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Dr. Dre is king of hip hop Reuters

NEW YORK - With $620 million in estimated pre-tax earnings, veteran rapper and record producer Dr. Dre topped Forbes list as the highest paid hip hop artist, ousting Sean “Diddy” Combs from the top spot.

Forbes said Dre’s estimated annual earnings for the 12 months between June 2013 and 2014 are the highest of any musician in any genre it has ever evaluated, and more than the combined takings of the other 24 names on the hip-hop list released on Tuesday.

Much of the 49-year-old’s earnings this year came thanks to the $3 billion sale to Apple of the Beats high-end headphone company he founded with music executive Jimmy Iovine and other financial ventures, including cognac and vodka brands.

Combs, 44, tied for second place with Jay-Z, 44, with $60 million, with earnings from drinks, clothing and television deals.

Jay-Z, who toured with his wife, Beyonce, for the first time with their “On the Run” concerts, pulled in

money from lucrative performances, his latest album and his Roc Nation entertainment empire, which assured him a place in the top five.

Drake, 27, came in fourth with $33 million with takings from his album “Nothing Was the Same,” an endorsement deal with sportswear firm Nike and a concert tour. Grammy-winning duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis rounded out the top five with $32 million.

Forbes compiled the list by looking at income from record sales, publishing, merchandise sales, tours and endorsement deals and talking to managers, agents, lawyers and some of the artists. The earnings were calculated based on data from Pollstar, RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and Nielsen SoundScan.

Fees for agents, managers and lawyers were not deducted from the estimates.

“Happy” singer and music producer Pharrell Williams, who joined the NBC television singing competition “The Voice” as a coach this season, slipped into the top 10 with $22 million.

Wiz Khalifa’s wife files to end marriage

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A silversmith making a silver accesories in the center of silver handicraft at Gianyar. Director of Trade Security, Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Oke Nurwan, stated that the implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015 would open greater and wider opportunities for the products of Indonesia including Bali to lead the ASEAN market.

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LOS ANGELES — Model Amber Rose is ending her yearlong marriage to rapper Wiz Khalifa. Rose filed for divorce on Tuesday in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences. She is seeking custody of their 20month old son and spousal support as laid out in the former couple’s prenuptial agreement.

Court filings state the couple separated on Monday, but provide no other details on the split or how the pair’s finances will be divided.

They were married in July 2013 less than five months after their son was born.

Khalifa, whose hit “Black and Yellow” help make his 2011 album “Rolling Papers” a success, released his latest album “Blacc Hollywood” in August.

The divorce filing was first reported Wednesday by celebrity website TMZ.

In this Jan. 26, 2014 file photo, Wiz Khalifa, left, and Amber Rose arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

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AEC 2015 great opportunities for Indonesia ANTARA FOTO/Teresia May

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DENPASAR - Director of Trade Security, Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Oke Nurwan, stated that the implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015 would open greater and wider opportunities for the products of Indonesia including Bali to lead the ASEAN market. The year will become the start for the economic integration among the ASEAN members in the form of AEC. “From then on, all the goods, services, capitals and investments will move freely in all the countries within the Southeast Asia. It will become an opportunity and challenge for each country member, including Indonesia,” said Okay Nurwan in the Public Education on the AEC 2015 in Denpasar, Wednesday (Sep 24).

He said that a number of pro-

cesses had been running, such as the simplification of the Certificate of Origin (SKA) of the Indonesia Form-D. It would provide an opportunity for Indonesian exporters to increase their exports to ASEAN. To that end, the integration phase having been running long enough would make the people of Indonesia unnecessary to consider the AEC a threat.

“In the goods sector, for example, the public will not be surprised by the elimination of tariff barriers in the intra-ASEAN trade because since 1992 the tariff reduction has been already underway,” he said.

However, he said that to get a 0 (zero) percent tariff, the exporters had to ask for Form-D to Trade and Industry Agency indicating that the products to be exported was native to Indonesia, so the tariff charge would be 0 percent.

Otherwise, when the exporter did not take advantage of the Form-D, they would be subject to prevailing tariff in a country. “Without using the Form-D, regular tariff will be imposed. In Malaysia, they will be averagely charged at 6 percent, in the Philippines (7 percent) and

China (11 percent),” he said.

He explained the founding countries plus Brunei Darussalam had successfully reduced the import tariff averagely at 3.64 percent in 2000 to 0.05 percent in 2012, while 4 other countries such as Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar had reduced the tariff from 7.51 percent to 1.69 percent in the same period.

“Currently, 99 percent of the tariff has averagely touched almost 0 percent and in 2015 will become 0 percent,” he explained.

Determination of the year 2015 for the implementation of the AEC was recognized by Oke Nurwan had appeared since 1992 after the signing of the Preferential Trade Arrangement (PTA) in the goods sector.

Meanwhile, the data of the Bali Industry and Trade Agency noted that during January to July 2014 the export realization of Bali increased by 4.16 percent compared to the period of January-July 2013, namely from USD 288,937,862 to USD 300,957,300 (period 2014). Specifically for the export to ASEAN market, within the past 5 years also showed an increase on the average of 13.35 percent per year. “The export destination has reached 104 countries. The biggest is the USA with the export value worth USD 121,389,361 or 24.97 percent,” said the Head of Bali Industry and Trade Agency, Ni Wayan Kusumawathi, while adding that the craft was still the largest export commodity of Bali. (kmb27)

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Now, pilgrims safe to worship at Lempuyang Temple Bali Post

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The dam in Gerokgak, Buleleng is drying and cause many fish to die

Dam water shallow, fish dies of overheating

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SINGARAJA - Siltation of water in the Gerokgak dam tourist object has caused the tilapia and kapas-kapas fish (Geres punctatus) fingerlings to die floating and running aground. As a result, the stench is unavoidable so that unpleasant smell spreads around the location. ultimately died as being untreated,” he said.

Due to dam silting, people at the surrounding area also faced water shortages for irrigating their paddy fields. This condition had been going on since three months ago, so that residents were confused due to limited water in the dam. As alternative to get water for daily needs, local residents had to walk about four kilometers to buy water from the springs at Taman Temple at Sangalangit village. “This dam has many benefits. For instance, it has been used to irrigate crops, nuts and subak area. Now, the water stock is limited, so we are forced to purchase water for cooking and drink-

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4th anniversary of Kuta Station Hotel & Spa Bali Six great monkeys trapped into cage

One of the local residents, Nyoman Yasa, said on Wednesday (Sep 24) that no dam guard was on duty in the dam area in the south of the checkpoint. Moreover, shallow water in the dam had caused many fish to die when entering the long dry season. Allegedly the shallow water had absorbed fish dung so that it changed into poison. Then, such condition was aggravated by the heat of the sun in the dam area. “Indeed the dam water is shallow and it is alleged to have caused the fish to die. It is very hot here and the water is so shallow. As consequence, a lot of fish dung changed into poison.

Thus, lots of fish fingerlings spread by the government

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ing at Sangalangit village at IDR 1,000 to IDR 5,000 each jerry can,” said Yasa.

Responding to such condition, the Head of Buleleng Public Works Agency, Nyoman Gede Suryawan, when asked for his confirmation separately explained that his party had not known about the silting of the dam water and the death of fish due to be untreated. So far, his party did not receive any report yet from the staff or subdistrict authority. “Yes, so far we do not receive any reports from relevant officers. Related to the information on fish death, we have not got the causes. We will check it first and make coordination on this issue,” said Suryawan. (kmb34)

AMLAPURA - Six big monkeys known to be ferocious have been trapped to come into cage. Since then, said the Chief of Purwayu customary village, Karangasem, Nyoman Jati, Wednesday (Sep 24) in Karangasem, all pilgrims would be secure when worshipping to Lempuyang Luhur Temple.

According to him, within the past month no pilgrims or climbers to Lempuyang Luhur Temple were attacked by monkeys. It happened because six large monkeys had been entirely trapped. The six monkeys were known to be ferocious. Other than having

big body, they were also fatty.

“The monkeys known to be ferocious are the one having big body and cleft mouth, while the others have large body and are fanged. Now, the pilgrims wishing to worship to Lempuyang Luhur are safe from the monkey attack.

As evidence, there has been no attack or bite to pilgrims or climbers within the past month. Formerly, almost every week two people were bitten by monkeys,” he said.

With some residents, he asked permission to trap the monkeys into a cage because they were very hazardous.

Almost 50 pilgrims from various regions in Bali had been

bitten. Even, a traveler from Canada, customary security guard (pecalang) and a couple of traders from Purwayu village were also bitten by the monkeys.

“Formerly, the customary security guard or the escort of pilgrims was afraid of being on duty when those ferocious monkeys were still at large.

Rather than endangering to our pilgrims wishing to worship at Lempuyang Luhur, we finally decided to take such an action. As the monkeys were already endangering people praying to Lempuyang Luhur, they can be categorized into pest and must be stopped,” he said. (013)

Syndicate distributing 13 kg of marijuana on trial Bali Post DENPASAR - A marijuana dealer syndicate raided in a boarding house on Jalan Batubulan Gang Candrametu, Batubulan, Sukawati, Gianyar, started to be on trial, Wednesday (Sep 24). The defendant Alexander S of Cilincing-born, North Jakarta, was filed to the court with the evidence of 13 kg of marijuana. Public prosecutor I Gusti Ngurah Wirayoga before the judges led by Hadi Masuri explained that the case was revealed from the order of marijuana in small amount. Ultimately, the Denpasar Police Narcotics Unit could reveal the drug supplier after the arrest of the buyer ordering marijuana in small amount.

As in the indictment read out before the court, the revealing of this case began from the arrest of Oky Kristianto (defendant in separate file) on June 17, 2014. He was arrested on Jalan Grahaliva, Muding Tengah, Kerobokan, North Kuta. When arrested, the officers secured a plastic bag containing marijuana leaves and seeds. Based on the finding, police then interrogated

Oky. From the interrogation, the officers obtained information that Oky got the marijuana from the defendant Alexander.

At that time, Oky was taken advantage to contact the supplier. Via telephone, Oky was asked to purchase the goods to Franky Kesaulia Kalumata also denoting a defendant (in a separate file). At that time, Franky claimed not to sell marijuana in small amount. But when ordered in large amount, he could confirm the purchase.

Armed with the information, Oky then contacted the defendant and wheedled so as to inform his address. Afterward, police officers raided the boarding house of Franky located on Jalan Raya Batubulan Gang Candrametu, Batubulan village, exactly the room number 14. In the search, the officers found a bundle of marijuana with the net weight of 1,000 grams wrapped in newspaper. Meanwhile, in room 15, namely the room of the defendant Alexander, police found four other bundles of marijuana respectively had the weight of 911.07 grams,

972.05 grams, 936.69 grams and 961.18 grams.

“All the bundles are wrapped in newspaper,” said prosecutor in the indictment.

Besides, police also found 10 other bundles of marijuana in a suitcase, where all of which had been claimed to be owned by the defendant. “As the result of police investigation, all the marijuana bundles were claimed to belong to the defendant,” said the prosecutor.

From the results of development, the defendant admitted to get the marijuana by purchasing from someone known as Arbi. However, police could not have arrested the person and then was then listed into the most wanted fugitive. All the bundles of marijuana used as the evidence were then taken to Denpasar Police to be further weighed. Having been calculated, the overall weight of the marijuana seized from the boarding room in Batubulan, was 13,641.91 grams. Based on the indictment, the prosecutor charged Alexander with death penalty. (kmb37)

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KUTA - Kuta Station Hotel & Spa Bali celebrated its 4th anniversary with warmth and togetherness, Tuesday (Sept 16). The event themed “Let’s Work Together for Our Success” was attended by the owner and representative units of Paradiso Group in Bali such as Seminyak Paradiso Hotel, Legian Paradiso Hotel, Kuta Paradiso Hotel, repeater guest and all department staffs. The celebration was marked by the cutting of rice cone while singing happy birthday. There was also the announcement of the winners in the sport competitions carried out in the series of the anniversary.

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Calendar Event for September 28 through October 28, 2014 8 Sep Kajeng Kliwon Pamelastali/ Watu Gunung Runtuh

7 Oct Sabuh Mas

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

8 Oct Pagerwesi Dan Purnama Sasih Kapat

13 Oct Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

Pura Labang SinduJiwa Ubud

18 Oct Tumpek Landep

Pura Penataran Agung Maha Gotra Tirta Harum Sri Srengga Nyalian Banjarrangkan Klungkung 30 Sep Paid-Paidan Pura Dalem Seme Jawa Marga Tabanan 1 Oct Urip 2 Oct Patetegan 3 Oct Pengeradanan 4 Oct Hari Saraswati Pura Pasek Tangkas Dalang Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Sayan Bongkasa Abian Semal Pura Watu Gunung Bima Pura Agung Jagat Karana Surabaya Pura Aditya Jaya Rawa Mangun Jakarta Timur Pura Pemekasan Banyuning Timur Buleleng Pura Agung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa Barat Pura Kawitan Bendesa Aban Baturning Mambal Abiansemal 5 Oct Banyu Pinaruh 6 Oct Soma Ribek Pura Jati Jembrana Pura Kawitan Batu Gaing Bangli Pura Tirta Wening Surabaya Pura Desa Lingga Wana Abang Karangasem

Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Sidakarya Denpasar Pura Pasek Gelgel Pedungan Denpasar Pura Agung Pasek Tangguntiti Tabanan Pura Agung Pasek Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangkas Kediri Tabanan Pura Kerta Banyuning Barat Buleleng Pura Dalem Tenggaling Sangguan Singapadu Pura Kawitan Arya Wangbang Pinatih Peguyangan Singaraja Pura Bujangga Waisnawa Jembrana Pura Taman Bubuan Seririt Singaraja Pura Penataran Pande Dalem Batur Mengwi Pura Dalem Pingit Tegalalang Pura Ida Ratu Pande Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup Gianyar Pura Kumuda Saraswati Ubud Pura Batur Arya Sudimara Tabanan Pura Dalem Majapahit Marga Tabanan Pura Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati 19 Oct Redite Umanis Ukir Pura Sanggah Gede Dukuh Sagening Tegal Tugu Gianyar 22 Oct Buda Cemeng Ukir Pura Pajenengan kawitan Arya Tauman Gelgel Klungkung Pura Pasar Agung Besakih Pura Pasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Legian Kuta Pura Gde Gunung Agung Munggu Badung 23 Oct Tilem Sasih Kapat 24 Oct Hari Bhatara Sri 28 Oct Anggara Kasih Kulantir dan Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan

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

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

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

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

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

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Milan perfects the wearable lightness of fashion Associated Press

A model wears a creation for Ferragamo women’s spring-summer 2015 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014.

MILAN — Reflecting on a Milan Fashion Week that marked the re-emergence of denim and the pre-eminence of the flat Birkenstock-inspired sandal, the question was bound to surface: Wherein lies luxury?

Milan designers, who crammed the usual six days of womenswear previews for next summer into 4 ½ ending Sunday, are clear on their response: in Italy’s artisanal traditions.

Whether reviving the dying art of brocade in the factories north of Milan, perfecting sartorial crafts to create new shapes, or honoring the centuries-old Murano glassblowing traditions with textiles mimicking its melting striations, Milan designers touted Made in Italy, the calling card that distinguishes Italian brands and, more often than one might expect, raises ready-to-wear to an art form.

Giorgio Armani, who rolled out the summer collection that will herald his company’s 40th anniversary, is all about mastery — but avoids the term luxury altogether.

“Luxury is surrounded by other things, super-decorated stores,” Ar-

mani told reporters last week after showing his main Giorgio Armani line. “Rich can be of substance, refer to content, to the workmanship. Sometimes luxury has zero workmanship.”

One can quibble about the definition of luxury, but glamour certainly had its place at this round of fashion previews. Heidi Klum supported her pals at Versace and Roberto Cavalli; Oscar-winner Paolo Sorrentino made a film for and an appearance at Armani; Kate Moss chatted up Anna Wintour at Gucci; and Amy Adams took the front row at Max Mara.

Star models also took their turn: Naomi Campbell strode for Pucci, while Georgia May Jagger showed for Fendi. And amFAR tapped the fashion crowd’s deep pockets to raise $1.4 million to fund research toward its goal of finding a cure for AIDS by 2020.

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Five trends in Milan Fashion Show Associated Press

MILAN - First trend that can be seen during the fashion show was wearable lightness. Perhaps the biggest trend out of Milan were light looks, effortless without being ethereal, from billowing floor-length Georgette dresses that trail on the ground to paper-thin trench coats, super-fine knitwear to translucent layering, over and under.

These looks were understated, suggesting more than they reveal, and inviting motion. Dresses were all covering, but still clung momentarily to the body with every step.

At Armani, the lightness was reinforced by the tailoring, softpeplums and wide-legged trousers that tapered elegantly at the calf, and complemented by prints mimicking gentle waves left in the sand by the wind.

Max Mara focused on lightweight long trenches in florals that dissolved into animal prints, Roberto Cavalli kept pace with AP Photo/Antonio Calanni

A model wears a creation for Etro women’s Spring Summer 2015 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014.

long sexy gowns, and Missoni created diaphanous, maxi-dresses from knitwear as light as air and as delicate as lace.

The second trend is 1970s flashback. Designers took us on a psychedelic trip back to the fashion-rich 1970s. The hippie looks were crafted out of suede — a must for next season — denim (will get to that later), and leather, with heavy helpings of fringe, beading, laser cut detailing, macrame and even granny squares.

Get out the crochet needles!

Up-and-comer Marco de Vincenzo, with LVMH’s backing, deployed his fringe in an orderly fashion on coats and dresses, while Etro was more true to the chilledout looks of San Francisco’s hippy heyday with poncho dresses and laser cut vests. Prada gave us an updated clog with brocadecovered heels. While modesty was the rule in Milan, Costume National bared some skin with a macrame mini-dress and a halter top with harem pants.

Some critics fretted that the 1970s is an old fashion saw trotted out in moments of creative ennui.

But the infectious freedom infused alone by tassels is undeniable, especially once a Doors soundtrack starts playing in your head.

Denim also become a hit during Milan Fashion Show and become

the number three trend you have to check out. The Milan Denim Revival of 2015 is nothing if not a relief from that stomach-sucking era. Italy’s designers have volleyed back with relaxed denim looks, turning their nose up at spandex and jeggings that have made tight jeans any (wo)man’s game.

Denim trousers are easy-towear, wide-legged and cropped — a look that renews emphasis on the shoe. Jeans are also dressed up, with lace panels, floral appliques, brocade beneath distressed tears and of course, rhinestones.

