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HBO says Brexit won’t hurt ‘Game of Thrones’ production

LOS ANGELES - “Game of Thrones,” the hit HBO cable TV series that is partly filmed in Northern Ireland, will not suffer due to Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, the cable network said on Friday, aiming to quash speculation that the lavishly produced show would lose EU funding. Britons voted on Thursday to leave the European Union, a decision that economists and govern-

ment leaders say clouds growth prospects for the world’s fifthlargest economy and could dim its attraction for investors. The result could also discourage Hollywood studios and cable networks to film shows and movies in Britain, in part because the country would no longer have access to European subsidies. The series received support from the EU’s European Regional De-

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Fans wait for guests to arrive at the world premiere of the television fantasy drama “Game of Thrones” series 5, at The Tower of London, in London, Britain March 18, 2015.

velopment Fund in its early years, HBO confirmed, but the fund has provided no support for the past few seasons. “We do not anticipate that the result of the EU referendum will have any material effect on HBO producing ‘Game of Thrones,’” the network, a unit of Time Warner Inc, said in a statement. As results from Britain’s historic referendum came in overnight, speculation spread online that the decision would hurt HBO’s mostwatched series, which had as many as 20 million viewers per episode last season. The show continues to receive funding from the UK, including from Northern Ireland Screen (NIS), which provides government support for local businesses. NIS issued a statement on Friday saying the organization “does not use monies provided from European-funded programmes.” A majority of voters in Northern Ireland, one of four “nations” that comprise the United Kingdom, cast ballots for remaining in the EU. The Emmy-winning “Game of Thrones,” based on George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” books, tells the epic fantasy tale of a multi-generational struggle for control of the Iron Throne and rule over the Seven Kingdoms. The show, now in its sixth season, has a budget of $10 million per episode, according to Entertainment Weekly. (rtr)

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Spain votes to break political deadlock, far left set to rise

MADRID - Spaniards voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election in which the anti-austerity party Podemos is expected to make big gains, potentially delivering a fresh jolt to Europe’s political mainstream after Britain voted to leave the European Union. The last election, in December, broke the mould of 40 years of stable conservative or Socialist majorities and failed to produce a government, as upstart parties channelled growing resentment of the establishment following an economic crisis and a raft of corruption scandals. Opinion polls suggest the parliament that emerges this time will be just as fragmented as the previous one. Four big parties and six smaller regional ones are likely to win seats in the 350-strong assembly, none of them coming close to a majority. The centre-right People’s Party (PP) looks set to be the biggest party again, with around 120 seats. But its natural coalition partner, the liberal Ciudadanos (“Citizens”), appears likely to win only about 40 seats, leaving them well short of the 176 needed for a majority. In theory, the rise of Unidos Podemos (“Together We Can”), a leftist alliance led by Podemos, could offer a way out. The 90 seats it is expected to win, combined with around 80 for the Socialist Party (PSOE), would be close to a majority. Support from some of the regional parties could enable them to form a government. Many analysts believe, however, that the 137-year-old Socialist Party would prefer to form a ‘grand coalition’ with the PP, led by the acting prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, or

give passive support to a minority PP government, rather than combine with a group that threatens their existence. “This is a crucial time for the left. Our time has come. We have an opportunity for change,” said Carlos Martinez, a retired administrative clerk who cast his ballot for Unidos Podemos in the Arganzuela neighbourhood, in the south of Madrid. However, the 77-year-old, who voted in December for the former communists of United Left, now part of Unidos Podemos, said the anti-austerity alliance might find it hard to govern because other parties may coalesce to block it.

struct another idea of Europe based on social rights and human rights,” Iglesias told journalists on Friday as he closed his campaign. It is not clear which impact the result of the British referendum will have on the Spanish election. Some voters said on Sunday they went for a “safe option” by backing the historically dominant PP and PSOE. Others said they were encouraged to vote for the insurgent Podemos. Like Martinez, though, many signalled the Brexit vote did

not influence their choice With summer holidays starting, there are also doubts about how many Spaniards will turn out to vote again, six months after an election that produced only political bickering. Silvia Gea, a 39-year-old pharmacist from Madrid and long-time PP voter who cast her ballot for Ciudadanos in December, said she backed the PP this time around because she hoped it would help unlock the six-month stalemate.

Yet, she said she doubted political parties would reach an agreement any time soon. “I can see us coming back here to vote in six months time,” she said. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Such a scenario would have echoes of Greece, where a long-established centre-left party, PASOK, joined a conservative-led government in 2012, only to find itself subsequently humiliated by the rise to power of the far-left Syriza party -- which is close to Podemos. After Britain’s vote to quit the EU, Greece’s Syriza prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, and Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias called for a re-launch of the European Union based on improved democracy, social protection and solidarity. “It’s bad news for the future of Europe. We are very worried about the decision of the British people. And we think we need to recon-

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A man dressed as a sperm talks to a voter as he prepares his ballot at a polling station before voting in Spain’s general election in Madrid, Spain, June 26, 2016.

Bali needs to tighten syatem for receiving migrants D E N PA S A R Safety and comfort are non negotiable for the selling of

Bali as a tourist destination. The prescnese of migranta could pose a threat to both of these key features if syatems and regulations are not put into place. Such a system should involve a range

of stakeholders, so as to ensure longevity. “Supervision should also be supported by information technology and our current aystema need to be made clear. We wel-

come visits by domestic travelers, including those looking for job opportunities in Bali. However, our concern is that they have skills or expertise and adequate competences” said the member of

Golkar Faction in the Bali House of Representatives, I.B. Udiyana, in Denpasar. Continued on page 2 Tighten..

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Udiyana considers Bali as the proverbial ‘sugar that draws the ants’. As an international tourist destination, Bali indeed looks promising for newcomers. However, the island is currently overloaded so migranta need to have a clear purpoae in being here. They ahpuld not be allowed to just come in droves lures by the success of others. “We welcome people, but they must have a certain purpose. Are they going to work or plunge into the tourism sector? They ahoyld not just be gambling here. Overcrowding in Bali may result in horizontal friction that can trigger criminal action. In time, this cpuld.tarniah Bali’s image”, said this member of Commission III. Udiyana stressed that Bali must create a customary village-based system, wherein customary villages andeven customary hamlets stand on the frontlines, particularly related to guests or newcomers who are leasing land, houses or rooms -including hotels. Surveillance efforts should be made by enquiring

about the identity of those who stay or live in the territory of a customary village. “This is not menat to burden customary villages, but as part of our local system they are still very strong and can serve.thia important role. Indeed the process of leasing or purchasing land by migrants is definitely made at customary hamlets”, he said. Udiyana added that a perfect system also requires human resources with good morals and mentality. Without these, even sophisticated systems will be unable to work properly. Therefore, officers and the people of Bali must not be easily lured by newcomers whose identity is unclear simply because small bribes are offered. “If this happens, there will be moral and mental degradation of the personnel within the system and could finally destroy Bali. We must therefor create the system with a strong commitment. The carrying capacity of Bali is at its limits so we need to choose new comers more carefully and the air, sea and land must be supervised with extra tight surveillance” he added. A member of Commission II of

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The people are entering Bali through a check point in Gilimanuk the Bali House of Representatives, Gede Kusuma Putra emphasized the importance of orderly administration. It’s okay for migrants to come to Bali. However, it must be clear who will guaranteen them, where they live and what they do must be recorded properly. As long as they have clear activities or business, the presence of migrants will actually have benefits for Bali chiefly in the matter of employment absorption.

