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LONDON - “Bang Bang”, a collaboration between pop artists Jessie J, Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande, took the top spot in Brit-ain’s singles chart, selling nearly 100,000 copies in its first week, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday.

The single, which will feature on Jessie J’s new album, knocked Sigma’s “Changing” into second place, while Taylor Swift’s “Shake it off” rose two places to number three. “Blame” by Calvin Harris slipped to fourth, while former chart topper “Prayer in C” by Lilly Wood completed the top five.

British indie group Alt-J scored their first ever number one album with the newly-released “This is all yours”, the follow up to their 2012 debut “An Awesome Wave”. Veteran U.S. singer-songwriter Barbra Streisand’s “Partners” held on to second spot in the al-bum chart, while Sam Smith also remained unmoved in third place with “In the Lonely Hour”

“Wanted on Voyage” by George Ezra rose to fourth, while Leon-ard Cohen’s “Popular Problems” debuted in the charts in fifth position.

Los Angeles county Sheriff ’s Sgt. Philip Brooks says Remini was driving Lopez’s SUV at about 8 p.m. Saturday and stopped at a traffic light in Malibu. Their vehicle was

rear-ended by a pickup truck. No one was injured.

The drivers got out of their vehi-cles to assess the minor damage

and were about to exchange informa-tion when the man got into his truck and drove off.

Deputies stopped him a short distance away. He was arrested and booked on suspicion of drunken driv-ing and hit and run.

Brooks didn’t have the man’s name. TMZ first reported the crash.

Leah Remini, Jennifer Lopez hit in minor car crashAssociated Press

MALIBU — Authorities say an SUV carrying actress Leah Remini and singer Jennifer Lopez and her two children, was rear-ended by a suspected drunken driver who then fled the scene.

Jennifer Lopez (front) and Leah Remini spotted at leaving dinner. Authorities say an SUV carrying actress Leah Remini and singer Jennifer Lopez and her two children, was rear-ended by a suspected drunken driver who then fled the scene.IBP/Net

Pop supergroup hits British number one spot with “Bang Bang”

IBP/Net

“Bang Bang”, a collaboration between pop artists Jessie J (middle), Nicki Minaj (right) and Ariana Grande, took the top spot in Britain’s singles chart, selling nearly 100,000 copies in its first week.

It was revealed by the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Mari Elka Pangestu, Saturday (Sep 27) at Jasri customary village, Karangasem while attending the conferment of the National Tourism Village 2014. According to her, not all of the unique selling points of the village proposed by tourism villages could become a branding. However, only one or some

of the unique selling points could become the characteristic of the re-spective village. Characteristic of life, customs or native culinary treasures to the village could become a branding. “But the branding must be real and undertaken or implemented by local community in their life. The branding cannot be made-up,” she said.

According to her, the tourism

village should be managed, so that travelers making a visit or travel-ing to the village could be later on be involved. By that way, travelers would obtain an experience of living at the tourism village. Despite living in a house, travelers could get the experience like staying in a five-star hotel. “Travelers particularly foreign travelers are adventurous or having the intention to get different experi-ences. As a result, they will never get bored when traveling to an island or country,” she said.

The tourism village should also make its own story. It could tell about the facts of the village, history of the village or indigenous wisdom of the

village that could be enjoyed in person by visiting travelers. At the tourism village, travelers could engage and experience the tradition of restoring a damaged coral reef or learn to dance or cooking. “Later, the existing tourism village in the archipelago can make a networking among the tourism vil-lages. Travelers will be greatly helped in planning a visit to see the tourism village in the networking,” she said.

Jasri customary village in Karan-gasem achieved the first winner of tourism village in 2013. On that ac-count, it was then entrusted to host the announcement of the tourism village of this year. In the national top 10 tour-ism village of this year, the first ranked

was occupied by Dieng Kulon village, Banjarnegara, Central Java. One of the uniqueness offered by this village was that in particular celebration the local villagers gathered the children having dreadlocked abnormalities throughout the village. After that, their hair was cut together in a ceremony. Local people believed that the dreadlocks resulted in bad luck, so that it was cut with a certain ceremony. The second position was achieved by Penglipuran village, Bangli as a tourism village with a typical customary home; the third position by Gubugklakah village, Poncho Kusumo, East Java; and the fourth position by Kali Biru village, Kulonprogo, Yogyakarta. (013)

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The photo shows Penglipuran Village, one of tourism villages in Bali Island. A tourism village must be managed in a sustainable manner, so that it can really become a tourism village. One of the ways is that one or more unique selling points owned by the tourism village should continue to be introduced so that it can become a brand.

