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‘Burnt,’ ‘Crisis,’ add to a pileup of flops at box office

NEW YORK — Sandra Bullock’s political satire “Our Brand Is Crisis” and Bradley Cooper’s chef drama “Burnt” added to a pileup of flops at the box office, where new wide releases have gone a startling 0-for-9 in the last two weeks.

After five movies failed to draw moviegoers last week, Hollywood whiffed again over the Halloween weekend as four new movies went largely ignored in favor of trickor-treating. The “60 Minutes II” scandal drama “Truth,” with Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford, expanding nationwide, and the horror comedy “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse” added to a plague of empty theaters.

That enabled the top three films from the last several weeks — “The Martian,” ‘’Goosebumps” and “Bridge of Spies” — to remain atop the ranks, according to studio estimates Sunday. With an estimated $11 million in its fifth weekend,

Ridley Scott’s 3-D space adventure “The Martian” has hauled in $180.8 million domestically, and led the box office four times — a dominating stretch that has spelled trouble for other releases courting adult moviegoers.

The weekend was never meant to be a big one at theaters with Halloween falling on a Saturday and the latest James Bond film, “Spectre” (and follow-up to the $1.1 billion “Skyfall”) awaiting release in the coming week. Sony’s “Spectre,” which has opened in a few international markets, scored the biggest U.K. debut ever with $63.8 million over the weekend.

But the box office numbers in

North America were still especially low, especially for two of Hollywood’s top stars.

The Weinstein Co.’s “Burnt,” starring Cooper as a former top chef in Paris, took in $5 million despite playing on more than 3,000 screens. “Our Brand Is Crisis,” David Gordon Green’s true tale of political strategists in Bolivia, managed a scant $3.4 million on 2,202 screens for Warner Bros. Though made for a modest $28 million, the film’s opening marks the worst wide-release debut of a movie headlined by Bullock, even falling below the $4.7 million of “Two if

by Sea” in 1996.

Sony Pictures Classics “Truth,” which recounts CBS’ reporting on President George W. Bush’s military service, expanded to 1,120 theaters, but couldn’t even crack $1 million.

It earned just $901,000. (ap)

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This photo provided by Warner Bros. Pictures shows, Ann Dowd, from left, as Nell, Sandra Bullock as Jane and Reynaldo Pacheco as Eddie, in Warner Bros. Pictures and Participant Media’s satirical comedy “Our Brand Is Crisis,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. The movie opens in U.S. theaters on Oct. 30.

Jennifer Lawrence Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

years.”

The series, adapted from the teen novels of Suzanne Collins, tells the story of Katniss’ battle to survive in a reality TV-style life-and-death game in a post-apocalyptic future state.

In last year’s “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1” she not only battled for her life, but became the symbol of a revolution.

In the finale, she tries to lead the rebellion against the totalitarian government of District 13.

“I didn’t really feel that I said goodbye to her,” Lawrence noted of Katniss.

In the final installment, Katniss must cope with the emotional instability of her lovelorn admirer Peeta, played by Josh Hutcherson, while still enjoying the support of the other man in her life, best friend Gale (Liam Hemsworth).

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WWII bomb discovered at German airport, 7 flights cancelled

BERLIN - A World War II bomb was destroyed in a controlled explosion Monday at the main international airport in the western German city of Duesseldorf, briefly halting air traffic.

Jennifer Lawrence, rare Hollywood action heroine, in ‘Hunger Games’ farewell

LOS ANGELES - Jennifer Lawrence is bidding farewell to “The Hunger Games,” the wildly popular fantasy franchise that made her a megastar and rare Hollywood action heroine.

Lawrence is back as bow-and-arrow badass Katniss Everdeen, leading her rebels deeper into the fight against injustice in their dystopian world in “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2,” opening around the globe November 18-20. But the movie marks the final chapter in the hugely successful saga that saw Lawrence -- at 25 already an Oscar winner and the world’s highest-paid actress -- catapulted to fame.

“I think it will be pretty bizarre when the movie is finally out and... everything is officially done,” Lawrence told reporters in Los Angeles Saturday during a press preview.

“This movie has been my life for so many

WEATHER FORECAST 23 - 32 Dps

Flights at the hub, Germany’s third busiest in terms of passengers, were interrupted for an hour in the morning while the 125-kilogramme (275-pound) bomb was neutralised, the airport said in a statement.

Two departing flights and five

arrivals were axed from the schedule and 34 other flights had to be brought forward or delayed on safety grounds, an airport spokesman said.

The bomb had been discovered overnight near the main runway

during construction work. Before it was exploded, the bomb was placed in an eight-metre (26-foot) deep hole to limit any collateral damage.

“The bang of the detonation could be clearly heard near the airport,” the city said in a statement.

Authorities fear other bombs might still be hidden beneath the earth at Duesseldorf airport and

further digs are planned this month to comb the grounds for WWII-era explosives. In 2009, a 500-kilo bomb was unearthed near the site and destroyed.

Seventy years after the end of fighting, parts of Germany remain riddled with unexploded bombs from the Allied campaigns, and construction workers regularly uncover them, often leading to mass

evacuations. (afp)

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Handling abrasion, Bali needs a marine spatial planning

Lawrence said it took her a while to adapt to her new life in the spotlight amid the massive “Hunger Games” success -- and the pressure that accompanied it.

“There were a few years of getting used to it, your entire world changes,” she said.

Fans the world over have embraced the “Hunger Games” since the first film came out in 2012, with the franchise passing the billion dollar mark at the box office.

“I have a new normal now, I feel very stable and normal and happy,” Lawrence said. “But the pressure... you just can’t think about it.”

The blockbusters have gone down in history for having a female heroine leading the fight. But “it’s probably too soon to be able to look back and reflect” on the impact the films have had on the public, Lawrence said. (afp)

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Tourists strolled in Canggu Beach, Badung Regency. Abrasion issues seem to hit the beaches in Bali endlessly. The number of beaches getting eroded even tends to increase.

ABRASION is affected more and more of Bali’s beaches and more and more related issues are emerging. Clearly the government is still impotent in dealing the problem of abrasion given that it is worsening because of human activity rather than because of natural factors. “Ideally the impact of abrasion should be minimized by a marine spacial plan for Bali which has became mandated by law. A marine spatial planning could set limits on the activities that can and cannot be take place on the coast, including the determination of conservation areas and other areas in the context of marine spatial planning,” said Manager of the Conservation International for Bali Region, I Made Iwan Dewantama.

Dewantama asserted that it is extremely urgent that Bali immediately create a marine spatial plan that includes issues related to licenses for coastal area utilization. Due to the absence of a marine spatial plan, licensing for boat traffic and marine tourism is negatively impacting on coastal abrasion. “By all means, when we talk specifically about abrasion in Bali, we can say that it is mostly due to the reclamation on Serangan Island. Obviously the impact has been strongly felt. Reclamation activities and he creation of pierss and coastal breakwater needs to be clearly delineated in a marine spatial plan,” he added.

The drafting of a marine spatial plan certainly needs to be based on an academic study, so that the experts determine how revetments or breakwaters should be made so as to avoid causing more severe abrasion elsewhere. Similarly, construction activities in coastal areas and depositions into estuaries also need to be included in such a government plan.

“Precipitation in estuaries also has an impact on the ecosystem. So far, we are not seeing very good management of water.

Everywhere from watersheds to estuaries are filled with human waste and garbage and we are seeing lots of sedimentation. Obviously this affects the flow of water and causes sand and sediment on the beaches to shift resulting in abrasion,” he said.

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Dewantama explained that coastal areas are very sensitive areas as they mark the boundary between land and sea. That is why the coastal areas need to be organized based on proper studies.

However, what has been happening is just the opposite, so the government is forced to spend large amounts of money building revetments to offset the damage.

On the one hand, revetments can indeed reduce abrasion. However, the energy of the sea is then shifted to another place where abrasion then eats away at another beach. “Do we have to build revetments to protect all the beaches of Bali? Already, existing revetments have reaped many complaints from fishermen, who can no longer moor their boats as they are blocked by these revetments,” said this water conservation observer.

Geomorphologist from Udayana University, R. Suyarto, assesses that levee construction is often an inappropriate way to stop abrasion.

Not surprisingly, many coastal levees collapse because they are not strong enough to hold back the ocean’s powerful waves. Not to mention, the fact that many embankments are only partial revetments. As Suryarto pointed out, the concept of the “power of walls against wave force” would do better if it was modified to follow natural patterns. For example, restoring the flow of sand or even increasing the amount of sand on coastal areas would be a better way of protecting the coasts.

“Rather than using concrete, we would have better results by following nature’s patterns.

Reclamation is also good as long it follows local natural patterns. If instead patterns that only serve the individual interests are used, they are sure to be destroyed by the forces of nature,” he said.

However, increasing the amount of sand also requires serious research and certainly beach front development projects need to look and how prevent abrasion in one area will affect other areas.

“Mertasari Beach, with its wide breach, clearly shows us that sand that has been heaped on to Sanur continuously for the last few years, has naturally been flowing away form Sanur, onto Mertasari beach,” said Suyarto.

A number of other beaches actually have their own natural buffers. For example, beaches west of Denpasar have natural sand and gravel buffers that protect them from abrasion.

Another natural way to protect beaches is by restoring coastal vegetation such as tropical almonds, pandanus, coconut, cactus and mangroves according to the particular location.

If ‘pioneer’ plants are planted they other plants natural flourish too. These ‘follower’ plants grow by themselves and have shown to be effective in withstanding the brunt of ocean waves, if they are not trimmed down for aesthetic reasons.

“Most importantly, the definition of beach must also be decisive in terms of determining the distance of coastal borderlines depending on the type of beach in question. Mud, sand, cliff and rock beaches all need to have their respective distance defined,” he concluded. (kmb32)

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Tabanan has approximately 36 km of coastline all of which face varying degrees of abrasion. Around 13 km are suffering severe abrasion and require protection.

36 kilometers of Tabanan beaches threatened by abrasion

TABANAN has approximately 36 km of coastline all of which face varying degrees of abrasion. Around 13 km are suffering severe abrasion and require protection. The provincial government has disbursed funds worth IDR 4.4 billion to build a breakwater at Yeh Gangga Beach along 1 km of this beach that is suffering from abrasion.

The breakwater is expected to protect Yeh Ganga Beach from the dangers of abrasion and the construction project has been running since April 28.

Head of the Tabanan Public Works Agency, I Gusti Ngurah Anom Anthara, explained 13 of the 36 km of beach in Tabanan are in critical condition. Anom said that although Tabanan has received some assistance from the provincial government for building a revetment, it is not enough to deal with the whole problem. “Of the 13 km of coast line that are suffering severe abrasion, only about 5 kilometers have been protected with revetments,” he said.

For Yeh Gangga Beach, a five meter high revetment is

being installed. Initially, the revetment was to be built quite close to shore, but because local fishermen use this area to moor their boat and others use the area for melasti processions and for releasing turtle hatchlings, the revetment was finally placed further out to sea. “The revetment will not interfere with fishing activities nor religious ceremonies,” said Anom.

He added that the abrasion in Tabanan is eating up about half a meter of beach per year. In some areas, like at Yeh Gangga abrasion is happening at a rate of 1 to 1.5 meters a year due to damaged coral reef and global warming. Anom denied that abrasion on the beaches of Tabanan was happening due to

sand dredging. “In Tabanan we prohibit sand beach dredging,” he said. Kedungu Beach will also receive the assistance of the province for the construction of a revetment.

Selabih Beach in West Selemadeg on the border of Jembrana County has a 3 kilometre long revetment that protects it from further abrasion. Nevertheless, when the tide is high, waves flow over parts of it.

Due to ferocity of the waves, the compound walls of Selabih customary village’s pure Dalem has cracks.

Village secretary for Selabih, Dewa Nyoman Suarta, explained that if the land near the beach was not protected but he revetment, that it would already be long gone. Waves here can reach more than five meters high which is higher than the revetment and sometimes seawater reaches the southern side othe temple, damaging both the temple and the surrounding

land,” he said.

Suarta explained that his customary village has requested additional assistance from the government to increase the height of the existing revetment. “A budget of IDR 120 million has been approved but the provincial government of Bali,” he said.

Later the additional revetment will be focused on the points that are still prone to abrasion such as near the Pura Dalem and along 150 meters of the Selabih village cemetery.

Tabanan has 12 coastal regions stretching from Nyanyi Beach in Kediri to Selabih Beach in West Selemadeg.

Beaches that have had breakwaters or revetments installed are: Kelating, Tegal Mengkeb, Selabih, Pangkung Tibah Lengudu (including in the area of Kedungu Beach), Srijong and Yeh Gangga Beach. (kmb24)

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Balinese Temple Ceremony

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

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

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

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, 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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Renewables key in race against climate change clock

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This Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 image provided by NASA shows Saturn’s moon Enceladus, center, as the Cassini spacecraft prepared to make a close flyby of the icy moon. A portion of the planet’s ring is at right.

Saturn’s geyser-spouting moon glows in close-up pictures

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Saturn’s geyser-spouting moon Enceladus has a new portfolio, thanks to the Cassini spacecraft.

NASA released its latest close-ups of the little icy moon Friday. The preliminary unprocessed views are from Cassini’s flyby of Enceladus on Wednesday. The spacecraft zoomed right through the ocean world’s

erupting jet of water vapor and frozen particles. The U.S.European spacecraft skimmed within 30 miles (48 kilometers) of the south pole to get a good dousing.

Project scientist Linda Spilker

says the images are stunning, but the most exciting is yet to come in the form of scientific data. The geyser measurements are still coming down from the Saturn-orbiting Cassini. It will take weeks to analyze.

Scientists believe an underground ocean of liquid water is the source of the shooting jet stream. (ap)

PARIS - Any plausible game plan for capping the rise of Earth’s surface temperature depends on replacing fossil fuels with energy sources that generate little or no carbon pollution.

That means renewables, especially solar and wind, both of which face fewer constraints to growth than more established clean energy: a river can be dammed only so many times, and nuclear remains expensive and controversial.

But humanity has dithered for so long in the fight against global warming, experts say, that the window of opportunity for decarbonising the global economy fast enough to avoid devastating climate change is barely ajar.

“The cost and difficulty of mitigating greenhouse gases increases every year, time is of the essence,” Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the International Energy Agency, said in a special IEA report on energy and climate change released earlier this year.

The world’s nations -– gathering in Paris in a month to ink the first-ever universal climate pact -- have set a target of limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels.

Cross that red line, scientists say, and there will, almost literally, be hell to pay.

Science also tells us that, if we are to respect the 2 C limit, future greenhouse gas emissions cannot exceed a total “budget” of about 1,000 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Carbon-cutting pledges from nearly 150 nations, unveiled on Friday, put us on track for a 3 C world.

This is a vast improvement on doing nothing. But even this unprecedented effort would use up three quarters of that carbon budget by 2030, leaving very little margin for closing the remaining gap.

That’s where the transition from fossil fuels to renewables comes in.

“The economics have been shifting on both sides of the equation,” said Alden Meyer, a veteran climate specialist with the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington. “The least-cost global strategy is to rapidly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and switch into the clean-energy economy.”

Energy production accounts for two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions, and thus transformation of this sector is crucial, he and other experts said.

“Decarbonising energy is probably the quickest way to decarbonise the world,” Adnan Amin, director general of the International Renewable Energies Agency, told AFP. The question, however, is whether solar, wind and other clean energy options can scale up quickly enough.

According the UN climate science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), low-carbon energy must account for at least 80 percent of global electricity production by 2050 to have a better-than-even chance of staying under the 2 C threshold.

The good news is that renewables are expanding rapidly and attracting investment.

