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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds expecting first child

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Page 13 Southern Gianyar seems to have increasingly been filled with concrete.

It indicates the invasion of investors wishing to build various kinds of tourism facilities, ranging from hotels, villas to restaurants.

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LOS ANGELES - Blake Lively and her actor husband Ryan Reynolds are expecting their first child, the actress confirmed on Monday with a picture of her baby bump on her lifestyle website.

“Gossip Girl” actress Lively’s website, Preserve, featured a post on family, congratulating “all the expecting mothers out there,” accompanied by a photo of Lively caressing her bump.

Lively, 27, and “Van Wilder” actor

Reynolds, 37, worked together on the set of 2011’s “Green Lantern” movie.

They were married in September 2012.

This is the first child for both.

Reynolds was previously married to actress Scarlett Johansson.

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Blake Lively and her actor husband Ryan Reynolds

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Downey screens new movie at US military base Associated Press

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In this Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 photo provided by Warner Bros. Pictures, actor Robert Downey Jr., center, and Col. John M. Devillier, 88th Air Base Wing commander, pose with the other attendees before the screening of Downey’s new film, “The Judge,” at the Base Theatre at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

DAYTON — Actor Robert Downey Jr. made a surprise appearance at an Ohio Air Force base for a screening of his new movie.

Approximately 900 military personnel and friends cheered when Downey walked into the packed theater Sunday at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton. He was there to screen his new movie, “The Judge,” which doesn’t open until Friday.

The Dayton Daily News reports that Downey said he wanted to stop at the base because he’s always been drawn to all things military.

He said “it’s just a way of reminding myself that there are people out there who put their lives on the line so I can go out and make movies.”

In “The Judge,” Downey portrays a Chicago lawyer who confronts his past in his rural Indiana hometown.

Quincy Jones honoured with top French award Agence France-Presse

PARIS - American record producer and musician Quincy Jones -- the winner of a whopping 27 Grammys -- was Monday bestowed with the Order of Arts and Letters, one of France’s top cultural honours.

The 81-year-old Jones, who in 2001 received the Commander of the Legion of Honour, France’s highest civil award, paid rich tribute to the country that once again decorated him.

“It’s thanks to France that jazz is what it is today,” Jones

said after receiving the award from former culture minister Jack Lang.

“Even though I’m American, France is in my heart.”

The jazz trumpet player and producer has worked with the biggest names in showbiz from Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, Jacques Brel, Charles Aznavour, Henri Salvador, Ray Charles, Count Basie, Duke Ellington down to Michael Jackson in a six-decade-long career.

Jones, who is popularly known as “Q”, worked in Paris in the 1950s.

Tourism investment besieges South Gianyar

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Bali Post

GIANYAR - Southern Gianyar seems to have increasingly been filled with concrete. It indicates the invasion of investors wishing to build various kinds of tourism facilities, ranging from hotels, villas to restaurants. It is an unavoidable impact of the access of the Jalan Bypass Ida Bagus Mantra spreading along in the southern part of Gianyar. Local community are called upon not to be tempted to the offer of investors.

Wayan Wandra, 65, a tobacco farmer having 1,500 square meters of land on the edge of the Jalan Bypass Ida Bagus Mantra, admitted that his land was once bargained at IDR 900 million per 100 square meters. “Once day, my land was bargained at IDR 900 million, but I rejected and the land was even asked to be exchanged with land located somewhat away from the main road with the extent of three hectares.

But such an offer was also rejected,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of Gianyar Government Tourism Office, AA Bagus Ari Brahmanta, did not deny such phenomenon. He revealed the investment development in tourism sector in Southern Gianyar was strongly influenced by the access of Jalan Bypass IB Mantra. So far, the road

access facilitated the investors to expand their business in the coastal area of Gianyar. “As consequence, the development of tourism facilities within the past three years has grown rapidly, especially the construction of villas owned by domestic travelers. They target at coastal areas such as the Lebih, Rangkan, Saba and Cucukan,” he said.

To that end, he was very confident that investment in tourism facilities in the south of Jalan Bypass IB Mantra had a huge prospect. According to him, other than investment in tourist accommodation, the investment in the tourism supporting facilities such as restaurants also showed a rapid growth. With the road access connecting to the southern region of Bali, the investment in restaurants for travelers

was quite promising. “The consideration is accessibility, in addition to the strategic location. Suppose we want to go to Sanur, it is close enough, and certainly the traffic is without congestion. That’s why I have confidence it will grow more rapidly in the future,” he added.

Moreover, some coastal areas in Gianyar had been arranged, including with the establishment of jogging track along the coast and a spacious parking area. This condition was also supported by cultural and customary activities of local communities on some beaches remaining to be performed intensely and regularly. “Customary and religious activities such as melasti or other activities also affect the tourist visits,” he explained.

Nevertheless, Brahmanta reminded people not to sell their land in the region even though he knew if the price of land in the region skyrocketed each year. “Many lands have changed ownership, so that we hope the community is not easily selling their land though being lured with expensive price. If possible, it is better to apply a contract system,” he said. (kmb35)

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Productive land in Klungkung diminishes

Bali Post

SEMARAPURA - Land plotting project seems increasingly crazier in the region of Klungkung. As evidence, it can be seen at the frontier of Selat and Tegak village, Klungkung. Productive land in the form of paddy fields is transformed into a land plotting project. Heavy equipment was seen to start doing the activities by dredging fertile wetland.

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The land plotting project seem to destroy many productive land in Klungkung Regency

Even, unmitigatedly around 6,000 square meters of wetland were dredged and transformed into plotting lands. Actually the Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, already took a step-by-step measure by issuing a circular. Unfortunately, the circular was ignored because such an action remained to occur at some locations.

As field observation on Monday (Oct 6), a unit of heavy equipment was working to dredge the land. As planned, the paddy field located on the west side of Klungkung-Besakih road section would be transformed into 30 units of land plot. More hazardously, the land around the power pole amid the paddy field was seen to have been dredged.

After the dredging of some three meters deep, the power pole might collapse. One of the workers argued if the project had made coordination with the PLN in order to remove the pole.

But so far, it was not removed yet while the project was still going on.

Meanwhile, the land plotting project in productive land had also been highlighted by one of the Tegak community leaders, Putu Tika Winawan. He very much deplored the dredging of the productive paddy fields into plots whereas a circular of the regent had been issued related to the matter. “If this happens, it means that the regent takes action half-heartedly or just wants to make an imaging,” he said.

With this issue, the former Deputy Chairman of the Klungkung House hoped that the Klungkung government could take decisive action against the violation. According to the rules all this time, any land conversion should go through the approval or recommendation of the Agriculture Agency. Even, Tika said that the project violating the circular of the regent should be stopped immediately. Otherwise, the circular seemed ineffective.

“The regent should not take any discriminative action. Moreover, there are indications if the winning teams of the regent are also developers,” said Tika while rejecting to name the winning team of the regent doubling as a developer. (119)

Ujung Park area turned into sordid area

Bali Post

AMLAPURA - The rhinoceros sculpture pavilion at the Sukasada Ujung Park currently grows into a place to commit sordid act. Used condoms were found scattered around the location becoming a favorite hangout for young couples. Location in the paddy fields away from the crowds makes the place frequently visited during the day and night.

In the pavilion around the rhinoceros sculpture were found used condoms alleged to have been used for making intercourse. It was very much deplored since it was a historical place and has hosted a large maligia ceremony at the Ujung Park.

A trader selling around the rhinoceros sculpture, Anak Agung Kartini, 45, revealed that there were always visitors coming during the day and night to this place. “I sell here

from 07:00 in the morning to 10:00 at night.

Sometimes the visitors are quire crowded,” she said, Monday (Oct 6).

Spokesperson of the Karangasem Regional Secretariat, I Putu Arnawa, deplored the actions of particular individuals using the park area as a sordid place. He revealed that such a place should be appreciated as a sacred and historical place.

He very much regretted the actions of some individuals committing the improper actions at the location. “The government also deplored as the place was misused. Please respect the sacredness,” he hoped.

To get to the rhinoceros sculpture, visitors should pass through a damaged road surrounded by paddy fields. This location is frequented by young couples for making love (dating) both during the day and night. As observed on Monday (Oct 6), a number of teenagers took their partner to hang out at the location. (dwa)

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Aston Denpasar visited orphanage for Ied Al-Adha

DENPASAR - Aston Denpasar believe sharing and giving are the most important things in life. After all, as the old saying goes, man (or woman) is not an island. The time dedicated to Eid al-Adha is the perfect opportunity to spread the joy to the people around us.

On 2nd October, Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center held a Corporate Social Responsibility event with K.H. Mas Mansyur Orphanage House on the street Jl. Tukad Pule 7A in the district of Sesetan.

The hotel staff and management brought presents and donations in the form of staple foods, cleaning equipment and cheering up the children at the orphanage. The event, which opened at 4:30 pm, was attended by 20 members of staff representing each department and 22 children from the orphanage. The event started with praying together, Rebana performance, and games.

Children presented Rebana performance with three songs, the last of which was Insya Allah which was made popular by Maher Zain. The games that entertained the children were times and times, remember your friend’s name, and singing the Qur’an Surah.

They enjoyed the games and prizes.

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Calendar Event for September 28 through October 28, 2014 8 Sep Kajeng Kliwon Pamelastali/ Watu Gunung Runtuh Pura Penataran Agung Maha Gotra Tirta Harum Sri Srengga Nyalian Banjarrangkan Klungkung 30 Sep Paid-Paidan Pura Dalem Seme Jawa Marga Tabanan 1 Oct Urip 2 Oct Patetegan 3 Oct Pengeradanan

4 Oct Hari Saraswati Pura Pasek Tangkas Dalang Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Sayan Bongkasa Abian Semal Pura Watu Gunung Bima Pura Agung Jagat Karana Surabaya Pura Aditya Jaya Rawa Mangun Jakarta Timur Pura Pemekasan Banyuning Timur Buleleng Pura Agung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa Barat Pura Kawitan Bendesa Aban Baturning Mambal Abiansemal 5 Oct Banyu Pinaruh

6 Oct Soma Ribek Pura Jati Jembrana Pura Kawitan Batu Gaing Bangli Pura Tirta Wening Surabaya Pura Desa Lingga Wana Abang Karangasem

The Sukasada Ujung Park

Activities

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7 Oct Sabuh Mas

8 Oct Pagerwesi Dan Purnama Sasih Kapat Pura Labang SinduJiwa Ubud Pura Kehen Bangli Pura Wira Bhuana Magelang

Jawa Tengah Pura Padang Sakti Denpasar Timur Pura Payogan Agung Ketewel Sukawati Gianyar Pura Gaduh Dauh Puri Denpasar Pura Masceti Tampak Siring Pura Dalem Ularan Tatasan Kaja Denpasar Pura Siwa Tohjiwa Penebel Tabanan Pura Luhur Giri Slaka Alas Purwo Banyuwangi Pura Sada Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan Pura Gunung Lebah Ubud Pura Puseh Ketewel Sukawati Pura Dalem Cemara Serangan Denpasar Pura penataran Agung Bhatara Tiga Sakti Besakih Pura Meru Cakra Lombok Pura Lempuyang Madya Karangasem Pura Penerejon Kintamani Bangli Pura Pulaki Buleleng Pura Gunung Lebah Ubud Pura Thirta Negari Karangasem Pura Thirta Empul Tampak Siring Pura Penataran Agung Tegalalang Pura Luhuring Akasa Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Desa Denjalan Batuyang Batubulan Pura Puseh Werdi Agung Sulawesi Utara Pura Pasraman Suci Renon Denpasar Pura Penataran Bumi Agung TMII Jakarta Pura Luhur Waisnawa Buleleng Pura Ulun Danu Songan Batur Kintamani Pura Agung Surya Bhuana Jaya Pura Papua Pura Gumang Bugbug Karangasem Pura Taman Sari Busung Biu Busung Biu Buleleng

Pura Pasek Gelgel Pedungan Denpasar Pura Agung Pasek Tangguntiti Tabanan Pura Agung Pasek Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangkas Kediri Tabanan Pura Kerta Banyuning Barat Buleleng Pura Dalem Tenggaling Sangguan Singapadu Pura Kawitan Arya Wangbang Pinatih Peguyangan Singaraja Pura Bujangga Waisnawa Jembrana Pura Taman Bubuan Seririt Singaraja Pura Penataran Pande Dalem Batur Mengwi Pura Dalem Pingit Tegalalang Pura Ida Ratu Pande Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup Gianyar Pura Kumuda Saraswati Ubud Pura Batur Arya Sudimara Tabanan Pura Dalem Majapahit Marga Tabanan Pura Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati

13 Oct Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

18 Oct Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Sidakarya Denpasar

23 Oct Tilem Sasih Kapat

19 Oct Redite Umanis Ukir Pura Sanggah Gede Dukuh Sagening Tegal Tugu Gianyar 22 Oct Buda Cemeng Ukir Pura Pajenengan kawitan Arya Tauman Gelgel Klungkung Pura Pasar Agung Besakih Pura Pasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Legian Kuta Pura Gde Gunung Agung Munggu Badung

24 Oct Hari Bhatara Sri 28 Oct Anggara Kasih Kulantir dan Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan

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

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

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, 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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Can Hewlett-Packard survive the tablet trend?

Associated Press

Smartphones, tablets and other gadgets aren’t just changing the way we live and work. They are shaking up Silicon Valley’s balance of power and splitting up businesses.

Mobile revolution shakes up Silicon Valley

Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Smartphones, tablets and other gadgets aren’t just changing the way we live and work. They are shaking up Silicon Valley’s balance of power and splitting up businesses. Long-established companies such as Hewlett-Packard Co. and eBay Inc. are scrambling to regain their footing to better compete against mobile-savvy trendsetters like Apple and Google, as well as rising technology stars that have built businesses around “cloud computing.”

That term covers a swath of Internet-driven services that shifted technology from the days software users paid a one-time fee to buy and install programs on individual machines where they also stored all their data on hard drives. But with the advent of the “cloud,” people can now rent software to use over the Internet. This enables customers to access documents, pictures and other vital information from any kind of Internet-connected device, a convenience that’s become a necessity during the past few years as people increasingly rely on smartphones and tablets instead of laptop and desktop computers.

Business software makers such as Salesforce.com Inc., VMware Inc. and Workday Inc. built their entire business models around the cloud. All have delivered impressive revenue growth that turned their stocks into hot commodities.

Online storage services Dropbox and Box have yet to go public. But they have been minted with big valuations from venture capital-

ists who believe they will thrive amid the increased usage of mobile devices and cloud-computing services. Meanwhile, Apple Inc. and Google Inc. are prospering from the rise of mobile devices now that their competing software systems — iOS and Android — run most of the smartphones and tablets in the world. Apple now reigns as the world’s most valuable company at roughly $600 billion while Google ranks third at about $400 billion.

Google is developing another way to make money off the cloudcomputing movement: leasing some of the servers in its data centers to mobile application and Web service providers. Amazon. com Inc. has been doing the same thing for an even longer period of time, enabling providers to develop and introduce new cloud computing services without having to spend a lot of money on servers sold by the likes of HP, IBM Corp. and Oracle Corp.

The rise in mobile popularity has taken a big bite out of personal

computer sales. That’s slammed Silicon Valley pioneer HP, once the world’s biggest seller of PCs. Since Apple ignited the tablet market with the 2010 release of the iPad, the annual revenue in HP’s personal computer division has plunged by more than 20 percent.

That downturn is a key reason why HP’s market value has fallen by about $55 billion, or 40 percent, since the iPad’s release. In an effort to adapt, HP said Monday that it will split off its PC and printer operations and form a separate company tailored to business software and services for the cloud-computing age. The spin-off is something HP originally explored three years ago only to back off after CEO Meg Whitman concluded the company would be stronger if it held on to the PC division.

That conclusion reflected a long-standing belief that companies are generally better off when they have an array of products to appeal to the various needs of different customers.

SAN FRANCISCO — Personal computer sales have been in a slump for years, as customers flock to increasingly powerful smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. Now HewlettPackard, the Silicon Valley stalwart that was once the world’s biggest seller of personal computers, is splitting off its PC and printing businesses. It’s the latest shakeup in a tech industry that’s being reshaped by the mobile revolution.

IBM sold its PC business years ago. Dell took its struggles private. Can an HP spinoff focused on personal computing thrive?

