Wednesday, July 9, 2014 16 Pages Number 136 6 th Year e-mail: [email protected]online: http://www.internationalbalipost.com. http://epaper.internationalbalipost.com. Price: Rp 3.000,- I N T E R N A T I O N A L DPS 23 - 32 WEATHER FORECAST PAGE 8 Real Madrid great Di Stefano dies at age 88 PAGE 13 Israel launches military offensive against Gaza BAF News at Page 3 According to Chairperson of the Association of Indonesia Instructors (AISI) of Bali Chapter, Siska Suzana Darmawan, Bali became a major destination of foreign workers in Indo- nesia. Meanwhile, Indonesia as a member of ASEAN became the main target of foreign labor having already passed the test of professional competency. “We cannot do anything and have to accept it. Obviously, they have been ready to Singer Oppie Andaresta (left), actress Olga Lydia (middle), and musician Abdee Slank are among artists that joined the clean presi- dential elec- tion cam- paign that held in front Election Commis- sion’s office at Jakarta on Tuesday. Art- ists handed a petition to Election Commis- sion and President of Indonesia asking for a clean and fair presiden- tial election. ANTARA FOTO/Teresia May Without competencies, local human resources hard to compete Bali Post DENPASAR - Of the 10 members of ASEAN, Indonesia including Bali becomes the main target of foreign labor in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015. Meanwhile, in general Indonesia is not ready to face the MEA due to the lack of local workers having the certification of competency test. compete as having prepared themselves for a long time,” added Siska. Meanwhile, in terms of current conditions of labor in Bali, according to her, they had not been ready. Therefore, her party continued to urge the infrastructure establishment of competencies through professional certification agency. Although in terms of time it was a very tight, it could still be pursued as long as the government was willing to set up a budget. “Without a budget, how can we speed? We as a consultant are ready to combat, but still need a budget to make it happen. If our human resources are ready and budget is ready, then all can be pursued,” said Siska. Though the opening of the MEA in December 2015, he said, but all had started to enter Indonesia in June. Currently, Siska said that her party had worked hard to establish 9 Professional Certification Institutes (LSPs) in the field of tourism in Bali under the vocational training institution. In the meantime, the government was still limited to the dissemination. Continued on page 6 A performance of artists from Blitar
According to Chairperson of the Association of Indonesia Instructors (AISI) of Bali Chapter, Siska Suzana Darmawan, Bali became a major destination of foreign workers in Indo-nesia. Meanwhile, Indonesia as a member of ASEAN became the main target of foreign labor having already passed the test of professional competency. “We cannot do anything and have to accept it. Obviously, they have been ready to
Singer Oppie Andaresta (left), actress Olga Lydia (middle), and musician Abdee Slank are among artists that joined the clean presi-dential elec-tion cam-paign that held in front Election Commis-sion’s office at Jakarta on Tuesday. Art-ists handed a petition to Election Commis-sion and President of Indonesia asking for a clean and fair presiden-tial election.
ANTARA FOTO/Teresia May
Without competencies, local human resources hard to competeBali Post
DENPASAR - Of the 10 members of ASEAN, Indonesia including Bali becomes the main target of foreign labor in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015. Meanwhile, in general Indonesia is not ready to face the MEA due to the lack of local workers having the certification of competency test.
compete as having prepared themselves for a long time,” added Siska.
Meanwhile, in terms of current conditions of labor in Bali, according to her, they had not been ready. Therefore, her party continued to urge the infrastructure establishment of competencies through professional certification agency. Although in terms of time it was a very tight, it could still
be pursued as long as the government was willing to set up a budget. “Without a budget, how can we speed? We as a consultant are ready to combat, but still need a budget to make it happen. If our human resources are ready and budget is ready, then all can be pursued,” said Siska.
Though the opening of the MEA in December 2015, he said, but all had started to enter Indonesia in June. Currently, Siska said that her party had worked hard to establish 9 Professional Certification Institutes (LSPs) in the field of tourism in Bali under the vocational training institution. In the meantime, the government was still limited to the dissemination.
Continued on page 6
Associated PressPARIS - Theron and Penn triggered
a frenzy as they arrived together the Paris’ Rodin Museum show hand in hand. Thirty-eight-year-old Theron — a brand ambassador for Dior — wore a gold shimmering fringed
cocktail dress similar to the one she appears in for Dior ’s now-iconic “J’Adore” perfume advert.
She and 53-year-old Penn, who wore a black Dior suit with open shirt, chatted with LVMH boss Ber-nard Arnault. That held up the show,
but that didn’t seem to help another Oscar-winning guest who was run-ning late.
“Hunger Games” star Jennifer Lawrence ended up having to catch a repeat of the show later in the day because her flight was delayed.
“Work is still in progress, but more details to come at the end of the sum-mer.”
The album will be based on record-ing sessions from 1993 and 1994, when the band were working on their “The Division Bell” album.
It will feature guitarist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason and keyboardist Richard Wright, a found-ing member of the band who died in 2008.
Author Polly Samson, who wrote lyrics for the album and is married to Gilmour, described the record as “Rick Wright’s swansong and very beautiful” in a tweet on Saturday.
The album is produced by Gilmour and Phil Manzanera, the lead guitarist of
art rock band Roxy Music, together with recording engineer Andy Jackson.
Pink Floyd have sold over 250 mil-lion copies of albums such as “Dark Side Of The Moon” and “Wish You Were Here” worldwide since they were founded in 1965.
The new album will be the band’s first release since 1994’s “The Divi-sion Bell”.
Backing singer Durga McBroom-Hudson, who has toured with the band, wrote in a Facebook posting that “there was much rejoicing” over the album and that she would feature on it.
She said that recording for the album had started during sessions for “The Division Bell” but the band had since done significantly more work on it.
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LONDON - British rock legends Pink Floyd are set to release a new album called “The Endless River” in October, their first in 20 years. “It is an album of mainly ambient and instrumental music,” a statement on the band’s website said on Monday.
Pink Floyd last played a concert at the Live 8 charity show in London in 2005 but it is not clear whether they will tour to promote the new album.
Charlize Theron, Sean Penn stir frenzy on Dior’ Show
Actress Charlize Theron and actor Sean Penn arrive hand in hand at Dior’s Fall-Winter 2014-2015 Haute Cou-ture fashion collection, in Paris, France, Monday, July 7, 2014. AP Photo/Thibault Camus
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EvEry Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.
The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is con-sidered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.
The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.
In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.
Balinese Temple Ceremony
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Calendar Event for June 1 through July 12, 2014
1 Jun Pura Sakenan Serangan DenpasarPura Dalem Pahuman Bhujangga Penatih Denpasar TimurPura Alas Harum Batur KintamaniPura Alas Angker Munduk KintamaniPura Dalem Kawitan Empuaji Klungkung
4 Jun Buda Cemeng Langkir Pura Tanah Lot Kediri TabananPura Bucabe Mas UbudPura Puseh Desa Ganggang Canggi BatuanPura Luhur Batur Pucangan Buahan TabananPura Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Ida Ratu Sundaring Jagat Penataran Agung BesakihPura Dalem bangun Sakti Tamiang KapalDalem Bias Muntig Ped Nusa penida
8 Jun Pura Agung Petilan Pengerebongan kesi-man DenpasarPura Pasek Tohjiwa Kesiut Kangin Kerambitan Tabanan
10 Jun Anggarkasih Medangsia Pura Pesimpangan Gerya Sakti Yogaloka Lampung SelatanPura Luhur UluwatuPura Bukit Pecatu Kuta badungPura Penataran Agung Singakerta UbudPura Andakasa KarangasemPura Gua Lawah KlungkungPura Kawitan Arya Gelgel klungkungPura Taman Ayun MengwiPura Suralaya Banda klungkungPura Dalem Senapati Bebalang BangliPura Pasek Gaduh Blahbatuh GianyarPura Pasek Lurah Tutuan Kerambitan TabananPura Pusering Jagat Tampaksiring
GianyarPura Gerya Sakti Tulikup GianyarPura Dalem Dauh UbudPura Segara Ketewel SukawatiPura Mertha Sari Mas Ubud
11 Jun Pura Gede Purancak JembranaPura Dalem Dauma Batuan SukawatiPura Nataran Kacang Dawa KlungkungPura Bhatara Gede Apol Ubung DenpasarPura Puseh Brahmana KlungkungPura Kahyangan Jagat Dalem Purwa Denbantas TabananPura Dalem Sukahet KlungkungPura Dalem MuasPahit Guwang SukawatiPura Taman Dukuh TegallalangPura Desa Sanding Tampak Siring gianyarPura Pasek Tohjiwa Batan Buah KesimanPura Sahab Nusa penidaPura Dalem Cemara Serangan Denpasar
12 Jun Purnama Sasih Sadha Pura Pauman Bhujangga Tonja DenpasarPura Amertha Sari Rempoa Jakarta SelatanPura Ulun Swi Kediri TabananPura Panti Pasek Gelgel Bitra Gianyar
15 Jun Kajeng Kliwon uwudan Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kekeran Mengwi
25 Jun Buda Kliwon Pahang Pura Luhur Puncak Padang Dawa Padangbai KarangasemPura Aer jeruk Sukawati GianyarPura Dangin Pasar Batuan SukawatiPura Penataran Batuyang BatubulanPura Desa Lembeng Ketewel GianyarPura Pasek Bendesa Kediri TabananPura Kawitan Dalem Sukawati gianyarPura Kresek Banyuning Buleleng
Pura Puseh Bebandem KarangasemPura Sad Kahyangan Batu Swana Nusa PenidaPura Buda Kliwon Penatih DenpasarPura Penataran Dukuh Naga Sari Bebandem KarangasemPura Batur Sari Ubud
27 Jun Tilem Sasih Sadha Pura Dalem Celuk Sukawati
11 Jul Hari Bhatara Sri 12 Jul Purnama Sasih Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran Agung BesakihPura Tirta BesakihPura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati
This area is very popular in the eyes of expatriates, so it is growing so fast and presents various tourism supporting facilities such as spa, restaurant and even some of them are quite well known. The RC Villas & Spa is present in this area whose grand opening coincided with the full moon of the tenth month in Balinese calendar or Tuesday (May 13). “This prop-erty is located in the heart of Seminyak area, just 5 minute’s walk from Ku De Ta Beach, 15 minute’s drive from RC Villas Legian and 30 minutes to the Ngurah Rai International Airport by car,” added Marcel born in Ende in 1978.
The RC Villas & Spa offers 8 villas with the total area of 3,000 square meters, coming with the combination of modern
minimalist and Balinese architecture. In general, it consists of two units of two-bed room villas with an area of 400 square meters equipped with private pool (4 m x 9 m), while six other units are one-bed room villas with an area of 200 square meters equipped with private pool villa sizing 3 m x 7m. Overall the villas are equipped with a large seating area, flat-screen satellite TV and DVD player and a semi-open dining room surrounded by a garden.
Guests can relax on the terrace or on a chair while sunbathing at the edge of the pool. Meanwhile, the kitchen is equipped with stove, mini bar and tea/coffee maker. Complimentary breakfast and afternoon tea are available. Similarly, the property is also provided with facilities
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RC Villas & SpaIBP
SEMINyAK - When mentioning the name of Seminyak area, we will promptly imagine various kinds and classifications of accommodation spreading across the region, from cheap to expensive budget. This area continues to grow. “Originally this region was an exclusive area, but slowly it has shifted with the presence of reasonable accommodation,” said General Manager of rC villas & Spa, Marcel Paga, during the grand opening some time ago.
like free airport transfers, free Wi-Fi internet access, room service, laundry and dry cleaning and car rental facilities for guests who want to explore the beauty and a variety of cultural activities on the island of the thousand temples.
In short, all the villa units look cool and shady with gardens characterized by tropical plants. “It is very appropriate with the target market, including Australia up to 60 percent as supported by representative office in Australia, other than European and Asian markets,” said Marcel, the father of one daughter, having worked in tourism industry for 15 years.
Meanwhile, I Made Murditha, the owner of the RC
Villas & Spa, from Taman hamlet, Kerobokan, revealed that he had wanted to have an accommodation since the 1980s when he was still active in police service. Such an idea was inseparable from the condition of Seminyak at that time where most of the existing accommodations were owned by foreigners or outsiders of Bali.
Made Murditha, the father of Rilo and Cindy, who liked reading books claimed to have been motivated by the book he had read. One of them was the Thinking Big and the concept in Hinduism known as the Tri Kaya Parisudha (good thought, saying and deeds). “Now, I have struggled and served in other field to participate in reaching the people’s welfare,” he said.
It was decided in the coordination meeting of the regional working unit (SKPD) with PD Pasar Buleleng (operator of traditional market) in the office of the regent, Monday afternoon (Jul 7). The coordination meeting was lead by Regional Secretary of Buleleng, Dewa Ketut Puspaka.
After chairing the coordination meeting, Puspaka said that government currently focused on emergency handling after the fire engulfing the Seririt Market, Thursday (Jul 3). To support the emergency response, it was required the fund estimated to reach IDR 1.4 billion. It would be prepared and realized immediately for the needs of emergency response. The handling made was building kiosks for 1,400 traders of the fire victims.
“We are prioritizing emergency response first. We do not want if the impact of fire will disrupt the overall economic growth, especially in Seririt and surrounding areas,” he said. The emergency fund prepared would, added Puspaka, be used by government to build 883 kiosks to accommodate traders becoming the victims of fire at the Seririt Market.
As planned, the kiosks would be constructed by utilizing the area of Seririt Terminal including sev-eral roads around the terminal. Other than kiosks, the government would also build several security posts in the vicinity of the relocating traders. Besides, the government would also provide emergency assistance to fire victims in the form of groceries. “We prioritize to build kiosk in accordance with the data of the PD Pasar first. Based on the data at hand, some traders previously rented more than one kiosk. In addition, the location is also limited, so we take the priority scale,” he explained.
Meanwhile, until Monday, the traders becoming the fire victims competed to look for location to sell on the edge of Jalan Gajah Mada in the east of burning market or at roadside in the west of the market. Trad-ers chose to sell at sober location because there was no other work, other than selling. They should make pioneering efforts from zero and minimum investment. It happened because the entire merchandise could not be saved at the time of the fire. (kmb38)
Bali PostSINGARAJA - Buleleng County has many kinds of arts and cultural diversity, rang-
ing from the arts to a variety of foods. To accommodate a variety of existing creativities, Buleleng government took initiative to organize the Buleleng Festival (Bulfest) on August 6-10, 2014 with the concept of mass Fishermen Dance performance.
It was revealed by Chairman of the Bulfest 2014 Organizing Committee, Gede Suyasa, Monday (Jul 7). He said if the Bulfest 2013 presented the Teruna Jaya Dance en masse, the icon of this year would be the Fishermen Dance composed by choreographer I Ketut Merda, from Kedis village, Busungbiu subdistrict.
Preparation of the committee itself, said Suyasa, remained to finalize the partici-pants and strengthen the creative team of the performance. The Bulfest 2014 would be witnessed by thousands of local and international spectators. The event taking place for five days would be opened with Fishermen Dance becoming an important icon in the event.
Even, participants of the Fishermen Dance reached 500 people. “Fishermen Dance was composed by choreographer I Ketut Merda. No half-heartedly, we will involve 500 dancers for the Fishermen Dance. They consist of students of high school, vocational school and college,” he said.
He added the presentation of Fisherman Dance would be centered along the Jalan Ngurah Rai Singaraja. The dance had a moral message to the people of Buleleng, where Buleleng retained abundant artistic potentials and should be explored maximally. With the theme ‘The Dynamics of Buleleng’ it was expected to motivate and explore the potential of local people. “This is a result of our discussion with the artists of Buleleng. Hopefully, this theme could become a revival to the maritime spirit of Buleleng,” he added. (dgk)
An Indonesian vol-unteer packs bal-lot papers for the upcoming presi-
dential election in Bali, Indonesia,
Monday, June 23, 2014. Indonesia is
carrying out the presidential poll
today
Hundreds of Dancers ready to jazz up the Bulfest
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The Seririt Terminal which will be used as a temporary market
County government transforms terminal into market Bali Post
SINGArAJA - Seririt terminal used as the location of night market so far will be fully utilized for temporary market activities after the fire engulfing the Seririt Market, Thursday night (Jul 3). The terminal will be transformed into a market to accommodate 1,400 traders becoming the fire victims of Seririt Market. To build temporary kiosks, the county government is ready to allocate a fund worth IDr 1.4 billion.
3Wednesday, July 9, 201414 InternationalInternational Bali NewsTechnology Wednesday, July 9, 2014
The 36th Bali Art FestivalReuters
SEOUL - The billionaire founder of web portal operator Naver Corp beat back Google Inc to leave South Korea one of few countries where the U.S. search engine does not dominate.
Now, Lee Hae-jin is stepping onto the world stage with Line, a mes-saging app developed by a subsidiary in Japan to overcome downed com-munications after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
But Lee will face a very different market to the one that welcomed Nav-er.com. Instead of developing a local lead and fending off a global giant, Lee will have to take on established rivals in an international context.
“I am playing the part of an attacking winger who needs to run to break through the global market,” Lee, 47, said recently, referring to a goal-scoring role in soccer akin to that of FIFA Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo.
Line has lured 470 million users with its simple design and elaborate emoticons, such as a cartoon happy-go-lucky rabbit. Its user base eclipses that of local peer Kakao Corp’s KakaoTalk and places Line nearer Tencent Holdings Ltd’s WeChat and Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp.
