun. What’s more, its home star looks to be similar to our sun. Based on what scientists know today, Jenkins noted it’s the near-est thing to another Earth-sun twin system.

“Today the Earth is a little less lonely because there’s a new kid on the block,” Jenkins said during a news conference. He led the team that discovered Kepler-452b.

The last Kepler discovery that had scientists gushing was just over a year ago. That close-to-Earth-size planet, Kepler-186f, also was in the habitable zone of its star. But that faint dwarf star was unlike our sun.

John Grunsfeld, NASA’s sci-ence mission chief, emphasized that the exoplanet system identified Thursday — “a pretty good close cousin to the Earth and our sun” — is the closest so far. “And I really emphasize the ‘so far.’

The planet-hunting Kepler will keep churning out new discover-ies, Grunsfeld noted, and possibly find even better matches for “Earth 2.0.”

Kepler was launched in 2009 and has nearly 5,000 potential exoplanets to its credit — worlds

Conditions on Pluto: Incredibly hazy with flowing ice

NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle via AP

This artist’s rendering made available by NASA on Thursday, July 23, 2015 shows a comparison between the Earth, left, and the planet Kepler-452b. It is the first near-Earth-size planet orbiting in the habitable zone of a sun-like star, found using data from NASA’s Kepler mission.

Scientists find closest thing yet to Earth-sun twin system

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have identified a “close cousin” to Earth that’s orbiting a sun-like star and might harbor life.

beyond our solar system. It is help-ing to address such fundamental questions as where do we come from and where are we headed, and arguably the biggest question of all: Are we alone in the universe?

Grunsfeld said thanks to Ke-pler’s latest finding, we’re taking “one small step in answering that question today.”

While scientists are uncertain whether Planet 452b is rocky like Earth, they believe there’s a better than even chance it is.

As for the age and size, it is about 6 billion years old, 1.5 bil-lion years older than Earth, and 60

percent larger in diameter than our home planet. Its star, Kepler 452, is also older and bigger, as well as brighter than our sun.

If the planet is indeed rocky, geologists believe its mass would be five times that of Earth and its gravity would be twice Earth’s. (That’s right, you would weigh twice as much there.) Its atmo-sphere would be thicker and have more clouds, and any volcanoes would likely still be active.

Planet 452b takes 385 days to orbit its star, just a little more than Earth takes for a one-year lap. It’s just a bit farther from its star

than Earth is from our sun. That’s important because it makes the planet ripe, potentially, for liquid water on the surface. And water could mean life.

The planet is in a solar system that is 1,400 light years from our own, located in the Constellation Cygnus, or swan.

“So pack your bags, it’s a long trip,” joked Jenkins.

Planet 452b is among more than 500 new entries listed in the Kepler team’s latest catalog of exoplanet candidates released Thursday. Kepler identifies poten-tial planets by looking for periodic

blips against the brightness of stars — some 150,000 stars to be exact.

Of those 500-plus new poten-tial planets, 12 are less than twice Earth’s diameter and also orbiting in the so-called habitable zone of their star, also known as the just-right Goldilocks zone.

Kepler 452b is the first of those 12 to be confirmed as a true planet, thanks to ground observations.

Altogether, the catalog now includes 4,696 exoplanet candi-dates. Slightly more than 1,000 of them — 1,030 — are confirmed to be planets. (ap)

Based on data from the Gianyar Tourism Office, tourism businesses located in Ubud are comprised of 13 star hotels, 169 budget hotels, 697 cottages, 163 restaurants, 110 bars, 228 food stalls, 242 spa outlets, 17 cycling tours, 125 tourist transport busi-nesses and nine rafting businesses.

Outside of Ubud there are only two star hotels, both located in Payangan and this only because of its proximity to Ubud. There are no hotels available in the oth-ers subdistrict. Similarly, of the total 196 budget hotels in Gianyar, only seven are located outside of Ubud. Villas however have started sprouting up outside of Ubud. Chairman of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Gianyar, Tjokorda Gde Agung Ichiro Sukawati agreed that since the 1930’s when tourism was first developed in Ubud, a number of businesses were were quickly generated. “We cannot deny that Ubud has had a very large impact on the growth of tourism busi-nesses in the vicinity, particularly in the subdisrtict of Payangan,” he said.