“There’s a significant transformation going on in that industry, and maybe now HP can make its move,” said Forrester tech analyst Peter Burris, one of several analysts who say the iconic tech giant will need to get better at building and selling mobile gadgets if it wants the new spinoff to succeed. HP has stumbled in previous efforts to sell those devices.

HP’s split is a sign that CEO Meg Whitman sees more growth and profit opportunity in selling commercial tech products, including data-center hardware, business software and cloud services, some analysts say. That’s the business she plans to lead, as chief executive of a new company dubbed Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.

That puts more pressure on the HP Inc. spinoff, which will be led by current PC and printing executive Dion Weisler as CEO. Though it was once the world leader in both segments, HP is now No. 2 to China’s Lenovo in PC sales.

Tablets now out-sell laptop computers. And no other major U.S. tech company is focused on selling only PCs. Apple Inc.’s growth in recent years has been fueled by the phenomenal success of its iPhone and iPad devices. Dell also sells commercial computer hardware and software. Even Lenovo is purchasing IBM’s server business and taking over the Motorola smartphone division from Google Inc. PC sales aren’t going away entirely, to be sure. There are still some cases where PCs are more useful than smaller-screen devices, especially in the workplace, said Bob O’Donnell of TECHnalysis Research. The industry sold more than 310 million desktop and laptop computers last year, and one out of six were sold by Palo Alto, California-based HP. But global sales fell 10 percent in 2013 and are likely to fall another 4 percent this year, according to the IDC research firm. PC sales should level off in 2015, forecasts O’Donnell.

“They can be profitable,” he said, “but it’s a stable, flat kind of market.”

Printer ink has been a major source of profit for HP in years past.

But printing also is a stagnating business, as more people store photos and files online and view them primarily on their phones and tablets. Even so, tying the printing business to PCs should provide a stable source of revenue for HP Inc. for some years to come, said tech analyst Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights and Strategy.

HP also could expand that business to include 3D printing systems and home networks for Internet-enabled thermostats and other gadgets, since many printers today are part of a home network, he added.

Jettisoning PCs doesn’t necessarily make Hewlett-Packard Enterprise is a slam dunk. Analysts say HP has some good datacenter products, but Whitman faces challenges in upgrading its commercial software and technology services businesses.

“Does this mean a new dawn is here for Palo Alto?” asked Burris. “No, it doesn’t. It means that HP is going to have to do a lot of hard work to prove itself.”

Hewlett-Packard has posted revenue declines in 11 of the past 12 quarters and laid off tens of thousands of people in recent years as it attempts to cut costs. During its most recent quarter HP reported revenue of $27.6 billion, a 1 percent annual gain. It marked HP’s first year-over-year increase in quarterly revenue since late 2011.

Printers and PCs contributed roughly half the company’s annual revenue, with the rest coming from commercial computer systems, software and technology services.

HP first considered breaking off the PC unit three years ago, when Leo Apotheker was CEO. But the idea was controversial and Whitman rejected it after she took his place in 2011 and launched a lengthy turnaround. She said Monday that HP has now shored up its business enough to support the split. The company believes the two new units will be worth more separately and be able to grow more quickly apart than they can together.

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First in Indonesia

Pejaten builds a ceramics museum

Bali Post

TABANAN - After specified as a tourism village in Tabanan County, the Pejaten village being famous for central producer of pottery and ceramics starts to show its potential so that it can draw travelers to come.

The potential as ceramic producer does not only lie in the production of ceramics for household needs, but also in the art of ceramics making as it can also become an attraction of its own.

To display the ceramic products by the artists of Pejaten village and the entire archipelago, the village located in Kediri subdistrict has established a ceramics museum.

It will become the first ceramics museum and the only one in Indonesia.

The museum operator, Putu Oka Mahendra, explained the museum building had currently been established and his party just needed to organize the items. In the near future, he said the museum was ready to be operated. Establishment of the ceramics museum was expected to attract travelers to come to Pejaten village.

In the operation, other than displaying the ceramic works of art, the museum would also provide the opportunity for ceramic artists at Pejaten village to sell their products. Thus, in addition to enjoying

the ceramic artworks of the masters of the homeland and the ancient ceramics, travelers could also buy typical ceramics of Pejaten. Oka added that the ceramics on display would consist of those of decades old and very old-fashioned.

Other than displaying ceramics, his party also designed two-hour and three-hour package to attract the number of travelers. In these packages, all the participants could get directly involved in the making of ceramics from the production, decoration to burning.

“For the three-hour package is added with excursion to people’s home to see the making of pottery,” he said.

In the management of Pejaten as a tourism village, his party had also tried to establish cooperation with travel agencies to promote the tourist destination at Pejaten village. “If Gianyar has a famous tourist area with silver craft, we want Pejaten to become a famous tourist destination in Tabanan with its pottery craft,” expected Oka. To support Pejaten as tourism village, Oka hoped the government could make infrastructure improvement at Pejaten, including the improvement of roads and provision of sidewalk. “The sidewalks will provide security for visitors walking around at Pejaten village,” pleased Oka. (kmb24)

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People buying fruits at supermarket on Bali Island. The increase in Bali’s economic growth expecting to reduce the gap evidently enlarges the gap or inequality on the Island of the Gods. The existing growth is only enjoyed by a small group of community, namely the capital owners.

Bali’s economic growth not inclusive yet

Bali Post

DENPASAR - The increase in Bali’s economic growth expecting to reduce the gap evidently enlarges the gap or inequality on the Island of the Gods. The existing growth is only enjoyed by a small group of community, namely the capital owners. Meanwhile, the largest group of people is only enjoying the added value in the form of wages whose number is only in a small portion.

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After specified as a tourism village in Tabanan County, the Pejaten village being famous for central producer of pottery and ceramics starts to show its potential so that it can draw travelers to come.

The Head of Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali, Panusunan Siregar, said that such condition indicated the economic growth had not been inclusive. Inclusive development posed a quality development taking into account the growth (pro-growth), employment (pro-job), poverty alleviation (propoor) and concern with the environment (pro-environment).

“In other words, the expected growth is not only able to create new economic opportunities or to increase the real income per capita, but also to ensure equal access to new economic opportunities. But so far, it has been unable to play its role well,” said Panusunan Siregar in Denpasar.

Poverty alleviation indeed required high economic growth.

However, the economic growth was only a necessary condition and not a

sufficient condition. High economic growth did not guarantee that every resident would receive the same benefits.

“Even, the high economic growth can increase the number of poor people when the growth resulted in income inequality in the society as experienced by Bali within the past 5 years,” he explained.

To that end, he said the economic potential needing to get the attention was the economic activity based in rural areas because most of Bali’s population lived in rural areas. “Such activities are very viscous to be played by the agricultural sector and the MSEs (micro and small enterprises),” he said.

Based on the results of study, boosting the growth and enlarging the contribution of the agricultural sector in the GDP formation as

well as increasing the Agricultural Labor Productivity would be able to reduce significantly the number of poor and inequality.

“On that account, the economic development strategy of Bali must be oriented in the empowerment of the agricultural sector. The growth of agricultural sector at higher than 3 percent will be very significant in reducing the number of poor people,” he said.

As reported by the BPS Bali, the number of poor people from time to time began to decrease from 6.17 percent in 2008 to 3.95 percent in March 2013. However, in March 2014, the poverty rate of Bali increased to 4.53 percent or an increase of 0.58 percent.

Such condition was the result of great inflationary pressure after the fuel price hike in July 2013. (kmb27)

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Three points of road body still used as parking space

Overlooked opponent faces uphill battle in Brazil Associated Press

Bali Post

GIANYAR - Dozens of vehicles and motorcycles still lined up by taking advantage of the road body as parking space in Ubud area. Similar condition could be found around the Jalan Hanuman, Jalan Wenara Wana and Jalan Dewi Sita. As a result, such condition often led to congestion. Meanwhile, the government promising the parking space has not been perceived yet.

A road monitoring was made in Ubud area, Monday (Oct 6). Dozens of vehicles and motorcycles still used the road body as their parking space. Even, the row of vehicles ran along the Jalan Hanuman southwards, Jalan Wenara Wana northwards and Jalan Dewi Sita from the east to the west. The situation frequently triggered traffic congestion at 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m., while the peak occurred at 3:00 p.m.

In addition, the lack for awareness of road users often breaking through the lines highly contributed to the congestion in Ubud. Similarly, non-disciplined drivers often dropped off passengers in any place, especially in front of the market and the palace.

The condition happened due to many

employers of restaurants, kiosks and stalls along the main roads in Ubud did not have a parking space for their visitors and employees. As a result, local government then provided some of the road bodies as the parking space that could take place for eight hours.

The Head of Gianyar Transportation, Informatics and Communication Agency, Cok Gde Agusnawa, said the use of road body as parking space had been agreed.

However, if it remained to trigger congestion, his party had already prepared parking space. “It has been agreed that the road body is utilized as parking space. In the future, we have prepared a central parking space, but still under construction. So, please be patient,” he said. (kmb35)

Aftermath of portal destruction

Residents intercepted vehicles coming down to beach Bali Post

NEGARA - Exasperation of the Cita Nirmala Sari hamlet residents, Yehembang village, against the sea sand theft action seemed to culminate following the demolition of the portal on the road to the beach by an unknown person. On Sunday night (Oct 5), two people coming down to the beach by a pick-up and small truck alleged to take sea sand were raided by surrounding residents. The men known to local residents with initial W and M were secured and interrogated by residents. As information gathered on Monday (Oct 6), the residents originally knew two trucks crossed on the beach without turning on their lamp. Dozens of residents having gathered around the beach then raided and intercepted the two trucks.

Being angry with the sea sand dredging, the residents surrounded the two men. Actually the residents wanted to prosecute them in appropriate with the agreed bylaw. However, since there was no sea sand in the two trucks as the evidence, a tension once came up with the two men under siege. The two arrested men denied if they were accused of looking for sea sand. They claimed to only net fish. Local residents did not believe

and got tempered because they did not find any net or other fishing gear.

To prevent the case from escalating, the official of local hamlet finally contacted to Mendoyo Police. Few moments later, some police officers came to mediate. Since there was no sea sand transported, both men were finally released, while other residents dismissed themselves.

Headman of Yehembang, I Made Semadi, confirmed the incident.

His residents intercepted to check whether the truck coming down to the beach conveyed sea sand or not. Since they did not convey any sea sand, they were finally released.

He suggested his residents if there were any violations against the law it should be reported to police station. Meanwhile, Chief of Mendoyo Police, Wayan Sinaryasa, told reporters that his party had received the report of Pasar hamlet chief regarding the allegation of sea sand theft on Yehembang Beach and the suspects were secured by residents.

Subdistrict police had deployed its village police personnel to mediate the problem. According to him, the problem was already mediated and the two men were not proved to have taken sea sand. (kmb26)

Many cars and motorcycle still use the road to park in Ubud, Gianyar

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Worth of billions, chairman and treasurer of cooperatives on trial Bali Post

MANGUPURA - Two defendants in the allegation of corruption case related to the Badung government grants, I Wayan Budiasa, 50, chairman of the Jagadhita Cooperative and I Wayan Mendi, 51, the treasurer, started to be on trial in the Denpasar Corruption Court, Monday (Oct 6).

Public prosecutor I Putu Suparta Jaya with Hari Soetopo before the judges led by Cening Budiana explained that in this case the state had been harmed as much as IDR 1,650,060,020 pursuant to the auditory report of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) of Bali Representative.

In the indictment, the defendants described as the management of the Jagadhita Cooperative of Badung based on Jalan Raya Sempidi had been declared to go up against the law, acted to enrich himself or another person or a corporation that might be detrimental to the state finance or the economy.

The mode performed, said the prosecutor, the Jagadhita Cooperative was appointed by the Badung government to deliver revolving loan to qualified cooperatives or those passing the selection in Badung.

The Badung government real-

ized the loan gradually, namely in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010. In 2005, through the Head of Cooperative and SME Agency was disbursed as much as IDR 2,977,500,000 allocated for 30 primary cooperatives. In 2006, the disbursement amounted to IDR 3,000,000,000 for 30 different cooperatives; in 2009 the disbursement amounted to IDR 1.5 billion for 15 primary cooperatives; and in 2010 the disbursement amounted to IDR 1 billion for 10 different cooperatives.

The cooperatives receiving the loan were required to return the installments and interest of the loan. The defendant Budiasa assisted by Wayan Mendi, as management of the Jagadhita Cooperative, did not make a special account for the saving account of the Jagadhita Cooperative to accommodate the revolving fund. However, the defendant put the repayment of the installment and the interest of the revolving fund for the period of 2005-2010 into single account of the saving and loan account owned by the Jagadhita Cooperatives in the BPD. With his authority, the defendant also used some of the funds without re-distributing it and did not report the received installment fund or the interests. “Even, some amount

was lent personally and received by Kencana Cooperative without going through the procedures,” affirmed the prosecutor.

In terms of financial management, the borrowing of some amount of the money, repayment of principal installment and loan interest were not returned by the defendant. In the indictment was mentioned, in addition to enriching himself, enriching the Kencana Cooperative, or others, he had caused some losses to the state worth IDR 1,650,060,020 pursuant to auditory report of the Supreme Audit Agency of Bali Representative dated August 4, 2014. Due to his conduct, the defendant was charged with primary indictment, where the defendant was punished with a crime as set forth in article 2 in conjunction with article 18 of the Law No.31/1999 on the eradication of corruption, as amended and supplemented by the Law No. 20/2001 on the amendment of the Law No.31/1999 on corruption, in conjunction with Article 64 of the Criminal Code. He was also charged under Article 3 of the same Law as the subsidiary indictment. In this case, the defendant had been detained since September 16, 2014. (kmb37)

SAO PAULO — Aecio Neves turned Brazil’s politics on its head with his surprise showing in the first round of presidential voting but his toughest task lies ahead — defeating incumbent Dilma Rousseff and her juggernaut Workers’ Party which has governed for 12 years.

The business-friendly candidate who only surged in the final week of the campaign came within 8 percentage points of Rousseff in Sunday’s election and has momentum and a strong center-right party on his side. The challenge for Neves, who was born into affluence and political power, will be to connect with the millions of poor Brazilians who have directly benefited from Rousseff’s policies.

“He needs a more popular dialogue to build a bridge to those voters,” said Mauricio Moura, a Brazilian pollster and professor of political strategy at George Washington University. The 54-year-old economist has three weeks to do it.

Neves defied expectations in Sunday’s first-round vote, finishing second with 34 percent to Rousseff’s 42 percent. Socialist Party candidate Marina Silva, who at one point led Rousseff in polling, finished third at 21 percent and will not advance to the Oct. 26 runoff.

Voters now have a clear choice: Re-elect the left-leaning Rousseff and endorse her protectionist trade stance or move to the right with Neves, who has promised to cut government spending, open infrastructure to the private sector

and pursue direct trade deals with Europe and the United States.

They are positions certain to be attacked by Rousseff now that Silva is out of the race.

Silva, a popular former environment minister, drew huge support after she was named to replace Eduardo Campos, her party’s initial candidate who died in a plane crash in August. But her appeal waned after Rousseff launched an aggressive campaign to discredit her, including negative ads that portrayed Silva’s plans to loosen control of the business sector as a threat to the social gains made since the Workers’ Party came to power in 2002.

“Aecio hasn’t been under much scrutiny in the past month given Marina’s surge. But now he is going to be the center of attention for the PT’s (Worker’s Party) machinery,” said Joao Augusto de Castro Neves, Latin America director for the Eurasia Group consulting firm.

Rousseff was quick to take on her new target. In her postelection speech Sunday, she said a Neves victory would bring back the “ghosts of the past,” referring to the high rates of inflation and unemployment that dominated the administrations of Neves’ Social Democracy Party in the 1990s. Neves struck back Monday, saying Brazilians are, on the contrary, care more about the stagnant economy and corruption cases that now dog the ruling party.

“In reality, Brazilians are very worried about the monsters of the present of high inflation, recession and corruption,” he said at a press conference.

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Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, who is running for re-election with the Workers Party (PT), right, gives a thumbs up as she poses for photos with Tarso Genro, governor of Rio Grande do Sul, also running for re-election with PT, after voting in general elections in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014.

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Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, who is running for re-election with the Workers Party (PT), right, gives a thumbs up as she poses for photos with Tarso Genro, governor of Rio Grande do Sul, also running for re-election with PT, after voting in general elections in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014.

