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Beyonce owns the MTV Video Music Awards Associated Press

Beyonce closed the MTV Video Music Awards with an epic nearly 20-minute performance, and tears streamed down her face as she was joined onstage by her beaming husband and daughter. Beyonce sang and danced Sunday in a metallic leotard while Blue Ivy and Jay Z watched from their seats as the diva declared: “MTV, welcome to my world.”

As Beyonce accepted the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award, the VMA’s version of a lifetime achievement award, at The Forum in Inglewood, California, she kissed her daughter and husband Jay Z, who called her the “greatest living entertainer.” The duo won best collaboration for the hit “Drunk In Love.”

“I have nothing to say but I am filled with so much gratitude,” she told the cheering crowd as they chanted her name repeatedly.

Her performance easily outdid her

competition throughout the night, though Beyonce lost video of the year, which instead went to Miley Cyrus who let a homeless man accept her award. It was in sharp contrast to the 2013 VMAs, when Cyrus twerked and danced shockingly onstage.

“Thank y’all, my name is Jesse and I accepting this award on behalf of the 1.6 million runaways and homeless youth in the United States who are starving, lost and scared for their lives right now.

I know this because I am one of these

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Jay-Z presents the Video Vanguard Award to Beyonce as he holds their daughter Ivy Blue during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards in Inglewood, California August 24, 2014.

people,” he said, as a teary Cyrus looked on. “Though I may have been invisible to you in the streets, I have a lot of the same dreams that brought many of you here tonight.”

Cyrus’ decision to let someone else accept her award to promote a cause was reminiscent of Marlon Brando’s 1973 Academy Awards best actor win, when he gave a Native American activist the stage rather than accept his Oscar trophy.

The two-hour show was tamer than past VMAs: the most shocking moment was Nicki Minaj’s rump-shaking during her performance of “Anaconda” in the show’s first minutes and her wardrobe malfunction when she joined Ariana Grande and Jessie J for “Bang, Bang.”

Taylor Swift was a crowd favorite when she performed her new single “Shake It Off” in shimmery, fringed shorts and a crop top. She got to the top of the stage, and as her tuxedoed male background dancers stood with their arms wide open waiting for Swift to jump she said, “One second. I don’t care if it’s the VMAs. I’m not jumping off there.”

Grande, who held hands with rapper Big Sean backstage, kicked off the show with a performance of her EDM hit, “Break Free” in a Beyonce-inspired leotard. The 21-year-old won best pop video for her smash single “Problem,” but lost best female video to Katy Perry, who won for “Dark Horse.”

Perry sported a figure-hugging denim dress and was joined by Riff Raff in a coordinating outfit, mirroring Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears at the 2001 American Music Awards.

Katy Perry channels Britney Spears at MTV VMAs Associated Press

Katy Perry and Riff Raff took it back to 2001 Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake in matching denim, while Amber Rose channeled Rose McGowan circa 1998 in barely there silver with cascading chains at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards. Perry popped out of a sports car with the grilled Riff Raff onto the red carpet just before the televised awards began. She called her tight, studded patchwork dress a custom Versace in a “throwback to Britney and Justin,” a la the American Music Awards 13 years ago.

“This is how we do the remix,” she joked.

Amber, who is married to Wiz Khalifa, went for a Vegas showgirl moment, her chest barely covered with loose loops down to a tiny bikini bottom. The look evoked McGowan oh-so-many years ago.

Ariana Grande upped her sex appeal with an ooh-la-la black leather mini and match-

ing thigh-high boots but kept the signature girly high ponytail. British pop singer Charli XCX wore a yellow tiger-print leotard.

The 21-year-old Grande worked long zippers back and front on her strapless Moschino moto look. Charli’s tight leotard and leggings were designed by the same Italian brand. Designer Jeremy Scott joined Charli in her yellow, yellow world in bright tuxedo tails — chest bared — with a big smiley face on the back. “I feel sexy in it,” said Charli, among the early red carpet walkers. “I think my spirit animal is probably a tiger.”

Kesha, sometimes a red carpet shocker, went classic in a floor-length sparkler in a far more subdued carpet than VMAs of yore.

Taylor Swift arrived in a long-sleeve, blue lace shorty romper with a lettered alphabet theme to go with her new short ‘do.

It was designed by London-based Mary Katrantzou. Laverne Cox was in sparkly blue, a space-age one-sleeve from Marc Bouwer,

and Miley Cyrus tugged on a tiny strapless black leather midriff-baring top she wore with high-waisted matching trousers.

“Marc has been so good to me,” said Cox, an advocate for trans women like herself. She has worn several of his designs in recent months.

“He’s one of the few designers in whose showroom I can walk where the clothes will actually fit me, not being a sample size. I think Mark just loves a woman’s body,” Cox said. Jessie J stood out in a pale green vintage Halston goddess gown with a deep V halter, and Jennifer Lopez showed off her curves in silver cutouts.

Rita Ora, in a Donna Karan Atelier classic backless red dress with a high side slit, finished her look with a slicked-back down ‘do not unlike that of Iggy Azalea, who wore blue Versace. Also in red was Demi Lovato in a gown with wide chestbearing V neck.

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MTV Video Music Awards 2014 Video of the year: “Wrecking Ball,” Miley Cyrus Female video: “Dark Horse,” Katy Perry Male video: “Sing,” Ed Sheeran Pop video: “Problem,” Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea Hip-hop video: “Hold On, We’re Going Home,” Drake feat. Majid Jordan Rock video: “Royals,” Lorde Collaboration: “Drunk in Love,” Beyonce feat. Jay Z Artist to watch: “Miss Movin On,” Fifth Harmony Video with a social message: “Pretty Hurts,” Beyonce MTV Clubland award: “Stay the Night”: Zedd feat.

Hayley Williams Cinematography: “Pretty Hurts,” Beyonce Choreography: “Chandelier,” Sia Art direction: “Reflektor,” Arcade Fire Editing: “Rap God,” Eminem Visual effects: “The Writing’s On the Wall,” OK Go Direction: “Turn Down for What,” DJ Snake & Lil Jon Lyric video: “Don’t Stop,” 5 Seconds of Summer Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award: Beyonce

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Securities are checking a taxi that enters a hotel in Kuta Beach.

Hotels on the Island of the Gods are now required to have verification certificate of Hotel Security Management System (SMPH). This effort is meant to provide security for travelers staying at hotel.

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Fail to meet security standard

Hotel license at risk of being revoked Bali Post

DENPASAR - Hotels on the Island of the Gods are now required to have verification certificate of Hotel Security Management System (SMPH). This effort is meant to provide security for travelers staying at hotel. Even, the government will revoke the license of hotels that do not have the verification certificate.

Chairman of the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) of Bali, Tjokorda Artha Sukawati (Cok Ace), said the verification of hotel security management system was an absolute requirement becoming one of the assessment criteria in the business standardization or classification of star and non-star hotel. In addition, this provision had been set forth in the Regulation of the Minister

of Tourism and Creative Economy No.106 /PW.006/mpek/2014 on the Hotel Safety Management System.

“The sanction imposed on the non-qualified hotels in terms of safety and competency is certification revocation. In the future, the hotel classification will also consider the security aspect as one of our assessment criteria,” said Cok Ace. He said the verification of hotel

security was an important part in the face of free market next year.

Moreover, a number of areas such as Nusa Dua frequented by state guests it was something a must to do the verification. “Many hotels have not qualified because they do not understand. Any smallest thing also becomes important point in the verification,” he said.

According to him, the security measure in tourism accommodation was an important part in preserving the reputation of tourism in Indonesia, especially Bali. Security was a fundamental aspect in providing comfort for travelers staying at the tourist accommodation. “The intention of tourist accommodation to participate in the verification of security certification is

very large,” he said.

Nevertheless, Cok Ace mentioned there were other constraints faced by his side. Presently, he added, his party still lacked of human resources to do the certification. “Instead, we are faced with the shortage in human resources to perform the verification of hotel security certification,” he explained.

He admitted that among thousands of the existing hotels, only some of them that had got the security management certification. The constraints faced, he said, remained in the matter of human resources.

“The obstacles remain to lie in their understanding as some aspects need to give the attention. For examples, food ingredients can be a source of

crime. They must not only be seen, but should also be further studied. We need to provide them with a briefing,” he explained.

Meanwhile, Chief of Bali Police, Benny Mokalu, mentioned that security issue needed a synergy. “Convenience aspect is provided by hotel side.

Meanwhile, the matter of security needs a synergy. We will share about the security system at hotel,” he said.

The security system, affirmed Beny, should be kept firmly together.

He said that security was not merely the responsibility of the security guard officers, but also the entire community. “When every resident has the sense of security, any small thing that will become the embryo of an incident can be prevented,” he said. (kmb27)

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Living in remote area, Gegalang residents live unworthily Bali Post

The entrance of Bangli Regency is seen in the picture

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More similar to subdistrict town, Bangli should be revitalized Bali Post

BANGLI - As the capital of a county, all this time many people mention that Bangli town is more similar to a subdistrict town. The term is quite reasonable because the town with cool air tends to be quiet when compared to other county capitals. Not only that, the arrangement of the Bangli town is also considered still very minimal, so that it does not give an impression as a capital of county.

Amidst such community assessment, Bangli is actually potential to be organized and managed so that it can become an object of tourist visits.

This small town can be arranged neatly by revitalizing some historic objects in town.

A socioeconomic observer, Komang Suarsana, said on Sunday (Aug 24) that a number of temples in Bangli town like Kehen Temple, Dalem Purwa Temple, Dalem Penunggekan Temple, Puseh Bangli Temple as well as the surrounding palaces with their front courtyard were heritages of ancient history. At the royal palace courtyard located at the intersection of Bangli town (now, BRI office) formerly sat the justice hall in the colonial period. Meanwhile, in the south of town square now functioned as the Lokasrana Terminal and temporary market was the former location of prison house during the colonial period. “Such objects have been published in international media since the beginning of the twentieth century. They can be very attractive if they are arranged and revitalized one by one for the benefit of historical tourism,” he said.

According to him, re-arrangement and revitalization of historical buildings could be done

by Bangli government in cooperation with other parties having the same interest. For instance, ancient temple could be arranged with central government through the Institute for Heritage Preservation. Then, royal palace could be revitalized with the royal family and the Ministry of Tourism. On the land of the former prison house could be built a historical monument of Bangli struggle equipped with historical documentation so that it could be functioned as veteran reminiscence. Supporting facilities could be in the form of a unique culinary center of Bangli.

“I have confidence the community of Bangli will support the ideas for the re-arrangement as long as it is socialized and communicated properly,” said Suarsana while adding that Kidul Market also had historical value that could be developed as a center for the sale of typical art and souvenirs of Bangli. As a result, the condition would be no longer as it was seen today where the town center becoming the showcase was unclear. (ina)

AMLAPURA - Gegelang village, Karangasem is a remote area located far from urban life.

Many residents of the village are living below the poverty line. In addition, most people also live in unworthy house. The room measuring 3x4 meters only separated with woven bamboo partition is the only resting place of Komang Mertayasa, 32, accompanied by his wife Ni Wayan Pancali Astuti Dewi, 22.

Working as an arrack distiller, the couple with three children was only able to make money as much as IDR 17,000 each day and it is just enough for daily consumption. Meanwhile, the assistance of the government was only obtained once, while the rest he should make an effort by himself. Even, he had not received the Bali Mandara Health Insurance (JKBM) card for his family. “Yes, I have only received the rice for the poor once. After that, I never received it again,” he said innocently while stroking his son and daughter.

As a traditional arrack maker, he had to work throughout the week to wait for the results.

Within a week, he could produce 15 liters of arrack and it was sold for IDR 8,000 per liter.

The income he got from distilling arrack could only support the three young children and wife.

“The result of distilling arrack is just enough to eat, sir,” he said.

Besides, at Gegalang village there is also an elderly woman who lives alone. Her name is Grandma Rani, 80, who lives in a hut measuring 2x3 meters with daily activity of looking for firewood for her daily needs. The hut occupied

looks to be walled with a makeshift patched with plastic sacks only. In this hut, Grandma Rani is spending to rest of her life and cooking.

“I am resigned to live my life,” she said in Balinese language. Her elderly physical condition makes Grandma Rani live on the mercy of her neighbors.

She said that she never received the government assistance such as the rice for the poor (Raskin) and neither did other help. “I never get any help from the government,” she told. She is living in remote area by making a hut and is only lighted with lantern made of cotton in a fish oil-filled coconut shell.

When she was sick, Grandmother Rani admitted trying to hold and heal herself. She was reluctant to burden her neighbors so that no one knew about her condition. Sometimes she admitted to suffer bone pain for a month but she just tried to hold the pain.

Actually, Grandma Rani has a son who is still alive and has a family. It is not known what happens so that he never visits her. “He never visits me, let alone give me food,” she said. She also has grandchildren of her son, but she cannot do anything because she felt to have been neglected.

“I have been neglected,” she said.

Meanwhile, Nyoman Wirta, one of the local community leaders, admitted that Gegelang village had many poor residents. He said to have reported the condition of Gegelang residents to hamlet chief but there was no response so far.

“I do hope the government of Karangasem can see the condition of many residents who live in poverty,” he hoped. (dwa)

Police seize four rare birds Bali Post

GIANYAR - The ranks of Gianyar Police Criminal Investigation seized four protected birds from a house of resident at Buruan village, Blahbatuh, Gianyar, Friday (Aug 22). Then, the culprit with the initials AD, 35, who kept the rare birds and did not have permit was investigated in the Headquarters of the Gianyar Police.

Meanwhile, the four rare birds were directly secured in the office of the Bali Natural Resource Conservation Agency (BKSDA).

Chief of Particular Crime Unit IV of Gianyar Police, IGN Winangun, with permission from the Chief of Gianyar Police Criminal Investigation Unit Aris Purwanto said on Sunday (Aug 25) the discovery was originated from public report. Having got the information, his party began the investigation. After getting sufficient evidence, police immediately raided a house at Buruan village, Blahbatuh on Friday afternoon around 3:00 p.m. Once the house was raided by police, AD could only surrender. “The culprit did not resist when we raided,” he said.

Police immediately confiscated the four protected birds, consisting of gold hornbill, great

hornbill and two cockatoos. Meanwhile, the bird owner was brought to police headquarters of Gianyar Police for further investigation. “These birds belong to protected species, while the owner did not have a permit,” he said.

When interrogated, AD claimed to have received a gold hornbill from his friend; a great hornbill was caught at his home yard; while the two cockatoos were bought at Satria Bird Market, Denpasar, at IDR 3 million per head.

Winangun added that the four birds seized were categorized to have been entering the verge of extinction. So, the four birds were protected by the state because their existence was very rare.

Then, the bird owner would be charged with Article 21, paragraph 2 of Law No.5/1990 on the Conservation of Biological Resources and Ecosystem. He could be charged with penalty of five years and a fine worth IDR 100 million. Furthermore, the protected animals were commended at the Bali Natural Resource Conservation Agency. “The animals have been secured at the Natural Resource Conservation Agency while waiting for further instruction from leadership,” he said. (kmb35)

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The Kayon Resort Ubud

UBUD - On 25th August 2014, Pramana Experience announced the opening of a new Pramana Experience property, The Kayon Resort in Ubud Bali. The Kayon, a truly Ubud resort set in 5,000 m2 of unfertile stone hills accessed by easy steps, with 50 meters long decorative Ramayana series relief on stone wall along the path, provides abundance spots to capture the every holiday moment.

The Name of Kayon is come from the owner idea, Putu Suryawan and his wife Farah Palupi, to present a truly Ubud Arts & Culture experience to every guest.

Director of Pramana Experience, Dirga stressed that, location of The Kayon Resort Ubud is strategic, precisely located in Kepitu Village is only ten minutes drive from Ubud center, an exotic destination for heritage, spiritual healing and culture holiday experience.

Kepitu village has wealth of historical heritage and ancient temples. Telaga Waja temple is one of the temples in this village, was built in 10th century. “Pramana is a fast growing Hospitality Management company based in Bali. Pramana on Veda means seeking knowledge. In Balinese Hindu there three ways to get knowledge, by seeing what people do, By learning the Past Experience and by Reading books,” Dirga added.

The differences of The resort is built following the land contour and works with as much of

the existing natural habitat to blend with the surroundings, respected the prohibition to keep the healing vibe. “Nestled deep in hearth of Ubud rain forest preserve, surrounded with the historical Petanu River and stunning jungle landscape, the Kayon has a healing atmosphere and romantic ambiance,” said Dirga.

The Kayon Resort in Ubud Bali features six valley deluxe rooms with jungles view on the two storey north wing, twelve Kayon river suites in three floor south wing with view down to river and five river edge private pool villas with thatched roofs, each enhanced by its infinity pool overlooking to river bellow. The guest are indulged with all resort features, Dine at KEPITU Restaurant set in the evicentrum of the resort with 180 degrees view over the pool and jungle landscape. Swim and relax in an extensive Kayon shaped swimming pool is perched on 10 meters high mound in front of the restaurant with awesome view over the rice filed and jungles valley.

Calendar Event for August 9 through September 23, 2014 9 Aug Tumpek Kandang Pura Puseh Gianyar Pura Luhur Dalem Segening Kediri Tabanan Pura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang 10 Aug Purnama Sasih Karo Pura Gelap Besakih Pura Dangkahyangan Tabanan Pura Candi Goro Tianyar Kubu Karangasem 13 Aug Buda Cemeng Menail Pura Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Pura Puseh Manakaji Peninjoan Tembuku Bangli Pura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal Mengwi Pura Taman Limut Mas Ubud 14 Aug Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

15 Aug Hari Bhatara Sri

19 Aug Hari Anggara Kasih Prebakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa Klungkung Pura Tirtha Sudamala Bebalang Bangli Pura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sawan Buleleng Pura Gunung Pengsong Lombok Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar Pura Tengah Tegalalang Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Pupuan Tabanan Pira Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Pagan Denpasar Pura Hyanghaluh/Jenggala Besakih Pura Tengkulak Siyut Tulikup Gianyar Pura Taman Sari Ubud Pura Batu Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Dalem Guliang Bangli Pura Pasek Dangka Guwang Sukawati Pura Hyang Ayung Pabean Ketewel

Pura Penataran Badung Muntig Karangasem 20 Aug Pura Kawitan Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak Siring Pura Rambut Siwi Jembrana Pura Batu Bolong Canggu Kuta Pura Pasek Marga Klaci Tabanan Pura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru Negara Pura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan Buleleng Pira Pasek Tangkas Dharma Reang Gede Tabanan Pura Desa Banyuning Buleleng Pura Srijong Tabanan Pura Pucak Mundi Nusa Penida Pura Kahyangan Jagat Kancing Gumi Bali Petang Serongga Kelod Gianyar Pura Penataran Dalem Pencar Mas Ubud 21 Aug Pura Ida Bhatara Sakti Wawu Rauh Kali Anget Seririt Buleleng 3 Sep Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Pulasari Peninjoan Bangli Pura Pasek Gelgel Kaba-Kaba Tabanan Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Desa Kahyangan Tiga Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Taro Tegalalang 9 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok NTB Pura Kawitan Gajah Arya Para Tianyar kubu Karangasem Pura Padharman Arya Telabah Besakih Pura Bukit Mentik Batur Kintamani Pura Dadya Agung Pasek Salahin Suwat Gianyar 10 Sep Pura Dangkahyangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli

13 Sep Tumpek Wayang dan Kajengkliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit Jembrana Bhatara Ratu Gede Celuk Gianyar Pura Bhatara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Panti Gelgel Sesetan Denpasar Bhatara Ratu Alit dan Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Pamerajan Agung Dawan Klungkung Pura Padarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Besakih Pura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura Jala Shidi Amerta Juanda Surabaya 17 Sep Buda Cemeng Klawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Cemenggaon Gianyar Pura Penataran Ped Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Gelgel Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Jawa Tengah Buleleng Pura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Tegeh Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan Klungkung Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Pura Ida Ratu Puncak Pameneh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Sad Kahyangan Penida Nusa Penida Pura Jati Ubud Gianyar Pura Melanting Ubud Gianyar Pura Dalem Ped Nusa Penida Pura Penataran Agung Karangasem 19 Sep Hari Bhatara Sri

23 Sep Tilem Sasih Ketiga Dan Anggara

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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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Neanderthals and humans had ‘ample time’ to mix Associated Press

BERLIN -? Humans and Neanderthals may have coexisted in Europe for more than 5,000 years, providing ample time for the two species to meet and mix, according to new research.