At Emporio Armani, they fit Giorgio Armani’s passion for blue and included wide-legged denim with a shiny, cropped cuff, dressed up with short tailored jackets. Karl Lagerfeld says women are increasingly asking for denim and he obliged with jodhpur-styled jeans for Fendi.

Gucci came out with marinerfront styles cropped at the calf.

Ermanno Scervino dressed up faded denim wrap skirts — the skirt silhouette of choice for next summer — hooded overcoats and shorts with contrasting denim appliques.

Active wear seems to be all time favourite. Some was danceinspired, others took light-hearted cues from Magna figures, deco-

rated with sequined icons of ice cream and lips, and yet others derived from minimalist tendencies.

Dancer’s wraps have long come out of the studio, and here they are again on the street. Leggings and shape-hugging T’s gain new respectability under long trench coats. And big-fitting sweatshirts worn with wide-legged shorts form a distance can seem a wellcoordinated dress.

The last trend from Milan is platform and tennis shoes. Teninch heels will be rotating to the back of the closet next summer.

To the fore: more forgiving wedge and platform sandals, and a fair bit of flats, including sneakers.

Much of the footwear may tip an evolutionary nod to Birkenstocks, but designers raised the game, by incorporating geometric elements into the platforms, and, of course, luxury materials.

Sneakers also got a dressing up, with versions that go all the way up the knee with multi-colored straps for a gladiator-esque effect and sprinkled with Swarowski crystals for eveningwear.

There was a tendency to mix informal with the formal: casual shoes with dressy looks, and vice versa. And what’s good for the shoes, is good for the bags, say Milan designers.

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Residents of Banyuning celebrates Nyepi Desa Bali Post

SINGARAJA - The tradition of Nyepi Desa (village day of silence) is celebrated for generations by residents of Banyuning customary village, Buleleng, in the effort to welcome the natural fertility, as conducted on Wednesday (Sep 24). The Nyepi Desa ritual lasted for one day. Residents solemnly implemented the four abstinences during the day of silence.

Such tradition is estimated to have lasted since the thirteenth century AD or in the 1200s. No one knows and can make sure when the tradition of Nyepi Desa started, but this tradition is not much different from Nyepi in welcoming the Caka New Year in general. All residents are not allowed to do activities for the whole day and encouraged not to pass by on the road or work in order to honor the tradition of Nyepi Desa. A number of shops, cafés, schools and village along the Jalan Gempol Banyuning also looked closed and no activities made as on regular days. “This tradition has been handed down from our parents and is alleged to have been celebrated since the thirteenth century or the year 1200s AD. We celebrate it solemnly and the society enthusiastically implements the Nyepi Desa,” said Ketut Setiawan, chief of Banyuning customary village, Tuesday (Sep 23).

Residents of Banyuning customary village also carried out the asceticism of the Nyepi Desa, showed by amati karya (no activities), amati geni (lighting no fire), amati lelanguan (no entertainment) and amati lelungan (no traveling). In addition, the residents of Banyuning village also had a unique tradition, where they scrambled for fire and holy water further used to expel evil spirits residing in their residence.

“The essence of Nyepi Desa and Nyepi in welcoming the Caka New Year is not much different. However, the Nyepi Desa is undertaken with the interpretation of welcoming the natural fertility. Meanwhile, the fire and holy water have the function to ward off evil spirits and purify the courtyard. It is meant to neutralize negative aura and changed it into positive aura when residents start welcoming the natural fertility,” he said. (kmb34)

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The tradition of Nyepi Desa (village day of silence) is celebrated for generations by residents of Banyuning customary village, Buleleng, in the effort to welcome the natural fertility, as conducted on Wednesday (Sep 24).

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30 minors infected by HIV/AIDS Bali Post

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GIANYAR - Gianyar as the oasis of various arts is ranked fourth with hundreds of people living with HIV/ AIDS. Ironically, of that amount, a total of 30 minors have been infected by this deadly virus, including eight infants of less than one year old. Meanwhile, the Gianyar HIV/AIDS Mitigation Commission (KPAK) continues to cut this figure.

The data of the Bali Health Agency handed over to KPAK Gianyar indicated that the cumulative findings of HIV/AIDS from 1987 to June 2014 amounted to 707 HIV/AIDS sufferers in Gianyar. However, based on the finding of case by July 2013, a total 30 minors had been infected by HIV/AIDS. In detail, three children were of 5-14 years old, while the highest number was of 1-4 years old reaching 19 children. Ironically, they included eight infants of less than one year of age.

Additionally, the most vulnerable age to suffer HIV/ AIDS in Gianyar belonged to productive age ranging from 20 to 49 years. For the age range of 20 to 29 years, a total of 115 people were noted to suffer HIV/AIDS. Meanwhile, the highest lay in the age range of 30 to 39 years reaching 153 people. Furthermore, in the age range of 40 to 49 years were noted 70 people suffering from this deadly virus.

The KPAK Gianyar also noted 20 case findings of HIV/AIDS transmission through childbirth from the mother to her baby. Moreover, there were also seven case findings of HIV/AIDS transmission through homosexual relations, while 29 other cases through syringe of drug abuse. In the meantime, the highest spread remained through heterosexual relations with

the findings of 276 cases. “What I want to instill is the hazards of free sex in the spread of HIV/AIDS, especially among teenagers, even the minors having been familiar with free sex,” said Secretary of the KPAK Gianyar, AA Suardana, with the permission from the Head of KPAK Gianyar doubling as the Deputy Regent of Gianyar Made Mahayastra.

Suardana explained that most case findings were due to illnesses which were then adjusted to the result of laboratory test. Nevertheless, he acknowledged that out there many people were suffering HIV/AIDS but had not been identified as they were still afraid of taking test for fear of being excluded from society. “We always seek to provide insight and education for the public that the amount of HIV/AIDS sufferers can be reduced by mutual consent. Yet for those who have been infected should not be isolated because the disease transmission is unlike flu or other diseases easily spread,” he explained.

For information, from 1987 to June 2014, there were 9,365 HIV/AIDS sufferers in Bali. In details from the highest rank, the finding in Denpasar amounted to 3,811 cases, Buleleng (1,702 cases) and Badung (1,378 cases). Meanwhile, the fourth place is occupied by Gianyar with 707 cases, in which 270 cases consist of people living with AIDS and 437 cases of people living with HIV. Finding of this case also continues to show an increase each year, where in 2011 was recorded to reach 405 cases of HIV/AIDS, increased to 446 cases in 2012 and increased again in 2013 to 582 cases. However, until June 2014 the finding increased significantly to 707cases, even this figure was estimated to continuously grow until the end of the year. (kmb35)

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Fire in garden area turns rampant One of the garden in Melaya which was on fire

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NEGARA - After in Melaya and Mendoyo Dauh Tukad, another fire occurred on Wednesday afternoon (Sep 24) in the garden owned by a resident. Abundant weeds and dried leaves caused the garden to be vulnerable to fire. At approximately 3:00 p.m., the area of bamboo garden doubling as waste disposal near Dalem Temple of Dangin Tukadaya, Jembrana, was engulfed in flames.

Allegedly the fire was triggered by cigarette butt carelessly disposed.

Piles of rubbish and dry leaves around the garden quickly burned. Wayan Nadia, 65, the garden owner, admitted to just knew the incident if his garden was on fire after being told by residents.

At that time, the fire had enlarged and was difficult to be extinguished by residents so they were forced to call the fire brigade. Wayan Nadia once took a

hose with water sourcing from the tap inside the Dalem Temple to put out the fire. However, since the fire had run over to the bamboo trees, he was then overwhelmed.

The fire spread widely because the wind was quite strong then. Nadia also posing a temple priest claimed to have been concerned during this dry season because a lot of rubbish was dumped on the land. Similarly, he worried if the fire would spread to the Dalem

Temple located about 10 meters away.

Moreover, some shrines were roofed with palm fiber. Finally the fire could be extinguished after three fire trucks were deployed to location.

Previously, the Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha, also appealed to people in order to be more careful and vigilant with fire disaster. During dry season, many plants were dry and combustible including in the garden of residents.

Since August, the fire incidents in Jembrana were quite high. Averagely two fire incidents occurred in a week, including the fire in the house and gardens. The greatest losses occurred in the Pekutatan Market where at the end of August most of the market blocks burned out due to electrical short circuit. (kmb26)

Murderer of British traveler charges 18 years

GIANYAR - A man from Rengasdengklok, West Java, named Hambali alias Rudi, 32, could only hang his head after the reading of the charges in the Gianyar District Court, Wednesday (Sep 24). Public prosecutor demanded the murder of a British citizen, Anne Mare Kathryn Drodz, 40, for the sentence of 18 years in prison.

In the trial with the agenda of

reading the indictment led by presiding judge, M Buchary Kurniata, Vivia Sitanggang and Dori Melfin, the public prosecutor I Made Dama stated that the defendant was legally proved to have committed the crime under the Article 339 of the Criminal Code in the primary indictment. The defendant also known as Samsul intentionally deprived the other’s life followed with other criminal acts.

For the demand, the judge was expected to impose imprisonment to

the defendant for 18 years in prison, with the deduction of detention period experienced by the defendant.

The action of the defendant had caused material losses on the victim and witness Astuti Widiati.

At the same time, the action of the defendant also caused discomfort to travelers visiting Bali. “Meanwhile, the element alleviating the defendant was that he admitted his actions during the trial,” said public prosecutor telling the judges.

On hearing the indictment, the defendant having petite body could only droop. Even, when the judges asked whether the defendant understood about the demand of the public prosecutor filing the sentence for 18 years, the defendant could only nod. At the end, the judges decided to hold further trial scheduling the defense of the defendant on September 30. “Actually, the court has appointed a legal counsel for you, but it does not come,” said

the judge.

For information, the victim Anne Mare Kathryn Drodz was murdered by the defendant on May 22 at a villa around Ubud. After that, the defendant from Rengasdengklok, West Java, was arrested by combined Unit II of the Sub-directorate Crime and Violence of Metro Jaya Police and Gianyar Police in the area of Pluit Permai, Penjaringan, North Jakarta, Friday night (May 23). (kmb35)

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United Kingdom’s Prime Minister David Cameron addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at U.N. headquarters.

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UNITED NATIONS — The British prime minister said late Wednesday he will ask Parliament to approve joining international airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq. David Cameron announced the move in his address to the U.N. General Assembly.

Cameron did not mention the prospect of also joining the U.S.-led international airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria that began this week.

The threat of the terror group’s grip on large parts of both Iraq and Syria has dominated this week’s annual gathering of world leaders.

Cameron also warned against believing that it’s necessary to “do a deal” with Syrian President Bashar Assad to defeat the Islamic State group, calling that thinking “dangerously misguided.” He said the brutality of Assad’s govern-

ment has been a powerful recruiting tool for extremists during the conflict there, which is now in its fourth year.

Assad’s government has not asked for international intervention in fighting the Islamic State group, but Iraq has.

The prime minister defended his decision to pursue the UK’s involvement in airstrikes in Iraq, saying that the Islamic State group’s threat is global and that “when the safety and security of our people is at stake, we must be uncompromising in our response.”

There are lessons to be learned from the past, including the invasion of Iraq a decade ago, he acknowledged, but “isolation and withdrawing from a problem like ISIL will only make things worse,” he said, using one of a number of acronyms for the Islamic State group.

Cameron also said Iran could help in defeating the terror group’s threat. He met with Iran’s president Wednesday, the first such meeting since the Iranian revolution in 1979.

“They could help secure a more stable, inclusive Iraq; and a more stable, inclusive Syria,” Cameron said of Iran, though he acknowledged that disagreements remain on other issues. “And if they are prepared to do this, then we should welcome their engagement.”

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Rouhani returns to UN as nuclear talks stall

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SINGARAJA - Buleleng County does not only lack for teachers, but also experiences a crisis of doctor. This condition has occurred since the past few years, and until now this problem has not be resolved.

A number of Public Health Centers (PHC), especially that have provided inpatient care, remain to face the crisis of doctor. To overcome this problem, the local government in the near future will recruit some doctors.

Deputy Regent of Buleleng, Nyoman Sutjidra, when asked for his confirmation on Tuesday (Sep 23) admitted that the public health center with inpatient services in the region lacked for some doctors. Sutjidra said that from the results of monitoring and evaluation with the Health Agency not long ago, he found the inpatient public health center in Northern Bali lacked for some doctors. He cited the Busungbiu PHC I, Gerokgak PHC I and Tejakula PHC I. Those health centers had the capacity of 20 treatment beds.

Such amount of beds was only served by four doctors. Two doctors were assigned for the morning shift, while two others for night shift. Four doctors were considered inadequate to provide services for patients. Ideally, the capacity of 20 beds should be served by at least six doctors, so that their official schedule could be divided into three shifts.

“From the results of our monitoring, the inpatient public health centers in the region are still lacking for doctors. The solution to resolve the doctor crisis is that we must recruit some doctors,” he said.

To meet the doctor need for inpatient public health centers, added Sutjidra, the government would recruit 12 doctors with contracted status (PTT). Four of the additional doctors would be deployed at the inpatient public health centers, while four others at Buleleng Hospital. Other than adding contracted doctors, local government would also recruit specialists. The specialists would include the urologist and radiologist. Though having announced that his party would recruit medical specialists through contract system, only some few specialists who wanted to apply to Buleleng. This happened because of restrictedness of specialist doctors in Indonesia. “With the addition of the contracted doctors, we can optimize the inpatient services at public health centers. Besides, we are also currently recruiting specialists, but only some few are willing to apply whereas we have prepared a promising contract,” he added.

Until this year, some public health centers in Buleleng County would provide inpatient services. The inpatient health centers were quite far from the town of Singaraja, where the average distance reached two hour’s drive.

They consisted of the Tejakula PHC I, Gerokgak PHC I, Busungbiu PHC and Banjar PHC I. The inpatient services posed the commitment of the local government to bring health services closer to the people, especially those living away from the reach of hospital services in urban areas. (kmb38)

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UNITED NATIONS — Stalled nuclear talks and the delicate diplomacy surrounding the fight against Islamic extremists have lowered expectations for a rapid warming of relations between Iran and the United States as the Iranian leader returns to speak at the United Nations on Thursday. President Hassan Rouhani’s election last year signaled a thaw in more than three decades of U.S-Iranian hostilities, leading to a landmark phone conversation with President Barack Obama during last year’s U.N. General Assembly, which was Rouhani’s first as president.

It was the first direct exchange between the two countries’ leaders in 35 years and prompted speculation of a rapprochement between the nations and, maybe, even a meeting between the two men. It also resulted in an interim nuclear deal last year, which in turn led to ongoing talks on a long-term pact. But while lowerlevel officials from both countries are now in regular contact, those follow-up nuclear talks have seen little progress of late.

Rouhani’s address to world leaders will be watched closely by the U.S. administration, although he is not expected to go substantially beyond what he has said before. He likely will focus on the global threat posed

by Islamic State group militants, and on Tehran’s push to have crippling economic sanctions lifted while keeping its nuclear program intact.

Tehran is resisting U.S. calls that it gut a nuclear program that

enriches uranium, a process that can make both reactor fuel and the fissile core of a nuclear warhead.

With a Nov. 24 deadline approaching, failure to seal a deal could see a return to confrontation, including U.S. and Israeli threats of military means as a last resort to slow Iran’s nuclear program.

“My message to Iran’s leaders and people is simple: Do not let this opportunity pass,” Obama said Wednesday in his own address to world leaders. The disagreement has complicated efforts to cooperate in fighting the Islamic State group menace.

Iraq sees Shiite powerhouse Iran as a go-between which could bring its influence to bear in the region against the group’s Sunni extremists. While the U.S. has ruled out cooperating militarily or sharing intelligence with Iran, Secretary of State John Kerry said this week that he was “open to have a conversation at some point in time if there’s a way to find something constructive.”

In his address to world leaders late Wednesday, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Iran could help in defeating the terror group’s threat. Cameron spoke hours after meeting in person with Rouhani, the first meeting between the British and Iranian leaders since the Iranian revolution in 1979.

In comments on the eve of his own General Assembly speech, Rouhani suggested his country was ready to join Washington and others in opposing the Islamic State group. But he said the U.S. needed to move beyond “insignificant” fears that his country seeks nuclear arms.

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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani answer questions following his keynote address at New America, a public policy institute and think tank, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 in New York.

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DENPASAR - The state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina, through its subsidiary PT Pertagas Niaga, will complete the construction of its Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Tanjung Benoa, Bali, in 2016, stated a minister.

BlackBerry CEO John Chen shows off the company’s new Passport device at a launch event in Toronto on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014.

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Southeast Asia’s growth this year is now projected at 4.6 percent, down from an earlier forecast of 5.0 percent and actual growth of 5.0 percent in 2013, the development lender said Thursday. Gross domestic product growth is expected to slow in Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, but pick up in Malaysia where exports have rebounded.

Next year, better performance of major industrial economies and Thailand’s recovery from its slump are forecast to spur Southeast Asian growth to 5.3 percent.

ADB’s earlier forecast was 5.4 percent.

The bank said 45 developing countries in Asia still comprise the world’s fastest growing region and its stable growth masks shifting fortunes across subregions.

Growth forecasts for developing Asia as a whole were maintained at 6.2 percent this year and 6.4 percent next year, with upward adjustments in South Asia’s growth counterbalanced by

likely slowdowns in Central Asia and Southeast Asia. The region grew 6.1 percent in 2013.

China is still expected to grow 7.5 percent this year and 7.4 percent in 2015, as the bank projected in April.

“Slowing external demand has hurt some economies in the region but as a whole Asia and the Pacific is on track for firm growth in 2014 and 2015,” said Shang-Jin Wei, ADB’s chief economist.

The report said the world’s major industrial economies which recorded virtually no growth in the first half of the year now forecast to expand 1.5 percent collectively this year, slightly down from the ABD’s April forecast, before growth picks up to 2.1 percent in 2015.

India shows new promise of a turnaround with reforms expected to boost growth. The bank said it was maintaining its forecast of 5.5 percent growth for India this year, but is raising the forecast to 6.3 percent for next year from 6.0 percent.

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TORONTO — Hoping for a comeback, embattled Canadian company BlackBerry has launched a new smartphone. Chief executive John Chen on Wednesday unveiled a large-screen, square sized phone called the Passport to a Toronto audience. London and Dubai also hosted launch events. No event was held in the U. S. where analysts say there is little demand or carrier interest.

