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Lady Gaga, Celine Dion added to Sinatra tribute concert

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NEW YORK — Lady Gaga and Celine Dion have been added to the list of performers singing in honor of Frank Sinatra next month.

Zac Brown and Harry Connick Jr. will also perform at “Sinatra 100 — An All-Star GRAMMY Concert” on Dec. 2 in Las Vegas, the Recording Academy announced Tuesday.

Sinatra, who died in 1998 at 82, would have turned 100 on Dec. 12.

Previously announced performers include Garth Brooks, Tony Bennett, Carrie Underwood, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Adam Levine and Usher. More performers will be announced at a later date.

The taped event at the Wynn Las Vegas Encore Theatre will air as a two-hour CBS special on Dec. 6. The Recording Academy will announce nominees for the 2016 Grammy Awards on Dec. 7. (ap)

Elton John, Bon Jovi to headline 24-hour climate concert MIAMI - Elton John and Bon Jovi will headline a 24-hour performance this month aimed at urging environmental action ahead of key climate change talks in Paris, organizers said Monday.

The event, spearheaded by former US vice president Al Gore and known as “24 Hours of Reality and Live Earth,” will feature artists, scientists and politicians and will air online November 13 and 14.

“Each hour, the broadcast will be punctuated by thought-provoking, knockout appearances from an all-star lineup,” organizers said in a statement.

“The broadcast is aimed at urging world leaders to push for the strongest possible climate agreement at the upcoming UN conference in Paris, and at urging people to take action in their own communities and homes.”

Back in May, Live Earth -- a set of global concerts backed by Gore -- announced a delay to planned shows on each inhabited continent.

Live Earth was initially intended to consist of

concerts on June 18 in Australia, Brazil, China, South Africa and the United States, as well as Paris.

The November 13-14 broadcast is a partnership between the Climate Reality Project and Live Earth, designed to “include an unprecedented artistic lineup and distribution platform to maximize its global reach,” organizers said.

Among those scheduled to appear are French President Francois Hollande, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, California Governor Jerry Brown, actors Ryan Reynolds, Jared Leto and Ed Begley Jr., and former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The first Climate Reality broadcast aired in 2011. Gore won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts on climate change.

A slideshow presented by Gore about the dangers of climate change was the basis of the popular 2006 documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” which won two Academy Awards. (afp)

Gwyneth Paltrow launches lifestyle publishing imprint goop NEW YORK — Gwyneth Paltrow is launching a lifestyle publishing line called, of course, goop.

Paltrow’s goop press will be curated in conjunction with Grand Central Life & Style, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing.

The first release will be Paltrow’s “It’s All Easy” cookbook,

which comes out in April. A beauty book is scheduled for next fall.

Paltrow launched goop as a newsletter in 2008 and now operates her brand through the website goop.com. The Oscar-winning actress said Tuesday she’s “excited to memorialize” goop for audiences across the world. (ap)

Benedict Cumberbatch receives honor from queen

LONDON — Benedict Cumberbatch has been honored by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for his services to the performing arts and to charity.

The 39-year-old actor wore a traditional morning suit to receive his Commander of the British Empire award in a ceremony Tuesday.

The “Sherlock” star, who was also nominated for an Oscar for best actor for his portrayal of com-

puter scientist Alan Turing in “The Imitation Game,” told reporters afterward that the experience was “quite nerve-wracking.”

Cumberbatch, who recently finished a stage run playing Hamlet at London’s Barbican Theatre, has been supporting charity appeals to help Syrian refugees, and helped raise more than 150,000 pounds ($227,000) in donations for Save the Children. (ap)

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Indonesia says could also take China to court over South China Sea

JAKARTA - Indonesia could take China before an international court if Beijing’s claim to the majority of the South China Sea and part of Indonesian territory is not resolved through dialogue, Indonesia’s security chief said on Wednesday.

Beijing’s claim to almost the entire South China Sea is shown on Chinese maps with a nine-dash line that stretches deep into the maritime heart of Southeast Asia, including parts of the Indonesian-held Natuna islands.

Vietnam, the Philippines, Tai-

wan, Malaysia and Brunei also claim parts of the waterway. The Philippines has already taken China to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague, a case Beijing refuses to recognise.

Indonesia believes China’s claim over parts of the Natuna islands has

no legal basis.

“We are working very hard on this. We are trying to approach the Chinese,” Luhut Panjaitan told reporters. “We would like to see a solution on this in the near future through dialogue, or we could bring it to the International Criminal Court.”

Although he specified the International Criminal Court, which deals with “the most serious crimes of concern to the international community” such as war crimes, it

would appear he meant an international tribunal, such as the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

“We don’t want to see any power projection in this area. We would like a peaceful solution by promoting dialogue. The nine-dash line is a problem we are facing, but not only us. It also directly (impacts) the interests of Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam and the Philippines.”

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday the Philippines’

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, right poses with his wife Sophie Hunter after receiving the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, during an Investiture Ceremony at Buckingham Palace, in London, Tuesday Nov. 10, 2015.

case against China had strained relations and that it was up to the Philippines to heal the rift. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

Volcanic eruptions affecting tourism in Bali, West Nusa

Passengers of airplanes are waiting in Ngurah Rai Airport during the temporary closure of the airport due to Mt. Barujari eruption, recently. Indonesia’s tourism sector has again been affected by a natural disaster as its two most famous tourist destinations --- Bali Island and Lombok --- are incurring losses due to the eruption of Mt. Barujari.

INDONESIA’S tourism sector has again been affected by a natural disaster. The eruption of Mount Bajuri has caused Indonesia’s two most famous tourist destinations -Bali and Lombok, to inccure significant losses, as the volcano located in Lombok, West Nusa has been erupting since Nov. 3rd. Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, Blimbingsari Airport in Banyuwangi, East Java, Selaparang Airport in Mataram; and the Lombok International Airport in Lombok, NTB have all been disrupted by the volcanic ash.

The Transportation Ministry revealed that as of November 7th over 1,180 flights have been cancelled because of the ash.

On November 9th, Agung Yuniarta, Head of the Bali Tourism Office said: “Frequent closures of the airport have caused losses to the tourism industry amounting to some IDR45 billion”.

According to their data, some 25 thousand foreign tourists have already cancelled their trip to Bali, since the airport first closed on November 3rd.

“Cancelled hotel rooms alone account for about USD $2000.00 a day in losses,” he affirmed.

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From page 1 Mount Raung, located on the border between the district of Bondowoso, Banyuwangi, and Jember in East Java, caused a similar blow to Bali’s tourism industry in July earlier this year, when I Gusti Ngurah Rai airport had to close due to ash clouds from Java being blown over to the world’s most famous tourist island. Aiports in Lombok, Banyuwangi and Jember were also shut down due to Mount Raung’ intermittent eruptions.

I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport management stated that upwards of USD 4000.00 a day was lost due the airport shut down, with 71,307 less people visiting Bali in August compared to earlier in July before the airport shut-downs.

NTB’s tourism industry has now lost tens of millions of rupiah due to the eruption of Mount Barujari.

“We have not calculated the exact amount that has been lost, but we have estimated that the closure of Lombok International Airport has meant tens of billions in lost revenue,” said Chairman of the Hotel and Restaurant Associations

(PHRI) of NTB, I Gusti Lanang Patra from Mataram on Nov. 10th.

“Occupancy rates for NTB’S hotels have significantly decreased as no new tourists are arriving,” he remarked.

Hundreds of domestic and international events, such as meetings and exhibitions, scheduled to be held in NTB, have also had to be postponed or canceled due to this natural disaster.

NTB is famous for hosting MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Convention, and Exhibition) events, but their target of attracting two million foreign tourists this year will surely not be met.

Another official estimated that NTB’s tourism sector is incurring losses worth IDR2 billion per day due to Barujari’s eruption.

In general, however, the Indonesian tourism industry continues to grow every year, with lots of development to its tourists attractions and ever increasing numbers of visitors.

The Ministry of Tourism revealed (Nov. 10th) that the number of foreign tourist arrivals in September 2015 amounted to 7.1 million, showing a 3.69 percent increase form the same period last year.

Indonesia aimed to receive 10

million visitors in 2015 and in order to reach this goal, several festivals and world class sporting events were organized. Also in an attempt to double earnings from the tourism industry to USD 20 billion, the gov-

ernment listed 90 countries, whose citizens are now exempt from having to get a visitor visas.

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Rizal Ramli while in Jombang, East Java, recently

said: “We will boost the number of tourist arrivals to 20 million from 10 million and have set ourselves the target of increasing foreign exchange earnings to USD 20 billion from USD 10 billion. (ant)

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Tourists spend their time at Sengigi Beach, Lombok, on Monday, November 9. NTB’s tourism industry has now lost tens of millions of rupiah due to the eruption of Mount Barujari.

Impact of airport closure

Visit to hotel and restaurant in Kintamani downs by 40 percent

Ngurah Rai International Airport has been opening and closing for over a week due to volcanic ash form Mount Barujari and its affecting tourism all over the island, including in Kintamani that is seeing 30-40 percent less tourists visiting its hotels and restaurants.

BANGLI - Ngurah Rai International Airport has been opening and closing for over a week due to volcanic ash form Mount Barujari and its affecting tourism all over the island, including in Kintamani that is seeing 30-40 percent less tourists visiting its hotels and restaurants. said Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Bangli, Ketut Putranata.

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“Because of the airport shut down, approximately 100 tourists have had to cancel their hotel and restaurant reservations,” he said The PHDI Bangli is at a loss as to what to do about the situation given that natural disasters cannot be predicted, nor can they predict how long travel will be disrupted for. Putranata only hopes that people will delay their travel plans instead of outright cancelling. Kintamani’s hotels and restaurants have a combined seating capacity of about 3,500 and during low season about 1,000 seats are occupied while in the high season about 2,500 are occupied. (kmb40)

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Chef Competition at Bale Udang Ubud

UBUD - Chef Competition held by the Bale Udang Ubud, Friday (Nov. 6) was not only an agility contest in cooking but also a venue for culinary culture in creating a new menu. Of course, each chef presented a different menu produced based on their experience in combination with theory.

Although the ingredients are the same, the result will be different, especially in terms of taste.

The competition was participated by nine groups, where each group consists of two participants. They are representatives of hotels in Kuta and Ubud area. Within an hour and thirty minutes the participants are required to be skillful and creative in presenting the menus. In the sixtieth minute, all the participants already served their gourami-based appetizer. Then, in the seventy-fifth minute, they must present the main course with the basic ingredients of shrimp and in the ninetieth minute they have already prepared a dessert with the basic ingredients of tubers.

In addition to creativity, criteria of the assessment by the jury panel are hygiene, taste and beauty of the presentation. This first cooking contest was attended by the President of the Indonesian Chef Association (ICA) Hendry Alexie Bloem, the Head of the Gianyar Tourism Office A.A. Ari Brahmanta and Indonesian Food & Beverage Executive Association I Nyoman Gede Suasta.

Operations Manager of Bale Udang Ubud, Ketut Suastika, said that the competition is inspired by the increasing enthusiasm of the culinary world, so that the Bale Udang Ubud realizes it through a competition. It is meant to stimulate the creativity of participants in the process and food presentation. And most importantly, the participants are able to compete, especially ahead of the AEC 2016.

“Certainly this event becomes an awareness and campaign media for the Bale Udang Mang Engking Ubud,” he said.

Honestly, explained Suastika, today Bali and Ubud in particular is famous for its culinary tourism so that his company is interested in putting the food concept into competition to improve the quality of food. As a result, it will not only satisfy the eating guests, but also creating a repeated visit. “If it is delicious and having fun, they will surely come again, even with family or friends,” he hoped.

The winners are I Made Adnyana from Berry Biz Hotel; I Kadek Purnayasa from Luxe Villas Bali Ubud and I Gusti Ngurah Citrasena from Berry Amour Villas respectively as the first, second and third winner.

The favorite category is attained by Wayan Ari Narta from Alaya Resort Ubud. (kmb)

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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

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

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

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

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

Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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For a happier life, give up Facebook

COPENHAGEN - Always envious? Got a non-existent social life and struggle to concentrate? All this might be down to Facebook if you believe a study showing those who go a week without using the social network feel happier than others.

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The screen image from Facebook.com shows the Facebook page of President Barack Obama.

Facebook users are 39 percent more likely to feel less happy than non-users.

Carried out by the Happiness Research Institute, the study involved a sample of 1,095 people in Denmark who were divided into two groups, half of whom continued using Facebook while the others stopped.

“We focused on Facebook because it is the social media that most people use across age groups,” Meik Wiking, HRI’s chief executive told AFP Tuesday in Copenhagen, the Danish capital.

After a week, those people who hadn’t been on Facebook said they were more satisfied with their lives, with 88 percent of them describing themselves as “happy” compared with 81 percent from the second group.

Some 84 percent said they appreciated their lives compared with 75 percent in the other group, and only 12 percent described themselves as dissatisfied, compared with 20 percent among those who continued using Facebook.

At the end of the experiment, the abstainers reported having a richer social life and fewer difficulties in concentrating, while the others reported no such change.

“Instead of focusing on what we actually need, we have an unfortunate tendency to focus on what other people have,” the authors of the study wrote. In other words, Facebook users are 39 percent more likely to feel less happy than non-users. (afp)

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Denpasar considered to have no tourism branding

DENPASAR - Despite being a famous tourist destinations, not all areas of Bali have developed brand recognition. Bali’S apical city of Denpasar for example has yet to develop an image to sell to tourists, something that many consider essential for promoting tourism.

Commission IV of the Denpasar House of Representatives recently held a meeting with the Regional Tourism Promotion Board (BPPD) of Denpasar aksing them to work on creating a brand image to identify Denpasar as a tourist destination. The meeting was led by Chairman of the Denpasar House of Representa-

tives I Gusti Ngurah Gede accompanied by Deputy Chairman Wayan Mariyana Wandira, A.A. Asmara Putra and Chairman of BPPD Denpasar I.B. Sidartha Putra. Wayan Gunawan, Head of the Denpasar Tourism Office was present representing his office.

“Denpasar has yet to create a brand image for tourism. It is very

hard to promote this city as a tourist destination when we don’t know what we are selling,” said Sidhartha Putra.

Putra revealed that Denpasar actually has a lot potential in terms of tourism but this potential has yet to be maximized and as a consequence few destinations are attracting visitors. “We’re still confused about what to offer to tourists because Denpasar’s tourism brand is unclear, thereforwe need to asses what it is that we want to promote to travellers,” said Putra who is also Chairman of the Sanur Develop-

ment Foundation.

Deputy Chairman of the Denpasar House of Representatives, Wayan Mariyana Wandhira, said that so far Denpasar tourism has not been able significantly impact the supporting community, such as merchants, workers and farmers who could be benefiting from tourism. “But at the moment, there is great disparity between owners of the abundant hotels and restaurants in Denpasar and the farmers of Denpasar that are living in misery,” he said.

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tion, I.B. Ketut Kiana, proposed that Denpasar tourism put more emphases on quality rather than quantity. “For instance, Sanur Beach is one of the beast beaches in Denpasar and is a great tourist attractions. Hopefully, the quality of tourism in Sanur can be maintained,” he said.