To fund expansion and close the gap, bankers familiar with the matter said Naver is considering selling shares of Line Corp in Tokyo, New York or both. They said any initial public offering could value the subsidiary at up to $20 billion.
On listing plans, Line and Naver declined to comment.Lee founded Naver.com in 1999 to rival the portal of Daum Commu-
nications Corp and Korean-language versions of foreign entrants such as Yahoo! Inc.
Naver.com attracted clicks with features such as a user question-and-answer forum and a search engine which displays results from news, blogs and other categories on a single page.
The portal built up such a lead that its search engine makes up 75 percent of the search market, according to researcher KoreanClick. Google, which embarked on a major push in Korea in 2006, holds 2 percent.
That put South Korea in a handful of markets including China and Russia where Google is not the dominant force. It also left Naver the country’s fifth-most valuable stock with a capitalisation of 27 trillion won ($26.76 billion).
But in just three years, Line has grown to account for nearly a quarter of Naver’s 638 billion won in January-March revenue by selling ads, games and emoticons, known as stamps.
Around 80 percent of Line’s revenue comes from Japan. Elsewhere, Thailand and Indonesia are big markets in terms of user numbers, and as part of its global expansion, Line has made inroads in Mexico and the United States.
The messaging market is still growing and it is likely to take a couple years before any app solidifies itself as a leader in particular countries, said Tom Mowat, principal analyst at Analysys Mason.
“The next few years will be decisive for the global messaging market,” Lee said in rare public appearance at a conference on the resort island of Jeju.
“So we will concentrate on growing our user base in the near term as opposed to profitability.”
NASA plans to use the handsets to beef up its Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES, which could eventually take over daily chores for astronauts or even handle risky duties outside of the vessel.
The phones, part of Google’s Proj-ect Tango augmented reality initiative, will be aboard a cargo spacecraft scheduled to launch on July 11.
Inspired by a scene from the movie Star Wars where Luke Sky-walker spars with a hovering globe, the soccer-ball sized robots can be guided around the space station’s microgravity interior, propelled by tiny blasts of CO2 at about an inch per second.
When NASA sent its SPHERES to the space station in 2006 they were capable of precise movement but little else. In 2010, engineers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, looked for ways to make the devices smarter.
“We wanted to add communica-tion, a camera, increase the processing
capability, accelerometers and other sensors. As we were scratching our heads thinking about what to do, we realized the answer was in our hands,” Smart SPHERES project manager Chris Provencher told Reuters in an interview last week. “Let’s just use smartphones.”
They bought phones at Best Buy and altered them by adding extra batteries and a shatter-proof displays before sending the handsets to the space station, where astronauts used Velcro to attach them to the side of the SPHERES. That gave the robots a wealth of new sensing and visual capabilities - but still not enough to move around the station as easily as the engineers wanted.
Looking to improve the robots, NASA recently turned to the experi-mental smartphones Google created to encourage innovation in its push for consumer mobile devices that can make sense of space as easily as people do.
The Project Tango handsets include a motion-tracking camera and an infra-
red depth sensor similar to Microsoft’s Kinect add-on for the Xbox. The sen-sors will detect sharp angles inside the space station and create a 3D map that lets the SPHERES navigate from one module to another.
“This type of capability is exactly what we need for a robot that’s go-ing to do tasks anywhere inside the space station,” Provencher said. “It has to have a very robust navigation system.”
NASA’s phones have been split open so that the touchscreen and sen-sors face outward when mounted on the robots. They also include space-tested batteries and plastic connectors to replace the Velcro.
Google wants the technology showcased by Project Tango to be-come ubiquitous, helping retailers cre-ate detailed 3D representations of their shops and letting gamers make their homes into virtual battlegrounds.
It also teamed up with LG recently to launch a Project Tango tablet to encourage developers to experiment with its features.
REUTERS/Noel Randewich
Smart SPHERES project manager Chris Provencher demonstrates one of NASA’s robots at the Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California July 2, 2014.
NASA to send 3D Google smartphones for robots to space stationReuters
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., - Google smartphones with next-generation 3D sensing technology are about to blast into orbit, where they will become the brains and eyes of ball-shaped hovering robots on the International Space Station.
REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/Files
Naver goes global with messaging app Line
“We are stepping up sea patrols around the island to anticipate intruders who want to disrupt the atmosphere of the election,” Musyareh stated on Tuesday.
Musyareh reported that sea patrolling was increased around inhabited small islands around Bali, particularly the islands of Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan at Klungkung District.
Musyareh noted that besides sea
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DENPASAR - Court on Tuesday sentenced a boat skipper to three years’ imprisonment over an ill-fated diving trip which killed two of the seven Japanese women taking part.
Agustinus Brata Kusuma lost track of the divers near the resort island of Bali in February when a storm hit suddenly.
Kusuma broke down in tears as the judge read the verdict, convicting him of negligence causing death and injury.
“I apologise to the families of the victims. It was not intentional,” he told reporters outside the Denpasar district court in Bali after the ruling.
Five of the divers were spotted some 20 kilometres (some 12 miles) from their take-off point three days after they went missing. They had managed to clamber onto rocks and coral reefs and were saved in a dramatic rescue.
Presiding judge Nursyam, who goes by one name, said the court had found that Kusuma had taken “too long to ask for help and report the incident”.
He left the location to buy fuel after
losing sight of the divers, returning two hours later, Nursyam said.
“When the Japanese divers came to the surface, the boat wasn’t there,” he said.
“The seven divers were smashed around by the storm and were sepa-rated.”
The judge said the defendant’s actions had tarnished the reputation of Bali as a tourism destination.
Kusuma worked for the Bali-based dive company Yellow Scuba, which organised the women’s trip to the neigh-bouring islands of Nusa Penida and Nusa Lembongan.
A Japanese Yellow Scuba instructor, Saori Furukawa, was among the women saved. Shoko Takahashi, who ran Yellow Scuba with her husband, was one of the two found dead.
Furukawa told the court earlier how she fired a flare gun to try to get the skip-per’s attention to no avail.
She told reporters after the incident that the weather suddenly turned bad and the sea spun “like a washing machine”, describing being swept apart from the others by a strong current.
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A performance of artists from Blitar entertaint visitors at Art Center during Bali Art Festival on Tuesday. The troupe from Blitar showcased a dance called Jaran-Jaranan which usually perform to entertain king and queen.
BAF ScheduleWednesday, July 9, 2014
Time Place Event20.00 Ayodya Stage Drama Dance Performance 20.00 Wantilan Shadow Puppet charateristics20.00 Ksirarnawa Documentary Movies Screening20.00 Ardha Candra Children’s Gong Kebyar Exhibition
Sea patrols intensified for securing electionAntara
DENPASAR - The water police in the Indonesian island resort of Bali have intensified sea patrols during the July 9 presidential election, noted Bali Water Police spokesman Senior Com-missioner Tubuh Musyareh.
patrols, the Bali Water Police has also increased coordination with the ground task force to anticipate unidentified persons who sneak into the islands via sea with dangerous materials to disturb the election.
Earlier, Denpasar Naval Base spokesman Colonel Julius Widjo-jono stated on Monday that two warships were being prepared to patrol the waters around Bali for securing the presidential election.
“We are preparing two warships to patrol the waters around Bali during the presidential election,” Julius remarked after a joint call for readiness at the Niti Mandala Renon Square on Monday.
Julius noted that one of the war-ships, KRI Weling, has been readied at the Benoa Port, while the other will follow soon.
He further added that besides the two warships, he will also mobilize
some 227 Navy personnel to main-tain security in the territorial waters during the presidential election.
“We are doing this in anticipa-tion of intruders who want to enter Bali Island with explosive materials or to hinder the process of election,” he stated, adding that he has also called on the fishermen in Jembrana district to help maintain security.
Meanwhile, Bali Police Chief Inspector General Albertus Julius Benny Mokalu explained that his party has outlined crime-prone areas to ensure security ahead of and after the July 9 presidential election.
“In our effort to ensure security ahead of and after the presidential
election, we have mapped sensitive areas because almost all of them are prone to crime,” he recently noted in Denpasar.
He pointed out that the past legislative elections in Bali ran peacefully, and therefore, they want to take the same steps for the presi-dential election next week.
“Before the past legislative elec-tions, we mapped sensitive areas, and now, we are doing the same for the presidential election,” Mokalu noted.
He explained that at least two policemen, assisted by TNI person-nel, will be posted at every ballot station to ensure security during the election.
Skipper jailed for Japanese diver deaths
AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati
Agustinus Brata Kusuma, right, the captain of a boat carrying seven Japanese women during a scuba diving accident in February, 2014, walks to a courtroom during his verdict in Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Kusuma was sentenced to three years in prison on charges of negligence in the line of his job which caused one diver dead, one missing and others injured.
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In a statement, the military said it was seeking to “retrieve stability to the residents of southern Israel, eliminate Hamas’ capabilities and destroy terror infrastructure operat-ing against the State of Israel and its civilians.”
Nearly 300 rockets and mortars have been fired at Israel in recent weeks, including a barrage of about 80 projectiles on Monday alone, the military said. Israel has responded with dozens of airstrikes, and eight Palestinian militants were killed Monday. Israel had signaled that it would not launch a larger offensive if the militant group Hamas ceased the rocket fire.
“They chose the direction of escalation,” said military spokes-man Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, in a telephone briefing to reporters. “So the mission will go on as long as we feel it is necessary to carry it out. We don’t expect it to be a short mission on our behalf.” Among the
Associated Press Writer
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s defense minister says the government will only restart cease-fire negotiations with pro-Russian insurgents in the country’s east once the rebels lay down their weapons.
Valery Heletey’s statement, posted online Tuesday, comes amid growing confidence among government forces after they drove the insurgent militia from their stronghold of Slovyansk.
Last week, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promised cease-fire talks no later than that Saturday, but a series of military successes by the Ukrainian army may have changed minds in Kiev. Instead, on Saturday, Ukrainian troops routed the rebels in Slovyansk, forcing hundreds of insurgents to regroup in the regional capital, Donetsk.
A 10-day cease-fire that ended in late June was punctuated by frequent clashes and provided no progress in reaching a negotiated settlement.
AP Photo/Khalil HamraPalestinians try to salvage what they can of their belongings from the rubble of a house destroyed by an overnight Israeli airstrike in Gaza City Tuesday, July 8, 2014.
Israel launches military offensive against GazaAssociated Press
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military launched what could be a long-term offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday striking at least 50 sites in Gaza by air and sea and mobilizing troops for a possible ground invasion aimed at stopping a recent barrage of rocket attacks against Israel. The army said “Operation Protective Edge” looks to strike the Islamic Hamas group and end the rocket fire that has intensified in recent weeks amid tensions over the kill-ing of three Israeli teenagers and the apparent revenge killing of a Palestinian teenager.
50 sites the army said it targeted early Tuesday were four houses it said were “activity sites” belong-ing to Hamas militants involved in launching rockets at Israel or other militant activity. There were no reported casualties in the strikes.
The military identified the men whose houses were targeted as Eiad Sakik, Abdullah Hshash, Samer Abu Daka, and Hassan Abdullah. The Associated Press filmed Abu Daka and Abdullah’s demolished homes in the Khan Younis area of the Gaza Strip. The state of the other homes could not be immediately confirmed. In addition, the military said it struck three militant compounds, 18 concealed rocket launchers, and other militant infrastructure sites. Most were targeted in air-strikes, and three were attacked from the sea.
Gaza health official Ashraf Al-Kedra said at least nine Pales-
tinian civilians were brought to a Gaza hospital with light to mod-erate injuries from the airstrikes, including several who suffered from shock. He said some of the injured Palestinians were treated and released.
Lerner, the military spokesman, said the army will gradually increase its attacks on Hamas in Gaza, and is recruiting additional reservists for a potential ground invasion of Gaza. Hamas has amassed about 10,000 rockets, including longer-
range rockets that can reach “up to Tel Aviv and beyond,” Lerner said, adding that the army was preparing for the possibility that Hamas would launch rockets toward Israel’s heartland and its commercial and cultural hub.
Ukraine says rebels must disarm before talks
AP Photo/Dmitry LovetskyUkraine’s newly appointed Minister of De-fense, Valery Heletey, center, inspects weapons captured from rebels in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Saturday, July 5, 2014.
Bali PostNEGARA - Residential devel-
opment in the town of Negara is fairly rapid. Unfortunately, this development seems illegal. Plotting of land and housing development of less than 10 units regardless of the environmental assessment are feared to disrupt the urban spatial planning. Developers only pursue benefits by building some units of house and taking advantage of the cheap price of land.
“The land area under 1,000 square meters is also offered to be converted into housing through a profit sharing business model. Un-fortunately, the developers do not think about spatial planning,” said Ketut Sutrisna, one of the owners of paddy fields in Negara.
He also claimed to have been offered cooperation with the lure that the land price would be two or three times plus the sale proceeds of a single unit of house. But since the land remained productive, Sutrisna chose to maintain it. Then, he encountered a difficult choice because the surrounding land had been converted into housing. One block of housing only consisted of a few houses. Even, the distance was very close and not equipped with a drain. Similarly, the irrigation chan-
nels were also hampered because the development of new housing was unstoppable. He regretted as there were no rules protecting the land from conversion. As a result, the unlicensed developers could run their business freely.
This condition also touched the concern of property employers. Secretary of the Real Estate Indo-nesia (REI) of Bali Chapter, Made Sudhana Yasa, on Monday (Jul 7) expected the relevant agency to control the land plotting and per-mit submission of the land plotting should include a membership card of the real estate organization. By that way, any problem arose related to general public, adjacent land owner or home buyers could be controlled. So far, the most frequent issue was that illegal developers that did not pay attention to public facilities and social facilities. Nec-essarily, the planning, licensing and construction were in accordance with the spatial plan.
“In the recent hearings, we have proposed the existence of the rules to meet the needs,” he said. When the promises of the devel-opers could be met, it should also relate to the licensing, construc-tion, banking to National Land Agency (BPN). (kmb26)
A total of 10 dogs worth millions of rupiahs were transported with a maroon red APV vehicle with license plate B 8638 BU. Since the checking, police officers had been suspicious as they heard the bark-ing of dogs in the vehicle. Having been checked, there were 10 dogs in the vehicle planned to be brought to Denpasar. Kioe Hasan, 58, the car driver, claimed if the dogs were deposit of his friend in Yogyakarta. In the trunk of his car was found 1 heads of rottweiler, 3 heads of bulldog, 3 heads of cihuahua and 2 heads of herder. All the dogs were estimated to value at hundreds of millions of rupiahs. As recognition of Hasan, when passing through Gilimanuk Harbor, his car was not checked. He did not bring any ani-mal shipping documents because he was only entrusted.
Deputy Chief of Jembrana Po-lice, Hagnyono, said that his party was waiting for further investiga-tion related to the findings of the officers. Car driver and his dogs were examined in Jembrana Police. The operation was, according to him, deliberately performed during the silent period of the Presidential Election so as to create a safe and conducive situation.
In that operation, police also found sharp weapon under the seat of motorcycle with license plate DK 6240 QL ridden by Kosman. The sharp weapon was a bayonet blade deposited by a friend of him named Sofian, from Suwung, Den-pasar. Police then secured the sharp weapon. Aside from checking the luggage, police also checked the papers of vehicle. Some motor-cycles were ticketed. (kmb26)
IBP/FileThe illegal dogs was confiscated from a vehicle in Rambut Siwi, Jembrana
Escape from Gilimanuk
Dozens of dog secured at RambutsiwiBali Post
NEGARA - The ‘creating condition’ operation ahead of the Presi-dential Election 2014 was held by Jembrana Police, Monday (Jul 7) at rest area of Rambutsiwi, Mendoyo. The operation targeting all vehicles coming to Bali was led by Deputy Chief of Jembrana Police, Hagnyono, and Operation Division Head, Ketut Sukarta. From the inspection for approximately two hours, police found a car carrying contraband dogs and motorcyclist carrying a sharp weapon.
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Agence France-Presse
SEOUL - Samsung estimated Tuesday that its operating profit would plunge nearly 25 percent on year in the second quarter of 2014, as cheap Chinese devices and a strong won hammered down its share of the global smartphone market. Operating profit was estimated at 7.2 trillion won ($7.1 billion) for the April-June period, compared to 9.53 trillion won a year ago -- the South Korean electronic giant’s third straight quarter of year-on-year decline.
The Q2 operating profit was down 15.2 percent from the 8.49 trillion won posted in the previous quarter. The profit drop had been widely expected, but Tuesday’s forecast still missed collated analyst estimates.
Samsung did not provide net income or details of division earnings ahead of the official earnings report to be filed later this month.
In an unusual move, Tuesday’s forecast was accompanied by an ex-planatory note that the company said was to “address market and investor concerns” prior to the audited earnings release. “The company witnessed a slowdown in the overall smartphone market growth and saw increased competition in the Chinese and some European markets,” the note said.
“This led to higher inventories for the medium- and low-end smart-phones,” it said, adding that earnings had also been hit by the appreciation of the Korean won against the dollar, euro and most emerging market currencies.
The surging won is currently running at six-year highs against the dollar, impacting South Korea’s export-driven economy.
Sales in April-June stood at 52 trillion won, down 9.5 percent from a year earlier, and 3.1 percent from the first quarter.
The proposed agreement at the Geneva-based organization would cover 86 percent of trade in environmental goods such as solar panels and gas and wind turbines for producing energy, filters and ultraviolet disinfection equipment for wastewater treatment and soot removers and catalytic converters for air pol-lution control. U.S. exports of environmental goods reached $106 billion last year, and have grown 8 percent a year since 2009.