BlackBerry has increasingly lost relevance as a smartphone company in the years since the 2007 launch of Apple’s touchscreen iPhone and the 2008 introduction of Google-powered Android phones. Chen, who took over as CEO last fall after failed attempt to sell the once-iconic company, said the new phone was in the works before he joined BlackBerry and joked that he can only take credit for not killing it.

He said he’s determined to win back market share in Canada and had hockey-great Wayne Gretzky give a brief speech in support of BlackBerry.

“The reason why we’re here is to really try to get the Canadian people to rally behind us,” Chen said. “I need that help, badly.”

The Passport is the size of a passport and has a square screen that measures 4.5 inches. It has a touch screen and a physical keyboard, something traditional BlackBerry business users prefer.

Chen said the Passport will be available in the U.S. via A&T on an exclusive basis by the end of the year. It is also available for $599 for a limited time through Amazon. He said he expects to release a more popular phone called the “Classic” later this year.

The BlackBerry smartphone, pioneered in 1999, changed the culture by allowing on-the-go business

people to access wireless email. Then came a new generation of competing smartphones, and suddenly the BlackBerry looked ancient. Apple first showed that phones can handle much more than email and phone calls with its iPhone. BlackBerry has been hammered by the competition.

Since being named chief executive 10 months ago, Chen has been putting more emphasis on BlackBerry’s mobile device management business, a collection of software that allows IT departments to manage different devices connected to their corporate networks. He has also emphasized BlackBerry’s popular BlackBerry Messenger application that is now also available on Apple and Android devices. And he’s tried to highlight Blackberry’s embedded QNX software systems, which are used in-vehicle infotainment systems and industrial machines.

Dollar jumps in Asia on upbeat US housing data

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TOKYO - The dollar climbed in Asia on Thursday thanks to strong US housing data while the euro took a hit following another slip in a closely watched survey of German business confidence. In afternoon Tokyo trade the greenback bought 109.17 yen, up from 109.04 yen in New York and well up from the 108.52 yen in Asia earlier Wednesday.

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Tanjung Benoa LNG Terminal to operate in 2016

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MANILA — The Asian Development Bank trimmed its economic growth forecast for Southeast Asia this year and next due to slower domestic demand in some of its bigger economies. Its forecasts for China, the world’s second largest economy, were unchanged.

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in New York where it fell below $1.28 for the first time since July last year. However, it picked up to 139.50 yen against 139.37 yen.

The US Commerce Department on Wednesday said sales of new single-family houses surged 18 percent in August to an annual rate of 504,000, their fastest pace in more than six years.

While that boosted the dollar against the yen, it was given further support against the euro after the Ifo survey of business confidence in eurozone giant Germany hit a 17-

month low in September. The figures come a day after a key survey showed business activity in the 18-nation eurozone slowed further in September, adding fuel to fears about the eurozone’s stuttering recovery “The juxtaposition of another significant downside eurozone data surprise and a major upside surprise for US new home sales has -- unsurprisingly -- pushed the euro below 1.28 against the US dollar,” National Australia Bank said in a note.

“What the weak Ifo business climate reading has done is reinforce expectations for more aggressive action from the ECB (European Central Bank), something which both the eurozone bond and stock markets liked,” it added.

The ECB’s decision-making governing council voted this month to cut the bank’s key interest rates to an all-time lows to head off deflation in the bloc. It also promised to launch an asset-purchase programme in a bid to inject cash into the economy.

“The construction of the terminal has been started, and it is scheduled for completion in two years. The terminal will cater to the LNG needs of Bali’s power plants,” Minister of State-owned Enterprises Dahlan Iskan noted on Thursday.

He elaborated that the construction of the LNG receiving terminal will provide a source of energy for electricity generator PT Indonesia Power Plant, which is a subsidiary

of state-owned power company PT PLN. Dahlan explained that the terminal will be developed in stages in cooperation with PT Pelindo III. “The terminal is being built on a plot of land belonging to stateowned port operator PT Pelindo III. A floating offshore LNG terminal will be hired before the construction of the land terminal is completed,” the minister stated.

The gas requirement of the Tanjung Benoa areas is estimated at 50 million metric British thermal units (MMBTU). The gas for the terminal will be supplied from Bontang (Kalimantan).

“But, it could also be supplied from the Sengkang (South Sulawesi) gas field,” the minister claimed. The terminal project is fully financed by Pertamina.

“I do not recollect the amount of investment that the project will need. There is no problem with the financing as it will be borne by Pertamina. The important thing is how to overcome the gas supply problems,” Dahlan remarked.

The former PLN president director

noted that the project constitutes a synergy among state-owned companies such as Pertamina, PLN, and Pelindo.

It aims to reduce the use of oil fuels. “It is a waste if we still use fuels. So, we will do our best on how we can switch to using gas. For the time being, we will first hire a terminal for a period of one year,” Dahlan reported.

In the meantime, PT Pertamina has expressed its readiness to build 150 gas stations worth Rp1.5 trillion, or about US$125.5 million, in Java by 2015.

Director of Marketing and Trading Hanung Budya stated here on Wednesday that the company supported the national project to use gas in place of oil.

“We are ready to implement the project to switch from using oil to gas fuel. There is no other company that can build 150 gas stations within a year except Pertamina,” he asserted.

According to him, the budget for the construction will partly come from dividends and the rest will come from the company.

Hanung pointed out that since the gas stations will be built at the existing oil stations, thus no additional land will be required for the project. The only investment needed will be for purchasing the equipment worth Rp10 billion, or about US$83.6 thousand per unit, or Rp1.5 trillion for 150 units.

Dalem Balingkang Temple

Showing Chinese influence in Bali IBP

BANGLI - Bangli has a unique temple showing a strong Chinese influence known as Dalem Balingkang Temple. Structure of the temple is unique because it was formerly said to serve as a palace to avoid the attack from other kings.

Formerly, the Dalem Balingkang Temple belonged to the temple complex of Tanggun Titi—standing for the end of bridge and had a spring. In this temple complex lie some shrines dedicated to Ratu Ngurah Sakti Tanggun Titi, Ratu Mas Melanting, Ratu Sakti Gede Penyarikan and Sang Hyang Haji Saraswati. The second complex after passing a square occurs a cangapit building, namely an entrance equipped with a monarchic sitting when the king watched the Jro Gede mepada surrounding the temple.

The middle courtyard only has a few buildings, only consisting of a meeting hall, the abode of all deities and a shrine of Ratu Ayu Subandar.

The shrine is used to worship Kang Ci Wi and is highly believed by Chinese descendant community to bring in blessings. In the main complex or innermost courtyard lies the worship place of Petak Grand Palace comprising the eleven and nine-tiered meru shrines. Similarly, there is also ancestral worship of Dalem Balingkang in the form of brick chamber and seven-tiered meru shrine to remind of the Seven Deities. Besides, there are long pavilion with 24 columns and 20 columns as well as mundar-mundar pavilion with 16 columns.

History of the temple is much revealed in the Sukawana Inscription (Goris, 1954). It said that Sukawana village was hit by storms and the palace of Jaya Pangus was badly damaged, so that Jong Les moved to Balingkang. Balingkang itself is derived from two words Bali + ingkang. Orally and based on writ-

ten evidence, it is associated with the wedding of King Jaya Pangus Harkajalancana who ruled during the period of Caka Year 1103-1191 or 1181-1269 AD. King Jaya Pangus had two queens, Paduka Bhatari Sri Parameswari Indujaketana and Paduka Sri Mahadewi Cacangkaja Cihna. In the existing folklore, his

Chinese wife was named Kang Ci Wi, namely a daughter of trader from China.

Then, the words Bali-Ing-Kang were combined into Balingkang.

In the chronicle of Ulun Danu Batur Temple (Batur Temple) of Kintamani is mentioned about Ida Ratu Gede Ngurah Subandar

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or Kongco Cong Po Kong, where Empu Liem became the prominent assistant to teach war strategy and governed with principles of Asta Brata. One of the war strategy relics is immortalized in the dance of Baris Dadap, Baris Tumbak, Baris Perisi or Baris Tamiang, Baris Bajra to Baris Cina. Baris or warrior dance represents knighthood. Strong Chinese influence is evidenced at a number of villages in Kintamani having geographical names derived from Mandarin words.

For example, the name of Pingan village is actually derived from the word Ping An meaning safety. Songan village comes from the Song An, Siakin village from the Sia In and Paketan village from Paket An. Early Chinese settlers also got farmland at Payangan and they gave litchi seedlings to the King of Bali. The tradition of gallivanting show (ngelawang) is also similar to the tradition of Chinese Lion Dance coming from one house to another.

Many kinds of ornamental styles used to embellish the house and furniture in Bali are also adopted from Chinese arts.

Such diverse influences have been widely recognized as native culture to Bali. Even, Balinese traders believe that Kongco Cong Po Kong or Ida Ratu Gede Ngurah Subandar in Kintamani is a protector that gives blessing to their trade.

Likewise, the couple of deities called Rambut Sedana symbolized with the effigies made of perforated coins are believed to give a blessing to family.

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Participants into a course to learn how to transport and handle contagious patients use an ‘Aircraft Transit Isolator’ (ATI) to carry a colleague during a simulation at the military airport of Pratica di Mare, 30 kilometers south of Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014.

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Italy stages Ebola evacuation drill Associated Press

PRATICA DI MARE AIR BASE, Italy — The patient, a slight woman in her 30s, lay motionless on the stretcher as a half-dozen men in biohazard suits transferred her from a C-27J cargo plane into an ambulance and then into a mobile hospital isolation ward, never once breaking the plastic seal encasing her.

The exercise put on Wednesday was just a simulation of the procedures that would be used to evacuate an Ebola patient to Italy. But for Italian military, Red Cross and health care workers, it offered essential experience, especially for those on the front lines of the country’s searescue operation involving thousands of African migrants who arrive here every day in smugglers’ boats.

Italian authorities and medical experts insist that the risk of Ebola spreading from Africa to Europe is small, given that the virus only spreads by direct contact with infected blood or other bodily fluids.

They say Italy’s first case of Ebola will probably be an Italian doctor or missionary who contracts the disease while caring for patients in Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea — the three hardest-hit countries — and is airlifted home for treatment.

Yet concern runs high: EU health ministers who met this week in Milan spent an entire session discussing Ebola and the EU. They concluded that, while the risk of the disease coming to Europe is low, the EU must improve coordination and prevention measures to better diagnose, transport and treat suspected cases.

“There is an emergency,” said Dr. Natale Ceccarelli, who heads the infirmary at the Pratica di Mare air force base south of Rome, where the training course was staged. “If one person is infected, he infects everyone.”

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to an Italian navy transport ship taking part in the Mare Nostrum rescue operation after a would-be refugee who was picked up at sea was flagged during a routine health screening.

The patient was airlifted in one of the same self-contained mobile isolation units used for the defense ministry’s simulation drill. He went first to Sicily and then to Rome aboard a C-130 transport plane and was taken immediately to the capital’s Spallanzani hospital, which specializes in infectious diseases. It turned out he had monkeypox, a virus similar to smallpox, not Ebola.

Ebola is believed to have infected more than 5,800 people in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria and Senegal. Compared with swine flu, the number of infections is relatively small. But the World Health Organization has declared the outbreak an international public health emergency, and U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered up to 3,000 troops to be deployed to West Africa to build field hospitals and train medical staff.

Britain and France — which both have colonial ties to the region — have pledged to build treatment centers in Sierra Leone and Guinea.

Italy has pledged to build a 90-bed treatment center in Sierra Leone, send experts from Spallanzani and give 1.5 million euros for the WHO to buy equipment and medicine.

Italy also has isolation units developed by a British engineer that are big enough for doctors to stabi-

lize a patient on long-haul flights.

Physicians can attach intravenous drips through the plastic sheeting without breaking the protective seal or even intubate a patient. Other European countries use smaller, simpler units that are suitable only for short flights, Ceccarelli said.

“It’s very nice to have that option,” said Dr. Benjamin Neuman, a virologist at the University of Reading in Britain. “Right now, there’s a limited range” for transport, preventing patients with late-stage Ebola from being evacuated if the distances are too long or if they are already vomiting blood or suffering from diarrhea.

Italy has had the units on hand since 2005 and has used them 11 times to extract Italians suffering from dengue in Congo and hemorrhagic fever in Nepal, said Lt. Col. Marco Lastillo, an air force medic.

The defense ministry stages the training courses twice a year, but added this extra session at the request of the health ministry because of the Ebola threat.

“This capacity that we have created for ourselves should be put to everyone’s disposition,” Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti told reporters at the base after watching the students perform the biohazard evacuation drill. She insisted that Italy’s migrant crisis posed no particular Ebola threat, saying the medical screenings done in the Mare Nostrum operation would prevent any infected people from reaching the general population.

PYONGYANG — An American man recently sentenced by North Korea to six years of hard labor says he is digging in fields eight hours a day and being kept in isolation, but that so far his health isn’t deteriorating. Under close guard and with only enough time to respond to one question, 24-year-old Matthew Miller spoke briefly to an Associated Press Television News journalist at a Pyongyang hotel, where he had been brought to make a phone call to his family. It was his first appearance since he was convicted Sept.

14 of entering the country illegally to commit espionage.

“Prison life is eight hours of work per day. Mostly it’s been agriculture, like in the dirt, digging around,” Miller said when asked what conditions were like in prison. “Other than that, it’s isolation, no contact with anyone. But I have been in good health, and no sickness or no hurts,” he said, showing little emotion.

Wearing a prison-style gray uniform and cap, Miller was filmed sitting down at a phone booth at the hotel and pressing the buttons on a phone while a North Korean guard stood behind him. Officials said Miller spoke to his father, but the APTN journalist was not allowed to hear the conversation. Miller does not have routine access to phone

calls home.

The Bakersfield, California, native showed several letters he had written pleading for help from influential Americans, including first lady Michelle Obama, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Miller then enclosed them in a letter he mailed to his family from the hotel.At Miller’s 90minute trial, North Korea’s Supreme Court said he tore up his tourist visa at Pyongyang’s airport upon arrival on April 10 and admitted to having the “wild ambition” of experiencing prison life so that he could secretly investigate North Korea’s human rights situation.

Miller is one of three Americans detained in North Korea. Jeffrey Fowle, who was arrested in May for leaving a Bible at a sailor’s club, is expected to be tried in court soon.

Kenneth Bae was sentenced in 2013 to 15 years of hard labor.

Last week, Robert King, the U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, said Pyongyang has not accepted American offers to send a high-level envoy to seek release of the three men. King said that freeing the detainees could provide a diplomatic opening in ties between the two countries, but that Washington would not give into attempts to “extort” political gain from the detentions.

China media release details in Uighur scholar case

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BEIJING — Government prosecutors marshalled 210 pieces of evidence against prominent Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti before a court sentenced him to life in prison on charges of promoting separatism in his writings and lecture, Chinese state media reported.

The official Xinhua News Agency released a raft of details from the prosecutors’ case against Ilham Tohti, who was known as a mainstream mediator between the Uighur minority group and the ruling Han Chinese. The harsh sentence handed down Tuesday prompted international condemnation, including a call for his release from U.S. President Barack Obama.

A Xinhua report late Wednesday said that the evidence against Ilham Tohti included video of one of his lectures where he said, “Does Xinjiang belong to the Hans? No, it first belonged to the Uighurs and it first belonged to the people of Central Asia.” The report also quoted the

scholar as telling his students “I am not Chinese because I am a Uighur.

My pride is that of greater Turkestan.” Xinhua reported that prosecutors also said the scholar publicized a fake opinion poll showing 12 percent of Uighurs supported separating from China and that his students had testified that he had forced separatist teachings on them.

Defense lawyer Li Fangping responded that his client had only referenced someone else’s poll and hadn’t uttered the words attributed to him about not being Chinese. “That’s not accurate,” Li said. “The meaning is totally different. He’s mainly talking about the roots of Han Chinese and of the Uighur people.”

Ilham Tohti denied encouraging separatism during the two-day trial last week held in Urumqi, the capital of the far western region of Xinjiang.

LI said Ilham Tohti had argued he was only trying to stimulate discussion about ethnic relations in China on his website, Uighur Online, and in his classes at Minzu University in Beijing.

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INDONESIA Parliament to vote on controversial election plan Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s parliament was Thursday set to decide whether to scrap the direct election of local leaders, a move that critics warn would roll back a key democratic reform of the post-Suharto era.

Lawmakers were expected to vote on a proposal that would end the current system of mayors, provincial governors and district heads being chosen by the public, and hand power to local parliaments to pick them.

Supporters argue that the hundreds of polls held across the world’s biggest archipelago nation every few years are enormously costly and in reality only allow the wealthy to win election.

However critics say the move is an attempt by the elite to reverse the decentralisation of power from Jakarta introduced after the downfall of dictator Suharto in 1998, and argue it will increase corruption as would-be leaders may have to strike deals with local MPs. “Now our leaders listen to the public’s voice and aspirations,”

said Titi Anggraini, director of Perludem, an independent elections watchdog that opposes the move.

The proposed new law “would set back our democracy”, she added.

Critics also view it as an attempt at revenge by the opponents of Joko Widodo, who was elected as president in July and will be inaugurated next month -- he is an outsider who started his political career by being directly elected as a local mayor.

The draft bill to abolish the direct elections is being pushed by parties that backed his opponent for the presidency, Prabowo Subianto, an ex-general with a chequered human rights record.

While it would do away with local leaders being picked by the public, it would still allow for the

election of local legislatures.

However with the 560-strong House of Representatives in Jakarta gearing up to decide on the proposal, it was still not clear which way MPs would vote.

Six parties who had backed Prabowo at the election originally supported the proposal, and only three were opposed, meaning it looked likely to pass.

However President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has voiced his opposition and ordered members of his Democratic Party, which had backed Prabowo, to vote against it.

This should have given opponents enough support -- but now divisions have appeared in the Democrats. It was not clear when the vote would be finished as parliamentary sessions in Indonesia sometimes run late into the night.

IS support in Indonesia poses threat to foreigners Agence France-Presse JAKARTA - Foreigners could again become the target of militant attacks in Indonesia as extremists there pledge loyalty to the Islamic State group, a think-tank warned Wednesday.

In a report, the Jakarta-based Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) also warned that Indonesian and Malaysian fighters who have joined IS in Syria appear to have formed a military unit there, likely strengthening militant networks in Southeast Asia.

After a series of attacks on foreigners in the last decade, Indonesian extremists have in recent years directed their violence at domestic “enemies of Islam”, mostly police.

