Monday, October 20, 2014 16 Pages Number 207 6 th Year e-mail: [email protected]online: http://www.internationalbalipost.com. http://epaper.internationalbalipost.com. Price: Rp 3.000,- I N T E R N A T I O N A L DPS 23 - 32 WEATHER FORECAST Continued on page 6 Page 13 Page 8 Page 6 Indonesia’s first leader without deep roots in the era of dictator Suharto, Widodo will be sworn in at a ceremony in parliament attended by foreign dignitaries, including US Secretary of State John Kerry and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. After the inauguration, Widodo, known by his nickname Jokowi, will travel through Jakarta in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by a parade to the presidential palace, and in the evening the heavy metal fan is expected to join rock bands on stage at an outdoor concert. About 24,000 police and mili- tary personnel will be deployed to secure the day’s events, which will see Widodo, only Indonesia’s second directly elected president, taking over from former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono after a decade in power. “It’s quite a historic moment for Indonesia to have Jokowi as president,” said political analyst Tobias Basuki, from Jakarta think- tank the Centre for Strategic and International Studies. The 53-year-old former furni- ture exporter who won national attention as Jakarta governor is a “regular commoner”, Basuki said, unlike previous Indonesian leaders since Suharto’s downfall in 1998, who were political and military elites. The Suharto era was marked by the dictator’s severe repression and colossal corruption. But the euphoria of the inaugu- ration is likely to be short-lived, analysts warn, as Widodo faces up to the task of leading the world’s fourth most populous country, with 250 million people spread over more than 17,000 islands, at a critical moment. Growth in Southeast Asia’s top economy is at five-year lows, cor- ruption remains rampant, and fears are mounting that support for the Islamic State group could spawn a new generation of radicals in the world’s most populous Muslim- majority country. Easing tensions In one piece of good news, defeated presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto unexpectedly met Widodo Friday for the first time since the election and pledged support, a dramatic U-turn for the ex-general who took his loss badly. “I conveyed to the party that I lead, my friends and supporters, to back Jokowi and his govern- ment,” said the controversial figure, who used to be married to one of Suharto’s daughters and has a chequered human rights record. ANTARA FOTO/Hafidz Mubarak People passed a banner that congratulate inauguration of Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla as Indonesia President and Vice President on Monday, 20 October, 2014. Indonesia’s first leader without deep roots in the era of dictator Suharto, Widodo will be sworn in at a ceremony in parliament attended by foreign dignitaries, including US Secretary of State John Kerry and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Today, Jokowi sworn in as president Agence France-Presse JAKARTA - Joko Widodo will cap a remarkable rise from an upbringing in a riverside slum when he is sworn in as Indo- nesia’s president Monday, but takes power amid doubts about his ability to enact much-needed reforms. Ukraine says Russia has agreed to supply gas Low expectations as China considers legal reforms Ronaldo sets best scoring start in Spanish league
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Indonesia’s first leader without deep roots in the era of dictator Suharto, Widodo will be sworn in at a ceremony in parliament attended by foreign dignitaries, including US Secretary of State John Kerry and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
After the inauguration, Widodo, known by his nickname Jokowi, will travel through Jakarta in a
horse-drawn carriage accompanied by a parade to the presidential palace, and in the evening the heavy metal fan is expected to join rock bands on stage at an outdoor concert.
About 24,000 police and mili-tary personnel will be deployed to secure the day’s events, which will see Widodo, only Indonesia’s second directly elected president,
taking over from former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono after a decade in power.
“It’s quite a historic moment for Indonesia to have Jokowi as president,” said political analyst Tobias Basuki, from Jakarta think-tank the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
The 53-year-old former furni-ture exporter who won national attention as Jakarta governor is a “regular commoner”, Basuki said, unlike previous Indonesian leaders since Suharto’s downfall in 1998, who were political and military elites.
The Suharto era was marked by
the dictator’s severe repression and colossal corruption.
But the euphoria of the inaugu-ration is likely to be short-lived, analysts warn, as Widodo faces up to the task of leading the world’s fourth most populous country, with 250 million people spread over more than 17,000 islands, at a critical moment.
Growth in Southeast Asia’s top economy is at five-year lows, cor-ruption remains rampant, and fears are mounting that support for the Islamic State group could spawn a new generation of radicals in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country.
Easing tensionsIn one piece of good news,
defeated presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto unexpectedly met Widodo Friday for the first time since the election and pledged support, a dramatic U-turn for the ex-general who took his loss badly.
“I conveyed to the party that I lead, my friends and supporters, to back Jokowi and his govern-ment,” said the controversial figure, who used to be married to one of Suharto’s daughters and has a chequered human rights record.
ANTARA FOTO/Hafidz Mubarak
People passed a banner that congratulate inauguration of Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla as Indonesia President and Vice President on Monday, 20 October, 2014. Indonesia’s first leader without deep roots in the era of dictator Suharto, Widodo will be sworn in at a ceremony in parliament attended by foreign dignitaries, including US Secretary of State John Kerry and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
Today, Jokowi sworn in as presidentAgence France-Presse
JAKARTA - Joko Widodo will cap a remarkable rise from an upbringing in a riverside slum when he is sworn in as Indo-nesia’s president Monday, but takes power amid doubts about his ability to enact much-needed reforms.
Ukraine says Russia has agreed to supply gas
Agence France-Presse
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio has teamed up with online streaming service Netflix for a documentary about endangered mountain gorillas in east Africa, filmmakers said Friday.
The “Titanic” star is an executive producer on “Virunga,” described as “part investigative journalism and part nature documentary” and directed by Orlando von Einsiedel.
The documentary follows an embattled team of park rangers in the Democratic Re-public of Congo “as they are caught in the crossfire of poachers, militia and industry in Africa’s oldest national park,” Netflix said in a statement.
Eastern Congo’s protected Virunga sanctuary is home to about a quarter of the world’s critically endangered mountain gorillas.
The film will be released in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on November 7, and via Netflix on the same day.
DiCaprio said films like “Virunga” offer “a window into the incredible cultural and natural diversity of our world, the forces that are threatening to destroy it, and the people who are fighting to protect it. “Partnering with Netflix on this film is an exciting opportunity to inform and inspire individuals to engage on this topic.”
“With ‘Virunga,’ we’ll work with Leo to introduce viewers around the world to an incredible, gripping story that will have audiences guessing right up until the final act.”
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Levia-than,” a tragic satire of small-town Russian corruption, was named best picture. The film, which took the screenplay prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, was praised for its “grandeur and themes” by a
jury that included actor James McA-voy and producer Jeremy Thomas.
Ukrainian director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy won the first-feature award for “The Tribe,” a teen-gang drama set at a school for the deaf and performed entirely in
sign language, without subtitles.Actress Sameena Jabeen Ahmed
was named best British newcomer for her performance as a British-Pakistani teenager on the run from her family in “Catch Me Daddy.”
The documentary prize went to “Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait,” a searing look at war’s brutality by Paris-based director Ossama Mo-hammed and Wiam Simav Bedirxan, an schoolteacher who filmed life in the besieged city of Homs.
Director Stephen Frears was
awarded the British Film Institute’s Fellowship during Saturday’s cer-emony at London’s 17th-century Banqueting House.
He was recognized for a career that has traveled from the battered streets of Margaret Thatcher’s Brit-ain in “My Beautiful Laundrette,” to 18th-century France in “Danger-ous Liaisons,” seedy Los Angeles in “The Grifters” and Buckingham Palace in “The Queen.” Frears is currently at work on a biopic of dis-graced cyclist Lance Armstrong.
Playwright David Hare, who presented Frears with the honor, said “I can’t think of anyone who’s made a richer, more diverse or more consistently intelligent contribution to British film in my lifetime.”
The 58th London festival opened Oct. 8 with “The Imitation Game,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as World War II Alan Turing. It wraps up Sunday with another tale of that conflict — “Fury,” starring Brad Pitt as a hard-bitten tank commander in the war’s final weeks.
Associated Press
LONDON — U2 singer Bono says his ever-present sunglasses aren’t a rock-star affectation — he has suffered from glaucoma for 20 years. The condition — a buildup of pressure that can damage the optic nerve — can make the eyes sensitive to light.
Bono told the BBC’s “Graham Norton Show” that he had the condi-tion, but “I have good treatments and I am going to be fine.” He said people would now think of him as “poor old blind Bono.”
He also acknowledged that some people had been annoyed when U2’s new album, “Songs of Innocence,” was sent unsolicited to millions of people with iTunes accounts. In comments released Friday by the BBC, Bono said, “We wanted to do something fresh, but it seems some people don’t believe in Father Christmas.”
‘Leviathan’ named best picture at London Film FestAssociated Press
LONDON — Movies about corruption, gang violence, honor killing and war took prizes Saturday as the London Film Fes-tival recognized cinema that confronts the harsh realities of our world.
DiCaprio teams with Netflix on gorilla documentary
Low expectations as China considers legal reforms
Ronaldo sets best scoring start in Spanish league
Bono says he wears sunglasses due to glaucoma
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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
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Calendar Event for September 28 through October 28, 2014
8 Sep Kajeng Kliwon Pamelastali/Watu Gunung runtuh Pura Penataran Agung Maha Gotra Tirta Harum Sri Srengga Nyalian Banjarrangkan Klungkung
30 Sep Paid-Paidan Pura Dalem Seme Jawa Marga Tabanan
1 Oct Urip 2 Oct Patetegan 3 Oct Pengeradanan 4 Oct Hari Saraswati Pura Pasek Tangkas Dalang TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Sayan Bongkasa Abian SemalPura Watu Gunung BimaPura Agung Jagat Karana SurabayaPura Aditya Jaya Rawa Mangun Jakarta TimurPura Pemekasan Banyuning Timur BulelengPura Agung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa BaratPura Kawitan Bendesa Aban Baturning Mambal Abiansemal
5 Oct Banyu Pinaruh 6 Oct Soma ribek Pura Jati JembranaPura Kawitan Batu Gaing BangliPura Tirta Wening SurabayaPura Desa Lingga Wana Abang Karan-gasem
7 Oct Sabuh Mas 8 Oct Pagerwesi Dan Purnama Sasih Kapat Pura Labang SinduJiwa UbudPura Kehen BangliPura Wira Bhuana Magelang
Jawa TengahPura Padang Sakti Denpasar TimurPura Payogan Agung Ketewel Sukawati GianyarPura Gaduh Dauh Puri DenpasarPura Masceti Tampak SiringPura Dalem Ularan Tatasan Kaja DenpasarPura Siwa Tohjiwa Penebel TabananPura Luhur Giri Slaka Alas Purwo BanyuwangiPura Sada Kaba-kaba Kediri TabananPura Gunung Lebah UbudPura Puseh Ketewel SukawatiPura Dalem Cemara Serangan DenpasarPura penataran Agung Bhatara Tiga Sakti BesakihPura Meru Cakra LombokPura Lempuyang Madya KarangasemPura Penerejon Kintamani BangliPura Pulaki BulelengPura Gunung Lebah UbudPura Thirta Negari KarangasemPura Thirta Empul Tampak SiringPura Penataran Agung TegalalangPura Luhuring Akasa Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Desa Denjalan Batuyang BatubulanPura Puseh Werdi Agung Sulawesi UtaraPura Pasraman Suci Renon DenpasarPura Penataran Bumi Agung TMII JakartaPura Luhur Waisnawa BulelengPura Ulun Danu Songan Batur KintamaniPura Agung Surya Bhuana Jaya Pura PapuaPura Gumang Bugbug KarangasemPura Taman Sari Busung Biu Busung Biu Buleleng
13 Oct Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 18 Oct Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Sidakarya Denpasar
Pura Pasek Gelgel Pedungan DenpasarPura Agung Pasek Tangguntiti TabananPura Agung Pasek Selemadeg TabananPura Pasek Tangkas Kediri TabananPura Kerta Banyuning Barat BulelengPura Dalem Tenggaling Sangguan SingapaduPura Kawitan Arya Wangbang Pinatih Peguyangan SingarajaPura Bujangga Waisnawa JembranaPura Taman Bubuan Seririt SingarajaPura Penataran Pande Dalem Batur MengwiPura Dalem Pingit TegalalangPura Ida Ratu Pande BesakihPura Penataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup GianyarPura Kumuda Saraswati UbudPura Batur Arya Sudimara TabananPura Dalem Majapahit Marga TabananPura Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati
19 Oct redite Umanis Ukir Pura Sanggah Gede Dukuh Sagening Tegal Tugu Gianyar
22 Oct Buda Cemeng Ukir Pura Pajenengan kawitan Arya Tauman Gelgel KlungkungPura Pasar Agung BesakihPura Pasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Legian KutaPura Gde Gunung Agung Munggu Badung
23 Oct Tilem Sasih Kapat
24 Oct Hari Bhatara Sri 28 Oct Anggara Kasih Kulantir dan Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan
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SEMINYAK - Anantara Seminyak Resort & Spa, Bali has enriched the over-all guest experience with a host of new services and facilities introduced in Sep-tember 2014, so that stays feel even more convenient, comfortable and indulgent.
Making lazy beachfront pool days even more relaxing, all tables around the pool area now feature a call button system that is integrated with the watches that Anan-tara’s Pool Associates wear, notifying them immediately as to which table requires assistance. Designed to provide a more personal and faster service, guests requiring refreshments or attention need only press their table button once for an Associate to appear. Then they can simply sit back and admire the view over Seminyak Beach and the Indian Ocean beyond, while they wait for their request to be dealt with.
The trendy Seminyak area in which the resort is located is renowned for its boutiques and souvenir shops, and to make
shopping a highly convenient pleasure, a new gift shop in the lobby area has been opened in collaboration with La Route de la Soie - one of the clothing and ac-cessory outlets that has cooperated with other Anantara resorts around the world with great success.
Keeping in touch with friends and fam-ily back home, catching up on emails and sharing amazing holiday stories is also now even easier, thanks to the resort’s newly improved internet service. Each guest receives a personal user ID and pass-word to access WiFi, which is activated on the arrival date and expires at 12:00 noon on the departure date, providing seamless internet connection throughout their stay.
“The addition of these new services and facilities ensures that all of our valued guests enjoy the very possible experienc-es, with a focus on personalised attention and warm hospitality”, comments Clinton Lovell, General Manager of Anantara Seminyak Resort & Spa, Bali.
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Anantara Seminyak enhances guest experiences
“All objects made from metal such as firearms, vehicles and so forth are given ritual pro-cession every six months,” he explained.
The Tumpek Landep festiv-ity in Bali is celebrated every Saniscara (Saturday) Kliwon Landep. However, the general public more frequently refers to Tumpek Landep as the ‘birthday of metal objects’ or the purifying ceremony for all objects made
of iron. It is intended to express pro-
found gratitude to the Creator Hyang Widi in his manifesta-tion as Hyang Pasupati for his creation, he added.
“Through the ritual with a va-riety of offerings, we pray for the personnel of the District Military Command to use the firearms in a controlled and appropriate man-ner. Along with the the firearms, the rituals are also performed for
the all the official motorcycles and vehicles,of the Command” he added.
Tumpek Landep has a more profound meaning as a means of purification and spiritual en-hancement helping us to achieve a sacred mind and heart. Through the sanctification, people may gain a sharp and crystal clear mind, equivalent to the sharpness of the weapons (knives) being celebrated. (kmb16)
Bali Post
SEMARAPURA - The Regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta, patrolled the Marine Conservation Area (KKP) of Nusa Penida, on Friday (Oct 17). The patrol was conducted in order to closely monitor the activities of vessels, boats and traditional boats in the region. Evidently, as Regent Suwirta found, there were still a few boats anchoring in the KKP area. In fact, anchors are very disruptive to the conservation of coral reef in the KKP of Nusa Penida.
Such joint patrol was carried out by the Regent Suwirta with KKP Team Work of Nusa Penida and related agencies. It was carried out by moni-toring the coastal areas that has been determined as falling into the KKP Nusa Penida area. He worries that the vessels, boats or traditional boats an-chored in the KKP area could damage the local coral reefs and the ecosystem as a whole.
During the patrol, the team found some traditional boats anchoring to catch fish in the coastal areas deter-mined as the KKP area. Finding such a situation, Regent Suwirta with the team immediately rebuked the fisher-men and asked them to immediately pull the anchor from the KKP Nusa Penida. “To maintain the existence of coral reef and the ecosystem therein, nobody is allowed to anchor in the KKP area,” he said.
After the designation, of the KKP Nusa Penida as protected, Team Work periodically continue to patrol the ma-rine area. During their regular patrols, the team often catches vessels and boats active in the KKP area. The more frequently they drop anchor around the KKP area, the sooner the coral reef will
be damaged. Thus, the patrol continues, in order to help preserve the coral reef. Apart from patrolling, the team has also collected data specifically on boats that carry passengers coming to dive and snorkle around the KKP area.
Regent Suwirta stressed so that the team remains determined to keep the KKP free from any anchor threats and sea freight activities that could endanger the survival of the KKP. With the stipulation of the Nusa Penida waters as KKP by the central government, it became the responsibility of local authorities to attend to it, for the purpose of preserving the surrounding natural environment. Previously, the KKP status of Nusa Penida marine area had been inaugurated by the Minis-ter of Maritime and Fishery Affairs, Sharif C. Sutardjo on June 9, 2014. The KKP Nusa Penida stretches over an area of 20,057 hectares of the coastal and marine ecosystem including coral reef, mangrove and seagrass beds.
Based on a survey conducted by the Coral Triangle Center (CTC), the waters of Nusa Penida are inhibited by approximately 296 species of coral and 576 species of fish. The area of coral reef in the waters of Nusa Penida reaches 1,419 hectares, 230 hectares of mangroves (13 species) and 108 hectares of seagrass beds (8 types). The waters of Nusa Penida are also the habitat of large marine fauna such as manta rays, whales, dolphins, turtles and sharks. Besides these, it is also the native home of the unique and rare sunfish with a considerable size of about 2-3 meters. Typically, the distinctive fish of the KKP Nusa Penida appeard near the surface in July-September. (kmb31)
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The boat which is going to Nusa Penida Island
Anchors disturb sustainability of Nusa Penida marine conservation
Hundreds of firearms of Gianyar Military
soldiers given ritualsBali Post
GIANYAR - Hundreds of firearms of various designs and types belonging to soldiers in charge of the 1616/Gianyar District Military Command were given rituals coinciding with the Tumpek Landep festivity, on Saturday (Oct 18). The ritual ceremony was held to honor the sharpness of thought and knowledge given to humankind and used daily with all our metal equipment. It was an expression of gratitude to God or the Creator, said the temple priest Jero Mangku Made Mawa at the Gianyar District Military Command.
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The firearms in Gianyar are given rituals during Tumpek Landep day.
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DENPASAR - The quality of coffee yielded by coffee plantation in Bali has received in-ternational recognition. A senior researcher in the Center for Indonesian Coffee and Cacao Research, Surip Mawardi, said the quality of Bali coffee had exceeded the coffee flavor in other countries.
“The Bali coffee is named Bali arabica. In Bali, the coffee plantation is located in Busung-biu (Buleleng) and Pupuan (Tabanan) with a total area of 14,000 hectares. Meanwhile, the arabica coffee is grown in Kintamani, Ban-gli, Badung and Buleleng on the area of 7,000 hectares,” he said when met at Sanur, Friday (Oct 17).
