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LAS VEGAS — MGM Resorts International and the organizers of Rock in Rio USA announced additions to the music festival’s lineup Monday and offered a glimpse of what to expect when the event comes to Las Vegas next year.

Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran will join Taylor Swift, Metallica and No Doubt performing on the main stage during the festival, which takes place May 8-9 and May 15-16. Singer Joss Stone also is slated to perform.

The announcement and debut of the festival’s look came complete with a magician, tap dancers, a fire-thrower and musical acts performing in front of building facades resembling streets in the United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom.

Luis Justo, CEO of Rock in Rio, said the festival is intended to be an “immersive” experience. A Ferris wheel and 64-foot-high (20-meter) zip line are also planned for the site.

The venue will accommodate 85,000 general admission ticket-holders each day and 4,000 VIPs, organizers said. A pre-sale last month attracted ticketbuyers from 32 different countries, Justo said.

The 37-acre (15-hectare) open-air venue stretching from the corner of Las Vegas and Sahara boulevards next to the Circus Circus Resort is being built by MGM Resorts in concert with Cirque du Soleil and The Yucaipa Cos. investment firm.

When Rock in Rio and its “City of Rock” street facades leave after next year’s shows, the venue will be used for other concerts, food festivals and sporting events year-round, said Chris Baldizan, senior vice president of entertainment for MGM Resorts.

“This is a monumental task,” Baldizan said of turning the large swath of dirt into an outdoor entertainment venue. Tickets are expected to go on sale in January.

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Taylor Swift goes pop for giant release

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NEW YORK - Moving more decisively away from her country roots, Taylor Swift on Monday released a danceable pop album that the beleaguered record industry hopes will be the year’s top-seller. Called “1989,” the year the soon-to-be 25-year-old US music phenomenon was born, Swift’s fifth album is accompanied by a methodical marketing campaign that ranges from product tie-ins to meetings with lucky fans.

Swift, who moved as a child to Nashville and released a debut album with a country base when she was just 16, shifts firmly into pop mode on the latest album by trading her guitar for a synth sound that would, in fact, have sounded familiar in 1989.

Swift -- whose breakups with celebrity boyfriends have delighted tabloids -- once again taps into her personal life for her lyrics, but on “1989” the tone is often cheeky and plainly cognizant of the media glare upon her.

“I go on too many dates / But I can’t make ‘em stay / At least that’s what people say,” she sings with a chuckle on the album’s first single “Shake It Off,” which is driven by an infectious funk rhythm.

Swift teamed up for “Shake It Off” and several other “1989” tracks with the Swedish producers Max Martin and Shellback, who worked with her on “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” her charttopping song from her last album “Red” in 2012.

Martin has written or co-written some of the major hits of the past 20 years by bubblegum pop stars such as the Backstreet Boys, ‘N Sync and Britney Spears.

Swift, appearing Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America” to promote the album, declared that “1989” was her best work.

“I think it’s always important to remind your fans why they started listening to you in the first place but, on a new album, give them something truly new,” she said.

“I could have made ‘Red’ twice, done the same thing over again. Instead, I decided to go in a completely different direction,” she said.

Swift is not the only one hoping that “1989” will take off. So far, this year is on course to be the first in memory without an album go-

ing platinum -- the certification of selling more than one million -- although the 2013 soundtrack to the Disney movie “Frozen” has done so in the course of 2014.

Overall album sales are down by 14 percent compared with last year, according to industry journal Billboard. The reasons are hotly debated, with some artists and promoters blaming streaming services that discourage casual listeners from buying full albums.

Billboard said the industry was forecasting that Swift’s album would sell 800,000 to 900,000 copies in its first week, which would make it the biggest release since Justin Timberlake’s “The 20/20 Experience” in March 2013.

The album leaked online several days in advance. It was listed on filesharing sites by the title “album inconnu,” French for “unknown album,” raising suspicion that the leak occurred in the Frenchspeaking world.

But many fans insisted on social media that they would wait for Monday’s official worldwide release, a loyalty that may be attributed to the star’s assiduous attempts to cultivate her “Swifties.”

Swift has enclosed five different sets of Polaroid pictures in the CDs as a way to encourage collectors. Early buyers of the CD are given codes for a lottery to meet Swift, who is also collaborating with a fast food chain and soft drink maker for the album’s release.

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Amidst the struggle of communal and individualistic sense, the youth of Bali even unites to reject the Benoa Bay reclamation plan.

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DENPASAR - Amidst the struggle of communal and individualistic sense, the youth of Bali even unites to reject the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. It is evidenced by the installation of billboards showing the rejection on behalf of the customary youth club (STT). The sea reclamation plan becomes a milestone for the resurrection of Balinese youth in Bali that was previously apathetic. Even, they often ignore the meaning of the Youth Pledge regularly celebrated every October 28.

“Today, the hegemony of the Youth Pledge seems somewhat declining in harmony with the passage of times. The youth has begun to be individualistic so it then erodes the communality. Nowadays, high

togetherness among the youth perhaps only remains in some areas.

However, if it is associated with reclamation, Balinese youth even has arisen. As evidence, many customary youth clubs are now

beginning to think together for the future of Bali,” said the Spokesman of Grenceng youth club, Denpasar, I Made Agus Mahendra Iswara, Monday (Oct 27).

Agus added that with the spirit of the Youth Pledge celebrated on October 28, the current youth should be able to collaborate and advance the nation. The presence of young men having good intellectual would certainly be able to bring this nation to a better future.

“The youth must jointly protect their region, not only in terms of the environmental aspect but also in terms of social and cultural aspect,”

he explained. Meanwhile, the Chief of the Yowana Satya Dharma youth club of Bukit Buwung hamlet, Denpasar, Adi Apriyanta, said that it was time for the youth to no longer be apathetic against social issues in Bali.

In contrast, the curiousness should be grown as well as the critical attitude had to be honed in the face of problems amidst the community.

“We have to be more critical and more curious because the youth plays an important role in the life of the nation as the next generation that will run this country in the future. Never be ignorant again, these issues must be faced together.

Moreover, the reclamation has belonged to the problem of life,” he said.

A member of the Yowana Dharma Bhakti youth club from Suwung Kauh hamlet, Denpasar, Kadek Bobby Susila, hoped the rise of Balinese youth was accompanied with critical attitude in rejecting the Benoa Bay reclamation plan that did not take place shortly. Bali was not only facing the problem of reclamation, but also other problems related to the economic, legal, social and cultural aspects that should be resolved together.

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The suspect Julaikah Noor Aini aka Noor Ellis (middle) was visit by her son on Monday.

Murderer of Robert threatened with lifetime punishment Four executors put into most wanted list

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DENPASAR - John Ellis, the first son of the late Robert Kevin Ellis, finally could meet with his mother, the suspect Julaikah Noor Aini aka Noor Ellis in the room of the investigator, Directorate of General Criminal, Bali Police, Monday (Oct 27). The meeting lasted about 40 minutes. After that, it was the turn of the Chief of Bali Police, Albertus Julius Benny Mokalu, to meet the suspect Noor. According to the police chief, the case fulfilled the aspect of planned murder so that the suspect could be charged under the Article 340 of the Criminal Code with the subsidiary Article 338 of the Criminal Code with a maximum of lifetime penalty.

Responding to the confession of the suspect Noor that she actually did not ask to kill the victim, but only resolved the problem, the police chief firmly said that it was the right of the suspect to say so and his party could not force.

“If she said that she wanted to resolve the problem, that’s okay.

But, we look at the facts why solving a problem should claim one’s life. Necessarily, solving a problem need not to claim one’s life,” he said.

Benny said the suspect’s description was only a clue and had a little chance to be used as evidence. All statements of the suspect and witnesses would be used by the investigators as instructions to disclose the case.

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“They (the victim and his wife—Ed) want to divorce. Currently, Directorate of General Criminal Investigation with the investigators keeps searching the information. Hopefully, the motive could be immediately revealed maximally. So, it can really disclose the mystery of the murder,” said Benny.

Responding to the four executors that had not been arrested, according to the two-star general, his party had put them into the most wanted list and had been disseminated. He affirmed if they felt guilty and got directly involved, they should surrender.

“The sooner the better, slowly but surely we will find them,” he affirmed.

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“My message to those getting involved, they should surrender,” said the former police chief of Bengkulu.

After meeting with his mother, John Ellis said nothing. However, he handed over a piece of paper containing a family’s statement in English. Then, he rushed to get into his car and immediately left police station. Essentially the statement mentioned that the victim’s family was a loving and loyal person. His work in the business had been creating job opportunities for thousands of people in Indonesia. He was a good and honorable man. Besides, he was also generous and vivacious as well as had integrity. (kmb36)

SEMARAPURA - Many highlights to the damage of Batu Melawang Cave draw the attention of a foreign cinematographer. Jungle Run Production House from the United States intends to make a documentary film on the Batu Melawang Cave as the object even though it is in damaged condition. It is keen on the Batu Melawang Cave along with the swallow habitat producing bird nests all the time.

The plan of making the documentary film was confirmed by the Managing Director of the PDNKK, Wayan Sukadana, Monday (Oct 27). The production house already submitted the permission to Klungkung government. The documentary film would explore the ecotourism destination. Later on, the documentary film would be aired at travel channel televisions in the United States.

When making an audience with the Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, recently Desak Hartati representing the Jungle Run Production House said the shooting object was taken at Batu Melawang Cave based on the consideration that Ceningan Island was still far behind the well-known tourist destination of Bali. “We hope that Batu Melawang Cave will become a new tourist destination in Bali,” she said.

Regent I Nyoman Suwirta allowed the production house to make the Batu Melawang Cave the object of the documentary film shooting. Even, Regent

Suwirta also offered a number of other interesting places in Nusa Penida such as mangrove forest and marine life of the KKP Nusa Penida for similar object as well as the cluster of tiny islands nearby.

Meanwhile, I Wayan Sukadana participating in the audience said that when the documentary film had been completed, it would also be used as a means to demonstrate to policy holders, such as the House, local government and others about the actual contents inside the swallow habitat in the Batu Melawang Cave, Ceningan. Thus, it could make more comprehensive decision in the development or conservation efforts of the Batu Melawang Cave.

After obtaining permission, the production house and the PDNKK made a survey at the site on Thursday (Oct 23).

At that time, it was known if the mouth of the cave had collapsed as crashed by waves. So, a repair should be made to the entrance stairs and some equipment to get to the location. Meanwhile, the damage at the entrance had been resolved. The PDNKK already made improvement to the facility at the entrance into the cave. He asserted the swallow cave had been ready for the documentary film shooting although the entrance access was quite difficult.

As scheduled, the shooting in the cave would be conducted on November 8-10, 2014. It would be carried out simultaneously with the second phase of the bird’s nest harvest this year by the county-owned company. (kmb31)

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Many highlights to the damage of Batu Melawang Cave draw the attention of a foreign cinematographer.

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The name Kamandalu is adopted from Sanskrit. It means “the vessel that holds the holy water.” The process of making this vessel, Kamandalu, has deep spiritual meaning: an individual must break away from the attachment of the world and purify himself of self-desire in order to experience inner peace. The look of Kamandalu is simple, but it holds great importance since it holds the holy water. The holy water itself is believed to be the elixir of life.

Kamandalu Ubud brings the same significant vision to deliver to our guests a simple yet meaningful place where visitors and guests are able to break away from the frantic pace of daily life and experience true inner peace…that is essentially the elixir of life.

Kamandalu Ubud was launched in April 2011, presented as the enhancement of the existing Kamandalu Ubud which has been serving worldwide guests since 1992.

All 11 villas of the formerly called Deluxe Pool Villas and Two Bedroom Pool Villas were reintroduced with their individual villa names. Layout, in-villa facilities, furniture and amenities were perfected and modernized. In addition, 2 brand new villas were built from the ground up (expected to finish by end of 2011) adding inventories with Three Bedroom fitted with multi-function rooms.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 Oct Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

18 Oct Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Sidakarya Denpasar

23 Oct Tilem Sasih Kapat

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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DENPASAR - Denpasar Municipality will enact the Social Security Agency (BPJS) program for Health and Employment from January 2015. This policy will not only be applied to local workforce, but also to foreign workforce working in the territory of Denpasar.

WASHINGTON - IBM announced Monday it would offer its analytics platform and other technology for use in African countries affected by the Ebola outbreak. nel to communicate their experiences directly to the government.”

IBM has donated technology to Nigeria’s Lagos state government to coordinate disease containment efforts.

The technology, which has been used in other humanitarian missions, “will help strengthen the coordination of public health emergency response teams and ensure that the Lagos state government is able to manage and respond to any new reported cases of Ebola or future epidemics,” the statement said.

The move comes amid increased interest in using supercomputing and big data to improve detection and relief efforts in containing the Ebola outbreak.

Microsoft last week said it would make its Azure cloud computing platform available to researchers examining the spread of Ebola.

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IBM announced Monday it would offer its analytics platform and other technology for use in African countries affected by the Ebola outbreak.

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A child using personal computer. England, in September became the first major world economy to make coding a compulsory subject for children in publicly-funded schools from the age of five.

Five-year-olds learn coding as Britain eyes digital future

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LONDON - “Miss! We made it breathe out fire!” exclaimed 10-year-old Joe, pointing at the laptop on his desk, where he has programmed his animated dragon to belch flames into the face of the Greek hero Heracles.

Gasps of excitement ripple across the classroom, as the children at Launcelot school in south London try to work out the string of commands that Joe used to create their own virtual battles.

This is no special class -- it is a scene being recreated across England, which in September became the first major world economy to make coding a compulsory subject for children in publicly-funded schools from the age of five.

The government overhauled the computing curriculum after industry figures warned that children were not learning the skills they needed to compete in the 21st century.

And now these pupils are not just playing computer games, but learning how to make them.

Jemimah, a softly spoken 10year-old in an immaculate blue and black uniform, smiles with satisfaction as she, too, manages to make her dragon breathe fire.

“At the first lesson I wasn’t really sure how to do it. I had to have lots of help but I’ve been really getting it now,” she says.

For many people, the word coding conjures up nightmarish images of lines and lines of text on a computer screen, written by hunched figures typing furiously.

But the students are using basic

animation software that gives them a choice of command phrases -move forward or back, lift a shield -- that can be arranged in sequence to make the brightly coloured characters come to life.

In another classroom, younger pupils are learning coding through an iPad programme called “Daisy the Dinosaur”.

“It’s fun because you get to tell them what to do,” said six-year-old Ashley, as he swipes his finger to create a list of words such as “Spin” and “Jump” and then presses play to watch Daisy dance across the screen.

Six-year-old Feza is almost breathless as she demonstrates how to make Daisy “bigger, and bigger and bigger!”

“It has made the computer curriculum more exciting, engaging for the children. And it’s not actually that difficult,” said teacher Amy Riley.

“When you come down to it, it’s a set of instructions.”

Britain has a fast-growing digital sector, from e-commerce to robotics and gaming, which accounts for about five percent of the country’s growth, according to the “Tech City” industry organisation.

But like in many developed nations, the workforce is not keeping pace.

In a survey last year by research firm GfK, 45 percent of tech business leaders in London said a shortage of skilled workers is the biggest challenge they face.

The government has now replaced the old computing curriculum, with its focus on word processing and spreadsheets, with one that

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The US computing giant said it is offering the assistance in Sierra Leone, one of the countries hardest hit by the deadly disease, and in nearby Nigeria, which has been declared Ebola-free.

The initiative allowing residents to directly report Ebola-related issues and concerns via SMS or voice calls to public health officials in Sierra Leone enables better tracking of the disease, according to an IBM statement.

Using location information from the calls, IBM is able to create “heat-maps” to determine the areas where the disease is spreading.

“We saw the need to quickly develop a system to enable communities directly affected by Ebola to provide valuable insight about how to fight it, said Uyi Stewart, IBM Africa’s chief research scientist.

“Using mobile technology, we have given them a voice and a chan-

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gives children an understanding of how computers work.

“In the 21st century, the ability to code and program a computer is no longer a nice-to-have, it’s an essential,” Finance Minister George Osborne said earlier this year.

Alex Hope, the managing director of leading British visual effects company Double Negative, has been outspoken on the need for Britain to improve the skills of its workforce.

“I think it’s tremendous that coding is recognised as a vital skill, not just for the creative industries but for British industry in general,” he told AFP. His company won an Oscar for the effects in Hollywood movie “Inception” and currently employs more than 1,000 people worldwide working on other films, but has had to recruit many from overseas.

He highlights Israel as an example of how to teach coding in schools, but says all countries have to raise their game.

“If you want to be a developer of what computers can do, if you want to use them as a tool rather than a passive consumer of other people’s technology, you need to be able to code yourselves,” he said.

Although the government has allocated some funding for training, the teachers at Launcelot school taught themselves how to use the coding applications used in class.

