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Neil Patrick Harris to host 2015 Oscars Agence France-Presse

LOS ANGELES - Award-winning US stage and screen actor Neil Patrick Harris will host the next Oscars show, organizers announced Wednesday. The star, who has hosted both Broadway’s Tony and TV’s Emmy awards shows in the past, will front the 87th Academy Awards on February 22, said the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The high-profile hosting job is a prime gig in Hollywood, at the climax of its annual awards season. Harris will follow Ellen DeGeneres last year and a who’s who of showbiz over the decades.

“It is truly an honor and a thrill to be asked to host this year’s Academy Awards,” said the star of 2005’s “How I Met Your Mother,” in an Academy statement.

“I grew up watching the Oscars and was always in such awe of some of the greats who hosted the show,” added Har-

ris, whose latest film “Gone Girl” came out this month in the United States.

He added: “To be asked to follow in the footsteps of Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal, Ellen DeGeneres and everyone else who had the great fortune of hosting is a bucket list dream come true.”

Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said: “We are thrilled to have Neil host the Oscars. We have known him his entire adult life, and we have watched him explode as a great performer in feature films, television and stage.

“To work with him on the Oscars is the perfect storm, all of his resources and talent coming together on a global stage,” added the pair, returning for their third Oscars show in a row.

Industry journal Variety noted that, with the Oscars job Harris will have done three of the four so-called EGOT full house of hosting duties -- the Emmys, Oscars and Tonys, with only the Grammys to go.

Harris, who hosted the Tony awards and the Emmys in 2009 and 2013, has been nominated for four Golden Globes and won five Emmys, including four for hosting the Tonys.

The Academy Awards are televised live in more than 225 countries around the globe. Organizers will announce nominations for the Oscars on January 15.

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Unclear, tourist accommodation development in Bali

Three new JK Rowling wizard movies due from 2016 Agence France-Presse

LOS ANGELES - Harry Potter author JK Rowling is working on three new wizard-based movies to be released starting in 2016, studio giant Warner Bros announced Wednesday. The first, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” will be directed by David Yates, who directed the last four “Harry Potter” movies, and reunite the same filmmaking team.

It is described as “set in an extension of her familiar wizarding world, featuring magical creatures and characters inspired by Harry Potter’s Hogwarts

textbook and its fictitious author.”

A second movie is set for release in 2018 and a third in 2020, the studio said. The first movie was announced last month. Rowling, who has sold more than 450 million copies of the Harry Potter books, announced in September that Warner Bros had approached her about doing “Fantastic Beasts.”

“I thought it was a fun idea, but the idea of seeing Newt Scamander, the supposed author of ‘Fantastic Beasts,’ realized by another writer was difficult.

“Having lived for so long in my fictional universe, I feel very protective of

it,” she said, explaining her decision to write the screenplay.

Warner Bros did not announce who will direct or star in any of the three new scheduled films. Rowling’s Harry Potter books -- which were published from 1997 to 2007 and tell the story of the young wizard and his friends at the Hogwarts school of magic -- spawned a string of hit films and the Pottermore website.

The movies made global celebrities of its actors, principally Daniel Radcliffe as Harry, Emma Watson as Hermione Granger and Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley.

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The Indonesian Tourism Intellectuals Association (ICPI) of Bali Chapter complained about the tourist accommodation in Bali that was increasingly unclear. It happened due to uncontrolled growth of tourist accommodation, so that the star hotels and city hotels scrambled for location.

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DENPASAR - The Indonesian Tourism Intellectuals Association (ICPI) of Bali Chapter complained about the tourist accommodation in Bali that was increasingly unclear. It happened due to uncontrolled growth of tourist accommodation, so that the star hotels and city hotels scrambled for location.

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“Now, the direction of tourist accommodation development is unclear. In the past, star hotel development was built in a single area, so that they compete against the fellow star hotels. However, many budget hotels are now built alongside star hotels that can trigger unfair competition,” said Chairman of the ICPI Bali, Putu Anom, in Denpasar,

Wednesday (Oct 15).

According to him, the city hotel was the hotel located in urban areas mostly consisting of standard category such as budget hotel that offered relatively low rates. Its target market was the lower middle class travelers. “By and large, their guests are mostly domestic travelers, such as group, student travelers,

families and individuals with low purchasing power or the employees of company, such as sales and company’s drivers with low budget,” he explained.

Such condition, said Putu Anom, would harm the market that ultimately resulted in tariff war so that the image of Bali tourism would seem cheap in the eyes of foreign travelers. “If a city hotel with cheap rates is established in the elite area or resort, it will grab the market share owned by star hotels whose tariff is more expensive. Of course, it offers complete facility because it targets the upper middle class travelers that mostly consist of foreign travelers

wishing to spend holiday or attend MICE activities,” he said.

Similarly, he said that rural areas were not appropriate location for city hotel because the rural areas with pristine or natural view surely had the opportunity for the provision of tourist accommodation but it was in limited number with better quality as well as traditional architecture.

“Ideally, the accommodation is built by local communities with higher rates. In general, city hotel is built with minimalist architecture and offers cheaper rates. Seizing elite location, resort area or even rural tourism areas will only kindle tariff war that will harm star hotels,

villas or cottages having a better quality,” he said.

On the contrary, this former Dean of the Faculty of Tourism at Udayana University said that if the star hotels, villas and cottages reduced their room rates during low season, this condition would also be detrimental to city hotels. Surely, travelers would choose a cheaper hotel rate with better quality and services.

“Here, it is required the rigor and precision of the government in issuing the permits of accommodation, where it should refer to the zones of accommodation in appropriate with the hotel classification,” he said.

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GIANYAR - Management of museums in Gianyar County needs to be innovative in order to draw public interest, so that people will want to visit the museums. Although the museum is a place of inanimate objects, exibitions can nonetheless include activities to support the objects on display. The existence of museums is expected to provide continuous activities in the tourism development of Gianyar County.

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The visitors are looking at the collection of Bali Museum in Denpasar.

Gianyar. Although several museums only display inanimate objects, there is a plan to encourage innovation in the management of museums so that they will draw more visitors.

Most museums in Gianyar County are managed privately.

Nonetheless, despite being individually owned, they are all managed in such a way to provide an attraction worth visiting.

Meanwhile, the plan to establish a subak museum is getting financial assistance from the central government, which is certainly a good thing. The subak museum to be built near Masceti Beach

with a budget of IDR 1.6 billion is expected to help support tourism activity in the region. Nevertheless, in the future a committed management would be needed to ensure the preservation of the subak area existing around the museum. Clearly the subak museum would be livelier with the support of actual paddy fields in the surrounding area..

According to its function as a museum, the subak museum will accommodate the creativity of the arts as well as serve as a medium of science and research in the development of Gianyar tourism as it relates to rice farming. (kmb16)

To overcome drought

TABANAN – Along with the Telaga Tunjung retention basin, Tabanan will soon have another one, namely the Lambuk retention basin. Its development reamains in the planning stage and is subject to review. If it can be realized, this retention basin is expected to meet the water needs of the community of Tabanan, especially for the people of Selemadeg whose farmland is currently experiencing the most severe drought in the area.

Regional Secretary of the governement of Tabanan, I Nyoman Wirna Ariwangsa, during the massive harvest at Subak Jaka, Kukuh village, Marga, Wednesday (Oct 15), explained that the Lambuk retention basin develop-

ment plan would involve the provincial and central government.

It requires careful planning. “It is still in the planning process,” he said. The Lambuk retention basin would not only hold water from the springs in Tabanan but also hold rainwater.

One of the farmers of Subak Jaka hopes that the function of the retention basin could be reviewed. So far, the use of the retention basin is purely intended for irrigation but may also be used for the Municipal Waterworks, household water usage as well as being exploited for other purposes. Farmers hope water the usage will be managed wisely.

In response to this suggestion, Ariwangsa explained the use of the water basin is first and foremost for public interest and then after that for irrigation. On

that account, the water should be used communally and he agreed that usage should be managed properly so that no parties would be harmed.

Ariwangsa admitted that the discharge of natural springs in Tabanan had begun to diminish, especially during the dry season.

For this reason, the retention basin should not be solely relied on to handle drought. “It is important to keep the forest area as the water binder. Moreover, the forest area in Tabanan is less than 30 percent of the total area,” he said.

He also invited the villagers to grow water binding crops in paddy fields as well as in the surrounding environement.. Maintaining water-binding plants and forests were the main factor in the sustainability of water resources in Tabanan. (kmb24)

DENPASAR - Once again Archipelago International, one of Indonesia’s largest hotel operators, will hold their regional annual cooking and bar mixing competition and job fair in Bali.

The 4th Archipelago Culinary Fest 2014 & Job Fair” will be on Saturday 18th October 2014 at the recently opened Aston Ungasan Hotel & Convention Center bringing together the best chefs, bartenders and barista from Archipelago’s eclectic Bali hotel collection of 16 hotels & villas while a mass recruiting effort in form of a job fair will also be held on the same day from 10.00 AM to 12.00 PM inviting Bali’s brightest to join Archipelago’s growing Indonesian hotel network of more than 100 hotels.

During this year’s competition, emphasis will be set on the ever more popular style of Asian – Western fusion cooking as participating chefs will be given the challenge to present a 2 course meal consistent of a seafood based appetizer and a meat dish as a main course.

While ingredients and time are predetermined, competitors will be encouraged to let their creativity run free. The event also will see a Barista competition which will be following the same ordinances and rules as used for the famous World Barista Championships and a Bartender competition which will be divided into two parts focusing on creative cocktails as well as non-alcoholic mock-tails.

New to this year’s event will be the a fun filled Sambal competition (Chili competition), in which members of the audience will be

8 Sep Kajeng Kliwon Pamelastali/ Watu Gunung Runtuh Pura Penataran Agung Maha Gotra Tirta Harum Sri Srengga Nyalian Banjarrangkan Klungkung 30 Sep Paid-Paidan Pura Dalem Seme Jawa Marga Tabanan

5 Oct Banyu Pinaruh

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

The Telaga Tunjung retention basin

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asked to select Bali’s the best tasting Sambal and a Canape & Light Food exhibition and food tasting.

“We are very fortunate to be able to hold this event again, which is now already in its fourth year. It is meant to showcase the talent of our local chefs and boost their motivation while at the same time intends to raise the profile of Bali’s Food & Beverage Industry in general” said Winston Hanes, Archipelago’s Bali based Regional General Manager.

“Bali is well known for its many high profile fine dining freestanding restaurants but we as a hotel group want to demonstrate that not only luxury establishments but also mid-market and economy hotels can and should focus more on the quality of their restaurant offerings and the training and encouragement of our local, Balinese, talent” he added.

Calendar Event for September 28 through October 28, 2014

1 Oct Urip 2 Oct Patetegan 3 Oct Pengeradanan

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

Tabanan to build another retention basin Bali Post

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Archipelago Intertional to host cooking competition

Museum management needs innovation to draw visitors The Head of Gianyar Government Tourism Office, Anak Agung Ari Brahmanta, revealed this intention after the meeting with the owner of the ARMA Museum Ubud who was awarded the Adikarya Rupa 2014.

As a center of art and culture, Gianyar County had a number of museums, a total seven are registered at present. The eighth, a subak museum will be established this year in the area of Masceti Temple, Medahan village, Blahbatuh.

For a long time, the existence of museums in Gianyar County has played a central role in promoting tourism in

Activities

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7 Oct Sabuh Mas

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

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

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

13 Oct Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

18 Oct Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Sidakarya Denpasar

23 Oct Tilem Sasih Kapat

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

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

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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 “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Fashion Week Tokyo opens with burst of butterflies, kisses

Models display creations designed

by Japanese fashion designer Atsushi Nakashima during the 2015 spring/summer collection at the Tokyo Fashion Week in Tokyo, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014.

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TOKYO - Fashion Week Tokyo was in full swing Tuesday after it opened in a burst of colour and bold prints, with butterflies, kisses, and geometric patterns dominating the first shows.

Hanae Mori, one of Japan’s most internationally acclaimed fashion houses, showcased its first collection by in-demand young designer Yu Amatsu, which featured swarms of butterflies printed onto classic pieces such as shift dresses, jackets and shorts.

Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swin-

ton, known for her avant-garde style, attended the show which opened the 2015 Spring-Summer collections on Monday, with Colombian designer and close friend Haider Ackermann.

Amatsu said: “The name Hanae Mori is very important to me. I simply express what I see myself, through my own filter.

“The main theme for this collection has been butterflies. Albeit there are many types of butterflies, I focused on the Danainae rather than the Swallowtail.”

He added he wanted to express the “powerful daintiness” of the Danainae type of butterfly best seen when they swarm, rather than the

larger Swallowtail, which he said “represented gracefulness”.

Amatsu, who previously worked with Marc Jacobs, will showcase the new collection from his own brand A Degree Farenheit later on Tuesday.

Another opener of the week was DRESSCAMP, which rolled out a pop modern collection with lots of kissmarks and geometric patterns on Monday.

“This season’s inspiration is from the artist, Ultra Violet. I started by thinking what are the

Tory Burch book gives look at what inspires her Associated Press

DALLAS — Tory Burch’s new book is all about color, a compilation of the influences that inspire her, from people to music to art to culture to travel to home design.

“It’s this eclectic mix, and that’s really what our company’s about as well, so it made perfect sense. It was really taking all the references that inspire us,” said Burch told The Associated Press while in Dallas for an event Friday to kick off the release of her first book.

“Tory Burch In Color,” set to be released Tuesday (Abrams), is arranged by color, with each chapter featuring photographs and anecdotes related to a different hue. The New York-based designer said the

book really came together once she decided to arrange it that way.

“After many months of trying to figure out the format we printed out all the pictures and laid them on the floor and I just started to sort it by color and it just really started to take shape and come to life,” Burch said.

The book includes photographs of trips Burch’s parents took and snapshots from vacations with her children, interiors of homes, images of works of art and fashions from her collections. Also featured are music playlists, reading suggestions and interviews with notable people, including Hillary Rodham Clinton and Carolina Herrera.

Burch, who marks the 10th anniversary of her company this year, said color is something that has been

on her mind since she was young.

She recalled wanting a coral or orange bedroom as a young girl. While that never happened, she did realize that dream in a way eventually, by choosing to have orange doors when she opened up her first store.

She said the idea of color relates not just to fashion and design but also accepting all people and living a colorful life. “My parents always really instilled in us: live each moment, be very positive. So color has many different meanings,” said Burch, who notes that 100 percent of the proceeds from the book benefit the Tory Burch Foundation, which the designer established to help empower women through small business loans, mentoring and education.

Actress Jessica Alba, who participated in the Dallas event by engaging Burch in a conversation for the audience, said the book shows “how not just one thing inspires you, but it’s your home, it’s your friends, it’s where you travel, it’s color, it’s pottery, it’s a painting, it’s music, it’s a poem.”

“It’s nice to kind of get a peek inside of Tory’s brain and her heart really.” Alba said.

rules that Ultra Violet has, and built up this collection from that,” said designer Toshikazu Iwaya, referring to a French-born artist who worked with Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol.

Fashion Week Tokyo runs until Sunday, with 48 brands participating, the bulk of them Japanese.

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50 percent of Bali’s export enjoyed by outsiders

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DENPASAR - Export value of commodities from Bali in August 2014 reached USD 38,909,960.

This amount increased by 14.64 percent compared to the same period in the previous year reaching USD 33,941,997. Unfortunately, such increase was not fully enjoyed by Bali. Based on the data of Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali, nearly 50 percent of the Bali’s export was shipped through the harbor outside Bali each year, namely the Tanjung Perak.

“This means that the valueadded proxy or enjoyment created

by Bali’s export through multiplier effect nearly a half of it is enjoyed by other province, in this case East Java,” said the Head of BPS Bali, Panusunan Siregar, in Denpasar.

