Thursday, October 30, 2014 16 Pages Number 215 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 6 200 missing in Sri Lanka after mudslides Dortmund gets back to winning ways in German Cup Zambia’s president, ‘King Cobra’ Sata, dies “Fighting does not necessarily mean in a physical manner. How- ever, there is an effort on the part of communities and the local govern- ment to reach the same perspective so as to balance the development al- lowing all people enjoy, especially the impact of tourism.If asked, all Balinese people will surely agree,” said Suastika after receiving the pioneer of the Paguyuban Merah Putih (Red-White Society), I Gusti Made Putera Astaman. He was accompanied by Chairman of the Buleleng Movement Forum I Gede Atang Wiguna and other figures. According to Suastika, com- munities and local governments were often pressured by external parties, such as investors. As the name implies, investors are natu- rally oriented towards maximizing profits. Such economic advantages should also involve the commu- nity as a whole. “Balinese people should think of Bali as a whole. The government of Bali must take the side of the greater society which does not mean that investors cannot benefit form tourism too. Actually the two must be synchronized so that the investors get profits, but Balinese people do not loose ev- erything in the process. I am glad that there are senior figures and other Balinese people who fight for Bali,” he said. As a follow-up to the meeting, the rector would disseminate the results around the Udayana Univer- sity, to the staff, employees, faculty and to the students. The aim is to consider the matter together. The more people who are fighting for their rights, the better the result. Suatika hopes that such movementa would excite and awaken those Balinese people who had until now been indifferent. “Do not just think of Bali in a limited scope, but let us view it as a wholewhole. If this can be pursued and realized, Bali will become an example of bal- anced development in Indonesia. Do not forget, the fifth principle of Pancasila that must be implemented in life so that development is bal- anced,” he said. Putera Astaman would like to invite all members of the com- munity of Bali to not think sec- torally. ALso, the spatial planning of the island was not designed properly, thus making it easy for investors to break the rules. As a result, spatial damage occurred everywhere. Fight, investor only looking for profits in Bali Bali Post DENPASAR - Rector of the Udayana University, Prof. Dr. Ketut Suastika feels there are imbalances in the development of Bali. On that account, he consideres the idea of a community component coalesced into the Red-White Society to be a very good way to save Bali from destruction and contribute to the wellbeing of the Balinese people. The Balinese are being asked to go up against investors aiming only at reaping profits from Bali. Paddy fields diminish greatly because land conversion for commercial investment. The Balinese was asked to go up against the investors aiming only to get profits in Bali. IBP/Suryawan
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200 missing in Sri Lanka after mudslides
Associated Press
MIAMI — Alicia Silverstone may have made her acting mark as a “Clueless” valley girl, but these days she’d rather be known as someone so very clued in about diet and health.
It was more than 16 years ago that Silverstone switched to a vegan diet, ditching animal products such as dairy and meat. Since then, she’s become an outspoken advocate for what she considers a cleaner, leaner and
healthier way to eat, and written a book — “The Kind Diet” — so others can follow along. The 38-year-old recently spoke with The Associated Press during Miami’s vegan Seed Food and Wine Festi-val. She dished about her favorite indulgences, Thanksgiving menu plans, and how perceptions of vegan diets have changed.
“When I used to say I was vegan on (David) Letterman, it was like a huge joke for them, and that’s not the way it is any-more,” she said.
In a surprise announcement, the studio revealed there will be a new two-part “Avengers” sequel in 2018-2019 -- on top of one already scheduled for next year to follow the record-breaking 2012 original.
And it confirmed a release date for the sequel to the quirky summer smash “Guardians of the Galaxy,” which is so far the top-grossing film of 2014.
The studio named its first African American solo lead actor -- Chadwick Boseman, who will play the title role in “Black Panther,” due out in 2017. “I’m blessed to be part of this Marvel Universe and I look forward to mak-ing magic together,” Boseman told the crowd at an event at Hollywood’s famed El Capitan Theatre, according to industry press.
The 37-year-old Boseman is best known for playing groundbreaking baseball star Jackie Robinson in “42” and soul singer James Brown in this year’s biopic “Get On Up.” The character will be introduced in “Captain America: Civil War” in 2016 before a solo outing the following year, Marvel said. Casting was not revealed for “Captain Marvel,” the studio’s first solo female superhero movie.
The studio also did not name the actor tapped to play “Doctor Strange”. British actor Benedict Cumberbatch has been widely rumored to be tipped for the role.
l “Captain America: Civil War” - May 6, 2016
l “Doctor Strange” - Nov 4, 2016
l “Guardians of the Galaxy 2” - May 5, 2017
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Agence France-Presse
LOS ANGELES - Oscar-nominated Australian actor Hugh Jackman has been treated for skin cancer for a third time in a year, a spokesman said Tuesday. The 46-year-old first had a basal cell carcinoma (BCC) removed last November, when he posted a picture on Twitter of himself with a plaster on his nose. He did the same in May.
His spokesman Alan Nierob confirmed to AFP that Jackman had been treated for a third time. He declined to give any other details, but E! News cited a representative as saying that the
star is now “all good.”BCC is the most common
form of skin cancer, with over 2 million cases diagnosed in the United States every year, ac-cording to the American Acad-emy of Dermatology (AAD).
It usually develops on exposed skin such as the head, neck and back of hands, but is especially common on the face and nose. People who use tanning beds have a much higher risk of getting it. Jackman, known for his roles in the “X-Men” blockbusters, was also nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe for 2012’s musical adaptation of “Les Miserables.”
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This film image released by Disney shows, Iron Man, portrayed by Robert Downey Jr., left, and Captain America, portrayed by Chris Evans, in a scene from “The Avengers.”
Marvel unveils huge slate of new superhero filmsAgence France-Presse
LOS ANGELES - Marvel unveiled plans Tues-day for a slate of new superhero films, expanding its already wildly successful comic book universe -- and breaking ground with its first solo black and female hero movies.
Marvel movies to be release
Hugh Jackman treated for skin cancer, again
Alicia Silverstone talks about a plant-based diet
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Dortmund gets back to winning ways in German Cup
Zambia’s president, ‘King Cobra’ Sata, dies
“Fighting does not necessarily mean in a physical manner. How-ever, there is an effort on the part of communities and the local govern-ment to reach the same perspective so as to balance the development al-lowing all people enjoy, especially
the impact of tourism.If asked, all Balinese people will surely agree,” said Suastika after receiving the pioneer of the Paguyuban Merah Putih (Red-White Society), I Gusti Made Putera Astaman. He was accompanied by Chairman of the
Buleleng Movement Forum I Gede Atang Wiguna and other figures.
According to Suastika, com-munities and local governments were often pressured by external parties, such as investors. As the name implies, investors are natu-rally oriented towards maximizing profits. Such economic advantages should also involve the commu-nity as a whole. “Balinese people should think of Bali as a whole. The government of Bali must take the side of the greater society which does not mean that investors cannot benefit form tourism too. Actually the two must be synchronized so that the investors get profits, but
Balinese people do not loose ev-erything in the process. I am glad that there are senior figures and other Balinese people who fight for Bali,” he said.
As a follow-up to the meeting, the rector would disseminate the results around the Udayana Univer-sity, to the staff, employees, faculty and to the students. The aim is to consider the matter together. The more people who are fighting for their rights, the better the result. Suatika hopes that such movementa would excite and awaken those Balinese people who had until now been indifferent. “Do not just think of Bali in a limited scope, but let
us view it as a wholewhole. If this can be pursued and realized, Bali will become an example of bal-anced development in Indonesia. Do not forget, the fifth principle of Pancasila that must be implemented in life so that development is bal-anced,” he said.
Putera Astaman would like to invite all members of the com-munity of Bali to not think sec-torally. ALso, the spatial planning of the island was not designed properly, thus making it easy for investors to break the rules. As a result, spatial damage occurred everywhere.
Fight, investor only looking for profits in BaliBali Post
DENPASAR - Rector of the Udayana University, Prof. Dr. Ketut Suastika feels there are imbalances in the development of Bali. On that account, he consideres the idea of a community component coalesced into the Red-White Society to be a very good way to save Bali from destruction and contribute to the wellbeing of the Balinese people. The Balinese are being asked to go up against investors aiming only at reaping profits from Bali.
Paddy fields diminish greatly because land conversion for commercial investment. The Balinese was asked to go up against the investors aiming only to get profits in Bali.
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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.
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Calendar Event for October 28 through November 6, 2014
October28th Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan/Anggara Kasih Kulantir :Temple Festival at :- Pr. Penataran Tangkas-Tebuwana, Sukawati- Pr. Dalem Langan-Bebalang, Bangli- Pr. Peseh, Lembeng Ketewel, Sukawati- Pr. Pasek Gelgel Penulisan. Kerambitan, Tabanan- Pr. Gaduh-Sading- Pr. Dalem Gandamayu-Klungkung- Pr. Sanghyang Tegal-Taro Kaja, Tegalalang- Pr. Penataran Agung/Odalan Ida
Ratu Mas Magelung-Besakih- Mr. Dadia Dalem Tarukan-Kubu, Bangli
November2nd Buda Kliwon Tolu, Temple Festival at: Pr. Alas Harum-Tegal Kepuh,Kaba-Kaba, Kediri,Tabanan3rd Coma Umanis ToluTemple Festival at:- Pr. Puseh Bale Agung Ubung Kupang- Panebel,Tabanan,- Pr. Kawitan Sekula Gotra Pasung Gerigih- Kaba-Kaba,Kediri,Tabanan
- Pr. Bhujangga Resi- Tumbak Banyuh,- Pr. Batu Madeg- Besakih- Pr. Paibon Tangkas Kori Agung- Ceningan Kanginan,Nusa Penida- Pr. Penataran Agung Penatih- Br. Sabha, Penatih- Pr . Penataran Sanggem- Sidemen, Karangasem5th Buda Pon Tolu, Temple Festival at: Pr. Catur Bhuwana-Sanding, Tampaksiring.6th Wraspati Wage ToluTemple Festival at:- Pr. Paninjoan-Besakih- Pr. Dalem Tenggaling- Ds. Blahbatuh, Gianyar.
Bali Post
MANGUPURA - The circle of the Badung house high-lighted the government’s stance on the Mid-term Development Plan (RPJMD) of Badung. It was triggered by the presence of twice amendment of the mid-term development plan within just over one year. The legisla-tor judged that the change of the government indicated the inaccuracy in planning the de-velopment.
Such highlight emerged in a working meeting of Mid-term Development Plan Special Committee with the executive, Tuesday (Oct 28). The meet-ing led by the Chairman of the Special Committee I Nyoman Dirgayusa was attended by the Head of the Badung Legislation Agency I Made Retha, Assis-tant III IGN Oka Darmawan, Secretary to the Regional De-velopment Planning Board (Bappeda) and Research & Development Made Agus Ari-awan and Legal Division Head Komang Budhi Argawa. In the meeting, he claimed to wonder because the development plan changed twice a year. Although his party had received an ex-planation on the causes of the change namely the decline in general allocation fund (DAU) that should be synchronized with the budget draft 2015, but according to him it should not affect the mid-term develop-ment plan if it had been care-fully arranged. “At this rate, is there any inaccuracy factor in the planning?” he asked.
According to him, the ex-ecutive should explain about the points of changes in the develop-ment plan. On that account, in the next discussion of the regional bylaw draft his party would deepen the problem. Moreover, the government had promised to give details about the changes in the development plan.
Meanwhile, Secretary to the Regional Development Planning Board and Research & Development of Badung Agus Ariawan denied if the change was due to inaccuracy in the government planning. He said that in accordance with
the Government Regulation No.58/2005 and No.37/2013 the mid-term development plan should be consistent and harmony with the other plan-ning and budgeting documents including the annual regional government work planning (RKPD), regional budget gen-eral policy (KUA), temporary plafond budget priority (PPAS) and the budget. The changes in such development plan could be done more than once in a year as long as there was an increase in the upper limit of the program having been de-signed previously as a result of the projected increase in the local revenues. The changes in the development plan aimed to meet the needs of dynamic development and changes in the structure of local revenue.
He explained the time span of the preparation for the re-gional budget general policy and temporary plafond budget priority until 2015 was long enough, namely five months. During this period, there were dynamics caused by internal and external factors. External factors included the existence of new regulation from central government, including policies related to the general allocation fund. In the regional budget general policy, the temporary plafond budget priority and regional budget draft 2015, the general allocation fund was equally drafted namely at IDR 324.8 billion. But af-ter the budget draft 2015 was submitted to the House, a new policy emerged that the general allocation fund received from central government was only IDR 286.7 billion, so that it de-creased to IDR 38 billion more. This needed to be harmonized.
Aside from the matter of general allocation fund, another factor such as the increase in revenue from the adjustment of special autonomy fund worth IDR 22 billion should be uti-lized for teacher professional allowance. In addition, the vil-lage fund allocation (ADD) that was not previously drafted, but it was then provided by central government at the amount of IDR 5.7 billion. (kmb25)
IBP
UBUD - The Viceroy Bali is a family owned and operated resort in Ubud consisting of 25 luxuriously appointed private pool villas, majestically situated in Bali’s “Valley of the Kings” an appellation given by locals for the generations of Balinese royalty who have resided in nearby villages. The resort is also well known by sophisticated international travellers as one of the world’s secret tropical hideaways and respected by its many repeat guests as a destination that places emphasis on the best of privacy and comfort.
Owned and operated by an Australian family, who understands the needs of international guests, this luxury villa resort is well known by sophisticated international travellers, as one of the world’s best tropical, romantic, pampering luxury hotels. The Viceroy Bali marries utmost privacy with comfort and bliss.
All the private villas are luxuriously appointed with the latest electronic amenities, an espresso machine, full mini bar, and king size bed with lush bedding. Each villa offers spacious yet cozy outdoor spaces with stunning valley views.
Guests of the Viceroy Bali also enjoy impeccable service and peerless public facilities. These include the feted restaurant and bar CasCades, and luxuriant spa and beauty centre Lembah, both with breathtaking vistas over Ubud’s breathtaking landscape. Guests also have access to the valley-top infinity pool, boutique, complete and modern gymnasium and library.
The leadership of Bali House sworn included Nyoman Adi Wiryatama (PDI-P) as chairman and the three dep-uty chairmen consisting of Dr. Nyoman Sugawa Korry (Golkar Party), IGB Alit Putra (Democrat Party) and Jro Komang Gede Swastika (Gerindra Party).
In the speech after the inauguration, Chairman of the Bali House, Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, invited all the mem-bers to come together to work in unity. He also hoped that after the definitive leadership was sworn and subsidiary body had been specified, the members of the House should focus on working in accordance with the respective tasks and subsidiary body.
“We used to compete for the sup-port of constituents. Now, it’s time for us to work side by side. We must begin to demonstrate the performance to the public and implement the three func-tions of the House namely supervision, budgeting and legislation,” he said. He also invited the executive to improve coordination and synergy in implement-ing the government programs.
Adi Wiryatama added that the tasks of the House in the future would be very hard and the urgent agenda was discussing the main Regional Budget Draft 2015 including how to oversee the execution of the implementation of the Regional Budget Amendment 2014.
He emphasized that the time to dis-cuss about the main Regional Budget 2015 would be very short, less than two months before the fiscal year ended in December 2014. Moreover, after the regional budget draft was passed into the regional budget, it still needed to be verified to the Ministry of Home Affairs, so that it took quite a long time.
Meanwhile, Secretary of the Bali House, Pande Malihana, was rumored to be replaced with a new official. From several months ago, he had been bedridden due to his sickness so that the secretarial duties were not running optimally. Related to that matter, Adi Wiryatama insisted that his party would
coordinate internally with the House and the executive (Bali government) to search for a new secretary to handle the tasks of the House.
Meanwhile, Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, hoped the leadership of the Bali House could assume the people’s aspirations wisely so as to encourage all the residents to participate actively in the development.
Meanwhile, after the inauguration of the leadership, the Bali House held plenary session to inaugurate the eight subsidiary bodies, the Commission I, II, III, and IV as well as the budget agency, deliberative body, disciplinary council and the legislature agreed in the previ-ous meeting.
Meanwhile, Commission I handling the administration, security and legisla-tion affairs was lead by Chairman Tama Tenaya (PDI-P), Deputy Chairman Tagel Arjana (Gerindra) and Secretary Dewa Nyoman Rai (PDI-P). Then, Commission II handled the economic, financial and agricultural affairs with
the Chairman Ketut Suwandhi (Golkar), Deputy Chairman Cok Asmara Putra Sukawati (Democrat) and Secretary Made Budastra (PDI-P); Commis-sion III handled the development and environmental affairs with Chairman Nengah Tamba (Democrat), Deputy Chairman Ida Bagus Gede Udiyana (Golkar) and Secretary Wayan Diesel Astawa (PDI-P). Meanwhile, Com-mission IV handled the social welfare, health, education and tourism affairs with Chairman Gede Kusuma Putra, Deputy Chairman Nyoman Wirya (Golkar) and Secretary Nyoman Budi Utama (PDI-P).
In the meantime, the budget agency consisted of 26 members, deliberative body (25 members) and legislation body (13 members) with Chairman Gusti Putu Budiarta and Deputy Chair-man Kadek Nuartana. Meanwhile, the disciplinary council (BK) was filled in by five legislators with Chairman Bagus Suwitra Wirawan and Deputy Chair-woman Made Sumiati. (kmb29)
Within a year, BadungRPJMD modified twice
Leaders of Bali House inaugurated
Soon, to discuss regional budget draft 2015
Bali Post
DENPASAR - Definitive leaders in Bali House was officially inaugurated and sworn in by Chair-man of the Denpasar High Court in the Bali special plenary meeting in the Main Meeting Room of the Bali House, Tuesday (Oct 28). Eight supplementary bodies of the House had also been estab-lished. Thus, the House should begin to work and the urgent agenda was the discussion on the Bali Regional Budget Draft (main budget 2015).