There have been no attacks against foreigners since the 2009 twin hotel bombings in Jakarta which killed seven people.

But a series of influential radical clerics and Islamist organisations have pledged support for IS, and extremists seeking approval from leaders of its self-declared

caliphate may heed a recent call to attack Westerners, according to the report.

IS spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani in a video Monday called for Muslims to kill Westerners whose countries have joined the US-led coalition against IS -- in particular Americans and the French.

The US has carried out air strikes in both Syria and Iraq, while France has carried out strikes over Iraq.

“The overall capacity of Indonesian extremists remains low, but their commitment to (IS) could prove deadly,” said IPAC director Sidney Jones.

IS, which has beheaded two American journalists and a British aid worker, has attracted the support of almost all the would-be militants still committed to waging jihad on Indonesian soil, the report said.

It has, however, generated outrage and rejection from the mainstream Muslim community.

Based on social-media monitoring and interviews, IPAC said an IS Indonesian-Malaysian military unit has been formed, reportedly aiming to establish an archipelagic Islamic State group in Southeast Asia.

Indonesia and Malaysia, among others in the region, are struggling to prevent nationals from going to Syria and Iraq as fighters and trying to monitor their return.

The report outlines how support for IS stemmed from the involvement of a few Indonesians in a radical online discussion group run by the founder of the UK-based group Al-Muhajiroun in 2005.

IPAC called for a strengthening of the country’s prisons system.

It described jailed radical cleric Aman Abdurrahman as the thread connecting all parts of Indonesia’s pro-IS network despite being in a maximum security facility.

Abdurrahman has been able to translate and disseminate IS messages online, including Monday’s video, from prison.

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Indonesia’s parliament was Thursday set to decide whether to scrap the direct election of local leaders, a move that critics warn would roll back a key democratic reform of the postSuharto era.

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AMLAPURA - Amed Beach is located in the eastern end of this island, precisely at Amed village, Abang, Karangasem County. Main livelihood of local community is working as fisherman. Rural atmosphere is so intense and pristine and the local traditions have not been affected by foreign culture, hospitality is still strong and beautiful sunrise in the morning will accompany while enjoying breakfast. Of course, this will add to the exotic atmosphere during the holidays.

With black sandy beach, the state of water looks very clear with diverse beauties of marine life, well-preserved coral reef life and constant warmth of water. Then, snorkeling and diving here are in great demand by the domestic and foreign travelers. Now, the beauty of Amed has become an excellence for travelers, especially European travelers such as from Germany, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands and other countries who have a hobby of watching the underwater thrill and tranquility of holiday resort.

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 file photo, Soraya Aghaeihajiagha of Iran returns the shuttlecock against Khulangoo Bataar of Mongolia during their wonen’s singles badminton match at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

Qatar women withdraw over Asian Games hijab ban Associated Press

INCHEON, South Korea — The Qatari women’s basketball team withdrew from the Asian Games on Thursday to protest an international rule that bans players from wearing Muslim headscarves in competition.

The dispute over the Qatari players’ refusal to remove their hijabs — regarded by some as a rule that discriminates against Muslim women — has created a major stir at the games and raised new questions about international rules banning the head coverings.

Qatar delegation leader Khalid al-Jabir said the team had decided to withdraw and was already preparing to return home. The decision appeared to take by surprise games organizers, who have tried to portray the regional Olympic-style event as a showcase of diversity.

Qatar was due to play Nepal on Thursday afternoon but did not show up at the venue. Officials took their places, starting line-ups were distributed to the media and announced to the spectators, but none of the Qatari players arrived.

“We did not get any intimation

from the Qatar team on whether they’ll come for the match or not,” technical delegate Heros Avanesian said. “We had no option but to wait for them before awarding the match to the other team.” Al-Jabir said the team had no choice but to pull out.

“We’re not forfeiting games — we’re not being allowed to play,” al-Jabir had said before the game was supposed to start. “On the one hand, everyone wants more women to participate in these games and, on the other hand, they’re discouraging Muslim women who want to play in hijab.”

Although sports ranging from bowling to badminton allow hijabs to be worn during Asian Games competition, basketball’s world governing body does not allow them in international competition.

The issue reached an impasse

on Wednesday, when the Qatari women forced the issue by refusing to play without their hijabs against Mongolia.

Asian Games officials said they did not receive any instructions from FIBA to allow head coverings, and were simply following the rules which restrict the use of headgear, hair accessories, and jewelry when they awarded the result to Mongolia.

Such restrictions were initially designed for the safety of players, but have recently been challenged on cultural and religious grounds.

Regulations about head coverings in basketball came into focus this year when two male Sikh players from India were told to remove their turbans during the Asia Cup in July in China.

Earlier this month, FIBA said it was launching a two-year trial phase allowing some players to wear head coverings. But the Swiss-based FIBA issued a clarifying statement saying it “allows exceptions to be applied only at the national level and the Asian Games is an international event.”

Red Bull junior team boss Helmut Marko has likened the abilities of new Toro Rosso Formula 1 signing Max Verstappen to those of the late Ayrton Senna.

Verstappen will become the youngest driver in F1 history when he replaces Jean-Eric Vergne as Daniil Kvyat’s STR team-mate for the 2015 season.

He has already begun testing in a three-year-old car for his new team, and will make his free practice debut during next month’s Japanese Grand Prix, if the FIA processes his superlicence in time.

Marko has engineered Verstappen’s graduation to F1 after a single season of car racing in European Formula 3, and the Austrian reckons the Dutch teenager’s talents are comparable with those of triple champion Senna, who many consider the greatest driver in the history of

the sport.

When asked by the official F1 website to compare Verstappen, 16, to another driver, Marko said: “Most likely Ayrton Senna.

“He [Verstappen] is an exceptional talent that comes along only once in decades. “You must not look at his age.

“He has been talking with people who are experts when it comes to the development of youngsters and they all say that [in terms of] his mind he is more like 22 than 16. “And regarding his skills behind the steering wheel, he has been racing since he was four years old - professionally.

“So we expect him to be competitive from the first race.”

Marko shrugged off criticism of the deal.

“We are not playing the lottery - we know what we are doing,” he said. “And success [with other drivers] proves us right.”

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Nishikori reaches quarterfinals of Malaysian Open

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KUALA LUMPUR — Topseeded Kei Nishikori of Japan beat Rajeev Ram of the United States 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Malaysian Open on Wednesday.

Ram beat Nishikori on grass two years ago, but Nishikori has struck a rich vein of form. In his first match since reaching the final of the U.S. Open, he broke Ram four times to set up a quarterfinal clash with Marinko Matosevic of Australia, who beat Go Soeda of

Japan 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Fifth-seeded Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay rallied from a set down to pass Ivan Dodig of Croatia, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5. Cuevas will next face fourth-seeded Julien Benneteau of France, who beat wild card Filip Krajinovic of Serbia 6-4, 6-3.

Defending champion Joao Sousa of Portugal was eliminated in the first round by Benjamin Becker of Germany 7-6 (1), 6-2, and Michal Przysiezny of Poland fired 19 aces in winning his opener against Malek Jaziri of Tunisia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

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Juventus and Roma remain level atop Serie A Associated Press Writer

ROME — Arturo Vidal scored twice as Juventus comfortably beat Cesena 3-0 on Wednesday to become the first team in Serie A history to win its opening four matches without conceding a goal.

Vidal converted a controversial penalty in the 18th minute. He then found the net from beyond the area in the 64th and Stephan Lichtsteiner added Juve’s third in the 85th after a counterattack.

A versatile midfielder, Vidal had right knee surgery in May and returned to play for Chile at the World Cup. But he has still taken time out to regain his fitness. “Vidal came back after a long time out and even if he wasn’t at his best he was decisive,” Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said.

While not exactly routing opponents, with seven goals in four matches, Juventus’ defense has been superb even without injured center back Andrea Barzagli. The three-time defending Italian champion is also yet to concede in Europe, having opened its Champions League campaign with a 2-0 win over Malmo.

“I inherited a squad with great organization and the results have shown

that,” said Allegri, who replaced Antonio Conte in July. “Football matches are won with solid organization and great players — not tactics.” Roma also remained unbeaten after Miralem Pjanic scored with a free kick in the 88th for a 2-1 win at Parma. The Giallorossi conceded a goal for the first time this season and dropped behind Juventus on goal difference.

Paolo De Ceglie had equalized for Parma with a header in the 56th after Adem Ljajic gave Roma the lead in the 27th. “All it took was a bit of genius from Pjanic,” Roma coach Rudi Garcia said. Inter Milan, Sampdoria and Hellas Verona are each four points back. Inter beat Atalanta 2-0 at the San Siro with an impressive acrobatic goal

in the 45th from Pablo Osvaldo and a free kick that went in off the post from Hernanes in the 87th. Osvaldo came on in the first half for Mauro Icardi, who limped off after a defender drove a knee into his right thigh. Goals from Daniele Gastaldello and Alessio Romagnoli gave Sampdoria a 2-1 home win over Chievo Verona. Verona also remained unbeaten after rallying at home from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Genoa.

Alessandro Matri scored twice for Genoa but Verona struck back with goals from Panagiotis Tachtsidis and Artur Ionita. AC Milan, which drew 2-2 at promoted Empoli on Tuesday, is sixth, five points behind the leaders.

Napoli was held to a 3-3 draw at home

by Palermo and is already eight points back after finishing third last season.

The pressure is mounting on Napoli manager Rafa Benitez, who has guided the southern club to just two wins in seven matches in all competitions this season. Napoli failed to qualify for the Champions League after losing a playoff to Athletic Bilbao and has only produced one win in Serie A, with its other victory coming against Sparta Prague in the Europa League.

Elsewhere, Fiorentina was held 0-0 at home by Sassuolo and Torino scored its first goals of the season in a 2-1 win at Cagliari. At the Juventus stadium, Juventus rested Carlos Tevez and Paul Pogba but still dominated from start to finish. The Bianconeri took control when the referee ruled that Emmanuel Cascione voluntarily blocked a shot from Roberto Pereyra with his arm even though it appeared that the Cesena defender was trying to protect himself from getting hit in the face.

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Juventus Arturo Vidal celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Cesena at the Juventus stadium, in Turin, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014.

Cesena protested vehemently but the referee pointed to the penalty spot and Vidal scored with a poor shot that goalkeeper Nicola Leali could only get a weak hand on.

Fernando Llorente had a chance for Juve in the 34th after spinning around but shot just wide. Vidal’s second came from outside the area and Lichsteiner then chipped in over Leali.

In Parma, Roma was without eight injured players, including key midfielder Daniele De Rossi and newly signed forward Juan Iturbe. But it was captain Francesco Totti, who turns 38 this week, who set up Ljajic’s goal by leaving the Serbian forward with only the goalkeeper to beat.

Antonio Cassano threatened for Parma in the 54th and then De Sceglie rose above Roma’s defense to redirect in a corner. The match appeared headed for a draw until Pjanic showed off his free-kick expertise by curling a shot over Parma’s wall that went in off the underside of the crossbar. Roma visits Juventus on Oct. 5.

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Malaga holds Barcelona to 0-0 draw in Liga Associated Press

MADRID — Lionel Messi failed to take his chances as Barcelona was held to a 0-0 draw by a disciplined and defensive Malaga side in the Spanish league on Wednesday. Messi missed two opportunities in the first half and never looked comfortable on the ball after the break.

Barcelona leads the standings on 13 points after five matches, with Sevilla second on goal difference after it beat Real Sociedad 1-0. Atletico Madrid is third on 11 points after beating Almeria 1-0 and Valencia, with 10 points, plays on Thursday against Cordoba.

In other matches on Wednesday, Rayo Vallecano beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1, Eibar drew 1-1 with Villarreal and Levante beat Granada 1-0.

Messi blasted a direct free kick well over Idriss Kameni’s crossbar in the 15th and then chested the ball out of play in the 26th as he raced forward to try and latch onto Jordi Alba’s inviting cross.

Malaga kept Barcelona in check and then came close to scoring in the

68th minute when Nordin Amrabat hit a powerful shot wide.

“This result was due to an accumulation of factors, and Malaga also played with great merit,” Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta said. “It’s a point, and we must carry on. It’s never easy to play against a defense made up of nine or 10 men.”

The Andalusian side piled on the pressure after Barcelona right-back Douglas — who made a poor debut for the league leaders — made a clumsy tackle and goalkeeper Claudio Bravo was forced to punch out Luis Romero’s free kick in the 71st.

“We took the game in the direction we wanted to and knew we would have the occasional opportunity on the counterattack,” Malaga defender Ignacio Camacho said.

There was a tense moment in the 82nd minute when Wellington pushed Messi to the ground when the ball was not in play — earning the Malaga defender a booking. Barcelona defender Gerard Pique was shown a yellow card for protesting about the incident.

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ZURICH — In a move that exposed tensions in the FIFA ethics team investigating 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding corruption, prosecutor Michael Garcia intensified his fight against secrecy rules which are keeping his reports sealed.

Garcia issued a statement

Wednesday calling for FIFA’s executive committee to allow “appropriate publication” from the 430 pages of evidence reports submitted by his investigative team.

The ruling board chaired by FIFA President Sepp Blatter can grant the American lawyer’s wish at a two-day meeting starting Thursday.

Still, the timing of Garcia’s

request seemed a direct response to a statement issued hours earlier

by FIFA on behalf of ethics judge Joachim Eckert.

In it, Eckert publicly handed full responsibility to Garcia for opening cases against FIFA officials under investigation for their conduct in the bid contests won by Russia and Qatar.

“Given the limited role ... Eck-

ert envisions for the Adjudicatory Chamber, I believe it is now necessary for the FIFA Executive Committee to authorize the appropriate publication of the Report on the Inquiry into the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup Bidding Process,” Garcia wrote.

The back-and-forth reveals how a corruption probe which could define FIFA’s scandal-hit image

and efforts to reform has intensified this month.

On Sept. 5, Garcia sent his firstdraft reports to Eckert, which both insist have been seen only by each other and their deputies, but no one at FIFA. Last Friday, both appeared at a FIFA-hosted ethics conference and gave different views of the FIFA Code of Ethics confidentiality rules which bind their work.

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FC Barcelona’s Gerard Pique, gestures during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Malaga and Barcelona at La Rosaleda stadium in Malaga, Spain, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014.

Barcelona with its victory over Real Sociedad. Gerard Deulofeu found himself in front of an open goal to hit Sevilla’s winner in the 18th minute, following a cross by Benoit Tremoulinas.

Atletico Madrid stayed close to the pacesetters after a header by Miranda gave the capital club a 1-0 win at Almeria. Miranda rose to head in Jorge “Koke” Resurreccion’s beautifully-weighted corner kick on the hour mark. Almeria goalkeeper Ruben Martinez kept his side in the game when he correctly read Arda

Turan’s attempt to lob him in the 69th.

With coach Diego Simeone still serving out a touchline ban, it was up to his assistant German Burgos to give the Atletico squad instructions and encouragement.

Elsewhere, Bilbao slumped to defeat after taking the lead against Rayo Vallecano. Bilbao striker Aritz Aduriz tapped in Oscar De Marcos’ cross in the 21st but Leo Baptistao equalized for Rayo by taking advantage of a goalkeeping blunder by Gorka Iraizoz in the 39th. Leo Bap-

tistao then won the match when Gael Kakuta intercepted a poor clearance and picked out the Brazilian with a pass in the 89th.

Mikel Arruabarrena scored in the ninth minute for Eibar and Villarreal equalized when Gerard Moreno unleashed a shot that flew just inside the far post, giving goalkeeper Xabier Iruretagoiena no chance in the 71st. Ruben Garcia scored Levante’s first goal of the season when he hit left-footed shot past Granada’s goalkeeper Roberto Fernandez in the 46th.

Buoyant West Ham seek to extend Man United gloom Reuters

LONDON - In-form West Ham United are just about the last team Manchester United would want to face on Saturday as Louis van Gaal’s side seek an immediate response to their Premier League collapse at

Leicester City. West Ham, who have lost on their last six league visits to Old Trafford, thumped Liverpool 3-1 on Saturday the day before United twice lost two-goal leads and slumped to a 5-3 defeat at Leicester which left them 12th with one win from five matches.

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That loss left United eight points behind leaders Chelsea, who face unlikely third-placed occupants Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, while Southampton, the early season surprise packages in second place, face struggling Queens Park Rangers. The first Merseyside and north London derbies of the season also take place with Liverpool playing Everton at Anfield and Arsenal taking on Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates.

Liverpool drew 2-2 with Championship (second tier)Middlesbrough in the Capital One (League Cup) before going through 14-13 after a marathon penalty shootout while Everton were knocked out 3-0 at Swansea City. Arsenal were also eliminated when they lost 2-1 at home to Southampton while Spurs came from behind to beat Nottingham Forest 3-1.

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Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal (R) and his assistant Ryan Giggs react during their English Premier League soccer match against Leicester City at the King Power stadium in Leicester, northern England September 21, 2014.

Although league positions do not count for much at this stage of the season, form counts for a lot and West Ham showed their pedigree as goals from Winston Reid, Diafra Sakho and Morgan Amalfitano handed Liverpool a third defeat in five league games to leave them in

11th place. England international Andy Carroll, their record signing, was asked if they could add United’s scalp at a presentation about West Ham’s move to the Olympic Stadium.

“One hundred percent we can. I don’t see why not,” said the injured striker who hopes to be playing again by December. “You saw the way we played against Liverpool, the way we started, from the beginning, right from the off, and I don’t see anything changing from when we go to United.”

Even without Carroll, West Ham have scored five goals in their last two games which suggests another high-scoring match at Old Trafford.

United have netted seven goals in their last two league games but the five they conceded at Leicester has raised doubts about their ability to challenge for a top-four finish, let alone the title.

“I know United have spent 150 million pounds ($245.96 million) on new players this summer but I think they need to spend another 100 million in the next two transfer windows before they can even think about winning the title” former United defender Phil Neville said.

While United flounder, others are

prospering and few with as much style as Southampton, who have won their last five matches and enjoyed an impressive 2-1 win at Arsenal in the League Cup, their first win there for 27 years.

“Of course, we have made a great start to the season, but it’s how you finish the season that really counts.

But we believe in ourselves and our results are proving that,” coach Ronald Koeman said. Spurs will try to emulate Southampton by winning at Arsenal, something they have done only once in the last 21 years.

