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The Fox production, based on James Dashner’s best-selling 2007 young adult novel of the same name, is the lat-est studio offering depicting teenagers struggling for survival in a dystopian future society.

Like the blockbuster “Hunger Games” films, “The Maze Runner”, which stars Dylan O’Brien as a teenager trying to escape from a complex labyrinth, is part of a trilogy.

The Hollywood Reporter reported on Sunday that a 2015 date for a second film in the series had already been set following the movie’s successful open-

ing weekend.In second place was another new

release, the Liam Neeson crime drama “A Walk Among the Tombstones,” which took in $13.1 million accord-ing to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

The movie, based on US crime writer Lawrence Block’s book of the same name, features “Taken” star Neeson as a former New York detective who is hired by a drug dealer to track down his wife’s murderer.

Another debut movie adapted from a book was in third, the comedy-drama

“This Is Where I Leave You,” with $11.9 million.

The film, based on Jonathan Tropper’s 2009 book and starring an ensemble cast including Jason Bateman and Tina Fey, tells the story of four siblings who reunite at their childhood home after the death of their father.

In fourth place was “No Good Deed,” the thriller starring Idris Elba about a devoted wife and mother of two who innocently helps out a charming but dan-gerous escaped convict with devastating consequences.

The film, which has been hit with a slew of negative reviews, earned $10.2 million in its second week on release.

Falling to fifth was “Dolphin Tale 2,” a family-friendly sequel starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd, with $9 million.

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Alec Baldwin says he is passionate about green energy and is hoping next week’s U.N. climate summit brings home to Americans that the United States has fallen behind other countries in promoting wind and solar power.

The Emmy award-winning actor who has appeared on film, stage and television spoke at a reception Thursday night to celebrate the launch of a book entitled “Addressing Climate Change” featuring the work of award-winning English photographer Henry Dallal, who has often photographed Queen Elizabeth II. Its contributors include U.N.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres, who at-tended the launch.

“We’ve been talking about this for 25 years,” Baldwin told The Associated Press. “We need to learn the lessons that other people are learning — no nukes, less coal ... reduce, reduce, not eliminate.”

He singled out Germany’s increasing use of solar and wind power.

The reception was hosted by Peter Brown, the onetime manager of the Beatles who is now chairman and CEO of BLJ Worldwide, a global public relations firm.

Baldwin made clear his opposition to fracking, which involves injecting water, sand

and chemicals to break apart underground rocks to release oil and gas — even if it does lead the U.S. to energy independence.

“For me energy independence comes from renewables,” he said.

“We have to fan those flames ... and teach another generation of young people that this is the vital issue — renewable energy,” he said.

Baldwin said he can’t attend the climate summit Ban is hosting next day because he will be flying to London that day to start filming “Mission Impossible Part 5” with Tom Cruise, where he will be playing the director of the CIA.

“Me the director of the CIA?,” he asked. “I think it’s perfect!”

Alec Baldwin passionate about green energy

AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File‘The Maze Runner’ weaves way to topAgence France-Presse

LOS ANGELES - Science-fiction action film “The Maze Runner” weaved its way to the top of the North American box office this weekend, earning $32.5 million on its debut, industry estimates showed Sunday.

In this image released by 20th Century Fox, Dylan O’Brien, left, and Will Poulter, right, appear in a scene from “The Maze Run-ner.”

AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Ben Rothstein

Agrotourism at Landih village was established in an area of two hectares at the village. According to the former headman of Landih, Wayan Jamin, the civet coffee agrotourism had been developed since the year 2000.

“Actually, the area was not drafted for the agrotourism concept. However, it was developed to convince the buyers that the civet coffee produced is really genuine. Along the passage of time, it was developed into an agrotourism,” said Jamin.

Management of the Landih agrotourism was handled by the Bale Dana Mesari Cooperative. Civet coffee of the Landih village was highly demanded by many consumers because it was a genuine product. Dozens of civets consuming the coffee beans belonged to wild civet. Those civets were not impounded.

According to Jamin, the processing of civet coffee by impounded civet and wild civet was different. With the impounded civet, after being given coffee beans, farmers would take the coffee on the following day and cleaned up the coffee bean.

The Landih civet coffee eaten by wild civets also had many advantages. From the recognition of some coffee lovers, the Lan-dih civet coffee was considered to have efficacy to cure diabetes, breast cancer as well as to return the stamina. Sugar level for dia-betes could reduce within a period of six months. The result was obtained when users constantly consumed the Landih civet coffee. “Toddlers experiencing seizures will also recover when they are given the Landih civet coffee,” said Jamin who is now becoming a legislator in the Bangli House.

So far, the Landih agrotourism had at least 50 wild civets. Due to its distinctive flavor, not a few coffee lovers made the Landih civet coffee a souvenir. In addition to growing coffee, in the area of the agrotourism visitors could also see tangerine and a variety of rare plants used for ritual needs.

With the superiority of civet coffee production, it is appropriate to make the Landih agrotourism an alternative tourist destination for those loving the farm. With admission fee at only IDR 50,000, visitors can have the opportunity to taste a variety of fresh fruits in place.

One of the visitors, Roslin, admitted that she was very interested in the arrangement of the Landih civet coffee agrotourism. Other than being offered at reasonable price, the view presented was not less beautiful than the one offered by other places. After getting tired of walking, visitors could taste fresh fruits and typical civet coffee naturally processed in the stomach of wild civets. (ina/kmb)

Civet coffee agrotourism favored by travelers

IBP/Wan

Landih village denoting the result of fission of Pengotan village has now become one of the villages visited by many travelers. This agrotourism concept emerged after many travelers came to witness the civets eating coffee at the village.

Bali Post

BANGLI - Landih village denoting the result of fission of Pengotan village has now become one of the villages visited by many travelers. Farmers at this village can produce high quality coffee and it is developed into an agrotourism area. This agrotourism concept emerged after many travelers came to witness the civets eating coffee at the village.

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Calendar Event for August 9 through September 23, 2014

9 Aug Tumpek Kandang Pura Puseh GianyarPura Luhur Dalem Segening Kediri TabananPura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang

10 Aug Purnama Sasih Karo Pura Gelap BesakihPura Dangkahyangan TabananPura Candi Goro Tianyar Kubu Karangasem

13 Aug Buda Cemeng Menail Pura Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja GianyarPura Puseh Manakaji Peninjoan Tembuku BangliPura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal MengwiPura Taman Limut Mas Ubud

14 Aug Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 15 Aug Hari Bhatara Sri 19 Aug Hari Anggara Kasih Prebakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa KlungkungPura Tirtha Sudamala Bebalang BangliPura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sawan BulelengPura Gunung Pengsong LombokPura Dalem Benawah GianyarPura Tengah TegalalangPura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Pupuan TabananPira Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Pagan DenpasarPura Hyanghaluh/Jenggala BesakihPura Tengkulak Siyut Tulikup GianyarPura Taman Sari UbudPura Batu Sari UbudPura Penataran Dalem Guliang BangliPura Pasek Dangka Guwang SukawatiPura Hyang Ayung Pabean Ketewel

Pura Penataran Badung Muntig Karangasem

20 Aug Pura Kawitan Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak SiringPura Rambut Siwi JembranaPura Batu Bolong Canggu KutaPura Pasek Marga Klaci TabananPura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru NegaraPura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan BulelengPira Pasek Tangkas Dharma Reang Gede TabananPura Desa Banyuning BulelengPura Srijong TabananPura Pucak Mundi Nusa PenidaPura Kahyangan Jagat Kancing Gumi Bali Petang Serongga Kelod GianyarPura Penataran Dalem Pencar Mas Ubud

21 Aug Pura Ida Bhatara Sakti Wawu Rauh Kali Anget Seririt Buleleng

3 Sep Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Pulasari Peninjoan BangliPura Pasek Gelgel Kaba-Kaba TabananPura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah BulelengPura Desa Kahyangan Tiga Seririt BulelengPura Agung Gunung Taro Tegalalang

9 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok NTBPura Kawitan Gajah Arya Para Tianyar kubu KarangasemPura Padharman Arya Telabah BesakihPura Bukit Mentik Batur KintamaniPura Dadya Agung Pasek Salahin Suwat Gianyar

10 Sep Pura Dangkahyangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli

13 Sep Tumpek Wayang dan Kajengkliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit JembranaBhatara Ratu Gede Celuk GianyarPura Bhatara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Panti Gelgel Sesetan DenpasarBhatara Ratu Alit dan Lingsir Singakerta UbudPura Pedarman Dalem Bakas BesakihPura Pamerajan Agung Dawan Klung-kungPura Padarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan BesakihPura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo BanyuwangiPura Jala Shidi Amerta Juanda Surabaya

17 Sep Buda Cemeng Klawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang KarangasemPura Melanting Cemenggaon GianyarPura Penataran Ped Nusa PenidaPura Pasek Gelgel Bongkasa AbiansemalPura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Jawa Tengah BulelengPura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta UbudPura Masceti Tegeh Sanding Tampak SiringPura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan KlungkungPura Guwa BesakihPura Basukian BesakihPura Ida Ratu Puncak Pameneh Penataran Agung BesakihPura Sad Kahyangan Penida Nusa PenidaPura Jati Ubud GianyarPura Melanting Ubud GianyarPura Dalem Ped Nusa PenidaPura Penataran Agung Karangasem

19 Sep Hari Bhatara Sri 23 Sep Tilem Sasih Ketiga Dan Anggara

The event took place in Serani Room 1 witnessed by Finance Di-rector & Corporate Secretary of PT Grahawita Santika, Johanes Widjaja. Besides, the handover was also attended by General Manager of Hotel Santika Bali unit, Hotel Manager of Amaris unit in Bali and the department heads of Hotel Santika Kuta.

GM Secretary & Public Rela-tions, Lina Dewi, conveyed that Jimmy Krisna Loka had been serv-ing as General Manager at the Hotel Santika Kuta for almost four years starting from the opening team.

Meanwhile, he had built career in the network of Santika Indonesia Hotels & Resort for 14 years.

During his tenure, explained Lina, Jimmy appeared as a low-profile, friendly and unpretentious figure. Similarly, Agus S. Yanto was not a stranger and a newcomer to the hotel network. Previously, he served as general manager at the Hotel Santika Makassar. When playing his role, he was a respon-sible and dedicated person. Con-gratulations on working at the new workplace, Jimmy and welcome, Agus S. Yanto! (ocha)

GM Position Handover of Hotel Santika Kuta

IBP/Ocha

IBP

KUTA - Warm and friendly atmosphere imbued the po-sition handover of the General Manager of Hotel Santika Kuta, namely from Jimmy Krisna Loka to Agus S. yanto, recently. Both had the same commitment to build the Santika Indonesia group.

Bali PostSEMARAPURA - Decline in the fish

catch of fishermen has caused the fish boil-ing activities at Kusamba village, Klung-kung, to forcibly use frozen fish to meet the demand. Scarcity of raw material in the form of tuna triggered the fish price in the market to skyrocket. This condition caused the increase in the price of boiled fish and a decrease in the amount of production.

The makers of boiled fish at Kusamba village can now only produce limited boiled fish as the amount of fish cannot meet the needs. A boiled fish maker at Kusamba village, I Nyoman Dawan, revealed that he could usually produce up to 300 baskets, but this time he could only produce averagely 200 to 250 baskets.

Currently the fish boiling production used frozen fish brought in from Java and Negara. The price was high enough, where a medium-sized tuna was purchased at around IDR 4,000 while the larger size reached IDR 10,000. Under normal condition, the medi-um-sized tuna was purchased at about IDR 2,000 and the larger size at IDR 5,000.

According to Nyoman Dawan, the scarcity occurred because there had been

no fish supply from Amed, Seraya and Bugbug, Karangasem since two months ago. Meanwhile, the fish supply from Nusa Penida was very rare. “The fish is now very expensive and we even frequently did not get any fish. Now, we’re using frozen fish at higher price due to additional cost of freezing,” he explained when met on the sidelines of boiling fish.

The price of boiled fish also increased. Formerly the boiled fish was commonly sold for IDR 25,000 per basket, but it then increased to IDR 35,000 to IDR 40,000. “The price hike of fish also causes the price of boiled fish to rise. Our marketing does not have any problem because we get a large number of requests from Denpasar, Badung and Gianyar to Tabanan,” he added.

Although having a high price, Nengah Werti who had already been boiling fish since 2007, said the fish boiling using frozen fish could reduce the quality com-pared to the use of fresh fish. After going through freezing process, the fish no longer tasted so good. In addition, most frozen fish had long been captured so that it was not as fresh as the newly arrived fish from fishermen. (dwa)

A number of trucks, either from the Jembrana government or the Bali Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency, have been brought in to Kaleran hamlet and the sur-rounding areas since the water shortages occurred this month. Arrival of the tank truck was highly desired by local residents. As seen last week, dozens of people lined up at Kaleran hamlet to get clean water col-lected in tarp ponds. At least there were 12 temporary tarp ponds used to accommodate the water. Residents looked to bring jerry cans, buckets or other container and got the water alternately.

The Head of Jembrana Municipal Po-lice, IGN Rai Budi, said the tank trucks alternately supplied clean water to the hamlet each day. The trucks took water from the hydrant at the Yehembang Market. “We help them with water tank trucks, so they are back and forth every day to supply water,” said Budi Rai, recently.

Meanwhile, one of the local residents,

Gusti Kade Suarsa, said the family was rationed to get two jerry cans of water. According to him, the two jerry cans of water usually used for two days, sometimes it ran out earlier.

The Headman of Yehembang, Made Semadi, said that based on the coordination with local government, it provided tarp ponds to supply the water. So, the residents could take water from the temporary ponds. He acknowledged, any water came, the residents always scrambled to pick up the water so that it quickly ran out.

As reported previously, the Kaleran residents had been shortage of clean wa-ter since last month. They relied on water from the Municipal Waterworks (PDAM), but the water never ran. Decline in water discharge at the springs and higher posi-tion of the hamlet had caused hundreds of customers to have trouble in getting water. They were forced to seek water to the ir-rigation channel nearby. (kmb26)

IBP/Olo

The Kaleran residents are queueing to get water

Kaleran residents queue to get water at tarp pond

Bali PostNEGArA - Dry season is continuing and a number of residents at yehe-

mbang and Berangbang village still lack for clean water. Since this week, residents have received water supply from tank truck and the water was collected in tarp ponds.

Price skyrockets due to fish scarcity

IBP/Dewa Farend

The fish boiling production in Klungkung Regency is suffering from the high fish price

3Tuesday, September 23, 201414 InternationalInternational Bali NewsScience Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL — The 3-D printing boom is about to invade space. NASA is sending a 3-D printer to the International Space Station in hopes that astronauts will be able to one day fix their spacecraft by cranking out spare parts on the spot.

The printer, made by a Northern California company called Made in Space, is among more than 5,000 pounds of space station cargo that’s stuffed into a SpaceX Dragon capsule for a pre-dawn liftoff Saturday.

Besides real-time replacement parts at the station, NASA envisions astro-nauts, in the decades ahead, making entire habitats at faraway destinations like Mars.

“If we’re really going to set up shop on Mars,” we have to do this, Jeff Sheehy, NASA’s senior technologist, said Friday. “We really can’t afford to bring everything we need for an indefinite amount of time. We’ll need to get to the point where we can make things that we need as we go.”

At Kennedy Space Center, the company showed off a number of objects made by its 3-D printers. On display was a scaled-down model of an air filter that the Apollo 13 astronauts devised to survive their aborted moon mission in 1970. It took five hours to print the model in a lab.

SpaceX is making the supply run for NASA, the same California company that just won a huge contract to deliver U.S. astronauts to the space station. Its Falcon 9 rocket with an unmanned Dragon was scheduled to blast off at 2:14 a.m., although rainy weather threatened to interfere.

Other Dragon payloads high on the cool or curious factor: a mouse X-ray machine and 20 mice; 30 fruit flies expected to have a population explosion in orbit, metal plating samples for a private research effort to build stronger golf clubs, and a $30 million instrument to measure the surface wind over Earth’s oceans and improve hurricane forecasting.

The small 3-D printer on board is a demo unit meant to churn out sample items made from the same type of plastic used for Lego bricks.

It was designed to operate safely in weightlessness inside a sealed chamber. The printing process is the same as on Earth, creating an object with layer upon layer of plastic.

Once returned to Earth, the little 3-D creations will be “pulled and twisted and peeled and subjected to a lot of tests to determine the quality of the parts,” said Sheehy.

Combined with efforts on the ground to make 3-D rocket parts out of metal — even entire engines — the space demonstrations “will give us confidence that the stuff we make by this method, even though it’s new and innovative” does, indeed, have the durability of traditional parts, he said.

The space 3-D printer is barely a foot tall, 9½ inches wide and 14½ inches deep, counting the knobs on the front. A commercial 3-D printer — twice the size and dubbed “big brother” — will fly up next year, followed by a grinding machine for recycling discarded 3-D pieces.

The robotic explorer fired its brakes and successfully slipped into orbit around the red planet, officials confirmed. “This is such an incredible night,” said John Grunsfeld, NASA’s chief for sci-ence missions.

Now the real work begins for the $671 million mission, the first dedicated to studying Mars’ upper atmosphere.

