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The fifth installment of the Block-buster franchise stars Hollywood heavyweight Tom Cruise as a top-secret agent battling a rogue global organization that is trying to destroy the International Monetary Fund.

The action-thriller raked in $56 million in its inaugural weekend, ac-cording to box office tracker Exhibi-tor Relations.

In second place was the comedy misadventure “Vacation,” starring Ed Helms, Christina Applegate and comedy veteran Chevy Chase about a family holiday gone awry.

The debut came in far behind the top flick with $14.9 million.

Last week’s first-placed film, Mar-vel action flick “Ant-Man” starring Paul Rudd as a superhero, fell to third with $12.6 million after three weeks in theaters.

In fourth was animated comedy “Minions,” featuring three yellow mischief-making creatures from the film’s first installment “Despicable Me,” bringing in $12.2 million.

Not far behind was fellow ani-mated film “Pixels,” about aliens who attack Earth after intercepting video games, earning $10.4 million.

Amy Schumer’s racy comedy “Trainwreck,” directed by Judd Apatow, about a boozy commitment-

phobe who’s finally pinned down by a smitten doctor, fell to sixth place with $9.7 million.

In seventh was “Southpaw,” star-ring Jake Gyllenhaal as a boxer at the end of his bruising career, which brought in $7.5 million.

The number eight spot went to drama-mystery “Paper Towns” about a road trip to find a missing girl next door, with $4.6 in ticket sales.

The Disney animated flick “Inside Out” slid to ninth, netting $4.5 million its seventh week in North American cinemas.

Rounding out the top ten was the ever-popular dinosaur Blockbuster “Jurassic World,” which raked in $3.8 million. The dino thriller has become the third biggest global hit of all times, according to Exhibitor Relations. (afp)

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The ongoing tensions between the families of the late megastar Whitney Houston and her ex-husband, R&B singer Bobby Brown, erupted Saturday dur-ing a memorial service for their daughter, Bobbi Kristina.

Bobbi Kristina, who dreamed of growing up to achieve fame like her mother, died in hospice care July 26, about six months after she was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub in her suburban Atlanta town-home.

A longstanding rift between families of the young woman’s famous mother and father broke out into the open at a me-morial service being held for Bobbi Kristina at the St. James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta.

Leolah Brown, the sister of Bobby Brown, walked out of the church and spoke to reporters gathered outside. She said she was angry because Pat Houston was speaking at the funeral. Pat Houston is the sister-in-law and former manager for the late Whitney Houston.

“I told her that Whitney is go-ing to haunt her from the grave,” Leolah Brown told reporters

outside the church.She suggested that the feud

between the Houstons and the Browns was far from over.

“It’s just getting started,” she said.

Bobbi Kristina’s death was grimly similar to the way her megastar mother had died three years earlier.

Bobbi Kristina was found in the townhome she shared with Nick Gordon, an orphan three years older, whom Houston had raised as her own. Bobbi Kristina referred to him as her husband. A police report earlier this year described the incident as a drowning, and authorities are investigating her death.

Bobbi Kristina Brown was the only child of Houston and Brown and was raised in the shadow of her famous parents’ hugely public life.

She appeared alongside the couple in 2005 on the Bravo reality show “Being Bobby Brown,” which showed her parents fighting, swearing and making court appearances. She attended award shows with her mother and father, walked red carpets with them and sang in Central Park with Houston as adoring fans watched. (ap)

‘Mission Impossible’ climbs to box office glory

LOS ANGELES - New release “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation” cruised to the head of the box office, beating out fellow debut “Vacation” for top honors, according to industry estimates Sunday.

David James

In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Tom Cruise, left, and Rebecca

Ferguson appears in a scene from “Mission: Im-possible - Rogue Nation.”

Family feud in evidence at Bobbi Kristina funeral

AP Photo/John Bazemore

Police officers on motorcycles led a procession of mourners to a funeral for Bobbi Kristina Brown Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Alpharetta, Ga.

Barnacles on debris could provide clues to missing MH370 - experts

Democrats happy with Obama outreach as they weigh Iran deal

Arsenal beats Chelsea 1-0 in Community Shield at Wembley

“Our weakness is that we orga-nize good festivals but do not carry out enough promotions. Therefore, our focus is now on promoting the festivals here (in Bali),” Yahya stated on Monday.

One of the festivals that will be promoted is the “Sanur Village Festival” scheduled to be held from August 26 to 30, he remarked.

Yahya pointed out that the Tour-

ism Ministry will conduct large-scale promotional activities for the Sanur Village Festival from August 15 worldwide, using various media platforms.

Moreover, he believes that the festival that attracts foreign tour-ists to the island is the Bali Arts Festival (BAF). Held for a month, the event carrying Bali’s name ended in July.

Furthermore, the Tourism Min-istry will support the promotion of tourism fests in other regions of Indonesia, as well.

Yahya explained that 80 percent of the advertising budget was al-located for branding and creating websites, while the remaining was used for sales activities. However, he did not mention the amount the government allocated for advertis-ing and tourism branding.

“As much as 80 percent of the budget is used for branding, while 20 percent is used for sales,” he

noted.

DeclineAs many as 815,100 foreign

tourists visited Indonesia in June 2015, decline from 815,475 re-corded in the same period last year, according to the Central Statis-tics Agency (BPS). However, the number of tourist arrivals in June 2015 rose 2.73 percent compared to 793,499 in the previous month, BPS Chairman Suryamin stated on Monday.

He remarked that the number of

tourists visiting Indonesia via Ngu-rah Rai Airport in Bali increased 8.51 percent to 387,700 in June 2015 from 329,700 recorded in the same month last year.

Government to promote Bali’s tourism festivals

Artists performed dur-ing the opening of Bali Art Festival (BAF). The

Tourism Ministry is focusing on promoting the numerous festivals

held in Bali, one of them is BAF, to boost

foreign tourist arrivals.

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DENPASAR - The Tourism Ministry is focusing on promot-ing the numerous festivals held in Bali to boost foreign tourist arrivals, Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said.

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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 considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, deco-rations 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 umbrel-las 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

A Balinese kulkul towers over and marks the front gate, where guests are quickly enveloped by a calmness of Balinese garden upon entering the resort. Enjoy a journey under a lush canopy to an exquisite welcome of the resort’s grand lobby.

The drop-off area is surrounded by a serene garden and flowers for the butt erflies. Beautifully crafted Italian marble in Balinese pattern and an icon ic Murano Glass chan-delier give a very grand entrance as guests arrive. The spacious and airy lobby is pampered with premium handmade furniture ex-clusively from McGuire to ensure grace and quality. A dazzling pair of finest art from Balinese famous artist, Nyoman Gunarsa, is defi-nitely a visual feast for the eyes.

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The resort features 184 excep-tionally appointed guest rooms and suites, and 16 palatial villas with private pools. The 56 Sqm guestrooms showcase a spacious balcony with daybed and private hot tub overlooking the shimmer-ing sandy beach pool and tropical garden. The 120 Sqm suites fea-ture a spacious living room and a terrace giving private access to the secluded pool.

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Based on observation on Sunday (Aug. 2), the piles of rubbish were seen in nearly all the market areas. However, the most severe slum condition was visible in the northern part of the market. The unused former shop building looked like a disposal site. Organic and non-organic rubbish are deposited in one place. Likewise, rotting rubbish is piled with fresh rubbish. As a result, this condition makes a number of market visitors pinch their nose when entering the market because they cannot help smelling the stench. More seriously, this Kidul Market actually has a sanitation supervi-sor and the name of the officer has been posted on several walls. Unfortunately, the attention to sanitation seems less maximal.

One of the local traders, Ni Wayan M, said that janitors usually clean up the rubbish strewn along the street around the market. In the mean-time, the rubbish in the former shop never gets noticed. She added that the janitors are divided in carrying out their duties and location and they are overseen by a supervisor. Seeing the market condition filled with rubbish, she questioned about the performance of the existing janitors. “Habitually they only clean up the rubbish on the street. They almost never clean up the rub-bish at the former shop so that it accumulates. No officers come to transport it,” she said.

Further, M added that the smell of rubbish piling up right next to her stall often makes her

dizzy. When it rains, the smell of the garbage is getting more prominent. Although the con-dition is like that, she claimed to be forced to peddle because there is no alternative location. “I am not strong enough with the smell of this garbage. But I do not know what to do because this is the only one place I have. Unless selling, I will get nothing to support my family,” he explained.

She added that all traders selling at the market pay sanitation levy every day. Seeing the market condition often crammed with the piles of rubbish, traders often question about the sanitation levy. In order to get a comfort, she hoped the performance of janitors should be maximized. Transportation of rubbish must be carried out every day. “Performance of the officer should be maximized again and the transportation of rubbish should also be done every day,” she said.

Other than Wayan M, Ni Made Ardani, another trader also claimed to interfere with the odor generated the scrapheap. Besides, the chaotic market condition also often results in complaints from visitors. “The smell of rubbish is very prominent. It has not been transported for a week. So, it continues to accumulate. Visitors also often complain,” he said.

He hoped the local janitors can immediately transport the rubbish so that the market can look more comfortable. (kmb45)

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The garbage is pilling up at Kidul Market, Kintamani

Rubbish rarely transported, performance of janitors questioned

BANGLI - A number of traders at Kidul Market Bangli questioned the performance of the market janitors, following the sluggish transportation of rubbish having been mounting for several days.

GIANyAr - Cultural preserva-tion is one of the focuses given by the government of Gianyar. Instillation of the values on the love of the art and culture from early age has been intensively conducted. Moreover, Gianyar County plans to establish a junior high school of the art. It was disclosed by the Regent of Gianyar, A.A. Gde Agung Bharata recently.

Regent Agung Bharata said that he appreciates the existence of two private junior high schools namely the SMP Keramas and SMP Sukawati because the schools have been able to reach the age of 50 years and have contributed greatly in the education sector of Gianyar. Interestingly, both junior high schools are located at the village of the art.

The existence of both private junior high schools at the village gets particular concern from Agung Bharata. According to him, there is a close correlation between educa-tion and the arts. They both can be complementary. Instilling the values on the love of the art and culture, he said, must be done early on through school.

Agung Bharata specifically advised so that school authorities can become a medium for education and develop-ment of the arts. Interestingly, in par-ticular, the SMP Keramas is asked to develop the legendary arja operetta art. To that end, Agung Bharata mentioned that his party will make a study on the development of the art at junior high school. His party will make consulta-

tion to central government so that the SMP Keramas junior high school can become a school of the art. Besides, his party also mentioned, if possible, the school of the art needs to set up from elementary level.

In the meantime, Chairman of Commission IV of Gianyar House, Putu Gede Pebriantara, confirmed on Sunday (Aug. 2) that the execu-tive and legislative of Gianyar have the same vision regarding the im-portance of the establishment of the art school or more precisely the art school startup from elementary level. He said that Gianyar has proclaimed itself as a Heritage Town. On that account, the efforts to preserve the art and culture of the various sides must be done.

The art school startup, he said, becomes a strategic part in the de-velopment of the arts and culture in Gianyar. By starting from elementary school, the instillation of the value on the love to Balinese arts can be sustained up to secondary school level. “As a result, children will re-ally understand and carry out the arts since the beginning,” he said.

He further added that Commis-sion IV has been discussing about the discourse on the art school startup establishment with cultural circles. Some elementary schools are projected to become the art school startup from elementary school to junior high school. Results of the discussion is then passed on to the Gianyar Education Agency and re-

ported to the regent.He revealed that curriculum of

the art school startup will remain to refer to the existing curriculum. However, there will be additional cur-riculum especially for the arts. This additional curriculum still needs to be further discussed so as not to violate provisions.

“There will be additional curricu-lum, especially in the education of the art of gamelan music and dance. Especially for the next new students, they will be much more taken from the path of achievement in the art. In 2016 it is expected to be effective. Obviously, the concept of the art school startup will be directed to the preservation of the art and culture,” he added. (kmb25)

Govt assesses establishment of art school from elementary level

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Food on the go was an integral part of daily life in the empire, from nibbling on salted peas while watching gladiators battle in the Colosseum, to grabbing a sausage or fried fish snack after a dip in Rome’s famed baths.

Feeding an empire of some 50 million people was no mean feat, as an exhibition in the Italian capital sets out to show in con-junction with Milan’s 2015 Uni-versal Exhibition on the themes of food and agriculture, running until the end of October.

Food scarcity could trigger uprisings or even topple leaders, a risk Emperor Augustus (63 BC to 14 AD) was unwilling to take. He made importing wheat, oil, wine and other foodstuffs a top priority, changing the face of Roman dining.

A typical day kicked off with the jentaculum, or breakfast -- salted bread, dried fruit and eggs washed down with milk or wine.

That was followed by a quick prandium, or lunch, grabbed at the thermopolia -- forerunners of fast food restaurants -- or popi-nae, wine bars frequented by the lower classes where customers could grab a bite, dabble in a bit of gambling, or pop upstairs for some sex.

And after an afternoon’s work or session at the thermal baths, the rich would throw sumptuous banquets, dining on anything from peacock tongues to baked dormice.

The rest of the population supped on fresh vegetables, stews and, occasionally, meat.

“The logistics deployed by the Romans to feed themselves is fas-cinating,” said Orietta Rossini, curator of the Ara Pacis exhibi-tion, emphasising how hard it was to keep happy a capital of one million people -- the biggest in history before the industrial revolution hit London.

The key lay in turning con-quered Egypt into the empire’s granary and ensuring wheat was transported cheaply to Rome all year round.

Private shipowners would carry up to 500 tonnes of wheat between Alexandria and Rome under the strict supervision of the state in an early example of today’s partnerships between the private and public sectors, Rossini said.

This made the emperor “the

TOKYO - Japanese whisky will be sent into space next month to test how time in a zero-gravity environment affects its flavour, one of the country’s biggest drinks makers said Friday.

Samples of whisky produced by Suntory will be stored in the Japanese laboratory facility of the International Space Station for at least a year, with some flasks staying longer.

Researchers for the company believe that storing the beverage in an environment with only slight temperature changes and limited liquid movement could lead to a mellower flavour.

Suntory will send whisky aged for 10, 18 and 21 years as well as a number of other alcoholic substances.

Once they are returned to Earth, blenders will assess their fla-vours while researchers subject the liquids to scientific analysis, the company said.

“For the moment, we’re not thinking about applying the study re-sults to commercial products,” a Suntory spokeswoman told AFP.

Whisky demand rocketed in Japan last year after national broad-caster NHK aired a period drama called “Massan,” the true story of a Japanese entrepreneur and his Scottish wife who are credited with establishing Japan’s first whisky distillery.

Sales also soared when Suntory’s Yamazaki Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013 was named the best in the world by the prestigious Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2015. (afp)

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Japanese firm to mature whisky in space

Thank the ancient Romans for ‘street food’ROME - Grabbing some-

thing hot and tasty on the move? You have the ancient Romans to thank. “Street food” was their invention, generally enjoyed with wine, gambling or even prostitutes.

sole distributor of daily bread, the only one responsible for the supply of provisions”. Augustus boosted his popularity by distrib-uting 35 kilos of wheat a month free to 20,000 citizens -- free men over 17 years old.

Egypt’s role was later passed on to the empire’s African prov-inces, with grain shipped from Carthage in Tunisia to Rome’s Ostia port in just three days and nights. Wine, sold at rock-bottom prices, was also imported, along with oil and meat.

The wealthy may have gone out of the way to impress with exotic dishes, but the empire’s leaders were fond above all of fruit and vegetables: Emperor “Tiberius loved cucumber, while Augustus loved asparagus”, Rossini said.

Samples of carbonised food-stuffs discovered during excava-tions at the ancient town of Her-culaneum -- destroyed along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 -- are on dis-play at the exhibition, including wizened Roman-era figs.

The much-lauded “Mediter-ranean diet” began here: broad beans, peas, lentils and onions went in stews, with pine nuts, dates and almonds thrown in. Cumin, coriander, sesame and mint seeds were used to spice up dishes.

The globalisation of foodstuffs seen in today’s supermarkets was already in action, with wine imported from Gaul and Cyprus, oil from Andalusia, honey from Greece and prized garum -- the fermented fish sauce which drove Romans crazy -- from Portugal.

