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Homicide trial set for Indian actor Salman Khan Associated Press Writer

NEW DELHI — A Mumbai court announced Wednesday that Indian movie star Salman Khan will face trial next month on a homicide charge for his involvement in a fatal road accident more than 10 years ago. One man was killed and four people were injured when Khan drove his car into a group of homeless people sleeping on a Mumbai sidewalk in September 2002. The court charged Khan with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, said Abha Singh, a lawyer involved in the case. Khan could face up to 10 years in jail if convicted. The court also charged Khan with negligent driving and causing grievous hurt to the victims, Singh

said. Khan, who was present in court, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The trial is scheduled to begin Aug. 19. The court ruled that Khan, 47, would not have to attend every hearing of the case, but would have to appear in court whenever the judge required his presence. The actor was earlier being tried in the case for the lesser offense of causing death by negligence, which carries a maximum penalty of two years in jail.

Actress Futerman and twin sister co-writing memoir Associated Press Writer

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NEW YORK — Actress Samantha Futerman is collaborating on a book about her improbable discovery that she had an identical twin. Futerman, whose credits include the TV series “The Big C” and the film “Memoirs of a Geisha,” has a deal with G.P Putnam’s Sons. She will work on the book with Anais Bordier, the adopted daughter of a French family whose friends had seen Futerman’s

movies and swore that the actress and Bordier looked exactly alike. Bordier learned that she and Futerman, who grew up in New Jersey, were born in the same town in South Korea on Nov. 19, 1987. She contacted Futerman earlier this year through Facebook and the women discovered in May they were indeed twins. “Our incredible twist of fate can lift one to rejoice that anything is possible, and the biggest boundaries in life are the

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William and Kate show off royal baby boy

However, after a magistrate heard the evidence, he invoked the more serious charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the actor in February. Khan, one of Bollywood’s most popular stars, has acted in about 90 Hindilanguage films in his 25-year career. Indian courts are notorious for delays and a trial can take years to complete.

FILE – In this Aug. 31, 2007 file photo, Bollywood actor Salman Khan steps out of the Jodhpur Central Jail where he had been held for a poaching case in Jodhpur, India.

16 Pages Number 147 5th year

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LONDON - Britain’s Prince William, his wife Kate and their newborn baby son were spending their first day at home as a family Wednesday, a day after the royal couple showed off the future monarch to the world.

A smiling Kate told the massed ranks of international media on Tuesday that motherhood was “very emotional”, while William said they were still choosing a name and revealed that he had already changed the baby’s nappy. The new third-in-line to the throne raised a tiny hand above his white blankets but remained

peaceful, despite deafening cheers from well-wishers and the shouts of photographers outside St Mary’s Hospital in London. “It’s a special time,” said the 31year-old Duchess of Cambridge, who was wear-

ing a cornflower-blue dress with her brunette hair loose. “I think any new parent would know what this feeling feels like.” The duke, also 31, told reporters that “he’s got her looks, thankfully” as Kate playfully demurred, then added: “He’s got a good pair of lungs on him, that’s for sure”.

ones we set for ourselves,” Futerman said in a statement issued by Putnam, a division of Penguin Random House. “There are so many possibilities and so many crazy things that happen in a lifetime, and it is a gift to embrace them all,” she said. “All I know is I have an innate, unconditional love toward this relative stranger.” Putnam announced Tuesday that the book is currently untitled and is scheduled to come out in the fall of 2014.

This undated publicity photo provided by G.P. Putnam’s Sons shows actress Samantha Futerman, left, and her twin sister, Anais Bordier.

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Reclamation of Benoa Bay harming bhisama, sustainability Bali Post

DENPASAR - Reclamation to Benoa Bay spreading across an area of 838 hectares absolutely harms the bhisama (religious stipulation) on temple sanctity struggled by high priests and all components of Balinese people. Though there is no temple in the region, the sea belongs to sanctified area as included in the Sad Kertih concept remaining to be upheld by Balinese community. The reclamation had also an impact on the undermining and destruction to custom and culture systematically and massively. Besides, it went up against the spirit of sustaining Bali. On that account, Balinese society had to unite to reject the reclamation. Even, this could draw a highlight of international community. It was conveyed by honorary board member of the National Association of Indonesian Consultant (Inkindo), Ida Bagus Gede Wiyana, and academician from the Udayana University, Ida Bagus Jelantik Sutanegara Pidada, in Denpasar. Ida Bagus Gede Wiyana doubling as Chairman of the Dwijendra Foundation Denpasar rejected and deplored the massive reclamation plan of the second volume which would be performed in the conservation area of Benoa Bay. According to him, the first volume reclamation on Serangan Island had resulted in natural impacts namely abrasion to nearly

all beaches in Bali. “This reclamation makes me upset. What will Bali become next?” he said. Further, he said that every inch of land in Bali was consecrated. Even, the beach in Bali was also consecrated for the venue of melasti or purificatory rite. So, when the sea was reclaimed and filled with commercial buildings, it also was contrary to the bhisama on the temple sanctity. The reclamation would have implications on the undermining and destruction of tradition and culture systematically and massively as well as it was contrary to the spirit of sustaining Bali. “Even though there is no temple at Benoa Bay, the bhisama on temple sanctity can be categorized into Segara Kertih (sea) and every inch of land in Bali is sanctified. Moreover, the beach is also used to organize a ritual. Unfortunately, all the beaches in Bali are currently taken advantage as economic and tourism commodities. Do not let all the lands of Bali be owned

by investors,” he said. Implication of the reclamation on the social order, where the community upholding the religious, friendly, spirit of mutual cooperation and brotherhood aspect, was teaching to think capitalistically, hedonically and individualistically as well as taking by all possible ways to attain goals. Reclamation triggered fundamental changes in traditional values and culture. “Bali can become modern, but it may not lose its Balinese fundamentals. So, do not change Bali into capitalistic and hedonic Bali,” he hoped. When looking back at the accommodation development plan of the Bali Nirwana Resort (BNR), said Wiyana, all components of Balinese society at that time agreed to reject and it was eventually stipulated in a bhisama of the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) about the temple sanctity. Unfortunately, such determination did not appear when addressing the reclamation plan of Benoa Bay. In response to the reclamation area of 838 hectares that would be established with tourist accommodation and facilities like marine residence, apartments, Disneyland-like recreational park, supermarkets, golf courses and others, most community lead-

ers in Bali seemed to absolutely keep silent. If the reclamation plan of Benoa Bay then arose and it even had a decree on the reclamation permit from the Governor of Bali Made Mangku Pastika, he invited all components of Balinese people to unite and fight to reject the reclamation plan. “Is the traditional, cultural and Hindu religious values appropriate with the reclamation in the sanctified coastal area as the Segara Kertih concept in Sad Kertih? Necessarily, all customary, religious and community leaders of Bali must be united to reject the reclamation. Unfortunately, they seem indifferent. The government and leaders of Bali are also indifferent,” he criticized. Similar opinion was delivered by an academician from the Udayana University, Ida Bagus Jelantik Sutanegara Pidada. He said the leader of Bali with all societal components should preserve the nature of Bali rather than destroying it. According to him, the issuance of the reclamation permit was a form of exploitation to the nature of Bali. Even, if the reclamation plan was resumed, it would ultimately have negative impacts and greater misery on Balinese people, so that the reclamation only damaged the image. “The reclamation is undermining

the cultural identity and damaging the image of Bali,” said the lecturer at the Faculty of Letters, Udayana University. Further, he said that Bali was the showcase of Indonesia and an international tourist destination. Thus, any problems occurred in Bali like the Benoa Bay reclamation being at issue within the past month constantly becoming public highlight and headlines in mass media would also be highlighted nationally and internationally. When the international community chiefly the environmentalists such as the Greenpeace knew about the problem, it would certainly be apprehensive with the attempts of exploitation to the nature of Bali. The reclamation would also bring in adverse effects to the existence of Balinese culture. Later on, there will be irritation, erosion and the undermining of Balinese culture. The Balinese culture will be undermined by hedonism and consumerism. Due to reclamation, the socio-economic networks will collapse. At the location, the investor will surely build supermarket and souvenir market. As a result, people will no longer go to traditional markets but to supermarkets, no longer go to the art markets but to souvenir markets. (kmb29)

immediately resolved,” he said. Suhartana said that Bali local businessmen were distraught due to the uncertain attitude of the PAP. After the implementation of auction system to get the kiosk at the airport, many local entrepreneurs did not qualify the tender. They considered the requirements of tender specified by the airport were very burdensome. For example, the traders were charged at IDR 30 million for taking registration form. It was non-refundable when the traders did not qualify the tender. The other requirements were also considered very burden-

some to local entrepreneurs. As a result, the tender was then mostly won by foreign businessmen. Meanwhile, Commercial Manager of the PAP Ngurah Rai, Hardiansyah, claimed to remain consistent with the agreement with the Commission VI of the House of Representatives where local entrepreneurs remained to be noticed. According to him, so far the problem was still under process. He argued that decision lay in the central office. Nevertheless, he asked the local businessman to wait for the process patiently.

Further, he said that not all local traders could be accommodated at the airport. His party could only promise to give 38 business premises to the members of the P2B. Location for the traders coalesced into the P2B had been provided in front of the airport hotel lobby and the area of international terminal. Unfortunately, the statement did not satisfy the P2B members. Suhartana said the policy was unfair because other than being unable to accommodate all the traders, the placement of local traders was at less strategic location. (kmb25)

P2B protests against policy of PT Angkasa Pura Bali Post

MANGUPURA - Hundreds of members and employees of the Airport Traders Association (P2B) of Ngurah Rai Airport came again to the office of PT Angkasa Pura I (PAP), Tuesday (Jul 23). They questioned about the attitude of the PAP related to the allotment of business premises for local traders at the Ngurah Rai Airport. The P2B worried that local traders would be marginalized from the airport because many foreign businessmen came to compete.

Spokesperson of the P2B, Nyoman Suharta, revealed that his party was disappointed with the attitude of the PAP that had not provided certainty regarding the fate of local traders at the airport. According to him, the traders just wanted to claim the promise of the PAP made last February before the Commission IV of the House of Representatives which confirmed to accommodate all traders whether or not belonged to the P2B. “Until now, there has been no information from the airport management. We want this issue can be

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New Kuta Hotel introduces new Executive Chef IBP

KUTA - New Kuta Hotel a Lexington Legacy Introduces Executive Chef of the property, I Made Jesna. In realizing his vision for the property’s restaurant and pool side bar, Chef Jesna has summed up his hotelier experience which includes Aston Denpasar City hotel, The Legian, and Club Med Bali. He knows the inside and out of his kitchen, and work extremely well with his staff. His amazing coordination and dynamic will ensure guests an unforgettable dining experience at New Kuta Hotel. With 24 years of experience, Chef Jesna keeps on raising the bar for himself. Chef Jesna’s expertise in Indonesian cuisine has often sent him off to places around the world. He spent several months in Japan and Maldives to promote Indonesian and Balinese food. To create the menu of Kayumanis, the main restaurant of the property, he created “Local Flavors,” combining dishes enhanced with regional and

local ingredients, among them his signature dish, Crispy Balinese Duck. From its terrace, Kayu Manis offers exceptional views of the outside double cascade swimming pool and a panoramic ocean view. The Sunset Pool Bar is the perfect place for an outstanding evening by the lush gardens and the serene pool ambiance. Together

with his team, Chef Jesna created something fun for the hotel guest to enjoy amidst the relaxing space: Poolside BBQ. Guests of New Kuta Hotel can enjoy thefresh seafood and BBQ. They also have Balinese BBQ and a special pasta night so that there will be something different for every guest, every day.

Calendar Event for July 10 through August 10, 2013

10 Jul Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan - Pulasari Peninjauan Tembuku Bangli Pura Pasek Gelgel Boading Kaba Kaba Tabanan Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Desa Bubunan Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Raung Tarokaja Taro Tegallalang 17 Jul Buda Paing Wayang Pura Dang Khayangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli 20 Jul Tumpek Wayang Pura Majapahit Jembrana Bathara Ratu Gede Celuk Sukawati Bathara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan Denpasar Bathara Ratu Allit lan Ratu Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarman Dalem Sukawati Besakih Pura Pedarman Mengwi Besakih Pura Pedarman Kaba Kaba Besakih Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Dadya Agung Pasek Gelgel Pegatepan Gelgel klungkung Pura Pemerajan Agung Sulang Dawan Klungkung Pura Padharman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Besakih ( Dalem Klungkung ) Pura Penataran dan Pasraman Kuta Rejo , Kendal Rejo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura Jala Sidhi Amerta Juanda Surabaya 22 Jul Purnama Sasih Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Tirta Besakih Pura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati Pura Amrta Jati Kompleks ALRI Pangkalan Jati Jakarta Selatan Pura Jagatnatha Kota Singaraja Pura Dang Hyang Tulus Dewa Desa ApuanSusut-Bangli Pura Jagatdhita Selong-Lombok Timur Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Gobleg-Banjar

Buleleng Pura Puseh Batur Kintamani Pr. Asah (Alas Harum) Dusun Batur Kintamani Pura Dalem Kedewatan Celuk-Sukawati Pura Agung Mandara Giri Gunung Semeru- Lumajang Jawa Timur Pura Pengubengan Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Sukawati Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah-Batur Kintamani Mr. Agung Puser Jagat Meranting Batu Kanding-Nusa Penida Pura Luhur Candi Narmada Tanah Kilap Desa PemogaN Denpasar Selatan Pura Panca Tirta Sido Luhur Bakanheni Lampung Selatan Pura Ponjok Batu Tejakula Buleleng 24 Jul Buda Wage Kelawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Ped Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Pengembungan Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Banjar Jawa Banjar Jawa Tengah Buleleng Pura Gaduhan Jagat Desa Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Tegeh Mancawarna Sanding Tampaksiring Pura Penataran Batupelang Kamasan klungkung Pura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Kedonganan Kuta Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Odalan Ida Ratu Pucak Pameneh/Bukit Kiwa Tengen Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Jati Ubud Pura Melanting Ubud Pura Dalem Peed Nusa Penida Pura Sad Kahyangan Penida Desa Sakti Nusa Penida

Pura Penataran Agung Anyar Liligundi Bebandem Karangasem 30 Jul Anggar Kasih Dukut Pura Dalem Batuyang Batubulan Pura Dalem Pasek Gelgel Mengening Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Undagi Timpag Kerambitan Tabanan Pura Desa/ Pura Pucak Banjar Taman Bedulu Gianyar Pura Puser Jagat,Dalem Dukut, Puri Sukun Nusa Penida Pura Dalem Purwa Banjar Kawan Bangli Pura Desa Ketewel Sukawati 31 Jul Buda Umanis Dukut Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Sibangkaja Abiansemal Pura Dalem Samprangan Gianyar Pura Paiobon Dukuh Segening Serongga Kelod Gianyar 4 Aug Redite Kliwon Watugunung Pura Penataran Agung Mahagotra Tirta Harum Srisrengga Desa Nyalian Banjarangkan Klungkung 6 Aug Tilem Sasih Kasa Pura Dalem Seme Jawa Desa Kukuh Marga Tabanan 10 Aug Hari Raya Saraswati Pura Pasek Tangkas - Gempinis Dalang Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel - Sayan Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Watugunung Bima Pura Agung Jagat Karana Surabaya Pura Aditya Jaya - Rawamangun Jakarta Timur Pura Pemaksan Banyuning Timur Buleleng Pura Agung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa Barat Pura Dadia Agung Bendesa Tangkas Kori Agung Pusat Gerih Desa Gerih Abiansemal Badung Pura Kawitan Bendesa Aban Baturning Desa Mambal Abiansemal

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Balinese Temple Ceremony 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, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines. In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, 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.

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Physicists unveil results helping explain universe Associated Press Writer

Also at the conference, an international team of scientists based at Japan’s Proton Accelerator Research Complex announced they have documented muon neutrinos transforming into electron neutrinos — a previously unknown third way that neutrinos can spontaneously change identity. Neutrinos are subatomic particles that are very hard to detect because they have extremely low mass and rarely interact with matter. That breakthrough is “a big deal,” said one of the neutrino collaboration leaders, University of California at Irvine physicist Henry Sobel, because explaining the matter-antimatter asymmetry in neutrinos may shed light on why everything from tiny forms of life to stars are made of matter, but there is almost no antimatter left in the universe. That remains one of the biggest mysteries of the universe — since the Big Bang nearly 14 billion years ago should have created equal amounts of matter and antimatter. But researchers also have been looking for this particular rare decay from the Bs particle for a long time. “This is a process that particle physicists have been trying to find for 25 years,” said Joe Incandela, leader of the second CERN team

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Government indifferent

Thousands of art market traders at risk of bankruptcy Bali Post

GENEVA — After a quarter-century of searching, scientists have nailed down how one particularly rare subatomic particle decays into something else — a discovery that adds certainty to our thinking about how the universe began and keeps running. The world’s top particle physics lab said Friday it had measured the decay time of a particle known as a Bs (B sub s) meson into two other fundamental particles called muons, which are much heavier than but similar to electrons. It was observed as part of the reams of data coming from CERN’s $10 billion Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest atom smasher, on the Swiss-French border near Geneva. The rare sighting at the European Center for Nuclear Research, known by its French acronym CERN, shows that the so-called standard model of particle physics is “coming through with flying colors,” though it describes only 5 percent of the universe, said Pierluigi Campana, who leads one of the two main teams at CERN involved in the research. Campana called the results an important development that helps confirm the standard model, a theory developed over the past half century to explain the basic building blocks of matter. It applies to everything from galaxies and stars to the smallest microcosms, showing how they are thought to have come into being and continue to function. The results were formally unveiled at a major physics conference in Stockholm.

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GIANYAR - Thousands of traders in the art market whose livelihood continuing to be eroded by the proliferation of souvenir shops scream, while the government seems indifferent. As evidence, the Gianyar and Bali government have not taken any concrete policy to protect the small businesses like the traders in the art markets. As result, the condition can cause the traders in the art market to be at risk of bankruptcy due to the incapability of competing against the capital intensive entrepreneurs.

AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus,File

FILE - In this March 30, 2010 file picture the globe of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, is illuminated outside Geneva, Switzerland. Two scientific teams have for the first time precisely recorded an extremely rare event in physics that adds certainty to how we think the universe began, leaders at the world’s top particle physics lab said Friday July 19, 2013. involved in the subatomic particle research. He called it a “rare process involving a particle with a mass that is roughly 1,000 times smaller than the masses of the heaviest particles we are searching for now.” The standard model also predicted a new subatomic particle discovered last summer. The long-sought Higgs boson creates what scientists call a “sticky” energy field that acts as

a drag on other particles and gives them mass, without which particles wouldn’t hold together — and there would be no matter. The newest research shows that only a few Bs particles per billion decay into pairs of muons, which was along the lines of what was predicted under the standard model. But because the Bs particle’s decay helps confirm an old theory,

some scientists also expressed a bit of disappointment they had not found something completely unexpected or new. “This is a victory for the standard model,” said Joel Butler of the United States’ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, near Chicago. “But we know the standard model is incomplete, so we keep trying to find things that disagree with it.”

Grievances of the art market traders as revealed on Tuesday (Jul 23) mentioned that proliferation of souvenir shops was the first threat to traders in the art market. As souvenir traders in traditional market, they could not do much without the interference of the government, especially in providing the protection policy. Moreover, they ran business in the government-owned Sukawati Art Market, said Dewa Nyoman Alit, one of the local traders, met last Tuesday. The policy required, according to him, included the attention of the government such as in the form of promotion, infrastructure improvement, parking space and regulation protecting the art market from proliferation the current souvenir shops. Specifically in terms of promotion, the government had never intervened, he said. Sukawati Art Market was a traditional market which was different from traditional market selling groceries. As the other art markets, the Sukawati Art Market required the arrival of domestic and foreign tourists. Without promotion amidst the current unfair competition, it

would be difficult for traders in the art market to develop. Therefore, the traders would go bankrupt by degrees, he said. On the contrary, the government often discoursed if the SMEs should be encouraged and supported. In fact, many of them had not been reached by the program. Meanwhile, the traders in the Sukawati Art Market that also gave contribution to the regionally generated revenue (PAD) of Gianyar County had not been optimally worked on in terms of infrastructure. Obsolete condition of the building and the problem of parking lot had not got any solution. In terms of livelihood, a thousand people peddling in the Sukawati Art Market averagely supported five to six people. It was unlike the souvenir shop business having large capital which could be counted on the fingers. If the economy of the art market traders was dead, more than five thousand people would reap the impact. The traders really hoped the government’s attention in rescuing the asset that had made the reputation of Gianyar and even of Bali famous worldwide. (kmb16)

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Thousands of traders in the art market whose livelihood continuing to be eroded by the proliferation of souvenir shops scream, while the government seems indifferent.

NASA tries to save planet-hunting telescope

Banks succeeded to cut NPL Antara

Associated Press Writer

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This artist rendering released by NASA shows a planet outside the solar system that was detected by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft.

MOFFETT FIELD, California — NASA says it will try to fix its space telescope that hunts for planets outside our solar system. Recovery efforts to save the $600 million mission began Thursday and will last for a week. Mission managers won’t know until later this month at the earliest whether the Kepler spacecraft will ever search for Earth-like planets again. Two months ago, Kepler lost the second of four wheels that control its position in space. It needs three working wheels, and engineers plan to send commands to try to get the broken wheels spinning again. Since launching in 2009, Kepler has confirmed 134 planets and spotted more than 3,200 potential ones. If Kepler can’t be revived, scientists have said they still have years of observations to pore through.

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The Bali-Nusa Tenggara regional office of Bank Indonesia said banks in Bali succeeded in cutting their non performing loans (NPL) to 0.54 percent in the second quarter of 2013 from 0.61 percent in the previous quarter.

DENPASAR - The Bali-Nusa Tenggara regional office of Bank Indonesia said banks in Bali succeeded in cutting their non performing loans (NPL) to 0.54 percent in the second quarter of 2013 from 0.61 percent in the previous quarter. “Banks in Bali have been strict in observing prudential banking principles as reflected by the decline in NPL,” Dwi Pranoto, the head of the regional office of the central bank, said here on Wednesday. The NPL is healthy , much better than average NPL of 1.95 percent recorded by banks in other regions in the country, Dwi said. People’s Credit Banks (BPR) in Bali also made progress in cutting their NPL to a safer level at 2.8 percent from 2.9 percent in the same period. According to the country’s central bank, healthy banks may not have NPL more than five percent. Bank credits grew 60.35 percent on-year in the second quarter of 2013 bringing outstanding credits of banks in the province to Rp17.13 trillion by the ends of June, 2013. Hotel and food and beverage sector accounted for 41.37 percent of the credit in the world’s famous tourist destination island. Investment credits grew faster than working capital credits and consumer credits in Bali. Decline in NPL also reflects conducive business in the tourism sector the largest source of income in Bali, Dwi said.

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

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Limited production, price of chili shoots up Bali Post

SINGARAJA - The price of chili in traditional market in Buleleng has experienced a high enough surge within the past two weeks. Such an increase occurred because the supply of chili from local farmers and the outside the region ran thin. The Head of Buleleng Cooperative, Trade and Industry Agency, Ni Made Arnika, confirmed on Tuesday (Jul 23) the rising prices of basic needs and chili in Buleleng. Arnika said that in response to the increase in the price of chili and basic needs, her party continued to monitor the prices in traditional markets in Buleleng. From the observation, the price of chili experienced a considerably higher surge than on previous days. Curly chili produced by local farmers in Buleleng and supplies from outside the county could reach IDR 60,000 per kg. Such price increase also occurred to large chili. Currently, such kind of chili was sold at various prices rang-

ing from IDR 25,000 to IDR 30,000 per kg. Though facing a price surge, retailers stayed to get chili from suppliers. However, the supply was very minimal compared to usual days. According to Arnika, other than the price of chili, the price of basic needs like rice also increased. The price of rice had begun soaring since the government decided to increase the price of fuel. Despite the price surge, the effort to stabilize the prices in the market had not been pursued by regional government because the price of rice was still considered in fair condition. Similarly, the supply of rice from local farmers and outside the county remained sufficient. In addition, the government argued when organizing a market operation, the process was quite difficult. “Indeed, the price is going up but if we make market operation, the process is difficult. Thus, we postpone the effort and our team continues to monitor the prices in the market,” she explained. (kmb)

Reuters

MADRID - Like the coming of the messiah, depressed southern Europe nations await Angela Merkel’s likely victory in Germany’s September election with a mixture of hope and trepidation.

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The price of chili in traditional market in Buleleng has experienced a high enough surge within the past two weeks. Such an increase occurred because the supply of chili from local farmers and the outside the region ran thin.

Shooting of Japanese film in Jembrana needs assessing JEMBRANA - Despite having a permit from the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy and Bali Licensing Office, the Jembrana government stayed to assess the film shooting plan in Jembrana narrating about the success of a Japanese citizen in Bali. Having got the scenario of the film, it was found that some scenes were going up against the local wisdom. Currently, the county government remained to discuss about the license application. Last Monday (Jul 22), a number of regional working units (SKPDs) organized a meeting led by the Regional Secretary of Jembrana, I Gede Gunadnya, discussing about the license of the

shooting location in Jembrana. Spokesperson of Jembrana government, Suherman, confirmed on Tuesday (Jul 23) that license of shooting location was still under process and the county government did not compound. However, it happened because it was the first

time to process such license and the region did not have the agency specially handling the film making as in the provincial government and ministry. Since it was held in Jembrana, the government had an obligation to survey the location and backgrounds. “We remain to serve the license application. Since it is for the first time, we must be careful and looking for the legal basis. Well, if it promotes positive aspects, it’s okay. How about black campaign? This must become our considerations,” he explained. One of the aspects considered

Crushed by machine, hand cut off

Learn to write by left hand

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DENPASAR - The dreams of Komang Eka Saputra, 13, to continue his study to elementary school apparently has to be delayed because this resident of Selat, Duda, Karangasem was still lying in bed of Sanglah Hospital for treatment up to Tuesday (Jul 23). Eka was treated because his right hand was crushed by machine wheel in quarry C so that it had to be cut off. As his wound had not been dried, the graduate of the SDN 3 Sebudi

elementary school could not go to school. When encountered in Burn Unit, Eka looked fast asleep accompanied by his father, Ketut Alit, 60. His amputated right hand remained to be wrapped in bandages. Alit said the unfortunate incident afflicted Eka 28 days ago. At that time, the third son was replacing his friend that could not come to work to the quarry C. “I do not know if he was even working. Actually, he remained in school holiday then,” said Alit. When he was absorbing in pulling and clean-

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ing wood waste stuck in the wheel of sand machine, unwittingly the bolt of wheel drew his right sleeve. As a result, it pulled his hand into the wheel track so that his arm crumbled. Although his hand could not be saved, according to Alit, his third son had been sincere from the beginning. “He was sincere if his hand would be amputated. Even, he did not have a slight doubt at all,” said Alit. Eka realized the economic condition of his family. He did not demand to be purchased a fake hand to replace his

and assessed to have infringed the local wisdom was related the scene of religious ritual. It was mentioned if the location of shrine could be purchased cheaply. Besides, another inappropriate content was the designation of uncle to Japanese citizen portrayed to be successful as well as having abundant wealth and a lot of girls. One of the recommendations in the meeting on the license was the necessity to change the content going up against the local wisdom. “We do not agree to this content, so that we need to be careful,” Suherman added. Previously, the

Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha, also stated to refuse if the foreign filming in Jembrana territory could humiliate the dignity of the community of the Buffalo Racing Land. According to information, the film entitled ‘Bali Big Brother’ would be produced by a Japanese citizen. It told about the success of a Japanese citizen in Bali. A number of locations in Negara subdistrict were chosen as location of the shooting such as one of the primary schools at Tengah hamlet, community health center and the home of a resident at Baluk. (kmb26)

amputated hand. “When he knew it was expensive, he said it should not be. The money should be used for the more urgent things,” said Alit. Although having no longer had right hand, such condition did not discourage Eka to maximize his left hand. Currently, he was learning to write by using left hand. According to Alit, his son was desperate to attend school. Though having high enthusiasm, Eka was sometimes discouraged and wondered whether he could use his left hand. “I will persist on enrolling him to junior high school so that when getting recovered, my son can go to school,” said Alit. During he was waiting for Eka

at Sanglah Hospital, Alit left his job as a worker so that his income for living expenses automatically broke off. Fortunately, the family was willing to work together to help Alit. “Sometimes, my nephew came to bring food. In turn, he is waiting for Eka with me,” he said. Meanwhile, the mother of Eka left no information so far. According to Alit, his wife said to take leave for going home to Palembang. However, until now she did not come back or even never gave information. Wound condition of Eka that had not dried made his coming home schedule uncertain. Alit expected his son Eka to recover soon so that he could continue his study. (san)

Four years into the euro zone debt crisis, people in debt-laden Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal and Cyprus are deeply worried that a third term in power for the conservative chancellor may only bring them more austerity and pain. The five countries that implemented Merkel’s anti-crisis recipes and cut spending massively in areas such as health and education, have been in or close to recession since 2008. Unemployment tops 27 percent in Spain and Greece. Their leaders, however, disagree. Confident that Merkel will tone down her budget cutting mantra and accept more burden-sharing within the euro zone, they are positioning themselves as close allies of Europe’s main paymaster. “I think we will see a different Mrs Merkel after the elections,”

said Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, echoing a view shared by most of his fellow southern European leaders. In Greece, where crunch time for plugging a budget gap with a third bailout of the country starts at the end of September, hopes are high that debt issues can finally be sorted out after the German election, maybe through a new debt write-off. In Italy and Portugal, where austerity has not yielded many positive results, policymakers believe Merkel will accept a more balanced model for managing the economic crisis if she wins. In Spain, where banks were rescued with 42 billion euros of European money, expectations are that the chancellor will lean towards common euro zone debt

issuance and accept a full-fledged banking union, unlocking credit in the recession-hit nation.

WISHFUL THINKING? While market turmoil has eased in the euro zone and last year’s massive capital outflows from southern Europe to safe-haven Germany have started to reverse, more needs to be done. The correction pace of imbalances in the European Central Bank’s Target 2 cross-border payments system, a key indicator of financial stress within the single currency zone used by ECB President Mario Draghi to monitor monetary policy, remain slow. Continued German support will be key to keep the fever down. Senior government sources in these countries insist Merkel has signaled flexibility on these issues in recent private talks. But she has given no public indication of such a U-turn and many in Berlin caution it is highly unlikely to happen, warning against wishful thinking.

Crisis-weary Kuwait stumbles toward new elections

Associated Press Writer

KUWAIT CITY — From boycotting ballots to storming parliament, each time Kuwait heads into parliamentary elections the backstory seems to overshadow the vote. Yet the revolving-door series of elections could have an impact not only on this tiny, oil-rich state, but also on fellow nations in the Gulf and the rest of the region. For the election Saturday to pick

a new 50-seat parliament — the most empowered elected political body in the Gulf — there might be another boycott, but the real question is whether the vote will ease the internal pressures on Kuwait’s Western-backed ruling dynasty. The challenges come from an emboldened opposition that includes groups ideologically linked to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood on the one hand, and on the other, liberals angered by crackdowns such as prison sentences

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In this Friday, July 19, 2013 photo, Kuwaiti citizens from the second constituency gather in Abdullah Al Salem, Kuwait, during the campaign opening meeting of Marzouq Al Ghanim, ex-MP and candidate for the forthcoming parliamentary elections .

over social media posts. Gulf Arab partners are closely watching the moves by Kuwait’s Islamists, considered by the United Arab Emirates and others as part of wider networks seeking to bring down their pro-Western fraternity. Washington is deeply vested in Kuwait’s stability as a critical link in the Pentagon’s military array against nearby Iran. Kuwait hosts thousands of U.S. soldiers in the largest deployment of American ground forces in the region. The main test is whether the election outcome will restore credibility to a political system that appears stuck in a cycle of disputes. “I think there is not much enthusiasm for the elections in general,” said Saad bin Tefla, a Kuwaiti professor and political analyst. “Counting the upcoming elections, the people of Kuwait will have gone to the polls three times (since February last year). It’s humiliating.” Last December, there was an election boycott by an unusual alliance of Islamists, tribal factions and Western-oriented liberals. Before voting in February 2012, Arab Spring-inspired tensions had grown so high that Kuwait’s ruler disbanded parliament after opposition-led protesters stormed the chamber.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives a bunch of flowers marking her 59th birthday prior to the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, July 17, 2013.

Nelson Mandela continues to fight, defy expectations

The Nelson Mandela story has quietly shifted from a gloomy – if not morbid – wait for the worst news out of his Pretoria hospital to what has nearly become a spirit of local and international cheering over his progress in recent weeks. Yesterday, South African President Jacob Zuma issued a statement saying that Mr. Mandela is showing “sustained improvement.” That comes after Mandela’s daughter spoke last week of her father possibly leaving intensive care, and even eventually going home from the hospital altogether. There’s an authentic element of inspiration to this. Mandela is a lifelong fighter, and at 95 he is defying the confident expectations of his demise – as he defied the system of apartheid and the attempts of his jailers, for 27 years, to defeat his spirit. He is again turning the story about him around. Last week South Africans celebrated with a day of service as Mandela marked his birthday. What a welcome change from late June, when some media erroneously reported that Mandela had died, and an Australian politician sent condolences to the Mandela family – and every day various oleaginous commentaries seemed to eagerly roll out the red carpet for the imminent earthly departure of the first black president of formerly white-ruled South Africa. What has replaced the often unseemly death watch now seems to be a more settled, sober, and calm appreciation of Mandela’s life and its significance. Earlier this month, South African media in Johannesburg reported a surprising spike in sales of books about Mandela. Agence FrancePresse said his autobiography in particular was getting new attention. That work is largely based on his prison writings from Robben Island, in which he advocates developing the qualities of honesty, sincerity, and simplicity that are “within easy reach of every soul.” Yesterday the White House released photos of the Obama family visiting Mandela’s cell on Robben Island, taken from their recent visit to South Africa.

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Eurozone growth survey gives hope

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BRUSSELS - Private business across the eurozone returned to growth in July for the first time in 18 months, a key survey indicated on Wednesday, possibly signalling an end to recession. The Markit Eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers Index logged 50.4 points, above the 50-mark signalling growth, and a bigger-thanexpected rise according to analysts after posting 48.7 points in June.

The survey, which had been in negative territory since February 2012, is closely watched as a leading indicator of activity, and economists said cautiously that this could be a sign that recession was

on the wane. The fourth monthly rise in a row overall was also marked by a two-year high logged in the manufacturing sector, which recorded 50.1 points, up from 48.8. The rate of job losses eased, Markit said, while the feedback from star economy Germany showed rising output there at a five-month high. Taken together, the data provides

a “summer filip to policymakers,” in the words of Markit chief economist Chris Williamson. He added: “The best PMI reading for one-and-a-half years provides encouraging evidence to suggest that the euro area could -- at long last -- pull out of its recession in the third quarter.” While manufacturing led the revival, Williamson also highlighted “promising signs of stabilisation

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DENPASAR - A man was arrested by the Bali Police following robbery to 36 luxurious villas in Ubud, Gianyar and Badung District.

in the service sector, which hints at some much-needed upturns in domestic demand.” Services logged 49.6 points, up from 48.3. While cautioning that there have been “false dawns” before, Ben May of London-based Capital Economics said the eurozone economy appeared to be “on the mend and might perhaps soon exit recession.”