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Definitive leaders in Bali House was officially inaugurated and sworn in by Chairman of the Denpasar High Court in the Bali special plenary meeting in the Main Meeting Room of the Bali House, Tuesday (Oct 28).
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Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON - A study of 15 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome has found that patients’ brains have at least three distinct abnormalities when compared to healthy people, researchers said Wednesday.
The findings, if confirmed, could lead to new ways to diagnose and treat the troublesome condition that affects more than a million Ameri-cans, said the study conducted by Stanford University researchers in
the peer-reviewed journal Radiol-ogy.
“Using a trio of sophisticated imaging methodologies, we found that CFS patients’ brains diverge from those of healthy subjects in at least three distinct ways,” said lead author Michael Zeineh, assistant professor of radiology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Researchers performed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans on 15 CFS patients and 14 age- and gender-matched controls.
They found CFS patients had slightly less white matter in the brain, as well as abnormalities in a nerve tract within the brain’s right hemisphere.
For CFS patients, “the differ-ences correlated with their fatigue -- the more abnormal the tract, the worse the fatigue,” Zeineh said.
The imaging study also found abnormalities among CFS patients in two areas that connect the right arcuate fasciculus. Each connec-tion point, known as a cortex, was thicker in CFS patients, the
researchers said.Until now, chronic fatigue syn-
drome has been difficult to diag-nose, with its characteristic “brain fog” enduring more than six months and coinciding with a host of other symptoms.
“CFS is one of the greatest sci-entific and medical challenges of our time,” said the study’s senior author, Jose Montoya, professor of infectious diseases and geographic medicine at Stanford.
“Its symptoms often include not only overwhelming fatigue, but
also joint and muscle pain, inca-pacitating headaches, food intoler-ance, sore throat, enlargement of the lymph nodes, gastrointestinal problems, abnormal blood-pressure and heart-rate events, and hyper-sensitivity to light, noise or other sensations.”
Researchers said the findings must be confirmed in future stud-ies but that these structural dif-ferences could point to the way toward a better understanding of what causes the disease and how to stop it.
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DENPASAR - The Indonesian Central Bank BI for Bali branch has predicted that the inflation will rise by 1.8 percent if subsi-dized premium gasoline price is
raised by Rp3000 per liter next November 1.
“We have calculated an infla-tion increase of 1.8 percent if the government goes ahead with its plan to raise gasoline by Rp3000 per liter,” Benny Siswanto, BI
head for Bali, said on Wednes-day.
He said that the prediction was made together with the regional inflation control team (TPID) for Bali province. Benny said if the government raised the fuel price
on November 1, 2014 it would have domino effects on the coun-try’s economy.
“The first round effect will be felt by the transportation sec-tor and the second one by food prices,” he added.
The findings may warrant ques-tions about recommendations for milk consumption, although further research is needed, its authors said, as the association may be purely coincidental.
A Swedish team used data taken from 61,000 women aged 39-74 and monitored for about 20 years, and more than 45,000 men aged 45-79 followed for 11 years.
The volunteers gave details about
diet and lifestyle, body weight, smok-ing habits, exercise frequency, educa-tion level and marital status.
By the end of this long study pe-riod, 25,500 of the group had died and 22,000 had suffered a fracture.
Higher milk intake was not accom-panied by a lower risk of fractures but “may be associated with a higher rate of death”, the study said.
Among the women, 180 per 1,000 in the group which drank three glass-
es of milk or more a day died during a 10-year period, compared to the group average, independent of milk consumption, of 126 per 1,000.
Among those who drank a glass or less per day, the rate was 110 per 1,000, co-author Karl Michaelsson of Uppsala University told AFP.
The figures for hip fracture was 42 out of 1,000 women who drank a lot of milk, 35 per 1,000 on average, and 31 per 1,000 of women who drank
the least milk.“Women who consumed three
glasses or more per day had a 90 percent higher risk of death, 60 percent higher risk of hip fracture and 15 percent higher risk of any fracture compared to those who drank less than a glass,” said Mi-chaelsson.
For men, the difference in death rate was less pronounced: 207 per 1,000 among the three-glasses-a-day group over 10 years, 189 per 1,000 on average, and 182 per 1,000 among low consumers. There was no differ-ence in fracture rates.
“The higher risk of mortality was evident with all types of milk: full-fat,
half-fat and skimmed milk,” Michael-sson added -- and started from a daily intake of about two glasses of milk.
At a lower consumption of half a glass to one glass per day, “there was a tendency of slightly reduced hip fracture risk” compared to zero intake, but the same was not true for mortality risk.
The team found that fermented milk products like cheese or yoghurt were associated with lower mortal-ity and fracture rates, particularly in women.
One reason, the authors specu-lated, is that milk, but not cheese, is high in D-galactose, a type of sugar that in animal studies was shown to hasten ageing and shorten lifespan.
The researchers said it was im-possible to draw any conclusions or make recommendations on milk consumption until further work is carried out.
The results may not apply to people of other ethnic origins with different levels of lactose tolerance, they said.
Milk also has different nutrient levels that depend on factors like food fortification and cow diet.
And the results could be skewed by a phenomenon called “reverse causation” -- osteoporosis suffer-ers at high risk of a bone break increase their milk intake, which then gets blamed when they suffer a fracture.
In a comment, Mary Schooling of the City University of New York School of Public Health said “the role of milk in mortality needs to be established definitively now” as con-sumption would rise with economic development.
Other experts noted shortcom-ings in the study, including that milk consumption was self-reported, often a flaw in dietary research.
Nor did the authors define the type of physical activity the men and women did -- whether it was weight-bearing and therefore bone-strengthening, or not.
The study “creates more questions than provides answers”, said Cath-erine Collins, principal dietitian at St George’s Hospital in London.
Brain abnormalities in people with chronic fatigue
Can you drink too much milk?Agence France-Presse
PARIS - Drink lots of milk to strengthen your bones and boost your health, doctors say. But a study in The BMJ medical journal Wednesday said Swedes with a high intake of cow’s milk died younger -- and women suffered more fractures.
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“China is planning to open its consulate general in Bali in Decem-ber. We hope the consulate will help promote Bali among the Chinese people,” stated Sudiarta.
Earlier, Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali Panusunan Siregar noted that
around 330,172 Chinese tour-ists visited Bali during the initial seven months of 2014, which is an increase of 45.76 percent as com-pared to 226,494 visitors recorded last year.
“China is ranked second after Australia for its number of tourists
visiting Bali,” he added.Siregar explained that China
has contributed 15.80 percent of the total number of tourists to Bali. This year, Bali has drawn about 2.08 million tourists, an increase of 16.66 percent as compared to 1.79 million tourists recorded in the
previous year.The total number of Chinese
tourists who traveled to Bali sur-passed the number of travelers from Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia.
In 2013, Bali received 3.27 million foreign tourists, which exceeded the target of about 2.8 million visitors set by the local tourism office.
Tjokorda Gede Agung, a Bali tourism observer, observed that the Chinese have long known Bali as a paradise island. The cultural rela-
tion between China and Bali has led to deeper ties between Indonesia and China. Therefore, the number of Chinese tourists is increasing every year.
Though Chinese tourist arrivals in Bali have increased, their numbers were relatively small as compared to the number of Chinese tourists travel-ing to other overseas destinations.
“By maximizing various efforts, we can further draw a large number of foreign tourists from China,” he emphasized.
China to open consulate general office in Bali
Bali Post
DENPASAR - The absence of Hindu holidays in Bali within the past weeks did not make the trad-ers of ritual means to breathe freely related to the price of ritual para-phernalia. So far, the price of ritual paraphernalia like young coconut leaf remains a dilemma and makes
traders scream. Price hike of young coconut leaf can be seen at the Batu Kandik Market, West Denpasar.
After the recent Pagerwesi and Tumpek Landep festivity, the price of young coconut leaf remains to rise. Although the increase was not too high, it still made some traders lose some customers. This condi-tion was experienced by Mrs. Rudi,
a trader of canang offerings.She acknowledged the price
hike of young coconut leaf in the market was very influential on her income. Before the price hike, she could sell 500 pieces of canang offerings. Then, she could only sell 300 pieces. “Before the price of young coconut leaf rises, I could sell 500 pieces of canang
offerings. I still have a lot of sub-scribers, but since the price hike of the ritual paraphernalia such as the young coconut leaf, now I can only sell 300 pieces. As a result, my subscribers rarely buy,” said Mrs. Rudi.
Similar opinion was also deliv-ered by a trader of young coconut leaf, Marsel, from Abianbase. He
claimed the price increase occurred from middlemen. It had been felt before the celebration of Pager-wesi. Usually the price of young coconut leaf was at IDR 15,000 per bundle, and then it increased to IDR 25,000 per bundle. “The price hike has happened at the middlemen. So, we just followed them in order not to lose. Price hike also affected the amount of sales each day. “At normal price, consumers usually buy a bundle of young coconut leaf, yet now they only buy a half or a third,” explained Marsel.
He expected the skyrocketing price of young coconut leaf could decline as quickly as possible. Other than young coconut leaf, the price of other ritual paraphernalia such as flowers was also expected to decrease. (sos)
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DENPASAR - China is set to open a consulate general office in Denpasar, Bali, to strengthen its bilateral ties with Indonesia, Chairman of the Indonesia Chinese Association in Bali Sudiarta Indrajaya said.
Price of young coconut leaf skyrockets
Fuel oil price hike to boost 1.8 percent inflation
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The price of ritual paraphernalia like young coconut leaf remains a dilemma and makes traders scream. Price hike of young coconut leaf can be seen at the Batu Kandik Market, West Denpasar.
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DENPASAR - Denpasar City is said to remain open for new invest-ment activities although the density of population in the capital city of the Bali Province has reached nearly 7,000 people per km. How-ever, not all types of investments can easily obtain a permit. The Denpasar Integrated Licensing and Investment Agency (BPPTSP and PM) should still be selective in a number of business sectors.
“Of course, we must make a selection. So far, there are business areas that are open and others which are closed for investment. Here, I’d like to state that the closed sectors include karaoke bars, massage par-lors, steam bath parlors and agility games because they are related to the culture-based vision and mission of the city of Denpasar. Any busi-ness area having very bad impact on the culture is evaluated as being a negative investment,” said Chief of Denpasar Integrated Licensing and Investment Agency, AA Gde Rai Soryawan, in Denpasar.
Rai added that other business areas were said to remain positive or open for investment. Some of them included the tourism sector such as tourist accommodation and restaurants, trade, services, educa-tion and hospitals. Up to September 2014, his party had issued 8,139 licenses for businesses.
“I think the carrying capacity for investment is still available. We also have the results of the study with the Udayana University
related to the investment potential in Denpasar. Such excellent poten-tial is still open according to our spatial plan. Thus, the investment still refers to the spatial plan,” he explained.
It was said that Denpasar had the potential of 207 budget hotel to five-star hotels with a total of 3,619 rooms. Then, the elementary to high school or vocational school amounted to 341 public and private schools as well as 19 hospitals covering the government-owned, private, special as well as military and police hospital. The investment was supported by the accessibility in of the form of Bali Mandara toll road, Ngurah Rai airport, Benoa harbor, Ubung terminal and a num-ber of financial institutions.
“We at the Licensing Agency have attempted to provide various facilities related to investment, both domestic and foreign investment. Essentially, we provide facility, time certainty, cost certainty and guarantee of the legal aspects for the licenses issued,” he said.
Nevertheless, Rai said, the de-velopment of regulations from central government was dynamic or frequently changing so that it often affected the licensing process in the region. It is also one of the obstacles in providing services.
“Let’s say, we want to facilitate services but if there are additional requirements that burdens the com-munity, it also kindles problems which, obviously we do not want (regulation of central govern-ment—Ed),” he said. (kmb32)
It was attended by 33 parishad repre-sentatives from all over Indonesia, rep-resentatives of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and the chief of Hindu Parishad of each county or municipality throughout Bali. “Hindu figures discussed a number of issues related to religion,” said Division Head of the Organization and Fund, Insti-tute of Dharma Duta Indonesia, Nyoman Parbasana.
According to Pasbasana, a number of problems such as morality, spirituality as well as advances in technology would become the main topics at issue. “At least, there is a pattern of devotee development that can be adjusted to the passage of times,” he said.
Other topics discussed included the data collected on the number of temple priest, the number of devotees and the current issues such as the lack of Hindu religion teachers in the area. “Dharma duta has a field data collection division, but as of yet, we do not have accurate data. We will conduct data collection again,” he said.
The results of this meeting, would be followed up with problem solving and the solutions to be acted upon. “The Com-mission will provide recommendations to the Director General and Central Hindu Dharma Parishad,” he said.
Chairman of the Executive Commit-tee of the Hindu Dharma Parishad of
Indonesia (PHDI), SN Suwisma, said the meeting packaged in the form of a consultation was meant to discuss the topic of devotee development as the first step in the revitalization of the Dharma Duta Institute of the PHDI. He said the presence of the dharma duta (religious counselor) was considered to play a very important role in giving enlightenment to people. It had become the spearhead for Hindu development. “In the era of openness today, Hindus are required to further improve their understanding and appreciation of religion. Without strong faith, they will be very volatile and eas-ily affected by things that are contrary to dharma,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Director General of Hindu Community Guidance, the Min-istry of Religious Affairs, Prof. I Ketut Widnya, Ph.D. advised the ambassador to promote devotion in carrying out the duties and functions of his post. (kmb28)
Hindu leaders discuss devotees’ morality facing globalization
Bali Post
TABANAN - Hundreds of Hindu leaders from various regions in Indonesia held a meeting at Apuan, Baturiti, Monday (Oct 27). The meeting which took place over three days, was focused the discussions about the moral development of devotees, appropriate to modernity.
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Investment still allowed in Denpasar
IBP/SuryawanWorkers finished investment project in Denpasar. Denpasar City is mentioned to remain open for new investment activities although the density of population in the capital city of the Bali Province reaches nearly 7,000 people per km. However, not all types of investments can easily obtain a permit.
Agence France-Presse
BANGKOK - Thailand’s premier said Wednesday that police will al-low two Myanmar men accused of killing a pair of British tourists on a Thai island to have another DNA test, as questions mount over the murder probe.
Thai police hailed a break-through in their investigation of the double murders after claiming DNA from the accused migrant workers matched samples taken from the body of one of the victims and that the men had confessed.
Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Tun were charged with the murder of David Miller, 24, and the rape and murder
of Hannah Witheridge, 23, after the tourists’ battered bodies were found on the southern island of Koh Tao on September 15.
But last week the men, both in their 20s, retracted their confes-sions, alleging they were obtained under duress.
Criticism of the police handling of the case has swirled both in Thailand and overseas.
“We will allow suspects to take another DNA test,” Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha told reporters after a weekly cabinet meeting. “If they think that the previous tests were unfair we will conduct a second test.”
It was not immediately clear if
the accused had requested a second DNA test.
Thai authorities have strongly denied using the pair as scapegoats, insisting the case is built on solid evidence showing the DNA of the accused from initial tests matches samples taken from Witheridge’s body.
British police have been allowed to observe the investigation after the UK expressed concerns and offered to help with the probe.
Before the murders, Thailand was already struggling to restore its tarnished image as a tour-ist haven after a May coup saw martial law imposed across the country.
“We have reports of 140 houses getting washed away in the mud-slides,” Sarath Kumara, a spokes-
man for the national Disaster Man-agement Centre (DMC), told AFP.
“There are reports that up to 200
people may be missing.”Kumara said 10 bodies had been
recovered by noon after the disaster in the Koslanda region, around 200 kilometres (125 miles) east of the capital Colombo.
Police, security personnel and local volunteers were involved in a major operation to search for survivors at the Meeriyabedda tea
plantation, which lies close to a beauty-spot famous for its water-falls, Kumara said. A local hospital source said that two men and a woman rescued from the mud had been brought in for treatment.
Sections of several national highways had also been washed away by the rains, slowing down the movement of rescue vehicles,
officials said.The disaster struck in an area
prone to mudslides and residents had been repeatedly warned to move to safer areas as monsoon rains lashed the tea-growing re-gion, the DMC said. At least 13 people were killed in mudslides in and around the capital Colombo in June.
Agence France-Presse
BEIRUT - Islamic State group jihadists have attacked an oil and gas field in Syria, killing at least 30 pro-regime gunmen and secu-rity guards, a monitoring group said Wednesday.
“IS managed to control parts of the field,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a wide network of sources in the war-torn country, said after Tuesday’s assault at Shaer, in Homs province.
An unknown number of jihad-ists were also killed, Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.
An earlier attack by IS fighters on Shaer in July left 270 people dead, including soldiers and pro-regime fighters.
Most were reportedly ex-ecuted at gunpoint after being taken prisoner.
IS has targeted oil and gas facilities in Iraq and Syria as it seeks funds for its fight to seize territory for a self-proclaimed Islamic “caliphate”.
British murder accusedThailand to ‘allow’ second DNA test IS attack on Syria
oil field kills 30
200 missing in Sri Lanka after mudslides
REUTERS/Dinuka LiyanawatteA woman holds an umbrella as heads to a railway station after work during a rainy day in Colombo October 17, 2014. Around 200 people were reported missing and 10 people confirmed dead after heavy monsoon rains triggered mudslides in a tea-growing region of central Sri Lanka on Wednesday, disaster officials said.
Agence France-Presse
COLOMBO - Around 200 people were reported missing and 10 people confirmed dead after heavy monsoon rains triggered mudslides in a tea-growing region of central Sri Lanka on Wednesday, disaster officials said.
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NEGARA - Dozens of repre-sentatives of Yehembang residents concerned about the environment came to the office of local headman, Tuesday (Oct 28). They urged the authority to stop the encroachment action against the forest that could harm the environment. Such peace-
ful action was guarded by Mendoyo and Jembrana police officers.
