Edisi 18 September 2015 | International Bali Post

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

16 Pages Number 189 7th year

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

Price: Rp 3.000,-

Friday, September 18, 2015

WEATHER FORECAST 23 - 32 Dps

Katy Perry gives shoutout to assistants during performance

e-mail: info_ibp@balipost.co.id online: http://www.internationalbalipost.com. http://epaper.internationalbalipost.com.

Friday, September 18, 2015 With a rocket’s red glare?

N. Korea gears up for major fete Page 6

Ronaldo scores hat trick as Real Madrid beats Shakhtar 4-0 Page 8

Water crisis triggers poverty

NEW YORK — At an exclusive and intimate New York Fashion Week party, Katy Perry dedicated a song not to fabulous designers or picture-perfect models, but to their assistants.

Perry closed her 30-minute set at the Plaza Hotel on Wednesday with her inspirational and anthemic No. 1 hit, “Firework.” Before singing the tune, she told the audience: “I always feel like an outcast or a black sheep because I’m no longer sample size.”

Then she said to the few hundred lively guests, “This next song is a song I want you to remember when you’re going about your day and you rip your pants, you have two Band-Aids fall off of the back of your heel, you’re sweating, there’s coffee all over your blouse. I’m talking about all the assistants here. And you feel, maybe, like a little plastic bag.”

“We’re all human,” she said. “We all start somewhere.”

Perry performed at a party by Harper’s Bazaar honoring women in fashion.

“Ladies, make some noise if you’re in the house,” she yelled. “Fashion Week’s almost over — you can drink as much as you want.”

She kicked off her set with “Roar” and performed popular hits like “I Kissed a Girl,” ‘’Teenage Dream” and “Dark Horse.”

Perry was honored Wednesday alongside Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey, Willow Smith, Jessica Chastain, Dakota Johnson and others. Attendees included Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, Rita Ora, Kate UpdUpton, Jaden Smith and R&B singer Maxwell.

“You paved the way for so many of us,” Perry said of Carey. (ap)

Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP, File

Matt Damon apologizes for diversity comments

LOS ANGELES — Matt Damon has apologized for comments regarding diversity in filmmaking that sparked widespread backlash, after a portion of a conversation from HBO’s “Project Greenlight” circulated online.

In the segment, Damon was shown shutting down producer Effie Brown (“Dear White People”) who made a case that a script dealing with sensitive subjects like prostitution should have a diverse directing team behind it. Damon responded that diversity should be handled in “the casting of the film, not in the casting of the show.”

In a statement, Damon said he believes “deeply that there need to be more diverse filmmakers making movies.” His comments, he said, were part of a broader conversation that did not make the show. He also apologized for any offense caused, but is happy that it started a conversation. (ap)

Rolling Stones plan first album in decade

NEW YORK - Rock legends The Rolling Stones have decided to record a new album in what would be their first in a decade, guitarist Keith Richards said.

Richards, at an event Tuesday evening to promote his latest solo album, said that the Stones planned to return to the studio after a hith-

erto unannounced tour of South America in early 2016.

“Actually, I was in London last week and the boys and I got together. And, yeah, there are now definite plans to record,” Richards told a forum in New York organized by Internet radio station iHeartRadio.

The now septuagenarian rock-

ers have toured actively in recent years, recently completing a summer swing through North America, but have not released a new album since “A Bigger Bang” in 2005.

That album, in turn, was the first by The Rolling Stones in eight years.

Malaysian police fire water cannons at Malay protesters Page 13

The Rolling Stones are widely regarded as one of rock’s defining acts, producing classic albums such as “Sticky Fingers” and “Exile on Main St.” and feuding with The Beatles for the crown of Britain’s top band.

Richards, known for his hardliving and cantankerous public

comments, on Friday releases “Crosseyed Heart,” his first solo album in 23 years.

The album -- featuring Richards, rather than Stones frontman Mick Jagger, on vocals -- brings in a range of collaborators including the jazz and blues singer Norah Jones. (afp)

Pablo Ovalle Isasmendi/AGENCIA UNO via AP

Police patrol a debris strewn street in Valparaiso, Chile, after a tsunami, caused by an earthquake hit the area, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. A magnitude-8.3 earthquake hit off Chile’s northern coast, causing buildings to sway in Santiago and other cities and sending people running into the streets.

THE current water crisis occurring in Bangli is both life threatening and a cause of an increase in the number of pour households (RTM), as confirmed by the Head o f the Bangli Social Services, I Nengah Sukarta. Sukarta explained that based on the latest data for 2015, of Bangli’s 35,763 population, a full 11,054 are living under the poverty line compared to the 2014 figures which counted only 10, 935 people living in poverty.

High unemployment rates, low levels of education and lack of skills are some of the causes of poverty, but the increased rates are also caused by natural disasters, such as drought that has led to crop failure for a number of farmers.

“When a water crisis occurs, many farming communities face harvest failure. Automatically their income drops, potentialy resulting in more households falling into poverty,” explained Sukarta.

Continue to page 2 Drought ...

Powerful Chile quake kills at least five, 1 million evacuated

SANTIAGO - A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Chile on Wednesday, killing at least five people, forcing the evacuation of one million and sparking warnings that tsunami waves could reach as far as Japan.

Buildings swayed as far away as in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In Chile, people ran out into the streets in terror. TV footage buildings showed stores with floors strewn with a mushy mess of broken bottles and other spilled merchandise.

It was the sixth biggest most powerful quake in the history of

quake-prone Chile and the strongest anywhere in the world this year, Deputy Interior Minister Mahmoud Aleuy said. Giving the death and evacuation toll, Aleuy said 245,000 families were left without power.

Central Choapa province closest to the epicenter was declared a catastrophe zone and placed under

military rule.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) put the shallow offshore quake at a magnitude of 8.3 and said it hit 228 kilometers (about 140 miles) north of Santiago, a city of 6.6 million people.

“The motion began lightly, then stronger and stronger,” said Santiago resident Jeannette Matte.

“We were on the 12th floor and we were very afraid because it was not stopping. First it was from side to side, then it was like little jumps.”

Interior Minister Jorge Burgos said evacuation of coastal towns and cities had been ordered as a precautionary measure. Classes were cancelled in coastal areas.

“We know there could be more aftershocks and so we must continue to evaluate the situation minuteby-minute,” Bachelet said.

A tsunami warning was initially in place for the whole of Chile and Peru’s Pacific coastline.

Among the dead were a woman in Illapel, close to the epicenter, and

an 86-year-old man in Santiago, where there were scenes of pandemonium as thousands fled swaying buildings.

Continue to page 6

News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

2

International

Friday, September 18, 2015

International

COVER STORY From page 1

IBP/Sosiawan

The areas in Bangli that are facing a water crisis are increasingly numerous. Some of the hamlets in the villages of Suter Abang Batudinding, Kintamani and a number of hamlets in Yangapi village in Tembuku subdistrict have already been suffering from water shortages now other villages are also begging to be supplied with clean water.

Water crisis expands to larger area

THE areas in Bangli that are facing a water crisis are increasingly numerous. Some of the hamlets in the villages of Suter Abang Batudinding, Kintamani and a number of hamlets in Yangapi village in Tembuku subdistrict have already been suffering from water shortages now other villages are also begging to be supplied with clean water.

IBP/Sosiawan

The current water crisis occurring in Bangli is both life threatening and a cause of an increase in the number of pour households (RTM). The water crisis is affecting 14 hamlets located mainly in the area of Kintamani.

Head of the Bangli Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), I Wayan Karmawan said that after dry season has gone on for a few months, more and more areas are experiencing a water crisis. Based on recent data, the areas requesting to be supplied with water are: Palaktiying hamlet, Landih village (Bangli subdistrict), Puseh hamlet, Trunyan village, Bantang hamlet/village, Alengkong hamlet, Songan A village (Kintamani subdistrict) and Sidaparna hamlet and Penaga hamlet, Yangapi village. “The water crisis is increasingly widespread as seen from the increasing number of requests for clean water supply,” he explained, accompanied by the Section Head of Emergency and Logistics, the BPBD Bangli, I Ketut Agus Sutapa.

Karnawan added that the water is being supplied to some areas, while

Friday, September 18, 2015

15

Artotel Surabaya hold solo exhibition of X-Go Warhol

Drought ...

Sukarta also explained that the drought affecting some areas has not been classified as severe. However, such conditions “hampered our efforts to reduce the number of poor household”.

In an effort to reduce the effects of the drought, Bangli Social Services, and other related agencies have supplied water to some areas, “In addition to providing water for human consumption, there is also water being supplied for agricultural use, as means to help avoid crop failure,” he said.

Hamlet chief of Kelatkat, Abang Batudinding village, Kintamani, Made Selamat, recognizes that the yearly droughts have an impact on the increase in the number of poor household. The majority of people’s income has to be spent on water with prices reaching as high as IDR 250,000 per truck. Kelatkat hamlet counts 193 families, 47 of which are classified as poor.

“This water crisis has increased the number of poor households.

People have to spend all their money on water making it impossible for them to fullfill their other needs causing them to fall into poverty,” he said.

Selamat added that since the price of water is quite high, local residents often use rainwater for their daily needs. He also stated that he had attempted to have water supplied to his village but it was not successful. “We’ve got a pump to suck water from a spring located not far from the hamlet. But because the spring in downhill from the village, the suction was not strong enough to pump it uphill,” he said.

Currently, in order to be able to purchase water, he said that many local residents have opened small side businesses, such as tangerine crate making businesses. Based on the latest data of the Bangli Disaster Mitigation Agency, the water crisis is affecting 14 hamlets located mainly in the area of Kintamani. (kmb45)

Activities

others are still in the exploratory stage and coordination is being with done village officials. “The supplying of water needs to be coordinated with village officials. We will give priority to those who are in urgent of water.

We can definitely not meet all the demands at once,” said Karmawan from his office.

He also revealed that water being supplied to some areas has also been done in conjunction with relevant agencies in Bangli County and with the BPBD Bali. “We will coordinate the supplying of water with relevant agencies, such as the Social Service, Public Works, Urban Planning, PDAM and the BPBD Bali,” he said.

In the meantime, the provincial government delivers water supplies every Wednesday. With the increasing number of applications for water,

the delivery schedule could possibly change. “For the time being, we have a regular water supply and the province delivers it every week,” he said.

When asked about water supplies for the areas behind the hill, Karmawan said that his party is still looking for solutions. The only way to reach the area is through Buleleng whose terrain is more sloping. Similarly, searching for water sources will also be done in coordination with BPBD Buleleng. “We’re still looking for solutions so that we can supply water to the areas behind the hill because the terrain is very difficult.

We are still working on getting water to that area,” he said.

This official from Kintamani also added that residents living behind the hills commonly use rainwater to meet their daily needs, while some others use water from Lake Batur by using suction pumps. People are requesting water so that they meet their daily needs but also for their livestock.

However, the BPBD cannot approve applications for water for livestock at this time. (kmb45)

 Founder : K.Nadha,  General Manager :Palgunadi Chief Editor: Diah Dewi Juniarti  Editors: Gugiek Savindra,Alit Susrini, Alit Sumertha, Daniel Fajry, Mawa, Suana, Sueca, Sugiartha, Yudi Winanto Denpasar: Dira Arsana, Giriana Saputra, Subrata, Sumatika, Asmara Putra. Bangli: Suasrina, Buleleng: Dewa kusuma, Gianyar: Agung Dharmada, Karangasem: Budana, Klungkung: Bagiarta. Jakarta: Nikson, Hardianto, Ade Irawan. NTB: Agus Talino, Izzul Khairi, Raka Akriyani. Surabaya: Bambang Wilianto.  Development: Alit Purnata, Mas Ruscitadewi.  Office: Jalan Kepundung 67 A Denpasar 80232. Telephone (0361)225764, Facsimile: 227418, P.O.Box: 3010 Denpasar 80001. Bali Post Jakarta, Advertizing: Jl.Palmerah Barat 21F. Telp 021-5357602, Facsimile: 021-5357605 Jakarta Pusat. NTB: Jalam Bangau No. 15 Cakranegara Telp.

(0370) 639543, Facsimile: (0370) 628257. Publisher: PT Bali Post

SURABAYA - Artotel Surabaya is please to hold Solo Exhibition of X-Go Warhol, an Indonesian local graffiti artist pioneer from Surabaya, on a view September 11 – November 12, 2015 at Art Space of ARTOTEL Surabaya, lobby level.

X-Go is one of well known street artist in Surabaya, together with his community often hold exhibition, discussion, and sometimes make difficult the civil service police due to their activity in bombing some walls on main roads of Surabaya and surroundings. X-Go always do mural some obsolete walls or painted walls with his expression about social issue or other propaganda in fighting againts injustice such as corruptions matter, politic, and others. He mural the walls with his own style and egaliter ways.

Safrie Effendi, the Art Manager of Artotel Indonesia says “Artotel Indonesia is proud to hold another exciting solo exhibition by well known Graffiti artist pioneer, Mr. X-Go Warhol. He has been dominating the Graffiti culture for over a decade, mostly in Surabaya and Sidoarjo. More, this exhibition is having a comparison between between Paul Jackson Pollock and X-Go in terms of similarity and differentiation. Reason is to acknowledge in between 2 big different genre paintings style. Pollock was an influential American painter, particularly on abstract expressionist movement. He was known for a unique style with drip painting.”

Pollock and X-Go have the similar purpose in using their eccentric fun colors, but the different is Pollock play with lots of Organic forms and heavy strokes on his splatter. As well Pollock intended to be more expressive. While X-Go is quite neat and calm in making his work. X-Go executes his works in involving form, shape, and geometric. X-Go has a reference of Picasso and Mas Mundari to inspire his works. X-Go plays with full color, fun, cheerful and happy, however each artwork has a meaning to it, added Safrie.

Artotel Surabaya, located in the heart of Surabaya at Jl. Dr. Soetomo, was opened in 7 July 2012 and marked the birth of Artotel. It is featuring 106 Studio, ROCA – 24 hours Restaurant, Hi Speed Wi-Fi, and Art Space at lobby. Within the purpose to maintain the Surabaya’s heritage surroundings, Artotel Surabaya is designed with colonial architecture element to maintain the neighborhood prestigious and combined with a twist of contemporary art through the grand stair

Balinese Temple Ceremony

as the centerpiece of the hotel. The hotel collaborates with 5 Indonesian emerging artists to showcase the originality of the local talents, and to bring the art of hospitality to the next level.

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

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

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

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

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

14

Fashion

Friday, September 18, 2015

International

The Michael Kors Collection an earthy elegance for spring NEW YORK — Elegance, the Michael Kors way for spring, doesn’t mean kid gloves, boning and tight dresses. The designer had a more “earthy elegance” on his mind for the feminine Michael Kors Collection — a more creative, artistic energy like Georgia O’Keeffe and Elsa Peretti, the Italian model turned jewelry designer.

He sewed fluttery petaled flowers on dresses and offered sheer kicky pleats on dresses in classic red, blue, black and white. Wide black leather belts and grommets along skirts and hems provided strength.

“I wanted to have that balance of the two things, think about things that were in fact very soft and romantic and feminine, but take them down-to-earth and make them work in a modern way,” Kors said in an interview.

“It’s all about things that move with the wind, and juxtapose all of that with sort of borrowed from the boys kind of tailoring that feels easy,” he said.

Hence his ruffles, slits and slashes to catch the breeze.

It hasn’t been an easy year for the lovable Kors. His competition is amped up, discounting is deep and his stock was down. How is he holding up?