Minister: Tourism village must be sustainable Bali Post

AMLAPURA - A tourism village must be managed in a sus-tainable manner, so that it can really become a tourism village. One of the ways is that one or more unique selling points owned by the tourism village should continue to be introduced so that it can become a brand.

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Pro-democracy protests expand in Hong Kong

Inter routed 4-1 at home to rock-bottom Cagliari

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

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Calendar Event for September 28 through October 28, 2014

8 Sep Kajeng Kliwon Pamelastali/Watu Gunung runtuh

Pura Penataran Agung Maha GotraTirta Harum Sri SrenggaNyalian Banjarrangkan Klungkung30 Sep Paid-PaidanPura Dalem Seme JawaMarga Tabanan

1 Oct Urip2 Oct Patetegan3 Oct Pengeradanan

4 Oct Hari Saraswati

Pura Pasek Tangkas Dalang TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Sayan BongkasaAbian SemalPura Watu Gunung BimaPura Agung Jagat Karana SurabayaPura Aditya Jaya Rawa MangunJakarta TimurPura Pemekasan Banyuning TimurBulelengPura Agung Wira Lokha Natha CimahiJawa BaratPura Kawitan Bendesa Aban BaturningMambal Abiansemal

5 Oct Banyu Pinaruh

6 Oct Soma ribek

Pura Jati JembranaPura Kawitan Batu Gaing BangliPura Tirta Wening SurabayaPura Desa Lingga Wana Abang Karan-gasem

7 Oct Sabuh Mas

8 Oct Pagerwesi Dan Purnama Sasih Kapat

Pura Labang SinduJiwa Ubud

Pura Kehen BangliPura Wira Bhuana MagelangJawa TengahPura Padang Sakti Denpasar TimurPura Payogan Agung KetewelSukawati GianyarPura Gaduh Dauh Puri DenpasarPura Masceti Tampak SiringPura Dalem Ularan Tatasan KajaDenpasarPura Siwa Tohjiwa Penebel TabananPura Luhur Giri Slaka Alas PurwoBanyuwangiPura Sada Kaba-kaba Kediri TabananPura Gunung Lebah UbudPura Puseh Ketewel SukawatiPura Dalem Cemara Serangan DenpasarPura penataran Agung Bhatara Tiga SaktiBesakihPura Meru Cakra LombokPura Lempuyang Madya KarangasemPura Penerejon Kintamani BangliPura Pulaki BulelengPura Gunung Lebah UbudPura Thirta Negari KarangasemPura Thirta Empul Tampak SiringPura Penataran Agung TegalalangPura Luhuring Akasa CemenggaonSukawatiPura Desa Denjalan Batuyang BatubulanPura Puseh Werdi AgungSulawesi UtaraPura Pasraman Suci Renon DenpasarPura Penataran Bumi Agung TMII JakartaPura Luhur Waisnawa BulelengPura Ulun Danu Songan Batur KintamaniPura Agung Surya Bhuana Jaya PuraPapuaPura Gumang Bugbug KarangasemPura Taman Sari Busung Biu Busung BiuBuleleng

13 Oct Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

18 Oct Tumpek Landep

Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem SidakaryaSidakarya DenpasarPura Pasek Gelgel Pedungan DenpasarPura Agung Pasek Tangguntiti TabananPura Agung Pasek Selemadeg TabananPura Pasek Tangkas Kediri TabananPura Kerta Banyuning Barat BulelengPura Dalem Tenggaling SangguanSingapaduPura Kawitan Arya Wangbang PinatihPeguyangan SingarajaPura Bujangga Waisnawa JembranaPura Taman Bubuan Seririt SingarajaPura Penataran Pande Dalem BaturMengwiPura Dalem Pingit TegalalangPura Ida Ratu Pande BesakihPura Penataran Agung Pinatih TulikupGianyarPura Kumuda Saraswati UbudPura Batur Arya Sudimara TabananPura Dalem Majapahit Marga TabananPura Linggih Pajenengan Ida DalemTarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati

19 Oct redite Umanis Ukir

Pura Sanggah Gede Dukuh Sagening TegalTugu Gianyar

22 Oct Buda Cemeng Ukir

Pura Pajenengan kawitan Arya TaumanGelgel KlungkungPura Pasar Agung BesakihPura Pasek Bendesa Pasar Badung LegianKutaPura Gde Gunung Agung MungguBadung

23 Oct Tilem Sasih Kapat24 Oct Hari Bhatara Sri28 Oct Anggara Kasih Kulantir danKajeng Kliwon Enyitan

The Sunset is a four star hotel which commenced the operations in June 2011. The hotel has a minimal-ist style but features a modern impression. It offers 77 super deluxe rooms, two restaurants, a swimming pool, lounge and a spacious parking lot. The location is very strategic, only 10 minutes from Kuta Beach. “The Sunset also provides a meeting hall for 500 participants. On that account, it is now also pursuing the MICE market,” he added.

The Sunset never limited the market. No matter from which country the guests came, they would be comfortable to enjoy the complete hotel facilities. However, this hotel was visited by more domestic tourists where the occupancy reached 80 percent. “Later, this hotel will be equipped with a villa that is now under construction,” he added. IBP/File Photo

The Sunset Hotel IBP

KUTA - The Sunset Hotel, villas, restau-rant and Spa turns steadier to proclaim itself as a tourist accommodation for young people. Other than arranging the ornaments into more elegant, it also prepares some musical events and watching together with the focus on the community. General Manager of The Sunset, Dewa Adnyana said many artists have stayed in this hotel. virtually all Production Houses and the ministries have ever stayed here.

Bali PostMANGUPURA - A market has been iden-

tical to the cornucopia and the crowds, but this one is inversely proportional to the Kerta Sari Market, better known as the Latu Market. The market established about ten years ago did not look like a market. Dozens of shops supposed to be filled with merchandise have now been closed. Besides, some stalls have also been damaged because they are not oc-cupied. Meanwhile, the parking space looks empty, but is only occupied by large vehicles for temporary parking. Only a few traders can survive to sell at the location, while the incoming buyers can be counted on fingers.

According to one of the traders rejecting to mention the name told about the condi-tion. “Latu Market managed by the PD Pasar Badung has been deserted since the past five years. Allegedly such condition happens because many similar markets have

been available near the Latu Market such as the Mambal and Blahkiuh Market located closer to residents,” said the trader, Sunday (Sep 28).

The surviving traders were only those having regular customers, but their number was only some few. They included the trad-ers selling the means of ceremonies such as coconut, young coconut leaf along with some food traders. A food trader claimed to begin selling from 5:00 p.m. until midnight. “More visitors are coming at night because there are drink sellers, while some of the visitors also have a meal. That’s what makes me survive,” said the trader.

At the end, the trader expected the govern-ment to monitor the condition of the market and make an effort so that more customers would visit the market in the future as in the previous condition. As a result, the traders could increase their revenue. (sos)

It was announced by Regent Suwirta recently after seeing in person the water crisis in several regions of Nusa Penida. The additional water tanker was stationed at the office of the Nusa Penida subdistrict head. Regent Suwirta asked that all the villages experiencing water crisis should be proactively communicated by their headman or other village officials to sub-district authority. By that way, it could be registered and followed up by the distribu-tion of water to the areas in need of clean water by the Municipal Waterworks.

Subdistrict head of Nusa Penida, Ketut Sukla, when contacted on Sunday said that a water tanker of the Municipal Waterworks had been actively oper-ated to distribute clean water to villages experiencing water crisis. The villages

included the Bunga Mekar, Pejukutan and Batukandik. “Proposal of the three villages had been delivered by the local headmen, so that the water can be directly distributed,” he said.

The water was distributed by the Municipal Waterworks after receiving a request from the local headmen. In addi-tion to the three villages, a number of other areas such as the Kutampi, Batumadeg, Sekartaji and Tanglad village also required clean water. However, the headmen had not delivered yet the request to the Mu-nicipal Waterworks of Nusa Penida and the office of the Nusa Penida subdistrict head. Each water tanker contained about 3 cubic meters of water. With the two water tankers, the distribution of clean water was expected to run faster. (gik)

Bali PostSEMARAPURA - Gringsing fabric only

existing at Tenganan Pegringsingan is very famous in the eyes of international col-lectors. Aside from having unique motif, the color utilizing natural ingredients also makes this fabric last for hundreds of years. The older, the more expensive the price will be, reaching hundreds of millions of rupiahs.

