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Melanie Griffith, Amanda Seyfried to star onstage Associated Press

NEW YORK — Actors often complain about short rehearsal times, but some of entertainment’s biggest names — including Melanie Griffith, Amanda Seyfried, Uzo Aduba, Peter Dinklage, Nina Dobrev and Pablo Schreiber — are about to have virtually none.

They’ll be appearing next month in the 14th annual benefit “The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway,” which asks over a dozen actors, six writers and six directors to come up with six original short plays over the course of a day. Proceeds help the Urban Arts Partnership.

Rosie Perez, the actress and co-host of “The View” who is the artistic chair for the partnership and a veteran of the 24-hour plays, had this advice for participants: “Anything you can do outside of being reckless and taking illegal substances do it! You’re going to need everything.”

The other stars who have agreed to participate include Sasha Alexander, Jamie Chung, Billy Crudup, Rachel

Dratch, Michael Ealy, Seth Green, Bryan Greenberg, Taran Killam, Zoe Kravitz, Justin Long, Aasif Mandvi, Stephen Merchant, Diane Neal, Jay Pharoah, Sebastian Stan, Julia Stiles, Tracie Thoms and Michael Kenneth.

The directors include America Ferrera (“Ugly Betty”), Andy Fickman (“Reefer Madness!”) and Kathy Najimy (“Veronica’s Closet”). Writers include Christina Anderson (“Good Goods”), Bekah Brunstetter (“Oohrah!”), comedian David Cross, David Lindsay Abaire (“Rabbit Hole”) and Jonathan Marc Sherman (“Things We Want”). Sarwat Siddiqui, the winner of a young writers’ project from Fordham University, will join the playwrights.

Next month, the pressure will be on as the playwrights gather at 10 p.m. on Nov. 16 and must pen a 10-minute play by 7 a.m. the next morning. The celebrity actors will then rehearse the work for the next 12 hours. At 8 p.m. on Nov. 17, the plays will be performed for a live audience at the American Airlines Theatre.

“The lack of sleep is really not the big issue,” said Perez. “The big issue is controlling the panic. Sleep is needed so that your mind remains as stable as possible.”

The one-night-only show benefits the partnership, an organization that brings arts education into New York City classrooms. The 24-Hour play project is backed by German luxury penmaker Montblanc, which has helped fund the project for several years, as well as the Montblanc Young Writers Program.

The final six plays that emerge may not be works of genius. They even may be a bit silly, but proceeds go to help underserved public schools. “A little silliness goes a long way,” said Perez.

‘S.H.I.E.L.D’ fans push for Coulson/ May romance

Associated Press

NEW YORK — There’s Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, aka Brangelina, and Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, aka Kimye. But are you ready for Philinda?

Clark Gregg says that’s the moniker “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” fans have come up with as they push for an on-screen romance between his character, S.H.I.E.L.D. chief Phil Coulson, and longtime agent Melinda May, played by Ming-Na Wen. The 52-year-old Gregg says some “very vocal and passionate” viewers have been on social media sites saying they “want to see that come to some kind of fruition” on the ABC show, airing Tuesdays (9 p.m. EDT).

Gregg has learned to pay attention to fan campaigns: After Coulson was killed off in “The Avengers,” devotees launched an international movement to bring him back under the slogan #CoulsonLives just days after the film’s release in 2012. He says that’s why Coulson returned for the “S.H.I.E.L.D.” TV series, now in its second season. “It was on bridges in the Danube and on a beach in Africa,” says Gregg, “and Marvel listens to that.”

He says the role has garnered him a fan at home: his nearly 13-year-old daughter Stella.“Sometimes she likes to watch the show with me kind of curled up in my arms and when Coulson’s in jeopardy she squeezes in really tight,” he says. “I wouldn’t trade that for anything in the world.”

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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Messi closes on Raul, Barca beats Ajax 3-1

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HK protest talks show gap between students, govt

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The increasingly massive farmland conversion, especially paddy fields was alleged to have been caused by partiality of the authorities tending to side with land plotter for the reasons of commission.

Rampant land conversion

Authority allegedly tends to side with developers Bali Post

DENPASAR - The increasingly massive farmland conversion, especially paddy fields, made the academician I Putu Sudiarta, Ph.D., very concerned. Proliferation of land conversion, said Sudiarta, was alleged to have been caused by partiality of the authorities tending to side with land plotter for the reasons of commission.

“The land conversion is very concerned, where the most severe land conversion occurred in Tabanan. This condition happens due to the consequences of the increasing number of migrants in urban areas, so that the house need is inevitable.

Badung and Denpasar have been almost densely populated, so that people take alternative to Tabanan and Gianyar,” he said.

He added that it was impossible to force farmers not to sell their land because the price of land was far

higher than the price of agricultural products. On that account, the first attempt to do was to improve the welfare of farmers. When farmers had been prosperous, there was small possibility for them to sell their land.

“Secondly, the regulation of land utilization for housing should be made decisively. Do not be easily lured by commission, so that the permit of land designation can change as what happens today,” he said.

This lecturer at the Agriculture Department of the Udayana University revealed that customary vil-

lage could make a rule to filter out whoever could own a housing land in its neighborhood. Otherwise, the land of Bali was feared to be sold out. “Now, the land plotters tend to target suburban areas. For instance, at Kapal village, not all people can buy a piece of land. Therefore, from now on the rules of housing land ownership must be tightened, especially the suburban areas. The area of Sempidi (Badung) and Tuak Ilang (Tabanan) has now been starting to be undermined,” he said.

Meanwhile, a property analyst,

John Sadewa, said the land plotter was one of the speculative professions that only targeted to get great profit without paying attention to the surrounding environment. In addition, they did not care about the existing rules. “As long as they can get the opportunities, they will be willing to bribe here and there to streamline their business. It should be underlined here that the land plotters are not developers and this profession can be done individually,’ he affirmed.

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International

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Bali News

Boarding houses proliferate

PHRI hopes an issuance of regional bylaw Bali Post

The garbage is become a serious problem face by all regensies in Bali

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Waste increasingly worrying

Sanitation Agency teams up with residents Bali Post

GIANYAR - High volume of waste each day reaching 1,400 cubic meters causes the waste problem in Gianyar County to be increasingly apprehensive. The Gianyar Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) has worked extra hard through the Waste Bank program by continuously inviting public participation in order to avoid the more massive waste problems.

It was revealed on Tuesday (Oct 21) before the headmen, people’s empowerment agency (LPM), women’s groups and community leaders throughout Gianyar subdistrict at the hall of the Gianyar Regent. The Sanitation and Landscaping Agency tried to team up with residents and private sector to develop public awareness in maintaining the sanitation from the piles of garbage.

The Head of Gianyar Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, I Wayan Kujus Pawitra, said the presence of waste in Gianyar was very alarming. To avoid the more massive problems caused by the waste, the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency invited all residents and private sector to participate in handling the problems. The existence of waste could not be resolved by the government alone, but should be

with the participation of various circles.

All this time, people could only separate the two types of waste, namely the organic waste and inorganic waste. Meanwhile, the residual waste could not be processed and still got minimal attention. “Inorganic waste can be sold by residents through the Waste Bank program owned by Gianyar government located at Temesi, while the organic ones can be processed into organic compost,” he said. Many ways had been implemented by the Gianyar Sanitation and Landscaping Agency in handling waste, such as the 3R formula, namely reduce, reuse and recycle.

However, this formula had not been optimal if the societal paradigm on garbage had not changed. Moreover, the population growth, economic rate and

the lifestyle of the community continued to rise. As a result, it would make the waste problem more complicated.

In handling the waste problem, the Gianyar Sanitation and Landscaping Agency conveyed 426 cubic meters of waste every day to Temesi landfill by using 7 trucks for every district and 7 trucks downtown. The fourteen garbage trucks could carry 158 cubic meters of waste and the remaining residents transported their waste to landfill independently.

“If a resident produces 1 kg of waste each day, and not handled properly, it can cause a larger problem. To that end, we encourage all the residents to maintain the sanitation ranging from household level to surrounding environment by utilizing the existing system,” he said. (kmb16)

NEGARA - Other than properties, the development of boarding houses also has mushroomed in Jembrana recently. Unfortunately, the potential of the regional income does not receive adequate attention from the government. So, nowadays more and more boarding houses proliferate near hotels and inns.

Based on information, at least there have been dozens of boarding houses operating in Jembrana without paying any levies to local government. More seriously, some boarding houses look like hotel rooms. Chairman of the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) of Jembrana Chapter, NG Nurasha, said that such condition had an impact on room occupancy rates. The association hoped that the boarding house should be

protected by setting it forth in the regional bylaw.

As a result, there would be no gap between the hoteliers and boarding house owners. “It has the potential to generate revenue. Moreover, the boarding house is mushrooming,” he said. Nurasha also appealed to hoteliers and restaurateurs not to hesitate nor delay the hotel and restaurant tax payment because it was actually the deposit of consumers.

Recent observation indicated if the boarding house increasingly mushroomed. Even, some buildings of the boarding house almost looked like a lodging. Moreover, the number of room also reached dozens to tens. The owners no longer required the rentals for at least a month. Instead, some rooms were deliberately provided for a short term stay or a day resembling an inn or hotel. (kmb26)

3 villages rationed for communal sewage pipeline system Bali Post

BANGLI - A total of three villages in Bangli County get a development ration of communal sewage pipeline system. The three villages scheduled to get the project this year include the Taman Bali, Undisan and Sulahan village. Addition of the three communal sewage pipeline systems complementing the five wastewater treatment plants and two plus-plus toilets at some previous villages aims to avoid the waste pollution.

The Head of Bangli Public Works Agency, Ida Bagus Wediatmika, said on Tuesday (Oct 21) the construction of communal sewage pipeline system at the three locations was funded by the special allocation fund (DAK).

Taman Bali and Undisan village respectively got IDR 474 million, while Sulahan village would get IDR 423 million. Later on, the construction of the pipeline system would be worked on by non-governmental group at each village.

He explained the communal sewage pipeline system would drain each toilet sewage owned by each resident

through the pipeline connection and would be accommodated in one septic tank at the location spreading across some 100 square meters. A unit of communal sewage pipeline system would serve 50 families. “Actually, all the residents averagely have owned a toilet. However, their septic tank has not been perfect. To that end, it will be made a network. With this process, we hope that our area will not be contaminated by waste,” he explained.

Even, if people wanted to use it well, the biogas produced by the waste was also believed to be able to give added value to the surrounding residents. The biogas produced in the communal septic tank could be used as an alternative fuel to LPG. “But we in the Public Works do not work on to such extent. We just process the waste until it can produce a viable wastewater to be discharged,” he said.

This former Head of Bangli Urban Planning also revealed that many villagers were actually interested in this program. However, due to restricted budget, the government still could not fulfill the desire of all people. (ina)

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Hotel Neo brand expands to another top tourist destination

IBP

JAKARTA – Following the success of the Hotel NEO brand in over 9 major tourist destinations throughout Indonesia, from Bali and Jakarta to Semarang and Sentul, Archipelago International has announced it will open two more Hotel NEOs in the first quarter of 2015, this time in the heart of Yogyakarta.

With Yogyakarta’s promising future and its many marketable tourist attractions, Hotel NEO+ Awana Yogyakarta and Hotel NEO Malioboro will be arriving at a prime time for Yogyakarta’s flourishing tourism industry.

Yogyakarta (or Jogja) is often referred to as “Never-Ending Asia” thanks to its endless attractions and historical appeal. It is one of the foremost cultural centers of Indonesia, with tourists flocking to visit the magnificent Borobudur temple and the Sultan’s Keraton Palace, and to watch local silversmiths produce amazing jewelry at Kotagede. Jogja is now the second most visited destination in Indonesia after Bali.

Set to fulfill the demand of Jogja’s growing

tourist numbers, Hotel NEO+ Awana Yogyakarta will be a modern hotel finished with a touch of the city’s traditions. It is located on Jalan Mayjen Sutoyo with easy access to Malioboro’s shopping district, the Keraton Palace and other attractive tourist hotspots.

The hotel will feature 296 rooms, 9 meeting rooms, a swimming pool and a signature restaurant.

Also joining the NEO portfolio is Hotel NEO Malioboro, sitting in an ideal location on Jalan Malioboro in the very heart of Yogyakarta. The hotel will feature 155 rooms, 6 meeting rooms, a swimming pool as well as a signature NEO restaurant.

Hotel NEO+ Awana Yogyakarta and Hotel NEO Malioboro will continue the Hotel NEO tradition of taking the standard minimalist budget hotel concept to an entirely new level.

Packaging authentic contemporary art, invigorating interior designs and high end in-room facilities with the NEO promise of a totally smoke free environment, the hotels are set to become the first choice for savvy travelers.

“With Indonesia’s growing number of

travelers looking to discover destinations outside of Bali and Jakarta, we are delighted to be expanding our presence in such a burgeoning tourist destination as Yogyakarta.

The Hotel NEO brand has enjoyed success in all of the archipelago’s most prominent

tourist locations, so we are confident that these new hotels will help to accommodate the increased demand for hotel rooms and to encourage even more visitors to Yogyakarta.”

Said Norbert Vas, VP of Sales & Marketing – Archipelago International.

IBP/Courtesy of Archipelago

Calendar Event for September 28 through October 28, 2014 8 Sep Kajeng Kliwon Pamelastali/ Watu Gunung Runtuh Pura Penataran Agung Maha Gotra Tirta Harum Sri Srengga Nyalian Banjarrangkan Klungkung 30 Sep Paid-Paidan Pura Dalem Seme Jawa Marga Tabanan 1 Oct Urip 2 Oct Patetegan 3 Oct Pengeradanan

4 Oct Hari Saraswati Pura Pasek Tangkas Dalang Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Sayan Bongkasa Abian Semal Pura Watu Gunung Bima Pura Agung Jagat Karana Surabaya Pura Aditya Jaya Rawa Mangun Jakarta Timur Pura Pemekasan Banyuning Timur Buleleng Pura Agung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa Barat Pura Kawitan Bendesa Aban Baturning Mambal Abiansemal 5 Oct Banyu Pinaruh

6 Oct Soma Ribek Pura Jati Jembrana Pura Kawitan Batu Gaing Bangli Pura Tirta Wening Surabaya Pura Desa Lingga Wana Abang Karangasem 7 Oct Sabuh Mas

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

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

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

13 Oct Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

18 Oct Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Sidakarya Denpasar

23 Oct Tilem Sasih Kapat

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

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

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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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Health

International

Paralysed man walks again after breakthrough treatment Agence France-Presse

AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

Firemen stand as worker wearing rompers and gloves come out ofthe building entrance of the apartment building of the Spanish nurse infected with Ebola in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014.

Ebola: Why virus kills some, other people survive Associated Press

WASHINGTON — People who shared an apartment with the country’s first Ebola patient are emerging from quarantine healthy. And while Thomas Eric Duncan died and two U.S. nurses were infected caring for him, there are successes, too: A nurse infected in Spain has recovered, as have four American aid workers infected in West Africa. Even there, not everyone dies.

So why do some people escape Ebola, and not others?

The end of quarantine for 43 people in Dallas who had contact with Duncan “simply supports what most of us who know something about the disease have been saying all along: It’s not that easily spread,” said Dr. Joseph McCormick of the University of Texas School of Public Health. Formerly with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, McCormick worked on the first known Ebola outbreak in 1976 and numerous other outbreaks of Ebola and related hemorrhagic viruses.

Ebola spreads by contact with bodily fluids, such as through a break in the skin or someone with contaminated hands touching the eyes or nose. Once inside the body, Ebola establishes a foothold by targeting the immune system’s first line of defense, essentially dis-

abling its alarms. The virus rapidly reproduces, infecting multiple kinds of cells before the immune system recognizes the threat and starts to fight back.

Only after enough virus is produced do symptoms appear, starting with fever, muscle pain, headache and sore throat. And only then is someone contagious.

It’s not clear why Ebola runs a different course in different people.

But how rapidly symptoms appear depends partly on how much virus a patient was initially exposed to, McCormick said.

The World Health Organization has made clear that there’s far more virus in blood, vomit and feces than in other bodily fluids. There is no specific treatment for Ebola but specialists say basic supportive care — providing intravenous fluids and nutrients, and maintaining blood pressure — is crucial to give the

body time to fight off the virus.

Profuse vomiting and diarrhea can cause dehydration. Worse, in the most severe cases, patients’ blood vessels start to leak, causing blood pressure to drop to dangerous levels and fluid to build up in the lungs.

“The key issue is balance between keeping their blood pressure up by giving them fluids, and not pushing them into pulmonary edema where they’re literally going to drown,” McCormick said.

Death usually is due to shock and organ failure.

“We depend on the body’s defenses to control the virus,” said Dr. Bruce Ribner, who runs the infectious disease unit at Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital, which successfully treated three aid workers with Ebola and now is treating one of the Dallas nurses.

LONDON - A paralysed man can walk again after receiving revolutionary treatment which one of the British scientists responsible hailed as a breakthrough “more impressive than a man walking on the Moon” -- although others urged caution.

Darek Fidyka was paralysed from the chest down, but can now walk using a frame after nerve cells from his nose were transplanted into his severed spinal column in Poland, according to research published Tuesday in the journal Cell Transplantation.

“When there’s nothing, you can’t feel almost half of your body.

You’re helpless, lost,” the patient, who is now recovering at the Akron Neuro-Rehabilitation Centre in Wroclaw, told the BBC’s Panorama programme, who filmed his remarkable recovery.

“When it (the feeling) begins to come back, you feel you’ve started your life all over again, as if you are reborn,” said the 40-year-old Polish man, whose injuries were caused by a knife attack in 2010.

“It’s an incredible feeling, difficult to describe,” he added.

Olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs), which form part of the sense of smell, were used in the treatment as they are pathway cells that enable nearby nerve fibres to be regenerated.