The negotiations also include Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Switzerland, and Chinese Taipei. They are meant to build on a list of 54 environmental goods put to-gether by members of APEC — the alliance known as Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation for Pacific Rim economies — for which the governments hope to reduce tariffs to five percent or less by the end of 2015.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said a new agreement would eliminate tariffs of up to 35 percent on dozens of items and fulfill a key part of President Barack Obama’s climate-change agenda.
Though climate change isn’t technically part of the WTO’s work agenda, the organization considers itself relevant to the issue because of the way trade policies affect sustainable development, including the efficient allocation of natural resources that raise standards of living.
“By eliminating tariffs on the technologies we all need to protect our envi-ronment, we can make environmental goods cheaper and more accessible for everyone,” Froman said.
Associated Press
SYDNEY — Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe met with his Australian counterpart on Tuesday to sign agreements bolstering defense and trade ties between the countries.
The defense deal, which involves the transfer of military equipment and technology, comes a week after Japan’s government ushered in a new era for the country’s defense force by reinterpreting its pacifist constitution to allow greater use of its military to defend allies.
Abe wants Japan to have a larger role in global secu-rity amid China’s growing military might. The defense policy change drew criticism from Beijing, which is embroiled in a territorial dispute with Japan.
That leaves Australia in a delicate situation, given that China is its largest trade partner. Prime Minister Tony Abbott sought to downplay any suggestion that Australia’s defense deal with Japan — which centers around plans to jointly develop stealth submarine tech-nology — is a slight against China.
“Australia welcomes Japan’s recent decision to be a more capable strategic partner in our region. I stress: Ours is not a partnership against anyone. It’s a partnership for peace, for prosperity and for the rule of law,” Abbott told parliament in the nation’s capital,
Canberra. “Our objective is engagement. And we both welcome the greater trust and openness in our region that’s exemplified by China’s participation in this year’s RIMPAC naval exercises.”
RIMPAC, or Rim of the Pacific exercises, are the world’s largest maritime drills.
Abe used his speech to parliament in part to address the military policy shift.
“We want to make Japan a country that will work to build an international order that upholds the rule of law,” Abe told parliament. “Our desire is to make Japan a country that is all the more willing to contribute to peace in the region and beyond. It is for this reason that Japan has raised the bar of proactive contribution to peace.”
In response to a question from a journalist about Beijing’s likely reaction to the Australia-Japan defense deal, Abe said Japan was eager to improve its relation-ship with China.
“The door for dialogue is always open from the Japanese side, so I do sincerely hope that the Chinese side will also take the same posture,” Abe said.
Abe, who is on a three-day visit to Australia, also signed a free-trade agreement that will gradually reduce Japan’s nearly 40 percent tariffs on Australian exports of beef, and axe Australia’s tariffs on Japanese-made vehicles, household appliances and electronics.
Trade talks begin on $1 trillion green goodsAssociated Press
GENEVA — Diplomats from the United States, China and the European Union began negotiations Tuesday with 11 other members of the World Trade Organization toward a new deal that would cut tariffs on almost $1 trillion of environmental goods.
Samsung Electronics flags 25% plunge in Q2 profit
AP Photo/Rob Griffith, PoolJapan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks with Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott ahead of signing a trade agreement between the two nations at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, July 8, 2014.
Australia, Japan sign free trade, defense deals
Bali PostBULELENG - Ahead of the
presidential and vice presidential election on July 9, 2014, the ranks of Buleleng Police began to spread its personnel to secure the polling stations (TPS) in Northern Bali. A total of 564 polling station security personnel would be deployed on Monday (Jul 7) in the rally of troop shift at Bhuana Partra Stadium, Singaraja, led by the Chief of Buleleng Police, Benny Arjanto.
Before determining the num-ber of security personnel, police had mapped 971 polling sta-tions categorized into safe and vulnerable-one polling stations. Each vulnerable-one category polling station would be guarded by two policemen, while five safe-
category polling stations would be guarded by one policeman.
Chief of Buleleng Police, Ben-ny Arjanto, said last Monday after releasing his personnel that polling stations declared as vulnerable-one amounted to 168 units scattered throughout villages in Buleleng. Meanwhile, the remaining 803 polling stations were declared safe. “We’ve performed the mapping and today we spread our personnel to each polling station, so that they will be ready to be on duty on the Election Day,” he said.
According to police chief, a total of 901 personnel would be in charge of securing the presidential election of this year equipped with a standard oper-ating procedure (SOP) having
been prepared. These guidelines had to be observed and met by every officer securing the polling stations in carrying out their duties. One of the SOPs was reminding that the person-nel securing the polling station should keep in mind the neutral-ity in the presidential election this year. “If our personnel are already on duty pursuant to the SOP, as a leader I’m ready to hold responsible. Should there be any personnel violating, we will process in accordance with applicable rules,” he added.
On the other hand, the county police chief said the officer as-signed for presidential election this year totally amounted to 901 personnel. This amount
would be added with the backup of two platoons from the Bali Police Mobile Brigade and the assistance from the National Police School (SPN) Singaraja. As for the exact amount of the security assistance from the Indonesian Military (TNI), com-munity protection and pecalang (customary security guard) had not been ascertained. Obviously, the cooperation of military with other elements in securing the election was expected to realize the safe and orderly election. “To be sure, police will involve 901 personnel and the assistance of the Bali Police and the SPN Singaraja. The troop assistance from the military and other ele-ments is still under coordination
and the amount has not been known,” he explained.
Strictly guarded Other than focused on the secu-
rity of polling station as well as pub-lic security and orderliness at each village, Buleleng Police also focused on the security of a number of vital objects in Northern Bali. Those vital objects included the government office, office of Buleleng Electoral Commission and Electoral Supervi-sory Committee. Besides, the secu-rity focus also targeted the safety of steam- and gas-fueled power plant (PLTGU) at Pemaron village, the construction of the steam-fueled power plant (PLTU) at Celukan Bawang, Gerokgak, and some other vital objects. (kmb)
IBG Ary Wi jaya Guntur, Branch Manager of Regional Development Bank (BPD) Ta-banan said that his party had long been preparing all purposes, espe-cially in anticipation of the surge in transaction of exchange for small rupiah denomination. The denomination of rupiah banknote prepared was ranging from IDR 2,000, IDR 5,000 and IDR 10,000 to IDR 20,000.
“To meet the needs for small denomination of rupiah banknotes during the fasting month until the Eid, we have submitted a request on the needs to the head office in Denpasar. If the amount given is still considered inadequate before the closing of the exchange, we’ll re-submit to the head office to be forwarded to Bank Indonesia that is surely adjusted to the amount needed,” he said.
According to Ary Wijaya, the welfare of Tabanan community continued to improve from year to year. Therefore, the number of community members worshiping also increased by means of pay-
Keep polling station on Election Day Buleleng Police deploy 564 personnel
ANTARA FOTO/Sahlan KurniawanThe tradition of distributing money while celebrating the Eid makes a lot of people flock to bank or other money changer for exchanging banknotes with smaller denomination.
Small denominations widely hunted for the Eid
Bali Post
TABANAN - The tradition of distributing money while celebrating the Eid makes a lot of people flock to bank or other money changer for exchanging banknotes with smaller denomination. The need of community for smaller denomination of rupiah, especially before the Eid festivity, was also recognized by a number of banking leaderships. Even, to provide the best services, one of the leading banks in Tabanan County provided a counter of small denomination exchange services from Tuesday (Jul 1) through Friday (Jul 25).
ing alms and other donations. As a result, the banknotes were absolutely needed. “The amount of exchange is not restricted and only according to the amount owned. We do hope that custom-ers requiring a larger amount can let us know first,” he said.
Other than serving general public, Ary Wijaya also said that the bank he chaired also served the money exchange of rupiah into smaller denomination from a number of people’s credit banks (BPRs) in Tabanan. “So, we do not only serve general public, but also the people’s credit banks wishing to exchange smaller denomination of rupiah because the BPRs are also our customers,” he said.
Other than exchanging money, many people also withdrew sav-ings related to the Eid feast. However, it was recognized if the volume of transactions of saving withdrawal on Galungan and Kuningan for Hindus in Bali was much higher than ahead of the Eid, said Ary Wijaya while
adding if bank always made an-ticipation. “Apparently, the vol-ume of savings withdrawal ahead of this Eid shows a slight increase because it coincides with the long
school holiday,” he said.Rizki was one of the customers
who encountered when waiting for his turn to make transaction of exchanging rupiah to smaller de-
nomination to be brought home. “As scheduled, we will go home next week. I’d like to exchange some money to be given to my nieces and relatives,” he said. (kmb28)
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Jakarta governor Widodo, known by his nick-name Jokowi, is 2.7 points ahead of ex-general Prabowo Subianto, according to the survey from Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting.
The pollster said that with the gap so narrow, the country’s third direct presidential election since the end of authoritarian rule in 1998 had become a test.
It warned there was the “potential for cheat-ing” and that democracy “could collapse”, add-ing that: “The worst scenario is chaos.”
Widodo is from a new generation of political leaders without links to the authoritarian past, a stark contrast to Prabowo, who was a top mili-tary figure during Suharto’s three-decade rule.
Up until several months ago, the 53-year-old looked to be on a smooth path to the presidency, with polls giving him a lead of about 30 percent-age points over Prabowo.
But his support has shrunk dramatically in the face of a slick campaign by Prabowo and a flood of negative attacks.
Tuesday’s poll put him on 47.6 percent, to Prabowo’s 44.9 percent.
The pollster said that 7.5 percent of those questioned were undecided or refused to answer. Around 2,000 voters were quizzed between June 30 and July 3 for the survey, which had a margin of error of 2.2 percent.
The poll was conducted before the final presi-dential election debate on Saturday, in which Widodo and his running mate, former vice president Jusuf Kalla, were considered to have done better than Prabowo and his deputy.
Widodo, a former furniture exporter, won huge popularity with his humble background and down-to-earth approach as Jakarta gover-nor, and was credited with initiating projects to solve the capital’s myriad problems.
Prabowo, 63, has admitted ordering the abduction of democracy activists, used to be married to Suharto’s daughter, and critics fear he may shift Indonesia back towards authoritar-ian rule.
AntaraJAKARTA - The editorial cartoon ap-
pearing on page 7 of the English newspaper in Indonesia, The Jakarta Post, on July 3, is inappropriate, stated Muhammadiyah’s Youth Organization’s Chairman Saleh Parta-onan Daulay.
The cartoon, which depicts a militant trying to raise a flag bearing the image of a skull and an Arabic verse, “Laa ilaha ilallah” on it had sparked protest among Indonesian Muslims as it was considered offensive against Islam.
Muhammadiyah are the second-largest Muslim community in Indonesia.
“The Jakarta Post stated in its apology that the cartoon was meant to protest the ISIS militant group in the Middle East for using religious symbols in carrying out their acts of violence. However, I think it is inappropriate to print it here in Indonesia as it has nothing to do with the Muslim community in this country,” emphasized Saleh.
He noted that there were some factors in the cartoon printed by The Jakarta Post, which may have offended the Muslims in In-donesia. The sentence “”Laa ilaaha illallaah”
printed on top of the skull flag in the cartoon was sacred to all Muslims in the world. In Islam, “Laa ilaaha illallaah” means human’s devotion to Allah, the Almighty.
“Another offending factor in the cartoon was the words, Allah and Muhammad, printed inside the skull picture. The words, Allah and Muhammad, are sacred to Mus-lims,” Saleh added.
Regarding the protest against its carica-ture, The Jakarta Post daily on July 8 had tendered an apology: We sincerely apologize for and retract the editorial cartoon printed on page 7 in the July 3, 2014, edition of The Jakarta Post.
The cartoon contained religious symbol-ism that may have been offensive. The Post regrets the error in judgment, which was in no way meant to malign or be disrespectful to any religion.
Our intent was to critique the use of re-ligious symbols (specifically the ISIL flag) in acts of violence in general and, in this case, against fellow Muslims. In particular, it was meant as a reproach of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which has threatened to attack the Holy Ka’bah in Mecca as part of its political agenda.
AntaraJAKARTA - Some 215 foreign observ-
ers will monitor the implementation of the Indonesian presidential election to be held throughout the country on July 9, 2014.
“We appreciate the presence of foreign observers. Thank you for your care. With the presence of a large number of observers, we believe that the presidential and vice presi-dential elections will run fairly, honestly, and transparently,” Commissioner of the National General Elections Committee (KPU) Hadar Nafis Gumay stated on Monday.
The committee held a coordination meet-ing with representatives of the institutions that brought the observers to Indonesia, in order to discuss the preparations and facilities needed by the 215 foreign observers who will moni-tor the implementation of the presidential election in several regions such as Jakarta, Aceh, Yogyakarta, Semarang (Central Java), West Java, Banten, and East Java.
The observers are coordinating with the International Foundation for Electoral System (IFES), the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD) and the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Stif-tung Fur Die Freiheit, the International IDEA-Asia and the Pacific Regional Program, PT Indra Indonesia Menara BCA, the Group-ing for General Elections and Democracy (Perludem), and the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) Foundation.
KPU Chairman Husni Kamil Manik in-formed the foreign observers that the general election was an important event held every five years in Indonesia.
The government, however, also ensured that the Indonesian nationals living abroad were also able to exercise their right to vote in the legislative and presidential elections, Manik remarked.
The KPU in cooperation with the Foreign Affairs Ministry has set up 130 overseas gen-eral election committees based in Indonesian embassies and consulate general offices, he affirmed.
Indonesia will conduct a democratic presidential election on July 9, 2014, which will be contested by two pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates: Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa and Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Jusuf Kalla (JK).
Prabowo Subianto is a retired military general and the founder of the Great Indo-nesia Movement Party (Gerindra), while his running mate, Hatta Rajasa, is a former coordinating minister for economic affairs and the chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN).
Jokowi is Jakarta’s governor and a cadre of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), while his running mate, JK, is a for-mer vice president and a senior politician of the Golkar Party.
Jakarta Post’s caricature inapproriate: Muhammadiyah Envoy
215 foreign observers to monitor presidential election
Joko Widodo hangs on to slim lead before pollAgence France-Presse
JAKARTA - Indonesian presidential hopeful Joko Widodo has a lead of less than three percentage points over his rival, a poll showed Tuesday, a day before the country’s tightest election since the downfall of dictator Suharto.
AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File
In this Sunday, June 1, 2014 file photo, Indonesian presidential candidates, former special forces commander Prabowo Subianto, right, and Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo share a light moment prior to drawing the electoral number that will rep-resent them in the upcoming presidential election in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Okinawan government said 10 people were injured, one seriously. Separately, a man was reported miss-ing from a fishing boat in rough seas off Kyushu island, to the north.
One of the strongest and biggest typhoons to hit during Japan’s summer months, Typhoon Neoguri was pack-ing sustained winds of 194 kilometers (120 miles) per hour and gusts up to 240 kph (148 mph), the Japan Meteo-rological Agency said.
“Please refrain from nonessential activities and from approaching hazardous areas,” said Meteorologi-cal Agency official Satoshi Ebihara. “Please show extreme caution.”
Local airports were closed and about 593,000 people were advised to evacuate their homes, though most remained put, taking refuge from the destructive winds, waves up to 14 meters (46 feet) high and storm surges that were set to intensify as the storm passed the main island of Okinawa in the evening.
More than half of the 50,000 U.S.
troops in Japan are based in Okinawa, the location of several bases, including Kadena, the biggest U.S. air base in Asia. An advisory on its website said the storm was at a level for which all outdoor activity was prohibited.
Television footage showed a build-ing shattered, damaged storefronts and trees toppled as winds picked up in the Okinawan capital of Naha.
Since typhoons track along Japan’s coasts, often veering onshore every summer, the country is relatively well prepared. Much greater dam-age is likely from torrential rains if the typhoon hits land as expected on Thursday or Friday and moves across the Japanese archipelago.
The storm was moving slowly and diminishing in intensity, but its wide area and slow movement could add to the potential damage, weather forecasters said.
Authorities in China and Taiwan also warned ships to stay clear of the storm. Forecasts show the storm track-ing toward Kyushu and then across
Japan’s main island of Honshu. It is forecast to lose more of its power over land, but much of the damage from such storms comes from downpours that cause landslides and flooding. Such risks are elevated by the storm’s timing, on the tail end of Japan’s sum-mer rainy season.
The Philippines, which suffered the strongest typhoon to ever hit land when Haiyan struck in November, was spared the ferocious winds of Neoguri. The storm did not make landfall and remained about 480 kilometers (300 miles) east of the country’s northernmost province of Batanes when it roared past on Sunday.
The typhoon did intensify the Philippines’ southwest monsoon, dumping heavy rains on some western provinces.
Neoguri is a Korean word meaning “raccoon dog,” a knee-high animal that looks like a cross between a dog and a raccoon but is a separate species common in East Asia.
Associated Press
LONDON — Train operators say services through the Channel Tunnel are slowly returning to normal, a day after an electrical fault caused severe delays and reduced services.
Engineers worked through the night to restore power to the af-fected part of the tunnel, but services were not expected to return to normal until midday Tuesday pending safety checks.
Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a shuttle train car-rying passenger vehicles Monday after the fault brought a train to a halt. The shuttle train traveling from Britain to France was a quarter of the way through the tunnel when it encountered a problem with an overhead power line.
Eurotunnel shuttle services are facing delays of about an hour, while high-speed Eurostar services were facing delays of 30 minutes to an hour on Tuesday.