Related to the current condition of Ubud that has become crowded with tourist accommodations, Cok Ichiro as he

is familiarly know, has asked the govern-ment to work more intensively to equalize the development of tourism development in the other six other subdistricts by featuring their regional characteristic. “I think it’s important for the government to focus on equitable distribution because each subdistrict has regional character-istics. For example, South Gianyar has beaches and North Gianyar has natural and archaeological heritage sites,” he explained.

Cok Ichiro also said there is a need for government regulations that ensure that every tourist accommodation that is developed in Gianyar in general and Ubud in particular, follow the principles of Tri Hita Karana and also that they highlights Balinese arts. “We have to maintain our cultural uniqueness which has become a tourist attraction. However, the problem is that a number of tourist accommodations that have been built recently have been designed in ways that are very far from Baliense culture. This will significantly affect Ubud as a culture-based tourism area. I think it must be reprimanded by the government,” he said. (kmb35)

BANYUWANGI - The peak of backflow to Bali from Keta-pang Harbor, Banyuwangi, occurred on Sunday (Jul. 26). Within a day, the number of passengers and vehicles crossing to Bali is estimated to reach 61,000. Of this number, they are dominated by motorcyclists reaching approximately 11,000 units.

This amount increased by approximately seven percent over the previous year. Passenger and vehicle density at Ketapang Harbor begun to happen from the morning, especially motor-cycle. By late afternoon, the traffic of vehicle is getting crowded. Four jumbo-sized tents set up in the harbor area were filled with motorcyclists. Due to high density, the line was even spilling to outside the harbor.

On average, motorcyclists must wait for about 15-20 minutes to get into the vessel. In the meantime, car must wait for one to two hours. “I have been waiting for two hours, but remain in line,” com-plained Salmah, a private car passenger from Jember, East Java.

Another passenger, Rosidi, from Banyuwangi, admitted that he has to wait for an hour, but still trapped in the line. “When I came here the line has taken place. It has been for an hour, but the line is still long,” he complained.

Although the vessel unloading schedule has been accelerated, the line of vehicles in the harbor parking area cannot be avoided. Approaching the afternoon, the traffic of vehicles coming into the harbor continues to turn crowded, either motorcycles or cars. Two car ticket booths were forcibly diverted to ticket counter of motorcycle. Until five o’clock in the afternoon, the lines of vehicles are still crowded in Ketapang Harbor.

Operations Manager of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry Ketapang, Saharudin Kotto, asserted that according to prediction Sunday was the peak of backflow to Bali. As initial prediction, the number of passengers crossing to Bali during the peak of backflow reached 45,000 people, 10,000 units of motorcycle and about 5,000 units of car. This number increased sharply compared to the previous day. “Indeed, we predict the peak of backflow to Bali occurred on Saturday (Jul. 25) and Sunday (Jul. 26) because school holiday will end on Monday,” he explained.

During the peak of homecoming, Kotto said, his party deployed 37 vessels, consisting of 26 passenger vessel and 11 LCT. To avoid long lines, the load and unloading activities were accelerated from initial schedule.

“When the vessels are fully occupied, they immediately set off,” he explained. Despite the line, Kotto ascertained that passengers will not have to wait for hours to get into the vessel. Motorcy-clists, he said, just wait for a maximum of 15 minutes, while cars for a maximum of 45 minutes. It is enabled because seven ticket counters have been functioned to serve all passengers. Besides, the ticket counter of car was transferred to serve ticket sales for motorcycles.