Nearly half of all new installed power generation capacity in 2014 was in renewables -- 37 percent wind, a third solar and a quarter hydro, according to the IEA. Investment in the sector totalled more than a quarter of a trillion dollars in the same year, an 8.5 percent increase over 2013.

“Capital markets have already begun to shift away from dirty technology to clean technology,” Christina Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, told journalists Friday in releasing an analysis of national emissions-reduction pledges.

Confounding predictions only a decade ago, the cost of solar and wind energy has plummeted.

“Generating electricity from renewables is cost competitive on the grid or beating most conventional sources” is some areas, said Amin. (afp)

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Balinese empowered to prevent HIV/AIDS

DENPASAR - The Bali chapter of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) and Hong Kong Red Cross seek to empower Bali’s communities to actively prevent HIV/AIDS in the region, noted local PMI spokesman Dr I Gede Wiryana Patrajaya.

“The officers of PMI and the Hong Kong Red Cross are aiming to empower the people of Bali through training in the handling and prevention of HIV/AIDS,” Patrajaya remarked in Denpasar on Monday.

He noted that besides educating the Balinese people on ways to prevent HIV/AIDS, the Red Cross officers also encouraged them to

make changes in their lifestyle by staying away from drugs and risky sexual practices involving multiple partners.

According to Patrajaya, the training program on the prevention of HIV/AIDS conducted along with the Hong Kong Red Cross is expected to continue, so as to thwart the spread of the deadly disease to others.

“Together, let us participate and support the continuation of this program to prevent the spread of the scary disease of HIV/AIDS in the island of paradise,” Patrajaya noted.

The spokesman further expressed hope that all public elements in Bali would play an active role in supporting the PMI and Hong Kong Red Cross program to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. In the meantime, Hong Kong Red Cross International Aid Services Department staff Terry C.H. Wong affirmed that the Hong

KUTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (KESDM) continues to encourage natural gas as the fuel to generate electricity in the future.

At a national gas stakeholders’ seminar held in Kuta, Bali, on Monday, Director General of Oil and Gas of KESDM Wiratmadja Puja stated that Indonesia’s huge gas potential must be able to fulfill its electricity needs.

“Around 14 percent of Indonesian people have no access to electricity. The about 40 million figure is small as compared to the country’s population reaching 250 million. That is a lot,” he pointed out.

Based on his opinion, if the government could focus on natural gas as a resource to generate electricity, it would support the realization of the 35 thousand megawatts (MW)

power plants’ project.

As part of the project to set up power plants with a total capacity of 35 thousand MW by 2019, 20 thousand MW will be generated using coal, 13 thousand MW using gas, and 3.7 thousand MW using renewable resources.

“The target is to use one thousand MMSCFD, or generate 13 thousand MW using gas as fuel. That is the allocation for the industry and also

Kong Red Cross fully supported the Indonesian Red Cross in their efforts to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS by involving the local commonalities.

“We cooperate with the PMI because, at this time, HIV/AIDS cases in Indonesia require special attention and prevention efforts, and they should be made from now on,” Wong emphasized.

He acknowledged that the Hong Kong Red Cross had worked with the PMI since 2004 in response to disasters, such as the tsunami in Aceh.

Moreover, cooperation in the HIV/AIDS prevention program has been well established since 2012 to 2015 and is expected to continue in a sustainable manner.

“We fully support the PMI in order to continue to empower the communities for the prevention of this disease, and we hope the training by the PMI officers will continue to be improved in areas of Denpasar and the districts of Badung and Buleleng where the highest number of HIV/AIDS cases have been found,” he remarked. (ant)

for power plants,” he noted.

With the utilization of natural gas, it is expected that Indonesia, regardless of day or night, will be the “same,” he explained.

“We can see Indonesia only in the daytime, but during nighttime, it is only the Java and Bali (Island) as only those two islands have electricity. It is a challenge to build (electricity) infrastructure, facilities, and a system, so that Indonesia could be

seen even during the nighttime,” Wiratmadja emphasized.

He explained that increasing the role of natural gas to constantly meet Indonesia’s electricity needs is a major challenge.

Hence, the main aspect is to change the paradigm of natural gas.

It is not only a commodity that helps to generate income for the country but can also help to boost the nation’s economy. (ant)

KESDM to utilize natural gas to generate electricity

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Indian national Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, 55, known in India as Chhota Rajan, is brought out from a holding cell at the Bali police headquarters in Denpasar on Bali island on November 2, 2015. An alleged Indian crime boss wanted in his home country for up to 20 murders has been arrested in Indonesia after two decades on the run, police said October 26. Nikalje had been evading police in several countries for years, with Interpol flagging him as a wanted man back in 1995.

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SINGARAJA - Everyday thousands of vehicles roll past Wanagari peak in Sukasada, but few people can enjoy relaxing on this section of road that runs from Denpasar to Singaraja because of all the garbage that is strewn about here.

Heards of monkeys scavenge for food scraps in discarded plastic packaging thrown into the unkempt forested area.

The garbage filled Wanagiri Peak in Buleleng

Bangli Police use water cannon

BANGLI - The clean water crisis has hit several regions in Bangli causing the Bangli Police to intervene. On Sunday (Nov. 1), Bangli Police officers supplied clean water to residents of Langkan hamlet, Landih by using a high velocity water cannon commonly used for riot control.

Chief of the Bangli Police, Benny K. Danang, accompanied by the Chief of Alert Unit Nyoman Sudiasa when met on Sunday afternoon said that this was the first time this dry season, that the Banlgi police had supplied much needed water to people. “Why is it made at Langkan hamlet?” he asked rhetorically, “Because this hamlet is one

of many that is facing severe water shortages,” he explained.

By Sunday afternoon thousands of litters of clean water were poured into the reservoir in Langkan village.

Sudiasa added that, his institution will also supply water to several other villages and that they will coordinate with all non-commissioned police officers to determine where to bring the water.

“We will request data from the non-commissioned police officers about which villages are experiencing drought,” he added.

Danang hopes the water supplied will be able to help people who have been experiencing water shortages. (kmb40)

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In order to overcome this environmental blithe, visitors need to become more aware about the importance of not littering even if it is done deliberately to feed the monkeys. For one thing it makes the monkeys dependant on human waste for food bit it also makes this area, that people come to take pictures of the beautiful view from Wanagiri peak, less than beautiful Buleleng resident, Gede Merta, expects the government to immediately address the problem of stray garbage at the Wanagiri peak area for sanitary and aesthetic reasons. “Quite a lot of tour guides frequently bring guests from Denpasar to Buleleng and stop at the Wanagiri peak to rest. Hopefully, the government will pay attention to our local environment so that it will not continue to be contaminated by plastic waste,” said Merta, on Friday (Oct. 30).

Merta suggested that it necessary to implement the Regional Bylaw (Perda) No.1/2013 on waste management so as to create a deterrent for people in the habit of littering and also as a way to educated people about caring for the environment. “Obviously, we are concerned that the regional bylaw on plastic waste is not being respected. This is evident from the number of people who ignorantly dare to pollute the forest. I am confident that the government will apply the regulations as mandated by the regent of Buleleng so that a clean and beautiful county can be achieved,” he said.

Chief of Munduk customary village, Jro Putu Ardana, said that plastic waste at Wanagiri peak should become their major concern, and that people must be prohibited from littering. Access to appropriate waste disposal sites needs to be coupled with disciplined behaviour and shame about littering. “In general I think that people need to work together in order to create a clean environment. Every level of leadership, form the village to regional government needs to be committed to maintaining a clean environment. There need to be signs indicating the correct method of waste disposal and fines need to be imposed on those who violate local village bylaws,” said Ardana.

As the team leader of the nine Dalem Tamblingan customary villages Ardana is inviting various members of society, especially visitors to Wanagiri peak, to maintain sanitation and to not to leave food wrappers behind when feeding the monkeys. “The power of the local government and village bylaws can both be used to achieve this goal. Eveyone needs to take action and dispose of their garbage in the appropriate place. People would be reluctant to litter if they see a garbage can,” said Ardana. (kmb34)

Unchecked, a mother suspected to have killed her baby MANGUPURA - Having been handled by Denpasar Police, the case of a woman, TJ, alleged to have killed her baby at birth has been handed over to Badung Police. It is taken considering the crime scene is on Jalan Oberoi, North Kuta. Until now, police have not been able to check out TJ because she is still being treated at Sanglah Hospital.

“It was just handed over (by Denpasar Police—Ed). We have not been able to examine the baby’s mother,” said the Chief of Badung Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Boy Jumalolo, Sunday (Nov. 1). However, his

personnel have come to the scene. According to Boy, he did not obtain significant information at the scene. “The one who knows a lot about this case is TJ. Since she has not been examined yet, we cannot explain this case,” he said.

Previously, Friday (Oct. 30), doctors and nurses at Sanglah Hospital were surprised by the arrival of a woman with the initials TJ in a bleeding condition. Not only that, this 17-year-old woman also brought a black leather bag containing the body of her newborn. To police she confessed that she smothered the baby boy

to death.

According to Chief of Denpasar Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Reinhard, his institution received a report from the officer of Sanglah Hospital around 11:00 a.m. The hospital reported if there is a mother, TJ, taking her baby put in a black bag in dead condition. Additionally, TJ asked the doctor to deal with her son so that he can revive. From her testimony, when her son was born she directly clamped him to not move. She gave birth at her boarding house on Jalan Oberoi, Kuta, around 05:00 a.m. (kmb36)

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A Russian emergency ministry cargo plane carrying the bodies of victims of a Russian airliner, which crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, lands at Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, Russia November 2, 2015.

First bodies delivered to Russia after Egypt plane crash

ST PETERSBURG - The first bodies from a plane crash in Egypt in which all 224 passengers, most of them Russians, died over the weekend arrived in St Petersburg early on Monday morning aboard a Russian government plane.

The crashed Airbus A321 plane, operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia, was carrying holidaymakers from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg when it crashed in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday morning.

Russian officials have said the plane likely broke up in mid-air but have stressed that it is too early to draw conclusions from this. President Vladimir Putin declared Sunday a national day of mourning.

Russian news agencies reported that a first Il-76 Emergency Situations Ministry plane flew into St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport a little before 6 a.m. local time, carrying 144 bodies.

The ministry said the next plane carrying bodies would leave Cairo on Monday evening for St Petersburg. On arrival, the first bodies were loaded onto stretchers and carried into a large white lorry waiting on the runway at Pulkovo Airport.

A Reuters photographer then saw the white lorry leaving the airport, escorted by police cars. It was heading for a St Petersburg morgue, where the bodies were

to be identified. The identification process was meant to start around 11 a.m. local time.

At Pulkovo Airport on Sunday, grieving Russians piled flowers high in memory of their dead compatriots. Mourners in Moscow arranged candles to spell out 7K-9268, the number of the flight that crashed.

Russia and other former Soviet republics have poor air safety records, notably on domestic flights.

Some accidents have been blamed on the use of ageing aircraft, but industry experts point to other problems, such as poor crew training and lax government controls.

St Petersburg authorities have decided that official mourning events will last until Tuesday in Russia’s second city.

The plane was reported to brake up in mid-air, an official of a Moscow-based aviation agency said on Sunday after visiting the disaster site, but stressed it was too early to draw conclusions from this.

Russian authorities also ordered Kogalymavia airline, operator of the Airbus A321 which came down on Saturday killing all 224 people

on board, not to fly its jets of the same model until the causes of the crash are known.

The jet, which Kogalymavia flew under the brand name Metrojet, was carrying holidaymakers from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg when it crashed into a mountainous area of central Sinai shortly after losing radar contact near cruising altitude.

“The destruction happened in the air, and fragments were scattered over a large area of around 20 square kilometres,” said Viktor Sorochenko, director of the Intergovernmental Aviation Committee.

However, he warned against reading anything into this information.

“It’s too early to talk about conclusions,” he said on Russian television from Cairo.

The Moscow-based committee represents governments of the Commonwealth of Independent States, which groups Russia and other former Soviet republics.

Egyptian analysts began examining the contents of the two “black box” recorders recovered from the airliner although the process, according to a civil aviation source, could take days. However, Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov told Russia 24 television that this work had not yet started. (rtr)

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidates have agreed on a series of demands giving them greater control of debates, as the party’s frustrated 2016 class works to inject changes into the nominating process.

They are attempting to wrestle command from the Republican National Committee and media hosts.

Representatives from more than a dozen campaigns met behind closed doors for nearly two hours Sunday night in suburban Washington, a meeting that was not expected to yield many results given the competing interests of several candidates. Yet they emerged having agreed to several changes to be outlined in a letter to debate hosts in the coming days.

They include largely bypassing the RNC in coordinating with network hosts, mandatory opening and closing statements, an equal number of questions for the candidates, and pre-approval of on-screen graphics, according to candidate Ben Carson’s campaign manager Barry Bennett, who hosted the meeting.

“The amazing part for me was how friendly the meeting was,” Bennett said. “Everybody was cordial. We all agreed we need to have these meetings more regularly.”

The most recent Republican presidential debate, moderated by cable TV channel CNBC in Boulder, Colorado, on Wednesday night, drew harsh criticism from campaigns and Republican Party officials alike. Afterward, some candidates complained that the questions were not substantive enough; others wanted more air time or the chance to deliver opening and closing statements.

RNC chairman Reince Priebus decided to suspend a partnership with NBC News and its properties on a debate set for February, but that wasn’t enough to satisfy the frustrated campaigns.

“We need to mature in the way that we do these debates if they’re going to be useful to the American people,” Carson told ABC’s “This Week.”

While the campaigns agreed to the changes in principle Sunday night, the media companies that host the debates are under no obligation to adopt them. Bennett suggested that campaigns could boycott debates to get their way. “The only leverage we have is to not come,” he said.

The pushback comes despite a high-profile effort by the RNC to improve the debate process going into the 2016 election season. The party said the 2012 debate schedule promoted too much fighting among candidates, so for 2016, the RNC dramatically reduced the number of debates for this election and played a leading role in coordinating network hosts and even moderators, in some cases.

Three debates remain before the first nomination contest, the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1; the next one is scheduled for Nov. 10 in Las Vegas.

The RNC has sanctioned five debates after the caucuses.

“What it really comes down to is the candidates want to have more control of the ability to negotiate with the networks,” Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said after the meeting. (ap)

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Jeb Bush, second from left, is flanked by Mike Huckabee, left, Marco Rubio, center, Donald Trump, second from right, and Ben Carson during the CNBC Republican presidential debate at the University of Colorado, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, in Boulder, Colo.

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Tabanan develops 17 new Dollar struggles after weak US, China data varieties of brown rice

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TOKYO - The dollar extended its losses against the yen and euro Monday as weak US and Chinese data fuelled concerns about the global economy, and bolstered the case against a December rate rise.

The US government said Friday that consumer spending rose only by 0.1 percent in the United States in September, less than expected and the slowest rate since January. More US figures, including jobs data, is on tap for later in the week.

The strength of the US economy is key to a Federal Reserve move on interest rates and more weakness could push back a hike -- which is a plus for the dollar -- into 2016.

Sentiment took another hit Monday as weekend data showed activ-

ity in China’s vast manufacturing sector declined in October for the third straight month, triggering worries about the world’s number two economy, a crucial driver of global growth.

“Tokyo has taken over the dollar-selling sentiment from New York,” Minori Uchida, head of global markets research at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, told AFP.

“It is difficult to buy the dollar now as the recent economic figures are not strong enough to justify a rate hike. Players are now paying attention to key indicators to be released later this week, notably US employment figures,” he added.

In Tokyo afternoon trade, the greenback slipped to 120.43 yen, from 120.67 yen in New York late Friday and above 121 yen a day

To generate superior and short-lived rice varieties and farmers can plant more frequently, the Tabanan Food Crops Agency send varieties of brown rice and white rice to the National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) to be developed into highyielding varieties.

earlier.