Dozens of the residents were received by the headman of Ye-hembang, Made Semadi, chief of Yehembang customary village, Gede Ngurah Aryana, and non-commissioned military officer I
Ketut Pasek at the local meeting hall. A representative of residents, Mangku Lalut, said that Yehembang community living on the coastal area agreed with the closure of the sea sand dredging that was inten-sively committed lately.
However, villagers also asked so that the rampant and damag-ing forest encroachment could be disciplined as it harmed the forest conservation. “Water crisis felt by residents during dry season occurred because the forest has been encroached, we requested to be regulated,” he explained. Residents claimed to be ready to help the officers suppress the for-est destruction. Even, the residents were ready to give the names of the encroachers.
Besides, the residents empha-sized that their action had nothing to do with any political interest or others. Their actions were purely peaceful action to preserve the environment at the area of Yehe-mbang village in particular. Such forest encroachment only benefited certain people while in the broader
context it resulted in negative impact. Residents living on lower lands faced drought and got small water discharge as the forest was destroyed. Kaleran hamlet, for instance, currently experienced a drought as the impacts of the en-croachment.
“I have three wells, but all of them have dried out this time,” added another resident. Though the local customary village had no authority because the hamlet at the edge of the forest belonged to Bumbungan customary village, the residents insisted on requesting the village to deliver the complaint of the community. And most impor-tantly, it was stopping the destruc-tion of the forest.
If it was not responded to, the residents did not hesitate to come to the office of subdistrict head with the same aspiration. Chief of Yehembang customary village, Gede Ngurah Aryana, revealed that he personally agreed to stop the encroachment. However, to follow up the prohibition against the en-croachment, Yehembang customary
village was not authorized as the forest lay in the other customary village.
On the other hand, the head-man of Yehembang, Made Semadi, told that during his office he never permitted the encroachment and sea sand dredging. Both actions equally violated the law. Accord-ing to him, entering the forest area already posed a violation, let alone cut down trees and cultivated land. Prosecution was the authority of the rangers. Indeed the residents were allowed to plant on the damaged forests, but should not be made recklessly. It should get permission from central government and the utilization was supervised.
After meeting for some two hours, residents then dismissed. From the information of residents, the encroaching action was quite structured and rooted in the com-munity. Even, the culprits dared to make land transactions along the harvest-ready crops. The landown-ers were not only those living at the edge of the forest, but also outside the village. (kmb26)
The efforts Subak Abian Kebon Nongan, Rendang to still cultivate snakefruit was very large. To draw the market interest, the snakefruit trees were cared with organic ingre-dients. They used fertilizer derived from cow dung manure.
With the measures, farmers could produce snakefruits approxi-mately 1 ton per year per hectare. However, the organic snakefruit faced similar fate to the others. Its price always slumps during the harvest season so that farmers lose money. Harvest occurs in December through February. At that time, the snakefruit products of Karangasem flood the market.
Chief of Subak Abian Kebon, Jero Mangku Pande Made Miasa, accompanied by his deputy Komang Sudiarta revealed that during harvest season arrived the price of snakefruit at the market would slump to the lowest point. Due too cheap price, the collectors usually bought snake-fruit were reluctant to come.
As the experience in the previous year, the price of organic snakefruit
at harvest season could reach IDR 400 per kilogram. Many farmers fi-nally allowed the snakefruit to rot in tree because no collectors wanted to buy. “When the price drops, farmers let their snakefruits rot. When sold, it will even spend much money on labor cost for harvesting,” said Mangku Pande amidst the subak meeting on Tuesday. According to him, the snakefruit was left for fertilizer of the snakefruit plant.
The Head of People Empower-ment Agency (LPM), Jero Mangku Ketut Arnawa, said the snakefruit farmers amounting to 76 families could not rely on the results of the organic snakefruit. According to him, the proceeds from selling the snakefruit crops were not suf-ficient to cover the daily consump-tion. The whole farmers of Subak Abian Kebon currently decided to switch profession into construction workers.
Moreover, the lacking for rain within the past five months had caused the conditions of snakefruit to shrivel and turn thin. “Now, many
snakefruits are damaged, pale and wrinkles so that it cannot be sold. If only relying on the results of snakefruits, we cannot survive,” he said.
Nevertheless, the amount of land conversion at this subak area was a little. Of the 46 hectares of snake-fruit plantation since the 1980s, only 1 hectare of land had been
converted into the land for business and a chicken coop. Farmers were reluctant to switch to sugar snake-fruit because they were traumatized by cheap price of snakefruits during harvest season.
In addition, the cost of land cul-tivation and the purchase of seed were very high. It took them up to five years in order to bear fruit.
Moreover, the sugar snakefruit had been famous for its little yields, almost half of Balinese snakefruit. His party hoped that Karangasem government could help the market-ing of their snakefruit crop. Limited number of snakefruit collectors get-ting ready to buy their crops made difficult for farmers to sell their crops. (dwa)
Organic snakefruit of Nongan unsalable
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AMLAPURA - Organic label pinned on the agricultural products of snakefruit plantation at Subak Abian Kebon Nongan did not affect the market demand. Even though it had been treated with organic fertilizer, the fate of snakefruit crops was not different from the other snakefruit in Karangasem. It happened because the price of snakefruit slumped to IDR 400 per kilogram during massive harvest.
IBP/Dewa FarendraOrganic label pinned on the agricultural products of snakefruit plantation at Subak Abian Kebon Non-gan did not affect the market demand. Even though it had been treated with organic fertilizer, the fate of snakefruit crops was not different from the other snakefruit in Karangasem.
Forest destructionResidents of Yehembang ask encroachers to be prosecuted
IBP/Surya DharmaDozens of representatives of Yehembang residents concerned about the environment came to the office of local headman, Tuesday (Oct 28).
Associated Press
SEOUL — South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday its third-quarter profit jumped 87 percent over a year earlier as smartphone sales set a record high. LG Electronics said its July-Sep-tember net income reached 202.6 billion won ($193 million) on sales of 14.9 trillion won. Operating
income more than doubled from a year earlier to 461.3 billion won.
LG said the improved earnings stemmed from the recovery of its handset business. Its 167 billion won profit exceeded that from televisions, LG’s other mainstay business. The company’s smartphone shipments increased 40 percent from a year earlier to a record 16.8 million units, as its flagship G3 smartphone and
mid-tier L series smartphone drove sales. The company said it will continue its “two track” strategy, trying to lure consumers in advanced countries with the high-end G series and expand L series models for con-sumers in emerging markets.
LG’s mobile communications business remained profitable for a second straight quarter after three quarters of losses. The im-
provement in LG’s smartphone business comes as its hometown rival Samsung Electronics Co. is suffering a rapid decline in profit from its mobile division. Samsung Electronics, which is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings on Thursday, will post around 2 tril-lion won in profit from its mobile communications business, less than one third of its profit a year
earlier, according to analysts.South Korean handset mak-
ers are facing a setback in the domestic market after the govern-ment this month put a ceiling on handset subsidies. The move is meant to offer buyers more cer-tainty about prices but has dented sales. LG said demand for new smartphones in South Korea will stay subdued.
Investments in human capital have lagged behind spending on infrastructure such as airports and hotels, said David Scowsill, president and chief executive of the London-based World Travel and Tourism Council.
“There’s going to be a great shortage of the right people to sup-port the growth in this particular industry,” he said in Singapore.
“We are indeed facing a talent crisis which could impact the quality of our product in the next 10 years...
we’ve seen a lot of investments in infrastructure but not a similar in-vestment in human capital.”
In a separate press statement, Scowsill said that “if the situation is not addressed immediately, it could have serious consequences on the forecast social and economic growth in many countries across Asia in the next decade”.
He said tourism and travel in Asia grew by close to 6.0 percent last year, creating one million new
jobs and generating $2.0 trillion, or around nine percent of the region’s gross domestic product.
“Currently travel and tourism em-ploys around 65 million people and supports one in 12 jobs in Asia,” he said, adding that this exceeds some industries like financial services.
Neeta Lachmandas, assistant chief executive of the Singapore Tourism Board, said while Asia is a “focal point” in global travel, there were also challenges.
Spending by business travellers worldwide is expected to reach a record high of $1.18 trillion this year, with nearly 40 percent of that coming from the Asia-Pacific, the Global Business Travel Associa-tion said in a statement at the trade show. Corporate travellers from China lead the Asian pack, spend-ing $225 billion last year, coming a close second to the United States which topped the world rankings by spending $274 billion.
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BEIJING — China’s growth could decline to close to 7 percent next year but Beijing should focus on overhauling its economy instead of trying to stick to official growth targets, the World Bank said Wednesday.
To avoid a sharper slowdown, Beijing needs to promote competition and efficiency by reforming its labor and real estate markets and its state-run financial system, the Wash-ington-based lender said in a report.
Trying to stick to short-term official targets might set that back by prompting officials to pump credit into the economy and disrupt the development of markets, said the report’s chief author, economist Karlis Smits.
“The policy focus should be on reforms rather than on meeting specific growth tar-gets,” said Smits at a news conference.
The World Bank report adds to urging by reform advocates who say the government of President Xi Jinping needs to move ahead with ambitious plans to give entrepreneurs and market forces a bigger role in the world’s second-largest economy.
Economic growth slowed to a five-year low of 7.3 percent in the latest quarter. That is largely due to government efforts to promote
growth based on domestic consumption and reduce reliance on trade and investment but has raised concern about possible job losses.
Xi’s government has tried to downplay the high status previously given to official economic growth targets by saying this year’s expansion might come in below the official 7.5 percent target. Still, Beijing has launched mini-stimulus measures through higher spending on construction of railways and other public works, prompting warnings it is setting back efforts to give market forces a bigger role.
In an effort to make the economy more ef-ficient and productive, the ruling party unveiled ambitious plans last year to open more indus-tries to private and foreign competitors and to have state banks lend more to entrepreneurs who generate China’s new jobs and wealth.
But the ruling party has yet to make major changes, possibly due to opposition from political factions with ties to state companies that don’t want to lose monopolies, access to subsidized credit and other privileges.
Beijing has reined in dangerously fast growth in lending, but financial industry reform is “progressing more gradually” than other changes, said Smits. He said that without changes, lending will be inefficient and hold back economic development.
Asia’s travel and tourism industry ‘to face talent crisis’Agence France-Presse
SINGAPORE - Asia’s travel and tourism sector is booming but will faces a severe shortage of skilled workers in the next 10 years, a top industry executive said Wednesday.
LG Electronics profit surges on smartphone sales
WB: China needs reform, not growth targets
AP Photo/Andy WongCommuters wait for their buses at a bus stand near a construction site in Beijing, China Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. China’s growth could decline to close to 7 percent next year but Beijing should focus on overhauling its economy instead of trying to stick to official growth targets, the World Bank said Wednesday.
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SINGAPORE - Singapore will deploy a huge tethered surveillance balloon to boost its maritime and air security, the defence ministry has announced.
The helium-filled “aerostat” will be equipped with radar equipment that can spot threats from as far as 200 kilometres (125 miles) away, the ministry said in a post on its website late Tuesday.
“It will be deployed sufficiently high enough so as to have a clear line of sight over Singapore’s air and sea space,” the ministry said.
“Existing systems are facing in-creasing constraints, mainly due to the construction of taller buildings
which prevent the systems (from) establishing a clear line of sight,” it added.
The Straits Times reported that the balloon will be able to scan up to Malacca in Malaysia for stray aircraft as well as detect small boats coming from Indonesia’s Pekanbaru.
The US-made, 55-metre (180-foot) blimp will be operated by eight ground crew and can run at a height of up to 600 metres.
The defence ministry did not reveal the cost of the project.
Speaking on Tuesday, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said the balloon would save the govern-ment approximately Sg$29 million ($23.2 million) in operating costs
every year by not having to rely on round-the-clock surveillance flights.
“For a small island state like Singapore, surveillance and early warning to give us sufficient reaction time to respond will always be a challenge but the aerostat will improve our surveil-lance capabilities significantly,” Ng said.
Singapore has the largest de-fence budget in Southeast Asia, thanks to public funds generated by its substantial economic growth.
Surrounded by far larger neigh-bours Malaysia and Indonesia, it has pursued a robust defence strat-egy since being ejected from the Malaysian Federation in 1965.
Associated Press
SEOUL — South Korea’s spy agency believes it has solved the mystery of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s 6-week public absence that set off a frenzy of global speculation, a lawmaker who attended the agency’s closed-door briefing said Wednesday. The National Intelligence Service told legislators Tuesday that a foreign doctor operated on Kim in September or October to remove a cyst from his left ankle, lawmaker Shin Kyung-min said. He said the spy agency also told lawmakers that the cyst could recur because of Kim’s obesity, smoking and heavy public schedule.
After last being seen in state media on Sept. 3, Kim reap-peared on Oct. 14 hobbling with a cane, but smiling and looking thinner. The speculation during his absence was particularly intense because of the Kim family’s importance to the country locked in a long-running international standoff over its nuclear and missile programs. The family has ruled the nation since its founding in 1948.
Shin said the spy agency identified Kim’s condition as tar-sal tunnel syndrome, an often painful condition that is caused by the compression of a nerve, sometimes because of a cyst. Surgery is generally seen as a last resort after other treatments are unsuccessful.
No weight should be put on the foot for 10 days after an operation, and an improvement in symptoms may take two to three months, according to the website of the NYU Langone Medical Center’s Department of Neurosurgery.
It wasn’t immediately clear how the information about Kim’s condition was obtained by the spy agency, which has a spotty track record of analyzing developments in opaque North Korea.
The agency also told the lawmakers that North Korea has expanded one of its five political prisoner camps in the country. The agency said it believes authorities are relocating inmates held in the Yodok camp, northeast of Pyongyang, to the ex-panded camp in the northeastern town of Kilju, according to Shin’s office.
Shin said the agency also believes that North Korea recently used a firing squad to execute several people who had been close to Kim Jong Un’s uncle, Jang Song Thaek, who was considered the country’s No. 2 power before his sudden purge and execu-tion in December 2013.
In an intelligence success, South Korea’s spy agency cor-rectly said that Jang had likely been dismissed from his posts before North Korea officially announced his arrest.
Sata, whose attacks on foreign mining companies have sometimes rattled investors, died on Tuesday evening at London’s King Edward VII hospital, the Zambia Reports and Zambian Watchdog websites reported. He was 77.
The cause of death was not im-mediately disclosed but Sata, who became president of the landlocked southern African nation in 2011, had been ill for some time.
“As you are aware the president was receiving medical attention in London,” cabinet secretary Roland Msiska announced on
state television. “The head of state passed away on October 28. President Sata’s demise is deeply regretted.”
Sata is likely to be succeeded on an interim basis by Defence Minister Edgar Lungu, who stood in recently as acting president, or by Vice-President Guy Scott, who would become Africa’s first white head of state since South Africa’s FW de Klerk in 1994.
The constitution says a new presidential election must be held within 90 days. Most analysts say Scott is unlikely to run because of
percent against the dollar although traders said it was unlikely to suffer any prolonged weakness due to the underlying health of an economy expected to grow by seven percent this year.
“Obviously there will be a sen-timental temptation to go long on dollars, but I’m also quite confident the central bank will do everything it can to protect the currency,” one Lusaka-based trader said.
“In terms of the economy, every-thing should still be on track.”
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JAKARTA - Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party Chair-man Prabowo Subianto has opined that the cabinet lineup of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Vice President Jusuf Kalla (JK) govern-ment was good enough.
“In my opinion, the Jokowi-JK cabinet lineup is good enough because it is made up of many professionals in their fields,” Prabowo remarked after attending Golkar Party’s golden anniversary celebrations at JIExpo Kemayoran on Tuesday.
He was optimistic that the 34 min-isters in Jokowi-JK’s working cabinet
will be able to optimally execute their duties to implement pro-people programs, although imperfections tend to exist in the cabinet of any government. Therefore, Prabowo called on all parties to provide the widest possible opportunity to the Jokowi-JK government to work for the welfare of all Indonesians.
“Let us give the widest possible opportunity to the government to work well,” Prabowo noted.
Present at the Golkar Party’s gold-en anniversary celebrations were Vice President JK, numerous ministers of the working cabinet, chairmen and politicians of several political parties, and many state institution leaders.
Singapore to deploy massive surveillance balloon
Zambia’s President Michael Chilufya Sata addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, in this September 24,2013 file picture. Zambian President Michael Sata has died in London, a government source told Reuters on Octo-ber 29, 2014.
Zambia’s president, ‘King Cobra’ Sata, dies
Reuters
LUSAKA - Zambian President Michael Sata, an abrasive figure nicknamed ‘King Cobra’ because of his venomous tongue, has died in London where he had been receiving medical treat-ment, the government in Africa’s second-largest copper producer said on Wednesday.
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Seoul: Kim Jong Un had ankle surgery
Widodo, the country’s first leader from outside the political and mili-tary elites, surprised observers by naming former army chief of staff, Ryamizard Ryacudu, to his cabinet at the weekend.
Activists have alleged that abuses took place during his leadership of military operations to quash sepa-ratist groups in Aceh, on western Sumatra island, and in the eastern region of Papua.
In 2003, he was criticised for praising a group of soldiers who had been jailed for killing a Papuan pro-independence leader as “heroes”.
“There is a pessimism that he will respect human rights,” said Al Araf of prominent rights group Imparsial.
John M. Miller from the East Timor and Indonesia Action Net-
work added: “The appointment of a hardliner like Ryamizard Ryacudu tells us that President Widodo is not serious about promoting human rights or reaching out to Papua.”
However the United States, a key ally of Indonesia, sought to play down the concerns.