And as the five-year-olds rapidly improve their skills, it will not be long before they know more than the staff.

“The children will take over -they’ll run with it,” said headteacher Paul Hooper.

“Every job seeker, whether individual, entrepreneur, legal entity or other entities that carry out the operations of the company in Denpasar must register their companies and workers as the participant of the BPJS for Health and Employment. This includes foreigners who have worked at least for 6 months in Indonesia,” said the Head of Denpasar Social and Workforce Agency, Made Erwin Suryadarma Sena, in Denpasar.

According to him, the implementation of Law No.40/2004 on the National Social Security System (JKN) and Law No.24/2011 on the Social Security Agency (BPJS) was a national policy. It aimed to provide social protection and prosperity for workers. To that end, in accordance with the circular of the Mayor of Denpasar No.560/2186/ Dinsosbaker it had been disseminated to leadership of companies, state-owned companies, local

government-owned companies, foundations, cooperatives and the heads of LPD throughout the city of Denpasar. “We do hope that all companies operating in the city of Denpasar from now on should register their employees,” he said.

He explained that any companies violating the obligation to register their company and employees for the participation in the BPJS would be imposed with administrative sanction where they would not get

public services in accordance with the Government Regulation No. 86/2013 Chapter 9 on the procedures of imposing administrative sanctions to the employers. The sanction to be imposed on the violating companies had something to do with business licensing, participation in project tender and building permit. Similarly, the foreign employment working permit of foreign workers would not be extended.

“If the employees are not included in the BPJS program, the company will bear all the expenses in case of an accident afflicting the employees,” he said.

As has been known, the BPJS

Bali has electricity surplus of 139 MW Bali Post

DENPASAR - The State-owned Electricity Company (PLN) of Bali distribution stated that the current power plant in Bali is enough to meet the electricity needs on Island of the Gods. Even, the production of electricity in Bali is surplus up to 139 megawatts of the energy generated up to 898 MW, with the highest peak load at 759 MW. “The remaining electricity production is still higher than the electricity

generated by the largest plants, namely in Gilimanuk with the capacity of 130 MW. If this largest plant collapses, it can still bear the burden of Bali. So, there must be energy reserves,” said General Manager of PT PLN (Persero) of Bali distribution, Syamsul Huda, in Denpasar.

Nevertheless, he said, the production of electricity in Bali was expensive because most of the existing power plants were still dependent on fuel supply. Electricity demand in Bali all this time got supplies from a

number of power plants, namely the Gilimanuk power plant with 130 MW, Pemaron (90 MW), Pesanggaran (321 MW) and supplies from Java through the submarine cable (320 MW).

“Producing (electricity—Ed) by fuel is very expensive. When constantly consuming fuel, it will cause deficit, only due to the government subsidies the deficit could be covered. What we need to think about is how to reduce the fuel consumption,” he said.

According to him, all the power plants in Bali like the Gilimanuk

power plant consumed fuel because it was very difficult to get gas. Even, the average supply of diesel to meet the needs reached 80,000 kilo liter per month. The three power plants would require a diesel supply as much as 2,666 KL per day.

“So, overall, the production of electricity in Bali is categorized to be expensive. On that account, we have informed people to use it economically because the production cost of electricity per KWH is very expensive,” he said.

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The State-owned Electricity Company (PLN) of Bali distribution stated that the current power plant in Bali is enough to meet the electricity needs on Island of the Gods.

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covers four programs, namely the work accident insurance, life insurance, pension and health care insurance. Each of the four programs has different amount of premium, such as the premium of accident insurance reaches 0.24 percent of the wage received by workers and 0.30 percent for life insurance. Meanwhile, the premium of pension program is 5.7 percent of the wage received where 2 percent is paid by the worker and the remaining 3.7 percent by the employer. Then, health insurance amounts to 4.5 percent, where 4 percent is paid by the employer and the remaining 0.5 percent by the employee. (kmb27)

He mentioned that a steam-fueled power plant consuming coal was being built at Celukan Bawang (West Bali) by private companies that totally consisted of three blocks. Each block had the capacity of 130 MW. “The use of coal will reduce fuel consumption in some power plants in Bali,” said Syamsul Huda.

He explained the Celukan Bawang power plant would run smoothly with a fairly large capacity. It would be distributed to high voltage power transmission (SUTT) in Southern Bali.

The Celukan Bawang power plant was attempted to consume coal whose price was surely cheaper. (kmb27)

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SEMARAPURA - A legal team from Klungkung County finally stopped the construction of the villa at Tulang Nyuh customary hamlet, Tegak village, Klungkung subdistrict,on Monday (Oct 27). The villa developers did not have a permit, nor did they coordinate with the local customary village heads. As a result, village residents protested the villa construction.

He did admitt to building a regular house on the land area of 3,800 square meters belonging to a productive plantation. He argued that the building in question only used 300 square meters of land, and that he had tried to communicate with the customary village, but the planned meetings never occured with the chief of the customary village never occured.

He also claimed to have coordinated with the adjacent residents, headman and subdistrict head for the licensing process. The file had been complete and it just needed to be submited to the Integrated Licensing Office.

However, he acknowledged that his party did not have legal permission from the local government. espite this, the development process had been underway with the basic foundation having been laid.

Not only that, Johanes also admitted to have paid an initial contribution of IDR 1.5 million to the customary village.

However, the headman responded that the investor had not made

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Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (C) arrives at the Palace of Justice for his final appeal against a conviction for sodomy, in Putrajaya October 28, 2014.

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A legal team from Klungkung County finally stopped the construction of the villa at Tulang Nyuh customary hamlet, Tegak village, Klungkung subdistrict,on Monday (Oct 27).

any attempt at communication and that it was in fact his party who had paid the contribution to the local customary village.

One of the local residents, Nyoman Suastika, asked the chief

of the customary village to immediately hold a meeting to address the problem. It is important so that what was constituted by the chief of customary village was based on the correct mechanism and was in

fact done on behalf of all the residents of Tulang Nyuh. That way, certain groups of people would not be taking a stand on their own that could kindle another problem. (kmb31)

Major investment rampant

County govt drafts industrial tax charges

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SINGARAJA - A number of recent large-scale investments

are starting to get into Buleleng.

Local government also directs the huge investments to the industrial zones having been defined in the

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A number of recent large-scale investments are starting to get into Buleleng. Local government also directs the huge investments to the industrial zones having been defined in the Regional Bylaw (Perda) on the Buleleng Spatial Plan.

Regional Bylaw (Perda) on the Buleleng Spatial Plan. In addition, the local government begins to make a preparation to draw a large investment in the industrial zone by imposing taxes of industrial scale.

With this effort, the county government would be able to boost the revenue through tax sector. This was revealed in the meeting discussing about the budget amendment 2014 in the joint commission meeting room of the Buleleng House, Monday (Oct 27).

The meeting between the Budget Agency and the local government budget team (TAPD) was led by Chairman of the Buleleng House, Gede Supriatna, while the executive was led by Regional Secretary of Buleleng government, Dewa Ketut Puspaka, accompanied by Assistant III Gede Dharmaja, the Head of Regional

Development Planning Board Gede Suyasa and leadership of the agencies in the circles of the Buleleng County.

Regional Secretary Dewa Ketut Puspaka revealed in the meeting that a number of middle-to-upper scale investments had come to Buleleng. For this condition, the local government had to facilitate and encourage the investors to invest in the industrial zone in West Buleleng. The industrial zone had been set out in Regional Bylaw on the Spatial Plan of Buleleng.

Before the government included the West Buleleng into an industrial zone in the provisions of the regulation, some investments such as the Celukan Bawang harbor, steam-fueled power plant, and other large investments had been running in this zone.

Following the coming of large investors to the industrial zone,

continued Puspaka, local government began to make preparation of tax imposition on the investments with the industrial-scale tax provision. Taxation of the industrial scale was believed to boost the revenue of Buleleng sourcing from taxes.

Meanwhile, the Head of Regionally Generated Revenue (Dispenda) of Buleleng, Ida Bagus Puja Erawan, said the investment existing in the industrial zone in West Buleleng was still imposed with non-industrial tax. It had to be done because there was no government policy to change the industrial-scale tax imposition in the zone. To that end, his party agreed if the government and the House reached the same perspective to make preparation so that the investment in West Buleleng could be imposed with industrial-scale tax. (kmb38)

Anwar faces final appeal against sodomy conviction Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian court is due to decide this week on an appeal by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim against a sodomy conviction and five-year prison term, with a ruling against him likely to all but end his political career and inflame tension.

A court convicted Anwar in March of sodomising a former political aide and sentenced him to five years in prison. Sodomy is illegal in Malaysia.

Anwar, who in the mid-1990s was the ruling party’s rising star before falling out with then premier Mahathir Mohamad, condemned the verdict as a “choreographed” travesty. Supporters and rights groups said it was politically influenced.

The government rejected the notion of political interference saying Malaysia had an independent judiciary and the case, brought by a former male political aide, was between two individuals and a matter for the courts.

The conviction, Anwar’s second for sodomy, shattered his political plans which had been given a boost by opposition gains in a 2013 election. His lawyers appealed and a court will take up the case on Tuesday, with a decision possible on Wednesday.

If Anwar, 67, loses, he faces a return to jail and would be barred from contesting the next general election that must be held by 2018.

He told reporters on Monday he had decided he would not go abroad to avoid the possibility of jail.

“This is my country and I cannot imagine leaving,” he said. “It’s a tough choice. Imagine at my age having to go back to prison.”

But he said he remained optimistic about the hearing: “Don’t be surprised that I’ll be a free man on Wednesday.”

Human Rights Watch called last week on the government to end the “politically motivated prosecution” of Anwar. A ruling against him would anger his supporters who could take to the streets.

His departure from politics could also herald the disintegration of an uneasy three-party opposition alliance that he leads.

The Pakatan Rakyat, or People’s Alliance, groups Anwar’s party, an ethnic Chinese party and an Islamist party. It was shaken recently by a dispute over who should take the leadership of opposition-controlled Selangor state.

“Given the situation now, it would be difficult for everyone to come to a consensus on Anwar’s replacement,” said Muhammad Sabu, deputy president of the Islamist

party, known as PAS. Anwar’s daughter, Nurul Izzah, said her father’s jailing would pose a real test for the alliance. “You’re talking about the man who is a unifying factor no longer being there.

He drove the coalition together,” Nurul Izzah told Reuters.

But Anwar’s jailing could galvanize the opposition, an analyst said.

“There is a potential here to turn what was previously an opposition coalition led by one dominating figure into a coalition that represents the people,” said Wan Saiful Wan Jan, of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs.

Muhammad Sabu of PAS said the opposition parties had to stick together in the face of the political juggernaut of the ruling party which has been in power since independence in 1957.

“We have to unite otherwise we are finished in the next election,” Sabu said.

After Anwar was sacked in 1998, he campaigned against corruption and nepotism and led a nationwide “reformasi” (reform) movement before he was jailed in 1999 for corruption.

His first sodomy conviction, in 2000, was overturned in 2004 and he was released from prison and returned to politics as the head of a revitalised opposition whose showing in a 2008 election deprived the ruling coalition of its traditional two-thirds majority in parliament.

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Two Japan ministers acknowledge political fund improprieties

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Chief of Tulang Nyuh customary village, Nengah Sudarna, said that the initial arrival of these investors had not been reported to the customary village. Also, work on the villa project utilized the rural road built independently by the village and as a result of heavy trucks conveying materials foe the villa project, this road became damaged.

Responding to the issue, the acting Tegak headman, Ketut Arsa, admitted that he approached the investor kindly asking them to temporarily stop their activities last week. After that, his party coordinated with the customary village officals and initiated the licensing process in the Integrated Licensing Office.

“I would suggest stopping work until things are resolved with the customary village. If there remains a probloem with the local community, it will continually flare up” he said. The project coordinator of the villa development, Johanes, when approached by the legal team, denied that his party was building the villa.

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TOKYO - Two Japanese cabinet ministers acknowledged political fund-related improprieties, adding to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s headaches, but both said they intended to stay in their jobs.

The revelations come after two other ministers, including trade and industry minister Yuko Obuchi, quit over the dubious use of political funds last week, hitting public support for the Abe’s government.

Obuchi’s successor, Yoichi Miyazawa, also came under scrutiny after acknowledging last week that an aide spent 18,230 yen at an S&M-themed bar, and that he himself held 600 shares in Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant that his ministry oversees.

Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki told a news conference, held shortly after midnight on Tuesday, that his late wife incorrectly reported party fees and other ex-

penditures as costs for holding newyear parties in his support group’s income and expense reports.

Mochizuki said there were no illegal expenditures involved.

“Various problems are piling up at the Environment Ministry. I would like to do my utmost to solve those problems,” he said.

Income and expenditure reports in question are for 2008 and 2009, and 6.6 million yen ($61,167) in expenditure for party fees and other expenses were reported as costs for holding new-year parties, media said.

Also, a political group affiliated with Haruko Arimura, minister in charge of women’s empowerment, received 600,000 yen in donations in 2011 and 2012 from a company that was fined for tax evasion, Japanese media reported on Monday.

Arimura said that the donations were made before the tax evasion case, and that the money had already been returned, public broadcaster NHK said.

One month into HK protests, defiance on the streets Agence France-Presse

HONG KONG - A month into the mass pro-democracy protests gripping Hong Kong, the movement is under pressure to keep up momentum -- but those on the streets say their vigil has already changed the city for good.

On September 28, chaotic street battles in one of Asia’s premier financial hubs saw umbrella-wielding demonstrators choking on clouds of police tear gas.

The ugly scenes triggered a wave of anger, with tens of thousands swelling the ranks of those demanding open leadership elections for the semi-autonomous Chinese city in 2017. Four weeks on, protest camps remain sprawled across three major thoroughfares.

But the Chinese government shows no sign of backing down on its insistence that candidates for the city’s top post be screened by a loyalist committee, a decision the protesters say is designed to ensure the election of a pro-Beijing stooge.

The crowds have thinned, and with Hong Kong’s authorities apparently determined to let the protests lose steam as residents tire of the ongoing traffic mayhem, demonstrators are under increasing pressure to shift to tactics that would force a response.

But their leaders are unsure how to move forward. For Joshua Wong, the firebrand teenage activist and one of the most recognisable faces of the so-called “umbrella movement”, the only certainty is that retreat is not an option.

“Occupiers are standing firm,” he told AFP at the main protest camp outside government headquarters in Admiralty, central Hong Kong.

“Without any concrete result, all of the occupiers will sleep in their tents every single night.”

Keen to reinvigorate the movement, organisers are planning a rally to mark the one-month anniversary of the protests later Tuesday, asking supporters to bring the same clothes they wore on September 28 -- including protective gear.

At 17.57 (0957 GMT) activists will hold an 87-second silence to mark the number of times police said they fired tear gas that evening.

Those camped out in Admiralty express pride in their well-organised tent village, where litter is meticulously recycled, students complete their homework in a designated study area, and thousands gather at the weekends to cheer speeches from activists.

“This is Hong Kong’s utopia,” said 31-year-old protester Jimmy Leung as he strummed a guitar outside a friend’s tent.

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BUSINESS Britain faces off against EU over budget payment

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SEMARAPURA/SINGARAJA - The appointment of AA Gede Ngurah Puspayoga as Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs of the RI into the Working Cabinet of Jokowi-JK received a warm welcome from Balinese people. Puspayoga posing the pioneer of the non-collateral loan (KTA) program during his service as the Mayor of Denpasar is expected to develop the program at the national level with improvement. Completion of this program is highly required as it has been considered very beneficial for Balinese people, especially in the development of cooperatives and the SMEs.

Agence France-Presse LONDON - Britain headed for a showdown with the European Commission on Monday as Prime Minister David Cameron brushed off an EU payment demand despite warnings he must pay up or face fines.

Under pressure from eurosceptics within his own Conservative Party ranks, Cameron told parliament that the amount requested and the short December 1 deadline were “unacceptable”.

“It is British taxpayers’ money, it is not small change, it is a vast sum,” he said to cheers from the Conservatives, who face a challenge from the anti-EU UK Independence Party.

“We will be challenging this in every way possible,” he said. Cameron said Britain was not ruling out a payment altogether but emphasised it would be “nowhere near” the requested sum. He also said that the amount was a provisional estimate that was only be made definitive in the middle of next year.

“There is no pressing need for the money to be paid,” he said. Jacek Dominik, the interim EU budget commissioner, earlier Monday said that Britain must pay an extra 2.1 billion euros ($2.66 billion) to the European Union budget or face fines.

“There will be a moment when the Commission will start imposing ... fines on the amounts that are due,” Dominik said.

Cameron had already ruled out making the payment at a European Union leaders summit on Friday, claiming he had been told about the amount only at the last minute. But Dominik said that Britain should not have been surprised since the budget-adjusting process was well established and there was “no signal that they had a problem with this figure”.