The euro bought $1.1034 and 132.88 yen in Tokyo against $1.1003 and 132.77 yen in US trade.

The dollar was also weaker against most emerging currencies.

The Thai baht rose 0.16 percent against the US unit, the Taiwan dollar gained 0.45 percent, while the Indonesian rupiah, the Philippine peso and the Singapore dollar also edged up. (afp)

Growth of 6.5 percent expected through 2020

BEIJING — China’s government expects to achieve annual economic growth of “at least 6.5 percent” through 2020, the top economic official said, in the first hint of a growth target since a high-level planning meeting last week.

The ruling Communist Party is trying to steer the economy to more sustainable growth based on domestic consumption instead of trade and investment but needs to avoid it weakening too much. Growth last year fell to a two-decade low of 7.4 percent.

“We propose to achieve the goal of creating a ‘moderately prosperous society’ by 2020, which requires annual economic growth of at least 6.5 percent over the next five years,” said Premier Li Keqiang in a speech Sunday in Seoul, according to a transcript released by the Cabinet.

Following a meeting to approve a five-year development plan, party leaders pledged last week to double the size of the economy from the 2010 level by 2020. That would require annual growth of at least 6.5 percent, which could conflict with reform efforts.

This year’s growth target is “about 7 percent,” though Li and other officials have tried to downplay the significance of that. Li said earlier he would accept slower growth so long as the economy generates enough new jobs.

Economic growth in the quarter ending in September slowed to 6.9 percent but some analysts say industrial activity might be rebounding.

Much of China’s economic slowdown over the past five years has been self-imposed but a deepening downturn over the past year has prompted concern about job losses and unrest.

Beijing has cut interest rates six times since last November.

Li said the economy is functioning in a “reasonable range” and employment is growing, according to the transcript.

“We have the confidence and ability to fulfill this year’s main targets,” the premier said. (ap)

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Tabanan Food Crops Agency send varieties of brown rice and white rice to the National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) to be developed into high-yielding varieties.

As a result, the brown rice of Wangaya has generated 17 new varieties which are the same as their parent in terms of color and aroma.

However, due to prolonged dry season this year, the planting test of the 17 new varieties faces obstacle where the subak area chosen to plant the new variety is not yet ready due to lack of water.

It was presented by the Head of the Tabanan Food Crops Agency, Nyoman Budana, Thursday (Oct. 15). According to him, the planting test of the 17 new varieties of Wangaya brown rice will be conducted in November 2015. However, the location will be moved to Bongan Seedling Agency. Each variety is going to be planted on two square meters of land. Through this pilot project, it will be observed which varieties have the same advantages as their parent. Budana added that although the quality of color and aroma of the new varieties of rice grains is the same as its parent, these new varieties have their own advantages such as having shorter life cycle than its parent so that farmers can harvest more quickly. With a shorter life cycle, of course, farmers can grow more frequently.

As for white rice, the Tabanan Agriculture Agency also conducted a development trial in the BATAN. But until today the results of the trials are still in progress. According to Budana, farmers in Tabanan itself prefer to select seeds of Ciherang, Inpari, Singkil and Cigeulis variety.

One of the organic farmers of Jatiluwih, Wayan Semara Jaya, exposed that farmers at Jatiluwih all this time always cultivate the varieties of brown rice because they are excellent compared to rice from outside. Moreover, in terms of production process, farmers do not experience much difficulty, where planting

process is very easy and these local rice varieties like the brown rice applies fertilizer derived from nature. No doubt, this kind of rice is very resistant against diseases. Wayan Semara Jaya nicknamed Nang Krisna said that the process of brown rice planting has taken place through generations every December and January. Then, harvest time is made in June. “This has become our tradition through generations and each December and January it is mandatory to plant local brown rice,” he said.

Why should it be made in December and January? So far, he does not know for sure because it has become a tradition for generations. One day, this local brown rice planting was carried beyond December and January, but the result was not good. “For this rice variety, we do not use pesticides. But fertilizer is still needed to boost the plant growth. Our irrigation water just depends on season. Indeed in the current dry season it is a bit difficult,” he explained.

When asked about the organic land, Nang Krishna said that so far it cannot be realized one hundred percent. It happens because eliminating chemical elements contained in the land since the previous planting process requires a long time. For instance, in one hectare of land we can only use organic element as much as 25 kg. “We have started to reduce the use of chemicals and it takes a long process for the organic farming so that it can become pure, at least it takes three years for land recovery,” he said.

He admitted that so far the production of local brown rice does not find any obstacle at all, other than mouse. “Mouse attack can be overcome by mass hunting and composting,” he concluded. (kmb24)

Utilization of water in Lake Batur being assessed

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People walk past a billboard for a planned upscale shopping and office building in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 19, 2015. China’s government expects to achieve annual economic growth of “at least 6.5 percent” through 2020, the top economic official said, in the first hint of a growth target since a high-level planning meeting last week.

BANGLI - Water crisis becomes a serious problem in some areas of Kintamani that so far has not received maximal handling. In this dry season, people are even forced to purchase water to meet daily needs at quite expensive price. This condition causes people of disadvantaged conditions to dither. Addressing this issue, the Bangli Public Works make assessment for the utilization of water in Lake Batur.

The Head of the Bangli Public Works Agency, I.B. Wediatmika, explained on Sunday (Nov. 1) that water crisis in Kintamani area hits more than one village.

Other than due to situating highland, some villages have no springs. It is also recognized that the water crisis often becomes a public complaint. One of them is Abang Songan village, Kintamani. Some time

ago, when he came to the village, the community immediately conveyed this issue.

“Residents have also reported the issue of water shortages,” he said.

He added that to address water crisis, the community already proposed water lifting of Lake Batur. However, he confirmed if the water of the lake is lifted, it should be taken advantage by more than one village. Besides, the technology must support and community must be ready to manage. “Central government will not be willing to pay for the water crisis handling only for one village, but must be more. In addition, people must be ready to manage,” he said.

He said that before proposing it to central government, his agency must make an assessment. Having completed, it will be coordinated with village authorities.

“We’ve established an assessment team.

After getting the results, we will directly convey it to the village. If everything is agreed, well… we will directly propose it to central government,” he said and mentioned that the lifting cost is estimated to approximately reach IDR 10 billion.

A resident of Abang Songan village, Made Bawa, said that when dry season arrives he is forced to purchase water for IDR 220,000 per truck and can only be used to meet the needs for two weeks.

“From the beginning of dry season, I have to purchase six trucks of water. Well, I must spend a hefty cost,” he complained.

He also added that around in 1995, the government made an effort to channel water to his village from Catur village, Kintamani. At that time, some faucets were already installed at roadside at local

village. Unfortunately, the water never flows. “Previously pipes were already installed. I heard the reservoir at Catur was damaged so that the water could not flow here,” he said.

Other than purchasing, during this dry season, people at Abang Songan also get water supply from the BPBDs Bangli and Bali Province. But it only takes place for a short-term solution. “Indeed there is water supply, but just for short-term. We are still short of water. Hopefully the lifting of water from the lake can be done,” he said.

Previously, another resident, Pasek Agung Dibia Atmaja, said that the water crisis is so suffocating society. He hoped that local government will be providing long-term solution. “Hopefully, this problem will not prolong and can be immediately addressed,” he concluded. (kmb45)

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A South Korean protester stands with a placard that reads: “Abe, Please apologize!” to protest Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 2, 2015.

Japan, South Korea agree to work to resolve WWII sex slave issue

SEOUL — The leaders of South Korea and Japan resumed formal talks Monday after a 3½-year freeze and agreed to try to resolve the decades-old issue of Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II. The agreement is a step forward but not a breakthrough. Ties between the two countries have sagged to one of their lowest ebbs since the late 2012 inauguration of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who takes a more hawkish, nationalistic stance than many of his predecessors. Seoul believes that Abe seeks to obscure Japan’s brutal colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula in 1910-1945.

The biggest source of friction is over Japanese responsibility for wartime sex slaves, who were euphemistically called “comfort women.” Historians say tens of thousands of women from around Asia, many of them Korean, were sent to front-line military brothels to provide sex to Japanese soldiers.

Japan has apologized many times before, but many South Koreans see the statements and past efforts at private compensation as insufficient. Abe hoped to weaken a 1993 apology but later promised not to do so following protests from South Korea and elsewhere.

On Monday, Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye agreed to try harder to settle the issue through dialogue, according

to Park’s office.

“President Park noted the issue of ‘comfort women’ is the biggest obstacle in efforts to improve bilateral ties. She stressed that the issue must be quickly settled in a way that our people can accept,” said Park’s senior adviser for foreign affairs and national security, Kim Kyou-hyun. Abe confirmed the agreement.

“On the comfort women issue, I think the issue should not become an obstacle for the next generation so we can build future-oriented cooperative relations,” he told reporters after the meeting. “We have agreed to speed up our negotiations toward a resolution as soon as possible.”

Their closely watched meeting came a day after they joined a three-way summit with China’s premier and agreed to improve ties strained over historical and territorial disputes. Many in China also harbor similar resentment against Japan.

Nothing major came from the trilateral summit in Seoul. But just sitting down together was seen as a positive sign after the gap in such meetings, which used to be an annual affair. A joint statement said

the three agreed to try to resolve the issues by “facing history squarely and advancing toward the future,” boosting exchanges, and cooperating in economic, cultural and other areas.

Despite their harsh history, South Korea, Japan and China are closely linked commercially.

China is the largest trading partner for both South Korea and Japan, while South Korea and Japan are each other’s third-largest trading partners.

The last two-way summit between Japan and South Korea was in May 2012, when Park’s predecessor, Lee Myung-bak, met with then Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. Park has faced calls at home to improve ties with Japan.

South Korea and Japan together host about 80,000 U.S. troops, the core of America’s military presence in the Asia-Pacific. Washington wants to solidify its alliances with the two countries to better deal with a rising China and with North Korean threats.

Park and Abe agreed Monday to strengthen South Korean-Japanese-U.S. relations to deal with North Korea. On Sunday, they and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said they would make further efforts to resume stalled negotiations on ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. (ap)

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Nepal police clear protesters from key crossing into India

KATHMANDU — Nepalese police removed protesters from a key border point Monday to allow more than 200 vehicles stranded for the past 40 days to cross into India, officials said.

Police official Hobindra Bogati said five protesters were detained when police removed them and the tents they had pitched in the no man’s land between the two countries. He said that 205 trucks and other vehicles had crossed from Birgunj, Nepal, to Raxaul, India, and that more were lining up.

However, trucks bringing fuel and other goods to Nepal were still blocked by Indian customs officials.

Members of the ethnic Madhesi people have been protesting Nepal’s new constitution, saying it divides the Madhesis among a number of states. The Madhesis, who want the creation of a larger state that they would dominate, have imposed a general strike in southern Nepal

and blocked the border crossing, resulting in a severe fuel shortage across Nepal.

At least 45 people have been killed in the protests since August.

There is no official count of the injured.

Police raided the protesters’ camp before dawn when they were still sleeping, removed the tents and lined up the trucks to leave Nepal. By morning, there were small groups of protesters in the town of Birgunj, but no reports of any violence.

Bogati said police were on alert and would stop any attempt to block the trucks. On Sunday, talks between the government and Madhesi representatives made some progress.

Following the one-day talks, Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa said the government would address the Madhesis’ demand for a larger state through discussions with other political parties. (ap)

Six hotspots detected in West Sumatra

PADANG - The NOAA-18 satellite detected six hotspots of forest fires in the province on Monday at 6 a.m. local time, according to the Koto Tabang meteorology office.

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Workers lift a travel crate containing an 8-year-old male Sumatran rhino named Harapan (hope) to be transported to Way Kambas National Park on Sumatra Island, upon arrival at the cargo terminal at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Cengkareng, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.

Rare Sumatran rhino “Hope” arrives in Indonesia to mate

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Smoke from tires bellows set on fire by the ethnic Madhesis at Birgunj, a town on the border with India, Nepal, Monday, Nov. 2, 2015.

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JAKARTA - A rare, US-born Sumatran rhino arrived Monday at his new home in Indonesia, an official said, where it’s hoped he will find a mate and give his critically-endangered species a shot at survival.

Harapan, an eight-year-old male whose name means “hope”, arrived at a specialist rhino sanctuary on Sumatra island at dawn after a long journey from a zoo in Cincinnati.

A senior biodiversity conservation official in Indonesia’s forestry ministry told AFP the rhino was “adapting well” after travelling 36 hours by air, sea and land to reach to the national park.

“He is healthy and has a great appetite,” Bambang Dahono Adji told AFP. “We noticed this morning he was lapping up all the leaves. Being Sumatran, perhaps he preferred local fare, like rice instead of cheese,” he joked.

Sumatran rhinos are among the rarest in the world, with just 100 believed to still exist.

Harapan was the last remaining rhino of his kind in the US, but

without a mate there it was decided he should return to Sumatra to have a chance at producing offspring.

His older brother, Andalas, also moved from a zoo in Los Angeles to the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park in 2007.

Since then, he’s fathered a calf at the park, with a second infant expected in May. Harapan will be quarantined for just over two weeks before entering the sanctuary, Adji said, where it’s hoped he will follow in his older brother’s footsteps and mate with one of three female rhinos there.

“Like his brother, we hope he will be able to breed and boost the Sumatran rhino population here,” Adji said.

Sumatran rhinos are the only Asian rhinoceroses with two horns.

They are covered in woolly hair that ranges from reddish brown to black in colour.

While Javan rhinos are considered the world’s rarest rhinos, Sumatran rhinos are under increasing threat by poachers and continue to lose precious forest habitat. (afp)

Of the six hotspots, four were found in Solok district and two in Dharmasraya, Budi Satria, the head of the meteorology office, stated here, Monday.

The NOAA-18 satellite detected a total of 100 hotspots across Sumatra Island, of which 71 were in South Sumatra, 14 in Bangka Belitung Islands, 10 in Jambi, three in Lampung, and one each in Riau and Bengkulu.

However, the Terra and Aqua satellites detected only seven hotspots across Sumatra Island, comprising three in South Sumatra, three in Jambi, and one in Dharmasraya, West Sumatra, on Monday at 6 a.m. local time.

Several cities of Sumatra have received rains over the last two days, thereby improving the air quality in

several Sumatran provinces.

In the meantime, the number of hotspots in Indonesia has decreased significantly over the last few days.

“The number of hotspots has decreased significantly,” Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), stated in Jakarta on Saturday.

According to Nugroho, the Terra and Aqua satellites detected 402 hotspots in the country on Saturday (October 31).

“The number of hotspots has dropped to 402 from 2,218 recorded last Saturday,” he said.

In addition, the rains received in the past couple of days have improved the air quality and visibility in Sumatra and Kalimantan.

“The visibility in Padang, West Sumatra, was four kilometers, while it was seven kilometers in Pekanbaru, 2.8 kilometers in Jambi, 800 meters in Palembang, two kilometers in Pontianak, 1.5 kilometers in Palangkaraya, and six kilometers in Banjarmasin,” he said.

Meanwhile, the BNPB has used 284.9 tons of salt (NaCl) to conduct cloud seeding operations in the skies above Sumatra and Kalimantan islands to produce artificial rain as part of the efforts to extinguish forest and land fires in the two regions.

“According to a forecast by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the intensity of rainfall had increased between October 26 and October 31 in Sumatra and Kalimantan,” he pointed out.

To ensure even heavier rainfall, he noted that the government had intensified the operations to create artificial rain. (ant)

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Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, left, shakes hands with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, during their meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 2, 2015.

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Pengukurukuran Temple

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GIANYAR - Aura of this temple is very intense. It does not only retain shrines in Balinese architecture, but also features a temple of old Javanese style. This sacred ancient relic remains to survive up to these days. For a venue of meditation, it must be solemn.

