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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

‘Gravity’ holds atop box office for 3rd week

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013 Heavy smog hits north China city; flights canceled

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FILE - This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Sandra Bullock in a scene from “Gravity.” Topping the box office for the third straight week, the space adventure “Gravity” continues to be the box-office juggernaut of the fall.

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Star power and Oscar aspirations are reigning at the box office, where the space adventure “Gravity” and the Somali pirate docudrama “Captain Phillips” are holding off all comers.

With $31 million over the weekend according to studio estimates Sunday, “Gravity” topped the box office for the third straight week, cementing its status as the juggernaut of the fall movie-going season. It also took in another $33.5 million overseas.

The 3-D Warner Bros. movie, staring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, has now made more than $170 million in three weeks. The film’s groundbreaking visuals have been particularly popular on IMAX screens, where it made an “Avatar”-like $7.4 million on the weekend.

“Captain Phillips,” starring Tom

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Hanks and directed by Paul Greengrass, also held in second place, taking in $17.3 million in its second week. The Sony film slid only 33 percent from its debut last weekend of $25.7 million.

The two movies and their veteran stars were able to keep three new wide releases at bay: the horror remake “Carrie” ($17 million for Sony and MGM), the Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick “Escape Plan” ($9.8 million for Lionsgate), and the WikiLeaks drama “The Fifth Estate.”

The last utterly flopped — a fate predicted by its subject, WikiLeaks founder

Julian Assange — taking in a paltry $1.7 million for Disney. It’s the worst debut this year for a film in such wide release (1,769 theaters).

“It’s a very strong lineup that is not budging,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak, who noted the primary family choice, “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2,” is also holding steady with $10.1 million in its fourth week. “’Carrie’ came into a very competitive marketplace.”

In a limited release of just 19 theaters, Steve McQueen’s highly-anticipated slavery epic “12 Years a Slave,” starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, opened with $960,000.

The exceptionally high theater average of $50,000 suggested considerable audience eagerness for the already muchlauded film.

DENPASAR - Rising temperature in some regions in Bali, especially in Denpasar, has led to the increase in the electricity consumption during October. Spokesperson of PT PLN Bali, Agung Mastika, when contacted on Sunday (Oct 20) said the electricity needs showed an increase during October 2012 averagely reached 6-9 MW. Even, as per October 20 at 80:00 p.m. the peak load reached 680 megawatts.

“In essence, the sharp rise in demand for electricity during October 2012 was indeed correct with regard to the temperature in Denpasar and surrounding areas,” he said.

When specified, the increase in the electricity consumption during October released by the PLN indicated if the highest peak load occurred on Saturday night (Oct 19) reaching 680 MW which typically reached 640 MW. Similarly, the daytime peak load reached

599 MW while the usual one only reached about 520 MW. Temperature rise in Denpasar, added Mastika, was suspected to have triggered the community to look for and create a cooler atmosphere.

They attempted it by purchasing a fan or air conditioner (AC). “The temperature set on the air conditioner was on the average at the range of 1618 degrees Celsius,” he said.

“This phenomenon causes the high peak load increase, either during the day or night as observed in

the generating engines,” he said.

Mastika also said that as long as there was no special maintenance at the Gilimanuk gas power plant the peak load was still considered safe because Bali was said to depend on the three power plants and diesel power plant namely the Pesanggaran gas and diesel power plant (251.50 MW), Pemaron gas power plant (215 MW) and Gilimanuk gas power plant (130 MW) with the additional Java-Bali interconnection submarine cables (200 MW).

So, the total power generated by PLN Bali was 796.50 MW. “We hope more and more people use electricity wisely to conserve the electricity usage. If possible, do not use air conditioning below 20 degrees Celsius,” he appealed.

Meanwhile, on the other hand, the temperature rise seemed to bring in fresh air for several sellers of fan and air conditioner (AC) to service providers. On average, the traders and service providers admitted there was an increase in service order. “People mostly sought after a standing fan at IDR 180,000 to IDR 300,000.

Meanwhile, the air conditioner was usually sold in the price range of IDR 2 million - IDR 3 million,” said Danu, an electronics store operator on Jalan Gatot Subroto.

According to his testimony,

each day his store could sell 3-5 units a fan and air conditioner.

Further the cheapening price of both electronic products had made the demand increase, not only coming from the rich, but also from the middle-income community. Similar testimony was also given by Arianti who managed an electronic outlet located on the same road section.

At her store, the demand for fan, air conditioning and refrigerator had increased within the past month.

Even, the sales of fan within the past week also increased. “Within this week alone, we have sold more than ten units of fan and five units of air conditioner. Actually, in normal weather we could only sell maximally five units of fan and two units of air conditioner,” she said. (kmb28)

Cartoon studio founder Lou Scheimer dies Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Lou Scheimer, who founded the Filmation animation studio that produced Saturday morning cartoons including “Fat Albert” and “The Archie Show,” has died. He was 84. Scheimer’s wife Mary Ann said Sunday that the man behind the cartoon powerhouse died on Thursday.

The Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/1d6rLiJ ) reported that Scheimer’s company was the largest animation

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operation in the country in the early 1980s by number of employees.

Scheimer founded the company in 1962 with a $5,000 loan from his mother-in-law.

He won a Daytime Emmy Award as a producer of the 1974-75 season of the “Star Trek” animated series.

In 1969, the company was sold to a cable operator that was bought by Westinghouse.

Scheimer continued to head Filmation but retired several years ago. Filmation was bought by French investors in 1989.

File-This photo provided by PRNewsfoto shows the cast of “Fat Albert”. Lou Scheimer, who founded the Filmation animation studio that produced Saturday morning cartoons including “Fat Albert” and “The Archie Show,” has died.

Tourists sunbathing at Kuta Beach during a hot season in Bali Island.

Rising temperature in some regions in Bali, especially in Denpasar, has led to the increase in the electricity consumption during October.

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

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Hectares of housing dormant, illegal housing proliferates Negara (Bali Post)—

Local fruits produced by farmers in Buleleng seemed in demand among housewives before Galungan. As evidence, local fruits such as banana, mango and tangerine from Tejakula were the most favored in the Farmer Market held at the office courtyard of the Buleleng Agriculture and Livestock Agency closed on Sunday (Oct 20).

The Head of Buleleng Agriculture and Livestock Agency, Nyoman Swatantra, after closing the Farmers Market in the office courtyard last Sunday said the transactions occurred during the three-day implementation of Farmer Market reached approximately IDR 100 million. The booth drawing the most visitors was the one belonging to farmer group from Tejakula, Sawan and Sukasada displaying more local fruits.

For instance, the bananas and oranges on display at the booth of Tejakula were always sought after by buyers. In the booth of Sawan subdistrict, residents looked for mango, while at the booth of Sukasada subdistrict people looked for sapodilla. “From all the transactions occurred, bananas and tangerine from Tejakula are the best-selling,” he said.

According to Swatantra, local fruits were indeed excellent for the residents of Buleleng before Galungan. He had also received information from a number of traders in public markets that more residents currently looked for local fruits to fill in their oblations or for self-consumption. “With these conditions, we expect the prestige of Buleleng local fruits could grow better, not only for the residents of Buleleng, but also for residents outside of Buleleng and even outside Bali,” he said.

When asked about the local fruits stock ahead of Galungan in the public markets in Buleleng, Swatantra said it was actually sufficient to meet the needs for residents in celebrating the Galungan festivity. However, he admitted the price of local fruit was more expensive than imported fruits. “The stock is sufficient, but the price is more expensive,” he said. (kmb15)

Housing complex in the north of the Jembrana Civic Center has stagnated for years whereas there have been dozens of half-finished houses. According to information on Sunday (Oct 20), the housing established on four hectares of land was actually earmarked for civil servants. However, it is unknown the project terminated amid the execution and has now turned into ‘a ghost’ project.

Actually the location is quite strategic as being close to the office area and sits among the rice fields of Jembrana County. Road access leading to the site has also been partially paved. Some people have purchased the house unit, but due to no electricity and water connection, they are rarely occupied. Lately, the housing complex has got electricity and water connection. Unfortunately, they are still dormant and deserted. Allegedly, the housing has been left by the developer.

Those half-finished houses look creepy as overgrown by reeds.

Nearby the rice field also stands other housing but it belongs to different village. The housing complex with direct access to Krishna Jvara Stadium at Dauhwaru also looks dormant.

Such condition is very desolate with the proliferation of numerous illegal housing complexes. They only provide some residential houses with land plots. Even, the developers tend to ignore the

provision of public facilities and social facilities due to limited land.

For instance, the housing complex has proliferated at LC Dauhwaru, Loloan Timur and Kaliakah. The illegal housing neglecting the spatial layout also contributes significantly to the agricultural land conversion.

More and more agricultural land has vanished due to illegal housing.

On the one hand, there are dormant housing complexes for years without utilization.

A member of Commission B of the Jembrana House, I Nyoman Sutengsu Kusumayasa, said the government should encourage the investors in order they could take advantage of the abandoned housing. Thus, it did not result in dirty impression and there would be guarantee for the occupants later on to get adequate facilities and infrastructure. Such an effort was also needed to reduce the rapid farmland conversion into concrete walls.

Deputy Regent of Jembrana, I Made Kembang Hartawan, when

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Grand Istana Rama participate in Blood Drive 2013 Ahead of Galungan Local fruits of Buleleng highly in demand

The unfinish housing project in Jembrana

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asked for his confirmation last Sunday admitted that it was quite ironic when many developers came in while hectares of housing complexes were dormant. The housing complex located near the civic center looked to be abandoned.

However, he said the government would encourage the dormant housing lands so that they could be utilized.

“There are two alternatives, namely re-changing them into agricultural land or making them into residential areas. Since it has been already built, it would be better to be further developed,” he explained. At once, it was also a solution so that developers were no longer targeting the existing farmland. As the current trend occurred in the housing sector, the developers looked for separate plots of land and they mostly belonged to active farmland. “We’re going to encourage them in order the neglected housing complexes can be revived,” he explained. (kmb26)

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KUTA - In order to build a good relationship between Hotels in Bali, as well as increasing the sense of concern for others, the employess of Grand Istana Rama Hotel (GIRH) participated in the event of Blood Drive 2013 organized by Bali Hotels Association (BHA). This event was located at the Ballroom of Ramada Camakila Hotel, Jalan Pura Bagus Teruna Kuta-Bali, on Saturday, October 19th, 2013. In the collaboration with Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI), this event invited all hotel employees in Bali for charity through blood drive for others.

Grand Istana Rama Hotel sent representatives from 8 departments to participate in this blood drive event. The participants from Grand Istana Rama Hotel were devided into 2 groups that went to the blood drive location at 9 AM and 11 AM by a mini bus. This event was attended by the members of BHA. For safety purposes, this event was supported by professional doctors to diagnoze the health condition of the participants, and only those who passed the medical check-up were allowed to donate their blood.

After the process of donating blood, the commitees gave blood booster vitamin for free. Furthermore, energizing snacks and drinks were also prepared for the participants who already donated their blood. The employees from various Hotels looked so warm and intimate during this event.

Grand Istana Rama Hotel has 150 rooms in a 1.7-hectare land area, with traditional Balinese architecture with lush tropical garden atmosphere, making guests feel comfortable and feel like home. All rooms and exterior design reflect the charm and appeal of Bali, with four type of rooms, which are Superior Upper,

Calendar Event for October 4 through 28, 2013 4 Oct Tilem Sasih Ketiga Odalan Ida Ratu Geng Penataran Agung Besakih Odalan Ida Ratu Raja Puraus di Merajan Seloding Besakih Pura Ulun Kulkuk Besakih 6 Oct Saniscara Pon Julungwangi Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Kayuputih Buleleng 8 Oct Anggarkasih Julungwangi Pura Tirtaharum Tegalwangi Bangli Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Bendesa Sangsit Buleleng Pura Dalem Waturenggong Taro Tegalalang Pura Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanasari Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Tulikup Pura manik Bingin Sidemen 9 Oct Buda Umanis Julungwangi Pura Penetaran Gana Bebalang Bangli Pura Dalem Gede Banjar Pande Bangli Pura Puncaksari Pdi Sangeh Abiansemal Pura Dadia Agung Pasek Sanak Sapta Resi Sidan Gianyar Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Jakatebel Merajan Pasek Prateka Batusesa Merajan Jeroan Dauh Cemenggon Cemenggon Pura Puseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan Singaraja.

Merajan Pasek Subadra Kramas-Gianyar Pura Dalem Maya Blahbatuh Gianyar Linggih Bhatara Kayu Selem Besakih 17 Oct Wraspati Wage Sungsang Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Tangkas Klungkung Pura Siang Kangin Tampuagan Tembuku Bangli Odalan Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung Besakih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Petemon Merajan Pasek Gelgel Melinggih Odalan Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Dewa Besakih

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The local fruits are seen on the market held by Buleleng Government

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Superior Ground, Deluxe, and Garden Suite. Grand Istana Rama Hotel has three meeting rooms with 50-250 person capacity.

When the guests stay in Grand Istana Rama Hotel, the hotel will guarantee for long-lasting impression during their vacation in Bali. The guest will not only get usual memory of vacation by photographs in the hotel, enjoying the beach and souvenirs that have no impression and emotion inside, but the guests will also experience free cultural activities in particular that the hotel creates.

The activities that the hotel conducts are; Bahasa Indonesia Lesson, Canang Decoration, Balinese Costume Photo Session, Balinese Massage, and Cooking Class. The hotel delivered a simple lesson of Bahasa Indonesia. The simple Bahasa Indonesia lesson is given affectionately by our professional staffs, then after that, as the advantage, the guests will be more confident to make a deal or negotiate directly with art market vendors if they want to purchase souvenirs. The hotel introduces Balinese Culture with Canang Decoration, so that the guests will learn how to make Canang Decoration, and there will be Balinese Costume Photo

19 Oct Purnama Sasih Kapat Bathara Tiga Sakti Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Meru Cakra Lombok Pura Lempuyang Madya Karangasem Pura Penerejon Kintamani Pura Pulaki Buleleng Pura Tirta Empul Tampak Siring Pura Puseh, Pura Desa, Pura Penataran, Pura Luhuring Akasa, Bhatara Hyang Basukih Desa Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Tirta Negari Singapadu

Pura Puseh, Desa, Penataran Tangsub Sukawati Pura Penataran Agung Tegallalang Pura Desa Denjalan, Tegaltamu, Tegehe, Batu Yang lan Batuaji Batubulan Pura Puseh Singakerta Ubud Pura Nataran Sanding Tampaksiring Pura Bakuang Ceningan Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Getas Kawan Kedewataan Ubud Pura Agung Dukuh Sakti Pangku Subami Braban Pura Pasek Gelgel Carik Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Klanting Dukuh Krambitan Pura Pasek Bendesa Mas Gadungan Selemadeg Pura Agung Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Selemadeg Pura Penataran Pasek Kayu Putih Bandem Karangasem Pura Puseh Werdi Agung Bolang Mangondow Sulut Pura Dukuh Segening Wangsiang Karangasem Pura Dalem Khayangan Arya Gajahpara Sukaluwih Tejakula Buleleng Pura Pasraman Suci Renon Denpasar Pura Penataran Agung Kertabumi Taman Mini Indonesia Indah Jakarta Pura Luhur Waisnawa Asah Badung Sepang Buleleng Pura Ulun Danu Batur Songan Kintamani Pura Agung Bhuwana Skyline Jayapura Papua Pura Dalem Bengkel Banjar Benoh Ubung Denpasar Merajan Suci Geriya Penataran Banjar Gemeh Denpasar Pura Pejengaji Tegalalang Pura Panti PasekGelgel Desa Meliling Kerambitan Pura Pejenengan Dukuh Ogan Desa Sangkan Gunung Rendang Karangasem Pura Dadia Dukuh Segening Desa Swastika Buana Saputih Banyak Lampung Tengah Pura Dukuh Sakti Belatung Kukuh Kerambitan Pura Gumang (Bukit Juru) Desa Bugbug Karangasem Pura Kawitan Arya Samping Banjar Langon Kapal Pura Pejenengan Pule Sari Desa Dukuh Sidemen Karangasem Pura Segara Penimbangan Banjar Galiran Desa Bakti Seraga Buleleng Pura Puseh Yeh Ulakan Desa Suana Nusa Penida Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah Desa Batur Kintamani Pura Pasek Tangkas Kori Agung Kukuh kerambitan Pura Penataran Ubud

Pura Luhur Giri Kusuma Dauh Peken Blahbatuh Pemerajan Agung Jambe Guwang Sukawati Pura Taman Sari Busungbiu Busungbiu Buleleng Pura Giri Jagat Nata Ketewel Sukawati Pura Dang Khayangan Penataran Agung BaturningMambal Abiansemal 22 Oct Penampahan Galungan

23 Oct Hari Raya Galungan Pura Wakika Kupang, NTT Pura Agung Girinatha Sumbawa Besar NTB Pura Dukuh Sakti Dukuh Kediri-Tabanan Pura Atambuananta Kutamba NTT Pura Webananta Kupang, NTT Pura Giripati Mulawarman Pontianak Pura Mustika Dharma Cijantung I Jakarta Timur Pura Mustika Dharma Kompleks Kopassus Cijantung Jakarta Timur.

24 Oct Wraspati Umanis Dungulan Pura Watukaru Tabanan Pura Lempuyang Luhur Karangasem Pura Kentel Gumi Klungkung Pura Pasek Gaduh Umadesa Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Kubayan Wangaya Gede Penebel Tabanan Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Tiyingan Merajan Pasek Gaduh Umadesa.