AP Photo/Kyodo News
Women walk amid strong winds on a street in Naha, Okinawa, southern Japan, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Powerful Typhoon Neoguri pounded across the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa on Tuesday, as residents took refuge from destructive winds, towering waves and storm surges.
TOKYO — A powerful typhoon pummeled the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa on Tuesday, paralyzing transport and prompting U.S. forces based there to cancel all outdoor activity.
Channel Tunnel trains slowly return to normal
“At the moment, there are many professional certification insti-tutes in Bali, while subsidies for the establishment of institution did not exist. It is intended to avoid the overlapping so that the certification process can run quickly,” he said.
So far, only the tourism sector could be worked on by the forming 9 professional certification institutes. Next, it would be expanded to the sector of industry so that they did not have to get out of Bali for the competency test. “Hopefully, all the sectors can be independent in performing the certification through the LSP. By working hand in hand, private sector would handle it in terms of the expertise, while the government in terms of the budget,” he said.
The Head of Denpasar Social and Labor Agency, Made Erwin Suryadarma, said the most prominent employment issues today was the imbalance between the numbers of employment with the company. In addition, the quality of human resources was also relatively low so that they have low bargaining power to fight over jobs. “Having no competency, they are difficult to compete. Certification agencies should be encouraged to provide capacity building in the institutions so as to increase the quality of our hu-man resources,” he said.
According to him, the quality of human resource of Bali should be driven continuously so that it would be really ready for the AEC. They should have competency and certification required by the employment sector. “We are grateful as there is an opportunity of foreign worker permit (IMTA) in Indonesia, where the revenue of the IMTA is submitted to the local treasury. Since there has been a fund, this will be used for the development of expertise and skills,” he said.
He mentioned that Denpasar was in a dilemmatic position. On the one hand, there was a desire to close the opportunity for foreign workers, but on the other hand, they were needed such as for im-proving the quality of our human resources. He said that Denpasar already had regulations regarding the tightening of foreign labor. Later, the foreign workers working in Denpasar would be subject to a levy worth USD 100 dollars per month or USD 1,200 per year. The levy would be deposited to local treasury and this regional cash was expected to strengthen the expertise and skills of the local popula-tion as well as vocational training institutes (LPK). “This institute will be given training to produce quality labor,” he said
He said that to anticipate the onslaught of foreign workers coming to Bali, it should be made a rigorous selection system. By doing so, the presence of foreign labor could contribute to the advancement of cultural tourism in Bali. “Those who come to Bali should be limited by reexamining their competency. Thus, they would not enter freely but need a strict screening,” he said. (rah/par)
Human resources...
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The stage wrapped up the Eng-lish debut to this 101st Tour edition, a rousing success among cycling-crazed British fans. Riders hopped on planes and bid “au revoir” to the UK before flying across the Eng-lish Channel onto the race’s home turf. Rain in the City of London doused riders at the end of the 155-kilometer (96-mile) ride from the university town of Cambridge to a dramatic finish past landmarks Big Ben and Westminster.
Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey with a 2-second lead over the most likely contenders to win the three-week race in Paris on July 27. Kittel, led out perfectly by Giant-Shimano teammates, made it look easy as he sped down a final wide approach on The Mall with Buckingham Palace
behind him. Peter Sagan of Slovakia was second and Australia’s Mark Renshaw was third.
“I’m really, really happy I could win in front of Buckingham Palace,” said Kittel, who won four Tour stages last year. “It was one of the greatest finishes I’ve ever seen in front of this great scenery.”
FIRST PARIS, NOW LONDON
The hulking German made it a tale of two cities. He added London glory to his record after also winning on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, in the Tour finale last year. His job in the sprints got a lot easier after Britain’s Mark Cavendish pulled out of the race after injuring his shoulder in a crash in Saturday’s Stage 1.
“It’s one big opponent that is not
in the race anymore,” Kittel said. “Of course, that changes things for me, but also for the team.” Kittel is no threat for the yellow jersey. Like many sprinters, he struggles on climbs and fell nearly 20 minutes behind Nibali in the overall stand-ings in an up-and-down ride on Sunday through the hills and dales of Yorkshire.
Nibali’s biggest challengers for the prized leader’s shirt remain title-holder Chris Froome of Britain and Spain’s Alberto Contador, who finished with the same time as the Italian and Kittel in an 84-rider bunch.
On Monday, the pack cruised nervously and let two breakaway riders go free on Monday. The duo was caught with about 6 kilometers (4 miles) left.
Associated Press Writer
NEWPORT, R.I. — Second-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia used his overpowering serve to beat American Robby Ginepri 7-6 (2), 6-2 Monday in the opening round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Champion-ships. The 6-foot-11 Karlovic had 17 aces and only two double-faults, winning 92 percent of his first-serve points during breezy conditions on the grass at Newport.
The tournament is held in conjunction with the International Tennis Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. On Saturday, Lindsay Davenport heads a class that includes coach Nick Bollettieri, executive Jane Brown Grimes and broadcaster John Barrett in the contributor category and five-time Paralympic medalist Chantal Vandierendonck.
The Hall of Fame Championships is the only tournament in North America held on grass courts. Top-seeded John Isner is scheduled to play Tuesday. He’s looking for his third title in Newport after winning in 2011-12. The 35-year old Karlovic, a quarterfinalist in Newport last year, had first serves clocked in the 118-123 mph range in windy conditions.
“You must always adjust with the toss, and I was able to,” he said. After Karlovic went up 5-2 with his second ace of the tiebreaker, Gine-pri, a 2003 Newport champion, hit a forehand return into the net and followed with a backhand that sailed wide. The 31st-ranked Karlovic broke serve in the second and final games of the last set. “It’s always difficult on grass courts,” he said. “I was a little lucky on the tiebreak, and I was able to return better and break him twice.”
In other first-round play, 2009 Newport champion and American Rajeev Ram ousted Australian Matthew Ebden, 6-2, 7-5. American Donald Young, the No. 5 seed, was upset by Samuel Groth of Australia 7-6 (7), 6-2. “I’ve played here a lot of years,” Ram said. “I don’t know if I remember it being this windy.”
Sixth-seeded Steve Johnson needed only 47 minutes to top wild-card entry and fellow American Clay Thompson 6-1, 6-2; Dudi Sela of Israel beat Michal Przysiezny of Poland 6-1, 7-6 (2); Japan’s Tatsuma Ito beat American Mitchell Krueger 7-6 (7), 6-1; and Malek Jaziri of Tunisa defeated Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania 7-5, 6-3.
AP Photo/Peter DejongGermany’s sprinter Marcel Kittel, center, sprints towards the finish line to win the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 155 kilometers (96.3 miles) with start in Cambridge and finish in London, England, Monday, July 7, 2014.
Sir Marcel? Kittel wins last UK stage of Tour
Associated Press Writer
LONDON — At this point, the top Tour de France sprint star might be called Sir Marcel. Marcel Kit-tel, the German with a French first name, led a bunch sprint to win Monday’s Stage 3 with a finish on the doorstep of Queen Elizabeth’s Buckingham Palace. Two days earlier, he courted royal attention as Prince William and Kate saw him win Stage 1 in Yorkshire in another sprint.
Karlovic beats American Ginepri at Newport
IBP/istIvo Karlovic
IBP/File Photo
KintamaniIBP
BANGLI - Kintamani is the most favorite tourist destinations in Bali with the active volcano of mount Batur and beautiful lake. Kintamani is surrounded by the captivating nature and there are six ancient villages around cauldron of Batur Lake which is often conceived by Bali Age Village. The local people from these Bali Age villages own the unique cultures, houses and life style. Kintamani Area is con-sisted of some Villages those are Kedisan Village , Buahan, Abang, Trunyan, Songan, South Batur, Middle Batur, North Batur, Su-kawana and Kintamani Village . It is a famous tourist place because Kintamani area owns the beauti-ful panorama and it is encircled by the cold atmosphere. Kinta-mani is beautifully seen at the day time around 10:00 am until 15:00 pm especially having fine weather where entire Kintamani area will be able to be seen clearly. Kin-tamani is located in Kintamani sub district, Bangli Regency and about 50 km from Denpasar Town or about 2 hours by car.
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Di Stefano turned 88 on Friday. The fol-lowing day, he had a heart attack on a street near Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium and spent the following days in the hospital. Renowned for his speed, versatility and stra-tegic grasp of the game, he helped Madrid attain five straight European Champions Cups and was voted European player of the year in 1957 and ‘59.
In a career spanning five clubs in three countries — Argentina, Colombia and Spain — from 1945-1966, Di Stefano scored 789 goals in 1,090 matches. In the process he claimed top-scorer status once in the Argen-tine league, twice in Colombia’s league and five times in Spain. Only Raul Gonzalez has scored more goals for Real Madrid than Di Stefano, who is often recognized as the club’s first “galactico.”
However, as FIFA acknowledges on its of-ficial website, “statistics will show that Alfredo Di Stefano is one of the world’s greatest ever goal scorers, but the bare facts only tell part of the story.” FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Di Stefano “was my favorite player.”
French great Michel Platini, now presi-dent of the football’s European governing
body, said Di Stefano was “superb techni-cally, possessed outstanding speed, and was a splendid goal scorer.” “Together with his gifted teammates, he helped invent modern football.” Those who knew Di Stefano recall a straight-talking character who believed suc-cess on the field came through physical effort and dedication.
“I don’t want to be idolized, I just want to play. And to do that you have to run and sweat,” he said. His modesty in the face of overwhelm-ing sporting success won him the admiration of many. “I think he was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, football player ever,” England great Bobby Charlton said.
Born July 4, 1926, in the Barracas suburb of Buenos Aires, near the port where British sailors introduced football to Argentina, Di Stefano learned the game in what he called “the academy of the streets.”
“In our neighborhood we used to hold major football sessions that went on until it got dark, with everyone playing against each other,” he said. “Pope Francis and I went to the same school,” Di Stefano said when Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pontiff, adding the two likely played together as children.
Associated Press
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil — Copa America, 2011: Argentina’s Javier Mascherano hands the captain’s armband to Lionel Messi after being sent off late in regulation time in the quarterfinal against Uruguay. Argentina loses the ensuing penalty shootout as the host nation is eliminated from the tournament. Since that bitter moment, Messi has held on to the captaincy of Argentina, but Mascherano remains the inspirational voice in the locker room.
Known as “jefecito,” or little boss, the 5-foot-6-inch (171-centimeter) defen-sive midfielder has fired up Argentina for what has become its best World Cup run since 1990. “We’re in a place where Argentina hasn’t been for a long time,” Mascherano said ahead of the team’s semifinal against the Netherlands. “These opportunities come only so often and you can’t let them go by.”
Coach Alejandro Sabella decided to make Messi his permanent captain when he took charge after Argentina’s Copa America exit. Mascherano, Messi’s Bar-celona teammate who had worn the Argentina armband since 2008, took a step back without making a fuss — just as he does on the pitch. A hard-tackling ball winner, Mascherano stays behind when Messi and Argentina’s other attacking players surge forward.
His diligent work to recover possession just above the defensive line helps explain why Belgium’s attack failed so emphatically in Argentina’s 1-0 win in the quarterfinals. “I think the word to use is intelligence,” Mascherano said. “At this stage you play with heart and soul but you don’t get anywhere if you’re not intelligent in the tactical aspect, managing the game.” Clever though he may be, Mascherano has a tendency to lose his head in crucial moments, like he did in the 2011 Copa America.
While playing for Liverpool, he had the Premier League’s worst disciplin-ary record in the 2009-2010 season. In a highly unusual expulsion last year, he was sent off in a World Cup qualifier against Ecuador for kicking the driver off a medical cart as he was being wheeled off the pitch. Mascherano so far has controlled his temper in Brazil and has no bookings heading into Wednesday’s semifinal in Sao Paulo.
The 30-year-old’s deep desire for Argentina to make an impact in the tourna-ment is unmistakable. While many players speak dutifully about how it’s time the country ends its long dry spell in international football, Mascherano says it like he means it.
Though he’s the only player in the world who’s won two Olympic gold med-als — in 2004 and 2008 — he has also experienced agonizing defeats with the Albiceleste, including two Copa America final losses to archrival Brazil and a 4-0 quarterfinal mauling by Germany in the 2010 World Cup. It was reported in Argentine media that Mascherano got the team pumped up before the Belgium game by saying he was “tired of eating dirt.”
Reuters
BELO HORIZONTE - One of the great World Cup success stories has been the “magic spray” used by referees to keep a defensive wall 10 yards (9.15 metres) from the ball at free kicks but its inventor says he is more concerned with the good of the game than making millions. Heine Al-lemagne, 43, who has given FIFA free use of his invention at the finals, says he is driven by a love of the game and helping referees keep discipline rather than becoming a multi-millionaire.
And his invention could hardly be more simple. The referee sprays a line of biodegradable foam derived from vegetable oil in a line on the pitch indicating where the players must stand at a freekick, and that line disappears within a minute or two. “I had no commercial ambition, I wanted to develop the product. Perhaps there will be some financial side but that can come later, I wanted to get the product perfect for football.
“I wanted to help the referees keep discipline. The time now taken at free-kick has dropped from 48 seconds to around 20 seconds. There are less yellow and red cards and more goals from free-kicks, and the players respect the line.”
Although the spray cans are not yet widely available Allemagne said the retail price would be around $5. FIFA
took delivery of 320 cans for the 64 World Cup matches and Allemagne has absorbed the hypothetical cost of $1,600 himself.
Sceptical SeppOne of the more intriguing aspects
of his story is the time it took for such a simple concept to become accepted. Although local football authorities welcomed it in the early stages he said FIFA president Sepp Blatter and sec-retary general Jerome Valcke needed some convincing when they reached a more advanced stage.
“Some people needed convincing like them. Blatter was sceptical in the beginning but then realised this solved a football problem. “Some people did not think it was necessary or would act as enough deterrent to keep people behind the line. But they changed their minds.”
Allemagne, who was born and raised in the state of Minas Gerais where Tuesday’s semi-final between Brazil and Germany is being played in Belo Horizonte’s Mineirao stadium, was working in TV and graphic design when he came up with idea 14 years ago. A keen amateur footballer, he was increasingly irritated by the time-wasting that surrounded every free kick at every level of the game with players encroaching towards the ball.
The prototype was first used in the minor Copa Belo Horizonte in 2000.
It was gradually used in higher levels and two years later the Brazilian FA (CBF) sanctioned its use after it re-ceived a 100 per cent approval rating by the referees who had it.
In 2006 Allemagne joined forces with Argentinian Pablo Silva who was independently working on a similar product and since then they been working together on the spray they called the 9.15 Fair Play spray -- the metric distance players need to be from the ball at free kicks.
By 2012 the spray, with many technical modifications along the way, had been tested in 18,000 professional games and was authorised by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) who approved its use at all levels in 2012.
FIFA tested it at the Under-17 and Under-20 world championships in 2013 and it was also used at the Club World Cup before being used for the first time at the World Cup. “I am just a face in the crowd, someone from Minas Gerais who tackled a century-old problem,” says Allemagne.
Although he holds an international patent for the product and is protective of it and could become a very wealthy man out of it, that does not appear to be his goal. “There are ethical values involved. Multinational companies absorb the work of others and make their profits, but my journey is not about that,” he says.
ReutersSAO PAULO - The young striker
who stepped in for the injured Pele and helped Brazil win the 1962 World Cup believes there are parallels with the loss of Neymar but no obvious saviours in an often ordinary Brazil side.
“It is not at all the same, although there are some similarities,” Amarildo, the man who showed Brazil the way to victory in Chile, told Reuters in an interview on Monday.
“The big difference is that the 1962 team had 22 exceptional players. It didn’t matter who came off, there was a great player to take his place and we
knew that whoever came on would do a great job.”
“Modesty apart, the difference is great. The only forward the selection has is Fred and he isn’t in the same class as the players of 1962. We had Coutinho, Pele’s team mate at Santos, we had Vava. And Garrincha was there too. He was extraordinary.”
Amarildo, who is 74 was a 22-year-old reserve in 1962 and not expecting to play when Pele tore a thigh muscle after 27 minutes of the second group stage game against Czechoslovakia.
There were no substitutions al-lowed in those days but such was their respect for Pele that the Czechoslova-
kia players refused to take advantage of his injury and the match ended 0-0 with the Brazil striker hobbling along.
“He played on but was clearly hurt so I told my team mates that when Pele had the ball they were not to tackle him,” Czech captain Josef Masopust said last year at the Confederations Cup.
“It would have been easy, but it would not have been right to tackle an injured man. I saw it as a humanitarian gesture.”
Amarildo got his chance in the next game against Spain and scored both of Brazil’s goals in a 2-1 victory.
Reuters
RIO DE JANEIRO - Soccer’s governing body FIFA have denied that World Cup semi-finalists the Netherlands were thrown out of their team hotel to make way for dignitaries and sponsors.
“The situation is not...that we’re throwing them out of the hotel,” FIFA spokeswoman Delia Fischer told reporters. “It was a decision in which they defined the date when they will end their team base camp.”
The Dutch travelled to Sao Paulo on Monday, a day earlier than
expected, for Wednesday’s match against Argentina. They will stay in a FIFA-designated hotel if they qualify for the final in Rio, Fischer said.
Dutch federation president Bert van Oostveen complained that his team were being forced to move elsewhere.
“It’s just a shame that this should happen,” he told Dutch media earlier on Monday. “The players are used to the hotel and then they might have to make way for the biggest game of their careers. “I think it is not in the interests of football that athletes must give way.”