Moreover, if it is carried out in Garba Cave located in the east of the temple exactly at the Pakerisan riverside, the ambience will surely be more stable. Foreign tourists are very eager to visit the sanctuary.

It’s the Pengukurukuran Temple. It is believed to be the first to measure the strength of Bali in the past time.

Here, the strength of Kebo Iwa was measured before becoming a chief minister in ancient Balinese kingdom.

The location on the edge of Pakerisan River was used as a school for the kings of Bali. Its location is at the Sawagunung customary village, Pejeng, Tampaksiring subdistrict, Gianyar County.

Chief of local temple priests, Jero Mangku Dewa Gede Rauh, revealed the temple had some shrines along with the sites originating from ancient times.

The temple spreading across 2 hectares of land was said to be the venue where the kings of ancient Bali measured the land, including finding a suitable place to build the center of a temple. The values of prehistoric and historic remains in the form of Great Temple were stored in the shrine of Ratu Bujangga. Meanwhile, in the east of the temple, exactly on the edge of Pakerisan Temple, lay a relic named Garba Cave believed to guard the temple. It was said the cave was once taken advantage by Chief Minister Kebo Iwa from Bedahulu kingdom.

In the south of the temple occurred a stone path and rock stone gates. The road was heading for the Garba Cave. There was a stone containing a trace of footprint whose size exceeded the size of a human foot soles and believed if it belonged to Kebo Iwa. At the making of a ladder, the stones were said to walk by itself pursuant to the will of Kebo Iwa. Uniquely, every time stepping down the stairs, the amount was always different.

According to story developing in the area, before Kebo Iwa became a Chief Minister of Bedahulu his competency was tested by the royal officials, including

by Ki Pasung Grigis, known to have a supernatural power. The place where to measure the supernatural strength was known as Dharmma Hanyar. Since Kebo Iwa was unbeaten he was finally accepted to fill in the position as Chief Minister of Bedahulu. On that account, the capability of Kebo Iwa was measured in the Dharmma Hanyar, where the place was then called Pengukurukuran.

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Mavericks win 103-93 to keep Lakers winless

LOS ANGELES — Dallas held off a late rally by the winless Los Angeles Lakers for a 103-93 victory on Sunday, with Mavericks talisman Dirk Nowitzki leading the scoring with 25 points.

This is the first time in franchise history the Lakers have started 0-3 in consecutive seasons. Last season, they lost their first five games and ended up with their worst record ever (21-61).

AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant, top, trips over Dallas Mavericks forward Chandler Parsons after shooting during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, in Los Angeles.

Elsewhere, Oklahoma City had a comfortable win against Denver and Miami dominated the second half against Houston to turn a 21point deficit into a 20-point win.

Dallas opened its game with a 15-0 blitz that included two 3-pointers each by Wesley Matthews and Nowitzki — the latter has made more 3-point shots than any 7-footer in league history (1,580).

The Lakers missed their first five shots before Julius Randle’s dunk with 7:13 left in the first quarter.

Randle posted his second consecutive double-double with 22 points and 15 rebounds. Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant scored 25 points as the Thunder beat Denver 117-93.

Durant made 8 of 11 field goals and all six of his free throws to help new coach Billy Donovan remain unbeaten in the NBA with a 3-0 record.

Serge Ibaka had 18 points, seven rebounds and five blocks for the Thunder, who shot 52 percent from the field and had the luxury of resting all five starters for the entire fourth quarter.

Danilo Gallinari and Will Barton each scored 15 points for the Nuggets, who shot just 38 percent.

Miami’s Hassan Whiteside had 25 points and 15 rebounds as the Heat overwhelmed Houston in the second half and won 109-89.

Chris Bosh scored all 10 of his points in the fourth quarter for Miami, which outscored Houston 6524 in the final 23 minutes. Marcus Thornton scored 21 points for the Rockets who have dropped their first three games of the season — all by exactly 20 points.

Chicago withstood a late surge from Orlando to win 92-87, with Pau Gasol and Nikola Mirotic each scoring 16 points.

The Bulls led by 14 at halftime and 12 after three quarters, and appeared to be headed for an easy win. But Orlando cut the lead to two with just under 3 minutes left before Chicago’s Jimmy Butler came up with a couple of key takeaways to foil the Magic.

Chicago’s Derrick Rose, still playing with a face mask as he recovers from a broken orbital bone, was held scoreless in the second and third quarters and finished with just six points. Atlanta held on to beat Charlotte for the second time in three days, winning 94-92 with Kent Bazemore scoring 20 points.

San Antonio’s new addition LaMarcus Aldridge had 24 points and 14 rebounds to steer the Spurs to a 95-87 win against Boston.

Toronto coach Dwane Casey got his franchise-record 157th win as coach of the Raptors with a 106-87 victory over Milwaukee. (ap)

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SINGAPORE — Agnieszka Radwanska beat fourth-seeded Petra Kvitova 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 Sunday at the WTA Finals to clinch the biggest title of her career. The fifth-seeded Pole’s previous best at the seasonending championship was reaching the semifinals in 2012 and 2014.

“Definitely I didn’t expect it at all,” a tearful Radwanska said. Radwanska is the first player to win the tournament after a losing 1-2 record in the round-robin stage — and the first Polish winner.

“I lost first two matches, but it’s not like I was playing bad,” Radwanska said. “Then I think I got used to conditions, used to the surface.” Radwanska led by a set and 3-1 in the second before Kvitova

settled into the match to win seven of the next eight games.

“I really played well in the second when I came back and tried to push her a little bit,” Kvitova said.

The Czech led 2-0 in the decider before Radwanska fought back to 3-3 and then won the last three games to take the title in 2 hours, 5 minutes.

Prior to this week, Radwanska hadn’t beaten a top five player all season. This week she defeated three in a row on the way to the title: No. 2 Simona Halep, No. 3 Garbine Muguruza and No. 5 Kvitova.

Radwanska is the first WTA Finals champion not to have previously won a Grand Slam title since Amelie Mauresmo in 2005. The

Frenchwoman won the Australian Open and Wimbledon the following year.

Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon champion, now holds a 6-3 career record against Radwanska. Five of their meetings took place at the WTA Finals with Radwanska leading those encounters 3-2. (ap)

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland poses with the trophy after she won the singles final against Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic at the WTA tennis finals in Singapore on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.

AP Photo/ Joseph Nair

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Sp rt Schneiderlin not fazed by United’s goal drought

Manchester United’s dry spell in front of goal is nothing to be worried about, according to midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, who says it is just a matter of time before manager Louis van Gaal’s men rediscover their scoring touch. United failed to score for the third game in a row when they drew 0-0 with Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday.

The draw came in the wake of them being knocked out of the League Cup by Middlesbrough on penalties on Wednesday with the game ending scoreless after extra time.

The cup exit was preceded by a scoreless stalemate against Manchester City on Oct. 25. “We have the players to score goals and we will score goals. It’s not

a worry for me,” Schneiderlin told the club’s website (www. manutd.com). “Sometimes it’s just a matter of taking the time to make a good choice.

“Every team is going to go through a period where they don’t score goals and are going to be unlucky. “It will happen to the teams in front of us for sure.

It’s up to us to win games and

overtake those teams.”

United sit fourth in the table with 21 points after 11 matches, and Schneiderlin said they are still very much in contention to lift the Premier League trophy.

“Of course we are (in the title race). It’s still early as we head into November so there are a lot of games to be played but we are there,” the former Southampton midfielder said.

“It doesn’t matter if you are second, third, fourth or fifth in November. What matters is to be first at the end of May and win the games.”

Striker Wayne Rooney has failed to score in his last four

games in all competitions, and has just two goals in 10 league matches this season, but Van Gaal said he would stick with his misfiring skipper and that deploying Marouane Fellaini as a target man would remain “Plan B”. “When I put him (Fellaini) on as a striker, he is only a striker in Plan B, not Plan A,” the Dutchman said.

“He has played as a striker once, against Liverpool (when Rooney was out injured), but that was because I had a problem (with injuries) and that is why I made him the striker from the beginning. However, that is not normal.” (rtr)

Chelsea giving 100 percent for Mourinho Chelsea players are giving 100 percent for under-fire manager Jose Mourinho, midfielder John Obi Mikel has said, adding that the Premier League champions needed a bit of luck to turn their fortunes around. Saturday’s 3-1 home loss to Liverpool capped a miserable seven days for the Blues, who lost to West Ham United in the league the previous weekend and were knocked out of the League Cup by Stoke City on penalties.

Mourinho, who signed a new fouryear contract in August, lead his team to

a domestic double last season, adding the League Cup to the Premier League title.

However, with just 11 points from 11 league games, Chelsea are languishing down in 15th place in the table, 10 points behind fourth-placed Manchester United.

Saturday’s sixth league defeat means Chelsea have already lost twice as many Premier League games than they did last season, a statistic compounded by just one victory in their last eight games in all competitions.

Mourinho’s problems are not confined

to the playing field, however, as the 52year-old was charged with misconduct by the English Football Association (FA) after being sent to the stands in the West Ham loss and is currently appealing a 50,000 pound ($77,170) fine imposed for criticising referees.

With his manager’s future as uncertain as ever, Mikel has voiced his backing for Mourinho and is confident the Portuguese is the right man to turn things around. “The goals and wins are not coming but you can see we are playing for the manager and

are right behind him. There is no doubt about it. If anyone can turn this around, I definitely think he is the one,” Mikel told the club website (www. chelseafc.com).

“If you say to the players that we are not giving 100 percent then there is a doubt -- but we are giving 100 percent, we are playing for the manager and we are right behind him, the Nigerian international added. “Everyone can see how much hard work we are putting in and we are playing well but the results are not coming for us.

“Every shot (against us) is a goal, every deflection a goal. We just need a bit of that luck that we don’t have at the minute. But you can see the team is giving it everything, we’re working very hard,” he added. (ap)

Action Images via Reuters / Carl Recine

Reuters / Philip Brown

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho looks on as fans celebrate their first goal for scored by Ramires

Manchester United’s Morgan Schneiderlin celebrates scoring their first goal

Fiorentina beats Frosinone 4-1 to return to top of Serie A

ROME — Dominating the ball possession and finding the goal with ease, Fiorentina returned to the top of Serie A with a convincing 4-1 win over promoted Frosinone on Sunday.

With Italian Premier Matteo Renzi cheering his home club on, Fiorentina opened up a 4-0 lead by halftime with goals from Ante Rebic, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Khouma Babacar and Mario Suarez.

Fiorentina also hit the goalframe twice before Alessandro Frara pulled one back for Frosinone three minutes from the end. Fiorentina is level on points with Inter Milan but holds the edge on goal difference. The Tuscan squad has won eight of 11 matches and taken two straight after losing to Napoli and Roma the past two weekends.

Napoli missed a chance to make it a three-way tie at the top with a 0-0 draw at Genoa, ending the southern club’s five-match winning streak.

Napoli created numerous scoring chances but couldn’t find a way past Genoa goalkeeper Mattia Perin.

“I’m upset for the result but the squad is alive,” Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri said. “We attempted to win right up to the end with a lot of determination.

I’m not angry. I complimented the lads for the performance.”

Inter edged Roma 1-0 on Saturday, leaving the Giallorossi one point behind.

Also Sunday, Bologna beat Atalanta 3-0 in coach Roberto Donadoni’s debut. Goals from Emanuele Giaccherini, Mattia Destro and Franco Brienza pushed Bologna within one point of climbing out of the relegation zone.

Carpi vs. Hellas Verona and Udinese vs. Sassuolo both finished 0-0. Napoli is two points back in fourth and surprising Sassuolo is five points behind in fifth.

AC Milan moved into sixth with a 3-1 win at Lazio for its third straight victory. Andrea Bertolacci, Philippe Mexes and Carlos Bacca each scored before Ricardo Kishna pulled one back for Lazio. Mexes scored on his first touch after replacing Brazilian defender Alex, who was brought to the hospital after

temporarily losing his senses following a head collision with teammate Juraj Kucka.

Fiorentina controlled 73 percent of the ball possession, a league high this season. Fiorentina finished fourth last season and wasn’t expected to contend for the title after the club fired manager Vincenzo Montella in June. But new coach Paulo Sousa has increased expectations for the “scudetto” — title — by expanding the Barcelonalike passing schemes begun under Montella and bolstering the defense.

“Our scudetto should be the creation of a winning culture, with the idea of dominating every match, even when there are difficulties or the details are against us,” Sousa said. “That will carry us far.” Fiorentina rested its top scorer Nikola Kalinic, and Giuseppe Rossi only came on for the last half hour.

The Viola took the lead mid-

way through the first half when a cross from Rebic confused Frosinone goalkeeper Massimo Zappino, hitting the corner of the goalframe and going in.

Rebic hit the woodwork again a minute later and then Rodriguez took advantage of poor defending to redirect in a free kick.

On the half-hour mark, Fernandez was taken down

by Modibo Diakite to earn a penalty that Babacar converted with a soft shot. A minute before the half ended, Suarez stripped Diakite of the ball and dribbled into the other end before beating Zappini with a low shot.

Suarez hasn’t played much since transferring from Atletico Madrid and there had been speculation he could leave in January. “Today the coach played me and I’m happy,” Suarez said. “I’m happy to stay here. I’m happy to be at Fiorentina.” (ap)

Maurizio Degl’ Innocenti/ANSA via AP Photo

Fiorentina’s Gonzalo Rodriguez celebrates after scoring during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Fiorentina and Frosinone at the Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence, Italy, Nov. 1 2015.

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Everton’s Arouna Kone celebrates after scoring during the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Sunderland at Goodison Park Stadium, Liverpool, England, Sunday Nov.1, 2015.

Kone scores 3 goals as Everton routs Sunderland 6-2 AP Photo/Jon Super

LIVERPOOL — Arouna Kone got the match ball and a contract extension. The 31-year-old striker’s hat trick on Sunday powered Everton to its biggest Premier League win in eight years, routing Sunderland 6-2.

“Today was the most complete 90 minutes he has had and it was a phenomenal 90 minutes because it triggers an extension to his contract,” Everton coach Roberto Martinez said.

Kone’s first treble in English football was just reward for the players’ perseverance after a serious knee injury affected the first two years of the Ivorian’s career at Everton having followed Martinez from Wigan in 2013.

“It has been as difficult as you can get,” Martinez said. “It was a career-threatening injury. His attitude, his focus, never changed and he never chose to blame anyone and anything.”

Sunderland had pulled level at 2-2 by the 50th minute — through Jermain Defoe’s volley and Steven Fletcher’s header — but Sebastian Coates’ own goal then set Everton back on the path to ending a three-game winless run in the league.

Romelu Lukaku netted Everton’s fourth before Kone completed his treble, with two goals adding to his first-half strike.

The opener for eighth-place Everton was provided in the 19th minute by Gerard Deulofeu, who went on to provide two assists in a game where the influence of the livewire winger proved decisive.

It was Everton’s most emphatic win since routing Sunderland 7-1 in November 2007. The current Sunderland side remains in the relegation zone having lost two of Sam Allardyce’s three matches in charge.

“I am obviously concerned about the lack of understanding in certain periods of the game with the team, particularly when we got back to 2-2,” Allardyce said. “There was nothing wrong with what we had been doing up to then apart from we gave a very soft first goal away which could easily have been avoided.

The second goal was a cracker from Kone.”

The day’s other game couldn’t match the Goodison Park encounter for goals. Steven Davis and Graziano Pelle scored in the first half as Southampton beat promoted Bournemouth 2-0 in a rare meeting of the south-coast rivals.

“We worked hard, they were trying to frustrate us,” Pelle told British broadcaster Sky Sports. “We have to maybe improve some parts when we are two or three up, but we were good in the defensive part.”