Flight controllers in Colorado will spend the next six weeks adjusting Maven’s altitude and checking its science instruments. Then Maven will start probing the upper atmosphere of Mars. The spacecraft will conduct its observations from orbit; it’s not meant to land.

Scientists believe the Martian atmosphere holds clues as to how Earth’s neighbor went from being warm and wet billions of years ago to cold and dry. That early wet world may have harbored microbial life, a tantalizing ques-tion yet to be answered.

NASA launched Maven last November from Cape Canaveral,

the 10th U.S. mission sent to or-bit the red planet. Three earlier ones failed, and until the official word came of success late Sun-day night, the entire team was on edge.

“I don’t have any fingernails any more, but we’ve made it,” said Colleen Hartman, deputy director for science at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “It’s incredible.”

The spacecraft was clocking more than 10,000 mph (16,000 kph) when it hit the brakes for the so-called orbital insertion, a half-hour process. The world had to wait 12 minutes to learn the out-come, once it occurred, because of the lag in spacecraft signals given the 138 million miles (222 million kilometers) between the two planets on Sunday.

“Based on observed navigation data, congratulations, Maven is now in Mars orbit,” came the of-ficial announcement. Flight con-trollers applauded the news and shook hands; laughter filled the previously tense-filled room.

Maven joins three space-craft already circling Mars, two American and one European. And the traffic jam isn’t over: India’s first interplanetary probe, Man-galyaan, will reach Mars in two days and also aim for orbit.

Maven’s chief investigator, Bruce Jakosky of the University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics in Boulder, hopes to learn where all the water on Mars went, along with the carbon dioxide that once comprised an atmosphere thick enough to hold moist clouds.

Maven — short for Mars At-mosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission — will spend at least a year collecting data. That’s a full Earth year, half a Martian one. Its orbit will dip as low as 78 miles (125 million kilometers) above the Martian surface as its eight instruments make measurements. The craft is as long as a school bus, from solar wingtip to tip, and as hefty as a sports utility vehicle. Maven will have a rare brush with a comet next month.

AP Photo/NASA

In this artist concept provided by NASA, the MAVEN spacecraft approaches Mars on a mission to study its upper atmosphere.

NASA’s Maven explorer arrives at Mars after yearAssociated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA’s Maven spacecraft arrived at Mars late Sunday after a 442 million-mile (711 million kilometer) journey that began nearly a year ago.

Astronauts getting 3-D printer at space station

This April 2014 photo pro-vided by NASA shows a 3-D printer after it passed flight certification and accep-tance testing at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. AP Photo/NASA, Emmett Given

Bali Post

AMLAPURA - At the beginning of this dry season, the water crisis hitting the residents at barren villages in Karangasem is increasingly severe. Meanwhile, the dry season of this year is alleged to be the impact of El Nino causing the dry season to come early. On the other side, the next rain will come too late.

From the observation made, a number of holding ponds built by the project fund worth up to IDR 6 billion in Karangasem almost entirely dried up. The water already ran out. Even, the water of some holding ponds dried up last month. It happened because the holding ponds did not fully get water in last rainy season. According to the customary hamlet of Apadsari, Tulam-ben, Kubu, Wayan Putra, the holding pond only got a small amount of water due a short rainy season.

As a result, the holding ponds at Batu Dawa Kaja only contained about 1.5 meters, while the total depth reached six meters. The water in the holding pond at Batu Dawa already dried up last month. After that, the

residents at the barren village in the eastern foot of Mount Agung could only rely on the water in the holding pond increasingly running thin.

Meanwhile, the water in the hold-ing pond at Telungbuana, Sebudi village, Selat, already ran out as well. The holding pond was just built last year. When the project worth billions of rupiahs completed, the rainy season had almost gone. As consequence, it could only contain a little water. Now, the water was low and estimated to run out next week.

Actually, according to the hamlet chief of Telungbuana, Wayan Nica, the people in need of water reached 315 families. Those hit by clean water crisis amounted to 125 families from Badeg Kelod hamlet, 90 families from Lebih hamlet and 50 families from Ancut hamlet. Since the water in the holding pond almost dried up, the residents would face water crisis. As solution, the residents were forced to buy water from the vendor using tower tank transported by truck. The 1,200 liters of water were purchased at IDR 100,000 at the western foot of the Mount Agung.

Similar condition was revealed by a resident of Selat, Ketut Eka, where the holding pond under Pasar Agung Temple at Sebudi did not function, either. Despite containing rainwater in the last rainy season, but the pipeline network heading for the village at the lower area had leaked for a long time so that it caused the rainwater to be wasted. The leakage of pipeline hap-pened because it was broken by heavy equipment in relation to the opening of new road in the Selat subdistrict.

From observation, it was known that the holding pond project in Karan-gasem totally reached more than 12 units. Unfortunately, the water stock had been running thin. Even, the water of some holding ponds had dried up at all, such as the pond at Batu Dawa Kaja, while two ponds at Kedampal hamlet, Datah village, namely the Datah 1 and Datah 2 had very small amount of remaining water.

On that account, the residents at-tempted to get water by waiting for the droplets of water from the drain pipe that had been opened. The Datah 1 holding pond was built with the budget worth IDR 4.6 M. (013)

He suffered great losses in farming tobacco because he had spent three sacks of urea fertilizer as well as pesticide to maintain his tobacco plant for three months. “For a land of 3,000 square me-ters, the government assisted with a sack of urea fertilizer. Since my land area was only 1,500 square meters, it means that I can only get half a sack. Formerly, I was given 2 sacks for 15,000 square meters of land but it did not include the pesticide. When calculated, I suf-fer losses,” he said.

He exposed that Gianyar gov-ernment was also providing a hand tractor for farmer group with a membership of 75 farm-ers, so it should be used in turn. Besides, the government also provided with annual assistance worth IDR 20 million per group used for irrigation improvement in the farmer groups or for other

activities. “We indeed get the assistance through farmer group. However, the direct assistance to farmer is only fertilizer and counseling,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Gianyar Agriculture, Forestry and Plantation Agency, I Gusti Ayu Dewi Hariani, said that Sukawati was the central production of to-bacco farming in Gianyar County spreading across 13 subak orga-nizations and they were divided into three groups of farmers. Each group was given the assistance in the form of hand tractor and irrigation repair. “Due to small water discharge in Sukawati, farmers finally applied intercrop system, so that the three farmer groups would grow rice, chili and tobacco in turn. Further arrange-ment is managed by the subak organization,” she said.

In addition, the agriculture

IBP/Dewa Kusuma

Tobacco plantation

Price down, tobacco growers suffer lossesBali Post

GIANYAR - Difficulty faced by tobacco farmers in Gianyar County was delivered by Wayan Wandra, 65. This grandpa from Dumpang hamlet, Sukawati, said that before the season to plant rice, the land area of 1,500 square meters was planted with tobacco. The production obtained after three-month to-bacco cultivation reached 75 kg. Unluckily, the price of tobacco then declined, so it was eventually sold for IDR 25,000 to IDR 40,000 per kilogram. “The excellent quality is sold for IDR 40,000, but now everything is difficult. Many tobacco products are damaged, so that I was forced to sell it for IDR 25,000 due to my urgent needs,” he said.

agency also provided them with education on tobacco planting procedures. Her party was still testing the appropriate use of

fertilizer in each location be-cause the content of fertilizer greatly affected the taste of nico-tine in tobacco. “Sukawati and

Blahbatuh have different con-tent. We still check it so as not to affect the quality of tobacco,” she added. (kmb35)

IBP/Budana

At the beginning of this dry season, the water crisis hitting the resi-dents at barren villages in Karangasem is increasingly severe.

A number of holding ponds dry up

Residents hit by water crisis

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The fact that the 5.3 million mostly pro-European Scots will remain part of the British elector-ate makes it mathematically more likely the United Kingdom will vote “Yes” to EU membership.

A Reuters Breakingviews cal-culator based on opinion surveys estimated the chances of a rump Britain voting to leave the EU were two-in-three, while the risk of such a “Brexit” fell to one-in-five if Scotland stayed. But three years is a long time in politics and much can change between now and then.

Britain has avoided a traumatic break-up that would have caused a deep political shock and fanned English nationalism. But it has plunged into constitutional turmoil with Cameron promising at the last minute a devolution of many powers that may come close to federalism.

One possibility is that Cam-eron’s Conservatives will lose next year’s general election, partly due to Scottish votes, and a Labour-led government will drop the plan for

an EU referendum, which Labour leader Ed Miliband says he would call only if more powers were to be transferred to Brussels.

If a plebiscite does go ahead, Eu-ropean officials and pro-EU analysts hope the same “better together” ar-guments that worked in Scotland can be applied successfully to European Union membership.

“It’s very interesting to look at the parallels between the Scottish-UK debate and the UK-EU debate,” said Fabian Zuleeg, chief executive of the Brussels-based European Policy Centre, speaking by tele-phone from Edinburgh.

“Look at the comments made by many of the pro-union campaigners within the UK: you could replace the benefits of the UK one-to-one with the benefits of being in the EU. But the same politicians don’t seem to be making quite the same arguments.”

Fear Trumps Hope?One possible reading of the Scot-

tish result is that fear trumped hope.

Many Scots burned with a national-ist passion to jettison dependence on what they perceived as conserva-tive, austere, arrogant England. Yet in the end, enough of them were worried by economic uncertainty to keep the union alive.

With their hearts, they yearned for independence, but with their heads and wallets, they chose to play safe. Yet Zuleeg says fear of economic harm is not enough to sustain support for EU membership indefinitely.

“We have seen a campaign which basically was about fear succeed in the end. But in the long run to main-tain a union you have to have a more positive argument,” he said.

“You have to actually say what does this union stand for and that applies to the United Kingdom but it certainly also applies to the European Union.” British politi-cians find this harder than their continental peers.

As Roger Liddle, EU adviser to former Prime Minister Tony Blair argued in a book called The Europe Dilemma, they prefer to present a narrow case based on the comparative economic advantage of the single market rather than an emotional argument for the benefits of peace, cooperation and stability in Europe.

Associated Press

ANKARA — The number of Syrian refugees who have reached Turkey in the past four days after fleeing the advance of Islamic State militants now totals 130,000, Turkey’s deputy prime minister said Monday.

Numan Kurtulmus warned that the number could rise fur-ther but insisted that Turkey was ready to react to “the worst case scenario.”

“I hope that we are not faced with a more populous refugee wave, but if we are, we have taken our precautions,” Kurtulmus said. “A refugee wave that can be ex-pressed by hundreds of thousands is a possibility.”

The refugees have been flood-ing into Turkey since Thursday, escaping an Islamic State offen-sive that has pushed the conflict nearly within eyeshot of the Turk-ish border. The conflict in Syria has pushed more than a million people over the border in the past 3½ years.

The al-Qaida breakaway group, which has established an Islamic state, or caliphate, ruled by its

harsh version of Islamic law in territory it captured straddling the Syria-Iraq border, has in recent days advanced into Kurd-ish regions of Syria that border Turkey, where fleeing refugees on Sunday reported atrocities that included stonings, beheadings and the torching of homes.

“This is not a natural disas-ter... What we are faced with is a man-made disaster,” Kurtulmus said. We don’t know how many more villages may be raided, how many more people may be forced to seek refuge. We don’t know.

“An uncontrollable force at the other side of the border is attack-ing civilians. The extent of the disaster is worse than a natural disaster,” he said.

As refugees flooded in, Tur-key on Sunday closed the border crossing at Kucuk Kendirciler to Turkish Kurds in a move aimed at preventing them from joining the fight in Syria. A day earlier, hundreds of Kurdish fighters had poured into Syria through the small Turkish village, according to the Britain-based Syrian Obser-vatory for Human Rights.

Some 130,000 Syrians reach Turkey, fleeing IS

AP PhotoTurkish soldiers fire teargas as local people clash with security forces in Suruc, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, before Turkey opened its border to allow in up to 4,000 people who massed on the Turkey-Syria border, fleeing the Islamic militants’ advance on Kobani - a day after officials prevented them from crossing in.

AP Photo/Danny Lawson, PA WireFormer Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech during a campaign event at Clydebank Town Hall in Scotland, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. The two sides in Scotland’s independence debate are scrambling to convert undecided voters, with just two days to go until a referendum on separation.

Scots vote shows pitfalls, opportunities for EU referendumReuters

PARIS/BRUSSELS - Scotland’s vote against independence offers lessons for British politicians and their European partners faced with a UK referendum on whether to stay in the EU which Prime Minister David Cameron has promised for 2017.

Bali Post

BANGLI - Since the past few years, the condition of Yangapi Market in Tembuku subdistrict has been really very alarming. Other than dozens of stalls are left vacant and damaged, the market built during the administration of the Bangli Regent (late) Ida Bagus Ladip was also very rundown. Organic and plastic waste posing the rem-nants of merchandise scattered around the market stalls. According to a local janitor, the rubbish at the market had never been transported by relevant agency since the past six months.

An officer of Yangapi Market, Wayan Koper, admitted on Saturday (Sep 21) that since nearly six months ago the rubbish at the market had never been transported by relevant agency. Previously, the rubbish was regularly transported by truck in the after-noon. “It has been for six months there has been no officer taking the rubbish here, so I decided to burn it,” said Koper claiming to have worked as a janitor at the market since the past 15 years.

All this time the rubbish littered at the market stalls were gathered and burned at the edge of the stalls. Remnants of the combustion were left at the location. Koper added that since the Yangapi Market was only opened every three days, the rubbish was also

cleaned up once every three days after the traders completed their selling.

Related to that matter, the Head of Bangli Urban Planning Agency, Ida Ayu Yudi Sutha, when asked for her confirmation said that the rubbish collection by the Urban Planning Agency all this time only served the urban areas. Formerly, the rubbish at Yangapi Mar-ket was ever transported by the agency due to a request from the market management. “It used to be transported on the request of the market management. In the future, I will at-tempt that the rubbish at the Yangapi market can be transported,” she said.

Meanwhile, as observation last Sunday, the number of traders selling at the Yangapi Market was only some few. Compared to the occupied stalls, more stalls were still unoc-cupied. At least, approximately 20 stalls were occupied. The amount included the existing shop building in front of the market. Dozens of the unoccupied stalls had been in damaged condition. Ceiling and many roof tiles were rickety and collapsed. A number of stalls could not even be perfectly closed because their rolling door was out of order. (ina)

This finding made Chairman of the Regional HIV/AIDS Mitigation Commission (KPAD) doubling as Deputy Regent of Buleleng, Nyo-man Sutjidra, concerned. Moreover,

two teenagers had been detected to be positive to HIV/AIDS in the past year.

Nyoman Sutjidra said on Sunday (Sep 21) that after declared positive

to HIV/AIDS, the teenagers were undergoing a mentoring program by volunteer activists and people living with HIV/AIDS in Buleleng County.

Following the findings, the par-ents and big families of the teenager were shocked. Even, their parents refused the mentoring committed by the volunteers. “Previously, the family did not accept the condi-tions experienced by their child. After an approach, they allowed us to accompany their child. We also provide support in the form of anti-

retroviral virus (ARV) regularly,” he said.

On the other hand, Sutjidra said that until this year the visit to the voluntary counseling testing (VCT) clinic in Buleleng Hospital was also quite crowded. It was proved by the daily visit reaching 30 people to 50 people. He considered the high number of visits to the VCT clinic showed if the public awareness began to increase in the voluntary examination. This awareness con-tinued to increase because recently

emerged new trend where young couples wishing to continue their relationship to marriage would conduct a VCT test.

“Even though there is not neces-sarily a positive person declared positive to HIV/AIDS on a day, public awareness to check their health began to increase. Young couple who will get married will have a test so it is very good to prevent the HIV virus transmit-ted during childbirth,” he added. (kmb38)

Bali Post

DENPASAR - September is a lucky month for the Denpasar Police Criminal Investigation and Narcotics Unit. Both units could have revealed a large counterfeit money and narcotics case. Over the hard work, Denpasar Police Chief, Djoko Har-iutomo, promised to give a special reward for the personnel.

Djoko Hariutomo said on Friday (Sep 19) that his party would deliver the high-est appreciation for the team of Criminal Investigation who was managed to uncover the counterfeit money plant in Semarang, Central Java. Similarly, the Narcotics Unit could also uncover a drug factory in Denpasar and Buleleng. On that account, he hoped the disclosure would be able to motivate other personnel to uncover the

other major cases such as the robbery of bank customers remaining to occur. “We will give them a reward,” he said after a press conference on the reveal of the drug factory case some time ago.

Director of Narcotics of Bali Police, Bambang Yugisworo, also praised the Denpasar Police Narcotics Unit for the success of revealing the drug factory. He emphasized that the success could become

an example and motivation for the other members.

He affirmed that the reveal of the drug factory proved that Bali still became a potential market for drug trafficking. More-over, the factory planned to produce about 6 kg of crystal meth and 1,000 pieces of ecstasy. “We highly appreciate the officers who have been managed to uncover this great case,” said Bambang. (kmb26)

A 16-year old teenager infected by HIV/AIDSBali Post

SINGARAJA - Transmission of the deadly HIV/AIDS disease in Buleleng is more alarming lately. This condition is not only caused by the number of positive sufferers infected by this hazardous virus, but also by the finding of a 16-year old teenager being tested positive to HIV/AIDS. The teenager was known to have contracted by HIV/AIDS after a blood test recently.