Overlooked opponent faces uphill battle in Brazil

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SAO PAULO — Aecio Neves turned Brazil’s politics on its head with his surprise showing in the first round of presidential voting but his toughest task lies ahead — defeating incumbent Dilma Rousseff and her juggernaut Workers’ Party which has governed for 12 years.

The business-friendly candidate who only surged in the final week of the campaign came within 8 percentage points of Rousseff in Sunday’s election and has momentum and a strong center-right party on his side. The challenge for Neves, who was born into affluence and political power, will be to connect with the millions of poor Brazilians who have directly benefited from Rousseff’s policies.

“He needs a more popular dialogue to build a bridge to those voters,” said Mauricio Moura, a Brazilian pollster and professor of political strategy at George Washington University. The 54year-old economist has three weeks to do it.

Neves defied expectations in Sunday’s first-round vote, finishing second with 34 percent to Rousseff’s 42 percent. Socialist Party candidate Marina Silva, who at one point led Rousseff in polling, finished third at 21 percent

and will not advance to the Oct. 26 runoff.

Voters now have a clear choice: Re-elect the left-leaning Rousseff and endorse her protectionist trade stance or move to the right with Neves, who has promised to cut government spending, open infrastructure to the private sector and pursue direct trade deals with Europe and the United States.

They are positions certain to be attacked by Rousseff now that Silva is out of the race.

Silva, a popular former environment minister, drew huge support after she was named to replace Eduardo Campos, her party’s initial candidate who died in a plane crash in August. But her appeal waned after Rousseff launched an aggressive campaign to discredit her, including negative ads that portrayed Silva’s plans to loosen control of the business sector as a threat to the social gains made since the Workers’ Party came to power in 2002.

“Aecio hasn’t been under much scrutiny in the past month given Marina’s surge. But now he is going to be the center of attention for the PT’s (Worker’s Party) machinery,” said Joao Augusto de Castro Neves, Latin America director for the Eurasia Group consulting firm.

Rousseff was quick to take on her new target. In her postelection speech Sunday, she said a Neves victory would bring back the “ghosts of the past,” referring to the high rates of inflation and unemployment that dominated the administrations of Neves’ Social Democracy Party in the 1990s.

Neves struck back Monday, saying Brazilians are, on the contrary, care more about the stagnant economy and corruption cases that now dog the ruling party.

“In reality, Brazilians are very worried about the monsters of the present of high inflation, recession and corruption,” he said at a press conference.

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BUSINESS Samsung flags 60 percent plunge in Q3 operating profit Agence France-Presse

Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda

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BoJ strikes less-optimistic tone on economy Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - The Bank of Japan on Tuesday struck a less optimistic tone on its view of the world’s number three economy, but held off launching fresh monetary easing measures after a two-day meeting.

The central bank, which has been upbeat on Japan’s prospects, flagged housing and industrial production as weak spots in a statement outlining its unanimous decision.

It added that an uptick in business sentiment has “paused” on the back of an April sales tax hike that led to a sharp contraction in second-quarter gross domestic product.

“Japan’s economy has continued to recover moderately as a trend,” the BoJ statement said, but it noted “some weakness, particularly on the production side” as demand dived after the introduction of April’s sales tax hike.

The BoJ said it was still on track to hit a 2.0 percent inflation target, seen as key to reversing years of falling prices and tepid growth.

Investors will now turn their focus to governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s post-meeting comments as speculation increases that the BoJ will be forced to act as the

economy continues to struggle.

“Policymakers are slowly but surely acknowledging the recent sluggishness of the economy,” said Marcel Thieliant from Capital Economics.

“The Bank’s more cautious stance will certainly trigger speculation that additional easing may already be announced at the upcoming meeting at the end of this month.”

The dollar-yen rate slid to 108.61 after the announcement, from above the 109 level earlier Tuesday, while the euro fell to 137.14 yen against 137.64 yen earlier in the day.

Kuroda’s upbeat take on Japan’s economy has appeared increasingly at odds with the official data, as Japan’s economy suffered in the April-June quarter its deepest contraction since the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster.

Japan’s top central banker has given little indication he will soon increase the BoJ’s assetpurchasing stimulus -- similar to

the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing -- saying the impact of the sales tax hike has not been as bad as expected.

The tax rise was seen as crucial to addressing a mammoth public debt but economists warned it could derail a budding recovery in an economy beset by years of deflation.

The 1.8 percent dip in gross domestic product -- or a 7.1 percent contraction at an annualised rate -- gave the clearest picture yet of the tax hike’s impact, and threw into question Tokyo’s plans for another rise next year.

Millions of shoppers made a last-minute dash to stores before prices went up on April 1, which was followed by a slump in spending.

Despite its generally positive take on the economy, the BoJ has lowered its growth forecast for the current fiscal year to March to 1.0 percent, well down from a 1.5 percent prediction in late 2013.

SEOUL - Samsung Electronics on Tuesday flagged a near 60 percent onyear plunge in its third quarter operating profit, as its key smartphone sector continued to struggle in the face of increased competition.

Operating profit for the July-September period was estimated at 4.1 trillion won ($3.8 billion), down 59.6 percent from the third quarter last year, the company said.

Sales were estimated at 47 trillion won, down 20.4 percent from 2013.

While smartphone shipments increased slightly, “operating margin declined due to increased marketing expenditures and a lowered average selling price, driven by reduced proportional shipments of high-end models coupled with price decreases for older smartphone models”, the South Korean electronics giant said in an explanatory note.

The company warned that uncertainty in the mobile sector would carry through into the fourth quarter, although it promised a new line-up of top-end smartphones featuring “new materials and innovative designs”.

In July, Samsung had reported a 20 percent drop in net profit for the second quarter, and its shares are sitting at a two-year low.

The mobile market, which has been the key driver of Samsung profits in recent years, has become increasingly saturated, while competition has intensified from cheaper Chinese handset makers such as Huawei and Lenovo.

The world’s largest smartphone maker has a diverse product line ranging from memory chips to home appliances, but more than half of its profits are generated by mobile devices.

The explanatory note said shipments and profits in the company’s display panel business had also fallen in the third quarter due to weaker demand in the mobile sector.

It did not provide a breakdown of profit estimates by businesses.

Samsung’s smartphone profits have been hit at both ends of the spectrum.

Its previously all-conquering flagship Galaxy S series has come under renewed pressure with the release of the popular iPhone 6 from arch-rival Apple, which has also challenged Samsung’s dominance of the oversized smartphone market with the introduction of the largerscreen iPhone 6 Plus.

In the low- to mid-range smartphone segment, the challenge has come from Chinese handset makers who have begun to make substantial inroads into Samsung’s market share.

According to International Data Corp., a record-high 295.3 million smartphones were shipped worldwide in the second quarter.

Samsung remained the world’s top vendor, moving 74 million handsets, but saw its overall market share slip seven percentage points to 25.2 percent, while China’s Huawei nearly doubled its shipments from the same quarter a year ago.

Samsung said Tuesday it would bring out a new series of mid- to low-end smartphones in the fourth quarter “with strong competitive positioning on both hardware specifications and price”.

Last month, Samsung brought forward the launch of its oversized Galaxy Note 4 smartphone and got it into Chinese and South Korean stores ahead of its sale in 140 other countries. It was the first time a flagship Samsung product had gone on sale in China ahead of other markets.

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A man uses his mobile phone in front of a giant advertisement promoting Samsung Electronics’ new Galaxy S5 smartphone, at an art hall in central Seoul, in this April 15, 2014 file picture.

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KPK interrogates companies’ directors over Hambalang case

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators questioned the directors of several companies here on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in the corruption case related to the Hambalang sports complex project.

“They are questioned as witnesses for the suspect, Machfud Suroso,” the anti-graft body’s spokesman, Priharsa Nugraha stated.

The directors who were grilled by the KPK included Eko Novianto of PT Multi Dwikarya Cipta, Suhandoyo of PT Rembang Jaya Utama, Endang Sudaryanti of PT Sentosa Jaya Makmur, Erwin Soentoro of PT Trisindo Pama, Heru Santoso of PT Prima Karya Gumilang, Sofian Tahar of PT Harapan Sumber Rejeki, Susiliya Supana of PT Indo Prima Bajaraksa, and Zulkifli of PT Global Pasific Pratama.

The witnesses were ques-

tioned in connection with the role played by fictitious companies in the bidding of the Hambalang sports complex project, he revealed.

Machfud Suroso, the director of PT Dutasari Citra Laras, had been named suspect in November 2013. He has been accused of embezzling funds worth Rp28.8 billion while his company received a payment of Rp170.39 billion for the Hambalang sports complex project.

The KPK has also dragged the former chairman of the Democratic Party Anas Urbaningrum to court for his involvement in this case.

PDIP politician asks Prabowo to congratulate Jokowi Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) politician Effendy Simbolon has urged presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto to congratulate Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, on winning the July presidential election.

After an impromptu meeting with numerous politicians from the Red-and-White Coalition at Mulia Hotel on Monday night, he noted that it was advisable for Prabowo to congratulate Jokowi to show that there was no hostility between them.

“When I met Prabowo a while ago, he put his arm around me and said there was no hostility among us. But in my opinion, it is better for him to congratulate Jokowi on being elected as president,” Effendi remarked.

Effendi revealed that he had met Prabowo and the other politicians of the Red-and-White coalition when he was attending a wedding reception at the same hotel on Monday evening.

Prabowo has yet to publicly

congratulate Jokowi or concede defeat, although the PDIP has congratulated him on being elected general chairman of the Gerindra Party in September to replace Suhardi, who passed away on August 28, 2014.

“As secretary general of the PDIP, I congratulate Pak (Mr) Prabowo, who was elected general chairman of Gerindra because he is our partner,” PDIP secretary general Tjahjo Kumolo remarked on the sidelines of the party’s national working meeting here on September 21, 2014.

Tjahjo further emphasized that the relations between the PDIP and Gerindra were sound, and there has been no problem.

Both the parties had even cooperated in supporting the presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2009 polls.

“Pak (Mr) Prabowo with his Gerindra Party is our partner as well as part of the larger PDIP family. So, let us build this nation in the spirit of togetherness and mutual support,” Tjahjo added.

People proud of TNI’s successful reforms: Yudhoyono Antara

SURABAYA - The people admire the Indonesian Military (TNI) and are proud of its success in carrying out internal reforms during the reformation era, stated President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

“We have accomplished the TNI’s reforms,” he noted in his speech at the commemoration of the 69th anniversary of TNI in the East Java city of Surabaya on Tuesday.

The TNI has made significant progress, including strengthening its position, increasing its size, inducting modern weaponry, and improving its professional capabilities, remarked the head of state. As a result of its internal reforms, the TNI has regained its dignity and functions as the guardian of the country’s sovereignty and national integrity, he emphasized.

“All these achievements must be maintained,” President Yudhoyono stated, adding that attending the commemoration ceremony of TNI’s anniversary in Surabaya was special to him before ending his presidential term on October 20, 2014.

President Yudhoyono emphasized that the TNI personnel were expected to maintain their professionalism, foster togetherness and unity with the people and always be prepared to be deployed anywhere for upholding the nation’s respect and dignity.

The head of state extended his gratitude to all the soldiers for

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The people admire the Indonesian Military (TNI) and are proud of its success in carrying out internal reforms during the reformation era, stated President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the commemoration of the 69th anniversary of TNI in the East Java city of Surabaya on Tuesday.

securing Indonesia’s border areas and outer islands and taking part in the UN peacekeeping missions.

“As the supreme commander, I seek your apology if my policies have not yet been able to satisfy all the soldiers,” he affirmed. On Monday, President Yudhoyono had also called on the TNI to continue giving its best for the country, stating that it had always cared for the country’s welfare.

“Keep up your spirits and resolve to fight and serve the unitary state of Indonesia,” Yudhoyono remarked during

a meeting attended by 23.6 thousand TNI members at the Eastern Fleet Command headquarters in Surabaya.

An exhibition showcasing TNI’s weaponry, which included more than 200 aircraft and several sophisticated warships, was organized to commemorate TNI’s 69th anniversary.

The TNI’s 69th anniversary officially falls on October 5, but the celebrations were postponed to October 7 due to the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha, which fell on the same day this year.

Police arrest four alleged terrorists Antara

PALU - The police arrested four alleged terrorists in Palu City of Central Sulawesi on Sunday (Oct. 5) who are believed to be related to the Santoso-led armed group in Poso District.

Central Sulawesi Regional Police spokesman Senior Adjunct Commissioner Utoro Saputro reported here on Monday that the four suspects, identified by the initials Sr, Fr, Pd, and An, were arrested in separate locations.

The person with the initials “Sr” hailed from Sunju Village located

in the border of Palu City and Sigi District, while Fr belonged to Jalan Suprapto of Palu City.

Moreover, the terror suspect “An” worked as a technician in a vehicle service center in Jalan Kelor of Palu City. He allegedly disassembled and sold stolen motorcycles to raise funds for their activities.

The police revealed that Pd, who lived in Tinggede Village of Sigi District, is a student of one of the private colleges in Palu City.

Utoro stated that all the four were stalked by police officers as they were conducting suspicious activities.

He remarked that the four alleged terrorists are being detained in the Central Sulawesi Regional Police Headquarter for interrogation.

Utoro noted that the four suspects have played a role in fund-raising activities and have helped alleged terrorists in Poso District.

The police arrested the persons after investigating seven alleged terrorist members in Palu City who were arrested several weeks ago while travelling to Poso District.

Utoro added that the police are still pursuing the armed group and its terror network in Central Sulawesi.

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Nurse in Spain gets Ebola, raising global concern

Associated Press

MADRID — In a case underscoring the perils of caring for Ebola patients, a nurse in Spain who cared for an Ebola patient has come down with the disease — the first known transmission outside West Africa during the current epidemic.

Her husband and a second nurse who treated the patient are now in quarantine, Spanish officials said Tuesday. A man who arrived on a flight from Nigeria has also been quarantined, they said.

Public Health Director Mercedes Vinuesa told Parliament that authorities were making a list of other people who may have had contact with the nurse, who has not been publicly identified. The couple has no children.

The Health Ministry’s chief coordinator for health alerts and emergencies, Fernando Simon, told Cadena SER radio that the nurse was in stable condition and her life not in any immediate danger.

Health officials said she had no symptoms besides the fever.

News reports said she was 44.

Simon said her husband was “OK and relatively calm.” There was a low risk that some people in contact with the nurse could develop Ebola,

Simon said, but he insisted this did not represent a public health threat. He disputed critics who said authorities were slow to react to the case.

The nurse, was hospitalized on Sunday, had helped treat Manuel Garcia Viejo, a Spanish priest returned from Sierra Leone who died Sept. 25 in another Madrid hospital designated for treating Ebola patients. She had changed a diaper for the patient and collected material from his room following his death.

She then went on vacation.

Vinuesa said Spain had several therapies available and began applying them Monday, but gave no further details.

She had also assisted treating 75-year-old Spanish priest Miguel Pajares, also flown back to Spain from Liberia. He died after being treated with the experimental Ebola medicine ZMapp.

Garcia Viejo, who was in charge of the San Juan del Dios hospital in Lunsar, Sierra Leone, was not given the treatment because worldwide supplies ran out.

The virus that causes Ebola spreads only through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person showing symptoms. WHO estimates the latest Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,400 people.

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Pro-democracy protesters gather on the streets near the government headquarters where banners and lampposts are decorated with slogans like this which says “Keep it up Hong Kong!”, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong protests thin as two sides agree to talk

Associated Press

HONG KONG — Crowds of protesters who filled Hong Kong’s streets with demands for a greater say in choosing the territory’s leader thinned dramatically Tuesday after student leaders and the government agreed to hold talks in the increasingly frustrated city. Just a couple days after tens of thousands of demonstrators thronged the city’s streets, only a few hundred protesters were scattered across the city’s three main protest areas.

On some stretches of the blockaded six-lane highway that cuts through the heart of Hong Kong’s business district, just a few dozen students remained, once again snarling traffic and slowing commuters. One young protester sleepily brushed his teeth as rush hour began, and nearby a sleeping demonstrator leaned back in a nylon chair, his mouth open and his eyeglasses askew.