“We are certainly aware of the allegations of human rights viola-tions committed by the Indonesian army while the general served as army chief of staff,” said State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
“We are not, however, aware of any allegation that ties the defence minister explicitly to a specific hu-man rights violation.”
She also noted that the military, which used to play a central role un-der the regime of dictator Suharto,
had transformed “in significant ways” since the country became a democracy in 1998.
The move was also criticised as it broke with the tradition estab-lished since the end of Suharto’s three-decade rule of appointing a civilian as defence minister, a practice intended to demonstrate the supremacy of the civilian establish-ment over the military.
During authoritarian rule, Indo-nesia’s military had enormous po-litical influence, enjoying unelected parliamentary representation as well as the fruits of a large business empire.
However since Suharto’s down-fall, the military has been stripped of its seats in the parliament and plays a far smaller role in public life.
Antara
SURABAYA - Naval Chief of Staff Admiral Marsetio inaugurated a fleet museum (fleet house) in the premises of the Eastern Indonesian Fleet Com-mand Station on Wednesday.
Chief of the Eastern Fleet Com-mand Rear Admiral Sri Mohamad Darojatim said it took four months to build the museum which was formerly a badminton building.
“The museum was built on a self-financing basis. The construction of the museum was based on the need for a facility to visualize the history of the Indonesian Navy in such way that the families of naval soldiers and the general public could understand it easily,” he said.
The presence of the fleet museum is also complement to the history of the Indonesian Navy which aims to
become a world-class navy, he said. “The museum is an integral part of
the Indonesian Navy in realizing its vision to be a world-class navy. The museum is also dedicated by the ex-tended family of the Indonesian Fleet Command to Naval Chief of Staff Admiral Marsetio who has promoted the Indonesian Navy that navies of other countries have reckoned with,” he said.
Admiral Marsetio meanwhile said the construction of the fleet museum was originally scheduled to be com-pleted before the commemoration of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI)’s 69th anniversary in Surabaya on October 5.
However, since the rank and file of the Eastern Fleet Command were busy making preparations for the event the inauguration of the museum was postponed, he said.
Antara
JAKARTA - The Indonesian Fo-rum for Environment (Walhi) will continue to guard the maritime axis development program envisioned by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to ensure even distribution of welfare among the residents of small islands.
“We will continue to guard the maritime axis development, so that it will not solely benefit certain parties,” Walhi Executive Director Abetnego Tarigan stated on Wednesday.
He explained that the development
of a maritime axis or maritime toll road should be supervised, so that it is environmentally friendly and does not victimize the local community.
“We will continue to support the environmentally friendly maritime axis development, as it will have a positive impact on the welfare of the people living on small islands,” he remarked. But, he noted that the government, while developing sea-ports to support the maritime toll road program, should pay greater attention to the environment in coastal areas and safeguard the rights of its dwellers.
President rapped over hardline defence minister
AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana
Indonesian Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu, left, talk with Coordinating Minister for Po-litical, Law and Security Tedjo Edy Purdjianto before the start of the inauguration ceremony for newly appointed Cabinet members at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Mon-day, Oct. 27, 2014. Reformist new president Joko Widodo has come under fire for appointing a hardline ex-general as defence minister, with activists saying Wednesday it marks a step backwards for human rights.
Agence France-Presse
JAKARTA - Reformist new president Joko Widodo has come under fire for appointing a hardline ex-general as defence minister, with activists saying Wednesday it marks a step back-wards for human rights.
Naval Chief inaugurates fleet museum in Surabaya
Walhi to guard maritime axis development
Prabowo lauds Jokowi-JK cabinet lineup
From page 1The imbalance which has occurred so far should be resolved. He
predicted that Southern Bali would significantly change in the next 25 years. “In Bali, the water crisis will occur as it has in Java. On that account, local government and communities must be prepared to cope with the water crisis,” he said.
Moreover, in the next 15 years, the population of the city of Denpasar would be doubled so that the carrying capacity would be inadequate. Similar condition would also be experienced by Badung because the population growth was higher. It happened because half of Buleleng, Jembrana, Bangli, Klungkung and Karangasem residents worked in Southern Bali. Not to mention the unregistered population. This would cause an imbalance and discomfort as well as make people miserable.
“Congestion is a small example that will harm people’s discipline and causes their productivity to diminish. Just imagine if vehicle growth reaches 10 percent each year. The balance of the development across Bali is very important so as not get focused in Southern Bali. The Buleleng International Airport development must be realized,” said Putera Astaman while adding that Bali tourism was great but for now it was just for Badung and Denpasar alone. (kmb36)
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Manu Ginobili added 20 points for San Antonio, which shot 53 percent from the field. Tim Duncan had 14 points and 13 rebounds for his 14th double-double in a season opener, the most by any player in NBA history, according to Elias Sports.
Monta Ellis scored 26 points for Dallas, and Dirk Nowitzki had 18. Devin Harris finished with 17 points.
Following a video recap of the 2014 season narrated by actor and Spurs fan Samuel L. Jackson, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver presented San Antonio’s staff and players with their championship
rings. The inscription inside the ring was “Good to Great,” which was coach Gregg Popovich’s mantra last season.
After Nowitzki gave Dallas a 100-98 lead with a fadeaway jumper over Boris Diaw with 1:37 remain-ing, Parker drained a 3 in front of the Mavericks’ bench off a feed from Diaw. Parker was 4 for 4 from long range, matching a career high for 3s in a game.
Houston’s James Harden scored 32 points, and Dwight Howard added 13 points and 11 rebounds before getting into a shouting match with Kobe Bryant as the Rockets spoiled Bryant’s return to the Lakers
with a 108-90 victory.Bryant scored 19 points in his
first game back at Staples Center after missing most of the Lakers’ worst season in a half-century with two major injuries.
Trevor Ariza and Terrence Jones scored 16 points each for Hous-ton.
At New Orleans, Anthony Davis had 26 points, 17 rebounds and nine blocks to lead the New Orleans Saints to a 101-84 season-opening win over the Orlando Magic.
Ryan Anderson, coming back from surgery on a herniated disk that cost him more than half of last season, scored 22 points. The Pelicans’ new 7-foot (2.13-meter) center, Omer Asik, had a double-double with 14 points and 17 rebounds.
Tobias Harris scored 25 points for Orlando, while Nikola Vucevic added 15 points and 23 rebounds.
Agence France-Presse
LOS ANGELES - Injury woes mounted for the Los Angeles Lakers as rookie forward Julius Randle broke his leg in his first National Basketball Associa-tion game Tuesday night.
With just under seven minutes to play in a blowout 108-90 Houston Rockets win, Randle fell hard after a drive to the lane, breaking his tibia, the Lakers announced.
The Lakers, who lost Kobe Bryant to injury for
all but six games of last season, had already been hit with injuries even before Randle got hurt. Fu-ture hall of famer Steve Nash is expected to miss the entire season, possibly ending his career with a back injury.
Randle, the number seven overall pick in the NBA entry draft, was stretchered off the court after being treated by doctors, who put his leg in an air cast.
The six-foot-nine, 250-pound Randle was one-for-three from the floor for two points in 13 minutes of playing time.
Agence France-Presse
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s badminton world number one Lee Chong Wei, who is reported to have failed an initial doping test, will travel to Norway on Sunday for follow-up testing, media said Wednesday.
Malaysian sports officials have confirmed that one of the nation’s shuttlers failed a recent doping test but have declined to identify the athlete pending the test next week on a second urine sample.
But Malaysian media have widely reported that Lee -- the country’s top sporting star -- was found to have traces of the banned anti-inflammato-ry drug dexamethasone in his system during the world championships in Denmark in late August.
The state-linked New Straits Times said Lee has made plans to fly to Norway with a top Malaysian sports official for tests at an Oslo laboratory on a second sample pro-vided during the tournament.
The Star newspaper said the test was set for November 5. It quoted Norza Zakaria, deputy president of the Badminton Association of Malaysia. Norza could not immedi-
ately be reached and other officials declined comment.
Malaysian authorities were in-formed of the failed test on October 1 and have said they are investigat-ing, including whether the drug was inadvertently taken as part of medical treatment.
Lee, 32, has struggled with a thigh injury, for which he received stem cell injections in July.
Lee has dominated the world rankings for years, but has notably failed to win a world championship or Olympic gold medal.
In Denmark he lost in the final to China’s Chen Long. In the Asian Games in South Korea in Septem-ber, he was beaten in the semis by his longtime arch-rival Lin Dan of China. Lee withdrew from subse-quent tournaments, citing fatigue.
Malaysia this week announced that Morten Frost, a four-time former All-England champion, has been hired as a national technical director starting next March to guide Malaysian badminton in a post-Lee future. Badminton is Ma-laysia’s national sport, but officials are anxious at the lack of anyone of Lee’s stature to carry the torch forward.
AP Photo/Eric Gay San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker, of France, shoots around Dallas Mavericks’ Chandler Parsons (25) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, in San Antonio. San Antonio won 101-100.
Parker helps Spurs edge Mavs 101-100 in openerAssociated Press
SAN ANTONIO — Tony Parker scored 23 points, including a big 3-pointer late in the game as the San Antonio Spurs opened their title defense with a thrilling 101-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday.
Lee to fly to Norway for doping test
Lakers rookie Randle breaks leg in NBA debut
Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports
Los Angeles Lakers forward Julius Randle (30) shakes
hands with guard Jeremy Lin (17) after an injury during the
second half against the Hous-ton Rockets at Staples Center.
IBP
AMLAPURA - Based on local folklore, the name Jemeluk is originated from
the Balinese word menyeluk or seluk meaning the bay. This area is famous for its
underwater attraction. Jeme-luk is situated at Purwakerti village, Abang subdistrict -
about 100 km from Denpasar or 21 km from Amlapura.
Around this area visitors can find various tourist facilities
like restaurants, hotels and food stalls. When wishing to see the panoramic sea view,
it can be enjoyed from the stopover point. Coral reef of
Jemeluk becomes the main attraction for visitors from
around the world. Aside from the underwater panorama,
we can also enjoy the beauti-ful scenery offered by the
surrounding hills and valleys in combination with the
charming vast sea.
Jemeluk
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MOSCOW — FIFA President Sepp Blatter has revealed the logo for the 2018 World Cup in Russia — with the help of a crew of cosmonauts.
The logo depicts the World Cup trophy in red and blue, colors from the Russian flag, with gold trim.
Unveiling the logo on a Rus-sian state TV talk show, Blat-ter said the logo would show
Russia’s “heart and spirit.” It was then presented over video link by a crew of three Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station.
“Seeing the football World Cup in our country was a dream for all of us,” cosmonaut Elena Serova said.
Simultaneously with the lo-go’s appearance on TV, it was beamed onto Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre as part of a light show.
Balotelli has struggled since his £16 million ($26 million, 20 million euros) pre-season move from AC Milan and on Tuesday he was on the bench until 11 minutes from time.
When the Italian striker was sent on by Reds boss Brendan Rodgers -- a former Swansea manager -- Liverpool were 1-0 behind after Marvin Emnes’s goal had broken the deadlock in the 65th minute.
It looked as if Swansea would hold on for victory until, four minutes from time, Balotelli dem-
onstrated excellent movement to get clear of the visitors’ defence and guide the ball past Swans goal-keeper Gerhard Tremmel.
The match appeared destined for extra-time but, after Swansea’s Federico Fernandez was contro-versially sent off for a challenge on Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool’s Dejan Lovren scored in the fifth minute of stoppage-time when he got on the end of Coutinho’s free-kick to head home the winner.
Premier League leaders Chelsea survived a scare before seeing off
fourth-tier Shrewsbury 2-1.Jermaine Grandison’s own goal
broke home side Shrewsbury’s hearts with nine minutes left when he turned in Willian’s cross.
Shrewsbury kept the game goal-less for more than half the match until Didier Drogba finished from close range in the 48th minute for his third goal in as many matches and in three different competitions.
But Shrewsbury refused to be daunted and substitute Andy Mangan equalised just 84 seconds after coming on in the 75th minute
before Grandison’s unlucky inter-vention decided the match.
However, Chelsea’s top-flight rivals West Bromwich Albion were knocked out by in-form Championship side Bournemouth, losing 2-1.
Bournemouth, fresh from their 8-0 thrashing of Birmingham, made 10 changes.
But that didn’t stop the hosts reaching the last eight of the League Cup for the first time in the south coast side’s history.
Eunan O’Kane gave the Cher-ries a 49th-minute lead and, after Georgios Samaras’s shot deflected in off Tommy Elphick in the 85th-minute, Bournemouth scored the winner barely 60 seconds later when substitute Callum Wilson
raced down the other end to score the decisive goal.
The all-Championship tie saw second-tier leaders Derby County come from two goals behind to beat Fulham 5-2 at Craven Cottage.
Moussa Dembele’s first Fulham goals fired the London club into a 2-0 lead shortly before half-time.
But Chris Martin pulled one back from the penalty-spot before the interval for Derby and the Rams stormed to victory after the break thanks to goals from Johnny Rus-sell, Jeff Hendrick and two from Simon Dawkins.
Meanwhile Sheffield United needed two goals in the final four minutes from Michael Higdon to beat fellow third-tier club Milton Keynes Dons 2-1.
Associated Press
BERLIN — Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa scored one goal and set up another Tuesday as Borussia Dortmund put aside its Bundesliga troubles with a 3-0 win at St. Pauli in the German Cup.
Dortmund, last season’s beat-en finalist, was looking for relief after losing its last four league games, and started strongly against the second-division side in Hamburg.
Ciro Immobile, who argu-ably had a good goal ruled out for offside early on, opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Kevin Grosskreutz cut the ball back and Kagawa helped it on for the Italy striker to convert from close range.
Immobile then set up Marco Reus to make in 2-0 in the 44th, before the home side improved in the second half. Florian Kringe went narrowly close with a deflected shot and Dortmund ‘keeper Mitch Langerak did well to save from Dennis Daube.
But Kagawa settled any nerves by sealing the result with four minutes remaining after a poor clearance from St. Pauli goal-keeper Philipp Tschauner.
Kagawa also scored in his previous German Cup game. In May 2012, in his first stint at the club, he helped Dortmund to a memorable 5-2 win over Bayern Munich in the final.
“We can be happy with the result, also with the first half. Not with the second. We played too little football in it,” said Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp, whose side next faces Bayern in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Elsewhere in the German Cup’s second round, Werder Bremen defeated third-division Chemnitzer FC 2-0 to get Viktor Skripnik off to a winning start as coach.
Fin Bartels finished off a clever pass from Izet Hajrovic to open the scoring in the 31st minute, and Argentine forward Franco di Santo beat the Chem-nitz ‘keeper at his near post in the 49th.
Former under-23 coach Skrip-nik took over the Bundesliga’s bottom club on Saturday, when predecessor Robin Dutt was sacked after claiming just four points from nine league games.
“We really needed this suc-cess. It will do us a lot of good,” Hajrovic said.
Hertha Berlin crashed out 4-2
on penalties to third-tier side Arminia Bielefeld. Bielefeld goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow was the hero with two saves after the game finished scoreless.
Cologne had better luck from the spot, beating third-division Duisburg 4-1 on penalties after Timo Horn saved two. Cologne had Slawomir Peszko set off in the second half for kicking at an opponent and extra time failed to produce a goal.
Hannover lost 2-0 at second-division Aalen. An own goal from Ceyhun Gulselam gave the home side a 24th-minute lead and Michael Klauss made it 2-0 in the 59th.
Fourth-tier side Kickers Of-fenbach caused another upset by defeating second-division Karlsruher SC 1-0 thanks to Benjamin Pintol’s 63rd-minute strike.
Second-division Bochum lost 2-1 after extra time at third-division Dynamo Dresden. Justin Eilers scored both goals for the home side.
Cup holder Bayern visits Bundesliga rival Hamburger SV on Wednesday.
Reuters
STOCKHOLM - Former Elfs-borg manager and Sweden mid-fielder Klas Ingesson, who played a major role in the team’s third-place finish at the 1994 World Cup, has died of cancer at the age of 46, the club announced on Wednesday.
“IF Elfsborg has a very sad an-nouncement to make. Klas Inges-son has passed away this morning,” the club said in a statement posted on its website (www.elfsborg.se).
“Our thoughts are foremost with his wife and children, who were with him to the end at home in Odeshog.” As a player Ingesson represented a string of clubs includ-ing IFK Gothenburg in Sweden, Sheffield Wednesday in England and the Italian trio of Bolgona, Bari and Lecce.
Capped 57 times for Sweden and a driving force in the side that beat Bulgaria 4-0 to claim third
place at the World Cup in United States, Ingesson was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2009.
Following treatment he was able to take over Elfsborg’s under-21 side in October 2010, eventually be-ing appointed manager of the senior team in September 2013.
But Ingesson’s managerial ca-reer was interrupted by the return of the cancer and he spent a pe-riod coaching from the dugout in a wheelchair before announcing his decision to step down from the role at the end of the current season.
“If I’m going to be involved, I have to play a full part,” Ingesson said while announcing his decision. “This year I have been there on and off and others have had to bear the burden. That won’t work in the long run.”
Known affectionately in Sweden as ‘the Lumberjack from Odeshog’, Ingesson is survived by his wife Veronica and two sons.
Agence France-Presse
BUENOS AIRES - Former Ar-gentine soccer star Diego Maradona on Tuesday filed a theft complaint against his girlfriend, Rocio Oliva, after a video was released that alleg-
edly shows him hitting her.“I spoke to Diego and he filed
the complaint,” Oliva told Argen-tine television.
Oliva, 22, has a turbulent rela-tionship with 53-year-old Mara-dona. He lives in Dubai and has a
sports promotion contract.Argentine television channels
have released a short video sup-posedly shot by Oliva in a room in Maradona’s home.
