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Oscar winners a year ago, Moore and Redmayne back in Toronto

TORONTO — A year ago at the Toronto International Film Festival, Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne debuted the films — “Still Alice” and “The Theory of Everything” — that would go on to land them Oscars.

This year, they’re both back in Toronto with the movies they were making in between award-show speeches. Their heads have stopped spinning, but their disbelief hasn’t.

“I don’t know if I ever let it even get close enough to me that I thought it was a possibility,” says Moore. “Now I look at it like: Did that happen? What?”

She breaks into a hearty laugh. “I mean, my gosh. It was such a lovely experience and kind of hard to believe.” Two days after winning the Academy Award for best actress, Moore was on an ice-skating rink in Brooklyn, shooting the Rebecca Miller comedy “Maggie’s Plan”

along with another veteran of the season, Ethan Hawke of “Boyhood.” While “Maggie’s Plan” is looking for distribution after its Toronto premiere, Moore also stars in one of the festival’s most anticipated debuts: “Freeheld.”

In it, she stars as New Jersey police detective Laurel Hester, who, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, sought to have her pension go to her domestic partner Stacie Andree (Ellen Page), an inheritance that would have been automatic for a married couple. The case became a cause celebre, spawning an Oscarwinning short documentary.

Moore’s performance captures

the many stories within the moving “Freeheld”: the love story between Laurel and Stacie, the painful onset of cancer and the civil rights fight at the heart of the movie. The film, directed by Peter Sollett, was to make its premiere Sunday night, with Andree in attendance.

The performance in “Freeheld” (out Oct. 2) could return Moore to awards season, which Toronto unofficially kicks off. Ditto for Redmayne, who stars in Tom Hooper’s “The Danish Girl,” a drama inspired by 1920s transgender pioneer Lili Elbe. The performance is Redmayne’s second straight ambitious transformation, following his portrayal of Stephen Hawking.

But like Moore, Redmayne was relieved to step out of the delirious frenzy of the Oscars and back into work. (ap)

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German border checks add urgency to EU refugee debate

Inter beats Milan 1-0 in derby match to move top of Serie A

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Thousands flee California wildfire as homes go up in flames

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Workers spray water to extinguish fire at a burning palm oil plantation at the Pulo Geronggang village in Ogan Komering Ilir district in Indonesia’s South Sumatra province, September 11, 2015. Indonesia said on Friday it will send more than 1,000 troops to fight fires in southern Sumatra, as smoke makes thousands sick, delays flights and pushes air quality to unhealthy levels in neighboring Singapore and Malaysia.

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Hannah Bagshawe and Eddie Redmayne attend The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and InStyle’s annual Toronto International Film Festival celebration at The Windsor Arms Hotel on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, in Toronto.

‘Perfect Guy,’ ‘The Visit’ box office stronger than expected

LOS ANGELES — “The Perfect Guy” and “The Visit” sailed past modest opening weekend expectations — and budgets — locking in debuts in the mid-$20 million range thanks in part to good timing and robust female turnout.

“The Perfect Guy,” a PG-13 rated thriller starring Sanaa Lathan and Michael Ealy, secured the first place spot with $26.7 million, according to Rentrak estimates on Sunday. The Sony/Screen Gems film cost only $12 million to produce.

M. Night Shyamalan’s nail-biter “The Visit,” a $5 million production from micro-budget horror-makers Blumhouse, took a close second with an estimated $25.7 million for distributor Universal.

Dan McFadden/Sony/Screen Gems via AP In this photo provided by Sony/Screen Gems, Holt Mc- With numbers this close, the places might Callany, left, as Detective Hansen, interogates Michael shift when Monday actuals roll in, but Ealy as Carter in Screen Gems’ “The Perfect Guy.” both films are resounding successes on a

weekend that often doesn’t go noticed on the release calendar.

“We’re not breaking any records, but this is the perfect weekend for these films,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the Senior Media Analyst for Rentrak. “Studios are finding a land of opportunity in weekends that were heretofore ‘slow weekends’ at the box office and proving that audiences are always looking for new content.”

Female audiences helped “The Perfect Guy” shoot to the No. 1 spot. An estimated 69 percent were women and 58 percent over the age of 25.

“It bodes well for the longevity of the film. Not only is it a date movie, but it’s a film that girlfriends are going to go to together as well,” said Rory Bruer, Sony’s President of Worldwide Distribution.

Audiences also gave the film a promising A- CinemaScore.

“The Visit” also saw a majority female audience (60 percent) on opening weekend, although existing crowds gave this one a B- CinemaScore. This is the eighth successful $20-plus million opening for producer Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions, which specializes in microbudget horror films including the “Insidious” and “Paranormal Activity” series.

“Jason Blum is really continuing to develop his brand name. People look to those films as having something special about them. It’s magical when that combines with M. Night Shyamalan, who has absolutely built his reputation on mining the unexpected. It’s a great combination,” said Nick Carpou, Universal’s President of Domestic Distribution. (ap)

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Indonesia water-bombs forest fires to fight haze

JAKARTA - Helicopters Monday water-bombed raging forest fires that have cloaked parts of Indonesia in thick haze and pushed air quality to unhealthy levels in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia.

Fourteen helicopters were dumping water on blazes on western Sumatra island and the Indonesian part of Borneo island and “cloudseeding”, which involves using

chemicals to induce rain, the country’s disaster agency said.

Authorities had struggled last week to start such operations as the haze was so thick that it was too

RESULTS of the studies and research conducted by the Faculty of Tourism at Udayana University are quite interesting. Studies looking into

dangerous for aircraft to fly.

Smog-belching fires are an annual problem during the dry season in Indonesia, where vast tracts of land are cleared using illegal slashand-burn methods to make way for huge palm oil and pulp and paper plantations.

The blazes intensified in the past fortnight, sending smog over Su-

the level of satisfaction, total expenditure and willingness of travelers to pay to visit Padangbai and Candidasa tourist attractions indicated which factors

matra and Borneo that has left tens of thousands ill, forced people to wear face masks and prompted the cancellation of flights and school closures.

Air quality has deteriorated in the city-state of Singapore and Malaysia in recent days, as wind carries the smog from Indonesia.

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were most disturbing to their comfort.

One of the most frequently cited factors of disturbance was the matter of waste disposal and the traffic caused

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by thousands of quarry trucks that pass through these regions every day.

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these two studies came the notion that the willingness of travelers to pay is related to utilization of the environmental conservation fund (WTP).

“The more intimate the interactions that place between locals and travelers are, the more travelers are willing to pay to visit these places,” he said.

The average amount that visitors are willing to pay is IDR 42,500 for Padangbai and IDR 70,400 for Candidasa.

The studies concluded that travelers are generally satisfied with Candidasa as an attraction.

However, the supporting facilities, sanitation and accommodations need attention. Shortcomings in these areas causes visitors to lack confidence in the WTP management, and indicates that it might be better managed local institutions.

I Made Adi therefore took the opportunity to ask the local government to immediately address the two most serious problems, namely; garbage and congestion due to passing quarry trucks.

In addition, in order to improve the quality of the surrounding environment, the government should always support coastal communities. Also that attention must also be given to the governance and policies of marine and coastal territories so as to foster a positive image in the eyes of travelers. If the results of the studies made by the Faculty of Tourism at Udayana University, are taken seriously, Adi believes that Candidasa and Padangbai will have a higher economic value and therefore boost the regionally generated revenue. (kmb31)

Candidasa Beach

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BPR charity dinner to held on October 23rd

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During a workshop held by the government of Karangasem recently, two lecturers from the Faculty of Tourism at Udayana University, I Made Adi Kampana and I Nyoman Sukma Arida, revealed that these two factors were named by 250 respondents as factors that disturbed their visit.

Both of these problems are considered very serious because they have been allowed to persist without any solutions being sought. If they continue to persist, these disturbances are bound to negatively affect the perception of tourists visiting Candidasa and Padangbai.

Most foreign visitors to Padangbai and Candidasa mention that they are drawn to these two coastal communities, for the charms of their nature and culture, especially the sea and coral reef. The existence of coral reefs cause 61 percent of tourist arrivals to Padangbai, and 27 percent of tourists to Candidasa.

“The most common activities are snorkeling and diving,” said I Made Adi and added that most of the people who come to these two beaches are from Australia and Europe and they stay an average of four days at Padangbai and six days at Candidasa.

With such an average visit, the two tourist areas in fact have a relatively high economic value. Results of the Udayana University study showed that tourism brings in IDR 94 billion to Padangbai and approximately IDR 14 billion to Candidasa.

However, the number of visitors willing to pay to enter these to two sites is about 50 percent.

Out of the discussion regarding

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KUTA - Bali Pink Ribbon (BPR) Charity Dinner arrives with a special concept. This year’s fundraising will be held on the evening of October 23, 2015, in the Ballroom of The Trans Resort Bali. The charity dinner is aimed at raising funds to support the Bali Pink Ribbon Foundation to run the programs throughout the year. With a sales of 200 tickets of dinner invitation, Bali Pink Ribbon Charity Dinner is one of the most important annual fundraising programs beside Bali Pink Ribbon Walk.

Bali Pink Ribbon foundation is a non-government funded charitable organization promoting awareness, providing information and education and raising funds to support Balinese woman to fight breast cancer. With the help of volunteers, Bali Pink Ribbon

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Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, addressed the waste problem in Nusa Penida, specifically at the Sente landfill and the one located at Lembongan village.

Tourists complain about Lembongan landfill

SEMARAPURA - Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, addressed the waste problem in Nusa Penida, specifically at the Sente landfill and the one located at Lembongan village.

During a site inspection, the regent witnessed the serious overflow of garbage at the Lembongan landfill.

Besides, smoke continuously billows from the burning rubbish, and ash generated from the combustion flies not the air.

The impact of the overflow of waste at the Lembongan landfill has not only been complained about by local residents, but tourists have also started to complain about the the landfill site. Lembongan’s headman Ketut Gede Arjaya, also recognized such conditions explaining that the overflow of garbage at the landfill is

caused by the lack of heavy equipment needed to push the trash together.

So, as a headman Arjaya hopes that the local government can give attention to conditions of the landfill in Lembongan.

Regent Suwirta agrees with Arjaya and has also requested that local government find solutions to the impacts caused by the Lembongan landfill overflow, especially because Lembongan and Jungutbatu villages are tourism areas.

According to the regent, the use of an incinerator in Lembongan could be very effective. “Given the

amount of revenue generated by Jungutbatu and Lembongan villages, and the potential revenue loss due to the garbage problem, one incinerator seems a small price to pay,” said Regent Suwirta.

Nevertheless, to handle the waste problem at the Lembongan landfill, Regent Suwirta is also urging the people of Lembongan and Jungutbatu village to get used to sorting garbage from their households into organic non- organic and recyclable so that janitors can more easily handle to the volume of waste at the landfill. (kmb)

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Foundation implement all year long programs such as manning the breast cancer support center, early screening program held in rotation in each district throughout Bali; increased knowledge of breast cancer through seminars and discussion; promote and educate

breast-cancer-self-examination.

The biggest fund this year will go to mobile clinic program and training for operating breast cancer screening machine.

Fundraising evening is going to be enlivened by one of the international artists, Chelsea Wilson to collaborate with senior musicians, I Wayan Balawan, a guitarist from Bali which has been widely appreciated in the world.

This wonderful collaboration will be the main dish on the night.

In addition, some artists like Sasya Tranggono and Made Wianta, two famous Indonesia painters will present some of their best creations on the auction activity.

Suarti, queen of silver in Bali, and some local art-enthusiasts also joined to provide the best of her art-work in the same activity.

There will be plenty vouchers and products to auction during the charity dinner, however to reach bigger audience, the auction has already begun early in October where all artists display their works in the exhibition space called The Pink Room at The Trans Resort Bali.

Not only at The Pink Room, the auction will also be conducted online. Through long-term auction the organiser expects to bring more parties to join to maximize the fundraising.

Bali Pink Ribbon Charity Dinner will be tonned by great treats of pre-dinner cocktails and canapes, 3 courses gourmet dinner, beverages during dinner, buffet Pink Dessert, coffee and tea, also petite four. The dinner package price is IDR 1,500,000 per pax, with additional souvenir of glamour handmade-fan for the first 100 reservations.

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Balinese Temple Ceremony

Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses.

Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

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

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine.

In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Global warming to pick up in 2015, 2016

LONDON - Man-made global warming is set to produce exceptionally high average temperatures this year and next, boosted by natural weather phenomena such as El Nino, Britain’s top climate and weather body said in a report Monday.

“It looks very likely that globally 2014, 2015 and 2016 will all be amongst the very warmest years ever recorded,” Rowan Sutton of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, which contributed to the report, told journalists.

“This is not a fluke,” he said.

“We are seeing the effects of energy steadily accumulating in the Earth’s oceans and atmosphere, caused by greenhouse gas emissions.”

The rate at which global temperatures are increasing is also on track to pick up in the coming years, ending a period of more than a decade in which the pace of

warming worldwide had appeared to slow down, the report said.

This “pause” has been seized upon by sceptics as evidence that climate change was driven more by natural cycles than human activity.

Some scientists, however, argue that there was no significant slowdown, pointing instead to flawed calculations.

The 20-page report from Britain’s Met Office, entitled “Big changes underway in the climate system?”, highlights current transitions in major weather patterns that affect rainfall and temperatures at a regional level.

An El Nino weather pattern cen-

tred in the tropical Pacific Ocean is “well underway”, the report says, and shaping up to be one of the most intense on record. Very strong El Ninos also occurred over the winters of 1997 and 1982.

Set to grow stronger in the coming months, the current El Nino -- a result of shifting winds and ocean circulation -- is likely to result is dry conditions in parts of Asia and Australia, as well as southern and sub-Saharan North Africa, the Met Office said.

By contrast, the southwestern United States -- including parched California, suffering from an historic drought -- has a strong chance of seeing higher-than-

average rainfall.

El Ninos also affect tropical storms, making them less likely in the North Atlantic and more intense in the West Pacific, where they are known as typhoons.

Overall, an El Nino is also likely to add a little heat to the general impact of global warming.

Meanwhile, warming sea surface temperatures along the North American west coast point to a reversal of another natural pattern called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation.

This, too, could temporarily nudge regional temperatures higher, but has yet to be confirmed, the report said.

Finally, the interplay of ocean currents and atmosphere in the Atlantic -- another multi-decade oscillation -- is moving the other way,

and will have a cooling effect.

“The current warm phase is now 20 years long and historical precedent suggests a return to relatively cool conditions could occur within a few years,” the report says.

By itself, that would mean cooler and drying summers in northern Europe, and increased rainfall in the northeastern United States.

While all of these cyclical forces affect weather and temperatures trends, global warming is the main driver of change today, the report concluded.

“We know that natural patterns contribute to global temperature in any given year, but very warm temperatures so far this year indicate the continued impact of increasing greenhouse gases,” said Stephen Belcher, director of the Met Office Hadley Centre. (afp)

New photos reveal Pluto’s stunning geological diversity WASHINGTON - New, high-resolution images of the surface of Pluto beamed from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reveal unparalleled geographical variety -- from soaring mountains to sand dunes to frozen ice floes, scientists said Saturday.

“Pluto is showing us a diversity of landforms and complexity of processes that rival anything we’ve seen in the solar system,” said Alan Stern, principal investigator with the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, who is playing a key role analyzing data sent by the probe.

“If an artist had painted this Pluto before our flyby, I probably would have called it over the top -- but that’s what is actually there,” he said.

Long considered the farthest planet from the Sun before it was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, Pluto has never before been explored.

In July, New Horizons -- a nuclear powered spacecraft about the size of a baby grand piano -- became the first spaceship to pass by Pluto.

By doing so, the unmanned probe has for the first time given scientists the chance to obtain close-up images from the distant and complex dwarf planet.

The stunning pictures, displaying chaotically jumbled mountains and other dramatic geographical features, is somewhat reminiscent of the helter-skelter terrain of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, NASA scientists said.

New Horizon began a yearlong download of new images and other data several days ago.

The pictures downloaded this past week have more than doubled the amount of Pluto’s surface seen, at resolutions of about 400 meters (440 yards) per pixel.

NASA said New Horizons will continue to send data back to Earth until late next NASA PHOTO year.

The space agency also said that next This July 14, 2015, photo provided by NASA shows a synthetic perspective view of Pluto, based on the latest highweek, the probe will beam images of Pluto’s resolution images to be downlinked from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft. The new close-up images of Pluto reveal an moons Charon, Nix, and Hydra. (afp) even more diverse landscape than scientists imagined before New Horizons swept past Pluto in July.

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Typical Balinese ornaments

Diversely applicable art heritage of the ancestors

DENPASAR - The sublime creativity, sense and intention of the Balinese ancestors have placed Bali in a respectable position in the history of the world’s art. In the realm of fine arts, Bali has proven itself capable of making the eyes of the the world widen in awe at the monumental works produced by its artists. One aspect of this heritage is the diversity of Balinese ornaments that remain highly sought after by art lovers.

According to I Ketut Murdana, lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Design (FSRD) of the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Denpasar, typical Balinese ornamental elements are diversely applicable. They can be used to beautify and strengthen the character of architectural structures such as buildings, applied to accessories or jewelry and can also be positioned simply as an object to be displayed. But their applications do not end there, Balinese ornaments manifest in the form of Kamasan puppet painting, reliefs, panels, sculptures, ornaments on sacred buildings, common residences as well as a variety of other decorative objects.

This former Deputy Rector I of ISI Denpasar confirmed that Balinese ornaments have a constructive and aesthetic aspect. Both aspects are regrouped into four charactertics, namely; geometric ornaments (regularity of form), floralistic style (plants), anthropomorphic or sub-pomorphic style (human or animal) and combined styles that blend all the elements of natural objects. Murdana explained that geometric ornaments included shapes such as triangles, rectangles and others that are arranged according to specific precepts. Floralistic ornament are composed of trees, leaves or other such plant elements that are organized into repeating patterns known as pepatraan. “There are many types of patra such as patra cina, patra

ulanda, patra punggel, patra wangga and so on,” said Murdana.