Royal ‘baby boost’ expected for British business

Agence France-Presse

LONDON - British companies can expect a temporary boost from the birth of Prince William and Kate’s new baby as souvenirs and champagne fly off the shelves and tourists flock to the country, business leaders and analysts said Tuesday. Retail sales could see an increase of £243 million ($372 million, 283 million euros) from the arrival of a future king, based partly on the experience of the couple’s wedding in 2011 and the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2012, analysts said. “If the experience of the royal wedding and the jubilee is anything to go by, this good news should also bring about a temporary ‘baby boost’ for retailers in the UK,” said Helen Dickinson, director general of the British Retail Consortium. “It will undoubtedly bump up sales of baby products, souvenirs and brands favoured by the new royal parents, but the past two years have also demonstrated that the feelgood factor has a more wide-ranging positive impact on retailers.” The birth will also give a “temporary lift in the general mood” at a time of broader economic gloom and austerity under Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative-led government, she said. International consumers may also be more likely to visit British brands’ websites and overseas stores, said Dickinson. Howard Archer, an analyst with IHS Global Insight, said that while there was huge global interest in the birth of the new third in line to the British throne, the economic impact would be “limited -- albeit overwhelmingly positive”. “At the margin, the royal birth may provide the economy with a temporary, small positive boost at a time when it seems to be increas-

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A man was arrested by the Bali Police following robbery to 36 luxurious villas in Ubud, Gianyar and Badung District.

“We managed to reveal the robbery to foreign nationals’ villas by cooperating with Ubud Sector Police Office... and we have arrested the suspect,” Spokesperson of Crime and Violence Sub-Directorate III of Bali Police Commissioner Pande Putu Sugiarta said here Wednesday. The suspect, I Komang PS (25), resident of Jembrana, was arrested in Tawang Alun Bus Terminal, Jember, East Java on Tuesday (July 16) at 04:00 am local time. The arrest was thanks to information from SP, I Komang’s partner in crime, who had been arrested earlier by Denpasar Police. Before arrested in Jember, the

suspect moved to Surabaya to escape from Police. During the interrogation, the suspect admitted to have robbed 36 villas, 25 of them in Ubud, Gianyar District, six in Bukit Pecatu and the other five in Canggu, the last two areas are in Badung District. The suspect mostly did the robbery alone, besides several time being accompanied by SP. “The suspect usually robbed the villas at noon or evening. He started by calling the villa owners from the outside. If there is no response or unoccupied, the suspect began his operation by breaching the door,” Sugiarta said.

The suspect did the robbery to the villas within minutes. Most of the stolen valuables have been sold in Java. I Komang’s last robbery was reported to occur in Penestan Villa, Sayan Ubud Village, Gianyar District on June 10 2013. The villa is owned by a Dutch national, Anne Gerrie Johanna Van de Peppel. Police secured some evidence from the robbery such as three laptop computers, one tablet computer, two watches, six pocket cameras, 13 gold bracelets, 10 cellphones and some other valuables worth dozens of millions Rupiah.

Rejang Legong:

A Dance Presentation of Angels to Gods

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British and royal decorations are seen after the announcement of the birth of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and her husband Prince William’s first child, at Ye Olde King’s Head English pub’s gift shop July 22, 2013 in Santa Monica, California. British companies can expect a temporary boost from the birth of Prince William and Kate’s new baby as souvenirs and champagne fly off the shelves and tourists flock to the country, business leaders and analysts said Tuesday.

ingly moving in the right direction,” Archer said. “The most obvious support to the economy coming from the royal birth will be some boost to retail sales through people buying souvenirs and commemorative items, while there is also likely to be a small lift to alcohol sales as some people will want to toast the royal baby,” he added. The baby would contribute to a general feel-good factor following

recent British sporting successes such as Andy Murray winning Wimbledon, Chris Froome cycling to victory in the Tour de France, and the England cricket team’s success so far in the Ashes series against Australia, said Archer. The Centre for Retail Research, based in Nottingham, central England, estimated an extra £243 million in sales in July and August. It predicted £87 million spent on royal baby celebrations -- much of it

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on alcohol -- £80 million on toys and souvenirs and £76 million on books, DVDs and newspapers. Tourism officials said that while it was difficult to put an exact figure on the likely baby boost, Britain’s cultural heritage as embodied in the royal family boosted the economy by £4.5 billion a year. “While a living royal family gets us an enormous amount of free advertising for Britain around the world, it’s not really something

we can estimate a figure for and the international coverage alone is priceless,” a Visit Britain spokesman said. “We know that visitors drawn here by the appeal of our culture and heritage spend over £4.5 billion annually and support around 100,000 jobs,” the spokesman added. “Some of that figure can be attributed to attractions and events with a connection to Britain’s monarchs past and present.”

It has become a tradition for Jasri customary villagers of Karangasem to present various dances like the Rejang, Abuang and Legong in Bale Agung temple. These sacred dances are part of a ritual series known as Meprani in conjunction with the celebration of Galungan and Kuningan feast day. All villagers present pekenak to Ulun Busali deity as venerated gods in Bale Agung temple. According to Chief of Jasri customary village, I Nyoman Sutirtayasa, the Rejang, Abuang and Legong dance symbolized the sacrifice and an expression of gratitude for the abundance of worldly endowment to deities who would return to Java Island. “These dances are meant to entertain and please the deities because it is believed when returning to Java they will bestow graces of prosperity. On that account, it will give the source of life for Balinese people,” he said. Local people believed, explained Sutirtayasa, the series of dharma victory day (GalunganKuningan) was initiated since the deities came down from Java to Bali namely on Sugian Jawa and they were ready to receive devotee’s worship. Furthermore, they were presented with oblation on Galungan and Kuningan. Three days after Kuningan, the deities were presented with aci prani ac-

companied with the performance of Rejang, Abuang and Legong dance. The dances were performed by daa (virgin girls) from 33 customary hamlets existing in the area. They danced hand in hand clockwise on the courtyard of Bale Agung temple accompanied with gamelan music. They danced with graceful movement in attires with typical teterek accessories on the back and headdress embellished with young banana leaf ornament. More interestingly, the Rejang dance with distinctive movement was never taught or learned by the daa. However, when it was time to perform the dance they would be able to do it. At the end of the Meprani ritual it was marked with the disposal of used ritual paraphernalia of Kuningan celebration to the sea. A senior figure of local customary village, I Nyoman Putra Adnyana, said that presentation of such sacred dances like the Rejang, Abuang and Legong was originated from the stage of Rejang dance in Puseh temple. However, it was then also presented to deity abiding in the Bale Agung temple. “Theologically, the ishta devata (venerated gods) abiding in Bale Agung is the Tri Murti symbolizing the omnipotence of God in his manifestation as the Generator, Operator and Destroyer,” he said.

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It has become a tradition for Jasri customary villagers of Karangasem to present various dances like the Rejang, Abuang and Legong in Bale Agung temple. These sacred dances are part of a ritual series known as Meprani in conjunction with the celebration of Galungan and Kuningan feast day.

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A Syrian refugee girl removes paint from her hands after finishing work on a mural on a public bathroom wall, at Zaatari refugee camp, near the Syrian border, in Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, July 23, 2013.

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INDONESIA Morality police target women in Indonesian sharia stronghold

Associated Press Writer

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US artist, Syrian children beautify refugee camp Associated Press Writer

ZAATARI, Jordan — Young Syrian children, refugees of their country’s grinding civil war, playfully grab paint brushes and rollers nearly as big as they are in this windswept desert camp, adding splashes of bright color to their bleak surroundings. Most of the trailers and tents match the beige color of the swirling sand surrounding the Zaatari refugee camp, home to about 120,000 Syrians who fled the nearly three-year war still gripping the nation. Slowly though, that’s changing with the help of a U.S. artist who is leading children haunted by the conflict to paint buildings and walls at the crowded camp with murals expressing their lives and hopes. “So many children are bored in Zaatari. They just throw rocks because they have nothing else to do,” artist Samantha Robison said. “There’s a lot of violent tendencies and negative energy, so if you bring in art and give them a positive activity, it helps a lot.” The painting project gives a moment of color and self-expression for kids who have had their lives shattered by Syria’s war. Last week, the special U.N. envoy for children and conflict warned about the effects of the upheaval on children, warning that Syria’s violence is producing a generation plagued with illiteracy and “filled with hate.” Just over half the refugees in Zaatari are under the age of 18. On what was once an empty patch of desert, the sprawling complex has grown in just a year into the second largest refugee camp in the world and is Jordan’s fifth largest populated city, with more refugees pouring daily across the border, just 16 kilometers (10 miles) away. Many of the families come from the southern Syrian province of Daraa, where the Syrian uprising began, and many of the children have directly experienced the trauma of having their neighborhoods bombarded and having relatives killed. Robison, 27, from the Washington, D.C.-area, works in the camp as part of an organization she founded called AptART. She has traveled to Cambodia, Congo, Iraq and Syria to work on art projects before arriving

at Zaatari. Under Robison’s watch, children have already painted a number of structures. A one-time white trailer serving as a pediatric clinic now sports a bright blue facade, with cartoon images of doctors, children and parents appearing in bold orange, turquoise and red tones. Big Arabic calligraphy appears throughout, offering the adage: “Prevention is better than cure.” In another part of the camp, a giant purple tree spreads its branches over the length of a wall at one of Zaatari’s schools. Among the branches, refugee children painted a plane, an easel, and other symbols — objects representing jobs they hope to have when they grow up. As South African artist Luc Van Der Walt, one of those working with Robison, poured out the paint into large canisters to mix, the children — from as young as 5 years old to their early teens — crowded around, anxious to dip their brushes. Tiny girls squealed as they dashed to the nearby wall to dab it with flashes of bright yellow. “Slow down, slow down,” Syrian volunteers repeatedly told the excited children, trying to get them to take turns at the paint bucket. A 12-year-old girl who gave her name as Habeer sang while she and the kids painted a mural. “I am happy when I am painting,” she said. “I try to draw a lot at school. The best things I like to draw are trees, birds and flowers. I want to be a teacher when I grow up.”

Robison, who works with South African artist Luc Van Der Walt, said the artwork helps children take a sense of ownership in the crowded refugee camp, where some have dismantled structures for their own use. Particularly hard hit are communal bathrooms, as refugees take apart the bricks and piping to construct their own private showers and toilets, aid workers say. “We allow children to write on a wall. We turn writing on a wall into a positive thing,” Robison said. “What child hasn’t written their name or something and was scolded? We’re having a little bit of fun with it and getting the kids involved.” Robison stops children from painting the black, white and green tricolor flag of Syria’s opposition, trying to keep politics out of the work. She and Van Der Walt also stop children from copying cartoon characters from television, though they encourage any other artistic endeavor. Around 600 children in the camp have participated in the program so far, as the artist team moves from section to section of the camp, Robison said. The kids lay down a base coat and then add their pictures, then Robison and her colleagues incorporate it into a larger mural. Often the murals have a public service message, like to beware of germs or to avoid wasting water. Children laugh and sing as they paint. Some plant paint handprints on the walls.

HAVANA — Cuba’s main international terminal is getting a $10.2 million overhaul to improve operations at the overcrowded facility, according to state-run media. The Havana Reporter, an English-language semi-weekly newspaper that hit kiosks Tuesday, said the Terminal 3 upgrade will include eight footbridges for boarding and the expansion of a parking area outside the terminal. Government website Cubadebate added that the project also calls for new walkways, additional check-in counters, lighting and air conditioning improvements and systems to conserve water and electricity. Airport director Juan Carlos Quintana told Cubadebate that the eastern part of the terminal will be upgraded to accommodate larger airplanes, and nearly 190,000 square feet (17,500 square meters) of new roofing has already been installed. Terminal 3 is the most modern of the Jose Marti International Airport’s terminals. It was built with Canadian assistance at a cost of $93 million, and inaugurated in 1998 in a ceremony involving Fidel Castro and Canada’s then-premier, Jean Chretien. However it has not kept up with increasing traffic since then, and at times seems to be straining at the seams with long waits at check-in, immigration, security and baggage claim. Cubadebate said the terminal has as many as 1,800 to 2,000 travelers passing through at times, a number that can rise to 2,500 if people accompanying passengers to the airport are factored in. “The current design only allows for the terminal to accommodate 1,400 passengers, a number lower than the real volume that exists in these moments, which hurts the quality of service,” the website said. Overall, 2.5 million travelers pass through Terminal 3 each year, according to Cubadebate. The terminal handles most international traffic with the exception of charter flights to and from the United States, which go through Terminal 2. The number of travelers to the island has increased steadily since the 1990s, when in the midst of a severe economic crisis following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Castro’s Communist-run government turned to tourism for badly needed hard currency.

Bulgaria: Police ends Parliament siege, frees MPs

Associated Press Writer

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarian police on Wednesday broke up a blockade of Parliament and escorted out more than 100 lawmakers and ministers who had been trapped inside the besieged building for more than eight hours by anti-government protesters seeking to oust the leftleaning government. Police in riot gear pushed away the protesters and formed a corridor to allow those trapped since Tuesday out of the building. Anti-government protests in Bulgaria’s capital have been going on for 40 days, and escalated on Tuesday evening as several hundred demonstrators trapped 109 people — including three ministers, some 30 lawmakers and their staff — inside Parliament. Police had tried to escort the officials out by bus on Tuesday, but protesters blocked the vehicle hurling stones at it. Seven protesters and two police officers were treated in hospital for head wounds. The Socialist-backed government took office after early elections in May, following the resignation of the previous cabinet amid anti-austerity protests. The government commands only 120 seats in the 240-seat Parliament and has to rely on the support from a nationalist party. The appointment of controversial media mogul Delyan Peevski as head of the national security agency sparked this wave of protests. The appointment was immediately revoked but demonstrators insist the government is corrupt and must resign. Recent public-opinion polls show they are supported by about twothirds of Bulgaria’s 7.3 million people, who have the lowest incomes in the European Union. President Rosen Plevneliev issued a statement calling on the protesters to keep the demonstrations “peaceful and civilized.” “For the first time since the start of the protests we have now witnessed tension and attempts for provocation,” Plevneliev said, urging the protesters to restrain from any acts which increased the tension and breach public order. He also called on the police to help keep the protest peaceful.

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An Indonesian police man carries an exhausted young boy following more rescue by search and rescue team in Cidaun, West Java on July 24, 2013.

More than 100 rescued in boat sinking Agence France-Presse

CIDAUN - More than 100 asylum seekers who were feared dead have been rescued after their boat sank off the coast of Indonesia’s Java island, an official said Wednesday, confirming that one child had died. Indonesia’s rescue agency was alerted by Australian authorities on Tuesday evening. “We don’t know exactly how many were on board, so we’re focusing on searching for any more that may be out there,” Bandung search and rescue chief Rochmali told AFP early Wednesday, adding the figure would likely be between 100 and 200. “We don’t know where these people are from. We will just focus on ensuring they’re well and making sure no one else is still at sea,” he said. The boat sank in heavy seas off the fishing town of Cidaun in western Java, from where rescuers set out in their own boats and in vessels lent by the police and fishermen. Survivors would be taken to hospital, Rochmali said, adding the body of one child, the only confirmed dead, had been recovered. Reports in Australia said the asy-

lum seekers were mostly from Sri Lanka and Iran. “I am the only one back,” said a man named Soheil of a group of 61 Iranians he was travelling with, as quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. He confirmed he had set off from Cidaun. “We have problem with motor after two hours. For three hours, we try to come back (to shore). “The sea very hard, the sea no good. The ship break,” he added. Soheil said the captain -- who he claimed was a Sri Lankan man using a Malaysian crew -- abandoned them. “The captain go to small boat,” he told the Telegraph. “He no help me, he no help children, he no help baby.” Australia has struggled to stem an influx of asylum-seekers arriving by boat, with record numbers turning up in 2012 and more than 15,000 so

far in 2013. Hundreds have drowned making the journey -- as recently as last week a boat sank, killing four people -- with the latest disaster coming just days after Canberra announced a hardline new plan to send all unauthorised arrivals to Papua New Guinea. Asylum-seekers arriving in Australian waters will now be sent to the Manus Island processing centre on PNG and elsewhere in the Pacific nation for assessment, with no cap on the number that can be transferred. Even if found to be “genuine refugees” they will have no chance of being settled in Australia, instead having to remain in PNG, be sent back home or to third countries. In a bid to smash the lucrative people-smuggling networks, Australia on Sunday also announced it would pay rewards of up to Aus$200,000 (US$180,000) for information leading to their conviction.

LHOKSEUMAWE - As the sun sets over Aceh province on the westernmost tip of Indonesia and the call to prayer blares from mosque speakers, five policemen leap onto the back of a patrol truck, ready to round up lawbreakers. In khaki uniforms and black boots, the men circling the town of Lhokseumawe are not safeguarding the streets from vandals or thieves. They are sharia police and their job is to ensure no one breaks the Islamic law of the land. The police swoop in on a young woman, buying food at a sleepy street stall. Her crime? She is exposing her hair, so she is sent home to fetch her headscarf, as men in T-shirts look on silently, eating cobs of corn. Rights activists complain that Islamic sharia regulations in Aceh are becoming increasingly sexist and unreasonable, and that the sharia police -- who operate independent of the regular police -- are picking on women. But headscarves are the least controversial of issues in Aceh, the only province to implement sharia law in Indonesia, home to the world’s biggest Muslim population. In Lhokseumawe, the mayor has called on women passengers to sit side-saddle on motorbikes, claiming straddling is sexually suggestive, unfeminine and un-Islamic. “If a woman straddles, the sensitive parts of her body will push up against the man driving,” Lhokseumawe government secretary Dasni Yuzar told AFP, making hand gestures in front of his chest to signify breasts. “This is not allowed under Islam and is not in accordance with our local customs,” he said. A women passenger riding with a female driver too should sidesaddle, he said, while women riding with men should never drive. While an official regulation is yet to be issued, police are already pulling women over and forcing them to sit sideways, with their legs dangling by the rear wheel. Heri Mutti, one of the sharia policemen, said women who sat “in a feminine way” on motorbikes were more beautiful than others. “And it’s our job to make sure they stay like that,” he told AFP while on patrol. Most women are complying, with streams of colourful headscarves atop motorbikes flowing through the streets. While some women are not bothered by the mayor’s call, many say they are being treated like puppets. “We’re just trying to get on with life, drop our kids at school, go to the shops,” said 36-year-old Fauzia, who goes by one name. “Why should the government care how women sit? It’s annoying,” she said at the helm of a motorbike with her young son in front of her. Rinawati, an activist from the Indonesian Women’s Commission in Lhokseumawe who goes by one name, said the mayor’s side-saddle call and comments like Yazar’s were examples of how male-dominant governments were hijacking sharia to control women. “We’re seeing a trend in Aceh where local governments are carrying out acts of injustice against women. Islamic sharia here is not considering the female perspective,” she said. Women in the district of West Aceh have been banned from wearing tight trousers and jeans, while several in the province have been arrested for prostitution for being out alone at night or with men who are not relatives. A teenage girl attending an outdoor concert with male friends last year committed suicide after police accused her of prostitution. Rinawati fears that women could even be banned from dancing after North Aceh district chief Muhammad Thalib said recently that women dancing in public was against Islamic teachings. His comments have caused confusion in Aceh, which has a worldfamous tradition of dance, raising questions about whether a decade of sharia law in the province gels with Aceh’s culture. Yuzar said the two go hand in hand, adding that regulations such as the straddling ban would take the Acehnese back to its roots, as in the 12th century when Islam first entered the region.