Despite the dwindling numbers of activists on the streets, protest leaders insisted the movement was far from defeated, and vowed to walk away from negotiations if the police used force to clear away the remaining demonstrators. Michael Leung, 14, who was in his school uniform and doing his homework on the concrete, said it was important to have people at the sites at all times. It was the third night he had come to the protest zone after

school.

“You see now the number of people is decreasing because there has been no big action from the government and the police,” he said.

“But I think if the government or police want to clear this area, then the people will come out again.” At the government headquarters, which had its entrance blocked by protesters for a week, about half a dozen students still manned barricades.

Eight policemen stood nearby, chatting among themselves.

Late Monday, Lau Kong-wah, the territory’s undersecretary of constitutional affairs, said the government and students had agreed on terms for talks, saying the two sides would enter discussions on an equal footing. Lester Shum, a leader of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, confirmed the agreement, but said they had not discussed or reached a consensus on the agenda.

A date for the meeting had not been set.

The questions now are how long the demonstrators are willing to continue their protests — and how long until the government removes them. “We are safe (from a crackdown) for the moment,” said Joseph Cheng, a specialist in Chinese politics at the City University of Hong Kong who has deep ties to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement.

“Now that there are negotiations going on — or at least negotiations to discuss negotiations — we expect that the police will not clear the protesters for a few days.”

But with the authorities unlikely to agree to the protesters’ immediate demands, including the resignation of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, any talks could quickly collapse. “The real test is what happens when the negotiations break down,” said Cheng.

Carlos the Jackal to face trial for 1974 attack

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Hospital staff walk out past police guarding the entrance to protest outside the Carlos III hospital in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014 where a Spanish nurse who is believed to have contracted the ebola virus from a 69-year-old Spanish priest is being treated after testing positive for the virus.

PARIS — Carlos the Jackal, the Venezuelan who became a symbol of Cold War terrorism, is facing a new trial. A French court has ordered Carlos, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, to stand trial over a 1974 grenade attack

on Paris’ Left Bank that killed two people and injured more than 30.

He is serving two life sentences for other deadly attacks in the 1970s and 1980s.

An association of victims’ families released the indictment Tuesday. The families have fought for years to see Ramirez tried for the

1974 attack.

Authorities have linked Ramirez to bombings, hijackings and other attacks. He joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and was affiliated with extreme-left European terror groups.

He was seized by French agents in 1994.

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

Along with the development and change of status as well as a broad region, the botanical garden perched on the altitude of 1,250-1,450 meters above sea level is now becoming an ex-situ conservation area for plants of tropical mountains of eastern Indonesia. Originally, the Botanical Garden only spread across 50 hectares, but today it has been expanded to 157.5 hectares. It has several collections of plants grouped based on their kinship.

In addition to their collection, the types of plant are also pursued for research and development. Some of the existing collections include the orchids, cactus, fern, bamboo, moss collection, begonia, ritual plant, medicinal plants, aquatic plants and palm.

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Murray not entertaining thoughts of ATP World Tour Finals qualification Reuters

Andy Murray does not want to become too fixated with his chances of securing a place in next month’s ATP World Tour Finals in London despite ending his 15-month title drought recently.

The Briton was in danger of missing out on playing in front of his home fans as he slipped out of the top 10 in the Race to London after failing to reach a final for more than a year following his triumph at Wimbledon in July 2013.

But after winning the Shenzhen Open and reaching the semi-finals of the China Open over the last few weeks, the 27-year-old Scot is once again in contention for London after climbing to ninth in the Race. Only the top eight players in the Race will play in London but Murray said continuing his return to form remains a priority rather than securing a place at the seasonending event.

“My schedule was going to be dictated more how I felt and what I wanted from the end of the year rather than just trying to play to get into the Tour Finals, because I don’t think that’s necessarily the right way to go about it,” Murray said as he prepared to face Georgia’s Teymuraz Gabashvili at the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday.

“But the reason I came here to China was to try to get some momentum, try to win some more

matches, get into the latter stages, play against the best players, and get used to playing at that level consistently again between now and the end of the year.

“But if I play well, I’ll give myself a chance at getting to the O2 (the World Tour Finals venue).

When I step on the court, that really shouldn’t be something I’m thinking about.” Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have already secured their place in London.

With five spots still up for grabs, Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka is well placed to join them. Kei Nishikori and U.S. Open winner Marin Cilic sit fifth and sixth respectively, though the Croatian suffered a setback when he lost in the first round in Shanghai.

Tomas Berdych and Milos Raonic, who is 175 points ahead of Murray in the standings, occupy the two final qualification places.

David Ferrer and Grigor Dimitrov, behind Murray in the standings, are also still in the running.

Victory at the Shanghai Masters is worth 1000 points towards the ATP’s Race To London standings.

REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic

Andy Murray of Britain reacts after missing a shot during the men’s singles semi-final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing October 4, 2014.

Bidding reopened for Olympic stadium construction Associated Press

TOKYO — A new round of bidding for construction of the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will delay the start of the problematic project. Some of the bids were reviewed by someone in the decision committee before all bids were in, a violation of the rules, Japan Sport Council official Takayuki Ito said on Tuesday.

Another round of bidding is due this month. But he said construction will be fast-tracked, and the stadium will meet its March 2019 deadline.

“We need to revamp the whole system of planning for the Olympic stadium,” he said, acknowledging there were too many problems.

Ito declined to say who broke the rules, but suggested it was an error and not a malicious act. Plans for the stadium, designed by award-winning British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, have been plagued by problems, including complaints from some prominent architects, who say the design is

too big and expensive.

The 80,000-seat, futuristic design to replace the National Stadium was initially projected to cost 130 billion yen ($1.3 billion), but the estimate quickly ballooned to more than double that. It is expected to be scaled down. There have been other problems in the bidding as well.

In the first round of bidding, announced in March, all the bids surpassed the estimated costs and were rejected in May. In June, it was found

that some bids were lower than the level set as the standard. A month later, complaints of bid-rigging surfaced.

But an internal investigation in July and August found no evidence of bidrigging, the council said in a statement last month. Ito denied any scandal in the lowest bid getting rejected, and said it did not meet the required standard.

Demolition of the old stadium will start in the middle of December, delayed by more than two months from the initial schedule.

AP Photo/Japan Sport Council, File

FILE - This undated file of an artist rendering released by Japan Sport Council shows the new National Stadium, which will be the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Marussia asks for patience over Bianchi condition updates The Marussia Formula 1 team has asked for patience over updates about Jules Bianchi’s condition after his Japanese Grand Prix crash.

Bianchi underwent surgery in Mie General Medical Centre in Yokkaichi on Sunday, having sustained a severe head injury when he went off and hit a tractor that was recovering Adrian Sutil’s crashed Sauber.

No further information regarding Bianchi’s condition has been issued, but he was due to be moved to intensive care after the operation.

A statement from Marussia said “with regard to the communication of information regarding Jules’ medical condition, we will respect, and be guided by, the wishes of the Bianchi family. “Together with Jules’ care, they will remain our highest priority.

“Therefore, we would ask for patience and understanding with regard to further medical updates, which will be communicated in conjunction with the Mie General Medical Centre in Yokkaichi, where Jules is being treated, when they feel it is appropriate.”

Members of both the Marussia team and Ferrari - which has supported Bianchi’s career through its driver academy programme - remain at the hospital.

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Sp rt Don’t expect praise for beating San Marino, England warned

Reuters

LONDON - As England prepare to play San Marino, officially the joint-worst team in world soccer, at Wembley on Thursday, their former manager Graham Taylor has warned the players not to expect any praise, however many goals they win by.

Taylor was in charge of the England team drawn against San Marino in a qualifying group for the 1994 World Cup. His side beat them 6-0 and 7-1 but, far from re-

ceiving any credit, he was sacked after the latter game, played in Bologna, Italy, for failing to reach the finals.

The players have even had to

live ever since with going into the record books for conceding the quickest goal ever scored in a World Cup tie, when an errant backpass by Stuart Pearce allowed

AP Photo/Jon Super

Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney, right, celebrates with teammate Rafael after scoring against West Ham United during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday Sept. 27, 2014.

Davide Gualtieri to score after 8.3 seconds.

When San Marino faced England in the World Cup 20 years later, they again conceded 13 goals over the two matches, losing 5-0 and 8-0.

Those results emphasised that far from improving with regular competition, the team have got statistically worse, sinking to joint 208th place with Bhutan of the 209 countries in FIFA’s official rankings.

The tiny republic’s population of little more than 30,000 people have had only one victory to celebrate in their 24 years of international football. That came against Liechtenstein in 2004 and they have lost every match since.

So how does one of the world’s most powerful football nations, full of players earning tens of thousands of dollars per week, prepare to play against them?

“The main thing about playing teams like that is that you have to be very professional about everything, and accept that if you beat them 5-0 you’ll probably get no praise,” Taylor said in an interview with Reuters on Monday.

“That applies particularly this time when San Marino have not done anything in all these years.

“You’re expected to win, and if it’s only 2-0 or 3-0 you’ll be criticised. And it can present a problem unless players accept what they’ve got to do, which is maintain belief and professionalism.”

Taylor believes that the current England manager, Roy Hodgson,

who was also in charge for the most recent meetings with San Marino, has sufficient experience not to take anything for granted in the Euro 2016 qualifier. But he counsels against fielding a weakened team in order to blood new players, either on Thursday or away to Estonia on Sunday.

“England have a comfortable draw in their group and it’s a changing England team but I still believe in that balance between introducing youngsters and including more experienced players,” he said.

“I’m not a big lover of giving players a debut just because it’s San Marino. Some people say it’s the kind of game for that. No, it’s a game you have to win first and foremost.”

England, who won 2-0 away to Switzerland in their opening group match last month, will nevertheless have to use at least one inexperienced young defender for the two games, with several contenders for the right-back position now injured.

Everton’s John Stones dropped out on Sunday and was replaced by 19-year-old Calum Chambers of Arsenal. Nathaniel Clyne of Southampton, uncapped, is the only other recognised right-back in the squad.

Hodgson appears to have anticipated any criticism of a failure to win on Thursday by another big margin, telling reporters when he named the squad last week: “We scored 13 against San Marino last time but I don’t remember getting a great deal of praise or satisfaction about that.”

FIFA’s $27 million World Cup film fails to inspire

Associated Press

ZURICH — Funded with $27 million of FIFA money, the movie “United Passions” is acquiring almost mythical status in football circles. Mythical in the sense that the film, which was shown at the Zurich Film Festival on Sunday, has not been seen by many, and its relationship to documentary truth about FIFA’s troubled recent history is loose.

In industry circles, “United Passions” would easily be defined

as a box office flop — even with star power from Gerard Depardieu, Sam Neill and Tim Roth.

But even in a World Cup year, a film telling the governing body’s historical story is a tough sell when it carries the toxic tag “The FIFA Movie.”

Suspicion it is a vanity project with script approval for President Sepp Blatter, portrayed by Academy Award-nominated Roth, is fueled by on-screen lines like one spoken in 1998, soon after his first election in what was widely re-

ported as a ballot bought by some of his supporters. “The slightest breach of ethics will be severely punished,” Roth-as-Blatter tells FIFA marketing executives.

The one-off screening in FIFA’s home city on Sunday was introduced by a festival staffer with thanks to FIFA for making this Swiss premiere happen.

It was watched by about 120 people in a 500-capacity theater at the Arena multiplex. At a top price of 22 Swiss francs ($22.70) per ticket, including the one bought

by The Associated Press, the take would be about 2,400 Swiss francs ($2,480).

That should boost the international box office takings to between $150,000 and $200,000, according to figures supplied by film industry data analyst Rentrak.

Switzerland became only the seventh country to screen “United Passions” since its world premiere at Cannes in May, according to Rentrak, which monitors screenings and earnings in 70 countries.

Depardieu and Blatter attended the Cannes launch. But it was only in Ukraine, which had a June 5 release, that the film could be seen before the 2014 World Cup kicked off in Brazil on June 12.

Host nation distributors passed on it, even with a starring role for Neill as Joao Havelange, the most powerful Brazilian in FIFA’s 110-year history. He resigned last year as honorary president to avoid sanctions for taking milliondollar kickbacks from World Cup deals.

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Chelsea’s Courtois cleared of serious head injury

Reuters

AP Photo/Keystone, Peter Klaunzer

Liverpool’s Mario Balotelli, center, leaves the pitch at halftime during the Champions League Group B soccer match between FC Basel 1893 and Liverpool FC, at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014.

Italy coach Conte plays down dropping Balotelli

Associated Press

FLORENCE, Italy — Italy coach Antonio Conte has played down his exclusion of Liverpool forward Mario Balotelli for upcoming European Championship qualifying matches.

Since transferring to Liverpool from AC Milan after the World Cup, Balotelli has yet to score in five appearances in the Premier League and was also left off last month’s Italy squad.

“He has started on a new path, it’s not easy,” Conte said. “Let’s give him time to integrate himself in this new league.

“We’re following him as we follow all the players who play abroad.

I make call-ups, not exclusions, which are two very different things.”

Southampton striker Graziano Pelle was included for the first time after scoring four goals in seven Premier League appearances since his summer move from Feyenoord.

“Graziano represents that which I’ve said from the very first day — meritocracy,” Conte said. “He’s a footballer who has scored 50 goals in the past two years. Now he’s in a league which on paper is more competitive than the Dutch one and

he is becoming a key player.”

Tension remained high in Italy following Juventus’ controversial 3-2 victory over Serie A rival Roma on Sunday night.

There are seven Juventus players in the Italy squad — including Andrea Pirlo, who replaced the injured Giacomo Bonaventura — and two Roma ones, but Conte does not expect the fallout to spill over into the Azzurri camp.

“When we come into the national side we have to put the league to one side,” Conte said. “During the battle it is right that everyone defends their own flag, but the moment you come into the national team you are back to being teammates and friends in the same squad, with the same unity.

“It’s always been like that, it’s normal that when you play a match you put friendship to one side. But now everyone has to be united under one sole flag.” Italy hosts Azerbaijan in Palermo on Friday, then makes a short trip to visit Malta three days later.

The Azzurri won 2-0 in Norway in their opening qualifying match, days after beating the Netherlands by the same score in Conte’s first match in charge.

LONDON - Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has been cleared of a serious head injury after being substituted during the 2-0 Premier League victory over Arsenal on Sunday. The 22-yearold Belgian was forced off the pitch following an early clash with Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez and he was replaced by Petr Cech.

“Chelsea Football Club can confirm Thibaut Courtois went to hospital during our Premier League game against Arsenal yesterday for precautionary tests on a head injury. Those tests came back all clear,” Chelsea said in a statement on their website on Monday.

“Thibaut was treated for a minor cut to his ear and was released from hospital last night. He is ex-

pected to report for international duty later this week.”

The Premier League introduced new regulations to deal with head injuries following an incident last season in which Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris remained on the pitch after losing consciousness during a game against Everton.

However, Headway, a charity that supports those suffering from brain injuries, questioned whether the regulations were adequately adhered to. “The new rules introduced this season were designed to ensure no risks to players’ health were taken,” Peter McCabe, the charity’s chief executive, said in a statement on its website (www. headway.org.uk).

“They clearly state that, ‘If there is any suspicion of the player having sustained a concussion, they must be removed from the

field of play and not allowed to return’.

“This incident calls into question whether these rules are working effectively. For example, was the third ‘tunnel doctor’ consulted on the decision to allow Courtois to continue? If so, did he or she agree that there was no suspicion of concussion?

“From television footage alone, it is difficult to assess the severity of any injury and the decision of the medical team assessing the player has to be respected. However, it is hard to understand how a concussion was not suspected following the sickening clash.”

Courtois used Twitter to thank fans for their messages of support.

He added: “I’m already feeling better. Now I’m resting to be recovered and back on the pitch soon. Great victory yesterday.”

AP Photo/Alastair Grant

Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez, left, gets up after colliding with Chelsea’s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois who lies on the ground attended to by teammate Chelsea’s John Terry during their English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge stadium in London Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014.

Romario easily wins senate seat in Brazil

Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — Former star striker Romario has been elected a senator in Brazil, continu-

ing his endeavor into politics.

Romario received more than 4.5 million votes in Rio de Janeiro, the most ever in the state.

He had 63 percent of the total,

ahead of former Rio mayor Cesar Maia, his closest contender with 20 percent.