While floralistic ornamentation is adapted from plant elements that represent creation itself, anthropomorphic ornaments look to the beauty of the human body as a source of inspiration.

Some such ornaments ‘illustrate’ the beauty of the human body as a whole -as seen in the works of sculpture and puppet. However, others focus specifically on faces and have given birth to the arts of mask dances and the like.

Sub-pomorphic ornaments are drawn from animal forms and are frequently combined with floralistic ornamentation resulting in karang goak (crow), karang asti (elephant), karang garuda (eagle) and so on.

“Being unsatisfied with each of these elements on their own, Balinese artists of the past combined all of these elements of nature (humans, animals, plants and objects with irregular shapes—Ed), and created what is known as ‘combined ornamentation’.

This style of ornamentation combines puppet forms with animals, plants and other objects in a single field. This combination produces reliefs and paintings that speak of a particular theme or story. The storyline or theme, whether it be drawn from the Ramayana, Mahabharata epic or other sources, very much depends on the artist,” explained Murdana.

Narrative ornaments can be enjoyed by looking to the reliefs that decorate a number of sacred buildings in Bali as well as in Kamasan puppet painting.

Murdana underlined that the creative process of ancient Balinese artists was not ‘sterile’ or immune from external influences. In Balinese ornamental art, for example, patra cina and patra ulanda denote the ‘results’ of cross-cultural, international and intercontinental interactions. Patra china reflects strong influence of Chinese cultural styles, while the birth of patra ulanda was inspired by ornamental motifs that adorned Dutch coin.

“In this millennalera we the term often used is ‘artistic collaborations,’but in fact the Balinese ancestors have been involved in such exchanges for hundreds of years. The influence of Chinese culture embodied in patra cina can still be seen at the Amsterdam Temple, Karangasem (known locally as maskerdam palace—Ed). At the time or decoration, the King of Karangasem commissioned a Chinese artist named Cik A Tuang to carve the doors on the royal palace complex. To finish the work, Cik A Tuang interacted with a number of Balinese carvers. In terms of cultural interaction, the results of this work are invaluable as a testimony to the ability of artists with different backgrounds to work together harmoniously,” concluded Murdana. (ian)

The sublime creativity, sense and intention of the Balinese ancestors have placed Bali in a respectable position in the history of the world’s art. In the realm of fine arts, Bali has proven itself capable of making the eyes of the the world widen in awe at the monumental works produced by its artists.

AMLAPURA - A prolonged dry season in Bali is causing a number of areas to experience drought. Some springs that are usually relied upon during the dry season, are currently dried up causing a water crisis for local residents. This crisis is estimated to ongoing until November.

Chief Executive of the Bali Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), Dewa Made Indra, when met at Paleg hamlet, Tianyar village, Kubu, revealed that some subdistricts in Bali have submitted requests for immediate get clean water assistance. In Bangli County, for instance, a number of villages in Kintamani and Tembuku subdistrict are reportedly facing a clean water crisis. The government of Bangli County has asked BPBD Bali to respond immediately to request, because local residents are in desperate need of

water because people cannot afford to buy water for their daily needs.

Likewise, in Klungkung, the county government has submitted a request to obtain clean water for residents in Nusa Penida subdistrict, especially the villages located on the upper region of the archipelago. They are: Sekartaji, Batukandik, Batumadeg and Bungamekar village.

In Karangasem, a total of four subdistricts (Kubu, Abang, Selat and Karangasem) are reportedly facing a clean water crisis. As of Thursday (SEP10) BPBD Karangasem and BPBD Bali have so far sent two water tank trucks with capacity of 8,000 liters each to supply the 143 households in Pura hamlet, Sebudi village, Selat, . The water assistance was poured into the public reservoir and then distributed to residents of

Paleg hamlet, Tianyar village, Kubu, Friday (Sep. 11).

A total of 295 families are scrambling to get the ready-to-drink clean water assistance from the BPBD Bali who are cooperating with PT Tirta Investama -the producer of Aqua bottled drinking water.

A total of 10,000 liters of water have been distributed to local residents. “So far, three counties have reported to BPBD Bali. Possibly the other counties will soon follow,” he said. Hamlet chief of Paleg, Nengah Kencar, said that the water crisis in the area has been going on since the beginning of the year. Rainfall at Paleg is very minimal. The only water source is at the Bumiasa spring located at Ban (seven kilometers from Paleg) and no longer flows any water. In order to meet their daily needs, residents are

forced to buy water for IDR 300,000 per 3,000 liters tank - which only provides enough water for about a week.

Dewa Made Indra added that according to the estimations of the national weather service (BMKG) Bali, the Island of Bali will be ‘besieged’ by drought until November. On that account, Dewa Made Indra confirmed that the BPBD Bali has coordinated with the Social Welfare Agency, Public Works Agency and the BPBD in counties and municipalities across Bali to further plan the distribution of clean water. “Today (Saturday—Ed), we also distributed six tanks (each contains 5,000 liters) of clean water to Julah village, Bangli,” he said.

As planned, the water distribution by the BPBD Bali to each county will be conducted regularly every week

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Water crisis estimated to continue into November

in rotation. His party has asked the BPBDs of each county / municipality to map the villages that should be prioritized to obtain water with consideration to by road access and the existence of springs. If there is a nearby spring, the BPBD will just need to accommodate and distribute it to each public reservoir.

The Head of the BPBD Karangasem, Ida Ketut Arimbawa, said that currently based on the reports received, the officers of the BPBD Karangasem are conducting a survey in order to check the road condition and the presence of springs before eventually deploying water tank truck and distribution officer.

Currently, the applications of clean water received by the BPBD Karangasem are from Sebudi village and Tianyar village. (kmb31)

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Thousands flee California wildfire as homes go up in flames

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. - A swiftly spreading wildfire destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee as it roared unchecked through the northern California village of Middletown and nearby communities, fire officials said on Sunday.

The drought which happen in Batubulan village, Sukawati damage the rice field.

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Dry season drought hits Batubulan village

GIANYAR - Tens of hectares of paddy fields at Batubulan village, Sukawati, are now in danger of crop failure due to drought. So far, the paddy plants that are only 30 days old have been turning yellow, damaged in dry and cracked soil. This condition happens due to lack of water flow during dry season and the ongoing improvements to the waterway works.

Based on observations made by Bali Post at Subak Sumandang, Batubulan village, Sukawati, Friday (Sep. 11), hectares of paddy plants adjoin with the rows of housing.

The subak area has been planted with paddy plants aged between 30 to 45 days. Though still young, the paddy plants have turned yellowed and are damaged because they grow in dry and cracked soil as there is

no irrigation water. “Have a look, since the paddy plants are growing in dry and cracked soil, some paddy plants have begun to break down,” said Kadek Parwati, a farmer of Batubulan village.

She explained that conditions have been such since the start of the dry season this year. Hectares of paddy fields are facing drought due to lack of water irrigating to the

the subak areas. “Things have been like this for about a month. If this continues, my paddy plants will die and we all face crop failure,” she complained.

She hopes that there is a way out of this situation. Her paddy plants are growing on an area of 1,600 square meters and are just now entering the booting stage so that they require large amount of water. Meanwhile the paddy plants of some other farmers are only of 30 days old and are still awaiting the arrival of water. “Every night, many farmers stay up late waiting for water,” she said.

Another farmer, named Made

Jingga also from Batubulan village, explained that the minimal discharge of water at eh start of the dry season was less than last year. “There was still water during the dry season last year, but now it is very minimal and what’re they are dong repairs to the irrigation channel so we have access to even less water,” he explained.

Previously, he said there has been a call out to farmers for the repair of the water irrigation channel. But since it coincided with the growing season, all the farmers agreed to keep growing rice. Until now, the repair project stated a 10-

day lag time for workmanship of the project and three-days for irrigating the paddy fields. “During this workmanship, the water will not be flowing,” he complained.

He added that this drought conditions is experienced by eight other subak areas at Batubulan village: Subak Pasekan, Subak Sumandang, Subak Sinteba, Subak Silungan, Subak Munchan, Subak Pejadi, Subak Palekan and Subak Sasih.

Despite facing a water crisi, farmers continue to weed their fields. “Now, there is nothing we can do but clear the weeds. If this water crisis persists, we all will face crop failure,” he complained. (kmb35)

The so-called Valley Fire, now ranked as the most destructive among scores of blazes that have ravaged the drought-stricken Western United States this summer, came amid what California fire officials described as “unheard of fire behavior” this season.

A separate fire raging since Wednesday in the western Sierras has leveled more than 130 buildings and was threatening about 6,400 other structures, with thousands of residents under evacuation orders there, too, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) reported.

Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in both areas, and mandatory evacuations were expanded as shifting winds sent flames and ash from the Valley Fire toward a cluster of towns in the hills north of Napa Valley wine country. Reuters video footage from Middletown showed a smoking, devastated landscape of blackened, burned-out vehicles and the charred foundations of buildings that had been reduced to ash.

“While crews have not had a chance to do a full damage assessment ... we know hundreds of structures have been destroyed,” Cal Fire spokesman Daniel Berlant said in a Twitter post. Property losses included “countless homes and other buildings,” he added in a subsequent video news briefing.

The Valley Fire has consumed

more than 50,000 acres (20,200 hectares) since igniting Saturday in rural Lake County, California, about 50 miles (80 kms) west of Sacramento, the state capital, fire officials said on Sunday.

Thousands of evacuees from Middletown, Cobb, Hidden Valley Lake and the Harbin Hot Springs resort gathered in shelters, restaurants and friends’ houses in nearby Kelseyville and Calistoga to await word on their homes, horses and dogs.

The mountain town of Cobb was hit first Saturday afternoon, and the blaze reached Middletown before sunset a few hours later, Cal Fire spokeswoman Amy Head told Reuters. The two communities, each with a population of roughly 1,500, were among the areas that bore the brunt of the flames.

A combination of drought and a heat wave last week had left vegetation tinder dry and highly combustible, setting the stage for a conflagration that thwarted the best efforts of firefighters to contain it, Berlant said. “Every time they made progress, the fire would burn right past them,” he said, adding that embers carried by the wind were sparking new blazes and enlarging the fire zone.

During its first 12 hours, the blaze had devoured 40,000 acres of forest, brush and grasslands at what Head called an “unprecedented rate” of spread for a wildfire.

Four firefighters were hospital-

customary security guard that two billboards and two banners carrying the rejection against the reclamation are destroyed,” said Chairman of the LPM Tanjung Benoa, Kadek Duarsa, when asked for his confirmation on Sunday (Sep. 13).

Duarsa admitted that his party including chairman of the customary village consultative board and chief of Tanjung Benoa customary village was very disappointed with the destruction of the billboards. He said to have even thought of bring-

ing the issue to legal realm when the perpetrators are found. Not to forget, the sanctions of local community have also been waiting for the alleged perpetrators that support the reclamation plan.

“We consider to have been challenged to oppose this bad scheme.

It is true that in our opinion it is impossible for them to make a good thing if they do it by such deceitful, underhanded, rotten and manipulative manners. At Tanjung Benoa, such destruction is the first time but

in other areas have been frequently committed,” he explained.

This destruction, said Duarsa, will not deter the measure of Tanjung Benoa village to continuously put up billboards carrying the rejection. Furthermore, there will be many more billboards to be mounted. On the other hand, his party also continues to aggressively send the official rejection letter to stakeholders. Among them, the chief of customary village has sent a letter to the governor. After that, the

LPM, the Tanjung Benoa Rejecting Benoa Bay Reclamation (TBTR), and one of the representatives of the customary village youth club (STT) have sent a letter to president.

“We keep on stressing to the president that hopefully Jokowi remains to be committed and consistent that our movement or things that we reject or aspirations of Balinese people must be heard by Jokowi by canceling the Presidential Regulation No. 51/2014,” he affirmed. (kmb32)

ized with second-degree burns in the early hours of the blaze and were listed in stable condition on Sunday, but no other casualties were reported, Head said. Thick smoke later kept water-dropping helicopters and airplane tankers grounded, she said.

‘FLAMES ALL AROUND’ Laura Streblow, 27, an evacuee who fled Hidden Valley Lake with her boyfriend on Saturday night and was tracking developments on social media and through friends,

told Reuters she had heard that “Middletown is basically gone.” “I saw flames all around ... The wind was insane. I have never been so scared,” she said.

Mark Donpineo, 54, said he and two friends were trapped by the fire for four hours Saturday evening at a golf course in Hidden Valley Lake, taking cover in a culvert until the flames had passed.

“We got some towels, wetted them down and basically saw the fire coming. You could hear explosions of propane tanks, the ridge

was totally on fire, trees were blowing up,” he said.

Meanwhile, Cal Fire reported that 81 homes and 51 outbuildings had been lost in the four-day-old Butte Fire, which has charred more than 65,000 acres in the mountains east of Sacramento but was 20 percent contained.

As of Sunday, firefighters were battling nearly three dozen large blazes or clusters of fires in California and six other Western states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. (rtr)

At least 12 killed when Egyptian forces fire on Mexican tour

Billboards on rejection against reclamation plans destroyed

DENPASAR - Billboards and banners carrying the rejection against the Benoa Bay reclamation plan are damaged again by unknown persons. The current destruction afflicted the billboards and banners belonging to the Tanjung Benoa customary village. The billboards and banners destroyed are installed at the entrance gate of local pecalang or customary security guard.

“This morning (Sunday—Ed) we got a report from the task force and

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A firefighter lights a back burn along Highway 29 north of Middletown, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015.

Two of California’s fastest-burning wildfires in decades overtook at several Northern California towns, destroying over a hundred homes and sending residents fleeing Sunday.

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FILE - This September 2012 file photo shows desert safari driver Ahmed Bakrin building a small fire to make mint tea before sunset during a trek through the Great Sand Sea outside the Egyptian oasis of Siwa, roughly 450 miles (about 725 kilometers) southwest of Cairo.

CAIRO — At least 12 people were killed and 10 injured in Egypt’s southwestern desert Sunday when security forces mistakenly fired on a group of Mexican tourists, Egyptian officials said. The Mexican Foreign Ministry confirmed the incident and said at least two of the dead were Mexican nationals. It said in a statement that the victims were still being identified, and Foreign Ministry personnel were working with the families of the victims.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto posted a statement on his Twitter feed Monday morning saying his government “condemns these acts against our citizens” and demanding a thorough investigation.

A joint military-police force was pursuing “terrorist elements” in the area and fired on four cars that

turned out to be carrying tourists, according to Egypt’s Interior Ministry. The ministry said the victims were Egyptian and Mexican.

Egyptian officials claim the safari convoy had wandered into a restricted area of the western desert.

The tour company involved “did not have permits and did not inform authorities,” Rasha Azazi, a spokesperson for the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, told The Associated Press, adding that any trips to that area are required to be cleared by officials.

“They were not supposed to be there,” she said, but could not provide further information on the circumstances of the shooting.

Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu was in contact with Egypt’s ambassador to Mexico and also demanded an investigation

and explanation of what happened, the Mexican statement said. She also demanded the support of Egyptian authorities for Mexican nationals being transported to Cairo.

Jorge Alvarez Fuentes, Mexico’s ambassador to Egypt, and consular representatives visited the wounded at the Dar el-Fouad Hospital in suburban Cairo, and Fuentes had interviewed five survivors, the Foreign Ministry statement said. It did not provide details on the survivors’ accounts of the incident.

Egypt’s western desert is popular among safari enthusiasts, but has not been known as a hotbed of militant or insurgent activity. Police and military there have primarily been concerned with combatting smuggling along Egypt’s large and porous border with Libya. (ap)

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Dollar broadly weaker in Asian trade TOKYO - The dollar broadly weakened against its Asian peers on Monday, fuelled by persistent worries over China’s economy ahead of a crucial US interest rate decision later this week.

Nervous traders moved into safer assets, pushing up the Japanese currency to 120.30 yen against the dollar, compared with 120.57 yen Friday in New York.

The yen is considered a safe bet in times of turmoil.

The euro was at 136.55 yen

compared with 136.64 yen, and rose to $1.1341 from $1.1333 in US trade.

The possibility of a US rate hike has kept global markets on edge, with analysts split over whether the Federal Reserve will take that step on September 17 or not.

“It’s hard to justify that a US rate hike is the right move at this time,” Derek Mumford, director at Rochford Capital in Sydney, told Bloomberg News.

“There could be some squaring of positions prior to the decision and keep the US dollar certainly from going higher,” he said.

If the US central bank moves this week it would be the first hike in the benchmark federal funds rate

since 2006.

Growth in China’s industrial production and retail sales accelerated in August, government data showed Sunday, but the figures missed analyst expectations and did little to ease international concern about the world’s second-largest economy.

Industrial production, which measures output at factories, workshops and mines, rose 6.1

percent year-on-year in August, while retail sales rose 10.8 percent.

The Australian dollar, which is seen as a benchmark indicator for Chinese sentiment because of the country’s close trade ties, moved away from six-year lows in Monday morning trade, touching 71.33 US cents.

The Aussie traded at 70.89 cents in the afternoon. (afp)

China issues blueprint for state industry overhaul BEIJING — China’s Communist Party has issued a long-awaited blueprint for overhauling bloated state industries even as it aims to retain the party’s dominance in the economy.

The plan comes at a time when the government of President Xi Jinping is under pressure to reverse an economic slowdown and reduce reliance on trade and investment as drivers of growth. Communist leaders have promised to give entrepreneurs and market forces a bigger role but insist state ownership will remain the core of the economy.

The plan issued late Sunday reflects the complex path the party walks in trying to develop the world’s secondlargest economy while retaining its monopoly on power.

It calls for state companies to face more free-market competition, to become financially self-supporting and to be clearly divided between commercial competitors and those that serve social purposes. It gives no details of how individual companies — some of which in banking, oil and telecoms are among the largest in their global industries — will be treated.