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For those of you who like to see and know more about plantation, especially the tropical types, you can visit Bedugul Botanical Garden which located in Bedugul, plateau area in Bali. The garden is situated in the cool atmosphere with rain forest and hill surrounds. This botanical garden is opened on 1959 and owns 154.5 ha land located Tabanan regency, northwest part of Bali. It is close to the beautiful lake which is called Beratan Lake and Ulun Danu Temple. It has inhabitants more than 1187 plant types and multifarious of floras. In this area, there is orchid garden with the collection of 320 orchid types from Bali, Java, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Sulawesi and also Irian Jaya. We can also meet the rose garden with the collection of various rose from rust colored until green chromatic. Bedugul Botanical Garden or Kebun Raya Eka Karya is also completed by 524 birches which are still in its original forest. In this place we can meet the collection from America, South America, China, Japan, Australia, Africa and also Netherlands. Cyathea Garden is one of the specific gardens owning the various collections of Paku-pakuan (tropical vegetable) which can be eaten as vegetable by Balinese and some of them are used for decoration. The tree from this nail Cyatheas are often exploited as growth media of various orchid types. Cactus collections are consisted of 104 types. This cactus is obtained from Africa, America, Germany, Switzerland and also Indonesia. The crop season at botanical garden is taken 94 types plants that are the collection from the exploitation for Balinese life ceremony, temple ceremony, devoting/offering and others purpose. It also owns the collection of drug crop with 84 types/species. Beside of the crop collections, Bedugul Botanical Garden or Kebun Raya Eka Karya also owns the traditional Balinese houses and it function as guest house for scientist who is doing observation. It is also opened for public including tourists and to be one of favorite tourist destinations in Bali especially for domestic tourists. IBP/File Photo

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Hantuchova wins first-round match at Stanford Daniela Hantuchova

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STANFORD, California — Olga Govortsova, ranked 83rd in the world, ended a frustrating run of results with a convincing 6-2, 6-4 victory over No. 2 seed Samantha Stosur in the second round at the Bank of the West Classic on Tuesday. Govortsova won back-to-back matches for the first time this season. She had lost seven of her previous eight entering the tournament. “It helped that I had the extra match and I played four matches in World Team Tennis last weekend,” Govortsova said. “I don’t think she has played since Wimbledon.” The 25-year-old Belarussian beat Germany’s Julia Goerges in straight sets in the first round. Govortsova earned her ninth win over a top-20 opponent and her first since beating Agnieszka Radwanska via retirement at New Haven last year. This is also the first time she has reached a quarterfinal round this season. Stosur, ranked 13th, reached the third round at

Wimbledon. The Australian was knocked out in the first round for the first time since early May — a span of five tournaments. “She was playing quite well and I wasn’t able to combat what she was able to do,” Stosur said. “Things were slowly turning around, and I had a break to go 5-5. I gave myself a chance to get back into the match but I had to win that last game.” Stosur had 10 double faults, including two in a row at one point. “That didn’t set a good tone for the match,” she said. “It is inexcusable to get that many in one match.” Seventh-seeded Urszula Radwanska downed American Christina McHale, 6-1, 6-3 while Daniela Hantuchova beat Yanina Wickmayer 6-2,

4-6, 6-0, in their first-round match. “I’ve played for a long time but not for myself until now,” Hantuchova said. “I’m very relaxed, playing for myself and enjoying the pressure. I can see the results on the court.” In other matches, sixth-seeded American Varvana Lepchenko beat qualifier Michelle Larcher de Brito of Portugal 6-2, 6-4; qualifier Coco Vandeweghe, a finalist last year, downed Romania’s Monica Niculescu 6-0, 6-3; Austria’s Tamira Paszek was ahead 6-1, 6-7(4), 3-0 and advanced when Russian qualifier Alla Kudryavtseva retired ; and Russian qualifier Vera Dushevina topped New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic 6-2, 6-1.

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Stoner to return to MotoGP action in series of Honda tests Federer to start 2014 season in Brisbane

Double world champion Casey Stoner will make a dramatic return to MotoGP action as a test rider for Honda in the coming months. The Australian will undertake four tests at Motegi for Honda’s R&D team, with the aim of evolving the RC213V and developing the new production-based racer Honda will sell to selected teams for next

year’s championship. Honda however categorically ruled out Stoner making a race return. A wildcard appearance at the end of the season, either at Motegi or at his home Phillip Island event - where Stoner is undefeated for the past six years - had been the subject of speculation, but Honda insisted it is “now out of the question”. Stoner denied he had any urge

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to return to grand prix racing, saying the test simply sprang from his desire to ride a MotoGP bike again. “It’s been almost seven months now since [his final race at] Valencia and I’m still happy and comfortable with the decision I made to stop racing,” Stoner said. “Sometimes I miss riding my RCV, so I am happy that HRC asked me to do some tests in Motegi this

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year. “This will allow me to enjoy what I miss: riding a MotoGP bike. “I’m looking forward to getting on the bike and see how it has changed from last year and I’d like to thank Honda for this opportunity.” Stoner’s life after MotoGP Shuhei Nakamoto, HRC executive vice president, said he was looking forward to receiving Stoner’s feedback following his testing programme. “We are very pleased to have Casey back on a Honda,” he said. “He knows this machine very well and I’m sure he can help our engineers and technicians with the development of the RC213V. “We will also ask him to test the new production racer and give us his initial feedback to assist us in producing the best machine possible.” Casey StonerStoner scored 15 wins, 26 podiums and 17 pole positions during his two seasons with Honda, winning the 2011 world championship in the process. He grew disillusioned with the sport however and, at the age of 27, opted to walk away. He subsequently switched to four wheels, joining the V8 Supercars Development Series. He will fit the four MotoGP tests around his V8s schedule. Stoner told AUTOSPORT last month that he could not envisage rediscovering the urge to compete again in MotoGP.

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SYDNEY - Roger Federer will start his 2014 campaign at the Brisbane International next January, underlining the tournament’s status as the biggest of the Australian Open warm-ups. The 31-year-old Swiss, who has four Melbourne Park titles among his 17 grand slams, has never previously started the year in Brisbane and the announcement was billed as the “biggest ... in the history” of the event, which started in 2009. Federer previously warmed up for the year’s first grand slam at the now ailing Kooyong exhibition tournament and more recently in Doha, Qatar. “I’ve always hoped that I could come there,” Federer was quoted as saying in a media release. “I’m not just coming for the Australian Open, especially when I commit so early in advance, it’s also to win in Brisbane.” Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has won the men’s event at the Pat Rafter Arena for the last two years, while Serena Williams won the women’s title last year.

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Barcelona picks Gerardo Martino as coach

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Barcelona has agreed terms with a relatively unknown Argentine league coach, Gerardo Martino, to follow in the footsteps of two of European football’s most successful coaches. According to a club statement on Tuesday, Martino will be given a two-year contract. He will replace Tito Vilanova, who in turn succeeded Pep Guardiola. Vilanova began as Guardiola’s assistant, providing the tactical know-how that helped his then boss forge one of the best teams in the history of the sport — winning 14 of a possible 19 titles from 2008-2012, including two Champions League trophies. During Vilanova’s single season in charge, he led Barcelona to the Spanish league title with a record-tying 100 points. He stepped down as Barcelona coach last week following a recurrence of throat cancer. Despite having no experience coaching a European club, the 50-year-old Martino received backing from Barcelona star Lionel Messi before the club’s sporting director traveled to Buenos Aires to negotiate the deal. Messi spoke glowingly of Martino, better known in Argentina by the nickname “Tata.” “I like Tata Martino,” Messi said recently. “He is a great coach,” adding that “his teams play well and we all respect him.” Martino acknowledged Messi’s influence in landing the job. “I have no doubt that Jorge (Messi’s father) and Lionel have had importance,” Martino said at a news conference in Rosario, Argentina. “They surely have spoken with the club officials. Surely they were asked their opinion.”

The club praised Martino on its website for “his clear commitment to the passing game” and the attacking style that have become Barcelona’s on-field trademark. However, in a poll published Tuesday by the Catalan region’s leading newspaper, La Vanguardia, under the banner “Do you approve of ‘Tata’ Martino signing?” 58 percent of readers answered “no” and only 32 percent approved. Ten percent of the 1,000 people polled had no opinion. Barcelona said it will specify plans for the Argentine’s arrival in Barcelona “in the coming hours.” Martino is expected to travel from Argentina to sign a contract and be presented officially to the club. Martino played as a midfielder from 19801996, including a short spell in 1991 at Spanish club Tenerife in the Canary Islands. He also led Paraguay to the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time, in 2010. Martino is due to arrive with his assistant from coaching Newell’s Old Boys last season, Jorge Pautasso, fitness coach Elvio Paulo Rosso and coach Adrian Coria, who once was in charge of Messi at the Argentine club. Barcelona says Martino will become the fourth Argentine to coach the club, after Helenio Herrera (1958-60, 1980 and 1980-

81), Roque Olsen (1965-67), and Cesar Luis Menotti (1983-84). Barcelona is due to travel to Germany on Wednesday for a preseason friendly match against Bayern Munich — which is now coached by Guardiola — but Martino is not going to be able to accompany the squad, the club said. In what he called an “open letter” released Tuesday, Vilanova said his doctors had advised him to give up coaching, but said he would not be leaving the club altogether. “I will continue to be very close and will carry on working at this club that I love so much on other tasks within the area of sports,” said Vilanova without specifying any further. AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File

FILE - In this May 12, 2010 file photo, soccer coach Gerardo Martino waves to assistants during a training session in Luque, on the outskirts of Asuncion, Paraguay.

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ROSARIO, Argentina - Gerardo Martino believes a recommendation from fellow Argentine Lionel Messi was behind his surprise appointment as Barcelona coach on Monday. “The details of how the situation developed I don’t know (but) I have no doubt Jorge (Messi’s father) and Lionel had some influence,” Martino, the former Paraguay coach, told a news conference in Rosario. “I’m sure they were asked their opinion and we’ve come to this outcome,” added the 50-year-old, who comes from Rosario like the Messis. Martino, who led Newell’s Old Boys to the Argentine “Final” championship last month, added: “I was expecting some job proposals and I can’t say I was expecting this one. “The situation was unexpected and of course it took me by surprise,” added Martino, who quit Newell’s after they lost their Libertadores Cup semi-final two weeks ago. Barcelona went in search of a new coach after Tito Vilanova had to step aside to undergo more treatment for throat cancer. “This is a very important job opportunity which came about due to a very unfortunate occurrence (Vilanova’s illness),” Martino said. “I’m very grateful they considered me, my staff and my work. The quality of the Barcelona

squad, with Lio, is something any coach desires. “I’m sure in our day-to-day (work) we’ll find ways to support (Messi) so he continues to be the extraordinary player he is.” Martino, who will travel to Barcelona on Thursday, said he hoped to be up to the high demands of coaching one of the world’s best club sides. “We’ll try to fit in quickly... Barcelona is an institution that has a way of life, a footballing development. We are the ones who are going to step into that world.” One of Martino’s staff is Adrian Coria, the man credited with discovering and coaching Messi from the age of 11 to 13 at Newell’s. Martino misses Barcelona’s friendly on Wednesday against European champions Bayern Munich, now under the Spanish giants’ former coach Pep Guardiola.

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Manchester United’s team manager David Moyes, left, and Shinji Kagawa pose for photographers after a news conference in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Monday, July 22, 2013. Manchester United will play an exhibition match against Japan’s club soccer team Yokohama F. Marinos on July 23.

Moyes driven by fear factor at Man United

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New Manchester United manager David Moyes is motivated by fear as he seeks to make his mark on the Premier League champions. It is not so much a fear of failure for a man who in more than a decade at Everton did not win a trophy, rather the stature of the 20times English champions and the huge success of his long-serving predecessor Alex Ferguson. “There has to be an element of fear that comes with managing a club like Manchester United. It keeps you working, it keeps you focused and helps you try not to take your eye off the ball,” British newspapers quoted the Scot as saying. “You would have doubt if anybody took over this job, but in my own way, I’ve got to say I feel it’s the right job for me at the right time and hopefully I’ll make it work.” Moyes took up his post at the start of this month and his first games in charge have been on United’s pre-season tour of the Asia-Pacific, where they have lost two matches and won one so far. The latest defeat came on Tuesday when a youthful side were beaten 3-2 by Japan’s Yokohama F. Marinos after an 87th-minute winner by Yoshihito Fujita in a match where United striker Robin van Persie was substituted after

hurting his thigh. “We’ve got a couple of wee worries,” Moyes told MUTV. “Robin just felt his thigh in the first half and we didn’t want to take any chances. “Danny Welbeck felt his groin when he came on and we’ve just got to make sure they’re all okay especially with so many games coming up. We’ve still got a few games to play before the season starts when we get back home.” While pre-season results do not give too much of an indication as to the form a club will find in the league, Moyes will certainly hope for better when the serious business starts next month. The 50-year-old, who was handpicked for the job by Ferguson, has often said he will call on his predecessor for advice but also emphasises that this is a new period for the club. “It has to be a new era,” he said. “Whatever we say, my job now is to make my history. “I’m going to follow someone who has made incredible history. I think about Matt Busby’s history and then Alex Ferguson’s history they could do a film about it. “I have to make sure now that my history and my time is something which the fans and people in the future talk about.”

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been trickier than it might have been as he has grappled with a barrage of questions surrounding the future of striker Wayne Rooney from day one. Repeating the club’s “he is not for sale” mantra, Moyes has nevertheless steered away from saying the England international has changed his mind about wanting to leave the club. Rooney’s early departure from the tour because of injury has only fuelled media speculation that he is on his way out, with Chelsea saying they have made a bid for him, and United’s pursuit of Barcelona’s Cesc Fabregas has fanned the flames. The new era that Moyes is talking about seems to be manifesting itself in their approach to transfer targets with the club ditching its traditionally more secretive handling of matters to openly say they are trying to sign the Spaniard. Where the United website (www.manutd.com) would usually only announce a new arrival when the player had signed on the dotted line, this week it has carried an article headlined ‘Second bid for Cesc’ with Moyes himself confirming a second offer. Bringing in Fabregas would reunite him with former Arsenal team mate Van Persie who shone last season with 26 league goals as United won the title with a crushing 11-point lead over secondplaced Manchester City.

GENEVA — Juventus topped the 2012-13 Champions League prize money table, collecting more than 65.3 million euros ($86.3 million) from UEFA despite losing in the quarterfinals to eventual winner Bayern Munich. UEFA published figures Tuesday showing that Bayern got 55 million euros ($77.7 million) in payments and bonuses, edging beaten finalist Borussia Dortmund (54.16 million euros; $71.55 million). UEFA shared 904.6 million ($1.196 billion) euros in group-stage payments to 32 teams in the first of a three-year cycle of commercial contracts. Juventus was helped to the top by a near-45 million euro ($59.5 million) share of Italian broadcast rights. AC Milan, beaten in the last-16 by Barcelona, collected 51.4 million euros ($67.9 million). The two Italian powers cashed in as the only Serie A clubs to reach the group stage — boosting their income for UEFA’s “Financial Fair Play” calculations which require clubs to aim toward breaking even on their football business. In recent years, Italian clubs have struggled to match the earning streams of the biggest clubs in England, Germany and Spain. Real Madrid got 48.4 million euros ($63.9 million) from UEFA, and fellow semifinalist Barcelona got 45.5 million euros ($60.1 million). In sixth place was Paris Saint-Germain, receiving 44.7 million euros ($59.1 million). Manchester United, another last-16 loser, topped English clubs in the Champions League with 35.5 million euros ($47 million). However, Chelsea earned more in total when its UEFA payments for a winning run to the Europa League title were added. Chelsea got 30.777 million euros ($40.7 million) from the Champions League and, after failing to advance from its group, added an extra 10.7 million euros ($14.1 million) from joining the second-tier competition. Chelsea had been the biggest Champions League earner the previous season when its title run earned 59.9 million euros (then $73.1 million). Arsenal collected 33.523 million euros ($44.33 million) in total for reaching the Champions League last 16, adding 31.423 million euros ($41.53 million) from the group-stage to an earlier playoff round fee of 2.1 million euros ($2.8 million). Manchester City, which finished last in its group, received 28.777 million euros ($38 million) from UEFA. The lowest earner among Champions League teams was Dinamo Zagreb which failed to win a match and collected 10.5 million euros ($13.88 million). BATE Borisov received 10.89 million euros ($14.4 million), including a relatively tiny 290,000 euros ($383,000) as its share of TV payments from the Belarus rights deal. All 32 teams got a basic 8.6 million euros fee ($11.36 million) for reaching the group stage, and then earned 1 million euros ($1.32 million) per win and 500,000 euros for each draw. Payments steadily increased for each knockout round.

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Argentine striker Carlos Tevez looks up as he meets the media at the Juventus training camp in Chatillon, northern Italy, Friday, July 12, 2013. Tevez joined Juventus last month in a transfer worth up to 12 million pounds ($18 million).