Southampton coped for the last 10 minutes with 10 men after Victor Wanyama was sent off after being shown a second yellow card. (ap)

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Sp rt Schneiderlin not fazed by United’s goal drought

Manchester United’s dry spell in front of goal is nothing to be worried about, according to midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, who says it is just a matter of time before manager Louis van Gaal’s men rediscover their scoring touch. United failed to score for the third game in a row when they drew 0-0 with Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday.

The draw came in the wake of them being knocked out of the League Cup by Middlesbrough on penalties on Wednesday with the game ending scoreless after extra time.

The cup exit was preceded by a scoreless stalemate against Manchester City on Oct. 25. “We have the players to score goals and we will score goals. It’s not

a worry for me,” Schneiderlin told the club’s website (www. manutd.com). “Sometimes it’s just a matter of taking the time to make a good choice.

“Every team is going to go through a period where they don’t score goals and are going to be unlucky. “It will happen to the teams in front of us for sure.

It’s up to us to win games and

overtake those teams.”

United sit fourth in the table with 21 points after 11 matches, and Schneiderlin said they are still very much in contention to lift the Premier League trophy.

“Of course we are (in the title race). It’s still early as we head into November so there are a lot of games to be played but we are there,” the former Southampton midfielder said.

“It doesn’t matter if you are second, third, fourth or fifth in November. What matters is to be first at the end of May and win the games.”

Striker Wayne Rooney has failed to score in his last four

games in all competitions, and has just two goals in 10 league matches this season, but Van Gaal said he would stick with his misfiring skipper and that deploying Marouane Fellaini as a target man would remain “Plan B”. “When I put him (Fellaini) on as a striker, he is only a striker in Plan B, not Plan A,” the Dutchman said.

“He has played as a striker once, against Liverpool (when Rooney was out injured), but that was because I had a problem (with injuries) and that is why I made him the striker from the beginning. However, that is not normal.” (rtr)

Chelsea giving 100 percent for Mourinho Chelsea players are giving 100 percent for under-fire manager Jose Mourinho, midfielder John Obi Mikel has said, adding that the Premier League champions needed a bit of luck to turn their fortunes around. Saturday’s 3-1 home loss to Liverpool capped a miserable seven days for the Blues, who lost to West Ham United in the league the previous weekend and were knocked out of the League Cup by Stoke City on penalties.

Mourinho, who signed a new fouryear contract in August, lead his team to

a domestic double last season, adding the League Cup to the Premier League title.

However, with just 11 points from 11 league games, Chelsea are languishing down in 15th place in the table, 10 points behind fourth-placed Manchester United.

Saturday’s sixth league defeat means Chelsea have already lost twice as many Premier League games than they did last season, a statistic compounded by just one victory in their last eight games in all competitions.

Mourinho’s problems are not confined

to the playing field, however, as the 52year-old was charged with misconduct by the English Football Association (FA) after being sent to the stands in the West Ham loss and is currently appealing a 50,000 pound ($77,170) fine imposed for criticising referees.

With his manager’s future as uncertain as ever, Mikel has voiced his backing for Mourinho and is confident the Portuguese is the right man to turn things around. “The goals and wins are not coming but you can see we are playing for the manager and

are right behind him. There is no doubt about it. If anyone can turn this around, I definitely think he is the one,” Mikel told the club website (www. chelseafc.com).

“If you say to the players that we are not giving 100 percent then there is a doubt -- but we are giving 100 percent, we are playing for the manager and we are right behind him, the Nigerian international added. “Everyone can see how much hard work we are putting in and we are playing well but the results are not coming for us.

“Every shot (against us) is a goal, every deflection a goal. We just need a bit of that luck that we don’t have at the minute. But you can see the team is giving it everything, we’re working very hard,” he added. (ap)

Action Images via Reuters / Carl Recine

Reuters / Philip Brown

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho looks on as fans celebrate their first goal for scored by Ramires

Manchester United’s Morgan Schneiderlin celebrates scoring their first goal

Fiorentina beats Frosinone 4-1 to return to top of Serie A

ROME — Dominating the ball possession and finding the goal with ease, Fiorentina returned to the top of Serie A with a convincing 4-1 win over promoted Frosinone on Sunday.

With Italian Premier Matteo Renzi cheering his home club on, Fiorentina opened up a 4-0 lead by halftime with goals from Ante Rebic, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Khouma Babacar and Mario Suarez.

Fiorentina also hit the goalframe twice before Alessandro Frara pulled one back for Frosinone three minutes from the end. Fiorentina is level on points with Inter Milan but holds the edge on goal difference. The Tuscan squad has won eight of 11 matches and taken two straight after losing to Napoli and Roma the past two weekends.

Napoli missed a chance to make it a three-way tie at the top with a 0-0 draw at Genoa, ending the southern club’s five-match winning streak.

Napoli created numerous scoring chances but couldn’t find a way past Genoa goalkeeper Mattia Perin.

“I’m upset for the result but the squad is alive,” Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri said. “We attempted to win right up to the end with a lot of determination.

I’m not angry. I complimented the lads for the performance.”

Inter edged Roma 1-0 on Saturday, leaving the Giallorossi one point behind.

Also Sunday, Bologna beat Atalanta 3-0 in coach Roberto Donadoni’s debut. Goals from Emanuele Giaccherini, Mattia Destro and Franco Brienza pushed Bologna within one point of climbing out of the relegation zone.

Carpi vs. Hellas Verona and Udinese vs. Sassuolo both finished 0-0. Napoli is two points back in fourth and surprising Sassuolo is five points behind in fifth.

AC Milan moved into sixth with a 3-1 win at Lazio for its third straight victory. Andrea Bertolacci, Philippe Mexes and Carlos Bacca each scored before Ricardo Kishna pulled one back for Lazio. Mexes scored on his first touch after replacing Brazilian defender Alex, who was brought to the hospital after

temporarily losing his senses following a head collision with teammate Juraj Kucka.

Fiorentina controlled 73 percent of the ball possession, a league high this season. Fiorentina finished fourth last season and wasn’t expected to contend for the title after the club fired manager Vincenzo Montella in June. But new coach Paulo Sousa has increased expectations for the “scudetto” — title — by expanding the Barcelonalike passing schemes begun under Montella and bolstering the defense.

“Our scudetto should be the creation of a winning culture, with the idea of dominating every match, even when there are difficulties or the details are against us,” Sousa said. “That will carry us far.” Fiorentina rested its top scorer Nikola Kalinic, and Giuseppe Rossi only came on for the last half hour.

The Viola took the lead mid-

way through the first half when a cross from Rebic confused Frosinone goalkeeper Massimo Zappino, hitting the corner of the goalframe and going in.

Rebic hit the woodwork again a minute later and then Rodriguez took advantage of poor defending to redirect in a free kick.

On the half-hour mark, Fernandez was taken down

by Modibo Diakite to earn a penalty that Babacar converted with a soft shot. A minute before the half ended, Suarez stripped Diakite of the ball and dribbled into the other end before beating Zappini with a low shot.

Suarez hasn’t played much since transferring from Atletico Madrid and there had been speculation he could leave in January. “Today the coach played me and I’m happy,” Suarez said. “I’m happy to stay here. I’m happy to be at Fiorentina.” (ap)

Maurizio Degl’ Innocenti/ANSA via AP Photo

Fiorentina’s Gonzalo Rodriguez celebrates after scoring during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Fiorentina and Frosinone at the Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence, Italy, Nov. 1 2015.

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Everton’s Arouna Kone celebrates after scoring during the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Sunderland at Goodison Park Stadium, Liverpool, England, Sunday Nov.1, 2015.

Kone scores 3 goals as Everton routs Sunderland 6-2 AP Photo/Jon Super

LIVERPOOL — Arouna Kone got the match ball and a contract extension. The 31-year-old striker’s hat trick on Sunday powered Everton to its biggest Premier League win in eight years, routing Sunderland 6-2.

“Today was the most complete 90 minutes he has had and it was a phenomenal 90 minutes because it triggers an extension to his contract,” Everton coach Roberto Martinez said.

Kone’s first treble in English football was just reward for the players’ perseverance after a serious knee injury affected the first two years of the Ivorian’s career at Everton having followed Martinez from Wigan in 2013.

“It has been as difficult as you can get,” Martinez said. “It was a career-threatening injury. His attitude, his focus, never changed and he never chose to blame anyone and anything.”

Sunderland had pulled level at 2-2 by the 50th minute — through Jermain Defoe’s volley and Steven Fletcher’s header — but Sebastian Coates’ own goal then set Everton back on the path to ending a three-game winless run in the league.

Romelu Lukaku netted Everton’s fourth before Kone completed his treble, with two goals adding to his first-half strike.

The opener for eighth-place Everton was provided in the 19th minute by Gerard Deulofeu, who went on to provide two assists in a game where the influence of the livewire winger proved decisive.

It was Everton’s most emphatic win since routing Sunderland 7-1 in November 2007. The current Sunderland side remains in the relegation zone having lost two of Sam Allardyce’s three matches in charge.

“I am obviously concerned about the lack of understanding in certain periods of the game with the team, particularly when we got back to 2-2,” Allardyce said. “There was nothing wrong with what we had been doing up to then apart from we gave a very soft first goal away which could easily have been avoided.

The second goal was a cracker from Kone.”

The day’s other game couldn’t match the Goodison Park encounter for goals. Steven Davis and Graziano Pelle scored in the first half as Southampton beat promoted Bournemouth 2-0 in a rare meeting of the south-coast rivals.

“We worked hard, they were trying to frustrate us,” Pelle told British broadcaster Sky Sports. “We have to maybe improve some parts when we are two or three up, but we were good in the defensive part.”

Southampton coped for the last 10 minutes with 10 men after Victor Wanyama was sent off after being shown a second yellow card. (ap)

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

International

Pengukurukuran Temple

IBP/File Photo

GIANYAR - Aura of this temple is very intense. It does not only retain shrines in Balinese architecture, but also features a temple of old Javanese style. This sacred ancient relic remains to survive up to these days. For a venue of meditation, it must be solemn.

Moreover, if it is carried out in Garba Cave located in the east of the temple exactly at the Pakerisan riverside, the ambience will surely be more stable. Foreign tourists are very eager to visit the sanctuary.

It’s the Pengukurukuran Temple. It is believed to be the first to measure the strength of Bali in the past time.

Here, the strength of Kebo Iwa was measured before becoming a chief minister in ancient Balinese kingdom.

The location on the edge of Pakerisan River was used as a school for the kings of Bali. Its location is at the Sawagunung customary village, Pejeng, Tampaksiring subdistrict, Gianyar County.

Chief of local temple priests, Jero Mangku Dewa Gede Rauh, revealed the temple had some shrines along with the sites originating from ancient times.

The temple spreading across 2 hectares of land was said to be the venue where the kings of ancient Bali measured the land, including finding a suitable place to build the center of a temple. The values of prehistoric and historic remains in the form of Great Temple were stored in the shrine of Ratu Bujangga. Meanwhile, in the east of the temple, exactly on the edge of Pakerisan Temple, lay a relic named Garba Cave believed to guard the temple. It was said the cave was once taken advantage by Chief Minister Kebo Iwa from Bedahulu kingdom.

In the south of the temple occurred a stone path and rock stone gates. The road was heading for the Garba Cave. There was a stone containing a trace of footprint whose size exceeded the size of a human foot soles and believed if it belonged to Kebo Iwa. At the making of a ladder, the stones were said to walk by itself pursuant to the will of Kebo Iwa. Uniquely, every time stepping down the stairs, the amount was always different.

According to story developing in the area, before Kebo Iwa became a Chief Minister of Bedahulu his competency was tested by the royal officials, including

by Ki Pasung Grigis, known to have a supernatural power. The place where to measure the supernatural strength was known as Dharmma Hanyar. Since Kebo Iwa was unbeaten he was finally accepted to fill in the position as Chief Minister of Bedahulu. On that account, the capability of Kebo Iwa was measured in the Dharmma Hanyar, where the place was then called Pengukurukuran.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

International

Mavericks win 103-93 to keep Lakers winless

LOS ANGELES — Dallas held off a late rally by the winless Los Angeles Lakers for a 103-93 victory on Sunday, with Mavericks talisman Dirk Nowitzki leading the scoring with 25 points.

This is the first time in franchise history the Lakers have started 0-3 in consecutive seasons. Last season, they lost their first five games and ended up with their worst record ever (21-61).

AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant, top, trips over Dallas Mavericks forward Chandler Parsons after shooting during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, in Los Angeles.

Elsewhere, Oklahoma City had a comfortable win against Denver and Miami dominated the second half against Houston to turn a 21point deficit into a 20-point win.

Dallas opened its game with a 15-0 blitz that included two 3-pointers each by Wesley Matthews and Nowitzki — the latter has made more 3-point shots than any 7-footer in league history (1,580).

The Lakers missed their first five shots before Julius Randle’s dunk with 7:13 left in the first quarter.

Randle posted his second consecutive double-double with 22 points and 15 rebounds. Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant scored 25 points as the Thunder beat Denver 117-93.

Durant made 8 of 11 field goals and all six of his free throws to help new coach Billy Donovan remain unbeaten in the NBA with a 3-0 record.

Serge Ibaka had 18 points, seven rebounds and five blocks for the Thunder, who shot 52 percent from the field and had the luxury of resting all five starters for the entire fourth quarter.

Danilo Gallinari and Will Barton each scored 15 points for the Nuggets, who shot just 38 percent.

Miami’s Hassan Whiteside had 25 points and 15 rebounds as the Heat overwhelmed Houston in the second half and won 109-89.

Chris Bosh scored all 10 of his points in the fourth quarter for Miami, which outscored Houston 6524 in the final 23 minutes. Marcus Thornton scored 21 points for the Rockets who have dropped their first three games of the season — all by exactly 20 points.

Chicago withstood a late surge from Orlando to win 92-87, with Pau Gasol and Nikola Mirotic each scoring 16 points.

The Bulls led by 14 at halftime and 12 after three quarters, and appeared to be headed for an easy win. But Orlando cut the lead to two with just under 3 minutes left before Chicago’s Jimmy Butler came up with a couple of key takeaways to foil the Magic.

Chicago’s Derrick Rose, still playing with a face mask as he recovers from a broken orbital bone, was held scoreless in the second and third quarters and finished with just six points. Atlanta held on to beat Charlotte for the second time in three days, winning 94-92 with Kent Bazemore scoring 20 points.

San Antonio’s new addition LaMarcus Aldridge had 24 points and 14 rebounds to steer the Spurs to a 95-87 win against Boston.

Toronto coach Dwane Casey got his franchise-record 157th win as coach of the Raptors with a 106-87 victory over Milwaukee. (ap)

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SINGAPORE — Agnieszka Radwanska beat fourth-seeded Petra Kvitova 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 Sunday at the WTA Finals to clinch the biggest title of her career. The fifth-seeded Pole’s previous best at the seasonending championship was reaching the semifinals in 2012 and 2014.

“Definitely I didn’t expect it at all,” a tearful Radwanska said. Radwanska is the first player to win the tournament after a losing 1-2 record in the round-robin stage — and the first Polish winner.

“I lost first two matches, but it’s not like I was playing bad,” Radwanska said. “Then I think I got used to conditions, used to the surface.” Radwanska led by a set and 3-1 in the second before Kvitova

settled into the match to win seven of the next eight games.

“I really played well in the second when I came back and tried to push her a little bit,” Kvitova said.

The Czech led 2-0 in the decider before Radwanska fought back to 3-3 and then won the last three games to take the title in 2 hours, 5 minutes.

Prior to this week, Radwanska hadn’t beaten a top five player all season. This week she defeated three in a row on the way to the title: No. 2 Simona Halep, No. 3 Garbine Muguruza and No. 5 Kvitova.