Vanishing spray inventor not letting his ideals disappear
REUTERS/Ruben Spric
Referee Ravshan Irmatov of Uzbekistan sprays vanishing foam to mark a barrier line for Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben of the Netherlands during the 2014 World Cup quarter-finals against Costa Rica at the Fonte Nova arena in Salvador July 5, 2014.
AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano
Argentina’s Lionel Messi, right, talks to his teammate Javier Mascherano as they walk off the field at the half during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Argentina and Belgium at the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, July 5, 2014.
Mascherano, Argentina’s captain without an armband
FILE - In this Jan. 3, 1995 file photo, former Argen-tina soccer star Alfredo di Stefano, left, congratu-lates fellow countryman Diego Maradona after he received the “Golden Ball” award for his life-time achievement, in Paris.
Real Madrid great Di Stefano dies at age 88
Associated Press
MADRID — Alfredo Di Stefano, the player Real Madrid has hailed as the most important component in its mid-20th century ascent to becoming a global football powerhouse, has died. He was 88. Real Madrid said in a statement that Di Stefano, its honorary president, died on Monday afternoon at Gregorio Maranon hospital, two days after a heart attack.
AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File
Dutch were not thrown out of hotel, say FIFA
Brazil hoping for ‘62 reprise, Amarildo not so sure
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Di Stefano turned 88 on Friday. The fol-lowing day, he had a heart attack on a street near Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium and spent the following days in the hospital. Renowned for his speed, versatility and stra-tegic grasp of the game, he helped Madrid attain five straight European Champions Cups and was voted European player of the year in 1957 and ‘59.
In a career spanning five clubs in three countries — Argentina, Colombia and Spain — from 1945-1966, Di Stefano scored 789 goals in 1,090 matches. In the process he claimed top-scorer status once in the Argen-tine league, twice in Colombia’s league and five times in Spain. Only Raul Gonzalez has scored more goals for Real Madrid than Di Stefano, who is often recognized as the club’s first “galactico.”
However, as FIFA acknowledges on its of-ficial website, “statistics will show that Alfredo Di Stefano is one of the world’s greatest ever goal scorers, but the bare facts only tell part of the story.” FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Di Stefano “was my favorite player.”
French great Michel Platini, now presi-dent of the football’s European governing
body, said Di Stefano was “superb techni-cally, possessed outstanding speed, and was a splendid goal scorer.” “Together with his gifted teammates, he helped invent modern football.” Those who knew Di Stefano recall a straight-talking character who believed suc-cess on the field came through physical effort and dedication.
“I don’t want to be idolized, I just want to play. And to do that you have to run and sweat,” he said. His modesty in the face of overwhelm-ing sporting success won him the admiration of many. “I think he was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, football player ever,” England great Bobby Charlton said.
Born July 4, 1926, in the Barracas suburb of Buenos Aires, near the port where British sailors introduced football to Argentina, Di Stefano learned the game in what he called “the academy of the streets.”
“In our neighborhood we used to hold major football sessions that went on until it got dark, with everyone playing against each other,” he said. “Pope Francis and I went to the same school,” Di Stefano said when Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pontiff, adding the two likely played together as children.
Associated Press
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil — Copa America, 2011: Argentina’s Javier Mascherano hands the captain’s armband to Lionel Messi after being sent off late in regulation time in the quarterfinal against Uruguay. Argentina loses the ensuing penalty shootout as the host nation is eliminated from the tournament. Since that bitter moment, Messi has held on to the captaincy of Argentina, but Mascherano remains the inspirational voice in the locker room.
Known as “jefecito,” or little boss, the 5-foot-6-inch (171-centimeter) defen-sive midfielder has fired up Argentina for what has become its best World Cup run since 1990. “We’re in a place where Argentina hasn’t been for a long time,” Mascherano said ahead of the team’s semifinal against the Netherlands. “These opportunities come only so often and you can’t let them go by.”
Coach Alejandro Sabella decided to make Messi his permanent captain when he took charge after Argentina’s Copa America exit. Mascherano, Messi’s Bar-celona teammate who had worn the Argentina armband since 2008, took a step back without making a fuss — just as he does on the pitch. A hard-tackling ball winner, Mascherano stays behind when Messi and Argentina’s other attacking players surge forward.
His diligent work to recover possession just above the defensive line helps explain why Belgium’s attack failed so emphatically in Argentina’s 1-0 win in the quarterfinals. “I think the word to use is intelligence,” Mascherano said. “At this stage you play with heart and soul but you don’t get anywhere if you’re not intelligent in the tactical aspect, managing the game.” Clever though he may be, Mascherano has a tendency to lose his head in crucial moments, like he did in the 2011 Copa America.
While playing for Liverpool, he had the Premier League’s worst disciplin-ary record in the 2009-2010 season. In a highly unusual expulsion last year, he was sent off in a World Cup qualifier against Ecuador for kicking the driver off a medical cart as he was being wheeled off the pitch. Mascherano so far has controlled his temper in Brazil and has no bookings heading into Wednesday’s semifinal in Sao Paulo.
The 30-year-old’s deep desire for Argentina to make an impact in the tourna-ment is unmistakable. While many players speak dutifully about how it’s time the country ends its long dry spell in international football, Mascherano says it like he means it.
Though he’s the only player in the world who’s won two Olympic gold med-als — in 2004 and 2008 — he has also experienced agonizing defeats with the Albiceleste, including two Copa America final losses to archrival Brazil and a 4-0 quarterfinal mauling by Germany in the 2010 World Cup. It was reported in Argentine media that Mascherano got the team pumped up before the Belgium game by saying he was “tired of eating dirt.”
Reuters
BELO HORIZONTE - One of the great World Cup success stories has been the “magic spray” used by referees to keep a defensive wall 10 yards (9.15 metres) from the ball at free kicks but its inventor says he is more concerned with the good of the game than making millions. Heine Al-lemagne, 43, who has given FIFA free use of his invention at the finals, says he is driven by a love of the game and helping referees keep discipline rather than becoming a multi-millionaire.
And his invention could hardly be more simple. The referee sprays a line of biodegradable foam derived from vegetable oil in a line on the pitch indicating where the players must stand at a freekick, and that line disappears within a minute or two. “I had no commercial ambition, I wanted to develop the product. Perhaps there will be some financial side but that can come later, I wanted to get the product perfect for football.
“I wanted to help the referees keep discipline. The time now taken at free-kick has dropped from 48 seconds to around 20 seconds. There are less yellow and red cards and more goals from free-kicks, and the players respect the line.”
Although the spray cans are not yet widely available Allemagne said the retail price would be around $5. FIFA
took delivery of 320 cans for the 64 World Cup matches and Allemagne has absorbed the hypothetical cost of $1,600 himself.
Sceptical SeppOne of the more intriguing aspects
of his story is the time it took for such a simple concept to become accepted. Although local football authorities welcomed it in the early stages he said FIFA president Sepp Blatter and sec-retary general Jerome Valcke needed some convincing when they reached a more advanced stage.
“Some people needed convincing like them. Blatter was sceptical in the beginning but then realised this solved a football problem. “Some people did not think it was necessary or would act as enough deterrent to keep people behind the line. But they changed their minds.”
Allemagne, who was born and raised in the state of Minas Gerais where Tuesday’s semi-final between Brazil and Germany is being played in Belo Horizonte’s Mineirao stadium, was working in TV and graphic design when he came up with idea 14 years ago. A keen amateur footballer, he was increasingly irritated by the time-wasting that surrounded every free kick at every level of the game with players encroaching towards the ball.
The prototype was first used in the minor Copa Belo Horizonte in 2000.
It was gradually used in higher levels and two years later the Brazilian FA (CBF) sanctioned its use after it re-ceived a 100 per cent approval rating by the referees who had it.
In 2006 Allemagne joined forces with Argentinian Pablo Silva who was independently working on a similar product and since then they been working together on the spray they called the 9.15 Fair Play spray -- the metric distance players need to be from the ball at free kicks.
By 2012 the spray, with many technical modifications along the way, had been tested in 18,000 professional games and was authorised by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) who approved its use at all levels in 2012.
FIFA tested it at the Under-17 and Under-20 world championships in 2013 and it was also used at the Club World Cup before being used for the first time at the World Cup. “I am just a face in the crowd, someone from Minas Gerais who tackled a century-old problem,” says Allemagne.
Although he holds an international patent for the product and is protective of it and could become a very wealthy man out of it, that does not appear to be his goal. “There are ethical values involved. Multinational companies absorb the work of others and make their profits, but my journey is not about that,” he says.
ReutersSAO PAULO - The young striker
who stepped in for the injured Pele and helped Brazil win the 1962 World Cup believes there are parallels with the loss of Neymar but no obvious saviours in an often ordinary Brazil side.
“It is not at all the same, although there are some similarities,” Amarildo, the man who showed Brazil the way to victory in Chile, told Reuters in an interview on Monday.
“The big difference is that the 1962 team had 22 exceptional players. It didn’t matter who came off, there was a great player to take his place and we
knew that whoever came on would do a great job.”
“Modesty apart, the difference is great. The only forward the selection has is Fred and he isn’t in the same class as the players of 1962. We had Coutinho, Pele’s team mate at Santos, we had Vava. And Garrincha was there too. He was extraordinary.”
Amarildo, who is 74 was a 22-year-old reserve in 1962 and not expecting to play when Pele tore a thigh muscle after 27 minutes of the second group stage game against Czechoslovakia.
There were no substitutions al-lowed in those days but such was their respect for Pele that the Czechoslova-
kia players refused to take advantage of his injury and the match ended 0-0 with the Brazil striker hobbling along.
“He played on but was clearly hurt so I told my team mates that when Pele had the ball they were not to tackle him,” Czech captain Josef Masopust said last year at the Confederations Cup.
“It would have been easy, but it would not have been right to tackle an injured man. I saw it as a humanitarian gesture.”
Amarildo got his chance in the next game against Spain and scored both of Brazil’s goals in a 2-1 victory.
Reuters
RIO DE JANEIRO - Soccer’s governing body FIFA have denied that World Cup semi-finalists the Netherlands were thrown out of their team hotel to make way for dignitaries and sponsors.
“The situation is not...that we’re throwing them out of the hotel,” FIFA spokeswoman Delia Fischer told reporters. “It was a decision in which they defined the date when they will end their team base camp.”
The Dutch travelled to Sao Paulo on Monday, a day earlier than
expected, for Wednesday’s match against Argentina. They will stay in a FIFA-designated hotel if they qualify for the final in Rio, Fischer said.
Dutch federation president Bert van Oostveen complained that his team were being forced to move elsewhere.
“It’s just a shame that this should happen,” he told Dutch media earlier on Monday. “The players are used to the hotel and then they might have to make way for the biggest game of their careers. “I think it is not in the interests of football that athletes must give way.”
Vanishing spray inventor not letting his ideals disappear
REUTERS/Ruben Spric
Referee Ravshan Irmatov of Uzbekistan sprays vanishing foam to mark a barrier line for Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben of the Netherlands during the 2014 World Cup quarter-finals against Costa Rica at the Fonte Nova arena in Salvador July 5, 2014.
AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano
Argentina’s Lionel Messi, right, talks to his teammate Javier Mascherano as they walk off the field at the half during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Argentina and Belgium at the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, July 5, 2014.
Mascherano, Argentina’s captain without an armband
FILE - In this Jan. 3, 1995 file photo, former Argen-tina soccer star Alfredo di Stefano, left, congratu-lates fellow countryman Diego Maradona after he received the “Golden Ball” award for his life-time achievement, in Paris.
Real Madrid great Di Stefano dies at age 88
Associated Press
MADRID — Alfredo Di Stefano, the player Real Madrid has hailed as the most important component in its mid-20th century ascent to becoming a global football powerhouse, has died. He was 88. Real Madrid said in a statement that Di Stefano, its honorary president, died on Monday afternoon at Gregorio Maranon hospital, two days after a heart attack.
AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File
Dutch were not thrown out of hotel, say FIFA
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The stage wrapped up the Eng-lish debut to this 101st Tour edition, a rousing success among cycling-crazed British fans. Riders hopped on planes and bid “au revoir” to the UK before flying across the Eng-lish Channel onto the race’s home turf. Rain in the City of London doused riders at the end of the 155-kilometer (96-mile) ride from the university town of Cambridge to a dramatic finish past landmarks Big Ben and Westminster.
Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey with a 2-second lead over the most likely contenders to win the three-week race in Paris on July 27. Kittel, led out perfectly by Giant-Shimano teammates, made it look easy as he sped down a final wide approach on The Mall with Buckingham Palace
behind him. Peter Sagan of Slovakia was second and Australia’s Mark Renshaw was third.
“I’m really, really happy I could win in front of Buckingham Palace,” said Kittel, who won four Tour stages last year. “It was one of the greatest finishes I’ve ever seen in front of this great scenery.”
FIRST PARIS, NOW LONDON
The hulking German made it a tale of two cities. He added London glory to his record after also winning on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, in the Tour finale last year. His job in the sprints got a lot easier after Britain’s Mark Cavendish pulled out of the race after injuring his shoulder in a crash in Saturday’s Stage 1.
“It’s one big opponent that is not
in the race anymore,” Kittel said. “Of course, that changes things for me, but also for the team.” Kittel is no threat for the yellow jersey. Like many sprinters, he struggles on climbs and fell nearly 20 minutes behind Nibali in the overall stand-ings in an up-and-down ride on Sunday through the hills and dales of Yorkshire.
Nibali’s biggest challengers for the prized leader’s shirt remain title-holder Chris Froome of Britain and Spain’s Alberto Contador, who finished with the same time as the Italian and Kittel in an 84-rider bunch.
On Monday, the pack cruised nervously and let two breakaway riders go free on Monday. The duo was caught with about 6 kilometers (4 miles) left.
Associated Press Writer
NEWPORT, R.I. — Second-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia used his overpowering serve to beat American Robby Ginepri 7-6 (2), 6-2 Monday in the opening round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Champion-ships. The 6-foot-11 Karlovic had 17 aces and only two double-faults, winning 92 percent of his first-serve points during breezy conditions on the grass at Newport.
The tournament is held in conjunction with the International Tennis Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. On Saturday, Lindsay Davenport heads a class that includes coach Nick Bollettieri, executive Jane Brown Grimes and broadcaster John Barrett in the contributor category and five-time Paralympic medalist Chantal Vandierendonck.
The Hall of Fame Championships is the only tournament in North America held on grass courts. Top-seeded John Isner is scheduled to play Tuesday. He’s looking for his third title in Newport after winning in 2011-12. The 35-year old Karlovic, a quarterfinalist in Newport last year, had first serves clocked in the 118-123 mph range in windy conditions.
“You must always adjust with the toss, and I was able to,” he said. After Karlovic went up 5-2 with his second ace of the tiebreaker, Gine-pri, a 2003 Newport champion, hit a forehand return into the net and followed with a backhand that sailed wide. The 31st-ranked Karlovic broke serve in the second and final games of the last set. “It’s always difficult on grass courts,” he said. “I was a little lucky on the tiebreak, and I was able to return better and break him twice.”
In other first-round play, 2009 Newport champion and American Rajeev Ram ousted Australian Matthew Ebden, 6-2, 7-5. American Donald Young, the No. 5 seed, was upset by Samuel Groth of Australia 7-6 (7), 6-2. “I’ve played here a lot of years,” Ram said. “I don’t know if I remember it being this windy.”
Sixth-seeded Steve Johnson needed only 47 minutes to top wild-card entry and fellow American Clay Thompson 6-1, 6-2; Dudi Sela of Israel beat Michal Przysiezny of Poland 6-1, 7-6 (2); Japan’s Tatsuma Ito beat American Mitchell Krueger 7-6 (7), 6-1; and Malek Jaziri of Tunisa defeated Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania 7-5, 6-3.
AP Photo/Peter DejongGermany’s sprinter Marcel Kittel, center, sprints towards the finish line to win the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 155 kilometers (96.3 miles) with start in Cambridge and finish in London, England, Monday, July 7, 2014.
Sir Marcel? Kittel wins last UK stage of Tour
Associated Press Writer
LONDON — At this point, the top Tour de France sprint star might be called Sir Marcel. Marcel Kit-tel, the German with a French first name, led a bunch sprint to win Monday’s Stage 3 with a finish on the doorstep of Queen Elizabeth’s Buckingham Palace. Two days earlier, he courted royal attention as Prince William and Kate saw him win Stage 1 in Yorkshire in another sprint.
Karlovic beats American Ginepri at Newport
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BANGLI - Kintamani is the most favorite tourist destinations in Bali with the active volcano of mount Batur and beautiful lake. Kintamani is surrounded by the captivating nature and there are six ancient villages around cauldron of Batur Lake which is often conceived by Bali Age Village. The local people from these Bali Age villages own the unique cultures, houses and life style. Kintamani Area is con-sisted of some Villages those are Kedisan Village , Buahan, Abang, Trunyan, Songan, South Batur, Middle Batur, North Batur, Su-kawana and Kintamani Village . It is a famous tourist place because Kintamani area owns the beauti-ful panorama and it is encircled by the cold atmosphere. Kinta-mani is beautifully seen at the day time around 10:00 am until 15:00 pm especially having fine weather where entire Kintamani area will be able to be seen clearly. Kin-tamani is located in Kintamani sub district, Bangli Regency and about 50 km from Denpasar Town or about 2 hours by car.
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Jakarta governor Widodo, known by his nick-name Jokowi, is 2.7 points ahead of ex-general Prabowo Subianto, according to the survey from Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting.