Romario was an active congressman the past four years, a

fierce critic of the money spent on the World Cup. He has a daughter with a disability, and one of his main causes was to improve conditions for the disabled.

The 48-year-old World Cup winner said he was proud to have “dribbled past poverty” to make history as a former slum resident who made it to the senate.

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Sp rt Don’t expect praise for beating San Marino, England warned

Reuters

LONDON - As England prepare to play San Marino, officially the joint-worst team in world soccer, at Wembley on Thursday, their former manager Graham Taylor has warned the players not to expect any praise, however many goals they win by.

Taylor was in charge of the England team drawn against San Marino in a qualifying group for the 1994 World Cup. His side beat them 6-0 and 7-1 but, far from re-

ceiving any credit, he was sacked after the latter game, played in Bologna, Italy, for failing to reach the finals.

The players have even had to

live ever since with going into the record books for conceding the quickest goal ever scored in a World Cup tie, when an errant backpass by Stuart Pearce allowed

AP Photo/Jon Super

Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney, right, celebrates with teammate Rafael after scoring against West Ham United during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday Sept. 27, 2014.

Davide Gualtieri to score after 8.3 seconds.

When San Marino faced England in the World Cup 20 years later, they again conceded 13 goals over the two matches, losing 5-0 and 8-0.

Those results emphasised that far from improving with regular competition, the team have got statistically worse, sinking to joint 208th place with Bhutan of the 209 countries in FIFA’s official rankings.

The tiny republic’s population of little more than 30,000 people have had only one victory to celebrate in their 24 years of international football. That came against Liechtenstein in 2004 and they have lost every match since.

So how does one of the world’s most powerful football nations, full of players earning tens of thousands of dollars per week, prepare to play against them?

“The main thing about playing teams like that is that you have to be very professional about everything, and accept that if you beat them 5-0 you’ll probably get no praise,” Taylor said in an interview with Reuters on Monday.

“That applies particularly this time when San Marino have not done anything in all these years.

“You’re expected to win, and if it’s only 2-0 or 3-0 you’ll be criticised. And it can present a problem unless players accept what they’ve got to do, which is maintain belief and professionalism.”

Taylor believes that the current England manager, Roy Hodgson,

who was also in charge for the most recent meetings with San Marino, has sufficient experience not to take anything for granted in the Euro 2016 qualifier. But he counsels against fielding a weakened team in order to blood new players, either on Thursday or away to Estonia on Sunday.

“England have a comfortable draw in their group and it’s a changing England team but I still believe in that balance between introducing youngsters and including more experienced players,” he said.

“I’m not a big lover of giving players a debut just because it’s San Marino. Some people say it’s the kind of game for that. No, it’s a game you have to win first and foremost.”

England, who won 2-0 away to Switzerland in their opening group match last month, will nevertheless have to use at least one inexperienced young defender for the two games, with several contenders for the right-back position now injured.

Everton’s John Stones dropped out on Sunday and was replaced by 19-year-old Calum Chambers of Arsenal. Nathaniel Clyne of Southampton, uncapped, is the only other recognised right-back in the squad.

Hodgson appears to have anticipated any criticism of a failure to win on Thursday by another big margin, telling reporters when he named the squad last week: “We scored 13 against San Marino last time but I don’t remember getting a great deal of praise or satisfaction about that.”

FIFA’s $27 million World Cup film fails to inspire

Associated Press

ZURICH — Funded with $27 million of FIFA money, the movie “United Passions” is acquiring almost mythical status in football circles. Mythical in the sense that the film, which was shown at the Zurich Film Festival on Sunday, has not been seen by many, and its relationship to documentary truth about FIFA’s troubled recent history is loose.

In industry circles, “United Passions” would easily be defined

as a box office flop — even with star power from Gerard Depardieu, Sam Neill and Tim Roth.

But even in a World Cup year, a film telling the governing body’s historical story is a tough sell when it carries the toxic tag “The FIFA Movie.”

Suspicion it is a vanity project with script approval for President Sepp Blatter, portrayed by Academy Award-nominated Roth, is fueled by on-screen lines like one spoken in 1998, soon after his first election in what was widely re-

ported as a ballot bought by some of his supporters. “The slightest breach of ethics will be severely punished,” Roth-as-Blatter tells FIFA marketing executives.

The one-off screening in FIFA’s home city on Sunday was introduced by a festival staffer with thanks to FIFA for making this Swiss premiere happen.

It was watched by about 120 people in a 500-capacity theater at the Arena multiplex. At a top price of 22 Swiss francs ($22.70) per ticket, including the one bought

by The Associated Press, the take would be about 2,400 Swiss francs ($2,480).

That should boost the international box office takings to between $150,000 and $200,000, according to figures supplied by film industry data analyst Rentrak.

Switzerland became only the seventh country to screen “United Passions” since its world premiere at Cannes in May, according to Rentrak, which monitors screenings and earnings in 70 countries.

Depardieu and Blatter attended the Cannes launch. But it was only in Ukraine, which had a June 5 release, that the film could be seen before the 2014 World Cup kicked off in Brazil on June 12.

Host nation distributors passed on it, even with a starring role for Neill as Joao Havelange, the most powerful Brazilian in FIFA’s 110-year history. He resigned last year as honorary president to avoid sanctions for taking milliondollar kickbacks from World Cup deals.

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Chelsea’s Courtois cleared of serious head injury

Reuters

AP Photo/Keystone, Peter Klaunzer

Liverpool’s Mario Balotelli, center, leaves the pitch at halftime during the Champions League Group B soccer match between FC Basel 1893 and Liverpool FC, at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014.

Italy coach Conte plays down dropping Balotelli

Associated Press

FLORENCE, Italy — Italy coach Antonio Conte has played down his exclusion of Liverpool forward Mario Balotelli for upcoming European Championship qualifying matches.

Since transferring to Liverpool from AC Milan after the World Cup, Balotelli has yet to score in five appearances in the Premier League and was also left off last month’s Italy squad.

“He has started on a new path, it’s not easy,” Conte said. “Let’s give him time to integrate himself in this new league.

“We’re following him as we follow all the players who play abroad.

I make call-ups, not exclusions, which are two very different things.”

Southampton striker Graziano Pelle was included for the first time after scoring four goals in seven Premier League appearances since his summer move from Feyenoord.

“Graziano represents that which I’ve said from the very first day — meritocracy,” Conte said. “He’s a footballer who has scored 50 goals in the past two years. Now he’s in a league which on paper is more competitive than the Dutch one and

he is becoming a key player.”

Tension remained high in Italy following Juventus’ controversial 3-2 victory over Serie A rival Roma on Sunday night.

There are seven Juventus players in the Italy squad — including Andrea Pirlo, who replaced the injured Giacomo Bonaventura — and two Roma ones, but Conte does not expect the fallout to spill over into the Azzurri camp.

“When we come into the national side we have to put the league to one side,” Conte said. “During the battle it is right that everyone defends their own flag, but the moment you come into the national team you are back to being teammates and friends in the same squad, with the same unity.

“It’s always been like that, it’s normal that when you play a match you put friendship to one side. But now everyone has to be united under one sole flag.” Italy hosts Azerbaijan in Palermo on Friday, then makes a short trip to visit Malta three days later.

The Azzurri won 2-0 in Norway in their opening qualifying match, days after beating the Netherlands by the same score in Conte’s first match in charge.

LONDON - Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has been cleared of a serious head injury after being substituted during the 2-0 Premier League victory over Arsenal on Sunday. The 22-yearold Belgian was forced off the pitch following an early clash with Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez and he was replaced by Petr Cech.

“Chelsea Football Club can confirm Thibaut Courtois went to hospital during our Premier League game against Arsenal yesterday for precautionary tests on a head injury. Those tests came back all clear,” Chelsea said in a statement on their website on Monday.

“Thibaut was treated for a minor cut to his ear and was released from hospital last night. He is ex-

pected to report for international duty later this week.”

The Premier League introduced new regulations to deal with head injuries following an incident last season in which Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris remained on the pitch after losing consciousness during a game against Everton.

However, Headway, a charity that supports those suffering from brain injuries, questioned whether the regulations were adequately adhered to. “The new rules introduced this season were designed to ensure no risks to players’ health were taken,” Peter McCabe, the charity’s chief executive, said in a statement on its website (www. headway.org.uk).

“They clearly state that, ‘If there is any suspicion of the player having sustained a concussion, they must be removed from the

field of play and not allowed to return’.

“This incident calls into question whether these rules are working effectively. For example, was the third ‘tunnel doctor’ consulted on the decision to allow Courtois to continue? If so, did he or she agree that there was no suspicion of concussion?

“From television footage alone, it is difficult to assess the severity of any injury and the decision of the medical team assessing the player has to be respected. However, it is hard to understand how a concussion was not suspected following the sickening clash.”

Courtois used Twitter to thank fans for their messages of support.

He added: “I’m already feeling better. Now I’m resting to be recovered and back on the pitch soon. Great victory yesterday.”

AP Photo/Alastair Grant

Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez, left, gets up after colliding with Chelsea’s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois who lies on the ground attended to by teammate Chelsea’s John Terry during their English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge stadium in London Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014.

Romario easily wins senate seat in Brazil

Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — Former star striker Romario has been elected a senator in Brazil, continu-

ing his endeavor into politics.

Romario received more than 4.5 million votes in Rio de Janeiro, the most ever in the state.

He had 63 percent of the total,

ahead of former Rio mayor Cesar Maia, his closest contender with 20 percent.

Romario was an active congressman the past four years, a

fierce critic of the money spent on the World Cup. He has a daughter with a disability, and one of his main causes was to improve conditions for the disabled.

The 48-year-old World Cup winner said he was proud to have “dribbled past poverty” to make history as a former slum resident who made it to the senate.

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

Along with the development and change of status as well as a broad region, the botanical garden perched on the altitude of 1,250-1,450 meters above sea level is now becoming an ex-situ conservation area for plants of tropical mountains of eastern Indonesia. Originally, the Botanical Garden only spread across 50 hectares, but today it has been expanded to 157.5 hectares. It has several collections of plants grouped based on their kinship.

In addition to their collection, the types of plant are also pursued for research and development. Some of the existing collections include the orchids, cactus, fern, bamboo, moss collection, begonia, ritual plant, medicinal plants, aquatic plants and palm.

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Murray not entertaining thoughts of ATP World Tour Finals qualification Reuters

Andy Murray does not want to become too fixated with his chances of securing a place in next month’s ATP World Tour Finals in London despite ending his 15-month title drought recently.

The Briton was in danger of missing out on playing in front of his home fans as he slipped out of the top 10 in the Race to London after failing to reach a final for more than a year following his triumph at Wimbledon in July 2013.

But after winning the Shenzhen Open and reaching the semi-finals of the China Open over the last few weeks, the 27-year-old Scot is once again in contention for London after climbing to ninth in the Race. Only the top eight players in the Race will play in London but Murray said continuing his return to form remains a priority rather than securing a place at the seasonending event.

“My schedule was going to be dictated more how I felt and what I wanted from the end of the year rather than just trying to play to get into the Tour Finals, because I don’t think that’s necessarily the right way to go about it,” Murray said as he prepared to face Georgia’s Teymuraz Gabashvili at the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday.

“But the reason I came here to China was to try to get some momentum, try to win some more

matches, get into the latter stages, play against the best players, and get used to playing at that level consistently again between now and the end of the year.

“But if I play well, I’ll give myself a chance at getting to the O2 (the World Tour Finals venue).

When I step on the court, that really shouldn’t be something I’m thinking about.” Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have already secured their place in London.

With five spots still up for grabs, Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka is well placed to join them. Kei Nishikori and U.S. Open winner Marin Cilic sit fifth and sixth respectively, though the Croatian suffered a setback when he lost in the first round in Shanghai.

Tomas Berdych and Milos Raonic, who is 175 points ahead of Murray in the standings, occupy the two final qualification places.

David Ferrer and Grigor Dimitrov, behind Murray in the standings, are also still in the running.

Victory at the Shanghai Masters is worth 1000 points towards the ATP’s Race To London standings.

REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic

Andy Murray of Britain reacts after missing a shot during the men’s singles semi-final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing October 4, 2014.

Bidding reopened for Olympic stadium construction Associated Press

TOKYO — A new round of bidding for construction of the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will delay the start of the problematic project. Some of the bids were reviewed by someone in the decision committee before all bids were in, a violation of the rules, Japan Sport Council official Takayuki Ito said on Tuesday.

Another round of bidding is due this month. But he said construction will be fast-tracked, and the stadium will meet its March 2019 deadline.

“We need to revamp the whole system of planning for the Olympic stadium,” he said, acknowledging there were too many problems.

Ito declined to say who broke the rules, but suggested it was an error and not a malicious act. Plans for the stadium, designed by award-winning British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, have been plagued by problems, including complaints from some prominent architects, who say the design is

too big and expensive.

The 80,000-seat, futuristic design to replace the National Stadium was initially projected to cost 130 billion yen ($1.3 billion), but the estimate quickly ballooned to more than double that. It is expected to be scaled down. There have been other problems in the bidding as well.

In the first round of bidding, announced in March, all the bids surpassed the estimated costs and were rejected in May. In June, it was found

that some bids were lower than the level set as the standard. A month later, complaints of bid-rigging surfaced.

But an internal investigation in July and August found no evidence of bidrigging, the council said in a statement last month. Ito denied any scandal in the lowest bid getting rejected, and said it did not meet the required standard.

Demolition of the old stadium will start in the middle of December, delayed by more than two months from the initial schedule.

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FILE - This undated file of an artist rendering released by Japan Sport Council shows the new National Stadium, which will be the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Marussia asks for patience over Bianchi condition updates The Marussia Formula 1 team has asked for patience over updates about Jules Bianchi’s condition after his Japanese Grand Prix crash.

Bianchi underwent surgery in Mie General Medical Centre in Yokkaichi on Sunday, having sustained a severe head injury when he went off and hit a tractor that was recovering Adrian Sutil’s crashed Sauber.

No further information regarding Bianchi’s condition has been issued, but he was due to be moved to intensive care after the operation.

A statement from Marussia said “with regard to the communication of information regarding Jules’ medical condition, we will respect, and be guided by, the wishes of the Bianchi family. “Together with Jules’ care, they will remain our highest priority.

“Therefore, we would ask for patience and understanding with regard to further medical updates, which will be communicated in conjunction with the Mie General Medical Centre in Yokkaichi, where Jules is being treated, when they feel it is appropriate.”

Members of both the Marussia team and Ferrari - which has supported Bianchi’s career through its driver academy programme - remain at the hospital.

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Nurse in Spain gets Ebola, raising global concern

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MADRID — In a case underscoring the perils of caring for Ebola patients, a nurse in Spain who cared for an Ebola patient has come down with the disease — the first known transmission outside West Africa during the current epidemic.

Her husband and a second nurse who treated the patient are now in quarantine, Spanish officials said Tuesday. A man who arrived on a flight from Nigeria has also been quarantined, they said.

Public Health Director Mercedes Vinuesa told Parliament that authorities were making a list of other people who may have had contact with the nurse, who has not been publicly identified. The couple has no children.

The Health Ministry’s chief coordinator for health alerts and emergencies, Fernando Simon, told Cadena SER radio that the nurse was in stable condition and her life not in any immediate danger.

Health officials said she had no symptoms besides the fever.

News reports said she was 44.

Simon said her husband was “OK and relatively calm.” There was a low risk that some people in contact with the nurse could develop Ebola,

Simon said, but he insisted this did not represent a public health threat. He disputed critics who said authorities were slow to react to the case.

The nurse, was hospitalized on Sunday, had helped treat Manuel Garcia Viejo, a Spanish priest returned from Sierra Leone who died Sept. 25 in another Madrid hospital designated for treating Ebola patients. She had changed a diaper for the patient and collected material from his room following his death.

She then went on vacation.

Vinuesa said Spain had several therapies available and began applying them Monday, but gave no further details.

She had also assisted treating 75-year-old Spanish priest Miguel Pajares, also flown back to Spain from Liberia. He died after being treated with the experimental Ebola medicine ZMapp.

Garcia Viejo, who was in charge of the San Juan del Dios hospital in Lunsar, Sierra Leone, was not given the treatment because worldwide supplies ran out.

The virus that causes Ebola spreads only through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person showing symptoms. WHO estimates the latest Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,400 people.

