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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) strongly condemned the “inhumane slaughter” in a state-ment received by AFP.

“Local animal welfare groups have run successful

vaccination programmes and the number of humans becoming infected with rabies has fallen dramati-cally,” it said.

The government too has carried out a programme,

with more than 300,000 dogs vaccinated.Since 2008, 147 people have died after contracting

rabies on Bali, but the numbers have declined rapidly over the years, with 10 deaths reported since 2012.

PETA warned that “many compassionate people world-wide will avoid travelling to Bali” after learning of the practice, while a petition on Change.org calling for an end to the culling has attracted more than 20,000 signatures.

Officer vaccinated a dog with anti-rabies vaccine. Anti-rabies dog cull that took place in Bali spark controversy around the world as a 16-minute video posted on YouTube. Although the footage was first posted in April, a repost this week sent the video viral, with 40,000 views in three days.

Anti-rabies dog cull to continue amid controversy

Agence France-Presse

DENPASAR - Anti-rabies dog cull that took place in Bali spark controversy around the world as a 16-minute video posted on YouTube. Although the footage was first posted in April, a repost this week sent the video viral, with 40,000 views in three days.

Agence France-PresseNICE - Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio

has raised more than $25 million (18 million euros) at a charity gala in France for his foun-dation which aims at protecting the environ-ment and endangered species.

The fundraiser recently in the chic Rivi-era seaside resort of Saint-Tropez included an auction of Hollywood and rock and roll memorabilia and works by Damien Hirst and Pablo Picasso.

It also included DiCaprio’s Harley David-son motorbike bearing the signatures of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro and a guitar belonging to U2 frontman Bono.

DiCaprio told the 500 guests -- who in-cluded stars ranging from US soap star Joan Collins to French actress Marion Cotillard -- that animal and flora species were rapidly disappearing on a scale last seen when dino-saurs roamed the earth.

Guests shelled out between $7,000 and $130,000 to attend the event.

A sculpture by British artist Damien Hirst was snapped up for $6 million by Russian-born billionaire Len Blavatnik, while South African tycoon Patrice Motsepe paid $1 million for a Picasso drawing.

The “X-Files” and “Californication” star appears in a glossy ad for a Russian beer brand that is inspired by his eastern European origins.

“There is another country, where I got my family name from, and sometimes I wonder, what if things turned out dif-ferently, what if I were Russian?” the actor says in the ad posted Friday on YouTube.

Duchovny has said in interviews that his father had Polish and Russian roots but recently wrote on Twitter that he is in fact Ukrainian.

In the ad set to Soviet rock hits, the actor is shown as a ballet choreographer, a cosmonaut, a rock star or an ice hockey player and experiencing Russian tradi-tions such as the banya, or steam bath.

“Being Russian, I’d have many things to be proud of,” he concludes in the ad.

Deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees defence, posted a link to the ad on Twitter, saying: “If you forget about what it is advertising,

Duchovny sparks controversy with patriotic Russian adAgence France-Presse

MOSCOW - US actor David Duchovny has stirred up a storm of debate in Russia by appearing in an ultra-patriotic beer ad in which he fantasises about being Russian.

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as a whole it’s made with love.”But US news site Globalpost.com

slammed Duchovny for appearing in what it called a “poorly timed, na-tionalistic ad” released shortly after the Malaysian airliner was downed in Ukraine.

Rossiya-24 state television in turn criticised Duchovny for appearing in the ad after calling himself a Ukrainian.

“That didn’t stop the actor from ap-pearing in an ad with a huge budget about pride in the Russian motherland,” a Rossiya-24 newsreader said acidly.

In April Duchovny wrote on Twitter: “I grew up thinking I was Russian only to find recently that I’ve been Ukrainian all along. Never too late to change.”

Much of present-day Ukraine was part of the Russian Empire.

The ad was one of the top trends on Russian Twitter over the weekend and has been viewed more than 900,000 times on YouTube.

Some viewers said they found the ad

moving but others criticised Duchovny for taking part.

“Has David Duchovny gone com-pletely mad? Maybe he’ll be next to get a (Russian) passport after Gerard Depar-dieu,” wrote one Twitter user, Tatyana Samosudova.

Duchovny is not the only Western star to appear in made-for-Russia ads. Bruce Wil-lis advertises a bank while Depardieu has promoted a bank and a kitchen chain since gaining Russian citizenship in 2013.

DiCaprio raises $25 million at French charity gala

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EvEry Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is con-sidered 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 “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Calendar Event for August 9 through September 23, 2014

9 Aug Tumpek Kandang Pura Puseh GianyarPura Luhur Dalem Segening Kediri TabananPura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang

10 Aug Purnama Sasih Karo Pura Gelap BesakihPura Dangkahyangan TabananPura Candi Goro Tianyar Kubu Karangasem

13 Aug Buda Cemeng Menail Pura Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja GianyarPura Puseh Manakaji Peninjoan Tembuku BangliPura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal MengwiPura Taman Limut Mas Ubud

14 Aug Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 15 Aug Hari Bhatara Sri 19 Aug Hari Anggara Kasih Prebakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa KlungkungPura Tirtha Sudamala Bebalang BangliPura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sawan BulelengPura Gunung Pengsong LombokPura Dalem Benawah GianyarPura Tengah TegalalangPura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Pupuan TabananPira Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Pagan DenpasarPura Hyanghaluh/Jenggala BesakihPura Tengkulak Siyut Tulikup GianyarPura Taman Sari UbudPura Batu Sari UbudPura Penataran Dalem Guliang BangliPura Pasek Dangka Guwang SukawatiPura Hyang Ayung Pabean Ketewel

Pura Penataran Badung Muntig Karangasem

20 Aug Pura Kawitan Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak SiringPura Rambut Siwi JembranaPura Batu Bolong Canggu KutaPura Pasek Marga Klaci TabananPura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru NegaraPura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan BulelengPira Pasek Tangkas Dharma Reang Gede TabananPura Desa Banyuning BulelengPura Srijong TabananPura Pucak Mundi Nusa PenidaPura Kahyangan Jagat Kancing Gumi Bali Petang Serongga Kelod GianyarPura Penataran Dalem Pencar Mas Ubud

21 Aug Pura Ida Bhatara Sakti Wawu Rauh Kali Anget Seririt Buleleng

3 Sep Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Pulasari Peninjoan BangliPura Pasek Gelgel Kaba-Kaba TabananPura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah BulelengPura Desa Kahyangan Tiga Seririt BulelengPura Agung Gunung Taro Tegalalang

9 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok NTBPura Kawitan Gajah Arya Para Tianyar kubu KarangasemPura Padharman Arya Telabah BesakihPura Bukit Mentik Batur KintamaniPura Dadya Agung Pasek Salahin Suwat Gianyar

10 Sep Pura Dangkahyangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli

13 Sep Tumpek Wayang dan Kajengkliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit JembranaBhatara Ratu Gede Celuk GianyarPura Bhatara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Panti Gelgel Sesetan DenpasarBhatara Ratu Alit dan Lingsir Singakerta UbudPura Pedarman Dalem Bakas BesakihPura Pamerajan Agung Dawan Klung-kungPura Padarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan BesakihPura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo BanyuwangiPura Jala Shidi Amerta Juanda Surabaya

17 Sep Buda Cemeng Klawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang KarangasemPura Melanting Cemenggaon GianyarPura Penataran Ped Nusa PenidaPura Pasek Gelgel Bongkasa AbiansemalPura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Jawa Tengah BulelengPura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta UbudPura Masceti Tegeh Sanding Tampak SiringPura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan KlungkungPura Guwa BesakihPura Basukian BesakihPura Ida Ratu Puncak Pameneh Penataran Agung BesakihPura Sad Kahyangan Penida Nusa PenidaPura Jati Ubud GianyarPura Melanting Ubud GianyarPura Dalem Ped Nusa PenidaPura Penataran Agung Karangasem

19 Sep Hari Bhatara Sri 23 Sep Tilem Sasih Ketiga Dan Anggara

With totally 33 dwellings, WdU Resort & Spa now has the capacity for more to enjoy this oasis of peace and quiet among the rice fields of central Bali and each positioned in its own way to maximize the feeling of privacy and personal space.

The 18 units carefully con-structed around the rice fields that provide such an epic backdrop have now been augmented with 15 new room extensions across an idyllic river. The extension brings more of the rustically designed and natural feel rooms, from the Lanai Terraces featuring sunken baths, to a delec-table choice of villas with private pools.

Complementing the extension

of the resort is a new communal pool overlooking the river and an additional spa, so while visitors have access to the whole establish-ment, the new wing can be treated as a boutique resort within a resort. This is extended to the provision of a new restaurant, offering the same fascinating mix of Balinese and Western dishes.

Every facet of WdU oozes class, with top class facilities and fittings, exceptional service as standard and a host of added extras, including yoga lessons, rice field walking tours, open air theatre and Balinese cook-ing lessons. And always, always, the rice fields as a living, working, growing centerpiece. IBP/File Photo

WdU a different kind of resortIBP

A wonderful hideaway from the hustle and bustle of Bali, Wapa di Ume (WdU) is a luxury resort that boasts rice fields as its centerpiece, placing you truly at one with nature. From Wapa di Ume Suite with decking that stretches over the agricultural panorama, to stunning villas with private pools overlooking the natural beauty, this is an oasis of calm in a serene setting.

Bali PostSEMARAPURA - Shipwreck of

Gelis Rauh passenger vessel landing around the breakwater project of Fish Landing Base (PPI) drew the public attention. Other than the shipwreck, the ‘ruins’ of fish landing base at Karang-dadi hamlet, Kusamba village, Dawan subdistrict also faced the same fate. Local people deplored since it was built in 2004, so far the PPI project worth tens of billions of rupiahs only brought in shipwreck.

A local community leader, Ketut Warsana, said that since the PPI was established, most people hoped that its presence could be beneficial to local people such as providing a positive impact on employment and economic standard of local community. “It’s pretty sad that with tens of billions of investment it only brings in shipwreck,” he said. He revealed that local residents actually had been very patient to wait for the completion of the PPI. It was revealed for several times in the meet-ing of Pasurungan hamlet, Kusamba village. Likewise, it also delivered when the executives and a number of other public figures in Klungkung made a dialogue with the surrounding community.

However, the nature around the proj-ect seemed not to approve the construc-tion. The main building sank in coastal

sand, surrounding nature was destroyed by tidal waves as well as the breakwater on the west and east side fell to pieces repeatedly due to ferocious waves. He said the public still had a hope that the PPI could operate. However, the way to process in the next financial year should be changed to realize it. “If only the breakwater utilized piles since the be-ginning, it would definitely give better results,” he said. When the process was the same, he was pessimistic that the project could be completed properly.

He also agreed to the review made by the current administration. It would an-swer the subsequent fate of the PPI. If it should be continued, it had to be under-taken with a different system. He fully handed over the project continuation to the current government. At the moment, the condition should get a joint evalua-tion so as such similar things would not happen over and over again each year. Similar opinion was also revealed by other residents, Gusti Mangku Aji and Wayan Rudi. “Hopefully, the presence of shipwreck here will become a good sign for the existence of the PPI and the problem can be further resolved,” he hoped.

Since the beginning the PPI had drawn concerns like other mega proj-ects ending in stagnation. Moreover, it retained an indication of corruption. During the construction from 2004 to

Similarly, the kinds and forms of gambling are diverse. Initially it was carried out secretly, but today it is not. Even, gambling has become an industry, espe-cially in the field of sports. One of the sports frequently taking advantage as a gambling or bet-ting arena is football. Results of the football matches are often the object of betting. Do you still remember the recent World Cup?

Worrying, gambling phenomenon among students

Even though every effort has been made by police to handle gambling, so far it remains o exist. More sadly, if gambling was formerly committed by the circles of adult men, now it is feared to have spread to various elements of society, children and teenagers regard-less men and women.

Many football lovers have pre-dicted their respective country. Even, some students also liked to try their luck on guessing the scores of football on television. Not only that, the democratic event like presidential election 2014 was also used as a betting arena. If the presidential candi-date and its running mate could win, then they would receive bet-ting money, while the losing one

must be willing to pay their bet.First of all, people gamble

because of trial and error, which unwittingly grows into a hobby for them. Gradually the hobby changes into a necessity. In other words, there has been a gambling addiction.

According to Dewa Gede Ary Wirawan, Chairman of the National Committee of the Indo-nesian Youth (KNPI) of Tabanan

Chapter, if the phenomenon was left without handling, the consequences could be bad. When they grew adult, probably they might have become a respected member of society, it was not impossible to be addicted to gam-bling.

He said the rampant gambling reaching all walks of life from students to public officials should become the concern to all parties. “We acknowl-edge it is still very difficult for us to eliminate the gambling totally. To that end, the role of parents is also needed to monitor their children’s relationship outside the home,” he said, Saturday (Jul 26).

At least, added Ary Wirawan, par-

ents should give understanding to their children about the negative effects of gambling whether in the form of bet or others because the education and character building were not only the responsibility of school but also the parents and the environment. “Do not just blame on children, but give them an understanding as early as possible. So, the intention or desire to gamble will disappear gradually,” he explained.

He added the rampant gambling among students probably happened due to the lack of entertainment they needed. Students needed to have fun for a moment beyond their daily routine. Then, getting involved in a cheap bet became their choice. (bit)

Investment worth tens of billions only ‘brings in’ shipwreck

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A damage ship is seen on Fish Landing Base (PPI) in Karangdadi, Klungkung

2012, the PPI had totally spent IDR 21,959,650,000 sourcing from the state and local budget of Klung-kung County. In 2013, the budget was IDR 2,271,520 for the construction of breakwater along 25 meters in the west side. However, it was not used because there was a design review. The Head of Klungkung Livestock, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Gusti Ngurah Badiwangsa, recently said that the PPI would be budgeted again as much as IDR 200 million this year. It would be used for review process determining

whether the project having been buried in sand was worth continuing at the location or should be moved to other location.

At first, the PPI construction was intended to increase the income of fishermen, fish consumption, the export of fishery products, the supply of indus-trial raw materials (fish boiling) and employment opportunity. Unfortunately, all the goals could not be realized because the project planning was chaotic and had indication of corruption. (kmb31)

3Wednesday, July 30, 201414 InternationalInternational Bali NewsTechnology Wednesday, July 30, 2014

“We predict today (Tuesday, July 29), the number will be more as compared to yesterday. We expect the number to reach 10 thousand to 15 thousand visitors,” Tanah Lot Tourism’s Operational Manager I. Ketut Toya Adnyana noted in Tabanan, Bali, on Tues-day.

On Monday, out of the total 14,510 visitors, 9,701 were domes-tic tourists and 4,839 were foreign tourists.

“It is a 30 percent increase as compared to the daily flow of visi-tors,” noted Ketut Toya.

Usually, Tanah Lot, on an aver-age is visited by six to seven thou-sand people per day.

Ketut Toya remarked that the increase in the number of visitors has also had a positive impact on Tabanan’s economy, particularly in the case of souvenir shops.

“Hopefully, this situation will continue until the last day of the Eid holidays on Monday (Aug 3),” he added.

Regarding the security arrange-

AntaraDENPASAR - The hotel occupancy rate in Bali is pre-

dicted to rise at an average 70 percent during the current long post-fasting holiday.

“We are predicting it will increase up to 70 percent,” deputy chairman of the Bali chapter of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), I Gusti Ngurah Rai Surya Wijaya, said.

The long holiday will contribute positively to the tour-ism industry in the island especially in tourist destination regions such as Denpasar, Kuta, Nusa Dua and Gianyar, he said.

“The long holiday builds up a good momentum espe-cially for hotels in the tourist destination regions,” he said.

Despite the holiday season the hotel room rates would not be raised because there are a lot of hotels on the island and that has made competition very tight, he said.

Domestic tourists would dominate visitors to the is-land this time, although a lot of tourists from Australia and several other foreign countries would also be here, he said.

Millions of Indonesians have been traveling to their home villages and towns to celebrate the Islamic post-fast-ing holiday of Lebaran with their friends and families.

Bali, meanwhile, is one of the favorite destinations for a holiday.

Antara

DENPASAR - The Indone-sian Ulemas Council (MUI) has called on Muslims to continue to maintain peace and togetherness in order to prevent matters from spiraling out of control.

“It should not happen that we experience a chaotic and un-

controlled situation. All human beings should remain united and like brothers should serve God,” MUI Chairman for Bali HM Tau-fik As’ad stated while preaching during an Idul Fitri prayer on Monday.

He remarked that cordial rela-tions built on the occasion of the post-fasting Idul Fitri festivities

will reinforce solidarity, forge togetherness, and help to de-velop a sense of respect towards diversity.

Preaching in front of a con-gregation of about a thousand Muslims, Taufik As’ad noted that such relations will facilitate de-velopment across various fields for the benefit of the people.

Tourists visit Tanah Lot increaseAntara

TABANAN - The number of tourists visiting Tanah Lot, Bali, has increased during the Idul Futri holidays with 14,510 visitors per day since Monday (July 27).

