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Lamar Odom, Khloe Kardashian call off divorce amid recovery

LOS ANGELES — Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian have decided to stay married as the former NBA star continues his recovery a week after he was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel.

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In this April 30, 2012, file photo, Khloe Kardashian Odom and Lamar Odom from the show “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” attend an E! Network upfront event at Gotham Hall in New York.

Kardashian’s lawyer, Laura Wasser, filed a petition Wednesday to dismiss the reality star’s divorce filing from December 2013. A clerk granted the request in such a way that the divorce

papers can be refiled at a later date.

The document doesn’t state a reason for the change, but it shows Odom signed off on dismissing the divorce Tuesday.

Kardashian has been by Odom’s side since he was found in extremely critical condition Oct. 13 at the Love Ranch brothel in the rural community of Crystal, Nevada, and hospitalized in Las Vegas. He regained consciousness Friday and was transported to Los Angeles on Monday.

Kardashian posted a statement to her website Tuesday saying Odom made “incredible strides” at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas and thanking the doctors and nurses “for their kindness and diligent work.”

The hospital and Odom’s relatives have not revealed his prognosis, but the family has hinted at a long road ahead, saying they realize his “continued improvement” won’t be easy.

The brothel said workers saw him drink alcohol and take supplements sold as “herbal Viagra.” The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning in 2013 against one brand he took, Reload, after it was found to contain sildenafil, the active ingredient in prescription Viagra.

He also told at least one of the women that he had done cocaine, but the brothel says it did not see him take any drugs.

Love Ranch owner Dennis Hof has said that Odom arrived Oct. 10 for a four-day stay and spent $75,000 on two women who accompanied him in a VIP suite.

Test results from blood samples obtained through a warrant still are pending, and authorities have not ruled out the possibility of taking action against the brothel or Odom. (ap)

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Israeli soldiers kill Jewish man mistaken for ‘terrorist’ Page 6

De Bruyne scores late winner, Man City beats Sevilla 2-1 Page 8

An obsessive bunch penetrates North Korea’s totalitarian fog Page 13

Water crisis threatens Bangli villages Rob Latour/Invision/AP, File

Chris Rock to host Oscars

LOS ANGELES - US comedian and actor Chris Rock will return to host the Oscars in February for a second time, organizers announced on Wednesday.

“Chris Rock is truly the MVP of the entertainment industry,” David Hill and Reginald Hudlin, the producers of the show that will be held February 28 in Los Angeles, said in a statement.

“Comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, documentarian – he’s done it all. He’s going to be a phenomenal Oscar host!”

The 50-year-old Rock -- a veteran of “Saturday Night Live” and star of several films -- confirmed his appearance with a tweet that said “Look who’s back.”

Rock last hosted the Oscars in 2005 when “Million Dollar Baby” won best picture. He got mixed reviews, with some panning his performance and others praising his biting humor.

Many at the time took offense to his attacks against several actors including Jude Law and Colin Farrell.

Rock most recently wrote and starred in rom-com “Top Five” and directed Amy Schumer’s stand-up comedy special on HBO. Last year’s Oscars was hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, who struggled through the show. It was the lowest-rated Oscars telecast in six years. (afp)

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Vice President, Jusuf Kalla (right) talked with Deputy of ASEAN’s Secretary General, Ahmad Kurnia Prawira Mochtan and Justice Minister Yasonna Laoly (left) during the 9th ASEAN Law Ministers Meeting in Nusa Dua on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on October 22, 2015. Laoly revealed that he and the relevant agencies are studying the legal aspect of castration punishment for child rapists (pedophiles).

Minister studying legal aspect of castration punishment

NUSA DUA - Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly revealed that he and the relevant agencies are studying the legal aspect of castration punishment for child rapists (pedophiles).

“There must be a standard set to reduce the libido of pedophiles through castration. It is not that their testicles will be removed,” the minister stated after attending the opening of the ASEAN Law Ministers’ Meeting (ALAWMM) on Thursday.

Laoly said his ministry is study-

ing the matter with the relevant parties, such as the Attorney General’s Office, the Ministry of Women and Children Empowerment, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Health, non-governmental organizations, and other related agencies.

He remarked that the discourse

on castration to reduce the libido of pedophiles could be implemented.

Referring to a proposal on the need to issue a government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu), the minister stated that it is also under study to decide whether sexual crimes against children come under the emergency category.

He affirmed that sexual crimes against children are grave in nature, and the victims suffer long-term trauma.

“It is (sexual violence against

children) quite dangerous as its impacts are intangible. If there is no stern law, pedophiles will come here,” he added. (ant) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

AREAS in Bangli that are experiencing water shortages and drought are becoming increasingly widespread. In mid September their were only 7 villages that lacked water, but now more than ten villages having water problems as a result of the worsening drought in the area. The Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) and other related agencies are overwhelmed trying to provide water to all those in need.

Head of BPBD Bangli, I Wayan Karmawan, accompanied by Division Head of Emergency and Logistics, I Ketut Agus Sutapa, explained that since the beginning of the dry season in July until about mid-September, villages in Kintamani subdistrict such as; Abang Batudinding, Suter, Trunyan, Bantang and Songan A have been facing drought conditions. Villages in Susut subdistrict including Yangapi village, and Landih village in Bangli are also short of water.

As of mid-October, Jehem and Peninjoan villages in Tembuku have been added to the list of villages struck with severe water shortages along with Buahan, Abang Songan and Serai in Kintamani.

“Tembuku is the worst hit by the lack of water along with Bangli. There are a total of 13 villages and 15 hamlets that do not have enough water, this is up from 7 villages just one month ago,” explained Sutapa.

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He added that the water shortage is due to the severe drought but another contributing factor is the leak in the PDAM (municipal waterworks) pipeline currently under repair and the lack of natural water sources in these areas. “The lack of water is not entirely caused by drought, the faulty PDMA infrastructure is another factor,” explained Karmawan.

To address this issue, Karmawan said that BPBD Bangli can only take short term measures such as supplying water through cooperation with BPBD Bali, the Social Agency, PDAM and the Urban Planning Agency. For a more long term solution BPBD Bangli is looking for water sources near the villages in need. Once these are discovered they will attempt to syphon the water using a pump.

“While distributing water supplies, we also look for available springs.

In the case where their are such springs, village authorities use need to submit an official proposal for us to pump out the water to fill the reservoirs. We will surely facilitate this process,” he said.

Karmawan also mentioned that this long-term solution cannot be undertaken solely by the government, but villagers also need to provide relevant information. “If any village can find a solution, please let us know.

Villagers need to be pro-active,” he said.

Karmawan also added that based on recent data, only three villages have submitted proposals for help in handling the water crisis; Buahan village, Serai village and Dalak Tiying at Landih village. “We are waiting for the other villages to apply or assistance,” he said, adding that a total of 73 tanks of water have been distributed to a number of areas.

The water crisis not only threatens the fate of the individuals but also has a negative impact on

agriculture as seen in Pengiangan village, Susut. Their irrigation channel is getting shallower all the time so farmers there are forced to purchase water just to water their tomato plants.

One local farmers, I Wayan Asa, said that in previous dry seasons, the water flow in the irrigation channels was fairly good. However, this year the water channels have slowed to a mear trickle. As a result, agricultural lands in the area are drying up so farmers are forced to buy water for IDR 15,000 per 1,100 liters, a day of their plants.

“I am forced to buy water to water my tomatoes because there isn’t enough water in the irrigation channels,” he said.

Although it may appear that the cost of the water for his plants is not very much, when added up over two months, it is still a substantial sum.

“It would be alright if it was just one day, but this has been going on for two months, so I have spent a lot of money just on water,” he said while shaking head.

Technical Unit Head of the Bangli Agriculture Agency in Susut subdistrict, I Wayan Arimbawa, confirmed that the flow of water has slowed to a trickle but added

Villa Taman Ujung

that there is only a small amount of agricultural land. “The affected areas are only few acres in the downstream area,” he concluded. (kmb45)

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AMLAPURA - Villa Taman Ujung managed

by IMT (Intermediary Multi Tourism) is located at east part of Bali especially at Ujung Village, Karangasem Regency, and the only one lies beside of Taman Ujung Tourism Object. Villa Taman Ujung is combined traditional and modern design, offering spectacular seaview, mountain view and Taman Soekasada Ujung tourism object.

Bringing comfort, convenience and attentive personalize service.

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People queuing to get clean water in Bangli Regency, recently.

AREAS in Bangli that are experiencing water shortages and drought are becoming increasingly widespread. In mid September their were only 7 villages that lacked water, but now more than ten villages having water problems as a result of the worsening drought in the area.

Water crisis threatens Kuta and South Kuta GIVEN how much we depend on water as one of our basic needs, people tend to be anxious about the possibility of being cut off. Residents of Kuta and South Kuta feeling this anxiety partly because the estuary dam in Suwung has is starting to silt.

The Suwung dam is the main supply of water for customers of the Municipal Waterworks or PDAM Tirta Mangutama.

Managing Director of PDAM Tirta Mangutama, I Made Subarga Yasa, accompanied by his ranks, said that the estuary dam that supplies their water is vital and that of the 500 liters per second of water that it can provide, PDAM Badung uses 350 liters per second. “Water from the dam is distributed to customers in Kuta and South Kuta,” he said.

According to Yasa, the surface of the water has been depleting due to silting. As a result, PDAM lacks ‘raw’ water so customers in Kuta and South Kuta do not have full access to the water they need. “We are having trouble starting the dredging process IBP/Yudi Karnaedi because the estuary dam is Staffs from the Municipal Waterworks are supplying water to residents. PDAM under the authority of the lacks ‘raw’ water so customers in Kuta and South Kuta do not have full access central government -the BaliPenida River Agency to be to the water they need.

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precise,” explained Yasa.

PDAM Tirta Mangutama sent a letter and reported the silt conditions of the dam directly to the Minister of Public Works. “The ministry has promised to immediately dredge and conduct maintenance of the estuary dam,” he said.

Aside from the estuary dam silting, Yasa also said that PDAM is also facing diminished water supplies due to the prolonged dry season.

“In general, the water supply has dropped to 30 percent of it usual volume,” he said.

In order to meet the needs of its 67,000 customers, PDAM Tirta Mangutama requires a water supply of about 750 liters per second.

Currently, he said, they can only supply 478 liters per second by sourcing water

350 liters per second from the Suwung estuary dam, 100 liters per second from the Ayung River and the reminder from a number of artesian wells.

“Presently we are short about 300 liters per second.

Yasa went on to say that in the highland areas (Pecatu and vicinity), customers only have access to water for about 5-6 hours a day, while in the lowland areas customers still have 24 access,” he explained.

W h i l e P D A M Ti r t a Mangutama waits for the main pipe installation to be completed, they are relying on water from SPAM Penet (150 liters per second) and from Petanu (100 liters per second). “The last 50 liters per second will be drawn from the Suwung estuary dam. Therefore, the dam urgently needs to be dredged.

If things go smoothly, we are confident that water services in South Kuta -especially upper Kuta, areas, will become available for 15-18 hours a day,” he concluded. (kmb27)

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Wapa di Ume

UBUD - A wonderful hideaway from the hustle and bustle of Bali, Wapa di Ume is a boutique resort just 5 minutes from Ubud Centre that boasts rice fields as its centre piece, placing you truly at one with nature.

From the Lanai Room to Di Ume Suite with decking that stretches over the agricultural panorama, to villas with private pools overlooking the natural beauty, this is an oasis of calm in a serene setting. Wapa di Ume now has the capacity for more to enjoy this oasis of peace and quiet among the rice fields.

It begun 19 years ago in 1996. Wapa di Ume is a boutique resort set 4 unit in the middle of rice field. The resort formerly ever named as Umah di Ume. Wapa was managed by one of leading hotel management of Waka. Within years the resort grows adding in more accommodation until become 18 unit of rooms and pool vil-

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las. The resort famously known as Waka di Ume until 2013.

After years the share holder Mr. Wayan Pasek “Wapa” decided to manage himself the resort and build an extension across the river.

There are 15 unit additional to the existing resort. Wapa di Ume is now accomplished with its 33 unit collection to cater all experience travelers and repeaters needs for their coming back come.

I Ketut Siandana is a Balinese Architect and Wapa di Ume Resort is his creation. To people who know him, he is a visionary-the new generation of Balinese, the hope for future, if Bali is to retain its special magic, a traditionalist whose vision is to present the Bali experience in a unique way.

He believes, Wapa di Ume gives visitors a chance to experience this and the many guests who have stayed there agree with him. You are in rice fields, you are part of the culture, you have been transported to another place another time-the Bali you came for.

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Balinese Temple Ceremony

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

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

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

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

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

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Balmain H&M collaboration draws Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid NEW YORK — An event Tuesday in New York to launch the new Balmain x H&M collection turned the typical runway show up about 10 notches to a full-on party.

A video intro featuring Kendall Jenner riding a futuristic subway with dancers voguing kicked off the runway show. Models showing the collection featured Jenner again along with Gigi and Bella Hadid, Karlie Kloss and Jourdan Dunn.

“I think the models I chose are my friends,” said Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing. “All the girls that I love that can grab my hand and just say, ‘Don’t worry, It’s gonna be fun.’ It’s a night of love and of friendship and of fun.”

The collection included beaded jackets, draped trousers and genie pants.

At the end of the runway portion of the presentation, the Backstreet Boys performed a medley of some of their hits.

The Balmain x H&M line is Andy Kropa/Invision/AP intended to be more affordable but that’s depending on whom Gigi Hadid participates in the Balmain x H&M you ask, with some pieces Collection launch event at 23 Wall Street on priced at more than $500. (ap) Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, in New York.

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Greatness of Ubud due to art and culture

GIANYAR - The number of tourist that visit Ubud continues to increase every year. Nowadays, this area that has consistently maintained Balinese cultural practices, is filled with groups of visitors. The progress of Ubud is slightly staggering having become a kampong of tourists when compared to the early days of tourism in Ubud.

Chairman of the Institute for Community Empowerment (LPM) of Ubud, Dr. Tjokorda Gede Raka Sukawati, explained that tourism in Ubud began to develop in the 1930s when the daily activities of many Ubudiana was painting. At that time everyone was painting in a traditional manner.

Then the leader of Ubud Palace at the time -Tjok Gede Agung Sukawati, invited foreign artists to provide education about painting techniques to the undagi or artists in Ubud.

“The late Tjok Gede Agung Sukawati invited some painters such as Walter Spies, Rudolf Bonet and Antonio Blanco to stay at Campuan and teach various art techniques there,” he explained.

Since then, there have been collaboration between local artists using their typical cultural style and westerners using their more dynamic style.

“Even though there was collaboration it was essentially based on the traditions of Bali, from sketches, ngapat to ngabur techniques. And Bali remained the inspiration for and spirit of each work, so this collaboration is known as traditional modern art,” said Dr. Tjokorda Gede Raka Sukawati.

After producing various works, a number of these “new Balinese paintings” were included in inter-

national exhibitions overseas. As a result, many foreign artists became interested in these works, and decided to come to Ubud themselves. “After a lot of works were produced, around 1955, Museum Puri Lukisan was built to store some of these paintings so that they would not all be sold overseas,” he explained.

Over the years more and more people visited Ubud with hundreds of thousands having visited by the 1970’s. At that time, various tourist accommodations like guest houses started to be built. “Previously travelers tended to stay in Denpasar at hotels owned by the Dutch. In the 1980s, more and more travelers were coming so more guesthouses were built,” Dr. Tjokorda Gede Raka Sukawati explained.

Despite the increasing number of tourist accommodations being built in Ubud, locals were encouraged to maintain their cultural practices.

According to Tjokorda Raka, preserving culture provides a positive vibration and allows Bali to survive.

“We are doing well because we are all practicing tradition and culture. One example is that Ubud was chosen as the world’s best destination by Travel Choice 2014. This is because of nothing other culture,” he said. (kmb35)

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The number of tourist that visit Ubud continues to increase every year. Nowadays, this area that has consistently maintained Balinese cultural practices, is filled with groups of visitors.

Anturan fishermen catching less fish

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Kendall Jenner attends the Balmain x H&M Collection launch event.

Kendall Jenner participates in the Balmain x H&M Collection launch event

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Ellie Goulding attends the Balmain x H&M Collection launch event.

New Atlanta fashion museum opens with Oscar de la Renta show ATLANTA (AP) — A new museum focusing on international fashion has opened in Atlanta. The first exhibition at SCAD FASH features more than 80 Oscar de la Renta designs and opened to the public this month on the Atlanta campus of the Savannah College of Art and Design. The pieces come from the school’s permanent collection and donations from collectors and celebrities who worked with de la Renta before his death in 2014.

De la Renta was a frequent donor to SCAD’s collections and the natural choice for the opening, said Laurie Ann Farrell, executive director of museums and exhibitions and curator of the showing. She hopes visitors whether casual observer or

devoted student will learn something about design.