Using new carbon dating techniques and mathematical models, researchers examined about 200 samples found at 40 sites from Spain to Russia, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. They concluded with a high probability that pockets of Neanderthal culture survived until between 41,030 and 39,260 years ago.

Although this puts the disappearance of Neanderthals earlier than some scientists previously thought, the findings support the idea that they lived alongside humans, who arrived in Europe about 45,000-43,000 years ago.

“We believe we now have the first robust timeline that sheds new light on some of the key questions around the possible interactions between Neanderthals and modern humans,” said Thomas Higham, an archaeologist at the University of Oxford who led the study.

While it’s known that Neanderthal genes have survived in the DNA of many modern humans to this day, suggesting that at least some interbreeding took place, scientists are still unclear

Wil Roebroeks, an archaeolo- species, or hominins. undoubtedly rigorously tested about the extent of their contact “The results of this impressive in field- and laboratory work and the reasons why Neander- gist at Leiden University in the Netherlands, cautioned that the dating study are clear, but the as- over the near future,” said Roethals vanished.

“These new results confirm study relies to a large decree on sumptions about the association broeks, who wasn’t involved in a long-suspected chronological testing of stone tools, rather than of stone artefact with hominin the study. “Such testing can now overlap between the last Nean- bones, and these haven’t been types underlying the interpreta- be done with a chronologically derthals and the first modern conclusively linked to particular tion of the dating results will be clean slate.” humans in Europe,” said JeanJacques Hublin, director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, who wasn’t involved in the study.

Apart from narrowing the length of time that the two species existed alongside each other to between 2,600 and 5,400 years, Higham and his colleagues also believe they have shown that Neanderthals and humans largely kept to themselves.

“What we don’t see is that there is spatial overlap (in where they settled),” said Higham.

This is puzzling, because there is evidence that late-stage Neanderthals were culturally influenced by modern humans.

Samples taken from some Neanderthal sites include artifacts that look like those introduced to Europe by humans migrating from Africa.

This would point to the possibility that Neanderthals?? whose name derives from a valley in western Germany?? adopted certain human habits and technologies even as they were being gradually pushed out of their AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, FILE territory.

“I think they were eventually This Jan. 8, 2003 file photo shows a reconstructed Neanderthal skeleton, right, and a modern human version of a skeleton, left, on display at the Museum of Natural History in New York. outcompeted,” said Higham.

Atlantic slows warming, temperature rises seen resuming from 2030 Reuters

OSLO - The Atlantic Ocean has masked global warming this century by soaking up vast amounts of heat from the atmosphere in a shift likely to reverse from around 2030 and spur fast temperature rises, scientists said.

The theory is the latest explanation for a slowdown in the pace of warming at the Earth’s surface since about 1998 that has puzzled experts because it conflicts with rising greenhouse gas emissions, especially from emerging economies led by China.

“We’re pointing to the Atlantic as the driver of the hiatus,” Ka-Kit Tung, of the University of Washington in Seattle and a co-author of Thursday’s study in the journal Science, told Reuters.

The study said an Atlantic current carrying water north from the tropics

sped up this century and sucked more warm surface waters down to 1,500 metres (5,000 feet), part of a natural shift for the ocean that typically lasts about three decades.

It said a return to a warmer period, releasing more heat stored in the ocean, was likely to start around 2030. When it does, “another episode of accelerated global warming should ensue”, the authors wrote.

Almost 200 governments aim to agree a deal to combat climate change at a summit in Paris in late 2015 and the hiatus has heartened sceptics who

doubt there is an urgent need for a trillion-dollar shift from fossil fuels to renewable energies.

Several previous studies have suggested that the larger Pacific Ocean is the likely site of the “missing heat” from man-made greenhouse gases, perhaps linked to a series of La Nina cooling events in the Pacific in recent years.

Other suggestions for the slowdown in warming have included a rise in industrial pollution that is blocking sunlight.

A separate team of scientists

writing in the journal Nature Geoscience on Sunday said that factors including swings in the sun’s output and sun-blocking dust from volcanic eruptions may account for gaps in understanding the warming trends.

In addition, La Nina cooling events in the Pacific Ocean had played a role, according to the report that examined why computer models of the climate had over-estimated temperature rises in the past decade.

But no one knows for sure.

“It will be interesting to see how and if these ideas are connected” with the theory of the Atlantic, lead author Markus Huber said of the study by the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science at ETH Zurich.

Thursday’s study said a shift in

salinity may have caused more heat to be transferred to the depths of the Atlantic.

Warm, salty water from the tropics flows north on the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic and sinks when it meets cooler water. The “great ocean conveyor belt” then makes cold water flow in the depths to the Southern Ocean.

Even though global warming has slowed, 13 of the 14 warmest years on record have been this century, according to U.N. estimates.

A U.N. panel says it is at least 95 percent certain that human emissions, rather than natural variations in the climate, are the main cause of rising temperatures since 1960 that have caused more heatwaves, downpours and rising sea levels.

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Rubbish rises sharply

Volume reaches 1,500 cubic meters each day Bali Post

GIANYAR - Rubbish will become a time bomb for Gianyar County. It happens in line with the sharp increase in the volume of rubbish in the county posing a tourist destination. Now, the volume of rubbish has reached 1,500 cubic meters each day. Unlike previous years, since the past three years, the volume of rubbish has increased significantly.

Data indicated that in the year 2011, the volume of rubbish in Gianyar County still amounted to around 350 cubic meters each day.

In 2012, it rose to 400 cubic meters each day. However, this year 2014, the volume of rubbish has increased significantly each day, as much as 1,500 cubic meters. Such amount does not include the rubbish on religious holidays. The increase can reach 40 percent.

The Division Head of Waste Affairs at the Gianyar Sanitation and Landscape Agency (DKP), Made Suwastika, said the volume of rubbish reached 1,500 cubic meters including the organic and non-organic one. One of the causes of the volume increase was the increase in population and the change of people consumeristic behavior.

Currently the number of janitors in Gianyar County reached 347 people. They were supported by 14 units of garbage truck and assisted with three-wheeled vehicles denoting the assistance of a third-party.

The increase in the waste volume was quite sharp, while waste processing was still not optimal. To that end, it required an innovation in the waste management by the Gianyar Sanitation and Landscape Agency. One of them was by establishing Rubbish Bank.

The rubbish bank program was a pilot project carried out toward non-organic waste, said the Head of Gianyar Sanitation and Landscape Agency, Wayan Kujus Parwita.

Responding to the increase in waste volume each day, the waste was also processed by Temesi Waste Sorting Foundation. Organic waste coming into the landfill was processed into compost. However, another problem arose where the compost produced by Temesi landfill also accumulated due to the compost demand to the landfill was still relatively small. (kmb16)

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Rubbish will become a time bomb for Gianyar County. It happens in line with the sharp increase in the volume of rubbish in the county posing a tourist destination. Now, the volume of rubbish has reached 1,500 cubic meters each day.

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Aside from natural factors, coastal abrasion which is a growing concern in a number of areas in Bali is also caused by the lack of attention to the environment.

Bylaw implementation weak, abrasion increasingly alarming

Bali Post

TABANAN - Aside from natural factors, coastal abrasion which is a growing concern in a number of areas in Bali is also caused by the lack of attention to the environment. Indiscriminate natural resource exploration activities and the tendency of development without paying attention to environmental conservation have caused the coastal abrasion to be getting more severe.

Tabanan County having a number of beaches with beautiful panorama is also inseparable from such condition. Even, the condition is increasingly alarming lately.

Of the total coastal length of approximately 37 kilometers, only 10 kilometers remain to have good condition, while the rest is in a damaged condition as regularly battered by abrasion. More sadly, Tabanan does not have enough budgets to repair, especially to do reclamation.

As a result, the level of damage even gets worse each year.

Chairman of the Indonesia Fishermen Association (HNSI) of Tabanan, Ketut ‘Sadam’ Arsana Yasa admitted that abrasion was not merely caused by natural factors, but also by a number of persons exploiting the natural resources on a large scale. One of them was the dredging of sea sand.

“Regional Bylaw has prohibited any quarry activities. To prevent further damages, the government should strictly prohibit any kinds of quarry activities. If required, it must be imposed with severe penalties,” he said.

He considered the coastal condi-

tion in Tabanan was not much different from beaches in other counties that were increasingly alarming.

When calculated, it had been eroded averagely along 10 meters from the 1970s. At this moment, some coastal abrasions reached more than two meters, while the deepest reached more than 10 meters. This condition virtually occurred across the beach. For example, it happened on Yeh Gangga Beach, Yeh Gangga village, Tabanan. Although local communities and customary villagers had worked hard to preserve the coastal environment being famous for its lobster catch, in reality the Yeh Gangga Beach was also affected by the sea sand theft at Tibubiyu village, Kerambitan subdistrict.

“For five years, millions of cubic meters of sea san have been sold and thousands of trucks have been going in and out to take sea sand. It has an impact on the whole coast coupled with ocean currents and wind aggravating the abrasion.

This condition causes an imbalance to the flow of sand on the beach,” he explained.

Saddam said that he had also

been visited by a number of villagers who were not happy about such negative accusations. “I’m not afraid, my objective is correct.

If customary villagers support the damage, it means they will automatically hand on a damaged nature to future generations,” he said.

This man from Pasut hamlet, Tibubiu village, Kerambitan, firmly said that sand was the vanguard of preserving coastal areas.

“On Yeh Gangga Beach, customary village is the forefront. Who dares to violate, customary bylaw will be strictly applied. As a result, the beach can survive sustainably.

Despite making arrangement to prevent abrasion, if the sand, chiefly its black sand continues to be exploited, then the result will not be optimal,” he said.

Seeing the facts, it was very much required the seriousness of government in handling the condition, so that the abrasion rate could be minimized as low as possible. “Implement the regional bylaw accordingly and customary village should have a commitment to protect the environment,” he said. (kmb28)

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SINGARAJA - Limited number of fuel stocks in the center caused the petrol station in Sukasada subdistrict to experience difficulty in the delivery of Premium fuel. Such condition made the Sukasada petrol station to experience a ‘famine’ of Premium, so that most customers switched to use Pertamax fuel.

Agung Nyoman Oka, an administrator of the Sukasada petrol station, said that his party had received a letter No.1864/ F15410/2014-S3 regarding the control of subsidized fuel distribution in the area of Marketing Operations Region (MOR) V and been in effect since Monday (Aug 18). The distribution would be controlled so that it did not exceed the volume quota of particular fuel. “Two days ago, diesel stock already ran out and we usually ordered 8 tons.

Meanwhile, the Premium fuel as much as 8 tons just arriving this morning (Sunday—Ed) has been sold out,” he said.

At the Sukasada petrol station established in 1984, he told there was no increase in fuel prices, where Pertamax was sold for IDR 13,150 per liter, Premium (IDR 6,500 per liter) and diesel (IDR 5,500 per liter).

Formerly, the Sukasada petrol station got Premium supply as much as 16-24 tons each day, but after the restriction it only got 8 tons. Condition in the field indicated that if the Premium

supply arrived at night, it would be sold out the next day before midday. Meanwhile, the supply of diesel remained stable at 8 tons and Pertamax at 4 tons per once order. Scarcity due to the restriction and to maintain the availability of non-subsidized fuel supply would surely affect the turnover of the local petrol station. “Yes, the stock has run thin from yesterday. This has an impact on our turnover and we usually sell out 12 tons each day. Due to restricted Premium stock, this condition was taken advantage by many street vendors by reselling it around the area of the Sukasada petrol station. We do not know where they got the fuel because we have banned and announced the purchase by using jerrycan,” said Agung.

Meanwhile, Putu Santika, an attendant of the petrol station, added that Premium was the most dominantly required by consumers as the price was more affordable among other fuels.

“Premium is indeed quickly sold out here, sir! People dominantly use Premium for their motorcycle,” added Santika who was working from 07:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

Gede Mardiarta, one of the buyers, revealed that the Premium stock quickly running out did not dampen his desire to purchase Pertamax. “I want to go away by riding motorcycle, sir! I worry for fear of getting no Premium so that I am forced to buy Pertamax,” he said. (kmb34)

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The motorcycle users in Buleleng Regency must use Pertamax because the Premiun runs out

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Dempsey: We will act if Islamic group threatens US

Premium fuel stock runs thin, consumers switch to use Pertamax

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ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT — Gen. Martin Dempsey said Sunday that once he determines that the Islamic State militants in Iraq have become a direct threat to the U.S. homeland or Europe, he will recommend the U.S. military move directly against the group in Syria. But the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said that right now, he still believes the insurgent group is still more a regional threat and is not plotting or planning attacks against either the U.S. or Europe.

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The recuers are trying to rescue the fishing participants in Melaya when the boat is capsized by huge wave

High waves during fishing tournament

A boat drowed Bali Post

NEGARA - Hundreds of anglers from Bali and various regions in Indonesia tried the fishing spot in the waters of Nusasari, Melaya, Sunday (Aug 24). Among hundreds of participants, dozens of them failed to join the tournament due to limited boat available.

Precaution of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on the presence of strong winds also made the rescuers gave extra attention. The anglers were not only facing high waves, but some of them failed to channel his hobby.

Why?The fishing tournament in the waters of Bali was actually held in a series of the 119th anniversary of Negara town. Schedule and venue had been specified in advance. However, dreadful news emerged from the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency where it gave precaution not to sail due to high waves in the waters reaching 2 meters and strong winds. Since the schedule had been determined and the participant reaching up to 200 people, eventually the Jembrana Regent Fishing Tournament was still going on. At least, four vessels of the SAR team, Marine Police and Indonesian Navy were deployed to anticipate the catastrophe to fishing participants.

However, unfavorable weather was even a challenge for the participants who came from various regions. Some participants from Java had arrived in Bali three days

before the tournament. One of the participants, Andre, was seen to lean his fishing pole on other participants’ pole. He could not participate not due to bad weather, but due to a shortage of boats. “The weather does not matter. Big waves are commonplace, but our failure is triggered by the lack of boat. Consequently, we cannot participate,” said this participant.

In fact, there were dozens of participants among hundreds of total participants who simply lazed while waiting for the other participants to come. Due to bad weather, the tournament was also restricted from the morning until 12:00 a.m. Many boats hired did not come such as from Cupel and surrounding areas due to bad weather.

The committee needed at least 100 boats to accommodate the anglers, but some did not come.

Virtually all the local anglers of Jembrana could get boats, but many others from outside Jembrana did not get.

Precaution of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency related to high waves was in fact correct. A number of participants came back

to mainland earlier because they were not strong enough to face high waves in the middle of the sea. Even, some participants got sea sick and came back without fish catches. Due to high waves, one of the participant’s boats was upside down and the outrigger was broken.

Participants and the boat could be rescued to the shore by SAR team and the National Navy.

The Head of Jembrana Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, I Made Dwi Maharimbawa, said that as schedule the committee would only accept participants from Bali. However, when the registration was opened, many participants from outside Bali were eager to participate, so that the committee was slightly overwhelmed to reject. According to him, due to adverse weather condition, some participants were unable to participate.

“Even though several hired boats were canceled by the owner, the tournament could still be implemented,” he explained. In the tournament introducing the fishing spot in the waters of Jembrana, local participants of Jembrana dominated the catch. The heaviest catch category was achieved by Arianto with the weight of 20.3 kg. In the category of grouper species, the first winner was achieved by Iwan Fajar Effendi (1.3 kg) while the best boat jockey was achieved by Amruloh from Pangkung Dedari, Melaya. (olo)

Speaking on a military plane en route to Afghanistan, Dempsey provided more detail into his thinking about the Islamic militants who have stormed across Iraq, operating out of safe havens in Syria.

So far, the Obama administration has restricted its military action against the militants to specific operations within Iraq, but concerns have increased as the Islamic State group extended its reach, taking control of a swath of land stretching from Syria across the border and deep into western and northern Iraq.

The group took over Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, in June, and has since declared an Islamic state, or caliphate, in territory under its control in Iraq and Syria.

Dempsey also told reporters traveling with him that he believes that key allies in the region — including Jordan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia — will join the U.S. in quashing the Islamic State group.

“I think ISIS has been so brutal, and has wrapped itself in a radical religious legitimacy that clearly threatens everybody I just mentioned, that I think they will be willing partners,” said Dempsey, expressing optimism for the first time that the Arab nations would join in the conflict. ISIS is an acronym for the Islamic State group.

He contrasted the Islamic State group to the Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which has plotted and attempted attacks against the U.S. and Europe. As a result, the U.S. has conducted counterterrorism strikes against the group within Yemen. Dempsey said that so far, there is no sign that the Islamic State militants are engaged in “active plotting against the homeland, so it’s different than that which we see in Yemen.”

“I can tell you with great clarity and certainty that if that threat existed inside of Syria that it would

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A U.S. sailor checks missiles attached to a military jet being prepared aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014.

certainly be my strong recommendation that we would deal with it,” said Dempsey. “I have every confidence that the president of the

United States would deal with it.”

He added that those regional partners could come together and squeeze the Islamic State group

“from multiple directions in order to initially disrupt and eventually defeat them. It has to happen with them, much less with us.”

Thai junta leader assumes prime minister post Associated Press

BANGKOK — Thailand’s junta leader, who seized power in a military coup three months ago, officially assumed his new post as prime minister on Monday following an endorsement from the country’s monarch. During a ceremony in Bangkok, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha accepted a written royal command issued by King Bhumibol Adulyadej certifying his appointment as the country’s 29th premier. Bhumibol, who is 86 and in poor health, was not present at the ceremony.

Thailand’s junta-appointed legislature voted overwhelmingly last week to name the 60-year-old army chief to the new post.

He was the only candidate. Prayuth is due to retire from the military next month and will hold both jobs until he does so.