Kotto added that based on the data collected by the ASDP, up to day eight after holiday on Sunday, the number of homecomers on foot (passengers) having returned to Bali has reached 81 percent, 13 percent of car and around 57 percent of motorcycle. “We pre-dict the motorcyclist will continue to flow to Bali, unlike cars that tend to come back together,” he explained. In total, the passengers returning to Bali during the current homecoming and backflow of the Eid 2015 reached 690,282 people, 76,535 units of motorcycle and 99,974 units of car. In the meantime, during the homecoming period from Gilimanuk the number of passengers crossing to Java reached 871,745 people, 136.535 units of motorcycle and 107,887 units of car. (kmb30)

Data of homecoming at Gilimanuk 2015

Passengers : 871,745 people Motorcycle : 136,535 units Car : 107,887 units

Backflow to Bali from Ketapang 2015

Passengers : 690,282 people Motorcycle : 76,535 units Car : 99,974 units

Source: PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry Ketapang

Peak of backflow, 61,000 passengers enter Bali

Tourists flocked in Monkey Forest at Ubud, Gianyar. Since the beginning of the development of Ubud as a tourism village, a variety of tourism business have been encouraged to set up shop in the area. Of the 2,461 registered tourism businesses in Gianyar County (2014), approximately 1,773 are located in Ubud.

Thousands of tourism businesses focused in Ubud

GIANYAR - Since the beginning of the development of Ubud as a tourism village, a variety of tourism business have been encouraged to set up shop in the area. Of the 2,461 registered tourism businesses in Gianyar County (2014), approximately 1,773 are located in Ubud. The remaining 688 tourism businesses are located in the other six subdiscticts of Gianyar indicated that these areas have not succeeded in optimizing tourism in their localities.

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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 celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Supplementing its existing yoga classes, the resort presents a different master-in-residence every month and complimen-tary daily sessions to enable in-house guests to fully im-merse themselves in the physical, spiritual and mental aspects of the hillside retreat’s wellbeing programs. Yogis of all levels have the opportunity to practice with international yoga ambas-sadors such as Bobbi Hamilton, whose trademark Phresh Mats & Yoga Game featured in Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! LA cam-paign. Developed specifically for children, teens and families to

combat rising childhood obesity, the Kids Phresh Program will be available at Four Seasons Sayan throughout Bobbi’s residence from 20 August to 1 September. Bobbi will also offer twice-daily group classes based on Tibetan Energetic Yoga Therapy, which she studied under Lobsang Dhar-gya, a former Tibetan monk and aid to the Dalai Lama.

In September, the resort pres-ents a series of Ashtanga Vin-yasa Yoga with Summer Dien. In residence September 14-20, October 5-10 and October 12-17, Summer’s style is described as ‘Mysore self-practice’, tailored

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Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move L.A” kids yoga workout at Four Seasons Resort Sayan

UBUD -For many people, time to focus on personal health and wellbeing is a luxury they struggle to fit in to daily life, and holi-days provide the opportunity to catch-up on this imbalance. As more and more travelers seek getaways that embrace a healthy lifestyle and peace within, Four Seasons resort Bali at Sayan has launched an exclusive series of international yoga masters offering riverside classes at its new Dharma Shanti yoga Bale.

to each student’s needs and also building self-discipline to enable them to take the sequence and practice wherever they go.

“Each month’s master- in-residence specializes in a dif-ferent form of yoga to keep the program exciting and varied for our guests,” said Luisa Ander-son, Regional Director of Spa for Four Seasons Resorts Bali. “The Dharma Shanti Yoga Bale is the perfect venue for guests to experience our visiting interna-tional yoga masters, and enjoy the natural healing energy of this special location. Guests tell us that they return home feeling reenergized and better-than-ever, and that’s exactly how a holiday should end.”

Dharma Shanti Yoga Bale is nestled in a quiet corner of the resort surrounded by lush forest at the bottom of the Sayan Valley, with views over ricefields to the fast-flowing Ayung River. The 100% bamboo structure – whose name means ‘path to peace’ in Sanskrit – is a sanctuary for pri-vate classes, group sessions and quiet introspection. Aside from the visiting masters-in-residence, Dharma Shanti’s regular daily program includes Mediation; Life Talks on stress management and love with Ibu Fera – a former Buddhist nun who is the resort’s resident wellbeing expert; and various types of yoga including Laughing, Hatha, Easy and the dynamic AntiGravity® or ‘fly-ing’ yoga. In-house guests enjoy exclusive access to 16 compli-mentary yoga and meditation classes each week.

