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Hollywood stars light up TV, reverse is lacking Agence France-Presse
LOS ANGELES - Television is increasingly opening its doors to Hollywood stars, as Monday’s Emmy Awards will attest, but TV royalty still struggle to make the transition to the silver screen.
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Emmy nominees onstage at the Television Academy’s 66th Emmy Awards Performance Nominee Reception at the Pacific Design Center on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, in West Hollywood, California.
Seasoned actors Matthew McConaughey, Kevin Spacey, Jon Voight, Jeff Daniels and Woody Harrelson are all nominated this year for Emmys after having built much of their careers in film. McConaughey, a favorite to win a lead actor Emmy for his role in HBO crime drama “True Detective,” is riding high after winning an Academy Award for last year’s “Dallas Buyers Club.” “House of Cards” hero/villain Spacey already has two Oscar statuettes. Voight, nominated for Showtime’s “Ray Donovan,” won a best actor Oscar a generation ago, while Harrelson (“True Detective”) is a two-time Oscar nominee. For them, having a go in a successful broadcast or cable series adds gritty prestige to their glittering careers. But cross-pollination in the other direction has proven more difficult. Heart-throb George Clooney, who shot from the show “ER” into the Hollywood mega-star firmament, “was the last one who really did it,” said Glenn Williamson, a professor at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. In contrast, though Jennifer Aniston parlayed her “girl next door” appeal from hit show “Friends” into several big-screen roles, the 1990s comedy’s other stars have had stunted success in the transition. The same holds true for stars of more recent TV mega-hits like “Desperate Housewives” and “Lost.” Some stars have thrived on television with-
out ever becoming bankable in Hollywood: Julianna Margulies, David Duchovny and Robin Wright are among those who earned numerous film roles but never won the accolades there that came with TV. Kerry Washington, praised as much for her role in Quentin Tarantino’s movie “Django Unchained” as for TV’s “Scandal,” is in that small clique of actors comfortably navigating between the two worlds. Another is Claire Danes, who hit it big as teen Angela Chase in 1990s series “My So-Called Life.” She followed up with a number of roles in Hollywood films like “Romeo + Juliet” and “Shopgirl” before returning to television with a bang as the troubled star of Showtime thriller “Homeland.”
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BI forbids travelers transacting with dollars
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DENPASAR - Bank Indonesia (BI) now prohibits any transactions conducted by businessmen and travelers in Indonesia, including in Bali, by using dollar currencies. It is in accordance with the Law No. 7/2011 on currency laws.
Elizabeth Hurley takes the reigns in ‘The Royals’ Associated Press
LONDON — Move over Helen Mirren, there’s a new queen in town — Elizabeth Hurley. The English actress is on the British throne for new E! drama series “The Royals,” playing the fictional Queen Helena, a sharply dressed mother of three grooming her son to be king and dealing with public opinion. It’s the E! Channel’s first foray out of reality TV into scripted drama. Hurley reckons that fans of “Gossip Girl and “Dynasty” will enjoy the decadent lifestyles of these tabloid-friendly royals. Talking recently with The Associated Press on the set in east London, Hurley was in glittering jewels and a cream ball gown on the royal private jet — a hint of how the show will focus on lavish parties, international summits and secret romances. “There’s no correlation at all between Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and my Queen Helena,” Hurley explained. “If Princess Diana, for example, had become queen of England, that would be a more similar age group.” Hurley, in fact, claimed that real royalty have it easier than celebrities. “The royal family have a lot more
privacy behind their closed doors than other actors or politicians have because we don’t have the resources that they have to keep us private,” she noted. William Moseley, best known for playing Peter in “The Chronicles of Narnia” films, takes on the role of Prince Liam — the second son thrown into the spotlight after the death of his brother.
Australian actress Alexandra Park stars as the wild Princess Eleanor and Merritt Patterson as Liam’s American love interest. “It’s like (if) Prince Harry was thrown into being the next King of England,” Mosley explained. The show is still filming and is set to be broadcast in early 2015.
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A customer exit a money changer after exchanging money. Bank Indonesia (BI) now prohibits any transactions conducted by businessmen and travelers in Indonesia, including in Bali, by using dollar currencies. It is in accordance with the Law No. 7/2011 on currency laws.
“All transactions in the country must use the rupiah currency. It must be changed because it belongs to domestic transaction, including the buyers and the sellers. Indeed Bali is a tourist area, but nonetheless all the transactions should be made in rupiah,” said Senior Deputy Governor of BI, Mirza Adityaswara. According to him, there were still quite a lot of transactions conducted in the country using non-rupiah currency. Pursuant to the Law, all the transactions in Indonesia should be made in rupiah currency. To that end, the government was expected to participate in supervising the transactions using foreign exchanges. “Travelers must exchange first their money into rupiah. Businesses have also to put the prices in rupiah. At this time, the rupiah exchange rate against the U.S. dollar can be categorized to be fairly stable. Moreover, Balinese people whose livelihood much gets in touch with tourism, I think the current rate is good enough for Bali,” he said. If there were problems about exchange rate, he said, it could be adjusted. Up to these days, the rupiah exchange rate against dollar was fairly stable. After the election, it was still relatively competitive. Exports and imports were also competitive. It meant that the transaction did not have to use dollar, especially for payment to domestic products. Using foreign exchange currency would result in an increase in the demand for foreign currencies that should not be necessary. Policies using rupiah in domestic transactions had been set forth in the Currency Law and it had been equipped with criminal sanctions. “Transactions in the country do not need to use dollar, even the employers should ask for payment in rupiah. This policy has criminal sanction as set forth in the Currency Law, if it is not mistaken the sanction is one-year penalty,” he said. Previously, Bank Indonesia had released a new banknote with the denomination of IDR 100,000 with emission year of 2014 and used of phrase the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia that could make people love rupiah currency more. The Representative Office Head of Bank Indonesia for Region III Bali-Nusra, Benny Siswanto, said that on the rupiah banknote was affirmed the philosophical significance of the rupiah as a symbol of state sovereignty that should be respected and made all the Indonesian citizens proud. “Thus, it is obligatory to all Indonesian citizens to use rupiah in every transaction at home, including in remote areas and outer regions of Indonesia, so that in turn the rupiah is expected to be parallel to the major currencies of the world,” he said. (kmb27)
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SEMARAPURA - Waste problem in the area of Klungkung is apparently never out of the highlight of the Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta. Recently, the regent from Lembongan, Nusa Penida, highlighted the waste problem in the area of Semarapura Klod Kangin village, Klungkung. He still found rubbish spilling out of temporary disposal (TPS) having been provided. It also included the clogging rubbish in the dead river so that when it rained the water could not flow smoothly. conditions, Regent Suwirta assessed the sanitation in the river did not work. “The drain and watershed are closed. As a result, the sanitation did not work,” said Regent Suwirta. Seeing such conditions, the regent immediately instructed his staff in this case the Public Works to make an assessment as soon as possible. So, the clogged drain and watershed could be revived to flow the water. “Yes, we do hope the clogged drain and watershed can be normalized,” he said. Meanwhile, related to the existing temporary disposal,
Regent Suwirta said that his party would relocate it to the more extensive area in the east considering it was no longer able to accommodate the volume of waste from the surrounding residents. According to the regent, it was required a shared commitment in handling the waste problem and repairing the infrastructure. To improve the infrastructure, it would be required a study so that it would be beneficial forever. “The best solution is that we need to fix this infrastructure together,” said Suwirta. (119)
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The Regent of Klungkung I Nyoman Suwirta is inspecting the river which is filled with garbage
People with HIV/AIDS in Jembrana
70 percent belong to productive age
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The closing ceremony of the Sanur Village Festival 2014 was held on Jalan Danau Toba, infront of Shankara Resto, Sanur. The artists performed a beautiful dance and attarcted teh attention many spectator including foreign tourists.
JEMBRANA - Cumulative amount of HIV/AIDS patients in Jembrana tends to increase from year to year. Until 2014, a total of 523 people living with HIV/AIDS belong to the men that remain in the productive age. Data of the AIDS Mitigation Commission (KPA) of the Jembrana Health Agency indicate that people living with HIV/AIDS from 2005 until the end of July 2014 amounted to 523. Of the total amount, 381 people have suffered AIDS and 142 others have been declared positive to HIV. Meanwhile, of that amount, 236 have died. In the meantime, the cumulative amount up to April 2014 totally amounted to 505 people. Most of them or 70 percent belonged to productive age namely in the range 15 to 40 years old. The Head of Jembrana Health Agency, I Putu Suasta, said on Thursday (Aug 21) that of the total amount, averagely six people were reported to
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Drain and watershed clogged
Interestingly, the waste problem at Semarapura Klod Kangin was found by the regent while doing cleanup mutual assistance with the employees in the rank of the Klungkung government, Friday (Aug 22). Accompanied by the Head of Klungkung Public Works AA Ngurah Agung and Headman of Semarapura Klod Kangin Dewa Widiantara, the regent monitored every point that possibly could clog. Moreover, the blockage was caused by the amount of rubbish and the debris of trees cut in the river. Seeing such
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suffer the disease every month. In terms of transmission, it had also spread to the five subdistricts in Jembrana. According to Suasta, the increasing trend of the figures also indicated the increased public awareness to have medical checkup through the Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) service. The VCT had also scattered in 13 community health centers in Jembrana and the Negara Hospital. But on the other hand, the new cases still emerged just like an iceberg. The visible cases were only at the surface, without the awareness of the public it was difficult to detect. KPA had regularly provided counseling and reminded the public, including the sufferers, of having a healthy sexual behavior, never changing partners, using of contraception and living a healthy behavior. Of the five subdistricts in Jembrana, Negara subdistrict is reported to have the most cases namely 167 people. Meanwhile, Pekutatan subdistrict is categorized to have a few cases reaching 20 people. (kmb26)
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SEMINYAK - Harris Warming Party themed Samba Brazillia marked the grand opening of Harris Hotel Seminyak, Friday (Aug 8). During the event was announced the best 6 of photo hunt winners in the Black and White Photo Hunt competition themed Seminyak-A Blend of Cultures in April 2014. The General Manager Sebastien Menesguen, some staffs and media partner also attended to join the event. Sebastien Menesguen said Harris Hotel Seminyak with the tagline Experience the Lifestyle of Seminyak is equipped with good facilities, professional service and friendly staffs. ”I am very excited with the opening of HARRIS Hotel Seminyak, as it is a fast growing area of tourist. Here, we are confident that we can be the perfect place for travelers in exploring the destination,” revealed Sebastien Menesguen.
Harris Hotel Seminyak is located in the heart of Seminyak, a popular tourism spot on the island. It is only few steps away to boutiques, art galleries, restaurants, bars and the popular Seminyak Beach. It offers 231 modern minimalist style rooms, five meeting rooms with capacity up to 80 people, 3 swimming pools, 1 kid’s pool, Flying Pool, Harris Café, Juice Bar, Harrisimo Pizza, DJ Lounge, Dino Kids Club, H-Spa & Happy Feet, Reflexology, Boutique and free buggy to the Harris beach. Harris Hotel Seminyak is an interesting choice to experience the uniqueness of Seminyak lifestyle. Moreover, the 15th Harris hotel under Tauzia Hotel Management is known with the casual style of the Harris Players (Harris staffs). It is also well known with the fun dance named Harris Move in which the choreography and dynamic performance can give a cheerful heart to the Harris fans (the guests).
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Calendar Event for August 9 through September 23, 2014 9 Aug Tumpek Kandang Pura Puseh Gianyar Pura Luhur Dalem Segening Kediri Tabanan Pura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang 10 Aug Purnama Sasih Karo Pura Gelap Besakih Pura Dangkahyangan Tabanan Pura Candi Goro Tianyar Kubu Karangasem 13 Aug Buda Cemeng Menail Pura Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Pura Puseh Manakaji Peninjoan Tembuku Bangli Pura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal Mengwi Pura Taman Limut Mas Ubud 14 Aug Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 15 Aug Hari Bhatara Sri 19 Aug Hari Anggara Kasih Prebakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa Klungkung Pura Tirtha Sudamala Bebalang Bangli Pura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sawan Buleleng Pura Gunung Pengsong Lombok Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar Pura Tengah Tegalalang Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Pupuan Tabanan Pira Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Pagan Denpasar Pura Hyanghaluh/Jenggala Besakih Pura Tengkulak Siyut Tulikup Gianyar Pura Taman Sari Ubud Pura Batu Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Dalem Guliang Bangli Pura Pasek Dangka Guwang Sukawati Pura Hyang Ayung Pabean Ketewel
Pura Penataran Badung Muntig Karangasem 20 Aug Pura Kawitan Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak Siring Pura Rambut Siwi Jembrana Pura Batu Bolong Canggu Kuta Pura Pasek Marga Klaci Tabanan Pura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru Negara Pura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan Buleleng Pira Pasek Tangkas Dharma Reang Gede Tabanan Pura Desa Banyuning Buleleng Pura Srijong Tabanan Pura Pucak Mundi Nusa Penida Pura Kahyangan Jagat Kancing Gumi Bali Petang Serongga Kelod Gianyar Pura Penataran Dalem Pencar Mas Ubud 21 Aug Pura Ida Bhatara Sakti Wawu Rauh Kali Anget Seririt Buleleng 3 Sep Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Pulasari Peninjoan Bangli Pura Pasek Gelgel Kaba-Kaba Tabanan Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Desa Kahyangan Tiga Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Taro Tegalalang 9 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok NTB Pura Kawitan Gajah Arya Para Tianyar kubu Karangasem Pura Padharman Arya Telabah Besakih Pura Bukit Mentik Batur Kintamani Pura Dadya Agung Pasek Salahin Suwat Gianyar 10 Sep Pura Dangkahyangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli
13 Sep Tumpek Wayang dan Kajengkliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit Jembrana Bhatara Ratu Gede Celuk Gianyar Pura Bhatara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Panti Gelgel Sesetan Denpasar Bhatara Ratu Alit dan Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Pamerajan Agung Dawan Klungkung Pura Padarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Besakih Pura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura Jala Shidi Amerta Juanda Surabaya 17 Sep Buda Cemeng Klawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Cemenggaon Gianyar Pura Penataran Ped Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Gelgel Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Jawa Tengah Buleleng Pura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Tegeh Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan Klungkung Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Pura Ida Ratu Puncak Pameneh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Sad Kahyangan Penida Nusa Penida Pura Jati Ubud Gianyar Pura Melanting Ubud Gianyar Pura Dalem Ped Nusa Penida Pura Penataran Agung Karangasem 19 Sep Hari Bhatara Sri 23 Sep Tilem Sasih Ketiga Dan Anggara
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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Havana retro-Soviet restaurant a nod to nostalgia
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Jembrana asks Japan to help overcome sewage problem Antara
HAVANA — There’s no rice, beans or fried plantains at Havana’s newest private restaurant. You can order a minty mojito, but it’ll come mixed with vodka instead of the traditional white rum. The waiters speak Russian, and patrons are expected to order in that language if they want to get served. But don’t worry, the menus at this retro-Soviet restaurant come with translations and pronunciation guides for the non-initiated. Nazdarovie, which is named for the popular Russian toast and opened Friday, is all about Slavic fare like bowls of blood-red borscht and stuffed Ukrainian varenyky dumplings, hand-rolled in the back by “babushkas” who were born in the former Soviet Union but have long called Cuba home. It’s a nod to nostalgia for the island’s Soviet ties during the Cold War, a time when Moscow was Havana’s main source of trade and aid and hundreds of thousands of Cubans traveled to the Soviet bloc as diplomats, artists and students. “For most of them it was the first time they ever left this island. They have nostalgia about their time there, about the flavors they experienced for the first time,” said Gregory Biniowsky, a 45-year-old Canadian of Ukrainian descent who dreamed up Nazdarovie and launched it with three Cuban partners. “The idea with Nazdarovie is re-
ally to celebrate a unique social and cultural link that existed and to a certain degree still exists today between Cuba of 2014 and what was once the Soviet Union,” said Biniowsky, a lawyer and consultant who has lived in Havana for two decades. The collapse of the Soviet bloc largely ended the Havana-Moscow connection and sent Cuba into an economic tailspin. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin has talked recently of renewing the relationship. He made a state visit last month, Russian navy ships periodically dock in Havana’s harbor and Cuba has backed Russia in its dispute over Ukraine. Occupying the third story of a historic building on the seafront Malecon boulevard, Nazdarovie is an homage to the old country. Behind the bar, Russian nesting dolls and a bust of Lenin perch next to bottles of high-end vodka. Reproductions of Soviet propaganda posters line one wall in an attempt to spark conversation among customers sitting at a long communal table. About the only sign of the tropics is the million-dollar terrace view of Havana’s skyline and the Straits of Florida.