On May 22, Prayuth oversaw a coup in which the military toppled Thailand’s elected civilian government. Analysts say his new post cements the military’s control of government.

AP Photo/Thai Spokesman Office The move was the latest in a series of In this photo released by Thai Spokesman Office, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha opens a container before he accepts a royal endorsement certifying his appointment as the country’s 29th moves by the junta to consolidate power on premier, in front of the portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, its own terms. In July, the military adopted a temporary 48-article constitution and Aug. 25, 2014.

appointed the legislature. Prayuth, who is expected to name his Cabinet next month, has said elections could be held in 2015.

Prayuth has said the army had to stage the coup to end half a year of political deadlock between protesters and the government, and to stop sporadic protest-related violence that had killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds more. While stability has been restored, it has come at a steep price: Thailand’s democratic institutions have been entirely dismantled, and the country’s authoritarian rulers have crushed all dissent. Last week, Human Rights Watch issued a statement criticizing the deterioration of human rights in the country.

“Since the May coup, the generals have tightened rather than relaxed their grip on power,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “Instead of the promised path back to democracy through free and fair elections, Thailand’s military seems to be opting for a road to dictatorship.”

“As both prime minister and junta leader, Gen. Prayuth can wield broad power without accountability,” Adams said. “This marks a dark day for human rights and the future of democracy in Thailand.”

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Europe fears deflation as Ukraine stays centre-stage

Reuters

ROME - The euro zone’s growing fears of deflation will be stirred again on Friday when preliminary consumer price data for August is issued, with signs the European Central Bank could be looking at bolder steps to help the region’s stagnant economy.

Analyst polled by Reuters forecast the annual inflation rate to slip to 0.3 percent from 0.4 percent in July, falling even further below the ECB’s target of below but close to 2 percent and mired deep in what the bank calls the “danger zone”.

The ECB cut interest rates in June and promised banks cheap long-term loans starting in September, and any new measures before those loans kick in had been considered unlikely.

However, in remarks that opened the door to possible policy action at the bank’s next meeting in September, ECB President Mario Draghi said on Friday that the bank is prepared to respond with all its “available” tools should inflation drop further.

Speaking at a global central banking conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Draghi said he is confident that the steps already announced, helped by a weaker euro,

would boost demand in the ailing economic bloc.

But in stronger language than he has used in the past, he stressed the central bank stands ready to do more.

“The (ECB’s) governing council will acknowledge these (economic) developments and within its mandate will use all the available instruments needed to ensure price stability over the medium term,” he said.

The main weapon at the bank’s disposal, printing money to buy bonds, known as quantitative easing (QE), is still opposed by Germany’s Bundesbank which plays down the danger of deflation.

In his remarks on Friday Draghi did not mention the policy spe-

cifically, but a growing number of analysts believe it is only a matter of time before the ECB follows the path already trodden by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England.

“The ECB will ultimately move to QE unless the euro weakens appreciably,” said Riccardo Barbieri, chief European economist at Mizuho, adding that “in the near term stagnation and near-zero inflation in the euro zone are almost a certainty.”

Developments in Ukraine will continue to be a major focus for markets, with the negative headlines of recent weeks having pushed German bond yields to new lows.

Investors will be closely watching the outcome of a meeting sched-

uled in Minsk on Tuesday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko.

The Ukraine crisis has already hurt business sentiment in Germany, which has strong trade links with Russia, and the effect will be scrutinised again on Monday when the closely watched Ifo index for August is released. Analysts polled

by Reuters are predicting another fall in morale.

The picture for the northern hemisphere’s policymakers slowly returning from their summer breaks looks mixed, with a weaker outlook in Europe and Asia but the United States showing growing signs of economic strength.

Regulators’ sweep threatens auto parts business model Reuters

NAGOYA/TOKYO - When a Japanese carmaker issued a tender for shock absorbers a few years ago for a model it planned to sell in Indonesia, two suppliers came back with bids that were “so obviously

coordinated,” said an executive at the automaker.

One supplier put in a slightly lower bid for front shock absorbers than its rival and a slightly higher bid for rear shocks, while its rival did the opposite. The intent was clear, recalled the carmaker’s for-

mer parts procurement chief for Indonesia who is now back in Japan and didn’t want to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue: they were dividing the contracts between them.

A few weeks later, he came across the two rival suppliers’ chiefs playing

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An employee examines the battery of an E150 EV electric car at a factory of Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co (BAIC) on the outskirts of Beijing, July 23, 2014.

golf together in Jakarta, and summoned them to his office for an explanation. The upshot: the automaker asked the parts suppliers to re-bid.

The account helps illustrate how some auto parts makers, in particular those from Japan, have colluded for years to inflate parts prices for automakers, dealers and repair shops in a global market with annual sales of over 80 million vehicles, and which are now being exposed in a worldwide sweep by regulators.

For the past five years, competition watchdogs - from the United States, Europe and across Asia have moved in, handing out record fines in some cases, and calling time on a business model that has served parts makers well.

That model essentially sees parts makers collude to keep prices relatively high for new components they supply to car manufacturers, and then charge even more for the same parts supplied as replacements to dealerships and repair shops.

Denso Corp, Japan’s leading auto electronics parts supplier had a higher operating profit margin of 9.2 percent than Toyota Motor Corp in the year to March, while Aisin Seiki Co Ltd’s 6.1 percent margin topped Nissan Motor Co’s 5.3 percent.

In South Korea, Hyundai Mobis, a leading Hyundai Motor supplier, had a margin of around 6 percent

on parts and component systems sales to automakers last year, but 21 percent on replacement parts sales, according to its filing with the stock exchange.

Some Japanese parts suppliers have evidently taken that business model further.

“To secure high profitability, those suppliers often coordinate bids for a supply contract when they can, and come to automakers with mostly identical bids,” the auto executive said in an interview at his firm’s procurement office in Japan.

As well as colluding to push up prices for new car parts, they also charge multiple times - sometimes as much as 10 times - the price when they make the exact same components available as replacement parts in the aftermarket marketplace.

“In other words, they’re doubling dipping to beef up and maximize their profit margins,” the executive said. “This is the kind of cartel you deal with in Southeast Asia with Japanese suppliers, and that’s not the exception, but the typical business condition we deal with routinely around the world.”

As regulators, most recently in China, go after suppliers in what has become a worldwide probe into price fixing, this “business model is in danger,” the executive said. “We might be seeing the beginning of an end of it.”

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Snapper fish exports down Antara

DENPASAR - Exports of snapper from Bali in the period of January to May 2014 experienced a 30.07 percent decline to 1.93 million US dollars from 3.17 million US dollars in the same period.

The Industry and Trade Office of Bali Province recorded that the snapper exports amounted to 241.4 tons, a 26.78 percent decline compared to 329.7 tons in the same period in 2013.

Head of Bali Province’s Central Bureau of Statistic (BPS) Panasunan Siregar said that the snapper from Bali was mostly exported to Japan (37.23 percent) followed by the United States of America (24.62 percent), Australia (5.74 percent), and Hong Kong (4.85 percent).

The fish is also exported to Spain (1.11 percent), France (1.03 percent), Singapore (0.87 percent), Britain (0.75 percent) and Germany (0.43 percent).

The rest 22.68 percent goes to a number of other countries.

Bali earned a total of 41.77 million US dollars, declining 6.24 percent compared to the same period which was 44.54 million US dollars from marine and fisheries export.

Tuna is the biggest marine and fishery export commodity from Bali, contributing 28.26 million US dollars in the period.

Exports of snapper from Bali in the period of January to May 2014 experienced a 30.07 percent decline to 1.93 million US dollars from 3.17 million US dollars in the same period.

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The memoir of Ketut Englan

By Nyoman Suwela

Ketut Englan, a native of Banyuatis Village, the Regency of Buleleng, just passed away on 23 Augustus 2014 on the wee morning in the hospital. He was said to pass away due to heart attack.

Ketut Englan is a figure acknowledged as a business man, known as the proprietor of the brand of “Kopi Banyuatis”, a coffee powder

product that widely marketed in Bali, Indonesia even beyond. In this context, he was a successful business man. Besides, he was also involving in tourism sector by building a hotel in the Lovina tourist resort named Hotel Bali Taman.

It is not an exaggeration to say that during his life as a business man, he dedicated his life for the development of art and culture in the North of Bali. Nobody has any

doubt for his fond of North Bali’s art and culture. He had a strong obsession on preserving the heritage of North Bali’s culture.

As a relatively wealthy guy, he owned a luxury car but he was fond on driving an old VW Combi.

He build an “open stage” in his own land located in the village of Kalibukbuk, the centre of Lovina. In this stage he staged performances, such as Balinese

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Relatives and family of Englan gathered at his house after he passed away on August 23, 2014.

dances. Due to his concern of North Bali’s dance popularly known as “Joged” of which he has considered has gone too far to its original form, he organized a Joged Festival in this stage by invited several Joged troupe from several villages aim at staging the real origin of Joged.

From economically point of view, what he had done would not bring any benefit as business man, but he did it due his love for North Bali’s art and culture. We can say that he was a business man by profession but he was an art and culture enthusiast by birth.

In tourism sector as a hotelier as the Chairman of PHRI Cabang Buleleng (Chairman of Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association Buleleng Chapter) he initiated a statue in the centre of Lovina Beach Resort, precisely on the beach widely known locally as “Bina Ria Beach”.

When he launched this idea to his friends and PHRI’s members, his idea was welcome by acclamation. The design of the statue was trusted to an artist from the District of Tejakula, name Nyoman Tusan.

The design of the statue in the form of a dolphin on the top supported by a column and on the based part it is adorned with smaller dolphin statues. The dolphin statue perched on top is adorned with a crown as a symbol of a king. The crown aims

to honor Anak Agung Panji Tisna, he was said to be the last king of Buleleng and also well-known writer, one of his novel is “Sukreni Gadis Bali” that has been translated into several languages.

He was officially recognized as the pioneer of tourism development in Bali in general and in North Bali in particular. He was awarded a certificate of acknowledgment for his merit of development in tourism sector. The construction of the statue was financed mostly by all members of PHRI. Each member contributed its part depended on each capability.

And now the statue is stands proudly as a land mark of Lovina and the dolphin statue perched on top as the icon of tourist attraction of North Bali.

And now, Ketut Englan has gone forever. He left behind his relatives and his friends. We lost humble man, and a very dedicated man for his love of his village, regions, profession, passion and very hard to mention one by one. “To error is human” as saying goes.

Ketut Englan is human. He had done a lot for us but he might do something wrong. Let we forgive for his wrong doing, if any, and we remember what he had done for the benefit for all of us. Good bye Ketut Englan, you would be never forgotten by your friends and whoever that knows you. Lets Ketut Englan rests in peace.

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Stampede at Hindu holy procession kills 10 Indians Associated Press

NEW DELHI — A pre-dawn stampede killed 10 people Monday as tens of thousands of Hindus were worshipping in an annual procession in central India, police said. Some 50,000 devotees had been marking the holy day of Somvati Amavasya by walking or lying down and rolling for 5 kilometers (3 miles) in a wide circle around the spot where the Hindu god Ram is believed to have spent time during his 14 years in exile.

During the procession, a live electrical wire shocked one woman and set off a panic, triggering the stampede, local deputy police superintendent S.R. Yadav said. A large number of temples are located along the path in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh state.

Aside from the 10 people killed, another 12 were being treated at a hospital for injuries, Yadav said from district police headquarters. Information from the site 80 kilometers (50 miles) away was still trickling in, he said.

The religious procession has meanwhile resumed. The state’s top elected official, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, said families of those killed would receive compensation payments of $3,300 each. Deadly stampedes are fairly common during India’s often-chaotic religious gatherings and festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas with few safety or crowd control measures. In October 2013, another stampede in Madhya Pradesh state killed more than 110 people, mostly women and children.

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Pedestrians stop to examine a crumbling facade at the Vintner’s Collective tasting room in Napa, Calif., following an earthquake Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014.

Strong California quake shakes famed wine country

Associated Press

NAPA, California — A powerful earthquake that struck the heart of California’s wine country caught many people sound asleep, sending dressers, mirrors and pictures crashing down around them. The magnitude-6.0 quake struck at 3:20 a.m. Sunday near the city of Napa, an oasis of Victorian-era buildings nestled in the vineyard-studded hills of Northern California.

Scores were injured as the temblor knocked out power to thousands, caused gas and water lines to rupture and sparked fires.

By midday Sunday, the fires were out and power was starting to be restored, said Mark Ghilarducci, director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. “While it was bad, it wasn’t as bad as it could be and it was very manageable from a regional perspective,” Ghilarducci said.

The quake struck about six miles (10 kilometers) south of Napa and lasted 10 to 20 seconds depending on proximity to the epicenter, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was the largest to shake the San Francisco Bay Area since the magnitude-6.9 Loma Prieta quake struck in 1989, collapsing part of the Bay Bridge roadway and killing more than 60 people, most when an Oakland freeway fell.

It was felt widely throughout the region, with people reporting feeling it more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) south of Napa and as far east as the Nevada border. The quake’s timing was also bad for Napa Valley’s famed vineyards, where winemakers were just getting ready to harvest the 2014 crop. The quake broke thousands of bottles of wine and toppled barrels.

Vi n t n e r R i c h a r d Wa r d o f Saintsbury Winery south of Napa watched Sunday afternoon as workers righted toppled barrels and rescued a 500 pound (225 kilogram) grape de-stemmer that the quake had thrown to the ground.

“That’s what happens when you’re a mile from the epicenter,” said Ward, who lost 300 to 400 bottles in the winery’s basement.

The grape harvest was supposed to start overnight Monday, but it would now be pushed back a

few days, he said. Had the harvest started a day earlier, the quake could have caught the workers among the heavy barrels when it struck, Ward said.

For many, the quake struck at the worst time possible, rousing them in the middle of the night and sending them fumbling in darkness to take cover and find loved ones. A number of the injuries were caused by people stepping on broken glass, falling down or being hit by furniture.

Omar Rodriguez, 23, of Napa, was treated for a gash on his forehead in one of the triage tents outside a hospital that handled the victims.

“We woke up to the earthquake and I thought I was dreaming because I fell off my bed, you know, it was all dark, and I just got back up. She noticed it was all bleeding,” he said, referring to his girlfriend.

Japan ready to offer flu drug for Ebola treatment

Associated Press

TOKYO — Japan said Monday it is ready to provide a Japanese-developed anti-influenza drug as a possible treatment for the rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters that Japan can offer favipiravir, developed by a subsidiary of Fujifilm Holdings Corp., at any time at the request of the World Health Organization. Suga said Japan is watching for a decision by WHO that would provide more details on the use of untested drugs. In case of an emergency, Japan may respond to individual requests before any further decision by WHO, he said.

WHO said earlier this month that it is ethical to use untested drugs on Ebola patients given the magnitude of the outbreak.

The drug, developed by Fujifilm subsidiary Toyama Chemical Co. under the brand name Avigan to treat new and re-emerging influenza viruses, was approved by Japan’s health ministry in March. Fujifilm is in talks with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on clinical testing of the drug in treating Ebola, company spokesman Takao Aoki said.

The company has enough stock of favipiravir for more than 20,000 patients, Aoki said. He said Ebola and influenza viruses are the same type and a similar effect can theoretically be expected for Ebola.

Several drugs are being developed for the treatment of Ebola. They are still in the early stages and there is no proven treatment or vaccine for the often fatal disease. Favipiravir inhibits viral gene replication within infected cells to prevent propagation, while other anti-viral drugs often are designed to inhibit the release of new viral particles to prevent the spread of infection, the company said. Recently, two American doctors recovered from Ebola after being treated with the experimental drug ZMapp, though it was unclear whether they were cured by the drug. ZMapp, developed by Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc., had never been tested on humans, although an early version worked in some Ebola-infected monkeys. It is aimed at boosting the immune system’s efforts to fight off Ebola. Ebola has killed more than 1,400 people in West Africa in the latest outbreak.

In this undated photo released

by Fujifilm Holdings Corp., anti-influenza tablets fabipiravir are shown. Japan said Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 it is ready to provide a Japanesedeveloped anti-influenza drug as potential treatment to fight the rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak.

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INDONESIA Conserve coral reefs

Raja Ampat forms public supervision group Antara

WAISAI - The Raja Ampat district administration has set up a public supervision group to protect and conserve its coral reefs.

“Local fishermen, who used to conduct destructive fishing practices, have been persuaded to help protect the coral reefs by joining the public supervision group. They also help to patrol the surrounding waters,” Syafri Tuhurea of the Raja Ampat maritime and fishery office stated on Monday.

The local fishermen have stopped practicing destructive fishing methods, but those from other regions sometime illegally fish in the waters of Raja Ampat by using bombs, he remarked.

“They are driven away if they are spotted by the local fishermen. But, they usually sneak out when the local fishermen and officers are not around,” Syafri pointed out.

The public supervision group is expected to promote a sustainable coral reef preservation program involving the local community, he affirmed.

Tuherea also added that public awareness regarding coral reef conservation in Raja Ampat District, West

Papua Province, has improved.

“In the past, there were many traditional fishermen who conducted destructive fishing practices by using bombs. Now, their number has decreased significantly,” Syafri stated.

The Raja Ampat district administration has carried out public awareness campaigns for the conservation of coral reefs over the past five years, he noted.

The public were informed that since the diversity of the marine ecosystem was not solely to be cherished by the current generation, but the future generations as well, therefore, it should be protected and preserved.

In line with the Tomolol Declaration issued in 2003, every stakeholder in Raja Ampat has agreed to sustainably conserve and manage marine resources.

Raja Ampat’s marine conservation area totals almost 1.2 million hectares.

The best preserved coral reefs are found in Dampier Strait located between Waigeo and Batanta isles.

In the southern part of Raja Ampat, Misool isle has endemic coral reefs, which are unique to this area.

Jokowi likely to meet Yudhoyono in Bali

Antara

MANOKWARI - President-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is likely to meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during the latter’s visit to Bali in the next few days, remarked presidential spokesman Yulian Aldrin Pasha.

He stated on Sunday that although no fixed date had been set, the option had already been discussed by the two sides.

Jokowi, whose election has been confirmed after winning a lawsuit filed by his opponent in court, is expected to discuss the transfer of government with President Yudhoyono.

“Perhaps the meeting with Joko Widodo is in Bali between August 27 and 29. This proposal has indeed been submitted to the president, but until today, no confirmation has been made on whether the meeting will be held in Bali or Jakarta following the president’s working visit (in Papua),” he affirmed.

Julian noted that President Yudhoyono has indeed ordered Djoko Suyanto, the coordinating minister for political, security and legal affairs, to communicate with the

president-elect in connection with the transfer of power.

He reiterated that the meeting between the two was based on good will, and it was also the request of Joko Widodo to ensure smooth transition of government.

“So, there is no such thing as intervening, as some have accused of. The meeting is also the idea of Joko Widodo,” he stated.

Djoko Suyanto meanwhile informed that the meeting will be reported to President Yudhoyono before a decision was made.

President Yudhoyono is scheduled to officially transfer power to Jokowi on October 20.