Rather than reducing the party’s role, the plan says it will “strengthen party leadership” of state companies.

The plan gives no time frame for changes but promises a “decisive outcome” by 2020.

Reform proposals have faced opposition from party factions that benefit from their ties to politically favored industries and regulators who don’t want to see their status diminished, according to businesspeople and economists.

Pressure for change has mounted as Chinese economic growth tumbled to a two-decade low of 7.4 percent last year and is forecast to fall further to about 7 percent this year. (ap)

Hospital. There, he has to be hospitalized in Mahottama Pavilion.

“Seeing the health of my father dropped, I rushed him to Emergency Room of the Buleleng Hospital.

After being treated in Emergency Room and assisted with ventilator, the condition of my father improved and transferred into Mahottama Pavilion. Starting at that night, his condition dropped again and the doctor dealt with a pacemaker.

Probably, it was the end of his life and he finally left us,” said Oka Sastra in tears.

According to Oka, the deceased known as a heroic songwriter was born on October 27, 1931. During his lifetime, the deceased suffered from heart disease about 9 years ago and was hospitalized. Since being declared to suffer the disease, the deceased then had diet to maintain

his health.

Related to his habit, he began to quit smoking and quit drinking coffee. Conversely, the deceased was disciplined to keep his diet by consuming fish, tempeh, tofu and vegetables. Moreover, as long as having diet, the deceased never consumed meat. But lately, his lifestyle turned irregular.

Sometimes he started smoking, consuming coffee and his meals are not regular. “Suddenly the disciplined habit he lived previously changed. For instance, he smoked and drank coffee again. Perhaps due to age factor, he turned senile and his diet started irregular, so that his disease was recurrent. Ultimately, he left our family forever,” he said.

As planned, the deceased’s body will be cremated on September 22

During dry season, DKP officers do twice watering

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In this Aug. 9, 2015 photo, a cargo truck drives through a container port in Rizhao in eastern China’s Shandong province. China’s Communist Party has issued a long-awaited blueprint for overhauling bloated state industries even as it aims to retain the party’s dominance in the economy.

the ringgit’s plunge.

The Malaysian ringgit is down 26 percent from a year earlier, breaching 4 ringgit to the dollar last month, its worst level in 17 years. The stock market is down 7.5 percent

in the past three months.

Najib reiterated the government has no plans to bring back capital controls. He said Monday that ValueCap, which was set up in 2012 to boost undervalued shares, will be

revived with 20 billion ringgit capital.

Malaysia pegged the ringgit at 3.80 to the U.S. dollar and imposed capital curbs in September 1998 during the Asian financial crisis. (ap)

GIANYAR - Dry season does not only cause farmers to get headache due to lacking of water discharge.

The Gianyar Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) must also do watering twice, especially during the afternoon until evening, with the water need reaching 80,000 liters per day.

The Landscaping Division Head of the DKP Gianyar, Dewa Ngakan Manuaba, told that the increase of watering has been done since the beginning of August 2015. A total of 80,000 liters of water each day are needed for watering plants in the parks in Gianyar region.

“Every day, the DKP Gianyar officers are operating four tank trucks, where each arrival brings the capacity of 10,000 liters. Well, during this dry season the officers have transported

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Putu Oka Sastra putra, the eldest son of Gde Dharna is showing the picture of his late father

Gde Dharna, the only one veteran figure who is also known as a multi-talented artist and humanist of Buleleng died on Sunday (Sep. 13) around 01:30 a.m. The deceased died of heart disease.

The deceased has been treated from Saturday (Sep. 12) in Emergency Room of the Buleleng Hospital. After that, his condition has been getting better and undergoing treatment in Mahottama Room.

During under the treatment by a team of doctors, the deceased went through increasingly critical condition until the doctors declared that the deceased has died. The deceased died at the age of 84 years and left a wife Luh Telaga, three children and six grandchildren.

One of the eldest sons of the deceased, Putu Oka Sastra, when met at the funeral home at Sukasada said on Sunday afternoon that the health condition of the deceased Gde Dharna began to decline from Saturday morning (Sep. 12). At that time, the deceased was rushed to Emergency Room of the Buleleng

Malaysian PM announces $4.6 billion boost to share market KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says the government will pump 20 billion ringgit ($4.6 billion) into an equity fund to support the stock market and ruled out capital controls despite

Gde Dharna, a veteran and multitalented artist, dies

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water for four times in the morning with the total amount of 40,000 liters, while the others are made in the afternoon in the same amount. Thus, they totally need 80,000 liters of water,” he said with permission from the Head of DKP, Wayan Kujus Pawitra, Sunday (Sep. 13).

He explained that the watering in the morning starts at five o’clock until around seven o’clock. It is done because after that time the sunlight has been quite hot. Nevertheless, he emphasized that the most effective watering during this dry season is in the afternoon until the evening.

“The most appropriate time for watering is in the afternoon because the water absorption process takes longer and maximum. Conversely, if watering is done in the morning with the current weather condition,

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at the cemetery of Sukasada customary village. The cremation will be officiated over by Ida Pedanda from Griya Sangket at Sukasada village.

During his lifetime, the deceased Gde Dharna has been known as a fighter and joined the Branch Headquarters of the Veteran Legion of the Republic of Indonesia (LVRI) of Buleleng. Previously, the deceased served as the Secretary of the LVRI Buleleng for the past three periods of leadership.

In addition, the deceased was also known as a multi-talented artist.

He did not only actively compose heroic song, but also writes poetry, short stories and novel. Of the many songs of his creation, the most well known to the public is the one entitled Merah Putih or Red and White.

the water will quickly dry up and the water absorption into the soil is not optimal. Moreover, it can threaten the plants to die,” he explained.

When asked about the personnel deployed in the twice watering system, Dewa Manuaba explains that the number of personnel involved remains eight people. Each unit of tank truck is escorted by two personnel, namely a driver and spraying officer.

“In terms of the personnel engaged, they remain eight people. However, they must now do it twice, namely in the morning and afternoon instead of once in the morning. Obviously, we will not give up with the current dry season. We will make every effort so that the plants painstakingly maintained will not die in vain,” he said. (kmb35)

In literary field, there have been countless books, short stories and poetries having been created. His last appearance was on the literary appreciation night held at the Sasana Budaya Palace in the series of the Buleleng Festival 2015. His last work was a novelette entitled Bintang Den Bukit or literally means ‘the Star of Buleleng.’

The novelette written for the past two years narrates about the history on the struggle of the founder of the Singaraja town, Ki Gusti Anglurah Barak Panji Sakti. The novelette work of the deceased was launched on August 15, 2015 in face-to-face meeting with veteran members. The deceased handed over the copy of his work in person to the Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana. (mud)

Hundreds of Balinese residents do pakelem ritual in Lake Batur

BANGLI - Coinciding with new moon of sasih katiga or third month in Balinese calendar, Sunday (Sep. 13), hundreds of Balinese residents engaged in the ngaturang bhakti pakelem or exorcism ritual in Lake Batur, Kintamani. The ritual was commenced by saying prayers together centered on the banks of the largest lake in Bali.

The exorcism ritual taking place right at noon on Sunday was officiated over by Ida Mpu Budha Alit Maharsi Parama Daksha from Griya Agung Budha Salahin, Tanggahan Tengah hamlet, Demulih village, Susut subdistrict, Bangli, accompanied by priest of the Ulundanu Temple at Songan village, Jero Gede Songan. The wewalungan or sacrificial animals offered by Balinese residents to the middle of the lake included buffalo, goat, geese, fish and other paraphernalia. After performing the ritual, Balinese residents also said prayers together at Ulundanu Batur Temple at the local village.

The ritual is held ias an expression of gratitude of Balinese people to Ida Bhatari Dewi Danu who has been providing with welfare.

Through this ceremony, it is expected the economic condition of Bali and Indonesia in the future can be improved. (kmb40)

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German border checks add urgency to EU refugee debate

BRUSSELS — Germany announced Monday it expects to handle one million people fleeing their homelands this year and Slovakia joined Berlin in reintroducing border checks with Austria, underscoring the need for European Union nations to quickly forge a common strategy to deal with Europe’s immigration crisis.

Interior ministers from the EU’s 28 nations gathered for emergency talks in Brussels to try to narrow a yawning divide over how to share responsibility for the thousands of migrants arriving daily and how to ease the burden on the front-line states of Greece, Italy and Hungary.

Their talks will focus on distributing 160,000 refugees over the next two years — but at least four Eastern European nations have strongly rejected suggestions they should take in any more people.

The decisions by some EU nations to have checks at borders that have been open as part of the EU’s landmark Schengen passport-free zone has added urgency to the talks. The arrival of around 500,000 migrants so far this year has taken the EU by surprise — and Germany warned Monday those figures would swell further.

Germany’s vice chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said in a letter to his Social Democratic Party that “everything points the fact that we won’t have 800,000 migrants as has been predicted by the Interior Ministry but 1 million” in Germany alone.

Lacking a quick and comprehensive policy answer, EU nations have begun tightening border security or, in the case of Hungary, erecting fences. Greece is simply over-

whelmed by the numbers of people coming across the sea from Turkey and cannot properly screen the migrants, let alone lodge them.

Germany’s decision to reintroduce border checks temporarily is allowed under the Schengen rules governing free movement within the EU. Gabriel defended his government’s move, saying it should be a “clear signal” to our “European partners that Germany, even if we are prepared to provide disproportionate assistance, cannot accommodate all of the refugees alone.” Germany takes in more refugees than any other European nation by far.

Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Bert Koenders said the temporary border measures showed the need to quickly come up with a more comprehensive deal on the refugees. “It means that we have make progress about the relocation today,” he said.

Adding to the unraveling of free travel within most of the EU, Slovakia said Monday that 220 extra officers have been deployed at border crossings and along the border. It said authorities were also coordinating with police forces in neighboring Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic on Sunday boosted its presence along its border with Austria but has not reintroduced border checks yet. (ap)

ment,” the official said anonymously according to protocol.

The announcement came several hours after a Jewish man died from wounds sustained when rocks were thrown at his car. Spokeswoman Luba Samri said the man was injured early Monday as his vehicle was attacked while returning from a meal marking the Jewish new year.

She said the identity of the attackers is unknown but they are likely from a nearby Arab neighborhood.

There has been a spike in Palestinian violence against Israeli civilians and soldiers over the past year that resulted in fatalities and casualties.

Palestinians have also been assaulted; in the deadliest incident a

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Meeting with Trump not expression of political support: legislator

A man fishes at a river delta shrouded with haze in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015. Wildfires caused by illegal land clearing in Indonesia’s Sumatra and Borneo islands often spread choking haze to neighboring countries such as Malaysia and Singapore.

Sumatra’s haze shrouds Kuala Lumpur

TANJUNGPINANG - The haze arising from Sumatra’s forest and plantation fires has blanketed Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a local weather analyst stated.

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A small girl walks by a painting of refugee Aylan Kurdi on a board outside of EU headquarters in Brussels on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015. Aylan Kurdi, 3, was found on a Turkish beach in sneakers, blue shorts and a red shirt after the small rubber boat he and his family were in capsized in a desperate voyage from Turkey to Greece.

toddler was killed in an arson attack on a home in the West Bank in July. His parents later died of their wounds. That attack was widely condemned across the board in Israel and the government vowed to crackdown on Israeli extremists.

Earlier Monday, police and Palestinian stone throwers clashed for a second day in a row at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site.

The compound is holy to Jews as the Temple Mount, site of the two biblical Jewish temples. Muslims revere it as the Noble Sanctuary where they believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven. The fate of the site is a core issue at the heart of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. (ap)

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From page 1 Smog continued to shroud Singapore Monday, with air quality at unhealthy levels.

Two outdoor races scheduled for Sunday were cancelled, while organisers of the Formula One due to be held in the city-state reportedly said they are closely monitoring the haze in case it affects the event.

Haze levels have steadily been rising in Malaysia, with buildings more than a kilometre (0.6 miles) away in the capital Kuala Lumpur appearing as vague silhouettes. On Monday, 29 of the country’s 52 air-quality monitoring stations tipped into the “unhealthy” range.

As of late Sunday, more than 1,100 “hotspots” -- areas with high temperatures that are either already on fire or likely to soon go up in flames -- were detected by satellites on Sumatra and the Indonesian part of Borneo, said disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.

“Even when blazes are successfully extinguished, people then start new fires,” Nugroho said, adding that the police were investigating 26 companies and scores of people over the illegal blazes.

Pressure to stop the annual outbreaks of smog has increased since 2013 when Southeast Asia suffered its worst air pollution crisis for more than a decade, but joint attempts by countries in the region to find a solution have moved slowly. (afp)

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Israel PM to hold ‘emergency meeting’ on Palestinian attacks

JERUSALEM — Israel’s prime minister will convene an “emergency meeting” over recent Palestinian attacks, an official at his office said Monday, hours after a man died from wounds sustained when rocks were thrown at his car and violence broke out at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site for a second day in a row.

Benjamin Netanyahu will hold the consultations with top ministers Tuesday night after the Jewish new year holiday of Rosh Hashanah ends. “The prime minister views with great severity the throwing of rocks and fire bombs against Israeli citizens and intends to fight the phenomena by all means, including increasing punishment and enforce-

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“The visibility is one thousand meters. It is getting worse compared to that in the previous days,” Ardhito, the weather analyst of the Tanjungpinang meteorology office, noted on Monday.

A visibility of one thousand meters usually affects air and sea transportation operations, he pointed out.

However, flights in Malaysia have not been cancelled as it most likely has sophisticated equipment to address the problem, according to Ardhito.

Haze has also affected Singapore as the wind blew from the southeast to south and then drifted in the northeast direction toward Malaysia when it reached Pekanbaru.

Malaysia, Singapore, and Riau Is-

land have been shrouded by haze from forest fires in Jambi, Bangka Belitung, and Riau Provinces.

In the meantime, German news agency DPA reported that Malaysia’s maritime and aviation departments on Sunday issued warnings over poor visibility caused by the worsening haze in the capital and elsewhere.

At least two international flights were diverted during the past two days due to poor visibility, Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai stated.

He added that some maritime activities would be suspended if the visibility dropped below one nautical mile, or 1.8 kilometers, but he did not specify what would be affected.

The smoky haze hovering over Malaysia is caused by the ongoing plantation and forest fires in the nearby Indonesian provinces of Sumatra and Kalimantan, where fires are often intentionally set to clear land areas, DPA reported.

The environment department stated on Sunday that the air pollution index in Kuala Lumpur and almost all areas on the peninsula had reached unhealthy levels.

The haze is also blanketing Singapore, according to reports.

Some 1,887 hotspots, comprising 575 in Sumatra and 1,312 in Kalimantan, were detected by the Terra and Aqua Satellite on Sept. 11 afternoon. (ant)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR) Setya Novanto emphasized that his meeting with the United States presidential candidate Donald Trump was not a declaration of political support but a form of diplomacy.

“This meeting is a form of diplomacy in line with the mandate of Law No. 17/2014 on the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), DPR, the Regional Representatives Council (DPRD), and the Regional Consultative Council (DPD) known as the MD3 Law,” Novanto stated at a press conference on Monday.

Novanto affirmed that the parliament not only conducts political diplomacy but also economic diplomacy.

He remarked that the meeting was not a form of political support.

“It is a normal meeting through a reasonable process,” he emphasized.

He pointed out that Trump lauded Indonesia as the largest country in Southeast Asia, with the largest Muslim population in the world.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chairman of the DPR Fadli Zon clarified that the parliamentary delegation did not receive a reward or fee from Trump.

“There is no reward (fee). We only support the investors who want to invest in Indonesia. It is in line with the president’s expectation,” Fadli affirmed.

According to Fadli, the meeting aims to attract investors to invest in Indonesia.

“We did not set up the meeting. We met Trump spontaneously,” he noted.

Fadli pointed out that the meeting was a friendly visit in keeping with the interests of the nation.

He revealed that the delegation members used their personal funds in order to meet Trump.

“The travel budget will be audited by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK). Let us monitor the audit, then we can compare it,” he stated.

Earlier, DPR Speaker Novanto, Deputy Speaker Zon, Chairman of the House Commission III Aziz Syamsuddin, Deputy Chairman of the House Commission I Tantowi Yahya, and Deputy Chairman of the House Commission VII Satya Widya Yudha were invited to a press conference by the United States presidential candidate.

The meeting with Trump was not part of their official agenda in New York where they took part in a world conference of parliamentary leaders.

The Indonesian delegation was scheduled to return home on Thursday, but Novanto and several leading members of the delegation went to attend the political campaign organized by the business tycoon.

Trump even introduced Novanto as speaker of the Indonesian DPR. The presence of the leader of the DPR had caused a national furor, drawing strong protests from fellow members of the parliament and political observers.

House Deputy Speaker of the Democrat faction Agus Hermanto remarked that the DPR Honorary Council Tribunal will review the report of the meeting. (ant)

British investors keen to invest in building solar power plant

JAKARTA - British investors have expressed interest to invest in the electricity sector by building a US$250 million worth solar power plant (PLTS), with a capacity of 200 megawatts (MW).

The information was conveyed during a meeting organized by Indonesia’s Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) in the United King-

dom last week to boost investment in Indonesia.

“The investors are quite serious as they have visited Indonesia and have held meetings with the relevant ministries and institutions to explore the investment plan,” Head of BKPM Franky Sibarani revealed on Monday.

According to Sibarani, the BKPM

has facilitated the investors to meet the state-owned electricity company PLN, Ministry of Energy, and private companies to discuss investment opportunities, both in ground-mounted solar PV and rooftop solar PV. “They are identifying potential areas to build a PLTS such as in North Sulawesi, West Kalimantan, South Kalimantan and East Kalim-

antan, as well as East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara,” he explained.

Sibarani pointed out that the BKPM is committed to supporting the realization of the investment plan and making it a pilot project for investment in the field of renewable energy.

He noted that the BKPM will

facilitate investors in obtaining a license and an investment in the region.