NEGARA - Officials from Bali’s provincial district of Jembrana have met with Toshiaki Mori, deputy chairman of the Japanese Industrial Promotion Institute of Yamaguchi, to discuss sewage treatment. “Indeed, one of our fish processing plants is using the sewage treatment technology in Jembrana, but we wish for better technology, such as an integrated sewage treatment system,” said Jembrana regent I Putu Artha on Saturday. According to Putu, in meeting with Toshiaki Mori, his group also talked about waste management, including the handling of plastics. “The Japanese company is ready to help if we need technology in handling sewage treatment and waste management,” the regent stated. Jembrana has initiated a plan to launch waste banks program in the community and schools, said Putu. “In the schools, we directed students to save garbage, which they gather in the school environment,” Putu explained. Putu said, after the first meeting, that Bali officials will visit Japan to observe sewage treatment systems.
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In this Aug 20, 2014 photo, guests eat at the new restaurant Nazdarovie during its pre-launch dress rehearsal in Havana, Cuba. Nazdarovie, which is named for the popular Russian toast and opened Friday, is a nod to nostalgia for the island’s Soviet ties during the Cold War.
Vegas’ storied Sahara casino reborn, transformed for “Style, Luxury, Service” — opened Saturday with midnight LAS VEGAS — That’s no fireworks and a party for 3,600 mirage. The Las Vegas Strip has guests as the Strip’s tired north end continues to enjoy a postrecession renaissance. Nearby, visitors will notice that an end of the Strip long associated with empty lots, low-budget motels and frozen construction cranes is expanding once again. A Malaysian conglomerate has announced plans to fold the half-finished Echelon casino into an Asian-themed Resorts World Las Vegas. Australian casino giant Crown Resorts has purchased land where the New Frontier casino once stood. An open-air concert venue set to house the massive Rock in Rio USA music festival next spring is in the works. “Global gaming companies AP Photo/John Locher with deep pockets are investing In this photo taken on Aug. 20, 2014, a man walks through the in the north end of the Strip,” said Life Nightclub in the SLS Las Vegas in Las Vegas. The hotel Michael Paladino, a Fitch Ratings and casino, formally known as the Sahara, has gone through analyst. extensive renovations is scheduled to open this weekend. A new chapter in Vegas life Associated Press
a new casino in business on the foundations of the old Sahara. A $415 million pleasure palace called the SLS Las Vegas — short
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is replacing memories of the Moroccan-themed Sahara, which once hosted Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and the Beatles. Its owners shuttered the 59-year-old casino in 2011 after years of keeping only one of its three hotel towers open and hawking rooms for $1 per night over Twitter. Everything from the slot-machine chairs to the camel lamps were auctioned off in a fire sale. “There were some dark days,” said Sam Bakhshandehpour, president of Los Angeles-based SBE, which owns many hotels, nightclubs and restaurants as well as the SLS. “But we held on.” While $415 million may sound like a lot, it’s not for Vegas. A typical Strip casino overhaul includes a dramatic implosion of the old building, but SBE kept the Sahara skeleton. This meant the work cost about one-tenth of what a groundup rebuild would have. The casino floor is back, but it’s smaller and spills into the same
trendy restaurants that SBE develops in Southern California. This restaurant-centric focus looks like a winner. Analysts say Las Vegas visitors have awakened from their recession slumber less inclined to gamble, but hungry for fine food. They’ll find it at celebrity chef Jose Andres’ Bazaar Meat, gourmet burger joint Umami and The Griddle Cafe, a Los Angeles staple whose largerthan-life pancakes attract epic lines for Saturday brunch. Rooms starting at around $100 a night are airy and modern, with white sofas under windows, mirrors on walls and over the bed, and whimsical details such as monkey prints on the ironing boards. The battered Vegas economy remains an undeniable feature of the Sahara’s SLS rebirth. Bakhshandehpour says they received 117,000 applications for 3,400 positions. “It was absolutely humbling,” he said.
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Jembrana facing sewage problem and asks Japan to help. Officials from Bali’s provincial district of Jembrana have met with Toshiaki Mori, deputy chairman of the Japanese Industrial Promotion Institute of Yamaguchi, to discuss sewage treatment.
Large, medium manufacturing industries grow 4.15 percent Antara
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Large-and medium-sized manufacturing industries in Bali province grew 4.15 percent in the second quarter of this year, up 0.89 percent from 3.26 percent in the same period last year.
DENPASAR - Large-and medium-sized manufacturing industries in Bali province grew 4.15 percent in the second quarter of this year, up 0.89 percent from 3.26 percent in the same period last year. “The significant growth is higher than the national growth of 2.34 percent,” head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) office in Bali province Panusunan Siregar said on Saturday. He said the policy to develop manufacturing industries should be aimed at answering global economic challenges and anticipating rapid environmental changes. Noting that competition in the export market had become a new perspective for all countries, he said the focus and strategy of developing industries in the future should be directed towards improving their
competitive edge. Therefore, he added the province needed to make breakthroughs to develop sustainable manufacturing industries capable of producing products of high quality to withstand fierce competition in the global market. He said the development of large-, and medium-sized manufacturing industries in Bali was much influenced by the rising prices of raw materials which posed a problem for export-oriented industries. The industries included beverage and textile industries which grew by minus 8.63 percent and 4.38 percent respectively, he said In addition, the increases in the prices of liquified petroleum gas (LPG), provincial minimum wages and electricity tariffs had prompted large-and medium-sized industries to set prices higher than the normal average, he said.
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Beware of bacteria in child snacks
According to the Division Head of the Certification and Customer Services, the Agency of Drug and Food Control (BBPOM) of Denpasar, Desak Ketut Andika Andayani, child snacks needed special attention from all parties, especially parents and teachers because the snacks commonly on sale at school canteen and outside school began to be contaminated by bacteria. The microorganism contained in the snack should be alerted, not the hazardous substance. In Bali, particularly Denpasar, the hazardous substance such as Rhodamine B, formaldehyde, borax and methanyl yellow could have been minimized in food considering the BBPOM had regularly made an inspection to empower the community and make sampling test to child snacks. “It can be said that the presence of hazardous substances in child snacks has been minimal,” she revealed. But today, we need to be aware of the microorganism contamination due to trader contamination and the hands of the children themselves. Microorganism could grow in open air and then contaminated the food. There was great possibility for bacterial contamination occurred during the food processing. Moreover, during the time of sale the food was usually left open. “In addition, bacteria are also found in ice cubes,” she explained. According to Desak Andika, ice cubes commonly bought by ice
trader were made from raw water. She advised people, especially food traders, to be more careful in buying raw food ingredients such as ice cubes. “It would be very nice if buying ice cubes having owned POM label,” she added. Then, the focus of observation was directed to traditional snacks like jaja begina and jaja uli because in the batter of the traditional snacks was recently discovered the use of hazardous coloring agent. This happened due to in particular areas, especially at villages, the food coloring was still hard to find. The bacterial contamination could have an impact on digestive disorders (diarrhea). When left unchecked, it would lead to dehydration for children. With special tips, people could more easily identify a healthy food. For example, it could be observed from the sanitation of traders, surrounding environment and the color of food. (may)
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DENPASAR - Government Regulation No.61/2014 on Reproductive Health having been signed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) reaped various reactions. It happened because the regulation also set forth that abortion could be performed by a woman with a medical emergency reason or reason of rape. Meanwhile, in Hinduism murdering babies in the womb could have the same sins as murdering a Brahmin. Chairman of the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) of Bali, Gusti Ngurah Sudiana, when asked for his comment on Saturday (Aug 23) related to the Government Regulation No. 61/2014 on Reproductive Health that legalized abortion on the grounds of medical emergency or rape reason said that Hinduism expressly prohibited the abortion for any reason. Concept of Hinduism always prioritized a balance and purified babies remaining in the womb. “Abortion with any reason is considered sinful in Hinduism so that it must be avoided,” he said. He explained that aborting baby in Hinduism was called brunaha. Such an
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Iran says no need for UN to revisit military site Associated Press
TEHRAN — Iran’s defense minister on Saturday said there was no need for U.N. nuclear inspectors to pay another visit to the Parchin military site, where the country is suspected of having tested components used in nuclear weapons. Gen. Hossein Dehghan was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying the IAEA had already been to the site southeast of Tehran and carried out tests there. “Besides, they have accepted that nothing happened in Parchin,” he said.
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The snacks and cookies are being displayed in a shop. Child snacks needed special attention from all parties, especially parents and teachers.
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action was judged to be equally sinful as ending the life of a Brahmin (holy man). “Brunaha or aborting baby in the womb is considered to have the same sin as killing a Brahmin,” he explained. He did not deny that women whose life was at risk during childbirth were often preferred. However, the legalization of abortion for rape victims as set forth in the Government Regulation No. 61/2014 was considered excessive. A baby whose birth was not desired by its mother could be adopted by others who had not owned any baby. “An accident victim should not feel ashamed, it can be adopted as a foster child,” he added. Meanwhile, an academician of religious studies, I Made Adi Surya Pradnya, said the scripture Manawa Dharma Sastra mentioned eight kinds of marriage. Three of them were disgraceful marriage, namely the Pisaca Wiwaha (marriage after being raped), Asura Wiwaha (marriage due to witchcraft) and Raksasa Wiwaha (marriage after being abducted). “For those getting married due to these three reasons will have children who do not want to study the Vedas,” he said. (kmb35)
Proliferating city hotels at rural areas disrupt home stay Bali Post
DENPASAR - The presence of city hotel in tourism areas such as Denpasar, Badung and Gianyar increasingly proliferates. Even, the construction of city hotel tends to progressively expand to rural areas. More severely, the expansion of the city local disrupts local businessmen and community-based social economy activities getting involved in home stay business. Unfortunately, so far there is no firm stance taken by the government on this issue. “City hotel chiefly in Denpasar and Gianyar chiefly in Ubud increasingly proliferates and has expanded to countryside. Even, it has adverse impact on the businesses managed by residents in the form of home stay. This must be addressed immediately,” said Chairman of Commission IV of the Bali House in charge of education, health, tourism and others, Nyoman Parta, in Denpasar, Friday (Aug 22). This Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician from Gianyar added there had been two city hotels particularly at Ubud village. In the future, it was feared to continuously emerge due to weak regulation and supervision by local government. The existence of city hotel proliferating in rural areas would weaken people’s economy at the villages. Large employers came to villages and seized the economic opportunities that so far
were worked on by local businessmen and the SMEs running the home stay business. “Large employers come to village and make a budget hotel or city hotel that will bring in a negative impact on the economic growth in the surrounding communities. In the long run, the existing home stay will be unable to compete because the room rate offered by city hotels was nearly the same as the rates offered by home stay. In other words, the city hotels reduce the room rate and take the market share of home stay,” he said. In the condition of growing concern, said Parta, regional leader was required to take a firm stance by issuing policies to protect small business community. Regional leader was expected to have courage when issuing a policy of prohibiting and rejecting the city hotel development. “If possible, the city hotel development should not be allowed at villages. This must become the decisive action by regional leader. Unluckily, so far there is no decisive action. Apparently it happens due to negligence,” he said. In case that city hotel development could not be stopped, the government through the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) of Bali was expected to set up its existence and provide a clear benchmark, like the matter of price setting offered by city hotel. (kmb29)
He added that Iran would not make its nuclear scientists available to the inspectors. Tehran has in the past charged the agency with leaking information that led to the assassination of scientists. Inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog have visited Parchin in the past but want to go back. Iran denies it has ever pursued nuclear weapons at Parchin, insisting it is a conventional military site. Iran has vowed to cooperate with the IAEA as part of talks with world powers aimed at reaching a lasting agreement on its nuclear program. Western nations have long suspected Iran of pursuing a nuclear weapons capability alongside its civilian program and have imposed crippling sanctions, which Iran now hopes to see lifted in exchange for curbing its nuclear activities.
Iran insists it has never worked on nuclear arms, describing such allegations as based on false intelligence from Israel, as well as the U.S. and its Western allies. At the same time, Iran has been guarded when it comes to military matters, fearing that information about its conventional capabilities could be leaked to Israel or the U.S., both of which have threatened to take military action if necessary to prevent it from getting a nuclear weapon. Earlier this month Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani told visiting IAEA head Yukia Amano that Iran’s long-range missile program will not be part of the nuclear talks. Iran inaugurated a new plant on Saturday to convert a type of uranium into a material that cannot be used to make nuclear weapons,
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In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, right, speaks during an annual meeting of Iranian ambassadors as Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif listens, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014.
part of an interim accord reached with world powers last November, IRNA reported. The report quoted Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s nuclear
agency, as saying that the plant will convert uranium hexafluoride, which can be used to make nuclear weapons and fuel, into uranium dioxide, which can only be used
in reactors. The plant is located in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, the report said. Iran has a nuclear power plant in the southern port of Bushehr that went online in 2011.
China executes 8 convicted on terrorism charges Protesters against brown coal form human chain Associated Press
BEIJING — China has executed eight
people convicted on terrorism charges in the restive western region of Xinjiang, including three men authorities say were behind
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In this photo taken Thursday, July 17, 2014, Uighur women in loose, full-length garments and headscarves associated with conservative Islam visit a market in the city of Aksu in western China’s Xinjiang province.
a deadly attack in the heart of Beijing in which an SUV plowed through a crowd, state media reported. Last year’s attack, in which the driver died alongside his mother and wife as passengers as well as three bystanders, was a sign that the violence the government blames on ethnic Uighur (pronounced WEE’-gurs) separatists was spilling out of the far western region — home to the Muslim, Turkic minority. The others who were put to death were convicted of attacking police stations, bomb making, murder and arson, the governmentrun Tianshan Net news portal reported Saturday evening. The report did not say when the executions took place. Beijing has blamed the deadly unrest on terrorism with overseas ties, but human rights groups say the Uighurs are suffering from repressive policies and practices. All eight people executed had Uighur-sounding names. China has promised to strike hard against attacks in Xinjiang after scores of people were killed earlier this year. Authorities have vowed swift actions and severe punishments, but Uighur rights groups have said the harsh measures would only further alienate the minority people and cause more resentment.
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BERLIN — Several thousand people have formed a human chain across the German-Polish border to protest the expansion of open-cast mining for brown coal in the region. Organizers said more than 7,500 people linked up in an 8-kilometer ( 5-mile) chain between Kerkwitz, Germany, and Grabice, Poland — two villages that activists fear will be evacuated to make way for further brown coal mines, also known as lignite. Some of Saturday’s demonstrators waded into the Neisse river, which divides the two countries, as part of the chain. The leaders of Germany’s opposition Green party were among those attending the protest. Both coal and lignite, which is decried as a dirty fuel by environmentalists, play a significant part in the energy mix of both Germany and Poland.
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Yellen signals uncertainty about a rate increase
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GIANYAR - Traffic congestion in Ubud tourist area has become a protracted issue. Congestion also increases following an increase in tourist arrivals. In addition, the lack of awareness of road users and the lack of parking space also aggravate the congestion in Ubud. Ubud known as a cultural tourism is feared to become a tourist area with a ‘traffic jam’ culture.
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JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming — If anyone thought Janet Yellen might clarify her view of the U.S. job market in her speech here Friday, the Federal Reserve chair had a message: The picture is still hazy. Fed support in the form of ultra-low rates and that inflation has yet to become a concern. “The assessment of labor market slack is rarely simple and has been especially challenging recently,” Yellen said at the conference, which the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City sponsors each year at a lodge beside the majestic Grand Tetons. Yellen invoked language the Fed has used that record-low short-term rates will likely remain appropriate for a “considerable time” after the Fed stops buying bonds to keep long-term rates down. The bond buying is set to end this fall. Yellen stressed that the Fed’s rate decisions will be dictated by the economy’s performance. Repeating language from an appearance before Congress in July, Yellen said that if the economy improved faster than expected or if inflation heated up, rates could rise sooner. But she also said that if the economy underperformed, the Fed could delay its first rate hike. In a separate speech, Mario Draghi, head of the European Central Bank, said the ECB was prepared to do more to boost the shaky recovery in the 18 nations that use the euro. But he said governments
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Traffic congestion in Ubud tourist area has become a protracted issue. Congestion also increases following an increase in tourist arrivals.
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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, left, and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi speak during the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wyo. Friday, Aug. 22, 2014.
must coordinate efforts to reduce persistently high unemployment. The ECB has cut rates and offered cheap loans to banks and
is considering asset purchases to pump more money into Europe’s economy. Draghi told the Jackson Hole conference that “we stand
ready to adjust our policy stance further” if needed. But he offered no guidance on when such help might come.