Jakarta Governor Jokowi pairing with former vice president Jusuf Kalla won the election on July 9 against former military figure Prabowo Subianto who paired with former economic minister Hatta Rajasa.

Horticulture sector not yet ready to compete Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s horticulture sector is not yet ready to compete with other countries, particularly in the face of the ASEAN Economic Community and the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, noted a horticulture council executive.

“If the government makes a mistake in implementing a policy in this sector, Indonesia will become a spectator only,” Executive Chairman of the Indonesian Horticulture Council (DHN) Benny Kusbini stated on Monday.

Indonesia still needs investment and technology for the development of superior variety of horticulture seedlings to face other horticulture-producing countries, he pointed out.

He asserted that the government’s plan to restrict foreign investment to 30 percent will

cause several multinational seedling producers in the country to relocate their investment to other countries.

This will eventually have an impact on Indonesia’s horticulture production as a whole because these producers have conducted research to find superior vegetable varieties, he noted.

Benny remarked that Indonesian farmers will encounter difficulties in producing adequate quality and quantity of horticultural goods, which will eventually lead to Indonesia’s market being flooded with imported products.

Therefore, he was of the viewpoint that it is not the appropriate time for the government to implement a policy to restrict foreign investment to 30 percent in this sector.

Indonesia still needs time to learn and facilitate the transfer of technology. After all, Indonesia

still lacks superior genetic resources for its vegetable crops.

Benny asserted that Indonesia should develop seedlings of horticultural crops through foreign investment instead of importing horticulture seeds and products.

“Why should we restrict investment in technology for developing the labor-intensive horticulture seedling sector while other sectors such as automotive gets better facilities where our human resources only work as assemblers of products that should be imported,” Benny questioned.

Referring to an estimated population of 270 million in 2025 and 400 million in 2050, Benny called for the need to reduce dependence on fruit and vegetable imports.

“We have to look at the wider perspective to meet the national food needs and not to narrow our perspective on grounds of nationalism,” he added.

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Taman Ayun Temple IBP

MANGUPURA - Taman Ayun Temple is a Royal Temple of Mengwi Empire and it is located in Mengwi Village, Mengwi sub district, Badung regency and about 18 Km north side of Denpasar town. It is strategically located beside of major roadway between Denpasar to Singaraja. It is set on the land which is surrounded by the big fish pond and look like a drift on the water. It owns the beautiful temple building with multistoried roof and Balinese Architecture.

The wide beautiful landscape garden in front courtyard to welcome all visitors who come and visit this temple. It is a beautiful place to visit on your vacation in Bali.

The function of Taman Ayun Temple is a place to pray. It is according to the content of Babad Mengwi and the existence of temple building structure, especially the temple that is located in third area (Jeroan). According to Astadewata, the special God worshiped in Taman Ayun Temple is the God in manifestation as a Wisnu God which his palace located in top of Mangu mount.

Murray enjoys a break before starting U.S. Open run Reuters

NEW YORK - Scotsman Andy Murray said he feels primed for the U.S. Open after a hard week of practice and a little relaxation ahead of the year’s last grand slam. Murray, the 2012 U.S. champion who went on to claim the Wimbledon crown in 2013, is looking for his first tournament victory this year after coming back from back surgery.

“I feel good. I have had a great practice week, had good fun on the court, enjoyed it and worked hard,” the 27-year-old told reporters at the U.S. National Tennis Center on Saturday. “Yeah, been playing well. I feel good.” Murray rewarded himself with a busy day of spectating on Friday, following golf’s world number one Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland at The Barclays tournament in New Jersey before catching a Team USA hoops contest at Madison Square Garden.

“It was fun. I have never been to watch golf live before. For a first experience, you know, watching the best player in the world was a pretty good experience, and I really

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Andy Murray returns a shot from Roger Federer on day five of the Western and Southern Open tennis tournament at Linder Family Tennis Center.

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enjoyed it,” he said. “When you watch them up close it’s impressive.

Then in the evening, I went to watch the basketball at Madison Square Garden. I love watching basketball.

They’re huge guys, but just unbelievably quick, great athletes. It was a fun day for me.”

Another form of recreation, a bit closer to home, does not much appeal to Murray, who said he was not inclined to watch his tennis coaching mother, Judy, strut her dance moves on the British television show “Strictly Come Dancing”. “If it makes her happy, then I will support her,” said the serious-minded Murray. “I’m not really into those shows, but she loves it.

“I mean, she watches it all the time, talks about it all the time,” he said with a smile. “So, if she enjoys it, then I’m happy for her.” Murray said he could not recall ever seeing his mother dance and that her appearance could prove “interesting”. The Scotsman kicks off his tournament on Monday against Dutchman Robin Haase.

Haase won the first two sets against him before Murray advanced in the second round of the 2011 U.S. Open. The Briton also beat him in straight sets last year at the Australian Open. “It was a tricky match,” Murray recalled of their last Flushing Meadows encounter.

“Windy conditions that day, and very up and down.” Murray feels in good shape for a U.S. Open run.

“I got a great training block over in Miami done, so physically I’m where I would want to be. My body is pain-free, which is good.

Yeah, I feel ready,” he said. “I feel confident and I’m looking forward to the start.”

Nico Rosberg insists that he was not to blame for his clash with Formula 1 title rival and Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the Belgian Grand Prix.

The German insists that their lap two collision was simply a racing incident - and reckons the fact the stewards did not take action proves he did nothing wrong.

AUTOSPORT understands that the race stewards did discuss the incident during the race, but decided that there was no sign of the collision having been caused deliberately.

Asked for his opinion about the crash, having watched video replays, Rosberg said: “I have seen it and I don’t want to say - but definitely, as the stewards judged it a racing incident, that is the way one can describe it.”

Although Hamilton claims that Rosberg told him in a post-race debrief that he deliberately did not avoid the incident because

he wanted to “prove a point”, the German was more circumspect about his actions when speaking to the media.

He was adamant that the move was not risky at all, and dismissed any suggestion he should have waited another lap until DRS was activated. “I was quicker at the time and there was an opportunity, so I gave it a go around the outside as the inside was blocked,” Rosberg said.

“I didn’t see any risk in overtaking, or trying to overtake, so why should I not try?

The opportunity was there even without DRS because I was so much quicker, so I gave it a go.

“Inside was not possible, so I tried around the outside. Should I have waited? That is very hypothetical. Who knows what happens afterwards? “The opportunity was there and, for me, it wasn’t a risky situation.”

REUTERS/Ben Stansall/Pool

Mercedes Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Germany has the nose of his car changed during a pit stop at the Belgian F1 Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps August 24, 2014.

Griner helps Mercury beat Sparks to sweep series

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Brittney Griner scored a career playoff-high 21 points, including a breakaway two-handed dunk, as the Phoenix Mercury cruised to a 93-68 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks in Game 2 on Sunday to complete a sweep in their Western Conference

semifinals series.

At Rosemont, Illinois, Angel McCoughtry scored 39 points as the Atlanta Dream beat the Chicago Sky 92-83 to even their Eastern Conference semifinals series at one game each.

Penny Taylor scored 17 points and Candice Dupree had 16 points and eight rebounds as Phoenix

advanced to a matchup against defending champion Minnesota in the West finals.

Griner was 9 for 9 from the field, setting a WNBA playoff record for most field goals without a miss.

Her dunk midway through the third quarter stretched Phoenix’s lead to 25 points.

Candace Parker scored 21 points

to lead the Sparks, and Nneka Ogwumike had 14 points and six rebounds. It was the third straight season the Sparks were eliminated on their home floor and the third time in six seasons they were eliminated by Phoenix.

Tiffany Hayes added 15 points for Atlanta, and Jasmine Thomas had nine points, seven rebounds

and six assists.

Elena Delle Donne scored 22 points for the Sky, who won 8077 in the series opener on Friday.

Allie Quigley had 20 points, and Epiphanny Prince finished with 19.

Game 3 is Tuesday in Atlanta, with the winner moving into the East finals against Indiana.

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Messi’s back with 2 goals as Barca wins opener Associated Press

BARCELONA — Lionel Messi scored twice to help 10-man Barcelona start the Spanish league with a 3-0 win over Elche in the debut of coach Luis Enrique on Sunday, with the Argentina star looking eager to put last season’s disappointments behind him. Messi used a signature burst of speed to dribble free of a pack of opponents before slotting in Barcelona’s first goal in the 41st.

Minutes later Barcelona lost Javier Mascherano to a direct red card when he fouled Elche’s Garry Rodrigues with only goalkeeper Claudio Bravo to beat. But Barcelona’s 18-year-old Munir El Haddadi, starting for the injured Neymar, scored seconds after halftime before Messi got his second goal in the 63rd after again confounding a group of defenders.

“Leo is one-of-a-kind and today he was in a state of grace,” said Luis Enrique. “He will be the best player in the world in every way he wants, defending or attacking.” Elsewhere, promoted Eibar edged Real Sociedad 1-0 for a winning debut in the first division, while Villarreal won 2-0 at Levante, and Celta Vigo beat Getafe 3-1.

After Barcelona lost its Spanish league title in the last round of last season and Argentina lost to Germany in the World Cup final, Messi summed up his desire for the new campaign to begin by writing on Facebook before the game: “First match today!!!

I hope God is on our side for a great season.” It started with a bad omen, though: Just seconds after kickoff, the game was paused when a black cat ran onto the Camp Nou pitch before stewards managed to herd it off.

But aside from Mascherano’s red card, there was no bad luck for Barcelona. Messi looked back to his best and his pair of goals seemed the perfect answer to critics who had said the four-time world player of the year had lost a step. He was lively from the start, both in attack and in defense, and scored his

goals in classic Messi fashion: putting the ball on his left boot to breeze around his markers before picking his spot in the opponent’s net.

With Neymar out and new signing Luis Suarez suspended until October, Munir got the nod from Enrique and had Barcelona’s first chance when he fired the ball off the goalframe in the 22nd. Andres Iniesta followed suit with a strike onto the crossbar in the 32nd as Barcelona piled up chances before Messi converted.

Sergio Busquets sent an errant Elche pass to Messi, who used four quick touches to open an angle around three Elche players before slotting home his first goal. Moments after Barcelona grabbed the lead, Busquets’ poor back pass forced Mascherano to foul Rodrigues to stop a one-one-one opportunity with Bravo. Elche failed to take advantage of the extra man and Munir, who had only debuted with Barcelona’s “B-team” in March, doubled the lead with a skillful tap with the tip of his left boot to float Ivan Rakitic’s long pass over goalie Przemyslaw Tyton.

Messi added the third goal despite being shadowed by four defenders, skirting along the edge of the area until he saw the chance to place the ball inside the post. Rakitic, Bravo and defender Jeremy Mathieu all made debuts for Barcelona after their transfers this summer. Eibar’s first goal in the topflight category was well worth the 74-year-old wait for the more than 5,000 fans at Ipurua Stadium.

Midfielder Javi Lara capped his superb first half two

minutes before the break by scoring with a free kick from a tight angle.

Eibar earned two consecutive promotions in as many years to rise from the third to the first division. Villarreal showed it could compete at the top of the table this season with a dominant performance at Levante, making it the only away team to win through the first eight games of the opening round.

Ikechuwku Uche scored in the 55th, and Denis Cheryshev made it 2-0 in the 85th after he and Moi Gomez had both sent shots off the woodwork. Luis Enrique’s replacement at Celta Vigo, Eduardo Berizzo, also enjoyed a strong start.

Celta forward Manuel “Nolito” Agudo beat Getafe goalie Vicente Guaita in the 20th before Fabian Orellano made it 2-0 with a long strike in the 56th. Jorge Sammir pulled one back for Getafe in the 62nd before Joaquin Larrivey restored Celta’s cushion in the 70th.

FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, from Argentina, reacts after scoring against Elche during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014.

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Falcao scores as Monaco beats Nantes 1-0 Associated Press

PARIS — Radamel Falcao scored in his first start of the season to give Monaco a 1-0 win over Nantes in the French league on Sunday, the team’s first victory under new coach Leonardo Jardim. Falcao helped Monaco overcome a lackluster performance by heading home a cross from leftback Layvin Kurzawa on the stroke of halftime.

“It was important to win this match,” Falcao said. “We said to ourselves this week that we needed a victory to work with more serenity.” The Colombia striker missed the World Cup after picking up a knee injury in January and seemed to be struggling for form as Monaco — last season’s runner-up — opened its campaign with two losses.

Elsewhere, promoted Lens stunned Lyon 1-0 for its first win of the season while Rennes goalkeeper Benoit Costil stopped a penalty in a 0-0 draw with Saint-Etienne, which trails leader Bordeaux by two points after the first three games.

On Saturday, it was: Guingamp 0, Marseille 1; Bastia 1, Toulouse 0; Lille 2, Lorient 0; Montpellier 2, Metz 0; Nice 1, Bordeaux 3; and Reims 0, Caen 2. Defending champion Paris Saint-Germain was held 0-0 at Evian on Friday.

Monaco dominated ball possession but struggled to create clear-cut chances. Nantes could have taken the lead in the 24th minute after Monaco goalkeeper Danijel Subasic tripped Nantes striker Yacine Bammou. But Subasic saved the subsequent penalty from Serge Gakpe.

Subasic preserved the win by stopping an angled effort from Gakpe in the 62nd and tipping a bouncing header from Nantes substitute Itay Shechter over the bar in stoppage time. The hosts were also denied an equalizer in the 85th when Nantes midfielder Kian Hansen hit the bar with a close-range volley from a corner.

In the early game, Lens winger Lalaina Nomenjanahary slotted the ball into an empty net to finish off a counterattack in the 11th minute and hand Lyon its third straight defeat in all competitions.

“We put ourselves in trouble by conceding an early goal. Afterwards, we couldn’t find the solution to score,” Lyon defender Christophe Jallet said. “The trouble is that our confidence is eroding with such performances.” Lens won promotion after finishing runner-up in the second division but has been barred from signing new players by the French league’s financial watchdog.

Teerasil becomes first Thai to play in La Liga

Reuters

BANGKOK - Striker Teerasil Dangda became the first Thai to play in the Spanish top flight when he came off the bench for Almeria in their 1-1 draw with Espanyol on Sunday.

The 26-year-old is on a season-long loan from Thai Premier League side Muangthong United as he bids to seal a permanent deal with the Spanish side, who narrowly avoided relegation last term after finishing one point above the drop zone.

“I was already happy when I was named one of the substitutes for the match. I’m delighted to see action on the pitch. I can’t describe my feelings,” Teerasil was quoted as saying by Thai media on Monday.

“I didn’t know whether I was delighted, excited or nervous. It’s a mixture of all but mostly it’s one of satisfaction to get a taste of what we previously could only watch on television.”

Teerasil had a brief spell at Spanish champions Atletico Madrid last year but did not play in the first team.

He also had a trial at Manchester City in 2007, when the club was owned by his compatriot Thaksin Shinawatra, but was unable to gain a work permit and left without playing.

Teerasil, a mainstay of the national team, said it was too soon to say whether the Almeria deal could become permanent.

“Let’s see how it turns out. It’s only one match so we cannot tell anything,” he added.

“There are still many things that I need to work on if I want to make more appearances or break into the first team. I need to improve on many things.”

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AS Monaco’s Radamel Falcao, left, scores a header watched by Arsenal’s Calum Chambers, center, and Alexis Sanchez during the Emirates Cup soccer match between Arsenal and AS Monaco at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium, London, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014.

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Manchester United’s Robin Van Persie (L) challenges Sunderland’s Sebastian Larsson during their English Premier League soccer match at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, northern England August 24, 2014.

Sluggish United held by Sunderland, Spurs thrash QPR

Reuters

LONDON - Manchester United laboured to a ponderous 1-1 draw at Sunderland on Sunday that delivered a first Premier League point for Louis van Gaal but laid bare their dire need for reinforcements and exposed frailties at both ends of the pitch. United’s problems were there for all to see as Juan Mata’s opening goal on 17 minutes proved a unique scoring opportunity while their lack of a commanding centre half was exploited by an unmarked Jack Rodwell for Sunderland’s equaliser.

They now find themselves five points adrift of early Premier League pace-setters Tottenham Hotspur, who were Sunday’s big winners with a 4-0 victory over Queens Park Rangers that ensured Harry Redknapp suffered a second straight defeat and a miserable return to his former club.

In Sunday’s other game, Hull City played most of the match with 10 men and came within six minutes of holding on for victory over Stoke City, but were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw.

With the transfer window edging towards a close, United were handed another reminder that nothing but significant investment in a squad that lacks depth and strength will spark an improvement in their fortunes after last season’s woes. They lacked penetration in attack with little pace or incision and while Mata tapped home following a driving run and fizzing cross from Antonio Valencia, the Spaniard was largely ineffective as a central playmaker.

As English media reported United were nearing a deal for Real Madrid’s Argentina winger Angel Di Maria, many United fans were perhaps wondering if the more pressing concern lies at the back despite defender Marcos Rojo’s arrival midweek. It was Robin van Persie who let Rodwell run and jump unchecked to head Sunderland’s leveller on 30 minutes, but in centre backs Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and youngster Tyler Blackett, United seemed to lack the presence of a leader.

For new manager Van Gaal, who has already claimed it will take a miracle to propel United to the Premier League summit, Sunday’s woes stemmed from midfield.

“We have one point and that is not good enough for Manchester United,” the Dutchman told the BBC. “We have to work a lot. The players are very disappointed after the game because we thought we would win.

“The purpose of the game is to create more chances and score goals. We haven’t created more chances. You have to recognise the fight of the opponent. “We have reached Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie a lot of times, but after that you need the support of the midfielders, and the combination was not good enough.”

Expensive Patchwork

Goals were not in short supply at White Hart Lane where players condemned as costly mistakes last season starred in a 4-0 victory.

Nacer Chadli, among the expensive patchwork of players recruited when Gareth Bale left for Real

Madrid, scored Tottenham’s first and third while record signing Erik Lamela was pivotal in a playmaker role.

Eric Dier profited from a Lamela corner to net Tottenham’s second, scoring for the second time in two weeks, and Emmanuel Adebayor rounded off the scoring with a crisp low finish. For Redknapp, sacked

by Spurs in 2012 after leading them to fourth in the Premier League, an experiment with three central defenders backfired spectacularly with Tottenham scoring three times inside the opening 37 minutes.

“We didn’t play well. We got what we deserved, which is nothing. We didn’t play with enough energy and I thought we were in awe of Tottenham a little bit,” Redknapp said. Hull had James Chester sent off after 14 minutes against Stoke for a lunging lastman tackle, but opened the scoring before halftime when Nikica Jelavic finished from close range after a Tom Huddlestone shot was only parried by Asmir Begovic.

The Tigers’ hopes of winning back-to-back league games for the first time in 11 months were shredded when Ryan Shawcross scrambled the ball over the line after a Phil Bardsley effort hit the post. The equaliser left Hull boss Steve Bruce fuming that a throw-in was given against his side earlier in the move. “It baffles me. It is an awful one,” he said.

“The throw-in was ours and blatantly ours. It is not as though it is a faint touch, their boy does not even want to turn round for a throw. You would think they get that right because it has cost us.”