They started the season well with four successive wins under ex-Saints boss Mauricio Pochettino, but drew two and lost two before seeing off Forest in the League Cup. Leaders Chelsea warmed up for the Villa game with a 2-1 win over Bolton Wanderers in the League Cup and Manchester City crushed Sheffield Wednesday 7-0 ahead of their trip to Hull City.

Leicester travel to Crystal Palace, who won their first match of the season at Everton on Sunday and will be looking for their first home league win against Nigel Pearson’s promoted side following a 3-2 loss to Newcastle at Selhurst Park in the League Cup.

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Juventus and Roma remain level atop Serie A Associated Press Writer

ROME — Arturo Vidal scored twice as Juventus comfortably beat Cesena 3-0 on Wednesday to become the first team in Serie A history to win its opening four matches without conceding a goal.

Vidal converted a controversial penalty in the 18th minute. He then found the net from beyond the area in the 64th and Stephan Lichtsteiner added Juve’s third in the 85th after a counterattack.

A versatile midfielder, Vidal had right knee surgery in May and returned to play for Chile at the World Cup. But he has still taken time out to regain his fitness. “Vidal came back after a long time out and even if he wasn’t at his best he was decisive,” Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said.

While not exactly routing opponents, with seven goals in four matches, Juventus’ defense has been superb even without injured center back Andrea Barzagli. The three-time defending Italian champion is also yet to concede in Europe, having opened its Champions League campaign with a 2-0 win over Malmo.

“I inherited a squad with great organization and the results have shown

that,” said Allegri, who replaced Antonio Conte in July. “Football matches are won with solid organization and great players — not tactics.” Roma also remained unbeaten after Miralem Pjanic scored with a free kick in the 88th for a 2-1 win at Parma. The Giallorossi conceded a goal for the first time this season and dropped behind Juventus on goal difference.

Paolo De Ceglie had equalized for Parma with a header in the 56th after Adem Ljajic gave Roma the lead in the 27th. “All it took was a bit of genius from Pjanic,” Roma coach Rudi Garcia said. Inter Milan, Sampdoria and Hellas Verona are each four points back. Inter beat Atalanta 2-0 at the San Siro with an impressive acrobatic goal

in the 45th from Pablo Osvaldo and a free kick that went in off the post from Hernanes in the 87th. Osvaldo came on in the first half for Mauro Icardi, who limped off after a defender drove a knee into his right thigh. Goals from Daniele Gastaldello and Alessio Romagnoli gave Sampdoria a 2-1 home win over Chievo Verona. Verona also remained unbeaten after rallying at home from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Genoa.

Alessandro Matri scored twice for Genoa but Verona struck back with goals from Panagiotis Tachtsidis and Artur Ionita. AC Milan, which drew 2-2 at promoted Empoli on Tuesday, is sixth, five points behind the leaders.

Napoli was held to a 3-3 draw at home

by Palermo and is already eight points back after finishing third last season.

The pressure is mounting on Napoli manager Rafa Benitez, who has guided the southern club to just two wins in seven matches in all competitions this season. Napoli failed to qualify for the Champions League after losing a playoff to Athletic Bilbao and has only produced one win in Serie A, with its other victory coming against Sparta Prague in the Europa League.

Elsewhere, Fiorentina was held 0-0 at home by Sassuolo and Torino scored its first goals of the season in a 2-1 win at Cagliari. At the Juventus stadium, Juventus rested Carlos Tevez and Paul Pogba but still dominated from start to finish. The Bianconeri took control when the referee ruled that Emmanuel Cascione voluntarily blocked a shot from Roberto Pereyra with his arm even though it appeared that the Cesena defender was trying to protect himself from getting hit in the face.

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Juventus Arturo Vidal celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Cesena at the Juventus stadium, in Turin, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014.

Cesena protested vehemently but the referee pointed to the penalty spot and Vidal scored with a poor shot that goalkeeper Nicola Leali could only get a weak hand on.

Fernando Llorente had a chance for Juve in the 34th after spinning around but shot just wide. Vidal’s second came from outside the area and Lichsteiner then chipped in over Leali.

In Parma, Roma was without eight injured players, including key midfielder Daniele De Rossi and newly signed forward Juan Iturbe. But it was captain Francesco Totti, who turns 38 this week, who set up Ljajic’s goal by leaving the Serbian forward with only the goalkeeper to beat.

Antonio Cassano threatened for Parma in the 54th and then De Sceglie rose above Roma’s defense to redirect in a corner. The match appeared headed for a draw until Pjanic showed off his free-kick expertise by curling a shot over Parma’s wall that went in off the underside of the crossbar. Roma visits Juventus on Oct. 5.

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Malaga holds Barcelona to 0-0 draw in Liga Associated Press

MADRID — Lionel Messi failed to take his chances as Barcelona was held to a 0-0 draw by a disciplined and defensive Malaga side in the Spanish league on Wednesday. Messi missed two opportunities in the first half and never looked comfortable on the ball after the break.

Barcelona leads the standings on 13 points after five matches, with Sevilla second on goal difference after it beat Real Sociedad 1-0. Atletico Madrid is third on 11 points after beating Almeria 1-0 and Valencia, with 10 points, plays on Thursday against Cordoba.

In other matches on Wednesday, Rayo Vallecano beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1, Eibar drew 1-1 with Villarreal and Levante beat Granada 1-0.

Messi blasted a direct free kick well over Idriss Kameni’s crossbar in the 15th and then chested the ball out of play in the 26th as he raced forward to try and latch onto Jordi Alba’s inviting cross.

Malaga kept Barcelona in check and then came close to scoring in the

68th minute when Nordin Amrabat hit a powerful shot wide.

“This result was due to an accumulation of factors, and Malaga also played with great merit,” Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta said. “It’s a point, and we must carry on. It’s never easy to play against a defense made up of nine or 10 men.”

The Andalusian side piled on the pressure after Barcelona right-back Douglas — who made a poor debut for the league leaders — made a clumsy tackle and goalkeeper Claudio Bravo was forced to punch out Luis Romero’s free kick in the 71st.

“We took the game in the direction we wanted to and knew we would have the occasional opportunity on the counterattack,” Malaga defender Ignacio Camacho said.

There was a tense moment in the 82nd minute when Wellington pushed Messi to the ground when the ball was not in play — earning the Malaga defender a booking. Barcelona defender Gerard Pique was shown a yellow card for protesting about the incident.

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ZURICH — In a move that exposed tensions in the FIFA ethics team investigating 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding corruption, prosecutor Michael Garcia intensified his fight against secrecy rules which are keeping his reports sealed.

Garcia issued a statement

Wednesday calling for FIFA’s executive committee to allow “appropriate publication” from the 430 pages of evidence reports submitted by his investigative team.

The ruling board chaired by FIFA President Sepp Blatter can grant the American lawyer’s wish at a two-day meeting starting Thursday.

Still, the timing of Garcia’s

request seemed a direct response to a statement issued hours earlier

by FIFA on behalf of ethics judge Joachim Eckert.

In it, Eckert publicly handed full responsibility to Garcia for opening cases against FIFA officials under investigation for their conduct in the bid contests won by Russia and Qatar.

“Given the limited role ... Eck-

ert envisions for the Adjudicatory Chamber, I believe it is now necessary for the FIFA Executive Committee to authorize the appropriate publication of the Report on the Inquiry into the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup Bidding Process,” Garcia wrote.

The back-and-forth reveals how a corruption probe which could define FIFA’s scandal-hit image

and efforts to reform has intensified this month.

On Sept. 5, Garcia sent his firstdraft reports to Eckert, which both insist have been seen only by each other and their deputies, but no one at FIFA. Last Friday, both appeared at a FIFA-hosted ethics conference and gave different views of the FIFA Code of Ethics confidentiality rules which bind their work.

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FC Barcelona’s Gerard Pique, gestures during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Malaga and Barcelona at La Rosaleda stadium in Malaga, Spain, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014.

Barcelona with its victory over Real Sociedad. Gerard Deulofeu found himself in front of an open goal to hit Sevilla’s winner in the 18th minute, following a cross by Benoit Tremoulinas.

Atletico Madrid stayed close to the pacesetters after a header by Miranda gave the capital club a 1-0 win at Almeria. Miranda rose to head in Jorge “Koke” Resurreccion’s beautifully-weighted corner kick on the hour mark. Almeria goalkeeper Ruben Martinez kept his side in the game when he correctly read Arda

Turan’s attempt to lob him in the 69th.

With coach Diego Simeone still serving out a touchline ban, it was up to his assistant German Burgos to give the Atletico squad instructions and encouragement.

Elsewhere, Bilbao slumped to defeat after taking the lead against Rayo Vallecano. Bilbao striker Aritz Aduriz tapped in Oscar De Marcos’ cross in the 21st but Leo Baptistao equalized for Rayo by taking advantage of a goalkeeping blunder by Gorka Iraizoz in the 39th. Leo Bap-

tistao then won the match when Gael Kakuta intercepted a poor clearance and picked out the Brazilian with a pass in the 89th.

Mikel Arruabarrena scored in the ninth minute for Eibar and Villarreal equalized when Gerard Moreno unleashed a shot that flew just inside the far post, giving goalkeeper Xabier Iruretagoiena no chance in the 71st. Ruben Garcia scored Levante’s first goal of the season when he hit left-footed shot past Granada’s goalkeeper Roberto Fernandez in the 46th.

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LONDON - In-form West Ham United are just about the last team Manchester United would want to face on Saturday as Louis van Gaal’s side seek an immediate response to their Premier League collapse at

Leicester City. West Ham, who have lost on their last six league visits to Old Trafford, thumped Liverpool 3-1 on Saturday the day before United twice lost two-goal leads and slumped to a 5-3 defeat at Leicester which left them 12th with one win from five matches.

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That loss left United eight points behind leaders Chelsea, who face unlikely third-placed occupants Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, while Southampton, the early season surprise packages in second place, face struggling Queens Park Rangers. The first Merseyside and north London derbies of the season also take place with Liverpool playing Everton at Anfield and Arsenal taking on Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates.

Liverpool drew 2-2 with Championship (second tier)Middlesbrough in the Capital One (League Cup) before going through 14-13 after a marathon penalty shootout while Everton were knocked out 3-0 at Swansea City. Arsenal were also eliminated when they lost 2-1 at home to Southampton while Spurs came from behind to beat Nottingham Forest 3-1.

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Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal (R) and his assistant Ryan Giggs react during their English Premier League soccer match against Leicester City at the King Power stadium in Leicester, northern England September 21, 2014.

Although league positions do not count for much at this stage of the season, form counts for a lot and West Ham showed their pedigree as goals from Winston Reid, Diafra Sakho and Morgan Amalfitano handed Liverpool a third defeat in five league games to leave them in

11th place. England international Andy Carroll, their record signing, was asked if they could add United’s scalp at a presentation about West Ham’s move to the Olympic Stadium.

“One hundred percent we can. I don’t see why not,” said the injured striker who hopes to be playing again by December. “You saw the way we played against Liverpool, the way we started, from the beginning, right from the off, and I don’t see anything changing from when we go to United.”

Even without Carroll, West Ham have scored five goals in their last two games which suggests another high-scoring match at Old Trafford.

United have netted seven goals in their last two league games but the five they conceded at Leicester has raised doubts about their ability to challenge for a top-four finish, let alone the title.

“I know United have spent 150 million pounds ($245.96 million) on new players this summer but I think they need to spend another 100 million in the next two transfer windows before they can even think about winning the title” former United defender Phil Neville said.

While United flounder, others are

prospering and few with as much style as Southampton, who have won their last five matches and enjoyed an impressive 2-1 win at Arsenal in the League Cup, their first win there for 27 years.

“Of course, we have made a great start to the season, but it’s how you finish the season that really counts.

But we believe in ourselves and our results are proving that,” coach Ronald Koeman said. Spurs will try to emulate Southampton by winning at Arsenal, something they have done only once in the last 21 years.

They started the season well with four successive wins under ex-Saints boss Mauricio Pochettino, but drew two and lost two before seeing off Forest in the League Cup. Leaders Chelsea warmed up for the Villa game with a 2-1 win over Bolton Wanderers in the League Cup and Manchester City crushed Sheffield Wednesday 7-0 ahead of their trip to Hull City.

Leicester travel to Crystal Palace, who won their first match of the season at Everton on Sunday and will be looking for their first home league win against Nigel Pearson’s promoted side following a 3-2 loss to Newcastle at Selhurst Park in the League Cup.

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AMLAPURA - Amed Beach is located in the eastern end of this island, precisely at Amed village, Abang, Karangasem County. Main livelihood of local community is working as fisherman. Rural atmosphere is so intense and pristine and the local traditions have not been affected by foreign culture, hospitality is still strong and beautiful sunrise in the morning will accompany while enjoying breakfast. Of course, this will add to the exotic atmosphere during the holidays.

With black sandy beach, the state of water looks very clear with diverse beauties of marine life, well-preserved coral reef life and constant warmth of water. Then, snorkeling and diving here are in great demand by the domestic and foreign travelers. Now, the beauty of Amed has become an excellence for travelers, especially European travelers such as from Germany, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands and other countries who have a hobby of watching the underwater thrill and tranquility of holiday resort.

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 file photo, Soraya Aghaeihajiagha of Iran returns the shuttlecock against Khulangoo Bataar of Mongolia during their wonen’s singles badminton match at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

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INCHEON, South Korea — The Qatari women’s basketball team withdrew from the Asian Games on Thursday to protest an international rule that bans players from wearing Muslim headscarves in competition.

The dispute over the Qatari players’ refusal to remove their hijabs — regarded by some as a rule that discriminates against Muslim women — has created a major stir at the games and raised new questions about international rules banning the head coverings.

Qatar delegation leader Khalid al-Jabir said the team had decided to withdraw and was already preparing to return home. The decision appeared to take by surprise games organizers, who have tried to portray the regional Olympic-style event as a showcase of diversity.

Qatar was due to play Nepal on Thursday afternoon but did not show up at the venue. Officials took their places, starting line-ups were distributed to the media and announced to the spectators, but none of the Qatari players arrived.

“We did not get any intimation

from the Qatar team on whether they’ll come for the match or not,” technical delegate Heros Avanesian said. “We had no option but to wait for them before awarding the match to the other team.” Al-Jabir said the team had no choice but to pull out.

“We’re not forfeiting games — we’re not being allowed to play,” al-Jabir had said before the game was supposed to start. “On the one hand, everyone wants more women to participate in these games and, on the other hand, they’re discouraging Muslim women who want to play in hijab.”

Although sports ranging from bowling to badminton allow hijabs to be worn during Asian Games competition, basketball’s world governing body does not allow them in international competition.

The issue reached an impasse

on Wednesday, when the Qatari women forced the issue by refusing to play without their hijabs against Mongolia.

Asian Games officials said they did not receive any instructions from FIBA to allow head coverings, and were simply following the rules which restrict the use of headgear, hair accessories, and jewelry when they awarded the result to Mongolia.

Such restrictions were initially designed for the safety of players, but have recently been challenged on cultural and religious grounds.

Regulations about head coverings in basketball came into focus this year when two male Sikh players from India were told to remove their turbans during the Asia Cup in July in China.

Earlier this month, FIBA said it was launching a two-year trial phase allowing some players to wear head coverings. But the Swiss-based FIBA issued a clarifying statement saying it “allows exceptions to be applied only at the national level and the Asian Games is an international event.”

Red Bull junior team boss Helmut Marko has likened the abilities of new Toro Rosso Formula 1 signing Max Verstappen to those of the late Ayrton Senna.

Verstappen will become the youngest driver in F1 history when he replaces Jean-Eric Vergne as Daniil Kvyat’s STR team-mate for the 2015 season.

He has already begun testing in a three-year-old car for his new team, and will make his free practice debut during next month’s Japanese Grand Prix, if the FIA processes his superlicence in time.

Marko has engineered Verstappen’s graduation to F1 after a single season of car racing in European Formula 3, and the Austrian reckons the Dutch teenager’s talents are comparable with those of triple champion Senna, who many consider the greatest driver in the history of

the sport.

When asked by the official F1 website to compare Verstappen, 16, to another driver, Marko said: “Most likely Ayrton Senna.

“He [Verstappen] is an exceptional talent that comes along only once in decades. “You must not look at his age.

“He has been talking with people who are experts when it comes to the development of youngsters and they all say that [in terms of] his mind he is more like 22 than 16. “And regarding his skills behind the steering wheel, he has been racing since he was four years old - professionally.

“So we expect him to be competitive from the first race.”

Marko shrugged off criticism of the deal.

“We are not playing the lottery - we know what we are doing,” he said. “And success [with other drivers] proves us right.”

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Nishikori reaches quarterfinals of Malaysian Open

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KUALA LUMPUR — Topseeded Kei Nishikori of Japan beat Rajeev Ram of the United States 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Malaysian Open on Wednesday.

Ram beat Nishikori on grass two years ago, but Nishikori has struck a rich vein of form. In his first match since reaching the final of the U.S. Open, he broke Ram four times to set up a quarterfinal clash with Marinko Matosevic of Australia, who beat Go Soeda of

Japan 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Fifth-seeded Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay rallied from a set down to pass Ivan Dodig of Croatia, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5. Cuevas will next face fourth-seeded Julien Benneteau of France, who beat wild card Filip Krajinovic of Serbia 6-4, 6-3.

Defending champion Joao Sousa of Portugal was eliminated in the first round by Benjamin Becker of Germany 7-6 (1), 6-2, and Michal Przysiezny of Poland fired 19 aces in winning his opener against Malek Jaziri of Tunisia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

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Participants into a course to learn how to transport and handle contagious patients use an ‘Aircraft Transit Isolator’ (ATI) to carry a colleague during a simulation at the military airport of Pratica di Mare, 30 kilometers south of Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014.

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Italy stages Ebola evacuation drill Associated Press

PRATICA DI MARE AIR BASE, Italy — The patient, a slight woman in her 30s, lay motionless on the stretcher as a half-dozen men in biohazard suits transferred her from a C-27J cargo plane into an ambulance and then into a mobile hospital isolation ward, never once breaking the plastic seal encasing her.

The exercise put on Wednesday was just a simulation of the procedures that would be used to evacuate an Ebola patient to Italy. But for Italian military, Red Cross and health care workers, it offered essential experience, especially for those on the front lines of the country’s searescue operation involving thousands of African migrants who arrive here every day in smugglers’ boats.

Italian authorities and medical experts insist that the risk of Ebola spreading from Africa to Europe is small, given that the virus only spreads by direct contact with infected blood or other bodily fluids.