“I’m an optimistic guy, you know? I think that’s how I approach fashion. I still believe that when people put the right thing on it changes them,” Kors said.

“It changes your spirit, it changes your step. I’ve seen a woman try on a dress and suddenly stand up straight.”

He acknowledges fashion is fast and furious now and customers are shopping lots of different ways.

“I think we’re all adjusting to the fact that it is a new world,” Kors said.

At New York Fashion Week, he likely took comfort in one of his favorite show venues, a long, white, sun-drenched space downtown.

Among his front row guests were Naomi Watts and Olivia Wilde.

And Kendall Jenner was among his walkers.

“I always love the drama in the front row in the shows and seeing

how they’re presenting their new ideas. It’s fun,” Watts said.

Wilde grabbed one of the looks bound for the runway to wear herself, a loose red dress that sparkled and was outfitted with a white Peter Pan collar. It’s just the thing for a working mom, she said. She gave birth to her first child, Otis, in April.

“I find that I like to look put together but I need to be able to move around and function and I can’t be kind of squeezing into something that’s not going to work, you know, running on cobblestones and jumping into the subway,” she said.

“So I feel like his looks are always keeping women in mind — working women in mind, professional women who are powerful and sexy,” Wilde added.

Sitting in the front row, Wilde said, is always fun, but a little stressful.

“I just focus the whole time on not tripping the models,” she said.

“Don’t trip them! Don’t trip them!

You know, it’s a lot like sitting courtside at a basketball game, you just can’t believe how tall they are.” (ap)

AP Photo/Richard Drew AP Photo/Richard Drew

International

Bali News

Friday, September 18, 2015

Tabanan Realized Plan for Jatiluwih Entrance

TABANAN - Tabanan County’s design plans for the entrances of the Jatiluwih world cultural heritage can finally be realized though at present only one of the three planned entrances is being built. With an approved budget worth IDR 132 million of the proposed IDR 142 million from the regional budget, the Jatiluwih world cultural heritage will have an entrance way this year that will be located at Ngis Kelod hamlet, Jegu, Penebel (at the border of KerambitanPenebel—Ed).

Tabanan House legislator, I Wayan Tamba, from Penebel, confirmed that there will be a monument to rice paddy erected at the entrance to the area of Jajar Kemiri Batukaru Penebel -famous for the Jatiluwih tourist attraction. The budget has already been agreed to in the amended regional budget 2015. However, Tamba did not know about the exact amount of the budget for the monument, and whether it will also be corrected in the verification in the governorate.

Admittedly, marking the border of the Jatuwuluh tourist attraction with a paddy monument will help to orient confused travelers who come to Karambitan looking for the famous rice paddies. “So far, there has been no real sign when entering the subdistrict of Penebel from Meliling in Kerambitan subdistrict so travelers are often confused,” he said.

Apart from serving as a guide post for tourists, the construction of a monument to paddy in the agricultural production area of Penebel is a worthy cause that corresponds to local beliefs held by the rice producers of Bali. “A media campaign is required and so are signs in the form of a monument or other type to construction, to indicate the characteristics of this area” said Tamba. The plan is to build the paddy monument on 150 square meters of vacant land that will be borrowed for 30 years. A garden will also be planted around the monument to make it more beautiful.

Subdistrict head of Penebel, Putu Agus Hendra Manik, agreed with Wayan Tamba, saying that although Jatiluwih has the status of the world cultural heritage area, until now the area -famous for the beautiful panoramic terraced fields has not been assigned clear borders. “I have received information form a Penebel legislator that the design for border markers for the Jatiluwih world cultural heritage has been approved.

However, the budget is only enough build one entrance,” he said.

Manik added that the border creating plan was submitted a long time ago but that due to budgetary obstacles, the plan had to be reviewed several times especially regarding the design of the structures to be erected at the three entrances to Jatiluwih. “Due to lack of budget, only one entrance can be developed at present. Once approved, it will probably be built in October,” he concluded. (kmb28)

IBP/File Photo

Tabanan County’s design plans for the entrances of the Jatiluwih world cultural heritage can finally be realized though at present only one of the three planned entrances is being built.

HiA project performes at Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara

The Michael Kors Spring 2016 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Wednesday, Sept.

16, 2015.

AP Photo/Richard Drew

AP Photo/Richard Drew

3

DENPASAR - The Human is Alien project was inspired by some local artists who noticed that the river had more and more garbage in it, and wanted to create a performance that would address this problem.

Human is Alien is a multi-media performance (bambu installation, video bit mapping projections, dance and music) that is based on the concept of balance in nature and tells the story of humans coming to earth from another planet. When we first arrive we live in harmony with the earth but as time goes on, we develop more and more technology and end up in disharmony with our natural surroundings and are forced to look for another planet again. The story is told through conceptual images, descriptive music and narrative dance.

Human is Alien has been performed twice, with the bambu installation and projections adjusted to each location. They have been invited by Shankara Art Space to perform at Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara on Tuesday September 22 at 7PM, along with Eny Catur from PPLH who will open a discussion after the show, and present their book about garbage in Bali.

Other environmental groups are invited to join the discussion.

Human is Alien plans to perform in three other locations in Bali (Lovina, Karangasem and Negara) before bringing the performance to the Jakarta Biennale in a few months time. (kmb)

IBP/kmb

4

Bali News

Friday, September 18, 2015

Plastic waste product craftsmen rare despite high demand

Making handicrafts from plastic waste materials seems to be very difficult for most people.

However, if accomplished, such handicrafts are very saleable on today’s market.

The owner of waste bank in Taman Bali village Bangli, I Wayan Sutirka, explained on Wednesday (Sep. 16) that plastic waste is not only re-sold to be recycled, but it can also be used to make new products. Some types of plastic, such as coffee packages and the like can be transformed into crafts that have a high market value.

Unfortunately, so far, there is still the general impression that making crafts from plastic waste is just a way to kill time without any other benefit. “We are still having trouble finding people willing to make plastic waste crafts,” he explained.

Sutirka said that this is because most people consider that it will not be fruitful and that it is difficult, despite never having tried. “People do not want to make such crafts because they think it is complicated” he said.

Currently, plastic waste crafts are only made by school children who can only produce so much given that they are busy with school. Sutirka explained that plastic waste can be crafted into such things as wallets, shopping bags so forth. He added that these products can be of quite good quality. Wallets, for instance, can be sold for IDR 30,000 each. and consumers are not only found in Bangli, but many foreigners including Dutch people also buy these products. “Plastic waste crafts are in high demand on the market,” he explained.

Sutirka has encouraged public interest in creating such crafts by directly coaching people during exhibitions and festivals. However, it this has yet to yield good responses from community. “Activities aimed at motivating people to get involved in the making of plastic waste crafts has taken place. We will be increasing our efforts in the future,” he said.

Sutirka is confident that anyone who is able to produce these crafts in large qualities, will have no trouble marketing their products. Furthermore, making plastic waste craft products is one way of reducing the volume of waste in the natural environment. Plastic waste is considered to be a major cause of flooding. “Making crafts from plastic waste is very good as it will reduce the amount of waste in the environment. Simply discarding plastic will result in problems,” he said. (sos)

Plastic can be turned into many valuable things.

IBP/Sosiawan

Ingredient for hog-plum herbal drink run low due to drought

IBP/File

DENPASAR - This dry season, numerous trees and plants are lacking water and cemcem (hog-plum) herbal drink producer I Wayan Sadia is feeling the sting.

Bali Post met with Sadia at the Sunday Market at Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara, on Sunday (Sep. 13), where said that the lack of hogplum leaves has caused a reduction in the production of his product.

The lack of leaves is due to the lack of water, which is admittedly difficult to overcome “Due to the scarcity of ingredient production automatically decreases, while the demand continues to increase,” he

said.

To get around this issue, Sadia planted hog-plum trees on his own land, but so far he continues to get his supply of hog-plum leaves from collectors from all over Bali.

“I have planted new trees to make up for dry seasons like this one,” he said.

Each day, Sadia produces 500 bottles of hog-plum herbal drink, assisted by four employees. The demand for this herbal drink has increased since the business was started in 1985. “This hog-plum herbal drink was initiated in 1985 by my mother-in-law, I just pass

Friday, September 18, 2015

International

International

along her legacy,” he said.

The cemcem herbal beverage is prepared by crushing together hog-plum leaves, brown sugar, tamarind paste and salt. Young coconut is added to the mix and then it is ready to be bottled. “In the past, we pounded the ingredients together with mortar and pestle but now we use a blender due to the increasing demand for our product” explained Sadia adding that old hog-plums leaves are the best. “We used the seventh leaves from the bottom, because they are the right age,” he concluded. (kmb42)

13

More than 2,000 enslaved fishermen rescued in 6 months

AMBON — More than 2,000 fishermen have been rescued this year from brutal conditions at sea, their freedom prompted by an Associated Press investigation into seafood brought to the U.S. from a slave island in eastern Indonesia.

Dozens of Burmese men in the bustling port town of Ambon were the latest to go home, some more than a decade after being trafficked onto Thai trawlers. Grabbing one another’s hands, the men walked together toward buses last week.

As they pulled away for the airport, some of those still waiting their turn to go home cheered, throwing their arms in the air.

“I’m sure my parents think I’m dead,” said Tin Lin Tun, 25, who lost contact with his family after a broker lured him to Thailand five years ago. Instead of working in construction, as promised, he was sold onto a fishing boat and taken to Indonesia. “I’m their only son.

They’re going to cry so hard when they see me.”

The reunion he envisions has played out hundreds of times since March, after the AP tracked fish — caught by men who were savagely beaten and caged — to the supply chains of some of America’s biggest food sellers, such as Wal-Mart, Sysco and Kroger, and popular brands of canned pet food like Fancy Feast, Meow Mix and Iams.

It can turn up as calamari at fine restaurants, as imitation crab in a sushi roll or as packages of frozen snapper relabeled with store brands that land on our dinner tables. The U.S. companies have all said they strongly condemn labor abuse and are taking steps to prevent it.

In response, a multimilliondollar Thai-Indonesian fishing business has been shut down, at least nine people have been arrested and two fishing cargo vessels have

been seized. In the U.S., importers have demanded change, three classaction lawsuits are underway, new laws have been introduced and the Obama administration is pushing exporters to clean up their labor practices. The AP’s work was entered into the congressional record for a hearing, and is scheduled to be brought up for discussion again later this month.

The largest impact, by far, has been the rescue of some of the most desperate and isolated people in the world. More than 2,000 men from Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos have been identified or repatriated since the AP’s initial story ran, according to the International Organization for Migration and foreign ministries. The tally includes eight fishermen trafficked aboard a Thai cargo ship seized in neighboring Papua New Guinea.

And those returnee figures don’t tell the whole story: Hundreds more have been quietly sent home by their companies, avoiding human trafficking allegations.

“We’ve never seen a rescue on this scale before,” said Lisa Rende Taylor, an anti-trafficking expert formerly with the United Nations who now heads the anti-slavery nonprofit Project Issara. “They deserve compensation and justice.”

Many experts believe the most effective pressure for change can come from consumers, whose hunger for cheap seafood is helping fuel the massive labor abuses. Southeast Asia’s fishing industry is dominated

by Thailand, which earns $7 billion annually in exports. The business relies on tens of thousands of poor migrant laborers, mainly from neighboring Southeast Asian countries. They often are tricked, sold or kidnapped and put onto boats that are commonly sent to distant foreign waters to poach fish. (ap)

AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim

In this Sept. 9, 2015 photo, foreign fishermen sit on their boat which is anchored off the town of Ambon, Maluku province, Indonesia. More than 2,000 fishermen have been rescued this year from brutal conditions at sea.

AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha

Nepalese lawmakers greet each other after the final constitution process at Constitution Assembly hall in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. Nepal’s Constituent Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a new constitution that has been delayed for years because of differences between political parties.

Nepal at crossroads after new constitution is adopted

KATHMANDU, Nepal — After a decade of political infighting and violent protests, the long-awaited passage of Nepal’s constitution should be a reason to celebrate. But there are also signs that the Himalayan nation’s first complete political framework since monarchy was abolished in 2006, could set the stage for prolonged conflict as some ethnic groups are protesting the charter.

The government sees the new constitution as a much-needed success for the nation of 28 million, still recovering from a devastating April 25 earthquake that killed thousands. The constitution, passed late Wednesday, sets the country up as a secular federation of seven states, each with a legislature and chief minister.

“The people have achieved a republican nation that they have aspired for decades,” Foreign Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey said. However, some ethnic and religious groups say lawmakers ignored their concerns over how state borders should be defined.

Some among majority Hindus also believe the country’s reference as a Hindu nation should have been restored in the constitution.

“The constitution being rushed through is not giving positive indications,” analyst and former election commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokhrel said. “It is giving birth to a conflict. The grievances of those who oppose the constitution need to be immediately addressed by the state. The future of Nepal depends on how the state acts and reacts.”

Protests organized by two ethnic groups — the Tharu in southwestern Nepal and the Madhesi in the country’s south and southeast — have shut down parts of Nepal for weeks.

Authorities have imposed curfew and deployed security forces, but the protests and blockades still have slowed food and cargo deliveries by road to the capital, Kathmandu.

On Tuesday, police opened fire after a group of protesters attacked a

160-truck convoy, killing four people. The violence came amid weeks of protests that have left more than 44 people dead, including police officers. The Madhesi groups have vowed to continue protesting.

“The big parties have tried to crush the minority groups and, as a result, pushed the nation into chaos,” said one Madheshi group leader, Shivaji Yadav of the Federal Socialist Forum. He said their issues should have been resolved before the draft constitution was voted on.

“Speeding the process to push through the draft was not done to empower the people, but for the big leaders to come to power,” he said.

On the streets of Kathmandu, many Nepalese expressed relief that politicians set aside their differences and voted for the constitution.

“How long can the nation hold back on everything just because these politicians cannot reach agreement?” businessman Susil Shrestha said. (ap)

12

International

Friday, September 18, 2015

BUSINESS Eurozone inflation revised down to 0.1 percent

LONDON — Inflation across the 19-country eurozone was revised down to 0.1 percent in the year to August, in a development that’s likely to renew concern that the region could see another bout of falling prices and prompt more stimulus measures from the European Central Bank.

Figures released Wednesday by the European Union’s statistics agency showed that the revision in consumer price inflation from the initial estimate of 0.2 percent was largely due to a sharp drop in energy prices reflecting weakness in the global price of oil.

Given that inflation is way below the ECB’s target of just under 2 percent and is widely expected

to fall further in coming months, there are growing expectations the central bank will increase its stimulus efforts — especially if the eurozone sees an outright fall in prices for the first time since March.

At first glance, deflation, which is generally defined as a sustained drop in prices, sounds good as it allows consumers to buy things for

less. The problem lies when prices fall consistently over time for a range of goods — as opposed to temporary declines prompted by, say, a fall in prices at the pump, which can give economic activity a boost.

Longer-term deflation encourages people to put off spending and can prove difficult to reverse because it requires altering people’s expectations. It can lead to years of economic stagnation, as in Japan over the past two decades, or at worst, into something more pernicious, such as the Great Depression of the 1930s.

It’s those fears that prompted the ECB to launch a 1.1 trillioneuro ($1.2 trillion) monetary stimulus this year. As part of that stimulus, the ECB is pumping 60 billion euros a month in newly printed money into the eurozone economy by buying government and corporate bonds. The program is slated to run at least through September 2016 and is intended to help get inflation back to target. ECB President Mario Draghi hinted this month that the bank is ready to give the eurozone a bigger dose of stimulus, which could involve buying more bonds

or extending the length of the program.