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Messi’s back with 2 goals as Barca wins opener Associated Press

BARCELONA — Lionel Messi scored twice to help 10-man Barcelona start the Spanish league with a 3-0 win over Elche in the debut of coach Luis Enrique on Sunday, with the Argentina star looking eager to put last season’s disappointments behind him. Messi used a signature burst of speed to dribble free of a pack of opponents before slotting in Barcelona’s first goal in the 41st.

Minutes later Barcelona lost Javier Mascherano to a direct red card when he fouled Elche’s Garry Rodrigues with only goalkeeper Claudio Bravo to beat. But Barcelona’s 18-year-old Munir El Haddadi, starting for the injured Neymar, scored seconds after halftime before Messi got his second goal in the 63rd after again confounding a group of defenders.

“Leo is one-of-a-kind and today he was in a state of grace,” said Luis Enrique. “He will be the best player in the world in every way he wants, defending or attacking.” Elsewhere, promoted Eibar edged Real Sociedad 1-0 for a winning debut in the first division, while Villarreal won 2-0 at Levante, and Celta Vigo beat Getafe 3-1.

After Barcelona lost its Spanish league title in the last round of last season and Argentina lost to Germany in the World Cup final, Messi summed up his desire for the new campaign to begin by writing on Facebook before the game: “First match today!!!

I hope God is on our side for a great season.” It started with a bad omen, though: Just seconds after kickoff, the game was paused when a black cat ran onto the Camp Nou pitch before stewards managed to herd it off.

But aside from Mascherano’s red card, there was no bad luck for Barcelona. Messi looked back to his best and his pair of goals seemed the perfect answer to critics who had said the four-time world player of the year had lost a step. He was lively from the start, both in attack and in defense, and scored his

goals in classic Messi fashion: putting the ball on his left boot to breeze around his markers before picking his spot in the opponent’s net.

With Neymar out and new signing Luis Suarez suspended until October, Munir got the nod from Enrique and had Barcelona’s first chance when he fired the ball off the goalframe in the 22nd. Andres Iniesta followed suit with a strike onto the crossbar in the 32nd as Barcelona piled up chances before Messi converted.

Sergio Busquets sent an errant Elche pass to Messi, who used four quick touches to open an angle around three Elche players before slotting home his first goal. Moments after Barcelona grabbed the lead, Busquets’ poor back pass forced Mascherano to foul Rodrigues to stop a one-one-one opportunity with Bravo. Elche failed to take advantage of the extra man and Munir, who had only debuted with Barcelona’s “B-team” in March, doubled the lead with a skillful tap with the tip of his left boot to float Ivan Rakitic’s long pass over goalie Przemyslaw Tyton.

Messi added the third goal despite being shadowed by four defenders, skirting along the edge of the area until he saw the chance to place the ball inside the post. Rakitic, Bravo and defender Jeremy Mathieu all made debuts for Barcelona after their transfers this summer. Eibar’s first goal in the topflight category was well worth the 74-year-old wait for the more than 5,000 fans at Ipurua Stadium.

Midfielder Javi Lara capped his superb first half two

minutes before the break by scoring with a free kick from a tight angle.

Eibar earned two consecutive promotions in as many years to rise from the third to the first division. Villarreal showed it could compete at the top of the table this season with a dominant performance at Levante, making it the only away team to win through the first eight games of the opening round.

Ikechuwku Uche scored in the 55th, and Denis Cheryshev made it 2-0 in the 85th after he and Moi Gomez had both sent shots off the woodwork. Luis Enrique’s replacement at Celta Vigo, Eduardo Berizzo, also enjoyed a strong start.

Celta forward Manuel “Nolito” Agudo beat Getafe goalie Vicente Guaita in the 20th before Fabian Orellano made it 2-0 with a long strike in the 56th. Jorge Sammir pulled one back for Getafe in the 62nd before Joaquin Larrivey restored Celta’s cushion in the 70th.

FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, from Argentina, reacts after scoring against Elche during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014.

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Falcao scores as Monaco beats Nantes 1-0 Associated Press

PARIS — Radamel Falcao scored in his first start of the season to give Monaco a 1-0 win over Nantes in the French league on Sunday, the team’s first victory under new coach Leonardo Jardim. Falcao helped Monaco overcome a lackluster performance by heading home a cross from leftback Layvin Kurzawa on the stroke of halftime.

“It was important to win this match,” Falcao said. “We said to ourselves this week that we needed a victory to work with more serenity.” The Colombia striker missed the World Cup after picking up a knee injury in January and seemed to be struggling for form as Monaco — last season’s runner-up — opened its campaign with two losses.

Elsewhere, promoted Lens stunned Lyon 1-0 for its first win of the season while Rennes goalkeeper Benoit Costil stopped a penalty in a 0-0 draw with Saint-Etienne, which trails leader Bordeaux by two points after the first three games.

On Saturday, it was: Guingamp 0, Marseille 1; Bastia 1, Toulouse 0; Lille 2, Lorient 0; Montpellier 2, Metz 0; Nice 1, Bordeaux 3; and Reims 0, Caen 2. Defending champion Paris Saint-Germain was held 0-0 at Evian on Friday.

Monaco dominated ball possession but struggled to create clear-cut chances. Nantes could have taken the lead in the 24th minute after Monaco goalkeeper Danijel Subasic tripped Nantes striker Yacine Bammou. But Subasic saved the subsequent penalty from Serge Gakpe.

Subasic preserved the win by stopping an angled effort from Gakpe in the 62nd and tipping a bouncing header from Nantes substitute Itay Shechter over the bar in stoppage time. The hosts were also denied an equalizer in the 85th when Nantes midfielder Kian Hansen hit the bar with a close-range volley from a corner.

In the early game, Lens winger Lalaina Nomenjanahary slotted the ball into an empty net to finish off a counterattack in the 11th minute and hand Lyon its third straight defeat in all competitions.

“We put ourselves in trouble by conceding an early goal. Afterwards, we couldn’t find the solution to score,” Lyon defender Christophe Jallet said. “The trouble is that our confidence is eroding with such performances.” Lens won promotion after finishing runner-up in the second division but has been barred from signing new players by the French league’s financial watchdog.

Teerasil becomes first Thai to play in La Liga

Reuters

BANGKOK - Striker Teerasil Dangda became the first Thai to play in the Spanish top flight when he came off the bench for Almeria in their 1-1 draw with Espanyol on Sunday.

The 26-year-old is on a season-long loan from Thai Premier League side Muangthong United as he bids to seal a permanent deal with the Spanish side, who narrowly avoided relegation last term after finishing one point above the drop zone.

“I was already happy when I was named one of the substitutes for the match. I’m delighted to see action on the pitch. I can’t describe my feelings,” Teerasil was quoted as saying by Thai media on Monday.

“I didn’t know whether I was delighted, excited or nervous. It’s a mixture of all but mostly it’s one of satisfaction to get a taste of what we previously could only watch on television.”

Teerasil had a brief spell at Spanish champions Atletico Madrid last year but did not play in the first team.

He also had a trial at Manchester City in 2007, when the club was owned by his compatriot Thaksin Shinawatra, but was unable to gain a work permit and left without playing.

Teerasil, a mainstay of the national team, said it was too soon to say whether the Almeria deal could become permanent.

“Let’s see how it turns out. It’s only one match so we cannot tell anything,” he added.

“There are still many things that I need to work on if I want to make more appearances or break into the first team. I need to improve on many things.”

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AS Monaco’s Radamel Falcao, left, scores a header watched by Arsenal’s Calum Chambers, center, and Alexis Sanchez during the Emirates Cup soccer match between Arsenal and AS Monaco at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium, London, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014.

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Manchester United’s Robin Van Persie (L) challenges Sunderland’s Sebastian Larsson during their English Premier League soccer match at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, northern England August 24, 2014.

Sluggish United held by Sunderland, Spurs thrash QPR

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LONDON - Manchester United laboured to a ponderous 1-1 draw at Sunderland on Sunday that delivered a first Premier League point for Louis van Gaal but laid bare their dire need for reinforcements and exposed frailties at both ends of the pitch. United’s problems were there for all to see as Juan Mata’s opening goal on 17 minutes proved a unique scoring opportunity while their lack of a commanding centre half was exploited by an unmarked Jack Rodwell for Sunderland’s equaliser.

They now find themselves five points adrift of early Premier League pace-setters Tottenham Hotspur, who were Sunday’s big winners with a 4-0 victory over Queens Park Rangers that ensured Harry Redknapp suffered a second straight defeat and a miserable return to his former club.

In Sunday’s other game, Hull City played most of the match with 10 men and came within six minutes of holding on for victory over Stoke City, but were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw.

With the transfer window edging towards a close, United were handed another reminder that nothing but significant investment in a squad that lacks depth and strength will spark an improvement in their fortunes after last season’s woes. They lacked penetration in attack with little pace or incision and while Mata tapped home following a driving run and fizzing cross from Antonio Valencia, the Spaniard was largely ineffective as a central playmaker.

As English media reported United were nearing a deal for Real Madrid’s Argentina winger Angel Di Maria, many United fans were perhaps wondering if the more pressing concern lies at the back despite defender Marcos Rojo’s arrival midweek. It was Robin van Persie who let Rodwell run and jump unchecked to head Sunderland’s leveller on 30 minutes, but in centre backs Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and youngster Tyler Blackett, United seemed to lack the presence of a leader.

For new manager Van Gaal, who has already claimed it will take a miracle to propel United to the Premier League summit, Sunday’s woes stemmed from midfield.

“We have one point and that is not good enough for Manchester United,” the Dutchman told the BBC. “We have to work a lot. The players are very disappointed after the game because we thought we would win.

“The purpose of the game is to create more chances and score goals. We haven’t created more chances. You have to recognise the fight of the opponent. “We have reached Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie a lot of times, but after that you need the support of the midfielders, and the combination was not good enough.”

Expensive Patchwork

Goals were not in short supply at White Hart Lane where players condemned as costly mistakes last season starred in a 4-0 victory.

Nacer Chadli, among the expensive patchwork of players recruited when Gareth Bale left for Real

Madrid, scored Tottenham’s first and third while record signing Erik Lamela was pivotal in a playmaker role.

Eric Dier profited from a Lamela corner to net Tottenham’s second, scoring for the second time in two weeks, and Emmanuel Adebayor rounded off the scoring with a crisp low finish. For Redknapp, sacked

by Spurs in 2012 after leading them to fourth in the Premier League, an experiment with three central defenders backfired spectacularly with Tottenham scoring three times inside the opening 37 minutes.

“We didn’t play well. We got what we deserved, which is nothing. We didn’t play with enough energy and I thought we were in awe of Tottenham a little bit,” Redknapp said. Hull had James Chester sent off after 14 minutes against Stoke for a lunging lastman tackle, but opened the scoring before halftime when Nikica Jelavic finished from close range after a Tom Huddlestone shot was only parried by Asmir Begovic.

The Tigers’ hopes of winning back-to-back league games for the first time in 11 months were shredded when Ryan Shawcross scrambled the ball over the line after a Phil Bardsley effort hit the post. The equaliser left Hull boss Steve Bruce fuming that a throw-in was given against his side earlier in the move. “It baffles me. It is an awful one,” he said.

“The throw-in was ours and blatantly ours. It is not as though it is a faint touch, their boy does not even want to turn round for a throw. You would think they get that right because it has cost us.”

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Taman Ayun Temple IBP

MANGUPURA - Taman Ayun Temple is a Royal Temple of Mengwi Empire and it is located in Mengwi Village, Mengwi sub district, Badung regency and about 18 Km north side of Denpasar town. It is strategically located beside of major roadway between Denpasar to Singaraja. It is set on the land which is surrounded by the big fish pond and look like a drift on the water. It owns the beautiful temple building with multistoried roof and Balinese Architecture.

The wide beautiful landscape garden in front courtyard to welcome all visitors who come and visit this temple. It is a beautiful place to visit on your vacation in Bali.

The function of Taman Ayun Temple is a place to pray. It is according to the content of Babad Mengwi and the existence of temple building structure, especially the temple that is located in third area (Jeroan). According to Astadewata, the special God worshiped in Taman Ayun Temple is the God in manifestation as a Wisnu God which his palace located in top of Mangu mount.

Murray enjoys a break before starting U.S. Open run Reuters

NEW YORK - Scotsman Andy Murray said he feels primed for the U.S. Open after a hard week of practice and a little relaxation ahead of the year’s last grand slam. Murray, the 2012 U.S. champion who went on to claim the Wimbledon crown in 2013, is looking for his first tournament victory this year after coming back from back surgery.

“I feel good. I have had a great practice week, had good fun on the court, enjoyed it and worked hard,” the 27-year-old told reporters at the U.S. National Tennis Center on Saturday. “Yeah, been playing well. I feel good.” Murray rewarded himself with a busy day of spectating on Friday, following golf’s world number one Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland at The Barclays tournament in New Jersey before catching a Team USA hoops contest at Madison Square Garden.

“It was fun. I have never been to watch golf live before. For a first experience, you know, watching the best player in the world was a pretty good experience, and I really

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Andy Murray returns a shot from Roger Federer on day five of the Western and Southern Open tennis tournament at Linder Family Tennis Center.

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enjoyed it,” he said. “When you watch them up close it’s impressive.

Then in the evening, I went to watch the basketball at Madison Square Garden. I love watching basketball.

They’re huge guys, but just unbelievably quick, great athletes. It was a fun day for me.”

Another form of recreation, a bit closer to home, does not much appeal to Murray, who said he was not inclined to watch his tennis coaching mother, Judy, strut her dance moves on the British television show “Strictly Come Dancing”. “If it makes her happy, then I will support her,” said the serious-minded Murray. “I’m not really into those shows, but she loves it.

“I mean, she watches it all the time, talks about it all the time,” he said with a smile. “So, if she enjoys it, then I’m happy for her.” Murray said he could not recall ever seeing his mother dance and that her appearance could prove “interesting”. The Scotsman kicks off his tournament on Monday against Dutchman Robin Haase.

Haase won the first two sets against him before Murray advanced in the second round of the 2011 U.S. Open. The Briton also beat him in straight sets last year at the Australian Open. “It was a tricky match,” Murray recalled of their last Flushing Meadows encounter.

“Windy conditions that day, and very up and down.” Murray feels in good shape for a U.S. Open run.

“I got a great training block over in Miami done, so physically I’m where I would want to be. My body is pain-free, which is good.

Yeah, I feel ready,” he said. “I feel confident and I’m looking forward to the start.”

Nico Rosberg insists that he was not to blame for his clash with Formula 1 title rival and Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the Belgian Grand Prix.

The German insists that their lap two collision was simply a racing incident - and reckons the fact the stewards did not take action proves he did nothing wrong.

AUTOSPORT understands that the race stewards did discuss the incident during the race, but decided that there was no sign of the collision having been caused deliberately.

Asked for his opinion about the crash, having watched video replays, Rosberg said: “I have seen it and I don’t want to say - but definitely, as the stewards judged it a racing incident, that is the way one can describe it.”

Although Hamilton claims that Rosberg told him in a post-race debrief that he deliberately did not avoid the incident because

he wanted to “prove a point”, the German was more circumspect about his actions when speaking to the media.

He was adamant that the move was not risky at all, and dismissed any suggestion he should have waited another lap until DRS was activated. “I was quicker at the time and there was an opportunity, so I gave it a go around the outside as the inside was blocked,” Rosberg said.

“I didn’t see any risk in overtaking, or trying to overtake, so why should I not try?

The opportunity was there even without DRS because I was so much quicker, so I gave it a go.

“Inside was not possible, so I tried around the outside. Should I have waited? That is very hypothetical. Who knows what happens afterwards? “The opportunity was there and, for me, it wasn’t a risky situation.”

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Mercedes Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Germany has the nose of his car changed during a pit stop at the Belgian F1 Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps August 24, 2014.

Griner helps Mercury beat Sparks to sweep series

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Brittney Griner scored a career playoff-high 21 points, including a breakaway two-handed dunk, as the Phoenix Mercury cruised to a 93-68 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks in Game 2 on Sunday to complete a sweep in their Western Conference

semifinals series.

At Rosemont, Illinois, Angel McCoughtry scored 39 points as the Atlanta Dream beat the Chicago Sky 92-83 to even their Eastern Conference semifinals series at one game each.

Penny Taylor scored 17 points and Candice Dupree had 16 points and eight rebounds as Phoenix

advanced to a matchup against defending champion Minnesota in the West finals.

Griner was 9 for 9 from the field, setting a WNBA playoff record for most field goals without a miss.

Her dunk midway through the third quarter stretched Phoenix’s lead to 25 points.

Candace Parker scored 21 points

to lead the Sparks, and Nneka Ogwumike had 14 points and six rebounds. It was the third straight season the Sparks were eliminated on their home floor and the third time in six seasons they were eliminated by Phoenix.

Tiffany Hayes added 15 points for Atlanta, and Jasmine Thomas had nine points, seven rebounds

and six assists.

Elena Delle Donne scored 22 points for the Sky, who won 8077 in the series opener on Friday.

Allie Quigley had 20 points, and Epiphanny Prince finished with 19.

Game 3 is Tuesday in Atlanta, with the winner moving into the East finals against Indiana.

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Stampede at Hindu holy procession kills 10 Indians Associated Press

NEW DELHI — A pre-dawn stampede killed 10 people Monday as tens of thousands of Hindus were worshipping in an annual procession in central India, police said. Some 50,000 devotees had been marking the holy day of Somvati Amavasya by walking or lying down and rolling for 5 kilometers (3 miles) in a wide circle around the spot where the Hindu god Ram is believed to have spent time during his 14 years in exile.

During the procession, a live electrical wire shocked one woman and set off a panic, triggering the stampede, local deputy police superintendent S.R. Yadav said. A large number of temples are located along the path in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh state.

Aside from the 10 people killed, another 12 were being treated at a hospital for injuries, Yadav said from district police headquarters. Information from the site 80 kilometers (50 miles) away was still trickling in, he said.

The religious procession has meanwhile resumed. The state’s top elected official, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, said families of those killed would receive compensation payments of $3,300 each. Deadly stampedes are fairly common during India’s often-chaotic religious gatherings and festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas with few safety or crowd control measures. In October 2013, another stampede in Madhya Pradesh state killed more than 110 people, mostly women and children.

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Pedestrians stop to examine a crumbling facade at the Vintner’s Collective tasting room in Napa, Calif., following an earthquake Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014.

Strong California quake shakes famed wine country

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NAPA, California — A powerful earthquake that struck the heart of California’s wine country caught many people sound asleep, sending dressers, mirrors and pictures crashing down around them. The magnitude-6.0 quake struck at 3:20 a.m. Sunday near the city of Napa, an oasis of Victorian-era buildings nestled in the vineyard-studded hills of Northern California.

Scores were injured as the temblor knocked out power to thousands, caused gas and water lines to rupture and sparked fires.

By midday Sunday, the fires were out and power was starting to be restored, said Mark Ghilarducci, director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. “While it was bad, it wasn’t as bad as it could be and it was very manageable from a regional perspective,” Ghilarducci said.