In the blurry footage, Oliva can be heard saying “Stop, stop” as if
she is trying to stop an attack.Maradona has said he had
knocked the phone from her hands but denies hitting Oliva, a female footballer.
Oliva said she was not respon-sible for the video being released
and instead blamed an unnamed “nephew” of Maradona.
Maradona in March accused Oliva in Dubai of stealing jewelry and other valuable items. The couple are a staple of Argentina’s tabloid and celebrity press.
Maradona accuses girlfriend of theft after video leaked
Balotelli scores as Liverpool knock Swansea out of League Cup
AP Photo/Jon Super
Agence France-Presse
LONDON - Mario Balotelli scored just his second goal for Liverpool in 12 appearances as they came from behind to beat Premier League rivals Swansea 2-1 and advance into the last eight of the League Cup at Anfield on Tuesday.
Balotelli scores as Liverpool knock Swansea out of League Cup
Liverpool’s Mario Balotelli, centre
left, celebrates with teammates after scoring against
Swansea during the English League Cup
soccer match be-tween Liverpool and Swansea at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Tuesday
Oct. 28, 2014.
Liverpool’s Mario Balotelli, centre
left, celebrates with teammates after scoring against
Swansea during the English League Cup
soccer match be-tween Liverpool and Swansea at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Tuesday
Oct. 28, 2014.
REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
Borussia Dortmund’s Shinji Kagawa celebrates after scoring a goal during their German soccer cup (DFB Pokal) match against FC St. Pauli in Hamburg October 28, 2014.
Dortmund gets back to winning ways in German Cup
AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin
The official logo for the 2018 FIFA World Cup is presented on the facade of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. FIFA President Sepp Blatter has revealed the logo for the 2018 World Cup in Russia - with the help of a crew of cosmonauts. The logo depicts the World Cup trophy in red and blue, colors from the Russian flag, with gold trim.
Former Sweden midfielder Ingesson dies from cancer
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Associated Press
MOSCOW — FIFA President Sepp Blatter has revealed the logo for the 2018 World Cup in Russia — with the help of a crew of cosmonauts.
The logo depicts the World Cup trophy in red and blue, colors from the Russian flag, with gold trim.
Unveiling the logo on a Rus-sian state TV talk show, Blat-ter said the logo would show
Russia’s “heart and spirit.” It was then presented over video link by a crew of three Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station.
“Seeing the football World Cup in our country was a dream for all of us,” cosmonaut Elena Serova said.
Simultaneously with the lo-go’s appearance on TV, it was beamed onto Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre as part of a light show.
Balotelli has struggled since his £16 million ($26 million, 20 million euros) pre-season move from AC Milan and on Tuesday he was on the bench until 11 minutes from time.
When the Italian striker was sent on by Reds boss Brendan Rodgers -- a former Swansea manager -- Liverpool were 1-0 behind after Marvin Emnes’s goal had broken the deadlock in the 65th minute.
It looked as if Swansea would hold on for victory until, four minutes from time, Balotelli dem-
onstrated excellent movement to get clear of the visitors’ defence and guide the ball past Swans goal-keeper Gerhard Tremmel.
The match appeared destined for extra-time but, after Swansea’s Federico Fernandez was contro-versially sent off for a challenge on Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool’s Dejan Lovren scored in the fifth minute of stoppage-time when he got on the end of Coutinho’s free-kick to head home the winner.
Premier League leaders Chelsea survived a scare before seeing off
fourth-tier Shrewsbury 2-1.Jermaine Grandison’s own goal
broke home side Shrewsbury’s hearts with nine minutes left when he turned in Willian’s cross.
Shrewsbury kept the game goal-less for more than half the match until Didier Drogba finished from close range in the 48th minute for his third goal in as many matches and in three different competitions.
But Shrewsbury refused to be daunted and substitute Andy Mangan equalised just 84 seconds after coming on in the 75th minute
before Grandison’s unlucky inter-vention decided the match.
However, Chelsea’s top-flight rivals West Bromwich Albion were knocked out by in-form Championship side Bournemouth, losing 2-1.
Bournemouth, fresh from their 8-0 thrashing of Birmingham, made 10 changes.
But that didn’t stop the hosts reaching the last eight of the League Cup for the first time in the south coast side’s history.
Eunan O’Kane gave the Cher-ries a 49th-minute lead and, after Georgios Samaras’s shot deflected in off Tommy Elphick in the 85th-minute, Bournemouth scored the winner barely 60 seconds later when substitute Callum Wilson
raced down the other end to score the decisive goal.
The all-Championship tie saw second-tier leaders Derby County come from two goals behind to beat Fulham 5-2 at Craven Cottage.
Moussa Dembele’s first Fulham goals fired the London club into a 2-0 lead shortly before half-time.
But Chris Martin pulled one back from the penalty-spot before the interval for Derby and the Rams stormed to victory after the break thanks to goals from Johnny Rus-sell, Jeff Hendrick and two from Simon Dawkins.
Meanwhile Sheffield United needed two goals in the final four minutes from Michael Higdon to beat fellow third-tier club Milton Keynes Dons 2-1.
Associated Press
BERLIN — Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa scored one goal and set up another Tuesday as Borussia Dortmund put aside its Bundesliga troubles with a 3-0 win at St. Pauli in the German Cup.
Dortmund, last season’s beat-en finalist, was looking for relief after losing its last four league games, and started strongly against the second-division side in Hamburg.
Ciro Immobile, who argu-ably had a good goal ruled out for offside early on, opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Kevin Grosskreutz cut the ball back and Kagawa helped it on for the Italy striker to convert from close range.
Immobile then set up Marco Reus to make in 2-0 in the 44th, before the home side improved in the second half. Florian Kringe went narrowly close with a deflected shot and Dortmund ‘keeper Mitch Langerak did well to save from Dennis Daube.
But Kagawa settled any nerves by sealing the result with four minutes remaining after a poor clearance from St. Pauli goal-keeper Philipp Tschauner.
Kagawa also scored in his previous German Cup game. In May 2012, in his first stint at the club, he helped Dortmund to a memorable 5-2 win over Bayern Munich in the final.
“We can be happy with the result, also with the first half. Not with the second. We played too little football in it,” said Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp, whose side next faces Bayern in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Elsewhere in the German Cup’s second round, Werder Bremen defeated third-division Chemnitzer FC 2-0 to get Viktor Skripnik off to a winning start as coach.
Fin Bartels finished off a clever pass from Izet Hajrovic to open the scoring in the 31st minute, and Argentine forward Franco di Santo beat the Chem-nitz ‘keeper at his near post in the 49th.
Former under-23 coach Skrip-nik took over the Bundesliga’s bottom club on Saturday, when predecessor Robin Dutt was sacked after claiming just four points from nine league games.
“We really needed this suc-cess. It will do us a lot of good,” Hajrovic said.
Hertha Berlin crashed out 4-2
on penalties to third-tier side Arminia Bielefeld. Bielefeld goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow was the hero with two saves after the game finished scoreless.
Cologne had better luck from the spot, beating third-division Duisburg 4-1 on penalties after Timo Horn saved two. Cologne had Slawomir Peszko set off in the second half for kicking at an opponent and extra time failed to produce a goal.
Hannover lost 2-0 at second-division Aalen. An own goal from Ceyhun Gulselam gave the home side a 24th-minute lead and Michael Klauss made it 2-0 in the 59th.
Fourth-tier side Kickers Of-fenbach caused another upset by defeating second-division Karlsruher SC 1-0 thanks to Benjamin Pintol’s 63rd-minute strike.
Second-division Bochum lost 2-1 after extra time at third-division Dynamo Dresden. Justin Eilers scored both goals for the home side.
Cup holder Bayern visits Bundesliga rival Hamburger SV on Wednesday.
Reuters
STOCKHOLM - Former Elfs-borg manager and Sweden mid-fielder Klas Ingesson, who played a major role in the team’s third-place finish at the 1994 World Cup, has died of cancer at the age of 46, the club announced on Wednesday.
“IF Elfsborg has a very sad an-nouncement to make. Klas Inges-son has passed away this morning,” the club said in a statement posted on its website (www.elfsborg.se).
“Our thoughts are foremost with his wife and children, who were with him to the end at home in Odeshog.” As a player Ingesson represented a string of clubs includ-ing IFK Gothenburg in Sweden, Sheffield Wednesday in England and the Italian trio of Bolgona, Bari and Lecce.
Capped 57 times for Sweden and a driving force in the side that beat Bulgaria 4-0 to claim third
place at the World Cup in United States, Ingesson was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2009.
Following treatment he was able to take over Elfsborg’s under-21 side in October 2010, eventually be-ing appointed manager of the senior team in September 2013.
But Ingesson’s managerial ca-reer was interrupted by the return of the cancer and he spent a pe-riod coaching from the dugout in a wheelchair before announcing his decision to step down from the role at the end of the current season.
“If I’m going to be involved, I have to play a full part,” Ingesson said while announcing his decision. “This year I have been there on and off and others have had to bear the burden. That won’t work in the long run.”
Known affectionately in Sweden as ‘the Lumberjack from Odeshog’, Ingesson is survived by his wife Veronica and two sons.
Agence France-Presse
BUENOS AIRES - Former Ar-gentine soccer star Diego Maradona on Tuesday filed a theft complaint against his girlfriend, Rocio Oliva, after a video was released that alleg-
edly shows him hitting her.“I spoke to Diego and he filed
the complaint,” Oliva told Argen-tine television.
Oliva, 22, has a turbulent rela-tionship with 53-year-old Mara-dona. He lives in Dubai and has a
sports promotion contract.Argentine television channels
have released a short video sup-posedly shot by Oliva in a room in Maradona’s home.
In the blurry footage, Oliva can be heard saying “Stop, stop” as if
she is trying to stop an attack.Maradona has said he had
knocked the phone from her hands but denies hitting Oliva, a female footballer.
Oliva said she was not respon-sible for the video being released
and instead blamed an unnamed “nephew” of Maradona.
Maradona in March accused Oliva in Dubai of stealing jewelry and other valuable items. The couple are a staple of Argentina’s tabloid and celebrity press.
Maradona accuses girlfriend of theft after video leaked
Balotelli scores as Liverpool knock Swansea out of League Cup
AP Photo/Jon Super
Agence France-Presse
LONDON - Mario Balotelli scored just his second goal for Liverpool in 12 appearances as they came from behind to beat Premier League rivals Swansea 2-1 and advance into the last eight of the League Cup at Anfield on Tuesday.
Balotelli scores as Liverpool knock Swansea out of League Cup
Liverpool’s Mario Balotelli, centre
left, celebrates with teammates after scoring against
Swansea during the English League Cup
soccer match be-tween Liverpool and Swansea at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Tuesday
Oct. 28, 2014.
Liverpool’s Mario Balotelli, centre
left, celebrates with teammates after scoring against
Swansea during the English League Cup
soccer match be-tween Liverpool and Swansea at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Tuesday
Oct. 28, 2014.
REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
Borussia Dortmund’s Shinji Kagawa celebrates after scoring a goal during their German soccer cup (DFB Pokal) match against FC St. Pauli in Hamburg October 28, 2014.
Dortmund gets back to winning ways in German Cup
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The official logo for the 2018 FIFA World Cup is presented on the facade of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. FIFA President Sepp Blatter has revealed the logo for the 2018 World Cup in Russia - with the help of a crew of cosmonauts. The logo depicts the World Cup trophy in red and blue, colors from the Russian flag, with gold trim.
Former Sweden midfielder Ingesson dies from cancer
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Manu Ginobili added 20 points for San Antonio, which shot 53 percent from the field. Tim Duncan had 14 points and 13 rebounds for his 14th double-double in a season opener, the most by any player in NBA history, according to Elias Sports.
Monta Ellis scored 26 points for Dallas, and Dirk Nowitzki had 18. Devin Harris finished with 17 points.
Following a video recap of the 2014 season narrated by actor and Spurs fan Samuel L. Jackson, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver presented San Antonio’s staff and players with their championship
rings. The inscription inside the ring was “Good to Great,” which was coach Gregg Popovich’s mantra last season.
After Nowitzki gave Dallas a 100-98 lead with a fadeaway jumper over Boris Diaw with 1:37 remain-ing, Parker drained a 3 in front of the Mavericks’ bench off a feed from Diaw. Parker was 4 for 4 from long range, matching a career high for 3s in a game.
Houston’s James Harden scored 32 points, and Dwight Howard added 13 points and 11 rebounds before getting into a shouting match with Kobe Bryant as the Rockets spoiled Bryant’s return to the Lakers
with a 108-90 victory.Bryant scored 19 points in his
first game back at Staples Center after missing most of the Lakers’ worst season in a half-century with two major injuries.
Trevor Ariza and Terrence Jones scored 16 points each for Hous-ton.
At New Orleans, Anthony Davis had 26 points, 17 rebounds and nine blocks to lead the New Orleans Saints to a 101-84 season-opening win over the Orlando Magic.
Ryan Anderson, coming back from surgery on a herniated disk that cost him more than half of last season, scored 22 points. The Pelicans’ new 7-foot (2.13-meter) center, Omer Asik, had a double-double with 14 points and 17 rebounds.
Tobias Harris scored 25 points for Orlando, while Nikola Vucevic added 15 points and 23 rebounds.
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LOS ANGELES - Injury woes mounted for the Los Angeles Lakers as rookie forward Julius Randle broke his leg in his first National Basketball Associa-tion game Tuesday night.
With just under seven minutes to play in a blowout 108-90 Houston Rockets win, Randle fell hard after a drive to the lane, breaking his tibia, the Lakers announced.
The Lakers, who lost Kobe Bryant to injury for
all but six games of last season, had already been hit with injuries even before Randle got hurt. Fu-ture hall of famer Steve Nash is expected to miss the entire season, possibly ending his career with a back injury.
Randle, the number seven overall pick in the NBA entry draft, was stretchered off the court after being treated by doctors, who put his leg in an air cast.
The six-foot-nine, 250-pound Randle was one-for-three from the floor for two points in 13 minutes of playing time.
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KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s badminton world number one Lee Chong Wei, who is reported to have failed an initial doping test, will travel to Norway on Sunday for follow-up testing, media said Wednesday.
Malaysian sports officials have confirmed that one of the nation’s shuttlers failed a recent doping test but have declined to identify the athlete pending the test next week on a second urine sample.
But Malaysian media have widely reported that Lee -- the country’s top sporting star -- was found to have traces of the banned anti-inflammato-ry drug dexamethasone in his system during the world championships in Denmark in late August.
The state-linked New Straits Times said Lee has made plans to fly to Norway with a top Malaysian sports official for tests at an Oslo laboratory on a second sample pro-vided during the tournament.
The Star newspaper said the test was set for November 5. It quoted Norza Zakaria, deputy president of the Badminton Association of Malaysia. Norza could not immedi-
ately be reached and other officials declined comment.
Malaysian authorities were in-formed of the failed test on October 1 and have said they are investigat-ing, including whether the drug was inadvertently taken as part of medical treatment.
Lee, 32, has struggled with a thigh injury, for which he received stem cell injections in July.
Lee has dominated the world rankings for years, but has notably failed to win a world championship or Olympic gold medal.
In Denmark he lost in the final to China’s Chen Long. In the Asian Games in South Korea in Septem-ber, he was beaten in the semis by his longtime arch-rival Lin Dan of China. Lee withdrew from subse-quent tournaments, citing fatigue.
Malaysia this week announced that Morten Frost, a four-time former All-England champion, has been hired as a national technical director starting next March to guide Malaysian badminton in a post-Lee future. Badminton is Ma-laysia’s national sport, but officials are anxious at the lack of anyone of Lee’s stature to carry the torch forward.
AP Photo/Eric Gay San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker, of France, shoots around Dallas Mavericks’ Chandler Parsons (25) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, in San Antonio. San Antonio won 101-100.
Parker helps Spurs edge Mavs 101-100 in openerAssociated Press
SAN ANTONIO — Tony Parker scored 23 points, including a big 3-pointer late in the game as the San Antonio Spurs opened their title defense with a thrilling 101-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday.
Lee to fly to Norway for doping test
Lakers rookie Randle breaks leg in NBA debut
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Los Angeles Lakers forward Julius Randle (30) shakes
hands with guard Jeremy Lin (17) after an injury during the
second half against the Hous-ton Rockets at Staples Center.
IBP
AMLAPURA - Based on local folklore, the name Jemeluk is originated from
the Balinese word menyeluk or seluk meaning the bay. This area is famous for its
underwater attraction. Jeme-luk is situated at Purwakerti village, Abang subdistrict -
about 100 km from Denpasar or 21 km from Amlapura.
Around this area visitors can find various tourist facilities
like restaurants, hotels and food stalls. When wishing to see the panoramic sea view,
it can be enjoyed from the stopover point. Coral reef of
Jemeluk becomes the main attraction for visitors from
around the world. Aside from the underwater panorama,
we can also enjoy the beauti-ful scenery offered by the
surrounding hills and valleys in combination with the
charming vast sea.
Jemeluk
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SINGAPORE - Singapore will deploy a huge tethered surveillance balloon to boost its maritime and air security, the defence ministry has announced.
The helium-filled “aerostat” will be equipped with radar equipment that can spot threats from as far as 200 kilometres (125 miles) away, the ministry said in a post on its website late Tuesday.
“It will be deployed sufficiently high enough so as to have a clear line of sight over Singapore’s air and sea space,” the ministry said.
“Existing systems are facing in-creasing constraints, mainly due to the construction of taller buildings
which prevent the systems (from) establishing a clear line of sight,” it added.
The Straits Times reported that the balloon will be able to scan up to Malacca in Malaysia for stray aircraft as well as detect small boats coming from Indonesia’s Pekanbaru.
The US-made, 55-metre (180-foot) blimp will be operated by eight ground crew and can run at a height of up to 600 metres.
The defence ministry did not reveal the cost of the project.