Ice bucket challenge may change nonprofit world
Associated Press
NEW YORK — The ice bucket challenge’s phenomenal success is making other charitable organizations rethink how they connect with a younger generation of potential donors. Since the ALS Association began tracking the campaign’s progress on July 29, it has raised more than $53.3 million from 1.1 million new donors in what is one of the most viral philanthropic social media campaigns in history. Thousands of people, including celebrities like Taylor Swift and Oprah Winfrey, have posted videos of themselves getting buckets of ice
water dumped over their heads and challenging others to do the same — or donate money to The ALS Association, which raises money for Lou Gehrig’s disease research and assistance. The ice bucket challenge has shown it’s OK to be silly for a good cause, says Brian Mittendorf, a professor at the Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, who teaches courses in nonprofit finance. “Normally the model is to find people who are passionate about a cause and then ask for donations or to educate people and then seek out donations. (The ice bucket challenge is) something that’s fun that
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Though the unemployment rate has steadily dropped, Yellen suggested that other gauges of the job market have become harder to assess and may reflect persistent weakness. These include many people jobless for more than six months, millions working part time who want full-time jobs and weak pay growth. Yellen offered no clarity on the timing of the first interest rate increase, which most economists still expect by mid-2015. Investors had been anticipating any firmer sign from Yellen about whether an improving economy might prompt the Fed to act sooner than expected to start raising rates. She instead offered further uncertainty. Damage inflicted by the Great Recession had complicated the Fed’s ability to assess the U.S. job market and made it harder to determine when to adjust rates, Yellen said. “Uncertainty is the key word,” said Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Economics. “Yellen is not about to leap from the fence at the next (Fed) meeting.” Yellen said that for now, a broad assessment of the job market suggests that the economy still needs
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people can do ... people are taking part in it and then taking the info and donating.” The viral nature of the effort surprised even The ALS Association. “This level of unprecedented giving is (something) I don’t think this country has seen before outside of a disaster or emergency,” said ALS Association spokesperson Carrie Munk. “We had no idea it would get to this point.” Who should get credit for making this a viral sensation depends on whom you ask. Some say it began earlier this month when friends of a 29-year-old Boston man with ALS, a neurodegenerative disease that
affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, did a group challenge. It’s also demonstrated that the average Joe or Jane can make waves. “One of the big take-aways is the power of individuals who are so tightly connected to a cause can really make a difference,” Munk said. “I’m pretty sure that if any company or any nonprofit had all of the public relations dollars in the world to come up with a campaign, we never would’ve seen this kind of success.” Lucretia Gilbert, executive director of The Pink Agenda, which raises money for breast cancer
research and awareness, believes it will encourage other nonprofits to get creative on social media. The effort comes at a time when private groups are searching for new ways to raise dollars in the wake of tighter federal government spending on basic medical research, including on diseases like ALS. The National Institutes of Health is spending about $30 billion this year, money that is divided in a highly competitive process to scientists around the country, and the world, to pursue what are deemed the most promising leads to understand various diseases and to find new targets to fight them.
As information gathered, the congestion in Ubud often occurred from 1:00 p.m. till 4:00 p.m. From that time span, the peak occurred at 3:00 p.m. One of the causes of the congestion problem was that many employers of restaurants, kiosks and stalls along the main road in Ubud did not have a parking lot for visitors. Likewise, they did not have parking space for their employees. As a result, part of the road body is filled with vehicles whose parking time reaches eight hours. “Yes, we have no option where to park. My workplace does not have a special parking space,” said a restaurant employee in Ubud, Sudita. In addition, violations against traffic signs often occurred as well. Many traffic signs starting from the location near the Astina Square Ubud, in front of the market, in front of the palace and the office of the headman were often violated. Similarly, less disciplined drivers often dropped off passengers carelessly, especially in front of the market and the palace. Based on data from the officers, at least there were 30 large buses transited around the center of Ubud tourism each day so that they caused congestion. The Head of Gianyar Transportation, Informatics and Communications Agency, Cokorda Gde Agusnawa, when asked for his confirmation via telephone on Friday (Aug 22) said with regard to congestion in the Ubud area the government had made some efforts to overcome it. Results of the study indicated if the congestion problem in Ubud was driven by various factors. In addition to alternative roads, the congestion problem also occurred due to the lack of parking space. “On the whole, traffic congestion happens when students are leaving school as well as by the afternoon because half of the road body is used as a parking space,” he said. Further, his party had started to develop a parking space as a solution to congestion in Ubud, especially at some points around Ubud town. “Provision of parking space has been started to be worked on. I will explain it further in the office,” he said. To that end, the Transportation Agency had looked for a number of solutions where in the future it would require a shared commitment of all parties where in this case the government was not alone. Awareness of the public, community leaders to tourism players was required to discuss about the problem together because in the future it was required the appropriate traffic masterplan. “For the long term, it must be prepared an alternative by considering new land for parking space and roads,” he said. (kmb35)
High production costs
Tobacco land area of farmer diminishes Bali Post
SINGARAJA - Increased production costs of tobacco farming causes the land area of tobacco cultivation in Buleleng this year to diminish. Based on data from the Indonesian Tobacco Farmers Association (APTI) of Buleleng, the decrease in the land area reached 400 hectares. The tobacco farming area in Buleleng actually reached 800 hectares to 1,000 hectares per year. Due to increased production costs, the land area then diminished to 400 hectares. The matter of land was not in line with the market price of tobacco in the year 2014 whose selling price had increased compared to last year’s price. It was revealed by the Secretary General of the APTI Buleleng, Agung Adnyana, that the increase in the price of LPG was one of the reasons why farmers dissuaded to grow tobacco. For the process of drying tobacco, farmers should use the 50-kg LPG. Of course, this condition made the production costs to rise by 25 percent. “Before the planting season, the price of LPG was rumored to reach IDR 800,000, but this week there was certainty if the price was IDR 655,000, only increased by IDR 1,000 from last year. If farmers plant now, it is definitely too late because they should have started planting in July,” said Agung having profession in tobacco farming. He added that such condition caused the land to get displaced and only a few tobacco farmers worked on their land. Then, their land was dominantly planted with crops and paddy. Said Agung, farmers thought realistically to earn a good income. Production cost of tobacco farming was high enough and for two hectares of land they needed at least IDR 114 million. “We are just still focusing on the cultivation of tobacco where Buleleng is one of the best tobacco producers. This year, if the season permits we will immediately coordinate to tobacco supplier companies in order that farmers can survive to plant tobacco,” he said. (kmb34)
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Increased production costs of tobacco farming causes the land area of tobacco cultivation in Buleleng this year to diminish.
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Qatar hits back at claims it backs Islamic State
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DUBAI — The Gulf nation of Qatar is hitting back at suggestions that it supports the Islamic State extremist group, saying that “determined, collective action” is needed to end sectarian violence gripping Iraq and Syria. The energy-rich OPEC member has come under renewed scrutiny over its ties to militants, including the Palestinian Hamas and Syrian rebel groups. A German official last week suggested that Qatar may also play a role in funding the Islamic State group, which is fighting in Iraq and Syria and was behind the recent beheading of American journalist James Foley. Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah unequivocally denied funding the extremist group. “Qatar does not support extremist groups, including ISIS, in any way,” he said in an emailed statement dated Saturday, using an alternative name for the group. “We are repelled by their views, their violent methods and their ambitions. The vision of extremist groups for the region is one that we have not, nor will ever,
support in any way.” Qatar was one of the first Middle Eastern countries to condemn Foley’s murder, saying it was “a heinous crime that goes against all Islamic and humanitarian principles, as well as international laws and conventions.” The tiny Gulf emirate has supported Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. The Islamic State group is battling Assad’s forces, but it has also clashed with other rebel groups that don’t embrace its extreme interpretation of Islam. The group has carved out a selfdeclared Islamic state, or caliphate, taking in wide expanses of territory on both sides of the Syria-Iraq border. Experts say the group generates at least some of its funding from kidnapping, extortion and other criminal business enterpris-
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Keeper is an Obama initiative that aims to empower young minorities. Also attending will be the deputy director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, Marlon Marshall, and an adviser for the office, Heather Foster. The White House says Marshall is a St. Louis native who attended high school with Brown’s mother. The 18-year-old Brown was unarmed when he was shot six times by a Ferguson police officer Aug. 9.
es. Germany’s development minister, Gerd Mueller, on Wednesday suggested that Qatar could also be supporting the group. In a television interview with public broadcaster ZDF, Mueller said it was important to examine who is financing the group, and that “the key word is Qatar.” German
officials quickly tried to smooth over that allegation. Mueller spokeswoman Katharina Maenz told reporters Friday that he had merely been referring to media reports about Qatar’s involvement. Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schafer said German diplomats in the Qatari capital Doha had met with Qatari officials to reassure them that Berlin considers the country a partner and that “if there were misunderstandings then we regret this.” In his statement, al-Attiyah
said the killing of civilians and the forced flight of hundreds of thousands of people threatens both Iraq’s existence and “the peace and security of the entire region.” He called for collective action to end the sectarian violence raging in Iraq and Syria. “There is no single answer but it must include cutting off the flow of funds to support extremist groups throughout the region,” he said. Qatar has also come under fire over its perceived support for Hamas.
White House aides to attend funeral of black teen
EDGARTOWN, Mass. — U.S. President Barack Obama is sending three White House aides to the funeral of Michael Brown, the black man whose fatal shooting by a white police officer sparked days of racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. Leading the group for Monday’s service will be the chairman of the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force, Broderick Johnson. My Brother’s
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FILE- This undated image posted by the Raqqa Media Center, a Syrian opposition group, on Monday, June 30, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State group during a parade in Raqqa, Syria.
Philippine rebels burn light plane, warehouse
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MANILA — Suspected communist guerrillas burned a small plane used for aerial agricultural spraying and a warehouse near an airstrip in the southern Philippines in their latest attack, police said Sunday. At least six New People’s Army rebels disguised as policemen barged into the government-owned Philippine Agricultural Aviation Corp. late Saturday in far-flung Tubay town in Agusan del Norte province and used aviation gas stored in the compound to set a parked single-engine plane ablaze, police Inspector Napoleon Boiser
said. Boiser, who heads the police forces in coastal Tubay, said the gunmen, who identified themselves as communist insurgents, also burned a warehouse and an electric generator after disarming two guards. They took two shotguns before fleeing, Boiser said by phone. The Moist rebels may have launched the attack after failing to extort money from the aviation firm or a foreign-owned banana plantation, which leases the small plane for aerial spraying, Boiser said, adding that it was a challenge to secure the remote town of nearly
22,000 people with his 22-strong police force. The rebels, who have been fighting since 1969 in one of Asia’s longest-running Marxist insurgencies, have escalated attacks against agricultural plantations and mining companies that they accuse of exploiting workers or damaging the environment. The attacks have further dimmed prospects of a resumption of stalled peace negotiations. In contrast, government talks with the largest Muslim rebel group in the country’s south have progressed and led to the signing of a new Muslim autonomy deal in March.
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INDONESIA Widodo clears last hurdle to presidency, reforms
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JAKARTA - With a legal challenge by his rival defeated, Indonesia’s Joko Widodo has swept away the last barrier to the presidency and an ambitious reform agenda after an unlikely rise from his upbringing in a riverside slum. Speaking as aides buzzed around him at Jakarta city hall, the governor of the teeming capital outlined goals including attracting more foreign investment to Southeast Asia’s top economy, and “reviving faith” in corruption-riddled politics. But Widodo, the country’s first leader without deep roots in the era of dictator Suharto, insisted that even when he is the most powerful man in Indonesia, he will still maintain his man-of-the-people approach to governance. “Every day I go to the ground, I go to the people... it is very important to listen to the people,” said the slightly built, softly spoken president-elect, known by his nickname Jokowi. “The people have given us a mandate to govern,” added Widodo, dressed in a traditional Indonesian “batik” patterned shirt. Widodo’s down-to-earth image and fondness for paying impromptu visits to local communities have been key to his huge popularity as Jakarta governor, a role he will give up ahead of his October inauguration. His style, and his background as a self-made furniture exporter, is a break from the past and sets him apart from the aloof political and military elites who have traditionally dominated Indonesian politics. From humble beginnings in a bamboo shack on the main island of Java, he rose rapidly through local politics, and was last month elected president after a battle against Prabowo Subianto, a controversial ex-general with strong links to the
country’s autocratic past. Official results showed Widodo with a decisive victory but Prabowo nevertheless mounted a legal challenge. But with the Constitutional Court deciding in favour of Widodo on Thursday, he can now focus on preparing to take over from outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. One of the 53-year-old’s priorities is improving the notoriously difficult business climate in Indonesia by cutting red tape and improving infrastructure. Foreign investment in Indonesia slipped to its slowest pace for five years in the first quarter of 2014, due to uncertainty ahead of the elections and policies perceived as nationalistic, and has hurt growth, which is also at five-year lows. “We need to ensure that the investment environment in Indonesia is business friendly,” Widodo told AFP earlier this week. He said countries his government would like to target for investment include South Korea, Japan, China and Germany. Steps include making the system for obtaining business permits easier, upgrading the country’s ports, and focusing attention on Indonesia’s electricity network, which is unreli-
able in some parts of the country. Companies complain that to do business they have to get permits from several different ministries, which issue sometimes contradictory messages, and that poor infrastructure makes moving goods around the world’s biggest archi-
pelago nation difficult. Although major firms are keen to shift manufacturing to Indonesia, as wages rise in countries such as China and Vietnam, in the past some have opted for other nations in the region where the environment is seen as more favourable. Another priority for Widodo, seen as a clean leader in a graft-ridden country, is restoring confidence in Indonesia’s young political system. Democracy was ushered in with the downfall of Suharto in 1998, and while many enjoy the new freedoms it has brought, disillu-
sionment is running high with the corrupt class of politicians spawned since then. Pledging not to engage in “transactional politics” -- cutting deals to give people ministerial posts -- he wants to prove politicians can use their positions for the good of the people, and has vowed to champion policies to help the poor and improve welfare. “Indonesians are very, very cynical about politics, they think it is very corrupt. We need to revive their faith,” the president-elect said.
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President-elect Joko Widodo, left, and his running mate Jusuf Kalla pose for photographers during a press conference at his residence in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014.
Search for Spaniards in boat sinking called off Agence France-Presse
JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities called off their search for two Spanish men Saturday, finding no sign of them one week after their tour boat sank in central Indonesia. The boat carrying 25 people departed from the island of Lombok near Bali and was headed east toward Komodo Island, a popular tourist destination, when it hit a reef and later sank in stormy weather on August 16.
The 18 other foreign tourists on board, as well as four Indonesian crew and one guide, survived the horrific ordeal. A team with three rescue boats and three fishing vessels combed the seas around several islands in the area for the final day of the search, to no avail. “We found no sign of the men at all. There are many fishermen in the area looking out for them, and they will continue to do so, even though we’ve ended our official search,” local search and rescue
chief Budiawan, who goes by one name, told AFP. “Of course we’ll come back out if there is any sign of them.” Indonesian authorities were unable to confirm the men’s full names, while Spain’s foreign ministry identified one as 43-year-old lawyer Victor Garcia Montes from Seville, according to Spanish media reports. The two men had been with a group of 10 others who swam some five kilometres (three miles) to the volcanic island of Sangeang.
The 10 reached the island, where some drank their own urine and ate leaves until they were rescued the following day. Another group of 13 people who went out with the vessel’s small lifeboat survived. They had to switch between swimming and sitting from more than 40 hours as the boat could hold only seven at a time. All survivors were treated on the central Indonesian island of Sumbawa. The foreigners rescued were
from New Zealand, Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Italy. Komodo is one of several islands that make up the Komodo National Park, a protected area. Its eponymous lizards are a major tourist attraction that grow up to three metres (10 feet) long and have a venomous bite. Indonesia relies heavily on boats to connect its more than 17,000 islands but has a poor maritime safety record. Boat sinkings involving foreign tourists, however, are rare.
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Kevin Love traded to Cavs, joins LeBron
Echo Beach
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SEMINYAK - Echo Beach is one of famous surfing spot in Bali. It offers the big and powerfull wave that really good for surfing lover. The beatiful panomara of this beach showing the coastel beach with white sand from Seminyak Beach to the west untill Echo Beach. Uniquely, the situation is not crowded as other beaches, it makes the place favorited by mostly foreigners to enjoy surfing and explore the amazing wave. Moreover, it is a romantic beach to see the beauty of sunset. Echo beach is located in Canggu Village, Kerobokan Subdistrict, Badung Regency. To go to this beach, the touris can use motorcyle. It only spends 35 menutes from Airfort Ngurah Rai or 25 menutes from capital city Denpasar. This beach is very strategic surfing points where the location only 5 km from Kuta Beach. Beside that, it is very close with other famous surfing sport like Berawa Beach, Batu Bolong Beach and Pererenan Beach.