Asked if there could be a political solution with the British premier, Dominik said he did not think so.

Calculating the budget was based on a formula agreed by all EU member states which would require new legislation to change. Going down that track would be to “open up a Pandora’s box,” he said. At the same time, he said, Britain could not pick and choose which bits of EU laws it wanted to live by.

On top of its regular annual budget rebate, London was due to get an additional 500 million euros next year, Dominik said. Cameron has pledged to try to renegotiate Britain’s relationship with the EU if he remains prime minister after a general election in May 2015, then hold an in-or-out referendum by the end of 2017 on the outcome.

“For those of us who want to argue that the EU is capable of reform, this was not a good development,” Cameron said.The EU budget, currently running at around 135 billion euros per year, is based on the principle that the bigger the member state is, the more it contributes.Accordingly, Germany pays most, followed

by France and Italy along with Britain, which also gets a special rebate won by late prime minister Margaret Thatcher in 1984.

To ensure that the fraught budget process is fair, each year the EU reviews the economic performance of all 28 member states, adjusting their contributions up or down as a result.In recent years, authorities broadened the review to include new forms of economic activity, some of them illegal such as prostitution and drug dealing.

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File photo of people walking past a row of Volkswagen e-Golf cars during the company’s annual news conference in Berlin March 13, 2014. German business confidence fell for the sixth month to a near two-year low in October, in another gloomy sign for the eurozone despite a reassuring health check on banks, data showed on Monday.

German business confidence hits 22-month low Agence France-Presse

FRANKFURT - German business confidence fell for the sixth month to a near two-year low in October, in another gloomy sign for the eurozone despite a reassuring health check on banks, data showed on Monday.

The Ifo economic institute’s closelywatched business climate index declined to 103.2 points in October, its lowest level since December 2012, the thinktank said in a statement.

For its survey, Ifo quizzes companies in the biggest eurozone economy about their current business and the outlook for the next six months.

And they were distinctly less positive about both, the survey found.

“Assessments of the current business situation were once again less favourable than last month,” said Ifo president HansWerner Sinn.

“Expectations with regard to the sixmonth business outlook also continued to cloud over. The outlook for the German economy deteriorated once again,” Sinn said. In concrete terms, the sub-index measuring current business hit its lowest level since April and the outlook

sub-index fell to the lowest level since December 2012.

Analysts had been hoping that recent data could be showing signs of stabilisation as fears recede about the economic fallout from the Ukraine crisis.

Consumer sentiment in Germany is moving back up again and the German purchasing managers’ index also increased, driven mostly by falling energy prices and a softening euro.

So the renewed decline in the Ifo survey came as a blow, said Capital Economics economist Jennifer McKeown.

It “suggests that the recovery is unlikely to regain moment at the end of the year,” she said.

“We continue to expect German GDP to rise by 1.3 percent this year and 1.5 percent next. But even this will not be enough to ensure a strong recovery or eradicate the threat of deflation in the

eurozone as a whole and the risks are to the downside,” McKeown said.

ING DiBa economist Carsten Brzeski felt the Ifo drop suggests that “the eurozone’s biggest economy has reached a dangerous stage between soft spell and longer-lasting almost-stagnation.”

On Sunday, the European Central Bank gave the large majority if eurozone banks a clean bill of health in a crunch new audit aimed at eliminating one of the key factors of uncertainty hanging over the single currency area.

But whether the results of the ECB’s “comprehensive assessment” will be enough to turn sentiment around was open to question, said Berenberg Bank economist Christian Schulz.

“We expect a stabilisation before the end of the year. Unfortunately, the October Ifo data suggest that the risks to our near-term calls remains to the downside,” he said.

Commerzbank economist Joerg Kraemer said that “after gross domestic product (GDP) stagnated at best in the third quarter, no substantial growth can be expected in the fourth quarter.”

The Head of Klungkung Cooperatives and SMEs Agency, Komang Dharma Suyasa, said that his party welcomed the appointment of Puspayoga as the Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs. He assessed the people of Bali, chiefly of Klungkung, remembered the program of Puspayoga pioneering the non-collateral loans and had become one of the solutions for the SME development in Bali.

“Such non-collateral loans extremely motivated the SMEs to continuously grow,” he said.

His party claimed to fully support Puspayoga to develop the noncollateral to the national level through the coordination of the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs. Regarding the technical implementation in the region, his party entrusted it entirely to the minister.

With the representation of Bali in the field of Cooperatives and SMEs, he hoped that Puspayoga could work hard in building the strength of the SMEs in Indonesia with various initiatives. He believed that Puspayoga could do that. Bali, especially Klungkung, had pretty much potential of the SMEs that had been growing, stagnant or nearly dormant to the bankrupt ones.

Foundation of the strength owned by the SMEs should be well constructed to strengthen the microeconomic sector to the global macro

economy. Moreover, the impact of next free-market competition required a strong community in terms of product and its business.

Quite a lot of the SMEs in Klungkung County had developed, such as the perforated coin craft, classical Kamasan painting, gamelan craft and cepuk rangrang woven clothes of Nusa Penida. According to Darma Suyasa, Klungkung was also developing other sectors having a great potential for the growth like the pea cottage industry at Nyanglan to seaweed pia in Dawan subdistrict. He hoped the appointment of Balinese native as Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs to become a moment of strengthening the SME sector and the rise of cooperatives in Bali and in Indonesia in general to continuously compete against the other countries.

New hope Meanwhile, a number of politicians in Buleleng were proud of the appointment of Puspayoga among the 34 ministers appointed by President Joko Widodo. Puspayoga was the only resident of Bali becoming the top choice. “As a resident of Bali, I am very proud that Puspayoga was appointed as the Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs in the Working Cabinet of the President Joko Widodo,” said Nyoman Sutjidra, Deputy Regent of Buleleng.

With the background as a former mayor of Denpasar and deputy governor of Bali, Puspayoga has a wealth of experience in political constellation in Bali. To that end, as a historical milestone and succeeding generation of the Satria Palace Denpasar, Sutjidra hoped Puspayoga to be able to run the trust and confidence of the people in accordance with the position. “Hopefully, the trust and confidence entrusted can be implemented during a five-year service of Jokowi-JK leadership. Congratulations Mr. Puspayoga!” he hoped.

Influence of the appointment of the PDI-P politician, explained Sutjidra, would be able to evoke the cooperatives and SMEs sector, especially in Bali. Moreover, Puspayoga was a pioneer of the non-collateral loans that had been widely known to Balinese people. Close relationship between Puspayoga and the PDI-P figures in Bali was expected to be able to bring in better condition in the future.

“We have made communication to Puspayoga after the announcement on his appointment as a minister. Related to the development of cooperatives and the SMEs in Buleleng, we hope it can further develop in the future.

Moreover, the Regent of Buleleng Putu Agus Suradnyana is very close to Puspayoga like brothers,” said Sutjidra. (kmb31/kmb34)

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Recommended, don’t take girlfriend to Tanah Lot Temple IBP

TABANAN - Apparently it does not fit when watching the beauty of Tanah Lot tourist attraction without being accompanied by the partner. Strolling hand in hand along the rocky beach exuding an aura really makes happy. But unfortunately, there are myths and taboos believed by Balinese people where it is not allowed to come in with a lover (boyfriend) to the place of worship. Even though the origin of the myth is not clear, local community truly believe in the abstinence. If the abstinence is violated, then the relationship of the pair of lovers is believed not to last long. The relationship will

be getting looser and ultimately breaks up. “The myth does not apply to visitors who have got married,” said I Ketut Toya Adnyana, coordinator of the temple.

Toya claimed such a myth was still believed by Balinese people.

However, lately it was rarely known to tourists who made a visit with a girlfriend or friend. Similarly, it was unknown whether the myth was valid for them. “Visitors rarely care about it whether they go with girlfriend or not. Obviously, no one knows whether they finally break up or not,” said Toya.

Pregnant or menstruating women are also forbidden to go up and get into the temple area in the middle of the sea. They are considered

spiritually and temporarily impure so they are prohibited to conduct religious rituals. Tanah Lot temple also has holy water spring, precisely beneath the temple. Such a holy water is believed to bring in luck to those who has drunk it. Meanwhile, across the Tanah Lot temple sits a cave becoming the habitat of sea snake that is made sacred. Visitors can see or hold the snake. Balinese people believe, the sacred snake often moves to Tanah Lot Temple at night to keep the sanctity of the temple.

According to this Operations Manager of Tanah Lot tourist attraction, strange incidents frequently occurred in the area of Tanah Lot Temple. When the piodalan or

temple anniversary took place, a foreign tourist photographed the temple and in fact there was a sighting. On the picture the tourist saw a beautiful woman next to the object.

Another happening was a visitor seeing the other temple on the high seas. Then, there was also a visitor who did not want to go home. After sprinkled with holy water by local temple priest, it was finally willing to go home.

Tanah Lot is the most favorite tourist attraction at this time.

The Tanah Lot Temple nestled in the middle of the ocean is part of dang kahyangan temple functioned as the worshipping place of the gods guarding the sea. This temple was built by a Brahmana

who wandered from Java named Danghyang Nirartha. He successfully reinforced the belief of the Balinese related to Hinduism and built the temple in the sixteenth century.

At that time the, the ruler of Tanah Lot, Bendesa Beraben, was jealous of him because his followers began to leave and follow Danghyang Nirartha. Bendesa Beraben urged Danghyang Nirartha to leave Tanah Lot. The latter agreed and before leaving Tanah Lot, with his supernatural power he moved a boulder to the middle of the beach and established a temple there.

He also transformed his shawl into a snake becoming the temple guards.

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US school shooter ‘invited victims to lunch’ Agence France-Presse

LOS ANGELES - The alleged shooter whose gun rampage in a US school left three people dead invited five friends to lunch before opening fire on them, police said Monday.

The gunman, widely identified as Jaylen Fryberg, killed one person and injured four others in the cafeteria shooting last Friday before taking his own life. One of those injured died Sunday in hospital.

“The only pre-planning of the event that detectives are able to confirm is that the shooter had arranged for a meeting of friends during lunch in the cafeteria,” said a police statement.

“A witness confirms that the five victims were seated at the table when the shooter opened fire, striking the victims before turning the gun on himself,” it added. Fryberg used text messages to invite his victims, media reports said.

Police are attempting to ascertain a

motive the shootings at the MarysvillePilchuck High School in Marysville, north of Seattle. Local media said Fryberg played on the school football team and had been named a homecoming prince just a week ago.

A teacher, Megan Silberberger, intercepted Fryberg, who shot himself in the neck during a brief tussle according to media reports.

The bullet killed Fryberg but it was unclear if it was intentional.

Fryberg, a Native American, had left a series of tortured posts on Twitter, suggesting a teenager used to handling guns, and hinting that a failed romance may have led to the shooting.

Previous mass shootings, like that which killed 20 children and six adults at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012, have triggered intense debate about America’s lax gun laws.

Providence hospital held a moment of silence Monday at 10:39 am, the time of the shooting.

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Mexican navy marines and officers belonging to the Attorney General’s Office, guard the area where new clandestine mass graves were found near the town of La Joya, on the ouskisrts of Iguala, Mexico, Thursday Oct. 9, 2014. Two drug gang members were arrested Monday on suspicion of direct involvement in the disappearance of 43 students over a month ago, Mexico’s top prosecutor said.

Two arrested in case of 43 missing Mexicans

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MEXICO CITY - Two drug gang members were arrested Monday on suspicion of direct involvement in the disappearance of 43 students over a month ago, Mexico’s top prosecutor said.

Authorities detained four Guerreros Unidos members, two of whom are believed to have helped carry out the crime that has shocked Mexico, Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said.

A total of 56 people have now been arrested in connection with the abduction of 43 male teachers’ college students, in crime-plagued Guerrero state.

The students went missing after an attack by police and Guerreros Unidos cartel hitmen in Iguala that also left another six of their classmates dead and 25 wounded on September 26. Authorities still have not located the students.

Murillo Karam said the four arrested Monday were the first to have confessed that they took part in the “abduction and ultimate fate of this large group of people.”

“Today, we have the people who carried out the abduction of these individuals,” he told reporters.

He said the other two detained Monday apparently were involved as lookouts for the cartel. The suspects were not immediately identified.

President Enrique Pena Nieto meanwhile said he had met in Mexico City with Guerrero’s new interim governor Rogelio Martinez.

The president said all public safety agencies would meet Tuesday with Martinez and work on “measures to restore order and bring back public safety.”

Federal authorities accuse onthe-run Iguala mayor Jose Luis Abarca of ordering the attack to prevent the students from disturbing an event held by his wife as president of the local child protection institution.

A Guerreros Unidos leader said after his arrest that he had thought the students were part of a rival criminal gang. He therefore approved armed actions “in defense” of his territory.

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INDONESIA Workers plan strike at US miner Freeport’s site

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - About 10,000 workers at an Indonesian gold and copper mine owned by US firm Freeport-McMoRan will begin a month-long strike next week in protest at a series of fatal accidents, a union said Monday.

Four people were killed last month in the latest accident at the huge Grasberg mine, high in the mountains of remote, eastern Papua, when a giant haulage truck flattened a car.

Hundreds of workers staged a protest over the deaths at the start of this month, blockading the entrance and forcing a temporary suspension of operations.

“Anger among workers has peaked after a series of incidents at Freeport,” union official Albar Sabang told AFP, adding they

blamed management failures for the accidents.

Sabang said that as well Freeport miners, workers from two other Freeport subsidiaries involved in logistics and supplying power at Grasberg will join the strike.

The industrial action will start on November 6 and will continue until December 6, he said, adding that workers were calling for 54 management-level staff to be removed from their posts.

Grasberg, one of the biggest copper and gold mines in the world, has

been plagued by accidents and production problems in recent years.

In May last year, a training tunnel collapsed killing 28 miners as they took part in a safety course in one of Indonesia’s worst-ever mining accidents.

Another worker died in December last year when rocks fell from a machine, crushing him.

In 2011 a three-month strike crippled production at the mine, and workers only halted the industrial action once Freeport agreed to a huge pay rise.

Sjarifuddin transfers ministerial post to Puspayoga Antara

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Francesca Tuazon, 17, left, and Nicole Buell, 17, right, bring flowers and balloons to a growing memorial on a fence around Marysville Pilchuck High School, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, in Marysville, Wash. The alleged shooter whose gun rampage in a US school left three people dead invited five friends to lunch before opening fire on them, police said Monday.

JAKARTA - Outgoing minister for cooperatives and small enterprises Sjarifuddin Hasan handed over his ministerial post to the New Minister of Cooperatives and Small Enterprises AAGN Puspayoga on Tuesday.

Cooperatives and Small Enterprises Ministry Secretary Agus Muharram said about 1,200 employees of the ministry attended the ceremony.

Sjarifuddin Hasan said in his address that all employees of the ministry should support the new minister.

“Let us fully support Pak (Mr) Puspayoga,” the former minister said expressing his hope that the new minister will continue a number of programs he has worked out.

The programs included the National Entrepreneurship Movement (GKN) and financing programs

such as the Smallholders Business Credit (KUR) scheme.

He also extended his apology to all workers in the ministry whom he said had assisted him with extraordinary support for his programs and achievements during his 2009 - 2014 term of office.

“I am convinced that cooperatives and small businesses across the nation have high expectation towards Puspayoga. So, let us support him,” he said.

Bali youth ...

From page 1 “Hopefully, this will become an initial milestone for the rise of Balinese youth. Where possible, we must be more critical in the future about any issues aside from reclamation. In the future, there will be various problems, so that the youth must participate in making any decision made by the government,” he said.

The government was also expected to involve the youth in any event or policy-making. According to Bobby, the government always said that the youth was the successor to the nation. However, the youth was never involved like in the reclamation plan of Benoa Bay. On the other hand, the youth was also asked to further improve the quality and go out of the safe zone.

“As a matter of fact, a lot of youths remain in the safe zone as well as are swayed and lulled. Many youths laze when nobody is motivating them. So, we need to be critical and to see the issues involved, and do not just wait. If necessary, we must ask first, and take an initiative,” he affirmed. (kmb32)

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A man sits by the window in his house in a South Jakarta slum in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014.

Revamping condition of seaports is paramount Antara

JAKARTA - The newly appointed State-owned Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno revealed that she will focus on revamping the condition of seaports in Indonesia to facilitate smoother transportation of goods in the country.

“What is urgent now is to improve the condition of our seaports, so that it will support our efforts to create a more efficient goods transportation system between the islands in Indonesia or from Indonesia to abroad,” Rini noted after attending a meeting with all officials at the ministry.

According to her, seaports are the backbone of Indonesia’s trade activities, and hence, it was important to improve their condition.