IBP/Eka Adhiyasa

Muslims doing Idul Fitri prayer on Monday at Puputan Renon. The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) has called on Muslims to continue to maintain peace and togetherness in order to prevent matters from spiraling out of control.

MUI calls on Muslims to forge peace and togetherness

ments during the peak season, Ketut Toya explained that the tourism de-partment had been cooperating with the local police and “pecalang,” which are the traditional security guards on Bali Island.

“We want to ensure the safety and comfort of the people who want to travel home for the Idul Fitri holi-days,” Ketut Toya asserted.

Tanah Lot is located in Tabanan District of Bali Province, which is famous for its temples on a huge onshore coral island.

Two temples are believed to be the source of holy water. First, in the west of Tanah Lot Temple named “Beji Kelod” and second, in the north of Tanah Lot Temple named “Beji Kaler.”

The Tanah Lot’s Tourism Of-ficial has set a target of attracting 2.15 million domestic and foreign tourists in 2014.

“During January to July 2014, the number of visitors reached 1.75 million. So hopefully, we can meet the set target,” Ketut Toya claimed.

Hotel occupancy rise sharply during fasting holiday

Domestic tourists flocked at Kuta Beach during fasting

holiday on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. The hotel occupancy

rate in Bali is predicted to rise at an average 70 percent during the current long post-

fasting holiday.

IBP/Eka Adhiyasa

The Ani-Com show at the city’s harbourside convention centre is one of the biggest of its kind in Asia and was packed with teenagers, many of them in coloured wigs and costumes mimicking their favourite Japanese comic book heroes.

While some lined up for limited edition toys and figures, hundreds of gaming aficionados queued at Sony and Microsoft’s booths to try

Associated Press

SEOUL — Samsung Electron-ics Co. said Monday it is delaying sales of its first Tizen-powered

smartphone in the latest setback to the company’s ambition to create a mobile platform to rival Google’s Android or Apple’s iOS.

The South Korean company

had planned to start selling the phone, the Samsung Z, in Russia this quarter. But Samsung indicated that more time is needed to expand Tizen’s following of app developers

and apps.In a brief statement, Samsung

said the postponement is to further enhance the Tizen “ecosystem,” which encompasses developers,

Playstation and Xbox butt heads at Hong Kong games fair

Agence France-Presse

HONG KONG - Fans dressed as Transformers, Iron Man and Jedi knights were among thou-sands at the first day of Hong Kong’s comic and games expo Friday, where Xbox and Playstation went head-to-head with their new consoles.

the games giants’ latest launches.Sony was showcasing the Play-

station 4 and much-anticipated racing game, ‘Driveclub’ while US rival Microsoft was promoting its Xbox One console.

The Xbox One will launch in China in September, the first games console to be officially released on the mainland after Beijing lifted a ban on the devices, which it had

imposed in 2000.The console went on sale in

Hong Kong on Friday and is also set to launch in Japan in September.

“We have superior gaming experience,” Microsoft head of marketing Anna Chow told AFP, highlighting the Xbox’s voice com-mand function and Kinect motion detection system.

But Sony -- exhibiting at Ani-

Com for the first time -- was con-fident it would remain dominant in the Asia market.

“We are a very popular brand in Hong Kong and in Asian countries... the feedback from our customers is very positive,” Sony Entertainment public relations manager Jessie Chan told AFP.

Both the PS4 and Xbox One were first launched in the US and other markets in late 2013.

For 19-year-old Hong Konger Kaze Wong, dressed in the brown-and-white robes of a Star Wars’ Jedi knight, the expo was a chance to share his enthusiasm for the legend-ary American film franchise.

“We want to help Hong Kongers familiarise themselves with science fiction characters from the US -- a lot of people are more interested in the Japanese comic characters” Wong said, as he and half a dozen other ‘Jedi’ posed waving toy lightsabers.

Production for the new “Star Wars: Episode VII” movie began in May with many of the lead ac-tors from the original film making a return. The latest installment is due for worldwide release on December 18, 2015.

Ani-Com, which saw almost 730,000 visitors in 2013, runs until July 29.

Samsung postpones launch of Tizen smartphone

AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

Visitors try out Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy 5 at the company’s showroom in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Samsung said Monday it is delaying sales of its first Tizen-powered smartphone in the latest setback to the company’s ambi-tion to create a mobile platform to rival Google’s Android or Apple’s iOS.

consumers and devices using the mobile OS.

The delay is a blow to Samsung’s push to reduce reliance on Google’s Android operating system, which powers Samsung’s Galaxy smart-phones and tablets.

It did not announce a new release date.

About one third of smartphones are made by Samsung, but this ubiquity has not resulted in popular-ity for Samsung’s app store which draws far fewer developers and us-ers than those of Apple or Google.

The earlier sales plan for the Samsung Z was announced in June at a developers conference in San Francisco. Then, Samsung showed off prototypes of the Samsung Z, featuring a 4.8-inch high definition display, a fingerprint sensor for security and a slim, angular design. The prototype device received positive reviews for its fast speed for surfing the Internet and load-ing apps.

Tizen, Samsung’s second at-tempt at building its own mobile software, has suffered years of delays. In January, Japan’s larg-est mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo reportedly put off its plan to sell Tizen handsets.

Though smartphones based on Tizen are yet to hit shelves, Sam-sung has launched other products using the software in the last few months, including a smartwatch and a camera. It also had said Tizen will be used in TVs as well as in home appliances such as refrigerators.

However, a mobile device based on Tizen is a key product for at-tracting a substantial number of users and developers who would create apps that earn revenue for the developers and Samsung.

Bali News International4 Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Wednesday, July 30, 2014 13International RLDW

An administration official said Obama notified Putin of the U.S. determination in a letter Monday. The finding will be included in a State Department annual report on compliance with arms control trea-ties that will be released Tuesday.

The U.S. says Russia tested a new ground-launched cruise mis-sile, breaking the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty that President Ronald Reagan signed with Soviet leader Mikhail Gor-bachev. Russian officials say they have looked into the allegations and consider the matter closed.

The Obama administration has expressed its concern over possible violations before, but this is the first time that the administration has formally accused Russia of violating the treaty. It comes in the wake of the downed Malaysian airliner in Ukraine and as the U.S.

and the European Union seek to ramp up sanctions against Russia, offering the administration a con-venient time to release the report which had been due to come out in April.

Two officials said the U.S. is prepared to hold high-level dis-cussions on the issue immediately and want assurances that Russia will comply with the treaty re-quirements going forward. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the sensitive issue publicly by name ahead of Tuesday’s report.

The New York Times first re-ported the U.S. move Monday evening. In raising the issue now, the U.S. appears to be placing increased pressure on Russia and trying to further isolate it from the international community. The Eu-

ropean Union and the United States plan to announce new sanctions against Russia this week in the face of U.S. evidence that Russia has continued to assist separatist forces in Ukraine.

The formal finding comes in the wake of congressional pressure on the White House to confront Russia over the allegations of cheating on the treaty. The treaty banned all U.S. and Russian land-based ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between 300 miles (480 kilometers) and 3,400 miles (5,470 kilometers). The officials said the Obama administration has informed Congress and U.S. allies of its decision to seek Russian compliance. Indeed Obama, who has made nuclear disarmament a key foreign policy aim, has little interest in having Russia pull out of the treaty altogether.

Associated Press Writer

MANILA, Philippines — A 3-year-old boy and his father died from wounds suffered in a brazen attack by Abu Sayyaf extremists on Filipinos celebrat-ing the end of Ramadan, raising the toll Tuesday to 23 dead, officials said. About 40 to 50 Abu Sayyaf militants armed with assault rifles opened fire Monday on some 50 villagers as they traveled on a southern road to visit relatives during the holiday ending the Muslim holy month.

Marine Brig. Gen. Martin Pinto said six villagers who were wounded remained in the hospital Tuesday following the militants’ bloodiest attack in re-cent years. Three other slightly wounded villagers have gone home after treatment.

The at tack occurred in a coastal village in Talipao town in predominantly Muslim Sulu province, where the extremists have survived in jungle camps despite years of U.S.-backed Philippine military offensives. Pinto says pursuit operations are continuing but there has been no

encounter so far with the gun-men. “It’s not that easy, this is a vast area,” he said in a telephone interview. But he said govern-ment troops are moving and “we will bring them to justice.”

Initial military reports said 10 civilian security force person-nel were with the villagers, but Pinto said Tuesday the informa-tion was being verified, includ-ing if six men among the dead were members of the Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team.

The motive for the attack was unclear. Officials say it could be part of a violent clan war or re-taliation by the extremists against the civilian security team, which has backed the military in previ-ous clashes where Abu Sayyaf members were killed.

Sulu Vice Governor Abdu-sakur Tan condemned the at-tack and alleged that supporters of a village official he did not name, in cooperation with the Abu Sayyaf, may be behind the “barbaric act.” “This is un-Islamic and very satanic,” Tan said. “After going through the holy month of Ramadan, even animals could hardly inflict damage of such magnitude.”

AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, FileFILE - In this Dec. 8, 1987 file photo U.S. President Ronald Reagan, right, and Soviet leader Mikhail Gor-bachev exchange pens during the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty signing ceremony in the White House East Room in Washington, D.C.

US: Russia violated 1987 nuclear missile treatyAssociated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — In an escalation of tensions, the Obama administration accused Russia of conducting tests in violation of a 1987 nuclear missile treaty, calling the breach “a very serious matter” and going public with allegations that have simmered for some time. The treaty confrontation comes at a highly strained time between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin over Russia’s intervention in Ukraine and Putin’s grant of asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.

Death toll rises to 23 in Philippine road attack

REUTERS/Erik De CastroProtesters wave protest flags past a burning effigy of Philippine President Benigno Aquino, as Aquino delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) during the joint session of the 16th Con-gress at the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 28, 2014.

The group head, Ketut Linggih, said that all this time the coastal fishing communities in Tabanan had its own way to keep the turtle ecosystem in the waters of Bali. They collected turtle eggs in the wild along the coast of Yeh Gangga and then hatched them. At least, from the spontaneous preserva-tion effort to turtle hatchling, the fishermen were able to collect about 500 eggs. Of such amount, only 84 eggs belonging to ridley turtles (Olive ridley) could hatch, while the rest could not. Further, said Ketut Linggih, the eggs were allowed to hatch by itself without any human intervention, but still under their control.

“For hatching process, we put the eggs in five secret points be-cause after the eggs hatch naturally, the hatchlings will be released back

into the sea,” he said.The activity, he said, was to

avoid the attack of predators, es-pecially humans that threatened the turtle eggs. He added the olive ridley turtles could once lay 100 eggs. However, only very few could survive. “Not all eggs pro-duced can hatch, especially survive in the open seas,” he said.

Highest appreciation was ex-pressed by Deputy Regent of Ta-banan. According to him, the activ-ity should be continued to preserve turtle population in Tabanan which gradually became extinct. “It is the first step for Tabanan in reducing turtle trafficking which has been criticized by the world’s commu-nity. With the release of the turtle hatchlings, it means we have saved one of the oldest animals in the world,” he concluded. (kmb28)

Bali PostSINGARAJA - Formerly

Buleleng was known as Virginia tobacco-growing area. Unluck-ily, one by one of those farming ventures are undergoing a serious problem. High price of LPG for oven fuel used to dry out tobacco and the issuance of the Govern-ment Regulation No.109/2012 regarding the addictive substance content in tobacco have caused farmers to no longer be excited to plant this commodity. This year, the tobacco acreage spreads in 390 hectares of land scattered in several subdistricts in Buleleng.

The tobacco farming was not the same as the previous acreage. Farmers that were still growing tobacco had been entering the planting season. The seedlings had been about a month old, while the remaining lands were planted with paddy and some crops such as soybean and large chili.

A farmer doubling as the Sec-retary of the Indonesian Tobacco Farmers Association (APTI) of Buleleng Chapter, Gusti Agung Adnyana, when met in Singaraja admitted that only a few of his

colleagues who were willing to plant tobacco, chiefly the Vir-ginia type. He said the decline in the interest of farmers to grow tobacco in planting season this year happened because Pertamina raised the price of the 50-kg LPG for fuel of tobacco oven. At that time, the price of LPG was IDR 800,000 per cylinder. Then, farm-ers applied for any price breaks and the approval process was late, so that farmers chose not to grow tobacco for the planting season this year. “At the time, we filed price breaks, but issuance of the approval to IDR 625,000 per cylinder was late. As waiting for so long, our colleagues decided not to plant in this year’s planting season,” he said.

Other than due to high price of the LPG, added Agung, the de-mand for tobacco also decreased following the government poli-cies issuing the Government Regulation (PP) No.109/2012 regarding the Security of Mate-rials Containing Addictive Sub-stance. Due to decline in demand, farmers worried if they remained to plant in the same area as the

previous season, then production could not be sold, so they finally decided not to plant. “This year, for instance, two of our corpo-rate partners in Buleleng are just ready to purchase 900 to 1,000 tons, and this happens due to the issuance of the Government Regulation No.109/2012. As a result, we do not dare to plant in the same acreage as the previous year,” he said.

Meanwhile, information gath-ered in the office of the Buleleng Forestry and Plantation Agency indicated that the targeted area for tobacco plantation in North Bali this year reached 450 hectares. Until entering the growing sea-son, the area targeted could only be realized 395 hectares. Thus, it showed a decline in tobacco acre-age covering 55 hectares.

Although the target of Vir-ginia tobacco plantation could not be met, the agency still tried to cover it with the other types of chopped tobacco cultivation at the area of 46 hectares and the pilot project development of white barley tobacco in the area of 17 hectares. (kmb38)

Bali PostDENPASAR - Currently, bam-

boo begins to be used for public space and art installation. Mean-while, the most desirable bamboo is that originating from Bangli because it has very good quality. It was expressed by academician I Wayan Sujana.

Sujana added that bamboo art craft had long existed in Bali, but was less popular. Currently, since the fine art attempted to publish it, the bamboo finally turned popular. “Habitually, I order bamboo in Ban-gli 500 to 1,000 stems. This type is having good quality, thick, strong and flexible,” said the lecturer of fine arts at the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Denpasar.

Public response both nationally and internationally was very good. However, managing the distribu-tion should be considered to bring bamboo to Germany or Europe. Sometimes certain countries did not receive materials from the outside, but the demand was a lot. “At home, bamboo is very familiar and some public spaces are already utilizing bamboo installation art. In Bali, there are already bamboo school, bamboo house and others,”

said Sujana affectionately known as Suklu.

Bamboo had become famous since the past 5 years because it was often used by architects and fine arts because of having a good character. In addition, the growth was also faster because at the age of three months old the bamboo itself could have been used alias mature.

“Bamboo is getting more fre-quently highlighted. In addition, the bamboo products such as bamboo house will thrive, not just as an art installation. In the future, bamboo products will be in demand. More uniquely, its parts ranging from the roots to the shoots can be taken advantage. In addition, it is very flexible to make any form pursuant to our intention,” he said.

Meanwhile, the board of Cham-ber of Commerce of Trade and Industry (Kadin) of Bali Chapter, Gede Semadi, revealed that bam-boo house or similar products were still rare in Bali and could be counted on fingers. According to him, currently restaurant of bamboo construction had started to develop. “But, there has been a school made of bamboo in Petang,” he added. (kmb36)

The turtle hatchlings are released on Yeh

Gangga Beach

84 rare turtle hatchlings released on Yeh Gangga Beach

Bali PostTABANAN - A total of eighty-four heads of turtle hatchlings as

the results of breeding by Community Supervisory Group (Pokmas-was) were released on Yeh Gangga Beach, Tabanan County, Friday morning (Jul 25).

IBP/Bit

Quality bamboo of Bangli most favored Interest of farmers diminishes

to grow Virginia tobacco

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Agence France-Presse

PARIS - France is stepping up cargo checks on trucks carrying fruit over the border from Spain in what is increasingly looking like a “peach war” between the EU neighbours.

In the past two weeks, 150 trucks have been stopped and 10 infractions recorded, France’s agri-culture ministry said Monday on receiving French fruit growers who have complained of what they see as unfair “dumping” of produce in their home market.

France’s operation to make sure the trucks “respect the rules for the sale of fruit and veg-etables” will continue in the coming weeks, Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll said after the meeting.

He added that the European Commission had been asked by France, Spain, Greece and Italy to con-sider putting in place “exceptional market-managing measures” in the sector.

The French fruit-growers’ anger is boiling over amid fears that their industry is on the verge of disap-pearing entirely because of diving prices. Farmland across France given over to growing peaches and nectarines has halved in size over the past decade.

Luc Barbier, head of the French fruitgrowers’ federation FNPF, told AFP that the conflict between French and Spanish producers has never been so bad.

The Spanish counterparts are practising “trade dumping to kill the French market in order to be the only suppliers,” he charged, calling for stepped-up border checks to verify the origin, quality and price of fruit cargos.

The head of the broader FNSEA farmers’ federa-tion, Xavier Beulin, said the problem went beyond peaches and nectarines. He said the dispute also im-pacted farmers selling tomatoes, melons, cucumbers and strawberries.