Franky also highlighted the steps taken by the government to encourage investment in the electricity sector, one of which is the simplification of licensing procedures and tax allowance for investment in the electricity sector. (ant)

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Ogier wins rally, 2015 championship

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia holds up the U.S. Open trophy after defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland in their men’s singles final match at the U.S. Open Championships tennis tournament in New York, September 13, 2015.

Djokovic plays pantomime villain to cap great season

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NEW YORK - Novak Djokovic probably felt like he was battling against 20,001 people in the U.S. Open final on Sunday, with grand slam king Roger Federer on the other side of the net backed by an Arthur Ashe Stadium full of his opponent’s closest friends.

As the match reached its gripping climax, they cheered every point Federer won and celebrated Djokovic’s errors as the Serb dug deep to eke out a 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4 triumph.

There may have been a time when Djokovic would have been unsettled by his treatment but the world number one swallowed any resentment and maintained his composure until he found himself kissing the silver trophy for his 10 grand slam.

“I can’t sit here and criticise the crowd,” said Djokovic, who crowned a brilliant season in which he won three grand slams events and was runner-up in the fourth at Roland Garros. “On the contrary, I think it’s logical to expect that a great player and a champion like Roger has the majority of the support anywhere I play him.

“He absolutely deserves to have the support he does because of all the years and success that he had and the way he carries himself on and off the court. No question about it.” While Federer reached exalted status with his collection of an all-time record 17 grand slam titles, Djokovic is now the player dominating the men’s game.

He has won nine slams in the last five years, collecting the Australian Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles in 2011 just as he has this year,

and has held down the number one ranking in four of the past five seasons.

The mellowed Djokovic said he appreciated this grand slam treble even more than his 2011 breakthrough.

“I’m a different player, a different person today than I was 2011,” he said. “As a father and a husband, experiencing a different variety of things in my life, it’s a completely different approach to tennis today.

“I feel more fulfilled. I feel more complete as a player today than I was in 2011. Physically stronger, mentally more experienced and tougher as well.”

Djokovic showed plenty of that toughness after he scraped his right arm, the back of his right hand and right leg when he tumbled to the ground in the first set, after a threehour delay due to rain, but carried on regardless.

TREMENDOUS RESPECT Federer had not dropped a set in the entire tournament but Djokovic wiped out that distinction in 42 minutes. The Swiss great had lost only two break points in the tournament but matched that number within his first four service games against one of the game’s greatest returners.

Djokovic, meanwhile, saved 19of-23 break points held by Federer

and rose up to cash in on six of his 13 opportunities in the final. He was up by two breaks in the final set, only to see Federer roar back to break him once and threaten again in the final game before the Serb finally secured victory in a little less than three and a half hours.

“Today I was serving at 5-2 in the fourth set and Roger showed why he is a champion and... making me play to the last point,” Djokovic said. “I have a tremendous respect for Roger and what his game is representing to me and any other player.”

The win puts Djokovic level with Bill Tilden on 10 slams. Next up are Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg on 11.

Then Roy Emerson at 12, and Rafa Nadal and Pete Sampras with 14, just below Federer. “I’m obviously flattered and honoured to be a part of an elite group of players, legends of our sports,” the Serb added.

“I’m 28. I have always valued the care for my body, and my mind and had this holistic approach to life. “I will continue on with the same kind of lifestyle, same kind of approach.

I think that kind of approach brought me to where I am today.

“Hopefully, this kind of approach will give me longevity and that I can have many more years to come, and as I said, many more opportunities to fight for these trophies.” As for winning Federer-like adulation with the crowds, he said: “I’m there to earn the support and hopefully in the future I can be in that position.” (rtr)

Sebastien Ogier clinched his third straight World Rally Championship with his seventh victory of the 2015 season, ahead of Volkswagen team-mate JariMatti Latvala, on Rally Australia.

Ogier’s title success moves him to fourth on the all-time list of WRC champions, just behind Juha Kankkunen and Tommi Makinen, who both have four championships to their names, and also secured another manufacturers’ crown for VW. As is often the case Ogier suffered initially with being the first car on the road, and was down in eighth on Friday morning, before pushing on to third by the end of the day. VW driver Ogier moved into the frame for the win with Latvala and Kris Meeke on Saturday morning and snatched a slim lead of 0.3 seconds over Meeke on the final stage of leg two.

From that point on Ogier never looked like letting go. The Frenchman won seven consecutive stages, including the final powerstage, to finish the rally 12.3s ahead of Latvala. Late drama for Latvala before the powerstage almost gifted second place to Meeke.

The Finn suffered a broken alternator belt prior to the start but he was able to fix the problem thanks to a spare. This allowed a relieved Latvala, who finished runner-up on the powerstage, to secure second place by a substantial margin.

Long-time leader Meeke’s charge began to unravel on Sat-

urday’s Valla night stage, which drivers described as dangerous, and by Sunday afternoon he found himself way off the pace of Ogier and Latvala in third and falling into the clutches of Andreas Mikkelsen.

But Mikkelsen’s chances of overhauling Meeke took a massive blow before the final two stages. He was handed a 10s penalty for turning up to midday service one minute late, which ended any hope of completing an all VW podium.

New Zealander Hayden Paddon enjoyed a lot of support throughout the weekend, and he didn’t disappoint fans as he secured fifth, complete with two impressive stage wins on Saturday morning.

M-Sport’s Ott Tanak recovered from some minor incidents on Friday that dropped him back from an early third to finish sixth overall, leapfrogging Hyundai duo Thierry Neuville and Dani Sordo. The Spaniard had led on Friday morning before drifting off the pace, with brake problems a factor.

A downbeat Elfyn Evans, delayed early by a puncture on SS4, was unchallenged in ninth ahead of WRC2 winner Nasser Al-Attiyah who completed the top 10.

Citroen substitute Stephane Lefebvre, replacing the injured Mads Ostberg, got some first-onthe-road experience after he broke his suspension on a rock through Newry Long on Friday when running ninth. (ap)

Sebastian Ogier

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Inter beats Milan 1-0 in derby match to move top of Serie A

MILAN — Inter Milan beat local rival AC Milan 1-0 in front of a sell-out crowd at San Siro to move top of Serie A on Sunday, as Mario Balotelli failed to make an immediate impact against his old club on his second debut for the Rossoneri. “It was a bit of a strange derby as it’s only the third round, the teams aren’t at their best yet,” Inter coach Roberto Mancini said. “We had character and we made the most of the few chances we got.”

Fredy Guarin celebrated his 100th league appearance with a stunning goal after Milan had wasted a number of chances.

Balotelli, who rejoined Milan on loan from Liverpool last month, hit the post and went close with a free kick.

“I can be happy because despite everything we didn’t deserve to lose,” Milan coach Sinisa Mihajlovic said. “We played well. We did everything we prepared in the week but we just lacked a goal. I’m not happy with the result but I’m happy and confident because playing like this we can do good things this season.”

Balotelli started his career at Inter before moving to Manchester City in 2010 and he came off the bench to deafening boos from the home fans shortly after the hour mark. Milan coach Sinisa Mihajlovic was also loudly jeered. He spent two seasons as a player with Inter and was also assistant coach during Roberto Mancini’s first spell in charge.

“We have to go slowly we can’t judge Mario after just a bit of a game,” Mihajlovic said.

“Certainly he did well but he has to continue like this.”

Inter is the only team still with a perfect record after Sas-

suolo, Palermo and Torino all dropped their first points of the season. Four of the earlier matches ended with the same 2-2 scoreline. Sassuolo drew at home to Atalanta, in a match that also saw two saved penalties and two red cards, while Torino drew at Hellas Verona.

Newly promoted Carpi picked up its first ever Serie A point at Palermo, while Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri’s return to Empoli also ended in a stalemate.

Elsewhere, Alessandro Matri had a dream Lazio debut, scoring a second-half brace to beat Udinese 2-0. Sampdoria’s home match against Bologna was postponed due to bad weather and will be played on Monday.

Milan started the brighter and new signings Carlos Bacca and Luiz Adriano linked up well, threatening on several occasions.

The duo almost put Milan ahead with less than three minutes on the clock as Bacca threaded the ball through to Adriano, but Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic came flying out to parry the former Shakhtar Donetsk striker’s effort.

They linked up again minutes later, shortly after Stevan Jovetic had fired narrowly past the left post for Inter. However,

Adriano blazed over from a tight angle following a great ball from Bacca.

Milan was playing with a freedom and confidence not seen in its opening two Serie A matches and went close again in the 17th. Giacomo Bonaventura sped down the left flank and sent Adriano clear with a delightful pass but Juan Jesus got back to pull off a perfectly-timed tackle just as the Brazil forward was about to let fly.

It was Inter which went closest in first-half stoppages, when Mauro Icardi sprung the offside trap to run through clear on goal but Diego Lopez pulled off a great save with his legs.

Lopez rescued his side again 10 minutes after the break, fingertipping Guarin’s header over his crossbar. However, he could do nothing three minutes later when Guarin hit a screamer into the far bottom corner on a counter attack.

Balotelli was brought on in the 61st minute and he almost helped Milan level with his first touch as his free kick flashed across the face of goal but no one could tap it in.

The Italian forward went even closer 12 minutes from time with a long-range effort which

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Boca defeats River Plate 1-0 in Superclasico in Buenos Aires BUENOS AIRES — Nicolas Lodeiro’s first-half goal lifted Boca Juniors to a 1-0 victory at bitter Buenos Aires rival River Plate on Sunday.

Lodeiro, who came on as substitute in the first minute for injured Fernando Gago, scored the deciding goal in the 19th minute for a victory in the so-called Superclasico that pushed Boca into first place in the Argentine first division.

A preliminary report said Gago may have ruptured his Achilles tendon. “It’s not easy to win here,” said Boca forward Carlos Tevez,

speaking of River’s Monumental Stadium. Tevez rejoined his boyhood club Boca this season after playing for a decade in Europe.

Boca leads with 52 points in 24 matches, two clear of San Lorenzo and six in front of Rosario Central.

Racing Club is nine back with defending Copa Libertadores champion River Plate 11 off the pace, the same as Independiente.

In other results Sunday, Rosario Central and Newell’s drew 0-0 in a tense derby match in Rosairo. Estudiantes and Gimnasia drew 1-1 and Colon and Union drew 0-0. (ap)

Leicester remains unbeaten in Premier League, Tottenham wins

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Inter Milan’s Fredy Guarin, center, argues with AC Milan’s Mario Balotelli, right, as referee Gianluca Rocchi intervenes during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and AC Milan, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015. smacked off the base of the left upright, while he also tested Handanovic with a free kick

from distance which the Inter goalkeeper managed to palm off the line. (ap)

LONDON — Leicester staged a late comeback to maintain its unbeaten start to the Premier League season with a 3-2 win over Aston Villa on Sunday, while Tottenham earned its first victory of the campaign.

Leicester trailed 2-0 with 18 minutes remaining before Richie De Laet began Leicester’s comeback in the 72nd minute. Jamie Vardy dragged Leicester level with a close-range finish and Nathan Dyer won it in the 89th, heading in while being flattened by goalkeeper Brad Guzan.

Goals from Jack Grealish and Carles Gil had put Villa in command, but Leicester’s win puts it second in the table behind Manchester City after five rounds.

“Fantastic, fantastic, spirit and good character,” Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri said. “At 2-0 I watched my players and they believed everything was possible. You can lose,

but you have to believe that anything is possible.”

Dyer collided with the onrushing Guzan just as he got his head on the ball. He remained on the field for a couple of minutes after his goal but eventually got to his feet.

“Until I got up and the ref said ‘You’ve scored’ I didn’t know,” Dyer said. “I was watching the ball all the way, but it was a nice feeling to score.

I was just dazed.”

Earlier, Ryan Mason’s late goal gave Tottenham a 1-0 win over lastplace Sunderland. Mason scored in the 82nd minute in northeast England, taking Erik Lamela’s through-ball before clipping over goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon.

Sunderland is last on goal difference after just two points from five games, while Tottenham climbed to 12th on six points. Man City leads on 15, with Leicester second on 11. (ap)

‘I can call all my managers except Benitez’ Rafael Benitez was the best tactical manager Steven Gerrard ever played under but the former Liverpool captain said he felt the Spaniard did not like him as a person, according to an extract from his autobiography being serialised in the Daily Mail. Gerrard left Anfield to join LA Galaxy after 17 years at his boyhood club and has already gone on record to say he might have stayed had he been offered a role within current manager Brendan Rodgers’ backroom staff.

“I don’t think Rafa Benitez

liked me as a person. I’m not sure why, but that’s the feeling I got from him,” the 35-year-old said.

“I can pick up the phone and speak to all of my previous Liverpool managers. Except for Rafa.

“It’s a shame because we probably shared the biggest night of both our careers -- the 2005 Champions League victory in Istanbul -- and yet there is no bond between us,” the midfielder added. Gerrard said Benitez’s “ultra-professionalism” and “frostiness” drove him to be a better player but “on a basic human level” he preferred the manage-

ment style of Rodgers and another former Liverpool manager, Gerard Houllier.

“I had a hunger to earn a compliment from him (Benitez) -- but also a hunger to let him know he really needed me as a player. We were like fire and ice,” Gerrard added.

“It would not be my style if I were to ever become a manager -- I’d try to fuse the best of Rafa’s tactical thinking with Brendan’s skill as a man-manager,” Gerrard said.

Liverpool’s long-serving skipper criticised the Spaniard for his more flamboyant outbursts,

including Benitez’s public spat with the club’s board and his infamous “facts” speech against then Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson. In January 2009, with Liverpool top of the league, Ferguson commented that nerves might ruin the Reds’ title bid.

Benitez responded by reading out a list of accusations about Ferguson’s conduct regarding referees, the FA’s Respect campaign and fixture lists at a bizarre press conference. “Rafa kept saying ‘fact, fact, fact’ and I could not believe what I was hearing,” Gerrard

said. “I was grabbing the couch, digging my fingers into the arms, feeling embarrassed for him.

“When I met up with England, all the Manchester United players told me Fergie was just laughing at Rafa, saying: ‘I’ve got him, I’ve got him’.”

“Rafa made a lot of decisions with himself in mind. He wanted power and control. I didn’t like it. Fighting with the board, other managers and the press wasn’t the Liverpool way. “Rafa broke the focus of the team,” Gerrard added. (rtr)

Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy celebrates scoring their second goal of the game during their English Premier League soccer match against Aston Villa at the King Power Stadium, Leicester, England, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015.

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Man City target fast start against ailing Juventus

LONDON - Manchester City embark on a fifth Champions League campaign buoyant after a perfect start to their domestic season but still searching for the secret formula against Europe’s top brass.

Manuel Pellegrini’s side have again been handed a tough group and the visit of last year’s runnersup Juventus to the Etihad on Tuesday will provide an early Litmus test for their hopes of going past the last 16 for the first time. Not that the form of the Italian champions should be causing Pellegrini and his players much loss of sleep.

While City have 15 points from five Premier League games, their latest win coming at Crystal Palace on Saturday, Juventus needed a late penalty from Paulo Dybala to draw 1-1 draw with Chievo and avoid a third straight Serie A defeat.

It should be the ideal time to play a Juve side still coming to terms with the summer exits of Arturo Vidal and Carlos Tevez, but City will be wary of the kind of home slip-ups that have undermined their previous Champions League campaigns.

Their last three home games against Italian clubs, including last September’s meeting with AS Roma, ended 1-1 while last season they won just one of their four home fixtures, a fortunate defeat of already qualified Bayern Munich, as they scrambled into the last 16 where Barcelona proved too good.

Despite his side’s form Pellegrini wore a frown after the 1-0 win at Palace, with striker Sergio Aguero

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Juventus’ Paul Lamine Pogba (R) and Alvaro Morata react during their Italian Serie A soccer match against Chievo Verona at Juventus Stadium in Turin September 12, 2015. having limped off.

“It’s very difficult to answer now. It’s important to see how he recovers in the next few hours,” Pellegrini, who is also sweating on the fitness of Raheem Sterling and David Silva, said of his Argentine goalscorer.

With Spanish club Sevilla and Bundesliga side Borussia Moenchengladbach also in Group D, qualification could be complicated for City, but Aguero believes the way they have started the season augurs well. “We had an excellent pre-season and we have opened the Premier League with great momentum too,” he said. “I think you will see a very good season for Manchester City.”

Juventus, who will be with-

out injured midfielder Claudio Marchisio for Tuesday’s clash after he sustained a muscle injury against Chievo, have yet to spark at all this season, although coach Massimiliano Allegri is not panicking.

“We need to focus on the positives: this team has plenty of young players and these things take time,” he said. “We knew that this season would be a lot tougher. We need to keep working because we’ve got our first Champions League game on Tuesday.”

Mario Mandzukic, a summer signing from Atletico Madrid, could return to the starting lineup after being left on the bench against Chievo when Dybala and Alvaro Morata formed a two-man attack. (rtr)

Carrick lauds Martial’s perfect United debut against Liverpool Scoring against arch-rivals Liverpool on his debut was the perfect way for Anthony Martial to introduce himself to his team mates and Manchester United’s supporters, midfielder Michael Carrick has said.

Martial became the world’s most expensive teenager when United signed him from Monaco for a reported 36 million pounds ($55.7 million) on transfer deadline day, and although he is well known in France, the size of his fee and relatively low profile due to his age prompted murmurs of surprise in England.

Midfielder Carrick joined captain Wayne Rooney in admitting

that he did not know much about the teenager when United signed him, but backed Martial to have a bright future at United based on his debut performance.

“I have to be totally honest, I didn’t know an awful lot about him but I do now! To start like that, you can’t really ask for more,” Carrick was quoted as saying by the club’s website (www. manutd.com).

Martial put the gloss on United’s 3-1 win at the weekend after coming on as a second-half substitute when he danced past three defenders in the 86th minute and sidefooted the ball home.

“It doesn’t get any better than

that does it? Coming in and coming on, scoring against Liverpool like that,” the 34-year-old Carrick added.