The pollster said that with the gap so narrow, the country’s third direct presidential election since the end of authoritarian rule in 1998 had become a test.
It warned there was the “potential for cheat-ing” and that democracy “could collapse”, add-ing that: “The worst scenario is chaos.”
Widodo is from a new generation of political leaders without links to the authoritarian past, a stark contrast to Prabowo, who was a top mili-tary figure during Suharto’s three-decade rule.
Up until several months ago, the 53-year-old looked to be on a smooth path to the presidency, with polls giving him a lead of about 30 percent-age points over Prabowo.
But his support has shrunk dramatically in the face of a slick campaign by Prabowo and a flood of negative attacks.
Tuesday’s poll put him on 47.6 percent, to Prabowo’s 44.9 percent.
The pollster said that 7.5 percent of those questioned were undecided or refused to answer. Around 2,000 voters were quizzed between June 30 and July 3 for the survey, which had a margin of error of 2.2 percent.
The poll was conducted before the final presi-dential election debate on Saturday, in which Widodo and his running mate, former vice president Jusuf Kalla, were considered to have done better than Prabowo and his deputy.
Widodo, a former furniture exporter, won huge popularity with his humble background and down-to-earth approach as Jakarta gover-nor, and was credited with initiating projects to solve the capital’s myriad problems.
Prabowo, 63, has admitted ordering the abduction of democracy activists, used to be married to Suharto’s daughter, and critics fear he may shift Indonesia back towards authoritar-ian rule.
AntaraJAKARTA - The editorial cartoon ap-
pearing on page 7 of the English newspaper in Indonesia, The Jakarta Post, on July 3, is inappropriate, stated Muhammadiyah’s Youth Organization’s Chairman Saleh Parta-onan Daulay.
The cartoon, which depicts a militant trying to raise a flag bearing the image of a skull and an Arabic verse, “Laa ilaha ilallah” on it had sparked protest among Indonesian Muslims as it was considered offensive against Islam.
Muhammadiyah are the second-largest Muslim community in Indonesia.
“The Jakarta Post stated in its apology that the cartoon was meant to protest the ISIS militant group in the Middle East for using religious symbols in carrying out their acts of violence. However, I think it is inappropriate to print it here in Indonesia as it has nothing to do with the Muslim community in this country,” emphasized Saleh.
He noted that there were some factors in the cartoon printed by The Jakarta Post, which may have offended the Muslims in In-donesia. The sentence “”Laa ilaaha illallaah”
printed on top of the skull flag in the cartoon was sacred to all Muslims in the world. In Islam, “Laa ilaaha illallaah” means human’s devotion to Allah, the Almighty.
“Another offending factor in the cartoon was the words, Allah and Muhammad, printed inside the skull picture. The words, Allah and Muhammad, are sacred to Mus-lims,” Saleh added.
Regarding the protest against its carica-ture, The Jakarta Post daily on July 8 had tendered an apology: We sincerely apologize for and retract the editorial cartoon printed on page 7 in the July 3, 2014, edition of The Jakarta Post.
The cartoon contained religious symbol-ism that may have been offensive. The Post regrets the error in judgment, which was in no way meant to malign or be disrespectful to any religion.
Our intent was to critique the use of re-ligious symbols (specifically the ISIL flag) in acts of violence in general and, in this case, against fellow Muslims. In particular, it was meant as a reproach of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which has threatened to attack the Holy Ka’bah in Mecca as part of its political agenda.
AntaraJAKARTA - Some 215 foreign observ-
ers will monitor the implementation of the Indonesian presidential election to be held throughout the country on July 9, 2014.
“We appreciate the presence of foreign observers. Thank you for your care. With the presence of a large number of observers, we believe that the presidential and vice presi-dential elections will run fairly, honestly, and transparently,” Commissioner of the National General Elections Committee (KPU) Hadar Nafis Gumay stated on Monday.
The committee held a coordination meet-ing with representatives of the institutions that brought the observers to Indonesia, in order to discuss the preparations and facilities needed by the 215 foreign observers who will moni-tor the implementation of the presidential election in several regions such as Jakarta, Aceh, Yogyakarta, Semarang (Central Java), West Java, Banten, and East Java.
The observers are coordinating with the International Foundation for Electoral System (IFES), the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD) and the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Stif-tung Fur Die Freiheit, the International IDEA-Asia and the Pacific Regional Program, PT Indra Indonesia Menara BCA, the Group-ing for General Elections and Democracy (Perludem), and the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) Foundation.
KPU Chairman Husni Kamil Manik in-formed the foreign observers that the general election was an important event held every five years in Indonesia.
The government, however, also ensured that the Indonesian nationals living abroad were also able to exercise their right to vote in the legislative and presidential elections, Manik remarked.
The KPU in cooperation with the Foreign Affairs Ministry has set up 130 overseas gen-eral election committees based in Indonesian embassies and consulate general offices, he affirmed.
Indonesia will conduct a democratic presidential election on July 9, 2014, which will be contested by two pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates: Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa and Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Jusuf Kalla (JK).
Prabowo Subianto is a retired military general and the founder of the Great Indo-nesia Movement Party (Gerindra), while his running mate, Hatta Rajasa, is a former coordinating minister for economic affairs and the chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN).
Jokowi is Jakarta’s governor and a cadre of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), while his running mate, JK, is a for-mer vice president and a senior politician of the Golkar Party.
Jakarta Post’s caricature inapproriate: Muhammadiyah Envoy
215 foreign observers to monitor presidential election
Joko Widodo hangs on to slim lead before pollAgence France-Presse
JAKARTA - Indonesian presidential hopeful Joko Widodo has a lead of less than three percentage points over his rival, a poll showed Tuesday, a day before the country’s tightest election since the downfall of dictator Suharto.
AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File
In this Sunday, June 1, 2014 file photo, Indonesian presidential candidates, former special forces commander Prabowo Subianto, right, and Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo share a light moment prior to drawing the electoral number that will rep-resent them in the upcoming presidential election in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Okinawan government said 10 people were injured, one seriously. Separately, a man was reported miss-ing from a fishing boat in rough seas off Kyushu island, to the north.
One of the strongest and biggest typhoons to hit during Japan’s summer months, Typhoon Neoguri was pack-ing sustained winds of 194 kilometers (120 miles) per hour and gusts up to 240 kph (148 mph), the Japan Meteo-rological Agency said.
“Please refrain from nonessential activities and from approaching hazardous areas,” said Meteorologi-cal Agency official Satoshi Ebihara. “Please show extreme caution.”
Local airports were closed and about 593,000 people were advised to evacuate their homes, though most remained put, taking refuge from the destructive winds, waves up to 14 meters (46 feet) high and storm surges that were set to intensify as the storm passed the main island of Okinawa in the evening.
More than half of the 50,000 U.S.
troops in Japan are based in Okinawa, the location of several bases, including Kadena, the biggest U.S. air base in Asia. An advisory on its website said the storm was at a level for which all outdoor activity was prohibited.
Television footage showed a build-ing shattered, damaged storefronts and trees toppled as winds picked up in the Okinawan capital of Naha.
Since typhoons track along Japan’s coasts, often veering onshore every summer, the country is relatively well prepared. Much greater dam-age is likely from torrential rains if the typhoon hits land as expected on Thursday or Friday and moves across the Japanese archipelago.
The storm was moving slowly and diminishing in intensity, but its wide area and slow movement could add to the potential damage, weather forecasters said.
Authorities in China and Taiwan also warned ships to stay clear of the storm. Forecasts show the storm track-ing toward Kyushu and then across
Japan’s main island of Honshu. It is forecast to lose more of its power over land, but much of the damage from such storms comes from downpours that cause landslides and flooding. Such risks are elevated by the storm’s timing, on the tail end of Japan’s sum-mer rainy season.
The Philippines, which suffered the strongest typhoon to ever hit land when Haiyan struck in November, was spared the ferocious winds of Neoguri. The storm did not make landfall and remained about 480 kilometers (300 miles) east of the country’s northernmost province of Batanes when it roared past on Sunday.
The typhoon did intensify the Philippines’ southwest monsoon, dumping heavy rains on some western provinces.
Neoguri is a Korean word meaning “raccoon dog,” a knee-high animal that looks like a cross between a dog and a raccoon but is a separate species common in East Asia.
Associated Press
LONDON — Train operators say services through the Channel Tunnel are slowly returning to normal, a day after an electrical fault caused severe delays and reduced services.
Engineers worked through the night to restore power to the af-fected part of the tunnel, but services were not expected to return to normal until midday Tuesday pending safety checks.
Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a shuttle train car-rying passenger vehicles Monday after the fault brought a train to a halt. The shuttle train traveling from Britain to France was a quarter of the way through the tunnel when it encountered a problem with an overhead power line.
Eurotunnel shuttle services are facing delays of about an hour, while high-speed Eurostar services were facing delays of 30 minutes to an hour on Tuesday.
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Women walk amid strong winds on a street in Naha, Okinawa, southern Japan, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Powerful Typhoon Neoguri pounded across the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa on Tuesday, as residents took refuge from destructive winds, towering waves and storm surges.
TOKYO — A powerful typhoon pummeled the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa on Tuesday, paralyzing transport and prompting U.S. forces based there to cancel all outdoor activity.
Channel Tunnel trains slowly return to normal
“At the moment, there are many professional certification insti-tutes in Bali, while subsidies for the establishment of institution did not exist. It is intended to avoid the overlapping so that the certification process can run quickly,” he said.
So far, only the tourism sector could be worked on by the forming 9 professional certification institutes. Next, it would be expanded to the sector of industry so that they did not have to get out of Bali for the competency test. “Hopefully, all the sectors can be independent in performing the certification through the LSP. By working hand in hand, private sector would handle it in terms of the expertise, while the government in terms of the budget,” he said.
The Head of Denpasar Social and Labor Agency, Made Erwin Suryadarma, said the most prominent employment issues today was the imbalance between the numbers of employment with the company. In addition, the quality of human resources was also relatively low so that they have low bargaining power to fight over jobs. “Having no competency, they are difficult to compete. Certification agencies should be encouraged to provide capacity building in the institutions so as to increase the quality of our hu-man resources,” he said.
According to him, the quality of human resource of Bali should be driven continuously so that it would be really ready for the AEC. They should have competency and certification required by the employment sector. “We are grateful as there is an opportunity of foreign worker permit (IMTA) in Indonesia, where the revenue of the IMTA is submitted to the local treasury. Since there has been a fund, this will be used for the development of expertise and skills,” he said.
He mentioned that Denpasar was in a dilemmatic position. On the one hand, there was a desire to close the opportunity for foreign workers, but on the other hand, they were needed such as for im-proving the quality of our human resources. He said that Denpasar already had regulations regarding the tightening of foreign labor. Later, the foreign workers working in Denpasar would be subject to a levy worth USD 100 dollars per month or USD 1,200 per year. The levy would be deposited to local treasury and this regional cash was expected to strengthen the expertise and skills of the local popula-tion as well as vocational training institutes (LPK). “This institute will be given training to produce quality labor,” he said
He said that to anticipate the onslaught of foreign workers coming to Bali, it should be made a rigorous selection system. By doing so, the presence of foreign labor could contribute to the advancement of cultural tourism in Bali. “Those who come to Bali should be limited by reexamining their competency. Thus, they would not enter freely but need a strict screening,” he said. (rah/par)
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SEOUL - Samsung estimated Tuesday that its operating profit would plunge nearly 25 percent on year in the second quarter of 2014, as cheap Chinese devices and a strong won hammered down its share of the global smartphone market. Operating profit was estimated at 7.2 trillion won ($7.1 billion) for the April-June period, compared to 9.53 trillion won a year ago -- the South Korean electronic giant’s third straight quarter of year-on-year decline.
The Q2 operating profit was down 15.2 percent from the 8.49 trillion won posted in the previous quarter. The profit drop had been widely expected, but Tuesday’s forecast still missed collated analyst estimates.
Samsung did not provide net income or details of division earnings ahead of the official earnings report to be filed later this month.
In an unusual move, Tuesday’s forecast was accompanied by an ex-planatory note that the company said was to “address market and investor concerns” prior to the audited earnings release. “The company witnessed a slowdown in the overall smartphone market growth and saw increased competition in the Chinese and some European markets,” the note said.
“This led to higher inventories for the medium- and low-end smart-phones,” it said, adding that earnings had also been hit by the appreciation of the Korean won against the dollar, euro and most emerging market currencies.
The surging won is currently running at six-year highs against the dollar, impacting South Korea’s export-driven economy.
Sales in April-June stood at 52 trillion won, down 9.5 percent from a year earlier, and 3.1 percent from the first quarter.
The proposed agreement at the Geneva-based organization would cover 86 percent of trade in environmental goods such as solar panels and gas and wind turbines for producing energy, filters and ultraviolet disinfection equipment for wastewater treatment and soot removers and catalytic converters for air pol-lution control. U.S. exports of environmental goods reached $106 billion last year, and have grown 8 percent a year since 2009.
The negotiations also include Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Switzerland, and Chinese Taipei. They are meant to build on a list of 54 environmental goods put to-gether by members of APEC — the alliance known as Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation for Pacific Rim economies — for which the governments hope to reduce tariffs to five percent or less by the end of 2015.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said a new agreement would eliminate tariffs of up to 35 percent on dozens of items and fulfill a key part of President Barack Obama’s climate-change agenda.
Though climate change isn’t technically part of the WTO’s work agenda, the organization considers itself relevant to the issue because of the way trade policies affect sustainable development, including the efficient allocation of natural resources that raise standards of living.
“By eliminating tariffs on the technologies we all need to protect our envi-ronment, we can make environmental goods cheaper and more accessible for everyone,” Froman said.
Associated Press
SYDNEY — Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe met with his Australian counterpart on Tuesday to sign agreements bolstering defense and trade ties between the countries.
The defense deal, which involves the transfer of military equipment and technology, comes a week after Japan’s government ushered in a new era for the country’s defense force by reinterpreting its pacifist constitution to allow greater use of its military to defend allies.
Abe wants Japan to have a larger role in global secu-rity amid China’s growing military might. The defense policy change drew criticism from Beijing, which is embroiled in a territorial dispute with Japan.
That leaves Australia in a delicate situation, given that China is its largest trade partner. Prime Minister Tony Abbott sought to downplay any suggestion that Australia’s defense deal with Japan — which centers around plans to jointly develop stealth submarine tech-nology — is a slight against China.
“Australia welcomes Japan’s recent decision to be a more capable strategic partner in our region. I stress: Ours is not a partnership against anyone. It’s a partnership for peace, for prosperity and for the rule of law,” Abbott told parliament in the nation’s capital,
Canberra. “Our objective is engagement. And we both welcome the greater trust and openness in our region that’s exemplified by China’s participation in this year’s RIMPAC naval exercises.”
RIMPAC, or Rim of the Pacific exercises, are the world’s largest maritime drills.
Abe used his speech to parliament in part to address the military policy shift.
“We want to make Japan a country that will work to build an international order that upholds the rule of law,” Abe told parliament. “Our desire is to make Japan a country that is all the more willing to contribute to peace in the region and beyond. It is for this reason that Japan has raised the bar of proactive contribution to peace.”
In response to a question from a journalist about Beijing’s likely reaction to the Australia-Japan defense deal, Abe said Japan was eager to improve its relation-ship with China.
“The door for dialogue is always open from the Japanese side, so I do sincerely hope that the Chinese side will also take the same posture,” Abe said.
Abe, who is on a three-day visit to Australia, also signed a free-trade agreement that will gradually reduce Japan’s nearly 40 percent tariffs on Australian exports of beef, and axe Australia’s tariffs on Japanese-made vehicles, household appliances and electronics.
Trade talks begin on $1 trillion green goodsAssociated Press
GENEVA — Diplomats from the United States, China and the European Union began negotiations Tuesday with 11 other members of the World Trade Organization toward a new deal that would cut tariffs on almost $1 trillion of environmental goods.
Samsung Electronics flags 25% plunge in Q2 profit
AP Photo/Rob Griffith, PoolJapan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks with Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott ahead of signing a trade agreement between the two nations at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, July 8, 2014.
Australia, Japan sign free trade, defense deals
Bali PostBULELENG - Ahead of the
presidential and vice presidential election on July 9, 2014, the ranks of Buleleng Police began to spread its personnel to secure the polling stations (TPS) in Northern Bali. A total of 564 polling station security personnel would be deployed on Monday (Jul 7) in the rally of troop shift at Bhuana Partra Stadium, Singaraja, led by the Chief of Buleleng Police, Benny Arjanto.
Before determining the num-ber of security personnel, police had mapped 971 polling sta-tions categorized into safe and vulnerable-one polling stations. Each vulnerable-one category polling station would be guarded by two policemen, while five safe-
category polling stations would be guarded by one policeman.
Chief of Buleleng Police, Ben-ny Arjanto, said last Monday after releasing his personnel that polling stations declared as vulnerable-one amounted to 168 units scattered throughout villages in Buleleng. Meanwhile, the remaining 803 polling stations were declared safe. “We’ve performed the mapping and today we spread our personnel to each polling station, so that they will be ready to be on duty on the Election Day,” he said.
According to police chief, a total of 901 personnel would be in charge of securing the presidential election of this year equipped with a standard oper-ating procedure (SOP) having
been prepared. These guidelines had to be observed and met by every officer securing the polling stations in carrying out their duties. One of the SOPs was reminding that the person-nel securing the polling station should keep in mind the neutral-ity in the presidential election this year. “If our personnel are already on duty pursuant to the SOP, as a leader I’m ready to hold responsible. Should there be any personnel violating, we will process in accordance with applicable rules,” he added.