Spain’s FEPEX federation of fruitgrowers and exporters, though, denied the French accusations.

Technology trendsetters Apple Inc., Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and Netflix Inc. all mined foreign coun-tries to produce earnings or revenue that exceeded analysts’ projections in their latest quarters. Prodded by the steadily rising demand for Internet ac-cess and online services in developing countries, these technology companies will likely be wading even deeper into overseas markets for years to come.

“The philosophy is to start your growth in the states and then take your fight overseas,” says BGC Financial analyst Colin Gillis. “That’s what the big guys are doing.”

The intensifying international focus extends beyond technology. Century-old companies such as Coca-Cola Co. and Ford Motor Co. also are hoping to make more money in countries includ-ing China and India.

Few U.S. industries are tying their fortunes to overseas markets as ag-gressively as the technology sector, where new sources of revenue are often just a matter of equipping people with a computing device and an Inter-net connection.

Soaring sales of iPhones in Chi-na, Russia, India and Brazil during the April-June period helped Apple overcome softening demand for the device in the U.S. and Europe, where consumers seem to be more interested in waiting for the autumn release of a new iPhone that’s expected to feature a larger screen.

Google generated 58 percent of its revenue outside the U.S. in its second quarter, the highest level yet for the Internet’s most powerful company.

Facebook already gets 55 percent of its revenue overseas, and the growth in those markets is outpacing by what’s happening in the U.S. The social networking service has attracted 1.1 billion users in foreign markets versus 200 million in the U.S. and Canada.

Netflix’s Internet video service added 1.1 million international sub-scribers, nearly doubling the number it gained in the U.S during the April-June quarter. The company expects the trend to continue as Netflix enters six more European markets, including

France and Germany, in September.Corporate profits will probably

need to keep rising to sustain the U.S. stock market’s record-breaking run. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index has already climbed nearly 8 percent this year, well ahead of its average pace historically, while analysts ex-pect earnings to increase 8 percent this year. Low interest rates and an improving economy have helped to create a climate of optimism, said Brad McMillan, chief investment officer at Commonwealth Financial.

Like many other money managers, McMillan isn’t convinced companies will be able to live up to investors’ high hopes.

Overall sales have been slow, and profit margins are at record levels after years of cost-cutting. Those factors will make it tougher for companies to find ways to ratchet their earnings even higher.

Apple, which has always demand-ed premium prices, is discovering this as it sells more devices overseas. For instance, the iPhone’s average selling price fell to $561 in Apple’s most recent quarter, a 3 percent drop from a year ago and a 13 percent decline from $647 two years ago.

Google’s growth in foreign markets outside Europe is one of the reasons that the company’s average advertis-ing prices have been falling for nearly three years.

Advertisers so far haven’t been willing to pay as much to peddle their wares to consumers who don’t have as much disposable income as people in the U.S.

Coca-Cola is looking abroad for growth largely because it’s becom-ing tougher for beverage makers to increase revenue in a U.S. market al-ready awash in soda and other refresh-ments. Things look much different in some large overseas markets where billions of people only recently have begun to develop a taste for the com-pany’s products. In 2012, for instance, the per capita consumption of Coca Cola’s beverages was 403 servings of 8-ounce drinks annually in the U.S., compared with 39 annual servings in China and just 14 in India.

US companies increasingly fish for growth overseas

AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade, FileIn this June 26, 2012 file photo, a man walks past a truck that distributes Coca Cola in Mumbai, India. Major U.S. companies are starting to reap their most rapid growth in fertile lands of opportunity far from home.

Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Major U.S. companies are starting to reap their most rapid growth in fertile lands of opportunity far from home.

France wages ‘peach war’ on Spanish imports

AntaraDENPASAR - The low-cost

carrier, Citilink Indonesia, will serve a new route connecting Bali and Chong Qing Hianbei, Sinchuan, China, via Batam, Riau Islands, starting July 26, 2014.

“For the time being, the air-line will use a chartered aircraft until September 2014. Every flight from Denpasar to China and vice versa will make a stopover in Batam,” Dwi Djoko Wiwoho, a Batam Authority spokesman stated recently.

Citilink flight QG-8802 will fly from Denpasar at 12:35 a.m. local time and will arrive at the Hang Nadim International Air-port in Batam at 2:05 p.m. local time. It will depart at 2:35 p.m. local time from Batam and will arrive in Sinchuan at 8:25 p.m. local time.

For the month of July, the flight is scheduled on 26 and 31; in August on 5, 9, 14, 19, 23, and 28; and in September, on 2, 6, 11, 16, 20, 25, and 30.

“The flight will use the latest Airbus A320 owned by Garuda Indonesia’s subsidiary,” Wi-woho noted.

“The big earnings was made fol-lowing increasing exports of cocoa to mainly the US,” head of the regional plantation service, I Dewa Made said on Sunday.

Cocoa is a new commodity for Bali but earnings from its export have surpassed that of coffee which has so far been the island’s tradi-tional export commodity.

From January to May the island’s exports of cocoa reached 67 tons worth US586,708 while coffee ex-ports were recorded at only 66 tons worth US$426,580 and vanilla 69 kilograms worth US$2,415.

He hoped the increasing exports would further motivate farmers to manage their plantations well to assure production of good quality cocoa.

Dewa Made said that cocoa from

Bali had just entered the export markets especially the US, Australia and Germany and so the amount was still small or still in the dozen tons a month.

He said there are three main regions in the island where farmers are developing cocoa plantations namely Tabanan covering 5,063 hectares, Buleleng 1,258 hectares and Jembrana 3,555 hectares, in addition to plantations in Badung, Klungkung, Bangli and Karan-gasem.

The price of the commodity at the farmer level has been stable at Rp36,700 per kilogram for the fermented product and Rp34,200 per kilogram for the raw product. The price is quite encouraging for the farmers, he said.

Bali earns US$1 million from plantations

IBP/File PhotoBali earned more than US$1 million from exports of commodities from people’s plantations in the past five months from January to May this year, up from only US$442,000 in the same period before, a local trade official said.

AntaraDENPASAR - Bali earned more than US$1 million from exports of

commodities from people’s plantations in the past five months from January to May this year, up from only US$442,000 in the same period before, a local trade official said.

Citilink to serve Bali-China route

The low-cost carrier, Citilink Indone-sia, will serve a new route connecting Bali and Chong Qing Hianbei, Sinch-uan, China, via Batam, Riau Islands,

starting July 26, 2014.

IBP/File Photo

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Muslims took the opportunity of the blessed Lebaran festivities to visit the graves of their dead relatives to offer flowers and prayers.

After performing the 2014 Idul Fitri prayers on Monday and hold-ing a family gathering to share a meal and seek each other’s for-giveness, the people made their way to the graves of their loved ones.

Bringing along flowers, the people gathered at the cemeter-ies to offer prayers for their dead

Agence France-Presse

SURABAYA - Police on Sunday fired tear gas at hundreds of pro-testers at the country’s infamous “Dolly” red-light district, where workers are refusing to accept gov-ernment orders to close shop.

Around 300 protesters, mostly men who work as pimps or vendors in the area, tore out and set alight a sign erected by the Surabaya city that read: “This area is free from brothels and prostitution”.

The closure of one of Southeast Asia’s biggest prostitution dens was spearheaded by Surabaya mayor Tri Rismaharini, who an-nounced last month that Dolly would be completely closed by the end of Ramadan, which fell on Sunday.

“We reject the instalment of this sign here. And after Ramadhan, we will operate as normal. We refuse to shut down,” said head of Dolly’s workers’ forum Ari Saputro, who goes by the nickname “Pokemon”.

An AFP reporter saw a protester being punched by police and then being detained with blood running from his nose.

Police fired the tear gas after workers set tyres alight, both send-ing a thick haze across the demon-stration, dispersing protesters after around an hour.

Hundreds of sex workers, as well as others who eke out a living out of the vast red-light district in Indonesia’s second biggest city,

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia on Friday granted a permit to allow the local arm of US mining giant Freeport McMoRan resume exports, six months after the government applied a controversial ban, the company told AFP.

Southeast Asia’s top economy introduced a ban on the export of some unprocessed minerals, and higher taxes on others that can still be shipped out of the country, in January.

It is one of a raft of economic policies that critics have dubbed “resource nationalism”, and which are pushed by politicians who argue that Indonesia is losing out by allowing foreign firms easy access to lucrative industries.

The government agreed to issue a permit for Freeport, excluding the firm from paying the higher tax it had refused to pay, after the firm agreed to provide a $115 million assurance bond to support its commitment to build a smelter in the country, as well as pay higher royalties.

Copper concentrate, a major export for US giants Newmont and Freeport McMoRan, was exempt from the ban but the companies still faced paying the new, higher taxes on shipments of the product.

“This is a good news, and we hope that our production will return to normal soon,” Rozik Soetjipto, head of Freeport Indonesia, told AFP.

The government said the permit will allow Freeport to export more than 750,000 tonnes of concentrate for the next six months, something Freeport said provides a breather after not exporting for the first half of the year, and only supplying about 40 percent of its total production capacity to a local smelter.

Soetjipto added that the miner which runs Grasberg, one of the biggest mines in the world, could start exporting as early as the first week of August.

Newmont has a different approach and still cannot export. In June it said it had ceased production and declared force majeure as it re-fused to pay the new, high levy, and filed for international arbitration against Indonesia.

Muslims flock to public cemeteriesAntara

JAKARTA - Muslims in Jakarta and across the country thronged to offer prayers at public and family cemeteries in conjunction with the 2014 Idul Fitri holidays on Monday and Tuesday. Deserted on regular days, the Karet Bivak and Tanah Kusir cemeteries in Jakarta on Monday were as crowded as recreational parks.

relatives after the month-long ban on visiting graves during the holy month of Ramadan.

In Central Jakarta, the Karet Bivak public cemetery on Monday and Tuesday was crowded with thousands of pilgrims from every corner of the city.

“Thousands of people came here yesterday after performing the Idul Fitri prayers, and today, the number of visitors continues to increase,” Nurul, a Karet Bivak grave keeper stated on Tuesday.

Nurul explained that it has been

a tradition that on every Lebaran holiday, thousands of pilgrims usually throng cemeteries to offer prayers for their dead relatives.

Ahmad Yunus, one of Tanah Kusir’s grave keepers in South Jakarta, remarked on Monday that their income increased two-folds on the first day of the 2014 Lebaran holiday.

“Lebaran holiday is the day that we wait for because our income usually increases two-folds at least,” Ahmad noted on Monday.

According to Ahmad, their in-come doubles during the Lebaran holidays when many people visit the graves of their dead relatives to offer prayers.

He explained that they usu-ally earn about Rp800 thousand to Rp1.5 million per month, but during the Ramadan fasting month and Idul Fitri holidays their in-come increases significantly.

Offering PrayersFor Muslims, offering prayers

for their dead relatives is a must because those who have already died have nothing more to hope for, except for the living to say some prayers for them.

The people can visit the graves of their dead relatives any time, but it is more special and op-

portune for them to bring along some flowers with other family members during the Idul Fitri holidays.

In the West Java provincial city of Bandung, all public cemeteries were also packed with thousands of pilgrims on Monday and Tues-day.

“We predict that many more Muslims will make devotional visits to the graves of their loved ones this afternoon,” Rahman, one of Astanaanyar’s grave keepers, claimed in Bandung on Tuesday.

He pointed out that besides Astanaanyar, other public cem-eteries such as Sirnaraga along Pajajaran Street, Gumuruh at Lengkong area, Cikutra, and Cibangkong also received thou-sands of visitors.

Indonesia allows Freeport to resume exports from

Grasberg mine

Police shoot tear gas in “Dolly” sex district

ANTARA FOTO/Suryanto

Police on Sunday fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters at the country’s infamous “Dolly” red-light district, where workers are refusing to accept government orders to close shop.

have lashed back at the closure order, complaining they will be left destitute.

Indonesia is the world’s big-gest Muslim-majority nation, but prostitution is common, though it is usually offered discreetly in karaoke lounges and clandestine brothels.

Dolly in eastern Java, on the other hand, is famous for openly touting women in shopfront win-dows, resembling Amsterdam’s

red-light district.The name Dolly is believed to come

from a Dutch madam who ran a brothel in the city during the Netherlands’ colonial rule of Indonesia.

Rismaharini described prostitution as “immoral” in a public event last month to announce Dolly’s closure, peppered with Islamic references.

Hardline Muslim groups have threatened violence if brothels con-tinue to operate beyond the end of Ramadan.

Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika recently encouraged authorities to “eliminate” all stray dogs, according to local media reports, saying the government was tired of carrying out vac-cinations and that protecting tourists was priority.

I Gusti Ngurah Bagus from the Bali Animal Welfare Asso-ciation also condemned the practice, saying that animal trade should be better organised and dog breeders and sellers should be licensed.

“People are throwing away native Balinese dogs in exchange for imported breeds that are often not vaccinated, diseased, un-healthy and at times already incubating rabies,” he said.

Even the cull sparks controversy, authorities are carrying out mass culls of dogs in an anti-rabies campaign, a official confirmed Sunday.

Bali Animal Husbandry Department chief Putu Sumantra said there were no plans to end the practice. “The dogs culled were smuggled illegally. When that happens, we try to find the owners to return them, and ensure they are vaccinated. But if they have no owners, we have to cull them,” Sumantra told AFP, adding the persistent problem “requires firm action”.

The footage shows more than 30 dogs squealing before they are given lethal injections to the heart and piled on top of each other as they convulse to their deaths.

A uniformed employee is seen smiling at a small fluffy po-meranian as she takes picture of it on her smartphone seconds before it is injected, along with Siberian huskies, collie dogs and pugs.

The Bali provincial government is aiming to rid the island of rabies by 2020, and in 2009 passed a local law obliging dog owners to vaccinate their pets.

Bali, a holiday spot popular for its surf, nightlife and cultural heritage, attracted more than three million foreigners last year, almost a million of them from neighbouring Australia.

The accident rate in Africa, for instance, is nearly five times that of the worldwide average, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization, part of the United Na-tions. Such trouble spots also happen to be where air travel is growing the fastest, putting the number of fliers on course to double within the next 15 years.

“In some areas of the world, there’s going to be a learning curve,” says Patrick Smith, a commercial airline pilot for 24 years and author of “Cockpit Confidential.” But that doesn’t necessarily mean that the skies are going to become more dan-gerous. “We’ve already doubled the volume of airplanes and passengers and what’s happened is we’ve got-ten safer.”

To meet the influx of passengers, airlines will need to hire and train enough qualified pilots and mechan-ics. Governments will have to de-velop and enforce safety regulations. New runways with proper navigation aids will have to be constructed. Industry experts acknowledge the difficulties, but note that aviation has gone through major growth spurts before and still managed to improve safety along the way. Last year, 3.1 billion passengers flew, twice the to-tal in 1999. Yet, the chances of dying in a plane crash were much lower.

Since 2000, there were less than three fatalities per 10 million pas-sengers, according to an Associated Press analysis of crash data provided by aviation consultancy Ascend. In the 1990s, there were nearly eight; during the 1980s there were 11; and

the 1970s had 26 deaths per 10 mil-lion passengers. The last two weeks have been bad for aviation with the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines flight followed by separate crashes in Taiwan and Mali. But the rare trio of tragedies represents just a fraction of the 93,500 daily airline flights worldwide.

“Aviation safety is continuing to get better. A sudden spate of acci-dents doesn’t mean that the industry has suddenly become less safe,” says Paul Hayes, director of air safety for Ascend. As global incomes rise, peo-ple in Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, India and China want to travel more. Airplane manufacturer Airbus says that while U.S. traffic is growing 2.4 percent a year, emerging countries are seeing 13.2 percent an-nual growth.

In those countries, flying is often the only option. Cities are remote. Adequate highways or railroads don’t always exist. New airlines have popped up, offering affordable flights to satisfy this growing thirst for travel. These carriers — many unheard of outside their region — are adding new jets at a breakneck pace. In the next six years alone, Indone-sia’s Lion Air will get 265 new planes and India’s IndiGo will receive 125, according to Bank of America.

“If an airline rapidly expands,” Hayes says, the challenge of adding new staff and getting them to work together properly “can increase risk.” Plane manufacturer Boeing estimates that within 20 years, the industry will need 498,000 new commercial airline pilots and 556,000 new maintenance

technicians. Finding enough skilled workers to meet that demand isn’t going to be easy. Sherry Carbary, vice president of Boeing Flight Services, says there is an “urgent demand for competent aviation personnel.”

“This is a global issue, requiring industry-wide collaboration and in-novative solutions,” she says. Lee Moak, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, the largest U.S. pilots’ union, adds that strong oversight by governments and trade groups is needed to ensure proper training. “If you don’t have a safe operation, then you’re not going to have customers,” Moak says.

Countries must also invest in the right infrastructure. There needs to be proper radar coverage, runway land-ing lights and beacons and skilled air-port fire and rescue teams, says Todd Curtis, director of the Airsafe.com Foundation. Developing regions, he adds, also currently don’t have enough airports that planes can divert to in case of an emergency.

