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Gosling wrote emasculating lines for movie scene

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — When it comes to conjuring up the most mean-spirited insults a mother could hurl at her son, leave it to Ryan Gosling. In his latest film, “Only God Forgives,” the Canadian actor plays a drug-smuggling mama’s boy. In one scene, his character is humiliated by his mother at dinner after he brings a hooker, posing as his girlfriend, to meet mom — played by Kristin Scott Thomas. Gosling said the embarrassments heaped on his character — including comments about his anatomical shortcomings — weren’t originally in the script.

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“She had to emasculate me and so she asked me to help, which I thought was funny. We just worked together and I told her all the things that she could say to me that would be sort of castrating,” Gosling said, smiling. “She has that whole crazy rant.” The actress said while it was fun to play the villainous character, the darkness in her soul was “debilitating and wears you down.” And then there’s the dinner scene. “All I can remember was there was these huge pages and pages of words, and some of them were very, very difficult to say,” Scott Thomas said. “He (Gosling) came up with that dialogue, believe me.” Scott Thomas said it takes a certain type of actor to be able to handle some of the more sensitive comments hurled at his character. “You can rely on him. He’s not going to flake. He’s not going to suddenly stop being in the scene. He’s not going to judge you by the way you’re interpreting something,” Scott Thomas said of Gosling, adding: “To have somebody that I could completely rely on to be there and not kind of laugh ... was sort of helpful.”

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Korean War foes gather in NKorea to remember war

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77 dead in worst Spanish train crash in decades

FILE - This March 10, 2013 file photo shows Canadian actor Ryan Gosling posing for a portrait in New York.

Bullock, Clooney to open 70th Venice Film Festival Associated Press Writer

Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File

ROME — The techno-thriller “Gravity” starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts stranded in outer space will open the 70th Venice Film Festival. Terry Gilliam’s “The Zero Theorom” starring Christoph Waltz and Matt Damon, and Jonathan Glazer’s “Under the Skin” featuring Scarlett Johansson are among 20 films — five by U.S. directors — vying for the coveted Golden Lion. “Gravity” is among 17 films showing out of competition. The lineup for the world’s oldest film festival, announced Thursday, includes film by three Oscar-winning directors: Hayao Miyazaki with an animated film about a Japanese fighter plane designer, Poland’s Andrzej Wajda with a movie depicting the life of Solidarity leader Lech Walesa and Errol Morris with the documentary about former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP festival runs from August Sandra Bullock

Spain train crash Dozens killed on Wednesday

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Train carrying 222 people hurtled off the tracks on Wednesday as it was about to enter the station Santiago de Compostela

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A picture taken on July 24, 2013 shows derailed cars at the site of a train accident near the city of Santiago de Compostela. Between 45 and 50 people died when a train derailed in Galicia in northwestern Spain today, the president of the regional government of Galicia said. The train which carried 238 passengers originated in Madrid and was bound for the northwestern town of Ferrol.

Agence France-Presse SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA - A train hurtled off the tracks in northwest Spain killing at least 77 passengers and injuring more than 140, an official said Thursday, the country’s deadliest rail disaster in more than 40 years. Four carriages overturned in the smash late Wednesday, smoke billowing from the wreckage, as bodies were lain out under blankets along the tracks. The carriages piled into each other and folded up like an accordion. One was ripped apart by the force of the crash, one of its ends pushed up into the air. Several witnesses spoke of a loud explosion. “I was at home and I heard something like a clap of thunder, It was very loud and there was lots of smoke,” said 62-year-old Maria Teresa Ramos, who lived just metres from where the accident happened. “It’s a disaster, people are crying out. Nobody has ever seen anything like this,” she added.

Her neighbour Martin Rozas, 39, helped pull the wounded from the wreckage and laid blankets over the dead. “It was like an earthquake,” he said. The accident happened at 8:42 pm (1842 GMT) Wednesday as the train carrying 218 passengers and four staff was about to enter Santiago de Compostela station in the northwestern region of Galicia. It marks the worst rail accident in Spain since 77 people were killed in 1972 in a derailment in Andalusia in the south. In 1944, hundreds were killed in a crash also between Madrid and Galicia. Rescue workers recovered 73 bodies from the train’s wreckage and four more victims died later in hospital, a

spokesman for the Galicia high court said Thursday, increasing an earlier toll figure. A total of 143 people were said to have various injuries. The train had left Madrid and was heading for the town of Ferrol as the Galicia region was preparing celebrations in honour of its patron saint James. A witness told radio Cadena Ser that carriages overturned several times on a bend and came to a halt piled up on each other. Public television TVE said the train may have derailed because it was speeding at the time of the accident but a spokesman for state railway company Renfe said it was too soon to say what caused the accident. “There is an investigation underway and we have to wait. We will know what the speed is very soon when we consult the train’s black box,” a Renfe spokesman said. The train was the Alvia model which is able to adapt between high-speed and normal tracks.

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Friday, July 26, 2013

Bali News

Pastika denies to have received bribery from investors Denpasar (Bali Post)—

After intense public highlights over the allegation of conspiracy, bribery and corruption indication in the issuance of decree permit on the Reclamation at Benoa Bay, Governor of Bali Made Mangku Pastika began to speak. Public suspected there was bribery and flow of funds from investors to Mangku Pastika and Ketut Sudikerta (Pasti-Kerta package) for the gubernatorial election campaign in May 2013 and the Decree on the reclamation permit issued on December 26, 2012 as a political guarantee to investors. However, when met after chairing the meeting on the evaluation of the development execution of the first semester and implementation of the activity program in the second quarter of 2013 in the Wisma Sabha, the office of Governor of Bali at Renon, Wednesday (Jul 24), he firmly denied to have received bribes from investors related to the issuance of reclamation permit at Benoa Bay. When asked if he knew or got involved in the bribery allegation related to the issuance of the reclamation permit, Pastika firmly denied. “Nothing is like that,” he said. Similarly, when asked whether he also received money from investors for the campaign of Bali gubernatorial election in May 2013, Pastika again denied. “No, I did not (receive any bribes from investor for the campaign—Ed). I received nothing,” affirmed Pastika where in the Bali election he put up with Ketut Sudikerta. Previously, (Bali Post, Jul 23), Ketut Sudikerta also denied to have received any bribes or money from investors related to the reclamation plan. He confirmed that his party did not receive money for the sake of the

gubernatorial election campaign from any investors. “What kind of money is it? Since I did not see and was never informed, then I’m sure there is no flow of such kind of fund. To be frankly, there is no flow of funds from any investor,” affirmed Sudikerta. According to him, all the funds used in winning the campaign for the Pasti-Kerta package were entirely obtained from donation by all cadres in the coalition. “I’ve never heard about it (flow of funds to the campaign of Pasti-Kerta— Ed). Similarly, I do not know, either,” he added. Meanwhile, when asked about how far he knew about the reclamation plan, Sudikerta even admitted not to know anything about the reclamation plan to Benoa Bay. “I

do not know about the reclamation. So, I cannot give more comments about it,” said Sudikerta. However, the man doubling as Chairman of the Golkar Party of Bali Chapter confirmed if he had summoned the Golkar Faction in the Bali House to explain about the process and the development of reclamation plan at Benoa Bay. “Earlier (Wednesday—Ed), I have summoned the faction. I requested it to explain about the reclamation, both the process and the development. Pursuant to the explanation given by the faction, the reclamation currently remains in initial assessment or pre-feasibility study. So, it has not accomplished yet. Just wait for the final study,” said Sudikerta doubling as Deputy Regent of Badung. (kmb29)

Bringing explosives, fisherman captured Negara (Bali Post)-

Two fishermen expected to have brought explosives including threads to be usedfinding fishes captured by police last Tuesday (23/7) afternoon in Gilimanuk shorea. Information stated feom locals that one of the fisherman have been using bombs for fishing. The two were captured when about to go fishing using traditional boat. Ef (39) from Arum Area had the fish bombs equip-

ments, cathing fishes equipment and diving goggle along wih IW alias Soni (26) were all captured. Accused stated they received the bombs rrom M who lives at Wumberkima, Gerokgak, Buleleng. The responsible is now being searched by policewhile accused housesinvestigated. The bomb was made from Urea, black powder and potassium mixed in a bottle complete

eith its thread which now have been confiscated by gilimanuk Brimob Detasemen C Pelopor. Head of Jembrana Police Public Relation, APC Wayan Setiajaya stated the case is being developed. A number of accused colleagues stated that Soni comes from Madura and works as crafter yet when not much order he would go fishing. The colleague thinks he just learned to dive while looking for fishes. (kmb26)

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Charity concert at Hard Rock Hotel Bali Bali land sold off, artists protest Gianyar (Bali Post)—

A number of artists from different communities in Bali gathered to make critic action to the seller of Bali’s land. Young artists coalesced into some communities criticized the behavior of society and the government officials that were selling off the land of Bali. The criticism expressed through scarecrow festival and concert entitled ‘Bali Not for Sale’ was held at Saren hamlet, Ubud. Unfortunately, the social care action undertaken by the group of artists was hampered by licensing procedures in police authority. “We are still awaiting the issuance of the license by police authority,” said Chairman of the Committee, Pande Putu Setiawan, Wednesday (Jul 24). The activity used as contemplation of Balinese community was organized on the area of 4,000 square meters at Subak Uma Pacung, Junjungan hamlet, Ubud. While waiting for the clarity of the license from police authority, the organizer had designed a fun walk exploring the overlay of paddy fields, photography exhibition with the theme of paddy field, scarecrow contest and music festival. All the activities were graced by the artists from Sanggar Dewata Indonesia, Komunitas Anak Alam, Sanggar Anak Tangguh, Ubud Musicians, Masyarakat Luden House and SID musicians. The scarecrow festival took place on

July 21 to 28. Many tourists came to see the Scarecrow Festival presenting 30 scarecrows. Visitors also claimed to be apprehensive after hearing the background of the activity. At the moment, many lands of Bali had been sold. The apprehensiveness would be showed off in the form of documentary film later on. “So far, visitors coming to Bali are assessed to be a commonplace, whereas they are also very sad to see the current condition of Bali,” he explained. A land owner, Gede Suanda ‘Sayur’, 31, said the refusal to the selling of Bali’s land had been carried out since three years ago. The rice field belonging to his family having been surrounded by villa accommodations was posted with a signpost saying Not for Sale. Such an action was not necessarily intended to reject the tourism development. However, his party would support the tourism without having to remove the paddy fields that had been sought by tourists on their holidays in Bali. Tourism policies by the government, according to the painter graduating from the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Yogyakarta, should not set aside the rice fields. Government should preserve the existence of rice field. Villas and other business establishment should have the overlay of paddy fields to safeguard the future of Bali. (kmb16)

Governor Pastika will not revoke the decree on reclamation permit Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Amidst the rejection to the reclamation plan and insistence of Balinese community components in order that the decree on the permit of Benoa Bay reclamation issued by Governor of Bali to be revoked, Governor Pastika instead showed off different attitudes, even it was contrary to the developing aspirations so far. He affirmed not to revoke the decree because the issued decree could not be revoked. Such confirmation was conveyed after chairing a working meeting on the development evaluation program of the first semester and implementation of the activity program in the second quarter of 2013 at Wisma Sabha, in the office of the Governor of Bali, Wednesday (Jul 24). When asked whether he would revoke the decree on the Benoa Bay reclamation permit as urged by a number of Balinese community components, Pastika initially showed off unclear stance. “Yes, it depends,” he argued. When urged if many people criticized the issuance of the decree because it had infringed many laws and regulations so

that it was legally flaw and should be revoked, Pastika confirmed the decree had complied with procedures and mechanisms. No rules had been violated. “No, it is not (unlawful—Ed). Who says that?” he argued. So, will the decree not be revoked? When asked such question, Pastika affirmed that the decree would not be revoked. “No, it will not (be revoked—Ed),” said the former Bali Police Chief. Why is it not revoked, while Balinese community urges to revoke the decree? When asked that question, Pastika explained the decree on the reclamation permit had been issued, so that it could no longer be revoked and there was no reason to revoke the decree. “It has been issued, why it should be revoked anyway?” said Pastika. As reported previously, many circles ranging from the academicians, NGOs to community leaders criticized and urged in order the reclamation permit should be revoked because the issuance of the decree was laden with irregularities and it had violated various rules of law. (kmb29)

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KUTA - Hard Rock Hotel Bali together with Yayasan Solemen Indonesia announced the “Hope Together Charity Rock Concert”, a 2-day rock concert to raise funds for underprivileged families of 29 persons living in a compound in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. The concert will be held at Centerstage, Hard Rock Hotel Bali, on Saturday and Sunday, 27-28 July 2013, featuring Indonesia’s best rock bands, Superman Is Dead and Navicula. Yayasan Solemen Indonesia is a Balibased Indonesian registered non-profit foundation working alongside accredited agencies and projects to alleviate suffering and support the disadvantaged in Bali. Solemen’s Robert Epstone further explains, “On the initial visit, we found the two families living in the compound sharing the area and one bathroom with seven other families. The two eldest boys were lying naked on the floor with their disability, and several other family members showing the similar symptoms.” The funds raised from the event will be directed for the medical treatment, education scholarship for the unaffected children, and home relocation to a better establishment. Robert added, “We are honored and touched by the commitment shown by the musicians

and Hard Rock Hotel Bali to donate their service free of charge.” Throughout its “Love All Serve All” and “Take Time to Be Kind” brand mantras, Hard Rock Hotel Bali is always at the forefront to do its best when it comes to help the underprivileged. Brad Calder, Executive Assistant Manager of Hard Rock Hotel Bali addressed, “we are simply touched when Solemen introduced us to the families, and we right away committed ourselves to support this event, in the way that we know best, through music, at Centerstage, Bali’s best live music venue.” On Saturday, 27 July from 7 pm, Navicula, the environmentalist band with social issues mentioned in their song lyrics will be the headline, along with German Dmitriev and Gold Voice. On Sunday, 28

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July from 7 pm, one of Indonesia’s best, Bali’s punk rock pioneer Superman Is Dead will rock the stage with Nosstress and Garden Grove. Tickets can be purchased from now

until event days on a strictly limited first-come-first-served basis from 12 pm to 7 pm. Festival ticket is priced at Rp. 100,000 per person including first beer, VIP seated ticket

Calendar Event for July 10 through August 10, 2013

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

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

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

at Rp. 200,000 per person including first beer or glass of wine. Rock Star tickets for couch of six are priced at Rp. 1,800,000 including Spirit by the Bottle package.(ocha)

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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Fashion

Friday, July 26, 2013

International

Can athletic gear solve a non-athletic problem? Associated Press Writer

AP Photo/Sang Tan, File

This July 23, 2013 file photo shows Britain’s Prince William, right, and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge with the Prince of Cambridge as they pose for photographers outside St. Mary’s Hospital in London.

Kate applauded for not hiding new mommy tummy

NEW YORK — Pulling on the track jacket when the newscaster on the radio just said it was 7 a.m. and already 83 degrees (28 Celsius) felt a little weird. Maybe even crazy. I did it anyway. I had read and heard so much about the technology-infused breathable wicking fabrics being used in the sports market to regulate body temperatures that I wanted to put them to the test — in a decidedly non-athletic environment. If these innovations kept triathletes and mountain climbers feeling not too cold and not too hot, couldn’t it work for a commuter facing an East Coast heat wave and an arctic office? You have probably been there, too: You go back and forth from the sidewalk to the inside cafe, Main Street to the movie theater, even the central-air house to the patio or deck. At least at the office, if you’re like me, you have the office sweater, but I certainly couldn’t wear my black wool wrap outside on these near-100 degree(38 Celsius) days, not even to fetch an iced tea. So, I wore an Adidas Terrex Swift Cocona Hoodie Jacket, partially chosen because of its waffle-weave appearance; it wasn’t shiny or clingy, which might be my own outdated vision of what a high-tech fabric would be like. It matched well enough my work clothes one day when I paired it with a years-old, leaf-print wrap

jersey dress, but otherwise the bright green — with touches of brighter neon green — that looks so normal in the gym or when you’re out for a run stood out like a sore thumb with my mostly neutral workplace wardrobe. But this was an exercise in comfort, and, for the most part, comfort it gave me. Sometimes, sitting at my desk, I could be like Goldilocks, always looking for something just right. The black wool sweater that typically hangs on my chair goes on after the first hour at work, off at lunchtime, back on midday and off again in the hour or so before I leave. As far as I know, the thermostat in the office remains unchanged; it’s my body temperature that’s fluctuating. Greg Thomsen, managing director of Adidas Outdoor, blames my clothing — or, more specifically — the fabric. A fabric that holds moisture, including wool and cotton, can start to feel damp with just a bit of sweat. The air conditioning makes the dampened fabric feel cold after a while, but I’m putting on a top layer of wool, which holds the dampness in, he says. This jacket helped limit the extremes. Wicking fabrics, which have all sorts of cool names (ClimaCool, Coolmax, EnduraCool, for example), are “high-moisture transmission fabrics,” Thomson explains. They are breathable, pulling from either sweaty skin or dampened fabric to the inside layer of a wicking garment, and then releasing that wetness on the outside.