“He has done well to get in that position and I thought the finish was terrific, how he just slotted it home, he was so calm and composed. You can’t ask for a better start.

“He has announced himself and everyone has seen it on the big stage. It’s a good start for him. I am sure his confidence will be sky high after that.

“It’s a good way to settle him and if that has raised expectations then so be it, but that is part of the game.” (rtr)

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Inter beats Milan 1-0 in derby match to move top of Serie A

MILAN — Inter Milan beat local rival AC Milan 1-0 in front of a sell-out crowd at San Siro to move top of Serie A on Sunday, as Mario Balotelli failed to make an immediate impact against his old club on his second debut for the Rossoneri. “It was a bit of a strange derby as it’s only the third round, the teams aren’t at their best yet,” Inter coach Roberto Mancini said. “We had character and we made the most of the few chances we got.”

Fredy Guarin celebrated his 100th league appearance with a stunning goal after Milan had wasted a number of chances.

Balotelli, who rejoined Milan on loan from Liverpool last month, hit the post and went close with a free kick.

“I can be happy because despite everything we didn’t deserve to lose,” Milan coach Sinisa Mihajlovic said. “We played well. We did everything we prepared in the week but we just lacked a goal. I’m not happy with the result but I’m happy and confident because playing like this we can do good things this season.”

Balotelli started his career at Inter before moving to Manchester City in 2010 and he came off the bench to deafening boos from the home fans shortly after the hour mark. Milan coach Sinisa Mihajlovic was also loudly jeered. He spent two seasons as a player with Inter and was also assistant coach during Roberto Mancini’s first spell in charge.

“We have to go slowly we can’t judge Mario after just a bit of a game,” Mihajlovic said.

“Certainly he did well but he has to continue like this.”

Inter is the only team still with a perfect record after Sas-

suolo, Palermo and Torino all dropped their first points of the season. Four of the earlier matches ended with the same 2-2 scoreline. Sassuolo drew at home to Atalanta, in a match that also saw two saved penalties and two red cards, while Torino drew at Hellas Verona.

Newly promoted Carpi picked up its first ever Serie A point at Palermo, while Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri’s return to Empoli also ended in a stalemate.

Elsewhere, Alessandro Matri had a dream Lazio debut, scoring a second-half brace to beat Udinese 2-0. Sampdoria’s home match against Bologna was postponed due to bad weather and will be played on Monday.

Milan started the brighter and new signings Carlos Bacca and Luiz Adriano linked up well, threatening on several occasions.

The duo almost put Milan ahead with less than three minutes on the clock as Bacca threaded the ball through to Adriano, but Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic came flying out to parry the former Shakhtar Donetsk striker’s effort.

They linked up again minutes later, shortly after Stevan Jovetic had fired narrowly past the left post for Inter. However,

Adriano blazed over from a tight angle following a great ball from Bacca.

Milan was playing with a freedom and confidence not seen in its opening two Serie A matches and went close again in the 17th. Giacomo Bonaventura sped down the left flank and sent Adriano clear with a delightful pass but Juan Jesus got back to pull off a perfectly-timed tackle just as the Brazil forward was about to let fly.

It was Inter which went closest in first-half stoppages, when Mauro Icardi sprung the offside trap to run through clear on goal but Diego Lopez pulled off a great save with his legs.

Lopez rescued his side again 10 minutes after the break, fingertipping Guarin’s header over his crossbar. However, he could do nothing three minutes later when Guarin hit a screamer into the far bottom corner on a counter attack.

Balotelli was brought on in the 61st minute and he almost helped Milan level with his first touch as his free kick flashed across the face of goal but no one could tap it in.

The Italian forward went even closer 12 minutes from time with a long-range effort which

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Boca defeats River Plate 1-0 in Superclasico in Buenos Aires BUENOS AIRES — Nicolas Lodeiro’s first-half goal lifted Boca Juniors to a 1-0 victory at bitter Buenos Aires rival River Plate on Sunday.

Lodeiro, who came on as substitute in the first minute for injured Fernando Gago, scored the deciding goal in the 19th minute for a victory in the so-called Superclasico that pushed Boca into first place in the Argentine first division.

A preliminary report said Gago may have ruptured his Achilles tendon. “It’s not easy to win here,” said Boca forward Carlos Tevez,

speaking of River’s Monumental Stadium. Tevez rejoined his boyhood club Boca this season after playing for a decade in Europe.

Boca leads with 52 points in 24 matches, two clear of San Lorenzo and six in front of Rosario Central.

Racing Club is nine back with defending Copa Libertadores champion River Plate 11 off the pace, the same as Independiente.

In other results Sunday, Rosario Central and Newell’s drew 0-0 in a tense derby match in Rosairo. Estudiantes and Gimnasia drew 1-1 and Colon and Union drew 0-0. (ap)

Leicester remains unbeaten in Premier League, Tottenham wins

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Inter Milan’s Fredy Guarin, center, argues with AC Milan’s Mario Balotelli, right, as referee Gianluca Rocchi intervenes during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and AC Milan, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015. smacked off the base of the left upright, while he also tested Handanovic with a free kick

from distance which the Inter goalkeeper managed to palm off the line. (ap)

LONDON — Leicester staged a late comeback to maintain its unbeaten start to the Premier League season with a 3-2 win over Aston Villa on Sunday, while Tottenham earned its first victory of the campaign.

Leicester trailed 2-0 with 18 minutes remaining before Richie De Laet began Leicester’s comeback in the 72nd minute. Jamie Vardy dragged Leicester level with a close-range finish and Nathan Dyer won it in the 89th, heading in while being flattened by goalkeeper Brad Guzan.

Goals from Jack Grealish and Carles Gil had put Villa in command, but Leicester’s win puts it second in the table behind Manchester City after five rounds.

“Fantastic, fantastic, spirit and good character,” Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri said. “At 2-0 I watched my players and they believed everything was possible. You can lose,

but you have to believe that anything is possible.”

Dyer collided with the onrushing Guzan just as he got his head on the ball. He remained on the field for a couple of minutes after his goal but eventually got to his feet.

“Until I got up and the ref said ‘You’ve scored’ I didn’t know,” Dyer said. “I was watching the ball all the way, but it was a nice feeling to score.

I was just dazed.”

Earlier, Ryan Mason’s late goal gave Tottenham a 1-0 win over lastplace Sunderland. Mason scored in the 82nd minute in northeast England, taking Erik Lamela’s through-ball before clipping over goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon.

Sunderland is last on goal difference after just two points from five games, while Tottenham climbed to 12th on six points. Man City leads on 15, with Leicester second on 11. (ap)

‘I can call all my managers except Benitez’ Rafael Benitez was the best tactical manager Steven Gerrard ever played under but the former Liverpool captain said he felt the Spaniard did not like him as a person, according to an extract from his autobiography being serialised in the Daily Mail. Gerrard left Anfield to join LA Galaxy after 17 years at his boyhood club and has already gone on record to say he might have stayed had he been offered a role within current manager Brendan Rodgers’ backroom staff.

“I don’t think Rafa Benitez

liked me as a person. I’m not sure why, but that’s the feeling I got from him,” the 35-year-old said.

“I can pick up the phone and speak to all of my previous Liverpool managers. Except for Rafa.

“It’s a shame because we probably shared the biggest night of both our careers -- the 2005 Champions League victory in Istanbul -- and yet there is no bond between us,” the midfielder added. Gerrard said Benitez’s “ultra-professionalism” and “frostiness” drove him to be a better player but “on a basic human level” he preferred the manage-

ment style of Rodgers and another former Liverpool manager, Gerard Houllier.

“I had a hunger to earn a compliment from him (Benitez) -- but also a hunger to let him know he really needed me as a player. We were like fire and ice,” Gerrard added.

“It would not be my style if I were to ever become a manager -- I’d try to fuse the best of Rafa’s tactical thinking with Brendan’s skill as a man-manager,” Gerrard said.

Liverpool’s long-serving skipper criticised the Spaniard for his more flamboyant outbursts,

including Benitez’s public spat with the club’s board and his infamous “facts” speech against then Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson. In January 2009, with Liverpool top of the league, Ferguson commented that nerves might ruin the Reds’ title bid.

Benitez responded by reading out a list of accusations about Ferguson’s conduct regarding referees, the FA’s Respect campaign and fixture lists at a bizarre press conference. “Rafa kept saying ‘fact, fact, fact’ and I could not believe what I was hearing,” Gerrard

said. “I was grabbing the couch, digging my fingers into the arms, feeling embarrassed for him.

“When I met up with England, all the Manchester United players told me Fergie was just laughing at Rafa, saying: ‘I’ve got him, I’ve got him’.”

“Rafa made a lot of decisions with himself in mind. He wanted power and control. I didn’t like it. Fighting with the board, other managers and the press wasn’t the Liverpool way. “Rafa broke the focus of the team,” Gerrard added. (rtr)

Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy celebrates scoring their second goal of the game during their English Premier League soccer match against Aston Villa at the King Power Stadium, Leicester, England, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015.

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Man City target fast start against ailing Juventus

LONDON - Manchester City embark on a fifth Champions League campaign buoyant after a perfect start to their domestic season but still searching for the secret formula against Europe’s top brass.

Manuel Pellegrini’s side have again been handed a tough group and the visit of last year’s runnersup Juventus to the Etihad on Tuesday will provide an early Litmus test for their hopes of going past the last 16 for the first time. Not that the form of the Italian champions should be causing Pellegrini and his players much loss of sleep.

While City have 15 points from five Premier League games, their latest win coming at Crystal Palace on Saturday, Juventus needed a late penalty from Paulo Dybala to draw 1-1 draw with Chievo and avoid a third straight Serie A defeat.

It should be the ideal time to play a Juve side still coming to terms with the summer exits of Arturo Vidal and Carlos Tevez, but City will be wary of the kind of home slip-ups that have undermined their previous Champions League campaigns.

Their last three home games against Italian clubs, including last September’s meeting with AS Roma, ended 1-1 while last season they won just one of their four home fixtures, a fortunate defeat of already qualified Bayern Munich, as they scrambled into the last 16 where Barcelona proved too good.

Despite his side’s form Pellegrini wore a frown after the 1-0 win at Palace, with striker Sergio Aguero

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Juventus’ Paul Lamine Pogba (R) and Alvaro Morata react during their Italian Serie A soccer match against Chievo Verona at Juventus Stadium in Turin September 12, 2015. having limped off.

“It’s very difficult to answer now. It’s important to see how he recovers in the next few hours,” Pellegrini, who is also sweating on the fitness of Raheem Sterling and David Silva, said of his Argentine goalscorer.

With Spanish club Sevilla and Bundesliga side Borussia Moenchengladbach also in Group D, qualification could be complicated for City, but Aguero believes the way they have started the season augurs well. “We had an excellent pre-season and we have opened the Premier League with great momentum too,” he said. “I think you will see a very good season for Manchester City.”

Juventus, who will be with-

out injured midfielder Claudio Marchisio for Tuesday’s clash after he sustained a muscle injury against Chievo, have yet to spark at all this season, although coach Massimiliano Allegri is not panicking.

“We need to focus on the positives: this team has plenty of young players and these things take time,” he said. “We knew that this season would be a lot tougher. We need to keep working because we’ve got our first Champions League game on Tuesday.”

Mario Mandzukic, a summer signing from Atletico Madrid, could return to the starting lineup after being left on the bench against Chievo when Dybala and Alvaro Morata formed a two-man attack. (rtr)

Carrick lauds Martial’s perfect United debut against Liverpool Scoring against arch-rivals Liverpool on his debut was the perfect way for Anthony Martial to introduce himself to his team mates and Manchester United’s supporters, midfielder Michael Carrick has said.

Martial became the world’s most expensive teenager when United signed him from Monaco for a reported 36 million pounds ($55.7 million) on transfer deadline day, and although he is well known in France, the size of his fee and relatively low profile due to his age prompted murmurs of surprise in England.

Midfielder Carrick joined captain Wayne Rooney in admitting

that he did not know much about the teenager when United signed him, but backed Martial to have a bright future at United based on his debut performance.

“I have to be totally honest, I didn’t know an awful lot about him but I do now! To start like that, you can’t really ask for more,” Carrick was quoted as saying by the club’s website (www. manutd.com).

Martial put the gloss on United’s 3-1 win at the weekend after coming on as a second-half substitute when he danced past three defenders in the 86th minute and sidefooted the ball home.

“It doesn’t get any better than

that does it? Coming in and coming on, scoring against Liverpool like that,” the 34-year-old Carrick added.

“He has done well to get in that position and I thought the finish was terrific, how he just slotted it home, he was so calm and composed. You can’t ask for a better start.

“He has announced himself and everyone has seen it on the big stage. It’s a good start for him. I am sure his confidence will be sky high after that.

“It’s a good way to settle him and if that has raised expectations then so be it, but that is part of the game.” (rtr)

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Ogier wins rally, 2015 championship

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia holds up the U.S. Open trophy after defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland in their men’s singles final match at the U.S. Open Championships tennis tournament in New York, September 13, 2015.

Djokovic plays pantomime villain to cap great season

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NEW YORK - Novak Djokovic probably felt like he was battling against 20,001 people in the U.S. Open final on Sunday, with grand slam king Roger Federer on the other side of the net backed by an Arthur Ashe Stadium full of his opponent’s closest friends.

As the match reached its gripping climax, they cheered every point Federer won and celebrated Djokovic’s errors as the Serb dug deep to eke out a 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4 triumph.

There may have been a time when Djokovic would have been unsettled by his treatment but the world number one swallowed any resentment and maintained his composure until he found himself kissing the silver trophy for his 10 grand slam.

“I can’t sit here and criticise the crowd,” said Djokovic, who crowned a brilliant season in which he won three grand slams events and was runner-up in the fourth at Roland Garros. “On the contrary, I think it’s logical to expect that a great player and a champion like Roger has the majority of the support anywhere I play him.

“He absolutely deserves to have the support he does because of all the years and success that he had and the way he carries himself on and off the court. No question about it.” While Federer reached exalted status with his collection of an all-time record 17 grand slam titles, Djokovic is now the player dominating the men’s game.

He has won nine slams in the last five years, collecting the Australian Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles in 2011 just as he has this year,

and has held down the number one ranking in four of the past five seasons.

The mellowed Djokovic said he appreciated this grand slam treble even more than his 2011 breakthrough.

“I’m a different player, a different person today than I was 2011,” he said. “As a father and a husband, experiencing a different variety of things in my life, it’s a completely different approach to tennis today.

“I feel more fulfilled. I feel more complete as a player today than I was in 2011. Physically stronger, mentally more experienced and tougher as well.”

Djokovic showed plenty of that toughness after he scraped his right arm, the back of his right hand and right leg when he tumbled to the ground in the first set, after a threehour delay due to rain, but carried on regardless.

TREMENDOUS RESPECT Federer had not dropped a set in the entire tournament but Djokovic wiped out that distinction in 42 minutes. The Swiss great had lost only two break points in the tournament but matched that number within his first four service games against one of the game’s greatest returners.

Djokovic, meanwhile, saved 19of-23 break points held by Federer

and rose up to cash in on six of his 13 opportunities in the final. He was up by two breaks in the final set, only to see Federer roar back to break him once and threaten again in the final game before the Serb finally secured victory in a little less than three and a half hours.

“Today I was serving at 5-2 in the fourth set and Roger showed why he is a champion and... making me play to the last point,” Djokovic said. “I have a tremendous respect for Roger and what his game is representing to me and any other player.”

The win puts Djokovic level with Bill Tilden on 10 slams. Next up are Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg on 11.

Then Roy Emerson at 12, and Rafa Nadal and Pete Sampras with 14, just below Federer. “I’m obviously flattered and honoured to be a part of an elite group of players, legends of our sports,” the Serb added.

“I’m 28. I have always valued the care for my body, and my mind and had this holistic approach to life. “I will continue on with the same kind of lifestyle, same kind of approach.

I think that kind of approach brought me to where I am today.

“Hopefully, this kind of approach will give me longevity and that I can have many more years to come, and as I said, many more opportunities to fight for these trophies.” As for winning Federer-like adulation with the crowds, he said: “I’m there to earn the support and hopefully in the future I can be in that position.” (rtr)

Sebastien Ogier clinched his third straight World Rally Championship with his seventh victory of the 2015 season, ahead of Volkswagen team-mate JariMatti Latvala, on Rally Australia.

Ogier’s title success moves him to fourth on the all-time list of WRC champions, just behind Juha Kankkunen and Tommi Makinen, who both have four championships to their names, and also secured another manufacturers’ crown for VW. As is often the case Ogier suffered initially with being the first car on the road, and was down in eighth on Friday morning, before pushing on to third by the end of the day. VW driver Ogier moved into the frame for the win with Latvala and Kris Meeke on Saturday morning and snatched a slim lead of 0.3 seconds over Meeke on the final stage of leg two.

From that point on Ogier never looked like letting go. The Frenchman won seven consecutive stages, including the final powerstage, to finish the rally 12.3s ahead of Latvala. Late drama for Latvala before the powerstage almost gifted second place to Meeke.

The Finn suffered a broken alternator belt prior to the start but he was able to fix the problem thanks to a spare. This allowed a relieved Latvala, who finished runner-up on the powerstage, to secure second place by a substantial margin.

Long-time leader Meeke’s charge began to unravel on Sat-

urday’s Valla night stage, which drivers described as dangerous, and by Sunday afternoon he found himself way off the pace of Ogier and Latvala in third and falling into the clutches of Andreas Mikkelsen.

But Mikkelsen’s chances of overhauling Meeke took a massive blow before the final two stages. He was handed a 10s penalty for turning up to midday service one minute late, which ended any hope of completing an all VW podium.

New Zealander Hayden Paddon enjoyed a lot of support throughout the weekend, and he didn’t disappoint fans as he secured fifth, complete with two impressive stage wins on Saturday morning.

M-Sport’s Ott Tanak recovered from some minor incidents on Friday that dropped him back from an early third to finish sixth overall, leapfrogging Hyundai duo Thierry Neuville and Dani Sordo. The Spaniard had led on Friday morning before drifting off the pace, with brake problems a factor.