Disclosure of fake money and drugs Denpasar Police Chief promises to give reward

Slipshod, rubbish at Yangapi Market never transported

The garbage in Yangapi Market was burnt because it is pilling up since a

few days agoIBP/Suasrina

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Associated Press

BERLIN — Workers at four of Amazon.com’s German distribu-tion centers have started a two-day strike in a long-running dispute over wages.

The ver.di union said Monday workers at the American online re-tailer’s logistics centers in Leipzig,

Bad Hersfeld, Graben and Rhei-nberg will stay off the job until Tuesday evening.

Amazon employs some 9,000 people in total at nine locations in Germany.

For more than a year now, the union has been pushing for higher pay, arguing that Amazon workers receive lower wages

than others in retail and mail-order jobs.

Amazon says its distribution warehouses in Germany are logis-tics centers and employees already earn wages on the upper end of that industry.

Amazon has agreed to pay Christmas bonuses to workers but ver.di says that’s still not enough.

The Bank of Japan must do more “beyond 2015” to sup-port the world’s number three economy, said Rintaro Tamaki, deputy secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

“Japan’s public debt has surged in the past few years, in a way that makes it comparable to Greece’s,” Tamaki told reporters in Tokyo.

“Japan should not only imple-ment the planned sales tax hike in October 2015, but also show its people what will come next, explaining the schedule and direction of further tax hikes” to allay fears about the sustain-ability of the country’s finances, he said.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe raised a sales taxes from five percent to eight in April as part of structural reform efforts, and has laid out plans for a second increase to 10 percent a year from now.

But government figures show the economy contracted 1.8 percent quarter-on-quarter in the three months to June -- or 7.1 percent on an annualised basis -- its steepest quarterly drop since the 2011 quake and tsunami disaster.

The numbers were the latest in a series of worrying signs that the tax rise had hit the economy harder than expected.

Wages are still not showing the growth Abe had been look-ing for, while prices have risen, due in part to the tax rise and the plunging value of the yen, which has pushed up the cost of imported goods.

Abe has declared himself “neutral” on a further tax jump and said he would be watching the economic data carefully.

His economy minister Akira Amari told the Financial Times in an interview the rise to 10 percent was “necessary”.

The OECD’s Tamaki said Japan’s burgeoning debt held the “risk of rising interest rates due to the unpopularity of government bonds”.

“More crucially, the fact is that people’s worries over the state of the national finances -- the core of a sovereign nation -- have an enormous negative impact on economy and society,” Tamaki said.

Japan’s gross public debt as a percentage of GDP is the worst among rich nations, at around 230 percent, due in no small part to snowballing medical and so-cial security costs in the rapidly ageing society.

The OECD supports the pro-gramme of fiscal reforms dubbed “Abenomics”, Tamaki said, but thinks the Bank of Japan must come to the table.

“The OECD doesn’t recom-mend a huge fiscal stimulus to buffer shocks from a sales tax hike... rather, it’s a question of monetary policy in 2015 and beyond, and I hope the Bank will show its commitment soon,” he said.

In April 2013 the BoJ un-leashed a multi-billion dollar asset-purchasing stimulus -- similar to the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing -- vowing no let-up in the battle against fall-ing prices that have plagued the economy for decades.

Associated Press

LONDON — Tesco, Britain’s largest retailer by revenue, says it overstated expected half-year profit by 250 million pounds ($407 million) as it issued its third profit warning this year.

The announcement shocked the markets, with shares falling 7 percent

to 213. 34 pence in early trading Monday.

It comes less than a month after the new chief executive, Dave Lewis, took charge. The company has faced intense competition from retailers catering to customers hit by tough economic times.

Tesco says the overstatement came from recognizing commercial income

early. The company asked Deloitte to begin an independent review, along with the group’s external legal advisers.

Shore Capital analyst Clive Black says the development reflects tough times for Tesco.

He adds: “Such an announcement is not the stuff of a well operated FTSE-100 organization.”

OECD backs Japan tax hike, more easy moneyAgence France-Presse

TOKYO - Japan should raise sales taxes again next year despite wobbles in the economy caused by the first rise, and the central bank should cushion the blow with more easy money, the OECD said Monday.

REUTERS/Toby Melville/FilesFile photograph shows a Tesco logo on a branch of the Tesco Express convenience store in central London December 12, 2013.

Tesco issues third profit warning of the year

German Amazon workers on strike for higher pay

IBP

BULELENG - Invoke a bless-ing, sustenance as well as healing through psychic method is com-monplace in Bali. Even, the psychic relationship to God has produced many results. Thus, Balinese resi-dents increasingly believe and con-stantly show off their devotion.

At Pucak Sari village, Busung-biu subdistrict, Buleleng, follows a temple having a very high magical aura. Local communities and people from outside the village believe that it is the temple where people can invoke a blessing, sustenance to healing of an illness. It is called the Bukit Kutul Temple. As the name implies, this temple is located on a hilltop at Kutul customary village.

Since it was found, the temple is not like the temple in general that has some building shrines of rock stone and wood carvings, as well as comes with a compound wall. However, the shrine construction

consists of a pile of stones. Local people refer to as bebaturan shrine. Only a few shrines like the chamber, taksu, piasan, and Ida Ratu Nyo-

man are made of stone and wood carving.

At this temple grows an old banyan tree. Even, the banyan tree

is believed to give a sign related to the economic conditions of the rural residents. If the leaves are green and lush, they are indicating if the coffee crops at the village will be abundant. On the contrary, if the leaves and roots dry up, they are indicating if the crop of farmers will go down.

Apart from the shrine construc-tion, another uniqueness owned by this temple is the temple area spreading across one hectare of land is not limited by compound walls. It is said if the deities abid-ing at the temple did not permit the construction of compound wall. Besides, local residents also believe that compound wall can disrupt the flexibility of the properties (sacred animals—Ed) of local deities.

Headman of Pucak Sari village, I Nyoman Dharma, said the history of the Bukit Kutul Temple was not known for sure and there was no evidence telling about the history of the sacred temple. From the story of

predecessors and local leaders, the temple had existed before the estab-lishment of the Pucak Sari village around in 1809. At that time, it was pioneered by dozens of households (families). The residents found the bebaturan shrine in the forest. Another finding was holy bell and a teteken or stick.

In line with the passage of time, the temple is not only venerated by local residents, but also by people from outside Buleleng that come on the temple anniversary to worship. It falls on the full moon of the fourth month in Balinese calendar or around October. All the ritual paraphernalia for the temple anniversary will be prepared by local residents amounting to about 800 families. Coinciding with the temple anniversary, devotees will utilize the good chance to pay vows. It is usually carried out by devotees who previously invoked blessings, fortune, or healing, and their peti-tion was then granted. (kmb)

Although the doll is actually pro-duced by American manufacturer, in fact in Bali there is a designer specializing in a variety of Barbie clothing. She is Putu Restiti, a girl from the foot of the Mount Batur, precisely Songan village, Kin-tamani. Despite having physical limitations, she sews Barbie attires manually and it is no less beauti-ful than the products made by the original factory, Matel.

When met at her modest home, Putu Restiti suffering physical dis-ability in the legs since childhood told when she first got involved in the making of Barbie clothes. As the eldest of five siblings, she was initially fond of making doll clothes for her younger sister Alit Astini that had passed away. The doll fashion was made of patchwork obtained from her mother. Incidentally the daily work of her mother was as tailor of kebaya at Songan village.

Until one day, someone acciden-tally came to make data collection of children suffering from disabili-ties. After seeing the work of Res-titi, the officer was then impressed. “After that, the officer often came here with its friend,” said the 23-

year-old girl.Since the Barbie fashion was

made in large number then, some-one from Yogyakarta who was studying in Bali tried to help market it. The Barbie clothing made by Restiti was marketed through so-cial media, Twitter, Facebook and websites. Sometimes, the works of Restiti were also included in a number of exhibitions in Bali. “Now, my friend is no longer in Bali. She’s been in Jogja to continue her study,” he added.

Nevertheless, the girl having dozens of Barbie dolls given by foreign travelers was still producing Barbie fashion. Since her works had been known by several travelers, the Barbie fashion and kebaya were often purchased by foreign travelers directly to her home. A large size dress was sold for IDR 100,000 for foreign travelers. As for the children from around her home was given the price of IDR10,000 to IDR 20,000 for each fashion or kebaya.

In addition to designing dress and kebaya, she also made a fashion jacket for men’s doll as the lover of Barbie named Ken. Like the mak-ing of clothes for men, the fashion

design for Barbie and Ken also used a pattern. However, she admitted that the making of clothes for Ken was slightly more complicated than that of Barbie. On that account, all this time she made more clothes for Barbie.

All this time, she learned to make

fashion design through self-study and was often inspired by fash-ions worn by top artists like Ayu Tingting and Syahrini. She claimed that both artists often inspired her to design the Barbie fashion. “I often see the clothes put on by Syahrini

on TV. After that, I immediately made for the Barbie,” she added. Though having physical and eco-nomic limitations, this long-haired girl still had a great aspiration. She wanted to sell her works along with the Barbie doll in a store. (ina)

Barbie’s dresses maker from the foot of Mount BaturBali Post

BANGLI - Barbie is flawless doll very much loved by many girls. Perfect body shape makes the doll often dressed with various acces-sories. Like a real human, it is frequently dressed in beautiful and fashionable attires.

IBP/SwasrinaPutu Restiti, a girl from the foot of the Mount Batur, precisely Songan village, Kintamani, sews Barbie attires manually.

Bukit Kutul TempleA Sanctum with strong magical aura

IBP/kmbLocal communities and people from outside the village believe that it is the temple where people can invoke a blessing, sustenance to healing of an illness. It is called the Bukit Kutul Temple.

BUSINESS

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On Monday, Didik arrived at KPK Jakarta wearing a batik shirt and was directed to the waiting room. He chose not to make any statement in front of the press regarding the investigation.

The one-starred general was the third suspect under investigation by the KPK after former chief of traffic corps Inspector General Djoko Susilo and Director of PT Citra Mandiri Met-alindo Abadi (CMMA) Budi Santoso who won the tender for the project. Director of PT Inovasi Teknologi Indonesia Sukotjo S. Bambang is still a suspect in the case.

Didik, who served as commitment regulator officer (PPK) on April 15, 2011, signed the letter of decree for the winning bidder and the procurement of 556 R-4 driving simulators worth Rp142.4 billion.

In the meantime, the total amount for the procurement of R-4 and R-2 driving simulators was Rp197.8 bil-lion.

The Supreme Court has sentenced Djoko Susilo to 18 years imprison-ment and has ordered him to pay Rp1 billion in fines or serve an additional year in prison.

AntaraJAKARTA - Indonesia was bestowed the

Coral Conservation Prize on September 19, 2014, in San Francisco, the United States, for its sustainable coral management, an-nounced the Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry (MMAF).

MMAF conveyed that this achievement was a result of three strategic measures adopted by the Indonesian government, which are strong commitment towards the coral conservation policy by establishing marine conservation management; com-bining marine resource management and protection followed by prudential resource utilization; and strengthening global part-nership in coral reef management, Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Sharif C. Sutardjo stated here on Monday.

“I encourage the global community to undertake systemic, comprehensive, and synchronized efforts, which will lead to the establishment of the policy in coral reef uti-lization and management,” noted Minister Sutardjo who received the award.

On the same occasion, two Indonesian coral reef activists, Nyoman Sugiarta and Abdul Manap, were named the winners of the Coral Conservation Prize presented by Coral Reef Alliance for their significant roles in saving and conserving coral reefs. They eliminated seven nominees from Fiji, Hawaii, Honduras, Mexico, and Palmyra.

The coral reefs are inexplicably benefi-cial, both ecologically and economically. With regard to the pearl sector alone, it makes Indonesia the largest pearl produc-ing country since 2005, which claims 50 percent of the world’s pearl production with an export value of more than US$29 million.

During the occasion, Sharif reminded the attendees that exploitation, which is not backed up by sufficient and sustainable long-term conservation, will increase the risk of coral extinction. According to the report of Washington’s World Resource Institute (WRI), it is forecast that if over-exploitation continues at the same pace then the world’s coral reefs will eventually become extinct by 2050.

To overcome all forms of threat, MMAF constantly protects and manages the marine and fishery resources sustainably through various marine conservation initiatives. The commitment has also been realized by the establishment of the Marine Protected Area spanning 16 million hectares.

MMAF is also actively engaged in nu-merous regional and multilateral forums, such as the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI), World Coral Reef Conference (WCRC), World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Leibniz-Zentrum für Marine Tropenökologie (ZMT), to name a few, the minister noted in a written statement.

AntaraJAKARTA - The environmental non-

government organization Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi) has urged the govern-ment to pass a law to prevent climate change intended to reduce national emission levels and address climate change through adaptation and mitigation.

“The law on climate change should be im-mediately enforced. It is not fair that the impacts of climate change should be borne by the next generation,” Walhi’s Campaign Manager, Edo Rakhman remarked on Monday.

He pointed out that the law should serve as a foundation for the government to draft a policy and implement development programs.

Emission reduction can be achieved by imme-diately passing a moratorium to halt the clearing of primary forests and peatlands and the use of coal for producing electricity, Edo remarked.

“The government should maximize the utilization of renewable energy resources that are abundantly available in Indonesia such as geothermal, solar energy, sea waves, and biomass,” he stressed.

Indonesia needs a legislation that seriously sets and regulates climate change and its impacts.

Moreover, the legislation should also make the government accountable to the people as climate change affects the social and economic life of the community.

“The moratorium must also be included in the climate change law as sometimes it can

still be violated using the policies implemented through regional autonomy,” Edo affirmed.

He noted that the implementation of a moratorium in some provinces or districts is not optimal as the local administrations do not give importance to enforce the policy.

The presidential instructions are not en-forced as the regional heads use spatial regula-tions and their local autonomy, which allows them to issue permits for plantation or forest management.

In fact, climate change has a wide-ranging impact on the environment. This condition should not be simply regarded as a common phenomenon or natural process alone, but instead, must be viewed as a consequence and an impact of human intervention.

“Industrial activity, energy, technology, agriculture, natural resource exploitations, and others lead to increase in emissions and are associated with human activities,” Edo remarked.

Currently, Indonesia is one of the five largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world arising due to deforestation and forest degradation.

Despite the Indonesian government’s com-mitment to reduce emissions by 26 percent by the year 2020, however, the results are yet to be seen.

As of now, forest and peat fires continue to occur and adversely affect the country and the neighboring countries, Edo added.

ANTARA FOTO/Rosa Panggabean

Didik (right) arrived at KPK Jakarta wearing a batik shirt and was directed to the waiting room. He chose not to make any statement in front of the press regarding the investigation.

KPK re-examines former deputy chief of traffic corps

AntaraJAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)

re-examines former deputy chief of Indonesian Traffic Police (Polri) Brigadier General Didik Purnomo as a corruption sus-pect in the procurement of driving simulators for four-wheeled (R-4) and two-wheeled (R-2)vehicles.

Indonesia needs law on climate change

Coral reef management draws accolades

The strike comes as dozens of the city’s tycoons and business leaders paid a rare group visit to Beijing to meet with China’s communist leaders, who want to bolster support from Hong Kong’s pro-establishment billionaire elites for the central gov-ernment’s policies on the semiauto-nomous city.

Student organizers are dismayed over Beijing’s decision in August to rule out open nominations for candidates under proposed guide-lines for the first-ever elections for Hong Kong’s top leader, promised for 2017.

Discontent over democratic re-form is especially acute among Hong Kong’s young people, who worry about their prospects amid widening inequality they blame on billionaire tycoons whose companies control vast parts of the economy and who have Beijing’s ear.

The National People’s Congress, China’s legislature, insists election candidates be vetted by a committee. Many of the tycoons visiting Beijing are part of a similar body that selects Hong Kong’s leaders.

Hong Kong’s democracy battle

has led to increasing tension and division, with activists threatening to stage a mass “occupation” of the Asian financial hub’s central business district as early as Oct. 1 as part of a civil disobedience campaign to press their demands.

China took control of the former British colony in 1997, agreeing to let it keep civil liberties unseen on the mainland and promising that the leader can eventually be chosen through “universal suffrage.” But Beijing’s insistence on screening candidates for patriotism to China has stoked fears among democracy groups that Hong Kong will never get genuine democracy.

“The student strike will mark the turning point of the democratic movement,” Alex Chow, secretary general of the Hong Kong Federa-tion of Students, told about 13,000 students from 24 schools rallying at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s suburban campus. “We will not have illusions in the government anymore, but we’ll have faith in ourselves. We are willing to pay the price for democracy.”

Students plan to gather daily for

the rest of the week in a downtown park next to government head-quarters. A smaller group of high schoolers plans to join the strike on Friday. “Preselected candidates by a controlled nominating committee can only represent vested interests, but not the general public,” Chow said. He urged Hong Kong’s gov-ernment to respond to demands for public nominations and to reform the legislature. “If we hear nothing from them, the students, the people will definitely upgrade the movement to another level,” Chow said. About 380 academics and other school staff have signed a petition supporting the students, saying they should not “stand alone.”

