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‘The Goldfinch’ is a tale of art and loss Associated Press Writer

This absorbing novel begins when an ordinary excursion to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City by 13-year-old Theo Decker and his mother erupts in a sudden, senseless act of violence.

In the mayhem that follows, Decker’s mother is killed and he somehow picks up and walks away with a priceless piece of artwork from the 1600s, “The Goldfinch” by Carel Fabritius. The scene unfolds slowly in harrowing detail and sets in motion nearly every subsequent event in the novel.

Suddenly motherless, Decker’s quiet life becomes tumultuous. He is taken in by his friend’s wealthy and kind but distant family, and later goes to live with his estranged, gambling-addicted father

and his cocktail waitress girlfriend on the semi-abandoned outskirts of Las Vegas. There he meets Boris, a charming but unhinged ex-pat with Ukrainian and Russian roots who becomes his best friend, introducing Decker to a larger world via both Russian novels and drugs.

As he grows older, he continues to secretly protect the painting, both as a work of beauty he has grown to cherish and as the only link to life before the tragedy. Establishing himself as an

antiques dealer back in New York as an adult, Decker strives for a calm life, but soon Boris re-emerges and everything he thought was in his past comes back in full force to haunt him.

Tartt, in her third novel after “The Secret History” and “The Little Friend,” paints the many different strata of life that Decker floats through with vivid detail, including the dissolute Vegas gambling scene, high-society Manhattan, the world of antique furniture dealing and shady underworld art dens.

The author trains an acute eye on the moral ambiguity of all of her characters in “The Goldfinch”: Decker, for example, can be deeply sympathetic but also proves capable of shocking acts both unethical and violent.

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NEW DELHI — Famed playback singer Manna Dey, who recorded nearly 4,000 songs and can be heard in scores of Bollywood films, died in a Bangalore hospital early Thursday. He was 94. Dey was hospitalized in May and was being treated for a kidney infection when his organs failed, said K. Vasuki, an official of the Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences.

Dey’s deep voice and mastery in singing classical music-based songs

enthralled millions of music lovers. He started his singing career in 1942.

He sang mainly in Hindi and Bengali languages and his peak period was 1953-1980. He also lent his voice to songs in several Indian regional languages — Bengali, Assamese, Gujrati and Malayalam.

He can be heard on scores of Bollywood films and their soundtracks, and his stage shows were very popular across India.

His death was being mourned by millions of fans. Bollywood superstar Am-

Birthday boy Rooney gets special present from his mates

Over 156,000 hit in South Sudan ‘disaster’ floods: UN

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On reports US spied Germany

Merkel demanded answer from Obama Agence France-Presse

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded answers from President Barack Obama on Wednesday after learning US spies may have monitored her phone, warning this would be “breach of trust” between allies.

Bollywood playback singer Manna Dey dies at age 94 Associated Press Writer

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Friday, October 25, 2013

The White House, rattled by the latest exposure based on leaks from intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, said it is not now listening in on Merkel, but did not deny the possibility her communications may have been intercepted in the past.

In the wake of Snowden’s ongoing revelations, several more key US countries have already complained about American electronic surveillance, and the White House is struggling to stem the diplomatic damage.

A spokesman for Merkel, who has registered strong disapproval at US National Security Agency activities in the past, said his boss had called Obama after Germany received information that US intelligence may be spying on her mobile phone.

Steffen Seibert said in a statement that Merkel “made clear that she unequivocally disapproves of such practices, should they be confirmed, and regards them as completely unacceptable”.

She had demanded “an immediate and comprehensive explanation” from Washington, the statement said.

“Among close friends and partners, as the Federal Republic of Germany and the US have been for decades, there should be no such monitoring of the communications of a head of government,” the statement added, indirectly citing Merkel’s comments to Obama.

itabh Bachchan tweeted his condolences, saying “Strange how we connect events of our life with his songs.”

India’s President Pranab Mukherjee said the country “has lost a veteran playback singer, a versatile artist of extraordinary ability and a creative genius who mesmerized listeners with his enchanting voice.”

The Indian government honored Dey with the top civilian Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007. Dey is survived by two daughters. His wife, Sulochana Kumaran, died last year.

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FILE – In this Oct. 21, 2009 file photo, famed Bollywood playback singer Manna Dey acknowledges the crowd after receiving the Dadasaheb Phalke award for the year 2007, during the 55th National Film awards in New Delhi, India.

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The March 5, 2013 file photo shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel presenting a tapproof mobile phone of Blackberry at a booth of Secusmart during the opening round tour of the world’s largest computerexpo CeBIT in Hannover.

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Solid medical waste,When unprocessed, infection threats community Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Mengwi Art Market

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Mengwi Art Market seems dormant No certainty when to be operated Mangupura (Bali Post)—

The art market building owned by Mengwi customary village has not been operated. Even, the building having been completed about a year ago starts to look dormant. Until now, there is no certainty when the building will be operated.

“The art market has been dormant long enough. The building was accomplished in 2012, but has not been in operation so far. It is said the management has not been handed over to customary village. It’s unclear why it has not been functioned so far,” said one of the Mengwi residents.

Though being not too extensive, the art market is actually quite interesting because it applied the Balinese architectural style. This market place is also quite strategic situated approximately 30 meters from the west gate of Taman Ayun. However, since it has been too long empty, a few residents worry if the newly established building will even be damaged because it has not been taken care of properly.

When asking for confirmation about this matter to subdistrict head of Mengwi, Made Sudarcita, on Monday (Oct 21), he did not know exactly when the market started to be operated. So far, the customary village was still waiting for the handover of the market. According to him, the market was carried out by the working unit of Bali Province.

Similar opinion was also expressed by Director of PD Pasar Badung, I Ketut Golak. He mentioned the Mengwi Art Market was not under the management of PD Pasar Badung. Even, he also admitted not to know about the owner and who would manage the market. “I really do not know, maybe it is owned by Mengwi customary village,” he said. (kmb25)

Health field, in fact, is inseparable from waste production. The institution of health service providers, either hospital, clinic or health center produces two kinds of waste, namely liquid and solid medical waste. If each type of waste is not recycled, it will kindle a threat to public health and environmental pollution.

Before discharged into the environment, the solid medical waste must be managed first by burning it in incinerator equipment so that it turns to ashes.

Unfortunately, the incinerator is only available in government-owned hospitals. On the other hand, Bali has at least 54 hospitals, 118 community health centers as well as more clinics and private practice doctor.

Obviously, restricted number of incinerator is feared to cause the occurrence of medical solid waste disposal into the environment without prior process.

Then, what about the effects of solid medical waste when disposed directly into the environment without prior process? According to Section Head of Wangaya Hospital Non-Medical Support, Made Dwi Sukenrini, accompanied by hospital sanitation staff Sofwatul Mufidah said that disposal of unprocessed solid medical waste into the environment was definitely hazardous, not only for people but also for the environment.

According to Mufidah, if the solid medical waste consisting of syringes, infusion bags and other broken thermometers was discarded without processed, the first people afflicted by the impact was the rubbish collector. They might be punctured by syringes or other medical items. “The most hazardous is the puncture of syringe exposed to infection. Moreover, the syringe was formerly used for patient suffering infectious diseases such as HIV,” said Mufidah.

If the solid waste was disposed directly into the environment without processed, it would endanger the public in the form of threats of infectious due to the wastes. “Another threat, people may be exposed to mercury contained in several solid waste such as thermometers or blood pressure measuring device,”

she said.

For the environment, the unmanaged solid waste would pollute groundwater and air. On that account, it was very important for each health service institution to manage its solid waste before it was disposed into the environment.

According to Sukenrini, for Wangaya Hospital, the solid medical waste was managed first in incinerator before discharged into the environment. Within two days, the Wangaya Hospital incinerated at least 200 kilograms of solid medical waste consisting of solid medical waste of Wangaya Hospital, community health centers in Denpasar and several other health institutions.

Other than maintaining the security of solid medical waste disposal, the incinerator management also included preserving the incinerator exhaust gas threshold generated so that it was safe for the environment and local communities while spreading into the air.

In order the smoke of the burning did not pollute the environment she said the authority of Wangaya Hospital made a threshold examination to the incinerator exhaust gas once in six months. “So far, the exhaust gas of the Wangaya incinerator is still below the threshold and does not get complaints from the surrounding community,” she said.

Incinerator exhaust gas was one of the problems often protested by residents. It was revealed by Chairman of the Indonesia Hospital Association (Persi) of Bali, Wayan Sutarga. On that account, he suggested the government to build a unit of incinerator that could be used jointly by the health services, especially those having not owned an incinerator. “The construction should be safe and away from residential neighborhoods,” he said.

Construction of the incinerator that could be used together, according to Sutarga, was very important considering the availability of incinerator in Bali was limited and did not cover all the health services in Bali. (san)

Swept away by sea current, an angler vanishes under Benoa toll bridge Denpasar (Bali Post)—

The body of I Made Suka Prabudita Wasesa, 26, has not been found after he was swept away by sea current under the Benoa toll bridge, Sunday (Oct 20). Allegedly, the angler slipped and fell while exploring the beams of toll bridge. Since the current was strong enough, the body of the victim having the address on Jalan Dewi Sri Gang Jeruk, Batubulan, Gianyar, immediately disappeared.

As information, the victim with four friends was about to angle at the scene. They explored the beams beneath the toll bridge to find appropriate location for fishing. “Since the tide was low, they explored the pathway amidst the toll bridge beams. However, when arriving at fisherman base, approximately 500 meters from the Benoa Toll Gate, the victim fell,” the source said on Monday (Oct 21).

Victim fell when he tried to cross from one

beam to another beam. Allegedly, the victim’s legs slipped so that he fell. Once fell, the victim’s body was immediately swept away and his friends attempted to help. However, their efforts seemed fruitless and the victim was not seen. The accident was then reported to police station and the officers of Bali Marine Police and National SAR Agency promptly came down to location to do a search.

Marin Police Section Head of Bali Police, Nyoman Sukasena, said on Monday (Oct 21) the sea current at the scene was indeed strong enough when the tide was low. Even, the water reached a waist-deep and the current was very strong. According to a friend of Suka, Nyoman Suparta, 40, the victim slipped. “The location is indeed very hazardous due to strong currents. Apparently, many people were often fishing under the toll bridge,” he said. (kmb21)

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The 4th Neo Hotel opens at Mangga Dua IBP

JAKARTA - Becoming the fourth NEO hotel to grace Indonesia’s capital, Hotel NEO Mangga Dua - Jakarta opened on October 11th, 2013.

Bringing leisure and entertainment in the city to a whole new level, Hotel NEO Mangga Dua is a superior select service hotel and the area’s newest, most modern and only non-smoking property. Complete with upscale facilities and professional service, the hotel has been created to meet the needs of the modern-day urban professional, offering a stylish yet affordable hotel alternative.

Each of the 154 guest rooms have been elegantly appointed and equipped with all the latest amenities to ensure an unforgettable experience. Hailed by many loyal guests as the best in class of budget hotel rooms, the hotel offers an intimate and comfortable retreat for weekend getaways and business trips. All rooms are fitted with individually regulated air conditioning, double/king-size or 2 twin beds featuring top of the line mattresses, mattress toppers and soft cotton linens, as well as a direct dial telephone, satellite/cable TV, an in-room safety box, writing desk with universal power outlets and Tea & Coffee making facilities. The en-suite bathrooms

are equipped with a shower, vanity mirror and hairdryer.

The hotel itself boasts 5 versatile meeting rooms to cater to its professional guests, as well as an all day café-shop, ample parking space and complimentary high-speed WiFi throughout the entire hotel. Despite the challenges with WiFi in Indonesia, rest assured Hotel NEO Mangga Dua provides more bandwidth per room than any other hotel group in the Archipelago International.

Situated in the heart of Jakarta’s Chinatown district, Hotel NEO Mangga Dua is just 10 minutes from the Ancol Dreamland Park and smack in the middle of North Jakarta’s Mangga Dua “Superhub” complex with its many malls, wholesale centers and endless dining options.

The hotel is also within easy walking distance to factory outlets, a hypermarket, a wide choice of hangouts for food lovers, an international executive club, a cinema, and much more, while the toll road provides easy access to the Soekarno Hatta International Airport which is approximately 30 minutes from the hotel.

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

Merajan Pasek Subadra Kramas-Gianyar Pura Dalem Maya Blahbatuh Gianyar Linggih Bhatara Kayu Selem Besakih 17 Oct Wraspati Wage Sungsang Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Tangkas Klungkung Pura Siang Kangin Tampuagan Tembuku Bangli Odalan Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung Besakih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Petemon Merajan Pasek Gelgel Melinggih Odalan Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Dewa Besakih 19 Oct Purnama Sasih Kapat Bathara Tiga Sakti Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Meru Cakra Lombok Pura Lempuyang Madya Karangasem Pura Penerejon Kintamani Pura Pulaki Buleleng Pura Tirta Empul Tampak Siring Pura Puseh, Pura Desa, Pura Penataran, Pura Luhuring Akasa, Bhatara Hyang Basukih Desa Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Tirta Negari Singapadu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Friday, October 25, 2013

Fashion

International

Voila! Brooklyn backdrop suits Gaultier exhibit

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Jean Paul Gaultier can barely contain his enthusiasm to be in Brooklyn. Make that his enthusiasm for New York. And life, in general.

In a single conversation, seemingly a single breath, he covers the Chrysler Building; the 1940s film “Falbalas” that started his love affair with fashion; his beloved grandmother who inspired his fascination with corsetry; and the Broadway production of “Nine” that reminded him of it. A joie de vivre oozes with each word.

It leaves one wondering, is there anything Gaultier — he of the famous cone bras, tongue-in-cheek catwalks and rock-star collaborations — isn’t exploding to talk about?

But back to Brooklyn. Until he arrived this week to christen the Brooklyn Museum exhibit “The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk,” he had visited the now-hipster borough twice: once to a fish restaurant that was “very good,” he says, and once to visit the nightclub where John Travolta wore his sharp white suit in the 1977 movie “Saturday Night Fever.”

“I’m so impressed with Brooklyn,” he says in his thick French accent and occasionally broken English, “and this museum is absolutely fabulous. Voila!” This is no static fashion exhibition with gowns behind glass.

It seems there was no other way to put Gaultier’s 30-plus-year career on display than on mannequins that

cry, laugh and speak. They do it so realistically that passers-by surely will do a double take. They’ll probably drive the security guards crazy at night.

Some of the outfits, including the “cancan” bustier dress lined with photo-printed legs that gives the illusion that an entire dance line is hiding under the full skirt, are on a revolving runway that aims to mimic the models on parade at a fashion show.

“Fashion is not clothes on the hanger, it was always about dressing somebody. Somebody has to be inside,” the 61-year-old Gaultier says.

Seeing the childhood teddy bear that he used as his first model, complete with its bra top and red lipstick, in the same space as the iconic concert costumes he created for Madonna, Beyonce and Kylie Minogue “is a privilege of age,” Gaultier says.

“It’s a very strong sensation.”

Yet, Gaultier wasn’t completely sold on a retrospective when ThierryMaxime Loriot, curator of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, presented the idea in 2010. “My god, at first I thought this was only for people that were dead, like a monument! I am not an artist like the painter or something like that, so I feel a little humbled. ...

Do I deserve it?”

His only experience in creating exhibits at that point was participating in a challenge to craft fashion

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Galungan and Kuningan holiday

A moment to transform cultural values Bali Post

DENPASAR - series of Galungan and Kuningan feasts, the students in Bali got holiday for totally two weeks. They were expected to fill in the holiday with a variety of useful activities.

At the very least, the holiday feast could be used as a strategic moment to transform cultural and religious values to students.

Chairman of the Denpasar Education Council, Dr. Putu Rumawan Salain, revealed the matter on Monday (Oct 21).

AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews

Designs from Jean Paul Gaultier’s Africa collection, is previewed during the installation of Brooklyn Museum’s “The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk” on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 in New York. out of croissants, brioche and other French baked treats. “It was funny!”

Now, though, Loriot has produced this show in Montreal, Dallas, San Francisco, Spain, the Netherlands and Sweden. The Brooklyn exhibit runs Friday through Feb. 23.

Each time the pieces are packed

and unpacked, Loriot says he’s impressed by Gaultier’s craftsmanship and creativity.

Loriot is eager to show off the mermaid-shaped gown that Marion Cotillard wore to the 2008 Oscars — it took 180 hours to make by hand — and Madonna’s “Blond Ambition”

bustier made of a vintage 1930s metallic fabric that now has added patina from body heat and sweat.

Loriot says the designer isn’t some sort of style shock jock. Gaultier roots everything in tailoring and execution, but he’s not confined by any conventional rules, he says.

Indigenous fashion show in Bolivia Associated Press Writer

LA PAZ, Bolivia — In dazzling embroidered shawls, wide skirts and black bowler hats, Aymara models strutted their stuff on the catwalk in Bolivia’s capital in a fashion show designed to promote Andean style and beauty.

The indigenous women wore the classic, multilayered Andean skirt, called the pollera, traditional gold and silver jewelry, and delicate, brightly embroidered blouses. Friday night’s fashion show in La Paz also revived the corset and the traditional petticoat of indigenous Andean women, who are commonly called cholitas in Bolivian slang.