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“But do not let the contrary happen, witg data collection on migrants is taken advantage of for improper objectives. For example, when making a raid and the migrant is asked for money, this can result in unfavorable things later. I think it is natural for people to come to Bali, like a proverb saying that Bali retains a lot of sugar so that many ants come because the level of Bali’s economy and purchasing power are above the national

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average. Surely, they come here because the circulation of money is pretty good,” said the PDI-P politician. Kusuma Putra hopes that newcomers have sufficient skills and ability. If the newcomers are beggars and homeless, they will be a burden for the government of Bali or any government. That is why control of the situation is required. Other than having wide area, Bali also has limitations.(kmb)

For the time being, Bali safe from fake vaccines

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DENPASAR — After conducting investigating private hospitals in Klungkung, Karangasem and several hospitals in Denpasar, the Denpasar Drug and Food Control Agency (BBPOM) did not find any fake vaccines in circulation. “Hopefully, the circulation of fake vaccines only occurred in the three cases that were massively publicized in the media,” said Chief of the BBPOM Denpasar, Endang Widowati. The search outside of the Denpasar area was started last Thursday, while the search in town was conducted on Friday. In addition, it was revealed that not all private hospitals purchased their medical suppkies through e-catalogs. “Indeed all state hospitals should use be ordering their stock.from the official e-catalog ” he said. To protect the public, his agency will periodically be investgating the circulation of fake vaccines throughout Bali. BaliMed Hospital gets their vaccine from the government through public health services. “Our vaccines are purchased and pucked up by the doctors themselves”, said Deputy Director III of BaliMed Hospital, Oka Darmawan. Previously, Sanglah Hospital had already guaranteed that no fake vaccines are circulating there because the purchase of vaccines and drugs are done through the e-catalog system in accordance with the government regulation. With the ecatalog system, the quality and source of vaccines can be trusted to be safe and clear. (kmb42)

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YLPK urges consumers not to behave consumptive

Britain’s Europeans gripped by fear, confusion, heartache LONDON — A tsunami of uncertainty has engulfed Anna Woydyla, a Polish restaurant worker in London, since Britain voted to leave the European Union.

Would her two teenage children, who grew up in the United Kingdom, still qualify for loans to study at British universities? Would she and her husband, after 11 years of working here, have to sell the home they just bought? Leave their jobs? Leave their new country? Try to apply for citizenship? The 41-year-old is among hundreds of thousands of European Union workers in Britain who are fearful and confused over what happens next as their adoptive country begins the long process of unwinding its many ties to continental Europe. “If it were just me, I could even return to Poland,” a visibly tense Woydyla said as she stocked a bar in an Italian restaurant in London’s Camden district. “But my kids are more English than Polish. They don’t even want to go to Poland for their holidays anymore. They even speak to each other in English.” An entire class of cosmopolitan entrepreneurs, workers, students and strivers who have made the U.K. their home since Britain opened its borders to its EU neighbors now see their futures in limbo. The immigrants changed the face of Britain, turning London’s Kensington neighborhood into a suburb of Paris, changing sleepy English towns like Boston into Baltic enclaves, filling supermarket shelves across the nation with Polish lager and Wiejska sausage. “I personally cannot tell what’s going to change for me,” said Andrea Cordaro, a 21-year-old Italian

student who compared the shock of hearing the referendum’s result to the punch-in-the-gut feeling of flunking an exam. “I’ll just have to keep my head up and hope for the best.” Laurence Borel, a 36-year-old digital marketing consultant from France, isn’t waiting to find out what’s coming next. She asked for her British passport in May after more than 15 years living in the country. “I’ll bet a lot of people are applying,” she said, explaining that she’d been mulling the idea of a passport for years but the referendum prompted her to act. “I don’t want to go back to France,” she said. “My life is here.” At workplaces and schools across the country, managers have sent out emails to worried foreign staffers and students, assuring them that — for now — nothing has changed. “The formal process for leaving the European Union will take at least two years,” Oxford University said in one such statement. “Our staff and students can be assured that in the short term, we anticipate no disruption to employment or study.” Over the long term though, the lives of the estimated 3 million EU citizens living in Britain may change in ways big and small. A survey commissioned by the Financial Times found that if Britain’s current immigration rules were applied to EU nationals, the

overwhelming majority would lose their jobs and be forced to leave the country — catastrophic news for Spanish barristas, Romanian strawberry pickers, German investment bankers and the industries that rely on them. The biggest impact may be on the Poles, the largest group of foreign EU workers in the U.K. An estimated 850,000 people from Poland are now in the U.K., seeking wages and opportunities far beyond what they could ever expect in their ex-communist homeland, a flow so dramatic that Polish is now England’s second-most-spoken language. The fate of the Poles in Britain is such an important domestic issue in Poland that President Andrzej Duda vowed after the British referendum that Polish leaders will “do everything to keep the rights unchanged” in upcoming negotiations with British leaders. “I trust that the British government will appreciate the contribution the Poles are bringing into the development of the British Islands, into their social and cultural life,” Duda said. Under British law, EU immigrants who have resided in the U.K. for more than five years can apply for permanent residency. In practice, however, few EU citizens have bothered as their passports already allow them to travel freely and easily access education, health care, pensions and other services in Britain. The Polish Institute of Interna-

tional Affairs, a Warsaw-based think tank, has estimated that still leaves up to 400,000 Poles who arrived in Britain after 2012. Though the path forward is still unclear, it’s possible that they — along with hundreds of thousands more from elsewhere in Europe — may have to apply for work visas and, if rejected, have to leave the country. Aware of the EU workers’ anxiety, London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who had backed the failed “remain” side, issued a special message Friday to the nearly one million European citizens living in London alone. “As a city, we are grateful for the enormous contribution you make, and that will not change as a result of this referendum,” he said. “You are very welcome here.” To be sure, not all European workers in Britain are panicking or fearful. “I feel good. Leaving the EU is a good idea,” said Gabriel Ionut, a 24-year-old from Bucharest, Romania, who works as a traffic marshal at a construction site in London. He has worked in the U.K. for four years and, with a residency permit, is confident about his chances of staying. He says he fully understands native British concerns that their island has been forced to absorb too many immigrants in recent years, with too little control over who can come in due to the EU rules ensuring the free movement of people and labor. “Now they will have more control over allowing in only the really good people,” he said. “And

they will also be able stop more refugees from the Middle East. I am afraid there could be terrorists with them.” Another Romanian construction worker said he was mostly confused. Iosif Achim, a 32-yearold from Satu Mare, Romania, has been in Britain for six years but never bothered to apply for a residency permit. “I don’t know what’s going to happen now,” said Achim. “But in my opinion this is going to be bad.” The concern was mirrored across the Channel by the estimated 1.2 million U.K. citizens living in Europe. The referendum “shouldn’t affect me too much . but it could,” said Herman Martin, a British composer who has lived in Brussels for the past 24 years. Overall, he said, the British vote to leave the EU would be a disaster for both parties. “I find it quite disturbing,” he said. Everyone with foreign ties appears shaken. “We’re all in shock and deeply saddened,” said Christine Ullmann, a German who works in digital marketing in London, including on the “Hug a Brit” campaign that pleaded with the British to remain in the EU. Ullmann said she cried on the train Friday morning. Borel, the French consultant, agreed that emotions were still raw. “I love London. I love the English. I’m heartbroken,” she said. (rtr)