Head of the Denpasar Tourism Office, I Wayan Gunawan, admitted that the branding of Denpasar has not been fully exposed and that his office will look into how to create a better plan for tourism in Denpasar. (kmb12)

Abrasion in Gilimanuk needs attention

NEGARA - The abrasion experienced by Jineng Agung hamlet, Gilimanuk, is getting worse, with many residents having to be evacuated from their homes as the coastline shrinks. “When huge waves come, seawater gets into our house. Previously, we installed some culverts, but they have been destroyed,” said one of the residents.

Unfortunately, nothing has been

done to to protect their homes.

Based on recent observations, many residents can only reach their homes on foot as road access has been destroyed by the sea. Some residents have tried to fortify their homes with pieces of wood but abrasion is no match for such measures. Seaside residents are not the only ones affected by the abrasion at Jineng, PLN

Jave-Bali substation’ large cable that was previously buried under ground has now become visible as a result of abrasion. Of the 246 families living in Jineng Agung, the homes of 14 families in RT 06 are threatened by abrasion, while another ten or so homes in RT 07 are also under threat. The people of Jineng hope that the coastal area can immediately receive attention.

Samiana hamlet is the only area of Gilimanuk that has had the problem of abrasion at all addressed.

Meanhwhile, densely populated Jineng Agung and Pura Segara Gilimanuk have not had any help.

Headman of Gilimanuk, I Gede Ngurah Widiada, recently stated that he has advised the government about the matter. The department of Public Works has submitted a

proposal for the handling of Pura Segara and other areas in Jineng affected by abrasion, to the the federal governments ASDPA, but they are still waiting for news from Jakarta.

Many other areas of Bali are also affected by abrasion including several beaches in Jembrana like Medewi (Pekutatan subdistrict) and Pebuahan in Banyubiru village. (kmb26)

Obese kids as young as 8 show signs of heart disease

MIAMI - Some obese children as young as eight show significant signs of heart disease, according to research presented Tuesday at a major US cardiology conference.

Researchers compared 20 obese children and teenagers to 20 normal weight peers, and found that 40 percent of the obese children were considered at highrisk for heart disease because of thickened heart muscle which can interfere with the muscle’s pumping ability.

Overall, obesity was linked to 27 percent more muscle mass in

the left ventricle of their hearts and 12 percent thicker heart muscles -- both signs of heart disease, according to the findings presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida.

Some of the obese children also had asthma, high blood pressure and depression.

The children studied did not report physical symptoms of heart trouble, but the damage to their hearts was found during a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.

And researchers warn that

heart problems in youth may lead to even more severe disease in adulthood, and a higher likelihood of dying prematurely.

“Parents should be highly motivated to help their children maintain a healthy weight,” said lead author Linyuan Jing, a researcher at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania.

“Ultimately we hope that the effects we see in the hearts of these children are reversible; however, it is possible that there could be permanent damage. This should be further motivation for parents to help children lead a

healthy lifestyle.”

Obesity was measured in the children using the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention standard growth charts, which use body mass index, a calculation derived from a child’s height and weight. Those above the 95th percentile were considered obese.

Children with diabetes, or who were too large to fit in the MRI machine, were excluded from the study.

“As a result, this means the actual burden of heart disease in obese children may have been under-estimated in our study

because the largest kids who may have been the most severely affected could not be enrolled,” Jing said.

Nationwide, about one in three children aged 2-19 are considered either overweight or obese in the United States.

Finding that children as young as eight may show signs of heart disease was “alarming to us,” Jing said.

“Understanding the long-term ramifications of this will be critical as we deal with the impact of the pediatric obesity epidemic.” (afp)

Specific levels of low vitamin D linked to heart troubles

MIAMI - Low vitamin D levels have long been associated with heart problems, but researchers said Monday they have identified a specific danger level for increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

Patients are at the highest risk of cardiac woes if their vitamin D levels dip below 15 nanograms per milliliter, according to researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah.

A simple blood test is the best way to determine one’s vitamin D level.

“Although vitamin D levels above 30 were traditionally considered to be normal, more recently, some researchers have proposed that anything above 15 was a safe level,” said J. Brent Muhlestein, co-director of cardiovascular research at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute.

“But the numbers hadn’t been

backed up with research until now,” he said in a statement.

The findings, presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Session in Orlando, Florida, were based on a database of more than 230,000 patients who were followed for three years.

Researchers tracked major adverse cardiac events, including death, coronary artery disease, heart attacks, stroke, heart and kidney failure.

In the highest risk group, the chance of cardiovascular events increased by 35 percent compared to the others in the study whose vitamin D levels were above 15 nanograms per milliliter.

About one in 10 people are estimated to have low vitamin D levels.

Vitamin D is naturally produced by the body when a person is exposed to sunlight, and it is also found in fish, egg yolks and some dairy products.

Next, Muhlestein said he hopes to do a randomized trial with low vitamin D patients to study whether supplements help combat heart problems over the long term.

“As we continue to study vitamin D and the heart, we hope to ultimately gain enough information so we can inform all patients specifically what they should do to reduce their cardiac risk as much as possible,” he said. (afp)

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The abrasion experienced by Jineng Agung hamlet, Gilimanuk, is getting worse, with many residents having to be evacuated from their homes as the coastline shrinks.

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Lake Tamblingan, cleanest lake in Bali

India’s Prime Minister Modi faces revolt within party

DENPASAR - Lake Tamblingan, is located in Buleleng, and irrigates seven of Bali’S subdistricts. It is the only lake in Bali that is still surrounded by forest but the quality of the lake water still threatened. Research conducted by the Bali Environment Agency (BLH) notes that the Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and the phosphate (PO4) levels in Lake Tamblingan fall shot of quality standards.

“BOD is the ability of microorganisms to break down organic matter, requiring more oxygen.

Probably, the falling BOD levels are caused by rotten microorganisms. Secondly, the phosphate is originating from agriculture,” said Chief of the BLH Bali, Gede Suarjana, from his office on Tuesday (Nov. 10).

Suarjana added that Lake Tamblingan has not been directly affected by too much human activity.

Mostly it is only fishing, trekking and religious ceremonies such as pakelem that take place here. Also, because of the relatively low rate of evaporation, Lake Tmablingan has only experienced a slight decrease in water levels. “The surface area of the lake extends across just 1.15 square kilometers, so that there is little evaporation.And because there are so many late plants around the lake, the micro climate is quite good. Lake Tamblingan is a conservation area so only activities that support conservation are allowed here,” he said.

Suarjana added that BLH still has a lot of work to do in terms of zoning and ascribing designations.

But because the lake is considered a National Strategic Area, the author-

ity to determine zoning regulations falls under the authority of the federal government. “Currently, Lake Tamblingan has not been zoned, gradually the designation and zoning regulations will be created. The local government is obliged to provide input and request that zoning regulations be made by the federal government. Without suitable zoning delineations, problems could arise in the future,” he explained.

The BLH had previously coordinated with the Director of Lake at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in a request to map and create zoning provisions for the lake. The BLH also plans to coordinate with the Conservation and Natural Resources Agency (BKSDA), the district government, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the Ministry of Public Works in the near future.

“We are looking to coordinate about how to preserve the lake, determine the location of boundaries for activities near the lake,and how to create a sedimentation-capturing area and grass trap to catch waste.

We will meet soon to create an action plan for the integrated management of the lake,” affirmed Suarjana. (kmb32)

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A man rides past graffiti congratulating Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in her party’s election victory in Mandalay, Myanmar, Wednesday Nov. 11, 2015. Suu Kyi has won her parliamentary seat, official results showed Wednesday, leading a near total sweep by her party that will give the country its first government in decades that isn’t under the military’s sway.

Lake Tamablingan

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Impact of prolonged dry season, price of rice starts to rise

A woman is buying rice in the traditional market

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TABANAN - Prolonged dry season causes farmers in Tabanan especially those in West Tabanan to be unable to grow rice because they do lack of irrigation water.

This certainly threatens the supply of rice at the market. Ultimately it affects the price increase at traditional markets. As monitoring of rice prices at some markets, there is an increase on average of IDR 500 per kg from the previous price.

A local rice distributor of Tabanan, UD Rejeki, Gusti Ayu Wiratni, said on Tuesday (Nov. 10) that the price of rice belonging to C4 and local C4 variety averagely increases.

Similar condition also happened to branded rice brought in from outside Bali such as East Java and NTB. “On average, this price surge has occurred since the past few weeks with the pattern of gradual increase in the range of IDR 500 per kg,” she said.

Rice of local C4 variety is sold at retail price of IDR 10,000 per kg from IDR 9,500 per kg. Other local rice showing price hike includes the Pis Bolong brand reaching IDR 10,500 per kg from IDR 10,000 per kg. The price surge of Pis Bolong brand experienced the same condition as the Putri Sejati brought in from East Java where the price range

reaches IDR 10,500 per kg.

Wiratni reasoned that the price hike of rice is triggered by prolonged dry season, not by hoarding action or other black practices in rice business. “Moreover, the increase also occurred in the price of grain due to this drought, even though in insignificant level,” he said.

Although the increase is still considered insignificant, she started to reduce the purchase of rice from outside Bali. By and large, she orders at daily average of one truck or approximately 10 tons. Now, she only places an order at least every two weeks. This order restriction is meant to anticipate losses due to the large stock that cannot be sold at the market considering that the rice also has a storing period limit.

The Head of the Tabanan Industry and Trade Agency, I.B. Made Wiryawan, revealed that this dry season has not indicated so significant impact on prices of food agricultural production at market, including the price of foodstuff like rice. Based on his monitoring at some merchants, the price of rice stays stable or normal. “Until now there has been no significant increase in the price of rice at the market,” he said. (kmb24)

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Myanmar government promises peaceful power transfer

YANGON — Myanmar’s transition to greater democracy after decades of military rule surged ahead Wednesday as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party continued its election sweep and the government promised a peaceful transition of power.

Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy said it received a message from Information Minister Ye Htut on behalf of President Thein Sein congratulating it for leading the race for parliamentary seats in Sunday’s election.

Ye Htut said the government will pursue a peaceful transfer of power “in accordance with the legislated timeline.” He was not immediately available for comment.

The message helps remove lingering concerns that the military, which has a large influence over the ruling party, may deny the NLD power, as it did after elections in 1990.

It also means that Myanmar is likely to soon have its first government in decades that isn’t under the military’s sway. But while an NLD victory virtually assures it of being able to elect the president as well, Suu Kyi remains barred from becoming president by a constitutional provision inserted by the military before it transferred power to a quasicivilian government in 2011.

Suu Kyi has declared, however,

that she will become the country’s de facto leader, acting “above the president,” if her party forms the next government. She described that plan further in interview Tuesday with Singapore’s Channel NewsAsia television.

“I make all the decisions because I’m the leader of the winning party.

And the president will be one whom we will choose just in order to meet the requirements of the constitution,” she said. “He (the president) will have to understand this perfectly well that he will have no authority.

That he will act in accordance with the positions of the party.”

The military, which took power in a 1962 coup and brutally suppressed several pro-democracy uprisings during its rule, gave way to a nominally civilian elected government in 2011 — with strings attached.

It installed retired senior officers in the ruling party to fill Cabinet posts and gave itself key powers in the constitution, including control of powerful ministries and a quarter of the seats in the 664-member

two-chamber Parliament. In a state of emergency, a special military-led body can even assume state powers.

Another provision bars Suu Kyi from the presidency because her sons hold foreign citizenship.

While Myanmar’s people voted overwhelmingly Sunday to remove the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party from power, it’s clear that the army’s involvement in politics won’t end, and the NLD will need to convince it to cooperate.

The Union Election Commission has announced the results of 151 lower house races, of which 135 were won by the NLD. Suu Kyi won a seat from her constituency, Kawhmu, which is part of Yangon state. In the upper house, the NLD won 29 out of 33 announced races.

NLD co-founder Tin Oo told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the party expects to win about 80 percent of the votes — putting it on pace with the party’s 1990 landslide that the military annulled.

If the NLD secures a two-thirds majority of the parliamentary seats at stake — a likely scenario now — it would gain control over the executive posts under Myanmar’s complicated parliamentary-presidency system. (ap)

NEW DELHI — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing a revolt within his Hindu nationalist party by senior leaders questioning his leadership style after the recent debacle in state elections.

Modi’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party lost the election in eastern Bihar state last Sunday to a coalition of socialist groups, led by Nitish Kumar, in a major blow seen as a sign that many in India are alarmed by a rising tide of religious intolerance and violence.

A statement issued late Tuesday by four former ministers indirectly accused Modi and party President Amit Shah of concentrating too much power in their hands.

“A thorough review must be done of the reasons for the defeat as well as of the way the party is being forced to kowtow to a handful, and how its consensual character has been destroyed,” the statement said. It added that a review “must not be done by the very persons who have managed and who have been responsible for the campaign in Bihar.”

Modi had sidelined the four leaders — Lal Krishna Advani, Yashwant Sinha, Murli Manohar Joshi and Shanta Kumar — after becoming prime minister in May last year.

A statement by Modi’s supporters said that the party would welcome any guidance of the senior leaders.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said the BJP had won the national and some state elections under the current leadership.

The election for control of Bihar, India’s second most populous state, was seen as a referendum on Modi’s popularity, and he had crisscrossed the state addressing dozens of high-profile rallies. No other BJP leaders were as visible through the election as Modi.

The dramatic loss in Bihar was the second major defeat for the BJP, which was trounced in Delhi state elections earlier this year.

State elections decide who controls the upper house of India’s Parliament. While the lower house, which the BJP controls, is significantly more powerful, the upper house is crucial for passing the legislation needed for the economic reforms Modi’s government has promised.(ap)

AP Photo/Saurabh Das, file

FILE- In this April 6, 2015 file photo, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi rubs his eye as he attends a conference by the environment ministry in New Delhi, India. Modi is facing a revolt within his Hindu nationalist party by senior leaders questioning his leadership style after the recent debacle in state elections.

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Total gross merchandise volume, a measure of sales, matched the 2014 US dollar total of $9.3 billion just after 12:30 pm (0430 GMT), after the promotion began at midnight.

“The 2015 sale has eclipsed last year’s final results in a little over half the time,” it said.

In an earlier release Alibaba’s chief executive officer Daniel Zhang said: “The whole world will witness the power of Chinese consumption this November 11.”

“Singles Day” is not a traditional Chinese festival, but Alibaba has been pushing November 11 -- 11/11 being a date heavy on ones -- since 2009 as it looks to tap an expanding

army of Internet shoppers in China, which has the world’s biggest online population of 668 million.

At first it was marketed as an “anti-Valentine’s Day”, featuring hefty discounts to lure the country’s singletons and price-sensitive buyers.

With sales hitting new highs year after year, “Singles Day” has become a lucrative business opportunity embraced by all online retailers in China, with competition between them turning increasingly fierce.

The event has received vocal support from the government at a time when China’s economic expansion is slowing and Beijing

is trying to transform the growth model into a more sustainable one driven by consumption.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s office phoned Alibaba chairman Jack Ma hours ahead of the promotion kicking off, “congratulating and encouraging the creation and achievement of the 11.11 event”, said a posting on a social media account of Tmall, the group’s business-to-consumer arm.