According to him, the evaporating value-added included the service of warehousing of goods at seaport, container rental services, forklift rental services, boat dock services, ship waveguides services and labor services. The conditions also had an impact on the rising demand for workers due to the increasing amount of goods to be transported.

“It will encourage the proliferation of food, beverages and cigarette vendors to meet the needs of the port workers. Will we let this condition be continuously enjoyed by the neighboring province? Actually,

if all the conditions happen at the seaport of Bali, Balinese people will undoubtedly enjoy it and in turn will improve their welfare,” he said.

He argued that Bali’s export executed through seaports outside Bali occurred because the existing seaport facilities on the island were not adequate. Meanwhile, relying on the commodity delivery via Ngurah Rai Airport would cost expensive for exporters. Actually, the main export commodities of Bali required a larger space, like fish or shrimp, non-knitted apparel, wood products, furniture or home lighting, knitted goods, fish and processed meat, stone objects and plastic goods.

“With the eight types of commodities, Bali can contribute foreign exchange earning averagely 70 percent of the total export each year. On that account, it’s time for Bali to think about the construc-

tion of Bali international seaport to sustain the export potential as well as import activities that of course will give significant value-added,” he suggested.

Moreover, he said if it was associated with the implementation of free trade in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015 and responded to one of the strategies of the Indonesia’s economic development programs. If this could be realized, it was not impossible for Bali to become a seaport export for the commodities of the other regions such as East Java and NTB. “Thus, the endeavor to diversify the economic potential of Bali to the sectors outside the tourism will become a reality. All of these endeavors are meant to improve the welfare of Balinese people in the dignified, independent and sustainable nature,” he concluded. (kmb27)

Drought, many farmers face harvest failure Bali Post

AMLAPURA - In this dry season, the drought truly extends.

Many farmers experienced crop failure and were threatened to face famine. Responding to the fact, a legislator of Karangasem House, I Gede Dana, asked the executive to pay attention to the fate of farmers, Wednesday (Oct 15).

If necessary, in the future the government should allocate a higher budget for the agricultural sector in the broader sense. Until this fiscal year, said Chairman of the PDI-P in the Karangasem House, the budget allocated for the agricultural sector only amounted to some 7 percent or about IDR 10 billion of the total regional budget of Karangasem reaching IDR 1.2 trillion.

Moreover, the budget as much as 7 percent was still mostly used to pay salaries, allowances and fees, expenditures and office stationery.

“The budget really touching small communities and poor farmers is very small. Apparently poor farmers such as cotters are just made into object and never felt a greater regional budget or the increase in the regionally generated revenue of Karangasem,” he said.

According to Gede Dana, in the future the budget allocation for the agricultural sector should be increased to at least 15 percent. The program allocated for the agricultural sector had to actually touch small community and poor farmers.

“They must be provided with subsidies of fertilizer, corn seed, rice

seed or fertilizer aid. Our farmers face many constraints and erratic nature, as well as pest and disease attack. “Farmers are heroes of food providers for many people, so that they should be really helped, and must not only be made into an object of discourse and the development of agriculture only,” he said.

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In this dry season, the drought truly extends. Many farmers experienced crop failure and were threatened to face famine.

Gede Dana said the organic farming program should be realized. He was concerned because many farmers failed to harvest this time. For instance, many farmers at villages like the Nawa Kerti, Pidpid, Ababi and many barren villages in Karangasem grew rice, while the others grew corn. Farmers hoped there was a little rain in August to October, but in fact it did not rain.

As a result, their corn faced crop failure. “Their banana plants also die. Other than due to drought, it was also affected by rotten stem disease previously,” he said.

On the other hand, the hamlet chief of Apadsari, Tulamben village, Wayan Putra, said that local people relied on the crops of cashew kernels. Unfortunately, their cashew tree rarely bore fruit this season.

“Previously, the cashew trees always bear fruit. In this season they are even bizarre, rarely bears fruit.

Farmers have difficulties because they hope to harvest cashew, but they fail. Actually in this dry season they have usually harvested cashew and can buy rice. But in this season they really get famine. Similarly, most banana plants at our village have died due to rotten stem disease,” he said. (013)

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Export value of commodities from Bali in August 2014 reached USD 38,909,960.

This amount increased by 14.64 percent compared to the same period in the previous year reaching USD 33,941,997. Unfortunately, such increase was not fully enjoyed by Bali.

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Municipal Police inspects internet cafés, rent rooms Bali Post

BANGLI - The Bangli Municipal Police are currently conducting raids more intensively on a number of internet cafés and rental rooms in Bangli. This measure is taken as a precaution as well as an effort to eliminate social diseases, especially those committed by students. Besides, this, it is also a response to the case of pornography videos being made by unscrupulous students in an internet café booth some time ago.

The Head of the Bangli Municipal Police, Dewa Agung Suryadarma, said on Wednesday (Oct 15) that the raids carried out by his party until now had been more focused on the internet cafés and rental rooms used by students considering that these locations were quite prone to moral and legal offenses. “We do this to prevent rampant free sex among the students,” he explained. However, the police raids also allow for a certain amount of supervision of the presence of migrants in Bangli.

Presently the raids, that are held twice a week, target the area around the Uma Aya LC and the surrounding areas. Other than at night, the raid are also held during school hours during which time many students were suspected of playing truant and choosing to hang out in internet cafés or rental rooms.

Dewa Suryadarma said that in all the time that the raids have been held, his party has never found any students committing negative acts either in the internet cafés or in rental houses.

“When we raided, there were indeed school children found in the rental house. But they were not with a partner. When asked, they agreed to return to school at noon, saying they were only missing gym class.

“So far we have not found any violations,” he added. Nevertheless, his party will continue to conduct regular raids in order to anticipate potential negative deeds committed by students.

Aside from conducting raids, his party also stresses to rental house owners the need to continuously supervise their occupants. (ina)

Parking space of garbage trucks shabby Bali Post

NEGARA - The parking lot at the SMAN 2 Negara high school has been looking shabby lately. Rubbish of dried leaves is scattered in the unused area of the buildin. Ironically, the area is use as a parking space of garbage trucks belonging to the Jembrana Environment, Sanitation and Landscaping Agency when they are not in operation.

Unfortunately, when the trucks are not parked there, the place is not cleaned up despite the scattered rubbish which has piled up there.

There in fact, there are still some offices in use around the parking lot, such as the SMAN 2 Negara and the National and Political Unity Office (Kesbangpol). Based on informal reports, the parking lot was formerly used to park the buses of SMAN 2 Negara. After the buses were moved, the location was then used to park garbage trucks. As seen on Wednesday (Oct 15), the parking lot was filled with foliage garbage and looked shabby when the trucks were in

operation.

When the parking lot is empty, it is used for marching drills, by the students of SMAN 2 , Negara, who seem willing to roll over on the foliage while exercising.

The building located just north of the parking space is currently empty. Prior to being empty, the building was used as a training center. The building beside it was used by the National and Political Unity Office.

As a result, the National and Political Unity Office nearby felt the impact of the rubbish.

Although they rarely utilized the land, sometimes its personnel participated in cleaning it up.

However, they were eventually overwhelmed and the felt that the other parties using the area should also clean it. Moreover, it was becoming a sanitation issue.

Meanwhile, the Head of Jembrana Environment, Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, I Wayan Darwin, was asked to confirm these facts. When contacted by phone last Wednesday afternoon, his mobile phone was inactive. (kmb26)

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Mexico widens search for 43 missing students

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A woman complains to police about an occupied intersection by pro-democracy student protesters in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014.

The fire which happen at Biaung landfill at Ped village last week is seen in the pciture

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Impact of drought

Landfill in Nusa Penida on fire Bali Post

SEMARAPURA – Evidently, prolonged drought did not only result in a clean water crisis for the people of Nusa Penida. It also sparked fire at Biaung landfill at Ped village last week. Such conditions were complained about by residents of the surrounding area, who found the thick smoke arising from the fire very disturbing.

Such conditions were confirmed by the unit head of the Nusa Penida Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, Desak Gede Suastini, when contacted on Wednesday (Oct 15).

She said that the fire broke out as a result of extreme weather in Nusa Penida in recent months. Used plastic, bottles and gas lighter waste were the trigger for the fire. The dry condition of the landfill caused the fire to quickly spread to other parts of the landfill. The fire continued to expand and almost burned the entire landfill area, spread across approximately 1.85 hectares. It is the only landfill for the community in the coastal area of Nusa Penida.

As a result of the fire, local residents do not dare to use it to dispose of rubbish as they did before.

Suastini said he has made various

efforts to extinguish the fire which continues to grow. Her party even teamed up with the local unit of the Municipal Waterworks (PDAM).

However, their efforts were in vain because the pile of garbage was quite thick. “This situation has been going on since the last week.

It’s very difficult to extinguish the fire,” she explained. With such a vast area and thick piles of burning garbage, she said it was impossible to be extinguished by water from the Municipal Waterworks and the fire brigade. According to her, the fire at the landfill could only be extinguished by rain over two consecutive days. Unlortunately, so far it there has been no rain in that archipelagic territory. Thus, as of Wednesday the fire continues to burn.

Nevertheless, her party asserted that they continued there efforts to diminish the fire and smoke being generated.. Headman of Ped, I Ketut Karya, when contacted on Wednesday (Oct 15) also said that the fire at Biaung landfill needed to be addressed immediately. He acknowledged that a large number of people had complained about the problem. The Ped community was feeling anxious, especially at night because they were not able to rest peacefully due to the nuisance of the smoke. The radius of the disturbing smoke, from the Biaung landfill, was becoming more widespread, reaching all the way to SMKN 1 Nusa Penida vocational school, a distance of about 200 meters from the site of the fire.

I Ketut Karya requested all relevant parties to immediately take real steps. So far, all efforts made by the village, Municipal Waterworks and Sanitation and Landscaping Agency have been fruitless. “We are very concerned about the fate of our people around the landfill,” he complained. (kmb31)

Hong Kong leader ready to meet with students Associated Press

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader said Thursday he is ready to start talks with student pro-democracy protest leaders as soon as next week, suggesting a breakthrough in a political crisis that has seen activists taking over the city’s key business districts for almost three weeks. But Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying reiterated that Beijing will not retract election restrictions that protesters oppose, raising questions whether the proposed meeting can overcome the vast differences between the two sides.

“As long as students or other sectors in Hong Kong are prepared to focus on this issue, yes we are ready, we are prepared to start the dialogue,” he told reporters. “This is why over the past few days ... we expressed the wish to students that we’d like to start the dialogue to discuss universal suffrage as soon as we can, and hopefully within the following week.”

Leung did not directly respond to questions about when police will move in to clear out protesters, who have taken over major roads and streets in the city’s business districts since Sept. 28 to press for a greater say in choosing the city’s leader in the territory’s first direct

elections. He said authorities have tolerated the civil disobedience movement until now but it “cannot go on indefinitely.”

“Going forward, we cannot allow the occupying of streets to have a negative impact on Hong Kong society. Police will use appropriate methods to deal with this problem,” he said.

Authorities angered protesters when they called off a scheduled meeting with student leaders last week, saying talks were unlikely to produce constructive results.

Protesters oppose the Chinese central government’s ruling that a committee stacked with pro-Beijing elites should screen candidates in

the territory’s first direct elections, promised in 2017. That effectively means that Beijing can vet the nominees before they go a public vote. Leung stressed that Beijing’s position will not change — but there is scope for negotiations in how the committee that nominates candidates is formed.

“In the second round of consultation, we can still listen to everyone’s views. There is still room to discuss issues including the exact formation of the nomination committee,” he said.

Tensions between the two sides have escalated in the past few days, as riot police armed with pepper spray and batons moved to clear activists from the occupied streets.

Public anger over the aggressive tactics used by police erupted Wednesday after local TV showed several officers taking a protester around a dark corner and kicking him repeatedly on the ground.

Police said it will investigate, and seven officers allegedly involved in the incident have been reassigned.

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TIXTLA, Mexico — Mexican police sent horse-mounted patrols and officers with trained dogs up into the hills around the city of Iguala on Wednesday in an expanded search for 43 college students missing since a clash with police last month.

The stepped-up hunt was ordered after investigators determined that 28 sets of human remains recovered from a mass grave discovered outside Iguala last weekend were not those of any of the youths who haven’t been seen since being confronted by police in that city Sept. 26.

Forensics examinations were focusing on a second set of clandestine graves and a third site where another burial pit was found this week. A federal official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to reveal the information, said another such site was found Wednesday near Iguala and experts were working to determine its extent.

The digging that continued Wednesday threatened to reveal even greater horrors in the gangcontrolled countryside of the southern state of Guerrero. Each search has turned up more hidden graves, raising the question of how many people have been secretly killed by the area’s drug gangs, apart from those kidnapped.

The wooded hillsides that ring Iguala could become a moral swamp for the government, much like the

mass graves discovered in northern Mexico in 2010 that revealed a level of almost unheard-of brutality.

“These lamentable acts are a moment that puts to the test the country’s institutions,” President Enrique Pena Nieto said of the Iguala case in a speech.

From the beginning, there were signs that the first mass grave site, found just a few days after the students disappeared, might have contained the bodies of earlier victims of the Guerreros Unidos drug gang. The gang had ties to the wife of Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca as well as to local police from Iguala and the nearby town of Cocula.

Police from the two towns allegedly turned some of the students over to the drug gang.

On Wednesday, while the families of the disappeared students and a variety of social organizations met separately at the college in Tixtla, four busloads of students drove to join members of a Guerrero teachers union who took control of a highway toll facility between Chilpancingo and Acapulco. Masked protesters politely asked each driver for a 50-peso contribution — slightly less than the usual toll.

Gildardo Ruiz Davila, organizing secretary for the union’s High Mountain region, said such protest actions would continue until the 43 students are returned alive. Asked about the announcement that none of the first 28 bodies found were students, he said, “If the city government had links to the drug traffickers, more bodies might appear.”

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A man stands next to the pictures of missing students posted on a toll booth as students block a main highway to protest the disappearance of 43 missing college students in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2014.

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NEW YORK - US and European stock markets sank Wednesday in a sea of worry over slowing global growth, a rising risk of eurozone deflation and the spreading Ebola epidemic. Fear gripped investors after poor US economic data raised concerns that the US economy, at the moment a bright spot in the fragile global economy, may be succumbing to the eurozone’s woes and China’s slowdown. market analyst at Trustnet Direct.

Wall Street opened sharply lower after the Commerce Department reported US retail sales dropped 0.3 percent in September, the first decline in seven months.

US producer prices fell in September for the first time since August 2013, pulled lower by falling energy and food prices, the Labor Department said in a report offering fresh evidence of weak inflationary pressures in the modestly growing economy.

“The very bad US figures are just adding to all the bad news we’ve had in Europe over the past few weeks,” said Saxo Banque analyst Andrea Tueni.

US stock indices then cut their losses but plunged again midday, soon after US health officials warned of more potential Ebola cases after a second health care worker in Dallas was diagnosed with the virus.

In foreign exchange deals, the dollar fell after the weak US data appeared to suggest the Federal Reserve could keep its near-zero interest rate policy longer than the mid2015 timeline for a rate hike that had been expected.

The euro rose to $1.2834 around 2100 GMT from $1.2663 at the same time Tuesday in New York. The dollar fell to 105.91 yen from 107.02 yen the prior day.

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Ongol-ongol Cake, a delicacy for all

US, European stocks sink amid economic, Ebola worries Wall Street stocks finished a turbulent day in the red, paring losses from a huge midday drop spurred by worries over global economic weakness and the Ebola epidemic.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 173.45 points (1.06 percent) to finish at 16,141.74. The blue-chip index had fallen more than 400 points earlier in the session.