Earlier, it was reported that the merger of four stateoperated seaports is expected to generate an income of up to US$7 billion a year, remarked President of state-owned port operator company Pelindo II R.J. Lino.

Lino said he assured President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) that with the merger of PT Pelindo I, Pelindo II, Pelindo III, and Pelindo IV into Perusahaan Pelabuhan, Indonesia could generate huge profits that could be directed to other purposes.

The funds could be used to build 10 new ports and repair the 20-25 existing ports.

“I told him (Jokowi) that we could raise funds without taking the government’s support,” he affirmed.

Lino, who has been named team head for the four merged state port operators, said that the funds from the government to be appropriated to Pelindo could be used for other projects.

He stated that the development of new ports and repair of the old ones will boost Indonesia’s competitiveness and will place it at par with other ASEAN countries.

He remarked that the level of services offered at all the ports in Indonesia can be enhanced, in which “we are far lagging behind.”

He noted that the maintenance of ports must be integrated.

Maintenance should not be focused only on a single port such as Tanjung Priok, the country’s largest port.

“Ships sail from one port to another. It would not help if we repair only Tanjung Priok and we skip the other ports such as Belawan, Banjarmasin, or Sorong ports,” he pointed out.

In addition, the merger of the port operators will reduce the need for transshipment in the country before heading for destination ports, such as Singapore, as the loading and unloading of cargo will be handled by Tanjung Priok.

He pointed out that cargo transshipment in Singapore and Tanjung Pelepas of Malaysia, had already reduced from 65 percent to 20 percent in 2013.

Only ships from the United States and several European countries are still unloading and loading at Tanjung Priok, he stated, adding that those from France, Australia, and Africa may no longer directly carry out transshipment at the port.

As of now, the ships from Surabaya and Semarang still opt for transshipment in Singapore and Tanjung Pulopas, he pointed out.

Lino remarked that he plans to roll out a discount concept to attract ships to opt for transshipment at Tanjung Priok.

He explained that a discount will be offered in handling tariff for transshipment at Tanjung Priok for cargo from Surabaya or Semarang, however, they would not be able to avail any discount if they opted for transshipment in Singapore.

“With this system, we hope to attract more customers as the cost would be cheaper,” he added.

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Gunung Kawi

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Gunung Kawi is a Hindu Temple complex with old omission from the stone era located in Gianyar regency. Based on the inscription of Tengkulak A on 945 saka (Balinese calendar) which is released

by Marakata King, the ancient omission complex is located at the Pakerisan River then it is called Katyangan Amarawati. Pakerisan River is also named by Jalu which is according to the inscription chiseled on the above of the biggest temple door sound ‘Haji Lumahing Jalu’.

The name of Gunung Kawi is the name given on the omission which is related to the complex of temples because the temple on this area is like the symbol from the mount. There are 3 temples which so called the name as Gunung Kawi in Bali those are Gunung Kawi in Sebatu countryside, Gunung Kawi Temple in Keliki countryside and Gunung Kawi Temple in Babitra countryside.

The ancient omission complex of Gunung Kawi is founded on 10 century. It is founded in the era of Udayana about 989 M. At the period of Marakata governance on 1023, the omission which is called Katyagan Amarawati is developed and continued by the governance of Anak Wungsu which is guess lead between the years of 1049 - 1077 M.

Paris — Amid the joy of becoming a father, Novak Djokovic has to turn his attention back to tennis rather quickly as he tries to fend off Roger Federer for the year-end No. 1 ranking.

Djokovic is defending his title at the Paris Masters this week, his first tournament since the birth of his first child last week. He has left the boy, Stefan, at home with his wife Jelena, but said Monday he hopes to incorporate his family life into his tennis travels next year.

“I would like to be with him every single day and with my wife,” Djokovic said, “but sometimes that’s not possible, like this week for example . because the baby is too young to travel yet.”

Djokovic leads Federer by 2,230 points in the world rankings. But the top-ranked Serb has 2,500 points to defend as he won the Paris Masters and the ATP World Tour Finals last year, while Federer can gain points as he lost in the semifinals of both events.

“Honestly, the way I feel right now, I feel like I’m already No. 1 with becoming a father last week.

For me, this is the most important moment in my life,” said Djokovic, who topped the rankings at the end of 2011 and 2012.”

But, he added: “Of course it is, for both of us, the goal (is) to finish the year as No. 1 of the world.

Of course it’s a big objective.”

REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Boxer Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines trains during a media workout in Hong Kong October 27, 2014.

Pacquiao is on tour ahead of defending his WBO World Welterweight title on November 23 against Chris Algieri of the U.S. at the Venetian’s Cotai Arena in Macau.

Pacquiao roughs up sparring partners before Algieri fight Reuters

Macau - Manny Pacquiao is more than three weeks out from his next title defence against unbeaten American Chris Algieri but the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) welterweight champion is already in devastating form, trainer Freddie Roach says.

Sparring partner Viktor Postol, the number one contender in the World Boxing Council’s super lightweight division, would undoubtedly agree after the Filipino southpaw left him with a broken nose in training last week.

Pacquiao (56-5-2), who has won titles in a record eight different weight classes, suffered successive defeats in 2012 but has got back on track with two impressive wins over Brandon Rios and Timothy Bradley.

A win over former kickboxer Algieri could bring the long-awaited super fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr one step closer.

Roach, speaking during a promotional visit to Hong Kong, does not believe Algieri will pose Pacquiao too many problems at the Venetian Macau on Nov. 22.

“The thing is I have my number

one contender from Ukraine and he’s a very good boxer and he could beat Algieri right now,” Tuesday’s South China Morning Post quoted Roach as saying.

“That’s why I brought him in as a number one sparring partner because he has that style.

“Manny broke Postol’s nose three days ago. But Postol’s okay.

I train him. He’s a fighter, he’s a tough kid and he’s not going home.”

The 30-year-old Algieri has a 20-0 professional record and won the WBO light-welterweight title last month by a split decision against Russia’s Ruslan Provodnikov.

Pacquiao has not scored a knockout since stopping Miguel Cotto in Nov. 2009, and was himself knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012 in his first outing after

losing to Bradley the same year.

While some have questioned how much gas the 35-year-old has left after 63 professional fights, Roach said Pacquiao was way ahead of schedule.

“Manny Pacquiao is in great shape. Our strength coach came in 10 days before me. He started working him and by the time I worked with him, we were sparring 12 rounds in the mitts,” he added.

“Pacquiao wasn’t even breathing heavy. His condition is terrific right now.”

Roach also allayed fears the Filipino could peak too soon.

“That’s why I want him to come to Hong Kong. We weren’t going to come because the fight is more important. But the thing is that we are way ahead of schedule,” he said.

Roach had no words of comfort for Pacquiao’s sparring partners, however.

“We still have three hard weeks of work in front of us. With three good sparring partners, it’s working out well. I have one more sparring partner coming over as a reserve, but I will use him as well.”

Federer won the Swiss Indoors title in his hometown tournament on Sunday. The 17-time Grand Slam champion could finish the season as the top player for the sixth time and tie Pete Sampras’ record.

“This year he came out strong again,” Djokovic said, “competing for Grand Slam titles, now competing for No. 1 of the world.

And I never thought that he’s not a competition for No. 1 of the world.”

Last year, Federer was bothered by a sore back and went through one the worst seasons of his career, winning only one title.

“I don’t think that age is an issue for him,” Djokovic said.

“As a matter of fact, I think he’s playing some of his best tennis this year.”

Djokovic and Federer are tied for most titles this season with five each and could meet in the final of the Paris Masters. Federer leads 3-2 against Djokovic this year and has a 19-17 career record against the Serb.

Djokovic had a first-round bye this week and will face Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany in the second round on Tuesday.

Djokovic is the third father in the top five, joining Switzerland’s Federer and Stan Wawrinka.

Djokovic and Jelena were married in July, a few days after the Serb won his second Wimbledon title. They met in high school and have been together for more than eight years.

AP Photo/Vincent Thian

Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a shot during match against Roger Federer of Switzerland during their men’s singles semifinal match at the Shanghai Masters Tennis Tournament in Shanghai, China, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014.

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Austin brace lifts off the foot of the

London - Charlie Austin scored twice to lift Queens Park Rangers off the bottom of the Premier League with a 2-0 home win against Aston Villa on Tuesday.

Manager Harry Redknapp was under pressure after his struggling side had won just once in their opening eight games but a goal in either half from Austin helped lighten the mood at Loftus Road.

Aston Villa, beaten in their last five games without scoring a goal, started brightly but Austin calmed the home fans’ nerves when he lashed an excellent half volley into the bottom

corner with 17 minutes gone.

As the visitors went in search of an equaliser the QPR striker struck again after 69 minutes with a deft side-footed finish inside Villa keeper Brad Guzan’s near post from an Eduardo Vargas cross.

The win lifted Redknapp’s side to 19th on seven points, ahead of Burnley on four, while Villa dropped to 15th in the table with their

search for a league goal extending to over eight hours.

“It was an excellent performance,” Redknapp told Sky Sports television. “They dominated possession in the second half but once we put an extra man into midfield we started seeing more of the ball and hit the post before scoring a second.

“There’s no reason why Charlie Austin can’t score a lot of goals this season, I’m pleased for the lad.

“There’s nothing in the league in terms of points,” added Redknapp. “We’re only four points behind Hull in 10th.”

QPR table

Villa had previously played last season’s top five league teams in consecutive fixtures, enduring a miserable run of four straight defeats, but any hopes of picking up easy points at QPR were soon dispelled.

All of QPR’s points this season have come at home and they proved to be difficult opposition again for Paul Lambert’s side.

Scenes of jubilation from the home fans were in stark contrast to Lambert’s men, who must be wondering where their next league goal is coming from.

Prolific marksmen Christian Benteke made only his second start since March but he drew a blank as Villa’s inability to score became almost farcical. The visitors had started like a team determined to get back to the winning ways that had seen them reach as high as second in the table in the opening weeks of the season.

But the hosts turned the tide when Bobby Zamora nodded a long ball down to the edge of the area for Austin to finish. Ciaran Clark nearly equalised after the restart when Benteke headed down to the defender but he failed to apply the finish only yards from Robert Green’s goal.

To compound Villa’s miseries Austin quickly made it 2-0, making the miss even more costly. Vargas nearly added a third when substitute Junior Hoilett put him through on goal but the Chilean fired straight at Guzan.

Villa’s on-loan midfielder Tom Cleverley nearly ended their wait for a goal with 10 minutes to go but Green parried his volley and QPR’s Sandro made an important tackle from Clark at the rebound.

Queens Park Rangers’ Charlie Austin (L) shoots past Aston Villa’s Ron Vlaar to score his second goal during their English Premier League soccer match at Loftus Road in London, October 27, 2014.

FIFA fully supports 2018 World Cup in Russia

Agence France-Presse

Moscow - World football boss Sepp Blatter said Tuesday that FIFA categorically backs Russia’s staging of the 2018 World Cup and praised its preparations.

“FIFA unconditionally supports the staging of the World Cup by Russia,” he told the R-Sport news agency in comments translated into Russian.

Diplomatic sources said last month that European nations were

discussing a British-backed plan to boycott President Vladimir Putin’s showpiece staging of the World Cup because of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

“A boycott will never give any positive effect,” Blatter said, adding: “We trust the country, its government.”

“Russia is the world’s biggest country. You know, Russia is in the eye of the international media.

Football can not only unite Russia but show the whole world that it

is stronger that any protest movement,” Blatter said.

He compared the situation with Russia’s hosting of the Winter Olympic games hosted by Russia in the Black Sea resort of Sochi this year, when Western leaders stayed away.

“There was the same situation ahead of Sochi, but neither during nor after the games, has there been a single word against these games.”

Blatter said that he was happy with Russia’s progress in its preparations

for hosting the 2018 World Cup. “I can say that in comparison with Brazil, Russia is considerably ahead of schedule with four years remaining before the event’s start,” Blatter said.

Blatter came to Moscow to participate in a ceremony Tuesday evening to present the 2018 World Cup logo. The ceremony starting 11:30 pm Moscow time (2030 GMT) will be televised and the new logo will be projected onto the facade of Moscow’s legendary Bolshoi Theatre.

The FIFA boss added that the opening ceremony of the 2018 World Cup could take place a day ahead of the tournament’s opening match kick-off.

“It’s possible,” he said.

“We tried to do that at the 2006 World Cup in Germany but it didn’t work well.

“But I’m confident that in 2018 the ceremony should go off earlier.

There are three stadiums in Moscow where we can hold the event’s opening ceremony.”

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6 Germany players in Ballon d’Or 23-man list

Associated Press

Zurich, Switzerland — Six members of the Germany squad that won the World Cup were included among the nominees for the FIFA Ballon d’Or award Tuesday, joining Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar on the 23-man short list.

Mario Goetze, who scored the winning goal against Argentina in the World Cup final, was selected along with Germany teammates Toni Kroos, Philipp Lahm, Thomas Mueller, Manuel Neuer, and Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Uruguay forward Luis Suarez was left out following his biting ban.

Suarez was the top scorer in the English Premier League last season with 31 goals in 33 appearances for Liverpool. But his reputation took a hit when he was banned for four months for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiel-

lini in the World Cup group phase.

Messi won the first three years the FIFA and France Football merged their international player of the year awards, while Ronaldo took the honor last year.

Also, Germany coach Joachim Loew led the 10-man list of nominees for FIFA world coach of the year. Carlo Ancelotti, who guided Real Madrid to the Champions League title last season, was also selected.

The lists were selected by FIFA’s football committee and France Football, and FIFA’s women’s football committee helped select the coaches list.

The final decisions will be made by the captains and head coaches of national teams and international media representatives selected by France Football.

The three finalists with the most votes for each award will be announced Dec. 1 and the winners will be revealed Jan. 12.

FIFA Ballon d’Or nominees : Gareth Bale (Wales), Karim Benzema (France), Diego Costa (Spain), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Angel Di Maria (Argentina), Mario Goetze (Germany), Eden Hazard (Belgium), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Toni Kroos (Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Javier Mascherano (Argentina), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Mueller (Germany), Manuel Neuer (Germany), Neymar (Brazil), Paul Pogba (France), Sergio Ramos (Spain), Arjen Robben (Netherlands), James Rodriguez (Colombia), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast).

FIFA world coach of the year nominees : Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Real Madrid), Antonio Conte (Italy/Juventus/Italy national team), Pep Guardiola (Spain/Bayern Munich), Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany/ U.S. national team), Joachim Loew (Germany/ Germany national team), Jose Mourinho (Portugal/ Chelsea), Manuel Pellegrini (Chile/Manchester City), Alejandro Sabella (Argentina/Argentina national team), Diego Simeone (Argentina/Atletico Madrid), Louis van Gaal (Netherlands/Netherlands national team/Manchester United).

Cristiano Ronaldo wins 3 La Liga awards Associated Press

Madrid - Cristiano Ronaldo has picked up three awards at the Spanish league’s gala including last season’s best player.

The Real Madrid star was also given the “Best Forward of La Liga 201314” and best goal awards late Monday.

Ronaldo said he had “a hat-trick of awards, it’s spectacular,” and added he would like to return next year to carry on winning prizes.

The best coach award was claimed by Atletico Madrid’s Diego Simeone and the League Champion

award went to his club.

M a d r i d ’s Luka Modric picked up the prize for best midfielder while the best attacking midfielder award went to Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta.

M a d r i d ’s S e rg i o Ramos was awarded with the best defender award. Best goalkeeper went to Keylor Navas, who played with Levante last season but is now with Madrid.

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring with a penalty kick against Barcelona during their Spanish first division “Clasico” soccer match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid October 25, 2014.

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In this file photo taken on Aug. 31, 2009, soccer star Mia Hamm look on during the opening night festivities of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Retired women’s soccer star Mia Hamm has been nominated to Italian club Roma’s board of directors. Roma is traded on the Milan stock exchange and the nomination was made at a club shareholder meeting Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. The 42-yearold Hamm helped the United States to two World Cup titles, including the inaugural edition in 1991 in China, and won the women’s FIFA world player of the year award in 2001 and 2002 - the first two times that the honor was given.

Mia Hamm nominated to Roma’s board of directors Associated Press

Rome — Retired women’s soccer star Mia Hamm and Boston Bruins president Cam Neely were nominated to Italian club Roma’s board of directors Tuesday.

Roma is traded on the Milan stock exchange and the nominations were made at a club shareholder meeting.

The 42-year-old Hamm helped the United States to two World Cup titles, including the inaugural edition in 1991 in China, and won the women’s FIFA world player of the year award in 2001 and 2002 — the first two times that honor was given.

Hamm is not a club investor, Roma said.

The 49-year-old Neely was a forward for the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins. He became the Bruins’ president in 2010.

