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‘Sicario’ lures Benicio del Toro back into the drug wars

Mariah Carey to direct holiday film in Cincinnati

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CINCINNATI — A Cincinnati film commission has announced that singer and actress Mariah Carey will be filming a Christmas movie in the region.

WCPO-TV reports the Greater Cincinnati Film Commission said Tuesday the singer and actress is set to star in “Melody & Mistletoe” in Cincinnati starting in October.

The made-for-TV movie will air on the Hallmark Channel Dec. 19. Carey also will be directing the movie with an executive producer.

The commission last week an-

nounced that an action film starring Bruce Willis is slated to begin filming in Cincinnati at the end of September.

Kristen Schlotman, executive director of the Greater Cincinnati Film Commission, says they are “ecstatic” to have another movie filmed in the city. (ap)

Schwarzenegger to replace Trump on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’

NEW YORK - Actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will replace Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump as host of “The Celebrity Apprentice,” broadcaster NBC said Monday.

The network severed its ties with Trump in late June, declining to broadcast the Miss USA and Miss Universe beauty pageants which he and NBC co-owned, due to his controversial comments on Mexican immigrants.

However, Trump had already

said he would be leaving “The Celebrity Apprentice” to pursue his political career several weeks prior.

The program is a variation of its predecessor “The Apprentice,” and places well-known figures in competitions that test their business acumen and entrepreneurship, all the while helping raise money for charity.

“Congrats to my friend @ Schwarzenegger who is doing next season’s Celebrity Apprentice. He’ll be great & will raise

lots of $ for charity,” Trump posted on Twitter, following NBC’s announcement.

“Arnold Schwarzenegger is the epitome of a global brand in entertainment and business, and his accomplishments in the political arena speak for themselves,” said Paul Telegdy, president of NBC’s alternative and late-night programming.

On Friday, Trump announced he had bought NBC’s share in the Miss Universe pageant, becoming the sole owner. (afp)

TORONTO — No other actor has covered all angles of the war on drugs — its tragedies, its violence, its farces — more than Benicio del Toro.

It’s a story that has followed the Puerto Rico-born actor from the start: One of his first credits was the 1990 NBC miniseries “Drug Wars: The Camarena Story.”

He’s played a recovering drug addict (“21 Grams”) and one not so recovering at all (“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”). He starred as Pablo Escobar in last year’s “Escobar: Paradise Lost.” And the critical pinnacle of his career came in his Oscar-winning performance as an honest Mexico police officer in Steven Soderbergh’s “Traffic.”

In Denis Villeneuve’s muscular, grim thriller “Sicario” (which opens Friday and expands nationwide Oct. 2), Del Toro finds himself back on the other side of the border, playing a mysterious mercenary joined with a CIA task force covertly pursing a Mexican drug lord.

“I don’t know how it comes about, but all I can say is I’m an actor in this time,” says del Toro. “Movies borrow from their times. These stories are out there in the newspapers.”

“Sicario,” which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in May and had its North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, has already drawn raves for Del Toro’s terse gravitas as a shadowy man known only as Alejandro. He says little but has a weighty presence. “Nothing will make sense to your American ears, and you will doubt everything we do,” he warns Emily Blunt’s less-experienced

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FBI agent.

“I’ve been in movies where I think it’s going to work, and it doesn’t. I’ve been in movies where I thought it wasn’t going to work and it did,” Del Toro said in a recent interview. “And I tell you this one was one of those that I didn’t know.”

Villeneuve, the Quebecois director of “Prisoners,” was more confident.

“He knows a lot about that world being involved in movies and coming back with people who were involved in drug wars,” says Villeneuve. “For me, he was a source of information.”

Cinematographer Roger Deakins likens the weary-eyed Del Toro to Robert Mitchum. Villeneuve would often cut Del Toro’s dialogue, stripping the part down as he realized the actor did more with less.

“It was very simple. I just cut 90-95 percent of his dialogue. Most of the time it was: ‘Say nothing. Action!’” says Villeneuve, chuckling. “He’s someone who’s very radical about authenticity. When he doesn’t feel something, he cannot act. It has to come from a deep emotional understanding.”

That Del Toro, whose family moved to Pennsylvania when he was 12 years old, has frequently found — or been found by — drug-war tales is somewhat surprising to him. But it’s an issue he says he feels passionately about.

“I’ve done my best not to repeat myself,” he says. “I’ve done many characters that live in that world, the drug wars and the drug world, but this one had a different angle.” (ap)

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Malay pride’ rally puts Malaysia on guard against ethnic tensions

KUALA LUMPUR - Tens of thousands of ethnic Malays wearing red shirts demonstrated support on Wednesday for Prime Minister Najib Razak’s scandal-hit government at a rally in Kuala Lumpur that stoked fears of racial tensions in the Southeast Asian nation.

Supporters from over 200 Malay organisations marched through the city, calling for unity among the majority Muslim Malay population and denouncing ethnic Chinese opposition party leaders.

Many demonstrators also held banners declaring support for Najib, who is battling against allegations of graft and financial mismanagement at indebted state fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

The Malay demonstration brought business to a standstill in downtown Kuala Lumpur, as shops and businesses, especially in Chinese-dominated neighborhoods, were shuttered, and several roads were closed to traffic.

There was no violence reported, though a Reuters witness saw police holding back a few thousand “red shirts” trying to break through barricades at the city’s old Chinatown neighborhood. Riot police were standing by in case clashes broke out. There were unconfirmed reports that some protesters were detained.

The organisers called the “red shirt” demonstration in response to a massive protest held over two days last month that called for Najib’s resignation over the graft scandal.

They say the anti-government protesters, who had worn yellow shirts, at the rally organised by Berish - a prodemocracy group - had been mainly ethnic Chinese, and had insulted the country’s Malay leaders.

“Long live Malays,” said one banner, while another said “Don’t look down and insult the Malays.”

The Malaysian government warned the organisers to avoid racial slurs and slogans that could raise tensions.

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Pro-government ‘red shirt’ protestors shout slogans during a pro-government demonstration in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. Thousands of ethnic Malays in red shirts staged a rally Wednesday to uphold Malay dominance and support Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government, following calls for Najib to step down over a $700 million financial scandal.

Ongoing character building for the youth

WELCOMING the 2015/2016 academic year, the Minister of Education and Culture issued Regulation No. 21/2015 of the Minister of Education and Culture on the Character Building Movement. Clearly the issuance of this regulation appears as a kind of warning to Indonesia’ educational system -Bali included, as it indicates that there is something wrong with the character building of this nation as it is.

“We cannot expect the building of character to be instantly understood by students. Changing the mindset of our children is not done by simply giving advice once. We must work on it continuously with a strong will, and teachers might get bored of trying to install such understanding. But all teachers should be diligent in this regard, and neither tire nor despair in trying to provide the best for our students,” said M.S. Chandra Jaya, Chairman of Dwijendra Foundation,

during a discussion on education entitled ‘Character and Education Problems’ that was recently held at Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara, Sanur.

According to Chandra Jaya’s assessment, mastery of knowledge in the fields of mathematics or computer science is not of much value if it is not accompanied by knowledge of the values of truth and goodness. Such values can in fact be inculcated in simple ways.

For example, such values can be

encouraged by having students get into the habit of expressing the greeting Om Swastyastu and by reviving Balinese storytelling at school.

“Providing knowledge for students through storytelling, starting in kindergarten, all the way through to high school and beyond, remains a very relevant way of teaching the values of goodness, badness, truth and untruth,” he explained.

In addition, continued Chandra, the values expressed in Pancasila

(five basic principle of Indonesia) must also be taught starting in elementary school through until college. Chandra worries that without any knowledge of the values of Pancasila, future generations will no longer know about the history of this nation. Teachers are required to not limit themselves to giving advice, but also to set an example by implementing the values of kindness.

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Similar opinions were expressed by Rector of PGRI Bali Teachers’ Training College, Dr. I Made Suartha. According to him, character shows up in good and bad behavior and is inseparable from the influence of the family, neighborhood and school environment.

In regards to schools, Suartha cited the well known phrase: ‘teacher should be believed and imitated’.

What is to be believed is their word, what is to be imitated is their behavior. Our success in building strong character in our youth cannot be separated from the role of teachers. At school, children must not lose the figure of the teacher as role model -to be believed and imitated” he said.

Head of the Denpasar Education Agency, I Gusti Ngurah Eddy Mulya, said that the ministerial regulation on character building indeed raises some questions. Actually even before the issuance of the regulation, he said that they were already working on the cultivation of character.

“However, we cannot blame the Ministry for creating such a policy. If we take the analogy of a tree, we may ask: ‘does the tree lack water?’That is to say, is the youth crisis related to the law, economic confidence, attitudinal and mental aspects or all of these? Naturally there emerges a policy whose task it is to remind us that the character building movement, is a process that must not stop, and must continue to discussed and implemented all the time,” said Mulya. He added that the character building movement needs to do more than just lip service to an idea, and that the most important thing for this movement is that there be exemplary figures that are wholeheartedly and truly dedicated to being role models. In terms of education, he said that there are four areas

involved in the building of character.

“Firstly, values must be instilled starting from the primary level all the way through to college. Secondly, what is acceptable and not acceptable must be outlined. Thirdly is the inculcation of good habits and finally what is required is someone to set a good example.

Character cannot simply be discussed, there needs to be paragons to look to,” he explained adding that all of these components must be involved in the building of character.

Head of the Bali Education Agency, TIA Kusuma Wardani, said that policies that require the building of character cannot put all the responsibility on schools. According to her, character building needs to start at home - with parents playing an active role.

“The instilling of good character is done at home by parents, while schools provide an opportunity to grow, learn and become habituated. With enough people accustomed to having certain characteristics -this in turn forms the culture,” she said.

Chairman of Commission IV of the Bali House, Gede Kusuma Putra, added that the problem of education is not solely the responsibility of the government, but also the responsibility of all levels of society. The ideals of the founding fathers of Indonesia are stated in the 1945 Constitution, one of which reads: “educating the life of the nation” that has yet to be fully realized.

“Apparently our educational system has yet to find the right shape. There has been the impression that policies would change under the new Minister. So far though, the curriculum has not been rearranged yet, and textbooks have been withdrawn again due to inappropriate content. I think these things affect people’s present impression,” he said. (kmb32)

Provincial government will govern high schools, vocational schools

Under Law No. 23/2014, the government has divided the authority to regulate educational institutions between the central government who will govern higher education, county and municipal governments who will govern kindergarden, elementary, and the provincial government who will govern high schools, vocational schools (previously under the municipal and country governments) and schools for the disabled.

Head of the Bali Education Agency, TIA Kusuma Wardani, said that her party is still in the process of conducting verifications related to the transfer of authority for high schools and vocational school over to the province. This process should be completed no later than March 2016. “All the provincial governments need to make calculations regarding the budget so that coordination can me made. All the heads of the agencies will be summoned by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform related to budgetary proportions,” said Wardani during a discussion entitled “Character and Education Problems” that recently took place at Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara, Sanur.

She added that all these processes must be completed no later than October 2, 2016. At that time, the Bali House of representatives will witness the signing of documents by the governor, regents and mayors, that confirm the transfer of authority. High schools and vocational schools will then officially be under provincial authority as of January 1, 2017.

“Currently, the province is conducting verifications on the ground, related to the matter. This is important because the government is mandated to have an unbiased opinion (WTP) which the provincial government has proven. Whereas, eight counties and one municipality have not been able to prove this, because some of their assets are problematic. On that account, the assessment team also involves the Finance and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP),” Wardani explained.

“We don’t have a problem with whether they IBP/Wawan Kindergarten students prayed during a ritual ceremony that held in their are governed by the provincial or by the municipal school. Welcoming the 2015/2016 academic year, the Minister of Education government, the important thing is the commitand Culture issued Regulation No. 21/2015 of the Minister of Education ment of schools to educate their students well,” and Culture on the Character Building Movement. Clearly the issuance said Chairman of the Denpasar Principal Working of this regulation appears as a kind of warning to Indonesia’ educational Congress (MKKS) for high school and vocational system -Bali included, as it indicates that there is something wrong with school, I Ketut Suyastra.

However, added Suyastra, there are some parties the character building of this nation as it is.

that look to their own self-interest without looking into the question of incentives and allowances. He believes that there there is an authority governing such things, but most important of all is teachers’s obligation to be devoted to education.

“I leave it all to the province. Sorry, but it seems that all this time attention has only been given to Bali Mandara high school, but what about provincial interest being shown to other high schools?” added the Principal of SMAN 3 Denpasar high school. Chairman of the Indonesia Association of Principal (AKSI) of Bali, Dr. I Wayan Rika, said that the transfer of authority from the counties and muicipalities, to the province, specifically for high schools and vocational schools, will have no impact on the processes at school. Moreover, this is not the first time that such a transfer of authority has occurred. Previous to being under the authority of counties and municipalities, high schools and vocational schools were under the authority of the province.

Rika also said that he hopes that the ‘arrival’ of high schools and vocational schools into the jurisdiction of the province will not mean that they are treated like adopted or step children given that the province already runs Bali Mandara high school.

Chairman of Commission IV of the Bali House, Gede Kusuma Putra, said that the issue of SMAN Bali Mandara high school is quite interesting. This school received junior high school students that excel academically but are from economically disadvantaged families. According to Putra, there needs to be an assessment made as to whether junior high school students that cannot afford to pay for school but do not have outstanding achievement can also attend.

“We should not let children with mediocre academic achievements be forced to drop out of school simply because they are from poor families. Perhaps we should examine the possibility of creating a school that accommodates such students, instead of only thinking about students with outstanding achievements,” he concluded. (kmb32)

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Bazaar of Golden Tulip Essential Hotel Denpasar

DENPASAR - Do you want to have dinner with delicious food in a cozy atmosphere? Simply come and have it at the Golden Tulip Hotel Essential Denpasar. The hotel located in the heart of Denpasar, precisely on Jalan Gatot Subroto Barat, offers dinner with cheap bazaar program.

This program applies for travelers and general public. The bazaar is open from six o’clock in the afternoon until eleven o’clock at night every two weeks.

It spread across spacious location at the front courtyard of the hotel. Dine alone, with family or friends will be very nice here. Atmosphere of the city at night in the

company of acoustical music will create intimate atmosphere while enjoying togetherness. Friendliness of the local traders with hotel style service will drive closer inti-

macy, just like eating at home.

Assorted local menus are served to pamper your appetite. They include grilled chicken, roasted rice, blayag, siomai, meatballs, rabbit satay, traditional cakes, ice cream, mixed rice, tempong rice, fruit salad, chips and drinks. “We deliberately serve local foods by bringing in local traders around the Golden Tulip Essential Hotel Denpasar. This is a form of our concern for the environment,” said General Manager Bayu Suteja.

The traders are arranging their space in a traditional style. The menus are served on tiny tables with exotic thatched roof. While in front of it, visitors have been prepared with tables along with 100 seats. “This bazaar provides the opportunity for people in Denpasar to enjoy food in a safe and comfortable venue. On that account, the price is so affordable to society in general,” said Bayu Suteja.

The Golden Tulip Essential Hotel Denpasar, explained Bayu Suteja, does not only offer the experience of staying in the central business district area of Bali, but also offers a place to eat in the downtown of Bali Province. “Some business offices are located here, so that they can come here to have dinner. We have confidence they must try the menus offered in our program,” he added. (kmb)

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Balinese Temple Ceremony

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

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

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

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

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Antibacterial soap no real threat to germs: study

Army ready to provide security for regional head elections

PARIS - Antibacterial hand soaps containing a chemical flagged as potentially dangerous are not much better at killing germs than regular suds, researchers said Wednesday.

The chemical, triclosan, was long one of the commonest ingredients in antibacterial soaps, which are used by millions of people and generate $1 billion (880 million euros) in sales annually in the United States alone, experts say.

But studies have linked it to antibiotic resistance and hormone problems, prompting a safety review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that may yet lead to restrictions.

Now a study in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy reports that when it comes to normal hand-washing, there is “no significant difference” between the bactericidal effects of plain soap and antibacterial soap.

The agent only became effective after microbes had been steeped in the stuff for nine hours, the authors found.

“At times less than six hours there was little difference between the two (soaps),” the researchers wrote of their tests.

To evaluate triclosan’s germkilling abilities, the team placed 20 dangerous bacteria strains, including Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella enteritidis, in Petri dishes with either antibacterial or regular soap.

The samples were heated to 22 or 40 degrees Celsius (72 to 104 degrees Fahrenheit), simulating exposure to warm or hot water for 20 seconds -- the World Health Organization-advised duration for hand-washing.

The team then spread bacteria

DENPASAR - The Indonesian Army has expressed its readiness to provide security for the regional head elections to be conducted simultaneously on December 9.

“The Indonesian army is ready to assist the police in providing security to conduct these elections,” Chief of Staff of the Army General Mulyono said on Tuesday.

In addition, the Indonesian military will assist the police in detecting any threats during the election process.

“With such an effort, the elections can be held in a proper and safe manner,” he said.