The news from Eurostat prompted some weakness in the euro as traders priced in a growing expectation of further stimulus — the new money created by the ECB can weigh on the currency by diluting its value. The euro was trading 0.4 percent lower at $1.1230.

“The chance of further stimulus from the ECB is growing, which could act to weaken the euro in the coming months,” said Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at OANDA. (ap)

Oil prices turn higher in Asia ahead of Fed decision

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

In this April 24, 2015 photo, pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M. Oil turned higher in Asia Thursday in volatile trading as jittery investors awaited a US Federal Reserve interest rate decision later in the day.

SINGAPORE - Oil turned higher in Asia Thursday in volatile trading as jittery investors awaited a US Federal Reserve interest rate decision later in the day.

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in October was up two cents to $47.17 in afternoon trade, reversing losses earlier in the day.

Brent crude for November also swung to positive territory, gaining 14 cents to $49.89.

On Wednesday WTI surged almost six percent and Brent jumped more than four percent after the US Department of Energy revealed a 2.1 million barrel drop in inventories.

That included a 1.9 million barrel decline at the Cushing, Oklahoma trading hub, indicating stronger demand in the world’s top oil consumer. The report also said US oil production fell for the sixth straight week.

Attention is now focused on Washington where the Fed will make an announcement on borrowing costs, with some analyst opinions split on whether it will begin lift-off on Thursday or wait until December.

“The market is keeping a close eye on the two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting... as the Fed decides whether to raise interest rate for the first time in years,” said Sanjeev Gupta, head of the Asia Pacific oil and gas practice at professional services firm EY. Fed chief Janet Yellen has said she expects an increase by the end of the year but recent turmoil in global markets caused by concerns about China’s economy have made policymakers’ decision-making complicated.

A rise in US interest rates tends to bolster the dollar, making dollar-priced oil more expensive for holders of weaker currencies, in turn hurting demand and prices. (afp)

International

Bali News

Friday, September 18, 2015

Painted customary apparel trending in Bali

5

BANGLI - Painted customary praying apparel is now gaining favour with the Hindu community. Such paintings are not nearly a trend but also have significant meaning and also bring financial benefits to Tegal Asah hamlet painter, Tembuku, Bangli, Ketut Ngabdi.

Ngabdi explained that the common motifs in the paintings that he makes are birds, barong, rangda, Lord Varuna and puppet figures. These motifs are inseparable from his Balinese cultural background, especially in regards to Hinduism. According to Ngabdi, Rangda paintings are suitable for describing the spirit and for fostering self-confidence. Likewise, Lord Varuna symbolizes the sea which surrounds the island. “All these motifs have meanings that are closely related to Balinese culture and Hinduism in particular,” he explained recently.

Ngabdi’s paintings are characterized by the black and white shading technique that he uses which is also rooted in Balinese philosophy and known as rwa bhineda (basic dualism). “My paintings are inseparable from Balinese culture, in terms of both color and motif,” said Ngabdi.

His business that has been running for two years has become quite well known to the public and he is often flooded with orders before major religious holidays. His orders come from the local community but also from boutiques in Denpasar. Prices depend on the motifs in the paintings: “the easiest ones go for only IDR 50,000 while the most difficult ones cost IDR 200,000,” he said.

Ngabdi who graduated from art school says that his biggest obstacle for starting his business is lack of capital, thus forcing him to sell from his home, despite being far away from the town of Bangli. “Due to lack of capital, I can only paint at home. So, our business is not known to a wide public,” he explained.

In order to thrive, Ngabdi hopes that the Industry and Trade Agency can provide guidance, both in terms of capital and marketing.

Head of the Bangli Industry and Trade Agency, I Nengah Sudibia, explained that the apparel painting business is a very good industry to develop. Amid the development of fashion trends, of course, this cottage industry with its own distinct characteristics will be able to compete well with other products. Related to the request for coaching, Sudibia said, that it will be addressed immediately. “This business is very good, we will follow up on his request for coaching,” he said. (sos)

One of the painters of praying apparel in Tembuku, Bangli

Badung alerted to rabies outbreak in pigs MANGUPURA - The Badung Livestock Agency has been alerted to the discovery of pigs in Karangasem County that have been declared positive to carrying the rabies virus. The Badung Livestock Agency has teamed up with the Center for Bali Veterinary in order to find out the truth.

Head of the Badung Livestock Agency, Made Badra, said that rabies carrying pigs have not been found in Badung. “In response to this alert, we cooperated with the Center for Bali Veterinary,” said Badra.

Based on verifications in the field, no

IBP/File

One of the pig farms in Badung.

Badung Livestock Agency has been alerted to the discovery of pigs in Karangasem County that have been declared positive to carrying the rabies virus.

IBP/Sosiawan

pigs nor monkeys in Badung have been found to be carrying rabies. Furthermore the handling of rabies in Badung County is also very intensive, and includes the elimination of stray dogs throughout the subdistricts.

“So, the contact of pigs to dogs is quite difficult because farmers or people raise pigs in stables and do not let them roam around carelessly. We urge the public not to panic in response to information about pigs being infected with rabies,” he said.

According to Badra, technically there is only a very small possibility of pigs becoming infected by rabies. The truth about the cases in Karangasem, needs clarified.

“As for Badung, pigs are always raised in cages,” he said.

The pig population in Badung County as of 2014 was 82,479 heads of pig consisting of Balinese species and the cross breeds of saddlebacks with landraces. (kmb27)

6

Friday, September 18, 2015

W

International

RLD

Walls and violence will not solve migrant crisis -EU Commissioner

BUDAPEST - The European Union’s migration commissioner said on Thursday that barriers of the kind that Hungary had erected on its Serbian border were temporary solutions that only diverted refugees and migrants to other countries and escalated tensions.

Hungary on Wednesday detained 29 people as migrants demanding to be let through its newly-shut EU frontier clashed with riot police firing water cannon and tear gas.

“The majority of people arriving in Europe are Syrians in need of our help,” Dimitris Avramopoulos told a joint news conference with Hungary’s foreign and interior ministers. “There is no wall you would not climb, no sea you would not cross if you are fleeing violence and terror,” he said. “We have a moral duty to offer them protection.”

Avramopoulos urged Hungary to continue to work with the EU Commission to find common and lasting solutions, adding that violence was not the answer.

Hungary is planning to extend its security fence towards Romania and parts of the Croatian border in a measure that it says is necessary to protect the European Union’s

external frontier and its border-free Schengen zone. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed shock and alarm at the treatment of refugees and migrants on the border of Hungary and Serbia, warning that they should be treated with dignity and their human rights respected.

But Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto lashed out at those criticising Hungary’s handling of the clashes. “It is bizarre and shocking how some members of international political life and the international press interpreted yesterday’s events,” Szijjarto said, without naming anyone specifically.

He said that, by siding with rioting migrants pelting Hungarian police with rocks in clashes that left 20 police injured, some “respected members” of international politics only encouraged violence. “All

these people will be responsible if these events are repeated today, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow,” he said.

Szijjarto said the European Union’s common refugee policy had failed to tackle the crisis, which has seen hundreds of thousands of people fleeing poverty, war and persecution in the Middle East, Asia and Africa pour into the continent.

“We are probably seeing a protracted wave of migration that has endless reserves,” Szijjarto said, proposing two measures that Budapest says could tackle the root causes of the crisis.

He said the EU should establish a common force without delay to protect Greece’s borders, to which Hungary would provide a “massive national contribution” in the form of police, money and soldiers.

“Quotas should be applied here, because here quotas make sense,” he said, adding that Hungary also proposed that the EU should take charge of financing refugee camps in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq and build new camps there if necessary. (rtr)

Ian Langsdon/Pool Photo via AP

In this June 1, 2015 photo, Burkina Faso’s transitional president Michel Kafando meets with French president Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France.

Military in Burkina Faso confirms coup, dissolves government

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — While gunfire rang out in the streets, Burkina Faso’s military took to the airwaves Thursday to declare it now controls the West African country, confirming that a coup has taken place just weeks before elections. The announcement aired on national television and radio said the transitional government was dissolved and the interim president no longer in power.

The coup leaders, who come from an elite presidential guard unit that had disagreed publicly with the transitional government in recent months, identified themselves as the National Council for Democracy.

Their public statement confirmed what many suspected Wednesday when the transitional president and prime minister were arrested and barricades were erected around the presidency.

The communique read by Lt. Col. Mamadou Bamba criticized the electoral code, which blocked members of the ex-president’s party from taking part in the Oct. 11 elections. Anyone who supported

the ex-president’s bid to amend the constitution so he could seek another term is also banned from running.

Bamba on Thursday announced the beginning of a “coherent, fair and equitable process” that would lead to inclusive elections. The power grab violated the country’s constitution.

The transitional government came to power after the president of 27 years, Blaise Compaore, was ousted late last year in a public uprising. Demonstrators at one point had set fire to the parliament building to protest his move to amend the constitution so he could prolong his rule.

Burkina Faso hosts French special forces and serves as an important ally of both France and the United States in the fight against Islamic militants in West Africa. While Burkina Faso has largely been spared from extremist violence, a Romanian national was abducted in April, and a Mali-based jihadi group claimed responsibility. (ap)

From page 1

REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Friday, September 18, 2015

11

Indonesia arrests seven over SE Asia haze

Powerful ...

A crowd of migrants wait at the main bus station under aTurkish flag stretched above them in Istanbul, Turkey, September 17, 2015. Hundreds of Syrians and other migrants thronged a small park in central Istanbul on Wednesday, hoping for a last chance to reach Europe before poor weather makes their favoured route from Turkey to Greece too dangerous to undertake.

International

Hardest-hit Illapel, a coastal city of 30,000, saw its electricity fail and several homes were damaged.

In coastal La Serena, in the north of Chile, “people were running in all directions,” said resident Gloria Navarro.

A similar fear seized residents in Argentina.

“We went into a panic and the floor kept moving. We went out into the hallway and down the stairs,” Celina Atrave, 65, who lives in a 25-story high-rise near downtown Buenos Aires, told AFP. The quake, which struck at 7:54 pm (2254 GMT), hit at a depth of eight kilometers, USGS said. Seismologists also reported multiple aftershocks, some of them above 6.0.

The Chilean government put the main earthquake at 8.4 on the Richter scale. (afp)

JAKARTA - Indonesian police have detained seven people whose companies are allegedly connected with illegal agricultural fires that have cloaked Southeast Asia in haze, in rare arrests over the annual smog outbreaks.

They were arrested on Wednesday on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, where authorities have been battling smog-belching blazes which were started to clear land for palm oil and pulp and paper plantations, national police chief Badrodin Haiti said.

Police said some of those arrested were executives, but did not

give details about all the company employees detained. Officials did not reveal their identities or say which firms they worked for.

They could face up to 15 years in jail and heavy fines if found guilty of breaking Indonesian laws that ban starting forest fires.

Tens of thousands have fallen ill in

parts of Indonesia as the haze thickened over the past fortnight, and the smog has led to unhealthy air quality and reduced visibility in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia.

“The president’s instruction is clear -- law enforcement must be firm so that this will not happen again next year,” Haiti told reporters late Wednesday, announcing the arrests.

President Joko Widodo pledged this week to crack down on companies and individuals behind the

fires, and hundreds of extra police and investigators have been sent to haze-hit areas to hunt for those responsible.

They joined military personnel and water-bombing aircraft sent to tackle the fires.

In addition to the seven arrested, 133 people have been named suspects, Haiti said. This is a legal step in Indonesia that means investigators have enough evidence to consider filing charges against someone.

Indonesia has come under pressure

from its neighbours to halt the smog outbreaks, an annual problem in Southeast Asia during the dry season.

The situation has been made worse this year by an El Nino weather system, which produces tinder-dry conditions in Indonesia and increases the risk of fires.

There were also fears that the haze could affect this weekend’s glitzy Formula One night race in Singapore, but organisers have insisted the event will go ahead. (afp)

Still no plans for new round of executions

JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities have still not made plans for a new round of executions, an official said Wednesday, almost three months after a French drug convict on death row lost an appeal.

The execution in April of two Australians, a Brazilian and four Nigerians for drug offences sparked international anger but President Joko Widodo publicly refused to back down, insisting that traffickers must face harsh punishment.

Speculation had been mounting that Frenchman Serge Atlaoui, who had been due to be executed in April but was granted a temporary reprieve, would be next to face the firing squad after losing a court appeal against his death sentence in June.

The welder, arrested at a secret drugs factory outside Jakarta in 2005, is among several foreigners facing death in Indonesia for drugs offences, including British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford and Filipina Mary Jane Veloso.

But since Atlaoui’s appeal, the government has been tight-lipped on the subject of executions and the attorneygeneral’s office -- in charge of putting people to death -- has shown no sign of preparing for a new round.

Amir Yanto, a spokesman for the attorney-general’s office, confirmed Thursday there were still no plans.

“There is no such agenda so far,” he told AFP, adding that the government was currently focused on fixing the economy. The president has made boosting economic growth, which is at six-year lows, a priority in recent months.

Veloso, who has always maintained her innocence and said human-traffickers duped her, was also due to be executed in April but was granted a last-minute temporary reprieve.

Jakarta insists her sentence has only been postponed while legal proceedings run their course in the Philippines.

Sandiford was sentenced to death after being caught trying to smuggle a stash of cocaine into Bali.

Indonesia has some of the world’s toughest anti-narcotics laws. It resumed executions in 2013 after a hiatus of several years and since Widodo took office, 14 drug convicts -- mostly foreigners -- have been executed. (afp)

AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying , right, shakes hands with Indonesian President Joko Widodo during their meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015.

10

Destination

Friday, September 18, 2015

International

Friday, September 18, 2015

International

Spa

Spa is one experience that you should not miss during your stay in Bali. The spa business in Bali emerging really fast during this ten years and become one of the sophisticated industry that can give your holiday a colorful experience.

Bali Spa with selected spa treatment, luxury rooms and friendly therapist will rejuvenate your soul and body. Bali really has become the Spa capital of Asia, if not the world.

Every spa has a small basic listing. Selected spas have a detailed list of all their different treatments, direct links to e-mail and/or web site so you can contact them, and a number of pictures. In Bali almost every hotel, no matter how many stars it may have, has its own spa.

The Spas of Bali offer many different massages [Balinese, Indonesian, Thai, Swedish, Shiatsu from Japan and Lomi-Lomi from Hawaii], body wraps, polishes and scrubs [including the Royal Javanese Lulur and the Balinese Boreh], Chinese Reflexology and many Ayurvedic styles of treatment. Advanced spas offer Colon Hydrotherapy and personal treatments. In the Ubud area some spas offer Craniosacral Therapy and other Healing treatments.

Double rooms are often provided for couples who wish to share the experience and the Four Hand Massage is very popular in Bali (two therapists, male or female, perform a full body massage in perfect synchronization).

Johnson to start for US in Davis Cup against Uzbekistan

MOSCOW — Steve Johnson will play the first singles match for the United States against Uzbekistan’s No. 1 player Denis Istomin in their Davis Cup World Group playoff.

The 47th-ranked Johnson takes on No. 62 Istomin on Friday in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, before the second match pits Jack Sock against

Farrukh Dustov.

In Saturday’s doubles, Johnson and Sam Querrey, who reached the U.S. open semifinals together last week, take on Istomin and Dustov.