DENPASAR - Shopping centers and traditional markets tens to become very busy right before major holidays like Galungan and Kuningan, Christmas and New Year, Vesak and Eid that muslims will soon be celebrating at th end of ramadan. Bali’s Consumer Protection Foundation (YLPK) surveying of modern and traditional markets in Bali, indicate that shopping malls have already started to be swarmed by consumers buying clothes to take home to Java for the celbration of Eid. “Alot of people are out shopping. Yesterday I encountered one shopper named Wawan who was shopping in one of Denpasar’s main malls. the main malls. He explained that he had a holiday allowance of IDR 2 million and that he had already spent IDR. 1.2 million on clothes, leaving him with IDR 800,000 for other holiday preparations, including travelling back to his home town” said Director of YLPK Bali, I Putu Armaya on Saturday (Jun. 25). According to Armaya over consumptive behaviour is wasterful. Although the holidays do require people to buy certain things he insistes that it is not necessary for people to go over board and give into vain desires. Armaya added that Indonesians -including Balienese tend to become over consumptive around religious holidays. said that consumers in Indonesia but that they should get swept up by promotions and excesaive advertising. “Be a smart consumer. One of the characteristics of a savvy consumer is shopping according to onrs needs not ones desires,” he said. In addition, he urges consumers to choose what foods they buy wisely so that they are.not fooled into buying foods that are unsuitable for consumption that are in wide ciculation around the holidays. People should look for sade and healthy food. The religious hokidays are also a time when crimes such as SMS frauds are on the rise. “Ahead of Eid many consumers complain about the increasing number of SMS frauds. On that account, people must be careful, and not be easily lured by SMS promising a gift” he added. (kmb42)

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Wayang wong Dresta Sudharma

Its masks aged more than a century old DENPASAR - The 38th Bali Arts Festival (BAF) was graced with a performance of wayang wong (human puppet) at the Angsoka stage on Saturday (Jun. 25). The show was performed by the Dresta Sudharma art troupe from Wates Tengah hamlet, Duda Timur, Selat, Karangasem. The performance featured the story of Hanuman Duta (Hanuman’s Envoy).

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Shopping centers and traditional markets tens to become very busy right before major holidays like Galungan and Kuningan, Christmas and New Year, Vesak and Eid.

Perhaps only a few people know that the wayang wong of Wates Tengah traces its roits back to Griya Buruan, Sanur. Prior to arriving in Wates Tengah, the wayang wong was first brought to Griya Carik, Sidemen. From there, it was then taken to Wates Tengah with the granting of dozens of masks to the local community. “The art of wayang wong came to Karangasem in the Caka 1827 (circa AD 1905). The masks used in the performance and therefor more a century old”, said coordinator of the Dresta Sudharma art troupe, I Gede Surya Darmawan. Darmawan added there are a total of 22 masks inherited from the year 1905, including the masks of: Ravana, Rama, Sugriva, Shita, Ha-

noman, Meganada, Tyaksa, Delem, Sangut, Merdangga, Tawalen, Condong, Angada, Anila, Jembawan, Suksena, as well as a giant. “The masks are never duplicated or restored. Repairs were only made to the headdress in 2002, when we perfirmed at the Bali Arts Festival for the first time”, he added. Darmawan also explained that the masks of the Ramayana characters are only used in rituals held at Griya Buruan and Griya Carik, as well as large ceremonies at Duda Timur village. On Tumpek Wayang, all the masks are consecrated and when they are not being used the masks are stored at Kerta Temple, in Duda Timur village. “Indeed the wayang wong is

sacred in nature. When staged for entertainment, they must go through a penuwur ceremony before leaving the village, prayers at the venue of the performance, and when they are stored at the venue. Later on, there is another ritual performed befire they are stored at home”, explained the man who plays the role of Ravana. Darmawan also revealed that wayang wong dancers emmerge naturally through lineage. The dancers cannot therefor avoid, vote or be elected, as such nor can when they start dancing be determined. The dancer who plays the rile of Ravana needa to be especially purified.both pgysically and spiritually. It can only be danced by people who have been initiated. (kmb32)

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Gunaksa harbor terrorized by nature, Hit by waves and eroded by river SEMARAPURA - Since the beginning, determination of development point of the Gunaksa harbor has actually reaped pros and cons in the community. Harbor location on the east side of the Unda River downstream is very susceptible to river erosion. Moreover, the coastal region of the former quarrying area has been known for its ferocious waves.

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Since the harbor construction to date, seawater often rises to inundate the harbor.

The schedule of the 38th Bali Art Festival Tuesday, 28th June 2016 Time : 11.00 A.M Location : Ayodya Open Stage Program : Balinese music and dancing Gender Wayang accompaniment by Yayasan Seni Puspa Kirana, Banjar Tangkup, Kedisan Village, Tegalalang Sub-distric, Gianyar Regency Time : 20.00 P.M. Location : Ksirarnawa Hall Program : Inovatif dance and Karawitan by Sekar Bumi Group, Banjar Dharmayasa, Gulingan Village, Mengwi Sub-distric, Badung Regency Time: 14.00 Location : Ratna Kanda Stage Program : Topeng Panca parade from Karangasem Regency Time: 17.00 Location: Kriya Stage Program : Ngelawang parade from Denpasar Time:20.00 Location : Ayodya Open Stage Program: Arja performance from Sanggar Citta Badung Time: 20.00 Location: Wantilan Program: Ramayana Puppet show from Tabanan Regency Time: 20.00 Location: Ksirarnawa Stage Program: Bali documentary film Time: 20.00 Location: Ardha Candra Program : female gong kebyar perfomance

When Bali Post made a visit to Gunaksa crossing harbor area, puddles were seen around the newly completed harbor. The puddles are about 50 meters from the moveable bridge or mooring area for vessel freight loading and unloading. “It is not rainwater but seawater flooding the harbor last night,” said one of the officers asking for anonymity. No doubt, since the harbor construction to date, seawater often rises to inundate the harbor. It also occurred during the visit of Klungkung Regent I Nyoman Suwirta to the harbor. Huge waves often cause the existing materials on the coast to get shifted away to mainland. Similarly, this condition makes a number of heavy equipments still operate at the harbor during the maintenance periods. A lecturer of the Bali State Polytechnic who is also a resident of Nusa