Chinese Internet users showed off their acquisitions Wednesday -- with many lamenting that they had spent far too much money.

“I can only afford to eat dirt for the next half year,” said a user on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo, with an attached screengrab of a Taobao app showing she had bought 42 items.

But some consumers also expressed concerns about fake prod-

ucts.

“Good luck. Hope you guys will not get phoney products or things that turn out to be useless,” said a Weibo user.

Headquartered in the eastern city of Hangzhou, Alibaba does not sell products directly but acts as an electronic middleman, operating China’s most popular consumer-toconsumer platform, Taobao, which is estimated to hold more than 90 percent of the market.

Nasdaq-listed rival online marketplace JD.com reportedly filed a complaint with the government last week, accusing Alibaba of monopolising the market by restricting suppliers from participating in other operators’ promotion events on November 11.

But Alibaba -- listed on the New York Stock Exchange -- shrugged off the allegations, asserting that it

owns the “Singles Day” brand.

“Today the chicken reported on the duck, accusing the duck of monopolising the lake,” said a spokeswoman for Alibaba’s promotional event, according to Chinese media report.

Ahead of the shopping spree, Alibaba mounted a television spectacular at Beijing’s Water Cube Olympic swimming venue, featuring Chinese and foreign celebrities including James Bond actor Daniel Craig, and Hollywood star Kevin Spacey in his role as President Frank Underwood from the Netflix series “House of Cards”.

In comparison with Singles Day, desktop sales for the five days from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday in the United States last year stood at $6.56 billion, according to Internet analytics firm comScore. (afp)

Mitsubishi jet in 1st flight, in step for Japan aviation

TOKYO — Mitsubishi, a maker of the Zero fighter, took a step toward reclaiming Japan’s one-time status as an aviation power Wednesday with the maiden flight of its regional jet.

The aircraft took off in the central Japanese city of Nagoya, as seen in a live webcast. It landed about an hour later.

Mitsubishi pushed back the jet’s first flight by a few months but said the delay would not affect its planned commercial deliveries.

The project reflects a desire to turn Japan’s modern engineering and manufacturing prowess into a top-tier aircraft industry, some 70 years after Japan suspended making planes following its defeat in World War II. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and other major Japanese manufacturers are key suppliers for many aircraft parts and systems. But a large share of the components in the 70- to 90-seat Mitsubishi regional jet came from leading foreign suppliers.

Mitsubishi faces a stiff challenge in competing with Brazil’s Embraer, which dominates the difficult regional jet market, analysts say. (ap) Japan’s first domestically produced passenger jet, the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), takes off from Nagoya Airport in Toyoyama, central Japan, for its first flight Wednesday morning, Nov. 11, 2015.

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Shoreline of mainland Klungkung hunted by investors

China splurges on world’s biggest online shopping spree

BEIJING - Shoppers spent around $9 billion in the first 12 hours of China’s “Singles Day” sale on Wednesday, e-commerce giant Alibaba said, in the world’s biggest online shopping day.

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Klungkung government attempts to change status

SEMARAPURA - A number of investors pursue the area from Tegal Besar Beach (Banjarangkan) to Goa Lawah Beach (Dawan). However, the status of the land remaining as a tourist attraction causes the investors to be unable to make investment.

At some points like on Lepang Beach, there has been investor coming in and getting a permit like PT Wika Realty posing a subsidiary company of PT Wijaya Karya (WIKA), a stateowned company developing property with PT Dwa Investama for the property development of Jivva Taman Sari on an area of three hectares.

From Tegal Besar to Goa Lawah along 12.6 km is assessed to have great potential. Moreover, as the fact in the field, there have been hotel facilities at some points such as the Jivva Taman Sari that has obtained a permit even though breaking the coastal borderline.

In order to develop the region, the Regional Development Planning Board (Bappeda) of Klungkung has proposed to increase the status of the land in the south of Jalan Bypass I.B. Mantra in a series of discussion of the Bali regional bylaw draft on the Bali Tourism Development Master Plan 2014-2019.

The Head of Bappeda Klungkung Wayan Wasta accompanied

by Division Head of Regional Planning and Infrastructure Gusti Gunarta and Wayan Darmanaba said that the utilization of tourist attraction area is not as free as the special tourist attraction area (KDTWK).

“Actually it is not allowed to build a hotel in the area but in fact there has been a hotel built in the area. We in district government hope the status

can be changed into KDTWK,” said Wasta. Besides, the former quarrying area is also proposed to be included in the KDTWK. According to Wasta, the reason of proposing to upgrade the status into KDTWK is not just seeing the facts in the field, but rather to maximize the utilization of the existing potential.

Gunarta added that other than being proposed in the discussion of the draft of the Bali Tourism Development Master Plan, it will also be proposed in the discussion of the amendment of Bali Spatial Planning (RTRWP).

“It is meant to reach an agreement so as to be included in the Bali tourism development master plan and the RTRWP,” added Gunarta.

In the letter of the Bappeda No.050/475/Bappeda sent to the governor, other than the area of Tegal Besar Beach to Goa Lawah Beach and former quarry area, it also proposes the geographic coverage of villages in Nusa Penida including in the tourism area. In the regional bylaw draft on the Bali Tourism Development Master Plan

The fishermen are moving their boat inland on Kusamba Beach, Klungkung there is a discrepancy between the Table 1A of the Appendix and the map 10 in Appendix II. In Table 1A is mentioned there are only seven villages, whereas in the map 10 is mentioned 10 villages such as the Suana, Pejukutan, Batununggul, Kutampi Kaler, Ped, Toyapakeh, Sakti, Bunga Mekar, Lembongan and Jungutbatu. It also

includes the proposal on the name changes of tourist attraction (DTW) because they are no longer appropriate with the circumstances, like the Kerta Gosa hamlet, Pura Taman Sari and Pura Penataran Agung, Kamasan village, Gelgel village, Pura Watu Klotok area, Tukad Unda and Tukad Melangit area.

The government of Klungkung

also reminded so that the direction of regional tourism development will not only focus on the aspects of tourist destination, but also provides direction for the development of other aspects, namely the direction of institution of tourism development, tourism industry and tourism marketing holistically. (dwa)

Pier repair has an impact on truck lines at Gilimanuk

Muneyuki Tomari/Kyodo News via AP

The traffic jam is seen on the road at Gilimanuk

IBP/Olo

NEGARA - Dense trucks coming to Gilimanuk on Monday night (Nov. 9) resulted in queues up to three kilometers. It is triggered by a slight stagnation of ferry services due to a pier of Mobile Bridge II is temporarily closed for repair. Actually such condition almost occurs every day especially at night, but the most crowded is on Monday night to Tuesday morning.

Unavoidably this condition also has an impact on the life of people around the harbor. In addition to the impact of noises and a puff of truck exhaust, the entry and exit points at local hamlets are hampered because the road is filled with trucks lining up. On Monday night, the line of trucks, mostly

consisting of vacant loads, is long enough. From information, the line of trucks happened to get to Cekik forest or about 3.5 km from the harbor entrance. Daily activities of some residents whose homes located right on the roadside was somewhat hampered.

Since the road was filled with trucks lining up towards the harbor counter, it was difficult for vehicles to pass. Agus, one of the local residents, admitted that he took a slightly longer time to cross even though just riding a motorcycle.

He had to wait for until the space getting available when the truck has moved. He hoped the problem must be found a solution, so that it does not interfere with services either for

IBP/file

service users and residents around the harbor. To reduce the line, it has been attempted to bring in large vessel as done during the last Eid backflow.

Operations Manager of PT ASDP Gilimanuk, Sugeng Purwonok, justified the lines especially happening to large trucks leading to the harbor.

According to him, it was caused by pier repair and the reduction in the number of operating vessels.

Previously, the harbor authority operated 30 vessels, but currently it reduced to 24 vessels at mobile bridge and pontoon as well as six vessels at LCM pier. He hoped the drivers and the public to be patient during the repair process of the pier. (kmb26)

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FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 7, 2009 file photo, an Israeli flag is seen in front of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maaleh Adumim on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The European Union on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015 approved guidelines for its member states to specially label products made in West Bank settlements, a move that has already been criticized by Israel.

EU sets guidelines on settlement products despite Israel ire

BRUSSELS — Relations between the European Union and Israel took a dive on Wednesday after Jerusalem derided a decision of the 28-nation bloc to specially label products made in West Bank settlements. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said the EU has taken an “exceptional and discriminatory step” for what the ministry called “political reasons.”

The EU move, which came after months of procrastinating, underscores the bloc’s unhappiness over Israel’s continued expansion of settlements on territory that Palestinians seek for their future state. The EU is now seeking to differentiate between its relations with Israel and with the settlements, fearing that a continued status quo would never push the Israeli government into changing its settlement policies.

Once the labelling is implemented, European consumers will be able to read on the label of most products if a piece of merchandize or goods — mostly fruit and vegetables — was produced on Israeli settlements.

The EU Commission insisted there was no overt political motive driving the move, adding that the guidelines are merely a technical measure it was forced to impose after three member states — Britain, Belgium and Denmark — al-

ready had imposed special labeling on their own, forcing the EU to streamline measures throughout the 28 nations.

However, Israel insists the step was inspired by an international boycott movement against Israel and noted that it comes at a time when the country is confronting a “wave of terrorism” amid stepped-up Palestinian attacks. The Israeli foreign ministry said that “it is puzzling and even irritating that the EU chooses to apply a double standard concerning Israel” while other territorial disputes are treated differently.

The ministry also said the step “raises questions” about EU’s role in the region and could have implications on Israel’s relations with Europe. It added that the measure also will harden Palestinian positions and make it more difficult to resume peace talks.

Earlier this week in anticipation

of the move, Israeli Cabinet minister Yuval Steinitz said “we cannot conceive it but as some disguised anti-Semitism.”

The measures will primarily cover fruit and vegetables from the area. The labeling should affect less than 1 percent of all trade between the EU and Israel, which stands at some 30 billion euro ($32 billion), including 13 billion euro ($14 billion) Israeli exports into the bloc.

EU officials have said that in Britain, where the labelling is already in place, it has had no negative economic effect. Also, for over a decade now, the EU has excluded products from settlements from trade preferences. Israel, however, sees it as a political stigma that would push consumers away.

The Palestinians claim the West Bank and east Jerusalem — territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war — as parts of a future independent state.

The international community opposes Israeli settlements in the two areas, saying they undermine the goal of dividing the land. More than 550,000 Jewish settlers live on occupied land. (ap)

International

Gov’t files legal challenge to Catalan secession bid

MADRID — The Spanish government on Wednesday filed a challenge against the Catalan regional parliament’s decision to set up a road map for independence from Spain by 2017.

State lawyers lodged the appeal before the Constitutional Court, with the government calling on the tribunal to suspend the Catalan parliament’s decision while it is being studied. It also wants the court to warn Catalan officials against taking any further steps in the secession process.

The court was to meet later Wednesday and is expected to rule quickly. The secession resolution approved Monday in the Barcelonabased regional parliament gives the economically powerful region’s incoming government a month to begin work on a new Catalan constitution, which would be voted on mid-2017, and begin establishing tax-collecting and social security systems.

It also exempts the regional administration from having to heed Spanish institutions, including the Constitutional Court. However,

under a new law, the court is empowered to suspend public officials who ignore its rulings.

The resolution was pushed through by the pro-independence “Together for Yes” alliance and the far-left CUP group, which between them won 72 seats in the 135-deputy regional parliament in September elections.

The two are in talks to form a new government to move the independence process forward but the CUP has refused to support the “Together for Yes” alliance’s presidential candidate, Artur Mas, who has held the region’s top political post for years. Mas lost an initial investiture vote Tuesday. He has a second opportunity Thursday.

The regional parliament has until Jan. 9 to form a government or a new election must be called.

Polls show that most Catalans support a referendum on independence but are divided over whether to break centuries-old ties with the rest of Spain. The region of 7.5 million inhabitants represents nearly a fifth of Spain’s economic output. (ap)

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

Regional acting President Artur Mas speaks at the Parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015. The regional parliament of Catalonia is meeting to try to choose a new regional president, a day after the chamber approved a plan to set up a road map for independence from Spain by 2017.

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British journalists jailed over piracy film leave Indonesia

JAKARTA - Two British journalists jailed in Indonesia for working without the correct visas have flown home, their lawyer said Wednesday.

Neil Bonner, 32, and Rebecca Prosser, 31, received two-and-a-half month prison sentences for misusing their tourist visas to make a documentary about piracy near the western island of Batam.

Foreign journalists wanting to report in Indonesia must get a special visa. The pair, who had been detained since May -- nearly four months longer than their sentence -- left Indonesia on Tuesday evening.

“They left at midnight on an Emirates flight to London, transiting

through Dubai,” their lawyer Aristo Pangaribuan told AFP. The indictment said the British pair came to Indonesia to make a film with funding from National Geographic and had hired Indonesians to act out a scene of a tanker being boarded by a group of pirates off Batam.

Those detained in the past for illegal reporting have been deported immediately or given short prison terms.

Two French journalists were given jail terms of two and a half months last year after being caught in Indonesia’s Papua province trying to make a documentary about the separatist movement while on tourist visas. (afp)

JAKARTA - Indonesia is failing to allow free access to all foreign journalists to Papua despite a pledge by President Joko Widodo to lift reporting restrictions in the restive eastern region, Human Rights Watch warned Wednesday.

Widodo announced in May that decades-old curbs on overseas media reporting from Papua, where poorly armed independence fighters have for years waged a low-level insurgency against the central government, would be lifted with immediate effect.

Applying to report in Papua has long been a complex process, with permission rarely granted due to security concerns and the government’s long-running suspicions about foreigners’ motives in visiting the heavilymilitarised, underdeveloped region.

Widodo’s move was praised as evidence that Jakarta was loosening its tight grip. But in a new report, Human Rights Watch said there had not been a “genuine opening” of Papua to the foreign press, and the process for applying to go there “remained opaque and unpredictable at best”.

The leader’s announcement was not followed by an official presidential directive and triggered a backlash among those in the government and security forces opposed to the change, said the report.

“We have seen that elements of the Indonesian government are failing to deliver in the president’s commitment to open Papua,” said Phelim Kine,

deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch.

He said the lack of a written order had created a “huge grey zone” and the bureaucracy was continuing with “business as usual” in the Papua region, which comprises two provinces, Papua and West Papua.

In addition, following the announcement, “we’ve had a parade of senior government and military officials express intense opposition and hostility”, added Kine.

There have been some small signs of progress. At least three applications have been approved since the announcement, although most after some months waiting, according to Andreas Harsono, HRW Indonesia researcher.

But a London-based journalist has not received any response to an application, and a French journalist who travelled there had to obtain a special travel permit and give a detailed coverage plan, while activists she interviewed were briefly detained following her visit.

There are still flare-ups of violence in Papua, where insurgents are fighting on behalf of the mostly ethnic Melanesian population, and Indonesian troops are regularly accused of abusing villagers in the name of anti-rebel operations.

Jakarta took control of Papua, which forms half of the island of New Guinea, in 1963 from former colonial power the Netherlands. (afp)

Indonesia not honouring vow to allow Papua media access: HRW

AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana

A sumatran elephant is photographed at Way Kambas National Park on Sumatra Island Indonesia, Thursday, Nov 5, 2015. Officials in Indonesia are using trained elephants outfitted with water pumps and hoses to help patrol forests and control fires.