The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 15.21 (0.81 percent) to 1,862.49, while the Nasdaq Composite Index lost 11.85 (0.28 percent) at 4,215.32.

The main indices were in negative territory throughout the session, with swings in stocks accompanied by big moves in other markets. Equity markets in Britain, France and Germany closed more than two percent lower, while yields on US Treasury bonds also sank below key benchmarks before rallying.

London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index dived 2.83 percent to 6,211.64, its lowest close since June 2013.

Frankfurt’s DAX 30 lost 2.87 percent and in Paris the CAC 40 sank 3.63 percent.

“Ultimately we have a heady mix of economic and geopolitical woes... Today has been an assault on all fronts and looking at the bloodbath that’s out there, you could be excused for thinking Halloween had come along two weeks early,” said Tony Cross,

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Divine Mekori Temple in Silent Forest

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A man and woman walk through a shopping district in Beijing Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. China’s banks stepped up their lending in September, the central bank announced Thursday, but analysts said more monetary easing was needed to bolster the weakening economy.

China bank lending picks up in September Agence France-Presse

SHANGHAI - China’s banks stepped up their lending in September, the central bank announced Thursday, but analysts said more monetary easing was needed to bolster the weakening economy.

Domestic banks extended 857.2 billion yuan ($139.9 billion) in new loans, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) said in a statement, up more than a fifth from the 702.5 billion yuan lent in August.

The September figure also beat a median forecast of 745 billion yuan from a Wall Street Journal poll of 15 economists.

Analysts attributed the rebound in new lending to China’s “targeted” easing introduced earlier this year, which included cuts in reserve requirements for some banks.

Last month also saw the PBoC pump 500 billion yuan into the country’s top five banks in a bid to boost lending to small businesses and kickstart the economy.

“New loans have recovered to the normal level, probably reflecting the ongoing targeted easing by the PBoC,” ANZ economists Liu Ligang and Zhou Hao wrote in a research note.

But total social financing, a broader gauge of credit in the overall economy, remained “lukewarm”, they said.

Social financing stood at 1.05 trillion yuan for September, the PBoC said, down from 1.4 trillion yuan for the same month a year ago.

“This suggested that the de-leveraging of shadow banking activity continues,” ANZ said.

Authorities have sought to crack down on “shadow banking” -- a huge network of lending outside formal channels and beyond the reach of regulators, including activities by online finance platforms, credit guarantee companies and microcredit firms.

“Credit demand from the real economy remains weak,” Ma Xiaoping, Beijing-based economist for British bank HSBC, told AFP.

“There’s room for further easing on the policy front, and the central bank is more likely inclined to the targeted approach,” she said.

Separately, the central bank also said China’s foreign exchange reserves slipped to $3.89 trillion at the end of September, from $3.99 trillion at the end of June.

China has the world’s largest foreign exchange reserves, the bulk of which are believed to be held in US dollars.

Analysts said the decline was unexpected, but were divided over the possible reason.

ANZ said it might have been caused by the central bank selling US dollar reserves.

“It appears that China’s central bank (has) sold USD reserves, reflecting the PBoC’s intention to reduce its foreign reserve assets,” it said.

But Capital Economics suggested the fall did not mean the PBoC had started to offload part of its reserves, saying the change was caused by a weaker euro and Japanese yen.

TABANAN - The temples established in Tabanan are always synonymous with prosperity as the public Mekori Temple located at Blimbing, Pupuan. This temple perches in the middle of a protected forest so that it is somewhat unique. Aside from jutting into the forest, the temple area is also inhabited by a swarm of monkeys. No inscriptions or other authentic evidence are found related to the establishment of the temple.

According to the temple priest, Jero Mangku Gede Pan Sari, 75, the information related to Mekori Temple was just based the story inherited through generations. It was believed the temple had existed since 1002 AD. It related to the commencement of local customary village. Story regarding the temple was only the discourse obtained from the previous ancestors, revealed the temple priest claiming as the eleventh generation.

The Mekori Temple had a number shrines, such as the Ida Luhur Mas Kori, Yayu Mas Sari, Ida Bagus Made Mentang Yuda as forest ruler, the Puseh Penataran, Putra Luhur Mas Kari, Puseh Mengkep, Petamanan, Penyimpenan and Padmasana. Then, there was also the Ratu Nyoman Sakti shrines believed to be a forest ranger.

Before saying prayers to the temple, every pilgrim was obliged to worship in

DENPASAR - Ongol-ongol cake is one of the Balinese cakes commonly made by the Hindu community. By and large, this soft cake is in place of breakfast of farmers before heading to rice field. This cake can also alternatively serve as desserts after farmers conduct a mutual assistance of planting rice. The ongol-ongol cake is widely sold in traditional markets, pastry shops and supermarkets.

The ingredients in use are very simple where the main one is sago flour containing carbohydrates. At this moment, Bali is not a major producer of sago, but this kind of cake appropriate for morning diet can still be encountered. Aside from sago, the other ingredients required are grated coconut, brown sugar, granulated sugar, pandan leaves and salt.

In other regions of Indonesia, probably there are similar cakes

this outermost shrine. More uniquely, every day the pilgrim should not necessarily go into the main temple in the forest because there had been a small shrine built on the roadside. Therefore, the pilgrims only needed to park their vehicle and say prayers in this shrine.

According to Jero Mangku Gede Pan Sari, the piodalan or anniversary of the temple fell on Buda Kliwon Gumbreg. Every day, many pilgrims dropped in and said prayers in the small shrine. The small shrine was embellished with two tiger statues believed to be the guardian of the deities abiding in the Mekori Temple. Supporting devotees of the Mekori Temple consisted of various clan generations such as the Kebayan Wongaya, Dalem Benculuk, Sidatapa and others. (kmb)

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Kindle your adrenaline at Mengesta Village IBP

Mengesta village is not only beautiful to look at because of its cool nature, but also famous for challenging adventure by using all-terrain vehicle (ATV). The adventurers from different parts of the world are used to conquer the winding and steep route.

Even, once spending holidays on the island, they try more than once because it is really absorbing. One of the operators offering this kind of adventure at this location is Bali By Guard. It is located at Kedampal

hamlet, Mengesta village, Penebel subdistrict, Tabanan, or about 45 km northwest of Denpasar. By riding the ATV tourists are invited to explore the countryside, see terraced rice fields as well as local cultural activities.

Riding the ATV here requires a technique and intelligence to complete each route. At least, there are four routes where each of which has its own uniqueness. The route passes through the village in the midst of the activities of local residents, muddy subak area with terraced rice fields,

moor and river with swift streams. It is really spurring the adrenaline. Activities of rural people become the companion on the way because almost all the people are friendly and nice. They include the local farmers cultivating the farmland. The distance to be covered is more than 5 km and may take about 1.5 hours to 2 hours with three stopovers.

After halfway, all the participants are invited to relax amidst the subak area with verdant rice fields. Chatting in a small hut while drinking coffee, tea or mineral water

to the ongol-ongol, but the local people of Bali make it as the way they prepare porridge. First of all, they are boiling water. While waiting for the water to boil, the sago flour is mixed with water and stirred until it blends finely.

Add salt to taste and then filter it.

After that, pour it into the boiling water.

To cook it, the sago flour should be stir thoroughly. Having formed porridge, pour it into a mold. The second process is to prepare sugar sauce. Mix a sufficient amount of brown sugar with granulated sugar and add some water and pandan leaf. Cook them until the sugar dissolves.

Then, remove and filter it.

Furthermore, peel and grate the coconut flesh. To serve, the cooked and cool sago flour is cut into small pieces or to taste.

Then, put the pieces of cake onto a piece of banana leaf neatly and then sprinkle with grated coconut and top them with sugar sauce. Now, it is ready to serve.

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with refreshment can elevate a very beautiful experience. Or you can sit together with farmers in the rice field while talking about their farmland. During the planting or harvest season, ritual activities can spice up your adventure in the countryside. Balinese girls passing in traditional attire with the background of Mount Batukaru become a nice spectacle. In school holiday season, local children are bathing in the pristine river with crystal clear water exuberantly.

Hunting dragonfly or dragonfly nymph and eel are some activities they like best.

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Nepal blizzard, avalanche death toll rises to 25

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KATMANDU — Search and rescue teams flying on army helicopters spotted the bodies of eight more trekkers killed in a series of blizzards and avalanches that have hit central Nepal in recent days, raising the death toll in the region to 25, officials said Thursday.

About 70 people were still missing along or near the popular Annapurna trail, said Ganga Sagar Pant of the Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal, and the death toll there was expected to rise.

The route, 160 kilometers (100 miles) northwest of the capital, Katmandu, was filled with international hikers because October is peak trekking season, when the air is clear and the weather is cool. There were also many Nepalese on the trails because of local festivals. At least 12 people died when they were caught in a sudden blizzard Tuesday in the Thorong La pass area.

As the weather improved, rescue workers recovered the bodies of four hikers — two Poles, an Israeli and a Nepali — from around Thorong La.

Two trekkers from Hong Kong and 12 Israelis were airlifted Wednesday to Katmandu, where they were being treated at Shree Birendra Hospital.

The blizzard, the tail end of a cyclone that hit the Indian coast a few days ago, appeared to contribute to an avalanche Wednesday that killed at least eight people in Phu village in the neighboring Manang district. The dead included one Indian and four Canadian trekkers as well as three villagers, said government official Devendra Lamichane. The villagers’ bodies were recovered Wednesday, he said.

But digging out the foreigners’ bodies, which are buried in up to two meters (6 ½ feet) of snow, will take days, he said. Three Canadian trekkers who survived the avalanche were tak-

en by helicopter to a shelter in a nearby village. No update was immediately available on their condition.

Meanwhile, authorities said five climbers were killed in a separate avalanche some 75 kilometers (46 miles) to the west, at the base camp for Mount Dhaulagiri. The climbers, two Slovaks and three Nepali guides, were preparing to scale the 8,167meter (26,800-foot) -high peak, the world’s seventh tallest, said Gyanedra Shrestha of Nepal’s mountaineering department. Their bodies were recovered Thursday. An avalanche in April just above the base camp on Mount Everest killed 16 Nepalese guides, the deadliest single disaster on the mountain. Climate experts say rising global temperatures have contributed to avalanches in the Himalayas.

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PRETORIA, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius must “pay for what he’s done” and his apology to the family of the girlfriend he killed was not sincere, a cousin of Reeva Steenkamp testified Thursday.

Kim Martin spoke on the fourth day of the sentencing portion of the double-amputee Olympian’s trial.

Following the testimony, which is expected to end this week, Judge Thokozile Masipa will rule on what punishment Pistorius must serve after convicting him of culpable homicide for shooting Steenkamp through a toilet door in his home.

“My lady, I really believe the accused, Mr. Pistorius, needs to pay for what he’s done,” Martin testified before the red-robed judge.

“My family are not seeking revenge,” Martin said. “We just feel to take somebody’s life, to shoot somebody behind the door who is unarmed, who is harmless, needs sufficient punishment.”

Pistorius was acquitted of murder for the Feb. 14, 2013 killing and found guilty of the lesser crime of negligent killing. Masipa has wide latitude when deciding on a sentence for culpable homicide, and could order a suspended sentence and a fine, house arrest, or send him to prison for up to 15 years.

Defense lawyers have argued for a sentence of three years of house arrest with community service.

In the first part of the sentencing

hearing, they called a psychologist and social workers, who said that Pistorius should not go to prison because of his ongoing emotional suffering. They also said his disability as a double amputee who needs prosthetic legs would leave him vulnerable in jail.

Chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel has called suggestions of a house arrest sentence as “shockingly inappropriate” and wants Pistorius to be sent to prison.

Martin, the cousin, said a prison sentence would be appropriate for Pistorius and that she understood the rehabilitation program in jail to be humane and dignified, contrary to allegations by one of the social workers who testified for the defense. In her sometimes emotional testimony, Martin said many people had suffered because of Pistorius, including his own family, and that a sentence that excludes jail time would encourage the athlete to “feel within himself that what he’s done is all right.”

Zach Modise, the acting national commissioner for correctional services, testified after Martin, saying that the South African prison system compared favorably with prisons he had visited in Britain and the United States. He acknowledged problems such as overcrowding and gang activity, but said officials had made progress in combatting those problems and that some prison facilities can cater to disabled criminals, including Pistorius. “We will be able to accomodate him,” Modise said.

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Myanmar jails 3 journalists for leadership report

Associated Press

YANGON — A Myanmar court sentenced a media owner, publisher and three journalists to two years in prison Thursday in the latest ruling to raise concerns about press freedoms in the country emerging from military rule.

The July 7 article in the privatelyrun Bi Mon Te journal reported about

an activist group that claimed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and ethnic political leaders had formed an interim government.

The Pabaedan township court found two editors, one reporter and the journal’s publisher and owner guilty of violating Article 505 (B) of the criminal law, which prohibits publishing statements that could cause public alarm. The journal was suspended

since the five were indicted.

Under a half-century of dictatorship, Myanmar regularly banned dissent and imprisoned journalists and other critics of the ruling junta. Despite dramatic changes since 2011, when a new nominally civilian government came to power, journalists are increasingly being arrested and imprisoned, some with sentences of up to 10 years in prison with hard labor.

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Steenkamp cousin: Pistorius apology not genuine

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In this photo provided by the Nepalese army, soldiers carry an avalanche victim before he is airlifted in Thorong La pass area, Nepal, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014.

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He argued that many accommodations whose permit had the classification of budget hotel, but offered the quality of star hotels. “This must be observed by the government. Messy condition like this will continue to happen if there is no decisiveness of the government, while the solution is by giving a role and authority to tourism associations, such as the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) in the provision of accommodation permit together with the government,” he said.

A tourism business practitioner of Bali, Ketut Ardana, also revealed the rampant development of budget hotels in the Bali region causing the decline in hotel occupancy rate. “Such decline has been predicted in advance. The main cause is the widespread issuance of permit without regard to capacity,” said Ardana.

He said the construction of star hotels in Badung and Denpasar quite disturbed the occupancy rate because the growth rate of the accommodation and visits experienced inequality. “As a result, the hotels sell their rooms at low rates to meet the target of occupancy. This needs to be aware so that Bali tourism is not a cheap tourism,” he said.

This Chairman of the Association of Indonesia Tour and Travel Agencies (ASITA) of Bali Chapter hoped the local government to tighten the permit and dare to restrain the rate of growth and not merely think of the regionally generated revenue (PAD).

Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali also noted. The number of foreign travelers spending holidays in Bali reached 361,066 people (Jul 2014), while the occupancy rate of hotels slumped 1.04 points to 61.4 percent compared to the same period last year reaching 62.44 percent. (kmb27)

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MPR leaders hold closes-door meeting with Megawati

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JAKARTA - The People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) leaders held a closed-door meeting with former president and general chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Megawati Soekarnoputri on Thursday.

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The People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) leaders held a closed-door meeting with former president and general chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Megawati Soekarnoputri on Thursday.

The MPR leadership that comprised chairman Zulkifli Hasan, and deputy chairmen Oesman Sapta Odang, EE Mangindaan, and Mahyudin arrived at the Megawati’s residence on Teuku Umar Street in Central Jakarta at 10.30 a.m. local time.

PDIP Deputy Secretary General Hasto Kristianto said Megawati met the MPR leadership in her capacity as the country’s fifth president.

During the meeting, Megawati

was accompanied by PDIP Deputy Secretary General Ahmad Basarah and Chief of the PDIP Central Executive Board Puan Maharani, Hasto said.

Earlier, Zulkifli extended invitations to several figures and political party leaders including Megawati to attend the inauguration of president-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and vice president-elect Jusuf Kalla on October 20, 2014.