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CLEVELAND — Kevin Love is finally teaming up with LeBron James. The Minnesota Timberwolves, Cleveland Cavaliers and Philadelphia 76ers completed a delayed blockbuster trade Saturday that’s been talked about for months and on hold for 30 days. Love, arguably the game’s best power forward, is headed from Minnesota to Cleveland, where he will join James and instantly make the Cavs NBA title favorites. The Timberwolves are getting No. 1 overall pick Andrew Wiggins and former top pick Anthony Bennett from Cleveland and veteran forward Thaddeus Young from Philadelphia. The 76ers get a 2015 first-round draft choice from Cleveland, and guard Alexey Shved and forward Luc Mbah a Moute from Minnesota. A rarely used NBA rule forced the teams to wait to complete the trade until 30 days after Wiggins signed his rookie contract. It’s official now, and Cleveland, which hasn’t had a major pro sports championship since 1964, is poised to make a run at ending the drought. James didn’t waste any time in making Love feel at home. “Welcome to the Land @kevinlove!” the
four-time league MVP posted on his Twitter account. The Cavs and Timberwolves have been discussing a trade involving for Love for months, long before James decided to leave Miami and come back home to Ohio. The deal dragged on through the summer, first because of Cleveland’s unwillingness to include Wiggins in any package, and then due to the 30-day provision. That bit of fine print in the collective bargaining agreement triggered an agonizing wait in both cities, more so in championship-starved Cleveland where generations of fans have longed for the Cavs, Indians or Browns to win it all. Now the league’s best player has another superstar as a running mate. Add in All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving
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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2014, file photo, Minnesota Timberwolves’ Kevin Love (42) shoots against the San Antonio Spurs during the second half on an NBA basketball game in San Antonio.
and James again finds himself the ringleader of a star-studded trio after leaving Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade behind with the Heat. “Kevin joining the Cavaliers represents a very special and unique opportunity for our team,” Cavs general manager David Griffin said in a release. “At only 25, Kevin has already firmly established himself as one the NBA’s elite players and his talent, versatility and fit are major parts of our team’s vision for success.” Love will make James a better player and vice versa. “I’m going to be very excited to have him,” James said at his recent homecoming event in Akron, Ohio. “I don’t really care about the 26 (points) and 12 (rebounds). I care about the basketball IQ. His basketball IQ is very, very high. He’s a great piece.” Love’s arrival caps a spectacular summer for the Cavs, who won just 33 games last season and haven’t been to the playoffs since James left in 2010. Cleveland locked up Irving, last year’s All-Star Game MVP, to a maximum contract extension on the first day of free agency and then James rocked the league by announcing he was returning. Beyond that, Cleveland signed free agents Shawn Marion, Mike Miller and James Jones, veteran players with NBA titles on their resumes. The Cavs have soared from an Eastern Conference also-ran to title favorites in less than two months. Love is coming off of his best season, averaging career highs in points (26.1) and assists (4.4) while grabbing 12.5 rebounds per game and shooting 37.6 percent from 3-point range. But the Wolves finished 40-42, well out of the playoff chase in the demanding Western Conference, and a disenchanted Love had seen enough. He watched the Timberwolves make mistakes with coaching hires, front office hires and in the draft, all of which helped keep the franchise out of the playoffs for the last 10 years. He was infuriated when former team president David Kahn declined to give him a full, five-year max contract two years ago and also grew distant from teammates last season as the team faded down the stretch. Griffin was initially reluctant to include Wiggins, the super-athletic small forward who spent one year at Kansas.
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Petra Kvitova, of the Czech Republic, returns a serve during her 6-4, 6-2 victory over Magdalena Rybarikova, of Slovakia, in the final match of the Connecticut Open tennis tournament in New Haven, Conn., on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014.
Kvitova takes 2nd Connecticut Open title Associated Press
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova appears ready to make a run at her second Grand Slam title this summer. The No. 4 ranked Czech star dominated Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-4, 6-2 Saturday to win the Connecticut Open, her second title in New Haven in the past three years. “That’s something what I need probably, have some matches before (the Open),” she said. “I know last two years I had great run here, but I didn’t have great results in U.S. Open. Still, I mean, I hopefully can make it little bit better.” The No. 4 player in the world also won here in 2012 before losing in last year’s final to Simona Halep. She did not drop a set in New Haven this week as she prepared for next week’s U.S. Open. Kvitova broke Rybarikova’s serve in the sixth game and final game of each set, running her opponent from one side of the court to the other. She sent a backhand
across court on the final point and Rybarikova did not attempt to chase it down. Rybarikova said she injured her right thigh sliding to get to a ball Friday in her semifinal win over Camila Giorgi of Italy and was not sure she would be able to play on Saturday. She grabbed the back of her leg several times while sprinting after Kvitova’s shots, but never called for a trainer. “In the beginning, it was OK, but then it started to be worse and worse,” she said. “It’s tough to play like this against such a great player. But I don’t want to say I lost because of that.” The Czech star was again dominant on her serve and was broken just once, in the ninth game of the match. It was just the third service break she had suffered this week. She also double faulted just 10 times during her four matches. “Last year I play a lot of three setters, not only here,” she said. “I’m just glad that I did it without dropping any sets. I’m just very impressed about that.”
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2 late goals secure Arsenal 2-2 draw at Everton
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LIVERPOOL, England — Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud scored in the final seven minutes as Arsenal recovered to draw 2-2 at Everton in the Premier League on Saturday, avoiding another demoralizing defeat on Merseyside. Giroud headed home the equalizer with 40 seconds left of normal time at Goodison Park, capping a comeback started by Ramsey’s close-range finish in the 83rd. “We had a big test today and at halftime, it was even a bigger test,” Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger said. “We responded well.” Everton was deservedly 2-0 ahead at the break thanks to goals by Seamus Coleman and Steven Naismith and was threatening a repeat of the corresponding fixture last season, when Arsenal was blown away in a 3-0 loss. Arsenal also lost 5-1 at Liverpool just across
Stanley Park. Giroud’s introduction as a halftime substitute invigorated Arsenal, with Everton’s American goalkeeper Tim Howard only called into action once before Ramsey’s goal. “For 70-75 minutes, it was a perfect performance,” said Everton manager Roberto Martinez, whose team conceded a late goal to draw 2-2 with Leicester last weekend. “The first-half display was as dominant as we’ve seen against a top team at Goodison Park for a while.” Arsenal has four points from its first two games after beating
Crystal Palace 2-1 in their opener, when Ramsey scored an injurytime winner. Since the defeat at Everton in April, Arsenal hadn’t lost in eight competitive games — and had won six straight league matches — but its return to Goodison Park proved just as uncomfortable early on. Mesut Ozil and Per Mertesacker made their first starts of the season after being given an extended lay-off after
Zenit extends winning start to 5 games
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MOSCOW — Zenit St. Petersburg extended its winning start to the Russian Premier League season to five matches Saturday, beating Amkar Perm 2-0 to keep the top spot. Zenit received a further boost when defending champion CSKA Moscow lost for the second game running — beaten by Rubin Kazan 2-1. The loss leaves CSKA fifth, six points behind Zenit. In St. Petersburg, Hulk scored his fifth goal in as many league games this season with a fierce shot
on 22 minutes. That came nine minutes after the Brazilian played in midfielder Oleg Shatov to give his team the lead. Despite Zenit’s impressive start to the league season, with 17 goals scored and just two conceded, the St. Petersburg team has yet to face any of Russia’s other major clubs. Of the five teams it has played so far, none finished in the top half last season and three are newlypromoted sides. Three points behind Zenit in second place is Spartak Moscow, which held on for a 2-1 win away to
FC Ufa earlier Saturday. Spartak striker Artyom Dzyuba scored two first-half goals and now leads the scoring charts with six, but Ufa’s Diego Carlos struck back on 74 minutes to ensure a tense finish. Two weeks ago, CSKA was on a league-record 13-game winning streak dating back to last season’s title-winning run, but it is now six points off the pace following its loss to Rubin.
Lippi banned 1 ACL match for confronting referee
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KUALA LUMPUR — Italian coach Marcello Lippi has been provisionally suspended for one match for confronting a referee during his Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande’s 1-0 loss in Sydney to the Western Sydney Wanderers in the Asian Champions League quarterfinals. Lippi, who coached Italy to the World Cup title in 2006, will be banned from sitting in the dugout during Guangzhou’s home leg of the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
The Asian Football Confederation announced the provisional ban Sunday, saying the final decision of its disciplinary committee “will be issued following the completion of a full investigation.” Defending champion Guangzhou finished last Wednesday’s match with nine men after Zhang Linpeng and Goa Lin were sent off in the final minutes, prompting Lippi to charge on to the pitch and confront referee Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed of the United Arab Emirates. Lippi took no questions in his
post-match conference but tried to explain his altercation. “I’m not upset about the match that we lost,” he said through an interpreter. “I know I wasn’t supposed to go on the field but you also watched the match and the two red cards. The first one I didn’t see very clearly but the second one was very close to me so I saw that it was not on purpose. “I’ve been to all the biggest competitions like World Cups, Champions League and I know it was wrong to go in the field.”
winning the World Cup with Germany last month, but they looked way off the pace. Ozil, played out of position on the left wing, lost Coleman for the opening goal, with the right back meeting Gareth Barry’s floated cross with a powerful header into the top corner past Wojciech Szczesny. Coleman was the highest-scoring defender in the Premier League last season with six goals. Arsenal’s defense was exposed minutes later but Kevin Mirallas slid a finish wide when one-on-one with Szczesny, and even worse defending contributed to N a i -
smith’s goal on the stroke of halftime. Romelu Lukaku, playing despite a toe problem, shrugged off Mertesacker in Everton’s half, cruised past a weak challenge by Calum Chambers and sent the ball through for Naismith, who slipped his shot under Szczesny’s legs. Replays showed Naismith was offside when the pass was played. The ineffective Alexis Sanchez, who started as a lone striker, was replaced at halftime by Giroud and the France international gave Arsenal some presence up front. “He knows he is not at his best physically,” Wenger said of Sanchez, who joined from Barcelona during the summer, “but when he is his confidence will come back.” Giroud volleyed over from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s cross and drove a low shot wide in the 67th minute as Everton sat back, happy to protect its lead. Howard then parried away Giroud’s stabbed effort a minute later, Arsenal’s first shot on target. But Ramsey got on the end of Santi Cazorla’s cross to reduce the deficit with his second goal of the season and Giroud outmuscled Sylvain Distin for the equalizer. “The dressing room is sharing a real sense of frustration because we should have six points rather than two,” Martinez said.
Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud kisses his hand after scoring against Everton during the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Arsenal at Goodison Park, in Liverpool, England, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014.
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Manchester United set to sign Real’s Di Maria - reports Reuters
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Real Madrid’s Angel Di Maria from Argentina plays the ball during their friendly soccer match with Fiorentina in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014.
LONDON - Manchester United are close to signing Real Madrid’s Argentina winger Angel Di Maria in a deal that is expected to smash the British transfer record, according to media reports. British newspapers said a move for the 26-year-old is likely to cost more than the 50 million pounds ($82.84 million) Chelsea paid Liverpool for Spain striker Fernando Torres in 2011. Di Maria cost Real 20 million pounds from Benfica in 2010 and he was a key part of the team that won the club’s 10th European Cup last term but he has since fallen out of favour and was omitted from the squad for the Spanish Super Cup this week. The Argentine, who looked strong
in pre-season after suffering a thigh injury in the World Cup quarterfinals which forced him out of the tournament, has turned down a new deal at the Bernabeu having been linked with the Premier League. “Di Maria asked to leave this summer and rejected the option to renew,” Real manager Ancelotti said on Thursday. “We’ll look for the best option for him and if at the end of August he is still here then he will work with us like last season.” The Daily Mail reported that Di Maria had already spoken with United manager Louis van Gaal about his likely role and said he was expected to be given the iconic number seven shirt worn by George Best, Eric Cantona and David Beckham. United declined to comment on the reports.
Malaga beats Bilbao 1-0 Leverkusen beats Dortmund to kick off Spanish league 2-0 in Bundesliga opener Associated Press
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BERLIN — Karim Bellarabi scored the quickest goal in 52 seasons of the Bundesliga to help Bayer Leverkusen beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the opening round on Saturday. Bellarabi scored nine seconds after kickoff, beating the previous record of 11 seconds set by Giovane Elber for Bayern Munich in January 1998, Ulf Kirsten for Leverkusen in March 2002 and Paul Freier for Bochum in May 2003. Hakan Calhanoglu passed the ball to Son Heungmin, who played Sebastian Boenisch through. Boenisch passed to Bellarabi, who eluded Dortmund defender Matthias Ginter and slotted inside the left post from 12 meters. “We did a lot of things very well,” said Leverkusen coach Roger Schmidt after his Bundesliga debut. “We constantly attacked the opponents and stayed very active.” Dortmund’s efforts were frustrated by disciplined defending and intense pressure, particularly in the first half with the visitors tiring in the second. “It was a very scrappy game. There was hardly any space,” Dortmund midfielder Sebastian Kehl said. Leverkusen keeper Bernd Leno made a host of saves to deny the home side a late equalizer, before Bellarabi set up Stefan Kiessling to secure the result in the fifth minute of injury time. “In the end you have to grit your teeth, but when a result like this comes out of it, then it helps you forget the pain,” Kiessling said. Leverkusen holds a 3-2 lead over FC Copenhagen ahead of the home leg of their Champions League qualifier on Wednesday. Earlier, Schalke let a one-goal lead slip by conceding twice in three minutes to lose to Hannover 2-1. Klaas Jan Huntelaar opened the scoring with a tap-in when Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting set him up two minutes into the second half, but Edgar Prib equalized for Hannover in the 67th after a great run and cross from Leonardo Bittencourt. Prib broke quickly three minutes later and set up Joselu for what proved to be the winning goal. “Our plan worked until the 67th minute,” said Schalke coach Jens Keller, whose side crashed out of the first round of
the German Cup after losing to third-division Dynamo Dresden 2-1 on Monday. Also Saturday, promoted Cologne drew 0-0 with visiting Hamburger SV on its return to the Bundesliga after two seasons in the second division. “After 75 goals (conceded) in the previous season, a scoreless draw is good,” said Hamburg coach Mirko Slomka.
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Leverkusen’s Karim Bellarabi celebrates after scoring during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, 2014.
BARCELONA — Malaga held on to beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0 to kick off the Spanish league on Saturday after new coach Javi Gracia’s winning debut was almost spoiled by two of his players earning red cards in a wild finale. Gracia’s first victory with Malaga was followed by positive starts for Valencia manager Nuno Espirito Santo, Espanyol’s former player-turned-manager Sergio Gonzalez and Joaquin Caparros at Granada. A 10-man Valencia salvaged a 1-1 draw at Sevilla with a late goal, while Sergio Garcia scored in stoppage time as a 10-man Espanyol drew 1-1 at Almeria. Granada managed to come from behind to beat visiting Deportivo La Coruna 2-1. Malaga scored in the 34th minute when Luis Alberto converted the rebound from his own penalty after goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz blocked his spot kick. The season opener was far from spectacular, but Malaga’s balanced defense did well to neutralize Bilbao’s talented set of attacking players. “We weren’t brilliant, just efficient,” said Gracia, who took over Malaga after his Osasuna was relegated last season. “We didn’t have possession of the ball, it was theirs. But I think that through 96 minutes we played defense well. We played the last minutes in disadvantage and we kept fighting.”
Roque Santa Cruz earned the penalty to set up Alberto’s winner by poaching Carlos Gurpegui’s backpass and drawing a foul from Iraizoz in the area. Malaga limited Bilbao to Mikel Rico’s header by the far post in the 65th and Guillermo Fernandez’s header into the arms of goalie Carlos Kameni in the 87th. That was until tempers flared near the end, when Malaga lost two players with direct red cards and gave Bilbao its best chance of the match. Sergio “Duda” Barbosa was first sent off for shoving Bilbao’s Iker Muniain to the turf in the 88th, and Vitorino Antunes compounded that error by earning his exit with a dangerous tackle to cut down Fernandez two minutes into stoppage time. Iraizoz came forward in the final minute and thought he had grabbed an unlikely equalizer when he headed into the net, but the referee disallowed the goal because a line judge apparently ruled a Bilbao player offside on the free kick. Even Gracia praised Iraizoz and questioned the referee’s decision to annul the keeper’s goal. “I saw a great goal by Gorka,” said Gracia. “I saw the line judge lift his flag, but I don’t know why.” Bilbao must quickly regroup from its stumble. The Basque club hosts Napoli on Wednesday in the second leg of their Champions League playoff after they drew 1-1 in their first meeting.