25 Oct Sukra Paing Dungulan Pura Ulun Suwi Jimbaran, Badung Pura Luhur Cemenggon, Sukawati Pura Pasek Ubung Denpasar 26 Oct Saniscara Pon Dungulan Pura Segara Jembrana Pura Dalem Gede Losan Klungkung 27 Oct Redite Paing Kuningan Pura Dalem Tegal Tamu Sekar Mukti Batubulan Pura Kubayan Umagunung Sempidi Badung 28 Oct Soma Kliwon Kuningan Pura Desa Gelgel Klungkung Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Sawah Selemadeg Pura Pemerajan Agung Benawah Kangin Gianyar Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Pelapuan Busungbiu Pura Kahyangan Tulus Desa Apuan

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Session with Balinese Traditional Clothes. In the cooking class, the hotel invites the guests to be emotionally involved, starting from visiting the traditional markets to purchase the ingredients, and go back to the hotel to cook together with our professional chefs. Through these cultural activities, holiday with Grand Istana Rama Hotel will be long-lasting memorable.

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

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

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

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

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

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1.8M-year-old skull gives glimpse of our evolution DMANISI, Georgia — The discovery of a 1.8-million-year-old skull of a human ancestor buried under a medieval Georgian village provides a vivid picture of early evolution and indicates our family tree may have fewer branches than some believe, scientists say. weaving more of a short story.

Before the site was found, the movement from Africa was put at about 1 million years ago.

When examined with the earlier Georgian finds, the skull “shows that this special immigration out of Africa happened much earlier than we thought and a much more primitive group did it,” said study lead author David Lordkipanidze, director of the Georgia National Museum. “This is important to understanding human evolution.”

For years, some scientists have said humans evolved from only one or two species, much like a tree branches out from a trunk, while others say the process was more like a bush with several offshoots that went nowhere.

Even bush-favoring scientists say these findings show one single species nearly 2 million years ago at the former Soviet republic site.

But they disagree that the same conclusion can be said for bones

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In this photo taken Oct. 2, 2013, David Lordkipanidze, director of the Georgia National Museum, displays the ancient skull and jaws of a pre-human ancestor at the National Museum in Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013.

Argentines worry agrochemicals are killing them

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In this April 16, 2013, photo, Felix San Roman walks on his property in Rawson, in Buenos Aires province, Argentina. San Roman says that when he complained about clouds of chemicals drifting into his yard, the sprayers beat him up, fracturing his spine and knocking out his teeth.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina’s agricultural industry has been dramatically transformed by the introduction of genetically modified plants in 1996.

A country once known for its grass-fed beef is now dominated by soy, corn and cotton. Soy harvests alone have tripled, ranking Argentina as the world’s third largest soybean producer.

But the pesticides powering this boom are poorly controlled and used in ways that were never anticipated by regulatory science, if not specifically banned by law.

Doctors and scientist worry the chemicals may be the cause of rising cancer rates, birth defects and other health problems.

Aixa Cano, a shy 5-year-old who lives in Chaco, Argentina’s poorest province, was born with hairy moles all over her body. Her mother believes the skin condition was caused by contaminated water.

Fabian Tomasi, 47, never wore any protective gear in the years he spent pumping poisons into crop-dusting planes. Today, he is near death from

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Bali Democracy Forum to be held on November 7-8

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will official open the Forum which will also be attended by the President of Timor Leste and the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam, the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry’s Director General of Information and Public Diplomacy A M Fachir was quoted as saying on the ministry’s website.

This Forum’s theme this year is “Consolidating Democracy in Pluralistic Society”.

The BDF sessions will include a general debate and interactive sessions presenting two ministers as the panelists to discuss two sub-themes of BDF VI,

found elsewhere, such as Africa.

However, Lordkipanidze and colleagues point out that the skulls found in Georgia are different sizes but are considered to be the same species. So, they reason, it’s likely the various skulls found in different places and times in Africa may not be different species, but variations in one species. To see how a species can vary, just look in the mirror, they said. “ D a n n y D e Vi t o , M i c h a e l Jordan and Shaquille O’Neal are the same species,” Lordkipanidze said.

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JAKARTA - The Sixth Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) will be organized in Nusa Dua, Bali Island, on November 7-8, 2013, a foreign ministry official said.

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The fossil is the most complete pre-human skull uncovered. With other partial remains previously found at the rural site, it gives researchers the earliest evidence of human ancestors moving out of Africa and spreading north to the rest of the world, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.

The skull and other remains offer a glimpse of a population of pre-humans of various sizes living at the same time — something that scientists had not seen before for such an ancient era.

This diversity bolsters one of two competing theories about the way our early ancestors evolved, spreading out more like a tree than a bush.

Nearly all of the previous prehuman discoveries have been fragmented bones, scattered over time and locations — like a smattering of random tweets of our evolutionary history. The findings at Dmanisi are more complete,

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polyneuropathy, a neurological disorder that has left him emaciated.

The Monsanto Co., one of several agricultural companies that sell pesticides in Argentina, says it is working with government officials and farmers to promote better pesticide practices.

But an Associated Press investigation found that Argentine farmers now use more than twice as much pesticide per acre as U.S. farmers do, making Argentina a laboratory for what can go wrong with biotech farming.

Pesticides are applied in windy conditions, drifting into homes and schools and contaminating drinking water. Farm workers mix chemicals without supervision, in populated areas and with no protective gear. People store water in used pesticide containers that are resold rather than destroyed, endangering their families’ health.

Argentina’s agriculture secretary dismisses a growing call for reform as an “emotional” response from people who misunderstand the impact of agrochemicals. “We have to defend our model,” he said at an industry conference this year where he promised new guidelines for spraying the chemicals.

namely “Conducting Free and Fair Elections” and “Building and Strengthening Democratic Institutions”.

Indonesia has made its role as the prime-mover for the past six years in advancing democracy in the region, by holding BDF to develop and intensify dialogs for improving mutual understanding and appreciation among the nations.

BDF is the only forum in Asia and the Pacific that discusses democratic issues openly and constructively, beyond political taboo and restrictive standardizations, the ministry said in its statement.

WTO Conference to be Held in Nusa Dua, Bali

Bali will host the international conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Such an event will be attended by 10,000 participants from various countries and held in Nusa Dua, Badung next December 2013. Regent of Badung AA Gde Agung gives serious attention because successful implementation of the international events including the WTO could keep the ideals and image of the nation.

“Badung is ready to host the national, regional and international events,” said Regent Gde Agung when received the audience of the Secretary of the Director General of International Trade Cooperation of Trade Ministry, Syafrudin Yahya, along with a number of staff of the Ministry of Trade related to the WTO Conference, some time ago.

He said that Badung had been accustomed to organizing international meetings such as the UN meetings, ASEAN Summit including the preparation for APEC in October 2013.

“This WTO conference is very useful for Badung because the economic growth is supported by the tourism sector,” he said.

To achieve this goal, the committee was asked to prepare it really well considering the WTO conference was very important and strategic. “As a host, in substance Badung County is ready to support from the arrangement, installation of billboards and banner as long as they do not publish with the sponsor including the preparation of handicraft for the exhibition,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Secretary of Directorate General of International Trade Cooperation, Trade Ministry, Syafrudin Yahya, explained that WTO was the only organization of the world trade. WTO conference this time was the ninth implementation of the conference and Indonesia was appointed as the host. “This highest forum in the WTO is a ministerial-level conference that will discuss about the issues of world trade,” he said.

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Residents of Kerobokan customary village, Sawan subdistrict, camped on Kerobokan Beach, Saturday night (Oct 19) through Sunday morning (Oct 20).

For Nyekar ceremony

Kerobokan customary villagers ‘camp’ on the beach Bali Post

BULELENG - Residents of Kerobokan customary village, Sawan subdistrict, camped on Kerobokan Beach, Saturday night (Oct 19) through Sunday morning (Oct 20). Such unique activity was carried out in a series of Nyekar ceremonies organized by customary villagers every full moon in the fourth month of Balinese calendar taking place once a year.

The procession at Kerobokan customary village was indeed unique. From Saturday afternoon, the residents had set up a tent made of bamboo wrapped in fabric and roofed with a tarp.

The camp was set up on the overlay of beach sand. As a result, they generated a great view of cottage with colorful cloth on the beach. Why did they set up the cottage? According to tradition at local village, no resident was allowed to return home before the ceremonial procession of nyekar was completely accomplished. The cottages were created as resting place for the people.

The procession started around 8:00 p.m. was

initiated with saying prayers together at the Segara Temple and one of the baturan shrines existing on the beach. Later, the procession was concentrated on the sand, where all facilities and ritual oblations were put in a row based on a tarp.

Culmination of the possession was offering the mulang pakelem ritual on Sunday morning. The entire ritual paraphernalia were put into a Bedau.

It was a container of pakelem made of banana stem wrapped in white and yellow cloth. After the entire ritual paraphernalia were put into the Bedau, it was carried up to the boat to be transported into the middle of the sea and drowned.

Chief of Kerobokan customary village, I Wayan Sumawijaya, said the nyekar ritual was the last series of the whole procession lasting for a year at Kerobokan customary village. Essentially, the ritual was an expression of apologies for the lack of ritual both intentionally or unintentionally during the religious activities lasting for a year at the Kerobokan customary village. (kmb15)

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Road project worth IDR 6 billion

Still under maintenance period but has been cracked

Amlapura (Bali Post)—

The road project of Bali Public Works on the road section of Wates Kangin, Selat and Sibetan, Karangasem, having just been completed has damaged and cracked. Cracks of the hot mix asphalt are primarily noticeable at Wates Kangin area leading to Taman Bali and at Kalanganyar hamlet, Sibetan, Karangasem.

In addition, the revetment having newly completed next to Telaga Market has already collapsed. The collapse along some 3 meters has been repaired. However, in other locations such as at the curve of Telaga hamlet and other locations have collapsed as well. Such collapsed revetment and cracked asphalt surface reaped complaints from a number of residents sent through short message service (SMS) to mass media.

Those provincial government projects were funded by special allocation fund (DAK) worth IDR 6.148 billion more. The projects were worked on by PT Bayu Sejati Adi Manunggal based on Jalan Subagan - Bebandem. The project valued at over IDR 6.148 billion

posed periodic road maintenance of Bali government for the Subagan - Rendang road section along 50 km.

On the project notice board stuck next to the Telaga Sibetan Market, it can be read the contract agreement of the project dated on April 25, 2013 with the workmanship period for 150 calendar days and the maintenance period for 180 calendar days.

On the other hand, the project owner namely the Bali Public Works seemed to have performed the measurement of the hot mix thickness.

In addition, the damaged parts of the road body had been marked with white paint to be fixed or added with hot mix asphalt to the cracked or collapsed surface.

As field observation made along 4 km, the road maintenance project owned by the provincial government also denoting the Amlapura - Besakih road section was fairly good. Somehow, the road section was repaired first. Meanwhile, the more severely damaged, potholes and ‘carved’ surface from the Telaga Market to the east had not yet been added with hot mix asphalt. (013)

Two trucks for Environment Agency dormant

Semarapura (Bali Post)—

Two trucks whose procurement from the assistance of the Special Allocation Fund (DAK) of the Ministry of Environment for the Klungkung Environment Agency seems not to be utilized maximally.

Since arriving two months ago, both trucks (dump truck and arm roll truck) to assist the waste management at Sente landfill still look dormant at the office courtyard of the Environment Agency.

The Section Head of Environmental Arrangement and Communication, the Klungkung Environment Agency, Komang Agus Sedana, not long ago said that his agency had previously received the DAK assistance for the environmental field in 2013 from the Ministry of Environment. He said the assistance was the support to realize the standard waste management system with 3R (reduce, reuse and recycle) principles. The assistance valued at more than IDR 1 billion was then used to supply a dump truck and an arm roll truck equipped with four containers.

Next, why had it not been functioned so far? Agus Sedana said after procuring both trucks, his party was preparing the official report on the truck handover from the Environment Agency to the Regent of Klungkung.

Did the preparation of handover take

over two months? He said that in principle the trucks had been ready to be handed over. His party was just waiting for the readiness of the Environment Agency to perform the handover to the regent and the regent handed it over to the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) so that it could be used to support the handling of waste at the Sente landfill.

The Head of the Klungkung Environment Agency, Dewa Oka Kusuma Jaya, when contacted on Sunday (Oct 20) confirmed the delay of handover occurred because after the inaugural ceremony of both trucks, they had to undergo a roadworthy test, so that they could not be handed over.

However, he affirmed the process had completed and the handover was scheduled on Monday (Oct 21).

The Head of Klungkung Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, Nyoman Rahayu, said the presence of the two trucks was expected to help the waste management at Sente landfill to establish the waste management with the implementation of 3R principles.

Other than the two trucks, two large size garbage bins also looked idle in the south of Chinese cemetery or north of the office of the DKP. Rahayu said the two bins were also the procurement of the Environment Agency and had not been handed over by the Regent to the DKP. (kmb31)

RLD In this photo released by Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority, NRA officers check Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013 a pipe by which workers at Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant was accidentally doused with radioactive water earlier in the day at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeast of Japan.

Fukushima operator blames storm for radioactive leaks AP Photo/Kyodo News

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The damage road is seen on the road section of Wates Kangin, Selat and Sibetan, Karangasem

Modern stores unstoppable, special committee turns furious Gianyar (Bali Post)—

Commitment of the Gianyar executive to postpone first the existence of new modern store and modern market in Gianyar County before the approval of the Bylaw Draft on the Arrangement of Traditional Market, Shopping Center and Modern Store made the Special Committee C of the Gianyar House furious. Chairman of the Special Committee, Ida Bagus Anom Dwipayana, regretted because many new modern stores had emerged in several regions in Gianyar, Sunday (Oct 20).

From the observation to some areas in Gianyar, including the urban areas, even many modern chained stores had been established. By all means, it was certainly ironic when the House in this regard through Special Committee C was trying to accomplish the bylaw draft on the arrangement, while the emergence of modern store was even unstoppable. Definitely, it did not appreciate what had been done by the legislative to protect small communities.

“We hope the relevant agencies and the regent to pay attention to these

things,” he said.

The regional regulation bylaw draft on the arrangement of traditional market, shopping center and modern stores just needed the approval in a plenary session posing the regional bylaw draft initiated by the House. It was designed to protect small communities to result in equitable economic activity.

Since the beginning of discussion, the House had advised the executive to delay first the licensing and construction of new modern stores. It was intended to avoid any

detrimental impacts in the future after the legal instrument of the modern stores had been passed. “We will ask for further explanation to relevant agencies in the presence of the new stores,” he said.

Meanwhile, in relation to the new modern store, the Head of Gianyar Integrated Licensing Office (BPPT), Made Oka Wijaya, could not be asked for his confirmation last Sunday.

But some time ago, he claimed that previously there had been 10 applications of modern store submitted and put on waiting-list in the licensing office. They did not include the renewal of licensing proposed by some employers. Whether the existing chained modern stores had owned a license, Oka Wijaya at that time said that his party was still awaiting the regulations under discussion by the House (Sep 17). (kmb16)

Agence France Presse

Tokyo - Heavy rain at the Fukushima nuclear plant caused a leak of radioactive water containing a cancer-causing isotope, possibly into the sea, its operator said Monday, as a typhoon approaching Japan threatened further downpours.

The leak is the latest in a long line of setbacks at the site and further undermines agreements between operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) and the government, which limit the level of radioactive contamination in water that goes outside the plant.

TEPCO said a barrier intended to contain radioactive overflow was breached in one spot by water contaminated with strontium-90 at 70 times the legal limit for safe disposal.

Strontium-90 is produced during nuclear reactions. It accumulates in

bones and remains potent for many years, and causes several types of cancer in humans. The admission came as a team of experts from the UN’s nuclear watchdog ended their review of Japan’s progress in cleaning up after the tsunami-sparked meltdowns of March 2011 created the worst atomic disaster in a generation.

TEPCO has poured thousands of tonnes of water onto badly-damaged reactors at Fukushima to keep them cool and prevent repeat meltdowns.

This huge volume of water must be stored in large tanks until it is

cleaned of the radioactive substances it picks up in the cooling process.

Rain worsens the problem because as it hits polluted surfaces, it becomes contaminated, meaning TEPCO needs to scoop it all up for storage and treatment.

While the storage tanks all appeared to have survived the battering from heavy rain on Sunday, the concrete overflow barriers around them were not high enough to contain the rainwater runoff in several places.

Meteorologists say a typhoon that is likely to bring further heavy rain is churning its way slowly towards Japan. Forecasters expect it will hit later in the week. In August 300 tonnes of badly-polluted water leaked from a tank. It is now believed to have mixed with groundwater that is on its way to the sea.

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Egypt hunts for killers in church wedding attack

Agence France Presse

Cairo - Police were hunting Monday for those behind a shooting spree at a church wedding that killed four people, in the first attack targeting Christians in Cairo since the ouster of Egypt’s Islamist president.

An eight-year-old girl was among those shot dead at the Church of the Virgin in Cairo’s working class neighbourhood of Al-Warrak, while 17 others were wounded in the late Sunday attack, officials said.

“There were two men on a motorbike and one of them opened fire,” as a crowd emerged from a wedding service, the interior ministry said.

Security forces were Monday deployed outside the church, whose walls were pockmarked with bullets. Women dressed in black gathered at the entrance to

the church to mourn the dead, an AFP reporter said.

One worshipper Ayman Moussa told AFP there had been no security at the church since June, despite several attacks against Copts around the country in the wake of president Mohamed Morsi’s July 3 ouster by the army.

Ahmed al-Ansari, the head of ambulance services, said four people were killed and 17 were wounded, updating an earlier toll. It was not immediately clear if all the victims were Coptic Christians.

Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi condemned the attack in a cabinet statement, calling it a “despicable criminal act,” and said security forces were searching for the assailants. “Such terrible acts will not succeed in dividing Muslims and Christians,” he said.

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FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013 file photo, Egyptian security forces detain a wounded suspected supporter of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, center, during clashes in Cairo, Egypt.