“Our modeling isn’t what is common; our culture is different and respecting it, we want to show that the cholita can by sexy, beautiful and elegant,” said designer Rosario Aguilar of Promociones Rosario, which organized the fashion show with 25 Aymara models.

The event, called the Chola Pacena Our Tradition in the 21st Century Fashion Show, is part of an effort to start an Andean modeling school.

“The models that we are showing now are lighter, less thick and let the woman in a pollera be ready for daily tasks,” Aguilar said. La Paz has declared the Cholita Pacena to be part of its cultural patrimony.

AP Photo/Juan Karita

In this Oct. 18, 2013 photo, an Aymara Indian woman models a creation by a local designer at a Chola fashion show in La Paz, Bolivia. In embroidered shawls, wide skirts and black bowler hats, Aymara models promoted Andean style and beauty.

According to the lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering, Udayana University, the long holiday should be useful for the children in the context of deepening their faith and devotion to God. In addition, the feast could also be used to transfer cultural and religious values. Thus, the students could really get a mature enrichment of religious teaching and cultural enrichment. “Other than through school institution, they can also get deepening from family and the community, especially when directly getting involved in ritual and cultural activities. How beautiful it is if the holiday cab ve taken advantage for such a benefit,” he said.

He said that parents should involve them in preparing oblations or other ritual paraphernalia in order the holiday could be beneficial to children’s understanding on cultural and religious values. Parents were also expected to provide a perfect explanation on the meaning behind the rituals so that

the dogmatic norms would no longer become a kind of culture. “Long holiday is not merely to celebrate a festive season, but there is a meaning in the context of increasing faith and devotion. Children must also intensively be involved in their respective community through religious and cultural activities,” he said.

Separately, the Head of Bali Education, Youth and Sports Agency, TIA Kusuma Wardani, asserted that education did not only take place in classroom. However, it also took place in family and society. Education was not just looking for scores, but also prioritized character. Children’s success in studying was also measured in terms of its moral behavior. “I hope that Galungan and Kuningan holiday can be taken advantage properly by schools, communities and parents in order to support the character education of students. We believe that school has been very creative in its execution,” she said. (kmb13)

AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati

A Balinese boy gives holy water to worshipers during Hindu festival of Galungan, celebrating the triumph of good over evil at a temple in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013.

More than 1,000 delegates attend 7th internet forum Antara

DENPASAR - More than 1,000 delegates from numerous countries attended the seventh meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) at Nusa Dua in the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Tuesday.

During his opening remarks, Indonesian Minister of Communications and Information Tifatul Sembiring said the rapid growth of the internet could open a wide range of opportunities in all aspects of life.

“The internet can be used for communications and to create business opportunities in support of economic growth,” he said.

The rapid growth of the internet poses a challenge, not only to individuals but also to the public and state, he noted.

The use of the internet has had an impact on the development of information ANTARA FOTO/M Agung Rajasa

technology as well as on human social life, he said.

“In the next few years, the use of the internet in the economic field, such as electronic trade, will become a priority,” he said.

He also expressed his hope that the forum would reach decisions to ensure the sustainable use of the internet.

He predicted that the number of internet users in Indonesia, which has a population of 240 million, will reach 60 million by the end of 2013.

“Therefore, we hope this forum will be able to create cooperative networks among various parties to better use the internet throughout the world,” he said.

During the meeting, delegates will discuss a wide range of global internet issues, including ethics, security, human rights and the use of the internet by the disabled.

More than 1,000 delegates from numerous countries attended the seventh meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) at Nusa Dua in the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Tuesday. During his opening remarks, Indonesian Minister of Communications and Information Tifatul Sembiring said the rapid growth of the internet could open a wide range of opportunities in all aspects of life.

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Ingredient disappears, toffee makers distraught Destiny of dodol or toffee-like confection makers ahead of Galungan and Kuningan feast is not as good as that of other traders. When traders reap huge profits during the feast, the toffee makers should be disappointed.

Amid the overwhelming orders from collectors, the makers of Balinese typical toffee in Klungkung County even cannot fulfill the order because the ingredient used to make toffee like jackfruit even disappears. product to outside Bali.

Aside from jackfruit toffee, the other ingredients such as snakefruit and pineapple were said to still be safe. However, she did not receive too many orders, so the production was also small. Flooding order precisely happened to jackfruit toffee, but the ingredient even disappeared. As consequence, she was really distraught.

This only toffee maker in Klungkung admitted that her toffee was sold for IDR 30,000 per kilogram. Related to Galungan and Kuningan, the scarcity of ingredient made her increase the price to IDR 35,000-IDR 40,000 per kilogram. However, despite increasing the price, it was still difficult to cover the losses as she could not fulfill the orders from collectors.

Meanwhile, the drying process typically using traditional method namely sunlight was interrupted by frequent rain occurred during the day. According to her, drying under the sun for two to three days would

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A worker washes sheep skin at a local tanning leather area by the bank of River Nile in Omdurman October 22, 2013.

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The toffee maker is preparing the dough for her product

make the toffee have a better quality. To anticipate of the difficulty, she made a simple cabinet drier from sheet of zinc where a gas stove was placed underneath. However, the result of such method was less good, she said.

She hoped that such situation would not last long as it could cause her business to lose customers even facing bankruptcy. Meanwhile, her business remained to survive with the production of ingredients like snakefruit and pineapple, where

both ingredients were easier to find, both in Klungkung and along Rendang and Selat subdistrict.

“Hopefully, the jackfruit can be immediately available because the jackfruit toffee is best favored by customers,” she said. (kmb31)

Golf courses considered Bitter Taste of Balinese inappropriate with geopark Palm Sugar Bangli (Bali Post)—

Though only getting a recommendation from the regent, in fact the plan of golf course development project in Kintamani continues to reap criticism. One of them is that the project to be established on the tourism forest is judged unsuitable with the spirit of geopark conservation so far. On the one hand, the presence of golf course believed by the regent to result in the improvement of local people’s well-being, it is inversely proportional to the spirit of the geopark conservation in the matter of forest conservation in Kintamani.

A legislator of the Bangli House, Ida Bagus Santosa, said on Monday (Oct 21) that golf course construction project scheduled to annex the tourism forest land was much not in line with the spirit of forest conservation.

As it had been known, one of the important points put into discourse so far related to the geopark was to conserve the Batur caldera area including the forest land in order to remain sustainable. But in reality, the discourse was actually inversely proportional to the golf course development plan where the regent recently said if the golf course development

would utilize the area of tourism forest. As consequence, it would certainly have an impact on the change in the forest area including the Batur caldera boasted.

He considered that so far the interests of investors were always on top of people’s interests. Even, the people’s welfare seemed to only be used as a reason to annex the strategic state land.

Besides, he also regretted the issues related to the state asset that had never previously involved the Bangli House. Actually, recommendation of the House was something absolutely required since the beginning before commencing any activity. “Until now, the Bangli House is never invited to talk about it and has not issued any recommendations,” said Santosa.

Other than Santosa, a number of local residents even began to worry about the plan to build the golf course. They worried the golf course would even eliminate their jobs so far.

With the construction of the golf course, the surrounding area would be made as sterile as possible. Truck drivers usually passing by would no longer be allowed to pass in the region. As a result, local traders would no longer be able to sell. (ina)

Palm sugar (brown sugar) makers at Besan Village, Dawan, Klungkung, have difficulty to get raw materials or wine seepage of coconut tree. It happens because within the past few days, in Klungkung, particular at Besan, it always rains.

Actually, before Galungan and Kuningan the demand for brown sugar (also called Balinese sugar) increases. The price rises as well. During rainy season, sugar makers only acquire a small amount of wine. “Similarly, we do not dare to climb coconut trees, because it is slippery,” said sugar maker from Dawan, Nengah Koyog, at his home.

According to Koyog and his wife, Nengah Yasa, they would get much sap of coconut tree during dry season. Climbing the coconut tree was not too worrisome because the trunk was dry. On that account, every day the sugar maker could harvest wine for two times, in the morning and afternoon. However, during rainy season, they could only climb once. Even, it highly depended on the condition of coconut trees.

In dry season, a tree could produce 2 liters of wine. “But, in rainy season it only produces a little, nearly 1 liter,” said Koyog.

However, the 65-year old man admitted if he no longer dared to climb because he was already old enough. Activity to slit into the bud of coconut tree for collecting its sap or wine had now been continued by his son, Nengah Sutarna. In normal condition, Koyog said, the wine obtained from nine coconut trees in his backyard reached up to 25 liters taken twice daily (morning and afternoon). Results of the wine seepage were directly boiled and could produce 4 kilogram of brown sugar. “Before Galungan and Kuningan, the price is rising. If previously was only IDR 13,000 per kilogram, now it reaches IDR 15,000 per kilogram,” said Koyog who also collected sugar product of the surrounding residents.

Other than marketed in traditional markets across Klungkung, brown sugar produced by Besan Village was also sold to outside Klungkung such as Denpasar.

Unfortunately, due to difficulty to get raw materials, this sweet sugar was tasted ‘bitter’ by the sugar makers. “I myself have a regular customer from Renon. In once delivery, it can reach hundreds of kilogram,” he said.

Over 156,000 hit in South Sudan ‘disaster’ floods: UN Agence France Presse

Juba - Extreme floods across vast parts of remote and impoverished South Sudan have affected over 156,000 people, the United Nations said Wednesday, with many areas now accessible only by air.

Seven out of ten states in grossly underdeveloped South Sudan, the world’s youngest country born just over two years ago following some five decades of on-off civil war, have been declared disaster zones by the government.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that “severe flooding” due to intense seasonal rains had left 156,000 people in need of assistance. “So far humanitarian partners have reached nearly 100,000 flood-affected people with aid across the country,” OCHA said in a report.

“However, they face access challenges as roads have become impas-

sible, with many flooded areas only accessible by air.”

Flooding happens every year, but problems began earlier this month after rains were more intense than expected. The majority of those affected are in Northern Bahr elGhazal state, bordering Sudan, where over 45,000 are needing support.

In places, the White Nile river that runs the length of the country has burst its banks.

Minister for Cabinet Affairs Martin Elia Lomuro told state media that the situation was made “even worse since wild animals and human beings are sharing the little space left by the flood”. In Warrap

state, in the north of the country, a crocodile has eaten one person forced from their home by the rising water, state media added.

South Sudan is oil-rich but remains one of the world’s poorest countries, where even the most basic infrastructure, such as roads, electricity and water distribution networks, is lacking.

War-torn Jonglei in the east, a vast region riven by conflict between rival tribes and where rebels were accused of massacring scores of people at the weekend, has some 28,000 people affected.

Tit-for-tat cattle raids and ethnic killings are common in Jonglei, awash with guns left over from the last round of civil war, from 1983-2005. The main rainy season in South Sudan usually runs from around June to the end of October, but flooding can affect areas up until December.

Moscow - The Russian government has dismissed the head of the consumer protection agency, a notorious official best known for waging apparent trade wars against the country’s neighbours.

Gennady Onishchenko, 63, who had been at the helm of the consumer protection agency Rospotrebnadzor since 2004, has been relieved of his duties, the government said late Wednesday.

Onishchenko has been appointed as an aide to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, according to a government statement. His deputy Anna Popova was appointed his temporary replacement.

Under Onishchenko, the consumer protection agency, which enforces sanitary norms, was widely seen as a tool to punish Russia’s neighbours for seeking closer ties with the West or other perceived transgressions.

In recent years, Moscow has banned the import of wine and mineral water from Georgia, chocolate from Ukraine and dairy products from Europe, usually during a flare-up in relations be-

tween Russia and its neighbours.

In July, Onishchenko’s watchdog banned chocolates from Ukraine over safety concerns, the measure coming after apparently fruitless talks between President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych over Kiev’s European Union ambitions.

This month Russia criticised the quality of Dutch dairy products and hinted at possible sanctions during a diplomatic row between the two countries. The government has repeatedly denied banning foreign imports for political reasons. It remains unclear if Onishchenko’s dismissal will lead to a change in policy.

At home, the outspoken official will also be remembered for a string of alarming statements including his recommendation to shun sushi because of a risk of tapeworms and his proposal to kill crows for allegedly spreading bird flu.

Onishchenko even ventured into domestic politics, advising Russians to stay at home during opposition protests against President Vladimir Putin lest they catch cold.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to hand over the diplomatic credentials to newly-appointed ambassadors at the Kremlin in Moscow, October 23, 2013.

North Korean ruler gets Malaysian university honor Associated Press Writer

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian university faced public criticism Thursday for awarding an honorary doctorate in economics to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whose country is among the poorest in the world.

The privately run HELP University said a “simple ceremony”

to mark the conferment was held in early October at the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur.

The North Korean ambassador to Malaysia accepted the honor on Kim’s behalf.

The event initially received little attention in this Southeast Asian nation but was reported briefly by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. It

attracted criticism on social networks in Malaysia this week after the U.S.-based Foreign Policy magazine posted a blog article that expressed surprise about the decision.

The university’s president, Paul Chan, said in a statement released this week that the decision was about “building a bridge to reach the people” by using “a soft con-

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Semarapura (Bali Post)—

Such condition was disclosed by a toffee maker from Besan, Dawan subdistrict, Klungkung, Ni Nengah Juliati, 45, Monday (Oct 21). She said that ahead of holidays such as Galungan and Kuningan as ever before she was always flooded with orders. Similarly, ahead of Galungan and Kuningan this time, the flooding toffee order had occurred since last month. “Ingredient like jackfruit completely disappeared, whereas we received a lot of orders from collectors in Denpasar,” she said.

On usual days, she admitted to produce toffee between 3,000 to 4,000 pieces in a week for collectors in Denpasar. He chose the market in Denpasar as it was more quickly sold out so that her production also ran smoothly. As for Galungan and Kuningan, her toffee production usually increased to 5,000 to 6,000 or some 3,000 kilograms in two days. She said that during holidays the collectors also sold the toffee

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structive approach” to engage with North Korea.

“To help (North Korea) in the way we do it is a road untraveled, but we hope our first small crucial step will contribute to peace and prosperity for all,” Chan wrote.

KCNA quoted the university president as saying that Kim “makes untiring efforts for the education of

the country and the well-being of its people.”

North Korea suffers chronic food and power shortages and has not released economic data for decades. South Korea’s central bank estimates the North’s gross national income, an indicator of the average standard of living, was $1,250 per person in 2011 compared with $23,400 in South Korea.

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Ser Hill developed into spiritual tourist resort

BUSINESS Spanish jobless rate dips to 25.98%

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SINGARAJA - Ser Hill area at Pemuteran village, Gerokgak, is now prepared to become a spiritual tourist resort. Aside from offering a beautiful natural panorama, the seaside hill in the region is indeed known as a sacred area being suitable for performing meditation, yoga and other similar activities.

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MADRID - Spain announced Thursday a dip in its towering unemployment rate in the latest sign that the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy is battling its way out of a long recession.

The jobless rate eased for the second straight quarter to a still high 25.98 percent in the third quarter of 2013, a report by the National Statistics Institute showed.

The news dovetailed with a Bank of Spain assessment the previous day that Spain had emerged from recession in the third quarter with timid 0.1-percent economic growth.

That was enough to send world stock markets higher as investors hoped for a broader recovery in the eurozone after five years of economic crisis.

The number of people out of work in Spain dipped by 72,800 to 5.9 million in the third quarter, lowering the unemployment rate from the previous quarter’s 26.26 percent.

It was the second straight quarter showing a drop in the unemployment rate, which peaked at a staggering 27.16 percent in the first three months of 2013.

Spain is still struggling to overcome the aftermath of a decade-long property bubble that imploded in 2008, throwing millions of people out of work, racking up huge debts for the government, banks and people, and plunging the economy into a double-dip recession.

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s right-leaning government, which took power in December 2011, has enacted economic reforms and austerity policies so as to curb annual deficits and rein in the national debt.

But the painful impact of the spending squeeze, high unemployment, and a slew of corruption scandals have sparked angry street protests.

For young people, the employment news remains bleak with 54.39 percent of 16- to 24-year-olds out of work, according to the latest report. Every member of some 1.8 million Spanish households is out of work, it said.

Rajoy’s government is promising better times ahead, however, forecasting an overall economic decline in Spain of 1.3 percent in 2013 and then a return to growth of 0.7 percent over 2014.

It forecasts an unemployment rate of 26.6 percent this year and 25.9 percent in 2014.

The International Monetary Fund has warned that Spain’s unemployment rate will stay above 25 percent until 2018 unless Rajoy’s government undertakes deeper labour market reforms.

The positive data from Spain -- which was a focus of anxieties for the eurozone’s stability last year -- reflected signs of recovery in European countries hit by the financial crisis, such as Greece, Ireland and Portugal.

France, the eurozone’s second-biggest economy, has confirmed that it exited recession in the second quarter.

A recent estimate by statistics institutes in France, Germany and Italy forecast that the eurozone overall would return to timid growth of 0.1 percent in the third quarter.