And when there is a crash with survivors, having hospitals nearby with advanced trauma centers helps to lower the number of fatalities. Nearly a third of all accidents since 1959 where the plane was destroyed still didn’t have any deaths, accord-ing to Boeing.

Technological improvements are also helping to lower the accident rate. Cockpits now come with sys-tems that automatically warn if a jet is too low, about to hit a mountain or another plane. Others detect sudden wind gusts that could make a land-ing unsafe.

Associated Press Writer

ANSAN, South Korea — South Korean teenagers who survived April’s ferry sinking said Tuesday they are still haunted by the di-saster that killed dozens of their friends, and demanded that crew members be punished for abandoning the passengers and fleeing the ship.

Students from Danwon High School near Seoul testified for a second day at the trial of 15 crew members involved with the ferry’s navigation who face charges of negligence and failing to carry out their duty to rescue passengers. The sinking left more than 300 people dead or missing, and most of the victims were Danwon students who were traveling to a resort island on a school trip.

One student said she has had nightmares since the sinking, and another said she feels despondent whenever she thinks about her friends who died. A third student said she was hurt by some Internet postings that made them feel guilty for surviving while others died.

“When I got out of the cabin and moved to a corridor, there was a friend of mine on the other side of a bed (in the cabin) and our eyes met. (My friend) failed to escape,” a fourth student said. The students’ names were withheld to protect their privacy. The sinking, one of South Korea’s deadliest disasters in decades, has triggered widespread grief and renewed scrutiny of public safety.

Survivors say they heard no evacuation orders, and prosecutors argued that a timely evacuation announcement could have saved more lives. Prosecutors say the 15 crew members abandoned the ship even though they knew passengers were trapped inside and would die when the ferry sank. The defense has denied any collusion, say-ing the crew members were confused, injured and panicked.

When asked by prosecutors whether they want the crew members to receive punishment, most of the students said they must be penal-ized in line with the law. “They should get appropriate punishment. It’s something that they shouldn’t have done,” one student said.

FILE- In this April 25, 2012, file photo, an airplane lands at Newark Liberty In-ternational Airport in Newark. More travel-ers are flying than ever before, creating a daunting challenge for airlines: continue to keep passengers safe in an ever more crowded airspace.

Avoiding plane crashes as air traffic doubles

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — More travelers are flying than ever before, creating a daunting challenge for airlines: keep passengers safe in an ever more crowded airspace. Each day, 8.3 million people around the globe — roughly the population of New York City — step aboard an airplane. They almost always land safely. Some flights, however, are safer than others.

AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File

Anti-rabies...

Teen survivors haunted by S. Korean ferry sinking

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Eka Karya Botanical Garden

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BEDUGUL - Eka Karya Bali Botanical Garden is a large botanical garden located in Tabanan County, Bali. It is the first botanical garden founded by the Indonesian govern-ment on July 15, 1959. Its operation is managed by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), while the organi-zational structure and development is under the Center for Plant Conserva-tion of Bogor Botanical Garden. At first the Eka Karya Bali Botanical is only intended for conifers.

Along with the development and change of status as well as a broad region, the botanical garden perched on the altitude of 1,250-1,450 meters above sea level is now becoming an ex-situ conservation area for plants of tropical mountains of eastern Indone-sia. Originally, the Botanical Garden only spread across 50 hectares, but today it has been expanded to 157.5 hectares. It has several collections of plants grouped based on their kinship. In addition to their collection, the types of plant are also pursued for research and development. Some of the exist-ing collections include the orchids, cactus, fern, bamboo, moss collection, begonia, ritual plant, medicinal plants, aquatic plants and palm.

Akron spokeswoman Stephanie York won’t divulge how many tickets were offered but says demand was overwhelming. She says organizers hope to make more available.

York says the event is more of a show than a party or rally. The stadium holds more than 27,000 people, but it’s unclear how much space will be used for the event. James has created big buzz by returning to Cleveland four years after leaving for the Miami Heat.

LeBron James will go back to wearing jersey No. 23 in his return to Cleveland. James tweeted “23 it is! It’s only right I go back. 2 3=6 We still family 6.” The tweet included an Instagram post with photos of James holding his No. 23 Cavaliers jersey on draft night, later in a new version of the Cavs’ jersey and one of him in his high school jersey.

James wore No. 6 in four seasons with Miami and with the U.S. Olympic team. He used No. 23 in high school and during seven seasons in Cleveland. About 10 days ago, James turned to social media to help him choose which number he’ll wear next season with the Cavaliers. James wrote “6 or 23....” on his Twitter account.

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2013 file photo, Miami Heat’s LeBron James greets a young fan while on the way to an

interview at his foundation’s second annual “I Promise Family Reunion,” in Akron, Ohio.

All tickets claimed for LeBron’s homecoming show

Associated Press Writer

AKRON, Ohio — LeBron James’ Ohio hometown says fans quickly claimed the thousands of tickets avail-able for the homecoming event expected to be his first public appearance in the state since announcing his return to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The free tickets for the Aug. 8 show at InfoCision Stadium in Akron were released Monday and were gone within hours.

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Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Alison Cornet and Madison Keys were the high-profile casualties on the opening day of the Citi Open, while veteran Svetlana Kuznetso-va breezed through to the second round.

Cornet, who beat Serena Wil-liams en route to the fourth round of Wimbledon, was defeated 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 by American wild card Shelby Rogers. Rogers will play Marina Erakovic or Kristyna Pliskova in round two.

Kuznetsova comfortably downed Polona Hercog of Slovenia 6-3, 6-2 to progress to a second-round match against either Heather Wat-son or Kirsten Flipkens.

Seventh-seeded American Keys was beaten 7-5, 6-3 by Japan’s Kurumi Nara, who will face Zarina Diyas in the second round.

In the men’s draw, qualifier Robby Ginepri of the U.S. beat Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-4, 6-2 and will take on top-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych in the sec-ond round

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier has vowed to improve the way his Formula 1 team makes strate-gic decisions, following the blunder that cost Jenson Button in the Hungarian Grand Prix. Button finished 10th at the Hungaroring, but he was up to second after the first round of pitstops thanks to the timing of the first safety car period for Marcus Ericsson’s crash at Turn 3.

McLaren mistakenly gambled on more rain arriving, so fitted Button with a fresh set of intermediate tyres as all its major rivals switched to dry weather rubber. This meant Button had to make an extra stop under racing conditions to fit slicks, costing him vital track position in the early stages.

The Woking-based squad blamed this strategic er-ror on faulty radar equipment and Boullier conceded McLaren would have to alter its approach towards weather-based strategy in future races. “We have to reflect on this and find out why [it happened] because we don’t want this to happen again,” Boullier told AUTOSPORT.

“I think we need to make it [those decision-making processes] simpler and faster. “It highlights what we need to change, so it’s going to be easier for us to take decisions [in the future].”

McLaren F1 team to make changes to its systems

Cornet and Keys out in 1st round of Citi Open

Mandatory Credit: Geoff BurkeShelby Rogers celebrates after her match against Alize Cornet (not pictured) on day one of the Citi Open tennis tournament at the Fitzgerald Tennis Center. Rogers won 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

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For a young man who has yet to earn a first team spot with talent-packed Bayern and played only a handful of minutes for the United States in Brazil at the World Cup, Green arrives in his homeland burdened with great expectations having made an impression on the people who matter most.

A sensational goal in a 2-1 last 16 loss to Belgium in Brazil underscored Green’s considerable skill and rewarded U.S. coach Juergen Klinsmann for putting his faith in him.

More importantly, Green’s play has made an impact on Bay-ern boss Pep Guardiola, who says he expects the teenager to be with the big club when the Bundesliga season begins.

“He stays with us,” Guardiola said in a recent conference call to drum up interest in the tour that is being billed as the Audi Football Summit. “I think he’s going to stay (the season) but we have to see how is the market, if one player is back or what play-ers come in. “We have time ... my first idea is that he’s going to stay for the rest of the season.”

Getting on the field for a pair of pre-season friendlies is one thing but earning regular season minutes on a club that provided much of the talent for Germany’s World Cup-winning squad will be another matter. While Guardiola rates Green as a future star there are some who believe Bayern would be better served by loan-ing out the young American this

season and al-lowing him to develop his gifts rather than have him anchored to a star-studded bench as a little used reserve.

“The most important thing right now is FC Bayern. I want to play for Bayern and I don’t think about a loan,” Green said on Monday during a conference call. “The (U.S.) national team the next game is in September and I am looking for to that but right now it is just Bayern. “Right now I am coming for FC Bayern, that is my home club and that is very special. I’m looking forward to play and show the people how good FC Bayern is.”

With a squad loaded from

front to back with celebrated names such as Franck Ribery, Arjen Robben, Bastian Sch-weinsteiger, Mario Goetze and Thomas Mueller much of the world is already keenly aware of Bayern’s quality.

What is of more interest is how good can Green, who came up through Baryern’s development system and played for club’s sec-ond team last season, become. Is he the star goal-scoring difference maker the Unites States lacks?

Green, who was born in Tam-pa, Florida but raised in Germany since he was two years old and has dual citizenship, displayed a lethal finishing touch in Brazil scoring against Belgium on his

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Guangzhou Evergrande have looked far from convincing in their AFC Champions League title defence but coach Marcello Lippi believes they can beat Western Sydney Wanderers in the quarter-finals and go on to reach the final. Under the World Cup-winning Italian coach, Guangzhou enjoyed a stellar 2013 when they became the first Chinese team to be crowned continental champions in 23 years, while completing a hat-trick of Super League titles on the domestic front.

They are still in the reckoning to become the fifth side to win back-to-back continental titles but defeats against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Cerezo Osaka and Melbourne Victory have come as stark reminders of their frail-ties. “The injury and absence of various players contributed to those loses earlier in the competition. However, the most important thing was that we qualified for the quarter-finals,” Lippi said in a media release.

“Every match is special and unique because of the difference in oppo-sition each time, so the loss against Melbourne Victory... does not prove anything. “We are now scouting our opponents ahead of the quarter-finals and we know that they have changed some players from earlier in the competition, but we have enough time to analyse those players to ensure we are fully prepared for these games.”

Guangzhou have lost their talismanic Brazilian forward Muriqui, top scorer in last year’s tournament, to Al Sadd of Qatar but Lippi remains upbeat over the chances of another trip to the final.

“We have gone through the same processes in the summer break as we did during pre-season to make sure we are prepared for the next part of the season,” said the 66-year-old coach, who guided Italy to the 2006 World Cup victory.

“Although we have changed some players from the squad we had last year, I believe we are still strong enough and I hope we can be in the final again this year.”

Guangzhou will travel to Sydney’s Paramatta Stadium for the first leg of the quarter-final on Aug 20, before hosting the Australians for the second leg a week later.

Reuters

LONDON - Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Red-

knapp has rejected suggestions that France striker Loic Remy’s transfer to Liverpool collapsed due to a failed medical. “I don’t see how he could have failed a medical,” Redknapp told the BBC on Monday. “He had a stringent one here, one at Marseille and at Newcastle and with France before the World Cup.

“You couldn’t meet a fitter lad.

There has to be another reason,” Redknapp said. Remy, who scored 14 goals in 26 league appearances for Newcastle last season, will start the new Premier League season at QPR.

“Their loss is our gain - we’ve got a fantastic striker,” Redknapp added. “I said last year he was capable of scoring 20 goals in the Premier League. That’s what we now want him to do for us.” The 27-year-old joined Liverpool on tour in the United States to complete his 8.5 million pounds

($14.44 million) move, but the deal fell through on Sunday.

Reds manager Brendan Rodgers told reporters: “It’s very simple - we have made a decision as a club not to go ahead with the deal. “It’s unfortunate for the player. But there’s nothing more to be said.”

Remy moved to QPR from Marseille in a club-record 8 mil-lion pounds ($13.59 million) deal in January 2013 and joined New-castle on a season-long loan last August following QPR’s relega-tion to the Championship.

Reuters

Manchester United man-ager Louis van Gaal has ordered full back Luke Shaw to train alone, say-

ing the 19-year-old is “not very fit” and unable to meet

the Dutchman’s expectations. Shaw joined United from fellow Premier League side Southampton after returning from England’s dismal World Cup campaign in a deal re-ported to be worth up to 30 million pounds ($50.93 million), the highest

fee for a teenage player.On Monday, he trained away from

his team mates during an open session at the Washington Redskins’ FedEx

Field on the club’s North American pre-season tour. “I am always a trainer who sees the individuals and what each player needs,” Van Gaal told reporters when quizzed about why Shaw was training alone. “Luke needs to be fit and he’s not very fit and can’t perform how I want. He needs to be fit and to train individually. “I can’t judge why. I see what I see. I have spoken with him and we have made a programme with him. He has agreed.”

Van Gaal could not say how much work Shaw had to do to reach a sat-isfactory level. “How long? That we have to see, but that I don’t know,” he added. “I have heard good messages from Strud (fitness coach Tony Strud-wick) but we have to see.”

Meanwhile, Wilfried Zaha, who has struggled since joining from Crystal Palace last year, is set to make his first appearance on the tour against Inter Milan on Tuesday. Van Gaal said he was looking at utilising the winger as a striker as he continues to develop a 3-5-2 formation at the club.

“He will play in the second-half in the strikers’ position. “When we play this system he has to play as a striker, otherwise he cannot play. Ashley Young is a winger, but he is another type who can play wing-back and he did very well (in a 3-2 friendly win) against Roma. “He can play left and right side, but we shall see. He can do the job. He believes me and he is now performing well.”

Reuters

ROME - FIFA has asked the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) to investigate comments made by Carlo Tavecchio, the favourite to become its next president, in which he referred to African players as “banana eaters”. “Media reports concerning alleged racist com-ments by one of the presidential candidates for the Italian FA have alerted FIFA’s Task Force against racism and discrimination and its chairman Jeffrey Webb,” FIFA said

in a statement on Monday.“As such, FIFA has written a let-

ter to the Italian FA asking it to take the appropriate steps to investigate and decide on this matter and report to FIFA.” FIGC vice-president Tavecchio has received a wave of criticism for his comments, which came at the summer assembly of Italy’s amateur leagues (LND). He suggested that Italy should replicate England’s stringent requirements for non-EU players.

“In England, they identify the players coming in and, if they are

professional, they are allowed to play,” said 71-year-old Tavecchio. “Here instead we get ‘Opti Pobà’, who previously ate bananas and then suddenly becomes a first team player with Lazio. “That’s how it is here. In England, you need to demonstrate what you have on your CV and your pedigree.”

Tavecchio has apologised twice for his remarks but said on Monday he will not end his candidacy for the FIGC presidency. “I’ve got the sup-port of the Leagues, and I’m carry-ing on with my campaign for the

presidency of the FIGC,” he told Italian news agency ANSA. Tavec-chio is hot favourite to beat former AC Milan and Italy midfielder Demetrio Albertini to Italian foot-ball’s top job in an Aug. 11 vote. The pair are vying for the position left vacant by Giancarlo Abete, who stepped down immediately after Italy’s embarrassing early exit from the World Cup in Brazil.

On Sunday, the first signs of a crack in the strong support for Tavecchio from Serie A and B clubs came from Fiorentina, who said

that he should step aside. “Staying true to its civic and ethical values, Fiorentina, in the light of the recent comments made by Tavecchio, no longer considers his candidacy for the presidency of the FIGC sustainable,” the club wrote in a statement.

The new owner of Sampdoria Massimo Ferrero also said that Se-rie A owners should get together to discuss the situation. “Club owners need to hold a meeting as soon as possible to assess our position (on Tavecchio’s FIGC candidacy),

Associated Press Writer

GENK, Belgium — Racing Genk has fired coach Emilio Fer-rera after the opening game of the Belgian league. Ferrera came in to the new season with a two-year contract extension, but did not last beyond an opening 3-1 away loss to KV Mechelen.

After bringing in Ferrera to turn around a dismal season last year, it had high hopes of challenging for the title this season. But the club said that “while everyone was hoping for a fresh start, the first game against KV Mechelen was surprisingly bad.” Genk has won the Belgian league three times in the last 15 years.

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Lippi confident of Asian title defence for Guangzhou

FIFA ask FIGC to investigate Italy racism row

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Bayern Munich’s Claudio Pizarro (L) and Rafinha pose

with the trophy after their German Telekom Cup soc-cer final match against VfL

Wolfsburg in Hamburg, July 27, 2014.

Bayern Munich goes Green for U.S. TourReuters

Julian Green has been touted as the new face of U.S. soccer but it is one few Americans recognise. That may change this week as the Bayern Mu-nich 19-year-old wunderkind enters the spotlight during the Bundesliga champion’s heavily promoted mini-tour of the United States that features a meeting with Mexican club Chivas Guadalajara in New Jersey on Thurs-day followed by an Aug. 6 game versus Major League Soccer All-Stars in Portland, Oregon.

first touch to become the young-est American to score a goal at the World Cup.

“The goal was very special to me, it gave me a lot of confidence,” said Green, who also became the youngest scorer in the tournament since Argentina’s Lionel Messi with his strike.