Roma was bought by a group of four Boston executives three years ago and Richard D’Amore, a member of that group, rejoined the board. Former club president Thomas DiBenedetto and New York lawyer Joe Tacopina, who recently became president of second-division club Bologna, left the board.

American investor Stanley Gold was also nominated.

The 13 board members serve three-year terms.

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London - Charlie Austin scored twice to lift Queens Park Rangers off the bottom of the Premier League with a 2-0 home win against Aston Villa on Tuesday.

Manager Harry Redknapp was under pressure after his struggling side had won just once in their opening eight games but a goal in either half from Austin helped lighten the mood at Loftus Road.

Aston Villa, beaten in their last five games without scoring a goal, started brightly but Austin calmed the home fans’ nerves when he lashed an excellent half volley into the bottom

corner with 17 minutes gone.

As the visitors went in search of an equaliser the QPR striker struck again after 69 minutes with a deft side-footed finish inside Villa keeper Brad Guzan’s near post from an Eduardo Vargas cross.

The win lifted Redknapp’s side to 19th on seven points, ahead of Burnley on four, while Villa dropped to 15th in the table with their

search for a league goal extending to over eight hours.

“It was an excellent performance,” Redknapp told Sky Sports television. “They dominated possession in the second half but once we put an extra man into midfield we started seeing more of the ball and hit the post before scoring a second.

“There’s no reason why Charlie Austin can’t score a lot of goals this season, I’m pleased for the lad.

“There’s nothing in the league in terms of points,” added Redknapp. “We’re only four points behind Hull in 10th.”

QPR table

Villa had previously played last season’s top five league teams in consecutive fixtures, enduring a miserable run of four straight defeats, but any hopes of picking up easy points at QPR were soon dispelled.

All of QPR’s points this season have come at home and they proved to be difficult opposition again for Paul Lambert’s side.

Scenes of jubilation from the home fans were in stark contrast to Lambert’s men, who must be wondering where their next league goal is coming from.

Prolific marksmen Christian Benteke made only his second start since March but he drew a blank as Villa’s inability to score became almost farcical. The visitors had started like a team determined to get back to the winning ways that had seen them reach as high as second in the table in the opening weeks of the season.

But the hosts turned the tide when Bobby Zamora nodded a long ball down to the edge of the area for Austin to finish. Ciaran Clark nearly equalised after the restart when Benteke headed down to the defender but he failed to apply the finish only yards from Robert Green’s goal.

To compound Villa’s miseries Austin quickly made it 2-0, making the miss even more costly. Vargas nearly added a third when substitute Junior Hoilett put him through on goal but the Chilean fired straight at Guzan.

Villa’s on-loan midfielder Tom Cleverley nearly ended their wait for a goal with 10 minutes to go but Green parried his volley and QPR’s Sandro made an important tackle from Clark at the rebound.

Queens Park Rangers’ Charlie Austin (L) shoots past Aston Villa’s Ron Vlaar to score his second goal during their English Premier League soccer match at Loftus Road in London, October 27, 2014.

FIFA fully supports 2018 World Cup in Russia

Agence France-Presse

Moscow - World football boss Sepp Blatter said Tuesday that FIFA categorically backs Russia’s staging of the 2018 World Cup and praised its preparations.

“FIFA unconditionally supports the staging of the World Cup by Russia,” he told the R-Sport news agency in comments translated into Russian.

Diplomatic sources said last month that European nations were

discussing a British-backed plan to boycott President Vladimir Putin’s showpiece staging of the World Cup because of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

“A boycott will never give any positive effect,” Blatter said, adding: “We trust the country, its government.”

“Russia is the world’s biggest country. You know, Russia is in the eye of the international media.

Football can not only unite Russia but show the whole world that it

is stronger that any protest movement,” Blatter said.

He compared the situation with Russia’s hosting of the Winter Olympic games hosted by Russia in the Black Sea resort of Sochi this year, when Western leaders stayed away.

“There was the same situation ahead of Sochi, but neither during nor after the games, has there been a single word against these games.”

Blatter said that he was happy with Russia’s progress in its preparations

for hosting the 2018 World Cup. “I can say that in comparison with Brazil, Russia is considerably ahead of schedule with four years remaining before the event’s start,” Blatter said.

Blatter came to Moscow to participate in a ceremony Tuesday evening to present the 2018 World Cup logo. The ceremony starting 11:30 pm Moscow time (2030 GMT) will be televised and the new logo will be projected onto the facade of Moscow’s legendary Bolshoi Theatre.

The FIFA boss added that the opening ceremony of the 2018 World Cup could take place a day ahead of the tournament’s opening match kick-off.

“It’s possible,” he said.

“We tried to do that at the 2006 World Cup in Germany but it didn’t work well.

“But I’m confident that in 2018 the ceremony should go off earlier.

There are three stadiums in Moscow where we can hold the event’s opening ceremony.”

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6 Germany players in Ballon d’Or 23-man list

Associated Press

Zurich, Switzerland — Six members of the Germany squad that won the World Cup were included among the nominees for the FIFA Ballon d’Or award Tuesday, joining Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar on the 23-man short list.

Mario Goetze, who scored the winning goal against Argentina in the World Cup final, was selected along with Germany teammates Toni Kroos, Philipp Lahm, Thomas Mueller, Manuel Neuer, and Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Uruguay forward Luis Suarez was left out following his biting ban.

Suarez was the top scorer in the English Premier League last season with 31 goals in 33 appearances for Liverpool. But his reputation took a hit when he was banned for four months for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiel-

lini in the World Cup group phase.

Messi won the first three years the FIFA and France Football merged their international player of the year awards, while Ronaldo took the honor last year.

Also, Germany coach Joachim Loew led the 10-man list of nominees for FIFA world coach of the year. Carlo Ancelotti, who guided Real Madrid to the Champions League title last season, was also selected.

The lists were selected by FIFA’s football committee and France Football, and FIFA’s women’s football committee helped select the coaches list.

The final decisions will be made by the captains and head coaches of national teams and international media representatives selected by France Football.

The three finalists with the most votes for each award will be announced Dec. 1 and the winners will be revealed Jan. 12.

FIFA Ballon d’Or nominees : Gareth Bale (Wales), Karim Benzema (France), Diego Costa (Spain), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Angel Di Maria (Argentina), Mario Goetze (Germany), Eden Hazard (Belgium), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Toni Kroos (Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Javier Mascherano (Argentina), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Mueller (Germany), Manuel Neuer (Germany), Neymar (Brazil), Paul Pogba (France), Sergio Ramos (Spain), Arjen Robben (Netherlands), James Rodriguez (Colombia), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast).

FIFA world coach of the year nominees : Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Real Madrid), Antonio Conte (Italy/Juventus/Italy national team), Pep Guardiola (Spain/Bayern Munich), Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany/ U.S. national team), Joachim Loew (Germany/ Germany national team), Jose Mourinho (Portugal/ Chelsea), Manuel Pellegrini (Chile/Manchester City), Alejandro Sabella (Argentina/Argentina national team), Diego Simeone (Argentina/Atletico Madrid), Louis van Gaal (Netherlands/Netherlands national team/Manchester United).

Cristiano Ronaldo wins 3 La Liga awards Associated Press

Madrid - Cristiano Ronaldo has picked up three awards at the Spanish league’s gala including last season’s best player.

The Real Madrid star was also given the “Best Forward of La Liga 201314” and best goal awards late Monday.

Ronaldo said he had “a hat-trick of awards, it’s spectacular,” and added he would like to return next year to carry on winning prizes.

The best coach award was claimed by Atletico Madrid’s Diego Simeone and the League Champion

award went to his club.

M a d r i d ’s Luka Modric picked up the prize for best midfielder while the best attacking midfielder award went to Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta.

M a d r i d ’s S e rg i o Ramos was awarded with the best defender award. Best goalkeeper went to Keylor Navas, who played with Levante last season but is now with Madrid.

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring with a penalty kick against Barcelona during their Spanish first division “Clasico” soccer match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid October 25, 2014.

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In this file photo taken on Aug. 31, 2009, soccer star Mia Hamm look on during the opening night festivities of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Retired women’s soccer star Mia Hamm has been nominated to Italian club Roma’s board of directors. Roma is traded on the Milan stock exchange and the nomination was made at a club shareholder meeting Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. The 42-yearold Hamm helped the United States to two World Cup titles, including the inaugural edition in 1991 in China, and won the women’s FIFA world player of the year award in 2001 and 2002 - the first two times that the honor was given.

Mia Hamm nominated to Roma’s board of directors Associated Press

Rome — Retired women’s soccer star Mia Hamm and Boston Bruins president Cam Neely were nominated to Italian club Roma’s board of directors Tuesday.

Roma is traded on the Milan stock exchange and the nominations were made at a club shareholder meeting.

The 42-year-old Hamm helped the United States to two World Cup titles, including the inaugural edition in 1991 in China, and won the women’s FIFA world player of the year award in 2001 and 2002 — the first two times that honor was given.

Hamm is not a club investor, Roma said.

The 49-year-old Neely was a forward for the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins. He became the Bruins’ president in 2010.

Roma was bought by a group of four Boston executives three years ago and Richard D’Amore, a member of that group, rejoined the board. Former club president Thomas DiBenedetto and New York lawyer Joe Tacopina, who recently became president of second-division club Bologna, left the board.

American investor Stanley Gold was also nominated.

The 13 board members serve three-year terms.

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Gunung Kawi is a Hindu Temple complex with old omission from the stone era located in Gianyar regency. Based on the inscription of Tengkulak A on 945 saka (Balinese calendar) which is released

by Marakata King, the ancient omission complex is located at the Pakerisan River then it is called Katyangan Amarawati. Pakerisan River is also named by Jalu which is according to the inscription chiseled on the above of the biggest temple door sound ‘Haji Lumahing Jalu’.

The name of Gunung Kawi is the name given on the omission which is related to the complex of temples because the temple on this area is like the symbol from the mount. There are 3 temples which so called the name as Gunung Kawi in Bali those are Gunung Kawi in Sebatu countryside, Gunung Kawi Temple in Keliki countryside and Gunung Kawi Temple in Babitra countryside.

The ancient omission complex of Gunung Kawi is founded on 10 century. It is founded in the era of Udayana about 989 M. At the period of Marakata governance on 1023, the omission which is called Katyagan Amarawati is developed and continued by the governance of Anak Wungsu which is guess lead between the years of 1049 - 1077 M.

Paris — Amid the joy of becoming a father, Novak Djokovic has to turn his attention back to tennis rather quickly as he tries to fend off Roger Federer for the year-end No. 1 ranking.

Djokovic is defending his title at the Paris Masters this week, his first tournament since the birth of his first child last week. He has left the boy, Stefan, at home with his wife Jelena, but said Monday he hopes to incorporate his family life into his tennis travels next year.

“I would like to be with him every single day and with my wife,” Djokovic said, “but sometimes that’s not possible, like this week for example . because the baby is too young to travel yet.”

Djokovic leads Federer by 2,230 points in the world rankings. But the top-ranked Serb has 2,500 points to defend as he won the Paris Masters and the ATP World Tour Finals last year, while Federer can gain points as he lost in the semifinals of both events.

“Honestly, the way I feel right now, I feel like I’m already No. 1 with becoming a father last week.

For me, this is the most important moment in my life,” said Djokovic, who topped the rankings at the end of 2011 and 2012.”

But, he added: “Of course it is, for both of us, the goal (is) to finish the year as No. 1 of the world.

Of course it’s a big objective.”

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Boxer Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines trains during a media workout in Hong Kong October 27, 2014.

Pacquiao is on tour ahead of defending his WBO World Welterweight title on November 23 against Chris Algieri of the U.S. at the Venetian’s Cotai Arena in Macau.

Pacquiao roughs up sparring partners before Algieri fight Reuters

Macau - Manny Pacquiao is more than three weeks out from his next title defence against unbeaten American Chris Algieri but the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) welterweight champion is already in devastating form, trainer Freddie Roach says.

Sparring partner Viktor Postol, the number one contender in the World Boxing Council’s super lightweight division, would undoubtedly agree after the Filipino southpaw left him with a broken nose in training last week.

Pacquiao (56-5-2), who has won titles in a record eight different weight classes, suffered successive defeats in 2012 but has got back on track with two impressive wins over Brandon Rios and Timothy Bradley.

A win over former kickboxer Algieri could bring the long-awaited super fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr one step closer.

Roach, speaking during a promotional visit to Hong Kong, does not believe Algieri will pose Pacquiao too many problems at the Venetian Macau on Nov. 22.

“The thing is I have my number

one contender from Ukraine and he’s a very good boxer and he could beat Algieri right now,” Tuesday’s South China Morning Post quoted Roach as saying.

“That’s why I brought him in as a number one sparring partner because he has that style.

“Manny broke Postol’s nose three days ago. But Postol’s okay.

I train him. He’s a fighter, he’s a tough kid and he’s not going home.”

The 30-year-old Algieri has a 20-0 professional record and won the WBO light-welterweight title last month by a split decision against Russia’s Ruslan Provodnikov.

Pacquiao has not scored a knockout since stopping Miguel Cotto in Nov. 2009, and was himself knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012 in his first outing after

losing to Bradley the same year.

While some have questioned how much gas the 35-year-old has left after 63 professional fights, Roach said Pacquiao was way ahead of schedule.

“Manny Pacquiao is in great shape. Our strength coach came in 10 days before me. He started working him and by the time I worked with him, we were sparring 12 rounds in the mitts,” he added.

“Pacquiao wasn’t even breathing heavy. His condition is terrific right now.”

Roach also allayed fears the Filipino could peak too soon.

“That’s why I want him to come to Hong Kong. We weren’t going to come because the fight is more important. But the thing is that we are way ahead of schedule,” he said.

Roach had no words of comfort for Pacquiao’s sparring partners, however.

“We still have three hard weeks of work in front of us. With three good sparring partners, it’s working out well. I have one more sparring partner coming over as a reserve, but I will use him as well.”

Federer won the Swiss Indoors title in his hometown tournament on Sunday. The 17-time Grand Slam champion could finish the season as the top player for the sixth time and tie Pete Sampras’ record.

“This year he came out strong again,” Djokovic said, “competing for Grand Slam titles, now competing for No. 1 of the world.

And I never thought that he’s not a competition for No. 1 of the world.”

Last year, Federer was bothered by a sore back and went through one the worst seasons of his career, winning only one title.

“I don’t think that age is an issue for him,” Djokovic said.

“As a matter of fact, I think he’s playing some of his best tennis this year.”

Djokovic and Federer are tied for most titles this season with five each and could meet in the final of the Paris Masters. Federer leads 3-2 against Djokovic this year and has a 19-17 career record against the Serb.

Djokovic had a first-round bye this week and will face Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany in the second round on Tuesday.

Djokovic is the third father in the top five, joining Switzerland’s Federer and Stan Wawrinka.

Djokovic and Jelena were married in July, a few days after the Serb won his second Wimbledon title. They met in high school and have been together for more than eight years.

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a shot during match against Roger Federer of Switzerland during their men’s singles semifinal match at the Shanghai Masters Tennis Tournament in Shanghai, China, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014.

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US school shooter ‘invited victims to lunch’ Agence France-Presse

LOS ANGELES - The alleged shooter whose gun rampage in a US school left three people dead invited five friends to lunch before opening fire on them, police said Monday.

The gunman, widely identified as Jaylen Fryberg, killed one person and injured four others in the cafeteria shooting last Friday before taking his own life. One of those injured died Sunday in hospital.

“The only pre-planning of the event that detectives are able to confirm is that the shooter had arranged for a meeting of friends during lunch in the cafeteria,” said a police statement.

“A witness confirms that the five victims were seated at the table when the shooter opened fire, striking the victims before turning the gun on himself,” it added. Fryberg used text messages to invite his victims, media reports said.

Police are attempting to ascertain a

motive the shootings at the MarysvillePilchuck High School in Marysville, north of Seattle. Local media said Fryberg played on the school football team and had been named a homecoming prince just a week ago.

A teacher, Megan Silberberger, intercepted Fryberg, who shot himself in the neck during a brief tussle according to media reports.

The bullet killed Fryberg but it was unclear if it was intentional.

Fryberg, a Native American, had left a series of tortured posts on Twitter, suggesting a teenager used to handling guns, and hinting that a failed romance may have led to the shooting.

Previous mass shootings, like that which killed 20 children and six adults at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012, have triggered intense debate about America’s lax gun laws.

Providence hospital held a moment of silence Monday at 10:39 am, the time of the shooting.

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Mexican navy marines and officers belonging to the Attorney General’s Office, guard the area where new clandestine mass graves were found near the town of La Joya, on the ouskisrts of Iguala, Mexico, Thursday Oct. 9, 2014. Two drug gang members were arrested Monday on suspicion of direct involvement in the disappearance of 43 students over a month ago, Mexico’s top prosecutor said.