Sunday’s reverse singles pit Sock against Istomin and Johnson against Dustov. The winner will play in the top-tier World Group next season. (ap)

Rosberg takes fourth engine of F1 2015 for Singapore GP

Nico Rosberg will take his fourth Mercedes engine of the 2015 Formula 1 season ahead of this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix.

Rosberg and team-mate Lewis Hamilton both moved onto a third power unit for the last race in Italy when Mercedes used its final seven development tokens as it explored a new development direction.

But the German was forced to switch back to the previous-spec engine ahead of qualifying due to a problem, later discovered to be a leak in the cooling system that ultimately had a knock-on effect to the power unit.

With the system sealed in between events, Mercedes has only been able to carry out an inspection

of the unit that will be fired up again on Thursday.

Mercedes will then be able to determine the engine’s health and whether it is fit to at least be put through its paces in practice.

Whatever the situation, the team has confirmed Rosberg will take on a fourth power unit for the race, which will be the updated version that was introduced at Monza.

With seven races remaining Rosberg will then stand on the brink of a 10-place grid penalty should he be forced to take a fifth unit at any stage.

That would be a further blow to his championship chances, with the German already 53 points behind Hamilton with 175 up for grabs. (rtr)

IBP/File Photo

SpaDubai,India,Srilanka&Rusia Resmi081337327057/081999913777

A.BP.001.09.15.0000292

Looking For Waitress,Bartender Cashier Call/SMS:082139315049

B.BP.004.09.15.0000975

Looking for Daily workers, Waiter/ss, Bartender Call: 082139315049

B.BP.004.09.15.0000976

Taco Casa Restaurant Petitenget Butuh Waitress umur max 26Tahun SMS:0821 4524 5144

A.BP.001.09.15.0000896

Looking for HK Staff,FO Staff, Security,Cook,Sales for Villa in Legian,732651 or Send CV to manager@villadianabali.com

A.BP.001.09.15.0002284

Looking for SPG,Experienced, Speak English,Good Salary & Commission,Send CV to: contact@reservo-art.com call:0361737968/081236111693

B.BP.004.09.15.0000974

Luxury Villa in Brawa Looking for full time experienced Chef

must be able to Cook Indonesian and Western Food,be a team player and able to speak english excellent salary for the right candidate.Please Call 082146467377 or Email to tronbytron@yahoo.com

A.BP.001.09.15.0002198

Resort Dining di Jimbaran membthkan Waiter/Waitress/Chef/ Helper/House Keeping/Gardener Hub.Ibu Mega 0361-425050

A.BP.001.09.15.0001831

CLASSIFIELDS Place Your Add Here It is for Job Vacancy, Property, Selling or Buying

Please contact

Gugiek : 08123840500 Eka : 081338519538

REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito

Mercedes Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Germany leaves the pit during the second free practice session for the Italian F1 Grand Prix in Monza September 4, 2015.

Wade goes into Hall of Champions, looking ahead to season

IBP/net

MIAMI — Dwyane Wade is already thinking big about the same time you’ve got to take it in Miami Heat’s fast-approaching season. And missing the playoffs stride and understand what it means for the city and the community. last season has only energized him.

Less than two weeks from the start of his 13th Heat training camp, Wade joined Jack Nicklaus and Chris Evert as enshrinees Wednesday at the 21st Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Sports Hall of Champions induction ceremony. And while the night was about looking back and celebrating the past, Wade couldn’t help but sound excited what may loom this season.

“It could be special,” Wade said. “We have all the ingredients.

We’ve just got to make sure we mix it right.”

The Heat missed the playoffs last season after injuries and illness ravaged the roster in their first year of the post-LeBron James era after four straight trips to the NBA Finals. For Wade, that means essentially six months between games going from the end of last season to the start of the coming year.

It didn’t mean six months off, however. “I’m going into training camp (in regular season) form,” Wade said. Evert couldn’t attend the event Wednesday. Wade and Nicklaus chatted on the red carpet, and the 11-time All-Star learned

that Nicklaus is a Heat fan — and his wife Barbara is a bigger one.

Nicklaus told a story how he once called home during a trip to Brazil, his wife answered and asked him to hold because 6 seconds were left in a Heat game.

Nicklaus has been a season ticket-holder for Miami’s four pro teams — the Dolphins, the Florida Panthers, the Marlins and the Heat — for decades. He joked that when the Heat got Wade, he had to give up those seats because of the success he brought to the city. “A Miami Heat ticket is simply too expensive for me anymore,” Nicklaus said, drawing laughs.

Nicklaus and Evert — both winners of 18 Grand Slam events in their respective golf and tennis worlds — have long been out of the active-competitor spotlight. Wade acknowledged that it simultaneously felt odd and humbling sharing the moment with them.

“It is an honor,” Wade said.

“When I got the call, obviously I jumped on it right away and said of course I would. This feels a little weird. I’m preparing for a season that’s starting real soon, but at the

So I’m overwhelmed in appreciation.”

The Heat missed the playoffs for just the second time in Wade’s career last season. Only eight active players have more points than Wade, who will likely move into the NBA’s Top 50 all-time regularseason scorers early this season.

“Sometimes you don’t get a break and then you keep going with life, life keeps going,” Wade said.

“So to get a break from basketball for a while — not saying I wanted to be out of the playoffs, but once it was reality that we weren’t getting in — you’ve got to say it wasn’t meant to be, there was a reason for this. And hopefully that reason shows its face this year.”

The addition of Wade, Nicklaus and Evert push the enrollment in the Sports Hall of Champions to 84. The first class was enshrined in 1990 and past inductees include Don Shula, Angelo Dundee, Bob Beamon, Muhammad Ali, Arthur Ashe, Emerson Fittipaldi, Joe DiMaggio, Dan Marino, Alonzo Mourning, Jerry Bailey, Greg Louganis, Jennifer Rodriguez, Zach Thomas and Jim Kelly. (ap)

8

Friday, September 18, 2015

Sp rt

Friday, September 18, 2015

Chelsea hammers Maccabi Tel Aviv 4-0 in the Champions League

LONDON — Chelsea eased to a 4-0 victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv in its opening Group G match in the Champions League on Wednesday, but the performance at Stamford Bridge was not as convincing as the scoreline. Willian and Oscar hit the back of the net in the first half, before a brilliant finish from Diego Costa and a late Cesc Fabregas goal rounded off the scoring.

The result was emphatic but the display was ponderous, particularly in the first half when Eden Hazard, usually Chelsea’s most dangerous player, missed a penalty and routinely lost possession for his team.

But after a tumultuous start to the season, which has seen Jose Mourinho’s side lose three of its opening five games, the Chelsea manager cared more about the confidenceboosting result than the performance. “For so long we don’t win a game, I forgot the feeling,” Mourinho said. “I know what

you are thinking, we did not beat Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern Munich but. I can imagine how difficult it would be for everyone to wake up after a defeat.

“When you start the game you have to win and after five minutes, miss a penalty, it was a good test. I was pleased with the reaction.” The game began badly for Mourinho, who made six changes to the team beaten 3-1

by Everton on Saturday. Captain John Terry was demoted to the bench alongside regular starters Costa, Branislav Ivanovic and Nemanja Matic.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Matic’s replacement in central midfield,

was booked after 58 seconds for a rash high-footed challenge on Nikola Mitrovic.

Mourinho was fuming at the referee’s decision to bring out the yellow card so quickly and four minutes later, he was even angrier at the officiating by Felix Zwayer when Willian was brought down in the penalty area by onrushing goalkeeper Pedrag Rajkovic. Zwayer pointed to the spot but only booked Rajkovic, leaving Mourinho incredulous.

Hazard stepped up to take the penalty and despite being renowned for his composure from the spot, he uncharacteristically blazed his effort high over the crossbar, into the jubilant Maccabi fans behind the goal. But the miss did not deter Chelsea, which continued to enjoy possession, albeit while looking toothless in attack.

When the breakthrough finally came, it was fortunate. Willian’s free-kick from the left looped over

his teammates in the penalty area and bounced beyond the reach of Rajkovic in the 15th minute.

Maccabi should have equalised in the 31st, when the Chelsea defense had lapse in concentration from an inswinging cross, but captain Eran Zahavi looped a header over the crossbar.

Costa, who replaced the injured Willian in the 23rd minute, won another penalty on the stroke of halftime after Tal Ben Haim tripped him. Hazard did not step up this time; instead Oscar took the ball and sent Rajkovic the wrong way with a low effort to his left.

Any doubts of victory were removed by Costa in the 58th minute as he guided a Fabregas delivery in off the crossbar with a sumptuous strike on the turn.

Fabregas completed the scoring on 78, finishing off a sweeping counterattack. The night’s other Group G match finished as a 2-2 draw between Dynamo Kiev and Porto. (ap)

Raul’s Real scoring record in Ronaldo’s sights

Diego Costa celebrates after scoring the third goal for Chelsea

MADRID - Cristiano Ronaldo can overtake Raul as Real Madrid’s all-time top scorer when Granada visit the Bernabeu in La Liga on Saturday and the Portugal captain will have needed fewer than half as many matches to do it.

Former Spain striker Raul, now with New York Cosmos, netted 323 goals in 741 appearances for the world’s richest club, while Ronaldo’s hat-trick in

Tuesday’s 4-0 Champions League victory at home to Shakhtar Donetsk took his tally to a jaw-dropping 321 in just 304 matches.

The 30-year-old FIFA Ballon d’Or holder’s treble at the Bernabeu came hot on the heels of his five-goal haul at Espanyol last weekend and Real have rattled in 15 goals without reply in their last three outings. “I know Cristiano Ronaldo’s value and performance level,” Real coach Rafa Benitez told a news conference after the Shakhtar game.

“He is the best in the world and is showing that in games and every training session.”

Ronaldo hit five goals in a match for the first time when Real hammered Granada 9-1

at the Bernabeu last season and Granada midfielder Ruben Rochina is expecting another rough ride despite Benitez missing several regulars due to injury.

James Rodriguez, Gareth Bale and Sergio Ramos are all unavailable but Rochina said the depth of Real’s squad means the trio will not be missed too much. “We know they are one of the best teams in the world and if one player is not there then there will be another who will also perform well,” he told Spanish radio on Wednesday.

Champions Barcelona, who host Levante on Sunday, are waiting to find out how serious Rafinha’s suspected knee injury is after the Bra-

zil midfielder was hurt in Wednesday’s 1-1 Champions League draw at AS Roma.

“We will wait for the test results tomorrow (Thursday) but it looks bad and that is very ugly news for us,” Barca coach Luis Enrique told a news conference. Atletico Madrid visit Eibar and Valencia host promoted Real Betis on Saturday and Sevilla host Celta Vigo on Sunday.

Atletico and Sevilla enjoyed convincing wins in Champions League action on Tuesday, while Valencia’s return to Europe’s elite club competition after a two-year absence was spoiled when they lost 3-2 at home to Zenit St Petersburg on Wednesday.(rtr)

9

Lampard scores first MLS goal to lead NYCFC past Toronto 2-0

NEW YORK — Former Chelsea star Frank Lampard scored his first goal since joining Major League Soccer this year, leading New York City FC to a 2-0 win over Toronto FC on Wednesday. Lampard scored in the 20th minute after settling RJ Allen’s back-pass with his chest and rolling in a goal through traffic.

The former England international spent 13 seasons with Chelsea, won three Premier League titles and scored 176 goals in 599 games. He signed with NYCFC last July and played in the MLS off-season for Manchester City, which like NYCFC Zoran Mamic

is controlled by City Football Group.

New York City won its first game since Aug. 13 to move past Philadelphia into eighth position in the Eastern Conference.

In other matches, Kelyn Rowe scored in the 65th minute as the New England Revolution beat the New York Red Bulls 2-1 to move into first place in the East. New England won its sixth straight game, matching a club record set in 2005.

Diego Fagundez scored in his fourth straight game for New England in the 2nd minute. Juan Agudelo one-touched a free kick

into open space and Fagundez ran past the defense to send it home. In the second half, Scott Caldwell lofted a loose ball in front of the net and the uncovered Rowe volleyed it home.

In San Jose, California, Kyle Bekker scored his first MLS goal in the 65th minute as 10-man Montreal played the Earthquakes to a 1-1 draw.

Bekker caught goalkeeper David Bingham leaning the wrong way and squeezed a shot inside the near post. It was the Canadian’s first game with the Impact after being traded from FC Dallas on July 16. (ap)

IBP/net

Dinamo coach thanks West Ham’s Bilic for helping beat Arsenal

ZAGREB - Dinamo Zagreb coach Zoran Mamic thanked his compatriot and West Ham manager Slaven Bilic for helping the Croatian title holders beat Arsenal 2-1 in their Champions League Group F match on Wednesday.

Bilic, whose side beat London rivals Arsenal 2-0 in the Premier League’s opening round, passed on valuable advice to Mamic ahead of the clash.

“We scouted Arsenal well and we found information given to us by Bilic and his assistant Nikola Jurcevic very useful,” Mamic told reporters. “But my players did a great job too.

“I knew we could stay on the same par physically with a team uncomfortable against rivals who can keep possession.”

Arsenal were static when defend-

ing set pieces while they also lacked creativity in midfield and bite up front, while Dinamo’s attack of El Hilal Arabi Soudani and Junior Fernandes and Marko Pjaca threatened with their pace and mobility.

Soudani carved out Dinamo’s opener with a defence-splitting pass which to led an own goal from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain while Fernandes produced a thumping header after a corner.

“Arsenal is used to playing English teams whose market value is much bigger than ours but these rivals nurture a different style, Mamic said.

“We surprised them. I said before this is the best Dinamo outfit in the last 10 years and many raised their eyebrows but tonight’s result and performance showed I was right.”(rtr)

AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

New York City Football Club midfielder Frank Lampard, left, of England, takes a shot on goal against the Columbus Crew in the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, at Yankee Stadium in New York. Columbus won 2-1.

Brendan Rodgers admits Liverpool struggling for identity

Liverpool have lost their way and are trying to rediscover their identity, manager Brendan Rodgers has admitted, while denying that he is under greater pressure after an underwhelming start to the season.

The Merseyside club have slumped to back-to-back Premier League losses against West Ham United and Manchester United and the Northern Irishman, who has been criticised by sections of the fans and media,

is troubled by the manner of the defeats.

“You can lose games but it is how you lose them and the last couple of games are not how you want to lose,” the 42-year-old told reporters ahead of his club’s Europa League clash against Ligue 1 side Bordeaux. “I think it is good I have an identity as a coach and a way of working that is clear.

“I am confident we can get back to playing that way and ... I along with the staff are working very hard

to reinforce the principles of how we have worked here,” he added.

The criticism of Rodgers intensified after Liverpool’s limp 3-1 defeat by Manchester United at the weekend, a game in which the Merseyside club sat back and allowed their archrivals to dominate possession, and the manager said the result was an eye-opener and one he would learn from. “When you look at the opening five games ... we haven’t been at that level of intensity.

“That’s something that I’ve really taken away from the performance at the weekend. We created some chances in the second half but this is a team that is very much about being on the front foot,” he told the club website (www.liverpoolfc.com).

Rodgers has rung the changes for the Bordeaux game, leaving Christian Benteke, Martin Skrtel, Dejan Lovren, James Milner, Lucas Leiva and Nathaniel Clyne at home and defended his team selection.

“My approach is what I did in this competition when I first came in. We played players that needed games and it’s my chance to look at some young players as well.

“Back then we finished top of the group and qualified, and that’s the objective,” he said, while denying that he was under increased pressure.