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — As Kate and William showed off the royal baby, what caught the eye of many women was not the new heir to the throne but the Duchess of Cambridge’s post-childbirth silhouette: that little bump under her pretty polka-dot dress. “I love that she came out and there was a mommy tummy. It was there! We all saw it!” said Lyss Stern of New York City, who remembers turning down offers of a girdle and diet pills after her first child was born nine years ago. Stern, whose company Divamoms.com organizes events and product launches, added that Kate was sending “the right message,” in stark contrast to Hollywood celebrities who are shown “three weeks after childbirth with a flat stomach and G-string bikini. That’s not real.” Even those who make a living getting new moms into shape applauded Kate. “I’m thrilled that she went out there like that, because we never see real mommy tummies,” said Helene Byrne, a personal trainer in Oakland, Calif., who specializes in pre- and post-natal ex-

ercise. “When you see a magazine or photos of new celebrity moms, they’re Photoshopped. They’re fake! They’re a big lie!” The Daily Beast even ran a headline saying Kate’s “unabashed baby belly busts the last taboo of pregnancy.” Indeed, most celebrity new moms don’t have their pictures taken until their tummies are flat again. And while the stars usually credit diet and exercise with making their bodies bikiniready so fast, gossip and plastic surgeons often cite something else: the popular procedure known as a tummy tuck. People magazine has an entire online archive devoted to “Body After Baby: Celebrity moms show off shockingly svelt figures after giving birth,” but the magazine declined to comment Wednesday

on the example set by Kate. Meanwhile, the summer’s other celebrity mom, Kim Kardashian, has yet to be seen in public. Us Weekly reported that she won’t leave the house untill she’s ready to “debut her post-baby body.” Nobody can say whether Kate consciously chose to send a message that this is what new mothers really look like, or whether she didn’t realize — or didn’t care — how obvious her tummy would be. Either way, she un-self-consciously handed the baby off to her husband rather than using the newborn to camouflage her figure from the cameras and crowds when she emerged from the hospital Tuesday. And her form-draping dress was a contrast to the caftan-like outfit that hid Princess Diana’s figure when she appeared publicly for the first time after giving birth to Will in 1982.

AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews

In this Thursday, July 18, 2013 photo, Samantha Critchell, fashion reporter and editor at the Associated Press, poses wearing a technology-infused sports jacket. The jacket is made of breathable wicking fabrics used in the sports market to regulate body temperatures.

Bali News

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HIV/AIDS cases in Bali

Worryingly, 50 percent of patients infected in teenage Bali Post

DENPASAR - Though the majority of people with HIV/AIDS are in the age range of 29-39 years, it is also recorded the existence of teenage sufferer. Surprisingly and alarmingly, aside from suffering from the HIV/AIDS transmitted by parents with positive HIV, there were cases of teenagers with HIV infected through early sexual intercourse. Coordinator of Prevention and Public Relations of the Bali AIDS Prevention Commission (KPA), Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Mangku Karmaya, stated the HIV/AIDS cases mostly occurred at the age 20-40 years with a percentage of 75-80 percent. “In terms of total cases of the HIV/AIDS, the patient infected at teenage (aged 12-24 years) is about 50 percent,” he said, Wednesday (Jul 24). Vulnerability of teenager to negative impacts, in this case the early sexual intercourse causing an effect like HIV disease and sexually transmitted infection (IMS), according to Mangku Karmaya, occurred due to physical growth during puberty. “At teenage, hormonal condition drives the strong libido coupled with psychological aspect generating the curiosity of

the teenagers,” said Karmaya. When both aspects were not directed properly added with the ignorance of teenagers to wreak their hormones, their emotion would turn unstable, gullible and socially influenced by deviating lifestyle of their fellows. Many factors affected the teenagers to have free lifestyle. Among others, they were the environmental factor, entertainment

and disharmonious family relationship. “Current global changes and progress of IT without being accompanied with mental readiness and knowledge will make teenagers less confident,” said Karmaya. Even, the need for money to purchase lifestyle items such as the latest model of cellular phone would lead teenagers to commit wrong action. With the emerging

cases of HIV and sexually transmitted infection on teenagers, it was required a measure to protect them. Endeavors like prevention, treatment and rehabilitation should be carried out from the upstream to downstream. “For the upstream, we make preventive efforts for teenagers through the outreach, communication and education. Meanwhile, for downstream endeavor, other than prevention, we also make treatment and rehabilitation for teenagers having been infected by HIV or the sexually transmitted infection,” explained Karmaya. Based on the data, the HIV/ AIDS cases in Bali afflicting the age group of 15-19 years reached 150 people and age group of 20-29 years reached 3,009 people of the total of 7,551 cases. According to the

Head of VCT Merpati at Wangaya Hospital, Ketut Suryana, there were two teenage cases handled by the VCT Merpati at Wangaya Hospital with the background of being contracted by HIV through early sexual intercourse. “They are known to have been infected by HIV at the age of 15 years. In terms of viral incubation, it is estimated to have early sexual intercourse at the age of 12 years,” said Suryana. The teenage cases having been infected by HIV and treated in VCT Merpati, added Suryana, were known when the teenage patients were hospitalized due to diarrhea and fever that had never recovered. Besides, the patient also had tuberculosis. By and large, armed with these symptoms the medical officer would conduct further examination. (kmb24)

Banking loan distribution focused on Southern Bali Bali Post

DENPASAR - Favorable condition of tourism business also influences the distribution of loan in Bali. However, the distribution of banking loan reaching IDR 44.77 trillion is mostly focused on Southern Bali, namely Denpasar and Badung. Branch Manager of Bank Indonesia for Region III Bali Nusra, Dwi Pranoto, explained that loan distribution in Denpasar reached IDR 29 trillion or 64.78 percent of the total loan distribution. Meanwhile, the distribution in Badung reached IDR 4.2 trillion or 9.38 percent of the total amount. Then, the distribution in Buleleng reached 6.08 percent, Tabanan (5.25 percent), Gianyar (4.56 percent), Karangasem (2.97 percent), Jembrana (2.51 percent) and Bangli (2.23 percent). Meanwhile, based on location of the project (totally IDR 52.61 trillion), the largest amount of banking loan remained in the municipality of Denpasar reaching IDR 22.28 trillion and IDR 13.09 trillion in Badung County. “Quite large difference between the banking loan based on location of the bank and location of the greatest project is in Badung County, amounting to IDR 8.88 trillion. Such considerable difference reflects the large amount of investment in Badung originating from central banking fund or outside Bali,” said Dwi Pranoto in Denpasar. According to him, as an effort to increase the penetration of productive loan in the community of the four

counties with the loan absorption rate below 5 percent, Bank Indonesia had made various efforts. Among them, it organized a banking intermediation meeting in each county. “One of the endeavors to distribute the economic growth in Bali can be made through a productive loan,” he said.He explained the loan distribution of commercial bank in Bali until the second quarter of 2013 was dominated by productive loan at 61.74 percent consisting of 38.8 percent of Working Capital Loan (38.01) and Investment Loan (22.94 percent). Of the total banking loan distribution in Bali, approximately 39.19 percent belonged to productive loan of the SMEs.“Until the second quarter of 2013, the SME loan in Bali can grow up to 21.75 percent on an annual basis. Proportion of the SME loan distribution by the amount of loan are micro loan (38.01 percent), small size (46.17 percent) and medium size (15.82 percent),” he said.Further, he explained the greatest distribution of SME productive loan was in Denpasar Municipality (IDR 10.4 trillion) or 58.55 percent of the total of productive loan disbursed by the SMEs throughout Bali. In the second place, the largest amount of SME loan was disbursed in Badung County (8.22 percent), Tabanan (6.98 percent), Gianyar (6.93 percent) and Buleleng (6.71 percent). Meanwhile, the four other counties remained below 5 percent in terms of absorption of banking loan, namely Karangasem (3.78 percent), Bangli

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Favorable condition of tourism business also influences the distribution of loan in Bali. However, the distribution of banking loan reaching IDR 44.77 trillion is mostly focused on Southern Bali, namely Denpasar and Badung. (3.16 percent), Jembrana (3.01 percent) and Klungkung (2.66 percent). “A good economic performance should certainly be felt equally by society of all walks of life. To that end, we encourage the establishment of equitable growth acceleration (inclusive growth) through the approach of equitable access to public finance (financial inclusion),” he said.The banking industry in Bali,

he added, also encouraged the high economic growth of Bali driven by strong domestic consumption and high investment target primarily related to the completion of the large-scale infrastructure development ahead of the APEC Summit 2013. It was confirmed through the data on the growth of loan investment reaching 60.35 percent in the second quarter of 2013, exceeding the growth

of working capital loan recorded 19.66 percent and consumer loan reaching 27.68 percent. The amount of investment loan by commercial bank in Bali until June 2013 amounted to IDR 17.13 trillion, in which the largest distribution was in the subsector of accommodation and food and beverage at 41.37 percent as well as wholesale and retail trade at 24.21 percent. (kmb27)

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The beautiful ricefield is seen in the picture. Approximately 400 hectares of farmland in Denpasar cannot be planted until December 2013 due to water shortages.

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FILE - In this undated file photo from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Navy USS Pueblo sails underway at sea. The ship is North Korea’s greatest Cold War prize, a potent symbol of how the country has stood up to the great power of the United States, once in an all-out ground war and now with its push to develop the nuclear weapons and the sophisticated missiles it needs to threaten the U.S. mainland.

Korean War foes gather in NKorea to remember war

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400 hectares of farmland in Denpasar lack of water Farmers reject seed assistance Denpasar (Bali Post)— Approximately 400 hectares of farmland in Denpasar cannot be planted until December 2013 due to water shortages. As the land did not get water supply, farmers refused to receive the seed aid distributed by the government. The Head of Denpasar Agriculture, Food Crops and Horticulture Agency, I Gede Putra Ambara, when contacted on Wednesday (Jul 24) confirmed the condition. He said the area of farmland that could not get water supply reached 400 hectares spreading across four regions namely the Subak Pakel I, Subak Pakel II, Subak Dalem and Subak Sembung. “The four subak areas do not get water supply due to the repair of irrigation tunnel at Tanah Putih, Badung. This condition has

occurred since last May. Supposedly, farmers have started entering the planting season this July. Since obtaining no irrigation water, their farmland cannot be planted,” said Ambara. Ambara added that such water scarcity was exacerbated by dry season. As a result, farmers in the four subak areas did not dare

to accept the assistance from the government in the form of soybean seed. If they were reckless to plant and it did not rain, they would certainly face crop failure leading farmers to greater loss. “Despite occasional rain, farmers still do not dare to take risks by experimenting to plant the seeds. Hence, the subak

Badung House urges PAP to pay attention to local traders

Mangupura (Bali Post)—

The Badung House urged PT Angkasa Pura I (PAP) to accommodate the hope of local traders to get an appropriate place at Ngurah Rai Airport. The authority of Angkasa Pura was asked not only to take side with the large-capital investors, but also should pay attention to local traders that so far have raised the reputation of the Ngurah Rai Airport. “With the spacious condition of the airport, placement of the traders that have been supporting the Ngurah Rai Airport

since the beginning is not difficult. Now, it highly depends on the airport authority whether there is a will or not. Do not always take side with large investors,” said a legislator of the Badung House, I Made Sudiana, Wednesday (Jul 24). According to him, the airport authority had promised to accommodate all the local traders coalesced into the Airport Traders Association (P2B) of Ngurah Rai. Properly, the promise should be kept. If the standpoint of the airport changed, obviously it raised a suspicion. “We ask the Angkasa Pura authority to immediately resolve this

chief was not willing to accept seed assistance,” he said. According to Ambara, similar incident also occurred in 2012. Six subak areas in Eastern Denpasar on the area of 700 hectares did not get water. To work around the problem, the Agriculture Agency provided the assistance of soybean and corn seed. However, due to no rain during the planting process, the seed could not grow and farmers suffered crop failure. “Based on the experience a year ago, farmers do not dare to make trial and error,” he said. During the dam repair was

problem. We do not want this debate to drag on, let alone the airport will be inaugurated soon,” he said. Another legislator, IGN Jelantik Trinaya, said that Angkasa Pura had to keep its promise to relocate the entire 121 airport traders. Moreover, the traders had been willing to meet the specified requirements. He hoped the Angkasa Pura to pay attention to local potential and did not only think about the economic aspects and advantages considering most local traders lost in the tender process because they could not compete against large investors. (kmb25)

under progress, he said, the four subak areas would not get irrigation water. This led farmers to be unable to cultivate their land and should wait until the dam repair project could have been completed. According to information, the dam repair was scheduled to accomplish in December 2013. To that end, his party had prepared the seed so that farmers could be helped when starting their cultivation next December. “Seed assistance will be prepared as much 25 kg for 1 hectare of land or 10 tons of seed for 400 hectares of farmland,” he said. (kmb13)

East Denpasar Police carry out inspection Denpasar (Bali Post)-

Anticipation took place by police to avoid any criminality moreover terrorism whih so motor vehicles are bekng raided by the East Denpasar Police and Denpasar Police. Dozens of personnelwere involved seen in two locations last Tuesday (23/7). The raid targeted box trucks, private owned and other trucks. They were stopped and hae their items carried checked and resulted one youth, I Ketut Adi Putra (20) was secured after known to have pocket knife with him. The raid took place in Denpasar-Gianyar border and in front of East Denpasar Police as stated by Head APC Ikhwan Lazuardi last Wednesday (24/7).

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PYONGYANG, North Korea - Two decorated U.S. war veterans who survived one of the worst battles of the Korean War found themselves among former foes at a memorial ceremony Thursday as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un launched the country’s commemoration of the war’s end 60 years ago. It’s unusual for American veterans to attend official events surrounding the July 27 war anniversary in North Korea, called “Victory Day” here. The veterans are in North Korea on a mission to find the remains of a fellow aviator killed in the war, and were given little notice about the event. The ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil a new cemetery for war veterans was brief and solemn, with no speeches. Soldiers stood at guard as a military band played the national anthem. Kim, dressed in a dark blue Mao suit, saluted and left a basket of flowers bearing a banner with his name before the memorial. The Korean War, pitting North Korean and Chinese troops against

U.S.-led United Nations and South Korean forces, ended with an armistice on July 27, 1953. A peace treaty was never signed, leaving the Korean Peninsula in a technical state of war and divided at the 38th parallel. That has not stopped the North Koreans from calling July 27 “Victory Day.” Brightly colored banners with the words “Victory” and “War Victory” fluttered from buildings across the capital city. The North Korean government is expected to use the anniversary to draw attention to the division of the Korean Peninsula and to rally support for Kim. Kim took power following the death of his father, Kim Jong Il,

in late 2011. As leader, he has overseen two long-range rocket launches and a nuclear test that have drawn international condemnation and tightened U.N. sanctions. North Koreans have been gearing up for months for the milestone war anniversary. Soldiers were assigned to carry out an extensive renovation of the Korean War museum. Students rehearsed every afternoon for a new war-themed rendition of the “Arirang” mass games songand-dance performance, which opened Tuesday. And citizens got down on their hands and knees in the lead-up to help lay sod and plant grass as part of a massive greening of Pyongyang. The anniversary is taking place as North Korea copes with flooding from the seasonal monsoon rains that strike the peninsula every July. Eight people were killed, more than 4,500 homes destroyed and 17,700 left homeless this week, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.

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China indicts ex-politician Bo Xilai for graft Associated Press Writer

BEIJING - Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai was indicted Thursday on charges of corruption, accepting bribes and abuse of power, state media reported, moving China’s biggest political scandal in years toward closure. The indictment paves the way for a trial, about 16 months after Bo dropped from sight in one of China’s biggest-ever political scandals. The Xinhua News Agency said the indictment was handed over Thursday by prosecutors in the eastern city of Jinan to the city’s intermediate court. That indicates the trial will take place in the city soon, although the report did not say when. “The accused Bo Xilai, as a civil servant, took advantage of the privileges of his office to gain benefits for others and illegally received money and items in extremely large amounts,” Xinhua quoted the indictment as saying. It said Bo also “embezzled an extremely large amount of public funds and abused his powers of office, causing heavy losses to the interests of the nation and the people in an extremely serious way.” Calls to the court and prosecutors in Jinan rang busy or went unanswered. Bo, the former party boss of the southwestern megacity of Chongqing, was expelled from the party in September and accused of massive corruption, illicit sexual affairs and abetting the coverup of a murder by his wife. His ouster in the spring of last year and the investigation into his family presented the Communist Party leadership with its ugliest public scandal in nearly two decades. It exposed the bareknuckled infighting that the secretive leadership prefers to hide and affirmed an already skeptical public’s dim view about corrupt dealings in the party. At the time, Bo had been one of China’s most flamboyant and high-profile politicians, and was considered a conAP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File tender for one of the FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2007 file photo, Bo Xilai, seven seats on the then China’s Minister of Commerce, rubs his party’s all-powerful face at a memorial ceremony for his father Bo Politburo Standing Yibo, a late revolutionary leader considered one of communist China’s founding fathers. Committee.

Egypt army call signals possible crackdown

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CAIRO - The military chief who ousted Egypt’s elected president called on the public Wednesday to take to the streets to give him and the police a mandate to tackle “violence and terrorism,” in an address that pointed to a possible move against supporters of the Islamist leader.