Hurricane Raymond strengthens off Mexico’s Pacific coast Agence France Presse

Acapulco - Hurricane Raymond picked up strength Monday as it churned off a region of Mexico’s Pacific coast still recovering from a devastating storm last month.

In just a few hours, Raymond went from a tropical storm to a Category Three hurricane on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC), which tracks hur-

ricanes in the hemisphere, reported at 0900 GMT. Raymond packed maximum sustained winds of 195 kph, with higher gusts. Hurricane force winds extend up to 30 kilometers out from the storm’s center, while tropical force winds extend up to 110 kilometers. “Some additional strengthening is possible during the next day or so,” the NHC warned.

Raymond however stalled some 265 kilometers west-south-

west of the resort town of Acapulco after steadily moving for hours towards the mainland, the NHC said.

Raymond’s storm surge along Mexico’s south-central Pacific coast is nevertheless expected to produce “significant coastal flooding” within the warning ares, and the surge “will be accompanied by large and destructive waves.”

Swells generated by Raymond “are likely to cause life-threatening

surf and rip current conditions.”

The NHC predicted that Raymond would drop between five and 10 centimeters of rain “with isolated amounts up to eight inches [20 centimeters]” over the Mexican states of Guerrero and Michoacan.

Authorities in both states issued alerts that included closing ports, evacuating people from flood prone areas, monitoring dams and rivers, and closing schools in some communities.

Mexico’s National Weather Service earlier said that the storm was “causing heavy rain, large waves and strong wind in western and southern Mexico.”

The head of Mexico’s National Commission on Water, David Korenfeld, predicted “torrential rain” over the next 72 hours, and warned that soil across the region was already saturated with water, increasing the chances of flooding and landslides.

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Diabetes, Indonesian ranked fourth in the world

BUSINESS Starbucks accused to overcharging customers in China

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DENPASAR - Indonesia does not only face infectious disease cases, but also non-infectious diseases like heart disease and diabetes. For diabetes alone, Indonesia is ranked fourth in terms of the case after India, China and the United States.

A specialists in internal medicine at Sanglah Hospital, Wira Gotera, described the problem of diabetes worldwide had made every country very overwhelmed in the prevention and treatment actions. Without treatment from the beginning, diabetes patients would experience a permanent disability, the decline in activity production and even caused death.

Further, Gotera explained the

Agence France-Presse

BEIJING - Starbucks has become the latest foreign firm to be roasted by China’s state-run media, following a series of accusations it is overcharging consumers.

State broadcaster CCTV aired a seven-minute-long report criticising the coffee shop chain’s pricing in China, arguing that a tall latte in Beijing is more expensive than in London, Chicago and Mumbai.

The report on Sunday stated the price of a Beijing latte as 27 yuan ($4.42), compared with 24.25 yuan ($3.97) in London, 19.98 yuan ($3.26) in Chicago and 14.6 yuan ($2.39) in Mumbai.

It came after a stream of print stories attacking the Seattle-based firm, with the state-run Economic Information Daily accusing it of “profiteering”.

The China Daily newspaper last week took aim at the chain in an article headlined: “Starbucks can’t justify high prices in China”.

The allegations come after US tech giant Apple was subjected to a barrage of attacks earlier this year over its warranty policy and customer service, which state media cited as examples of its “unparalleled arrogance” toward Chinese consumers.

The criticism stopped after Apple CEO Tim Cook apologised.

Foreign baby formula and pharmaceutical firms have also recently been targeted by authorities over allegations of price-fixing and corruption.

In a statement, Starbucks said that its pricing in different cities is based on a variety of factors, including infrastructure investment, real estate, currency valuation and labour costs.

“Each Starbucks market is unique and has different operating costs, so it would be inaccurate to draw conclusions about one market based on the prices in a different market,” the company said.

Starbucks opened its doors in China in 1999 and now has more than 1,000 stores in the country and growing, making China likely to overtake Canada as its second-largest market after the US next year.

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biggest risk factor causing to be affected by diabetes was the lifestyle, especially the problem of food and lack of exercise. Nowadays, many people infrequently did physical activity and more frequently consumed foods containing a lot of fat and cholesterol so the obesity rate increased the potential to be affected by diabetes. Obesity itself was not seen from the size of body but from the abdominal circumfer-

ence. If the abdominal circumference reached 90 cm for men and 80 cm for women, it should become an awareness of diabetes.

Many people thought that those having a record of hereditary diabetes would also be affected by diabetes. Although the diabetes was a hereditary disease, but according to Gotera, the heredity was not having much contribution. The greatest contribution for people to be affected by diabetes was the unhealthy lifestyle. “Lifestyle takes 78 percent of the contribution compared to the hereditary diabetes that only occurs 10 percent,” he said.

The incidence of diabetes in Bali, added Gotera, reached 5.9

percent of the total population.

Aside from in the urban areas, people with diabetes also started to occur in rural areas, especially at tourism village in Bali. It was in line with the increase in the people’s income. “With the increase in the revenue, people who used to walk tend to ride vehicle everywhere and consume unhealthy junk food. This lifestyle triggers the increase in the diabetes case,” he said.

The beginning of diabetes itself, according to Gotera, was cholesterol disorders in the body. Excessive consumption of fatty foods and less exercise caused the body to work harder to burn the fat in the body.

This made the pancreas as producer

of insulin to break down the fat and in the long run the function reduced due to working too hard. “As a result of the decline in the function, the production of sugar in the blood rises. It is the beginning of the emergence of diabetes,” said Gotera.

When the number of cholesterol and sugar in the blood increased, it was a warning to be affected by diabetes. The increase in cholesterol and blood sugar could be prevented by diligent exercise and healthy and nutritious, but not excessive diet.

If left unchecked, the potential for diabetes would be greater. Not only that, it would also kindle the complications on the other organs such as the heart and kidney. (san)

Sebatu and Tampaksiring:

Agro tourism center in Gianyar

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Cars for export park at a port in Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo. Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. Japan’s trade deficit ballooned to a fresh record for September as costs for imports of food and other necessities outstripped growth in exports.

Japan posts record string of trade deficits Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - Japan logged a record run of monthly trade deficits data showed Monday after the country’s energy bill soared in September, but exports to China were buoyant after a territorial dispute a year earlier hammered demand for Japanese goods.

A sharp decline in the yen has generally helped Japan’s export picture, but the overall volume of shipments was still down last month while the nation’s energy bill remained high due to imports of pricey fossil fuels.

Energy imports surged after the 2011 Fukushima crisis forced the shutdown of Japan’s nuclear reactors, which once supplied one-third of the nation’s energy.

There is little public appetite to turn the reactors back on although Japan’s conservative government has said a restart was all but certain once safety could be assured.

“There might be some nuclear power plants brought back online this year, but that looks improbable based on the current public debate,” said RBS Securities chief economist Junko Nishioka.

“That means that Japan will continue to rely on energy imports, and any boost to exports from the weaker yen won’t be enough

to turn around the trade deficit.”

On Monday, the finance ministry said Japan recorded a trade deficit of 932.1 billion yen ($9.5 billion), 64.1 percent higher than a 568.2 billion yen deficit in the year earlier.

That was the 15th straight month of deficit, the longest spell since comparable data started in 1979.

The value of exports rose 11.5 percent to 5.97 trillion yen, helped by shipments to China -- Japan’s largest trading partner -- which rose 11.4 percent from a year earlier.

The improving figures come after a territorial dispute over a set of islands in the East China Sea set off protests in China and a consumer boycott of Japanese branded goods.

The unrest last year forced Japanese businesses to temporarily shutter operations in the country, while the nation’s trading relationship took a huge hit.

Meawhile, exports to the key US market

were up 18.8 percent on year, but BNP Paribas chief economist in Tokyo Ryutaro Kono said growth appeared to be stalling.

“Exports to the US appeared to have hit a plateau, while those to emerging economies have slowed down. Meanwhile, imports have been steadily increasing,” Kono told Dow Jones Newswires.

Overall, imports jumped 16.5 percent to 6.90 trillion yen on the higher energy costs and rising demand for some electronic equipment and smartphones, as demand for Apple’s iPhone soars in a country that was late to adopt the hugely popular gadget.

Japan’s mixed trade picture is largely a result of the weak yen, which boosts the costs of imports but also inflates the value of exports. The yen has declined by about a quarter against the dollar in the past year, boosting exporters’ competitiveness overseas and their bottom line.

The currency has been under pressure since Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who took office late last year, launched a policy blitz dubbed Abenomics that meshed government spending with a central bank monetary easing plan unveiled in April.

Sebatu village located in Ubud subdistrict, Gianyar, is not only famous as a destination of spiritual tourism, but also interesting for having a promenade. Aside from being cool, the village with positive aura also has a very beautiful panorama.

Plantation and diverse people’s activity have become a unique cultural attraction. So, do not be surprised if the village being well known for traditional Balinese handicraft has a myriad of agrotourism.

For instance, the Sebatu Agrotourism, apart from having a fascinating travel route, this nature tourism business also has a civet coffee farm namely the most expensive world class coffee. This type of coffee has an aromatic flavor with much less bitterness. Even, this civet coffee poses a superior product.

Travelers can also see the process of making coffee traditionally.

In this place, we can observe different types of crops, especially coffee plants. Among them, there are Arabica coffee, Robusta coffee and Bali original coffee variety. By making a visit to this coffee plantation, travelers will get the experience of exploring the coffee plantation and the process of making it.

In that journey, we can also see many kinds of other local plants.

There are pineapple, snakefruit, star fruit, cacao, jackfruit and the trees growing beautifully in a scenic rural area. There are herbs for medicines such as ginger, water lily, rosella, fishbone cactus, fennel, cinnamon, dragon fruit and much more.

Tampaksiring village offers dif-

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Plantation and diverse people’s activity have become a unique cultural attraction. So, do not be surprised if the village being well known for traditional Balinese handicraft has a myriad of agro-tourism.

ferent charms. The region better known for the Tirta Empul and Gunung Kawi Temple comes up with the blend of natural and spiritual tourism. Besides, the village

retains historical relics from ancient kingdom other than its natural panorama.

While enjoying the beauty of nature, our mind will feel differ-

ent because of the aura exuded by the relic objects inherited from the ancient kingdom sanctified by local communities. Besides, the village is also said to be a location

of royal palace. On that account, Tampaksiring is often chosen as an adventure track of tourists with friends, intimate friends, family and relatives. (BTN)

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Two women cover up their mouths and noses with a jacket as they cross a street covered by dense smog in Harbin, northern China, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013.

Heavy smog hits north China city; flights canceled Associated Press Writer

BEIJING — As northern China entered its high-smog season, one city’s visibility was less than half a football field Monday and the manager of jazz singer Patti Austin said she had canceled a Beijing concert because of asthma likely linked to pollution.

Winter typically brings the worst air pollution to the region because of a combination of weather conditions and an increase in the burning of coal for homes and municipal heating systems, which usually start on a specific date. For the northern city of Harbin, the city’s heating systems kicked in Sunday, and on Monday visibility there was less than 50 meters (yards), according to state media.

Primary and middle schools and some highways were closed, said authorities in the city, which is in China’s northernmost province bordering Russia. At least 40 flights flying to destinations in southern China and Beijing among others had been cancelled or postponed at Harbin’s Taiping International Airport on Monday morning. Some of the city’s buses also stopped running, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

The density of fine particulate matter used as an indicator of air

quality was more than 24 times higher in Harbin than the level considered safe by the World Health Organization. The PM2.5 density was above 617 micrograms per cubic meter, according to official readings. A safe level recommended by WHO is 25 micrograms per cubic meter.

Austin’s management team said the 63-year-old singer had been treated in hospital Friday morning for the asthma attack in combination with respiratory infection. She returned to her hotel later Friday to rest, but she was unable to physically perform at her concert scheduled for Beijing on Friday evening. Her Saturday night concert in Shanghai went ahead.

Her manager, Barry Orms, said Monday that Austin, as an asthma sufferer, would have been “affected by the amount of pollution.” He said that it wasn’t their goal to place blame, and that “Patti has expressed our belief that the Chinese govern-

ment can be a leader in this very important issue.”

On the morning ahead of her concert Friday, Beijing’s air was visibly polluted, with the city’s environmental monitoring center warning children, the elderly and those with respiratory illnesses to reduce outdoor activity.

China’s major cities have some of the world’s worst smog. The government was long indifferent to the environment as it pursued economic development, but has begun launching some anti-pollution initiatives after mounting public frustration.

Last month, China’s Cabinet released an action plan that aims to make a small reduction in the country’s heavy reliance on coal to below 65 percent of total energy usage by 2017. According to Chinese government statistics, coal consumption accounted for 68.4 percent of total energy use in 2011.

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Second Sea Serpent Washes up in California If good things come in pairs, the discovery of another giant, nearly mystical sea creature should portend positive things for a bunch of bewildered beachgoers who early Friday evening happened across the second so-called “discovery of a lifetime” in less than a week.

The 13-and-a half-foot-long oarfish, which washed up on a beach in Oceanside Harbor, Calif., is the second of the rarely seen creatures to be found in a matter of days.

“It’s so rare to find in Southern California, especially in surface water,” Suzanne Kohin, of the National Marine Fisheries Service said. “They thought it was a very rare event the first time, so these two events that we heard of in the last few weeks are the only ones I’ve ever heard of.”

The first discovery was made by a snorkeling marine scientist who wrestled the dead 18-foot monster (with help) to shore near Catalina last Sunday.

“I was thinking I have no idea what that is and like it looks like a snake but it kind of looks like a giant eel,” said onlooker Alexandria Boyle, who was one of a class of third-graders on a beach trip when the newest oarfish was found.

Boyle was among a crowd of about 75 who crowded around the creature as police were called, and waited around for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to come and collect the carcass.

Oarfish can grow up to 50 feet in length and live in depths of up to 3,000 feet. Little is known about their habits and life cycles, but the NOAA writes on their website they “probably only come to the surface when injured or dying.”

When the first oarfish was found last week, the Catalina Island Marine Institute hailed it in a news release as a “discovery of a lifetime.”

Greek Gypsies worried about child abduction case

Associated Press Writer

FARSALA, Greece — Gypsies stroll about prefabricated homes in their camp, many of them smiling. But there is worry and resentment here. Their community is at the center of a child abduction case, with a Gypsy, or Roma, couple accused of abducting a blonde, blue-eyed girl who is thought to be about 4 years old.

The Roma, a poor people in a country devastated by an economic crisis, try to make a living in the camp on the outskirts of the central town of Farsala by selling fruits, carpets, blankets, baskets and shoes at local markets.

They say they are already considered by some to be social outcasts, thieves and beggars.

Now, they fear they will be stigmatized as child traffickers. The president of the local Roma community, Babis Dimitriou, hopes there is no backlash against the 2,000 Roma living in the community. The case “doesn’t reflect on all of us,” he told The Associated Press on Sunday.

A 40-year-old woman and 39-year-old man have been charged with abducting a minor after police raided the camp Wednesday looking for drugs and weapons. A suspicious prosecutor who accompanied police on the raid thought it was odd that the girl looked nothing like her parents.

DNA tests proved the couple isn’t the girl’s biological parents. The man and woman will appear in a court Monday. Police have launched an international appeal to find the biological parents of the girl, who is known as Maria in the camp. She is being cared for in Athens by a charity.

Many Gypsies are wary of media attention and resentful of what they say is neglect by the state. The only thing authorities have provided, they say, is the prefab houses that replaced the tents they were living in eight years ago.

Local Roma say their community is not involved in either child abductions or trafficking. But regional police chief Lt. Gen. Vassilis Halatsis said authorities have found “dozens” of child trafficking cases involving Bulgarian Roma in Greece.“We know these cases exist, but they involve Bulgarians, not Greeks like us. There are no transactions involving children here,” Dimitriou insists, adding that the 40-year-old woman, who had registered Maria as her own child, “cared for her even better than for her own children.” Another resident of the community, who lives with the Roma but is not one of them, takes their side.

“There is no buying and selling of children here ... The other Roma are not to blame. These are family people. After this event, the police have been searching everyone. Isn’t this racist?” 42-year-old Christos Lioupis said.

But Halatsis said people take advantage of a flawed birth registration system to declare multiple children to receive state handouts.

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INDONESIA Police review anti-corruption special detachment establishment

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian police are reviewing the anticorruption special detachment proposed by the House’s Commission III to Police Chief Sutarman during a fit and proper test on Thursday, Oct. 17.

“The Anti Corruption Special Detachment has been discussed by the Indonesian Police, and it will be formulated after the discussion is complete,” said National Police’s Maintenance and Security Chief General Badrodin Haiti here on Monday.

However, the form, function, and authority of the special detachment has not yet been discussed, he stated.

Badrodin believes that the existence of the anti-corruption detachment could strengthen the Police Headquarters’ Crime Directorate (Dittipikor) structure.

“It could strengthen the structure (of the crime directorate), or it may form a new body. It all depends on the results of the discussion,” Badrodin explained.

On its position, Badrodin said it is as yet undecided whether the detachment will continue to be assessed under the Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) and Kabaharkam (Security Maintenance Directorate).

He noted that a specialized team had formed the police’s anticorruption detachment and handled the management of its human resources.

Earlier, newly elected Police Chief General Sutarman had welcomed the anti-corruption detachment establishment proposal.

“That (detachment) should be developed; its operations must be strengthened,” he remarked.

According to Sutarman, the establishment of a special unit that focuses on the eradication of corruption is extraordinary, but it must be prioritized during the discussion. “(This is) because it involves (various) institutions, not just the police institution but also the Ministry of Administrative Empowerment-bureaucracy Reform,” he suggested.

Sutarman believes the formation of the anti-corruption detachment will not create a conflict of interest with other agencies that serve within the same scope.