Penida, Ketut Wenten Aryawan, revealed that development point of Gunaksa harbor is currently still vulnerable to the brunt of the waves considering the mooring area is still outside. In the meantime, the edge of the mooring area (breakwater) is directly facing the entrance into the vessel freight unloading area causing the waves to crash directly from outside the area. It was strongly felt by Roro ship’s captain, Abdul Manan, when testing the dock at the Gunaksa crossing harbor on June 1. He was unable to open ramp door because the waves buffeted the vessel. On the other hand, the entrance door is narrower than the one of Nusa Penida harbor. Besides, position of the entrance does not protect when the vessel docks. “It’s very risky for the safety of vessel when coming in and out. As evidence, while testing it could not pull down the ramp

door,” he said after the test. On the other hand, the existing road at the former quarrying area to the Gunaksa harbor remains prone to erosion by the Unda River. Until now, the road is cut off because of being inundated by Unda River overflow and cannot be overcome. When making a site inspection to Gunaksa harbor, Regent of Klungkung I Nyoman Suwirta asked his staff to immediately address the floodwater of Unda River frequently inundating the road access. He also requested to elevate the existing road surface. In addition, he requested to widen the opening of the Unda River’s mouth in the west side of the harbor to reduce the possibility of flood to the existing road. For information, the Gunaksa harbor had been worked on for eight years from 2008 to 2015. The eighth phase of the project development was conducted in 2015. The last project was carried out by funding resources from the state budget amounting to IDR 40.11 billion and the workmanship during the period of 2008 to 2014 has been financed by the budget worth IDR 118.3 billion. (dwa)

Locking in stocks still haunts mental disorder patients

DENPASAR - People with mental disorders in Bali are often locked in stocks. Ironically, it is even carried out by their family. It is done with the consideration that people with mental disorders will not cause unrest in society. Actually, the locking in stocks is not the right solution for people with mental disorders. “The biggest barrier to free people with mental disorders from locking in stocks is family. Balinese people are still embarrassed to escort their family members to Mental Hospital (RSJ) and chose to

lock in stocks at home so as not to cause unrest,” said Director of RSJ Bali, Gede Bagus Darmayasa, in Denpasar, Friday (Jun. 24). Actually, said Darmayasa, his institution has been providing services for complaint at call center 0366-91008 for people wishing to get a patient pick-up care. After receiving the report, the team of RSJ will provide home visit to check patient and bring it to RSJ in case of requiring intensive care. “The toughest task of our team is to convince family that locking in stocks is not true and the patient must

receive treatment,” he added. In the meantime, Governor of Bali Made Mangku Pastika targeted Bali to be free from locking in stocks for People with Mental Disorders (ODGJ) in 2017. However, he admitted that it is not easy to resolve the issue of locking in stocks. This happens because it often collides with families tending to hide the cases of mental illness in family members. “People with mental disorder are also human, so that it is very inhuman if they are left to be bound alone and cannot go anywhere,” he said. Pastika added that the first step to be done is making a habitable house but still closed with bars so that they do not roam around. This initial step is not the solution, but waiting for family’s willingness to allow the RSJ Bali to carry and take care of patient at hospital. “At least, it is more humane. We make a home equipped with bathroom inside, but still protected with bars in order not to endanger other people, and their families can easily care for and feed the patient,” he explained. Currently there are approximately 95 people IBP/net with mental disorders in Bali rePeople with mental disorders in Bali are often locked in maining to be locked in stockings. (kmb32) stocks.

West Virginia’s worst flooding in a century kills 24

WEST VIRGINIA - West Virginia’s three most devastated counties and possibly others will receive federal assistance after the state’s worst flooding in more than a century killed at least 24 people, officials said on Saturday. AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh

Security forces examine the scene after a bomb attack on Nasahablod Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, June 25, 2016. A Somali police officer says a suicide car bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the gate of a hotel in Mogadishu followed by gunmen who were fighting their way into the hotel.

At least 14 killed in Somalia hotel attack; police say ended MOGADISHU — Gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia’s seaside capital Saturday, taking guests hostage and “shooting at everyone they could see,” before security forces pursued the grenade-throwing assailants to the top floor and ended the hours-long assault, police and witnesses said. At least 14 people were killed. Islamic extremist group alShabab claimed responsibility for the latest in a series of hotel attacks in Mogadishu, one that began with a powerful explosion at the entry gate. “We have finally ended the siege. The last remaining militants were killed on the top floor,” police Capt. Mohamed Hussein said after security forces cornered the gunmen, who had set up sniper posts on the roof of the Nasa-Hablod hotel. Police said at least four gunmen were involved in the attack, and two were killed. “We have so far confirmed the deaths of 14 people. Some of them died in the hospitals,” Hussein said. The deaths included women who were selling khat, a stimulant leaf popular with Somali men, outside the hotel, he said. Security forces rescued most of the hostages; it was not clear whether any were killed. Police and medical workers said another nine people were wounded in the assault. Police said the attack began when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the hotel entrance, ripping off its gate.

Gunmen fought their way inside, and a witness said they began shooting randomly at hotel guests. Blood was splattered on the hotel floor. The bodies of two men, including one thought to be a hotel guard and an attacker dressed in a military uniform, lay on the first floor. Bullets pockmarked the hotel walls. Security forces combed through the dark hotel rooms, searching for explosives. A witness, Ali Mohamud, said the attackers randomly shot at guests. “They were shooting at everyone they could see. I escaped through the back door,” he said. Yusuf Ali, an ambulance driver, told The Associated Press he evacuated 11 people injured in the attack to hospitals. “Most of them were wounded in crossfire,” he said. The Somalia-based, al-Qaedalinked al-Shabab has been waging a deadly insurgency across large parts of Somalia and often employs suicide car bomb attacks to penetrate heavily fortified targets in Mogadishu and elsewhere. In early June, an overnight siege by extremist gunmen at another hotel in the capital killed least 15 people, including two members of parliament. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for that attack. The latest attack comes during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, during which extremists often step up attacks in this volatile East African country. (rtr)

President Barack Obama declared a major disaster for West Virginia and ordered federal aid to affected individuals in Kanawha, Greenbrier and Nicholas counties that could include grants for temporary housing, repairs and other programs. Obama spoke with West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin on Saturday afternoon to give his condolences and make sure the governor has the federal resources he needs, White House spokesman Eric Schultz said. West Virginia’s death toll from flooding is the highest for any U.S. state this year, with 16 deaths reported in Greenbrier County in southeast West Virginia, where the heaviest rain fell, and six in Kanahwa County, officials said.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and state officials were assessing damage in at least six other counties and the state may ask for additional assistance, Tomblin said. Ohio and Jackson counties also reported one death each. The death toll in West Virginia is the highest in any state from flooding this year. At least 16 people, including nine U.S. soldiers, were killed in flooding in Texas earlier in June. Up to 10 inches (25.4 cm) of rain fell on Thursday in the mountainous state, sending torrents of water from rivers and streams through homes and causing widespread devastation. Tomblin has declared a state of emergency in 44 of 55 counties and expects 400 members of the West Virginia National Guard to

help rescue efforts on Saturday. About 32,000 homes and businesses remained without power on Saturday. Hundreds of people have been rescued and search and rescue teams were looking for more people on Saturday, said Tim Rock, spokesman for the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Some towns were completely surrounded by water and hundreds of houses and buildings have been lost, Rock said. The Greenbrier resort was closed indefinitely and PGA Tour officials said on Saturday the Greenbrier Classic golf tournament due to begin on July 7 had been canceled because of extensive flood damage. West Virginia received onequarter of its annual rainfall in a single day and multiple rivers surged to dangerous levels, including the Elk River, which broke a record at one stage that had stood since 1888. (rtr)

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The West Virginia State Highway 4 along the Elk River shows extensive damage after flood water has dropped in the Clendenin, West Virginia, U.S., June 25, 2016. hit by flooding.