Food was such an important commodity that Emperor Dio-cletian, who ruled from 284 to 305, imposed price controls. But some dishes remained beyond the household budget for some -- with chicken a particularly expensive and rare treat.

While a baker would on aver-age earn 50 pieces of silver a day, he would have to spend 60 to buy two chickens, 30 for a half a litre of Falernian wine from the Bay of Naples, 12 for 300 grams of pork and four for 25 figs. (afp)

Almost all Balinese people be-long to their own banjar (custom-ary hamlet), this is not the case for non-Balinese. “We gather together so that we can establish a unified mission and vision as migrants who care to contribute to Bali,” explained Susanto.

Susanto went on to say that the socio-religious association known as the banjar serves as a support group for Balinese people. Like-wise BOS seeks to build a similar type of mutually beneficial com-munity amongst its non-balinese diapsora members. “In the future, we hope to work more closely with local Balinese,” he added.

BOS was first founded after Susanto noticed that when a mem-ber of a migrant family died, less than a handful of people came to express their condolences. So at

first BOS sought to address grief related issues but soon expanded into a space for members to com-municate with one and other about issues a variety of issues so that they could be of assistants to one and other.

BOS is currently looking to in-vite more people to join this micro society so that more can be shared amongst the members. Once the organization is large enough, they hope to establish a foundation.

Sunday’s discussion event was also attended by A.A. Ngurah Gede Widiada, Chairman II of the Nasdem Denpasar and I Gusti Kompyang Pujawan. Mataken Gakko, a Japanese language school that offers free courses as well as language and culture trips to Japan, also had a representative present for the occasion. (kmb42)

GIANYAR - Gianyar Public Works is undertaking various levels of repair to flood prone road sections throughout the district. Jalan Raya Batuan near Puseh Temple Batuan has been closed last week so that such repairs can be done.

Head of the Gianyar Public Works Agency, I.B. Sudewa, said on Sun-day (Aug. 2) that Gianyar County has several flood prone areas which are currently in the process of being repaired or repaved. “Jalan Raya Batuan is especially prone to serious flooding, so it is one of the roads that is currently being entirely repaved,” said Sudewa.

He explained that the culvert will be made higher than the previous one and that during the repairs all traffic is being diverted but that” Puseh Temple of Batuan can still be accessed from the East.

I.B. Sudewa said that the culvert at the intersection of Batuan and Su-kawati, is not in itself problematic but does often get flooded because of the accumulation of garbage in the runoff pipes. “We only performing basic maintenance, there especially leading up to the rainy season,” he explained.

The Gianyar Public Works Agency is now working on the physical main-tenance of a number of critical flood points such as Jalan Monkey Forest

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The photo showed founders of Bali One Society (BOS).

BOS bringing migrants together -banjar style

DENPASAR - Bali One Society (BOS) is an organization whose noble aim is to provide a platform for new migrants to Bali to address some of their shared issues. During Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara’s Sunday market discussion last Sunday (Aug. 2) BOS chairman, Lio Susanto Wijaya, shared some of the objectives of this organization which currently has 200 members form a variety of professions and religions.

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Jalan Raya Batuan near Puseh Temple Batuan has been closed last week so that such repairs can be done.

Jalan Raya Batuan closed for repairand Andong, in Ubud, including the intersection at Tulikup, Gianyar. “Maintenance is being done to Jalan Monkey Forest, Ubud as well as to the intersection that leads to Bangli at Tuli-kup village, Gianyar,” he explained.

When asked about critical flood

such as the intersections of Batubulan and Bedahulu, Sudewa said that the government is presently conducted the tender process for determining who will be awarded the contract for doing maintenance of this point “Indeed, there are a number of critical flood

points in Batubulan, but this year we will only be performing maintenance,” he said.

He added that the Bali Public Works is now repaving the road around Beda-hulu, Blahbatuh and that these repairs “are being done in coordination with

the government of Gianyar Count and that the culvert will also be receiving attention,” he said. (kmb35)

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Malaysia said on Sunday the piece of debris, a 2-2.5 metre (6.5-8 feet) wing surface known as flaperon, had been identified as being from a Boeing 777, the same model as the missing Malaysian plane. Investigators in France are expected to determine whether the piece came from MH370 or not by Wednesday. MH370 is believed to have crashed in the southern In-dian Ocean, about 3,700 km (2,300 miles) away from Reunion.

Based on photographs, ecolo-gists in Australia believe the crus-taceans clinging to the wing piece are goose or stalk barnacles.

“Barnacle shells ... can tell us valuable information about the water conditions under which they were formed,” said Ryan Pearson, a PhD student at Australia’s Griffith

University who is studying the shell chemistry of barnacles to determine migration patterns of endangered loggerhead turtles. The technique is also used to study the movement of whales.

Experts analyse barnacle shells to determine the temperature and chemical composition of the water through which they passed to help reveal their origin.

While the technique could help narrow the area of the search for MH370 to within tens, or hundreds, of kilometres, it was unlikely to pinpoint an exact location, Pearson said.

Barnacles can be aged, based on growth rates and size. If the barna-cles on the debris are older than the date MH370 went missing, it would rule it coming from that plane, said

Melanie Bishop a professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University.

Ecologists would look at whether the barnacles were on the surface of the flaperon or confined to the sides as that could indicate whether the debris moved on the surface of the water or was submerged.

The investigators in France would also be on the lookout for other organisms such as tube worms, coralline red algae or shell-fish that could also provide clues.

Marine archaeologists study bar-nacles for clues about shipwrecks but this was believed to be the first time they will be studied to deter-mine the fate of an airliner.

“It’s a nice example of the unexpected ways that discovery research can be surprisingly useful in tackling new problems in differ-ent contexts,” said professor An-gela Moles, evolution and ecology research centre at the University of New South Wales.(rtr)

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zim-babwe has accused a Pennsylva-nia doctor of illegally killing a lion in April, as it seeks to extradite a Minnesota dentist who killed a well-known lion named Cecil in July.

Jan Casimir Seski of Mur-rysville, Pennsylvania, shot the lion with a bow and arrow near Hwange National Park, without approval and on land where it was not allowed, said Zimbabwe’s National Parks and Wildlife Man-agement Authority. Landowner Headman Sibanda was arrested and is assisting police, it said.

Seski, a gynecological on-cologist who directs the Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, is a big-game hunter according to safari outfitters and bow-hunting sites. Kill shots on the sites identify “Dr. Jan Seski” as the man standing next to slain animals including elephants, a hippo, an ostrich and antelopes such as an impala, a kudu, and a nyala.

Seski did not respond to mes-sages left by The Associated Press at his home and with an answering service for his medical practice. The AP also called and knocked on the door at Seski’s house, which is set back among some woods outside Pittsburgh.

Zimbabwe’s wildlife authority has suspended the hunting of li-ons, leopards and elephants in the Hwange area, and said Saturday that bow and arrow hunts can be approved only by the head of the wildlife authority.

Two other illegal lion hunts also were recorded last year in Zimbabwe, said Geoffrey

Matipano, conservation direc-tor for the wildlife authority. He did not provide details on those cases.

Zimbabwe National Parks spokeswoman Caroline Washaya Moyo said Seski provided his name and other identifying infor-mation for a government database when he came for the hunt.

“When hunters come into the country they fill a document stating their personal details, the amount they have paid for the hunt, the number of animals to be hunted, the species to be hunted and the area and period where that hunt is supposed to take place,” she said. “The American con-ducted his hunt in an area where lion hunting is outlawed. The landowner who helped him with the hunt also did not have a have a quota for lion hunting.”

Meanwhile, Zimbabwean au-thorities have said they will seek the extradition of Minnesota den-tist Walter James Palmer, alleging he lacked authorization to kill “Cecil.” The lion was lured out of Hwange park, wounded with a bow and arrow and then tracked down and shot, conservationists said.

Palmer said he relied on pro-fessional guides to ensure his hunt was legal. Two Zimbabwean citizens were arrested and face charges.

An image on the Melorani Sa-faris Facebook page, since taken down, showed Seski posing with the body of a small antelope in 2012, with a caption saying it was killed two days after he shot it with an arrow. Other captions de-scribed how his arrows penetrated organs and split bones.(ap)

AP Photo/Fabrice WislezWorkers for an association responsible for maintaining paths to Jamaica beach from being overgrown by shrubs, search the beach for possible additional airplane debris near the shore where an airplane wing part was washed up, in the early morning near to Saint-Denis on the north coast of the Indian Ocean island of Reunion Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015.

Barnacles on debris could provide clues to missing MH370 - experts

SYDNEY - Barnacles encrusted on a piece of plane debris that washed up on the French island of Reunion might help unravel the mystery of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that disappeared last year with 239 passengers and crew on board.

Zimbabwe accuses 2nd American of illegally hunting lion

Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via APProtestors leave signs and stuffed animals in front of Dr. Walter Palmer’s dental practice, Wednesday, July 29, 2015, in Blooming-ton, Minn. Palmer has been under fire since his involvement in the death of Cecil the Lion became public.

RESIDENT of Satra customary village, Kintamani subdistrict, Bangli, has a tradi-tion being able to attract the attention of general public. The tradition is known as menek taruna for men and menek bajang for women or puberty. In the procession, hundreds of roasted suckling pigs are pre-sented. Another interesting point is visible in the procession, where male participants are carrying bamboo tube containing palm wine, while female participants are carrying fisted rice placed in a coconut-leaf plate or tamas. Palm wine and fisted rice become souvenir for the older members of the cus-tomary village.

Chief of Satra customary village, Wayan Keradi, explained that the puberty pro-cession is followed by 200 participants consisting of 130 men and 70 women. The procession having been passed down for generations is claimed to be made sacred by residents. So, when it is organized, the number of participating people is very booming. The age of participants taking part is not restricted. Related to the age, it is submitted directly to parents to see firsthand the condition of their children. As long as the children are capable of following all the processions such as fasting and staying up all night for three days and then the teenag-ers are allowed to participate.

“It has become a procession carried out through generations. The participants in-volved in this time reach 200 people. This number is more than ever,” he said.

He also explained that the procession is started from the local Bale Agung Temple. Male participants in the initial procession are carrying bamboo tube containing wine while female participants are bringing fisted rice (rice ball) placed in a coconut-leaf plate.

After the procession at the Bale Agung Temple is over, the next ceremony is per-formed at Pelisan Temple. At this temple, they only carry out purificatory rite so that it takes place quickly. Furthermore, the procession is carried out at the Sang Telaga Temple. Here, they present bhakti suluhan with roasted suckling pig. “Ceremonial procession has several stages before the presentation of the roasted suckling pig,” said Keradi.

Related to the execution time, added Keradi, there is no special restriction. It is tailored to the circumstances of local village. If it coincides with a cremation ceremony as well as the construction of temple, the ceremony will not be held. It is meant to do self-purification for the whole residents.

Furthermore, Keradi explained that chil-dren participating in this ceremony have completed their initiation rite (mawinten). After that, they will resume to marriage level. If they are men, they will participate in the Pamaksan organization, while women in Madean organization. (sos)

Puberty ritual tradition, a symbol of community self-purification

The drought make the ricefield dry and the plant

cannot grows

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Director of the PDAM Tabanan, Ida Bagus Oka Sedana, explained that the avail-ability of raw water source of the PDAM Tabanan remains stable even though there is shrinkage at some sources. The crisis will occur in dry season in October, especially in East Selemadeg. He said that East Selema-deg area belongs to Kerambitan service unit that serves 10,000 household connections. “For Kerambitan service unit, the five raw water sources can shrink up to 60 percent,” explained Oka Sedana.

Ideally for maximum services, the Ker-ambitan unit requires water discharge of 70 liters per second. In dry season, the water

discharge can be less than the figure so that it will disrupt its services. “The discharge of less than five liters per seconds has caused disruption,” said Oka Sedana. One of the water sources for Kerambitan service unit is Telaga Tunjung Dam. The PDAM gets quota of water from the dam as much as 120 liters per second. However, so far it only uses the quota as much as 20 liters per second. “Quota of the PDAM from the Telaga Tunjung Dam has been used as much as 20 liters per second and it has not been maximal. So far, the average discharge used is approximately 16 liters per second,” explained Oka.

Less maximal use of water discharge of the PDAM is caused by inadequate and small pipeline as well as being hampered by pumping problem. Nevertheless, the household connection tends to increase in keeping with the presence of new residential housing such as in the area of Mandung, Kerambitan. To overcome the drought in East Selemadeg, the PDAM will usually use the remaining quota when it is still avail-able. “But the water balance in the town is mediocre. As a result, his party is not always able to give the remaining urban quota for the Kerambitan service unit,” he said.

He hoped to improve the services of the PDAM in the future for the sake of raw water availability prepared by local county government. To that end, it will remain to focus on improving services, in this case, the provision of water network for the public. (kmb24)

East Selemadeg potential to face drought

TABANAN - Entering dry season, some areas in Tabanan, especially in East Selemadeg, are feared to deal with drought and water crisis, especially related to the availability of clean water by Municipality Waterworks (PDAM). Based on ex-perience of previous years, East Selemadeg areas always experience water crisis in every dry season.

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NEW YORK — As drivers, shippers and airlines continue to enjoy lower fuel prices, the oil industry is responding to much lower profits with sharp cuts in spending and employment that are hurting economic growth.

Low oil and gas prices are good for the overall economy because they reduce costs for consumers and business. U.S. economic growth was higher in the second quarter, and economists say that was partly fueled by consumers spending some of their sav-ings on gasoline at stores and restaurants.

But with oil prices down around 50 percent from last year, major oil companies are cutting back, offsetting some of this good news. For instance, Exxon Mobil said Friday it cut spending by $1.54 billion in the second quarter, while Chevron announced it is laying off 1,500 workers. Until about six months ago, boom-ing U.S. oil and gas production was helping the country’s economy grow during a time of economic sluggishness.

David Kelly, chief global strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, said this week that a $29 billion decline in oil exploration and mining activ-ity in the U.S. cut economic growth by 0.7 percent in the second quarter, a sizable chunk for an economy that grew 2.3 percent.

Investors also feel the pain. Lower oil profits have an out-sized effect on stock markets because the companies are so enormous. Analysts at RBC Capital Markets wrote that when oil prices drop by 10 per-cent, earnings for the overall S&P 500 fall by 1 percent.

Industry layoffs seem to be accelerating. Royal Dutch Shell, while announcing Thurs-day that profits fell 25 percent in the second quarter, said it would cut its global workforce by 6,500. Chevron’s quarterly profit fell 90 percent and CEO John Watson said the company is reducing its workforce “to

reflect lower activity levels going forward.”

Layoffs at three of the big oil and gas service companies are near 60,000 after two of them, Halliburton and Baker Hughes, revealed further lay-offs in quarterly filings last week.

BP CFO Brian Gilvary told investors Thursday that the company has been cutting workers “and I think you’ll see more of that before we get to the end of the year.” BP’s oil and gas profit dropped 64 per-cent from April through June.

Exxon Mobil’s profit fell by half, to its lowest level since the recession of 2009, the company said Friday. Its operations in the U.S. — the center of the global oil and gas boom — posted its second straight quarterly loss.

“The surprise really was here in the U.S.,” said Brian Youngberg, an analyst at Ed-ward Jones.

Shares of Exxon and Chev-ron, both components of the 20-member Dow Jones Indus-trial Average, fell 4 percent on Friday after they announced results.

The companies are in some ways victims of their own success. A surge in oil and gas production brought on by technological advances and high prices in recent years has flooded the market, sending global prices sharply lower.

But geopolitical forces have also increased the pressure on prices. Iranian oil is poised to return the world market after years of sanctions, the Greek debt crisis is reducing eco-nomic growth in Europe and a shake-up in Chinese financial markets is reducing demand growth in the world’s second largest oil consumer.

After nearly four years near $100 a barrel, the price of oil began slumping a year ago, falling to $43 by March. It surged briefly all the way to $61 in June, but then fell again. Oil traded just above $47 a barrel on Friday. (ap)

The main index plunged early Monday after the country’s Capi-tal Market Commission formally approved the reopening of the ex-change.