They say Italy’s first case of Ebola will probably be an Italian doctor or missionary who contracts the disease while caring for patients in Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea — the three hardest-hit countries — and is airlifted home for treatment.

Yet concern runs high: EU health ministers who met this week in Milan spent an entire session discussing Ebola and the EU. They concluded that, while the risk of the disease coming to Europe is low, the EU must improve coordination and prevention measures to better diagnose, transport and treat suspected cases.

“There is an emergency,” said Dr. Natale Ceccarelli, who heads the infirmary at the Pratica di Mare air force base south of Rome, where the training course was staged. “If one person is infected, he infects everyone.”

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to an Italian navy transport ship taking part in the Mare Nostrum rescue operation after a would-be refugee who was picked up at sea was flagged during a routine health screening.

The patient was airlifted in one of the same self-contained mobile isolation units used for the defense ministry’s simulation drill. He went first to Sicily and then to Rome aboard a C-130 transport plane and was taken immediately to the capital’s Spallanzani hospital, which specializes in infectious diseases. It turned out he had monkeypox, a virus similar to smallpox, not Ebola.

Ebola is believed to have infected more than 5,800 people in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria and Senegal. Compared with swine flu, the number of infections is relatively small. But the World Health Organization has declared the outbreak an international public health emergency, and U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered up to 3,000 troops to be deployed to West Africa to build field hospitals and train medical staff.

Britain and France — which both have colonial ties to the region — have pledged to build treatment centers in Sierra Leone and Guinea.

Italy has pledged to build a 90-bed treatment center in Sierra Leone, send experts from Spallanzani and give 1.5 million euros for the WHO to buy equipment and medicine.

Italy also has isolation units developed by a British engineer that are big enough for doctors to stabi-

lize a patient on long-haul flights.

Physicians can attach intravenous drips through the plastic sheeting without breaking the protective seal or even intubate a patient. Other European countries use smaller, simpler units that are suitable only for short flights, Ceccarelli said.

“It’s very nice to have that option,” said Dr. Benjamin Neuman, a virologist at the University of Reading in Britain. “Right now, there’s a limited range” for transport, preventing patients with late-stage Ebola from being evacuated if the distances are too long or if they are already vomiting blood or suffering from diarrhea.

Italy has had the units on hand since 2005 and has used them 11 times to extract Italians suffering from dengue in Congo and hemorrhagic fever in Nepal, said Lt. Col. Marco Lastillo, an air force medic.

The defense ministry stages the training courses twice a year, but added this extra session at the request of the health ministry because of the Ebola threat.

“This capacity that we have created for ourselves should be put to everyone’s disposition,” Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti told reporters at the base after watching the students perform the biohazard evacuation drill. She insisted that Italy’s migrant crisis posed no particular Ebola threat, saying the medical screenings done in the Mare Nostrum operation would prevent any infected people from reaching the general population.

PYONGYANG — An American man recently sentenced by North Korea to six years of hard labor says he is digging in fields eight hours a day and being kept in isolation, but that so far his health isn’t deteriorating. Under close guard and with only enough time to respond to one question, 24-year-old Matthew Miller spoke briefly to an Associated Press Television News journalist at a Pyongyang hotel, where he had been brought to make a phone call to his family. It was his first appearance since he was convicted Sept.

14 of entering the country illegally to commit espionage.

“Prison life is eight hours of work per day. Mostly it’s been agriculture, like in the dirt, digging around,” Miller said when asked what conditions were like in prison. “Other than that, it’s isolation, no contact with anyone. But I have been in good health, and no sickness or no hurts,” he said, showing little emotion.

Wearing a prison-style gray uniform and cap, Miller was filmed sitting down at a phone booth at the hotel and pressing the buttons on a phone while a North Korean guard stood behind him. Officials said Miller spoke to his father, but the APTN journalist was not allowed to hear the conversation. Miller does not have routine access to phone

calls home.

The Bakersfield, California, native showed several letters he had written pleading for help from influential Americans, including first lady Michelle Obama, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Miller then enclosed them in a letter he mailed to his family from the hotel.At Miller’s 90minute trial, North Korea’s Supreme Court said he tore up his tourist visa at Pyongyang’s airport upon arrival on April 10 and admitted to having the “wild ambition” of experiencing prison life so that he could secretly investigate North Korea’s human rights situation.

Miller is one of three Americans detained in North Korea. Jeffrey Fowle, who was arrested in May for leaving a Bible at a sailor’s club, is expected to be tried in court soon.

Kenneth Bae was sentenced in 2013 to 15 years of hard labor.

Last week, Robert King, the U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, said Pyongyang has not accepted American offers to send a high-level envoy to seek release of the three men. King said that freeing the detainees could provide a diplomatic opening in ties between the two countries, but that Washington would not give into attempts to “extort” political gain from the detentions.

China media release details in Uighur scholar case

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BEIJING — Government prosecutors marshalled 210 pieces of evidence against prominent Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti before a court sentenced him to life in prison on charges of promoting separatism in his writings and lecture, Chinese state media reported.

The official Xinhua News Agency released a raft of details from the prosecutors’ case against Ilham Tohti, who was known as a mainstream mediator between the Uighur minority group and the ruling Han Chinese. The harsh sentence handed down Tuesday prompted international condemnation, including a call for his release from U.S. President Barack Obama.

A Xinhua report late Wednesday said that the evidence against Ilham Tohti included video of one of his lectures where he said, “Does Xinjiang belong to the Hans? No, it first belonged to the Uighurs and it first belonged to the people of Central Asia.” The report also quoted the

scholar as telling his students “I am not Chinese because I am a Uighur.

My pride is that of greater Turkestan.” Xinhua reported that prosecutors also said the scholar publicized a fake opinion poll showing 12 percent of Uighurs supported separating from China and that his students had testified that he had forced separatist teachings on them.

Defense lawyer Li Fangping responded that his client had only referenced someone else’s poll and hadn’t uttered the words attributed to him about not being Chinese. “That’s not accurate,” Li said. “The meaning is totally different. He’s mainly talking about the roots of Han Chinese and of the Uighur people.”

Ilham Tohti denied encouraging separatism during the two-day trial last week held in Urumqi, the capital of the far western region of Xinjiang.

LI said Ilham Tohti had argued he was only trying to stimulate discussion about ethnic relations in China on his website, Uighur Online, and in his classes at Minzu University in Beijing.

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INDONESIA Parliament to vote on controversial election plan Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s parliament was Thursday set to decide whether to scrap the direct election of local leaders, a move that critics warn would roll back a key democratic reform of the post-Suharto era.

Lawmakers were expected to vote on a proposal that would end the current system of mayors, provincial governors and district heads being chosen by the public, and hand power to local parliaments to pick them.

Supporters argue that the hundreds of polls held across the world’s biggest archipelago nation every few years are enormously costly and in reality only allow the wealthy to win election.

However critics say the move is an attempt by the elite to reverse the decentralisation of power from Jakarta introduced after the downfall of dictator Suharto in 1998, and argue it will increase corruption as would-be leaders may have to strike deals with local MPs. “Now our leaders listen to the public’s voice and aspirations,”

said Titi Anggraini, director of Perludem, an independent elections watchdog that opposes the move.

The proposed new law “would set back our democracy”, she added.

Critics also view it as an attempt at revenge by the opponents of Joko Widodo, who was elected as president in July and will be inaugurated next month -- he is an outsider who started his political career by being directly elected as a local mayor.

The draft bill to abolish the direct elections is being pushed by parties that backed his opponent for the presidency, Prabowo Subianto, an ex-general with a chequered human rights record.

While it would do away with local leaders being picked by the public, it would still allow for the

election of local legislatures.

However with the 560-strong House of Representatives in Jakarta gearing up to decide on the proposal, it was still not clear which way MPs would vote.

Six parties who had backed Prabowo at the election originally supported the proposal, and only three were opposed, meaning it looked likely to pass.

However President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has voiced his opposition and ordered members of his Democratic Party, which had backed Prabowo, to vote against it.

This should have given opponents enough support -- but now divisions have appeared in the Democrats. It was not clear when the vote would be finished as parliamentary sessions in Indonesia sometimes run late into the night.

IS support in Indonesia poses threat to foreigners Agence France-Presse JAKARTA - Foreigners could again become the target of militant attacks in Indonesia as extremists there pledge loyalty to the Islamic State group, a think-tank warned Wednesday.

In a report, the Jakarta-based Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) also warned that Indonesian and Malaysian fighters who have joined IS in Syria appear to have formed a military unit there, likely strengthening militant networks in Southeast Asia.

After a series of attacks on foreigners in the last decade, Indonesian extremists have in recent years directed their violence at domestic “enemies of Islam”, mostly police.

There have been no attacks against foreigners since the 2009 twin hotel bombings in Jakarta which killed seven people.

But a series of influential radical clerics and Islamist organisations have pledged support for IS, and extremists seeking approval from leaders of its self-declared

caliphate may heed a recent call to attack Westerners, according to the report.

IS spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani in a video Monday called for Muslims to kill Westerners whose countries have joined the US-led coalition against IS -- in particular Americans and the French.

The US has carried out air strikes in both Syria and Iraq, while France has carried out strikes over Iraq.

“The overall capacity of Indonesian extremists remains low, but their commitment to (IS) could prove deadly,” said IPAC director Sidney Jones.

IS, which has beheaded two American journalists and a British aid worker, has attracted the support of almost all the would-be militants still committed to waging jihad on Indonesian soil, the report said.

It has, however, generated outrage and rejection from the mainstream Muslim community.

Based on social-media monitoring and interviews, IPAC said an IS Indonesian-Malaysian military unit has been formed, reportedly aiming to establish an archipelagic Islamic State group in Southeast Asia.

Indonesia and Malaysia, among others in the region, are struggling to prevent nationals from going to Syria and Iraq as fighters and trying to monitor their return.

The report outlines how support for IS stemmed from the involvement of a few Indonesians in a radical online discussion group run by the founder of the UK-based group Al-Muhajiroun in 2005.

IPAC called for a strengthening of the country’s prisons system.

It described jailed radical cleric Aman Abdurrahman as the thread connecting all parts of Indonesia’s pro-IS network despite being in a maximum security facility.

Abdurrahman has been able to translate and disseminate IS messages online, including Monday’s video, from prison.

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Indonesia’s parliament was Thursday set to decide whether to scrap the direct election of local leaders, a move that critics warn would roll back a key democratic reform of the postSuharto era.

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ADB cuts growth forecast for Southeast Asia

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DENPASAR - The state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina, through its subsidiary PT Pertagas Niaga, will complete the construction of its Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Tanjung Benoa, Bali, in 2016, stated a minister.

BlackBerry CEO John Chen shows off the company’s new Passport device at a launch event in Toronto on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014.

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Southeast Asia’s growth this year is now projected at 4.6 percent, down from an earlier forecast of 5.0 percent and actual growth of 5.0 percent in 2013, the development lender said Thursday. Gross domestic product growth is expected to slow in Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, but pick up in Malaysia where exports have rebounded.

Next year, better performance of major industrial economies and Thailand’s recovery from its slump are forecast to spur Southeast Asian growth to 5.3 percent.

ADB’s earlier forecast was 5.4 percent.

The bank said 45 developing countries in Asia still comprise the world’s fastest growing region and its stable growth masks shifting fortunes across subregions.

Growth forecasts for developing Asia as a whole were maintained at 6.2 percent this year and 6.4 percent next year, with upward adjustments in South Asia’s growth counterbalanced by

likely slowdowns in Central Asia and Southeast Asia. The region grew 6.1 percent in 2013.

China is still expected to grow 7.5 percent this year and 7.4 percent in 2015, as the bank projected in April.

“Slowing external demand has hurt some economies in the region but as a whole Asia and the Pacific is on track for firm growth in 2014 and 2015,” said Shang-Jin Wei, ADB’s chief economist.

The report said the world’s major industrial economies which recorded virtually no growth in the first half of the year now forecast to expand 1.5 percent collectively this year, slightly down from the ABD’s April forecast, before growth picks up to 2.1 percent in 2015.

India shows new promise of a turnaround with reforms expected to boost growth. The bank said it was maintaining its forecast of 5.5 percent growth for India this year, but is raising the forecast to 6.3 percent for next year from 6.0 percent.

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TORONTO — Hoping for a comeback, embattled Canadian company BlackBerry has launched a new smartphone. Chief executive John Chen on Wednesday unveiled a large-screen, square sized phone called the Passport to a Toronto audience. London and Dubai also hosted launch events. No event was held in the U. S. where analysts say there is little demand or carrier interest.

BlackBerry has increasingly lost relevance as a smartphone company in the years since the 2007 launch of Apple’s touchscreen iPhone and the 2008 introduction of Google-powered Android phones. Chen, who took over as CEO last fall after failed attempt to sell the once-iconic company, said the new phone was in the works before he joined BlackBerry and joked that he can only take credit for not killing it.

He said he’s determined to win back market share in Canada and had hockey-great Wayne Gretzky give a brief speech in support of BlackBerry.

“The reason why we’re here is to really try to get the Canadian people to rally behind us,” Chen said. “I need that help, badly.”

The Passport is the size of a passport and has a square screen that measures 4.5 inches. It has a touch screen and a physical keyboard, something traditional BlackBerry business users prefer.

Chen said the Passport will be available in the U.S. via A&T on an exclusive basis by the end of the year. It is also available for $599 for a limited time through Amazon. He said he expects to release a more popular phone called the “Classic” later this year.

The BlackBerry smartphone, pioneered in 1999, changed the culture by allowing on-the-go business

people to access wireless email. Then came a new generation of competing smartphones, and suddenly the BlackBerry looked ancient. Apple first showed that phones can handle much more than email and phone calls with its iPhone. BlackBerry has been hammered by the competition.

Since being named chief executive 10 months ago, Chen has been putting more emphasis on BlackBerry’s mobile device management business, a collection of software that allows IT departments to manage different devices connected to their corporate networks. He has also emphasized BlackBerry’s popular BlackBerry Messenger application that is now also available on Apple and Android devices. And he’s tried to highlight Blackberry’s embedded QNX software systems, which are used in-vehicle infotainment systems and industrial machines.

Dollar jumps in Asia on upbeat US housing data

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TOKYO - The dollar climbed in Asia on Thursday thanks to strong US housing data while the euro took a hit following another slip in a closely watched survey of German business confidence. In afternoon Tokyo trade the greenback bought 109.17 yen, up from 109.04 yen in New York and well up from the 108.52 yen in Asia earlier Wednesday.

The euro slipped to $1.2768 from $1.2781

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MANILA — The Asian Development Bank trimmed its economic growth forecast for Southeast Asia this year and next due to slower domestic demand in some of its bigger economies. Its forecasts for China, the world’s second largest economy, were unchanged.

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in New York where it fell below $1.28 for the first time since July last year. However, it picked up to 139.50 yen against 139.37 yen.

The US Commerce Department on Wednesday said sales of new single-family houses surged 18 percent in August to an annual rate of 504,000, their fastest pace in more than six years.

While that boosted the dollar against the yen, it was given further support against the euro after the Ifo survey of business confidence in eurozone giant Germany hit a 17-

month low in September. The figures come a day after a key survey showed business activity in the 18-nation eurozone slowed further in September, adding fuel to fears about the eurozone’s stuttering recovery “The juxtaposition of another significant downside eurozone data surprise and a major upside surprise for US new home sales has -- unsurprisingly -- pushed the euro below 1.28 against the US dollar,” National Australia Bank said in a note.

“What the weak Ifo business climate reading has done is reinforce expectations for more aggressive action from the ECB (European Central Bank), something which both the eurozone bond and stock markets liked,” it added.

The ECB’s decision-making governing council voted this month to cut the bank’s key interest rates to an all-time lows to head off deflation in the bloc. It also promised to launch an asset-purchase programme in a bid to inject cash into the economy.

“The construction of the terminal has been started, and it is scheduled for completion in two years. The terminal will cater to the LNG needs of Bali’s power plants,” Minister of State-owned Enterprises Dahlan Iskan noted on Thursday.

He elaborated that the construction of the LNG receiving terminal will provide a source of energy for electricity generator PT Indonesia Power Plant, which is a subsidiary

of state-owned power company PT PLN. Dahlan explained that the terminal will be developed in stages in cooperation with PT Pelindo III. “The terminal is being built on a plot of land belonging to stateowned port operator PT Pelindo III. A floating offshore LNG terminal will be hired before the construction of the land terminal is completed,” the minister stated.

The gas requirement of the Tanjung Benoa areas is estimated at 50 million metric British thermal units (MMBTU). The gas for the terminal will be supplied from Bontang (Kalimantan).

“But, it could also be supplied from the Sengkang (South Sulawesi) gas field,” the minister claimed. The terminal project is fully financed by Pertamina.

“I do not recollect the amount of investment that the project will need. There is no problem with the financing as it will be borne by Pertamina. The important thing is how to overcome the gas supply problems,” Dahlan remarked.

The former PLN president director

noted that the project constitutes a synergy among state-owned companies such as Pertamina, PLN, and Pelindo.

It aims to reduce the use of oil fuels. “It is a waste if we still use fuels. So, we will do our best on how we can switch to using gas. For the time being, we will first hire a terminal for a period of one year,” Dahlan reported.

In the meantime, PT Pertamina has expressed its readiness to build 150 gas stations worth Rp1.5 trillion, or about US$125.5 million, in Java by 2015.

Director of Marketing and Trading Hanung Budya stated here on Wednesday that the company supported the national project to use gas in place of oil.

“We are ready to implement the project to switch from using oil to gas fuel. There is no other company that can build 150 gas stations within a year except Pertamina,” he asserted.

According to him, the budget for the construction will partly come from dividends and the rest will come from the company.

Hanung pointed out that since the gas stations will be built at the existing oil stations, thus no additional land will be required for the project. The only investment needed will be for purchasing the equipment worth Rp10 billion, or about US$83.6 thousand per unit, or Rp1.5 trillion for 150 units.

Dalem Balingkang Temple

Showing Chinese influence in Bali IBP

BANGLI - Bangli has a unique temple showing a strong Chinese influence known as Dalem Balingkang Temple. Structure of the temple is unique because it was formerly said to serve as a palace to avoid the attack from other kings.

Formerly, the Dalem Balingkang Temple belonged to the temple complex of Tanggun Titi—standing for the end of bridge and had a spring. In this temple complex lie some shrines dedicated to Ratu Ngurah Sakti Tanggun Titi, Ratu Mas Melanting, Ratu Sakti Gede Penyarikan and Sang Hyang Haji Saraswati. The second complex after passing a square occurs a cangapit building, namely an entrance equipped with a monarchic sitting when the king watched the Jro Gede mepada surrounding the temple.