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British bracing for world economy to punish UK for ‘Brexit’ LONDON — The British were warned for weeks that a vote to leave the European Union would result in economic pain. Now they’ll find out whether it will. U.K. financial leaders are scrambling to reassure households, businesses and investors that they can contain the doom and gloom they had predicted in case of a British exit, or Brexit. The pound plunged to its lowest level in over 30 years on Friday, raising concerns about price inflation, and shares in the U.K.’s biggest banks and real estate builders posted double-digit declines as economists predicted the country would fall into recession. Economists slashed their forecasts for Britain, with some expecting a recession and next to no growth next year. That’s a sharp reverse for an economy that had been among the best-performing in the developed world in recent years. In an early sign of problems, Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the U.K. outlook from “stable” to “negative.” The refer-

endum result, it said, “will herald a prolonged period of uncertainty for the UK, with negative implications for the country’s medium-term growth outlook.” Holly Miller, 32, said the vote would affect her economic life profoundly. “I’m quite shocked by it all,” she said. “I’m just applying for a mortgage so we’re worried about that.” Only the soothing reassurances of Bank of England Governor Mark Carney managed to ease the market carnage on Friday, as he pledged to stabilize markets if needed. But beyond the short-term market turmoil, the concern is what the vote means for the national economy and its 64 million people. Before the vote, with campaigning in full swing, the British Treasury had estimated that an exit from the EU would cost the country the equivalent of 4,300 pounds ($5,900) per household. Tax receipts would face a 30 billion pounds shortfall that would have to be filled with tax increases on income and inheritance. House prices, the Treasury had said,

could be as much as 18 percent lower by 2018 than if the country hadn’t left the EU. Campaigners for “leave” dismissed this as scare-mongering. With the vote result confirmed, the “remain” camp sought to shift away from warnings and into damage control: trying to maintain confidence in the business community and among households. The City of London Corporation, which represents the financial services industry, a big maker of money and jobs for the country, sought to downplay the impact of the vote on the City, the square mile that is the heart of London’s financial hub. “The City of London has thrived as a financial and trading center for more than a thousand years and will continue to do so,” Mark Boleat, policy chairman for the Corporation, said in a statement. “There will be no mass exit of banks and financial institutions from the square mile. While there will be uncertainty as Brexit negotiations go on we are still the financial cen-

ter of the fifth-largest economy in the world.” Some companies, particularly banks, had said they could move jobs away from London if Britain leaves the EU. That is likely to cost some jobs. How many is yet to be seen. The British economy could also find it more costly to raise money. Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s is considering downgrading the country because of the uncertainty related to the vote. A lower rating could mean higher borrowing costs for the government — and in the longer term, less money to spend on schools, hospitals and roads. “The real question now is how badly the EU will punish the U.K. for this decision,” said Megan Greene, chief economist at Manulife Asset Management. Others were looking on the bright side. At First Property Group, a London-based real estate investment firm, Chief Executive Ben Habib, who backed leaving the EU, said the vote means Britain will now be

able to drive a better deal with the rest of Europe. Supporters of the “leave” campaign had accepted that there was a potential economic cost to leaving the EU, but have claimed it is a short-term price to pay in exchange for greater control of policies like immigration and borders. “We now have the foundations for a very good negotiation with the EU,” he said, while minimizing the market turmoil. “The markets are gyrating, but these are gyrations and will not materially affect our economy.” Habib said the pound’s drop would help British exporters by making their goods cheaper and more competitive in the global marketplace. Habib’s colleague and friend George Digby, however, was less upbeat. He had voted to remain and said the best he could do was wait and see if there is significant economic damage, as his “remain” camp had claimed. “I hope I am proved wrong on that score,” he said. (ap)

Indonesia tries to steer convicted militants to new lives

SOLO — In the heart of Solo city, not far from the Islamic boarding school founded by the radical cleric who inspired the 2002 Bali bombings, the staff of an unremarkable-looking restaurant prepare for another day serving the humble staples of the Indonesian diet to hungry locals.

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The manager, a slightly built man with quick lively gestures, darts about the narrow kitchen, dropping ingredients into sizzling hot pans to make the bistik and other fare that customers including the local police crave. With a wife and two children to support, he also runs a car hire business and a laundry service on the side. One of the millions of small-time business owners that keep the world’s most populous Muslim nation ticking, 40-year-old Mahmudi Haryono is also a poster boy for the transformation of a bomb maker and jihadis into a productive member of society. To be sure, his extensive jihadi history doesn’t inspire easy trust. It includes being a combatant with the rebel Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the Philippines for three years, where he honed bomb making skills, and fighting in sectarian conflicts between Muslims and Christians in Indonesia. He was arrested less than a year after the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people and convicted of hiding materials used to make the bombs. “The fact is that I trained in the Philippines as a jihadis fighter to defend Muslims and I did jihad only when Muslims were oppressed in conflict regions. It was part of my past,” Haryono said in an interview. “Today, my priority in life is taking care of my family and business and preaching a path to help reform radical inmates.” A private foundation has worked intensively with Haryono since his release from prison in 2009, and holds him up as an example of how hardened militants can be reformed. The need for such success stories is great in Indonesia, where several hundred men imprisoned for terrorism offenses have been paroled in the past several years, including 97 last year alone. Since 2002, Indonesian authorities, with U.S. and Australian help, have

vastly improved their intelligence gathering and counterterrorism operations. The imprisonment of nearly 800 militants and the killing of more than 100 in raids have weakened the groups under the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah network responsible for the Bali tragedy and dozens of other plots and attacks. But efforts to de-radicalize militants in prison have been less successful, partly because the Islamic State group inspires them to hold to extremism. Two perpetrators of the IS-inspired Jan. 14 suicide bombing in the Indonesian capital had been released from prison shortly before the attack. “We have to admit the de-radicalization programs by the non-state groups, and the government, are not enough,” said Taufik Andrie, executive director of Yayasan Prasasti Perdamaian, an institute that helps paroled militants and established the restaurant where Haryono works and now owns a stake in. Andrie estimates that 40 percent of the more than 400 militants released as of December last year returned to their radical networks. He said some of those people may want a normal life, but few Indonesians want to employ them, or even have them living in their neighborhoods. Back in their radical circles, they would be welcomed as heroes. “When they are released, they are on their own. For them, society is a second prison because of the stigmatization,” Andrie said. In the Solo neighborhood of Ngruki, former militant Joko Purwanto, who uses the alias Handzollah, said he has slowly gained acceptance from the devout Muslim community that shunned him when he was released from prison two years ago. The village of narrow lanes and tightly packed houses is dotted with

shops selling hijabs and famously is home to the fundamentalist Al Mukmin Islamic boarding school founded by Abu Bakar Bashir, the aging spiritual leader of the Bali bombers, who is now languishing in prison for his role in funding a jihadist training camp in Aceh. Handzollah, a former student at Al Mukmin, fought alongside Haryono and was arrested in a 2010 raid on Bashir’s training camp. After his release, he said, neighbors ignored his greetings, and at the mosque a worshipper called him a terrorist who should be ostracized. “I responded by doing good,” the 41-year-old said. “I didn’t avoid them. Instead I tried to approach mainstream society. “Gradually, they realized that I’ve changed.” Nowadays, Handzollah is popular as a preacher and often travels. Numerous children from two wives are supported by one wife’s business making snack foods for restaurants and shops. He now says violent jihad is not justifiable within Indonesia because Muslims aren’t under attack. In common with other parolees, he denounces IS for killing Muslims who reject its extreme interpretation of Islam.