“Everybody selects their clothes as one way of signifying their identity,” Farrell said. “Even if somebody doesn’t consider themselves a fashion aficionado, I think they can come in and be inspired by what different designers have done through the years.”

The pieces on display in Atlanta until Dec. 31 cover decades of work, from a 1965 black cashmere dress with a white satin collar and waist bow to a silk color-block gown designed by creative director Peter Copping for fall 2015 and worn at the Emmy awards by actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Student-docents hold iPads with

information about each garment as they guide visitors through the 10,000 square-foot space, winding through curved galleries and small rooms featuring a source of inspiration for the designer. A white, mirrored room contains romantic wedding gowns and a silk-patterned dress inspired by Marie Antoinette while a nearby platform holds a gathering of black and red flamenco-inspired garments with dramatic ruffles and other flourishes.

De la Renta’s technique and influence is the exhibition’s focus, but the people once inside the garments add to each item’s appeal for visitors.

An embroidered silk gown worn

by Taylor Swift at the 2014 Met

Gala stands next to the entryway.

A black and white gown worn by Sarah Jessica Parker at the same event features a large version of de la Renta’s signature embroidered in red near the bottom of the skirt’s cross-hatched train.

A red silk dress covered in delicate ruffles that Beyonce wore in a Vogue magazine photo spread stands alone on a pedestal, surrounded by curved black plastic adding drama for Instagram photos.

In a short hallway holding metallic ensembles, museum-goers bent to examine the intricate beading and embroidery on Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin’s custom wedding dress for her 2010 marriage. On the other end of the political spectrum,

the exhibit includes a white cashmere coat and dress with delicate beading that former first lady Laura Bush wore for her husband’s 2005 inauguration.

De la Renta received a lifetime achievement award from SCAD in 2001, beginning a relationship with the school. De la Renta donated pieces to SCAD’s permanent collection in the years following the recognition.

Immediately outside the museum doors, SCAD Atlanta’s fashion students have moved into new classrooms and can closely examine or even take apart items from the school’s permanent collection inside a fashion resource library. (ap)

SINGARAJA - Climate change is one of the factors causing the decrease of fish catches out at sea. High seas make fishermen vulnerable even though Indonesia remains the best fish -producing country in the world. Volatile climactic conditions have triggered a decline in the profits of the fishery sector. Fishermen at Anturan village, Buleleng, are feeling the pinch with their catches of fish having been reduced by as much as 50 percent.

Climate change and nature’s susceptibility to change have an impact on ocean fish reproduc-

tion. Allegedly changes in weather patterns are caused by the rising temperatures of the ocean’s surface and changes in the direction of sea breezes. Fishermen at Anturan village say that their catches of fish have drastically declined lately.

“Last year, we could catch 10-15 quintals of fish each time we went out to sea. By the middle of this year, this amount decreased to about 3-4 quintals. This is a sharp decrease, but we still go out to sea,” said local fisherman, Gede Subawa.

Subawa does not know for sure why there are less fish in the North

Bali seas now but suspects that it may be because many fishermen are now using FAD’s that lure fish into large fishing nets that are placed in shallow waters, allowing these fishermen to catch enormous amounts of fish at a time. He feels that this method is not good because there should be more fish in the open sea. Subawa also wonders it the declining number of fish is due to the presence of large fishing boats from Java that fish in North Bal waters.

For just one trip out to sea, he needs to buy IDR 780,000 worth of fuel (120 litters at IDR 6,500 a

litter) . “Indeed, there have been far fewer fish over the last few months, but we don’t know why.

This lack of fish means that our income also greatly declines,” said Subawa.

Due to the declining number of fish, Subawa’s income has dropped from about IDR 8 million a month to just IDR 3 million a month. “Many of us suspect that the large Javanese fishing boats are to blame, but there is no definite evidence that this is the cause. We just hope that our catches of fish will return to normal in the future,” he concluded. (kmb34)

Fishermen at Anturan village, Buleleng, are feeling the pinch with their catches of fish having been reduced by as much as 50 percent.

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Thousands of Batudawa residents do melasti

AMLAPURA - About five thousand customary villagers of Batudawa, Kubu, participated in the melasti procession to local beach on Wednesday (Oct. 21) in relation to the karya padudusan and manawa ratna at local Pura Puseh. During the ritual takes place, the village area is made sterile from campaign props. It was announced by ritual committee chairman, Ketut Winatayama, accompanied by chief of customary village, Nengah Putu, Wednesday. It is meant to make all the customary villagers focus on activities related to devotional works.

“During the ritual takes place, we have sterilized the village from billboards, banners or other campaign props. It is meant to prevent all the customary villagers from disintegration into some political affiliations.

After the ritual, it does not matter, but the unity must be well maintained. Never break out at the village just because of different political affiliation,” said Winatayama.

Other than the karya padudusan and manawa ratna ritual on next full moon or Tuesday (Oct. 27), it has been preceded with the tabuh gentuh animal sacrifice as well as other processions such as ngenteg linggih and mendem pedagingan.

Nengah Putu said that customary villagers have done devotional works to Pura Puseh since four months ago. Male villagers made additional temporary buildings like tetaring and sanggah catur shrine, while female villagers make different types of cakes for bebantenan oblation. They also made suci offerings no less than 1,000 pieces.

Melasti procession on Wednesday is estimated to involve more than 5,000 pilgrims.

They all looked to throng and stop their regular activities at home, stalls and other businesses. All members of the family including grandparents and toddlers were participating in the melasti procession. “Sanctified effigies of the Pura Desa and clan temples reaching 28 are carried in palanquin,” said Putu.

The melasti procession was officiated over by Ida Pandita Mpu Budha Maharsi Alit Parama Daksha from Griya Agung Salahin, Susut, Bangli, and Ida Pandita Mpu Nabe Tri Daksha Natha from Griya Ababi, Karangasem. Pakelem procession out to sea was officiated over by Ida Pandita Maharsi Alit. Banten pakelem oblation including bagia pulakerti and pakelem animals like buffalo and other animals are placed on raft with ballasts made from a number of sandbags. In the sea of fishermen village, the oblations are drowned. The villagers escorting the mapekelem ritual are transported by nine fisherman boats. Thousands of the villagers on mainland continued cheering and clapping.

Chief of customary village Nengah Putu delivered that the pakelem procession is considered to have taken place properly and got graces. It is marked off by the sealed bottle used to invoke holy water or tirtha amrita at the bottom of the ocean has been fully contained whereas the bottle has been closed and glued. Having been informed if their melasti procession has obtained graces and fluency, all villagers welcomed it by applause. (013)

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Women dominate Polish election, with 3 vying to lead country

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Michael Madden works on his website, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, in Austin, Texas. Madden is a friendly, foul-mouthed former academic with a Star Wars tattoo on his forearm (of the mysterious bounty hunter Boba Fett) and an exhaustive knowledge of North Korea’s leadership. A decade ago, the 33-year-old stumbled into North Korea research and found himself addicted.

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The farmers are working in the ricefield. “Subak” is one of the important part of farming in Bali so it must be protected.

Sustainable tourism

Subak to serve as an example of cultural heritage site management for UNESCO

DENPASAR - Subak as a traditional Balinese method of agricultural management is indeed very popular. UNESCO is proposing a pilot project for the management of world cultural heritage sites in Southest Asia using the subak system as a model. This pilot project aims at assisting cultural heritage sites to develop sustainable tourism strategies in order to strengthen the participation of stakeholders in the planning, development and governance of sustainable tourism, based on the context and the needs of local communities.

The plan for this pilot project was revealed during a workshop on Sustainable Tourism at World Cultural Heritage Sites that was held by the UNESCO in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Culture, in Sanur on Wednesday (Oct. 21).

Director of UNESCO Jakarta, Shabaz Khan, said that the workshop serves as a forum for sharing knowledge and experience, in an effort to ensure the continuity of tourism. If tourism and cultural heritage sites are managed in a responsible manner, social and economic development will be well supported, he said. Apart from

the subak, of Bali, UNESCO also chose the sites of Melaka and George Town in Malaysia, and the rice terraces in the Cordilleras, Philippines as models for site management pilot projects in Asia.

“Through study and comparative analysis, the knowledge gained can be developed into the best practices for sustainable tourism management and empowerment of local communities,” said Khan.

Director General of Culture for the Ministry of Education and Culture, Kacung Marijan, explained that the management of subak in Bali should be integrated, comprehensive and cross-sectoral by in-

volving all relevant ministries. Similarly, the management of subak should involve the entire community as well as provincial and county governments. “Community is the core of the subak system. On that account, the government must continue to support community-based management in preserving the subak system,” he explained.

Deputy Governor of Bali, Ketut Sudikerta, said that the biggest challenge faced in maintaining the subak as a world cultural heritage is ensuring the continuity of the upstream and downstream areas including the social, economic, cultural and ecological aspects. In the upstream areas, action is required to preserve the sources of water, while in the downstream area policies are needed in order to prevent the conversion of agricultural lands into other functions. “Actions like preserving water sources and preventing land conversion through policy are not easy things to do,” he said. (kmb23)

An obsessive bunch penetrates North Korea’s totalitarian fog

LONGMONT, Colo. — In an anonymous office building in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, in a part of Colorado where cattle ranches fade into strip malls, a gravel-voiced man with a Brooklyn accent is moving through the streets of Pyongyang.

Joe Bermudez is staring into a computer screen at a detailed satellite image, maneuvering his cursor past guarded checkpoints and into restricted neighborhoods where the North Korean elite live behind high concrete walls. Looking down on the city from more than 250 miles up, he lingers over what he believes is the private airport of Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s young leader, pointing out a pair of VIP helicopters and a Soviet-era biplane. He moves north, jumping across the countryside and picking out hidden tunnels, walled compounds and a small flotilla of military hovercraft designed to storm South Korea’s beaches.

“Driving around,” he calls it when he follows roads in search of something new, humming absentmindedly as his eyes flick across the screen.

Bermudez is a watcher, one of the largely anonymous tribe of researchers who study North Korea,

one of the world’s most isolated nations. There’s Michael Madden, a largely self-taught analyst with an encyclopedic knowledge of the government elite, and Curtis Melvin, whose research ranges from monetary policy to electricity grids and who shambles through the buttoned-down Washington think tank where he works in jeans and a frayed T-shirt. There’s Adam Cathcart at Britain’s University of Leeds and Cheong Seong-Chang at the Sejong Institute outside Seoul. There’s the longtime U.S. intelligence officer, a man quietly revered by many in these circles, who now writes Pyongyang crime novels under the pseudonym James Church.

They are university professors, think tank analysts and writers for a string of North Korea-centric websites. They are collaborators and competitors. They are the Kremlinologists of Pyongyang. And

they insist North Korea is nowhere near as mysterious as you think it is. At least not always.

“North Korea is a very secretive place. But it’s not as secretive as many people believe,” says Andrei Lankov, a Russian-born professor at Kookmin University in Seoul.

“It’s much, much easier now to get information.”

The chaos that swept North Korea during a mid-1990s famine dramatically changed how information flows in and out of the country, while policy changes have eased restrictions on visitors.

Still, North Korea remains like nowhere else. It is a repressive and deeply isolated nation where the Internet is limited to a tiny elite and most outsiders are under nearconstant government surveillance.

It has been ruled by one family for more than six decades, with the founder worshipped as a neardeity. It has no political opposition, no free press and no freedom of movement. It has an archipelago of political prison camps that rights groups estimate hold at least 80,000 people. (ap)

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s upcoming general elections are making history by having three women campaigning to lead the nation, with one almost certain to win.

But the appearance of major social change in this conservative nation may be slightly deceptive.

Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz of the ruling Civic Platform is fighting to keep her job against a surging Beata Szydlo, who leads the conservative opposition party Law and Justice. The third woman candidate leads a cluster of leftwing groups, and is not considered a serious contender.

The situation may seem startling in a nation known for traditional family values, but some see the dominance of women in the race as a reflection of Poland’s old male power structure. Unpopular party barons, experts say, are pushing the women forward to capitalize on voter weariness with a maledominated political culture that has been defined by infighting, drinking parties and scandals.

“Women have become instruments in a political game,” said political analyst Kazimierz Kik. “The party chiefs know that many voters are against them and that they cannot win. They know that women have softer manners and will not threaten their position as leaders, and put them forward.

Women are to give victory to their boss’ parties; they are not to win as individual politicians. It’s a political game.”

Polls show Law and Justice with a strong lead over Civic Platform, meaning Szydlo, a 52-year-old ethnologist and relatively new figure on Poland’s political scene, is considered the top contender to be

the next prime minister. However, there is widespread speculation that Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the sometimes radical party leader and former prime minister, could ultimately decide to take that job himself.

Though Kaczynski has kept in the background early on in the campaign, he has been vigorously and openly active in recent days, fueling speculation that he is only using Szydlo as a softer face of the party to win votes.

Even though three women vying at once to lead the nation is unusual, women have had top leadership roles in Poland before. One of the first prime ministers in the early years of democracy was Hanna Suchocka, and women have held the roles of parliament speaker, central bank head and Warsaw mayor. On the whole women in Poland are better educated than men and often hold down jobs and support their families.

“I think it is a good move to have women decide about the direction that our country will take,” said Mariusz Makus, 54, an interior decorator. “We are sick of men politicians. We have heard and seen enough of them. Women are softerspoken than men.”

The female political surge began when former Prime Minister Donald Tusk left Poland last year to take the top European Union job in Brussels. He appointed Kopacz, a loyal ally, to be his successor as both party leader and prime minister. Kik said Kopacz’s loyalty was a guarantee to Tusk that she would not undermine him should he return to political life in Poland. Other parties saw that having a woman leader was good strategy and followed suit, Kik said. (ap)

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Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, left, shakes hands with Minister of Culture Malgorzata Omilanowska prior to a meeting of her cabinet in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015.

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Apple chief shrugs off China’s economic slowdown

SHANGHAI - US technology giant Apple will keep investing in China despite slowing growth in the world’s second-largest economy, chief executive Tim Cook said, as the company prepares to open its newest store in the mainland.

“I know some people are worried about the economy. We’ll continue to invest,” Cook told the official Xinhua news agency, according to a report late Wednesday.

“China is a superb place to be. Nothing has changed that,” Cook said while on a visit to the country.

China’s economy logged its worst performance in the third quarter since the global financial crisis six years ago, with gross domestic product growing just 6.9 percent, the government said Monday.

Cook has previously said that he expects China one day to surpass the United States to become Apple’s largest market.

The launch of the company’s large-screen iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus last year boosted its sales in China, though it faces sharp competition from domestic competitors such as Xiaomi and Huawei.

On his Chinese Sina Weibo -- or microblog -- account, Cook on Wednesday posted a photo of himself climbing the Great Wall and said he was “Happy to be back” in China.

The US company will open its 21st mainland China store in the northeastern city of Dalian on Saturday, according to its website.

Apple has in the past been criticised for having only a limited number of stores in China despite demand for its products, which

A man uses an Apple iPhone in front of China Mobile banners at one of its branches in Beijing in this December 23, 2013 file photo. US technology giant Apple will keep investing in China despite slowing growth in the world’s secondlargest economy, chief executive Tim Cook said, as the company prepares to open its newest store in the mainland. encourages smuggling, especially from neighbouring Hong Kong.

Apple is due to report quarterly earnings next week. It recently began offering Apple Music and other digital content in the world’s most populous country and is reportedly planning to launch online payment service Apple Pay.

As part of Cook’s visit, Apple on Thursday announced programmes aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of its manufacturing partners in China.

They include building solar projects able to produce 200 megawatts of power and helping manufacturers, including major supplier Taiwan’s Foxconn, to become more

efficient and reliant on clean energy, it said in a statement. Apple suppliers in China have faced criticism over treatment of their workers. New York-based workers’ rights group China Labor Watch on Thursday urged Apple to improve factory conditions following an investigation into the facilities of Pegatron Corp in Shanghai. (afp)

Twitter to ‘reboot’ growth, relationship with developers

SAN FRANSISCO - Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said Wednesday that the struggling messaging platform is in the midst of “rebooting” as it seeks to fulfil what he sees as its vital mission as a rapid source of information.

Speaking at the Twitter developers conference in San Francisco, Dorsey said the relationship with Twitter and third-party developers had become strained, but promised to work to improve the situation.

“Somewhere along the line, our relationship with developers became a little bit complicated,” he said.

“I apologize for our confusion,” he said, adding that “we want to

reset our relationship, make sure we are learning, we are listening, we are rebooting.”

Dorsey said the developers play a key role in helping Twitter fulfil its important role in the global community.

“Twitter is unique because it is a brand, a bird, a logo that just about everyone on the planet has seen. It stands for something,” he said.

“Twitter empowers the conversation that the world needs to see.”

Dorsey also told the 1,500 developers that Twitter would make available analytical tools that can help them get better data on how people use applications.