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2 late goals secure Arsenal 2-2 draw at Everton
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LIVERPOOL, England — Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud scored in the final seven minutes as Arsenal recovered to draw 2-2 at Everton in the Premier League on Saturday, avoiding another demoralizing defeat on Merseyside. Giroud headed home the equalizer with 40 seconds left of normal time at Goodison Park, capping a comeback started by Ramsey’s close-range finish in the 83rd. “We had a big test today and at halftime, it was even a bigger test,” Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger said. “We responded well.” Everton was deservedly 2-0 ahead at the break thanks to goals by Seamus Coleman and Steven Naismith and was threatening a repeat of the corresponding fixture last season, when Arsenal was blown away in a 3-0 loss. Arsenal also lost 5-1 at Liverpool just across
Stanley Park. Giroud’s introduction as a halftime substitute invigorated Arsenal, with Everton’s American goalkeeper Tim Howard only called into action once before Ramsey’s goal. “For 70-75 minutes, it was a perfect performance,” said Everton manager Roberto Martinez, whose team conceded a late goal to draw 2-2 with Leicester last weekend. “The first-half display was as dominant as we’ve seen against a top team at Goodison Park for a while.” Arsenal has four points from its first two games after beating
Crystal Palace 2-1 in their opener, when Ramsey scored an injurytime winner. Since the defeat at Everton in April, Arsenal hadn’t lost in eight competitive games — and had won six straight league matches — but its return to Goodison Park proved just as uncomfortable early on. Mesut Ozil and Per Mertesacker made their first starts of the season after being given an extended lay-off after
Zenit extends winning start to 5 games
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MOSCOW — Zenit St. Petersburg extended its winning start to the Russian Premier League season to five matches Saturday, beating Amkar Perm 2-0 to keep the top spot. Zenit received a further boost when defending champion CSKA Moscow lost for the second game running — beaten by Rubin Kazan 2-1. The loss leaves CSKA fifth, six points behind Zenit. In St. Petersburg, Hulk scored his fifth goal in as many league games this season with a fierce shot
on 22 minutes. That came nine minutes after the Brazilian played in midfielder Oleg Shatov to give his team the lead. Despite Zenit’s impressive start to the league season, with 17 goals scored and just two conceded, the St. Petersburg team has yet to face any of Russia’s other major clubs. Of the five teams it has played so far, none finished in the top half last season and three are newlypromoted sides. Three points behind Zenit in second place is Spartak Moscow, which held on for a 2-1 win away to
FC Ufa earlier Saturday. Spartak striker Artyom Dzyuba scored two first-half goals and now leads the scoring charts with six, but Ufa’s Diego Carlos struck back on 74 minutes to ensure a tense finish. Two weeks ago, CSKA was on a league-record 13-game winning streak dating back to last season’s title-winning run, but it is now six points off the pace following its loss to Rubin.
Lippi banned 1 ACL match for confronting referee
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KUALA LUMPUR — Italian coach Marcello Lippi has been provisionally suspended for one match for confronting a referee during his Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande’s 1-0 loss in Sydney to the Western Sydney Wanderers in the Asian Champions League quarterfinals. Lippi, who coached Italy to the World Cup title in 2006, will be banned from sitting in the dugout during Guangzhou’s home leg of the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
The Asian Football Confederation announced the provisional ban Sunday, saying the final decision of its disciplinary committee “will be issued following the completion of a full investigation.” Defending champion Guangzhou finished last Wednesday’s match with nine men after Zhang Linpeng and Goa Lin were sent off in the final minutes, prompting Lippi to charge on to the pitch and confront referee Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed of the United Arab Emirates. Lippi took no questions in his
post-match conference but tried to explain his altercation. “I’m not upset about the match that we lost,” he said through an interpreter. “I know I wasn’t supposed to go on the field but you also watched the match and the two red cards. The first one I didn’t see very clearly but the second one was very close to me so I saw that it was not on purpose. “I’ve been to all the biggest competitions like World Cups, Champions League and I know it was wrong to go in the field.”
winning the World Cup with Germany last month, but they looked way off the pace. Ozil, played out of position on the left wing, lost Coleman for the opening goal, with the right back meeting Gareth Barry’s floated cross with a powerful header into the top corner past Wojciech Szczesny. Coleman was the highest-scoring defender in the Premier League last season with six goals. Arsenal’s defense was exposed minutes later but Kevin Mirallas slid a finish wide when one-on-one with Szczesny, and even worse defending contributed to N a i -
smith’s goal on the stroke of halftime. Romelu Lukaku, playing despite a toe problem, shrugged off Mertesacker in Everton’s half, cruised past a weak challenge by Calum Chambers and sent the ball through for Naismith, who slipped his shot under Szczesny’s legs. Replays showed Naismith was offside when the pass was played. The ineffective Alexis Sanchez, who started as a lone striker, was replaced at halftime by Giroud and the France international gave Arsenal some presence up front. “He knows he is not at his best physically,” Wenger said of Sanchez, who joined from Barcelona during the summer, “but when he is his confidence will come back.” Giroud volleyed over from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s cross and drove a low shot wide in the 67th minute as Everton sat back, happy to protect its lead. Howard then parried away Giroud’s stabbed effort a minute later, Arsenal’s first shot on target. But Ramsey got on the end of Santi Cazorla’s cross to reduce the deficit with his second goal of the season and Giroud outmuscled Sylvain Distin for the equalizer. “The dressing room is sharing a real sense of frustration because we should have six points rather than two,” Martinez said.
Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud kisses his hand after scoring against Everton during the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Arsenal at Goodison Park, in Liverpool, England, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014.
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Manchester United set to sign Real’s Di Maria - reports Reuters
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Real Madrid’s Angel Di Maria from Argentina plays the ball during their friendly soccer match with Fiorentina in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014.
LONDON - Manchester United are close to signing Real Madrid’s Argentina winger Angel Di Maria in a deal that is expected to smash the British transfer record, according to media reports. British newspapers said a move for the 26-year-old is likely to cost more than the 50 million pounds ($82.84 million) Chelsea paid Liverpool for Spain striker Fernando Torres in 2011. Di Maria cost Real 20 million pounds from Benfica in 2010 and he was a key part of the team that won the club’s 10th European Cup last term but he has since fallen out of favour and was omitted from the squad for the Spanish Super Cup this week. The Argentine, who looked strong
in pre-season after suffering a thigh injury in the World Cup quarterfinals which forced him out of the tournament, has turned down a new deal at the Bernabeu having been linked with the Premier League. “Di Maria asked to leave this summer and rejected the option to renew,” Real manager Ancelotti said on Thursday. “We’ll look for the best option for him and if at the end of August he is still here then he will work with us like last season.” The Daily Mail reported that Di Maria had already spoken with United manager Louis van Gaal about his likely role and said he was expected to be given the iconic number seven shirt worn by George Best, Eric Cantona and David Beckham. United declined to comment on the reports.
Malaga beats Bilbao 1-0 Leverkusen beats Dortmund to kick off Spanish league 2-0 in Bundesliga opener Associated Press
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BERLIN — Karim Bellarabi scored the quickest goal in 52 seasons of the Bundesliga to help Bayer Leverkusen beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the opening round on Saturday. Bellarabi scored nine seconds after kickoff, beating the previous record of 11 seconds set by Giovane Elber for Bayern Munich in January 1998, Ulf Kirsten for Leverkusen in March 2002 and Paul Freier for Bochum in May 2003. Hakan Calhanoglu passed the ball to Son Heungmin, who played Sebastian Boenisch through. Boenisch passed to Bellarabi, who eluded Dortmund defender Matthias Ginter and slotted inside the left post from 12 meters. “We did a lot of things very well,” said Leverkusen coach Roger Schmidt after his Bundesliga debut. “We constantly attacked the opponents and stayed very active.” Dortmund’s efforts were frustrated by disciplined defending and intense pressure, particularly in the first half with the visitors tiring in the second. “It was a very scrappy game. There was hardly any space,” Dortmund midfielder Sebastian Kehl said. Leverkusen keeper Bernd Leno made a host of saves to deny the home side a late equalizer, before Bellarabi set up Stefan Kiessling to secure the result in the fifth minute of injury time. “In the end you have to grit your teeth, but when a result like this comes out of it, then it helps you forget the pain,” Kiessling said. Leverkusen holds a 3-2 lead over FC Copenhagen ahead of the home leg of their Champions League qualifier on Wednesday. Earlier, Schalke let a one-goal lead slip by conceding twice in three minutes to lose to Hannover 2-1. Klaas Jan Huntelaar opened the scoring with a tap-in when Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting set him up two minutes into the second half, but Edgar Prib equalized for Hannover in the 67th after a great run and cross from Leonardo Bittencourt. Prib broke quickly three minutes later and set up Joselu for what proved to be the winning goal. “Our plan worked until the 67th minute,” said Schalke coach Jens Keller, whose side crashed out of the first round of
the German Cup after losing to third-division Dynamo Dresden 2-1 on Monday. Also Saturday, promoted Cologne drew 0-0 with visiting Hamburger SV on its return to the Bundesliga after two seasons in the second division. “After 75 goals (conceded) in the previous season, a scoreless draw is good,” said Hamburg coach Mirko Slomka.
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Leverkusen’s Karim Bellarabi celebrates after scoring during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, 2014.
BARCELONA — Malaga held on to beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0 to kick off the Spanish league on Saturday after new coach Javi Gracia’s winning debut was almost spoiled by two of his players earning red cards in a wild finale. Gracia’s first victory with Malaga was followed by positive starts for Valencia manager Nuno Espirito Santo, Espanyol’s former player-turned-manager Sergio Gonzalez and Joaquin Caparros at Granada. A 10-man Valencia salvaged a 1-1 draw at Sevilla with a late goal, while Sergio Garcia scored in stoppage time as a 10-man Espanyol drew 1-1 at Almeria. Granada managed to come from behind to beat visiting Deportivo La Coruna 2-1. Malaga scored in the 34th minute when Luis Alberto converted the rebound from his own penalty after goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz blocked his spot kick. The season opener was far from spectacular, but Malaga’s balanced defense did well to neutralize Bilbao’s talented set of attacking players. “We weren’t brilliant, just efficient,” said Gracia, who took over Malaga after his Osasuna was relegated last season. “We didn’t have possession of the ball, it was theirs. But I think that through 96 minutes we played defense well. We played the last minutes in disadvantage and we kept fighting.”
Roque Santa Cruz earned the penalty to set up Alberto’s winner by poaching Carlos Gurpegui’s backpass and drawing a foul from Iraizoz in the area. Malaga limited Bilbao to Mikel Rico’s header by the far post in the 65th and Guillermo Fernandez’s header into the arms of goalie Carlos Kameni in the 87th. That was until tempers flared near the end, when Malaga lost two players with direct red cards and gave Bilbao its best chance of the match. Sergio “Duda” Barbosa was first sent off for shoving Bilbao’s Iker Muniain to the turf in the 88th, and Vitorino Antunes compounded that error by earning his exit with a dangerous tackle to cut down Fernandez two minutes into stoppage time. Iraizoz came forward in the final minute and thought he had grabbed an unlikely equalizer when he headed into the net, but the referee disallowed the goal because a line judge apparently ruled a Bilbao player offside on the free kick. Even Gracia praised Iraizoz and questioned the referee’s decision to annul the keeper’s goal. “I saw a great goal by Gorka,” said Gracia. “I saw the line judge lift his flag, but I don’t know why.” Bilbao must quickly regroup from its stumble. The Basque club hosts Napoli on Wednesday in the second leg of their Champions League playoff after they drew 1-1 in their first meeting.
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SEMINYAK - Echo Beach is one of famous surfing spot in Bali. It offers the big and powerfull wave that really good for surfing lover. The beatiful panomara of this beach showing the coastel beach with white sand from Seminyak Beach to the west untill Echo Beach. Uniquely, the situation is not crowded as other beaches, it makes the place favorited by mostly foreigners to enjoy surfing and explore the amazing wave. Moreover, it is a romantic beach to see the beauty of sunset. Echo beach is located in Canggu Village, Kerobokan Subdistrict, Badung Regency. To go to this beach, the touris can use motorcyle. It only spends 35 menutes from Airfort Ngurah Rai or 25 menutes from capital city Denpasar. This beach is very strategic surfing points where the location only 5 km from Kuta Beach. Beside that, it is very close with other famous surfing sport like Berawa Beach, Batu Bolong Beach and Pererenan Beach.
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CLEVELAND — Kevin Love is finally teaming up with LeBron James. The Minnesota Timberwolves, Cleveland Cavaliers and Philadelphia 76ers completed a delayed blockbuster trade Saturday that’s been talked about for months and on hold for 30 days. Love, arguably the game’s best power forward, is headed from Minnesota to Cleveland, where he will join James and instantly make the Cavs NBA title favorites. The Timberwolves are getting No. 1 overall pick Andrew Wiggins and former top pick Anthony Bennett from Cleveland and veteran forward Thaddeus Young from Philadelphia. The 76ers get a 2015 first-round draft choice from Cleveland, and guard Alexey Shved and forward Luc Mbah a Moute from Minnesota. A rarely used NBA rule forced the teams to wait to complete the trade until 30 days after Wiggins signed his rookie contract. It’s official now, and Cleveland, which hasn’t had a major pro sports championship since 1964, is poised to make a run at ending the drought. James didn’t waste any time in making Love feel at home. “Welcome to the Land @kevinlove!” the
four-time league MVP posted on his Twitter account. The Cavs and Timberwolves have been discussing a trade involving for Love for months, long before James decided to leave Miami and come back home to Ohio. The deal dragged on through the summer, first because of Cleveland’s unwillingness to include Wiggins in any package, and then due to the 30-day provision. That bit of fine print in the collective bargaining agreement triggered an agonizing wait in both cities, more so in championship-starved Cleveland where generations of fans have longed for the Cavs, Indians or Browns to win it all. Now the league’s best player has another superstar as a running mate. Add in All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving
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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2014, file photo, Minnesota Timberwolves’ Kevin Love (42) shoots against the San Antonio Spurs during the second half on an NBA basketball game in San Antonio.
and James again finds himself the ringleader of a star-studded trio after leaving Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade behind with the Heat. “Kevin joining the Cavaliers represents a very special and unique opportunity for our team,” Cavs general manager David Griffin said in a release. “At only 25, Kevin has already firmly established himself as one the NBA’s elite players and his talent, versatility and fit are major parts of our team’s vision for success.” Love will make James a better player and vice versa. “I’m going to be very excited to have him,” James said at his recent homecoming event in Akron, Ohio. “I don’t really care about the 26 (points) and 12 (rebounds). I care about the basketball IQ. His basketball IQ is very, very high. He’s a great piece.” Love’s arrival caps a spectacular summer for the Cavs, who won just 33 games last season and haven’t been to the playoffs since James left in 2010. Cleveland locked up Irving, last year’s All-Star Game MVP, to a maximum contract extension on the first day of free agency and then James rocked the league by announcing he was returning. Beyond that, Cleveland signed free agents Shawn Marion, Mike Miller and James Jones, veteran players with NBA titles on their resumes. The Cavs have soared from an Eastern Conference also-ran to title favorites in less than two months. Love is coming off of his best season, averaging career highs in points (26.1) and assists (4.4) while grabbing 12.5 rebounds per game and shooting 37.6 percent from 3-point range. But the Wolves finished 40-42, well out of the playoff chase in the demanding Western Conference, and a disenchanted Love had seen enough. He watched the Timberwolves make mistakes with coaching hires, front office hires and in the draft, all of which helped keep the franchise out of the playoffs for the last 10 years. He was infuriated when former team president David Kahn declined to give him a full, five-year max contract two years ago and also grew distant from teammates last season as the team faded down the stretch. Griffin was initially reluctant to include Wiggins, the super-athletic small forward who spent one year at Kansas.
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Petra Kvitova, of the Czech Republic, returns a serve during her 6-4, 6-2 victory over Magdalena Rybarikova, of Slovakia, in the final match of the Connecticut Open tennis tournament in New Haven, Conn., on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014.