Speaking on Tuesday, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said the balloon would save the govern-ment approximately Sg$29 million ($23.2 million) in operating costs
every year by not having to rely on round-the-clock surveillance flights.
“For a small island state like Singapore, surveillance and early warning to give us sufficient reaction time to respond will always be a challenge but the aerostat will improve our surveil-lance capabilities significantly,” Ng said.
Singapore has the largest de-fence budget in Southeast Asia, thanks to public funds generated by its substantial economic growth.
Surrounded by far larger neigh-bours Malaysia and Indonesia, it has pursued a robust defence strat-egy since being ejected from the Malaysian Federation in 1965.
Associated Press
SEOUL — South Korea’s spy agency believes it has solved the mystery of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s 6-week public absence that set off a frenzy of global speculation, a lawmaker who attended the agency’s closed-door briefing said Wednesday. The National Intelligence Service told legislators Tuesday that a foreign doctor operated on Kim in September or October to remove a cyst from his left ankle, lawmaker Shin Kyung-min said. He said the spy agency also told lawmakers that the cyst could recur because of Kim’s obesity, smoking and heavy public schedule.
After last being seen in state media on Sept. 3, Kim reap-peared on Oct. 14 hobbling with a cane, but smiling and looking thinner. The speculation during his absence was particularly intense because of the Kim family’s importance to the country locked in a long-running international standoff over its nuclear and missile programs. The family has ruled the nation since its founding in 1948.
Shin said the spy agency identified Kim’s condition as tar-sal tunnel syndrome, an often painful condition that is caused by the compression of a nerve, sometimes because of a cyst. Surgery is generally seen as a last resort after other treatments are unsuccessful.
No weight should be put on the foot for 10 days after an operation, and an improvement in symptoms may take two to three months, according to the website of the NYU Langone Medical Center’s Department of Neurosurgery.
It wasn’t immediately clear how the information about Kim’s condition was obtained by the spy agency, which has a spotty track record of analyzing developments in opaque North Korea.
The agency also told the lawmakers that North Korea has expanded one of its five political prisoner camps in the country. The agency said it believes authorities are relocating inmates held in the Yodok camp, northeast of Pyongyang, to the ex-panded camp in the northeastern town of Kilju, according to Shin’s office.
Shin said the agency also believes that North Korea recently used a firing squad to execute several people who had been close to Kim Jong Un’s uncle, Jang Song Thaek, who was considered the country’s No. 2 power before his sudden purge and execu-tion in December 2013.
In an intelligence success, South Korea’s spy agency cor-rectly said that Jang had likely been dismissed from his posts before North Korea officially announced his arrest.
Sata, whose attacks on foreign mining companies have sometimes rattled investors, died on Tuesday evening at London’s King Edward VII hospital, the Zambia Reports and Zambian Watchdog websites reported. He was 77.
The cause of death was not im-mediately disclosed but Sata, who became president of the landlocked southern African nation in 2011, had been ill for some time.
“As you are aware the president was receiving medical attention in London,” cabinet secretary Roland Msiska announced on
state television. “The head of state passed away on October 28. President Sata’s demise is deeply regretted.”
Sata is likely to be succeeded on an interim basis by Defence Minister Edgar Lungu, who stood in recently as acting president, or by Vice-President Guy Scott, who would become Africa’s first white head of state since South Africa’s FW de Klerk in 1994.
The constitution says a new presidential election must be held within 90 days. Most analysts say Scott is unlikely to run because of
percent against the dollar although traders said it was unlikely to suffer any prolonged weakness due to the underlying health of an economy expected to grow by seven percent this year.
“Obviously there will be a sen-timental temptation to go long on dollars, but I’m also quite confident the central bank will do everything it can to protect the currency,” one Lusaka-based trader said.
“In terms of the economy, every-thing should still be on track.”
Antara
JAKARTA - Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party Chair-man Prabowo Subianto has opined that the cabinet lineup of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Vice President Jusuf Kalla (JK) govern-ment was good enough.
“In my opinion, the Jokowi-JK cabinet lineup is good enough because it is made up of many professionals in their fields,” Prabowo remarked after attending Golkar Party’s golden anniversary celebrations at JIExpo Kemayoran on Tuesday.
He was optimistic that the 34 min-isters in Jokowi-JK’s working cabinet
will be able to optimally execute their duties to implement pro-people programs, although imperfections tend to exist in the cabinet of any government. Therefore, Prabowo called on all parties to provide the widest possible opportunity to the Jokowi-JK government to work for the welfare of all Indonesians.
“Let us give the widest possible opportunity to the government to work well,” Prabowo noted.
Present at the Golkar Party’s gold-en anniversary celebrations were Vice President JK, numerous ministers of the working cabinet, chairmen and politicians of several political parties, and many state institution leaders.
Singapore to deploy massive surveillance balloon
Zambia’s President Michael Chilufya Sata addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, in this September 24,2013 file picture. Zambian President Michael Sata has died in London, a government source told Reuters on Octo-ber 29, 2014.
Zambia’s president, ‘King Cobra’ Sata, dies
Reuters
LUSAKA - Zambian President Michael Sata, an abrasive figure nicknamed ‘King Cobra’ because of his venomous tongue, has died in London where he had been receiving medical treat-ment, the government in Africa’s second-largest copper producer said on Wednesday.
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Seoul: Kim Jong Un had ankle surgery
Widodo, the country’s first leader from outside the political and mili-tary elites, surprised observers by naming former army chief of staff, Ryamizard Ryacudu, to his cabinet at the weekend.
Activists have alleged that abuses took place during his leadership of military operations to quash sepa-ratist groups in Aceh, on western Sumatra island, and in the eastern region of Papua.
In 2003, he was criticised for praising a group of soldiers who had been jailed for killing a Papuan pro-independence leader as “heroes”.
“There is a pessimism that he will respect human rights,” said Al Araf of prominent rights group Imparsial.
John M. Miller from the East Timor and Indonesia Action Net-
work added: “The appointment of a hardliner like Ryamizard Ryacudu tells us that President Widodo is not serious about promoting human rights or reaching out to Papua.”
However the United States, a key ally of Indonesia, sought to play down the concerns.
“We are certainly aware of the allegations of human rights viola-tions committed by the Indonesian army while the general served as army chief of staff,” said State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
“We are not, however, aware of any allegation that ties the defence minister explicitly to a specific hu-man rights violation.”
She also noted that the military, which used to play a central role un-der the regime of dictator Suharto,
had transformed “in significant ways” since the country became a democracy in 1998.
The move was also criticised as it broke with the tradition estab-lished since the end of Suharto’s three-decade rule of appointing a civilian as defence minister, a practice intended to demonstrate the supremacy of the civilian establish-ment over the military.
During authoritarian rule, Indo-nesia’s military had enormous po-litical influence, enjoying unelected parliamentary representation as well as the fruits of a large business empire.
However since Suharto’s down-fall, the military has been stripped of its seats in the parliament and plays a far smaller role in public life.
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SURABAYA - Naval Chief of Staff Admiral Marsetio inaugurated a fleet museum (fleet house) in the premises of the Eastern Indonesian Fleet Com-mand Station on Wednesday.
Chief of the Eastern Fleet Com-mand Rear Admiral Sri Mohamad Darojatim said it took four months to build the museum which was formerly a badminton building.
“The museum was built on a self-financing basis. The construction of the museum was based on the need for a facility to visualize the history of the Indonesian Navy in such way that the families of naval soldiers and the general public could understand it easily,” he said.
The presence of the fleet museum is also complement to the history of the Indonesian Navy which aims to
become a world-class navy, he said. “The museum is an integral part of
the Indonesian Navy in realizing its vision to be a world-class navy. The museum is also dedicated by the ex-tended family of the Indonesian Fleet Command to Naval Chief of Staff Admiral Marsetio who has promoted the Indonesian Navy that navies of other countries have reckoned with,” he said.
Admiral Marsetio meanwhile said the construction of the fleet museum was originally scheduled to be com-pleted before the commemoration of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI)’s 69th anniversary in Surabaya on October 5.
However, since the rank and file of the Eastern Fleet Command were busy making preparations for the event the inauguration of the museum was postponed, he said.
Antara
JAKARTA - The Indonesian Fo-rum for Environment (Walhi) will continue to guard the maritime axis development program envisioned by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to ensure even distribution of welfare among the residents of small islands.
“We will continue to guard the maritime axis development, so that it will not solely benefit certain parties,” Walhi Executive Director Abetnego Tarigan stated on Wednesday.
He explained that the development
of a maritime axis or maritime toll road should be supervised, so that it is environmentally friendly and does not victimize the local community.
“We will continue to support the environmentally friendly maritime axis development, as it will have a positive impact on the welfare of the people living on small islands,” he remarked. But, he noted that the government, while developing sea-ports to support the maritime toll road program, should pay greater attention to the environment in coastal areas and safeguard the rights of its dwellers.
President rapped over hardline defence minister
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Indonesian Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu, left, talk with Coordinating Minister for Po-litical, Law and Security Tedjo Edy Purdjianto before the start of the inauguration ceremony for newly appointed Cabinet members at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Mon-day, Oct. 27, 2014. Reformist new president Joko Widodo has come under fire for appointing a hardline ex-general as defence minister, with activists saying Wednesday it marks a step backwards for human rights.
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JAKARTA - Reformist new president Joko Widodo has come under fire for appointing a hardline ex-general as defence minister, with activists saying Wednesday it marks a step back-wards for human rights.
Naval Chief inaugurates fleet museum in Surabaya
Walhi to guard maritime axis development
Prabowo lauds Jokowi-JK cabinet lineup
From page 1The imbalance which has occurred so far should be resolved. He
predicted that Southern Bali would significantly change in the next 25 years. “In Bali, the water crisis will occur as it has in Java. On that account, local government and communities must be prepared to cope with the water crisis,” he said.
Moreover, in the next 15 years, the population of the city of Denpasar would be doubled so that the carrying capacity would be inadequate. Similar condition would also be experienced by Badung because the population growth was higher. It happened because half of Buleleng, Jembrana, Bangli, Klungkung and Karangasem residents worked in Southern Bali. Not to mention the unregistered population. This would cause an imbalance and discomfort as well as make people miserable.
“Congestion is a small example that will harm people’s discipline and causes their productivity to diminish. Just imagine if vehicle growth reaches 10 percent each year. The balance of the development across Bali is very important so as not get focused in Southern Bali. The Buleleng International Airport development must be realized,” said Putera Astaman while adding that Bali tourism was great but for now it was just for Badung and Denpasar alone. (kmb36)
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NEGARA - Dozens of repre-sentatives of Yehembang residents concerned about the environment came to the office of local headman, Tuesday (Oct 28). They urged the authority to stop the encroachment action against the forest that could harm the environment. Such peace-
ful action was guarded by Mendoyo and Jembrana police officers.
Dozens of the residents were received by the headman of Ye-hembang, Made Semadi, chief of Yehembang customary village, Gede Ngurah Aryana, and non-commissioned military officer I
Ketut Pasek at the local meeting hall. A representative of residents, Mangku Lalut, said that Yehembang community living on the coastal area agreed with the closure of the sea sand dredging that was inten-sively committed lately.
However, villagers also asked so that the rampant and damag-ing forest encroachment could be disciplined as it harmed the forest conservation. “Water crisis felt by residents during dry season occurred because the forest has been encroached, we requested to be regulated,” he explained. Residents claimed to be ready to help the officers suppress the for-est destruction. Even, the residents were ready to give the names of the encroachers.
Besides, the residents empha-sized that their action had nothing to do with any political interest or others. Their actions were purely peaceful action to preserve the environment at the area of Yehe-mbang village in particular. Such forest encroachment only benefited certain people while in the broader
context it resulted in negative impact. Residents living on lower lands faced drought and got small water discharge as the forest was destroyed. Kaleran hamlet, for instance, currently experienced a drought as the impacts of the en-croachment.
“I have three wells, but all of them have dried out this time,” added another resident. Though the local customary village had no authority because the hamlet at the edge of the forest belonged to Bumbungan customary village, the residents insisted on requesting the village to deliver the complaint of the community. And most impor-tantly, it was stopping the destruc-tion of the forest.
If it was not responded to, the residents did not hesitate to come to the office of subdistrict head with the same aspiration. Chief of Yehembang customary village, Gede Ngurah Aryana, revealed that he personally agreed to stop the encroachment. However, to follow up the prohibition against the en-croachment, Yehembang customary
village was not authorized as the forest lay in the other customary village.
On the other hand, the head-man of Yehembang, Made Semadi, told that during his office he never permitted the encroachment and sea sand dredging. Both actions equally violated the law. Accord-ing to him, entering the forest area already posed a violation, let alone cut down trees and cultivated land. Prosecution was the authority of the rangers. Indeed the residents were allowed to plant on the damaged forests, but should not be made recklessly. It should get permission from central government and the utilization was supervised.
After meeting for some two hours, residents then dismissed. From the information of residents, the encroaching action was quite structured and rooted in the com-munity. Even, the culprits dared to make land transactions along the harvest-ready crops. The landown-ers were not only those living at the edge of the forest, but also outside the village. (kmb26)
The efforts Subak Abian Kebon Nongan, Rendang to still cultivate snakefruit was very large. To draw the market interest, the snakefruit trees were cared with organic ingre-dients. They used fertilizer derived from cow dung manure.
With the measures, farmers could produce snakefruits approxi-mately 1 ton per year per hectare. However, the organic snakefruit faced similar fate to the others. Its price always slumps during the harvest season so that farmers lose money. Harvest occurs in December through February. At that time, the snakefruit products of Karangasem flood the market.
Chief of Subak Abian Kebon, Jero Mangku Pande Made Miasa, accompanied by his deputy Komang Sudiarta revealed that during harvest season arrived the price of snakefruit at the market would slump to the lowest point. Due too cheap price, the collectors usually bought snake-fruit were reluctant to come.
As the experience in the previous year, the price of organic snakefruit
at harvest season could reach IDR 400 per kilogram. Many farmers fi-nally allowed the snakefruit to rot in tree because no collectors wanted to buy. “When the price drops, farmers let their snakefruits rot. When sold, it will even spend much money on labor cost for harvesting,” said Mangku Pande amidst the subak meeting on Tuesday. According to him, the snakefruit was left for fertilizer of the snakefruit plant.
The Head of People Empower-ment Agency (LPM), Jero Mangku Ketut Arnawa, said the snakefruit farmers amounting to 76 families could not rely on the results of the organic snakefruit. According to him, the proceeds from selling the snakefruit crops were not suf-ficient to cover the daily consump-tion. The whole farmers of Subak Abian Kebon currently decided to switch profession into construction workers.
Moreover, the lacking for rain within the past five months had caused the conditions of snakefruit to shrivel and turn thin. “Now, many
snakefruits are damaged, pale and wrinkles so that it cannot be sold. If only relying on the results of snakefruits, we cannot survive,” he said.
Nevertheless, the amount of land conversion at this subak area was a little. Of the 46 hectares of snake-fruit plantation since the 1980s, only 1 hectare of land had been
converted into the land for business and a chicken coop. Farmers were reluctant to switch to sugar snake-fruit because they were traumatized by cheap price of snakefruits during harvest season.
In addition, the cost of land cul-tivation and the purchase of seed were very high. It took them up to five years in order to bear fruit.
Moreover, the sugar snakefruit had been famous for its little yields, almost half of Balinese snakefruit. His party hoped that Karangasem government could help the market-ing of their snakefruit crop. Limited number of snakefruit collectors get-ting ready to buy their crops made difficult for farmers to sell their crops. (dwa)
Organic snakefruit of Nongan unsalable
Farmers change professionBali Post
AMLAPURA - Organic label pinned on the agricultural products of snakefruit plantation at Subak Abian Kebon Nongan did not affect the market demand. Even though it had been treated with organic fertilizer, the fate of snakefruit crops was not different from the other snakefruit in Karangasem. It happened because the price of snakefruit slumped to IDR 400 per kilogram during massive harvest.
IBP/Dewa FarendraOrganic label pinned on the agricultural products of snakefruit plantation at Subak Abian Kebon Non-gan did not affect the market demand. Even though it had been treated with organic fertilizer, the fate of snakefruit crops was not different from the other snakefruit in Karangasem.
Forest destructionResidents of Yehembang ask encroachers to be prosecuted
IBP/Surya DharmaDozens of representatives of Yehembang residents concerned about the environment came to the office of local headman, Tuesday (Oct 28).
Associated Press
SEOUL — South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday its third-quarter profit jumped 87 percent over a year earlier as smartphone sales set a record high. LG Electronics said its July-Sep-tember net income reached 202.6 billion won ($193 million) on sales of 14.9 trillion won. Operating
income more than doubled from a year earlier to 461.3 billion won.
LG said the improved earnings stemmed from the recovery of its handset business. Its 167 billion won profit exceeded that from televisions, LG’s other mainstay business. The company’s smartphone shipments increased 40 percent from a year earlier to a record 16.8 million units, as its flagship G3 smartphone and
mid-tier L series smartphone drove sales. The company said it will continue its “two track” strategy, trying to lure consumers in advanced countries with the high-end G series and expand L series models for con-sumers in emerging markets.
LG’s mobile communications business remained profitable for a second straight quarter after three quarters of losses. The im-
provement in LG’s smartphone business comes as its hometown rival Samsung Electronics Co. is suffering a rapid decline in profit from its mobile division. Samsung Electronics, which is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings on Thursday, will post around 2 tril-lion won in profit from its mobile communications business, less than one third of its profit a year
earlier, according to analysts.South Korean handset mak-
ers are facing a setback in the domestic market after the govern-ment this month put a ceiling on handset subsidies. The move is meant to offer buyers more cer-tainty about prices but has dented sales. LG said demand for new smartphones in South Korea will stay subdued.