Dorsey, a co-founder of Twitter,

this month began his second stint as CEO as the San Francisco-based company seeks to revive growth and move toward profitability.

One of the first things Dorsey announced was the new Moments feature, which enables members to get a glimpse at breaking news.

On Wednesday, Twitter announced another feature called “Twitter Polls” that enables users to “weigh in on all the topics they care about.”

“If you want the public’s opinion on anything -- what to name your dog, who will win tonight’s game, which election issue people care most about -- there’s no better place to get answers than on Twitter,” said

a blog post from Twitter’s Todd Sherman.

“For poll creators, it’s a new way to engage with Twitter’s massive audience and understand exactly what people think. For those participating, it’s a very easy way to make your voice heard.”

Dorsey was Twitter’s acting CEO following Dick Costolo’s resignation in June. This was his first major public appearance.

On October 13 Twitter said it was slashing eight percent of its workforce, or some 340 jobs, as Dorsey outlined his new “roadmap” to boost users and revenues at the money-losing messaging platform.

The San Francisco-based platform, which has not yet turned a profit, has struggled to expand its user base above 300 million, lagging rival networks such as Instagram and well behind the much larger Facebook.

However, Twitter says that one billion people have seen content published on its network through other sites or applications.

Twitter promised new tools that will allow better integration with third-party apps, and better integration into websites.Twitter also announced a partnership with JCDecaux display advertising, which will incorporate Twitter content into its signs. (afp)

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Hundreds of hectares of paddy fields dry out after illegal quarry avalanches

GIANYAR - Drought is affecting hundreds of hectares of paddy fields in seven villages in Blahbatuh. Unfinished repairs to the irrigation channel has made things even worse. Farmers from subak Bonibiu, Saba have started to abandon their paddy fields, resigned to the dire conditions.

As seen at Subak Bonbiu on Wednesday (Oct. 21), many hectares of agricultural land are overgrown with weeds and the soil has begun to crack as the fields have not been irrigated for some time. “After the planting season, 1 and a half months ago, we began to have trouble with the flow of irrigation water,” said local farmer, I Wayan Karya.

Karya said that the irrigation channel was damaged by a landslip that was caused by illegal mining in the area. “Now, repair work is being carried out upstream, but it has been over a month and the repairs are not finished.

Water is however still being drained into fields by turn and only once was it totally cut off, that was two months ago,” he said.

Wayan Karya added that there was appeal to farmers not to plant rice because of the repairs being down to the irrigation channel.

But because planting season had come, farmers continued their habit of rice, assuming that it would start raining in September. “But in reality, until now (late October—Ed) it has yet to rain and while repairs are ongoing the water supply has been shut off. That’s why our paddy plants have shrivelled up,” he complained.

Member of Commission IV of the Gianyar House of Representatives, Ni Made Ratnadi, accompanied by Blahbatih’s subdistrict head, I Made Kriya Gunarta, recently inspected the conditions of farmlands at Bonbiu. Ratnadi expressed her deep concerned about the drought at Subak Bonbiu which not only affects crop yields but also contributes to social problems. According to data collected, on average farmers suffer losses of about IDR 2 million to IDR 2.5 million. “If we multiply this by the number of farmers and then include fish farmers who are also suffering losses, we can begin to imagine the scope of the problem,” said Ratnadi.

An avalanches blocked some part of the river in Gianyar and it cause draught in a few areas.

She added that similar conditions are being felt in Keramas village, Blahbatuh, where 20 day old paddy seedlings are dying from the drought. “Hundreds of hectares of paddy plants in seven villages located throughout Blahbatuh subdistrict are facing similar conditions, they are: Blahbatuh, Belega, Bona, Keramas, Medahan, Pering and Saba,” Ratnadi informed.

The drought is caused by an avalanche of an illegal quarry that buried the irrigation

tunnel under 12 meters of rubble. The main flow of water is now flowing directly into the river instead of irrigating fields in the area.

“A similar incident occurred in 2011 and was equally disruptive to farmers but because the illegal quarry was not reprimanded, another avalanche occurred recently. The government of Gianyar should be more aggressive in curbing illegal mining,” she hoped.

Head of the Gianyar Public Works, I.B. Sudewa, said that the authority to repair the

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Subak Bonbiu infrastructure lies with the Bali-Penida River Agency. As far as Sudewa has been informed, repairs to the irrigation channel, that was crushed by the collapsed illegal quarry, are ongoing. “After checking the upstream area of Subak Bonbiu, we found that repairs appear to be in progress. We had been told that the repairs would be done by December but apparently work on the project has been accelerated and should be complete shortly,” said Sudewa. (kmb35)

Tourist visit to Gunung Kawi

Highest in August reaching 26,000 visitors

GIANYAR - Gunung Kawi attraction in Tampaksiring becomes one of the prominent tourist attractions of Gianyar.

Until September this year, the highest number of tourist visit occurred last August reaching 26,599 visitors.

Coordinator of the Pura Gunung Kawi tourist attraction, Tampaksiring, I Made Yuliarta, said on Wednesday (Oct. 21)

that the number of tourist visits in August reached 25,097 adults and 1,502 children. According to him, the high tourist visit during the month happened due to coinciding with holiday season.

In September, the tourist visit decreased quite dramatically reaching 18,194 people. However, the figure is relatively high when compared to the number of tourist visits at the beginning

of the year. In the first three months of this year, the monthly average of tourist visits reached approximately 7,800 people.

“After that, in April the number of visits reached 10,000 people,” he said.

He explained that tourist visits to Gunung Kawi attraction, especially those from Europe are dominated by French, Italian and German travelers. Yuliarta said

that those guests are very interested in natural beauty and historical value of Gunung Kawi.

“For European travelers, the promotion usually happens through word of mouth. They are eager to explore directly what the cliff temple of Gunung Kawi actually looks like. In contrast, Asian travelers very rarely visit this attraction,” he said.

He said further that both the

management and local community continue to improve the quality of tourist attraction. For example, it has been done through establishment of adequate public facilities, including skill development and provision of better services for travelers.

“Hopefully the tourist visit to Gunung Kawi will be on the rise.

Thus, the local economy can be improved,” he said. (kmb25)

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Israeli soldiers kill Jewish man mistaken for ‘terrorist’

JERUSALEM — An Israeli soldier shot and killed a Jewish man he suspected was a Palestinian “terrorist” in Jerusalem, police said Thursday, in a reflection of the jittery mood that has gripped Israelis amid a spate of near-daily Palestinian stabbing attacks.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said soldiers deployed in Jerusalem to reinforce police demanded late Wednesday that the man show them his ID. The man refused, scuffled with the soldiers and then attempted to seize one of their weapons. One soldier shot the man, who later died of his wounds, Rosenfeld said.

“The soldiers had high suspicions that he was a terrorist,” he said. Israeli media said the man had asked for the soldiers’ IDs first, but Rosenfeld was not able to confirm that detail. He said the incident is under investigation.

The Palestinian attacks have Israelis on edge. When an Arab citizen of Israel opened fire at a bus station in southern Israel on Sunday, killing an Israeli soldier and wounding several people, a private security guard shot an Eritrean migrant he thought was an attacker. As the Eritrean lay on the ground, a mob of people cursed him, kicked him and hit him with objects. He later died

of his wounds. Police said the autopsy showed the man died from gunshot wounds and that four suspects would appear in court Thursday over the beating.

“This is not the Wild West,” Israeli opposition legislator Tzipi Livni told Israeli Army Radio.

“The suspicion there is now, the fear and the hate lead to brutal and very difficult results.”

Israelis have scrambled to purchase pepper spray for selfdefense and some government officials have called for citizens to carry firearms for protection.

Israel has beefed up security, sending hundreds of soldiers to back up thousands of police officers. Police have erected concrete barriers and checkpoints at the entrance to Arab areas of east Jerusalem, where many of the attackers are from.

The violence has continued unabated. Police say two Palestinians stabbed an Israeli at a bus stop on Thursday after they tried to board a bus ferrying children to school. Police shot the two

men, one of whom later died while the other was seriously wounded. Police said the Israeli man was moderately wounded.

Ten Israelis have been killed over the last month, mainly in stabbing attacks. On the Palestinian side, 48 people have been killed, 27 of them identified by Israel as attackers, the others killed in clashes with Israeli forces.

The violence erupted a month ago, fueled by rumors that Israel was plotting to take over a sensitive Jerusalem holy site revered by both Jews and Muslims. The violence was initially confined to traditionally Arab east Jerusalem but soon spread deep into Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinians say the violence is rooted in frustration at decades of living under Israeli occupation, while Israel accuses Palestinian leaders of inciting the unrest.

Diplomatic efforts have kicked off in a bid to quell the violence.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders during a visit to the region this week and then offered the Security Council a grim assessment of prospects for defusing the violence. (ap)

An Israeli solder takes aim, during clashes with Palestinians near Ramallah, West Bank, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon called for calm during a surprise visit to Jerusalem on Tuesday ahead of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, in a high-profile gambit to bring an end to a monthlong wave of violence.

Slovenia asks for EU police Major road in heavily polluted help to regulate migrant flow New Delhi briefly car-free

LJUBLJANA - Slovenia has asked the European Union for police to help regulate the inflow of migrants from Croatia, Interior Minister Vesna Gyorkos Znidar told TV Slovenia.

Over the past 24 hours, more than 10,000 migrants, many fleeing violence in Syria, have arrived in Slovenia, the smallest country on the Balkan migration route, on their way to Austria.

“Slovenia has already asked other EU member states for po-

lice units,” Znidar said late on Wednesday.

European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos on Thursday will visit Slovenia to discuss the migrant crisis, while Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called an extraordinary meeting of several European leaders for Sunday.

Juncker invited the leaders of Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia.

Slovenia’s parliament has given more power to the army which is helping police control the border, while the country also plans to rehire retired police to help.

Huge number of migrants started coming to Slovenia on Saturday after Hungary on Friday sealed its border with Croatia with a bottleneck building up through the Balkans. (rtr)

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Migrants keep themselves warm around a fire after crossing the border from Croatia in Rigonce, Slovenia, October 22, 2015.

NEW DELHI — One of the world’s most polluted capitals, New Delhi, closed a major stretch of a road to private cars for a few hours Thursday, hoping to give its citizens a brief breath of fresh air by observing a car-free day.

Only public transport was allowed on the road from Old Delhi to the doorstep of Parliament.

The city’s top elected official, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet colleagues, led hundreds of cyclists as they pedaled the route to encourage people to use public transport.

“All of us have to do our bit to decongest the roads and to reduce pollution. People should leave their cars and start using public transport and bicycles,” Kejriwal said as he prepared to lead the cyclists.

Although the event covered only a six-kilometer (4-mile) stretch, many people hailed the government’s effort as a first step to clean the city’s heavily polluted air.

“Even though it’s only for a few hours, it’s a very good start. We have to get people thinking about the harm air pollution is doing to our health,” said

Sunil Kumar, an environmental activist who cycled to the event.

Others said closing just one road for five hours would not make a dent in the heavy, particulate-ridden air in the capital.

Delhi’s Transport Minister Gopal Rai said the idea was change peoples’ mindsets about using public transport.

“We want to encourage people to use buses, the metro, rickshaws and other public transport so that pollution levels can be brought down in Delhi,” Rai told reporters.

The sources of New Delhi’s air pollution are numerous — from the burning of agricultural fields of neighboring farmland states to the smoking factories and brick kilns on the city’s outskirts.

Another major cause is blamed on crude cooking stoves fueled by burning biomass, kerosene or cow dung in villages around Delhi.

And car ownership is climbing rapidly in the country of 1.2 billion, up from 20 million in 1991 to 140 million in 2011. It is expected to reach 400 million by 2030. (ap)

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Friday, October 23, 2015

One million house program only reaches 45 percent of target

JAKARTA - Secretary General of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing Taufik Widjoyono said progress made in the implementation of the program to build one million units of houses has reached only 45 percent so far this year.

Implementation of the program for low cost houses has been smooth as scheduled,as the project is handled by the ministry itself, Taufik said.

There was, however, problem in the implementation for the program to build houses for middle to high income people, he said.

Houses for middle to high income people are to be built by the private sector.

“Sales of houses for middle and high income people fell short of target amid the present condition of uncertainty. Consumers choose to wait and see and put off plan to buy houses,” he said.

The East Java branch of the Real Estate Indonesia (REI) said the program to build one million units of house launched by President Joko Widodo is not up to expectation in

implementation.

“There are a number of hurdles faced by developers in carrying out the program. One is land clearing,” deputy chairman of thye East Java REI Dibya K Hidayat.

Dibya said the prices of land soared in the city of Semarang slowing the process of land clearing.

“With the prices skyrocketing it is impossible for developers to build low cost houses in Semarang,” he said. Dibya adding, “it is possible if the project is outside the city.”

He called on the government to help provide infrastructure for housing projects in the regions.

“Ideally, the government builds infrastructure in new settlement centers as satellite cities,” he said.

He said the government and developers have not reached a consensus on the provision of infrastructure in new housing projects.

There are still a lot to be faced such as policies not yet synchronized between the center and the regions, he said, citing policy on processing tariff at the land office. (ant)

Aceh to start caning gays caught having sex

BANDA ACEH - Gay people caught having sex in Indonesia’s staunchly Islamic Aceh province will from Friday be punished by 100 strokes of the cane, an official said, despite criticism of the “inhumane” law.

Under an Islamic bylaw, anal sex between men and “the rubbing of body parts between women for stimulation” is outlawed. The rule applies to all Muslims including foreigners, provincial sharia chief Syahrizal Abbas told AFP. The regulation was passed in 2014 amid outrage from rights groups, but officials took a year to educate the public about the new law before it came into effect.

“The law is to safeguard human dignity. It is to protect Aceh’s Muslims from committing immoral acts,” Abbas said Thursday, adding it would come into effect the following day.

Gay sex is not illegal in the rest of the country, which mainly follows a criminal code inherited from former colonial ruler the Netherlands.

Aceh province, the only part of the world’s most populous Muslimmajority nation that is allowed to implement Islamic sharia law, already carries out public canings for gam-

bling, drinking alcohol and fraternising with the opposite sex outside of marriage.

The new law in the western province also makes adultery punishable by 100 lashes and punishes those who accuse others of adultery without proof with 80 lashes.

Canings -- which are carried out with thin rattan sticks in public and aimed at humiliating rather than causing physical pain -- can be substituted with payments of pure gold or jail time.

Ismail Hasani, from prominent Indonesian rights group the Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace, criticised the law as “cruel, inhumane and against the constitution” and called for it to abolished.

“The government should not meddle in private affairs and instead guarantee individual rights such as freedom,” he added.

Aceh gained a degree of autonomy in 2001 in a deal with Jakarta aimed at quelling a decades-long separatist movement, and has been slowly implementing sharia law ever since.

The introduction of sharia laws has speeded up since Aceh struck a peace deal with the central government in 2005. (afp)

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Indonesia to woo American investment in e-commerce sector

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s biggest e-commerce companies will meet high-profile Silicon Valley venture capitalists next week, a cabinet minister said, when they accompany President Joko Widodo on a U.S. trip to woo investment in the country’s fledgling tech sector.

Widodo, who just marked a year in office, is keen to attract much-needed foreign investment to kickstart Southeast Asia’s largest economy, which has been growing at its slowest pace in six years.

Start-ups like Gojek, a motorcycle taxi hailing app, and Tokopedia, an online store, will be among over five companies seeking investments of hundreds of millions of dollars from firms like Sequoia, Communications Minister Rudiantara said.

“The president’s visit to Silicon Valley is a totally different ballgame to his visit to the east coast of the U.S.,” Rudiantara told Reuters in an interview.

He said the visit to the world-

renowned tech hub was aimed specifically at attracting private sector investment.

Widodo’s visit to California will come after meetings with President Barack Obama, U.S. congressional leaders and executives from energy and mining companies in Washington.

Indonesia recently announced it is considering revising its negative investment list to allow foreign investment in the e-commerce sector.

Rudiantara declined to comment on how much foreign ownership would be allowed.

The country currently allows no foreign investment in the local e-commerce industry, which

analysts predict will be the region’s largest by 2020, on the back of a voracious appetite for Internet use in Indonesia.

Indonesians are among the most active users in the world of social media websites like Facebook and Twitter.

In California, Widodo is also scheduled to meet Apple CEO Tim Cook as well as executives from Google , Facebook and Microsoft.

Apple is looking to invest in sustainable tin mining in Indonesia, the world’s biggest tin exporter, and in setting up research and development facilities there, according to cabinet ministers.

U.S. Ambassador Robert Blake told reporters earlier on Wednesday that a wide range of agreements was set to be signed by Widodo and Obama next week to “expand cooperation in maritime, energy and defense sectors”. (rtr)

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Danish Queen Margrethe talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the presidential palace in Jakarta, October 22, 2015. Danish Queen Margrethe and Prince Consort Henrik will visit Surabaya and Yogyakarta during their three day visit in Indonesia.