“What I did in the past was a mistake. Many tenets of Islam were violated to do jihad, by doing bombing attacks in peaceful places like hotels, markets or other public areas that killed innocent people,” he said. Prized for his skill in repairing weapons, Handzollah said IS supporters have attempted to recruit him since he left prison. He said he has persuaded at least 10 young men not to travel to Syria to join the IS group. Like Haryono and other former Jemaah Islamiyah militants interviewed by The Associated Press, he still believes Indonesia should be governed by Islamic Shariah law, not a secular government, but says that goal should be achieved through peaceful methods. Yet Handzollah does not unequivocally rule out a return to militancy. “Of course the ideology of jihad remains inside me, because it’s part of Islam,” he said. “I believe in Shariah law and an Islamic state, so, if someone is able to convince me with certain arguments — but this is very unlikely to me now — it may make me go back” to violence. For those who support de-radicalization efforts, Handzollah represents

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In this Monday, May 16, 2016 photo, Mahmudi Haryono, 40, who is also known by his militant alias “Yusuf Adirama” tries on a prayer cap as he arrives at a mosque for an evening prayer in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia.

a form of success but also underlines a dilemma for the government: Will doing more to support released militants join mainstream society help prevent future attacks, or provide the cover for militants to rebuild and plot? Brig. Gen. Hamidin, director of prevention at Indonesia’s counterterrorism agency, said there are limits to what the government can do. It can’t provide former radicals small-business loans, for example, since that could create a perception there’s a financial incentive for terrorism, he said. Instead, it plans to mentor released militants and help them get national ID cards, which are needed to apply for jobs, opening bank accounts and conducting other essential tasks. Hamidin, who uses one name, says the government already has had some success. Government figures show that less than 10 percent of released militants have been re-arrested or killed in anti-terrorism operations. He concedes, however, that the number who returned to radicalism is much higher. The recidivism figure doesn’t include those who joined IS in Syria, for instance. It’s not illegal for Indonesians to join conflicts abroad, though Parliament is considering a revamped law. Andrie, from the institute, said it has been successful with most of the 30 men it has been involved with in the past five years. It finds ways to draw individuals into their communities and focuses on persuading them to repudiate violence, rather than trying to try change core beliefs such as support for a caliphate. The group has learned on the job, including from its mistakes. In one case, a paroled militant was provided with $500 to start a T-shirt business. Soon the group discovered the venture had failed, partly because the business didn’t engage the man with regular people. As for the T-shirts? They were emblazoned with either the face of Osama bin Laden or an AK-47 and given away within the man’s radical circle. (ap)

Minister Jonan calls for strict medical checkup on drivers KUTA - The Indonesian Transportation Minister Ignasius Jonan has called for a strict medical checkup on drivers of land, air and sea public transportation services to enhance the safety of Lebaran Islamic holiday travelers. The medical checkup for ferry, boat and ship captains had been launched on June 18, the minister said when inspecting the integrated Lebaran Monitoring Command Post at Ngurah Rai International

Airport, Friday evening (June 25). The air and land transportation services medical checkup began on June 24, he added. The number of aircraft for this years Lebaran is estimated to increase by 10 to 11 percent, sea vessels between one and two percent, while land vehicles are set to rise between two and three percent. Some 4.6 million passengers are expected to travel by air, an increase of 7.62 percent from 4.3 million last

year. The number of travelers using ferries, ships or boats is estimated to reach 910,191 people, up 2.9 percent from 883,681 last year. Preventing traffic jams and improving public safety are the ministrys priority programs for Lebaran this year, as ordered by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), Jonan said. Last year, some 700 Lebaran travelers were killed in traffic accidents, particularly those involving motorbikes.

The number of Lebaran travelers using motorbikes will increase by 50 percent to 5.6 million, from 3.7 million last year, the ministry has estimated. He also warned of bad weather as Indonesia is experiencing a wet dry season due to La Nina, particularly in North Sumatra, West Sumatra, South Sumatra, and Lampung, in addition to western Java, North Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, and Central Kalimantan. West Kalim-

antan, South Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, and Central Sulawesi, apart from Southeast Sulawesi and Papua, are also experiencing the effects of La Nina. Indonesia, which has the largest Muslim population in the world, will celebrate Lebaran or Eid El Fitr on July 6. They usually spend the Islamic holidays with relatives in their hometowns, triggering a massive exodus from the cities. (ap)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a statement in Berlin, Germany, June 24, 2016, after Britain voted to leave the European Union in the EU BREXIT referendum.

Merkel sees no need to rush Britain into quick EU divorce

LONDON - German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought on Saturday to temper pressure from Paris, Brussels and her own government to force Britain into negotiating a quick divorce from the EU, despite warnings that hesitation will let populism take hold. Eurosceptics in other member states applauded Britons’ decision to leave the European Union in a referendum that sent shockwaves around the world, with far-right demands for a similar vote in Slovakia underlining the risk of a domino effect. With the referendum decision finally made on Thursday and Prime Minister David Cameron having announced his resignation, European politicians and institutions felt free to shower demands on Britain over its future outside the world’s largest trading bloc. The European Central Bank said Britain’s financial industry, which employs 2.2 million people, would lose the right to serve clients in the EU unless the country signed up to its single market - anathema to “Leave” campaigners, who are set to lead the next government in London. Almost alone in continental Europe, Merkel tried to slow the rush to get Britain out of the EU door. Europe’s most powerful leader made clear she would not press

Cameron after he indicated Britain would not seek formal exit negotiations until October at least. “Quite honestly, it should not take ages, that is true, but I would not fight now for a short time frame,” Merkel told a news conference. “The negotiations must take place in a businesslike, good climate,” she said. “Britain will remain a close partner, with which we are linked economically.” Britain’s decision to leave the EU is the biggest blow since World War Two to the European project of forging greater unity. But Merkel appeared more conciliatory than others within her coalition government and elsewhere in Europe. The chief executive of Britain’s “Vote Leave” campaign called for informal talks before London notifies the EU it wants to leave under the Lisbon Treaty, which provides for two years of divorce proceedings. But German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a member of Merkel’s Social Democrat coalition partners, showed a greater

sense of urgency. “This process should get under way as soon as possible so that we are not left in limbo but rather can concentrate on the future of Europe,” he said after hosting a meeting with his colleagues from the other five founding members of the EU - France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. French Foreign Minister JeanMarc Ayrault warned of the dangers of delay. “We have to give a new sense to Europe, otherwise populism will fill the gap,” he said. They followed European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who said on Friday it made no sense to wait until October to negotiate the terms of a “Brexit”. European Council President Donald Tusk made a start by appointing Belgian diplomat Didier Seeuws to coordinate negotiations with Britain. Britain’s representative on the EU executive, Financial Services Commissioner Jonathan Hill, resigned on Saturday after campaigning against a British exit. (rtr)