On Wednesday (Oct 15), the MPR

leadership met with General Chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Hatta Rajasa and General Chairman of the Golkar Party Abu Rizal Bakrie.

Later in the evening, the MPR leadership, along with House of Representatives (DPR) Chairman Setya Novanto and Regional Representative Council (DPD) Chairman Irman Gusman met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to extend an invitation to the presidential inauguration.

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to advancing the country.

The chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), Zulkifli Hasan, has also called on all parties in the country to unite and stop all kinds of prejudice in connection with the inauguration of president-elect Jokowi and vice president-elect Jusuf Kalla on October 20.

“All elements must stop prejudices regarding the inauguration of president-elect and vice presidentelect,” he said.

He said the inauguration event was a national agenda so that it must be made successful.

He assured that no sabotage and boycott would happen as rumored so far.

Following the presidential election the nation had been split with the Great Indonesia coalition of parties supporting Jokowi controlling the executive while the Red-White coalition supporting Prabowo Subianto controlling the parliament.

Yudhoyono calls for full support to Jokowi

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed hope that all parties would give full and sincere support to president-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to run his future government.

“Help our next president fully so that he can carry out his tasks well,” he said at a cabinet meeting on Thursday.

President Yudhoyono is scheduled to hand over his post to Jokowi on October 20 after holding the office for two five-year terms.

Jokowi was the winner of the presidential election last July 9, beating his rival Prabowo Subianto. President Yudhoyono was not allowed to take part in the election by law because he has been in the post for two terms.

President Yudhoyono said that the future challenge to be faced by the new president was not light as the impact of current political competition would still linger on for some time in the future.

In view of that he said wisdom and good efforts need to be taken to unite various national elements who are not still apart.

President Yudhoyono also expressed hope that all state institutions could maintain tolerance, solidarity and harmony with regard

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed hope that all parties would give full and sincere support to presidentelect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to run his future government.

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Wizards beat Israel’s Maccabi Haifa 101-95

Les Waterfall SINGARAJA - Les waterfall is located in Les village, 38 kilometer south to Singaraja, in the north Bali. The waterfall is overlooking green hills and untouched nature. The height is about 30 meters.

In addition, Les Village is also famous for its very amazing beach with its magnificent underwater world view.

Located some 90 kilometers north of Denpasar, Les is blessed with a majestic waterfall and rich underwater scenery at its beach.

The best way to reach Les is by rented or private car or motorcycle, so visitors can stop where they want to take photos.

The shortest route from Denpasar to Les is through Gianyar and Kintamani, where visitors can stop to enjoy the wonderful Lake Batur and mountain views while sipping hot Balinese coffee outside Pura Puncak Panulisan, a temple.

The waterfall is about 1 kilometer from the village’s main road. Visitors can park at the entrance gate, where a few shops sell snacks and souvenirs, before walking along a path to an open area next to a wide river, with a small stream of water and huge rocks.

After crossing the river, a similar footpath leads to the waterfall.

The 30-meter-high waterfall has a perfect slope so the water from the river jumps from one rock to another before eventually hitting the bottom of the land more gently.

Visitors can stand under the waterfall and enjoy the sensation of a natural massage of the water pounding on their head, neck and back while trying to become one with the surroundings and listening to the great voice of the waterfall.

Friday, October 17, 2014

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Otto Porter scored 19 points and Kevin Seraphin had 18 points and 12 rebounds to help the Washington Wizards beat Israel’s Maccabi Haifa 101-95 in an exhibition game Wednesday.

Nene and Paul Pierce rested for the Wizards (4-1) and John Wall sat after the first quarter.

Glen Rice Jr., who started for the injured Bradley Beal, didn’t

return after spraining his right ankle in the third quarter. Porter added eight rebounds —five offensive — and had four steals and four assists.

Dagan Yivzori led Maccabi with 23 points, going 7 of 8 from 3-point range. Maccabi made 12 3-pointers, including eight in the first half when it took a 55-54 lead. Washington took the lead for good at 94-91 on Damion James’ 3-point play with 3:21 remaining.

AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

In this Feb. 19, 2011 photo, visitors play with a sled in front of the sign for Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic in Pyeongchang, east of Seoul, South Korea.

2018 Olympic ceremonies to be held in Pyeongchang Associated Press

SEOUL — Pyeongchang organizers have scrapped plans to stage the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2018 Winter Olympic outside of the host city.

Lee Jong-deok, South Korea’s minister for culture, sports and tourism, provincial mayor Choi Moon-soon and 2018 Olympic organizing committee president Cho Yang-ho met this week to decide whether or not to renovate an existing sports stadium in nearby Gangneung to stage the ceremonies or build a new facility in Pyeongchang.

The culture ministry later released a statement saying “the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies ... will be built in Pyeongchang. After the games, the relevant parties will discuss how to make use of the facility.” The new Pyeongchang venue will have a capacity of 40,000.

South Korea President Park Geun-hye met with senior Interna-

tional Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach in Seoul last month and agreed to closer cooperation between the federal government, the IOC and the local organizing committee.

The meeting was held just weeks after South Korean businessman Cho Yang-ho was brought in to take over the organizing committee as the replacement for Kim Jin-sun, who resigned suddenly.

Kim’s departure sparked media speculation that he may have been fired amid concerns about construction delays and domestic sponsorship problems.

AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Maccabi Haifa guard Brody Angley (5) goes under the basket to shoot as Washington Wizards center DeJuan Blair (45) defends during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, in Washington.

New Ferrari chief vows to ‘kick ass’

Ferrari’s new chairman Sergio Marchionne says his Formula 1 team’s new chiefs must “kick ass” to get back to the front of the grid. In the week when former chairman Luca di Montezemolo stepped down from his role, Marchionne has made clear that urgent action is needed at Maranello.

He says there is no option but for

the outfit to take risks to push itself forward - even if it opens up for the way for mistakes along the way.

“We’ve got to kick some ass and we’ve got to do it quickly,” said Marchionne, in an exclusive interview with AUTOSPORT’s sister publication Autocar. “It takes what it takes. We might screw up,

but we’ve got nothing to lose, right?

Let’s risk something.”

Marchionne reckons that Ferrari has run out of excuses for not achieving F1 success in recent years, and believes its poor form at its home Italian Grand Prix set alarm bells ringing. “I keep getting reminded that racing is not a

science, that a number of factors influence performance,” he said.

“And then I go to Monza and see that the first six cars are not Ferrari or powered by a Ferrari engine, and my blood pressure just popped.”

As he sets about big changes for the road car company, Marchionne openly admits that his priority is mak-

ing Ferrari successful in F1 again.

“That continues to be my main objective in terms of Ferrari going forward,” he explained. “A nonwinning Ferrari on the Formula 1 track is not Ferrari. “I can live with periods of bad luck, but it cannot become a structural element of the brand.”

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Sp rt Messi eyes fresh opportunity for La Liga goals record Reuters

MADRID - Lionel Messi will have another chance to match or surpass Telmo Zarra’s six-decade-old La Liga scoring record of 251 goals when Barcelona host promoted Eibar on Saturday. The Argentina captain and four-times World Player of the Year has netted 249 times in the Spanish top flight since he played his first match exactly 10 years ago on a Thursday aged 17.

Messi’s goals -- he has 361 overall in 434 official games -- have helped the Catalan club win 21 trophies during the past decade, including six La Liga titles and three Champions League crowns.

Widely considered one of the best players in soccer history, the 27year-old has been show-

ered with praises in the run up to the anniversary although his father Jorge insists his son is unaffected either by acclaim or criticism.

“There are times when there is too much praise and other moments when the criticism is excessive,” Jorge Messi said in an interview with Spanish radio on Thursday.

“You have to stop somewhere in the middle and simply look forward,” he added. “He (Lionel) reads and listens to everyone and I don’t know how he does it but he doesn’t attach much importance to either the good or the bad. “People don’t know him. He is a very normal lad, like any other. He spends time with his family, he has fun,

he tries to enjoy life. He isn’t any different.”

If Messi fails to equal or overtake Zarra’s mark on Saturday, his next chance will be in the La Liga ‘Clasico’ at Real Madrid a week later. The match falls the day after Luis Suarez’s ban for biting an opponent at the World Cup expires and the Uruguay forward could make his official Barca debut at the Bernabeu.

Solid Start

Barca are look-

ing to bounce back this season after missing out on major silverware last season for the first time in six years. They have made a solid start under new coach Luis Enrique and are two points clear of Valencia at the top of the standings after seven matches. Messi has six goals in those seven outings and it is a measure of how high he has set the bar in recent years that his tally this term is considered a meagre one by his standards.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who ended Messi’s four-year reign as World Player by winning the latest award, has a jawdropping 13 goals in six La Liga appearances

for Real and will be gunning for more when they visit Levante on Saturday.

Real, who appear to have recovered from an early-season wobble, are four points behind Barca in fourth place, with Valencia, who play at Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday, in second and Sevilla, who are at Elche also on Sunday, third.

Champions Atletico Madrid are fifth, five points adrift of Barca, ahead of their game at home to Espanyol on Sund a y.

Diego Sime o n e ’s s i d e slipped to a 3-1 reverse at Valencia in their last match, their first defeat of the campaign.

International

Friday, October 17, 2014

UEFA disciplinary action over Serbia-Albania chaos

Associated Press

LONDON — UEFA opened disciplinary cases on Wednesday against the Serbian and Albanian football associations over the fighting between players and fans that led to their European Championship qualifier in Belgrade being abandoned.

The violence broke out after a drone dangling an Albanian banner circled over the field during the first half of Tuesday night’s game. A Serbian player grabbed the banner as Albanian players tried to protect it, and the game was called off before halftime amid the chaos.

The case was quickly assessed by UEFA’s disciplinary unit on Wednesday after receiving reports from the delegate, match officials and security.

The Serbian hosts have been charged over “insufficient organization,” fire-

works being set off, missiles being launched, a crowd disturbance, a field invasion by supporters and the use of a laser pointer, UEFA said.

The Football Association of Albania has been charged for “refusing to play” and over the display of “an illicit banner,” the UEFA statement said. The case will be dealt with by UEFA’s control, ethics and disciplinary Body on Oct. 23. Serbia could have to play its next Euro 2016 qualifier at home on Nov. 14 against Denmark without any fans.

UEFA President Michel Platini said he was saddened by the violence.

“Football is supposed to bring people together and our game should not be mixed with politics of any kind,” Platini said. “The scenes in Belgrade last night were inexcusable.”

There was also condemnation from FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who wrote on Twitter: “Football should

never be used for political messages.

I strongly condemn what happened in Belgrade.”

Albanian fans had been warned against attending the game between the two Balkan rival nations that have had turbulent relations — mainly over the former ethnic Albanian-dominated Serbian province of Kosovo that declared independence in 2008.

But neither Serbia nor Albania asked to be separated in qualifying, said Pinto, who also highlighted the lack of ongoing military conflict between the nations.

Armenia and Azerbaijan, which have a territorial dispute, have been kept apart by UEFA in draws since their scheduled Euro 2008 qualifiers were cancelled, and Spain refuses to play new UEFA member Gibraltar because of a sovereignty dispute with the British territory.

William Gallas

REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Keshi sacked as Nigeria put ‘consortium’ in charge

Reuters

CAPE TOWN - Stephen Keshi has been removed as head coach of Nigeria and replaced by a “consortium” of coaches for the side’s final two African Nations Cup qualifiers next month.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed the move in a statement on Thursday, despite Keshi leading the Super Eagles to a 3-1 victory over Sudan in Abuja

the previous evening, a result that got their qualification campaign back on track.

The consortium will be led by Shaibu Amodu, who returns to the helm for a fifth time, having qualified the side for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa before being replaced by Swede Lars Lagerback.

Salisu Yusuf, Gbenga Ogunbote and Aloysius Agu are the other coaches involved in the group to

lead the reigning African champions.

They will be in charge for next month’s final two qualifiers -- away at Congo and home to South Africa -- but will then be replaced by an overseas coach, the NFF also confirmed.

“The committee, unanimously, praised the contributions of the technical crew of the senior national team, led by Stephen Keshi, to the glorious accomplishments

of the team in the past three years and hailed Keshi, Daniel Amokachi and Ike Shorounmu as true national heroes,” the NFF statement said.

“However, in the interest of Nigeria football and the desire to ensure qualification for the 2015 African Nations Cup finals, the committee decided to relieve them of their duties with immediate effect.”

Keshi, a former captain of the national team, led the side to the 2013 Nations Cup title in South

Africa and also qualified the Super Eagles for the World Cup in Brazil this year, where they reached the second round before losing to France.

Nigeria’s victory over Sudan left them four points behind leaders South Africa and three behind second-placed Congo in their qualification group with the top two sides, as well as the best third-place finisher, advancing to the finals in Morocco.

IBP/ist

Gallas calls it quits at 37 Reuters

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi celebrates his goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Rayo Vallecano and FC Barcelona at the Vallecas stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014.

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Bekim Balaj (centre R) of Albania takes a flag depicting so-called Greater Albania, an area covering all parts of the Balkans where ethnic Albanians live, which was flown over the pitch during their Euro 2016 Group I qualifying soccer match against Serbia at the FK Partizan stadium in Belgrade October 14, 2014.

PARIS - Former France defender William Gallas has announced his retirement, bringing to an end a decorated 19year professional career, he said on Thursday. “You tell yourself you can always continue but I think that today I can’t,” the 37-year-old centre back told TV channel L’Equipe 21 in an interview to be aired later on Thursday.

Gallas, who started his professional career at Caen in 1995, won 84 caps for France and scored five goals, including the controversial strike in Les Bleus’s 2-1 playoff win against Ireland that earned the side a

Russia’s World Cup budget feeling squeeze

Associated Press

MOSCOW — Russia’s budget for hosting the 2018 World Cup may face a squeeze as the ruble’s fall against the U.S. dollar makes imported construction materials more expensive, according to the head of the organizing committee.

The ruble has fallen by almost a third against the dollar since the

start of the year, accompanied by a fall in the price of oil, a crucial factor for Russia’s state budget.

Organizing committee leader Alexei Sorokin told local media on Wednesday they “can’t do without” purchases from abroad in World Cup construction but will try to replace some imported goods with local production.

Sorokin said the Russian government has “no big desire” to

raise the budget to compensate for the ruble’s fall, and that spending cuts are off the menu.

“It would be a different World Cup, or not even a World Cup at all” if cuts are made to the budget, Sorokin said. “There’s nothing left to be cut.”

The World Cup budget is 664 billion rubles ($16 billion), mostly from public funds, although the headline budget figure does

not include commitments by state companies to build many new transport links.

When Russia won the right to host the tournament in 2010, President Vladimir Putin said it would cost around $10 billion.

Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko sounded a warning on costs Wednesday when he said that projected increases for the planned stadium in the city of

2010 World Cup berth.

Gallas poked the home from close range after being set up by Thiery Henry, who had clearly handled the ball to prevent it from going out of play. He also played the 2006 World Cup final which France lost on penalties to Italy.

After playing for Olympique Marseille from 1997-2001, Gallas left for Chelsea, where he won back-to-back Premier League titles in 2005 and 2006.

He moved to Arsenal in 2006 before joining another North London club, Tottenham Hotspur, in 2010. Last October, Gallas signed a one-year deal with Perth Glory in Australia’s A-League.

Kaliningrad, one of 12 World Cup arenas, “don’t satisfy” the government.

Sorokin suggested the Kaliningrad stadium should be moved to another location in the city, away from its current site on an island, where soft ground is reportedly likely to inflate building costs. The issue must be solved by the end of the week, Sorokin was quoted as saying.