A downbeat Elfyn Evans, delayed early by a puncture on SS4, was unchallenged in ninth ahead of WRC2 winner Nasser Al-Attiyah who completed the top 10.

Citroen substitute Stephane Lefebvre, replacing the injured Mads Ostberg, got some first-onthe-road experience after he broke his suspension on a rock through Newry Long on Friday when running ninth. (ap)

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German border checks add urgency to EU refugee debate

BRUSSELS — Germany announced Monday it expects to handle one million people fleeing their homelands this year and Slovakia joined Berlin in reintroducing border checks with Austria, underscoring the need for European Union nations to quickly forge a common strategy to deal with Europe’s immigration crisis.

Interior ministers from the EU’s 28 nations gathered for emergency talks in Brussels to try to narrow a yawning divide over how to share responsibility for the thousands of migrants arriving daily and how to ease the burden on the front-line states of Greece, Italy and Hungary.

Their talks will focus on distributing 160,000 refugees over the next two years — but at least four Eastern European nations have strongly rejected suggestions they should take in any more people.

The decisions by some EU nations to have checks at borders that have been open as part of the EU’s landmark Schengen passport-free zone has added urgency to the talks. The arrival of around 500,000 migrants so far this year has taken the EU by surprise — and Germany warned Monday those figures would swell further.

Germany’s vice chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said in a letter to his Social Democratic Party that “everything points the fact that we won’t have 800,000 migrants as has been predicted by the Interior Ministry but 1 million” in Germany alone.

Lacking a quick and comprehensive policy answer, EU nations have begun tightening border security or, in the case of Hungary, erecting fences. Greece is simply over-

whelmed by the numbers of people coming across the sea from Turkey and cannot properly screen the migrants, let alone lodge them.

Germany’s decision to reintroduce border checks temporarily is allowed under the Schengen rules governing free movement within the EU. Gabriel defended his government’s move, saying it should be a “clear signal” to our “European partners that Germany, even if we are prepared to provide disproportionate assistance, cannot accommodate all of the refugees alone.” Germany takes in more refugees than any other European nation by far.

Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Bert Koenders said the temporary border measures showed the need to quickly come up with a more comprehensive deal on the refugees. “It means that we have make progress about the relocation today,” he said.

Adding to the unraveling of free travel within most of the EU, Slovakia said Monday that 220 extra officers have been deployed at border crossings and along the border. It said authorities were also coordinating with police forces in neighboring Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic on Sunday boosted its presence along its border with Austria but has not reintroduced border checks yet. (ap)

ment,” the official said anonymously according to protocol.

The announcement came several hours after a Jewish man died from wounds sustained when rocks were thrown at his car. Spokeswoman Luba Samri said the man was injured early Monday as his vehicle was attacked while returning from a meal marking the Jewish new year.

She said the identity of the attackers is unknown but they are likely from a nearby Arab neighborhood.

There has been a spike in Palestinian violence against Israeli civilians and soldiers over the past year that resulted in fatalities and casualties.

Palestinians have also been assaulted; in the deadliest incident a

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Meeting with Trump not expression of political support: legislator

A man fishes at a river delta shrouded with haze in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015. Wildfires caused by illegal land clearing in Indonesia’s Sumatra and Borneo islands often spread choking haze to neighboring countries such as Malaysia and Singapore.

Sumatra’s haze shrouds Kuala Lumpur

TANJUNGPINANG - The haze arising from Sumatra’s forest and plantation fires has blanketed Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a local weather analyst stated.

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A small girl walks by a painting of refugee Aylan Kurdi on a board outside of EU headquarters in Brussels on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015. Aylan Kurdi, 3, was found on a Turkish beach in sneakers, blue shorts and a red shirt after the small rubber boat he and his family were in capsized in a desperate voyage from Turkey to Greece.

toddler was killed in an arson attack on a home in the West Bank in July. His parents later died of their wounds. That attack was widely condemned across the board in Israel and the government vowed to crackdown on Israeli extremists.

Earlier Monday, police and Palestinian stone throwers clashed for a second day in a row at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site.

The compound is holy to Jews as the Temple Mount, site of the two biblical Jewish temples. Muslims revere it as the Noble Sanctuary where they believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven. The fate of the site is a core issue at the heart of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. (ap)

Indonesia...

From page 1 Smog continued to shroud Singapore Monday, with air quality at unhealthy levels.

Two outdoor races scheduled for Sunday were cancelled, while organisers of the Formula One due to be held in the city-state reportedly said they are closely monitoring the haze in case it affects the event.

Haze levels have steadily been rising in Malaysia, with buildings more than a kilometre (0.6 miles) away in the capital Kuala Lumpur appearing as vague silhouettes. On Monday, 29 of the country’s 52 air-quality monitoring stations tipped into the “unhealthy” range.

As of late Sunday, more than 1,100 “hotspots” -- areas with high temperatures that are either already on fire or likely to soon go up in flames -- were detected by satellites on Sumatra and the Indonesian part of Borneo, said disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.

“Even when blazes are successfully extinguished, people then start new fires,” Nugroho said, adding that the police were investigating 26 companies and scores of people over the illegal blazes.

Pressure to stop the annual outbreaks of smog has increased since 2013 when Southeast Asia suffered its worst air pollution crisis for more than a decade, but joint attempts by countries in the region to find a solution have moved slowly. (afp)

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Israel PM to hold ‘emergency meeting’ on Palestinian attacks

JERUSALEM — Israel’s prime minister will convene an “emergency meeting” over recent Palestinian attacks, an official at his office said Monday, hours after a man died from wounds sustained when rocks were thrown at his car and violence broke out at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site for a second day in a row.

Benjamin Netanyahu will hold the consultations with top ministers Tuesday night after the Jewish new year holiday of Rosh Hashanah ends. “The prime minister views with great severity the throwing of rocks and fire bombs against Israeli citizens and intends to fight the phenomena by all means, including increasing punishment and enforce-

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“The visibility is one thousand meters. It is getting worse compared to that in the previous days,” Ardhito, the weather analyst of the Tanjungpinang meteorology office, noted on Monday.

A visibility of one thousand meters usually affects air and sea transportation operations, he pointed out.

However, flights in Malaysia have not been cancelled as it most likely has sophisticated equipment to address the problem, according to Ardhito.

Haze has also affected Singapore as the wind blew from the southeast to south and then drifted in the northeast direction toward Malaysia when it reached Pekanbaru.

Malaysia, Singapore, and Riau Is-

land have been shrouded by haze from forest fires in Jambi, Bangka Belitung, and Riau Provinces.

In the meantime, German news agency DPA reported that Malaysia’s maritime and aviation departments on Sunday issued warnings over poor visibility caused by the worsening haze in the capital and elsewhere.

At least two international flights were diverted during the past two days due to poor visibility, Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai stated.

He added that some maritime activities would be suspended if the visibility dropped below one nautical mile, or 1.8 kilometers, but he did not specify what would be affected.

The smoky haze hovering over Malaysia is caused by the ongoing plantation and forest fires in the nearby Indonesian provinces of Sumatra and Kalimantan, where fires are often intentionally set to clear land areas, DPA reported.

The environment department stated on Sunday that the air pollution index in Kuala Lumpur and almost all areas on the peninsula had reached unhealthy levels.

The haze is also blanketing Singapore, according to reports.

Some 1,887 hotspots, comprising 575 in Sumatra and 1,312 in Kalimantan, were detected by the Terra and Aqua Satellite on Sept. 11 afternoon. (ant)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR) Setya Novanto emphasized that his meeting with the United States presidential candidate Donald Trump was not a declaration of political support but a form of diplomacy.

“This meeting is a form of diplomacy in line with the mandate of Law No. 17/2014 on the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), DPR, the Regional Representatives Council (DPRD), and the Regional Consultative Council (DPD) known as the MD3 Law,” Novanto stated at a press conference on Monday.

Novanto affirmed that the parliament not only conducts political diplomacy but also economic diplomacy.

He remarked that the meeting was not a form of political support.

“It is a normal meeting through a reasonable process,” he emphasized.

He pointed out that Trump lauded Indonesia as the largest country in Southeast Asia, with the largest Muslim population in the world.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chairman of the DPR Fadli Zon clarified that the parliamentary delegation did not receive a reward or fee from Trump.

“There is no reward (fee). We only support the investors who want to invest in Indonesia. It is in line with the president’s expectation,” Fadli affirmed.

According to Fadli, the meeting aims to attract investors to invest in Indonesia.

“We did not set up the meeting. We met Trump spontaneously,” he noted.

Fadli pointed out that the meeting was a friendly visit in keeping with the interests of the nation.

He revealed that the delegation members used their personal funds in order to meet Trump.

“The travel budget will be audited by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK). Let us monitor the audit, then we can compare it,” he stated.

Earlier, DPR Speaker Novanto, Deputy Speaker Zon, Chairman of the House Commission III Aziz Syamsuddin, Deputy Chairman of the House Commission I Tantowi Yahya, and Deputy Chairman of the House Commission VII Satya Widya Yudha were invited to a press conference by the United States presidential candidate.

The meeting with Trump was not part of their official agenda in New York where they took part in a world conference of parliamentary leaders.

The Indonesian delegation was scheduled to return home on Thursday, but Novanto and several leading members of the delegation went to attend the political campaign organized by the business tycoon.

Trump even introduced Novanto as speaker of the Indonesian DPR. The presence of the leader of the DPR had caused a national furor, drawing strong protests from fellow members of the parliament and political observers.

House Deputy Speaker of the Democrat faction Agus Hermanto remarked that the DPR Honorary Council Tribunal will review the report of the meeting. (ant)

British investors keen to invest in building solar power plant

JAKARTA - British investors have expressed interest to invest in the electricity sector by building a US$250 million worth solar power plant (PLTS), with a capacity of 200 megawatts (MW).

The information was conveyed during a meeting organized by Indonesia’s Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) in the United King-

dom last week to boost investment in Indonesia.

“The investors are quite serious as they have visited Indonesia and have held meetings with the relevant ministries and institutions to explore the investment plan,” Head of BKPM Franky Sibarani revealed on Monday.

According to Sibarani, the BKPM

has facilitated the investors to meet the state-owned electricity company PLN, Ministry of Energy, and private companies to discuss investment opportunities, both in ground-mounted solar PV and rooftop solar PV. “They are identifying potential areas to build a PLTS such as in North Sulawesi, West Kalimantan, South Kalimantan and East Kalim-

antan, as well as East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara,” he explained.

Sibarani pointed out that the BKPM is committed to supporting the realization of the investment plan and making it a pilot project for investment in the field of renewable energy.

He noted that the BKPM will

facilitate investors in obtaining a license and an investment in the region.

Franky also highlighted the steps taken by the government to encourage investment in the electricity sector, one of which is the simplification of licensing procedures and tax allowance for investment in the electricity sector. (ant)

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Dollar broadly weaker in Asian trade TOKYO - The dollar broadly weakened against its Asian peers on Monday, fuelled by persistent worries over China’s economy ahead of a crucial US interest rate decision later this week.

Nervous traders moved into safer assets, pushing up the Japanese currency to 120.30 yen against the dollar, compared with 120.57 yen Friday in New York.

The yen is considered a safe bet in times of turmoil.

The euro was at 136.55 yen

compared with 136.64 yen, and rose to $1.1341 from $1.1333 in US trade.

The possibility of a US rate hike has kept global markets on edge, with analysts split over whether the Federal Reserve will take that step on September 17 or not.

“It’s hard to justify that a US rate hike is the right move at this time,” Derek Mumford, director at Rochford Capital in Sydney, told Bloomberg News.

“There could be some squaring of positions prior to the decision and keep the US dollar certainly from going higher,” he said.

If the US central bank moves this week it would be the first hike in the benchmark federal funds rate

since 2006.

Growth in China’s industrial production and retail sales accelerated in August, government data showed Sunday, but the figures missed analyst expectations and did little to ease international concern about the world’s second-largest economy.

Industrial production, which measures output at factories, workshops and mines, rose 6.1

percent year-on-year in August, while retail sales rose 10.8 percent.

The Australian dollar, which is seen as a benchmark indicator for Chinese sentiment because of the country’s close trade ties, moved away from six-year lows in Monday morning trade, touching 71.33 US cents.

The Aussie traded at 70.89 cents in the afternoon. (afp)

China issues blueprint for state industry overhaul BEIJING — China’s Communist Party has issued a long-awaited blueprint for overhauling bloated state industries even as it aims to retain the party’s dominance in the economy.

The plan comes at a time when the government of President Xi Jinping is under pressure to reverse an economic slowdown and reduce reliance on trade and investment as drivers of growth. Communist leaders have promised to give entrepreneurs and market forces a bigger role but insist state ownership will remain the core of the economy.

The plan issued late Sunday reflects the complex path the party walks in trying to develop the world’s secondlargest economy while retaining its monopoly on power.

It calls for state companies to face more free-market competition, to become financially self-supporting and to be clearly divided between commercial competitors and those that serve social purposes. It gives no details of how individual companies — some of which in banking, oil and telecoms are among the largest in their global industries — will be treated.

Rather than reducing the party’s role, the plan says it will “strengthen party leadership” of state companies.

The plan gives no time frame for changes but promises a “decisive outcome” by 2020.

Reform proposals have faced opposition from party factions that benefit from their ties to politically favored industries and regulators who don’t want to see their status diminished, according to businesspeople and economists.

Pressure for change has mounted as Chinese economic growth tumbled to a two-decade low of 7.4 percent last year and is forecast to fall further to about 7 percent this year. (ap)

Hospital. There, he has to be hospitalized in Mahottama Pavilion.

“Seeing the health of my father dropped, I rushed him to Emergency Room of the Buleleng Hospital.

After being treated in Emergency Room and assisted with ventilator, the condition of my father improved and transferred into Mahottama Pavilion. Starting at that night, his condition dropped again and the doctor dealt with a pacemaker.

Probably, it was the end of his life and he finally left us,” said Oka Sastra in tears.

According to Oka, the deceased known as a heroic songwriter was born on October 27, 1931. During his lifetime, the deceased suffered from heart disease about 9 years ago and was hospitalized. Since being declared to suffer the disease, the deceased then had diet to maintain

his health.

Related to his habit, he began to quit smoking and quit drinking coffee. Conversely, the deceased was disciplined to keep his diet by consuming fish, tempeh, tofu and vegetables. Moreover, as long as having diet, the deceased never consumed meat. But lately, his lifestyle turned irregular.

Sometimes he started smoking, consuming coffee and his meals are not regular. “Suddenly the disciplined habit he lived previously changed. For instance, he smoked and drank coffee again. Perhaps due to age factor, he turned senile and his diet started irregular, so that his disease was recurrent. Ultimately, he left our family forever,” he said.

As planned, the deceased’s body will be cremated on September 22

During dry season, DKP officers do twice watering

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In this Aug. 9, 2015 photo, a cargo truck drives through a container port in Rizhao in eastern China’s Shandong province. China’s Communist Party has issued a long-awaited blueprint for overhauling bloated state industries even as it aims to retain the party’s dominance in the economy.

the ringgit’s plunge.

The Malaysian ringgit is down 26 percent from a year earlier, breaching 4 ringgit to the dollar last month, its worst level in 17 years. The stock market is down 7.5 percent

in the past three months.

Najib reiterated the government has no plans to bring back capital controls. He said Monday that ValueCap, which was set up in 2012 to boost undervalued shares, will be

revived with 20 billion ringgit capital.

Malaysia pegged the ringgit at 3.80 to the U.S. dollar and imposed capital curbs in September 1998 during the Asian financial crisis. (ap)

GIANYAR - Dry season does not only cause farmers to get headache due to lacking of water discharge.

The Gianyar Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) must also do watering twice, especially during the afternoon until evening, with the water need reaching 80,000 liters per day.

The Landscaping Division Head of the DKP Gianyar, Dewa Ngakan Manuaba, told that the increase of watering has been done since the beginning of August 2015. A total of 80,000 liters of water each day are needed for watering plants in the parks in Gianyar region.

“Every day, the DKP Gianyar officers are operating four tank trucks, where each arrival brings the capacity of 10,000 liters. Well, during this dry season the officers have transported

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Putu Oka Sastra putra, the eldest son of Gde Dharna is showing the picture of his late father

Gde Dharna, the only one veteran figure who is also known as a multi-talented artist and humanist of Buleleng died on Sunday (Sep. 13) around 01:30 a.m. The deceased died of heart disease.

The deceased has been treated from Saturday (Sep. 12) in Emergency Room of the Buleleng Hospital. After that, his condition has been getting better and undergoing treatment in Mahottama Room.

During under the treatment by a team of doctors, the deceased went through increasingly critical condition until the doctors declared that the deceased has died. The deceased died at the age of 84 years and left a wife Luh Telaga, three children and six grandchildren.

One of the eldest sons of the deceased, Putu Oka Sastra, when met at the funeral home at Sukasada said on Sunday afternoon that the health condition of the deceased Gde Dharna began to decline from Saturday morning (Sep. 12). At that time, the deceased was rushed to Emergency Room of the Buleleng

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water for four times in the morning with the total amount of 40,000 liters, while the others are made in the afternoon in the same amount. Thus, they totally need 80,000 liters of water,” he said with permission from the Head of DKP, Wayan Kujus Pawitra, Sunday (Sep. 13).

He explained that the watering in the morning starts at five o’clock until around seven o’clock. It is done because after that time the sunlight has been quite hot. Nevertheless, he emphasized that the most effective watering during this dry season is in the afternoon until the evening.

“The most appropriate time for watering is in the afternoon because the water absorption process takes longer and maximum. Conversely, if watering is done in the morning with the current weather condition,

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at the cemetery of Sukasada customary village. The cremation will be officiated over by Ida Pedanda from Griya Sangket at Sukasada village.