Pawel Tabakow, consultant neurosurgeon at Wroclaw University, led a team of surgeons in removing one of the patient’s olfactory bulbs before transplanting cultured cells into the spinal cord in the treatment’s two crucial operations.

Contacted by AFP, he said the patient was “exhausted” by the documentary filming schedule, which lasted a year.

The scientists involved think that the cells, implanted above and below the injury, enabled damaged fibres to reconnect, although other researchers have reacted more sceptically.

“What we’ve done is establish a principle -- nerve fibres can grow back and restore function, provided we give them a bridge,” said Geoff Raisman, chair of neural regeneration at University College London’s Institute of Neurology, who led the British research team working on the joint project.

“To me, this is more impressive than a man walking on the Moon. I believe this is the moment when paralysis can be reversed.”

But other scientists were far more cautious, saying it was important to await the results of clinical testing with more cases.

“We have to be very prudent,” said Alain Privat from France’s health and medical research institute Inserm.

Simone Di Giovanni, head of restorative neuroscience at Imperial College London, added that there was “no evidence that the transplant is responsible for the reported neurological improvement”.

This assertion was disputed by Wagih El-Masri, a professor of spinal surgery at Keele University in Britain, who was an independent assessor on the Polish case.

For two years after his injury, Fidyka showed no sign of recovery despite intensive five-hour physiotherapy sessions. The first signs of improvement came three months after the surgery, when his left thigh began putting on muscle.

Three months later, Fidyka was able to take his first steps with the aid of parallel bars and leg braces. He can now walk outside using a frame and has also recovered some feeling in his bladder and bowel.

The research was funded by the UK Stem Cell Foundation and the Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation (NSIF), set up by chef David Nicholls after his son Daniel was paralysed in a 2003 swimming accident.

“When Dan had his accident I made him a promise that, one day, he would walk again,” Nicholls told the BBC. “The results with Darek show we are making significant progress towards that goal.”

NSIF has given £1 million ($1.6 million, 1.26 million euros) to researchers in London and £240,000 to the team in Poland.

Both camps say they will not seek to profit from the research.

They hope to raise enough money to hold clinical trials on 10 patients in Britain and Poland.

Bali News

International

Thursday, October 23, 2014

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Briton found dead

Wife admits ordering killing Agence France-Presse

DENPASAR - The body of a British man was found Tuesday tied up in a ditch with his throat slashed on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. The wife has admitted ordering the killing, police said Wednesday.

He was killed on instructions from his Indonesian wife, they said, with one suspected motive

being money.

The wife, Julaikah Noor Ellis, went to the police to report her

husband missing soon after the body was found, but she was later detained and named a suspect in

IBP/Yudi Karnaedi

Police investigated murder location of British man that was found Tuesday tied up in a ditch with his throat slashed.

the case.

“Our suspicion towards the wife of the victim was first aroused when some of the victim’s friends said there have been problems between the couple for a while,” detective Wisnu Wardana said.

“After talking to her slowly and kindly for a while, she finally admitted it.”

She was in the house at the time of the killing but told police that she was in her room when it took place, he said.

The boyfriend of a housemaid had carried out the killing, police said. The maid had admitted it took place in Ellis’s kitchen between Sunday evening and Monday morning, they said.

The wife, two maids and the boyfriend were in police custody, while four friends of the alleged murderer suspected of involvement were being pursued by police.

Ellis had been living in a villa in Sanur, and his body was found in a village to the north of the tourist area, far from any houses.

He was originally from Britain but had been living in Australia for a long time before moving to Bali, and was a dual national.

The news comes after the body of an American tourist was found stuffed in a suitcase outside a hotel on the island in August.

The victim’s daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend were arrested over the killing.

Bali, a pocket of Hinduism in Muslim-majority Indonesia, attracts millions of foreign visitors

Badung revenue from tax reached IDR 2 trillion

Bali Post

MANGUPURA - The tax revenue of Badung County exceeded IDR 2 trillion. In the amended regional budget 2014, the revenue from tax sector was targeted to reach IDR 2.18 trillion. Meanwhile, in the regional budget draft 2015, it was designed to reach IDR 2.31 trillion. The hotel and restaurant tax (PHR) remained the largest revenue contributor to Badung.

The Head of Badung Revenue Services (Dispenda), Wayan Adi Arnawa, revealed on Tuesday (Oct 21) that in the regional budget draft of Badung 2015, the hotel tax was designed to reach IDR 1.3 trillion, restaurant tax at IDR 240 billion, amusement tax at IDR 33.5 billion, advertisement tax at IDR 13 billion, street lighting tax at IDR 105 billion, quarry tax at IDR 150 million, parking tax at IDR 11 billion, underground water tax at IDR

46.7 billion, land and building tax at IDR 190 billion as well as the land and building acquisition tax (BPHTB) at IDR 303.4 billion.

He said the tax target set was indeed quite high. Therefore, his party attempted to maximize the revenue sources of the taxpayer as well as the optimization of tax collection. Besides, his party also continued to enhance the tax collection through online system. One of them was by the data collection on the taxpayer’s business transactions at hotels, restaurants, entertainment and parking service.

Adi Arnawa added that online tax could not indeed be fully implemented at this time because it had to pass through a study and legal basis implementation.

Related to this matter, in 2015 the government would make a preparation of academic study and local tax regulations through

online system. Once completed, it would be followed up by a dis-

cussion on the bylaw draft in the Badung House. (km25)

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Tourists visited Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) cultural park, Badung Regency. The tax revenue of Badung County exceeded IDR 2 trillion. In the amended regional budget 2014, the revenue from tax sector was targeted to reach IDR 2.18 trillion.

every year with its palm-fringed beaches and tropical climate.

While foreigners often fall foul of Indonesia’s tough anti-drugs laws, which include the death penalty, grisly murders are rare.

Local residents found the man, identified by police as 60-year-old Robert Kelvin Ellis, after they investigated a suspicious looking object next to a paddy field.

“The body was covered with plastic and bed quilts,” said detective Wisnu Wardana. “His body and hands were tied and there was a wound on the victim’s neck.

The neck was almost completely cut.”

The body was starting to decompose when it was discovered in a village between the tourist areas of Ubud and Kuta, the detective said, leading police to believe the victim died more than 24 hours previously.

It was far from any houses, and people in the area had previously seen an object in the ditch, but did not realise it was a body.

Ida Bagus Putu Alit, head of forensics at Bali’s main hospital, confirmed the body was tied up and suffered serious injuries.

“There are three gashes on the neck” that were caused by a sharp weapon, the official said.

A spokesman at the British embassy in Jakarta said: “We were notified of the death of a British national in Bali.

“We stand ready to provide consular assistance.”

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Three residents bitten by rabies positive dog Bali Post

TABANAN - A dog bite case occurred again in Tabanan. A 3.5-month-old dog bit three residents, namely AS on Wednesday (Oct 15) as well as MN and AR on the following day, Thursday (Oct 16).

Since the incidents occurred successively, the dog was taken its sample and sent to the Denpasar Veterinary Office. As a result, the dog was declared positive to rabies.

Chief of the Tabanan Health Agency, Nyoman Suratmika, confirmed the existence of the three people bitten by rabies positive dog in Tabanan.

“Through laboratory test, the biting dog was declared positive,” he said. The tree-month-old dog is owned by a resident from Delod Peken Tabanan.

“The dog belongs to local race and has not been vaccinated yet by the owner,” added Suratmika.

The P2MPL Division Head of the Tabanan Health Agency, I Wayan Triana Suryanata, added that the family of the victims bitten by the dog in a succession was scared and reported the incident to the Livestock Agency field officer in the local subdistrict. The case was revealed after receiving the report, where the field officer promptly came down to dog owner in order to conduct an examination against the biting dog. “At first, the owner refused because the dog is still considered healthy.

Yet, on Monday he was finally willing his dog to be eliminated and the brain sample was taken.

Having been examined, it was proved positive,” said Triana.

All the three victims bitten by the dog, added Triana, directly got a wound care and Anti Rabies Vaccine (VAR) on the day of bitten. Since the wound was not at highly risk part, namely on the leg, the victim was not given Anti Rabies Serum (SAR). On the other hand, the SAR stock in Tabanan only remained two ampoules and would only be given for the case of high risk bite namely on fingertips or from the shoulders upwards. “SAR is given in appropriate with the weight. One ampoule is given to per 20 kilogram body weight. So, the remaining two ampoules will be given to 40 kg of weight,” said Triana.

VAR took three weeks to form antibodies against the rabies virus to the maximum, while SAR was the antibody directly injected into the wound. Effective administration of SAR was up to five days after being bitten. If the SAR administration was more than five days, it would no longer effective.

The number of SAR stock was very limited in its procurement. Other than being expensive, the expiry date of SAR was only two weeks and its production could only be obtained from France.

Though getting no SAR, Triana had confidence that three victims would not be exposed to rabies as having been given VAR. Moreover, the vaccination had been carried out totally on the day of being bitten, day 7 and day 21. “On that account, we will continue to monitor the victims that have received complete vaccination,” said Triana.

Tabanan itself recorded the positive rabies dog case that bit humans, but they were not infected due to complete VAR administration. For example, such bite cases occurred at Sandan Pemekaran Wanasari in 2013 or bite case at Dangin Carik and Pangkung village in 2014. According to Triana, in all the cases, the dogs were positive to rabies but the victims were still healthy until now due to complete VAR administration. “For human death due to being positive to rabies, Tabanan recorded 12 fatalities from 2008-2009,” said Triana. (kmb24)

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Associated Press Writer

HONG KONG — On one side of the table sat the idealistic and earnest young students in jeans and black T-shirts, knapsacks by their sides. Facing them was the line-up of seasoned government officials in their formal suits.

The Bypass Prof. IB Mantra Road

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Jalan Bypass Prof. IB Mantra filled with nail mines Bali Post

SEMARAPURA - Road users passing through the Jalan Bypass Prof. IB Mantra were made restless lately. It happened because someone was alleged to intentionally spread hundreds of nails along the road. As a result, dozens of the road users, both motorcyclists and car drivers, became the victims. Even, some of them almost became the victim of accident due to driving at high speed.

One of the villagers of Akah, Klungkung, AA Istri Radika Asri, Tuesday (Oct 21), claimed to be one of the victims of the nail mines. At that time, she had just returned from Denpasar in the afternoon around six o’clock with her brother. When arriving on the bypass road section at the border of Gianyar and Klungkung, her motorcycle suddenly swerved and nearly triggered a series of accidents with other vehicles in the middle of the lane.

“Fortunately, I rode slowly. Therefore, I could still maintain the balance of my motorcycle,” she said.

Having been checked at roadside, in fact the rear tire of her motorcycle had been filled with dozens of nails with the length of about 5 cm. All the nails

still looked new. After experiencing the incident, she claimed to have to push her motorcycle along two kilometers in search of a repair shop. When arriving at repair shop, in fact dozens of other people from Klungkung and Karangasem were experiencing the same incident. All the victims admitted to have similar experience where the rear tire was punctured by nails of large size at almost the same location. Even, one of tires of those motorcycles was widely torn. Unfortunately, due to dark condition, dozens of those residents could not check the existence of those nails.

At that repair shop, dozens of people had become the victims. Even, some of the victims were police officers. They had also enraged and contacted to their

institution. According to surrounding residents and workers at the repair shop, several road users experienced similar incident and such incident had occurred since the past few days. On the other hand, some of the victims suspected the repair shop because it was the only repair shop around the scene. However, another victim namely Agung Oka admitted to be suspicious if the culprit was the roving tire repairman.

Meanwhile, Chief of the Klungkung Police Traffic Affairs, I Nyoman Subrata, when contacted on Tuesday (Oct 21) claimed not to hear about the case. He alleged that such incident was the mode by particular parties, especially the repair shop. Nevertheless, his party would make coordination with the Banjarangkan Police to address the concerns of residents as a result of the nail mines. Moreover, his party would also make coordination with Gianyar Police because from the narrative of a number of victims, it was experienced from the area of bypass road in Gianyar to Klungkung. (gik)

In an unprecedented two-hour televised meeting Tuesday, the students passionately explained why they had taken to the streets for more than three weeks to fight for greater democracy in the speciallyrun Chinese region. The officials responded that the students’ demands were not legally feasible.

The discussion yielded scant progress, and protesters remained camped out on streets in three busy districts of the Asian financial hub on Wednesday.

The meeting also highlights the vast generational and political divide that needs to be bridged to end Hong Kong’s biggest political crisis since China took control of the city 17 years ago.

The student-led protests are rooted in growing discontent among young people about poor economic prospects amid one of the world’s biggest wealth gaps. The protesters want Hong Kong’s government to abandon a requirement by China’s legislature for a committee to screen candidates for inaugural 2017 elections for the top leader. They say it gives the city’s pro-Beijing elite too much say.

President Xi Jinping, who has taken a hard-line approach to dissent in other Chinese regions, is unlikely to give any ground.

As student leaders considered whether to meet officials again, protesters vowed to keep occupying the protest zones despite three court injunctions granted this week to taxi and minibus operators and the owner of an office tower ordering them to leave. Cheung Kuen, a retired 55-year-old stock trader who watched the entire meeting, said there were no winners.

“The students have their rights, and the government has its problems,” Cheung said. “Nothing has changed. The government side already gave some proposals, which were not very deep. The students and society already know them.

Hong Kong is only a region and can’t do any more so now it’s about who has more patience.”

He said he agreed with the students’ reform proposals calling for open nominations for candidates in the city’s 2017 election, but he didn’t see any chance of them becoming a reality.

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Hong Kong government officials, from right, the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Undersecretary Bureau Lau Kong-wah, Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Secretary Raymond Tam, Chief Secretary for Administration Carrie Lam, Justice Secretary Rimsky Yuen and Office of the Chief Executive Director Edward Yau Tang-wah, sit opposite to the student leaders from the Hong Kong Federation of Students, from fifth left to far left, General Secretary Eason Chung, Deputy Secretary-General Lester Shum, Secretary-General Alex Chow, Council Members Nathan Law and Yvonne Leung during a photo call before their talks in Hong Kong Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014.

North Korean detainee lands back home in Ohio Associated Press Writer

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FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2014, file photo, Jeffrey Fowle, an American detained in North Korea speaks to the Associated Press in Pyongyang, North Korea.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — A U.S. man detained for nearly half a year in North Korea has landed back home. A plane carrying Jeffrey Fowle landed Wednesday morning at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, where he had an emotional reunion with his family.

Moments after Fowle stepped off a plane at the base just after 6:30 a.m., he was met and hugged by his three children, wife and other relatives.

Base Col. John Devillier said Fowle had a teary reunion with his family. He said Fowle was happy and seemed thrilled to be back in the U.S. Devillier said Fowle’s family hadn’t told the children why they were being brought to the base and that it was a surprise for them to see their father walk off the plane.

The State Department announced Tuesday that the 56-year-old Fowle had been released. The news came about six months after he was taken into custody after leaving a Bible at a nightclub. Chris-

tian evangelism is considered a crime in North Korea.

He had been awaiting trial — the only one of three Americans held by Pyongyang who had not been convicted of charges.

The two others were each sentenced to years in North Korean prisons after court trials that lasted no more than 90 minutes.

The three Americans entered North Korea separately.

Fowle was flown out of North Korea on a U.S. military jet that was spotted at Pyongyang’s international airport Tuesday by two Associated Press journalists. There was no immediate explanation for the release of Fowle, who was whisked to the U.S. territory of Guam before heading back to his wife and three children in Ohio.

State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said Tuesday that Fowle was seen by doctors and appeared to be in good medical health. She declined to give more details about his release except to thank the government of Sweden, which has an embassy in Pyongyang, for its “tireless efforts.” Harf would not say whether any American officials had intervened directly with the North Koreans.

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Buleleng manages city tour package

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SINGARAJA - The existence of historical buildings originating from Dutch era in Buleleng recently began to be managed to support the tourism development in Northern Bali. By utilizing approximately ten units of Dutch heritage buildings, the local government manages a city tour package. Unfortunately, the enthusiasts of this tour package remains quite minimal. It happens because the package belongs to a quite specific tour.

China economy grows at slowest pace in 5 years Associated Press

BEIJING — China’s economic growth waned to a five-year low of 7.3 percent last quarter, raising concerns of a spillover effect on the global economy but falling roughly in line with Chinese leaders’ plans for a controlled slowdown.

The third-quarter figures, released Tuesday, put China on course for annual growth somewhat lower than the 7.5 percent targeted by leaders, though they have indicated there is wiggleroom in their plan. The world’s No. 2 economy grew 7.5 percent from a year earlier in the previous quarter and 7.4 percent in the first quarter.

Communist leaders are trying to steer China toward growth based on domestic consumption instead of over-reliance on trade and investment. But the slowdown comes with the risk of politically dangerous job losses and policymakers bolstered growth in the second quarter with mini-stimulus measures.

Employment, however, remained strong through the third quarter and the service industries such as retailing that leaders want to promote have done well this year despite the downturn, which has been focused largely in the property market, said economist Julian Evans-Pritchard of Capital Economics.

“There is still a lot of downward pressure on the economy,” Evans-Pritchard said. Spending on infrastructure shored up growth in the second quarter but “once that fizzled out, the downward pressure has returned.”

Investors shrugged off the news, relieved that China’s growth hadn’t fallen below 7 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average was up more than 140 points in early-afternoon trading Tuesday.

European stocks rose, and Asian stocks were mixed.

A further slowdown in China’s economy would likely cause some damage to the U.S. economy, the world’s largest, as well as commodity producers such as Australia, Indonesia and Brazil that have grown accustomed to strong Chinese demand.

Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, estimates that each 1 percentage point drop in China’s economic growth shaves 0.2 percentage point from annual U.S. growth, which is equal to the effect of a $20-a-barrel increase in oil prices.

Still, the third-quarter figure beat expectations by many economists of about 7.2 percent, or lower, which could have increased calls for a new round of major stimulus measures that the government can ill afford after a debt fueled investment binge in response to the 2009 global recession. Asian stock markets took the data largely in stride, ending the day with unspectacular gains or losses.