The middle courtyard only has a few buildings, only consisting of a meeting hall, the abode of all deities and a shrine of Ratu Ayu Subandar.

The shrine is used to worship Kang Ci Wi and is highly believed by Chinese descendant community to bring in blessings. In the main complex or innermost courtyard lies the worship place of Petak Grand Palace comprising the eleven and nine-tiered meru shrines. Similarly, there is also ancestral worship of Dalem Balingkang in the form of brick chamber and seven-tiered meru shrine to remind of the Seven Deities. Besides, there are long pavilion with 24 columns and 20 columns as well as mundar-mundar pavilion with 16 columns.

History of the temple is much revealed in the Sukawana Inscription (Goris, 1954). It said that Sukawana village was hit by storms and the palace of Jaya Pangus was badly damaged, so that Jong Les moved to Balingkang. Balingkang itself is derived from two words Bali + ingkang. Orally and based on writ-

ten evidence, it is associated with the wedding of King Jaya Pangus Harkajalancana who ruled during the period of Caka Year 1103-1191 or 1181-1269 AD. King Jaya Pangus had two queens, Paduka Bhatari Sri Parameswari Indujaketana and Paduka Sri Mahadewi Cacangkaja Cihna. In the existing folklore, his

Chinese wife was named Kang Ci Wi, namely a daughter of trader from China.

Then, the words Bali-Ing-Kang were combined into Balingkang.

In the chronicle of Ulun Danu Batur Temple (Batur Temple) of Kintamani is mentioned about Ida Ratu Gede Ngurah Subandar

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or Kongco Cong Po Kong, where Empu Liem became the prominent assistant to teach war strategy and governed with principles of Asta Brata. One of the war strategy relics is immortalized in the dance of Baris Dadap, Baris Tumbak, Baris Perisi or Baris Tamiang, Baris Bajra to Baris Cina. Baris or warrior dance represents knighthood. Strong Chinese influence is evidenced at a number of villages in Kintamani having geographical names derived from Mandarin words.

For example, the name of Pingan village is actually derived from the word Ping An meaning safety. Songan village comes from the Song An, Siakin village from the Sia In and Paketan village from Paket An. Early Chinese settlers also got farmland at Payangan and they gave litchi seedlings to the King of Bali. The tradition of gallivanting show (ngelawang) is also similar to the tradition of Chinese Lion Dance coming from one house to another.

Many kinds of ornamental styles used to embellish the house and furniture in Bali are also adopted from Chinese arts.

Such diverse influences have been widely recognized as native culture to Bali. Even, Balinese traders believe that Kongco Cong Po Kong or Ida Ratu Gede Ngurah Subandar in Kintamani is a protector that gives blessing to their trade.

Likewise, the couple of deities called Rambut Sedana symbolized with the effigies made of perforated coins are believed to give a blessing to family.

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Fire in garden area turns rampant One of the garden in Melaya which was on fire

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NEGARA - After in Melaya and Mendoyo Dauh Tukad, another fire occurred on Wednesday afternoon (Sep 24) in the garden owned by a resident. Abundant weeds and dried leaves caused the garden to be vulnerable to fire. At approximately 3:00 p.m., the area of bamboo garden doubling as waste disposal near Dalem Temple of Dangin Tukadaya, Jembrana, was engulfed in flames.

Allegedly the fire was triggered by cigarette butt carelessly disposed.

Piles of rubbish and dry leaves around the garden quickly burned. Wayan Nadia, 65, the garden owner, admitted to just knew the incident if his garden was on fire after being told by residents.

At that time, the fire had enlarged and was difficult to be extinguished by residents so they were forced to call the fire brigade. Wayan Nadia once took a

hose with water sourcing from the tap inside the Dalem Temple to put out the fire. However, since the fire had run over to the bamboo trees, he was then overwhelmed.

The fire spread widely because the wind was quite strong then. Nadia also posing a temple priest claimed to have been concerned during this dry season because a lot of rubbish was dumped on the land. Similarly, he worried if the fire would spread to the Dalem

Temple located about 10 meters away.

Moreover, some shrines were roofed with palm fiber. Finally the fire could be extinguished after three fire trucks were deployed to location.

Previously, the Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha, also appealed to people in order to be more careful and vigilant with fire disaster. During dry season, many plants were dry and combustible including in the garden of residents.

Since August, the fire incidents in Jembrana were quite high. Averagely two fire incidents occurred in a week, including the fire in the house and gardens. The greatest losses occurred in the Pekutatan Market where at the end of August most of the market blocks burned out due to electrical short circuit. (kmb26)

Murderer of British traveler charges 18 years

GIANYAR - A man from Rengasdengklok, West Java, named Hambali alias Rudi, 32, could only hang his head after the reading of the charges in the Gianyar District Court, Wednesday (Sep 24). Public prosecutor demanded the murder of a British citizen, Anne Mare Kathryn Drodz, 40, for the sentence of 18 years in prison.

In the trial with the agenda of

reading the indictment led by presiding judge, M Buchary Kurniata, Vivia Sitanggang and Dori Melfin, the public prosecutor I Made Dama stated that the defendant was legally proved to have committed the crime under the Article 339 of the Criminal Code in the primary indictment. The defendant also known as Samsul intentionally deprived the other’s life followed with other criminal acts.

For the demand, the judge was expected to impose imprisonment to

the defendant for 18 years in prison, with the deduction of detention period experienced by the defendant.

The action of the defendant had caused material losses on the victim and witness Astuti Widiati.

At the same time, the action of the defendant also caused discomfort to travelers visiting Bali. “Meanwhile, the element alleviating the defendant was that he admitted his actions during the trial,” said public prosecutor telling the judges.

On hearing the indictment, the defendant having petite body could only droop. Even, when the judges asked whether the defendant understood about the demand of the public prosecutor filing the sentence for 18 years, the defendant could only nod. At the end, the judges decided to hold further trial scheduling the defense of the defendant on September 30. “Actually, the court has appointed a legal counsel for you, but it does not come,” said

the judge.

For information, the victim Anne Mare Kathryn Drodz was murdered by the defendant on May 22 at a villa around Ubud. After that, the defendant from Rengasdengklok, West Java, was arrested by combined Unit II of the Sub-directorate Crime and Violence of Metro Jaya Police and Gianyar Police in the area of Pluit Permai, Penjaringan, North Jakarta, Friday night (May 23). (kmb35)

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United Kingdom’s Prime Minister David Cameron addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at U.N. headquarters.

Cameron wants UK to join in airstrikes in Iraq Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The British prime minister said late Wednesday he will ask Parliament to approve joining international airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq. David Cameron announced the move in his address to the U.N. General Assembly.

Cameron did not mention the prospect of also joining the U.S.-led international airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria that began this week.

The threat of the terror group’s grip on large parts of both Iraq and Syria has dominated this week’s annual gathering of world leaders.

Cameron also warned against believing that it’s necessary to “do a deal” with Syrian President Bashar Assad to defeat the Islamic State group, calling that thinking “dangerously misguided.” He said the brutality of Assad’s govern-

ment has been a powerful recruiting tool for extremists during the conflict there, which is now in its fourth year.

Assad’s government has not asked for international intervention in fighting the Islamic State group, but Iraq has.

The prime minister defended his decision to pursue the UK’s involvement in airstrikes in Iraq, saying that the Islamic State group’s threat is global and that “when the safety and security of our people is at stake, we must be uncompromising in our response.”

There are lessons to be learned from the past, including the invasion of Iraq a decade ago, he acknowledged, but “isolation and withdrawing from a problem like ISIL will only make things worse,” he said, using one of a number of acronyms for the Islamic State group.

Cameron also said Iran could help in defeating the terror group’s threat. He met with Iran’s president Wednesday, the first such meeting since the Iranian revolution in 1979.

“They could help secure a more stable, inclusive Iraq; and a more stable, inclusive Syria,” Cameron said of Iran, though he acknowledged that disagreements remain on other issues. “And if they are prepared to do this, then we should welcome their engagement.”

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Rouhani returns to UN as nuclear talks stall

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SINGARAJA - Buleleng County does not only lack for teachers, but also experiences a crisis of doctor. This condition has occurred since the past few years, and until now this problem has not be resolved.

A number of Public Health Centers (PHC), especially that have provided inpatient care, remain to face the crisis of doctor. To overcome this problem, the local government in the near future will recruit some doctors.

Deputy Regent of Buleleng, Nyoman Sutjidra, when asked for his confirmation on Tuesday (Sep 23) admitted that the public health center with inpatient services in the region lacked for some doctors. Sutjidra said that from the results of monitoring and evaluation with the Health Agency not long ago, he found the inpatient public health center in Northern Bali lacked for some doctors. He cited the Busungbiu PHC I, Gerokgak PHC I and Tejakula PHC I. Those health centers had the capacity of 20 treatment beds.

Such amount of beds was only served by four doctors. Two doctors were assigned for the morning shift, while two others for night shift. Four doctors were considered inadequate to provide services for patients. Ideally, the capacity of 20 beds should be served by at least six doctors, so that their official schedule could be divided into three shifts.

“From the results of our monitoring, the inpatient public health centers in the region are still lacking for doctors. The solution to resolve the doctor crisis is that we must recruit some doctors,” he said.

To meet the doctor need for inpatient public health centers, added Sutjidra, the government would recruit 12 doctors with contracted status (PTT). Four of the additional doctors would be deployed at the inpatient public health centers, while four others at Buleleng Hospital. Other than adding contracted doctors, local government would also recruit specialists. The specialists would include the urologist and radiologist. Though having announced that his party would recruit medical specialists through contract system, only some few specialists who wanted to apply to Buleleng. This happened because of restrictedness of specialist doctors in Indonesia. “With the addition of the contracted doctors, we can optimize the inpatient services at public health centers. Besides, we are also currently recruiting specialists, but only some few are willing to apply whereas we have prepared a promising contract,” he added.

Until this year, some public health centers in Buleleng County would provide inpatient services. The inpatient health centers were quite far from the town of Singaraja, where the average distance reached two hour’s drive.

They consisted of the Tejakula PHC I, Gerokgak PHC I, Busungbiu PHC and Banjar PHC I. The inpatient services posed the commitment of the local government to bring health services closer to the people, especially those living away from the reach of hospital services in urban areas. (kmb38)

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UNITED NATIONS — Stalled nuclear talks and the delicate diplomacy surrounding the fight against Islamic extremists have lowered expectations for a rapid warming of relations between Iran and the United States as the Iranian leader returns to speak at the United Nations on Thursday. President Hassan Rouhani’s election last year signaled a thaw in more than three decades of U.S-Iranian hostilities, leading to a landmark phone conversation with President Barack Obama during last year’s U.N. General Assembly, which was Rouhani’s first as president.

It was the first direct exchange between the two countries’ leaders in 35 years and prompted speculation of a rapprochement between the nations and, maybe, even a meeting between the two men. It also resulted in an interim nuclear deal last year, which in turn led to ongoing talks on a long-term pact. But while lowerlevel officials from both countries are now in regular contact, those follow-up nuclear talks have seen little progress of late.

Rouhani’s address to world leaders will be watched closely by the U.S. administration, although he is not expected to go substantially beyond what he has said before. He likely will focus on the global threat posed

by Islamic State group militants, and on Tehran’s push to have crippling economic sanctions lifted while keeping its nuclear program intact.

Tehran is resisting U.S. calls that it gut a nuclear program that

enriches uranium, a process that can make both reactor fuel and the fissile core of a nuclear warhead.

With a Nov. 24 deadline approaching, failure to seal a deal could see a return to confrontation, including U.S. and Israeli threats of military means as a last resort to slow Iran’s nuclear program.

“My message to Iran’s leaders and people is simple: Do not let this opportunity pass,” Obama said Wednesday in his own address to world leaders. The disagreement has complicated efforts to cooperate in fighting the Islamic State group menace.

Iraq sees Shiite powerhouse Iran as a go-between which could bring its influence to bear in the region against the group’s Sunni extremists. While the U.S. has ruled out cooperating militarily or sharing intelligence with Iran, Secretary of State John Kerry said this week that he was “open to have a conversation at some point in time if there’s a way to find something constructive.”

In his address to world leaders late Wednesday, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Iran could help in defeating the terror group’s threat. Cameron spoke hours after meeting in person with Rouhani, the first meeting between the British and Iranian leaders since the Iranian revolution in 1979.

In comments on the eve of his own General Assembly speech, Rouhani suggested his country was ready to join Washington and others in opposing the Islamic State group. But he said the U.S. needed to move beyond “insignificant” fears that his country seeks nuclear arms.

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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani answer questions following his keynote address at New America, a public policy institute and think tank, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 in New York.

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Milan perfects the wearable lightness of fashion Associated Press

A model wears a creation for Ferragamo women’s spring-summer 2015 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014.

MILAN — Reflecting on a Milan Fashion Week that marked the re-emergence of denim and the pre-eminence of the flat Birkenstock-inspired sandal, the question was bound to surface: Wherein lies luxury?

Milan designers, who crammed the usual six days of womenswear previews for next summer into 4 ½ ending Sunday, are clear on their response: in Italy’s artisanal traditions.

Whether reviving the dying art of brocade in the factories north of Milan, perfecting sartorial crafts to create new shapes, or honoring the centuries-old Murano glassblowing traditions with textiles mimicking its melting striations, Milan designers touted Made in Italy, the calling card that distinguishes Italian brands and, more often than one might expect, raises ready-to-wear to an art form.

Giorgio Armani, who rolled out the summer collection that will herald his company’s 40th anniversary, is all about mastery — but avoids the term luxury altogether.

“Luxury is surrounded by other things, super-decorated stores,” Ar-

mani told reporters last week after showing his main Giorgio Armani line. “Rich can be of substance, refer to content, to the workmanship. Sometimes luxury has zero workmanship.”

One can quibble about the definition of luxury, but glamour certainly had its place at this round of fashion previews. Heidi Klum supported her pals at Versace and Roberto Cavalli; Oscar-winner Paolo Sorrentino made a film for and an appearance at Armani; Kate Moss chatted up Anna Wintour at Gucci; and Amy Adams took the front row at Max Mara.

Star models also took their turn: Naomi Campbell strode for Pucci, while Georgia May Jagger showed for Fendi. And amFAR tapped the fashion crowd’s deep pockets to raise $1.4 million to fund research toward its goal of finding a cure for AIDS by 2020.

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Five trends in Milan Fashion Show Associated Press

MILAN - First trend that can be seen during the fashion show was wearable lightness. Perhaps the biggest trend out of Milan were light looks, effortless without being ethereal, from billowing floor-length Georgette dresses that trail on the ground to paper-thin trench coats, super-fine knitwear to translucent layering, over and under.

These looks were understated, suggesting more than they reveal, and inviting motion. Dresses were all covering, but still clung momentarily to the body with every step.

At Armani, the lightness was reinforced by the tailoring, softpeplums and wide-legged trousers that tapered elegantly at the calf, and complemented by prints mimicking gentle waves left in the sand by the wind.

Max Mara focused on lightweight long trenches in florals that dissolved into animal prints, Roberto Cavalli kept pace with AP Photo/Antonio Calanni

A model wears a creation for Etro women’s Spring Summer 2015 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014.

long sexy gowns, and Missoni created diaphanous, maxi-dresses from knitwear as light as air and as delicate as lace.

The second trend is 1970s flashback. Designers took us on a psychedelic trip back to the fashion-rich 1970s. The hippie looks were crafted out of suede — a must for next season — denim (will get to that later), and leather, with heavy helpings of fringe, beading, laser cut detailing, macrame and even granny squares.

Get out the crochet needles!

Up-and-comer Marco de Vincenzo, with LVMH’s backing, deployed his fringe in an orderly fashion on coats and dresses, while Etro was more true to the chilledout looks of San Francisco’s hippy heyday with poncho dresses and laser cut vests. Prada gave us an updated clog with brocadecovered heels. While modesty was the rule in Milan, Costume National bared some skin with a macrame mini-dress and a halter top with harem pants.

Some critics fretted that the 1970s is an old fashion saw trotted out in moments of creative ennui.

But the infectious freedom infused alone by tassels is undeniable, especially once a Doors soundtrack starts playing in your head.

Denim also become a hit during Milan Fashion Show and become

the number three trend you have to check out. The Milan Denim Revival of 2015 is nothing if not a relief from that stomach-sucking era. Italy’s designers have volleyed back with relaxed denim looks, turning their nose up at spandex and jeggings that have made tight jeans any (wo)man’s game.

Denim trousers are easy-towear, wide-legged and cropped — a look that renews emphasis on the shoe. Jeans are also dressed up, with lace panels, floral appliques, brocade beneath distressed tears and of course, rhinestones.

At Emporio Armani, they fit Giorgio Armani’s passion for blue and included wide-legged denim with a shiny, cropped cuff, dressed up with short tailored jackets. Karl Lagerfeld says women are increasingly asking for denim and he obliged with jodhpur-styled jeans for Fendi.

Gucci came out with marinerfront styles cropped at the calf.

Ermanno Scervino dressed up faded denim wrap skirts — the skirt silhouette of choice for next summer — hooded overcoats and shorts with contrasting denim appliques.

Active wear seems to be all time favourite. Some was danceinspired, others took light-hearted cues from Magna figures, deco-

rated with sequined icons of ice cream and lips, and yet others derived from minimalist tendencies.

Dancer’s wraps have long come out of the studio, and here they are again on the street. Leggings and shape-hugging T’s gain new respectability under long trench coats. And big-fitting sweatshirts worn with wide-legged shorts form a distance can seem a wellcoordinated dress.

The last trend from Milan is platform and tennis shoes. Teninch heels will be rotating to the back of the closet next summer.

To the fore: more forgiving wedge and platform sandals, and a fair bit of flats, including sneakers.

Much of the footwear may tip an evolutionary nod to Birkenstocks, but designers raised the game, by incorporating geometric elements into the platforms, and, of course, luxury materials.

Sneakers also got a dressing up, with versions that go all the way up the knee with multi-colored straps for a gladiator-esque effect and sprinkled with Swarowski crystals for eveningwear.

There was a tendency to mix informal with the formal: casual shoes with dressy looks, and vice versa. And what’s good for the shoes, is good for the bags, say Milan designers.