“At the minimum, they (the strik-ers) can provide a wakeup call to tens of thousands of university and secondary school students in Hong Kong,” said Dixon Sing, a political science professor at Hong Kong Uni-versity of Science and Technology who helped start the signature cam-paign. The organizers are “trying to inspire many other fellow classmates to be aware of and be devoted to the democratic movement,” he said.

Associated Press

WARSAW — The Polish president is swearing in a reshuffled gov-ernment under new prime minister Ewa Kopacz. Kopacz replaces Don-ald Tusk, who was recently chosen to head the European Council.

The new government is set to continue the policies of Tusk’s center-right party Civic Platform. However, it will only govern for a year, and much of its efforts are expected to be geared toward winning re-election.

So far Kopacz has suggested she will not take a strong stance toward Russia, something underlined by the departure of Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, a strong voice internationally against Moscow’s ag-gressions in Ukraine.

Kopacz’s government faces a vote of confidence in parliament Oct. 1, but it is expected to pass since the governing coalition enjoys a majority — albeit a slim one.

Associated Press

GAUHATI, India — Officials say relentless rains in parts of north-eastern India have triggered landslides and flash floods, killing at least seven people. A top police official in Meghalaya state said that the deaths occurred after a cloudburst in the northern part of the state.

The cloudburst also wreaked havoc in the neighboring state of As-sam, causing heavy flooding in the western Goalpara district.

Top local official Pritam Saikia said heavy flooding has washed away several bridges. Authorities are asking residents to move to higher ground.

Two days of rains have also caused heavy flooding in Assam’s capital city Gauhati. More heavy rain is forecast over the next two days.

AP Photo/Vincent Yu

Students attend a rally at the Chinese University of Hong Kong campus in Hong Kong, Mon-day, Sept. 22, 2014. Thousands of Hong Kong students boycotted classes Monday to protest Beijing’s decision to restrict electoral reforms in a weeklong strike marking the latest phase in the battle for democracy in the southern Chinese city.

Hong Kong students on strike in democracy battle

Associated Press

HONG KONG — Thousands of Hong Kong college and university students boycotted classes Monday to protest Beijing’s decision to restrict voting reforms, the start of a weeklong strike that marks the latest phase in the battle for democracy in the southern Chinese city.

Heavy rains trigger landslides in northeast India

Polish president swears in reshuffled government

AP Photo/Alik Keplicz

Poland’s Prime Minister-designate Ewa Kopacz speaks dur-ing the presentation of the ministers of her cabinet as new Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna, left, stands behind, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014.

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NEGARA - Medewi Beach is a quite beautiful beach offering a very charming curve of beach. It is located at Medewi village, 24 km east of Negara and 72 km west of Denpasar and can be achieved by any type of vehicle. Medewi Beach is suitable for surfing because the waves are long and last longer to break pursuant to the requirement of surfing. From here, visitors can enjoy the beautiful sunset. Meanwhile, the hotel facilities avail-able are representative enough for foreign tourists. They are equipped with pool and restaurant quite artistically arranged in the hotel courtyard.

Medewi Beach

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But Vettel was only in front for a lap before Hamilton managed to pass him. The Mercedes squeezed past the Red Bull on the inside at the fast Turn 6 kink early in the DRS zone, which left Vettel puzzled.

“With the overtaking move I wasn’t sure what he was doing,” said the German. “I gave him all the space to pass me on the inside of next corner but it seemed he couldn’t wait to get back in the lead. “I had to back off and let him through. “There was no point fighting. To finish P2 was the best we could do.

“We had the oldest set of tyres in the last stint so it was quite tricky managing those with not much tread left.” Hamilton admitted that his pass had been ambitious. “I had a tight gap,” he said. “Maybe I should have overtaken him some-where else, but fortunately Seb was very fair.”

StrategiesNew championship leader Ham-

ilton said the penultimate stint had been confusing as he tried to both

pull sufficiently clear of the Red Bulls for a pitstop and not destroy his existing tyres. “I was a bit un-aware of what I needed to do,” said Hamilton. “I had extended the stint as long as I could and they said ‘we need 27 seconds’.

“The safety car had caused me big problems. Fortunately we got to where I needed to go.” Vettel had also been dubious about his strat-egy of running his third set of tyres to the finish, though he understood why Red Bull did not want him to pit again after the safety car had closed the pack up.

“It was not ideal in terms of tim-ing with the safety car,” said Vettel. “We’d lost position to Fernando [Alonso] as we stopped late. We went on primes [softs] and hoped for no safety car, and then it came out.

“At the restart we knew it was difficult - probably impossible - to make up 27s [for a pitstop] on older tyres with everyone behind. “To get the best result, we knew we had to get to the end [on those tyres]. “I wasn’t confident we could do it because of the wear we had on the sets before.”

Associated Press

INCHEON, South Korea — Olympic gold medalist Sun Yang has withdrawn from the Chinese men’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay team at the Asian Games.

Sun’s withdrawal from Monday’s race was announced by his coach Zhang Yadong to China’s official Xinhua News Agency. Zhang didn’t explain the reason, although Sun earlier indicated he’d hurt his hand on the last turn of Sunday night’s 200 freestyle final. Sun took second place behind Japan’s Ko-suke Hagino in an upset result in the 200.

It wasn’t clear whether the injury would affect the rest of Sun’s campaign at Incheon, where he was scheduled to race in the 400 freestyle on Tuesday and 1,500 on Friday in what is being framed as a showdown with his main regional rival, South Korean star Park Tae-hwan.

Sun, who holds the 1,500 world record, left Sunday night’s post-race news confer-ence early in pain, saying he needed urgent treatment.

Sun won two golds, one silver and one bronze at the 2012 London Olympics, becoming the first Chinese man to win an individual Olympic swimming gold. He also won three individual freestyle events at the world championships.

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the inaugural Inter-national Premier Tennis League com-petition, citing health reasons. Veteran Indian player Mahesh Bhupathi posted on Twitter on Monday that Nadal had withdrawn before Team India was due to be announced in New Delhi.

The IPTL later confirmed that the 28-year-old Spaniard wouldn’t be playing in the tournament. Nadal withdrew from the U.S. Open last month, citing a right wrist problem, and was unable to defend his title. He also recently missed Spain’s Davis Cup loss to Brazil.

The IPTL, a city-based team competi-tion, is to be staged at venues in the Phil-ippines, United Arab Emirates, Singapore and India between Nov. 28 and Dec. 13.

REUTERS/Pablo SanchezWinner Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton (L) of Britain sprays champagne over second-placed Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany during the podium ceremony after the Singapore F1 Grand Prix at the Marina Bay street circuit in Singapore September 21, 2014.

Vettel bemused by Lewis Hamilton’s passSebastian Vettel declared himself surprised by Lewis Hamilton’s

assertive choice of passing move in their Singapore Grand Prix victory battle. Reigning Formula 1 champion Vettel found himself leading for the first time in 2014 when Hamilton failed to extend enough of an advantage over the Red Bull before making his third pitstop on a night when most stuck with two tyre changes after a mid-race safety car skewed strategies.

Nadal withdraws from IPTL because of health

Sun withdraws from China relay team at Asian Games

AP Photo/Lee Jin-manSecond placed China’s Sun Yang holds the hand up of third placed South Korea’s Park Tae-hwan after the men’s 200-meter freestyle swimming final at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014.

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Barcelona didn’t blink, however, and two minutes later Ivan Rakitic scored his first goal for Barcelona with a blistering strike from out-side the area. Barcelona received another blow when Neymar went down with a left ankle injury in the 50th, but again Messi was there to square a pass for Neymar’s replace-ment, Sandro Ramirez, to score in the 57th before Pedro Rodriguez added a goal from Jordi Alba’ pass in the 64th.

Messi then capped the demoli-tion in the 77th after Levante goal-keeper Jesus Fernandez spilled the ball and watched as Messi chipped it back over his head. All told, Messi has played a direct part in nine of Barcelona’s 12 goals in its five wins across all competitions, scoring three and assisting on six more.

“Messi is one-of-a-kind,” said

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique. “He doesn’t just dribble and score goals, he also assists like he did today, and in what a spectacular fashion.” Equally as important for Luis Enrique’s focus on improving Barcelona defense, his team has not allowed a goal this season.

Barcelona’s fourth win in as many rounds left it two points ahead of Sevilla after its 3-1 win at Cordoba. Defending champion Atletico Madrid trails Barcelona by four points. Real Madrid is another two points adrift back in sixth place behind Granada, Valencia and Villarreal. Neymar went down clutching his lower left leg after Pedro Lopez fell on top of him while contesting the ball. Barcelona team doctors attended him and signaled for a substitution even though Neymar was soon on his feet and appeared

to want to go back on.“Neymar twisted his ankle and

suffered a sprain and we substituted him as a precaution,” Luis Enrique said. “He asked for the change and later wanted to try and con-tinue playing, but we had already made the decision.”

In July, Neymar fractured a vertebra in his back during the World Cup. He recovered in time for the start of the season but then missed the league open-er with an ankle sprain. Levante remained in last place and without a goal scored through four games.

Associated Press

PARIS — Edinson Cavani continued his return to form while Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s mini-slump extended to a third game without scoring as defending champion Paris Saint-Germain disappointed again, conceding a late equalizer in a 1-1 draw at home to Lyon on Sunday to slip three points off the lead. For the third match in suc-cession, PSG drew 1-1 after taking a first-half lead and coach Laurent Blanc acknowledged the team has a confidence problem.

“We’re not playing as well as a team, we’re not as sharp and we can’t seem to put things into place,” he said. “We know this scenario only too well. We score the goal that should liberate us and, instead, I get the impression that we tense up.”

Cavani put PSG ahead with a header in the 20th minute only for center half Samuel Umtiti to equalize with a deflected effort in the 84th as PSG drew for the fourth time in six league games. Once again, PSG was left clinging on at the end — just like when Blanc’s team opened its Champi-ons League campaign with a stut-tering 1-1 draw away to Ajax.

Like Ajax on Wednesday night, Lyon could have won it in the closing stages but midfielder Corentin Tolisso scooped the ball over from close range. Ibra-himovic hardly made an impact and spent large parts of the game arguing with the referee. “When a club’s not getting results there’s always the feeling of a malaise. The atmosphere was a bit more relaxed last year with the results we had,” Blanc said. “The players are all disappointed and we’re realistic enough to know we’re not at our best.”

With only two wins and five draws overall this season, the pressure is increasing on Blanc to deliver better results, although for now his job does not appear to be under threat. “He’s not in danger. He’ll stay with us until the end of the season,” PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said. “This is not PSG’s level, that’s for sure. We need to work harder, every day.”

Earlier, midfielder Fabien Lem-oine scored a late winner as Saint-Etienne won 1-0 at Lens to move level on points with Bordeaux and overall leader Marseille. The top three have 13 points, while Lille, which drew 0-0 at home to Mont-pellier, is one point behind them.

Blanc made several changes from the Ajax game. Serge Aurier and Lucas Digne came in at fullback and Ezequiel Lavezzi was restored to the left wing, with the ineffec-tive Brazil winger Lucas dropping to the bench.

Yohan Cabaye missed an early chance before Cavani rose to pow-erfully head in Digne’s cross for his second goal in as many games after putting PSG ahead against Ajax. Lyon almost equalized 10 minutes later when midfielder Arnold Mvuemba struck the bar with a fine free-kick.

Lavezzi caused Lyon’s defense problems with his speed and direct runs, but PSG looked vulnerable to a Lyon counter-attack and Blanc brought on Thiago Motta with 25 minutes remaining to strengthen his midfield.

After Lyon goalkeeper Antho-ny Lopes saved efforts from Motta and Ibrahimovic, PSG goalie Salvatore Sirigu denied Clinton Njie with a fine save. Moments later Lyon won a corner, Njie teed up Umtiti and his shot hit Aurier before wrong-footing Sirigu. “We concede goals when there doesn’t seem to be any danger and we’re in control of the match,” Sirigu lamented.

Associated Press

LEICESTER, England — Manchester United surrendered a

two-goal lead to lose 5-3 to Leicester in a wild Premier League game on Sunday, with the promoted side scor-ing four times in 20 minutes to cap its thrilling comeback. Angel Di Maria’s exquisite chip put United 2-0 ahead in the 16th minute but it proved in vain as Leicester exposed the visitors’ defensive frailties to come from 3-1 down with 28 minutes left.

Penalties by David Nugent and Leonardo Ulloa — the second after Tyler Blackett’s sending-off — came either side of goals by Esteban Cam-biasso and Jamie Vardy as United’s defense imploded at King Power Stadium.

Robin van Persie and Di Maria scored to give United a great start before Ulloa reduced the deficit in

the 18th with a third goal in a five-minute span. Ander Herrera re-

gained the two-goal lead with a deft flick before United collapsed, leaving the team with five points from its

opening five games despite a summer spending spree of $250 million.

“We have too many players who want to seek for the goal,” United manager Louis van Gaal said. “It is not good,” he added, “because we have the game in our pocket and gave it away.”

After beating Queens Park Rang-ers 4-0 last weekend, United’s all-star attack looks in good shape, with Radamel Falcao making his first start and setting up Van Persie’s deflected header for the 13th-minute opener. Di Maria repaid even more of his $99 million price tag by producing another effervescent display and his goal — a scoop over the goalkeeper from about 15 yards (meters) out — would have been the highlight on another day.

But United continue to look vul-nerable defensively, with Blackett’s upcoming suspension and a first-half foot injury to Jonny Evans, who left the stadium on crutches, not helping. Leicester could have won by even more as it created chance after chance in the final minutes. “It was absolutely brilliant,” said Vardy.

“We exploited their weaknesses and we got the result.”

Leicester’s fightback was sparked by a penalty awarded after Rafael da Silva was adjudged to have pushed Vardy in the back. The striker ap-peared to have got away with a nudge on Rafael seconds earlier.

Nugent slammed his penalty down the middle, Cambiasso drove in a low shot less than two minutes later for the equalizer before Vardy was sent clean through in the 79th minute to slip a low shot past David de Gea, with no United defender near him. Blackett was bundled off the ball by Vardy in the 83rd minute and, in attempts to get the ball back, tackled the striker from behind. Blackett was shown a straight red card and Ulloa made no mistake from the spot.

“How is it possible to give this game away?” Van Gaal said. “Le-icester has proven already in four games that they have a strong char-acter and that when they are 3-1 down, you can play all the game with more possession but you cannot do these kind of things.”

Reuters

BERLIN - The 2022 World Cup will not be held in Qatar because of the scorching temperatures in the Middle East country, FIFA Executive Committee member Theo Zwan-ziger said on Monday. “I personally think that in the end the 2022 World Cup will not take place in Qatar,” the German told Sport Bild on Monday.

“Medics say that they cannot accept re-sponsibility with a World Cup taking place under these conditions,” the former German football (DFB) chief, who is now a member of the world soccer’s governing body FIFA that awarded the tournament to Qatar in 2010.

Although Qatar has insisted that a sum-

mer World Cup is viable thanks to cooling technologies it is developing for stadiums, training areas and fan zones, there is still widespread concern over the health of the players and visiting supporters.

“They may be able to cool the stadiums but a World Cup does not take place only there,” Zwanziger said.

“Fans from around the world will be com-ing and travelling in this heat and the first life-threatening case will trigger an inves-tigation by a state prosecutor. “That is not something that FIFA Exco members want to answer for.

FIFA are looking to shift the tournament to a European winter date to avoid the scorching summer where temperatures routinely rise

over 40 Celsius.However, talk of a potential change

away from the usual June-July dates has resulted in plenty of opposition from domestic leagues around the world, worried the schedule switch would severely disrupt them.

Both FIFA and Qatar World Cup organisers have also been fending off questions of cor-ruption ever since they were awarded the tournament back in 2010, while Qatar has also been criticised for the conditions provided for migrant workers’ in the tiny but wealthy Gulf state.

Messi leads Barca rout to keep lead, Neymar hurt

AP Photo/Alberto Saiz

Barcelona’s Neymar, from Brazil, cel-ebrates after scoring against Levante during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Ciutat de

Valencia stadium in Valencia, Spain, on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014.

Associated Press

BARCELONA — Lionel Messi shrugged off a missed penalty and another injury to Neymar by scoring one goal and setting up two more to lead Barcelona to a 5-0 rout at 10-man Levante on Sunday as it stayed top of the Spanish league. Messi set up Neymar for the 34th-minute opener before flubbing a spot kick in the 42nd after being fouled by Loukas Vyntra, who was sent off.

Qatar will not host 2022 World Cup

AP Photo/Rui Vieira

Leicester’s David Nugent, left, celebrates after scoring a pen-alty during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Manchester United at King Power Stadium, in Leicester, England, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014.

Man United implodes in 5-3 loss to Leicester

PSG’s Edin-son Cavani reacts after scoring the opening goal during the Group F Champi-ons League match between Ajax and Paris Saint-Germain at ArenA stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014.