The call by Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, made in a speech to a graduation ceremony for military cadets, underlined how the military chief is the source of real power in Egypt despite the creation of a civilian government after the July 3 coup that removed Mohammed Morsi. His comments appeared designed to secure a public cover for

what could be a move to dismantle sit-in camps by Morsi’s supporters in Cairo and elsewhere, as well as a campaign against Islamic radicals that have stepped up attacks on security forces in Sinai. El-Sissi called for a mass turnout in Friday rallies to give him a “mandate” to do what is “necessary” to stop bloodshed. A coalition of Morsi’s Muslim

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Brotherhood and allied factions denounced his speech, calling it an “open invitation” to civil war. Their coalition plans protests and marches of its own on Friday, raising the potential for violence between the two camps. El-Sissi removed Morsi after four days of protests by millions of Egyptians demanding his ouster after a year in office, and the military

says its goal is to set the country on a path to democracy. But the move has set top ally Washington in an uncomfortable position: The U.S. has implicitly accepted Morsi’s removal, even while the Obama administration reviews whether it constitutes a military coup, which under U.S. law would require a shut-off of $1.3 billion in annual aid to Egypt’s army.

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Waka Shorea Resort claimed Biden urges India to open up to US companies to operated in national park area

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MUMBAI - US Vice President Joe Biden urged India on Wednesday to improve investment conditions and remove obstacles faced by American companies which restrict trade between the world’s biggest democracies. Biden, the first US vice president to visit India in three decades, listed intellectual property concerns, requirements to buy local content and inconsistent tax treatment as worries for foreign investors. “These are tough problems, but they have to be negotiated and worked through to meet the potential of this relationship,” he said in a speech at the Bombay Stock Exchange focused on boosting annual trade from its current level of nearly $100 billion. He also noted that India’s “instinct to protect your industries is understandable. But we need to be candid with each other about the obstacles which exist when economies do business”. Biden is the most senior US official to visit India since President Barack Obama in 2010, and the four-day visit is designed to revive flagging momentum in relations. Problems on both sides have soured ties, leading many analysts to conclude that a relationship described by Obama as one of the “defining partnerships of the 21st century” is far from fulfilling its potential. Biden also alluded to looming friction at a meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Bali in December over India’s highly protected farming industry. “We need to find a way forward to address India’s... legitimate concern about food security without distorting global trade. It is a difficult problem but it must be addressed,” he said. In the retail sector, US supermarket chain Walmart has been unable to open new stores because of local sourcing rules that require it to buy 30 percent of its products from small-scale Indian industries. Walmart, which said last year it wanted to launch its first supermarket within two years, has told the government it is unable to meet the demand, according to press reports on Tuesday. Officials have pointed to Biden’s visit as a chance to improve the investment climate between the US and India, where the government has been trying to introduce pro-business reforms to boost the sluggish economy.

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SINGARAJA - Due to declining in paying the Hotel and Restaurant Tax (PHR) Waka Shorea Resort around West Bali National Park was visited by the Buleleng Regency Government Team last Tuesday (23/7) where a meeting took place between Income Agency, Inspectorate, Plantation and Forestry Agency, General Services and Police Civil Service including The National Park Board and Director of the Resort, Iwan Syahlani, also attended. In the meeting the resort stated why they have declined in paying the tax. One reason is that the hotel activities is under the National Park area which as stated under the Law No. 50 Year 1990 and Government Law No. 36 Year 2010. “Customer obligation have been stated on the Government Law 59/1998 including state income is not tax,” Syahlani explained.

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This Tuesday, July 16, 2013, photo, shows a sign seen at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook reports quarterly earnings on Wednesday, July 24, 2013.

Mobile lifts Facebook profit, stock price surges Agence France-Presse

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook surprised Wall Street by showing it can make money from folks on smartphones and tablets, causing the leading social network’s stock to rocket. “The work we’ve done to make mobile the best Facebook experience is showing good results and provides us with a solid foundation for the future,” said Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg as the social network reported a quarterly profit of $331 million. Revenue for the quarter that ended June 30 climbed to $1.81 billion, up 53 percent from the same period a year earlier. The profit of $331 million compared with a loss of $157 million the California-based company posted in the same quarter last year.

Facebook said 41 percent of its ad revenues came from mobile, compared with 30 percent in the prior quarter and virtually nothing a year ago. “We’ve made good progress growing our community, deepening engagement and delivering strong financial results, especially on mobile,” Zuckerberg said. Facebook shares leapt more than 19 percent but gave back a bit of the gain, settling closer to $31.03 in late after-hours trading. Facebook is expected to increase its share of the $116.82 billion global digital ad market to 5.04 percent this year, according to industry tracker eMarketer. The leading social network’s portion of the mobile ad market will more than triple to more than $2 billion this year, eMarketer

forecast. Forrester analyst Nate Elliott expressed fear that Facebook may be “pulling the mobile ad lever too hard” and be hitting users with too many marketing messages in an effort to prove itself. Facebook has made a priority of following its more than one billion members onto smartphones or tablets as lifestyles increasingly revolve around accessing the Internet from mobile devices. Facebook on Monday boasted that it has surpassed 100 million users a month using an application designed for “simple” mobile phones widely used in developing nations. Zuckerberg rejected the notion that fewer teenagers were hanging out at the social network.

If Buleleng Government still asked for the PHR from this resort then the management asked for a further meeting between the Forestry Ministry, Buleleng Government and the Resort Management. If then the resort was proven to pay then they would obey it. According to Syahlani, right now the central and regional government are not on the same page. Head of Income Agency, Ida Bagus Puja Erawan, exclaimed that the meeting required is not available as it has been too long that the management have not obeyed any rules. Moreover their tax that should be

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Ganesha, the God of Knowledge In Hinduism, especially in Balinese Hinduism, the Lord Ganesha is one of the popular gods. Lately, we see the worship to the elephant-headed gods is starting to develop. Ganesha statue is almost installed in many places, not only in temple but also widely in private homes. What does it mean? Balinese Hindu community considers Lord Ganesha as the gods of virtue, so that the virtue is expected to inspire everyone to be on the right track in living their life. Since many years ago, the findings of Ganesha statues from all over Indonesia were very numerous. Some are equipped with simple jewelry, while others look magnificent. Such findings definitely were tailored to the skills of the artist or the economic conditions of the surrounding communities.Ganesh or Ganesha is the elephant-headed god. Among the Hindus, he is considered demihuman and demigod. The role of Lord Ganesha is so im-

portant because he is the son of Lord Shiva. Hindu society believes that Lord Ganesha is the god of knowledge. Therefore, in many places, including in Indonesia, until now the Hindu community builds a temple equipped with the installation of Ganesha statute. Hopefully, the children born will be smart and dutiful to parents. As the god of knowledge, Ganesha always invites the admiration of iconographic experts (knowledge of the art of ancient statues) because of the shape and style of the art are different. However, in principle the feature of Ganesha statue remains the same, namely having a trunk sucking the contents of bowl in his hand grip. According to Hindu mythology, the bowl contains fluid of inexhaustible knowledge despite constantly being sucked by him. Then, it is identified with an inexhaustible knowledge despite being explored and worked on all the times.

Perhaps, such a condition is expected by human. Due to high popularity of Ganesha, he is also worshiped as the god of remover of the obstacles, both supernatural (magic) and physical obstacles. Ganesha is worshiped because he has a best friend, namely little mouse. The mouse is then made his vehicle. Therefore, in the iconography Ganesha always mounts a mouse (musaka). Musaka symbolizes the self-conceit. On that account, Ganesha is expected to act as controller against the one’s arrogance. People often interpret that mouse has the characteristic in accordance with that of Ganesha. Mouse can get past all the obstacles in any location such as at homes, rice fields and ditches. Similarly, the characteristic expected from Ganesha is that people have great power like an elephant to break all the trees in the forest strongly while trees are analogized to big problems faced by humans.

paid by now reaches IDR2 billion. “If there is a further fault found then there will be sanction,” Erawan verified. The debate between the resort and Buleleng Government happened since few years ago when a letter from the Ministry connecting to a hotel management on a Nature Tourism Park. According to the resort, in the letter, the resort was given permission to manage the hotel and not to pay any retribution to the regional government as they are obliged to intensively taking care the forest, preserve and protect the fauna also flora of the forest. (kmb15)

Four villas robbed, gay couple arrested

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Four time jailed in Kerobokan Jail did not stop the known to be gay couple, Ramli Alfian (32) and Ardi Majuma (32) in robbing places such as villas. This time they were proven to have robbed four villas by the North Kuta Police. They were captured in their lodge house at Gunung Soputan Street No. 8, Padangsambian, Denpasar last Monday (22/7). Besides the two accused, police also confiscated a number of evidences such as branded luggage bags, watches, phones, shoes and laptops. The loss reached IDR375 million. Head of North Kuta Police, APC Reinhard Habonaran Nainggolan, on Tuesday (23/7) stated that the case was known after victims reported that their villas have been robbed and a number of items have been taken. Based on a number of investigations and witnesses statements, two robbers were captured. The Villas that had been robbed included Villa Teas at Bunbak Road, Carik Alley No. 8, Umalas II, Kerobokan, North Kuta, Badung, Villa Satnan and Villa Vasana at Umalas II, North Kuta, Badung and a villa in Bumbak Dauh No. 4, Banjar Anyar Kelod, Umalas, Kerobokan, North Kuta, Badung. (kmb21)

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Snowden lawyer: Leaker staying in Russia for now Associated Press Writer

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A lego figure of the Royal baby Prince George of Cambridge, in a 55-brick pram, is added by model makers along with a tiny easel in tribute to the traditional method of announcing a new Royal birth, to the 36,000 brick Buckingham Palace scene, at the Legoland Windsor Resort, Thursday, July 25, 2013.

By George! Britain’s little prince gets a name

MOSCOW - National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, who fled to Moscow’s airport a month ago, aims to stay in Russia for the near future and learn the country’s culture and language, his lawyer said Wednesday. To get him started, Anatoly Kucherena said he gave Snowden a copy of “Crime and Punishment,” Dostoyevsky’s lengthy novel about the torment and redemption of a man who thought himself outside the law. “I am not talking about the similarity of inner contradictions,” Kucherena said after meeting Snowden in the transit zone of Sheremetyevo international airport, where Snowden has apparently been marooned since arriving from Hong Kong on June 23. The day’s developments left the White House - and nearly everyone else “seeking clarity” about the status of the man who revealed details of an NSA program to monitor Internet and telephone communications. When Snowden first arrived at Sheremetyevo, he was believed to be planning just to transfer to a flight to Cuba and then to Venezuela to seek asylum. But the United States, which wants him returned for prosecution, canceled his passport, stranding him. He hasn’t been seen in public since, although he met with human rights activists and lawyers July 12. Snowden then applied for temporary asylum in Russia, saying he eventually wanted to visit countries that had offered him asylum: Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua. It’s unclear how long Russia will take to decide on the asylum request. Kucherena’s meeting Wednesday with Snowden was preceded by a flurry of reports that said the lawyer would give him documentation that would allow him to leave the airport while the asylum process is underway. But Kucherena said he had no such paperwork to pass along. The Federal Migration Service, which would issue such a document, said it had no information. Asked about Snowden’s long-term intentions, Kucherena told state television that “Russia is his final destination for now. He doesn’t look further into the future than that.”

LONDON - The little prince was in need of a name, and now, by George, he’s got one. Make that three: George Alexander Louis.

Caroline Kennedy nominated as ambassador to Japan

The announcement Wednesday that Prince William and his wife, Kate, had selected a moniker steeped in British history came as royal officials said the new parents were seeking quiet family time away from the flashbulbs and frenzy that accompanied the birth of their first child. While the news put to rest intense speculation over what name the couple would choose, the extreme interest around it illustrated how the 2-day-old future heir is already on his way to a lifetime of fanfare and public glare. Kensington Palace said William and Kate were “delighted to announce” their son’s name, adding that the baby will be known as “His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge.” The name George - borne by six kings - befits the boy now third in line to the British throne and was a favorite among British bookmakers, evoking the steadfastness of the queen’s father, George VI, who rallied the nation during World War II. Alexander is a name shared by three medieval Scottish kings, and Louis could be a tribute to Lord Louis Mountbatten, uncle to the queen’s husband, Prince Philip, and the last British viceroy of India before it gained independence in 1947. William’s father, Prince Charles, was close to Mount-

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama announced Wednesday he is nominating former first daughter Caroline Kennedy as U.S. ambassador to Japan, offering the most famous living member of a prominent American family a new role of service to country. Kennedy, an attorney and bestselling book editor, is being rewarded for helping put Obama in the White House, where her father served until his assassination 50 years ago. If confirmed, she would be the first woman in a post where many other prominent Americans have served to strengthen a vital Asian tie. In Tokyo, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Japanese government appreciated the nomination as “reflecting the great importance the Obama administration attaches to the Japan-U.S. alliance.” Kennedy helped propel Obama to the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination with a celebrated endorsement over Hillary Rodham Clinton - the only time she’s endorsed a presidential candidate other than her uncle Ted Kennedy in 1980. She played a prominent role, particularly in courting female voters by headlining events in key states for Obama during both his presidential campaigns. In the 2012 race, she served as one of 35 national co-chairs of Obama’s re-election campaign. She called Obama “the kind of leader my father wrote about in ‘Profiles in Courage’” during a prime-time speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. The White House announced her nomination without any particular fanfare, listing her in a news release along with other selections for administration posts. Obama said in a statement that all the choices bring “a depth of experience and tremendous dedication to their new roles,” but he offered no comment specific to Kennedy. Kennedy, 55, doesn’t have any obvious ties to Japan, a key ally in dealing with North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. She would replace John Roos, a wealthy former Silicon Valley lawyer and top Obama campaign fundraiser. Japan is one of the United States’ most important trading and military partners and accustomed since the end of World War II to having renowned American political leaders serve as envoy. Former U.S. ambassadors to Japan include former Vice President Walter Mondale, former House Speaker Tom Foley and former Senate Majority Leaders Mike Mansfield and Howard Baker.

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batten, who was assassinated by the Irish Republican Army in 1979. The announcement of the name, just two days after the baby’s birth, was quick by royal standards. Queen Elizabeth II and Philip took a month before settling on the name Charles for the Prince of Wales. Charles and Princess Diana took a week before settling on William’s four names. While a king usually rules under his given name, precedent shows that the prince is not hidebound by George. The first name of George VI was actually Albert, but he picked his fourth name to use as sovereign in honor of his father, George V. For now, palace officials say, William and Kate are spending “private and quiet time for them to get to know their son.” Some of their discussions may revolve around how to shield him from the media. The young prince’s relationship with the media appeared to get off to a good start - an encouraging sign for a royal family that has had tense moments with the press. The baby slept through his first photo op Tuesday outside London’s St. Mary’s Hospital, while his parents beamed as they chatted easily with reporters. “I thought, ‘Is this an Oscar-winning performance?’” said Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine. “But I think they were so

genuinely overjoyed that they wanted to show off the baby.” After leaving the hospital, the couple introduced their son to his uncle, Prince Harry, and to greatgrandmother Queen Elizabeth II, who was keen to see the baby before she starts her annual summer vacation in Scotland later this week. Then they headed to see Kate’s parents in their village near London pretty much like any regular family. There has been so much royal drama in the last few decades that it’s easy to forget William had, by royal standards, a relatively normal childhood. His parents’ troubled marriage may have ended in divorce, but Charles and Diana were devoted parents who tried to spend as much time as possible with their children, albeit with an assist from nannies. While the queen was sometimes away on official tours for months at a time when her children were young, Charles and Diana took William along on a tour to Australia when he was just 9 months old. The queen was educated at home, in keeping with royal tradition. But she sent her own children to boarding schools, and Charles and Diana did the same with William and Harry - choosing Eton, one of the most prestigious boys’ schools in the country.

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INDONESIA Death toll rises to 11 in boat capsize Agence France-Presse

CIANJUR - The confirmed death toll from the sinking of a boatload of Australia-bound asylum-seekers rose to 11 Thursday, as rescuers continued searching the seas off Indonesia for survivors. Local police spokesman Achmad Suprijatna told AFP two more bodies were found Thursday morning, two days after the boat sank off the southwestern coast of Java. “One was a 30-year-old Iranian, and the other a five-year-old Sri Lankan boy,” he said, adding 189 had been saved. Six children and a pregnant woman are now among the 11 dead, according to authorities. The number on the overloaded boat was unclear. Police have said around 200 were aboard, but an asylum-seeker has said 250 people, mostly Sri Lankans, made the perilous journey. Australian authorities alerted Indonesia of the incident Tuesday evening, just days after Canberra announced that asylum-seekers who arrive by boat will no longer be resettled in Australia even if they secure refugee status. Chief of the rescue mission

Rochmali, who goes by one name, said a helicopter had been deployed Thursday and merchant vessels sailing nearby were alerted to watch out for survivors. “We don’t know exactly how many people were on the boat, but hopefully there won’t be anyone missing. We still need to continue the search operation,” he said. Police were questioning the asylum-seekers and had handed over to immigration officials 66 people -- 44 of whom were Sri Lankan and 22 Iranian, justice and human rights ministry immigration Hariyanto said. The 66 were staying in hotels in Sukabumi city, while police questioned the others. An AFP reporter who spoke to survivors Wednesday said a group of 38, including women and children, had swum for their lives in darkness for up to four hours in high seas to reach the shore Tuesday night.