Trained elephants use to control forest fires

SIAK, Indonesia — Officials in Indonesia are using trained elephants outfitted with water pumps and hoses to help patrol forests and control fires.

For nearly three months, Riau province in East Sumatra has been blanketed by smoke from forest fires and land clearing, especially in peat-rich areas where flames are difficult to contain.

At the elephant conservation center in Siak district, 23 trained elephants are being used as “forest watchdogs.”

Carrying water pumps and other equipment, elephants and their crews patrol burned areas in the national forest to ensure that fires

don’t reappear after smoldering beneath the peat lands.

Supartono, the head of the Riau Forestry Division who uses one name, said the elephants had earlier been trained to help patrol forests to find people encroaching illegally, as well as to resolve frequent conflicts between wild elephants and people by driving the wild elephants that enter human settlements back to their habitats.

So far, Indonesia has been un-

able to put out the raging fires this year because of intentional burning and a rain shortage.

Much of the forest land that was burned in the past 17 years was converted into oil palm and pulp plantations. Data from the Riau Forest Fire Prevention Taskforce show more than 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres) of forests and land have been burned in the province.

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya says about 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres) of forests and plantation land have been razed by fires throughout Sumatra and Borneo. (ap)

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Durant injures leg; Westbrook leads Thunder past Wiz 125-101

Padanggalak Beach

WASHINGTON — Kevin Durant left at halftime with a strained left hamstring and Russell Westbrook took over, compiling a triple-double with 22 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder past the Washington Wizards, 125-101 Tuesday.

DENPASAR - Padanggalak Beach is located in the north of Sanur. In contrast to Sanur Beach area, Padanggalak offers big waves and shiny black sand.

As the waves are big enough water sport activities are frequently organized on this beach. Meanwhile, Balinese people use this beach to hold various religious ceremonies, such as purificatory rituals for their sanctified effigies and other ritual paraphernalia.

Durant, second in the NBA in scoring entering the night, had 14 points and 10 rebounds in the first half. With less than a minute remaining in the second quarter, Durant was fouled by Kris Humphries on a drive to the basket and then limped a bit, clutching at the back of his left leg.

The 2013-14 MVP made both free throws and stayed in the game until halftime. New Orleans’ Anthony Davis scored 17 points before leaving at halftime with a bruised right hip as the Pelicans beat the Dallas Mavericks 120-105 for their

AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) dunks in front of Washington Wizards forward Kris Humphries (43) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, in Washington.

first victory of the season.

Davis helped the Pelicans (1-6) build an 18-point halftime lead that never dipped below 14 points even after he left.

Team officials said X-rays on the All-Star forward’s hip were negative, but they were holding him out as a precaution. Dirk Nowitzki scored 18 points for Dallas.

In Cleveland, LeBron James equaled a season high with 31 points as the Cavaliers rallied to defeat the Utah Jazz 118-114 for their seventh consecutive victory.

Cleveland trailed 95-86 midway through the fourth, but James took over and brought the Quicken Loans Arena crowd to its feet with one of his trademark plays.

With the Cavaliers down 95-91, James stole the ball near midcourt and headed to the basket. Rodney Hood wrapped his arms around James, but the four-time MVP made a layup anyway and flexed

his bicep as Hood was called for the foul. James made the foul shot, and Cleveland went on to the win.

Mo Williams scored 29 points for the Cavaliers, who haven’t lost since the season opener in Chicago.

Alec Burks led Utah with 24 points while Gordon Hayward and Derrick Favors each added 17.

The New York Knicks handed the Toronto Raptors 111-109 for their first home loss of the season after Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points and reserve Lance Thomas had 17.

DeMar DeRozan had a seasonhigh 29 points for Toronto, while Kyle Lowry had 23 points and nine rebounds.

The victory was New York’s third on the road this season after winning just seven times away from Madison Square Garden last year. In other games, Chris Bosh scored a season-high 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Miami Heat downed the Los Angeles Lakers 101-88, the Charlotte Hawks downed the Minnesota Timberwolves 104-95 and the Boston Celtics were 99-83 winners over the Milwaukee Bucks. (ap)

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LONDON - Andy Murray is performing a delicate balancing act as he prepares for a claycourt Davis Cup final and the ATP World Tour Finals on an indoor hardcourt at the o2 Arena.

The Scot, who has prioritised helping Britain win the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936 when they face Belgium in Ghent later this month, will spend most of this week practising on clay in London.

The Tour Finals, where Murray can clinch the year-end number two ranking for the first time, begin on Sunday, meaning a testing few days for the 28year-old.

The transition to the specific movements of claycourt tennis have proved problematic in the past for Murray who has often suffered back pain as a consequence.

“I’ve tried to juggle the two so that I don’t have to miss the (Tour Finals) but also give myself a good chance of playing well in the Davis Cup,” said Murray who was beaten in the Paris Masters final on Sunday by Novak Djokovic.

“It’s important I’m not too hard on myself and don’t just expect to play great tennis at the start at the o2 as soon as I switch back to hardcourts.

“I need to respect what the change to the clay can do to my body and also what it can do to your game because it’s a completely different movement.”

When Britain beat Australia in September to reach the final for the first time since 1978, Murray winning all his three matches, the Scot indicated he might miss the ATP finale that features the world’s top eight players.

He now says he could still pull out if he is worried about his fitness for the Davis Cup final that starts on Nov. 27. “It’s going to be tricky,” added Murray. “If I get injured in the next couple of days or something happens to my back then obviously I won’t play (at the o2).

“But if I’m fit and healthy and the next three days go well well then I’ll be practising at the O2 from Friday.” Twice grand slam champion Murray has never won the ATP’s season-ender. (rtr)

Britain’s Andy Murray arrives for his men’s singles final tennis match against world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Paris Masters tennis tournament November 8, 2015.

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Sp rt Ibrahimovic keen for last shot at glory in Euro 2016 playoff

LONDON — For Zlatan Ibrahimovic to probably make his international swansong at Euro 2016, he must continue his ferocious form in front of goal for Sweden in its playoff against Denmark. Ibrahimovic was the fourth highest scorer in qualifying with eight strikes, but a third-place finish in Group G behind Russia and Austria means Sweden’s only route to the championship is to defeat Denmark over two legs, starting on Saturday.

At the age of 34, he’s not expected to play internationally beyond Euro 2016 in France. He

missed the 2014 World Cup in Brazil after Sweden lost its playoff against Portugal.

If Ibrahimovic can pull it off, he will end the tenure of Denmark coach Morten Olsen, who has said he will step down when his team’s campaign for Euro 2016 ends.

In the other playoffs, Ireland meets Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hungary takes on Norway, and Ukraine welcomes Slovenia. Here’s some things to know about the playoffs: DENMARK COACH CONFIDENT: Olsen, who has played

Fredrik Sandberg / TT via AP

Sweden’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates scoring the opening goal during the UEFA Euro 2016 group G qualifying soccer match between Sweden and Moldova at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday Oct. 12, 2015.

more than 100 times for Denmark, has been the national coach since 2000, and while he’s said this is his last run, he’s not preparing to say goodbye yet. He’s hoping Denmark will have the advantage after Saturday’s match to take back home to Sweden.

“It pleases me that we get the opportunity to decide it all at home,” he said. “Deciding it all in front of your own crowd is always something special.” Denmark won the European Championship in 1992, and is the only previous winner competing in the playoffs.

IRELAND WARY OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Ireland coach Martin O’Neill has singled out midfielder Miralem Pjanic and striker Edin Dzeko, who both play for Italian side Roma, as the danger men for his team ahead of the first leg against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Friday. Defender Seamus Coleman merely hopes they can fulfil their supporters’ expectations.

“We are all excited with what could happen at the end of it but we have got a big job to get done,” Coleman said. “I feel that pressure to do as best as I can for the fans.” Ireland is bidding to reach its second straight European Championship, and do better than Euro 2012, where they lost all three group matches against Spain, Italy and Croatia.

Bosnia is hoping to make history by qualifying for the first time: “It is good that we are in a situation where we are masters of our destiny,” Bosnia coach Mehmed

Bazdarevic said.

HUNGARY WANTS HOME ADVANTAGE: Hungary hasn’t qualified for the European Championship since 1972, while Norway has not made it since 2000. Their first leg is in Oslo on Thursday, when Hungary will try to beat Norway for the first time since 1981.

Norway can’t be overconfident; it has lost all six home games it has played in November in the last 20 years.

“Our aim in the away game is to create the foundations so that three days later, at home, we can achieve the right to take part in the European Championship,” Hungary coach Bernd Storck said. The playoff is a huge disappointment for Hungary, which had hope of being the best third-place team as late as the last rotation in the group stage.

BAD OMENS FOR UKRAINE: For Ukraine to reach Euro 2016, it will have to do two things for the first time. It has never beaten its opponent Slovenia in four attempts, losing two and drawing two, while its last five playoff encounters have all ended in defeat.

The first match will be hosted

by Ukraine on Saturday, something which coach Mikhail Fomenko did not want. “Of course, it would be better to start away, but we cannot change anything with the draw,” Fomenko said.

Slovenia has been in the playoffs for the European Championship twice, defeating Ukraine in 2000, and losing to Croatia in 2004. (ap)

Argentine FA strips referee of international status

BUENOS AIRES - Referee Diego Ceballos, provisionally suspended last week after his errors in the Copa Argentina final, has been stripped of his international status, the Argentine FA said on Tuesday.

Ceballos, who officiated in Boca Juniors’ 2-0 win over Rosario Central in the final of the knockout competition, wrongly awarded Boca a penalty for a foul outside the area and gave a goal that was scored from an offside position.

“By decision of (AFA) presi-

dent, Mr Luis Segura, Mr Diego Ceballos has been withdrawn from the International Referees Register,” the AFA said.

“This measure will immediately be communicated to FIFA,” it added in a statement on its website (www.lafa.org.ar). The AFA did not give a time limit for Ceballos’ suspension on the domestic front.

Rosario Central were furious with Ceballos and his linesman Marcelo Aumente for their decisions, which included disallowing an early goal by Central for

offside, and their coach Eduardo Coudet was sent to the stands for his heated protests.

A 900-man police operation ensured there was no trouble when the two sides met again last Sunday in their last match of the league season in Rosario which was won 3-1 by Central.

Boca had by then already done the double having sealed the first division title the previous weekend with a match to spare before winning the Copa Argentina. (rtr)

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Chelsea, West Ham fined by FA for failing to control players

LONDON — The English Football Association has fined Chelsea and West Ham for failing to control their players during their Premier League game at Upton Park last

month.

Both clubs admitted misconduct charges of failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion during West Ham’s

2-1 win.

Chelsea was fined 50,000 p o u n d s ( $ 7 5 , 5 5 0 ) a n d We s t Ham has to pay 40,000 pounds ($60,450). (ap)

BERLIN - Lifting German football out of its current malaise will require plenty of patience and the support of both professional and amateur players alike, Germany’s joint interim FA chief Reinhard Rauball said on Wednesday.

Rauball and Rainer Koch have been tasked with leading the world’s largest national football association after their predecessor Wolfgang Niersbach resigned on Monday over a World Cup 2006 scandal involving a multi-million dollar payment to soccer’s governing body FIFA a year ahead of the finals.

“The DFB is currently going through a highly problematic situation. So for the good of our sport, together we need to get to work, the Bundesliga as well as the amateurs,” he told Bild newspaper. “This will take much more time than is expected,” said Rauball, who also heads the German Football League (DFL) that runs the top two divisions.

Last month, Der Spiegel magazine alleged that a 6.7 million euro ($7.20 million) transfer to soccer’s governing body was a return on a loan from then Adidas CEO Robert Louis-Dreyfus to buy votes at a FIFA election in 2000 in favour of Germany’s 2006 World Cup bid.

Niersbach, a vice president of the 2006 organising committee at the time, is under investigation for tax evasion in relation to the payment but has denied the claims of a slush fund, accepting only “political responsibility” but insisting he had done nothing wrong.

He said last month, however, he did not know why the payment to FIFA was made in 2005 and had ordered an internal investigation.

World Cup wining player and coach Franz Beckenbauer, who led the 2006 World Cup organising committee, has also rejected the allegations of a votes-for-cash deal but suspicion has grown with the

DFB saying a contract between him and former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, banned from football for life since September, was signed four days before the FIFA vote in 2000.

It offered a series of services, including friendly matches and coaching support to the head of the CONCACAF, the governing body for North and Central America and the Caribbean, which Warner headed from 1990 to 2011.

The DFB said there was no financial offer in the contract, which was never fulfilled, but has urged Beckenbauer, who has not commented on the latest document, to provide answers.

Warner, who sat on the FIFA Executive Committee for 28 years, and 13 other soccer officials and sports marketing executives were indicted in the United States on May 27 on bribery, money laundering and wire fraud charges involving more than $150 million in payments. (rtr)

Restoring German football will take time

AP Photo/Jon Super

Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney claps to supporters at the end of the Champions League Group B soccer match between Manchester United and CSKA Moskva at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015.

Rooney plays up to wrestling crowd by slapping WWE star

MANCHESTER — Wayne Rooney was goaded into retaliation, and slapped the sportsman. For once, this wasn’t the England striker’s fiery temperament resurfacing but a playful clash with a WWE star.

Wade Barrett has had a feud with Rooney ever since he accused the Manchester United captain of diving to win a penalty last year against Preston — the northern English club supported by the wrestler.

Rooney came face to face with the wrestler at RAW in Manchester late Monday. “I don’t like the way you’re looking at me, Wayne,” Barrett yelled at Rooney. “You’re looking at me like you’ve got some kind of problem with me.”

Rooney was sitting with six-year-old son Kai in the front row. “I would offer to have you step inside this ring so we can fight this out like men,” Barrett said. “But I would hate for your little boy to sit there and watch his own father fail because, let’s face it, he gets to experience that every single time you step on a football pitch.”

Barrett climbed out of the ring to confront Rooney in person. He threatened to knock Rooney out and prodded the player in the chest.

Rooney responded by slapping Barrett and he theatrically fell to the floor. (ap)

Japan’s ‘King Kazu’ to play on for another year

TOKYO - Japanese striker Kazuyoshi Miura will extend one of soccer’s longest professional careers by another 12 months after the 48-year-old agreed a new deal with Yokohama FC on Wednesday.

The second division club announced the one-year extension at 11:11 a.m. local time on Nov. 11, a tribute to the player dubbed ‘King Kazu’ and who wears the number 11 shirt.

“I’m thankful to the club staff and supporters who always offer me support,” Miura, who has scored 55 goals in 89 appearances for Japan, was quoted as saying by Kyodo News. “I’ll continue to give everything I have and strive.”

The striker extended his record as the oldest scorer in Japanese football in June when he notched the winner in a second division match four months after his 48th birthday. He has not featured of late because of a thigh injury.

Miura, who has scored three times in 16 appearances this season, REUTERS/Michael Dalder has played for a number of clubs in Japan and also enjoyed a stint Germany national soccer team head coach Joachim Loew conducts a training session in Munich, with Brazil’s Santos. (rtr) Germany November 11, 2015.