Surip mentioned that Bali was currently capable of producing arabica coffee amounting to 4,000 tons. Such number, according to him, could meet the export demand and domestic consumption.
“Five years ago, the price of coffee in Kin-tamani was not so good. After we provided farmers with coaching, now the price of their coffee is more expensive compared to the New York terminal at plus 5 to 10 percent. And this key lies in the quality,” he said.
The Indonesian Specialty Coffee Associa-tion, Edi Susmadi, said that Indonesia was the third biggest coffee producing country in the world after Brazil and Vietnam. “Regarding the delicious flavor, yes it is owned by arabica coffee. And the price is also more expensive than robusta coffee. The price of arabica belonging to grade 1 is approximately IDR 75,000 per kilogram, while robusta coffee is IDR 21,000 to IDR 25,000,” he said.
He explained the arabica coffee could taste delicious due to lower caffeine content than that of robusta coffee. In addition, the arabica coffee also had characteristics with different flavor in the respective region. “The arabica coffee has the characteristic of caramel, spicy and fruit flavor, while Flores coffee has differ-
ent characteristics from Bali coffee. Indeed, their variety is the same but they are planted at different location where one of which is grown on the mountains,” he explained.
Although the coffee was favored for consumption, it did not necessarily mean if there were no constraints in the production process. “Obstacle of the coffee production in Indonesia is that we have many options, so that when people begin farming coffee and the price suddenly drops so much, they will switch to cultivate other crops,” he added.
As a coffee producer, he admitted to need the help and support of relevant government agency related to the education on the cultivation and post-harvest handling as well as the ways to improve the quality. “From the beginning, we expect the intense assistance from the govern-ment,” he said.
Edi believed the price of coffee produced by farmers in Indonesia remained high at IDR 75,000 and above. “We have confidence if the price is still high and the price of arabica is above that of New York. We still have a good reputation for quality arabica even though the production is not many, only around 100,000 tons,” he said.
Currently, the consumers of arabica in In-donesia increased and reached one kilogram per capita per year. This number had increased compared to last year’s consumption only reaching half a kilogram per capita per year. Edi said the trend of increasing amount of cof-fee consumption in Indonesia occurred in the group of young people.
“In the matter of special taste quality, the arabica coffee gets the score at least 80. Spe-cial taste of Indonesian coffee gets the score as much as 85, where it is categorized into premium quality and can achieve the score of 87. In Indonesia, consumers today still prefer to robusta. The largest production of robusta is in Bengkulu, Sulawesi and South Sumatra, and then they are nicknamed as the golden triangle of coffee,” he said. (kmb27)
Southern Bali threatened by water crisis
“The victim always happened to resident side. In other words, there are problems in the distribution of raw water to our residents and to hotels. An unfair distribution oc-curred and it always afflicted to the residents when a drought hits Southern Bali. The shortage of water availability only occurred at people’s home,” he said when confirmed, Saturday (Oct 18).
Suriadi added that it could hap-pen due to some causes such as the uncontrolled underground water drilling activities, primarily the ones carried out by hotels to meet their water needs. Then, there was no government policy regarding
the restriction of water quota for hotels. Similarly, it also included the absence of restrictions on the hotel construction applied con-sistently so that it resulted in the increasing water demand.
“Such increasing need then resulted in a variety of projects, such as the MP3EI project aimed at the provision of drinking water. If the hotel growth then surpasses the population growth, indeed the provision of clean water by the government with various devel-opment projects of the Municipal Waterworks (PDAM) will give more supplies to hotels if there is no restriction and their needs will
be booming and immeasurable,” he continued.
Moreover, said Suriadi, the current information at issue told if the hotel room in Bali had reached 90,000. This number was far more than the hotels existing in Thailand. Thus, according to him, the government needed to make a restriction to water quota for hotels. It had something to do with the limitation of fresh water availability in Southern Bali in the future. “The most important thing to do now in Southern Bali is making arrangement, not the construction of new accommoda-tion,” he said.
Related to the water crisis, one of the residents in Southern Kuta, Agus Astapa, also asked the gov-ernment to conduct an evaluation about the building permits for residential facilities or hospital-ity accommodation. According to him, the massive development was not in line with the needs and limited water supply. In this case, more people would be affected.
“As happening today in South-ern Kuta, many new hotels are being built. We certainly think, where will they get water from? Certainly, it’s from here (PDAM—Ed), while the pipe is still limited. The PDAM cannot serve the resi-dents, let alone the hotels. Apart from using sea water, or any water, but at least some of them surely use the water of the Municipal Waterworks, please give priority to residents,” said the man who was often difficult to get water because the water did not run.
He added that the matter of wa-ter that did not run was no longer a new thing to him. In order to meet the water needs he was used to waking up early in the morning although he could only get more winds from the tap.
“Badung is actually rich. But, it sounds ironic when we hear that the generally generated revenue (PAD) of Badung reaches IDR 2 trillion, but in fact there are people who still must queue for months just to get water and we even must buy water. Do not let this later on be exploited by other parties. Now, if we do not have water, there will be tank trucks running the busi-ness to sell water. By all means, those having money are capable of buying it rather than waiting for the water delivery from the Municipal Waterworks. It is sold for IDR 175,000 per tank for the consumption of 3-4 days,” he af-firmed. (kmb32)
Bali Post
DENPASAR - Southern Bali areas mainly the densely filled tourist accommodation areas such as Jimbaran and Nusa Dua are often faced with water crisis, especially during dry sea-son. Executive Director of Friend of the Earth (Walhi) of Bali Chapter, Suriadi Darmoko, observed that the water crisis was mostly experienced by local residents. Meanwhile, almost no hotels complained about the water matters.
Bali coffee internationally recognized
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A man dried coffee bean at Centre of Coffee Processing at Plaga, Badung. The quality of coffee yielded by coffee plantation in Bali has received international recognition.
1. Where the wall still standsThe Wall’s longest surviving
stretch is the East Side Gallery, stretching for 1.3 kilometers (more than a quarter mile) along the Spree river. Artists covered it in colorful murals after the border opened, adorning it with im-ages such as a boxy East German Trabant car that appears to burst through the wall and a fraternal communist kiss between Ho-necker and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. They repainted the murals in 2009.
At the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse, a stretch of the barrier stands at the end of a 1.4-kilometer (nearly one-mile) section of the former border strip, which gives a good impression of how deep a scar the Wall cut through the city. An open-air ex-hibition is spread along the strip, while an indoor museum will reopen after renovation on the Nov. 9 anniversary of the Wall’s fall. The viewing platform above offers a panorama of the site and downtown Berlin.
2. Layers of historyA third remaining stretch of the
Wall runs along the edge of the Topography of Terror memorial site, which includes the ruins of buildings where the Gestapo se-cret police, the SS and the Reich Security Main Office ran Adolf Hitler’s police state from 1933 to 1945.
A few small Wall fragments survive at other sites, as do a handful of the 302 watch towers
that once dotted the border’s so-called “death strip.”
3. Where spies were swappedThe Glienicke Bridge, on Ber-
lin’s forested southwestern edge, was the setting for a few of the Cold War’s most spectacular spy swaps. In 1962, U.S. spy-plane pilot Francis Gary Powers was exchanged there for a Soviet spy known as Rudolf Abel. In 1986, prominent Soviet dissident Ana-toly Shcharansky walked across the bridge to freedom and later, as Natan Sharansky, to start a new life as an Israeli politician. The border was in the middle of the bridge, still painted different shades of green on the two sides of the divide.
The scenically located bridge spans the channel between two lakes. From the bridge, you can
walk or cycle along the Berlin Wall Trail, which largely follows the course of the Wall for 160 kilometers (100 miles) around the former West Berlin. Follow the gray-and-white signs marked “Berliner Mauerweg.”
4. Western and Eastern alliesThe Allied Museum, in the
western Dahlem district, focuses on the history of the Western al-lies’ role in Berlin from 1945 until their last troops withdrew in 1994. West Berlin was made up of the post-World War II American, Brit-ish and French sectors. Its status as a capitalist exclave deep inside the Soviet occupation zone was secured by the 1948-1949 Berlin Airlift. The original Checkpoint Charlie border guardhouse from the time of the Wall’s fall, from the famous crossing in down-town Berlin, stands outside the museum.
Across town in the Karlshorst district, the recently renovated German-Russian Museum con-centrates on the history and con-sequences of Nazi Germany’s war against the Soviet Union, which started in 1941 and ended with the Red Army taking Berlin in 1945. The building includes the room where Germany’s surrender was signed on May 8, 1945.
5. Soviet war memorialsWorld War II left 26.6 million
Soviet soldiers and civilians dead, by the official Russian count, and the Soviet Union built three me-morials in post-war Berlin. Dur-ing the Cold War, the best-known to Westerners was the smallest, which is flanked by two Soviet tanks and stands a few minutes’ walk west of the Brandenburg Gate in former West Berlin.
The biggest and most spectacu-lar memorial stands in Treptow, in former East Berlin. Memorial slabs depicting the course of the war, adorned with quotes from Soviet leader Josef Stalin, lead up to a mausoleum topped by the figure of a soldier standing on a shattered swastika.
Germany will throw a giant street party next month to mark 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall with light shows, Beethoven and a rendition of David Bowie’s Cold War hit “Heroes”.
Techno beats, rock anthems and on-stage talks by former anti-com-munist dissidents will be part of the festivities to mark the anniversary of November 9, 1989, when people power spelt the death-knell of East Germany.
“With the street festival, we will celebrate the peaceful revolution and the fall of the Wall,” govern-ment spokesman Steffen Seibert said.
“We will be thinking of the many courageous and determined people whose persistent protests made pos-sible the happy events of November 9, 1989 and, subsequently, German unity.”
On that day East German bor-der guards, overwhelmed by large
crowds, threw open the gates to West Berlin, allowing free passage through the detested barrier for the first time since it was built in 1961 and spelling the beginning of the end of the Iron Curtain.
To mark the anniversary, British singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel will perform “Heroes”, which Bowie recorded in a studio close to the Wall in 1977 when he was living in then West Berlin.
Entertainment will range from
the Berlin State Orchestra to a breakdance troupe and Leipzig tech-no musician Paul Kalkbrenner.
Also on stage will be veteran German rock singer Udo Linden-berg, whose 1983 hit “Sonderzug nach Pankow” (Special train to Pankow) mocked East Germany’s last leader Erich Honecker for denying him permission to per-form.
Celebrations will kick off two days earlier with the launch of am-bitious art project featuring 8,000 illuminated white balloons pegged to the ground along a 15-kilometre (nine-mile) stretch of the Wall’s former path.
On November 9, the balloons will be released from their ropes and symbolically set free into the night sky, to the stirring sounds of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.
Former East German dissidents
will speak about life in the East and the night everything changed -- among them singer-songwriter Wolf Biermann, author and film-maker Freya Klier and Berlin politi-cian Ulrike Poppe.
“The party mood that night was genuine and insane,” recalled Dresden-born TV star and director Jan Josef Liefers, who will host the show.
“I thought, hopefully everything will stay so joyful!” Liefers said.
Berlin city government spokes-man Richard Meng predicted “it will be an emotional weekend when Berliners get to celebrate the happiest day in the city’s recent history”.
Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up a Christian pastor’s daugh-ter in the East, is set to inaugurate a new permanent exhibition at the Berlin Wall Memorial.
Balloons, ‘Heroes’ to mark 25 years since fall of Berlin Wall
5 free things in Berlin
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BERLIN — In January 1989, then-East German leader Erich Honecker declared that the Berlin Wall could stand for another century. Less than 10 months later the border was open, and soon Berliners were in a hurry to tear down the 155-kilometer (96-mile) barrier. However, there’s still plenty to see of the Cold War past as Berlin marks the 25th anniversary of the Wall’s fall. Many of the historical sites are free, though you’ll need to take advantage of Berlin’s effi-cient and inexpensive transport network — or rent a bike — to get around a city that still lacks a single center and whose sights are widely spread.
AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File
This May 6, 2010 file photo shows a woman inspecting original remains of the historical Gestapo and SS buildings at the new documentation center Topography of Terror in Berlin.
This May 6, 2009 file photo shows a cyclist passes over the Glienicke Bridge between Potsdam and Berlin. The Glienicke Bridge, on Berlin’s forested southwestern edge, was the setting for a few of the Cold War’s most spectacular spy swaps.
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When Russia cut off gas supplies to Ukraine in June over unpaid bills, it raised the risk that Ukraine would be left without heating during the coldest months of the year. It also raised fears that Russia could cut off flows to Europe if Ukraine began siphoning off gas from the pipelines crossing its territory, as has hap-pened during past gas disputes.
President Petro Poroshenko said in a television interview late Saturday that Russia has agreed to supply Ukraine with gas through March 31 at a price of $385 per 1,000 cubic meters. “I can say that Ukraine will have gas, Ukraine will have heating,” he said.
Poroshenko said he expected the deal to be signed during the next round of European Union-mediated gas talks, to be held Tuesday in Brussels.
Following Europe-brokered talks in Italy on Friday, Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin reported progress on both
a definitive peace settlement in eastern Ukraine and on settling the gas dispute.
Alexei Miller, the CEO of the Russian state gas company Gaz-prom, said the leaders agreed that Ukraine would pay back $3.1 bil-lion by the end of the year. It was not clear, however, where Ukraine would get the money.
Poroshenko said in the interview that his government was still figur-ing out how to cover the debts of Ukrainian state gas company Naf-togaz, but that it has several possible options, including financing from the International Monetary Fund.
The deal Poroshenko described appears to be only a short-term solution, however. He said Ukraine still insists that the gas price should be only $325 in the summer, while Russia wants a fixed price. There was no immediate comment from the Russian government or Gaz-prom to Poroshenko’s announce-ment.
Associated Press
SALISBURY, North Carolina — Thomas Eric Duncan was remembered as a big-hearted and compassionate man whose virtues may have led to his infection with Ebola in his native Liberia and his death as the first victim of the disease in the United States.
Family and friends gathered Satur-day at a small Southern Baptist church with a primarily Liberian community near where Duncan’s mother and other family members live.
Duncan’s neighbors in Liberia believe he was infected by helping a pregnant woman who later died from Ebola. It was unclear if he knew about her diagnosis before traveling to the United States. Duncan denied helping his Ebola-sickened neighbor, but it would be consistent with the caring nature he always showed, said his nephew Josephus Weeks of nearby Kannapolis.
“There’s no doubt in my mind that what’s described in the news is some-thing that Eric would do,” said Weeks, who like Duncan is 42 and grew up in the same households as his uncle. “Eric would have been out there and helped that woman. And he would have done everything that he needed to do for that woman to make sure she was fine.”
Retired United Methodist bishop Arthur Kulah said Duncan attended a high school the cleric helped establish in neighboring Ivory Coast for refugees from the Liberian civil war that raged through the 1990s. To generate much-needed income, Duncan jury-rigged a telephone connection allowing fellow refugees to contact family abroad for help, Kulah said.
“People would go there without any money and appeal to him, and he was willing to give them time to talk to their people. There were some people who paid and some people who didn’t pay,” Kulah said. “He was such a compassionate young man, respectful young man.”
About 40 friends and family mem-bers gathered inside the 100-seat church and listened as speakers re-membered Duncan accompanied by an electric piano and bongos. His weeping mother sat in the front row. Weeks’ 3-year-old son dabbed at the elderly woman’s teary eyes with a tissue.
Duncan left Ivory Coast and learned auto mechanics and welding at a United Nations school for refugees in Ghana, relatives said. He came to the United States hoping to work multiple jobs, save money and build a future, said his relative, Harry Korkoya of Virginia.
Ukraine says Russia has agreed to supply gasAssociated Press
KIEV — The Ukrainian president has said his country has reached an agreement with Russia on supplies of natural gas for the winter.
AP Photo/Dmitry LovetskyA Ukrainian flag flies over the traffic control tower of Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport during an artillery battle between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014.
First US Ebola victim remembered for compassion
AP Photo/Nell RedmondGarteh Korkoryah, left, mother of Thomas Eric Duncan, cries during a memorial service for her son, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, in Salisbury, N.C. Duncan died of Ebola in Dallas on Oct. 8.
The Head of the Indonesian Red Cross of Gianyar, Desak Tirta Ediastini, who attended the blood donation event in the Astina Square of Gianyar, on Friday (Oct 17), said
that the interest in voluntary blood dononation in Gianyar was still low, specifically about 40 percent of what is needed. On average, the monthly demand for blood is 400
bags. However, the local Red Cross could only provide 200-300 bags of blood. Therefore they still very much rewuire such blood drives.
Such a severe shortages of blood in the local Red Cross supply, nec-essarily means that the patience are required to ask family members to prepare a donor. In the case of a blood drive such as this, the lo-cal Red Cross only helped to take blood as well as examine the blood taken.
Other than requiring the families
of patients to give blood, in this case the blood donation unit also borrowed stock from other Red Cross units in Bali. This borrow-ing of blood stocks was made with the promise of later replacing the stocks or paying for them through a claim to the Social Security Agency (BPJS). The most frequently re-quested blood type is O , followed by B, A and finally type AB blood. “The AB blood type is most rare,” she said.
Meanwhile, regarding the low
rate of voluntary donors in Gianyar County, the Gianyar Red Cross confessed to having invited people from every subdistrict to attend the drive. But encouraging people to give blood and bringing awareness to the issue, would not be enough, as her party was still faced with a variety of issues, including finan-cial difficulties. A single donor, for instance, requires a budget of IDR 360,000, to cover the cost of both the actual bag and the checking the blood, she said. (kmb16)
Bali Post
GIANYAR –With the qualifica-tion of being so reckless as to commit a theft, a second-year student of tour-ism vocational school in Blahbatuh, Gianyar, was judged by dozens of people, on Friday (Oct 17). The 16 year old teenager with the initials PJR admitted to having stolen over ten ducks belonging to I Wayan Balik, 54, after being dared by his friend with the initials AG, also 16. The perpetrator from Tabanan was then held in custody by the Gianyar Police. Meanwhile, police are still looking for the friend of the perpetra-tor who remains at large.
Based on information gathered, Wayan Balik became the victim of theft on Monday (Oct 13). As a
result, this grandfather from Ngun-jung Sari hamlet, Babakan village, Gianyar, lost 18 ducks with an esti-mated value of IDR 1.08 million, if the market value is IDR 60,000 per head. “The theft incident occurred last Monday around 03:00 a.m. I saw a red Vario Techno motorcycle near the duck cage. When I checked the cage around 08:00 a.m., a total of 18 ducks had vanished,” said Wayan Balik while at at Gianyar Police.
Early Friday morning around 03:00am, the same Vario motorcycle with license plate DK 5491 SS was seen. Being suspicious, he immedi-ately called his son and other broth-ers. The four people waited near the motorcycle, while four others headed to the cage. A total of 32 ducks had in fact been taken from the cage.
During the search, a teenager was seen carrying two large sacks. “My brother saw a teenager carrying two sacks. When we shouted to him, he ran away. Then, I rushed to chase and catch him. This was around 06:00 a.m. When checked, two sacks in fact contained my stolen ducks,” he explained.