The quake struck about six miles (10 kilometers) south of Napa and lasted 10 to 20 seconds depending on proximity to the epicenter, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was the largest to shake the San Francisco Bay Area since the magnitude-6.9 Loma Prieta quake struck in 1989, collapsing part of the Bay Bridge roadway and killing more than 60 people, most when an Oakland freeway fell.

It was felt widely throughout the region, with people reporting feeling it more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) south of Napa and as far east as the Nevada border. The quake’s timing was also bad for Napa Valley’s famed vineyards, where winemakers were just getting ready to harvest the 2014 crop. The quake broke thousands of bottles of wine and toppled barrels.

Vi n t n e r R i c h a r d Wa r d o f Saintsbury Winery south of Napa watched Sunday afternoon as workers righted toppled barrels and rescued a 500 pound (225 kilogram) grape de-stemmer that the quake had thrown to the ground.

“That’s what happens when you’re a mile from the epicenter,” said Ward, who lost 300 to 400 bottles in the winery’s basement.

The grape harvest was supposed to start overnight Monday, but it would now be pushed back a

few days, he said. Had the harvest started a day earlier, the quake could have caught the workers among the heavy barrels when it struck, Ward said.

For many, the quake struck at the worst time possible, rousing them in the middle of the night and sending them fumbling in darkness to take cover and find loved ones. A number of the injuries were caused by people stepping on broken glass, falling down or being hit by furniture.

Omar Rodriguez, 23, of Napa, was treated for a gash on his forehead in one of the triage tents outside a hospital that handled the victims.

“We woke up to the earthquake and I thought I was dreaming because I fell off my bed, you know, it was all dark, and I just got back up. She noticed it was all bleeding,” he said, referring to his girlfriend.

Japan ready to offer flu drug for Ebola treatment

Associated Press

TOKYO — Japan said Monday it is ready to provide a Japanese-developed anti-influenza drug as a possible treatment for the rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters that Japan can offer favipiravir, developed by a subsidiary of Fujifilm Holdings Corp., at any time at the request of the World Health Organization. Suga said Japan is watching for a decision by WHO that would provide more details on the use of untested drugs. In case of an emergency, Japan may respond to individual requests before any further decision by WHO, he said.

WHO said earlier this month that it is ethical to use untested drugs on Ebola patients given the magnitude of the outbreak.

The drug, developed by Fujifilm subsidiary Toyama Chemical Co. under the brand name Avigan to treat new and re-emerging influenza viruses, was approved by Japan’s health ministry in March. Fujifilm is in talks with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on clinical testing of the drug in treating Ebola, company spokesman Takao Aoki said.

The company has enough stock of favipiravir for more than 20,000 patients, Aoki said. He said Ebola and influenza viruses are the same type and a similar effect can theoretically be expected for Ebola.

Several drugs are being developed for the treatment of Ebola. They are still in the early stages and there is no proven treatment or vaccine for the often fatal disease. Favipiravir inhibits viral gene replication within infected cells to prevent propagation, while other anti-viral drugs often are designed to inhibit the release of new viral particles to prevent the spread of infection, the company said. Recently, two American doctors recovered from Ebola after being treated with the experimental drug ZMapp, though it was unclear whether they were cured by the drug. ZMapp, developed by Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc., had never been tested on humans, although an early version worked in some Ebola-infected monkeys. It is aimed at boosting the immune system’s efforts to fight off Ebola. Ebola has killed more than 1,400 people in West Africa in the latest outbreak.

In this undated photo released

by Fujifilm Holdings Corp., anti-influenza tablets fabipiravir are shown. Japan said Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 it is ready to provide a Japanesedeveloped anti-influenza drug as potential treatment to fight the rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak.

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INDONESIA Conserve coral reefs

Raja Ampat forms public supervision group Antara

WAISAI - The Raja Ampat district administration has set up a public supervision group to protect and conserve its coral reefs.

“Local fishermen, who used to conduct destructive fishing practices, have been persuaded to help protect the coral reefs by joining the public supervision group. They also help to patrol the surrounding waters,” Syafri Tuhurea of the Raja Ampat maritime and fishery office stated on Monday.

The local fishermen have stopped practicing destructive fishing methods, but those from other regions sometime illegally fish in the waters of Raja Ampat by using bombs, he remarked.

“They are driven away if they are spotted by the local fishermen. But, they usually sneak out when the local fishermen and officers are not around,” Syafri pointed out.

The public supervision group is expected to promote a sustainable coral reef preservation program involving the local community, he affirmed.

Tuherea also added that public awareness regarding coral reef conservation in Raja Ampat District, West

Papua Province, has improved.

“In the past, there were many traditional fishermen who conducted destructive fishing practices by using bombs. Now, their number has decreased significantly,” Syafri stated.

The Raja Ampat district administration has carried out public awareness campaigns for the conservation of coral reefs over the past five years, he noted.

The public were informed that since the diversity of the marine ecosystem was not solely to be cherished by the current generation, but the future generations as well, therefore, it should be protected and preserved.

In line with the Tomolol Declaration issued in 2003, every stakeholder in Raja Ampat has agreed to sustainably conserve and manage marine resources.

Raja Ampat’s marine conservation area totals almost 1.2 million hectares.

The best preserved coral reefs are found in Dampier Strait located between Waigeo and Batanta isles.

In the southern part of Raja Ampat, Misool isle has endemic coral reefs, which are unique to this area.

Jokowi likely to meet Yudhoyono in Bali

Antara

MANOKWARI - President-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is likely to meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during the latter’s visit to Bali in the next few days, remarked presidential spokesman Yulian Aldrin Pasha.

He stated on Sunday that although no fixed date had been set, the option had already been discussed by the two sides.

Jokowi, whose election has been confirmed after winning a lawsuit filed by his opponent in court, is expected to discuss the transfer of government with President Yudhoyono.

“Perhaps the meeting with Joko Widodo is in Bali between August 27 and 29. This proposal has indeed been submitted to the president, but until today, no confirmation has been made on whether the meeting will be held in Bali or Jakarta following the president’s working visit (in Papua),” he affirmed.

Julian noted that President Yudhoyono has indeed ordered Djoko Suyanto, the coordinating minister for political, security and legal affairs, to communicate with the

president-elect in connection with the transfer of power.

He reiterated that the meeting between the two was based on good will, and it was also the request of Joko Widodo to ensure smooth transition of government.

“So, there is no such thing as intervening, as some have accused of. The meeting is also the idea of Joko Widodo,” he stated.

Djoko Suyanto meanwhile informed that the meeting will be reported to President Yudhoyono before a decision was made.

President Yudhoyono is scheduled to officially transfer power to Jokowi on October 20.

Jakarta Governor Jokowi pairing with former vice president Jusuf Kalla won the election on July 9 against former military figure Prabowo Subianto who paired with former economic minister Hatta Rajasa.

Horticulture sector not yet ready to compete Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s horticulture sector is not yet ready to compete with other countries, particularly in the face of the ASEAN Economic Community and the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, noted a horticulture council executive.

“If the government makes a mistake in implementing a policy in this sector, Indonesia will become a spectator only,” Executive Chairman of the Indonesian Horticulture Council (DHN) Benny Kusbini stated on Monday.

Indonesia still needs investment and technology for the development of superior variety of horticulture seedlings to face other horticulture-producing countries, he pointed out.

He asserted that the government’s plan to restrict foreign investment to 30 percent will

cause several multinational seedling producers in the country to relocate their investment to other countries.

This will eventually have an impact on Indonesia’s horticulture production as a whole because these producers have conducted research to find superior vegetable varieties, he noted.

Benny remarked that Indonesian farmers will encounter difficulties in producing adequate quality and quantity of horticultural goods, which will eventually lead to Indonesia’s market being flooded with imported products.

Therefore, he was of the viewpoint that it is not the appropriate time for the government to implement a policy to restrict foreign investment to 30 percent in this sector.

Indonesia still needs time to learn and facilitate the transfer of technology. After all, Indonesia

still lacks superior genetic resources for its vegetable crops.

Benny asserted that Indonesia should develop seedlings of horticultural crops through foreign investment instead of importing horticulture seeds and products.

“Why should we restrict investment in technology for developing the labor-intensive horticulture seedling sector while other sectors such as automotive gets better facilities where our human resources only work as assemblers of products that should be imported,” Benny questioned.

Referring to an estimated population of 270 million in 2025 and 400 million in 2050, Benny called for the need to reduce dependence on fruit and vegetable imports.

“We have to look at the wider perspective to meet the national food needs and not to narrow our perspective on grounds of nationalism,” he added.

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Europe fears deflation as Ukraine stays centre-stage

Reuters

ROME - The euro zone’s growing fears of deflation will be stirred again on Friday when preliminary consumer price data for August is issued, with signs the European Central Bank could be looking at bolder steps to help the region’s stagnant economy.

Analyst polled by Reuters forecast the annual inflation rate to slip to 0.3 percent from 0.4 percent in July, falling even further below the ECB’s target of below but close to 2 percent and mired deep in what the bank calls the “danger zone”.

The ECB cut interest rates in June and promised banks cheap long-term loans starting in September, and any new measures before those loans kick in had been considered unlikely.

However, in remarks that opened the door to possible policy action at the bank’s next meeting in September, ECB President Mario Draghi said on Friday that the bank is prepared to respond with all its “available” tools should inflation drop further.

Speaking at a global central banking conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Draghi said he is confident that the steps already announced, helped by a weaker euro,

would boost demand in the ailing economic bloc.

But in stronger language than he has used in the past, he stressed the central bank stands ready to do more.

“The (ECB’s) governing council will acknowledge these (economic) developments and within its mandate will use all the available instruments needed to ensure price stability over the medium term,” he said.

The main weapon at the bank’s disposal, printing money to buy bonds, known as quantitative easing (QE), is still opposed by Germany’s Bundesbank which plays down the danger of deflation.

In his remarks on Friday Draghi did not mention the policy spe-

cifically, but a growing number of analysts believe it is only a matter of time before the ECB follows the path already trodden by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England.

“The ECB will ultimately move to QE unless the euro weakens appreciably,” said Riccardo Barbieri, chief European economist at Mizuho, adding that “in the near term stagnation and near-zero inflation in the euro zone are almost a certainty.”

Developments in Ukraine will continue to be a major focus for markets, with the negative headlines of recent weeks having pushed German bond yields to new lows.

Investors will be closely watching the outcome of a meeting sched-

uled in Minsk on Tuesday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko.

The Ukraine crisis has already hurt business sentiment in Germany, which has strong trade links with Russia, and the effect will be scrutinised again on Monday when the closely watched Ifo index for August is released. Analysts polled

by Reuters are predicting another fall in morale.

The picture for the northern hemisphere’s policymakers slowly returning from their summer breaks looks mixed, with a weaker outlook in Europe and Asia but the United States showing growing signs of economic strength.

Regulators’ sweep threatens auto parts business model Reuters

NAGOYA/TOKYO - When a Japanese carmaker issued a tender for shock absorbers a few years ago for a model it planned to sell in Indonesia, two suppliers came back with bids that were “so obviously

coordinated,” said an executive at the automaker.

One supplier put in a slightly lower bid for front shock absorbers than its rival and a slightly higher bid for rear shocks, while its rival did the opposite. The intent was clear, recalled the carmaker’s for-

mer parts procurement chief for Indonesia who is now back in Japan and didn’t want to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue: they were dividing the contracts between them.

A few weeks later, he came across the two rival suppliers’ chiefs playing

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An employee examines the battery of an E150 EV electric car at a factory of Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co (BAIC) on the outskirts of Beijing, July 23, 2014.

golf together in Jakarta, and summoned them to his office for an explanation. The upshot: the automaker asked the parts suppliers to re-bid.

The account helps illustrate how some auto parts makers, in particular those from Japan, have colluded for years to inflate parts prices for automakers, dealers and repair shops in a global market with annual sales of over 80 million vehicles, and which are now being exposed in a worldwide sweep by regulators.

For the past five years, competition watchdogs - from the United States, Europe and across Asia have moved in, handing out record fines in some cases, and calling time on a business model that has served parts makers well.

That model essentially sees parts makers collude to keep prices relatively high for new components they supply to car manufacturers, and then charge even more for the same parts supplied as replacements to dealerships and repair shops.

Denso Corp, Japan’s leading auto electronics parts supplier had a higher operating profit margin of 9.2 percent than Toyota Motor Corp in the year to March, while Aisin Seiki Co Ltd’s 6.1 percent margin topped Nissan Motor Co’s 5.3 percent.

In South Korea, Hyundai Mobis, a leading Hyundai Motor supplier, had a margin of around 6 percent

on parts and component systems sales to automakers last year, but 21 percent on replacement parts sales, according to its filing with the stock exchange.

Some Japanese parts suppliers have evidently taken that business model further.

“To secure high profitability, those suppliers often coordinate bids for a supply contract when they can, and come to automakers with mostly identical bids,” the auto executive said in an interview at his firm’s procurement office in Japan.

As well as colluding to push up prices for new car parts, they also charge multiple times - sometimes as much as 10 times - the price when they make the exact same components available as replacement parts in the aftermarket marketplace.

“In other words, they’re doubling dipping to beef up and maximize their profit margins,” the executive said. “This is the kind of cartel you deal with in Southeast Asia with Japanese suppliers, and that’s not the exception, but the typical business condition we deal with routinely around the world.”

As regulators, most recently in China, go after suppliers in what has become a worldwide probe into price fixing, this “business model is in danger,” the executive said. “We might be seeing the beginning of an end of it.”

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Snapper fish exports down Antara

DENPASAR - Exports of snapper from Bali in the period of January to May 2014 experienced a 30.07 percent decline to 1.93 million US dollars from 3.17 million US dollars in the same period.

The Industry and Trade Office of Bali Province recorded that the snapper exports amounted to 241.4 tons, a 26.78 percent decline compared to 329.7 tons in the same period in 2013.

Head of Bali Province’s Central Bureau of Statistic (BPS) Panasunan Siregar said that the snapper from Bali was mostly exported to Japan (37.23 percent) followed by the United States of America (24.62 percent), Australia (5.74 percent), and Hong Kong (4.85 percent).

The fish is also exported to Spain (1.11 percent), France (1.03 percent), Singapore (0.87 percent), Britain (0.75 percent) and Germany (0.43 percent).

The rest 22.68 percent goes to a number of other countries.

Bali earned a total of 41.77 million US dollars, declining 6.24 percent compared to the same period which was 44.54 million US dollars from marine and fisheries export.

Tuna is the biggest marine and fishery export commodity from Bali, contributing 28.26 million US dollars in the period.

Exports of snapper from Bali in the period of January to May 2014 experienced a 30.07 percent decline to 1.93 million US dollars from 3.17 million US dollars in the same period.

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The memoir of Ketut Englan

By Nyoman Suwela

Ketut Englan, a native of Banyuatis Village, the Regency of Buleleng, just passed away on 23 Augustus 2014 on the wee morning in the hospital. He was said to pass away due to heart attack.

Ketut Englan is a figure acknowledged as a business man, known as the proprietor of the brand of “Kopi Banyuatis”, a coffee powder

product that widely marketed in Bali, Indonesia even beyond. In this context, he was a successful business man. Besides, he was also involving in tourism sector by building a hotel in the Lovina tourist resort named Hotel Bali Taman.

It is not an exaggeration to say that during his life as a business man, he dedicated his life for the development of art and culture in the North of Bali. Nobody has any

doubt for his fond of North Bali’s art and culture. He had a strong obsession on preserving the heritage of North Bali’s culture.

As a relatively wealthy guy, he owned a luxury car but he was fond on driving an old VW Combi.

He build an “open stage” in his own land located in the village of Kalibukbuk, the centre of Lovina. In this stage he staged performances, such as Balinese

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Relatives and family of Englan gathered at his house after he passed away on August 23, 2014.

dances. Due to his concern of North Bali’s dance popularly known as “Joged” of which he has considered has gone too far to its original form, he organized a Joged Festival in this stage by invited several Joged troupe from several villages aim at staging the real origin of Joged.

From economically point of view, what he had done would not bring any benefit as business man, but he did it due his love for North Bali’s art and culture. We can say that he was a business man by profession but he was an art and culture enthusiast by birth.

In tourism sector as a hotelier as the Chairman of PHRI Cabang Buleleng (Chairman of Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association Buleleng Chapter) he initiated a statue in the centre of Lovina Beach Resort, precisely on the beach widely known locally as “Bina Ria Beach”.

When he launched this idea to his friends and PHRI’s members, his idea was welcome by acclamation. The design of the statue was trusted to an artist from the District of Tejakula, name Nyoman Tusan.

The design of the statue in the form of a dolphin on the top supported by a column and on the based part it is adorned with smaller dolphin statues. The dolphin statue perched on top is adorned with a crown as a symbol of a king. The crown aims

to honor Anak Agung Panji Tisna, he was said to be the last king of Buleleng and also well-known writer, one of his novel is “Sukreni Gadis Bali” that has been translated into several languages.

He was officially recognized as the pioneer of tourism development in Bali in general and in North Bali in particular. He was awarded a certificate of acknowledgment for his merit of development in tourism sector. The construction of the statue was financed mostly by all members of PHRI. Each member contributed its part depended on each capability.

And now the statue is stands proudly as a land mark of Lovina and the dolphin statue perched on top as the icon of tourist attraction of North Bali.

And now, Ketut Englan has gone forever. He left behind his relatives and his friends. We lost humble man, and a very dedicated man for his love of his village, regions, profession, passion and very hard to mention one by one. “To error is human” as saying goes.

Ketut Englan is human. He had done a lot for us but he might do something wrong. Let we forgive for his wrong doing, if any, and we remember what he had done for the benefit for all of us. Good bye Ketut Englan, you would be never forgotten by your friends and whoever that knows you. Lets Ketut Englan rests in peace.

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SINGARAJA - Limited number of fuel stocks in the center caused the petrol station in Sukasada subdistrict to experience difficulty in the delivery of Premium fuel. Such condition made the Sukasada petrol station to experience a ‘famine’ of Premium, so that most customers switched to use Pertamax fuel.

Agung Nyoman Oka, an administrator of the Sukasada petrol station, said that his party had received a letter No.1864/ F15410/2014-S3 regarding the control of subsidized fuel distribution in the area of Marketing Operations Region (MOR) V and been in effect since Monday (Aug 18). The distribution would be controlled so that it did not exceed the volume quota of particular fuel. “Two days ago, diesel stock already ran out and we usually ordered 8 tons.

Meanwhile, the Premium fuel as much as 8 tons just arriving this morning (Sunday—Ed) has been sold out,” he said.

At the Sukasada petrol station established in 1984, he told there was no increase in fuel prices, where Pertamax was sold for IDR 13,150 per liter, Premium (IDR 6,500 per liter) and diesel (IDR 5,500 per liter).