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Sp rt Ibrahimovic keen for last shot at glory in Euro 2016 playoff

LONDON — For Zlatan Ibrahimovic to probably make his international swansong at Euro 2016, he must continue his ferocious form in front of goal for Sweden in its playoff against Denmark. Ibrahimovic was the fourth highest scorer in qualifying with eight strikes, but a third-place finish in Group G behind Russia and Austria means Sweden’s only route to the championship is to defeat Denmark over two legs, starting on Saturday.

At the age of 34, he’s not expected to play internationally beyond Euro 2016 in France. He

missed the 2014 World Cup in Brazil after Sweden lost its playoff against Portugal.

If Ibrahimovic can pull it off, he will end the tenure of Denmark coach Morten Olsen, who has said he will step down when his team’s campaign for Euro 2016 ends.

In the other playoffs, Ireland meets Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hungary takes on Norway, and Ukraine welcomes Slovenia. Here’s some things to know about the playoffs: DENMARK COACH CONFIDENT: Olsen, who has played

Fredrik Sandberg / TT via AP

Sweden’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates scoring the opening goal during the UEFA Euro 2016 group G qualifying soccer match between Sweden and Moldova at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday Oct. 12, 2015.

more than 100 times for Denmark, has been the national coach since 2000, and while he’s said this is his last run, he’s not preparing to say goodbye yet. He’s hoping Denmark will have the advantage after Saturday’s match to take back home to Sweden.

“It pleases me that we get the opportunity to decide it all at home,” he said. “Deciding it all in front of your own crowd is always something special.” Denmark won the European Championship in 1992, and is the only previous winner competing in the playoffs.

IRELAND WARY OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Ireland coach Martin O’Neill has singled out midfielder Miralem Pjanic and striker Edin Dzeko, who both play for Italian side Roma, as the danger men for his team ahead of the first leg against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Friday. Defender Seamus Coleman merely hopes they can fulfil their supporters’ expectations.

“We are all excited with what could happen at the end of it but we have got a big job to get done,” Coleman said. “I feel that pressure to do as best as I can for the fans.” Ireland is bidding to reach its second straight European Championship, and do better than Euro 2012, where they lost all three group matches against Spain, Italy and Croatia.

Bosnia is hoping to make history by qualifying for the first time: “It is good that we are in a situation where we are masters of our destiny,” Bosnia coach Mehmed

Bazdarevic said.

HUNGARY WANTS HOME ADVANTAGE: Hungary hasn’t qualified for the European Championship since 1972, while Norway has not made it since 2000. Their first leg is in Oslo on Thursday, when Hungary will try to beat Norway for the first time since 1981.

Norway can’t be overconfident; it has lost all six home games it has played in November in the last 20 years.

“Our aim in the away game is to create the foundations so that three days later, at home, we can achieve the right to take part in the European Championship,” Hungary coach Bernd Storck said. The playoff is a huge disappointment for Hungary, which had hope of being the best third-place team as late as the last rotation in the group stage.

BAD OMENS FOR UKRAINE: For Ukraine to reach Euro 2016, it will have to do two things for the first time. It has never beaten its opponent Slovenia in four attempts, losing two and drawing two, while its last five playoff encounters have all ended in defeat.

The first match will be hosted

by Ukraine on Saturday, something which coach Mikhail Fomenko did not want. “Of course, it would be better to start away, but we cannot change anything with the draw,” Fomenko said.

Slovenia has been in the playoffs for the European Championship twice, defeating Ukraine in 2000, and losing to Croatia in 2004. (ap)

Argentine FA strips referee of international status

BUENOS AIRES - Referee Diego Ceballos, provisionally suspended last week after his errors in the Copa Argentina final, has been stripped of his international status, the Argentine FA said on Tuesday.

Ceballos, who officiated in Boca Juniors’ 2-0 win over Rosario Central in the final of the knockout competition, wrongly awarded Boca a penalty for a foul outside the area and gave a goal that was scored from an offside position.

“By decision of (AFA) presi-

dent, Mr Luis Segura, Mr Diego Ceballos has been withdrawn from the International Referees Register,” the AFA said.

“This measure will immediately be communicated to FIFA,” it added in a statement on its website (www.lafa.org.ar). The AFA did not give a time limit for Ceballos’ suspension on the domestic front.

Rosario Central were furious with Ceballos and his linesman Marcelo Aumente for their decisions, which included disallowing an early goal by Central for

offside, and their coach Eduardo Coudet was sent to the stands for his heated protests.

A 900-man police operation ensured there was no trouble when the two sides met again last Sunday in their last match of the league season in Rosario which was won 3-1 by Central.

Boca had by then already done the double having sealed the first division title the previous weekend with a match to spare before winning the Copa Argentina. (rtr)

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Chelsea, West Ham fined by FA for failing to control players

LONDON — The English Football Association has fined Chelsea and West Ham for failing to control their players during their Premier League game at Upton Park last

month.

Both clubs admitted misconduct charges of failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion during West Ham’s

2-1 win.

Chelsea was fined 50,000 p o u n d s ( $ 7 5 , 5 5 0 ) a n d We s t Ham has to pay 40,000 pounds ($60,450). (ap)

BERLIN - Lifting German football out of its current malaise will require plenty of patience and the support of both professional and amateur players alike, Germany’s joint interim FA chief Reinhard Rauball said on Wednesday.

Rauball and Rainer Koch have been tasked with leading the world’s largest national football association after their predecessor Wolfgang Niersbach resigned on Monday over a World Cup 2006 scandal involving a multi-million dollar payment to soccer’s governing body FIFA a year ahead of the finals.

“The DFB is currently going through a highly problematic situation. So for the good of our sport, together we need to get to work, the Bundesliga as well as the amateurs,” he told Bild newspaper. “This will take much more time than is expected,” said Rauball, who also heads the German Football League (DFL) that runs the top two divisions.

Last month, Der Spiegel magazine alleged that a 6.7 million euro ($7.20 million) transfer to soccer’s governing body was a return on a loan from then Adidas CEO Robert Louis-Dreyfus to buy votes at a FIFA election in 2000 in favour of Germany’s 2006 World Cup bid.

Niersbach, a vice president of the 2006 organising committee at the time, is under investigation for tax evasion in relation to the payment but has denied the claims of a slush fund, accepting only “political responsibility” but insisting he had done nothing wrong.

He said last month, however, he did not know why the payment to FIFA was made in 2005 and had ordered an internal investigation.

World Cup wining player and coach Franz Beckenbauer, who led the 2006 World Cup organising committee, has also rejected the allegations of a votes-for-cash deal but suspicion has grown with the

DFB saying a contract between him and former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, banned from football for life since September, was signed four days before the FIFA vote in 2000.

It offered a series of services, including friendly matches and coaching support to the head of the CONCACAF, the governing body for North and Central America and the Caribbean, which Warner headed from 1990 to 2011.

The DFB said there was no financial offer in the contract, which was never fulfilled, but has urged Beckenbauer, who has not commented on the latest document, to provide answers.

Warner, who sat on the FIFA Executive Committee for 28 years, and 13 other soccer officials and sports marketing executives were indicted in the United States on May 27 on bribery, money laundering and wire fraud charges involving more than $150 million in payments. (rtr)

Restoring German football will take time

AP Photo/Jon Super

Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney claps to supporters at the end of the Champions League Group B soccer match between Manchester United and CSKA Moskva at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015.

Rooney plays up to wrestling crowd by slapping WWE star

MANCHESTER — Wayne Rooney was goaded into retaliation, and slapped the sportsman. For once, this wasn’t the England striker’s fiery temperament resurfacing but a playful clash with a WWE star.

Wade Barrett has had a feud with Rooney ever since he accused the Manchester United captain of diving to win a penalty last year against Preston — the northern English club supported by the wrestler.

Rooney came face to face with the wrestler at RAW in Manchester late Monday. “I don’t like the way you’re looking at me, Wayne,” Barrett yelled at Rooney. “You’re looking at me like you’ve got some kind of problem with me.”

Rooney was sitting with six-year-old son Kai in the front row. “I would offer to have you step inside this ring so we can fight this out like men,” Barrett said. “But I would hate for your little boy to sit there and watch his own father fail because, let’s face it, he gets to experience that every single time you step on a football pitch.”

Barrett climbed out of the ring to confront Rooney in person. He threatened to knock Rooney out and prodded the player in the chest.

Rooney responded by slapping Barrett and he theatrically fell to the floor. (ap)

Japan’s ‘King Kazu’ to play on for another year

TOKYO - Japanese striker Kazuyoshi Miura will extend one of soccer’s longest professional careers by another 12 months after the 48-year-old agreed a new deal with Yokohama FC on Wednesday.

The second division club announced the one-year extension at 11:11 a.m. local time on Nov. 11, a tribute to the player dubbed ‘King Kazu’ and who wears the number 11 shirt.

“I’m thankful to the club staff and supporters who always offer me support,” Miura, who has scored 55 goals in 89 appearances for Japan, was quoted as saying by Kyodo News. “I’ll continue to give everything I have and strive.”

The striker extended his record as the oldest scorer in Japanese football in June when he notched the winner in a second division match four months after his 48th birthday. He has not featured of late because of a thigh injury.

Miura, who has scored three times in 16 appearances this season, REUTERS/Michael Dalder has played for a number of clubs in Japan and also enjoyed a stint Germany national soccer team head coach Joachim Loew conducts a training session in Munich, with Brazil’s Santos. (rtr) Germany November 11, 2015.

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Durant injures leg; Westbrook leads Thunder past Wiz 125-101

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WASHINGTON — Kevin Durant left at halftime with a strained left hamstring and Russell Westbrook took over, compiling a triple-double with 22 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder past the Washington Wizards, 125-101 Tuesday.

DENPASAR - Padanggalak Beach is located in the north of Sanur. In contrast to Sanur Beach area, Padanggalak offers big waves and shiny black sand.

As the waves are big enough water sport activities are frequently organized on this beach. Meanwhile, Balinese people use this beach to hold various religious ceremonies, such as purificatory rituals for their sanctified effigies and other ritual paraphernalia.

Durant, second in the NBA in scoring entering the night, had 14 points and 10 rebounds in the first half. With less than a minute remaining in the second quarter, Durant was fouled by Kris Humphries on a drive to the basket and then limped a bit, clutching at the back of his left leg.

The 2013-14 MVP made both free throws and stayed in the game until halftime. New Orleans’ Anthony Davis scored 17 points before leaving at halftime with a bruised right hip as the Pelicans beat the Dallas Mavericks 120-105 for their

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Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) dunks in front of Washington Wizards forward Kris Humphries (43) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, in Washington.

first victory of the season.

Davis helped the Pelicans (1-6) build an 18-point halftime lead that never dipped below 14 points even after he left.

Team officials said X-rays on the All-Star forward’s hip were negative, but they were holding him out as a precaution. Dirk Nowitzki scored 18 points for Dallas.

In Cleveland, LeBron James equaled a season high with 31 points as the Cavaliers rallied to defeat the Utah Jazz 118-114 for their seventh consecutive victory.

Cleveland trailed 95-86 midway through the fourth, but James took over and brought the Quicken Loans Arena crowd to its feet with one of his trademark plays.

With the Cavaliers down 95-91, James stole the ball near midcourt and headed to the basket. Rodney Hood wrapped his arms around James, but the four-time MVP made a layup anyway and flexed

his bicep as Hood was called for the foul. James made the foul shot, and Cleveland went on to the win.

Mo Williams scored 29 points for the Cavaliers, who haven’t lost since the season opener in Chicago.

Alec Burks led Utah with 24 points while Gordon Hayward and Derrick Favors each added 17.

The New York Knicks handed the Toronto Raptors 111-109 for their first home loss of the season after Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points and reserve Lance Thomas had 17.

DeMar DeRozan had a seasonhigh 29 points for Toronto, while Kyle Lowry had 23 points and nine rebounds.

The victory was New York’s third on the road this season after winning just seven times away from Madison Square Garden last year. In other games, Chris Bosh scored a season-high 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Miami Heat downed the Los Angeles Lakers 101-88, the Charlotte Hawks downed the Minnesota Timberwolves 104-95 and the Boston Celtics were 99-83 winners over the Milwaukee Bucks. (ap)

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LONDON - Andy Murray is performing a delicate balancing act as he prepares for a claycourt Davis Cup final and the ATP World Tour Finals on an indoor hardcourt at the o2 Arena.

The Scot, who has prioritised helping Britain win the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936 when they face Belgium in Ghent later this month, will spend most of this week practising on clay in London.

The Tour Finals, where Murray can clinch the year-end number two ranking for the first time, begin on Sunday, meaning a testing few days for the 28year-old.

The transition to the specific movements of claycourt tennis have proved problematic in the past for Murray who has often suffered back pain as a consequence.

“I’ve tried to juggle the two so that I don’t have to miss the (Tour Finals) but also give myself a good chance of playing well in the Davis Cup,” said Murray who was beaten in the Paris Masters final on Sunday by Novak Djokovic.

“It’s important I’m not too hard on myself and don’t just expect to play great tennis at the start at the o2 as soon as I switch back to hardcourts.

“I need to respect what the change to the clay can do to my body and also what it can do to your game because it’s a completely different movement.”

When Britain beat Australia in September to reach the final for the first time since 1978, Murray winning all his three matches, the Scot indicated he might miss the ATP finale that features the world’s top eight players.

He now says he could still pull out if he is worried about his fitness for the Davis Cup final that starts on Nov. 27. “It’s going to be tricky,” added Murray. “If I get injured in the next couple of days or something happens to my back then obviously I won’t play (at the o2).

“But if I’m fit and healthy and the next three days go well well then I’ll be practising at the O2 from Friday.” Twice grand slam champion Murray has never won the ATP’s season-ender. (rtr)

Britain’s Andy Murray arrives for his men’s singles final tennis match against world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Paris Masters tennis tournament November 8, 2015.

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FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 7, 2009 file photo, an Israeli flag is seen in front of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maaleh Adumim on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The European Union on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015 approved guidelines for its member states to specially label products made in West Bank settlements, a move that has already been criticized by Israel.

EU sets guidelines on settlement products despite Israel ire

BRUSSELS — Relations between the European Union and Israel took a dive on Wednesday after Jerusalem derided a decision of the 28-nation bloc to specially label products made in West Bank settlements. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said the EU has taken an “exceptional and discriminatory step” for what the ministry called “political reasons.”

The EU move, which came after months of procrastinating, underscores the bloc’s unhappiness over Israel’s continued expansion of settlements on territory that Palestinians seek for their future state. The EU is now seeking to differentiate between its relations with Israel and with the settlements, fearing that a continued status quo would never push the Israeli government into changing its settlement policies.

Once the labelling is implemented, European consumers will be able to read on the label of most products if a piece of merchandize or goods — mostly fruit and vegetables — was produced on Israeli settlements.

The EU Commission insisted there was no overt political motive driving the move, adding that the guidelines are merely a technical measure it was forced to impose after three member states — Britain, Belgium and Denmark — al-

ready had imposed special labeling on their own, forcing the EU to streamline measures throughout the 28 nations.