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Barcelona picks Gerardo Martino as coach

Juventus tops UEFA Champions League payments table Associated Press Writer

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Barcelona has agreed terms with a relatively unknown Argentine league coach, Gerardo Martino, to follow in the footsteps of two of European football’s most successful coaches. According to a club statement on Tuesday, Martino will be given a two-year contract. He will replace Tito Vilanova, who in turn succeeded Pep Guardiola. Vilanova began as Guardiola’s assistant, providing the tactical know-how that helped his then boss forge one of the best teams in the history of the sport — winning 14 of a possible 19 titles from 2008-2012, including two Champions League trophies. During Vilanova’s single season in charge, he led Barcelona to the Spanish league title with a record-tying 100 points. He stepped down as Barcelona coach last week following a recurrence of throat cancer. Despite having no experience coaching a European club, the 50-year-old Martino received backing from Barcelona star Lionel Messi before the club’s sporting director traveled to Buenos Aires to negotiate the deal. Messi spoke glowingly of Martino, better known in Argentina by the nickname “Tata.” “I like Tata Martino,” Messi said recently. “He is a great coach,” adding that “his teams play well and we all respect him.” Martino acknowledged Messi’s influence in landing the job. “I have no doubt that Jorge (Messi’s father) and Lionel have had importance,” Martino said at a news conference in Rosario, Argentina. “They surely have spoken with the club officials. Surely they were asked their opinion.”

The club praised Martino on its website for “his clear commitment to the passing game” and the attacking style that have become Barcelona’s on-field trademark. However, in a poll published Tuesday by the Catalan region’s leading newspaper, La Vanguardia, under the banner “Do you approve of ‘Tata’ Martino signing?” 58 percent of readers answered “no” and only 32 percent approved. Ten percent of the 1,000 people polled had no opinion. Barcelona said it will specify plans for the Argentine’s arrival in Barcelona “in the coming hours.” Martino is expected to travel from Argentina to sign a contract and be presented officially to the club. Martino played as a midfielder from 19801996, including a short spell in 1991 at Spanish club Tenerife in the Canary Islands. He also led Paraguay to the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time, in 2010. Martino is due to arrive with his assistant from coaching Newell’s Old Boys last season, Jorge Pautasso, fitness coach Elvio Paulo Rosso and coach Adrian Coria, who once was in charge of Messi at the Argentine club. Barcelona says Martino will become the fourth Argentine to coach the club, after Helenio Herrera (1958-60, 1980 and 1980-

81), Roque Olsen (1965-67), and Cesar Luis Menotti (1983-84). Barcelona is due to travel to Germany on Wednesday for a preseason friendly match against Bayern Munich — which is now coached by Guardiola — but Martino is not going to be able to accompany the squad, the club said. In what he called an “open letter” released Tuesday, Vilanova said his doctors had advised him to give up coaching, but said he would not be leaving the club altogether. “I will continue to be very close and will carry on working at this club that I love so much on other tasks within the area of sports,” said Vilanova without specifying any further. AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File

FILE - In this May 12, 2010 file photo, soccer coach Gerardo Martino waves to assistants during a training session in Luque, on the outskirts of Asuncion, Paraguay.

Messi influenced Barca appointment, says Martino Reuters

ROSARIO, Argentina - Gerardo Martino believes a recommendation from fellow Argentine Lionel Messi was behind his surprise appointment as Barcelona coach on Monday. “The details of how the situation developed I don’t know (but) I have no doubt Jorge (Messi’s father) and Lionel had some influence,” Martino, the former Paraguay coach, told a news conference in Rosario. “I’m sure they were asked their opinion and we’ve come to this outcome,” added the 50-year-old, who comes from Rosario like the Messis. Martino, who led Newell’s Old Boys to the Argentine “Final” championship last month, added: “I was expecting some job proposals and I can’t say I was expecting this one. “The situation was unexpected and of course it took me by surprise,” added Martino, who quit Newell’s after they lost their Libertadores Cup semi-final two weeks ago. Barcelona went in search of a new coach after Tito Vilanova had to step aside to undergo more treatment for throat cancer. “This is a very important job opportunity which came about due to a very unfortunate occurrence (Vilanova’s illness),” Martino said. “I’m very grateful they considered me, my staff and my work. The quality of the Barcelona

squad, with Lio, is something any coach desires. “I’m sure in our day-to-day (work) we’ll find ways to support (Messi) so he continues to be the extraordinary player he is.” Martino, who will travel to Barcelona on Thursday, said he hoped to be up to the high demands of coaching one of the world’s best club sides. “We’ll try to fit in quickly... Barcelona is an institution that has a way of life, a footballing development. We are the ones who are going to step into that world.” One of Martino’s staff is Adrian Coria, the man credited with discovering and coaching Messi from the age of 11 to 13 at Newell’s. Martino misses Barcelona’s friendly on Wednesday against European champions Bayern Munich, now under the Spanish giants’ former coach Pep Guardiola.

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Manchester United’s team manager David Moyes, left, and Shinji Kagawa pose for photographers after a news conference in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Monday, July 22, 2013. Manchester United will play an exhibition match against Japan’s club soccer team Yokohama F. Marinos on July 23.

Moyes driven by fear factor at Man United

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New Manchester United manager David Moyes is motivated by fear as he seeks to make his mark on the Premier League champions. It is not so much a fear of failure for a man who in more than a decade at Everton did not win a trophy, rather the stature of the 20times English champions and the huge success of his long-serving predecessor Alex Ferguson. “There has to be an element of fear that comes with managing a club like Manchester United. It keeps you working, it keeps you focused and helps you try not to take your eye off the ball,” British newspapers quoted the Scot as saying. “You would have doubt if anybody took over this job, but in my own way, I’ve got to say I feel it’s the right job for me at the right time and hopefully I’ll make it work.” Moyes took up his post at the start of this month and his first games in charge have been on United’s pre-season tour of the Asia-Pacific, where they have lost two matches and won one so far. The latest defeat came on Tuesday when a youthful side were beaten 3-2 by Japan’s Yokohama F. Marinos after an 87th-minute winner by Yoshihito Fujita in a match where United striker Robin van Persie was substituted after

hurting his thigh. “We’ve got a couple of wee worries,” Moyes told MUTV. “Robin just felt his thigh in the first half and we didn’t want to take any chances. “Danny Welbeck felt his groin when he came on and we’ve just got to make sure they’re all okay especially with so many games coming up. We’ve still got a few games to play before the season starts when we get back home.” While pre-season results do not give too much of an indication as to the form a club will find in the league, Moyes will certainly hope for better when the serious business starts next month. The 50-year-old, who was handpicked for the job by Ferguson, has often said he will call on his predecessor for advice but also emphasises that this is a new period for the club. “It has to be a new era,” he said. “Whatever we say, my job now is to make my history. “I’m going to follow someone who has made incredible history. I think about Matt Busby’s history and then Alex Ferguson’s history they could do a film about it. “I have to make sure now that my history and my time is something which the fans and people in the future talk about.”

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been trickier than it might have been as he has grappled with a barrage of questions surrounding the future of striker Wayne Rooney from day one. Repeating the club’s “he is not for sale” mantra, Moyes has nevertheless steered away from saying the England international has changed his mind about wanting to leave the club. Rooney’s early departure from the tour because of injury has only fuelled media speculation that he is on his way out, with Chelsea saying they have made a bid for him, and United’s pursuit of Barcelona’s Cesc Fabregas has fanned the flames. The new era that Moyes is talking about seems to be manifesting itself in their approach to transfer targets with the club ditching its traditionally more secretive handling of matters to openly say they are trying to sign the Spaniard. Where the United website (www.manutd.com) would usually only announce a new arrival when the player had signed on the dotted line, this week it has carried an article headlined ‘Second bid for Cesc’ with Moyes himself confirming a second offer. Bringing in Fabregas would reunite him with former Arsenal team mate Van Persie who shone last season with 26 league goals as United won the title with a crushing 11-point lead over secondplaced Manchester City.

GENEVA — Juventus topped the 2012-13 Champions League prize money table, collecting more than 65.3 million euros ($86.3 million) from UEFA despite losing in the quarterfinals to eventual winner Bayern Munich. UEFA published figures Tuesday showing that Bayern got 55 million euros ($77.7 million) in payments and bonuses, edging beaten finalist Borussia Dortmund (54.16 million euros; $71.55 million). UEFA shared 904.6 million ($1.196 billion) euros in group-stage payments to 32 teams in the first of a three-year cycle of commercial contracts. Juventus was helped to the top by a near-45 million euro ($59.5 million) share of Italian broadcast rights. AC Milan, beaten in the last-16 by Barcelona, collected 51.4 million euros ($67.9 million). The two Italian powers cashed in as the only Serie A clubs to reach the group stage — boosting their income for UEFA’s “Financial Fair Play” calculations which require clubs to aim toward breaking even on their football business. In recent years, Italian clubs have struggled to match the earning streams of the biggest clubs in England, Germany and Spain. Real Madrid got 48.4 million euros ($63.9 million) from UEFA, and fellow semifinalist Barcelona got 45.5 million euros ($60.1 million). In sixth place was Paris Saint-Germain, receiving 44.7 million euros ($59.1 million). Manchester United, another last-16 loser, topped English clubs in the Champions League with 35.5 million euros ($47 million). However, Chelsea earned more in total when its UEFA payments for a winning run to the Europa League title were added. Chelsea got 30.777 million euros ($40.7 million) from the Champions League and, after failing to advance from its group, added an extra 10.7 million euros ($14.1 million) from joining the second-tier competition. Chelsea had been the biggest Champions League earner the previous season when its title run earned 59.9 million euros (then $73.1 million). Arsenal collected 33.523 million euros ($44.33 million) in total for reaching the Champions League last 16, adding 31.423 million euros ($41.53 million) from the group-stage to an earlier playoff round fee of 2.1 million euros ($2.8 million). Manchester City, which finished last in its group, received 28.777 million euros ($38 million) from UEFA. The lowest earner among Champions League teams was Dinamo Zagreb which failed to win a match and collected 10.5 million euros ($13.88 million). BATE Borisov received 10.89 million euros ($14.4 million), including a relatively tiny 290,000 euros ($383,000) as its share of TV payments from the Belarus rights deal. All 32 teams got a basic 8.6 million euros fee ($11.36 million) for reaching the group stage, and then earned 1 million euros ($1.32 million) per win and 500,000 euros for each draw. Payments steadily increased for each knockout round.

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Argentine striker Carlos Tevez looks up as he meets the media at the Juventus training camp in Chatillon, northern Italy, Friday, July 12, 2013. Tevez joined Juventus last month in a transfer worth up to 12 million pounds ($18 million).

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Destination

Bedugul Botanical Garden

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For those of you who like to see and know more about plantation, especially the tropical types, you can visit Bedugul Botanical Garden which located in Bedugul, plateau area in Bali. The garden is situated in the cool atmosphere with rain forest and hill surrounds. This botanical garden is opened on 1959 and owns 154.5 ha land located Tabanan regency, northwest part of Bali. It is close to the beautiful lake which is called Beratan Lake and Ulun Danu Temple. It has inhabitants more than 1187 plant types and multifarious of floras. In this area, there is orchid garden with the collection of 320 orchid types from Bali, Java, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Sulawesi and also Irian Jaya. We can also meet the rose garden with the collection of various rose from rust colored until green chromatic. Bedugul Botanical Garden or Kebun Raya Eka Karya is also completed by 524 birches which are still in its original forest. In this place we can meet the collection from America, South America, China, Japan, Australia, Africa and also Netherlands. Cyathea Garden is one of the specific gardens owning the various collections of Paku-pakuan (tropical vegetable) which can be eaten as vegetable by Balinese and some of them are used for decoration. The tree from this nail Cyatheas are often exploited as growth media of various orchid types. Cactus collections are consisted of 104 types. This cactus is obtained from Africa, America, Germany, Switzerland and also Indonesia. The crop season at botanical garden is taken 94 types plants that are the collection from the exploitation for Balinese life ceremony, temple ceremony, devoting/offering and others purpose. It also owns the collection of drug crop with 84 types/species. Beside of the crop collections, Bedugul Botanical Garden or Kebun Raya Eka Karya also owns the traditional Balinese houses and it function as guest house for scientist who is doing observation. It is also opened for public including tourists and to be one of favorite tourist destinations in Bali especially for domestic tourists. IBP/File Photo

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Hantuchova wins first-round match at Stanford Daniela Hantuchova

Associated Press Writer

STANFORD, California — Olga Govortsova, ranked 83rd in the world, ended a frustrating run of results with a convincing 6-2, 6-4 victory over No. 2 seed Samantha Stosur in the second round at the Bank of the West Classic on Tuesday. Govortsova won back-to-back matches for the first time this season. She had lost seven of her previous eight entering the tournament. “It helped that I had the extra match and I played four matches in World Team Tennis last weekend,” Govortsova said. “I don’t think she has played since Wimbledon.” The 25-year-old Belarussian beat Germany’s Julia Goerges in straight sets in the first round. Govortsova earned her ninth win over a top-20 opponent and her first since beating Agnieszka Radwanska via retirement at New Haven last year. This is also the first time she has reached a quarterfinal round this season. Stosur, ranked 13th, reached the third round at

Wimbledon. The Australian was knocked out in the first round for the first time since early May — a span of five tournaments. “She was playing quite well and I wasn’t able to combat what she was able to do,” Stosur said. “Things were slowly turning around, and I had a break to go 5-5. I gave myself a chance to get back into the match but I had to win that last game.” Stosur had 10 double faults, including two in a row at one point. “That didn’t set a good tone for the match,” she said. “It is inexcusable to get that many in one match.” Seventh-seeded Urszula Radwanska downed American Christina McHale, 6-1, 6-3 while Daniela Hantuchova beat Yanina Wickmayer 6-2,

4-6, 6-0, in their first-round match. “I’ve played for a long time but not for myself until now,” Hantuchova said. “I’m very relaxed, playing for myself and enjoying the pressure. I can see the results on the court.” In other matches, sixth-seeded American Varvana Lepchenko beat qualifier Michelle Larcher de Brito of Portugal 6-2, 6-4; qualifier Coco Vandeweghe, a finalist last year, downed Romania’s Monica Niculescu 6-0, 6-3; Austria’s Tamira Paszek was ahead 6-1, 6-7(4), 3-0 and advanced when Russian qualifier Alla Kudryavtseva retired ; and Russian qualifier Vera Dushevina topped New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic 6-2, 6-1.

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Stoner to return to MotoGP action in series of Honda tests Federer to start 2014 season in Brisbane

Double world champion Casey Stoner will make a dramatic return to MotoGP action as a test rider for Honda in the coming months. The Australian will undertake four tests at Motegi for Honda’s R&D team, with the aim of evolving the RC213V and developing the new production-based racer Honda will sell to selected teams for next

year’s championship. Honda however categorically ruled out Stoner making a race return. A wildcard appearance at the end of the season, either at Motegi or at his home Phillip Island event - where Stoner is undefeated for the past six years - had been the subject of speculation, but Honda insisted it is “now out of the question”. Stoner denied he had any urge

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to return to grand prix racing, saying the test simply sprang from his desire to ride a MotoGP bike again. “It’s been almost seven months now since [his final race at] Valencia and I’m still happy and comfortable with the decision I made to stop racing,” Stoner said. “Sometimes I miss riding my RCV, so I am happy that HRC asked me to do some tests in Motegi this

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year. “This will allow me to enjoy what I miss: riding a MotoGP bike. “I’m looking forward to getting on the bike and see how it has changed from last year and I’d like to thank Honda for this opportunity.” Stoner’s life after MotoGP Shuhei Nakamoto, HRC executive vice president, said he was looking forward to receiving Stoner’s feedback following his testing programme. “We are very pleased to have Casey back on a Honda,” he said. “He knows this machine very well and I’m sure he can help our engineers and technicians with the development of the RC213V. “We will also ask him to test the new production racer and give us his initial feedback to assist us in producing the best machine possible.” Casey StonerStoner scored 15 wins, 26 podiums and 17 pole positions during his two seasons with Honda, winning the 2011 world championship in the process. He grew disillusioned with the sport however and, at the age of 27, opted to walk away. He subsequently switched to four wheels, joining the V8 Supercars Development Series. He will fit the four MotoGP tests around his V8s schedule. Stoner told AUTOSPORT last month that he could not envisage rediscovering the urge to compete again in MotoGP.

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SYDNEY - Roger Federer will start his 2014 campaign at the Brisbane International next January, underlining the tournament’s status as the biggest of the Australian Open warm-ups. The 31-year-old Swiss, who has four Melbourne Park titles among his 17 grand slams, has never previously started the year in Brisbane and the announcement was billed as the “biggest ... in the history” of the event, which started in 2009. Federer previously warmed up for the year’s first grand slam at the now ailing Kooyong exhibition tournament and more recently in Doha, Qatar. “I’ve always hoped that I could come there,” Federer was quoted as saying in a media release. “I’m not just coming for the Australian Open, especially when I commit so early in advance, it’s also to win in Brisbane.” Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has won the men’s event at the Pat Rafter Arena for the last two years, while Serena Williams won the women’s title last year.

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A Syrian refugee girl removes paint from her hands after finishing work on a mural on a public bathroom wall, at Zaatari refugee camp, near the Syrian border, in Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, July 23, 2013.