Formerly, the Sukasada petrol station got Premium supply as much as 16-24 tons each day, but after the restriction it only got 8 tons. Condition in the field indicated that if the Premium

supply arrived at night, it would be sold out the next day before midday. Meanwhile, the supply of diesel remained stable at 8 tons and Pertamax at 4 tons per once order. Scarcity due to the restriction and to maintain the availability of non-subsidized fuel supply would surely affect the turnover of the local petrol station. “Yes, the stock has run thin from yesterday. This has an impact on our turnover and we usually sell out 12 tons each day. Due to restricted Premium stock, this condition was taken advantage by many street vendors by reselling it around the area of the Sukasada petrol station. We do not know where they got the fuel because we have banned and announced the purchase by using jerrycan,” said Agung.

Meanwhile, Putu Santika, an attendant of the petrol station, added that Premium was the most dominantly required by consumers as the price was more affordable among other fuels.

“Premium is indeed quickly sold out here, sir! People dominantly use Premium for their motorcycle,” added Santika who was working from 07:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

Gede Mardiarta, one of the buyers, revealed that the Premium stock quickly running out did not dampen his desire to purchase Pertamax. “I want to go away by riding motorcycle, sir! I worry for fear of getting no Premium so that I am forced to buy Pertamax,” he said. (kmb34)

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The motorcycle users in Buleleng Regency must use Pertamax because the Premiun runs out

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Dempsey: We will act if Islamic group threatens US

Premium fuel stock runs thin, consumers switch to use Pertamax

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ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT — Gen. Martin Dempsey said Sunday that once he determines that the Islamic State militants in Iraq have become a direct threat to the U.S. homeland or Europe, he will recommend the U.S. military move directly against the group in Syria. But the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said that right now, he still believes the insurgent group is still more a regional threat and is not plotting or planning attacks against either the U.S. or Europe.

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The recuers are trying to rescue the fishing participants in Melaya when the boat is capsized by huge wave

High waves during fishing tournament

A boat drowed Bali Post

NEGARA - Hundreds of anglers from Bali and various regions in Indonesia tried the fishing spot in the waters of Nusasari, Melaya, Sunday (Aug 24). Among hundreds of participants, dozens of them failed to join the tournament due to limited boat available.

Precaution of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on the presence of strong winds also made the rescuers gave extra attention. The anglers were not only facing high waves, but some of them failed to channel his hobby.

Why?The fishing tournament in the waters of Bali was actually held in a series of the 119th anniversary of Negara town. Schedule and venue had been specified in advance. However, dreadful news emerged from the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency where it gave precaution not to sail due to high waves in the waters reaching 2 meters and strong winds. Since the schedule had been determined and the participant reaching up to 200 people, eventually the Jembrana Regent Fishing Tournament was still going on. At least, four vessels of the SAR team, Marine Police and Indonesian Navy were deployed to anticipate the catastrophe to fishing participants.

However, unfavorable weather was even a challenge for the participants who came from various regions. Some participants from Java had arrived in Bali three days

before the tournament. One of the participants, Andre, was seen to lean his fishing pole on other participants’ pole. He could not participate not due to bad weather, but due to a shortage of boats. “The weather does not matter. Big waves are commonplace, but our failure is triggered by the lack of boat. Consequently, we cannot participate,” said this participant.

In fact, there were dozens of participants among hundreds of total participants who simply lazed while waiting for the other participants to come. Due to bad weather, the tournament was also restricted from the morning until 12:00 a.m. Many boats hired did not come such as from Cupel and surrounding areas due to bad weather.

The committee needed at least 100 boats to accommodate the anglers, but some did not come.

Virtually all the local anglers of Jembrana could get boats, but many others from outside Jembrana did not get.

Precaution of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency related to high waves was in fact correct. A number of participants came back

to mainland earlier because they were not strong enough to face high waves in the middle of the sea. Even, some participants got sea sick and came back without fish catches. Due to high waves, one of the participant’s boats was upside down and the outrigger was broken.

Participants and the boat could be rescued to the shore by SAR team and the National Navy.

The Head of Jembrana Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, I Made Dwi Maharimbawa, said that as schedule the committee would only accept participants from Bali. However, when the registration was opened, many participants from outside Bali were eager to participate, so that the committee was slightly overwhelmed to reject. According to him, due to adverse weather condition, some participants were unable to participate.

“Even though several hired boats were canceled by the owner, the tournament could still be implemented,” he explained. In the tournament introducing the fishing spot in the waters of Jembrana, local participants of Jembrana dominated the catch. The heaviest catch category was achieved by Arianto with the weight of 20.3 kg. In the category of grouper species, the first winner was achieved by Iwan Fajar Effendi (1.3 kg) while the best boat jockey was achieved by Amruloh from Pangkung Dedari, Melaya. (olo)

Speaking on a military plane en route to Afghanistan, Dempsey provided more detail into his thinking about the Islamic militants who have stormed across Iraq, operating out of safe havens in Syria.

So far, the Obama administration has restricted its military action against the militants to specific operations within Iraq, but concerns have increased as the Islamic State group extended its reach, taking control of a swath of land stretching from Syria across the border and deep into western and northern Iraq.

The group took over Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, in June, and has since declared an Islamic state, or caliphate, in territory under its control in Iraq and Syria.

Dempsey also told reporters traveling with him that he believes that key allies in the region — including Jordan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia — will join the U.S. in quashing the Islamic State group.

“I think ISIS has been so brutal, and has wrapped itself in a radical religious legitimacy that clearly threatens everybody I just mentioned, that I think they will be willing partners,” said Dempsey, expressing optimism for the first time that the Arab nations would join in the conflict. ISIS is an acronym for the Islamic State group.

He contrasted the Islamic State group to the Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which has plotted and attempted attacks against the U.S. and Europe. As a result, the U.S. has conducted counterterrorism strikes against the group within Yemen. Dempsey said that so far, there is no sign that the Islamic State militants are engaged in “active plotting against the homeland, so it’s different than that which we see in Yemen.”

“I can tell you with great clarity and certainty that if that threat existed inside of Syria that it would

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A U.S. sailor checks missiles attached to a military jet being prepared aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014.

certainly be my strong recommendation that we would deal with it,” said Dempsey. “I have every confidence that the president of the

United States would deal with it.”

He added that those regional partners could come together and squeeze the Islamic State group

“from multiple directions in order to initially disrupt and eventually defeat them. It has to happen with them, much less with us.”

Thai junta leader assumes prime minister post Associated Press

BANGKOK — Thailand’s junta leader, who seized power in a military coup three months ago, officially assumed his new post as prime minister on Monday following an endorsement from the country’s monarch. During a ceremony in Bangkok, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha accepted a written royal command issued by King Bhumibol Adulyadej certifying his appointment as the country’s 29th premier. Bhumibol, who is 86 and in poor health, was not present at the ceremony.

Thailand’s junta-appointed legislature voted overwhelmingly last week to name the 60-year-old army chief to the new post.

He was the only candidate. Prayuth is due to retire from the military next month and will hold both jobs until he does so.

On May 22, Prayuth oversaw a coup in which the military toppled Thailand’s elected civilian government. Analysts say his new post cements the military’s control of government.

AP Photo/Thai Spokesman Office The move was the latest in a series of In this photo released by Thai Spokesman Office, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha opens a container before he accepts a royal endorsement certifying his appointment as the country’s 29th moves by the junta to consolidate power on premier, in front of the portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, its own terms. In July, the military adopted a temporary 48-article constitution and Aug. 25, 2014.

appointed the legislature. Prayuth, who is expected to name his Cabinet next month, has said elections could be held in 2015.

Prayuth has said the army had to stage the coup to end half a year of political deadlock between protesters and the government, and to stop sporadic protest-related violence that had killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds more. While stability has been restored, it has come at a steep price: Thailand’s democratic institutions have been entirely dismantled, and the country’s authoritarian rulers have crushed all dissent. Last week, Human Rights Watch issued a statement criticizing the deterioration of human rights in the country.

“Since the May coup, the generals have tightened rather than relaxed their grip on power,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “Instead of the promised path back to democracy through free and fair elections, Thailand’s military seems to be opting for a road to dictatorship.”

“As both prime minister and junta leader, Gen. Prayuth can wield broad power without accountability,” Adams said. “This marks a dark day for human rights and the future of democracy in Thailand.”

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Neanderthals and humans had ‘ample time’ to mix Associated Press

BERLIN -? Humans and Neanderthals may have coexisted in Europe for more than 5,000 years, providing ample time for the two species to meet and mix, according to new research.

Using new carbon dating techniques and mathematical models, researchers examined about 200 samples found at 40 sites from Spain to Russia, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. They concluded with a high probability that pockets of Neanderthal culture survived until between 41,030 and 39,260 years ago.

Although this puts the disappearance of Neanderthals earlier than some scientists previously thought, the findings support the idea that they lived alongside humans, who arrived in Europe about 45,000-43,000 years ago.

“We believe we now have the first robust timeline that sheds new light on some of the key questions around the possible interactions between Neanderthals and modern humans,” said Thomas Higham, an archaeologist at the University of Oxford who led the study.

While it’s known that Neanderthal genes have survived in the DNA of many modern humans to this day, suggesting that at least some interbreeding took place, scientists are still unclear

Wil Roebroeks, an archaeolo- species, or hominins. undoubtedly rigorously tested about the extent of their contact “The results of this impressive in field- and laboratory work and the reasons why Neander- gist at Leiden University in the Netherlands, cautioned that the dating study are clear, but the as- over the near future,” said Roethals vanished.

“These new results confirm study relies to a large decree on sumptions about the association broeks, who wasn’t involved in a long-suspected chronological testing of stone tools, rather than of stone artefact with hominin the study. “Such testing can now overlap between the last Nean- bones, and these haven’t been types underlying the interpreta- be done with a chronologically derthals and the first modern conclusively linked to particular tion of the dating results will be clean slate.” humans in Europe,” said JeanJacques Hublin, director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, who wasn’t involved in the study.

Apart from narrowing the length of time that the two species existed alongside each other to between 2,600 and 5,400 years, Higham and his colleagues also believe they have shown that Neanderthals and humans largely kept to themselves.

“What we don’t see is that there is spatial overlap (in where they settled),” said Higham.

This is puzzling, because there is evidence that late-stage Neanderthals were culturally influenced by modern humans.

Samples taken from some Neanderthal sites include artifacts that look like those introduced to Europe by humans migrating from Africa.

This would point to the possibility that Neanderthals?? whose name derives from a valley in western Germany?? adopted certain human habits and technologies even as they were being gradually pushed out of their AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, FILE territory.

“I think they were eventually This Jan. 8, 2003 file photo shows a reconstructed Neanderthal skeleton, right, and a modern human version of a skeleton, left, on display at the Museum of Natural History in New York. outcompeted,” said Higham.

Atlantic slows warming, temperature rises seen resuming from 2030 Reuters

OSLO - The Atlantic Ocean has masked global warming this century by soaking up vast amounts of heat from the atmosphere in a shift likely to reverse from around 2030 and spur fast temperature rises, scientists said.

The theory is the latest explanation for a slowdown in the pace of warming at the Earth’s surface since about 1998 that has puzzled experts because it conflicts with rising greenhouse gas emissions, especially from emerging economies led by China.

“We’re pointing to the Atlantic as the driver of the hiatus,” Ka-Kit Tung, of the University of Washington in Seattle and a co-author of Thursday’s study in the journal Science, told Reuters.

The study said an Atlantic current carrying water north from the tropics

sped up this century and sucked more warm surface waters down to 1,500 metres (5,000 feet), part of a natural shift for the ocean that typically lasts about three decades.

It said a return to a warmer period, releasing more heat stored in the ocean, was likely to start around 2030. When it does, “another episode of accelerated global warming should ensue”, the authors wrote.

Almost 200 governments aim to agree a deal to combat climate change at a summit in Paris in late 2015 and the hiatus has heartened sceptics who

doubt there is an urgent need for a trillion-dollar shift from fossil fuels to renewable energies.

Several previous studies have suggested that the larger Pacific Ocean is the likely site of the “missing heat” from man-made greenhouse gases, perhaps linked to a series of La Nina cooling events in the Pacific in recent years.

Other suggestions for the slowdown in warming have included a rise in industrial pollution that is blocking sunlight.

A separate team of scientists

writing in the journal Nature Geoscience on Sunday said that factors including swings in the sun’s output and sun-blocking dust from volcanic eruptions may account for gaps in understanding the warming trends.

In addition, La Nina cooling events in the Pacific Ocean had played a role, according to the report that examined why computer models of the climate had over-estimated temperature rises in the past decade.

But no one knows for sure.

“It will be interesting to see how and if these ideas are connected” with the theory of the Atlantic, lead author Markus Huber said of the study by the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science at ETH Zurich.

Thursday’s study said a shift in

salinity may have caused more heat to be transferred to the depths of the Atlantic.

Warm, salty water from the tropics flows north on the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic and sinks when it meets cooler water. The “great ocean conveyor belt” then makes cold water flow in the depths to the Southern Ocean.

Even though global warming has slowed, 13 of the 14 warmest years on record have been this century, according to U.N. estimates.

A U.N. panel says it is at least 95 percent certain that human emissions, rather than natural variations in the climate, are the main cause of rising temperatures since 1960 that have caused more heatwaves, downpours and rising sea levels.

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Rubbish rises sharply

Volume reaches 1,500 cubic meters each day Bali Post

GIANYAR - Rubbish will become a time bomb for Gianyar County. It happens in line with the sharp increase in the volume of rubbish in the county posing a tourist destination. Now, the volume of rubbish has reached 1,500 cubic meters each day. Unlike previous years, since the past three years, the volume of rubbish has increased significantly.

Data indicated that in the year 2011, the volume of rubbish in Gianyar County still amounted to around 350 cubic meters each day.

In 2012, it rose to 400 cubic meters each day. However, this year 2014, the volume of rubbish has increased significantly each day, as much as 1,500 cubic meters. Such amount does not include the rubbish on religious holidays. The increase can reach 40 percent.

The Division Head of Waste Affairs at the Gianyar Sanitation and Landscape Agency (DKP), Made Suwastika, said the volume of rubbish reached 1,500 cubic meters including the organic and non-organic one. One of the causes of the volume increase was the increase in population and the change of people consumeristic behavior.

Currently the number of janitors in Gianyar County reached 347 people. They were supported by 14 units of garbage truck and assisted with three-wheeled vehicles denoting the assistance of a third-party.

The increase in the waste volume was quite sharp, while waste processing was still not optimal. To that end, it required an innovation in the waste management by the Gianyar Sanitation and Landscape Agency. One of them was by establishing Rubbish Bank.

The rubbish bank program was a pilot project carried out toward non-organic waste, said the Head of Gianyar Sanitation and Landscape Agency, Wayan Kujus Parwita.

Responding to the increase in waste volume each day, the waste was also processed by Temesi Waste Sorting Foundation. Organic waste coming into the landfill was processed into compost. However, another problem arose where the compost produced by Temesi landfill also accumulated due to the compost demand to the landfill was still relatively small. (kmb16)

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Rubbish will become a time bomb for Gianyar County. It happens in line with the sharp increase in the volume of rubbish in the county posing a tourist destination. Now, the volume of rubbish has reached 1,500 cubic meters each day.

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Aside from natural factors, coastal abrasion which is a growing concern in a number of areas in Bali is also caused by the lack of attention to the environment.

Bylaw implementation weak, abrasion increasingly alarming

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TABANAN - Aside from natural factors, coastal abrasion which is a growing concern in a number of areas in Bali is also caused by the lack of attention to the environment. Indiscriminate natural resource exploration activities and the tendency of development without paying attention to environmental conservation have caused the coastal abrasion to be getting more severe.

Tabanan County having a number of beaches with beautiful panorama is also inseparable from such condition. Even, the condition is increasingly alarming lately.

Of the total coastal length of approximately 37 kilometers, only 10 kilometers remain to have good condition, while the rest is in a damaged condition as regularly battered by abrasion. More sadly, Tabanan does not have enough budgets to repair, especially to do reclamation.

As a result, the level of damage even gets worse each year.

Chairman of the Indonesia Fishermen Association (HNSI) of Tabanan, Ketut ‘Sadam’ Arsana Yasa admitted that abrasion was not merely caused by natural factors, but also by a number of persons exploiting the natural resources on a large scale. One of them was the dredging of sea sand.

“Regional Bylaw has prohibited any quarry activities. To prevent further damages, the government should strictly prohibit any kinds of quarry activities. If required, it must be imposed with severe penalties,” he said.

He considered the coastal condi-

tion in Tabanan was not much different from beaches in other counties that were increasingly alarming.

When calculated, it had been eroded averagely along 10 meters from the 1970s. At this moment, some coastal abrasions reached more than two meters, while the deepest reached more than 10 meters. This condition virtually occurred across the beach. For example, it happened on Yeh Gangga Beach, Yeh Gangga village, Tabanan. Although local communities and customary villagers had worked hard to preserve the coastal environment being famous for its lobster catch, in reality the Yeh Gangga Beach was also affected by the sea sand theft at Tibubiyu village, Kerambitan subdistrict.

“For five years, millions of cubic meters of sea san have been sold and thousands of trucks have been going in and out to take sea sand. It has an impact on the whole coast coupled with ocean currents and wind aggravating the abrasion.

This condition causes an imbalance to the flow of sand on the beach,” he explained.

Saddam said that he had also

been visited by a number of villagers who were not happy about such negative accusations. “I’m not afraid, my objective is correct.

If customary villagers support the damage, it means they will automatically hand on a damaged nature to future generations,” he said.

This man from Pasut hamlet, Tibubiu village, Kerambitan, firmly said that sand was the vanguard of preserving coastal areas.

“On Yeh Gangga Beach, customary village is the forefront. Who dares to violate, customary bylaw will be strictly applied. As a result, the beach can survive sustainably.

Despite making arrangement to prevent abrasion, if the sand, chiefly its black sand continues to be exploited, then the result will not be optimal,” he said.

Seeing the facts, it was very much required the seriousness of government in handling the condition, so that the abrasion rate could be minimized as low as possible. “Implement the regional bylaw accordingly and customary village should have a commitment to protect the environment,” he said. (kmb28)

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Living in remote area, Gegalang residents live unworthily Bali Post

The entrance of Bangli Regency is seen in the picture

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More similar to subdistrict town, Bangli should be revitalized Bali Post

BANGLI - As the capital of a county, all this time many people mention that Bangli town is more similar to a subdistrict town. The term is quite reasonable because the town with cool air tends to be quiet when compared to other county capitals. Not only that, the arrangement of the Bangli town is also considered still very minimal, so that it does not give an impression as a capital of county.

Amidst such community assessment, Bangli is actually potential to be organized and managed so that it can become an object of tourist visits.

This small town can be arranged neatly by revitalizing some historic objects in town.

A socioeconomic observer, Komang Suarsana, said on Sunday (Aug 24) that a number of temples in Bangli town like Kehen Temple, Dalem Purwa Temple, Dalem Penunggekan Temple, Puseh Bangli Temple as well as the surrounding palaces with their front courtyard were heritages of ancient history. At the royal palace courtyard located at the intersection of Bangli town (now, BRI office) formerly sat the justice hall in the colonial period. Meanwhile, in the south of town square now functioned as the Lokasrana Terminal and temporary market was the former location of prison house during the colonial period. “Such objects have been published in international media since the beginning of the twentieth century. They can be very attractive if they are arranged and revitalized one by one for the benefit of historical tourism,” he said.