Meanwhile, the Criminal Unit Chief of the Gianyar Subdistrict Police, AA Oka, said that his party was still examining the perpetrator. When interrogated, the perpetrator admitted to having succumbed to an invitation by his friend to conduct the deed. The police are still hunting for the friend of the perpetrator who managed to escape. “We are still investigating whom the perpetrator was acting with,” he said. (kmb35)
IBP/FileOne of the participant of the blood donor
Voluntary blood donation low, Red Cross faces blood shortagesBali Post
GIANYAR - The need for blood in the health sector is constantly increasing. However, the interest of people to donate their blood is still low. This is one of the causes of the shortage of blood stocks in the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) of Gianyar. Calling on patient’s families and on the blood donation units of other counties are two alternatives possible solutions to the present shortage.
Stealing ducks, a vocational student judged by residents
IBP/ManikThe ducks which was taken by the thief in Blahbatuh, Gianyar
Agence France-Presse
NEW YORK - US industrial gi-ant General Electric reported higher earnings for the third quarter Friday and said global economic growth remains solid, if uneven, with the US especially strong.
GE chief executive Jeff Immelt said the company has seen a mix of conditions in different markets, with the US clearly picking up.
“It fits a pattern that we have seen the last couple years, and the underlying activity is still reason-ably healthy, but not universal,” Immelt said.
GE’s view was echoed by fellow US industrial conglomerate Honey-well International and by oil-services giant Schlumberger, both of which also cited slow growth as they re-ported strong earnings.
Shares of all three companies rose decisively, helping to lift US equity markets following deep drops earlier in the week.
GE, often seen as a proxy of the broader economy because of its wide range of businesses, said net income rose 10.8 percent to $3.5 billion be-hind especially strong increases in its aviation and oil and gas divisions.
GE notched revenue gains in five of seven industrial segments, with the transportation segment leading the way with a 10 percent gain.
Among the larger industrial divi-sions, the strongest profit gains came in oil and gas (+27.2 percent) and
aviation (+15.9 percent). Profits fell 7.6 percent in power and water.
Immelt described the environment as “volatile,” but gave a generally optimistic outlook when asked on an analyst call this week’s gyrations in financial markets.
“The US is probably the best we have seen it since the financial crisis,” Immelt said.
Immelt said Europe is “slower,” the Middle East-North Africa remain robust, while China is uneven, with aviation and health care much stron-ger than other segments.
“So if you look at it geographi-cally, I think it is this slow growth pattern with volatility, but not a lot different than what we have seen in the past,” Immelt said.
Schlumberger, which operates in all major petroleum centers, said it continues to believe the “slow but steady economic recovery in the world economy is intact.”
Net income for the third quarter rose 13.6 percent to $1.9 billion behind an especially strong perfor-mance in North America.
The company has also seen growing activity in Latin America, increases in key regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and “solid” results in the Middle East.
On the downside, revenue growth in Russia was limited by European sanctions on the big petroleum pro-ducer, while unrest in Kurdistan resulted in a “severe slowdown” in the country.
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With the Fed set to turn off its money taps at the end of this month, investors appear to have woken up to poor growth prospects in much of the world, something International Mon-etary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has termed a “new mediocre”.
It’s not all doom and gloom. The outlook for the world’s largest economy has not suddenly taken a turn for the worse. And a 25 percent plunge in the price of oil since June should put more money in the pock-ets of companies and households.
“U.S. momentum has softened a
little but we expect growth to remain solidly above trend. At the same time, the drop in oil prices is as much a reflection of supply as demand fac-tors,” economists at Goldman Sachs said in a note.
“For consumers in the largest economies, it should provide mean-ingful relief, offsetting the pressure from tighter financial conditions and weaker global demand.”
Fears are centred on recession and even deflation in the euro zone and the extent of China’s slowdown. When the world financial crisis raged
from 2007-2009, China’s resilience was one of the major silver linings. It may not be this time.
Chinese third-quarter gross domes-tic product numbers due on Tuesday are forecast to show growth at its weakest pace in more than five years, at 7.2 percent year-on-year. Beijing is expected to roll out a stream of stimulus measures in coming months, though most economists believe it will hold off on an interest rate cut unless conditions deteriorate sharply.
A poor run of economic data suggests Germany will flirt with recession in the third quarter, hav-ing contracted by 0.2 percent in the second. Flash October purchasing managers indices for the United States, euro zone, Germany and France -- due on Thursday -- will give a first glimpse of the state of their economies heading into the last quarter of the year.
Britain won’t escape the impact of the euro zone’s malaise but is in much healthier shape. Third-quarter GDP data on Friday are forecast to show growth of 0.7 percent in July to September.
The International Monetary Fund, United States, G20 and European Central Bank have pressured Berlin to increase public spending to lift its own economy and help its peers in the currency area.
But the German government, the only one in the euro zone with the resources to spend more and the heft for it to make a difference, is com-mitted to a balanced budget with no net new borrowing in 2015.
The argument will doubtless be reprised at an EU leaders summit in Brussels late next week.
France and Italy are pressing for more leeway on debt targets to buy time to push through much-needed
structural economic reforms but are likely to have their 2015 budgets re-jected by Brussels, leading to a scram-ble to broker a face-saving deal.
The German and French econ-omy ministers have asked experts in Berlin and Paris to come up with reform recommendations for their countries in an apparent attempt to avert a full-blown clash over eco-nomic policy.
The hope is that a renewed French and Italian commitment to economic reforms will persuade Germany to loosen its purse strings and the ECB to act more forcefully, even crossing its Rubicon and printing money.
The euro zone’s most pressing problem is Greece, where borrowing costs have rocketed way above the level that would allow Athens to quit the bailout programme hated by its people and return to financing itself on the markets.
Getting used to the “new mediocre”Reuters
LONDON - Evaporating inflation and slowing growth have put financial markets into such a spin that they could inflict further dam-age on the world economy. Until a dramatic selloff, exuberant markets had raced well ahead of the economies that underpin them, partly because the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks flooded the financial system with new money.
GE and other US giants see growth ahead
AP Photo/Thibault Camus, FileIn this June 24, 2014 file photo, General Electric Co. CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt, center, speaks with workers as he visits the General Electric plant in Belfort, eastern France. US industrial giant General Electric reported higher earnings for the third quarter Friday and said global economic growth remains solid, if uneven, with the US especially strong.
Bali Post
SINGARAJA - Conservation of coral reef in Buleleng gets seri-ous attention from the Buleleng Marine and Fisheries Agency. The role of government, private sector and public is very important. Those directly getting involved know well about the system of maintenance, development and conservation of coral reefs through the application of biorock technology.
A training instructor and speaker, Made Gunasa, said that the supervi-sion against the coral reef was very important so that any potential of marine biota in Buleleng could run sustainably and produce good coral reef. “The material on the knowledge in the field of biorock is given to raise the awareness and community involvement in main-taining the coral reef environment. Without supervision, a large number of potential reefs in the community will be superfluous,” he said.
One of the participants, Nyoman Sudiarta, from Bondalem, Bule-leng, explained that the biorock training at Pemuteran village was implemented so that the activists, researchers and government could jointly develop the coral reef in Buleleng, including boosting the growth of coral reef with biorock
technology. “We hope to gain more knowledge about the coral reef maintenance and development. It is an excellent opportunity for coral reef conservation. We can get in-depth knowledge on coral reefs, and Pemuteran village is one of the best locations for the coral reef observation and development practice of biorock technology in Bali,” he explained.
Meanwhile, the Head of Bule-leng Marine and Fisheries Agency added that his party held a training session on October 15-18, 2014. The training highlighted the making of biorock technology was financed by the county government. From the activity, the Buleleng Marine and Fisheries Agency gave examples on the biorock development and would be deployed in the coastal village of Pemuteran and Tejakula.
“All the participating groups are expected to be able to make biorock, and can achieve a prog-ress. We are very grateful to the instructors at Pemuteran village that can share and provide the knowledge and the technique of biorock. Hotel owners along the coastal areas of Pemuteran and Tejakula village have also partici-pated in preserving the coral reef through biorock practice,” he said. (kmb34)
Wayan Winasa is one the primi-tive sculpture artisans at Gerih vil-lage, precisely Purwakerta hamlet. At his home, he is assisted by some sculptors to produce a variety of sculptures and various kinds of pots. He produces different sizes of sculpture, ranging from about half a meter to about 2 meters. Balinese characteristic is intensely reflected in each sculpture.
Carving of the primitive sculptures is not too complicated. The form of sculptures depicting the figures of particular human or animal is not adapted to its original proportions. Even, most of them look eccentric. Another unique characteristic is that the sculptures are not finely finished. As a result, the sculptures give the very old and antique impression as well as exude a mystical aura.
Regarding the raw materials, his party uses basic material like tuff soil mixed with cement. The mixture is then cast as required. The tuff soil is bought from Petang and other areas such as Kekeran. Processing time of the sculpture or pot depends on the complexity. However, a small-sized sculpture averagely requires a total time of 2 days. “Processing time depends on the difficulty level of the sculpture,” he said.
The sculptures made by Winasa and friends are quite a lot demanded by the public whether it is just for personal collection or for decoration in a villa and hotel. For marketing, they rely more on the service of col-lectors although a few consumers also come directly to order the sculpture at his home.
Other than sold in Bali or other
regions in the country, his sculpture products have been exported to some countries like India, the USA and Australia. “There are always foreign-ers who wish to buy the sculpture of ancient model. They are attracted because it gives mystical impression,” said Winasa.
Winasa has pioneered the busi-ness of making primitive sculpture crafts since 18 years ago. The man born in 1962 mentioned that the idea of sculpture making was inspired by his fondness of the old-fashioned stuff. At that time, when making a visit to Buleleng he saw many ancient sculptures made in ancient motif. Afterward, they attracted him to try and made such a motif. (ded)
The sculpture art of Gerih village, Abiansemal subdistrict offers
special features. Made from sandstone materials, it does not highlight the typicality in details or in complexity, but the motif to
make the works look archaic or primitive.
Sculptor at Gerih
Producing mystical and ancient-look sculptureBali Post
MANGUPURA - The sculpture art of Gerih village, Abiansemal sub-district offers special features. Made from sandstone materials, it does not highlight the typicality in details or in complexity, but the motif to make the works look archaic or primitive.
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Biorock technology develops coral reef conservation in Buleleng
IBP/NetBiorock technology develops coral reef conservation in Buleleng.
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That has fed hopes that the party might move to respect the letter and spirit of the constitution, but some legal experts and political analysts say the country’s leaders are intent on expanding power, not limiting it.
There may be some efforts at the four-day plenum to discourage rampant corruption in low-level courts, they say, but the key goal will be to build a legal system that protects and strengthens the party’s political dominance.
“There is absolutely zero chance that the plenum session will see support for constitutional reform that imposes meaningful checks on party power,” said Carl Minzner, a law professor and expert on the Chinese legal system at Fordham Law School in New York.
As usual, this year’s plenary ses-sion will be held in a conclave in Beijing, and its decisions, expected to be announced after the conclu-sion, set the broad policy frame-
work for the upcoming year.Party-controlled media are al-
ready gearing up to tout great legal progress to come, but some observ-ers expect the party to continue something it has done since Presi-dent Xi Jinping took power nearly two years ago: Step up efforts to suppress criticism and dissent.
“The developments over the past year under Xi’s leadership have signaled deep disregard for the law as a tool for resolving griev-ances in an impartial manner,” said Maya Wang, researcher with Human Rights Watch. “The deten-tions and sham trials of activists ... show just how China’s legal system has remained an instrument of the party’s power.”
Yet, the party will seek changes to bring some fairness to the local level, where unrest stemming from lack of justice has flared up into violence.
Last week, a land dispute in a southwestern town left two villag-
ers and six construction workers dead after villagers took up farm tools to fight what they saw as unfair seizure of their lands for a government-backed commercial project. The villagers told state media they have no legal venue in which to seek redress.
In hopes of improving justice at the local level, the plenary meet-ing is expected to give provincial courts supervisory powers over their county-level peers in the ar-eas of funding and appointments, removing the lower courts from the influence of local authorities.
Other changes may include vet-ting of judges to ensure they are professionally qualified and mak-ing more verdicts available to the public to hold judges accountable for their rulings.
Legal scholar Xie Youping at Fudan University said those incre-mental changes would be moves in the right direction. “I’m cautiously optimistic,” he said.
Associated Press
SEOUL — South Korean officials say border guards of the rival Koreas have exchanged gunfire along their heavily fortified border in the second such shootout in less than 10 days.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff says in a statement that Sunday’s shoo-
tout occurred after about 10 North Korean soldiers approached the military demarcation line inside the Demilitarized Zone bisecting the Korean peninsula.
South Korean defense officials say the firing lasted about 10 min-utes and the North Korean soldiers returned to the North after the
incident. They say there have been no reports of casualties.
The two Koreas also traded gunfire along the border on Oct. 10, after South Korean activists floated balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets. There were no reports of casualties from that incident either.
Associated Press
KATMANDU — Nepalese officials closed a section of a popular Himalayan trekking route Sunday after rescuers, overwhelmed with last week’s snowstorms that killed 38 hikers, had to bring to safety new climbers who set out on the same mountain trails where the bliz-zards struck.
The dead from the blizzards and avalanches that hit the upper section of the Annapurna Circuit in northern Nepal included foreign trekkers, local guides and villagers.
Most among the hundreds of trekkers who had been stuck in the snow have been brought to safety, and government official Yama Bahadur Chokhyal said rescue helicopters were winding down flights.
As the weather cleared, new climbers were already making their way up the same trail despite obvious dangers, prompting the government to close the route, Chokhyal said. “Our rescuers and helicopters ended up having to bring down these new people while we were still trying to reach the ones who were stranded by the bliz-zard,” he said.
“It was burdening and confusing the rescuers so they had to be stopped,” he said. The route was deemed unsafe and invisible in many sections because of the snow dumped by the blizzard. The death toll from last week’s disaster — the worst in Nepal’s recent history — went up Saturday after a rescue helicopter spotted nine more bodies.
Ram Chandra Sharma of the Trekking Agents Association of Nepal, who is also coordinating the rescue operation, said there were no immediate plans to retrieve the bodies believed to be of Nepalese porters at the Shanta pass area, located at an altitude of 5,100 meters (16,730 feet).
The steep terrain made it impossible for the helicopter to land to pick up the bodies, said Yadav Koirala from the Disaster Management Division in Katmandu.
So far, 25 of the fatalities have been identified, including those from Canada, India, Israel, Slovakia, Poland and Japan. Eight of the dead were Nepalese. Thirteen others have not yet been identified,
From page 1The meeting offered a glimmer of hope Widodo may face an easier
time getting his reform agenda through parliament, where Prabowo’s supporters have a majority they have used in recent weeks to abolish the direct election of local leaders, a move opposed by Widodo, and win key posts in the legislature.
Nevertheless, analysts warned the reconciliation may not last and noted that Prabowo had left the door open to future opposition by saying his side were still ready to criticise policies.
Even without Prabowo’s resistance, it will still be tough for Widodo, a political outsider, to enact major reforms aimed at reviving the economy and improving healthcare and education in the cutthroat, corrupt world of Indonesian politics, observers say.
His first test will be to reduce the huge fuel subsidies that eat up about a fifth of the budget.
Investors, who have strongly backed Widodo, will also be waiting for the announcement of the Cabinet, expected later in the week, to see who gets the major finance and economics portfolios.
Monday’s inauguration marks the climax of a dizzying and unlikely ascent for Widodo.
After growing up in a bamboo shack, he became a successful furniture exporter, entered local politics as a small-town mayor and was elected Jakarta governor in 2012, winning legions of fans with his man-of-the-people image -- he would regularly tour the city’s teeming slums in casual clothes.
His road to the presidency was not easy, however, and a huge poll lead he enjoyed for months dwindled to almost nothing before election day, but in the end a groundswell of popular support carried him over the line.
Whatever Widodo manages to achieve with his five-year term, as it gets under way expectations are sky high for the country’s first leader who represents a decisive break with the autocratic past.
“I hope that in the next five years everything we dream of -- for a bet-ter Indonesia and a greater Indonesia -- will come true,” said housewife Risna Wati Afin.
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In this photo taken Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, a Chinese policeman stands on duty near shields and sticks in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing.
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BEIJING — The most important meeting of the year for the 205 members of China’s rul-ing Communist Party’s Central Committee, beginning Monday, will focus on how to rule the country in accordance with law.
Nepal closes trekking route after 38 die in storm
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JAKARTA - The ex-general who lost Indonesia’s election in July on Friday urged his supporters to back new leader Joko Widodo, signalling a thaw that could help the incom-ing president enact much-needed reforms.
Widodo, known by his nickname Jokowi, beat Prabowo Subianto in the most closely-fought election the world’s third-biggest democracy has ever seen, and is the country’s first leader without deep roots in the era of dictator Suharto.
However Prabowo, who had been seeking the presidency for more than a decade, only grudg-ingly conceded defeat, and parties that backed him at the poll have since been flexing their muscles in parliament, raising fears that Widodo may not be able to push through his reform agenda.
Prabowo’s backers used their parliamentary majority to win key positions in the legislature and voted to abolish the direct election of local leaders, a measure Widodo had opposed and which rolled back a key democratic reform of the post-Suharto era.
But after much criticism of his behaviour, the ex-general met Widodo on Friday for the first time publicly since the election. The pair appeared smiling together at a press conference afterwards, dur-ing which they shook hands and
embraced one another.“During a meeting that was
full of friendship, I congratulated him,” said the ex-general, who has a chequered human rights record and used to be married to one of Suharto’s daughters.
“I conveyed to the party that I lead, my friends and supporters, to back Jokowi and his government.”
However, he added: “If there’s some things which are not for the benefit of our nation and people, we will not hesitate to criticise.”
Widodo responded: “Our goals are the same.. everything is for the sake of the nation.”
He also welcomed Prabowo’s willingness to criticise policies he disagreed with: “A balance in the management of the country is very important. There are some who execute, some who control, and some who criticise. I see that as a good thing.”
There has been speculation about whether Prabowo will attend Widodo’s inauguration on Monday and the ex-general said he would try his best to be there, if he could make it back from an overseas trip on time.
Widodo, who is from a humble background and shot to national prominence as Jakarta governor, has put forward an ambitious re-form agenda that includes reviving Southeast Asia’s top economy, and improving healthcare and educa-tion.
“The slump areas in Indonesia will be reduced to only 8 percent in 2015 or about 30,407 hectare,” said Public Ministry spokesper-son Imam S Ernawi on Sunday.
In order to achieve the target by 2015, the Public Ministry needs Rp35 trillion in one fiscal year. However, the 2015 budget for the sector is now only Rp3.8 trillion.
In view of that he said a spe-cial strategy would be needed to overcome the budget gap.
“We have an indicator called 100-0-100, which means 100 percent safe drinking water access, 0 percent proportion of households in slump areas and 100 percent sanitation access. The three areas are faced with a huge budget gap and so a right
strategy is needed to deal with it,” he said.
So far the government has been able to build 70 percent of safe drinking water access, 10 percent remaining slump areas and 62 per-cent proper sanitation access.
In 2015, the three indicators would be targeted to reach 76 percent of drinking water access, 8 percent of slump areas and 70 percent of access to sanitation.
Besides, the government also plans to renovate villages to support the slump area rehabilitation program.