The inter-institutional synergy among similar task bodies must be improved because they will need each other’s assistance.

“Since one agency alone may not be able to solve problems such as drug-related crime, terrorism, and the eradication of corruption, we have to create such a synergy,” he added.

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Villagers stand near their buckets while queuing for clean water at Pandantoyo village, in the outskirts of Bojonegoro, Indonesia’s East Java province, October 18, 2013. The government sent 5,000 litres of clean water to every village after 16 districts in Bojonegoro suffered a shortage of clean water after wells and other water sources dried up from a recent drought.

ASEAN GDP remains robust, backed by services Floods inundate thousands of houses in North Sumatra Antara

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LANGKAT - Floods triggered by incessant rain have inundated around 4,000 houses in Langkat District, North Sumatra, official said on Monday.

“Based on reliable data, a total of 3,915 houses at 12 villages at Tanjungpura sub-district in Langkat district were inundated on Monday,” Tanjungpura subdistrict spokesman Surianto on Monday.

According to him, the floods had inundated 408 houses in Pekan village, 225 houses in Pematang Cengal Barat village, 126

houses in Paya Perupuk village, 789 houses in Pematang Cengal village, 359 houses in Pekubuan village, 522 houses in Suka Maju village 221 houses in Baja Kuning village, 20 houses in Pematang Serai village, 258 houses in Karya Maju village, 595 houses in Pantai Cermin village, and 350 houses in Lalang village.

“This is the worst ever flood hitting the settlement areas in the city of Tanjungpura,” Surianto said, adding that the water level at the flood-affected villages remains high because the overflowing of Batang Serangan river.

JAKARTA - Statistics have revealed that ASEAN economies remained buoyant as the nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 5.7 percent, or US$2.31 trillion, in 2012, according to a written statement from the ASEAN Secretariat.

The statement, received here on Monday, confirmed that the continued growth of the region is reflected in the improved GDP per capita, listed at US$3,751, up from US$3,591 in 2011.

The most recent figures show that the average income of the ASEAN5 (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand) has increased by 5.1 percent during the first half of this year, driven by fa-

vorable economic developments in the Philippines and Thailand.

On the other hand, the ASEAN’s real GDP in 2012 has advanced by 5.7 percent, up by 1 percentage point compared with 2011. The ASEAN5 rate of growth has outpaced the CLMV country group by 5.8 percent and 5.3 percent for 2012 and 2011, respectively.

In terms of a comparable international exchange rate, based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), the ASEAN’s GDP in 2012 reached PPP$3.62 trillion, while its GDP per capita amounted to PPP$5,869.

Meanwhile, the Asian Development Bank’s Outlook (ADO) for 2013 estimates that regional economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region will pick up to 6.6 percent in

2013 and will reach 6.7 per cent in 2014. This is a distinct improvement over 2012, when growth stood at just over 6 percent. Consumer prices are expected to rise by 4 percent in 2013 and 4.2 percent in 2014, up from 3.7 percent last year.

Leading regional economies are settling into a pattern of more moderate, more sustainable growth, founded on new opportunities closer to home, including domestic consumption and intra-regional trade.

Meanwhile, Asia’s contributions to global imbalances and its persistent current account surpluses are smoothly winding down. However, developing Asia’s recovery phase remains vulnerable to shocks. Strong capital inflows could feed asset bubbles, for example.

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Bukit Jambul IBP

The name of Bukit Jambul was given when the Dutch colonial coming to Indonesia.

At that moment the tourist saw a high hill in the south way that related the Regency of Klungkung and Besakih. In the top of mountain, there is holy place named Puncak Sari Temple. Uniquely, the temple surrounded by many big trees.

From the top of mountain, the visitor can see rice the beautiful panoramaof ricefield. The combination view of high hill and big trees make it named Bukit Jambul (crest hill).

Bukit Jambul is located in Pesaban Traditional Village, Nongan, Rendang Subdistrict.

It is 8 km from Klungkung Regency and 51 km from Denpasar, while from Besakih Temple it is just 15 km. In this tourism area, there are many restaurant and others facilities such large parking area. Bukit Jambul is very popular as a good place to feel and explore the harmony combination of hills, rice field, valley and sea.

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Honda shoulders blame for Marc Marquez Honda has admitted that a misinterpretation of MotoGP rules was the reason Marc Marquez pitted too late during Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, a mistake that led to his disqualification.

Championship leader Marquez was black-flagged after completing 11 laps before making his mandatory mid-race bike switch, a rule enforced by race direction after over the durability of Bridgestone’s rear tyre at Phillip Island.

The race had been shortened from 27 laps to 19, and the change of bikes - obligated in a dry race for the first time in the championship’s history - had to be completed on lap nine or 10.

Honda believed he would be able to start the 11th lap because he would not technically have completed it when he came into the pits, but Marquez - whose championship lead has been slashed to 18 points after title rival Jorge Lorenzo’s victory admits they got it wrong.

“It was our first experience of a flag-to-flag race, and suffice to say it wasn’t a good one,” he said. “My team and I had set out a strategy and we thought that we could come in after lap 10, but in reality this counts as an extra lap.

“We hadn’t had that in mind and this was a huge mistake. We had everything well planned and I followed the instructions on my pit board. “You learn from these things though, so now we have to move on and focus on the race in Japan.”

Marquez’s team-mate Dani Pedrosa also fell foul of the organisers’ tyre-enforced changes for race day when he exceeded the pitlane-entry speed limit.

Dani Pedrosa The speed limit zones had been extended on both entry and exit to ease safety fears, and Pedrosa (pictured right) was ordered to drop a place for his infringement. The Spaniard did so just before Marquez was black-flagged and so was able to continue to take second, but admitted it had been a confusing race.

“The rules were being changed every five minutes,” said Pedrosa.

“Everything was turned on its head and it was very difficult to adapt first time, without making any mistakes.

REUTERS/Brandon Malone

Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain rides during the fourth free practice session ahead of the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, at Phillip Island Circuit October 19, 2013.

Haas shows no signs of slowing down as he trumps Haase Reuters

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Tommy Haas kept alive his slim chances of qualifying for next month’s ATP World Tour Finals when he edged past near namesake Robin Haase 6-3 4-6 6-4 to lift his 15th career title at the Vienna Open on Sunday.

The 35-year-old German won his second trophy of the season after triumphing in Munich in May. “This victory is really something special,” the world number 12, who also won in Vienna 12 years ago, told reporters. “You don’t win tournaments too often and this year I’ve won in my two favourite cities.”

Haas, whose career seemed all but over after he suffered a series of shoulder, elbow and hip injuries, is certainly relishing all the unexpected success he has enjoyed in recent months.

“If you’d seen me 3-1/2 years ago ... I was really asking myself if it made sense to continue,” Haas said. “I have been paying a lot of attention to my fitness and nutrition and I am always looking to improve my tennis.”

Haas’s never-say-die attitude certainly helped him out of a hole when he trailed Dutchman Haase 4-2 in the final set.

A Haase double fault gave him the break back in the next game and from then on

there was no stopping the German, who completed the win when Haase flicked a backhand long. Haas, currently 12th in the ATP Race, only has an outside chance of making it to next month’s eight-man season finale at London’s O2 Arena.

Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer and Juan Martin Del Potro have qualified for the tournament and Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has pulled out following back surgery.

Tomas Berdych, Stanislas Wawrinka, Roger Federer, Richard Gasquet, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Milos Raonic and longshot Haas are in a battle to secure the remaining four spots.

Tommy Haas of Germany hits a shot against Sam Querrey of the U.S. during their men’s singles match at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament October 7, 2013.

REUTERS/Aly Song

McLaren defends Sergio Perez’s performance

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has defended Sergio Perez after his incident-filled Japanese Grand Prix weekend. But, despite backing his man after crashes in practice and the race, Whitmarsh says it is still too early to decide whether McLaren will keep him for 2014.

Perez has been under pressure to lift his performances in recent races, with Whitmarsh admitting that he had not beaten Jenson Button as much as had been hoped. The Mexican did little to impress his bosses in Japan, however, with a high-speed crash during Friday practice and then a tangle with Nico Rosberg in the race.

Despite the incidents, Whitmarsh insisted he was not unduly concerned, especially because a number of other drivers crashed over the weekend.

“A lot of people had problems - it is that sort of circuit,” explained Whitmarsh. “With the incident on Friday, I think we can probably show 50 of this type of crash at that very corner and that same type of incident.

“It is something about going into Spoon there. You drift over to the right – Michael [Schumacher] did it last year on Friday. It is one of those things that happens. It is not great, but it was OK. “I think Checo was racing well too. Where we were, he should have able to get seventh or eighth. Considering where we are at the moment, I think the last two or three races he has raced very well indeed.”

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Deja vu as Milan face Barcelona and an injury crisis

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AC Milan’s story the last two years has been one of inconsistent form, a perennial injury crisis and losing to old rivals Barcelona.

So far this season, their form has been erratic as ever with only three wins in eight Serie A matches, and the injuries have continued to pile up. On Tuesday, they will be hoping to vary the routine by beating the Catalans.

The two sides have met six times in the last two seasons with Barcelona predictably dominating.

They have knocked seven-times champions Milan out of the Champions League twice in a row, in the quarter-finals two seasons ago and in the round of 16 last term, and enjoyed a win and a draw in two group stage meetings in 2011/12.

Milan’s only win in those six matches was in the first leg of last season’s round of 16 clash, but they were overwhelmed 4-0 in the return.

With Barcelona yet to concede a goal or drop a point in Group H, Milan clearly have a tall order although, whatever happens on Tuesday, both sides should comfortably progress, Ajax Amsterdam and Celtic having so far managed only one point between them.

For the second season in a row, Milan, who seem to be stuck in an interminable transitional phase, have made a slow start. They have taken 11 points from eight games in Serie A and have already dropped 13 points behind leaders AS Roma, suggesting that once again they will have to focus on next season’s Champions League rather than challenging for the title..

Most of their points have been won through sheer grit and determination rather well-polished performances. Remarkably, nine of Milan’s last 13 goals have come in the last 10 minutes of their games, including all three they have scored in the Champions League.

Allegri’s side scored both goals in the 2-0 win over Celtic in the dying minutes and needed a stoppage time penalty to draw at Ajax. In the league, they scored twice in the last five minutes to draw 2-2 at Torino and repeated the trick in a 3-3 draw at Bologna, where they trailed 3-1 until the 89th minute.

Most frustrating of all has been the continued injury crisis with goalkeeper Christian Abbiati, defender Daniele Bonera and Mattia De Sciglio and forwards Stephan El Shaarawy, Mario Balotelli and Giampaolo Pazzini all in the treatment room.

El Shaarawy has not played since Sept. 1 after suffering first a thigh injury and then a microfracture of his foot, Pazzini has been out since May with a knee injury and Bonera since July.

Balotelli missed Saturday’s 1-0 win over Udinese with a thigh muscle injury he suffered during Italy’s World Cup qualifier against Armenia and is doubtful for Tuesday. Last month, former Milan forward Alexandre Pato, who suffered an astonishing sequence of muscular injuries at the club, questioned the treatment at Milan.

“During one-and-a-half years there, I played, I got injured, I was out for one month, I got injured again... Since I came back to Brazil, I haven’t had any more injuries,” said Pato, who joined Corinthians in January “The treatment there is different,” he said in a programme on the Brazilian cable channel Sportv. “While are you out of action, you do some work in the swimming pool and a little bit of physiotherapy. Then in one week they make you put in a lot of effort.

“I think it all shows that what happened to me at Milan had nothing to do with me, as other players are still getting injured. I was not to blame.”

Allegri replied at the time that Pato should have a sense of selfcriticism instead of making “gratuitous accusations.”

Barcelona dropped their first league points of the season in a 0-0 draw at Osasuna on Saturday, when Lionel Messi came on in the second half for his first appearance since suffering a thigh injury at the end of last month.

AP Photo/Luca Bruno

AC Milan Brazilian forward Ricardo Kaka’, right, challenges for the ball with Udinese midfielder Maximiliano Roberto Pereyra of Argentina during a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Udinese, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013.

Coach Herrera turns to Mexico survival task

Reuters

MEXICO CITY - Mexico’s new coach Miguel Herrera named a squad including 10 players from his club America to prepare for next month’s World Cup playoff against New Zealand, saying the country’s prestige as a soccer nation was at stake.

Herrera, who became Mexico’s fourth coach in six weeks on Friday after their failure to qualify directly for the 2014 Brazil finals, takes his team to face New Zealand over two legs at the Azteca on Nov. 13 and in Wellington on Nov. 20.

“It’s not only me who’s put-

ting his prestige at risk, we all are... What’s needed in moments like these is to strengthen the group’s heads,” Herrera, known for his motivational powers, told a news conference at his official presentation as national team coach. “ T h i s s e a t d o e s n ’t b u r n , we’re here thinking of getting the (World Cup) ticket and we’ll succeed. I’d never say no to my national team... so now I’m the happiest man on the planet to have been chosen to be here.

“We’re sure we’ll get off the plane (from New Zealand) with the great happiness of giving our

federation and country our accounts and the World Cup ticket and then I’ll be back to work with America.”

Herrera, whose club side lead the Apertura championship, will remain at the America helm for Tuesday’s CONCACAF Champions League match against Alajuelense of Costa Rica before concentrating on Mexico.

Defending champions America, who are six points clear at the top of the Apertura standings after a 1-1 draw at Cruz Azul on Saturday, have already qualified for the eight-team knockout phase for the league title.

The 22 players in the squad

the stocky Herrera, nicknamed Piojo (louse) picked for a friendly warmup against Finland on Oct. 30 are all with Mexican clubs.

“There are lots of America people because there’s little time to work, because they know perfectly well what we want on the pitch and this way we can reach the level we need a lot quicker,” Herrera said.

He added that it was unlikely he would call any of Mexico’s foreign-based players like Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez and Villarreal’s Giovani dos Santos because they were not in good form.

AP Photo/Marco Ugarte

Mexico’s new soccer team coach Miguel Herrera, display a list of the Mexican selection during a news conference in Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013.

Monaco wastes 2-goal lead Scolari: Diego Costa in 2-2 draw at Sochaux shouldn’t play for Spain Associated Press Writer

Associated Press Writer

PARIS — Monaco fell two points behind French league leader Paris Saint-Germain after wasting a two-goal lead in its 2-2 draw at struggling Sochaux on Sunday. Unbeaten Monaco looked set for another win when Belgian winger Yannick Ferreira Carrasco scored twice in the first 10 minutes.

But Sochaux coach Herve Renard — who guided Zambia to the African Cup of Nations title last year — saw his team pull a goal back in the 57th through striker Cedric Bakambu and midfielder Joseph Loby equalized in the 69th.

“At 2-0 up, we should have kept playing like we had in the opening 15 minutes to kill the game off,” Monaco midfielder Jeremy Toulalan said. “We

didn’t do that and they took full advantage.”

The draw moved Sochaux off the bottom of the table, one point ahead of Valenciennes and one behind Lorient.

PSG thrashed Bastia 4-0 at home on Saturday to maintain its unbeaten start to the season.

After 10 league games, PSG has 24 points— the best start since Lyon tallied 28 from 10 in the 2006-07 season.

Ferreira Carrasco opened the scoring in the fifth minute when James Rodriguez set him up from the left and he finished powerfully from close range. He added another after Brazilian defender Carlao’s back pass to the goalkeeper fell short.

“Our two goals were marvelous and then ‘click’ it’s all over,” Monaco coach Claudio Ranieri said. “That’s football.” Sochaux’s goals came from corners, highlighting Monaco’s vulnerability on set pieces.

Newell’s Old Boys lose but stay top in Argentina Associated Press Writer

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Newell’s Old Boys lost 2-1 to archrival Rosario Central — one of Argentina’s most intense derby matches — but still kept the lead in Argentina’s first division.

Hernan Encina scored the winner in the 28th, firing just inside the post from close range. Alejandro Donatti opened the scoring for Central with a header in the 11th and Maxi Rodriguez equalized four minutes later.

Newell’s has 26 points after 12 rounds, three clear of San Lorenzo and Arsenal. In other Sunday matches, Tigre had a 2-1 comeback win over Arsenal with

Cristian Bordacahar scoring the clincher in the 77th.

Milton Caraglio put Arsenal ahead in the 65th and Matias Perez Garcia equalized in the 75th.

Boca Juniors forced a 2-2 draw in a heated clash against Godoy Cruz with an injury-time penalty by Claudio Perez to hold onto fourth spot in the standings, while River Plate and Belgrano drew 0-0.

Boca took the lead in the 31st minute via Emmanuel Gigliotti’s neat goal but Godoy equalized seven minutes later when Gonzalo Castellani’s cross was turned in by Jose Luis Fernandez.

Federico Lertora’s effort from outside the area in the second half hit both posts but Mauro Ivan Obolo was on hand to turn the ball into the net to give Godoy a 2-1 buffer, which they held until the third minute of stoppage time when David Achucarro brought down Juan Manuel Martinez in the area. At the final whistle both teams converged on each other as tempers flared.

SAO PAULO — Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari says Diego Costa shouldn’t be allowed to play for Spain and refuses to give up his right to select the striker for Brazil’s national team.

Scolari said in an interview aired

by Globo TV on Sunday that he’s the “only one who can have a say about whether the athlete will be picked” for Brazil ahead of next year’s World Cup. The coach added it’s his “right to choose” the player, not Spain’s.

Scolari said Diego Costa shouldn’t have the option to play for another country because he already played two friendly matches with Brazil this year.

The Brazilian-born player holds a Spanish passport and has never played an official match for Brazil, so FIFA would allow him to play for Spain. “After playing two friendlies with Brazil like he did, he can’t be playing for another national team,” Scolari said.