The exchange and Greek banks were closed on June 29, when con-trols on money withdrawals and transfers were imposed to prevent a collapse in the banking system due to a run on deposits.

Banks have since reopened, while maintaining strict withdrawal limits.

Greece is currently locked in in-tense negotiations with bailout lend-ers in an effort to negotiate the terms of a massive new rescue package in the next two weeks.

The last trading session on the Athens stock exchange was on June 26, a few hours before Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced a

referendum on the stringent bailout conditions demanded by Greece’s international creditors.

In response, worries Greeks rushed to withdraw cash from ATMs, prompt-ing the government to impose capital controls from June 29 and announce the closure of the country’s banks and the stock exchange.

The banks reopened on July 20, but withdrawals and money transfers abroad remain restricted. Greeks can currently withdraw only up to 420 euros ($460) a week.

From Monday, the stock exchange will operate as normal for foreign investors but local traders will still face limits on their transactions as part of the capital controls imposed by the government.

The restrictions mean that Greek investors will not be able to finance the purchase of securities by taking money from their bank accounts in Greece. They will, however, be able to use foreign bank accounts or make cash transactions.

According to news reports on

Sunday, the top four lenders -- Na-tional Bank, Piraeus Bank, Alpha Bank and Eurobank -- will undergo an asset quality review later this month.

Stress tests will follow in the autumn to determine the recapitalisa-tion requirements of each bank with European rescue funds.

Greek officials want to complete the operation before new European regulations come into effect from January 1.

As of 2016, bank shareholders and depositors will foot the lion’s share of recapitalisation costs -- a process known as “bail-in” -- instead of Eu-ropean taxpayers.

Greek banks were already re-capitalised in 2013 with funds from the country’s last EU-IMF rescue package.

Throughout the crisis, Greece’s cash-strapped banks have been kept afloat by a European Central Bank credit facility known as Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA). (ap/afp)

Extended slump in oil taking toll on

industry, economy

AP Photo/Yorgos KarahalisA man carries a closet past an abandoned branch of the National bank in Athens, Greece, on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015.

Stock market reopens with 22 percent loss

ATHENS — Shares on the Ath-ens Stock Exchange are suffering huge losses of over 22 percent after the market reopened for the first time in more than a month.

DENPASAR - Padanggalak does not only offer beautiful natural scen-ery. The stunning beach located at Kesiman village, East Denpasar, also poses a good destination of spiritual tourism, precisely in the Campuhan Windu Segara Temple. The temple located on the shore is often chosen by Hindu community in Bali for melukat or purificatory rite, cleaning up the body from impurities.

Typically, the purificatory rite is commenced by self-purification using holy water in front of the Lord Vishnu shrine. Afterward, the pilgrims immerse themselves at the confluence of the Ayung River and Padanggalak Beach. Then, it is re-sumed by taking a bath on the beach and in the sacred pool of Beji Temple and say prayers to Lord Shiva in the

Shiva Bhuvana Chamber.According to Gede Alit Adnyana,

the temple priest, every day there were pilgrims coming to do purifica-tory rite, either the people of Bali or those from outside the region and even overseas. To be able to follow the ritual procession, the pilgrims did not have to bring along a grandiose offerings. Simply bring a canang sari oblation and a means of prayer to invoke safety, purity and welfare. “Most importantly, the oblation presented must be accompanied by sincere heart,” he said.

The priest doubling as the found-er of the Campuhan Segara Windu also said the temple establishment was inspired by a dream mandating him to stay at Padanggalak. Since he had a confidence, he began to make

a living temporary shrine (turus lumbung) from erythrina branches. “After that, we got a great support from all the people so that the temple could finally be realized as it is to-day,” he said.

The temple was built on July 7, 2005. The budget was obtained from the sesari (oblation money) of the pilgrims saying prayers in the tem-ple. Meanwhile, the statues of gods having the nuance of mythological elements were donations from all the people, even from Muslim, Buddhist and Christian fellows. “People of various interfaith also donated some statues here,” he said.

On particular days, he explained, like Shiva Ratri was the piodalan or anniversary of the Campuhan Windu Segara Temple. On the temple an-

niversary, all the effigies or sacred objects as well as the two barong effigies venerated at the Beji Ayung Temple were performed. Similarly, there was also a special ceremony known as the Sapuleger staged ev-ery Banyu Pinaruh Gangga Pratista. “At that time, thousands of pilgrims came to pray and invoke safety and welfare,” he said.

Gede Alit explained that Hindu devotees in Indonesia chiefly in Bali had high awareness of giving donation. Sesari of the devotees amounting to one thousand rupiahs to tens of thousands rupiahs were gathered until they could be enough to establish a shrine. At the moment, the devotees were carrying out a renovation to the temple building such as the Kanjeng Ratu Chamber, Pusering Jagat Chamber and Brahma Shrine.

“In order the renovated building

can be solid physically and spiritu-ally, we organized a groundbreak-ing ceremony on May 23, 2013.” In connection with such grandiose ceremony, the kings of Denpasar palace such as from the Pemecutan Palace, Satria Palace, Tampaksiring Palace, Kesiman Palace, Kesiman Pemayu Palace and Pinatih Palace were also invited,” he said.

Indeed, the temple looked more unique with the presence of statues of gods and the nuance of mytho-logical stories. Some of the statues were the Ganesha, Shiva, Goddess Durga, Goddess Kwan Im, Kanjeng Ratu Kidul and Goddess Rambut. Meanwhile, the barong effigy was venerated in the Beji Ayung Gangga Pratista Temple. “Every temple cer-emony, the barong is staged. Aside from functioned as symbol, the ex-isting statues also aim to preserve the culture,” he concluded. (kmb)

Head of the Bangli Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Ad-nyana, said that both Penglipuran and Suter village, who were also

acknowledged for their achieve-ments, excel in both facilities as well as their management models which are both focused on local

participation for the welfare of the people.

Adnyana added that along with financial assistance, another benefit of receiving this award is that these villages will be indirectly promoted by the central government. “For example, after winning the award, the regent of Banyuwangi visited Penglipuran tourism village,” he explained. Adnyana is calling for

other tourism villages in Bangli to look to Penglipuran as a role model.

“There is no longer a need to conduct comparative studies with distant villages, Penglipuran is a most suitable place for other nearby villages to learn about managing tourism,” he added. Adnyana hopes that by other villages reforming their management systems, Bangli

can continue to receive best tourism village awards in future competi-tions.

When asked whether Bangli plans to add to the 22 already ex-isting tourism villages, head of the Bangli Culture and Tourism Agency that so far there is no such plan as they are more interested in improv-ing the management of the existing tourism villages. (kmb40)

Penglipuran tourism village in Kubu recently attained excellent achievement at national level. The village is able to

achieve top ten nominations as best tour-ism village, defeating hundreds of other

tourism villages in Indonesia.

A sanctum for purificatory rite

Penglipuran nominated as top 10th best Indonesian tourism village

BANGLI - Kubu’s Penglipuran tourism village, recently was hon-oured to receive the Ministry of Tourims’s national award for 10th best tourism village in Indonesia -amongst hundreds of contenders for the 2014 competition. Following this achievement, the Bangli Culture and Tourism Agency appealed to other tourism villages in Bangli to try to follow in Penglipuran village’s footsteps for next years competition.

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The consumer price index rose 7.26 percent year-on-year, the same increase as the previous month, according to the official statistics agency. Inflation in May was 7.15 percent.

Bank Indonesia, the country’s central bank, had expected inflation to ease to 7.13 per cent in July as people pared back their spending after Eid, the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, which fell mid-month.

“Inflation was high because of increased spending on foodstuffs and transport for the fast-ing month and Eid,” Suryamin, the agency chief who like many Indonesians goes by one name, told reporters.

Prices on a month-on-month basis rose 0.93 per cent, compared to 0.54 per cent in June.

Food prices typically rise during Ramadan in

Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, as people stockpile food both for the less fortunate and to break their daily fast with lavish meals.

Spending on transport also spikes, with tens of millions of Indonesians taking cars, buses, planes and trains back to their hometowns for the Eid holiday.

Prices in Java -- home to more than half of Indonesia’s 250 million people -- were relatively restrained in July compared to outside the island, where prices were less stable, Suryamin added.

The high inflation presents a dilemma for the central bank. Some economists are urging policy-makers to cut the main rate from 7.50 percent to arrest a slowdown in growth, but higher inflation restricts their room to move. (afp)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian gov-ernment should be wary of the current sluggish economic condition that could trigger massive layoffs by companies, according to a legislator.

Several companies have suffered from serious financial problems due to the ongoing sluggish economic condi-tion, Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR) Fadli Zon, stated on Monday.

The weakening of the rupiah, which is now stands at Rp13.5 thousand per US dollar, has affected the nation’s economy, he noted.

He lambasted the finance minister for saying that the rupiah’s depreciation is not the government’s responsibility.

Such a statement is wrong and even dangerous, according to the law-maker.

“It shows that there is no coordina-

tion between the government and Bank Indonesia,” he remarked.

Businessmen might be losing trust in the government that might be con-sidered incapable of controlling the situation, he pointed out.

Currently, the economic condition is in a precarious state and in the red zone.

The government must not shy away from its responsibility of restoring the situation.

“If not, the deficit will worsen, and the government needs to take concrete actions,” he affirmed.

The government must take concrete actions to respond to the rupiah’s de-preciation, he noted.

Exports need to be intensified, and the rupiah must be used in every busi-ness transaction in the country, he added. (ant)

JAKARTA - A daughter of Indone-sia’s founding president has defended honouring North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un with an award for statesman-ship, dismissing criticisms of his human rights record as “Western propaganda”.

Rachmawati Sukarnoputri confirmed the leader would receive an award from her organisation, the Sukarno Education Foundation, in September for his “peace, justice and humanity”.

The decision to award the autocrat such an accolade -- handed in the past to such freedom icons as Mahatma Gan-dhi and Aung San Suu Kyi -- has made headlines and triggered an outpouring of ridicule and disbelief.

But Sukarnoputri brushed aside ques-tions of Kim’s suitability for the award, saying the young leader “should be hon-oured for his fight against neo-colonialist imperialism”.

“The allegations about human rights abuses are untrue,” she told AFP.

“That’s all just Western propaganda. Those Western governments like to put ugly labels on North Korea.”

Her father, Indonesia’s first president Sukarno, established early ties with North Korea back in the 1950s.

Jakarta has maintained open relations with Pyongyang ever since. In April President Joko Widodo hosted a delega-tion from the reclusive state as part of an international conference.

It is not the first time Rachmawati’s

foundation has handed its top prize to a member of North Korea’s ruling family. In 2001 the award was posthumously given to Kim’s grandfather, the state’s founding father Kim Il Sung.

Rachmawati drew parallels between the younger Kim and her own father, the leader of Indonesia’s independence struggle who ruled the Southeast Asian archipelago until he was overthrown in 1965.

“Sukarno was also accused of being an evil dictator who violated human rights, but this was proven otherwise over time,” she said.

Rachmawati is also the younger sister of Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesia’s fifth president, who remains one of the country’s most powerful political figures.

Kim is known for his ruthlessness in dealing with even the most senior of-ficials suspected of disloyalty, following the execution of his uncle and one-time political mentor Jang Song-Thaek in 2013.

South Korean intelligence reported in May that he had his defence minister shot to pieces with anti-aircraft fire for insubordination and dozing off during a formal military rally.

Foreigners detained by the North Ko-rean authorities are habitually required to make public, officially-scripted pro-nouncements of their guilt in order to help secure their eventual release. (afp)

REUTERS/Beawiharta

A woman holds her umbrella while selling food as a train passes through a vegetable market located on train tracks near Duri train station in Jakarta, Indonesia August 3, 2015. Inflation remained unchanged yet high in Indonesia in July despite predic-tions of easing, as consumers stocked up on food and transport tickets ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid, government data showed Monday.

Legislator cautions government over sluggish economic condition

Indonesian foundation defends awarding Kim Jong-Un peace prize

Inflation remains high idespite forecast easing

JAKARTA - Inflation remained unchanged yet high in Indonesia in July despite predictions of easing, as consumers stocked up on food and transport tickets ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid, government data showed Monday.

A handful of key Democrats stepped forward to support the accord within hours of Obama’s personal lobbying at the White House last week, part of the ad-ministration’s all-out campaign since the pact was announced July 14. Other Democrats have signaled they are leaning in favor and still others have remained undeclared, awaiting a vote in September.

The deal, which curbs Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from sanctions smothering its economy, is not a traditional fight between the White House and Re-publicans, who control the House and Senate. This is about Obama, who has often been at odds with congressional Democrats, trying to cajole them just weeks after a divisive debate over trade.

The president has talked to more than 80 lawmakers, either individually or in small groups, ad-ministration officials said. Obama, who delivers a speech on the deal Wednesday at American Univer-

sity, also hosted a reception for about 100 House Democrats at the White House.

Vice President Joe Biden has traveled to the Capitol and in-vited lawmakers for breakfast at the Naval Observatory. Cabinet and other administration officials have spoken with more than 175 lawmakers. A member of the In-ternational Atomic Energy Agency is expected to brief lawmakers this week.

Lawmakers can vote to approve, disapprove or take no action on the deal. Obama says he’ll veto a con-gressional disapproval and would need 34 members of the Senate or 146 members of the House to stand with him so Congress can’t override his veto.

“In the real world, this is a deal that gets the job done,” Obama said in a conference call with sup-porters. Several Democrats said Obama’s detailed understanding of the accord won their respect.

Michigan Rep. Dan Kildee, who

announced his support for the pact, said Obama knows as much about the deal as the negotiators. Kildee’s support was a victory for Obama because one of his constituents, former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati, is among four Americans held or missing in Iran. Republicans have argued that the release of the four should have been a part of any final deal. Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva said the administration’s robust selling of the deal strengthens the Democratic stance on Capitol Hill. “We don’t need to be an island right now,” said Grijalva, who has pledged to support it.

At one meeting at the White House, New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler said Obama acknowledged that the deal was not perfect and that Iran would still have an “odi-ous” government.

“He makes an impressive case, but there are still questions I have,” said Nadler, a Jewish representa-tive who has met one-on-one with the president. (ap)

BERLIN — German authori-ties say the number of immigrants living in the country reached 10.9 million last year — a million more than three years earlier, and the highest figure since they started compiling numbers a decade ago.

The Federal Statistical Office said Monday that 620,000 of the immigrants arriving since 2011 were from the European Union,

with Poles, Romanians, Ital-ians, Bulgarians and Hungarians leading. It also reported large in-creases in the number of Chinese, Syrians and Indians arriving.

The number of people with foreign roots, which includes also the German-born children of im-migrants who have arrived since 1950, came in at 16.4 million — about one-fifth of the entire population of 80 million. (ap)

BEIRUT - At least 27 people were killed and dozens injured when a Syrian army fighter jet crashed into a busy marketplace in the rebel-held northwestern town of Ariha on Monday, residents and witnesses said.

Most of the dead were civilians on the ground in the Idlib provin-cial town that fell to a coalition of Islamist insurgents in May, according to the Britain-based Ob-servatory for Human Rights, which tracks violence across Syria.

Scores were also injured, ac-cording to the monitor and wit-nesses. There was no immediate reaction from the Syrian army.

The military plane had dropped a bomb in the heart of the city centre main commercial street where shopkeepers open in the early morning before crashing in the middle of the marketplace, two witnesses told Reuters.

“The plane had dropped a bomb on the main Bazaar street at low altitude only seconds before it crashed,” said Ghazal Abdullah, a resident who was close to the incident. The Observatory said the jet was not shot down.

Fighting has intensified of late in rural Idlib province between government forces and an in-surgent grouping called Jaish al Fateh, or Army of Conquest, which includes Syria’s al Qaeda offshoot Nusra Front.

Ariha’s fall had left the in-surgents in control of most of Idlib province, which borders Turkey and neighbours Latakia, the heartland of President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect, on the Mediterranean coast.

Most of the rich agricultural region, however, has since come under heavy aerial bombardment by Assad’s forces in a counter-offensive to regain lost ground.