“The village renovation is part of the efforts to reach zero slump areas by 2019,” said Imam.
One of the success stories of the slump area rehabilitation is recorded in North Jakarta with its
first “Kampung Habitat” (village habitat) Indonesia.
“The most important thing behind the village habitat estab-lishment is increasing common interest and raising awareness of the community about the benefits to live in a liveable place, instead of slump areas,” he said.
Earlier, the Deputy of Presi-dent-elect Joko Widodo Transi-tion Team, Hasto Kristiyanto said President-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had planned to rehabili-tate 1,000 fisherman villages.
“During the first three-month of his administrative, the government must rehabilitate 1,000 slump areas in fisherman villages that will be implemented through a Presiden-tial Instruction,” Hasto said.
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WASHINGTON - US Secre-tary of State John Kerry will at-tend next week’s swearing-in for Indonesia’s president-elect Joko Widodo, and will travel on from there to Germany, the State De-partment announced Thursday.
His spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said Kerry will depart Saturday for Widodo’s inauguration, which takes place on Monday.
While in Jakarta, “the sec-retary will also hold several bilateral meetings with foreign counterparts,” Psaki said in her statement.
Kerry will lead a delega-tion of several US officials, including US Ambassador to Indonesia Robert Blake and Daniel Russel, the top State Department official tasked with oversight of Asian affairs.
From Indonesia, Kerry will travel to Germany to attend observances marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
In Berlin, he will meet with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier to discuss “regional and international is-sues,” Psaki said.
The globe-trotting top US
diplomat just returned to Wash-ington on Thursday from travel to Cairo, Paris and Vienna. He last visited Indonesia in February.
Widodo, a former furniture exporter who was elected in July, enjoyed a meteoric rise through local poli t ics that served as a springboard to In-donesia’s presidency.
He is the country’s first leader from outside a small circle of ex-military figures and oligarchs who have ruled Indonesia since the 1998 down-fall of the country’s dictator Suharto.
Government targets reducing
slump areas into 8 percent
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JAKARTA - The Indonesian government has targeted reducing the slump areas into eight percent in 2015 through accelerating water and sanitation infrastructure development.
Kerry to attend Indonesia president’s inauguration
Prabowo urges unity in sign of thaw
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President elect Joko Widodo, right, is embraced by his political rival Prabowo Subianto during a meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. Indonesia’s defeated presidential can-didate, Subianto, and the victor Widodo have met for the first time since the bitterly contested polls, in a sign that political tensions in the Southeast Asian nation might be thawing ahead of Widodo’s inauguration as president on Monday, Oct 20.
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DENPASAR - It is located 6 km from Denpasar city and only 20 minutes from Denpasar. It can be reached by public transportation or motorbike. Sanur beach was the first beach landed by the Dutch on 20 September 1906 related with Puputan War. All international facilities are avail-able for tourist and communities such as: Star/non star hotel, restaurant, travel agency, etc. Beside this beach give many water sport attraction to people or tourist who want to enjoy the beach such as: div-ing, snorkeling, parasailing and etc.
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Golovkin (31-0, 28 KOs) punc-tuated his brief West Coast debut with a crushing left hand to the fore-head. Rubio tumbled to the canvas and couldn’t get his wits together in time, the fight ending 1:19 into the second round.
“I liked the fight,” Golovkin said. “Rubio, he does not step back. He is a good fighter. I respect him. It was a very hard punch.”
The flourish of Golovkin’s final blows rocked StubHub Center, which was packed to standing-room-only capacity with fans of the Kazakh-born, California-trained middleweight who has become one of the sport’s most charismatic stars. The crowd of 9,323 — eas-ily the largest turnout for a boxing event at the outdoor stadium — chanted “Triple G!” and leaped to its feet for the stoppage.
“Those cheers were not only for the fighter, but for the person he has shown to be,” said Abel Sanchez,
Golovkin’s trainer. Golovkin bat-tered Rubio (59-7-1) throughout his 12th title defense, hurting Rubio earlier in the second round with a right hand and a left uppercut.
A raucous sellout crowd in the outdoor stadium chanted the name of the Kazakh-born, California-trained middleweight who has become one of boxing’s most char-ismatic stars.
“I felt I hurt him with the left hand, and the uppercut was when he was very badly hurt,” Golovkin said. “I knew I had him. ... I was happy he came forward. He fought Mexican style, and he tried to hurt me, but my power was too much for him tonight.”
Golovkin won Rubio’s WBC in-terim belt, which means the winner of WBC champion Miguel Cotto’s upcoming bout with Canelo Alvarez must either fight Golovkin or va-cate the title. Golovkin has trouble attracting the world’s biggest 160-
pound names, so he hopes to clean out the division by winning every belt. “He’ll fight anyone, whoever we can get in the ring,” promoter Tom Loeffler said.
Rubio briefly complained that the knockout punch was illegal, although television replays clearly contradicted him.
“Gennady is a great champion,” Rubio said. “He hit me hard, but it’s not the hardest I’ve been hit. I came to fight, to put on a good show. I got up, but the referee decided to stop it.”
The StubHub Center crowd of 9,323, easily the largest turnout for a boxing event at the outdoor stadium, chanted “Triple G!” and leaped to its feet for the stop-page.
Rubio missed weight for the fight on Friday by nearly 2 pounds, costing him the chance to fight for both titles. He entered the ring weighing 181 pounds, but Golovkin floored him with the same relent-less style that has been too much for every middleweight opponent to date. Golovkin landed 28 power punches in just over four minutes of ring time against Rubio.
Valentino Rossi claimed vic-tory in his 250th premier class race as he won MotoGP’s Australian Grand Prix after Marc Marquez crashed out of the lead.
Marquez had taken charge of the Phillip Island event from pole and was four seconds clear of the field when he lost the front end of his Honda, which was running Bridgestone’s new asymmetric tyre, under braking for the Turn 10 hairpin with nine laps to go.
By that time, Rossi had finally won a huge battle for what had been second place with his Ya-maha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo.
Rossi burst through from eighth on the grid to start chasing Loren-zo, who had managed to stay within a second of Marquez early on before his pace faded.
The two Yamahas swapped position repeatedly in the middle of the race, but Rossi successfully moved clear of Lorenzo by the time Marquez’s error handed him the lead.
Lorenzo’s lap times continued to get slower as his tyre grip vanished and he was caught and passed by Cal Crutchlow’s Ducati.
The second-place qualifier had dropped to eighth on the first lap, then carved his way back through the field to reclaim second.
But Crutchlow then crashed out on the final lap of the race, allowing Lorenzo to complete a Yamaha one-two after all.
Crutchlow’s fall gave a maiden podium position to fellow Briton Bradley Smith, who was stunned to find himself in the top three for the first time in MotoGP, giving Yamaha a podium sweep. Smith had run third for a while after an assertive first lap, then became embroiled in a huge group of bikes battling for top six places.
Several crashes split this pack - first when Andrea Iannone ran into the back of Dani Pedrosa, taking himself out instantly and damag-ing Pedrosa’s Honda sufficiently to force it out.
Stefan Bradl then triggered a near-identical incident with Aleix Espargaro, with Espargaro smash-ing his Forward Yamaha’s screen in frustration as he parked.
With Pol Espargaro crashing from this group by himself late on, Smith and Andrea Dovizioso were the only ones still standing in what became third and fourth.
That spate of crashes allowed Hector Barbera to emerge with an amazing fifth on Avintia’s re-cently-acquired Ducati, narrowly squeezing ahead of Gresini pair Alvaro Bautista and Scott Redding in a photo finish at the line.
Rossi wins, Marquez crashes
RESULTS - 27 LAPS:Pos Rider Team Bike Gap1 Valentino Rossi Yamaha Yamaha 40m46.405s2 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Yamaha 10.836s3 Bradley Smith Tech 3 Yamaha 12.294s4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Ducati 14.893s5 Hector Barbera Avintia Racing Ducati 30.089s
AP Photo/Alex GallardoGennady Golovkin, right, of Kazakhstan, hits Marco Antonio Rubio with a right en route to winning in the second round during the WBC interim middleweight title boxing bout Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, in Carson, Calif.
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CARSON, California — Gennady Golovkin stopped Marco Anto-nio Rubio in the second round Saturday night, defending his WBA middleweight title with his 18th consecutive stoppage victory.
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goals that has stood since 1955 next week at rival Madrid’s San-
tiago Bernabeu Stadium. Barce-lona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo also extended his record of not conceding a goal to eight matches as the Catalan club maintained its four-point advantage over Madrid at the top of the standings.
“We will go out to win at the Bernabeu as we have always done, especially in recent years,” said Barcelona coach Luis En-rique. Valencia and Sevilla can both pass Madrid, which moved into a provisional second place, with wins on Sunday. While Messi closed on Zarra, Ronaldo made sure to make his own mark by breaking a record that had stood since the 1943-44 season when Oviedo’s Esteban Echevar-ria scored 14 goals through the first eight rounds.
The Ballon d’Or holder opened from the penalty spot in the 13th minute before adding another goal in the 61st, increasing his league-leading tally to 15 goals in eight rounds despite missing one game due to injury.
“It is impossible to do more than what (Ronaldo) does,” said Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti. “There are no goals without sacrifice, a fighting spirit and concentration.” Javier Hernandez,
James Rodriguez and Francisco “Isco” Alarcon also scored to rout the overmatched hosts at Ciutat de Valencia Stadium.
Ancelotti said that Gareth Bale didn’t play because of pain in his gluteus. The manager rested him as a precaution with Madrid visit-ing Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday before the first “clasico” match of the season three days later.
Elsewhere, Manuel “Nolito” Agudo continued his strong cam-paign by scoring in the 73rd to give Celta Vigo a 1-1 draw at Athletic Bilbao, keeping the Basque club with one win in 10 matches in all competitions not counting its elimination of Na-poli from the Champions League playoffs. Malaga settled for a 2-1 win at Cordoba that could have been bigger on first-half goals by Samuel Garcia and Nordin Am-rabat before Nibal Ghilas pulled on back in injury time. Malaga stayed in the upper half of the table while Cordoba remained the only winless side in the 20-team top division.
Ronaldo has scored 19 goals in all competitions and found the net in 10 of his 12 appear-ances overall for Madrid. He also grabbed a stoppage-time winner for Portugal in a 1-0 victory over Denmark in a European Champi-onship qualifier on Tuesday.
Hernandez had a part in Ron-aldo’s first goal when he took a pass in the area and was fouled from behind by Juanfran Garcia.
Ronaldo stepped up and drove in the spot kick. Hernandez played well in place of the ill Karim Ben-zema and scored in the 38th when he headed Rodriguez’s cross in off the grass. Ronaldo made it 3-0 with an electrifying slalom to dribble past two defenders and cap a counterattack started by Isco. Rodriguez scored five minutes later after deftly con-trolling Toni Kroos’ lobbed pass with his chest, and Isco finished off the demoralized Levante in the 82nd.
Madrid’s Luca Modric was substituted in the 79th for a pos-sible leg injury, giving Alvaro Medran his debut. Eibar was not intimidated by its first match at Camp Nou, choosing its moments well to go forward and almost surprised Barcelona twice in an evenly-matched first half.
Forward Ander Capa misfired on an open goal from an angle in the 41st after he received a long pass and rounded Bravo, and three minutes later Bravo had to rush out to block Saul Berjon’s attempt. Eibar hung on for an hour until Messi turned playmaker by picking out Xavi’s run and thread-ing a ball through for the captain to score in the 60th.
Neymar calmed the uneasy Camp Nou crowd by volleying in Dani Alves’ cross in the 72nd for his eighth league goal of the season, and the Brazil striker worked a one-two to help Messi fire the ball in off the upright two minutes later.
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MILAN — Defending champion Juventus dropped its first points of the season as it was held to a surprise 1-1 draw by bottom club Sassuolo on Saturday and saw its lead at the top of the Serie A table cut to one point ahead of Roma.
Sassuolo took a shock lead in the 12th minute through Simone Zaza but Paul Pogba leveled almost immediately with a magnificent strike. “We knew of the dif-ficulties this game presented beforehand,” Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said. “Sassuolo had some tough results despite playing well.
“We could have and should have done better. We’ll get back and work on the areas we need to improve. We didn’t get many shots in on goal and allowed them to break on the counter.” The result ends a run of 13 consecutive league victories for Juventus.
Earlier, Roma cruised to a 3-0 win over Chievo Verona, with all the goals coming in the first half. Mattia Destro and Adem Ljajic scored before a penalty from Francesco Totti ensured the capital side heads into Tuesday’s Champions League clash against Bayern Munich full of confidence.
Juventus visits Olympiakos on Wednesday in their European encounter. Sassuolo remained winless but moved off the foot of the table ahead of the rest of the weekend’s matches.
“It was a great night against a strong opponent,” Sassuolo goalkeeper Andrea Consigli said. “We played an open game, we’d prepared well and all the team had
a great game.“This has to be the starting point for
future matches. After seeing this match many will have said what is Sassuolo do-ing at the bottom of the table. Juve wins against everyone but didn’t do it against Sassuolo, this draw is like a win because of the courage it gives us.”
Leonardo Bonucci — who had scored a controversial winner against Roma before the international break — thought he had given Juventus an early lead but he was flagged offside. Moments later Sassuolo went in front. Bonucci cleared Zaza’s initial shot off the line, but the ball eventually came back to the Italy striker, who fired home.
It was only the third goal Juventus had conceded all season. However, Sassuolo’s lead lasted little more than five minutes before Pogba curled the ball into the far corner from the edge of the area.
Sassuolo looked the stronger in the second half and had several chances to restore its advantage as Juventus grew frustrated. Juventus’s misery was com-pounded when Simone Padoin was sent off from the bench in stoppage time for dissent.
In the capital, Roma got off to the per-fect start when Destro headed in a corner with less than five minutes on the clock.
Roma doubled its tally in the 25th min-ute. Ljajic latched onto a long ball from Totti and burst into the box before firing into the far corner from a tight angle.
Totti sealed the match shortly after the half hour with a powerful penalty after Daniel De Rossi had been hauled down by Dario Dainelli.
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BERLIN — Borussia Dort-mund slumped to its fourth defeat in five Bundesliga games Saturday with a 2-1 loss at Co-logne, while league leader Bay-ern Munich routed helpless Werder Bremen 6-0. Despite the return of key players from injury, Dortmund was unable to snap its five-game run without a win and the club sits two points off the relegation zone after eight matches. It will be just one point if Hamburger SV wins on Sunday.
“It’s very, very hard for us. But we have to get through it, there’s no way around it,” said Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp, whose side has conceded in every domestic game this season. “We have to tighten up, there’s no question.” Kevin Vogt put Co-logne ahead five minutes before the break, and though Ciro Im-mobile equalized three minutes after the interval, a mistake from goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller gifted Simon Zoller the winner in the 74th.
Bayern captain Philipp Lahm and Mario Goetze both scored twice as Bayern warmed up for Tuesday’s Champions League game at Roma with a comfortable win. Top striker Robert Lewan-dowski remained on the bench. Elsewhere, Stuttgart fought from three goals down to draw 3-3 with Bayer Leverkusen, Max Kruse scored twice as Borussia
Moenchengladbach defeated Hannover 3-0 away, Mainz beat Augsburg 2-1, and Wolfsburg won 2-1 at Freiburg thanks to two goals from former Freiburg midfielder Daniel Caligiuri.
Julian Draxler scored one and set up another for Schalke to de-feat Hertha Berlin 2-0 in the late game, giving new coach Roberto di Matteo a winning start. Klaas Jan Huntelaar scored with a fine header in the 19th off a cross from Draxler, who then sealed the result with a deflected shot in the 65th. “It wasn’t a spectacular game but it was important for us to get the three points,” said di Matteo, who replaced the fired Jens Keller 11 days ago.
Ilkay Gundogan started in midfield for Dortmund after 14 months out with back problems. Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Marco Reus also started after recov-ering from injury, but defen-sive problems cost the visitors dearly. Vogt beat Gundogan in a challenge for the ball, played a one-two with Marcel Risse and ran into the space left by Mats Hummels before beating Weidenfeller in a one-on-one. It was Cologne’s first goal at home this season.
Reus set up Immobile’s equal-izer, but Dortmund’s hopes of a win were dashed when Weiden-feller let Yuya Osako’s harmless-looking cross through for the unmarked Zoller to claim the winner. “We pushed hard but you can’t concede so naively,”
Klopp said. “Now you’re stand-ing there with nothing in your hands. That’s hard.”
Bayern had no such problems against the league’s bottom side. Lahm hammered the ball home for his first goal of the season in the 20th, and Xabi Alonso scored his first Bundesliga goal seven minutes later, when he shot under the Bremen wall inside the left post. It was the Spaniard’s 61st touch of the ball. Alonso, who set a Bundesliga record with his 206 ball touches in the previous game against Cologne, had 21 touches in the first five minutes alone, two more than all the Bremen players together.
Thomas Mueller scored a penalty in the 43rd, and Goetze claimed his first with a fine finish inside the far post two minutes later. With one eye on the trip to Roma, Pep Guardiola took Alon-so and Arjen Robben off in the 61st, replacing them with Xher-dan Shaqiri and Franck Ribery, who was making his comeback from a left knee injury.
Lahm scored two goals in a Bundesliga game for the first time by claiming his second in the 79th, before Goetze scored again in the 86th. “OK, another three points. Now it’s about focusing on the Champions League,” Guardiola said. Bre-men became the first side not to have a single shot on goal in 6,495 Bundesliga games since records were first kept in 1993.
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LONDON - Southampton re-corded one of the biggest victories in Premier League history when they crushed a woeful Sunderland side 8-0 at St Mary’s on Saturday, prompting beaten manager Gus Poyet to describe it as his “most embarrassing time on a football pitch”. The win fell one goal short of Manchester United’s record 9-0 triumph over Ipswich in 1995 and maintained the south coast club’s remarkable start to the season under manager Ronald Koeman.
“I’m still in a little bit in shock,” said the Dutchman, who began the campaign fending off suggestions
his side would be likely relegation candidates after selling a number of last season’s best performers. Saturday’s demolition, the latest evidence to confound the doom-laden predictions swirling round the club in the close season, left Southampton third in the table on 16 points, six behind leaders Chelsea.
In the opposite dugout to Koe-man, however, a red-faced Poyet was forced to apologise to the travelling fans who witnessed a 3-0 halftime deficit turn into a humiliating rout. “It’s the most embarrassing time I’ve had on a football pitch,” Poyet said.
“You think you will never get
these situations but unfortunately it is sometimes your turn. I feel very sorry for the fans, they came a long way to see a very difficult game today.” While he chose not to name and shame, Poyet pointed the finger of blame for the embar-rassing margin of defeat at those of his players, who gave up as the goal tally started to mount.
“I learned a lot about the players today -- the bad side as some gave up and I know who they are for the future,” said Poyet, who will be acutely aware that defeats of this magnitude often make club chair-men think hard about whether they have the right manager for the job.
“I cannot watch it again because
it’s not a lot to analyse. We were a difficult team to play before today but it was totally the opposite. As a group we didn’t show the character to be on the pitch.” Southamp-ton’s top scorer Graziano Pelle was among seven names on the scoresheet, netting twice to take his tally for the season to six.