Moreover, the Bali Military Command (Kodam Udayana) and the police have an important role to play to ensure security during the election process so that the tourists can feel safe and comfortable.

“The military and the police are ready to cooperate to ensure proper implementation of the election process,” he affirmed.

Mulyono believed that people will help maintain a conducive situation in Bali.

Earlier, the Deputy Chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), Oesman Sapta Odang, said he expected that the simultaneously conducted regional elections will help improve the

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Antibacterial hand soaps containing a chemical flagged as potentially dangerous are not much better at killing germs than regular suds, researchers said Wednesday. on the hands of 16 adults -- who had refrained from using antibacterial soap for at least the preceding week.

They were then told to wash their hands for 30 seconds using either antibacterial or regular soap and 40-degree water.

For all the tests, the team used antibacterial soap containing 0.3

percent triclosan -- the maximum allowed in the European Union, Canada, Australia, China and Japan, said study co-author Min Suk Rhee of Korea University in Seoul.

They found no “significant” difference between antibacterial and normal soap, and decided to see if soaking would yield a dif-

ferent outcome.

The triclosan-containing soap “performed significantly better after nine hours of exposure,” they found -- a rather long period for washing one’s hands.

The researchers said consumers need to be made aware the antibacterial soaps do not guarantee germ protection.

“It should be banned to exaggerate the effectiveness of... products which can confuse consumers,” said Min. Several soapmakers have already stopped using triclosan, he added. Only 13 of 53 antibacterial soaps studied in Korea in 2014 still contained the chemical. (afp)

an explanation for national differences in height,” lead author Matthew Robinson, from the University of Queensland in Australia, told AFP. Many physical traits, including height and body mass index (BMI: a ratio of height to weight), vary between people from different regions of the world, even different parts of the same continent.

In Europe, for example, the Dutch are seven centimetres (2.7 inches) taller on average than Italians, and rise eight centimetres above Spaniards.

But the relative contribution of genes and environmental factors has never been clear.

“We were interested in working out whether there were genetic differences,” said Robinson.

The team used genetic data from 9,416 Europeans from 14 countries to predict their height and BMI. They then checked the predictions for national differences, which would indicate that the genes influencing height and BMI were more or less prevalent in people from different countries.

“They found that historic natural selection on both height and BMI has created genetic differences among different countries,” said a Nature press summary.

The association was stronger for height than for mass -- about a quarter of the variation in height and eight percent of the variation in BMI could be explained by regional genetic characteristics, the team found.

The cause was likely “historic natural selection” -- the Darwinian process whereby humans or animals best suited to their environment survive and transmit

their genetic traits to succeeding generations, whereas inferior traits disappear over time.

“Many thousands of years ago when Europe was being settled, it is likely that the characteristics that were best to survive differed in the Mediterranean as compared to northern Europe,” Robinson theorised.

The team also found that tall nations such as the Netherlands and Sweden were genetically more likely to be slim, though BMI was more strongly influenced by environmental factors than height. (afp)

Why are the Dutch taller than Italians? It’s in the genes: study PARIS - Genetic differences, painstakingly crafted by thousands of years of natural selection, explain why Europeans from the north tower over their southern cousins, researchers said Monday.

In a study that touched on the age-old “nature vs nurture” debate, an international team of scientists set out to determine once and for all why, for example, the average Dutchman’s frame differs so much from that of, say, a Portuguese person.

“We found that genetic differences between countries provides

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quality of democracy in various regions of the country.

“We hope that the simultaneous regional elections can improve the quality of democracy in Indonesia,” Oesman Sapta Odang said in a press statement received here on Monday.

He pointed out that according to Article 18, Paragraph 4 of the Constitution, the regional heads should be elected democratically as part of the efforts to reinforce and strengthen the sovereignty of the people.

“There is still room for improvement in conducting these regional elections.

Therefore, I urge all stakeholders to give their inputs to the MPR,” he stressed.

He further remarked that the elections should also strengthen Indonesia’s spirit of `Unity in Diversity.’

“The elections should uphold democracy in accordance with the values of the state ideology--Pancasila,” he said.

Also, the Indonesian Police has said it will deploy 135,672 officers to ensure security during the simultaneous regional

head elections (Pilkada) slated for December 9.

The police personnel will be drawn from a total of 31 provincial police offices across the country, the National Police Headquarters’ Operation Assistant, Inspector General Unggung Cahyono, stated on Thursday. The National Police had organized a mock security drill to prepare for the local elections by involving all the provincial police officers in the country, except those in Aceh Province.

Cahyono remarked that the National Police Chief, General Badrodin Haiti, had instructed every police office at the provincial, district, and city level, along with the police’s Mobile Brigade to be prepared to ensure security for the regional head elections.

The National Police Headquarters will also enlist another 3.5 thousand personnel as reserves to be deployed in case of any potential conflict.

The police have also drawn a map of the conflict-prone regions in conjunction with the local elections. (ant)

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Ministry to issue flight permit for DenpasarWakatobi route

KENDARI - Indonesia’s Minister of Transportation, Ignatius Jonan, will soon issue a permit for a flight between Wakatobi (Southeast Sulawesi) and Denpasar (Bali). This was announced by the head of the administration of Wakatobi, Hugua, on Tuesday.

According to Hugua, the Wakatobi district administration and the national flag carrier, Garuda Indonesia, which had proposed the flight, had applied for a license for it earlier this year.

“If the Wakatobi-Denpasar flight route is opened, the flow of goods and services from and to Wakatobi will be carried out more efficiently,” he said.

At the same time, he said, many foreign tourists will be able to visit Wakatobi, which has been designated as a special economic zone for tourism.

“More tourists will lead to better economic growth of Wakatobi,” Hugua said.

Wakatobi has a national marine park, which is one of 50 national parks in Indonesia and the third largest in the country.

Wakatobi was designated as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves by the Man and the Biosphere Program of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 11 July, 2012.

The world’s major ecosystems and landscapes represented in this Network are devoted to conserving biological diversity, promoting research and monitoring, as well as providing models of sustainable development in the service of humankind. (ant)

Crowds of tourists visit Besakih and Lempuyang Temples AMLAPURA - Increasingly large numbers of tourists are visiting Besakih and Lempuyang Temples, intrigued by the appeal of these large temples in Karagasem. Based on observations made over the past few days, visitors to Besakih temple had a general look around the outside of the temple, as well as the innermost courtyard of the temples like the Penataran Agung, Batu Madeg Temple and Gelap Temple located on the highest courtyard of Besakih.

A number of Asian visitors appeared to be saying standing prayers with their palms touching and fingers pointed upwards in front of their hearts at Penataran Temple.

At the sad kahyangan temple of Lempuyang, perched on Mount Lempuyang, there are also increasing numbers of tourists.

Other than just looking at the Penataran Temple at Purwayu, they were also saying prayers. This temple is situated on the slopes of Mount Lempuyang. It is very beautiful and majestic where in the west spreads the endless valley with the panoramic view of Abang subdistrict offering lush terraced paddy fields walled by the towering Mount Agung. In the east stands Mount Lempuyang with a naturally bluish forest. A number of foreign visitors climbed to the top of Mount Lempuyang to witness the panoramic view of the valley around the mountain.

In the past, pilgrims and other visitors were alarmed by a number of monkeys that had been making trouble for some months. The monkeys were biting the legs of pilgrims, local traders, pecalang or customary security guards and also tourists. Those climbing the steep slope are now safe, because the large fierce monkeys that were bitting people’s IBP/Budana legs, were killed a few months ago. Until now, no pilgrims Increasingly large numbers of tourists are visiting Besakih and Lempuyang Temples, intrigued by the or climbers have been bitten again. (013) appeal of these large temples in Karagasem.

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Syrian refugees seek new passports as a ticket to Europe

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Walhi walks out of Forestry Agency public consultation A man is looking for fish in Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (Tahura)

DENPASAR - Walhi Bali walked out of the public consultation on the evaluation of the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (Tahura) Management Plan related to revisions of the block arrangement at the Mangrove Forest Management Area I, Tuesday (Sep. 15). One of the matters questioned by Walhi Bali was the fact that the invitation letter was sent out at the last minute and without th inclusion of material for public consultation. “Hoping to have consultation without providing materials is contrary to the principles of good governance. Participation of this kind should not be repeated in the future. This public consultation is apparently being held haphazardly with people only being invited to show up,” said Executive Director of Walhi Bali, Suriadi Darmoko.

Suriadi added that the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (Tahura) has been meddled with continusouly since 2012. At that time, the government changed the block arrangement to accommodate a nature tourism exploitation permit issued to PT Tirta Rahmat Bahari.

After that, there was a plan to swap the area with other utilization area (APL). The swap plan was even discussed again in this public consultation. Actually, the issue underlying the previous revision of the block arrangement is closely associated

with the termination of the Tukad Mati normalization project.

“I think this public consultation has been manipulated because Prof.

Merit (a member of the evaluation team—Ed) conveyed that he had never discussed swaping with other utilization areas. But in the conclusion he suddenly mentioned it, in order for the Ministry of Environment and Forestry to process it immediately. So that what kind of consultation is this? Is this meant to accommodate the needs of Kuta residents that want the normaliza-

tion of Tukad Mati or this process being used to covertly legitimize the revision process of another utilization area?” he asked.

Suriadi considers that the swap of the Tahura region will be used to accommodate the Benoa Bay reclamation plan, because the plan overlaps with forest areas. In other words, the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries under the SBY government, issued the reclamation permits, despite the area being located in forest areas beyond its authority.

“The words “forest expansion” sound nice but this plan actually aims to accommodate the interest of the building project. Regarding the matter of Tukad Mati, it is also delivered that it (the evaluation team—Ed) supports the utilization of environmental services, development of nature tourism and recreation. In other words, I do not see that the revision of the block utilization area is purely intended for normalization, but I suspect there is a stowaway. I agree that Kuta wants to prevent flooding, but we must not

DENPASAR - One of the suspects in the allegation of Engeline’s murder, Agus Tay Hamdani Tay, had bad luck when his detention was removed from Bali Police Profession and Security unit to Kerobokan Prison. After the second phase handover conducted last week, Agus Tay was beaten by local inmates when he was detained in socialization room. As a result, he suffered a number of injuries including bruises in the eyes and pain in chest. Information on the beatings is delivered directly by his legal team, Haposan Sihombing, Tuesday (Sep. 15).

Haposan who was contacted via phone admitted that he was initially

told by Hotman Paris Hutapea that Agus in Kerobokan Prison was beaten.

Haposan then confirmed it by visiting the Kerobokan Prison on Tuesday. He was received by Chief Security Guard Wayan Agus Miarta because the Chief of Kerobokan Prison Sujonggo was not in place. Haposan was directly allowed to meet Agus Tay. “It is true that Agus Tay was beaten by three inmates,” he said.

He said that the case originated in the second handover. When arriving at the prison, he was placed in socialization room and Agus was asked by inmates whether it is true he murdered Engeline. Before answering the question, about three inmates directly beat to make him

battered. So far, his eyes look to be bruises and red. Luckily at that time there were other inmates that secured and immediately reported the incident to a prison officer so that Agus can be secured. Finally, Agus was arrested in Block G. Those getting involved in the beating have apologized because they seemed to misdirect and thought Agus was the main suspect.

Behind the assault and apology, apparently there is something hampering the mind of the legal team of Agus. During the case taking place for three months, it is impossible for the people not to follow the progress of the case at issue in the society that his employer

let the desire of Kuta residents be used by the government and even investors for their own aims,” he explained while adding that Tukad Mati normalization project should be able to continue without the need to change Tahura block.

Meanwhile, Head of the Bali Forestry Agency, IGN Wiranatha, denied that the swap is associated with the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. Moreover, the idea of swapping two areas came from the central government. According to Wiranatha, the central government assigned an integrated team to assess the situation before issuing their input of doing a swap.

“It is technical and juridical and I am not related to it. Whether or not the reclamation goes on, this activity will go on. Whether people agree or disagree with the reclamation, it is a technical and juridical matter.

I am the agency head, and this is a technical matter that has nothing to do with it, we’ve been realizing the degradation since 2007, there’s no relation. The reclamation plan emerged recently,” he said.

Related to the Tukad Mati normalization project, Wiranatha confirmed that the project cannot proceed without a block revision.

Although the project aims to prevent floods, it is for the purpose of disaster mitigation. The block revision must be made by revising the management plan of the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park.

“No, it cannot, there are many basis. They are technical and juridical rules, I understand it well. If I am told to learn, there are a lot of books to read but in the end is one sentence. Yes, I have to sit down.

They are related to some articles. In short, it must be revised,” he said.

As for the matter of the last minute invitation to the consultation, Wiranatha said that he does not deal with such technical matters and according to him materials related to the public consultation are not necessarily sent out with invitations. Consultations can tae place without such materials, exempt for documents related to the environmental impact assessment process, which are required. (kmb32)

Margriet has been declared as the prime suspect. Therefore, the legal team of Agus suspected there are other parties that deliberately want to harm Agus, so that he cannot continue the trial.

“We all know, Agus is the key and the only witness in this case,” said Haposan Sihombing. On that account, Haposan did not believe if the beating was misplaced.

Nevertheless, he has discussed with the chief security guard Agus Miarta that security of Agus can be guaranteed in Block G, so that he can attend the trial in Denpasar District Court in the murder case of Engeline. Moreover, currently Agus also wants to get to the trial soon so

that the case becomes clear.

Then, does Agus feel to be threatened? Haposan said that currently he can feel more comfortable compared to the time of second handover. “But he could say, that he felt more comfortable when being detained at Bali Police Profession and Security Unit than in Kerobokan Prison,” said Haposan Sihombing, quoting Agus Tay. Chief of Kerobokan Prison, Sujonggo, when asked for his confirmation regarding the assault allegation denied. “It is not true if he was attacked. He was just questioned whether he really murdered Engeline. Margriet was also asked,” said Sujonggo. (kmb37)

AMMAN, Jordan — Hundreds of Syrian refugees line up outside their embassy in Jordan every day for a long shot at a better future — applying for new passports that allow them to enter Turkey legally and from there start on a dangerous trek to Europe.

The crowds in Amman have been turning up since Syria began issuing passports for large numbers of refugees without travel documents. Also, cuts in international aid have made the refugees’ survival even tougher in Mideast host countries like Jordan.

In a measure of their despair, some of those waiting in line said they sold their wives’ gold dowry or went deeper into debt to pay $400 for a new passport, double what most make per month with off-the-books odd jobs. There is also a sense of urgency among the refugees, after several European countries re-imposed border checks in recent days to stem the flow of migrants.

Refugees preparing for the journey said they are willing to gamble. They believe there is no future for them in overburdened Jordan, where they can’t work legally or provide for their families.

“The minute I get the passport, I will fly to Turkey,” said house painter Ali Mohammed, 33, one of those in line this week at the Syrian Embassy. Mohammed, who fled Syria in 2012, said his final destination is Germany, where some of his relatives have found asylum.

The new possibility of a direct JordanTurkey route feeds into growing migration from the conflict-scarred Middle East to an increasingly overwhelmed Europe.

EU member states have been arguing over a solution, with some rejecting Germany’s proposed quota system for accepting migrants, saying it’s too big a burden.

Others believe quotas will only encourage more migration and that the world must send more help to keep refugees in host countries neighboring Syria.

The International Organization for Mi-

gration says more than 464,000 migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe this year, and that 2,182 died on the way. The agency says among those making the crossing were 175,000 Syrians traveling via Turkey and Greece.

Germany has taken in the most, by far, with some 450,000 migrants registered so far this year. About one-third arrived since the beginning of August — though this also includes many migrants from Eastern Europe. Germany has said Syrians have the best chance of gaining asylum.

For now, most of the more than 4 million Syrians who fled their country since the conflict broke out in 2011 still live close to home — the main asylum countries are Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq. But life in these countries is becoming increasingly difficult. Faced with growing funding gaps, international agencies have cut back sharply on cash and food aid to refugees. More than one-third of 630,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan were dropped from a U.N. food voucher program in September.

Meanwhile, the Syrian government decided in late April to begin issuing passports to refugees. The pro-government newspaper al-Watan said at the time that the decision would facilitate the movement of hundreds of thousands of refugees without passports and bring significant foreign currency income for Syria.

The new policy also meant the door to Europe — from Turkey by sea to Greece and then overland through the Balkans — opened wider. Turkey does not require visitors’ visas for Syrians, according to the country’s Foreign Ministry website and an official at the Turkish embassy in Jordan.

With new passports in hand, Syrians can fly from Jordan to Turkey, rather than travel overland through their dangerous, strifetorn homeland first. Ayman Alloush, Syria’s top diplomat in Jordan, said Tuesday that his embassy now issues or renews about 10,000 passports per month. (ap)

Agus Tay claims to be beaten in Kerobokan Prison

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In this Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015 photo, Syrian refugees gather outside their embassy waiting to apply for passports or to renew their old ones, in Amman, Jordan. Hundreds of Syrian refugees line up at their country’s embassy every day for a long shot at a better future in Europe: They apply for Syrian passports that can get them into Turkey without visas, and from there plan to start dangerous journeys by sea and land to the continent.