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For a young man who has yet to earn a first team spot with talent-packed Bayern and played only a handful of minutes for the United States in Brazil at the World Cup, Green arrives in his homeland burdened with great expectations having made an impression on the people who matter most.

A sensational goal in a 2-1 last 16 loss to Belgium in Brazil underscored Green’s considerable skill and rewarded U.S. coach Juergen Klinsmann for putting his faith in him.

More importantly, Green’s play has made an impact on Bay-ern boss Pep Guardiola, who says he expects the teenager to be with the big club when the Bundesliga season begins.

“He stays with us,” Guardiola said in a recent conference call to drum up interest in the tour that is being billed as the Audi Football Summit. “I think he’s going to stay (the season) but we have to see how is the market, if one player is back or what play-ers come in. “We have time ... my first idea is that he’s going to stay for the rest of the season.”

Getting on the field for a pair of pre-season friendlies is one thing but earning regular season minutes on a club that provided much of the talent for Germany’s World Cup-winning squad will be another matter. While Guardiola rates Green as a future star there are some who believe Bayern would be better served by loan-ing out the young American this

season and al-lowing him to develop his gifts rather than have him anchored to a star-studded bench as a little used reserve.

“The most important thing right now is FC Bayern. I want to play for Bayern and I don’t think about a loan,” Green said on Monday during a conference call. “The (U.S.) national team the next game is in September and I am looking for to that but right now it is just Bayern. “Right now I am coming for FC Bayern, that is my home club and that is very special. I’m looking forward to play and show the people how good FC Bayern is.”

With a squad loaded from

front to back with celebrated names such as Franck Ribery, Arjen Robben, Bastian Sch-weinsteiger, Mario Goetze and Thomas Mueller much of the world is already keenly aware of Bayern’s quality.

What is of more interest is how good can Green, who came up through Baryern’s development system and played for club’s sec-ond team last season, become. Is he the star goal-scoring difference maker the Unites States lacks?

Green, who was born in Tam-pa, Florida but raised in Germany since he was two years old and has dual citizenship, displayed a lethal finishing touch in Brazil scoring against Belgium on his

Reuters

Guangzhou Evergrande have looked far from convincing in their AFC Champions League title defence but coach Marcello Lippi believes they can beat Western Sydney Wanderers in the quarter-finals and go on to reach the final. Under the World Cup-winning Italian coach, Guangzhou enjoyed a stellar 2013 when they became the first Chinese team to be crowned continental champions in 23 years, while completing a hat-trick of Super League titles on the domestic front.

They are still in the reckoning to become the fifth side to win back-to-back continental titles but defeats against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Cerezo Osaka and Melbourne Victory have come as stark reminders of their frail-ties. “The injury and absence of various players contributed to those loses earlier in the competition. However, the most important thing was that we qualified for the quarter-finals,” Lippi said in a media release.

“Every match is special and unique because of the difference in oppo-sition each time, so the loss against Melbourne Victory... does not prove anything. “We are now scouting our opponents ahead of the quarter-finals and we know that they have changed some players from earlier in the competition, but we have enough time to analyse those players to ensure we are fully prepared for these games.”

Guangzhou have lost their talismanic Brazilian forward Muriqui, top scorer in last year’s tournament, to Al Sadd of Qatar but Lippi remains upbeat over the chances of another trip to the final.

“We have gone through the same processes in the summer break as we did during pre-season to make sure we are prepared for the next part of the season,” said the 66-year-old coach, who guided Italy to the 2006 World Cup victory.

“Although we have changed some players from the squad we had last year, I believe we are still strong enough and I hope we can be in the final again this year.”

Guangzhou will travel to Sydney’s Paramatta Stadium for the first leg of the quarter-final on Aug 20, before hosting the Australians for the second leg a week later.

Reuters

LONDON - Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Red-

knapp has rejected suggestions that France striker Loic Remy’s transfer to Liverpool collapsed due to a failed medical. “I don’t see how he could have failed a medical,” Redknapp told the BBC on Monday. “He had a stringent one here, one at Marseille and at Newcastle and with France before the World Cup.

“You couldn’t meet a fitter lad.

There has to be another reason,” Redknapp said. Remy, who scored 14 goals in 26 league appearances for Newcastle last season, will start the new Premier League season at QPR.

“Their loss is our gain - we’ve got a fantastic striker,” Redknapp added. “I said last year he was capable of scoring 20 goals in the Premier League. That’s what we now want him to do for us.” The 27-year-old joined Liverpool on tour in the United States to complete his 8.5 million pounds

($14.44 million) move, but the deal fell through on Sunday.

Reds manager Brendan Rodgers told reporters: “It’s very simple - we have made a decision as a club not to go ahead with the deal. “It’s unfortunate for the player. But there’s nothing more to be said.”

Remy moved to QPR from Marseille in a club-record 8 mil-lion pounds ($13.59 million) deal in January 2013 and joined New-castle on a season-long loan last August following QPR’s relega-tion to the Championship.

Reuters

Manchester United man-ager Louis van Gaal has ordered full back Luke Shaw to train alone, say-

ing the 19-year-old is “not very fit” and unable to meet

the Dutchman’s expectations. Shaw joined United from fellow Premier League side Southampton after returning from England’s dismal World Cup campaign in a deal re-ported to be worth up to 30 million pounds ($50.93 million), the highest

fee for a teenage player.On Monday, he trained away from

his team mates during an open session at the Washington Redskins’ FedEx

Field on the club’s North American pre-season tour. “I am always a trainer who sees the individuals and what each player needs,” Van Gaal told reporters when quizzed about why Shaw was training alone. “Luke needs to be fit and he’s not very fit and can’t perform how I want. He needs to be fit and to train individually. “I can’t judge why. I see what I see. I have spoken with him and we have made a programme with him. He has agreed.”

Van Gaal could not say how much work Shaw had to do to reach a sat-isfactory level. “How long? That we have to see, but that I don’t know,” he added. “I have heard good messages from Strud (fitness coach Tony Strud-wick) but we have to see.”

Meanwhile, Wilfried Zaha, who has struggled since joining from Crystal Palace last year, is set to make his first appearance on the tour against Inter Milan on Tuesday. Van Gaal said he was looking at utilising the winger as a striker as he continues to develop a 3-5-2 formation at the club.

“He will play in the second-half in the strikers’ position. “When we play this system he has to play as a striker, otherwise he cannot play. Ashley Young is a winger, but he is another type who can play wing-back and he did very well (in a 3-2 friendly win) against Roma. “He can play left and right side, but we shall see. He can do the job. He believes me and he is now performing well.”

Reuters

ROME - FIFA has asked the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) to investigate comments made by Carlo Tavecchio, the favourite to become its next president, in which he referred to African players as “banana eaters”. “Media reports concerning alleged racist com-ments by one of the presidential candidates for the Italian FA have alerted FIFA’s Task Force against racism and discrimination and its chairman Jeffrey Webb,” FIFA said

in a statement on Monday.“As such, FIFA has written a let-

ter to the Italian FA asking it to take the appropriate steps to investigate and decide on this matter and report to FIFA.” FIGC vice-president Tavecchio has received a wave of criticism for his comments, which came at the summer assembly of Italy’s amateur leagues (LND). He suggested that Italy should replicate England’s stringent requirements for non-EU players.

“In England, they identify the players coming in and, if they are

professional, they are allowed to play,” said 71-year-old Tavecchio. “Here instead we get ‘Opti Pobà’, who previously ate bananas and then suddenly becomes a first team player with Lazio. “That’s how it is here. In England, you need to demonstrate what you have on your CV and your pedigree.”

Tavecchio has apologised twice for his remarks but said on Monday he will not end his candidacy for the FIGC presidency. “I’ve got the sup-port of the Leagues, and I’m carry-ing on with my campaign for the

presidency of the FIGC,” he told Italian news agency ANSA. Tavec-chio is hot favourite to beat former AC Milan and Italy midfielder Demetrio Albertini to Italian foot-ball’s top job in an Aug. 11 vote. The pair are vying for the position left vacant by Giancarlo Abete, who stepped down immediately after Italy’s embarrassing early exit from the World Cup in Brazil.

On Sunday, the first signs of a crack in the strong support for Tavecchio from Serie A and B clubs came from Fiorentina, who said

that he should step aside. “Staying true to its civic and ethical values, Fiorentina, in the light of the recent comments made by Tavecchio, no longer considers his candidacy for the presidency of the FIGC sustainable,” the club wrote in a statement.

The new owner of Sampdoria Massimo Ferrero also said that Se-rie A owners should get together to discuss the situation. “Club owners need to hold a meeting as soon as possible to assess our position (on Tavecchio’s FIGC candidacy),

Associated Press Writer

GENK, Belgium — Racing Genk has fired coach Emilio Fer-rera after the opening game of the Belgian league. Ferrera came in to the new season with a two-year contract extension, but did not last beyond an opening 3-1 away loss to KV Mechelen.

After bringing in Ferrera to turn around a dismal season last year, it had high hopes of challenging for the title this season. But the club said that “while everyone was hoping for a fresh start, the first game against KV Mechelen was surprisingly bad.” Genk has won the Belgian league three times in the last 15 years.

Shaw made to train alone as not fit enough for Van Gaal

Remy’s failed Reds move can’t be due to fitness - Redknapp

IBP/ist

Louic Remy

IBP/ist

1 game and gone: Genk fires coach very early

Lippi confident of Asian title defence for Guangzhou

FIFA ask FIGC to investigate Italy racism row

REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

Bayern Munich’s Claudio Pizarro (L) and Rafinha pose

with the trophy after their German Telekom Cup soc-cer final match against VfL

Wolfsburg in Hamburg, July 27, 2014.

Bayern Munich goes Green for U.S. TourReuters

Julian Green has been touted as the new face of U.S. soccer but it is one few Americans recognise. That may change this week as the Bayern Mu-nich 19-year-old wunderkind enters the spotlight during the Bundesliga champion’s heavily promoted mini-tour of the United States that features a meeting with Mexican club Chivas Guadalajara in New Jersey on Thurs-day followed by an Aug. 6 game versus Major League Soccer All-Stars in Portland, Oregon.

first touch to become the young-est American to score a goal at the World Cup.

“The goal was very special to me, it gave me a lot of confidence,” said Green, who also became the youngest scorer in the tournament since Argentina’s Lionel Messi with his strike.

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Eka Karya Botanical Garden

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BEDUGUL - Eka Karya Bali Botanical Garden is a large botanical garden located in Tabanan County, Bali. It is the first botanical garden founded by the Indonesian govern-ment on July 15, 1959. Its operation is managed by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), while the organi-zational structure and development is under the Center for Plant Conserva-tion of Bogor Botanical Garden. At first the Eka Karya Bali Botanical is only intended for conifers.

Along with the development and change of status as well as a broad region, the botanical garden perched on the altitude of 1,250-1,450 meters above sea level is now becoming an ex-situ conservation area for plants of tropical mountains of eastern Indone-sia. Originally, the Botanical Garden only spread across 50 hectares, but today it has been expanded to 157.5 hectares. It has several collections of plants grouped based on their kinship. In addition to their collection, the types of plant are also pursued for research and development. Some of the exist-ing collections include the orchids, cactus, fern, bamboo, moss collection, begonia, ritual plant, medicinal plants, aquatic plants and palm.

Akron spokeswoman Stephanie York won’t divulge how many tickets were offered but says demand was overwhelming. She says organizers hope to make more available.

York says the event is more of a show than a party or rally. The stadium holds more than 27,000 people, but it’s unclear how much space will be used for the event. James has created big buzz by returning to Cleveland four years after leaving for the Miami Heat.

LeBron James will go back to wearing jersey No. 23 in his return to Cleveland. James tweeted “23 it is! It’s only right I go back. 2 3=6 We still family 6.” The tweet included an Instagram post with photos of James holding his No. 23 Cavaliers jersey on draft night, later in a new version of the Cavs’ jersey and one of him in his high school jersey.

James wore No. 6 in four seasons with Miami and with the U.S. Olympic team. He used No. 23 in high school and during seven seasons in Cleveland. About 10 days ago, James turned to social media to help him choose which number he’ll wear next season with the Cavaliers. James wrote “6 or 23....” on his Twitter account.

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2013 file photo, Miami Heat’s LeBron James greets a young fan while on the way to an

interview at his foundation’s second annual “I Promise Family Reunion,” in Akron, Ohio.

All tickets claimed for LeBron’s homecoming show

Associated Press Writer

AKRON, Ohio — LeBron James’ Ohio hometown says fans quickly claimed the thousands of tickets avail-able for the homecoming event expected to be his first public appearance in the state since announcing his return to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The free tickets for the Aug. 8 show at InfoCision Stadium in Akron were released Monday and were gone within hours.

AP Photo/Akron Beacon Journal, Phil Masturzo, File

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Alison Cornet and Madison Keys were the high-profile casualties on the opening day of the Citi Open, while veteran Svetlana Kuznetso-va breezed through to the second round.

Cornet, who beat Serena Wil-liams en route to the fourth round of Wimbledon, was defeated 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 by American wild card Shelby Rogers. Rogers will play Marina Erakovic or Kristyna Pliskova in round two.

Kuznetsova comfortably downed Polona Hercog of Slovenia 6-3, 6-2 to progress to a second-round match against either Heather Wat-son or Kirsten Flipkens.

Seventh-seeded American Keys was beaten 7-5, 6-3 by Japan’s Kurumi Nara, who will face Zarina Diyas in the second round.

In the men’s draw, qualifier Robby Ginepri of the U.S. beat Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-4, 6-2 and will take on top-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych in the sec-ond round

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier has vowed to improve the way his Formula 1 team makes strate-gic decisions, following the blunder that cost Jenson Button in the Hungarian Grand Prix. Button finished 10th at the Hungaroring, but he was up to second after the first round of pitstops thanks to the timing of the first safety car period for Marcus Ericsson’s crash at Turn 3.

McLaren mistakenly gambled on more rain arriving, so fitted Button with a fresh set of intermediate tyres as all its major rivals switched to dry weather rubber. This meant Button had to make an extra stop under racing conditions to fit slicks, costing him vital track position in the early stages.

The Woking-based squad blamed this strategic er-ror on faulty radar equipment and Boullier conceded McLaren would have to alter its approach towards weather-based strategy in future races. “We have to reflect on this and find out why [it happened] because we don’t want this to happen again,” Boullier told AUTOSPORT.

“I think we need to make it [those decision-making processes] simpler and faster. “It highlights what we need to change, so it’s going to be easier for us to take decisions [in the future].”

McLaren F1 team to make changes to its systems

Cornet and Keys out in 1st round of Citi Open

Mandatory Credit: Geoff BurkeShelby Rogers celebrates after her match against Alize Cornet (not pictured) on day one of the Citi Open tennis tournament at the Fitzgerald Tennis Center. Rogers won 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

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Muslims took the opportunity of the blessed Lebaran festivities to visit the graves of their dead relatives to offer flowers and prayers.

After performing the 2014 Idul Fitri prayers on Monday and hold-ing a family gathering to share a meal and seek each other’s for-giveness, the people made their way to the graves of their loved ones.

Bringing along flowers, the people gathered at the cemeter-ies to offer prayers for their dead

Agence France-Presse

SURABAYA - Police on Sunday fired tear gas at hundreds of pro-testers at the country’s infamous “Dolly” red-light district, where workers are refusing to accept gov-ernment orders to close shop.

Around 300 protesters, mostly men who work as pimps or vendors in the area, tore out and set alight a sign erected by the Surabaya city that read: “This area is free from brothels and prostitution”.

The closure of one of Southeast Asia’s biggest prostitution dens was spearheaded by Surabaya mayor Tri Rismaharini, who an-nounced last month that Dolly would be completely closed by the end of Ramadan, which fell on Sunday.

“We reject the instalment of this sign here. And after Ramadhan, we will operate as normal. We refuse to shut down,” said head of Dolly’s workers’ forum Ari Saputro, who goes by the nickname “Pokemon”.

An AFP reporter saw a protester being punched by police and then being detained with blood running from his nose.

Police fired the tear gas after workers set tyres alight, both send-ing a thick haze across the demon-stration, dispersing protesters after around an hour.

Hundreds of sex workers, as well as others who eke out a living out of the vast red-light district in Indonesia’s second biggest city,

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia on Friday granted a permit to allow the local arm of US mining giant Freeport McMoRan resume exports, six months after the government applied a controversial ban, the company told AFP.

Southeast Asia’s top economy introduced a ban on the export of some unprocessed minerals, and higher taxes on others that can still be shipped out of the country, in January.

It is one of a raft of economic policies that critics have dubbed “resource nationalism”, and which are pushed by politicians who argue that Indonesia is losing out by allowing foreign firms easy access to lucrative industries.

The government agreed to issue a permit for Freeport, excluding the firm from paying the higher tax it had refused to pay, after the firm agreed to provide a $115 million assurance bond to support its commitment to build a smelter in the country, as well as pay higher royalties.

Copper concentrate, a major export for US giants Newmont and Freeport McMoRan, was exempt from the ban but the companies still faced paying the new, higher taxes on shipments of the product.