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The Boeing Company logo is seen on the property in El Segundo, Calif., in this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo. Boeing raised its 2013 earnings forecast Wednesday after third-quarter profits soared, saying it would boost production of its flagship 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

Boeing boosts 2013 forecast as Q3 profit soars Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - Boeing raised its 2013 earnings forecast Wednesday after third-quarter profits soared, saying it would boost production of its flagship 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

Net earnings totaled $1.16 billion for the July-September quarter, an increase of 12 percent from $1.03 billion in the same period in 2012, the US aerospace and defense giant said.

Earnings per share came in at $1.51 compared with $1.35 a year ago.

Adjusted earnings per share, excluding certain pension expenses, increased 16 percent to $1.80, well above Wall Street analysts’ average estimate of $1.55.

Revenues also beat expectations, rising 11 percent to $22.13 billion, reflecting higher commercial airplane deliveries.

“Consistently strong operating performance is driving higher earnings, revenue and cash flow as we deliver on our record backlog and return increased value to shareholders,” said Jim McNerney, Boeing’s chairman, president and chief executive.

Boeing raised its 2013 core earnings outlook to a range of between $6.50 and $6.65 per share, from the prior estimate of $6.20-$6.40 range. It maintained its

revenue forecast of $83-86 billion.

Investors cheered, pushing Boeing shares to new all-time highs despite an overall lower market. The Dow component’s stock closed 5.3 percent higher at $129.02, shy of its intraday high at $129.99.

In the year to date, Boeing shares have spiked 67 percent, after trading steadily in the $70 range in 2012.

Boeing said it expected to deliver 635 to 645 new commercial aircraft in the year, including more than sixty 787s, at an operating margin revised to above 10 percent, an increase of a half percentage point.

The Chicago-based company, which employs more than 170,000 people in the US and in 70 countries, said it had third-quarter operating cash flow before voluntary pension contributions of $4.31 billion, up from $2.35 billion a year ago.

It also had a record $415 billion order backlog, including $27 billion net orders

booked during the quarter.

Third-quarter profits from its Commercial Airplanes subsidiary soared 40 percent to $1.62 billion, while revenues rose 15 percent to $13.99 billion.

Despite technical glitches that have plagued Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner , the company reported “continued strong demand” for its cutting-edge plane, which entered service two years ago.

The company said it planned to increase its 787 production rate for 2016 to 12 airplanes per month from 10, and would raise that 14 airplanes per month before the end of the decade.

But McNerney, in a conference call with analysts, expressed dissatisfaction with the 787’s performance.

“Improving dispatch reliability of the 787 is at the top of our priorities,” he said, referring to the ratio of the number of flights delayed because of technical problems to the total number of flights.

Boeing booked 200 net aircraft orders in the third quarter. Deliveries accelerated to 170 airplanes from 149 a year ago, as the pace of 787 deliveries nearly doubled.

Commercial Airplanes had a backlog of nearly 4,800 airplanes valued at $345 billion.

Ser Hill area at Pemuteran village, Gerokgak, is now prepared to become a spiritual tourist resort.

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Some residents around the Ser Hill said that a number of foreign and local tourists were often seen getting into the area of Ser Hill just for trekking or specifically performing meditation activities. Moreover, on certain days, many Hindus also came to the area to say prayers in the temple located on the small hill.

In terms of scenery, the beach in the area of Ser Hill had been already very well known to foreign tourists.

Other than having calm ocean waves and white sand, the beach area also had a very beautiful coral reef and no less attractive than the coral reed at Nusa Lembongan and Karangasem tourist area. “To that end, the area of Ser Hill is worth to be made into spiritual tourist area,” said a resident living at Pemuteran village.

Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana, said that Buleleng government indeed had a plan to develop the Ser Hill area into a spiritual tourist destination with a beautiful nature exuding magical impression and strong spiritual vibration. Moreover, the area had a number of temples venerated by the Hindus from some villages. Around the area also sat large temples like the Pulaki, Melanting and Kerta Kawat Temple. For the development of such spiritual tourism, Buleleng government planned to propose the management of the state land located around the Ser Hill. (kmb15)

To revive coral reef

Solar energy panel released into the sea Bali Post

SINGARAJA - To accelerate the growth of coral reefs in the waters of Pemuteran village, Gerokgak subdistrict, a number of residents released some solar energy panels into the sea on Monday (Oct 21). The release was made by the Head of Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Nyoman Sutrisna, with a figure of coral reef observer at Pemuteran, Gusti Agung Prana.

Nyoman Sutrisna said that his party positively welcomed the efforts of the pioneering development of Pemuteran village to release the solar energy panels into the water to accelerate the growth of coral reefs in the region. He hoped the pioneering party remained to make synergy with the Buleleng government to realize the Pemuteran village as a mascot of Buleleng County. “Indeed, to preserve coral reefs must be through a good synergy among the four pillars namely the role of the expert, private sector, public

and government,” he said.

Gusti Agung Prana initiating the idea of releasing the solar panel structure as the pioneer of Pemuteran village development with tourism players and the support of Buleleng government wanted to create the Pemuteran village as the mascot of Buleleng offering beautiful coral reefs. Aside from supported by the Buleleng government, the reef cultivation effort was also supported by some foreign donors and two experts from Germany and the USA, namely Mr. Wolf and Tom Gurow.

Coral reef conservation at Pemuteran village had been actively carried out since 1998. At that time was developed the biorock structure for coral reef cultivation. Such an effort was kindled by the concern for the damaged condition of the sea at Pemuteran village caused by the behavior of people catching fish by means of potassium cyanide. As a result, the sea around Pemuteran village was damaged and polluted. (kmb15)

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To accelerate the growth of coral reefs in the waters of Pemuteran village, Gerokgak subdistrict, a number of residents released some solar energy panels into the sea on Monday (Oct 21).

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INDONESIA Rainy season starts with floods

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BANGKOK — A bus carrying worshippers home from a temple at the end of Buddhist Lent plunged into a ravine in northern Thailand, killing 22 passengers, police said Thursday. The bus driver lost control of the vehicle before it fell about 30 meters (98 feet) into the ravine on a curvy rural road in Wang Nuea district in Lampang province on Wednesday, police Col. Somdet Tossaporn said. The driver was among 16 people injured.

The travelers had visited the temple to make merit, a Buddhist ritual of performing good deeds or other acts. Most of those killed were women.

Somdet said the driver is facing charges of causing deaths by reckless driving, which carry a maximum jail term of 10 years. Lampang is a mountainous area 600 kilometers (372 miles) north of Bangkok.

Up to 26,000 people are killed in road accidents every year in Thailand, according to the Interior Ministry.

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A helicopter drops water on bush land in Faulcombridge, 85 kilometers (53 miles) west of Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. More than 100 wildfires have killed one resident and destroyed more than 200 homes in New South Wales state this month.

Pilot dies while fighting Australian wildfires Associated Press Writer

SYDNEY — A pilot trying to fight one of several raging Australian wildfires died when his plane crashed Thursday, in the second fatality resulting from the fires that have ripped through the nation’s most populous state over the past week.

The 43-year-old man was the only person on board and was trying to drop water onto a blaze in extremely rugged terrain near Ulladulla, south of Sydney, when his plane went down, Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said.

“He’s a husband with young children and we’re all acutely aware that there’s a family suffering ... because their dad hasn’t come home,” an emotional Fitzsimmons said, pausing to compose himself. “We’re also feeling for the firefighting community.”

More than 100 wildfires have killed one resident and destroyed more than 200 homes in New South Wales state this month.

Sixty-one fires were burning Thursday, with 23 out of control, though cooler weather had

decreased the fire threat and residents who evacuated had returned to their homes.

Officials were trying to access the crash site, but the steep terrain and wind was making it difficult, New South Wales police Superintendent Joe Cassar said.

“We are trying to recover the pilot from the scene but are being challenged by weather conditions and nearby fire,” Cassar told reporters in Nowra, a city near Ulladulla.

Fire officials also Thursday defended Australia’s defense department after investigators revealed a military training exercise with live ordnance ignited the largest of the wildfires. The fire near the city of Lithgow, west of Sydney, has burned 47,000 hectares (180 square miles) and destroyed several houses but caused no injuries

or deaths. Fitzsimmons said the defense department’s actions were obviously an accident.

“It was a side effect of a routine activity, it would appear, and clearly there was no intention to see fire start up and run as a result of that activity,” Fitzsimmons said. “There is no conspiracy here.”

Air Marshal Mark Binskin, vice chief of the defense force, said the fire started after a demolition training activity. Defense personnel tried unsuccessfully to snuff it out and fire crews arrived within 30 minutes to help.

Binskin apologized for the fire, but noted the exercise took place on a relatively cool day in which there was no fire ban in place.

“This was not deliberately starting a fire,” he told reporters.

“This was an accident.”

“This would be a serious breach of trust.”

“Such practices must be stopped immediately,” the German chancellor told Obama, the statement said.

The White House, embarrassed by the latest allegations of NSA spying on foreign leaders, came up with a hurried response to the telephone call.

“The President assured the Chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of Chancellor Merkel,” said White House spokesman Jay Carney. Carney was then asked whether US spies could have inadvertently picked up Merkel’s communications during a wider sweep of global telephone calls linked to a vast anti-terror program.

He repeated the linguistic formulation of his earlier answer, in a way that did not deny the possibility that the NSA had indeed accessed Merkel’s conversations in the past.

Carney stressed that Obama was reviewing the way Washington gathers intelligence “so that we properly balance the security concerns of our citizens and allies with the privacy concerns that all people share.” The latest allegations came as the French newspaper Le Monde stood by claims that Washington had monitored millions of phone calls inside France.

Washington has said many of Le Monde’s claims were false, but Obama had another embarrassing call with a foreign leader when he spoke to French President Francois Hollande on Monday.

German and US intelligence agencies cooperate closely on counter terrorism efforts and other matters related to espionage.

US officials have privately said that all nations, including its allies, conduct intelligence sweeps against foreign leaders -- and assume that Obama is a target of such activity.

But the Merkel revelations were the latest extreme embarrassment for Obama over the NSA affair, which has seen claims of US snooping on foreign leaders in Mexico and Brazil and reports US spy agencies have monitoring millions of telephone calls worldwide.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff last month cancelled a state visit to Washington over the scandal.

The latest revelations also threatened the personal trust and close cooperation between Obama and Merkel, which saw the US leader pay a longawaited visit to Berlin earlier this year. Obama considers the newly reelected German leader as one of his closest allies and friends on the world stage and has frequently spoken of his respect for her.

But the NSA story caused Merkel some discomfort during her reelection campaign and she publicly raised the issue with the US president.

The idea of spying on personal telephone conversations carries special poignancy in Germany, where memories remain fresh of the surveillance conducted on ordinary citizens by the East German Stasi Secret Police agency during the Cold War. News of the eavesdropping suspicion and the stern German protest came first from Spiegel Online, whose parent magazine reported many of the US surveillance claims made by Snowden.

Spiegel Online said research by the news weekly had tipped the German government off to the potential surveillance, which authorities including the foreign intelligence service BND had considered “sufficiently plausible” for Berlin to confront Washington on the question.

Another US ally, Mexico, is also bristling at reports the United States spied on personal communications of current and past leaders.

Former Mexican leader Vincente Fox said Wednesday that he was spied on by the United States following reports that US intelligence agencies snooped on President Enrique Pena Nieto and his predecessor Felipe Calderon.

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In this June 21, 2013, file photo, firemen spray water to extinguish a bushfire in Pekanbaru, Riau province, Indonesia. Oreo cookies and Gillette shaving cream are among products driving the destruction of Indonesia’s forests, Greenpeace said Tuesday, accusing agrigiant Wilmar International of supplying “dirty palm oil” to make the grocery items.

Greenpeace slams palm oil giant supplying Oreo, Gillette

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JAKARTA - Oreo cookies and Gillette shaving cream are among products driving the destruction of Indonesia’s forests, Greenpeace said Tuesday, accusing agri-giant Wilmar International of supplying “dirty palm oil” to make the grocery items.

In its report “Licence to Kill”, Greenpeace said that Singapore-based Wilmar, the world’s biggest palm oil processor, was sourcing its oil from illegally cleared land and destroying the habitat of critically endangered Sumatran tigers.

“Until Wilmar commits to a no-deforestation policy, their trade of palm oil to big household brands... makes consumers unwitting accomplices in the extinction of Indonesia’s 400 remaining Sumatran tigers,” said head of Greenpeace’s Forest Campaign in Indonesia, Bustar Maitar.

Wilmar supplies more than a third of the world’s palm oil, according to the company’s website, and Greenpeace said Wilmar’s oil can be found in Oreo cookies, Gillette shaving cream and Clearasil face wash, among an array of grocery items in more than 50 countries.

The report accused Wilmar of continuing to source palm fruit from plantations on illegally cleared land within Sumatra island’s protected Tesso Nilo National Park, prime tiger habitat.

It also called on Wilmar to take responsibility for a fire that hit the permit area of another of its suppliers in June, when blazes swept through Sumatra’s forests for weeks, covering Singapore and Malaysia in a blanket of hazardous smog.

Indonesian officials said most fires, which sent high levels of carbon into the atmosphere, were deliberately lit to clear forested land and grow palm oil. Wilmar denied suggestions its supplier had deliberately lit land-clearing fires, saying in a statement the blaze was on a plantation that was likely ignited by surrounding flames.

“We are currently reviewing our business practices, including our sourcing policy, working with certain international supply chain experts,” Wilmar spokesperson Lim Li Chuen told AFP. The company said it had issued “a stern reminder to all staff” of its policy to only source palm fruit grown legally and that any supplier trying to sell illegally grown fruit would be “dropped altogether”.

Greenpeace said that around one million hectares of tiger habitat had already been designated by the government for production purposes, urging Wilmar to protects forest that lies within its permit zones.

A forest area designated to a Wilmar subsidiary for production is a crucial corridor for the tiger and other endangered animals to move from one part of the island to another in order to survive, Greenpeace said.

JAKARTA - Although the rainy season has just begun in Indonesia, parts of the country such as North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Jakarta, and Maluku have already witnessed floods.

Every year, several regions in the country get flooded during the rainy season, which usually begins in August or September. This year, the rains arrived a little late, but they have already wreaked havoc in parts of the country.

Earlier in the week, continuous and heavy rainfall caused the Batang Timbalun River to overflow, leading to floods in three villages in the sub-district of Bungus Teluk Kabung, Padang, West Sumatra Province.

A joint team of the Padang Disaster Mitigation Office and the Padang Red Cross are still evacuating the flood-hit who were residing near the river.

At least 1,500 houses were submerged by the deluge in the sub-district. Floodwaters, reaching a height of up to 1.5 meters, inundated public facilities such as schools, roads, and mosques.

The Padang municipal authorities have temporarily shut several schools in the sub-district due to flooding.

The floods submerged 11 elementary schools, a junior high school, and a senior high school in East, West and South Bungus villages in the sub-district.

“Floods have submerged a number of elementary, junior, and senior high schools in Bungus. So, for the time being, we are closing the schools,” said Mayor Fauzi Bahar last Saturday while visiting the flood-affected areas.

Meanwhile, heavy rainfall also triggered floods in parts of North Sumatra Province - Tebing Tinggi District, Langkat District, Simalungun District, Pematang Siantar town, and Binjai.

In Tebing Tinggi, floods hit four subdistricts - Bajenis, Tebing Tinggi, Rambutan, and Padang Hulu, said Wahid Sitorus, the Head of the Tebing Tinggi disaster mitigation agency.

At least 1,500 houses were inundated in Tebing Tinggi town after the Padang and Bahilang Rivers overflowed.

About 6,000 people were forced to move to higher ground after floodwaters, reaching a height of up to 1.5 meters, submerged their houses.

Local authorities set up emergency tents in Tanjung Marula Hilir, Rambutan Sub-district, and North Bandar, Tebing Tinggi.

Tebing Tinggi Mayor Umar Zunaidi Hasibuan visited the flood-affected areas and ordered the distribution of relief aid, such as instant noodles and mineral water, for flood victims without delay.

In Langkat District, floods triggered by continuous rains inundated 4,249 houses in the sub-districts of Stabat, Batang Serangan, Secanggang, Wampu, Tanjungpura, and Padang Tualang.

Indonesia’s capital city of Jakarta is also bracing for floods, which are routine every year.

Last year, 23 people died due to flooding and more than 100,000 families had to be evacuated after heavy rains struck Jakarta. The floods inflicted material losses of Rp1 trillion, or US$14 million.

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) plans to hold a joint exercise to prepare for possible flooding in Jakarta province.

“The joint exercise will help us prepare an evacuation process, determine the amount of logistics to be deployed, and decide on which areas we need to send humanitarian aid,” the spokesman for the agency, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, said recently.

BI to study alleged bribery of bank officials Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s central bank governor Agus Martowardojo has said he would review the charges of alleged bribery of three state-owned bank officials by US company Diebold Inc. “We will ask bank supervisors to coordinate with the banks concerned with regard to collecting information so that we will learn about the real problem,” he said on the sidelines of “Seminar Outlook 2014” on Thursday.

He added that following an official report from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about the alleged bribery case, the banks concerned must offer an explanation to the public about the charges.

“Bank Indonesia, meanwhile, I

think, will coordinate with the banks’ compliance directors or their internal units to deal with it. Today, we will ask for its follow-up,” he said.