Two arrested in case of 43 missing Mexicans

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MEXICO CITY - Two drug gang members were arrested Monday on suspicion of direct involvement in the disappearance of 43 students over a month ago, Mexico’s top prosecutor said.

Authorities detained four Guerreros Unidos members, two of whom are believed to have helped carry out the crime that has shocked Mexico, Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said.

A total of 56 people have now been arrested in connection with the abduction of 43 male teachers’ college students, in crime-plagued Guerrero state.

The students went missing after an attack by police and Guerreros Unidos cartel hitmen in Iguala that also left another six of their classmates dead and 25 wounded on September 26. Authorities still have not located the students.

Murillo Karam said the four arrested Monday were the first to have confessed that they took part in the “abduction and ultimate fate of this large group of people.”

“Today, we have the people who carried out the abduction of these individuals,” he told reporters.

He said the other two detained Monday apparently were involved as lookouts for the cartel. The suspects were not immediately identified.

President Enrique Pena Nieto meanwhile said he had met in Mexico City with Guerrero’s new interim governor Rogelio Martinez.

The president said all public safety agencies would meet Tuesday with Martinez and work on “measures to restore order and bring back public safety.”

Federal authorities accuse onthe-run Iguala mayor Jose Luis Abarca of ordering the attack to prevent the students from disturbing an event held by his wife as president of the local child protection institution.

A Guerreros Unidos leader said after his arrest that he had thought the students were part of a rival criminal gang. He therefore approved armed actions “in defense” of his territory.

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INDONESIA Workers plan strike at US miner Freeport’s site

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - About 10,000 workers at an Indonesian gold and copper mine owned by US firm Freeport-McMoRan will begin a month-long strike next week in protest at a series of fatal accidents, a union said Monday.

Four people were killed last month in the latest accident at the huge Grasberg mine, high in the mountains of remote, eastern Papua, when a giant haulage truck flattened a car.

Hundreds of workers staged a protest over the deaths at the start of this month, blockading the entrance and forcing a temporary suspension of operations.

“Anger among workers has peaked after a series of incidents at Freeport,” union official Albar Sabang told AFP, adding they

blamed management failures for the accidents.

Sabang said that as well Freeport miners, workers from two other Freeport subsidiaries involved in logistics and supplying power at Grasberg will join the strike.

The industrial action will start on November 6 and will continue until December 6, he said, adding that workers were calling for 54 management-level staff to be removed from their posts.

Grasberg, one of the biggest copper and gold mines in the world, has

been plagued by accidents and production problems in recent years.

In May last year, a training tunnel collapsed killing 28 miners as they took part in a safety course in one of Indonesia’s worst-ever mining accidents.

Another worker died in December last year when rocks fell from a machine, crushing him.

In 2011 a three-month strike crippled production at the mine, and workers only halted the industrial action once Freeport agreed to a huge pay rise.

Sjarifuddin transfers ministerial post to Puspayoga Antara

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Francesca Tuazon, 17, left, and Nicole Buell, 17, right, bring flowers and balloons to a growing memorial on a fence around Marysville Pilchuck High School, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, in Marysville, Wash. The alleged shooter whose gun rampage in a US school left three people dead invited five friends to lunch before opening fire on them, police said Monday.

JAKARTA - Outgoing minister for cooperatives and small enterprises Sjarifuddin Hasan handed over his ministerial post to the New Minister of Cooperatives and Small Enterprises AAGN Puspayoga on Tuesday.

Cooperatives and Small Enterprises Ministry Secretary Agus Muharram said about 1,200 employees of the ministry attended the ceremony.

Sjarifuddin Hasan said in his address that all employees of the ministry should support the new minister.

“Let us fully support Pak (Mr) Puspayoga,” the former minister said expressing his hope that the new minister will continue a number of programs he has worked out.

The programs included the National Entrepreneurship Movement (GKN) and financing programs

such as the Smallholders Business Credit (KUR) scheme.

He also extended his apology to all workers in the ministry whom he said had assisted him with extraordinary support for his programs and achievements during his 2009 - 2014 term of office.

“I am convinced that cooperatives and small businesses across the nation have high expectation towards Puspayoga. So, let us support him,” he said.

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From page 1 “Hopefully, this will become an initial milestone for the rise of Balinese youth. Where possible, we must be more critical in the future about any issues aside from reclamation. In the future, there will be various problems, so that the youth must participate in making any decision made by the government,” he said.

The government was also expected to involve the youth in any event or policy-making. According to Bobby, the government always said that the youth was the successor to the nation. However, the youth was never involved like in the reclamation plan of Benoa Bay. On the other hand, the youth was also asked to further improve the quality and go out of the safe zone.

“As a matter of fact, a lot of youths remain in the safe zone as well as are swayed and lulled. Many youths laze when nobody is motivating them. So, we need to be critical and to see the issues involved, and do not just wait. If necessary, we must ask first, and take an initiative,” he affirmed. (kmb32)

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A man sits by the window in his house in a South Jakarta slum in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014.

Revamping condition of seaports is paramount Antara

JAKARTA - The newly appointed State-owned Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno revealed that she will focus on revamping the condition of seaports in Indonesia to facilitate smoother transportation of goods in the country.

“What is urgent now is to improve the condition of our seaports, so that it will support our efforts to create a more efficient goods transportation system between the islands in Indonesia or from Indonesia to abroad,” Rini noted after attending a meeting with all officials at the ministry.

According to her, seaports are the backbone of Indonesia’s trade activities, and hence, it was important to improve their condition.

Earlier, it was reported that the merger of four stateoperated seaports is expected to generate an income of up to US$7 billion a year, remarked President of state-owned port operator company Pelindo II R.J. Lino.

Lino said he assured President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) that with the merger of PT Pelindo I, Pelindo II, Pelindo III, and Pelindo IV into Perusahaan Pelabuhan, Indonesia could generate huge profits that could be directed to other purposes.

The funds could be used to build 10 new ports and repair the 20-25 existing ports.

“I told him (Jokowi) that we could raise funds without taking the government’s support,” he affirmed.

Lino, who has been named team head for the four merged state port operators, said that the funds from the government to be appropriated to Pelindo could be used for other projects.

He stated that the development of new ports and repair of the old ones will boost Indonesia’s competitiveness and will place it at par with other ASEAN countries.

He remarked that the level of services offered at all the ports in Indonesia can be enhanced, in which “we are far lagging behind.”

He noted that the maintenance of ports must be integrated.

Maintenance should not be focused only on a single port such as Tanjung Priok, the country’s largest port.

“Ships sail from one port to another. It would not help if we repair only Tanjung Priok and we skip the other ports such as Belawan, Banjarmasin, or Sorong ports,” he pointed out.

In addition, the merger of the port operators will reduce the need for transshipment in the country before heading for destination ports, such as Singapore, as the loading and unloading of cargo will be handled by Tanjung Priok.

He pointed out that cargo transshipment in Singapore and Tanjung Pelepas of Malaysia, had already reduced from 65 percent to 20 percent in 2013.

Only ships from the United States and several European countries are still unloading and loading at Tanjung Priok, he stated, adding that those from France, Australia, and Africa may no longer directly carry out transshipment at the port.

As of now, the ships from Surabaya and Semarang still opt for transshipment in Singapore and Tanjung Pulopas, he pointed out.

Lino remarked that he plans to roll out a discount concept to attract ships to opt for transshipment at Tanjung Priok.

He explained that a discount will be offered in handling tariff for transshipment at Tanjung Priok for cargo from Surabaya or Semarang, however, they would not be able to avail any discount if they opted for transshipment in Singapore.

“With this system, we hope to attract more customers as the cost would be cheaper,” he added.

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BUSINESS Britain faces off against EU over budget payment

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SEMARAPURA/SINGARAJA - The appointment of AA Gede Ngurah Puspayoga as Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs of the RI into the Working Cabinet of Jokowi-JK received a warm welcome from Balinese people. Puspayoga posing the pioneer of the non-collateral loan (KTA) program during his service as the Mayor of Denpasar is expected to develop the program at the national level with improvement. Completion of this program is highly required as it has been considered very beneficial for Balinese people, especially in the development of cooperatives and the SMEs.

Agence France-Presse LONDON - Britain headed for a showdown with the European Commission on Monday as Prime Minister David Cameron brushed off an EU payment demand despite warnings he must pay up or face fines.

Under pressure from eurosceptics within his own Conservative Party ranks, Cameron told parliament that the amount requested and the short December 1 deadline were “unacceptable”.

“It is British taxpayers’ money, it is not small change, it is a vast sum,” he said to cheers from the Conservatives, who face a challenge from the anti-EU UK Independence Party.

“We will be challenging this in every way possible,” he said. Cameron said Britain was not ruling out a payment altogether but emphasised it would be “nowhere near” the requested sum. He also said that the amount was a provisional estimate that was only be made definitive in the middle of next year.

“There is no pressing need for the money to be paid,” he said. Jacek Dominik, the interim EU budget commissioner, earlier Monday said that Britain must pay an extra 2.1 billion euros ($2.66 billion) to the European Union budget or face fines.

“There will be a moment when the Commission will start imposing ... fines on the amounts that are due,” Dominik said.

Cameron had already ruled out making the payment at a European Union leaders summit on Friday, claiming he had been told about the amount only at the last minute. But Dominik said that Britain should not have been surprised since the budget-adjusting process was well established and there was “no signal that they had a problem with this figure”.

Asked if there could be a political solution with the British premier, Dominik said he did not think so.

Calculating the budget was based on a formula agreed by all EU member states which would require new legislation to change. Going down that track would be to “open up a Pandora’s box,” he said. At the same time, he said, Britain could not pick and choose which bits of EU laws it wanted to live by.

On top of its regular annual budget rebate, London was due to get an additional 500 million euros next year, Dominik said. Cameron has pledged to try to renegotiate Britain’s relationship with the EU if he remains prime minister after a general election in May 2015, then hold an in-or-out referendum by the end of 2017 on the outcome.

“For those of us who want to argue that the EU is capable of reform, this was not a good development,” Cameron said.The EU budget, currently running at around 135 billion euros per year, is based on the principle that the bigger the member state is, the more it contributes.Accordingly, Germany pays most, followed

by France and Italy along with Britain, which also gets a special rebate won by late prime minister Margaret Thatcher in 1984.

To ensure that the fraught budget process is fair, each year the EU reviews the economic performance of all 28 member states, adjusting their contributions up or down as a result.In recent years, authorities broadened the review to include new forms of economic activity, some of them illegal such as prostitution and drug dealing.

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File photo of people walking past a row of Volkswagen e-Golf cars during the company’s annual news conference in Berlin March 13, 2014. German business confidence fell for the sixth month to a near two-year low in October, in another gloomy sign for the eurozone despite a reassuring health check on banks, data showed on Monday.

German business confidence hits 22-month low Agence France-Presse

FRANKFURT - German business confidence fell for the sixth month to a near two-year low in October, in another gloomy sign for the eurozone despite a reassuring health check on banks, data showed on Monday.

The Ifo economic institute’s closelywatched business climate index declined to 103.2 points in October, its lowest level since December 2012, the thinktank said in a statement.

For its survey, Ifo quizzes companies in the biggest eurozone economy about their current business and the outlook for the next six months.

And they were distinctly less positive about both, the survey found.

“Assessments of the current business situation were once again less favourable than last month,” said Ifo president HansWerner Sinn.

“Expectations with regard to the sixmonth business outlook also continued to cloud over. The outlook for the German economy deteriorated once again,” Sinn said. In concrete terms, the sub-index measuring current business hit its lowest level since April and the outlook

sub-index fell to the lowest level since December 2012.

Analysts had been hoping that recent data could be showing signs of stabilisation as fears recede about the economic fallout from the Ukraine crisis.

Consumer sentiment in Germany is moving back up again and the German purchasing managers’ index also increased, driven mostly by falling energy prices and a softening euro.

So the renewed decline in the Ifo survey came as a blow, said Capital Economics economist Jennifer McKeown.

It “suggests that the recovery is unlikely to regain moment at the end of the year,” she said.

“We continue to expect German GDP to rise by 1.3 percent this year and 1.5 percent next. But even this will not be enough to ensure a strong recovery or eradicate the threat of deflation in the

eurozone as a whole and the risks are to the downside,” McKeown said.

ING DiBa economist Carsten Brzeski felt the Ifo drop suggests that “the eurozone’s biggest economy has reached a dangerous stage between soft spell and longer-lasting almost-stagnation.”

On Sunday, the European Central Bank gave the large majority if eurozone banks a clean bill of health in a crunch new audit aimed at eliminating one of the key factors of uncertainty hanging over the single currency area.

But whether the results of the ECB’s “comprehensive assessment” will be enough to turn sentiment around was open to question, said Berenberg Bank economist Christian Schulz.

“We expect a stabilisation before the end of the year. Unfortunately, the October Ifo data suggest that the risks to our near-term calls remains to the downside,” he said.

Commerzbank economist Joerg Kraemer said that “after gross domestic product (GDP) stagnated at best in the third quarter, no substantial growth can be expected in the fourth quarter.”

The Head of Klungkung Cooperatives and SMEs Agency, Komang Dharma Suyasa, said that his party welcomed the appointment of Puspayoga as the Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs. He assessed the people of Bali, chiefly of Klungkung, remembered the program of Puspayoga pioneering the non-collateral loans and had become one of the solutions for the SME development in Bali.

“Such non-collateral loans extremely motivated the SMEs to continuously grow,” he said.

His party claimed to fully support Puspayoga to develop the noncollateral to the national level through the coordination of the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs. Regarding the technical implementation in the region, his party entrusted it entirely to the minister.

With the representation of Bali in the field of Cooperatives and SMEs, he hoped that Puspayoga could work hard in building the strength of the SMEs in Indonesia with various initiatives. He believed that Puspayoga could do that. Bali, especially Klungkung, had pretty much potential of the SMEs that had been growing, stagnant or nearly dormant to the bankrupt ones.

Foundation of the strength owned by the SMEs should be well constructed to strengthen the microeconomic sector to the global macro

economy. Moreover, the impact of next free-market competition required a strong community in terms of product and its business.

Quite a lot of the SMEs in Klungkung County had developed, such as the perforated coin craft, classical Kamasan painting, gamelan craft and cepuk rangrang woven clothes of Nusa Penida. According to Darma Suyasa, Klungkung was also developing other sectors having a great potential for the growth like the pea cottage industry at Nyanglan to seaweed pia in Dawan subdistrict. He hoped the appointment of Balinese native as Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs to become a moment of strengthening the SME sector and the rise of cooperatives in Bali and in Indonesia in general to continuously compete against the other countries.

New hope Meanwhile, a number of politicians in Buleleng were proud of the appointment of Puspayoga among the 34 ministers appointed by President Joko Widodo. Puspayoga was the only resident of Bali becoming the top choice. “As a resident of Bali, I am very proud that Puspayoga was appointed as the Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs in the Working Cabinet of the President Joko Widodo,” said Nyoman Sutjidra, Deputy Regent of Buleleng.

With the background as a former mayor of Denpasar and deputy governor of Bali, Puspayoga has a wealth of experience in political constellation in Bali. To that end, as a historical milestone and succeeding generation of the Satria Palace Denpasar, Sutjidra hoped Puspayoga to be able to run the trust and confidence of the people in accordance with the position. “Hopefully, the trust and confidence entrusted can be implemented during a five-year service of Jokowi-JK leadership. Congratulations Mr. Puspayoga!” he hoped.

Influence of the appointment of the PDI-P politician, explained Sutjidra, would be able to evoke the cooperatives and SMEs sector, especially in Bali. Moreover, Puspayoga was a pioneer of the non-collateral loans that had been widely known to Balinese people. Close relationship between Puspayoga and the PDI-P figures in Bali was expected to be able to bring in better condition in the future.

“We have made communication to Puspayoga after the announcement on his appointment as a minister. Related to the development of cooperatives and the SMEs in Buleleng, we hope it can further develop in the future.

Moreover, the Regent of Buleleng Putu Agus Suradnyana is very close to Puspayoga like brothers,” said Sutjidra. (kmb31/kmb34)

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Recommended, don’t take girlfriend to Tanah Lot Temple IBP

TABANAN - Apparently it does not fit when watching the beauty of Tanah Lot tourist attraction without being accompanied by the partner. Strolling hand in hand along the rocky beach exuding an aura really makes happy. But unfortunately, there are myths and taboos believed by Balinese people where it is not allowed to come in with a lover (boyfriend) to the place of worship. Even though the origin of the myth is not clear, local community truly believe in the abstinence. If the abstinence is violated, then the relationship of the pair of lovers is believed not to last long. The relationship will

be getting looser and ultimately breaks up. “The myth does not apply to visitors who have got married,” said I Ketut Toya Adnyana, coordinator of the temple.

Toya claimed such a myth was still believed by Balinese people.