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is a dynamic graphic of hotspot occurrences in Riau. If it rains, the hotspots will reduce, but if it’s not, the number of hotspots will be increasing,” he said. Warih called on local people not to burn forest in order to open new plantation. Such action, he said, will hinder efforts to reduce hotspots in Riau. Last June, Riau province suffered the worst due to an increase of hotspots allegedly originated from intentional forest fire by local people. Thousands of people are suffering acute respiratory disease because of the haze resulting from the forest fires. The haze even impacted people in neighboring countries such as Singapore and Malaysia.

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JAKARTA - Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa and his Nigeria counterpart Olugbenga Ashiru hold joint commission meeting here on Thursday to discuss the effort to strengthen two countries’ bilateral cooperation in various sectors such as political and security, trade, investment, engineering and social culture. Two ministers have also planned to hold dialogue on regional and global issues, according to a release from the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry made available to Antara here on Thursday. The Joint Commission Meeting is an advanced stage from their agreement in a Memorandum of Understanding which was signed by two ministers on September 2013 in New York, the United

States. According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry statement, two countries have kept to boost their bilateral cooperation in recent years, which indicated by several visits conducted by two countries’ top officials as well as provision of support given by each side in many international forums. Moreover, in order to boost their bilateral cooperation, Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to hold a state visit to Indonesia on November 2013. “The Nigeria President’s visit is in response to state visit of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to Nigeria few months ago on February 2013,” the Foreign Ministry said. In addition, the two countries also enhance their bilateral cooperation in economic sector.

In fact, Indonesia is Nigeria’s biggest trade partner in Southeast Asia, while Nigeria is one of Indonesia’s main trade partner in Africa. The two countries’ trade volume in 2012 stood at 3.18 biillon US dollars, which was an incerase 50 percent compared to 2011 that amounted to 2.09 billion US dollars. Indonesia’s main export to Nigeria such as oils, paper products, pharmaceuticals, soaps and electronic products. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s main exports to Indonesia such as petroleum products, cotton and leather raw materials. Moreover, in investment sector, dozens of Indonesian companies has invested to Nigeria in many fields, such as food, palm oil, pharmaceutical, and garment.

Forest fire occurs again in Riau

PEKANBARU - About 185 hotspots, possibly forest fires, have been found in Riau province recently, spokesman to National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Agus Wibowo said here on Wednesday. “The recent number is an increase compared to our finding last Tuesday (July 23) of 48 hotspots,” he said. Meanwhile analyst from Pekanbaru’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Warih Budi Lestari predicted hotspots will keep emerging in Riau province as Indonesia is in a drought season now meaning there will be little rain to eradicate them. “From mid to end of July there

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In this photograph taken on July 23, 2013, Sabrina, wearing a colorful headscarf, attends a Koran lesson for children at the At Taubah mosque in Jakarta as Islam’s holy month of Ramadan enters its second week. Indonesian chidlren some as a young as four years old begin the practice of fasting as self sacrifice that is taught at home and at school.

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Asafa Powell vows to return after positive drugs test

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Former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell says he wants to return to the track as soon as possible after his failed drug test. The 30-year-old tested positive for banned stimulant oxilofrine at the Jamaican Championships in June. When the news emerged, he said he had never “knowingly or wilfully taken any supplements that break any rules” and has reiterated that stance. World’s fastest 100m men “This has been the most difficult week of my athletic career,” said Powell. “The supplements I took formed part of a very strict and rigid training regimen,” he added in a statement. Powell and American sprinter Tyson Gay’s failed drug tests were made public 10 days ago and both are now awaiting the results of their B samples. Powell said checks done by his team “told us the supplements were fit for consumption by professional athletes”. “I have retained legal counsel and as such I cannot now discuss all the details of the case,” he added. “I will say, however, that I have requested that my B sample be tested and I await the results. “Should this sample return

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adverse results, my team and I hope that the hearings will happen as fast as possible so as to allow me to return to my team, to once again represent my country, and to make my family, friends, and fans proud.” Powell was the last man to hold the individual 100m record before compatriot Usain Bolt broke it in 2008. He later helped Jamaica win 4x100m relay gold at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Sherone Simpson, a 4x100m relay silver medallist at last year’s London Olympics, failed a drug test at the same event as Powell. Discus thrower Allison Randall confirmed she had returned a positive test at last month’s trials on 15 July, the same day police in Italy raided the hotel rooms of Powell and Simpson and took away unspecified drugs for analysis. Jamaican world 200m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown tested positive for a banned diuretic in May, the same month Gay provided his positive sample in an out-of-competition test.

FILE - In this June 10, 2010, file photo, Jamaica’s Asafa Powell runs to win the men’s 100 meter event during the IAAF Diamond League Golden Gala athletics meeting at Rome’s Olympic stadium.

Wawrinka, Monaco, Youzhny advance at Swiss Open Associated Press Writer

GSTAAD, Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka advanced to the Swiss Open quarterfinals on Wednesday by beating Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain, 7-5, 7-6 (4). Wawrinka was cruising at 4-0 up in the second set, then failed to serve out the match at 5-3 before clinching victory in the tiebreaker. Seeded players won all four second-round matches, one day before top-seeded Roger Federer begins his campaign in the clay-court event against Daniel Brands of Germany. Fourth-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina eased past Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-1, 6-2 under warm sunshine in the ski resort venue. Monaco will face Mikhail Youzhny of Russia on Friday, in the same half of the draw as Federer. Youzhny, the No. 6 seed, beat his second-round opponent Pablo Andujar of Spain, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Fifth-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain won 6-4, 6-3 against Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia to set up a quarterfinal against Wawrinka.

Formula 1 teams to discuss minimum pitstop time Formula 1 teams are to discuss the idea of introducing a minimum pitstop time in an attempt to further improve safety. As part of an ongoing tightening of pitlane controls after a FOM cameraman was hit by a loose wheel from Mark Webber’s car in Germany, talks about further restrictions are to be held ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix. The FIA has added to the agenda of its regular team managers’ meeting, which takes place on Thursday afternoon, a number of proposals to be discussed. This includes the introduction of a minimum pitstop time, limits on the number of personnel allowed in the pitlane during free practice sessions and a clarification of whether engineers needs to wear helmets during pitstops if they are only inspecting a car. The idea of a minimum pitstop time would be to eradicate the need for teams to rush pitstops,

which is a contributing factor in mistakes being made during tyre changes. However, a minimum stop time would take away another competitive element from F1 and therefore is unlikely to receive much support from teams. There is also no guarantee that a minimum time will get rid of all errors and problems. Talks are also ongoing at the Hungarian Grand Prix to clarify which media personnel will be allowed in the pits during practice sessions. FOM had initially ruled that all cameramen and associated staff would be banned from all sessions, but this restriction could now be eased slightly. A decision on the matter, and whether FIA-accredited media access will be restricted, is expected before the first practice session on Friday morning. Discussions are also scheduled regarding future grid access as well.

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Awarding World Cup to Qatar was blatant mistake-Zwanziger Reuters

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Munich’s Dante of Brazil, left, and Barcelona’s Alexis Sanchez challenge for the ball during their friendly soccer match in the Allianz Arena stadium in Munich, southern Germany, Wednesday, July 24, 2013.

Guardiola’s Bayern beats Barcelona 2-0 in friendly Associated Press Writer

MUNICH - Bayern Munich defeated Barcelona 2-0 on Wednesday in a preseason friendly that pitted Pep Guardiola’s new side against his former team. Philipp Lahm scored with a header in the 14th minute and halftime substitute Mario Mandzukic added another goal three minutes from time, giving Guardiola a victory in his first game at Bayern’s stadium. “It was a special game for me. I spent my whole life as a player and coach at Barcelona,” Guardiola said. “I’m happy, I don’t have anything to complain about at the moment.” In typical fashion, Guardiola had started without a striker, preferring the attacking trident of Franck Ribery, Arjen Robben and Thomas Mueller up front. His former protege, Lionel Messi, almost put the visitors ahead seconds after kickoff, only to fire just wide after running through the Bayern defense. Toni Kroos then stung Barca keeper Jose Pinto’s hands with a driving shot at the other end.

Ribery set up Lahm to score with a cushioned back-header over the goalkeeper. Lahm, normally a defender, was deployed in midfield along with Thiago Alcantara, an offseason signing from Barcelona at Guardiola’s request. Adriano twice made vital goal-line interceptions to deny Robben, first from Ribery’s cross and later when Mueller pulled the ball back. Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer did enough to put off Sergi Roberto and Cristian Tello also went close, but the visitors were clearly missing the caliber of players like Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and new signing Neymar. “Barcelona weren’t complete, but the win is important for confidence and (to get into) rhythm,” said Ribery, who was impressive throughout. Barcelona changed all 11 players at the break, leaving what was

effectively a third string side to frustrate the home team in search of more goals until Diego Contento crossed to give Mandzukic an easy finish. Guardiola, who steered Barcelona to 14 titles over four seasons, has taken over Bayern from Jupp Heynckes, who led the side to Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup triumphs last season. Barcelona’s new coach Gerardo Martino is due to be presented on Friday, and the team was led in the Argentine’s absence by Jordi Roura. Martino was appointed after Tito Vilanova, Guardiola’s successor, stepped down to concentrate on his fight against throat cancer. Bayern plays Borussia Dortmund for the German Supercup on Saturday in a rematch of last season’s Champions League final.

BERLIN - Awarding the 2022 soccer World Cup to Qatar’s desert state was a “blatant mistake” FIFA executive committee member Theo Zwanziger said on Wednesday, adding that staging the tournament in winter would be just as big a problem. German Zwanziger’s attack on the decision to give the tiny energy-rich Gulf state the world’s biggest single sports event comes after FIFA president Sepp Blatter repeated his view that the finals could not be played in the traditional summer slot. “It was a blatant mistake,” Zwanziger, formerly head of the German football federation (DfB) told Sportbild magazine, referring to the decision taken by world soccer’s governing body in December 2010. Zwanziger, who joined the FIFA executive the following year, also said shifting the tournament to the winter months would put the unity of German football in danger. “Changing the World Cup to the winter is

going deep into the structures of European national federations and also amateur football in Germany.” “A change in playing schedules does not only affect the Bundesliga but continues affecting lower divisions due to the link with promotion and relegation. The game pyramid is in danger and so is the unity of German football.”

BIGGER BURDEN

Moving the World Cup to the winter would have a seismic effect on soccer scheduling in Europe. Many leagues outside Britain have a winter break but would need a hiatus of at least six weeks to accommodate national teams preparing for, and playing at, the World Cup finals. The English Premier League, despite not having a winter break, has repeatedly voiced its strong disagreement with moving the tournament to the winter months. “A winter World Cup would mean public viewing with ice skating boots in freezing temperatures,” said Zwanziger.

Atletico Mineiro win first Libertadores Cup Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO - Atletico Mineiro won the Libertadores Cup for the first time on Wednesday by beating three times champions Olimpia 4-3 in a shootout after their two-leg final ended 2-2 on aggregate. Central defender Leonardo Silva scored once in normal time and netted the Brazilian side’s fourth penalty before midfielder Matias Gimenez shot Olimpia’s fifth against the post to spark wild celebrations by a 60,000 crowd at the Mineirao in Belo Horizonte. Victor had saved Olimpia’s first kick. Trailing 2-0 from the first leg defeat in Asuncion last week, Atletico pulled a goal back through Jo in the 46th minute then levelled the aggregate score when Leonardo Silva headed home three minutes from the end of normal time. Olimpia’s Julio Manzur was sent off in the 85th minute, leaving the Paraguayan side a man short for the whole of extra time, but neither team could deliver another goal. It marked a fourth successive Brazilian victory in South America’s elite club competition and put Atletico into the Club World Cup in December. “It was the title I was missing. I came back to Brazil for this. Everyone said I was finished, let them talk now,”

Atletico’s talismanic playmaker Ronaldinho told reporters on the pitch, who had been due to take his team’s fifth penalty if necessary. With the victory, Ronaldinho joined a select group of players to have lifted the South American and European club titles after winning the Champions League with Barcelona in 2006. “We should have settled the tie in first half but we’re proud to be vice-champions of South America,” the Paraguayan side’s coach Ever Almeida, who won the title twice as a player with Olimpia, told Fox Sports. Atletico had already made remarkable recoveries in the previous two rounds, owing their survival to a penalty save by goalkeeper Victor in the dying seconds of the quarterfinal against Tijuana and another in the semi-final shootout victory over Newell’s Old Boys. Victor gave Atletico the ideal start in the shootout on Wednesday, saving from defender Herminio Miranda and Atletico converted all four of theirs. “When it’s written, it’s written, this was meant for us,” said Altetico coach Cuca. While Atletico’s players were receiving their medals and the trophy, some fans ran onto the pitch of the newly-refurbished World Cup stadium and almost got into a fight with Olimpia players but stewards controlled the situation.

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Higuain, Reina pass medicals at Napoli Associated Press Writer

ROME - Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain and Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina both passed medicals with Napoli on Wednesday, clearing the way for the duo to join the Serie A runner-up. Higuain was greeted by about 100 jubilant Napoli fans waving club scarves and Argentina flags when he arrived for the medical exam, and club president Aurelio De Laurentiis said on Twitter later that both players had passed. He said there will be a “big party” in the city on Monday to celebrate the new arrivals. Arsenal was also interested in Higuain, but the 25-year-old Argentine is expected to complete a 40 million euro ($53 million) transfer to Napoli and link up with his new teammates at their training camp in Verona. Reina underwent a medical

at the club earlier in the day. “I’m happy to link up again with coach (Rafa) Benitez, who I knew for five years between Spain and England, and with who I have always worked very well,” Reina said as he left the clinic following his medical. Benitez joined Napoli at the end of May, succeeding Walter Mazzarri, who resigned and signed to coach Inter. The Spanish coach has already signed defender Raul Albiol and forward Jose Callejon from Real Madrid, as well as PSV Eindhoven winger Dries Mertens and Santos goalkeeper Rafael. Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis recently claimed his club had 124.5 million euros ($164.5 million) to invest in the team following the 60 million euro ($79 million) sale of Edinson Cavani to Paris Saint-Germain.

FILE - In this June 7, 2013 file photo, Argentina’s Gon-

zalo Higuain stands during the playing of his country’s national anthem before the start of a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Colombia in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia, File

Donovan’s 2 goals lead US into Gold Cup final

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ARLINGTON, Texas - By even the very high standards of coach Jurgen Klinsmann, Landon Donovan is regaining top form after taking a break from the national team. Donovan scored two goals and set up another on Wednesday night, helping the United States beat Honduras 3-1 to advance to the CONCACAF Gold Cup final.

Klinsmann said the performance was “wonderful to watch.” “I have told him in our conversations that ‘I measure you. Your benchmark is the best Landon Donovan ever,’” Klinsmann said. “I’m not taking anything less than that. And he is trying to catch up with that. Give him more games. Give him time.” While Klinsmann has declined to confirm that Donovan will be rejoining the World Cup qualify-

ing team later this year, the top goal scorer in U.S. history is leaving little doubt that he belongs. Donovan has five goals in the tournament, tying him with teammate Chris Wondolowski for most in the Gold Cup. Donovan has set up seven goals, including four in the last two games. Entering the game, he was the only U.S. player to play every minute of the tournament. He finally was subbed out in the 72nd minute,

having earned a rest. “It’s the most relaxed I’ve felt,” Donovan said. “I feel good, and I’m really enjoying it.” The Americans will play the winner of the Panama-Mexico match on Sunday in Chicago. The U.S. has won a team-record 10 straight games. The U.S. struck first when Donovan found Eddie Johnson running through the middle of the Honduran defense. Johnson took a dribble and powered a shot past goalkeeper Donis Escober, giving the U.S. a lead 11 minutes into the game. In the 27th minute, Johnson started another scoring sequence with a pass to midfielder AleUnited States’ Landon Donovan (10) dribbles past El Salvador’s Osael Romero Castillo (8), Xavier Garcia Orellana (2) and Mardoqueo Henriquez Dubon (23) during the first half in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer tournament on Sunday, July 21, 2013, in

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jandro Bedoya. Donovan received Bedoya’s short chip off his chest in the middle of the goal box and poked a shot past Escober. “The first 30 minutes was brilliant football. Brilliant, high pressure, high tempo,” Klinsmann said. “We wanted to move the football around and create chances, and that’s what we did.” Nery Medina of Honduras made it a one-goal game in the 52nd minute, heading in a cross from Marvin Chavez. The Americans countered a minute later when Bedoya ran down a long ball from Clarence Goodson and crossed it to Donovan, who scored from a few yards out. “In the end, the U.S. was able to beat us in every aspect of the game,” Honduras coach Luis Fernando Suarez said. After the game, it was uncertain whether Klinsmann would be suspended for the final after being ejected in the 87th minute for slamming a ball into the ground. A CONCACAF official said the referee would file a report with CONCACAF’s disciplinary committee, which will announce a decision in the next day or two. Klinsmann said he was reacting to a number of hard fouls over the game’s final 30 minutes. “It was a reaction out of frustration,” he said. “It was not meant against the referee, against anybody. It was just frustration. I apologize for that.”