NEGArA - Clove farmers in Jembrana are becoming concerned about the price of cloves, which has slumped to IDR 100, 000 per kg, wholesale. The Indonesian Clove Farmers Association (APCI) of Bali will however only take ac-tion when the price dips below the agreed upon price.

A number of farmers met last week and said that the price of cloves this time last year was IDR 150,000 per kg thus affecting the ability of farmers to account for the cost of picking the clove.

Secretary of APCI Bali, I Nyo-man Sandiyasa, said on Sunday (Jul. 26) that the price of cloves has even dipped below IDR 100,000 per kg. However, based on the experience of previous years, this remains a reasonable fluctuation and the market is to blame for the decline in price. Sandiyasa said that the price will return to normal and even go up next October or Novem-ber. “Presently farmers need extra income to pay for the start of the academic year, but they shouldn’t worry too much because the price will go back up in a few months,” said Sandiyasa.

The APCI and the government have set the lowest price for dried cloves at IDR 75,000. If the price slumps to that point, the APCI Bali will take action. Currently the APCI is focused on how farmers can maintain enough capital until the price of cloves goes back up again. For now it is only collectors who benefit from the low selling price from farmers. On away to help keep

The Head of the Jembrana Health Agency, Putu Suasta, when contacted on Sunday (Jul. 26) said that the number of cases is definitely on the rise as witnessed by the KPA as well as those working on ground provid-ing counselling to people facing this issue. Almost all public

health centers have now been equipped with VCT rooms. “The number are of course cumula-tive, but we keep an eye on new cases,” said Suasta.

There has been fluctuation in the numbers over the years. In 2012 for example there were a reported 90 case, in 2013 there

were 74 and in 2014 there were 82 new cases reported as of June 2015 there are 44 new cases this year. Thus, the total number of cumulative cases since 2014 is 556 people living with the deadly disease. Intensive counselling conducted through voluntary counselling test (VCT) in hos-

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The clove trees are seen on the picture. Clove farmers in Jembrana are becoming concerned about the price of cloves, which has slumped to IDR 100, 000 per kg, wholesale. The Indonesian Clove Farmers Association (APCI) of Bali will however only take action when the price dips below the agreed upon price.

Number of people with HIV/AIDS continue to increase

NEGArA - year after year, the number of people in Jembrana who contract HIv/AIDS con-tinues to increase. Data from the Jembrana AIDS Mitigation Commission (KPA) showed that between January and June of this year a total of 44 new cases were reported.

pitals and public health clinics, is one way that new cases come to light.

Chairman of the Jalak Bali Community (KJB), Made Su-arnayasa, said that a number of volunteers in the organization also provide guidance. “Also, we always coordinate with the KPA when we come across a new case,” he explained.

Similarly, counseling assis-tance is also provided at a number

of public health centers.Suarnayasa admitted that HIV/

AIDS is like an iceberg with one a small percentage of the problem being visible. On that account, it is very important to work on prevention by disseminating in-formation to young people. HIV is transmitted though sexual in-tercourse and other ways that hu-mans fluids are exchanged, like when people share syringes (as drug addicts often do). (kmb26)

Clove farmers need bailoutthe farmers afloat is to petition the help of the local government. “The provincial government has posted their planation budget, so we plan

to ask for assistance,” he said.The assistance -in the form

of bailout, needs to be requested through a cooperative organiza-

tion or association. The request for this bailout needs to be final-ized so that the clove farmers can make it through this rough patch.