Investments in human capital have lagged behind spending on infrastructure such as airports and hotels, said David Scowsill, president and chief executive of the London-based World Travel and Tourism Council.
“There’s going to be a great shortage of the right people to sup-port the growth in this particular industry,” he said in Singapore.
“We are indeed facing a talent crisis which could impact the quality of our product in the next 10 years...
we’ve seen a lot of investments in infrastructure but not a similar in-vestment in human capital.”
In a separate press statement, Scowsill said that “if the situation is not addressed immediately, it could have serious consequences on the forecast social and economic growth in many countries across Asia in the next decade”.
He said tourism and travel in Asia grew by close to 6.0 percent last year, creating one million new
jobs and generating $2.0 trillion, or around nine percent of the region’s gross domestic product.
“Currently travel and tourism em-ploys around 65 million people and supports one in 12 jobs in Asia,” he said, adding that this exceeds some industries like financial services.
Neeta Lachmandas, assistant chief executive of the Singapore Tourism Board, said while Asia is a “focal point” in global travel, there were also challenges.
Spending by business travellers worldwide is expected to reach a record high of $1.18 trillion this year, with nearly 40 percent of that coming from the Asia-Pacific, the Global Business Travel Associa-tion said in a statement at the trade show. Corporate travellers from China lead the Asian pack, spend-ing $225 billion last year, coming a close second to the United States which topped the world rankings by spending $274 billion.
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BEIJING — China’s growth could decline to close to 7 percent next year but Beijing should focus on overhauling its economy instead of trying to stick to official growth targets, the World Bank said Wednesday.
To avoid a sharper slowdown, Beijing needs to promote competition and efficiency by reforming its labor and real estate markets and its state-run financial system, the Wash-ington-based lender said in a report.
Trying to stick to short-term official targets might set that back by prompting officials to pump credit into the economy and disrupt the development of markets, said the report’s chief author, economist Karlis Smits.
“The policy focus should be on reforms rather than on meeting specific growth tar-gets,” said Smits at a news conference.
The World Bank report adds to urging by reform advocates who say the government of President Xi Jinping needs to move ahead with ambitious plans to give entrepreneurs and market forces a bigger role in the world’s second-largest economy.
Economic growth slowed to a five-year low of 7.3 percent in the latest quarter. That is largely due to government efforts to promote
growth based on domestic consumption and reduce reliance on trade and investment but has raised concern about possible job losses.
Xi’s government has tried to downplay the high status previously given to official economic growth targets by saying this year’s expansion might come in below the official 7.5 percent target. Still, Beijing has launched mini-stimulus measures through higher spending on construction of railways and other public works, prompting warnings it is setting back efforts to give market forces a bigger role.
In an effort to make the economy more ef-ficient and productive, the ruling party unveiled ambitious plans last year to open more indus-tries to private and foreign competitors and to have state banks lend more to entrepreneurs who generate China’s new jobs and wealth.
But the ruling party has yet to make major changes, possibly due to opposition from political factions with ties to state companies that don’t want to lose monopolies, access to subsidized credit and other privileges.
Beijing has reined in dangerously fast growth in lending, but financial industry reform is “progressing more gradually” than other changes, said Smits. He said that without changes, lending will be inefficient and hold back economic development.
Asia’s travel and tourism industry ‘to face talent crisis’Agence France-Presse
SINGAPORE - Asia’s travel and tourism sector is booming but will faces a severe shortage of skilled workers in the next 10 years, a top industry executive said Wednesday.
LG Electronics profit surges on smartphone sales
WB: China needs reform, not growth targets
AP Photo/Andy WongCommuters wait for their buses at a bus stand near a construction site in Beijing, China Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. China’s growth could decline to close to 7 percent next year but Beijing should focus on overhauling its economy instead of trying to stick to official growth targets, the World Bank said Wednesday.
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DENPASAR - Denpasar City is said to remain open for new invest-ment activities although the density of population in the capital city of the Bali Province has reached nearly 7,000 people per km. How-ever, not all types of investments can easily obtain a permit. The Denpasar Integrated Licensing and Investment Agency (BPPTSP and PM) should still be selective in a number of business sectors.
“Of course, we must make a selection. So far, there are business areas that are open and others which are closed for investment. Here, I’d like to state that the closed sectors include karaoke bars, massage par-lors, steam bath parlors and agility games because they are related to the culture-based vision and mission of the city of Denpasar. Any busi-ness area having very bad impact on the culture is evaluated as being a negative investment,” said Chief of Denpasar Integrated Licensing and Investment Agency, AA Gde Rai Soryawan, in Denpasar.
Rai added that other business areas were said to remain positive or open for investment. Some of them included the tourism sector such as tourist accommodation and restaurants, trade, services, educa-tion and hospitals. Up to September 2014, his party had issued 8,139 licenses for businesses.
“I think the carrying capacity for investment is still available. We also have the results of the study with the Udayana University
related to the investment potential in Denpasar. Such excellent poten-tial is still open according to our spatial plan. Thus, the investment still refers to the spatial plan,” he explained.
It was said that Denpasar had the potential of 207 budget hotel to five-star hotels with a total of 3,619 rooms. Then, the elementary to high school or vocational school amounted to 341 public and private schools as well as 19 hospitals covering the government-owned, private, special as well as military and police hospital. The investment was supported by the accessibility in of the form of Bali Mandara toll road, Ngurah Rai airport, Benoa harbor, Ubung terminal and a num-ber of financial institutions.
“We at the Licensing Agency have attempted to provide various facilities related to investment, both domestic and foreign investment. Essentially, we provide facility, time certainty, cost certainty and guarantee of the legal aspects for the licenses issued,” he said.
Nevertheless, Rai said, the de-velopment of regulations from central government was dynamic or frequently changing so that it often affected the licensing process in the region. It is also one of the obstacles in providing services.
“Let’s say, we want to facilitate services but if there are additional requirements that burdens the com-munity, it also kindles problems which, obviously we do not want (regulation of central govern-ment—Ed),” he said. (kmb32)
It was attended by 33 parishad repre-sentatives from all over Indonesia, rep-resentatives of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and the chief of Hindu Parishad of each county or municipality throughout Bali. “Hindu figures discussed a number of issues related to religion,” said Division Head of the Organization and Fund, Insti-tute of Dharma Duta Indonesia, Nyoman Parbasana.
According to Pasbasana, a number of problems such as morality, spirituality as well as advances in technology would become the main topics at issue. “At least, there is a pattern of devotee development that can be adjusted to the passage of times,” he said.
Other topics discussed included the data collected on the number of temple priest, the number of devotees and the current issues such as the lack of Hindu religion teachers in the area. “Dharma duta has a field data collection division, but as of yet, we do not have accurate data. We will conduct data collection again,” he said.
The results of this meeting, would be followed up with problem solving and the solutions to be acted upon. “The Com-mission will provide recommendations to the Director General and Central Hindu Dharma Parishad,” he said.
Chairman of the Executive Commit-tee of the Hindu Dharma Parishad of
Indonesia (PHDI), SN Suwisma, said the meeting packaged in the form of a consultation was meant to discuss the topic of devotee development as the first step in the revitalization of the Dharma Duta Institute of the PHDI. He said the presence of the dharma duta (religious counselor) was considered to play a very important role in giving enlightenment to people. It had become the spearhead for Hindu development. “In the era of openness today, Hindus are required to further improve their understanding and appreciation of religion. Without strong faith, they will be very volatile and eas-ily affected by things that are contrary to dharma,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Director General of Hindu Community Guidance, the Min-istry of Religious Affairs, Prof. I Ketut Widnya, Ph.D. advised the ambassador to promote devotion in carrying out the duties and functions of his post. (kmb28)
Hindu leaders discuss devotees’ morality facing globalization
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TABANAN - Hundreds of Hindu leaders from various regions in Indonesia held a meeting at Apuan, Baturiti, Monday (Oct 27). The meeting which took place over three days, was focused the discussions about the moral development of devotees, appropriate to modernity.
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Investment still allowed in Denpasar
IBP/SuryawanWorkers finished investment project in Denpasar. Denpasar City is mentioned to remain open for new investment activities although the density of population in the capital city of the Bali Province reaches nearly 7,000 people per km. However, not all types of investments can easily obtain a permit.
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BANGKOK - Thailand’s premier said Wednesday that police will al-low two Myanmar men accused of killing a pair of British tourists on a Thai island to have another DNA test, as questions mount over the murder probe.
Thai police hailed a break-through in their investigation of the double murders after claiming DNA from the accused migrant workers matched samples taken from the body of one of the victims and that the men had confessed.
Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Tun were charged with the murder of David Miller, 24, and the rape and murder
of Hannah Witheridge, 23, after the tourists’ battered bodies were found on the southern island of Koh Tao on September 15.
But last week the men, both in their 20s, retracted their confes-sions, alleging they were obtained under duress.
Criticism of the police handling of the case has swirled both in Thailand and overseas.
“We will allow suspects to take another DNA test,” Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha told reporters after a weekly cabinet meeting. “If they think that the previous tests were unfair we will conduct a second test.”
It was not immediately clear if
the accused had requested a second DNA test.
Thai authorities have strongly denied using the pair as scapegoats, insisting the case is built on solid evidence showing the DNA of the accused from initial tests matches samples taken from Witheridge’s body.
British police have been allowed to observe the investigation after the UK expressed concerns and offered to help with the probe.
Before the murders, Thailand was already struggling to restore its tarnished image as a tour-ist haven after a May coup saw martial law imposed across the country.
“We have reports of 140 houses getting washed away in the mud-slides,” Sarath Kumara, a spokes-
man for the national Disaster Man-agement Centre (DMC), told AFP.
“There are reports that up to 200
people may be missing.”Kumara said 10 bodies had been
recovered by noon after the disaster in the Koslanda region, around 200 kilometres (125 miles) east of the capital Colombo.
Police, security personnel and local volunteers were involved in a major operation to search for survivors at the Meeriyabedda tea
plantation, which lies close to a beauty-spot famous for its water-falls, Kumara said. A local hospital source said that two men and a woman rescued from the mud had been brought in for treatment.
Sections of several national highways had also been washed away by the rains, slowing down the movement of rescue vehicles,
officials said.The disaster struck in an area
prone to mudslides and residents had been repeatedly warned to move to safer areas as monsoon rains lashed the tea-growing re-gion, the DMC said. At least 13 people were killed in mudslides in and around the capital Colombo in June.
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BEIRUT - Islamic State group jihadists have attacked an oil and gas field in Syria, killing at least 30 pro-regime gunmen and secu-rity guards, a monitoring group said Wednesday.
“IS managed to control parts of the field,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a wide network of sources in the war-torn country, said after Tuesday’s assault at Shaer, in Homs province.
An unknown number of jihad-ists were also killed, Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.
An earlier attack by IS fighters on Shaer in July left 270 people dead, including soldiers and pro-regime fighters.
Most were reportedly ex-ecuted at gunpoint after being taken prisoner.
IS has targeted oil and gas facilities in Iraq and Syria as it seeks funds for its fight to seize territory for a self-proclaimed Islamic “caliphate”.
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200 missing in Sri Lanka after mudslides
REUTERS/Dinuka LiyanawatteA woman holds an umbrella as heads to a railway station after work during a rainy day in Colombo October 17, 2014. Around 200 people were reported missing and 10 people confirmed dead after heavy monsoon rains triggered mudslides in a tea-growing region of central Sri Lanka on Wednesday, disaster officials said.
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COLOMBO - Around 200 people were reported missing and 10 people confirmed dead after heavy monsoon rains triggered mudslides in a tea-growing region of central Sri Lanka on Wednesday, disaster officials said.
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WASHINGTON - A study of 15 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome has found that patients’ brains have at least three distinct abnormalities when compared to healthy people, researchers said Wednesday.
The findings, if confirmed, could lead to new ways to diagnose and treat the troublesome condition that affects more than a million Ameri-cans, said the study conducted by Stanford University researchers in
the peer-reviewed journal Radiol-ogy.
“Using a trio of sophisticated imaging methodologies, we found that CFS patients’ brains diverge from those of healthy subjects in at least three distinct ways,” said lead author Michael Zeineh, assistant professor of radiology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Researchers performed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans on 15 CFS patients and 14 age- and gender-matched controls.
They found CFS patients had slightly less white matter in the brain, as well as abnormalities in a nerve tract within the brain’s right hemisphere.
For CFS patients, “the differ-ences correlated with their fatigue -- the more abnormal the tract, the worse the fatigue,” Zeineh said.
The imaging study also found abnormalities among CFS patients in two areas that connect the right arcuate fasciculus. Each connec-tion point, known as a cortex, was thicker in CFS patients, the
researchers said.Until now, chronic fatigue syn-
drome has been difficult to diag-nose, with its characteristic “brain fog” enduring more than six months and coinciding with a host of other symptoms.
“CFS is one of the greatest sci-entific and medical challenges of our time,” said the study’s senior author, Jose Montoya, professor of infectious diseases and geographic medicine at Stanford.
“Its symptoms often include not only overwhelming fatigue, but
also joint and muscle pain, inca-pacitating headaches, food intoler-ance, sore throat, enlargement of the lymph nodes, gastrointestinal problems, abnormal blood-pressure and heart-rate events, and hyper-sensitivity to light, noise or other sensations.”
Researchers said the findings must be confirmed in future stud-ies but that these structural dif-ferences could point to the way toward a better understanding of what causes the disease and how to stop it.
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DENPASAR - The Indonesian Central Bank BI for Bali branch has predicted that the inflation will rise by 1.8 percent if subsi-dized premium gasoline price is
raised by Rp3000 per liter next November 1.
“We have calculated an infla-tion increase of 1.8 percent if the government goes ahead with its plan to raise gasoline by Rp3000 per liter,” Benny Siswanto, BI
head for Bali, said on Wednes-day.
He said that the prediction was made together with the regional inflation control team (TPID) for Bali province. Benny said if the government raised the fuel price
on November 1, 2014 it would have domino effects on the coun-try’s economy.
“The first round effect will be felt by the transportation sec-tor and the second one by food prices,” he added.
The findings may warrant ques-tions about recommendations for milk consumption, although further research is needed, its authors said, as the association may be purely coincidental.
A Swedish team used data taken from 61,000 women aged 39-74 and monitored for about 20 years, and more than 45,000 men aged 45-79 followed for 11 years.
The volunteers gave details about
diet and lifestyle, body weight, smok-ing habits, exercise frequency, educa-tion level and marital status.
By the end of this long study pe-riod, 25,500 of the group had died and 22,000 had suffered a fracture.
Higher milk intake was not accom-panied by a lower risk of fractures but “may be associated with a higher rate of death”, the study said.
Among the women, 180 per 1,000 in the group which drank three glass-
es of milk or more a day died during a 10-year period, compared to the group average, independent of milk consumption, of 126 per 1,000.
Among those who drank a glass or less per day, the rate was 110 per 1,000, co-author Karl Michaelsson of Uppsala University told AFP.
The figures for hip fracture was 42 out of 1,000 women who drank a lot of milk, 35 per 1,000 on average, and 31 per 1,000 of women who drank
the least milk.“Women who consumed three
glasses or more per day had a 90 percent higher risk of death, 60 percent higher risk of hip fracture and 15 percent higher risk of any fracture compared to those who drank less than a glass,” said Mi-chaelsson.
For men, the difference in death rate was less pronounced: 207 per 1,000 among the three-glasses-a-day group over 10 years, 189 per 1,000 on average, and 182 per 1,000 among low consumers. There was no differ-ence in fracture rates.
“The higher risk of mortality was evident with all types of milk: full-fat,
half-fat and skimmed milk,” Michael-sson added -- and started from a daily intake of about two glasses of milk.
At a lower consumption of half a glass to one glass per day, “there was a tendency of slightly reduced hip fracture risk” compared to zero intake, but the same was not true for mortality risk.
The team found that fermented milk products like cheese or yoghurt were associated with lower mortal-ity and fracture rates, particularly in women.
One reason, the authors specu-lated, is that milk, but not cheese, is high in D-galactose, a type of sugar that in animal studies was shown to hasten ageing and shorten lifespan.
The researchers said it was im-possible to draw any conclusions or make recommendations on milk consumption until further work is carried out.
The results may not apply to people of other ethnic origins with different levels of lactose tolerance, they said.
Milk also has different nutrient levels that depend on factors like food fortification and cow diet.
And the results could be skewed by a phenomenon called “reverse causation” -- osteoporosis suffer-ers at high risk of a bone break increase their milk intake, which then gets blamed when they suffer a fracture.
In a comment, Mary Schooling of the City University of New York School of Public Health said “the role of milk in mortality needs to be established definitively now” as con-sumption would rise with economic development.
Other experts noted shortcom-ings in the study, including that milk consumption was self-reported, often a flaw in dietary research.
Nor did the authors define the type of physical activity the men and women did -- whether it was weight-bearing and therefore bone-strengthening, or not.
The study “creates more questions than provides answers”, said Cath-erine Collins, principal dietitian at St George’s Hospital in London.
Brain abnormalities in people with chronic fatigue
Can you drink too much milk?Agence France-Presse
PARIS - Drink lots of milk to strengthen your bones and boost your health, doctors say. But a study in The BMJ medical journal Wednesday said Swedes with a high intake of cow’s milk died younger -- and women suffered more fractures.
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“China is planning to open its consulate general in Bali in Decem-ber. We hope the consulate will help promote Bali among the Chinese people,” stated Sudiarta.
Earlier, Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali Panusunan Siregar noted that
around 330,172 Chinese tour-ists visited Bali during the initial seven months of 2014, which is an increase of 45.76 percent as com-pared to 226,494 visitors recorded last year.
“China is ranked second after Australia for its number of tourists
visiting Bali,” he added.Siregar explained that China
has contributed 15.80 percent of the total number of tourists to Bali. This year, Bali has drawn about 2.08 million tourists, an increase of 16.66 percent as compared to 1.79 million tourists recorded in the
previous year.The total number of Chinese
tourists who traveled to Bali sur-passed the number of travelers from Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia.