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Riot police fire a water cannon to pro-government “red shirt” protesters as they try to enter China Town during a demonstration in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015.

Malaysian police fire water cannons at Malay protesters

KUALA LUMPUR — Police fired water cannons at ethnic Malays who turned unruly Wednesday at a progovernment rally that many fear has the potential to provoke racial trouble in this multiethnic nation with large Chinese and Indian minorities.

The rally — a collection of several marches that converged on a central field near Parliament — was ostensibly called to emphasize the dominance of Malays in Malaysia, as well as to support the government of Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is under pressure to resign over a $700 million financial scandal.

But the rally is also being seen as a challenge to the Chinese and Indians, who had gathered in large numbers in an anti-Najib rally on Aug. 29 and 30.

Unlike that rally, which was banned by the police, the Malay parade on Wednesday was allowed to go ahead by authorities, albeit with a warning that the demonstrators would not be allowed to carry banners or posters with racial overtones.

“I am here to defend Malay

dignity and dominance,” said Rahamah Abdul Majid, one of the protesters. “We must not let others take over our country.”

Other demonstrators blew horns and chanted “Long live the Malays.” Some carried banners that read, “People unite to defend the government of the people’s choice.”

Most of the thousands of red-shirted protesters taking part in the rally demonstrated peacefully at the grounds near Parliament. But a small group threw plastic bottles at police and tried to push their way through barricades into Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown, shouting “This is Malay land.” Riot police retaliated by firing chemicallaced water from a fire truck.

The rally included Cabinet members and leaders from Najib’s

ruling United Malays National Organization, or UMNO party, the dominant group in the ruling coalition that has held power since independence in 1957.

It draws its support from the Malay Muslims, who form about 60 percent of the country’s 30 million people. Many see themselves as the rightful owners of Malaysia’s history, heritage and governmental power. The other name for the Malays, Bumiputras, means sons of the soil.

Some Bumiputras see the Chinese, who represent 25 percent of Malaysia’s population, and the Indians, who comprise 10 percent, as outsiders because they are not the original inhabitants and came as traders, laborers, plantation workers and civil servants during the British colonial period and in earlier waves of migration.

Although some Malays also oppose Najib, most of the Chinese and Indians have moved away from supporting his government in recent years. (ap)

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BUSINESS Global markets wait nervously for Fed’s rate decision

WASHINGTON - Financial markets that have been buffeted by the prospect of the first US interest rate hike in almost a decade are buckling up as the Federal Reserve begins meeting Wednesday to weigh its decision.

An uncommon debate has raged over whether the US central bank should go ahead with a quarterpoint increase to the federal funds rate that would nevertheless mark a crucial break with the Fed’s crisis stance since 2008.

By most assessments the US economy, with unemployment at 5.1 percent and moderate growth, is strong enough now that holding

the rate at zero percent is no longer warranted.

The initial increase would likely begin a series of increases toward more “normal” levels around 3.0 percent over the next couple of years.

But to many economists, the slowdown of global economic activity, particularly in China, now poses a risk to US growth and an

interest rate hike could set the economy back.

And many others say it could cause new problems in nervous global markets at just the wrong time.

The World Bank warned in a report Tuesday of a “perfect storm” of dangers, including a freeze in capital flows, for developing countries as the Fed tightens monetary policy.

“Given the substantial risks involved, they would do well to buckle their seatbelts in case the ride gets bumpy,” said Carlos

Arteta, lead economist in the Bank’s Development Prospects Group.

The policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee, led by Fed Chair Janet Yellen, will meet on the issue Wednesday and Thursday, announcing their decision at 1800 GMT Thursday.

Then Yellen will undertake the delicate challenge of explaining the decision in a press conference, with whatever she says as crucial to markets as the decision itself.

The Fed has been signalling the coming rate rise since 2013 and Yellen has repeatedly said in recent

months that it would probably come by year-end.

But the depth of China’s problems -- underscored by the August 11 devaluation of the yuan and the plunge in Chinese stocks -- introduced new risks not only to other emerging economies but also, potentially, to the United States.

“The change in the circumstances which began with the Chinese devaluation is relatively new and we are still watching how it unfolds,” Fed Deputy Chair Stanley Fischer said at the end of August. (afp)

With Ex-Im bank shut, GE to move 500 jobs overseas

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This June 24, 2014 file photo shows the General Electric plant in Belfort, eastern France. General Electric Co. on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015 said it may move up to 500 American jobs overseas because Congress did not renew a government program that allows foreign companies to borrow money to buy U.S. products.

NEW YORK - General Electric said Tuesday that it will move about 500 jobs outside the United States, most of them to France, blaming Congress for shutting the US ExportImport Bank.

The US industrial giant said it was currently bidding on $11 billion of projects that require export financing and that it had struck a financing deal with France’s export credit agency COFACE for power projects in a number of international markets, including Indonesia, GE said.

That will result in the relocation of more than 400 jobs from the United States to GE’s gas turbine plant in Belfort, France.

In addition, GE will move the final assembly of its aeroderivatives turbines from Texas to Hungary and China, entailing the transfer of 100 jobs. That decision was also driven by the need to qualify for access to export credit support, it said.

“We do not make today’s announcements lightly, and in fact, have done everything in our power to avoid making these moves at all, but Congress left us no choice when it failed to reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank this summer,” said John Rice, GE vice chairman, in a statement.

“We know this will have an impact not only on our employees but on the hundreds of US suppliers we work with that cannot move their facilities, but we cannot walk away from our customers,” Rice said.

The authorization for the 81-year-old Ex-Im bank expired on June 30 as Republican lawmakers who are pushing for a smaller government refused to fund it.

The Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE noted that the US was now the only major economy without an export bank.

“We call on Congress to promptly reauthorize Ex-Im,” Rice said. “The truth is that Ex-Im supports thousands of US jobs and has returned $7 billion to the US Treasury over the last 20 years -- a rare government program that supports the economy while cutting the deficit.”

In a letter to Congressional leaders on Monday, the Business Roundtable, an association of corporate chief executives, urged passage of a multi-year reauthorization “as soon as possible”.

“Since its authority lapsed in July, Congress’s failure to reauthorize Ex-Im Bank has already resulted in US companies losing international sales and puts hundreds of thousands of US jobs at risk,” they said. (afp)

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Swabhawaning Singa Denbukit colossal drama entertains

The opening of the Bali Provincial Games (Porprov) XII at the Mayor Metra Stadium, Singaraja on Sunday (Sep. 13) was very much appreciated by the spectators. This biennial sporting event hosted a special performance of a colossal drama produced

by Santhi Budaya Art Studio Singaraja. Taking the title Swabhawaning Singa Denbukit, the art studio led by I Gusti Ngurah Eka Prasetya involved a total of 412 dancers and gamelan players.

The man nicknamed Gus Eka, when met in Singaraja on Tuesday (Sep. 15) said that the colossal drama with three acts, has taken several months for preparations and rehearsals.

The first act tells the story of the King of Buleleng Ki Gusti Anglurah Panji Sakti who along with his followers went on a mission from the Gelgel Kingdom to Tirta Ketipat Temple.

The second act tells the story of the running aground of a vessel owned by Ki Dampu Awang at Karang Pantai Panji (now Penimbangan Beach—Ed). The King of Buleleng Ki Anglurah Panji Sakti becomes a respected ruler and earns the title Ki Barak Panji Sakti. In the act we watch the struggle of Ki Barak Panji Sakti to establish Buleleng with Singaraja as its capital.

The last story conveys a message to the audience about how Ki Barak Panji Sakti built Buleleng by involving a wide range of ethnicities: Balinese, Chinese, Muslims and other ethnic groups. The effort was successful and people at that time lived serenely and peacefully so Buleleng became well known far and wide as a place where people lived peacefully.

“The script that I wrote is narrated through a colossal drama that is meant to serve as a reminder to the public and local government to build a community following the example of Ki Barak Panji Sakti,” he said.

Gus Eka explained that 412 dancers and gamelan players are involved in the performance of the colossal drama that opened the provincial games. Eighty percent of the dancers and gamelan players members of the art studio that he leads, while the rest were high school and college students recruited from Undiksha, Panca Dharma martial art and Pusaka Gym. The show went off without a hitch and the enthusiasm of the audience bolstered the self-confidence of the dancers and gamelan players.

“I am really satisfied and feel homered to be able to make a contribution through this artistic composition, performed especially for the opening session of the provincial games this year,” said Gus Eka. (mud)

The Swabhawaning Singa Denbukit colossal drama

Wayang Wong of Tejakula famous overseas

SINGARAJA - A number of unique traditions with a high cultural value still survive in the Panji Sakti Land of Singaraja. One such long standing tradition that has been growing in popularity and become famous overseas, is the art of wayang wong (human puppet dance) from Tejakula village, Buleleng. Its existence has not receded from generation to generation. Moreover, the wayang wong dance has become in Japan and Sweden.

The Wayang wong dance is danced wearing a mask of a puppet character of the Ramanyana epic.

This dance form is estimated to have first appeared in the sixteenth century, while its heyday was experienced in the 1980s.

72 year old Putu Gede Tirta Ngis, is a wayang wong dancer from Tejakula village, who is now in charge of leading the Guna Murti wayang wong troupe, and helps preserve the historical values of the wayang wong in Buleleng. “It is estimated to have existed since the sixteenth century and include the sang hyang jaran dance and the kecak dance. It is said that long ago in Maksan Temple, there was the gambuh dance that slowly grew into the pioneering wayang wong dance, and that all the artists of Tejakula came together to create it,” explained Tirta Ngis from his home in Tejakula village.

Wayang wong is an art born from the development of the gambuh and parwa dances and the wayang

wong dance has its own historical value and history of development at Tejakula village. “Many artists from outside Buleleng, from places like Blahbatuh, Gianyar or Bangli have also come and stayed in our the village for a long time to learn the wayang wong dance. The gambuh and parwa dances were merged to create the wayang wong,” said Tirta Ngis.

Performances of wayang wong are highly anticipated by the community of Tejakula village, local guests and foreign travelers, because the storylines presented are taken from the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics. The dancers move flexibly pursuant to their respective role, while the puppeteer fills in the dialog in Old Javanese, accom-

panied by gender gamelan music.

“Nowadays, the troupes usually perform the Ramayana epic story lines because the parwa (chapters) of the Mahabharata are considered less interesting,” he said.

Tirta Ngis also explained there are several sacred masks that are not allowed to be removed from the temple. This condition inspired another artist, Nyoman Tusan to create duplicate masks for the use in performances outside the village. “Many guests request to see wayang wong outside of Tejakula village. Around 1985 the Teja Kukus Foundation was established and still survives to this day,” he said.

This great dancer explained that he has been involved with wayang

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wong dance activities for decades now and that he has received a number of awards from the county and provincial level and has even had the opportunity to perform the wayang wong in Japan and in Sweeden. Due to limitations of physical exertion and age, he then took on the role of the puppeteer of the wayang wong.

“The future of Wayang wong looks promising, so it is important to train the next generation. We direct junior high and senior high school children and anyone who has an interest in wayang wong to learn to dance at the Maksan Temple. At the same time, some of them also take advantage of this opportunity to pay vows,” he explained. (kmb34)

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With a rocket’s red glare?

N. Korea gears up for major fete

PYONGYANG, North Korea — China just put on a big military parade, a few months after Russia did the same. But there’s no country more adept at putting on elaborate, massive displays of state power than North Korea, the undisputed goose-stepping capital of the world, and next month, Pyongyang will stage what is likely to be its biggest celebration in years.

Question is: Will it come with a rocket launch? A nuclear test?

Or both?

North Korea is already in high gear as it prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of its ruling party. Students and workers are being mobilized by the thousands to practice their parts in the grand show — some carrying wooden torches, others bouquets of red plastic flowers. Shock brigades of soldier-builders are toiling around the clock to paint bridges, build stages and finish high-rise apartments.

To pretty up the capital, Pyongyang now even has bicycle lanes.

What exactly is in store for the Oct. 10 anniversary remains a mystery.

The government has been typically mum on its plans, though a military parade and appearance by leader Kim Jong Un would seem to be pretty safe bets.

Adding to the buzz, senior officials speaking in interviews with the North’s state-run media over the past few days have dropped hints that the real fireworks might not happen in Pyongyang at all.

On Monday, the head of North Korea’s space agency said the country has the right to launch rockets any time it sees fit and suggested Pyongyang is preparing to put its second satellite into orbit. He didn’t explicitly state a launch was in the works, and

open-source satellite imagery doesn’t show a rocket is being readied. But a new space mission would have great domestic propaganda value, and many North Korea watchers have been expecting one around the time of the anniversary.

The North claims its rockets are meant for scientific purposes. Washington, Seoul and their allies believe they are used as a pretext for testing long-range missile technology, which it is banned from doing under U.N. sanctions.

The rocket remarks were followed Tuesday by a senior nuclear official’s claim that the North has “rearranged, changed or readjusted” the plutonium and highly enriched uranium facilities at its main Nyongbyon nuclear complex. He said it has started normal operations and scientists have improved the capabilities of the country’s nuclear weapons “in quality and quantity.”

Both avenues of research are essential to North Korea’s military strategy of perfecting a nuclear weapon small enough to be mounted on a reliable, long-range missile that could hit targets in the United States. Every longrange rocket launch and nuclear test gets Pyongyang closer to that goal.

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In this Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, photo, North Koreans gather in to prepare for events to be held during the 70th anniversary of the founding of their country’s ruling party in October, in Pyongyang, North Korea.

“If (North Korea) launches a missile or tests nuclear weapons, it is a grave provocation. And it is a military threat,” South Korea Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-hee told reporters in Seoul on Wednesday.

“We will properly and sternly deal with the matter in cooperation with the international community.” That might be jumping the gun a bit.

Indian hospitals warned not to turn away dengue patients NEW DELHI — As India’s capital struggles with its worst outbreak of dengue fever in five years, officials threatened Wednesday to cancel private hospitals’ licenses if they turn away patients. More than 11 people have died from the mosquito-borne disease in New Delhi this year and about 1,900 cases have been recorded at city hospitals.

The families of two young boys said they succumbed after being repeatedly denied treatment. The parents of one of the boys — an only child — reportedly killed themselves when he passed away after being rejected at five hospitals.

“No patient arriving at a hospital with dengue should be turned

away,” Health Minister Satyendra Jain told reporters.

He said he has ordered private hospitals in the capital to hire more doctors and increase the number of beds available for dengue patients.

Hospitals have reported a shortage of beds and staff as they try to cope with the throngs of patients. Dengue’s symptoms include severe muscle and joint pain, high fever and rash. Its most acute forms can cause internal bleeding and death.

In many state-run hospitals, two patients were sharing each bed.

“There are 20,000 beds available. And we will increase the number of hospital beds by another 1,000 by this weekend,” Jain said.

The health minister tried to calm people’s fears that the outbreak was spreading rapidly, with more than 600 cases reported last week alone.

“It is not an epidemic. But people are panicking,” Jain said.

Jain and New Delhi’s top elected official, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, have made “surprise” visits of government and private hospitals to check on their preparedness to deal with the outbreak. State-run hospitals have canceled vacations for doctors and ordered them back to work.

The city government has also ordered laboratories to cap the cost of dengue fever tests at 600 rupees ($10) to prevent them from charging exorbitant fees. (ap)

South Korean officials have said they are confident they could detect preparations for a nuclear test a month in advance, and one week for a rocket launch. Last week, a South Korean Defense Ministry official told the National Assembly no such indications have been observed. In a report published Tuesday by the U.S.-based 38 North website, analysts Jack Liu

and Joseph Bermudez, using satellite imagery, also reported no signs of an imminent launch from the North’s Sohae facility.

Keeping North Korea-watchers guessing about whether it will launch or test helps Pyongyang ensure that its October spectacle gets attention.

The event will be something to see in any case. (ap)

Malay...

From page 1 Delivering a speech in the eastern state of Sabah to commemorate the formation of the Malaysia federation in 1963, Najib warned of the dangers of polarisation.

“It is not right to organise rallies dominated by one race, with the expressed aim of toppling the government,” state-run Bernama news agency quoted him as saying.

“As we have seen, this then leads to rallies by other races. This could not be more dangerous and risks tearing apart the fabric of our democracy, our harmony, our unity.”

Haunted by memories of deadly race riots in 1969, ethnicity and religion are extremely sensitive issues in a country where Malays make up about 60 percent of the 30 million population, Chinese about 25 per-

cent and Indians about 7 percent.

Since independence from British colonial rule in 1957, Malaysia has been governed by multi-ethnic coalitions led by UMNO. In the 2013 election, Chinese voters deserted the coalition, and the opposition won the popular vote.