The army has fought back using heavy air strikes to beat back insur-gent advances into the mountains of Latakia province that brought them closer to government-held coastal areas north of the capital Damascus.

Syria’s western flank, fringing both the Mediterranean coast and the Lebanese border, contains Syria’s major cities including Da-mascus and is seen as crucial for Assad’s hold on power. (rtr)

AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2015, file photo House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Determined to secure support for the Iran nuclear deal, President Barack Obama is making inroads with a tough constituency _ his fellow Democrats in Congress.

Democrats happy with Obama outreach as they weigh Iran deal

WASHINGTON — Determined to secure support for the Iran nuclear deal, U.S. President Barack Obama is making inroads with a tough constituency — his fellow Democrats in Con-gress.

German immigrant population at 10.9M, highest since 2005

Syrian jet crashes into market in rebel-held area, 27 killed

“Likewise, the number of tourist arrivals through Ngu-rah Rai Airport in June 2015 climbed 24.58 percent compared to that noted in May 2015,” he revealed.

Cumulatively, the number of tourist arrivals in the first se-mester of 2015 reached 4.66 mil-lion, an increase of 2.34 percent compared to the same semester last year.

The increase in the number of tourist arrivals was recorded at six entry points, with the highest increase of 22.51 percent noted in Sam Ratulangi Airport in North

Sulawesi and the lowest increase of 1.62 percent recorded in Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport in Riau province.

However, the number of tour-ist arrivals plunged 43.12 percent at Adi Soemarmo Airport in Solo, Central Java, and 4.28 percent at Tanjung Balai Karimun Port in the Riau Islands Province.

The decline in tourist arrivals led to a 1.26 percent drop in the room occupancy rate of star-rated hotels in 27 provinces in June 2015 to reach 54.14 percent compared to the same period last year. (ant)

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The 18-year-old Ledecky com-pleted the marathon-like race in 15 minutes, 27.71 seconds — shaving 0.65 seconds off the mark she set at last year’s Pan Pacific champion-ships in Australia. “I’m in quite a bit of shock right now,” Ledecky said. “I was barely even focusing on this morning’s swim. I was so relaxed. ... I realized kind of toward the end because I could see people waving.”

It’s the fourth time Ledecky has broken the record in the 1,500 and she’ll have a chance to improve it again in Tuesday’s final. Ledecky also holds world marks in the 400 and 800 free. She was just off her record pace in winning the 400 free Sunday.

“It’s probably one of the cool-est world records I’ve broken,” Ledecky said. “Each one is really unique, but just sort of how relaxed and calm I was it’s pretty neat and hopefully I can carry that energy through the rest of the week.” While the Kazan Arena was only half full, Ledecky’s American teammates and family members in the stands were going wild, and she acknowl-edged them after climbing out of the temporary pool.

“I knew where my parents and brother and uncle were sitting and

I could see them waving as well,” Ledecky said. It was the second world record of the meet after Sarah Sjoestrom of Sweden broke one in the 100 fly semifinals Sunday. Jes-sica Ashwood, the second-placed swimmer in Ledecky’s heat, fin-ished more than a lap behind. Oth-ers were more than two laps behind. That gave Ledecky plenty of time to savor the moment, while resting on the lane ropes.

Lotte Friis of Denmark quali-fied second in 15:54.23. The 1,500 — the longest event in the pool — is not an Olympic race for women.

Ledecky’s biggest challenge of the meet could come Tuesday when she’ll race against teammate Missy Franklin and a loaded field in the 200 free semifinals after the 1,500 final. “The 200 is going to be a big race,” Ledecky said. “I should have 20 minutes in between and that should be plenty of time.”

Franklin, meanwhile, is learning how to deal with the lingering ef-fects of her back injury. She should be glad she won’t have to deal with Katinka Hosszu, otherwise known as the “Iron Lady,” for the remain-der of the 100 backstroke. While it was only good for fifth, the 20-year-old Franklin swam her fastest time

of the year Monday.Hungary’s Hosszu led the event

in 58.78 seconds ahead of Austra-lians Emily Seebohm and Madison Wilson, while Franklin touched in 59.59.

Hosszu then announced she was scratching the rest of the event to

focus on the 200 individual medley final later Monday. She qualified first in that event, too, and is plan-ning to swim five more individual events this week.

Franklin was injured at last year’s Pan Pacific Championships in Australia and she still undergoes

physical therapy two or three times a week to strengthen her back.

“It’s my first 59 of the season. It felt great. It’s a tough field,” Frank-lin said. “After last summer I have this new appreciation of getting up there and not worrying about injury.” (ap)

MADRID — Movistar cycling team says Tour de France runner-up Nairo Quintana will race in the Spanish Vuelta. The Colombian climber will be joined by former Vuelta champion Alejandro Valverde, the third-place finisher at this summer’s Tour.

Movistar will announce its complete team “in a few days’ time.” The Vuelta is the third grand tour of the summer after the Giro d’Italia and the Tour. The three-week race begins Aug. 22 in the southern coastal town of Puerto Banus.

Quintana crashed out of last year’s Vuelta following his victory at the 2014 Giro. (ap)

Quintana to ride in Vuelta after 2nd place at Tour de France

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Movistar rider Nairo Quintana of Colombia crosses the fin-ish line in the 110.5-km (68.6 miles) 20th stage of the 102nd Tour de France cycling race from Modane to Alpe d’Huez in the French Alps mountains, France, July 25, 2015.

Ledecky shocked after improving 1,500 world record in heats

KAZAN, Russia — Katie Ledecky touched the wall, turned around, spit out some water, curled her mouth into a big smile and began wav-ing her finger. For a swimmer who is getting accustomed to breaking world records, this one was a bit of a surprise. The American teenager improved her own mark in the 1,500-meter freestyle at the world championships Monday in morning heats.

REUTERS/Michael DalderKatie Ledecky from U.S. celebrates after setting a new World Record in the women’s 1500m freestyle heats at the Aquatics World Championships in Kazan, Russia August 3, 2015.

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Oxlade-Chamberlain received the ball on the right edge of the area in the 24th minute and cut inside Cesar Az-pilicueta before hitting a left-footed shot inside the top far corner to decide the traditional curtain raiser between last season’s Premier League and FA Cup winners at Wembley Stadium.

Wenger had not beaten Mourinho in 13 previous meetings — a rivalry stoked by plenty of verbal barbs be-tween the two and which shows no sign of dying down. Wenger didn’t shake hands with the Chelsea man-ager after the game, and Mourinho said Arsenal had left “their philoso-phy in the dressing room” by playing defensively in the second half.

“The best team lost. And the de-fensive team won,” said Mourinho — who is usually the one being ac-cused by others of deploying overly defensive tactics.

Wenger acknowledged that his players may have been affected by its recent struggles against Chelsea but that his own winless streak against

Mourinho “didn’t play on my mind at all.”

“But as long as I get it served ev-ery time in press conferences it can have an impact on the team,” he said. “It was important for them to get that hurdle out of the way.”

And the Arsenal manager may be tempted to see this win as another sign that his team is finally ready to challenge for the Premier League title again when the season starts next week.

However, Arsenal beat Man-chester City 3-0 in last year’s Com-munity Shield only to falter early in the league before finishing third — and defender Per Mertesacker was careful not to read too much into the victory.

“It’s still preseason,” Mertesacker said. “But it keeps our confidence high. I think we deserved it.”

Mourinho responded to the defeat by throwing his loser’s medal into the crowd before leaving the pitch.

Eden Hazard had Chelsea’s best

chance for an equalizer when Cesc Fabregas found him in the area around the hour mark but he blasted his shot well high under pressure from Laurent Koscielny.

Goalkeeper Petr Cech, making his full debut for Arsenal against his former team after transferring from Chelsea during the offseason, then made his only difficult save in the 68th when he punched away Oscar’s free kick at the near post.

Radamel Falcao made his Chelsea debut when he came on as a substitute for Loic Remy in the second half but was kept largely quiet.

Both teams fielded near full-strength teams. The only changes from Arsenal’s side that won the FA Cup final last season was Cech in goal and Oxlade-Chamberlain starting instead of Alexis Sanchez, who was given an extended break after winning the Copa America with Chile. Diego Costa was the only notable absence for Chelsea as he was rested with a hamstring problem.

PARIS - Olympique Lyonnais are on the verge of signing Brazil defender Rafael from Manchester United, the French club’s presi-dent said on Monday.

“Rafael has arrived from Man-chester United and we are waiting

for an agreement from MU on the transfer,” Jean-Michel Aulas wrote on his Twitter feed.

Rafael, 25, has been at United since 2008. Lyon finished runners-up to Paris St-Germain in Ligue 1 last season. (rtr)

SAO PAULO — Flamengo re-linquished a two-goal first-half lead in a 2-2 draw against Santos in the Brazilian league on Sunday, disap-pointing a record crowd of 61,421 at the Maracana Stadium.

It was the biggest crowd of this year’s championship, surpassing the 59,612 that attended a match hosted by Sao Paulo at the Morumbi Stadium a few rounds ago. Among those at the Maracana was mixed martial arts fighter Ronda Rousey, who on Saturday successfully defended her bantamweight title at UFC 190 in Rio de Janeiro.

The draw halted Flamengo’s surge in the standings, keeping the popular Brazilian club in 11th place with 20 points from 16 rounds. Flamengo was trying to win its third straight game, and fourth in the last five rounds.

Midfielder Alan Patrick opened the scoring in the 42nd minute and forward Emerson added to the lead in the 44th, but Santos came back with goals by striker Ricardo Olivei-ra in the 52nd and playmaker Lucas Lima in the 73rd. Santos remained 15th in the 20-team standings with 17 points.

The 16th round began Wednes-day, when leader Atletico Mineiro defeated Sao Paulo 3-1 at the Mi-neirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte

with a hat trick by Argentine striker Lucas Pratto. Forward Alexan-dre Pato scored the lone goal for seventh-place Sao Paulo, which has lost two of its last three games.

Atletico Mineiro, seeking its first league title since 1971, has 35 points, two more than second-place Corinthians, which routed Vasco da Gama 3-0 at the Itaquerao stadium in Sao Paulo.

Third-place Fluminense defeated 10-man Gremio 1-0 in front of nearly 30,000 fans at the Maracana on Saturday in the debut of former Brazil star playmaker Ronaldinho, who got an assist in the winner by Marcos Junior.

Fourth-place Sport had a chance to overtake Fluminense but was held by Cruzeiro to a scoreless draw in front of a crowd of more than 28,000 at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife on Sunday.

Atletico Paranaense jumped to fifth place with a 1-0 win at Palmei-ras, stunning the nearly 40,000 fans who packed the Allianz Parque in Sao Paulo. It was Palmeiras first loss in eight games. The result dropped Palmeiras from fourth to sixth in the standings. Palmeiras has the league’s best attendance average this year with nearly 34,000 fans per game at its new arena in Sao Paulo. (ap)

LONDON - Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has expressed his delight with Christian Benteke and Roberto Firmino after the forwards made their first-team debuts in the club’s final warm-up match before the new Premier League season. Benteke, who cost 32.5 million pounds ($50.77 million) from Aston Villa, drew gasps with a spectacular volleyed goal from the edge of the penalty area as his new team beat League One (third tier) Swindon Town 2-1 on Sunday.

“Christian’s goal was incredible, whether it was a pre-season friendly or in a league or cup game,” Rodgers told Liverpool’s official website (www.liverpoolfc.com).

“It was wonderful technique from the big guy. “The other guys started to get some minutes under their belt. It was pleasing all round. “It finished off our pre-season preparations -- a number of guys needed a game to-day. It was a really good exercise.”

Brazilian Firmino, signed from German club Hoffenheim, played for more than an hour. “You see his quality,” Rodgers said. “He is really bright on the ball, has got wonder-ful technique and has got the ability to want to get forward and score a goal.”

If Liverpool are to improve on last season’s disappointing sixth place finish, the most obvious change needs to be in the number of goals scored.

A total of 52 was a poor return and, even before losing England forward Raheem Sterling to Manchester City, Rodgers made the recruitment of at-tacking players his priority, knowing that injury-prone striker Daniel Stur-

KUALA LUMPUR, Malay-sia — Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s 16-year term as an International Olympic Committee member ended Monday when he did not seek re-election.

Blatter was among a group of IOC members up for re-election for another eight-year term. But IOC President Thomas Bach said Blatter informed him by letter on July 23 that he would not stand again.

“He does not deem it to be ap-propriate to stand for re-election for eight years knowing that after seven months his term would come to an end,” Bach said on the final day of the IOC’s general assembly in Kuala Lumpur.

Blatter, beset by a corruption scandal at FIFA and whose presi-

dential term will end following a Feb. 26 election, did not attend the IOC meetings in Kuala Lumpur.

The FIFA president, who usu-ally attends the annual IOC meet-ings, has not been accused of wrongdoing but made the decision to resign in the wake of the arrest of some of his close associates in Zurich by Swiss police on behalf of U.S. authorities in May. Seven soccer officials are facing corrup-tion charges.

Blatter, an IOC member since 1999, would have had to retire from his IOC term next year any-way because he turns 80 in March. The IOC confirmed that Blatter’s membership ended on Monday.

The other two members who were not re-elected — both due

to age restrictions — were former World Archery president Jim Eas-ton of the United States and Andres Botero of Colombia.

Easton’s departure leaves three IOC members from the United States — U.S Olympic Commit-tee president Larry Probst, Anita DeFrantz and Angela Ruggiero.

Elsewhere, 14 other IOC mem-bers were re-elected for eight-year terms, while Gunilla Lindberg of Sweden was re-elected to another four-year term on the IOC’s execu-tive board.

Two new members were elected Monday to the IOC: Nenad Lalovic of Serbia, head of wrestling’s world governing body, and Diagna Ndiaye, president of Senegal’s na-tional Olympic committee. (ap)

Sepp Blatter’s term as IOC member ends

Rodgers delights at promising start for new strikeforce

ridge will miss the opening months of the season.

As well as Belgian international Benteke and Firmino, he has also signed Danny Ings from Burnley and recalled Divock Origi from a season-long loan at Lille.

Despite the departure of talismanic captain Steven Gerrard to LA Galaxy, Rodgers believes Liverpool are in good shape for Sunday’s opening fixture, when they return to the scene of a 6-1 defeat in the final match of last season at Stoke City. (rtr)

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Liverpool’s Christian Benteke

Chelsea defender Gary Cahill feels Arsenal could mount a strong challenge for the Premier League title, following the champions’ 1-0 defeat to their bitter rivals in the Community Shield at Wembley on Sunday.

“They’ve started well, they’ve got a good squad and I think they’ll be one of many pushing at the top this season,” the 29-year-old was quoted as saying on Chelsea’s web-site (www.chelseafc.com).

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s goal after 24 minutes was enough to seal a first win in 14 attempts for Gunners boss Arsene Wenger against counterpart Jose Mourinho. But according to Cahill, there was not much to choose between the London rivals.

“Let’s be fair, the game’s been won on a piece of individual play to smash it in the top corner, but chance-wise we had the majority

of the play,” the England defender said.

“I think in terms of possession we had the majority of the game but it’s the scoreline that matters and we’re disappointed with that,” he added.

Wenger also gave an Arsenal debut to Chelsea legend Petr Cech, who switched between the clubs during the summer.

“He was part of the fixtures and fittings at Chelsea so it’s strange that he’s now left, but he’s a good guy, a fantastic goalkeeper, and last season we were blessed to have two of the best goalkeepers in the game,” Cahill said.

Chelsea won the title in May with a commanding lead of eight points over second-placed Man-chester City and are the bookies’ favourites to retain the trophy when the new season kicks off on Saturday. (rtr)

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Chelsea’s Gary Cahill receives treatment after sustaining a injury

Arsenal can challenge for League title, feels Chelsea’s Cahill

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Arsenal’s team pose for a team picture with the trophy after the English Community Shield soccer match between Arsenal and Chelsea at Wembley Stadium in London, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015. Arsenal won the match 1-0.

Flamengo held to 2-2 draw in front of record crowd in Rio

Rafael poised to join Lyon from Manchester United

Arsenal beats Chelsea 1-0 in Community Shield at Wembley

LONDON — Arsene Wenger finally earned his first win over Jose Mourinho on Sunday as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s first-half goal gave Arsenal a 1-0 victory over Chelsea in the Com-munity Shield.