China’s growth in industrial production was largely stable, with a rate of 8.5 percent year-on-year in the first three quarters, down 0.3 point from the first half, the National Bureau of Statistics reported. Investment in factories, real estate and other fixed assets rose 16.1 percent year-on-year, but real estate investment lagged at 12.5 percent growth in the first nine months of 2014 due to government controls imposed to curb a surge in housing costs.

Growth in consumer spending cooled to 11.6 percent in September, the fourth monthly decline in a row.

China’s economic growth reached a whopping 14 percent in 2007, but took a hit from the global recession of 2008-2009 and has declined steadily since 2012.

The International Monetary Fund said in July that China should lower its growth target to no more than 7 percent for next year, but some analysts expect an even deeper decline, to as low as 6.8 percent. That would be stronger than the United States, Japan or Europe, but it would be China’s weakest annual growth in two decades.

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Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli delivers his opening remarks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) finance ministers meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014.

APEC finance chiefs meet amid global worries Agence France-Presse

BEIJING - The global economic recovery is beset by “downside risks”, China’s vice-premier told Asia-Pacific finance ministers Wednesday, a day after growth in the world’s second-largest economy hit a five-year low.

The meeting of ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Beijing comes ahead of the group’s annual summit next month, when Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to host counterparts including US President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “Now global economic recovery remains difficult, with downside risks still existing,” China’s Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli said in a speech formally starting the finance meeting.

The Asia-Pacific region faced challenges including what he described as “policy adjustment of major de-

veloped economies”, apparently a reference to the US Federal Reserve’s winding down of the vast bond purchase programme it put in place to fight the global financial crisis.

His comments came a day after China, a major driver of global growth, announced that gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 7.3 percent in the third quarter, its slowest pace since the depths of the crisis.

APEC, established in 1989, groups 21 economies spanning Asia, Oceania and North and South America and includes giants the United States, China, Japan and Russia, emerging economies such as Mexico and

Indonesia and small nations such as Brunei and Papua New Guinea.

“The Asia-Pacific region is the main driving force and engine for global economic growth,” Zhang said, stressing that the 21 APEC economies account for 40 percent of the world’s population, 70 percent of the global economy and 46 percent of world trade.

Zhang said ministers would be discussing, among other issues, the global and regional economy, infrastructure investment and financing cooperation and fiscal and taxation policy.

Over its quarter-century history APEC, which is a consensus-based grouping, has made the pursuit of free trade among member economies a persistent goal. Nowadays it says its main objective “is to support sustainable economic growth and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region”.

The Head of Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency, Ketut Warkadea, said the offer of city tour package had been developed since a long time ago. Travelers were offered to have a look around in the town of Singaraja. During the tour, travelers were taken to visit some historical buildings with the style of Dutch architecture.

Moreover, travelers also had the opportunity to visit the area of Buleleng Palace, Gedong Kertya, Buleleng Museum and surrounding areas.

But so far, the management of this tour package was not optimal.

It happened because the enthusiasts of the tour package remained quite minimal. Travelers getting interested in visiting the objects were Dutch travelers who wanted to reminisce by looking at the building designed by their predecessor at the time of colonization. Besides, they also chose the tour package to do some research on the history. “This package has been arranged for a long time but the visit is minimal.

We are still developing and promoting it,” he said.

According to this official from Kubutambahan village, management of the city tour package got many serious obstacles such as the Dutch historical building belonged

to private property. With this condition, it was quite difficult for the government to do maintenance or arrangement to the building. Even, he began to worry if the historical buildings would be demolished by the owners. If it happened, the historical buildings in Buleleng originating from the Dutch era would be extinct. To that end, the local government could only appeal to the owners in order to maintain and preserve the historical buildings.

“We worry because the historical buildings are private property, they can be demolished. If this happens, the historical building will go away as such,” he said.

To note, there are approximately ten historical buildings in Singaraja posing the Dutch heritage.

The buildings include the bridge located in the tourist area of former Buleleng Harbor. Apparently, the bridge is not well maintained. Both ends are deliberately closed with the establishment of a park embellished with an ornamental lamp post.

Besides, on the top of the bridge is also fitted with a canopy. Now, the canopy has been damaged because it is unable to bear the scorching heat of the sun and the roof sheets come off. Due to lack for attention, the bridge finally becomes a place to express the graffiti action by us-

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The existence of historical buildings originating from Dutch era in Buleleng recently began to be managed to support the tourism development in Northern Bali. By utilizing approximately ten units of Dutch heritage buildings, the local government manages a city tour package.

ing spray paint.

Other than the historical bridge, there are still some Dutch style buildings ranging from schools, offices and private homes. Not only in the town, can the Dutch style

building also be found at countryside. The building is located at Munduk village, Banjar subdistrict.

It is said, some units of the building at the clove producing village was formerly used as a resting place

for travelers from the Netherlands who first came to Munduk village.

Until now, the building is still conserved and managed by the tourism stakeholders at the local village. (kmb38)

Performing common melasti after 450 years ago

Ultimately Balinese people can watch a scarce common melasti procession of the deity from the Agung Kentel Gumi Klungkung and the deity from the Pasar Agung Besakih Giri Tolangkir Temple of Karangasem on Tuesday (Oct 21). It was the first procession after 450 years ago as mentioned in the Usana Bali chronicle. The meeting of both deities at the Catus Pata or central intersection invited tens of thousands of Hindu pilgrims to participate in escorting the deities in the melasti procession to Segara Klotok.

Melasti at the Agung Kentel Gumi Temple is related to Pangusabhan Jagat ritual, while the melasti of the Pasar Agung Besakih Giri Tolangkir Temple is associated with the Tawur Panca Wali Krama, Wana Kertih and pujawali or temple anniversary.

In the procession last Tuesday, the meeting of both deities took place around 12:45 a.m. escorted by tens of thousands of Hindus from Klungkung and Karangasem. Some people seem to get possessed. Spokesperson of the Pangusabhan Jagat Ritual Committee, Wayan Parna, mentioned on Tuesday (Oct 21) that according to the Usana Bali chronicle the last common melasti procession occurred during the reign of Dalem Waturenggong.

Sanctified effigy of the deity from the Agung Kentel Gumi Temple arrived first at the Catus Pata of Klungkung around 11:45 a.m. About 50 minutes later, the sanctified effigy of the deity from the Pasar Agung

Besakih Giri Tolangkir Temple arrived and was escorted by thousands of Hindu pilgrims after covering the distance of tens of kilometers from 4 o’clock in the morning. After meeting at the Catus Pata, the sanctified effigy of the deity from the Pasar Agung Besakih Giri Tolangkir resumed first the pilgrimage to Segara Klotok through Jalan Puputan. Then, it was followed by the sanctified effigy of the deity from the Agung Kentel Gumi Temple. Dozens of Hindus were very enthusiastic to join such historical event. They directly participated in joining the melasti procession to Segara Klotok.

Meanwhile, on Segara Klotok, thousands of Hindus had to wait the arrival of the sanctified effigy of both deities to follow the melasti procession on the beach, known to be very much sanctified by the Hindus in Bali. After the melasti procession, the deity from Pasar Agung Besakih

Giri Tolangkir of Karangasem would have a sojourn and overnight at the Agung Kentel Gumi Temple for one day. On the following day, the deity from the Pasar Agung Besakih Giri Tolangkir was back to resume the journey to the local temple through Tembuku road section on foot.

Seeing the meaning of their relationship, the ritual committee of the Pasar Agung Besakih Giri Tolangkir and Agung Kentel Gumi Temple already had an agreement where similar melasti procession in the future would be made every 10 years. It was said the agreement had been approved by the patron of the Pasar Agung Besakih Giri Tolangkir, Ida Pedanda Gede Wayahan Tianyar from Griya Menara Sidemen, Karangasem, and patron of the Agung Kentel Gumi Temple, Ida Pedanda Gede Putra Tembau from Griya Aan Klungkung. Besides, it had also been blessed by Ida Dalem Semaraputra

from Klungkung Grand Palace.

Meanwhile, the peak of Pangusaban Jagat ritual at the Agung Kentel Gumi Temple would take place on Friday (Nov 7) right on the full moon (Purnama Kalima). As planned, the ritual would be closed on November 18. On that account, if the Hindus could not come and say prayers on the peak of ritual, the Hindus throughout Indonesia could still say prayers because the deity would still bless the pilgrims (nyejer) for eleven days.

The Agung Kentel Gumi Temple is one of the Kahyangan Jagat (universal) temples located at Tusan Kawan hamlet, Tusan customary village, Banjarangkan, Klungkung.

This temple was founded by Mpu Kuturan and enhanced by Kresna Kepakisan Dynasty as a sanctum to venerate Sang Hyang Reka Bhuana.

Besides, this temple is also known as the Puseh Temple of Bali Island. (gik)

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2nd ship to join hunt for missing Malaysian plane

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SYDNEY — A second ship was preparing to join the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in a remote patch of the Indian Ocean on Wednesday, as Malaysia’s defense minister expressed confidence the plane will be found.

The Discovery, provided by Dutch contractor Fugro, was scheduled to arrive in the search zone about 1,800 kilometers (1,100) miles west of Australia on Wednesday, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said in a statement. The GO Phoenix, a Malaysian ship that has been combing the area since early October, is in the Western Australian city of Fremantle getting fresh supplies.

Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, who

was in Australia to greet the GO Phoenix during its return to port, said everything possible was being done to find the Boeing 777, which inexplicably disappeared on March 8 during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. “We must continue to hope because sometimes hope is all we have,” he said. “We will find MH370.”

The search ships are dragging sonar devices called towfish through the water about 100 meters (330

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In this map provided on Sept. 24, 2014, by The Australian Transport Safety Bureau, details are presented in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean.

feet) above the seabed to hunt for the wreckage. The towfish, which are also equipped with jet fuel sensors, transmit data in real-time to those on board the vessels.

The underwater search resumed in early October after being on hold for four months while crews mapped the seabed in the 60,000square kilometer (23,000-square mile) search zone. The GO Phoenix has searched over 1,200 square kilometers (460 square miles) so far. Despite a massive air and sea search, not a single piece of debris from the plane has been found.

Australian officials are still receiving reports from people who believe they have found wreckage washed up along the Australian coastline, but all have been false alarms. Drift modeling by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority has shown any floating debris would likely have traveled west, away from Australia. Because of that, Australia asked Indonesian officials to be on the lookout for any wreckage, as it is possible some may have drifted to the island nation’s coastline, the transport safety bureau said.

Meanwhile, a third ship, the Fugro Equator, is still mapping areas of the search zone and will join the hunt once that is complete, likely in the next week or so. The search is expected to take up to a year.

Indiana man was violent long before 7 killings

Associated Press

GARY, Indiana — With hindsight, there were signs years ago of increasing violence against women by Darren Vann, who police say has confessed to killing seven women in northwestern Indiana and is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.

Indiana court records from 2004 describe him grabbing a woman in a chokehold, dousing her with gasoline and threatening to set her on fire. He was sentenced to a year in prison.

In 2009, he was convicted in Texas of raping a woman. She told

police that when she went to his apartment in Austin he knocked her down and began to strangle her, hit her several times in the face and said he could kill her, court records show. He was released from prison last year, when he moved back to Indiana.

In both cases, the charges against Vann were reduced in plea bargains, and Texas officials deemed him a low risk for violence. He registered as a sex offender in Indiana and police made a routine check in September that he lived at the address he provided.

“He was not on our radar at

all,” Gary Police Chief Larry McKinley said at a news conference Tuesday, adding that Vann was never suspected of taking part in homicides in the days or months before his arrest at the weekend.

Now Vann, 43, is charged with the strangulation death of one woman in Hammond, Indiana, and police say more charges are expected after he directed them to the bodies of six more women in nearby Gary. Texas and Indiana authorities have been poring over cold case files and missing person reports to determine if there are more victims.

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Ebola airport checks expand; nurses get training Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is closing a gap in Ebola screening at airports while states from New York to Texas to California work to get hospitals and nurses ready in case another patient turns up somewhere in the U.S. with the deadly disease.

Under the rule going into effect Wednesday, air travelers from the West African nations of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea must enter the United States through one of five airports doing special screenings and fever checks for Ebola. A handful of people had been arriving at other airports and missing the checks.

A total of 562 air travelers have been checked in the screenings that started Oct. 11 at New York’s Kennedy airport and expanded to four others last week, Homeland Security officials said. Four were taken from Washington’s Dulles airport to a local hospital. None had Ebola.

The other airports are Newark’s Liberty, Chicago’s O’Hare and Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson.

The tightened rules for West African travelers come as Rwanda — an Ebola-free country in East Africa — said it would begin checking visiting Americans for the disease because of the three cases that occurred in the U.S. The Obama administration has been under increasing pressure from lawmakers and the public to ban travel from the three hardesthit West African nations where more than 4,500 people have died of Ebola. President Barack Obama says such a ban could make the situation in those countries worse and make it harder for foreign doctors and aid workers to bring the outbreak under control.

There are no direct flights from the three nations into the U.S.; about 150 fliers per day arrive by various multi-leg routes. About 6 percent of them were coming through airports that don’t have the new Ebola screening, federal officials said.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said with the change, “we currently have in place measures to identify and screen anyone at all land, sea and air ports of entry into the United States who we have reason to believe has been present in Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea in the preceding 21 days.”

Homeland Security officials at the airports use no-touch thermometers to check for fever, which can be a symptom of Ebola infection.

People who have been infected with the virus may not develop a fever and illness for up to 21 days.

In Texas, Gov. Rick Perry designated two special Ebola treatment units to take any future patients in his state, site of the only three cases diagnosed in the United States during this outbreak. They were a man from Liberia infected before he came to the U.S. and two of the nurses who treated him at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. That hospital wasn’t chosen as a future Ebola center to grant staff members some relief, Perry said. Dozens of the hospital’s employees are still being monitored in case they, too, were infected.

Judge Clay Jenkins, Dallas County’s top administrator, said staff members at the Dallas hospital are tired, with “a wealth of emotions going on.”

“It would be inhumane and not in their best interest, nor in anyone else’s best interest, for them to be directed or forced into continuing,” Jenkins said.

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From page 1 Why they are not cracked? “Farmland or paddy field plotting is hard to be cracked because the plotters do it secretly. In general, they directly coordinated with relevant agencies without going through formal procedures of land plotting ranging from the socialization to surrounding residents, hamlet chief, headman, subdistrict head to the regent,” added John.

To suppress the plotting action, he emphasized, the relevant agencies should raid more intensively and monitor directly to the field. In addition, the lowest authority should cooperate with the surrounding community in terms of submission of reporting or information if there was a maturation or cleanup activity and dismantling of productive land like agricultural land or paddy field. No less importantly, people should be aware and have understanding as consumers by always asking for information about the completeness of document related to the land purchased in order not to regret later on. Buying a land without a certificate and buying a land at inappropriate designation would not get a building permit as the administrative requirements of the building pursuant to the existing rules. (kmb36)

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Maternal mortality rate in Indonesia still high Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s maternal mortality rate is still high, some 359 per 100 thousand live births, according to the National Demography and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN).

“Based on the SDKI 2012 (the Indonesian Demography and Health Survey), the maternal mortality rate (in Indonesia) is still far from the 2015 target of the Millennium Development Goals of 102 per 100 thousand live births,” the Deputy Head for Prosperous Family and Family Empowerment of BKKBN, Sudibyo Alimoeso, said on Tuesday.

Mothers face the risk of dying either during pregnancy or delivery, he stated, adding that a number of efforts must be taken, including promoting the role of hospitals, to

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General Chairman of The Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Prabowo Subianto and vice president Jusuf Kalla met on Tuesday night.

Gerindra lauds meeting between Prabowo and JK Antara

JAKARTA - The Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) has lauded the recent meeting between its general chairman Prabowo Subianto and vice president Jusuf Kalla calling it as demonstration of the two leaders’ commitment to national development.

“The meeting is good and strengthens the commitment of Pak (Mr) JK and Pak Prabowo as national leaders,” the party’s advisory board member, Martin Hutabarat, said on Wednesday.

He said political campaign dynamic has already ended following the conclusion of the presidential election and now was the time to build the country.

In view of that Prabowo’s recent visit to the office of the vice president had given a positive signal for development of national unity.

“They talked about how political elites could unite in the future

so that differences could be overcome while criticisms could still be made,” he said.

Martin said the meeting on Tuesday had thawed communications between coalitions of parties in the parliament.

It has also developed common commitment to put aside group vested interests, he added.

“In the future communications should be more fluid and the meeting has underlined the importance of setting aside the interests of groups for the sake of wider interests,” he said.

Prabowo and Jusuf Kalla ex-

changed apologies during the meeting over harsh words that might have been produced during the campaign period and agreed that they were now “on the same boat.”

The two denied that the meeting had to do with an offer of ministerial posts for Prabowo’s Red-White coalition.

Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Jusuf Kalla were inaugurated as the country’s new president and vice president respectively on Monday.

The two are now preparing to announce the list of ministers to be in their cabinet.

reduce the maternal mortality rate.

“Raising the role played by government and private hospitals is one of the strategies to revitalize the national family planning programs as part of efforts to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates,” he noted.

To increase access to family planning services, particularly those in hospitals, Alimoeso revealed that the agency had made a number of breakthroughs and innovations.

“A way to bring in a competitive edge among hospitals in Indonesia was to improve the quality of and innovations in various fields,” he stated.

Alimoeso further added that the inability of hospitals to address environmental changes could also have been detrimental to their performance and affected their general image.

Paspampres urged to boost security

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JAKARTA - Indonesian Military Commander General Moeldoko urged the Presidential Security Guard (Paspampres) to increase the security offered to the president or other VVIPs and to not allow any deviation from the standard operating procedure (SOP).