Yet, regardless of what the “red shirts” say, some of the strongest calls for Najib’s ouster have come from fellow Malays, and there are clear signs of splits in UMNO. Veteran former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, who led Malaysia and UMNO for more than two decades until his retirement in 2003, has been at the forefront of the campaign against Najib, and participated in the Bersih protest. (rtr)

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INDONESIA Indonesian military adds two thousand personnel to guard Natuna waters

JAKARTA - The Indonesian military will deploy two thousand personnel to guard the waters of Natuna, Riau Islands, according to Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu.

“The number of military personnel will be increased,” Ryacudu noted on Wednesday.

The military personnel will comprise the Air Force’s Special Forces (Paskhas), the Indonesian Marine Corps, and the Army’s Raiders.

“Natuna will be protected by one company of the Paskhas along with two companies of the Marine Corps and Army’s Raiders,” he remarked.

In addition, security in the border areas in Merauke, Maluku, and Tarakan, among others, will be strengthened in terms of the primary weaponry defense

system (Alutsista) and military personnel.

Meanwhile, the defense ministry will give a briefing to the community in Natuna on defending the country.

As a result, the people will love and defend their country.

“This is a border area. The people should be made aware on how to defend the country.

They should be trained,” he emphasized.

Bukit Barisan Military Commander Major General Lodewyk Pusung stated that Natuna, as the northernmost island of Indonesia, should be secured with the deployment of additional troops and defense equipment.

“Natuna is only guarded by two companies of the Army’s Raiders comprising 270 personnel,” he added. (ant)

JAKARTA - Prosecutors have appealed the decision to clear a Canadian and Indonesian of sexual abuse at a Jakarta international school, with the Canadian barred from leaving the country, a lawyer and the school said Tuesday.

School administrator Neil Bantleman, who also holds British nationality, and teaching assistant Ferdinand Tjiong were jailed for 10 years each in April after being found guilty of abusing young children at the elite Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS).

However, the pair, who always maintained their innocence, were freed from prison last month after the High Court in Jakarta unexpectedly overturned their convictions on appeal, citing a lack of evidence.

But now prosecutors have filed an appeal in the Supreme Court to the High Court’s decision to acquit Bantleman, his lawyer Hotman Paris Hutapea told AFP. He said the appeal was filed two weeks ago but he was only notified Monday.

An appeal against Tjiong’s acquittal has also been filed, JIS

spokesman Rully Iskandar told AFP. Hutapea said that Bantleman was also banned from leaving the country while the latest appeal was pending, and that he was baffled by the move and had protested to the Supreme Court.

“According to the High Court ruling he (Bantleman) is a free man, that is why he was released from prison,” Hutapea said.

Indonesian immigration office spokesman, Heru Santoso, said a six-month travel ban against Bantleman has been imposed in early September.

There is no travel ban in place for Tjiong as he is Indonesian, Iskandar said.

The case against the two was heavily criticised as fraught with irregularities and the men received strong support from the school, which has been a favourite with expatriates and wealthy Indonesians for decades, and foreign governments.

Five Indonesian cleaners were also jailed last year for committing sexual abuse at JIS. Their lawyers claim they are innocent. (afp)

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Undersea quake rocks eastern Indonesia; no tsunami warning

JAKARTA — A strong undersea earthquake has struck off eastern Indonesia, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage and no tsunami warning was issued.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-6.3 quake that struck Wednesday afternoon was centered 140 kilometers (87 miles) northeast of Bitung, a coastal town on Sulawesi island, and had a depth of 53 kilometers (33 miles).

Indonesia’s Meteorology and Geophysics Agency says the quake did not have the potential to cause a tsunami.

Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelagic nation, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its loca-

tion on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. In 2004, a massive earthquake off Sumatra island triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries. (ap)

Prosecutors appeal acquittals in school abuse case

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Villagers walk on a street as the haze shrouds Pulau Mentaro village in Muaro Jambi, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, September 15, 2015. A worsening haze across northern Indonesia, neighbouring Singapore and parts of Malaysia on Tuesday forced some schools to close and airlines to delay flights, while Indonesia ordered a crackdown against lighting fires to clear forested land.

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Dalem Balingkang Temple

BANGLI - Dalem Balingkang Temple situated in a remote area at the northern side of Lake Batur. It is situated on the eastern part of Penulisan Hill, some 40 kms from Bangli Town, precisely in Pinggan Village, Kinata-

mani District. The place is easy to reach with vehicles. Reaching the parking area, a guest should go on foot for some 500 meters to reach the temple.

The word Balingkang translates King of Bali. The temple once served

as the palace for the King of Bali.

Based on folklore, in the 11th century, there was a king named Sri Kesari Waradewa who had a Chinese wife, a pricess of Chung Dynasty, Tang Ci Keng. The mar-

riage between the two was told in Barong Landung Dance that still can be seen in Bali to date.

Even the palace it self has been influenced by Chinese design and architectural styles, among others, the

building of Gedong Mas and Pelinggih Ida Ratu Ayu. Chinese influence has also left Balinese old coins to have in one of the sides, Balinese characteristics, as God related symbols, which remain in use to date.

‘This is Sparta’ is U.S. Open champ Djokovic’s battle cry NEW YORK - Novak Djokovic summoned some cinematic inspiration to help him conquer grand slam king Roger Federer and silence the roaring supporters of the Swiss at Sunday’s U.S. Open men’s final.

The Serb said after winning the titanic battle against Federer that he had watched the movie ‘300’ the night before to put him in the mood, and had its star, Scottish actor Gerard Butler, in his player’s box.

The 2007 film depicts a vastly outnumbered band of 300 Spartans fighting off advancing Persians in 480 B.C. “We have known each other for several years and we are good friends,” Djokovic told reporters when asked about Butler.

“He happened to be in the city over the last couple of days, so I invited

him to come along. “Funnily enough, I actually sent him a photo and a message last night that I was watching his movie, ‘300.’”

After his four-set victory, Djokovic climbed up into his box and hugged his wife, Jelena, coach Boris Becker and other members of his team before spotting Butler.

“When I looked at him I said: ‘This is Sparta!’ It felt great. That’s one of the most inspiring movies I’ve ever watched.” (rtr)

Honda MotoGP rider Scott Redding of Britain takes a corner on his way to get the third place in the San Marino Grand Prix in Misano Adriatico circuit in central Italy, September 13, 2015.

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TOKYO — Japanese Olympic organizers set up a committee on Wednesday to initiate the selection of a new emblem for the 2020 Tokyo Games after the original design was scrapped over allegations of plagiarism.

Ryohei Miyata, president of the Tokyo University of the Arts, will head the group that will choose the members of the Tokyo 2020 Emblems Selection Committee. The new committee will examine issues surrounding the withdrawal of the previous emblem, and formulate a policy for the choice of a new one.

“To ensure the success of the Tokyo 2020 Games, it is essential that we actively engage as many people as possible,” Miyata said. “We will exert

our utmost efforts toward the selection of emblems that the people of Japan can be proud of, and that will inspire excitement and passion throughout the whole of the country.”

The initial emblem came under intense scrutiny because of its similarity to the logo of a theater in Belgium.

The emblem’s designer, Kenjiro Sano, stood by his design but offered to withdraw the logo when allegations surfaced that he may have used copied materials for other designs.

Tokyo organizers also scrapped the logo for the Paralympic Games, which was also designed by Sano.

Other members of the preliminary committee include former tennis pro Ai Sugiyama and TV sports commentator Keiichi Tadaki. (ap)

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Redding credits riding ‘like a child again’ for MotoGP form

Scott Redding says his MotoGP resurgence is due to with Gresini in 2014, Redding has riding “like a child” and having fun again after a tough first been with Marc VDS since ‘10 and nearly won the Moto2 title half of 2015.

The Briton took his maiden premier-class podium with third in last weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix, following a breakthrough sixth at his home race a fortnight earlier.

In both cases Redding took advantage of wet conditions, at Misano benefiting from an early change back to slick tyres to vault up the order despite crashing in the early laps. He reckoned the key to his improved form was mainly a change of mentality.

“I would say at the beginning of

this season and up to Silverstone, I was an adult,” Redding said.

“After Brno, I turned myself into more like a child and started having fun again.

“I think that’s the biggest difference - I again have a smile on my face when racing.”

Redding announced at the British GP that he will move to Ducati satellite team Pramac for 2016, having struggled with the characteristics of the Honda he is riding with Marc VDS this year.

Bar his MotoGP rookie season

with the squad two years ago. He admitted he was pleased to get the team a first MotoGP podium before moving on.

“The season has been tough for us but we still try every day, every weekend to make it happen,” he said.

“It’s nice to be on the podium on this bike this year and for the team also, they work hard all the time.

“We just had to take that bit more of a gamble and I did that and we got a bit of a reward for it.” (rtr)

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Ronaldo scores hat trick as Real Madrid beats Shakhtar 4-0

MADRID — Cristiano Ronaldo continued his impressive run by scoring a hat trick in Real Madrid’s 4-0 win over 10-man Shakhtar Donetsk in Group A of the Champions League on Tuesday.

After a five-goal performance in the Spanish league over the weekend, Ronaldo converted penalty kicks in the 55th and 63rd minutes, and then scored with a header in the 81st to take his Champions League tally to 80 goals. He leads Lionel Messi by three goals atop the leading scorer’s list in the competition.

“The team has helped me a lot,” Ronaldo said. “My teammates have always had confidence in me.” Karim Benzema opened the scoring after a goalkeeping blunder in the 30th following a difficult start for Madrid.

Shakhtar played a man down from 51st after defender Taras Stepanenko was sent off with a second yellow card for a bad sliding tackle on Sergio Ramos.

Madrid struggled early at the Santiago Bernabeu as Shakhtar tried to slow the pace to keep

the home side from pressing forward.

Benzema finally broke the deadlock when goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov couldn’t hang on to a weak centering cross inside the area, giving the striker an easy shot into the open net. The game opened up after Stepanenko was red carded, and Madrid quickly took advantage.

The first penalty came after Ronaldo’s shot appeared to explode off the hands and arms of Darijo Srna, and another hand ball, this time by Marcio Azevedo, prompted the second penalty just a few minutes later.

Both times Ronaldo fired firm shots into Pyatov’s right side, putting the game out of reach for Shakhtar.

The Portugal striker rounded off the scoring with a header, after the goalkeeper failed to hold a long-range shot by Marcelo.

“We didn’t play brilliantly but we still created many chances,” Benitez said. “It was a difficult match to play. They have a lot of speed, many quality players and know how to take advantage of counterattacks.”

In Tuesday’s other Group A match, goals from Angel Di Maria and Edinson Cavani gave Paris Saint-Germain a 2-0 win over Malmo in France.

Ronaldo entered the match level with Messi as the Champions League’s leading scorers with 77 goals each. They broke Raul’s mark of 71 last season.

Messi will have a chance to match Ronaldo on Wednesday when Barcelona plays Roma in Italy.

It was not all good news for Madrid, which lost forward Gareth Bale in the 28th with an apparent muscle injury. He held his left calf before being attended

Sterling not to blame for Juventus loss, says Pellegrini Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has refused to blame new recruit Raheem Sterling’s profligacy infront of goal for the Premier League leaders’ 2-1 home loss to Juventus in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Sterling, who joined City from Liverpool in the summer under controversial circumstances, was in impressive form in the Premier League and helped his side win all five games.

But he was guilty of missing two good chances against Juventus and was eventually replaced in the 71st minute.

“I don’t think this result is just because of

Raheem. We controlled the game and didn’t have many problems but football is like that,” Pellegrini was quoted by the British media as saying.

“I expect that when we have chances we must score. The differences are very slight, especially against a strong team like Juventus.

“We never want to lose here at home, we never want to lose important points, but we have 15 points more to play for,” the former Real Madrid manager added.

City will be hoping to get some points on board in their next Champions League group D match on Sept. 30 against Borussia Monchengladbach, who lost 3-0 to Sevilla. (rtr)

Big season for Lamela, says Tottenham’s Pochettino

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by doctors and left the field limping. Defender Raphael Varane and Ramos later also had to be substituted because of injuries.

“We will have to wait a few days to see how these injuries progress,” Benitez said. “Varane and Ramos are dealing with knocks, but Gareth already had a problem like this last year.

We’ll see.”

Madrid won a record 10th title two seasons ago but was eliminated by Juventus in the semifinals last year and saw rival Barcelona win the title.

Now under the command of Benitez, Madrid was coming off a 5-0 rout of Real Betis and a 6-0 trouncing of Espanyol, when Ronaldo scored five times to become the team’s leading scorer in the Spanish league. (ap) AP Photo/Francisco Seco

United Shaw has broken EINDHOVEN — Manchester United says defender Luke Shaw has had surgery on his broken right leg and will remain in the Netherlands for the early stages of his rehabilitation.

Shaw broke his leg in two places in a tackle by PSV

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Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann (C) celebrates after scoring his second goal past Galatasaray’s goalkeeper Fernando Muslera (L) during their Champions League Group C soccer match in Istanbul, Turkey, September 15, 2015.

Griezmann strikes twice as Atletico beats Galatasaray 2-0

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring his side’s 3rd goal during a Group A Champions League soccer match between Real Madrid and Shakhtar Donetsk at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015.

defender operation on right leg Eindhoven defender Hector Moreno in the first half of a Champions League group game on Tuesday.

United issued a short statement on Wednesday saying the England left back underwent an operation the night before, without saying how long Shaw is likely to be sidelined.

Shaw has been one of United’s best players this season, after injury disrupted his first year at the club following a move from Southampton. (ap)

ISTANBUL — France international Antoine Griezmann scored twice in the first half to help Atletico Madrid to a 2-0 victory over Galatasaray in their Champions League opener in Group C on Tuesday.

The 2014 finalists took the lead in the 18th minute when Griezmann guided a low cross from Juanfran past Galatasaray goalkeeper Fernando Muslera with a

precision first-time finish.

Griezmann struck again just seven minutes later, pouncing from close range after Diego Godin rose highest to nod Koke’s cross back into the danger zone.

The two strikes were a fair reward for a half that Atletico had started with real intent, with Luciano Vietto twice testing Muslera with long-range efforts in the early stages.

Wesley Sneijder came closest to reducing the deficit in the first half, drawing a save from Jan Oblak with a powerful shot.

But Atletico could have even have grabbed a third just before the break, with Muslera saving

Tottenham Hotspur’s record signing Erik Lamela needs to prove his worth this season, according to compatriot and manager Mauricio Pochettino.

Spurs secured the Argentine midfielder’s services from Italian side Roma for a reported 26 million pounds ($40 million) in 2013, but the 23-year-old has struggled to perform consistently over the past two seasons.

He has started just one game for Spurs in the Premier League this campaign -- the 1-1 draw with Leicester City -- and was linked with a loan move to Ligue 1 side Olympique de Marseille during the summer.

Now in his third season at Spurs, Lamela has scored two goals in 46 league appearances, a poor return for a player who found the back of the net 19 times for Roma in the Italian top flight over two seasons.

Lamela came off the bench

to assist Ryan Mason’s winner in Sunday’s 1-0 win over Sunderland, giving Spurs their first Premier League win of the season and Pochettino has spoken of this being a key season for the player.

“We believe we can develop his game and I think we need to be patient with him,” Pochettino told the British media.

“I think this is a key season for him. After two seasons at Tottenham, now is the moment for him. Not to put pressure, but it’s true. It’s a key moment for him to develop and to move on his game.

It’s important.

“We want to give the opportunity to show his value. We have a lot of games to play, for competition, we need a good player in all positions,” the former Southampton manager said. Tottenham, who are 12th in league table, welcome sixth placed Crystal Palace on Sunday. (rtr)

a powerful header from Jose Gimenez.

Galatasaray piled on the pressure in the second half but failed to find a way through, despite shots from Sneijder and Burak Yilmaz, while Griezmann could even have brought up a hat trick.

Oliver Torres sent the Frenchman through on goal in the 84th minute but his right-footed strike from 12 yards (meters) was kept out by Muslera.

“We knew it was important to get off to a good start, and we’re very happy with the three points,” Griezmann said. Benfica beat Astana 2-0 in the night’s other Group C game. (ap)

Benfica beats Champions League newcomer Astana 2-0

LISBON, Portugal — Nicolas Gaitan and Kostas Mitroglou scored in the second half to give Benfica a 2-0 win over plucky Champions League newcomer Astana in their Group C opener Tuesday.

Gaitan got the breakthrough in the 51st, breaking into the area from the left flank and firing a low drive into the far c o r n e r. M i t r o g l o u e x t e n d e d the Portuguese club’s lead 11 minutes later when he tapped in Eliseu’s cross from the left.

The goals came after a frustrating first half in which Benfica dominated the run of play but lacked the speed and imagination to pierce Astana’s packed defense.

Astana, the first team from Kazakhstan to reach the competition’s group phase, produced a competent performance and looked poised to upset Benfica when substitute Aleksei Schetkin hit

the post in the 46th.

Benfica mostly dictated the game but in the first half lacked the speed and imagination to pierce Astana’s packed defense.

Junior Kabananga and Georgi Zhukov threatened for Astana but the visitors didn’t have the sophistication needed to make any real headway.