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As Rio nears, gymnastics’ Biles is ready to take charge

CONROE, Texas — The little girl had to be in charge. It was her way of taking control. Of protecting her younger sister. Of trying to find order during a time when it was in short supply.

So Simone Biles anointed herself the boss, ordering around little sis Adria in their new home to give her something familiar to hold onto. The girls, Adria still in diapers, were living with their grandparents in Texas while their mother struggled with addiction back in Ohio.

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Penaka Hamlet, a center of bone craft in Gianyar

GIANYAR - Penaka hamlet, Tampaksiring, Gianyar, has become the center of bone crafts. The village located very close to Gunung Kawi tourist attraction has made the small industries thrive. Their production is always increasing because they do not only target local market, but also foreign travelers coming in person or placing an order via email.

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man Ardika, said that bone craft has flourished since the beginning of the 1990s. Three people become the pioneers and they are categorized into successful bone craftsmen namely I Gede Ardika, Wayan Jiwa and Rupawan. Previously, the Penaka hamlet was famous for its coconut shell craft. “Of the approximately 700 residents, 80 percent of them have profession as bone craftsmen, while the remaining residents are

coconut shell craftsmen, farmers and employees,” he said.

Penaka hamlet, explained Ardika, was famous for coconut shell crafts of various products in the 1970s. Then in the 1980s they got involved in timber crafts and starting in the 1990s bone craft began to be introduced.

The types of product made including pendant of necklaces, bracelets, rings and earrings. They are designed in antique Balinese carvings.

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I Wayan Jiwa said that the bone materials in use are brought in from Bali region like Darmasaba and outside Bali like Badung and Sumatra.

At first, the bones are cleaned and then cut with a saw in appropriate with the need of design or order.

After that, it is processed as desired (bracelets, necklaces and rings), then carved, sandpaper, polished and resumed with finishing.

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“She thought she was a little mom in the house,” Nellie Biles said. “She made decisions for herself and her sister because this was all they knew.” Nellie Biles and husband Ron adopted the girls 15 years ago, providing the structure they needed. They also unknowingly set the foundation that helped produce what could be the greatest gymnast of her generation.

Stardom, the kind that truly changes a life, awaits Simone Biles.

The two-time defending world all-around champion will go for a three-peat at the 2015 championships Glasgow, Scotland starting this weekend. The ever-growing speck in the distance that is the 2016 Summer Olympics creeps closer

by the day. “It’s a little bit scary,” Biles said.

Yet hardly intimidating. Biles has almost everything she’ll need for that journey. The infectious smile that already has sponsors writing checks. The accessible personality and the soaring routines that NBC’s high definition cameras will beam into millions of homes next summer. The talent to make her the next in a long line of American gymnastics royalty that stretches from Gabby to Nastia to Carly to Mary Lou. Most important: the support of a home life that strips away the hype and her own towering expectations and allows her to be just another 18year-old. “I want her to be normal,”

Nellie Biles said. “I want her to be able to say, ‘I’m tired, I don’t want to be bothered.”

At home, she’s just a teenager who requested a belly ring after her first world title in 2013. The daughter whose chores include feeding the family’s four dogs. The girl who better be at her seat for Sunday dinner regardless of whatever time zone she may have been in the day before. It’s a contrast to those difficult early days.

Simone Biles was born in Columbus, Ohio on March 14, 1997.

Her mother, Shanon Biles, struggled off and on with drugs and alcohol.

At one point, Ron Biles received a phone call from a social worker telling him all four of his grandchildren were in foster care. He flew to Ohio and brought all of them to Texas only to have them head back with their mother after less than a year. It didn’t last. His daughter’s parental rights were terminated shortly thereafter, with Ron Biles taking in Simone and Adria while his older sister adopted Shanon’s two other children. (ap)

Karlovic beats Stakhovsky in Vienna for 10th quarterfinal

customer, having been finished it will be sent directly to customer.

Otherwise, it will be on display at art shop. The bone material consists of buffalo head and the horn. “There is also material specially imported from Mexico, the United States and Russia in the form of wood fossils having been thousands of years named amber. This material is processed into a unique craft favored by foreign travelers,” he said.

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Ivo Karlovic of Croatia hits a return shot while playing against Rafael Nadal of Spain during their men’s singles match at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai, China Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015.

VIENNA — Ivo Karlovic advanced to his 10th quarterfinal of the season by defeating Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-4, 7-5 at the Erste Bank Open on Wednesday. The seventh-seeded Croat avoided break points in the second-round match and conceded just nine points in his 11 service games.

Karlovic next plays Ernests Gulbis. The 117th-ranked Latvian, who was on a five-match losing streak coming to this tournament, upset third-seeded John Isner 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to reach his third quarterfinal of the year.

In a match dominated by strong serving, Gulbis hit 23 aces against the American’s 16. Each set was decided by one break though both players had to fight off six break points.

In first-round play, secondseeded Kevin Anderson of South

Africa dropped just seven points on serve while defeating the last Austrian left in the tournament, Andreas Haider-Maurer, 6-4, 7-5.

It’s the first time in 33 years that no Austrian player has made it past the opening round of their home event. Also, fourth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Tommy Haas 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4 in a match between two former champions.

Tsonga, the 2011 winner, came within two points of victory when he led 6-5 in the second set. The Frenchman conceded just four points on his serve in the final set against the German, who won the title here two years ago.

Eighth-seeded Fabio Fognini also advanced to the second round after beating Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. The Italian was a break down in the final set before winning the last four games. (ap)

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Sp rt FIFA executive lineup De Bruyne scores of 2010 scores highly late winner, Man City for bad behavior beats Sevilla 2-1

MANCHESTER — Kevin De Bruyne scored an injurytime winner for Manchester City in a 2-1 victory over Sevilla in the Champions League on Wednesday, delivering another reminder why the English club broke its transfer record to sign him last summer. Playing as a lone striker in the final minutes, the Belgium playmaker collected a pass from Yaya Toure, cut inside and drove a left-footed shot inside the far post in the first of four minutes of stoppage time.

It was De Bruyne’s fifth goal in nine games for City since his move from Wolfsburg for 55 million pounds ($85 million). Throw in all the assists and chances the 24-year-old is creating from midfield, and it’s already looking like money well spent. “We bought Kevin because we knew (he) is a very creative player who can score and create goals,” City manager Manuel Pellegrini said, “and in that respect, he was the perfect player to bring to our club.”

This was the second straight Group D game that City has won with a late goal — Sergio Aguero’s 90th-minute penalty

clinched victory at Borussia Moenchengladbach three weeks ago — as Pellegrini’s side continues its recovery from losing its opening match to Juventus. City is second in the group, a point behind Juventus and three ahead of Sevilla going into the reverse fixture against the Spanish club next. “We’ve showed great character and concentration, which is very important in Europe,” Pellegrini said.

Sevilla created enough chances to earn at least a point in an open game at Etihad Stadium, with City producing another jittery home display that is becom-

AP Photo/Clint Hughes

Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne celebrates after scoring his sides second goal against Sevilla during the Champions League Group D soccer match between Manchester City and Sevilla at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015.

ing the norm in the Champions League under Pellegrini. This was only City’s fourth win in its last 10 home games in the competition.

“This was a great opportunity,” said Sevilla coach Unai Emery, whose side had 58 percent possession and forced 12 corners — more than double the number City had. “We tried to do a good job here and we were capable of doing it, but we lacked that little bit extra.”

Yevhen Konoplyanka put Sevilla ahead in the 30th minute with a first-time shot from 12 yards (meters), only for Adil Rami to bundle the ball into his own net — as he attempted to tackle Wilfried Bony — and gift City an equalizer six minutes later.

The second half was tighter, although Sevilla looked more likely to score and striker Kevin Gameiro will rue the chance he missed in the 69th minute when he failed to turn the ball into an empty net. Gameiro also wasted a superb chance late in the first half, heading over with just City goalkeeper Joe Hart to beat.

When Bony was substituted in the 76th minute, De Bruyne was the surprise choice to play up front and Toure was pushed further forward to free him from defensive responsibilities. Pellegrini’s decision paid off big time — as did his choice to pay big money for De Bruyne in August. “Even though we did not have our best game, we tried to look for the victory,” De Bruyne said, “and in the end we could score.”

Another of Pellegrini’s decisions will come under scrutiny, with club captain Vincent Kompany starting on the bench again as Nicolas Otamendi and Eliaquim Mangala were preferred at center back. Pellegrini has not started Kompany since expressing frustration at the player’s recent appearance for Belgium after a spell out injured.

“Mangala and Otamendi are playing very well,” Pellegrini said. “Vincent is coming back from an injury.” City plays Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday. (ap)

GENEVA — In the history of soccer lineups, the 24-man FIFA executive committee of 2010 ranks among the all-time worst for bad behavior. On Wednesday, two more of the FIFA ExCo team which voted for the 20182022 World Cup hosts were formally confirmed as under investigation by the embattled governing body’s ethics committee.

German soccer icon Franz Beckenbauer and FIFA vice president Angel Maria Villar of Spain could add to the ranks of 10 who have been banned or

are currently suspended from football duty. Beckenbauer — the only man to captain and coach World Cup-winning teams — and Villar await the verdict of FIFA’s ethics judges, over whether they obstructed former U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia’s investigation of the bidding contests, won by Russia and Qatar.

The hard-working ethics committee now has more of the 24 in its sights, including FIFA President Sepp Blatter and his would-be successor Michel Platini. (ap)

Here is how the FIFA rap sheet reads today: SEPP BLATTER (Switzerland, ExCo service 1998-currently suspended)

Blatter is under criminal investigation by Switzerland’s attorney general for a suspected “disloyal payment” of $2 million of FIFA money to Platini in 2011. Blatter’s 17-year presidency is on hold to fight a FIFA ethics investigation of the case.

JULIO GRONDONA (Argentina, 1988-2014)

Died in July 2014. Longtime FIFA finance committee chairman implicated in approving a $10 million payment through FIFA to Jack Warner in 2008. A U.S. Department of Justice indictment published in May alleges it was a bribe from 2010 World Cup host South Africa.

ISSA HAYATOU (Cameroon, 1990-present )

Interim FIFA President in Blatter’s absence denied claims made at a British Parliamentary hearing in 2011 that he got a seven-figure bribe to vote for Qatar. Reprimanded by the IOC in 2011 for taking cash from FIFA’s then-marketing agency partner in the 1990s.

CHUNG MONG-JOON (South Korea, 1994-2011 )

Would-be FIFA presidential candidate banned for six years by FIFA ethics committee this month. Case arose from Garcia report allegation of undue financial pledges to FIFA members if South Korea won 2022 hosting vote. A billionaire member of family owning World Cup sponsor Hyundai, he is fighting the case.

JACK WARNER (Trinidad and Tobago, 1983-2011)

Banned for life by FIFA ethics committee last month in another Garcia case. “Colorful and controversial” does not begin to explain Warner’s lengthy FIFA career littered with allegations of financial wrongdoing.

ANGEL MARIA VILLAR (Spain, 1998-present)

Former Spain international and chair of FIFA legal committee who was openly hostile to Garcia’s authority. Leader of joint Spain-Portugal 2018 bid which Blatter later said had a rules-breaking voting pact with Qatar.

MICHEL PLATINI (France, 2002-currently suspended)

UEFA President and FIFA heir apparent whose presidential campaign has been badly damaged by taking $2 million in uncontracted pay for working as an adviser to his mentor Blatter a decade earlier. (ap)

AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza

Atletico’s Oliver Torres, right, scores his side’s third goal past Astana goalkeeper Nenad Eric during the Champions League group C soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Astana at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015.

Atletico Madrid easily beats Astana 4-0 in Champions League

MADRID — Saul Niguez, Jackson Martinez and substitute Oliver Torres scored a goal each as Atletico Madrid defeated Astana 4-0 to take the Group C lead in the Champions League on Wednesday. Niguez opened the scoring with a back-heel finish following a corner in the 23rd minute. Martinez then fired home in the 29th and Torres added another in the 63rd to put the game out of reach at the Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid.

The fourth goal came when Astana defender Denys Dedechko turned the ball into his own net while trying to clear a low cross in the 89th.

The victory leaves Atletico with six points from three matches in Group C. Benfica, which lost 2-1 at Galatasaray, also has six points but trails the Spanish club on goal difference.

Galatasaray reached four points, while winless Astana remains in last

place with only one point.

Atletico will travel to Kazakhstan to play Astana in the next round, while Benfica hosts Galatasaray in Portugal. “I’m happy with the win, because once again we have gone top of a difficult and complex group,” Atletico coach Diego Simeone said.

“I think that the team is growing on an individual level and on a collective level.”

The Champions League runner-up two seasons ago, Atletico had a slow start but was in control throughout the match. Niguez found the net with a remarkable back-heel touch after Yannick Carrasco picked up a pass from a short corner and drove into the area before firing a low pass to Niguez in front of the goal.

Martinez’s shot deflected off a defender before going in for Atletico’s second goal, and Torres came off the

bench to seal the victory with a chip shot over Astana goalkeeper Nenad Eric after a run through the right side of the area. “I have worked so hard to help the team,” Martinez said.

“Scoring was like being liberated, after what had happened in recent matches. I stayed calm even though I wasn’t scoring, and now I hope to keep on scoring.”

Martinez had one of his best performances since joining Atletico this season, and his second goal since arriving at the Spanish club came as a relief following a long scoring drought. In addition to having a goal disallowed in the 27th, the Colombian also came close to scoring with a close-range header brilliantly saved

by Eric in the 40th. “Jackson is a vital player for us,” Simeone said. “He is a striker and so it’s always good for him to score.” (ap)

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Injury-hit Real Madrid holds PSG 0-0 in Champions League

PARIS — Cristiano Ronaldo could not find the target for Real Madrid and Zlatan Ibrahimovic put in an even less impressive performance for Paris Saint-Germain as the Group A leaders drew 0-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Perfect in their two previous group games, PSG and Real produced a largely sterile match at the Parc des Princes.

The three-time defending French champions lacked imagination and pace to break through the 10-time European champions’ defense, with Madrid happy to sit back and play on the counterattack. In the absence of the injured Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and James Rodriguez, Madrid coach Rafa Benitez had to field a largely reshuffled team that still created the best chances.

Both PSG and Real have seven points halfway through the group stage, four more than third-place Malmo. Last-place Shakhtar Donetsk remains pointless. “I think we created more chances than PSG, we controlled the match against a difficult team,” said Benitez. “Despite all the players we missed, we saw a great Real Madrid.”

The most entertaining moment came in the dying moments of the match when a supporter evaded security and ran onto the pitch to give Ronaldo a quick hug. The fan was apprehended by stewards and left quietly. Before that, PSG had the ball possession but just nine attempts at goal compared to Madrid’s 16. “I’m not really interested in possession,” Benitez said. “What interests me is the image my team reflects. And tonight my players did a sensational job.”

Starting with Ronaldo and Jese Rodriguez up front in a 4-4-2 formation, Madrid defended well but remained dangerous throughout on the break. “We leave here happy because we knew how to compete,” said Madrid captain Sergio Ramos.

“Perhaps we lacked a bit of sharpness up front but we leave here happy to have picked up a point from a difficult ground.” Ramos was given a starting role in the heart of the defense despite a shoulder injury. Only Brazil defender David Luiz was missing in the PSG ranks, with Ibrahimovic headlining the attack surrounded by Angel Di María and Edinson Cavani. (ap)

2016 Copa could move forward after marketing deals end

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The proposed Copa America Centenario in the United States could get back on track after soccer’s governing bodies for both South America and for North and Central America and the Caribbean announced they have ended their relationships with the marketing company Datisa.

U.S. federal prosecutors said in May that CONMEBOL, South America’s governing body, reached an agreement in 2013 with Datisa, a newly created company, on a $240 million contract for rights to the Copa America in 2015, 2019 and 2023.

They said CONMEBOL agreed the following year to a $112.5 million deal for the 2016 Copa America Centenario. After an indictment was unsealed against 14 soccer executives and marketing officials, prosecutors said as part of its deals Datisa agreed to pay $110 million in bribes to South American soccer officials.

CONMEBOL said Wednesday its commercial rights contract related to Copa America Centenario has been terminated. CONCACAF said it ended its relationship with Datisa “in connection” with the Copa America Centennario rights agreement signed on

March 4 last year. CONCACAF said it had been reassigned those rights.

In a statement not attributed to anyone in CONCACAF by name, CONCACAF said it will select new partners to sell the commercial rights along with CONMEBOL and local operating partners, which CONCACAF did not identify. CONCACAF also said the new partners will be selected in a “new and transparent process.” It did not announce any details of the process. CONCACAF spokesman Jurgen Mainka did not return a telephone call seeking comment. (ap)

AP Photo/Thibault Camus

A spectator walks on the pitch to hug Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo during the Champions League group A soccer match between Paris St Germain and Real Madrid at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015.