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Havana airport to get $10.2 million upgrade

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

INDONESIA Morality police target women in Indonesian sharia stronghold

Associated Press Writer

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US artist, Syrian children beautify refugee camp Associated Press Writer

ZAATARI, Jordan — Young Syrian children, refugees of their country’s grinding civil war, playfully grab paint brushes and rollers nearly as big as they are in this windswept desert camp, adding splashes of bright color to their bleak surroundings. Most of the trailers and tents match the beige color of the swirling sand surrounding the Zaatari refugee camp, home to about 120,000 Syrians who fled the nearly three-year war still gripping the nation. Slowly though, that’s changing with the help of a U.S. artist who is leading children haunted by the conflict to paint buildings and walls at the crowded camp with murals expressing their lives and hopes. “So many children are bored in Zaatari. They just throw rocks because they have nothing else to do,” artist Samantha Robison said. “There’s a lot of violent tendencies and negative energy, so if you bring in art and give them a positive activity, it helps a lot.” The painting project gives a moment of color and self-expression for kids who have had their lives shattered by Syria’s war. Last week, the special U.N. envoy for children and conflict warned about the effects of the upheaval on children, warning that Syria’s violence is producing a generation plagued with illiteracy and “filled with hate.” Just over half the refugees in Zaatari are under the age of 18. On what was once an empty patch of desert, the sprawling complex has grown in just a year into the second largest refugee camp in the world and is Jordan’s fifth largest populated city, with more refugees pouring daily across the border, just 16 kilometers (10 miles) away. Many of the families come from the southern Syrian province of Daraa, where the Syrian uprising began, and many of the children have directly experienced the trauma of having their neighborhoods bombarded and having relatives killed. Robison, 27, from the Washington, D.C.-area, works in the camp as part of an organization she founded called AptART. She has traveled to Cambodia, Congo, Iraq and Syria to work on art projects before arriving

at Zaatari. Under Robison’s watch, children have already painted a number of structures. A one-time white trailer serving as a pediatric clinic now sports a bright blue facade, with cartoon images of doctors, children and parents appearing in bold orange, turquoise and red tones. Big Arabic calligraphy appears throughout, offering the adage: “Prevention is better than cure.” In another part of the camp, a giant purple tree spreads its branches over the length of a wall at one of Zaatari’s schools. Among the branches, refugee children painted a plane, an easel, and other symbols — objects representing jobs they hope to have when they grow up. As South African artist Luc Van Der Walt, one of those working with Robison, poured out the paint into large canisters to mix, the children — from as young as 5 years old to their early teens — crowded around, anxious to dip their brushes. Tiny girls squealed as they dashed to the nearby wall to dab it with flashes of bright yellow. “Slow down, slow down,” Syrian volunteers repeatedly told the excited children, trying to get them to take turns at the paint bucket. A 12-year-old girl who gave her name as Habeer sang while she and the kids painted a mural. “I am happy when I am painting,” she said. “I try to draw a lot at school. The best things I like to draw are trees, birds and flowers. I want to be a teacher when I grow up.”

Robison, who works with South African artist Luc Van Der Walt, said the artwork helps children take a sense of ownership in the crowded refugee camp, where some have dismantled structures for their own use. Particularly hard hit are communal bathrooms, as refugees take apart the bricks and piping to construct their own private showers and toilets, aid workers say. “We allow children to write on a wall. We turn writing on a wall into a positive thing,” Robison said. “What child hasn’t written their name or something and was scolded? We’re having a little bit of fun with it and getting the kids involved.” Robison stops children from painting the black, white and green tricolor flag of Syria’s opposition, trying to keep politics out of the work. She and Van Der Walt also stop children from copying cartoon characters from television, though they encourage any other artistic endeavor. Around 600 children in the camp have participated in the program so far, as the artist team moves from section to section of the camp, Robison said. The kids lay down a base coat and then add their pictures, then Robison and her colleagues incorporate it into a larger mural. Often the murals have a public service message, like to beware of germs or to avoid wasting water. Children laugh and sing as they paint. Some plant paint handprints on the walls.

HAVANA — Cuba’s main international terminal is getting a $10.2 million overhaul to improve operations at the overcrowded facility, according to state-run media. The Havana Reporter, an English-language semi-weekly newspaper that hit kiosks Tuesday, said the Terminal 3 upgrade will include eight footbridges for boarding and the expansion of a parking area outside the terminal. Government website Cubadebate added that the project also calls for new walkways, additional check-in counters, lighting and air conditioning improvements and systems to conserve water and electricity. Airport director Juan Carlos Quintana told Cubadebate that the eastern part of the terminal will be upgraded to accommodate larger airplanes, and nearly 190,000 square feet (17,500 square meters) of new roofing has already been installed. Terminal 3 is the most modern of the Jose Marti International Airport’s terminals. It was built with Canadian assistance at a cost of $93 million, and inaugurated in 1998 in a ceremony involving Fidel Castro and Canada’s then-premier, Jean Chretien. However it has not kept up with increasing traffic since then, and at times seems to be straining at the seams with long waits at check-in, immigration, security and baggage claim. Cubadebate said the terminal has as many as 1,800 to 2,000 travelers passing through at times, a number that can rise to 2,500 if people accompanying passengers to the airport are factored in. “The current design only allows for the terminal to accommodate 1,400 passengers, a number lower than the real volume that exists in these moments, which hurts the quality of service,” the website said. Overall, 2.5 million travelers pass through Terminal 3 each year, according to Cubadebate. The terminal handles most international traffic with the exception of charter flights to and from the United States, which go through Terminal 2. The number of travelers to the island has increased steadily since the 1990s, when in the midst of a severe economic crisis following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Castro’s Communist-run government turned to tourism for badly needed hard currency.

Bulgaria: Police ends Parliament siege, frees MPs

Associated Press Writer

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarian police on Wednesday broke up a blockade of Parliament and escorted out more than 100 lawmakers and ministers who had been trapped inside the besieged building for more than eight hours by anti-government protesters seeking to oust the leftleaning government. Police in riot gear pushed away the protesters and formed a corridor to allow those trapped since Tuesday out of the building. Anti-government protests in Bulgaria’s capital have been going on for 40 days, and escalated on Tuesday evening as several hundred demonstrators trapped 109 people — including three ministers, some 30 lawmakers and their staff — inside Parliament. Police had tried to escort the officials out by bus on Tuesday, but protesters blocked the vehicle hurling stones at it. Seven protesters and two police officers were treated in hospital for head wounds. The Socialist-backed government took office after early elections in May, following the resignation of the previous cabinet amid anti-austerity protests. The government commands only 120 seats in the 240-seat Parliament and has to rely on the support from a nationalist party. The appointment of controversial media mogul Delyan Peevski as head of the national security agency sparked this wave of protests. The appointment was immediately revoked but demonstrators insist the government is corrupt and must resign. Recent public-opinion polls show they are supported by about twothirds of Bulgaria’s 7.3 million people, who have the lowest incomes in the European Union. President Rosen Plevneliev issued a statement calling on the protesters to keep the demonstrations “peaceful and civilized.” “For the first time since the start of the protests we have now witnessed tension and attempts for provocation,” Plevneliev said, urging the protesters to restrain from any acts which increased the tension and breach public order. He also called on the police to help keep the protest peaceful.

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An Indonesian police man carries an exhausted young boy following more rescue by search and rescue team in Cidaun, West Java on July 24, 2013.

More than 100 rescued in boat sinking Agence France-Presse

CIDAUN - More than 100 asylum seekers who were feared dead have been rescued after their boat sank off the coast of Indonesia’s Java island, an official said Wednesday, confirming that one child had died. Indonesia’s rescue agency was alerted by Australian authorities on Tuesday evening. “We don’t know exactly how many were on board, so we’re focusing on searching for any more that may be out there,” Bandung search and rescue chief Rochmali told AFP early Wednesday, adding the figure would likely be between 100 and 200. “We don’t know where these people are from. We will just focus on ensuring they’re well and making sure no one else is still at sea,” he said. The boat sank in heavy seas off the fishing town of Cidaun in western Java, from where rescuers set out in their own boats and in vessels lent by the police and fishermen. Survivors would be taken to hospital, Rochmali said, adding the body of one child, the only confirmed dead, had been recovered. Reports in Australia said the asy-

lum seekers were mostly from Sri Lanka and Iran. “I am the only one back,” said a man named Soheil of a group of 61 Iranians he was travelling with, as quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. He confirmed he had set off from Cidaun. “We have problem with motor after two hours. For three hours, we try to come back (to shore). “The sea very hard, the sea no good. The ship break,” he added. Soheil said the captain -- who he claimed was a Sri Lankan man using a Malaysian crew -- abandoned them. “The captain go to small boat,” he told the Telegraph. “He no help me, he no help children, he no help baby.” Australia has struggled to stem an influx of asylum-seekers arriving by boat, with record numbers turning up in 2012 and more than 15,000 so

far in 2013. Hundreds have drowned making the journey -- as recently as last week a boat sank, killing four people -- with the latest disaster coming just days after Canberra announced a hardline new plan to send all unauthorised arrivals to Papua New Guinea. Asylum-seekers arriving in Australian waters will now be sent to the Manus Island processing centre on PNG and elsewhere in the Pacific nation for assessment, with no cap on the number that can be transferred. Even if found to be “genuine refugees” they will have no chance of being settled in Australia, instead having to remain in PNG, be sent back home or to third countries. In a bid to smash the lucrative people-smuggling networks, Australia on Sunday also announced it would pay rewards of up to Aus$200,000 (US$180,000) for information leading to their conviction.

LHOKSEUMAWE - As the sun sets over Aceh province on the westernmost tip of Indonesia and the call to prayer blares from mosque speakers, five policemen leap onto the back of a patrol truck, ready to round up lawbreakers. In khaki uniforms and black boots, the men circling the town of Lhokseumawe are not safeguarding the streets from vandals or thieves. They are sharia police and their job is to ensure no one breaks the Islamic law of the land. The police swoop in on a young woman, buying food at a sleepy street stall. Her crime? She is exposing her hair, so she is sent home to fetch her headscarf, as men in T-shirts look on silently, eating cobs of corn. Rights activists complain that Islamic sharia regulations in Aceh are becoming increasingly sexist and unreasonable, and that the sharia police -- who operate independent of the regular police -- are picking on women. But headscarves are the least controversial of issues in Aceh, the only province to implement sharia law in Indonesia, home to the world’s biggest Muslim population. In Lhokseumawe, the mayor has called on women passengers to sit side-saddle on motorbikes, claiming straddling is sexually suggestive, unfeminine and un-Islamic. “If a woman straddles, the sensitive parts of her body will push up against the man driving,” Lhokseumawe government secretary Dasni Yuzar told AFP, making hand gestures in front of his chest to signify breasts. “This is not allowed under Islam and is not in accordance with our local customs,” he said. A women passenger riding with a female driver too should sidesaddle, he said, while women riding with men should never drive. While an official regulation is yet to be issued, police are already pulling women over and forcing them to sit sideways, with their legs dangling by the rear wheel. Heri Mutti, one of the sharia policemen, said women who sat “in a feminine way” on motorbikes were more beautiful than others. “And it’s our job to make sure they stay like that,” he told AFP while on patrol. Most women are complying, with streams of colourful headscarves atop motorbikes flowing through the streets. While some women are not bothered by the mayor’s call, many say they are being treated like puppets. “We’re just trying to get on with life, drop our kids at school, go to the shops,” said 36-year-old Fauzia, who goes by one name. “Why should the government care how women sit? It’s annoying,” she said at the helm of a motorbike with her young son in front of her. Rinawati, an activist from the Indonesian Women’s Commission in Lhokseumawe who goes by one name, said the mayor’s side-saddle call and comments like Yazar’s were examples of how male-dominant governments were hijacking sharia to control women. “We’re seeing a trend in Aceh where local governments are carrying out acts of injustice against women. Islamic sharia here is not considering the female perspective,” she said. Women in the district of West Aceh have been banned from wearing tight trousers and jeans, while several in the province have been arrested for prostitution for being out alone at night or with men who are not relatives. A teenage girl attending an outdoor concert with male friends last year committed suicide after police accused her of prostitution. Rinawati fears that women could even be banned from dancing after North Aceh district chief Muhammad Thalib said recently that women dancing in public was against Islamic teachings. His comments have caused confusion in Aceh, which has a worldfamous tradition of dance, raising questions about whether a decade of sharia law in the province gels with Aceh’s culture. Yuzar said the two go hand in hand, adding that regulations such as the straddling ban would take the Acehnese back to its roots, as in the 12th century when Islam first entered the region.

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Eurozone growth survey gives hope

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BRUSSELS - Private business across the eurozone returned to growth in July for the first time in 18 months, a key survey indicated on Wednesday, possibly signalling an end to recession. The Markit Eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers Index logged 50.4 points, above the 50-mark signalling growth, and a bigger-thanexpected rise according to analysts after posting 48.7 points in June.

The survey, which had been in negative territory since February 2012, is closely watched as a leading indicator of activity, and economists said cautiously that this could be a sign that recession was

on the wane. The fourth monthly rise in a row overall was also marked by a two-year high logged in the manufacturing sector, which recorded 50.1 points, up from 48.8. The rate of job losses eased, Markit said, while the feedback from star economy Germany showed rising output there at a five-month high. Taken together, the data provides

a “summer filip to policymakers,” in the words of Markit chief economist Chris Williamson. He added: “The best PMI reading for one-and-a-half years provides encouraging evidence to suggest that the euro area could -- at long last -- pull out of its recession in the third quarter.” While manufacturing led the revival, Williamson also highlighted “promising signs of stabilisation

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Man arrested following robbery 36 luxurious villas Antara

DENPASAR - A man was arrested by the Bali Police following robbery to 36 luxurious villas in Ubud, Gianyar and Badung District.

in the service sector, which hints at some much-needed upturns in domestic demand.” Services logged 49.6 points, up from 48.3. While cautioning that there have been “false dawns” before, Ben May of London-based Capital Economics said the eurozone economy appeared to be “on the mend and might perhaps soon exit recession.”

Royal ‘baby boost’ expected for British business

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LONDON - British companies can expect a temporary boost from the birth of Prince William and Kate’s new baby as souvenirs and champagne fly off the shelves and tourists flock to the country, business leaders and analysts said Tuesday. Retail sales could see an increase of £243 million ($372 million, 283 million euros) from the arrival of a future king, based partly on the experience of the couple’s wedding in 2011 and the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2012, analysts said. “If the experience of the royal wedding and the jubilee is anything to go by, this good news should also bring about a temporary ‘baby boost’ for retailers in the UK,” said Helen Dickinson, director general of the British Retail Consortium. “It will undoubtedly bump up sales of baby products, souvenirs and brands favoured by the new royal parents, but the past two years have also demonstrated that the feelgood factor has a more wide-ranging positive impact on retailers.” The birth will also give a “temporary lift in the general mood” at a time of broader economic gloom and austerity under Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative-led government, she said. International consumers may also be more likely to visit British brands’ websites and overseas stores, said Dickinson. Howard Archer, an analyst with IHS Global Insight, said that while there was huge global interest in the birth of the new third in line to the British throne, the economic impact would be “limited -- albeit overwhelmingly positive”. “At the margin, the royal birth may provide the economy with a temporary, small positive boost at a time when it seems to be increas-

Thursday, July 25, 2013

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A man was arrested by the Bali Police following robbery to 36 luxurious villas in Ubud, Gianyar and Badung District.

“We managed to reveal the robbery to foreign nationals’ villas by cooperating with Ubud Sector Police Office... and we have arrested the suspect,” Spokesperson of Crime and Violence Sub-Directorate III of Bali Police Commissioner Pande Putu Sugiarta said here Wednesday. The suspect, I Komang PS (25), resident of Jembrana, was arrested in Tawang Alun Bus Terminal, Jember, East Java on Tuesday (July 16) at 04:00 am local time. The arrest was thanks to information from SP, I Komang’s partner in crime, who had been arrested earlier by Denpasar Police. Before arrested in Jember, the

suspect moved to Surabaya to escape from Police. During the interrogation, the suspect admitted to have robbed 36 villas, 25 of them in Ubud, Gianyar District, six in Bukit Pecatu and the other five in Canggu, the last two areas are in Badung District. The suspect mostly did the robbery alone, besides several time being accompanied by SP. “The suspect usually robbed the villas at noon or evening. He started by calling the villa owners from the outside. If there is no response or unoccupied, the suspect began his operation by breaching the door,” Sugiarta said.

The suspect did the robbery to the villas within minutes. Most of the stolen valuables have been sold in Java. I Komang’s last robbery was reported to occur in Penestan Villa, Sayan Ubud Village, Gianyar District on June 10 2013. The villa is owned by a Dutch national, Anne Gerrie Johanna Van de Peppel. Police secured some evidence from the robbery such as three laptop computers, one tablet computer, two watches, six pocket cameras, 13 gold bracelets, 10 cellphones and some other valuables worth dozens of millions Rupiah.

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British and royal decorations are seen after the announcement of the birth of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and her husband Prince William’s first child, at Ye Olde King’s Head English pub’s gift shop July 22, 2013 in Santa Monica, California. British companies can expect a temporary boost from the birth of Prince William and Kate’s new baby as souvenirs and champagne fly off the shelves and tourists flock to the country, business leaders and analysts said Tuesday.

ingly moving in the right direction,” Archer said. “The most obvious support to the economy coming from the royal birth will be some boost to retail sales through people buying souvenirs and commemorative items, while there is also likely to be a small lift to alcohol sales as some people will want to toast the royal baby,” he added. The baby would contribute to a general feel-good factor following

recent British sporting successes such as Andy Murray winning Wimbledon, Chris Froome cycling to victory in the Tour de France, and the England cricket team’s success so far in the Ashes series against Australia, said Archer. The Centre for Retail Research, based in Nottingham, central England, estimated an extra £243 million in sales in July and August. It predicted £87 million spent on royal baby celebrations -- much of it

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on alcohol -- £80 million on toys and souvenirs and £76 million on books, DVDs and newspapers. Tourism officials said that while it was difficult to put an exact figure on the likely baby boost, Britain’s cultural heritage as embodied in the royal family boosted the economy by £4.5 billion a year. “While a living royal family gets us an enormous amount of free advertising for Britain around the world, it’s not really something

we can estimate a figure for and the international coverage alone is priceless,” a Visit Britain spokesman said. “We know that visitors drawn here by the appeal of our culture and heritage spend over £4.5 billion annually and support around 100,000 jobs,” the spokesman added. “Some of that figure can be attributed to attractions and events with a connection to Britain’s monarchs past and present.”