However, Israel insists the step was inspired by an international boycott movement against Israel and noted that it comes at a time when the country is confronting a “wave of terrorism” amid stepped-up Palestinian attacks. The Israeli foreign ministry said that “it is puzzling and even irritating that the EU chooses to apply a double standard concerning Israel” while other territorial disputes are treated differently.

The ministry also said the step “raises questions” about EU’s role in the region and could have implications on Israel’s relations with Europe. It added that the measure also will harden Palestinian positions and make it more difficult to resume peace talks.

Earlier this week in anticipation

of the move, Israeli Cabinet minister Yuval Steinitz said “we cannot conceive it but as some disguised anti-Semitism.”

The measures will primarily cover fruit and vegetables from the area. The labeling should affect less than 1 percent of all trade between the EU and Israel, which stands at some 30 billion euro ($32 billion), including 13 billion euro ($14 billion) Israeli exports into the bloc.

EU officials have said that in Britain, where the labelling is already in place, it has had no negative economic effect. Also, for over a decade now, the EU has excluded products from settlements from trade preferences. Israel, however, sees it as a political stigma that would push consumers away.

The Palestinians claim the West Bank and east Jerusalem — territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war — as parts of a future independent state.

The international community opposes Israeli settlements in the two areas, saying they undermine the goal of dividing the land. More than 550,000 Jewish settlers live on occupied land. (ap)

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Gov’t files legal challenge to Catalan secession bid

MADRID — The Spanish government on Wednesday filed a challenge against the Catalan regional parliament’s decision to set up a road map for independence from Spain by 2017.

State lawyers lodged the appeal before the Constitutional Court, with the government calling on the tribunal to suspend the Catalan parliament’s decision while it is being studied. It also wants the court to warn Catalan officials against taking any further steps in the secession process.

The court was to meet later Wednesday and is expected to rule quickly. The secession resolution approved Monday in the Barcelonabased regional parliament gives the economically powerful region’s incoming government a month to begin work on a new Catalan constitution, which would be voted on mid-2017, and begin establishing tax-collecting and social security systems.

It also exempts the regional administration from having to heed Spanish institutions, including the Constitutional Court. However,

under a new law, the court is empowered to suspend public officials who ignore its rulings.

The resolution was pushed through by the pro-independence “Together for Yes” alliance and the far-left CUP group, which between them won 72 seats in the 135-deputy regional parliament in September elections.

The two are in talks to form a new government to move the independence process forward but the CUP has refused to support the “Together for Yes” alliance’s presidential candidate, Artur Mas, who has held the region’s top political post for years. Mas lost an initial investiture vote Tuesday. He has a second opportunity Thursday.

The regional parliament has until Jan. 9 to form a government or a new election must be called.

Polls show that most Catalans support a referendum on independence but are divided over whether to break centuries-old ties with the rest of Spain. The region of 7.5 million inhabitants represents nearly a fifth of Spain’s economic output. (ap)

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Regional acting President Artur Mas speaks at the Parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015. The regional parliament of Catalonia is meeting to try to choose a new regional president, a day after the chamber approved a plan to set up a road map for independence from Spain by 2017.

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British journalists jailed over piracy film leave Indonesia

JAKARTA - Two British journalists jailed in Indonesia for working without the correct visas have flown home, their lawyer said Wednesday.

Neil Bonner, 32, and Rebecca Prosser, 31, received two-and-a-half month prison sentences for misusing their tourist visas to make a documentary about piracy near the western island of Batam.

Foreign journalists wanting to report in Indonesia must get a special visa. The pair, who had been detained since May -- nearly four months longer than their sentence -- left Indonesia on Tuesday evening.

“They left at midnight on an Emirates flight to London, transiting

through Dubai,” their lawyer Aristo Pangaribuan told AFP. The indictment said the British pair came to Indonesia to make a film with funding from National Geographic and had hired Indonesians to act out a scene of a tanker being boarded by a group of pirates off Batam.

Those detained in the past for illegal reporting have been deported immediately or given short prison terms.

Two French journalists were given jail terms of two and a half months last year after being caught in Indonesia’s Papua province trying to make a documentary about the separatist movement while on tourist visas. (afp)

JAKARTA - Indonesia is failing to allow free access to all foreign journalists to Papua despite a pledge by President Joko Widodo to lift reporting restrictions in the restive eastern region, Human Rights Watch warned Wednesday.

Widodo announced in May that decades-old curbs on overseas media reporting from Papua, where poorly armed independence fighters have for years waged a low-level insurgency against the central government, would be lifted with immediate effect.

Applying to report in Papua has long been a complex process, with permission rarely granted due to security concerns and the government’s long-running suspicions about foreigners’ motives in visiting the heavilymilitarised, underdeveloped region.

Widodo’s move was praised as evidence that Jakarta was loosening its tight grip. But in a new report, Human Rights Watch said there had not been a “genuine opening” of Papua to the foreign press, and the process for applying to go there “remained opaque and unpredictable at best”.

The leader’s announcement was not followed by an official presidential directive and triggered a backlash among those in the government and security forces opposed to the change, said the report.

“We have seen that elements of the Indonesian government are failing to deliver in the president’s commitment to open Papua,” said Phelim Kine,

deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch.

He said the lack of a written order had created a “huge grey zone” and the bureaucracy was continuing with “business as usual” in the Papua region, which comprises two provinces, Papua and West Papua.

In addition, following the announcement, “we’ve had a parade of senior government and military officials express intense opposition and hostility”, added Kine.

There have been some small signs of progress. At least three applications have been approved since the announcement, although most after some months waiting, according to Andreas Harsono, HRW Indonesia researcher.

But a London-based journalist has not received any response to an application, and a French journalist who travelled there had to obtain a special travel permit and give a detailed coverage plan, while activists she interviewed were briefly detained following her visit.

There are still flare-ups of violence in Papua, where insurgents are fighting on behalf of the mostly ethnic Melanesian population, and Indonesian troops are regularly accused of abusing villagers in the name of anti-rebel operations.

Jakarta took control of Papua, which forms half of the island of New Guinea, in 1963 from former colonial power the Netherlands. (afp)

Indonesia not honouring vow to allow Papua media access: HRW

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A sumatran elephant is photographed at Way Kambas National Park on Sumatra Island Indonesia, Thursday, Nov 5, 2015. Officials in Indonesia are using trained elephants outfitted with water pumps and hoses to help patrol forests and control fires.

Trained elephants use to control forest fires

SIAK, Indonesia — Officials in Indonesia are using trained elephants outfitted with water pumps and hoses to help patrol forests and control fires.

For nearly three months, Riau province in East Sumatra has been blanketed by smoke from forest fires and land clearing, especially in peat-rich areas where flames are difficult to contain.

At the elephant conservation center in Siak district, 23 trained elephants are being used as “forest watchdogs.”

Carrying water pumps and other equipment, elephants and their crews patrol burned areas in the national forest to ensure that fires

don’t reappear after smoldering beneath the peat lands.

Supartono, the head of the Riau Forestry Division who uses one name, said the elephants had earlier been trained to help patrol forests to find people encroaching illegally, as well as to resolve frequent conflicts between wild elephants and people by driving the wild elephants that enter human settlements back to their habitats.

So far, Indonesia has been un-

able to put out the raging fires this year because of intentional burning and a rain shortage.

Much of the forest land that was burned in the past 17 years was converted into oil palm and pulp plantations. Data from the Riau Forest Fire Prevention Taskforce show more than 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres) of forests and land have been burned in the province.

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya says about 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres) of forests and plantation land have been razed by fires throughout Sumatra and Borneo. (ap)

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Total gross merchandise volume, a measure of sales, matched the 2014 US dollar total of $9.3 billion just after 12:30 pm (0430 GMT), after the promotion began at midnight.

“The 2015 sale has eclipsed last year’s final results in a little over half the time,” it said.

In an earlier release Alibaba’s chief executive officer Daniel Zhang said: “The whole world will witness the power of Chinese consumption this November 11.”

“Singles Day” is not a traditional Chinese festival, but Alibaba has been pushing November 11 -- 11/11 being a date heavy on ones -- since 2009 as it looks to tap an expanding

army of Internet shoppers in China, which has the world’s biggest online population of 668 million.

At first it was marketed as an “anti-Valentine’s Day”, featuring hefty discounts to lure the country’s singletons and price-sensitive buyers.

With sales hitting new highs year after year, “Singles Day” has become a lucrative business opportunity embraced by all online retailers in China, with competition between them turning increasingly fierce.

The event has received vocal support from the government at a time when China’s economic expansion is slowing and Beijing

is trying to transform the growth model into a more sustainable one driven by consumption.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s office phoned Alibaba chairman Jack Ma hours ahead of the promotion kicking off, “congratulating and encouraging the creation and achievement of the 11.11 event”, said a posting on a social media account of Tmall, the group’s business-to-consumer arm.

Chinese Internet users showed off their acquisitions Wednesday -- with many lamenting that they had spent far too much money.

“I can only afford to eat dirt for the next half year,” said a user on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo, with an attached screengrab of a Taobao app showing she had bought 42 items.

But some consumers also expressed concerns about fake prod-

ucts.

“Good luck. Hope you guys will not get phoney products or things that turn out to be useless,” said a Weibo user.

Headquartered in the eastern city of Hangzhou, Alibaba does not sell products directly but acts as an electronic middleman, operating China’s most popular consumer-toconsumer platform, Taobao, which is estimated to hold more than 90 percent of the market.

Nasdaq-listed rival online marketplace JD.com reportedly filed a complaint with the government last week, accusing Alibaba of monopolising the market by restricting suppliers from participating in other operators’ promotion events on November 11.

But Alibaba -- listed on the New York Stock Exchange -- shrugged off the allegations, asserting that it

owns the “Singles Day” brand.

“Today the chicken reported on the duck, accusing the duck of monopolising the lake,” said a spokeswoman for Alibaba’s promotional event, according to Chinese media report.

Ahead of the shopping spree, Alibaba mounted a television spectacular at Beijing’s Water Cube Olympic swimming venue, featuring Chinese and foreign celebrities including James Bond actor Daniel Craig, and Hollywood star Kevin Spacey in his role as President Frank Underwood from the Netflix series “House of Cards”.

In comparison with Singles Day, desktop sales for the five days from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday in the United States last year stood at $6.56 billion, according to Internet analytics firm comScore. (afp)

Mitsubishi jet in 1st flight, in step for Japan aviation

TOKYO — Mitsubishi, a maker of the Zero fighter, took a step toward reclaiming Japan’s one-time status as an aviation power Wednesday with the maiden flight of its regional jet.

The aircraft took off in the central Japanese city of Nagoya, as seen in a live webcast. It landed about an hour later.

Mitsubishi pushed back the jet’s first flight by a few months but said the delay would not affect its planned commercial deliveries.

The project reflects a desire to turn Japan’s modern engineering and manufacturing prowess into a top-tier aircraft industry, some 70 years after Japan suspended making planes following its defeat in World War II. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and other major Japanese manufacturers are key suppliers for many aircraft parts and systems. But a large share of the components in the 70- to 90-seat Mitsubishi regional jet came from leading foreign suppliers.

Mitsubishi faces a stiff challenge in competing with Brazil’s Embraer, which dominates the difficult regional jet market, analysts say. (ap) Japan’s first domestically produced passenger jet, the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), takes off from Nagoya Airport in Toyoyama, central Japan, for its first flight Wednesday morning, Nov. 11, 2015.

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Shoreline of mainland Klungkung hunted by investors

China splurges on world’s biggest online shopping spree

BEIJING - Shoppers spent around $9 billion in the first 12 hours of China’s “Singles Day” sale on Wednesday, e-commerce giant Alibaba said, in the world’s biggest online shopping day.

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Klungkung government attempts to change status

SEMARAPURA - A number of investors pursue the area from Tegal Besar Beach (Banjarangkan) to Goa Lawah Beach (Dawan). However, the status of the land remaining as a tourist attraction causes the investors to be unable to make investment.

At some points like on Lepang Beach, there has been investor coming in and getting a permit like PT Wika Realty posing a subsidiary company of PT Wijaya Karya (WIKA), a stateowned company developing property with PT Dwa Investama for the property development of Jivva Taman Sari on an area of three hectares.

From Tegal Besar to Goa Lawah along 12.6 km is assessed to have great potential. Moreover, as the fact in the field, there have been hotel facilities at some points such as the Jivva Taman Sari that has obtained a permit even though breaking the coastal borderline.

In order to develop the region, the Regional Development Planning Board (Bappeda) of Klungkung has proposed to increase the status of the land in the south of Jalan Bypass I.B. Mantra in a series of discussion of the Bali regional bylaw draft on the Bali Tourism Development Master Plan 2014-2019.

The Head of Bappeda Klungkung Wayan Wasta accompanied

by Division Head of Regional Planning and Infrastructure Gusti Gunarta and Wayan Darmanaba said that the utilization of tourist attraction area is not as free as the special tourist attraction area (KDTWK).

“Actually it is not allowed to build a hotel in the area but in fact there has been a hotel built in the area. We in district government hope the status

can be changed into KDTWK,” said Wasta. Besides, the former quarrying area is also proposed to be included in the KDTWK. According to Wasta, the reason of proposing to upgrade the status into KDTWK is not just seeing the facts in the field, but rather to maximize the utilization of the existing potential.

Gunarta added that other than being proposed in the discussion of the draft of the Bali Tourism Development Master Plan, it will also be proposed in the discussion of the amendment of Bali Spatial Planning (RTRWP).

“It is meant to reach an agreement so as to be included in the Bali tourism development master plan and the RTRWP,” added Gunarta.

In the letter of the Bappeda No.050/475/Bappeda sent to the governor, other than the area of Tegal Besar Beach to Goa Lawah Beach and former quarry area, it also proposes the geographic coverage of villages in Nusa Penida including in the tourism area. In the regional bylaw draft on the Bali Tourism Development Master Plan

The fishermen are moving their boat inland on Kusamba Beach, Klungkung there is a discrepancy between the Table 1A of the Appendix and the map 10 in Appendix II. In Table 1A is mentioned there are only seven villages, whereas in the map 10 is mentioned 10 villages such as the Suana, Pejukutan, Batununggul, Kutampi Kaler, Ped, Toyapakeh, Sakti, Bunga Mekar, Lembongan and Jungutbatu. It also

includes the proposal on the name changes of tourist attraction (DTW) because they are no longer appropriate with the circumstances, like the Kerta Gosa hamlet, Pura Taman Sari and Pura Penataran Agung, Kamasan village, Gelgel village, Pura Watu Klotok area, Tukad Unda and Tukad Melangit area.

The government of Klungkung

also reminded so that the direction of regional tourism development will not only focus on the aspects of tourist destination, but also provides direction for the development of other aspects, namely the direction of institution of tourism development, tourism industry and tourism marketing holistically. (dwa)

Pier repair has an impact on truck lines at Gilimanuk

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The traffic jam is seen on the road at Gilimanuk

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NEGARA - Dense trucks coming to Gilimanuk on Monday night (Nov. 9) resulted in queues up to three kilometers. It is triggered by a slight stagnation of ferry services due to a pier of Mobile Bridge II is temporarily closed for repair. Actually such condition almost occurs every day especially at night, but the most crowded is on Monday night to Tuesday morning.