Benfica is making its sixth consecutive Champions League appearance and has lost just one of its last 15 European games at the Stadium of Light. (ap)

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Ronaldo scores hat trick as Real Madrid beats Shakhtar 4-0

MADRID — Cristiano Ronaldo continued his impressive run by scoring a hat trick in Real Madrid’s 4-0 win over 10-man Shakhtar Donetsk in Group A of the Champions League on Tuesday.

After a five-goal performance in the Spanish league over the weekend, Ronaldo converted penalty kicks in the 55th and 63rd minutes, and then scored with a header in the 81st to take his Champions League tally to 80 goals. He leads Lionel Messi by three goals atop the leading scorer’s list in the competition.

“The team has helped me a lot,” Ronaldo said. “My teammates have always had confidence in me.” Karim Benzema opened the scoring after a goalkeeping blunder in the 30th following a difficult start for Madrid.

Shakhtar played a man down from 51st after defender Taras Stepanenko was sent off with a second yellow card for a bad sliding tackle on Sergio Ramos.

Madrid struggled early at the Santiago Bernabeu as Shakhtar tried to slow the pace to keep

the home side from pressing forward.

Benzema finally broke the deadlock when goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov couldn’t hang on to a weak centering cross inside the area, giving the striker an easy shot into the open net. The game opened up after Stepanenko was red carded, and Madrid quickly took advantage.

The first penalty came after Ronaldo’s shot appeared to explode off the hands and arms of Darijo Srna, and another hand ball, this time by Marcio Azevedo, prompted the second penalty just a few minutes later.

Both times Ronaldo fired firm shots into Pyatov’s right side, putting the game out of reach for Shakhtar.

The Portugal striker rounded off the scoring with a header, after the goalkeeper failed to hold a long-range shot by Marcelo.

“We didn’t play brilliantly but we still created many chances,” Benitez said. “It was a difficult match to play. They have a lot of speed, many quality players and know how to take advantage of counterattacks.”

In Tuesday’s other Group A match, goals from Angel Di Maria and Edinson Cavani gave Paris Saint-Germain a 2-0 win over Malmo in France.

Ronaldo entered the match level with Messi as the Champions League’s leading scorers with 77 goals each. They broke Raul’s mark of 71 last season.

Messi will have a chance to match Ronaldo on Wednesday when Barcelona plays Roma in Italy.

It was not all good news for Madrid, which lost forward Gareth Bale in the 28th with an apparent muscle injury. He held his left calf before being attended

Sterling not to blame for Juventus loss, says Pellegrini Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has refused to blame new recruit Raheem Sterling’s profligacy infront of goal for the Premier League leaders’ 2-1 home loss to Juventus in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Sterling, who joined City from Liverpool in the summer under controversial circumstances, was in impressive form in the Premier League and helped his side win all five games.

But he was guilty of missing two good chances against Juventus and was eventually replaced in the 71st minute.

“I don’t think this result is just because of

Raheem. We controlled the game and didn’t have many problems but football is like that,” Pellegrini was quoted by the British media as saying.

“I expect that when we have chances we must score. The differences are very slight, especially against a strong team like Juventus.

“We never want to lose here at home, we never want to lose important points, but we have 15 points more to play for,” the former Real Madrid manager added.

City will be hoping to get some points on board in their next Champions League group D match on Sept. 30 against Borussia Monchengladbach, who lost 3-0 to Sevilla. (rtr)

Big season for Lamela, says Tottenham’s Pochettino

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by doctors and left the field limping. Defender Raphael Varane and Ramos later also had to be substituted because of injuries.

“We will have to wait a few days to see how these injuries progress,” Benitez said. “Varane and Ramos are dealing with knocks, but Gareth already had a problem like this last year.

We’ll see.”

Madrid won a record 10th title two seasons ago but was eliminated by Juventus in the semifinals last year and saw rival Barcelona win the title.

Now under the command of Benitez, Madrid was coming off a 5-0 rout of Real Betis and a 6-0 trouncing of Espanyol, when Ronaldo scored five times to become the team’s leading scorer in the Spanish league. (ap) AP Photo/Francisco Seco

United Shaw has broken EINDHOVEN — Manchester United says defender Luke Shaw has had surgery on his broken right leg and will remain in the Netherlands for the early stages of his rehabilitation.

Shaw broke his leg in two places in a tackle by PSV

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Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann (C) celebrates after scoring his second goal past Galatasaray’s goalkeeper Fernando Muslera (L) during their Champions League Group C soccer match in Istanbul, Turkey, September 15, 2015.

Griezmann strikes twice as Atletico beats Galatasaray 2-0

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring his side’s 3rd goal during a Group A Champions League soccer match between Real Madrid and Shakhtar Donetsk at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015.

defender operation on right leg Eindhoven defender Hector Moreno in the first half of a Champions League group game on Tuesday.

United issued a short statement on Wednesday saying the England left back underwent an operation the night before, without saying how long Shaw is likely to be sidelined.

Shaw has been one of United’s best players this season, after injury disrupted his first year at the club following a move from Southampton. (ap)

ISTANBUL — France international Antoine Griezmann scored twice in the first half to help Atletico Madrid to a 2-0 victory over Galatasaray in their Champions League opener in Group C on Tuesday.

The 2014 finalists took the lead in the 18th minute when Griezmann guided a low cross from Juanfran past Galatasaray goalkeeper Fernando Muslera with a

precision first-time finish.

Griezmann struck again just seven minutes later, pouncing from close range after Diego Godin rose highest to nod Koke’s cross back into the danger zone.

The two strikes were a fair reward for a half that Atletico had started with real intent, with Luciano Vietto twice testing Muslera with long-range efforts in the early stages.

Wesley Sneijder came closest to reducing the deficit in the first half, drawing a save from Jan Oblak with a powerful shot.

But Atletico could have even have grabbed a third just before the break, with Muslera saving

Tottenham Hotspur’s record signing Erik Lamela needs to prove his worth this season, according to compatriot and manager Mauricio Pochettino.

Spurs secured the Argentine midfielder’s services from Italian side Roma for a reported 26 million pounds ($40 million) in 2013, but the 23-year-old has struggled to perform consistently over the past two seasons.

He has started just one game for Spurs in the Premier League this campaign -- the 1-1 draw with Leicester City -- and was linked with a loan move to Ligue 1 side Olympique de Marseille during the summer.

Now in his third season at Spurs, Lamela has scored two goals in 46 league appearances, a poor return for a player who found the back of the net 19 times for Roma in the Italian top flight over two seasons.

Lamela came off the bench

to assist Ryan Mason’s winner in Sunday’s 1-0 win over Sunderland, giving Spurs their first Premier League win of the season and Pochettino has spoken of this being a key season for the player.

“We believe we can develop his game and I think we need to be patient with him,” Pochettino told the British media.

“I think this is a key season for him. After two seasons at Tottenham, now is the moment for him. Not to put pressure, but it’s true. It’s a key moment for him to develop and to move on his game.

It’s important.

“We want to give the opportunity to show his value. We have a lot of games to play, for competition, we need a good player in all positions,” the former Southampton manager said. Tottenham, who are 12th in league table, welcome sixth placed Crystal Palace on Sunday. (rtr)

a powerful header from Jose Gimenez.

Galatasaray piled on the pressure in the second half but failed to find a way through, despite shots from Sneijder and Burak Yilmaz, while Griezmann could even have brought up a hat trick.

Oliver Torres sent the Frenchman through on goal in the 84th minute but his right-footed strike from 12 yards (meters) was kept out by Muslera.

“We knew it was important to get off to a good start, and we’re very happy with the three points,” Griezmann said. Benfica beat Astana 2-0 in the night’s other Group C game. (ap)

Benfica beats Champions League newcomer Astana 2-0

LISBON, Portugal — Nicolas Gaitan and Kostas Mitroglou scored in the second half to give Benfica a 2-0 win over plucky Champions League newcomer Astana in their Group C opener Tuesday.

Gaitan got the breakthrough in the 51st, breaking into the area from the left flank and firing a low drive into the far c o r n e r. M i t r o g l o u e x t e n d e d the Portuguese club’s lead 11 minutes later when he tapped in Eliseu’s cross from the left.

The goals came after a frustrating first half in which Benfica dominated the run of play but lacked the speed and imagination to pierce Astana’s packed defense.

Astana, the first team from Kazakhstan to reach the competition’s group phase, produced a competent performance and looked poised to upset Benfica when substitute Aleksei Schetkin hit

the post in the 46th.

Benfica mostly dictated the game but in the first half lacked the speed and imagination to pierce Astana’s packed defense.

Junior Kabananga and Georgi Zhukov threatened for Astana but the visitors didn’t have the sophistication needed to make any real headway.

Benfica is making its sixth consecutive Champions League appearance and has lost just one of its last 15 European games at the Stadium of Light. (ap)

Reuters / Suzanne Plunkett

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Dalem Balingkang Temple

BANGLI - Dalem Balingkang Temple situated in a remote area at the northern side of Lake Batur. It is situated on the eastern part of Penulisan Hill, some 40 kms from Bangli Town, precisely in Pinggan Village, Kinata-

mani District. The place is easy to reach with vehicles. Reaching the parking area, a guest should go on foot for some 500 meters to reach the temple.

The word Balingkang translates King of Bali. The temple once served

as the palace for the King of Bali.

Based on folklore, in the 11th century, there was a king named Sri Kesari Waradewa who had a Chinese wife, a pricess of Chung Dynasty, Tang Ci Keng. The mar-

riage between the two was told in Barong Landung Dance that still can be seen in Bali to date.

Even the palace it self has been influenced by Chinese design and architectural styles, among others, the

building of Gedong Mas and Pelinggih Ida Ratu Ayu. Chinese influence has also left Balinese old coins to have in one of the sides, Balinese characteristics, as God related symbols, which remain in use to date.

‘This is Sparta’ is U.S. Open champ Djokovic’s battle cry NEW YORK - Novak Djokovic summoned some cinematic inspiration to help him conquer grand slam king Roger Federer and silence the roaring supporters of the Swiss at Sunday’s U.S. Open men’s final.

The Serb said after winning the titanic battle against Federer that he had watched the movie ‘300’ the night before to put him in the mood, and had its star, Scottish actor Gerard Butler, in his player’s box.

The 2007 film depicts a vastly outnumbered band of 300 Spartans fighting off advancing Persians in 480 B.C. “We have known each other for several years and we are good friends,” Djokovic told reporters when asked about Butler.

“He happened to be in the city over the last couple of days, so I invited

him to come along. “Funnily enough, I actually sent him a photo and a message last night that I was watching his movie, ‘300.’”

After his four-set victory, Djokovic climbed up into his box and hugged his wife, Jelena, coach Boris Becker and other members of his team before spotting Butler.

“When I looked at him I said: ‘This is Sparta!’ It felt great. That’s one of the most inspiring movies I’ve ever watched.” (rtr)

Honda MotoGP rider Scott Redding of Britain takes a corner on his way to get the third place in the San Marino Grand Prix in Misano Adriatico circuit in central Italy, September 13, 2015.

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TOKYO — Japanese Olympic organizers set up a committee on Wednesday to initiate the selection of a new emblem for the 2020 Tokyo Games after the original design was scrapped over allegations of plagiarism.

Ryohei Miyata, president of the Tokyo University of the Arts, will head the group that will choose the members of the Tokyo 2020 Emblems Selection Committee. The new committee will examine issues surrounding the withdrawal of the previous emblem, and formulate a policy for the choice of a new one.

“To ensure the success of the Tokyo 2020 Games, it is essential that we actively engage as many people as possible,” Miyata said. “We will exert

our utmost efforts toward the selection of emblems that the people of Japan can be proud of, and that will inspire excitement and passion throughout the whole of the country.”

The initial emblem came under intense scrutiny because of its similarity to the logo of a theater in Belgium.

The emblem’s designer, Kenjiro Sano, stood by his design but offered to withdraw the logo when allegations surfaced that he may have used copied materials for other designs.

Tokyo organizers also scrapped the logo for the Paralympic Games, which was also designed by Sano.

Other members of the preliminary committee include former tennis pro Ai Sugiyama and TV sports commentator Keiichi Tadaki. (ap)

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Redding credits riding ‘like a child again’ for MotoGP form

Scott Redding says his MotoGP resurgence is due to with Gresini in 2014, Redding has riding “like a child” and having fun again after a tough first been with Marc VDS since ‘10 and nearly won the Moto2 title half of 2015.

The Briton took his maiden premier-class podium with third in last weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix, following a breakthrough sixth at his home race a fortnight earlier.

In both cases Redding took advantage of wet conditions, at Misano benefiting from an early change back to slick tyres to vault up the order despite crashing in the early laps. He reckoned the key to his improved form was mainly a change of mentality.

“I would say at the beginning of

this season and up to Silverstone, I was an adult,” Redding said.

“After Brno, I turned myself into more like a child and started having fun again.

“I think that’s the biggest difference - I again have a smile on my face when racing.”

Redding announced at the British GP that he will move to Ducati satellite team Pramac for 2016, having struggled with the characteristics of the Honda he is riding with Marc VDS this year.

Bar his MotoGP rookie season

with the squad two years ago. He admitted he was pleased to get the team a first MotoGP podium before moving on.

“The season has been tough for us but we still try every day, every weekend to make it happen,” he said.

“It’s nice to be on the podium on this bike this year and for the team also, they work hard all the time.

“We just had to take that bit more of a gamble and I did that and we got a bit of a reward for it.” (rtr)

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N. Korea gears up for major fete

PYONGYANG, North Korea — China just put on a big military parade, a few months after Russia did the same. But there’s no country more adept at putting on elaborate, massive displays of state power than North Korea, the undisputed goose-stepping capital of the world, and next month, Pyongyang will stage what is likely to be its biggest celebration in years.

Question is: Will it come with a rocket launch? A nuclear test?

Or both?

North Korea is already in high gear as it prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of its ruling party. Students and workers are being mobilized by the thousands to practice their parts in the grand show — some carrying wooden torches, others bouquets of red plastic flowers. Shock brigades of soldier-builders are toiling around the clock to paint bridges, build stages and finish high-rise apartments.

To pretty up the capital, Pyongyang now even has bicycle lanes.

What exactly is in store for the Oct. 10 anniversary remains a mystery.

The government has been typically mum on its plans, though a military parade and appearance by leader Kim Jong Un would seem to be pretty safe bets.

Adding to the buzz, senior officials speaking in interviews with the North’s state-run media over the past few days have dropped hints that the real fireworks might not happen in Pyongyang at all.

On Monday, the head of North Korea’s space agency said the country has the right to launch rockets any time it sees fit and suggested Pyongyang is preparing to put its second satellite into orbit. He didn’t explicitly state a launch was in the works, and

open-source satellite imagery doesn’t show a rocket is being readied. But a new space mission would have great domestic propaganda value, and many North Korea watchers have been expecting one around the time of the anniversary.

The North claims its rockets are meant for scientific purposes. Washington, Seoul and their allies believe they are used as a pretext for testing long-range missile technology, which it is banned from doing under U.N. sanctions.

The rocket remarks were followed Tuesday by a senior nuclear official’s claim that the North has “rearranged, changed or readjusted” the plutonium and highly enriched uranium facilities at its main Nyongbyon nuclear complex. He said it has started normal operations and scientists have improved the capabilities of the country’s nuclear weapons “in quality and quantity.”

Both avenues of research are essential to North Korea’s military strategy of perfecting a nuclear weapon small enough to be mounted on a reliable, long-range missile that could hit targets in the United States. Every longrange rocket launch and nuclear test gets Pyongyang closer to that goal.

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In this Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, photo, North Koreans gather in to prepare for events to be held during the 70th anniversary of the founding of their country’s ruling party in October, in Pyongyang, North Korea.

“If (North Korea) launches a missile or tests nuclear weapons, it is a grave provocation. And it is a military threat,” South Korea Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-hee told reporters in Seoul on Wednesday.

“We will properly and sternly deal with the matter in cooperation with the international community.” That might be jumping the gun a bit.

Indian hospitals warned not to turn away dengue patients NEW DELHI — As India’s capital struggles with its worst outbreak of dengue fever in five years, officials threatened Wednesday to cancel private hospitals’ licenses if they turn away patients. More than 11 people have died from the mosquito-borne disease in New Delhi this year and about 1,900 cases have been recorded at city hospitals.

The families of two young boys said they succumbed after being repeatedly denied treatment. The parents of one of the boys — an only child — reportedly killed themselves when he passed away after being rejected at five hospitals.

“No patient arriving at a hospital with dengue should be turned

away,” Health Minister Satyendra Jain told reporters.

He said he has ordered private hospitals in the capital to hire more doctors and increase the number of beds available for dengue patients.

Hospitals have reported a shortage of beds and staff as they try to cope with the throngs of patients. Dengue’s symptoms include severe muscle and joint pain, high fever and rash. Its most acute forms can cause internal bleeding and death.

In many state-run hospitals, two patients were sharing each bed.

“There are 20,000 beds available. And we will increase the number of hospital beds by another 1,000 by this weekend,” Jain said.