Santi Cazorla could have added a second for Arsenal in the 86th but hit a weak shot straight at the onrushing Thibaut Courtois and Aaron Ramsey lobbed the rebound just wide. Courtois then denied Kieran Gibbs when he

was clear on goal in injury time.“I believe that when we got out

of our defense we looked dangerous to score,” Wenger said. “But I think maybe in our half we were a bit cau-tious.” (ap)

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Oxlade-Chamberlain received the ball on the right edge of the area in the 24th minute and cut inside Cesar Az-pilicueta before hitting a left-footed shot inside the top far corner to decide the traditional curtain raiser between last season’s Premier League and FA Cup winners at Wembley Stadium.

Wenger had not beaten Mourinho in 13 previous meetings — a rivalry stoked by plenty of verbal barbs be-tween the two and which shows no sign of dying down. Wenger didn’t shake hands with the Chelsea man-ager after the game, and Mourinho said Arsenal had left “their philoso-phy in the dressing room” by playing defensively in the second half.

“The best team lost. And the de-fensive team won,” said Mourinho — who is usually the one being ac-cused by others of deploying overly defensive tactics.

Wenger acknowledged that his players may have been affected by its recent struggles against Chelsea but that his own winless streak against

Mourinho “didn’t play on my mind at all.”

“But as long as I get it served ev-ery time in press conferences it can have an impact on the team,” he said. “It was important for them to get that hurdle out of the way.”

And the Arsenal manager may be tempted to see this win as another sign that his team is finally ready to challenge for the Premier League title again when the season starts next week.

However, Arsenal beat Man-chester City 3-0 in last year’s Com-munity Shield only to falter early in the league before finishing third — and defender Per Mertesacker was careful not to read too much into the victory.

“It’s still preseason,” Mertesacker said. “But it keeps our confidence high. I think we deserved it.”

Mourinho responded to the defeat by throwing his loser’s medal into the crowd before leaving the pitch.

Eden Hazard had Chelsea’s best

chance for an equalizer when Cesc Fabregas found him in the area around the hour mark but he blasted his shot well high under pressure from Laurent Koscielny.

Goalkeeper Petr Cech, making his full debut for Arsenal against his former team after transferring from Chelsea during the offseason, then made his only difficult save in the 68th when he punched away Oscar’s free kick at the near post.

Radamel Falcao made his Chelsea debut when he came on as a substitute for Loic Remy in the second half but was kept largely quiet.

Both teams fielded near full-strength teams. The only changes from Arsenal’s side that won the FA Cup final last season was Cech in goal and Oxlade-Chamberlain starting instead of Alexis Sanchez, who was given an extended break after winning the Copa America with Chile. Diego Costa was the only notable absence for Chelsea as he was rested with a hamstring problem.

PARIS - Olympique Lyonnais are on the verge of signing Brazil defender Rafael from Manchester United, the French club’s presi-dent said on Monday.

“Rafael has arrived from Man-chester United and we are waiting

for an agreement from MU on the transfer,” Jean-Michel Aulas wrote on his Twitter feed.

Rafael, 25, has been at United since 2008. Lyon finished runners-up to Paris St-Germain in Ligue 1 last season. (rtr)

SAO PAULO — Flamengo re-linquished a two-goal first-half lead in a 2-2 draw against Santos in the Brazilian league on Sunday, disap-pointing a record crowd of 61,421 at the Maracana Stadium.

It was the biggest crowd of this year’s championship, surpassing the 59,612 that attended a match hosted by Sao Paulo at the Morumbi Stadium a few rounds ago. Among those at the Maracana was mixed martial arts fighter Ronda Rousey, who on Saturday successfully defended her bantamweight title at UFC 190 in Rio de Janeiro.

The draw halted Flamengo’s surge in the standings, keeping the popular Brazilian club in 11th place with 20 points from 16 rounds. Flamengo was trying to win its third straight game, and fourth in the last five rounds.

Midfielder Alan Patrick opened the scoring in the 42nd minute and forward Emerson added to the lead in the 44th, but Santos came back with goals by striker Ricardo Olivei-ra in the 52nd and playmaker Lucas Lima in the 73rd. Santos remained 15th in the 20-team standings with 17 points.

The 16th round began Wednes-day, when leader Atletico Mineiro defeated Sao Paulo 3-1 at the Mi-neirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte

with a hat trick by Argentine striker Lucas Pratto. Forward Alexan-dre Pato scored the lone goal for seventh-place Sao Paulo, which has lost two of its last three games.

Atletico Mineiro, seeking its first league title since 1971, has 35 points, two more than second-place Corinthians, which routed Vasco da Gama 3-0 at the Itaquerao stadium in Sao Paulo.

Third-place Fluminense defeated 10-man Gremio 1-0 in front of nearly 30,000 fans at the Maracana on Saturday in the debut of former Brazil star playmaker Ronaldinho, who got an assist in the winner by Marcos Junior.

Fourth-place Sport had a chance to overtake Fluminense but was held by Cruzeiro to a scoreless draw in front of a crowd of more than 28,000 at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife on Sunday.

Atletico Paranaense jumped to fifth place with a 1-0 win at Palmei-ras, stunning the nearly 40,000 fans who packed the Allianz Parque in Sao Paulo. It was Palmeiras first loss in eight games. The result dropped Palmeiras from fourth to sixth in the standings. Palmeiras has the league’s best attendance average this year with nearly 34,000 fans per game at its new arena in Sao Paulo. (ap)

LONDON - Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has expressed his delight with Christian Benteke and Roberto Firmino after the forwards made their first-team debuts in the club’s final warm-up match before the new Premier League season. Benteke, who cost 32.5 million pounds ($50.77 million) from Aston Villa, drew gasps with a spectacular volleyed goal from the edge of the penalty area as his new team beat League One (third tier) Swindon Town 2-1 on Sunday.

“Christian’s goal was incredible, whether it was a pre-season friendly or in a league or cup game,” Rodgers told Liverpool’s official website (www.liverpoolfc.com).

“It was wonderful technique from the big guy. “The other guys started to get some minutes under their belt. It was pleasing all round. “It finished off our pre-season preparations -- a number of guys needed a game to-day. It was a really good exercise.”

Brazilian Firmino, signed from German club Hoffenheim, played for more than an hour. “You see his quality,” Rodgers said. “He is really bright on the ball, has got wonder-ful technique and has got the ability to want to get forward and score a goal.”

If Liverpool are to improve on last season’s disappointing sixth place finish, the most obvious change needs to be in the number of goals scored.

A total of 52 was a poor return and, even before losing England forward Raheem Sterling to Manchester City, Rodgers made the recruitment of at-tacking players his priority, knowing that injury-prone striker Daniel Stur-

KUALA LUMPUR, Malay-sia — Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s 16-year term as an International Olympic Committee member ended Monday when he did not seek re-election.

Blatter was among a group of IOC members up for re-election for another eight-year term. But IOC President Thomas Bach said Blatter informed him by letter on July 23 that he would not stand again.

“He does not deem it to be ap-propriate to stand for re-election for eight years knowing that after seven months his term would come to an end,” Bach said on the final day of the IOC’s general assembly in Kuala Lumpur.

Blatter, beset by a corruption scandal at FIFA and whose presi-

dential term will end following a Feb. 26 election, did not attend the IOC meetings in Kuala Lumpur.

The FIFA president, who usu-ally attends the annual IOC meet-ings, has not been accused of wrongdoing but made the decision to resign in the wake of the arrest of some of his close associates in Zurich by Swiss police on behalf of U.S. authorities in May. Seven soccer officials are facing corrup-tion charges.

Blatter, an IOC member since 1999, would have had to retire from his IOC term next year any-way because he turns 80 in March. The IOC confirmed that Blatter’s membership ended on Monday.

The other two members who were not re-elected — both due

to age restrictions — were former World Archery president Jim Eas-ton of the United States and Andres Botero of Colombia.

Easton’s departure leaves three IOC members from the United States — U.S Olympic Commit-tee president Larry Probst, Anita DeFrantz and Angela Ruggiero.

Elsewhere, 14 other IOC mem-bers were re-elected for eight-year terms, while Gunilla Lindberg of Sweden was re-elected to another four-year term on the IOC’s execu-tive board.

Two new members were elected Monday to the IOC: Nenad Lalovic of Serbia, head of wrestling’s world governing body, and Diagna Ndiaye, president of Senegal’s na-tional Olympic committee. (ap)

Sepp Blatter’s term as IOC member ends

Rodgers delights at promising start for new strikeforce

ridge will miss the opening months of the season.

As well as Belgian international Benteke and Firmino, he has also signed Danny Ings from Burnley and recalled Divock Origi from a season-long loan at Lille.

Despite the departure of talismanic captain Steven Gerrard to LA Galaxy, Rodgers believes Liverpool are in good shape for Sunday’s opening fixture, when they return to the scene of a 6-1 defeat in the final match of last season at Stoke City. (rtr)

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Liverpool’s Christian Benteke

Chelsea defender Gary Cahill feels Arsenal could mount a strong challenge for the Premier League title, following the champions’ 1-0 defeat to their bitter rivals in the Community Shield at Wembley on Sunday.

“They’ve started well, they’ve got a good squad and I think they’ll be one of many pushing at the top this season,” the 29-year-old was quoted as saying on Chelsea’s web-site (www.chelseafc.com).

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s goal after 24 minutes was enough to seal a first win in 14 attempts for Gunners boss Arsene Wenger against counterpart Jose Mourinho. But according to Cahill, there was not much to choose between the London rivals.

“Let’s be fair, the game’s been won on a piece of individual play to smash it in the top corner, but chance-wise we had the majority

of the play,” the England defender said.

“I think in terms of possession we had the majority of the game but it’s the scoreline that matters and we’re disappointed with that,” he added.

Wenger also gave an Arsenal debut to Chelsea legend Petr Cech, who switched between the clubs during the summer.

“He was part of the fixtures and fittings at Chelsea so it’s strange that he’s now left, but he’s a good guy, a fantastic goalkeeper, and last season we were blessed to have two of the best goalkeepers in the game,” Cahill said.

Chelsea won the title in May with a commanding lead of eight points over second-placed Man-chester City and are the bookies’ favourites to retain the trophy when the new season kicks off on Saturday. (rtr)

Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Couldridge Livepic

Chelsea’s Gary Cahill receives treatment after sustaining a injury

Arsenal can challenge for League title, feels Chelsea’s Cahill

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

Arsenal’s team pose for a team picture with the trophy after the English Community Shield soccer match between Arsenal and Chelsea at Wembley Stadium in London, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015. Arsenal won the match 1-0.

Flamengo held to 2-2 draw in front of record crowd in Rio

Rafael poised to join Lyon from Manchester United

Arsenal beats Chelsea 1-0 in Community Shield at Wembley

LONDON — Arsene Wenger finally earned his first win over Jose Mourinho on Sunday as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s first-half goal gave Arsenal a 1-0 victory over Chelsea in the Com-munity Shield.

Santi Cazorla could have added a second for Arsenal in the 86th but hit a weak shot straight at the onrushing Thibaut Courtois and Aaron Ramsey lobbed the rebound just wide. Courtois then denied Kieran Gibbs when he

was clear on goal in injury time.“I believe that when we got out

of our defense we looked dangerous to score,” Wenger said. “But I think maybe in our half we were a bit cau-tious.” (ap)

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PETANG - Tukad Bangkung Bridge lo-cated on Petang village in Badung district. This bridge is the longest bridge in Bali and connect 2 district such as Badung and Bangli In this bridge we can see beautiful mountain view and very fresh air. On Galungan and Kuningan day, this bridge usually crowded by people who want to make a picnic with their family or see the view.

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Tukad Bangkung Bridge

The 18-year-old Ledecky com-pleted the marathon-like race in 15 minutes, 27.71 seconds — shaving 0.65 seconds off the mark she set at last year’s Pan Pacific champion-ships in Australia. “I’m in quite a bit of shock right now,” Ledecky said. “I was barely even focusing on this morning’s swim. I was so relaxed. ... I realized kind of toward the end because I could see people waving.”

It’s the fourth time Ledecky has broken the record in the 1,500 and she’ll have a chance to improve it again in Tuesday’s final. Ledecky also holds world marks in the 400 and 800 free. She was just off her record pace in winning the 400 free Sunday.

“It’s probably one of the cool-est world records I’ve broken,” Ledecky said. “Each one is really unique, but just sort of how relaxed and calm I was it’s pretty neat and hopefully I can carry that energy through the rest of the week.” While the Kazan Arena was only half full, Ledecky’s American teammates and family members in the stands were going wild, and she acknowl-edged them after climbing out of the temporary pool.

“I knew where my parents and brother and uncle were sitting and

I could see them waving as well,” Ledecky said. It was the second world record of the meet after Sarah Sjoestrom of Sweden broke one in the 100 fly semifinals Sunday. Jes-sica Ashwood, the second-placed swimmer in Ledecky’s heat, fin-ished more than a lap behind. Oth-ers were more than two laps behind. That gave Ledecky plenty of time to savor the moment, while resting on the lane ropes.

Lotte Friis of Denmark quali-fied second in 15:54.23. The 1,500 — the longest event in the pool — is not an Olympic race for women.

Ledecky’s biggest challenge of the meet could come Tuesday when she’ll race against teammate Missy Franklin and a loaded field in the 200 free semifinals after the 1,500 final. “The 200 is going to be a big race,” Ledecky said. “I should have 20 minutes in between and that should be plenty of time.”

Franklin, meanwhile, is learning how to deal with the lingering ef-fects of her back injury. She should be glad she won’t have to deal with Katinka Hosszu, otherwise known as the “Iron Lady,” for the remain-der of the 100 backstroke. While it was only good for fifth, the 20-year-old Franklin swam her fastest time

of the year Monday.Hungary’s Hosszu led the event

in 58.78 seconds ahead of Austra-lians Emily Seebohm and Madison Wilson, while Franklin touched in 59.59.

Hosszu then announced she was scratching the rest of the event to

focus on the 200 individual medley final later Monday. She qualified first in that event, too, and is plan-ning to swim five more individual events this week.

Franklin was injured at last year’s Pan Pacific Championships in Australia and she still undergoes

physical therapy two or three times a week to strengthen her back.

“It’s my first 59 of the season. It felt great. It’s a tough field,” Frank-lin said. “After last summer I have this new appreciation of getting up there and not worrying about injury.” (ap)

MADRID — Movistar cycling team says Tour de France runner-up Nairo Quintana will race in the Spanish Vuelta. The Colombian climber will be joined by former Vuelta champion Alejandro Valverde, the third-place finisher at this summer’s Tour.

Movistar will announce its complete team “in a few days’ time.” The Vuelta is the third grand tour of the summer after the Giro d’Italia and the Tour. The three-week race begins Aug. 22 in the southern coastal town of Puerto Banus.

Quintana crashed out of last year’s Vuelta following his victory at the 2014 Giro. (ap)

Quintana to ride in Vuelta after 2nd place at Tour de France

REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Movistar rider Nairo Quintana of Colombia crosses the fin-ish line in the 110.5-km (68.6 miles) 20th stage of the 102nd Tour de France cycling race from Modane to Alpe d’Huez in the French Alps mountains, France, July 25, 2015.

Ledecky shocked after improving 1,500 world record in heats

KAZAN, Russia — Katie Ledecky touched the wall, turned around, spit out some water, curled her mouth into a big smile and began wav-ing her finger. For a swimmer who is getting accustomed to breaking world records, this one was a bit of a surprise. The American teenager improved her own mark in the 1,500-meter freestyle at the world championships Monday in morning heats.

REUTERS/Michael DalderKatie Ledecky from U.S. celebrates after setting a new World Record in the women’s 1500m freestyle heats at the Aquatics World Championships in Kazan, Russia August 3, 2015.

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The consumer price index rose 7.26 percent year-on-year, the same increase as the previous month, according to the official statistics agency. Inflation in May was 7.15 percent.