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Sp rt FIFA executive lineup De Bruyne scores of 2010 scores highly late winner, Man City for bad behavior beats Sevilla 2-1

MANCHESTER — Kevin De Bruyne scored an injurytime winner for Manchester City in a 2-1 victory over Sevilla in the Champions League on Wednesday, delivering another reminder why the English club broke its transfer record to sign him last summer. Playing as a lone striker in the final minutes, the Belgium playmaker collected a pass from Yaya Toure, cut inside and drove a left-footed shot inside the far post in the first of four minutes of stoppage time.

It was De Bruyne’s fifth goal in nine games for City since his move from Wolfsburg for 55 million pounds ($85 million). Throw in all the assists and chances the 24-year-old is creating from midfield, and it’s already looking like money well spent. “We bought Kevin because we knew (he) is a very creative player who can score and create goals,” City manager Manuel Pellegrini said, “and in that respect, he was the perfect player to bring to our club.”

This was the second straight Group D game that City has won with a late goal — Sergio Aguero’s 90th-minute penalty

clinched victory at Borussia Moenchengladbach three weeks ago — as Pellegrini’s side continues its recovery from losing its opening match to Juventus. City is second in the group, a point behind Juventus and three ahead of Sevilla going into the reverse fixture against the Spanish club next. “We’ve showed great character and concentration, which is very important in Europe,” Pellegrini said.

Sevilla created enough chances to earn at least a point in an open game at Etihad Stadium, with City producing another jittery home display that is becom-

AP Photo/Clint Hughes

Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne celebrates after scoring his sides second goal against Sevilla during the Champions League Group D soccer match between Manchester City and Sevilla at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015.

ing the norm in the Champions League under Pellegrini. This was only City’s fourth win in its last 10 home games in the competition.

“This was a great opportunity,” said Sevilla coach Unai Emery, whose side had 58 percent possession and forced 12 corners — more than double the number City had. “We tried to do a good job here and we were capable of doing it, but we lacked that little bit extra.”

Yevhen Konoplyanka put Sevilla ahead in the 30th minute with a first-time shot from 12 yards (meters), only for Adil Rami to bundle the ball into his own net — as he attempted to tackle Wilfried Bony — and gift City an equalizer six minutes later.

The second half was tighter, although Sevilla looked more likely to score and striker Kevin Gameiro will rue the chance he missed in the 69th minute when he failed to turn the ball into an empty net. Gameiro also wasted a superb chance late in the first half, heading over with just City goalkeeper Joe Hart to beat.

When Bony was substituted in the 76th minute, De Bruyne was the surprise choice to play up front and Toure was pushed further forward to free him from defensive responsibilities. Pellegrini’s decision paid off big time — as did his choice to pay big money for De Bruyne in August. “Even though we did not have our best game, we tried to look for the victory,” De Bruyne said, “and in the end we could score.”

Another of Pellegrini’s decisions will come under scrutiny, with club captain Vincent Kompany starting on the bench again as Nicolas Otamendi and Eliaquim Mangala were preferred at center back. Pellegrini has not started Kompany since expressing frustration at the player’s recent appearance for Belgium after a spell out injured.

“Mangala and Otamendi are playing very well,” Pellegrini said. “Vincent is coming back from an injury.” City plays Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday. (ap)

GENEVA — In the history of soccer lineups, the 24-man FIFA executive committee of 2010 ranks among the all-time worst for bad behavior. On Wednesday, two more of the FIFA ExCo team which voted for the 20182022 World Cup hosts were formally confirmed as under investigation by the embattled governing body’s ethics committee.

German soccer icon Franz Beckenbauer and FIFA vice president Angel Maria Villar of Spain could add to the ranks of 10 who have been banned or

are currently suspended from football duty. Beckenbauer — the only man to captain and coach World Cup-winning teams — and Villar await the verdict of FIFA’s ethics judges, over whether they obstructed former U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia’s investigation of the bidding contests, won by Russia and Qatar.

The hard-working ethics committee now has more of the 24 in its sights, including FIFA President Sepp Blatter and his would-be successor Michel Platini. (ap)

Here is how the FIFA rap sheet reads today: SEPP BLATTER (Switzerland, ExCo service 1998-currently suspended)

Blatter is under criminal investigation by Switzerland’s attorney general for a suspected “disloyal payment” of $2 million of FIFA money to Platini in 2011. Blatter’s 17-year presidency is on hold to fight a FIFA ethics investigation of the case.

JULIO GRONDONA (Argentina, 1988-2014)

Died in July 2014. Longtime FIFA finance committee chairman implicated in approving a $10 million payment through FIFA to Jack Warner in 2008. A U.S. Department of Justice indictment published in May alleges it was a bribe from 2010 World Cup host South Africa.

ISSA HAYATOU (Cameroon, 1990-present )

Interim FIFA President in Blatter’s absence denied claims made at a British Parliamentary hearing in 2011 that he got a seven-figure bribe to vote for Qatar. Reprimanded by the IOC in 2011 for taking cash from FIFA’s then-marketing agency partner in the 1990s.

CHUNG MONG-JOON (South Korea, 1994-2011 )

Would-be FIFA presidential candidate banned for six years by FIFA ethics committee this month. Case arose from Garcia report allegation of undue financial pledges to FIFA members if South Korea won 2022 hosting vote. A billionaire member of family owning World Cup sponsor Hyundai, he is fighting the case.

JACK WARNER (Trinidad and Tobago, 1983-2011)

Banned for life by FIFA ethics committee last month in another Garcia case. “Colorful and controversial” does not begin to explain Warner’s lengthy FIFA career littered with allegations of financial wrongdoing.

ANGEL MARIA VILLAR (Spain, 1998-present)

Former Spain international and chair of FIFA legal committee who was openly hostile to Garcia’s authority. Leader of joint Spain-Portugal 2018 bid which Blatter later said had a rules-breaking voting pact with Qatar.

MICHEL PLATINI (France, 2002-currently suspended)

UEFA President and FIFA heir apparent whose presidential campaign has been badly damaged by taking $2 million in uncontracted pay for working as an adviser to his mentor Blatter a decade earlier. (ap)

AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza

Atletico’s Oliver Torres, right, scores his side’s third goal past Astana goalkeeper Nenad Eric during the Champions League group C soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Astana at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015.

Atletico Madrid easily beats Astana 4-0 in Champions League

MADRID — Saul Niguez, Jackson Martinez and substitute Oliver Torres scored a goal each as Atletico Madrid defeated Astana 4-0 to take the Group C lead in the Champions League on Wednesday. Niguez opened the scoring with a back-heel finish following a corner in the 23rd minute. Martinez then fired home in the 29th and Torres added another in the 63rd to put the game out of reach at the Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid.

The fourth goal came when Astana defender Denys Dedechko turned the ball into his own net while trying to clear a low cross in the 89th.

The victory leaves Atletico with six points from three matches in Group C. Benfica, which lost 2-1 at Galatasaray, also has six points but trails the Spanish club on goal difference.

Galatasaray reached four points, while winless Astana remains in last

place with only one point.

Atletico will travel to Kazakhstan to play Astana in the next round, while Benfica hosts Galatasaray in Portugal. “I’m happy with the win, because once again we have gone top of a difficult and complex group,” Atletico coach Diego Simeone said.

“I think that the team is growing on an individual level and on a collective level.”

The Champions League runner-up two seasons ago, Atletico had a slow start but was in control throughout the match. Niguez found the net with a remarkable back-heel touch after Yannick Carrasco picked up a pass from a short corner and drove into the area before firing a low pass to Niguez in front of the goal.

Martinez’s shot deflected off a defender before going in for Atletico’s second goal, and Torres came off the

bench to seal the victory with a chip shot over Astana goalkeeper Nenad Eric after a run through the right side of the area. “I have worked so hard to help the team,” Martinez said.

“Scoring was like being liberated, after what had happened in recent matches. I stayed calm even though I wasn’t scoring, and now I hope to keep on scoring.”

Martinez had one of his best performances since joining Atletico this season, and his second goal since arriving at the Spanish club came as a relief following a long scoring drought. In addition to having a goal disallowed in the 27th, the Colombian also came close to scoring with a close-range header brilliantly saved

by Eric in the 40th. “Jackson is a vital player for us,” Simeone said. “He is a striker and so it’s always good for him to score.” (ap)

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Injury-hit Real Madrid holds PSG 0-0 in Champions League

PARIS — Cristiano Ronaldo could not find the target for Real Madrid and Zlatan Ibrahimovic put in an even less impressive performance for Paris Saint-Germain as the Group A leaders drew 0-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Perfect in their two previous group games, PSG and Real produced a largely sterile match at the Parc des Princes.

The three-time defending French champions lacked imagination and pace to break through the 10-time European champions’ defense, with Madrid happy to sit back and play on the counterattack. In the absence of the injured Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and James Rodriguez, Madrid coach Rafa Benitez had to field a largely reshuffled team that still created the best chances.

Both PSG and Real have seven points halfway through the group stage, four more than third-place Malmo. Last-place Shakhtar Donetsk remains pointless. “I think we created more chances than PSG, we controlled the match against a difficult team,” said Benitez. “Despite all the players we missed, we saw a great Real Madrid.”

The most entertaining moment came in the dying moments of the match when a supporter evaded security and ran onto the pitch to give Ronaldo a quick hug. The fan was apprehended by stewards and left quietly. Before that, PSG had the ball possession but just nine attempts at goal compared to Madrid’s 16. “I’m not really interested in possession,” Benitez said. “What interests me is the image my team reflects. And tonight my players did a sensational job.”

Starting with Ronaldo and Jese Rodriguez up front in a 4-4-2 formation, Madrid defended well but remained dangerous throughout on the break. “We leave here happy because we knew how to compete,” said Madrid captain Sergio Ramos.

“Perhaps we lacked a bit of sharpness up front but we leave here happy to have picked up a point from a difficult ground.” Ramos was given a starting role in the heart of the defense despite a shoulder injury. Only Brazil defender David Luiz was missing in the PSG ranks, with Ibrahimovic headlining the attack surrounded by Angel Di María and Edinson Cavani. (ap)

2016 Copa could move forward after marketing deals end

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The proposed Copa America Centenario in the United States could get back on track after soccer’s governing bodies for both South America and for North and Central America and the Caribbean announced they have ended their relationships with the marketing company Datisa.

U.S. federal prosecutors said in May that CONMEBOL, South America’s governing body, reached an agreement in 2013 with Datisa, a newly created company, on a $240 million contract for rights to the Copa America in 2015, 2019 and 2023.

They said CONMEBOL agreed the following year to a $112.5 million deal for the 2016 Copa America Centenario. After an indictment was unsealed against 14 soccer executives and marketing officials, prosecutors said as part of its deals Datisa agreed to pay $110 million in bribes to South American soccer officials.

CONMEBOL said Wednesday its commercial rights contract related to Copa America Centenario has been terminated. CONCACAF said it ended its relationship with Datisa “in connection” with the Copa America Centennario rights agreement signed on

March 4 last year. CONCACAF said it had been reassigned those rights.

In a statement not attributed to anyone in CONCACAF by name, CONCACAF said it will select new partners to sell the commercial rights along with CONMEBOL and local operating partners, which CONCACAF did not identify. CONCACAF also said the new partners will be selected in a “new and transparent process.” It did not announce any details of the process. CONCACAF spokesman Jurgen Mainka did not return a telephone call seeking comment. (ap)

AP Photo/Thibault Camus

A spectator walks on the pitch to hug Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo during the Champions League group A soccer match between Paris St Germain and Real Madrid at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015.

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International

Friday, October 23, 2015

International

As Rio nears, gymnastics’ Biles is ready to take charge

CONROE, Texas — The little girl had to be in charge. It was her way of taking control. Of protecting her younger sister. Of trying to find order during a time when it was in short supply.

So Simone Biles anointed herself the boss, ordering around little sis Adria in their new home to give her something familiar to hold onto. The girls, Adria still in diapers, were living with their grandparents in Texas while their mother struggled with addiction back in Ohio.

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Penaka Hamlet, a center of bone craft in Gianyar

GIANYAR - Penaka hamlet, Tampaksiring, Gianyar, has become the center of bone crafts. The village located very close to Gunung Kawi tourist attraction has made the small industries thrive. Their production is always increasing because they do not only target local market, but also foreign travelers coming in person or placing an order via email.

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man Ardika, said that bone craft has flourished since the beginning of the 1990s. Three people become the pioneers and they are categorized into successful bone craftsmen namely I Gede Ardika, Wayan Jiwa and Rupawan. Previously, the Penaka hamlet was famous for its coconut shell craft. “Of the approximately 700 residents, 80 percent of them have profession as bone craftsmen, while the remaining residents are

coconut shell craftsmen, farmers and employees,” he said.

Penaka hamlet, explained Ardika, was famous for coconut shell crafts of various products in the 1970s. Then in the 1980s they got involved in timber crafts and starting in the 1990s bone craft began to be introduced.

The types of product made including pendant of necklaces, bracelets, rings and earrings. They are designed in antique Balinese carvings.

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I Wayan Jiwa said that the bone materials in use are brought in from Bali region like Darmasaba and outside Bali like Badung and Sumatra.

At first, the bones are cleaned and then cut with a saw in appropriate with the need of design or order.

After that, it is processed as desired (bracelets, necklaces and rings), then carved, sandpaper, polished and resumed with finishing.

If the product is an order of

“She thought she was a little mom in the house,” Nellie Biles said. “She made decisions for herself and her sister because this was all they knew.” Nellie Biles and husband Ron adopted the girls 15 years ago, providing the structure they needed. They also unknowingly set the foundation that helped produce what could be the greatest gymnast of her generation.

Stardom, the kind that truly changes a life, awaits Simone Biles.

The two-time defending world all-around champion will go for a three-peat at the 2015 championships Glasgow, Scotland starting this weekend. The ever-growing speck in the distance that is the 2016 Summer Olympics creeps closer

by the day. “It’s a little bit scary,” Biles said.

Yet hardly intimidating. Biles has almost everything she’ll need for that journey. The infectious smile that already has sponsors writing checks. The accessible personality and the soaring routines that NBC’s high definition cameras will beam into millions of homes next summer. The talent to make her the next in a long line of American gymnastics royalty that stretches from Gabby to Nastia to Carly to Mary Lou. Most important: the support of a home life that strips away the hype and her own towering expectations and allows her to be just another 18year-old. “I want her to be normal,”

Nellie Biles said. “I want her to be able to say, ‘I’m tired, I don’t want to be bothered.”

At home, she’s just a teenager who requested a belly ring after her first world title in 2013. The daughter whose chores include feeding the family’s four dogs. The girl who better be at her seat for Sunday dinner regardless of whatever time zone she may have been in the day before. It’s a contrast to those difficult early days.

Simone Biles was born in Columbus, Ohio on March 14, 1997.

Her mother, Shanon Biles, struggled off and on with drugs and alcohol.

At one point, Ron Biles received a phone call from a social worker telling him all four of his grandchildren were in foster care. He flew to Ohio and brought all of them to Texas only to have them head back with their mother after less than a year. It didn’t last. His daughter’s parental rights were terminated shortly thereafter, with Ron Biles taking in Simone and Adria while his older sister adopted Shanon’s two other children. (ap)

Karlovic beats Stakhovsky in Vienna for 10th quarterfinal

customer, having been finished it will be sent directly to customer.

Otherwise, it will be on display at art shop. The bone material consists of buffalo head and the horn. “There is also material specially imported from Mexico, the United States and Russia in the form of wood fossils having been thousands of years named amber. This material is processed into a unique craft favored by foreign travelers,” he said.

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Ivo Karlovic of Croatia hits a return shot while playing against Rafael Nadal of Spain during their men’s singles match at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai, China Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015.

VIENNA — Ivo Karlovic advanced to his 10th quarterfinal of the season by defeating Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-4, 7-5 at the Erste Bank Open on Wednesday. The seventh-seeded Croat avoided break points in the second-round match and conceded just nine points in his 11 service games.

Karlovic next plays Ernests Gulbis. The 117th-ranked Latvian, who was on a five-match losing streak coming to this tournament, upset third-seeded John Isner 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to reach his third quarterfinal of the year.

In a match dominated by strong serving, Gulbis hit 23 aces against the American’s 16. Each set was decided by one break though both players had to fight off six break points.

In first-round play, secondseeded Kevin Anderson of South

Africa dropped just seven points on serve while defeating the last Austrian left in the tournament, Andreas Haider-Maurer, 6-4, 7-5.

It’s the first time in 33 years that no Austrian player has made it past the opening round of their home event. Also, fourth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Tommy Haas 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4 in a match between two former champions.

Tsonga, the 2011 winner, came within two points of victory when he led 6-5 in the second set. The Frenchman conceded just four points on his serve in the final set against the German, who won the title here two years ago.