“It (the pressure) is the same as it ever has been. “It’s part and parcel of being the manager at such a great club,” he said. (rtr)

8

Friday, September 18, 2015

Sp rt

Friday, September 18, 2015

Chelsea hammers Maccabi Tel Aviv 4-0 in the Champions League

LONDON — Chelsea eased to a 4-0 victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv in its opening Group G match in the Champions League on Wednesday, but the performance at Stamford Bridge was not as convincing as the scoreline. Willian and Oscar hit the back of the net in the first half, before a brilliant finish from Diego Costa and a late Cesc Fabregas goal rounded off the scoring.

The result was emphatic but the display was ponderous, particularly in the first half when Eden Hazard, usually Chelsea’s most dangerous player, missed a penalty and routinely lost possession for his team.

But after a tumultuous start to the season, which has seen Jose Mourinho’s side lose three of its opening five games, the Chelsea manager cared more about the confidenceboosting result than the performance. “For so long we don’t win a game, I forgot the feeling,” Mourinho said. “I know what

you are thinking, we did not beat Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern Munich but. I can imagine how difficult it would be for everyone to wake up after a defeat.

“When you start the game you have to win and after five minutes, miss a penalty, it was a good test. I was pleased with the reaction.” The game began badly for Mourinho, who made six changes to the team beaten 3-1

by Everton on Saturday. Captain John Terry was demoted to the bench alongside regular starters Costa, Branislav Ivanovic and Nemanja Matic.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Matic’s replacement in central midfield,

was booked after 58 seconds for a rash high-footed challenge on Nikola Mitrovic.

Mourinho was fuming at the referee’s decision to bring out the yellow card so quickly and four minutes later, he was even angrier at the officiating by Felix Zwayer when Willian was brought down in the penalty area by onrushing goalkeeper Pedrag Rajkovic. Zwayer pointed to the spot but only booked Rajkovic, leaving Mourinho incredulous.

Hazard stepped up to take the penalty and despite being renowned for his composure from the spot, he uncharacteristically blazed his effort high over the crossbar, into the jubilant Maccabi fans behind the goal. But the miss did not deter Chelsea, which continued to enjoy possession, albeit while looking toothless in attack.

When the breakthrough finally came, it was fortunate. Willian’s free-kick from the left looped over

his teammates in the penalty area and bounced beyond the reach of Rajkovic in the 15th minute.

Maccabi should have equalised in the 31st, when the Chelsea defense had lapse in concentration from an inswinging cross, but captain Eran Zahavi looped a header over the crossbar.

Costa, who replaced the injured Willian in the 23rd minute, won another penalty on the stroke of halftime after Tal Ben Haim tripped him. Hazard did not step up this time; instead Oscar took the ball and sent Rajkovic the wrong way with a low effort to his left.

Any doubts of victory were removed by Costa in the 58th minute as he guided a Fabregas delivery in off the crossbar with a sumptuous strike on the turn.

Fabregas completed the scoring on 78, finishing off a sweeping counterattack. The night’s other Group G match finished as a 2-2 draw between Dynamo Kiev and Porto. (ap)

Raul’s Real scoring record in Ronaldo’s sights

Diego Costa celebrates after scoring the third goal for Chelsea

MADRID - Cristiano Ronaldo can overtake Raul as Real Madrid’s all-time top scorer when Granada visit the Bernabeu in La Liga on Saturday and the Portugal captain will have needed fewer than half as many matches to do it.

Former Spain striker Raul, now with New York Cosmos, netted 323 goals in 741 appearances for the world’s richest club, while Ronaldo’s hat-trick in

Tuesday’s 4-0 Champions League victory at home to Shakhtar Donetsk took his tally to a jaw-dropping 321 in just 304 matches.

The 30-year-old FIFA Ballon d’Or holder’s treble at the Bernabeu came hot on the heels of his five-goal haul at Espanyol last weekend and Real have rattled in 15 goals without reply in their last three outings. “I know Cristiano Ronaldo’s value and performance level,” Real coach Rafa Benitez told a news conference after the Shakhtar game.

“He is the best in the world and is showing that in games and every training session.”

Ronaldo hit five goals in a match for the first time when Real hammered Granada 9-1

at the Bernabeu last season and Granada midfielder Ruben Rochina is expecting another rough ride despite Benitez missing several regulars due to injury.

James Rodriguez, Gareth Bale and Sergio Ramos are all unavailable but Rochina said the depth of Real’s squad means the trio will not be missed too much. “We know they are one of the best teams in the world and if one player is not there then there will be another who will also perform well,” he told Spanish radio on Wednesday.

Champions Barcelona, who host Levante on Sunday, are waiting to find out how serious Rafinha’s suspected knee injury is after the Bra-

zil midfielder was hurt in Wednesday’s 1-1 Champions League draw at AS Roma.

“We will wait for the test results tomorrow (Thursday) but it looks bad and that is very ugly news for us,” Barca coach Luis Enrique told a news conference. Atletico Madrid visit Eibar and Valencia host promoted Real Betis on Saturday and Sevilla host Celta Vigo on Sunday.

Atletico and Sevilla enjoyed convincing wins in Champions League action on Tuesday, while Valencia’s return to Europe’s elite club competition after a two-year absence was spoiled when they lost 3-2 at home to Zenit St Petersburg on Wednesday.(rtr)

9

Lampard scores first MLS goal to lead NYCFC past Toronto 2-0

NEW YORK — Former Chelsea star Frank Lampard scored his first goal since joining Major League Soccer this year, leading New York City FC to a 2-0 win over Toronto FC on Wednesday. Lampard scored in the 20th minute after settling RJ Allen’s back-pass with his chest and rolling in a goal through traffic.

The former England international spent 13 seasons with Chelsea, won three Premier League titles and scored 176 goals in 599 games. He signed with NYCFC last July and played in the MLS off-season for Manchester City, which like NYCFC Zoran Mamic

is controlled by City Football Group.

New York City won its first game since Aug. 13 to move past Philadelphia into eighth position in the Eastern Conference.

In other matches, Kelyn Rowe scored in the 65th minute as the New England Revolution beat the New York Red Bulls 2-1 to move into first place in the East. New England won its sixth straight game, matching a club record set in 2005.

Diego Fagundez scored in his fourth straight game for New England in the 2nd minute. Juan Agudelo one-touched a free kick

into open space and Fagundez ran past the defense to send it home. In the second half, Scott Caldwell lofted a loose ball in front of the net and the uncovered Rowe volleyed it home.

In San Jose, California, Kyle Bekker scored his first MLS goal in the 65th minute as 10-man Montreal played the Earthquakes to a 1-1 draw.

Bekker caught goalkeeper David Bingham leaning the wrong way and squeezed a shot inside the near post. It was the Canadian’s first game with the Impact after being traded from FC Dallas on July 16. (ap)

IBP/net

Dinamo coach thanks West Ham’s Bilic for helping beat Arsenal

ZAGREB - Dinamo Zagreb coach Zoran Mamic thanked his compatriot and West Ham manager Slaven Bilic for helping the Croatian title holders beat Arsenal 2-1 in their Champions League Group F match on Wednesday.

Bilic, whose side beat London rivals Arsenal 2-0 in the Premier League’s opening round, passed on valuable advice to Mamic ahead of the clash.

“We scouted Arsenal well and we found information given to us by Bilic and his assistant Nikola Jurcevic very useful,” Mamic told reporters. “But my players did a great job too.

“I knew we could stay on the same par physically with a team uncomfortable against rivals who can keep possession.”

Arsenal were static when defend-

ing set pieces while they also lacked creativity in midfield and bite up front, while Dinamo’s attack of El Hilal Arabi Soudani and Junior Fernandes and Marko Pjaca threatened with their pace and mobility.

Soudani carved out Dinamo’s opener with a defence-splitting pass which to led an own goal from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain while Fernandes produced a thumping header after a corner.

“Arsenal is used to playing English teams whose market value is much bigger than ours but these rivals nurture a different style, Mamic said.

“We surprised them. I said before this is the best Dinamo outfit in the last 10 years and many raised their eyebrows but tonight’s result and performance showed I was right.”(rtr)

AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

New York City Football Club midfielder Frank Lampard, left, of England, takes a shot on goal against the Columbus Crew in the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, at Yankee Stadium in New York. Columbus won 2-1.

Brendan Rodgers admits Liverpool struggling for identity

Liverpool have lost their way and are trying to rediscover their identity, manager Brendan Rodgers has admitted, while denying that he is under greater pressure after an underwhelming start to the season.

The Merseyside club have slumped to back-to-back Premier League losses against West Ham United and Manchester United and the Northern Irishman, who has been criticised by sections of the fans and media,

is troubled by the manner of the defeats.

“You can lose games but it is how you lose them and the last couple of games are not how you want to lose,” the 42-year-old told reporters ahead of his club’s Europa League clash against Ligue 1 side Bordeaux. “I think it is good I have an identity as a coach and a way of working that is clear.

“I am confident we can get back to playing that way and ... I along with the staff are working very hard

to reinforce the principles of how we have worked here,” he added.

The criticism of Rodgers intensified after Liverpool’s limp 3-1 defeat by Manchester United at the weekend, a game in which the Merseyside club sat back and allowed their archrivals to dominate possession, and the manager said the result was an eye-opener and one he would learn from. “When you look at the opening five games ... we haven’t been at that level of intensity.

“That’s something that I’ve really taken away from the performance at the weekend. We created some chances in the second half but this is a team that is very much about being on the front foot,” he told the club website (www.liverpoolfc.com).

Rodgers has rung the changes for the Bordeaux game, leaving Christian Benteke, Martin Skrtel, Dejan Lovren, James Milner, Lucas Leiva and Nathaniel Clyne at home and defended his team selection.

“My approach is what I did in this competition when I first came in. We played players that needed games and it’s my chance to look at some young players as well.

“Back then we finished top of the group and qualified, and that’s the objective,” he said, while denying that he was under increased pressure.

“It (the pressure) is the same as it ever has been. “It’s part and parcel of being the manager at such a great club,” he said. (rtr)

10

Destination

Friday, September 18, 2015

International

Friday, September 18, 2015

International

Spa

Spa is one experience that you should not miss during your stay in Bali. The spa business in Bali emerging really fast during this ten years and become one of the sophisticated industry that can give your holiday a colorful experience.

Bali Spa with selected spa treatment, luxury rooms and friendly therapist will rejuvenate your soul and body. Bali really has become the Spa capital of Asia, if not the world.

Every spa has a small basic listing. Selected spas have a detailed list of all their different treatments, direct links to e-mail and/or web site so you can contact them, and a number of pictures. In Bali almost every hotel, no matter how many stars it may have, has its own spa.

The Spas of Bali offer many different massages [Balinese, Indonesian, Thai, Swedish, Shiatsu from Japan and Lomi-Lomi from Hawaii], body wraps, polishes and scrubs [including the Royal Javanese Lulur and the Balinese Boreh], Chinese Reflexology and many Ayurvedic styles of treatment. Advanced spas offer Colon Hydrotherapy and personal treatments. In the Ubud area some spas offer Craniosacral Therapy and other Healing treatments.

Double rooms are often provided for couples who wish to share the experience and the Four Hand Massage is very popular in Bali (two therapists, male or female, perform a full body massage in perfect synchronization).

Johnson to start for US in Davis Cup against Uzbekistan

MOSCOW — Steve Johnson will play the first singles match for the United States against Uzbekistan’s No. 1 player Denis Istomin in their Davis Cup World Group playoff.

The 47th-ranked Johnson takes on No. 62 Istomin on Friday in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, before the second match pits Jack Sock against

Farrukh Dustov.

In Saturday’s doubles, Johnson and Sam Querrey, who reached the U.S. open semifinals together last week, take on Istomin and Dustov.

Sunday’s reverse singles pit Sock against Istomin and Johnson against Dustov. The winner will play in the top-tier World Group next season. (ap)

Rosberg takes fourth engine of F1 2015 for Singapore GP

Nico Rosberg will take his fourth Mercedes engine of the 2015 Formula 1 season ahead of this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix.

Rosberg and team-mate Lewis Hamilton both moved onto a third power unit for the last race in Italy when Mercedes used its final seven development tokens as it explored a new development direction.

But the German was forced to switch back to the previous-spec engine ahead of qualifying due to a problem, later discovered to be a leak in the cooling system that ultimately had a knock-on effect to the power unit.

With the system sealed in between events, Mercedes has only been able to carry out an inspection

of the unit that will be fired up again on Thursday.

Mercedes will then be able to determine the engine’s health and whether it is fit to at least be put through its paces in practice.

Whatever the situation, the team has confirmed Rosberg will take on a fourth power unit for the race, which will be the updated version that was introduced at Monza.

With seven races remaining Rosberg will then stand on the brink of a 10-place grid penalty should he be forced to take a fifth unit at any stage.

That would be a further blow to his championship chances, with the German already 53 points behind Hamilton with 175 up for grabs. (rtr)

IBP/File Photo

SpaDubai,India,Srilanka&Rusia Resmi081337327057/081999913777

A.BP.001.09.15.0000292

Looking For Waitress,Bartender Cashier Call/SMS:082139315049

B.BP.004.09.15.0000975

Looking for Daily workers, Waiter/ss, Bartender Call: 082139315049

B.BP.004.09.15.0000976

Taco Casa Restaurant Petitenget Butuh Waitress umur max 26Tahun SMS:0821 4524 5144

A.BP.001.09.15.0000896

Looking for HK Staff,FO Staff, Security,Cook,Sales for Villa in Legian,732651 or Send CV to manager@villadianabali.com

A.BP.001.09.15.0002284

Looking for SPG,Experienced, Speak English,Good Salary & Commission,Send CV to: contact@reservo-art.com call:0361737968/081236111693

B.BP.004.09.15.0000974

Luxury Villa in Brawa Looking for full time experienced Chef

must be able to Cook Indonesian and Western Food,be a team player and able to speak english excellent salary for the right candidate.Please Call 082146467377 or Email to tronbytron@yahoo.com

A.BP.001.09.15.0002198

Resort Dining di Jimbaran membthkan Waiter/Waitress/Chef/ Helper/House Keeping/Gardener Hub.Ibu Mega 0361-425050

A.BP.001.09.15.0001831

CLASSIFIELDS Place Your Add Here It is for Job Vacancy, Property, Selling or Buying

Please contact

Gugiek : 08123840500 Eka : 081338519538

REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito

Mercedes Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Germany leaves the pit during the second free practice session for the Italian F1 Grand Prix in Monza September 4, 2015.

Wade goes into Hall of Champions, looking ahead to season

IBP/net

MIAMI — Dwyane Wade is already thinking big about the same time you’ve got to take it in Miami Heat’s fast-approaching season. And missing the playoffs stride and understand what it means for the city and the community. last season has only energized him.

Less than two weeks from the start of his 13th Heat training camp, Wade joined Jack Nicklaus and Chris Evert as enshrinees Wednesday at the 21st Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Sports Hall of Champions induction ceremony. And while the night was about looking back and celebrating the past, Wade couldn’t help but sound excited what may loom this season.

“It could be special,” Wade said. “We have all the ingredients.

We’ve just got to make sure we mix it right.”

The Heat missed the playoffs last season after injuries and illness ravaged the roster in their first year of the post-LeBron James era after four straight trips to the NBA Finals. For Wade, that means essentially six months between games going from the end of last season to the start of the coming year.

It didn’t mean six months off, however. “I’m going into training camp (in regular season) form,” Wade said. Evert couldn’t attend the event Wednesday. Wade and Nicklaus chatted on the red carpet, and the 11-time All-Star learned

that Nicklaus is a Heat fan — and his wife Barbara is a bigger one.