PSG drops points again after 1-1 draw with Lyon

AP Photo/Peter Dejong

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Barcelona didn’t blink, however, and two minutes later Ivan Rakitic scored his first goal for Barcelona with a blistering strike from out-side the area. Barcelona received another blow when Neymar went down with a left ankle injury in the 50th, but again Messi was there to square a pass for Neymar’s replace-ment, Sandro Ramirez, to score in the 57th before Pedro Rodriguez added a goal from Jordi Alba’ pass in the 64th.

Messi then capped the demoli-tion in the 77th after Levante goal-keeper Jesus Fernandez spilled the ball and watched as Messi chipped it back over his head. All told, Messi has played a direct part in nine of Barcelona’s 12 goals in its five wins across all competitions, scoring three and assisting on six more.

“Messi is one-of-a-kind,” said

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique. “He doesn’t just dribble and score goals, he also assists like he did today, and in what a spectacular fashion.” Equally as important for Luis Enrique’s focus on improving Barcelona defense, his team has not allowed a goal this season.

Barcelona’s fourth win in as many rounds left it two points ahead of Sevilla after its 3-1 win at Cordoba. Defending champion Atletico Madrid trails Barcelona by four points. Real Madrid is another two points adrift back in sixth place behind Granada, Valencia and Villarreal. Neymar went down clutching his lower left leg after Pedro Lopez fell on top of him while contesting the ball. Barcelona team doctors attended him and signaled for a substitution even though Neymar was soon on his feet and appeared

to want to go back on.“Neymar twisted his ankle and

suffered a sprain and we substituted him as a precaution,” Luis Enrique said. “He asked for the change and later wanted to try and con-tinue playing, but we had already made the decision.”

In July, Neymar fractured a vertebra in his back during the World Cup. He recovered in time for the start of the season but then missed the league open-er with an ankle sprain. Levante remained in last place and without a goal scored through four games.

Associated Press

PARIS — Edinson Cavani continued his return to form while Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s mini-slump extended to a third game without scoring as defending champion Paris Saint-Germain disappointed again, conceding a late equalizer in a 1-1 draw at home to Lyon on Sunday to slip three points off the lead. For the third match in suc-cession, PSG drew 1-1 after taking a first-half lead and coach Laurent Blanc acknowledged the team has a confidence problem.

“We’re not playing as well as a team, we’re not as sharp and we can’t seem to put things into place,” he said. “We know this scenario only too well. We score the goal that should liberate us and, instead, I get the impression that we tense up.”

Cavani put PSG ahead with a header in the 20th minute only for center half Samuel Umtiti to equalize with a deflected effort in the 84th as PSG drew for the fourth time in six league games. Once again, PSG was left clinging on at the end — just like when Blanc’s team opened its Champi-ons League campaign with a stut-tering 1-1 draw away to Ajax.

Like Ajax on Wednesday night, Lyon could have won it in the closing stages but midfielder Corentin Tolisso scooped the ball over from close range. Ibra-himovic hardly made an impact and spent large parts of the game arguing with the referee. “When a club’s not getting results there’s always the feeling of a malaise. The atmosphere was a bit more relaxed last year with the results we had,” Blanc said. “The players are all disappointed and we’re realistic enough to know we’re not at our best.”

With only two wins and five draws overall this season, the pressure is increasing on Blanc to deliver better results, although for now his job does not appear to be under threat. “He’s not in danger. He’ll stay with us until the end of the season,” PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said. “This is not PSG’s level, that’s for sure. We need to work harder, every day.”

Earlier, midfielder Fabien Lem-oine scored a late winner as Saint-Etienne won 1-0 at Lens to move level on points with Bordeaux and overall leader Marseille. The top three have 13 points, while Lille, which drew 0-0 at home to Mont-pellier, is one point behind them.

Blanc made several changes from the Ajax game. Serge Aurier and Lucas Digne came in at fullback and Ezequiel Lavezzi was restored to the left wing, with the ineffec-tive Brazil winger Lucas dropping to the bench.

Yohan Cabaye missed an early chance before Cavani rose to pow-erfully head in Digne’s cross for his second goal in as many games after putting PSG ahead against Ajax. Lyon almost equalized 10 minutes later when midfielder Arnold Mvuemba struck the bar with a fine free-kick.

Lavezzi caused Lyon’s defense problems with his speed and direct runs, but PSG looked vulnerable to a Lyon counter-attack and Blanc brought on Thiago Motta with 25 minutes remaining to strengthen his midfield.

After Lyon goalkeeper Antho-ny Lopes saved efforts from Motta and Ibrahimovic, PSG goalie Salvatore Sirigu denied Clinton Njie with a fine save. Moments later Lyon won a corner, Njie teed up Umtiti and his shot hit Aurier before wrong-footing Sirigu. “We concede goals when there doesn’t seem to be any danger and we’re in control of the match,” Sirigu lamented.

Associated Press

LEICESTER, England — Manchester United surrendered a

two-goal lead to lose 5-3 to Leicester in a wild Premier League game on Sunday, with the promoted side scor-ing four times in 20 minutes to cap its thrilling comeback. Angel Di Maria’s exquisite chip put United 2-0 ahead in the 16th minute but it proved in vain as Leicester exposed the visitors’ defensive frailties to come from 3-1 down with 28 minutes left.

Penalties by David Nugent and Leonardo Ulloa — the second after Tyler Blackett’s sending-off — came either side of goals by Esteban Cam-biasso and Jamie Vardy as United’s defense imploded at King Power Stadium.

Robin van Persie and Di Maria scored to give United a great start before Ulloa reduced the deficit in

the 18th with a third goal in a five-minute span. Ander Herrera re-

gained the two-goal lead with a deft flick before United collapsed, leaving the team with five points from its

opening five games despite a summer spending spree of $250 million.

“We have too many players who want to seek for the goal,” United manager Louis van Gaal said. “It is not good,” he added, “because we have the game in our pocket and gave it away.”

After beating Queens Park Rang-ers 4-0 last weekend, United’s all-star attack looks in good shape, with Radamel Falcao making his first start and setting up Van Persie’s deflected header for the 13th-minute opener. Di Maria repaid even more of his $99 million price tag by producing another effervescent display and his goal — a scoop over the goalkeeper from about 15 yards (meters) out — would have been the highlight on another day.

But United continue to look vul-nerable defensively, with Blackett’s upcoming suspension and a first-half foot injury to Jonny Evans, who left the stadium on crutches, not helping. Leicester could have won by even more as it created chance after chance in the final minutes. “It was absolutely brilliant,” said Vardy.

“We exploited their weaknesses and we got the result.”

Leicester’s fightback was sparked by a penalty awarded after Rafael da Silva was adjudged to have pushed Vardy in the back. The striker ap-peared to have got away with a nudge on Rafael seconds earlier.

Nugent slammed his penalty down the middle, Cambiasso drove in a low shot less than two minutes later for the equalizer before Vardy was sent clean through in the 79th minute to slip a low shot past David de Gea, with no United defender near him. Blackett was bundled off the ball by Vardy in the 83rd minute and, in attempts to get the ball back, tackled the striker from behind. Blackett was shown a straight red card and Ulloa made no mistake from the spot.

“How is it possible to give this game away?” Van Gaal said. “Le-icester has proven already in four games that they have a strong char-acter and that when they are 3-1 down, you can play all the game with more possession but you cannot do these kind of things.”

Reuters

BERLIN - The 2022 World Cup will not be held in Qatar because of the scorching temperatures in the Middle East country, FIFA Executive Committee member Theo Zwan-ziger said on Monday. “I personally think that in the end the 2022 World Cup will not take place in Qatar,” the German told Sport Bild on Monday.

“Medics say that they cannot accept re-sponsibility with a World Cup taking place under these conditions,” the former German football (DFB) chief, who is now a member of the world soccer’s governing body FIFA that awarded the tournament to Qatar in 2010.

Although Qatar has insisted that a sum-

mer World Cup is viable thanks to cooling technologies it is developing for stadiums, training areas and fan zones, there is still widespread concern over the health of the players and visiting supporters.

“They may be able to cool the stadiums but a World Cup does not take place only there,” Zwanziger said.

“Fans from around the world will be com-ing and travelling in this heat and the first life-threatening case will trigger an inves-tigation by a state prosecutor. “That is not something that FIFA Exco members want to answer for.

FIFA are looking to shift the tournament to a European winter date to avoid the scorching summer where temperatures routinely rise

over 40 Celsius.However, talk of a potential change

away from the usual June-July dates has resulted in plenty of opposition from domestic leagues around the world, worried the schedule switch would severely disrupt them.

Both FIFA and Qatar World Cup organisers have also been fending off questions of cor-ruption ever since they were awarded the tournament back in 2010, while Qatar has also been criticised for the conditions provided for migrant workers’ in the tiny but wealthy Gulf state.

Messi leads Barca rout to keep lead, Neymar hurt

AP Photo/Alberto Saiz

Barcelona’s Neymar, from Brazil, cel-ebrates after scoring against Levante during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Ciutat de

Valencia stadium in Valencia, Spain, on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014.

Associated Press

BARCELONA — Lionel Messi shrugged off a missed penalty and another injury to Neymar by scoring one goal and setting up two more to lead Barcelona to a 5-0 rout at 10-man Levante on Sunday as it stayed top of the Spanish league. Messi set up Neymar for the 34th-minute opener before flubbing a spot kick in the 42nd after being fouled by Loukas Vyntra, who was sent off.

Qatar will not host 2022 World Cup

AP Photo/Rui Vieira

Leicester’s David Nugent, left, celebrates after scoring a pen-alty during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Manchester United at King Power Stadium, in Leicester, England, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014.

Man United implodes in 5-3 loss to Leicester

PSG’s Edin-son Cavani reacts after scoring the opening goal during the Group F Champi-ons League match between Ajax and Paris Saint-Germain at ArenA stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014.

PSG drops points again after 1-1 draw with Lyon

AP Photo/Peter Dejong

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NEGARA - Medewi Beach is a quite beautiful beach offering a very charming curve of beach. It is located at Medewi village, 24 km east of Negara and 72 km west of Denpasar and can be achieved by any type of vehicle. Medewi Beach is suitable for surfing because the waves are long and last longer to break pursuant to the requirement of surfing. From here, visitors can enjoy the beautiful sunset. Meanwhile, the hotel facilities avail-able are representative enough for foreign tourists. They are equipped with pool and restaurant quite artistically arranged in the hotel courtyard.

Medewi Beach

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But Vettel was only in front for a lap before Hamilton managed to pass him. The Mercedes squeezed past the Red Bull on the inside at the fast Turn 6 kink early in the DRS zone, which left Vettel puzzled.

“With the overtaking move I wasn’t sure what he was doing,” said the German. “I gave him all the space to pass me on the inside of next corner but it seemed he couldn’t wait to get back in the lead. “I had to back off and let him through. “There was no point fighting. To finish P2 was the best we could do.

“We had the oldest set of tyres in the last stint so it was quite tricky managing those with not much tread left.” Hamilton admitted that his pass had been ambitious. “I had a tight gap,” he said. “Maybe I should have overtaken him some-where else, but fortunately Seb was very fair.”

StrategiesNew championship leader Ham-

ilton said the penultimate stint had been confusing as he tried to both

pull sufficiently clear of the Red Bulls for a pitstop and not destroy his existing tyres. “I was a bit un-aware of what I needed to do,” said Hamilton. “I had extended the stint as long as I could and they said ‘we need 27 seconds’.

“The safety car had caused me big problems. Fortunately we got to where I needed to go.” Vettel had also been dubious about his strat-egy of running his third set of tyres to the finish, though he understood why Red Bull did not want him to pit again after the safety car had closed the pack up.

“It was not ideal in terms of tim-ing with the safety car,” said Vettel. “We’d lost position to Fernando [Alonso] as we stopped late. We went on primes [softs] and hoped for no safety car, and then it came out.

“At the restart we knew it was difficult - probably impossible - to make up 27s [for a pitstop] on older tyres with everyone behind. “To get the best result, we knew we had to get to the end [on those tyres]. “I wasn’t confident we could do it because of the wear we had on the sets before.”

Associated Press

INCHEON, South Korea — Olympic gold medalist Sun Yang has withdrawn from the Chinese men’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay team at the Asian Games.

Sun’s withdrawal from Monday’s race was announced by his coach Zhang Yadong to China’s official Xinhua News Agency. Zhang didn’t explain the reason, although Sun earlier indicated he’d hurt his hand on the last turn of Sunday night’s 200 freestyle final. Sun took second place behind Japan’s Ko-suke Hagino in an upset result in the 200.

It wasn’t clear whether the injury would affect the rest of Sun’s campaign at Incheon, where he was scheduled to race in the 400 freestyle on Tuesday and 1,500 on Friday in what is being framed as a showdown with his main regional rival, South Korean star Park Tae-hwan.

Sun, who holds the 1,500 world record, left Sunday night’s post-race news confer-ence early in pain, saying he needed urgent treatment.

Sun won two golds, one silver and one bronze at the 2012 London Olympics, becoming the first Chinese man to win an individual Olympic swimming gold. He also won three individual freestyle events at the world championships.

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the inaugural Inter-national Premier Tennis League com-petition, citing health reasons. Veteran Indian player Mahesh Bhupathi posted on Twitter on Monday that Nadal had withdrawn before Team India was due to be announced in New Delhi.

The IPTL later confirmed that the 28-year-old Spaniard wouldn’t be playing in the tournament. Nadal withdrew from the U.S. Open last month, citing a right wrist problem, and was unable to defend his title. He also recently missed Spain’s Davis Cup loss to Brazil.

The IPTL, a city-based team competi-tion, is to be staged at venues in the Phil-ippines, United Arab Emirates, Singapore and India between Nov. 28 and Dec. 13.

REUTERS/Pablo SanchezWinner Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton (L) of Britain sprays champagne over second-placed Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany during the podium ceremony after the Singapore F1 Grand Prix at the Marina Bay street circuit in Singapore September 21, 2014.

Vettel bemused by Lewis Hamilton’s passSebastian Vettel declared himself surprised by Lewis Hamilton’s

assertive choice of passing move in their Singapore Grand Prix victory battle. Reigning Formula 1 champion Vettel found himself leading for the first time in 2014 when Hamilton failed to extend enough of an advantage over the Red Bull before making his third pitstop on a night when most stuck with two tyre changes after a mid-race safety car skewed strategies.

Nadal withdraws from IPTL because of health

Sun withdraws from China relay team at Asian Games

AP Photo/Lee Jin-manSecond placed China’s Sun Yang holds the hand up of third placed South Korea’s Park Tae-hwan after the men’s 200-meter freestyle swimming final at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014.

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INDONESIAW RLD

On Monday, Didik arrived at KPK Jakarta wearing a batik shirt and was directed to the waiting room. He chose not to make any statement in front of the press regarding the investigation.

The one-starred general was the third suspect under investigation by the KPK after former chief of traffic corps Inspector General Djoko Susilo and Director of PT Citra Mandiri Met-alindo Abadi (CMMA) Budi Santoso who won the tender for the project. Director of PT Inovasi Teknologi Indonesia Sukotjo S. Bambang is still a suspect in the case.

Didik, who served as commitment regulator officer (PPK) on April 15, 2011, signed the letter of decree for the winning bidder and the procurement of 556 R-4 driving simulators worth Rp142.4 billion.

In the meantime, the total amount for the procurement of R-4 and R-2 driving simulators was Rp197.8 bil-lion.

The Supreme Court has sentenced Djoko Susilo to 18 years imprison-ment and has ordered him to pay Rp1 billion in fines or serve an additional year in prison.

AntaraJAKARTA - Indonesia was bestowed the

Coral Conservation Prize on September 19, 2014, in San Francisco, the United States, for its sustainable coral management, an-nounced the Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry (MMAF).

MMAF conveyed that this achievement was a result of three strategic measures adopted by the Indonesian government, which are strong commitment towards the coral conservation policy by establishing marine conservation management; com-bining marine resource management and protection followed by prudential resource utilization; and strengthening global part-nership in coral reef management, Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Sharif C. Sutardjo stated here on Monday.

“I encourage the global community to undertake systemic, comprehensive, and synchronized efforts, which will lead to the establishment of the policy in coral reef uti-lization and management,” noted Minister Sutardjo who received the award.

On the same occasion, two Indonesian coral reef activists, Nyoman Sugiarta and Abdul Manap, were named the winners of the Coral Conservation Prize presented by Coral Reef Alliance for their significant roles in saving and conserving coral reefs. They eliminated seven nominees from Fiji, Hawaii, Honduras, Mexico, and Palmyra.

The coral reefs are inexplicably benefi-cial, both ecologically and economically. With regard to the pearl sector alone, it makes Indonesia the largest pearl produc-ing country since 2005, which claims 50 percent of the world’s pearl production with an export value of more than US$29 million.

During the occasion, Sharif reminded the attendees that exploitation, which is not backed up by sufficient and sustainable long-term conservation, will increase the risk of coral extinction. According to the report of Washington’s World Resource Institute (WRI), it is forecast that if over-exploitation continues at the same pace then the world’s coral reefs will eventually become extinct by 2050.

To overcome all forms of threat, MMAF constantly protects and manages the marine and fishery resources sustainably through various marine conservation initiatives. The commitment has also been realized by the establishment of the Marine Protected Area spanning 16 million hectares.