It has become a tradition for Jasri customary villagers of Karangasem to present various dances like the Rejang, Abuang and Legong in Bale Agung temple. These sacred dances are part of a ritual series known as Meprani in conjunction with the celebration of Galungan and Kuningan feast day. All villagers present pekenak to Ulun Busali deity as venerated gods in Bale Agung temple. According to Chief of Jasri customary village, I Nyoman Sutirtayasa, the Rejang, Abuang and Legong dance symbolized the sacrifice and an expression of gratitude for the abundance of worldly endowment to deities who would return to Java Island. “These dances are meant to entertain and please the deities because it is believed when returning to Java they will bestow graces of prosperity. On that account, it will give the source of life for Balinese people,” he said. Local people believed, explained Sutirtayasa, the series of dharma victory day (GalunganKuningan) was initiated since the deities came down from Java to Bali namely on Sugian Jawa and they were ready to receive devotee’s worship. Furthermore, they were presented with oblation on Galungan and Kuningan. Three days after Kuningan, the deities were presented with aci prani ac-

companied with the performance of Rejang, Abuang and Legong dance. The dances were performed by daa (virgin girls) from 33 customary hamlets existing in the area. They danced hand in hand clockwise on the courtyard of Bale Agung temple accompanied with gamelan music. They danced with graceful movement in attires with typical teterek accessories on the back and headdress embellished with young banana leaf ornament. More interestingly, the Rejang dance with distinctive movement was never taught or learned by the daa. However, when it was time to perform the dance they would be able to do it. At the end of the Meprani ritual it was marked with the disposal of used ritual paraphernalia of Kuningan celebration to the sea. A senior figure of local customary village, I Nyoman Putra Adnyana, said that presentation of such sacred dances like the Rejang, Abuang and Legong was originated from the stage of Rejang dance in Puseh temple. However, it was then also presented to deity abiding in the Bale Agung temple. “Theologically, the ishta devata (venerated gods) abiding in Bale Agung is the Tri Murti symbolizing the omnipotence of God in his manifestation as the Generator, Operator and Destroyer,” he said.

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It has become a tradition for Jasri customary villagers of Karangasem to present various dances like the Rejang, Abuang and Legong in Bale Agung temple. These sacred dances are part of a ritual series known as Meprani in conjunction with the celebration of Galungan and Kuningan feast day.

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Limited production, price of chili shoots up Bali Post

SINGARAJA - The price of chili in traditional market in Buleleng has experienced a high enough surge within the past two weeks. Such an increase occurred because the supply of chili from local farmers and the outside the region ran thin. The Head of Buleleng Cooperative, Trade and Industry Agency, Ni Made Arnika, confirmed on Tuesday (Jul 23) the rising prices of basic needs and chili in Buleleng. Arnika said that in response to the increase in the price of chili and basic needs, her party continued to monitor the prices in traditional markets in Buleleng. From the observation, the price of chili experienced a considerably higher surge than on previous days. Curly chili produced by local farmers in Buleleng and supplies from outside the county could reach IDR 60,000 per kg. Such price increase also occurred to large chili. Currently, such kind of chili was sold at various prices rang-

ing from IDR 25,000 to IDR 30,000 per kg. Though facing a price surge, retailers stayed to get chili from suppliers. However, the supply was very minimal compared to usual days. According to Arnika, other than the price of chili, the price of basic needs like rice also increased. The price of rice had begun soaring since the government decided to increase the price of fuel. Despite the price surge, the effort to stabilize the prices in the market had not been pursued by regional government because the price of rice was still considered in fair condition. Similarly, the supply of rice from local farmers and outside the county remained sufficient. In addition, the government argued when organizing a market operation, the process was quite difficult. “Indeed, the price is going up but if we make market operation, the process is difficult. Thus, we postpone the effort and our team continues to monitor the prices in the market,” she explained. (kmb)

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MADRID - Like the coming of the messiah, depressed southern Europe nations await Angela Merkel’s likely victory in Germany’s September election with a mixture of hope and trepidation.

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The price of chili in traditional market in Buleleng has experienced a high enough surge within the past two weeks. Such an increase occurred because the supply of chili from local farmers and the outside the region ran thin.

Shooting of Japanese film in Jembrana needs assessing JEMBRANA - Despite having a permit from the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy and Bali Licensing Office, the Jembrana government stayed to assess the film shooting plan in Jembrana narrating about the success of a Japanese citizen in Bali. Having got the scenario of the film, it was found that some scenes were going up against the local wisdom. Currently, the county government remained to discuss about the license application. Last Monday (Jul 22), a number of regional working units (SKPDs) organized a meeting led by the Regional Secretary of Jembrana, I Gede Gunadnya, discussing about the license of the

shooting location in Jembrana. Spokesperson of Jembrana government, Suherman, confirmed on Tuesday (Jul 23) that license of shooting location was still under process and the county government did not compound. However, it happened because it was the first

time to process such license and the region did not have the agency specially handling the film making as in the provincial government and ministry. Since it was held in Jembrana, the government had an obligation to survey the location and backgrounds. “We remain to serve the license application. Since it is for the first time, we must be careful and looking for the legal basis. Well, if it promotes positive aspects, it’s okay. How about black campaign? This must become our considerations,” he explained. One of the aspects considered

Crushed by machine, hand cut off

Learn to write by left hand

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DENPASAR - The dreams of Komang Eka Saputra, 13, to continue his study to elementary school apparently has to be delayed because this resident of Selat, Duda, Karangasem was still lying in bed of Sanglah Hospital for treatment up to Tuesday (Jul 23). Eka was treated because his right hand was crushed by machine wheel in quarry C so that it had to be cut off. As his wound had not been dried, the graduate of the SDN 3 Sebudi

elementary school could not go to school. When encountered in Burn Unit, Eka looked fast asleep accompanied by his father, Ketut Alit, 60. His amputated right hand remained to be wrapped in bandages. Alit said the unfortunate incident afflicted Eka 28 days ago. At that time, the third son was replacing his friend that could not come to work to the quarry C. “I do not know if he was even working. Actually, he remained in school holiday then,” said Alit. When he was absorbing in pulling and clean-

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ing wood waste stuck in the wheel of sand machine, unwittingly the bolt of wheel drew his right sleeve. As a result, it pulled his hand into the wheel track so that his arm crumbled. Although his hand could not be saved, according to Alit, his third son had been sincere from the beginning. “He was sincere if his hand would be amputated. Even, he did not have a slight doubt at all,” said Alit. Eka realized the economic condition of his family. He did not demand to be purchased a fake hand to replace his

and assessed to have infringed the local wisdom was related the scene of religious ritual. It was mentioned if the location of shrine could be purchased cheaply. Besides, another inappropriate content was the designation of uncle to Japanese citizen portrayed to be successful as well as having abundant wealth and a lot of girls. One of the recommendations in the meeting on the license was the necessity to change the content going up against the local wisdom. “We do not agree to this content, so that we need to be careful,” Suherman added. Previously, the

Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha, also stated to refuse if the foreign filming in Jembrana territory could humiliate the dignity of the community of the Buffalo Racing Land. According to information, the film entitled ‘Bali Big Brother’ would be produced by a Japanese citizen. It told about the success of a Japanese citizen in Bali. A number of locations in Negara subdistrict were chosen as location of the shooting such as one of the primary schools at Tengah hamlet, community health center and the home of a resident at Baluk. (kmb26)

amputated hand. “When he knew it was expensive, he said it should not be. The money should be used for the more urgent things,” said Alit. Although having no longer had right hand, such condition did not discourage Eka to maximize his left hand. Currently, he was learning to write by using left hand. According to Alit, his son was desperate to attend school. Though having high enthusiasm, Eka was sometimes discouraged and wondered whether he could use his left hand. “I will persist on enrolling him to junior high school so that when getting recovered, my son can go to school,” said Alit. During he was waiting for Eka

at Sanglah Hospital, Alit left his job as a worker so that his income for living expenses automatically broke off. Fortunately, the family was willing to work together to help Alit. “Sometimes, my nephew came to bring food. In turn, he is waiting for Eka with me,” he said. Meanwhile, the mother of Eka left no information so far. According to Alit, his wife said to take leave for going home to Palembang. However, until now she did not come back or even never gave information. Wound condition of Eka that had not dried made his coming home schedule uncertain. Alit expected his son Eka to recover soon so that he could continue his study. (san)

Four years into the euro zone debt crisis, people in debt-laden Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal and Cyprus are deeply worried that a third term in power for the conservative chancellor may only bring them more austerity and pain. The five countries that implemented Merkel’s anti-crisis recipes and cut spending massively in areas such as health and education, have been in or close to recession since 2008. Unemployment tops 27 percent in Spain and Greece. Their leaders, however, disagree. Confident that Merkel will tone down her budget cutting mantra and accept more burden-sharing within the euro zone, they are positioning themselves as close allies of Europe’s main paymaster. “I think we will see a different Mrs Merkel after the elections,”

said Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, echoing a view shared by most of his fellow southern European leaders. In Greece, where crunch time for plugging a budget gap with a third bailout of the country starts at the end of September, hopes are high that debt issues can finally be sorted out after the German election, maybe through a new debt write-off. In Italy and Portugal, where austerity has not yielded many positive results, policymakers believe Merkel will accept a more balanced model for managing the economic crisis if she wins. In Spain, where banks were rescued with 42 billion euros of European money, expectations are that the chancellor will lean towards common euro zone debt

issuance and accept a full-fledged banking union, unlocking credit in the recession-hit nation.

WISHFUL THINKING? While market turmoil has eased in the euro zone and last year’s massive capital outflows from southern Europe to safe-haven Germany have started to reverse, more needs to be done. The correction pace of imbalances in the European Central Bank’s Target 2 cross-border payments system, a key indicator of financial stress within the single currency zone used by ECB President Mario Draghi to monitor monetary policy, remain slow. Continued German support will be key to keep the fever down. Senior government sources in these countries insist Merkel has signaled flexibility on these issues in recent private talks. But she has given no public indication of such a U-turn and many in Berlin caution it is highly unlikely to happen, warning against wishful thinking.

Crisis-weary Kuwait stumbles toward new elections

Associated Press Writer

KUWAIT CITY — From boycotting ballots to storming parliament, each time Kuwait heads into parliamentary elections the backstory seems to overshadow the vote. Yet the revolving-door series of elections could have an impact not only on this tiny, oil-rich state, but also on fellow nations in the Gulf and the rest of the region. For the election Saturday to pick

a new 50-seat parliament — the most empowered elected political body in the Gulf — there might be another boycott, but the real question is whether the vote will ease the internal pressures on Kuwait’s Western-backed ruling dynasty. The challenges come from an emboldened opposition that includes groups ideologically linked to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood on the one hand, and on the other, liberals angered by crackdowns such as prison sentences

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In this Friday, July 19, 2013 photo, Kuwaiti citizens from the second constituency gather in Abdullah Al Salem, Kuwait, during the campaign opening meeting of Marzouq Al Ghanim, ex-MP and candidate for the forthcoming parliamentary elections .

over social media posts. Gulf Arab partners are closely watching the moves by Kuwait’s Islamists, considered by the United Arab Emirates and others as part of wider networks seeking to bring down their pro-Western fraternity. Washington is deeply vested in Kuwait’s stability as a critical link in the Pentagon’s military array against nearby Iran. Kuwait hosts thousands of U.S. soldiers in the largest deployment of American ground forces in the region. The main test is whether the election outcome will restore credibility to a political system that appears stuck in a cycle of disputes. “I think there is not much enthusiasm for the elections in general,” said Saad bin Tefla, a Kuwaiti professor and political analyst. “Counting the upcoming elections, the people of Kuwait will have gone to the polls three times (since February last year). It’s humiliating.” Last December, there was an election boycott by an unusual alliance of Islamists, tribal factions and Western-oriented liberals. Before voting in February 2012, Arab Spring-inspired tensions had grown so high that Kuwait’s ruler disbanded parliament after opposition-led protesters stormed the chamber.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives a bunch of flowers marking her 59th birthday prior to the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, July 17, 2013.

Nelson Mandela continues to fight, defy expectations

The Nelson Mandela story has quietly shifted from a gloomy – if not morbid – wait for the worst news out of his Pretoria hospital to what has nearly become a spirit of local and international cheering over his progress in recent weeks. Yesterday, South African President Jacob Zuma issued a statement saying that Mr. Mandela is showing “sustained improvement.” That comes after Mandela’s daughter spoke last week of her father possibly leaving intensive care, and even eventually going home from the hospital altogether. There’s an authentic element of inspiration to this. Mandela is a lifelong fighter, and at 95 he is defying the confident expectations of his demise – as he defied the system of apartheid and the attempts of his jailers, for 27 years, to defeat his spirit. He is again turning the story about him around. Last week South Africans celebrated with a day of service as Mandela marked his birthday. What a welcome change from late June, when some media erroneously reported that Mandela had died, and an Australian politician sent condolences to the Mandela family – and every day various oleaginous commentaries seemed to eagerly roll out the red carpet for the imminent earthly departure of the first black president of formerly white-ruled South Africa. What has replaced the often unseemly death watch now seems to be a more settled, sober, and calm appreciation of Mandela’s life and its significance. Earlier this month, South African media in Johannesburg reported a surprising spike in sales of books about Mandela. Agence FrancePresse said his autobiography in particular was getting new attention. That work is largely based on his prison writings from Robben Island, in which he advocates developing the qualities of honesty, sincerity, and simplicity that are “within easy reach of every soul.” Yesterday the White House released photos of the Obama family visiting Mandela’s cell on Robben Island, taken from their recent visit to South Africa.

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Physicists unveil results helping explain universe Associated Press Writer

Also at the conference, an international team of scientists based at Japan’s Proton Accelerator Research Complex announced they have documented muon neutrinos transforming into electron neutrinos — a previously unknown third way that neutrinos can spontaneously change identity. Neutrinos are subatomic particles that are very hard to detect because they have extremely low mass and rarely interact with matter. That breakthrough is “a big deal,” said one of the neutrino collaboration leaders, University of California at Irvine physicist Henry Sobel, because explaining the matter-antimatter asymmetry in neutrinos may shed light on why everything from tiny forms of life to stars are made of matter, but there is almost no antimatter left in the universe. That remains one of the biggest mysteries of the universe — since the Big Bang nearly 14 billion years ago should have created equal amounts of matter and antimatter. But researchers also have been looking for this particular rare decay from the Bs particle for a long time. “This is a process that particle physicists have been trying to find for 25 years,” said Joe Incandela, leader of the second CERN team

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Thousands of art market traders at risk of bankruptcy Bali Post

GENEVA — After a quarter-century of searching, scientists have nailed down how one particularly rare subatomic particle decays into something else — a discovery that adds certainty to our thinking about how the universe began and keeps running. The world’s top particle physics lab said Friday it had measured the decay time of a particle known as a Bs (B sub s) meson into two other fundamental particles called muons, which are much heavier than but similar to electrons. It was observed as part of the reams of data coming from CERN’s $10 billion Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest atom smasher, on the Swiss-French border near Geneva. The rare sighting at the European Center for Nuclear Research, known by its French acronym CERN, shows that the so-called standard model of particle physics is “coming through with flying colors,” though it describes only 5 percent of the universe, said Pierluigi Campana, who leads one of the two main teams at CERN involved in the research. Campana called the results an important development that helps confirm the standard model, a theory developed over the past half century to explain the basic building blocks of matter. It applies to everything from galaxies and stars to the smallest microcosms, showing how they are thought to have come into being and continue to function. The results were formally unveiled at a major physics conference in Stockholm.

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GIANYAR - Thousands of traders in the art market whose livelihood continuing to be eroded by the proliferation of souvenir shops scream, while the government seems indifferent. As evidence, the Gianyar and Bali government have not taken any concrete policy to protect the small businesses like the traders in the art markets. As result, the condition can cause the traders in the art market to be at risk of bankruptcy due to the incapability of competing against the capital intensive entrepreneurs.

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FILE - In this March 30, 2010 file picture the globe of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, is illuminated outside Geneva, Switzerland. Two scientific teams have for the first time precisely recorded an extremely rare event in physics that adds certainty to how we think the universe began, leaders at the world’s top particle physics lab said Friday July 19, 2013. involved in the subatomic particle research. He called it a “rare process involving a particle with a mass that is roughly 1,000 times smaller than the masses of the heaviest particles we are searching for now.” The standard model also predicted a new subatomic particle discovered last summer. The long-sought Higgs boson creates what scientists call a “sticky” energy field that acts as

a drag on other particles and gives them mass, without which particles wouldn’t hold together — and there would be no matter. The newest research shows that only a few Bs particles per billion decay into pairs of muons, which was along the lines of what was predicted under the standard model. But because the Bs particle’s decay helps confirm an old theory,

some scientists also expressed a bit of disappointment they had not found something completely unexpected or new. “This is a victory for the standard model,” said Joel Butler of the United States’ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, near Chicago. “But we know the standard model is incomplete, so we keep trying to find things that disagree with it.”

Grievances of the art market traders as revealed on Tuesday (Jul 23) mentioned that proliferation of souvenir shops was the first threat to traders in the art market. As souvenir traders in traditional market, they could not do much without the interference of the government, especially in providing the protection policy. Moreover, they ran business in the government-owned Sukawati Art Market, said Dewa Nyoman Alit, one of the local traders, met last Tuesday. The policy required, according to him, included the attention of the government such as in the form of promotion, infrastructure improvement, parking space and regulation protecting the art market from proliferation the current souvenir shops. Specifically in terms of promotion, the government had never intervened, he said. Sukawati Art Market was a traditional market which was different from traditional market selling groceries. As the other art markets, the Sukawati Art Market required the arrival of domestic and foreign tourists. Without promotion amidst the current unfair competition, it

would be difficult for traders in the art market to develop. Therefore, the traders would go bankrupt by degrees, he said. On the contrary, the government often discoursed if the SMEs should be encouraged and supported. In fact, many of them had not been reached by the program. Meanwhile, the traders in the Sukawati Art Market that also gave contribution to the regionally generated revenue (PAD) of Gianyar County had not been optimally worked on in terms of infrastructure. Obsolete condition of the building and the problem of parking lot had not got any solution. In terms of livelihood, a thousand people peddling in the Sukawati Art Market averagely supported five to six people. It was unlike the souvenir shop business having large capital which could be counted on the fingers. If the economy of the art market traders was dead, more than five thousand people would reap the impact. The traders really hoped the government’s attention in rescuing the asset that had made the reputation of Gianyar and even of Bali famous worldwide. (kmb16)

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Thousands of traders in the art market whose livelihood continuing to be eroded by the proliferation of souvenir shops scream, while the government seems indifferent.