The Atletico Madrid striker was Atletico Madrid’s Diego Costa, from Brazil, lies on the field during his team’s Spanish La Liga soccer match against Espanyol at CornellaEl Prat stadium in Cornella Llobregat, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013.

summoned by Scolari for friendlies against Italy and Russia in March.

Diego Costa has already said that if called up by Spain he would be willing to play for the defending world champions.

But he may have a tough decision to make if Scolari adds his name to the Brazilian national team squad in less than two weeks, when the coach will announce his list for Brazil’s friendlies against Honduras and Chile in November.

“You shouldn’t take away my right to choose,” Scolari said. “I will do that (pick Diego Costa) whenever I think it should be done.”

Spain coach Vicente del Bosque said it’s up to Diego Costa to decide if he wants to play for his adopted country or his native Brazil. He said “we have done everything we need to, now it’s the player’s personal decision.” Del Bosque admitted that even though the Spanish federation had “reached an agreement” with Diego Costa, “it wasn’t decisive.”

“I’m the only one who can have a say about whether the athlete will be picked” for Brazil, Scolari said.

“Nobody else can know that.” Diego Costa helped Atletico Madrid to a club record start of eight straight wins in the Spanish league, scoring 10 goals.

The team fell to Es p an y o l o n Saturday for its first loss.

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

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Deja vu as Milan face Barcelona and an injury crisis

Reuters

AC Milan’s story the last two years has been one of inconsistent form, a perennial injury crisis and losing to old rivals Barcelona.

So far this season, their form has been erratic as ever with only three wins in eight Serie A matches, and the injuries have continued to pile up. On Tuesday, they will be hoping to vary the routine by beating the Catalans.

The two sides have met six times in the last two seasons with Barcelona predictably dominating.

They have knocked seven-times champions Milan out of the Champions League twice in a row, in the quarter-finals two seasons ago and in the round of 16 last term, and enjoyed a win and a draw in two group stage meetings in 2011/12.

Milan’s only win in those six matches was in the first leg of last season’s round of 16 clash, but they were overwhelmed 4-0 in the return.

With Barcelona yet to concede a goal or drop a point in Group H, Milan clearly have a tall order although, whatever happens on Tuesday, both sides should comfortably progress, Ajax Amsterdam and Celtic having so far managed only one point between them.

For the second season in a row, Milan, who seem to be stuck in an interminable transitional phase, have made a slow start. They have taken 11 points from eight games in Serie A and have already dropped 13 points behind leaders AS Roma, suggesting that once again they will have to focus on next season’s Champions League rather than challenging for the title..

Most of their points have been won through sheer grit and determination rather well-polished performances. Remarkably, nine of Milan’s last 13 goals have come in the last 10 minutes of their games, including all three they have scored in the Champions League.

Allegri’s side scored both goals in the 2-0 win over Celtic in the dying minutes and needed a stoppage time penalty to draw at Ajax. In the league, they scored twice in the last five minutes to draw 2-2 at Torino and repeated the trick in a 3-3 draw at Bologna, where they trailed 3-1 until the 89th minute.

Most frustrating of all has been the continued injury crisis with goalkeeper Christian Abbiati, defender Daniele Bonera and Mattia De Sciglio and forwards Stephan El Shaarawy, Mario Balotelli and Giampaolo Pazzini all in the treatment room.

El Shaarawy has not played since Sept. 1 after suffering first a thigh injury and then a microfracture of his foot, Pazzini has been out since May with a knee injury and Bonera since July.

Balotelli missed Saturday’s 1-0 win over Udinese with a thigh muscle injury he suffered during Italy’s World Cup qualifier against Armenia and is doubtful for Tuesday. Last month, former Milan forward Alexandre Pato, who suffered an astonishing sequence of muscular injuries at the club, questioned the treatment at Milan.

“During one-and-a-half years there, I played, I got injured, I was out for one month, I got injured again... Since I came back to Brazil, I haven’t had any more injuries,” said Pato, who joined Corinthians in January “The treatment there is different,” he said in a programme on the Brazilian cable channel Sportv. “While are you out of action, you do some work in the swimming pool and a little bit of physiotherapy. Then in one week they make you put in a lot of effort.

“I think it all shows that what happened to me at Milan had nothing to do with me, as other players are still getting injured. I was not to blame.”

Allegri replied at the time that Pato should have a sense of selfcriticism instead of making “gratuitous accusations.”

Barcelona dropped their first league points of the season in a 0-0 draw at Osasuna on Saturday, when Lionel Messi came on in the second half for his first appearance since suffering a thigh injury at the end of last month.

AP Photo/Luca Bruno

AC Milan Brazilian forward Ricardo Kaka’, right, challenges for the ball with Udinese midfielder Maximiliano Roberto Pereyra of Argentina during a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Udinese, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013.

Coach Herrera turns to Mexico survival task

Reuters

MEXICO CITY - Mexico’s new coach Miguel Herrera named a squad including 10 players from his club America to prepare for next month’s World Cup playoff against New Zealand, saying the country’s prestige as a soccer nation was at stake.

Herrera, who became Mexico’s fourth coach in six weeks on Friday after their failure to qualify directly for the 2014 Brazil finals, takes his team to face New Zealand over two legs at the Azteca on Nov. 13 and in Wellington on Nov. 20.

“It’s not only me who’s put-

ting his prestige at risk, we all are... What’s needed in moments like these is to strengthen the group’s heads,” Herrera, known for his motivational powers, told a news conference at his official presentation as national team coach. “ T h i s s e a t d o e s n ’t b u r n , we’re here thinking of getting the (World Cup) ticket and we’ll succeed. I’d never say no to my national team... so now I’m the happiest man on the planet to have been chosen to be here.

“We’re sure we’ll get off the plane (from New Zealand) with the great happiness of giving our

federation and country our accounts and the World Cup ticket and then I’ll be back to work with America.”

Herrera, whose club side lead the Apertura championship, will remain at the America helm for Tuesday’s CONCACAF Champions League match against Alajuelense of Costa Rica before concentrating on Mexico.

Defending champions America, who are six points clear at the top of the Apertura standings after a 1-1 draw at Cruz Azul on Saturday, have already qualified for the eight-team knockout phase for the league title.

The 22 players in the squad

the stocky Herrera, nicknamed Piojo (louse) picked for a friendly warmup against Finland on Oct. 30 are all with Mexican clubs.

“There are lots of America people because there’s little time to work, because they know perfectly well what we want on the pitch and this way we can reach the level we need a lot quicker,” Herrera said.

He added that it was unlikely he would call any of Mexico’s foreign-based players like Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez and Villarreal’s Giovani dos Santos because they were not in good form.

AP Photo/Marco Ugarte

Mexico’s new soccer team coach Miguel Herrera, display a list of the Mexican selection during a news conference in Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013.

Monaco wastes 2-goal lead Scolari: Diego Costa in 2-2 draw at Sochaux shouldn’t play for Spain Associated Press Writer

Associated Press Writer

PARIS — Monaco fell two points behind French league leader Paris Saint-Germain after wasting a two-goal lead in its 2-2 draw at struggling Sochaux on Sunday. Unbeaten Monaco looked set for another win when Belgian winger Yannick Ferreira Carrasco scored twice in the first 10 minutes.

But Sochaux coach Herve Renard — who guided Zambia to the African Cup of Nations title last year — saw his team pull a goal back in the 57th through striker Cedric Bakambu and midfielder Joseph Loby equalized in the 69th.

“At 2-0 up, we should have kept playing like we had in the opening 15 minutes to kill the game off,” Monaco midfielder Jeremy Toulalan said. “We

didn’t do that and they took full advantage.”

The draw moved Sochaux off the bottom of the table, one point ahead of Valenciennes and one behind Lorient.

PSG thrashed Bastia 4-0 at home on Saturday to maintain its unbeaten start to the season.

After 10 league games, PSG has 24 points— the best start since Lyon tallied 28 from 10 in the 2006-07 season.

Ferreira Carrasco opened the scoring in the fifth minute when James Rodriguez set him up from the left and he finished powerfully from close range. He added another after Brazilian defender Carlao’s back pass to the goalkeeper fell short.

“Our two goals were marvelous and then ‘click’ it’s all over,” Monaco coach Claudio Ranieri said. “That’s football.” Sochaux’s goals came from corners, highlighting Monaco’s vulnerability on set pieces.

Newell’s Old Boys lose but stay top in Argentina Associated Press Writer

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Newell’s Old Boys lost 2-1 to archrival Rosario Central — one of Argentina’s most intense derby matches — but still kept the lead in Argentina’s first division.

Hernan Encina scored the winner in the 28th, firing just inside the post from close range. Alejandro Donatti opened the scoring for Central with a header in the 11th and Maxi Rodriguez equalized four minutes later.

Newell’s has 26 points after 12 rounds, three clear of San Lorenzo and Arsenal. In other Sunday matches, Tigre had a 2-1 comeback win over Arsenal with

Cristian Bordacahar scoring the clincher in the 77th.

Milton Caraglio put Arsenal ahead in the 65th and Matias Perez Garcia equalized in the 75th.

Boca Juniors forced a 2-2 draw in a heated clash against Godoy Cruz with an injury-time penalty by Claudio Perez to hold onto fourth spot in the standings, while River Plate and Belgrano drew 0-0.

Boca took the lead in the 31st minute via Emmanuel Gigliotti’s neat goal but Godoy equalized seven minutes later when Gonzalo Castellani’s cross was turned in by Jose Luis Fernandez.

Federico Lertora’s effort from outside the area in the second half hit both posts but Mauro Ivan Obolo was on hand to turn the ball into the net to give Godoy a 2-1 buffer, which they held until the third minute of stoppage time when David Achucarro brought down Juan Manuel Martinez in the area. At the final whistle both teams converged on each other as tempers flared.

SAO PAULO — Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari says Diego Costa shouldn’t be allowed to play for Spain and refuses to give up his right to select the striker for Brazil’s national team.

Scolari said in an interview aired

by Globo TV on Sunday that he’s the “only one who can have a say about whether the athlete will be picked” for Brazil ahead of next year’s World Cup. The coach added it’s his “right to choose” the player, not Spain’s.

Scolari said Diego Costa shouldn’t have the option to play for another country because he already played two friendly matches with Brazil this year.

The Brazilian-born player holds a Spanish passport and has never played an official match for Brazil, so FIFA would allow him to play for Spain. “After playing two friendlies with Brazil like he did, he can’t be playing for another national team,” Scolari said.

The Atletico Madrid striker was Atletico Madrid’s Diego Costa, from Brazil, lies on the field during his team’s Spanish La Liga soccer match against Espanyol at CornellaEl Prat stadium in Cornella Llobregat, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013.

summoned by Scolari for friendlies against Italy and Russia in March.

Diego Costa has already said that if called up by Spain he would be willing to play for the defending world champions.

But he may have a tough decision to make if Scolari adds his name to the Brazilian national team squad in less than two weeks, when the coach will announce his list for Brazil’s friendlies against Honduras and Chile in November.

“You shouldn’t take away my right to choose,” Scolari said. “I will do that (pick Diego Costa) whenever I think it should be done.”

Spain coach Vicente del Bosque said it’s up to Diego Costa to decide if he wants to play for his adopted country or his native Brazil. He said “we have done everything we need to, now it’s the player’s personal decision.” Del Bosque admitted that even though the Spanish federation had “reached an agreement” with Diego Costa, “it wasn’t decisive.”

“I’m the only one who can have a say about whether the athlete will be picked” for Brazil, Scolari said.

“Nobody else can know that.” Diego Costa helped Atletico Madrid to a club record start of eight straight wins in the Spanish league, scoring 10 goals.

The team fell to Es p an y o l o n Saturday for its first loss.

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Bukit Jambul IBP

The name of Bukit Jambul was given when the Dutch colonial coming to Indonesia.

At that moment the tourist saw a high hill in the south way that related the Regency of Klungkung and Besakih. In the top of mountain, there is holy place named Puncak Sari Temple. Uniquely, the temple surrounded by many big trees.

From the top of mountain, the visitor can see rice the beautiful panoramaof ricefield. The combination view of high hill and big trees make it named Bukit Jambul (crest hill).

Bukit Jambul is located in Pesaban Traditional Village, Nongan, Rendang Subdistrict.

It is 8 km from Klungkung Regency and 51 km from Denpasar, while from Besakih Temple it is just 15 km. In this tourism area, there are many restaurant and others facilities such large parking area. Bukit Jambul is very popular as a good place to feel and explore the harmony combination of hills, rice field, valley and sea.

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Honda shoulders blame for Marc Marquez Honda has admitted that a misinterpretation of MotoGP rules was the reason Marc Marquez pitted too late during Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, a mistake that led to his disqualification.

Championship leader Marquez was black-flagged after completing 11 laps before making his mandatory mid-race bike switch, a rule enforced by race direction after over the durability of Bridgestone’s rear tyre at Phillip Island.

The race had been shortened from 27 laps to 19, and the change of bikes - obligated in a dry race for the first time in the championship’s history - had to be completed on lap nine or 10.

Honda believed he would be able to start the 11th lap because he would not technically have completed it when he came into the pits, but Marquez - whose championship lead has been slashed to 18 points after title rival Jorge Lorenzo’s victory admits they got it wrong.

“It was our first experience of a flag-to-flag race, and suffice to say it wasn’t a good one,” he said. “My team and I had set out a strategy and we thought that we could come in after lap 10, but in reality this counts as an extra lap.

“We hadn’t had that in mind and this was a huge mistake. We had everything well planned and I followed the instructions on my pit board. “You learn from these things though, so now we have to move on and focus on the race in Japan.”

Marquez’s team-mate Dani Pedrosa also fell foul of the organisers’ tyre-enforced changes for race day when he exceeded the pitlane-entry speed limit.

Dani Pedrosa The speed limit zones had been extended on both entry and exit to ease safety fears, and Pedrosa (pictured right) was ordered to drop a place for his infringement. The Spaniard did so just before Marquez was black-flagged and so was able to continue to take second, but admitted it had been a confusing race.

“The rules were being changed every five minutes,” said Pedrosa.

“Everything was turned on its head and it was very difficult to adapt first time, without making any mistakes.

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Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain rides during the fourth free practice session ahead of the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, at Phillip Island Circuit October 19, 2013.

Haas shows no signs of slowing down as he trumps Haase Reuters

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Tommy Haas kept alive his slim chances of qualifying for next month’s ATP World Tour Finals when he edged past near namesake Robin Haase 6-3 4-6 6-4 to lift his 15th career title at the Vienna Open on Sunday.

The 35-year-old German won his second trophy of the season after triumphing in Munich in May. “This victory is really something special,” the world number 12, who also won in Vienna 12 years ago, told reporters. “You don’t win tournaments too often and this year I’ve won in my two favourite cities.”

Haas, whose career seemed all but over after he suffered a series of shoulder, elbow and hip injuries, is certainly relishing all the unexpected success he has enjoyed in recent months.

“If you’d seen me 3-1/2 years ago ... I was really asking myself if it made sense to continue,” Haas said. “I have been paying a lot of attention to my fitness and nutrition and I am always looking to improve my tennis.”

Haas’s never-say-die attitude certainly helped him out of a hole when he trailed Dutchman Haase 4-2 in the final set.

A Haase double fault gave him the break back in the next game and from then on

there was no stopping the German, who completed the win when Haase flicked a backhand long. Haas, currently 12th in the ATP Race, only has an outside chance of making it to next month’s eight-man season finale at London’s O2 Arena.

Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer and Juan Martin Del Potro have qualified for the tournament and Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has pulled out following back surgery.

Tomas Berdych, Stanislas Wawrinka, Roger Federer, Richard Gasquet, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Milos Raonic and longshot Haas are in a battle to secure the remaining four spots.

Tommy Haas of Germany hits a shot against Sam Querrey of the U.S. during their men’s singles match at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament October 7, 2013.

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McLaren defends Sergio Perez’s performance

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has defended Sergio Perez after his incident-filled Japanese Grand Prix weekend. But, despite backing his man after crashes in practice and the race, Whitmarsh says it is still too early to decide whether McLaren will keep him for 2014.

Perez has been under pressure to lift his performances in recent races, with Whitmarsh admitting that he had not beaten Jenson Button as much as had been hoped. The Mexican did little to impress his bosses in Japan, however, with a high-speed crash during Friday practice and then a tangle with Nico Rosberg in the race.

Despite the incidents, Whitmarsh insisted he was not unduly concerned, especially because a number of other drivers crashed over the weekend.

“A lot of people had problems - it is that sort of circuit,” explained Whitmarsh. “With the incident on Friday, I think we can probably show 50 of this type of crash at that very corner and that same type of incident.

“It is something about going into Spoon there. You drift over to the right – Michael [Schumacher] did it last year on Friday. It is one of those things that happens. It is not great, but it was OK. “I think Checo was racing well too. Where we were, he should have able to get seventh or eighth. Considering where we are at the moment, I think the last two or three races he has raced very well indeed.”

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Two women cover up their mouths and noses with a jacket as they cross a street covered by dense smog in Harbin, northern China, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013.

Heavy smog hits north China city; flights canceled Associated Press Writer

BEIJING — As northern China entered its high-smog season, one city’s visibility was less than half a football field Monday and the manager of jazz singer Patti Austin said she had canceled a Beijing concert because of asthma likely linked to pollution.

Winter typically brings the worst air pollution to the region because of a combination of weather conditions and an increase in the burning of coal for homes and municipal heating systems, which usually start on a specific date. For the northern city of Harbin, the city’s heating systems kicked in Sunday, and on Monday visibility there was less than 50 meters (yards), according to state media.