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Friday, October 17, 2014

Sp rt Messi eyes fresh opportunity for La Liga goals record Reuters

MADRID - Lionel Messi will have another chance to match or surpass Telmo Zarra’s six-decade-old La Liga scoring record of 251 goals when Barcelona host promoted Eibar on Saturday. The Argentina captain and four-times World Player of the Year has netted 249 times in the Spanish top flight since he played his first match exactly 10 years ago on a Thursday aged 17.

Messi’s goals -- he has 361 overall in 434 official games -- have helped the Catalan club win 21 trophies during the past decade, including six La Liga titles and three Champions League crowns.

Widely considered one of the best players in soccer history, the 27year-old has been show-

ered with praises in the run up to the anniversary although his father Jorge insists his son is unaffected either by acclaim or criticism.

“There are times when there is too much praise and other moments when the criticism is excessive,” Jorge Messi said in an interview with Spanish radio on Thursday.

“You have to stop somewhere in the middle and simply look forward,” he added. “He (Lionel) reads and listens to everyone and I don’t know how he does it but he doesn’t attach much importance to either the good or the bad. “People don’t know him. He is a very normal lad, like any other. He spends time with his family, he has fun,

he tries to enjoy life. He isn’t any different.”

If Messi fails to equal or overtake Zarra’s mark on Saturday, his next chance will be in the La Liga ‘Clasico’ at Real Madrid a week later. The match falls the day after Luis Suarez’s ban for biting an opponent at the World Cup expires and the Uruguay forward could make his official Barca debut at the Bernabeu.

Solid Start

Barca are look-

ing to bounce back this season after missing out on major silverware last season for the first time in six years. They have made a solid start under new coach Luis Enrique and are two points clear of Valencia at the top of the standings after seven matches. Messi has six goals in those seven outings and it is a measure of how high he has set the bar in recent years that his tally this term is considered a meagre one by his standards.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who ended Messi’s four-year reign as World Player by winning the latest award, has a jawdropping 13 goals in six La Liga appearances

for Real and will be gunning for more when they visit Levante on Saturday.

Real, who appear to have recovered from an early-season wobble, are four points behind Barca in fourth place, with Valencia, who play at Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday, in second and Sevilla, who are at Elche also on Sunday, third.

Champions Atletico Madrid are fifth, five points adrift of Barca, ahead of their game at home to Espanyol on Sund a y.

Diego Sime o n e ’s s i d e slipped to a 3-1 reverse at Valencia in their last match, their first defeat of the campaign.

International

Friday, October 17, 2014

UEFA disciplinary action over Serbia-Albania chaos

Associated Press

LONDON — UEFA opened disciplinary cases on Wednesday against the Serbian and Albanian football associations over the fighting between players and fans that led to their European Championship qualifier in Belgrade being abandoned.

The violence broke out after a drone dangling an Albanian banner circled over the field during the first half of Tuesday night’s game. A Serbian player grabbed the banner as Albanian players tried to protect it, and the game was called off before halftime amid the chaos.

The case was quickly assessed by UEFA’s disciplinary unit on Wednesday after receiving reports from the delegate, match officials and security.

The Serbian hosts have been charged over “insufficient organization,” fire-

works being set off, missiles being launched, a crowd disturbance, a field invasion by supporters and the use of a laser pointer, UEFA said.

The Football Association of Albania has been charged for “refusing to play” and over the display of “an illicit banner,” the UEFA statement said. The case will be dealt with by UEFA’s control, ethics and disciplinary Body on Oct. 23. Serbia could have to play its next Euro 2016 qualifier at home on Nov. 14 against Denmark without any fans.

UEFA President Michel Platini said he was saddened by the violence.

“Football is supposed to bring people together and our game should not be mixed with politics of any kind,” Platini said. “The scenes in Belgrade last night were inexcusable.”

There was also condemnation from FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who wrote on Twitter: “Football should

never be used for political messages.

I strongly condemn what happened in Belgrade.”

Albanian fans had been warned against attending the game between the two Balkan rival nations that have had turbulent relations — mainly over the former ethnic Albanian-dominated Serbian province of Kosovo that declared independence in 2008.

But neither Serbia nor Albania asked to be separated in qualifying, said Pinto, who also highlighted the lack of ongoing military conflict between the nations.

Armenia and Azerbaijan, which have a territorial dispute, have been kept apart by UEFA in draws since their scheduled Euro 2008 qualifiers were cancelled, and Spain refuses to play new UEFA member Gibraltar because of a sovereignty dispute with the British territory.

William Gallas

REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Keshi sacked as Nigeria put ‘consortium’ in charge

Reuters

CAPE TOWN - Stephen Keshi has been removed as head coach of Nigeria and replaced by a “consortium” of coaches for the side’s final two African Nations Cup qualifiers next month.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed the move in a statement on Thursday, despite Keshi leading the Super Eagles to a 3-1 victory over Sudan in Abuja

the previous evening, a result that got their qualification campaign back on track.

The consortium will be led by Shaibu Amodu, who returns to the helm for a fifth time, having qualified the side for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa before being replaced by Swede Lars Lagerback.

Salisu Yusuf, Gbenga Ogunbote and Aloysius Agu are the other coaches involved in the group to

lead the reigning African champions.

They will be in charge for next month’s final two qualifiers -- away at Congo and home to South Africa -- but will then be replaced by an overseas coach, the NFF also confirmed.

“The committee, unanimously, praised the contributions of the technical crew of the senior national team, led by Stephen Keshi, to the glorious accomplishments

of the team in the past three years and hailed Keshi, Daniel Amokachi and Ike Shorounmu as true national heroes,” the NFF statement said.

“However, in the interest of Nigeria football and the desire to ensure qualification for the 2015 African Nations Cup finals, the committee decided to relieve them of their duties with immediate effect.”

Keshi, a former captain of the national team, led the side to the 2013 Nations Cup title in South

Africa and also qualified the Super Eagles for the World Cup in Brazil this year, where they reached the second round before losing to France.

Nigeria’s victory over Sudan left them four points behind leaders South Africa and three behind second-placed Congo in their qualification group with the top two sides, as well as the best third-place finisher, advancing to the finals in Morocco.

IBP/ist

Gallas calls it quits at 37 Reuters

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi celebrates his goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Rayo Vallecano and FC Barcelona at the Vallecas stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014.

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Bekim Balaj (centre R) of Albania takes a flag depicting so-called Greater Albania, an area covering all parts of the Balkans where ethnic Albanians live, which was flown over the pitch during their Euro 2016 Group I qualifying soccer match against Serbia at the FK Partizan stadium in Belgrade October 14, 2014.

PARIS - Former France defender William Gallas has announced his retirement, bringing to an end a decorated 19year professional career, he said on Thursday. “You tell yourself you can always continue but I think that today I can’t,” the 37-year-old centre back told TV channel L’Equipe 21 in an interview to be aired later on Thursday.

Gallas, who started his professional career at Caen in 1995, won 84 caps for France and scored five goals, including the controversial strike in Les Bleus’s 2-1 playoff win against Ireland that earned the side a

Russia’s World Cup budget feeling squeeze

Associated Press

MOSCOW — Russia’s budget for hosting the 2018 World Cup may face a squeeze as the ruble’s fall against the U.S. dollar makes imported construction materials more expensive, according to the head of the organizing committee.

The ruble has fallen by almost a third against the dollar since the

start of the year, accompanied by a fall in the price of oil, a crucial factor for Russia’s state budget.

Organizing committee leader Alexei Sorokin told local media on Wednesday they “can’t do without” purchases from abroad in World Cup construction but will try to replace some imported goods with local production.

Sorokin said the Russian government has “no big desire” to

raise the budget to compensate for the ruble’s fall, and that spending cuts are off the menu.

“It would be a different World Cup, or not even a World Cup at all” if cuts are made to the budget, Sorokin said. “There’s nothing left to be cut.”

The World Cup budget is 664 billion rubles ($16 billion), mostly from public funds, although the headline budget figure does

not include commitments by state companies to build many new transport links.

When Russia won the right to host the tournament in 2010, President Vladimir Putin said it would cost around $10 billion.

Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko sounded a warning on costs Wednesday when he said that projected increases for the planned stadium in the city of

2010 World Cup berth.

Gallas poked the home from close range after being set up by Thiery Henry, who had clearly handled the ball to prevent it from going out of play. He also played the 2006 World Cup final which France lost on penalties to Italy.

After playing for Olympique Marseille from 1997-2001, Gallas left for Chelsea, where he won back-to-back Premier League titles in 2005 and 2006.

He moved to Arsenal in 2006 before joining another North London club, Tottenham Hotspur, in 2010. Last October, Gallas signed a one-year deal with Perth Glory in Australia’s A-League.

Kaliningrad, one of 12 World Cup arenas, “don’t satisfy” the government.

Sorokin suggested the Kaliningrad stadium should be moved to another location in the city, away from its current site on an island, where soft ground is reportedly likely to inflate building costs. The issue must be solved by the end of the week, Sorokin was quoted as saying.

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Wizards beat Israel’s Maccabi Haifa 101-95

Les Waterfall SINGARAJA - Les waterfall is located in Les village, 38 kilometer south to Singaraja, in the north Bali. The waterfall is overlooking green hills and untouched nature. The height is about 30 meters.

In addition, Les Village is also famous for its very amazing beach with its magnificent underwater world view.

Located some 90 kilometers north of Denpasar, Les is blessed with a majestic waterfall and rich underwater scenery at its beach.

The best way to reach Les is by rented or private car or motorcycle, so visitors can stop where they want to take photos.

The shortest route from Denpasar to Les is through Gianyar and Kintamani, where visitors can stop to enjoy the wonderful Lake Batur and mountain views while sipping hot Balinese coffee outside Pura Puncak Panulisan, a temple.

The waterfall is about 1 kilometer from the village’s main road. Visitors can park at the entrance gate, where a few shops sell snacks and souvenirs, before walking along a path to an open area next to a wide river, with a small stream of water and huge rocks.

After crossing the river, a similar footpath leads to the waterfall.

The 30-meter-high waterfall has a perfect slope so the water from the river jumps from one rock to another before eventually hitting the bottom of the land more gently.

Visitors can stand under the waterfall and enjoy the sensation of a natural massage of the water pounding on their head, neck and back while trying to become one with the surroundings and listening to the great voice of the waterfall.

Friday, October 17, 2014

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Otto Porter scored 19 points and Kevin Seraphin had 18 points and 12 rebounds to help the Washington Wizards beat Israel’s Maccabi Haifa 101-95 in an exhibition game Wednesday.

Nene and Paul Pierce rested for the Wizards (4-1) and John Wall sat after the first quarter.

Glen Rice Jr., who started for the injured Bradley Beal, didn’t

return after spraining his right ankle in the third quarter. Porter added eight rebounds —five offensive — and had four steals and four assists.

Dagan Yivzori led Maccabi with 23 points, going 7 of 8 from 3-point range. Maccabi made 12 3-pointers, including eight in the first half when it took a 55-54 lead. Washington took the lead for good at 94-91 on Damion James’ 3-point play with 3:21 remaining.

AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

In this Feb. 19, 2011 photo, visitors play with a sled in front of the sign for Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic in Pyeongchang, east of Seoul, South Korea.

2018 Olympic ceremonies to be held in Pyeongchang Associated Press

SEOUL — Pyeongchang organizers have scrapped plans to stage the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2018 Winter Olympic outside of the host city.

Lee Jong-deok, South Korea’s minister for culture, sports and tourism, provincial mayor Choi Moon-soon and 2018 Olympic organizing committee president Cho Yang-ho met this week to decide whether or not to renovate an existing sports stadium in nearby Gangneung to stage the ceremonies or build a new facility in Pyeongchang.

The culture ministry later released a statement saying “the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies ... will be built in Pyeongchang. After the games, the relevant parties will discuss how to make use of the facility.” The new Pyeongchang venue will have a capacity of 40,000.

South Korea President Park Geun-hye met with senior Interna-

tional Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach in Seoul last month and agreed to closer cooperation between the federal government, the IOC and the local organizing committee.

The meeting was held just weeks after South Korean businessman Cho Yang-ho was brought in to take over the organizing committee as the replacement for Kim Jin-sun, who resigned suddenly.

Kim’s departure sparked media speculation that he may have been fired amid concerns about construction delays and domestic sponsorship problems.

AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Maccabi Haifa guard Brody Angley (5) goes under the basket to shoot as Washington Wizards center DeJuan Blair (45) defends during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, in Washington.

New Ferrari chief vows to ‘kick ass’

Ferrari’s new chairman Sergio Marchionne says his Formula 1 team’s new chiefs must “kick ass” to get back to the front of the grid. In the week when former chairman Luca di Montezemolo stepped down from his role, Marchionne has made clear that urgent action is needed at Maranello.

He says there is no option but for

the outfit to take risks to push itself forward - even if it opens up for the way for mistakes along the way.

“We’ve got to kick some ass and we’ve got to do it quickly,” said Marchionne, in an exclusive interview with AUTOSPORT’s sister publication Autocar. “It takes what it takes. We might screw up,

but we’ve got nothing to lose, right?

Let’s risk something.”

Marchionne reckons that Ferrari has run out of excuses for not achieving F1 success in recent years, and believes its poor form at its home Italian Grand Prix set alarm bells ringing. “I keep getting reminded that racing is not a

science, that a number of factors influence performance,” he said.

“And then I go to Monza and see that the first six cars are not Ferrari or powered by a Ferrari engine, and my blood pressure just popped.”

As he sets about big changes for the road car company, Marchionne openly admits that his priority is mak-

ing Ferrari successful in F1 again.

“That continues to be my main objective in terms of Ferrari going forward,” he explained. “A nonwinning Ferrari on the Formula 1 track is not Ferrari. “I can live with periods of bad luck, but it cannot become a structural element of the brand.”

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Nepal blizzard, avalanche death toll rises to 25

Associated Press

KATMANDU — Search and rescue teams flying on army helicopters spotted the bodies of eight more trekkers killed in a series of blizzards and avalanches that have hit central Nepal in recent days, raising the death toll in the region to 25, officials said Thursday.

About 70 people were still missing along or near the popular Annapurna trail, said Ganga Sagar Pant of the Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal, and the death toll there was expected to rise.

The route, 160 kilometers (100 miles) northwest of the capital, Katmandu, was filled with international hikers because October is peak trekking season, when the air is clear and the weather is cool. There were also many Nepalese on the trails because of local festivals. At least 12 people died when they were caught in a sudden blizzard Tuesday in the Thorong La pass area.

As the weather improved, rescue workers recovered the bodies of four hikers — two Poles, an Israeli and a Nepali — from around Thorong La.

Two trekkers from Hong Kong and 12 Israelis were airlifted Wednesday to Katmandu, where they were being treated at Shree Birendra Hospital.

The blizzard, the tail end of a cyclone that hit the Indian coast a few days ago, appeared to contribute to an avalanche Wednesday that killed at least eight people in Phu village in the neighboring Manang district. The dead included one Indian and four Canadian trekkers as well as three villagers, said government official Devendra Lamichane. The villagers’ bodies were recovered Wednesday, he said.

But digging out the foreigners’ bodies, which are buried in up to two meters (6 ½ feet) of snow, will take days, he said. Three Canadian trekkers who survived the avalanche were tak-

en by helicopter to a shelter in a nearby village. No update was immediately available on their condition.

Meanwhile, authorities said five climbers were killed in a separate avalanche some 75 kilometers (46 miles) to the west, at the base camp for Mount Dhaulagiri. The climbers, two Slovaks and three Nepali guides, were preparing to scale the 8,167meter (26,800-foot) -high peak, the world’s seventh tallest, said Gyanedra Shrestha of Nepal’s mountaineering department. Their bodies were recovered Thursday. An avalanche in April just above the base camp on Mount Everest killed 16 Nepalese guides, the deadliest single disaster on the mountain. Climate experts say rising global temperatures have contributed to avalanches in the Himalayas.