NASA tries to save planet-hunting telescope

Banks succeeded to cut NPL Antara

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This artist rendering released by NASA shows a planet outside the solar system that was detected by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft.

MOFFETT FIELD, California — NASA says it will try to fix its space telescope that hunts for planets outside our solar system. Recovery efforts to save the $600 million mission began Thursday and will last for a week. Mission managers won’t know until later this month at the earliest whether the Kepler spacecraft will ever search for Earth-like planets again. Two months ago, Kepler lost the second of four wheels that control its position in space. It needs three working wheels, and engineers plan to send commands to try to get the broken wheels spinning again. Since launching in 2009, Kepler has confirmed 134 planets and spotted more than 3,200 potential ones. If Kepler can’t be revived, scientists have said they still have years of observations to pore through.

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The Bali-Nusa Tenggara regional office of Bank Indonesia said banks in Bali succeeded in cutting their non performing loans (NPL) to 0.54 percent in the second quarter of 2013 from 0.61 percent in the previous quarter.

DENPASAR - The Bali-Nusa Tenggara regional office of Bank Indonesia said banks in Bali succeeded in cutting their non performing loans (NPL) to 0.54 percent in the second quarter of 2013 from 0.61 percent in the previous quarter. “Banks in Bali have been strict in observing prudential banking principles as reflected by the decline in NPL,” Dwi Pranoto, the head of the regional office of the central bank, said here on Wednesday. The NPL is healthy , much better than average NPL of 1.95 percent recorded by banks in other regions in the country, Dwi said. People’s Credit Banks (BPR) in Bali also made progress in cutting their NPL to a safer level at 2.8 percent from 2.9 percent in the same period. According to the country’s central bank, healthy banks may not have NPL more than five percent. Bank credits grew 60.35 percent on-year in the second quarter of 2013 bringing outstanding credits of banks in the province to Rp17.13 trillion by the ends of June, 2013. Hotel and food and beverage sector accounted for 41.37 percent of the credit in the world’s famous tourist destination island. Investment credits grew faster than working capital credits and consumer credits in Bali. Decline in NPL also reflects conducive business in the tourism sector the largest source of income in Bali, Dwi said.

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Reclamation of Benoa Bay harming bhisama, sustainability Bali Post

DENPASAR - Reclamation to Benoa Bay spreading across an area of 838 hectares absolutely harms the bhisama (religious stipulation) on temple sanctity struggled by high priests and all components of Balinese people. Though there is no temple in the region, the sea belongs to sanctified area as included in the Sad Kertih concept remaining to be upheld by Balinese community. The reclamation had also an impact on the undermining and destruction to custom and culture systematically and massively. Besides, it went up against the spirit of sustaining Bali. On that account, Balinese society had to unite to reject the reclamation. Even, this could draw a highlight of international community. It was conveyed by honorary board member of the National Association of Indonesian Consultant (Inkindo), Ida Bagus Gede Wiyana, and academician from the Udayana University, Ida Bagus Jelantik Sutanegara Pidada, in Denpasar. Ida Bagus Gede Wiyana doubling as Chairman of the Dwijendra Foundation Denpasar rejected and deplored the massive reclamation plan of the second volume which would be performed in the conservation area of Benoa Bay. According to him, the first volume reclamation on Serangan Island had resulted in natural impacts namely abrasion to nearly

all beaches in Bali. “This reclamation makes me upset. What will Bali become next?” he said. Further, he said that every inch of land in Bali was consecrated. Even, the beach in Bali was also consecrated for the venue of melasti or purificatory rite. So, when the sea was reclaimed and filled with commercial buildings, it also was contrary to the bhisama on the temple sanctity. The reclamation would have implications on the undermining and destruction of tradition and culture systematically and massively as well as it was contrary to the spirit of sustaining Bali. “Even though there is no temple at Benoa Bay, the bhisama on temple sanctity can be categorized into Segara Kertih (sea) and every inch of land in Bali is sanctified. Moreover, the beach is also used to organize a ritual. Unfortunately, all the beaches in Bali are currently taken advantage as economic and tourism commodities. Do not let all the lands of Bali be owned

by investors,” he said. Implication of the reclamation on the social order, where the community upholding the religious, friendly, spirit of mutual cooperation and brotherhood aspect, was teaching to think capitalistically, hedonically and individualistically as well as taking by all possible ways to attain goals. Reclamation triggered fundamental changes in traditional values and culture. “Bali can become modern, but it may not lose its Balinese fundamentals. So, do not change Bali into capitalistic and hedonic Bali,” he hoped. When looking back at the accommodation development plan of the Bali Nirwana Resort (BNR), said Wiyana, all components of Balinese society at that time agreed to reject and it was eventually stipulated in a bhisama of the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) about the temple sanctity. Unfortunately, such determination did not appear when addressing the reclamation plan of Benoa Bay. In response to the reclamation area of 838 hectares that would be established with tourist accommodation and facilities like marine residence, apartments, Disneyland-like recreational park, supermarkets, golf courses and others, most community lead-

ers in Bali seemed to absolutely keep silent. If the reclamation plan of Benoa Bay then arose and it even had a decree on the reclamation permit from the Governor of Bali Made Mangku Pastika, he invited all components of Balinese people to unite and fight to reject the reclamation plan. “Is the traditional, cultural and Hindu religious values appropriate with the reclamation in the sanctified coastal area as the Segara Kertih concept in Sad Kertih? Necessarily, all customary, religious and community leaders of Bali must be united to reject the reclamation. Unfortunately, they seem indifferent. The government and leaders of Bali are also indifferent,” he criticized. Similar opinion was delivered by an academician from the Udayana University, Ida Bagus Jelantik Sutanegara Pidada. He said the leader of Bali with all societal components should preserve the nature of Bali rather than destroying it. According to him, the issuance of the reclamation permit was a form of exploitation to the nature of Bali. Even, if the reclamation plan was resumed, it would ultimately have negative impacts and greater misery on Balinese people, so that the reclamation only damaged the image. “The reclamation is undermining

the cultural identity and damaging the image of Bali,” said the lecturer at the Faculty of Letters, Udayana University. Further, he said that Bali was the showcase of Indonesia and an international tourist destination. Thus, any problems occurred in Bali like the Benoa Bay reclamation being at issue within the past month constantly becoming public highlight and headlines in mass media would also be highlighted nationally and internationally. When the international community chiefly the environmentalists such as the Greenpeace knew about the problem, it would certainly be apprehensive with the attempts of exploitation to the nature of Bali. The reclamation would also bring in adverse effects to the existence of Balinese culture. Later on, there will be irritation, erosion and the undermining of Balinese culture. The Balinese culture will be undermined by hedonism and consumerism. Due to reclamation, the socio-economic networks will collapse. At the location, the investor will surely build supermarket and souvenir market. As a result, people will no longer go to traditional markets but to supermarkets, no longer go to the art markets but to souvenir markets. (kmb29)

immediately resolved,” he said. Suhartana said that Bali local businessmen were distraught due to the uncertain attitude of the PAP. After the implementation of auction system to get the kiosk at the airport, many local entrepreneurs did not qualify the tender. They considered the requirements of tender specified by the airport were very burdensome. For example, the traders were charged at IDR 30 million for taking registration form. It was non-refundable when the traders did not qualify the tender. The other requirements were also considered very burden-

some to local entrepreneurs. As a result, the tender was then mostly won by foreign businessmen. Meanwhile, Commercial Manager of the PAP Ngurah Rai, Hardiansyah, claimed to remain consistent with the agreement with the Commission VI of the House of Representatives where local entrepreneurs remained to be noticed. According to him, so far the problem was still under process. He argued that decision lay in the central office. Nevertheless, he asked the local businessman to wait for the process patiently.

Further, he said that not all local traders could be accommodated at the airport. His party could only promise to give 38 business premises to the members of the P2B. Location for the traders coalesced into the P2B had been provided in front of the airport hotel lobby and the area of international terminal. Unfortunately, the statement did not satisfy the P2B members. Suhartana said the policy was unfair because other than being unable to accommodate all the traders, the placement of local traders was at less strategic location. (kmb25)

P2B protests against policy of PT Angkasa Pura Bali Post

MANGUPURA - Hundreds of members and employees of the Airport Traders Association (P2B) of Ngurah Rai Airport came again to the office of PT Angkasa Pura I (PAP), Tuesday (Jul 23). They questioned about the attitude of the PAP related to the allotment of business premises for local traders at the Ngurah Rai Airport. The P2B worried that local traders would be marginalized from the airport because many foreign businessmen came to compete.

Spokesperson of the P2B, Nyoman Suharta, revealed that his party was disappointed with the attitude of the PAP that had not provided certainty regarding the fate of local traders at the airport. According to him, the traders just wanted to claim the promise of the PAP made last February before the Commission IV of the House of Representatives which confirmed to accommodate all traders whether or not belonged to the P2B. “Until now, there has been no information from the airport management. We want this issue can be

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New Kuta Hotel introduces new Executive Chef IBP

KUTA - New Kuta Hotel a Lexington Legacy Introduces Executive Chef of the property, I Made Jesna. In realizing his vision for the property’s restaurant and pool side bar, Chef Jesna has summed up his hotelier experience which includes Aston Denpasar City hotel, The Legian, and Club Med Bali. He knows the inside and out of his kitchen, and work extremely well with his staff. His amazing coordination and dynamic will ensure guests an unforgettable dining experience at New Kuta Hotel. With 24 years of experience, Chef Jesna keeps on raising the bar for himself. Chef Jesna’s expertise in Indonesian cuisine has often sent him off to places around the world. He spent several months in Japan and Maldives to promote Indonesian and Balinese food. To create the menu of Kayumanis, the main restaurant of the property, he created “Local Flavors,” combining dishes enhanced with regional and

local ingredients, among them his signature dish, Crispy Balinese Duck. From its terrace, Kayu Manis offers exceptional views of the outside double cascade swimming pool and a panoramic ocean view. The Sunset Pool Bar is the perfect place for an outstanding evening by the lush gardens and the serene pool ambiance. Together

with his team, Chef Jesna created something fun for the hotel guest to enjoy amidst the relaxing space: Poolside BBQ. Guests of New Kuta Hotel can enjoy thefresh seafood and BBQ. They also have Balinese BBQ and a special pasta night so that there will be something different for every guest, every day.

Calendar Event for July 10 through August 10, 2013

10 Jul Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan - Pulasari Peninjauan Tembuku Bangli Pura Pasek Gelgel Boading Kaba Kaba Tabanan Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Desa Bubunan Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Raung Tarokaja Taro Tegallalang 17 Jul Buda Paing Wayang Pura Dang Khayangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli 20 Jul Tumpek Wayang Pura Majapahit Jembrana Bathara Ratu Gede Celuk Sukawati Bathara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan Denpasar Bathara Ratu Allit lan Ratu Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarman Dalem Sukawati Besakih Pura Pedarman Mengwi Besakih Pura Pedarman Kaba Kaba Besakih Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Dadya Agung Pasek Gelgel Pegatepan Gelgel klungkung Pura Pemerajan Agung Sulang Dawan Klungkung Pura Padharman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Besakih ( Dalem Klungkung ) Pura Penataran dan Pasraman Kuta Rejo , Kendal Rejo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura Jala Sidhi Amerta Juanda Surabaya 22 Jul Purnama Sasih Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Tirta Besakih Pura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati Pura Amrta Jati Kompleks ALRI Pangkalan Jati Jakarta Selatan Pura Jagatnatha Kota Singaraja Pura Dang Hyang Tulus Dewa Desa ApuanSusut-Bangli Pura Jagatdhita Selong-Lombok Timur Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Gobleg-Banjar

Buleleng Pura Puseh Batur Kintamani Pr. Asah (Alas Harum) Dusun Batur Kintamani Pura Dalem Kedewatan Celuk-Sukawati Pura Agung Mandara Giri Gunung Semeru- Lumajang Jawa Timur Pura Pengubengan Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Sukawati Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah-Batur Kintamani Mr. Agung Puser Jagat Meranting Batu Kanding-Nusa Penida Pura Luhur Candi Narmada Tanah Kilap Desa PemogaN Denpasar Selatan Pura Panca Tirta Sido Luhur Bakanheni Lampung Selatan Pura Ponjok Batu Tejakula Buleleng 24 Jul Buda Wage Kelawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Ped Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Pengembungan Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Banjar Jawa Banjar Jawa Tengah Buleleng Pura Gaduhan Jagat Desa Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Tegeh Mancawarna Sanding Tampaksiring Pura Penataran Batupelang Kamasan klungkung Pura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Kedonganan Kuta Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Odalan Ida Ratu Pucak Pameneh/Bukit Kiwa Tengen Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Jati Ubud Pura Melanting Ubud Pura Dalem Peed Nusa Penida Pura Sad Kahyangan Penida Desa Sakti Nusa Penida

Pura Penataran Agung Anyar Liligundi Bebandem Karangasem 30 Jul Anggar Kasih Dukut Pura Dalem Batuyang Batubulan Pura Dalem Pasek Gelgel Mengening Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Undagi Timpag Kerambitan Tabanan Pura Desa/ Pura Pucak Banjar Taman Bedulu Gianyar Pura Puser Jagat,Dalem Dukut, Puri Sukun Nusa Penida Pura Dalem Purwa Banjar Kawan Bangli Pura Desa Ketewel Sukawati 31 Jul Buda Umanis Dukut Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Sibangkaja Abiansemal Pura Dalem Samprangan Gianyar Pura Paiobon Dukuh Segening Serongga Kelod Gianyar 4 Aug Redite Kliwon Watugunung Pura Penataran Agung Mahagotra Tirta Harum Srisrengga Desa Nyalian Banjarangkan Klungkung 6 Aug Tilem Sasih Kasa Pura Dalem Seme Jawa Desa Kukuh Marga Tabanan 10 Aug Hari Raya Saraswati Pura Pasek Tangkas - Gempinis Dalang Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel - Sayan Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Watugunung Bima Pura Agung Jagat Karana Surabaya Pura Aditya Jaya - Rawamangun Jakarta Timur Pura Pemaksan Banyuning Timur Buleleng Pura Agung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa Barat Pura Dadia Agung Bendesa Tangkas Kori Agung Pusat Gerih Desa Gerih Abiansemal Badung Pura Kawitan Bendesa Aban Baturning Desa Mambal Abiansemal

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Balinese Temple Ceremony 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, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines. In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, 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.

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Homicide trial set for Indian actor Salman Khan Associated Press Writer

NEW DELHI — A Mumbai court announced Wednesday that Indian movie star Salman Khan will face trial next month on a homicide charge for his involvement in a fatal road accident more than 10 years ago. One man was killed and four people were injured when Khan drove his car into a group of homeless people sleeping on a Mumbai sidewalk in September 2002. The court charged Khan with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, said Abha Singh, a lawyer involved in the case. Khan could face up to 10 years in jail if convicted. The court also charged Khan with negligent driving and causing grievous hurt to the victims, Singh

said. Khan, who was present in court, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The trial is scheduled to begin Aug. 19. The court ruled that Khan, 47, would not have to attend every hearing of the case, but would have to appear in court whenever the judge required his presence. The actor was earlier being tried in the case for the lesser offense of causing death by negligence, which carries a maximum penalty of two years in jail.

Actress Futerman and twin sister co-writing memoir Associated Press Writer

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NEW YORK — Actress Samantha Futerman is collaborating on a book about her improbable discovery that she had an identical twin. Futerman, whose credits include the TV series “The Big C” and the film “Memoirs of a Geisha,” has a deal with G.P Putnam’s Sons. She will work on the book with Anais Bordier, the adopted daughter of a French family whose friends had seen Futerman’s

movies and swore that the actress and Bordier looked exactly alike. Bordier learned that she and Futerman, who grew up in New Jersey, were born in the same town in South Korea on Nov. 19, 1987. She contacted Futerman earlier this year through Facebook and the women discovered in May they were indeed twins. “Our incredible twist of fate can lift one to rejoice that anything is possible, and the biggest boundaries in life are the

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William and Kate show off royal baby boy

However, after a magistrate heard the evidence, he invoked the more serious charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the actor in February. Khan, one of Bollywood’s most popular stars, has acted in about 90 Hindilanguage films in his 25-year career. Indian courts are notorious for delays and a trial can take years to complete.

FILE – In this Aug. 31, 2007 file photo, Bollywood actor Salman Khan steps out of the Jodhpur Central Jail where he had been held for a poaching case in Jodhpur, India.

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LONDON - Britain’s Prince William, his wife Kate and their newborn baby son were spending their first day at home as a family Wednesday, a day after the royal couple showed off the future monarch to the world.

A smiling Kate told the massed ranks of international media on Tuesday that motherhood was “very emotional”, while William said they were still choosing a name and revealed that he had already changed the baby’s nappy. The new third-in-line to the throne raised a tiny hand above his white blankets but remained

peaceful, despite deafening cheers from well-wishers and the shouts of photographers outside St Mary’s Hospital in London. “It’s a special time,” said the 31year-old Duchess of Cambridge, who was wear-

ing a cornflower-blue dress with her brunette hair loose. “I think any new parent would know what this feeling feels like.” The duke, also 31, told reporters that “he’s got her looks, thankfully” as Kate playfully demurred, then added: “He’s got a good pair of lungs on him, that’s for sure”.

ones we set for ourselves,” Futerman said in a statement issued by Putnam, a division of Penguin Random House. “There are so many possibilities and so many crazy things that happen in a lifetime, and it is a gift to embrace them all,” she said. “All I know is I have an innate, unconditional love toward this relative stranger.” Putnam announced Tuesday that the book is currently untitled and is scheduled to come out in the fall of 2014.

This undated publicity photo provided by G.P. Putnam’s Sons shows actress Samantha Futerman, left, and her twin sister, Anais Bordier.

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