However, lately it was rarely known to tourists who made a visit with a girlfriend or friend. Similarly, it was unknown whether the myth was valid for them. “Visitors rarely care about it whether they go with girlfriend or not. Obviously, no one knows whether they finally break up or not,” said Toya.

Pregnant or menstruating women are also forbidden to go up and get into the temple area in the middle of the sea. They are considered

spiritually and temporarily impure so they are prohibited to conduct religious rituals. Tanah Lot temple also has holy water spring, precisely beneath the temple. Such a holy water is believed to bring in luck to those who has drunk it. Meanwhile, across the Tanah Lot temple sits a cave becoming the habitat of sea snake that is made sacred. Visitors can see or hold the snake. Balinese people believe, the sacred snake often moves to Tanah Lot Temple at night to keep the sanctity of the temple.

According to this Operations Manager of Tanah Lot tourist attraction, strange incidents frequently occurred in the area of Tanah Lot Temple. When the piodalan or

temple anniversary took place, a foreign tourist photographed the temple and in fact there was a sighting. On the picture the tourist saw a beautiful woman next to the object.

Another happening was a visitor seeing the other temple on the high seas. Then, there was also a visitor who did not want to go home. After sprinkled with holy water by local temple priest, it was finally willing to go home.

Tanah Lot is the most favorite tourist attraction at this time.

The Tanah Lot Temple nestled in the middle of the ocean is part of dang kahyangan temple functioned as the worshipping place of the gods guarding the sea. This temple was built by a Brahmana

who wandered from Java named Danghyang Nirartha. He successfully reinforced the belief of the Balinese related to Hinduism and built the temple in the sixteenth century.

At that time the, the ruler of Tanah Lot, Bendesa Beraben, was jealous of him because his followers began to leave and follow Danghyang Nirartha. Bendesa Beraben urged Danghyang Nirartha to leave Tanah Lot. The latter agreed and before leaving Tanah Lot, with his supernatural power he moved a boulder to the middle of the beach and established a temple there.

He also transformed his shawl into a snake becoming the temple guards.

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SEMARAPURA - A legal team from Klungkung County finally stopped the construction of the villa at Tulang Nyuh customary hamlet, Tegak village, Klungkung subdistrict,on Monday (Oct 27). The villa developers did not have a permit, nor did they coordinate with the local customary village heads. As a result, village residents protested the villa construction.

He did admitt to building a regular house on the land area of 3,800 square meters belonging to a productive plantation. He argued that the building in question only used 300 square meters of land, and that he had tried to communicate with the customary village, but the planned meetings never occured with the chief of the customary village never occured.

He also claimed to have coordinated with the adjacent residents, headman and subdistrict head for the licensing process. The file had been complete and it just needed to be submited to the Integrated Licensing Office.

However, he acknowledged that his party did not have legal permission from the local government. espite this, the development process had been underway with the basic foundation having been laid.

Not only that, Johanes also admitted to have paid an initial contribution of IDR 1.5 million to the customary village.

However, the headman responded that the investor had not made

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Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (C) arrives at the Palace of Justice for his final appeal against a conviction for sodomy, in Putrajaya October 28, 2014.

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A legal team from Klungkung County finally stopped the construction of the villa at Tulang Nyuh customary hamlet, Tegak village, Klungkung subdistrict,on Monday (Oct 27).

any attempt at communication and that it was in fact his party who had paid the contribution to the local customary village.

One of the local residents, Nyoman Suastika, asked the chief

of the customary village to immediately hold a meeting to address the problem. It is important so that what was constituted by the chief of customary village was based on the correct mechanism and was in

fact done on behalf of all the residents of Tulang Nyuh. That way, certain groups of people would not be taking a stand on their own that could kindle another problem. (kmb31)

Major investment rampant

County govt drafts industrial tax charges

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SINGARAJA - A number of recent large-scale investments

are starting to get into Buleleng.

Local government also directs the huge investments to the industrial zones having been defined in the

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A number of recent large-scale investments are starting to get into Buleleng. Local government also directs the huge investments to the industrial zones having been defined in the Regional Bylaw (Perda) on the Buleleng Spatial Plan.

Regional Bylaw (Perda) on the Buleleng Spatial Plan. In addition, the local government begins to make a preparation to draw a large investment in the industrial zone by imposing taxes of industrial scale.

With this effort, the county government would be able to boost the revenue through tax sector. This was revealed in the meeting discussing about the budget amendment 2014 in the joint commission meeting room of the Buleleng House, Monday (Oct 27).

The meeting between the Budget Agency and the local government budget team (TAPD) was led by Chairman of the Buleleng House, Gede Supriatna, while the executive was led by Regional Secretary of Buleleng government, Dewa Ketut Puspaka, accompanied by Assistant III Gede Dharmaja, the Head of Regional

Development Planning Board Gede Suyasa and leadership of the agencies in the circles of the Buleleng County.

Regional Secretary Dewa Ketut Puspaka revealed in the meeting that a number of middle-to-upper scale investments had come to Buleleng. For this condition, the local government had to facilitate and encourage the investors to invest in the industrial zone in West Buleleng. The industrial zone had been set out in Regional Bylaw on the Spatial Plan of Buleleng.

Before the government included the West Buleleng into an industrial zone in the provisions of the regulation, some investments such as the Celukan Bawang harbor, steam-fueled power plant, and other large investments had been running in this zone.

Following the coming of large investors to the industrial zone,

continued Puspaka, local government began to make preparation of tax imposition on the investments with the industrial-scale tax provision. Taxation of the industrial scale was believed to boost the revenue of Buleleng sourcing from taxes.

Meanwhile, the Head of Regionally Generated Revenue (Dispenda) of Buleleng, Ida Bagus Puja Erawan, said the investment existing in the industrial zone in West Buleleng was still imposed with non-industrial tax. It had to be done because there was no government policy to change the industrial-scale tax imposition in the zone. To that end, his party agreed if the government and the House reached the same perspective to make preparation so that the investment in West Buleleng could be imposed with industrial-scale tax. (kmb38)

Anwar faces final appeal against sodomy conviction Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian court is due to decide this week on an appeal by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim against a sodomy conviction and five-year prison term, with a ruling against him likely to all but end his political career and inflame tension.

A court convicted Anwar in March of sodomising a former political aide and sentenced him to five years in prison. Sodomy is illegal in Malaysia.

Anwar, who in the mid-1990s was the ruling party’s rising star before falling out with then premier Mahathir Mohamad, condemned the verdict as a “choreographed” travesty. Supporters and rights groups said it was politically influenced.

The government rejected the notion of political interference saying Malaysia had an independent judiciary and the case, brought by a former male political aide, was between two individuals and a matter for the courts.

The conviction, Anwar’s second for sodomy, shattered his political plans which had been given a boost by opposition gains in a 2013 election. His lawyers appealed and a court will take up the case on Tuesday, with a decision possible on Wednesday.

If Anwar, 67, loses, he faces a return to jail and would be barred from contesting the next general election that must be held by 2018.

He told reporters on Monday he had decided he would not go abroad to avoid the possibility of jail.

“This is my country and I cannot imagine leaving,” he said. “It’s a tough choice. Imagine at my age having to go back to prison.”

But he said he remained optimistic about the hearing: “Don’t be surprised that I’ll be a free man on Wednesday.”

Human Rights Watch called last week on the government to end the “politically motivated prosecution” of Anwar. A ruling against him would anger his supporters who could take to the streets.

His departure from politics could also herald the disintegration of an uneasy three-party opposition alliance that he leads.

The Pakatan Rakyat, or People’s Alliance, groups Anwar’s party, an ethnic Chinese party and an Islamist party. It was shaken recently by a dispute over who should take the leadership of opposition-controlled Selangor state.

“Given the situation now, it would be difficult for everyone to come to a consensus on Anwar’s replacement,” said Muhammad Sabu, deputy president of the Islamist

party, known as PAS. Anwar’s daughter, Nurul Izzah, said her father’s jailing would pose a real test for the alliance. “You’re talking about the man who is a unifying factor no longer being there.

He drove the coalition together,” Nurul Izzah told Reuters.

But Anwar’s jailing could galvanize the opposition, an analyst said.

“There is a potential here to turn what was previously an opposition coalition led by one dominating figure into a coalition that represents the people,” said Wan Saiful Wan Jan, of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs.

Muhammad Sabu of PAS said the opposition parties had to stick together in the face of the political juggernaut of the ruling party which has been in power since independence in 1957.

“We have to unite otherwise we are finished in the next election,” Sabu said.

After Anwar was sacked in 1998, he campaigned against corruption and nepotism and led a nationwide “reformasi” (reform) movement before he was jailed in 1999 for corruption.

His first sodomy conviction, in 2000, was overturned in 2004 and he was released from prison and returned to politics as the head of a revitalised opposition whose showing in a 2008 election deprived the ruling coalition of its traditional two-thirds majority in parliament.

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Two Japan ministers acknowledge political fund improprieties

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Chief of Tulang Nyuh customary village, Nengah Sudarna, said that the initial arrival of these investors had not been reported to the customary village. Also, work on the villa project utilized the rural road built independently by the village and as a result of heavy trucks conveying materials foe the villa project, this road became damaged.

Responding to the issue, the acting Tegak headman, Ketut Arsa, admitted that he approached the investor kindly asking them to temporarily stop their activities last week. After that, his party coordinated with the customary village officals and initiated the licensing process in the Integrated Licensing Office.

“I would suggest stopping work until things are resolved with the customary village. If there remains a probloem with the local community, it will continually flare up” he said. The project coordinator of the villa development, Johanes, when approached by the legal team, denied that his party was building the villa.

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TOKYO - Two Japanese cabinet ministers acknowledged political fund-related improprieties, adding to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s headaches, but both said they intended to stay in their jobs.

The revelations come after two other ministers, including trade and industry minister Yuko Obuchi, quit over the dubious use of political funds last week, hitting public support for the Abe’s government.

Obuchi’s successor, Yoichi Miyazawa, also came under scrutiny after acknowledging last week that an aide spent 18,230 yen at an S&M-themed bar, and that he himself held 600 shares in Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant that his ministry oversees.

Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki told a news conference, held shortly after midnight on Tuesday, that his late wife incorrectly reported party fees and other ex-

penditures as costs for holding newyear parties in his support group’s income and expense reports.

Mochizuki said there were no illegal expenditures involved.

“Various problems are piling up at the Environment Ministry. I would like to do my utmost to solve those problems,” he said.

Income and expenditure reports in question are for 2008 and 2009, and 6.6 million yen ($61,167) in expenditure for party fees and other expenses were reported as costs for holding new-year parties, media said.

Also, a political group affiliated with Haruko Arimura, minister in charge of women’s empowerment, received 600,000 yen in donations in 2011 and 2012 from a company that was fined for tax evasion, Japanese media reported on Monday.

Arimura said that the donations were made before the tax evasion case, and that the money had already been returned, public broadcaster NHK said.

One month into HK protests, defiance on the streets Agence France-Presse

HONG KONG - A month into the mass pro-democracy protests gripping Hong Kong, the movement is under pressure to keep up momentum -- but those on the streets say their vigil has already changed the city for good.

On September 28, chaotic street battles in one of Asia’s premier financial hubs saw umbrella-wielding demonstrators choking on clouds of police tear gas.

The ugly scenes triggered a wave of anger, with tens of thousands swelling the ranks of those demanding open leadership elections for the semi-autonomous Chinese city in 2017. Four weeks on, protest camps remain sprawled across three major thoroughfares.

But the Chinese government shows no sign of backing down on its insistence that candidates for the city’s top post be screened by a loyalist committee, a decision the protesters say is designed to ensure the election of a pro-Beijing stooge.

The crowds have thinned, and with Hong Kong’s authorities apparently determined to let the protests lose steam as residents tire of the ongoing traffic mayhem, demonstrators are under increasing pressure to shift to tactics that would force a response.

But their leaders are unsure how to move forward. For Joshua Wong, the firebrand teenage activist and one of the most recognisable faces of the so-called “umbrella movement”, the only certainty is that retreat is not an option.

“Occupiers are standing firm,” he told AFP at the main protest camp outside government headquarters in Admiralty, central Hong Kong.

“Without any concrete result, all of the occupiers will sleep in their tents every single night.”

Keen to reinvigorate the movement, organisers are planning a rally to mark the one-month anniversary of the protests later Tuesday, asking supporters to bring the same clothes they wore on September 28 -- including protective gear.

At 17.57 (0957 GMT) activists will hold an 87-second silence to mark the number of times police said they fired tear gas that evening.

Those camped out in Admiralty express pride in their well-organised tent village, where litter is meticulously recycled, students complete their homework in a designated study area, and thousands gather at the weekends to cheer speeches from activists.

“This is Hong Kong’s utopia,” said 31-year-old protester Jimmy Leung as he strummed a guitar outside a friend’s tent.

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DENPASAR - Denpasar Municipality will enact the Social Security Agency (BPJS) program for Health and Employment from January 2015. This policy will not only be applied to local workforce, but also to foreign workforce working in the territory of Denpasar.

WASHINGTON - IBM announced Monday it would offer its analytics platform and other technology for use in African countries affected by the Ebola outbreak. nel to communicate their experiences directly to the government.”

IBM has donated technology to Nigeria’s Lagos state government to coordinate disease containment efforts.

The technology, which has been used in other humanitarian missions, “will help strengthen the coordination of public health emergency response teams and ensure that the Lagos state government is able to manage and respond to any new reported cases of Ebola or future epidemics,” the statement said.

The move comes amid increased interest in using supercomputing and big data to improve detection and relief efforts in containing the Ebola outbreak.

Microsoft last week said it would make its Azure cloud computing platform available to researchers examining the spread of Ebola.

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IBM announced Monday it would offer its analytics platform and other technology for use in African countries affected by the Ebola outbreak.

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A child using personal computer. England, in September became the first major world economy to make coding a compulsory subject for children in publicly-funded schools from the age of five.

Five-year-olds learn coding as Britain eyes digital future

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LONDON - “Miss! We made it breathe out fire!” exclaimed 10-year-old Joe, pointing at the laptop on his desk, where he has programmed his animated dragon to belch flames into the face of the Greek hero Heracles.

Gasps of excitement ripple across the classroom, as the children at Launcelot school in south London try to work out the string of commands that Joe used to create their own virtual battles.

This is no special class -- it is a scene being recreated across England, which in September became the first major world economy to make coding a compulsory subject for children in publicly-funded schools from the age of five.

The government overhauled the computing curriculum after industry figures warned that children were not learning the skills they needed to compete in the 21st century.

And now these pupils are not just playing computer games, but learning how to make them.

Jemimah, a softly spoken 10year-old in an immaculate blue and black uniform, smiles with satisfaction as she, too, manages to make her dragon breathe fire.

“At the first lesson I wasn’t really sure how to do it. I had to have lots of help but I’ve been really getting it now,” she says.

For many people, the word coding conjures up nightmarish images of lines and lines of text on a computer screen, written by hunched figures typing furiously.

But the students are using basic

animation software that gives them a choice of command phrases -move forward or back, lift a shield -- that can be arranged in sequence to make the brightly coloured characters come to life.

In another classroom, younger pupils are learning coding through an iPad programme called “Daisy the Dinosaur”.

“It’s fun because you get to tell them what to do,” said six-year-old Ashley, as he swipes his finger to create a list of words such as “Spin” and “Jump” and then presses play to watch Daisy dance across the screen.

Six-year-old Feza is almost breathless as she demonstrates how to make Daisy “bigger, and bigger and bigger!”

“It has made the computer curriculum more exciting, engaging for the children. And it’s not actually that difficult,” said teacher Amy Riley.

“When you come down to it, it’s a set of instructions.”

Britain has a fast-growing digital sector, from e-commerce to robotics and gaming, which accounts for about five percent of the country’s growth, according to the “Tech City” industry organisation.

But like in many developed nations, the workforce is not keeping pace.

In a survey last year by research firm GfK, 45 percent of tech business leaders in London said a shortage of skilled workers is the biggest challenge they face.

The government has now replaced the old computing curriculum, with its focus on word processing and spreadsheets, with one that

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The US computing giant said it is offering the assistance in Sierra Leone, one of the countries hardest hit by the deadly disease, and in nearby Nigeria, which has been declared Ebola-free.

The initiative allowing residents to directly report Ebola-related issues and concerns via SMS or voice calls to public health officials in Sierra Leone enables better tracking of the disease, according to an IBM statement.

Using location information from the calls, IBM is able to create “heat-maps” to determine the areas where the disease is spreading.

“We saw the need to quickly develop a system to enable communities directly affected by Ebola to provide valuable insight about how to fight it, said Uyi Stewart, IBM Africa’s chief research scientist.

“Using mobile technology, we have given them a voice and a chan-

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gives children an understanding of how computers work.