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Munich’s Dante of Brazil, left, and Barcelona’s Alexis Sanchez challenge for the ball during their friendly soccer match in the Allianz Arena stadium in Munich, southern Germany, Wednesday, July 24, 2013.

Guardiola’s Bayern beats Barcelona 2-0 in friendly Associated Press Writer

MUNICH - Bayern Munich defeated Barcelona 2-0 on Wednesday in a preseason friendly that pitted Pep Guardiola’s new side against his former team. Philipp Lahm scored with a header in the 14th minute and halftime substitute Mario Mandzukic added another goal three minutes from time, giving Guardiola a victory in his first game at Bayern’s stadium. “It was a special game for me. I spent my whole life as a player and coach at Barcelona,” Guardiola said. “I’m happy, I don’t have anything to complain about at the moment.” In typical fashion, Guardiola had started without a striker, preferring the attacking trident of Franck Ribery, Arjen Robben and Thomas Mueller up front. His former protege, Lionel Messi, almost put the visitors ahead seconds after kickoff, only to fire just wide after running through the Bayern defense. Toni Kroos then stung Barca keeper Jose Pinto’s hands with a driving shot at the other end.

Ribery set up Lahm to score with a cushioned back-header over the goalkeeper. Lahm, normally a defender, was deployed in midfield along with Thiago Alcantara, an offseason signing from Barcelona at Guardiola’s request. Adriano twice made vital goal-line interceptions to deny Robben, first from Ribery’s cross and later when Mueller pulled the ball back. Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer did enough to put off Sergi Roberto and Cristian Tello also went close, but the visitors were clearly missing the caliber of players like Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and new signing Neymar. “Barcelona weren’t complete, but the win is important for confidence and (to get into) rhythm,” said Ribery, who was impressive throughout. Barcelona changed all 11 players at the break, leaving what was

effectively a third string side to frustrate the home team in search of more goals until Diego Contento crossed to give Mandzukic an easy finish. Guardiola, who steered Barcelona to 14 titles over four seasons, has taken over Bayern from Jupp Heynckes, who led the side to Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup triumphs last season. Barcelona’s new coach Gerardo Martino is due to be presented on Friday, and the team was led in the Argentine’s absence by Jordi Roura. Martino was appointed after Tito Vilanova, Guardiola’s successor, stepped down to concentrate on his fight against throat cancer. Bayern plays Borussia Dortmund for the German Supercup on Saturday in a rematch of last season’s Champions League final.

BERLIN - Awarding the 2022 soccer World Cup to Qatar’s desert state was a “blatant mistake” FIFA executive committee member Theo Zwanziger said on Wednesday, adding that staging the tournament in winter would be just as big a problem. German Zwanziger’s attack on the decision to give the tiny energy-rich Gulf state the world’s biggest single sports event comes after FIFA president Sepp Blatter repeated his view that the finals could not be played in the traditional summer slot. “It was a blatant mistake,” Zwanziger, formerly head of the German football federation (DfB) told Sportbild magazine, referring to the decision taken by world soccer’s governing body in December 2010. Zwanziger, who joined the FIFA executive the following year, also said shifting the tournament to the winter months would put the unity of German football in danger. “Changing the World Cup to the winter is

going deep into the structures of European national federations and also amateur football in Germany.” “A change in playing schedules does not only affect the Bundesliga but continues affecting lower divisions due to the link with promotion and relegation. The game pyramid is in danger and so is the unity of German football.”

BIGGER BURDEN

Moving the World Cup to the winter would have a seismic effect on soccer scheduling in Europe. Many leagues outside Britain have a winter break but would need a hiatus of at least six weeks to accommodate national teams preparing for, and playing at, the World Cup finals. The English Premier League, despite not having a winter break, has repeatedly voiced its strong disagreement with moving the tournament to the winter months. “A winter World Cup would mean public viewing with ice skating boots in freezing temperatures,” said Zwanziger.

Atletico Mineiro win first Libertadores Cup Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO - Atletico Mineiro won the Libertadores Cup for the first time on Wednesday by beating three times champions Olimpia 4-3 in a shootout after their two-leg final ended 2-2 on aggregate. Central defender Leonardo Silva scored once in normal time and netted the Brazilian side’s fourth penalty before midfielder Matias Gimenez shot Olimpia’s fifth against the post to spark wild celebrations by a 60,000 crowd at the Mineirao in Belo Horizonte. Victor had saved Olimpia’s first kick. Trailing 2-0 from the first leg defeat in Asuncion last week, Atletico pulled a goal back through Jo in the 46th minute then levelled the aggregate score when Leonardo Silva headed home three minutes from the end of normal time. Olimpia’s Julio Manzur was sent off in the 85th minute, leaving the Paraguayan side a man short for the whole of extra time, but neither team could deliver another goal. It marked a fourth successive Brazilian victory in South America’s elite club competition and put Atletico into the Club World Cup in December. “It was the title I was missing. I came back to Brazil for this. Everyone said I was finished, let them talk now,”

Atletico’s talismanic playmaker Ronaldinho told reporters on the pitch, who had been due to take his team’s fifth penalty if necessary. With the victory, Ronaldinho joined a select group of players to have lifted the South American and European club titles after winning the Champions League with Barcelona in 2006. “We should have settled the tie in first half but we’re proud to be vice-champions of South America,” the Paraguayan side’s coach Ever Almeida, who won the title twice as a player with Olimpia, told Fox Sports. Atletico had already made remarkable recoveries in the previous two rounds, owing their survival to a penalty save by goalkeeper Victor in the dying seconds of the quarterfinal against Tijuana and another in the semi-final shootout victory over Newell’s Old Boys. Victor gave Atletico the ideal start in the shootout on Wednesday, saving from defender Herminio Miranda and Atletico converted all four of theirs. “When it’s written, it’s written, this was meant for us,” said Altetico coach Cuca. While Atletico’s players were receiving their medals and the trophy, some fans ran onto the pitch of the newly-refurbished World Cup stadium and almost got into a fight with Olimpia players but stewards controlled the situation.

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Higuain, Reina pass medicals at Napoli Associated Press Writer

ROME - Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain and Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina both passed medicals with Napoli on Wednesday, clearing the way for the duo to join the Serie A runner-up. Higuain was greeted by about 100 jubilant Napoli fans waving club scarves and Argentina flags when he arrived for the medical exam, and club president Aurelio De Laurentiis said on Twitter later that both players had passed. He said there will be a “big party” in the city on Monday to celebrate the new arrivals. Arsenal was also interested in Higuain, but the 25-year-old Argentine is expected to complete a 40 million euro ($53 million) transfer to Napoli and link up with his new teammates at their training camp in Verona. Reina underwent a medical

at the club earlier in the day. “I’m happy to link up again with coach (Rafa) Benitez, who I knew for five years between Spain and England, and with who I have always worked very well,” Reina said as he left the clinic following his medical. Benitez joined Napoli at the end of May, succeeding Walter Mazzarri, who resigned and signed to coach Inter. The Spanish coach has already signed defender Raul Albiol and forward Jose Callejon from Real Madrid, as well as PSV Eindhoven winger Dries Mertens and Santos goalkeeper Rafael. Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis recently claimed his club had 124.5 million euros ($164.5 million) to invest in the team following the 60 million euro ($79 million) sale of Edinson Cavani to Paris Saint-Germain.

FILE - In this June 7, 2013 file photo, Argentina’s Gon-

zalo Higuain stands during the playing of his country’s national anthem before the start of a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Colombia in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia, File

Donovan’s 2 goals lead US into Gold Cup final

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ARLINGTON, Texas - By even the very high standards of coach Jurgen Klinsmann, Landon Donovan is regaining top form after taking a break from the national team. Donovan scored two goals and set up another on Wednesday night, helping the United States beat Honduras 3-1 to advance to the CONCACAF Gold Cup final.

Klinsmann said the performance was “wonderful to watch.” “I have told him in our conversations that ‘I measure you. Your benchmark is the best Landon Donovan ever,’” Klinsmann said. “I’m not taking anything less than that. And he is trying to catch up with that. Give him more games. Give him time.” While Klinsmann has declined to confirm that Donovan will be rejoining the World Cup qualify-

ing team later this year, the top goal scorer in U.S. history is leaving little doubt that he belongs. Donovan has five goals in the tournament, tying him with teammate Chris Wondolowski for most in the Gold Cup. Donovan has set up seven goals, including four in the last two games. Entering the game, he was the only U.S. player to play every minute of the tournament. He finally was subbed out in the 72nd minute,

having earned a rest. “It’s the most relaxed I’ve felt,” Donovan said. “I feel good, and I’m really enjoying it.” The Americans will play the winner of the Panama-Mexico match on Sunday in Chicago. The U.S. has won a team-record 10 straight games. The U.S. struck first when Donovan found Eddie Johnson running through the middle of the Honduran defense. Johnson took a dribble and powered a shot past goalkeeper Donis Escober, giving the U.S. a lead 11 minutes into the game. In the 27th minute, Johnson started another scoring sequence with a pass to midfielder AleUnited States’ Landon Donovan (10) dribbles past El Salvador’s Osael Romero Castillo (8), Xavier Garcia Orellana (2) and Mardoqueo Henriquez Dubon (23) during the first half in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer tournament on Sunday, July 21, 2013, in

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jandro Bedoya. Donovan received Bedoya’s short chip off his chest in the middle of the goal box and poked a shot past Escober. “The first 30 minutes was brilliant football. Brilliant, high pressure, high tempo,” Klinsmann said. “We wanted to move the football around and create chances, and that’s what we did.” Nery Medina of Honduras made it a one-goal game in the 52nd minute, heading in a cross from Marvin Chavez. The Americans countered a minute later when Bedoya ran down a long ball from Clarence Goodson and crossed it to Donovan, who scored from a few yards out. “In the end, the U.S. was able to beat us in every aspect of the game,” Honduras coach Luis Fernando Suarez said. After the game, it was uncertain whether Klinsmann would be suspended for the final after being ejected in the 87th minute for slamming a ball into the ground. A CONCACAF official said the referee would file a report with CONCACAF’s disciplinary committee, which will announce a decision in the next day or two. Klinsmann said he was reacting to a number of hard fouls over the game’s final 30 minutes. “It was a reaction out of frustration,” he said. “It was not meant against the referee, against anybody. It was just frustration. I apologize for that.”

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Former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell says he wants to return to the track as soon as possible after his failed drug test. The 30-year-old tested positive for banned stimulant oxilofrine at the Jamaican Championships in June. When the news emerged, he said he had never “knowingly or wilfully taken any supplements that break any rules” and has reiterated that stance. World’s fastest 100m men “This has been the most difficult week of my athletic career,” said Powell. “The supplements I took formed part of a very strict and rigid training regimen,” he added in a statement. Powell and American sprinter Tyson Gay’s failed drug tests were made public 10 days ago and both are now awaiting the results of their B samples. Powell said checks done by his team “told us the supplements were fit for consumption by professional athletes”. “I have retained legal counsel and as such I cannot now discuss all the details of the case,” he added. “I will say, however, that I have requested that my B sample be tested and I await the results. “Should this sample return

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adverse results, my team and I hope that the hearings will happen as fast as possible so as to allow me to return to my team, to once again represent my country, and to make my family, friends, and fans proud.” Powell was the last man to hold the individual 100m record before compatriot Usain Bolt broke it in 2008. He later helped Jamaica win 4x100m relay gold at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Sherone Simpson, a 4x100m relay silver medallist at last year’s London Olympics, failed a drug test at the same event as Powell. Discus thrower Allison Randall confirmed she had returned a positive test at last month’s trials on 15 July, the same day police in Italy raided the hotel rooms of Powell and Simpson and took away unspecified drugs for analysis. Jamaican world 200m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown tested positive for a banned diuretic in May, the same month Gay provided his positive sample in an out-of-competition test.

FILE - In this June 10, 2010, file photo, Jamaica’s Asafa Powell runs to win the men’s 100 meter event during the IAAF Diamond League Golden Gala athletics meeting at Rome’s Olympic stadium.

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GSTAAD, Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka advanced to the Swiss Open quarterfinals on Wednesday by beating Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain, 7-5, 7-6 (4). Wawrinka was cruising at 4-0 up in the second set, then failed to serve out the match at 5-3 before clinching victory in the tiebreaker. Seeded players won all four second-round matches, one day before top-seeded Roger Federer begins his campaign in the clay-court event against Daniel Brands of Germany. Fourth-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina eased past Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-1, 6-2 under warm sunshine in the ski resort venue. Monaco will face Mikhail Youzhny of Russia on Friday, in the same half of the draw as Federer. Youzhny, the No. 6 seed, beat his second-round opponent Pablo Andujar of Spain, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Fifth-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain won 6-4, 6-3 against Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia to set up a quarterfinal against Wawrinka.

Formula 1 teams to discuss minimum pitstop time Formula 1 teams are to discuss the idea of introducing a minimum pitstop time in an attempt to further improve safety. As part of an ongoing tightening of pitlane controls after a FOM cameraman was hit by a loose wheel from Mark Webber’s car in Germany, talks about further restrictions are to be held ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix. The FIA has added to the agenda of its regular team managers’ meeting, which takes place on Thursday afternoon, a number of proposals to be discussed. This includes the introduction of a minimum pitstop time, limits on the number of personnel allowed in the pitlane during free practice sessions and a clarification of whether engineers needs to wear helmets during pitstops if they are only inspecting a car. The idea of a minimum pitstop time would be to eradicate the need for teams to rush pitstops,

which is a contributing factor in mistakes being made during tyre changes. However, a minimum stop time would take away another competitive element from F1 and therefore is unlikely to receive much support from teams. There is also no guarantee that a minimum time will get rid of all errors and problems. Talks are also ongoing at the Hungarian Grand Prix to clarify which media personnel will be allowed in the pits during practice sessions. FOM had initially ruled that all cameramen and associated staff would be banned from all sessions, but this restriction could now be eased slightly. A decision on the matter, and whether FIA-accredited media access will be restricted, is expected before the first practice session on Friday morning. Discussions are also scheduled regarding future grid access as well.

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A lego figure of the Royal baby Prince George of Cambridge, in a 55-brick pram, is added by model makers along with a tiny easel in tribute to the traditional method of announcing a new Royal birth, to the 36,000 brick Buckingham Palace scene, at the Legoland Windsor Resort, Thursday, July 25, 2013.

By George! Britain’s little prince gets a name

MOSCOW - National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, who fled to Moscow’s airport a month ago, aims to stay in Russia for the near future and learn the country’s culture and language, his lawyer said Wednesday. To get him started, Anatoly Kucherena said he gave Snowden a copy of “Crime and Punishment,” Dostoyevsky’s lengthy novel about the torment and redemption of a man who thought himself outside the law. “I am not talking about the similarity of inner contradictions,” Kucherena said after meeting Snowden in the transit zone of Sheremetyevo international airport, where Snowden has apparently been marooned since arriving from Hong Kong on June 23. The day’s developments left the White House - and nearly everyone else “seeking clarity” about the status of the man who revealed details of an NSA program to monitor Internet and telephone communications. When Snowden first arrived at Sheremetyevo, he was believed to be planning just to transfer to a flight to Cuba and then to Venezuela to seek asylum. But the United States, which wants him returned for prosecution, canceled his passport, stranding him. He hasn’t been seen in public since, although he met with human rights activists and lawyers July 12. Snowden then applied for temporary asylum in Russia, saying he eventually wanted to visit countries that had offered him asylum: Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua. It’s unclear how long Russia will take to decide on the asylum request. Kucherena’s meeting Wednesday with Snowden was preceded by a flurry of reports that said the lawyer would give him documentation that would allow him to leave the airport while the asylum process is underway. But Kucherena said he had no such paperwork to pass along. The Federal Migration Service, which would issue such a document, said it had no information. Asked about Snowden’s long-term intentions, Kucherena told state television that “Russia is his final destination for now. He doesn’t look further into the future than that.”

LONDON - The little prince was in need of a name, and now, by George, he’s got one. Make that three: George Alexander Louis.