“For that, I ask the Paspampres to check and re-check the security system that has been implemented,” Indonesian Military Commander Gen. Moeldoko remarked on Wednesday.

We must anticipate the worst-case scenario while offering security to VVIPs, so that the system is not exposed to anti-social elements when a real threat suddenly emerges, he noted.

Moeldoko stated that the Paspampres soldiers must increase their professionalism, preparedness, and vigil to avoid committing mistakes.

“I trust and believe that the demands of the task can be carried out properly. I am glad because the Paspampres has been able to carry out their duties with dedication, awareness, and a high sense of responsibility,” he affirmed.

The motto “Faithful Vigilant,” which has become the pride of every soldier of the Paspampres, should be an expression of the soldier’s belief and intentions that reflects a strong determination.

“I hope that the motto is always imbibed by the Paspampres at any level, so that it can provide security, safety, and comfort to all VVIPs,” he affirmed.

On the occasion, the Indonesian Military Commander lauded Major General Doni Monardo for his dedication and loyalty in performing his assigned tasks.

“To Major General Andika Perkasa, congratulations to you on becoming the commander of the Presidential Security Guard (Danpaspampres). I believe that all the abilities, experiences, and instinct can improve the capacity and quality of the Paspampres in performing their tasks,” he emphasized.

Before being elected as the commander of the Presidential Security Guard (Danpaspamres), Andika served as the head of the Information Department of the Army (Kadispenad).

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Nowitzki-Chandler reunion, Parsons give Mavs hope

Ubud Art Market

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UBUD - The Ubud Art Market, locally referred to as ‘Pasar Seni Ubud’ is located opposite the the Puri Saren Royal Ubud Palace and is open daily. Here you can find beautiful silk scarves, lightweight shirts, handmade woven bags, baskets or hats; statues, kites and many other hand-crafted goods.

Most of the goods found at the Ubud Market are made in the neighbouring villages of Pengosekan, Tegallalang, Payangan and Peliatan. The location of the Ubud Art Market which is centred among the art producing villages, and being just opposite the royal palace which is a centre point to Ubud itself, make it a strategic shopping place for Balinese handicrafts and souvenirs.

The Ubud market also serves as a setting for the Hollywood movie Eat Pray Love, which shows a scene where actress Julia Roberts opposite a male character strolling through the stalls which are frequently visited by foreign and domestic visitors in real life. Naturally, bargaining is essential.

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DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki welcomed Tyson Chandler to Dallas with little fanfare four years ago, and certainly not amid talk of potential championships. Now that they’re reunited after leading the Mavericks to their only title in 2011, it’s a hard for the team not to be a little giddy, even in the face of the Texas dynasty that is the San Antonio Spurs and a potent Western Conference.

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“I don’t think anyone knew what to expect the first time around,” Chandler said. “But clearly this time around and having the success and winning the championship here, the expectations are a little different on the return.” There a couple of other reasons for the bubbly atmosphere.

The first is that Dallas, seeded eighth last season, gave the Spurs their toughest playoff series before Tim Duncan and company marched to their fifth title since 1999, dethroning LeBron James and the Miami Heat. The second is several major roster changes besides Chandler, most notably adding Chandler Parsons on a $46 million, three-year offer sheet that the Houston Rockets wouldn’t match.

“I feel like we got better again,” Nowitzki said. “I think every summer, that should be the franchise’s goal. I feel like we got better and took a great step forward, but we all know how tough the West is.

It’s going to be tough to break into the top four.” Here are some things to consider as the Mavericks try to win a playoff series for the first time since 2011, after which they were immediately dismantled in the name of salary cap flexibility. Dallas opens the season at the Spurs on Oct. 28.

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Coach Rick Carlisle is going into his sixth straight season with at least two new starters — Parsons and Chandler included this time — and four new players in the rotation. Jameer Nelson is third starting point guard in the three seasons since Jason Kidd left. He signed as a free agent after he was released by Orlando, where he spent his first 10 seasons.

Another significant newcomer is backup forward Al-Farouq Aminu, who’ll bring a defensive presence to try to offset the loss of Shawn Marion to the Cavaliers. The Mavericks also have to find a way to replace the 3-point threat that Vince Carter took with him to Memphis. “It’s such a new roster that I think we’ve got to go into it with an open mind and then see what’s what,” Carlisle said.

BACK IN THE BIG D: Chandler was offered a one-year deal by the Mavericks coming off the 2011 championship, because owner Mark Cuban thought a long-term contract would be crippling under the new labor deal. Now, he’s back for the final year of the four-year contract he signed with the Knicks after an offseason trade. So, the obvious question is: Will the center beloved

by Mavericks fans be a one-year wonder again?

“If you would have asked me

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Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki, from Germany, backs in on Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James, right, during the first quarter of a preseason NBA basketball game Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, in Cleveland.

that question the last time I would have said yes, and I would have said I would have finished my career here,” Chandler said. “It still could happen.”

DOUBLE CHANDLER: It will be confusing all season: Tyson Chandler and Chandler Parsons. Carlisle tried to set some ground rules early in training camp, settling on “Tyson” for references to the center and “Parsons” on references to Nowitzki’s new sidekick at forward. If they want to think in basketball terms, it will be “rebounder-defender” for Chandler

and “all-around guy” for Parsons.

“He’s a very good all-around player and he’s another guy that brings some personality, some real personality to the team,” Carlisle said of Parsons. “If you don’t believe me, just ask him.”

WEIGHTGATE: During training camp, Carlisle called out Parsons for being overweight, prompting Parsons to tweet a shirtless picture of himself frowning. Carlisle thought better of it a day later and apologized to Parsons and reporters. Parsons never had much of a problem with it,

joking as he passed his coach talking to reporters that he was going to go do crunches.

AND DON’T FORGET: For all the talk about the return of Chandler and the arrival of Parsons, Monta Ellis is back at the off-guard spot and Devin Harris decided to re-sign after playing on a one-year deal last season. Harris will again play a significant role at the point, this time behind Nelson instead of Jose Calderon. “We have so many versatile guys off the bench to give you different looks,” Parsons said.

Williams suffers humbling defeat Reuters

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Serena Williams of the U.S. hits a return to Simona Halep of Romania during their WTA Finals singles tennis match at the Singapore Indoor Stadium October 22, 2014.

SINGAPORE - Ecstasy and euphoria are the usual emotions world number one Serena Williams experiences on a tennis court. On Wednesday, she encountered a different one - embarrassment. One of the game’s all-time greats, a winner of 18-grand slam singles crowns, 63 WTA titles, the owner of four Olympic gold medals, Williams has become accustomed to success.

But on Singapore’s purple indoor hard court on Wednesday, Simona Halep took her back 16 years to a time when, as a teenager, she was trying to make a name for herself.

Halep’s 6-0 6-2 success in their Red Group clash at the WTA Finals was the worst defeat Williams had experienced since she was crushed

6-1 6-1 by Joannette Kruger in the quarter-finals at Oklahoma City in 1998.

Halep served well, pushed her opponent around the court and went for her shots, but Williams, by her own admission, was woeful. “Yeah, my forehand was off today again. I guess it went on an early vacation,” a sombre and downbeat Williams told reporters.

“Lord knows my serve was as well. My serve, I don’t even know.

My serve was at best in the 10 and under division in juniors. “Yeah, it was actually embarrassing I think describes the way I played. Yeah, very embarrassing.”

Williams had shown no sign of what was to come on Wednesday as she held of the feisty challenge of Ana Ivanovic to start her campaign on Monday with a 6-4 6-4 victory,

her 16th consecutive win in the season-ending championships she has won the last two years.

That was her first action since pulling out of the Wuhan Open because of illness then the China Open with a knee complaint earlier this month. Characteristically, she didn’t blame the knee ailment, which had required extensive rest, for Wednesday’s meltdown.

“I’m definitely not 100 percent okay. I’m just here playing, but I’m not nowhere near 100 percent,” she said. “That has nothing to do with today’s match. I think Simona played really well and the best match of her career.

“To be quite frankly honest, I’m looking forward to our next meeting because she is making me going to go home and work hard and particularly train for her.”

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Sp rt Messi closes on Raul, Barca beats Ajax 3-1 Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — Neymar and Lionel Messi each scored for a fifth consecutive game to help Barcelona to a 3-1 victory over Ajax in the Champions League on Tuesday as the Spanish giant returned to winning ways in Europe. Messi started an outstanding performance at Camp Nou by setting up Neymar in the seventh minute before the Argentine scored in the 24th.

Messi’s 69th career goal in Europe’s top-tier competition moved him to within two goals of Raul Gonzalez’s all-time record of 71.

He is tied with Cristiano Ronaldo before Real Madrid visits Liverpool on Wednesday. Anwar El Ghazi pulled one back for Ajax in the 88th, while fellow substitute Sandro Ramirez struck in stoppage time for the hosts.

Messi said his partnership with Neymar would only get better. “We both bring goal-scoring to the team and we are understanding one another on the pitch more and more,” Messi said. “We could have scored another goal to finish off the match.

Later it got a little complicated, but that’s the Champions League.”

Barcelona, which had lost 3-2 at Paris Saint-Germain in its previous match, has six points from three games in Group F. PSG remained top of the group Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, right, reacts after missing a chance to score during the Champions League group F soccer match between F.C. Barcelona and Ajax at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014.

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with seven points after Edinson Cavani scored three minutes from time to grab a 1-0 win at APOEL in Cyprus. Ajax is third with two points while APOEL has one. Barcelona can now focus on its Spanish league clash at Real Madrid on Saturday, when it will look to strengthen its lead while Messi hunts for one goal to equal Telmo Zarra’s all-time league record of 251 goals.

“We were obliged to take the three points after losing in Paris,” said Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta, who set up Messi’s goal and almost scored one of his own. “We are arriving in good form for the ‘clasico’ and it will be a good game to keep alive our aspirations to win it all.” Messi and Neymar continued their scoring connection to put Barcelona on its way before the half-hour mark, and only the woodwork, some sound goalkeeping and the two stars being substituted saved Ajax from a bigger defeat.

After some leisurely back-andforth passing at the start, Messi sparked Barcelona’s opener by suddenly changing pace to weave together a quick passing combination with Pedro Rodriguez before picking out Neymar on the left. The Brazil striker used his right foot to curl the ball beyond goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen and increase his team-leading tally to 10 goals this season, while Messi recorded his team-best ninth assist.

Ajax coach Frank De Boer, a former Barcelona defender, compared Messi and Neymar to Madrid’s Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, saying “they play like they are from another world.

“But I am disappointed because we can play much better. For me, the problem was we had too much respect for our rival. That’s why I was angry at halftime. Their first goal was fantastic. That’s why they are the best in the world, Messi gave a great assist and Neymar finished it. But the second goal is a lapse on our part.”

Messi added his ninth goal of the campaign when Barcelona won possession in midfield. Messi surged forward and used his right boot to control Iniesta’s crisp and perfectly-timed pass to meet his run before tapping the ball beyond Cillessen with his left. The goalie got a touch on the ball but not enough to stop it from trickling over the line.

Pedro sent Messi’s pass off the post in the 29th, and Iniesta was denied by Cillessen 10 minutes later. Coach Luis Enrique substituted Neymar, Messi and Iniesta in the second half to rest them for the match at Madrid. El Ghazi went on in the 73rd and scrambled home a loose ball before Sandro got his goal to ease the late jitters among the home crowd.

Schalke beats 10-man Sporting 4-3

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany — Eric Choupo-Moting converted a disputed penalty in injury time to give Schalke a dramatic 4-3 victory over 10-man Sporting in the Champions League on Tuesday. Adrien Silva had scored two late goals to haul Sporting from two goals down to 3-3, before being penalized for handling the ball — although it bounced off his chest.

Nani had put Sporting ahead before defender Mauricio was sent off in the 33rd minute for his second booking and Chinedu Obasi scored from the ensuing free kick. Obasi then set up Klaas-Jan Hujntelaar to score and captain Benedikt Hoewedes added Schalke’s third on the hour.

But Silva scored with a penalty and then a header to level the match. “We were very lucky at the end, normally you wouldn’t win anymore,” Hoewedes said.

Schalke’s new coach Roberto Di Matteo, who won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2012, now has two wins in two matches.

Schalke’s penalty in the second minute of added time secured its first win in Group G. With five points, Schalke is second behind Chelsea, which beat Maribor 6-0 and has seven. Maribor has two and Sporting one. Nani scored in the 16th minute, despite mishitting the ball after a corner from Joao Mario.

Mauricio was sent off after stepping on the foot of Marco Hoeger and from the resulting free kick, Dennis Aogo sent a cross into the box. Obasi, making a rare start, headed low toward the goal. Goalkeeper Rui Patricio got his hands to the ball, only to then drop it and watch it roll inside the post.

Huntelaar scored in the 51st after a through ball from Obasi and Hoewedes’ header in the 60th off a free-kick cross from Kaan Ay-

han appeared to secure Schalke’s victory. But Ayhan gave away a penalty by fouling Andre Carrillo and Silva cut the deficit.

Silva notched his second when he was left unmarked in the 78th to head home a cross from Cedric at the far post.

Silva was at the center of attention again in stoppage time as he was judged by the referee to have used his hand, although television replays clearly showed the ball had bounced off his chest.

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Bayern get Papal seal of approval after Roma demolition Reuters

A meeting with Pope Francis on Wednesday could not have been timed better for Bayern Munich as the German champions capped a two-day stay in Rome in style at the Vatican following Tuesday’s 7-1 demolition of Roma in the Champions League. The Bavarians have now firmly established themselves as one of the frontrunners for Europe’s top club competition this season, after scoring five goals in the first 35 minutes on their way to their European record away win which left them top of Group E with maximum points from three games.

Bayern coach Pep Guardiola completely outclassed his Roma counterpart in every aspect of the game as Bayern, led by Dutchman Arjen Robben, who netted twice, moved up to nine points, five ahead of second-placed Roma. Before leaving the Italian capital, Bayern met the pontiff at the Vatican, with the football-loving Argentine head of the

Roman Catholic Church saying he was ‘surprised by the result’.

“You delivered a wonderful game of football yesterday,” he told the team on Wednesday morning, Bayern said in a statement. It was indeed a spectacle what Bayern delivered against the Italians with Robben heaping praise on the team’s tactical preparation. “I am still convinced that Roma are a tough team but we really must thank our coaching team because they prepared us outstandingly for this game,” Robben said.

“I have never seen anything like it, at least not against such a strong team like Roma. They had no answer to our attacking game and that quickly decided the match.” Guardiola made three changes to the team that crushed Werder Bremen 6-0 in the league on Saturday but they were equally dominant.

The undefeated Bavarians have now won six of eight league games while also winning every group game so far in Europe along with their first round German Cup win as

they set their sights again on a treble of titles after 2013.

Their flawless defensive operation which included former Roma’s Mehdi Benatia in a rare start this season, as well as their attacking game, showed Guardiola was right to insist they would be improving only gradually after a long summer for many of his players.

With winger Franck Ribery back fit and on target on Tuesday and several more players, including Bastian Schweinsteiger, expected to return in the coming weeks, Bayern will only be getting stronger. With nine points in the bag, the first target of the season to make it past the group stage of the Champions League looks to have been largely accomplished.

“This was a huge step into the right direction,” said captain Philipp Lahm. “Especially with Manchester City drawing 2-2 against CSKA Moscow. But we are not through just yet. In two weeks we need to win again and then it will look really good.”

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Shakhtar’s Luiz Adriano celebrates after scoring against BATE as BATE’s goalkeeper Sergei Chernik looks on during their Champions League Group Stage in group H soccer match in Borisov, Belarus, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014.

Shakhtar’s 5-goal striker Adriano alleges racism Associated Press

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Bayern Munich soccer players give a team jersey to Pope Francis before his weekly audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican October 22, 2014.

B O R I S O V, B e l a r u s — Shakhtar Donetsk striker Luiz Adriano accused fans at BATE Borisov of racially abusing him while he scored five goals in a 7-0 victory over the Belarusian club in the Champions League on Tuesday. Luiz Adriano scored his first three goals within 13 minutes, the third-fastest hat trick in the history of the competition, as Shakhtar took complete control of the Group H game.

But he told Shakhtar’s website that “there were unpleasant shouts, racist ones” aimed at him.

Shakhtar Donetsk became the first team to score six goals in the

first half of a Champions League game, putting its homelessness as a result of the Ukrainian conflict aside.

Alex Teixeira and Douglas Costa also scored for Shakhtar.

The win leaves Shakhtar second in group H on five points, two behind Porto, which beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1.

Shakhtar played its previous Champions League match, a schedule a home game against Porto, at Arena Lviv in western Ukraine, more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from Donetsk.

During the conflict, the club’s Donbass Arena has been shelled and its Donetsk headquarters raided by armed men.

Villa to leave Melbourne City after four games

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MELBOURNE - Former Spain striker David Villa’s loan spell at Melbourne City is to come to an end next month after just four ALeague matches, the club said on Wednesday.

Villa was loaned to the club from Major League Soccer (MLS) club New York City, who are also

owned by English champions Manchester City, and it had been hoped he would play the full 10 matches allowed to a guest player under league rules.

The club confirmed on Wednesday, however, that Villa would leave Australia in early November to fulfil marketing and commercial obligations in New York.

The club is hoping Villa could

return to play more matches for Melbourne after he has settled his family in the United States.

“We would obviously want a player of his calibre to represent the club in as many games of the guest allowance as possible between now and the commencement of MLS pre-season training in January,” a club spokesman said.

“The precise number of A-

League games that David will play will be determined by the best interests of the player and his now New York-based family and the prioritisation of the requirements of both New York City FC and Melbourne City FC. “That means that his playing and training schedule will be the product of all of those factors and subject to ongoing assessment.”

The former Barcelona and Valencia forward has scored equalisers to rescue 1-1 draws for City in the first two games of their A-League season against Sydney FC and Newcastle Jets.

His last two matches will be this weekend’s local derby against Melbourne Victory and the following week’s fixture at home to Adelaide United.