“In the 21st century, the ability to code and program a computer is no longer a nice-to-have, it’s an essential,” Finance Minister George Osborne said earlier this year.

Alex Hope, the managing director of leading British visual effects company Double Negative, has been outspoken on the need for Britain to improve the skills of its workforce.

“I think it’s tremendous that coding is recognised as a vital skill, not just for the creative industries but for British industry in general,” he told AFP. His company won an Oscar for the effects in Hollywood movie “Inception” and currently employs more than 1,000 people worldwide working on other films, but has had to recruit many from overseas.

He highlights Israel as an example of how to teach coding in schools, but says all countries have to raise their game.

“If you want to be a developer of what computers can do, if you want to use them as a tool rather than a passive consumer of other people’s technology, you need to be able to code yourselves,” he said.

Although the government has allocated some funding for training, the teachers at Launcelot school taught themselves how to use the coding applications used in class.

And as the five-year-olds rapidly improve their skills, it will not be long before they know more than the staff.

“The children will take over -they’ll run with it,” said headteacher Paul Hooper.

“Every job seeker, whether individual, entrepreneur, legal entity or other entities that carry out the operations of the company in Denpasar must register their companies and workers as the participant of the BPJS for Health and Employment. This includes foreigners who have worked at least for 6 months in Indonesia,” said the Head of Denpasar Social and Workforce Agency, Made Erwin Suryadarma Sena, in Denpasar.

According to him, the implementation of Law No.40/2004 on the National Social Security System (JKN) and Law No.24/2011 on the Social Security Agency (BPJS) was a national policy. It aimed to provide social protection and prosperity for workers. To that end, in accordance with the circular of the Mayor of Denpasar No.560/2186/ Dinsosbaker it had been disseminated to leadership of companies, state-owned companies, local

government-owned companies, foundations, cooperatives and the heads of LPD throughout the city of Denpasar. “We do hope that all companies operating in the city of Denpasar from now on should register their employees,” he said.

He explained that any companies violating the obligation to register their company and employees for the participation in the BPJS would be imposed with administrative sanction where they would not get

public services in accordance with the Government Regulation No. 86/2013 Chapter 9 on the procedures of imposing administrative sanctions to the employers. The sanction to be imposed on the violating companies had something to do with business licensing, participation in project tender and building permit. Similarly, the foreign employment working permit of foreign workers would not be extended.

“If the employees are not included in the BPJS program, the company will bear all the expenses in case of an accident afflicting the employees,” he said.

As has been known, the BPJS

Bali has electricity surplus of 139 MW Bali Post

DENPASAR - The State-owned Electricity Company (PLN) of Bali distribution stated that the current power plant in Bali is enough to meet the electricity needs on Island of the Gods. Even, the production of electricity in Bali is surplus up to 139 megawatts of the energy generated up to 898 MW, with the highest peak load at 759 MW. “The remaining electricity production is still higher than the electricity

generated by the largest plants, namely in Gilimanuk with the capacity of 130 MW. If this largest plant collapses, it can still bear the burden of Bali. So, there must be energy reserves,” said General Manager of PT PLN (Persero) of Bali distribution, Syamsul Huda, in Denpasar.

Nevertheless, he said, the production of electricity in Bali was expensive because most of the existing power plants were still dependent on fuel supply. Electricity demand in Bali all this time got supplies from a

number of power plants, namely the Gilimanuk power plant with 130 MW, Pemaron (90 MW), Pesanggaran (321 MW) and supplies from Java through the submarine cable (320 MW).

“Producing (electricity—Ed) by fuel is very expensive. When constantly consuming fuel, it will cause deficit, only due to the government subsidies the deficit could be covered. What we need to think about is how to reduce the fuel consumption,” he said.

According to him, all the power plants in Bali like the Gilimanuk

power plant consumed fuel because it was very difficult to get gas. Even, the average supply of diesel to meet the needs reached 80,000 kilo liter per month. The three power plants would require a diesel supply as much as 2,666 KL per day.

“So, overall, the production of electricity in Bali is categorized to be expensive. On that account, we have informed people to use it economically because the production cost of electricity per KWH is very expensive,” he said.

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The State-owned Electricity Company (PLN) of Bali distribution stated that the current power plant in Bali is enough to meet the electricity needs on Island of the Gods.

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covers four programs, namely the work accident insurance, life insurance, pension and health care insurance. Each of the four programs has different amount of premium, such as the premium of accident insurance reaches 0.24 percent of the wage received by workers and 0.30 percent for life insurance. Meanwhile, the premium of pension program is 5.7 percent of the wage received where 2 percent is paid by the worker and the remaining 3.7 percent by the employer. Then, health insurance amounts to 4.5 percent, where 4 percent is paid by the employer and the remaining 0.5 percent by the employee. (kmb27)

He mentioned that a steam-fueled power plant consuming coal was being built at Celukan Bawang (West Bali) by private companies that totally consisted of three blocks. Each block had the capacity of 130 MW. “The use of coal will reduce fuel consumption in some power plants in Bali,” said Syamsul Huda.

He explained the Celukan Bawang power plant would run smoothly with a fairly large capacity. It would be distributed to high voltage power transmission (SUTT) in Southern Bali.

The Celukan Bawang power plant was attempted to consume coal whose price was surely cheaper. (kmb27)

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The suspect Julaikah Noor Aini aka Noor Ellis (middle) was visit by her son on Monday.

Murderer of Robert threatened with lifetime punishment Four executors put into most wanted list

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DENPASAR - John Ellis, the first son of the late Robert Kevin Ellis, finally could meet with his mother, the suspect Julaikah Noor Aini aka Noor Ellis in the room of the investigator, Directorate of General Criminal, Bali Police, Monday (Oct 27). The meeting lasted about 40 minutes. After that, it was the turn of the Chief of Bali Police, Albertus Julius Benny Mokalu, to meet the suspect Noor. According to the police chief, the case fulfilled the aspect of planned murder so that the suspect could be charged under the Article 340 of the Criminal Code with the subsidiary Article 338 of the Criminal Code with a maximum of lifetime penalty.

Responding to the confession of the suspect Noor that she actually did not ask to kill the victim, but only resolved the problem, the police chief firmly said that it was the right of the suspect to say so and his party could not force.

“If she said that she wanted to resolve the problem, that’s okay.

But, we look at the facts why solving a problem should claim one’s life. Necessarily, solving a problem need not to claim one’s life,” he said.

Benny said the suspect’s description was only a clue and had a little chance to be used as evidence. All statements of the suspect and witnesses would be used by the investigators as instructions to disclose the case.

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“They (the victim and his wife—Ed) want to divorce. Currently, Directorate of General Criminal Investigation with the investigators keeps searching the information. Hopefully, the motive could be immediately revealed maximally. So, it can really disclose the mystery of the murder,” said Benny.

Responding to the four executors that had not been arrested, according to the two-star general, his party had put them into the most wanted list and had been disseminated. He affirmed if they felt guilty and got directly involved, they should surrender.

“The sooner the better, slowly but surely we will find them,” he affirmed.

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“My message to those getting involved, they should surrender,” said the former police chief of Bengkulu.

After meeting with his mother, John Ellis said nothing. However, he handed over a piece of paper containing a family’s statement in English. Then, he rushed to get into his car and immediately left police station. Essentially the statement mentioned that the victim’s family was a loving and loyal person. His work in the business had been creating job opportunities for thousands of people in Indonesia. He was a good and honorable man. Besides, he was also generous and vivacious as well as had integrity. (kmb36)

SEMARAPURA - Many highlights to the damage of Batu Melawang Cave draw the attention of a foreign cinematographer. Jungle Run Production House from the United States intends to make a documentary film on the Batu Melawang Cave as the object even though it is in damaged condition. It is keen on the Batu Melawang Cave along with the swallow habitat producing bird nests all the time.

The plan of making the documentary film was confirmed by the Managing Director of the PDNKK, Wayan Sukadana, Monday (Oct 27). The production house already submitted the permission to Klungkung government. The documentary film would explore the ecotourism destination. Later on, the documentary film would be aired at travel channel televisions in the United States.

When making an audience with the Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, recently Desak Hartati representing the Jungle Run Production House said the shooting object was taken at Batu Melawang Cave based on the consideration that Ceningan Island was still far behind the well-known tourist destination of Bali. “We hope that Batu Melawang Cave will become a new tourist destination in Bali,” she said.

Regent I Nyoman Suwirta allowed the production house to make the Batu Melawang Cave the object of the documentary film shooting. Even, Regent

Suwirta also offered a number of other interesting places in Nusa Penida such as mangrove forest and marine life of the KKP Nusa Penida for similar object as well as the cluster of tiny islands nearby.

Meanwhile, I Wayan Sukadana participating in the audience said that when the documentary film had been completed, it would also be used as a means to demonstrate to policy holders, such as the House, local government and others about the actual contents inside the swallow habitat in the Batu Melawang Cave, Ceningan. Thus, it could make more comprehensive decision in the development or conservation efforts of the Batu Melawang Cave.

After obtaining permission, the production house and the PDNKK made a survey at the site on Thursday (Oct 23).

At that time, it was known if the mouth of the cave had collapsed as crashed by waves. So, a repair should be made to the entrance stairs and some equipment to get to the location. Meanwhile, the damage at the entrance had been resolved. The PDNKK already made improvement to the facility at the entrance into the cave. He asserted the swallow cave had been ready for the documentary film shooting although the entrance access was quite difficult.

As scheduled, the shooting in the cave would be conducted on November 8-10, 2014. It would be carried out simultaneously with the second phase of the bird’s nest harvest this year by the county-owned company. (kmb31)

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Kamandalu Ubud brings the same significant vision to deliver to our guests a simple yet meaningful place where visitors and guests are able to break away from the frantic pace of daily life and experience true inner peace…that is essentially the elixir of life.

Kamandalu Ubud was launched in April 2011, presented as the enhancement of the existing Kamandalu Ubud which has been serving worldwide guests since 1992.

All 11 villas of the formerly called Deluxe Pool Villas and Two Bedroom Pool Villas were reintroduced with their individual villa names. Layout, in-villa facilities, furniture and amenities were perfected and modernized. In addition, 2 brand new villas were built from the ground up (expected to finish by end of 2011) adding inventories with Three Bedroom fitted with multi-function rooms.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 Oct Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

18 Oct Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Sidakarya Denpasar

23 Oct Tilem Sasih Kapat

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Bruno Mars joins Rock in Rio

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LAS VEGAS — MGM Resorts International and the organizers of Rock in Rio USA announced additions to the music festival’s lineup Monday and offered a glimpse of what to expect when the event comes to Las Vegas next year.

Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran will join Taylor Swift, Metallica and No Doubt performing on the main stage during the festival, which takes place May 8-9 and May 15-16. Singer Joss Stone also is slated to perform.

The announcement and debut of the festival’s look came complete with a magician, tap dancers, a fire-thrower and musical acts performing in front of building facades resembling streets in the United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom.

Luis Justo, CEO of Rock in Rio, said the festival is intended to be an “immersive” experience. A Ferris wheel and 64-foot-high (20-meter) zip line are also planned for the site.

The venue will accommodate 85,000 general admission ticket-holders each day and 4,000 VIPs, organizers said. A pre-sale last month attracted ticketbuyers from 32 different countries, Justo said.

The 37-acre (15-hectare) open-air venue stretching from the corner of Las Vegas and Sahara boulevards next to the Circus Circus Resort is being built by MGM Resorts in concert with Cirque du Soleil and The Yucaipa Cos. investment firm.

When Rock in Rio and its “City of Rock” street facades leave after next year’s shows, the venue will be used for other concerts, food festivals and sporting events year-round, said Chris Baldizan, senior vice president of entertainment for MGM Resorts.

“This is a monumental task,” Baldizan said of turning the large swath of dirt into an outdoor entertainment venue. Tickets are expected to go on sale in January.

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Taylor Swift goes pop for giant release

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NEW YORK - Moving more decisively away from her country roots, Taylor Swift on Monday released a danceable pop album that the beleaguered record industry hopes will be the year’s top-seller. Called “1989,” the year the soon-to-be 25-year-old US music phenomenon was born, Swift’s fifth album is accompanied by a methodical marketing campaign that ranges from product tie-ins to meetings with lucky fans.

Swift, who moved as a child to Nashville and released a debut album with a country base when she was just 16, shifts firmly into pop mode on the latest album by trading her guitar for a synth sound that would, in fact, have sounded familiar in 1989.

Swift -- whose breakups with celebrity boyfriends have delighted tabloids -- once again taps into her personal life for her lyrics, but on “1989” the tone is often cheeky and plainly cognizant of the media glare upon her.

“I go on too many dates / But I can’t make ‘em stay / At least that’s what people say,” she sings with a chuckle on the album’s first single “Shake It Off,” which is driven by an infectious funk rhythm.

Swift teamed up for “Shake It Off” and several other “1989” tracks with the Swedish producers Max Martin and Shellback, who worked with her on “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” her charttopping song from her last album “Red” in 2012.

Martin has written or co-written some of the major hits of the past 20 years by bubblegum pop stars such as the Backstreet Boys, ‘N Sync and Britney Spears.

Swift, appearing Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America” to promote the album, declared that “1989” was her best work.

“I think it’s always important to remind your fans why they started listening to you in the first place but, on a new album, give them something truly new,” she said.

“I could have made ‘Red’ twice, done the same thing over again. Instead, I decided to go in a completely different direction,” she said.

Swift is not the only one hoping that “1989” will take off. So far, this year is on course to be the first in memory without an album go-

ing platinum -- the certification of selling more than one million -- although the 2013 soundtrack to the Disney movie “Frozen” has done so in the course of 2014.

Overall album sales are down by 14 percent compared with last year, according to industry journal Billboard. The reasons are hotly debated, with some artists and promoters blaming streaming services that discourage casual listeners from buying full albums.

Billboard said the industry was forecasting that Swift’s album would sell 800,000 to 900,000 copies in its first week, which would make it the biggest release since Justin Timberlake’s “The 20/20 Experience” in March 2013.

The album leaked online several days in advance. It was listed on filesharing sites by the title “album inconnu,” French for “unknown album,” raising suspicion that the leak occurred in the Frenchspeaking world.

But many fans insisted on social media that they would wait for Monday’s official worldwide release, a loyalty that may be attributed to the star’s assiduous attempts to cultivate her “Swifties.”

Swift has enclosed five different sets of Polaroid pictures in the CDs as a way to encourage collectors. Early buyers of the CD are given codes for a lottery to meet Swift, who is also collaborating with a fast food chain and soft drink maker for the album’s release.

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Amidst the struggle of communal and individualistic sense, the youth of Bali even unites to reject the Benoa Bay reclamation plan.

Reflection of Youth Pledge

Bali youth unites to reject Benoa Bay reclamation Bali Post

DENPASAR - Amidst the struggle of communal and individualistic sense, the youth of Bali even unites to reject the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. It is evidenced by the installation of billboards showing the rejection on behalf of the customary youth club (STT). The sea reclamation plan becomes a milestone for the resurrection of Balinese youth in Bali that was previously apathetic. Even, they often ignore the meaning of the Youth Pledge regularly celebrated every October 28.

“Today, the hegemony of the Youth Pledge seems somewhat declining in harmony with the passage of times. The youth has begun to be individualistic so it then erodes the communality. Nowadays, high

togetherness among the youth perhaps only remains in some areas.

However, if it is associated with reclamation, Balinese youth even has arisen. As evidence, many customary youth clubs are now

beginning to think together for the future of Bali,” said the Spokesman of Grenceng youth club, Denpasar, I Made Agus Mahendra Iswara, Monday (Oct 27).

Agus added that with the spirit of the Youth Pledge celebrated on October 28, the current youth should be able to collaborate and advance the nation. The presence of young men having good intellectual would certainly be able to bring this nation to a better future.

“The youth must jointly protect their region, not only in terms of the environmental aspect but also in terms of social and cultural aspect,”

he explained. Meanwhile, the Chief of the Yowana Satya Dharma youth club of Bukit Buwung hamlet, Denpasar, Adi Apriyanta, said that it was time for the youth to no longer be apathetic against social issues in Bali.

In contrast, the curiousness should be grown as well as the critical attitude had to be honed in the face of problems amidst the community.

“We have to be more critical and more curious because the youth plays an important role in the life of the nation as the next generation that will run this country in the future. Never be ignorant again, these issues must be faced together.

Moreover, the reclamation has belonged to the problem of life,” he said.

A member of the Yowana Dharma Bhakti youth club from Suwung Kauh hamlet, Denpasar, Kadek Bobby Susila, hoped the rise of Balinese youth was accompanied with critical attitude in rejecting the Benoa Bay reclamation plan that did not take place shortly. Bali was not only facing the problem of reclamation, but also other problems related to the economic, legal, social and cultural aspects that should be resolved together.

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