Eighth-seeded Fabio Fognini also advanced to the second round after beating Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. The Italian was a break down in the final set before winning the last four games. (ap)

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Israeli soldiers kill Jewish man mistaken for ‘terrorist’

JERUSALEM — An Israeli soldier shot and killed a Jewish man he suspected was a Palestinian “terrorist” in Jerusalem, police said Thursday, in a reflection of the jittery mood that has gripped Israelis amid a spate of near-daily Palestinian stabbing attacks.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said soldiers deployed in Jerusalem to reinforce police demanded late Wednesday that the man show them his ID. The man refused, scuffled with the soldiers and then attempted to seize one of their weapons. One soldier shot the man, who later died of his wounds, Rosenfeld said.

“The soldiers had high suspicions that he was a terrorist,” he said. Israeli media said the man had asked for the soldiers’ IDs first, but Rosenfeld was not able to confirm that detail. He said the incident is under investigation.

The Palestinian attacks have Israelis on edge. When an Arab citizen of Israel opened fire at a bus station in southern Israel on Sunday, killing an Israeli soldier and wounding several people, a private security guard shot an Eritrean migrant he thought was an attacker. As the Eritrean lay on the ground, a mob of people cursed him, kicked him and hit him with objects. He later died

of his wounds. Police said the autopsy showed the man died from gunshot wounds and that four suspects would appear in court Thursday over the beating.

“This is not the Wild West,” Israeli opposition legislator Tzipi Livni told Israeli Army Radio.

“The suspicion there is now, the fear and the hate lead to brutal and very difficult results.”

Israelis have scrambled to purchase pepper spray for selfdefense and some government officials have called for citizens to carry firearms for protection.

Israel has beefed up security, sending hundreds of soldiers to back up thousands of police officers. Police have erected concrete barriers and checkpoints at the entrance to Arab areas of east Jerusalem, where many of the attackers are from.

The violence has continued unabated. Police say two Palestinians stabbed an Israeli at a bus stop on Thursday after they tried to board a bus ferrying children to school. Police shot the two

men, one of whom later died while the other was seriously wounded. Police said the Israeli man was moderately wounded.

Ten Israelis have been killed over the last month, mainly in stabbing attacks. On the Palestinian side, 48 people have been killed, 27 of them identified by Israel as attackers, the others killed in clashes with Israeli forces.

The violence erupted a month ago, fueled by rumors that Israel was plotting to take over a sensitive Jerusalem holy site revered by both Jews and Muslims. The violence was initially confined to traditionally Arab east Jerusalem but soon spread deep into Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinians say the violence is rooted in frustration at decades of living under Israeli occupation, while Israel accuses Palestinian leaders of inciting the unrest.

Diplomatic efforts have kicked off in a bid to quell the violence.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders during a visit to the region this week and then offered the Security Council a grim assessment of prospects for defusing the violence. (ap)

An Israeli solder takes aim, during clashes with Palestinians near Ramallah, West Bank, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon called for calm during a surprise visit to Jerusalem on Tuesday ahead of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, in a high-profile gambit to bring an end to a monthlong wave of violence.

Slovenia asks for EU police Major road in heavily polluted help to regulate migrant flow New Delhi briefly car-free

LJUBLJANA - Slovenia has asked the European Union for police to help regulate the inflow of migrants from Croatia, Interior Minister Vesna Gyorkos Znidar told TV Slovenia.

Over the past 24 hours, more than 10,000 migrants, many fleeing violence in Syria, have arrived in Slovenia, the smallest country on the Balkan migration route, on their way to Austria.

“Slovenia has already asked other EU member states for po-

lice units,” Znidar said late on Wednesday.

European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos on Thursday will visit Slovenia to discuss the migrant crisis, while Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called an extraordinary meeting of several European leaders for Sunday.

Juncker invited the leaders of Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia.

Slovenia’s parliament has given more power to the army which is helping police control the border, while the country also plans to rehire retired police to help.

Huge number of migrants started coming to Slovenia on Saturday after Hungary on Friday sealed its border with Croatia with a bottleneck building up through the Balkans. (rtr)

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Migrants keep themselves warm around a fire after crossing the border from Croatia in Rigonce, Slovenia, October 22, 2015.

NEW DELHI — One of the world’s most polluted capitals, New Delhi, closed a major stretch of a road to private cars for a few hours Thursday, hoping to give its citizens a brief breath of fresh air by observing a car-free day.

Only public transport was allowed on the road from Old Delhi to the doorstep of Parliament.

The city’s top elected official, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet colleagues, led hundreds of cyclists as they pedaled the route to encourage people to use public transport.

“All of us have to do our bit to decongest the roads and to reduce pollution. People should leave their cars and start using public transport and bicycles,” Kejriwal said as he prepared to lead the cyclists.

Although the event covered only a six-kilometer (4-mile) stretch, many people hailed the government’s effort as a first step to clean the city’s heavily polluted air.

“Even though it’s only for a few hours, it’s a very good start. We have to get people thinking about the harm air pollution is doing to our health,” said

Sunil Kumar, an environmental activist who cycled to the event.

Others said closing just one road for five hours would not make a dent in the heavy, particulate-ridden air in the capital.

Delhi’s Transport Minister Gopal Rai said the idea was change peoples’ mindsets about using public transport.

“We want to encourage people to use buses, the metro, rickshaws and other public transport so that pollution levels can be brought down in Delhi,” Rai told reporters.

The sources of New Delhi’s air pollution are numerous — from the burning of agricultural fields of neighboring farmland states to the smoking factories and brick kilns on the city’s outskirts.

Another major cause is blamed on crude cooking stoves fueled by burning biomass, kerosene or cow dung in villages around Delhi.

And car ownership is climbing rapidly in the country of 1.2 billion, up from 20 million in 1991 to 140 million in 2011. It is expected to reach 400 million by 2030. (ap)

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Friday, October 23, 2015

One million house program only reaches 45 percent of target

JAKARTA - Secretary General of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing Taufik Widjoyono said progress made in the implementation of the program to build one million units of houses has reached only 45 percent so far this year.

Implementation of the program for low cost houses has been smooth as scheduled,as the project is handled by the ministry itself, Taufik said.

There was, however, problem in the implementation for the program to build houses for middle to high income people, he said.

Houses for middle to high income people are to be built by the private sector.

“Sales of houses for middle and high income people fell short of target amid the present condition of uncertainty. Consumers choose to wait and see and put off plan to buy houses,” he said.

The East Java branch of the Real Estate Indonesia (REI) said the program to build one million units of house launched by President Joko Widodo is not up to expectation in

implementation.

“There are a number of hurdles faced by developers in carrying out the program. One is land clearing,” deputy chairman of thye East Java REI Dibya K Hidayat.

Dibya said the prices of land soared in the city of Semarang slowing the process of land clearing.

“With the prices skyrocketing it is impossible for developers to build low cost houses in Semarang,” he said. Dibya adding, “it is possible if the project is outside the city.”

He called on the government to help provide infrastructure for housing projects in the regions.

“Ideally, the government builds infrastructure in new settlement centers as satellite cities,” he said.

He said the government and developers have not reached a consensus on the provision of infrastructure in new housing projects.

There are still a lot to be faced such as policies not yet synchronized between the center and the regions, he said, citing policy on processing tariff at the land office. (ant)

Aceh to start caning gays caught having sex

BANDA ACEH - Gay people caught having sex in Indonesia’s staunchly Islamic Aceh province will from Friday be punished by 100 strokes of the cane, an official said, despite criticism of the “inhumane” law.

Under an Islamic bylaw, anal sex between men and “the rubbing of body parts between women for stimulation” is outlawed. The rule applies to all Muslims including foreigners, provincial sharia chief Syahrizal Abbas told AFP. The regulation was passed in 2014 amid outrage from rights groups, but officials took a year to educate the public about the new law before it came into effect.

“The law is to safeguard human dignity. It is to protect Aceh’s Muslims from committing immoral acts,” Abbas said Thursday, adding it would come into effect the following day.

Gay sex is not illegal in the rest of the country, which mainly follows a criminal code inherited from former colonial ruler the Netherlands.

Aceh province, the only part of the world’s most populous Muslimmajority nation that is allowed to implement Islamic sharia law, already carries out public canings for gam-

bling, drinking alcohol and fraternising with the opposite sex outside of marriage.

The new law in the western province also makes adultery punishable by 100 lashes and punishes those who accuse others of adultery without proof with 80 lashes.

Canings -- which are carried out with thin rattan sticks in public and aimed at humiliating rather than causing physical pain -- can be substituted with payments of pure gold or jail time.

Ismail Hasani, from prominent Indonesian rights group the Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace, criticised the law as “cruel, inhumane and against the constitution” and called for it to abolished.

“The government should not meddle in private affairs and instead guarantee individual rights such as freedom,” he added.

Aceh gained a degree of autonomy in 2001 in a deal with Jakarta aimed at quelling a decades-long separatist movement, and has been slowly implementing sharia law ever since.

The introduction of sharia laws has speeded up since Aceh struck a peace deal with the central government in 2005. (afp)

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Indonesia to woo American investment in e-commerce sector

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s biggest e-commerce companies will meet high-profile Silicon Valley venture capitalists next week, a cabinet minister said, when they accompany President Joko Widodo on a U.S. trip to woo investment in the country’s fledgling tech sector.

Widodo, who just marked a year in office, is keen to attract much-needed foreign investment to kickstart Southeast Asia’s largest economy, which has been growing at its slowest pace in six years.

Start-ups like Gojek, a motorcycle taxi hailing app, and Tokopedia, an online store, will be among over five companies seeking investments of hundreds of millions of dollars from firms like Sequoia, Communications Minister Rudiantara said.

“The president’s visit to Silicon Valley is a totally different ballgame to his visit to the east coast of the U.S.,” Rudiantara told Reuters in an interview.

He said the visit to the world-

renowned tech hub was aimed specifically at attracting private sector investment.

Widodo’s visit to California will come after meetings with President Barack Obama, U.S. congressional leaders and executives from energy and mining companies in Washington.

Indonesia recently announced it is considering revising its negative investment list to allow foreign investment in the e-commerce sector.

Rudiantara declined to comment on how much foreign ownership would be allowed.

The country currently allows no foreign investment in the local e-commerce industry, which

analysts predict will be the region’s largest by 2020, on the back of a voracious appetite for Internet use in Indonesia.

Indonesians are among the most active users in the world of social media websites like Facebook and Twitter.

In California, Widodo is also scheduled to meet Apple CEO Tim Cook as well as executives from Google , Facebook and Microsoft.

Apple is looking to invest in sustainable tin mining in Indonesia, the world’s biggest tin exporter, and in setting up research and development facilities there, according to cabinet ministers.

U.S. Ambassador Robert Blake told reporters earlier on Wednesday that a wide range of agreements was set to be signed by Widodo and Obama next week to “expand cooperation in maritime, energy and defense sectors”. (rtr)

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Danish Queen Margrethe talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the presidential palace in Jakarta, October 22, 2015. Danish Queen Margrethe and Prince Consort Henrik will visit Surabaya and Yogyakarta during their three day visit in Indonesia.

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Friday, October 23, 2015

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Apple chief shrugs off China’s economic slowdown

SHANGHAI - US technology giant Apple will keep investing in China despite slowing growth in the world’s second-largest economy, chief executive Tim Cook said, as the company prepares to open its newest store in the mainland.

“I know some people are worried about the economy. We’ll continue to invest,” Cook told the official Xinhua news agency, according to a report late Wednesday.

“China is a superb place to be. Nothing has changed that,” Cook said while on a visit to the country.

China’s economy logged its worst performance in the third quarter since the global financial crisis six years ago, with gross domestic product growing just 6.9 percent, the government said Monday.

Cook has previously said that he expects China one day to surpass the United States to become Apple’s largest market.

The launch of the company’s large-screen iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus last year boosted its sales in China, though it faces sharp competition from domestic competitors such as Xiaomi and Huawei.

On his Chinese Sina Weibo -- or microblog -- account, Cook on Wednesday posted a photo of himself climbing the Great Wall and said he was “Happy to be back” in China.

The US company will open its 21st mainland China store in the northeastern city of Dalian on Saturday, according to its website.

Apple has in the past been criticised for having only a limited number of stores in China despite demand for its products, which

A man uses an Apple iPhone in front of China Mobile banners at one of its branches in Beijing in this December 23, 2013 file photo. US technology giant Apple will keep investing in China despite slowing growth in the world’s secondlargest economy, chief executive Tim Cook said, as the company prepares to open its newest store in the mainland. encourages smuggling, especially from neighbouring Hong Kong.

Apple is due to report quarterly earnings next week. It recently began offering Apple Music and other digital content in the world’s most populous country and is reportedly planning to launch online payment service Apple Pay.

As part of Cook’s visit, Apple on Thursday announced programmes aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of its manufacturing partners in China.

They include building solar projects able to produce 200 megawatts of power and helping manufacturers, including major supplier Taiwan’s Foxconn, to become more

efficient and reliant on clean energy, it said in a statement. Apple suppliers in China have faced criticism over treatment of their workers. New York-based workers’ rights group China Labor Watch on Thursday urged Apple to improve factory conditions following an investigation into the facilities of Pegatron Corp in Shanghai. (afp)

Twitter to ‘reboot’ growth, relationship with developers

SAN FRANSISCO - Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said Wednesday that the struggling messaging platform is in the midst of “rebooting” as it seeks to fulfil what he sees as its vital mission as a rapid source of information.

Speaking at the Twitter developers conference in San Francisco, Dorsey said the relationship with Twitter and third-party developers had become strained, but promised to work to improve the situation.

“Somewhere along the line, our relationship with developers became a little bit complicated,” he said.

“I apologize for our confusion,” he said, adding that “we want to

reset our relationship, make sure we are learning, we are listening, we are rebooting.”

Dorsey said the developers play a key role in helping Twitter fulfil its important role in the global community.

“Twitter is unique because it is a brand, a bird, a logo that just about everyone on the planet has seen. It stands for something,” he said.

“Twitter empowers the conversation that the world needs to see.”

Dorsey also told the 1,500 developers that Twitter would make available analytical tools that can help them get better data on how people use applications.

Dorsey, a co-founder of Twitter,

this month began his second stint as CEO as the San Francisco-based company seeks to revive growth and move toward profitability.

One of the first things Dorsey announced was the new Moments feature, which enables members to get a glimpse at breaking news.

On Wednesday, Twitter announced another feature called “Twitter Polls” that enables users to “weigh in on all the topics they care about.”

“If you want the public’s opinion on anything -- what to name your dog, who will win tonight’s game, which election issue people care most about -- there’s no better place to get answers than on Twitter,” said

a blog post from Twitter’s Todd Sherman.

“For poll creators, it’s a new way to engage with Twitter’s massive audience and understand exactly what people think. For those participating, it’s a very easy way to make your voice heard.”

Dorsey was Twitter’s acting CEO following Dick Costolo’s resignation in June. This was his first major public appearance.

On October 13 Twitter said it was slashing eight percent of its workforce, or some 340 jobs, as Dorsey outlined his new “roadmap” to boost users and revenues at the money-losing messaging platform.

The San Francisco-based platform, which has not yet turned a profit, has struggled to expand its user base above 300 million, lagging rival networks such as Instagram and well behind the much larger Facebook.

However, Twitter says that one billion people have seen content published on its network through other sites or applications.

Twitter promised new tools that will allow better integration with third-party apps, and better integration into websites.Twitter also announced a partnership with JCDecaux display advertising, which will incorporate Twitter content into its signs. (afp)

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Hundreds of hectares of paddy fields dry out after illegal quarry avalanches

GIANYAR - Drought is affecting hundreds of hectares of paddy fields in seven villages in Blahbatuh. Unfinished repairs to the irrigation channel has made things even worse. Farmers from subak Bonibiu, Saba have started to abandon their paddy fields, resigned to the dire conditions.

As seen at Subak Bonbiu on Wednesday (Oct. 21), many hectares of agricultural land are overgrown with weeds and the soil has begun to crack as the fields have not been irrigated for some time. “After the planting season, 1 and a half months ago, we began to have trouble with the flow of irrigation water,” said local farmer, I Wayan Karya.

Karya said that the irrigation channel was damaged by a landslip that was caused by illegal mining in the area. “Now, repair work is being carried out upstream, but it has been over a month and the repairs are not finished.

Water is however still being drained into fields by turn and only once was it totally cut off, that was two months ago,” he said.

Wayan Karya added that there was appeal to farmers not to plant rice because of the repairs being down to the irrigation channel.

But because planting season had come, farmers continued their habit of rice, assuming that it would start raining in September. “But in reality, until now (late October—Ed) it has yet to rain and while repairs are ongoing the water supply has been shut off. That’s why our paddy plants have shrivelled up,” he complained.