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Residents of Banyuning celebrates Nyepi Desa Bali Post

SINGARAJA - The tradition of Nyepi Desa (village day of silence) is celebrated for generations by residents of Banyuning customary village, Buleleng, in the effort to welcome the natural fertility, as conducted on Wednesday (Sep 24). The Nyepi Desa ritual lasted for one day. Residents solemnly implemented the four abstinences during the day of silence.

Such tradition is estimated to have lasted since the thirteenth century AD or in the 1200s. No one knows and can make sure when the tradition of Nyepi Desa started, but this tradition is not much different from Nyepi in welcoming the Caka New Year in general. All residents are not allowed to do activities for the whole day and encouraged not to pass by on the road or work in order to honor the tradition of Nyepi Desa. A number of shops, cafés, schools and village along the Jalan Gempol Banyuning also looked closed and no activities made as on regular days. “This tradition has been handed down from our parents and is alleged to have been celebrated since the thirteenth century or the year 1200s AD. We celebrate it solemnly and the society enthusiastically implements the Nyepi Desa,” said Ketut Setiawan, chief of Banyuning customary village, Tuesday (Sep 23).

Residents of Banyuning customary village also carried out the asceticism of the Nyepi Desa, showed by amati karya (no activities), amati geni (lighting no fire), amati lelanguan (no entertainment) and amati lelungan (no traveling). In addition, the residents of Banyuning village also had a unique tradition, where they scrambled for fire and holy water further used to expel evil spirits residing in their residence.

“The essence of Nyepi Desa and Nyepi in welcoming the Caka New Year is not much different. However, the Nyepi Desa is undertaken with the interpretation of welcoming the natural fertility. Meanwhile, the fire and holy water have the function to ward off evil spirits and purify the courtyard. It is meant to neutralize negative aura and changed it into positive aura when residents start welcoming the natural fertility,” he said. (kmb34)

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The tradition of Nyepi Desa (village day of silence) is celebrated for generations by residents of Banyuning customary village, Buleleng, in the effort to welcome the natural fertility, as conducted on Wednesday (Sep 24).

In Gianyar

30 minors infected by HIV/AIDS Bali Post

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GIANYAR - Gianyar as the oasis of various arts is ranked fourth with hundreds of people living with HIV/ AIDS. Ironically, of that amount, a total of 30 minors have been infected by this deadly virus, including eight infants of less than one year old. Meanwhile, the Gianyar HIV/AIDS Mitigation Commission (KPAK) continues to cut this figure.

The data of the Bali Health Agency handed over to KPAK Gianyar indicated that the cumulative findings of HIV/AIDS from 1987 to June 2014 amounted to 707 HIV/AIDS sufferers in Gianyar. However, based on the finding of case by July 2013, a total 30 minors had been infected by HIV/AIDS. In detail, three children were of 5-14 years old, while the highest number was of 1-4 years old reaching 19 children. Ironically, they included eight infants of less than one year of age.

Additionally, the most vulnerable age to suffer HIV/ AIDS in Gianyar belonged to productive age ranging from 20 to 49 years. For the age range of 20 to 29 years, a total of 115 people were noted to suffer HIV/AIDS. Meanwhile, the highest lay in the age range of 30 to 39 years reaching 153 people. Furthermore, in the age range of 40 to 49 years were noted 70 people suffering from this deadly virus.

The KPAK Gianyar also noted 20 case findings of HIV/AIDS transmission through childbirth from the mother to her baby. Moreover, there were also seven case findings of HIV/AIDS transmission through homosexual relations, while 29 other cases through syringe of drug abuse. In the meantime, the highest spread remained through heterosexual relations with

the findings of 276 cases. “What I want to instill is the hazards of free sex in the spread of HIV/AIDS, especially among teenagers, even the minors having been familiar with free sex,” said Secretary of the KPAK Gianyar, AA Suardana, with the permission from the Head of KPAK Gianyar doubling as the Deputy Regent of Gianyar Made Mahayastra.

Suardana explained that most case findings were due to illnesses which were then adjusted to the result of laboratory test. Nevertheless, he acknowledged that out there many people were suffering HIV/AIDS but had not been identified as they were still afraid of taking test for fear of being excluded from society. “We always seek to provide insight and education for the public that the amount of HIV/AIDS sufferers can be reduced by mutual consent. Yet for those who have been infected should not be isolated because the disease transmission is unlike flu or other diseases easily spread,” he explained.

For information, from 1987 to June 2014, there were 9,365 HIV/AIDS sufferers in Bali. In details from the highest rank, the finding in Denpasar amounted to 3,811 cases, Buleleng (1,702 cases) and Badung (1,378 cases). Meanwhile, the fourth place is occupied by Gianyar with 707 cases, in which 270 cases consist of people living with AIDS and 437 cases of people living with HIV. Finding of this case also continues to show an increase each year, where in 2011 was recorded to reach 405 cases of HIV/AIDS, increased to 446 cases in 2012 and increased again in 2013 to 582 cases. However, until June 2014 the finding increased significantly to 707cases, even this figure was estimated to continuously grow until the end of the year. (kmb35)

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The dam in Gerokgak, Buleleng is drying and cause many fish to die

Dam water shallow, fish dies of overheating

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SINGARAJA - Siltation of water in the Gerokgak dam tourist object has caused the tilapia and kapas-kapas fish (Geres punctatus) fingerlings to die floating and running aground. As a result, the stench is unavoidable so that unpleasant smell spreads around the location. ultimately died as being untreated,” he said.

Due to dam silting, people at the surrounding area also faced water shortages for irrigating their paddy fields. This condition had been going on since three months ago, so that residents were confused due to limited water in the dam. As alternative to get water for daily needs, local residents had to walk about four kilometers to buy water from the springs at Taman Temple at Sangalangit village. “This dam has many benefits. For instance, it has been used to irrigate crops, nuts and subak area. Now, the water stock is limited, so we are forced to purchase water for cooking and drink-

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One of the local residents, Nyoman Yasa, said on Wednesday (Sep 24) that no dam guard was on duty in the dam area in the south of the checkpoint. Moreover, shallow water in the dam had caused many fish to die when entering the long dry season. Allegedly the shallow water had absorbed fish dung so that it changed into poison. Then, such condition was aggravated by the heat of the sun in the dam area. “Indeed the dam water is shallow and it is alleged to have caused the fish to die. It is very hot here and the water is so shallow. As consequence, a lot of fish dung changed into poison.

Thus, lots of fish fingerlings spread by the government

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ing at Sangalangit village at IDR 1,000 to IDR 5,000 each jerry can,” said Yasa.

Responding to such condition, the Head of Buleleng Public Works Agency, Nyoman Gede Suryawan, when asked for his confirmation separately explained that his party had not known about the silting of the dam water and the death of fish due to be untreated. So far, his party did not receive any report yet from the staff or subdistrict authority. “Yes, so far we do not receive any reports from relevant officers. Related to the information on fish death, we have not got the causes. We will check it first and make coordination on this issue,” said Suryawan. (kmb34)

AMLAPURA - Six big monkeys known to be ferocious have been trapped to come into cage. Since then, said the Chief of Purwayu customary village, Karangasem, Nyoman Jati, Wednesday (Sep 24) in Karangasem, all pilgrims would be secure when worshipping to Lempuyang Luhur Temple.

According to him, within the past month no pilgrims or climbers to Lempuyang Luhur Temple were attacked by monkeys. It happened because six large monkeys had been entirely trapped. The six monkeys were known to be ferocious. Other than having

big body, they were also fatty.

“The monkeys known to be ferocious are the one having big body and cleft mouth, while the others have large body and are fanged. Now, the pilgrims wishing to worship to Lempuyang Luhur are safe from the monkey attack.

As evidence, there has been no attack or bite to pilgrims or climbers within the past month. Formerly, almost every week two people were bitten by monkeys,” he said.

With some residents, he asked permission to trap the monkeys into a cage because they were very hazardous.

Almost 50 pilgrims from various regions in Bali had been

bitten. Even, a traveler from Canada, customary security guard (pecalang) and a couple of traders from Purwayu village were also bitten by the monkeys.

“Formerly, the customary security guard or the escort of pilgrims was afraid of being on duty when those ferocious monkeys were still at large.

Rather than endangering to our pilgrims wishing to worship at Lempuyang Luhur, we finally decided to take such an action. As the monkeys were already endangering people praying to Lempuyang Luhur, they can be categorized into pest and must be stopped,” he said. (013)

Syndicate distributing 13 kg of marijuana on trial Bali Post DENPASAR - A marijuana dealer syndicate raided in a boarding house on Jalan Batubulan Gang Candrametu, Batubulan, Sukawati, Gianyar, started to be on trial, Wednesday (Sep 24). The defendant Alexander S of Cilincing-born, North Jakarta, was filed to the court with the evidence of 13 kg of marijuana. Public prosecutor I Gusti Ngurah Wirayoga before the judges led by Hadi Masuri explained that the case was revealed from the order of marijuana in small amount. Ultimately, the Denpasar Police Narcotics Unit could reveal the drug supplier after the arrest of the buyer ordering marijuana in small amount.

As in the indictment read out before the court, the revealing of this case began from the arrest of Oky Kristianto (defendant in separate file) on June 17, 2014. He was arrested on Jalan Grahaliva, Muding Tengah, Kerobokan, North Kuta. When arrested, the officers secured a plastic bag containing marijuana leaves and seeds. Based on the finding, police then interrogated

Oky. From the interrogation, the officers obtained information that Oky got the marijuana from the defendant Alexander.

At that time, Oky was taken advantage to contact the supplier. Via telephone, Oky was asked to purchase the goods to Franky Kesaulia Kalumata also denoting a defendant (in a separate file). At that time, Franky claimed not to sell marijuana in small amount. But when ordered in large amount, he could confirm the purchase.

Armed with the information, Oky then contacted the defendant and wheedled so as to inform his address. Afterward, police officers raided the boarding house of Franky located on Jalan Raya Batubulan Gang Candrametu, Batubulan village, exactly the room number 14. In the search, the officers found a bundle of marijuana with the net weight of 1,000 grams wrapped in newspaper. Meanwhile, in room 15, namely the room of the defendant Alexander, police found four other bundles of marijuana respectively had the weight of 911.07 grams,

972.05 grams, 936.69 grams and 961.18 grams.

“All the bundles are wrapped in newspaper,” said prosecutor in the indictment.

Besides, police also found 10 other bundles of marijuana in a suitcase, where all of which had been claimed to be owned by the defendant. “As the result of police investigation, all the marijuana bundles were claimed to belong to the defendant,” said the prosecutor.

From the results of development, the defendant admitted to get the marijuana by purchasing from someone known as Arbi. However, police could not have arrested the person and then was then listed into the most wanted fugitive. All the bundles of marijuana used as the evidence were then taken to Denpasar Police to be further weighed. Having been calculated, the overall weight of the marijuana seized from the boarding room in Batubulan, was 13,641.91 grams. Based on the indictment, the prosecutor charged Alexander with death penalty. (kmb37)

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Calendar Event for September 28 through October 28, 2014 8 Sep Kajeng Kliwon Pamelastali/ Watu Gunung Runtuh

7 Oct Sabuh Mas

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

8 Oct Pagerwesi Dan Purnama Sasih Kapat

13 Oct Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

Pura Labang SinduJiwa Ubud

18 Oct Tumpek Landep

Pura Penataran Agung Maha Gotra Tirta Harum Sri Srengga Nyalian Banjarrangkan Klungkung 30 Sep Paid-Paidan Pura Dalem Seme Jawa Marga Tabanan 1 Oct Urip 2 Oct Patetegan 3 Oct Pengeradanan 4 Oct Hari Saraswati Pura Pasek Tangkas Dalang Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Sayan Bongkasa Abian Semal Pura Watu Gunung Bima Pura Agung Jagat Karana Surabaya Pura Aditya Jaya Rawa Mangun Jakarta Timur Pura Pemekasan Banyuning Timur Buleleng Pura Agung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa Barat Pura Kawitan Bendesa Aban Baturning Mambal Abiansemal 5 Oct Banyu Pinaruh 6 Oct Soma Ribek Pura Jati Jembrana Pura Kawitan Batu Gaing Bangli Pura Tirta Wening Surabaya Pura Desa Lingga Wana Abang Karangasem

Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Sidakarya Denpasar Pura Pasek Gelgel Pedungan Denpasar Pura Agung Pasek Tangguntiti Tabanan Pura Agung Pasek Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangkas Kediri Tabanan Pura Kerta Banyuning Barat Buleleng Pura Dalem Tenggaling Sangguan Singapadu Pura Kawitan Arya Wangbang Pinatih Peguyangan Singaraja Pura Bujangga Waisnawa Jembrana Pura Taman Bubuan Seririt Singaraja Pura Penataran Pande Dalem Batur Mengwi Pura Dalem Pingit Tegalalang Pura Ida Ratu Pande Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup Gianyar Pura Kumuda Saraswati Ubud Pura Batur Arya Sudimara Tabanan Pura Dalem Majapahit Marga Tabanan Pura Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati 19 Oct Redite Umanis Ukir Pura Sanggah Gede Dukuh Sagening Tegal Tugu Gianyar 22 Oct Buda Cemeng Ukir Pura Pajenengan kawitan Arya Tauman Gelgel Klungkung Pura Pasar Agung Besakih Pura Pasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Legian Kuta Pura Gde Gunung Agung Munggu Badung 23 Oct Tilem Sasih Kapat 24 Oct Hari Bhatara Sri 28 Oct Anggara Kasih Kulantir dan Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan

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

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

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

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

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

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NEW YORK - With $620 million in estimated pre-tax earnings, veteran rapper and record producer Dr. Dre topped Forbes list as the highest paid hip hop artist, ousting Sean “Diddy” Combs from the top spot.

Forbes said Dre’s estimated annual earnings for the 12 months between June 2013 and 2014 are the highest of any musician in any genre it has ever evaluated, and more than the combined takings of the other 24 names on the hip-hop list released on Tuesday.

Much of the 49-year-old’s earnings this year came thanks to the $3 billion sale to Apple of the Beats high-end headphone company he founded with music executive Jimmy Iovine and other financial ventures, including cognac and vodka brands.

Combs, 44, tied for second place with Jay-Z, 44, with $60 million, with earnings from drinks, clothing and television deals.

Jay-Z, who toured with his wife, Beyonce, for the first time with their “On the Run” concerts, pulled in

money from lucrative performances, his latest album and his Roc Nation entertainment empire, which assured him a place in the top five.

Drake, 27, came in fourth with $33 million with takings from his album “Nothing Was the Same,” an endorsement deal with sportswear firm Nike and a concert tour. Grammy-winning duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis rounded out the top five with $32 million.

Forbes compiled the list by looking at income from record sales, publishing, merchandise sales, tours and endorsement deals and talking to managers, agents, lawyers and some of the artists. The earnings were calculated based on data from Pollstar, RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and Nielsen SoundScan.

Fees for agents, managers and lawyers were not deducted from the estimates.

“Happy” singer and music producer Pharrell Williams, who joined the NBC television singing competition “The Voice” as a coach this season, slipped into the top 10 with $22 million.

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A silversmith making a silver accesories in the center of silver handicraft at Gianyar. Director of Trade Security, Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Oke Nurwan, stated that the implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015 would open greater and wider opportunities for the products of Indonesia including Bali to lead the ASEAN market.

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LOS ANGELES — Model Amber Rose is ending her yearlong marriage to rapper Wiz Khalifa. Rose filed for divorce on Tuesday in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences. She is seeking custody of their 20month old son and spousal support as laid out in the former couple’s prenuptial agreement.

Court filings state the couple separated on Monday, but provide no other details on the split or how the pair’s finances will be divided.

They were married in July 2013 less than five months after their son was born.

Khalifa, whose hit “Black and Yellow” help make his 2011 album “Rolling Papers” a success, released his latest album “Blacc Hollywood” in August.

The divorce filing was first reported Wednesday by celebrity website TMZ.

In this Jan. 26, 2014 file photo, Wiz Khalifa, left, and Amber Rose arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

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DENPASAR - Director of Trade Security, Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Oke Nurwan, stated that the implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015 would open greater and wider opportunities for the products of Indonesia including Bali to lead the ASEAN market. The year will become the start for the economic integration among the ASEAN members in the form of AEC. “From then on, all the goods, services, capitals and investments will move freely in all the countries within the Southeast Asia. It will become an opportunity and challenge for each country member, including Indonesia,” said Okay Nurwan in the Public Education on the AEC 2015 in Denpasar, Wednesday (Sep 24).

He said that a number of pro-

cesses had been running, such as the simplification of the Certificate of Origin (SKA) of the Indonesia Form-D. It would provide an opportunity for Indonesian exporters to increase their exports to ASEAN. To that end, the integration phase having been running long enough would make the people of Indonesia unnecessary to consider the AEC a threat.

“In the goods sector, for example, the public will not be surprised by the elimination of tariff barriers in the intra-ASEAN trade because since 1992 the tariff reduction has been already underway,” he said.

However, he said that to get a 0 (zero) percent tariff, the exporters had to ask for Form-D to Trade and Industry Agency indicating that the products to be exported was native to Indonesia, so the tariff charge would be 0 percent.

Otherwise, when the exporter did not take advantage of the Form-D, they would be subject to prevailing tariff in a country. “Without using the Form-D, regular tariff will be imposed. In Malaysia, they will be averagely charged at 6 percent, in the Philippines (7 percent) and

China (11 percent),” he said.

He explained the founding countries plus Brunei Darussalam had successfully reduced the import tariff averagely at 3.64 percent in 2000 to 0.05 percent in 2012, while 4 other countries such as Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar had reduced the tariff from 7.51 percent to 1.69 percent in the same period.

“Currently, 99 percent of the tariff has averagely touched almost 0 percent and in 2015 will become 0 percent,” he explained.

Determination of the year 2015 for the implementation of the AEC was recognized by Oke Nurwan had appeared since 1992 after the signing of the Preferential Trade Arrangement (PTA) in the goods sector.

Meanwhile, the data of the Bali Industry and Trade Agency noted that during January to July 2014 the export realization of Bali increased by 4.16 percent compared to the period of January-July 2013, namely from USD 288,937,862 to USD 300,957,300 (period 2014). Specifically for the export to ASEAN market, within the past 5 years also showed an increase on the average of 13.35 percent per year. “The export destination has reached 104 countries. The biggest is the USA with the export value worth USD 121,389,361 or 24.97 percent,” said the Head of Bali Industry and Trade Agency, Ni Wayan Kusumawathi, while adding that the craft was still the largest export commodity of Bali. (kmb27)