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Pro-democracy protesters gather on the streets near the government headquarters where banners and lampposts are decorated with slogans like this which says “Keep it up Hong Kong!”, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong protests thin as two sides agree to talk

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HONG KONG — Crowds of protesters who filled Hong Kong’s streets with demands for a greater say in choosing the territory’s leader thinned dramatically Tuesday after student leaders and the government agreed to hold talks in the increasingly frustrated city. Just a couple days after tens of thousands of demonstrators thronged the city’s streets, only a few hundred protesters were scattered across the city’s three main protest areas.

On some stretches of the blockaded six-lane highway that cuts through the heart of Hong Kong’s business district, just a few dozen students remained, once again snarling traffic and slowing commuters. One young protester sleepily brushed his teeth as rush hour began, and nearby a sleeping demonstrator leaned back in a nylon chair, his mouth open and his eyeglasses askew.

Despite the dwindling numbers of activists on the streets, protest leaders insisted the movement was far from defeated, and vowed to walk away from negotiations if the police used force to clear away the remaining demonstrators. Michael Leung, 14, who was in his school uniform and doing his homework on the concrete, said it was important to have people at the sites at all times. It was the third night he had come to the protest zone after

school.

“You see now the number of people is decreasing because there has been no big action from the government and the police,” he said.

“But I think if the government or police want to clear this area, then the people will come out again.” At the government headquarters, which had its entrance blocked by protesters for a week, about half a dozen students still manned barricades.

Eight policemen stood nearby, chatting among themselves.

Late Monday, Lau Kong-wah, the territory’s undersecretary of constitutional affairs, said the government and students had agreed on terms for talks, saying the two sides would enter discussions on an equal footing. Lester Shum, a leader of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, confirmed the agreement, but said they had not discussed or reached a consensus on the agenda.

A date for the meeting had not been set.

The questions now are how long the demonstrators are willing to continue their protests — and how long until the government removes them. “We are safe (from a crackdown) for the moment,” said Joseph Cheng, a specialist in Chinese politics at the City University of Hong Kong who has deep ties to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement.

“Now that there are negotiations going on — or at least negotiations to discuss negotiations — we expect that the police will not clear the protesters for a few days.”

But with the authorities unlikely to agree to the protesters’ immediate demands, including the resignation of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, any talks could quickly collapse. “The real test is what happens when the negotiations break down,” said Cheng.

Carlos the Jackal to face trial for 1974 attack

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Hospital staff walk out past police guarding the entrance to protest outside the Carlos III hospital in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014 where a Spanish nurse who is believed to have contracted the ebola virus from a 69-year-old Spanish priest is being treated after testing positive for the virus.

PARIS — Carlos the Jackal, the Venezuelan who became a symbol of Cold War terrorism, is facing a new trial. A French court has ordered Carlos, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, to stand trial over a 1974 grenade attack

on Paris’ Left Bank that killed two people and injured more than 30.

He is serving two life sentences for other deadly attacks in the 1970s and 1980s.

An association of victims’ families released the indictment Tuesday. The families have fought for years to see Ramirez tried for the

1974 attack.

Authorities have linked Ramirez to bombings, hijackings and other attacks. He joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and was affiliated with extreme-left European terror groups.

He was seized by French agents in 1994.

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BUSINESS Samsung flags 60 percent plunge in Q3 operating profit Agence France-Presse

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BoJ strikes less-optimistic tone on economy Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - The Bank of Japan on Tuesday struck a less optimistic tone on its view of the world’s number three economy, but held off launching fresh monetary easing measures after a two-day meeting.

The central bank, which has been upbeat on Japan’s prospects, flagged housing and industrial production as weak spots in a statement outlining its unanimous decision.

It added that an uptick in business sentiment has “paused” on the back of an April sales tax hike that led to a sharp contraction in second-quarter gross domestic product.

“Japan’s economy has continued to recover moderately as a trend,” the BoJ statement said, but it noted “some weakness, particularly on the production side” as demand dived after the introduction of April’s sales tax hike.

The BoJ said it was still on track to hit a 2.0 percent inflation target, seen as key to reversing years of falling prices and tepid growth.

Investors will now turn their focus to governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s post-meeting comments as speculation increases that the BoJ will be forced to act as the

economy continues to struggle.

“Policymakers are slowly but surely acknowledging the recent sluggishness of the economy,” said Marcel Thieliant from Capital Economics.

“The Bank’s more cautious stance will certainly trigger speculation that additional easing may already be announced at the upcoming meeting at the end of this month.”

The dollar-yen rate slid to 108.61 after the announcement, from above the 109 level earlier Tuesday, while the euro fell to 137.14 yen against 137.64 yen earlier in the day.

Kuroda’s upbeat take on Japan’s economy has appeared increasingly at odds with the official data, as Japan’s economy suffered in the April-June quarter its deepest contraction since the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster.

Japan’s top central banker has given little indication he will soon increase the BoJ’s assetpurchasing stimulus -- similar to

the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing -- saying the impact of the sales tax hike has not been as bad as expected.

The tax rise was seen as crucial to addressing a mammoth public debt but economists warned it could derail a budding recovery in an economy beset by years of deflation.

The 1.8 percent dip in gross domestic product -- or a 7.1 percent contraction at an annualised rate -- gave the clearest picture yet of the tax hike’s impact, and threw into question Tokyo’s plans for another rise next year.

Millions of shoppers made a last-minute dash to stores before prices went up on April 1, which was followed by a slump in spending.

Despite its generally positive take on the economy, the BoJ has lowered its growth forecast for the current fiscal year to March to 1.0 percent, well down from a 1.5 percent prediction in late 2013.

SEOUL - Samsung Electronics on Tuesday flagged a near 60 percent onyear plunge in its third quarter operating profit, as its key smartphone sector continued to struggle in the face of increased competition.

Operating profit for the July-September period was estimated at 4.1 trillion won ($3.8 billion), down 59.6 percent from the third quarter last year, the company said.

Sales were estimated at 47 trillion won, down 20.4 percent from 2013.

While smartphone shipments increased slightly, “operating margin declined due to increased marketing expenditures and a lowered average selling price, driven by reduced proportional shipments of high-end models coupled with price decreases for older smartphone models”, the South Korean electronics giant said in an explanatory note.

The company warned that uncertainty in the mobile sector would carry through into the fourth quarter, although it promised a new line-up of top-end smartphones featuring “new materials and innovative designs”.

In July, Samsung had reported a 20 percent drop in net profit for the second quarter, and its shares are sitting at a two-year low.

The mobile market, which has been the key driver of Samsung profits in recent years, has become increasingly saturated, while competition has intensified from cheaper Chinese handset makers such as Huawei and Lenovo.

The world’s largest smartphone maker has a diverse product line ranging from memory chips to home appliances, but more than half of its profits are generated by mobile devices.

The explanatory note said shipments and profits in the company’s display panel business had also fallen in the third quarter due to weaker demand in the mobile sector.

It did not provide a breakdown of profit estimates by businesses.

Samsung’s smartphone profits have been hit at both ends of the spectrum.

Its previously all-conquering flagship Galaxy S series has come under renewed pressure with the release of the popular iPhone 6 from arch-rival Apple, which has also challenged Samsung’s dominance of the oversized smartphone market with the introduction of the largerscreen iPhone 6 Plus.

In the low- to mid-range smartphone segment, the challenge has come from Chinese handset makers who have begun to make substantial inroads into Samsung’s market share.

According to International Data Corp., a record-high 295.3 million smartphones were shipped worldwide in the second quarter.

Samsung remained the world’s top vendor, moving 74 million handsets, but saw its overall market share slip seven percentage points to 25.2 percent, while China’s Huawei nearly doubled its shipments from the same quarter a year ago.

Samsung said Tuesday it would bring out a new series of mid- to low-end smartphones in the fourth quarter “with strong competitive positioning on both hardware specifications and price”.

Last month, Samsung brought forward the launch of its oversized Galaxy Note 4 smartphone and got it into Chinese and South Korean stores ahead of its sale in 140 other countries. It was the first time a flagship Samsung product had gone on sale in China ahead of other markets.

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A man uses his mobile phone in front of a giant advertisement promoting Samsung Electronics’ new Galaxy S5 smartphone, at an art hall in central Seoul, in this April 15, 2014 file picture.

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KPK interrogates companies’ directors over Hambalang case

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators questioned the directors of several companies here on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in the corruption case related to the Hambalang sports complex project.

“They are questioned as witnesses for the suspect, Machfud Suroso,” the anti-graft body’s spokesman, Priharsa Nugraha stated.

The directors who were grilled by the KPK included Eko Novianto of PT Multi Dwikarya Cipta, Suhandoyo of PT Rembang Jaya Utama, Endang Sudaryanti of PT Sentosa Jaya Makmur, Erwin Soentoro of PT Trisindo Pama, Heru Santoso of PT Prima Karya Gumilang, Sofian Tahar of PT Harapan Sumber Rejeki, Susiliya Supana of PT Indo Prima Bajaraksa, and Zulkifli of PT Global Pasific Pratama.

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tioned in connection with the role played by fictitious companies in the bidding of the Hambalang sports complex project, he revealed.

Machfud Suroso, the director of PT Dutasari Citra Laras, had been named suspect in November 2013. He has been accused of embezzling funds worth Rp28.8 billion while his company received a payment of Rp170.39 billion for the Hambalang sports complex project.

The KPK has also dragged the former chairman of the Democratic Party Anas Urbaningrum to court for his involvement in this case.

PDIP politician asks Prabowo to congratulate Jokowi Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) politician Effendy Simbolon has urged presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto to congratulate Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, on winning the July presidential election.

After an impromptu meeting with numerous politicians from the Red-and-White Coalition at Mulia Hotel on Monday night, he noted that it was advisable for Prabowo to congratulate Jokowi to show that there was no hostility between them.

“When I met Prabowo a while ago, he put his arm around me and said there was no hostility among us. But in my opinion, it is better for him to congratulate Jokowi on being elected as president,” Effendi remarked.

Effendi revealed that he had met Prabowo and the other politicians of the Red-and-White coalition when he was attending a wedding reception at the same hotel on Monday evening.

Prabowo has yet to publicly

congratulate Jokowi or concede defeat, although the PDIP has congratulated him on being elected general chairman of the Gerindra Party in September to replace Suhardi, who passed away on August 28, 2014.

“As secretary general of the PDIP, I congratulate Pak (Mr) Prabowo, who was elected general chairman of Gerindra because he is our partner,” PDIP secretary general Tjahjo Kumolo remarked on the sidelines of the party’s national working meeting here on September 21, 2014.

Tjahjo further emphasized that the relations between the PDIP and Gerindra were sound, and there has been no problem.

Both the parties had even cooperated in supporting the presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2009 polls.

“Pak (Mr) Prabowo with his Gerindra Party is our partner as well as part of the larger PDIP family. So, let us build this nation in the spirit of togetherness and mutual support,” Tjahjo added.

People proud of TNI’s successful reforms: Yudhoyono Antara

SURABAYA - The people admire the Indonesian Military (TNI) and are proud of its success in carrying out internal reforms during the reformation era, stated President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

“We have accomplished the TNI’s reforms,” he noted in his speech at the commemoration of the 69th anniversary of TNI in the East Java city of Surabaya on Tuesday.

The TNI has made significant progress, including strengthening its position, increasing its size, inducting modern weaponry, and improving its professional capabilities, remarked the head of state. As a result of its internal reforms, the TNI has regained its dignity and functions as the guardian of the country’s sovereignty and national integrity, he emphasized.

“All these achievements must be maintained,” President Yudhoyono stated, adding that attending the commemoration ceremony of TNI’s anniversary in Surabaya was special to him before ending his presidential term on October 20, 2014.

President Yudhoyono emphasized that the TNI personnel were expected to maintain their professionalism, foster togetherness and unity with the people and always be prepared to be deployed anywhere for upholding the nation’s respect and dignity.

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The people admire the Indonesian Military (TNI) and are proud of its success in carrying out internal reforms during the reformation era, stated President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the commemoration of the 69th anniversary of TNI in the East Java city of Surabaya on Tuesday.

securing Indonesia’s border areas and outer islands and taking part in the UN peacekeeping missions.

“As the supreme commander, I seek your apology if my policies have not yet been able to satisfy all the soldiers,” he affirmed. On Monday, President Yudhoyono had also called on the TNI to continue giving its best for the country, stating that it had always cared for the country’s welfare.

“Keep up your spirits and resolve to fight and serve the unitary state of Indonesia,” Yudhoyono remarked during

a meeting attended by 23.6 thousand TNI members at the Eastern Fleet Command headquarters in Surabaya.

An exhibition showcasing TNI’s weaponry, which included more than 200 aircraft and several sophisticated warships, was organized to commemorate TNI’s 69th anniversary.

The TNI’s 69th anniversary officially falls on October 5, but the celebrations were postponed to October 7 due to the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha, which fell on the same day this year.

Police arrest four alleged terrorists Antara

PALU - The police arrested four alleged terrorists in Palu City of Central Sulawesi on Sunday (Oct. 5) who are believed to be related to the Santoso-led armed group in Poso District.

Central Sulawesi Regional Police spokesman Senior Adjunct Commissioner Utoro Saputro reported here on Monday that the four suspects, identified by the initials Sr, Fr, Pd, and An, were arrested in separate locations.

The person with the initials “Sr” hailed from Sunju Village located

in the border of Palu City and Sigi District, while Fr belonged to Jalan Suprapto of Palu City.

Moreover, the terror suspect “An” worked as a technician in a vehicle service center in Jalan Kelor of Palu City. He allegedly disassembled and sold stolen motorcycles to raise funds for their activities.

The police revealed that Pd, who lived in Tinggede Village of Sigi District, is a student of one of the private colleges in Palu City.

Utoro stated that all the four were stalked by police officers as they were conducting suspicious activities.

He remarked that the four alleged terrorists are being detained in the Central Sulawesi Regional Police Headquarter for interrogation.

Utoro noted that the four suspects have played a role in fund-raising activities and have helped alleged terrorists in Poso District.

The police arrested the persons after investigating seven alleged terrorist members in Palu City who were arrested several weeks ago while travelling to Poso District.

Utoro added that the police are still pursuing the armed group and its terror network in Central Sulawesi.

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Three points of road body still used as parking space

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GIANYAR - Dozens of vehicles and motorcycles still lined up by taking advantage of the road body as parking space in Ubud area. Similar condition could be found around the Jalan Hanuman, Jalan Wenara Wana and Jalan Dewi Sita. As a result, such condition often led to congestion. Meanwhile, the government promising the parking space has not been perceived yet.

A road monitoring was made in Ubud area, Monday (Oct 6). Dozens of vehicles and motorcycles still used the road body as their parking space. Even, the row of vehicles ran along the Jalan Hanuman southwards, Jalan Wenara Wana northwards and Jalan Dewi Sita from the east to the west. The situation frequently triggered traffic congestion at 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m., while the peak occurred at 3:00 p.m.

In addition, the lack for awareness of road users often breaking through the lines highly contributed to the congestion in Ubud. Similarly, non-disciplined drivers often dropped off passengers in any place, especially in front of the market and the palace.

The condition happened due to many

employers of restaurants, kiosks and stalls along the main roads in Ubud did not have a parking space for their visitors and employees. As a result, local government then provided some of the road bodies as the parking space that could take place for eight hours.

The Head of Gianyar Transportation, Informatics and Communication Agency, Cok Gde Agusnawa, said the use of road body as parking space had been agreed.

However, if it remained to trigger congestion, his party had already prepared parking space. “It has been agreed that the road body is utilized as parking space. In the future, we have prepared a central parking space, but still under construction. So, please be patient,” he said. (kmb35)

Aftermath of portal destruction

Residents intercepted vehicles coming down to beach Bali Post

NEGARA - Exasperation of the Cita Nirmala Sari hamlet residents, Yehembang village, against the sea sand theft action seemed to culminate following the demolition of the portal on the road to the beach by an unknown person. On Sunday night (Oct 5), two people coming down to the beach by a pick-up and small truck alleged to take sea sand were raided by surrounding residents. The men known to local residents with initial W and M were secured and interrogated by residents. As information gathered on Monday (Oct 6), the residents originally knew two trucks crossed on the beach without turning on their lamp. Dozens of residents having gathered around the beach then raided and intercepted the two trucks.