The Italian, who was named Pre-mier League player of the month on Friday, while Koeman picked up the manager’s award, has come to sym-bolise the club’s astute manoeuvring in the transfer market.
Having sold their attacking axis of Rickie Lambert and Adam Lallana to Liverpool, Pelle was recruited from Feyenoord in the
Netherlands for a reported fee of 8 million pounds ($12.9 million), and has become an overnight star.
He scored on his international debut for Italy this week, netted twice in a win over Newcastle United and hit a spectacular over-head winner against Queens Park Rangers. Koeman praised his side’s ambition and, perversely on a day when they have scored eight goals, chose to single out his defence for keeping a clean sheet.
“The clean sheet is important,” he said. “We have a strong defence and a superb goalkeeper and you have to look at the attackers when we don’t have the ball because it is superb organisation.”
Juventus’ Paul Pogba celebrates after scoring a goal during a Serie A soccer match against Sassuolo, at Reggio Emilia’s Mapei stadium, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014.
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Juventus draws 1-1, Roma wins 3-0
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Dortmund’s head coach Juergen Klopp, second from left, comforts players after they lost the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between 1.FC Cologne and BvB Borussia Dortmund in Cologne, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014.
Dortmund’s league slump continues, Bayern wins big
Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo (R) shoots to score against Levante during their Spanish first division soccer match at the Ciudad de Valencia stadium in Valencia, October 18, 2014.
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BARCELONA — Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 14th and 15th goals to set a record scoring start in a Spanish league season as Real Madrid eased to a 5-0 win at Levante on Saturday, while Lionel Messi scored to move one goal from the competition’s all-time scorer. Messi guided league leader Barcelona to a 3-0 win at home over promoted Eibar, setting up Xavi Hernandez to break through in the second half and scoring after Neymar had doubled the lead.
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goals that has stood since 1955 next week at rival Madrid’s San-
tiago Bernabeu Stadium. Barce-lona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo also extended his record of not conceding a goal to eight matches as the Catalan club maintained its four-point advantage over Madrid at the top of the standings.
“We will go out to win at the Bernabeu as we have always done, especially in recent years,” said Barcelona coach Luis En-rique. Valencia and Sevilla can both pass Madrid, which moved into a provisional second place, with wins on Sunday. While Messi closed on Zarra, Ronaldo made sure to make his own mark by breaking a record that had stood since the 1943-44 season when Oviedo’s Esteban Echevar-ria scored 14 goals through the first eight rounds.
The Ballon d’Or holder opened from the penalty spot in the 13th minute before adding another goal in the 61st, increasing his league-leading tally to 15 goals in eight rounds despite missing one game due to injury.
“It is impossible to do more than what (Ronaldo) does,” said Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti. “There are no goals without sacrifice, a fighting spirit and concentration.” Javier Hernandez,
James Rodriguez and Francisco “Isco” Alarcon also scored to rout the overmatched hosts at Ciutat de Valencia Stadium.
Ancelotti said that Gareth Bale didn’t play because of pain in his gluteus. The manager rested him as a precaution with Madrid visit-ing Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday before the first “clasico” match of the season three days later.
Elsewhere, Manuel “Nolito” Agudo continued his strong cam-paign by scoring in the 73rd to give Celta Vigo a 1-1 draw at Athletic Bilbao, keeping the Basque club with one win in 10 matches in all competitions not counting its elimination of Na-poli from the Champions League playoffs. Malaga settled for a 2-1 win at Cordoba that could have been bigger on first-half goals by Samuel Garcia and Nordin Am-rabat before Nibal Ghilas pulled on back in injury time. Malaga stayed in the upper half of the table while Cordoba remained the only winless side in the 20-team top division.
Ronaldo has scored 19 goals in all competitions and found the net in 10 of his 12 appear-ances overall for Madrid. He also grabbed a stoppage-time winner for Portugal in a 1-0 victory over Denmark in a European Champi-onship qualifier on Tuesday.
Hernandez had a part in Ron-aldo’s first goal when he took a pass in the area and was fouled from behind by Juanfran Garcia.
Ronaldo stepped up and drove in the spot kick. Hernandez played well in place of the ill Karim Ben-zema and scored in the 38th when he headed Rodriguez’s cross in off the grass. Ronaldo made it 3-0 with an electrifying slalom to dribble past two defenders and cap a counterattack started by Isco. Rodriguez scored five minutes later after deftly con-trolling Toni Kroos’ lobbed pass with his chest, and Isco finished off the demoralized Levante in the 82nd.
Madrid’s Luca Modric was substituted in the 79th for a pos-sible leg injury, giving Alvaro Medran his debut. Eibar was not intimidated by its first match at Camp Nou, choosing its moments well to go forward and almost surprised Barcelona twice in an evenly-matched first half.
Forward Ander Capa misfired on an open goal from an angle in the 41st after he received a long pass and rounded Bravo, and three minutes later Bravo had to rush out to block Saul Berjon’s attempt. Eibar hung on for an hour until Messi turned playmaker by picking out Xavi’s run and thread-ing a ball through for the captain to score in the 60th.
Neymar calmed the uneasy Camp Nou crowd by volleying in Dani Alves’ cross in the 72nd for his eighth league goal of the season, and the Brazil striker worked a one-two to help Messi fire the ball in off the upright two minutes later.
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MILAN — Defending champion Juventus dropped its first points of the season as it was held to a surprise 1-1 draw by bottom club Sassuolo on Saturday and saw its lead at the top of the Serie A table cut to one point ahead of Roma.
Sassuolo took a shock lead in the 12th minute through Simone Zaza but Paul Pogba leveled almost immediately with a magnificent strike. “We knew of the dif-ficulties this game presented beforehand,” Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said. “Sassuolo had some tough results despite playing well.
“We could have and should have done better. We’ll get back and work on the areas we need to improve. We didn’t get many shots in on goal and allowed them to break on the counter.” The result ends a run of 13 consecutive league victories for Juventus.
Earlier, Roma cruised to a 3-0 win over Chievo Verona, with all the goals coming in the first half. Mattia Destro and Adem Ljajic scored before a penalty from Francesco Totti ensured the capital side heads into Tuesday’s Champions League clash against Bayern Munich full of confidence.
Juventus visits Olympiakos on Wednesday in their European encounter. Sassuolo remained winless but moved off the foot of the table ahead of the rest of the weekend’s matches.
“It was a great night against a strong opponent,” Sassuolo goalkeeper Andrea Consigli said. “We played an open game, we’d prepared well and all the team had
a great game.“This has to be the starting point for
future matches. After seeing this match many will have said what is Sassuolo do-ing at the bottom of the table. Juve wins against everyone but didn’t do it against Sassuolo, this draw is like a win because of the courage it gives us.”
Leonardo Bonucci — who had scored a controversial winner against Roma before the international break — thought he had given Juventus an early lead but he was flagged offside. Moments later Sassuolo went in front. Bonucci cleared Zaza’s initial shot off the line, but the ball eventually came back to the Italy striker, who fired home.
It was only the third goal Juventus had conceded all season. However, Sassuolo’s lead lasted little more than five minutes before Pogba curled the ball into the far corner from the edge of the area.
Sassuolo looked the stronger in the second half and had several chances to restore its advantage as Juventus grew frustrated. Juventus’s misery was com-pounded when Simone Padoin was sent off from the bench in stoppage time for dissent.
In the capital, Roma got off to the per-fect start when Destro headed in a corner with less than five minutes on the clock.
Roma doubled its tally in the 25th min-ute. Ljajic latched onto a long ball from Totti and burst into the box before firing into the far corner from a tight angle.
Totti sealed the match shortly after the half hour with a powerful penalty after Daniel De Rossi had been hauled down by Dario Dainelli.
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BERLIN — Borussia Dort-mund slumped to its fourth defeat in five Bundesliga games Saturday with a 2-1 loss at Co-logne, while league leader Bay-ern Munich routed helpless Werder Bremen 6-0. Despite the return of key players from injury, Dortmund was unable to snap its five-game run without a win and the club sits two points off the relegation zone after eight matches. It will be just one point if Hamburger SV wins on Sunday.
“It’s very, very hard for us. But we have to get through it, there’s no way around it,” said Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp, whose side has conceded in every domestic game this season. “We have to tighten up, there’s no question.” Kevin Vogt put Co-logne ahead five minutes before the break, and though Ciro Im-mobile equalized three minutes after the interval, a mistake from goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller gifted Simon Zoller the winner in the 74th.
Bayern captain Philipp Lahm and Mario Goetze both scored twice as Bayern warmed up for Tuesday’s Champions League game at Roma with a comfortable win. Top striker Robert Lewan-dowski remained on the bench. Elsewhere, Stuttgart fought from three goals down to draw 3-3 with Bayer Leverkusen, Max Kruse scored twice as Borussia
Moenchengladbach defeated Hannover 3-0 away, Mainz beat Augsburg 2-1, and Wolfsburg won 2-1 at Freiburg thanks to two goals from former Freiburg midfielder Daniel Caligiuri.
Julian Draxler scored one and set up another for Schalke to de-feat Hertha Berlin 2-0 in the late game, giving new coach Roberto di Matteo a winning start. Klaas Jan Huntelaar scored with a fine header in the 19th off a cross from Draxler, who then sealed the result with a deflected shot in the 65th. “It wasn’t a spectacular game but it was important for us to get the three points,” said di Matteo, who replaced the fired Jens Keller 11 days ago.
Ilkay Gundogan started in midfield for Dortmund after 14 months out with back problems. Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Marco Reus also started after recov-ering from injury, but defen-sive problems cost the visitors dearly. Vogt beat Gundogan in a challenge for the ball, played a one-two with Marcel Risse and ran into the space left by Mats Hummels before beating Weidenfeller in a one-on-one. It was Cologne’s first goal at home this season.
Reus set up Immobile’s equal-izer, but Dortmund’s hopes of a win were dashed when Weiden-feller let Yuya Osako’s harmless-looking cross through for the unmarked Zoller to claim the winner. “We pushed hard but you can’t concede so naively,”
Klopp said. “Now you’re stand-ing there with nothing in your hands. That’s hard.”
Bayern had no such problems against the league’s bottom side. Lahm hammered the ball home for his first goal of the season in the 20th, and Xabi Alonso scored his first Bundesliga goal seven minutes later, when he shot under the Bremen wall inside the left post. It was the Spaniard’s 61st touch of the ball. Alonso, who set a Bundesliga record with his 206 ball touches in the previous game against Cologne, had 21 touches in the first five minutes alone, two more than all the Bremen players together.
Thomas Mueller scored a penalty in the 43rd, and Goetze claimed his first with a fine finish inside the far post two minutes later. With one eye on the trip to Roma, Pep Guardiola took Alon-so and Arjen Robben off in the 61st, replacing them with Xher-dan Shaqiri and Franck Ribery, who was making his comeback from a left knee injury.
Lahm scored two goals in a Bundesliga game for the first time by claiming his second in the 79th, before Goetze scored again in the 86th. “OK, another three points. Now it’s about focusing on the Champions League,” Guardiola said. Bre-men became the first side not to have a single shot on goal in 6,495 Bundesliga games since records were first kept in 1993.
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LONDON - Southampton re-corded one of the biggest victories in Premier League history when they crushed a woeful Sunderland side 8-0 at St Mary’s on Saturday, prompting beaten manager Gus Poyet to describe it as his “most embarrassing time on a football pitch”. The win fell one goal short of Manchester United’s record 9-0 triumph over Ipswich in 1995 and maintained the south coast club’s remarkable start to the season under manager Ronald Koeman.
“I’m still in a little bit in shock,” said the Dutchman, who began the campaign fending off suggestions
his side would be likely relegation candidates after selling a number of last season’s best performers. Saturday’s demolition, the latest evidence to confound the doom-laden predictions swirling round the club in the close season, left Southampton third in the table on 16 points, six behind leaders Chelsea.
In the opposite dugout to Koe-man, however, a red-faced Poyet was forced to apologise to the travelling fans who witnessed a 3-0 halftime deficit turn into a humiliating rout. “It’s the most embarrassing time I’ve had on a football pitch,” Poyet said.
“You think you will never get
these situations but unfortunately it is sometimes your turn. I feel very sorry for the fans, they came a long way to see a very difficult game today.” While he chose not to name and shame, Poyet pointed the finger of blame for the embar-rassing margin of defeat at those of his players, who gave up as the goal tally started to mount.
“I learned a lot about the players today -- the bad side as some gave up and I know who they are for the future,” said Poyet, who will be acutely aware that defeats of this magnitude often make club chair-men think hard about whether they have the right manager for the job.
“I cannot watch it again because
it’s not a lot to analyse. We were a difficult team to play before today but it was totally the opposite. As a group we didn’t show the character to be on the pitch.” Southamp-ton’s top scorer Graziano Pelle was among seven names on the scoresheet, netting twice to take his tally for the season to six.
The Italian, who was named Pre-mier League player of the month on Friday, while Koeman picked up the manager’s award, has come to sym-bolise the club’s astute manoeuvring in the transfer market.
Having sold their attacking axis of Rickie Lambert and Adam Lallana to Liverpool, Pelle was recruited from Feyenoord in the
Netherlands for a reported fee of 8 million pounds ($12.9 million), and has become an overnight star.
He scored on his international debut for Italy this week, netted twice in a win over Newcastle United and hit a spectacular over-head winner against Queens Park Rangers. Koeman praised his side’s ambition and, perversely on a day when they have scored eight goals, chose to single out his defence for keeping a clean sheet.
“The clean sheet is important,” he said. “We have a strong defence and a superb goalkeeper and you have to look at the attackers when we don’t have the ball because it is superb organisation.”
Juventus’ Paul Pogba celebrates after scoring a goal during a Serie A soccer match against Sassuolo, at Reggio Emilia’s Mapei stadium, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014.
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Juventus draws 1-1, Roma wins 3-0
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Dortmund’s head coach Juergen Klopp, second from left, comforts players after they lost the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between 1.FC Cologne and BvB Borussia Dortmund in Cologne, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014.
Dortmund’s league slump continues, Bayern wins big
Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo (R) shoots to score against Levante during their Spanish first division soccer match at the Ciudad de Valencia stadium in Valencia, October 18, 2014.
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BARCELONA — Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 14th and 15th goals to set a record scoring start in a Spanish league season as Real Madrid eased to a 5-0 win at Levante on Saturday, while Lionel Messi scored to move one goal from the competition’s all-time scorer. Messi guided league leader Barcelona to a 3-0 win at home over promoted Eibar, setting up Xavi Hernandez to break through in the second half and scoring after Neymar had doubled the lead.
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Golovkin (31-0, 28 KOs) punc-tuated his brief West Coast debut with a crushing left hand to the fore-head. Rubio tumbled to the canvas and couldn’t get his wits together in time, the fight ending 1:19 into the second round.
“I liked the fight,” Golovkin said. “Rubio, he does not step back. He is a good fighter. I respect him. It was a very hard punch.”
The flourish of Golovkin’s final blows rocked StubHub Center, which was packed to standing-room-only capacity with fans of the Kazakh-born, California-trained middleweight who has become one of the sport’s most charismatic stars. The crowd of 9,323 — eas-ily the largest turnout for a boxing event at the outdoor stadium — chanted “Triple G!” and leaped to its feet for the stoppage.
“Those cheers were not only for the fighter, but for the person he has shown to be,” said Abel Sanchez,
Golovkin’s trainer. Golovkin bat-tered Rubio (59-7-1) throughout his 12th title defense, hurting Rubio earlier in the second round with a right hand and a left uppercut.
A raucous sellout crowd in the outdoor stadium chanted the name of the Kazakh-born, California-trained middleweight who has become one of boxing’s most char-ismatic stars.
“I felt I hurt him with the left hand, and the uppercut was when he was very badly hurt,” Golovkin said. “I knew I had him. ... I was happy he came forward. He fought Mexican style, and he tried to hurt me, but my power was too much for him tonight.”
Golovkin won Rubio’s WBC in-terim belt, which means the winner of WBC champion Miguel Cotto’s upcoming bout with Canelo Alvarez must either fight Golovkin or va-cate the title. Golovkin has trouble attracting the world’s biggest 160-
pound names, so he hopes to clean out the division by winning every belt. “He’ll fight anyone, whoever we can get in the ring,” promoter Tom Loeffler said.
Rubio briefly complained that the knockout punch was illegal, although television replays clearly contradicted him.
“Gennady is a great champion,” Rubio said. “He hit me hard, but it’s not the hardest I’ve been hit. I came to fight, to put on a good show. I got up, but the referee decided to stop it.”
The StubHub Center crowd of 9,323, easily the largest turnout for a boxing event at the outdoor stadium, chanted “Triple G!” and leaped to its feet for the stop-page.
Rubio missed weight for the fight on Friday by nearly 2 pounds, costing him the chance to fight for both titles. He entered the ring weighing 181 pounds, but Golovkin floored him with the same relent-less style that has been too much for every middleweight opponent to date. Golovkin landed 28 power punches in just over four minutes of ring time against Rubio.
Valentino Rossi claimed vic-tory in his 250th premier class race as he won MotoGP’s Australian Grand Prix after Marc Marquez crashed out of the lead.
Marquez had taken charge of the Phillip Island event from pole and was four seconds clear of the field when he lost the front end of his Honda, which was running Bridgestone’s new asymmetric tyre, under braking for the Turn 10 hairpin with nine laps to go.
By that time, Rossi had finally won a huge battle for what had been second place with his Ya-maha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo.
Rossi burst through from eighth on the grid to start chasing Loren-zo, who had managed to stay within a second of Marquez early on before his pace faded.
The two Yamahas swapped position repeatedly in the middle of the race, but Rossi successfully moved clear of Lorenzo by the time Marquez’s error handed him the lead.
Lorenzo’s lap times continued to get slower as his tyre grip vanished and he was caught and passed by Cal Crutchlow’s Ducati.
The second-place qualifier had dropped to eighth on the first lap, then carved his way back through the field to reclaim second.
But Crutchlow then crashed out on the final lap of the race, allowing Lorenzo to complete a Yamaha one-two after all.
Crutchlow’s fall gave a maiden podium position to fellow Briton Bradley Smith, who was stunned to find himself in the top three for the first time in MotoGP, giving Yamaha a podium sweep. Smith had run third for a while after an assertive first lap, then became embroiled in a huge group of bikes battling for top six places.
Several crashes split this pack - first when Andrea Iannone ran into the back of Dani Pedrosa, taking himself out instantly and damag-ing Pedrosa’s Honda sufficiently to force it out.
Stefan Bradl then triggered a near-identical incident with Aleix Espargaro, with Espargaro smash-ing his Forward Yamaha’s screen in frustration as he parked.
With Pol Espargaro crashing from this group by himself late on, Smith and Andrea Dovizioso were the only ones still standing in what became third and fourth.
That spate of crashes allowed Hector Barbera to emerge with an amazing fifth on Avintia’s re-cently-acquired Ducati, narrowly squeezing ahead of Gresini pair Alvaro Bautista and Scott Redding in a photo finish at the line.
Rossi wins, Marquez crashes
RESULTS - 27 LAPS:Pos Rider Team Bike Gap1 Valentino Rossi Yamaha Yamaha 40m46.405s2 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Yamaha 10.836s3 Bradley Smith Tech 3 Yamaha 12.294s4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Ducati 14.893s5 Hector Barbera Avintia Racing Ducati 30.089s
AP Photo/Alex GallardoGennady Golovkin, right, of Kazakhstan, hits Marco Antonio Rubio with a right en route to winning in the second round during the WBC interim middleweight title boxing bout Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, in Carson, Calif.