Bank Indonesia, the country’s central bank, had expected inflation to ease to 7.13 per cent in July as people pared back their spending after Eid, the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, which fell mid-month.

“Inflation was high because of increased spending on foodstuffs and transport for the fast-ing month and Eid,” Suryamin, the agency chief who like many Indonesians goes by one name, told reporters.

Prices on a month-on-month basis rose 0.93 per cent, compared to 0.54 per cent in June.

Food prices typically rise during Ramadan in

Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, as people stockpile food both for the less fortunate and to break their daily fast with lavish meals.

Spending on transport also spikes, with tens of millions of Indonesians taking cars, buses, planes and trains back to their hometowns for the Eid holiday.

Prices in Java -- home to more than half of Indonesia’s 250 million people -- were relatively restrained in July compared to outside the island, where prices were less stable, Suryamin added.

The high inflation presents a dilemma for the central bank. Some economists are urging policy-makers to cut the main rate from 7.50 percent to arrest a slowdown in growth, but higher inflation restricts their room to move. (afp)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian gov-ernment should be wary of the current sluggish economic condition that could trigger massive layoffs by companies, according to a legislator.

Several companies have suffered from serious financial problems due to the ongoing sluggish economic condi-tion, Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR) Fadli Zon, stated on Monday.

The weakening of the rupiah, which is now stands at Rp13.5 thousand per US dollar, has affected the nation’s economy, he noted.

He lambasted the finance minister for saying that the rupiah’s depreciation is not the government’s responsibility.

Such a statement is wrong and even dangerous, according to the law-maker.

“It shows that there is no coordina-

tion between the government and Bank Indonesia,” he remarked.

Businessmen might be losing trust in the government that might be con-sidered incapable of controlling the situation, he pointed out.

Currently, the economic condition is in a precarious state and in the red zone.

The government must not shy away from its responsibility of restoring the situation.

“If not, the deficit will worsen, and the government needs to take concrete actions,” he affirmed.

The government must take concrete actions to respond to the rupiah’s de-preciation, he noted.

Exports need to be intensified, and the rupiah must be used in every busi-ness transaction in the country, he added. (ant)

JAKARTA - A daughter of Indone-sia’s founding president has defended honouring North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un with an award for statesman-ship, dismissing criticisms of his human rights record as “Western propaganda”.

Rachmawati Sukarnoputri confirmed the leader would receive an award from her organisation, the Sukarno Education Foundation, in September for his “peace, justice and humanity”.

The decision to award the autocrat such an accolade -- handed in the past to such freedom icons as Mahatma Gan-dhi and Aung San Suu Kyi -- has made headlines and triggered an outpouring of ridicule and disbelief.

But Sukarnoputri brushed aside ques-tions of Kim’s suitability for the award, saying the young leader “should be hon-oured for his fight against neo-colonialist imperialism”.

“The allegations about human rights abuses are untrue,” she told AFP.

“That’s all just Western propaganda. Those Western governments like to put ugly labels on North Korea.”

Her father, Indonesia’s first president Sukarno, established early ties with North Korea back in the 1950s.

Jakarta has maintained open relations with Pyongyang ever since. In April President Joko Widodo hosted a delega-tion from the reclusive state as part of an international conference.

It is not the first time Rachmawati’s

foundation has handed its top prize to a member of North Korea’s ruling family. In 2001 the award was posthumously given to Kim’s grandfather, the state’s founding father Kim Il Sung.

Rachmawati drew parallels between the younger Kim and her own father, the leader of Indonesia’s independence struggle who ruled the Southeast Asian archipelago until he was overthrown in 1965.

“Sukarno was also accused of being an evil dictator who violated human rights, but this was proven otherwise over time,” she said.

Rachmawati is also the younger sister of Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesia’s fifth president, who remains one of the country’s most powerful political figures.

Kim is known for his ruthlessness in dealing with even the most senior of-ficials suspected of disloyalty, following the execution of his uncle and one-time political mentor Jang Song-Thaek in 2013.

South Korean intelligence reported in May that he had his defence minister shot to pieces with anti-aircraft fire for insubordination and dozing off during a formal military rally.

Foreigners detained by the North Ko-rean authorities are habitually required to make public, officially-scripted pro-nouncements of their guilt in order to help secure their eventual release. (afp)

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A woman holds her umbrella while selling food as a train passes through a vegetable market located on train tracks near Duri train station in Jakarta, Indonesia August 3, 2015. Inflation remained unchanged yet high in Indonesia in July despite predic-tions of easing, as consumers stocked up on food and transport tickets ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid, government data showed Monday.

Legislator cautions government over sluggish economic condition

Indonesian foundation defends awarding Kim Jong-Un peace prize

Inflation remains high idespite forecast easing

JAKARTA - Inflation remained unchanged yet high in Indonesia in July despite predictions of easing, as consumers stocked up on food and transport tickets ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid, government data showed Monday.

A handful of key Democrats stepped forward to support the accord within hours of Obama’s personal lobbying at the White House last week, part of the ad-ministration’s all-out campaign since the pact was announced July 14. Other Democrats have signaled they are leaning in favor and still others have remained undeclared, awaiting a vote in September.

The deal, which curbs Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from sanctions smothering its economy, is not a traditional fight between the White House and Re-publicans, who control the House and Senate. This is about Obama, who has often been at odds with congressional Democrats, trying to cajole them just weeks after a divisive debate over trade.

The president has talked to more than 80 lawmakers, either individually or in small groups, ad-ministration officials said. Obama, who delivers a speech on the deal Wednesday at American Univer-

sity, also hosted a reception for about 100 House Democrats at the White House.

Vice President Joe Biden has traveled to the Capitol and in-vited lawmakers for breakfast at the Naval Observatory. Cabinet and other administration officials have spoken with more than 175 lawmakers. A member of the In-ternational Atomic Energy Agency is expected to brief lawmakers this week.

Lawmakers can vote to approve, disapprove or take no action on the deal. Obama says he’ll veto a con-gressional disapproval and would need 34 members of the Senate or 146 members of the House to stand with him so Congress can’t override his veto.

“In the real world, this is a deal that gets the job done,” Obama said in a conference call with sup-porters. Several Democrats said Obama’s detailed understanding of the accord won their respect.

Michigan Rep. Dan Kildee, who

announced his support for the pact, said Obama knows as much about the deal as the negotiators. Kildee’s support was a victory for Obama because one of his constituents, former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati, is among four Americans held or missing in Iran. Republicans have argued that the release of the four should have been a part of any final deal. Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva said the administration’s robust selling of the deal strengthens the Democratic stance on Capitol Hill. “We don’t need to be an island right now,” said Grijalva, who has pledged to support it.

At one meeting at the White House, New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler said Obama acknowledged that the deal was not perfect and that Iran would still have an “odi-ous” government.

“He makes an impressive case, but there are still questions I have,” said Nadler, a Jewish representa-tive who has met one-on-one with the president. (ap)

BERLIN — German authori-ties say the number of immigrants living in the country reached 10.9 million last year — a million more than three years earlier, and the highest figure since they started compiling numbers a decade ago.

The Federal Statistical Office said Monday that 620,000 of the immigrants arriving since 2011 were from the European Union,

with Poles, Romanians, Ital-ians, Bulgarians and Hungarians leading. It also reported large in-creases in the number of Chinese, Syrians and Indians arriving.

The number of people with foreign roots, which includes also the German-born children of im-migrants who have arrived since 1950, came in at 16.4 million — about one-fifth of the entire population of 80 million. (ap)

BEIRUT - At least 27 people were killed and dozens injured when a Syrian army fighter jet crashed into a busy marketplace in the rebel-held northwestern town of Ariha on Monday, residents and witnesses said.

Most of the dead were civilians on the ground in the Idlib provin-cial town that fell to a coalition of Islamist insurgents in May, according to the Britain-based Ob-servatory for Human Rights, which tracks violence across Syria.

Scores were also injured, ac-cording to the monitor and wit-nesses. There was no immediate reaction from the Syrian army.

The military plane had dropped a bomb in the heart of the city centre main commercial street where shopkeepers open in the early morning before crashing in the middle of the marketplace, two witnesses told Reuters.

“The plane had dropped a bomb on the main Bazaar street at low altitude only seconds before it crashed,” said Ghazal Abdullah, a resident who was close to the incident. The Observatory said the jet was not shot down.

Fighting has intensified of late in rural Idlib province between government forces and an in-surgent grouping called Jaish al Fateh, or Army of Conquest, which includes Syria’s al Qaeda offshoot Nusra Front.

Ariha’s fall had left the in-surgents in control of most of Idlib province, which borders Turkey and neighbours Latakia, the heartland of President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect, on the Mediterranean coast.

Most of the rich agricultural region, however, has since come under heavy aerial bombardment by Assad’s forces in a counter-offensive to regain lost ground.

The army has fought back using heavy air strikes to beat back insur-gent advances into the mountains of Latakia province that brought them closer to government-held coastal areas north of the capital Damascus.

Syria’s western flank, fringing both the Mediterranean coast and the Lebanese border, contains Syria’s major cities including Da-mascus and is seen as crucial for Assad’s hold on power. (rtr)

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FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2015, file photo House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Determined to secure support for the Iran nuclear deal, President Barack Obama is making inroads with a tough constituency _ his fellow Democrats in Congress.

Democrats happy with Obama outreach as they weigh Iran deal

WASHINGTON — Determined to secure support for the Iran nuclear deal, U.S. President Barack Obama is making inroads with a tough constituency — his fellow Democrats in Con-gress.

German immigrant population at 10.9M, highest since 2005

Syrian jet crashes into market in rebel-held area, 27 killed

“Likewise, the number of tourist arrivals through Ngu-rah Rai Airport in June 2015 climbed 24.58 percent compared to that noted in May 2015,” he revealed.

Cumulatively, the number of tourist arrivals in the first se-mester of 2015 reached 4.66 mil-lion, an increase of 2.34 percent compared to the same semester last year.

The increase in the number of tourist arrivals was recorded at six entry points, with the highest increase of 22.51 percent noted in Sam Ratulangi Airport in North

Sulawesi and the lowest increase of 1.62 percent recorded in Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport in Riau province.

However, the number of tour-ist arrivals plunged 43.12 percent at Adi Soemarmo Airport in Solo, Central Java, and 4.28 percent at Tanjung Balai Karimun Port in the Riau Islands Province.

The decline in tourist arrivals led to a 1.26 percent drop in the room occupancy rate of star-rated hotels in 27 provinces in June 2015 to reach 54.14 percent compared to the same period last year. (ant)

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NEW YORK — As drivers, shippers and airlines continue to enjoy lower fuel prices, the oil industry is responding to much lower profits with sharp cuts in spending and employment that are hurting economic growth.

Low oil and gas prices are good for the overall economy because they reduce costs for consumers and business. U.S. economic growth was higher in the second quarter, and economists say that was partly fueled by consumers spending some of their sav-ings on gasoline at stores and restaurants.

But with oil prices down around 50 percent from last year, major oil companies are cutting back, offsetting some of this good news. For instance, Exxon Mobil said Friday it cut spending by $1.54 billion in the second quarter, while Chevron announced it is laying off 1,500 workers. Until about six months ago, boom-ing U.S. oil and gas production was helping the country’s economy grow during a time of economic sluggishness.

David Kelly, chief global strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, said this week that a $29 billion decline in oil exploration and mining activ-ity in the U.S. cut economic growth by 0.7 percent in the second quarter, a sizable chunk for an economy that grew 2.3 percent.

Investors also feel the pain. Lower oil profits have an out-sized effect on stock markets because the companies are so enormous. Analysts at RBC Capital Markets wrote that when oil prices drop by 10 per-cent, earnings for the overall S&P 500 fall by 1 percent.

Industry layoffs seem to be accelerating. Royal Dutch Shell, while announcing Thurs-day that profits fell 25 percent in the second quarter, said it would cut its global workforce by 6,500. Chevron’s quarterly profit fell 90 percent and CEO John Watson said the company is reducing its workforce “to

reflect lower activity levels going forward.”

Layoffs at three of the big oil and gas service companies are near 60,000 after two of them, Halliburton and Baker Hughes, revealed further lay-offs in quarterly filings last week.

BP CFO Brian Gilvary told investors Thursday that the company has been cutting workers “and I think you’ll see more of that before we get to the end of the year.” BP’s oil and gas profit dropped 64 per-cent from April through June.

Exxon Mobil’s profit fell by half, to its lowest level since the recession of 2009, the company said Friday. Its operations in the U.S. — the center of the global oil and gas boom — posted its second straight quarterly loss.

“The surprise really was here in the U.S.,” said Brian Youngberg, an analyst at Ed-ward Jones.

Shares of Exxon and Chev-ron, both components of the 20-member Dow Jones Indus-trial Average, fell 4 percent on Friday after they announced results.

The companies are in some ways victims of their own success. A surge in oil and gas production brought on by technological advances and high prices in recent years has flooded the market, sending global prices sharply lower.

But geopolitical forces have also increased the pressure on prices. Iranian oil is poised to return the world market after years of sanctions, the Greek debt crisis is reducing eco-nomic growth in Europe and a shake-up in Chinese financial markets is reducing demand growth in the world’s second largest oil consumer.

After nearly four years near $100 a barrel, the price of oil began slumping a year ago, falling to $43 by March. It surged briefly all the way to $61 in June, but then fell again. Oil traded just above $47 a barrel on Friday. (ap)

The main index plunged early Monday after the country’s Capi-tal Market Commission formally approved the reopening of the ex-change.

The exchange and Greek banks were closed on June 29, when con-trols on money withdrawals and transfers were imposed to prevent a collapse in the banking system due to a run on deposits.

Banks have since reopened, while maintaining strict withdrawal limits.

Greece is currently locked in in-tense negotiations with bailout lend-ers in an effort to negotiate the terms of a massive new rescue package in the next two weeks.

The last trading session on the Athens stock exchange was on June 26, a few hours before Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced a

referendum on the stringent bailout conditions demanded by Greece’s international creditors.

In response, worries Greeks rushed to withdraw cash from ATMs, prompt-ing the government to impose capital controls from June 29 and announce the closure of the country’s banks and the stock exchange.

The banks reopened on July 20, but withdrawals and money transfers abroad remain restricted. Greeks can currently withdraw only up to 420 euros ($460) a week.

From Monday, the stock exchange will operate as normal for foreign investors but local traders will still face limits on their transactions as part of the capital controls imposed by the government.

The restrictions mean that Greek investors will not be able to finance the purchase of securities by taking money from their bank accounts in Greece. They will, however, be able to use foreign bank accounts or make cash transactions.

According to news reports on

Sunday, the top four lenders -- Na-tional Bank, Piraeus Bank, Alpha Bank and Eurobank -- will undergo an asset quality review later this month.

Stress tests will follow in the autumn to determine the recapitalisa-tion requirements of each bank with European rescue funds.

Greek officials want to complete the operation before new European regulations come into effect from January 1.

As of 2016, bank shareholders and depositors will foot the lion’s share of recapitalisation costs -- a process known as “bail-in” -- instead of Eu-ropean taxpayers.

Greek banks were already re-capitalised in 2013 with funds from the country’s last EU-IMF rescue package.

Throughout the crisis, Greece’s cash-strapped banks have been kept afloat by a European Central Bank credit facility known as Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA). (ap/afp)

Extended slump in oil taking toll on

industry, economy

AP Photo/Yorgos KarahalisA man carries a closet past an abandoned branch of the National bank in Athens, Greece, on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015.

Stock market reopens with 22 percent loss

ATHENS — Shares on the Ath-ens Stock Exchange are suffering huge losses of over 22 percent after the market reopened for the first time in more than a month.

DENPASAR - Padanggalak does not only offer beautiful natural scen-ery. The stunning beach located at Kesiman village, East Denpasar, also poses a good destination of spiritual tourism, precisely in the Campuhan Windu Segara Temple. The temple located on the shore is often chosen by Hindu community in Bali for melukat or purificatory rite, cleaning up the body from impurities.