On the other hand, the county police chief said the officer as-signed for presidential election this year totally amounted to 901 personnel. This amount
would be added with the backup of two platoons from the Bali Police Mobile Brigade and the assistance from the National Police School (SPN) Singaraja. As for the exact amount of the security assistance from the Indonesian Military (TNI), com-munity protection and pecalang (customary security guard) had not been ascertained. Obviously, the cooperation of military with other elements in securing the election was expected to realize the safe and orderly election. “To be sure, police will involve 901 personnel and the assistance of the Bali Police and the SPN Singaraja. The troop assistance from the military and other ele-ments is still under coordination
and the amount has not been known,” he explained.
Strictly guarded Other than focused on the secu-
rity of polling station as well as pub-lic security and orderliness at each village, Buleleng Police also focused on the security of a number of vital objects in Northern Bali. Those vital objects included the government office, office of Buleleng Electoral Commission and Electoral Supervi-sory Committee. Besides, the secu-rity focus also targeted the safety of steam- and gas-fueled power plant (PLTGU) at Pemaron village, the construction of the steam-fueled power plant (PLTU) at Celukan Bawang, Gerokgak, and some other vital objects. (kmb)
IBG Ary Wi jaya Guntur, Branch Manager of Regional Development Bank (BPD) Ta-banan said that his party had long been preparing all purposes, espe-cially in anticipation of the surge in transaction of exchange for small rupiah denomination. The denomination of rupiah banknote prepared was ranging from IDR 2,000, IDR 5,000 and IDR 10,000 to IDR 20,000.
“To meet the needs for small denomination of rupiah banknotes during the fasting month until the Eid, we have submitted a request on the needs to the head office in Denpasar. If the amount given is still considered inadequate before the closing of the exchange, we’ll re-submit to the head office to be forwarded to Bank Indonesia that is surely adjusted to the amount needed,” he said.
According to Ary Wijaya, the welfare of Tabanan community continued to improve from year to year. Therefore, the number of community members worshiping also increased by means of pay-
Keep polling station on Election Day Buleleng Police deploy 564 personnel
ANTARA FOTO/Sahlan KurniawanThe tradition of distributing money while celebrating the Eid makes a lot of people flock to bank or other money changer for exchanging banknotes with smaller denomination.
Small denominations widely hunted for the Eid
Bali Post
TABANAN - The tradition of distributing money while celebrating the Eid makes a lot of people flock to bank or other money changer for exchanging banknotes with smaller denomination. The need of community for smaller denomination of rupiah, especially before the Eid festivity, was also recognized by a number of banking leaderships. Even, to provide the best services, one of the leading banks in Tabanan County provided a counter of small denomination exchange services from Tuesday (Jul 1) through Friday (Jul 25).
ing alms and other donations. As a result, the banknotes were absolutely needed. “The amount of exchange is not restricted and only according to the amount owned. We do hope that custom-ers requiring a larger amount can let us know first,” he said.
Other than serving general public, Ary Wijaya also said that the bank he chaired also served the money exchange of rupiah into smaller denomination from a number of people’s credit banks (BPRs) in Tabanan. “So, we do not only serve general public, but also the people’s credit banks wishing to exchange smaller denomination of rupiah because the BPRs are also our customers,” he said.
Other than exchanging money, many people also withdrew sav-ings related to the Eid feast. However, it was recognized if the volume of transactions of saving withdrawal on Galungan and Kuningan for Hindus in Bali was much higher than ahead of the Eid, said Ary Wijaya while
adding if bank always made an-ticipation. “Apparently, the vol-ume of savings withdrawal ahead of this Eid shows a slight increase because it coincides with the long
school holiday,” he said.Rizki was one of the customers
who encountered when waiting for his turn to make transaction of exchanging rupiah to smaller de-
nomination to be brought home. “As scheduled, we will go home next week. I’d like to exchange some money to be given to my nieces and relatives,” he said. (kmb28)
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In a statement, the military said it was seeking to “retrieve stability to the residents of southern Israel, eliminate Hamas’ capabilities and destroy terror infrastructure operat-ing against the State of Israel and its civilians.”
Nearly 300 rockets and mortars have been fired at Israel in recent weeks, including a barrage of about 80 projectiles on Monday alone, the military said. Israel has responded with dozens of airstrikes, and eight Palestinian militants were killed Monday. Israel had signaled that it would not launch a larger offensive if the militant group Hamas ceased the rocket fire.
“They chose the direction of escalation,” said military spokes-man Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, in a telephone briefing to reporters. “So the mission will go on as long as we feel it is necessary to carry it out. We don’t expect it to be a short mission on our behalf.” Among the
Associated Press Writer
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s defense minister says the government will only restart cease-fire negotiations with pro-Russian insurgents in the country’s east once the rebels lay down their weapons.
Valery Heletey’s statement, posted online Tuesday, comes amid growing confidence among government forces after they drove the insurgent militia from their stronghold of Slovyansk.
Last week, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promised cease-fire talks no later than that Saturday, but a series of military successes by the Ukrainian army may have changed minds in Kiev. Instead, on Saturday, Ukrainian troops routed the rebels in Slovyansk, forcing hundreds of insurgents to regroup in the regional capital, Donetsk.
A 10-day cease-fire that ended in late June was punctuated by frequent clashes and provided no progress in reaching a negotiated settlement.
AP Photo/Khalil HamraPalestinians try to salvage what they can of their belongings from the rubble of a house destroyed by an overnight Israeli airstrike in Gaza City Tuesday, July 8, 2014.
Israel launches military offensive against GazaAssociated Press
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military launched what could be a long-term offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday striking at least 50 sites in Gaza by air and sea and mobilizing troops for a possible ground invasion aimed at stopping a recent barrage of rocket attacks against Israel. The army said “Operation Protective Edge” looks to strike the Islamic Hamas group and end the rocket fire that has intensified in recent weeks amid tensions over the kill-ing of three Israeli teenagers and the apparent revenge killing of a Palestinian teenager.
50 sites the army said it targeted early Tuesday were four houses it said were “activity sites” belong-ing to Hamas militants involved in launching rockets at Israel or other militant activity. There were no reported casualties in the strikes.
The military identified the men whose houses were targeted as Eiad Sakik, Abdullah Hshash, Samer Abu Daka, and Hassan Abdullah. The Associated Press filmed Abu Daka and Abdullah’s demolished homes in the Khan Younis area of the Gaza Strip. The state of the other homes could not be immediately confirmed. In addition, the military said it struck three militant compounds, 18 concealed rocket launchers, and other militant infrastructure sites. Most were targeted in air-strikes, and three were attacked from the sea.
Gaza health official Ashraf Al-Kedra said at least nine Pales-
tinian civilians were brought to a Gaza hospital with light to mod-erate injuries from the airstrikes, including several who suffered from shock. He said some of the injured Palestinians were treated and released.
Lerner, the military spokesman, said the army will gradually increase its attacks on Hamas in Gaza, and is recruiting additional reservists for a potential ground invasion of Gaza. Hamas has amassed about 10,000 rockets, including longer-
range rockets that can reach “up to Tel Aviv and beyond,” Lerner said, adding that the army was preparing for the possibility that Hamas would launch rockets toward Israel’s heartland and its commercial and cultural hub.
Ukraine says rebels must disarm before talks
AP Photo/Dmitry LovetskyUkraine’s newly appointed Minister of De-fense, Valery Heletey, center, inspects weapons captured from rebels in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Saturday, July 5, 2014.
Bali PostNEGARA - Residential devel-
opment in the town of Negara is fairly rapid. Unfortunately, this development seems illegal. Plotting of land and housing development of less than 10 units regardless of the environmental assessment are feared to disrupt the urban spatial planning. Developers only pursue benefits by building some units of house and taking advantage of the cheap price of land.
“The land area under 1,000 square meters is also offered to be converted into housing through a profit sharing business model. Un-fortunately, the developers do not think about spatial planning,” said Ketut Sutrisna, one of the owners of paddy fields in Negara.
He also claimed to have been offered cooperation with the lure that the land price would be two or three times plus the sale proceeds of a single unit of house. But since the land remained productive, Sutrisna chose to maintain it. Then, he encountered a difficult choice because the surrounding land had been converted into housing. One block of housing only consisted of a few houses. Even, the distance was very close and not equipped with a drain. Similarly, the irrigation chan-
nels were also hampered because the development of new housing was unstoppable. He regretted as there were no rules protecting the land from conversion. As a result, the unlicensed developers could run their business freely.
This condition also touched the concern of property employers. Secretary of the Real Estate Indo-nesia (REI) of Bali Chapter, Made Sudhana Yasa, on Monday (Jul 7) expected the relevant agency to control the land plotting and per-mit submission of the land plotting should include a membership card of the real estate organization. By that way, any problem arose related to general public, adjacent land owner or home buyers could be controlled. So far, the most frequent issue was that illegal developers that did not pay attention to public facilities and social facilities. Nec-essarily, the planning, licensing and construction were in accordance with the spatial plan.
“In the recent hearings, we have proposed the existence of the rules to meet the needs,” he said. When the promises of the devel-opers could be met, it should also relate to the licensing, construc-tion, banking to National Land Agency (BPN). (kmb26)
A total of 10 dogs worth millions of rupiahs were transported with a maroon red APV vehicle with license plate B 8638 BU. Since the checking, police officers had been suspicious as they heard the bark-ing of dogs in the vehicle. Having been checked, there were 10 dogs in the vehicle planned to be brought to Denpasar. Kioe Hasan, 58, the car driver, claimed if the dogs were deposit of his friend in Yogyakarta. In the trunk of his car was found 1 heads of rottweiler, 3 heads of bulldog, 3 heads of cihuahua and 2 heads of herder. All the dogs were estimated to value at hundreds of millions of rupiahs. As recognition of Hasan, when passing through Gilimanuk Harbor, his car was not checked. He did not bring any ani-mal shipping documents because he was only entrusted.
Deputy Chief of Jembrana Po-lice, Hagnyono, said that his party was waiting for further investiga-tion related to the findings of the officers. Car driver and his dogs were examined in Jembrana Police. The operation was, according to him, deliberately performed during the silent period of the Presidential Election so as to create a safe and conducive situation.
In that operation, police also found sharp weapon under the seat of motorcycle with license plate DK 6240 QL ridden by Kosman. The sharp weapon was a bayonet blade deposited by a friend of him named Sofian, from Suwung, Den-pasar. Police then secured the sharp weapon. Aside from checking the luggage, police also checked the papers of vehicle. Some motor-cycles were ticketed. (kmb26)
IBP/FileThe illegal dogs was confiscated from a vehicle in Rambut Siwi, Jembrana
Escape from Gilimanuk
Dozens of dog secured at RambutsiwiBali Post
NEGARA - The ‘creating condition’ operation ahead of the Presi-dential Election 2014 was held by Jembrana Police, Monday (Jul 7) at rest area of Rambutsiwi, Mendoyo. The operation targeting all vehicles coming to Bali was led by Deputy Chief of Jembrana Police, Hagnyono, and Operation Division Head, Ketut Sukarta. From the inspection for approximately two hours, police found a car carrying contraband dogs and motorcyclist carrying a sharp weapon.
3Wednesday, July 9, 201414 InternationalInternational Bali NewsTechnology Wednesday, July 9, 2014
The 36th Bali Art FestivalReuters
SEOUL - The billionaire founder of web portal operator Naver Corp beat back Google Inc to leave South Korea one of few countries where the U.S. search engine does not dominate.
Now, Lee Hae-jin is stepping onto the world stage with Line, a mes-saging app developed by a subsidiary in Japan to overcome downed com-munications after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
But Lee will face a very different market to the one that welcomed Nav-er.com. Instead of developing a local lead and fending off a global giant, Lee will have to take on established rivals in an international context.
“I am playing the part of an attacking winger who needs to run to break through the global market,” Lee, 47, said recently, referring to a goal-scoring role in soccer akin to that of FIFA Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo.
Line has lured 470 million users with its simple design and elaborate emoticons, such as a cartoon happy-go-lucky rabbit. Its user base eclipses that of local peer Kakao Corp’s KakaoTalk and places Line nearer Tencent Holdings Ltd’s WeChat and Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp.
To fund expansion and close the gap, bankers familiar with the matter said Naver is considering selling shares of Line Corp in Tokyo, New York or both. They said any initial public offering could value the subsidiary at up to $20 billion.
On listing plans, Line and Naver declined to comment.Lee founded Naver.com in 1999 to rival the portal of Daum Commu-
nications Corp and Korean-language versions of foreign entrants such as Yahoo! Inc.
Naver.com attracted clicks with features such as a user question-and-answer forum and a search engine which displays results from news, blogs and other categories on a single page.
The portal built up such a lead that its search engine makes up 75 percent of the search market, according to researcher KoreanClick. Google, which embarked on a major push in Korea in 2006, holds 2 percent.
That put South Korea in a handful of markets including China and Russia where Google is not the dominant force. It also left Naver the country’s fifth-most valuable stock with a capitalisation of 27 trillion won ($26.76 billion).
But in just three years, Line has grown to account for nearly a quarter of Naver’s 638 billion won in January-March revenue by selling ads, games and emoticons, known as stamps.
Around 80 percent of Line’s revenue comes from Japan. Elsewhere, Thailand and Indonesia are big markets in terms of user numbers, and as part of its global expansion, Line has made inroads in Mexico and the United States.
The messaging market is still growing and it is likely to take a couple years before any app solidifies itself as a leader in particular countries, said Tom Mowat, principal analyst at Analysys Mason.
“The next few years will be decisive for the global messaging market,” Lee said in rare public appearance at a conference on the resort island of Jeju.
“So we will concentrate on growing our user base in the near term as opposed to profitability.”
NASA plans to use the handsets to beef up its Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES, which could eventually take over daily chores for astronauts or even handle risky duties outside of the vessel.
The phones, part of Google’s Proj-ect Tango augmented reality initiative, will be aboard a cargo spacecraft scheduled to launch on July 11.
Inspired by a scene from the movie Star Wars where Luke Sky-walker spars with a hovering globe, the soccer-ball sized robots can be guided around the space station’s microgravity interior, propelled by tiny blasts of CO2 at about an inch per second.
When NASA sent its SPHERES to the space station in 2006 they were capable of precise movement but little else. In 2010, engineers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, looked for ways to make the devices smarter.
“We wanted to add communica-tion, a camera, increase the processing
capability, accelerometers and other sensors. As we were scratching our heads thinking about what to do, we realized the answer was in our hands,” Smart SPHERES project manager Chris Provencher told Reuters in an interview last week. “Let’s just use smartphones.”
They bought phones at Best Buy and altered them by adding extra batteries and a shatter-proof displays before sending the handsets to the space station, where astronauts used Velcro to attach them to the side of the SPHERES. That gave the robots a wealth of new sensing and visual capabilities - but still not enough to move around the station as easily as the engineers wanted.
Looking to improve the robots, NASA recently turned to the experi-mental smartphones Google created to encourage innovation in its push for consumer mobile devices that can make sense of space as easily as people do.
The Project Tango handsets include a motion-tracking camera and an infra-
red depth sensor similar to Microsoft’s Kinect add-on for the Xbox. The sen-sors will detect sharp angles inside the space station and create a 3D map that lets the SPHERES navigate from one module to another.
“This type of capability is exactly what we need for a robot that’s go-ing to do tasks anywhere inside the space station,” Provencher said. “It has to have a very robust navigation system.”
NASA’s phones have been split open so that the touchscreen and sen-sors face outward when mounted on the robots. They also include space-tested batteries and plastic connectors to replace the Velcro.
Google wants the technology showcased by Project Tango to be-come ubiquitous, helping retailers cre-ate detailed 3D representations of their shops and letting gamers make their homes into virtual battlegrounds.
It also teamed up with LG recently to launch a Project Tango tablet to encourage developers to experiment with its features.
REUTERS/Noel Randewich
Smart SPHERES project manager Chris Provencher demonstrates one of NASA’s robots at the Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California July 2, 2014.
NASA to send 3D Google smartphones for robots to space stationReuters
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., - Google smartphones with next-generation 3D sensing technology are about to blast into orbit, where they will become the brains and eyes of ball-shaped hovering robots on the International Space Station.
REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/Files
Naver goes global with messaging app Line
“We are stepping up sea patrols around the island to anticipate intruders who want to disrupt the atmosphere of the election,” Musyareh stated on Tuesday.
Musyareh reported that sea patrolling was increased around inhabited small islands around Bali, particularly the islands of Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan at Klungkung District.
Musyareh noted that besides sea
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DENPASAR - Court on Tuesday sentenced a boat skipper to three years’ imprisonment over an ill-fated diving trip which killed two of the seven Japanese women taking part.
Agustinus Brata Kusuma lost track of the divers near the resort island of Bali in February when a storm hit suddenly.
Kusuma broke down in tears as the judge read the verdict, convicting him of negligence causing death and injury.
“I apologise to the families of the victims. It was not intentional,” he told reporters outside the Denpasar district court in Bali after the ruling.
Five of the divers were spotted some 20 kilometres (some 12 miles) from their take-off point three days after they went missing. They had managed to clamber onto rocks and coral reefs and were saved in a dramatic rescue.
Presiding judge Nursyam, who goes by one name, said the court had found that Kusuma had taken “too long to ask for help and report the incident”.
He left the location to buy fuel after
losing sight of the divers, returning two hours later, Nursyam said.
“When the Japanese divers came to the surface, the boat wasn’t there,” he said.
“The seven divers were smashed around by the storm and were sepa-rated.”