Caroline Kennedy nominated as ambassador to Japan

The announcement Wednesday that Prince William and his wife, Kate, had selected a moniker steeped in British history came as royal officials said the new parents were seeking quiet family time away from the flashbulbs and frenzy that accompanied the birth of their first child. While the news put to rest intense speculation over what name the couple would choose, the extreme interest around it illustrated how the 2-day-old future heir is already on his way to a lifetime of fanfare and public glare. Kensington Palace said William and Kate were “delighted to announce” their son’s name, adding that the baby will be known as “His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge.” The name George - borne by six kings - befits the boy now third in line to the British throne and was a favorite among British bookmakers, evoking the steadfastness of the queen’s father, George VI, who rallied the nation during World War II. Alexander is a name shared by three medieval Scottish kings, and Louis could be a tribute to Lord Louis Mountbatten, uncle to the queen’s husband, Prince Philip, and the last British viceroy of India before it gained independence in 1947. William’s father, Prince Charles, was close to Mount-

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama announced Wednesday he is nominating former first daughter Caroline Kennedy as U.S. ambassador to Japan, offering the most famous living member of a prominent American family a new role of service to country. Kennedy, an attorney and bestselling book editor, is being rewarded for helping put Obama in the White House, where her father served until his assassination 50 years ago. If confirmed, she would be the first woman in a post where many other prominent Americans have served to strengthen a vital Asian tie. In Tokyo, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Japanese government appreciated the nomination as “reflecting the great importance the Obama administration attaches to the Japan-U.S. alliance.” Kennedy helped propel Obama to the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination with a celebrated endorsement over Hillary Rodham Clinton - the only time she’s endorsed a presidential candidate other than her uncle Ted Kennedy in 1980. She played a prominent role, particularly in courting female voters by headlining events in key states for Obama during both his presidential campaigns. In the 2012 race, she served as one of 35 national co-chairs of Obama’s re-election campaign. She called Obama “the kind of leader my father wrote about in ‘Profiles in Courage’” during a prime-time speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. The White House announced her nomination without any particular fanfare, listing her in a news release along with other selections for administration posts. Obama said in a statement that all the choices bring “a depth of experience and tremendous dedication to their new roles,” but he offered no comment specific to Kennedy. Kennedy, 55, doesn’t have any obvious ties to Japan, a key ally in dealing with North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. She would replace John Roos, a wealthy former Silicon Valley lawyer and top Obama campaign fundraiser. Japan is one of the United States’ most important trading and military partners and accustomed since the end of World War II to having renowned American political leaders serve as envoy. Former U.S. ambassadors to Japan include former Vice President Walter Mondale, former House Speaker Tom Foley and former Senate Majority Leaders Mike Mansfield and Howard Baker.

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batten, who was assassinated by the Irish Republican Army in 1979. The announcement of the name, just two days after the baby’s birth, was quick by royal standards. Queen Elizabeth II and Philip took a month before settling on the name Charles for the Prince of Wales. Charles and Princess Diana took a week before settling on William’s four names. While a king usually rules under his given name, precedent shows that the prince is not hidebound by George. The first name of George VI was actually Albert, but he picked his fourth name to use as sovereign in honor of his father, George V. For now, palace officials say, William and Kate are spending “private and quiet time for them to get to know their son.” Some of their discussions may revolve around how to shield him from the media. The young prince’s relationship with the media appeared to get off to a good start - an encouraging sign for a royal family that has had tense moments with the press. The baby slept through his first photo op Tuesday outside London’s St. Mary’s Hospital, while his parents beamed as they chatted easily with reporters. “I thought, ‘Is this an Oscar-winning performance?’” said Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine. “But I think they were so

genuinely overjoyed that they wanted to show off the baby.” After leaving the hospital, the couple introduced their son to his uncle, Prince Harry, and to greatgrandmother Queen Elizabeth II, who was keen to see the baby before she starts her annual summer vacation in Scotland later this week. Then they headed to see Kate’s parents in their village near London pretty much like any regular family. There has been so much royal drama in the last few decades that it’s easy to forget William had, by royal standards, a relatively normal childhood. His parents’ troubled marriage may have ended in divorce, but Charles and Diana were devoted parents who tried to spend as much time as possible with their children, albeit with an assist from nannies. While the queen was sometimes away on official tours for months at a time when her children were young, Charles and Diana took William along on a tour to Australia when he was just 9 months old. The queen was educated at home, in keeping with royal tradition. But she sent her own children to boarding schools, and Charles and Diana did the same with William and Harry - choosing Eton, one of the most prestigious boys’ schools in the country.

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INDONESIA Death toll rises to 11 in boat capsize Agence France-Presse

CIANJUR - The confirmed death toll from the sinking of a boatload of Australia-bound asylum-seekers rose to 11 Thursday, as rescuers continued searching the seas off Indonesia for survivors. Local police spokesman Achmad Suprijatna told AFP two more bodies were found Thursday morning, two days after the boat sank off the southwestern coast of Java. “One was a 30-year-old Iranian, and the other a five-year-old Sri Lankan boy,” he said, adding 189 had been saved. Six children and a pregnant woman are now among the 11 dead, according to authorities. The number on the overloaded boat was unclear. Police have said around 200 were aboard, but an asylum-seeker has said 250 people, mostly Sri Lankans, made the perilous journey. Australian authorities alerted Indonesia of the incident Tuesday evening, just days after Canberra announced that asylum-seekers who arrive by boat will no longer be resettled in Australia even if they secure refugee status. Chief of the rescue mission

Rochmali, who goes by one name, said a helicopter had been deployed Thursday and merchant vessels sailing nearby were alerted to watch out for survivors. “We don’t know exactly how many people were on the boat, but hopefully there won’t be anyone missing. We still need to continue the search operation,” he said. Police were questioning the asylum-seekers and had handed over to immigration officials 66 people -- 44 of whom were Sri Lankan and 22 Iranian, justice and human rights ministry immigration Hariyanto said. The 66 were staying in hotels in Sukabumi city, while police questioned the others. An AFP reporter who spoke to survivors Wednesday said a group of 38, including women and children, had swum for their lives in darkness for up to four hours in high seas to reach the shore Tuesday night.

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is a dynamic graphic of hotspot occurrences in Riau. If it rains, the hotspots will reduce, but if it’s not, the number of hotspots will be increasing,” he said. Warih called on local people not to burn forest in order to open new plantation. Such action, he said, will hinder efforts to reduce hotspots in Riau. Last June, Riau province suffered the worst due to an increase of hotspots allegedly originated from intentional forest fire by local people. Thousands of people are suffering acute respiratory disease because of the haze resulting from the forest fires. The haze even impacted people in neighboring countries such as Singapore and Malaysia.

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JAKARTA - Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa and his Nigeria counterpart Olugbenga Ashiru hold joint commission meeting here on Thursday to discuss the effort to strengthen two countries’ bilateral cooperation in various sectors such as political and security, trade, investment, engineering and social culture. Two ministers have also planned to hold dialogue on regional and global issues, according to a release from the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry made available to Antara here on Thursday. The Joint Commission Meeting is an advanced stage from their agreement in a Memorandum of Understanding which was signed by two ministers on September 2013 in New York, the United

States. According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry statement, two countries have kept to boost their bilateral cooperation in recent years, which indicated by several visits conducted by two countries’ top officials as well as provision of support given by each side in many international forums. Moreover, in order to boost their bilateral cooperation, Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to hold a state visit to Indonesia on November 2013. “The Nigeria President’s visit is in response to state visit of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to Nigeria few months ago on February 2013,” the Foreign Ministry said. In addition, the two countries also enhance their bilateral cooperation in economic sector.

In fact, Indonesia is Nigeria’s biggest trade partner in Southeast Asia, while Nigeria is one of Indonesia’s main trade partner in Africa. The two countries’ trade volume in 2012 stood at 3.18 biillon US dollars, which was an incerase 50 percent compared to 2011 that amounted to 2.09 billion US dollars. Indonesia’s main export to Nigeria such as oils, paper products, pharmaceuticals, soaps and electronic products. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s main exports to Indonesia such as petroleum products, cotton and leather raw materials. Moreover, in investment sector, dozens of Indonesian companies has invested to Nigeria in many fields, such as food, palm oil, pharmaceutical, and garment.

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PEKANBARU - About 185 hotspots, possibly forest fires, have been found in Riau province recently, spokesman to National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Agus Wibowo said here on Wednesday. “The recent number is an increase compared to our finding last Tuesday (July 23) of 48 hotspots,” he said. Meanwhile analyst from Pekanbaru’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Warih Budi Lestari predicted hotspots will keep emerging in Riau province as Indonesia is in a drought season now meaning there will be little rain to eradicate them. “From mid to end of July there

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In this photograph taken on July 23, 2013, Sabrina, wearing a colorful headscarf, attends a Koran lesson for children at the At Taubah mosque in Jakarta as Islam’s holy month of Ramadan enters its second week. Indonesian chidlren some as a young as four years old begin the practice of fasting as self sacrifice that is taught at home and at school.

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Waka Shorea Resort claimed Biden urges India to open up to US companies to operated in national park area

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MUMBAI - US Vice President Joe Biden urged India on Wednesday to improve investment conditions and remove obstacles faced by American companies which restrict trade between the world’s biggest democracies. Biden, the first US vice president to visit India in three decades, listed intellectual property concerns, requirements to buy local content and inconsistent tax treatment as worries for foreign investors. “These are tough problems, but they have to be negotiated and worked through to meet the potential of this relationship,” he said in a speech at the Bombay Stock Exchange focused on boosting annual trade from its current level of nearly $100 billion. He also noted that India’s “instinct to protect your industries is understandable. But we need to be candid with each other about the obstacles which exist when economies do business”. Biden is the most senior US official to visit India since President Barack Obama in 2010, and the four-day visit is designed to revive flagging momentum in relations. Problems on both sides have soured ties, leading many analysts to conclude that a relationship described by Obama as one of the “defining partnerships of the 21st century” is far from fulfilling its potential. Biden also alluded to looming friction at a meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Bali in December over India’s highly protected farming industry. “We need to find a way forward to address India’s... legitimate concern about food security without distorting global trade. It is a difficult problem but it must be addressed,” he said. In the retail sector, US supermarket chain Walmart has been unable to open new stores because of local sourcing rules that require it to buy 30 percent of its products from small-scale Indian industries. Walmart, which said last year it wanted to launch its first supermarket within two years, has told the government it is unable to meet the demand, according to press reports on Tuesday. Officials have pointed to Biden’s visit as a chance to improve the investment climate between the US and India, where the government has been trying to introduce pro-business reforms to boost the sluggish economy.

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SINGARAJA - Due to declining in paying the Hotel and Restaurant Tax (PHR) Waka Shorea Resort around West Bali National Park was visited by the Buleleng Regency Government Team last Tuesday (23/7) where a meeting took place between Income Agency, Inspectorate, Plantation and Forestry Agency, General Services and Police Civil Service including The National Park Board and Director of the Resort, Iwan Syahlani, also attended. In the meeting the resort stated why they have declined in paying the tax. One reason is that the hotel activities is under the National Park area which as stated under the Law No. 50 Year 1990 and Government Law No. 36 Year 2010. “Customer obligation have been stated on the Government Law 59/1998 including state income is not tax,” Syahlani explained.

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This Tuesday, July 16, 2013, photo, shows a sign seen at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook reports quarterly earnings on Wednesday, July 24, 2013.

Mobile lifts Facebook profit, stock price surges Agence France-Presse

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook surprised Wall Street by showing it can make money from folks on smartphones and tablets, causing the leading social network’s stock to rocket. “The work we’ve done to make mobile the best Facebook experience is showing good results and provides us with a solid foundation for the future,” said Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg as the social network reported a quarterly profit of $331 million. Revenue for the quarter that ended June 30 climbed to $1.81 billion, up 53 percent from the same period a year earlier. The profit of $331 million compared with a loss of $157 million the California-based company posted in the same quarter last year.

Facebook said 41 percent of its ad revenues came from mobile, compared with 30 percent in the prior quarter and virtually nothing a year ago. “We’ve made good progress growing our community, deepening engagement and delivering strong financial results, especially on mobile,” Zuckerberg said. Facebook shares leapt more than 19 percent but gave back a bit of the gain, settling closer to $31.03 in late after-hours trading. Facebook is expected to increase its share of the $116.82 billion global digital ad market to 5.04 percent this year, according to industry tracker eMarketer. The leading social network’s portion of the mobile ad market will more than triple to more than $2 billion this year, eMarketer

forecast. Forrester analyst Nate Elliott expressed fear that Facebook may be “pulling the mobile ad lever too hard” and be hitting users with too many marketing messages in an effort to prove itself. Facebook has made a priority of following its more than one billion members onto smartphones or tablets as lifestyles increasingly revolve around accessing the Internet from mobile devices. Facebook on Monday boasted that it has surpassed 100 million users a month using an application designed for “simple” mobile phones widely used in developing nations. Zuckerberg rejected the notion that fewer teenagers were hanging out at the social network.

If Buleleng Government still asked for the PHR from this resort then the management asked for a further meeting between the Forestry Ministry, Buleleng Government and the Resort Management. If then the resort was proven to pay then they would obey it. According to Syahlani, right now the central and regional government are not on the same page. Head of Income Agency, Ida Bagus Puja Erawan, exclaimed that the meeting required is not available as it has been too long that the management have not obeyed any rules. Moreover their tax that should be

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Ganesha, the God of Knowledge In Hinduism, especially in Balinese Hinduism, the Lord Ganesha is one of the popular gods. Lately, we see the worship to the elephant-headed gods is starting to develop. Ganesha statue is almost installed in many places, not only in temple but also widely in private homes. What does it mean? Balinese Hindu community considers Lord Ganesha as the gods of virtue, so that the virtue is expected to inspire everyone to be on the right track in living their life. Since many years ago, the findings of Ganesha statues from all over Indonesia were very numerous. Some are equipped with simple jewelry, while others look magnificent. Such findings definitely were tailored to the skills of the artist or the economic conditions of the surrounding communities.Ganesh or Ganesha is the elephant-headed god. Among the Hindus, he is considered demihuman and demigod. The role of Lord Ganesha is so im-

portant because he is the son of Lord Shiva. Hindu society believes that Lord Ganesha is the god of knowledge. Therefore, in many places, including in Indonesia, until now the Hindu community builds a temple equipped with the installation of Ganesha statute. Hopefully, the children born will be smart and dutiful to parents. As the god of knowledge, Ganesha always invites the admiration of iconographic experts (knowledge of the art of ancient statues) because of the shape and style of the art are different. However, in principle the feature of Ganesha statue remains the same, namely having a trunk sucking the contents of bowl in his hand grip. According to Hindu mythology, the bowl contains fluid of inexhaustible knowledge despite constantly being sucked by him. Then, it is identified with an inexhaustible knowledge despite being explored and worked on all the times.

Perhaps, such a condition is expected by human. Due to high popularity of Ganesha, he is also worshiped as the god of remover of the obstacles, both supernatural (magic) and physical obstacles. Ganesha is worshiped because he has a best friend, namely little mouse. The mouse is then made his vehicle. Therefore, in the iconography Ganesha always mounts a mouse (musaka). Musaka symbolizes the self-conceit. On that account, Ganesha is expected to act as controller against the one’s arrogance. People often interpret that mouse has the characteristic in accordance with that of Ganesha. Mouse can get past all the obstacles in any location such as at homes, rice fields and ditches. Similarly, the characteristic expected from Ganesha is that people have great power like an elephant to break all the trees in the forest strongly while trees are analogized to big problems faced by humans.

paid by now reaches IDR2 billion. “If there is a further fault found then there will be sanction,” Erawan verified. The debate between the resort and Buleleng Government happened since few years ago when a letter from the Ministry connecting to a hotel management on a Nature Tourism Park. According to the resort, in the letter, the resort was given permission to manage the hotel and not to pay any retribution to the regional government as they are obliged to intensively taking care the forest, preserve and protect the fauna also flora of the forest. (kmb15)

Four villas robbed, gay couple arrested

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DENPASAR - Four time jailed in Kerobokan Jail did not stop the known to be gay couple, Ramli Alfian (32) and Ardi Majuma (32) in robbing places such as villas. This time they were proven to have robbed four villas by the North Kuta Police. They were captured in their lodge house at Gunung Soputan Street No. 8, Padangsambian, Denpasar last Monday (22/7). Besides the two accused, police also confiscated a number of evidences such as branded luggage bags, watches, phones, shoes and laptops. The loss reached IDR375 million. Head of North Kuta Police, APC Reinhard Habonaran Nainggolan, on Tuesday (23/7) stated that the case was known after victims reported that their villas have been robbed and a number of items have been taken. Based on a number of investigations and witnesses statements, two robbers were captured. The Villas that had been robbed included Villa Teas at Bunbak Road, Carik Alley No. 8, Umalas II, Kerobokan, North Kuta, Badung, Villa Satnan and Villa Vasana at Umalas II, North Kuta, Badung and a villa in Bumbak Dauh No. 4, Banjar Anyar Kelod, Umalas, Kerobokan, North Kuta, Badung. (kmb21)

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The beautiful ricefield is seen in the picture. Approximately 400 hectares of farmland in Denpasar cannot be planted until December 2013 due to water shortages.