Nicklaus told a story how he once called home during a trip to Brazil, his wife answered and asked him to hold because 6 seconds were left in a Heat game.

Nicklaus has been a season ticket-holder for Miami’s four pro teams — the Dolphins, the Florida Panthers, the Marlins and the Heat — for decades. He joked that when the Heat got Wade, he had to give up those seats because of the success he brought to the city. “A Miami Heat ticket is simply too expensive for me anymore,” Nicklaus said, drawing laughs.

Nicklaus and Evert — both winners of 18 Grand Slam events in their respective golf and tennis worlds — have long been out of the active-competitor spotlight. Wade acknowledged that it simultaneously felt odd and humbling sharing the moment with them.

“It is an honor,” Wade said.

“When I got the call, obviously I jumped on it right away and said of course I would. This feels a little weird. I’m preparing for a season that’s starting real soon, but at the

So I’m overwhelmed in appreciation.”

The Heat missed the playoffs for just the second time in Wade’s career last season. Only eight active players have more points than Wade, who will likely move into the NBA’s Top 50 all-time regularseason scorers early this season.

“Sometimes you don’t get a break and then you keep going with life, life keeps going,” Wade said.

“So to get a break from basketball for a while — not saying I wanted to be out of the playoffs, but once it was reality that we weren’t getting in — you’ve got to say it wasn’t meant to be, there was a reason for this. And hopefully that reason shows its face this year.”

The addition of Wade, Nicklaus and Evert push the enrollment in the Sports Hall of Champions to 84. The first class was enshrined in 1990 and past inductees include Don Shula, Angelo Dundee, Bob Beamon, Muhammad Ali, Arthur Ashe, Emerson Fittipaldi, Joe DiMaggio, Dan Marino, Alonzo Mourning, Jerry Bailey, Greg Louganis, Jennifer Rodriguez, Zach Thomas and Jim Kelly. (ap)

6

Friday, September 18, 2015

W

International

RLD

Walls and violence will not solve migrant crisis -EU Commissioner

BUDAPEST - The European Union’s migration commissioner said on Thursday that barriers of the kind that Hungary had erected on its Serbian border were temporary solutions that only diverted refugees and migrants to other countries and escalated tensions.

Hungary on Wednesday detained 29 people as migrants demanding to be let through its newly-shut EU frontier clashed with riot police firing water cannon and tear gas.

“The majority of people arriving in Europe are Syrians in need of our help,” Dimitris Avramopoulos told a joint news conference with Hungary’s foreign and interior ministers. “There is no wall you would not climb, no sea you would not cross if you are fleeing violence and terror,” he said. “We have a moral duty to offer them protection.”

Avramopoulos urged Hungary to continue to work with the EU Commission to find common and lasting solutions, adding that violence was not the answer.

Hungary is planning to extend its security fence towards Romania and parts of the Croatian border in a measure that it says is necessary to protect the European Union’s

external frontier and its border-free Schengen zone. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed shock and alarm at the treatment of refugees and migrants on the border of Hungary and Serbia, warning that they should be treated with dignity and their human rights respected.

But Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto lashed out at those criticising Hungary’s handling of the clashes. “It is bizarre and shocking how some members of international political life and the international press interpreted yesterday’s events,” Szijjarto said, without naming anyone specifically.

He said that, by siding with rioting migrants pelting Hungarian police with rocks in clashes that left 20 police injured, some “respected members” of international politics only encouraged violence. “All

these people will be responsible if these events are repeated today, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow,” he said.

Szijjarto said the European Union’s common refugee policy had failed to tackle the crisis, which has seen hundreds of thousands of people fleeing poverty, war and persecution in the Middle East, Asia and Africa pour into the continent.

“We are probably seeing a protracted wave of migration that has endless reserves,” Szijjarto said, proposing two measures that Budapest says could tackle the root causes of the crisis.

He said the EU should establish a common force without delay to protect Greece’s borders, to which Hungary would provide a “massive national contribution” in the form of police, money and soldiers.

“Quotas should be applied here, because here quotas make sense,” he said, adding that Hungary also proposed that the EU should take charge of financing refugee camps in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq and build new camps there if necessary. (rtr)

Ian Langsdon/Pool Photo via AP

In this June 1, 2015 photo, Burkina Faso’s transitional president Michel Kafando meets with French president Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France.

Military in Burkina Faso confirms coup, dissolves government

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — While gunfire rang out in the streets, Burkina Faso’s military took to the airwaves Thursday to declare it now controls the West African country, confirming that a coup has taken place just weeks before elections. The announcement aired on national television and radio said the transitional government was dissolved and the interim president no longer in power.

The coup leaders, who come from an elite presidential guard unit that had disagreed publicly with the transitional government in recent months, identified themselves as the National Council for Democracy.

Their public statement confirmed what many suspected Wednesday when the transitional president and prime minister were arrested and barricades were erected around the presidency.

The communique read by Lt. Col. Mamadou Bamba criticized the electoral code, which blocked members of the ex-president’s party from taking part in the Oct. 11 elections. Anyone who supported

the ex-president’s bid to amend the constitution so he could seek another term is also banned from running.

Bamba on Thursday announced the beginning of a “coherent, fair and equitable process” that would lead to inclusive elections. The power grab violated the country’s constitution.

The transitional government came to power after the president of 27 years, Blaise Compaore, was ousted late last year in a public uprising. Demonstrators at one point had set fire to the parliament building to protest his move to amend the constitution so he could prolong his rule.

Burkina Faso hosts French special forces and serves as an important ally of both France and the United States in the fight against Islamic militants in West Africa. While Burkina Faso has largely been spared from extremist violence, a Romanian national was abducted in April, and a Mali-based jihadi group claimed responsibility. (ap)

From page 1

REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Friday, September 18, 2015

11

Indonesia arrests seven over SE Asia haze

Powerful ...

A crowd of migrants wait at the main bus station under aTurkish flag stretched above them in Istanbul, Turkey, September 17, 2015. Hundreds of Syrians and other migrants thronged a small park in central Istanbul on Wednesday, hoping for a last chance to reach Europe before poor weather makes their favoured route from Turkey to Greece too dangerous to undertake.

International

Hardest-hit Illapel, a coastal city of 30,000, saw its electricity fail and several homes were damaged.

In coastal La Serena, in the north of Chile, “people were running in all directions,” said resident Gloria Navarro.

A similar fear seized residents in Argentina.

“We went into a panic and the floor kept moving. We went out into the hallway and down the stairs,” Celina Atrave, 65, who lives in a 25-story high-rise near downtown Buenos Aires, told AFP. The quake, which struck at 7:54 pm (2254 GMT), hit at a depth of eight kilometers, USGS said. Seismologists also reported multiple aftershocks, some of them above 6.0.

The Chilean government put the main earthquake at 8.4 on the Richter scale. (afp)

JAKARTA - Indonesian police have detained seven people whose companies are allegedly connected with illegal agricultural fires that have cloaked Southeast Asia in haze, in rare arrests over the annual smog outbreaks.

They were arrested on Wednesday on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, where authorities have been battling smog-belching blazes which were started to clear land for palm oil and pulp and paper plantations, national police chief Badrodin Haiti said.

Police said some of those arrested were executives, but did not

give details about all the company employees detained. Officials did not reveal their identities or say which firms they worked for.

They could face up to 15 years in jail and heavy fines if found guilty of breaking Indonesian laws that ban starting forest fires.

Tens of thousands have fallen ill in

parts of Indonesia as the haze thickened over the past fortnight, and the smog has led to unhealthy air quality and reduced visibility in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia.

“The president’s instruction is clear -- law enforcement must be firm so that this will not happen again next year,” Haiti told reporters late Wednesday, announcing the arrests.

President Joko Widodo pledged this week to crack down on companies and individuals behind the

fires, and hundreds of extra police and investigators have been sent to haze-hit areas to hunt for those responsible.

They joined military personnel and water-bombing aircraft sent to tackle the fires.

In addition to the seven arrested, 133 people have been named suspects, Haiti said. This is a legal step in Indonesia that means investigators have enough evidence to consider filing charges against someone.

Indonesia has come under pressure

from its neighbours to halt the smog outbreaks, an annual problem in Southeast Asia during the dry season.

The situation has been made worse this year by an El Nino weather system, which produces tinder-dry conditions in Indonesia and increases the risk of fires.

There were also fears that the haze could affect this weekend’s glitzy Formula One night race in Singapore, but organisers have insisted the event will go ahead. (afp)

Still no plans for new round of executions

JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities have still not made plans for a new round of executions, an official said Wednesday, almost three months after a French drug convict on death row lost an appeal.

The execution in April of two Australians, a Brazilian and four Nigerians for drug offences sparked international anger but President Joko Widodo publicly refused to back down, insisting that traffickers must face harsh punishment.

Speculation had been mounting that Frenchman Serge Atlaoui, who had been due to be executed in April but was granted a temporary reprieve, would be next to face the firing squad after losing a court appeal against his death sentence in June.

The welder, arrested at a secret drugs factory outside Jakarta in 2005, is among several foreigners facing death in Indonesia for drugs offences, including British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford and Filipina Mary Jane Veloso.

But since Atlaoui’s appeal, the government has been tight-lipped on the subject of executions and the attorneygeneral’s office -- in charge of putting people to death -- has shown no sign of preparing for a new round.

Amir Yanto, a spokesman for the attorney-general’s office, confirmed Thursday there were still no plans.

“There is no such agenda so far,” he told AFP, adding that the government was currently focused on fixing the economy. The president has made boosting economic growth, which is at six-year lows, a priority in recent months.

Veloso, who has always maintained her innocence and said human-traffickers duped her, was also due to be executed in April but was granted a last-minute temporary reprieve.

Jakarta insists her sentence has only been postponed while legal proceedings run their course in the Philippines.

Sandiford was sentenced to death after being caught trying to smuggle a stash of cocaine into Bali.

Indonesia has some of the world’s toughest anti-narcotics laws. It resumed executions in 2013 after a hiatus of several years and since Widodo took office, 14 drug convicts -- mostly foreigners -- have been executed. (afp)

AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying , right, shakes hands with Indonesian President Joko Widodo during their meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015.

12

International

Friday, September 18, 2015

BUSINESS Eurozone inflation revised down to 0.1 percent

LONDON — Inflation across the 19-country eurozone was revised down to 0.1 percent in the year to August, in a development that’s likely to renew concern that the region could see another bout of falling prices and prompt more stimulus measures from the European Central Bank.

Figures released Wednesday by the European Union’s statistics agency showed that the revision in consumer price inflation from the initial estimate of 0.2 percent was largely due to a sharp drop in energy prices reflecting weakness in the global price of oil.

Given that inflation is way below the ECB’s target of just under 2 percent and is widely expected

to fall further in coming months, there are growing expectations the central bank will increase its stimulus efforts — especially if the eurozone sees an outright fall in prices for the first time since March.

At first glance, deflation, which is generally defined as a sustained drop in prices, sounds good as it allows consumers to buy things for

less. The problem lies when prices fall consistently over time for a range of goods — as opposed to temporary declines prompted by, say, a fall in prices at the pump, which can give economic activity a boost.

Longer-term deflation encourages people to put off spending and can prove difficult to reverse because it requires altering people’s expectations. It can lead to years of economic stagnation, as in Japan over the past two decades, or at worst, into something more pernicious, such as the Great Depression of the 1930s.

It’s those fears that prompted the ECB to launch a 1.1 trillioneuro ($1.2 trillion) monetary stimulus this year. As part of that stimulus, the ECB is pumping 60 billion euros a month in newly printed money into the eurozone economy by buying government and corporate bonds. The program is slated to run at least through September 2016 and is intended to help get inflation back to target. ECB President Mario Draghi hinted this month that the bank is ready to give the eurozone a bigger dose of stimulus, which could involve buying more bonds

or extending the length of the program.

The news from Eurostat prompted some weakness in the euro as traders priced in a growing expectation of further stimulus — the new money created by the ECB can weigh on the currency by diluting its value. The euro was trading 0.4 percent lower at $1.1230.

“The chance of further stimulus from the ECB is growing, which could act to weaken the euro in the coming months,” said Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at OANDA. (ap)

Oil prices turn higher in Asia ahead of Fed decision

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

In this April 24, 2015 photo, pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M. Oil turned higher in Asia Thursday in volatile trading as jittery investors awaited a US Federal Reserve interest rate decision later in the day.

SINGAPORE - Oil turned higher in Asia Thursday in volatile trading as jittery investors awaited a US Federal Reserve interest rate decision later in the day.

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in October was up two cents to $47.17 in afternoon trade, reversing losses earlier in the day.

Brent crude for November also swung to positive territory, gaining 14 cents to $49.89.

On Wednesday WTI surged almost six percent and Brent jumped more than four percent after the US Department of Energy revealed a 2.1 million barrel drop in inventories.

That included a 1.9 million barrel decline at the Cushing, Oklahoma trading hub, indicating stronger demand in the world’s top oil consumer. The report also said US oil production fell for the sixth straight week.

Attention is now focused on Washington where the Fed will make an announcement on borrowing costs, with some analyst opinions split on whether it will begin lift-off on Thursday or wait until December.

“The market is keeping a close eye on the two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting... as the Fed decides whether to raise interest rate for the first time in years,” said Sanjeev Gupta, head of the Asia Pacific oil and gas practice at professional services firm EY. Fed chief Janet Yellen has said she expects an increase by the end of the year but recent turmoil in global markets caused by concerns about China’s economy have made policymakers’ decision-making complicated.

A rise in US interest rates tends to bolster the dollar, making dollar-priced oil more expensive for holders of weaker currencies, in turn hurting demand and prices. (afp)

International

Bali News

Friday, September 18, 2015

Painted customary apparel trending in Bali

5

BANGLI - Painted customary praying apparel is now gaining favour with the Hindu community. Such paintings are not nearly a trend but also have significant meaning and also bring financial benefits to Tegal Asah hamlet painter, Tembuku, Bangli, Ketut Ngabdi.

Ngabdi explained that the common motifs in the paintings that he makes are birds, barong, rangda, Lord Varuna and puppet figures. These motifs are inseparable from his Balinese cultural background, especially in regards to Hinduism. According to Ngabdi, Rangda paintings are suitable for describing the spirit and for fostering self-confidence. Likewise, Lord Varuna symbolizes the sea which surrounds the island. “All these motifs have meanings that are closely related to Balinese culture and Hinduism in particular,” he explained recently.

Ngabdi’s paintings are characterized by the black and white shading technique that he uses which is also rooted in Balinese philosophy and known as rwa bhineda (basic dualism). “My paintings are inseparable from Balinese culture, in terms of both color and motif,” said Ngabdi.

His business that has been running for two years has become quite well known to the public and he is often flooded with orders before major religious holidays. His orders come from the local community but also from boutiques in Denpasar. Prices depend on the motifs in the paintings: “the easiest ones go for only IDR 50,000 while the most difficult ones cost IDR 200,000,” he said.

Ngabdi who graduated from art school says that his biggest obstacle for starting his business is lack of capital, thus forcing him to sell from his home, despite being far away from the town of Bangli. “Due to lack of capital, I can only paint at home. So, our business is not known to a wide public,” he explained.

In order to thrive, Ngabdi hopes that the Industry and Trade Agency can provide guidance, both in terms of capital and marketing.