Being angry with the sea sand dredging, the residents surrounded the two men. Actually the residents wanted to prosecute them in appropriate with the agreed bylaw. However, since there was no sea sand in the two trucks as the evidence, a tension once came up with the two men under siege. The two arrested men denied if they were accused of looking for sea sand. They claimed to only net fish. Local residents did not believe

and got tempered because they did not find any net or other fishing gear.

To prevent the case from escalating, the official of local hamlet finally contacted to Mendoyo Police. Few moments later, some police officers came to mediate. Since there was no sea sand transported, both men were finally released, while other residents dismissed themselves.

Headman of Yehembang, I Made Semadi, confirmed the incident.

His residents intercepted to check whether the truck coming down to the beach conveyed sea sand or not. Since they did not convey any sea sand, they were finally released.

He suggested his residents if there were any violations against the law it should be reported to police station. Meanwhile, Chief of Mendoyo Police, Wayan Sinaryasa, told reporters that his party had received the report of Pasar hamlet chief regarding the allegation of sea sand theft on Yehembang Beach and the suspects were secured by residents.

Subdistrict police had deployed its village police personnel to mediate the problem. According to him, the problem was already mediated and the two men were not proved to have taken sea sand. (kmb26)

Many cars and motorcycle still use the road to park in Ubud, Gianyar

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Worth of billions, chairman and treasurer of cooperatives on trial Bali Post

MANGUPURA - Two defendants in the allegation of corruption case related to the Badung government grants, I Wayan Budiasa, 50, chairman of the Jagadhita Cooperative and I Wayan Mendi, 51, the treasurer, started to be on trial in the Denpasar Corruption Court, Monday (Oct 6).

Public prosecutor I Putu Suparta Jaya with Hari Soetopo before the judges led by Cening Budiana explained that in this case the state had been harmed as much as IDR 1,650,060,020 pursuant to the auditory report of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) of Bali Representative.

In the indictment, the defendants described as the management of the Jagadhita Cooperative of Badung based on Jalan Raya Sempidi had been declared to go up against the law, acted to enrich himself or another person or a corporation that might be detrimental to the state finance or the economy.

The mode performed, said the prosecutor, the Jagadhita Cooperative was appointed by the Badung government to deliver revolving loan to qualified cooperatives or those passing the selection in Badung.

The Badung government real-

ized the loan gradually, namely in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010. In 2005, through the Head of Cooperative and SME Agency was disbursed as much as IDR 2,977,500,000 allocated for 30 primary cooperatives. In 2006, the disbursement amounted to IDR 3,000,000,000 for 30 different cooperatives; in 2009 the disbursement amounted to IDR 1.5 billion for 15 primary cooperatives; and in 2010 the disbursement amounted to IDR 1 billion for 10 different cooperatives.

The cooperatives receiving the loan were required to return the installments and interest of the loan. The defendant Budiasa assisted by Wayan Mendi, as management of the Jagadhita Cooperative, did not make a special account for the saving account of the Jagadhita Cooperative to accommodate the revolving fund. However, the defendant put the repayment of the installment and the interest of the revolving fund for the period of 2005-2010 into single account of the saving and loan account owned by the Jagadhita Cooperatives in the BPD. With his authority, the defendant also used some of the funds without re-distributing it and did not report the received installment fund or the interests. “Even, some amount

was lent personally and received by Kencana Cooperative without going through the procedures,” affirmed the prosecutor.

In terms of financial management, the borrowing of some amount of the money, repayment of principal installment and loan interest were not returned by the defendant. In the indictment was mentioned, in addition to enriching himself, enriching the Kencana Cooperative, or others, he had caused some losses to the state worth IDR 1,650,060,020 pursuant to auditory report of the Supreme Audit Agency of Bali Representative dated August 4, 2014. Due to his conduct, the defendant was charged with primary indictment, where the defendant was punished with a crime as set forth in article 2 in conjunction with article 18 of the Law No.31/1999 on the eradication of corruption, as amended and supplemented by the Law No. 20/2001 on the amendment of the Law No.31/1999 on corruption, in conjunction with Article 64 of the Criminal Code. He was also charged under Article 3 of the same Law as the subsidiary indictment. In this case, the defendant had been detained since September 16, 2014. (kmb37)

SAO PAULO — Aecio Neves turned Brazil’s politics on its head with his surprise showing in the first round of presidential voting but his toughest task lies ahead — defeating incumbent Dilma Rousseff and her juggernaut Workers’ Party which has governed for 12 years.

The business-friendly candidate who only surged in the final week of the campaign came within 8 percentage points of Rousseff in Sunday’s election and has momentum and a strong center-right party on his side. The challenge for Neves, who was born into affluence and political power, will be to connect with the millions of poor Brazilians who have directly benefited from Rousseff’s policies.

“He needs a more popular dialogue to build a bridge to those voters,” said Mauricio Moura, a Brazilian pollster and professor of political strategy at George Washington University. The 54-year-old economist has three weeks to do it.

Neves defied expectations in Sunday’s first-round vote, finishing second with 34 percent to Rousseff’s 42 percent. Socialist Party candidate Marina Silva, who at one point led Rousseff in polling, finished third at 21 percent and will not advance to the Oct. 26 runoff.

Voters now have a clear choice: Re-elect the left-leaning Rousseff and endorse her protectionist trade stance or move to the right with Neves, who has promised to cut government spending, open infrastructure to the private sector

and pursue direct trade deals with Europe and the United States.

They are positions certain to be attacked by Rousseff now that Silva is out of the race.

Silva, a popular former environment minister, drew huge support after she was named to replace Eduardo Campos, her party’s initial candidate who died in a plane crash in August. But her appeal waned after Rousseff launched an aggressive campaign to discredit her, including negative ads that portrayed Silva’s plans to loosen control of the business sector as a threat to the social gains made since the Workers’ Party came to power in 2002.

“Aecio hasn’t been under much scrutiny in the past month given Marina’s surge. But now he is going to be the center of attention for the PT’s (Worker’s Party) machinery,” said Joao Augusto de Castro Neves, Latin America director for the Eurasia Group consulting firm.

Rousseff was quick to take on her new target. In her postelection speech Sunday, she said a Neves victory would bring back the “ghosts of the past,” referring to the high rates of inflation and unemployment that dominated the administrations of Neves’ Social Democracy Party in the 1990s. Neves struck back Monday, saying Brazilians are, on the contrary, care more about the stagnant economy and corruption cases that now dog the ruling party.

“In reality, Brazilians are very worried about the monsters of the present of high inflation, recession and corruption,” he said at a press conference.

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Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, who is running for re-election with the Workers Party (PT), right, gives a thumbs up as she poses for photos with Tarso Genro, governor of Rio Grande do Sul, also running for re-election with PT, after voting in general elections in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014.

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Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, who is running for re-election with the Workers Party (PT), right, gives a thumbs up as she poses for photos with Tarso Genro, governor of Rio Grande do Sul, also running for re-election with PT, after voting in general elections in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014.

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SAO PAULO — Aecio Neves turned Brazil’s politics on its head with his surprise showing in the first round of presidential voting but his toughest task lies ahead — defeating incumbent Dilma Rousseff and her juggernaut Workers’ Party which has governed for 12 years.

The business-friendly candidate who only surged in the final week of the campaign came within 8 percentage points of Rousseff in Sunday’s election and has momentum and a strong center-right party on his side. The challenge for Neves, who was born into affluence and political power, will be to connect with the millions of poor Brazilians who have directly benefited from Rousseff’s policies.

“He needs a more popular dialogue to build a bridge to those voters,” said Mauricio Moura, a Brazilian pollster and professor of political strategy at George Washington University. The 54year-old economist has three weeks to do it.

Neves defied expectations in Sunday’s first-round vote, finishing second with 34 percent to Rousseff’s 42 percent. Socialist Party candidate Marina Silva, who at one point led Rousseff in polling, finished third at 21 percent

and will not advance to the Oct. 26 runoff.

Voters now have a clear choice: Re-elect the left-leaning Rousseff and endorse her protectionist trade stance or move to the right with Neves, who has promised to cut government spending, open infrastructure to the private sector and pursue direct trade deals with Europe and the United States.

They are positions certain to be attacked by Rousseff now that Silva is out of the race.

Silva, a popular former environment minister, drew huge support after she was named to replace Eduardo Campos, her party’s initial candidate who died in a plane crash in August. But her appeal waned after Rousseff launched an aggressive campaign to discredit her, including negative ads that portrayed Silva’s plans to loosen control of the business sector as a threat to the social gains made since the Workers’ Party came to power in 2002.

“Aecio hasn’t been under much scrutiny in the past month given Marina’s surge. But now he is going to be the center of attention for the PT’s (Worker’s Party) machinery,” said Joao Augusto de Castro Neves, Latin America director for the Eurasia Group consulting firm.

Rousseff was quick to take on her new target. In her postelection speech Sunday, she said a Neves victory would bring back the “ghosts of the past,” referring to the high rates of inflation and unemployment that dominated the administrations of Neves’ Social Democracy Party in the 1990s.

Neves struck back Monday, saying Brazilians are, on the contrary, care more about the stagnant economy and corruption cases that now dog the ruling party.

“In reality, Brazilians are very worried about the monsters of the present of high inflation, recession and corruption,” he said at a press conference.

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Can Hewlett-Packard survive the tablet trend?

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Smartphones, tablets and other gadgets aren’t just changing the way we live and work. They are shaking up Silicon Valley’s balance of power and splitting up businesses.

Mobile revolution shakes up Silicon Valley

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SAN FRANCISCO — Smartphones, tablets and other gadgets aren’t just changing the way we live and work. They are shaking up Silicon Valley’s balance of power and splitting up businesses. Long-established companies such as Hewlett-Packard Co. and eBay Inc. are scrambling to regain their footing to better compete against mobile-savvy trendsetters like Apple and Google, as well as rising technology stars that have built businesses around “cloud computing.”

That term covers a swath of Internet-driven services that shifted technology from the days software users paid a one-time fee to buy and install programs on individual machines where they also stored all their data on hard drives. But with the advent of the “cloud,” people can now rent software to use over the Internet. This enables customers to access documents, pictures and other vital information from any kind of Internet-connected device, a convenience that’s become a necessity during the past few years as people increasingly rely on smartphones and tablets instead of laptop and desktop computers.

Business software makers such as Salesforce.com Inc., VMware Inc. and Workday Inc. built their entire business models around the cloud. All have delivered impressive revenue growth that turned their stocks into hot commodities.

Online storage services Dropbox and Box have yet to go public. But they have been minted with big valuations from venture capital-

ists who believe they will thrive amid the increased usage of mobile devices and cloud-computing services. Meanwhile, Apple Inc. and Google Inc. are prospering from the rise of mobile devices now that their competing software systems — iOS and Android — run most of the smartphones and tablets in the world. Apple now reigns as the world’s most valuable company at roughly $600 billion while Google ranks third at about $400 billion.

Google is developing another way to make money off the cloudcomputing movement: leasing some of the servers in its data centers to mobile application and Web service providers. Amazon. com Inc. has been doing the same thing for an even longer period of time, enabling providers to develop and introduce new cloud computing services without having to spend a lot of money on servers sold by the likes of HP, IBM Corp. and Oracle Corp.

The rise in mobile popularity has taken a big bite out of personal

computer sales. That’s slammed Silicon Valley pioneer HP, once the world’s biggest seller of PCs. Since Apple ignited the tablet market with the 2010 release of the iPad, the annual revenue in HP’s personal computer division has plunged by more than 20 percent.

That downturn is a key reason why HP’s market value has fallen by about $55 billion, or 40 percent, since the iPad’s release. In an effort to adapt, HP said Monday that it will split off its PC and printer operations and form a separate company tailored to business software and services for the cloud-computing age. The spin-off is something HP originally explored three years ago only to back off after CEO Meg Whitman concluded the company would be stronger if it held on to the PC division.

That conclusion reflected a long-standing belief that companies are generally better off when they have an array of products to appeal to the various needs of different customers.

SAN FRANCISCO — Personal computer sales have been in a slump for years, as customers flock to increasingly powerful smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. Now HewlettPackard, the Silicon Valley stalwart that was once the world’s biggest seller of personal computers, is splitting off its PC and printing businesses. It’s the latest shakeup in a tech industry that’s being reshaped by the mobile revolution.

IBM sold its PC business years ago. Dell took its struggles private. Can an HP spinoff focused on personal computing thrive?

“There’s a significant transformation going on in that industry, and maybe now HP can make its move,” said Forrester tech analyst Peter Burris, one of several analysts who say the iconic tech giant will need to get better at building and selling mobile gadgets if it wants the new spinoff to succeed. HP has stumbled in previous efforts to sell those devices.

HP’s split is a sign that CEO Meg Whitman sees more growth and profit opportunity in selling commercial tech products, including data-center hardware, business software and cloud services, some analysts say. That’s the business she plans to lead, as chief executive of a new company dubbed Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.

That puts more pressure on the HP Inc. spinoff, which will be led by current PC and printing executive Dion Weisler as CEO. Though it was once the world leader in both segments, HP is now No. 2 to China’s Lenovo in PC sales.

Tablets now out-sell laptop computers. And no other major U.S. tech company is focused on selling only PCs. Apple Inc.’s growth in recent years has been fueled by the phenomenal success of its iPhone and iPad devices. Dell also sells commercial computer hardware and software. Even Lenovo is purchasing IBM’s server business and taking over the Motorola smartphone division from Google Inc. PC sales aren’t going away entirely, to be sure. There are still some cases where PCs are more useful than smaller-screen devices, especially in the workplace, said Bob O’Donnell of TECHnalysis Research. The industry sold more than 310 million desktop and laptop computers last year, and one out of six were sold by Palo Alto, California-based HP. But global sales fell 10 percent in 2013 and are likely to fall another 4 percent this year, according to the IDC research firm. PC sales should level off in 2015, forecasts O’Donnell.

“They can be profitable,” he said, “but it’s a stable, flat kind of market.”

Printer ink has been a major source of profit for HP in years past.

But printing also is a stagnating business, as more people store photos and files online and view them primarily on their phones and tablets. Even so, tying the printing business to PCs should provide a stable source of revenue for HP Inc. for some years to come, said tech analyst Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights and Strategy.

HP also could expand that business to include 3D printing systems and home networks for Internet-enabled thermostats and other gadgets, since many printers today are part of a home network, he added.

Jettisoning PCs doesn’t necessarily make Hewlett-Packard Enterprise is a slam dunk. Analysts say HP has some good datacenter products, but Whitman faces challenges in upgrading its commercial software and technology services businesses.

“Does this mean a new dawn is here for Palo Alto?” asked Burris. “No, it doesn’t. It means that HP is going to have to do a lot of hard work to prove itself.”

Hewlett-Packard has posted revenue declines in 11 of the past 12 quarters and laid off tens of thousands of people in recent years as it attempts to cut costs. During its most recent quarter HP reported revenue of $27.6 billion, a 1 percent annual gain. It marked HP’s first year-over-year increase in quarterly revenue since late 2011.

Printers and PCs contributed roughly half the company’s annual revenue, with the rest coming from commercial computer systems, software and technology services.

HP first considered breaking off the PC unit three years ago, when Leo Apotheker was CEO. But the idea was controversial and Whitman rejected it after she took his place in 2011 and launched a lengthy turnaround. She said Monday that HP has now shored up its business enough to support the split. The company believes the two new units will be worth more separately and be able to grow more quickly apart than they can together.

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Pejaten builds a ceramics museum

Bali Post

TABANAN - After specified as a tourism village in Tabanan County, the Pejaten village being famous for central producer of pottery and ceramics starts to show its potential so that it can draw travelers to come.

The potential as ceramic producer does not only lie in the production of ceramics for household needs, but also in the art of ceramics making as it can also become an attraction of its own.

To display the ceramic products by the artists of Pejaten village and the entire archipelago, the village located in Kediri subdistrict has established a ceramics museum.

It will become the first ceramics museum and the only one in Indonesia.

The museum operator, Putu Oka Mahendra, explained the museum building had currently been established and his party just needed to organize the items. In the near future, he said the museum was ready to be operated. Establishment of the ceramics museum was expected to attract travelers to come to Pejaten village.

In the operation, other than displaying the ceramic works of art, the museum would also provide the opportunity for ceramic artists at Pejaten village to sell their products. Thus, in addition to enjoying

the ceramic artworks of the masters of the homeland and the ancient ceramics, travelers could also buy typical ceramics of Pejaten. Oka added that the ceramics on display would consist of those of decades old and very old-fashioned.