Member of Commission IV of the Gianyar House of Representatives, Ni Made Ratnadi, accompanied by Blahbatih’s subdistrict head, I Made Kriya Gunarta, recently inspected the conditions of farmlands at Bonbiu. Ratnadi expressed her deep concerned about the drought at Subak Bonbiu which not only affects crop yields but also contributes to social problems. According to data collected, on average farmers suffer losses of about IDR 2 million to IDR 2.5 million. “If we multiply this by the number of farmers and then include fish farmers who are also suffering losses, we can begin to imagine the scope of the problem,” said Ratnadi.

An avalanches blocked some part of the river in Gianyar and it cause draught in a few areas.

She added that similar conditions are being felt in Keramas village, Blahbatuh, where 20 day old paddy seedlings are dying from the drought. “Hundreds of hectares of paddy plants in seven villages located throughout Blahbatuh subdistrict are facing similar conditions, they are: Blahbatuh, Belega, Bona, Keramas, Medahan, Pering and Saba,” Ratnadi informed.

The drought is caused by an avalanche of an illegal quarry that buried the irrigation

tunnel under 12 meters of rubble. The main flow of water is now flowing directly into the river instead of irrigating fields in the area.

“A similar incident occurred in 2011 and was equally disruptive to farmers but because the illegal quarry was not reprimanded, another avalanche occurred recently. The government of Gianyar should be more aggressive in curbing illegal mining,” she hoped.

Head of the Gianyar Public Works, I.B. Sudewa, said that the authority to repair the

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Subak Bonbiu infrastructure lies with the Bali-Penida River Agency. As far as Sudewa has been informed, repairs to the irrigation channel, that was crushed by the collapsed illegal quarry, are ongoing. “After checking the upstream area of Subak Bonbiu, we found that repairs appear to be in progress. We had been told that the repairs would be done by December but apparently work on the project has been accelerated and should be complete shortly,” said Sudewa. (kmb35)

Tourist visit to Gunung Kawi

Highest in August reaching 26,000 visitors

GIANYAR - Gunung Kawi attraction in Tampaksiring becomes one of the prominent tourist attractions of Gianyar.

Until September this year, the highest number of tourist visit occurred last August reaching 26,599 visitors.

Coordinator of the Pura Gunung Kawi tourist attraction, Tampaksiring, I Made Yuliarta, said on Wednesday (Oct. 21)

that the number of tourist visits in August reached 25,097 adults and 1,502 children. According to him, the high tourist visit during the month happened due to coinciding with holiday season.

In September, the tourist visit decreased quite dramatically reaching 18,194 people. However, the figure is relatively high when compared to the number of tourist visits at the beginning

of the year. In the first three months of this year, the monthly average of tourist visits reached approximately 7,800 people.

“After that, in April the number of visits reached 10,000 people,” he said.

He explained that tourist visits to Gunung Kawi attraction, especially those from Europe are dominated by French, Italian and German travelers. Yuliarta said

that those guests are very interested in natural beauty and historical value of Gunung Kawi.

“For European travelers, the promotion usually happens through word of mouth. They are eager to explore directly what the cliff temple of Gunung Kawi actually looks like. In contrast, Asian travelers very rarely visit this attraction,” he said.

He said further that both the

management and local community continue to improve the quality of tourist attraction. For example, it has been done through establishment of adequate public facilities, including skill development and provision of better services for travelers.

“Hopefully the tourist visit to Gunung Kawi will be on the rise.

Thus, the local economy can be improved,” he said. (kmb25)

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Thousands of Batudawa residents do melasti

AMLAPURA - About five thousand customary villagers of Batudawa, Kubu, participated in the melasti procession to local beach on Wednesday (Oct. 21) in relation to the karya padudusan and manawa ratna at local Pura Puseh. During the ritual takes place, the village area is made sterile from campaign props. It was announced by ritual committee chairman, Ketut Winatayama, accompanied by chief of customary village, Nengah Putu, Wednesday. It is meant to make all the customary villagers focus on activities related to devotional works.

“During the ritual takes place, we have sterilized the village from billboards, banners or other campaign props. It is meant to prevent all the customary villagers from disintegration into some political affiliations.

After the ritual, it does not matter, but the unity must be well maintained. Never break out at the village just because of different political affiliation,” said Winatayama.

Other than the karya padudusan and manawa ratna ritual on next full moon or Tuesday (Oct. 27), it has been preceded with the tabuh gentuh animal sacrifice as well as other processions such as ngenteg linggih and mendem pedagingan.

Nengah Putu said that customary villagers have done devotional works to Pura Puseh since four months ago. Male villagers made additional temporary buildings like tetaring and sanggah catur shrine, while female villagers make different types of cakes for bebantenan oblation. They also made suci offerings no less than 1,000 pieces.

Melasti procession on Wednesday is estimated to involve more than 5,000 pilgrims.

They all looked to throng and stop their regular activities at home, stalls and other businesses. All members of the family including grandparents and toddlers were participating in the melasti procession. “Sanctified effigies of the Pura Desa and clan temples reaching 28 are carried in palanquin,” said Putu.

The melasti procession was officiated over by Ida Pandita Mpu Budha Maharsi Alit Parama Daksha from Griya Agung Salahin, Susut, Bangli, and Ida Pandita Mpu Nabe Tri Daksha Natha from Griya Ababi, Karangasem. Pakelem procession out to sea was officiated over by Ida Pandita Maharsi Alit. Banten pakelem oblation including bagia pulakerti and pakelem animals like buffalo and other animals are placed on raft with ballasts made from a number of sandbags. In the sea of fishermen village, the oblations are drowned. The villagers escorting the mapekelem ritual are transported by nine fisherman boats. Thousands of the villagers on mainland continued cheering and clapping.

Chief of customary village Nengah Putu delivered that the pakelem procession is considered to have taken place properly and got graces. It is marked off by the sealed bottle used to invoke holy water or tirtha amrita at the bottom of the ocean has been fully contained whereas the bottle has been closed and glued. Having been informed if their melasti procession has obtained graces and fluency, all villagers welcomed it by applause. (013)

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Women dominate Polish election, with 3 vying to lead country

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Michael Madden works on his website, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, in Austin, Texas. Madden is a friendly, foul-mouthed former academic with a Star Wars tattoo on his forearm (of the mysterious bounty hunter Boba Fett) and an exhaustive knowledge of North Korea’s leadership. A decade ago, the 33-year-old stumbled into North Korea research and found himself addicted.

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The farmers are working in the ricefield. “Subak” is one of the important part of farming in Bali so it must be protected.

Sustainable tourism

Subak to serve as an example of cultural heritage site management for UNESCO

DENPASAR - Subak as a traditional Balinese method of agricultural management is indeed very popular. UNESCO is proposing a pilot project for the management of world cultural heritage sites in Southest Asia using the subak system as a model. This pilot project aims at assisting cultural heritage sites to develop sustainable tourism strategies in order to strengthen the participation of stakeholders in the planning, development and governance of sustainable tourism, based on the context and the needs of local communities.

The plan for this pilot project was revealed during a workshop on Sustainable Tourism at World Cultural Heritage Sites that was held by the UNESCO in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Culture, in Sanur on Wednesday (Oct. 21).

Director of UNESCO Jakarta, Shabaz Khan, said that the workshop serves as a forum for sharing knowledge and experience, in an effort to ensure the continuity of tourism. If tourism and cultural heritage sites are managed in a responsible manner, social and economic development will be well supported, he said. Apart from

the subak, of Bali, UNESCO also chose the sites of Melaka and George Town in Malaysia, and the rice terraces in the Cordilleras, Philippines as models for site management pilot projects in Asia.

“Through study and comparative analysis, the knowledge gained can be developed into the best practices for sustainable tourism management and empowerment of local communities,” said Khan.

Director General of Culture for the Ministry of Education and Culture, Kacung Marijan, explained that the management of subak in Bali should be integrated, comprehensive and cross-sectoral by in-

volving all relevant ministries. Similarly, the management of subak should involve the entire community as well as provincial and county governments. “Community is the core of the subak system. On that account, the government must continue to support community-based management in preserving the subak system,” he explained.

Deputy Governor of Bali, Ketut Sudikerta, said that the biggest challenge faced in maintaining the subak as a world cultural heritage is ensuring the continuity of the upstream and downstream areas including the social, economic, cultural and ecological aspects. In the upstream areas, action is required to preserve the sources of water, while in the downstream area policies are needed in order to prevent the conversion of agricultural lands into other functions. “Actions like preserving water sources and preventing land conversion through policy are not easy things to do,” he said. (kmb23)

An obsessive bunch penetrates North Korea’s totalitarian fog

LONGMONT, Colo. — In an anonymous office building in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, in a part of Colorado where cattle ranches fade into strip malls, a gravel-voiced man with a Brooklyn accent is moving through the streets of Pyongyang.

Joe Bermudez is staring into a computer screen at a detailed satellite image, maneuvering his cursor past guarded checkpoints and into restricted neighborhoods where the North Korean elite live behind high concrete walls. Looking down on the city from more than 250 miles up, he lingers over what he believes is the private airport of Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s young leader, pointing out a pair of VIP helicopters and a Soviet-era biplane. He moves north, jumping across the countryside and picking out hidden tunnels, walled compounds and a small flotilla of military hovercraft designed to storm South Korea’s beaches.

“Driving around,” he calls it when he follows roads in search of something new, humming absentmindedly as his eyes flick across the screen.

Bermudez is a watcher, one of the largely anonymous tribe of researchers who study North Korea,

one of the world’s most isolated nations. There’s Michael Madden, a largely self-taught analyst with an encyclopedic knowledge of the government elite, and Curtis Melvin, whose research ranges from monetary policy to electricity grids and who shambles through the buttoned-down Washington think tank where he works in jeans and a frayed T-shirt. There’s Adam Cathcart at Britain’s University of Leeds and Cheong Seong-Chang at the Sejong Institute outside Seoul. There’s the longtime U.S. intelligence officer, a man quietly revered by many in these circles, who now writes Pyongyang crime novels under the pseudonym James Church.

They are university professors, think tank analysts and writers for a string of North Korea-centric websites. They are collaborators and competitors. They are the Kremlinologists of Pyongyang. And

they insist North Korea is nowhere near as mysterious as you think it is. At least not always.

“North Korea is a very secretive place. But it’s not as secretive as many people believe,” says Andrei Lankov, a Russian-born professor at Kookmin University in Seoul.

“It’s much, much easier now to get information.”

The chaos that swept North Korea during a mid-1990s famine dramatically changed how information flows in and out of the country, while policy changes have eased restrictions on visitors.

Still, North Korea remains like nowhere else. It is a repressive and deeply isolated nation where the Internet is limited to a tiny elite and most outsiders are under nearconstant government surveillance.

It has been ruled by one family for more than six decades, with the founder worshipped as a neardeity. It has no political opposition, no free press and no freedom of movement. It has an archipelago of political prison camps that rights groups estimate hold at least 80,000 people. (ap)

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s upcoming general elections are making history by having three women campaigning to lead the nation, with one almost certain to win.

But the appearance of major social change in this conservative nation may be slightly deceptive.

Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz of the ruling Civic Platform is fighting to keep her job against a surging Beata Szydlo, who leads the conservative opposition party Law and Justice. The third woman candidate leads a cluster of leftwing groups, and is not considered a serious contender.

The situation may seem startling in a nation known for traditional family values, but some see the dominance of women in the race as a reflection of Poland’s old male power structure. Unpopular party barons, experts say, are pushing the women forward to capitalize on voter weariness with a maledominated political culture that has been defined by infighting, drinking parties and scandals.

“Women have become instruments in a political game,” said political analyst Kazimierz Kik. “The party chiefs know that many voters are against them and that they cannot win. They know that women have softer manners and will not threaten their position as leaders, and put them forward.

Women are to give victory to their boss’ parties; they are not to win as individual politicians. It’s a political game.”

Polls show Law and Justice with a strong lead over Civic Platform, meaning Szydlo, a 52-year-old ethnologist and relatively new figure on Poland’s political scene, is considered the top contender to be

the next prime minister. However, there is widespread speculation that Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the sometimes radical party leader and former prime minister, could ultimately decide to take that job himself.

Though Kaczynski has kept in the background early on in the campaign, he has been vigorously and openly active in recent days, fueling speculation that he is only using Szydlo as a softer face of the party to win votes.

Even though three women vying at once to lead the nation is unusual, women have had top leadership roles in Poland before. One of the first prime ministers in the early years of democracy was Hanna Suchocka, and women have held the roles of parliament speaker, central bank head and Warsaw mayor. On the whole women in Poland are better educated than men and often hold down jobs and support their families.

“I think it is a good move to have women decide about the direction that our country will take,” said Mariusz Makus, 54, an interior decorator. “We are sick of men politicians. We have heard and seen enough of them. Women are softerspoken than men.”

The female political surge began when former Prime Minister Donald Tusk left Poland last year to take the top European Union job in Brussels. He appointed Kopacz, a loyal ally, to be his successor as both party leader and prime minister. Kik said Kopacz’s loyalty was a guarantee to Tusk that she would not undermine him should he return to political life in Poland. Other parties saw that having a woman leader was good strategy and followed suit, Kik said. (ap)

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Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, left, shakes hands with Minister of Culture Malgorzata Omilanowska prior to a meeting of her cabinet in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015.

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Balmain H&M collaboration draws Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid NEW YORK — An event Tuesday in New York to launch the new Balmain x H&M collection turned the typical runway show up about 10 notches to a full-on party.

A video intro featuring Kendall Jenner riding a futuristic subway with dancers voguing kicked off the runway show. Models showing the collection featured Jenner again along with Gigi and Bella Hadid, Karlie Kloss and Jourdan Dunn.

“I think the models I chose are my friends,” said Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing. “All the girls that I love that can grab my hand and just say, ‘Don’t worry, It’s gonna be fun.’ It’s a night of love and of friendship and of fun.”

The collection included beaded jackets, draped trousers and genie pants.

At the end of the runway portion of the presentation, the Backstreet Boys performed a medley of some of their hits.

The Balmain x H&M line is Andy Kropa/Invision/AP intended to be more affordable but that’s depending on whom Gigi Hadid participates in the Balmain x H&M you ask, with some pieces Collection launch event at 23 Wall Street on priced at more than $500. (ap) Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, in New York.

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Greatness of Ubud due to art and culture

GIANYAR - The number of tourist that visit Ubud continues to increase every year. Nowadays, this area that has consistently maintained Balinese cultural practices, is filled with groups of visitors. The progress of Ubud is slightly staggering having become a kampong of tourists when compared to the early days of tourism in Ubud.

Chairman of the Institute for Community Empowerment (LPM) of Ubud, Dr. Tjokorda Gede Raka Sukawati, explained that tourism in Ubud began to develop in the 1930s when the daily activities of many Ubudiana was painting. At that time everyone was painting in a traditional manner.

Then the leader of Ubud Palace at the time -Tjok Gede Agung Sukawati, invited foreign artists to provide education about painting techniques to the undagi or artists in Ubud.

“The late Tjok Gede Agung Sukawati invited some painters such as Walter Spies, Rudolf Bonet and Antonio Blanco to stay at Campuan and teach various art techniques there,” he explained.

Since then, there have been collaboration between local artists using their typical cultural style and westerners using their more dynamic style.

“Even though there was collaboration it was essentially based on the traditions of Bali, from sketches, ngapat to ngabur techniques. And Bali remained the inspiration for and spirit of each work, so this collaboration is known as traditional modern art,” said Dr. Tjokorda Gede Raka Sukawati.

After producing various works, a number of these “new Balinese paintings” were included in inter-

national exhibitions overseas. As a result, many foreign artists became interested in these works, and decided to come to Ubud themselves. “After a lot of works were produced, around 1955, Museum Puri Lukisan was built to store some of these paintings so that they would not all be sold overseas,” he explained.

Over the years more and more people visited Ubud with hundreds of thousands having visited by the 1970’s. At that time, various tourist accommodations like guest houses started to be built. “Previously travelers tended to stay in Denpasar at hotels owned by the Dutch. In the 1980s, more and more travelers were coming so more guesthouses were built,” Dr. Tjokorda Gede Raka Sukawati explained.

Despite the increasing number of tourist accommodations being built in Ubud, locals were encouraged to maintain their cultural practices.

According to Tjokorda Raka, preserving culture provides a positive vibration and allows Bali to survive.

“We are doing well because we are all practicing tradition and culture. One example is that Ubud was chosen as the world’s best destination by Travel Choice 2014. This is because of nothing other culture,” he said. (kmb35)

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The number of tourist that visit Ubud continues to increase every year. Nowadays, this area that has consistently maintained Balinese cultural practices, is filled with groups of visitors.

Anturan fishermen catching less fish

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Kendall Jenner attends the Balmain x H&M Collection launch event.

Kendall Jenner participates in the Balmain x H&M Collection launch event

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Ellie Goulding attends the Balmain x H&M Collection launch event.