Kvitova takes 2nd Connecticut Open title Associated Press
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova appears ready to make a run at her second Grand Slam title this summer. The No. 4 ranked Czech star dominated Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-4, 6-2 Saturday to win the Connecticut Open, her second title in New Haven in the past three years. “That’s something what I need probably, have some matches before (the Open),” she said. “I know last two years I had great run here, but I didn’t have great results in U.S. Open. Still, I mean, I hopefully can make it little bit better.” The No. 4 player in the world also won here in 2012 before losing in last year’s final to Simona Halep. She did not drop a set in New Haven this week as she prepared for next week’s U.S. Open. Kvitova broke Rybarikova’s serve in the sixth game and final game of each set, running her opponent from one side of the court to the other. She sent a backhand
across court on the final point and Rybarikova did not attempt to chase it down. Rybarikova said she injured her right thigh sliding to get to a ball Friday in her semifinal win over Camila Giorgi of Italy and was not sure she would be able to play on Saturday. She grabbed the back of her leg several times while sprinting after Kvitova’s shots, but never called for a trainer. “In the beginning, it was OK, but then it started to be worse and worse,” she said. “It’s tough to play like this against such a great player. But I don’t want to say I lost because of that.” The Czech star was again dominant on her serve and was broken just once, in the ninth game of the match. It was just the third service break she had suffered this week. She also double faulted just 10 times during her four matches. “Last year I play a lot of three setters, not only here,” she said. “I’m just glad that I did it without dropping any sets. I’m just very impressed about that.”
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Qatar hits back at claims it backs Islamic State
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DUBAI — The Gulf nation of Qatar is hitting back at suggestions that it supports the Islamic State extremist group, saying that “determined, collective action” is needed to end sectarian violence gripping Iraq and Syria. The energy-rich OPEC member has come under renewed scrutiny over its ties to militants, including the Palestinian Hamas and Syrian rebel groups. A German official last week suggested that Qatar may also play a role in funding the Islamic State group, which is fighting in Iraq and Syria and was behind the recent beheading of American journalist James Foley. Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah unequivocally denied funding the extremist group. “Qatar does not support extremist groups, including ISIS, in any way,” he said in an emailed statement dated Saturday, using an alternative name for the group. “We are repelled by their views, their violent methods and their ambitions. The vision of extremist groups for the region is one that we have not, nor will ever,
support in any way.” Qatar was one of the first Middle Eastern countries to condemn Foley’s murder, saying it was “a heinous crime that goes against all Islamic and humanitarian principles, as well as international laws and conventions.” The tiny Gulf emirate has supported Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. The Islamic State group is battling Assad’s forces, but it has also clashed with other rebel groups that don’t embrace its extreme interpretation of Islam. The group has carved out a selfdeclared Islamic state, or caliphate, taking in wide expanses of territory on both sides of the Syria-Iraq border. Experts say the group generates at least some of its funding from kidnapping, extortion and other criminal business enterpris-
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Keeper is an Obama initiative that aims to empower young minorities. Also attending will be the deputy director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, Marlon Marshall, and an adviser for the office, Heather Foster. The White House says Marshall is a St. Louis native who attended high school with Brown’s mother. The 18-year-old Brown was unarmed when he was shot six times by a Ferguson police officer Aug. 9.
es. Germany’s development minister, Gerd Mueller, on Wednesday suggested that Qatar could also be supporting the group. In a television interview with public broadcaster ZDF, Mueller said it was important to examine who is financing the group, and that “the key word is Qatar.” German
officials quickly tried to smooth over that allegation. Mueller spokeswoman Katharina Maenz told reporters Friday that he had merely been referring to media reports about Qatar’s involvement. Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schafer said German diplomats in the Qatari capital Doha had met with Qatari officials to reassure them that Berlin considers the country a partner and that “if there were misunderstandings then we regret this.” In his statement, al-Attiyah
said the killing of civilians and the forced flight of hundreds of thousands of people threatens both Iraq’s existence and “the peace and security of the entire region.” He called for collective action to end the sectarian violence raging in Iraq and Syria. “There is no single answer but it must include cutting off the flow of funds to support extremist groups throughout the region,” he said. Qatar has also come under fire over its perceived support for Hamas.
White House aides to attend funeral of black teen
EDGARTOWN, Mass. — U.S. President Barack Obama is sending three White House aides to the funeral of Michael Brown, the black man whose fatal shooting by a white police officer sparked days of racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. Leading the group for Monday’s service will be the chairman of the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force, Broderick Johnson. My Brother’s
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FILE- This undated image posted by the Raqqa Media Center, a Syrian opposition group, on Monday, June 30, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State group during a parade in Raqqa, Syria.
Philippine rebels burn light plane, warehouse
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MANILA — Suspected communist guerrillas burned a small plane used for aerial agricultural spraying and a warehouse near an airstrip in the southern Philippines in their latest attack, police said Sunday. At least six New People’s Army rebels disguised as policemen barged into the government-owned Philippine Agricultural Aviation Corp. late Saturday in far-flung Tubay town in Agusan del Norte province and used aviation gas stored in the compound to set a parked single-engine plane ablaze, police Inspector Napoleon Boiser
said. Boiser, who heads the police forces in coastal Tubay, said the gunmen, who identified themselves as communist insurgents, also burned a warehouse and an electric generator after disarming two guards. They took two shotguns before fleeing, Boiser said by phone. The Moist rebels may have launched the attack after failing to extort money from the aviation firm or a foreign-owned banana plantation, which leases the small plane for aerial spraying, Boiser said, adding that it was a challenge to secure the remote town of nearly
22,000 people with his 22-strong police force. The rebels, who have been fighting since 1969 in one of Asia’s longest-running Marxist insurgencies, have escalated attacks against agricultural plantations and mining companies that they accuse of exploiting workers or damaging the environment. The attacks have further dimmed prospects of a resumption of stalled peace negotiations. In contrast, government talks with the largest Muslim rebel group in the country’s south have progressed and led to the signing of a new Muslim autonomy deal in March.
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INDONESIA Widodo clears last hurdle to presidency, reforms
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JAKARTA - With a legal challenge by his rival defeated, Indonesia’s Joko Widodo has swept away the last barrier to the presidency and an ambitious reform agenda after an unlikely rise from his upbringing in a riverside slum. Speaking as aides buzzed around him at Jakarta city hall, the governor of the teeming capital outlined goals including attracting more foreign investment to Southeast Asia’s top economy, and “reviving faith” in corruption-riddled politics. But Widodo, the country’s first leader without deep roots in the era of dictator Suharto, insisted that even when he is the most powerful man in Indonesia, he will still maintain his man-of-the-people approach to governance. “Every day I go to the ground, I go to the people... it is very important to listen to the people,” said the slightly built, softly spoken president-elect, known by his nickname Jokowi. “The people have given us a mandate to govern,” added Widodo, dressed in a traditional Indonesian “batik” patterned shirt. Widodo’s down-to-earth image and fondness for paying impromptu visits to local communities have been key to his huge popularity as Jakarta governor, a role he will give up ahead of his October inauguration. His style, and his background as a self-made furniture exporter, is a break from the past and sets him apart from the aloof political and military elites who have traditionally dominated Indonesian politics. From humble beginnings in a bamboo shack on the main island of Java, he rose rapidly through local politics, and was last month elected president after a battle against Prabowo Subianto, a controversial ex-general with strong links to the
country’s autocratic past. Official results showed Widodo with a decisive victory but Prabowo nevertheless mounted a legal challenge. But with the Constitutional Court deciding in favour of Widodo on Thursday, he can now focus on preparing to take over from outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. One of the 53-year-old’s priorities is improving the notoriously difficult business climate in Indonesia by cutting red tape and improving infrastructure. Foreign investment in Indonesia slipped to its slowest pace for five years in the first quarter of 2014, due to uncertainty ahead of the elections and policies perceived as nationalistic, and has hurt growth, which is also at five-year lows. “We need to ensure that the investment environment in Indonesia is business friendly,” Widodo told AFP earlier this week. He said countries his government would like to target for investment include South Korea, Japan, China and Germany. Steps include making the system for obtaining business permits easier, upgrading the country’s ports, and focusing attention on Indonesia’s electricity network, which is unreli-
able in some parts of the country. Companies complain that to do business they have to get permits from several different ministries, which issue sometimes contradictory messages, and that poor infrastructure makes moving goods around the world’s biggest archi-
pelago nation difficult. Although major firms are keen to shift manufacturing to Indonesia, as wages rise in countries such as China and Vietnam, in the past some have opted for other nations in the region where the environment is seen as more favourable. Another priority for Widodo, seen as a clean leader in a graft-ridden country, is restoring confidence in Indonesia’s young political system. Democracy was ushered in with the downfall of Suharto in 1998, and while many enjoy the new freedoms it has brought, disillu-
sionment is running high with the corrupt class of politicians spawned since then. Pledging not to engage in “transactional politics” -- cutting deals to give people ministerial posts -- he wants to prove politicians can use their positions for the good of the people, and has vowed to champion policies to help the poor and improve welfare. “Indonesians are very, very cynical about politics, they think it is very corrupt. We need to revive their faith,” the president-elect said.
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President-elect Joko Widodo, left, and his running mate Jusuf Kalla pose for photographers during a press conference at his residence in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014.
Search for Spaniards in boat sinking called off Agence France-Presse
JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities called off their search for two Spanish men Saturday, finding no sign of them one week after their tour boat sank in central Indonesia. The boat carrying 25 people departed from the island of Lombok near Bali and was headed east toward Komodo Island, a popular tourist destination, when it hit a reef and later sank in stormy weather on August 16.
The 18 other foreign tourists on board, as well as four Indonesian crew and one guide, survived the horrific ordeal. A team with three rescue boats and three fishing vessels combed the seas around several islands in the area for the final day of the search, to no avail. “We found no sign of the men at all. There are many fishermen in the area looking out for them, and they will continue to do so, even though we’ve ended our official search,” local search and rescue
chief Budiawan, who goes by one name, told AFP. “Of course we’ll come back out if there is any sign of them.” Indonesian authorities were unable to confirm the men’s full names, while Spain’s foreign ministry identified one as 43-year-old lawyer Victor Garcia Montes from Seville, according to Spanish media reports. The two men had been with a group of 10 others who swam some five kilometres (three miles) to the volcanic island of Sangeang.
The 10 reached the island, where some drank their own urine and ate leaves until they were rescued the following day. Another group of 13 people who went out with the vessel’s small lifeboat survived. They had to switch between swimming and sitting from more than 40 hours as the boat could hold only seven at a time. All survivors were treated on the central Indonesian island of Sumbawa. The foreigners rescued were
from New Zealand, Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Italy. Komodo is one of several islands that make up the Komodo National Park, a protected area. Its eponymous lizards are a major tourist attraction that grow up to three metres (10 feet) long and have a venomous bite. Indonesia relies heavily on boats to connect its more than 17,000 islands but has a poor maritime safety record. Boat sinkings involving foreign tourists, however, are rare.
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Yellen signals uncertainty about a rate increase
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GIANYAR - Traffic congestion in Ubud tourist area has become a protracted issue. Congestion also increases following an increase in tourist arrivals. In addition, the lack of awareness of road users and the lack of parking space also aggravate the congestion in Ubud. Ubud known as a cultural tourism is feared to become a tourist area with a ‘traffic jam’ culture.
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JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming — If anyone thought Janet Yellen might clarify her view of the U.S. job market in her speech here Friday, the Federal Reserve chair had a message: The picture is still hazy. Fed support in the form of ultra-low rates and that inflation has yet to become a concern. “The assessment of labor market slack is rarely simple and has been especially challenging recently,” Yellen said at the conference, which the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City sponsors each year at a lodge beside the majestic Grand Tetons. Yellen invoked language the Fed has used that record-low short-term rates will likely remain appropriate for a “considerable time” after the Fed stops buying bonds to keep long-term rates down. The bond buying is set to end this fall. Yellen stressed that the Fed’s rate decisions will be dictated by the economy’s performance. Repeating language from an appearance before Congress in July, Yellen said that if the economy improved faster than expected or if inflation heated up, rates could rise sooner. But she also said that if the economy underperformed, the Fed could delay its first rate hike. In a separate speech, Mario Draghi, head of the European Central Bank, said the ECB was prepared to do more to boost the shaky recovery in the 18 nations that use the euro. But he said governments
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Traffic congestion in Ubud tourist area has become a protracted issue. Congestion also increases following an increase in tourist arrivals.
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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, left, and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi speak during the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wyo. Friday, Aug. 22, 2014.
must coordinate efforts to reduce persistently high unemployment. The ECB has cut rates and offered cheap loans to banks and
is considering asset purchases to pump more money into Europe’s economy. Draghi told the Jackson Hole conference that “we stand
ready to adjust our policy stance further” if needed. But he offered no guidance on when such help might come.
Ice bucket challenge may change nonprofit world
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NEW YORK — The ice bucket challenge’s phenomenal success is making other charitable organizations rethink how they connect with a younger generation of potential donors. Since the ALS Association began tracking the campaign’s progress on July 29, it has raised more than $53.3 million from 1.1 million new donors in what is one of the most viral philanthropic social media campaigns in history. Thousands of people, including celebrities like Taylor Swift and Oprah Winfrey, have posted videos of themselves getting buckets of ice
water dumped over their heads and challenging others to do the same — or donate money to The ALS Association, which raises money for Lou Gehrig’s disease research and assistance. The ice bucket challenge has shown it’s OK to be silly for a good cause, says Brian Mittendorf, a professor at the Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, who teaches courses in nonprofit finance. “Normally the model is to find people who are passionate about a cause and then ask for donations or to educate people and then seek out donations. (The ice bucket challenge is) something that’s fun that
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Though the unemployment rate has steadily dropped, Yellen suggested that other gauges of the job market have become harder to assess and may reflect persistent weakness. These include many people jobless for more than six months, millions working part time who want full-time jobs and weak pay growth. Yellen offered no clarity on the timing of the first interest rate increase, which most economists still expect by mid-2015. Investors had been anticipating any firmer sign from Yellen about whether an improving economy might prompt the Fed to act sooner than expected to start raising rates. She instead offered further uncertainty. Damage inflicted by the Great Recession had complicated the Fed’s ability to assess the U.S. job market and made it harder to determine when to adjust rates, Yellen said. “Uncertainty is the key word,” said Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Economics. “Yellen is not about to leap from the fence at the next (Fed) meeting.” Yellen said that for now, a broad assessment of the job market suggests that the economy still needs
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people can do ... people are taking part in it and then taking the info and donating.” The viral nature of the effort surprised even The ALS Association. “This level of unprecedented giving is (something) I don’t think this country has seen before outside of a disaster or emergency,” said ALS Association spokesperson Carrie Munk. “We had no idea it would get to this point.” Who should get credit for making this a viral sensation depends on whom you ask. Some say it began earlier this month when friends of a 29-year-old Boston man with ALS, a neurodegenerative disease that
affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, did a group challenge. It’s also demonstrated that the average Joe or Jane can make waves. “One of the big take-aways is the power of individuals who are so tightly connected to a cause can really make a difference,” Munk said. “I’m pretty sure that if any company or any nonprofit had all of the public relations dollars in the world to come up with a campaign, we never would’ve seen this kind of success.” Lucretia Gilbert, executive director of The Pink Agenda, which raises money for breast cancer
research and awareness, believes it will encourage other nonprofits to get creative on social media. The effort comes at a time when private groups are searching for new ways to raise dollars in the wake of tighter federal government spending on basic medical research, including on diseases like ALS. The National Institutes of Health is spending about $30 billion this year, money that is divided in a highly competitive process to scientists around the country, and the world, to pursue what are deemed the most promising leads to understand various diseases and to find new targets to fight them.