Primary and middle schools and some highways were closed, said authorities in the city, which is in China’s northernmost province bordering Russia. At least 40 flights flying to destinations in southern China and Beijing among others had been cancelled or postponed at Harbin’s Taiping International Airport on Monday morning. Some of the city’s buses also stopped running, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

The density of fine particulate matter used as an indicator of air

quality was more than 24 times higher in Harbin than the level considered safe by the World Health Organization. The PM2.5 density was above 617 micrograms per cubic meter, according to official readings. A safe level recommended by WHO is 25 micrograms per cubic meter.

Austin’s management team said the 63-year-old singer had been treated in hospital Friday morning for the asthma attack in combination with respiratory infection. She returned to her hotel later Friday to rest, but she was unable to physically perform at her concert scheduled for Beijing on Friday evening. Her Saturday night concert in Shanghai went ahead.

Her manager, Barry Orms, said Monday that Austin, as an asthma sufferer, would have been “affected by the amount of pollution.” He said that it wasn’t their goal to place blame, and that “Patti has expressed our belief that the Chinese govern-

ment can be a leader in this very important issue.”

On the morning ahead of her concert Friday, Beijing’s air was visibly polluted, with the city’s environmental monitoring center warning children, the elderly and those with respiratory illnesses to reduce outdoor activity.

China’s major cities have some of the world’s worst smog. The government was long indifferent to the environment as it pursued economic development, but has begun launching some anti-pollution initiatives after mounting public frustration.

Last month, China’s Cabinet released an action plan that aims to make a small reduction in the country’s heavy reliance on coal to below 65 percent of total energy usage by 2017. According to Chinese government statistics, coal consumption accounted for 68.4 percent of total energy use in 2011.

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Second Sea Serpent Washes up in California If good things come in pairs, the discovery of another giant, nearly mystical sea creature should portend positive things for a bunch of bewildered beachgoers who early Friday evening happened across the second so-called “discovery of a lifetime” in less than a week.

The 13-and-a half-foot-long oarfish, which washed up on a beach in Oceanside Harbor, Calif., is the second of the rarely seen creatures to be found in a matter of days.

“It’s so rare to find in Southern California, especially in surface water,” Suzanne Kohin, of the National Marine Fisheries Service said. “They thought it was a very rare event the first time, so these two events that we heard of in the last few weeks are the only ones I’ve ever heard of.”

The first discovery was made by a snorkeling marine scientist who wrestled the dead 18-foot monster (with help) to shore near Catalina last Sunday.

“I was thinking I have no idea what that is and like it looks like a snake but it kind of looks like a giant eel,” said onlooker Alexandria Boyle, who was one of a class of third-graders on a beach trip when the newest oarfish was found.

Boyle was among a crowd of about 75 who crowded around the creature as police were called, and waited around for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to come and collect the carcass.

Oarfish can grow up to 50 feet in length and live in depths of up to 3,000 feet. Little is known about their habits and life cycles, but the NOAA writes on their website they “probably only come to the surface when injured or dying.”

When the first oarfish was found last week, the Catalina Island Marine Institute hailed it in a news release as a “discovery of a lifetime.”

Greek Gypsies worried about child abduction case

Associated Press Writer

FARSALA, Greece — Gypsies stroll about prefabricated homes in their camp, many of them smiling. But there is worry and resentment here. Their community is at the center of a child abduction case, with a Gypsy, or Roma, couple accused of abducting a blonde, blue-eyed girl who is thought to be about 4 years old.

The Roma, a poor people in a country devastated by an economic crisis, try to make a living in the camp on the outskirts of the central town of Farsala by selling fruits, carpets, blankets, baskets and shoes at local markets.

They say they are already considered by some to be social outcasts, thieves and beggars.

Now, they fear they will be stigmatized as child traffickers. The president of the local Roma community, Babis Dimitriou, hopes there is no backlash against the 2,000 Roma living in the community. The case “doesn’t reflect on all of us,” he told The Associated Press on Sunday.

A 40-year-old woman and 39-year-old man have been charged with abducting a minor after police raided the camp Wednesday looking for drugs and weapons. A suspicious prosecutor who accompanied police on the raid thought it was odd that the girl looked nothing like her parents.

DNA tests proved the couple isn’t the girl’s biological parents. The man and woman will appear in a court Monday. Police have launched an international appeal to find the biological parents of the girl, who is known as Maria in the camp. She is being cared for in Athens by a charity.

Many Gypsies are wary of media attention and resentful of what they say is neglect by the state. The only thing authorities have provided, they say, is the prefab houses that replaced the tents they were living in eight years ago.

Local Roma say their community is not involved in either child abductions or trafficking. But regional police chief Lt. Gen. Vassilis Halatsis said authorities have found “dozens” of child trafficking cases involving Bulgarian Roma in Greece.“We know these cases exist, but they involve Bulgarians, not Greeks like us. There are no transactions involving children here,” Dimitriou insists, adding that the 40-year-old woman, who had registered Maria as her own child, “cared for her even better than for her own children.” Another resident of the community, who lives with the Roma but is not one of them, takes their side.

“There is no buying and selling of children here ... The other Roma are not to blame. These are family people. After this event, the police have been searching everyone. Isn’t this racist?” 42-year-old Christos Lioupis said.

But Halatsis said people take advantage of a flawed birth registration system to declare multiple children to receive state handouts.

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INDONESIA Police review anti-corruption special detachment establishment

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian police are reviewing the anticorruption special detachment proposed by the House’s Commission III to Police Chief Sutarman during a fit and proper test on Thursday, Oct. 17.

“The Anti Corruption Special Detachment has been discussed by the Indonesian Police, and it will be formulated after the discussion is complete,” said National Police’s Maintenance and Security Chief General Badrodin Haiti here on Monday.

However, the form, function, and authority of the special detachment has not yet been discussed, he stated.

Badrodin believes that the existence of the anti-corruption detachment could strengthen the Police Headquarters’ Crime Directorate (Dittipikor) structure.

“It could strengthen the structure (of the crime directorate), or it may form a new body. It all depends on the results of the discussion,” Badrodin explained.

On its position, Badrodin said it is as yet undecided whether the detachment will continue to be assessed under the Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) and Kabaharkam (Security Maintenance Directorate).

He noted that a specialized team had formed the police’s anticorruption detachment and handled the management of its human resources.

Earlier, newly elected Police Chief General Sutarman had welcomed the anti-corruption detachment establishment proposal.

“That (detachment) should be developed; its operations must be strengthened,” he remarked.

According to Sutarman, the establishment of a special unit that focuses on the eradication of corruption is extraordinary, but it must be prioritized during the discussion. “(This is) because it involves (various) institutions, not just the police institution but also the Ministry of Administrative Empowerment-bureaucracy Reform,” he suggested.

Sutarman believes the formation of the anti-corruption detachment will not create a conflict of interest with other agencies that serve within the same scope.

The inter-institutional synergy among similar task bodies must be improved because they will need each other’s assistance.

“Since one agency alone may not be able to solve problems such as drug-related crime, terrorism, and the eradication of corruption, we have to create such a synergy,” he added.

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Villagers stand near their buckets while queuing for clean water at Pandantoyo village, in the outskirts of Bojonegoro, Indonesia’s East Java province, October 18, 2013. The government sent 5,000 litres of clean water to every village after 16 districts in Bojonegoro suffered a shortage of clean water after wells and other water sources dried up from a recent drought.

ASEAN GDP remains robust, backed by services Floods inundate thousands of houses in North Sumatra Antara

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LANGKAT - Floods triggered by incessant rain have inundated around 4,000 houses in Langkat District, North Sumatra, official said on Monday.

“Based on reliable data, a total of 3,915 houses at 12 villages at Tanjungpura sub-district in Langkat district were inundated on Monday,” Tanjungpura subdistrict spokesman Surianto on Monday.

According to him, the floods had inundated 408 houses in Pekan village, 225 houses in Pematang Cengal Barat village, 126

houses in Paya Perupuk village, 789 houses in Pematang Cengal village, 359 houses in Pekubuan village, 522 houses in Suka Maju village 221 houses in Baja Kuning village, 20 houses in Pematang Serai village, 258 houses in Karya Maju village, 595 houses in Pantai Cermin village, and 350 houses in Lalang village.

“This is the worst ever flood hitting the settlement areas in the city of Tanjungpura,” Surianto said, adding that the water level at the flood-affected villages remains high because the overflowing of Batang Serangan river.

JAKARTA - Statistics have revealed that ASEAN economies remained buoyant as the nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 5.7 percent, or US$2.31 trillion, in 2012, according to a written statement from the ASEAN Secretariat.

The statement, received here on Monday, confirmed that the continued growth of the region is reflected in the improved GDP per capita, listed at US$3,751, up from US$3,591 in 2011.

The most recent figures show that the average income of the ASEAN5 (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand) has increased by 5.1 percent during the first half of this year, driven by fa-

vorable economic developments in the Philippines and Thailand.

On the other hand, the ASEAN’s real GDP in 2012 has advanced by 5.7 percent, up by 1 percentage point compared with 2011. The ASEAN5 rate of growth has outpaced the CLMV country group by 5.8 percent and 5.3 percent for 2012 and 2011, respectively.

In terms of a comparable international exchange rate, based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), the ASEAN’s GDP in 2012 reached PPP$3.62 trillion, while its GDP per capita amounted to PPP$5,869.

Meanwhile, the Asian Development Bank’s Outlook (ADO) for 2013 estimates that regional economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region will pick up to 6.6 percent in

2013 and will reach 6.7 per cent in 2014. This is a distinct improvement over 2012, when growth stood at just over 6 percent. Consumer prices are expected to rise by 4 percent in 2013 and 4.2 percent in 2014, up from 3.7 percent last year.

Leading regional economies are settling into a pattern of more moderate, more sustainable growth, founded on new opportunities closer to home, including domestic consumption and intra-regional trade.

Meanwhile, Asia’s contributions to global imbalances and its persistent current account surpluses are smoothly winding down. However, developing Asia’s recovery phase remains vulnerable to shocks. Strong capital inflows could feed asset bubbles, for example.

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Diabetes, Indonesian ranked fourth in the world

BUSINESS Starbucks accused to overcharging customers in China

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Indonesia does not only face infectious disease cases, but also non-infectious diseases like heart disease and diabetes. For diabetes alone, Indonesia is ranked fourth in terms of the case after India, China and the United States.

A specialists in internal medicine at Sanglah Hospital, Wira Gotera, described the problem of diabetes worldwide had made every country very overwhelmed in the prevention and treatment actions. Without treatment from the beginning, diabetes patients would experience a permanent disability, the decline in activity production and even caused death.

Further, Gotera explained the

Agence France-Presse

BEIJING - Starbucks has become the latest foreign firm to be roasted by China’s state-run media, following a series of accusations it is overcharging consumers.

State broadcaster CCTV aired a seven-minute-long report criticising the coffee shop chain’s pricing in China, arguing that a tall latte in Beijing is more expensive than in London, Chicago and Mumbai.

The report on Sunday stated the price of a Beijing latte as 27 yuan ($4.42), compared with 24.25 yuan ($3.97) in London, 19.98 yuan ($3.26) in Chicago and 14.6 yuan ($2.39) in Mumbai.

It came after a stream of print stories attacking the Seattle-based firm, with the state-run Economic Information Daily accusing it of “profiteering”.

The China Daily newspaper last week took aim at the chain in an article headlined: “Starbucks can’t justify high prices in China”.

The allegations come after US tech giant Apple was subjected to a barrage of attacks earlier this year over its warranty policy and customer service, which state media cited as examples of its “unparalleled arrogance” toward Chinese consumers.

The criticism stopped after Apple CEO Tim Cook apologised.

Foreign baby formula and pharmaceutical firms have also recently been targeted by authorities over allegations of price-fixing and corruption.

In a statement, Starbucks said that its pricing in different cities is based on a variety of factors, including infrastructure investment, real estate, currency valuation and labour costs.

“Each Starbucks market is unique and has different operating costs, so it would be inaccurate to draw conclusions about one market based on the prices in a different market,” the company said.

Starbucks opened its doors in China in 1999 and now has more than 1,000 stores in the country and growing, making China likely to overtake Canada as its second-largest market after the US next year.

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biggest risk factor causing to be affected by diabetes was the lifestyle, especially the problem of food and lack of exercise. Nowadays, many people infrequently did physical activity and more frequently consumed foods containing a lot of fat and cholesterol so the obesity rate increased the potential to be affected by diabetes. Obesity itself was not seen from the size of body but from the abdominal circumfer-

ence. If the abdominal circumference reached 90 cm for men and 80 cm for women, it should become an awareness of diabetes.

Many people thought that those having a record of hereditary diabetes would also be affected by diabetes. Although the diabetes was a hereditary disease, but according to Gotera, the heredity was not having much contribution. The greatest contribution for people to be affected by diabetes was the unhealthy lifestyle. “Lifestyle takes 78 percent of the contribution compared to the hereditary diabetes that only occurs 10 percent,” he said.

The incidence of diabetes in Bali, added Gotera, reached 5.9

percent of the total population.

Aside from in the urban areas, people with diabetes also started to occur in rural areas, especially at tourism village in Bali. It was in line with the increase in the people’s income. “With the increase in the revenue, people who used to walk tend to ride vehicle everywhere and consume unhealthy junk food. This lifestyle triggers the increase in the diabetes case,” he said.

The beginning of diabetes itself, according to Gotera, was cholesterol disorders in the body. Excessive consumption of fatty foods and less exercise caused the body to work harder to burn the fat in the body.

This made the pancreas as producer

of insulin to break down the fat and in the long run the function reduced due to working too hard. “As a result of the decline in the function, the production of sugar in the blood rises. It is the beginning of the emergence of diabetes,” said Gotera.

When the number of cholesterol and sugar in the blood increased, it was a warning to be affected by diabetes. The increase in cholesterol and blood sugar could be prevented by diligent exercise and healthy and nutritious, but not excessive diet.

If left unchecked, the potential for diabetes would be greater. Not only that, it would also kindle the complications on the other organs such as the heart and kidney. (san)

Sebatu and Tampaksiring:

Agro tourism center in Gianyar

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Cars for export park at a port in Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo. Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. Japan’s trade deficit ballooned to a fresh record for September as costs for imports of food and other necessities outstripped growth in exports.

Japan posts record string of trade deficits Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - Japan logged a record run of monthly trade deficits data showed Monday after the country’s energy bill soared in September, but exports to China were buoyant after a territorial dispute a year earlier hammered demand for Japanese goods.

A sharp decline in the yen has generally helped Japan’s export picture, but the overall volume of shipments was still down last month while the nation’s energy bill remained high due to imports of pricey fossil fuels.

Energy imports surged after the 2011 Fukushima crisis forced the shutdown of Japan’s nuclear reactors, which once supplied one-third of the nation’s energy.

There is little public appetite to turn the reactors back on although Japan’s conservative government has said a restart was all but certain once safety could be assured.

“There might be some nuclear power plants brought back online this year, but that looks improbable based on the current public debate,” said RBS Securities chief economist Junko Nishioka.

“That means that Japan will continue to rely on energy imports, and any boost to exports from the weaker yen won’t be enough

to turn around the trade deficit.”

On Monday, the finance ministry said Japan recorded a trade deficit of 932.1 billion yen ($9.5 billion), 64.1 percent higher than a 568.2 billion yen deficit in the year earlier.

That was the 15th straight month of deficit, the longest spell since comparable data started in 1979.

The value of exports rose 11.5 percent to 5.97 trillion yen, helped by shipments to China -- Japan’s largest trading partner -- which rose 11.4 percent from a year earlier.

The improving figures come after a territorial dispute over a set of islands in the East China Sea set off protests in China and a consumer boycott of Japanese branded goods.

The unrest last year forced Japanese businesses to temporarily shutter operations in the country, while the nation’s trading relationship took a huge hit.

Meawhile, exports to the key US market

were up 18.8 percent on year, but BNP Paribas chief economist in Tokyo Ryutaro Kono said growth appeared to be stalling.

“Exports to the US appeared to have hit a plateau, while those to emerging economies have slowed down. Meanwhile, imports have been steadily increasing,” Kono told Dow Jones Newswires.

Overall, imports jumped 16.5 percent to 6.90 trillion yen on the higher energy costs and rising demand for some electronic equipment and smartphones, as demand for Apple’s iPhone soars in a country that was late to adopt the hugely popular gadget.

Japan’s mixed trade picture is largely a result of the weak yen, which boosts the costs of imports but also inflates the value of exports. The yen has declined by about a quarter against the dollar in the past year, boosting exporters’ competitiveness overseas and their bottom line.

The currency has been under pressure since Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who took office late last year, launched a policy blitz dubbed Abenomics that meshed government spending with a central bank monetary easing plan unveiled in April.

Sebatu village located in Ubud subdistrict, Gianyar, is not only famous as a destination of spiritual tourism, but also interesting for having a promenade. Aside from being cool, the village with positive aura also has a very beautiful panorama.

Plantation and diverse people’s activity have become a unique cultural attraction. So, do not be surprised if the village being well known for traditional Balinese handicraft has a myriad of agrotourism.

For instance, the Sebatu Agrotourism, apart from having a fascinating travel route, this nature tourism business also has a civet coffee farm namely the most expensive world class coffee. This type of coffee has an aromatic flavor with much less bitterness. Even, this civet coffee poses a superior product.

Travelers can also see the process of making coffee traditionally.

In this place, we can observe different types of crops, especially coffee plants. Among them, there are Arabica coffee, Robusta coffee and Bali original coffee variety. By making a visit to this coffee plantation, travelers will get the experience of exploring the coffee plantation and the process of making it.

In that journey, we can also see many kinds of other local plants.

There are pineapple, snakefruit, star fruit, cacao, jackfruit and the trees growing beautifully in a scenic rural area. There are herbs for medicines such as ginger, water lily, rosella, fishbone cactus, fennel, cinnamon, dragon fruit and much more.