Other than displaying ceramics, his party also designed two-hour and three-hour package to attract the number of travelers. In these packages, all the participants could get directly involved in the making of ceramics from the production, decoration to burning.

“For the three-hour package is added with excursion to people’s home to see the making of pottery,” he said.

In the management of Pejaten as a tourism village, his party had also tried to establish cooperation with travel agencies to promote the tourist destination at Pejaten village. “If Gianyar has a famous tourist area with silver craft, we want Pejaten to become a famous tourist destination in Tabanan with its pottery craft,” expected Oka. To support Pejaten as tourism village, Oka hoped the government could make infrastructure improvement at Pejaten, including the improvement of roads and provision of sidewalk. “The sidewalks will provide security for visitors walking around at Pejaten village,” pleased Oka. (kmb24)

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People buying fruits at supermarket on Bali Island. The increase in Bali’s economic growth expecting to reduce the gap evidently enlarges the gap or inequality on the Island of the Gods. The existing growth is only enjoyed by a small group of community, namely the capital owners.

Bali’s economic growth not inclusive yet

Bali Post

DENPASAR - The increase in Bali’s economic growth expecting to reduce the gap evidently enlarges the gap or inequality on the Island of the Gods. The existing growth is only enjoyed by a small group of community, namely the capital owners. Meanwhile, the largest group of people is only enjoying the added value in the form of wages whose number is only in a small portion.

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After specified as a tourism village in Tabanan County, the Pejaten village being famous for central producer of pottery and ceramics starts to show its potential so that it can draw travelers to come.

The Head of Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali, Panusunan Siregar, said that such condition indicated the economic growth had not been inclusive. Inclusive development posed a quality development taking into account the growth (pro-growth), employment (pro-job), poverty alleviation (propoor) and concern with the environment (pro-environment).

“In other words, the expected growth is not only able to create new economic opportunities or to increase the real income per capita, but also to ensure equal access to new economic opportunities. But so far, it has been unable to play its role well,” said Panusunan Siregar in Denpasar.

Poverty alleviation indeed required high economic growth.

However, the economic growth was only a necessary condition and not a

sufficient condition. High economic growth did not guarantee that every resident would receive the same benefits.

“Even, the high economic growth can increase the number of poor people when the growth resulted in income inequality in the society as experienced by Bali within the past 5 years,” he explained.

To that end, he said the economic potential needing to get the attention was the economic activity based in rural areas because most of Bali’s population lived in rural areas. “Such activities are very viscous to be played by the agricultural sector and the MSEs (micro and small enterprises),” he said.

Based on the results of study, boosting the growth and enlarging the contribution of the agricultural sector in the GDP formation as

well as increasing the Agricultural Labor Productivity would be able to reduce significantly the number of poor and inequality.

“On that account, the economic development strategy of Bali must be oriented in the empowerment of the agricultural sector. The growth of agricultural sector at higher than 3 percent will be very significant in reducing the number of poor people,” he said.

As reported by the BPS Bali, the number of poor people from time to time began to decrease from 6.17 percent in 2008 to 3.95 percent in March 2013. However, in March 2014, the poverty rate of Bali increased to 4.53 percent or an increase of 0.58 percent.

Such condition was the result of great inflationary pressure after the fuel price hike in July 2013. (kmb27)

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Bali News

Productive land in Klungkung diminishes

Bali Post

SEMARAPURA - Land plotting project seems increasingly crazier in the region of Klungkung. As evidence, it can be seen at the frontier of Selat and Tegak village, Klungkung. Productive land in the form of paddy fields is transformed into a land plotting project. Heavy equipment was seen to start doing the activities by dredging fertile wetland.

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The land plotting project seem to destroy many productive land in Klungkung Regency

Even, unmitigatedly around 6,000 square meters of wetland were dredged and transformed into plotting lands. Actually the Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, already took a step-by-step measure by issuing a circular. Unfortunately, the circular was ignored because such an action remained to occur at some locations.

As field observation on Monday (Oct 6), a unit of heavy equipment was working to dredge the land. As planned, the paddy field located on the west side of Klungkung-Besakih road section would be transformed into 30 units of land plot. More hazardously, the land around the power pole amid the paddy field was seen to have been dredged.

After the dredging of some three meters deep, the power pole might collapse. One of the workers argued if the project had made coordination with the PLN in order to remove the pole.

But so far, it was not removed yet while the project was still going on.

Meanwhile, the land plotting project in productive land had also been highlighted by one of the Tegak community leaders, Putu Tika Winawan. He very much deplored the dredging of the productive paddy fields into plots whereas a circular of the regent had been issued related to the matter. “If this happens, it means that the regent takes action half-heartedly or just wants to make an imaging,” he said.

With this issue, the former Deputy Chairman of the Klungkung House hoped that the Klungkung government could take decisive action against the violation. According to the rules all this time, any land conversion should go through the approval or recommendation of the Agriculture Agency. Even, Tika said that the project violating the circular of the regent should be stopped immediately. Otherwise, the circular seemed ineffective.

“The regent should not take any discriminative action. Moreover, there are indications if the winning teams of the regent are also developers,” said Tika while rejecting to name the winning team of the regent doubling as a developer. (119)

Ujung Park area turned into sordid area

Bali Post

AMLAPURA - The rhinoceros sculpture pavilion at the Sukasada Ujung Park currently grows into a place to commit sordid act. Used condoms were found scattered around the location becoming a favorite hangout for young couples. Location in the paddy fields away from the crowds makes the place frequently visited during the day and night.

In the pavilion around the rhinoceros sculpture were found used condoms alleged to have been used for making intercourse. It was very much deplored since it was a historical place and has hosted a large maligia ceremony at the Ujung Park.

A trader selling around the rhinoceros sculpture, Anak Agung Kartini, 45, revealed that there were always visitors coming during the day and night to this place. “I sell here

from 07:00 in the morning to 10:00 at night.

Sometimes the visitors are quire crowded,” she said, Monday (Oct 6).

Spokesperson of the Karangasem Regional Secretariat, I Putu Arnawa, deplored the actions of particular individuals using the park area as a sordid place. He revealed that such a place should be appreciated as a sacred and historical place.

He very much regretted the actions of some individuals committing the improper actions at the location. “The government also deplored as the place was misused. Please respect the sacredness,” he hoped.

To get to the rhinoceros sculpture, visitors should pass through a damaged road surrounded by paddy fields. This location is frequented by young couples for making love (dating) both during the day and night. As observed on Monday (Oct 6), a number of teenagers took their partner to hang out at the location. (dwa)

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Aston Denpasar visited orphanage for Ied Al-Adha

DENPASAR - Aston Denpasar believe sharing and giving are the most important things in life. After all, as the old saying goes, man (or woman) is not an island. The time dedicated to Eid al-Adha is the perfect opportunity to spread the joy to the people around us.

On 2nd October, Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center held a Corporate Social Responsibility event with K.H. Mas Mansyur Orphanage House on the street Jl. Tukad Pule 7A in the district of Sesetan.

The hotel staff and management brought presents and donations in the form of staple foods, cleaning equipment and cheering up the children at the orphanage. The event, which opened at 4:30 pm, was attended by 20 members of staff representing each department and 22 children from the orphanage. The event started with praying together, Rebana performance, and games.

Children presented Rebana performance with three songs, the last of which was Insya Allah which was made popular by Maher Zain. The games that entertained the children were times and times, remember your friend’s name, and singing the Qur’an Surah.

They enjoyed the games and prizes.

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Calendar Event for September 28 through October 28, 2014 8 Sep Kajeng Kliwon Pamelastali/ Watu Gunung Runtuh Pura Penataran Agung Maha Gotra Tirta Harum Sri Srengga Nyalian Banjarrangkan Klungkung 30 Sep Paid-Paidan Pura Dalem Seme Jawa Marga Tabanan 1 Oct Urip 2 Oct Patetegan 3 Oct Pengeradanan

4 Oct Hari Saraswati Pura Pasek Tangkas Dalang Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Sayan Bongkasa Abian Semal Pura Watu Gunung Bima Pura Agung Jagat Karana Surabaya Pura Aditya Jaya Rawa Mangun Jakarta Timur Pura Pemekasan Banyuning Timur Buleleng Pura Agung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa Barat Pura Kawitan Bendesa Aban Baturning Mambal Abiansemal 5 Oct Banyu Pinaruh

6 Oct Soma Ribek Pura Jati Jembrana Pura Kawitan Batu Gaing Bangli Pura Tirta Wening Surabaya Pura Desa Lingga Wana Abang Karangasem

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7 Oct Sabuh Mas

8 Oct Pagerwesi Dan Purnama Sasih Kapat Pura Labang SinduJiwa Ubud Pura Kehen Bangli Pura Wira Bhuana Magelang

Jawa Tengah Pura Padang Sakti Denpasar Timur Pura Payogan Agung Ketewel Sukawati Gianyar Pura Gaduh Dauh Puri Denpasar Pura Masceti Tampak Siring Pura Dalem Ularan Tatasan Kaja Denpasar Pura Siwa Tohjiwa Penebel Tabanan Pura Luhur Giri Slaka Alas Purwo Banyuwangi Pura Sada Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan Pura Gunung Lebah Ubud Pura Puseh Ketewel Sukawati Pura Dalem Cemara Serangan Denpasar Pura penataran Agung Bhatara Tiga Sakti Besakih Pura Meru Cakra Lombok Pura Lempuyang Madya Karangasem Pura Penerejon Kintamani Bangli Pura Pulaki Buleleng Pura Gunung Lebah Ubud Pura Thirta Negari Karangasem Pura Thirta Empul Tampak Siring Pura Penataran Agung Tegalalang Pura Luhuring Akasa Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Desa Denjalan Batuyang Batubulan Pura Puseh Werdi Agung Sulawesi Utara Pura Pasraman Suci Renon Denpasar Pura Penataran Bumi Agung TMII Jakarta Pura Luhur Waisnawa Buleleng Pura Ulun Danu Songan Batur Kintamani Pura Agung Surya Bhuana Jaya Pura Papua Pura Gumang Bugbug Karangasem Pura Taman Sari Busung Biu Busung Biu Buleleng

Pura Pasek Gelgel Pedungan Denpasar Pura Agung Pasek Tangguntiti Tabanan Pura Agung Pasek Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangkas Kediri Tabanan Pura Kerta Banyuning Barat Buleleng Pura Dalem Tenggaling Sangguan Singapadu Pura Kawitan Arya Wangbang Pinatih Peguyangan Singaraja Pura Bujangga Waisnawa Jembrana Pura Taman Bubuan Seririt Singaraja Pura Penataran Pande Dalem Batur Mengwi Pura Dalem Pingit Tegalalang Pura Ida Ratu Pande Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup Gianyar Pura Kumuda Saraswati Ubud Pura Batur Arya Sudimara Tabanan Pura Dalem Majapahit Marga Tabanan Pura Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati

13 Oct Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

18 Oct Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Sidakarya Denpasar

23 Oct Tilem Sasih Kapat

19 Oct Redite Umanis Ukir Pura Sanggah Gede Dukuh Sagening Tegal Tugu Gianyar 22 Oct Buda Cemeng Ukir Pura Pajenengan kawitan Arya Tauman Gelgel Klungkung Pura Pasar Agung Besakih Pura Pasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Legian Kuta Pura Gde Gunung Agung Munggu Badung

24 Oct Hari Bhatara Sri 28 Oct Anggara Kasih Kulantir dan Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan

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

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

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, 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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It indicates the invasion of investors wishing to build various kinds of tourism facilities, ranging from hotels, villas to restaurants.

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LOS ANGELES - Blake Lively and her actor husband Ryan Reynolds are expecting their first child, the actress confirmed on Monday with a picture of her baby bump on her lifestyle website.

“Gossip Girl” actress Lively’s website, Preserve, featured a post on family, congratulating “all the expecting mothers out there,” accompanied by a photo of Lively caressing her bump.

Lively, 27, and “Van Wilder” actor

Reynolds, 37, worked together on the set of 2011’s “Green Lantern” movie.

They were married in September 2012.

This is the first child for both.

Reynolds was previously married to actress Scarlett Johansson.

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Downey screens new movie at US military base Associated Press

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In this Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 photo provided by Warner Bros. Pictures, actor Robert Downey Jr., center, and Col. John M. Devillier, 88th Air Base Wing commander, pose with the other attendees before the screening of Downey’s new film, “The Judge,” at the Base Theatre at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

DAYTON — Actor Robert Downey Jr. made a surprise appearance at an Ohio Air Force base for a screening of his new movie.

Approximately 900 military personnel and friends cheered when Downey walked into the packed theater Sunday at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton. He was there to screen his new movie, “The Judge,” which doesn’t open until Friday.

The Dayton Daily News reports that Downey said he wanted to stop at the base because he’s always been drawn to all things military.

He said “it’s just a way of reminding myself that there are people out there who put their lives on the line so I can go out and make movies.”

In “The Judge,” Downey portrays a Chicago lawyer who confronts his past in his rural Indiana hometown.

Quincy Jones honoured with top French award Agence France-Presse

PARIS - American record producer and musician Quincy Jones -- the winner of a whopping 27 Grammys -- was Monday bestowed with the Order of Arts and Letters, one of France’s top cultural honours.

The 81-year-old Jones, who in 2001 received the Commander of the Legion of Honour, France’s highest civil award, paid rich tribute to the country that once again decorated him.

“It’s thanks to France that jazz is what it is today,” Jones

said after receiving the award from former culture minister Jack Lang.

“Even though I’m American, France is in my heart.”

The jazz trumpet player and producer has worked with the biggest names in showbiz from Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, Jacques Brel, Charles Aznavour, Henri Salvador, Ray Charles, Count Basie, Duke Ellington down to Michael Jackson in a six-decade-long career.

Jones, who is popularly known as “Q”, worked in Paris in the 1950s.

Tourism investment besieges South Gianyar

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Bali Post

GIANYAR - Southern Gianyar seems to have increasingly been filled with concrete. It indicates the invasion of investors wishing to build various kinds of tourism facilities, ranging from hotels, villas to restaurants. It is an unavoidable impact of the access of the Jalan Bypass Ida Bagus Mantra spreading along in the southern part of Gianyar. Local community are called upon not to be tempted to the offer of investors.

Wayan Wandra, 65, a tobacco farmer having 1,500 square meters of land on the edge of the Jalan Bypass Ida Bagus Mantra, admitted that his land was once bargained at IDR 900 million per 100 square meters. “Once day, my land was bargained at IDR 900 million, but I rejected and the land was even asked to be exchanged with land located somewhat away from the main road with the extent of three hectares.

But such an offer was also rejected,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of Gianyar Government Tourism Office, AA Bagus Ari Brahmanta, did not deny such phenomenon. He revealed the investment development in tourism sector in Southern Gianyar was strongly influenced by the access of Jalan Bypass IB Mantra. So far, the road

access facilitated the investors to expand their business in the coastal area of Gianyar. “As consequence, the development of tourism facilities within the past three years has grown rapidly, especially the construction of villas owned by domestic travelers. They target at coastal areas such as the Lebih, Rangkan, Saba and Cucukan,” he said.

To that end, he was very confident that investment in tourism facilities in the south of Jalan Bypass IB Mantra had a huge prospect. According to him, other than investment in tourist accommodation, the investment in the tourism supporting facilities such as restaurants also showed a rapid growth. With the road access connecting to the southern region of Bali, the investment in restaurants for travelers

was quite promising. “The consideration is accessibility, in addition to the strategic location. Suppose we want to go to Sanur, it is close enough, and certainly the traffic is without congestion. That’s why I have confidence it will grow more rapidly in the future,” he added.

Moreover, some coastal areas in Gianyar had been arranged, including with the establishment of jogging track along the coast and a spacious parking area. This condition was also supported by cultural and customary activities of local communities on some beaches remaining to be performed intensely and regularly. “Customary and religious activities such as melasti or other activities also affect the tourist visits,” he explained.

Nevertheless, Brahmanta reminded people not to sell their land in the region even though he knew if the price of land in the region skyrocketed each year. “Many lands have changed ownership, so that we hope the community is not easily selling their land though being lured with expensive price. If possible, it is better to apply a contract system,” he said. (kmb35)