Typically, the purificatory rite is commenced by self-purification using holy water in front of the Lord Vishnu shrine. Afterward, the pilgrims immerse themselves at the confluence of the Ayung River and Padanggalak Beach. Then, it is re-sumed by taking a bath on the beach and in the sacred pool of Beji Temple and say prayers to Lord Shiva in the

Shiva Bhuvana Chamber.According to Gede Alit Adnyana,

the temple priest, every day there were pilgrims coming to do purifica-tory rite, either the people of Bali or those from outside the region and even overseas. To be able to follow the ritual procession, the pilgrims did not have to bring along a grandiose offerings. Simply bring a canang sari oblation and a means of prayer to invoke safety, purity and welfare. “Most importantly, the oblation presented must be accompanied by sincere heart,” he said.

The priest doubling as the found-er of the Campuhan Segara Windu also said the temple establishment was inspired by a dream mandating him to stay at Padanggalak. Since he had a confidence, he began to make

a living temporary shrine (turus lumbung) from erythrina branches. “After that, we got a great support from all the people so that the temple could finally be realized as it is to-day,” he said.

The temple was built on July 7, 2005. The budget was obtained from the sesari (oblation money) of the pilgrims saying prayers in the tem-ple. Meanwhile, the statues of gods having the nuance of mythological elements were donations from all the people, even from Muslim, Buddhist and Christian fellows. “People of various interfaith also donated some statues here,” he said.

On particular days, he explained, like Shiva Ratri was the piodalan or anniversary of the Campuhan Windu Segara Temple. On the temple an-

niversary, all the effigies or sacred objects as well as the two barong effigies venerated at the Beji Ayung Temple were performed. Similarly, there was also a special ceremony known as the Sapuleger staged ev-ery Banyu Pinaruh Gangga Pratista. “At that time, thousands of pilgrims came to pray and invoke safety and welfare,” he said.

Gede Alit explained that Hindu devotees in Indonesia chiefly in Bali had high awareness of giving donation. Sesari of the devotees amounting to one thousand rupiahs to tens of thousands rupiahs were gathered until they could be enough to establish a shrine. At the moment, the devotees were carrying out a renovation to the temple building such as the Kanjeng Ratu Chamber, Pusering Jagat Chamber and Brahma Shrine.

“In order the renovated building

can be solid physically and spiritu-ally, we organized a groundbreak-ing ceremony on May 23, 2013.” In connection with such grandiose ceremony, the kings of Denpasar palace such as from the Pemecutan Palace, Satria Palace, Tampaksiring Palace, Kesiman Palace, Kesiman Pemayu Palace and Pinatih Palace were also invited,” he said.

Indeed, the temple looked more unique with the presence of statues of gods and the nuance of mytho-logical stories. Some of the statues were the Ganesha, Shiva, Goddess Durga, Goddess Kwan Im, Kanjeng Ratu Kidul and Goddess Rambut. Meanwhile, the barong effigy was venerated in the Beji Ayung Gangga Pratista Temple. “Every temple cer-emony, the barong is staged. Aside from functioned as symbol, the ex-isting statues also aim to preserve the culture,” he concluded. (kmb)

Head of the Bangli Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Ad-nyana, said that both Penglipuran and Suter village, who were also

acknowledged for their achieve-ments, excel in both facilities as well as their management models which are both focused on local

participation for the welfare of the people.

Adnyana added that along with financial assistance, another benefit of receiving this award is that these villages will be indirectly promoted by the central government. “For example, after winning the award, the regent of Banyuwangi visited Penglipuran tourism village,” he explained. Adnyana is calling for

other tourism villages in Bangli to look to Penglipuran as a role model.

“There is no longer a need to conduct comparative studies with distant villages, Penglipuran is a most suitable place for other nearby villages to learn about managing tourism,” he added. Adnyana hopes that by other villages reforming their management systems, Bangli

can continue to receive best tourism village awards in future competi-tions.

When asked whether Bangli plans to add to the 22 already ex-isting tourism villages, head of the Bangli Culture and Tourism Agency that so far there is no such plan as they are more interested in improv-ing the management of the existing tourism villages. (kmb40)

Penglipuran tourism village in Kubu recently attained excellent achievement at national level. The village is able to

achieve top ten nominations as best tour-ism village, defeating hundreds of other

tourism villages in Indonesia.

A sanctum for purificatory rite

Penglipuran nominated as top 10th best Indonesian tourism village

BANGLI - Kubu’s Penglipuran tourism village, recently was hon-oured to receive the Ministry of Tourims’s national award for 10th best tourism village in Indonesia -amongst hundreds of contenders for the 2014 competition. Following this achievement, the Bangli Culture and Tourism Agency appealed to other tourism villages in Bangli to try to follow in Penglipuran village’s footsteps for next years competition.

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Malaysia said on Sunday the piece of debris, a 2-2.5 metre (6.5-8 feet) wing surface known as flaperon, had been identified as being from a Boeing 777, the same model as the missing Malaysian plane. Investigators in France are expected to determine whether the piece came from MH370 or not by Wednesday. MH370 is believed to have crashed in the southern In-dian Ocean, about 3,700 km (2,300 miles) away from Reunion.

Based on photographs, ecolo-gists in Australia believe the crus-taceans clinging to the wing piece are goose or stalk barnacles.

“Barnacle shells ... can tell us valuable information about the water conditions under which they were formed,” said Ryan Pearson, a PhD student at Australia’s Griffith

University who is studying the shell chemistry of barnacles to determine migration patterns of endangered loggerhead turtles. The technique is also used to study the movement of whales.

Experts analyse barnacle shells to determine the temperature and chemical composition of the water through which they passed to help reveal their origin.

While the technique could help narrow the area of the search for MH370 to within tens, or hundreds, of kilometres, it was unlikely to pinpoint an exact location, Pearson said.

Barnacles can be aged, based on growth rates and size. If the barna-cles on the debris are older than the date MH370 went missing, it would rule it coming from that plane, said

Melanie Bishop a professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University.

Ecologists would look at whether the barnacles were on the surface of the flaperon or confined to the sides as that could indicate whether the debris moved on the surface of the water or was submerged.

The investigators in France would also be on the lookout for other organisms such as tube worms, coralline red algae or shell-fish that could also provide clues.

Marine archaeologists study bar-nacles for clues about shipwrecks but this was believed to be the first time they will be studied to deter-mine the fate of an airliner.

“It’s a nice example of the unexpected ways that discovery research can be surprisingly useful in tackling new problems in differ-ent contexts,” said professor An-gela Moles, evolution and ecology research centre at the University of New South Wales.(rtr)

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zim-babwe has accused a Pennsylva-nia doctor of illegally killing a lion in April, as it seeks to extradite a Minnesota dentist who killed a well-known lion named Cecil in July.

Jan Casimir Seski of Mur-rysville, Pennsylvania, shot the lion with a bow and arrow near Hwange National Park, without approval and on land where it was not allowed, said Zimbabwe’s National Parks and Wildlife Man-agement Authority. Landowner Headman Sibanda was arrested and is assisting police, it said.

Seski, a gynecological on-cologist who directs the Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, is a big-game hunter according to safari outfitters and bow-hunting sites. Kill shots on the sites identify “Dr. Jan Seski” as the man standing next to slain animals including elephants, a hippo, an ostrich and antelopes such as an impala, a kudu, and a nyala.

Seski did not respond to mes-sages left by The Associated Press at his home and with an answering service for his medical practice. The AP also called and knocked on the door at Seski’s house, which is set back among some woods outside Pittsburgh.

Zimbabwe’s wildlife authority has suspended the hunting of li-ons, leopards and elephants in the Hwange area, and said Saturday that bow and arrow hunts can be approved only by the head of the wildlife authority.

Two other illegal lion hunts also were recorded last year in Zimbabwe, said Geoffrey

Matipano, conservation direc-tor for the wildlife authority. He did not provide details on those cases.

Zimbabwe National Parks spokeswoman Caroline Washaya Moyo said Seski provided his name and other identifying infor-mation for a government database when he came for the hunt.

“When hunters come into the country they fill a document stating their personal details, the amount they have paid for the hunt, the number of animals to be hunted, the species to be hunted and the area and period where that hunt is supposed to take place,” she said. “The American con-ducted his hunt in an area where lion hunting is outlawed. The landowner who helped him with the hunt also did not have a have a quota for lion hunting.”

Meanwhile, Zimbabwean au-thorities have said they will seek the extradition of Minnesota den-tist Walter James Palmer, alleging he lacked authorization to kill “Cecil.” The lion was lured out of Hwange park, wounded with a bow and arrow and then tracked down and shot, conservationists said.

Palmer said he relied on pro-fessional guides to ensure his hunt was legal. Two Zimbabwean citizens were arrested and face charges.

An image on the Melorani Sa-faris Facebook page, since taken down, showed Seski posing with the body of a small antelope in 2012, with a caption saying it was killed two days after he shot it with an arrow. Other captions de-scribed how his arrows penetrated organs and split bones.(ap)

AP Photo/Fabrice WislezWorkers for an association responsible for maintaining paths to Jamaica beach from being overgrown by shrubs, search the beach for possible additional airplane debris near the shore where an airplane wing part was washed up, in the early morning near to Saint-Denis on the north coast of the Indian Ocean island of Reunion Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015.

Barnacles on debris could provide clues to missing MH370 - experts

SYDNEY - Barnacles encrusted on a piece of plane debris that washed up on the French island of Reunion might help unravel the mystery of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that disappeared last year with 239 passengers and crew on board.

Zimbabwe accuses 2nd American of illegally hunting lion

Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via APProtestors leave signs and stuffed animals in front of Dr. Walter Palmer’s dental practice, Wednesday, July 29, 2015, in Blooming-ton, Minn. Palmer has been under fire since his involvement in the death of Cecil the Lion became public.

RESIDENT of Satra customary village, Kintamani subdistrict, Bangli, has a tradi-tion being able to attract the attention of general public. The tradition is known as menek taruna for men and menek bajang for women or puberty. In the procession, hundreds of roasted suckling pigs are pre-sented. Another interesting point is visible in the procession, where male participants are carrying bamboo tube containing palm wine, while female participants are carrying fisted rice placed in a coconut-leaf plate or tamas. Palm wine and fisted rice become souvenir for the older members of the cus-tomary village.

Chief of Satra customary village, Wayan Keradi, explained that the puberty pro-cession is followed by 200 participants consisting of 130 men and 70 women. The procession having been passed down for generations is claimed to be made sacred by residents. So, when it is organized, the number of participating people is very booming. The age of participants taking part is not restricted. Related to the age, it is submitted directly to parents to see firsthand the condition of their children. As long as the children are capable of following all the processions such as fasting and staying up all night for three days and then the teenag-ers are allowed to participate.

“It has become a procession carried out through generations. The participants in-volved in this time reach 200 people. This number is more than ever,” he said.

He also explained that the procession is started from the local Bale Agung Temple. Male participants in the initial procession are carrying bamboo tube containing wine while female participants are bringing fisted rice (rice ball) placed in a coconut-leaf plate.

After the procession at the Bale Agung Temple is over, the next ceremony is per-formed at Pelisan Temple. At this temple, they only carry out purificatory rite so that it takes place quickly. Furthermore, the procession is carried out at the Sang Telaga Temple. Here, they present bhakti suluhan with roasted suckling pig. “Ceremonial procession has several stages before the presentation of the roasted suckling pig,” said Keradi.

Related to the execution time, added Keradi, there is no special restriction. It is tailored to the circumstances of local village. If it coincides with a cremation ceremony as well as the construction of temple, the ceremony will not be held. It is meant to do self-purification for the whole residents.

Furthermore, Keradi explained that chil-dren participating in this ceremony have completed their initiation rite (mawinten). After that, they will resume to marriage level. If they are men, they will participate in the Pamaksan organization, while women in Madean organization. (sos)

Puberty ritual tradition, a symbol of community self-purification

The drought make the ricefield dry and the plant

cannot grows

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Director of the PDAM Tabanan, Ida Bagus Oka Sedana, explained that the avail-ability of raw water source of the PDAM Tabanan remains stable even though there is shrinkage at some sources. The crisis will occur in dry season in October, especially in East Selemadeg. He said that East Selema-deg area belongs to Kerambitan service unit that serves 10,000 household connections. “For Kerambitan service unit, the five raw water sources can shrink up to 60 percent,” explained Oka Sedana.

Ideally for maximum services, the Ker-ambitan unit requires water discharge of 70 liters per second. In dry season, the water

discharge can be less than the figure so that it will disrupt its services. “The discharge of less than five liters per seconds has caused disruption,” said Oka Sedana. One of the water sources for Kerambitan service unit is Telaga Tunjung Dam. The PDAM gets quota of water from the dam as much as 120 liters per second. However, so far it only uses the quota as much as 20 liters per second. “Quota of the PDAM from the Telaga Tunjung Dam has been used as much as 20 liters per second and it has not been maximal. So far, the average discharge used is approximately 16 liters per second,” explained Oka.

Less maximal use of water discharge of the PDAM is caused by inadequate and small pipeline as well as being hampered by pumping problem. Nevertheless, the household connection tends to increase in keeping with the presence of new residential housing such as in the area of Mandung, Kerambitan. To overcome the drought in East Selemadeg, the PDAM will usually use the remaining quota when it is still avail-able. “But the water balance in the town is mediocre. As a result, his party is not always able to give the remaining urban quota for the Kerambitan service unit,” he said.

He hoped to improve the services of the PDAM in the future for the sake of raw water availability prepared by local county government. To that end, it will remain to focus on improving services, in this case, the provision of water network for the public. (kmb24)

East Selemadeg potential to face drought

TABANAN - Entering dry season, some areas in Tabanan, especially in East Selemadeg, are feared to deal with drought and water crisis, especially related to the availability of clean water by Municipality Waterworks (PDAM). Based on ex-perience of previous years, East Selemadeg areas always experience water crisis in every dry season.

3Tuesday, August 4, 2015 14 InternationalInternational Bali NewsScience Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Food on the go was an integral part of daily life in the empire, from nibbling on salted peas while watching gladiators battle in the Colosseum, to grabbing a sausage or fried fish snack after a dip in Rome’s famed baths.

Feeding an empire of some 50 million people was no mean feat, as an exhibition in the Italian capital sets out to show in con-junction with Milan’s 2015 Uni-versal Exhibition on the themes of food and agriculture, running until the end of October.

Food scarcity could trigger uprisings or even topple leaders, a risk Emperor Augustus (63 BC to 14 AD) was unwilling to take. He made importing wheat, oil, wine and other foodstuffs a top priority, changing the face of Roman dining.

A typical day kicked off with the jentaculum, or breakfast -- salted bread, dried fruit and eggs washed down with milk or wine.

That was followed by a quick prandium, or lunch, grabbed at the thermopolia -- forerunners of fast food restaurants -- or popi-nae, wine bars frequented by the lower classes where customers could grab a bite, dabble in a bit of gambling, or pop upstairs for some sex.

And after an afternoon’s work or session at the thermal baths, the rich would throw sumptuous banquets, dining on anything from peacock tongues to baked dormice.

The rest of the population supped on fresh vegetables, stews and, occasionally, meat.

“The logistics deployed by the Romans to feed themselves is fas-cinating,” said Orietta Rossini, curator of the Ara Pacis exhibi-tion, emphasising how hard it was to keep happy a capital of one million people -- the biggest in history before the industrial revolution hit London.

The key lay in turning con-quered Egypt into the empire’s granary and ensuring wheat was transported cheaply to Rome all year round.

Private shipowners would carry up to 500 tonnes of wheat between Alexandria and Rome under the strict supervision of the state in an early example of today’s partnerships between the private and public sectors, Rossini said.

This made the emperor “the

TOKYO - Japanese whisky will be sent into space next month to test how time in a zero-gravity environment affects its flavour, one of the country’s biggest drinks makers said Friday.

Samples of whisky produced by Suntory will be stored in the Japanese laboratory facility of the International Space Station for at least a year, with some flasks staying longer.

Researchers for the company believe that storing the beverage in an environment with only slight temperature changes and limited liquid movement could lead to a mellower flavour.

Suntory will send whisky aged for 10, 18 and 21 years as well as a number of other alcoholic substances.

Once they are returned to Earth, blenders will assess their fla-vours while researchers subject the liquids to scientific analysis, the company said.