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PRETORIA, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius must “pay for what he’s done” and his apology to the family of the girlfriend he killed was not sincere, a cousin of Reeva Steenkamp testified Thursday.

Kim Martin spoke on the fourth day of the sentencing portion of the double-amputee Olympian’s trial.

Following the testimony, which is expected to end this week, Judge Thokozile Masipa will rule on what punishment Pistorius must serve after convicting him of culpable homicide for shooting Steenkamp through a toilet door in his home.

“My lady, I really believe the accused, Mr. Pistorius, needs to pay for what he’s done,” Martin testified before the red-robed judge.

“My family are not seeking revenge,” Martin said. “We just feel to take somebody’s life, to shoot somebody behind the door who is unarmed, who is harmless, needs sufficient punishment.”

Pistorius was acquitted of murder for the Feb. 14, 2013 killing and found guilty of the lesser crime of negligent killing. Masipa has wide latitude when deciding on a sentence for culpable homicide, and could order a suspended sentence and a fine, house arrest, or send him to prison for up to 15 years.

Defense lawyers have argued for a sentence of three years of house arrest with community service.

In the first part of the sentencing

hearing, they called a psychologist and social workers, who said that Pistorius should not go to prison because of his ongoing emotional suffering. They also said his disability as a double amputee who needs prosthetic legs would leave him vulnerable in jail.

Chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel has called suggestions of a house arrest sentence as “shockingly inappropriate” and wants Pistorius to be sent to prison.

Martin, the cousin, said a prison sentence would be appropriate for Pistorius and that she understood the rehabilitation program in jail to be humane and dignified, contrary to allegations by one of the social workers who testified for the defense. In her sometimes emotional testimony, Martin said many people had suffered because of Pistorius, including his own family, and that a sentence that excludes jail time would encourage the athlete to “feel within himself that what he’s done is all right.”

Zach Modise, the acting national commissioner for correctional services, testified after Martin, saying that the South African prison system compared favorably with prisons he had visited in Britain and the United States. He acknowledged problems such as overcrowding and gang activity, but said officials had made progress in combatting those problems and that some prison facilities can cater to disabled criminals, including Pistorius. “We will be able to accomodate him,” Modise said.

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Myanmar jails 3 journalists for leadership report

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YANGON — A Myanmar court sentenced a media owner, publisher and three journalists to two years in prison Thursday in the latest ruling to raise concerns about press freedoms in the country emerging from military rule.

The July 7 article in the privatelyrun Bi Mon Te journal reported about

an activist group that claimed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and ethnic political leaders had formed an interim government.

The Pabaedan township court found two editors, one reporter and the journal’s publisher and owner guilty of violating Article 505 (B) of the criminal law, which prohibits publishing statements that could cause public alarm. The journal was suspended

since the five were indicted.

Under a half-century of dictatorship, Myanmar regularly banned dissent and imprisoned journalists and other critics of the ruling junta. Despite dramatic changes since 2011, when a new nominally civilian government came to power, journalists are increasingly being arrested and imprisoned, some with sentences of up to 10 years in prison with hard labor.

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In this photo provided by the Nepalese army, soldiers carry an avalanche victim before he is airlifted in Thorong La pass area, Nepal, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014.

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He argued that many accommodations whose permit had the classification of budget hotel, but offered the quality of star hotels. “This must be observed by the government. Messy condition like this will continue to happen if there is no decisiveness of the government, while the solution is by giving a role and authority to tourism associations, such as the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) in the provision of accommodation permit together with the government,” he said.

A tourism business practitioner of Bali, Ketut Ardana, also revealed the rampant development of budget hotels in the Bali region causing the decline in hotel occupancy rate. “Such decline has been predicted in advance. The main cause is the widespread issuance of permit without regard to capacity,” said Ardana.

He said the construction of star hotels in Badung and Denpasar quite disturbed the occupancy rate because the growth rate of the accommodation and visits experienced inequality. “As a result, the hotels sell their rooms at low rates to meet the target of occupancy. This needs to be aware so that Bali tourism is not a cheap tourism,” he said.

This Chairman of the Association of Indonesia Tour and Travel Agencies (ASITA) of Bali Chapter hoped the local government to tighten the permit and dare to restrain the rate of growth and not merely think of the regionally generated revenue (PAD).

Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali also noted. The number of foreign travelers spending holidays in Bali reached 361,066 people (Jul 2014), while the occupancy rate of hotels slumped 1.04 points to 61.4 percent compared to the same period last year reaching 62.44 percent. (kmb27)

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MPR leaders hold closes-door meeting with Megawati

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JAKARTA - The People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) leaders held a closed-door meeting with former president and general chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Megawati Soekarnoputri on Thursday.

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The People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) leaders held a closed-door meeting with former president and general chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Megawati Soekarnoputri on Thursday.

The MPR leadership that comprised chairman Zulkifli Hasan, and deputy chairmen Oesman Sapta Odang, EE Mangindaan, and Mahyudin arrived at the Megawati’s residence on Teuku Umar Street in Central Jakarta at 10.30 a.m. local time.

PDIP Deputy Secretary General Hasto Kristianto said Megawati met the MPR leadership in her capacity as the country’s fifth president.

During the meeting, Megawati

was accompanied by PDIP Deputy Secretary General Ahmad Basarah and Chief of the PDIP Central Executive Board Puan Maharani, Hasto said.

Earlier, Zulkifli extended invitations to several figures and political party leaders including Megawati to attend the inauguration of president-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and vice president-elect Jusuf Kalla on October 20, 2014.

On Wednesday (Oct 15), the MPR

leadership met with General Chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Hatta Rajasa and General Chairman of the Golkar Party Abu Rizal Bakrie.

Later in the evening, the MPR leadership, along with House of Representatives (DPR) Chairman Setya Novanto and Regional Representative Council (DPD) Chairman Irman Gusman met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to extend an invitation to the presidential inauguration.

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to advancing the country.

The chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), Zulkifli Hasan, has also called on all parties in the country to unite and stop all kinds of prejudice in connection with the inauguration of president-elect Jokowi and vice president-elect Jusuf Kalla on October 20.

“All elements must stop prejudices regarding the inauguration of president-elect and vice presidentelect,” he said.

He said the inauguration event was a national agenda so that it must be made successful.

He assured that no sabotage and boycott would happen as rumored so far.

Following the presidential election the nation had been split with the Great Indonesia coalition of parties supporting Jokowi controlling the executive while the Red-White coalition supporting Prabowo Subianto controlling the parliament.

Yudhoyono calls for full support to Jokowi

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed hope that all parties would give full and sincere support to president-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to run his future government.

“Help our next president fully so that he can carry out his tasks well,” he said at a cabinet meeting on Thursday.

President Yudhoyono is scheduled to hand over his post to Jokowi on October 20 after holding the office for two five-year terms.

Jokowi was the winner of the presidential election last July 9, beating his rival Prabowo Subianto. President Yudhoyono was not allowed to take part in the election by law because he has been in the post for two terms.

President Yudhoyono said that the future challenge to be faced by the new president was not light as the impact of current political competition would still linger on for some time in the future.

In view of that he said wisdom and good efforts need to be taken to unite various national elements who are not still apart.

President Yudhoyono also expressed hope that all state institutions could maintain tolerance, solidarity and harmony with regard

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed hope that all parties would give full and sincere support to presidentelect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to run his future government.

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NEW YORK - US and European stock markets sank Wednesday in a sea of worry over slowing global growth, a rising risk of eurozone deflation and the spreading Ebola epidemic. Fear gripped investors after poor US economic data raised concerns that the US economy, at the moment a bright spot in the fragile global economy, may be succumbing to the eurozone’s woes and China’s slowdown. market analyst at Trustnet Direct.

Wall Street opened sharply lower after the Commerce Department reported US retail sales dropped 0.3 percent in September, the first decline in seven months.

US producer prices fell in September for the first time since August 2013, pulled lower by falling energy and food prices, the Labor Department said in a report offering fresh evidence of weak inflationary pressures in the modestly growing economy.

“The very bad US figures are just adding to all the bad news we’ve had in Europe over the past few weeks,” said Saxo Banque analyst Andrea Tueni.

US stock indices then cut their losses but plunged again midday, soon after US health officials warned of more potential Ebola cases after a second health care worker in Dallas was diagnosed with the virus.

In foreign exchange deals, the dollar fell after the weak US data appeared to suggest the Federal Reserve could keep its near-zero interest rate policy longer than the mid2015 timeline for a rate hike that had been expected.

The euro rose to $1.2834 around 2100 GMT from $1.2663 at the same time Tuesday in New York. The dollar fell to 105.91 yen from 107.02 yen the prior day.

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Ongol-ongol Cake, a delicacy for all

US, European stocks sink amid economic, Ebola worries Wall Street stocks finished a turbulent day in the red, paring losses from a huge midday drop spurred by worries over global economic weakness and the Ebola epidemic.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 173.45 points (1.06 percent) to finish at 16,141.74. The blue-chip index had fallen more than 400 points earlier in the session.

The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 15.21 (0.81 percent) to 1,862.49, while the Nasdaq Composite Index lost 11.85 (0.28 percent) at 4,215.32.

The main indices were in negative territory throughout the session, with swings in stocks accompanied by big moves in other markets. Equity markets in Britain, France and Germany closed more than two percent lower, while yields on US Treasury bonds also sank below key benchmarks before rallying.

London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index dived 2.83 percent to 6,211.64, its lowest close since June 2013.

Frankfurt’s DAX 30 lost 2.87 percent and in Paris the CAC 40 sank 3.63 percent.

“Ultimately we have a heady mix of economic and geopolitical woes... Today has been an assault on all fronts and looking at the bloodbath that’s out there, you could be excused for thinking Halloween had come along two weeks early,” said Tony Cross,

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Divine Mekori Temple in Silent Forest

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A man and woman walk through a shopping district in Beijing Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. China’s banks stepped up their lending in September, the central bank announced Thursday, but analysts said more monetary easing was needed to bolster the weakening economy.

China bank lending picks up in September Agence France-Presse

SHANGHAI - China’s banks stepped up their lending in September, the central bank announced Thursday, but analysts said more monetary easing was needed to bolster the weakening economy.

Domestic banks extended 857.2 billion yuan ($139.9 billion) in new loans, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) said in a statement, up more than a fifth from the 702.5 billion yuan lent in August.

The September figure also beat a median forecast of 745 billion yuan from a Wall Street Journal poll of 15 economists.

Analysts attributed the rebound in new lending to China’s “targeted” easing introduced earlier this year, which included cuts in reserve requirements for some banks.

Last month also saw the PBoC pump 500 billion yuan into the country’s top five banks in a bid to boost lending to small businesses and kickstart the economy.

“New loans have recovered to the normal level, probably reflecting the ongoing targeted easing by the PBoC,” ANZ economists Liu Ligang and Zhou Hao wrote in a research note.

But total social financing, a broader gauge of credit in the overall economy, remained “lukewarm”, they said.

Social financing stood at 1.05 trillion yuan for September, the PBoC said, down from 1.4 trillion yuan for the same month a year ago.

“This suggested that the de-leveraging of shadow banking activity continues,” ANZ said.

Authorities have sought to crack down on “shadow banking” -- a huge network of lending outside formal channels and beyond the reach of regulators, including activities by online finance platforms, credit guarantee companies and microcredit firms.

“Credit demand from the real economy remains weak,” Ma Xiaoping, Beijing-based economist for British bank HSBC, told AFP.

“There’s room for further easing on the policy front, and the central bank is more likely inclined to the targeted approach,” she said.

Separately, the central bank also said China’s foreign exchange reserves slipped to $3.89 trillion at the end of September, from $3.99 trillion at the end of June.

China has the world’s largest foreign exchange reserves, the bulk of which are believed to be held in US dollars.

Analysts said the decline was unexpected, but were divided over the possible reason.

ANZ said it might have been caused by the central bank selling US dollar reserves.

“It appears that China’s central bank (has) sold USD reserves, reflecting the PBoC’s intention to reduce its foreign reserve assets,” it said.

But Capital Economics suggested the fall did not mean the PBoC had started to offload part of its reserves, saying the change was caused by a weaker euro and Japanese yen.

TABANAN - The temples established in Tabanan are always synonymous with prosperity as the public Mekori Temple located at Blimbing, Pupuan. This temple perches in the middle of a protected forest so that it is somewhat unique. Aside from jutting into the forest, the temple area is also inhabited by a swarm of monkeys. No inscriptions or other authentic evidence are found related to the establishment of the temple.

According to the temple priest, Jero Mangku Gede Pan Sari, 75, the information related to Mekori Temple was just based the story inherited through generations. It was believed the temple had existed since 1002 AD. It related to the commencement of local customary village. Story regarding the temple was only the discourse obtained from the previous ancestors, revealed the temple priest claiming as the eleventh generation.

The Mekori Temple had a number shrines, such as the Ida Luhur Mas Kori, Yayu Mas Sari, Ida Bagus Made Mentang Yuda as forest ruler, the Puseh Penataran, Putra Luhur Mas Kari, Puseh Mengkep, Petamanan, Penyimpenan and Padmasana. Then, there was also the Ratu Nyoman Sakti shrines believed to be a forest ranger.

Before saying prayers to the temple, every pilgrim was obliged to worship in

DENPASAR - Ongol-ongol cake is one of the Balinese cakes commonly made by the Hindu community. By and large, this soft cake is in place of breakfast of farmers before heading to rice field. This cake can also alternatively serve as desserts after farmers conduct a mutual assistance of planting rice. The ongol-ongol cake is widely sold in traditional markets, pastry shops and supermarkets.

The ingredients in use are very simple where the main one is sago flour containing carbohydrates. At this moment, Bali is not a major producer of sago, but this kind of cake appropriate for morning diet can still be encountered. Aside from sago, the other ingredients required are grated coconut, brown sugar, granulated sugar, pandan leaves and salt.

In other regions of Indonesia, probably there are similar cakes

this outermost shrine. More uniquely, every day the pilgrim should not necessarily go into the main temple in the forest because there had been a small shrine built on the roadside. Therefore, the pilgrims only needed to park their vehicle and say prayers in this shrine.

According to Jero Mangku Gede Pan Sari, the piodalan or anniversary of the temple fell on Buda Kliwon Gumbreg. Every day, many pilgrims dropped in and said prayers in the small shrine. The small shrine was embellished with two tiger statues believed to be the guardian of the deities abiding in the Mekori Temple. Supporting devotees of the Mekori Temple consisted of various clan generations such as the Kebayan Wongaya, Dalem Benculuk, Sidatapa and others. (kmb)

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Kindle your adrenaline at Mengesta Village IBP

Mengesta village is not only beautiful to look at because of its cool nature, but also famous for challenging adventure by using all-terrain vehicle (ATV). The adventurers from different parts of the world are used to conquer the winding and steep route.

Even, once spending holidays on the island, they try more than once because it is really absorbing. One of the operators offering this kind of adventure at this location is Bali By Guard. It is located at Kedampal

hamlet, Mengesta village, Penebel subdistrict, Tabanan, or about 45 km northwest of Denpasar. By riding the ATV tourists are invited to explore the countryside, see terraced rice fields as well as local cultural activities.

Riding the ATV here requires a technique and intelligence to complete each route. At least, there are four routes where each of which has its own uniqueness. The route passes through the village in the midst of the activities of local residents, muddy subak area with terraced rice fields,

moor and river with swift streams. It is really spurring the adrenaline. Activities of rural people become the companion on the way because almost all the people are friendly and nice. They include the local farmers cultivating the farmland. The distance to be covered is more than 5 km and may take about 1.5 hours to 2 hours with three stopovers.