Tampaksiring village offers dif-

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Plantation and diverse people’s activity have become a unique cultural attraction. So, do not be surprised if the village being well known for traditional Balinese handicraft has a myriad of agro-tourism.

ferent charms. The region better known for the Tirta Empul and Gunung Kawi Temple comes up with the blend of natural and spiritual tourism. Besides, the village

retains historical relics from ancient kingdom other than its natural panorama.

While enjoying the beauty of nature, our mind will feel differ-

ent because of the aura exuded by the relic objects inherited from the ancient kingdom sanctified by local communities. Besides, the village is also said to be a location

of royal palace. On that account, Tampaksiring is often chosen as an adventure track of tourists with friends, intimate friends, family and relatives. (BTN)

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Still under maintenance period but has been cracked

Amlapura (Bali Post)—

The road project of Bali Public Works on the road section of Wates Kangin, Selat and Sibetan, Karangasem, having just been completed has damaged and cracked. Cracks of the hot mix asphalt are primarily noticeable at Wates Kangin area leading to Taman Bali and at Kalanganyar hamlet, Sibetan, Karangasem.

In addition, the revetment having newly completed next to Telaga Market has already collapsed. The collapse along some 3 meters has been repaired. However, in other locations such as at the curve of Telaga hamlet and other locations have collapsed as well. Such collapsed revetment and cracked asphalt surface reaped complaints from a number of residents sent through short message service (SMS) to mass media.

Those provincial government projects were funded by special allocation fund (DAK) worth IDR 6.148 billion more. The projects were worked on by PT Bayu Sejati Adi Manunggal based on Jalan Subagan - Bebandem. The project valued at over IDR 6.148 billion

posed periodic road maintenance of Bali government for the Subagan - Rendang road section along 50 km.

On the project notice board stuck next to the Telaga Sibetan Market, it can be read the contract agreement of the project dated on April 25, 2013 with the workmanship period for 150 calendar days and the maintenance period for 180 calendar days.

On the other hand, the project owner namely the Bali Public Works seemed to have performed the measurement of the hot mix thickness.

In addition, the damaged parts of the road body had been marked with white paint to be fixed or added with hot mix asphalt to the cracked or collapsed surface.

As field observation made along 4 km, the road maintenance project owned by the provincial government also denoting the Amlapura - Besakih road section was fairly good. Somehow, the road section was repaired first. Meanwhile, the more severely damaged, potholes and ‘carved’ surface from the Telaga Market to the east had not yet been added with hot mix asphalt. (013)

Two trucks for Environment Agency dormant

Semarapura (Bali Post)—

Two trucks whose procurement from the assistance of the Special Allocation Fund (DAK) of the Ministry of Environment for the Klungkung Environment Agency seems not to be utilized maximally.

Since arriving two months ago, both trucks (dump truck and arm roll truck) to assist the waste management at Sente landfill still look dormant at the office courtyard of the Environment Agency.

The Section Head of Environmental Arrangement and Communication, the Klungkung Environment Agency, Komang Agus Sedana, not long ago said that his agency had previously received the DAK assistance for the environmental field in 2013 from the Ministry of Environment. He said the assistance was the support to realize the standard waste management system with 3R (reduce, reuse and recycle) principles. The assistance valued at more than IDR 1 billion was then used to supply a dump truck and an arm roll truck equipped with four containers.

Next, why had it not been functioned so far? Agus Sedana said after procuring both trucks, his party was preparing the official report on the truck handover from the Environment Agency to the Regent of Klungkung.

Did the preparation of handover take

over two months? He said that in principle the trucks had been ready to be handed over. His party was just waiting for the readiness of the Environment Agency to perform the handover to the regent and the regent handed it over to the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) so that it could be used to support the handling of waste at the Sente landfill.

The Head of the Klungkung Environment Agency, Dewa Oka Kusuma Jaya, when contacted on Sunday (Oct 20) confirmed the delay of handover occurred because after the inaugural ceremony of both trucks, they had to undergo a roadworthy test, so that they could not be handed over.

However, he affirmed the process had completed and the handover was scheduled on Monday (Oct 21).

The Head of Klungkung Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, Nyoman Rahayu, said the presence of the two trucks was expected to help the waste management at Sente landfill to establish the waste management with the implementation of 3R principles.

Other than the two trucks, two large size garbage bins also looked idle in the south of Chinese cemetery or north of the office of the DKP. Rahayu said the two bins were also the procurement of the Environment Agency and had not been handed over by the Regent to the DKP. (kmb31)

RLD In this photo released by Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority, NRA officers check Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013 a pipe by which workers at Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant was accidentally doused with radioactive water earlier in the day at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeast of Japan.

Fukushima operator blames storm for radioactive leaks AP Photo/Kyodo News

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The damage road is seen on the road section of Wates Kangin, Selat and Sibetan, Karangasem

Modern stores unstoppable, special committee turns furious Gianyar (Bali Post)—

Commitment of the Gianyar executive to postpone first the existence of new modern store and modern market in Gianyar County before the approval of the Bylaw Draft on the Arrangement of Traditional Market, Shopping Center and Modern Store made the Special Committee C of the Gianyar House furious. Chairman of the Special Committee, Ida Bagus Anom Dwipayana, regretted because many new modern stores had emerged in several regions in Gianyar, Sunday (Oct 20).

From the observation to some areas in Gianyar, including the urban areas, even many modern chained stores had been established. By all means, it was certainly ironic when the House in this regard through Special Committee C was trying to accomplish the bylaw draft on the arrangement, while the emergence of modern store was even unstoppable. Definitely, it did not appreciate what had been done by the legislative to protect small communities.

“We hope the relevant agencies and the regent to pay attention to these

things,” he said.

The regional regulation bylaw draft on the arrangement of traditional market, shopping center and modern stores just needed the approval in a plenary session posing the regional bylaw draft initiated by the House. It was designed to protect small communities to result in equitable economic activity.

Since the beginning of discussion, the House had advised the executive to delay first the licensing and construction of new modern stores. It was intended to avoid any

detrimental impacts in the future after the legal instrument of the modern stores had been passed. “We will ask for further explanation to relevant agencies in the presence of the new stores,” he said.

Meanwhile, in relation to the new modern store, the Head of Gianyar Integrated Licensing Office (BPPT), Made Oka Wijaya, could not be asked for his confirmation last Sunday.

But some time ago, he claimed that previously there had been 10 applications of modern store submitted and put on waiting-list in the licensing office. They did not include the renewal of licensing proposed by some employers. Whether the existing chained modern stores had owned a license, Oka Wijaya at that time said that his party was still awaiting the regulations under discussion by the House (Sep 17). (kmb16)

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Tokyo - Heavy rain at the Fukushima nuclear plant caused a leak of radioactive water containing a cancer-causing isotope, possibly into the sea, its operator said Monday, as a typhoon approaching Japan threatened further downpours.

The leak is the latest in a long line of setbacks at the site and further undermines agreements between operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) and the government, which limit the level of radioactive contamination in water that goes outside the plant.

TEPCO said a barrier intended to contain radioactive overflow was breached in one spot by water contaminated with strontium-90 at 70 times the legal limit for safe disposal.

Strontium-90 is produced during nuclear reactions. It accumulates in

bones and remains potent for many years, and causes several types of cancer in humans. The admission came as a team of experts from the UN’s nuclear watchdog ended their review of Japan’s progress in cleaning up after the tsunami-sparked meltdowns of March 2011 created the worst atomic disaster in a generation.

TEPCO has poured thousands of tonnes of water onto badly-damaged reactors at Fukushima to keep them cool and prevent repeat meltdowns.

This huge volume of water must be stored in large tanks until it is

cleaned of the radioactive substances it picks up in the cooling process.

Rain worsens the problem because as it hits polluted surfaces, it becomes contaminated, meaning TEPCO needs to scoop it all up for storage and treatment.

While the storage tanks all appeared to have survived the battering from heavy rain on Sunday, the concrete overflow barriers around them were not high enough to contain the rainwater runoff in several places.

Meteorologists say a typhoon that is likely to bring further heavy rain is churning its way slowly towards Japan. Forecasters expect it will hit later in the week. In August 300 tonnes of badly-polluted water leaked from a tank. It is now believed to have mixed with groundwater that is on its way to the sea.

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Egypt hunts for killers in church wedding attack

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Cairo - Police were hunting Monday for those behind a shooting spree at a church wedding that killed four people, in the first attack targeting Christians in Cairo since the ouster of Egypt’s Islamist president.

An eight-year-old girl was among those shot dead at the Church of the Virgin in Cairo’s working class neighbourhood of Al-Warrak, while 17 others were wounded in the late Sunday attack, officials said.

“There were two men on a motorbike and one of them opened fire,” as a crowd emerged from a wedding service, the interior ministry said.

Security forces were Monday deployed outside the church, whose walls were pockmarked with bullets. Women dressed in black gathered at the entrance to

the church to mourn the dead, an AFP reporter said.

One worshipper Ayman Moussa told AFP there had been no security at the church since June, despite several attacks against Copts around the country in the wake of president Mohamed Morsi’s July 3 ouster by the army.

Ahmed al-Ansari, the head of ambulance services, said four people were killed and 17 were wounded, updating an earlier toll. It was not immediately clear if all the victims were Coptic Christians.

Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi condemned the attack in a cabinet statement, calling it a “despicable criminal act,” and said security forces were searching for the assailants. “Such terrible acts will not succeed in dividing Muslims and Christians,” he said.

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FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013 file photo, Egyptian security forces detain a wounded suspected supporter of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, center, during clashes in Cairo, Egypt.

Hurricane Raymond strengthens off Mexico’s Pacific coast Agence France Presse

Acapulco - Hurricane Raymond picked up strength Monday as it churned off a region of Mexico’s Pacific coast still recovering from a devastating storm last month.

In just a few hours, Raymond went from a tropical storm to a Category Three hurricane on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC), which tracks hur-

ricanes in the hemisphere, reported at 0900 GMT. Raymond packed maximum sustained winds of 195 kph, with higher gusts. Hurricane force winds extend up to 30 kilometers out from the storm’s center, while tropical force winds extend up to 110 kilometers. “Some additional strengthening is possible during the next day or so,” the NHC warned.

Raymond however stalled some 265 kilometers west-south-

west of the resort town of Acapulco after steadily moving for hours towards the mainland, the NHC said.

Raymond’s storm surge along Mexico’s south-central Pacific coast is nevertheless expected to produce “significant coastal flooding” within the warning ares, and the surge “will be accompanied by large and destructive waves.”

Swells generated by Raymond “are likely to cause life-threatening

surf and rip current conditions.”

The NHC predicted that Raymond would drop between five and 10 centimeters of rain “with isolated amounts up to eight inches [20 centimeters]” over the Mexican states of Guerrero and Michoacan.

Authorities in both states issued alerts that included closing ports, evacuating people from flood prone areas, monitoring dams and rivers, and closing schools in some communities.

Mexico’s National Weather Service earlier said that the storm was “causing heavy rain, large waves and strong wind in western and southern Mexico.”

The head of Mexico’s National Commission on Water, David Korenfeld, predicted “torrential rain” over the next 72 hours, and warned that soil across the region was already saturated with water, increasing the chances of flooding and landslides.

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1.8M-year-old skull gives glimpse of our evolution DMANISI, Georgia — The discovery of a 1.8-million-year-old skull of a human ancestor buried under a medieval Georgian village provides a vivid picture of early evolution and indicates our family tree may have fewer branches than some believe, scientists say. weaving more of a short story.

Before the site was found, the movement from Africa was put at about 1 million years ago.

When examined with the earlier Georgian finds, the skull “shows that this special immigration out of Africa happened much earlier than we thought and a much more primitive group did it,” said study lead author David Lordkipanidze, director of the Georgia National Museum. “This is important to understanding human evolution.”

For years, some scientists have said humans evolved from only one or two species, much like a tree branches out from a trunk, while others say the process was more like a bush with several offshoots that went nowhere.

Even bush-favoring scientists say these findings show one single species nearly 2 million years ago at the former Soviet republic site.

But they disagree that the same conclusion can be said for bones

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In this photo taken Oct. 2, 2013, David Lordkipanidze, director of the Georgia National Museum, displays the ancient skull and jaws of a pre-human ancestor at the National Museum in Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013.

Argentines worry agrochemicals are killing them

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In this April 16, 2013, photo, Felix San Roman walks on his property in Rawson, in Buenos Aires province, Argentina. San Roman says that when he complained about clouds of chemicals drifting into his yard, the sprayers beat him up, fracturing his spine and knocking out his teeth.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina’s agricultural industry has been dramatically transformed by the introduction of genetically modified plants in 1996.

A country once known for its grass-fed beef is now dominated by soy, corn and cotton. Soy harvests alone have tripled, ranking Argentina as the world’s third largest soybean producer.

But the pesticides powering this boom are poorly controlled and used in ways that were never anticipated by regulatory science, if not specifically banned by law.

Doctors and scientist worry the chemicals may be the cause of rising cancer rates, birth defects and other health problems.

Aixa Cano, a shy 5-year-old who lives in Chaco, Argentina’s poorest province, was born with hairy moles all over her body. Her mother believes the skin condition was caused by contaminated water.

Fabian Tomasi, 47, never wore any protective gear in the years he spent pumping poisons into crop-dusting planes. Today, he is near death from

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Bali Democracy Forum to be held on November 7-8

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will official open the Forum which will also be attended by the President of Timor Leste and the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam, the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry’s Director General of Information and Public Diplomacy A M Fachir was quoted as saying on the ministry’s website.

This Forum’s theme this year is “Consolidating Democracy in Pluralistic Society”.

The BDF sessions will include a general debate and interactive sessions presenting two ministers as the panelists to discuss two sub-themes of BDF VI,

found elsewhere, such as Africa.

However, Lordkipanidze and colleagues point out that the skulls found in Georgia are different sizes but are considered to be the same species. So, they reason, it’s likely the various skulls found in different places and times in Africa may not be different species, but variations in one species. To see how a species can vary, just look in the mirror, they said. “ D a n n y D e Vi t o , M i c h a e l Jordan and Shaquille O’Neal are the same species,” Lordkipanidze said.

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JAKARTA - The Sixth Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) will be organized in Nusa Dua, Bali Island, on November 7-8, 2013, a foreign ministry official said.

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The fossil is the most complete pre-human skull uncovered. With other partial remains previously found at the rural site, it gives researchers the earliest evidence of human ancestors moving out of Africa and spreading north to the rest of the world, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.

The skull and other remains offer a glimpse of a population of pre-humans of various sizes living at the same time — something that scientists had not seen before for such an ancient era.

This diversity bolsters one of two competing theories about the way our early ancestors evolved, spreading out more like a tree than a bush.

Nearly all of the previous prehuman discoveries have been fragmented bones, scattered over time and locations — like a smattering of random tweets of our evolutionary history. The findings at Dmanisi are more complete,

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polyneuropathy, a neurological disorder that has left him emaciated.

The Monsanto Co., one of several agricultural companies that sell pesticides in Argentina, says it is working with government officials and farmers to promote better pesticide practices.

But an Associated Press investigation found that Argentine farmers now use more than twice as much pesticide per acre as U.S. farmers do, making Argentina a laboratory for what can go wrong with biotech farming.

Pesticides are applied in windy conditions, drifting into homes and schools and contaminating drinking water. Farm workers mix chemicals without supervision, in populated areas and with no protective gear. People store water in used pesticide containers that are resold rather than destroyed, endangering their families’ health.

Argentina’s agriculture secretary dismisses a growing call for reform as an “emotional” response from people who misunderstand the impact of agrochemicals. “We have to defend our model,” he said at an industry conference this year where he promised new guidelines for spraying the chemicals.

namely “Conducting Free and Fair Elections” and “Building and Strengthening Democratic Institutions”.

Indonesia has made its role as the prime-mover for the past six years in advancing democracy in the region, by holding BDF to develop and intensify dialogs for improving mutual understanding and appreciation among the nations.

BDF is the only forum in Asia and the Pacific that discusses democratic issues openly and constructively, beyond political taboo and restrictive standardizations, the ministry said in its statement.

WTO Conference to be Held in Nusa Dua, Bali

Bali will host the international conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Such an event will be attended by 10,000 participants from various countries and held in Nusa Dua, Badung next December 2013. Regent of Badung AA Gde Agung gives serious attention because successful implementation of the international events including the WTO could keep the ideals and image of the nation.

“Badung is ready to host the national, regional and international events,” said Regent Gde Agung when received the audience of the Secretary of the Director General of International Trade Cooperation of Trade Ministry, Syafrudin Yahya, along with a number of staff of the Ministry of Trade related to the WTO Conference, some time ago.

He said that Badung had been accustomed to organizing international meetings such as the UN meetings, ASEAN Summit including the preparation for APEC in October 2013.

“This WTO conference is very useful for Badung because the economic growth is supported by the tourism sector,” he said.

To achieve this goal, the committee was asked to prepare it really well considering the WTO conference was very important and strategic. “As a host, in substance Badung County is ready to support from the arrangement, installation of billboards and banner as long as they do not publish with the sponsor including the preparation of handicraft for the exhibition,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Secretary of Directorate General of International Trade Cooperation, Trade Ministry, Syafrudin Yahya, explained that WTO was the only organization of the world trade. WTO conference this time was the ninth implementation of the conference and Indonesia was appointed as the host. “This highest forum in the WTO is a ministerial-level conference that will discuss about the issues of world trade,” he said.

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Residents of Kerobokan customary village, Sawan subdistrict, camped on Kerobokan Beach, Saturday night (Oct 19) through Sunday morning (Oct 20).

For Nyekar ceremony

Kerobokan customary villagers ‘camp’ on the beach Bali Post

BULELENG - Residents of Kerobokan customary village, Sawan subdistrict, camped on Kerobokan Beach, Saturday night (Oct 19) through Sunday morning (Oct 20). Such unique activity was carried out in a series of Nyekar ceremonies organized by customary villagers every full moon in the fourth month of Balinese calendar taking place once a year.