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CARSON, California — Gennady Golovkin stopped Marco Anto-nio Rubio in the second round Saturday night, defending his WBA middleweight title with his 18th consecutive stoppage victory.
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That has fed hopes that the party might move to respect the letter and spirit of the constitution, but some legal experts and political analysts say the country’s leaders are intent on expanding power, not limiting it.
There may be some efforts at the four-day plenum to discourage rampant corruption in low-level courts, they say, but the key goal will be to build a legal system that protects and strengthens the party’s political dominance.
“There is absolutely zero chance that the plenum session will see support for constitutional reform that imposes meaningful checks on party power,” said Carl Minzner, a law professor and expert on the Chinese legal system at Fordham Law School in New York.
As usual, this year’s plenary ses-sion will be held in a conclave in Beijing, and its decisions, expected to be announced after the conclu-sion, set the broad policy frame-
work for the upcoming year.Party-controlled media are al-
ready gearing up to tout great legal progress to come, but some observ-ers expect the party to continue something it has done since Presi-dent Xi Jinping took power nearly two years ago: Step up efforts to suppress criticism and dissent.
“The developments over the past year under Xi’s leadership have signaled deep disregard for the law as a tool for resolving griev-ances in an impartial manner,” said Maya Wang, researcher with Human Rights Watch. “The deten-tions and sham trials of activists ... show just how China’s legal system has remained an instrument of the party’s power.”
Yet, the party will seek changes to bring some fairness to the local level, where unrest stemming from lack of justice has flared up into violence.
Last week, a land dispute in a southwestern town left two villag-
ers and six construction workers dead after villagers took up farm tools to fight what they saw as unfair seizure of their lands for a government-backed commercial project. The villagers told state media they have no legal venue in which to seek redress.
In hopes of improving justice at the local level, the plenary meet-ing is expected to give provincial courts supervisory powers over their county-level peers in the ar-eas of funding and appointments, removing the lower courts from the influence of local authorities.
Other changes may include vet-ting of judges to ensure they are professionally qualified and mak-ing more verdicts available to the public to hold judges accountable for their rulings.
Legal scholar Xie Youping at Fudan University said those incre-mental changes would be moves in the right direction. “I’m cautiously optimistic,” he said.
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SEOUL — South Korean officials say border guards of the rival Koreas have exchanged gunfire along their heavily fortified border in the second such shootout in less than 10 days.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff says in a statement that Sunday’s shoo-
tout occurred after about 10 North Korean soldiers approached the military demarcation line inside the Demilitarized Zone bisecting the Korean peninsula.
South Korean defense officials say the firing lasted about 10 min-utes and the North Korean soldiers returned to the North after the
incident. They say there have been no reports of casualties.
The two Koreas also traded gunfire along the border on Oct. 10, after South Korean activists floated balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets. There were no reports of casualties from that incident either.
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KATMANDU — Nepalese officials closed a section of a popular Himalayan trekking route Sunday after rescuers, overwhelmed with last week’s snowstorms that killed 38 hikers, had to bring to safety new climbers who set out on the same mountain trails where the bliz-zards struck.
The dead from the blizzards and avalanches that hit the upper section of the Annapurna Circuit in northern Nepal included foreign trekkers, local guides and villagers.
Most among the hundreds of trekkers who had been stuck in the snow have been brought to safety, and government official Yama Bahadur Chokhyal said rescue helicopters were winding down flights.
As the weather cleared, new climbers were already making their way up the same trail despite obvious dangers, prompting the government to close the route, Chokhyal said. “Our rescuers and helicopters ended up having to bring down these new people while we were still trying to reach the ones who were stranded by the bliz-zard,” he said.
“It was burdening and confusing the rescuers so they had to be stopped,” he said. The route was deemed unsafe and invisible in many sections because of the snow dumped by the blizzard. The death toll from last week’s disaster — the worst in Nepal’s recent history — went up Saturday after a rescue helicopter spotted nine more bodies.
Ram Chandra Sharma of the Trekking Agents Association of Nepal, who is also coordinating the rescue operation, said there were no immediate plans to retrieve the bodies believed to be of Nepalese porters at the Shanta pass area, located at an altitude of 5,100 meters (16,730 feet).
The steep terrain made it impossible for the helicopter to land to pick up the bodies, said Yadav Koirala from the Disaster Management Division in Katmandu.
So far, 25 of the fatalities have been identified, including those from Canada, India, Israel, Slovakia, Poland and Japan. Eight of the dead were Nepalese. Thirteen others have not yet been identified,
From page 1The meeting offered a glimmer of hope Widodo may face an easier
time getting his reform agenda through parliament, where Prabowo’s supporters have a majority they have used in recent weeks to abolish the direct election of local leaders, a move opposed by Widodo, and win key posts in the legislature.
Nevertheless, analysts warned the reconciliation may not last and noted that Prabowo had left the door open to future opposition by saying his side were still ready to criticise policies.
Even without Prabowo’s resistance, it will still be tough for Widodo, a political outsider, to enact major reforms aimed at reviving the economy and improving healthcare and education in the cutthroat, corrupt world of Indonesian politics, observers say.
His first test will be to reduce the huge fuel subsidies that eat up about a fifth of the budget.
Investors, who have strongly backed Widodo, will also be waiting for the announcement of the Cabinet, expected later in the week, to see who gets the major finance and economics portfolios.
Monday’s inauguration marks the climax of a dizzying and unlikely ascent for Widodo.
After growing up in a bamboo shack, he became a successful furniture exporter, entered local politics as a small-town mayor and was elected Jakarta governor in 2012, winning legions of fans with his man-of-the-people image -- he would regularly tour the city’s teeming slums in casual clothes.
His road to the presidency was not easy, however, and a huge poll lead he enjoyed for months dwindled to almost nothing before election day, but in the end a groundswell of popular support carried him over the line.
Whatever Widodo manages to achieve with his five-year term, as it gets under way expectations are sky high for the country’s first leader who represents a decisive break with the autocratic past.
“I hope that in the next five years everything we dream of -- for a bet-ter Indonesia and a greater Indonesia -- will come true,” said housewife Risna Wati Afin.
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Two Koreas exchange gunfire along border
Low expectations as China considers legal reforms
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In this photo taken Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, a Chinese policeman stands on duty near shields and sticks in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing.
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BEIJING — The most important meeting of the year for the 205 members of China’s rul-ing Communist Party’s Central Committee, beginning Monday, will focus on how to rule the country in accordance with law.
Nepal closes trekking route after 38 die in storm
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JAKARTA - The ex-general who lost Indonesia’s election in July on Friday urged his supporters to back new leader Joko Widodo, signalling a thaw that could help the incom-ing president enact much-needed reforms.
Widodo, known by his nickname Jokowi, beat Prabowo Subianto in the most closely-fought election the world’s third-biggest democracy has ever seen, and is the country’s first leader without deep roots in the era of dictator Suharto.
However Prabowo, who had been seeking the presidency for more than a decade, only grudg-ingly conceded defeat, and parties that backed him at the poll have since been flexing their muscles in parliament, raising fears that Widodo may not be able to push through his reform agenda.
Prabowo’s backers used their parliamentary majority to win key positions in the legislature and voted to abolish the direct election of local leaders, a measure Widodo had opposed and which rolled back a key democratic reform of the post-Suharto era.
But after much criticism of his behaviour, the ex-general met Widodo on Friday for the first time publicly since the election. The pair appeared smiling together at a press conference afterwards, dur-ing which they shook hands and
embraced one another.“During a meeting that was
full of friendship, I congratulated him,” said the ex-general, who has a chequered human rights record and used to be married to one of Suharto’s daughters.
“I conveyed to the party that I lead, my friends and supporters, to back Jokowi and his government.”
However, he added: “If there’s some things which are not for the benefit of our nation and people, we will not hesitate to criticise.”
Widodo responded: “Our goals are the same.. everything is for the sake of the nation.”
He also welcomed Prabowo’s willingness to criticise policies he disagreed with: “A balance in the management of the country is very important. There are some who execute, some who control, and some who criticise. I see that as a good thing.”
There has been speculation about whether Prabowo will attend Widodo’s inauguration on Monday and the ex-general said he would try his best to be there, if he could make it back from an overseas trip on time.
Widodo, who is from a humble background and shot to national prominence as Jakarta governor, has put forward an ambitious re-form agenda that includes reviving Southeast Asia’s top economy, and improving healthcare and educa-tion.
“The slump areas in Indonesia will be reduced to only 8 percent in 2015 or about 30,407 hectare,” said Public Ministry spokesper-son Imam S Ernawi on Sunday.
In order to achieve the target by 2015, the Public Ministry needs Rp35 trillion in one fiscal year. However, the 2015 budget for the sector is now only Rp3.8 trillion.
In view of that he said a spe-cial strategy would be needed to overcome the budget gap.
“We have an indicator called 100-0-100, which means 100 percent safe drinking water access, 0 percent proportion of households in slump areas and 100 percent sanitation access. The three areas are faced with a huge budget gap and so a right
strategy is needed to deal with it,” he said.
So far the government has been able to build 70 percent of safe drinking water access, 10 percent remaining slump areas and 62 per-cent proper sanitation access.
In 2015, the three indicators would be targeted to reach 76 percent of drinking water access, 8 percent of slump areas and 70 percent of access to sanitation.
Besides, the government also plans to renovate villages to support the slump area rehabilitation program.
“The village renovation is part of the efforts to reach zero slump areas by 2019,” said Imam.
One of the success stories of the slump area rehabilitation is recorded in North Jakarta with its
first “Kampung Habitat” (village habitat) Indonesia.
“The most important thing behind the village habitat estab-lishment is increasing common interest and raising awareness of the community about the benefits to live in a liveable place, instead of slump areas,” he said.
Earlier, the Deputy of Presi-dent-elect Joko Widodo Transi-tion Team, Hasto Kristiyanto said President-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had planned to rehabili-tate 1,000 fisherman villages.
“During the first three-month of his administrative, the government must rehabilitate 1,000 slump areas in fisherman villages that will be implemented through a Presiden-tial Instruction,” Hasto said.
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WASHINGTON - US Secre-tary of State John Kerry will at-tend next week’s swearing-in for Indonesia’s president-elect Joko Widodo, and will travel on from there to Germany, the State De-partment announced Thursday.
His spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said Kerry will depart Saturday for Widodo’s inauguration, which takes place on Monday.
While in Jakarta, “the sec-retary will also hold several bilateral meetings with foreign counterparts,” Psaki said in her statement.
Kerry will lead a delega-tion of several US officials, including US Ambassador to Indonesia Robert Blake and Daniel Russel, the top State Department official tasked with oversight of Asian affairs.
From Indonesia, Kerry will travel to Germany to attend observances marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
In Berlin, he will meet with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier to discuss “regional and international is-sues,” Psaki said.
The globe-trotting top US
diplomat just returned to Wash-ington on Thursday from travel to Cairo, Paris and Vienna. He last visited Indonesia in February.
Widodo, a former furniture exporter who was elected in July, enjoyed a meteoric rise through local poli t ics that served as a springboard to In-donesia’s presidency.
He is the country’s first leader from outside a small circle of ex-military figures and oligarchs who have ruled Indonesia since the 1998 down-fall of the country’s dictator Suharto.
Government targets reducing
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JAKARTA - The Indonesian government has targeted reducing the slump areas into eight percent in 2015 through accelerating water and sanitation infrastructure development.
Kerry to attend Indonesia president’s inauguration
Prabowo urges unity in sign of thaw
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President elect Joko Widodo, right, is embraced by his political rival Prabowo Subianto during a meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. Indonesia’s defeated presidential can-didate, Subianto, and the victor Widodo have met for the first time since the bitterly contested polls, in a sign that political tensions in the Southeast Asian nation might be thawing ahead of Widodo’s inauguration as president on Monday, Oct 20.
Agence France-Presse
NEW YORK - US industrial gi-ant General Electric reported higher earnings for the third quarter Friday and said global economic growth remains solid, if uneven, with the US especially strong.
GE chief executive Jeff Immelt said the company has seen a mix of conditions in different markets, with the US clearly picking up.
“It fits a pattern that we have seen the last couple years, and the underlying activity is still reason-ably healthy, but not universal,” Immelt said.
GE’s view was echoed by fellow US industrial conglomerate Honey-well International and by oil-services giant Schlumberger, both of which also cited slow growth as they re-ported strong earnings.
Shares of all three companies rose decisively, helping to lift US equity markets following deep drops earlier in the week.
GE, often seen as a proxy of the broader economy because of its wide range of businesses, said net income rose 10.8 percent to $3.5 billion be-hind especially strong increases in its aviation and oil and gas divisions.
GE notched revenue gains in five of seven industrial segments, with the transportation segment leading the way with a 10 percent gain.
Among the larger industrial divi-sions, the strongest profit gains came in oil and gas (+27.2 percent) and
aviation (+15.9 percent). Profits fell 7.6 percent in power and water.
Immelt described the environment as “volatile,” but gave a generally optimistic outlook when asked on an analyst call this week’s gyrations in financial markets.
“The US is probably the best we have seen it since the financial crisis,” Immelt said.
Immelt said Europe is “slower,” the Middle East-North Africa remain robust, while China is uneven, with aviation and health care much stron-ger than other segments.
“So if you look at it geographi-cally, I think it is this slow growth pattern with volatility, but not a lot different than what we have seen in the past,” Immelt said.
Schlumberger, which operates in all major petroleum centers, said it continues to believe the “slow but steady economic recovery in the world economy is intact.”
Net income for the third quarter rose 13.6 percent to $1.9 billion behind an especially strong perfor-mance in North America.
The company has also seen growing activity in Latin America, increases in key regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and “solid” results in the Middle East.
On the downside, revenue growth in Russia was limited by European sanctions on the big petroleum pro-ducer, while unrest in Kurdistan resulted in a “severe slowdown” in the country.
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With the Fed set to turn off its money taps at the end of this month, investors appear to have woken up to poor growth prospects in much of the world, something International Mon-etary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has termed a “new mediocre”.
It’s not all doom and gloom. The outlook for the world’s largest economy has not suddenly taken a turn for the worse. And a 25 percent plunge in the price of oil since June should put more money in the pock-ets of companies and households.
“U.S. momentum has softened a
little but we expect growth to remain solidly above trend. At the same time, the drop in oil prices is as much a reflection of supply as demand fac-tors,” economists at Goldman Sachs said in a note.
“For consumers in the largest economies, it should provide mean-ingful relief, offsetting the pressure from tighter financial conditions and weaker global demand.”
Fears are centred on recession and even deflation in the euro zone and the extent of China’s slowdown. When the world financial crisis raged
from 2007-2009, China’s resilience was one of the major silver linings. It may not be this time.
Chinese third-quarter gross domes-tic product numbers due on Tuesday are forecast to show growth at its weakest pace in more than five years, at 7.2 percent year-on-year. Beijing is expected to roll out a stream of stimulus measures in coming months, though most economists believe it will hold off on an interest rate cut unless conditions deteriorate sharply.
A poor run of economic data suggests Germany will flirt with recession in the third quarter, hav-ing contracted by 0.2 percent in the second. Flash October purchasing managers indices for the United States, euro zone, Germany and France -- due on Thursday -- will give a first glimpse of the state of their economies heading into the last quarter of the year.
Britain won’t escape the impact of the euro zone’s malaise but is in much healthier shape. Third-quarter GDP data on Friday are forecast to show growth of 0.7 percent in July to September.
The International Monetary Fund, United States, G20 and European Central Bank have pressured Berlin to increase public spending to lift its own economy and help its peers in the currency area.
But the German government, the only one in the euro zone with the resources to spend more and the heft for it to make a difference, is com-mitted to a balanced budget with no net new borrowing in 2015.
The argument will doubtless be reprised at an EU leaders summit in Brussels late next week.
France and Italy are pressing for more leeway on debt targets to buy time to push through much-needed
structural economic reforms but are likely to have their 2015 budgets re-jected by Brussels, leading to a scram-ble to broker a face-saving deal.
The German and French econ-omy ministers have asked experts in Berlin and Paris to come up with reform recommendations for their countries in an apparent attempt to avert a full-blown clash over eco-nomic policy.
The hope is that a renewed French and Italian commitment to economic reforms will persuade Germany to loosen its purse strings and the ECB to act more forcefully, even crossing its Rubicon and printing money.
The euro zone’s most pressing problem is Greece, where borrowing costs have rocketed way above the level that would allow Athens to quit the bailout programme hated by its people and return to financing itself on the markets.
Getting used to the “new mediocre”Reuters
LONDON - Evaporating inflation and slowing growth have put financial markets into such a spin that they could inflict further dam-age on the world economy. Until a dramatic selloff, exuberant markets had raced well ahead of the economies that underpin them, partly because the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks flooded the financial system with new money.
GE and other US giants see growth ahead
AP Photo/Thibault Camus, FileIn this June 24, 2014 file photo, General Electric Co. CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt, center, speaks with workers as he visits the General Electric plant in Belfort, eastern France. US industrial giant General Electric reported higher earnings for the third quarter Friday and said global economic growth remains solid, if uneven, with the US especially strong.
Bali Post
SINGARAJA - Conservation of coral reef in Buleleng gets seri-ous attention from the Buleleng Marine and Fisheries Agency. The role of government, private sector and public is very important. Those directly getting involved know well about the system of maintenance, development and conservation of coral reefs through the application of biorock technology.
A training instructor and speaker, Made Gunasa, said that the supervi-sion against the coral reef was very important so that any potential of marine biota in Buleleng could run sustainably and produce good coral reef. “The material on the knowledge in the field of biorock is given to raise the awareness and community involvement in main-taining the coral reef environment. Without supervision, a large number of potential reefs in the community will be superfluous,” he said.
One of the participants, Nyoman Sudiarta, from Bondalem, Bule-leng, explained that the biorock training at Pemuteran village was implemented so that the activists, researchers and government could jointly develop the coral reef in Buleleng, including boosting the growth of coral reef with biorock
technology. “We hope to gain more knowledge about the coral reef maintenance and development. It is an excellent opportunity for coral reef conservation. We can get in-depth knowledge on coral reefs, and Pemuteran village is one of the best locations for the coral reef observation and development practice of biorock technology in Bali,” he explained.
Meanwhile, the Head of Bule-leng Marine and Fisheries Agency added that his party held a training session on October 15-18, 2014. The training highlighted the making of biorock technology was financed by the county government. From the activity, the Buleleng Marine and Fisheries Agency gave examples on the biorock development and would be deployed in the coastal village of Pemuteran and Tejakula.
“All the participating groups are expected to be able to make biorock, and can achieve a prog-ress. We are very grateful to the instructors at Pemuteran village that can share and provide the knowledge and the technique of biorock. Hotel owners along the coastal areas of Pemuteran and Tejakula village have also partici-pated in preserving the coral reef through biorock practice,” he said. (kmb34)
Wayan Winasa is one the primi-tive sculpture artisans at Gerih vil-lage, precisely Purwakerta hamlet. At his home, he is assisted by some sculptors to produce a variety of sculptures and various kinds of pots. He produces different sizes of sculpture, ranging from about half a meter to about 2 meters. Balinese characteristic is intensely reflected in each sculpture.