He added that Bank Indonesia has not yet planned to call for a meeting with the three state-owned banks, because it believes the case could still be handled through their supervisory systems, since such cases could happen in any bank.

“We continue to have no prejudice, but we want an explanation so that we can respond to it,” he said.

Agus noted that he would continue to investigate the case to learn whether bank officials had received bribes from the US automatic teller machine producer.

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Renault warned weight limit would be an issue

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TABANAN - This temple was founded in the fifteenth century AD by Pedanda Bawu Rawuh or Danghyang Nirartha from Majapahit Kingdom, East Java. The Tanah Lot Temple is located at sea or separated from the mainland. Around the temple, there are also several small and big temples such as the Pekendungan Temple.

Below and in the west, there are sources of fresh water becoming the holy water to the Hindus. Tanah Lot Temple is situated at Beraban Village, Kediri Subdistrict, approximately 13 km from the town of Tabanan.

This destination has been completed with adequate parking lot. During the low tide, visitors can directly get to the court of the temple to pray. Below the temple lie several caves where some black-white sea snakes live. These snakes are very tame and may not be disturbed. If the tide goes up, this temple will look like a floating boat in the water. At Tanah Lot, we can witness the emergence of full moon at night and sunset on the west horizon. Both equally offer amazing attraction to see.

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FILE - This file artist rendering released by Japan Sport Council shows the new National Stadium, the main venue which Tokyo plans to build for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Japan scaling down 2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium Associated Press Writer

TOKYO — Japan is scaling down the planned main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, following an uproar from some prominent architects who think it’s too big and expensive.

Hakubun Shimomura, the minister in charge of education, sports and science, told Parliament Wednesday the stadium designed by award-winning British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid would cost 300 billion yen ($3 billion), and that was “too massive a budget.”

The 80,000-seat, futuristic-looking stadium has been billed as costing 130 billion yen ($1.3 billion). The minister’s updated estimate

includes surrounding construction and infrastructure costs.

“We need to rethink this to scale it down,” he said in response to a question from a ruling party lawmaker. “Urban planning must meet people’s needs.”

The plans for the stadium were approved earlier this year by the city and central governments.

Shimomura’s remarks signal a policy change.

He did not give specifics on how construction will be trimmed, but he stressed that the design concept will be kept.

He also said the new stadium will still have all the basic features needed to host the Olympics. It is replacing the smaller 54,000-seat main stadium that was used for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, a recipient of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize, recently criticized the new stadium’s size and urged that it be reworked to “a more sustainable stadium.”

Renault says it warned Formula 1 rivals a long time ago that there could be a problem with the weight limit of next year’s cars, but its concerns were ignored. Amid a likelihood that an increase in the minimum weight of F1 cars from 642kg to 690kg will not be enough to make up for the heavier V6 turbo power units, there have been concerns that heavier drivers are going to be penalised next year.

Renault F1’s deputy managing director Rob White says the French car manufacturer feared there was going to be a weight issue months ago but said rivals were adamant at the time that it would not be a problem.

When asked by AUTOSPORT if he anticipated teams would struggle to reach the minimum weight target, White said: “It depends who you ask - and who did the anticipating.

“In all honesty, we’ve been quite urgent in requesting that the weight effect of the regulation change be fully taken into account.

“While we are pretty confident that the power units and race cars we are heading towards will be every bit as optimised for weight as the current engines and cars, equally our forecast has been for some time that the overall weight challenge is greater than with the current rules.

“We recommended a slightly bigger weight change than the one that was adopted in the process – but we were voted down by people who had different opinion.”

Battling Federer won’t be thinking of retirement - Laver Reuters

MELBOURNE - Roger Federer’s struggles in 2013 are unlikely to hasten his exit from the game and the Swiss master could hit back and win next year’s Australian Open, according to tennis great Rod Laver.

The 75-year-old Laver, the only player to win the calendar grand slam twice, suggested Federer’s lean period was more akin to a drop-off in form rather than a symptom of terminal decline.

“It’s a tough time. He’s 32 and not playing his best tennis by any means,” Laver told reporters at Melbourne Park, where he launched his autobiography “Rod Laver - A memoir” on Thursday.

“It’s sometimes hard to analyse someone of that ability. But once in a while it

happened to me where for no reason ... you’re just flat. What’s happened? What is it that made you play your best tennis?

“Maybe that’s going through a little bit of Roger’s (mind) because I saw him play at Wimbledon. The first match he played he was just perfect, great. And in the second, he loses a match which he could probably win with his eyes closed.”

A year that began strongly with a run to the semi-final at the Australian Open turned ugly with a stunning second-round exit from Wimbledon at the hands of then-116th ranked Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky and a fourth-round elimination at the U.S. Open.

Now ranked sixth in the world, Federer is no certainty to play in the season-ending ATP Tour Finals, an unthinkable prospect only a few months ago. Although admit-

ting to suffering a crisis of confidence at Flushing Meadows, Federer has vowed to play on and has talked about the prospect of playing in another Olympics at the 2016 Rio Games.

“I don’t foresee him saying he’s going to hang his rackets up because he’s had a bad year,” said Laver, who won 11 grand slam titles and is regularly compared with Federer in debates about the game’s alltime greatest player.

“I think he’s going to look at this next January - and you might be surprised when you look at the champion of next year.

Switzerland’s Roger Federer returns the ball during his match against Adrian Mannarino of France at the Swiss Indoors ATP tennis tournament in Basel October 21, 2013.

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Sp rt La Liga ‘Clasico’ perfect Impressive Ronaldo scores twice in Real Madrid win stage for Bale, Neymar Associated Press Writer

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Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney, right, shoots against Real Sociedad’s Inigo Martinez, left, to force an own goal during the Champions League group A soccer match between Manchester United and Real Sociedad in Manchester, England, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013.

Birthday boy Rooney gets special present from his mates

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LONDON - Manchester United team mates have clubbed together to buy Wayne Rooney a special present for his 28th birthday on Thursday - former manager Alex Ferguson’s autobiography which criticises the forward for being a slow learner with fitness problems.

Not that the England and United multi-millionaire is too bothered what Ferguson thinks following the Scot’s retirement at the end of last season.

His form since David Moyes took over has soared, the goals have started flowing again, and he played another influential role as Manchester United beat Real Sociedad 1-0 at Old Trafford to go top of Champions League Group A on Wednesday.

A little more than 11 years after marking his arrival with a stunning Premier League goal for Everton against Arsenal while he was still only 16, Rooney now looks like a man whose time has come.

According to reports in Thursday’s newspapers, United players thought the book would be the ideal birthday present for a man in his peak years after a slump in form last season, which he has explained by saying Ferguson played him out of position.

After beating Sociedad on Wednesday, Rooney said he was pleased that Ferguson had set the record straight over claims that he had handed in a transfer request

last season.

“Thankfully he’s come back and corrected the story that I put a transfer request in and he’s gone back and proven that I haven’t,” Rooney told Sky Sports.

ASKED AWAY

His comments came the day after Ferguson’s autobiography was launched in which the Scot said the forward “asked away” rather than referring to any formal transfer request.

“I haven’t seen him since he retired, I’m happy under the new management. I’m working to get results under David Moyes and his coaching staff so that’s the main thing for me. The other stuff doesn’t concern me,” Rooney added.

Although he did not score on Wednesday, he played a major part in the only goal of the night which came when Sociedad defender Inigo Martinez diverted the ball into his own net after it had rebounded off the post from a Rooney shot.

The England striker looked rejuvenated in a United side

that dominated the match and should have won by a far bigger margin.

Despite making a sluggish start to their Premier League title defence, United have looked solid in Europe, picking up seven points from their opening three Group A fixtures and they put in an encouraging display on Wednesday.

Rooney linked well with Javier Hernandez in attack, the midfield looked solid with Shinji Kagawa showing glimpses of his better form and Antonio Valencia shone on the right flank.

Although Sociedad created chances, the defence remained solid with Phil Jones and Jonny Evans working well in the central positions and Patrice Evra and Rafael causing problems out wide.

Moyes was pleased with what he saw from Rooney against the La Liga side, teanulling reporters afterwards: “He was absolutely terrific tonight.

“I was just shouting at him in the last five minutes when he gave it away a couple of times in the corner but overall he’s worked really well.”

AP Photo/Jon Super

MADRID - The 167th La Liga ‘Clasico’ between Barcelona and Real Madrid at the Nou Camp on Saturday (1600 GMT) could be the ideal stage for Gareth Bale and Neymar to show they are worth a combined price tag of almost 160 million euros ($221 million).

Or, as is more likely, one of the most intense rivalries in football and a match watched by hundreds of millions around the world will again showcase the peerless talents of Barca’s Argentine World Player of the Year Lionel Messi and Real’s Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo.

Leaders Barca dropped their first points of the campaign with a 0-0 draw at Osasuna last weekend and victory for Real, as well as providing a huge confidence boost, would put them level with their bitter rivals on 25 points from 10 games.

Wales winger Bale replaced Ronaldo as the most expensive player in history when he joined Real from Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of 100 million euros in the close season, while Barca paid some 57 million to lure

Racist chants in Moscow leave UEFA red-faced

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LONDON - The British media was united in its condemnation of the racist chants directed towards Manchester City’s Ivorian international Yaya Toure during the side’s Champions League match against CSKA Moscow in the Russian capital on Wednesday.

The incident was particularly embarrassing for UEFA, who had declared this week as ‘Football Against Racism in Europe Action Week’ and responded by issuing a short statement saying they were “waiting for the report from match officials” on Thursday. However, despite all captains wearing anti-racism armbands during this round of fixtures and the exchanging of pennants declaring “No To Racism” and “Respect”, the message appears to have been lost on some CSKA Moscow fans.

Thursday’s Daily Mirror headline echoed Toure’s post-match comments, proclaiming “Shut Them Down” after the midfielder called on European soccer’s governing body to close the stadium perhaps for “a couple of years” until the problem is eradicated.

The Daily Telegraph said the racism issue was particularly worrying because Russia were hosting the World Cup in 2018. The Times observed that Toure knew exactly what was being chanted at him as he was a fluent Russian speaker following his time playing in Ukraine. Toure said he told Romanian referee Ovidiu Hategan what was happening 10 minutes into the second half, shortly after he had been fouled by a CSKA player.

KOMPANY TWEET

Injured Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany offered support for his team mate when he issued a plea to UEFA and the Russian government.“Racist chanting again in Moscow today. We’ve all said enough. @UEFA.com, @GovernmentRF, CSKA all eyes are on you now.. #StopRacism,” he tweeted The Times commented: “UEFA must finally make a stand against the bigots. Last night showed ‘Action Week’ for the joke it is.

Brazil forward Neymar from Santos.

Bale’s first weeks in the Spanish capital have been disrupted by injury but coach Carlo Ancelotti hinted that the 24-year-old could feature from the start against Barca after coming on as a second-half substitute in Wednesday’s 2-1 Champions League victory at home to Juventus.

Neymar, 21, has shown glimpses of the brilliance that has served his country so well in recent years - he scored the goal against Atletico Madrid that secured the Spanish Super Cup at the end of August - without really catching fire.

Playing in the Brazilian league has given him a taste of the frenzied nature of a nation’s biggest derbies and he is fully aware of what is at stake on Saturday, beyond the three points.

“I don’t think there is any need to explain what this match is all about,” he told Barca’s television channel on Wednesday. “Even though players might never have participated in one, they understand the importance of a game between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

“A ‘clasico’ is the pinnacle for any player. It’s the game everyone wants to play in and demonstrate their best football. “This will be my first and I want to make a great debut, preferably with a victory.”

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Barcelona’s Neymar, of Brazil, heads the ball during a training session at the San Siro stadium, in Milan, Italy, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. Barcelona will face AC Milan in a Group H Champions League match on Tuesday.

Real fans, meanwhile, are impatient to see what Bale, the latest in a line of ‘galactico’ signings after players such as Figo, Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham and Ronaldo, is capable of.

Supporters attending Wednesday’s Juve game applauded him while he warmed up on the touchline and then gave him a rousing ovation when he replaced Karim Benzema in the 67th minute.

Ancelotti has been anxious not to overburden him too early in his Real career and Ronaldo, used to the intense media scrutiny that Bale and his family are now facing, this week urged people to give him time to settle in.

“Buying a player for that amount of money, it’s a huge sum in the first place, but it also means the lad will have problems because he will never be judged normally,” former Barca player and coach Johan Cruyff told As sports daily on Thursday. “It is going to be very tough for him and it’s not fair,” added the Dutchman.

“I like him as a player, he has a cool head, but just try and stay calm when all this is happening to you.”

Saturday’s match will also give Barca coach Gerardo Martino and Ancelotti their first taste of Spain’s ‘Clasico’.

MADRID — Cristiano Ronaldo maintained his impressive form in the Champions League by scoring two goals to give Real Madrid a 2-1 win against 10-man Juventus on Wednesday. The Portugal forward angled a shot behind goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon to score in the fourth minute from a sublime pass by Angel Di Maria.

Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal then pulled down Sergio Ramos in the area and Ronaldo confidently converted the penalty in the 29th for his seventh Champions League goal this season.

Fernando Llorente had equalized for Juventus seven minutes earlier by squeezing the ball between goalkeeper Iker Casillas and the post in the 22nd.

Llorente, a former Atheltic Bilbao player, has now scored six goals against Madrid, including three at the Santiago Bernabeu.

“We had good control of the game, and with one man extra we didn’t need any more intensity,” Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said.

Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini was sent off in the 48th on a straight red card for hitting Ronaldo in the face with his hand as he vied for

AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

the ball shoulder-to-shoulder, but the Portugal forward missed the resulting free kick.

“It was a very serious and rigorous decision,” Juventus coach Antonio Conte said. “I’m told it was likely taken because Chiellini was the last man in front of goal, I don’t know about that.”

The win gives Madrid nine points from three games and a commanding lead in Group B, where Galatasaray is second on four points and Juventus is stuck on two.

Ancelotti began the match with Karim Benzema as the sole striker and with Di Maria on the right instead of the benched star signing Gareth Bale. Luka Modric was in the middle

Real’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring his side’s first goal during a Group B Champions League soccer match between Real Madrid and Juventus at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday Oct. 23, 2013.

and Ronaldo covered the left flank.

Conte started with Llorente up front, flanked by Carlos Tevez and Claudio Marchisio.

Casillas had to save a stinging shot by Marchisio in the third minute, before Di Maria’s masterful pass to Ronaldo sliced through Juventus’ flatfooted offside trap to set up the opener - highlighting Ancelotti’s difficult choice between playing the Argentina winger or Bale.

“I don’t think the team helped him to gain access to the ball this evening,” Ancelotti said about Bale, who has been struggling with an injury since joining from Tottenham and came on as a second-half substitute. “But I think he is now finally ready to begin a game.”

Ibrahimovic’s 4 goals lead PSG 5-0 over Anderlecht Associated Press Writer

BRUSSELS — Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored four goals, from the simple to the sublime, to lead Paris SaintGermain to a 5-0 rout of Anderlecht on Wednesday, its third consecutive victory in Group C of the Champions League.

After tapping home a low cross in the 17th minute for his first, the Swedish star delivered an exhibition of power and guile which further underscored his standing as one of the best players in the world.

And two of the goals will be remembered for years to come. In the 22nd minute, he diverted home a low cross with a seemingly nonchalant inside backheel with his trailing leg, dumbfounding the Anderlecht defender tackling at his ankles.

Then he pounced on a loose ball some 28 meters out and blasted it into the top left corner with a ferocious, swerving shot on the bounce in the 36th minute.

“Score a goal like this, it is good for the memory,” Ibrahimovic said. And throughout, he showed a nimbleness and acceleration belying the size of this football giant of 1.94 meters and 94 kilos.

AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert

PSG player Zlatan Ibrahimovic controls the ball during their Group C Champions League soccer match against RSC Anderlecht in Brussels on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013.

In the 62nd minute, he left defenders standing a with a sudden acceleration from his own half and controlled a difficult ball with his head — nodding it perfectly into his stride for a dipping volley that ricocheted in off the post.

An excellent goal, but one which barely made his top three on an aweinspiring night in Brussels. Ibrahimovic’s majestic performance was such that the whole Van den Stock stadium —full with some 25,000 Anderlecht fans — applauded his performance.

“I don’t complain. Especially when the supporters after the goal were clapping their hands. It was a big honor for me,” the Swede said. Ibrahimovic applauded back to each corner after his spectacular third goal.

His highly touted partner up front, Edinson Cavani, scored PSG’s other goal but never came close to match

his brio. Mostly, Anderlecht defenders could only stand and watch in awe.

“He is too strong. He was so impressive. He was everywhere,” Anderlecht defender Cheikhou Kouyate said.

Last weekend, images of Ibrahimovic went round the world after an amazing dexterity-defying backheel stab in a French League game against Bastia. Now, he showed his jawdropping skills in Europe’s showcase club competition.

The rest of the match was almost irrelevant. Cavani exploited a defensive error in the 52nd minute with a clean finish, but no matter, the night was for Ibrahimovic.

The victory left PSG with a maximum nine points from three games.

Benfica and Olympiakos are five points behind, while Anderlecht has no points and has yet to score a goal.