Unavoidably this condition also has an impact on the life of people around the harbor. In addition to the impact of noises and a puff of truck exhaust, the entry and exit points at local hamlets are hampered because the road is filled with trucks lining up. On Monday night, the line of trucks, mostly

consisting of vacant loads, is long enough. From information, the line of trucks happened to get to Cekik forest or about 3.5 km from the harbor entrance. Daily activities of some residents whose homes located right on the roadside was somewhat hampered.

Since the road was filled with trucks lining up towards the harbor counter, it was difficult for vehicles to pass. Agus, one of the local residents, admitted that he took a slightly longer time to cross even though just riding a motorcycle.

He had to wait for until the space getting available when the truck has moved. He hoped the problem must be found a solution, so that it does not interfere with services either for

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service users and residents around the harbor. To reduce the line, it has been attempted to bring in large vessel as done during the last Eid backflow.

Operations Manager of PT ASDP Gilimanuk, Sugeng Purwonok, justified the lines especially happening to large trucks leading to the harbor.

According to him, it was caused by pier repair and the reduction in the number of operating vessels.

Previously, the harbor authority operated 30 vessels, but currently it reduced to 24 vessels at mobile bridge and pontoon as well as six vessels at LCM pier. He hoped the drivers and the public to be patient during the repair process of the pier. (kmb26)

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Lake Tamblingan, cleanest lake in Bali

India’s Prime Minister Modi faces revolt within party

DENPASAR - Lake Tamblingan, is located in Buleleng, and irrigates seven of Bali’S subdistricts. It is the only lake in Bali that is still surrounded by forest but the quality of the lake water still threatened. Research conducted by the Bali Environment Agency (BLH) notes that the Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and the phosphate (PO4) levels in Lake Tamblingan fall shot of quality standards.

“BOD is the ability of microorganisms to break down organic matter, requiring more oxygen.

Probably, the falling BOD levels are caused by rotten microorganisms. Secondly, the phosphate is originating from agriculture,” said Chief of the BLH Bali, Gede Suarjana, from his office on Tuesday (Nov. 10).

Suarjana added that Lake Tamblingan has not been directly affected by too much human activity.

Mostly it is only fishing, trekking and religious ceremonies such as pakelem that take place here. Also, because of the relatively low rate of evaporation, Lake Tmablingan has only experienced a slight decrease in water levels. “The surface area of the lake extends across just 1.15 square kilometers, so that there is little evaporation.And because there are so many late plants around the lake, the micro climate is quite good. Lake Tamblingan is a conservation area so only activities that support conservation are allowed here,” he said.

Suarjana added that BLH still has a lot of work to do in terms of zoning and ascribing designations.

But because the lake is considered a National Strategic Area, the author-

ity to determine zoning regulations falls under the authority of the federal government. “Currently, Lake Tamblingan has not been zoned, gradually the designation and zoning regulations will be created. The local government is obliged to provide input and request that zoning regulations be made by the federal government. Without suitable zoning delineations, problems could arise in the future,” he explained.

The BLH had previously coordinated with the Director of Lake at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in a request to map and create zoning provisions for the lake. The BLH also plans to coordinate with the Conservation and Natural Resources Agency (BKSDA), the district government, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the Ministry of Public Works in the near future.

“We are looking to coordinate about how to preserve the lake, determine the location of boundaries for activities near the lake,and how to create a sedimentation-capturing area and grass trap to catch waste.

We will meet soon to create an action plan for the integrated management of the lake,” affirmed Suarjana. (kmb32)

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A man rides past graffiti congratulating Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in her party’s election victory in Mandalay, Myanmar, Wednesday Nov. 11, 2015. Suu Kyi has won her parliamentary seat, official results showed Wednesday, leading a near total sweep by her party that will give the country its first government in decades that isn’t under the military’s sway.

Lake Tamablingan

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Impact of prolonged dry season, price of rice starts to rise

A woman is buying rice in the traditional market

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TABANAN - Prolonged dry season causes farmers in Tabanan especially those in West Tabanan to be unable to grow rice because they do lack of irrigation water.

This certainly threatens the supply of rice at the market. Ultimately it affects the price increase at traditional markets. As monitoring of rice prices at some markets, there is an increase on average of IDR 500 per kg from the previous price.

A local rice distributor of Tabanan, UD Rejeki, Gusti Ayu Wiratni, said on Tuesday (Nov. 10) that the price of rice belonging to C4 and local C4 variety averagely increases.

Similar condition also happened to branded rice brought in from outside Bali such as East Java and NTB. “On average, this price surge has occurred since the past few weeks with the pattern of gradual increase in the range of IDR 500 per kg,” she said.

Rice of local C4 variety is sold at retail price of IDR 10,000 per kg from IDR 9,500 per kg. Other local rice showing price hike includes the Pis Bolong brand reaching IDR 10,500 per kg from IDR 10,000 per kg. The price surge of Pis Bolong brand experienced the same condition as the Putri Sejati brought in from East Java where the price range

reaches IDR 10,500 per kg.

Wiratni reasoned that the price hike of rice is triggered by prolonged dry season, not by hoarding action or other black practices in rice business. “Moreover, the increase also occurred in the price of grain due to this drought, even though in insignificant level,” he said.

Although the increase is still considered insignificant, she started to reduce the purchase of rice from outside Bali. By and large, she orders at daily average of one truck or approximately 10 tons. Now, she only places an order at least every two weeks. This order restriction is meant to anticipate losses due to the large stock that cannot be sold at the market considering that the rice also has a storing period limit.

The Head of the Tabanan Industry and Trade Agency, I.B. Made Wiryawan, revealed that this dry season has not indicated so significant impact on prices of food agricultural production at market, including the price of foodstuff like rice. Based on his monitoring at some merchants, the price of rice stays stable or normal. “Until now there has been no significant increase in the price of rice at the market,” he said. (kmb24)

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Myanmar government promises peaceful power transfer

YANGON — Myanmar’s transition to greater democracy after decades of military rule surged ahead Wednesday as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party continued its election sweep and the government promised a peaceful transition of power.

Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy said it received a message from Information Minister Ye Htut on behalf of President Thein Sein congratulating it for leading the race for parliamentary seats in Sunday’s election.

Ye Htut said the government will pursue a peaceful transfer of power “in accordance with the legislated timeline.” He was not immediately available for comment.

The message helps remove lingering concerns that the military, which has a large influence over the ruling party, may deny the NLD power, as it did after elections in 1990.

It also means that Myanmar is likely to soon have its first government in decades that isn’t under the military’s sway. But while an NLD victory virtually assures it of being able to elect the president as well, Suu Kyi remains barred from becoming president by a constitutional provision inserted by the military before it transferred power to a quasicivilian government in 2011.

Suu Kyi has declared, however,

that she will become the country’s de facto leader, acting “above the president,” if her party forms the next government. She described that plan further in interview Tuesday with Singapore’s Channel NewsAsia television.

“I make all the decisions because I’m the leader of the winning party.

And the president will be one whom we will choose just in order to meet the requirements of the constitution,” she said. “He (the president) will have to understand this perfectly well that he will have no authority.

That he will act in accordance with the positions of the party.”

The military, which took power in a 1962 coup and brutally suppressed several pro-democracy uprisings during its rule, gave way to a nominally civilian elected government in 2011 — with strings attached.

It installed retired senior officers in the ruling party to fill Cabinet posts and gave itself key powers in the constitution, including control of powerful ministries and a quarter of the seats in the 664-member

two-chamber Parliament. In a state of emergency, a special military-led body can even assume state powers.

Another provision bars Suu Kyi from the presidency because her sons hold foreign citizenship.

While Myanmar’s people voted overwhelmingly Sunday to remove the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party from power, it’s clear that the army’s involvement in politics won’t end, and the NLD will need to convince it to cooperate.

The Union Election Commission has announced the results of 151 lower house races, of which 135 were won by the NLD. Suu Kyi won a seat from her constituency, Kawhmu, which is part of Yangon state. In the upper house, the NLD won 29 out of 33 announced races.

NLD co-founder Tin Oo told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the party expects to win about 80 percent of the votes — putting it on pace with the party’s 1990 landslide that the military annulled.

If the NLD secures a two-thirds majority of the parliamentary seats at stake — a likely scenario now — it would gain control over the executive posts under Myanmar’s complicated parliamentary-presidency system. (ap)

NEW DELHI — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing a revolt within his Hindu nationalist party by senior leaders questioning his leadership style after the recent debacle in state elections.

Modi’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party lost the election in eastern Bihar state last Sunday to a coalition of socialist groups, led by Nitish Kumar, in a major blow seen as a sign that many in India are alarmed by a rising tide of religious intolerance and violence.

A statement issued late Tuesday by four former ministers indirectly accused Modi and party President Amit Shah of concentrating too much power in their hands.

“A thorough review must be done of the reasons for the defeat as well as of the way the party is being forced to kowtow to a handful, and how its consensual character has been destroyed,” the statement said. It added that a review “must not be done by the very persons who have managed and who have been responsible for the campaign in Bihar.”

Modi had sidelined the four leaders — Lal Krishna Advani, Yashwant Sinha, Murli Manohar Joshi and Shanta Kumar — after becoming prime minister in May last year.

A statement by Modi’s supporters said that the party would welcome any guidance of the senior leaders.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said the BJP had won the national and some state elections under the current leadership.

The election for control of Bihar, India’s second most populous state, was seen as a referendum on Modi’s popularity, and he had crisscrossed the state addressing dozens of high-profile rallies. No other BJP leaders were as visible through the election as Modi.

The dramatic loss in Bihar was the second major defeat for the BJP, which was trounced in Delhi state elections earlier this year.

State elections decide who controls the upper house of India’s Parliament. While the lower house, which the BJP controls, is significantly more powerful, the upper house is crucial for passing the legislation needed for the economic reforms Modi’s government has promised.(ap)

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FILE- In this April 6, 2015 file photo, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi rubs his eye as he attends a conference by the environment ministry in New Delhi, India. Modi is facing a revolt within his Hindu nationalist party by senior leaders questioning his leadership style after the recent debacle in state elections.

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For a happier life, give up Facebook

COPENHAGEN - Always envious? Got a non-existent social life and struggle to concentrate? All this might be down to Facebook if you believe a study showing those who go a week without using the social network feel happier than others.

Facebook.com via AP

The screen image from Facebook.com shows the Facebook page of President Barack Obama.

Facebook users are 39 percent more likely to feel less happy than non-users.

Carried out by the Happiness Research Institute, the study involved a sample of 1,095 people in Denmark who were divided into two groups, half of whom continued using Facebook while the others stopped.

“We focused on Facebook because it is the social media that most people use across age groups,” Meik Wiking, HRI’s chief executive told AFP Tuesday in Copenhagen, the Danish capital.

After a week, those people who hadn’t been on Facebook said they were more satisfied with their lives, with 88 percent of them describing themselves as “happy” compared with 81 percent from the second group.

Some 84 percent said they appreciated their lives compared with 75 percent in the other group, and only 12 percent described themselves as dissatisfied, compared with 20 percent among those who continued using Facebook.

At the end of the experiment, the abstainers reported having a richer social life and fewer difficulties in concentrating, while the others reported no such change.

“Instead of focusing on what we actually need, we have an unfortunate tendency to focus on what other people have,” the authors of the study wrote. In other words, Facebook users are 39 percent more likely to feel less happy than non-users. (afp)

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Denpasar considered to have no tourism branding

DENPASAR - Despite being a famous tourist destinations, not all areas of Bali have developed brand recognition. Bali’S apical city of Denpasar for example has yet to develop an image to sell to tourists, something that many consider essential for promoting tourism.

Commission IV of the Denpasar House of Representatives recently held a meeting with the Regional Tourism Promotion Board (BPPD) of Denpasar aksing them to work on creating a brand image to identify Denpasar as a tourist destination. The meeting was led by Chairman of the Denpasar House of Representa-

tives I Gusti Ngurah Gede accompanied by Deputy Chairman Wayan Mariyana Wandira, A.A. Asmara Putra and Chairman of BPPD Denpasar I.B. Sidartha Putra. Wayan Gunawan, Head of the Denpasar Tourism Office was present representing his office.

“Denpasar has yet to create a brand image for tourism. It is very

hard to promote this city as a tourist destination when we don’t know what we are selling,” said Sidhartha Putra.

Putra revealed that Denpasar actually has a lot potential in terms of tourism but this potential has yet to be maximized and as a consequence few destinations are attracting visitors. “We’re still confused about what to offer to tourists because Denpasar’s tourism brand is unclear, thereforwe need to asses what it is that we want to promote to travellers,” said Putra who is also Chairman of the Sanur Develop-

ment Foundation.

Deputy Chairman of the Denpasar House of Representatives, Wayan Mariyana Wandhira, said that so far Denpasar tourism has not been able significantly impact the supporting community, such as merchants, workers and farmers who could be benefiting from tourism. “But at the moment, there is great disparity between owners of the abundant hotels and restaurants in Denpasar and the farmers of Denpasar that are living in misery,” he said.

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tion, I.B. Ketut Kiana, proposed that Denpasar tourism put more emphases on quality rather than quantity. “For instance, Sanur Beach is one of the beast beaches in Denpasar and is a great tourist attractions. Hopefully, the quality of tourism in Sanur can be maintained,” he said.

Head of the Denpasar Tourism Office, I Wayan Gunawan, admitted that the branding of Denpasar has not been fully exposed and that his office will look into how to create a better plan for tourism in Denpasar. (kmb12)

Abrasion in Gilimanuk needs attention

NEGARA - The abrasion experienced by Jineng Agung hamlet, Gilimanuk, is getting worse, with many residents having to be evacuated from their homes as the coastline shrinks. “When huge waves come, seawater gets into our house. Previously, we installed some culverts, but they have been destroyed,” said one of the residents.

Unfortunately, nothing has been

done to to protect their homes.

Based on recent observations, many residents can only reach their homes on foot as road access has been destroyed by the sea. Some residents have tried to fortify their homes with pieces of wood but abrasion is no match for such measures. Seaside residents are not the only ones affected by the abrasion at Jineng, PLN

Jave-Bali substation’ large cable that was previously buried under ground has now become visible as a result of abrasion. Of the 246 families living in Jineng Agung, the homes of 14 families in RT 06 are threatened by abrasion, while another ten or so homes in RT 07 are also under threat. The people of Jineng hope that the coastal area can immediately receive attention.

Samiana hamlet is the only area of Gilimanuk that has had the problem of abrasion at all addressed.

Meanhwhile, densely populated Jineng Agung and Pura Segara Gilimanuk have not had any help.

Headman of Gilimanuk, I Gede Ngurah Widiada, recently stated that he has advised the government about the matter. The department of Public Works has submitted a

proposal for the handling of Pura Segara and other areas in Jineng affected by abrasion, to the the federal governments ASDPA, but they are still waiting for news from Jakarta.

Many other areas of Bali are also affected by abrasion including several beaches in Jembrana like Medewi (Pekutatan subdistrict) and Pebuahan in Banyubiru village. (kmb26)

Obese kids as young as 8 show signs of heart disease

MIAMI - Some obese children as young as eight show significant signs of heart disease, according to research presented Tuesday at a major US cardiology conference.