Carving of the primitive sculptures is not too complicated. The form of sculptures depicting the figures of particular human or animal is not adapted to its original proportions. Even, most of them look eccentric. Another unique characteristic is that the sculptures are not finely finished. As a result, the sculptures give the very old and antique impression as well as exude a mystical aura.
Regarding the raw materials, his party uses basic material like tuff soil mixed with cement. The mixture is then cast as required. The tuff soil is bought from Petang and other areas such as Kekeran. Processing time of the sculpture or pot depends on the complexity. However, a small-sized sculpture averagely requires a total time of 2 days. “Processing time depends on the difficulty level of the sculpture,” he said.
The sculptures made by Winasa and friends are quite a lot demanded by the public whether it is just for personal collection or for decoration in a villa and hotel. For marketing, they rely more on the service of col-lectors although a few consumers also come directly to order the sculpture at his home.
Other than sold in Bali or other
regions in the country, his sculpture products have been exported to some countries like India, the USA and Australia. “There are always foreign-ers who wish to buy the sculpture of ancient model. They are attracted because it gives mystical impression,” said Winasa.
Winasa has pioneered the busi-ness of making primitive sculpture crafts since 18 years ago. The man born in 1962 mentioned that the idea of sculpture making was inspired by his fondness of the old-fashioned stuff. At that time, when making a visit to Buleleng he saw many ancient sculptures made in ancient motif. Afterward, they attracted him to try and made such a motif. (ded)
The sculpture art of Gerih village, Abiansemal subdistrict offers
special features. Made from sandstone materials, it does not highlight the typicality in details or in complexity, but the motif to
make the works look archaic or primitive.
Sculptor at Gerih
Producing mystical and ancient-look sculptureBali Post
MANGUPURA - The sculpture art of Gerih village, Abiansemal sub-district offers special features. Made from sandstone materials, it does not highlight the typicality in details or in complexity, but the motif to make the works look archaic or primitive.
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Biorock technology develops coral reef conservation in Buleleng
IBP/NetBiorock technology develops coral reef conservation in Buleleng.
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When Russia cut off gas supplies to Ukraine in June over unpaid bills, it raised the risk that Ukraine would be left without heating during the coldest months of the year. It also raised fears that Russia could cut off flows to Europe if Ukraine began siphoning off gas from the pipelines crossing its territory, as has hap-pened during past gas disputes.
President Petro Poroshenko said in a television interview late Saturday that Russia has agreed to supply Ukraine with gas through March 31 at a price of $385 per 1,000 cubic meters. “I can say that Ukraine will have gas, Ukraine will have heating,” he said.
Poroshenko said he expected the deal to be signed during the next round of European Union-mediated gas talks, to be held Tuesday in Brussels.
Following Europe-brokered talks in Italy on Friday, Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin reported progress on both
a definitive peace settlement in eastern Ukraine and on settling the gas dispute.
Alexei Miller, the CEO of the Russian state gas company Gaz-prom, said the leaders agreed that Ukraine would pay back $3.1 bil-lion by the end of the year. It was not clear, however, where Ukraine would get the money.
Poroshenko said in the interview that his government was still figur-ing out how to cover the debts of Ukrainian state gas company Naf-togaz, but that it has several possible options, including financing from the International Monetary Fund.
The deal Poroshenko described appears to be only a short-term solution, however. He said Ukraine still insists that the gas price should be only $325 in the summer, while Russia wants a fixed price. There was no immediate comment from the Russian government or Gaz-prom to Poroshenko’s announce-ment.
Associated Press
SALISBURY, North Carolina — Thomas Eric Duncan was remembered as a big-hearted and compassionate man whose virtues may have led to his infection with Ebola in his native Liberia and his death as the first victim of the disease in the United States.
Family and friends gathered Satur-day at a small Southern Baptist church with a primarily Liberian community near where Duncan’s mother and other family members live.
Duncan’s neighbors in Liberia believe he was infected by helping a pregnant woman who later died from Ebola. It was unclear if he knew about her diagnosis before traveling to the United States. Duncan denied helping his Ebola-sickened neighbor, but it would be consistent with the caring nature he always showed, said his nephew Josephus Weeks of nearby Kannapolis.
“There’s no doubt in my mind that what’s described in the news is some-thing that Eric would do,” said Weeks, who like Duncan is 42 and grew up in the same households as his uncle. “Eric would have been out there and helped that woman. And he would have done everything that he needed to do for that woman to make sure she was fine.”
Retired United Methodist bishop Arthur Kulah said Duncan attended a high school the cleric helped establish in neighboring Ivory Coast for refugees from the Liberian civil war that raged through the 1990s. To generate much-needed income, Duncan jury-rigged a telephone connection allowing fellow refugees to contact family abroad for help, Kulah said.
“People would go there without any money and appeal to him, and he was willing to give them time to talk to their people. There were some people who paid and some people who didn’t pay,” Kulah said. “He was such a compassionate young man, respectful young man.”
About 40 friends and family mem-bers gathered inside the 100-seat church and listened as speakers re-membered Duncan accompanied by an electric piano and bongos. His weeping mother sat in the front row. Weeks’ 3-year-old son dabbed at the elderly woman’s teary eyes with a tissue.
Duncan left Ivory Coast and learned auto mechanics and welding at a United Nations school for refugees in Ghana, relatives said. He came to the United States hoping to work multiple jobs, save money and build a future, said his relative, Harry Korkoya of Virginia.
Ukraine says Russia has agreed to supply gasAssociated Press
KIEV — The Ukrainian president has said his country has reached an agreement with Russia on supplies of natural gas for the winter.
AP Photo/Dmitry LovetskyA Ukrainian flag flies over the traffic control tower of Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport during an artillery battle between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014.
First US Ebola victim remembered for compassion
AP Photo/Nell RedmondGarteh Korkoryah, left, mother of Thomas Eric Duncan, cries during a memorial service for her son, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, in Salisbury, N.C. Duncan died of Ebola in Dallas on Oct. 8.
The Head of the Indonesian Red Cross of Gianyar, Desak Tirta Ediastini, who attended the blood donation event in the Astina Square of Gianyar, on Friday (Oct 17), said
that the interest in voluntary blood dononation in Gianyar was still low, specifically about 40 percent of what is needed. On average, the monthly demand for blood is 400
bags. However, the local Red Cross could only provide 200-300 bags of blood. Therefore they still very much rewuire such blood drives.
Such a severe shortages of blood in the local Red Cross supply, nec-essarily means that the patience are required to ask family members to prepare a donor. In the case of a blood drive such as this, the lo-cal Red Cross only helped to take blood as well as examine the blood taken.
Other than requiring the families
of patients to give blood, in this case the blood donation unit also borrowed stock from other Red Cross units in Bali. This borrow-ing of blood stocks was made with the promise of later replacing the stocks or paying for them through a claim to the Social Security Agency (BPJS). The most frequently re-quested blood type is O , followed by B, A and finally type AB blood. “The AB blood type is most rare,” she said.
Meanwhile, regarding the low
rate of voluntary donors in Gianyar County, the Gianyar Red Cross confessed to having invited people from every subdistrict to attend the drive. But encouraging people to give blood and bringing awareness to the issue, would not be enough, as her party was still faced with a variety of issues, including finan-cial difficulties. A single donor, for instance, requires a budget of IDR 360,000, to cover the cost of both the actual bag and the checking the blood, she said. (kmb16)
Bali Post
GIANYAR –With the qualifica-tion of being so reckless as to commit a theft, a second-year student of tour-ism vocational school in Blahbatuh, Gianyar, was judged by dozens of people, on Friday (Oct 17). The 16 year old teenager with the initials PJR admitted to having stolen over ten ducks belonging to I Wayan Balik, 54, after being dared by his friend with the initials AG, also 16. The perpetrator from Tabanan was then held in custody by the Gianyar Police. Meanwhile, police are still looking for the friend of the perpetra-tor who remains at large.
Based on information gathered, Wayan Balik became the victim of theft on Monday (Oct 13). As a
result, this grandfather from Ngun-jung Sari hamlet, Babakan village, Gianyar, lost 18 ducks with an esti-mated value of IDR 1.08 million, if the market value is IDR 60,000 per head. “The theft incident occurred last Monday around 03:00 a.m. I saw a red Vario Techno motorcycle near the duck cage. When I checked the cage around 08:00 a.m., a total of 18 ducks had vanished,” said Wayan Balik while at at Gianyar Police.
Early Friday morning around 03:00am, the same Vario motorcycle with license plate DK 5491 SS was seen. Being suspicious, he immedi-ately called his son and other broth-ers. The four people waited near the motorcycle, while four others headed to the cage. A total of 32 ducks had in fact been taken from the cage.
During the search, a teenager was seen carrying two large sacks. “My brother saw a teenager carrying two sacks. When we shouted to him, he ran away. Then, I rushed to chase and catch him. This was around 06:00 a.m. When checked, two sacks in fact contained my stolen ducks,” he explained.
Meanwhile, the Criminal Unit Chief of the Gianyar Subdistrict Police, AA Oka, said that his party was still examining the perpetrator. When interrogated, the perpetrator admitted to having succumbed to an invitation by his friend to conduct the deed. The police are still hunting for the friend of the perpetrator who managed to escape. “We are still investigating whom the perpetrator was acting with,” he said. (kmb35)
IBP/FileOne of the participant of the blood donor
Voluntary blood donation low, Red Cross faces blood shortagesBali Post
GIANYAR - The need for blood in the health sector is constantly increasing. However, the interest of people to donate their blood is still low. This is one of the causes of the shortage of blood stocks in the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) of Gianyar. Calling on patient’s families and on the blood donation units of other counties are two alternatives possible solutions to the present shortage.
Stealing ducks, a vocational student judged by residents
IBP/ManikThe ducks which was taken by the thief in Blahbatuh, Gianyar
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DENPASAR - The quality of coffee yielded by coffee plantation in Bali has received in-ternational recognition. A senior researcher in the Center for Indonesian Coffee and Cacao Research, Surip Mawardi, said the quality of Bali coffee had exceeded the coffee flavor in other countries.
“The Bali coffee is named Bali arabica. In Bali, the coffee plantation is located in Busung-biu (Buleleng) and Pupuan (Tabanan) with a total area of 14,000 hectares. Meanwhile, the arabica coffee is grown in Kintamani, Ban-gli, Badung and Buleleng on the area of 7,000 hectares,” he said when met at Sanur, Friday (Oct 17).
Surip mentioned that Bali was currently capable of producing arabica coffee amounting to 4,000 tons. Such number, according to him, could meet the export demand and domestic consumption.
“Five years ago, the price of coffee in Kin-tamani was not so good. After we provided farmers with coaching, now the price of their coffee is more expensive compared to the New York terminal at plus 5 to 10 percent. And this key lies in the quality,” he said.
The Indonesian Specialty Coffee Associa-tion, Edi Susmadi, said that Indonesia was the third biggest coffee producing country in the world after Brazil and Vietnam. “Regarding the delicious flavor, yes it is owned by arabica coffee. And the price is also more expensive than robusta coffee. The price of arabica belonging to grade 1 is approximately IDR 75,000 per kilogram, while robusta coffee is IDR 21,000 to IDR 25,000,” he said.
He explained the arabica coffee could taste delicious due to lower caffeine content than that of robusta coffee. In addition, the arabica coffee also had characteristics with different flavor in the respective region. “The arabica coffee has the characteristic of caramel, spicy and fruit flavor, while Flores coffee has differ-
ent characteristics from Bali coffee. Indeed, their variety is the same but they are planted at different location where one of which is grown on the mountains,” he explained.
Although the coffee was favored for consumption, it did not necessarily mean if there were no constraints in the production process. “Obstacle of the coffee production in Indonesia is that we have many options, so that when people begin farming coffee and the price suddenly drops so much, they will switch to cultivate other crops,” he added.
As a coffee producer, he admitted to need the help and support of relevant government agency related to the education on the cultivation and post-harvest handling as well as the ways to improve the quality. “From the beginning, we expect the intense assistance from the govern-ment,” he said.
Edi believed the price of coffee produced by farmers in Indonesia remained high at IDR 75,000 and above. “We have confidence if the price is still high and the price of arabica is above that of New York. We still have a good reputation for quality arabica even though the production is not many, only around 100,000 tons,” he said.
Currently, the consumers of arabica in In-donesia increased and reached one kilogram per capita per year. This number had increased compared to last year’s consumption only reaching half a kilogram per capita per year. Edi said the trend of increasing amount of cof-fee consumption in Indonesia occurred in the group of young people.
“In the matter of special taste quality, the arabica coffee gets the score at least 80. Spe-cial taste of Indonesian coffee gets the score as much as 85, where it is categorized into premium quality and can achieve the score of 87. In Indonesia, consumers today still prefer to robusta. The largest production of robusta is in Bengkulu, Sulawesi and South Sumatra, and then they are nicknamed as the golden triangle of coffee,” he said. (kmb27)
Southern Bali threatened by water crisis
“The victim always happened to resident side. In other words, there are problems in the distribution of raw water to our residents and to hotels. An unfair distribution oc-curred and it always afflicted to the residents when a drought hits Southern Bali. The shortage of water availability only occurred at people’s home,” he said when confirmed, Saturday (Oct 18).
Suriadi added that it could hap-pen due to some causes such as the uncontrolled underground water drilling activities, primarily the ones carried out by hotels to meet their water needs. Then, there was no government policy regarding
the restriction of water quota for hotels. Similarly, it also included the absence of restrictions on the hotel construction applied con-sistently so that it resulted in the increasing water demand.
“Such increasing need then resulted in a variety of projects, such as the MP3EI project aimed at the provision of drinking water. If the hotel growth then surpasses the population growth, indeed the provision of clean water by the government with various devel-opment projects of the Municipal Waterworks (PDAM) will give more supplies to hotels if there is no restriction and their needs will
be booming and immeasurable,” he continued.
Moreover, said Suriadi, the current information at issue told if the hotel room in Bali had reached 90,000. This number was far more than the hotels existing in Thailand. Thus, according to him, the government needed to make a restriction to water quota for hotels. It had something to do with the limitation of fresh water availability in Southern Bali in the future. “The most important thing to do now in Southern Bali is making arrangement, not the construction of new accommoda-tion,” he said.
Related to the water crisis, one of the residents in Southern Kuta, Agus Astapa, also asked the gov-ernment to conduct an evaluation about the building permits for residential facilities or hospital-ity accommodation. According to him, the massive development was not in line with the needs and limited water supply. In this case, more people would be affected.
“As happening today in South-ern Kuta, many new hotels are being built. We certainly think, where will they get water from? Certainly, it’s from here (PDAM—Ed), while the pipe is still limited. The PDAM cannot serve the resi-dents, let alone the hotels. Apart from using sea water, or any water, but at least some of them surely use the water of the Municipal Waterworks, please give priority to residents,” said the man who was often difficult to get water because the water did not run.
He added that the matter of wa-ter that did not run was no longer a new thing to him. In order to meet the water needs he was used to waking up early in the morning although he could only get more winds from the tap.
“Badung is actually rich. But, it sounds ironic when we hear that the generally generated revenue (PAD) of Badung reaches IDR 2 trillion, but in fact there are people who still must queue for months just to get water and we even must buy water. Do not let this later on be exploited by other parties. Now, if we do not have water, there will be tank trucks running the busi-ness to sell water. By all means, those having money are capable of buying it rather than waiting for the water delivery from the Municipal Waterworks. It is sold for IDR 175,000 per tank for the consumption of 3-4 days,” he af-firmed. (kmb32)
Bali Post
DENPASAR - Southern Bali areas mainly the densely filled tourist accommodation areas such as Jimbaran and Nusa Dua are often faced with water crisis, especially during dry sea-son. Executive Director of Friend of the Earth (Walhi) of Bali Chapter, Suriadi Darmoko, observed that the water crisis was mostly experienced by local residents. Meanwhile, almost no hotels complained about the water matters.
Bali coffee internationally recognized
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A man dried coffee bean at Centre of Coffee Processing at Plaga, Badung. The quality of coffee yielded by coffee plantation in Bali has received international recognition.
1. Where the wall still standsThe Wall’s longest surviving
stretch is the East Side Gallery, stretching for 1.3 kilometers (more than a quarter mile) along the Spree river. Artists covered it in colorful murals after the border opened, adorning it with im-ages such as a boxy East German Trabant car that appears to burst through the wall and a fraternal communist kiss between Ho-necker and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. They repainted the murals in 2009.
At the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse, a stretch of the barrier stands at the end of a 1.4-kilometer (nearly one-mile) section of the former border strip, which gives a good impression of how deep a scar the Wall cut through the city. An open-air ex-hibition is spread along the strip, while an indoor museum will reopen after renovation on the Nov. 9 anniversary of the Wall’s fall. The viewing platform above offers a panorama of the site and downtown Berlin.
2. Layers of historyA third remaining stretch of the
Wall runs along the edge of the Topography of Terror memorial site, which includes the ruins of buildings where the Gestapo se-cret police, the SS and the Reich Security Main Office ran Adolf Hitler’s police state from 1933 to 1945.
A few small Wall fragments survive at other sites, as do a handful of the 302 watch towers
that once dotted the border’s so-called “death strip.”
3. Where spies were swappedThe Glienicke Bridge, on Ber-
lin’s forested southwestern edge, was the setting for a few of the Cold War’s most spectacular spy swaps. In 1962, U.S. spy-plane pilot Francis Gary Powers was exchanged there for a Soviet spy known as Rudolf Abel. In 1986, prominent Soviet dissident Ana-toly Shcharansky walked across the bridge to freedom and later, as Natan Sharansky, to start a new life as an Israeli politician. The border was in the middle of the bridge, still painted different shades of green on the two sides of the divide.
The scenically located bridge spans the channel between two lakes. From the bridge, you can
walk or cycle along the Berlin Wall Trail, which largely follows the course of the Wall for 160 kilometers (100 miles) around the former West Berlin. Follow the gray-and-white signs marked “Berliner Mauerweg.”
4. Western and Eastern alliesThe Allied Museum, in the
western Dahlem district, focuses on the history of the Western al-lies’ role in Berlin from 1945 until their last troops withdrew in 1994. West Berlin was made up of the post-World War II American, Brit-ish and French sectors. Its status as a capitalist exclave deep inside the Soviet occupation zone was secured by the 1948-1949 Berlin Airlift. The original Checkpoint Charlie border guardhouse from the time of the Wall’s fall, from the famous crossing in down-town Berlin, stands outside the museum.
Across town in the Karlshorst district, the recently renovated German-Russian Museum con-centrates on the history and con-sequences of Nazi Germany’s war against the Soviet Union, which started in 1941 and ended with the Red Army taking Berlin in 1945. The building includes the room where Germany’s surrender was signed on May 8, 1945.
5. Soviet war memorialsWorld War II left 26.6 million
Soviet soldiers and civilians dead, by the official Russian count, and the Soviet Union built three me-morials in post-war Berlin. Dur-ing the Cold War, the best-known to Westerners was the smallest, which is flanked by two Soviet tanks and stands a few minutes’ walk west of the Brandenburg Gate in former West Berlin.