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Sp rt La Liga ‘Clasico’ perfect Impressive Ronaldo scores twice in Real Madrid win stage for Bale, Neymar Associated Press Writer

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Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney, right, shoots against Real Sociedad’s Inigo Martinez, left, to force an own goal during the Champions League group A soccer match between Manchester United and Real Sociedad in Manchester, England, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013.

Birthday boy Rooney gets special present from his mates

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LONDON - Manchester United team mates have clubbed together to buy Wayne Rooney a special present for his 28th birthday on Thursday - former manager Alex Ferguson’s autobiography which criticises the forward for being a slow learner with fitness problems.

Not that the England and United multi-millionaire is too bothered what Ferguson thinks following the Scot’s retirement at the end of last season.

His form since David Moyes took over has soared, the goals have started flowing again, and he played another influential role as Manchester United beat Real Sociedad 1-0 at Old Trafford to go top of Champions League Group A on Wednesday.

A little more than 11 years after marking his arrival with a stunning Premier League goal for Everton against Arsenal while he was still only 16, Rooney now looks like a man whose time has come.

According to reports in Thursday’s newspapers, United players thought the book would be the ideal birthday present for a man in his peak years after a slump in form last season, which he has explained by saying Ferguson played him out of position.

After beating Sociedad on Wednesday, Rooney said he was pleased that Ferguson had set the record straight over claims that he had handed in a transfer request

last season.

“Thankfully he’s come back and corrected the story that I put a transfer request in and he’s gone back and proven that I haven’t,” Rooney told Sky Sports.

ASKED AWAY

His comments came the day after Ferguson’s autobiography was launched in which the Scot said the forward “asked away” rather than referring to any formal transfer request.

“I haven’t seen him since he retired, I’m happy under the new management. I’m working to get results under David Moyes and his coaching staff so that’s the main thing for me. The other stuff doesn’t concern me,” Rooney added.

Although he did not score on Wednesday, he played a major part in the only goal of the night which came when Sociedad defender Inigo Martinez diverted the ball into his own net after it had rebounded off the post from a Rooney shot.

The England striker looked rejuvenated in a United side

that dominated the match and should have won by a far bigger margin.

Despite making a sluggish start to their Premier League title defence, United have looked solid in Europe, picking up seven points from their opening three Group A fixtures and they put in an encouraging display on Wednesday.

Rooney linked well with Javier Hernandez in attack, the midfield looked solid with Shinji Kagawa showing glimpses of his better form and Antonio Valencia shone on the right flank.

Although Sociedad created chances, the defence remained solid with Phil Jones and Jonny Evans working well in the central positions and Patrice Evra and Rafael causing problems out wide.

Moyes was pleased with what he saw from Rooney against the La Liga side, teanulling reporters afterwards: “He was absolutely terrific tonight.

“I was just shouting at him in the last five minutes when he gave it away a couple of times in the corner but overall he’s worked really well.”

AP Photo/Jon Super

MADRID - The 167th La Liga ‘Clasico’ between Barcelona and Real Madrid at the Nou Camp on Saturday (1600 GMT) could be the ideal stage for Gareth Bale and Neymar to show they are worth a combined price tag of almost 160 million euros ($221 million).

Or, as is more likely, one of the most intense rivalries in football and a match watched by hundreds of millions around the world will again showcase the peerless talents of Barca’s Argentine World Player of the Year Lionel Messi and Real’s Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo.

Leaders Barca dropped their first points of the campaign with a 0-0 draw at Osasuna last weekend and victory for Real, as well as providing a huge confidence boost, would put them level with their bitter rivals on 25 points from 10 games.

Wales winger Bale replaced Ronaldo as the most expensive player in history when he joined Real from Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of 100 million euros in the close season, while Barca paid some 57 million to lure

Racist chants in Moscow leave UEFA red-faced

HUGE SUM

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LONDON - The British media was united in its condemnation of the racist chants directed towards Manchester City’s Ivorian international Yaya Toure during the side’s Champions League match against CSKA Moscow in the Russian capital on Wednesday.

The incident was particularly embarrassing for UEFA, who had declared this week as ‘Football Against Racism in Europe Action Week’ and responded by issuing a short statement saying they were “waiting for the report from match officials” on Thursday. However, despite all captains wearing anti-racism armbands during this round of fixtures and the exchanging of pennants declaring “No To Racism” and “Respect”, the message appears to have been lost on some CSKA Moscow fans.

Thursday’s Daily Mirror headline echoed Toure’s post-match comments, proclaiming “Shut Them Down” after the midfielder called on European soccer’s governing body to close the stadium perhaps for “a couple of years” until the problem is eradicated.

The Daily Telegraph said the racism issue was particularly worrying because Russia were hosting the World Cup in 2018. The Times observed that Toure knew exactly what was being chanted at him as he was a fluent Russian speaker following his time playing in Ukraine. Toure said he told Romanian referee Ovidiu Hategan what was happening 10 minutes into the second half, shortly after he had been fouled by a CSKA player.

KOMPANY TWEET

Injured Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany offered support for his team mate when he issued a plea to UEFA and the Russian government.“Racist chanting again in Moscow today. We’ve all said enough. @UEFA.com, @GovernmentRF, CSKA all eyes are on you now.. #StopRacism,” he tweeted The Times commented: “UEFA must finally make a stand against the bigots. Last night showed ‘Action Week’ for the joke it is.

Brazil forward Neymar from Santos.

Bale’s first weeks in the Spanish capital have been disrupted by injury but coach Carlo Ancelotti hinted that the 24-year-old could feature from the start against Barca after coming on as a second-half substitute in Wednesday’s 2-1 Champions League victory at home to Juventus.

Neymar, 21, has shown glimpses of the brilliance that has served his country so well in recent years - he scored the goal against Atletico Madrid that secured the Spanish Super Cup at the end of August - without really catching fire.

Playing in the Brazilian league has given him a taste of the frenzied nature of a nation’s biggest derbies and he is fully aware of what is at stake on Saturday, beyond the three points.

“I don’t think there is any need to explain what this match is all about,” he told Barca’s television channel on Wednesday. “Even though players might never have participated in one, they understand the importance of a game between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

“A ‘clasico’ is the pinnacle for any player. It’s the game everyone wants to play in and demonstrate their best football. “This will be my first and I want to make a great debut, preferably with a victory.”

AP Photo/Luca Bruno

Barcelona’s Neymar, of Brazil, heads the ball during a training session at the San Siro stadium, in Milan, Italy, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. Barcelona will face AC Milan in a Group H Champions League match on Tuesday.

Real fans, meanwhile, are impatient to see what Bale, the latest in a line of ‘galactico’ signings after players such as Figo, Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham and Ronaldo, is capable of.

Supporters attending Wednesday’s Juve game applauded him while he warmed up on the touchline and then gave him a rousing ovation when he replaced Karim Benzema in the 67th minute.

Ancelotti has been anxious not to overburden him too early in his Real career and Ronaldo, used to the intense media scrutiny that Bale and his family are now facing, this week urged people to give him time to settle in.

“Buying a player for that amount of money, it’s a huge sum in the first place, but it also means the lad will have problems because he will never be judged normally,” former Barca player and coach Johan Cruyff told As sports daily on Thursday. “It is going to be very tough for him and it’s not fair,” added the Dutchman.

“I like him as a player, he has a cool head, but just try and stay calm when all this is happening to you.”

Saturday’s match will also give Barca coach Gerardo Martino and Ancelotti their first taste of Spain’s ‘Clasico’.

MADRID — Cristiano Ronaldo maintained his impressive form in the Champions League by scoring two goals to give Real Madrid a 2-1 win against 10-man Juventus on Wednesday. The Portugal forward angled a shot behind goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon to score in the fourth minute from a sublime pass by Angel Di Maria.

Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal then pulled down Sergio Ramos in the area and Ronaldo confidently converted the penalty in the 29th for his seventh Champions League goal this season.

Fernando Llorente had equalized for Juventus seven minutes earlier by squeezing the ball between goalkeeper Iker Casillas and the post in the 22nd.

Llorente, a former Atheltic Bilbao player, has now scored six goals against Madrid, including three at the Santiago Bernabeu.

“We had good control of the game, and with one man extra we didn’t need any more intensity,” Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said.

Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini was sent off in the 48th on a straight red card for hitting Ronaldo in the face with his hand as he vied for

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the ball shoulder-to-shoulder, but the Portugal forward missed the resulting free kick.

“It was a very serious and rigorous decision,” Juventus coach Antonio Conte said. “I’m told it was likely taken because Chiellini was the last man in front of goal, I don’t know about that.”

The win gives Madrid nine points from three games and a commanding lead in Group B, where Galatasaray is second on four points and Juventus is stuck on two.

Ancelotti began the match with Karim Benzema as the sole striker and with Di Maria on the right instead of the benched star signing Gareth Bale. Luka Modric was in the middle

Real’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring his side’s first goal during a Group B Champions League soccer match between Real Madrid and Juventus at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday Oct. 23, 2013.

and Ronaldo covered the left flank.

Conte started with Llorente up front, flanked by Carlos Tevez and Claudio Marchisio.

Casillas had to save a stinging shot by Marchisio in the third minute, before Di Maria’s masterful pass to Ronaldo sliced through Juventus’ flatfooted offside trap to set up the opener - highlighting Ancelotti’s difficult choice between playing the Argentina winger or Bale.

“I don’t think the team helped him to gain access to the ball this evening,” Ancelotti said about Bale, who has been struggling with an injury since joining from Tottenham and came on as a second-half substitute. “But I think he is now finally ready to begin a game.”

Ibrahimovic’s 4 goals lead PSG 5-0 over Anderlecht Associated Press Writer

BRUSSELS — Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored four goals, from the simple to the sublime, to lead Paris SaintGermain to a 5-0 rout of Anderlecht on Wednesday, its third consecutive victory in Group C of the Champions League.

After tapping home a low cross in the 17th minute for his first, the Swedish star delivered an exhibition of power and guile which further underscored his standing as one of the best players in the world.

And two of the goals will be remembered for years to come. In the 22nd minute, he diverted home a low cross with a seemingly nonchalant inside backheel with his trailing leg, dumbfounding the Anderlecht defender tackling at his ankles.

Then he pounced on a loose ball some 28 meters out and blasted it into the top left corner with a ferocious, swerving shot on the bounce in the 36th minute.

“Score a goal like this, it is good for the memory,” Ibrahimovic said. And throughout, he showed a nimbleness and acceleration belying the size of this football giant of 1.94 meters and 94 kilos.

AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert

PSG player Zlatan Ibrahimovic controls the ball during their Group C Champions League soccer match against RSC Anderlecht in Brussels on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013.

In the 62nd minute, he left defenders standing a with a sudden acceleration from his own half and controlled a difficult ball with his head — nodding it perfectly into his stride for a dipping volley that ricocheted in off the post.

An excellent goal, but one which barely made his top three on an aweinspiring night in Brussels. Ibrahimovic’s majestic performance was such that the whole Van den Stock stadium —full with some 25,000 Anderlecht fans — applauded his performance.

“I don’t complain. Especially when the supporters after the goal were clapping their hands. It was a big honor for me,” the Swede said. Ibrahimovic applauded back to each corner after his spectacular third goal.

His highly touted partner up front, Edinson Cavani, scored PSG’s other goal but never came close to match

his brio. Mostly, Anderlecht defenders could only stand and watch in awe.

“He is too strong. He was so impressive. He was everywhere,” Anderlecht defender Cheikhou Kouyate said.

Last weekend, images of Ibrahimovic went round the world after an amazing dexterity-defying backheel stab in a French League game against Bastia. Now, he showed his jawdropping skills in Europe’s showcase club competition.

The rest of the match was almost irrelevant. Cavani exploited a defensive error in the 52nd minute with a clean finish, but no matter, the night was for Ibrahimovic.

The victory left PSG with a maximum nine points from three games.

Benfica and Olympiakos are five points behind, while Anderlecht has no points and has yet to score a goal.

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Friday, October 25, 2013

Tanah Lot Temple

Renault warned weight limit would be an issue

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TABANAN - This temple was founded in the fifteenth century AD by Pedanda Bawu Rawuh or Danghyang Nirartha from Majapahit Kingdom, East Java. The Tanah Lot Temple is located at sea or separated from the mainland. Around the temple, there are also several small and big temples such as the Pekendungan Temple.

Below and in the west, there are sources of fresh water becoming the holy water to the Hindus. Tanah Lot Temple is situated at Beraban Village, Kediri Subdistrict, approximately 13 km from the town of Tabanan.

This destination has been completed with adequate parking lot. During the low tide, visitors can directly get to the court of the temple to pray. Below the temple lie several caves where some black-white sea snakes live. These snakes are very tame and may not be disturbed. If the tide goes up, this temple will look like a floating boat in the water. At Tanah Lot, we can witness the emergence of full moon at night and sunset on the west horizon. Both equally offer amazing attraction to see.

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FILE - This file artist rendering released by Japan Sport Council shows the new National Stadium, the main venue which Tokyo plans to build for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Japan scaling down 2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium Associated Press Writer

TOKYO — Japan is scaling down the planned main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, following an uproar from some prominent architects who think it’s too big and expensive.

Hakubun Shimomura, the minister in charge of education, sports and science, told Parliament Wednesday the stadium designed by award-winning British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid would cost 300 billion yen ($3 billion), and that was “too massive a budget.”

The 80,000-seat, futuristic-looking stadium has been billed as costing 130 billion yen ($1.3 billion). The minister’s updated estimate

includes surrounding construction and infrastructure costs.

“We need to rethink this to scale it down,” he said in response to a question from a ruling party lawmaker. “Urban planning must meet people’s needs.”

The plans for the stadium were approved earlier this year by the city and central governments.

Shimomura’s remarks signal a policy change.

He did not give specifics on how construction will be trimmed, but he stressed that the design concept will be kept.

He also said the new stadium will still have all the basic features needed to host the Olympics. It is replacing the smaller 54,000-seat main stadium that was used for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, a recipient of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize, recently criticized the new stadium’s size and urged that it be reworked to “a more sustainable stadium.”

Renault says it warned Formula 1 rivals a long time ago that there could be a problem with the weight limit of next year’s cars, but its concerns were ignored. Amid a likelihood that an increase in the minimum weight of F1 cars from 642kg to 690kg will not be enough to make up for the heavier V6 turbo power units, there have been concerns that heavier drivers are going to be penalised next year.

Renault F1’s deputy managing director Rob White says the French car manufacturer feared there was going to be a weight issue months ago but said rivals were adamant at the time that it would not be a problem.

When asked by AUTOSPORT if he anticipated teams would struggle to reach the minimum weight target, White said: “It depends who you ask - and who did the anticipating.

“In all honesty, we’ve been quite urgent in requesting that the weight effect of the regulation change be fully taken into account.

“While we are pretty confident that the power units and race cars we are heading towards will be every bit as optimised for weight as the current engines and cars, equally our forecast has been for some time that the overall weight challenge is greater than with the current rules.

“We recommended a slightly bigger weight change than the one that was adopted in the process – but we were voted down by people who had different opinion.”

Battling Federer won’t be thinking of retirement - Laver Reuters

MELBOURNE - Roger Federer’s struggles in 2013 are unlikely to hasten his exit from the game and the Swiss master could hit back and win next year’s Australian Open, according to tennis great Rod Laver.

The 75-year-old Laver, the only player to win the calendar grand slam twice, suggested Federer’s lean period was more akin to a drop-off in form rather than a symptom of terminal decline.

“It’s a tough time. He’s 32 and not playing his best tennis by any means,” Laver told reporters at Melbourne Park, where he launched his autobiography “Rod Laver - A memoir” on Thursday.

“It’s sometimes hard to analyse someone of that ability. But once in a while it

happened to me where for no reason ... you’re just flat. What’s happened? What is it that made you play your best tennis?

“Maybe that’s going through a little bit of Roger’s (mind) because I saw him play at Wimbledon. The first match he played he was just perfect, great. And in the second, he loses a match which he could probably win with his eyes closed.”

A year that began strongly with a run to the semi-final at the Australian Open turned ugly with a stunning second-round exit from Wimbledon at the hands of then-116th ranked Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky and a fourth-round elimination at the U.S. Open.

Now ranked sixth in the world, Federer is no certainty to play in the season-ending ATP Tour Finals, an unthinkable prospect only a few months ago. Although admit-

ting to suffering a crisis of confidence at Flushing Meadows, Federer has vowed to play on and has talked about the prospect of playing in another Olympics at the 2016 Rio Games.

“I don’t foresee him saying he’s going to hang his rackets up because he’s had a bad year,” said Laver, who won 11 grand slam titles and is regularly compared with Federer in debates about the game’s alltime greatest player.

“I think he’s going to look at this next January - and you might be surprised when you look at the champion of next year.

Switzerland’s Roger Federer returns the ball during his match against Adrian Mannarino of France at the Swiss Indoors ATP tennis tournament in Basel October 21, 2013.

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Bus crash kills 22 on temple visit in Thailand

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Friday, October 25, 2013

INDONESIA Rainy season starts with floods

Associated Press Writer

BANGKOK — A bus carrying worshippers home from a temple at the end of Buddhist Lent plunged into a ravine in northern Thailand, killing 22 passengers, police said Thursday. The bus driver lost control of the vehicle before it fell about 30 meters (98 feet) into the ravine on a curvy rural road in Wang Nuea district in Lampang province on Wednesday, police Col. Somdet Tossaporn said. The driver was among 16 people injured.