MMAF is also actively engaged in nu-merous regional and multilateral forums, such as the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI), World Coral Reef Conference (WCRC), World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Leibniz-Zentrum für Marine Tropenökologie (ZMT), to name a few, the minister noted in a written statement.

AntaraJAKARTA - The environmental non-

government organization Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi) has urged the govern-ment to pass a law to prevent climate change intended to reduce national emission levels and address climate change through adaptation and mitigation.

“The law on climate change should be im-mediately enforced. It is not fair that the impacts of climate change should be borne by the next generation,” Walhi’s Campaign Manager, Edo Rakhman remarked on Monday.

He pointed out that the law should serve as a foundation for the government to draft a policy and implement development programs.

Emission reduction can be achieved by imme-diately passing a moratorium to halt the clearing of primary forests and peatlands and the use of coal for producing electricity, Edo remarked.

“The government should maximize the utilization of renewable energy resources that are abundantly available in Indonesia such as geothermal, solar energy, sea waves, and biomass,” he stressed.

Indonesia needs a legislation that seriously sets and regulates climate change and its impacts.

Moreover, the legislation should also make the government accountable to the people as climate change affects the social and economic life of the community.

“The moratorium must also be included in the climate change law as sometimes it can

still be violated using the policies implemented through regional autonomy,” Edo affirmed.

He noted that the implementation of a moratorium in some provinces or districts is not optimal as the local administrations do not give importance to enforce the policy.

The presidential instructions are not en-forced as the regional heads use spatial regula-tions and their local autonomy, which allows them to issue permits for plantation or forest management.

In fact, climate change has a wide-ranging impact on the environment. This condition should not be simply regarded as a common phenomenon or natural process alone, but instead, must be viewed as a consequence and an impact of human intervention.

“Industrial activity, energy, technology, agriculture, natural resource exploitations, and others lead to increase in emissions and are associated with human activities,” Edo remarked.

Currently, Indonesia is one of the five largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world arising due to deforestation and forest degradation.

Despite the Indonesian government’s com-mitment to reduce emissions by 26 percent by the year 2020, however, the results are yet to be seen.

As of now, forest and peat fires continue to occur and adversely affect the country and the neighboring countries, Edo added.

ANTARA FOTO/Rosa Panggabean

Didik (right) arrived at KPK Jakarta wearing a batik shirt and was directed to the waiting room. He chose not to make any statement in front of the press regarding the investigation.

KPK re-examines former deputy chief of traffic corps

AntaraJAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)

re-examines former deputy chief of Indonesian Traffic Police (Polri) Brigadier General Didik Purnomo as a corruption sus-pect in the procurement of driving simulators for four-wheeled (R-4) and two-wheeled (R-2)vehicles.

Indonesia needs law on climate change

Coral reef management draws accolades

The strike comes as dozens of the city’s tycoons and business leaders paid a rare group visit to Beijing to meet with China’s communist leaders, who want to bolster support from Hong Kong’s pro-establishment billionaire elites for the central gov-ernment’s policies on the semiauto-nomous city.

Student organizers are dismayed over Beijing’s decision in August to rule out open nominations for candidates under proposed guide-lines for the first-ever elections for Hong Kong’s top leader, promised for 2017.

Discontent over democratic re-form is especially acute among Hong Kong’s young people, who worry about their prospects amid widening inequality they blame on billionaire tycoons whose companies control vast parts of the economy and who have Beijing’s ear.

The National People’s Congress, China’s legislature, insists election candidates be vetted by a committee. Many of the tycoons visiting Beijing are part of a similar body that selects Hong Kong’s leaders.

Hong Kong’s democracy battle

has led to increasing tension and division, with activists threatening to stage a mass “occupation” of the Asian financial hub’s central business district as early as Oct. 1 as part of a civil disobedience campaign to press their demands.

China took control of the former British colony in 1997, agreeing to let it keep civil liberties unseen on the mainland and promising that the leader can eventually be chosen through “universal suffrage.” But Beijing’s insistence on screening candidates for patriotism to China has stoked fears among democracy groups that Hong Kong will never get genuine democracy.

“The student strike will mark the turning point of the democratic movement,” Alex Chow, secretary general of the Hong Kong Federa-tion of Students, told about 13,000 students from 24 schools rallying at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s suburban campus. “We will not have illusions in the government anymore, but we’ll have faith in ourselves. We are willing to pay the price for democracy.”

Students plan to gather daily for

the rest of the week in a downtown park next to government head-quarters. A smaller group of high schoolers plans to join the strike on Friday. “Preselected candidates by a controlled nominating committee can only represent vested interests, but not the general public,” Chow said. He urged Hong Kong’s gov-ernment to respond to demands for public nominations and to reform the legislature. “If we hear nothing from them, the students, the people will definitely upgrade the movement to another level,” Chow said. About 380 academics and other school staff have signed a petition supporting the students, saying they should not “stand alone.”

“At the minimum, they (the strik-ers) can provide a wakeup call to tens of thousands of university and secondary school students in Hong Kong,” said Dixon Sing, a political science professor at Hong Kong Uni-versity of Science and Technology who helped start the signature cam-paign. The organizers are “trying to inspire many other fellow classmates to be aware of and be devoted to the democratic movement,” he said.

Associated Press

WARSAW — The Polish president is swearing in a reshuffled gov-ernment under new prime minister Ewa Kopacz. Kopacz replaces Don-ald Tusk, who was recently chosen to head the European Council.

The new government is set to continue the policies of Tusk’s center-right party Civic Platform. However, it will only govern for a year, and much of its efforts are expected to be geared toward winning re-election.

So far Kopacz has suggested she will not take a strong stance toward Russia, something underlined by the departure of Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, a strong voice internationally against Moscow’s ag-gressions in Ukraine.

Kopacz’s government faces a vote of confidence in parliament Oct. 1, but it is expected to pass since the governing coalition enjoys a majority — albeit a slim one.

Associated Press

GAUHATI, India — Officials say relentless rains in parts of north-eastern India have triggered landslides and flash floods, killing at least seven people. A top police official in Meghalaya state said that the deaths occurred after a cloudburst in the northern part of the state.

The cloudburst also wreaked havoc in the neighboring state of As-sam, causing heavy flooding in the western Goalpara district.

Top local official Pritam Saikia said heavy flooding has washed away several bridges. Authorities are asking residents to move to higher ground.

Two days of rains have also caused heavy flooding in Assam’s capital city Gauhati. More heavy rain is forecast over the next two days.

AP Photo/Vincent Yu

Students attend a rally at the Chinese University of Hong Kong campus in Hong Kong, Mon-day, Sept. 22, 2014. Thousands of Hong Kong students boycotted classes Monday to protest Beijing’s decision to restrict electoral reforms in a weeklong strike marking the latest phase in the battle for democracy in the southern Chinese city.

Hong Kong students on strike in democracy battle

Associated Press

HONG KONG — Thousands of Hong Kong college and university students boycotted classes Monday to protest Beijing’s decision to restrict voting reforms, the start of a weeklong strike that marks the latest phase in the battle for democracy in the southern Chinese city.

Heavy rains trigger landslides in northeast India

Polish president swears in reshuffled government

AP Photo/Alik Keplicz

Poland’s Prime Minister-designate Ewa Kopacz speaks dur-ing the presentation of the ministers of her cabinet as new Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna, left, stands behind, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014.

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Associated Press

BERLIN — Workers at four of Amazon.com’s German distribu-tion centers have started a two-day strike in a long-running dispute over wages.

The ver.di union said Monday workers at the American online re-tailer’s logistics centers in Leipzig,

Bad Hersfeld, Graben and Rhei-nberg will stay off the job until Tuesday evening.

Amazon employs some 9,000 people in total at nine locations in Germany.

For more than a year now, the union has been pushing for higher pay, arguing that Amazon workers receive lower wages

than others in retail and mail-order jobs.

Amazon says its distribution warehouses in Germany are logis-tics centers and employees already earn wages on the upper end of that industry.

Amazon has agreed to pay Christmas bonuses to workers but ver.di says that’s still not enough.

The Bank of Japan must do more “beyond 2015” to sup-port the world’s number three economy, said Rintaro Tamaki, deputy secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

“Japan’s public debt has surged in the past few years, in a way that makes it comparable to Greece’s,” Tamaki told reporters in Tokyo.

“Japan should not only imple-ment the planned sales tax hike in October 2015, but also show its people what will come next, explaining the schedule and direction of further tax hikes” to allay fears about the sustain-ability of the country’s finances, he said.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe raised a sales taxes from five percent to eight in April as part of structural reform efforts, and has laid out plans for a second increase to 10 percent a year from now.

But government figures show the economy contracted 1.8 percent quarter-on-quarter in the three months to June -- or 7.1 percent on an annualised basis -- its steepest quarterly drop since the 2011 quake and tsunami disaster.

The numbers were the latest in a series of worrying signs that the tax rise had hit the economy harder than expected.

Wages are still not showing the growth Abe had been look-ing for, while prices have risen, due in part to the tax rise and the plunging value of the yen, which has pushed up the cost of imported goods.

Abe has declared himself “neutral” on a further tax jump and said he would be watching the economic data carefully.

His economy minister Akira Amari told the Financial Times in an interview the rise to 10 percent was “necessary”.

The OECD’s Tamaki said Japan’s burgeoning debt held the “risk of rising interest rates due to the unpopularity of government bonds”.

“More crucially, the fact is that people’s worries over the state of the national finances -- the core of a sovereign nation -- have an enormous negative impact on economy and society,” Tamaki said.

Japan’s gross public debt as a percentage of GDP is the worst among rich nations, at around 230 percent, due in no small part to snowballing medical and so-cial security costs in the rapidly ageing society.

The OECD supports the pro-gramme of fiscal reforms dubbed “Abenomics”, Tamaki said, but thinks the Bank of Japan must come to the table.

“The OECD doesn’t recom-mend a huge fiscal stimulus to buffer shocks from a sales tax hike... rather, it’s a question of monetary policy in 2015 and beyond, and I hope the Bank will show its commitment soon,” he said.

In April 2013 the BoJ un-leashed a multi-billion dollar asset-purchasing stimulus -- similar to the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing -- vowing no let-up in the battle against fall-ing prices that have plagued the economy for decades.

Associated Press

LONDON — Tesco, Britain’s largest retailer by revenue, says it overstated expected half-year profit by 250 million pounds ($407 million) as it issued its third profit warning this year.

The announcement shocked the markets, with shares falling 7 percent

to 213. 34 pence in early trading Monday.

It comes less than a month after the new chief executive, Dave Lewis, took charge. The company has faced intense competition from retailers catering to customers hit by tough economic times.

Tesco says the overstatement came from recognizing commercial income

early. The company asked Deloitte to begin an independent review, along with the group’s external legal advisers.

Shore Capital analyst Clive Black says the development reflects tough times for Tesco.

He adds: “Such an announcement is not the stuff of a well operated FTSE-100 organization.”

OECD backs Japan tax hike, more easy moneyAgence France-Presse

TOKYO - Japan should raise sales taxes again next year despite wobbles in the economy caused by the first rise, and the central bank should cushion the blow with more easy money, the OECD said Monday.

REUTERS/Toby Melville/FilesFile photograph shows a Tesco logo on a branch of the Tesco Express convenience store in central London December 12, 2013.

Tesco issues third profit warning of the year

German Amazon workers on strike for higher pay

IBP

BULELENG - Invoke a bless-ing, sustenance as well as healing through psychic method is com-monplace in Bali. Even, the psychic relationship to God has produced many results. Thus, Balinese resi-dents increasingly believe and con-stantly show off their devotion.

At Pucak Sari village, Busung-biu subdistrict, Buleleng, follows a temple having a very high magical aura. Local communities and people from outside the village believe that it is the temple where people can invoke a blessing, sustenance to healing of an illness. It is called the Bukit Kutul Temple. As the name implies, this temple is located on a hilltop at Kutul customary village.

Since it was found, the temple is not like the temple in general that has some building shrines of rock stone and wood carvings, as well as comes with a compound wall. However, the shrine construction

consists of a pile of stones. Local people refer to as bebaturan shrine. Only a few shrines like the chamber, taksu, piasan, and Ida Ratu Nyo-

man are made of stone and wood carving.

At this temple grows an old banyan tree. Even, the banyan tree

is believed to give a sign related to the economic conditions of the rural residents. If the leaves are green and lush, they are indicating if the coffee crops at the village will be abundant. On the contrary, if the leaves and roots dry up, they are indicating if the crop of farmers will go down.

Apart from the shrine construc-tion, another uniqueness owned by this temple is the temple area spreading across one hectare of land is not limited by compound walls. It is said if the deities abid-ing at the temple did not permit the construction of compound wall. Besides, local residents also believe that compound wall can disrupt the flexibility of the properties (sacred animals—Ed) of local deities.

Headman of Pucak Sari village, I Nyoman Dharma, said the history of the Bukit Kutul Temple was not known for sure and there was no evidence telling about the history of the sacred temple. From the story of

predecessors and local leaders, the temple had existed before the estab-lishment of the Pucak Sari village around in 1809. At that time, it was pioneered by dozens of households (families). The residents found the bebaturan shrine in the forest. Another finding was holy bell and a teteken or stick.

In line with the passage of time, the temple is not only venerated by local residents, but also by people from outside Buleleng that come on the temple anniversary to worship. It falls on the full moon of the fourth month in Balinese calendar or around October. All the ritual paraphernalia for the temple anniversary will be prepared by local residents amounting to about 800 families. Coinciding with the temple anniversary, devotees will utilize the good chance to pay vows. It is usually carried out by devotees who previously invoked blessings, fortune, or healing, and their peti-tion was then granted. (kmb)

Although the doll is actually pro-duced by American manufacturer, in fact in Bali there is a designer specializing in a variety of Barbie clothing. She is Putu Restiti, a girl from the foot of the Mount Batur, precisely Songan village, Kin-tamani. Despite having physical limitations, she sews Barbie attires manually and it is no less beauti-ful than the products made by the original factory, Matel.

When met at her modest home, Putu Restiti suffering physical dis-ability in the legs since childhood told when she first got involved in the making of Barbie clothes. As the eldest of five siblings, she was initially fond of making doll clothes for her younger sister Alit Astini that had passed away. The doll fashion was made of patchwork obtained from her mother. Incidentally the daily work of her mother was as tailor of kebaya at Songan village.

Until one day, someone acciden-tally came to make data collection of children suffering from disabili-ties. After seeing the work of Res-titi, the officer was then impressed. “After that, the officer often came here with its friend,” said the 23-

year-old girl.Since the Barbie fashion was

made in large number then, some-one from Yogyakarta who was studying in Bali tried to help market it. The Barbie clothing made by Restiti was marketed through so-cial media, Twitter, Facebook and websites. Sometimes, the works of Restiti were also included in a number of exhibitions in Bali. “Now, my friend is no longer in Bali. She’s been in Jogja to continue her study,” he added.

Nevertheless, the girl having dozens of Barbie dolls given by foreign travelers was still producing Barbie fashion. Since her works had been known by several travelers, the Barbie fashion and kebaya were often purchased by foreign travelers directly to her home. A large size dress was sold for IDR 100,000 for foreign travelers. As for the children from around her home was given the price of IDR10,000 to IDR 20,000 for each fashion or kebaya.

In addition to designing dress and kebaya, she also made a fashion jacket for men’s doll as the lover of Barbie named Ken. Like the mak-ing of clothes for men, the fashion

design for Barbie and Ken also used a pattern. However, she admitted that the making of clothes for Ken was slightly more complicated than that of Barbie. On that account, all this time she made more clothes for Barbie.

All this time, she learned to make

fashion design through self-study and was often inspired by fash-ions worn by top artists like Ayu Tingting and Syahrini. She claimed that both artists often inspired her to design the Barbie fashion. “I often see the clothes put on by Syahrini

on TV. After that, I immediately made for the Barbie,” she added. Though having physical and eco-nomic limitations, this long-haired girl still had a great aspiration. She wanted to sell her works along with the Barbie doll in a store. (ina)

Barbie’s dresses maker from the foot of Mount BaturBali Post

BANGLI - Barbie is flawless doll very much loved by many girls. Perfect body shape makes the doll often dressed with various acces-sories. Like a real human, it is frequently dressed in beautiful and fashionable attires.

IBP/SwasrinaPutu Restiti, a girl from the foot of the Mount Batur, precisely Songan village, Kintamani, sews Barbie attires manually.

Bukit Kutul TempleA Sanctum with strong magical aura

IBP/kmbLocal communities and people from outside the village believe that it is the temple where people can invoke a blessing, sustenance to healing of an illness. It is called the Bukit Kutul Temple.

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Bali News International4 Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Tuesday, September 23, 2014 13International RLDW

The fact that the 5.3 million mostly pro-European Scots will remain part of the British elector-ate makes it mathematically more likely the United Kingdom will vote “Yes” to EU membership.

A Reuters Breakingviews cal-culator based on opinion surveys estimated the chances of a rump Britain voting to leave the EU were two-in-three, while the risk of such a “Brexit” fell to one-in-five if Scotland stayed. But three years is a long time in politics and much can change between now and then.