As information gathered, the congestion in Ubud often occurred from 1:00 p.m. till 4:00 p.m. From that time span, the peak occurred at 3:00 p.m. One of the causes of the congestion problem was that many employers of restaurants, kiosks and stalls along the main road in Ubud did not have a parking lot for visitors. Likewise, they did not have parking space for their employees. As a result, part of the road body is filled with vehicles whose parking time reaches eight hours. “Yes, we have no option where to park. My workplace does not have a special parking space,” said a restaurant employee in Ubud, Sudita. In addition, violations against traffic signs often occurred as well. Many traffic signs starting from the location near the Astina Square Ubud, in front of the market, in front of the palace and the office of the headman were often violated. Similarly, less disciplined drivers often dropped off passengers carelessly, especially in front of the market and the palace. Based on data from the officers, at least there were 30 large buses transited around the center of Ubud tourism each day so that they caused congestion. The Head of Gianyar Transportation, Informatics and Communications Agency, Cokorda Gde Agusnawa, when asked for his confirmation via telephone on Friday (Aug 22) said with regard to congestion in the Ubud area the government had made some efforts to overcome it. Results of the study indicated if the congestion problem in Ubud was driven by various factors. In addition to alternative roads, the congestion problem also occurred due to the lack of parking space. “On the whole, traffic congestion happens when students are leaving school as well as by the afternoon because half of the road body is used as a parking space,” he said. Further, his party had started to develop a parking space as a solution to congestion in Ubud, especially at some points around Ubud town. “Provision of parking space has been started to be worked on. I will explain it further in the office,” he said. To that end, the Transportation Agency had looked for a number of solutions where in the future it would require a shared commitment of all parties where in this case the government was not alone. Awareness of the public, community leaders to tourism players was required to discuss about the problem together because in the future it was required the appropriate traffic masterplan. “For the long term, it must be prepared an alternative by considering new land for parking space and roads,” he said. (kmb35)
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Tobacco land area of farmer diminishes Bali Post
SINGARAJA - Increased production costs of tobacco farming causes the land area of tobacco cultivation in Buleleng this year to diminish. Based on data from the Indonesian Tobacco Farmers Association (APTI) of Buleleng, the decrease in the land area reached 400 hectares. The tobacco farming area in Buleleng actually reached 800 hectares to 1,000 hectares per year. Due to increased production costs, the land area then diminished to 400 hectares. The matter of land was not in line with the market price of tobacco in the year 2014 whose selling price had increased compared to last year’s price. It was revealed by the Secretary General of the APTI Buleleng, Agung Adnyana, that the increase in the price of LPG was one of the reasons why farmers dissuaded to grow tobacco. For the process of drying tobacco, farmers should use the 50-kg LPG. Of course, this condition made the production costs to rise by 25 percent. “Before the planting season, the price of LPG was rumored to reach IDR 800,000, but this week there was certainty if the price was IDR 655,000, only increased by IDR 1,000 from last year. If farmers plant now, it is definitely too late because they should have started planting in July,” said Agung having profession in tobacco farming. He added that such condition caused the land to get displaced and only a few tobacco farmers worked on their land. Then, their land was dominantly planted with crops and paddy. Said Agung, farmers thought realistically to earn a good income. Production cost of tobacco farming was high enough and for two hectares of land they needed at least IDR 114 million. “We are just still focusing on the cultivation of tobacco where Buleleng is one of the best tobacco producers. This year, if the season permits we will immediately coordinate to tobacco supplier companies in order that farmers can survive to plant tobacco,” he said. (kmb34)
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Increased production costs of tobacco farming causes the land area of tobacco cultivation in Buleleng this year to diminish.
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According to the Division Head of the Certification and Customer Services, the Agency of Drug and Food Control (BBPOM) of Denpasar, Desak Ketut Andika Andayani, child snacks needed special attention from all parties, especially parents and teachers because the snacks commonly on sale at school canteen and outside school began to be contaminated by bacteria. The microorganism contained in the snack should be alerted, not the hazardous substance. In Bali, particularly Denpasar, the hazardous substance such as Rhodamine B, formaldehyde, borax and methanyl yellow could have been minimized in food considering the BBPOM had regularly made an inspection to empower the community and make sampling test to child snacks. “It can be said that the presence of hazardous substances in child snacks has been minimal,” she revealed. But today, we need to be aware of the microorganism contamination due to trader contamination and the hands of the children themselves. Microorganism could grow in open air and then contaminated the food. There was great possibility for bacterial contamination occurred during the food processing. Moreover, during the time of sale the food was usually left open. “In addition, bacteria are also found in ice cubes,” she explained. According to Desak Andika, ice cubes commonly bought by ice
trader were made from raw water. She advised people, especially food traders, to be more careful in buying raw food ingredients such as ice cubes. “It would be very nice if buying ice cubes having owned POM label,” she added. Then, the focus of observation was directed to traditional snacks like jaja begina and jaja uli because in the batter of the traditional snacks was recently discovered the use of hazardous coloring agent. This happened due to in particular areas, especially at villages, the food coloring was still hard to find. The bacterial contamination could have an impact on digestive disorders (diarrhea). When left unchecked, it would lead to dehydration for children. With special tips, people could more easily identify a healthy food. For example, it could be observed from the sanitation of traders, surrounding environment and the color of food. (may)
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DENPASAR - Government Regulation No.61/2014 on Reproductive Health having been signed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) reaped various reactions. It happened because the regulation also set forth that abortion could be performed by a woman with a medical emergency reason or reason of rape. Meanwhile, in Hinduism murdering babies in the womb could have the same sins as murdering a Brahmin. Chairman of the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) of Bali, Gusti Ngurah Sudiana, when asked for his comment on Saturday (Aug 23) related to the Government Regulation No. 61/2014 on Reproductive Health that legalized abortion on the grounds of medical emergency or rape reason said that Hinduism expressly prohibited the abortion for any reason. Concept of Hinduism always prioritized a balance and purified babies remaining in the womb. “Abortion with any reason is considered sinful in Hinduism so that it must be avoided,” he said. He explained that aborting baby in Hinduism was called brunaha. Such an
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Iran says no need for UN to revisit military site Associated Press
TEHRAN — Iran’s defense minister on Saturday said there was no need for U.N. nuclear inspectors to pay another visit to the Parchin military site, where the country is suspected of having tested components used in nuclear weapons. Gen. Hossein Dehghan was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying the IAEA had already been to the site southeast of Tehran and carried out tests there. “Besides, they have accepted that nothing happened in Parchin,” he said.
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The snacks and cookies are being displayed in a shop. Child snacks needed special attention from all parties, especially parents and teachers.
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action was judged to be equally sinful as ending the life of a Brahmin (holy man). “Brunaha or aborting baby in the womb is considered to have the same sin as killing a Brahmin,” he explained. He did not deny that women whose life was at risk during childbirth were often preferred. However, the legalization of abortion for rape victims as set forth in the Government Regulation No. 61/2014 was considered excessive. A baby whose birth was not desired by its mother could be adopted by others who had not owned any baby. “An accident victim should not feel ashamed, it can be adopted as a foster child,” he added. Meanwhile, an academician of religious studies, I Made Adi Surya Pradnya, said the scripture Manawa Dharma Sastra mentioned eight kinds of marriage. Three of them were disgraceful marriage, namely the Pisaca Wiwaha (marriage after being raped), Asura Wiwaha (marriage due to witchcraft) and Raksasa Wiwaha (marriage after being abducted). “For those getting married due to these three reasons will have children who do not want to study the Vedas,” he said. (kmb35)
Proliferating city hotels at rural areas disrupt home stay Bali Post
DENPASAR - The presence of city hotel in tourism areas such as Denpasar, Badung and Gianyar increasingly proliferates. Even, the construction of city hotel tends to progressively expand to rural areas. More severely, the expansion of the city local disrupts local businessmen and community-based social economy activities getting involved in home stay business. Unfortunately, so far there is no firm stance taken by the government on this issue. “City hotel chiefly in Denpasar and Gianyar chiefly in Ubud increasingly proliferates and has expanded to countryside. Even, it has adverse impact on the businesses managed by residents in the form of home stay. This must be addressed immediately,” said Chairman of Commission IV of the Bali House in charge of education, health, tourism and others, Nyoman Parta, in Denpasar, Friday (Aug 22). This Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician from Gianyar added there had been two city hotels particularly at Ubud village. In the future, it was feared to continuously emerge due to weak regulation and supervision by local government. The existence of city hotel proliferating in rural areas would weaken people’s economy at the villages. Large employers came to villages and seized the economic opportunities that so far
were worked on by local businessmen and the SMEs running the home stay business. “Large employers come to village and make a budget hotel or city hotel that will bring in a negative impact on the economic growth in the surrounding communities. In the long run, the existing home stay will be unable to compete because the room rate offered by city hotels was nearly the same as the rates offered by home stay. In other words, the city hotels reduce the room rate and take the market share of home stay,” he said. In the condition of growing concern, said Parta, regional leader was required to take a firm stance by issuing policies to protect small business community. Regional leader was expected to have courage when issuing a policy of prohibiting and rejecting the city hotel development. “If possible, the city hotel development should not be allowed at villages. This must become the decisive action by regional leader. Unluckily, so far there is no decisive action. Apparently it happens due to negligence,” he said. In case that city hotel development could not be stopped, the government through the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) of Bali was expected to set up its existence and provide a clear benchmark, like the matter of price setting offered by city hotel. (kmb29)
He added that Iran would not make its nuclear scientists available to the inspectors. Tehran has in the past charged the agency with leaking information that led to the assassination of scientists. Inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog have visited Parchin in the past but want to go back. Iran denies it has ever pursued nuclear weapons at Parchin, insisting it is a conventional military site. Iran has vowed to cooperate with the IAEA as part of talks with world powers aimed at reaching a lasting agreement on its nuclear program. Western nations have long suspected Iran of pursuing a nuclear weapons capability alongside its civilian program and have imposed crippling sanctions, which Iran now hopes to see lifted in exchange for curbing its nuclear activities.
Iran insists it has never worked on nuclear arms, describing such allegations as based on false intelligence from Israel, as well as the U.S. and its Western allies. At the same time, Iran has been guarded when it comes to military matters, fearing that information about its conventional capabilities could be leaked to Israel or the U.S., both of which have threatened to take military action if necessary to prevent it from getting a nuclear weapon. Earlier this month Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani told visiting IAEA head Yukia Amano that Iran’s long-range missile program will not be part of the nuclear talks. Iran inaugurated a new plant on Saturday to convert a type of uranium into a material that cannot be used to make nuclear weapons,
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In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, right, speaks during an annual meeting of Iranian ambassadors as Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif listens, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014.
part of an interim accord reached with world powers last November, IRNA reported. The report quoted Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s nuclear
agency, as saying that the plant will convert uranium hexafluoride, which can be used to make nuclear weapons and fuel, into uranium dioxide, which can only be used
in reactors. The plant is located in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, the report said. Iran has a nuclear power plant in the southern port of Bushehr that went online in 2011.
China executes 8 convicted on terrorism charges Protesters against brown coal form human chain Associated Press
BEIJING — China has executed eight
people convicted on terrorism charges in the restive western region of Xinjiang, including three men authorities say were behind
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In this photo taken Thursday, July 17, 2014, Uighur women in loose, full-length garments and headscarves associated with conservative Islam visit a market in the city of Aksu in western China’s Xinjiang province.
a deadly attack in the heart of Beijing in which an SUV plowed through a crowd, state media reported. Last year’s attack, in which the driver died alongside his mother and wife as passengers as well as three bystanders, was a sign that the violence the government blames on ethnic Uighur (pronounced WEE’-gurs) separatists was spilling out of the far western region — home to the Muslim, Turkic minority. The others who were put to death were convicted of attacking police stations, bomb making, murder and arson, the governmentrun Tianshan Net news portal reported Saturday evening. The report did not say when the executions took place. Beijing has blamed the deadly unrest on terrorism with overseas ties, but human rights groups say the Uighurs are suffering from repressive policies and practices. All eight people executed had Uighur-sounding names. China has promised to strike hard against attacks in Xinjiang after scores of people were killed earlier this year. Authorities have vowed swift actions and severe punishments, but Uighur rights groups have said the harsh measures would only further alienate the minority people and cause more resentment.
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BERLIN — Several thousand people have formed a human chain across the German-Polish border to protest the expansion of open-cast mining for brown coal in the region. Organizers said more than 7,500 people linked up in an 8-kilometer ( 5-mile) chain between Kerkwitz, Germany, and Grabice, Poland — two villages that activists fear will be evacuated to make way for further brown coal mines, also known as lignite. Some of Saturday’s demonstrators waded into the Neisse river, which divides the two countries, as part of the chain. The leaders of Germany’s opposition Green party were among those attending the protest. Both coal and lignite, which is decried as a dirty fuel by environmentalists, play a significant part in the energy mix of both Germany and Poland.
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HAVANA — There’s no rice, beans or fried plantains at Havana’s newest private restaurant. You can order a minty mojito, but it’ll come mixed with vodka instead of the traditional white rum. The waiters speak Russian, and patrons are expected to order in that language if they want to get served. But don’t worry, the menus at this retro-Soviet restaurant come with translations and pronunciation guides for the non-initiated. Nazdarovie, which is named for the popular Russian toast and opened Friday, is all about Slavic fare like bowls of blood-red borscht and stuffed Ukrainian varenyky dumplings, hand-rolled in the back by “babushkas” who were born in the former Soviet Union but have long called Cuba home. It’s a nod to nostalgia for the island’s Soviet ties during the Cold War, a time when Moscow was Havana’s main source of trade and aid and hundreds of thousands of Cubans traveled to the Soviet bloc as diplomats, artists and students. “For most of them it was the first time they ever left this island. They have nostalgia about their time there, about the flavors they experienced for the first time,” said Gregory Biniowsky, a 45-year-old Canadian of Ukrainian descent who dreamed up Nazdarovie and launched it with three Cuban partners. “The idea with Nazdarovie is re-
ally to celebrate a unique social and cultural link that existed and to a certain degree still exists today between Cuba of 2014 and what was once the Soviet Union,” said Biniowsky, a lawyer and consultant who has lived in Havana for two decades. The collapse of the Soviet bloc largely ended the Havana-Moscow connection and sent Cuba into an economic tailspin. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin has talked recently of renewing the relationship. He made a state visit last month, Russian navy ships periodically dock in Havana’s harbor and Cuba has backed Russia in its dispute over Ukraine. Occupying the third story of a historic building on the seafront Malecon boulevard, Nazdarovie is an homage to the old country. Behind the bar, Russian nesting dolls and a bust of Lenin perch next to bottles of high-end vodka. Reproductions of Soviet propaganda posters line one wall in an attempt to spark conversation among customers sitting at a long communal table. About the only sign of the tropics is the million-dollar terrace view of Havana’s skyline and the Straits of Florida.
NEGARA - Officials from Bali’s provincial district of Jembrana have met with Toshiaki Mori, deputy chairman of the Japanese Industrial Promotion Institute of Yamaguchi, to discuss sewage treatment. “Indeed, one of our fish processing plants is using the sewage treatment technology in Jembrana, but we wish for better technology, such as an integrated sewage treatment system,” said Jembrana regent I Putu Artha on Saturday. According to Putu, in meeting with Toshiaki Mori, his group also talked about waste management, including the handling of plastics. “The Japanese company is ready to help if we need technology in handling sewage treatment and waste management,” the regent stated. Jembrana has initiated a plan to launch waste banks program in the community and schools, said Putu. “In the schools, we directed students to save garbage, which they gather in the school environment,” Putu explained. Putu said, after the first meeting, that Bali officials will visit Japan to observe sewage treatment systems.
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In this Aug 20, 2014 photo, guests eat at the new restaurant Nazdarovie during its pre-launch dress rehearsal in Havana, Cuba. Nazdarovie, which is named for the popular Russian toast and opened Friday, is a nod to nostalgia for the island’s Soviet ties during the Cold War.
Vegas’ storied Sahara casino reborn, transformed for “Style, Luxury, Service” — opened Saturday with midnight LAS VEGAS — That’s no fireworks and a party for 3,600 mirage. The Las Vegas Strip has guests as the Strip’s tired north end continues to enjoy a postrecession renaissance. Nearby, visitors will notice that an end of the Strip long associated with empty lots, low-budget motels and frozen construction cranes is expanding once again. A Malaysian conglomerate has announced plans to fold the half-finished Echelon casino into an Asian-themed Resorts World Las Vegas. Australian casino giant Crown Resorts has purchased land where the New Frontier casino once stood. An open-air concert venue set to house the massive Rock in Rio USA music festival next spring is in the works. “Global gaming companies AP Photo/John Locher with deep pockets are investing In this photo taken on Aug. 20, 2014, a man walks through the in the north end of the Strip,” said Life Nightclub in the SLS Las Vegas in Las Vegas. The hotel Michael Paladino, a Fitch Ratings and casino, formally known as the Sahara, has gone through analyst. extensive renovations is scheduled to open this weekend. A new chapter in Vegas life Associated Press
a new casino in business on the foundations of the old Sahara. A $415 million pleasure palace called the SLS Las Vegas — short
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is replacing memories of the Moroccan-themed Sahara, which once hosted Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and the Beatles. Its owners shuttered the 59-year-old casino in 2011 after years of keeping only one of its three hotel towers open and hawking rooms for $1 per night over Twitter. Everything from the slot-machine chairs to the camel lamps were auctioned off in a fire sale. “There were some dark days,” said Sam Bakhshandehpour, president of Los Angeles-based SBE, which owns many hotels, nightclubs and restaurants as well as the SLS. “But we held on.” While $415 million may sound like a lot, it’s not for Vegas. A typical Strip casino overhaul includes a dramatic implosion of the old building, but SBE kept the Sahara skeleton. This meant the work cost about one-tenth of what a groundup rebuild would have. The casino floor is back, but it’s smaller and spills into the same
trendy restaurants that SBE develops in Southern California. This restaurant-centric focus looks like a winner. Analysts say Las Vegas visitors have awakened from their recession slumber less inclined to gamble, but hungry for fine food. They’ll find it at celebrity chef Jose Andres’ Bazaar Meat, gourmet burger joint Umami and The Griddle Cafe, a Los Angeles staple whose largerthan-life pancakes attract epic lines for Saturday brunch. Rooms starting at around $100 a night are airy and modern, with white sofas under windows, mirrors on walls and over the bed, and whimsical details such as monkey prints on the ironing boards. The battered Vegas economy remains an undeniable feature of the Sahara’s SLS rebirth. Bakhshandehpour says they received 117,000 applications for 3,400 positions. “It was absolutely humbling,” he said.