“This is a good news, and we hope that our production will return to normal soon,” Rozik Soetjipto, head of Freeport Indonesia, told AFP.

The government said the permit will allow Freeport to export more than 750,000 tonnes of concentrate for the next six months, something Freeport said provides a breather after not exporting for the first half of the year, and only supplying about 40 percent of its total production capacity to a local smelter.

Soetjipto added that the miner which runs Grasberg, one of the biggest mines in the world, could start exporting as early as the first week of August.

Newmont has a different approach and still cannot export. In June it said it had ceased production and declared force majeure as it re-fused to pay the new, high levy, and filed for international arbitration against Indonesia.

Muslims flock to public cemeteriesAntara

JAKARTA - Muslims in Jakarta and across the country thronged to offer prayers at public and family cemeteries in conjunction with the 2014 Idul Fitri holidays on Monday and Tuesday. Deserted on regular days, the Karet Bivak and Tanah Kusir cemeteries in Jakarta on Monday were as crowded as recreational parks.

relatives after the month-long ban on visiting graves during the holy month of Ramadan.

In Central Jakarta, the Karet Bivak public cemetery on Monday and Tuesday was crowded with thousands of pilgrims from every corner of the city.

“Thousands of people came here yesterday after performing the Idul Fitri prayers, and today, the number of visitors continues to increase,” Nurul, a Karet Bivak grave keeper stated on Tuesday.

Nurul explained that it has been

a tradition that on every Lebaran holiday, thousands of pilgrims usually throng cemeteries to offer prayers for their dead relatives.

Ahmad Yunus, one of Tanah Kusir’s grave keepers in South Jakarta, remarked on Monday that their income increased two-folds on the first day of the 2014 Lebaran holiday.

“Lebaran holiday is the day that we wait for because our income usually increases two-folds at least,” Ahmad noted on Monday.

According to Ahmad, their in-come doubles during the Lebaran holidays when many people visit the graves of their dead relatives to offer prayers.

He explained that they usu-ally earn about Rp800 thousand to Rp1.5 million per month, but during the Ramadan fasting month and Idul Fitri holidays their in-come increases significantly.

Offering PrayersFor Muslims, offering prayers

for their dead relatives is a must because those who have already died have nothing more to hope for, except for the living to say some prayers for them.

The people can visit the graves of their dead relatives any time, but it is more special and op-

portune for them to bring along some flowers with other family members during the Idul Fitri holidays.

In the West Java provincial city of Bandung, all public cemeteries were also packed with thousands of pilgrims on Monday and Tues-day.

“We predict that many more Muslims will make devotional visits to the graves of their loved ones this afternoon,” Rahman, one of Astanaanyar’s grave keepers, claimed in Bandung on Tuesday.

He pointed out that besides Astanaanyar, other public cem-eteries such as Sirnaraga along Pajajaran Street, Gumuruh at Lengkong area, Cikutra, and Cibangkong also received thou-sands of visitors.

Indonesia allows Freeport to resume exports from

Grasberg mine

Police shoot tear gas in “Dolly” sex district

ANTARA FOTO/Suryanto

Police on Sunday fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters at the country’s infamous “Dolly” red-light district, where workers are refusing to accept government orders to close shop.

have lashed back at the closure order, complaining they will be left destitute.

Indonesia is the world’s big-gest Muslim-majority nation, but prostitution is common, though it is usually offered discreetly in karaoke lounges and clandestine brothels.

Dolly in eastern Java, on the other hand, is famous for openly touting women in shopfront win-dows, resembling Amsterdam’s

red-light district.The name Dolly is believed to come

from a Dutch madam who ran a brothel in the city during the Netherlands’ colonial rule of Indonesia.

Rismaharini described prostitution as “immoral” in a public event last month to announce Dolly’s closure, peppered with Islamic references.

Hardline Muslim groups have threatened violence if brothels con-tinue to operate beyond the end of Ramadan.

Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika recently encouraged authorities to “eliminate” all stray dogs, according to local media reports, saying the government was tired of carrying out vac-cinations and that protecting tourists was priority.

I Gusti Ngurah Bagus from the Bali Animal Welfare Asso-ciation also condemned the practice, saying that animal trade should be better organised and dog breeders and sellers should be licensed.

“People are throwing away native Balinese dogs in exchange for imported breeds that are often not vaccinated, diseased, un-healthy and at times already incubating rabies,” he said.

Even the cull sparks controversy, authorities are carrying out mass culls of dogs in an anti-rabies campaign, a official confirmed Sunday.

Bali Animal Husbandry Department chief Putu Sumantra said there were no plans to end the practice. “The dogs culled were smuggled illegally. When that happens, we try to find the owners to return them, and ensure they are vaccinated. But if they have no owners, we have to cull them,” Sumantra told AFP, adding the persistent problem “requires firm action”.

The footage shows more than 30 dogs squealing before they are given lethal injections to the heart and piled on top of each other as they convulse to their deaths.

A uniformed employee is seen smiling at a small fluffy po-meranian as she takes picture of it on her smartphone seconds before it is injected, along with Siberian huskies, collie dogs and pugs.

The Bali provincial government is aiming to rid the island of rabies by 2020, and in 2009 passed a local law obliging dog owners to vaccinate their pets.

Bali, a holiday spot popular for its surf, nightlife and cultural heritage, attracted more than three million foreigners last year, almost a million of them from neighbouring Australia.

The accident rate in Africa, for instance, is nearly five times that of the worldwide average, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization, part of the United Na-tions. Such trouble spots also happen to be where air travel is growing the fastest, putting the number of fliers on course to double within the next 15 years.

“In some areas of the world, there’s going to be a learning curve,” says Patrick Smith, a commercial airline pilot for 24 years and author of “Cockpit Confidential.” But that doesn’t necessarily mean that the skies are going to become more dan-gerous. “We’ve already doubled the volume of airplanes and passengers and what’s happened is we’ve got-ten safer.”

To meet the influx of passengers, airlines will need to hire and train enough qualified pilots and mechan-ics. Governments will have to de-velop and enforce safety regulations. New runways with proper navigation aids will have to be constructed. Industry experts acknowledge the difficulties, but note that aviation has gone through major growth spurts before and still managed to improve safety along the way. Last year, 3.1 billion passengers flew, twice the to-tal in 1999. Yet, the chances of dying in a plane crash were much lower.

Since 2000, there were less than three fatalities per 10 million pas-sengers, according to an Associated Press analysis of crash data provided by aviation consultancy Ascend. In the 1990s, there were nearly eight; during the 1980s there were 11; and

the 1970s had 26 deaths per 10 mil-lion passengers. The last two weeks have been bad for aviation with the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines flight followed by separate crashes in Taiwan and Mali. But the rare trio of tragedies represents just a fraction of the 93,500 daily airline flights worldwide.

“Aviation safety is continuing to get better. A sudden spate of acci-dents doesn’t mean that the industry has suddenly become less safe,” says Paul Hayes, director of air safety for Ascend. As global incomes rise, peo-ple in Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, India and China want to travel more. Airplane manufacturer Airbus says that while U.S. traffic is growing 2.4 percent a year, emerging countries are seeing 13.2 percent an-nual growth.

In those countries, flying is often the only option. Cities are remote. Adequate highways or railroads don’t always exist. New airlines have popped up, offering affordable flights to satisfy this growing thirst for travel. These carriers — many unheard of outside their region — are adding new jets at a breakneck pace. In the next six years alone, Indone-sia’s Lion Air will get 265 new planes and India’s IndiGo will receive 125, according to Bank of America.

“If an airline rapidly expands,” Hayes says, the challenge of adding new staff and getting them to work together properly “can increase risk.” Plane manufacturer Boeing estimates that within 20 years, the industry will need 498,000 new commercial airline pilots and 556,000 new maintenance

technicians. Finding enough skilled workers to meet that demand isn’t going to be easy. Sherry Carbary, vice president of Boeing Flight Services, says there is an “urgent demand for competent aviation personnel.”

“This is a global issue, requiring industry-wide collaboration and in-novative solutions,” she says. Lee Moak, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, the largest U.S. pilots’ union, adds that strong oversight by governments and trade groups is needed to ensure proper training. “If you don’t have a safe operation, then you’re not going to have customers,” Moak says.

Countries must also invest in the right infrastructure. There needs to be proper radar coverage, runway land-ing lights and beacons and skilled air-port fire and rescue teams, says Todd Curtis, director of the Airsafe.com Foundation. Developing regions, he adds, also currently don’t have enough airports that planes can divert to in case of an emergency.

And when there is a crash with survivors, having hospitals nearby with advanced trauma centers helps to lower the number of fatalities. Nearly a third of all accidents since 1959 where the plane was destroyed still didn’t have any deaths, accord-ing to Boeing.

Technological improvements are also helping to lower the accident rate. Cockpits now come with sys-tems that automatically warn if a jet is too low, about to hit a mountain or another plane. Others detect sudden wind gusts that could make a land-ing unsafe.

Associated Press Writer

ANSAN, South Korea — South Korean teenagers who survived April’s ferry sinking said Tuesday they are still haunted by the di-saster that killed dozens of their friends, and demanded that crew members be punished for abandoning the passengers and fleeing the ship.

Students from Danwon High School near Seoul testified for a second day at the trial of 15 crew members involved with the ferry’s navigation who face charges of negligence and failing to carry out their duty to rescue passengers. The sinking left more than 300 people dead or missing, and most of the victims were Danwon students who were traveling to a resort island on a school trip.

One student said she has had nightmares since the sinking, and another said she feels despondent whenever she thinks about her friends who died. A third student said she was hurt by some Internet postings that made them feel guilty for surviving while others died.

“When I got out of the cabin and moved to a corridor, there was a friend of mine on the other side of a bed (in the cabin) and our eyes met. (My friend) failed to escape,” a fourth student said. The students’ names were withheld to protect their privacy. The sinking, one of South Korea’s deadliest disasters in decades, has triggered widespread grief and renewed scrutiny of public safety.

Survivors say they heard no evacuation orders, and prosecutors argued that a timely evacuation announcement could have saved more lives. Prosecutors say the 15 crew members abandoned the ship even though they knew passengers were trapped inside and would die when the ferry sank. The defense has denied any collusion, say-ing the crew members were confused, injured and panicked.

When asked by prosecutors whether they want the crew members to receive punishment, most of the students said they must be penal-ized in line with the law. “They should get appropriate punishment. It’s something that they shouldn’t have done,” one student said.

FILE- In this April 25, 2012, file photo, an airplane lands at Newark Liberty In-ternational Airport in Newark. More travel-ers are flying than ever before, creating a daunting challenge for airlines: continue to keep passengers safe in an ever more crowded airspace.

Avoiding plane crashes as air traffic doubles

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — More travelers are flying than ever before, creating a daunting challenge for airlines: keep passengers safe in an ever more crowded airspace. Each day, 8.3 million people around the globe — roughly the population of New York City — step aboard an airplane. They almost always land safely. Some flights, however, are safer than others.

AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File

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Teen survivors haunted by S. Korean ferry sinking

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PARIS - France is stepping up cargo checks on trucks carrying fruit over the border from Spain in what is increasingly looking like a “peach war” between the EU neighbours.

In the past two weeks, 150 trucks have been stopped and 10 infractions recorded, France’s agri-culture ministry said Monday on receiving French fruit growers who have complained of what they see as unfair “dumping” of produce in their home market.

France’s operation to make sure the trucks “respect the rules for the sale of fruit and veg-etables” will continue in the coming weeks, Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll said after the meeting.

He added that the European Commission had been asked by France, Spain, Greece and Italy to con-sider putting in place “exceptional market-managing measures” in the sector.

The French fruit-growers’ anger is boiling over amid fears that their industry is on the verge of disap-pearing entirely because of diving prices. Farmland across France given over to growing peaches and nectarines has halved in size over the past decade.

Luc Barbier, head of the French fruitgrowers’ federation FNPF, told AFP that the conflict between French and Spanish producers has never been so bad.

The Spanish counterparts are practising “trade dumping to kill the French market in order to be the only suppliers,” he charged, calling for stepped-up border checks to verify the origin, quality and price of fruit cargos.

The head of the broader FNSEA farmers’ federa-tion, Xavier Beulin, said the problem went beyond peaches and nectarines. He said the dispute also im-pacted farmers selling tomatoes, melons, cucumbers and strawberries.

Spain’s FEPEX federation of fruitgrowers and exporters, though, denied the French accusations.

Technology trendsetters Apple Inc., Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and Netflix Inc. all mined foreign coun-tries to produce earnings or revenue that exceeded analysts’ projections in their latest quarters. Prodded by the steadily rising demand for Internet ac-cess and online services in developing countries, these technology companies will likely be wading even deeper into overseas markets for years to come.

“The philosophy is to start your growth in the states and then take your fight overseas,” says BGC Financial analyst Colin Gillis. “That’s what the big guys are doing.”

The intensifying international focus extends beyond technology. Century-old companies such as Coca-Cola Co. and Ford Motor Co. also are hoping to make more money in countries includ-ing China and India.

Few U.S. industries are tying their fortunes to overseas markets as ag-gressively as the technology sector, where new sources of revenue are often just a matter of equipping people with a computing device and an Inter-net connection.

Soaring sales of iPhones in Chi-na, Russia, India and Brazil during the April-June period helped Apple overcome softening demand for the device in the U.S. and Europe, where consumers seem to be more interested in waiting for the autumn release of a new iPhone that’s expected to feature a larger screen.

Google generated 58 percent of its revenue outside the U.S. in its second quarter, the highest level yet for the Internet’s most powerful company.

Facebook already gets 55 percent of its revenue overseas, and the growth in those markets is outpacing by what’s happening in the U.S. The social networking service has attracted 1.1 billion users in foreign markets versus 200 million in the U.S. and Canada.

Netflix’s Internet video service added 1.1 million international sub-scribers, nearly doubling the number it gained in the U.S during the April-June quarter. The company expects the trend to continue as Netflix enters six more European markets, including

France and Germany, in September.Corporate profits will probably

need to keep rising to sustain the U.S. stock market’s record-breaking run. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index has already climbed nearly 8 percent this year, well ahead of its average pace historically, while analysts ex-pect earnings to increase 8 percent this year. Low interest rates and an improving economy have helped to create a climate of optimism, said Brad McMillan, chief investment officer at Commonwealth Financial.

Like many other money managers, McMillan isn’t convinced companies will be able to live up to investors’ high hopes.

Overall sales have been slow, and profit margins are at record levels after years of cost-cutting. Those factors will make it tougher for companies to find ways to ratchet their earnings even higher.

Apple, which has always demand-ed premium prices, is discovering this as it sells more devices overseas. For instance, the iPhone’s average selling price fell to $561 in Apple’s most recent quarter, a 3 percent drop from a year ago and a 13 percent decline from $647 two years ago.

Google’s growth in foreign markets outside Europe is one of the reasons that the company’s average advertis-ing prices have been falling for nearly three years.

Advertisers so far haven’t been willing to pay as much to peddle their wares to consumers who don’t have as much disposable income as people in the U.S.

Coca-Cola is looking abroad for growth largely because it’s becom-ing tougher for beverage makers to increase revenue in a U.S. market al-ready awash in soda and other refresh-ments. Things look much different in some large overseas markets where billions of people only recently have begun to develop a taste for the com-pany’s products. In 2012, for instance, the per capita consumption of Coca Cola’s beverages was 403 servings of 8-ounce drinks annually in the U.S., compared with 39 annual servings in China and just 14 in India.

US companies increasingly fish for growth overseas

AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade, FileIn this June 26, 2012 file photo, a man walks past a truck that distributes Coca Cola in Mumbai, India. Major U.S. companies are starting to reap their most rapid growth in fertile lands of opportunity far from home.

Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Major U.S. companies are starting to reap their most rapid growth in fertile lands of opportunity far from home.

France wages ‘peach war’ on Spanish imports

AntaraDENPASAR - The low-cost

carrier, Citilink Indonesia, will serve a new route connecting Bali and Chong Qing Hianbei, Sinchuan, China, via Batam, Riau Islands, starting July 26, 2014.

“For the time being, the air-line will use a chartered aircraft until September 2014. Every flight from Denpasar to China and vice versa will make a stopover in Batam,” Dwi Djoko Wiwoho, a Batam Authority spokesman stated recently.

Citilink flight QG-8802 will fly from Denpasar at 12:35 a.m. local time and will arrive at the Hang Nadim International Air-port in Batam at 2:05 p.m. local time. It will depart at 2:35 p.m. local time from Batam and will arrive in Sinchuan at 8:25 p.m. local time.

For the month of July, the flight is scheduled on 26 and 31; in August on 5, 9, 14, 19, 23, and 28; and in September, on 2, 6, 11, 16, 20, 25, and 30.

“The flight will use the latest Airbus A320 owned by Garuda Indonesia’s subsidiary,” Wi-woho noted.

“The big earnings was made fol-lowing increasing exports of cocoa to mainly the US,” head of the regional plantation service, I Dewa Made said on Sunday.