During his lifetime, the deceased Gde Dharna has been known as a fighter and joined the Branch Headquarters of the Veteran Legion of the Republic of Indonesia (LVRI) of Buleleng. Previously, the deceased served as the Secretary of the LVRI Buleleng for the past three periods of leadership.

In addition, the deceased was also known as a multi-talented artist.

He did not only actively compose heroic song, but also writes poetry, short stories and novel. Of the many songs of his creation, the most well known to the public is the one entitled Merah Putih or Red and White.

the water will quickly dry up and the water absorption into the soil is not optimal. Moreover, it can threaten the plants to die,” he explained.

When asked about the personnel deployed in the twice watering system, Dewa Manuaba explains that the number of personnel involved remains eight people. Each unit of tank truck is escorted by two personnel, namely a driver and spraying officer.

“In terms of the personnel engaged, they remain eight people. However, they must now do it twice, namely in the morning and afternoon instead of once in the morning. Obviously, we will not give up with the current dry season. We will make every effort so that the plants painstakingly maintained will not die in vain,” he said. (kmb35)

In literary field, there have been countless books, short stories and poetries having been created. His last appearance was on the literary appreciation night held at the Sasana Budaya Palace in the series of the Buleleng Festival 2015. His last work was a novelette entitled Bintang Den Bukit or literally means ‘the Star of Buleleng.’

The novelette written for the past two years narrates about the history on the struggle of the founder of the Singaraja town, Ki Gusti Anglurah Barak Panji Sakti. The novelette work of the deceased was launched on August 15, 2015 in face-to-face meeting with veteran members. The deceased handed over the copy of his work in person to the Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana. (mud)

Hundreds of Balinese residents do pakelem ritual in Lake Batur

BANGLI - Coinciding with new moon of sasih katiga or third month in Balinese calendar, Sunday (Sep. 13), hundreds of Balinese residents engaged in the ngaturang bhakti pakelem or exorcism ritual in Lake Batur, Kintamani. The ritual was commenced by saying prayers together centered on the banks of the largest lake in Bali.

The exorcism ritual taking place right at noon on Sunday was officiated over by Ida Mpu Budha Alit Maharsi Parama Daksha from Griya Agung Budha Salahin, Tanggahan Tengah hamlet, Demulih village, Susut subdistrict, Bangli, accompanied by priest of the Ulundanu Temple at Songan village, Jero Gede Songan. The wewalungan or sacrificial animals offered by Balinese residents to the middle of the lake included buffalo, goat, geese, fish and other paraphernalia. After performing the ritual, Balinese residents also said prayers together at Ulundanu Batur Temple at the local village.

The ritual is held ias an expression of gratitude of Balinese people to Ida Bhatari Dewi Danu who has been providing with welfare.

Through this ceremony, it is expected the economic condition of Bali and Indonesia in the future can be improved. (kmb40)

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Thousands flee California wildfire as homes go up in flames

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. - A swiftly spreading wildfire destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee as it roared unchecked through the northern California village of Middletown and nearby communities, fire officials said on Sunday.

The drought which happen in Batubulan village, Sukawati damage the rice field.

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Dry season drought hits Batubulan village

GIANYAR - Tens of hectares of paddy fields at Batubulan village, Sukawati, are now in danger of crop failure due to drought. So far, the paddy plants that are only 30 days old have been turning yellow, damaged in dry and cracked soil. This condition happens due to lack of water flow during dry season and the ongoing improvements to the waterway works.

Based on observations made by Bali Post at Subak Sumandang, Batubulan village, Sukawati, Friday (Sep. 11), hectares of paddy plants adjoin with the rows of housing.

The subak area has been planted with paddy plants aged between 30 to 45 days. Though still young, the paddy plants have turned yellowed and are damaged because they grow in dry and cracked soil as there is

no irrigation water. “Have a look, since the paddy plants are growing in dry and cracked soil, some paddy plants have begun to break down,” said Kadek Parwati, a farmer of Batubulan village.

She explained that conditions have been such since the start of the dry season this year. Hectares of paddy fields are facing drought due to lack of water irrigating to the

the subak areas. “Things have been like this for about a month. If this continues, my paddy plants will die and we all face crop failure,” she complained.

She hopes that there is a way out of this situation. Her paddy plants are growing on an area of 1,600 square meters and are just now entering the booting stage so that they require large amount of water. Meanwhile the paddy plants of some other farmers are only of 30 days old and are still awaiting the arrival of water. “Every night, many farmers stay up late waiting for water,” she said.

Another farmer, named Made

Jingga also from Batubulan village, explained that the minimal discharge of water at eh start of the dry season was less than last year. “There was still water during the dry season last year, but now it is very minimal and what’re they are dong repairs to the irrigation channel so we have access to even less water,” he explained.

Previously, he said there has been a call out to farmers for the repair of the water irrigation channel. But since it coincided with the growing season, all the farmers agreed to keep growing rice. Until now, the repair project stated a 10-

day lag time for workmanship of the project and three-days for irrigating the paddy fields. “During this workmanship, the water will not be flowing,” he complained.

He added that this drought conditions is experienced by eight other subak areas at Batubulan village: Subak Pasekan, Subak Sumandang, Subak Sinteba, Subak Silungan, Subak Munchan, Subak Pejadi, Subak Palekan and Subak Sasih.

Despite facing a water crisi, farmers continue to weed their fields. “Now, there is nothing we can do but clear the weeds. If this water crisis persists, we all will face crop failure,” he complained. (kmb35)

The so-called Valley Fire, now ranked as the most destructive among scores of blazes that have ravaged the drought-stricken Western United States this summer, came amid what California fire officials described as “unheard of fire behavior” this season.

A separate fire raging since Wednesday in the western Sierras has leveled more than 130 buildings and was threatening about 6,400 other structures, with thousands of residents under evacuation orders there, too, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) reported.

Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in both areas, and mandatory evacuations were expanded as shifting winds sent flames and ash from the Valley Fire toward a cluster of towns in the hills north of Napa Valley wine country. Reuters video footage from Middletown showed a smoking, devastated landscape of blackened, burned-out vehicles and the charred foundations of buildings that had been reduced to ash.

“While crews have not had a chance to do a full damage assessment ... we know hundreds of structures have been destroyed,” Cal Fire spokesman Daniel Berlant said in a Twitter post. Property losses included “countless homes and other buildings,” he added in a subsequent video news briefing.

The Valley Fire has consumed

more than 50,000 acres (20,200 hectares) since igniting Saturday in rural Lake County, California, about 50 miles (80 kms) west of Sacramento, the state capital, fire officials said on Sunday.

Thousands of evacuees from Middletown, Cobb, Hidden Valley Lake and the Harbin Hot Springs resort gathered in shelters, restaurants and friends’ houses in nearby Kelseyville and Calistoga to await word on their homes, horses and dogs.

The mountain town of Cobb was hit first Saturday afternoon, and the blaze reached Middletown before sunset a few hours later, Cal Fire spokeswoman Amy Head told Reuters. The two communities, each with a population of roughly 1,500, were among the areas that bore the brunt of the flames.

A combination of drought and a heat wave last week had left vegetation tinder dry and highly combustible, setting the stage for a conflagration that thwarted the best efforts of firefighters to contain it, Berlant said. “Every time they made progress, the fire would burn right past them,” he said, adding that embers carried by the wind were sparking new blazes and enlarging the fire zone.

During its first 12 hours, the blaze had devoured 40,000 acres of forest, brush and grasslands at what Head called an “unprecedented rate” of spread for a wildfire.

Four firefighters were hospital-

customary security guard that two billboards and two banners carrying the rejection against the reclamation are destroyed,” said Chairman of the LPM Tanjung Benoa, Kadek Duarsa, when asked for his confirmation on Sunday (Sep. 13).

Duarsa admitted that his party including chairman of the customary village consultative board and chief of Tanjung Benoa customary village was very disappointed with the destruction of the billboards. He said to have even thought of bring-

ing the issue to legal realm when the perpetrators are found. Not to forget, the sanctions of local community have also been waiting for the alleged perpetrators that support the reclamation plan.

“We consider to have been challenged to oppose this bad scheme.

It is true that in our opinion it is impossible for them to make a good thing if they do it by such deceitful, underhanded, rotten and manipulative manners. At Tanjung Benoa, such destruction is the first time but

in other areas have been frequently committed,” he explained.

This destruction, said Duarsa, will not deter the measure of Tanjung Benoa village to continuously put up billboards carrying the rejection. Furthermore, there will be many more billboards to be mounted. On the other hand, his party also continues to aggressively send the official rejection letter to stakeholders. Among them, the chief of customary village has sent a letter to the governor. After that, the

LPM, the Tanjung Benoa Rejecting Benoa Bay Reclamation (TBTR), and one of the representatives of the customary village youth club (STT) have sent a letter to president.

“We keep on stressing to the president that hopefully Jokowi remains to be committed and consistent that our movement or things that we reject or aspirations of Balinese people must be heard by Jokowi by canceling the Presidential Regulation No. 51/2014,” he affirmed. (kmb32)

ized with second-degree burns in the early hours of the blaze and were listed in stable condition on Sunday, but no other casualties were reported, Head said. Thick smoke later kept water-dropping helicopters and airplane tankers grounded, she said.

‘FLAMES ALL AROUND’ Laura Streblow, 27, an evacuee who fled Hidden Valley Lake with her boyfriend on Saturday night and was tracking developments on social media and through friends,

told Reuters she had heard that “Middletown is basically gone.” “I saw flames all around ... The wind was insane. I have never been so scared,” she said.

Mark Donpineo, 54, said he and two friends were trapped by the fire for four hours Saturday evening at a golf course in Hidden Valley Lake, taking cover in a culvert until the flames had passed.

“We got some towels, wetted them down and basically saw the fire coming. You could hear explosions of propane tanks, the ridge

was totally on fire, trees were blowing up,” he said.

Meanwhile, Cal Fire reported that 81 homes and 51 outbuildings had been lost in the four-day-old Butte Fire, which has charred more than 65,000 acres in the mountains east of Sacramento but was 20 percent contained.

As of Sunday, firefighters were battling nearly three dozen large blazes or clusters of fires in California and six other Western states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. (rtr)

At least 12 killed when Egyptian forces fire on Mexican tour

Billboards on rejection against reclamation plans destroyed

DENPASAR - Billboards and banners carrying the rejection against the Benoa Bay reclamation plan are damaged again by unknown persons. The current destruction afflicted the billboards and banners belonging to the Tanjung Benoa customary village. The billboards and banners destroyed are installed at the entrance gate of local pecalang or customary security guard.

“This morning (Sunday—Ed) we got a report from the task force and

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A firefighter lights a back burn along Highway 29 north of Middletown, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015.

Two of California’s fastest-burning wildfires in decades overtook at several Northern California towns, destroying over a hundred homes and sending residents fleeing Sunday.

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FILE - This September 2012 file photo shows desert safari driver Ahmed Bakrin building a small fire to make mint tea before sunset during a trek through the Great Sand Sea outside the Egyptian oasis of Siwa, roughly 450 miles (about 725 kilometers) southwest of Cairo.

CAIRO — At least 12 people were killed and 10 injured in Egypt’s southwestern desert Sunday when security forces mistakenly fired on a group of Mexican tourists, Egyptian officials said. The Mexican Foreign Ministry confirmed the incident and said at least two of the dead were Mexican nationals. It said in a statement that the victims were still being identified, and Foreign Ministry personnel were working with the families of the victims.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto posted a statement on his Twitter feed Monday morning saying his government “condemns these acts against our citizens” and demanding a thorough investigation.

A joint military-police force was pursuing “terrorist elements” in the area and fired on four cars that

turned out to be carrying tourists, according to Egypt’s Interior Ministry. The ministry said the victims were Egyptian and Mexican.

Egyptian officials claim the safari convoy had wandered into a restricted area of the western desert.

The tour company involved “did not have permits and did not inform authorities,” Rasha Azazi, a spokesperson for the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, told The Associated Press, adding that any trips to that area are required to be cleared by officials.

“They were not supposed to be there,” she said, but could not provide further information on the circumstances of the shooting.

Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu was in contact with Egypt’s ambassador to Mexico and also demanded an investigation

and explanation of what happened, the Mexican statement said. She also demanded the support of Egyptian authorities for Mexican nationals being transported to Cairo.

Jorge Alvarez Fuentes, Mexico’s ambassador to Egypt, and consular representatives visited the wounded at the Dar el-Fouad Hospital in suburban Cairo, and Fuentes had interviewed five survivors, the Foreign Ministry statement said. It did not provide details on the survivors’ accounts of the incident.

Egypt’s western desert is popular among safari enthusiasts, but has not been known as a hotbed of militant or insurgent activity. Police and military there have primarily been concerned with combatting smuggling along Egypt’s large and porous border with Libya. (ap)

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Global warming to pick up in 2015, 2016

LONDON - Man-made global warming is set to produce exceptionally high average temperatures this year and next, boosted by natural weather phenomena such as El Nino, Britain’s top climate and weather body said in a report Monday.

“It looks very likely that globally 2014, 2015 and 2016 will all be amongst the very warmest years ever recorded,” Rowan Sutton of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, which contributed to the report, told journalists.

“This is not a fluke,” he said.

“We are seeing the effects of energy steadily accumulating in the Earth’s oceans and atmosphere, caused by greenhouse gas emissions.”

The rate at which global temperatures are increasing is also on track to pick up in the coming years, ending a period of more than a decade in which the pace of

warming worldwide had appeared to slow down, the report said.

This “pause” has been seized upon by sceptics as evidence that climate change was driven more by natural cycles than human activity.

Some scientists, however, argue that there was no significant slowdown, pointing instead to flawed calculations.

The 20-page report from Britain’s Met Office, entitled “Big changes underway in the climate system?”, highlights current transitions in major weather patterns that affect rainfall and temperatures at a regional level.

An El Nino weather pattern cen-

tred in the tropical Pacific Ocean is “well underway”, the report says, and shaping up to be one of the most intense on record. Very strong El Ninos also occurred over the winters of 1997 and 1982.

Set to grow stronger in the coming months, the current El Nino -- a result of shifting winds and ocean circulation -- is likely to result is dry conditions in parts of Asia and Australia, as well as southern and sub-Saharan North Africa, the Met Office said.

By contrast, the southwestern United States -- including parched California, suffering from an historic drought -- has a strong chance of seeing higher-than-

average rainfall.

El Ninos also affect tropical storms, making them less likely in the North Atlantic and more intense in the West Pacific, where they are known as typhoons.

Overall, an El Nino is also likely to add a little heat to the general impact of global warming.

Meanwhile, warming sea surface temperatures along the North American west coast point to a reversal of another natural pattern called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation.

This, too, could temporarily nudge regional temperatures higher, but has yet to be confirmed, the report said.

Finally, the interplay of ocean currents and atmosphere in the Atlantic -- another multi-decade oscillation -- is moving the other way,

and will have a cooling effect.

“The current warm phase is now 20 years long and historical precedent suggests a return to relatively cool conditions could occur within a few years,” the report says.

By itself, that would mean cooler and drying summers in northern Europe, and increased rainfall in the northeastern United States.

While all of these cyclical forces affect weather and temperatures trends, global warming is the main driver of change today, the report concluded.

“We know that natural patterns contribute to global temperature in any given year, but very warm temperatures so far this year indicate the continued impact of increasing greenhouse gases,” said Stephen Belcher, director of the Met Office Hadley Centre. (afp)

New photos reveal Pluto’s stunning geological diversity WASHINGTON - New, high-resolution images of the surface of Pluto beamed from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reveal unparalleled geographical variety -- from soaring mountains to sand dunes to frozen ice floes, scientists said Saturday.

“Pluto is showing us a diversity of landforms and complexity of processes that rival anything we’ve seen in the solar system,” said Alan Stern, principal investigator with the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, who is playing a key role analyzing data sent by the probe.

“If an artist had painted this Pluto before our flyby, I probably would have called it over the top -- but that’s what is actually there,” he said.

Long considered the farthest planet from the Sun before it was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, Pluto has never before been explored.

In July, New Horizons -- a nuclear powered spacecraft about the size of a baby grand piano -- became the first spaceship to pass by Pluto.

By doing so, the unmanned probe has for the first time given scientists the chance to obtain close-up images from the distant and complex dwarf planet.

The stunning pictures, displaying chaotically jumbled mountains and other dramatic geographical features, is somewhat reminiscent of the helter-skelter terrain of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, NASA scientists said.

New Horizon began a yearlong download of new images and other data several days ago.

The pictures downloaded this past week have more than doubled the amount of Pluto’s surface seen, at resolutions of about 400 meters (440 yards) per pixel.

NASA said New Horizons will continue to send data back to Earth until late next NASA PHOTO year.

The space agency also said that next This July 14, 2015, photo provided by NASA shows a synthetic perspective view of Pluto, based on the latest highweek, the probe will beam images of Pluto’s resolution images to be downlinked from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft. The new close-up images of Pluto reveal an moons Charon, Nix, and Hydra. (afp) even more diverse landscape than scientists imagined before New Horizons swept past Pluto in July.

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Typical Balinese ornaments

Diversely applicable art heritage of the ancestors

DENPASAR - The sublime creativity, sense and intention of the Balinese ancestors have placed Bali in a respectable position in the history of the world’s art. In the realm of fine arts, Bali has proven itself capable of making the eyes of the the world widen in awe at the monumental works produced by its artists. One aspect of this heritage is the diversity of Balinese ornaments that remain highly sought after by art lovers.

According to I Ketut Murdana, lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Design (FSRD) of the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Denpasar, typical Balinese ornamental elements are diversely applicable. They can be used to beautify and strengthen the character of architectural structures such as buildings, applied to accessories or jewelry and can also be positioned simply as an object to be displayed. But their applications do not end there, Balinese ornaments manifest in the form of Kamasan puppet painting, reliefs, panels, sculptures, ornaments on sacred buildings, common residences as well as a variety of other decorative objects.