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Sp rt Messi closes on Raul, Barca beats Ajax 3-1 Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — Neymar and Lionel Messi each scored for a fifth consecutive game to help Barcelona to a 3-1 victory over Ajax in the Champions League on Tuesday as the Spanish giant returned to winning ways in Europe. Messi started an outstanding performance at Camp Nou by setting up Neymar in the seventh minute before the Argentine scored in the 24th.

Messi’s 69th career goal in Europe’s top-tier competition moved him to within two goals of Raul Gonzalez’s all-time record of 71.

He is tied with Cristiano Ronaldo before Real Madrid visits Liverpool on Wednesday. Anwar El Ghazi pulled one back for Ajax in the 88th, while fellow substitute Sandro Ramirez struck in stoppage time for the hosts.

Messi said his partnership with Neymar would only get better. “We both bring goal-scoring to the team and we are understanding one another on the pitch more and more,” Messi said. “We could have scored another goal to finish off the match.

Later it got a little complicated, but that’s the Champions League.”

Barcelona, which had lost 3-2 at Paris Saint-Germain in its previous match, has six points from three games in Group F. PSG remained top of the group Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, right, reacts after missing a chance to score during the Champions League group F soccer match between F.C. Barcelona and Ajax at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014.

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with seven points after Edinson Cavani scored three minutes from time to grab a 1-0 win at APOEL in Cyprus. Ajax is third with two points while APOEL has one. Barcelona can now focus on its Spanish league clash at Real Madrid on Saturday, when it will look to strengthen its lead while Messi hunts for one goal to equal Telmo Zarra’s all-time league record of 251 goals.

“We were obliged to take the three points after losing in Paris,” said Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta, who set up Messi’s goal and almost scored one of his own. “We are arriving in good form for the ‘clasico’ and it will be a good game to keep alive our aspirations to win it all.” Messi and Neymar continued their scoring connection to put Barcelona on its way before the half-hour mark, and only the woodwork, some sound goalkeeping and the two stars being substituted saved Ajax from a bigger defeat.

After some leisurely back-andforth passing at the start, Messi sparked Barcelona’s opener by suddenly changing pace to weave together a quick passing combination with Pedro Rodriguez before picking out Neymar on the left. The Brazil striker used his right foot to curl the ball beyond goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen and increase his team-leading tally to 10 goals this season, while Messi recorded his team-best ninth assist.

Ajax coach Frank De Boer, a former Barcelona defender, compared Messi and Neymar to Madrid’s Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, saying “they play like they are from another world.

“But I am disappointed because we can play much better. For me, the problem was we had too much respect for our rival. That’s why I was angry at halftime. Their first goal was fantastic. That’s why they are the best in the world, Messi gave a great assist and Neymar finished it. But the second goal is a lapse on our part.”

Messi added his ninth goal of the campaign when Barcelona won possession in midfield. Messi surged forward and used his right boot to control Iniesta’s crisp and perfectly-timed pass to meet his run before tapping the ball beyond Cillessen with his left. The goalie got a touch on the ball but not enough to stop it from trickling over the line.

Pedro sent Messi’s pass off the post in the 29th, and Iniesta was denied by Cillessen 10 minutes later. Coach Luis Enrique substituted Neymar, Messi and Iniesta in the second half to rest them for the match at Madrid. El Ghazi went on in the 73rd and scrambled home a loose ball before Sandro got his goal to ease the late jitters among the home crowd.

Schalke beats 10-man Sporting 4-3

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany — Eric Choupo-Moting converted a disputed penalty in injury time to give Schalke a dramatic 4-3 victory over 10-man Sporting in the Champions League on Tuesday. Adrien Silva had scored two late goals to haul Sporting from two goals down to 3-3, before being penalized for handling the ball — although it bounced off his chest.

Nani had put Sporting ahead before defender Mauricio was sent off in the 33rd minute for his second booking and Chinedu Obasi scored from the ensuing free kick. Obasi then set up Klaas-Jan Hujntelaar to score and captain Benedikt Hoewedes added Schalke’s third on the hour.

But Silva scored with a penalty and then a header to level the match. “We were very lucky at the end, normally you wouldn’t win anymore,” Hoewedes said.

Schalke’s new coach Roberto Di Matteo, who won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2012, now has two wins in two matches.

Schalke’s penalty in the second minute of added time secured its first win in Group G. With five points, Schalke is second behind Chelsea, which beat Maribor 6-0 and has seven. Maribor has two and Sporting one. Nani scored in the 16th minute, despite mishitting the ball after a corner from Joao Mario.

Mauricio was sent off after stepping on the foot of Marco Hoeger and from the resulting free kick, Dennis Aogo sent a cross into the box. Obasi, making a rare start, headed low toward the goal. Goalkeeper Rui Patricio got his hands to the ball, only to then drop it and watch it roll inside the post.

Huntelaar scored in the 51st after a through ball from Obasi and Hoewedes’ header in the 60th off a free-kick cross from Kaan Ay-

han appeared to secure Schalke’s victory. But Ayhan gave away a penalty by fouling Andre Carrillo and Silva cut the deficit.

Silva notched his second when he was left unmarked in the 78th to head home a cross from Cedric at the far post.

Silva was at the center of attention again in stoppage time as he was judged by the referee to have used his hand, although television replays clearly showed the ball had bounced off his chest.

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Bayern get Papal seal of approval after Roma demolition Reuters

A meeting with Pope Francis on Wednesday could not have been timed better for Bayern Munich as the German champions capped a two-day stay in Rome in style at the Vatican following Tuesday’s 7-1 demolition of Roma in the Champions League. The Bavarians have now firmly established themselves as one of the frontrunners for Europe’s top club competition this season, after scoring five goals in the first 35 minutes on their way to their European record away win which left them top of Group E with maximum points from three games.

Bayern coach Pep Guardiola completely outclassed his Roma counterpart in every aspect of the game as Bayern, led by Dutchman Arjen Robben, who netted twice, moved up to nine points, five ahead of second-placed Roma. Before leaving the Italian capital, Bayern met the pontiff at the Vatican, with the football-loving Argentine head of the

Roman Catholic Church saying he was ‘surprised by the result’.

“You delivered a wonderful game of football yesterday,” he told the team on Wednesday morning, Bayern said in a statement. It was indeed a spectacle what Bayern delivered against the Italians with Robben heaping praise on the team’s tactical preparation. “I am still convinced that Roma are a tough team but we really must thank our coaching team because they prepared us outstandingly for this game,” Robben said.

“I have never seen anything like it, at least not against such a strong team like Roma. They had no answer to our attacking game and that quickly decided the match.” Guardiola made three changes to the team that crushed Werder Bremen 6-0 in the league on Saturday but they were equally dominant.

The undefeated Bavarians have now won six of eight league games while also winning every group game so far in Europe along with their first round German Cup win as

they set their sights again on a treble of titles after 2013.

Their flawless defensive operation which included former Roma’s Mehdi Benatia in a rare start this season, as well as their attacking game, showed Guardiola was right to insist they would be improving only gradually after a long summer for many of his players.

With winger Franck Ribery back fit and on target on Tuesday and several more players, including Bastian Schweinsteiger, expected to return in the coming weeks, Bayern will only be getting stronger. With nine points in the bag, the first target of the season to make it past the group stage of the Champions League looks to have been largely accomplished.

“This was a huge step into the right direction,” said captain Philipp Lahm. “Especially with Manchester City drawing 2-2 against CSKA Moscow. But we are not through just yet. In two weeks we need to win again and then it will look really good.”

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Shakhtar’s Luiz Adriano celebrates after scoring against BATE as BATE’s goalkeeper Sergei Chernik looks on during their Champions League Group Stage in group H soccer match in Borisov, Belarus, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014.

Shakhtar’s 5-goal striker Adriano alleges racism Associated Press

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Bayern Munich soccer players give a team jersey to Pope Francis before his weekly audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican October 22, 2014.

B O R I S O V, B e l a r u s — Shakhtar Donetsk striker Luiz Adriano accused fans at BATE Borisov of racially abusing him while he scored five goals in a 7-0 victory over the Belarusian club in the Champions League on Tuesday. Luiz Adriano scored his first three goals within 13 minutes, the third-fastest hat trick in the history of the competition, as Shakhtar took complete control of the Group H game.

But he told Shakhtar’s website that “there were unpleasant shouts, racist ones” aimed at him.

Shakhtar Donetsk became the first team to score six goals in the

first half of a Champions League game, putting its homelessness as a result of the Ukrainian conflict aside.

Alex Teixeira and Douglas Costa also scored for Shakhtar.

The win leaves Shakhtar second in group H on five points, two behind Porto, which beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1.

Shakhtar played its previous Champions League match, a schedule a home game against Porto, at Arena Lviv in western Ukraine, more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from Donetsk.

During the conflict, the club’s Donbass Arena has been shelled and its Donetsk headquarters raided by armed men.

Villa to leave Melbourne City after four games

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MELBOURNE - Former Spain striker David Villa’s loan spell at Melbourne City is to come to an end next month after just four ALeague matches, the club said on Wednesday.

Villa was loaned to the club from Major League Soccer (MLS) club New York City, who are also

owned by English champions Manchester City, and it had been hoped he would play the full 10 matches allowed to a guest player under league rules.

The club confirmed on Wednesday, however, that Villa would leave Australia in early November to fulfil marketing and commercial obligations in New York.

The club is hoping Villa could

return to play more matches for Melbourne after he has settled his family in the United States.

“We would obviously want a player of his calibre to represent the club in as many games of the guest allowance as possible between now and the commencement of MLS pre-season training in January,” a club spokesman said.

“The precise number of A-

League games that David will play will be determined by the best interests of the player and his now New York-based family and the prioritisation of the requirements of both New York City FC and Melbourne City FC. “That means that his playing and training schedule will be the product of all of those factors and subject to ongoing assessment.”

The former Barcelona and Valencia forward has scored equalisers to rescue 1-1 draws for City in the first two games of their A-League season against Sydney FC and Newcastle Jets.

His last two matches will be this weekend’s local derby against Melbourne Victory and the following week’s fixture at home to Adelaide United.

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Nowitzki-Chandler reunion, Parsons give Mavs hope

Ubud Art Market

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UBUD - The Ubud Art Market, locally referred to as ‘Pasar Seni Ubud’ is located opposite the the Puri Saren Royal Ubud Palace and is open daily. Here you can find beautiful silk scarves, lightweight shirts, handmade woven bags, baskets or hats; statues, kites and many other hand-crafted goods.

Most of the goods found at the Ubud Market are made in the neighbouring villages of Pengosekan, Tegallalang, Payangan and Peliatan. The location of the Ubud Art Market which is centred among the art producing villages, and being just opposite the royal palace which is a centre point to Ubud itself, make it a strategic shopping place for Balinese handicrafts and souvenirs.

The Ubud market also serves as a setting for the Hollywood movie Eat Pray Love, which shows a scene where actress Julia Roberts opposite a male character strolling through the stalls which are frequently visited by foreign and domestic visitors in real life. Naturally, bargaining is essential.

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DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki welcomed Tyson Chandler to Dallas with little fanfare four years ago, and certainly not amid talk of potential championships. Now that they’re reunited after leading the Mavericks to their only title in 2011, it’s a hard for the team not to be a little giddy, even in the face of the Texas dynasty that is the San Antonio Spurs and a potent Western Conference.

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“I don’t think anyone knew what to expect the first time around,” Chandler said. “But clearly this time around and having the success and winning the championship here, the expectations are a little different on the return.” There a couple of other reasons for the bubbly atmosphere.

The first is that Dallas, seeded eighth last season, gave the Spurs their toughest playoff series before Tim Duncan and company marched to their fifth title since 1999, dethroning LeBron James and the Miami Heat. The second is several major roster changes besides Chandler, most notably adding Chandler Parsons on a $46 million, three-year offer sheet that the Houston Rockets wouldn’t match.

“I feel like we got better again,” Nowitzki said. “I think every summer, that should be the franchise’s goal. I feel like we got better and took a great step forward, but we all know how tough the West is.

It’s going to be tough to break into the top four.” Here are some things to consider as the Mavericks try to win a playoff series for the first time since 2011, after which they were immediately dismantled in the name of salary cap flexibility. Dallas opens the season at the Spurs on Oct. 28.

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Coach Rick Carlisle is going into his sixth straight season with at least two new starters — Parsons and Chandler included this time — and four new players in the rotation. Jameer Nelson is third starting point guard in the three seasons since Jason Kidd left. He signed as a free agent after he was released by Orlando, where he spent his first 10 seasons.

Another significant newcomer is backup forward Al-Farouq Aminu, who’ll bring a defensive presence to try to offset the loss of Shawn Marion to the Cavaliers. The Mavericks also have to find a way to replace the 3-point threat that Vince Carter took with him to Memphis. “It’s such a new roster that I think we’ve got to go into it with an open mind and then see what’s what,” Carlisle said.

BACK IN THE BIG D: Chandler was offered a one-year deal by the Mavericks coming off the 2011 championship, because owner Mark Cuban thought a long-term contract would be crippling under the new labor deal. Now, he’s back for the final year of the four-year contract he signed with the Knicks after an offseason trade. So, the obvious question is: Will the center beloved

by Mavericks fans be a one-year wonder again?

“If you would have asked me

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Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki, from Germany, backs in on Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James, right, during the first quarter of a preseason NBA basketball game Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, in Cleveland.

that question the last time I would have said yes, and I would have said I would have finished my career here,” Chandler said. “It still could happen.”

DOUBLE CHANDLER: It will be confusing all season: Tyson Chandler and Chandler Parsons. Carlisle tried to set some ground rules early in training camp, settling on “Tyson” for references to the center and “Parsons” on references to Nowitzki’s new sidekick at forward. If they want to think in basketball terms, it will be “rebounder-defender” for Chandler

and “all-around guy” for Parsons.

“He’s a very good all-around player and he’s another guy that brings some personality, some real personality to the team,” Carlisle said of Parsons. “If you don’t believe me, just ask him.”

WEIGHTGATE: During training camp, Carlisle called out Parsons for being overweight, prompting Parsons to tweet a shirtless picture of himself frowning. Carlisle thought better of it a day later and apologized to Parsons and reporters. Parsons never had much of a problem with it,

joking as he passed his coach talking to reporters that he was going to go do crunches.

AND DON’T FORGET: For all the talk about the return of Chandler and the arrival of Parsons, Monta Ellis is back at the off-guard spot and Devin Harris decided to re-sign after playing on a one-year deal last season. Harris will again play a significant role at the point, this time behind Nelson instead of Jose Calderon. “We have so many versatile guys off the bench to give you different looks,” Parsons said.

Williams suffers humbling defeat Reuters

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Serena Williams of the U.S. hits a return to Simona Halep of Romania during their WTA Finals singles tennis match at the Singapore Indoor Stadium October 22, 2014.

SINGAPORE - Ecstasy and euphoria are the usual emotions world number one Serena Williams experiences on a tennis court. On Wednesday, she encountered a different one - embarrassment. One of the game’s all-time greats, a winner of 18-grand slam singles crowns, 63 WTA titles, the owner of four Olympic gold medals, Williams has become accustomed to success.

But on Singapore’s purple indoor hard court on Wednesday, Simona Halep took her back 16 years to a time when, as a teenager, she was trying to make a name for herself.

Halep’s 6-0 6-2 success in their Red Group clash at the WTA Finals was the worst defeat Williams had experienced since she was crushed

6-1 6-1 by Joannette Kruger in the quarter-finals at Oklahoma City in 1998.

Halep served well, pushed her opponent around the court and went for her shots, but Williams, by her own admission, was woeful. “Yeah, my forehand was off today again. I guess it went on an early vacation,” a sombre and downbeat Williams told reporters.

“Lord knows my serve was as well. My serve, I don’t even know.

My serve was at best in the 10 and under division in juniors. “Yeah, it was actually embarrassing I think describes the way I played. Yeah, very embarrassing.”

Williams had shown no sign of what was to come on Wednesday as she held of the feisty challenge of Ana Ivanovic to start her campaign on Monday with a 6-4 6-4 victory,

her 16th consecutive win in the season-ending championships she has won the last two years.

That was her first action since pulling out of the Wuhan Open because of illness then the China Open with a knee complaint earlier this month. Characteristically, she didn’t blame the knee ailment, which had required extensive rest, for Wednesday’s meltdown.

“I’m definitely not 100 percent okay. I’m just here playing, but I’m not nowhere near 100 percent,” she said. “That has nothing to do with today’s match. I think Simona played really well and the best match of her career.

“To be quite frankly honest, I’m looking forward to our next meeting because she is making me going to go home and work hard and particularly train for her.”

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2nd ship to join hunt for missing Malaysian plane

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SYDNEY — A second ship was preparing to join the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in a remote patch of the Indian Ocean on Wednesday, as Malaysia’s defense minister expressed confidence the plane will be found.

The Discovery, provided by Dutch contractor Fugro, was scheduled to arrive in the search zone about 1,800 kilometers (1,100) miles west of Australia on Wednesday, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said in a statement. The GO Phoenix, a Malaysian ship that has been combing the area since early October, is in the Western Australian city of Fremantle getting fresh supplies.

Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, who

was in Australia to greet the GO Phoenix during its return to port, said everything possible was being done to find the Boeing 777, which inexplicably disappeared on March 8 during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. “We must continue to hope because sometimes hope is all we have,” he said. “We will find MH370.”

The search ships are dragging sonar devices called towfish through the water about 100 meters (330

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In this map provided on Sept. 24, 2014, by The Australian Transport Safety Bureau, details are presented in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean.

feet) above the seabed to hunt for the wreckage. The towfish, which are also equipped with jet fuel sensors, transmit data in real-time to those on board the vessels.

The underwater search resumed in early October after being on hold for four months while crews mapped the seabed in the 60,000square kilometer (23,000-square mile) search zone. The GO Phoenix has searched over 1,200 square kilometers (460 square miles) so far. Despite a massive air and sea search, not a single piece of debris from the plane has been found.