“For the moment, we’re not thinking about applying the study re-sults to commercial products,” a Suntory spokeswoman told AFP.

Whisky demand rocketed in Japan last year after national broad-caster NHK aired a period drama called “Massan,” the true story of a Japanese entrepreneur and his Scottish wife who are credited with establishing Japan’s first whisky distillery.

Sales also soared when Suntory’s Yamazaki Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013 was named the best in the world by the prestigious Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2015. (afp)

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Japanese firm to mature whisky in space

Thank the ancient Romans for ‘street food’ROME - Grabbing some-

thing hot and tasty on the move? You have the ancient Romans to thank. “Street food” was their invention, generally enjoyed with wine, gambling or even prostitutes.

sole distributor of daily bread, the only one responsible for the supply of provisions”. Augustus boosted his popularity by distrib-uting 35 kilos of wheat a month free to 20,000 citizens -- free men over 17 years old.

Egypt’s role was later passed on to the empire’s African prov-inces, with grain shipped from Carthage in Tunisia to Rome’s Ostia port in just three days and nights. Wine, sold at rock-bottom prices, was also imported, along with oil and meat.

The wealthy may have gone out of the way to impress with exotic dishes, but the empire’s leaders were fond above all of fruit and vegetables: Emperor “Tiberius loved cucumber, while Augustus loved asparagus”, Rossini said.

Samples of carbonised food-stuffs discovered during excava-tions at the ancient town of Her-culaneum -- destroyed along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 -- are on dis-play at the exhibition, including wizened Roman-era figs.

The much-lauded “Mediter-ranean diet” began here: broad beans, peas, lentils and onions went in stews, with pine nuts, dates and almonds thrown in. Cumin, coriander, sesame and mint seeds were used to spice up dishes.

The globalisation of foodstuffs seen in today’s supermarkets was already in action, with wine imported from Gaul and Cyprus, oil from Andalusia, honey from Greece and prized garum -- the fermented fish sauce which drove Romans crazy -- from Portugal.

Food was such an important commodity that Emperor Dio-cletian, who ruled from 284 to 305, imposed price controls. But some dishes remained beyond the household budget for some -- with chicken a particularly expensive and rare treat.

While a baker would on aver-age earn 50 pieces of silver a day, he would have to spend 60 to buy two chickens, 30 for a half a litre of Falernian wine from the Bay of Naples, 12 for 300 grams of pork and four for 25 figs. (afp)

Almost all Balinese people be-long to their own banjar (custom-ary hamlet), this is not the case for non-Balinese. “We gather together so that we can establish a unified mission and vision as migrants who care to contribute to Bali,” explained Susanto.

Susanto went on to say that the socio-religious association known as the banjar serves as a support group for Balinese people. Like-wise BOS seeks to build a similar type of mutually beneficial com-munity amongst its non-balinese diapsora members. “In the future, we hope to work more closely with local Balinese,” he added.

BOS was first founded after Susanto noticed that when a mem-ber of a migrant family died, less than a handful of people came to express their condolences. So at

first BOS sought to address grief related issues but soon expanded into a space for members to com-municate with one and other about issues a variety of issues so that they could be of assistants to one and other.

BOS is currently looking to in-vite more people to join this micro society so that more can be shared amongst the members. Once the organization is large enough, they hope to establish a foundation.

Sunday’s discussion event was also attended by A.A. Ngurah Gede Widiada, Chairman II of the Nasdem Denpasar and I Gusti Kompyang Pujawan. Mataken Gakko, a Japanese language school that offers free courses as well as language and culture trips to Japan, also had a representative present for the occasion. (kmb42)

GIANYAR - Gianyar Public Works is undertaking various levels of repair to flood prone road sections throughout the district. Jalan Raya Batuan near Puseh Temple Batuan has been closed last week so that such repairs can be done.

Head of the Gianyar Public Works Agency, I.B. Sudewa, said on Sun-day (Aug. 2) that Gianyar County has several flood prone areas which are currently in the process of being repaired or repaved. “Jalan Raya Batuan is especially prone to serious flooding, so it is one of the roads that is currently being entirely repaved,” said Sudewa.

He explained that the culvert will be made higher than the previous one and that during the repairs all traffic is being diverted but that” Puseh Temple of Batuan can still be accessed from the East.

I.B. Sudewa said that the culvert at the intersection of Batuan and Su-kawati, is not in itself problematic but does often get flooded because of the accumulation of garbage in the runoff pipes. “We only performing basic maintenance, there especially leading up to the rainy season,” he explained.

The Gianyar Public Works Agency is now working on the physical main-tenance of a number of critical flood points such as Jalan Monkey Forest

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The photo showed founders of Bali One Society (BOS).

BOS bringing migrants together -banjar style

DENPASAR - Bali One Society (BOS) is an organization whose noble aim is to provide a platform for new migrants to Bali to address some of their shared issues. During Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara’s Sunday market discussion last Sunday (Aug. 2) BOS chairman, Lio Susanto Wijaya, shared some of the objectives of this organization which currently has 200 members form a variety of professions and religions.

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Jalan Raya Batuan near Puseh Temple Batuan has been closed last week so that such repairs can be done.

Jalan Raya Batuan closed for repairand Andong, in Ubud, including the intersection at Tulikup, Gianyar. “Maintenance is being done to Jalan Monkey Forest, Ubud as well as to the intersection that leads to Bangli at Tuli-kup village, Gianyar,” he explained.

When asked about critical flood

such as the intersections of Batubulan and Bedahulu, Sudewa said that the government is presently conducted the tender process for determining who will be awarded the contract for doing maintenance of this point “Indeed, there are a number of critical flood

points in Batubulan, but this year we will only be performing maintenance,” he said.

He added that the Bali Public Works is now repaving the road around Beda-hulu, Blahbatuh and that these repairs “are being done in coordination with

the government of Gianyar Count and that the culvert will also be receiving attention,” he said. (kmb35)

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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 considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, deco-rations 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 umbrel-las 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.

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Based on observation on Sunday (Aug. 2), the piles of rubbish were seen in nearly all the market areas. However, the most severe slum condition was visible in the northern part of the market. The unused former shop building looked like a disposal site. Organic and non-organic rubbish are deposited in one place. Likewise, rotting rubbish is piled with fresh rubbish. As a result, this condition makes a number of market visitors pinch their nose when entering the market because they cannot help smelling the stench. More seriously, this Kidul Market actually has a sanitation supervi-sor and the name of the officer has been posted on several walls. Unfortunately, the attention to sanitation seems less maximal.

One of the local traders, Ni Wayan M, said that janitors usually clean up the rubbish strewn along the street around the market. In the mean-time, the rubbish in the former shop never gets noticed. She added that the janitors are divided in carrying out their duties and location and they are overseen by a supervisor. Seeing the market condition filled with rubbish, she questioned about the performance of the existing janitors. “Habitually they only clean up the rubbish on the street. They almost never clean up the rub-bish at the former shop so that it accumulates. No officers come to transport it,” she said.

Further, M added that the smell of rubbish piling up right next to her stall often makes her

dizzy. When it rains, the smell of the garbage is getting more prominent. Although the con-dition is like that, she claimed to be forced to peddle because there is no alternative location. “I am not strong enough with the smell of this garbage. But I do not know what to do because this is the only one place I have. Unless selling, I will get nothing to support my family,” he explained.

She added that all traders selling at the market pay sanitation levy every day. Seeing the market condition often crammed with the piles of rubbish, traders often question about the sanitation levy. In order to get a comfort, she hoped the performance of janitors should be maximized. Transportation of rubbish must be carried out every day. “Performance of the officer should be maximized again and the transportation of rubbish should also be done every day,” she said.

Other than Wayan M, Ni Made Ardani, another trader also claimed to interfere with the odor generated the scrapheap. Besides, the chaotic market condition also often results in complaints from visitors. “The smell of rubbish is very prominent. It has not been transported for a week. So, it continues to accumulate. Visitors also often complain,” he said.

He hoped the local janitors can immediately transport the rubbish so that the market can look more comfortable. (kmb45)

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The garbage is pilling up at Kidul Market, Kintamani

Rubbish rarely transported, performance of janitors questioned

BANGLI - A number of traders at Kidul Market Bangli questioned the performance of the market janitors, following the sluggish transportation of rubbish having been mounting for several days.

GIANyAr - Cultural preserva-tion is one of the focuses given by the government of Gianyar. Instillation of the values on the love of the art and culture from early age has been intensively conducted. Moreover, Gianyar County plans to establish a junior high school of the art. It was disclosed by the Regent of Gianyar, A.A. Gde Agung Bharata recently.

Regent Agung Bharata said that he appreciates the existence of two private junior high schools namely the SMP Keramas and SMP Sukawati because the schools have been able to reach the age of 50 years and have contributed greatly in the education sector of Gianyar. Interestingly, both junior high schools are located at the village of the art.

The existence of both private junior high schools at the village gets particular concern from Agung Bharata. According to him, there is a close correlation between educa-tion and the arts. They both can be complementary. Instilling the values on the love of the art and culture, he said, must be done early on through school.

Agung Bharata specifically advised so that school authorities can become a medium for education and develop-ment of the arts. Interestingly, in par-ticular, the SMP Keramas is asked to develop the legendary arja operetta art. To that end, Agung Bharata mentioned that his party will make a study on the development of the art at junior high school. His party will make consulta-

tion to central government so that the SMP Keramas junior high school can become a school of the art. Besides, his party also mentioned, if possible, the school of the art needs to set up from elementary level.

In the meantime, Chairman of Commission IV of Gianyar House, Putu Gede Pebriantara, confirmed on Sunday (Aug. 2) that the execu-tive and legislative of Gianyar have the same vision regarding the im-portance of the establishment of the art school or more precisely the art school startup from elementary level. He said that Gianyar has proclaimed itself as a Heritage Town. On that account, the efforts to preserve the art and culture of the various sides must be done.

The art school startup, he said, becomes a strategic part in the de-velopment of the arts and culture in Gianyar. By starting from elementary school, the instillation of the value on the love to Balinese arts can be sustained up to secondary school level. “As a result, children will re-ally understand and carry out the arts since the beginning,” he said.

He further added that Commis-sion IV has been discussing about the discourse on the art school startup establishment with cultural circles. Some elementary schools are projected to become the art school startup from elementary school to junior high school. Results of the discussion is then passed on to the Gianyar Education Agency and re-

ported to the regent.He revealed that curriculum of

the art school startup will remain to refer to the existing curriculum. However, there will be additional cur-riculum especially for the arts. This additional curriculum still needs to be further discussed so as not to violate provisions.

“There will be additional curricu-lum, especially in the education of the art of gamelan music and dance. Especially for the next new students, they will be much more taken from the path of achievement in the art. In 2016 it is expected to be effective. Obviously, the concept of the art school startup will be directed to the preservation of the art and culture,” he added. (kmb25)

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The fifth installment of the Block-buster franchise stars Hollywood heavyweight Tom Cruise as a top-secret agent battling a rogue global organization that is trying to destroy the International Monetary Fund.

The action-thriller raked in $56 million in its inaugural weekend, ac-cording to box office tracker Exhibi-tor Relations.

In second place was the comedy misadventure “Vacation,” starring Ed Helms, Christina Applegate and comedy veteran Chevy Chase about a family holiday gone awry.

The debut came in far behind the top flick with $14.9 million.

Last week’s first-placed film, Mar-vel action flick “Ant-Man” starring Paul Rudd as a superhero, fell to third with $12.6 million after three weeks in theaters.

In fourth was animated comedy “Minions,” featuring three yellow mischief-making creatures from the film’s first installment “Despicable Me,” bringing in $12.2 million.

Not far behind was fellow ani-mated film “Pixels,” about aliens who attack Earth after intercepting video games, earning $10.4 million.

Amy Schumer’s racy comedy “Trainwreck,” directed by Judd Apatow, about a boozy commitment-

phobe who’s finally pinned down by a smitten doctor, fell to sixth place with $9.7 million.

In seventh was “Southpaw,” star-ring Jake Gyllenhaal as a boxer at the end of his bruising career, which brought in $7.5 million.

The number eight spot went to drama-mystery “Paper Towns” about a road trip to find a missing girl next door, with $4.6 in ticket sales.

The Disney animated flick “Inside Out” slid to ninth, netting $4.5 million its seventh week in North American cinemas.

Rounding out the top ten was the ever-popular dinosaur Blockbuster “Jurassic World,” which raked in $3.8 million. The dino thriller has become the third biggest global hit of all times, according to Exhibitor Relations. (afp)

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The ongoing tensions between the families of the late megastar Whitney Houston and her ex-husband, R&B singer Bobby Brown, erupted Saturday dur-ing a memorial service for their daughter, Bobbi Kristina.

Bobbi Kristina, who dreamed of growing up to achieve fame like her mother, died in hospice care July 26, about six months after she was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub in her suburban Atlanta town-home.

A longstanding rift between families of the young woman’s famous mother and father broke out into the open at a me-morial service being held for Bobbi Kristina at the St. James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta.

Leolah Brown, the sister of Bobby Brown, walked out of the church and spoke to reporters gathered outside. She said she was angry because Pat Houston was speaking at the funeral. Pat Houston is the sister-in-law and former manager for the late Whitney Houston.

“I told her that Whitney is go-ing to haunt her from the grave,” Leolah Brown told reporters

outside the church.She suggested that the feud

between the Houstons and the Browns was far from over.

“It’s just getting started,” she said.

Bobbi Kristina’s death was grimly similar to the way her megastar mother had died three years earlier.

Bobbi Kristina was found in the townhome she shared with Nick Gordon, an orphan three years older, whom Houston had raised as her own. Bobbi Kristina referred to him as her husband. A police report earlier this year described the incident as a drowning, and authorities are investigating her death.

Bobbi Kristina Brown was the only child of Houston and Brown and was raised in the shadow of her famous parents’ hugely public life.

She appeared alongside the couple in 2005 on the Bravo reality show “Being Bobby Brown,” which showed her parents fighting, swearing and making court appearances. She attended award shows with her mother and father, walked red carpets with them and sang in Central Park with Houston as adoring fans watched. (ap)

‘Mission Impossible’ climbs to box office glory

LOS ANGELES - New release “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation” cruised to the head of the box office, beating out fellow debut “Vacation” for top honors, according to industry estimates Sunday.

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“Our weakness is that we orga-nize good festivals but do not carry out enough promotions. Therefore, our focus is now on promoting the festivals here (in Bali),” Yahya stated on Monday.

One of the festivals that will be promoted is the “Sanur Village Festival” scheduled to be held from August 26 to 30, he remarked.

Yahya pointed out that the Tour-

ism Ministry will conduct large-scale promotional activities for the Sanur Village Festival from August 15 worldwide, using various media platforms.

Moreover, he believes that the festival that attracts foreign tour-ists to the island is the Bali Arts Festival (BAF). Held for a month, the event carrying Bali’s name ended in July.

Furthermore, the Tourism Min-istry will support the promotion of tourism fests in other regions of Indonesia, as well.

Yahya explained that 80 percent of the advertising budget was al-located for branding and creating websites, while the remaining was used for sales activities. However, he did not mention the amount the government allocated for advertis-ing and tourism branding.

“As much as 80 percent of the budget is used for branding, while 20 percent is used for sales,” he

noted.

DeclineAs many as 815,100 foreign

tourists visited Indonesia in June 2015, decline from 815,475 re-corded in the same period last year, according to the Central Statis-tics Agency (BPS). However, the number of tourist arrivals in June 2015 rose 2.73 percent compared to 793,499 in the previous month, BPS Chairman Suryamin stated on Monday.

He remarked that the number of

tourists visiting Indonesia via Ngu-rah Rai Airport in Bali increased 8.51 percent to 387,700 in June 2015 from 329,700 recorded in the same month last year.

Government to promote Bali’s tourism festivals

Artists performed dur-ing the opening of Bali Art Festival (BAF). The

Tourism Ministry is focusing on promoting the numerous festivals

held in Bali, one of them is BAF, to boost

foreign tourist arrivals.

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DENPASAR - The Tourism Ministry is focusing on promot-ing the numerous festivals held in Bali to boost foreign tourist arrivals, Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said.