According to him, re-arrangement and revitalization of historical buildings could be done

by Bangli government in cooperation with other parties having the same interest. For instance, ancient temple could be arranged with central government through the Institute for Heritage Preservation. Then, royal palace could be revitalized with the royal family and the Ministry of Tourism. On the land of the former prison house could be built a historical monument of Bangli struggle equipped with historical documentation so that it could be functioned as veteran reminiscence. Supporting facilities could be in the form of a unique culinary center of Bangli.

“I have confidence the community of Bangli will support the ideas for the re-arrangement as long as it is socialized and communicated properly,” said Suarsana while adding that Kidul Market also had historical value that could be developed as a center for the sale of typical art and souvenirs of Bangli. As a result, the condition would be no longer as it was seen today where the town center becoming the showcase was unclear. (ina)

AMLAPURA - Gegelang village, Karangasem is a remote area located far from urban life.

Many residents of the village are living below the poverty line. In addition, most people also live in unworthy house. The room measuring 3x4 meters only separated with woven bamboo partition is the only resting place of Komang Mertayasa, 32, accompanied by his wife Ni Wayan Pancali Astuti Dewi, 22.

Working as an arrack distiller, the couple with three children was only able to make money as much as IDR 17,000 each day and it is just enough for daily consumption. Meanwhile, the assistance of the government was only obtained once, while the rest he should make an effort by himself. Even, he had not received the Bali Mandara Health Insurance (JKBM) card for his family. “Yes, I have only received the rice for the poor once. After that, I never received it again,” he said innocently while stroking his son and daughter.

As a traditional arrack maker, he had to work throughout the week to wait for the results.

Within a week, he could produce 15 liters of arrack and it was sold for IDR 8,000 per liter.

The income he got from distilling arrack could only support the three young children and wife.

“The result of distilling arrack is just enough to eat, sir,” he said.

Besides, at Gegalang village there is also an elderly woman who lives alone. Her name is Grandma Rani, 80, who lives in a hut measuring 2x3 meters with daily activity of looking for firewood for her daily needs. The hut occupied

looks to be walled with a makeshift patched with plastic sacks only. In this hut, Grandma Rani is spending to rest of her life and cooking.

“I am resigned to live my life,” she said in Balinese language. Her elderly physical condition makes Grandma Rani live on the mercy of her neighbors.

She said that she never received the government assistance such as the rice for the poor (Raskin) and neither did other help. “I never get any help from the government,” she told. She is living in remote area by making a hut and is only lighted with lantern made of cotton in a fish oil-filled coconut shell.

When she was sick, Grandmother Rani admitted trying to hold and heal herself. She was reluctant to burden her neighbors so that no one knew about her condition. Sometimes she admitted to suffer bone pain for a month but she just tried to hold the pain.

Actually, Grandma Rani has a son who is still alive and has a family. It is not known what happens so that he never visits her. “He never visits me, let alone give me food,” she said. She also has grandchildren of her son, but she cannot do anything because she felt to have been neglected.

“I have been neglected,” she said.

Meanwhile, Nyoman Wirta, one of the local community leaders, admitted that Gegelang village had many poor residents. He said to have reported the condition of Gegelang residents to hamlet chief but there was no response so far.

“I do hope the government of Karangasem can see the condition of many residents who live in poverty,” he hoped. (dwa)

Police seize four rare birds Bali Post

GIANYAR - The ranks of Gianyar Police Criminal Investigation seized four protected birds from a house of resident at Buruan village, Blahbatuh, Gianyar, Friday (Aug 22). Then, the culprit with the initials AD, 35, who kept the rare birds and did not have permit was investigated in the Headquarters of the Gianyar Police.

Meanwhile, the four rare birds were directly secured in the office of the Bali Natural Resource Conservation Agency (BKSDA).

Chief of Particular Crime Unit IV of Gianyar Police, IGN Winangun, with permission from the Chief of Gianyar Police Criminal Investigation Unit Aris Purwanto said on Sunday (Aug 25) the discovery was originated from public report. Having got the information, his party began the investigation. After getting sufficient evidence, police immediately raided a house at Buruan village, Blahbatuh on Friday afternoon around 3:00 p.m. Once the house was raided by police, AD could only surrender. “The culprit did not resist when we raided,” he said.

Police immediately confiscated the four protected birds, consisting of gold hornbill, great

hornbill and two cockatoos. Meanwhile, the bird owner was brought to police headquarters of Gianyar Police for further investigation. “These birds belong to protected species, while the owner did not have a permit,” he said.

When interrogated, AD claimed to have received a gold hornbill from his friend; a great hornbill was caught at his home yard; while the two cockatoos were bought at Satria Bird Market, Denpasar, at IDR 3 million per head.

Winangun added that the four birds seized were categorized to have been entering the verge of extinction. So, the four birds were protected by the state because their existence was very rare.

Then, the bird owner would be charged with Article 21, paragraph 2 of Law No.5/1990 on the Conservation of Biological Resources and Ecosystem. He could be charged with penalty of five years and a fine worth IDR 100 million. Furthermore, the protected animals were commended at the Bali Natural Resource Conservation Agency. “The animals have been secured at the Natural Resource Conservation Agency while waiting for further instruction from leadership,” he said. (kmb35)

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The Kayon Resort Ubud

UBUD - On 25th August 2014, Pramana Experience announced the opening of a new Pramana Experience property, The Kayon Resort in Ubud Bali. The Kayon, a truly Ubud resort set in 5,000 m2 of unfertile stone hills accessed by easy steps, with 50 meters long decorative Ramayana series relief on stone wall along the path, provides abundance spots to capture the every holiday moment.

The Name of Kayon is come from the owner idea, Putu Suryawan and his wife Farah Palupi, to present a truly Ubud Arts & Culture experience to every guest.

Director of Pramana Experience, Dirga stressed that, location of The Kayon Resort Ubud is strategic, precisely located in Kepitu Village is only ten minutes drive from Ubud center, an exotic destination for heritage, spiritual healing and culture holiday experience.

Kepitu village has wealth of historical heritage and ancient temples. Telaga Waja temple is one of the temples in this village, was built in 10th century. “Pramana is a fast growing Hospitality Management company based in Bali. Pramana on Veda means seeking knowledge. In Balinese Hindu there three ways to get knowledge, by seeing what people do, By learning the Past Experience and by Reading books,” Dirga added.

The differences of The resort is built following the land contour and works with as much of

the existing natural habitat to blend with the surroundings, respected the prohibition to keep the healing vibe. “Nestled deep in hearth of Ubud rain forest preserve, surrounded with the historical Petanu River and stunning jungle landscape, the Kayon has a healing atmosphere and romantic ambiance,” said Dirga.

The Kayon Resort in Ubud Bali features six valley deluxe rooms with jungles view on the two storey north wing, twelve Kayon river suites in three floor south wing with view down to river and five river edge private pool villas with thatched roofs, each enhanced by its infinity pool overlooking to river bellow. The guest are indulged with all resort features, Dine at KEPITU Restaurant set in the evicentrum of the resort with 180 degrees view over the pool and jungle landscape. Swim and relax in an extensive Kayon shaped swimming pool is perched on 10 meters high mound in front of the restaurant with awesome view over the rice filed and jungles valley.

Calendar Event for August 9 through September 23, 2014 9 Aug Tumpek Kandang Pura Puseh Gianyar Pura Luhur Dalem Segening Kediri Tabanan Pura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang 10 Aug Purnama Sasih Karo Pura Gelap Besakih Pura Dangkahyangan Tabanan Pura Candi Goro Tianyar Kubu Karangasem 13 Aug Buda Cemeng Menail Pura Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Pura Puseh Manakaji Peninjoan Tembuku Bangli Pura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal Mengwi Pura Taman Limut Mas Ubud 14 Aug Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

15 Aug Hari Bhatara Sri

19 Aug Hari Anggara Kasih Prebakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa Klungkung Pura Tirtha Sudamala Bebalang Bangli Pura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sawan Buleleng Pura Gunung Pengsong Lombok Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar Pura Tengah Tegalalang Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Pupuan Tabanan Pira Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Pagan Denpasar Pura Hyanghaluh/Jenggala Besakih Pura Tengkulak Siyut Tulikup Gianyar Pura Taman Sari Ubud Pura Batu Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Dalem Guliang Bangli Pura Pasek Dangka Guwang Sukawati Pura Hyang Ayung Pabean Ketewel

Pura Penataran Badung Muntig Karangasem 20 Aug Pura Kawitan Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak Siring Pura Rambut Siwi Jembrana Pura Batu Bolong Canggu Kuta Pura Pasek Marga Klaci Tabanan Pura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru Negara Pura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan Buleleng Pira Pasek Tangkas Dharma Reang Gede Tabanan Pura Desa Banyuning Buleleng Pura Srijong Tabanan Pura Pucak Mundi Nusa Penida Pura Kahyangan Jagat Kancing Gumi Bali Petang Serongga Kelod Gianyar Pura Penataran Dalem Pencar Mas Ubud 21 Aug Pura Ida Bhatara Sakti Wawu Rauh Kali Anget Seririt Buleleng 3 Sep Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Pulasari Peninjoan Bangli Pura Pasek Gelgel Kaba-Kaba Tabanan Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Desa Kahyangan Tiga Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Taro Tegalalang 9 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok NTB Pura Kawitan Gajah Arya Para Tianyar kubu Karangasem Pura Padharman Arya Telabah Besakih Pura Bukit Mentik Batur Kintamani Pura Dadya Agung Pasek Salahin Suwat Gianyar 10 Sep Pura Dangkahyangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli

13 Sep Tumpek Wayang dan Kajengkliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit Jembrana Bhatara Ratu Gede Celuk Gianyar Pura Bhatara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Panti Gelgel Sesetan Denpasar Bhatara Ratu Alit dan Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Pamerajan Agung Dawan Klungkung Pura Padarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Besakih Pura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura Jala Shidi Amerta Juanda Surabaya 17 Sep Buda Cemeng Klawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Cemenggaon Gianyar Pura Penataran Ped Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Gelgel Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Jawa Tengah Buleleng Pura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Tegeh Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan Klungkung Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Pura Ida Ratu Puncak Pameneh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Sad Kahyangan Penida Nusa Penida Pura Jati Ubud Gianyar Pura Melanting Ubud Gianyar Pura Dalem Ped Nusa Penida Pura Penataran Agung Karangasem 19 Sep Hari Bhatara Sri

23 Sep Tilem Sasih Ketiga Dan Anggara

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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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Beyonce owns the MTV Video Music Awards Associated Press

Beyonce closed the MTV Video Music Awards with an epic nearly 20-minute performance, and tears streamed down her face as she was joined onstage by her beaming husband and daughter. Beyonce sang and danced Sunday in a metallic leotard while Blue Ivy and Jay Z watched from their seats as the diva declared: “MTV, welcome to my world.”

As Beyonce accepted the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award, the VMA’s version of a lifetime achievement award, at The Forum in Inglewood, California, she kissed her daughter and husband Jay Z, who called her the “greatest living entertainer.” The duo won best collaboration for the hit “Drunk In Love.”

“I have nothing to say but I am filled with so much gratitude,” she told the cheering crowd as they chanted her name repeatedly.

Her performance easily outdid her

competition throughout the night, though Beyonce lost video of the year, which instead went to Miley Cyrus who let a homeless man accept her award. It was in sharp contrast to the 2013 VMAs, when Cyrus twerked and danced shockingly onstage.

“Thank y’all, my name is Jesse and I accepting this award on behalf of the 1.6 million runaways and homeless youth in the United States who are starving, lost and scared for their lives right now.

I know this because I am one of these

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Jay-Z presents the Video Vanguard Award to Beyonce as he holds their daughter Ivy Blue during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards in Inglewood, California August 24, 2014.

people,” he said, as a teary Cyrus looked on. “Though I may have been invisible to you in the streets, I have a lot of the same dreams that brought many of you here tonight.”

Cyrus’ decision to let someone else accept her award to promote a cause was reminiscent of Marlon Brando’s 1973 Academy Awards best actor win, when he gave a Native American activist the stage rather than accept his Oscar trophy.

The two-hour show was tamer than past VMAs: the most shocking moment was Nicki Minaj’s rump-shaking during her performance of “Anaconda” in the show’s first minutes and her wardrobe malfunction when she joined Ariana Grande and Jessie J for “Bang, Bang.”

Taylor Swift was a crowd favorite when she performed her new single “Shake It Off” in shimmery, fringed shorts and a crop top. She got to the top of the stage, and as her tuxedoed male background dancers stood with their arms wide open waiting for Swift to jump she said, “One second. I don’t care if it’s the VMAs. I’m not jumping off there.”

Grande, who held hands with rapper Big Sean backstage, kicked off the show with a performance of her EDM hit, “Break Free” in a Beyonce-inspired leotard. The 21-year-old won best pop video for her smash single “Problem,” but lost best female video to Katy Perry, who won for “Dark Horse.”

Perry sported a figure-hugging denim dress and was joined by Riff Raff in a coordinating outfit, mirroring Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears at the 2001 American Music Awards.

Katy Perry channels Britney Spears at MTV VMAs Associated Press

Katy Perry and Riff Raff took it back to 2001 Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake in matching denim, while Amber Rose channeled Rose McGowan circa 1998 in barely there silver with cascading chains at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards. Perry popped out of a sports car with the grilled Riff Raff onto the red carpet just before the televised awards began. She called her tight, studded patchwork dress a custom Versace in a “throwback to Britney and Justin,” a la the American Music Awards 13 years ago.

“This is how we do the remix,” she joked.

Amber, who is married to Wiz Khalifa, went for a Vegas showgirl moment, her chest barely covered with loose loops down to a tiny bikini bottom. The look evoked McGowan oh-so-many years ago.

Ariana Grande upped her sex appeal with an ooh-la-la black leather mini and match-

ing thigh-high boots but kept the signature girly high ponytail. British pop singer Charli XCX wore a yellow tiger-print leotard.

The 21-year-old Grande worked long zippers back and front on her strapless Moschino moto look. Charli’s tight leotard and leggings were designed by the same Italian brand. Designer Jeremy Scott joined Charli in her yellow, yellow world in bright tuxedo tails — chest bared — with a big smiley face on the back. “I feel sexy in it,” said Charli, among the early red carpet walkers. “I think my spirit animal is probably a tiger.”

Kesha, sometimes a red carpet shocker, went classic in a floor-length sparkler in a far more subdued carpet than VMAs of yore.

Taylor Swift arrived in a long-sleeve, blue lace shorty romper with a lettered alphabet theme to go with her new short ‘do.

It was designed by London-based Mary Katrantzou. Laverne Cox was in sparkly blue, a space-age one-sleeve from Marc Bouwer,

and Miley Cyrus tugged on a tiny strapless black leather midriff-baring top she wore with high-waisted matching trousers.

“Marc has been so good to me,” said Cox, an advocate for trans women like herself. She has worn several of his designs in recent months.

“He’s one of the few designers in whose showroom I can walk where the clothes will actually fit me, not being a sample size. I think Mark just loves a woman’s body,” Cox said. Jessie J stood out in a pale green vintage Halston goddess gown with a deep V halter, and Jennifer Lopez showed off her curves in silver cutouts.

Rita Ora, in a Donna Karan Atelier classic backless red dress with a high side slit, finished her look with a slicked-back down ‘do not unlike that of Iggy Azalea, who wore blue Versace. Also in red was Demi Lovato in a gown with wide chestbearing V neck.

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MTV Video Music Awards 2014 Video of the year: “Wrecking Ball,” Miley Cyrus Female video: “Dark Horse,” Katy Perry Male video: “Sing,” Ed Sheeran Pop video: “Problem,” Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea Hip-hop video: “Hold On, We’re Going Home,” Drake feat. Majid Jordan Rock video: “Royals,” Lorde Collaboration: “Drunk in Love,” Beyonce feat. Jay Z Artist to watch: “Miss Movin On,” Fifth Harmony Video with a social message: “Pretty Hurts,” Beyonce MTV Clubland award: “Stay the Night”: Zedd feat.

Hayley Williams Cinematography: “Pretty Hurts,” Beyonce Choreography: “Chandelier,” Sia Art direction: “Reflektor,” Arcade Fire Editing: “Rap God,” Eminem Visual effects: “The Writing’s On the Wall,” OK Go Direction: “Turn Down for What,” DJ Snake & Lil Jon Lyric video: “Don’t Stop,” 5 Seconds of Summer Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award: Beyonce

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Securities are checking a taxi that enters a hotel in Kuta Beach.

Hotels on the Island of the Gods are now required to have verification certificate of Hotel Security Management System (SMPH). This effort is meant to provide security for travelers staying at hotel.

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Hotel license at risk of being revoked Bali Post

DENPASAR - Hotels on the Island of the Gods are now required to have verification certificate of Hotel Security Management System (SMPH). This effort is meant to provide security for travelers staying at hotel. Even, the government will revoke the license of hotels that do not have the verification certificate.

Chairman of the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) of Bali, Tjokorda Artha Sukawati (Cok Ace), said the verification of hotel security management system was an absolute requirement becoming one of the assessment criteria in the business standardization or classification of star and non-star hotel. In addition, this provision had been set forth in the Regulation of the Minister

of Tourism and Creative Economy No.106 /PW.006/mpek/2014 on the Hotel Safety Management System.

“The sanction imposed on the non-qualified hotels in terms of safety and competency is certification revocation. In the future, the hotel classification will also consider the security aspect as one of our assessment criteria,” said Cok Ace. He said the verification of hotel

security was an important part in the face of free market next year.

Moreover, a number of areas such as Nusa Dua frequented by state guests it was something a must to do the verification. “Many hotels have not qualified because they do not understand. Any smallest thing also becomes important point in the verification,” he said.

According to him, the security measure in tourism accommodation was an important part in preserving the reputation of tourism in Indonesia, especially Bali. Security was a fundamental aspect in providing comfort for travelers staying at the tourist accommodation. “The intention of tourist accommodation to participate in the verification of security certification is

very large,” he said.

Nevertheless, Cok Ace mentioned there were other constraints faced by his side. Presently, he added, his party still lacked of human resources to do the certification. “Instead, we are faced with the shortage in human resources to perform the verification of hotel security certification,” he explained.

He admitted that among thousands of the existing hotels, only some of them that had got the security management certification. The constraints faced, he said, remained in the matter of human resources.

“The obstacles remain to lie in their understanding as some aspects need to give the attention. For examples, food ingredients can be a source of

crime. They must not only be seen, but should also be further studied. We need to provide them with a briefing,” he explained.

Meanwhile, Chief of Bali Police, Benny Mokalu, mentioned that security issue needed a synergy. “Convenience aspect is provided by hotel side.

Meanwhile, the matter of security needs a synergy. We will share about the security system at hotel,” he said.

The security system, affirmed Beny, should be kept firmly together.

He said that security was not merely the responsibility of the security guard officers, but also the entire community. “When every resident has the sense of security, any small thing that will become the embryo of an incident can be prevented,” he said. (kmb27)