Head of the Bangli Industry and Trade Agency, I Nengah Sudibia, explained that the apparel painting business is a very good industry to develop. Amid the development of fashion trends, of course, this cottage industry with its own distinct characteristics will be able to compete well with other products. Related to the request for coaching, Sudibia said, that it will be addressed immediately. “This business is very good, we will follow up on his request for coaching,” he said. (sos)

One of the painters of praying apparel in Tembuku, Bangli

Badung alerted to rabies outbreak in pigs MANGUPURA - The Badung Livestock Agency has been alerted to the discovery of pigs in Karangasem County that have been declared positive to carrying the rabies virus. The Badung Livestock Agency has teamed up with the Center for Bali Veterinary in order to find out the truth.

Head of the Badung Livestock Agency, Made Badra, said that rabies carrying pigs have not been found in Badung. “In response to this alert, we cooperated with the Center for Bali Veterinary,” said Badra.

Based on verifications in the field, no

IBP/File

One of the pig farms in Badung.

Badung Livestock Agency has been alerted to the discovery of pigs in Karangasem County that have been declared positive to carrying the rabies virus.

IBP/Sosiawan

pigs nor monkeys in Badung have been found to be carrying rabies. Furthermore the handling of rabies in Badung County is also very intensive, and includes the elimination of stray dogs throughout the subdistricts.

“So, the contact of pigs to dogs is quite difficult because farmers or people raise pigs in stables and do not let them roam around carelessly. We urge the public not to panic in response to information about pigs being infected with rabies,” he said.

According to Badra, technically there is only a very small possibility of pigs becoming infected by rabies. The truth about the cases in Karangasem, needs clarified.

“As for Badung, pigs are always raised in cages,” he said.

The pig population in Badung County as of 2014 was 82,479 heads of pig consisting of Balinese species and the cross breeds of saddlebacks with landraces. (kmb27)

4

Bali News

Friday, September 18, 2015

Plastic waste product craftsmen rare despite high demand

Making handicrafts from plastic waste materials seems to be very difficult for most people.

However, if accomplished, such handicrafts are very saleable on today’s market.

The owner of waste bank in Taman Bali village Bangli, I Wayan Sutirka, explained on Wednesday (Sep. 16) that plastic waste is not only re-sold to be recycled, but it can also be used to make new products. Some types of plastic, such as coffee packages and the like can be transformed into crafts that have a high market value.

Unfortunately, so far, there is still the general impression that making crafts from plastic waste is just a way to kill time without any other benefit. “We are still having trouble finding people willing to make plastic waste crafts,” he explained.

Sutirka said that this is because most people consider that it will not be fruitful and that it is difficult, despite never having tried. “People do not want to make such crafts because they think it is complicated” he said.

Currently, plastic waste crafts are only made by school children who can only produce so much given that they are busy with school. Sutirka explained that plastic waste can be crafted into such things as wallets, shopping bags so forth. He added that these products can be of quite good quality. Wallets, for instance, can be sold for IDR 30,000 each. and consumers are not only found in Bangli, but many foreigners including Dutch people also buy these products. “Plastic waste crafts are in high demand on the market,” he explained.

Sutirka has encouraged public interest in creating such crafts by directly coaching people during exhibitions and festivals. However, it this has yet to yield good responses from community. “Activities aimed at motivating people to get involved in the making of plastic waste crafts has taken place. We will be increasing our efforts in the future,” he said.

Sutirka is confident that anyone who is able to produce these crafts in large qualities, will have no trouble marketing their products. Furthermore, making plastic waste craft products is one way of reducing the volume of waste in the natural environment. Plastic waste is considered to be a major cause of flooding. “Making crafts from plastic waste is very good as it will reduce the amount of waste in the environment. Simply discarding plastic will result in problems,” he said. (sos)

Plastic can be turned into many valuable things.

IBP/Sosiawan

Ingredient for hog-plum herbal drink run low due to drought

IBP/File

DENPASAR - This dry season, numerous trees and plants are lacking water and cemcem (hog-plum) herbal drink producer I Wayan Sadia is feeling the sting.

Bali Post met with Sadia at the Sunday Market at Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara, on Sunday (Sep. 13), where said that the lack of hogplum leaves has caused a reduction in the production of his product.

The lack of leaves is due to the lack of water, which is admittedly difficult to overcome “Due to the scarcity of ingredient production automatically decreases, while the demand continues to increase,” he

said.

To get around this issue, Sadia planted hog-plum trees on his own land, but so far he continues to get his supply of hog-plum leaves from collectors from all over Bali.

“I have planted new trees to make up for dry seasons like this one,” he said.

Each day, Sadia produces 500 bottles of hog-plum herbal drink, assisted by four employees. The demand for this herbal drink has increased since the business was started in 1985. “This hog-plum herbal drink was initiated in 1985 by my mother-in-law, I just pass

Friday, September 18, 2015

International

International

along her legacy,” he said.

The cemcem herbal beverage is prepared by crushing together hog-plum leaves, brown sugar, tamarind paste and salt. Young coconut is added to the mix and then it is ready to be bottled. “In the past, we pounded the ingredients together with mortar and pestle but now we use a blender due to the increasing demand for our product” explained Sadia adding that old hog-plums leaves are the best. “We used the seventh leaves from the bottom, because they are the right age,” he concluded. (kmb42)

13

More than 2,000 enslaved fishermen rescued in 6 months

AMBON — More than 2,000 fishermen have been rescued this year from brutal conditions at sea, their freedom prompted by an Associated Press investigation into seafood brought to the U.S. from a slave island in eastern Indonesia.

Dozens of Burmese men in the bustling port town of Ambon were the latest to go home, some more than a decade after being trafficked onto Thai trawlers. Grabbing one another’s hands, the men walked together toward buses last week.

As they pulled away for the airport, some of those still waiting their turn to go home cheered, throwing their arms in the air.

“I’m sure my parents think I’m dead,” said Tin Lin Tun, 25, who lost contact with his family after a broker lured him to Thailand five years ago. Instead of working in construction, as promised, he was sold onto a fishing boat and taken to Indonesia. “I’m their only son.

They’re going to cry so hard when they see me.”

The reunion he envisions has played out hundreds of times since March, after the AP tracked fish — caught by men who were savagely beaten and caged — to the supply chains of some of America’s biggest food sellers, such as Wal-Mart, Sysco and Kroger, and popular brands of canned pet food like Fancy Feast, Meow Mix and Iams.

It can turn up as calamari at fine restaurants, as imitation crab in a sushi roll or as packages of frozen snapper relabeled with store brands that land on our dinner tables. The U.S. companies have all said they strongly condemn labor abuse and are taking steps to prevent it.

In response, a multimilliondollar Thai-Indonesian fishing business has been shut down, at least nine people have been arrested and two fishing cargo vessels have

been seized. In the U.S., importers have demanded change, three classaction lawsuits are underway, new laws have been introduced and the Obama administration is pushing exporters to clean up their labor practices. The AP’s work was entered into the congressional record for a hearing, and is scheduled to be brought up for discussion again later this month.

The largest impact, by far, has been the rescue of some of the most desperate and isolated people in the world. More than 2,000 men from Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos have been identified or repatriated since the AP’s initial story ran, according to the International Organization for Migration and foreign ministries. The tally includes eight fishermen trafficked aboard a Thai cargo ship seized in neighboring Papua New Guinea.

And those returnee figures don’t tell the whole story: Hundreds more have been quietly sent home by their companies, avoiding human trafficking allegations.

“We’ve never seen a rescue on this scale before,” said Lisa Rende Taylor, an anti-trafficking expert formerly with the United Nations who now heads the anti-slavery nonprofit Project Issara. “They deserve compensation and justice.”

Many experts believe the most effective pressure for change can come from consumers, whose hunger for cheap seafood is helping fuel the massive labor abuses. Southeast Asia’s fishing industry is dominated

by Thailand, which earns $7 billion annually in exports. The business relies on tens of thousands of poor migrant laborers, mainly from neighboring Southeast Asian countries. They often are tricked, sold or kidnapped and put onto boats that are commonly sent to distant foreign waters to poach fish. (ap)

AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim

In this Sept. 9, 2015 photo, foreign fishermen sit on their boat which is anchored off the town of Ambon, Maluku province, Indonesia. More than 2,000 fishermen have been rescued this year from brutal conditions at sea.

AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha

Nepalese lawmakers greet each other after the final constitution process at Constitution Assembly hall in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. Nepal’s Constituent Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a new constitution that has been delayed for years because of differences between political parties.

Nepal at crossroads after new constitution is adopted

KATHMANDU, Nepal — After a decade of political infighting and violent protests, the long-awaited passage of Nepal’s constitution should be a reason to celebrate. But there are also signs that the Himalayan nation’s first complete political framework since monarchy was abolished in 2006, could set the stage for prolonged conflict as some ethnic groups are protesting the charter.

The government sees the new constitution as a much-needed success for the nation of 28 million, still recovering from a devastating April 25 earthquake that killed thousands. The constitution, passed late Wednesday, sets the country up as a secular federation of seven states, each with a legislature and chief minister.

“The people have achieved a republican nation that they have aspired for decades,” Foreign Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey said. However, some ethnic and religious groups say lawmakers ignored their concerns over how state borders should be defined.

Some among majority Hindus also believe the country’s reference as a Hindu nation should have been restored in the constitution.

“The constitution being rushed through is not giving positive indications,” analyst and former election commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokhrel said. “It is giving birth to a conflict. The grievances of those who oppose the constitution need to be immediately addressed by the state. The future of Nepal depends on how the state acts and reacts.”

Protests organized by two ethnic groups — the Tharu in southwestern Nepal and the Madhesi in the country’s south and southeast — have shut down parts of Nepal for weeks.

Authorities have imposed curfew and deployed security forces, but the protests and blockades still have slowed food and cargo deliveries by road to the capital, Kathmandu.

On Tuesday, police opened fire after a group of protesters attacked a

160-truck convoy, killing four people. The violence came amid weeks of protests that have left more than 44 people dead, including police officers. The Madhesi groups have vowed to continue protesting.

“The big parties have tried to crush the minority groups and, as a result, pushed the nation into chaos,” said one Madheshi group leader, Shivaji Yadav of the Federal Socialist Forum. He said their issues should have been resolved before the draft constitution was voted on.

“Speeding the process to push through the draft was not done to empower the people, but for the big leaders to come to power,” he said.

On the streets of Kathmandu, many Nepalese expressed relief that politicians set aside their differences and voted for the constitution.

“How long can the nation hold back on everything just because these politicians cannot reach agreement?” businessman Susil Shrestha said. (ap)

14

Fashion

Friday, September 18, 2015

International

The Michael Kors Collection an earthy elegance for spring NEW YORK — Elegance, the Michael Kors way for spring, doesn’t mean kid gloves, boning and tight dresses. The designer had a more “earthy elegance” on his mind for the feminine Michael Kors Collection — a more creative, artistic energy like Georgia O’Keeffe and Elsa Peretti, the Italian model turned jewelry designer.

He sewed fluttery petaled flowers on dresses and offered sheer kicky pleats on dresses in classic red, blue, black and white. Wide black leather belts and grommets along skirts and hems provided strength.

“I wanted to have that balance of the two things, think about things that were in fact very soft and romantic and feminine, but take them down-to-earth and make them work in a modern way,” Kors said in an interview.

“It’s all about things that move with the wind, and juxtapose all of that with sort of borrowed from the boys kind of tailoring that feels easy,” he said.

Hence his ruffles, slits and slashes to catch the breeze.

It hasn’t been an easy year for the lovable Kors. His competition is amped up, discounting is deep and his stock was down. How is he holding up?

“I’m an optimistic guy, you know? I think that’s how I approach fashion. I still believe that when people put the right thing on it changes them,” Kors said.

“It changes your spirit, it changes your step. I’ve seen a woman try on a dress and suddenly stand up straight.”

He acknowledges fashion is fast and furious now and customers are shopping lots of different ways.

“I think we’re all adjusting to the fact that it is a new world,” Kors said.

At New York Fashion Week, he likely took comfort in one of his favorite show venues, a long, white, sun-drenched space downtown.

Among his front row guests were Naomi Watts and Olivia Wilde.

And Kendall Jenner was among his walkers.

“I always love the drama in the front row in the shows and seeing

how they’re presenting their new ideas. It’s fun,” Watts said.

Wilde grabbed one of the looks bound for the runway to wear herself, a loose red dress that sparkled and was outfitted with a white Peter Pan collar. It’s just the thing for a working mom, she said. She gave birth to her first child, Otis, in April.

“I find that I like to look put together but I need to be able to move around and function and I can’t be kind of squeezing into something that’s not going to work, you know, running on cobblestones and jumping into the subway,” she said.

“So I feel like his looks are always keeping women in mind — working women in mind, professional women who are powerful and sexy,” Wilde added.

Sitting in the front row, Wilde said, is always fun, but a little stressful.

“I just focus the whole time on not tripping the models,” she said.

“Don’t trip them! Don’t trip them!

You know, it’s a lot like sitting courtside at a basketball game, you just can’t believe how tall they are.” (ap)

AP Photo/Richard Drew AP Photo/Richard Drew

International

Bali News

Friday, September 18, 2015

Tabanan Realized Plan for Jatiluwih Entrance

TABANAN - Tabanan County’s design plans for the entrances of the Jatiluwih world cultural heritage can finally be realized though at present only one of the three planned entrances is being built. With an approved budget worth IDR 132 million of the proposed IDR 142 million from the regional budget, the Jatiluwih world cultural heritage will have an entrance way this year that will be located at Ngis Kelod hamlet, Jegu, Penebel (at the border of KerambitanPenebel—Ed).

Tabanan House legislator, I Wayan Tamba, from Penebel, confirmed that there will be a monument to rice paddy erected at the entrance to the area of Jajar Kemiri Batukaru Penebel -famous for the Jatiluwih tourist attraction. The budget has already been agreed to in the amended regional budget 2015. However, Tamba did not know about the exact amount of the budget for the monument, and whether it will also be corrected in the verification in the governorate.

Admittedly, marking the border of the Jatuwuluh tourist attraction with a paddy monument will help to orient confused travelers who come to Karambitan looking for the famous rice paddies. “So far, there has been no real sign when entering the subdistrict of Penebel from Meliling in Kerambitan subdistrict so travelers are often confused,” he said.

Apart from serving as a guide post for tourists, the construction of a monument to paddy in the agricultural production area of Penebel is a worthy cause that corresponds to local beliefs held by the rice producers of Bali. “A media campaign is required and so are signs in the form of a monument or other type to construction, to indicate the characteristics of this area” said Tamba. The plan is to build the paddy monument on 150 square meters of vacant land that will be borrowed for 30 years. A garden will also be planted around the monument to make it more beautiful.

Subdistrict head of Penebel, Putu Agus Hendra Manik, agreed with Wayan Tamba, saying that although Jatiluwih has the status of the world cultural heritage area, until now the area -famous for the beautiful panoramic terraced fields has not been assigned clear borders. “I have received information form a Penebel legislator that the design for border markers for the Jatiluwih world cultural heritage has been approved.

However, the budget is only enough build one entrance,” he said.

Manik added that the border creating plan was submitted a long time ago but that due to budgetary obstacles, the plan had to be reviewed several times especially regarding the design of the structures to be erected at the three entrances to Jatiluwih. “Due to lack of budget, only one entrance can be developed at present. Once approved, it will probably be built in October,” he concluded. (kmb28)

IBP/File Photo

Tabanan County’s design plans for the entrances of the Jatiluwih world cultural heritage can finally be realized though at present only one of the three planned entrances is being built.

HiA project performes at Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara

The Michael Kors Spring 2016 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Wednesday, Sept.