The travelers had visited the temple to make merit, a Buddhist ritual of performing good deeds or other acts. Most of those killed were women.

Somdet said the driver is facing charges of causing deaths by reckless driving, which carry a maximum jail term of 10 years. Lampang is a mountainous area 600 kilometers (372 miles) north of Bangkok.

Up to 26,000 people are killed in road accidents every year in Thailand, according to the Interior Ministry.

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A helicopter drops water on bush land in Faulcombridge, 85 kilometers (53 miles) west of Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. More than 100 wildfires have killed one resident and destroyed more than 200 homes in New South Wales state this month.

Pilot dies while fighting Australian wildfires Associated Press Writer

SYDNEY — A pilot trying to fight one of several raging Australian wildfires died when his plane crashed Thursday, in the second fatality resulting from the fires that have ripped through the nation’s most populous state over the past week.

The 43-year-old man was the only person on board and was trying to drop water onto a blaze in extremely rugged terrain near Ulladulla, south of Sydney, when his plane went down, Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said.

“He’s a husband with young children and we’re all acutely aware that there’s a family suffering ... because their dad hasn’t come home,” an emotional Fitzsimmons said, pausing to compose himself. “We’re also feeling for the firefighting community.”

More than 100 wildfires have killed one resident and destroyed more than 200 homes in New South Wales state this month.

Sixty-one fires were burning Thursday, with 23 out of control, though cooler weather had

decreased the fire threat and residents who evacuated had returned to their homes.

Officials were trying to access the crash site, but the steep terrain and wind was making it difficult, New South Wales police Superintendent Joe Cassar said.

“We are trying to recover the pilot from the scene but are being challenged by weather conditions and nearby fire,” Cassar told reporters in Nowra, a city near Ulladulla.

Fire officials also Thursday defended Australia’s defense department after investigators revealed a military training exercise with live ordnance ignited the largest of the wildfires. The fire near the city of Lithgow, west of Sydney, has burned 47,000 hectares (180 square miles) and destroyed several houses but caused no injuries

or deaths. Fitzsimmons said the defense department’s actions were obviously an accident.

“It was a side effect of a routine activity, it would appear, and clearly there was no intention to see fire start up and run as a result of that activity,” Fitzsimmons said. “There is no conspiracy here.”

Air Marshal Mark Binskin, vice chief of the defense force, said the fire started after a demolition training activity. Defense personnel tried unsuccessfully to snuff it out and fire crews arrived within 30 minutes to help.

Binskin apologized for the fire, but noted the exercise took place on a relatively cool day in which there was no fire ban in place.

“This was not deliberately starting a fire,” he told reporters.

“This was an accident.”

“This would be a serious breach of trust.”

“Such practices must be stopped immediately,” the German chancellor told Obama, the statement said.

The White House, embarrassed by the latest allegations of NSA spying on foreign leaders, came up with a hurried response to the telephone call.

“The President assured the Chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of Chancellor Merkel,” said White House spokesman Jay Carney. Carney was then asked whether US spies could have inadvertently picked up Merkel’s communications during a wider sweep of global telephone calls linked to a vast anti-terror program.

He repeated the linguistic formulation of his earlier answer, in a way that did not deny the possibility that the NSA had indeed accessed Merkel’s conversations in the past.

Carney stressed that Obama was reviewing the way Washington gathers intelligence “so that we properly balance the security concerns of our citizens and allies with the privacy concerns that all people share.” The latest allegations came as the French newspaper Le Monde stood by claims that Washington had monitored millions of phone calls inside France.

Washington has said many of Le Monde’s claims were false, but Obama had another embarrassing call with a foreign leader when he spoke to French President Francois Hollande on Monday.

German and US intelligence agencies cooperate closely on counter terrorism efforts and other matters related to espionage.

US officials have privately said that all nations, including its allies, conduct intelligence sweeps against foreign leaders -- and assume that Obama is a target of such activity.

But the Merkel revelations were the latest extreme embarrassment for Obama over the NSA affair, which has seen claims of US snooping on foreign leaders in Mexico and Brazil and reports US spy agencies have monitoring millions of telephone calls worldwide.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff last month cancelled a state visit to Washington over the scandal.

The latest revelations also threatened the personal trust and close cooperation between Obama and Merkel, which saw the US leader pay a longawaited visit to Berlin earlier this year. Obama considers the newly reelected German leader as one of his closest allies and friends on the world stage and has frequently spoken of his respect for her.

But the NSA story caused Merkel some discomfort during her reelection campaign and she publicly raised the issue with the US president.

The idea of spying on personal telephone conversations carries special poignancy in Germany, where memories remain fresh of the surveillance conducted on ordinary citizens by the East German Stasi Secret Police agency during the Cold War. News of the eavesdropping suspicion and the stern German protest came first from Spiegel Online, whose parent magazine reported many of the US surveillance claims made by Snowden.

Spiegel Online said research by the news weekly had tipped the German government off to the potential surveillance, which authorities including the foreign intelligence service BND had considered “sufficiently plausible” for Berlin to confront Washington on the question.

Another US ally, Mexico, is also bristling at reports the United States spied on personal communications of current and past leaders.

Former Mexican leader Vincente Fox said Wednesday that he was spied on by the United States following reports that US intelligence agencies snooped on President Enrique Pena Nieto and his predecessor Felipe Calderon.

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In this June 21, 2013, file photo, firemen spray water to extinguish a bushfire in Pekanbaru, Riau province, Indonesia. Oreo cookies and Gillette shaving cream are among products driving the destruction of Indonesia’s forests, Greenpeace said Tuesday, accusing agrigiant Wilmar International of supplying “dirty palm oil” to make the grocery items.

Greenpeace slams palm oil giant supplying Oreo, Gillette

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JAKARTA - Oreo cookies and Gillette shaving cream are among products driving the destruction of Indonesia’s forests, Greenpeace said Tuesday, accusing agri-giant Wilmar International of supplying “dirty palm oil” to make the grocery items.

In its report “Licence to Kill”, Greenpeace said that Singapore-based Wilmar, the world’s biggest palm oil processor, was sourcing its oil from illegally cleared land and destroying the habitat of critically endangered Sumatran tigers.

“Until Wilmar commits to a no-deforestation policy, their trade of palm oil to big household brands... makes consumers unwitting accomplices in the extinction of Indonesia’s 400 remaining Sumatran tigers,” said head of Greenpeace’s Forest Campaign in Indonesia, Bustar Maitar.

Wilmar supplies more than a third of the world’s palm oil, according to the company’s website, and Greenpeace said Wilmar’s oil can be found in Oreo cookies, Gillette shaving cream and Clearasil face wash, among an array of grocery items in more than 50 countries.

The report accused Wilmar of continuing to source palm fruit from plantations on illegally cleared land within Sumatra island’s protected Tesso Nilo National Park, prime tiger habitat.

It also called on Wilmar to take responsibility for a fire that hit the permit area of another of its suppliers in June, when blazes swept through Sumatra’s forests for weeks, covering Singapore and Malaysia in a blanket of hazardous smog.

Indonesian officials said most fires, which sent high levels of carbon into the atmosphere, were deliberately lit to clear forested land and grow palm oil. Wilmar denied suggestions its supplier had deliberately lit land-clearing fires, saying in a statement the blaze was on a plantation that was likely ignited by surrounding flames.

“We are currently reviewing our business practices, including our sourcing policy, working with certain international supply chain experts,” Wilmar spokesperson Lim Li Chuen told AFP. The company said it had issued “a stern reminder to all staff” of its policy to only source palm fruit grown legally and that any supplier trying to sell illegally grown fruit would be “dropped altogether”.

Greenpeace said that around one million hectares of tiger habitat had already been designated by the government for production purposes, urging Wilmar to protects forest that lies within its permit zones.

A forest area designated to a Wilmar subsidiary for production is a crucial corridor for the tiger and other endangered animals to move from one part of the island to another in order to survive, Greenpeace said.

JAKARTA - Although the rainy season has just begun in Indonesia, parts of the country such as North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Jakarta, and Maluku have already witnessed floods.

Every year, several regions in the country get flooded during the rainy season, which usually begins in August or September. This year, the rains arrived a little late, but they have already wreaked havoc in parts of the country.

Earlier in the week, continuous and heavy rainfall caused the Batang Timbalun River to overflow, leading to floods in three villages in the sub-district of Bungus Teluk Kabung, Padang, West Sumatra Province.

A joint team of the Padang Disaster Mitigation Office and the Padang Red Cross are still evacuating the flood-hit who were residing near the river.

At least 1,500 houses were submerged by the deluge in the sub-district. Floodwaters, reaching a height of up to 1.5 meters, inundated public facilities such as schools, roads, and mosques.

The Padang municipal authorities have temporarily shut several schools in the sub-district due to flooding.

The floods submerged 11 elementary schools, a junior high school, and a senior high school in East, West and South Bungus villages in the sub-district.

“Floods have submerged a number of elementary, junior, and senior high schools in Bungus. So, for the time being, we are closing the schools,” said Mayor Fauzi Bahar last Saturday while visiting the flood-affected areas.

Meanwhile, heavy rainfall also triggered floods in parts of North Sumatra Province - Tebing Tinggi District, Langkat District, Simalungun District, Pematang Siantar town, and Binjai.

In Tebing Tinggi, floods hit four subdistricts - Bajenis, Tebing Tinggi, Rambutan, and Padang Hulu, said Wahid Sitorus, the Head of the Tebing Tinggi disaster mitigation agency.

At least 1,500 houses were inundated in Tebing Tinggi town after the Padang and Bahilang Rivers overflowed.

About 6,000 people were forced to move to higher ground after floodwaters, reaching a height of up to 1.5 meters, submerged their houses.

Local authorities set up emergency tents in Tanjung Marula Hilir, Rambutan Sub-district, and North Bandar, Tebing Tinggi.

Tebing Tinggi Mayor Umar Zunaidi Hasibuan visited the flood-affected areas and ordered the distribution of relief aid, such as instant noodles and mineral water, for flood victims without delay.

In Langkat District, floods triggered by continuous rains inundated 4,249 houses in the sub-districts of Stabat, Batang Serangan, Secanggang, Wampu, Tanjungpura, and Padang Tualang.

Indonesia’s capital city of Jakarta is also bracing for floods, which are routine every year.

Last year, 23 people died due to flooding and more than 100,000 families had to be evacuated after heavy rains struck Jakarta. The floods inflicted material losses of Rp1 trillion, or US$14 million.

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) plans to hold a joint exercise to prepare for possible flooding in Jakarta province.

“The joint exercise will help us prepare an evacuation process, determine the amount of logistics to be deployed, and decide on which areas we need to send humanitarian aid,” the spokesman for the agency, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, said recently.

BI to study alleged bribery of bank officials Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s central bank governor Agus Martowardojo has said he would review the charges of alleged bribery of three state-owned bank officials by US company Diebold Inc. “We will ask bank supervisors to coordinate with the banks concerned with regard to collecting information so that we will learn about the real problem,” he said on the sidelines of “Seminar Outlook 2014” on Thursday.

He added that following an official report from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about the alleged bribery case, the banks concerned must offer an explanation to the public about the charges.

“Bank Indonesia, meanwhile, I

think, will coordinate with the banks’ compliance directors or their internal units to deal with it. Today, we will ask for its follow-up,” he said.

He added that Bank Indonesia has not yet planned to call for a meeting with the three state-owned banks, because it believes the case could still be handled through their supervisory systems, since such cases could happen in any bank.

“We continue to have no prejudice, but we want an explanation so that we can respond to it,” he said.

Agus noted that he would continue to investigate the case to learn whether bank officials had received bribes from the US automatic teller machine producer.

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Friday, October 25, 2013

Ser Hill developed into spiritual tourist resort

BUSINESS Spanish jobless rate dips to 25.98%

Bali Post

SINGARAJA - Ser Hill area at Pemuteran village, Gerokgak, is now prepared to become a spiritual tourist resort. Aside from offering a beautiful natural panorama, the seaside hill in the region is indeed known as a sacred area being suitable for performing meditation, yoga and other similar activities.

Agence France-Presse

MADRID - Spain announced Thursday a dip in its towering unemployment rate in the latest sign that the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy is battling its way out of a long recession.

The jobless rate eased for the second straight quarter to a still high 25.98 percent in the third quarter of 2013, a report by the National Statistics Institute showed.

The news dovetailed with a Bank of Spain assessment the previous day that Spain had emerged from recession in the third quarter with timid 0.1-percent economic growth.

That was enough to send world stock markets higher as investors hoped for a broader recovery in the eurozone after five years of economic crisis.

The number of people out of work in Spain dipped by 72,800 to 5.9 million in the third quarter, lowering the unemployment rate from the previous quarter’s 26.26 percent.

It was the second straight quarter showing a drop in the unemployment rate, which peaked at a staggering 27.16 percent in the first three months of 2013.

Spain is still struggling to overcome the aftermath of a decade-long property bubble that imploded in 2008, throwing millions of people out of work, racking up huge debts for the government, banks and people, and plunging the economy into a double-dip recession.

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s right-leaning government, which took power in December 2011, has enacted economic reforms and austerity policies so as to curb annual deficits and rein in the national debt.

But the painful impact of the spending squeeze, high unemployment, and a slew of corruption scandals have sparked angry street protests.

For young people, the employment news remains bleak with 54.39 percent of 16- to 24-year-olds out of work, according to the latest report. Every member of some 1.8 million Spanish households is out of work, it said.

Rajoy’s government is promising better times ahead, however, forecasting an overall economic decline in Spain of 1.3 percent in 2013 and then a return to growth of 0.7 percent over 2014.

It forecasts an unemployment rate of 26.6 percent this year and 25.9 percent in 2014.

The International Monetary Fund has warned that Spain’s unemployment rate will stay above 25 percent until 2018 unless Rajoy’s government undertakes deeper labour market reforms.

The positive data from Spain -- which was a focus of anxieties for the eurozone’s stability last year -- reflected signs of recovery in European countries hit by the financial crisis, such as Greece, Ireland and Portugal.

France, the eurozone’s second-biggest economy, has confirmed that it exited recession in the second quarter.

A recent estimate by statistics institutes in France, Germany and Italy forecast that the eurozone overall would return to timid growth of 0.1 percent in the third quarter.

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The Boeing Company logo is seen on the property in El Segundo, Calif., in this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo. Boeing raised its 2013 earnings forecast Wednesday after third-quarter profits soared, saying it would boost production of its flagship 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

Boeing boosts 2013 forecast as Q3 profit soars Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - Boeing raised its 2013 earnings forecast Wednesday after third-quarter profits soared, saying it would boost production of its flagship 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

Net earnings totaled $1.16 billion for the July-September quarter, an increase of 12 percent from $1.03 billion in the same period in 2012, the US aerospace and defense giant said.

Earnings per share came in at $1.51 compared with $1.35 a year ago.

Adjusted earnings per share, excluding certain pension expenses, increased 16 percent to $1.80, well above Wall Street analysts’ average estimate of $1.55.

Revenues also beat expectations, rising 11 percent to $22.13 billion, reflecting higher commercial airplane deliveries.

“Consistently strong operating performance is driving higher earnings, revenue and cash flow as we deliver on our record backlog and return increased value to shareholders,” said Jim McNerney, Boeing’s chairman, president and chief executive.

Boeing raised its 2013 core earnings outlook to a range of between $6.50 and $6.65 per share, from the prior estimate of $6.20-$6.40 range. It maintained its

revenue forecast of $83-86 billion.

Investors cheered, pushing Boeing shares to new all-time highs despite an overall lower market. The Dow component’s stock closed 5.3 percent higher at $129.02, shy of its intraday high at $129.99.

In the year to date, Boeing shares have spiked 67 percent, after trading steadily in the $70 range in 2012.

Boeing said it expected to deliver 635 to 645 new commercial aircraft in the year, including more than sixty 787s, at an operating margin revised to above 10 percent, an increase of a half percentage point.

The Chicago-based company, which employs more than 170,000 people in the US and in 70 countries, said it had third-quarter operating cash flow before voluntary pension contributions of $4.31 billion, up from $2.35 billion a year ago.

It also had a record $415 billion order backlog, including $27 billion net orders

booked during the quarter.

Third-quarter profits from its Commercial Airplanes subsidiary soared 40 percent to $1.62 billion, while revenues rose 15 percent to $13.99 billion.

Despite technical glitches that have plagued Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner , the company reported “continued strong demand” for its cutting-edge plane, which entered service two years ago.

The company said it planned to increase its 787 production rate for 2016 to 12 airplanes per month from 10, and would raise that 14 airplanes per month before the end of the decade.

But McNerney, in a conference call with analysts, expressed dissatisfaction with the 787’s performance.

“Improving dispatch reliability of the 787 is at the top of our priorities,” he said, referring to the ratio of the number of flights delayed because of technical problems to the total number of flights.

Boeing booked 200 net aircraft orders in the third quarter. Deliveries accelerated to 170 airplanes from 149 a year ago, as the pace of 787 deliveries nearly doubled.