Cocoa is a new commodity for Bali but earnings from its export have surpassed that of coffee which has so far been the island’s tradi-tional export commodity.

From January to May the island’s exports of cocoa reached 67 tons worth US586,708 while coffee ex-ports were recorded at only 66 tons worth US$426,580 and vanilla 69 kilograms worth US$2,415.

He hoped the increasing exports would further motivate farmers to manage their plantations well to assure production of good quality cocoa.

Dewa Made said that cocoa from

Bali had just entered the export markets especially the US, Australia and Germany and so the amount was still small or still in the dozen tons a month.

He said there are three main regions in the island where farmers are developing cocoa plantations namely Tabanan covering 5,063 hectares, Buleleng 1,258 hectares and Jembrana 3,555 hectares, in addition to plantations in Badung, Klungkung, Bangli and Karan-gasem.

The price of the commodity at the farmer level has been stable at Rp36,700 per kilogram for the fermented product and Rp34,200 per kilogram for the raw product. The price is quite encouraging for the farmers, he said.

Bali earns US$1 million from plantations

IBP/File PhotoBali earned more than US$1 million from exports of commodities from people’s plantations in the past five months from January to May this year, up from only US$442,000 in the same period before, a local trade official said.

AntaraDENPASAR - Bali earned more than US$1 million from exports of

commodities from people’s plantations in the past five months from January to May this year, up from only US$442,000 in the same period before, a local trade official said.

Citilink to serve Bali-China route

The low-cost carrier, Citilink Indone-sia, will serve a new route connecting Bali and Chong Qing Hianbei, Sinch-uan, China, via Batam, Riau Islands,

starting July 26, 2014.

IBP/File Photo

BUSINESS

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An administration official said Obama notified Putin of the U.S. determination in a letter Monday. The finding will be included in a State Department annual report on compliance with arms control trea-ties that will be released Tuesday.

The U.S. says Russia tested a new ground-launched cruise mis-sile, breaking the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty that President Ronald Reagan signed with Soviet leader Mikhail Gor-bachev. Russian officials say they have looked into the allegations and consider the matter closed.

The Obama administration has expressed its concern over possible violations before, but this is the first time that the administration has formally accused Russia of violating the treaty. It comes in the wake of the downed Malaysian airliner in Ukraine and as the U.S.

and the European Union seek to ramp up sanctions against Russia, offering the administration a con-venient time to release the report which had been due to come out in April.

Two officials said the U.S. is prepared to hold high-level dis-cussions on the issue immediately and want assurances that Russia will comply with the treaty re-quirements going forward. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the sensitive issue publicly by name ahead of Tuesday’s report.

The New York Times first re-ported the U.S. move Monday evening. In raising the issue now, the U.S. appears to be placing increased pressure on Russia and trying to further isolate it from the international community. The Eu-

ropean Union and the United States plan to announce new sanctions against Russia this week in the face of U.S. evidence that Russia has continued to assist separatist forces in Ukraine.

The formal finding comes in the wake of congressional pressure on the White House to confront Russia over the allegations of cheating on the treaty. The treaty banned all U.S. and Russian land-based ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between 300 miles (480 kilometers) and 3,400 miles (5,470 kilometers). The officials said the Obama administration has informed Congress and U.S. allies of its decision to seek Russian compliance. Indeed Obama, who has made nuclear disarmament a key foreign policy aim, has little interest in having Russia pull out of the treaty altogether.

Associated Press Writer

MANILA, Philippines — A 3-year-old boy and his father died from wounds suffered in a brazen attack by Abu Sayyaf extremists on Filipinos celebrat-ing the end of Ramadan, raising the toll Tuesday to 23 dead, officials said. About 40 to 50 Abu Sayyaf militants armed with assault rifles opened fire Monday on some 50 villagers as they traveled on a southern road to visit relatives during the holiday ending the Muslim holy month.

Marine Brig. Gen. Martin Pinto said six villagers who were wounded remained in the hospital Tuesday following the militants’ bloodiest attack in re-cent years. Three other slightly wounded villagers have gone home after treatment.

The at tack occurred in a coastal village in Talipao town in predominantly Muslim Sulu province, where the extremists have survived in jungle camps despite years of U.S.-backed Philippine military offensives. Pinto says pursuit operations are continuing but there has been no

encounter so far with the gun-men. “It’s not that easy, this is a vast area,” he said in a telephone interview. But he said govern-ment troops are moving and “we will bring them to justice.”

Initial military reports said 10 civilian security force person-nel were with the villagers, but Pinto said Tuesday the informa-tion was being verified, includ-ing if six men among the dead were members of the Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team.

The motive for the attack was unclear. Officials say it could be part of a violent clan war or re-taliation by the extremists against the civilian security team, which has backed the military in previ-ous clashes where Abu Sayyaf members were killed.

Sulu Vice Governor Abdu-sakur Tan condemned the at-tack and alleged that supporters of a village official he did not name, in cooperation with the Abu Sayyaf, may be behind the “barbaric act.” “This is un-Islamic and very satanic,” Tan said. “After going through the holy month of Ramadan, even animals could hardly inflict damage of such magnitude.”

AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, FileFILE - In this Dec. 8, 1987 file photo U.S. President Ronald Reagan, right, and Soviet leader Mikhail Gor-bachev exchange pens during the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty signing ceremony in the White House East Room in Washington, D.C.

US: Russia violated 1987 nuclear missile treatyAssociated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — In an escalation of tensions, the Obama administration accused Russia of conducting tests in violation of a 1987 nuclear missile treaty, calling the breach “a very serious matter” and going public with allegations that have simmered for some time. The treaty confrontation comes at a highly strained time between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin over Russia’s intervention in Ukraine and Putin’s grant of asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.

Death toll rises to 23 in Philippine road attack

REUTERS/Erik De CastroProtesters wave protest flags past a burning effigy of Philippine President Benigno Aquino, as Aquino delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) during the joint session of the 16th Con-gress at the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 28, 2014.

The group head, Ketut Linggih, said that all this time the coastal fishing communities in Tabanan had its own way to keep the turtle ecosystem in the waters of Bali. They collected turtle eggs in the wild along the coast of Yeh Gangga and then hatched them. At least, from the spontaneous preserva-tion effort to turtle hatchling, the fishermen were able to collect about 500 eggs. Of such amount, only 84 eggs belonging to ridley turtles (Olive ridley) could hatch, while the rest could not. Further, said Ketut Linggih, the eggs were allowed to hatch by itself without any human intervention, but still under their control.

“For hatching process, we put the eggs in five secret points be-cause after the eggs hatch naturally, the hatchlings will be released back

into the sea,” he said.The activity, he said, was to

avoid the attack of predators, es-pecially humans that threatened the turtle eggs. He added the olive ridley turtles could once lay 100 eggs. However, only very few could survive. “Not all eggs pro-duced can hatch, especially survive in the open seas,” he said.

Highest appreciation was ex-pressed by Deputy Regent of Ta-banan. According to him, the activ-ity should be continued to preserve turtle population in Tabanan which gradually became extinct. “It is the first step for Tabanan in reducing turtle trafficking which has been criticized by the world’s commu-nity. With the release of the turtle hatchlings, it means we have saved one of the oldest animals in the world,” he concluded. (kmb28)

Bali PostSINGARAJA - Formerly

Buleleng was known as Virginia tobacco-growing area. Unluck-ily, one by one of those farming ventures are undergoing a serious problem. High price of LPG for oven fuel used to dry out tobacco and the issuance of the Govern-ment Regulation No.109/2012 regarding the addictive substance content in tobacco have caused farmers to no longer be excited to plant this commodity. This year, the tobacco acreage spreads in 390 hectares of land scattered in several subdistricts in Buleleng.

The tobacco farming was not the same as the previous acreage. Farmers that were still growing tobacco had been entering the planting season. The seedlings had been about a month old, while the remaining lands were planted with paddy and some crops such as soybean and large chili.

A farmer doubling as the Sec-retary of the Indonesian Tobacco Farmers Association (APTI) of Buleleng Chapter, Gusti Agung Adnyana, when met in Singaraja admitted that only a few of his

colleagues who were willing to plant tobacco, chiefly the Vir-ginia type. He said the decline in the interest of farmers to grow tobacco in planting season this year happened because Pertamina raised the price of the 50-kg LPG for fuel of tobacco oven. At that time, the price of LPG was IDR 800,000 per cylinder. Then, farm-ers applied for any price breaks and the approval process was late, so that farmers chose not to grow tobacco for the planting season this year. “At the time, we filed price breaks, but issuance of the approval to IDR 625,000 per cylinder was late. As waiting for so long, our colleagues decided not to plant in this year’s planting season,” he said.

Other than due to high price of the LPG, added Agung, the de-mand for tobacco also decreased following the government poli-cies issuing the Government Regulation (PP) No.109/2012 regarding the Security of Mate-rials Containing Addictive Sub-stance. Due to decline in demand, farmers worried if they remained to plant in the same area as the

previous season, then production could not be sold, so they finally decided not to plant. “This year, for instance, two of our corpo-rate partners in Buleleng are just ready to purchase 900 to 1,000 tons, and this happens due to the issuance of the Government Regulation No.109/2012. As a result, we do not dare to plant in the same acreage as the previous year,” he said.

Meanwhile, information gath-ered in the office of the Buleleng Forestry and Plantation Agency indicated that the targeted area for tobacco plantation in North Bali this year reached 450 hectares. Until entering the growing sea-son, the area targeted could only be realized 395 hectares. Thus, it showed a decline in tobacco acre-age covering 55 hectares.

Although the target of Vir-ginia tobacco plantation could not be met, the agency still tried to cover it with the other types of chopped tobacco cultivation at the area of 46 hectares and the pilot project development of white barley tobacco in the area of 17 hectares. (kmb38)

Bali PostDENPASAR - Currently, bam-

boo begins to be used for public space and art installation. Mean-while, the most desirable bamboo is that originating from Bangli because it has very good quality. It was expressed by academician I Wayan Sujana.

Sujana added that bamboo art craft had long existed in Bali, but was less popular. Currently, since the fine art attempted to publish it, the bamboo finally turned popular. “Habitually, I order bamboo in Ban-gli 500 to 1,000 stems. This type is having good quality, thick, strong and flexible,” said the lecturer of fine arts at the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Denpasar.

Public response both nationally and internationally was very good. However, managing the distribu-tion should be considered to bring bamboo to Germany or Europe. Sometimes certain countries did not receive materials from the outside, but the demand was a lot. “At home, bamboo is very familiar and some public spaces are already utilizing bamboo installation art. In Bali, there are already bamboo school, bamboo house and others,”

said Sujana affectionately known as Suklu.

Bamboo had become famous since the past 5 years because it was often used by architects and fine arts because of having a good character. In addition, the growth was also faster because at the age of three months old the bamboo itself could have been used alias mature.

“Bamboo is getting more fre-quently highlighted. In addition, the bamboo products such as bamboo house will thrive, not just as an art installation. In the future, bamboo products will be in demand. More uniquely, its parts ranging from the roots to the shoots can be taken advantage. In addition, it is very flexible to make any form pursuant to our intention,” he said.

Meanwhile, the board of Cham-ber of Commerce of Trade and Industry (Kadin) of Bali Chapter, Gede Semadi, revealed that bam-boo house or similar products were still rare in Bali and could be counted on fingers. According to him, currently restaurant of bamboo construction had started to develop. “But, there has been a school made of bamboo in Petang,” he added. (kmb36)

The turtle hatchlings are released on Yeh

Gangga Beach

84 rare turtle hatchlings released on Yeh Gangga Beach

Bali PostTABANAN - A total of eighty-four heads of turtle hatchlings as

the results of breeding by Community Supervisory Group (Pokmas-was) were released on Yeh Gangga Beach, Tabanan County, Friday morning (Jul 25).

IBP/Bit

Quality bamboo of Bangli most favored Interest of farmers diminishes

to grow Virginia tobacco

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“We predict today (Tuesday, July 29), the number will be more as compared to yesterday. We expect the number to reach 10 thousand to 15 thousand visitors,” Tanah Lot Tourism’s Operational Manager I. Ketut Toya Adnyana noted in Tabanan, Bali, on Tues-day.

On Monday, out of the total 14,510 visitors, 9,701 were domes-tic tourists and 4,839 were foreign tourists.

“It is a 30 percent increase as compared to the daily flow of visi-tors,” noted Ketut Toya.

Usually, Tanah Lot, on an aver-age is visited by six to seven thou-sand people per day.

Ketut Toya remarked that the increase in the number of visitors has also had a positive impact on Tabanan’s economy, particularly in the case of souvenir shops.

“Hopefully, this situation will continue until the last day of the Eid holidays on Monday (Aug 3),” he added.

Regarding the security arrange-

AntaraDENPASAR - The hotel occupancy rate in Bali is pre-

dicted to rise at an average 70 percent during the current long post-fasting holiday.

“We are predicting it will increase up to 70 percent,” deputy chairman of the Bali chapter of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), I Gusti Ngurah Rai Surya Wijaya, said.

The long holiday will contribute positively to the tour-ism industry in the island especially in tourist destination regions such as Denpasar, Kuta, Nusa Dua and Gianyar, he said.

“The long holiday builds up a good momentum espe-cially for hotels in the tourist destination regions,” he said.

Despite the holiday season the hotel room rates would not be raised because there are a lot of hotels on the island and that has made competition very tight, he said.

Domestic tourists would dominate visitors to the is-land this time, although a lot of tourists from Australia and several other foreign countries would also be here, he said.

Millions of Indonesians have been traveling to their home villages and towns to celebrate the Islamic post-fast-ing holiday of Lebaran with their friends and families.

Bali, meanwhile, is one of the favorite destinations for a holiday.

Antara

DENPASAR - The Indone-sian Ulemas Council (MUI) has called on Muslims to continue to maintain peace and togetherness in order to prevent matters from spiraling out of control.

“It should not happen that we experience a chaotic and un-

controlled situation. All human beings should remain united and like brothers should serve God,” MUI Chairman for Bali HM Tau-fik As’ad stated while preaching during an Idul Fitri prayer on Monday.

He remarked that cordial rela-tions built on the occasion of the post-fasting Idul Fitri festivities

will reinforce solidarity, forge togetherness, and help to de-velop a sense of respect towards diversity.

Preaching in front of a con-gregation of about a thousand Muslims, Taufik As’ad noted that such relations will facilitate de-velopment across various fields for the benefit of the people.

Tourists visit Tanah Lot increaseAntara

TABANAN - The number of tourists visiting Tanah Lot, Bali, has increased during the Idul Futri holidays with 14,510 visitors per day since Monday (July 27).

IBP/Eka Adhiyasa

Muslims doing Idul Fitri prayer on Monday at Puputan Renon. The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) has called on Muslims to continue to maintain peace and togetherness in order to prevent matters from spiraling out of control.

MUI calls on Muslims to forge peace and togetherness

ments during the peak season, Ketut Toya explained that the tourism de-partment had been cooperating with the local police and “pecalang,” which are the traditional security guards on Bali Island.

“We want to ensure the safety and comfort of the people who want to travel home for the Idul Fitri holi-days,” Ketut Toya asserted.

Tanah Lot is located in Tabanan District of Bali Province, which is famous for its temples on a huge onshore coral island.

Two temples are believed to be the source of holy water. First, in the west of Tanah Lot Temple named “Beji Kelod” and second, in the north of Tanah Lot Temple named “Beji Kaler.”

The Tanah Lot’s Tourism Of-ficial has set a target of attracting 2.15 million domestic and foreign tourists in 2014.

“During January to July 2014, the number of visitors reached 1.75 million. So hopefully, we can meet the set target,” Ketut Toya claimed.

Hotel occupancy rise sharply during fasting holiday

Domestic tourists flocked at Kuta Beach during fasting

holiday on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. The hotel occupancy

rate in Bali is predicted to rise at an average 70 percent during the current long post-

fasting holiday.

IBP/Eka Adhiyasa

The Ani-Com show at the city’s harbourside convention centre is one of the biggest of its kind in Asia and was packed with teenagers, many of them in coloured wigs and costumes mimicking their favourite Japanese comic book heroes.

While some lined up for limited edition toys and figures, hundreds of gaming aficionados queued at Sony and Microsoft’s booths to try

Associated Press

SEOUL — Samsung Electron-ics Co. said Monday it is delaying sales of its first Tizen-powered

smartphone in the latest setback to the company’s ambition to create a mobile platform to rival Google’s Android or Apple’s iOS.

The South Korean company

had planned to start selling the phone, the Samsung Z, in Russia this quarter. But Samsung indicated that more time is needed to expand Tizen’s following of app developers

and apps.In a brief statement, Samsung

said the postponement is to further enhance the Tizen “ecosystem,” which encompasses developers,

Playstation and Xbox butt heads at Hong Kong games fair

Agence France-Presse

HONG KONG - Fans dressed as Transformers, Iron Man and Jedi knights were among thou-sands at the first day of Hong Kong’s comic and games expo Friday, where Xbox and Playstation went head-to-head with their new consoles.

the games giants’ latest launches.Sony was showcasing the Play-

station 4 and much-anticipated racing game, ‘Driveclub’ while US rival Microsoft was promoting its Xbox One console.