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Jembrana facing sewage problem and asks Japan to help. Officials from Bali’s provincial district of Jembrana have met with Toshiaki Mori, deputy chairman of the Japanese Industrial Promotion Institute of Yamaguchi, to discuss sewage treatment.
Large, medium manufacturing industries grow 4.15 percent Antara
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Large-and medium-sized manufacturing industries in Bali province grew 4.15 percent in the second quarter of this year, up 0.89 percent from 3.26 percent in the same period last year.
DENPASAR - Large-and medium-sized manufacturing industries in Bali province grew 4.15 percent in the second quarter of this year, up 0.89 percent from 3.26 percent in the same period last year. “The significant growth is higher than the national growth of 2.34 percent,” head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) office in Bali province Panusunan Siregar said on Saturday. He said the policy to develop manufacturing industries should be aimed at answering global economic challenges and anticipating rapid environmental changes. Noting that competition in the export market had become a new perspective for all countries, he said the focus and strategy of developing industries in the future should be directed towards improving their
competitive edge. Therefore, he added the province needed to make breakthroughs to develop sustainable manufacturing industries capable of producing products of high quality to withstand fierce competition in the global market. He said the development of large-, and medium-sized manufacturing industries in Bali was much influenced by the rising prices of raw materials which posed a problem for export-oriented industries. The industries included beverage and textile industries which grew by minus 8.63 percent and 4.38 percent respectively, he said In addition, the increases in the prices of liquified petroleum gas (LPG), provincial minimum wages and electricity tariffs had prompted large-and medium-sized industries to set prices higher than the normal average, he said.
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SEMARAPURA - Waste problem in the area of Klungkung is apparently never out of the highlight of the Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta. Recently, the regent from Lembongan, Nusa Penida, highlighted the waste problem in the area of Semarapura Klod Kangin village, Klungkung. He still found rubbish spilling out of temporary disposal (TPS) having been provided. It also included the clogging rubbish in the dead river so that when it rained the water could not flow smoothly. conditions, Regent Suwirta assessed the sanitation in the river did not work. “The drain and watershed are closed. As a result, the sanitation did not work,” said Regent Suwirta. Seeing such conditions, the regent immediately instructed his staff in this case the Public Works to make an assessment as soon as possible. So, the clogged drain and watershed could be revived to flow the water. “Yes, we do hope the clogged drain and watershed can be normalized,” he said. Meanwhile, related to the existing temporary disposal,
Regent Suwirta said that his party would relocate it to the more extensive area in the east considering it was no longer able to accommodate the volume of waste from the surrounding residents. According to the regent, it was required a shared commitment in handling the waste problem and repairing the infrastructure. To improve the infrastructure, it would be required a study so that it would be beneficial forever. “The best solution is that we need to fix this infrastructure together,” said Suwirta. (119)
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The closing ceremony of the Sanur Village Festival 2014 was held on Jalan Danau Toba, infront of Shankara Resto, Sanur. The artists performed a beautiful dance and attarcted teh attention many spectator including foreign tourists.
JEMBRANA - Cumulative amount of HIV/AIDS patients in Jembrana tends to increase from year to year. Until 2014, a total of 523 people living with HIV/AIDS belong to the men that remain in the productive age. Data of the AIDS Mitigation Commission (KPA) of the Jembrana Health Agency indicate that people living with HIV/AIDS from 2005 until the end of July 2014 amounted to 523. Of the total amount, 381 people have suffered AIDS and 142 others have been declared positive to HIV. Meanwhile, of that amount, 236 have died. In the meantime, the cumulative amount up to April 2014 totally amounted to 505 people. Most of them or 70 percent belonged to productive age namely in the range 15 to 40 years old. The Head of Jembrana Health Agency, I Putu Suasta, said on Thursday (Aug 21) that of the total amount, averagely six people were reported to
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Interestingly, the waste problem at Semarapura Klod Kangin was found by the regent while doing cleanup mutual assistance with the employees in the rank of the Klungkung government, Friday (Aug 22). Accompanied by the Head of Klungkung Public Works AA Ngurah Agung and Headman of Semarapura Klod Kangin Dewa Widiantara, the regent monitored every point that possibly could clog. Moreover, the blockage was caused by the amount of rubbish and the debris of trees cut in the river. Seeing such
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suffer the disease every month. In terms of transmission, it had also spread to the five subdistricts in Jembrana. According to Suasta, the increasing trend of the figures also indicated the increased public awareness to have medical checkup through the Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) service. The VCT had also scattered in 13 community health centers in Jembrana and the Negara Hospital. But on the other hand, the new cases still emerged just like an iceberg. The visible cases were only at the surface, without the awareness of the public it was difficult to detect. KPA had regularly provided counseling and reminded the public, including the sufferers, of having a healthy sexual behavior, never changing partners, using of contraception and living a healthy behavior. Of the five subdistricts in Jembrana, Negara subdistrict is reported to have the most cases namely 167 people. Meanwhile, Pekutatan subdistrict is categorized to have a few cases reaching 20 people. (kmb26)
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SEMINYAK - Harris Warming Party themed Samba Brazillia marked the grand opening of Harris Hotel Seminyak, Friday (Aug 8). During the event was announced the best 6 of photo hunt winners in the Black and White Photo Hunt competition themed Seminyak-A Blend of Cultures in April 2014. The General Manager Sebastien Menesguen, some staffs and media partner also attended to join the event. Sebastien Menesguen said Harris Hotel Seminyak with the tagline Experience the Lifestyle of Seminyak is equipped with good facilities, professional service and friendly staffs. ”I am very excited with the opening of HARRIS Hotel Seminyak, as it is a fast growing area of tourist. Here, we are confident that we can be the perfect place for travelers in exploring the destination,” revealed Sebastien Menesguen.
Harris Hotel Seminyak is located in the heart of Seminyak, a popular tourism spot on the island. It is only few steps away to boutiques, art galleries, restaurants, bars and the popular Seminyak Beach. It offers 231 modern minimalist style rooms, five meeting rooms with capacity up to 80 people, 3 swimming pools, 1 kid’s pool, Flying Pool, Harris Café, Juice Bar, Harrisimo Pizza, DJ Lounge, Dino Kids Club, H-Spa & Happy Feet, Reflexology, Boutique and free buggy to the Harris beach. Harris Hotel Seminyak is an interesting choice to experience the uniqueness of Seminyak lifestyle. Moreover, the 15th Harris hotel under Tauzia Hotel Management is known with the casual style of the Harris Players (Harris staffs). It is also well known with the fun dance named Harris Move in which the choreography and dynamic performance can give a cheerful heart to the Harris fans (the guests).
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Calendar Event for August 9 through September 23, 2014 9 Aug Tumpek Kandang Pura Puseh Gianyar Pura Luhur Dalem Segening Kediri Tabanan Pura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang 10 Aug Purnama Sasih Karo Pura Gelap Besakih Pura Dangkahyangan Tabanan Pura Candi Goro Tianyar Kubu Karangasem 13 Aug Buda Cemeng Menail Pura Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Pura Puseh Manakaji Peninjoan Tembuku Bangli Pura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal Mengwi Pura Taman Limut Mas Ubud 14 Aug Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 15 Aug Hari Bhatara Sri 19 Aug Hari Anggara Kasih Prebakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa Klungkung Pura Tirtha Sudamala Bebalang Bangli Pura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sawan Buleleng Pura Gunung Pengsong Lombok Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar Pura Tengah Tegalalang Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Pupuan Tabanan Pira Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Pagan Denpasar Pura Hyanghaluh/Jenggala Besakih Pura Tengkulak Siyut Tulikup Gianyar Pura Taman Sari Ubud Pura Batu Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Dalem Guliang Bangli Pura Pasek Dangka Guwang Sukawati Pura Hyang Ayung Pabean Ketewel
Pura Penataran Badung Muntig Karangasem 20 Aug Pura Kawitan Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak Siring Pura Rambut Siwi Jembrana Pura Batu Bolong Canggu Kuta Pura Pasek Marga Klaci Tabanan Pura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru Negara Pura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan Buleleng Pira Pasek Tangkas Dharma Reang Gede Tabanan Pura Desa Banyuning Buleleng Pura Srijong Tabanan Pura Pucak Mundi Nusa Penida Pura Kahyangan Jagat Kancing Gumi Bali Petang Serongga Kelod Gianyar Pura Penataran Dalem Pencar Mas Ubud 21 Aug Pura Ida Bhatara Sakti Wawu Rauh Kali Anget Seririt Buleleng 3 Sep Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Pulasari Peninjoan Bangli Pura Pasek Gelgel Kaba-Kaba Tabanan Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Desa Kahyangan Tiga Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Taro Tegalalang 9 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok NTB Pura Kawitan Gajah Arya Para Tianyar kubu Karangasem Pura Padharman Arya Telabah Besakih Pura Bukit Mentik Batur Kintamani Pura Dadya Agung Pasek Salahin Suwat Gianyar 10 Sep Pura Dangkahyangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli
13 Sep Tumpek Wayang dan Kajengkliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit Jembrana Bhatara Ratu Gede Celuk Gianyar Pura Bhatara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Panti Gelgel Sesetan Denpasar Bhatara Ratu Alit dan Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Pamerajan Agung Dawan Klungkung Pura Padarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Besakih Pura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura Jala Shidi Amerta Juanda Surabaya 17 Sep Buda Cemeng Klawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Cemenggaon Gianyar Pura Penataran Ped Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Gelgel Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Jawa Tengah Buleleng Pura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Tegeh Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan Klungkung Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Pura Ida Ratu Puncak Pameneh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Sad Kahyangan Penida Nusa Penida Pura Jati Ubud Gianyar Pura Melanting Ubud Gianyar Pura Dalem Ped Nusa Penida Pura Penataran Agung Karangasem 19 Sep Hari Bhatara Sri 23 Sep Tilem Sasih Ketiga Dan Anggara
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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Hollywood stars light up TV, reverse is lacking Agence France-Presse
LOS ANGELES - Television is increasingly opening its doors to Hollywood stars, as Monday’s Emmy Awards will attest, but TV royalty still struggle to make the transition to the silver screen.
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Emmy nominees onstage at the Television Academy’s 66th Emmy Awards Performance Nominee Reception at the Pacific Design Center on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, in West Hollywood, California.
Seasoned actors Matthew McConaughey, Kevin Spacey, Jon Voight, Jeff Daniels and Woody Harrelson are all nominated this year for Emmys after having built much of their careers in film. McConaughey, a favorite to win a lead actor Emmy for his role in HBO crime drama “True Detective,” is riding high after winning an Academy Award for last year’s “Dallas Buyers Club.” “House of Cards” hero/villain Spacey already has two Oscar statuettes. Voight, nominated for Showtime’s “Ray Donovan,” won a best actor Oscar a generation ago, while Harrelson (“True Detective”) is a two-time Oscar nominee. For them, having a go in a successful broadcast or cable series adds gritty prestige to their glittering careers. But cross-pollination in the other direction has proven more difficult. Heart-throb George Clooney, who shot from the show “ER” into the Hollywood mega-star firmament, “was the last one who really did it,” said Glenn Williamson, a professor at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. In contrast, though Jennifer Aniston parlayed her “girl next door” appeal from hit show “Friends” into several big-screen roles, the 1990s comedy’s other stars have had stunted success in the transition. The same holds true for stars of more recent TV mega-hits like “Desperate Housewives” and “Lost.” Some stars have thrived on television with-
out ever becoming bankable in Hollywood: Julianna Margulies, David Duchovny and Robin Wright are among those who earned numerous film roles but never won the accolades there that came with TV. Kerry Washington, praised as much for her role in Quentin Tarantino’s movie “Django Unchained” as for TV’s “Scandal,” is in that small clique of actors comfortably navigating between the two worlds. Another is Claire Danes, who hit it big as teen Angela Chase in 1990s series “My So-Called Life.” She followed up with a number of roles in Hollywood films like “Romeo + Juliet” and “Shopgirl” before returning to television with a bang as the troubled star of Showtime thriller “Homeland.”
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DENPASAR - Bank Indonesia (BI) now prohibits any transactions conducted by businessmen and travelers in Indonesia, including in Bali, by using dollar currencies. It is in accordance with the Law No. 7/2011 on currency laws.
Elizabeth Hurley takes the reigns in ‘The Royals’ Associated Press
LONDON — Move over Helen Mirren, there’s a new queen in town — Elizabeth Hurley. The English actress is on the British throne for new E! drama series “The Royals,” playing the fictional Queen Helena, a sharply dressed mother of three grooming her son to be king and dealing with public opinion. It’s the E! Channel’s first foray out of reality TV into scripted drama. Hurley reckons that fans of “Gossip Girl and “Dynasty” will enjoy the decadent lifestyles of these tabloid-friendly royals. Talking recently with The Associated Press on the set in east London, Hurley was in glittering jewels and a cream ball gown on the royal private jet — a hint of how the show will focus on lavish parties, international summits and secret romances. “There’s no correlation at all between Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and my Queen Helena,” Hurley explained. “If Princess Diana, for example, had become queen of England, that would be a more similar age group.” Hurley, in fact, claimed that real royalty have it easier than celebrities. “The royal family have a lot more
privacy behind their closed doors than other actors or politicians have because we don’t have the resources that they have to keep us private,” she noted. William Moseley, best known for playing Peter in “The Chronicles of Narnia” films, takes on the role of Prince Liam — the second son thrown into the spotlight after the death of his brother.
Australian actress Alexandra Park stars as the wild Princess Eleanor and Merritt Patterson as Liam’s American love interest. “It’s like (if) Prince Harry was thrown into being the next King of England,” Mosley explained. The show is still filming and is set to be broadcast in early 2015.
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A customer exit a money changer after exchanging money. Bank Indonesia (BI) now prohibits any transactions conducted by businessmen and travelers in Indonesia, including in Bali, by using dollar currencies. It is in accordance with the Law No. 7/2011 on currency laws.
“All transactions in the country must use the rupiah currency. It must be changed because it belongs to domestic transaction, including the buyers and the sellers. Indeed Bali is a tourist area, but nonetheless all the transactions should be made in rupiah,” said Senior Deputy Governor of BI, Mirza Adityaswara. According to him, there were still quite a lot of transactions conducted in the country using non-rupiah currency. Pursuant to the Law, all the transactions in Indonesia should be made in rupiah currency. To that end, the government was expected to participate in supervising the transactions using foreign exchanges. “Travelers must exchange first their money into rupiah. Businesses have also to put the prices in rupiah. At this time, the rupiah exchange rate against the U.S. dollar can be categorized to be fairly stable. Moreover, Balinese people whose livelihood much gets in touch with tourism, I think the current rate is good enough for Bali,” he said. If there were problems about exchange rate, he said, it could be adjusted. Up to these days, the rupiah exchange rate against dollar was fairly stable. After the election, it was still relatively competitive. Exports and imports were also competitive. It meant that the transaction did not have to use dollar, especially for payment to domestic products. Using foreign exchange currency would result in an increase in the demand for foreign currencies that should not be necessary. Policies using rupiah in domestic transactions had been set forth in the Currency Law and it had been equipped with criminal sanctions. “Transactions in the country do not need to use dollar, even the employers should ask for payment in rupiah. This policy has criminal sanction as set forth in the Currency Law, if it is not mistaken the sanction is one-year penalty,” he said. Previously, Bank Indonesia had released a new banknote with the denomination of IDR 100,000 with emission year of 2014 and used of phrase the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia that could make people love rupiah currency more. The Representative Office Head of Bank Indonesia for Region III Bali-Nusra, Benny Siswanto, said that on the rupiah banknote was affirmed the philosophical significance of the rupiah as a symbol of state sovereignty that should be respected and made all the Indonesian citizens proud. “Thus, it is obligatory to all Indonesian citizens to use rupiah in every transaction at home, including in remote areas and outer regions of Indonesia, so that in turn the rupiah is expected to be parallel to the major currencies of the world,” he said. (kmb27)