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Scotland starts drive to stay in EU, independence option open EDINBURGH - Scotland’s devolved government will start a drive to protect its European Union membership and will prepare for a possible fresh independence vote after Britain voted to exit the bloc, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Saturday. “We are determined to act decisively in a way that builds unity across Scotland,” Sturgeon told reporters, adding that might include a vote on Scottish secession from the United Kingdom. Scots rejected independence in a 2014 referendum by 55-45 percent and at the time the vote was considered a decisive verdict for a generation. Since then support for independence has not shifted significantly, according to polls. On Thursday Britain as a whole voted to leave the EU, but Scotland voted by 62 to 38 percent to remain. The SNP argues that many Scots opted to remain part of the United Kingdom in 2014 because they believed that was the only way to guarantee EU membership. The SNP argues Thursday’s outcome changes the case for independence, and many Scots may reassess their 2014 vote. Sturgeon on Friday said a new referendum was “highly likely”. After meeting ministers in her devolved government on Saturday, Sturgeon said Scotland would not allow its EU membership to be taken away without exploring all the possibilities and would seek to build broad-based support at home and abroad to maintain it. “We will seek to enter into immediate discussions with the EU institutions and with other EU member states to explore all possible options to protect Scotland’s place in the EU,” said Sturgeon, speaking outside her official residence. She reiterated that an independence vote could be offered. “A second (Sco ttish) independence referendum is clearly an option that requires to be on the table, and it is very much on the table,” she said. She would also establish a panel of experts to advise the Scottish government on legal, financial and diplomatic matters concerning EU membership. Any new vote should be decided by “clear public appetite”, but the independence option should be there, said a spokesman for the Scottish Greens, the kingmaker for Sturgeon’s SNP. Her party is two seats shy of a majority in the devolved parliament. “It is too soon to say whether and when a further referendum on Scottish independence will take place, but in the wake of the EU referendum result few people will doubt that it must be on the table,” a spokesman for the party told Reuters. Wille Rennie, leader of Scotland’s pro-EU Liberal Democrats said in a statement he had committed his party to backing Sturgeon’s EU negotiation process, but had received a guarantee this was not a ruse for a new independence drive. Splitting Scotland from the UK would end three centuries of shared history, upending another successful economic relationship shortly after the now-impending divorce between Britain and the EU. (rtr)

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Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks during an emergency cabinet meeting at Bute House in Edinburgh, Scotland June 25, 2016.

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Kyrgios takes on Wimbledon’s old man and mate

Ponjok Batu Temple

SINGARAJA - Ponjok Batu Temple is a unique and sacred Hindu temple where all temple buildings are made from stone situated in Banjar

Alasari, Pacung countryside, Tejakula sub district and Buleleng regency, Singaraja Bali. This temple is also known as Bali Stone Temple located

24 km east side of Singaraja town or north part of Bali. This temple area own the wide area about 35 acre in form of black stones bank. The posi-

tion of this temple is rather sticking out to the sea as a small peninsula or in Balinese word caaled by Ponjok. Base on the position and condition then this

place is named by Ponjok Batu so that the temple is standing above foreland petrify and it is referred as Ponjok Batu Temple. (IBP/net)

LONDON - Nick Kyrgios described his first-round clash with the oldest man at Wimbledon -wily Czech Radek Stepanek -- as “pretty crazy” on Saturday, saying the 37-year-old had been offering to help coach him. Stepanek likes nothing better than to make life difficult for more celebrated opponents, as world number two Andy Murray discovered last month when he came within two points of defeat in the first round of the French Open. But Stepanek, the oldest man in the singles, may end up regretting offering the Australian tips on how to win matches when the two face off on Tuesday. “To play Stepanek obviously is pretty tough. I’m really good mates with him as well,” 21-year-old Kyrgios, who has been bumped up from his world ranking of 18 to 15th seed, told reporters. “He was just helping me a little bit. So ... playing him now, it’s pretty crazy.” Asked what kind of pointers he had been given by Stepanek, who coincidentally was the first player the Australian faced when he made

his grand slam debut at the French Open in 2013, Kyrgios swiftly changed the subject. “He was offering to help me a little bit. He’s getting towards the end of his career,” he said. “He’s still playing some great tennis. I feel like grass is his best surface. “I know it’s going to be very tough,” added Kyrgios, who could meet 2013 Wimbledon champion Murray in the fourth round. “For me, they’re just fun matches. I’m not looking too far ahead. I know the Kyrgios-Murray fourth round is pretty exciting, but I’ve got some tough matches ahead.” Kyrgios reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals in 2014, but made the wrong sort of headlines last year when he was accused of ‘tanking’ (not trying) during some points of his defeat by Frenchman Richard Gasquet. He was fined and given a suspended ban weeks later for making lewd remarks about the girlfriend of Stanislas Wawrinka during a match between the pair in Montreal. Asked if he had been warned of his behaviour coming into the Wimbledon, he snapped: “No, I just compete.” (rtr)

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22-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps answers a reporters question during a news conference at the U.S. Olympic team swimming trials in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, June 25, 2016.

Phelps ready for his final races in the U.S.

OMAHA - After the cut-throat competition of the U.S. Olympic Trials, the Rio Games will be a swim in the park, Michael Phelps said on Saturday as the most decorated Olympian of all time prepared for his final races in the United States.

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Australia’s Nick Kyrgios gestures after winning a point against Canada’s Milos Raonic on day two of the Queen’s grass-court tennis tournament in London, Tuesday June 14, 2016.

A reflective, relaxed and at times playful Phelps was in a sentimental mood as he and longtime coach Bob Bowman, now referred to as “Grandpa Bob”, met with the media on the eve of the trials where Phelps is down to compete in five events. With only the top-two finishers in each event clinching tickets to Rio, the 18-time Olympic gold medallist will face the same pressure packed challenge as every other swimmer climbing onto the starting blocks during the June 26-July 3 meeting. “I think for us being as strong of a swimming country as we are, I think there’s probably more pressure at Trials than the Games,” said Phelps. “We have almost 2,000 people here, and a maximum of 52 will make the team, so it’s a pretty small chance. “So it is challenging, and I think this is more pressure, I don’t want to say more excitement, but more pressure here than the Olympics for

sure. It’s harder here.” Phelps will have a new motivation and a new fan among the soldout crowd of close to 14,000 on the days when he races with infant son Boomer in the stands watching his famous father. Determined to share his journey into retirement, Phelps said that if he makes the U.S. squad and qualifies for his fifth Olympics, Boomer and his partner Nicole will also make the trip to Rio for his competitive swan song despite Zika fears. “I’m looking forward to having him here and just being able to have my son, my first child, be able to watch me at some of my last competitions I think is pretty special,” said Phelps. “I’m sure he’s not going to remember it, but just to be able to document that is something that will be cool and be pretty fun to share with him years down the road.” Filled with regret over the way

he prepared for the 2012 London Summer Games where he won four golds in what he declared would be his Olympic farewell, Phelps is keenly aware of the occasion and ready to embrace the moment. It is certainly hard to ignore. From his hotel bedroom, Phelps says he looks out on the arena where his face covers almost the entire side of the building. “I said to somebody the other day, I was like, ‘Wow, 16 years ago I swam in my first trials’,” recalled Phelps. “I was like, ‘That is nuts!’ I’ve spent more than half of my life in a swimming pool and swimming at this level. “I’m just going to go out and have fun, that’s really all I’m going to do, allow myself to swim however I’ve prepared. “It could be good, it could be bad. Looking forward to it, though.” Phelps was aged just 15 when he made his Olympic debut at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and failed to win a medal but in three Summer Games since has gone on to become the most decorated Olympian ever, capturing 22 medals. (rtr)