After halfway, all the participants are invited to relax amidst the subak area with verdant rice fields. Chatting in a small hut while drinking coffee, tea or mineral water

to the ongol-ongol, but the local people of Bali make it as the way they prepare porridge. First of all, they are boiling water. While waiting for the water to boil, the sago flour is mixed with water and stirred until it blends finely.

Add salt to taste and then filter it.

After that, pour it into the boiling water.

To cook it, the sago flour should be stir thoroughly. Having formed porridge, pour it into a mold. The second process is to prepare sugar sauce. Mix a sufficient amount of brown sugar with granulated sugar and add some water and pandan leaf. Cook them until the sugar dissolves.

Then, remove and filter it.

Furthermore, peel and grate the coconut flesh. To serve, the cooked and cool sago flour is cut into small pieces or to taste.

Then, put the pieces of cake onto a piece of banana leaf neatly and then sprinkle with grated coconut and top them with sugar sauce. Now, it is ready to serve.

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with refreshment can elevate a very beautiful experience. Or you can sit together with farmers in the rice field while talking about their farmland. During the planting or harvest season, ritual activities can spice up your adventure in the countryside. Balinese girls passing in traditional attire with the background of Mount Batukaru become a nice spectacle. In school holiday season, local children are bathing in the pristine river with crystal clear water exuberantly.

Hunting dragonfly or dragonfly nymph and eel are some activities they like best.

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Municipal Police inspects internet cafés, rent rooms Bali Post

BANGLI - The Bangli Municipal Police are currently conducting raids more intensively on a number of internet cafés and rental rooms in Bangli. This measure is taken as a precaution as well as an effort to eliminate social diseases, especially those committed by students. Besides, this, it is also a response to the case of pornography videos being made by unscrupulous students in an internet café booth some time ago.

The Head of the Bangli Municipal Police, Dewa Agung Suryadarma, said on Wednesday (Oct 15) that the raids carried out by his party until now had been more focused on the internet cafés and rental rooms used by students considering that these locations were quite prone to moral and legal offenses. “We do this to prevent rampant free sex among the students,” he explained. However, the police raids also allow for a certain amount of supervision of the presence of migrants in Bangli.

Presently the raids, that are held twice a week, target the area around the Uma Aya LC and the surrounding areas. Other than at night, the raid are also held during school hours during which time many students were suspected of playing truant and choosing to hang out in internet cafés or rental rooms.

Dewa Suryadarma said that in all the time that the raids have been held, his party has never found any students committing negative acts either in the internet cafés or in rental houses.

“When we raided, there were indeed school children found in the rental house. But they were not with a partner. When asked, they agreed to return to school at noon, saying they were only missing gym class.

“So far we have not found any violations,” he added. Nevertheless, his party will continue to conduct regular raids in order to anticipate potential negative deeds committed by students.

Aside from conducting raids, his party also stresses to rental house owners the need to continuously supervise their occupants. (ina)

Parking space of garbage trucks shabby Bali Post

NEGARA - The parking lot at the SMAN 2 Negara high school has been looking shabby lately. Rubbish of dried leaves is scattered in the unused area of the buildin. Ironically, the area is use as a parking space of garbage trucks belonging to the Jembrana Environment, Sanitation and Landscaping Agency when they are not in operation.

Unfortunately, when the trucks are not parked there, the place is not cleaned up despite the scattered rubbish which has piled up there.

There in fact, there are still some offices in use around the parking lot, such as the SMAN 2 Negara and the National and Political Unity Office (Kesbangpol). Based on informal reports, the parking lot was formerly used to park the buses of SMAN 2 Negara. After the buses were moved, the location was then used to park garbage trucks. As seen on Wednesday (Oct 15), the parking lot was filled with foliage garbage and looked shabby when the trucks were in

operation.

When the parking lot is empty, it is used for marching drills, by the students of SMAN 2 , Negara, who seem willing to roll over on the foliage while exercising.

The building located just north of the parking space is currently empty. Prior to being empty, the building was used as a training center. The building beside it was used by the National and Political Unity Office.

As a result, the National and Political Unity Office nearby felt the impact of the rubbish.

Although they rarely utilized the land, sometimes its personnel participated in cleaning it up.

However, they were eventually overwhelmed and the felt that the other parties using the area should also clean it. Moreover, it was becoming a sanitation issue.

Meanwhile, the Head of Jembrana Environment, Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, I Wayan Darwin, was asked to confirm these facts. When contacted by phone last Wednesday afternoon, his mobile phone was inactive. (kmb26)

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Mexico widens search for 43 missing students

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A woman complains to police about an occupied intersection by pro-democracy student protesters in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014.

The fire which happen at Biaung landfill at Ped village last week is seen in the pciture

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Impact of drought

Landfill in Nusa Penida on fire Bali Post

SEMARAPURA – Evidently, prolonged drought did not only result in a clean water crisis for the people of Nusa Penida. It also sparked fire at Biaung landfill at Ped village last week. Such conditions were complained about by residents of the surrounding area, who found the thick smoke arising from the fire very disturbing.

Such conditions were confirmed by the unit head of the Nusa Penida Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, Desak Gede Suastini, when contacted on Wednesday (Oct 15).

She said that the fire broke out as a result of extreme weather in Nusa Penida in recent months. Used plastic, bottles and gas lighter waste were the trigger for the fire. The dry condition of the landfill caused the fire to quickly spread to other parts of the landfill. The fire continued to expand and almost burned the entire landfill area, spread across approximately 1.85 hectares. It is the only landfill for the community in the coastal area of Nusa Penida.

As a result of the fire, local residents do not dare to use it to dispose of rubbish as they did before.

Suastini said he has made various

efforts to extinguish the fire which continues to grow. Her party even teamed up with the local unit of the Municipal Waterworks (PDAM).

However, their efforts were in vain because the pile of garbage was quite thick. “This situation has been going on since the last week.

It’s very difficult to extinguish the fire,” she explained. With such a vast area and thick piles of burning garbage, she said it was impossible to be extinguished by water from the Municipal Waterworks and the fire brigade. According to her, the fire at the landfill could only be extinguished by rain over two consecutive days. Unlortunately, so far it there has been no rain in that archipelagic territory. Thus, as of Wednesday the fire continues to burn.

Nevertheless, her party asserted that they continued there efforts to diminish the fire and smoke being generated.. Headman of Ped, I Ketut Karya, when contacted on Wednesday (Oct 15) also said that the fire at Biaung landfill needed to be addressed immediately. He acknowledged that a large number of people had complained about the problem. The Ped community was feeling anxious, especially at night because they were not able to rest peacefully due to the nuisance of the smoke. The radius of the disturbing smoke, from the Biaung landfill, was becoming more widespread, reaching all the way to SMKN 1 Nusa Penida vocational school, a distance of about 200 meters from the site of the fire.

I Ketut Karya requested all relevant parties to immediately take real steps. So far, all efforts made by the village, Municipal Waterworks and Sanitation and Landscaping Agency have been fruitless. “We are very concerned about the fate of our people around the landfill,” he complained. (kmb31)

Hong Kong leader ready to meet with students Associated Press

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader said Thursday he is ready to start talks with student pro-democracy protest leaders as soon as next week, suggesting a breakthrough in a political crisis that has seen activists taking over the city’s key business districts for almost three weeks. But Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying reiterated that Beijing will not retract election restrictions that protesters oppose, raising questions whether the proposed meeting can overcome the vast differences between the two sides.

“As long as students or other sectors in Hong Kong are prepared to focus on this issue, yes we are ready, we are prepared to start the dialogue,” he told reporters. “This is why over the past few days ... we expressed the wish to students that we’d like to start the dialogue to discuss universal suffrage as soon as we can, and hopefully within the following week.”

Leung did not directly respond to questions about when police will move in to clear out protesters, who have taken over major roads and streets in the city’s business districts since Sept. 28 to press for a greater say in choosing the city’s leader in the territory’s first direct

elections. He said authorities have tolerated the civil disobedience movement until now but it “cannot go on indefinitely.”

“Going forward, we cannot allow the occupying of streets to have a negative impact on Hong Kong society. Police will use appropriate methods to deal with this problem,” he said.

Authorities angered protesters when they called off a scheduled meeting with student leaders last week, saying talks were unlikely to produce constructive results.

Protesters oppose the Chinese central government’s ruling that a committee stacked with pro-Beijing elites should screen candidates in

the territory’s first direct elections, promised in 2017. That effectively means that Beijing can vet the nominees before they go a public vote. Leung stressed that Beijing’s position will not change — but there is scope for negotiations in how the committee that nominates candidates is formed.

“In the second round of consultation, we can still listen to everyone’s views. There is still room to discuss issues including the exact formation of the nomination committee,” he said.

Tensions between the two sides have escalated in the past few days, as riot police armed with pepper spray and batons moved to clear activists from the occupied streets.

Public anger over the aggressive tactics used by police erupted Wednesday after local TV showed several officers taking a protester around a dark corner and kicking him repeatedly on the ground.

Police said it will investigate, and seven officers allegedly involved in the incident have been reassigned.

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TIXTLA, Mexico — Mexican police sent horse-mounted patrols and officers with trained dogs up into the hills around the city of Iguala on Wednesday in an expanded search for 43 college students missing since a clash with police last month.

The stepped-up hunt was ordered after investigators determined that 28 sets of human remains recovered from a mass grave discovered outside Iguala last weekend were not those of any of the youths who haven’t been seen since being confronted by police in that city Sept. 26.

Forensics examinations were focusing on a second set of clandestine graves and a third site where another burial pit was found this week. A federal official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to reveal the information, said another such site was found Wednesday near Iguala and experts were working to determine its extent.

The digging that continued Wednesday threatened to reveal even greater horrors in the gangcontrolled countryside of the southern state of Guerrero. Each search has turned up more hidden graves, raising the question of how many people have been secretly killed by the area’s drug gangs, apart from those kidnapped.

The wooded hillsides that ring Iguala could become a moral swamp for the government, much like the

mass graves discovered in northern Mexico in 2010 that revealed a level of almost unheard-of brutality.

“These lamentable acts are a moment that puts to the test the country’s institutions,” President Enrique Pena Nieto said of the Iguala case in a speech.

From the beginning, there were signs that the first mass grave site, found just a few days after the students disappeared, might have contained the bodies of earlier victims of the Guerreros Unidos drug gang. The gang had ties to the wife of Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca as well as to local police from Iguala and the nearby town of Cocula.

Police from the two towns allegedly turned some of the students over to the drug gang.

On Wednesday, while the families of the disappeared students and a variety of social organizations met separately at the college in Tixtla, four busloads of students drove to join members of a Guerrero teachers union who took control of a highway toll facility between Chilpancingo and Acapulco. Masked protesters politely asked each driver for a 50-peso contribution — slightly less than the usual toll.

Gildardo Ruiz Davila, organizing secretary for the union’s High Mountain region, said such protest actions would continue until the 43 students are returned alive. Asked about the announcement that none of the first 28 bodies found were students, he said, “If the city government had links to the drug traffickers, more bodies might appear.”

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A man stands next to the pictures of missing students posted on a toll booth as students block a main highway to protest the disappearance of 43 missing college students in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2014.

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Fashion Week Tokyo opens with burst of butterflies, kisses

Models display creations designed

by Japanese fashion designer Atsushi Nakashima during the 2015 spring/summer collection at the Tokyo Fashion Week in Tokyo, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014.

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TOKYO - Fashion Week Tokyo was in full swing Tuesday after it opened in a burst of colour and bold prints, with butterflies, kisses, and geometric patterns dominating the first shows.

Hanae Mori, one of Japan’s most internationally acclaimed fashion houses, showcased its first collection by in-demand young designer Yu Amatsu, which featured swarms of butterflies printed onto classic pieces such as shift dresses, jackets and shorts.

Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swin-

ton, known for her avant-garde style, attended the show which opened the 2015 Spring-Summer collections on Monday, with Colombian designer and close friend Haider Ackermann.

Amatsu said: “The name Hanae Mori is very important to me. I simply express what I see myself, through my own filter.

“The main theme for this collection has been butterflies. Albeit there are many types of butterflies, I focused on the Danainae rather than the Swallowtail.”

He added he wanted to express the “powerful daintiness” of the Danainae type of butterfly best seen when they swarm, rather than the

larger Swallowtail, which he said “represented gracefulness”.

Amatsu, who previously worked with Marc Jacobs, will showcase the new collection from his own brand A Degree Farenheit later on Tuesday.

Another opener of the week was DRESSCAMP, which rolled out a pop modern collection with lots of kissmarks and geometric patterns on Monday.

“This season’s inspiration is from the artist, Ultra Violet. I started by thinking what are the

Tory Burch book gives look at what inspires her Associated Press

DALLAS — Tory Burch’s new book is all about color, a compilation of the influences that inspire her, from people to music to art to culture to travel to home design.

“It’s this eclectic mix, and that’s really what our company’s about as well, so it made perfect sense. It was really taking all the references that inspire us,” said Burch told The Associated Press while in Dallas for an event Friday to kick off the release of her first book.

“Tory Burch In Color,” set to be released Tuesday (Abrams), is arranged by color, with each chapter featuring photographs and anecdotes related to a different hue. The New York-based designer said the

book really came together once she decided to arrange it that way.

“After many months of trying to figure out the format we printed out all the pictures and laid them on the floor and I just started to sort it by color and it just really started to take shape and come to life,” Burch said.

The book includes photographs of trips Burch’s parents took and snapshots from vacations with her children, interiors of homes, images of works of art and fashions from her collections. Also featured are music playlists, reading suggestions and interviews with notable people, including Hillary Rodham Clinton and Carolina Herrera.

Burch, who marks the 10th anniversary of her company this year, said color is something that has been

on her mind since she was young.

She recalled wanting a coral or orange bedroom as a young girl. While that never happened, she did realize that dream in a way eventually, by choosing to have orange doors when she opened up her first store.

She said the idea of color relates not just to fashion and design but also accepting all people and living a colorful life. “My parents always really instilled in us: live each moment, be very positive. So color has many different meanings,” said Burch, who notes that 100 percent of the proceeds from the book benefit the Tory Burch Foundation, which the designer established to help empower women through small business loans, mentoring and education.

Actress Jessica Alba, who participated in the Dallas event by engaging Burch in a conversation for the audience, said the book shows “how not just one thing inspires you, but it’s your home, it’s your friends, it’s where you travel, it’s color, it’s pottery, it’s a painting, it’s music, it’s a poem.”

“It’s nice to kind of get a peek inside of Tory’s brain and her heart really.” Alba said.

rules that Ultra Violet has, and built up this collection from that,” said designer Toshikazu Iwaya, referring to a French-born artist who worked with Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol.

Fashion Week Tokyo runs until Sunday, with 48 brands participating, the bulk of them Japanese.

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50 percent of Bali’s export enjoyed by outsiders

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DENPASAR - Export value of commodities from Bali in August 2014 reached USD 38,909,960.

This amount increased by 14.64 percent compared to the same period in the previous year reaching USD 33,941,997. Unfortunately, such increase was not fully enjoyed by Bali. Based on the data of Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali, nearly 50 percent of the Bali’s export was shipped through the harbor outside Bali each year, namely the Tanjung Perak.

“This means that the valueadded proxy or enjoyment created

by Bali’s export through multiplier effect nearly a half of it is enjoyed by other province, in this case East Java,” said the Head of BPS Bali, Panusunan Siregar, in Denpasar.

According to him, the evaporating value-added included the service of warehousing of goods at seaport, container rental services, forklift rental services, boat dock services, ship waveguides services and labor services. The conditions also had an impact on the rising demand for workers due to the increasing amount of goods to be transported.