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400 hectares of farmland in Denpasar lack of water Farmers reject seed assistance Denpasar (Bali Post)— Approximately 400 hectares of farmland in Denpasar cannot be planted until December 2013 due to water shortages. As the land did not get water supply, farmers refused to receive the seed aid distributed by the government. The Head of Denpasar Agriculture, Food Crops and Horticulture Agency, I Gede Putra Ambara, when contacted on Wednesday (Jul 24) confirmed the condition. He said the area of farmland that could not get water supply reached 400 hectares spreading across four regions namely the Subak Pakel I, Subak Pakel II, Subak Dalem and Subak Sembung. “The four subak areas do not get water supply due to the repair of irrigation tunnel at Tanah Putih, Badung. This condition has

occurred since last May. Supposedly, farmers have started entering the planting season this July. Since obtaining no irrigation water, their farmland cannot be planted,” said Ambara. Ambara added that such water scarcity was exacerbated by dry season. As a result, farmers in the four subak areas did not dare

to accept the assistance from the government in the form of soybean seed. If they were reckless to plant and it did not rain, they would certainly face crop failure leading farmers to greater loss. “Despite occasional rain, farmers still do not dare to take risks by experimenting to plant the seeds. Hence, the subak

Badung House urges PAP to pay attention to local traders

Mangupura (Bali Post)—

The Badung House urged PT Angkasa Pura I (PAP) to accommodate the hope of local traders to get an appropriate place at Ngurah Rai Airport. The authority of Angkasa Pura was asked not only to take side with the large-capital investors, but also should pay attention to local traders that so far have raised the reputation of the Ngurah Rai Airport. “With the spacious condition of the airport, placement of the traders that have been supporting the Ngurah Rai Airport

since the beginning is not difficult. Now, it highly depends on the airport authority whether there is a will or not. Do not always take side with large investors,” said a legislator of the Badung House, I Made Sudiana, Wednesday (Jul 24). According to him, the airport authority had promised to accommodate all the local traders coalesced into the Airport Traders Association (P2B) of Ngurah Rai. Properly, the promise should be kept. If the standpoint of the airport changed, obviously it raised a suspicion. “We ask the Angkasa Pura authority to immediately resolve this

chief was not willing to accept seed assistance,” he said. According to Ambara, similar incident also occurred in 2012. Six subak areas in Eastern Denpasar on the area of 700 hectares did not get water. To work around the problem, the Agriculture Agency provided the assistance of soybean and corn seed. However, due to no rain during the planting process, the seed could not grow and farmers suffered crop failure. “Based on the experience a year ago, farmers do not dare to make trial and error,” he said. During the dam repair was

problem. We do not want this debate to drag on, let alone the airport will be inaugurated soon,” he said. Another legislator, IGN Jelantik Trinaya, said that Angkasa Pura had to keep its promise to relocate the entire 121 airport traders. Moreover, the traders had been willing to meet the specified requirements. He hoped the Angkasa Pura to pay attention to local potential and did not only think about the economic aspects and advantages considering most local traders lost in the tender process because they could not compete against large investors. (kmb25)

under progress, he said, the four subak areas would not get irrigation water. This led farmers to be unable to cultivate their land and should wait until the dam repair project could have been completed. According to information, the dam repair was scheduled to accomplish in December 2013. To that end, his party had prepared the seed so that farmers could be helped when starting their cultivation next December. “Seed assistance will be prepared as much 25 kg for 1 hectare of land or 10 tons of seed for 400 hectares of farmland,” he said. (kmb13)

East Denpasar Police carry out inspection Denpasar (Bali Post)-

Anticipation took place by police to avoid any criminality moreover terrorism whih so motor vehicles are bekng raided by the East Denpasar Police and Denpasar Police. Dozens of personnelwere involved seen in two locations last Tuesday (23/7). The raid targeted box trucks, private owned and other trucks. They were stopped and hae their items carried checked and resulted one youth, I Ketut Adi Putra (20) was secured after known to have pocket knife with him. The raid took place in Denpasar-Gianyar border and in front of East Denpasar Police as stated by Head APC Ikhwan Lazuardi last Wednesday (24/7).

Associated Press Writer

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Two decorated U.S. war veterans who survived one of the worst battles of the Korean War found themselves among former foes at a memorial ceremony Thursday as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un launched the country’s commemoration of the war’s end 60 years ago. It’s unusual for American veterans to attend official events surrounding the July 27 war anniversary in North Korea, called “Victory Day” here. The veterans are in North Korea on a mission to find the remains of a fellow aviator killed in the war, and were given little notice about the event. The ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil a new cemetery for war veterans was brief and solemn, with no speeches. Soldiers stood at guard as a military band played the national anthem. Kim, dressed in a dark blue Mao suit, saluted and left a basket of flowers bearing a banner with his name before the memorial. The Korean War, pitting North Korean and Chinese troops against

U.S.-led United Nations and South Korean forces, ended with an armistice on July 27, 1953. A peace treaty was never signed, leaving the Korean Peninsula in a technical state of war and divided at the 38th parallel. That has not stopped the North Koreans from calling July 27 “Victory Day.” Brightly colored banners with the words “Victory” and “War Victory” fluttered from buildings across the capital city. The North Korean government is expected to use the anniversary to draw attention to the division of the Korean Peninsula and to rally support for Kim. Kim took power following the death of his father, Kim Jong Il,

in late 2011. As leader, he has overseen two long-range rocket launches and a nuclear test that have drawn international condemnation and tightened U.N. sanctions. North Koreans have been gearing up for months for the milestone war anniversary. Soldiers were assigned to carry out an extensive renovation of the Korean War museum. Students rehearsed every afternoon for a new war-themed rendition of the “Arirang” mass games songand-dance performance, which opened Tuesday. And citizens got down on their hands and knees in the lead-up to help lay sod and plant grass as part of a massive greening of Pyongyang. The anniversary is taking place as North Korea copes with flooding from the seasonal monsoon rains that strike the peninsula every July. Eight people were killed, more than 4,500 homes destroyed and 17,700 left homeless this week, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.

Friday, July 26, 2013

China indicts ex-politician Bo Xilai for graft Associated Press Writer

BEIJING - Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai was indicted Thursday on charges of corruption, accepting bribes and abuse of power, state media reported, moving China’s biggest political scandal in years toward closure. The indictment paves the way for a trial, about 16 months after Bo dropped from sight in one of China’s biggest-ever political scandals. The Xinhua News Agency said the indictment was handed over Thursday by prosecutors in the eastern city of Jinan to the city’s intermediate court. That indicates the trial will take place in the city soon, although the report did not say when. “The accused Bo Xilai, as a civil servant, took advantage of the privileges of his office to gain benefits for others and illegally received money and items in extremely large amounts,” Xinhua quoted the indictment as saying. It said Bo also “embezzled an extremely large amount of public funds and abused his powers of office, causing heavy losses to the interests of the nation and the people in an extremely serious way.” Calls to the court and prosecutors in Jinan rang busy or went unanswered. Bo, the former party boss of the southwestern megacity of Chongqing, was expelled from the party in September and accused of massive corruption, illicit sexual affairs and abetting the coverup of a murder by his wife. His ouster in the spring of last year and the investigation into his family presented the Communist Party leadership with its ugliest public scandal in nearly two decades. It exposed the bareknuckled infighting that the secretive leadership prefers to hide and affirmed an already skeptical public’s dim view about corrupt dealings in the party. At the time, Bo had been one of China’s most flamboyant and high-profile politicians, and was considered a conAP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File tender for one of the FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2007 file photo, Bo Xilai, seven seats on the then China’s Minister of Commerce, rubs his party’s all-powerful face at a memorial ceremony for his father Bo Politburo Standing Yibo, a late revolutionary leader considered one of communist China’s founding fathers. Committee.

Egypt army call signals possible crackdown

Associated Press Writer

CAIRO - The military chief who ousted Egypt’s elected president called on the public Wednesday to take to the streets to give him and the police a mandate to tackle “violence and terrorism,” in an address that pointed to a possible move against supporters of the Islamist leader.

The call by Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, made in a speech to a graduation ceremony for military cadets, underlined how the military chief is the source of real power in Egypt despite the creation of a civilian government after the July 3 coup that removed Mohammed Morsi. His comments appeared designed to secure a public cover for

what could be a move to dismantle sit-in camps by Morsi’s supporters in Cairo and elsewhere, as well as a campaign against Islamic radicals that have stepped up attacks on security forces in Sinai. El-Sissi called for a mass turnout in Friday rallies to give him a “mandate” to do what is “necessary” to stop bloodshed. A coalition of Morsi’s Muslim

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Brotherhood and allied factions denounced his speech, calling it an “open invitation” to civil war. Their coalition plans protests and marches of its own on Friday, raising the potential for violence between the two camps. El-Sissi removed Morsi after four days of protests by millions of Egyptians demanding his ouster after a year in office, and the military

says its goal is to set the country on a path to democracy. But the move has set top ally Washington in an uncomfortable position: The U.S. has implicitly accepted Morsi’s removal, even while the Obama administration reviews whether it constitutes a military coup, which under U.S. law would require a shut-off of $1.3 billion in annual aid to Egypt’s army.

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Fashion

Friday, July 26, 2013

International

Can athletic gear solve a non-athletic problem? Associated Press Writer

AP Photo/Sang Tan, File

This July 23, 2013 file photo shows Britain’s Prince William, right, and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge with the Prince of Cambridge as they pose for photographers outside St. Mary’s Hospital in London.

Kate applauded for not hiding new mommy tummy

NEW YORK — Pulling on the track jacket when the newscaster on the radio just said it was 7 a.m. and already 83 degrees (28 Celsius) felt a little weird. Maybe even crazy. I did it anyway. I had read and heard so much about the technology-infused breathable wicking fabrics being used in the sports market to regulate body temperatures that I wanted to put them to the test — in a decidedly non-athletic environment. If these innovations kept triathletes and mountain climbers feeling not too cold and not too hot, couldn’t it work for a commuter facing an East Coast heat wave and an arctic office? You have probably been there, too: You go back and forth from the sidewalk to the inside cafe, Main Street to the movie theater, even the central-air house to the patio or deck. At least at the office, if you’re like me, you have the office sweater, but I certainly couldn’t wear my black wool wrap outside on these near-100 degree(38 Celsius) days, not even to fetch an iced tea. So, I wore an Adidas Terrex Swift Cocona Hoodie Jacket, partially chosen because of its waffle-weave appearance; it wasn’t shiny or clingy, which might be my own outdated vision of what a high-tech fabric would be like. It matched well enough my work clothes one day when I paired it with a years-old, leaf-print wrap

jersey dress, but otherwise the bright green — with touches of brighter neon green — that looks so normal in the gym or when you’re out for a run stood out like a sore thumb with my mostly neutral workplace wardrobe. But this was an exercise in comfort, and, for the most part, comfort it gave me. Sometimes, sitting at my desk, I could be like Goldilocks, always looking for something just right. The black wool sweater that typically hangs on my chair goes on after the first hour at work, off at lunchtime, back on midday and off again in the hour or so before I leave. As far as I know, the thermostat in the office remains unchanged; it’s my body temperature that’s fluctuating. Greg Thomsen, managing director of Adidas Outdoor, blames my clothing — or, more specifically — the fabric. A fabric that holds moisture, including wool and cotton, can start to feel damp with just a bit of sweat. The air conditioning makes the dampened fabric feel cold after a while, but I’m putting on a top layer of wool, which holds the dampness in, he says. This jacket helped limit the extremes. Wicking fabrics, which have all sorts of cool names (ClimaCool, Coolmax, EnduraCool, for example), are “high-moisture transmission fabrics,” Thomson explains. They are breathable, pulling from either sweaty skin or dampened fabric to the inside layer of a wicking garment, and then releasing that wetness on the outside.

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — As Kate and William showed off the royal baby, what caught the eye of many women was not the new heir to the throne but the Duchess of Cambridge’s post-childbirth silhouette: that little bump under her pretty polka-dot dress. “I love that she came out and there was a mommy tummy. It was there! We all saw it!” said Lyss Stern of New York City, who remembers turning down offers of a girdle and diet pills after her first child was born nine years ago. Stern, whose company Divamoms.com organizes events and product launches, added that Kate was sending “the right message,” in stark contrast to Hollywood celebrities who are shown “three weeks after childbirth with a flat stomach and G-string bikini. That’s not real.” Even those who make a living getting new moms into shape applauded Kate. “I’m thrilled that she went out there like that, because we never see real mommy tummies,” said Helene Byrne, a personal trainer in Oakland, Calif., who specializes in pre- and post-natal ex-

ercise. “When you see a magazine or photos of new celebrity moms, they’re Photoshopped. They’re fake! They’re a big lie!” The Daily Beast even ran a headline saying Kate’s “unabashed baby belly busts the last taboo of pregnancy.” Indeed, most celebrity new moms don’t have their pictures taken until their tummies are flat again. And while the stars usually credit diet and exercise with making their bodies bikiniready so fast, gossip and plastic surgeons often cite something else: the popular procedure known as a tummy tuck. People magazine has an entire online archive devoted to “Body After Baby: Celebrity moms show off shockingly svelt figures after giving birth,” but the magazine declined to comment Wednesday

on the example set by Kate. Meanwhile, the summer’s other celebrity mom, Kim Kardashian, has yet to be seen in public. Us Weekly reported that she won’t leave the house untill she’s ready to “debut her post-baby body.” Nobody can say whether Kate consciously chose to send a message that this is what new mothers really look like, or whether she didn’t realize — or didn’t care — how obvious her tummy would be. Either way, she un-self-consciously handed the baby off to her husband rather than using the newborn to camouflage her figure from the cameras and crowds when she emerged from the hospital Tuesday. And her form-draping dress was a contrast to the caftan-like outfit that hid Princess Diana’s figure when she appeared publicly for the first time after giving birth to Will in 1982.

AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews

In this Thursday, July 18, 2013 photo, Samantha Critchell, fashion reporter and editor at the Associated Press, poses wearing a technology-infused sports jacket. The jacket is made of breathable wicking fabrics used in the sports market to regulate body temperatures.

Bali News

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Friday, July 26, 2013

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HIV/AIDS cases in Bali

Worryingly, 50 percent of patients infected in teenage Bali Post

DENPASAR - Though the majority of people with HIV/AIDS are in the age range of 29-39 years, it is also recorded the existence of teenage sufferer. Surprisingly and alarmingly, aside from suffering from the HIV/AIDS transmitted by parents with positive HIV, there were cases of teenagers with HIV infected through early sexual intercourse. Coordinator of Prevention and Public Relations of the Bali AIDS Prevention Commission (KPA), Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Mangku Karmaya, stated the HIV/AIDS cases mostly occurred at the age 20-40 years with a percentage of 75-80 percent. “In terms of total cases of the HIV/AIDS, the patient infected at teenage (aged 12-24 years) is about 50 percent,” he said, Wednesday (Jul 24). Vulnerability of teenager to negative impacts, in this case the early sexual intercourse causing an effect like HIV disease and sexually transmitted infection (IMS), according to Mangku Karmaya, occurred due to physical growth during puberty. “At teenage, hormonal condition drives the strong libido coupled with psychological aspect generating the curiosity of

the teenagers,” said Karmaya. When both aspects were not directed properly added with the ignorance of teenagers to wreak their hormones, their emotion would turn unstable, gullible and socially influenced by deviating lifestyle of their fellows. Many factors affected the teenagers to have free lifestyle. Among others, they were the environmental factor, entertainment

and disharmonious family relationship. “Current global changes and progress of IT without being accompanied with mental readiness and knowledge will make teenagers less confident,” said Karmaya. Even, the need for money to purchase lifestyle items such as the latest model of cellular phone would lead teenagers to commit wrong action. With the emerging

cases of HIV and sexually transmitted infection on teenagers, it was required a measure to protect them. Endeavors like prevention, treatment and rehabilitation should be carried out from the upstream to downstream. “For the upstream, we make preventive efforts for teenagers through the outreach, communication and education. Meanwhile, for downstream endeavor, other than prevention, we also make treatment and rehabilitation for teenagers having been infected by HIV or the sexually transmitted infection,” explained Karmaya. Based on the data, the HIV/ AIDS cases in Bali afflicting the age group of 15-19 years reached 150 people and age group of 20-29 years reached 3,009 people of the total of 7,551 cases. According to the

Head of VCT Merpati at Wangaya Hospital, Ketut Suryana, there were two teenage cases handled by the VCT Merpati at Wangaya Hospital with the background of being contracted by HIV through early sexual intercourse. “They are known to have been infected by HIV at the age of 15 years. In terms of viral incubation, it is estimated to have early sexual intercourse at the age of 12 years,” said Suryana. The teenage cases having been infected by HIV and treated in VCT Merpati, added Suryana, were known when the teenage patients were hospitalized due to diarrhea and fever that had never recovered. Besides, the patient also had tuberculosis. By and large, armed with these symptoms the medical officer would conduct further examination. (kmb24)