The Xbox One will launch in China in September, the first games console to be officially released on the mainland after Beijing lifted a ban on the devices, which it had

imposed in 2000.The console went on sale in

Hong Kong on Friday and is also set to launch in Japan in September.

“We have superior gaming experience,” Microsoft head of marketing Anna Chow told AFP, highlighting the Xbox’s voice com-mand function and Kinect motion detection system.

But Sony -- exhibiting at Ani-

Com for the first time -- was con-fident it would remain dominant in the Asia market.

“We are a very popular brand in Hong Kong and in Asian countries... the feedback from our customers is very positive,” Sony Entertainment public relations manager Jessie Chan told AFP.

Both the PS4 and Xbox One were first launched in the US and other markets in late 2013.

For 19-year-old Hong Konger Kaze Wong, dressed in the brown-and-white robes of a Star Wars’ Jedi knight, the expo was a chance to share his enthusiasm for the legend-ary American film franchise.

“We want to help Hong Kongers familiarise themselves with science fiction characters from the US -- a lot of people are more interested in the Japanese comic characters” Wong said, as he and half a dozen other ‘Jedi’ posed waving toy lightsabers.

Production for the new “Star Wars: Episode VII” movie began in May with many of the lead ac-tors from the original film making a return. The latest installment is due for worldwide release on December 18, 2015.

Ani-Com, which saw almost 730,000 visitors in 2013, runs until July 29.

Samsung postpones launch of Tizen smartphone

AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

Visitors try out Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy 5 at the company’s showroom in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Samsung said Monday it is delaying sales of its first Tizen-powered smartphone in the latest setback to the company’s ambi-tion to create a mobile platform to rival Google’s Android or Apple’s iOS.

consumers and devices using the mobile OS.

The delay is a blow to Samsung’s push to reduce reliance on Google’s Android operating system, which powers Samsung’s Galaxy smart-phones and tablets.

It did not announce a new release date.

About one third of smartphones are made by Samsung, but this ubiquity has not resulted in popular-ity for Samsung’s app store which draws far fewer developers and us-ers than those of Apple or Google.

The earlier sales plan for the Samsung Z was announced in June at a developers conference in San Francisco. Then, Samsung showed off prototypes of the Samsung Z, featuring a 4.8-inch high definition display, a fingerprint sensor for security and a slim, angular design. The prototype device received positive reviews for its fast speed for surfing the Internet and load-ing apps.

Tizen, Samsung’s second at-tempt at building its own mobile software, has suffered years of delays. In January, Japan’s larg-est mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo reportedly put off its plan to sell Tizen handsets.

Though smartphones based on Tizen are yet to hit shelves, Sam-sung has launched other products using the software in the last few months, including a smartwatch and a camera. It also had said Tizen will be used in TVs as well as in home appliances such as refrigerators.

However, a mobile device based on Tizen is a key product for at-tracting a substantial number of users and developers who would create apps that earn revenue for the developers and Samsung.

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EvEry Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is con-sidered 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 “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Calendar Event for August 9 through September 23, 2014

9 Aug Tumpek Kandang Pura Puseh GianyarPura Luhur Dalem Segening Kediri TabananPura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang

10 Aug Purnama Sasih Karo Pura Gelap BesakihPura Dangkahyangan TabananPura Candi Goro Tianyar Kubu Karangasem

13 Aug Buda Cemeng Menail Pura Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja GianyarPura Puseh Manakaji Peninjoan Tembuku BangliPura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal MengwiPura Taman Limut Mas Ubud

14 Aug Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 15 Aug Hari Bhatara Sri 19 Aug Hari Anggara Kasih Prebakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa KlungkungPura Tirtha Sudamala Bebalang BangliPura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sawan BulelengPura Gunung Pengsong LombokPura Dalem Benawah GianyarPura Tengah TegalalangPura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Pupuan TabananPira Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Pagan DenpasarPura Hyanghaluh/Jenggala BesakihPura Tengkulak Siyut Tulikup GianyarPura Taman Sari UbudPura Batu Sari UbudPura Penataran Dalem Guliang BangliPura Pasek Dangka Guwang SukawatiPura Hyang Ayung Pabean Ketewel

Pura Penataran Badung Muntig Karangasem

20 Aug Pura Kawitan Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak SiringPura Rambut Siwi JembranaPura Batu Bolong Canggu KutaPura Pasek Marga Klaci TabananPura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru NegaraPura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan BulelengPira Pasek Tangkas Dharma Reang Gede TabananPura Desa Banyuning BulelengPura Srijong TabananPura Pucak Mundi Nusa PenidaPura Kahyangan Jagat Kancing Gumi Bali Petang Serongga Kelod GianyarPura Penataran Dalem Pencar Mas Ubud

21 Aug Pura Ida Bhatara Sakti Wawu Rauh Kali Anget Seririt Buleleng

3 Sep Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Pulasari Peninjoan BangliPura Pasek Gelgel Kaba-Kaba TabananPura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah BulelengPura Desa Kahyangan Tiga Seririt BulelengPura Agung Gunung Taro Tegalalang

9 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok NTBPura Kawitan Gajah Arya Para Tianyar kubu KarangasemPura Padharman Arya Telabah BesakihPura Bukit Mentik Batur KintamaniPura Dadya Agung Pasek Salahin Suwat Gianyar

10 Sep Pura Dangkahyangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli

13 Sep Tumpek Wayang dan Kajengkliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit JembranaBhatara Ratu Gede Celuk GianyarPura Bhatara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Panti Gelgel Sesetan DenpasarBhatara Ratu Alit dan Lingsir Singakerta UbudPura Pedarman Dalem Bakas BesakihPura Pamerajan Agung Dawan Klung-kungPura Padarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan BesakihPura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo BanyuwangiPura Jala Shidi Amerta Juanda Surabaya

17 Sep Buda Cemeng Klawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang KarangasemPura Melanting Cemenggaon GianyarPura Penataran Ped Nusa PenidaPura Pasek Gelgel Bongkasa AbiansemalPura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Jawa Tengah BulelengPura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta UbudPura Masceti Tegeh Sanding Tampak SiringPura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan KlungkungPura Guwa BesakihPura Basukian BesakihPura Ida Ratu Puncak Pameneh Penataran Agung BesakihPura Sad Kahyangan Penida Nusa PenidaPura Jati Ubud GianyarPura Melanting Ubud GianyarPura Dalem Ped Nusa PenidaPura Penataran Agung Karangasem

19 Sep Hari Bhatara Sri 23 Sep Tilem Sasih Ketiga Dan Anggara

With totally 33 dwellings, WdU Resort & Spa now has the capacity for more to enjoy this oasis of peace and quiet among the rice fields of central Bali and each positioned in its own way to maximize the feeling of privacy and personal space.

The 18 units carefully con-structed around the rice fields that provide such an epic backdrop have now been augmented with 15 new room extensions across an idyllic river. The extension brings more of the rustically designed and natural feel rooms, from the Lanai Terraces featuring sunken baths, to a delec-table choice of villas with private pools.

Complementing the extension

of the resort is a new communal pool overlooking the river and an additional spa, so while visitors have access to the whole establish-ment, the new wing can be treated as a boutique resort within a resort. This is extended to the provision of a new restaurant, offering the same fascinating mix of Balinese and Western dishes.

Every facet of WdU oozes class, with top class facilities and fittings, exceptional service as standard and a host of added extras, including yoga lessons, rice field walking tours, open air theatre and Balinese cook-ing lessons. And always, always, the rice fields as a living, working, growing centerpiece. IBP/File Photo

WdU a different kind of resortIBP

A wonderful hideaway from the hustle and bustle of Bali, Wapa di Ume (WdU) is a luxury resort that boasts rice fields as its centerpiece, placing you truly at one with nature. From Wapa di Ume Suite with decking that stretches over the agricultural panorama, to stunning villas with private pools overlooking the natural beauty, this is an oasis of calm in a serene setting.

Bali PostSEMARAPURA - Shipwreck of

Gelis Rauh passenger vessel landing around the breakwater project of Fish Landing Base (PPI) drew the public attention. Other than the shipwreck, the ‘ruins’ of fish landing base at Karang-dadi hamlet, Kusamba village, Dawan subdistrict also faced the same fate. Local people deplored since it was built in 2004, so far the PPI project worth tens of billions of rupiahs only brought in shipwreck.

A local community leader, Ketut Warsana, said that since the PPI was established, most people hoped that its presence could be beneficial to local people such as providing a positive impact on employment and economic standard of local community. “It’s pretty sad that with tens of billions of investment it only brings in shipwreck,” he said. He revealed that local residents actually had been very patient to wait for the completion of the PPI. It was revealed for several times in the meet-ing of Pasurungan hamlet, Kusamba village. Likewise, it also delivered when the executives and a number of other public figures in Klungkung made a dialogue with the surrounding community.

However, the nature around the proj-ect seemed not to approve the construc-tion. The main building sank in coastal

sand, surrounding nature was destroyed by tidal waves as well as the breakwater on the west and east side fell to pieces repeatedly due to ferocious waves. He said the public still had a hope that the PPI could operate. However, the way to process in the next financial year should be changed to realize it. “If only the breakwater utilized piles since the be-ginning, it would definitely give better results,” he said. When the process was the same, he was pessimistic that the project could be completed properly.

He also agreed to the review made by the current administration. It would an-swer the subsequent fate of the PPI. If it should be continued, it had to be under-taken with a different system. He fully handed over the project continuation to the current government. At the moment, the condition should get a joint evalua-tion so as such similar things would not happen over and over again each year. Similar opinion was also revealed by other residents, Gusti Mangku Aji and Wayan Rudi. “Hopefully, the presence of shipwreck here will become a good sign for the existence of the PPI and the problem can be further resolved,” he hoped.

Since the beginning the PPI had drawn concerns like other mega proj-ects ending in stagnation. Moreover, it retained an indication of corruption. During the construction from 2004 to

Similarly, the kinds and forms of gambling are diverse. Initially it was carried out secretly, but today it is not. Even, gambling has become an industry, espe-cially in the field of sports. One of the sports frequently taking advantage as a gambling or bet-ting arena is football. Results of the football matches are often the object of betting. Do you still remember the recent World Cup?

Worrying, gambling phenomenon among students

Even though every effort has been made by police to handle gambling, so far it remains o exist. More sadly, if gambling was formerly committed by the circles of adult men, now it is feared to have spread to various elements of society, children and teenagers regard-less men and women.

Many football lovers have pre-dicted their respective country. Even, some students also liked to try their luck on guessing the scores of football on television. Not only that, the democratic event like presidential election 2014 was also used as a betting arena. If the presidential candi-date and its running mate could win, then they would receive bet-ting money, while the losing one

must be willing to pay their bet.First of all, people gamble

because of trial and error, which unwittingly grows into a hobby for them. Gradually the hobby changes into a necessity. In other words, there has been a gambling addiction.

According to Dewa Gede Ary Wirawan, Chairman of the National Committee of the Indo-nesian Youth (KNPI) of Tabanan

Chapter, if the phenomenon was left without handling, the consequences could be bad. When they grew adult, probably they might have become a respected member of society, it was not impossible to be addicted to gam-bling.

He said the rampant gambling reaching all walks of life from students to public officials should become the concern to all parties. “We acknowl-edge it is still very difficult for us to eliminate the gambling totally. To that end, the role of parents is also needed to monitor their children’s relationship outside the home,” he said, Saturday (Jul 26).

At least, added Ary Wirawan, par-

ents should give understanding to their children about the negative effects of gambling whether in the form of bet or others because the education and character building were not only the responsibility of school but also the parents and the environment. “Do not just blame on children, but give them an understanding as early as possible. So, the intention or desire to gamble will disappear gradually,” he explained.

He added the rampant gambling among students probably happened due to the lack of entertainment they needed. Students needed to have fun for a moment beyond their daily routine. Then, getting involved in a cheap bet became their choice. (bit)

Investment worth tens of billions only ‘brings in’ shipwreck

IBP/gie

A damage ship is seen on Fish Landing Base (PPI) in Karangdadi, Klungkung

2012, the PPI had totally spent IDR 21,959,650,000 sourcing from the state and local budget of Klung-kung County. In 2013, the budget was IDR 2,271,520 for the construction of breakwater along 25 meters in the west side. However, it was not used because there was a design review. The Head of Klungkung Livestock, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Gusti Ngurah Badiwangsa, recently said that the PPI would be budgeted again as much as IDR 200 million this year. It would be used for review process determining

whether the project having been buried in sand was worth continuing at the location or should be moved to other location.

At first, the PPI construction was intended to increase the income of fishermen, fish consumption, the export of fishery products, the supply of indus-trial raw materials (fish boiling) and employment opportunity. Unfortunately, all the goals could not be realized because the project planning was chaotic and had indication of corruption. (kmb31)

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) strongly condemned the “inhumane slaughter” in a state-ment received by AFP.

“Local animal welfare groups have run successful

vaccination programmes and the number of humans becoming infected with rabies has fallen dramati-cally,” it said.

The government too has carried out a programme,

with more than 300,000 dogs vaccinated.Since 2008, 147 people have died after contracting

rabies on Bali, but the numbers have declined rapidly over the years, with 10 deaths reported since 2012.

PETA warned that “many compassionate people world-wide will avoid travelling to Bali” after learning of the practice, while a petition on Change.org calling for an end to the culling has attracted more than 20,000 signatures.

Officer vaccinated a dog with anti-rabies vaccine. Anti-rabies dog cull that took place in Bali spark controversy around the world as a 16-minute video posted on YouTube. Although the footage was first posted in April, a repost this week sent the video viral, with 40,000 views in three days.

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DENPASAR - Anti-rabies dog cull that took place in Bali spark controversy around the world as a 16-minute video posted on YouTube. Although the footage was first posted in April, a repost this week sent the video viral, with 40,000 views in three days.

Agence France-PresseNICE - Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio

has raised more than $25 million (18 million euros) at a charity gala in France for his foun-dation which aims at protecting the environ-ment and endangered species.

The fundraiser recently in the chic Rivi-era seaside resort of Saint-Tropez included an auction of Hollywood and rock and roll memorabilia and works by Damien Hirst and Pablo Picasso.

It also included DiCaprio’s Harley David-son motorbike bearing the signatures of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro and a guitar belonging to U2 frontman Bono.

DiCaprio told the 500 guests -- who in-cluded stars ranging from US soap star Joan Collins to French actress Marion Cotillard -- that animal and flora species were rapidly disappearing on a scale last seen when dino-saurs roamed the earth.

Guests shelled out between $7,000 and $130,000 to attend the event.

A sculpture by British artist Damien Hirst was snapped up for $6 million by Russian-born billionaire Len Blavatnik, while South African tycoon Patrice Motsepe paid $1 million for a Picasso drawing.

The “X-Files” and “Californication” star appears in a glossy ad for a Russian beer brand that is inspired by his eastern European origins.

“There is another country, where I got my family name from, and sometimes I wonder, what if things turned out dif-ferently, what if I were Russian?” the actor says in the ad posted Friday on YouTube.

Duchovny has said in interviews that his father had Polish and Russian roots but recently wrote on Twitter that he is in fact Ukrainian.

In the ad set to Soviet rock hits, the actor is shown as a ballet choreographer, a cosmonaut, a rock star or an ice hockey player and experiencing Russian tradi-tions such as the banya, or steam bath.

“Being Russian, I’d have many things to be proud of,” he concludes in the ad.

Deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees defence, posted a link to the ad on Twitter, saying: “If you forget about what it is advertising,

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MOSCOW - US actor David Duchovny has stirred up a storm of debate in Russia by appearing in an ultra-patriotic beer ad in which he fantasises about being Russian.

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as a whole it’s made with love.”But US news site Globalpost.com

slammed Duchovny for appearing in what it called a “poorly timed, na-tionalistic ad” released shortly after the Malaysian airliner was downed in Ukraine.

Rossiya-24 state television in turn criticised Duchovny for appearing in the ad after calling himself a Ukrainian.

“That didn’t stop the actor from ap-pearing in an ad with a huge budget about pride in the Russian motherland,” a Rossiya-24 newsreader said acidly.

In April Duchovny wrote on Twitter: “I grew up thinking I was Russian only to find recently that I’ve been Ukrainian all along. Never too late to change.”

Much of present-day Ukraine was part of the Russian Empire.

The ad was one of the top trends on Russian Twitter over the weekend and has been viewed more than 900,000 times on YouTube.

Some viewers said they found the ad

moving but others criticised Duchovny for taking part.

“Has David Duchovny gone com-pletely mad? Maybe he’ll be next to get a (Russian) passport after Gerard Depar-dieu,” wrote one Twitter user, Tatyana Samosudova.

Duchovny is not the only Western star to appear in made-for-Russia ads. Bruce Wil-lis advertises a bank while Depardieu has promoted a bank and a kitchen chain since gaining Russian citizenship in 2013.

DiCaprio raises $25 million at French charity gala

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