Australian officials are still receiving reports from people who believe they have found wreckage washed up along the Australian coastline, but all have been false alarms. Drift modeling by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority has shown any floating debris would likely have traveled west, away from Australia. Because of that, Australia asked Indonesian officials to be on the lookout for any wreckage, as it is possible some may have drifted to the island nation’s coastline, the transport safety bureau said.

Meanwhile, a third ship, the Fugro Equator, is still mapping areas of the search zone and will join the hunt once that is complete, likely in the next week or so. The search is expected to take up to a year.

Indiana man was violent long before 7 killings

Associated Press

GARY, Indiana — With hindsight, there were signs years ago of increasing violence against women by Darren Vann, who police say has confessed to killing seven women in northwestern Indiana and is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.

Indiana court records from 2004 describe him grabbing a woman in a chokehold, dousing her with gasoline and threatening to set her on fire. He was sentenced to a year in prison.

In 2009, he was convicted in Texas of raping a woman. She told

police that when she went to his apartment in Austin he knocked her down and began to strangle her, hit her several times in the face and said he could kill her, court records show. He was released from prison last year, when he moved back to Indiana.

In both cases, the charges against Vann were reduced in plea bargains, and Texas officials deemed him a low risk for violence. He registered as a sex offender in Indiana and police made a routine check in September that he lived at the address he provided.

“He was not on our radar at

all,” Gary Police Chief Larry McKinley said at a news conference Tuesday, adding that Vann was never suspected of taking part in homicides in the days or months before his arrest at the weekend.

Now Vann, 43, is charged with the strangulation death of one woman in Hammond, Indiana, and police say more charges are expected after he directed them to the bodies of six more women in nearby Gary. Texas and Indiana authorities have been poring over cold case files and missing person reports to determine if there are more victims.

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Ebola airport checks expand; nurses get training Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is closing a gap in Ebola screening at airports while states from New York to Texas to California work to get hospitals and nurses ready in case another patient turns up somewhere in the U.S. with the deadly disease.

Under the rule going into effect Wednesday, air travelers from the West African nations of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea must enter the United States through one of five airports doing special screenings and fever checks for Ebola. A handful of people had been arriving at other airports and missing the checks.

A total of 562 air travelers have been checked in the screenings that started Oct. 11 at New York’s Kennedy airport and expanded to four others last week, Homeland Security officials said. Four were taken from Washington’s Dulles airport to a local hospital. None had Ebola.

The other airports are Newark’s Liberty, Chicago’s O’Hare and Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson.

The tightened rules for West African travelers come as Rwanda — an Ebola-free country in East Africa — said it would begin checking visiting Americans for the disease because of the three cases that occurred in the U.S. The Obama administration has been under increasing pressure from lawmakers and the public to ban travel from the three hardesthit West African nations where more than 4,500 people have died of Ebola. President Barack Obama says such a ban could make the situation in those countries worse and make it harder for foreign doctors and aid workers to bring the outbreak under control.

There are no direct flights from the three nations into the U.S.; about 150 fliers per day arrive by various multi-leg routes. About 6 percent of them were coming through airports that don’t have the new Ebola screening, federal officials said.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said with the change, “we currently have in place measures to identify and screen anyone at all land, sea and air ports of entry into the United States who we have reason to believe has been present in Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea in the preceding 21 days.”

Homeland Security officials at the airports use no-touch thermometers to check for fever, which can be a symptom of Ebola infection.

People who have been infected with the virus may not develop a fever and illness for up to 21 days.

In Texas, Gov. Rick Perry designated two special Ebola treatment units to take any future patients in his state, site of the only three cases diagnosed in the United States during this outbreak. They were a man from Liberia infected before he came to the U.S. and two of the nurses who treated him at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. That hospital wasn’t chosen as a future Ebola center to grant staff members some relief, Perry said. Dozens of the hospital’s employees are still being monitored in case they, too, were infected.

Judge Clay Jenkins, Dallas County’s top administrator, said staff members at the Dallas hospital are tired, with “a wealth of emotions going on.”

“It would be inhumane and not in their best interest, nor in anyone else’s best interest, for them to be directed or forced into continuing,” Jenkins said.

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From page 1 Why they are not cracked? “Farmland or paddy field plotting is hard to be cracked because the plotters do it secretly. In general, they directly coordinated with relevant agencies without going through formal procedures of land plotting ranging from the socialization to surrounding residents, hamlet chief, headman, subdistrict head to the regent,” added John.

To suppress the plotting action, he emphasized, the relevant agencies should raid more intensively and monitor directly to the field. In addition, the lowest authority should cooperate with the surrounding community in terms of submission of reporting or information if there was a maturation or cleanup activity and dismantling of productive land like agricultural land or paddy field. No less importantly, people should be aware and have understanding as consumers by always asking for information about the completeness of document related to the land purchased in order not to regret later on. Buying a land without a certificate and buying a land at inappropriate designation would not get a building permit as the administrative requirements of the building pursuant to the existing rules. (kmb36)

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Maternal mortality rate in Indonesia still high Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s maternal mortality rate is still high, some 359 per 100 thousand live births, according to the National Demography and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN).

“Based on the SDKI 2012 (the Indonesian Demography and Health Survey), the maternal mortality rate (in Indonesia) is still far from the 2015 target of the Millennium Development Goals of 102 per 100 thousand live births,” the Deputy Head for Prosperous Family and Family Empowerment of BKKBN, Sudibyo Alimoeso, said on Tuesday.

Mothers face the risk of dying either during pregnancy or delivery, he stated, adding that a number of efforts must be taken, including promoting the role of hospitals, to

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General Chairman of The Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Prabowo Subianto and vice president Jusuf Kalla met on Tuesday night.

Gerindra lauds meeting between Prabowo and JK Antara

JAKARTA - The Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) has lauded the recent meeting between its general chairman Prabowo Subianto and vice president Jusuf Kalla calling it as demonstration of the two leaders’ commitment to national development.

“The meeting is good and strengthens the commitment of Pak (Mr) JK and Pak Prabowo as national leaders,” the party’s advisory board member, Martin Hutabarat, said on Wednesday.

He said political campaign dynamic has already ended following the conclusion of the presidential election and now was the time to build the country.

In view of that Prabowo’s recent visit to the office of the vice president had given a positive signal for development of national unity.

“They talked about how political elites could unite in the future

so that differences could be overcome while criticisms could still be made,” he said.

Martin said the meeting on Tuesday had thawed communications between coalitions of parties in the parliament.

It has also developed common commitment to put aside group vested interests, he added.

“In the future communications should be more fluid and the meeting has underlined the importance of setting aside the interests of groups for the sake of wider interests,” he said.

Prabowo and Jusuf Kalla ex-

changed apologies during the meeting over harsh words that might have been produced during the campaign period and agreed that they were now “on the same boat.”

The two denied that the meeting had to do with an offer of ministerial posts for Prabowo’s Red-White coalition.

Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Jusuf Kalla were inaugurated as the country’s new president and vice president respectively on Monday.

The two are now preparing to announce the list of ministers to be in their cabinet.

reduce the maternal mortality rate.

“Raising the role played by government and private hospitals is one of the strategies to revitalize the national family planning programs as part of efforts to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates,” he noted.

To increase access to family planning services, particularly those in hospitals, Alimoeso revealed that the agency had made a number of breakthroughs and innovations.

“A way to bring in a competitive edge among hospitals in Indonesia was to improve the quality of and innovations in various fields,” he stated.

Alimoeso further added that the inability of hospitals to address environmental changes could also have been detrimental to their performance and affected their general image.

Paspampres urged to boost security

Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesian Military Commander General Moeldoko urged the Presidential Security Guard (Paspampres) to increase the security offered to the president or other VVIPs and to not allow any deviation from the standard operating procedure (SOP).

“For that, I ask the Paspampres to check and re-check the security system that has been implemented,” Indonesian Military Commander Gen. Moeldoko remarked on Wednesday.

We must anticipate the worst-case scenario while offering security to VVIPs, so that the system is not exposed to anti-social elements when a real threat suddenly emerges, he noted.

Moeldoko stated that the Paspampres soldiers must increase their professionalism, preparedness, and vigil to avoid committing mistakes.

“I trust and believe that the demands of the task can be carried out properly. I am glad because the Paspampres has been able to carry out their duties with dedication, awareness, and a high sense of responsibility,” he affirmed.

The motto “Faithful Vigilant,” which has become the pride of every soldier of the Paspampres, should be an expression of the soldier’s belief and intentions that reflects a strong determination.

“I hope that the motto is always imbibed by the Paspampres at any level, so that it can provide security, safety, and comfort to all VVIPs,” he affirmed.

On the occasion, the Indonesian Military Commander lauded Major General Doni Monardo for his dedication and loyalty in performing his assigned tasks.

“To Major General Andika Perkasa, congratulations to you on becoming the commander of the Presidential Security Guard (Danpaspampres). I believe that all the abilities, experiences, and instinct can improve the capacity and quality of the Paspampres in performing their tasks,” he emphasized.

Before being elected as the commander of the Presidential Security Guard (Danpaspamres), Andika served as the head of the Information Department of the Army (Kadispenad).

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Buleleng manages city tour package

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SINGARAJA - The existence of historical buildings originating from Dutch era in Buleleng recently began to be managed to support the tourism development in Northern Bali. By utilizing approximately ten units of Dutch heritage buildings, the local government manages a city tour package. Unfortunately, the enthusiasts of this tour package remains quite minimal. It happens because the package belongs to a quite specific tour.

China economy grows at slowest pace in 5 years Associated Press

BEIJING — China’s economic growth waned to a five-year low of 7.3 percent last quarter, raising concerns of a spillover effect on the global economy but falling roughly in line with Chinese leaders’ plans for a controlled slowdown.

The third-quarter figures, released Tuesday, put China on course for annual growth somewhat lower than the 7.5 percent targeted by leaders, though they have indicated there is wiggleroom in their plan. The world’s No. 2 economy grew 7.5 percent from a year earlier in the previous quarter and 7.4 percent in the first quarter.

Communist leaders are trying to steer China toward growth based on domestic consumption instead of over-reliance on trade and investment. But the slowdown comes with the risk of politically dangerous job losses and policymakers bolstered growth in the second quarter with mini-stimulus measures.

Employment, however, remained strong through the third quarter and the service industries such as retailing that leaders want to promote have done well this year despite the downturn, which has been focused largely in the property market, said economist Julian Evans-Pritchard of Capital Economics.

“There is still a lot of downward pressure on the economy,” Evans-Pritchard said. Spending on infrastructure shored up growth in the second quarter but “once that fizzled out, the downward pressure has returned.”

Investors shrugged off the news, relieved that China’s growth hadn’t fallen below 7 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average was up more than 140 points in early-afternoon trading Tuesday.

European stocks rose, and Asian stocks were mixed.

A further slowdown in China’s economy would likely cause some damage to the U.S. economy, the world’s largest, as well as commodity producers such as Australia, Indonesia and Brazil that have grown accustomed to strong Chinese demand.

Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, estimates that each 1 percentage point drop in China’s economic growth shaves 0.2 percentage point from annual U.S. growth, which is equal to the effect of a $20-a-barrel increase in oil prices.

Still, the third-quarter figure beat expectations by many economists of about 7.2 percent, or lower, which could have increased calls for a new round of major stimulus measures that the government can ill afford after a debt fueled investment binge in response to the 2009 global recession. Asian stock markets took the data largely in stride, ending the day with unspectacular gains or losses.

China’s growth in industrial production was largely stable, with a rate of 8.5 percent year-on-year in the first three quarters, down 0.3 point from the first half, the National Bureau of Statistics reported. Investment in factories, real estate and other fixed assets rose 16.1 percent year-on-year, but real estate investment lagged at 12.5 percent growth in the first nine months of 2014 due to government controls imposed to curb a surge in housing costs.

Growth in consumer spending cooled to 11.6 percent in September, the fourth monthly decline in a row.

China’s economic growth reached a whopping 14 percent in 2007, but took a hit from the global recession of 2008-2009 and has declined steadily since 2012.

The International Monetary Fund said in July that China should lower its growth target to no more than 7 percent for next year, but some analysts expect an even deeper decline, to as low as 6.8 percent. That would be stronger than the United States, Japan or Europe, but it would be China’s weakest annual growth in two decades.

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Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli delivers his opening remarks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) finance ministers meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014.

APEC finance chiefs meet amid global worries Agence France-Presse

BEIJING - The global economic recovery is beset by “downside risks”, China’s vice-premier told Asia-Pacific finance ministers Wednesday, a day after growth in the world’s second-largest economy hit a five-year low.

The meeting of ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Beijing comes ahead of the group’s annual summit next month, when Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to host counterparts including US President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “Now global economic recovery remains difficult, with downside risks still existing,” China’s Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli said in a speech formally starting the finance meeting.

The Asia-Pacific region faced challenges including what he described as “policy adjustment of major de-

veloped economies”, apparently a reference to the US Federal Reserve’s winding down of the vast bond purchase programme it put in place to fight the global financial crisis.

His comments came a day after China, a major driver of global growth, announced that gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 7.3 percent in the third quarter, its slowest pace since the depths of the crisis.

APEC, established in 1989, groups 21 economies spanning Asia, Oceania and North and South America and includes giants the United States, China, Japan and Russia, emerging economies such as Mexico and

Indonesia and small nations such as Brunei and Papua New Guinea.

“The Asia-Pacific region is the main driving force and engine for global economic growth,” Zhang said, stressing that the 21 APEC economies account for 40 percent of the world’s population, 70 percent of the global economy and 46 percent of world trade.

Zhang said ministers would be discussing, among other issues, the global and regional economy, infrastructure investment and financing cooperation and fiscal and taxation policy.

Over its quarter-century history APEC, which is a consensus-based grouping, has made the pursuit of free trade among member economies a persistent goal. Nowadays it says its main objective “is to support sustainable economic growth and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region”.

The Head of Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency, Ketut Warkadea, said the offer of city tour package had been developed since a long time ago. Travelers were offered to have a look around in the town of Singaraja. During the tour, travelers were taken to visit some historical buildings with the style of Dutch architecture.

Moreover, travelers also had the opportunity to visit the area of Buleleng Palace, Gedong Kertya, Buleleng Museum and surrounding areas.

But so far, the management of this tour package was not optimal.

It happened because the enthusiasts of the tour package remained quite minimal. Travelers getting interested in visiting the objects were Dutch travelers who wanted to reminisce by looking at the building designed by their predecessor at the time of colonization. Besides, they also chose the tour package to do some research on the history. “This package has been arranged for a long time but the visit is minimal.

We are still developing and promoting it,” he said.

According to this official from Kubutambahan village, management of the city tour package got many serious obstacles such as the Dutch historical building belonged

to private property. With this condition, it was quite difficult for the government to do maintenance or arrangement to the building. Even, he began to worry if the historical buildings would be demolished by the owners. If it happened, the historical buildings in Buleleng originating from the Dutch era would be extinct. To that end, the local government could only appeal to the owners in order to maintain and preserve the historical buildings.

“We worry because the historical buildings are private property, they can be demolished. If this happens, the historical building will go away as such,” he said.

To note, there are approximately ten historical buildings in Singaraja posing the Dutch heritage.

The buildings include the bridge located in the tourist area of former Buleleng Harbor. Apparently, the bridge is not well maintained. Both ends are deliberately closed with the establishment of a park embellished with an ornamental lamp post.

Besides, on the top of the bridge is also fitted with a canopy. Now, the canopy has been damaged because it is unable to bear the scorching heat of the sun and the roof sheets come off. Due to lack for attention, the bridge finally becomes a place to express the graffiti action by us-

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The existence of historical buildings originating from Dutch era in Buleleng recently began to be managed to support the tourism development in Northern Bali. By utilizing approximately ten units of Dutch heritage buildings, the local government manages a city tour package.

ing spray paint.

Other than the historical bridge, there are still some Dutch style buildings ranging from schools, offices and private homes. Not only in the town, can the Dutch style

building also be found at countryside. The building is located at Munduk village, Banjar subdistrict.

It is said, some units of the building at the clove producing village was formerly used as a resting place

for travelers from the Netherlands who first came to Munduk village.

Until now, the building is still conserved and managed by the tourism stakeholders at the local village. (kmb38)

Performing common melasti after 450 years ago

Ultimately Balinese people can watch a scarce common melasti procession of the deity from the Agung Kentel Gumi Klungkung and the deity from the Pasar Agung Besakih Giri Tolangkir Temple of Karangasem on Tuesday (Oct 21). It was the first procession after 450 years ago as mentioned in the Usana Bali chronicle. The meeting of both deities at the Catus Pata or central intersection invited tens of thousands of Hindu pilgrims to participate in escorting the deities in the melasti procession to Segara Klotok.

Melasti at the Agung Kentel Gumi Temple is related to Pangusabhan Jagat ritual, while the melasti of the Pasar Agung Besakih Giri Tolangkir Temple is associated with the Tawur Panca Wali Krama, Wana Kertih and pujawali or temple anniversary.

In the procession last Tuesday, the meeting of both deities took place around 12:45 a.m. escorted by tens of thousands of Hindus from Klungkung and Karangasem. Some people seem to get possessed. Spokesperson of the Pangusabhan Jagat Ritual Committee, Wayan Parna, mentioned on Tuesday (Oct 21) that according to the Usana Bali chronicle the last common melasti procession occurred during the reign of Dalem Waturenggong.

Sanctified effigy of the deity from the Agung Kentel Gumi Temple arrived first at the Catus Pata of Klungkung around 11:45 a.m. About 50 minutes later, the sanctified effigy of the deity from the Pasar Agung

Besakih Giri Tolangkir Temple arrived and was escorted by thousands of Hindu pilgrims after covering the distance of tens of kilometers from 4 o’clock in the morning. After meeting at the Catus Pata, the sanctified effigy of the deity from the Pasar Agung Besakih Giri Tolangkir resumed first the pilgrimage to Segara Klotok through Jalan Puputan. Then, it was followed by the sanctified effigy of the deity from the Agung Kentel Gumi Temple. Dozens of Hindus were very enthusiastic to join such historical event. They directly participated in joining the melasti procession to Segara Klotok.