“It will encourage the proliferation of food, beverages and cigarette vendors to meet the needs of the port workers. Will we let this condition be continuously enjoyed by the neighboring province? Actually,

if all the conditions happen at the seaport of Bali, Balinese people will undoubtedly enjoy it and in turn will improve their welfare,” he said.

He argued that Bali’s export executed through seaports outside Bali occurred because the existing seaport facilities on the island were not adequate. Meanwhile, relying on the commodity delivery via Ngurah Rai Airport would cost expensive for exporters. Actually, the main export commodities of Bali required a larger space, like fish or shrimp, non-knitted apparel, wood products, furniture or home lighting, knitted goods, fish and processed meat, stone objects and plastic goods.

“With the eight types of commodities, Bali can contribute foreign exchange earning averagely 70 percent of the total export each year. On that account, it’s time for Bali to think about the construc-

tion of Bali international seaport to sustain the export potential as well as import activities that of course will give significant value-added,” he suggested.

Moreover, he said if it was associated with the implementation of free trade in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015 and responded to one of the strategies of the Indonesia’s economic development programs. If this could be realized, it was not impossible for Bali to become a seaport export for the commodities of the other regions such as East Java and NTB. “Thus, the endeavor to diversify the economic potential of Bali to the sectors outside the tourism will become a reality. All of these endeavors are meant to improve the welfare of Balinese people in the dignified, independent and sustainable nature,” he concluded. (kmb27)

Drought, many farmers face harvest failure Bali Post

AMLAPURA - In this dry season, the drought truly extends.

Many farmers experienced crop failure and were threatened to face famine. Responding to the fact, a legislator of Karangasem House, I Gede Dana, asked the executive to pay attention to the fate of farmers, Wednesday (Oct 15).

If necessary, in the future the government should allocate a higher budget for the agricultural sector in the broader sense. Until this fiscal year, said Chairman of the PDI-P in the Karangasem House, the budget allocated for the agricultural sector only amounted to some 7 percent or about IDR 10 billion of the total regional budget of Karangasem reaching IDR 1.2 trillion.

Moreover, the budget as much as 7 percent was still mostly used to pay salaries, allowances and fees, expenditures and office stationery.

“The budget really touching small communities and poor farmers is very small. Apparently poor farmers such as cotters are just made into object and never felt a greater regional budget or the increase in the regionally generated revenue of Karangasem,” he said.

According to Gede Dana, in the future the budget allocation for the agricultural sector should be increased to at least 15 percent. The program allocated for the agricultural sector had to actually touch small community and poor farmers.

“They must be provided with subsidies of fertilizer, corn seed, rice

seed or fertilizer aid. Our farmers face many constraints and erratic nature, as well as pest and disease attack. “Farmers are heroes of food providers for many people, so that they should be really helped, and must not only be made into an object of discourse and the development of agriculture only,” he said.

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In this dry season, the drought truly extends. Many farmers experienced crop failure and were threatened to face famine.

Gede Dana said the organic farming program should be realized. He was concerned because many farmers failed to harvest this time. For instance, many farmers at villages like the Nawa Kerti, Pidpid, Ababi and many barren villages in Karangasem grew rice, while the others grew corn. Farmers hoped there was a little rain in August to October, but in fact it did not rain.

As a result, their corn faced crop failure. “Their banana plants also die. Other than due to drought, it was also affected by rotten stem disease previously,” he said.

On the other hand, the hamlet chief of Apadsari, Tulamben village, Wayan Putra, said that local people relied on the crops of cashew kernels. Unfortunately, their cashew tree rarely bore fruit this season.

“Previously, the cashew trees always bear fruit. In this season they are even bizarre, rarely bears fruit.

Farmers have difficulties because they hope to harvest cashew, but they fail. Actually in this dry season they have usually harvested cashew and can buy rice. But in this season they really get famine. Similarly, most banana plants at our village have died due to rotten stem disease,” he said. (013)

ANTARA FOTO/OJT/Sigid Kurniawan

Export value of commodities from Bali in August 2014 reached USD 38,909,960.

This amount increased by 14.64 percent compared to the same period in the previous year reaching USD 33,941,997. Unfortunately, such increase was not fully enjoyed by Bali.

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GIANYAR - Management of museums in Gianyar County needs to be innovative in order to draw public interest, so that people will want to visit the museums. Although the museum is a place of inanimate objects, exibitions can nonetheless include activities to support the objects on display. The existence of museums is expected to provide continuous activities in the tourism development of Gianyar County.

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The visitors are looking at the collection of Bali Museum in Denpasar.

Gianyar. Although several museums only display inanimate objects, there is a plan to encourage innovation in the management of museums so that they will draw more visitors.

Most museums in Gianyar County are managed privately.

Nonetheless, despite being individually owned, they are all managed in such a way to provide an attraction worth visiting.

Meanwhile, the plan to establish a subak museum is getting financial assistance from the central government, which is certainly a good thing. The subak museum to be built near Masceti Beach

with a budget of IDR 1.6 billion is expected to help support tourism activity in the region. Nevertheless, in the future a committed management would be needed to ensure the preservation of the subak area existing around the museum. Clearly the subak museum would be livelier with the support of actual paddy fields in the surrounding area..

According to its function as a museum, the subak museum will accommodate the creativity of the arts as well as serve as a medium of science and research in the development of Gianyar tourism as it relates to rice farming. (kmb16)

To overcome drought

TABANAN – Along with the Telaga Tunjung retention basin, Tabanan will soon have another one, namely the Lambuk retention basin. Its development reamains in the planning stage and is subject to review. If it can be realized, this retention basin is expected to meet the water needs of the community of Tabanan, especially for the people of Selemadeg whose farmland is currently experiencing the most severe drought in the area.

Regional Secretary of the governement of Tabanan, I Nyoman Wirna Ariwangsa, during the massive harvest at Subak Jaka, Kukuh village, Marga, Wednesday (Oct 15), explained that the Lambuk retention basin develop-

ment plan would involve the provincial and central government.

It requires careful planning. “It is still in the planning process,” he said. The Lambuk retention basin would not only hold water from the springs in Tabanan but also hold rainwater.

One of the farmers of Subak Jaka hopes that the function of the retention basin could be reviewed. So far, the use of the retention basin is purely intended for irrigation but may also be used for the Municipal Waterworks, household water usage as well as being exploited for other purposes. Farmers hope water the usage will be managed wisely.

In response to this suggestion, Ariwangsa explained the use of the water basin is first and foremost for public interest and then after that for irrigation. On

that account, the water should be used communally and he agreed that usage should be managed properly so that no parties would be harmed.

Ariwangsa admitted that the discharge of natural springs in Tabanan had begun to diminish, especially during the dry season.

For this reason, the retention basin should not be solely relied on to handle drought. “It is important to keep the forest area as the water binder. Moreover, the forest area in Tabanan is less than 30 percent of the total area,” he said.

He also invited the villagers to grow water binding crops in paddy fields as well as in the surrounding environement.. Maintaining water-binding plants and forests were the main factor in the sustainability of water resources in Tabanan. (kmb24)

DENPASAR - Once again Archipelago International, one of Indonesia’s largest hotel operators, will hold their regional annual cooking and bar mixing competition and job fair in Bali.

The 4th Archipelago Culinary Fest 2014 & Job Fair” will be on Saturday 18th October 2014 at the recently opened Aston Ungasan Hotel & Convention Center bringing together the best chefs, bartenders and barista from Archipelago’s eclectic Bali hotel collection of 16 hotels & villas while a mass recruiting effort in form of a job fair will also be held on the same day from 10.00 AM to 12.00 PM inviting Bali’s brightest to join Archipelago’s growing Indonesian hotel network of more than 100 hotels.

During this year’s competition, emphasis will be set on the ever more popular style of Asian – Western fusion cooking as participating chefs will be given the challenge to present a 2 course meal consistent of a seafood based appetizer and a meat dish as a main course.

While ingredients and time are predetermined, competitors will be encouraged to let their creativity run free. The event also will see a Barista competition which will be following the same ordinances and rules as used for the famous World Barista Championships and a Bartender competition which will be divided into two parts focusing on creative cocktails as well as non-alcoholic mock-tails.

New to this year’s event will be the a fun filled Sambal competition (Chili competition), in which members of the audience will be

8 Sep Kajeng Kliwon Pamelastali/ Watu Gunung Runtuh Pura Penataran Agung Maha Gotra Tirta Harum Sri Srengga Nyalian Banjarrangkan Klungkung 30 Sep Paid-Paidan Pura Dalem Seme Jawa Marga Tabanan

5 Oct Banyu Pinaruh

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

The Telaga Tunjung retention basin

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asked to select Bali’s the best tasting Sambal and a Canape & Light Food exhibition and food tasting.

“We are very fortunate to be able to hold this event again, which is now already in its fourth year. It is meant to showcase the talent of our local chefs and boost their motivation while at the same time intends to raise the profile of Bali’s Food & Beverage Industry in general” said Winston Hanes, Archipelago’s Bali based Regional General Manager.

“Bali is well known for its many high profile fine dining freestanding restaurants but we as a hotel group want to demonstrate that not only luxury establishments but also mid-market and economy hotels can and should focus more on the quality of their restaurant offerings and the training and encouragement of our local, Balinese, talent” he added.

Calendar Event for September 28 through October 28, 2014

1 Oct Urip 2 Oct Patetegan 3 Oct Pengeradanan

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

Tabanan to build another retention basin Bali Post

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Archipelago Intertional to host cooking competition

Museum management needs innovation to draw visitors The Head of Gianyar Government Tourism Office, Anak Agung Ari Brahmanta, revealed this intention after the meeting with the owner of the ARMA Museum Ubud who was awarded the Adikarya Rupa 2014.

As a center of art and culture, Gianyar County had a number of museums, a total seven are registered at present. The eighth, a subak museum will be established this year in the area of Masceti Temple, Medahan village, Blahbatuh.

For a long time, the existence of museums in Gianyar County has played a central role in promoting tourism in

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7 Oct Sabuh Mas

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

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

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

13 Oct Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

18 Oct Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Sidakarya Denpasar

23 Oct Tilem Sasih Kapat

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

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

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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 “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Neil Patrick Harris to host 2015 Oscars Agence France-Presse

LOS ANGELES - Award-winning US stage and screen actor Neil Patrick Harris will host the next Oscars show, organizers announced Wednesday. The star, who has hosted both Broadway’s Tony and TV’s Emmy awards shows in the past, will front the 87th Academy Awards on February 22, said the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The high-profile hosting job is a prime gig in Hollywood, at the climax of its annual awards season. Harris will follow Ellen DeGeneres last year and a who’s who of showbiz over the decades.

“It is truly an honor and a thrill to be asked to host this year’s Academy Awards,” said the star of 2005’s “How I Met Your Mother,” in an Academy statement.

“I grew up watching the Oscars and was always in such awe of some of the greats who hosted the show,” added Har-

ris, whose latest film “Gone Girl” came out this month in the United States.

He added: “To be asked to follow in the footsteps of Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal, Ellen DeGeneres and everyone else who had the great fortune of hosting is a bucket list dream come true.”

Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said: “We are thrilled to have Neil host the Oscars. We have known him his entire adult life, and we have watched him explode as a great performer in feature films, television and stage.

“To work with him on the Oscars is the perfect storm, all of his resources and talent coming together on a global stage,” added the pair, returning for their third Oscars show in a row.

Industry journal Variety noted that, with the Oscars job Harris will have done three of the four so-called EGOT full house of hosting duties -- the Emmys, Oscars and Tonys, with only the Grammys to go.

Harris, who hosted the Tony awards and the Emmys in 2009 and 2013, has been nominated for four Golden Globes and won five Emmys, including four for hosting the Tonys.

The Academy Awards are televised live in more than 225 countries around the globe. Organizers will announce nominations for the Oscars on January 15.

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Unclear, tourist accommodation development in Bali

Three new JK Rowling wizard movies due from 2016 Agence France-Presse

LOS ANGELES - Harry Potter author JK Rowling is working on three new wizard-based movies to be released starting in 2016, studio giant Warner Bros announced Wednesday. The first, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” will be directed by David Yates, who directed the last four “Harry Potter” movies, and reunite the same filmmaking team.

It is described as “set in an extension of her familiar wizarding world, featuring magical creatures and characters inspired by Harry Potter’s Hogwarts

textbook and its fictitious author.”

A second movie is set for release in 2018 and a third in 2020, the studio said. The first movie was announced last month. Rowling, who has sold more than 450 million copies of the Harry Potter books, announced in September that Warner Bros had approached her about doing “Fantastic Beasts.”

“I thought it was a fun idea, but the idea of seeing Newt Scamander, the supposed author of ‘Fantastic Beasts,’ realized by another writer was difficult.

“Having lived for so long in my fictional universe, I feel very protective of

it,” she said, explaining her decision to write the screenplay.

Warner Bros did not announce who will direct or star in any of the three new scheduled films. Rowling’s Harry Potter books -- which were published from 1997 to 2007 and tell the story of the young wizard and his friends at the Hogwarts school of magic -- spawned a string of hit films and the Pottermore website.

The movies made global celebrities of its actors, principally Daniel Radcliffe as Harry, Emma Watson as Hermione Granger and Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley.

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The Indonesian Tourism Intellectuals Association (ICPI) of Bali Chapter complained about the tourist accommodation in Bali that was increasingly unclear. It happened due to uncontrolled growth of tourist accommodation, so that the star hotels and city hotels scrambled for location.

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DENPASAR - The Indonesian Tourism Intellectuals Association (ICPI) of Bali Chapter complained about the tourist accommodation in Bali that was increasingly unclear. It happened due to uncontrolled growth of tourist accommodation, so that the star hotels and city hotels scrambled for location.

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“Now, the direction of tourist accommodation development is unclear. In the past, star hotel development was built in a single area, so that they compete against the fellow star hotels. However, many budget hotels are now built alongside star hotels that can trigger unfair competition,” said Chairman of the ICPI Bali, Putu Anom, in Denpasar,

Wednesday (Oct 15).

According to him, the city hotel was the hotel located in urban areas mostly consisting of standard category such as budget hotel that offered relatively low rates. Its target market was the lower middle class travelers. “By and large, their guests are mostly domestic travelers, such as group, student travelers,

families and individuals with low purchasing power or the employees of company, such as sales and company’s drivers with low budget,” he explained.

Such condition, said Putu Anom, would harm the market that ultimately resulted in tariff war so that the image of Bali tourism would seem cheap in the eyes of foreign travelers. “If a city hotel with cheap rates is established in the elite area or resort, it will grab the market share owned by star hotels whose tariff is more expensive. Of course, it offers complete facility because it targets the upper middle class travelers that mostly consist of foreign travelers

wishing to spend holiday or attend MICE activities,” he said.

Similarly, he said that rural areas were not appropriate location for city hotel because the rural areas with pristine or natural view surely had the opportunity for the provision of tourist accommodation but it was in limited number with better quality as well as traditional architecture.

“Ideally, the accommodation is built by local communities with higher rates. In general, city hotel is built with minimalist architecture and offers cheaper rates. Seizing elite location, resort area or even rural tourism areas will only kindle tariff war that will harm star hotels,

villas or cottages having a better quality,” he said.

On the contrary, this former Dean of the Faculty of Tourism at Udayana University said that if the star hotels, villas and cottages reduced their room rates during low season, this condition would also be detrimental to city hotels. Surely, travelers would choose a cheaper hotel rate with better quality and services.

“Here, it is required the rigor and precision of the government in issuing the permits of accommodation, where it should refer to the zones of accommodation in appropriate with the hotel classification,” he said.

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