Researchers compared 20 obese children and teenagers to 20 normal weight peers, and found that 40 percent of the obese children were considered at highrisk for heart disease because of thickened heart muscle which can interfere with the muscle’s pumping ability.

Overall, obesity was linked to 27 percent more muscle mass in

the left ventricle of their hearts and 12 percent thicker heart muscles -- both signs of heart disease, according to the findings presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida.

Some of the obese children also had asthma, high blood pressure and depression.

The children studied did not report physical symptoms of heart trouble, but the damage to their hearts was found during a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.

And researchers warn that

heart problems in youth may lead to even more severe disease in adulthood, and a higher likelihood of dying prematurely.

“Parents should be highly motivated to help their children maintain a healthy weight,” said lead author Linyuan Jing, a researcher at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania.

“Ultimately we hope that the effects we see in the hearts of these children are reversible; however, it is possible that there could be permanent damage. This should be further motivation for parents to help children lead a

healthy lifestyle.”

Obesity was measured in the children using the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention standard growth charts, which use body mass index, a calculation derived from a child’s height and weight. Those above the 95th percentile were considered obese.

Children with diabetes, or who were too large to fit in the MRI machine, were excluded from the study.

“As a result, this means the actual burden of heart disease in obese children may have been under-estimated in our study

because the largest kids who may have been the most severely affected could not be enrolled,” Jing said.

Nationwide, about one in three children aged 2-19 are considered either overweight or obese in the United States.

Finding that children as young as eight may show signs of heart disease was “alarming to us,” Jing said.

“Understanding the long-term ramifications of this will be critical as we deal with the impact of the pediatric obesity epidemic.” (afp)

Specific levels of low vitamin D linked to heart troubles

MIAMI - Low vitamin D levels have long been associated with heart problems, but researchers said Monday they have identified a specific danger level for increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

Patients are at the highest risk of cardiac woes if their vitamin D levels dip below 15 nanograms per milliliter, according to researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah.

A simple blood test is the best way to determine one’s vitamin D level.

“Although vitamin D levels above 30 were traditionally considered to be normal, more recently, some researchers have proposed that anything above 15 was a safe level,” said J. Brent Muhlestein, co-director of cardiovascular research at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute.

“But the numbers hadn’t been

backed up with research until now,” he said in a statement.

The findings, presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Session in Orlando, Florida, were based on a database of more than 230,000 patients who were followed for three years.

Researchers tracked major adverse cardiac events, including death, coronary artery disease, heart attacks, stroke, heart and kidney failure.

In the highest risk group, the chance of cardiovascular events increased by 35 percent compared to the others in the study whose vitamin D levels were above 15 nanograms per milliliter.

About one in 10 people are estimated to have low vitamin D levels.

Vitamin D is naturally produced by the body when a person is exposed to sunlight, and it is also found in fish, egg yolks and some dairy products.

Next, Muhlestein said he hopes to do a randomized trial with low vitamin D patients to study whether supplements help combat heart problems over the long term.

“As we continue to study vitamin D and the heart, we hope to ultimately gain enough information so we can inform all patients specifically what they should do to reduce their cardiac risk as much as possible,” he said. (afp)

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The abrasion experienced by Jineng Agung hamlet, Gilimanuk, is getting worse, with many residents having to be evacuated from their homes as the coastline shrinks.

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From page 1 Mount Raung, located on the border between the district of Bondowoso, Banyuwangi, and Jember in East Java, caused a similar blow to Bali’s tourism industry in July earlier this year, when I Gusti Ngurah Rai airport had to close due to ash clouds from Java being blown over to the world’s most famous tourist island. Aiports in Lombok, Banyuwangi and Jember were also shut down due to Mount Raung’ intermittent eruptions.

I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport management stated that upwards of USD 4000.00 a day was lost due the airport shut down, with 71,307 less people visiting Bali in August compared to earlier in July before the airport shut-downs.

NTB’s tourism industry has now lost tens of millions of rupiah due to the eruption of Mount Barujari.

“We have not calculated the exact amount that has been lost, but we have estimated that the closure of Lombok International Airport has meant tens of billions in lost revenue,” said Chairman of the Hotel and Restaurant Associations

(PHRI) of NTB, I Gusti Lanang Patra from Mataram on Nov. 10th.

“Occupancy rates for NTB’S hotels have significantly decreased as no new tourists are arriving,” he remarked.

Hundreds of domestic and international events, such as meetings and exhibitions, scheduled to be held in NTB, have also had to be postponed or canceled due to this natural disaster.

NTB is famous for hosting MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Convention, and Exhibition) events, but their target of attracting two million foreign tourists this year will surely not be met.

Another official estimated that NTB’s tourism sector is incurring losses worth IDR2 billion per day due to Barujari’s eruption.

In general, however, the Indonesian tourism industry continues to grow every year, with lots of development to its tourists attractions and ever increasing numbers of visitors.

The Ministry of Tourism revealed (Nov. 10th) that the number of foreign tourist arrivals in September 2015 amounted to 7.1 million, showing a 3.69 percent increase form the same period last year.

Indonesia aimed to receive 10

million visitors in 2015 and in order to reach this goal, several festivals and world class sporting events were organized. Also in an attempt to double earnings from the tourism industry to USD 20 billion, the gov-

ernment listed 90 countries, whose citizens are now exempt from having to get a visitor visas.

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Rizal Ramli while in Jombang, East Java, recently

said: “We will boost the number of tourist arrivals to 20 million from 10 million and have set ourselves the target of increasing foreign exchange earnings to USD 20 billion from USD 10 billion. (ant)

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Tourists spend their time at Sengigi Beach, Lombok, on Monday, November 9. NTB’s tourism industry has now lost tens of millions of rupiah due to the eruption of Mount Barujari.

Impact of airport closure

Visit to hotel and restaurant in Kintamani downs by 40 percent

Ngurah Rai International Airport has been opening and closing for over a week due to volcanic ash form Mount Barujari and its affecting tourism all over the island, including in Kintamani that is seeing 30-40 percent less tourists visiting its hotels and restaurants.

BANGLI - Ngurah Rai International Airport has been opening and closing for over a week due to volcanic ash form Mount Barujari and its affecting tourism all over the island, including in Kintamani that is seeing 30-40 percent less tourists visiting its hotels and restaurants. said Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Bangli, Ketut Putranata.

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“Because of the airport shut down, approximately 100 tourists have had to cancel their hotel and restaurant reservations,” he said The PHDI Bangli is at a loss as to what to do about the situation given that natural disasters cannot be predicted, nor can they predict how long travel will be disrupted for. Putranata only hopes that people will delay their travel plans instead of outright cancelling. Kintamani’s hotels and restaurants have a combined seating capacity of about 3,500 and during low season about 1,000 seats are occupied while in the high season about 2,500 are occupied. (kmb40)

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Chef Competition at Bale Udang Ubud

UBUD - Chef Competition held by the Bale Udang Ubud, Friday (Nov. 6) was not only an agility contest in cooking but also a venue for culinary culture in creating a new menu. Of course, each chef presented a different menu produced based on their experience in combination with theory.

Although the ingredients are the same, the result will be different, especially in terms of taste.

The competition was participated by nine groups, where each group consists of two participants. They are representatives of hotels in Kuta and Ubud area. Within an hour and thirty minutes the participants are required to be skillful and creative in presenting the menus. In the sixtieth minute, all the participants already served their gourami-based appetizer. Then, in the seventy-fifth minute, they must present the main course with the basic ingredients of shrimp and in the ninetieth minute they have already prepared a dessert with the basic ingredients of tubers.

In addition to creativity, criteria of the assessment by the jury panel are hygiene, taste and beauty of the presentation. This first cooking contest was attended by the President of the Indonesian Chef Association (ICA) Hendry Alexie Bloem, the Head of the Gianyar Tourism Office A.A. Ari Brahmanta and Indonesian Food & Beverage Executive Association I Nyoman Gede Suasta.

Operations Manager of Bale Udang Ubud, Ketut Suastika, said that the competition is inspired by the increasing enthusiasm of the culinary world, so that the Bale Udang Ubud realizes it through a competition. It is meant to stimulate the creativity of participants in the process and food presentation. And most importantly, the participants are able to compete, especially ahead of the AEC 2016.

“Certainly this event becomes an awareness and campaign media for the Bale Udang Mang Engking Ubud,” he said.

Honestly, explained Suastika, today Bali and Ubud in particular is famous for its culinary tourism so that his company is interested in putting the food concept into competition to improve the quality of food. As a result, it will not only satisfy the eating guests, but also creating a repeated visit. “If it is delicious and having fun, they will surely come again, even with family or friends,” he hoped.

The winners are I Made Adnyana from Berry Biz Hotel; I Kadek Purnayasa from Luxe Villas Bali Ubud and I Gusti Ngurah Citrasena from Berry Amour Villas respectively as the first, second and third winner.

The favorite category is attained by Wayan Ari Narta from Alaya Resort Ubud. (kmb)

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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

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

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

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

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

Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Lady Gaga, Celine Dion added to Sinatra tribute concert

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NEW YORK — Lady Gaga and Celine Dion have been added to the list of performers singing in honor of Frank Sinatra next month.

Zac Brown and Harry Connick Jr. will also perform at “Sinatra 100 — An All-Star GRAMMY Concert” on Dec. 2 in Las Vegas, the Recording Academy announced Tuesday.

Sinatra, who died in 1998 at 82, would have turned 100 on Dec. 12.

Previously announced performers include Garth Brooks, Tony Bennett, Carrie Underwood, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Adam Levine and Usher. More performers will be announced at a later date.

The taped event at the Wynn Las Vegas Encore Theatre will air as a two-hour CBS special on Dec. 6. The Recording Academy will announce nominees for the 2016 Grammy Awards on Dec. 7. (ap)

Elton John, Bon Jovi to headline 24-hour climate concert MIAMI - Elton John and Bon Jovi will headline a 24-hour performance this month aimed at urging environmental action ahead of key climate change talks in Paris, organizers said Monday.

The event, spearheaded by former US vice president Al Gore and known as “24 Hours of Reality and Live Earth,” will feature artists, scientists and politicians and will air online November 13 and 14.

“Each hour, the broadcast will be punctuated by thought-provoking, knockout appearances from an all-star lineup,” organizers said in a statement.

“The broadcast is aimed at urging world leaders to push for the strongest possible climate agreement at the upcoming UN conference in Paris, and at urging people to take action in their own communities and homes.”

Back in May, Live Earth -- a set of global concerts backed by Gore -- announced a delay to planned shows on each inhabited continent.

Live Earth was initially intended to consist of

concerts on June 18 in Australia, Brazil, China, South Africa and the United States, as well as Paris.

The November 13-14 broadcast is a partnership between the Climate Reality Project and Live Earth, designed to “include an unprecedented artistic lineup and distribution platform to maximize its global reach,” organizers said.

Among those scheduled to appear are French President Francois Hollande, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, California Governor Jerry Brown, actors Ryan Reynolds, Jared Leto and Ed Begley Jr., and former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The first Climate Reality broadcast aired in 2011. Gore won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts on climate change.

A slideshow presented by Gore about the dangers of climate change was the basis of the popular 2006 documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” which won two Academy Awards. (afp)

Gwyneth Paltrow launches lifestyle publishing imprint goop NEW YORK — Gwyneth Paltrow is launching a lifestyle publishing line called, of course, goop.

Paltrow’s goop press will be curated in conjunction with Grand Central Life & Style, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing.

The first release will be Paltrow’s “It’s All Easy” cookbook,

which comes out in April. A beauty book is scheduled for next fall.

Paltrow launched goop as a newsletter in 2008 and now operates her brand through the website goop.com. The Oscar-winning actress said Tuesday she’s “excited to memorialize” goop for audiences across the world. (ap)

Benedict Cumberbatch receives honor from queen

LONDON — Benedict Cumberbatch has been honored by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for his services to the performing arts and to charity.

The 39-year-old actor wore a traditional morning suit to receive his Commander of the British Empire award in a ceremony Tuesday.

The “Sherlock” star, who was also nominated for an Oscar for best actor for his portrayal of com-

puter scientist Alan Turing in “The Imitation Game,” told reporters afterward that the experience was “quite nerve-wracking.”

Cumberbatch, who recently finished a stage run playing Hamlet at London’s Barbican Theatre, has been supporting charity appeals to help Syrian refugees, and helped raise more than 150,000 pounds ($227,000) in donations for Save the Children. (ap)

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Indonesia says could also take China to court over South China Sea

JAKARTA - Indonesia could take China before an international court if Beijing’s claim to the majority of the South China Sea and part of Indonesian territory is not resolved through dialogue, Indonesia’s security chief said on Wednesday.

Beijing’s claim to almost the entire South China Sea is shown on Chinese maps with a nine-dash line that stretches deep into the maritime heart of Southeast Asia, including parts of the Indonesian-held Natuna islands.

Vietnam, the Philippines, Tai-

wan, Malaysia and Brunei also claim parts of the waterway. The Philippines has already taken China to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague, a case Beijing refuses to recognise.

Indonesia believes China’s claim over parts of the Natuna islands has

no legal basis.

“We are working very hard on this. We are trying to approach the Chinese,” Luhut Panjaitan told reporters. “We would like to see a solution on this in the near future through dialogue, or we could bring it to the International Criminal Court.”

Although he specified the International Criminal Court, which deals with “the most serious crimes of concern to the international community” such as war crimes, it

would appear he meant an international tribunal, such as the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

“We don’t want to see any power projection in this area. We would like a peaceful solution by promoting dialogue. The nine-dash line is a problem we are facing, but not only us. It also directly (impacts) the interests of Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam and the Philippines.”

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday the Philippines’

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, right poses with his wife Sophie Hunter after receiving the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, during an Investiture Ceremony at Buckingham Palace, in London, Tuesday Nov. 10, 2015.

case against China had strained relations and that it was up to the Philippines to heal the rift. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

Volcanic eruptions affecting tourism in Bali, West Nusa

Passengers of airplanes are waiting in Ngurah Rai Airport during the temporary closure of the airport due to Mt. Barujari eruption, recently. Indonesia’s tourism sector has again been affected by a natural disaster as its two most famous tourist destinations --- Bali Island and Lombok --- are incurring losses due to the eruption of Mt. Barujari.

INDONESIA’S tourism sector has again been affected by a natural disaster. The eruption of Mount Bajuri has caused Indonesia’s two most famous tourist destinations -Bali and Lombok, to inccure significant losses, as the volcano located in Lombok, West Nusa has been erupting since Nov. 3rd. Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, Blimbingsari Airport in Banyuwangi, East Java, Selaparang Airport in Mataram; and the Lombok International Airport in Lombok, NTB have all been disrupted by the volcanic ash.

The Transportation Ministry revealed that as of November 7th over 1,180 flights have been cancelled because of the ash.

On November 9th, Agung Yuniarta, Head of the Bali Tourism Office said: “Frequent closures of the airport have caused losses to the tourism industry amounting to some IDR45 billion”.

According to their data, some 25 thousand foreign tourists have already cancelled their trip to Bali, since the airport first closed on November 3rd.

“Cancelled hotel rooms alone account for about USD $2000.00 a day in losses,” he affirmed.

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