The procession at Kerobokan customary village was indeed unique. From Saturday afternoon, the residents had set up a tent made of bamboo wrapped in fabric and roofed with a tarp.

The camp was set up on the overlay of beach sand. As a result, they generated a great view of cottage with colorful cloth on the beach. Why did they set up the cottage? According to tradition at local village, no resident was allowed to return home before the ceremonial procession of nyekar was completely accomplished. The cottages were created as resting place for the people.

The procession started around 8:00 p.m. was

initiated with saying prayers together at the Segara Temple and one of the baturan shrines existing on the beach. Later, the procession was concentrated on the sand, where all facilities and ritual oblations were put in a row based on a tarp.

Culmination of the possession was offering the mulang pakelem ritual on Sunday morning. The entire ritual paraphernalia were put into a Bedau.

It was a container of pakelem made of banana stem wrapped in white and yellow cloth. After the entire ritual paraphernalia were put into the Bedau, it was carried up to the boat to be transported into the middle of the sea and drowned.

Chief of Kerobokan customary village, I Wayan Sumawijaya, said the nyekar ritual was the last series of the whole procession lasting for a year at Kerobokan customary village. Essentially, the ritual was an expression of apologies for the lack of ritual both intentionally or unintentionally during the religious activities lasting for a year at the Kerobokan customary village. (kmb15)

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Hectares of housing dormant, illegal housing proliferates Negara (Bali Post)—

Local fruits produced by farmers in Buleleng seemed in demand among housewives before Galungan. As evidence, local fruits such as banana, mango and tangerine from Tejakula were the most favored in the Farmer Market held at the office courtyard of the Buleleng Agriculture and Livestock Agency closed on Sunday (Oct 20).

The Head of Buleleng Agriculture and Livestock Agency, Nyoman Swatantra, after closing the Farmers Market in the office courtyard last Sunday said the transactions occurred during the three-day implementation of Farmer Market reached approximately IDR 100 million. The booth drawing the most visitors was the one belonging to farmer group from Tejakula, Sawan and Sukasada displaying more local fruits.

For instance, the bananas and oranges on display at the booth of Tejakula were always sought after by buyers. In the booth of Sawan subdistrict, residents looked for mango, while at the booth of Sukasada subdistrict people looked for sapodilla. “From all the transactions occurred, bananas and tangerine from Tejakula are the best-selling,” he said.

According to Swatantra, local fruits were indeed excellent for the residents of Buleleng before Galungan. He had also received information from a number of traders in public markets that more residents currently looked for local fruits to fill in their oblations or for self-consumption. “With these conditions, we expect the prestige of Buleleng local fruits could grow better, not only for the residents of Buleleng, but also for residents outside of Buleleng and even outside Bali,” he said.

When asked about the local fruits stock ahead of Galungan in the public markets in Buleleng, Swatantra said it was actually sufficient to meet the needs for residents in celebrating the Galungan festivity. However, he admitted the price of local fruit was more expensive than imported fruits. “The stock is sufficient, but the price is more expensive,” he said. (kmb15)

Housing complex in the north of the Jembrana Civic Center has stagnated for years whereas there have been dozens of half-finished houses. According to information on Sunday (Oct 20), the housing established on four hectares of land was actually earmarked for civil servants. However, it is unknown the project terminated amid the execution and has now turned into ‘a ghost’ project.

Actually the location is quite strategic as being close to the office area and sits among the rice fields of Jembrana County. Road access leading to the site has also been partially paved. Some people have purchased the house unit, but due to no electricity and water connection, they are rarely occupied. Lately, the housing complex has got electricity and water connection. Unfortunately, they are still dormant and deserted. Allegedly, the housing has been left by the developer.

Those half-finished houses look creepy as overgrown by reeds.

Nearby the rice field also stands other housing but it belongs to different village. The housing complex with direct access to Krishna Jvara Stadium at Dauhwaru also looks dormant.

Such condition is very desolate with the proliferation of numerous illegal housing complexes. They only provide some residential houses with land plots. Even, the developers tend to ignore the

provision of public facilities and social facilities due to limited land.

For instance, the housing complex has proliferated at LC Dauhwaru, Loloan Timur and Kaliakah. The illegal housing neglecting the spatial layout also contributes significantly to the agricultural land conversion.

More and more agricultural land has vanished due to illegal housing.

On the one hand, there are dormant housing complexes for years without utilization.

A member of Commission B of the Jembrana House, I Nyoman Sutengsu Kusumayasa, said the government should encourage the investors in order they could take advantage of the abandoned housing. Thus, it did not result in dirty impression and there would be guarantee for the occupants later on to get adequate facilities and infrastructure. Such an effort was also needed to reduce the rapid farmland conversion into concrete walls.

Deputy Regent of Jembrana, I Made Kembang Hartawan, when

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Grand Istana Rama participate in Blood Drive 2013 Ahead of Galungan Local fruits of Buleleng highly in demand

The unfinish housing project in Jembrana

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asked for his confirmation last Sunday admitted that it was quite ironic when many developers came in while hectares of housing complexes were dormant. The housing complex located near the civic center looked to be abandoned.

However, he said the government would encourage the dormant housing lands so that they could be utilized.

“There are two alternatives, namely re-changing them into agricultural land or making them into residential areas. Since it has been already built, it would be better to be further developed,” he explained. At once, it was also a solution so that developers were no longer targeting the existing farmland. As the current trend occurred in the housing sector, the developers looked for separate plots of land and they mostly belonged to active farmland. “We’re going to encourage them in order the neglected housing complexes can be revived,” he explained. (kmb26)

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KUTA - In order to build a good relationship between Hotels in Bali, as well as increasing the sense of concern for others, the employess of Grand Istana Rama Hotel (GIRH) participated in the event of Blood Drive 2013 organized by Bali Hotels Association (BHA). This event was located at the Ballroom of Ramada Camakila Hotel, Jalan Pura Bagus Teruna Kuta-Bali, on Saturday, October 19th, 2013. In the collaboration with Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI), this event invited all hotel employees in Bali for charity through blood drive for others.

Grand Istana Rama Hotel sent representatives from 8 departments to participate in this blood drive event. The participants from Grand Istana Rama Hotel were devided into 2 groups that went to the blood drive location at 9 AM and 11 AM by a mini bus. This event was attended by the members of BHA. For safety purposes, this event was supported by professional doctors to diagnoze the health condition of the participants, and only those who passed the medical check-up were allowed to donate their blood.

After the process of donating blood, the commitees gave blood booster vitamin for free. Furthermore, energizing snacks and drinks were also prepared for the participants who already donated their blood. The employees from various Hotels looked so warm and intimate during this event.

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The local fruits are seen on the market held by Buleleng Government

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The activities that the hotel conducts are; Bahasa Indonesia Lesson, Canang Decoration, Balinese Costume Photo Session, Balinese Massage, and Cooking Class. The hotel delivered a simple lesson of Bahasa Indonesia. The simple Bahasa Indonesia lesson is given affectionately by our professional staffs, then after that, as the advantage, the guests will be more confident to make a deal or negotiate directly with art market vendors if they want to purchase souvenirs. The hotel introduces Balinese Culture with Canang Decoration, so that the guests will learn how to make Canang Decoration, and there will be Balinese Costume Photo

19 Oct Purnama Sasih Kapat Bathara Tiga Sakti Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Meru Cakra Lombok Pura Lempuyang Madya Karangasem Pura Penerejon Kintamani Pura Pulaki Buleleng Pura Tirta Empul Tampak Siring Pura Puseh, Pura Desa, Pura Penataran, Pura Luhuring Akasa, Bhatara Hyang Basukih Desa Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Tirta Negari Singapadu

Pura Puseh, Desa, Penataran Tangsub Sukawati Pura Penataran Agung Tegallalang Pura Desa Denjalan, Tegaltamu, Tegehe, Batu Yang lan Batuaji Batubulan Pura Puseh Singakerta Ubud Pura Nataran Sanding Tampaksiring Pura Bakuang Ceningan Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Getas Kawan Kedewataan Ubud Pura Agung Dukuh Sakti Pangku Subami Braban Pura Pasek Gelgel Carik Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Klanting Dukuh Krambitan Pura Pasek Bendesa Mas Gadungan Selemadeg Pura Agung Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Selemadeg Pura Penataran Pasek Kayu Putih Bandem Karangasem Pura Puseh Werdi Agung Bolang Mangondow Sulut Pura Dukuh Segening Wangsiang Karangasem Pura Dalem Khayangan Arya Gajahpara Sukaluwih Tejakula Buleleng Pura Pasraman Suci Renon Denpasar Pura Penataran Agung Kertabumi Taman Mini Indonesia Indah Jakarta Pura Luhur Waisnawa Asah Badung Sepang Buleleng Pura Ulun Danu Batur Songan Kintamani Pura Agung Bhuwana Skyline Jayapura Papua Pura Dalem Bengkel Banjar Benoh Ubung Denpasar Merajan Suci Geriya Penataran Banjar Gemeh Denpasar Pura Pejengaji Tegalalang Pura Panti PasekGelgel Desa Meliling Kerambitan Pura Pejenengan Dukuh Ogan Desa Sangkan Gunung Rendang Karangasem Pura Dadia Dukuh Segening Desa Swastika Buana Saputih Banyak Lampung Tengah Pura Dukuh Sakti Belatung Kukuh Kerambitan Pura Gumang (Bukit Juru) Desa Bugbug Karangasem Pura Kawitan Arya Samping Banjar Langon Kapal Pura Pejenengan Pule Sari Desa Dukuh Sidemen Karangasem Pura Segara Penimbangan Banjar Galiran Desa Bakti Seraga Buleleng Pura Puseh Yeh Ulakan Desa Suana Nusa Penida Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah Desa Batur Kintamani Pura Pasek Tangkas Kori Agung Kukuh kerambitan Pura Penataran Ubud

Pura Luhur Giri Kusuma Dauh Peken Blahbatuh Pemerajan Agung Jambe Guwang Sukawati Pura Taman Sari Busungbiu Busungbiu Buleleng Pura Giri Jagat Nata Ketewel Sukawati Pura Dang Khayangan Penataran Agung BaturningMambal Abiansemal 22 Oct Penampahan Galungan

23 Oct Hari Raya Galungan Pura Wakika Kupang, NTT Pura Agung Girinatha Sumbawa Besar NTB Pura Dukuh Sakti Dukuh Kediri-Tabanan Pura Atambuananta Kutamba NTT Pura Webananta Kupang, NTT Pura Giripati Mulawarman Pontianak Pura Mustika Dharma Cijantung I Jakarta Timur Pura Mustika Dharma Kompleks Kopassus Cijantung Jakarta Timur.

24 Oct Wraspati Umanis Dungulan Pura Watukaru Tabanan Pura Lempuyang Luhur Karangasem Pura Kentel Gumi Klungkung Pura Pasek Gaduh Umadesa Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Kubayan Wangaya Gede Penebel Tabanan Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Tiyingan Merajan Pasek Gaduh Umadesa.

25 Oct Sukra Paing Dungulan Pura Ulun Suwi Jimbaran, Badung Pura Luhur Cemenggon, Sukawati Pura Pasek Ubung Denpasar 26 Oct Saniscara Pon Dungulan Pura Segara Jembrana Pura Dalem Gede Losan Klungkung 27 Oct Redite Paing Kuningan Pura Dalem Tegal Tamu Sekar Mukti Batubulan Pura Kubayan Umagunung Sempidi Badung 28 Oct Soma Kliwon Kuningan Pura Desa Gelgel Klungkung Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Sawah Selemadeg Pura Pemerajan Agung Benawah Kangin Gianyar Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Pelapuan Busungbiu Pura Kahyangan Tulus Desa Apuan

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Session with Balinese Traditional Clothes. In the cooking class, the hotel invites the guests to be emotionally involved, starting from visiting the traditional markets to purchase the ingredients, and go back to the hotel to cook together with our professional chefs. Through these cultural activities, holiday with Grand Istana Rama Hotel will be long-lasting memorable.

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

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

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

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

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

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‘Gravity’ holds atop box office for 3rd week

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FILE - This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Sandra Bullock in a scene from “Gravity.” Topping the box office for the third straight week, the space adventure “Gravity” continues to be the box-office juggernaut of the fall.

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Star power and Oscar aspirations are reigning at the box office, where the space adventure “Gravity” and the Somali pirate docudrama “Captain Phillips” are holding off all comers.

With $31 million over the weekend according to studio estimates Sunday, “Gravity” topped the box office for the third straight week, cementing its status as the juggernaut of the fall movie-going season. It also took in another $33.5 million overseas.

The 3-D Warner Bros. movie, staring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, has now made more than $170 million in three weeks. The film’s groundbreaking visuals have been particularly popular on IMAX screens, where it made an “Avatar”-like $7.4 million on the weekend.

“Captain Phillips,” starring Tom

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Hanks and directed by Paul Greengrass, also held in second place, taking in $17.3 million in its second week. The Sony film slid only 33 percent from its debut last weekend of $25.7 million.

The two movies and their veteran stars were able to keep three new wide releases at bay: the horror remake “Carrie” ($17 million for Sony and MGM), the Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick “Escape Plan” ($9.8 million for Lionsgate), and the WikiLeaks drama “The Fifth Estate.”

The last utterly flopped — a fate predicted by its subject, WikiLeaks founder

Julian Assange — taking in a paltry $1.7 million for Disney. It’s the worst debut this year for a film in such wide release (1,769 theaters).

“It’s a very strong lineup that is not budging,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak, who noted the primary family choice, “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2,” is also holding steady with $10.1 million in its fourth week. “’Carrie’ came into a very competitive marketplace.”

In a limited release of just 19 theaters, Steve McQueen’s highly-anticipated slavery epic “12 Years a Slave,” starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, opened with $960,000.

The exceptionally high theater average of $50,000 suggested considerable audience eagerness for the already muchlauded film.

DENPASAR - Rising temperature in some regions in Bali, especially in Denpasar, has led to the increase in the electricity consumption during October. Spokesperson of PT PLN Bali, Agung Mastika, when contacted on Sunday (Oct 20) said the electricity needs showed an increase during October 2012 averagely reached 6-9 MW. Even, as per October 20 at 80:00 p.m. the peak load reached 680 megawatts.

“In essence, the sharp rise in demand for electricity during October 2012 was indeed correct with regard to the temperature in Denpasar and surrounding areas,” he said.

When specified, the increase in the electricity consumption during October released by the PLN indicated if the highest peak load occurred on Saturday night (Oct 19) reaching 680 MW which typically reached 640 MW. Similarly, the daytime peak load reached

599 MW while the usual one only reached about 520 MW. Temperature rise in Denpasar, added Mastika, was suspected to have triggered the community to look for and create a cooler atmosphere.

They attempted it by purchasing a fan or air conditioner (AC). “The temperature set on the air conditioner was on the average at the range of 1618 degrees Celsius,” he said.

“This phenomenon causes the high peak load increase, either during the day or night as observed in

the generating engines,” he said.

Mastika also said that as long as there was no special maintenance at the Gilimanuk gas power plant the peak load was still considered safe because Bali was said to depend on the three power plants and diesel power plant namely the Pesanggaran gas and diesel power plant (251.50 MW), Pemaron gas power plant (215 MW) and Gilimanuk gas power plant (130 MW) with the additional Java-Bali interconnection submarine cables (200 MW).

So, the total power generated by PLN Bali was 796.50 MW. “We hope more and more people use electricity wisely to conserve the electricity usage. If possible, do not use air conditioning below 20 degrees Celsius,” he appealed.

Meanwhile, on the other hand, the temperature rise seemed to bring in fresh air for several sellers of fan and air conditioner (AC) to service providers. On average, the traders and service providers admitted there was an increase in service order. “People mostly sought after a standing fan at IDR 180,000 to IDR 300,000.

Meanwhile, the air conditioner was usually sold in the price range of IDR 2 million - IDR 3 million,” said Danu, an electronics store operator on Jalan Gatot Subroto.

According to his testimony,

each day his store could sell 3-5 units a fan and air conditioner.

Further the cheapening price of both electronic products had made the demand increase, not only coming from the rich, but also from the middle-income community. Similar testimony was also given by Arianti who managed an electronic outlet located on the same road section.

At her store, the demand for fan, air conditioning and refrigerator had increased within the past month.

Even, the sales of fan within the past week also increased. “Within this week alone, we have sold more than ten units of fan and five units of air conditioner. Actually, in normal weather we could only sell maximally five units of fan and two units of air conditioner,” she said. (kmb28)

Cartoon studio founder Lou Scheimer dies Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Lou Scheimer, who founded the Filmation animation studio that produced Saturday morning cartoons including “Fat Albert” and “The Archie Show,” has died. He was 84. Scheimer’s wife Mary Ann said Sunday that the man behind the cartoon powerhouse died on Thursday.

The Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/1d6rLiJ ) reported that Scheimer’s company was the largest animation

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operation in the country in the early 1980s by number of employees.

Scheimer founded the company in 1962 with a $5,000 loan from his mother-in-law.

He won a Daytime Emmy Award as a producer of the 1974-75 season of the “Star Trek” animated series.

In 1969, the company was sold to a cable operator that was bought by Westinghouse.

Scheimer continued to head Filmation but retired several years ago. Filmation was bought by French investors in 1989.

File-This photo provided by PRNewsfoto shows the cast of “Fat Albert”. Lou Scheimer, who founded the Filmation animation studio that produced Saturday morning cartoons including “Fat Albert” and “The Archie Show,” has died.

Tourists sunbathing at Kuta Beach during a hot season in Bali Island.

Rising temperature in some regions in Bali, especially in Denpasar, has led to the increase in the electricity consumption during October.

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