Radwanska is the first WTA Finals champion not to have previously won a Grand Slam title since Amelie Mauresmo in 2005. The

Frenchwoman won the Australian Open and Wimbledon the following year.

Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon champion, now holds a 6-3 career record against Radwanska. Five of their meetings took place at the WTA Finals with Radwanska leading those encounters 3-2. (ap)

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland poses with the trophy after she won the singles final against Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic at the WTA tennis finals in Singapore on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.

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A South Korean protester stands with a placard that reads: “Abe, Please apologize!” to protest Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 2, 2015.

Japan, South Korea agree to work to resolve WWII sex slave issue

SEOUL — The leaders of South Korea and Japan resumed formal talks Monday after a 3½-year freeze and agreed to try to resolve the decades-old issue of Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II. The agreement is a step forward but not a breakthrough. Ties between the two countries have sagged to one of their lowest ebbs since the late 2012 inauguration of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who takes a more hawkish, nationalistic stance than many of his predecessors. Seoul believes that Abe seeks to obscure Japan’s brutal colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula in 1910-1945.

The biggest source of friction is over Japanese responsibility for wartime sex slaves, who were euphemistically called “comfort women.” Historians say tens of thousands of women from around Asia, many of them Korean, were sent to front-line military brothels to provide sex to Japanese soldiers.

Japan has apologized many times before, but many South Koreans see the statements and past efforts at private compensation as insufficient. Abe hoped to weaken a 1993 apology but later promised not to do so following protests from South Korea and elsewhere.

On Monday, Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye agreed to try harder to settle the issue through dialogue, according

to Park’s office.

“President Park noted the issue of ‘comfort women’ is the biggest obstacle in efforts to improve bilateral ties. She stressed that the issue must be quickly settled in a way that our people can accept,” said Park’s senior adviser for foreign affairs and national security, Kim Kyou-hyun. Abe confirmed the agreement.

“On the comfort women issue, I think the issue should not become an obstacle for the next generation so we can build future-oriented cooperative relations,” he told reporters after the meeting. “We have agreed to speed up our negotiations toward a resolution as soon as possible.”

Their closely watched meeting came a day after they joined a three-way summit with China’s premier and agreed to improve ties strained over historical and territorial disputes. Many in China also harbor similar resentment against Japan.

Nothing major came from the trilateral summit in Seoul. But just sitting down together was seen as a positive sign after the gap in such meetings, which used to be an annual affair. A joint statement said

the three agreed to try to resolve the issues by “facing history squarely and advancing toward the future,” boosting exchanges, and cooperating in economic, cultural and other areas.

Despite their harsh history, South Korea, Japan and China are closely linked commercially.

China is the largest trading partner for both South Korea and Japan, while South Korea and Japan are each other’s third-largest trading partners.

The last two-way summit between Japan and South Korea was in May 2012, when Park’s predecessor, Lee Myung-bak, met with then Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. Park has faced calls at home to improve ties with Japan.

South Korea and Japan together host about 80,000 U.S. troops, the core of America’s military presence in the Asia-Pacific. Washington wants to solidify its alliances with the two countries to better deal with a rising China and with North Korean threats.

Park and Abe agreed Monday to strengthen South Korean-Japanese-U.S. relations to deal with North Korea. On Sunday, they and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said they would make further efforts to resume stalled negotiations on ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. (ap)

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Nepal police clear protesters from key crossing into India

KATHMANDU — Nepalese police removed protesters from a key border point Monday to allow more than 200 vehicles stranded for the past 40 days to cross into India, officials said.

Police official Hobindra Bogati said five protesters were detained when police removed them and the tents they had pitched in the no man’s land between the two countries. He said that 205 trucks and other vehicles had crossed from Birgunj, Nepal, to Raxaul, India, and that more were lining up.

However, trucks bringing fuel and other goods to Nepal were still blocked by Indian customs officials.

Members of the ethnic Madhesi people have been protesting Nepal’s new constitution, saying it divides the Madhesis among a number of states. The Madhesis, who want the creation of a larger state that they would dominate, have imposed a general strike in southern Nepal

and blocked the border crossing, resulting in a severe fuel shortage across Nepal.

At least 45 people have been killed in the protests since August.

There is no official count of the injured.

Police raided the protesters’ camp before dawn when they were still sleeping, removed the tents and lined up the trucks to leave Nepal. By morning, there were small groups of protesters in the town of Birgunj, but no reports of any violence.

Bogati said police were on alert and would stop any attempt to block the trucks. On Sunday, talks between the government and Madhesi representatives made some progress.

Following the one-day talks, Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa said the government would address the Madhesis’ demand for a larger state through discussions with other political parties. (ap)

Six hotspots detected in West Sumatra

PADANG - The NOAA-18 satellite detected six hotspots of forest fires in the province on Monday at 6 a.m. local time, according to the Koto Tabang meteorology office.

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Workers lift a travel crate containing an 8-year-old male Sumatran rhino named Harapan (hope) to be transported to Way Kambas National Park on Sumatra Island, upon arrival at the cargo terminal at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Cengkareng, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.

Rare Sumatran rhino “Hope” arrives in Indonesia to mate

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Smoke from tires bellows set on fire by the ethnic Madhesis at Birgunj, a town on the border with India, Nepal, Monday, Nov. 2, 2015.

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JAKARTA - A rare, US-born Sumatran rhino arrived Monday at his new home in Indonesia, an official said, where it’s hoped he will find a mate and give his critically-endangered species a shot at survival.

Harapan, an eight-year-old male whose name means “hope”, arrived at a specialist rhino sanctuary on Sumatra island at dawn after a long journey from a zoo in Cincinnati.

A senior biodiversity conservation official in Indonesia’s forestry ministry told AFP the rhino was “adapting well” after travelling 36 hours by air, sea and land to reach to the national park.

“He is healthy and has a great appetite,” Bambang Dahono Adji told AFP. “We noticed this morning he was lapping up all the leaves. Being Sumatran, perhaps he preferred local fare, like rice instead of cheese,” he joked.

Sumatran rhinos are among the rarest in the world, with just 100 believed to still exist.

Harapan was the last remaining rhino of his kind in the US, but

without a mate there it was decided he should return to Sumatra to have a chance at producing offspring.

His older brother, Andalas, also moved from a zoo in Los Angeles to the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park in 2007.

Since then, he’s fathered a calf at the park, with a second infant expected in May. Harapan will be quarantined for just over two weeks before entering the sanctuary, Adji said, where it’s hoped he will follow in his older brother’s footsteps and mate with one of three female rhinos there.

“Like his brother, we hope he will be able to breed and boost the Sumatran rhino population here,” Adji said.

Sumatran rhinos are the only Asian rhinoceroses with two horns.

They are covered in woolly hair that ranges from reddish brown to black in colour.

While Javan rhinos are considered the world’s rarest rhinos, Sumatran rhinos are under increasing threat by poachers and continue to lose precious forest habitat. (afp)

Of the six hotspots, four were found in Solok district and two in Dharmasraya, Budi Satria, the head of the meteorology office, stated here, Monday.

The NOAA-18 satellite detected a total of 100 hotspots across Sumatra Island, of which 71 were in South Sumatra, 14 in Bangka Belitung Islands, 10 in Jambi, three in Lampung, and one each in Riau and Bengkulu.

However, the Terra and Aqua satellites detected only seven hotspots across Sumatra Island, comprising three in South Sumatra, three in Jambi, and one in Dharmasraya, West Sumatra, on Monday at 6 a.m. local time.

Several cities of Sumatra have received rains over the last two days, thereby improving the air quality in

several Sumatran provinces.

In the meantime, the number of hotspots in Indonesia has decreased significantly over the last few days.

“The number of hotspots has decreased significantly,” Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), stated in Jakarta on Saturday.

According to Nugroho, the Terra and Aqua satellites detected 402 hotspots in the country on Saturday (October 31).

“The number of hotspots has dropped to 402 from 2,218 recorded last Saturday,” he said.

In addition, the rains received in the past couple of days have improved the air quality and visibility in Sumatra and Kalimantan.

“The visibility in Padang, West Sumatra, was four kilometers, while it was seven kilometers in Pekanbaru, 2.8 kilometers in Jambi, 800 meters in Palembang, two kilometers in Pontianak, 1.5 kilometers in Palangkaraya, and six kilometers in Banjarmasin,” he said.

Meanwhile, the BNPB has used 284.9 tons of salt (NaCl) to conduct cloud seeding operations in the skies above Sumatra and Kalimantan islands to produce artificial rain as part of the efforts to extinguish forest and land fires in the two regions.

“According to a forecast by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the intensity of rainfall had increased between October 26 and October 31 in Sumatra and Kalimantan,” he pointed out.

To ensure even heavier rainfall, he noted that the government had intensified the operations to create artificial rain. (ant)

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Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, left, shakes hands with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, during their meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 2, 2015.

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Tabanan develops 17 new Dollar struggles after weak US, China data varieties of brown rice

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TOKYO - The dollar extended its losses against the yen and euro Monday as weak US and Chinese data fuelled concerns about the global economy, and bolstered the case against a December rate rise.

The US government said Friday that consumer spending rose only by 0.1 percent in the United States in September, less than expected and the slowest rate since January. More US figures, including jobs data, is on tap for later in the week.

The strength of the US economy is key to a Federal Reserve move on interest rates and more weakness could push back a hike -- which is a plus for the dollar -- into 2016.

Sentiment took another hit Monday as weekend data showed activ-

ity in China’s vast manufacturing sector declined in October for the third straight month, triggering worries about the world’s number two economy, a crucial driver of global growth.

“Tokyo has taken over the dollar-selling sentiment from New York,” Minori Uchida, head of global markets research at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, told AFP.

“It is difficult to buy the dollar now as the recent economic figures are not strong enough to justify a rate hike. Players are now paying attention to key indicators to be released later this week, notably US employment figures,” he added.

In Tokyo afternoon trade, the greenback slipped to 120.43 yen, from 120.67 yen in New York late Friday and above 121 yen a day

To generate superior and short-lived rice varieties and farmers can plant more frequently, the Tabanan Food Crops Agency send varieties of brown rice and white rice to the National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) to be developed into highyielding varieties.

earlier.

The euro bought $1.1034 and 132.88 yen in Tokyo against $1.1003 and 132.77 yen in US trade.

The dollar was also weaker against most emerging currencies.

The Thai baht rose 0.16 percent against the US unit, the Taiwan dollar gained 0.45 percent, while the Indonesian rupiah, the Philippine peso and the Singapore dollar also edged up. (afp)

Growth of 6.5 percent expected through 2020

BEIJING — China’s government expects to achieve annual economic growth of “at least 6.5 percent” through 2020, the top economic official said, in the first hint of a growth target since a high-level planning meeting last week.

The ruling Communist Party is trying to steer the economy to more sustainable growth based on domestic consumption instead of trade and investment but needs to avoid it weakening too much. Growth last year fell to a two-decade low of 7.4 percent.

“We propose to achieve the goal of creating a ‘moderately prosperous society’ by 2020, which requires annual economic growth of at least 6.5 percent over the next five years,” said Premier Li Keqiang in a speech Sunday in Seoul, according to a transcript released by the Cabinet.

Following a meeting to approve a five-year development plan, party leaders pledged last week to double the size of the economy from the 2010 level by 2020. That would require annual growth of at least 6.5 percent, which could conflict with reform efforts.

This year’s growth target is “about 7 percent,” though Li and other officials have tried to downplay the significance of that. Li said earlier he would accept slower growth so long as the economy generates enough new jobs.

Economic growth in the quarter ending in September slowed to 6.9 percent but some analysts say industrial activity might be rebounding.

Much of China’s economic slowdown over the past five years has been self-imposed but a deepening downturn over the past year has prompted concern about job losses and unrest.

Beijing has cut interest rates six times since last November.

Li said the economy is functioning in a “reasonable range” and employment is growing, according to the transcript.

“We have the confidence and ability to fulfill this year’s main targets,” the premier said. (ap)

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Tabanan Food Crops Agency send varieties of brown rice and white rice to the National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) to be developed into high-yielding varieties.

As a result, the brown rice of Wangaya has generated 17 new varieties which are the same as their parent in terms of color and aroma.

However, due to prolonged dry season this year, the planting test of the 17 new varieties faces obstacle where the subak area chosen to plant the new variety is not yet ready due to lack of water.

It was presented by the Head of the Tabanan Food Crops Agency, Nyoman Budana, Thursday (Oct. 15). According to him, the planting test of the 17 new varieties of Wangaya brown rice will be conducted in November 2015. However, the location will be moved to Bongan Seedling Agency. Each variety is going to be planted on two square meters of land. Through this pilot project, it will be observed which varieties have the same advantages as their parent. Budana added that although the quality of color and aroma of the new varieties of rice grains is the same as its parent, these new varieties have their own advantages such as having shorter life cycle than its parent so that farmers can harvest more quickly. With a shorter life cycle, of course, farmers can grow more frequently.

As for white rice, the Tabanan Agriculture Agency also conducted a development trial in the BATAN. But until today the results of the trials are still in progress. According to Budana, farmers in Tabanan itself prefer to select seeds of Ciherang, Inpari, Singkil and Cigeulis variety.

One of the organic farmers of Jatiluwih, Wayan Semara Jaya, exposed that farmers at Jatiluwih all this time always cultivate the varieties of brown rice because they are excellent compared to rice from outside. Moreover, in terms of production process, farmers do not experience much difficulty, where planting

process is very easy and these local rice varieties like the brown rice applies fertilizer derived from nature. No doubt, this kind of rice is very resistant against diseases. Wayan Semara Jaya nicknamed Nang Krisna said that the process of brown rice planting has taken place through generations every December and January. Then, harvest time is made in June. “This has become our tradition through generations and each December and January it is mandatory to plant local brown rice,” he said.

Why should it be made in December and January? So far, he does not know for sure because it has become a tradition for generations. One day, this local brown rice planting was carried beyond December and January, but the result was not good. “For this rice variety, we do not use pesticides. But fertilizer is still needed to boost the plant growth. Our irrigation water just depends on season. Indeed in the current dry season it is a bit difficult,” he explained.

When asked about the organic land, Nang Krishna said that so far it cannot be realized one hundred percent. It happens because eliminating chemical elements contained in the land since the previous planting process requires a long time. For instance, in one hectare of land we can only use organic element as much as 25 kg. “We have started to reduce the use of chemicals and it takes a long process for the organic farming so that it can become pure, at least it takes three years for land recovery,” he said.

He admitted that so far the production of local brown rice does not find any obstacle at all, other than mouse. “Mouse attack can be overcome by mass hunting and composting,” he concluded. (kmb24)

Utilization of water in Lake Batur being assessed

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People walk past a billboard for a planned upscale shopping and office building in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 19, 2015. China’s government expects to achieve annual economic growth of “at least 6.5 percent” through 2020, the top economic official said, in the first hint of a growth target since a high-level planning meeting last week.

BANGLI - Water crisis becomes a serious problem in some areas of Kintamani that so far has not received maximal handling. In this dry season, people are even forced to purchase water to meet daily needs at quite expensive price. This condition causes people of disadvantaged conditions to dither. Addressing this issue, the Bangli Public Works make assessment for the utilization of water in Lake Batur.

The Head of the Bangli Public Works Agency, I.B. Wediatmika, explained on Sunday (Nov. 1) that water crisis in Kintamani area hits more than one village.

Other than due to situating highland, some villages have no springs. It is also recognized that the water crisis often becomes a public complaint. One of them is Abang Songan village, Kintamani. Some time

ago, when he came to the village, the community immediately conveyed this issue.

“Residents have also reported the issue of water shortages,” he said.

He added that to address water crisis, the community already proposed water lifting of Lake Batur. However, he confirmed if the water of the lake is lifted, it should be taken advantage by more than one village. Besides, the technology must support and community must be ready to manage. “Central government will not be willing to pay for the water crisis handling only for one village, but must be more. In addition, people must be ready to manage,” he said.