The judge said the defendant’s actions had tarnished the reputation of Bali as a tourism destination.
Kusuma worked for the Bali-based dive company Yellow Scuba, which organised the women’s trip to the neigh-bouring islands of Nusa Penida and Nusa Lembongan.
A Japanese Yellow Scuba instructor, Saori Furukawa, was among the women saved. Shoko Takahashi, who ran Yellow Scuba with her husband, was one of the two found dead.
Furukawa told the court earlier how she fired a flare gun to try to get the skip-per’s attention to no avail.
She told reporters after the incident that the weather suddenly turned bad and the sea spun “like a washing machine”, describing being swept apart from the others by a strong current.
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A performance of artists from Blitar entertaint visitors at Art Center during Bali Art Festival on Tuesday. The troupe from Blitar showcased a dance called Jaran-Jaranan which usually perform to entertain king and queen.
BAF ScheduleWednesday, July 9, 2014
Time Place Event20.00 Ayodya Stage Drama Dance Performance 20.00 Wantilan Shadow Puppet charateristics20.00 Ksirarnawa Documentary Movies Screening20.00 Ardha Candra Children’s Gong Kebyar Exhibition
Sea patrols intensified for securing electionAntara
DENPASAR - The water police in the Indonesian island resort of Bali have intensified sea patrols during the July 9 presidential election, noted Bali Water Police spokesman Senior Com-missioner Tubuh Musyareh.
patrols, the Bali Water Police has also increased coordination with the ground task force to anticipate unidentified persons who sneak into the islands via sea with dangerous materials to disturb the election.
Earlier, Denpasar Naval Base spokesman Colonel Julius Widjo-jono stated on Monday that two warships were being prepared to patrol the waters around Bali for securing the presidential election.
“We are preparing two warships to patrol the waters around Bali during the presidential election,” Julius remarked after a joint call for readiness at the Niti Mandala Renon Square on Monday.
Julius noted that one of the war-ships, KRI Weling, has been readied at the Benoa Port, while the other will follow soon.
He further added that besides the two warships, he will also mobilize
some 227 Navy personnel to main-tain security in the territorial waters during the presidential election.
“We are doing this in anticipa-tion of intruders who want to enter Bali Island with explosive materials or to hinder the process of election,” he stated, adding that he has also called on the fishermen in Jembrana district to help maintain security.
Meanwhile, Bali Police Chief Inspector General Albertus Julius Benny Mokalu explained that his party has outlined crime-prone areas to ensure security ahead of and after the July 9 presidential election.
“In our effort to ensure security ahead of and after the presidential
election, we have mapped sensitive areas because almost all of them are prone to crime,” he recently noted in Denpasar.
He pointed out that the past legislative elections in Bali ran peacefully, and therefore, they want to take the same steps for the presi-dential election next week.
“Before the past legislative elec-tions, we mapped sensitive areas, and now, we are doing the same for the presidential election,” Mokalu noted.
He explained that at least two policemen, assisted by TNI person-nel, will be posted at every ballot station to ensure security during the election.
Skipper jailed for Japanese diver deaths
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Agustinus Brata Kusuma, right, the captain of a boat carrying seven Japanese women during a scuba diving accident in February, 2014, walks to a courtroom during his verdict in Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Kusuma was sentenced to three years in prison on charges of negligence in the line of his job which caused one diver dead, one missing and others injured.
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EvEry Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.
The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is con-sidered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.
The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.
In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.
Balinese Temple Ceremony
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Calendar Event for June 1 through July 12, 2014
1 Jun Pura Sakenan Serangan DenpasarPura Dalem Pahuman Bhujangga Penatih Denpasar TimurPura Alas Harum Batur KintamaniPura Alas Angker Munduk KintamaniPura Dalem Kawitan Empuaji Klungkung
4 Jun Buda Cemeng Langkir Pura Tanah Lot Kediri TabananPura Bucabe Mas UbudPura Puseh Desa Ganggang Canggi BatuanPura Luhur Batur Pucangan Buahan TabananPura Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Ida Ratu Sundaring Jagat Penataran Agung BesakihPura Dalem bangun Sakti Tamiang KapalDalem Bias Muntig Ped Nusa penida
8 Jun Pura Agung Petilan Pengerebongan kesi-man DenpasarPura Pasek Tohjiwa Kesiut Kangin Kerambitan Tabanan
10 Jun Anggarkasih Medangsia Pura Pesimpangan Gerya Sakti Yogaloka Lampung SelatanPura Luhur UluwatuPura Bukit Pecatu Kuta badungPura Penataran Agung Singakerta UbudPura Andakasa KarangasemPura Gua Lawah KlungkungPura Kawitan Arya Gelgel klungkungPura Taman Ayun MengwiPura Suralaya Banda klungkungPura Dalem Senapati Bebalang BangliPura Pasek Gaduh Blahbatuh GianyarPura Pasek Lurah Tutuan Kerambitan TabananPura Pusering Jagat Tampaksiring
GianyarPura Gerya Sakti Tulikup GianyarPura Dalem Dauh UbudPura Segara Ketewel SukawatiPura Mertha Sari Mas Ubud
11 Jun Pura Gede Purancak JembranaPura Dalem Dauma Batuan SukawatiPura Nataran Kacang Dawa KlungkungPura Bhatara Gede Apol Ubung DenpasarPura Puseh Brahmana KlungkungPura Kahyangan Jagat Dalem Purwa Denbantas TabananPura Dalem Sukahet KlungkungPura Dalem MuasPahit Guwang SukawatiPura Taman Dukuh TegallalangPura Desa Sanding Tampak Siring gianyarPura Pasek Tohjiwa Batan Buah KesimanPura Sahab Nusa penidaPura Dalem Cemara Serangan Denpasar
12 Jun Purnama Sasih Sadha Pura Pauman Bhujangga Tonja DenpasarPura Amertha Sari Rempoa Jakarta SelatanPura Ulun Swi Kediri TabananPura Panti Pasek Gelgel Bitra Gianyar
15 Jun Kajeng Kliwon uwudan Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kekeran Mengwi
25 Jun Buda Kliwon Pahang Pura Luhur Puncak Padang Dawa Padangbai KarangasemPura Aer jeruk Sukawati GianyarPura Dangin Pasar Batuan SukawatiPura Penataran Batuyang BatubulanPura Desa Lembeng Ketewel GianyarPura Pasek Bendesa Kediri TabananPura Kawitan Dalem Sukawati gianyarPura Kresek Banyuning Buleleng
Pura Puseh Bebandem KarangasemPura Sad Kahyangan Batu Swana Nusa PenidaPura Buda Kliwon Penatih DenpasarPura Penataran Dukuh Naga Sari Bebandem KarangasemPura Batur Sari Ubud
27 Jun Tilem Sasih Sadha Pura Dalem Celuk Sukawati
11 Jul Hari Bhatara Sri 12 Jul Purnama Sasih Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran Agung BesakihPura Tirta BesakihPura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati
This area is very popular in the eyes of expatriates, so it is growing so fast and presents various tourism supporting facilities such as spa, restaurant and even some of them are quite well known. The RC Villas & Spa is present in this area whose grand opening coincided with the full moon of the tenth month in Balinese calendar or Tuesday (May 13). “This prop-erty is located in the heart of Seminyak area, just 5 minute’s walk from Ku De Ta Beach, 15 minute’s drive from RC Villas Legian and 30 minutes to the Ngurah Rai International Airport by car,” added Marcel born in Ende in 1978.
The RC Villas & Spa offers 8 villas with the total area of 3,000 square meters, coming with the combination of modern
minimalist and Balinese architecture. In general, it consists of two units of two-bed room villas with an area of 400 square meters equipped with private pool (4 m x 9 m), while six other units are one-bed room villas with an area of 200 square meters equipped with private pool villa sizing 3 m x 7m. Overall the villas are equipped with a large seating area, flat-screen satellite TV and DVD player and a semi-open dining room surrounded by a garden.
Guests can relax on the terrace or on a chair while sunbathing at the edge of the pool. Meanwhile, the kitchen is equipped with stove, mini bar and tea/coffee maker. Complimentary breakfast and afternoon tea are available. Similarly, the property is also provided with facilities
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RC Villas & SpaIBP
SEMINyAK - When mentioning the name of Seminyak area, we will promptly imagine various kinds and classifications of accommodation spreading across the region, from cheap to expensive budget. This area continues to grow. “Originally this region was an exclusive area, but slowly it has shifted with the presence of reasonable accommodation,” said General Manager of rC villas & Spa, Marcel Paga, during the grand opening some time ago.
like free airport transfers, free Wi-Fi internet access, room service, laundry and dry cleaning and car rental facilities for guests who want to explore the beauty and a variety of cultural activities on the island of the thousand temples.
In short, all the villa units look cool and shady with gardens characterized by tropical plants. “It is very appropriate with the target market, including Australia up to 60 percent as supported by representative office in Australia, other than European and Asian markets,” said Marcel, the father of one daughter, having worked in tourism industry for 15 years.
Meanwhile, I Made Murditha, the owner of the RC
Villas & Spa, from Taman hamlet, Kerobokan, revealed that he had wanted to have an accommodation since the 1980s when he was still active in police service. Such an idea was inseparable from the condition of Seminyak at that time where most of the existing accommodations were owned by foreigners or outsiders of Bali.
Made Murditha, the father of Rilo and Cindy, who liked reading books claimed to have been motivated by the book he had read. One of them was the Thinking Big and the concept in Hinduism known as the Tri Kaya Parisudha (good thought, saying and deeds). “Now, I have struggled and served in other field to participate in reaching the people’s welfare,” he said.
It was decided in the coordination meeting of the regional working unit (SKPD) with PD Pasar Buleleng (operator of traditional market) in the office of the regent, Monday afternoon (Jul 7). The coordination meeting was lead by Regional Secretary of Buleleng, Dewa Ketut Puspaka.
After chairing the coordination meeting, Puspaka said that government currently focused on emergency handling after the fire engulfing the Seririt Market, Thursday (Jul 3). To support the emergency response, it was required the fund estimated to reach IDR 1.4 billion. It would be prepared and realized immediately for the needs of emergency response. The handling made was building kiosks for 1,400 traders of the fire victims.
“We are prioritizing emergency response first. We do not want if the impact of fire will disrupt the overall economic growth, especially in Seririt and surrounding areas,” he said. The emergency fund prepared would, added Puspaka, be used by government to build 883 kiosks to accommodate traders becoming the victims of fire at the Seririt Market.
As planned, the kiosks would be constructed by utilizing the area of Seririt Terminal including sev-eral roads around the terminal. Other than kiosks, the government would also build several security posts in the vicinity of the relocating traders. Besides, the government would also provide emergency assistance to fire victims in the form of groceries. “We prioritize to build kiosk in accordance with the data of the PD Pasar first. Based on the data at hand, some traders previously rented more than one kiosk. In addition, the location is also limited, so we take the priority scale,” he explained.
Meanwhile, until Monday, the traders becoming the fire victims competed to look for location to sell on the edge of Jalan Gajah Mada in the east of burning market or at roadside in the west of the market. Trad-ers chose to sell at sober location because there was no other work, other than selling. They should make pioneering efforts from zero and minimum investment. It happened because the entire merchandise could not be saved at the time of the fire. (kmb38)
Bali PostSINGARAJA - Buleleng County has many kinds of arts and cultural diversity, rang-
ing from the arts to a variety of foods. To accommodate a variety of existing creativities, Buleleng government took initiative to organize the Buleleng Festival (Bulfest) on August 6-10, 2014 with the concept of mass Fishermen Dance performance.
It was revealed by Chairman of the Bulfest 2014 Organizing Committee, Gede Suyasa, Monday (Jul 7). He said if the Bulfest 2013 presented the Teruna Jaya Dance en masse, the icon of this year would be the Fishermen Dance composed by choreographer I Ketut Merda, from Kedis village, Busungbiu subdistrict.
Preparation of the committee itself, said Suyasa, remained to finalize the partici-pants and strengthen the creative team of the performance. The Bulfest 2014 would be witnessed by thousands of local and international spectators. The event taking place for five days would be opened with Fishermen Dance becoming an important icon in the event.
Even, participants of the Fishermen Dance reached 500 people. “Fishermen Dance was composed by choreographer I Ketut Merda. No half-heartedly, we will involve 500 dancers for the Fishermen Dance. They consist of students of high school, vocational school and college,” he said.
He added the presentation of Fisherman Dance would be centered along the Jalan Ngurah Rai Singaraja. The dance had a moral message to the people of Buleleng, where Buleleng retained abundant artistic potentials and should be explored maximally. With the theme ‘The Dynamics of Buleleng’ it was expected to motivate and explore the potential of local people. “This is a result of our discussion with the artists of Buleleng. Hopefully, this theme could become a revival to the maritime spirit of Buleleng,” he added. (dgk)
An Indonesian vol-unteer packs bal-lot papers for the upcoming presi-
dential election in Bali, Indonesia,
Monday, June 23, 2014. Indonesia is
carrying out the presidential poll
today
Hundreds of Dancers ready to jazz up the Bulfest
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The Seririt Terminal which will be used as a temporary market
County government transforms terminal into market Bali Post
SINGArAJA - Seririt terminal used as the location of night market so far will be fully utilized for temporary market activities after the fire engulfing the Seririt Market, Thursday night (Jul 3). The terminal will be transformed into a market to accommodate 1,400 traders becoming the fire victims of Seririt Market. To build temporary kiosks, the county government is ready to allocate a fund worth IDr 1.4 billion.
According to Chairperson of the Association of Indonesia Instructors (AISI) of Bali Chapter, Siska Suzana Darmawan, Bali became a major destination of foreign workers in Indo-nesia. Meanwhile, Indonesia as a member of ASEAN became the main target of foreign labor having already passed the test of professional competency. “We cannot do anything and have to accept it. Obviously, they have been ready to
Singer Oppie Andaresta (left), actress Olga Lydia (middle), and musician Abdee Slank are among artists that joined the clean presi-dential elec-tion cam-paign that held in front Election Commis-sion’s office at Jakarta on Tuesday. Art-ists handed a petition to Election Commis-sion and President of Indonesia asking for a clean and fair presiden-tial election.
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Without competencies, local human resources hard to competeBali Post
DENPASAR - Of the 10 members of ASEAN, Indonesia including Bali becomes the main target of foreign labor in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015. Meanwhile, in general Indonesia is not ready to face the MEA due to the lack of local workers having the certification of competency test.
compete as having prepared themselves for a long time,” added Siska.
Meanwhile, in terms of current conditions of labor in Bali, according to her, they had not been ready. Therefore, her party continued to urge the infrastructure establishment of competencies through professional certification agency. Although in terms of time it was a very tight, it could still
be pursued as long as the government was willing to set up a budget. “Without a budget, how can we speed? We as a consultant are ready to combat, but still need a budget to make it happen. If our human resources are ready and budget is ready, then all can be pursued,” said Siska.
Though the opening of the MEA in December 2015, he said, but all had started to enter Indonesia in June. Currently, Siska said that her party had worked hard to establish 9 Professional Certification Institutes (LSPs) in the field of tourism in Bali under the vocational training institution. In the meantime, the government was still limited to the dissemination.
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Associated PressPARIS - Theron and Penn triggered
a frenzy as they arrived together the Paris’ Rodin Museum show hand in hand. Thirty-eight-year-old Theron — a brand ambassador for Dior — wore a gold shimmering fringed
cocktail dress similar to the one she appears in for Dior ’s now-iconic “J’Adore” perfume advert.
She and 53-year-old Penn, who wore a black Dior suit with open shirt, chatted with LVMH boss Ber-nard Arnault. That held up the show,
but that didn’t seem to help another Oscar-winning guest who was run-ning late.
“Hunger Games” star Jennifer Lawrence ended up having to catch a repeat of the show later in the day because her flight was delayed.
“Work is still in progress, but more details to come at the end of the sum-mer.”
The album will be based on record-ing sessions from 1993 and 1994, when the band were working on their “The Division Bell” album.
It will feature guitarist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason and keyboardist Richard Wright, a found-ing member of the band who died in 2008.
Author Polly Samson, who wrote lyrics for the album and is married to Gilmour, described the record as “Rick Wright’s swansong and very beautiful” in a tweet on Saturday.
The album is produced by Gilmour and Phil Manzanera, the lead guitarist of
art rock band Roxy Music, together with recording engineer Andy Jackson.
Pink Floyd have sold over 250 mil-lion copies of albums such as “Dark Side Of The Moon” and “Wish You Were Here” worldwide since they were founded in 1965.
The new album will be the band’s first release since 1994’s “The Divi-sion Bell”.
Backing singer Durga McBroom-Hudson, who has toured with the band, wrote in a Facebook posting that “there was much rejoicing” over the album and that she would feature on it.
She said that recording for the album had started during sessions for “The Division Bell” but the band had since done significantly more work on it.
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Pink Floyd to release new album Agence France-Presse
LONDON - British rock legends Pink Floyd are set to release a new album called “The Endless River” in October, their first in 20 years. “It is an album of mainly ambient and instrumental music,” a statement on the band’s website said on Monday.
Pink Floyd last played a concert at the Live 8 charity show in London in 2005 but it is not clear whether they will tour to promote the new album.
Charlize Theron, Sean Penn stir frenzy on Dior’ Show
Actress Charlize Theron and actor Sean Penn arrive hand in hand at Dior’s Fall-Winter 2014-2015 Haute Cou-ture fashion collection, in Paris, France, Monday, July 7, 2014. AP Photo/Thibault Camus