In 2013, Bali received 3.27 million foreign tourists, which exceeded the target of about 2.8 million visitors set by the local tourism office.
Tjokorda Gede Agung, a Bali tourism observer, observed that the Chinese have long known Bali as a paradise island. The cultural rela-
tion between China and Bali has led to deeper ties between Indonesia and China. Therefore, the number of Chinese tourists is increasing every year.
Though Chinese tourist arrivals in Bali have increased, their numbers were relatively small as compared to the number of Chinese tourists travel-ing to other overseas destinations.
“By maximizing various efforts, we can further draw a large number of foreign tourists from China,” he emphasized.
China to open consulate general office in Bali
Bali Post
DENPASAR - The absence of Hindu holidays in Bali within the past weeks did not make the trad-ers of ritual means to breathe freely related to the price of ritual para-phernalia. So far, the price of ritual paraphernalia like young coconut leaf remains a dilemma and makes
traders scream. Price hike of young coconut leaf can be seen at the Batu Kandik Market, West Denpasar.
After the recent Pagerwesi and Tumpek Landep festivity, the price of young coconut leaf remains to rise. Although the increase was not too high, it still made some traders lose some customers. This condi-tion was experienced by Mrs. Rudi,
a trader of canang offerings.She acknowledged the price
hike of young coconut leaf in the market was very influential on her income. Before the price hike, she could sell 500 pieces of canang offerings. Then, she could only sell 300 pieces. “Before the price of young coconut leaf rises, I could sell 500 pieces of canang
offerings. I still have a lot of sub-scribers, but since the price hike of the ritual paraphernalia such as the young coconut leaf, now I can only sell 300 pieces. As a result, my subscribers rarely buy,” said Mrs. Rudi.
Similar opinion was also deliv-ered by a trader of young coconut leaf, Marsel, from Abianbase. He
claimed the price increase occurred from middlemen. It had been felt before the celebration of Pager-wesi. Usually the price of young coconut leaf was at IDR 15,000 per bundle, and then it increased to IDR 25,000 per bundle. “The price hike has happened at the middlemen. So, we just followed them in order not to lose. Price hike also affected the amount of sales each day. “At normal price, consumers usually buy a bundle of young coconut leaf, yet now they only buy a half or a third,” explained Marsel.
He expected the skyrocketing price of young coconut leaf could decline as quickly as possible. Other than young coconut leaf, the price of other ritual paraphernalia such as flowers was also expected to decrease. (sos)
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DENPASAR - China is set to open a consulate general office in Denpasar, Bali, to strengthen its bilateral ties with Indonesia, Chairman of the Indonesia Chinese Association in Bali Sudiarta Indrajaya said.
Price of young coconut leaf skyrockets
Fuel oil price hike to boost 1.8 percent inflation
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The price of ritual paraphernalia like young coconut leaf remains a dilemma and makes traders scream. Price hike of young coconut leaf can be seen at the Batu Kandik Market, West Denpasar.
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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.
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Calendar Event for October 28 through November 6, 2014
October28th Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan/Anggara Kasih Kulantir :Temple Festival at :- Pr. Penataran Tangkas-Tebuwana, Sukawati- Pr. Dalem Langan-Bebalang, Bangli- Pr. Peseh, Lembeng Ketewel, Sukawati- Pr. Pasek Gelgel Penulisan. Kerambitan, Tabanan- Pr. Gaduh-Sading- Pr. Dalem Gandamayu-Klungkung- Pr. Sanghyang Tegal-Taro Kaja, Tegalalang- Pr. Penataran Agung/Odalan Ida
Ratu Mas Magelung-Besakih- Mr. Dadia Dalem Tarukan-Kubu, Bangli
November2nd Buda Kliwon Tolu, Temple Festival at: Pr. Alas Harum-Tegal Kepuh,Kaba-Kaba, Kediri,Tabanan3rd Coma Umanis ToluTemple Festival at:- Pr. Puseh Bale Agung Ubung Kupang- Panebel,Tabanan,- Pr. Kawitan Sekula Gotra Pasung Gerigih- Kaba-Kaba,Kediri,Tabanan
- Pr. Bhujangga Resi- Tumbak Banyuh,- Pr. Batu Madeg- Besakih- Pr. Paibon Tangkas Kori Agung- Ceningan Kanginan,Nusa Penida- Pr. Penataran Agung Penatih- Br. Sabha, Penatih- Pr . Penataran Sanggem- Sidemen, Karangasem5th Buda Pon Tolu, Temple Festival at: Pr. Catur Bhuwana-Sanding, Tampaksiring.6th Wraspati Wage ToluTemple Festival at:- Pr. Paninjoan-Besakih- Pr. Dalem Tenggaling- Ds. Blahbatuh, Gianyar.
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MANGUPURA - The circle of the Badung house high-lighted the government’s stance on the Mid-term Development Plan (RPJMD) of Badung. It was triggered by the presence of twice amendment of the mid-term development plan within just over one year. The legisla-tor judged that the change of the government indicated the inaccuracy in planning the de-velopment.
Such highlight emerged in a working meeting of Mid-term Development Plan Special Committee with the executive, Tuesday (Oct 28). The meet-ing led by the Chairman of the Special Committee I Nyoman Dirgayusa was attended by the Head of the Badung Legislation Agency I Made Retha, Assis-tant III IGN Oka Darmawan, Secretary to the Regional De-velopment Planning Board (Bappeda) and Research & Development Made Agus Ari-awan and Legal Division Head Komang Budhi Argawa. In the meeting, he claimed to wonder because the development plan changed twice a year. Although his party had received an ex-planation on the causes of the change namely the decline in general allocation fund (DAU) that should be synchronized with the budget draft 2015, but according to him it should not affect the mid-term develop-ment plan if it had been care-fully arranged. “At this rate, is there any inaccuracy factor in the planning?” he asked.
According to him, the ex-ecutive should explain about the points of changes in the develop-ment plan. On that account, in the next discussion of the regional bylaw draft his party would deepen the problem. Moreover, the government had promised to give details about the changes in the development plan.
Meanwhile, Secretary to the Regional Development Planning Board and Research & Development of Badung Agus Ariawan denied if the change was due to inaccuracy in the government planning. He said that in accordance with
the Government Regulation No.58/2005 and No.37/2013 the mid-term development plan should be consistent and harmony with the other plan-ning and budgeting documents including the annual regional government work planning (RKPD), regional budget gen-eral policy (KUA), temporary plafond budget priority (PPAS) and the budget. The changes in such development plan could be done more than once in a year as long as there was an increase in the upper limit of the program having been de-signed previously as a result of the projected increase in the local revenues. The changes in the development plan aimed to meet the needs of dynamic development and changes in the structure of local revenue.
He explained the time span of the preparation for the re-gional budget general policy and temporary plafond budget priority until 2015 was long enough, namely five months. During this period, there were dynamics caused by internal and external factors. External factors included the existence of new regulation from central government, including policies related to the general allocation fund. In the regional budget general policy, the temporary plafond budget priority and regional budget draft 2015, the general allocation fund was equally drafted namely at IDR 324.8 billion. But af-ter the budget draft 2015 was submitted to the House, a new policy emerged that the general allocation fund received from central government was only IDR 286.7 billion, so that it de-creased to IDR 38 billion more. This needed to be harmonized.
Aside from the matter of general allocation fund, another factor such as the increase in revenue from the adjustment of special autonomy fund worth IDR 22 billion should be uti-lized for teacher professional allowance. In addition, the vil-lage fund allocation (ADD) that was not previously drafted, but it was then provided by central government at the amount of IDR 5.7 billion. (kmb25)
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The leadership of Bali House sworn included Nyoman Adi Wiryatama (PDI-P) as chairman and the three dep-uty chairmen consisting of Dr. Nyoman Sugawa Korry (Golkar Party), IGB Alit Putra (Democrat Party) and Jro Komang Gede Swastika (Gerindra Party).
In the speech after the inauguration, Chairman of the Bali House, Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, invited all the mem-bers to come together to work in unity. He also hoped that after the definitive leadership was sworn and subsidiary body had been specified, the members of the House should focus on working in accordance with the respective tasks and subsidiary body.
“We used to compete for the sup-port of constituents. Now, it’s time for us to work side by side. We must begin to demonstrate the performance to the public and implement the three func-tions of the House namely supervision, budgeting and legislation,” he said. He also invited the executive to improve coordination and synergy in implement-ing the government programs.
Adi Wiryatama added that the tasks of the House in the future would be very hard and the urgent agenda was discussing the main Regional Budget Draft 2015 including how to oversee the execution of the implementation of the Regional Budget Amendment 2014.
He emphasized that the time to dis-cuss about the main Regional Budget 2015 would be very short, less than two months before the fiscal year ended in December 2014. Moreover, after the regional budget draft was passed into the regional budget, it still needed to be verified to the Ministry of Home Affairs, so that it took quite a long time.
Meanwhile, Secretary of the Bali House, Pande Malihana, was rumored to be replaced with a new official. From several months ago, he had been bedridden due to his sickness so that the secretarial duties were not running optimally. Related to that matter, Adi Wiryatama insisted that his party would
coordinate internally with the House and the executive (Bali government) to search for a new secretary to handle the tasks of the House.
Meanwhile, Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, hoped the leadership of the Bali House could assume the people’s aspirations wisely so as to encourage all the residents to participate actively in the development.
Meanwhile, after the inauguration of the leadership, the Bali House held plenary session to inaugurate the eight subsidiary bodies, the Commission I, II, III, and IV as well as the budget agency, deliberative body, disciplinary council and the legislature agreed in the previ-ous meeting.
Meanwhile, Commission I handling the administration, security and legisla-tion affairs was lead by Chairman Tama Tenaya (PDI-P), Deputy Chairman Tagel Arjana (Gerindra) and Secretary Dewa Nyoman Rai (PDI-P). Then, Commission II handled the economic, financial and agricultural affairs with
the Chairman Ketut Suwandhi (Golkar), Deputy Chairman Cok Asmara Putra Sukawati (Democrat) and Secretary Made Budastra (PDI-P); Commis-sion III handled the development and environmental affairs with Chairman Nengah Tamba (Democrat), Deputy Chairman Ida Bagus Gede Udiyana (Golkar) and Secretary Wayan Diesel Astawa (PDI-P). Meanwhile, Com-mission IV handled the social welfare, health, education and tourism affairs with Chairman Gede Kusuma Putra, Deputy Chairman Nyoman Wirya (Golkar) and Secretary Nyoman Budi Utama (PDI-P).
In the meantime, the budget agency consisted of 26 members, deliberative body (25 members) and legislation body (13 members) with Chairman Gusti Putu Budiarta and Deputy Chair-man Kadek Nuartana. Meanwhile, the disciplinary council (BK) was filled in by five legislators with Chairman Bagus Suwitra Wirawan and Deputy Chair-woman Made Sumiati. (kmb29)
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Leaders of Bali House inaugurated
Soon, to discuss regional budget draft 2015
Bali Post
DENPASAR - Definitive leaders in Bali House was officially inaugurated and sworn in by Chair-man of the Denpasar High Court in the Bali special plenary meeting in the Main Meeting Room of the Bali House, Tuesday (Oct 28). Eight supplementary bodies of the House had also been estab-lished. Thus, the House should begin to work and the urgent agenda was the discussion on the Bali Regional Budget Draft (main budget 2015).
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Definitive leaders in Bali House was officially inaugurated and sworn in by Chairman of the Denpasar High Court in the Bali special plenary meeting in the Main Meeting Room of the Bali House, Tuesday (Oct 28).
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200 missing in Sri Lanka after mudslides
Associated Press
MIAMI — Alicia Silverstone may have made her acting mark as a “Clueless” valley girl, but these days she’d rather be known as someone so very clued in about diet and health.
It was more than 16 years ago that Silverstone switched to a vegan diet, ditching animal products such as dairy and meat. Since then, she’s become an outspoken advocate for what she considers a cleaner, leaner and
healthier way to eat, and written a book — “The Kind Diet” — so others can follow along. The 38-year-old recently spoke with The Associated Press during Miami’s vegan Seed Food and Wine Festi-val. She dished about her favorite indulgences, Thanksgiving menu plans, and how perceptions of vegan diets have changed.
“When I used to say I was vegan on (David) Letterman, it was like a huge joke for them, and that’s not the way it is any-more,” she said.
In a surprise announcement, the studio revealed there will be a new two-part “Avengers” sequel in 2018-2019 -- on top of one already scheduled for next year to follow the record-breaking 2012 original.
And it confirmed a release date for the sequel to the quirky summer smash “Guardians of the Galaxy,” which is so far the top-grossing film of 2014.
The studio named its first African American solo lead actor -- Chadwick Boseman, who will play the title role in “Black Panther,” due out in 2017. “I’m blessed to be part of this Marvel Universe and I look forward to mak-ing magic together,” Boseman told the crowd at an event at Hollywood’s famed El Capitan Theatre, according to industry press.
The 37-year-old Boseman is best known for playing groundbreaking baseball star Jackie Robinson in “42” and soul singer James Brown in this year’s biopic “Get On Up.” The character will be introduced in “Captain America: Civil War” in 2016 before a solo outing the following year, Marvel said. Casting was not revealed for “Captain Marvel,” the studio’s first solo female superhero movie.
The studio also did not name the actor tapped to play “Doctor Strange”. British actor Benedict Cumberbatch has been widely rumored to be tipped for the role.
l “Captain America: Civil War” - May 6, 2016
l “Doctor Strange” - Nov 4, 2016
l “Guardians of the Galaxy 2” - May 5, 2017
l “Thor: Ragnarok” - July 28, 2017
l “Black Panther” - Nov 3, 2017
l “Avengers: Infinity War, Part 1” - May 4, 2018
l “Captain Marvel” - July 6, 2018
l “Inhumans” - Nov 2, 2018
l “Avengers: Infinity War, Part 2” - May 3, 2019
Agence France-Presse
LOS ANGELES - Oscar-nominated Australian actor Hugh Jackman has been treated for skin cancer for a third time in a year, a spokesman said Tuesday. The 46-year-old first had a basal cell carcinoma (BCC) removed last November, when he posted a picture on Twitter of himself with a plaster on his nose. He did the same in May.
His spokesman Alan Nierob confirmed to AFP that Jackman had been treated for a third time. He declined to give any other details, but E! News cited a representative as saying that the
star is now “all good.”BCC is the most common
form of skin cancer, with over 2 million cases diagnosed in the United States every year, ac-cording to the American Acad-emy of Dermatology (AAD).
It usually develops on exposed skin such as the head, neck and back of hands, but is especially common on the face and nose. People who use tanning beds have a much higher risk of getting it. Jackman, known for his roles in the “X-Men” blockbusters, was also nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe for 2012’s musical adaptation of “Les Miserables.”
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This film image released by Disney shows, Iron Man, portrayed by Robert Downey Jr., left, and Captain America, portrayed by Chris Evans, in a scene from “The Avengers.”
Marvel unveils huge slate of new superhero filmsAgence France-Presse
LOS ANGELES - Marvel unveiled plans Tues-day for a slate of new superhero films, expanding its already wildly successful comic book universe -- and breaking ground with its first solo black and female hero movies.
Marvel movies to be release
Hugh Jackman treated for skin cancer, again
Alicia Silverstone talks about a plant-based diet
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Dortmund gets back to winning ways in German Cup
Zambia’s president, ‘King Cobra’ Sata, dies
“Fighting does not necessarily mean in a physical manner. How-ever, there is an effort on the part of communities and the local govern-ment to reach the same perspective so as to balance the development al-lowing all people enjoy, especially
the impact of tourism.If asked, all Balinese people will surely agree,” said Suastika after receiving the pioneer of the Paguyuban Merah Putih (Red-White Society), I Gusti Made Putera Astaman. He was accompanied by Chairman of the
Buleleng Movement Forum I Gede Atang Wiguna and other figures.
According to Suastika, com-munities and local governments were often pressured by external parties, such as investors. As the name implies, investors are natu-rally oriented towards maximizing profits. Such economic advantages should also involve the commu-nity as a whole. “Balinese people should think of Bali as a whole. The government of Bali must take the side of the greater society which does not mean that investors cannot benefit form tourism too. Actually the two must be synchronized so that the investors get profits, but
Balinese people do not loose ev-erything in the process. I am glad that there are senior figures and other Balinese people who fight for Bali,” he said.
As a follow-up to the meeting, the rector would disseminate the results around the Udayana Univer-sity, to the staff, employees, faculty and to the students. The aim is to consider the matter together. The more people who are fighting for their rights, the better the result. Suatika hopes that such movementa would excite and awaken those Balinese people who had until now been indifferent. “Do not just think of Bali in a limited scope, but let
us view it as a wholewhole. If this can be pursued and realized, Bali will become an example of bal-anced development in Indonesia. Do not forget, the fifth principle of Pancasila that must be implemented in life so that development is bal-anced,” he said.
Putera Astaman would like to invite all members of the com-munity of Bali to not think sec-torally. ALso, the spatial planning of the island was not designed properly, thus making it easy for investors to break the rules. As a result, spatial damage occurred everywhere.
Fight, investor only looking for profits in BaliBali Post
DENPASAR - Rector of the Udayana University, Prof. Dr. Ketut Suastika feels there are imbalances in the development of Bali. On that account, he consideres the idea of a community component coalesced into the Red-White Society to be a very good way to save Bali from destruction and contribute to the wellbeing of the Balinese people. The Balinese are being asked to go up against investors aiming only at reaping profits from Bali.
Paddy fields diminish greatly because land conversion for commercial investment. The Balinese was asked to go up against the investors aiming only to get profits in Bali.