He said that before proposing it to central government, his agency must make an assessment. Having completed, it will be coordinated with village authorities.

“We’ve established an assessment team.

After getting the results, we will directly convey it to the village. If everything is agreed, well… we will directly propose it to central government,” he said and mentioned that the lifting cost is estimated to approximately reach IDR 10 billion.

A resident of Abang Songan village, Made Bawa, said that when dry season arrives he is forced to purchase water for IDR 220,000 per truck and can only be used to meet the needs for two weeks.

“From the beginning of dry season, I have to purchase six trucks of water. Well, I must spend a hefty cost,” he complained.

He also added that around in 1995, the government made an effort to channel water to his village from Catur village, Kintamani. At that time, some faucets were already installed at roadside at local

village. Unfortunately, the water never flows. “Previously pipes were already installed. I heard the reservoir at Catur was damaged so that the water could not flow here,” he said.

Other than purchasing, during this dry season, people at Abang Songan also get water supply from the BPBDs Bangli and Bali Province. But it only takes place for a short-term solution. “Indeed there is water supply, but just for short-term. We are still short of water. Hopefully the lifting of water from the lake can be done,” he said.

Previously, another resident, Pasek Agung Dibia Atmaja, said that the water crisis is so suffocating society. He hoped that local government will be providing long-term solution. “Hopefully, this problem will not prolong and can be immediately addressed,” he concluded. (kmb45)

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Appealing to visitors not to litter

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SINGARAJA - Everyday thousands of vehicles roll past Wanagari peak in Sukasada, but few people can enjoy relaxing on this section of road that runs from Denpasar to Singaraja because of all the garbage that is strewn about here.

Heards of monkeys scavenge for food scraps in discarded plastic packaging thrown into the unkempt forested area.

The garbage filled Wanagiri Peak in Buleleng

Bangli Police use water cannon

BANGLI - The clean water crisis has hit several regions in Bangli causing the Bangli Police to intervene. On Sunday (Nov. 1), Bangli Police officers supplied clean water to residents of Langkan hamlet, Landih by using a high velocity water cannon commonly used for riot control.

Chief of the Bangli Police, Benny K. Danang, accompanied by the Chief of Alert Unit Nyoman Sudiasa when met on Sunday afternoon said that this was the first time this dry season, that the Banlgi police had supplied much needed water to people. “Why is it made at Langkan hamlet?” he asked rhetorically, “Because this hamlet is one

of many that is facing severe water shortages,” he explained.

By Sunday afternoon thousands of litters of clean water were poured into the reservoir in Langkan village.

Sudiasa added that, his institution will also supply water to several other villages and that they will coordinate with all non-commissioned police officers to determine where to bring the water.

“We will request data from the non-commissioned police officers about which villages are experiencing drought,” he added.

Danang hopes the water supplied will be able to help people who have been experiencing water shortages. (kmb40)

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In order to overcome this environmental blithe, visitors need to become more aware about the importance of not littering even if it is done deliberately to feed the monkeys. For one thing it makes the monkeys dependant on human waste for food bit it also makes this area, that people come to take pictures of the beautiful view from Wanagiri peak, less than beautiful Buleleng resident, Gede Merta, expects the government to immediately address the problem of stray garbage at the Wanagiri peak area for sanitary and aesthetic reasons. “Quite a lot of tour guides frequently bring guests from Denpasar to Buleleng and stop at the Wanagiri peak to rest. Hopefully, the government will pay attention to our local environment so that it will not continue to be contaminated by plastic waste,” said Merta, on Friday (Oct. 30).

Merta suggested that it necessary to implement the Regional Bylaw (Perda) No.1/2013 on waste management so as to create a deterrent for people in the habit of littering and also as a way to educated people about caring for the environment. “Obviously, we are concerned that the regional bylaw on plastic waste is not being respected. This is evident from the number of people who ignorantly dare to pollute the forest. I am confident that the government will apply the regulations as mandated by the regent of Buleleng so that a clean and beautiful county can be achieved,” he said.

Chief of Munduk customary village, Jro Putu Ardana, said that plastic waste at Wanagiri peak should become their major concern, and that people must be prohibited from littering. Access to appropriate waste disposal sites needs to be coupled with disciplined behaviour and shame about littering. “In general I think that people need to work together in order to create a clean environment. Every level of leadership, form the village to regional government needs to be committed to maintaining a clean environment. There need to be signs indicating the correct method of waste disposal and fines need to be imposed on those who violate local village bylaws,” said Ardana.

As the team leader of the nine Dalem Tamblingan customary villages Ardana is inviting various members of society, especially visitors to Wanagiri peak, to maintain sanitation and to not to leave food wrappers behind when feeding the monkeys. “The power of the local government and village bylaws can both be used to achieve this goal. Eveyone needs to take action and dispose of their garbage in the appropriate place. People would be reluctant to litter if they see a garbage can,” said Ardana. (kmb34)

Unchecked, a mother suspected to have killed her baby MANGUPURA - Having been handled by Denpasar Police, the case of a woman, TJ, alleged to have killed her baby at birth has been handed over to Badung Police. It is taken considering the crime scene is on Jalan Oberoi, North Kuta. Until now, police have not been able to check out TJ because she is still being treated at Sanglah Hospital.

“It was just handed over (by Denpasar Police—Ed). We have not been able to examine the baby’s mother,” said the Chief of Badung Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Boy Jumalolo, Sunday (Nov. 1). However, his

personnel have come to the scene. According to Boy, he did not obtain significant information at the scene. “The one who knows a lot about this case is TJ. Since she has not been examined yet, we cannot explain this case,” he said.

Previously, Friday (Oct. 30), doctors and nurses at Sanglah Hospital were surprised by the arrival of a woman with the initials TJ in a bleeding condition. Not only that, this 17-year-old woman also brought a black leather bag containing the body of her newborn. To police she confessed that she smothered the baby boy

to death.

According to Chief of Denpasar Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Reinhard, his institution received a report from the officer of Sanglah Hospital around 11:00 a.m. The hospital reported if there is a mother, TJ, taking her baby put in a black bag in dead condition. Additionally, TJ asked the doctor to deal with her son so that he can revive. From her testimony, when her son was born she directly clamped him to not move. She gave birth at her boarding house on Jalan Oberoi, Kuta, around 05:00 a.m. (kmb36)

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A Russian emergency ministry cargo plane carrying the bodies of victims of a Russian airliner, which crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, lands at Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, Russia November 2, 2015.

First bodies delivered to Russia after Egypt plane crash

ST PETERSBURG - The first bodies from a plane crash in Egypt in which all 224 passengers, most of them Russians, died over the weekend arrived in St Petersburg early on Monday morning aboard a Russian government plane.

The crashed Airbus A321 plane, operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia, was carrying holidaymakers from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg when it crashed in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday morning.

Russian officials have said the plane likely broke up in mid-air but have stressed that it is too early to draw conclusions from this. President Vladimir Putin declared Sunday a national day of mourning.

Russian news agencies reported that a first Il-76 Emergency Situations Ministry plane flew into St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport a little before 6 a.m. local time, carrying 144 bodies.

The ministry said the next plane carrying bodies would leave Cairo on Monday evening for St Petersburg. On arrival, the first bodies were loaded onto stretchers and carried into a large white lorry waiting on the runway at Pulkovo Airport.

A Reuters photographer then saw the white lorry leaving the airport, escorted by police cars. It was heading for a St Petersburg morgue, where the bodies were

to be identified. The identification process was meant to start around 11 a.m. local time.

At Pulkovo Airport on Sunday, grieving Russians piled flowers high in memory of their dead compatriots. Mourners in Moscow arranged candles to spell out 7K-9268, the number of the flight that crashed.

Russia and other former Soviet republics have poor air safety records, notably on domestic flights.

Some accidents have been blamed on the use of ageing aircraft, but industry experts point to other problems, such as poor crew training and lax government controls.

St Petersburg authorities have decided that official mourning events will last until Tuesday in Russia’s second city.

The plane was reported to brake up in mid-air, an official of a Moscow-based aviation agency said on Sunday after visiting the disaster site, but stressed it was too early to draw conclusions from this.

Russian authorities also ordered Kogalymavia airline, operator of the Airbus A321 which came down on Saturday killing all 224 people

on board, not to fly its jets of the same model until the causes of the crash are known.

The jet, which Kogalymavia flew under the brand name Metrojet, was carrying holidaymakers from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg when it crashed into a mountainous area of central Sinai shortly after losing radar contact near cruising altitude.

“The destruction happened in the air, and fragments were scattered over a large area of around 20 square kilometres,” said Viktor Sorochenko, director of the Intergovernmental Aviation Committee.

However, he warned against reading anything into this information.

“It’s too early to talk about conclusions,” he said on Russian television from Cairo.

The Moscow-based committee represents governments of the Commonwealth of Independent States, which groups Russia and other former Soviet republics.

Egyptian analysts began examining the contents of the two “black box” recorders recovered from the airliner although the process, according to a civil aviation source, could take days. However, Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov told Russia 24 television that this work had not yet started. (rtr)

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidates have agreed on a series of demands giving them greater control of debates, as the party’s frustrated 2016 class works to inject changes into the nominating process.

They are attempting to wrestle command from the Republican National Committee and media hosts.

Representatives from more than a dozen campaigns met behind closed doors for nearly two hours Sunday night in suburban Washington, a meeting that was not expected to yield many results given the competing interests of several candidates. Yet they emerged having agreed to several changes to be outlined in a letter to debate hosts in the coming days.

They include largely bypassing the RNC in coordinating with network hosts, mandatory opening and closing statements, an equal number of questions for the candidates, and pre-approval of on-screen graphics, according to candidate Ben Carson’s campaign manager Barry Bennett, who hosted the meeting.

“The amazing part for me was how friendly the meeting was,” Bennett said. “Everybody was cordial. We all agreed we need to have these meetings more regularly.”

The most recent Republican presidential debate, moderated by cable TV channel CNBC in Boulder, Colorado, on Wednesday night, drew harsh criticism from campaigns and Republican Party officials alike. Afterward, some candidates complained that the questions were not substantive enough; others wanted more air time or the chance to deliver opening and closing statements.

RNC chairman Reince Priebus decided to suspend a partnership with NBC News and its properties on a debate set for February, but that wasn’t enough to satisfy the frustrated campaigns.

“We need to mature in the way that we do these debates if they’re going to be useful to the American people,” Carson told ABC’s “This Week.”

While the campaigns agreed to the changes in principle Sunday night, the media companies that host the debates are under no obligation to adopt them. Bennett suggested that campaigns could boycott debates to get their way. “The only leverage we have is to not come,” he said.

The pushback comes despite a high-profile effort by the RNC to improve the debate process going into the 2016 election season. The party said the 2012 debate schedule promoted too much fighting among candidates, so for 2016, the RNC dramatically reduced the number of debates for this election and played a leading role in coordinating network hosts and even moderators, in some cases.

Three debates remain before the first nomination contest, the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1; the next one is scheduled for Nov. 10 in Las Vegas.

The RNC has sanctioned five debates after the caucuses.

“What it really comes down to is the candidates want to have more control of the ability to negotiate with the networks,” Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said after the meeting. (ap)

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Jeb Bush, second from left, is flanked by Mike Huckabee, left, Marco Rubio, center, Donald Trump, second from right, and Ben Carson during the CNBC Republican presidential debate at the University of Colorado, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, in Boulder, Colo.

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Renewables key in race against climate change clock

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This Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 image provided by NASA shows Saturn’s moon Enceladus, center, as the Cassini spacecraft prepared to make a close flyby of the icy moon. A portion of the planet’s ring is at right.

Saturn’s geyser-spouting moon glows in close-up pictures

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Saturn’s geyser-spouting moon Enceladus has a new portfolio, thanks to the Cassini spacecraft.

NASA released its latest close-ups of the little icy moon Friday. The preliminary unprocessed views are from Cassini’s flyby of Enceladus on Wednesday. The spacecraft zoomed right through the ocean world’s

erupting jet of water vapor and frozen particles. The U.S.European spacecraft skimmed within 30 miles (48 kilometers) of the south pole to get a good dousing.

Project scientist Linda Spilker

says the images are stunning, but the most exciting is yet to come in the form of scientific data. The geyser measurements are still coming down from the Saturn-orbiting Cassini. It will take weeks to analyze.

Scientists believe an underground ocean of liquid water is the source of the shooting jet stream. (ap)

PARIS - Any plausible game plan for capping the rise of Earth’s surface temperature depends on replacing fossil fuels with energy sources that generate little or no carbon pollution.

That means renewables, especially solar and wind, both of which face fewer constraints to growth than more established clean energy: a river can be dammed only so many times, and nuclear remains expensive and controversial.

But humanity has dithered for so long in the fight against global warming, experts say, that the window of opportunity for decarbonising the global economy fast enough to avoid devastating climate change is barely ajar.

“The cost and difficulty of mitigating greenhouse gases increases every year, time is of the essence,” Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the International Energy Agency, said in a special IEA report on energy and climate change released earlier this year.

The world’s nations -– gathering in Paris in a month to ink the first-ever universal climate pact -- have set a target of limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels.

Cross that red line, scientists say, and there will, almost literally, be hell to pay.

Science also tells us that, if we are to respect the 2 C limit, future greenhouse gas emissions cannot exceed a total “budget” of about 1,000 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Carbon-cutting pledges from nearly 150 nations, unveiled on Friday, put us on track for a 3 C world.

This is a vast improvement on doing nothing. But even this unprecedented effort would use up three quarters of that carbon budget by 2030, leaving very little margin for closing the remaining gap.

That’s where the transition from fossil fuels to renewables comes in.

“The economics have been shifting on both sides of the equation,” said Alden Meyer, a veteran climate specialist with the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington. “The least-cost global strategy is to rapidly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and switch into the clean-energy economy.”

Energy production accounts for two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions, and thus transformation of this sector is crucial, he and other experts said.

“Decarbonising energy is probably the quickest way to decarbonise the world,” Adnan Amin, director general of the International Renewable Energies Agency, told AFP. The question, however, is whether solar, wind and other clean energy options can scale up quickly enough.

According the UN climate science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), low-carbon energy must account for at least 80 percent of global electricity production by 2050 to have a better-than-even chance of staying under the 2 C threshold.

The good news is that renewables are expanding rapidly and attracting investment.

Nearly half of all new installed power generation capacity in 2014 was in renewables -- 37 percent wind, a third solar and a quarter hydro, according to the IEA. Investment in the sector totalled more than a quarter of a trillion dollars in the same year, an 8.5 percent increase over 2013.

“Capital markets have already begun to shift away from dirty technology to clean technology,” Christina Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, told journalists Friday in releasing an analysis of national emissions-reduction pledges.

Confounding predictions only a decade ago, the cost of solar and wind energy has plummeted.

“Generating electricity from renewables is cost competitive on the grid or beating most conventional sources” is some areas, said Amin. (afp)

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Balinese empowered to prevent HIV/AIDS

DENPASAR - The Bali chapter of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) and Hong Kong Red Cross seek to empower Bali’s communities to actively prevent HIV/AIDS in the region, noted local PMI spokesman Dr I Gede Wiryana Patrajaya.

“The officers of PMI and the Hong Kong Red Cross are aiming to empower the people of Bali through training in the handling and prevention of HIV/AIDS,” Patrajaya remarked in Denpasar on Monday.

He noted that besides educating the Balinese people on ways to prevent HIV/AIDS, the Red Cross officers also encouraged them to

make changes in their lifestyle by staying away from drugs and risky sexual practices involving multiple partners.

According to Patrajaya, the training program on the prevention of HIV/AIDS conducted along with the Hong Kong Red Cross is expected to continue, so as to thwart the spread of the deadly disease to others.