The health minister tried to calm people’s fears that the outbreak was spreading rapidly, with more than 600 cases reported last week alone.

“It is not an epidemic. But people are panicking,” Jain said.

Jain and New Delhi’s top elected official, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, have made “surprise” visits of government and private hospitals to check on their preparedness to deal with the outbreak. State-run hospitals have canceled vacations for doctors and ordered them back to work.

The city government has also ordered laboratories to cap the cost of dengue fever tests at 600 rupees ($10) to prevent them from charging exorbitant fees. (ap)

South Korean officials have said they are confident they could detect preparations for a nuclear test a month in advance, and one week for a rocket launch. Last week, a South Korean Defense Ministry official told the National Assembly no such indications have been observed. In a report published Tuesday by the U.S.-based 38 North website, analysts Jack Liu

and Joseph Bermudez, using satellite imagery, also reported no signs of an imminent launch from the North’s Sohae facility.

Keeping North Korea-watchers guessing about whether it will launch or test helps Pyongyang ensure that its October spectacle gets attention.

The event will be something to see in any case. (ap)

Malay...

From page 1 Delivering a speech in the eastern state of Sabah to commemorate the formation of the Malaysia federation in 1963, Najib warned of the dangers of polarisation.

“It is not right to organise rallies dominated by one race, with the expressed aim of toppling the government,” state-run Bernama news agency quoted him as saying.

“As we have seen, this then leads to rallies by other races. This could not be more dangerous and risks tearing apart the fabric of our democracy, our harmony, our unity.”

Haunted by memories of deadly race riots in 1969, ethnicity and religion are extremely sensitive issues in a country where Malays make up about 60 percent of the 30 million population, Chinese about 25 per-

cent and Indians about 7 percent.

Since independence from British colonial rule in 1957, Malaysia has been governed by multi-ethnic coalitions led by UMNO. In the 2013 election, Chinese voters deserted the coalition, and the opposition won the popular vote.

Yet, regardless of what the “red shirts” say, some of the strongest calls for Najib’s ouster have come from fellow Malays, and there are clear signs of splits in UMNO. Veteran former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, who led Malaysia and UMNO for more than two decades until his retirement in 2003, has been at the forefront of the campaign against Najib, and participated in the Bersih protest. (rtr)

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INDONESIA Indonesian military adds two thousand personnel to guard Natuna waters

JAKARTA - The Indonesian military will deploy two thousand personnel to guard the waters of Natuna, Riau Islands, according to Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu.

“The number of military personnel will be increased,” Ryacudu noted on Wednesday.

The military personnel will comprise the Air Force’s Special Forces (Paskhas), the Indonesian Marine Corps, and the Army’s Raiders.

“Natuna will be protected by one company of the Paskhas along with two companies of the Marine Corps and Army’s Raiders,” he remarked.

In addition, security in the border areas in Merauke, Maluku, and Tarakan, among others, will be strengthened in terms of the primary weaponry defense

system (Alutsista) and military personnel.

Meanwhile, the defense ministry will give a briefing to the community in Natuna on defending the country.

As a result, the people will love and defend their country.

“This is a border area. The people should be made aware on how to defend the country.

They should be trained,” he emphasized.

Bukit Barisan Military Commander Major General Lodewyk Pusung stated that Natuna, as the northernmost island of Indonesia, should be secured with the deployment of additional troops and defense equipment.

“Natuna is only guarded by two companies of the Army’s Raiders comprising 270 personnel,” he added. (ant)

JAKARTA - Prosecutors have appealed the decision to clear a Canadian and Indonesian of sexual abuse at a Jakarta international school, with the Canadian barred from leaving the country, a lawyer and the school said Tuesday.

School administrator Neil Bantleman, who also holds British nationality, and teaching assistant Ferdinand Tjiong were jailed for 10 years each in April after being found guilty of abusing young children at the elite Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS).

However, the pair, who always maintained their innocence, were freed from prison last month after the High Court in Jakarta unexpectedly overturned their convictions on appeal, citing a lack of evidence.

But now prosecutors have filed an appeal in the Supreme Court to the High Court’s decision to acquit Bantleman, his lawyer Hotman Paris Hutapea told AFP. He said the appeal was filed two weeks ago but he was only notified Monday.

An appeal against Tjiong’s acquittal has also been filed, JIS

spokesman Rully Iskandar told AFP. Hutapea said that Bantleman was also banned from leaving the country while the latest appeal was pending, and that he was baffled by the move and had protested to the Supreme Court.

“According to the High Court ruling he (Bantleman) is a free man, that is why he was released from prison,” Hutapea said.

Indonesian immigration office spokesman, Heru Santoso, said a six-month travel ban against Bantleman has been imposed in early September.

There is no travel ban in place for Tjiong as he is Indonesian, Iskandar said.

The case against the two was heavily criticised as fraught with irregularities and the men received strong support from the school, which has been a favourite with expatriates and wealthy Indonesians for decades, and foreign governments.

Five Indonesian cleaners were also jailed last year for committing sexual abuse at JIS. Their lawyers claim they are innocent. (afp)

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Undersea quake rocks eastern Indonesia; no tsunami warning

JAKARTA — A strong undersea earthquake has struck off eastern Indonesia, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage and no tsunami warning was issued.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-6.3 quake that struck Wednesday afternoon was centered 140 kilometers (87 miles) northeast of Bitung, a coastal town on Sulawesi island, and had a depth of 53 kilometers (33 miles).

Indonesia’s Meteorology and Geophysics Agency says the quake did not have the potential to cause a tsunami.

Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelagic nation, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its loca-

tion on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. In 2004, a massive earthquake off Sumatra island triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries. (ap)

Prosecutors appeal acquittals in school abuse case

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Villagers walk on a street as the haze shrouds Pulau Mentaro village in Muaro Jambi, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, September 15, 2015. A worsening haze across northern Indonesia, neighbouring Singapore and parts of Malaysia on Tuesday forced some schools to close and airlines to delay flights, while Indonesia ordered a crackdown against lighting fires to clear forested land.

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BUSINESS Global markets wait nervously for Fed’s rate decision

WASHINGTON - Financial markets that have been buffeted by the prospect of the first US interest rate hike in almost a decade are buckling up as the Federal Reserve begins meeting Wednesday to weigh its decision.

An uncommon debate has raged over whether the US central bank should go ahead with a quarterpoint increase to the federal funds rate that would nevertheless mark a crucial break with the Fed’s crisis stance since 2008.

By most assessments the US economy, with unemployment at 5.1 percent and moderate growth, is strong enough now that holding

the rate at zero percent is no longer warranted.

The initial increase would likely begin a series of increases toward more “normal” levels around 3.0 percent over the next couple of years.

But to many economists, the slowdown of global economic activity, particularly in China, now poses a risk to US growth and an

interest rate hike could set the economy back.

And many others say it could cause new problems in nervous global markets at just the wrong time.

The World Bank warned in a report Tuesday of a “perfect storm” of dangers, including a freeze in capital flows, for developing countries as the Fed tightens monetary policy.

“Given the substantial risks involved, they would do well to buckle their seatbelts in case the ride gets bumpy,” said Carlos

Arteta, lead economist in the Bank’s Development Prospects Group.

The policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee, led by Fed Chair Janet Yellen, will meet on the issue Wednesday and Thursday, announcing their decision at 1800 GMT Thursday.

Then Yellen will undertake the delicate challenge of explaining the decision in a press conference, with whatever she says as crucial to markets as the decision itself.

The Fed has been signalling the coming rate rise since 2013 and Yellen has repeatedly said in recent

months that it would probably come by year-end.

But the depth of China’s problems -- underscored by the August 11 devaluation of the yuan and the plunge in Chinese stocks -- introduced new risks not only to other emerging economies but also, potentially, to the United States.

“The change in the circumstances which began with the Chinese devaluation is relatively new and we are still watching how it unfolds,” Fed Deputy Chair Stanley Fischer said at the end of August. (afp)

With Ex-Im bank shut, GE to move 500 jobs overseas

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This June 24, 2014 file photo shows the General Electric plant in Belfort, eastern France. General Electric Co. on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015 said it may move up to 500 American jobs overseas because Congress did not renew a government program that allows foreign companies to borrow money to buy U.S. products.

NEW YORK - General Electric said Tuesday that it will move about 500 jobs outside the United States, most of them to France, blaming Congress for shutting the US ExportImport Bank.

The US industrial giant said it was currently bidding on $11 billion of projects that require export financing and that it had struck a financing deal with France’s export credit agency COFACE for power projects in a number of international markets, including Indonesia, GE said.

That will result in the relocation of more than 400 jobs from the United States to GE’s gas turbine plant in Belfort, France.

In addition, GE will move the final assembly of its aeroderivatives turbines from Texas to Hungary and China, entailing the transfer of 100 jobs. That decision was also driven by the need to qualify for access to export credit support, it said.

“We do not make today’s announcements lightly, and in fact, have done everything in our power to avoid making these moves at all, but Congress left us no choice when it failed to reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank this summer,” said John Rice, GE vice chairman, in a statement.

“We know this will have an impact not only on our employees but on the hundreds of US suppliers we work with that cannot move their facilities, but we cannot walk away from our customers,” Rice said.

The authorization for the 81-year-old Ex-Im bank expired on June 30 as Republican lawmakers who are pushing for a smaller government refused to fund it.

The Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE noted that the US was now the only major economy without an export bank.

“We call on Congress to promptly reauthorize Ex-Im,” Rice said. “The truth is that Ex-Im supports thousands of US jobs and has returned $7 billion to the US Treasury over the last 20 years -- a rare government program that supports the economy while cutting the deficit.”

In a letter to Congressional leaders on Monday, the Business Roundtable, an association of corporate chief executives, urged passage of a multi-year reauthorization “as soon as possible”.

“Since its authority lapsed in July, Congress’s failure to reauthorize Ex-Im Bank has already resulted in US companies losing international sales and puts hundreds of thousands of US jobs at risk,” they said. (afp)

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Swabhawaning Singa Denbukit colossal drama entertains

The opening of the Bali Provincial Games (Porprov) XII at the Mayor Metra Stadium, Singaraja on Sunday (Sep. 13) was very much appreciated by the spectators. This biennial sporting event hosted a special performance of a colossal drama produced

by Santhi Budaya Art Studio Singaraja. Taking the title Swabhawaning Singa Denbukit, the art studio led by I Gusti Ngurah Eka Prasetya involved a total of 412 dancers and gamelan players.

The man nicknamed Gus Eka, when met in Singaraja on Tuesday (Sep. 15) said that the colossal drama with three acts, has taken several months for preparations and rehearsals.

The first act tells the story of the King of Buleleng Ki Gusti Anglurah Panji Sakti who along with his followers went on a mission from the Gelgel Kingdom to Tirta Ketipat Temple.

The second act tells the story of the running aground of a vessel owned by Ki Dampu Awang at Karang Pantai Panji (now Penimbangan Beach—Ed). The King of Buleleng Ki Anglurah Panji Sakti becomes a respected ruler and earns the title Ki Barak Panji Sakti. In the act we watch the struggle of Ki Barak Panji Sakti to establish Buleleng with Singaraja as its capital.

The last story conveys a message to the audience about how Ki Barak Panji Sakti built Buleleng by involving a wide range of ethnicities: Balinese, Chinese, Muslims and other ethnic groups. The effort was successful and people at that time lived serenely and peacefully so Buleleng became well known far and wide as a place where people lived peacefully.

“The script that I wrote is narrated through a colossal drama that is meant to serve as a reminder to the public and local government to build a community following the example of Ki Barak Panji Sakti,” he said.

Gus Eka explained that 412 dancers and gamelan players are involved in the performance of the colossal drama that opened the provincial games. Eighty percent of the dancers and gamelan players members of the art studio that he leads, while the rest were high school and college students recruited from Undiksha, Panca Dharma martial art and Pusaka Gym. The show went off without a hitch and the enthusiasm of the audience bolstered the self-confidence of the dancers and gamelan players.

“I am really satisfied and feel homered to be able to make a contribution through this artistic composition, performed especially for the opening session of the provincial games this year,” said Gus Eka. (mud)

The Swabhawaning Singa Denbukit colossal drama

Wayang Wong of Tejakula famous overseas

SINGARAJA - A number of unique traditions with a high cultural value still survive in the Panji Sakti Land of Singaraja. One such long standing tradition that has been growing in popularity and become famous overseas, is the art of wayang wong (human puppet dance) from Tejakula village, Buleleng. Its existence has not receded from generation to generation. Moreover, the wayang wong dance has become in Japan and Sweden.

The Wayang wong dance is danced wearing a mask of a puppet character of the Ramanyana epic.

This dance form is estimated to have first appeared in the sixteenth century, while its heyday was experienced in the 1980s.

72 year old Putu Gede Tirta Ngis, is a wayang wong dancer from Tejakula village, who is now in charge of leading the Guna Murti wayang wong troupe, and helps preserve the historical values of the wayang wong in Buleleng. “It is estimated to have existed since the sixteenth century and include the sang hyang jaran dance and the kecak dance. It is said that long ago in Maksan Temple, there was the gambuh dance that slowly grew into the pioneering wayang wong dance, and that all the artists of Tejakula came together to create it,” explained Tirta Ngis from his home in Tejakula village.

Wayang wong is an art born from the development of the gambuh and parwa dances and the wayang

wong dance has its own historical value and history of development at Tejakula village. “Many artists from outside Buleleng, from places like Blahbatuh, Gianyar or Bangli have also come and stayed in our the village for a long time to learn the wayang wong dance. The gambuh and parwa dances were merged to create the wayang wong,” said Tirta Ngis.

Performances of wayang wong are highly anticipated by the community of Tejakula village, local guests and foreign travelers, because the storylines presented are taken from the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics. The dancers move flexibly pursuant to their respective role, while the puppeteer fills in the dialog in Old Javanese, accom-

panied by gender gamelan music.

“Nowadays, the troupes usually perform the Ramayana epic story lines because the parwa (chapters) of the Mahabharata are considered less interesting,” he said.

Tirta Ngis also explained there are several sacred masks that are not allowed to be removed from the temple. This condition inspired another artist, Nyoman Tusan to create duplicate masks for the use in performances outside the village. “Many guests request to see wayang wong outside of Tejakula village. Around 1985 the Teja Kukus Foundation was established and still survives to this day,” he said.

This great dancer explained that he has been involved with wayang

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wong dance activities for decades now and that he has received a number of awards from the county and provincial level and has even had the opportunity to perform the wayang wong in Japan and in Sweeden. Due to limitations of physical exertion and age, he then took on the role of the puppeteer of the wayang wong.

“The future of Wayang wong looks promising, so it is important to train the next generation. We direct junior high and senior high school children and anyone who has an interest in wayang wong to learn to dance at the Maksan Temple. At the same time, some of them also take advantage of this opportunity to pay vows,” he explained. (kmb34)

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Walhi walks out of Forestry Agency public consultation A man is looking for fish in Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (Tahura)

DENPASAR - Walhi Bali walked out of the public consultation on the evaluation of the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (Tahura) Management Plan related to revisions of the block arrangement at the Mangrove Forest Management Area I, Tuesday (Sep. 15). One of the matters questioned by Walhi Bali was the fact that the invitation letter was sent out at the last minute and without th inclusion of material for public consultation. “Hoping to have consultation without providing materials is contrary to the principles of good governance. Participation of this kind should not be repeated in the future. This public consultation is apparently being held haphazardly with people only being invited to show up,” said Executive Director of Walhi Bali, Suriadi Darmoko.

Suriadi added that the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (Tahura) has been meddled with continusouly since 2012. At that time, the government changed the block arrangement to accommodate a nature tourism exploitation permit issued to PT Tirta Rahmat Bahari.

After that, there was a plan to swap the area with other utilization area (APL). The swap plan was even discussed again in this public consultation. Actually, the issue underlying the previous revision of the block arrangement is closely associated

with the termination of the Tukad Mati normalization project.

“I think this public consultation has been manipulated because Prof.

Merit (a member of the evaluation team—Ed) conveyed that he had never discussed swaping with other utilization areas. But in the conclusion he suddenly mentioned it, in order for the Ministry of Environment and Forestry to process it immediately. So that what kind of consultation is this? Is this meant to accommodate the needs of Kuta residents that want the normaliza-

tion of Tukad Mati or this process being used to covertly legitimize the revision process of another utilization area?” he asked.

Suriadi considers that the swap of the Tahura region will be used to accommodate the Benoa Bay reclamation plan, because the plan overlaps with forest areas. In other words, the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries under the SBY government, issued the reclamation permits, despite the area being located in forest areas beyond its authority.