New Atlanta fashion museum opens with Oscar de la Renta show ATLANTA (AP) — A new museum focusing on international fashion has opened in Atlanta. The first exhibition at SCAD FASH features more than 80 Oscar de la Renta designs and opened to the public this month on the Atlanta campus of the Savannah College of Art and Design. The pieces come from the school’s permanent collection and donations from collectors and celebrities who worked with de la Renta before his death in 2014.

De la Renta was a frequent donor to SCAD’s collections and the natural choice for the opening, said Laurie Ann Farrell, executive director of museums and exhibitions and curator of the showing. She hopes visitors whether casual observer or

devoted student will learn something about design.

“Everybody selects their clothes as one way of signifying their identity,” Farrell said. “Even if somebody doesn’t consider themselves a fashion aficionado, I think they can come in and be inspired by what different designers have done through the years.”

The pieces on display in Atlanta until Dec. 31 cover decades of work, from a 1965 black cashmere dress with a white satin collar and waist bow to a silk color-block gown designed by creative director Peter Copping for fall 2015 and worn at the Emmy awards by actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Student-docents hold iPads with

information about each garment as they guide visitors through the 10,000 square-foot space, winding through curved galleries and small rooms featuring a source of inspiration for the designer. A white, mirrored room contains romantic wedding gowns and a silk-patterned dress inspired by Marie Antoinette while a nearby platform holds a gathering of black and red flamenco-inspired garments with dramatic ruffles and other flourishes.

De la Renta’s technique and influence is the exhibition’s focus, but the people once inside the garments add to each item’s appeal for visitors.

An embroidered silk gown worn

by Taylor Swift at the 2014 Met

Gala stands next to the entryway.

A black and white gown worn by Sarah Jessica Parker at the same event features a large version of de la Renta’s signature embroidered in red near the bottom of the skirt’s cross-hatched train.

A red silk dress covered in delicate ruffles that Beyonce wore in a Vogue magazine photo spread stands alone on a pedestal, surrounded by curved black plastic adding drama for Instagram photos.

In a short hallway holding metallic ensembles, museum-goers bent to examine the intricate beading and embroidery on Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin’s custom wedding dress for her 2010 marriage. On the other end of the political spectrum,

the exhibit includes a white cashmere coat and dress with delicate beading that former first lady Laura Bush wore for her husband’s 2005 inauguration.

De la Renta received a lifetime achievement award from SCAD in 2001, beginning a relationship with the school. De la Renta donated pieces to SCAD’s permanent collection in the years following the recognition.

Immediately outside the museum doors, SCAD Atlanta’s fashion students have moved into new classrooms and can closely examine or even take apart items from the school’s permanent collection inside a fashion resource library. (ap)

SINGARAJA - Climate change is one of the factors causing the decrease of fish catches out at sea. High seas make fishermen vulnerable even though Indonesia remains the best fish -producing country in the world. Volatile climactic conditions have triggered a decline in the profits of the fishery sector. Fishermen at Anturan village, Buleleng, are feeling the pinch with their catches of fish having been reduced by as much as 50 percent.

Climate change and nature’s susceptibility to change have an impact on ocean fish reproduc-

tion. Allegedly changes in weather patterns are caused by the rising temperatures of the ocean’s surface and changes in the direction of sea breezes. Fishermen at Anturan village say that their catches of fish have drastically declined lately.

“Last year, we could catch 10-15 quintals of fish each time we went out to sea. By the middle of this year, this amount decreased to about 3-4 quintals. This is a sharp decrease, but we still go out to sea,” said local fisherman, Gede Subawa.

Subawa does not know for sure why there are less fish in the North

Bali seas now but suspects that it may be because many fishermen are now using FAD’s that lure fish into large fishing nets that are placed in shallow waters, allowing these fishermen to catch enormous amounts of fish at a time. He feels that this method is not good because there should be more fish in the open sea. Subawa also wonders it the declining number of fish is due to the presence of large fishing boats from Java that fish in North Bal waters.

For just one trip out to sea, he needs to buy IDR 780,000 worth of fuel (120 litters at IDR 6,500 a

litter) . “Indeed, there have been far fewer fish over the last few months, but we don’t know why.

This lack of fish means that our income also greatly declines,” said Subawa.

Due to the declining number of fish, Subawa’s income has dropped from about IDR 8 million a month to just IDR 3 million a month. “Many of us suspect that the large Javanese fishing boats are to blame, but there is no definite evidence that this is the cause. We just hope that our catches of fish will return to normal in the future,” he concluded. (kmb34)

Fishermen at Anturan village, Buleleng, are feeling the pinch with their catches of fish having been reduced by as much as 50 percent.

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He added that the water shortage is due to the severe drought but another contributing factor is the leak in the PDAM (municipal waterworks) pipeline currently under repair and the lack of natural water sources in these areas. “The lack of water is not entirely caused by drought, the faulty PDMA infrastructure is another factor,” explained Karmawan.

To address this issue, Karmawan said that BPBD Bangli can only take short term measures such as supplying water through cooperation with BPBD Bali, the Social Agency, PDAM and the Urban Planning Agency. For a more long term solution BPBD Bangli is looking for water sources near the villages in need. Once these are discovered they will attempt to syphon the water using a pump.

“While distributing water supplies, we also look for available springs.

In the case where their are such springs, village authorities use need to submit an official proposal for us to pump out the water to fill the reservoirs. We will surely facilitate this process,” he said.

Karmawan also mentioned that this long-term solution cannot be undertaken solely by the government, but villagers also need to provide relevant information. “If any village can find a solution, please let us know.

Villagers need to be pro-active,” he said.

Karmawan also added that based on recent data, only three villages have submitted proposals for help in handling the water crisis; Buahan village, Serai village and Dalak Tiying at Landih village. “We are waiting for the other villages to apply or assistance,” he said, adding that a total of 73 tanks of water have been distributed to a number of areas.

The water crisis not only threatens the fate of the individuals but also has a negative impact on

agriculture as seen in Pengiangan village, Susut. Their irrigation channel is getting shallower all the time so farmers there are forced to purchase water just to water their tomato plants.

One local farmers, I Wayan Asa, said that in previous dry seasons, the water flow in the irrigation channels was fairly good. However, this year the water channels have slowed to a mear trickle. As a result, agricultural lands in the area are drying up so farmers are forced to buy water for IDR 15,000 per 1,100 liters, a day of their plants.

“I am forced to buy water to water my tomatoes because there isn’t enough water in the irrigation channels,” he said.

Although it may appear that the cost of the water for his plants is not very much, when added up over two months, it is still a substantial sum.

“It would be alright if it was just one day, but this has been going on for two months, so I have spent a lot of money just on water,” he said while shaking head.

Technical Unit Head of the Bangli Agriculture Agency in Susut subdistrict, I Wayan Arimbawa, confirmed that the flow of water has slowed to a trickle but added

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that there is only a small amount of agricultural land. “The affected areas are only few acres in the downstream area,” he concluded. (kmb45)

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AMLAPURA - Villa Taman Ujung managed

by IMT (Intermediary Multi Tourism) is located at east part of Bali especially at Ujung Village, Karangasem Regency, and the only one lies beside of Taman Ujung Tourism Object. Villa Taman Ujung is combined traditional and modern design, offering spectacular seaview, mountain view and Taman Soekasada Ujung tourism object.

Bringing comfort, convenience and attentive personalize service.

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People queuing to get clean water in Bangli Regency, recently.

AREAS in Bangli that are experiencing water shortages and drought are becoming increasingly widespread. In mid September their were only 7 villages that lacked water, but now more than ten villages having water problems as a result of the worsening drought in the area.

Water crisis threatens Kuta and South Kuta GIVEN how much we depend on water as one of our basic needs, people tend to be anxious about the possibility of being cut off. Residents of Kuta and South Kuta feeling this anxiety partly because the estuary dam in Suwung has is starting to silt.

The Suwung dam is the main supply of water for customers of the Municipal Waterworks or PDAM Tirta Mangutama.

Managing Director of PDAM Tirta Mangutama, I Made Subarga Yasa, accompanied by his ranks, said that the estuary dam that supplies their water is vital and that of the 500 liters per second of water that it can provide, PDAM Badung uses 350 liters per second. “Water from the dam is distributed to customers in Kuta and South Kuta,” he said.

According to Yasa, the surface of the water has been depleting due to silting. As a result, PDAM lacks ‘raw’ water so customers in Kuta and South Kuta do not have full access to the water they need. “We are having trouble starting the dredging process IBP/Yudi Karnaedi because the estuary dam is Staffs from the Municipal Waterworks are supplying water to residents. PDAM under the authority of the lacks ‘raw’ water so customers in Kuta and South Kuta do not have full access central government -the BaliPenida River Agency to be to the water they need.

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precise,” explained Yasa.

PDAM Tirta Mangutama sent a letter and reported the silt conditions of the dam directly to the Minister of Public Works. “The ministry has promised to immediately dredge and conduct maintenance of the estuary dam,” he said.

Aside from the estuary dam silting, Yasa also said that PDAM is also facing diminished water supplies due to the prolonged dry season.

“In general, the water supply has dropped to 30 percent of it usual volume,” he said.

In order to meet the needs of its 67,000 customers, PDAM Tirta Mangutama requires a water supply of about 750 liters per second.

Currently, he said, they can only supply 478 liters per second by sourcing water

350 liters per second from the Suwung estuary dam, 100 liters per second from the Ayung River and the reminder from a number of artesian wells.

“Presently we are short about 300 liters per second.

Yasa went on to say that in the highland areas (Pecatu and vicinity), customers only have access to water for about 5-6 hours a day, while in the lowland areas customers still have 24 access,” he explained.

W h i l e P D A M Ti r t a Mangutama waits for the main pipe installation to be completed, they are relying on water from SPAM Penet (150 liters per second) and from Petanu (100 liters per second). “The last 50 liters per second will be drawn from the Suwung estuary dam. Therefore, the dam urgently needs to be dredged.

If things go smoothly, we are confident that water services in South Kuta -especially upper Kuta, areas, will become available for 15-18 hours a day,” he concluded. (kmb27)

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Wapa di Ume

UBUD - A wonderful hideaway from the hustle and bustle of Bali, Wapa di Ume is a boutique resort just 5 minutes from Ubud Centre that boasts rice fields as its centre piece, placing you truly at one with nature.

From the Lanai Room to Di Ume Suite with decking that stretches over the agricultural panorama, to villas with private pools overlooking the natural beauty, this is an oasis of calm in a serene setting. Wapa di Ume now has the capacity for more to enjoy this oasis of peace and quiet among the rice fields.

It begun 19 years ago in 1996. Wapa di Ume is a boutique resort set 4 unit in the middle of rice field. The resort formerly ever named as Umah di Ume. Wapa was managed by one of leading hotel management of Waka. Within years the resort grows adding in more accommodation until become 18 unit of rooms and pool vil-

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las. The resort famously known as Waka di Ume until 2013.

After years the share holder Mr. Wayan Pasek “Wapa” decided to manage himself the resort and build an extension across the river.

There are 15 unit additional to the existing resort. Wapa di Ume is now accomplished with its 33 unit collection to cater all experience travelers and repeaters needs for their coming back come.

I Ketut Siandana is a Balinese Architect and Wapa di Ume Resort is his creation. To people who know him, he is a visionary-the new generation of Balinese, the hope for future, if Bali is to retain its special magic, a traditionalist whose vision is to present the Bali experience in a unique way.

He believes, Wapa di Ume gives visitors a chance to experience this and the many guests who have stayed there agree with him. You are in rice fields, you are part of the culture, you have been transported to another place another time-the Bali you came for.

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Balinese Temple Ceremony

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

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

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

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

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

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Lamar Odom, Khloe Kardashian call off divorce amid recovery

LOS ANGELES — Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian have decided to stay married as the former NBA star continues his recovery a week after he was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel.

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In this April 30, 2012, file photo, Khloe Kardashian Odom and Lamar Odom from the show “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” attend an E! Network upfront event at Gotham Hall in New York.

Kardashian’s lawyer, Laura Wasser, filed a petition Wednesday to dismiss the reality star’s divorce filing from December 2013. A clerk granted the request in such a way that the divorce

papers can be refiled at a later date.

The document doesn’t state a reason for the change, but it shows Odom signed off on dismissing the divorce Tuesday.

Kardashian has been by Odom’s side since he was found in extremely critical condition Oct. 13 at the Love Ranch brothel in the rural community of Crystal, Nevada, and hospitalized in Las Vegas. He regained consciousness Friday and was transported to Los Angeles on Monday.

Kardashian posted a statement to her website Tuesday saying Odom made “incredible strides” at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas and thanking the doctors and nurses “for their kindness and diligent work.”

The hospital and Odom’s relatives have not revealed his prognosis, but the family has hinted at a long road ahead, saying they realize his “continued improvement” won’t be easy.

The brothel said workers saw him drink alcohol and take supplements sold as “herbal Viagra.” The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning in 2013 against one brand he took, Reload, after it was found to contain sildenafil, the active ingredient in prescription Viagra.

He also told at least one of the women that he had done cocaine, but the brothel says it did not see him take any drugs.

Love Ranch owner Dennis Hof has said that Odom arrived Oct. 10 for a four-day stay and spent $75,000 on two women who accompanied him in a VIP suite.

Test results from blood samples obtained through a warrant still are pending, and authorities have not ruled out the possibility of taking action against the brothel or Odom. (ap)

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Chris Rock to host Oscars

LOS ANGELES - US comedian and actor Chris Rock will return to host the Oscars in February for a second time, organizers announced on Wednesday.

“Chris Rock is truly the MVP of the entertainment industry,” David Hill and Reginald Hudlin, the producers of the show that will be held February 28 in Los Angeles, said in a statement.

“Comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, documentarian – he’s done it all. He’s going to be a phenomenal Oscar host!”

The 50-year-old Rock -- a veteran of “Saturday Night Live” and star of several films -- confirmed his appearance with a tweet that said “Look who’s back.”

Rock last hosted the Oscars in 2005 when “Million Dollar Baby” won best picture. He got mixed reviews, with some panning his performance and others praising his biting humor.

Many at the time took offense to his attacks against several actors including Jude Law and Colin Farrell.

Rock most recently wrote and starred in rom-com “Top Five” and directed Amy Schumer’s stand-up comedy special on HBO. Last year’s Oscars was hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, who struggled through the show. It was the lowest-rated Oscars telecast in six years. (afp)

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Vice President, Jusuf Kalla (right) talked with Deputy of ASEAN’s Secretary General, Ahmad Kurnia Prawira Mochtan and Justice Minister Yasonna Laoly (left) during the 9th ASEAN Law Ministers Meeting in Nusa Dua on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on October 22, 2015. Laoly revealed that he and the relevant agencies are studying the legal aspect of castration punishment for child rapists (pedophiles).

Minister studying legal aspect of castration punishment

NUSA DUA - Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly revealed that he and the relevant agencies are studying the legal aspect of castration punishment for child rapists (pedophiles).

“There must be a standard set to reduce the libido of pedophiles through castration. It is not that their testicles will be removed,” the minister stated after attending the opening of the ASEAN Law Ministers’ Meeting (ALAWMM) on Thursday.

Laoly said his ministry is study-

ing the matter with the relevant parties, such as the Attorney General’s Office, the Ministry of Women and Children Empowerment, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Health, non-governmental organizations, and other related agencies.

He remarked that the discourse

on castration to reduce the libido of pedophiles could be implemented.

Referring to a proposal on the need to issue a government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu), the minister stated that it is also under study to decide whether sexual crimes against children come under the emergency category.

He affirmed that sexual crimes against children are grave in nature, and the victims suffer long-term trauma.

“It is (sexual violence against

children) quite dangerous as its impacts are intangible. If there is no stern law, pedophiles will come here,” he added. (ant) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

AREAS in Bangli that are experiencing water shortages and drought are becoming increasingly widespread. In mid September their were only 7 villages that lacked water, but now more than ten villages having water problems as a result of the worsening drought in the area. The Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) and other related agencies are overwhelmed trying to provide water to all those in need.

Head of BPBD Bangli, I Wayan Karmawan, accompanied by Division Head of Emergency and Logistics, I Ketut Agus Sutapa, explained that since the beginning of the dry season in July until about mid-September, villages in Kintamani subdistrict such as; Abang Batudinding, Suter, Trunyan, Bantang and Songan A have been facing drought conditions. Villages in Susut subdistrict including Yangapi village, and Landih village in Bangli are also short of water.

As of mid-October, Jehem and Peninjoan villages in Tembuku have been added to the list of villages struck with severe water shortages along with Buahan, Abang Songan and Serai in Kintamani.

“Tembuku is the worst hit by the lack of water along with Bangli. There are a total of 13 villages and 15 hamlets that do not have enough water, this is up from 7 villages just one month ago,” explained Sutapa.

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