“Together, let us participate and support the continuation of this program to prevent the spread of the scary disease of HIV/AIDS in the island of paradise,” Patrajaya noted.

The spokesman further expressed hope that all public elements in Bali would play an active role in supporting the PMI and Hong Kong Red Cross program to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. In the meantime, Hong Kong Red Cross International Aid Services Department staff Terry C.H. Wong affirmed that the Hong

KUTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (KESDM) continues to encourage natural gas as the fuel to generate electricity in the future.

At a national gas stakeholders’ seminar held in Kuta, Bali, on Monday, Director General of Oil and Gas of KESDM Wiratmadja Puja stated that Indonesia’s huge gas potential must be able to fulfill its electricity needs.

“Around 14 percent of Indonesian people have no access to electricity. The about 40 million figure is small as compared to the country’s population reaching 250 million. That is a lot,” he pointed out.

Based on his opinion, if the government could focus on natural gas as a resource to generate electricity, it would support the realization of the 35 thousand megawatts (MW)

power plants’ project.

As part of the project to set up power plants with a total capacity of 35 thousand MW by 2019, 20 thousand MW will be generated using coal, 13 thousand MW using gas, and 3.7 thousand MW using renewable resources.

“The target is to use one thousand MMSCFD, or generate 13 thousand MW using gas as fuel. That is the allocation for the industry and also

Kong Red Cross fully supported the Indonesian Red Cross in their efforts to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS by involving the local commonalities.

“We cooperate with the PMI because, at this time, HIV/AIDS cases in Indonesia require special attention and prevention efforts, and they should be made from now on,” Wong emphasized.

He acknowledged that the Hong Kong Red Cross had worked with the PMI since 2004 in response to disasters, such as the tsunami in Aceh.

Moreover, cooperation in the HIV/AIDS prevention program has been well established since 2012 to 2015 and is expected to continue in a sustainable manner.

“We fully support the PMI in order to continue to empower the communities for the prevention of this disease, and we hope the training by the PMI officers will continue to be improved in areas of Denpasar and the districts of Badung and Buleleng where the highest number of HIV/AIDS cases have been found,” he remarked. (ant)

for power plants,” he noted.

With the utilization of natural gas, it is expected that Indonesia, regardless of day or night, will be the “same,” he explained.

“We can see Indonesia only in the daytime, but during nighttime, it is only the Java and Bali (Island) as only those two islands have electricity. It is a challenge to build (electricity) infrastructure, facilities, and a system, so that Indonesia could be

seen even during the nighttime,” Wiratmadja emphasized.

He explained that increasing the role of natural gas to constantly meet Indonesia’s electricity needs is a major challenge.

Hence, the main aspect is to change the paradigm of natural gas.

It is not only a commodity that helps to generate income for the country but can also help to boost the nation’s economy. (ant)

KESDM to utilize natural gas to generate electricity

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Indian national Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, 55, known in India as Chhota Rajan, is brought out from a holding cell at the Bali police headquarters in Denpasar on Bali island on November 2, 2015. An alleged Indian crime boss wanted in his home country for up to 20 murders has been arrested in Indonesia after two decades on the run, police said October 26. Nikalje had been evading police in several countries for years, with Interpol flagging him as a wanted man back in 1995.

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Dewantama explained that coastal areas are very sensitive areas as they mark the boundary between land and sea. That is why the coastal areas need to be organized based on proper studies.

However, what has been happening is just the opposite, so the government is forced to spend large amounts of money building revetments to offset the damage.

On the one hand, revetments can indeed reduce abrasion. However, the energy of the sea is then shifted to another place where abrasion then eats away at another beach. “Do we have to build revetments to protect all the beaches of Bali? Already, existing revetments have reaped many complaints from fishermen, who can no longer moor their boats as they are blocked by these revetments,” said this water conservation observer.

Geomorphologist from Udayana University, R. Suyarto, assesses that levee construction is often an inappropriate way to stop abrasion.

Not surprisingly, many coastal levees collapse because they are not strong enough to hold back the ocean’s powerful waves. Not to mention, the fact that many embankments are only partial revetments. As Suryarto pointed out, the concept of the “power of walls against wave force” would do better if it was modified to follow natural patterns. For example, restoring the flow of sand or even increasing the amount of sand on coastal areas would be a better way of protecting the coasts.

“Rather than using concrete, we would have better results by following nature’s patterns.

Reclamation is also good as long it follows local natural patterns. If instead patterns that only serve the individual interests are used, they are sure to be destroyed by the forces of nature,” he said.

However, increasing the amount of sand also requires serious research and certainly beach front development projects need to look and how prevent abrasion in one area will affect other areas.

“Mertasari Beach, with its wide breach, clearly shows us that sand that has been heaped on to Sanur continuously for the last few years, has naturally been flowing away form Sanur, onto Mertasari beach,” said Suyarto.

A number of other beaches actually have their own natural buffers. For example, beaches west of Denpasar have natural sand and gravel buffers that protect them from abrasion.

Another natural way to protect beaches is by restoring coastal vegetation such as tropical almonds, pandanus, coconut, cactus and mangroves according to the particular location.

If ‘pioneer’ plants are planted they other plants natural flourish too. These ‘follower’ plants grow by themselves and have shown to be effective in withstanding the brunt of ocean waves, if they are not trimmed down for aesthetic reasons.

“Most importantly, the definition of beach must also be decisive in terms of determining the distance of coastal borderlines depending on the type of beach in question. Mud, sand, cliff and rock beaches all need to have their respective distance defined,” he concluded. (kmb32)

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Tabanan has approximately 36 km of coastline all of which face varying degrees of abrasion. Around 13 km are suffering severe abrasion and require protection.

36 kilometers of Tabanan beaches threatened by abrasion

TABANAN has approximately 36 km of coastline all of which face varying degrees of abrasion. Around 13 km are suffering severe abrasion and require protection. The provincial government has disbursed funds worth IDR 4.4 billion to build a breakwater at Yeh Gangga Beach along 1 km of this beach that is suffering from abrasion.

The breakwater is expected to protect Yeh Ganga Beach from the dangers of abrasion and the construction project has been running since April 28.

Head of the Tabanan Public Works Agency, I Gusti Ngurah Anom Anthara, explained 13 of the 36 km of beach in Tabanan are in critical condition. Anom said that although Tabanan has received some assistance from the provincial government for building a revetment, it is not enough to deal with the whole problem. “Of the 13 km of coast line that are suffering severe abrasion, only about 5 kilometers have been protected with revetments,” he said.

For Yeh Gangga Beach, a five meter high revetment is

being installed. Initially, the revetment was to be built quite close to shore, but because local fishermen use this area to moor their boat and others use the area for melasti processions and for releasing turtle hatchlings, the revetment was finally placed further out to sea. “The revetment will not interfere with fishing activities nor religious ceremonies,” said Anom.

He added that the abrasion in Tabanan is eating up about half a meter of beach per year. In some areas, like at Yeh Gangga abrasion is happening at a rate of 1 to 1.5 meters a year due to damaged coral reef and global warming. Anom denied that abrasion on the beaches of Tabanan was happening due to

sand dredging. “In Tabanan we prohibit sand beach dredging,” he said. Kedungu Beach will also receive the assistance of the province for the construction of a revetment.

Selabih Beach in West Selemadeg on the border of Jembrana County has a 3 kilometre long revetment that protects it from further abrasion. Nevertheless, when the tide is high, waves flow over parts of it.

Due to ferocity of the waves, the compound walls of Selabih customary village’s pure Dalem has cracks.

Village secretary for Selabih, Dewa Nyoman Suarta, explained that if the land near the beach was not protected but he revetment, that it would already be long gone. Waves here can reach more than five meters high which is higher than the revetment and sometimes seawater reaches the southern side othe temple, damaging both the temple and the surrounding

land,” he said.

Suarta explained that his customary village has requested additional assistance from the government to increase the height of the existing revetment. “A budget of IDR 120 million has been approved but the provincial government of Bali,” he said.

Later the additional revetment will be focused on the points that are still prone to abrasion such as near the Pura Dalem and along 150 meters of the Selabih village cemetery.

Tabanan has 12 coastal regions stretching from Nyanyi Beach in Kediri to Selabih Beach in West Selemadeg.

Beaches that have had breakwaters or revetments installed are: Kelating, Tegal Mengkeb, Selabih, Pangkung Tibah Lengudu (including in the area of Kedungu Beach), Srijong and Yeh Gangga Beach. (kmb24)

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

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

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

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, 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.

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‘Burnt,’ ‘Crisis,’ add to a pileup of flops at box office

NEW YORK — Sandra Bullock’s political satire “Our Brand Is Crisis” and Bradley Cooper’s chef drama “Burnt” added to a pileup of flops at the box office, where new wide releases have gone a startling 0-for-9 in the last two weeks.

After five movies failed to draw moviegoers last week, Hollywood whiffed again over the Halloween weekend as four new movies went largely ignored in favor of trickor-treating. The “60 Minutes II” scandal drama “Truth,” with Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford, expanding nationwide, and the horror comedy “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse” added to a plague of empty theaters.

That enabled the top three films from the last several weeks — “The Martian,” ‘’Goosebumps” and “Bridge of Spies” — to remain atop the ranks, according to studio estimates Sunday. With an estimated $11 million in its fifth weekend,

Ridley Scott’s 3-D space adventure “The Martian” has hauled in $180.8 million domestically, and led the box office four times — a dominating stretch that has spelled trouble for other releases courting adult moviegoers.

The weekend was never meant to be a big one at theaters with Halloween falling on a Saturday and the latest James Bond film, “Spectre” (and follow-up to the $1.1 billion “Skyfall”) awaiting release in the coming week. Sony’s “Spectre,” which has opened in a few international markets, scored the biggest U.K. debut ever with $63.8 million over the weekend.

But the box office numbers in

North America were still especially low, especially for two of Hollywood’s top stars.

The Weinstein Co.’s “Burnt,” starring Cooper as a former top chef in Paris, took in $5 million despite playing on more than 3,000 screens. “Our Brand Is Crisis,” David Gordon Green’s true tale of political strategists in Bolivia, managed a scant $3.4 million on 2,202 screens for Warner Bros. Though made for a modest $28 million, the film’s opening marks the worst wide-release debut of a movie headlined by Bullock, even falling below the $4.7 million of “Two if

by Sea” in 1996.

Sony Pictures Classics “Truth,” which recounts CBS’ reporting on President George W. Bush’s military service, expanded to 1,120 theaters, but couldn’t even crack $1 million.

It earned just $901,000. (ap)

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This photo provided by Warner Bros. Pictures shows, Ann Dowd, from left, as Nell, Sandra Bullock as Jane and Reynaldo Pacheco as Eddie, in Warner Bros. Pictures and Participant Media’s satirical comedy “Our Brand Is Crisis,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. The movie opens in U.S. theaters on Oct. 30.

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years.”

The series, adapted from the teen novels of Suzanne Collins, tells the story of Katniss’ battle to survive in a reality TV-style life-and-death game in a post-apocalyptic future state.

In last year’s “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1” she not only battled for her life, but became the symbol of a revolution.

In the finale, she tries to lead the rebellion against the totalitarian government of District 13.

“I didn’t really feel that I said goodbye to her,” Lawrence noted of Katniss.

In the final installment, Katniss must cope with the emotional instability of her lovelorn admirer Peeta, played by Josh Hutcherson, while still enjoying the support of the other man in her life, best friend Gale (Liam Hemsworth).

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WWII bomb discovered at German airport, 7 flights cancelled

BERLIN - A World War II bomb was destroyed in a controlled explosion Monday at the main international airport in the western German city of Duesseldorf, briefly halting air traffic.

Jennifer Lawrence, rare Hollywood action heroine, in ‘Hunger Games’ farewell

LOS ANGELES - Jennifer Lawrence is bidding farewell to “The Hunger Games,” the wildly popular fantasy franchise that made her a megastar and rare Hollywood action heroine.

Lawrence is back as bow-and-arrow badass Katniss Everdeen, leading her rebels deeper into the fight against injustice in their dystopian world in “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2,” opening around the globe November 18-20. But the movie marks the final chapter in the hugely successful saga that saw Lawrence -- at 25 already an Oscar winner and the world’s highest-paid actress -- catapulted to fame.

“I think it will be pretty bizarre when the movie is finally out and... everything is officially done,” Lawrence told reporters in Los Angeles Saturday during a press preview.

“This movie has been my life for so many

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Flights at the hub, Germany’s third busiest in terms of passengers, were interrupted for an hour in the morning while the 125-kilogramme (275-pound) bomb was neutralised, the airport said in a statement.

Two departing flights and five

arrivals were axed from the schedule and 34 other flights had to be brought forward or delayed on safety grounds, an airport spokesman said.

The bomb had been discovered overnight near the main runway

during construction work. Before it was exploded, the bomb was placed in an eight-metre (26-foot) deep hole to limit any collateral damage.

“The bang of the detonation could be clearly heard near the airport,” the city said in a statement.

Authorities fear other bombs might still be hidden beneath the earth at Duesseldorf airport and

further digs are planned this month to comb the grounds for WWII-era explosives. In 2009, a 500-kilo bomb was unearthed near the site and destroyed.

Seventy years after the end of fighting, parts of Germany remain riddled with unexploded bombs from the Allied campaigns, and construction workers regularly uncover them, often leading to mass

evacuations. (afp)

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Handling abrasion, Bali needs a marine spatial planning

Lawrence said it took her a while to adapt to her new life in the spotlight amid the massive “Hunger Games” success -- and the pressure that accompanied it.

“There were a few years of getting used to it, your entire world changes,” she said.

Fans the world over have embraced the “Hunger Games” since the first film came out in 2012, with the franchise passing the billion dollar mark at the box office.

“I have a new normal now, I feel very stable and normal and happy,” Lawrence said. “But the pressure... you just can’t think about it.”

The blockbusters have gone down in history for having a female heroine leading the fight. But “it’s probably too soon to be able to look back and reflect” on the impact the films have had on the public, Lawrence said. (afp)

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Tourists strolled in Canggu Beach, Badung Regency. Abrasion issues seem to hit the beaches in Bali endlessly. The number of beaches getting eroded even tends to increase.

ABRASION is affected more and more of Bali’s beaches and more and more related issues are emerging. Clearly the government is still impotent in dealing the problem of abrasion given that it is worsening because of human activity rather than because of natural factors. “Ideally the impact of abrasion should be minimized by a marine spacial plan for Bali which has became mandated by law. A marine spatial planning could set limits on the activities that can and cannot be take place on the coast, including the determination of conservation areas and other areas in the context of marine spatial planning,” said Manager of the Conservation International for Bali Region, I Made Iwan Dewantama.

Dewantama asserted that it is extremely urgent that Bali immediately create a marine spatial plan that includes issues related to licenses for coastal area utilization. Due to the absence of a marine spatial plan, licensing for boat traffic and marine tourism is negatively impacting on coastal abrasion. “By all means, when we talk specifically about abrasion in Bali, we can say that it is mostly due to the reclamation on Serangan Island. Obviously the impact has been strongly felt. Reclamation activities and he creation of pierss and coastal breakwater needs to be clearly delineated in a marine spatial plan,” he added.

The drafting of a marine spatial plan certainly needs to be based on an academic study, so that the experts determine how revetments or breakwaters should be made so as to avoid causing more severe abrasion elsewhere. Similarly, construction activities in coastal areas and depositions into estuaries also need to be included in such a government plan.

“Precipitation in estuaries also has an impact on the ecosystem. So far, we are not seeing very good management of water.

Everywhere from watersheds to estuaries are filled with human waste and garbage and we are seeing lots of sedimentation. Obviously this affects the flow of water and causes sand and sediment on the beaches to shift resulting in abrasion,” he said.

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