16, 2015.

AP Photo/Richard Drew

AP Photo/Richard Drew

3

DENPASAR - The Human is Alien project was inspired by some local artists who noticed that the river had more and more garbage in it, and wanted to create a performance that would address this problem.

Human is Alien is a multi-media performance (bambu installation, video bit mapping projections, dance and music) that is based on the concept of balance in nature and tells the story of humans coming to earth from another planet. When we first arrive we live in harmony with the earth but as time goes on, we develop more and more technology and end up in disharmony with our natural surroundings and are forced to look for another planet again. The story is told through conceptual images, descriptive music and narrative dance.

Human is Alien has been performed twice, with the bambu installation and projections adjusted to each location. They have been invited by Shankara Art Space to perform at Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara on Tuesday September 22 at 7PM, along with Eny Catur from PPLH who will open a discussion after the show, and present their book about garbage in Bali.

Other environmental groups are invited to join the discussion.

Human is Alien plans to perform in three other locations in Bali (Lovina, Karangasem and Negara) before bringing the performance to the Jakarta Biennale in a few months time. (kmb)

IBP/kmb

2

International

Friday, September 18, 2015

International

COVER STORY From page 1

IBP/Sosiawan

The areas in Bangli that are facing a water crisis are increasingly numerous. Some of the hamlets in the villages of Suter Abang Batudinding, Kintamani and a number of hamlets in Yangapi village in Tembuku subdistrict have already been suffering from water shortages now other villages are also begging to be supplied with clean water.

Water crisis expands to larger area

THE areas in Bangli that are facing a water crisis are increasingly numerous. Some of the hamlets in the villages of Suter Abang Batudinding, Kintamani and a number of hamlets in Yangapi village in Tembuku subdistrict have already been suffering from water shortages now other villages are also begging to be supplied with clean water.

IBP/Sosiawan

The current water crisis occurring in Bangli is both life threatening and a cause of an increase in the number of pour households (RTM). The water crisis is affecting 14 hamlets located mainly in the area of Kintamani.

Head of the Bangli Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), I Wayan Karmawan said that after dry season has gone on for a few months, more and more areas are experiencing a water crisis. Based on recent data, the areas requesting to be supplied with water are: Palaktiying hamlet, Landih village (Bangli subdistrict), Puseh hamlet, Trunyan village, Bantang hamlet/village, Alengkong hamlet, Songan A village (Kintamani subdistrict) and Sidaparna hamlet and Penaga hamlet, Yangapi village. “The water crisis is increasingly widespread as seen from the increasing number of requests for clean water supply,” he explained, accompanied by the Section Head of Emergency and Logistics, the BPBD Bangli, I Ketut Agus Sutapa.

Karnawan added that the water is being supplied to some areas, while

Friday, September 18, 2015

15

Artotel Surabaya hold solo exhibition of X-Go Warhol

Drought ...

Sukarta also explained that the drought affecting some areas has not been classified as severe. However, such conditions “hampered our efforts to reduce the number of poor household”.

In an effort to reduce the effects of the drought, Bangli Social Services, and other related agencies have supplied water to some areas, “In addition to providing water for human consumption, there is also water being supplied for agricultural use, as means to help avoid crop failure,” he said.

Hamlet chief of Kelatkat, Abang Batudinding village, Kintamani, Made Selamat, recognizes that the yearly droughts have an impact on the increase in the number of poor household. The majority of people’s income has to be spent on water with prices reaching as high as IDR 250,000 per truck. Kelatkat hamlet counts 193 families, 47 of which are classified as poor.

“This water crisis has increased the number of poor households.

People have to spend all their money on water making it impossible for them to fullfill their other needs causing them to fall into poverty,” he said.

Selamat added that since the price of water is quite high, local residents often use rainwater for their daily needs. He also stated that he had attempted to have water supplied to his village but it was not successful. “We’ve got a pump to suck water from a spring located not far from the hamlet. But because the spring in downhill from the village, the suction was not strong enough to pump it uphill,” he said.

Currently, in order to be able to purchase water, he said that many local residents have opened small side businesses, such as tangerine crate making businesses. Based on the latest data of the Bangli Disaster Mitigation Agency, the water crisis is affecting 14 hamlets located mainly in the area of Kintamani. (kmb45)

Activities

others are still in the exploratory stage and coordination is being with done village officials. “The supplying of water needs to be coordinated with village officials. We will give priority to those who are in urgent of water.

We can definitely not meet all the demands at once,” said Karmawan from his office.

He also revealed that water being supplied to some areas has also been done in conjunction with relevant agencies in Bangli County and with the BPBD Bali. “We will coordinate the supplying of water with relevant agencies, such as the Social Service, Public Works, Urban Planning, PDAM and the BPBD Bali,” he said.

In the meantime, the provincial government delivers water supplies every Wednesday. With the increasing number of applications for water,

the delivery schedule could possibly change. “For the time being, we have a regular water supply and the province delivers it every week,” he said.

When asked about water supplies for the areas behind the hill, Karmawan said that his party is still looking for solutions. The only way to reach the area is through Buleleng whose terrain is more sloping. Similarly, searching for water sources will also be done in coordination with BPBD Buleleng. “We’re still looking for solutions so that we can supply water to the areas behind the hill because the terrain is very difficult.

We are still working on getting water to that area,” he said.

This official from Kintamani also added that residents living behind the hills commonly use rainwater to meet their daily needs, while some others use water from Lake Batur by using suction pumps. People are requesting water so that they meet their daily needs but also for their livestock.

However, the BPBD cannot approve applications for water for livestock at this time. (kmb45)

 Founder : K.Nadha,  General Manager :Palgunadi Chief Editor: Diah Dewi Juniarti  Editors: Gugiek Savindra,Alit Susrini, Alit Sumertha, Daniel Fajry, Mawa, Suana, Sueca, Sugiartha, Yudi Winanto Denpasar: Dira Arsana, Giriana Saputra, Subrata, Sumatika, Asmara Putra. Bangli: Suasrina, Buleleng: Dewa kusuma, Gianyar: Agung Dharmada, Karangasem: Budana, Klungkung: Bagiarta. Jakarta: Nikson, Hardianto, Ade Irawan. NTB: Agus Talino, Izzul Khairi, Raka Akriyani. Surabaya: Bambang Wilianto.  Development: Alit Purnata, Mas Ruscitadewi.  Office: Jalan Kepundung 67 A Denpasar 80232. Telephone (0361)225764, Facsimile: 227418, P.O.Box: 3010 Denpasar 80001. Bali Post Jakarta, Advertizing: Jl.Palmerah Barat 21F. Telp 021-5357602, Facsimile: 021-5357605 Jakarta Pusat. NTB: Jalam Bangau No. 15 Cakranegara Telp.

(0370) 639543, Facsimile: (0370) 628257. Publisher: PT Bali Post

SURABAYA - Artotel Surabaya is please to hold Solo Exhibition of X-Go Warhol, an Indonesian local graffiti artist pioneer from Surabaya, on a view September 11 – November 12, 2015 at Art Space of ARTOTEL Surabaya, lobby level.

X-Go is one of well known street artist in Surabaya, together with his community often hold exhibition, discussion, and sometimes make difficult the civil service police due to their activity in bombing some walls on main roads of Surabaya and surroundings. X-Go always do mural some obsolete walls or painted walls with his expression about social issue or other propaganda in fighting againts injustice such as corruptions matter, politic, and others. He mural the walls with his own style and egaliter ways.

Safrie Effendi, the Art Manager of Artotel Indonesia says “Artotel Indonesia is proud to hold another exciting solo exhibition by well known Graffiti artist pioneer, Mr. X-Go Warhol. He has been dominating the Graffiti culture for over a decade, mostly in Surabaya and Sidoarjo. More, this exhibition is having a comparison between between Paul Jackson Pollock and X-Go in terms of similarity and differentiation. Reason is to acknowledge in between 2 big different genre paintings style. Pollock was an influential American painter, particularly on abstract expressionist movement. He was known for a unique style with drip painting.”

Pollock and X-Go have the similar purpose in using their eccentric fun colors, but the different is Pollock play with lots of Organic forms and heavy strokes on his splatter. As well Pollock intended to be more expressive. While X-Go is quite neat and calm in making his work. X-Go executes his works in involving form, shape, and geometric. X-Go has a reference of Picasso and Mas Mundari to inspire his works. X-Go plays with full color, fun, cheerful and happy, however each artwork has a meaning to it, added Safrie.

Artotel Surabaya, located in the heart of Surabaya at Jl. Dr. Soetomo, was opened in 7 July 2012 and marked the birth of Artotel. It is featuring 106 Studio, ROCA – 24 hours Restaurant, Hi Speed Wi-Fi, and Art Space at lobby. Within the purpose to maintain the Surabaya’s heritage surroundings, Artotel Surabaya is designed with colonial architecture element to maintain the neighborhood prestigious and combined with a twist of contemporary art through the grand stair

Balinese Temple Ceremony

as the centerpiece of the hotel. The hotel collaborates with 5 Indonesian emerging artists to showcase the originality of the local talents, and to bring the art of hospitality to the next level.

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

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

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

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

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

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

16 Pages Number 189 7th year

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

Price: Rp 3.000,-

Friday, September 18, 2015

WEATHER FORECAST 23 - 32 Dps

Katy Perry gives shoutout to assistants during performance

e-mail: info_ibp@balipost.co.id online: http://www.internationalbalipost.com. http://epaper.internationalbalipost.com.

Friday, September 18, 2015 With a rocket’s red glare?

N. Korea gears up for major fete Page 6

Ronaldo scores hat trick as Real Madrid beats Shakhtar 4-0 Page 8

Water crisis triggers poverty

NEW YORK — At an exclusive and intimate New York Fashion Week party, Katy Perry dedicated a song not to fabulous designers or picture-perfect models, but to their assistants.

Perry closed her 30-minute set at the Plaza Hotel on Wednesday with her inspirational and anthemic No. 1 hit, “Firework.” Before singing the tune, she told the audience: “I always feel like an outcast or a black sheep because I’m no longer sample size.”

Then she said to the few hundred lively guests, “This next song is a song I want you to remember when you’re going about your day and you rip your pants, you have two Band-Aids fall off of the back of your heel, you’re sweating, there’s coffee all over your blouse. I’m talking about all the assistants here. And you feel, maybe, like a little plastic bag.”

“We’re all human,” she said. “We all start somewhere.”

Perry performed at a party by Harper’s Bazaar honoring women in fashion.

“Ladies, make some noise if you’re in the house,” she yelled. “Fashion Week’s almost over — you can drink as much as you want.”

She kicked off her set with “Roar” and performed popular hits like “I Kissed a Girl,” ‘’Teenage Dream” and “Dark Horse.”

Perry was honored Wednesday alongside Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey, Willow Smith, Jessica Chastain, Dakota Johnson and others. Attendees included Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, Rita Ora, Kate UpdUpton, Jaden Smith and R&B singer Maxwell.

“You paved the way for so many of us,” Perry said of Carey. (ap)

Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP, File

Matt Damon apologizes for diversity comments

LOS ANGELES — Matt Damon has apologized for comments regarding diversity in filmmaking that sparked widespread backlash, after a portion of a conversation from HBO’s “Project Greenlight” circulated online.

In the segment, Damon was shown shutting down producer Effie Brown (“Dear White People”) who made a case that a script dealing with sensitive subjects like prostitution should have a diverse directing team behind it. Damon responded that diversity should be handled in “the casting of the film, not in the casting of the show.”

In a statement, Damon said he believes “deeply that there need to be more diverse filmmakers making movies.” His comments, he said, were part of a broader conversation that did not make the show. He also apologized for any offense caused, but is happy that it started a conversation. (ap)

Rolling Stones plan first album in decade

NEW YORK - Rock legends The Rolling Stones have decided to record a new album in what would be their first in a decade, guitarist Keith Richards said.

Richards, at an event Tuesday evening to promote his latest solo album, said that the Stones planned to return to the studio after a hith-

erto unannounced tour of South America in early 2016.

“Actually, I was in London last week and the boys and I got together. And, yeah, there are now definite plans to record,” Richards told a forum in New York organized by Internet radio station iHeartRadio.

The now septuagenarian rock-

ers have toured actively in recent years, recently completing a summer swing through North America, but have not released a new album since “A Bigger Bang” in 2005.

That album, in turn, was the first by The Rolling Stones in eight years.

Malaysian police fire water cannons at Malay protesters Page 13

The Rolling Stones are widely regarded as one of rock’s defining acts, producing classic albums such as “Sticky Fingers” and “Exile on Main St.” and feuding with The Beatles for the crown of Britain’s top band.

Richards, known for his hardliving and cantankerous public

comments, on Friday releases “Crosseyed Heart,” his first solo album in 23 years.

The album -- featuring Richards, rather than Stones frontman Mick Jagger, on vocals -- brings in a range of collaborators including the jazz and blues singer Norah Jones. (afp)

Pablo Ovalle Isasmendi/AGENCIA UNO via AP

Police patrol a debris strewn street in Valparaiso, Chile, after a tsunami, caused by an earthquake hit the area, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. A magnitude-8.3 earthquake hit off Chile’s northern coast, causing buildings to sway in Santiago and other cities and sending people running into the streets.

THE current water crisis occurring in Bangli is both life threatening and a cause of an increase in the number of pour households (RTM), as confirmed by the Head o f the Bangli Social Services, I Nengah Sukarta. Sukarta explained that based on the latest data for 2015, of Bangli’s 35,763 population, a full 11,054 are living under the poverty line compared to the 2014 figures which counted only 10, 935 people living in poverty.

High unemployment rates, low levels of education and lack of skills are some of the causes of poverty, but the increased rates are also caused by natural disasters, such as drought that has led to crop failure for a number of farmers.

“When a water crisis occurs, many farming communities face harvest failure. Automatically their income drops, potentialy resulting in more households falling into poverty,” explained Sukarta.

Continue to page 2 Drought ...

Powerful Chile quake kills at least five, 1 million evacuated

SANTIAGO - A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Chile on Wednesday, killing at least five people, forcing the evacuation of one million and sparking warnings that tsunami waves could reach as far as Japan.

Buildings swayed as far away as in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In Chile, people ran out into the streets in terror. TV footage buildings showed stores with floors strewn with a mushy mess of broken bottles and other spilled merchandise.

It was the sixth biggest most powerful quake in the history of

quake-prone Chile and the strongest anywhere in the world this year, Deputy Interior Minister Mahmoud Aleuy said. Giving the death and evacuation toll, Aleuy said 245,000 families were left without power.

Central Choapa province closest to the epicenter was declared a catastrophe zone and placed under

military rule.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) put the shallow offshore quake at a magnitude of 8.3 and said it hit 228 kilometers (about 140 miles) north of Santiago, a city of 6.6 million people.

“The motion began lightly, then stronger and stronger,” said Santiago resident Jeannette Matte.

“We were on the 12th floor and we were very afraid because it was not stopping. First it was from side to side, then it was like little jumps.”

Interior Minister Jorge Burgos said evacuation of coastal towns and cities had been ordered as a precautionary measure. Classes were cancelled in coastal areas.

“We know there could be more aftershocks and so we must continue to evaluate the situation minuteby-minute,” Bachelet said.

A tsunami warning was initially in place for the whole of Chile and Peru’s Pacific coastline.

Among the dead were a woman in Illapel, close to the epicenter, and

an 86-year-old man in Santiago, where there were scenes of pandemonium as thousands fled swaying buildings.

Continue to page 6

News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.