This former Deputy Rector I of ISI Denpasar confirmed that Balinese ornaments have a constructive and aesthetic aspect. Both aspects are regrouped into four charactertics, namely; geometric ornaments (regularity of form), floralistic style (plants), anthropomorphic or sub-pomorphic style (human or animal) and combined styles that blend all the elements of natural objects. Murdana explained that geometric ornaments included shapes such as triangles, rectangles and others that are arranged according to specific precepts. Floralistic ornament are composed of trees, leaves or other such plant elements that are organized into repeating patterns known as pepatraan. “There are many types of patra such as patra cina, patra

ulanda, patra punggel, patra wangga and so on,” said Murdana.

While floralistic ornamentation is adapted from plant elements that represent creation itself, anthropomorphic ornaments look to the beauty of the human body as a source of inspiration.

Some such ornaments ‘illustrate’ the beauty of the human body as a whole -as seen in the works of sculpture and puppet. However, others focus specifically on faces and have given birth to the arts of mask dances and the like.

Sub-pomorphic ornaments are drawn from animal forms and are frequently combined with floralistic ornamentation resulting in karang goak (crow), karang asti (elephant), karang garuda (eagle) and so on.

“Being unsatisfied with each of these elements on their own, Balinese artists of the past combined all of these elements of nature (humans, animals, plants and objects with irregular shapes—Ed), and created what is known as ‘combined ornamentation’.

This style of ornamentation combines puppet forms with animals, plants and other objects in a single field. This combination produces reliefs and paintings that speak of a particular theme or story. The storyline or theme, whether it be drawn from the Ramayana, Mahabharata epic or other sources, very much depends on the artist,” explained Murdana.

Narrative ornaments can be enjoyed by looking to the reliefs that decorate a number of sacred buildings in Bali as well as in Kamasan puppet painting.

Murdana underlined that the creative process of ancient Balinese artists was not ‘sterile’ or immune from external influences. In Balinese ornamental art, for example, patra cina and patra ulanda denote the ‘results’ of cross-cultural, international and intercontinental interactions. Patra china reflects strong influence of Chinese cultural styles, while the birth of patra ulanda was inspired by ornamental motifs that adorned Dutch coin.

“In this millennalera we the term often used is ‘artistic collaborations,’but in fact the Balinese ancestors have been involved in such exchanges for hundreds of years. The influence of Chinese culture embodied in patra cina can still be seen at the Amsterdam Temple, Karangasem (known locally as maskerdam palace—Ed). At the time or decoration, the King of Karangasem commissioned a Chinese artist named Cik A Tuang to carve the doors on the royal palace complex. To finish the work, Cik A Tuang interacted with a number of Balinese carvers. In terms of cultural interaction, the results of this work are invaluable as a testimony to the ability of artists with different backgrounds to work together harmoniously,” concluded Murdana. (ian)

The sublime creativity, sense and intention of the Balinese ancestors have placed Bali in a respectable position in the history of the world’s art. In the realm of fine arts, Bali has proven itself capable of making the eyes of the the world widen in awe at the monumental works produced by its artists.

AMLAPURA - A prolonged dry season in Bali is causing a number of areas to experience drought. Some springs that are usually relied upon during the dry season, are currently dried up causing a water crisis for local residents. This crisis is estimated to ongoing until November.

Chief Executive of the Bali Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), Dewa Made Indra, when met at Paleg hamlet, Tianyar village, Kubu, revealed that some subdistricts in Bali have submitted requests for immediate get clean water assistance. In Bangli County, for instance, a number of villages in Kintamani and Tembuku subdistrict are reportedly facing a clean water crisis. The government of Bangli County has asked BPBD Bali to respond immediately to request, because local residents are in desperate need of

water because people cannot afford to buy water for their daily needs.

Likewise, in Klungkung, the county government has submitted a request to obtain clean water for residents in Nusa Penida subdistrict, especially the villages located on the upper region of the archipelago. They are: Sekartaji, Batukandik, Batumadeg and Bungamekar village.

In Karangasem, a total of four subdistricts (Kubu, Abang, Selat and Karangasem) are reportedly facing a clean water crisis. As of Thursday (SEP10) BPBD Karangasem and BPBD Bali have so far sent two water tank trucks with capacity of 8,000 liters each to supply the 143 households in Pura hamlet, Sebudi village, Selat, . The water assistance was poured into the public reservoir and then distributed to residents of

Paleg hamlet, Tianyar village, Kubu, Friday (Sep. 11).

A total of 295 families are scrambling to get the ready-to-drink clean water assistance from the BPBD Bali who are cooperating with PT Tirta Investama -the producer of Aqua bottled drinking water.

A total of 10,000 liters of water have been distributed to local residents. “So far, three counties have reported to BPBD Bali. Possibly the other counties will soon follow,” he said. Hamlet chief of Paleg, Nengah Kencar, said that the water crisis in the area has been going on since the beginning of the year. Rainfall at Paleg is very minimal. The only water source is at the Bumiasa spring located at Ban (seven kilometers from Paleg) and no longer flows any water. In order to meet their daily needs, residents are

forced to buy water for IDR 300,000 per 3,000 liters tank - which only provides enough water for about a week.

Dewa Made Indra added that according to the estimations of the national weather service (BMKG) Bali, the Island of Bali will be ‘besieged’ by drought until November. On that account, Dewa Made Indra confirmed that the BPBD Bali has coordinated with the Social Welfare Agency, Public Works Agency and the BPBD in counties and municipalities across Bali to further plan the distribution of clean water. “Today (Saturday—Ed), we also distributed six tanks (each contains 5,000 liters) of clean water to Julah village, Bangli,” he said.

As planned, the water distribution by the BPBD Bali to each county will be conducted regularly every week

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Water crisis estimated to continue into November

in rotation. His party has asked the BPBDs of each county / municipality to map the villages that should be prioritized to obtain water with consideration to by road access and the existence of springs. If there is a nearby spring, the BPBD will just need to accommodate and distribute it to each public reservoir.

The Head of the BPBD Karangasem, Ida Ketut Arimbawa, said that currently based on the reports received, the officers of the BPBD Karangasem are conducting a survey in order to check the road condition and the presence of springs before eventually deploying water tank truck and distribution officer.

Currently, the applications of clean water received by the BPBD Karangasem are from Sebudi village and Tianyar village. (kmb31)

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these two studies came the notion that the willingness of travelers to pay is related to utilization of the environmental conservation fund (WTP).

“The more intimate the interactions that place between locals and travelers are, the more travelers are willing to pay to visit these places,” he said.

The average amount that visitors are willing to pay is IDR 42,500 for Padangbai and IDR 70,400 for Candidasa.

The studies concluded that travelers are generally satisfied with Candidasa as an attraction.

However, the supporting facilities, sanitation and accommodations need attention. Shortcomings in these areas causes visitors to lack confidence in the WTP management, and indicates that it might be better managed local institutions.

I Made Adi therefore took the opportunity to ask the local government to immediately address the two most serious problems, namely; garbage and congestion due to passing quarry trucks.

In addition, in order to improve the quality of the surrounding environment, the government should always support coastal communities. Also that attention must also be given to the governance and policies of marine and coastal territories so as to foster a positive image in the eyes of travelers. If the results of the studies made by the Faculty of Tourism at Udayana University, are taken seriously, Adi believes that Candidasa and Padangbai will have a higher economic value and therefore boost the regionally generated revenue. (kmb31)

Candidasa Beach

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During a workshop held by the government of Karangasem recently, two lecturers from the Faculty of Tourism at Udayana University, I Made Adi Kampana and I Nyoman Sukma Arida, revealed that these two factors were named by 250 respondents as factors that disturbed their visit.

Both of these problems are considered very serious because they have been allowed to persist without any solutions being sought. If they continue to persist, these disturbances are bound to negatively affect the perception of tourists visiting Candidasa and Padangbai.

Most foreign visitors to Padangbai and Candidasa mention that they are drawn to these two coastal communities, for the charms of their nature and culture, especially the sea and coral reef. The existence of coral reefs cause 61 percent of tourist arrivals to Padangbai, and 27 percent of tourists to Candidasa.

“The most common activities are snorkeling and diving,” said I Made Adi and added that most of the people who come to these two beaches are from Australia and Europe and they stay an average of four days at Padangbai and six days at Candidasa.

With such an average visit, the two tourist areas in fact have a relatively high economic value. Results of the Udayana University study showed that tourism brings in IDR 94 billion to Padangbai and approximately IDR 14 billion to Candidasa.

However, the number of visitors willing to pay to enter these to two sites is about 50 percent.

Out of the discussion regarding

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KUTA - Bali Pink Ribbon (BPR) Charity Dinner arrives with a special concept. This year’s fundraising will be held on the evening of October 23, 2015, in the Ballroom of The Trans Resort Bali. The charity dinner is aimed at raising funds to support the Bali Pink Ribbon Foundation to run the programs throughout the year. With a sales of 200 tickets of dinner invitation, Bali Pink Ribbon Charity Dinner is one of the most important annual fundraising programs beside Bali Pink Ribbon Walk.

Bali Pink Ribbon foundation is a non-government funded charitable organization promoting awareness, providing information and education and raising funds to support Balinese woman to fight breast cancer. With the help of volunteers, Bali Pink Ribbon

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Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, addressed the waste problem in Nusa Penida, specifically at the Sente landfill and the one located at Lembongan village.

Tourists complain about Lembongan landfill

SEMARAPURA - Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, addressed the waste problem in Nusa Penida, specifically at the Sente landfill and the one located at Lembongan village.

During a site inspection, the regent witnessed the serious overflow of garbage at the Lembongan landfill.

Besides, smoke continuously billows from the burning rubbish, and ash generated from the combustion flies not the air.

The impact of the overflow of waste at the Lembongan landfill has not only been complained about by local residents, but tourists have also started to complain about the the landfill site. Lembongan’s headman Ketut Gede Arjaya, also recognized such conditions explaining that the overflow of garbage at the landfill is

caused by the lack of heavy equipment needed to push the trash together.

So, as a headman Arjaya hopes that the local government can give attention to conditions of the landfill in Lembongan.

Regent Suwirta agrees with Arjaya and has also requested that local government find solutions to the impacts caused by the Lembongan landfill overflow, especially because Lembongan and Jungutbatu villages are tourism areas.

According to the regent, the use of an incinerator in Lembongan could be very effective. “Given the

amount of revenue generated by Jungutbatu and Lembongan villages, and the potential revenue loss due to the garbage problem, one incinerator seems a small price to pay,” said Regent Suwirta.

Nevertheless, to handle the waste problem at the Lembongan landfill, Regent Suwirta is also urging the people of Lembongan and Jungutbatu village to get used to sorting garbage from their households into organic non- organic and recyclable so that janitors can more easily handle to the volume of waste at the landfill. (kmb)

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breast-cancer-self-examination.

The biggest fund this year will go to mobile clinic program and training for operating breast cancer screening machine.

Fundraising evening is going to be enlivened by one of the international artists, Chelsea Wilson to collaborate with senior musicians, I Wayan Balawan, a guitarist from Bali which has been widely appreciated in the world.

This wonderful collaboration will be the main dish on the night.

In addition, some artists like Sasya Tranggono and Made Wianta, two famous Indonesia painters will present some of their best creations on the auction activity.

Suarti, queen of silver in Bali, and some local art-enthusiasts also joined to provide the best of her art-work in the same activity.

There will be plenty vouchers and products to auction during the charity dinner, however to reach bigger audience, the auction has already begun early in October where all artists display their works in the exhibition space called The Pink Room at The Trans Resort Bali.

Not only at The Pink Room, the auction will also be conducted online. Through long-term auction the organiser expects to bring more parties to join to maximize the fundraising.

Bali Pink Ribbon Charity Dinner will be tonned by great treats of pre-dinner cocktails and canapes, 3 courses gourmet dinner, beverages during dinner, buffet Pink Dessert, coffee and tea, also petite four. The dinner package price is IDR 1,500,000 per pax, with additional souvenir of glamour handmade-fan for the first 100 reservations.

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Balinese Temple Ceremony

Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses.

Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

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

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine.

In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Oscar winners a year ago, Moore and Redmayne back in Toronto

TORONTO — A year ago at the Toronto International Film Festival, Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne debuted the films — “Still Alice” and “The Theory of Everything” — that would go on to land them Oscars.

This year, they’re both back in Toronto with the movies they were making in between award-show speeches. Their heads have stopped spinning, but their disbelief hasn’t.

“I don’t know if I ever let it even get close enough to me that I thought it was a possibility,” says Moore. “Now I look at it like: Did that happen? What?”

She breaks into a hearty laugh. “I mean, my gosh. It was such a lovely experience and kind of hard to believe.” Two days after winning the Academy Award for best actress, Moore was on an ice-skating rink in Brooklyn, shooting the Rebecca Miller comedy “Maggie’s Plan”

along with another veteran of the season, Ethan Hawke of “Boyhood.” While “Maggie’s Plan” is looking for distribution after its Toronto premiere, Moore also stars in one of the festival’s most anticipated debuts: “Freeheld.”

In it, she stars as New Jersey police detective Laurel Hester, who, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, sought to have her pension go to her domestic partner Stacie Andree (Ellen Page), an inheritance that would have been automatic for a married couple. The case became a cause celebre, spawning an Oscarwinning short documentary.

Moore’s performance captures

the many stories within the moving “Freeheld”: the love story between Laurel and Stacie, the painful onset of cancer and the civil rights fight at the heart of the movie. The film, directed by Peter Sollett, was to make its premiere Sunday night, with Andree in attendance.

The performance in “Freeheld” (out Oct. 2) could return Moore to awards season, which Toronto unofficially kicks off. Ditto for Redmayne, who stars in Tom Hooper’s “The Danish Girl,” a drama inspired by 1920s transgender pioneer Lili Elbe. The performance is Redmayne’s second straight ambitious transformation, following his portrayal of Stephen Hawking.

But like Moore, Redmayne was relieved to step out of the delirious frenzy of the Oscars and back into work. (ap)

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Workers spray water to extinguish fire at a burning palm oil plantation at the Pulo Geronggang village in Ogan Komering Ilir district in Indonesia’s South Sumatra province, September 11, 2015. Indonesia said on Friday it will send more than 1,000 troops to fight fires in southern Sumatra, as smoke makes thousands sick, delays flights and pushes air quality to unhealthy levels in neighboring Singapore and Malaysia.

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Hannah Bagshawe and Eddie Redmayne attend The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and InStyle’s annual Toronto International Film Festival celebration at The Windsor Arms Hotel on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, in Toronto.

‘Perfect Guy,’ ‘The Visit’ box office stronger than expected

LOS ANGELES — “The Perfect Guy” and “The Visit” sailed past modest opening weekend expectations — and budgets — locking in debuts in the mid-$20 million range thanks in part to good timing and robust female turnout.

“The Perfect Guy,” a PG-13 rated thriller starring Sanaa Lathan and Michael Ealy, secured the first place spot with $26.7 million, according to Rentrak estimates on Sunday. The Sony/Screen Gems film cost only $12 million to produce.

M. Night Shyamalan’s nail-biter “The Visit,” a $5 million production from micro-budget horror-makers Blumhouse, took a close second with an estimated $25.7 million for distributor Universal.

Dan McFadden/Sony/Screen Gems via AP In this photo provided by Sony/Screen Gems, Holt Mc- With numbers this close, the places might Callany, left, as Detective Hansen, interogates Michael shift when Monday actuals roll in, but Ealy as Carter in Screen Gems’ “The Perfect Guy.” both films are resounding successes on a

weekend that often doesn’t go noticed on the release calendar.

“We’re not breaking any records, but this is the perfect weekend for these films,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the Senior Media Analyst for Rentrak. “Studios are finding a land of opportunity in weekends that were heretofore ‘slow weekends’ at the box office and proving that audiences are always looking for new content.”

Female audiences helped “The Perfect Guy” shoot to the No. 1 spot. An estimated 69 percent were women and 58 percent over the age of 25.

“It bodes well for the longevity of the film. Not only is it a date movie, but it’s a film that girlfriends are going to go to together as well,” said Rory Bruer, Sony’s President of Worldwide Distribution.

Audiences also gave the film a promising A- CinemaScore.

“The Visit” also saw a majority female audience (60 percent) on opening weekend, although existing crowds gave this one a B- CinemaScore. This is the eighth successful $20-plus million opening for producer Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions, which specializes in microbudget horror films including the “Insidious” and “Paranormal Activity” series.

“Jason Blum is really continuing to develop his brand name. People look to those films as having something special about them. It’s magical when that combines with M. Night Shyamalan, who has absolutely built his reputation on mining the unexpected. It’s a great combination,” said Nick Carpou, Universal’s President of Domestic Distribution. (ap)

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Indonesia water-bombs forest fires to fight haze

JAKARTA - Helicopters Monday water-bombed raging forest fires that have cloaked parts of Indonesia in thick haze and pushed air quality to unhealthy levels in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia.

Fourteen helicopters were dumping water on blazes on western Sumatra island and the Indonesian part of Borneo island and “cloudseeding”, which involves using

chemicals to induce rain, the country’s disaster agency said.

Authorities had struggled last week to start such operations as the haze was so thick that it was too

RESULTS of the studies and research conducted by the Faculty of Tourism at Udayana University are quite interesting. Studies looking into

dangerous for aircraft to fly.

Smog-belching fires are an annual problem during the dry season in Indonesia, where vast tracts of land are cleared using illegal slashand-burn methods to make way for huge palm oil and pulp and paper plantations.

The blazes intensified in the past fortnight, sending smog over Su-

the level of satisfaction, total expenditure and willingness of travelers to pay to visit Padangbai and Candidasa tourist attractions indicated which factors

matra and Borneo that has left tens of thousands ill, forced people to wear face masks and prompted the cancellation of flights and school closures.

Air quality has deteriorated in the city-state of Singapore and Malaysia in recent days, as wind carries the smog from Indonesia.

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were most disturbing to their comfort.

One of the most frequently cited factors of disturbance was the matter of waste disposal and the traffic caused

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by thousands of quarry trucks that pass through these regions every day.

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