“The words “forest expansion” sound nice but this plan actually aims to accommodate the interest of the building project. Regarding the matter of Tukad Mati, it is also delivered that it (the evaluation team—Ed) supports the utilization of environmental services, development of nature tourism and recreation. In other words, I do not see that the revision of the block utilization area is purely intended for normalization, but I suspect there is a stowaway. I agree that Kuta wants to prevent flooding, but we must not

DENPASAR - One of the suspects in the allegation of Engeline’s murder, Agus Tay Hamdani Tay, had bad luck when his detention was removed from Bali Police Profession and Security unit to Kerobokan Prison. After the second phase handover conducted last week, Agus Tay was beaten by local inmates when he was detained in socialization room. As a result, he suffered a number of injuries including bruises in the eyes and pain in chest. Information on the beatings is delivered directly by his legal team, Haposan Sihombing, Tuesday (Sep. 15).

Haposan who was contacted via phone admitted that he was initially

told by Hotman Paris Hutapea that Agus in Kerobokan Prison was beaten.

Haposan then confirmed it by visiting the Kerobokan Prison on Tuesday. He was received by Chief Security Guard Wayan Agus Miarta because the Chief of Kerobokan Prison Sujonggo was not in place. Haposan was directly allowed to meet Agus Tay. “It is true that Agus Tay was beaten by three inmates,” he said.

He said that the case originated in the second handover. When arriving at the prison, he was placed in socialization room and Agus was asked by inmates whether it is true he murdered Engeline. Before answering the question, about three inmates directly beat to make him

battered. So far, his eyes look to be bruises and red. Luckily at that time there were other inmates that secured and immediately reported the incident to a prison officer so that Agus can be secured. Finally, Agus was arrested in Block G. Those getting involved in the beating have apologized because they seemed to misdirect and thought Agus was the main suspect.

Behind the assault and apology, apparently there is something hampering the mind of the legal team of Agus. During the case taking place for three months, it is impossible for the people not to follow the progress of the case at issue in the society that his employer

let the desire of Kuta residents be used by the government and even investors for their own aims,” he explained while adding that Tukad Mati normalization project should be able to continue without the need to change Tahura block.

Meanwhile, Head of the Bali Forestry Agency, IGN Wiranatha, denied that the swap is associated with the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. Moreover, the idea of swapping two areas came from the central government. According to Wiranatha, the central government assigned an integrated team to assess the situation before issuing their input of doing a swap.

“It is technical and juridical and I am not related to it. Whether or not the reclamation goes on, this activity will go on. Whether people agree or disagree with the reclamation, it is a technical and juridical matter.

I am the agency head, and this is a technical matter that has nothing to do with it, we’ve been realizing the degradation since 2007, there’s no relation. The reclamation plan emerged recently,” he said.

Related to the Tukad Mati normalization project, Wiranatha confirmed that the project cannot proceed without a block revision.

Although the project aims to prevent floods, it is for the purpose of disaster mitigation. The block revision must be made by revising the management plan of the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park.

“No, it cannot, there are many basis. They are technical and juridical rules, I understand it well. If I am told to learn, there are a lot of books to read but in the end is one sentence. Yes, I have to sit down.

They are related to some articles. In short, it must be revised,” he said.

As for the matter of the last minute invitation to the consultation, Wiranatha said that he does not deal with such technical matters and according to him materials related to the public consultation are not necessarily sent out with invitations. Consultations can tae place without such materials, exempt for documents related to the environmental impact assessment process, which are required. (kmb32)

Margriet has been declared as the prime suspect. Therefore, the legal team of Agus suspected there are other parties that deliberately want to harm Agus, so that he cannot continue the trial.

“We all know, Agus is the key and the only witness in this case,” said Haposan Sihombing. On that account, Haposan did not believe if the beating was misplaced.

Nevertheless, he has discussed with the chief security guard Agus Miarta that security of Agus can be guaranteed in Block G, so that he can attend the trial in Denpasar District Court in the murder case of Engeline. Moreover, currently Agus also wants to get to the trial soon so

that the case becomes clear.

Then, does Agus feel to be threatened? Haposan said that currently he can feel more comfortable compared to the time of second handover. “But he could say, that he felt more comfortable when being detained at Bali Police Profession and Security Unit than in Kerobokan Prison,” said Haposan Sihombing, quoting Agus Tay. Chief of Kerobokan Prison, Sujonggo, when asked for his confirmation regarding the assault allegation denied. “It is not true if he was attacked. He was just questioned whether he really murdered Engeline. Margriet was also asked,” said Sujonggo. (kmb37)

AMMAN, Jordan — Hundreds of Syrian refugees line up outside their embassy in Jordan every day for a long shot at a better future — applying for new passports that allow them to enter Turkey legally and from there start on a dangerous trek to Europe.

The crowds in Amman have been turning up since Syria began issuing passports for large numbers of refugees without travel documents. Also, cuts in international aid have made the refugees’ survival even tougher in Mideast host countries like Jordan.

In a measure of their despair, some of those waiting in line said they sold their wives’ gold dowry or went deeper into debt to pay $400 for a new passport, double what most make per month with off-the-books odd jobs. There is also a sense of urgency among the refugees, after several European countries re-imposed border checks in recent days to stem the flow of migrants.

Refugees preparing for the journey said they are willing to gamble. They believe there is no future for them in overburdened Jordan, where they can’t work legally or provide for their families.

“The minute I get the passport, I will fly to Turkey,” said house painter Ali Mohammed, 33, one of those in line this week at the Syrian Embassy. Mohammed, who fled Syria in 2012, said his final destination is Germany, where some of his relatives have found asylum.

The new possibility of a direct JordanTurkey route feeds into growing migration from the conflict-scarred Middle East to an increasingly overwhelmed Europe.

EU member states have been arguing over a solution, with some rejecting Germany’s proposed quota system for accepting migrants, saying it’s too big a burden.

Others believe quotas will only encourage more migration and that the world must send more help to keep refugees in host countries neighboring Syria.

The International Organization for Mi-

gration says more than 464,000 migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe this year, and that 2,182 died on the way. The agency says among those making the crossing were 175,000 Syrians traveling via Turkey and Greece.

Germany has taken in the most, by far, with some 450,000 migrants registered so far this year. About one-third arrived since the beginning of August — though this also includes many migrants from Eastern Europe. Germany has said Syrians have the best chance of gaining asylum.

For now, most of the more than 4 million Syrians who fled their country since the conflict broke out in 2011 still live close to home — the main asylum countries are Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq. But life in these countries is becoming increasingly difficult. Faced with growing funding gaps, international agencies have cut back sharply on cash and food aid to refugees. More than one-third of 630,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan were dropped from a U.N. food voucher program in September.

Meanwhile, the Syrian government decided in late April to begin issuing passports to refugees. The pro-government newspaper al-Watan said at the time that the decision would facilitate the movement of hundreds of thousands of refugees without passports and bring significant foreign currency income for Syria.

The new policy also meant the door to Europe — from Turkey by sea to Greece and then overland through the Balkans — opened wider. Turkey does not require visitors’ visas for Syrians, according to the country’s Foreign Ministry website and an official at the Turkish embassy in Jordan.

With new passports in hand, Syrians can fly from Jordan to Turkey, rather than travel overland through their dangerous, strifetorn homeland first. Ayman Alloush, Syria’s top diplomat in Jordan, said Tuesday that his embassy now issues or renews about 10,000 passports per month. (ap)

Agus Tay claims to be beaten in Kerobokan Prison

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In this Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015 photo, Syrian refugees gather outside their embassy waiting to apply for passports or to renew their old ones, in Amman, Jordan. Hundreds of Syrian refugees line up at their country’s embassy every day for a long shot at a better future in Europe: They apply for Syrian passports that can get them into Turkey without visas, and from there plan to start dangerous journeys by sea and land to the continent.

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Riot police fire a water cannon to pro-government “red shirt” protesters as they try to enter China Town during a demonstration in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015.

Malaysian police fire water cannons at Malay protesters

KUALA LUMPUR — Police fired water cannons at ethnic Malays who turned unruly Wednesday at a progovernment rally that many fear has the potential to provoke racial trouble in this multiethnic nation with large Chinese and Indian minorities.

The rally — a collection of several marches that converged on a central field near Parliament — was ostensibly called to emphasize the dominance of Malays in Malaysia, as well as to support the government of Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is under pressure to resign over a $700 million financial scandal.

But the rally is also being seen as a challenge to the Chinese and Indians, who had gathered in large numbers in an anti-Najib rally on Aug. 29 and 30.

Unlike that rally, which was banned by the police, the Malay parade on Wednesday was allowed to go ahead by authorities, albeit with a warning that the demonstrators would not be allowed to carry banners or posters with racial overtones.

“I am here to defend Malay

dignity and dominance,” said Rahamah Abdul Majid, one of the protesters. “We must not let others take over our country.”

Other demonstrators blew horns and chanted “Long live the Malays.” Some carried banners that read, “People unite to defend the government of the people’s choice.”

Most of the thousands of red-shirted protesters taking part in the rally demonstrated peacefully at the grounds near Parliament. But a small group threw plastic bottles at police and tried to push their way through barricades into Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown, shouting “This is Malay land.” Riot police retaliated by firing chemicallaced water from a fire truck.

The rally included Cabinet members and leaders from Najib’s

ruling United Malays National Organization, or UMNO party, the dominant group in the ruling coalition that has held power since independence in 1957.

It draws its support from the Malay Muslims, who form about 60 percent of the country’s 30 million people. Many see themselves as the rightful owners of Malaysia’s history, heritage and governmental power. The other name for the Malays, Bumiputras, means sons of the soil.

Some Bumiputras see the Chinese, who represent 25 percent of Malaysia’s population, and the Indians, who comprise 10 percent, as outsiders because they are not the original inhabitants and came as traders, laborers, plantation workers and civil servants during the British colonial period and in earlier waves of migration.

Although some Malays also oppose Najib, most of the Chinese and Indians have moved away from supporting his government in recent years. (ap)

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Antibacterial soap no real threat to germs: study

Army ready to provide security for regional head elections

PARIS - Antibacterial hand soaps containing a chemical flagged as potentially dangerous are not much better at killing germs than regular suds, researchers said Wednesday.

The chemical, triclosan, was long one of the commonest ingredients in antibacterial soaps, which are used by millions of people and generate $1 billion (880 million euros) in sales annually in the United States alone, experts say.

But studies have linked it to antibiotic resistance and hormone problems, prompting a safety review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that may yet lead to restrictions.

Now a study in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy reports that when it comes to normal hand-washing, there is “no significant difference” between the bactericidal effects of plain soap and antibacterial soap.

The agent only became effective after microbes had been steeped in the stuff for nine hours, the authors found.

“At times less than six hours there was little difference between the two (soaps),” the researchers wrote of their tests.

To evaluate triclosan’s germkilling abilities, the team placed 20 dangerous bacteria strains, including Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella enteritidis, in Petri dishes with either antibacterial or regular soap.

The samples were heated to 22 or 40 degrees Celsius (72 to 104 degrees Fahrenheit), simulating exposure to warm or hot water for 20 seconds -- the World Health Organization-advised duration for hand-washing.

The team then spread bacteria

DENPASAR - The Indonesian Army has expressed its readiness to provide security for the regional head elections to be conducted simultaneously on December 9.

“The Indonesian army is ready to assist the police in providing security to conduct these elections,” Chief of Staff of the Army General Mulyono said on Tuesday.

In addition, the Indonesian military will assist the police in detecting any threats during the election process.

“With such an effort, the elections can be held in a proper and safe manner,” he said.

Moreover, the Bali Military Command (Kodam Udayana) and the police have an important role to play to ensure security during the election process so that the tourists can feel safe and comfortable.

“The military and the police are ready to cooperate to ensure proper implementation of the election process,” he affirmed.

Mulyono believed that people will help maintain a conducive situation in Bali.

Earlier, the Deputy Chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), Oesman Sapta Odang, said he expected that the simultaneously conducted regional elections will help improve the

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Antibacterial hand soaps containing a chemical flagged as potentially dangerous are not much better at killing germs than regular suds, researchers said Wednesday. on the hands of 16 adults -- who had refrained from using antibacterial soap for at least the preceding week.

They were then told to wash their hands for 30 seconds using either antibacterial or regular soap and 40-degree water.

For all the tests, the team used antibacterial soap containing 0.3

percent triclosan -- the maximum allowed in the European Union, Canada, Australia, China and Japan, said study co-author Min Suk Rhee of Korea University in Seoul.

They found no “significant” difference between antibacterial and normal soap, and decided to see if soaking would yield a dif-

ferent outcome.

The triclosan-containing soap “performed significantly better after nine hours of exposure,” they found -- a rather long period for washing one’s hands.

The researchers said consumers need to be made aware the antibacterial soaps do not guarantee germ protection.

“It should be banned to exaggerate the effectiveness of... products which can confuse consumers,” said Min. Several soapmakers have already stopped using triclosan, he added. Only 13 of 53 antibacterial soaps studied in Korea in 2014 still contained the chemical. (afp)

an explanation for national differences in height,” lead author Matthew Robinson, from the University of Queensland in Australia, told AFP. Many physical traits, including height and body mass index (BMI: a ratio of height to weight), vary between people from different regions of the world, even different parts of the same continent.

In Europe, for example, the Dutch are seven centimetres (2.7 inches) taller on average than Italians, and rise eight centimetres above Spaniards.

But the relative contribution of genes and environmental factors has never been clear.

“We were interested in working out whether there were genetic differences,” said Robinson.

The team used genetic data from 9,416 Europeans from 14 countries to predict their height and BMI. They then checked the predictions for national differences, which would indicate that the genes influencing height and BMI were more or less prevalent in people from different countries.

“They found that historic natural selection on both height and BMI has created genetic differences among different countries,” said a Nature press summary.

The association was stronger for height than for mass -- about a quarter of the variation in height and eight percent of the variation in BMI could be explained by regional genetic characteristics, the team found.

The cause was likely “historic natural selection” -- the Darwinian process whereby humans or animals best suited to their environment survive and transmit

their genetic traits to succeeding generations, whereas inferior traits disappear over time.

“Many thousands of years ago when Europe was being settled, it is likely that the characteristics that were best to survive differed in the Mediterranean as compared to northern Europe,” Robinson theorised.

The team also found that tall nations such as the Netherlands and Sweden were genetically more likely to be slim, though BMI was more strongly influenced by environmental factors than height. (afp)

Why are the Dutch taller than Italians? It’s in the genes: study PARIS - Genetic differences, painstakingly crafted by thousands of years of natural selection, explain why Europeans from the north tower over their southern cousins, researchers said Monday.

In a study that touched on the age-old “nature vs nurture” debate, an international team of scientists set out to determine once and for all why, for example, the average Dutchman’s frame differs so much from that of, say, a Portuguese person.

“We found that genetic differences between countries provides

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quality of democracy in various regions of the country.

“We hope that the simultaneous regional elections can improve the quality of democracy in Indonesia,” Oesman Sapta Odang said in a press statement received here on Monday.

He pointed out that according to Article 18, Paragraph 4 of the Constitution, the regional heads should be elected democratically as part of the efforts to reinforce and strengthen the sovereignty of the people.

“There is still room for improvement in conducting these regional elections.

Therefore, I urge all stakeholders to give their inputs to the MPR,” he stressed.

He further remarked that the elections should also strengthen Indonesia’s spirit of `Unity in Diversity.’

“The elections should uphold democracy in accordance with the values of the state ideology--Pancasila,” he said.

Also, the Indonesian Police has said it will deploy 135,672 officers to ensure security during the simultaneous regional

head elections (Pilkada) slated for December 9.

The police personnel will be drawn from a total of 31 provincial police offices across the country, the National Police Headquarters’ Operation Assistant, Inspector General Unggung Cahyono, stated on Thursday. The National Police had organized a mock security drill to prepare for the local elections by involving all the provincial police officers in the country, except those in Aceh Province.

Cahyono remarked that the National Police Chief, General Badrodin Haiti, had instructed every police office at the provincial, district, and city level, along with the police’s Mobile Brigade to be prepared to ensure security for the regional head elections.

The National Police Headquarters will also enlist another 3.5 thousand personnel as reserves to be deployed in case of any potential conflict.

The police have also drawn a map of the conflict-prone regions in conjunction with the local elections. (ant)

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Ministry to issue flight permit for DenpasarWakatobi route

KENDARI - Indonesia’s Minister of Transportation, Ignatius Jonan, will soon issue a permit for a flight between Wakatobi (Southeast Sulawesi) and Denpasar (Bali). This was announced by the head of the administration of Wakatobi, Hugua, on Tuesday.

According to Hugua, the Wakatobi district administration and the national flag carrier, Garuda Indonesia, which had proposed the flight, had applied for a license for it earlier this year.

“If the Wakatobi-Denpasar flight route is opened, the flow of goods and services from and to Wakatobi will be carried out more efficiently,” he said.

At the same time, he said, many foreign tourists will be able to visit Wakatobi, which has been designated as a special economic zone for tourism.

“More tourists will lead to better economic growth of Wakatobi,” Hugua said.

Wakatobi has a national marine park, which is one of 50 national parks in Indonesia and the third largest in the country.

Wakatobi was designated as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves by the Man and the Biosphere Program of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 11 July, 2012.