Commercial Airplanes had a backlog of nearly 4,800 airplanes valued at $345 billion.

Ser Hill area at Pemuteran village, Gerokgak, is now prepared to become a spiritual tourist resort.

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Some residents around the Ser Hill said that a number of foreign and local tourists were often seen getting into the area of Ser Hill just for trekking or specifically performing meditation activities. Moreover, on certain days, many Hindus also came to the area to say prayers in the temple located on the small hill.

In terms of scenery, the beach in the area of Ser Hill had been already very well known to foreign tourists.

Other than having calm ocean waves and white sand, the beach area also had a very beautiful coral reef and no less attractive than the coral reed at Nusa Lembongan and Karangasem tourist area. “To that end, the area of Ser Hill is worth to be made into spiritual tourist area,” said a resident living at Pemuteran village.

Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana, said that Buleleng government indeed had a plan to develop the Ser Hill area into a spiritual tourist destination with a beautiful nature exuding magical impression and strong spiritual vibration. Moreover, the area had a number of temples venerated by the Hindus from some villages. Around the area also sat large temples like the Pulaki, Melanting and Kerta Kawat Temple. For the development of such spiritual tourism, Buleleng government planned to propose the management of the state land located around the Ser Hill. (kmb15)

To revive coral reef

Solar energy panel released into the sea Bali Post

SINGARAJA - To accelerate the growth of coral reefs in the waters of Pemuteran village, Gerokgak subdistrict, a number of residents released some solar energy panels into the sea on Monday (Oct 21). The release was made by the Head of Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Nyoman Sutrisna, with a figure of coral reef observer at Pemuteran, Gusti Agung Prana.

Nyoman Sutrisna said that his party positively welcomed the efforts of the pioneering development of Pemuteran village to release the solar energy panels into the water to accelerate the growth of coral reefs in the region. He hoped the pioneering party remained to make synergy with the Buleleng government to realize the Pemuteran village as a mascot of Buleleng County. “Indeed, to preserve coral reefs must be through a good synergy among the four pillars namely the role of the expert, private sector, public

and government,” he said.

Gusti Agung Prana initiating the idea of releasing the solar panel structure as the pioneer of Pemuteran village development with tourism players and the support of Buleleng government wanted to create the Pemuteran village as the mascot of Buleleng offering beautiful coral reefs. Aside from supported by the Buleleng government, the reef cultivation effort was also supported by some foreign donors and two experts from Germany and the USA, namely Mr. Wolf and Tom Gurow.

Coral reef conservation at Pemuteran village had been actively carried out since 1998. At that time was developed the biorock structure for coral reef cultivation. Such an effort was kindled by the concern for the damaged condition of the sea at Pemuteran village caused by the behavior of people catching fish by means of potassium cyanide. As a result, the sea around Pemuteran village was damaged and polluted. (kmb15)

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To accelerate the growth of coral reefs in the waters of Pemuteran village, Gerokgak subdistrict, a number of residents released some solar energy panels into the sea on Monday (Oct 21).

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Ingredient disappears, toffee makers distraught Destiny of dodol or toffee-like confection makers ahead of Galungan and Kuningan feast is not as good as that of other traders. When traders reap huge profits during the feast, the toffee makers should be disappointed.

Amid the overwhelming orders from collectors, the makers of Balinese typical toffee in Klungkung County even cannot fulfill the order because the ingredient used to make toffee like jackfruit even disappears. product to outside Bali.

Aside from jackfruit toffee, the other ingredients such as snakefruit and pineapple were said to still be safe. However, she did not receive too many orders, so the production was also small. Flooding order precisely happened to jackfruit toffee, but the ingredient even disappeared. As consequence, she was really distraught.

This only toffee maker in Klungkung admitted that her toffee was sold for IDR 30,000 per kilogram. Related to Galungan and Kuningan, the scarcity of ingredient made her increase the price to IDR 35,000-IDR 40,000 per kilogram. However, despite increasing the price, it was still difficult to cover the losses as she could not fulfill the orders from collectors.

Meanwhile, the drying process typically using traditional method namely sunlight was interrupted by frequent rain occurred during the day. According to her, drying under the sun for two to three days would

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A worker washes sheep skin at a local tanning leather area by the bank of River Nile in Omdurman October 22, 2013.

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The toffee maker is preparing the dough for her product

make the toffee have a better quality. To anticipate of the difficulty, she made a simple cabinet drier from sheet of zinc where a gas stove was placed underneath. However, the result of such method was less good, she said.

She hoped that such situation would not last long as it could cause her business to lose customers even facing bankruptcy. Meanwhile, her business remained to survive with the production of ingredients like snakefruit and pineapple, where

both ingredients were easier to find, both in Klungkung and along Rendang and Selat subdistrict.

“Hopefully, the jackfruit can be immediately available because the jackfruit toffee is best favored by customers,” she said. (kmb31)

Golf courses considered Bitter Taste of Balinese inappropriate with geopark Palm Sugar Bangli (Bali Post)—

Though only getting a recommendation from the regent, in fact the plan of golf course development project in Kintamani continues to reap criticism. One of them is that the project to be established on the tourism forest is judged unsuitable with the spirit of geopark conservation so far. On the one hand, the presence of golf course believed by the regent to result in the improvement of local people’s well-being, it is inversely proportional to the spirit of the geopark conservation in the matter of forest conservation in Kintamani.

A legislator of the Bangli House, Ida Bagus Santosa, said on Monday (Oct 21) that golf course construction project scheduled to annex the tourism forest land was much not in line with the spirit of forest conservation.

As it had been known, one of the important points put into discourse so far related to the geopark was to conserve the Batur caldera area including the forest land in order to remain sustainable. But in reality, the discourse was actually inversely proportional to the golf course development plan where the regent recently said if the golf course development

would utilize the area of tourism forest. As consequence, it would certainly have an impact on the change in the forest area including the Batur caldera boasted.

He considered that so far the interests of investors were always on top of people’s interests. Even, the people’s welfare seemed to only be used as a reason to annex the strategic state land.

Besides, he also regretted the issues related to the state asset that had never previously involved the Bangli House. Actually, recommendation of the House was something absolutely required since the beginning before commencing any activity. “Until now, the Bangli House is never invited to talk about it and has not issued any recommendations,” said Santosa.

Other than Santosa, a number of local residents even began to worry about the plan to build the golf course. They worried the golf course would even eliminate their jobs so far.

With the construction of the golf course, the surrounding area would be made as sterile as possible. Truck drivers usually passing by would no longer be allowed to pass in the region. As a result, local traders would no longer be able to sell. (ina)

Palm sugar (brown sugar) makers at Besan Village, Dawan, Klungkung, have difficulty to get raw materials or wine seepage of coconut tree. It happens because within the past few days, in Klungkung, particular at Besan, it always rains.

Actually, before Galungan and Kuningan the demand for brown sugar (also called Balinese sugar) increases. The price rises as well. During rainy season, sugar makers only acquire a small amount of wine. “Similarly, we do not dare to climb coconut trees, because it is slippery,” said sugar maker from Dawan, Nengah Koyog, at his home.

According to Koyog and his wife, Nengah Yasa, they would get much sap of coconut tree during dry season. Climbing the coconut tree was not too worrisome because the trunk was dry. On that account, every day the sugar maker could harvest wine for two times, in the morning and afternoon. However, during rainy season, they could only climb once. Even, it highly depended on the condition of coconut trees.

In dry season, a tree could produce 2 liters of wine. “But, in rainy season it only produces a little, nearly 1 liter,” said Koyog.

However, the 65-year old man admitted if he no longer dared to climb because he was already old enough. Activity to slit into the bud of coconut tree for collecting its sap or wine had now been continued by his son, Nengah Sutarna. In normal condition, Koyog said, the wine obtained from nine coconut trees in his backyard reached up to 25 liters taken twice daily (morning and afternoon). Results of the wine seepage were directly boiled and could produce 4 kilogram of brown sugar. “Before Galungan and Kuningan, the price is rising. If previously was only IDR 13,000 per kilogram, now it reaches IDR 15,000 per kilogram,” said Koyog who also collected sugar product of the surrounding residents.

Other than marketed in traditional markets across Klungkung, brown sugar produced by Besan Village was also sold to outside Klungkung such as Denpasar.

Unfortunately, due to difficulty to get raw materials, this sweet sugar was tasted ‘bitter’ by the sugar makers. “I myself have a regular customer from Renon. In once delivery, it can reach hundreds of kilogram,” he said.

Over 156,000 hit in South Sudan ‘disaster’ floods: UN Agence France Presse

Juba - Extreme floods across vast parts of remote and impoverished South Sudan have affected over 156,000 people, the United Nations said Wednesday, with many areas now accessible only by air.

Seven out of ten states in grossly underdeveloped South Sudan, the world’s youngest country born just over two years ago following some five decades of on-off civil war, have been declared disaster zones by the government.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that “severe flooding” due to intense seasonal rains had left 156,000 people in need of assistance. “So far humanitarian partners have reached nearly 100,000 flood-affected people with aid across the country,” OCHA said in a report.

“However, they face access challenges as roads have become impas-

sible, with many flooded areas only accessible by air.”

Flooding happens every year, but problems began earlier this month after rains were more intense than expected. The majority of those affected are in Northern Bahr elGhazal state, bordering Sudan, where over 45,000 are needing support.

In places, the White Nile river that runs the length of the country has burst its banks.

Minister for Cabinet Affairs Martin Elia Lomuro told state media that the situation was made “even worse since wild animals and human beings are sharing the little space left by the flood”. In Warrap

state, in the north of the country, a crocodile has eaten one person forced from their home by the rising water, state media added.

South Sudan is oil-rich but remains one of the world’s poorest countries, where even the most basic infrastructure, such as roads, electricity and water distribution networks, is lacking.

War-torn Jonglei in the east, a vast region riven by conflict between rival tribes and where rebels were accused of massacring scores of people at the weekend, has some 28,000 people affected.

Tit-for-tat cattle raids and ethnic killings are common in Jonglei, awash with guns left over from the last round of civil war, from 1983-2005. The main rainy season in South Sudan usually runs from around June to the end of October, but flooding can affect areas up until December.

Moscow - The Russian government has dismissed the head of the consumer protection agency, a notorious official best known for waging apparent trade wars against the country’s neighbours.

Gennady Onishchenko, 63, who had been at the helm of the consumer protection agency Rospotrebnadzor since 2004, has been relieved of his duties, the government said late Wednesday.

Onishchenko has been appointed as an aide to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, according to a government statement. His deputy Anna Popova was appointed his temporary replacement.

Under Onishchenko, the consumer protection agency, which enforces sanitary norms, was widely seen as a tool to punish Russia’s neighbours for seeking closer ties with the West or other perceived transgressions.

In recent years, Moscow has banned the import of wine and mineral water from Georgia, chocolate from Ukraine and dairy products from Europe, usually during a flare-up in relations be-

tween Russia and its neighbours.

In July, Onishchenko’s watchdog banned chocolates from Ukraine over safety concerns, the measure coming after apparently fruitless talks between President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych over Kiev’s European Union ambitions.

This month Russia criticised the quality of Dutch dairy products and hinted at possible sanctions during a diplomatic row between the two countries. The government has repeatedly denied banning foreign imports for political reasons. It remains unclear if Onishchenko’s dismissal will lead to a change in policy.

At home, the outspoken official will also be remembered for a string of alarming statements including his recommendation to shun sushi because of a risk of tapeworms and his proposal to kill crows for allegedly spreading bird flu.

Onishchenko even ventured into domestic politics, advising Russians to stay at home during opposition protests against President Vladimir Putin lest they catch cold.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to hand over the diplomatic credentials to newly-appointed ambassadors at the Kremlin in Moscow, October 23, 2013.

North Korean ruler gets Malaysian university honor Associated Press Writer

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian university faced public criticism Thursday for awarding an honorary doctorate in economics to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whose country is among the poorest in the world.

The privately run HELP University said a “simple ceremony”

to mark the conferment was held in early October at the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur.

The North Korean ambassador to Malaysia accepted the honor on Kim’s behalf.

The event initially received little attention in this Southeast Asian nation but was reported briefly by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. It

attracted criticism on social networks in Malaysia this week after the U.S.-based Foreign Policy magazine posted a blog article that expressed surprise about the decision.

The university’s president, Paul Chan, said in a statement released this week that the decision was about “building a bridge to reach the people” by using “a soft con-

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Semarapura (Bali Post)—

Such condition was disclosed by a toffee maker from Besan, Dawan subdistrict, Klungkung, Ni Nengah Juliati, 45, Monday (Oct 21). She said that ahead of holidays such as Galungan and Kuningan as ever before she was always flooded with orders. Similarly, ahead of Galungan and Kuningan this time, the flooding toffee order had occurred since last month. “Ingredient like jackfruit completely disappeared, whereas we received a lot of orders from collectors in Denpasar,” she said.

On usual days, she admitted to produce toffee between 3,000 to 4,000 pieces in a week for collectors in Denpasar. He chose the market in Denpasar as it was more quickly sold out so that her production also ran smoothly. As for Galungan and Kuningan, her toffee production usually increased to 5,000 to 6,000 or some 3,000 kilograms in two days. She said that during holidays the collectors also sold the toffee

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structive approach” to engage with North Korea.

“To help (North Korea) in the way we do it is a road untraveled, but we hope our first small crucial step will contribute to peace and prosperity for all,” Chan wrote.

KCNA quoted the university president as saying that Kim “makes untiring efforts for the education of

the country and the well-being of its people.”

North Korea suffers chronic food and power shortages and has not released economic data for decades. South Korea’s central bank estimates the North’s gross national income, an indicator of the average standard of living, was $1,250 per person in 2011 compared with $23,400 in South Korea.

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Voila! Brooklyn backdrop suits Gaultier exhibit

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Jean Paul Gaultier can barely contain his enthusiasm to be in Brooklyn. Make that his enthusiasm for New York. And life, in general.

In a single conversation, seemingly a single breath, he covers the Chrysler Building; the 1940s film “Falbalas” that started his love affair with fashion; his beloved grandmother who inspired his fascination with corsetry; and the Broadway production of “Nine” that reminded him of it. A joie de vivre oozes with each word.

It leaves one wondering, is there anything Gaultier — he of the famous cone bras, tongue-in-cheek catwalks and rock-star collaborations — isn’t exploding to talk about?

But back to Brooklyn. Until he arrived this week to christen the Brooklyn Museum exhibit “The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk,” he had visited the now-hipster borough twice: once to a fish restaurant that was “very good,” he says, and once to visit the nightclub where John Travolta wore his sharp white suit in the 1977 movie “Saturday Night Fever.”

“I’m so impressed with Brooklyn,” he says in his thick French accent and occasionally broken English, “and this museum is absolutely fabulous. Voila!” This is no static fashion exhibition with gowns behind glass.

It seems there was no other way to put Gaultier’s 30-plus-year career on display than on mannequins that

cry, laugh and speak. They do it so realistically that passers-by surely will do a double take. They’ll probably drive the security guards crazy at night.

Some of the outfits, including the “cancan” bustier dress lined with photo-printed legs that gives the illusion that an entire dance line is hiding under the full skirt, are on a revolving runway that aims to mimic the models on parade at a fashion show.

“Fashion is not clothes on the hanger, it was always about dressing somebody. Somebody has to be inside,” the 61-year-old Gaultier says.

Seeing the childhood teddy bear that he used as his first model, complete with its bra top and red lipstick, in the same space as the iconic concert costumes he created for Madonna, Beyonce and Kylie Minogue “is a privilege of age,” Gaultier says.

“It’s a very strong sensation.”

Yet, Gaultier wasn’t completely sold on a retrospective when ThierryMaxime Loriot, curator of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, presented the idea in 2010. “My god, at first I thought this was only for people that were dead, like a monument! I am not an artist like the painter or something like that, so I feel a little humbled. ...

Do I deserve it?”

His only experience in creating exhibits at that point was participating in a challenge to craft fashion

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Galungan and Kuningan holiday

A moment to transform cultural values Bali Post

DENPASAR - series of Galungan and Kuningan feasts, the students in Bali got holiday for totally two weeks. They were expected to fill in the holiday with a variety of useful activities.

At the very least, the holiday feast could be used as a strategic moment to transform cultural and religious values to students.

Chairman of the Denpasar Education Council, Dr. Putu Rumawan Salain, revealed the matter on Monday (Oct 21).

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Designs from Jean Paul Gaultier’s Africa collection, is previewed during the installation of Brooklyn Museum’s “The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk” on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 in New York. out of croissants, brioche and other French baked treats. “It was funny!”

Now, though, Loriot has produced this show in Montreal, Dallas, San Francisco, Spain, the Netherlands and Sweden. The Brooklyn exhibit runs Friday through Feb. 23.

Each time the pieces are packed

and unpacked, Loriot says he’s impressed by Gaultier’s craftsmanship and creativity.

Loriot is eager to show off the mermaid-shaped gown that Marion Cotillard wore to the 2008 Oscars — it took 180 hours to make by hand — and Madonna’s “Blond Ambition”

bustier made of a vintage 1930s metallic fabric that now has added patina from body heat and sweat.