Britain has avoided a traumatic break-up that would have caused a deep political shock and fanned English nationalism. But it has plunged into constitutional turmoil with Cameron promising at the last minute a devolution of many powers that may come close to federalism.

One possibility is that Cam-eron’s Conservatives will lose next year’s general election, partly due to Scottish votes, and a Labour-led government will drop the plan for

an EU referendum, which Labour leader Ed Miliband says he would call only if more powers were to be transferred to Brussels.

If a plebiscite does go ahead, Eu-ropean officials and pro-EU analysts hope the same “better together” ar-guments that worked in Scotland can be applied successfully to European Union membership.

“It’s very interesting to look at the parallels between the Scottish-UK debate and the UK-EU debate,” said Fabian Zuleeg, chief executive of the Brussels-based European Policy Centre, speaking by tele-phone from Edinburgh.

“Look at the comments made by many of the pro-union campaigners within the UK: you could replace the benefits of the UK one-to-one with the benefits of being in the EU. But the same politicians don’t seem to be making quite the same arguments.”

Fear Trumps Hope?One possible reading of the Scot-

tish result is that fear trumped hope.

Many Scots burned with a national-ist passion to jettison dependence on what they perceived as conserva-tive, austere, arrogant England. Yet in the end, enough of them were worried by economic uncertainty to keep the union alive.

With their hearts, they yearned for independence, but with their heads and wallets, they chose to play safe. Yet Zuleeg says fear of economic harm is not enough to sustain support for EU membership indefinitely.

“We have seen a campaign which basically was about fear succeed in the end. But in the long run to main-tain a union you have to have a more positive argument,” he said.

“You have to actually say what does this union stand for and that applies to the United Kingdom but it certainly also applies to the European Union.” British politi-cians find this harder than their continental peers.

As Roger Liddle, EU adviser to former Prime Minister Tony Blair argued in a book called The Europe Dilemma, they prefer to present a narrow case based on the comparative economic advantage of the single market rather than an emotional argument for the benefits of peace, cooperation and stability in Europe.

Associated Press

ANKARA — The number of Syrian refugees who have reached Turkey in the past four days after fleeing the advance of Islamic State militants now totals 130,000, Turkey’s deputy prime minister said Monday.

Numan Kurtulmus warned that the number could rise fur-ther but insisted that Turkey was ready to react to “the worst case scenario.”

“I hope that we are not faced with a more populous refugee wave, but if we are, we have taken our precautions,” Kurtulmus said. “A refugee wave that can be ex-pressed by hundreds of thousands is a possibility.”

The refugees have been flood-ing into Turkey since Thursday, escaping an Islamic State offen-sive that has pushed the conflict nearly within eyeshot of the Turk-ish border. The conflict in Syria has pushed more than a million people over the border in the past 3½ years.

The al-Qaida breakaway group, which has established an Islamic state, or caliphate, ruled by its

harsh version of Islamic law in territory it captured straddling the Syria-Iraq border, has in recent days advanced into Kurd-ish regions of Syria that border Turkey, where fleeing refugees on Sunday reported atrocities that included stonings, beheadings and the torching of homes.

“This is not a natural disas-ter... What we are faced with is a man-made disaster,” Kurtulmus said. We don’t know how many more villages may be raided, how many more people may be forced to seek refuge. We don’t know.

“An uncontrollable force at the other side of the border is attack-ing civilians. The extent of the disaster is worse than a natural disaster,” he said.

As refugees flooded in, Tur-key on Sunday closed the border crossing at Kucuk Kendirciler to Turkish Kurds in a move aimed at preventing them from joining the fight in Syria. A day earlier, hundreds of Kurdish fighters had poured into Syria through the small Turkish village, according to the Britain-based Syrian Obser-vatory for Human Rights.

Some 130,000 Syrians reach Turkey, fleeing IS

AP PhotoTurkish soldiers fire teargas as local people clash with security forces in Suruc, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, before Turkey opened its border to allow in up to 4,000 people who massed on the Turkey-Syria border, fleeing the Islamic militants’ advance on Kobani - a day after officials prevented them from crossing in.

AP Photo/Danny Lawson, PA WireFormer Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech during a campaign event at Clydebank Town Hall in Scotland, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. The two sides in Scotland’s independence debate are scrambling to convert undecided voters, with just two days to go until a referendum on separation.

Scots vote shows pitfalls, opportunities for EU referendumReuters

PARIS/BRUSSELS - Scotland’s vote against independence offers lessons for British politicians and their European partners faced with a UK referendum on whether to stay in the EU which Prime Minister David Cameron has promised for 2017.

Bali Post

BANGLI - Since the past few years, the condition of Yangapi Market in Tembuku subdistrict has been really very alarming. Other than dozens of stalls are left vacant and damaged, the market built during the administration of the Bangli Regent (late) Ida Bagus Ladip was also very rundown. Organic and plastic waste posing the rem-nants of merchandise scattered around the market stalls. According to a local janitor, the rubbish at the market had never been transported by relevant agency since the past six months.

An officer of Yangapi Market, Wayan Koper, admitted on Saturday (Sep 21) that since nearly six months ago the rubbish at the market had never been transported by relevant agency. Previously, the rubbish was regularly transported by truck in the after-noon. “It has been for six months there has been no officer taking the rubbish here, so I decided to burn it,” said Koper claiming to have worked as a janitor at the market since the past 15 years.

All this time the rubbish littered at the market stalls were gathered and burned at the edge of the stalls. Remnants of the combustion were left at the location. Koper added that since the Yangapi Market was only opened every three days, the rubbish was also

cleaned up once every three days after the traders completed their selling.

Related to that matter, the Head of Bangli Urban Planning Agency, Ida Ayu Yudi Sutha, when asked for her confirmation said that the rubbish collection by the Urban Planning Agency all this time only served the urban areas. Formerly, the rubbish at Yangapi Mar-ket was ever transported by the agency due to a request from the market management. “It used to be transported on the request of the market management. In the future, I will at-tempt that the rubbish at the Yangapi market can be transported,” she said.

Meanwhile, as observation last Sunday, the number of traders selling at the Yangapi Market was only some few. Compared to the occupied stalls, more stalls were still unoc-cupied. At least, approximately 20 stalls were occupied. The amount included the existing shop building in front of the market. Dozens of the unoccupied stalls had been in damaged condition. Ceiling and many roof tiles were rickety and collapsed. A number of stalls could not even be perfectly closed because their rolling door was out of order. (ina)

This finding made Chairman of the Regional HIV/AIDS Mitigation Commission (KPAD) doubling as Deputy Regent of Buleleng, Nyo-man Sutjidra, concerned. Moreover,

two teenagers had been detected to be positive to HIV/AIDS in the past year.

Nyoman Sutjidra said on Sunday (Sep 21) that after declared positive

to HIV/AIDS, the teenagers were undergoing a mentoring program by volunteer activists and people living with HIV/AIDS in Buleleng County.

Following the findings, the par-ents and big families of the teenager were shocked. Even, their parents refused the mentoring committed by the volunteers. “Previously, the family did not accept the condi-tions experienced by their child. After an approach, they allowed us to accompany their child. We also provide support in the form of anti-

retroviral virus (ARV) regularly,” he said.

On the other hand, Sutjidra said that until this year the visit to the voluntary counseling testing (VCT) clinic in Buleleng Hospital was also quite crowded. It was proved by the daily visit reaching 30 people to 50 people. He considered the high number of visits to the VCT clinic showed if the public awareness began to increase in the voluntary examination. This awareness con-tinued to increase because recently

emerged new trend where young couples wishing to continue their relationship to marriage would conduct a VCT test.

“Even though there is not neces-sarily a positive person declared positive to HIV/AIDS on a day, public awareness to check their health began to increase. Young couple who will get married will have a test so it is very good to prevent the HIV virus transmit-ted during childbirth,” he added. (kmb38)

Bali Post

DENPASAR - September is a lucky month for the Denpasar Police Criminal Investigation and Narcotics Unit. Both units could have revealed a large counterfeit money and narcotics case. Over the hard work, Denpasar Police Chief, Djoko Har-iutomo, promised to give a special reward for the personnel.

Djoko Hariutomo said on Friday (Sep 19) that his party would deliver the high-est appreciation for the team of Criminal Investigation who was managed to uncover the counterfeit money plant in Semarang, Central Java. Similarly, the Narcotics Unit could also uncover a drug factory in Denpasar and Buleleng. On that account, he hoped the disclosure would be able to motivate other personnel to uncover the

other major cases such as the robbery of bank customers remaining to occur. “We will give them a reward,” he said after a press conference on the reveal of the drug factory case some time ago.

Director of Narcotics of Bali Police, Bambang Yugisworo, also praised the Denpasar Police Narcotics Unit for the success of revealing the drug factory. He emphasized that the success could become

an example and motivation for the other members.

He affirmed that the reveal of the drug factory proved that Bali still became a potential market for drug trafficking. More-over, the factory planned to produce about 6 kg of crystal meth and 1,000 pieces of ecstasy. “We highly appreciate the officers who have been managed to uncover this great case,” said Bambang. (kmb26)

A 16-year old teenager infected by HIV/AIDSBali Post

SINGARAJA - Transmission of the deadly HIV/AIDS disease in Buleleng is more alarming lately. This condition is not only caused by the number of positive sufferers infected by this hazardous virus, but also by the finding of a 16-year old teenager being tested positive to HIV/AIDS. The teenager was known to have contracted by HIV/AIDS after a blood test recently.

Disclosure of fake money and drugs Denpasar Police Chief promises to give reward

Slipshod, rubbish at Yangapi Market never transported

The garbage in Yangapi Market was burnt because it is pilling up since a

few days agoIBP/Suasrina

3Tuesday, September 23, 201414 InternationalInternational Bali NewsScience Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL — The 3-D printing boom is about to invade space. NASA is sending a 3-D printer to the International Space Station in hopes that astronauts will be able to one day fix their spacecraft by cranking out spare parts on the spot.

The printer, made by a Northern California company called Made in Space, is among more than 5,000 pounds of space station cargo that’s stuffed into a SpaceX Dragon capsule for a pre-dawn liftoff Saturday.

Besides real-time replacement parts at the station, NASA envisions astro-nauts, in the decades ahead, making entire habitats at faraway destinations like Mars.

“If we’re really going to set up shop on Mars,” we have to do this, Jeff Sheehy, NASA’s senior technologist, said Friday. “We really can’t afford to bring everything we need for an indefinite amount of time. We’ll need to get to the point where we can make things that we need as we go.”

At Kennedy Space Center, the company showed off a number of objects made by its 3-D printers. On display was a scaled-down model of an air filter that the Apollo 13 astronauts devised to survive their aborted moon mission in 1970. It took five hours to print the model in a lab.

SpaceX is making the supply run for NASA, the same California company that just won a huge contract to deliver U.S. astronauts to the space station. Its Falcon 9 rocket with an unmanned Dragon was scheduled to blast off at 2:14 a.m., although rainy weather threatened to interfere.

Other Dragon payloads high on the cool or curious factor: a mouse X-ray machine and 20 mice; 30 fruit flies expected to have a population explosion in orbit, metal plating samples for a private research effort to build stronger golf clubs, and a $30 million instrument to measure the surface wind over Earth’s oceans and improve hurricane forecasting.

The small 3-D printer on board is a demo unit meant to churn out sample items made from the same type of plastic used for Lego bricks.

It was designed to operate safely in weightlessness inside a sealed chamber. The printing process is the same as on Earth, creating an object with layer upon layer of plastic.

Once returned to Earth, the little 3-D creations will be “pulled and twisted and peeled and subjected to a lot of tests to determine the quality of the parts,” said Sheehy.

Combined with efforts on the ground to make 3-D rocket parts out of metal — even entire engines — the space demonstrations “will give us confidence that the stuff we make by this method, even though it’s new and innovative” does, indeed, have the durability of traditional parts, he said.

The space 3-D printer is barely a foot tall, 9½ inches wide and 14½ inches deep, counting the knobs on the front. A commercial 3-D printer — twice the size and dubbed “big brother” — will fly up next year, followed by a grinding machine for recycling discarded 3-D pieces.

The robotic explorer fired its brakes and successfully slipped into orbit around the red planet, officials confirmed. “This is such an incredible night,” said John Grunsfeld, NASA’s chief for sci-ence missions.

Now the real work begins for the $671 million mission, the first dedicated to studying Mars’ upper atmosphere.

Flight controllers in Colorado will spend the next six weeks adjusting Maven’s altitude and checking its science instruments. Then Maven will start probing the upper atmosphere of Mars. The spacecraft will conduct its observations from orbit; it’s not meant to land.

Scientists believe the Martian atmosphere holds clues as to how Earth’s neighbor went from being warm and wet billions of years ago to cold and dry. That early wet world may have harbored microbial life, a tantalizing ques-tion yet to be answered.

NASA launched Maven last November from Cape Canaveral,

the 10th U.S. mission sent to or-bit the red planet. Three earlier ones failed, and until the official word came of success late Sun-day night, the entire team was on edge.

“I don’t have any fingernails any more, but we’ve made it,” said Colleen Hartman, deputy director for science at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “It’s incredible.”

The spacecraft was clocking more than 10,000 mph (16,000 kph) when it hit the brakes for the so-called orbital insertion, a half-hour process. The world had to wait 12 minutes to learn the out-come, once it occurred, because of the lag in spacecraft signals given the 138 million miles (222 million kilometers) between the two planets on Sunday.

“Based on observed navigation data, congratulations, Maven is now in Mars orbit,” came the of-ficial announcement. Flight con-trollers applauded the news and shook hands; laughter filled the previously tense-filled room.

Maven joins three space-craft already circling Mars, two American and one European. And the traffic jam isn’t over: India’s first interplanetary probe, Man-galyaan, will reach Mars in two days and also aim for orbit.

Maven’s chief investigator, Bruce Jakosky of the University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics in Boulder, hopes to learn where all the water on Mars went, along with the carbon dioxide that once comprised an atmosphere thick enough to hold moist clouds.

Maven — short for Mars At-mosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission — will spend at least a year collecting data. That’s a full Earth year, half a Martian one. Its orbit will dip as low as 78 miles (125 million kilometers) above the Martian surface as its eight instruments make measurements. The craft is as long as a school bus, from solar wingtip to tip, and as hefty as a sports utility vehicle. Maven will have a rare brush with a comet next month.

AP Photo/NASA

In this artist concept provided by NASA, the MAVEN spacecraft approaches Mars on a mission to study its upper atmosphere.

NASA’s Maven explorer arrives at Mars after yearAssociated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA’s Maven spacecraft arrived at Mars late Sunday after a 442 million-mile (711 million kilometer) journey that began nearly a year ago.

Astronauts getting 3-D printer at space station

This April 2014 photo pro-vided by NASA shows a 3-D printer after it passed flight certification and accep-tance testing at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. AP Photo/NASA, Emmett Given

Bali Post

AMLAPURA - At the beginning of this dry season, the water crisis hitting the residents at barren villages in Karangasem is increasingly severe. Meanwhile, the dry season of this year is alleged to be the impact of El Nino causing the dry season to come early. On the other side, the next rain will come too late.

From the observation made, a number of holding ponds built by the project fund worth up to IDR 6 billion in Karangasem almost entirely dried up. The water already ran out. Even, the water of some holding ponds dried up last month. It happened because the holding ponds did not fully get water in last rainy season. According to the customary hamlet of Apadsari, Tulam-ben, Kubu, Wayan Putra, the holding pond only got a small amount of water due a short rainy season.

As a result, the holding ponds at Batu Dawa Kaja only contained about 1.5 meters, while the total depth reached six meters. The water in the holding pond at Batu Dawa already dried up last month. After that, the

residents at the barren village in the eastern foot of Mount Agung could only rely on the water in the holding pond increasingly running thin.

Meanwhile, the water in the hold-ing pond at Telungbuana, Sebudi village, Selat, already ran out as well. The holding pond was just built last year. When the project worth billions of rupiahs completed, the rainy season had almost gone. As consequence, it could only contain a little water. Now, the water was low and estimated to run out next week.

Actually, according to the hamlet chief of Telungbuana, Wayan Nica, the people in need of water reached 315 families. Those hit by clean water crisis amounted to 125 families from Badeg Kelod hamlet, 90 families from Lebih hamlet and 50 families from Ancut hamlet. Since the water in the holding pond almost dried up, the residents would face water crisis. As solution, the residents were forced to buy water from the vendor using tower tank transported by truck. The 1,200 liters of water were purchased at IDR 100,000 at the western foot of the Mount Agung.

Similar condition was revealed by a resident of Selat, Ketut Eka, where the holding pond under Pasar Agung Temple at Sebudi did not function, either. Despite containing rainwater in the last rainy season, but the pipeline network heading for the village at the lower area had leaked for a long time so that it caused the rainwater to be wasted. The leakage of pipeline hap-pened because it was broken by heavy equipment in relation to the opening of new road in the Selat subdistrict.

From observation, it was known that the holding pond project in Karan-gasem totally reached more than 12 units. Unfortunately, the water stock had been running thin. Even, the water of some holding ponds had dried up at all, such as the pond at Batu Dawa Kaja, while two ponds at Kedampal hamlet, Datah village, namely the Datah 1 and Datah 2 had very small amount of remaining water.