Meanwhile, on Segara Klotok, thousands of Hindus had to wait the arrival of the sanctified effigy of both deities to follow the melasti procession on the beach, known to be very much sanctified by the Hindus in Bali. After the melasti procession, the deity from Pasar Agung Besakih

Giri Tolangkir of Karangasem would have a sojourn and overnight at the Agung Kentel Gumi Temple for one day. On the following day, the deity from the Pasar Agung Besakih Giri Tolangkir was back to resume the journey to the local temple through Tembuku road section on foot.

Seeing the meaning of their relationship, the ritual committee of the Pasar Agung Besakih Giri Tolangkir and Agung Kentel Gumi Temple already had an agreement where similar melasti procession in the future would be made every 10 years. It was said the agreement had been approved by the patron of the Pasar Agung Besakih Giri Tolangkir, Ida Pedanda Gede Wayahan Tianyar from Griya Menara Sidemen, Karangasem, and patron of the Agung Kentel Gumi Temple, Ida Pedanda Gede Putra Tembau from Griya Aan Klungkung. Besides, it had also been blessed by Ida Dalem Semaraputra

from Klungkung Grand Palace.

Meanwhile, the peak of Pangusaban Jagat ritual at the Agung Kentel Gumi Temple would take place on Friday (Nov 7) right on the full moon (Purnama Kalima). As planned, the ritual would be closed on November 18. On that account, if the Hindus could not come and say prayers on the peak of ritual, the Hindus throughout Indonesia could still say prayers because the deity would still bless the pilgrims (nyejer) for eleven days.

The Agung Kentel Gumi Temple is one of the Kahyangan Jagat (universal) temples located at Tusan Kawan hamlet, Tusan customary village, Banjarangkan, Klungkung.

This temple was founded by Mpu Kuturan and enhanced by Kresna Kepakisan Dynasty as a sanctum to venerate Sang Hyang Reka Bhuana.

Besides, this temple is also known as the Puseh Temple of Bali Island. (gik)

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HK protest talks show gap between students, govt

Three residents bitten by rabies positive dog Bali Post

TABANAN - A dog bite case occurred again in Tabanan. A 3.5-month-old dog bit three residents, namely AS on Wednesday (Oct 15) as well as MN and AR on the following day, Thursday (Oct 16).

Since the incidents occurred successively, the dog was taken its sample and sent to the Denpasar Veterinary Office. As a result, the dog was declared positive to rabies.

Chief of the Tabanan Health Agency, Nyoman Suratmika, confirmed the existence of the three people bitten by rabies positive dog in Tabanan.

“Through laboratory test, the biting dog was declared positive,” he said. The tree-month-old dog is owned by a resident from Delod Peken Tabanan.

“The dog belongs to local race and has not been vaccinated yet by the owner,” added Suratmika.

The P2MPL Division Head of the Tabanan Health Agency, I Wayan Triana Suryanata, added that the family of the victims bitten by the dog in a succession was scared and reported the incident to the Livestock Agency field officer in the local subdistrict. The case was revealed after receiving the report, where the field officer promptly came down to dog owner in order to conduct an examination against the biting dog. “At first, the owner refused because the dog is still considered healthy.

Yet, on Monday he was finally willing his dog to be eliminated and the brain sample was taken.

Having been examined, it was proved positive,” said Triana.

All the three victims bitten by the dog, added Triana, directly got a wound care and Anti Rabies Vaccine (VAR) on the day of bitten. Since the wound was not at highly risk part, namely on the leg, the victim was not given Anti Rabies Serum (SAR). On the other hand, the SAR stock in Tabanan only remained two ampoules and would only be given for the case of high risk bite namely on fingertips or from the shoulders upwards. “SAR is given in appropriate with the weight. One ampoule is given to per 20 kilogram body weight. So, the remaining two ampoules will be given to 40 kg of weight,” said Triana.

VAR took three weeks to form antibodies against the rabies virus to the maximum, while SAR was the antibody directly injected into the wound. Effective administration of SAR was up to five days after being bitten. If the SAR administration was more than five days, it would no longer effective.

The number of SAR stock was very limited in its procurement. Other than being expensive, the expiry date of SAR was only two weeks and its production could only be obtained from France.

Though getting no SAR, Triana had confidence that three victims would not be exposed to rabies as having been given VAR. Moreover, the vaccination had been carried out totally on the day of being bitten, day 7 and day 21. “On that account, we will continue to monitor the victims that have received complete vaccination,” said Triana.

Tabanan itself recorded the positive rabies dog case that bit humans, but they were not infected due to complete VAR administration. For example, such bite cases occurred at Sandan Pemekaran Wanasari in 2013 or bite case at Dangin Carik and Pangkung village in 2014. According to Triana, in all the cases, the dogs were positive to rabies but the victims were still healthy until now due to complete VAR administration. “For human death due to being positive to rabies, Tabanan recorded 12 fatalities from 2008-2009,” said Triana. (kmb24)

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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Associated Press Writer

HONG KONG — On one side of the table sat the idealistic and earnest young students in jeans and black T-shirts, knapsacks by their sides. Facing them was the line-up of seasoned government officials in their formal suits.

The Bypass Prof. IB Mantra Road

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Road users restless

Jalan Bypass Prof. IB Mantra filled with nail mines Bali Post

SEMARAPURA - Road users passing through the Jalan Bypass Prof. IB Mantra were made restless lately. It happened because someone was alleged to intentionally spread hundreds of nails along the road. As a result, dozens of the road users, both motorcyclists and car drivers, became the victims. Even, some of them almost became the victim of accident due to driving at high speed.

One of the villagers of Akah, Klungkung, AA Istri Radika Asri, Tuesday (Oct 21), claimed to be one of the victims of the nail mines. At that time, she had just returned from Denpasar in the afternoon around six o’clock with her brother. When arriving on the bypass road section at the border of Gianyar and Klungkung, her motorcycle suddenly swerved and nearly triggered a series of accidents with other vehicles in the middle of the lane.

“Fortunately, I rode slowly. Therefore, I could still maintain the balance of my motorcycle,” she said.

Having been checked at roadside, in fact the rear tire of her motorcycle had been filled with dozens of nails with the length of about 5 cm. All the nails

still looked new. After experiencing the incident, she claimed to have to push her motorcycle along two kilometers in search of a repair shop. When arriving at repair shop, in fact dozens of other people from Klungkung and Karangasem were experiencing the same incident. All the victims admitted to have similar experience where the rear tire was punctured by nails of large size at almost the same location. Even, one of tires of those motorcycles was widely torn. Unfortunately, due to dark condition, dozens of those residents could not check the existence of those nails.

At that repair shop, dozens of people had become the victims. Even, some of the victims were police officers. They had also enraged and contacted to their

institution. According to surrounding residents and workers at the repair shop, several road users experienced similar incident and such incident had occurred since the past few days. On the other hand, some of the victims suspected the repair shop because it was the only repair shop around the scene. However, another victim namely Agung Oka admitted to be suspicious if the culprit was the roving tire repairman.

Meanwhile, Chief of the Klungkung Police Traffic Affairs, I Nyoman Subrata, when contacted on Tuesday (Oct 21) claimed not to hear about the case. He alleged that such incident was the mode by particular parties, especially the repair shop. Nevertheless, his party would make coordination with the Banjarangkan Police to address the concerns of residents as a result of the nail mines. Moreover, his party would also make coordination with Gianyar Police because from the narrative of a number of victims, it was experienced from the area of bypass road in Gianyar to Klungkung. (gik)

In an unprecedented two-hour televised meeting Tuesday, the students passionately explained why they had taken to the streets for more than three weeks to fight for greater democracy in the speciallyrun Chinese region. The officials responded that the students’ demands were not legally feasible.

The discussion yielded scant progress, and protesters remained camped out on streets in three busy districts of the Asian financial hub on Wednesday.

The meeting also highlights the vast generational and political divide that needs to be bridged to end Hong Kong’s biggest political crisis since China took control of the city 17 years ago.

The student-led protests are rooted in growing discontent among young people about poor economic prospects amid one of the world’s biggest wealth gaps. The protesters want Hong Kong’s government to abandon a requirement by China’s legislature for a committee to screen candidates for inaugural 2017 elections for the top leader. They say it gives the city’s pro-Beijing elite too much say.

President Xi Jinping, who has taken a hard-line approach to dissent in other Chinese regions, is unlikely to give any ground.

As student leaders considered whether to meet officials again, protesters vowed to keep occupying the protest zones despite three court injunctions granted this week to taxi and minibus operators and the owner of an office tower ordering them to leave. Cheung Kuen, a retired 55-year-old stock trader who watched the entire meeting, said there were no winners.

“The students have their rights, and the government has its problems,” Cheung said. “Nothing has changed. The government side already gave some proposals, which were not very deep. The students and society already know them.

Hong Kong is only a region and can’t do any more so now it’s about who has more patience.”

He said he agreed with the students’ reform proposals calling for open nominations for candidates in the city’s 2017 election, but he didn’t see any chance of them becoming a reality.

AP Photo/Kin Cheung

Hong Kong government officials, from right, the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Undersecretary Bureau Lau Kong-wah, Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Secretary Raymond Tam, Chief Secretary for Administration Carrie Lam, Justice Secretary Rimsky Yuen and Office of the Chief Executive Director Edward Yau Tang-wah, sit opposite to the student leaders from the Hong Kong Federation of Students, from fifth left to far left, General Secretary Eason Chung, Deputy Secretary-General Lester Shum, Secretary-General Alex Chow, Council Members Nathan Law and Yvonne Leung during a photo call before their talks in Hong Kong Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014.

North Korean detainee lands back home in Ohio Associated Press Writer

AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2014, file photo, Jeffrey Fowle, an American detained in North Korea speaks to the Associated Press in Pyongyang, North Korea.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — A U.S. man detained for nearly half a year in North Korea has landed back home. A plane carrying Jeffrey Fowle landed Wednesday morning at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, where he had an emotional reunion with his family.

Moments after Fowle stepped off a plane at the base just after 6:30 a.m., he was met and hugged by his three children, wife and other relatives.

Base Col. John Devillier said Fowle had a teary reunion with his family. He said Fowle was happy and seemed thrilled to be back in the U.S. Devillier said Fowle’s family hadn’t told the children why they were being brought to the base and that it was a surprise for them to see their father walk off the plane.

The State Department announced Tuesday that the 56-year-old Fowle had been released. The news came about six months after he was taken into custody after leaving a Bible at a nightclub. Chris-

tian evangelism is considered a crime in North Korea.

He had been awaiting trial — the only one of three Americans held by Pyongyang who had not been convicted of charges.

The two others were each sentenced to years in North Korean prisons after court trials that lasted no more than 90 minutes.

The three Americans entered North Korea separately.

Fowle was flown out of North Korea on a U.S. military jet that was spotted at Pyongyang’s international airport Tuesday by two Associated Press journalists. There was no immediate explanation for the release of Fowle, who was whisked to the U.S. territory of Guam before heading back to his wife and three children in Ohio.

State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said Tuesday that Fowle was seen by doctors and appeared to be in good medical health. She declined to give more details about his release except to thank the government of Sweden, which has an embassy in Pyongyang, for its “tireless efforts.” Harf would not say whether any American officials had intervened directly with the North Koreans.

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Paralysed man walks again after breakthrough treatment Agence France-Presse

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Firemen stand as worker wearing rompers and gloves come out ofthe building entrance of the apartment building of the Spanish nurse infected with Ebola in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014.

Ebola: Why virus kills some, other people survive Associated Press

WASHINGTON — People who shared an apartment with the country’s first Ebola patient are emerging from quarantine healthy. And while Thomas Eric Duncan died and two U.S. nurses were infected caring for him, there are successes, too: A nurse infected in Spain has recovered, as have four American aid workers infected in West Africa. Even there, not everyone dies.

So why do some people escape Ebola, and not others?

The end of quarantine for 43 people in Dallas who had contact with Duncan “simply supports what most of us who know something about the disease have been saying all along: It’s not that easily spread,” said Dr. Joseph McCormick of the University of Texas School of Public Health. Formerly with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, McCormick worked on the first known Ebola outbreak in 1976 and numerous other outbreaks of Ebola and related hemorrhagic viruses.

Ebola spreads by contact with bodily fluids, such as through a break in the skin or someone with contaminated hands touching the eyes or nose. Once inside the body, Ebola establishes a foothold by targeting the immune system’s first line of defense, essentially dis-

abling its alarms. The virus rapidly reproduces, infecting multiple kinds of cells before the immune system recognizes the threat and starts to fight back.

Only after enough virus is produced do symptoms appear, starting with fever, muscle pain, headache and sore throat. And only then is someone contagious.

It’s not clear why Ebola runs a different course in different people.

But how rapidly symptoms appear depends partly on how much virus a patient was initially exposed to, McCormick said.

The World Health Organization has made clear that there’s far more virus in blood, vomit and feces than in other bodily fluids. There is no specific treatment for Ebola but specialists say basic supportive care — providing intravenous fluids and nutrients, and maintaining blood pressure — is crucial to give the

body time to fight off the virus.

Profuse vomiting and diarrhea can cause dehydration. Worse, in the most severe cases, patients’ blood vessels start to leak, causing blood pressure to drop to dangerous levels and fluid to build up in the lungs.

“The key issue is balance between keeping their blood pressure up by giving them fluids, and not pushing them into pulmonary edema where they’re literally going to drown,” McCormick said.

Death usually is due to shock and organ failure.

“We depend on the body’s defenses to control the virus,” said Dr. Bruce Ribner, who runs the infectious disease unit at Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital, which successfully treated three aid workers with Ebola and now is treating one of the Dallas nurses.

LONDON - A paralysed man can walk again after receiving revolutionary treatment which one of the British scientists responsible hailed as a breakthrough “more impressive than a man walking on the Moon” -- although others urged caution.

Darek Fidyka was paralysed from the chest down, but can now walk using a frame after nerve cells from his nose were transplanted into his severed spinal column in Poland, according to research published Tuesday in the journal Cell Transplantation.

“When there’s nothing, you can’t feel almost half of your body.

You’re helpless, lost,” the patient, who is now recovering at the Akron Neuro-Rehabilitation Centre in Wroclaw, told the BBC’s Panorama programme, who filmed his remarkable recovery.

“When it (the feeling) begins to come back, you feel you’ve started your life all over again, as if you are reborn,” said the 40-year-old Polish man, whose injuries were caused by a knife attack in 2010.

“It’s an incredible feeling, difficult to describe,” he added.

Olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs), which form part of the sense of smell, were used in the treatment as they are pathway cells that enable nearby nerve fibres to be regenerated.

Pawel Tabakow, consultant neurosurgeon at Wroclaw University, led a team of surgeons in removing one of the patient’s olfactory bulbs before transplanting cultured cells into the spinal cord in the treatment’s two crucial operations.

Contacted by AFP, he said the patient was “exhausted” by the documentary filming schedule, which lasted a year.

The scientists involved think that the cells, implanted above and below the injury, enabled damaged fibres to reconnect, although other researchers have reacted more sceptically.

“What we’ve done is establish a principle -- nerve fibres can grow back and restore function, provided we give them a bridge,” said Geoff Raisman, chair of neural regeneration at University College London’s Institute of Neurology, who led the British research team working on the joint project.

“To me, this is more impressive than a man walking on the Moon. I believe this is the moment when paralysis can be reversed.”

But other scientists were far more cautious, saying it was important to await the results of clinical testing with more cases.

“We have to be very prudent,” said Alain Privat from France’s health and medical research institute Inserm.

Simone Di Giovanni, head of restorative neuroscience at Imperial College London, added that there was “no evidence that the transplant is responsible for the reported neurological improvement”.

This assertion was disputed by Wagih El-Masri, a professor of spinal surgery at Keele University in Britain, who was an independent assessor on the Polish case.

For two years after his injury, Fidyka showed no sign of recovery despite intensive five-hour physiotherapy sessions. The first signs of improvement came three months after the surgery, when his left thigh began putting on muscle.

Three months later, Fidyka was able to take his first steps with the aid of parallel bars and leg braces. He can now walk outside using a frame and has also recovered some feeling in his bladder and bowel.

The research was funded by the UK Stem Cell Foundation and the Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation (NSIF), set up by chef David Nicholls after his son Daniel was paralysed in a 2003 swimming accident.

“When Dan had his accident I made him a promise that, one day, he would walk again,” Nicholls told the BBC. “The results with Darek show we are making significant progress towards that goal.”

NSIF has given £1 million ($1.6 million, 1.26 million euros) to researchers in London and £240,000 to the team in Poland.

Both camps say they will not seek to profit from the research.

They hope to raise enough money to hold clinical trials on 10 patients in Britain and Poland.

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Briton found dead

Wife admits ordering killing Agence France-Presse

DENPASAR - The body of a British man was found Tuesday tied up in a ditch with his throat slashed on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. The wife has admitted ordering the killing, police said Wednesday.

He was killed on instructions from his Indonesian wife, they said, with one suspected motive

being money.

The wife, Julaikah Noor Ellis, went to the police to report her

husband missing soon after the body was found, but she was later detained and named a suspect in

IBP/Yudi Karnaedi

Police investigated murder location of British man that was found Tuesday tied up in a ditch with his throat slashed.

the case.

“Our suspicion towards the wife of the victim was first aroused when some of the victim’s friends said there have been problems between the couple for a while,” detective Wisnu Wardana said.

“After talking to her slowly and kindly for a while, she finally admitted it.”

She was in the house at the time of the killing but told police that she was in her room when it took place, he said.