Loriot says the designer isn’t some sort of style shock jock. Gaultier roots everything in tailoring and execution, but he’s not confined by any conventional rules, he says.

Indigenous fashion show in Bolivia Associated Press Writer

LA PAZ, Bolivia — In dazzling embroidered shawls, wide skirts and black bowler hats, Aymara models strutted their stuff on the catwalk in Bolivia’s capital in a fashion show designed to promote Andean style and beauty.

The indigenous women wore the classic, multilayered Andean skirt, called the pollera, traditional gold and silver jewelry, and delicate, brightly embroidered blouses. Friday night’s fashion show in La Paz also revived the corset and the traditional petticoat of indigenous Andean women, who are commonly called cholitas in Bolivian slang.

“Our modeling isn’t what is common; our culture is different and respecting it, we want to show that the cholita can by sexy, beautiful and elegant,” said designer Rosario Aguilar of Promociones Rosario, which organized the fashion show with 25 Aymara models.

The event, called the Chola Pacena Our Tradition in the 21st Century Fashion Show, is part of an effort to start an Andean modeling school.

“The models that we are showing now are lighter, less thick and let the woman in a pollera be ready for daily tasks,” Aguilar said. La Paz has declared the Cholita Pacena to be part of its cultural patrimony.

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In this Oct. 18, 2013 photo, an Aymara Indian woman models a creation by a local designer at a Chola fashion show in La Paz, Bolivia. In embroidered shawls, wide skirts and black bowler hats, Aymara models promoted Andean style and beauty.

According to the lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering, Udayana University, the long holiday should be useful for the children in the context of deepening their faith and devotion to God. In addition, the feast could also be used to transfer cultural and religious values. Thus, the students could really get a mature enrichment of religious teaching and cultural enrichment. “Other than through school institution, they can also get deepening from family and the community, especially when directly getting involved in ritual and cultural activities. How beautiful it is if the holiday cab ve taken advantage for such a benefit,” he said.

He said that parents should involve them in preparing oblations or other ritual paraphernalia in order the holiday could be beneficial to children’s understanding on cultural and religious values. Parents were also expected to provide a perfect explanation on the meaning behind the rituals so that

the dogmatic norms would no longer become a kind of culture. “Long holiday is not merely to celebrate a festive season, but there is a meaning in the context of increasing faith and devotion. Children must also intensively be involved in their respective community through religious and cultural activities,” he said.

Separately, the Head of Bali Education, Youth and Sports Agency, TIA Kusuma Wardani, asserted that education did not only take place in classroom. However, it also took place in family and society. Education was not just looking for scores, but also prioritized character. Children’s success in studying was also measured in terms of its moral behavior. “I hope that Galungan and Kuningan holiday can be taken advantage properly by schools, communities and parents in order to support the character education of students. We believe that school has been very creative in its execution,” she said. (kmb13)

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A Balinese boy gives holy water to worshipers during Hindu festival of Galungan, celebrating the triumph of good over evil at a temple in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013.

More than 1,000 delegates attend 7th internet forum Antara

DENPASAR - More than 1,000 delegates from numerous countries attended the seventh meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) at Nusa Dua in the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Tuesday.

During his opening remarks, Indonesian Minister of Communications and Information Tifatul Sembiring said the rapid growth of the internet could open a wide range of opportunities in all aspects of life.

“The internet can be used for communications and to create business opportunities in support of economic growth,” he said.

The rapid growth of the internet poses a challenge, not only to individuals but also to the public and state, he noted.

The use of the internet has had an impact on the development of information ANTARA FOTO/M Agung Rajasa

technology as well as on human social life, he said.

“In the next few years, the use of the internet in the economic field, such as electronic trade, will become a priority,” he said.

He also expressed his hope that the forum would reach decisions to ensure the sustainable use of the internet.

He predicted that the number of internet users in Indonesia, which has a population of 240 million, will reach 60 million by the end of 2013.

“Therefore, we hope this forum will be able to create cooperative networks among various parties to better use the internet throughout the world,” he said.

During the meeting, delegates will discuss a wide range of global internet issues, including ethics, security, human rights and the use of the internet by the disabled.

More than 1,000 delegates from numerous countries attended the seventh meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) at Nusa Dua in the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Tuesday. During his opening remarks, Indonesian Minister of Communications and Information Tifatul Sembiring said the rapid growth of the internet could open a wide range of opportunities in all aspects of life.

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Solid medical waste,When unprocessed, infection threats community Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Mengwi Art Market

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Mengwi Art Market seems dormant No certainty when to be operated Mangupura (Bali Post)—

The art market building owned by Mengwi customary village has not been operated. Even, the building having been completed about a year ago starts to look dormant. Until now, there is no certainty when the building will be operated.

“The art market has been dormant long enough. The building was accomplished in 2012, but has not been in operation so far. It is said the management has not been handed over to customary village. It’s unclear why it has not been functioned so far,” said one of the Mengwi residents.

Though being not too extensive, the art market is actually quite interesting because it applied the Balinese architectural style. This market place is also quite strategic situated approximately 30 meters from the west gate of Taman Ayun. However, since it has been too long empty, a few residents worry if the newly established building will even be damaged because it has not been taken care of properly.

When asking for confirmation about this matter to subdistrict head of Mengwi, Made Sudarcita, on Monday (Oct 21), he did not know exactly when the market started to be operated. So far, the customary village was still waiting for the handover of the market. According to him, the market was carried out by the working unit of Bali Province.

Similar opinion was also expressed by Director of PD Pasar Badung, I Ketut Golak. He mentioned the Mengwi Art Market was not under the management of PD Pasar Badung. Even, he also admitted not to know about the owner and who would manage the market. “I really do not know, maybe it is owned by Mengwi customary village,” he said. (kmb25)

Health field, in fact, is inseparable from waste production. The institution of health service providers, either hospital, clinic or health center produces two kinds of waste, namely liquid and solid medical waste. If each type of waste is not recycled, it will kindle a threat to public health and environmental pollution.

Before discharged into the environment, the solid medical waste must be managed first by burning it in incinerator equipment so that it turns to ashes.

Unfortunately, the incinerator is only available in government-owned hospitals. On the other hand, Bali has at least 54 hospitals, 118 community health centers as well as more clinics and private practice doctor.

Obviously, restricted number of incinerator is feared to cause the occurrence of medical solid waste disposal into the environment without prior process.

Then, what about the effects of solid medical waste when disposed directly into the environment without prior process? According to Section Head of Wangaya Hospital Non-Medical Support, Made Dwi Sukenrini, accompanied by hospital sanitation staff Sofwatul Mufidah said that disposal of unprocessed solid medical waste into the environment was definitely hazardous, not only for people but also for the environment.

According to Mufidah, if the solid medical waste consisting of syringes, infusion bags and other broken thermometers was discarded without processed, the first people afflicted by the impact was the rubbish collector. They might be punctured by syringes or other medical items. “The most hazardous is the puncture of syringe exposed to infection. Moreover, the syringe was formerly used for patient suffering infectious diseases such as HIV,” said Mufidah.

If the solid waste was disposed directly into the environment without processed, it would endanger the public in the form of threats of infectious due to the wastes. “Another threat, people may be exposed to mercury contained in several solid waste such as thermometers or blood pressure measuring device,”

she said.

For the environment, the unmanaged solid waste would pollute groundwater and air. On that account, it was very important for each health service institution to manage its solid waste before it was disposed into the environment.

According to Sukenrini, for Wangaya Hospital, the solid medical waste was managed first in incinerator before discharged into the environment. Within two days, the Wangaya Hospital incinerated at least 200 kilograms of solid medical waste consisting of solid medical waste of Wangaya Hospital, community health centers in Denpasar and several other health institutions.

Other than maintaining the security of solid medical waste disposal, the incinerator management also included preserving the incinerator exhaust gas threshold generated so that it was safe for the environment and local communities while spreading into the air.

In order the smoke of the burning did not pollute the environment she said the authority of Wangaya Hospital made a threshold examination to the incinerator exhaust gas once in six months. “So far, the exhaust gas of the Wangaya incinerator is still below the threshold and does not get complaints from the surrounding community,” she said.

Incinerator exhaust gas was one of the problems often protested by residents. It was revealed by Chairman of the Indonesia Hospital Association (Persi) of Bali, Wayan Sutarga. On that account, he suggested the government to build a unit of incinerator that could be used jointly by the health services, especially those having not owned an incinerator. “The construction should be safe and away from residential neighborhoods,” he said.

Construction of the incinerator that could be used together, according to Sutarga, was very important considering the availability of incinerator in Bali was limited and did not cover all the health services in Bali. (san)

Swept away by sea current, an angler vanishes under Benoa toll bridge Denpasar (Bali Post)—

The body of I Made Suka Prabudita Wasesa, 26, has not been found after he was swept away by sea current under the Benoa toll bridge, Sunday (Oct 20). Allegedly, the angler slipped and fell while exploring the beams of toll bridge. Since the current was strong enough, the body of the victim having the address on Jalan Dewi Sri Gang Jeruk, Batubulan, Gianyar, immediately disappeared.

As information, the victim with four friends was about to angle at the scene. They explored the beams beneath the toll bridge to find appropriate location for fishing. “Since the tide was low, they explored the pathway amidst the toll bridge beams. However, when arriving at fisherman base, approximately 500 meters from the Benoa Toll Gate, the victim fell,” the source said on Monday (Oct 21).

Victim fell when he tried to cross from one

beam to another beam. Allegedly, the victim’s legs slipped so that he fell. Once fell, the victim’s body was immediately swept away and his friends attempted to help. However, their efforts seemed fruitless and the victim was not seen. The accident was then reported to police station and the officers of Bali Marine Police and National SAR Agency promptly came down to location to do a search.

Marin Police Section Head of Bali Police, Nyoman Sukasena, said on Monday (Oct 21) the sea current at the scene was indeed strong enough when the tide was low. Even, the water reached a waist-deep and the current was very strong. According to a friend of Suka, Nyoman Suparta, 40, the victim slipped. “The location is indeed very hazardous due to strong currents. Apparently, many people were often fishing under the toll bridge,” he said. (kmb21)

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The 4th Neo Hotel opens at Mangga Dua IBP

JAKARTA - Becoming the fourth NEO hotel to grace Indonesia’s capital, Hotel NEO Mangga Dua - Jakarta opened on October 11th, 2013.

Bringing leisure and entertainment in the city to a whole new level, Hotel NEO Mangga Dua is a superior select service hotel and the area’s newest, most modern and only non-smoking property. Complete with upscale facilities and professional service, the hotel has been created to meet the needs of the modern-day urban professional, offering a stylish yet affordable hotel alternative.

Each of the 154 guest rooms have been elegantly appointed and equipped with all the latest amenities to ensure an unforgettable experience. Hailed by many loyal guests as the best in class of budget hotel rooms, the hotel offers an intimate and comfortable retreat for weekend getaways and business trips. All rooms are fitted with individually regulated air conditioning, double/king-size or 2 twin beds featuring top of the line mattresses, mattress toppers and soft cotton linens, as well as a direct dial telephone, satellite/cable TV, an in-room safety box, writing desk with universal power outlets and Tea & Coffee making facilities. The en-suite bathrooms

are equipped with a shower, vanity mirror and hairdryer.

The hotel itself boasts 5 versatile meeting rooms to cater to its professional guests, as well as an all day café-shop, ample parking space and complimentary high-speed WiFi throughout the entire hotel. Despite the challenges with WiFi in Indonesia, rest assured Hotel NEO Mangga Dua provides more bandwidth per room than any other hotel group in the Archipelago International.

Situated in the heart of Jakarta’s Chinatown district, Hotel NEO Mangga Dua is just 10 minutes from the Ancol Dreamland Park and smack in the middle of North Jakarta’s Mangga Dua “Superhub” complex with its many malls, wholesale centers and endless dining options.

The hotel is also within easy walking distance to factory outlets, a hypermarket, a wide choice of hangouts for food lovers, an international executive club, a cinema, and much more, while the toll road provides easy access to the Soekarno Hatta International Airport which is approximately 30 minutes from the hotel.

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

Merajan Pasek Subadra Kramas-Gianyar Pura Dalem Maya Blahbatuh Gianyar Linggih Bhatara Kayu Selem Besakih 17 Oct Wraspati Wage Sungsang Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Tangkas Klungkung Pura Siang Kangin Tampuagan Tembuku Bangli Odalan Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung Besakih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Petemon Merajan Pasek Gelgel Melinggih Odalan Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Dewa Besakih 19 Oct Purnama Sasih Kapat Bathara Tiga Sakti Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Meru Cakra Lombok Pura Lempuyang Madya Karangasem Pura Penerejon Kintamani Pura Pulaki Buleleng Pura Tirta Empul Tampak Siring Pura Puseh, Pura Desa, Pura Penataran, Pura Luhuring Akasa, Bhatara Hyang Basukih Desa Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Tirta Negari Singapadu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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‘The Goldfinch’ is a tale of art and loss Associated Press Writer

This absorbing novel begins when an ordinary excursion to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City by 13-year-old Theo Decker and his mother erupts in a sudden, senseless act of violence.

In the mayhem that follows, Decker’s mother is killed and he somehow picks up and walks away with a priceless piece of artwork from the 1600s, “The Goldfinch” by Carel Fabritius. The scene unfolds slowly in harrowing detail and sets in motion nearly every subsequent event in the novel.

Suddenly motherless, Decker’s quiet life becomes tumultuous. He is taken in by his friend’s wealthy and kind but distant family, and later goes to live with his estranged, gambling-addicted father

and his cocktail waitress girlfriend on the semi-abandoned outskirts of Las Vegas. There he meets Boris, a charming but unhinged ex-pat with Ukrainian and Russian roots who becomes his best friend, introducing Decker to a larger world via both Russian novels and drugs.

As he grows older, he continues to secretly protect the painting, both as a work of beauty he has grown to cherish and as the only link to life before the tragedy. Establishing himself as an

antiques dealer back in New York as an adult, Decker strives for a calm life, but soon Boris re-emerges and everything he thought was in his past comes back in full force to haunt him.

Tartt, in her third novel after “The Secret History” and “The Little Friend,” paints the many different strata of life that Decker floats through with vivid detail, including the dissolute Vegas gambling scene, high-society Manhattan, the world of antique furniture dealing and shady underworld art dens.

The author trains an acute eye on the moral ambiguity of all of her characters in “The Goldfinch”: Decker, for example, can be deeply sympathetic but also proves capable of shocking acts both unethical and violent.

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NEW DELHI — Famed playback singer Manna Dey, who recorded nearly 4,000 songs and can be heard in scores of Bollywood films, died in a Bangalore hospital early Thursday. He was 94. Dey was hospitalized in May and was being treated for a kidney infection when his organs failed, said K. Vasuki, an official of the Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences.

Dey’s deep voice and mastery in singing classical music-based songs

enthralled millions of music lovers. He started his singing career in 1942.

He sang mainly in Hindi and Bengali languages and his peak period was 1953-1980. He also lent his voice to songs in several Indian regional languages — Bengali, Assamese, Gujrati and Malayalam.

He can be heard on scores of Bollywood films and their soundtracks, and his stage shows were very popular across India.

His death was being mourned by millions of fans. Bollywood superstar Am-

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On reports US spied Germany

Merkel demanded answer from Obama Agence France-Presse

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded answers from President Barack Obama on Wednesday after learning US spies may have monitored her phone, warning this would be “breach of trust” between allies.

Bollywood playback singer Manna Dey dies at age 94 Associated Press Writer

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The White House, rattled by the latest exposure based on leaks from intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, said it is not now listening in on Merkel, but did not deny the possibility her communications may have been intercepted in the past.

In the wake of Snowden’s ongoing revelations, several more key US countries have already complained about American electronic surveillance, and the White House is struggling to stem the diplomatic damage.

A spokesman for Merkel, who has registered strong disapproval at US National Security Agency activities in the past, said his boss had called Obama after Germany received information that US intelligence may be spying on her mobile phone.

Steffen Seibert said in a statement that Merkel “made clear that she unequivocally disapproves of such practices, should they be confirmed, and regards them as completely unacceptable”.

She had demanded “an immediate and comprehensive explanation” from Washington, the statement said.

“Among close friends and partners, as the Federal Republic of Germany and the US have been for decades, there should be no such monitoring of the communications of a head of government,” the statement added, indirectly citing Merkel’s comments to Obama.

itabh Bachchan tweeted his condolences, saying “Strange how we connect events of our life with his songs.”

India’s President Pranab Mukherjee said the country “has lost a veteran playback singer, a versatile artist of extraordinary ability and a creative genius who mesmerized listeners with his enchanting voice.”

The Indian government honored Dey with the top civilian Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007. Dey is survived by two daughters. His wife, Sulochana Kumaran, died last year.

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AP Photo/dpa, Julian Stratenschulte

FILE – In this Oct. 21, 2009 file photo, famed Bollywood playback singer Manna Dey acknowledges the crowd after receiving the Dadasaheb Phalke award for the year 2007, during the 55th National Film awards in New Delhi, India.

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The March 5, 2013 file photo shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel presenting a tapproof mobile phone of Blackberry at a booth of Secusmart during the opening round tour of the world’s largest computerexpo CeBIT in Hannover.