Despite the demand for 120,000 tons a year of clove, Jembrana can only produce 80 percent of this. (kmb26)

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LOS ANGELES — “Ant-Man” crept past new opener “Pixels” to claim the top spot at the box office this weekend by an ant-sized margin. The Disney and Marvel superhero pic brought in $24.8 million over the weekend, bringing its domestic total to $106.1 million according to Rentrak estimates Sunday.

“Pixels,” meanwhile, just barely missed first place with a $24 million debut. While studios always hope for the bragging rights of a No. 1 debut, the real issue here is whether or not the Adam San-dler end of the world comedy will make up its $88 million production budget.

“It’s been a little competi-tive in the marketplace when

you consider the extent of the performance of ‘Jurassic’ and ‘Inside Out,’” said Sony’s President of Worldwide Dis-tribution Rory Bruer. “To get to where we opened to was quite good.”

Critics were not fond of “Pixels,” which shows 1980s video arcade game characters attacking Earth, but younger audiences still turned out to theaters — an estimated 62 percent were under the age of 25.

Paul Dergarabedian, Ren-trak’s senior media analyst, said Sandler can still attract an audience, but the expen-sive film has a lot of ground to make up.

“They’re really going to have to count on the inter-

national component. That’s going to be key,” he said.

Overall, the box office is down 3 percent from the same weekend last year, when “Lucy” opened particularly strong. Dergarabedian said that though some are at-tempting to link last week’s theater shootings to any dip in the box office this weekend, “the numbers just don’t bear it out.”

Holdovers “Minions” and “Trainwreck” took the third and fourth spots with $22.1 million and $17.3 million, respectively.

Meanwhile, the R-rated boxing drama “Southpaw” surpassed expectations and landed a place in the top five with its $16.5 million

opening.Dergarabedian said that

its performance is likely due to star Jake Gyllenhaal’s en-thusiastic promotion of the film and also the fact that it provides an alternative to the standard summer blockbuster fare.

“’Southpaw’ felt like a re-ally good fall movie,” he said.

“Paper Towns,” an ad-aptation of John Green’s coming-of-age novel, opened in sixth place with $12.5 mil-lion. The Fox film only cost $12 million to produce, but considering Green’s fan base and last year’s massive $48 million debut of “The Fault in Our Stars,” which Green also wrote, it’s a bit disap-pointing. (ap)

Her demise was the most awful inheritance of all.

Bobbi Kristina died on Sunday at Peachtree Chris-tian Hospice in Duluth, Georgia, about six months after she was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub in the suburban At-lanta townhome she shared with Nick Gordon, the man she called her husband. She was 22-years-old.

“Bobbi Kristina Brown passed away July, 26 2015, surrounded by her family. She is finally at peace in the arms of God. We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during

these last few months,” Kristen Foster, a repre-sentative for the Houston family said Sunday.

The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Bobbi Kristina’s death Sunday night and will issue a news release on Monday.

Police said she was found Jan. 31. A police report described it as a “drowning.”

Bobbi Kristina was the only child between Hous-ton and Brown.

She was hospitalized for months in Atlanta — eventually being placed in hospice care — after being

found in a manner grimly similar to the way her me-gastar mother died three years earlier. Gordon said at the time it seemed Bobbi Kristina wasn’t breathing and lacked a pulse before help arrived.

Brown — the sole heir of her mother’s estate — did have dreams.

She identified herself on Twitter as “Daughter of Queen WH,” ‘’Entertain-er/Actress” with William Morris & Co., and “LAST of a dying breed.” She told Oprah Winfrey shortly after her mother’s death in 2012 that she wanted to carry on her mother’s

legacy by singing, acting and dancing. But her ca-reer never took off. Actor and producer Tyler Perry said she had a future as an actress after her debut on his TV show “For Better or Worse” in 2012, but she only appeared in one episode. Aside from two ill-fated reality TV shows and the occasional paparazzi video, her image mostly showed up in the “selfies” she posted online.