The boyfriend of a housemaid had carried out the killing, police said. The maid had admitted it took place in Ellis’s kitchen between Sunday evening and Monday morning, they said.

The wife, two maids and the boyfriend were in police custody, while four friends of the alleged murderer suspected of involvement were being pursued by police.

Ellis had been living in a villa in Sanur, and his body was found in a village to the north of the tourist area, far from any houses.

He was originally from Britain but had been living in Australia for a long time before moving to Bali, and was a dual national.

The news comes after the body of an American tourist was found stuffed in a suitcase outside a hotel on the island in August.

The victim’s daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend were arrested over the killing.

Bali, a pocket of Hinduism in Muslim-majority Indonesia, attracts millions of foreign visitors

Badung revenue from tax reached IDR 2 trillion

Bali Post

MANGUPURA - The tax revenue of Badung County exceeded IDR 2 trillion. In the amended regional budget 2014, the revenue from tax sector was targeted to reach IDR 2.18 trillion. Meanwhile, in the regional budget draft 2015, it was designed to reach IDR 2.31 trillion. The hotel and restaurant tax (PHR) remained the largest revenue contributor to Badung.

The Head of Badung Revenue Services (Dispenda), Wayan Adi Arnawa, revealed on Tuesday (Oct 21) that in the regional budget draft of Badung 2015, the hotel tax was designed to reach IDR 1.3 trillion, restaurant tax at IDR 240 billion, amusement tax at IDR 33.5 billion, advertisement tax at IDR 13 billion, street lighting tax at IDR 105 billion, quarry tax at IDR 150 million, parking tax at IDR 11 billion, underground water tax at IDR

46.7 billion, land and building tax at IDR 190 billion as well as the land and building acquisition tax (BPHTB) at IDR 303.4 billion.

He said the tax target set was indeed quite high. Therefore, his party attempted to maximize the revenue sources of the taxpayer as well as the optimization of tax collection. Besides, his party also continued to enhance the tax collection through online system. One of them was by the data collection on the taxpayer’s business transactions at hotels, restaurants, entertainment and parking service.

Adi Arnawa added that online tax could not indeed be fully implemented at this time because it had to pass through a study and legal basis implementation.

Related to this matter, in 2015 the government would make a preparation of academic study and local tax regulations through

online system. Once completed, it would be followed up by a dis-

cussion on the bylaw draft in the Badung House. (km25)

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Tourists visited Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) cultural park, Badung Regency. The tax revenue of Badung County exceeded IDR 2 trillion. In the amended regional budget 2014, the revenue from tax sector was targeted to reach IDR 2.18 trillion.

every year with its palm-fringed beaches and tropical climate.

While foreigners often fall foul of Indonesia’s tough anti-drugs laws, which include the death penalty, grisly murders are rare.

Local residents found the man, identified by police as 60-year-old Robert Kelvin Ellis, after they investigated a suspicious looking object next to a paddy field.

“The body was covered with plastic and bed quilts,” said detective Wisnu Wardana. “His body and hands were tied and there was a wound on the victim’s neck.

The neck was almost completely cut.”

The body was starting to decompose when it was discovered in a village between the tourist areas of Ubud and Kuta, the detective said, leading police to believe the victim died more than 24 hours previously.

It was far from any houses, and people in the area had previously seen an object in the ditch, but did not realise it was a body.

Ida Bagus Putu Alit, head of forensics at Bali’s main hospital, confirmed the body was tied up and suffered serious injuries.

“There are three gashes on the neck” that were caused by a sharp weapon, the official said.

A spokesman at the British embassy in Jakarta said: “We were notified of the death of a British national in Bali.

“We stand ready to provide consular assistance.”

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Thursday, October 23, 2014

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Boarding houses proliferate

PHRI hopes an issuance of regional bylaw Bali Post

The garbage is become a serious problem face by all regensies in Bali

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Waste increasingly worrying

Sanitation Agency teams up with residents Bali Post

GIANYAR - High volume of waste each day reaching 1,400 cubic meters causes the waste problem in Gianyar County to be increasingly apprehensive. The Gianyar Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) has worked extra hard through the Waste Bank program by continuously inviting public participation in order to avoid the more massive waste problems.

It was revealed on Tuesday (Oct 21) before the headmen, people’s empowerment agency (LPM), women’s groups and community leaders throughout Gianyar subdistrict at the hall of the Gianyar Regent. The Sanitation and Landscaping Agency tried to team up with residents and private sector to develop public awareness in maintaining the sanitation from the piles of garbage.

The Head of Gianyar Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, I Wayan Kujus Pawitra, said the presence of waste in Gianyar was very alarming. To avoid the more massive problems caused by the waste, the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency invited all residents and private sector to participate in handling the problems. The existence of waste could not be resolved by the government alone, but should be

with the participation of various circles.

All this time, people could only separate the two types of waste, namely the organic waste and inorganic waste. Meanwhile, the residual waste could not be processed and still got minimal attention. “Inorganic waste can be sold by residents through the Waste Bank program owned by Gianyar government located at Temesi, while the organic ones can be processed into organic compost,” he said. Many ways had been implemented by the Gianyar Sanitation and Landscaping Agency in handling waste, such as the 3R formula, namely reduce, reuse and recycle.

However, this formula had not been optimal if the societal paradigm on garbage had not changed. Moreover, the population growth, economic rate and

the lifestyle of the community continued to rise. As a result, it would make the waste problem more complicated.

In handling the waste problem, the Gianyar Sanitation and Landscaping Agency conveyed 426 cubic meters of waste every day to Temesi landfill by using 7 trucks for every district and 7 trucks downtown. The fourteen garbage trucks could carry 158 cubic meters of waste and the remaining residents transported their waste to landfill independently.

“If a resident produces 1 kg of waste each day, and not handled properly, it can cause a larger problem. To that end, we encourage all the residents to maintain the sanitation ranging from household level to surrounding environment by utilizing the existing system,” he said. (kmb16)

NEGARA - Other than properties, the development of boarding houses also has mushroomed in Jembrana recently. Unfortunately, the potential of the regional income does not receive adequate attention from the government. So, nowadays more and more boarding houses proliferate near hotels and inns.

Based on information, at least there have been dozens of boarding houses operating in Jembrana without paying any levies to local government. More seriously, some boarding houses look like hotel rooms. Chairman of the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) of Jembrana Chapter, NG Nurasha, said that such condition had an impact on room occupancy rates. The association hoped that the boarding house should be

protected by setting it forth in the regional bylaw.

As a result, there would be no gap between the hoteliers and boarding house owners. “It has the potential to generate revenue. Moreover, the boarding house is mushrooming,” he said. Nurasha also appealed to hoteliers and restaurateurs not to hesitate nor delay the hotel and restaurant tax payment because it was actually the deposit of consumers.

Recent observation indicated if the boarding house increasingly mushroomed. Even, some buildings of the boarding house almost looked like a lodging. Moreover, the number of room also reached dozens to tens. The owners no longer required the rentals for at least a month. Instead, some rooms were deliberately provided for a short term stay or a day resembling an inn or hotel. (kmb26)

3 villages rationed for communal sewage pipeline system Bali Post

BANGLI - A total of three villages in Bangli County get a development ration of communal sewage pipeline system. The three villages scheduled to get the project this year include the Taman Bali, Undisan and Sulahan village. Addition of the three communal sewage pipeline systems complementing the five wastewater treatment plants and two plus-plus toilets at some previous villages aims to avoid the waste pollution.

The Head of Bangli Public Works Agency, Ida Bagus Wediatmika, said on Tuesday (Oct 21) the construction of communal sewage pipeline system at the three locations was funded by the special allocation fund (DAK).

Taman Bali and Undisan village respectively got IDR 474 million, while Sulahan village would get IDR 423 million. Later on, the construction of the pipeline system would be worked on by non-governmental group at each village.

He explained the communal sewage pipeline system would drain each toilet sewage owned by each resident

through the pipeline connection and would be accommodated in one septic tank at the location spreading across some 100 square meters. A unit of communal sewage pipeline system would serve 50 families. “Actually, all the residents averagely have owned a toilet. However, their septic tank has not been perfect. To that end, it will be made a network. With this process, we hope that our area will not be contaminated by waste,” he explained.

Even, if people wanted to use it well, the biogas produced by the waste was also believed to be able to give added value to the surrounding residents. The biogas produced in the communal septic tank could be used as an alternative fuel to LPG. “But we in the Public Works do not work on to such extent. We just process the waste until it can produce a viable wastewater to be discharged,” he said.

This former Head of Bangli Urban Planning also revealed that many villagers were actually interested in this program. However, due to restricted budget, the government still could not fulfill the desire of all people. (ina)

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Hotel Neo brand expands to another top tourist destination

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JAKARTA – Following the success of the Hotel NEO brand in over 9 major tourist destinations throughout Indonesia, from Bali and Jakarta to Semarang and Sentul, Archipelago International has announced it will open two more Hotel NEOs in the first quarter of 2015, this time in the heart of Yogyakarta.

With Yogyakarta’s promising future and its many marketable tourist attractions, Hotel NEO+ Awana Yogyakarta and Hotel NEO Malioboro will be arriving at a prime time for Yogyakarta’s flourishing tourism industry.

Yogyakarta (or Jogja) is often referred to as “Never-Ending Asia” thanks to its endless attractions and historical appeal. It is one of the foremost cultural centers of Indonesia, with tourists flocking to visit the magnificent Borobudur temple and the Sultan’s Keraton Palace, and to watch local silversmiths produce amazing jewelry at Kotagede. Jogja is now the second most visited destination in Indonesia after Bali.

Set to fulfill the demand of Jogja’s growing

tourist numbers, Hotel NEO+ Awana Yogyakarta will be a modern hotel finished with a touch of the city’s traditions. It is located on Jalan Mayjen Sutoyo with easy access to Malioboro’s shopping district, the Keraton Palace and other attractive tourist hotspots.

The hotel will feature 296 rooms, 9 meeting rooms, a swimming pool and a signature restaurant.

Also joining the NEO portfolio is Hotel NEO Malioboro, sitting in an ideal location on Jalan Malioboro in the very heart of Yogyakarta. The hotel will feature 155 rooms, 6 meeting rooms, a swimming pool as well as a signature NEO restaurant.

Hotel NEO+ Awana Yogyakarta and Hotel NEO Malioboro will continue the Hotel NEO tradition of taking the standard minimalist budget hotel concept to an entirely new level.

Packaging authentic contemporary art, invigorating interior designs and high end in-room facilities with the NEO promise of a totally smoke free environment, the hotels are set to become the first choice for savvy travelers.

“With Indonesia’s growing number of

travelers looking to discover destinations outside of Bali and Jakarta, we are delighted to be expanding our presence in such a burgeoning tourist destination as Yogyakarta.

The Hotel NEO brand has enjoyed success in all of the archipelago’s most prominent

tourist locations, so we are confident that these new hotels will help to accommodate the increased demand for hotel rooms and to encourage even more visitors to Yogyakarta.”

Said Norbert Vas, VP of Sales & Marketing – Archipelago International.

IBP/Courtesy of Archipelago

Calendar Event for September 28 through October 28, 2014 8 Sep Kajeng Kliwon Pamelastali/ Watu Gunung Runtuh Pura Penataran Agung Maha Gotra Tirta Harum Sri Srengga Nyalian Banjarrangkan Klungkung 30 Sep Paid-Paidan Pura Dalem Seme Jawa Marga Tabanan 1 Oct Urip 2 Oct Patetegan 3 Oct Pengeradanan

4 Oct Hari Saraswati Pura Pasek Tangkas Dalang Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Sayan Bongkasa Abian Semal Pura Watu Gunung Bima Pura Agung Jagat Karana Surabaya Pura Aditya Jaya Rawa Mangun Jakarta Timur Pura Pemekasan Banyuning Timur Buleleng Pura Agung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa Barat Pura Kawitan Bendesa Aban Baturning Mambal Abiansemal 5 Oct Banyu Pinaruh

6 Oct Soma Ribek Pura Jati Jembrana Pura Kawitan Batu Gaing Bangli Pura Tirta Wening Surabaya Pura Desa Lingga Wana Abang Karangasem 7 Oct Sabuh Mas

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

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

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

13 Oct Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

18 Oct Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Sidakarya Denpasar

23 Oct Tilem Sasih Kapat

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

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

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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Melanie Griffith, Amanda Seyfried to star onstage Associated Press

NEW YORK — Actors often complain about short rehearsal times, but some of entertainment’s biggest names — including Melanie Griffith, Amanda Seyfried, Uzo Aduba, Peter Dinklage, Nina Dobrev and Pablo Schreiber — are about to have virtually none.

They’ll be appearing next month in the 14th annual benefit “The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway,” which asks over a dozen actors, six writers and six directors to come up with six original short plays over the course of a day. Proceeds help the Urban Arts Partnership.

Rosie Perez, the actress and co-host of “The View” who is the artistic chair for the partnership and a veteran of the 24-hour plays, had this advice for participants: “Anything you can do outside of being reckless and taking illegal substances do it! You’re going to need everything.”

The other stars who have agreed to participate include Sasha Alexander, Jamie Chung, Billy Crudup, Rachel

Dratch, Michael Ealy, Seth Green, Bryan Greenberg, Taran Killam, Zoe Kravitz, Justin Long, Aasif Mandvi, Stephen Merchant, Diane Neal, Jay Pharoah, Sebastian Stan, Julia Stiles, Tracie Thoms and Michael Kenneth.

The directors include America Ferrera (“Ugly Betty”), Andy Fickman (“Reefer Madness!”) and Kathy Najimy (“Veronica’s Closet”). Writers include Christina Anderson (“Good Goods”), Bekah Brunstetter (“Oohrah!”), comedian David Cross, David Lindsay Abaire (“Rabbit Hole”) and Jonathan Marc Sherman (“Things We Want”). Sarwat Siddiqui, the winner of a young writers’ project from Fordham University, will join the playwrights.

Next month, the pressure will be on as the playwrights gather at 10 p.m. on Nov. 16 and must pen a 10-minute play by 7 a.m. the next morning. The celebrity actors will then rehearse the work for the next 12 hours. At 8 p.m. on Nov. 17, the plays will be performed for a live audience at the American Airlines Theatre.

“The lack of sleep is really not the big issue,” said Perez. “The big issue is controlling the panic. Sleep is needed so that your mind remains as stable as possible.”

The one-night-only show benefits the partnership, an organization that brings arts education into New York City classrooms. The 24-Hour play project is backed by German luxury penmaker Montblanc, which has helped fund the project for several years, as well as the Montblanc Young Writers Program.

The final six plays that emerge may not be works of genius. They even may be a bit silly, but proceeds go to help underserved public schools. “A little silliness goes a long way,” said Perez.

‘S.H.I.E.L.D’ fans push for Coulson/ May romance

Associated Press

NEW YORK — There’s Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, aka Brangelina, and Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, aka Kimye. But are you ready for Philinda?

Clark Gregg says that’s the moniker “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” fans have come up with as they push for an on-screen romance between his character, S.H.I.E.L.D. chief Phil Coulson, and longtime agent Melinda May, played by Ming-Na Wen. The 52-year-old Gregg says some “very vocal and passionate” viewers have been on social media sites saying they “want to see that come to some kind of fruition” on the ABC show, airing Tuesdays (9 p.m. EDT).

Gregg has learned to pay attention to fan campaigns: After Coulson was killed off in “The Avengers,” devotees launched an international movement to bring him back under the slogan #CoulsonLives just days after the film’s release in 2012. He says that’s why Coulson returned for the “S.H.I.E.L.D.” TV series, now in its second season. “It was on bridges in the Danube and on a beach in Africa,” says Gregg, “and Marvel listens to that.”

He says the role has garnered him a fan at home: his nearly 13-year-old daughter Stella.“Sometimes she likes to watch the show with me kind of curled up in my arms and when Coulson’s in jeopardy she squeezes in really tight,” he says. “I wouldn’t trade that for anything in the world.”

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Thursday, October 23, 2014

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The increasingly massive farmland conversion, especially paddy fields was alleged to have been caused by partiality of the authorities tending to side with land plotter for the reasons of commission.

Rampant land conversion

Authority allegedly tends to side with developers Bali Post

DENPASAR - The increasingly massive farmland conversion, especially paddy fields, made the academician I Putu Sudiarta, Ph.D., very concerned. Proliferation of land conversion, said Sudiarta, was alleged to have been caused by partiality of the authorities tending to side with land plotter for the reasons of commission.

“The land conversion is very concerned, where the most severe land conversion occurred in Tabanan. This condition happens due to the consequences of the increasing number of migrants in urban areas, so that the house need is inevitable.

Badung and Denpasar have been almost densely populated, so that people take alternative to Tabanan and Gianyar,” he said.

He added that it was impossible to force farmers not to sell their land because the price of land was far

higher than the price of agricultural products. On that account, the first attempt to do was to improve the welfare of farmers. When farmers had been prosperous, there was small possibility for them to sell their land.

“Secondly, the regulation of land utilization for housing should be made decisively. Do not be easily lured by commission, so that the permit of land designation can change as what happens today,” he said.

This lecturer at the Agriculture Department of the Udayana University revealed that customary vil-

lage could make a rule to filter out whoever could own a housing land in its neighborhood. Otherwise, the land of Bali was feared to be sold out. “Now, the land plotters tend to target suburban areas. For instance, at Kapal village, not all people can buy a piece of land. Therefore, from now on the rules of housing land ownership must be tightened, especially the suburban areas. The area of Sempidi (Badung) and Tuak Ilang (Tabanan) has now been starting to be undermined,” he said.

Meanwhile, a property analyst,

John Sadewa, said the land plotter was one of the speculative professions that only targeted to get great profit without paying attention to the surrounding environment. In addition, they did not care about the existing rules. “As long as they can get the opportunities, they will be willing to bribe here and there to streamline their business. It should be underlined here that the land plotters are not developers and this profession can be done individually,’ he affirmed.

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