The biggest and most spectacu-lar memorial stands in Treptow, in former East Berlin. Memorial slabs depicting the course of the war, adorned with quotes from Soviet leader Josef Stalin, lead up to a mausoleum topped by the figure of a soldier standing on a shattered swastika.
Germany will throw a giant street party next month to mark 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall with light shows, Beethoven and a rendition of David Bowie’s Cold War hit “Heroes”.
Techno beats, rock anthems and on-stage talks by former anti-com-munist dissidents will be part of the festivities to mark the anniversary of November 9, 1989, when people power spelt the death-knell of East Germany.
“With the street festival, we will celebrate the peaceful revolution and the fall of the Wall,” govern-ment spokesman Steffen Seibert said.
“We will be thinking of the many courageous and determined people whose persistent protests made pos-sible the happy events of November 9, 1989 and, subsequently, German unity.”
On that day East German bor-der guards, overwhelmed by large
crowds, threw open the gates to West Berlin, allowing free passage through the detested barrier for the first time since it was built in 1961 and spelling the beginning of the end of the Iron Curtain.
To mark the anniversary, British singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel will perform “Heroes”, which Bowie recorded in a studio close to the Wall in 1977 when he was living in then West Berlin.
Entertainment will range from
the Berlin State Orchestra to a breakdance troupe and Leipzig tech-no musician Paul Kalkbrenner.
Also on stage will be veteran German rock singer Udo Linden-berg, whose 1983 hit “Sonderzug nach Pankow” (Special train to Pankow) mocked East Germany’s last leader Erich Honecker for denying him permission to per-form.
Celebrations will kick off two days earlier with the launch of am-bitious art project featuring 8,000 illuminated white balloons pegged to the ground along a 15-kilometre (nine-mile) stretch of the Wall’s former path.
On November 9, the balloons will be released from their ropes and symbolically set free into the night sky, to the stirring sounds of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.
Former East German dissidents
will speak about life in the East and the night everything changed -- among them singer-songwriter Wolf Biermann, author and film-maker Freya Klier and Berlin politi-cian Ulrike Poppe.
“The party mood that night was genuine and insane,” recalled Dresden-born TV star and director Jan Josef Liefers, who will host the show.
“I thought, hopefully everything will stay so joyful!” Liefers said.
Berlin city government spokes-man Richard Meng predicted “it will be an emotional weekend when Berliners get to celebrate the happiest day in the city’s recent history”.
Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up a Christian pastor’s daugh-ter in the East, is set to inaugurate a new permanent exhibition at the Berlin Wall Memorial.
Balloons, ‘Heroes’ to mark 25 years since fall of Berlin Wall
5 free things in Berlin
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BERLIN — In January 1989, then-East German leader Erich Honecker declared that the Berlin Wall could stand for another century. Less than 10 months later the border was open, and soon Berliners were in a hurry to tear down the 155-kilometer (96-mile) barrier. However, there’s still plenty to see of the Cold War past as Berlin marks the 25th anniversary of the Wall’s fall. Many of the historical sites are free, though you’ll need to take advantage of Berlin’s effi-cient and inexpensive transport network — or rent a bike — to get around a city that still lacks a single center and whose sights are widely spread.
AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File
This May 6, 2010 file photo shows a woman inspecting original remains of the historical Gestapo and SS buildings at the new documentation center Topography of Terror in Berlin.
This May 6, 2009 file photo shows a cyclist passes over the Glienicke Bridge between Potsdam and Berlin. The Glienicke Bridge, on Berlin’s forested southwestern edge, was the setting for a few of the Cold War’s most spectacular spy swaps.
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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
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Calendar Event for September 28 through October 28, 2014
8 Sep Kajeng Kliwon Pamelastali/Watu Gunung runtuh Pura Penataran Agung Maha Gotra Tirta Harum Sri Srengga Nyalian Banjarrangkan Klungkung
30 Sep Paid-Paidan Pura Dalem Seme Jawa Marga Tabanan
1 Oct Urip 2 Oct Patetegan 3 Oct Pengeradanan 4 Oct Hari Saraswati Pura Pasek Tangkas Dalang TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Sayan Bongkasa Abian SemalPura Watu Gunung BimaPura Agung Jagat Karana SurabayaPura Aditya Jaya Rawa Mangun Jakarta TimurPura Pemekasan Banyuning Timur BulelengPura Agung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa BaratPura Kawitan Bendesa Aban Baturning Mambal Abiansemal
5 Oct Banyu Pinaruh 6 Oct Soma ribek Pura Jati JembranaPura Kawitan Batu Gaing BangliPura Tirta Wening SurabayaPura Desa Lingga Wana Abang Karan-gasem
7 Oct Sabuh Mas 8 Oct Pagerwesi Dan Purnama Sasih Kapat Pura Labang SinduJiwa UbudPura Kehen BangliPura Wira Bhuana Magelang
Jawa TengahPura Padang Sakti Denpasar TimurPura Payogan Agung Ketewel Sukawati GianyarPura Gaduh Dauh Puri DenpasarPura Masceti Tampak SiringPura Dalem Ularan Tatasan Kaja DenpasarPura Siwa Tohjiwa Penebel TabananPura Luhur Giri Slaka Alas Purwo BanyuwangiPura Sada Kaba-kaba Kediri TabananPura Gunung Lebah UbudPura Puseh Ketewel SukawatiPura Dalem Cemara Serangan DenpasarPura penataran Agung Bhatara Tiga Sakti BesakihPura Meru Cakra LombokPura Lempuyang Madya KarangasemPura Penerejon Kintamani BangliPura Pulaki BulelengPura Gunung Lebah UbudPura Thirta Negari KarangasemPura Thirta Empul Tampak SiringPura Penataran Agung TegalalangPura Luhuring Akasa Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Desa Denjalan Batuyang BatubulanPura Puseh Werdi Agung Sulawesi UtaraPura Pasraman Suci Renon DenpasarPura Penataran Bumi Agung TMII JakartaPura Luhur Waisnawa BulelengPura Ulun Danu Songan Batur KintamaniPura Agung Surya Bhuana Jaya Pura PapuaPura Gumang Bugbug KarangasemPura Taman Sari Busung Biu Busung Biu Buleleng
13 Oct Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 18 Oct Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Sidakarya Denpasar
Pura Pasek Gelgel Pedungan DenpasarPura Agung Pasek Tangguntiti TabananPura Agung Pasek Selemadeg TabananPura Pasek Tangkas Kediri TabananPura Kerta Banyuning Barat BulelengPura Dalem Tenggaling Sangguan SingapaduPura Kawitan Arya Wangbang Pinatih Peguyangan SingarajaPura Bujangga Waisnawa JembranaPura Taman Bubuan Seririt SingarajaPura Penataran Pande Dalem Batur MengwiPura Dalem Pingit TegalalangPura Ida Ratu Pande BesakihPura Penataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup GianyarPura Kumuda Saraswati UbudPura Batur Arya Sudimara TabananPura Dalem Majapahit Marga TabananPura Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati
19 Oct redite Umanis Ukir Pura Sanggah Gede Dukuh Sagening Tegal Tugu Gianyar
22 Oct Buda Cemeng Ukir Pura Pajenengan kawitan Arya Tauman Gelgel KlungkungPura Pasar Agung BesakihPura Pasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Legian KutaPura Gde Gunung Agung Munggu Badung
23 Oct Tilem Sasih Kapat
24 Oct Hari Bhatara Sri 28 Oct Anggara Kasih Kulantir dan Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan
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SEMINYAK - Anantara Seminyak Resort & Spa, Bali has enriched the over-all guest experience with a host of new services and facilities introduced in Sep-tember 2014, so that stays feel even more convenient, comfortable and indulgent.
Making lazy beachfront pool days even more relaxing, all tables around the pool area now feature a call button system that is integrated with the watches that Anan-tara’s Pool Associates wear, notifying them immediately as to which table requires assistance. Designed to provide a more personal and faster service, guests requiring refreshments or attention need only press their table button once for an Associate to appear. Then they can simply sit back and admire the view over Seminyak Beach and the Indian Ocean beyond, while they wait for their request to be dealt with.
The trendy Seminyak area in which the resort is located is renowned for its boutiques and souvenir shops, and to make
shopping a highly convenient pleasure, a new gift shop in the lobby area has been opened in collaboration with La Route de la Soie - one of the clothing and ac-cessory outlets that has cooperated with other Anantara resorts around the world with great success.
Keeping in touch with friends and fam-ily back home, catching up on emails and sharing amazing holiday stories is also now even easier, thanks to the resort’s newly improved internet service. Each guest receives a personal user ID and pass-word to access WiFi, which is activated on the arrival date and expires at 12:00 noon on the departure date, providing seamless internet connection throughout their stay.
“The addition of these new services and facilities ensures that all of our valued guests enjoy the very possible experienc-es, with a focus on personalised attention and warm hospitality”, comments Clinton Lovell, General Manager of Anantara Seminyak Resort & Spa, Bali.
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Anantara Seminyak enhances guest experiences
“All objects made from metal such as firearms, vehicles and so forth are given ritual pro-cession every six months,” he explained.
The Tumpek Landep festiv-ity in Bali is celebrated every Saniscara (Saturday) Kliwon Landep. However, the general public more frequently refers to Tumpek Landep as the ‘birthday of metal objects’ or the purifying ceremony for all objects made
of iron. It is intended to express pro-
found gratitude to the Creator Hyang Widi in his manifesta-tion as Hyang Pasupati for his creation, he added.
“Through the ritual with a va-riety of offerings, we pray for the personnel of the District Military Command to use the firearms in a controlled and appropriate man-ner. Along with the the firearms, the rituals are also performed for
the all the official motorcycles and vehicles,of the Command” he added.
Tumpek Landep has a more profound meaning as a means of purification and spiritual en-hancement helping us to achieve a sacred mind and heart. Through the sanctification, people may gain a sharp and crystal clear mind, equivalent to the sharpness of the weapons (knives) being celebrated. (kmb16)
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SEMARAPURA - The Regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta, patrolled the Marine Conservation Area (KKP) of Nusa Penida, on Friday (Oct 17). The patrol was conducted in order to closely monitor the activities of vessels, boats and traditional boats in the region. Evidently, as Regent Suwirta found, there were still a few boats anchoring in the KKP area. In fact, anchors are very disruptive to the conservation of coral reef in the KKP of Nusa Penida.
Such joint patrol was carried out by the Regent Suwirta with KKP Team Work of Nusa Penida and related agencies. It was carried out by moni-toring the coastal areas that has been determined as falling into the KKP Nusa Penida area. He worries that the vessels, boats or traditional boats an-chored in the KKP area could damage the local coral reefs and the ecosystem as a whole.
During the patrol, the team found some traditional boats anchoring to catch fish in the coastal areas deter-mined as the KKP area. Finding such a situation, Regent Suwirta with the team immediately rebuked the fisher-men and asked them to immediately pull the anchor from the KKP Nusa Penida. “To maintain the existence of coral reef and the ecosystem therein, nobody is allowed to anchor in the KKP area,” he said.
After the designation, of the KKP Nusa Penida as protected, Team Work periodically continue to patrol the ma-rine area. During their regular patrols, the team often catches vessels and boats active in the KKP area. The more frequently they drop anchor around the KKP area, the sooner the coral reef will
be damaged. Thus, the patrol continues, in order to help preserve the coral reef. Apart from patrolling, the team has also collected data specifically on boats that carry passengers coming to dive and snorkle around the KKP area.
Regent Suwirta stressed so that the team remains determined to keep the KKP free from any anchor threats and sea freight activities that could endanger the survival of the KKP. With the stipulation of the Nusa Penida waters as KKP by the central government, it became the responsibility of local authorities to attend to it, for the purpose of preserving the surrounding natural environment. Previously, the KKP status of Nusa Penida marine area had been inaugurated by the Minis-ter of Maritime and Fishery Affairs, Sharif C. Sutardjo on June 9, 2014. The KKP Nusa Penida stretches over an area of 20,057 hectares of the coastal and marine ecosystem including coral reef, mangrove and seagrass beds.
Based on a survey conducted by the Coral Triangle Center (CTC), the waters of Nusa Penida are inhibited by approximately 296 species of coral and 576 species of fish. The area of coral reef in the waters of Nusa Penida reaches 1,419 hectares, 230 hectares of mangroves (13 species) and 108 hectares of seagrass beds (8 types). The waters of Nusa Penida are also the habitat of large marine fauna such as manta rays, whales, dolphins, turtles and sharks. Besides these, it is also the native home of the unique and rare sunfish with a considerable size of about 2-3 meters. Typically, the distinctive fish of the KKP Nusa Penida appeard near the surface in July-September. (kmb31)
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The boat which is going to Nusa Penida Island
Anchors disturb sustainability of Nusa Penida marine conservation
Hundreds of firearms of Gianyar Military
soldiers given ritualsBali Post
GIANYAR - Hundreds of firearms of various designs and types belonging to soldiers in charge of the 1616/Gianyar District Military Command were given rituals coinciding with the Tumpek Landep festivity, on Saturday (Oct 18). The ritual ceremony was held to honor the sharpness of thought and knowledge given to humankind and used daily with all our metal equipment. It was an expression of gratitude to God or the Creator, said the temple priest Jero Mangku Made Mawa at the Gianyar District Military Command.
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The firearms in Gianyar are given rituals during Tumpek Landep day.
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Indonesia’s first leader without deep roots in the era of dictator Suharto, Widodo will be sworn in at a ceremony in parliament attended by foreign dignitaries, including US Secretary of State John Kerry and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
After the inauguration, Widodo, known by his nickname Jokowi, will travel through Jakarta in a
horse-drawn carriage accompanied by a parade to the presidential palace, and in the evening the heavy metal fan is expected to join rock bands on stage at an outdoor concert.
About 24,000 police and mili-tary personnel will be deployed to secure the day’s events, which will see Widodo, only Indonesia’s second directly elected president,
taking over from former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono after a decade in power.
“It’s quite a historic moment for Indonesia to have Jokowi as president,” said political analyst Tobias Basuki, from Jakarta think-tank the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
The 53-year-old former furni-ture exporter who won national attention as Jakarta governor is a “regular commoner”, Basuki said, unlike previous Indonesian leaders since Suharto’s downfall in 1998, who were political and military elites.
The Suharto era was marked by
the dictator’s severe repression and colossal corruption.
But the euphoria of the inaugu-ration is likely to be short-lived, analysts warn, as Widodo faces up to the task of leading the world’s fourth most populous country, with 250 million people spread over more than 17,000 islands, at a critical moment.
Growth in Southeast Asia’s top economy is at five-year lows, cor-ruption remains rampant, and fears are mounting that support for the Islamic State group could spawn a new generation of radicals in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country.
Easing tensionsIn one piece of good news,
defeated presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto unexpectedly met Widodo Friday for the first time since the election and pledged support, a dramatic U-turn for the ex-general who took his loss badly.
“I conveyed to the party that I lead, my friends and supporters, to back Jokowi and his govern-ment,” said the controversial figure, who used to be married to one of Suharto’s daughters and has a chequered human rights record.
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People passed a banner that congratulate inauguration of Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla as Indonesia President and Vice President on Monday, 20 October, 2014. Indonesia’s first leader without deep roots in the era of dictator Suharto, Widodo will be sworn in at a ceremony in parliament attended by foreign dignitaries, including US Secretary of State John Kerry and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
Today, Jokowi sworn in as presidentAgence France-Presse
JAKARTA - Joko Widodo will cap a remarkable rise from an upbringing in a riverside slum when he is sworn in as Indo-nesia’s president Monday, but takes power amid doubts about his ability to enact much-needed reforms.
Ukraine says Russia has agreed to supply gas
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LOS ANGELES - Hollywood A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio has teamed up with online streaming service Netflix for a documentary about endangered mountain gorillas in east Africa, filmmakers said Friday.
The “Titanic” star is an executive producer on “Virunga,” described as “part investigative journalism and part nature documentary” and directed by Orlando von Einsiedel.
The documentary follows an embattled team of park rangers in the Democratic Re-public of Congo “as they are caught in the crossfire of poachers, militia and industry in Africa’s oldest national park,” Netflix said in a statement.
Eastern Congo’s protected Virunga sanctuary is home to about a quarter of the world’s critically endangered mountain gorillas.
The film will be released in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on November 7, and via Netflix on the same day.
DiCaprio said films like “Virunga” offer “a window into the incredible cultural and natural diversity of our world, the forces that are threatening to destroy it, and the people who are fighting to protect it. “Partnering with Netflix on this film is an exciting opportunity to inform and inspire individuals to engage on this topic.”
“With ‘Virunga,’ we’ll work with Leo to introduce viewers around the world to an incredible, gripping story that will have audiences guessing right up until the final act.”
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Levia-than,” a tragic satire of small-town Russian corruption, was named best picture. The film, which took the screenplay prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, was praised for its “grandeur and themes” by a
jury that included actor James McA-voy and producer Jeremy Thomas.
Ukrainian director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy won the first-feature award for “The Tribe,” a teen-gang drama set at a school for the deaf and performed entirely in
sign language, without subtitles.Actress Sameena Jabeen Ahmed
was named best British newcomer for her performance as a British-Pakistani teenager on the run from her family in “Catch Me Daddy.”
The documentary prize went to “Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait,” a searing look at war’s brutality by Paris-based director Ossama Mo-hammed and Wiam Simav Bedirxan, an schoolteacher who filmed life in the besieged city of Homs.
Director Stephen Frears was
awarded the British Film Institute’s Fellowship during Saturday’s cer-emony at London’s 17th-century Banqueting House.
He was recognized for a career that has traveled from the battered streets of Margaret Thatcher’s Brit-ain in “My Beautiful Laundrette,” to 18th-century France in “Danger-ous Liaisons,” seedy Los Angeles in “The Grifters” and Buckingham Palace in “The Queen.” Frears is currently at work on a biopic of dis-graced cyclist Lance Armstrong.
Playwright David Hare, who presented Frears with the honor, said “I can’t think of anyone who’s made a richer, more diverse or more consistently intelligent contribution to British film in my lifetime.”
The 58th London festival opened Oct. 8 with “The Imitation Game,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as World War II Alan Turing. It wraps up Sunday with another tale of that conflict — “Fury,” starring Brad Pitt as a hard-bitten tank commander in the war’s final weeks.
Associated Press
LONDON — U2 singer Bono says his ever-present sunglasses aren’t a rock-star affectation — he has suffered from glaucoma for 20 years. The condition — a buildup of pressure that can damage the optic nerve — can make the eyes sensitive to light.
Bono told the BBC’s “Graham Norton Show” that he had the condi-tion, but “I have good treatments and I am going to be fine.” He said people would now think of him as “poor old blind Bono.”
He also acknowledged that some people had been annoyed when U2’s new album, “Songs of Innocence,” was sent unsolicited to millions of people with iTunes accounts. In comments released Friday by the BBC, Bono said, “We wanted to do something fresh, but it seems some people don’t believe in Father Christmas.”
‘Leviathan’ named best picture at London Film FestAssociated Press
LONDON — Movies about corruption, gang violence, honor killing and war took prizes Saturday as the London Film Fes-tival recognized cinema that confronts the harsh realities of our world.
DiCaprio teams with Netflix on gorilla documentary