On that account, the residents at-tempted to get water by waiting for the droplets of water from the drain pipe that had been opened. The Datah 1 holding pond was built with the budget worth IDR 4.6 M. (013)

He suffered great losses in farming tobacco because he had spent three sacks of urea fertilizer as well as pesticide to maintain his tobacco plant for three months. “For a land of 3,000 square me-ters, the government assisted with a sack of urea fertilizer. Since my land area was only 1,500 square meters, it means that I can only get half a sack. Formerly, I was given 2 sacks for 15,000 square meters of land but it did not include the pesticide. When calculated, I suf-fer losses,” he said.

He exposed that Gianyar gov-ernment was also providing a hand tractor for farmer group with a membership of 75 farm-ers, so it should be used in turn. Besides, the government also provided with annual assistance worth IDR 20 million per group used for irrigation improvement in the farmer groups or for other

activities. “We indeed get the assistance through farmer group. However, the direct assistance to farmer is only fertilizer and counseling,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Gianyar Agriculture, Forestry and Plantation Agency, I Gusti Ayu Dewi Hariani, said that Sukawati was the central production of to-bacco farming in Gianyar County spreading across 13 subak orga-nizations and they were divided into three groups of farmers. Each group was given the assistance in the form of hand tractor and irrigation repair. “Due to small water discharge in Sukawati, farmers finally applied intercrop system, so that the three farmer groups would grow rice, chili and tobacco in turn. Further arrange-ment is managed by the subak organization,” she said.

In addition, the agriculture

IBP/Dewa Kusuma

Tobacco plantation

Price down, tobacco growers suffer lossesBali Post

GIANYAR - Difficulty faced by tobacco farmers in Gianyar County was delivered by Wayan Wandra, 65. This grandpa from Dumpang hamlet, Sukawati, said that before the season to plant rice, the land area of 1,500 square meters was planted with tobacco. The production obtained after three-month to-bacco cultivation reached 75 kg. Unluckily, the price of tobacco then declined, so it was eventually sold for IDR 25,000 to IDR 40,000 per kilogram. “The excellent quality is sold for IDR 40,000, but now everything is difficult. Many tobacco products are damaged, so that I was forced to sell it for IDR 25,000 due to my urgent needs,” he said.

agency also provided them with education on tobacco planting procedures. Her party was still testing the appropriate use of

fertilizer in each location be-cause the content of fertilizer greatly affected the taste of nico-tine in tobacco. “Sukawati and

Blahbatuh have different con-tent. We still check it so as not to affect the quality of tobacco,” she added. (kmb35)

IBP/Budana

At the beginning of this dry season, the water crisis hitting the resi-dents at barren villages in Karangasem is increasingly severe.

A number of holding ponds dry up

Residents hit by water crisis

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Calendar Event for August 9 through September 23, 2014

9 Aug Tumpek Kandang Pura Puseh GianyarPura Luhur Dalem Segening Kediri TabananPura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang

10 Aug Purnama Sasih Karo Pura Gelap BesakihPura Dangkahyangan TabananPura Candi Goro Tianyar Kubu Karangasem

13 Aug Buda Cemeng Menail Pura Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja GianyarPura Puseh Manakaji Peninjoan Tembuku BangliPura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal MengwiPura Taman Limut Mas Ubud

14 Aug Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 15 Aug Hari Bhatara Sri 19 Aug Hari Anggara Kasih Prebakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa KlungkungPura Tirtha Sudamala Bebalang BangliPura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sawan BulelengPura Gunung Pengsong LombokPura Dalem Benawah GianyarPura Tengah TegalalangPura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Pupuan TabananPira Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Pagan DenpasarPura Hyanghaluh/Jenggala BesakihPura Tengkulak Siyut Tulikup GianyarPura Taman Sari UbudPura Batu Sari UbudPura Penataran Dalem Guliang BangliPura Pasek Dangka Guwang SukawatiPura Hyang Ayung Pabean Ketewel

Pura Penataran Badung Muntig Karangasem

20 Aug Pura Kawitan Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak SiringPura Rambut Siwi JembranaPura Batu Bolong Canggu KutaPura Pasek Marga Klaci TabananPura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru NegaraPura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan BulelengPira Pasek Tangkas Dharma Reang Gede TabananPura Desa Banyuning BulelengPura Srijong TabananPura Pucak Mundi Nusa PenidaPura Kahyangan Jagat Kancing Gumi Bali Petang Serongga Kelod GianyarPura Penataran Dalem Pencar Mas Ubud

21 Aug Pura Ida Bhatara Sakti Wawu Rauh Kali Anget Seririt Buleleng

3 Sep Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Pulasari Peninjoan BangliPura Pasek Gelgel Kaba-Kaba TabananPura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah BulelengPura Desa Kahyangan Tiga Seririt BulelengPura Agung Gunung Taro Tegalalang

9 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok NTBPura Kawitan Gajah Arya Para Tianyar kubu KarangasemPura Padharman Arya Telabah BesakihPura Bukit Mentik Batur KintamaniPura Dadya Agung Pasek Salahin Suwat Gianyar

10 Sep Pura Dangkahyangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli

13 Sep Tumpek Wayang dan Kajengkliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit JembranaBhatara Ratu Gede Celuk GianyarPura Bhatara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Panti Gelgel Sesetan DenpasarBhatara Ratu Alit dan Lingsir Singakerta UbudPura Pedarman Dalem Bakas BesakihPura Pamerajan Agung Dawan Klung-kungPura Padarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan BesakihPura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo BanyuwangiPura Jala Shidi Amerta Juanda Surabaya

17 Sep Buda Cemeng Klawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang KarangasemPura Melanting Cemenggaon GianyarPura Penataran Ped Nusa PenidaPura Pasek Gelgel Bongkasa AbiansemalPura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Jawa Tengah BulelengPura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta UbudPura Masceti Tegeh Sanding Tampak SiringPura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan KlungkungPura Guwa BesakihPura Basukian BesakihPura Ida Ratu Puncak Pameneh Penataran Agung BesakihPura Sad Kahyangan Penida Nusa PenidaPura Jati Ubud GianyarPura Melanting Ubud GianyarPura Dalem Ped Nusa PenidaPura Penataran Agung Karangasem

19 Sep Hari Bhatara Sri 23 Sep Tilem Sasih Ketiga Dan Anggara

The event took place in Serani Room 1 witnessed by Finance Di-rector & Corporate Secretary of PT Grahawita Santika, Johanes Widjaja. Besides, the handover was also attended by General Manager of Hotel Santika Bali unit, Hotel Manager of Amaris unit in Bali and the department heads of Hotel Santika Kuta.

GM Secretary & Public Rela-tions, Lina Dewi, conveyed that Jimmy Krisna Loka had been serv-ing as General Manager at the Hotel Santika Kuta for almost four years starting from the opening team.

Meanwhile, he had built career in the network of Santika Indonesia Hotels & Resort for 14 years.

During his tenure, explained Lina, Jimmy appeared as a low-profile, friendly and unpretentious figure. Similarly, Agus S. Yanto was not a stranger and a newcomer to the hotel network. Previously, he served as general manager at the Hotel Santika Makassar. When playing his role, he was a respon-sible and dedicated person. Con-gratulations on working at the new workplace, Jimmy and welcome, Agus S. Yanto! (ocha)

GM Position Handover of Hotel Santika Kuta

IBP/Ocha

IBP

KUTA - Warm and friendly atmosphere imbued the po-sition handover of the General Manager of Hotel Santika Kuta, namely from Jimmy Krisna Loka to Agus S. yanto, recently. Both had the same commitment to build the Santika Indonesia group.

Bali PostSEMARAPURA - Decline in the fish

catch of fishermen has caused the fish boil-ing activities at Kusamba village, Klung-kung, to forcibly use frozen fish to meet the demand. Scarcity of raw material in the form of tuna triggered the fish price in the market to skyrocket. This condition caused the increase in the price of boiled fish and a decrease in the amount of production.

The makers of boiled fish at Kusamba village can now only produce limited boiled fish as the amount of fish cannot meet the needs. A boiled fish maker at Kusamba village, I Nyoman Dawan, revealed that he could usually produce up to 300 baskets, but this time he could only produce averagely 200 to 250 baskets.

Currently the fish boiling production used frozen fish brought in from Java and Negara. The price was high enough, where a medium-sized tuna was purchased at around IDR 4,000 while the larger size reached IDR 10,000. Under normal condition, the medi-um-sized tuna was purchased at about IDR 2,000 and the larger size at IDR 5,000.

According to Nyoman Dawan, the scarcity occurred because there had been

no fish supply from Amed, Seraya and Bugbug, Karangasem since two months ago. Meanwhile, the fish supply from Nusa Penida was very rare. “The fish is now very expensive and we even frequently did not get any fish. Now, we’re using frozen fish at higher price due to additional cost of freezing,” he explained when met on the sidelines of boiling fish.

The price of boiled fish also increased. Formerly the boiled fish was commonly sold for IDR 25,000 per basket, but it then increased to IDR 35,000 to IDR 40,000. “The price hike of fish also causes the price of boiled fish to rise. Our marketing does not have any problem because we get a large number of requests from Denpasar, Badung and Gianyar to Tabanan,” he added.

Although having a high price, Nengah Werti who had already been boiling fish since 2007, said the fish boiling using frozen fish could reduce the quality com-pared to the use of fresh fish. After going through freezing process, the fish no longer tasted so good. In addition, most frozen fish had long been captured so that it was not as fresh as the newly arrived fish from fishermen. (dwa)

A number of trucks, either from the Jembrana government or the Bali Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency, have been brought in to Kaleran hamlet and the sur-rounding areas since the water shortages occurred this month. Arrival of the tank truck was highly desired by local residents. As seen last week, dozens of people lined up at Kaleran hamlet to get clean water col-lected in tarp ponds. At least there were 12 temporary tarp ponds used to accommodate the water. Residents looked to bring jerry cans, buckets or other container and got the water alternately.

The Head of Jembrana Municipal Po-lice, IGN Rai Budi, said the tank trucks alternately supplied clean water to the hamlet each day. The trucks took water from the hydrant at the Yehembang Market. “We help them with water tank trucks, so they are back and forth every day to supply water,” said Budi Rai, recently.

Meanwhile, one of the local residents,

Gusti Kade Suarsa, said the family was rationed to get two jerry cans of water. According to him, the two jerry cans of water usually used for two days, sometimes it ran out earlier.

The Headman of Yehembang, Made Semadi, said that based on the coordination with local government, it provided tarp ponds to supply the water. So, the residents could take water from the temporary ponds. He acknowledged, any water came, the residents always scrambled to pick up the water so that it quickly ran out.

As reported previously, the Kaleran residents had been shortage of clean wa-ter since last month. They relied on water from the Municipal Waterworks (PDAM), but the water never ran. Decline in water discharge at the springs and higher posi-tion of the hamlet had caused hundreds of customers to have trouble in getting water. They were forced to seek water to the ir-rigation channel nearby. (kmb26)

IBP/Olo

The Kaleran residents are queueing to get water

Kaleran residents queue to get water at tarp pond

Bali PostNEGArA - Dry season is continuing and a number of residents at yehe-

mbang and Berangbang village still lack for clean water. Since this week, residents have received water supply from tank truck and the water was collected in tarp ponds.

Price skyrockets due to fish scarcity

IBP/Dewa Farend

The fish boiling production in Klungkung Regency is suffering from the high fish price

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The Fox production, based on James Dashner’s best-selling 2007 young adult novel of the same name, is the lat-est studio offering depicting teenagers struggling for survival in a dystopian future society.

Like the blockbuster “Hunger Games” films, “The Maze Runner”, which stars Dylan O’Brien as a teenager trying to escape from a complex labyrinth, is part of a trilogy.

The Hollywood Reporter reported on Sunday that a 2015 date for a second film in the series had already been set following the movie’s successful open-

ing weekend.In second place was another new

release, the Liam Neeson crime drama “A Walk Among the Tombstones,” which took in $13.1 million accord-ing to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

The movie, based on US crime writer Lawrence Block’s book of the same name, features “Taken” star Neeson as a former New York detective who is hired by a drug dealer to track down his wife’s murderer.

Another debut movie adapted from a book was in third, the comedy-drama

“This Is Where I Leave You,” with $11.9 million.

The film, based on Jonathan Tropper’s 2009 book and starring an ensemble cast including Jason Bateman and Tina Fey, tells the story of four siblings who reunite at their childhood home after the death of their father.

In fourth place was “No Good Deed,” the thriller starring Idris Elba about a devoted wife and mother of two who innocently helps out a charming but dan-gerous escaped convict with devastating consequences.

The film, which has been hit with a slew of negative reviews, earned $10.2 million in its second week on release.

Falling to fifth was “Dolphin Tale 2,” a family-friendly sequel starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd, with $9 million.

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Alec Baldwin says he is passionate about green energy and is hoping next week’s U.N. climate summit brings home to Americans that the United States has fallen behind other countries in promoting wind and solar power.

The Emmy award-winning actor who has appeared on film, stage and television spoke at a reception Thursday night to celebrate the launch of a book entitled “Addressing Climate Change” featuring the work of award-winning English photographer Henry Dallal, who has often photographed Queen Elizabeth II. Its contributors include U.N.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres, who at-tended the launch.

“We’ve been talking about this for 25 years,” Baldwin told The Associated Press. “We need to learn the lessons that other people are learning — no nukes, less coal ... reduce, reduce, not eliminate.”

He singled out Germany’s increasing use of solar and wind power.

The reception was hosted by Peter Brown, the onetime manager of the Beatles who is now chairman and CEO of BLJ Worldwide, a global public relations firm.

Baldwin made clear his opposition to fracking, which involves injecting water, sand

and chemicals to break apart underground rocks to release oil and gas — even if it does lead the U.S. to energy independence.

“For me energy independence comes from renewables,” he said.

“We have to fan those flames ... and teach another generation of young people that this is the vital issue — renewable energy,” he said.

Baldwin said he can’t attend the climate summit Ban is hosting next day because he will be flying to London that day to start filming “Mission Impossible Part 5” with Tom Cruise, where he will be playing the director of the CIA.

“Me the director of the CIA?,” he asked. “I think it’s perfect!”

Alec Baldwin passionate about green energy

AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File‘The Maze Runner’ weaves way to topAgence France-Presse

LOS ANGELES - Science-fiction action film “The Maze Runner” weaved its way to the top of the North American box office this weekend, earning $32.5 million on its debut, industry estimates showed Sunday.

In this image released by 20th Century Fox, Dylan O’Brien, left, and Will Poulter, right, appear in a scene from “The Maze Run-ner.”

AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Ben Rothstein

Agrotourism at Landih village was established in an area of two hectares at the village. According to the former headman of Landih, Wayan Jamin, the civet coffee agrotourism had been developed since the year 2000.

“Actually, the area was not drafted for the agrotourism concept. However, it was developed to convince the buyers that the civet coffee produced is really genuine. Along the passage of time, it was developed into an agrotourism,” said Jamin.

Management of the Landih agrotourism was handled by the Bale Dana Mesari Cooperative. Civet coffee of the Landih village was highly demanded by many consumers because it was a genuine product. Dozens of civets consuming the coffee beans belonged to wild civet. Those civets were not impounded.

According to Jamin, the processing of civet coffee by impounded civet and wild civet was different. With the impounded civet, after being given coffee beans, farmers would take the coffee on the following day and cleaned up the coffee bean.

The Landih civet coffee eaten by wild civets also had many advantages. From the recognition of some coffee lovers, the Lan-dih civet coffee was considered to have efficacy to cure diabetes, breast cancer as well as to return the stamina. Sugar level for dia-betes could reduce within a period of six months. The result was obtained when users constantly consumed the Landih civet coffee. “Toddlers experiencing seizures will also recover when they are given the Landih civet coffee,” said Jamin who is now becoming a legislator in the Bangli House.

So far, the Landih agrotourism had at least 50 wild civets. Due to its distinctive flavor, not a few coffee lovers made the Landih civet coffee a souvenir. In addition to growing coffee, in the area of the agrotourism visitors could also see tangerine and a variety of rare plants used for ritual needs.

With the superiority of civet coffee production, it is appropriate to make the Landih agrotourism an alternative tourist destination for those loving the farm. With admission fee at only IDR 50,000, visitors can have the opportunity to taste a variety of fresh fruits in place.

One of the visitors, Roslin, admitted that she was very interested in the arrangement of the Landih civet coffee agrotourism. Other than being offered at reasonable price, the view presented was not less beautiful than the one offered by other places. After getting tired of walking, visitors could taste fresh fruits and typical civet coffee naturally processed in the stomach of wild civets. (ina/kmb)

Civet coffee agrotourism favored by travelers

IBP/Wan

Landih village denoting the result of fission of Pengotan village has now become one of the villages visited by many travelers. This agrotourism concept emerged after many travelers came to witness the civets eating coffee at the village.

Bali Post

BANGLI - Landih village denoting the result of fission of Pengotan village has now become one of the villages visited by many travelers. Farmers at this village can produce high quality coffee and it is developed into an agrotourism area. This agrotourism concept emerged after many travelers came to witness the civets eating coffee at the village.

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