She attended award shows and appeared on red carpets with her mother and father. She performed a duet with her mother in 2009, singing “My Love Is Your Love” in New York’s Central Park. She became social media sensation, sending more than 11,000 tweets and at t ract ing 164,000 followers. (ap)

Bobbi Kristina Brown has died

AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File

In this Feb. 12, 2011, file photo, singer Whitney Hous-ton, left, and daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown arrive at an event in Beverly Hills, Calif. Brown, who was in hospice after months of receiving medical care, died on Sunday, July 26, 2015.

DULUTH, Ga. — The brief, chaotic life of Bobbi Kristina Brown was never really her own. Born and raised in the shadow of fame and litigation, shattered by the loss of her mother, Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina was overwhelmed by the achievements and demons of others before she could begin to figure out who she was.

‘Ant-Man’ inches past ‘Pixels’ to take first-place spot

Zade Rosenthal/Disney/Marvel via AP

This photo provided by Disney shows Corey Stoll, left, as Darren Cross, and Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne, in a scene from Marvel’s “Ant-Man.”

Only three percent of investors are local people Businessman, Gede Wirata, says

that there are three kinds of inves-tors, namely; foreign, domestic and local and that local investors only account for a measly 3 percent. The government appears to be tolerating this given the 85 percent increase in the growth of the private sector.

“Of this three percent, there are Balinese people with a revenue of about IDR 50 billion per month. Within a year, they are making as much as IDR 1 trillion. So, why should we be afraid? Do not be too afraid as long as tomorrow is better than today,” he said.

Bali remains the “prima donna” destination for travellers, not only for vacationing but also for doing business. This inevitably means a shift away from the principles of local wisdom such as Tri Hita Karana.

“Visitors arriving

with a spirit for business must be observed because according to my observations, over the last ten years about 60 percent of visitors end up doing business here,” said economic observer, Viraguna Bagus Oka, dur-ing the open house discussion that took place at the Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara, Sanur, Sunday (Jul. 26).

Those who shared their thoughts included: the editor of Bali Post, economists, cooperatives, rural credit agency (LPD) and university rectors from throughout Bali.

According to Viraguna, there are little to no restrictions or hindrances for travelers doing business in Bali, in contrast to neighbouring

countries like Aus-

tralia where investments cannot be done haphazardly where all money brought into the country is carefully kept track of.

“Meanwhile, we impose no re-strictions, so it is like a business free-way here. This is one of the conse-quences of Bali being such a unique place. There are about 100 different flights into Bali, the flow canon be dammed up but we are still going about business as usual, sticking to old patterns. Our local wisdom, including the principle of Tri Hita Karana, have been shifting, so when people come to Bali they are no lon-ger focused on the cultural aspects of life but are instead focused on

business

as their main goal,” he said.Viraguna added that the people

of Bali should not be talking about economic growth in itself, but should be looking at things more globally. China’s economy which was growing at a rate of about growing seven percent per year, has now slowed down too 5 percent. Similar economic slowing down is also happening in Japan and Korea, not to mention the economic crisis that Greece is facing. Because Bali depends so heavily on tourism, our economy is mostly affected by the economic slowdown happening in other countries.

“We should not be talking about economic growth of more than five percent but rather the essence of this growth because despite Bali’s what-ever growth Bali may experience, 60 percent of it is is being enjoyed

by people from outside Bali. According to date form

numerous banks, third party funds account for nearly IDR 68 trillion, but 60-70 percent of it leaves the island. About 60 percent of what remains is spent on general con-sumption, 10 percent goes to SMEs, and the rest is used as working capital. As a result, our need to drive locally-based economic growth is very pressing,” he explained.

DENPASAR - Over the last ten years, there has been an increasing trend of travelers doing business in Bali. This trend has in fact turned into state of affairs wherein only 3 percent of major investments are being made by locals, the remaining 97 percent of investors are foreign nationals or people from outside of Bali.

Accomodation projects built in rural areas in Badung Re-gency, Bali Island. Over the last ten years, there has been

an increasing trend of travelers doing business in Bali. This trend has in fact turned into state of affairs wherein only 3

percent of major investments are being made by locals.IBP/Wawan


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