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LILLE - Iceland, the smallest nation ever to reach the finals of a major soccer tournament, have no fear of their more illustrious opponents at Euro 2016 thanks to their coach’s “tactical brainwashing”, defender Haukur Hauksson said. Lars Lagerback’s Iceland face England in their last-16 game on Monday after drawing with Portugal and Hungary and getting a shock win over Austria to claim second place in Group F. Lagerback, famed for his meticulous approach, has had plenty of directives for his team but surprisingly has said little about the star players they are facing in France, such as Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo. “A few days before the game it’s only tactics and stuff. It’s almost like he’s brainwashing us with his tactics,” Hauksson chuckled. “We didn’t really have a plan for Ronaldo. He (Lagerback) just said that if we defend well as a team and one-on-one, because they have a lot of players who are good one-on-one, and if we can defend those situations then we would be able to stop them. “I think we really did well in those (group) games. They are probably the main things he told us.” The 24-year-old full back from

Akureyri in the north of Iceland has seen no playing time yet at Euro 2016 but he is enjoying the adventure, especially since the 2-1 defeat of Austria thanks to a late goal by Arnor Traustason. “After the game the coach ordered two beers apiece, so that was really good. I think it was well deserved, everybody was buzzing,” he told Reuters by telephone from the team’s base in Annecyle-Vieux in southern France. “Arnor spent most of the next day on his phone getting new followers on Instagram and Facebook!” Though they are enjoying the sunshine and the pool at the team hotel, Hauksson said Iceland were working hard as they prepared to face England, even those on the bench. “The day after a game the players that didn’t play got a really intense training. Those of us that don’t play have to keep hitting the gym and stuff,” says Hauksson, who plays his club football for AIK in Sweden’s Allsvenskan. Having grown up watching

England’s Premier League on the dark Icelandic winter Saturdays, Hauksson says the England game in Nice is a huge one for his side but they will not be in awe of their opponents. “I don’t think that’s going to be a problem, just like when we played against Ronaldo. I don’t think anybody was thinking he’s one of the best players in the world,” he explained. “When we go out on the pitch it’s 11 versus 11. We have a good team and if we play well we have a chance against anyone.” With the entire country virtually shutting down every time they play, Hauksson said the mood in their camp was buoyant and Iceland had the self-belief to go a long way. “If we play well and stay compact and play good defence, we can do well against any opponent,” he said. “I think we can go far but we have to take it one game at a time and the next game is England. Hopefully we can have a very good game there.”(rtr)

LYON — Poland has found a stand-in for stymied star Robert Lewandowski. Little-known outside Poland and Italy, Jakub Blaszczykowski has so far scored the goals expected from the Bayern Munich striker, becoming the surprise leader of Poland’s run to a first ever quarterfinal appearance at the European Championship. The 30-year-old attacking midfielder leads Poland with two goals in four games at the tournament, and the two strikes have been all his team has managed— as well as needed— to win its last two matches and reach the final eight in France. Blaszczykowski helped Poland beat Switzerland after a 5-4 penalty shootout on Saturday night in SaintEtienne, scoring its first-half opener before the Swiss forced extra time with an equalizer. Blaszczykowski sent a low shot between the legs of Switzerland goalkeeper Yann Sommer after Kamil Grosicki drew in the defense in the 39th minute. With the score then level at 1-1 after 120 minutes, he also confidently converted one of five made spot kicks for Poland. “I am too old to get emotional (during penalties),” Blaszczykowski said. “Now, I try to stay as cool as possible. In general we are very happy we have achieved something we had not done before. This is a marvelous feeling.” The goal against Switzerland followed on from Blaszczykowski curling in a left-footed shot for a 1-0 win over Ukraine as a second-half substitute to qualify for the roundof-16. “Let’s hope it stays like this

all the way through to the final,” he said. The poised performances by Blaszczykowski in front of the net contrast with Lewandowski’s suddenly shaky aim. Lewandowski was poised to be one of the biggest players at the 24-team tournament after hitting 13 goals to fuel a Poland attack that managed 33 goals in 10 qualifiers. He also excelled for his club this season, scoring 30 times to help Bayern defend its Bundesliga title. But all that proficiency in front of goal has dried up at Euro 2016. Lewandowski has yet to score, although he did finally steer his first shots on target against Switzerland. Without his goals, coach Adam Nawalka has had to shift his focus from attack to defense, and then look for another player to step forward. So far, it has been Blaszczykowski who has answered the call to keep Poland unbeaten. Blaszczykowski, who plays for Italy’s Fiorentina, has scored 18 goals in 83 appearances for Poland. Not staggering scoring numbers overall, but he is the only Pole to score at two different European Championships. Next up Poland faces Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal in the quarterfinals in Marseille on Thursday. That might be a good time for Lewandowski to recover his role. Nawalka, for one, said he is sure Lewandowski will come through. “I’m confident the break will happen in the next match,” he said. “And let our opponents be afraid from there.”(ap)

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Poland’s Jakub Blaszczykowski, left, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Euro 2016 round of 16 soccer match between Switzerland and Poland, at the Geoffroy Guichard stadium in Saint-Etienne, France, Saturday, June 25, 2016.

Modric and Rakitic fall just short for Croatia again LENS — Croatia’s creative midfield pairing of Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic has failed to live up to its billing at a major tournament again. Croatia was one of the standout teams in the early exchanges at the European Championship, even coming from behind to beat two-time defending champion Spain 2-1 to guarantee top spot in Group D. But the team’s tournament is over a match later after an agonizing extra time 1-0 loss to Portugal on Saturday. Modric and Rakitic are standout players for their clubs — Modric for Real Madrid and Rakitic for Barcelona. But neither has really replicated their club form for their country at a major tournament — Croatia has yet to win a knockout match involving the two. Both Modric and Rakitic have been central players for Croatia for around a decade. Modric has 92 international caps while Rakitic has played 79 times for his country. Before Euro 2016, their best achievement with the national team was reaching the quarterfinal stage at Euro 2008, where they suffered a heartbreaking loss on penalties to Turkey. The disappointment of the Portugal defeat surpassed even that, according to Rakitic. “I’ve never seen more tears in the Croatian locker room,” Rakitic said. Given their ages — Modric is 30 and Rakitic is 28 — they may not get too many more chances. “We have to look in the future and start to think about the FIFA World Cup in Russia (in 2018) and prepare this team,” Croatia coach Ante Cacic said. It might be the last chance for Modric and Rakitic to live up to their star billing at a major tournament.(rtr)

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