The world’s major ecosystems and landscapes represented in this Network are devoted to conserving biological diversity, promoting research and monitoring, as well as providing models of sustainable development in the service of humankind. (ant)

Crowds of tourists visit Besakih and Lempuyang Temples AMLAPURA - Increasingly large numbers of tourists are visiting Besakih and Lempuyang Temples, intrigued by the appeal of these large temples in Karagasem. Based on observations made over the past few days, visitors to Besakih temple had a general look around the outside of the temple, as well as the innermost courtyard of the temples like the Penataran Agung, Batu Madeg Temple and Gelap Temple located on the highest courtyard of Besakih.

A number of Asian visitors appeared to be saying standing prayers with their palms touching and fingers pointed upwards in front of their hearts at Penataran Temple.

At the sad kahyangan temple of Lempuyang, perched on Mount Lempuyang, there are also increasing numbers of tourists.

Other than just looking at the Penataran Temple at Purwayu, they were also saying prayers. This temple is situated on the slopes of Mount Lempuyang. It is very beautiful and majestic where in the west spreads the endless valley with the panoramic view of Abang subdistrict offering lush terraced paddy fields walled by the towering Mount Agung. In the east stands Mount Lempuyang with a naturally bluish forest. A number of foreign visitors climbed to the top of Mount Lempuyang to witness the panoramic view of the valley around the mountain.

In the past, pilgrims and other visitors were alarmed by a number of monkeys that had been making trouble for some months. The monkeys were biting the legs of pilgrims, local traders, pecalang or customary security guards and also tourists. Those climbing the steep slope are now safe, because the large fierce monkeys that were bitting people’s IBP/Budana legs, were killed a few months ago. Until now, no pilgrims Increasingly large numbers of tourists are visiting Besakih and Lempuyang Temples, intrigued by the or climbers have been bitten again. (013) appeal of these large temples in Karagasem.

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Similar opinions were expressed by Rector of PGRI Bali Teachers’ Training College, Dr. I Made Suartha. According to him, character shows up in good and bad behavior and is inseparable from the influence of the family, neighborhood and school environment.

In regards to schools, Suartha cited the well known phrase: ‘teacher should be believed and imitated’.

What is to be believed is their word, what is to be imitated is their behavior. Our success in building strong character in our youth cannot be separated from the role of teachers. At school, children must not lose the figure of the teacher as role model -to be believed and imitated” he said.

Head of the Denpasar Education Agency, I Gusti Ngurah Eddy Mulya, said that the ministerial regulation on character building indeed raises some questions. Actually even before the issuance of the regulation, he said that they were already working on the cultivation of character.

“However, we cannot blame the Ministry for creating such a policy. If we take the analogy of a tree, we may ask: ‘does the tree lack water?’That is to say, is the youth crisis related to the law, economic confidence, attitudinal and mental aspects or all of these? Naturally there emerges a policy whose task it is to remind us that the character building movement, is a process that must not stop, and must continue to discussed and implemented all the time,” said Mulya. He added that the character building movement needs to do more than just lip service to an idea, and that the most important thing for this movement is that there be exemplary figures that are wholeheartedly and truly dedicated to being role models. In terms of education, he said that there are four areas

involved in the building of character.

“Firstly, values must be instilled starting from the primary level all the way through to college. Secondly, what is acceptable and not acceptable must be outlined. Thirdly is the inculcation of good habits and finally what is required is someone to set a good example.

Character cannot simply be discussed, there needs to be paragons to look to,” he explained adding that all of these components must be involved in the building of character.

Head of the Bali Education Agency, TIA Kusuma Wardani, said that policies that require the building of character cannot put all the responsibility on schools. According to her, character building needs to start at home - with parents playing an active role.

“The instilling of good character is done at home by parents, while schools provide an opportunity to grow, learn and become habituated. With enough people accustomed to having certain characteristics -this in turn forms the culture,” she said.

Chairman of Commission IV of the Bali House, Gede Kusuma Putra, added that the problem of education is not solely the responsibility of the government, but also the responsibility of all levels of society. The ideals of the founding fathers of Indonesia are stated in the 1945 Constitution, one of which reads: “educating the life of the nation” that has yet to be fully realized.

“Apparently our educational system has yet to find the right shape. There has been the impression that policies would change under the new Minister. So far though, the curriculum has not been rearranged yet, and textbooks have been withdrawn again due to inappropriate content. I think these things affect people’s present impression,” he said. (kmb32)

Provincial government will govern high schools, vocational schools

Under Law No. 23/2014, the government has divided the authority to regulate educational institutions between the central government who will govern higher education, county and municipal governments who will govern kindergarden, elementary, and the provincial government who will govern high schools, vocational schools (previously under the municipal and country governments) and schools for the disabled.

Head of the Bali Education Agency, TIA Kusuma Wardani, said that her party is still in the process of conducting verifications related to the transfer of authority for high schools and vocational school over to the province. This process should be completed no later than March 2016. “All the provincial governments need to make calculations regarding the budget so that coordination can me made. All the heads of the agencies will be summoned by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform related to budgetary proportions,” said Wardani during a discussion entitled “Character and Education Problems” that recently took place at Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara, Sanur.

She added that all these processes must be completed no later than October 2, 2016. At that time, the Bali House of representatives will witness the signing of documents by the governor, regents and mayors, that confirm the transfer of authority. High schools and vocational schools will then officially be under provincial authority as of January 1, 2017.

“Currently, the province is conducting verifications on the ground, related to the matter. This is important because the government is mandated to have an unbiased opinion (WTP) which the provincial government has proven. Whereas, eight counties and one municipality have not been able to prove this, because some of their assets are problematic. On that account, the assessment team also involves the Finance and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP),” Wardani explained.

“We don’t have a problem with whether they IBP/Wawan Kindergarten students prayed during a ritual ceremony that held in their are governed by the provincial or by the municipal school. Welcoming the 2015/2016 academic year, the Minister of Education government, the important thing is the commitand Culture issued Regulation No. 21/2015 of the Minister of Education ment of schools to educate their students well,” and Culture on the Character Building Movement. Clearly the issuance said Chairman of the Denpasar Principal Working of this regulation appears as a kind of warning to Indonesia’ educational Congress (MKKS) for high school and vocational system -Bali included, as it indicates that there is something wrong with school, I Ketut Suyastra.

However, added Suyastra, there are some parties the character building of this nation as it is.

that look to their own self-interest without looking into the question of incentives and allowances. He believes that there there is an authority governing such things, but most important of all is teachers’s obligation to be devoted to education.

“I leave it all to the province. Sorry, but it seems that all this time attention has only been given to Bali Mandara high school, but what about provincial interest being shown to other high schools?” added the Principal of SMAN 3 Denpasar high school. Chairman of the Indonesia Association of Principal (AKSI) of Bali, Dr. I Wayan Rika, said that the transfer of authority from the counties and muicipalities, to the province, specifically for high schools and vocational schools, will have no impact on the processes at school. Moreover, this is not the first time that such a transfer of authority has occurred. Previous to being under the authority of counties and municipalities, high schools and vocational schools were under the authority of the province.

Rika also said that he hopes that the ‘arrival’ of high schools and vocational schools into the jurisdiction of the province will not mean that they are treated like adopted or step children given that the province already runs Bali Mandara high school.

Chairman of Commission IV of the Bali House, Gede Kusuma Putra, said that the issue of SMAN Bali Mandara high school is quite interesting. This school received junior high school students that excel academically but are from economically disadvantaged families. According to Putra, there needs to be an assessment made as to whether junior high school students that cannot afford to pay for school but do not have outstanding achievement can also attend.

“We should not let children with mediocre academic achievements be forced to drop out of school simply because they are from poor families. Perhaps we should examine the possibility of creating a school that accommodates such students, instead of only thinking about students with outstanding achievements,” he concluded. (kmb32)

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Bazaar of Golden Tulip Essential Hotel Denpasar

DENPASAR - Do you want to have dinner with delicious food in a cozy atmosphere? Simply come and have it at the Golden Tulip Hotel Essential Denpasar. The hotel located in the heart of Denpasar, precisely on Jalan Gatot Subroto Barat, offers dinner with cheap bazaar program.

This program applies for travelers and general public. The bazaar is open from six o’clock in the afternoon until eleven o’clock at night every two weeks.

It spread across spacious location at the front courtyard of the hotel. Dine alone, with family or friends will be very nice here. Atmosphere of the city at night in the

company of acoustical music will create intimate atmosphere while enjoying togetherness. Friendliness of the local traders with hotel style service will drive closer inti-

macy, just like eating at home.

Assorted local menus are served to pamper your appetite. They include grilled chicken, roasted rice, blayag, siomai, meatballs, rabbit satay, traditional cakes, ice cream, mixed rice, tempong rice, fruit salad, chips and drinks. “We deliberately serve local foods by bringing in local traders around the Golden Tulip Essential Hotel Denpasar. This is a form of our concern for the environment,” said General Manager Bayu Suteja.

The traders are arranging their space in a traditional style. The menus are served on tiny tables with exotic thatched roof. While in front of it, visitors have been prepared with tables along with 100 seats. “This bazaar provides the opportunity for people in Denpasar to enjoy food in a safe and comfortable venue. On that account, the price is so affordable to society in general,” said Bayu Suteja.

The Golden Tulip Essential Hotel Denpasar, explained Bayu Suteja, does not only offer the experience of staying in the central business district area of Bali, but also offers a place to eat in the downtown of Bali Province. “Some business offices are located here, so that they can come here to have dinner. We have confidence they must try the menus offered in our program,” he added. (kmb)

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Balinese Temple Ceremony

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

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

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

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

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CINCINNATI — A Cincinnati film commission has announced that singer and actress Mariah Carey will be filming a Christmas movie in the region.

WCPO-TV reports the Greater Cincinnati Film Commission said Tuesday the singer and actress is set to star in “Melody & Mistletoe” in Cincinnati starting in October.

The made-for-TV movie will air on the Hallmark Channel Dec. 19. Carey also will be directing the movie with an executive producer.

The commission last week an-

nounced that an action film starring Bruce Willis is slated to begin filming in Cincinnati at the end of September.

Kristen Schlotman, executive director of the Greater Cincinnati Film Commission, says they are “ecstatic” to have another movie filmed in the city. (ap)

Schwarzenegger to replace Trump on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’

NEW YORK - Actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will replace Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump as host of “The Celebrity Apprentice,” broadcaster NBC said Monday.

The network severed its ties with Trump in late June, declining to broadcast the Miss USA and Miss Universe beauty pageants which he and NBC co-owned, due to his controversial comments on Mexican immigrants.

However, Trump had already

said he would be leaving “The Celebrity Apprentice” to pursue his political career several weeks prior.

The program is a variation of its predecessor “The Apprentice,” and places well-known figures in competitions that test their business acumen and entrepreneurship, all the while helping raise money for charity.

“Congrats to my friend @ Schwarzenegger who is doing next season’s Celebrity Apprentice. He’ll be great & will raise

lots of $ for charity,” Trump posted on Twitter, following NBC’s announcement.

“Arnold Schwarzenegger is the epitome of a global brand in entertainment and business, and his accomplishments in the political arena speak for themselves,” said Paul Telegdy, president of NBC’s alternative and late-night programming.

On Friday, Trump announced he had bought NBC’s share in the Miss Universe pageant, becoming the sole owner. (afp)

TORONTO — No other actor has covered all angles of the war on drugs — its tragedies, its violence, its farces — more than Benicio del Toro.

It’s a story that has followed the Puerto Rico-born actor from the start: One of his first credits was the 1990 NBC miniseries “Drug Wars: The Camarena Story.”

He’s played a recovering drug addict (“21 Grams”) and one not so recovering at all (“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”). He starred as Pablo Escobar in last year’s “Escobar: Paradise Lost.” And the critical pinnacle of his career came in his Oscar-winning performance as an honest Mexico police officer in Steven Soderbergh’s “Traffic.”

In Denis Villeneuve’s muscular, grim thriller “Sicario” (which opens Friday and expands nationwide Oct. 2), Del Toro finds himself back on the other side of the border, playing a mysterious mercenary joined with a CIA task force covertly pursing a Mexican drug lord.

“I don’t know how it comes about, but all I can say is I’m an actor in this time,” says del Toro. “Movies borrow from their times. These stories are out there in the newspapers.”

“Sicario,” which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in May and had its North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, has already drawn raves for Del Toro’s terse gravitas as a shadowy man known only as Alejandro. He says little but has a weighty presence. “Nothing will make sense to your American ears, and you will doubt everything we do,” he warns Emily Blunt’s less-experienced

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FBI agent.

“I’ve been in movies where I think it’s going to work, and it doesn’t. I’ve been in movies where I thought it wasn’t going to work and it did,” Del Toro said in a recent interview. “And I tell you this one was one of those that I didn’t know.”

Villeneuve, the Quebecois director of “Prisoners,” was more confident.

“He knows a lot about that world being involved in movies and coming back with people who were involved in drug wars,” says Villeneuve. “For me, he was a source of information.”

Cinematographer Roger Deakins likens the weary-eyed Del Toro to Robert Mitchum. Villeneuve would often cut Del Toro’s dialogue, stripping the part down as he realized the actor did more with less.

“It was very simple. I just cut 90-95 percent of his dialogue. Most of the time it was: ‘Say nothing. Action!’” says Villeneuve, chuckling. “He’s someone who’s very radical about authenticity. When he doesn’t feel something, he cannot act. It has to come from a deep emotional understanding.”

That Del Toro, whose family moved to Pennsylvania when he was 12 years old, has frequently found — or been found by — drug-war tales is somewhat surprising to him. But it’s an issue he says he feels passionately about.

“I’ve done my best not to repeat myself,” he says. “I’ve done many characters that live in that world, the drug wars and the drug world, but this one had a different angle.” (ap)

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Thursday, September 17, 2015

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Malay pride’ rally puts Malaysia on guard against ethnic tensions

KUALA LUMPUR - Tens of thousands of ethnic Malays wearing red shirts demonstrated support on Wednesday for Prime Minister Najib Razak’s scandal-hit government at a rally in Kuala Lumpur that stoked fears of racial tensions in the Southeast Asian nation.

Supporters from over 200 Malay organisations marched through the city, calling for unity among the majority Muslim Malay population and denouncing ethnic Chinese opposition party leaders.

Many demonstrators also held banners declaring support for Najib, who is battling against allegations of graft and financial mismanagement at indebted state fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

The Malay demonstration brought business to a standstill in downtown Kuala Lumpur, as shops and businesses, especially in Chinese-dominated neighborhoods, were shuttered, and several roads were closed to traffic.

There was no violence reported, though a Reuters witness saw police holding back a few thousand “red shirts” trying to break through barricades at the city’s old Chinatown neighborhood. Riot police were standing by in case clashes broke out. There were unconfirmed reports that some protesters were detained.

The organisers called the “red shirt” demonstration in response to a massive protest held over two days last month that called for Najib’s resignation over the graft scandal.

They say the anti-government protesters, who had worn yellow shirts, at the rally organised by Berish - a prodemocracy group - had been mainly ethnic Chinese, and had insulted the country’s Malay leaders.

“Long live Malays,” said one banner, while another said “Don’t look down and insult the Malays.”

The Malaysian government warned the organisers to avoid racial slurs and slogans that could raise tensions.

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Pro-government ‘red shirt’ protestors shout slogans during a pro-government demonstration in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. Thousands of ethnic Malays in red shirts staged a rally Wednesday to uphold Malay dominance and support Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government, following calls for Najib to step down over a $700 million financial scandal.

Ongoing character building for the youth

WELCOMING the 2015/2016 academic year, the Minister of Education and Culture issued Regulation No. 21/2015 of the Minister of Education and Culture on the Character Building Movement. Clearly the issuance of this regulation appears as a kind of warning to Indonesia’ educational system -Bali included, as it indicates that there is something wrong with the character building of this nation as it is.

“We cannot expect the building of character to be instantly understood by students. Changing the mindset of our children is not done by simply giving advice once. We must work on it continuously with a strong will, and teachers might get bored of trying to install such understanding. But all teachers should be diligent in this regard, and neither tire nor despair in trying to provide the best for our students,” said M.S. Chandra Jaya, Chairman of Dwijendra Foundation,

during a discussion on education entitled ‘Character and Education Problems’ that was recently held at Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara, Sanur.

According to Chandra Jaya’s assessment, mastery of knowledge in the fields of mathematics or computer science is not of much value if it is not accompanied by knowledge of the values of truth and goodness. Such values can in fact be inculcated in simple ways.

For example, such values can be

encouraged by having students get into the habit of expressing the greeting Om Swastyastu and by reviving Balinese storytelling at school.

“Providing knowledge for students through storytelling, starting in kindergarten, all the way through to high school and beyond, remains a very relevant way of teaching the values of goodness, badness, truth and untruth,” he explained.

In addition, continued Chandra, the values expressed in Pancasila

(five basic principle of Indonesia) must also be taught starting in elementary school through until college. Chandra worries that without any knowledge of the values of Pancasila, future generations will no longer know about the history of this nation. Teachers are required to not limit themselves to giving advice, but also to set an example by implementing the values of kindness.

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