Banking loan distribution focused on Southern Bali Bali Post

DENPASAR - Favorable condition of tourism business also influences the distribution of loan in Bali. However, the distribution of banking loan reaching IDR 44.77 trillion is mostly focused on Southern Bali, namely Denpasar and Badung. Branch Manager of Bank Indonesia for Region III Bali Nusra, Dwi Pranoto, explained that loan distribution in Denpasar reached IDR 29 trillion or 64.78 percent of the total loan distribution. Meanwhile, the distribution in Badung reached IDR 4.2 trillion or 9.38 percent of the total amount. Then, the distribution in Buleleng reached 6.08 percent, Tabanan (5.25 percent), Gianyar (4.56 percent), Karangasem (2.97 percent), Jembrana (2.51 percent) and Bangli (2.23 percent). Meanwhile, based on location of the project (totally IDR 52.61 trillion), the largest amount of banking loan remained in the municipality of Denpasar reaching IDR 22.28 trillion and IDR 13.09 trillion in Badung County. “Quite large difference between the banking loan based on location of the bank and location of the greatest project is in Badung County, amounting to IDR 8.88 trillion. Such considerable difference reflects the large amount of investment in Badung originating from central banking fund or outside Bali,” said Dwi Pranoto in Denpasar. According to him, as an effort to increase the penetration of productive loan in the community of the four

counties with the loan absorption rate below 5 percent, Bank Indonesia had made various efforts. Among them, it organized a banking intermediation meeting in each county. “One of the endeavors to distribute the economic growth in Bali can be made through a productive loan,” he said.He explained the loan distribution of commercial bank in Bali until the second quarter of 2013 was dominated by productive loan at 61.74 percent consisting of 38.8 percent of Working Capital Loan (38.01) and Investment Loan (22.94 percent). Of the total banking loan distribution in Bali, approximately 39.19 percent belonged to productive loan of the SMEs.“Until the second quarter of 2013, the SME loan in Bali can grow up to 21.75 percent on an annual basis. Proportion of the SME loan distribution by the amount of loan are micro loan (38.01 percent), small size (46.17 percent) and medium size (15.82 percent),” he said.Further, he explained the greatest distribution of SME productive loan was in Denpasar Municipality (IDR 10.4 trillion) or 58.55 percent of the total of productive loan disbursed by the SMEs throughout Bali. In the second place, the largest amount of SME loan was disbursed in Badung County (8.22 percent), Tabanan (6.98 percent), Gianyar (6.93 percent) and Buleleng (6.71 percent). Meanwhile, the four other counties remained below 5 percent in terms of absorption of banking loan, namely Karangasem (3.78 percent), Bangli

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Favorable condition of tourism business also influences the distribution of loan in Bali. However, the distribution of banking loan reaching IDR 44.77 trillion is mostly focused on Southern Bali, namely Denpasar and Badung. (3.16 percent), Jembrana (3.01 percent) and Klungkung (2.66 percent). “A good economic performance should certainly be felt equally by society of all walks of life. To that end, we encourage the establishment of equitable growth acceleration (inclusive growth) through the approach of equitable access to public finance (financial inclusion),” he said.The banking industry in Bali,

he added, also encouraged the high economic growth of Bali driven by strong domestic consumption and high investment target primarily related to the completion of the large-scale infrastructure development ahead of the APEC Summit 2013. It was confirmed through the data on the growth of loan investment reaching 60.35 percent in the second quarter of 2013, exceeding the growth

of working capital loan recorded 19.66 percent and consumer loan reaching 27.68 percent. The amount of investment loan by commercial bank in Bali until June 2013 amounted to IDR 17.13 trillion, in which the largest distribution was in the subsector of accommodation and food and beverage at 41.37 percent as well as wholesale and retail trade at 24.21 percent. (kmb27)

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International

Friday, July 26, 2013

Bali News

Pastika denies to have received bribery from investors Denpasar (Bali Post)—

After intense public highlights over the allegation of conspiracy, bribery and corruption indication in the issuance of decree permit on the Reclamation at Benoa Bay, Governor of Bali Made Mangku Pastika began to speak. Public suspected there was bribery and flow of funds from investors to Mangku Pastika and Ketut Sudikerta (Pasti-Kerta package) for the gubernatorial election campaign in May 2013 and the Decree on the reclamation permit issued on December 26, 2012 as a political guarantee to investors. However, when met after chairing the meeting on the evaluation of the development execution of the first semester and implementation of the activity program in the second quarter of 2013 in the Wisma Sabha, the office of Governor of Bali at Renon, Wednesday (Jul 24), he firmly denied to have received bribes from investors related to the issuance of reclamation permit at Benoa Bay. When asked if he knew or got involved in the bribery allegation related to the issuance of the reclamation permit, Pastika firmly denied. “Nothing is like that,” he said. Similarly, when asked whether he also received money from investors for the campaign of Bali gubernatorial election in May 2013, Pastika again denied. “No, I did not (receive any bribes from investor for the campaign—Ed). I received nothing,” affirmed Pastika where in the Bali election he put up with Ketut Sudikerta. Previously, (Bali Post, Jul 23), Ketut Sudikerta also denied to have received any bribes or money from investors related to the reclamation plan. He confirmed that his party did not receive money for the sake of the

gubernatorial election campaign from any investors. “What kind of money is it? Since I did not see and was never informed, then I’m sure there is no flow of such kind of fund. To be frankly, there is no flow of funds from any investor,” affirmed Sudikerta. According to him, all the funds used in winning the campaign for the Pasti-Kerta package were entirely obtained from donation by all cadres in the coalition. “I’ve never heard about it (flow of funds to the campaign of Pasti-Kerta— Ed). Similarly, I do not know, either,” he added. Meanwhile, when asked about how far he knew about the reclamation plan, Sudikerta even admitted not to know anything about the reclamation plan to Benoa Bay. “I

do not know about the reclamation. So, I cannot give more comments about it,” said Sudikerta. However, the man doubling as Chairman of the Golkar Party of Bali Chapter confirmed if he had summoned the Golkar Faction in the Bali House to explain about the process and the development of reclamation plan at Benoa Bay. “Earlier (Wednesday—Ed), I have summoned the faction. I requested it to explain about the reclamation, both the process and the development. Pursuant to the explanation given by the faction, the reclamation currently remains in initial assessment or pre-feasibility study. So, it has not accomplished yet. Just wait for the final study,” said Sudikerta doubling as Deputy Regent of Badung. (kmb29)

Bringing explosives, fisherman captured Negara (Bali Post)-

Two fishermen expected to have brought explosives including threads to be usedfinding fishes captured by police last Tuesday (23/7) afternoon in Gilimanuk shorea. Information stated feom locals that one of the fisherman have been using bombs for fishing. The two were captured when about to go fishing using traditional boat. Ef (39) from Arum Area had the fish bombs equip-

ments, cathing fishes equipment and diving goggle along wih IW alias Soni (26) were all captured. Accused stated they received the bombs rrom M who lives at Wumberkima, Gerokgak, Buleleng. The responsible is now being searched by policewhile accused housesinvestigated. The bomb was made from Urea, black powder and potassium mixed in a bottle complete

eith its thread which now have been confiscated by gilimanuk Brimob Detasemen C Pelopor. Head of Jembrana Police Public Relation, APC Wayan Setiajaya stated the case is being developed. A number of accused colleagues stated that Soni comes from Madura and works as crafter yet when not much order he would go fishing. The colleague thinks he just learned to dive while looking for fishes. (kmb26)

Activities

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Charity concert at Hard Rock Hotel Bali Bali land sold off, artists protest Gianyar (Bali Post)—

A number of artists from different communities in Bali gathered to make critic action to the seller of Bali’s land. Young artists coalesced into some communities criticized the behavior of society and the government officials that were selling off the land of Bali. The criticism expressed through scarecrow festival and concert entitled ‘Bali Not for Sale’ was held at Saren hamlet, Ubud. Unfortunately, the social care action undertaken by the group of artists was hampered by licensing procedures in police authority. “We are still awaiting the issuance of the license by police authority,” said Chairman of the Committee, Pande Putu Setiawan, Wednesday (Jul 24). The activity used as contemplation of Balinese community was organized on the area of 4,000 square meters at Subak Uma Pacung, Junjungan hamlet, Ubud. While waiting for the clarity of the license from police authority, the organizer had designed a fun walk exploring the overlay of paddy fields, photography exhibition with the theme of paddy field, scarecrow contest and music festival. All the activities were graced by the artists from Sanggar Dewata Indonesia, Komunitas Anak Alam, Sanggar Anak Tangguh, Ubud Musicians, Masyarakat Luden House and SID musicians. The scarecrow festival took place on

July 21 to 28. Many tourists came to see the Scarecrow Festival presenting 30 scarecrows. Visitors also claimed to be apprehensive after hearing the background of the activity. At the moment, many lands of Bali had been sold. The apprehensiveness would be showed off in the form of documentary film later on. “So far, visitors coming to Bali are assessed to be a commonplace, whereas they are also very sad to see the current condition of Bali,” he explained. A land owner, Gede Suanda ‘Sayur’, 31, said the refusal to the selling of Bali’s land had been carried out since three years ago. The rice field belonging to his family having been surrounded by villa accommodations was posted with a signpost saying Not for Sale. Such an action was not necessarily intended to reject the tourism development. However, his party would support the tourism without having to remove the paddy fields that had been sought by tourists on their holidays in Bali. Tourism policies by the government, according to the painter graduating from the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Yogyakarta, should not set aside the rice fields. Government should preserve the existence of rice field. Villas and other business establishment should have the overlay of paddy fields to safeguard the future of Bali. (kmb16)

Governor Pastika will not revoke the decree on reclamation permit Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Amidst the rejection to the reclamation plan and insistence of Balinese community components in order that the decree on the permit of Benoa Bay reclamation issued by Governor of Bali to be revoked, Governor Pastika instead showed off different attitudes, even it was contrary to the developing aspirations so far. He affirmed not to revoke the decree because the issued decree could not be revoked. Such confirmation was conveyed after chairing a working meeting on the development evaluation program of the first semester and implementation of the activity program in the second quarter of 2013 at Wisma Sabha, in the office of the Governor of Bali, Wednesday (Jul 24). When asked whether he would revoke the decree on the Benoa Bay reclamation permit as urged by a number of Balinese community components, Pastika initially showed off unclear stance. “Yes, it depends,” he argued. When urged if many people criticized the issuance of the decree because it had infringed many laws and regulations so

that it was legally flaw and should be revoked, Pastika confirmed the decree had complied with procedures and mechanisms. No rules had been violated. “No, it is not (unlawful—Ed). Who says that?” he argued. So, will the decree not be revoked? When asked such question, Pastika affirmed that the decree would not be revoked. “No, it will not (be revoked—Ed),” said the former Bali Police Chief. Why is it not revoked, while Balinese community urges to revoke the decree? When asked that question, Pastika explained the decree on the reclamation permit had been issued, so that it could no longer be revoked and there was no reason to revoke the decree. “It has been issued, why it should be revoked anyway?” said Pastika. As reported previously, many circles ranging from the academicians, NGOs to community leaders criticized and urged in order the reclamation permit should be revoked because the issuance of the decree was laden with irregularities and it had violated various rules of law. (kmb29)

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KUTA - Hard Rock Hotel Bali together with Yayasan Solemen Indonesia announced the “Hope Together Charity Rock Concert”, a 2-day rock concert to raise funds for underprivileged families of 29 persons living in a compound in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. The concert will be held at Centerstage, Hard Rock Hotel Bali, on Saturday and Sunday, 27-28 July 2013, featuring Indonesia’s best rock bands, Superman Is Dead and Navicula. Yayasan Solemen Indonesia is a Balibased Indonesian registered non-profit foundation working alongside accredited agencies and projects to alleviate suffering and support the disadvantaged in Bali. Solemen’s Robert Epstone further explains, “On the initial visit, we found the two families living in the compound sharing the area and one bathroom with seven other families. The two eldest boys were lying naked on the floor with their disability, and several other family members showing the similar symptoms.” The funds raised from the event will be directed for the medical treatment, education scholarship for the unaffected children, and home relocation to a better establishment. Robert added, “We are honored and touched by the commitment shown by the musicians

and Hard Rock Hotel Bali to donate their service free of charge.” Throughout its “Love All Serve All” and “Take Time to Be Kind” brand mantras, Hard Rock Hotel Bali is always at the forefront to do its best when it comes to help the underprivileged. Brad Calder, Executive Assistant Manager of Hard Rock Hotel Bali addressed, “we are simply touched when Solemen introduced us to the families, and we right away committed ourselves to support this event, in the way that we know best, through music, at Centerstage, Bali’s best live music venue.” On Saturday, 27 July from 7 pm, Navicula, the environmentalist band with social issues mentioned in their song lyrics will be the headline, along with German Dmitriev and Gold Voice. On Sunday, 28

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July from 7 pm, one of Indonesia’s best, Bali’s punk rock pioneer Superman Is Dead will rock the stage with Nosstress and Garden Grove. Tickets can be purchased from now

until event days on a strictly limited first-come-first-served basis from 12 pm to 7 pm. Festival ticket is priced at Rp. 100,000 per person including first beer, VIP seated ticket

Calendar Event for July 10 through August 10, 2013

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

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

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

at Rp. 200,000 per person including first beer or glass of wine. Rock Star tickets for couch of six are priced at Rp. 1,800,000 including Spirit by the Bottle package.(ocha)

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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Gosling wrote emasculating lines for movie scene

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NEW YORK — When it comes to conjuring up the most mean-spirited insults a mother could hurl at her son, leave it to Ryan Gosling. In his latest film, “Only God Forgives,” the Canadian actor plays a drug-smuggling mama’s boy. In one scene, his character is humiliated by his mother at dinner after he brings a hooker, posing as his girlfriend, to meet mom — played by Kristin Scott Thomas. Gosling said the embarrassments heaped on his character — including comments about his anatomical shortcomings — weren’t originally in the script.

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“She had to emasculate me and so she asked me to help, which I thought was funny. We just worked together and I told her all the things that she could say to me that would be sort of castrating,” Gosling said, smiling. “She has that whole crazy rant.” The actress said while it was fun to play the villainous character, the darkness in her soul was “debilitating and wears you down.” And then there’s the dinner scene. “All I can remember was there was these huge pages and pages of words, and some of them were very, very difficult to say,” Scott Thomas said. “He (Gosling) came up with that dialogue, believe me.” Scott Thomas said it takes a certain type of actor to be able to handle some of the more sensitive comments hurled at his character. “You can rely on him. He’s not going to flake. He’s not going to suddenly stop being in the scene. He’s not going to judge you by the way you’re interpreting something,” Scott Thomas said of Gosling, adding: “To have somebody that I could completely rely on to be there and not kind of laugh ... was sort of helpful.”

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77 dead in worst Spanish train crash in decades

FILE - This March 10, 2013 file photo shows Canadian actor Ryan Gosling posing for a portrait in New York.

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ROME — The techno-thriller “Gravity” starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts stranded in outer space will open the 70th Venice Film Festival. Terry Gilliam’s “The Zero Theorom” starring Christoph Waltz and Matt Damon, and Jonathan Glazer’s “Under the Skin” featuring Scarlett Johansson are among 20 films — five by U.S. directors — vying for the coveted Golden Lion. “Gravity” is among 17 films showing out of competition. The lineup for the world’s oldest film festival, announced Thursday, includes film by three Oscar-winning directors: Hayao Miyazaki with an animated film about a Japanese fighter plane designer, Poland’s Andrzej Wajda with a movie depicting the life of Solidarity leader Lech Walesa and Errol Morris with the documentary about former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP festival runs from August Sandra Bullock

Spain train crash Dozens killed on Wednesday

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Train carrying 222 people hurtled off the tracks on Wednesday as it was about to enter the station Santiago de Compostela

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A picture taken on July 24, 2013 shows derailed cars at the site of a train accident near the city of Santiago de Compostela. Between 45 and 50 people died when a train derailed in Galicia in northwestern Spain today, the president of the regional government of Galicia said. The train which carried 238 passengers originated in Madrid and was bound for the northwestern town of Ferrol.

Agence France-Presse SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA - A train hurtled off the tracks in northwest Spain killing at least 77 passengers and injuring more than 140, an official said Thursday, the country’s deadliest rail disaster in more than 40 years. Four carriages overturned in the smash late Wednesday, smoke billowing from the wreckage, as bodies were lain out under blankets along the tracks. The carriages piled into each other and folded up like an accordion. One was ripped apart by the force of the crash, one of its ends pushed up into the air. Several witnesses spoke of a loud explosion. “I was at home and I heard something like a clap of thunder, It was very loud and there was lots of smoke,” said 62-year-old Maria Teresa Ramos, who lived just metres from where the accident happened. “It’s a disaster, people are crying out. Nobody has ever seen anything like this,” she added.

Her neighbour Martin Rozas, 39, helped pull the wounded from the wreckage and laid blankets over the dead. “It was like an earthquake,” he said. The accident happened at 8:42 pm (1842 GMT) Wednesday as the train carrying 218 passengers and four staff was about to enter Santiago de Compostela station in the northwestern region of Galicia. It marks the worst rail accident in Spain since 77 people were killed in 1972 in a derailment in Andalusia in the south. In 1944, hundreds were killed in a crash also between Madrid and Galicia. Rescue workers recovered 73 bodies from the train’s wreckage and four more victims died later in hospital, a

spokesman for the Galicia high court said Thursday, increasing an earlier toll figure. A total of 143 people were said to have various injuries. The train had left Madrid and was heading for the town of Ferrol as the Galicia region was preparing celebrations in honour of its patron saint James. A witness told radio Cadena Ser that carriages overturned several times on a bend and came to a halt piled up on each other. Public television TVE said the train may have derailed because it was speeding at the time of the accident but a spokesman for state railway company Renfe said it was too soon to say what caused the accident. “There is an investigation underway and we have to wait. We will know what the speed is very soon when we consult the train’s black box,” a Renfe spokesman said. The train was the Alvia model which is able to adapt between high-speed and normal tracks.