The most demanded gringsing fabric by collectors is those having the Lubeng Luhur motif. This motif is rarely found because it was made hundreds of years ago. “Tenganan is estimated to have only five pieces and they are not sold. A number of collectors have bid them at IDR 200 million, but it is not sold,” said the Headman of Tenganan, I Putu Yudiana.

He expressed that numerous collectors had come to Tenganan just to get one of the gringsing fabric collections of hundreds of years old owned by local community. However, not all collectors were able to get it because it was the ancestral heritage denoting the pride of community. In fact, the tourism development at Tenganan had popu-larized the gringsing fabric. Putu Yudiana admitted that since the arrival of travelers at Tenganan in 1931, the number of weavers had increased. “Previously, the number of weaver was only about five people, but now has reached 20 people,” he explained.

On average, local community had the profession as farmer cultivating the land owned by the village or individual spread-ing across an area of 255 hectares. To make a piece of gringsing fabric took people up to two years. No chemicals or dyes were used in the manufacturing of the textile colors. Gringsing fabric was identical to triple colors namely red, black and white. Preparation of the three colors should go through several stages.

First of all, the thread was dipped into candlenut oil so that the thread could absorb the color well. After that, it was then dipped into the batter made from true indigo leaf, wood banana and fermented rice. “The dye-ing then changes the color of thread into blue. Furthermore, to get red color, local people took advantage of the morinda root extract. The soaking took a long time up to one year. Coloring process was done by soaking and drying without soaking. “Blue color is dyed into red color so that it results in black color. Meanwhile, white color comes from the basic color of the thread itself,” he explained.

The very long process caused the gringsing fabric artisans to be unable to meet the entire orders. To get a piece of gringsing fabric with the desired motif, con-

sumers had to order in advance and could only be taken after the entire manufacturing process was completed.

An artisan at Tenganan Pegringsingan, Kadek Wiwin Wianjani, 21, admitted not to dare to confirm the entire orders. Maxi-mally she could only produce eight pieces of gringsing fabric each year. “The coloring process spends a long time. Besides, the weaving of gringsing fabric is more difficult than making endek fabric,” she said amidst the weaving process of gringsing fabric.

She claimed to have learned to weave since four years ago after completing her high school. For the weaving of gringsing fabric, she should use double ikat technique where the vertical and horizontal threads with the same motif should be carefully combined so that the motif would not get shifted. “Aside from at Tenganan, the double ikat technique is also applied in India and Japan. The process is quite com-plicated because it requires high precision,” she added.

Unfortunately, a number of motifs existing at Tenganan Gringsing had been emulated by textile factories. By using a printing process, many outstanding fabrics resembling to silk gringsing were in circu-lation. A number of international designers used fabrics with the gringsing motif but not of the genuine fabric of Tenganan.

Tenganan community could not protest against the rampant use of the motif. The fabric motif of the Tenganan community could not be patented because it was handed down by local ancestors through genera-tions. “To register the patent right, first of all the inventor of the motif must be known, while the motif made by their ancestor was anonymous,” he concluded. (dwa)

County government adds another water tanker to Nusa PenidaBali Post

SEMArAPUrA - rESPONDING to the issue of clean water crisis, the regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta, recently asserted that the Klungkung Social, Manpower and resettlement Agency had sent one additional water tanker to assist the operational unit of the Municipal Waterworks (PDAM) in Nusa Penida. The additional water tanker was meant to supply water to remote villages chiefly those perching on the hill ranges so that they could get water quickly.

Latu Market deserted, traders flee

IBP/Dewa

The craftsman is making Gringsing Fabric

Price of Gringsing Fabric reaches hundreds of millions

3Tuesday, September 30, 201414 InternationalInternational Bali NewsScience Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Cloaking is the process by which an object becomes hidden from view, while everything else around the cloaked object appears undisturbed.

“A lot of people have worked on a lot of different aspects of optical cloaking for years,” John Howell, a professor of physics at the upstate New York school, said on Friday.

The so-called Rochester Cloak is not really a tangible cloak at all. Rather the device looks like equipment used by an optometrist. When an object is placed behind the layered lenses it seems to disappear.

Previous cloaking methods have been complicated, expensive, and not able to hide objects in three dimensions when viewed at vary-ing angles, they say.

“From what, we know this is the first cloaking device that provides three-dimensional, continuously multidirectional cloaking,” said Joseph Choi, a graduate student who helped develop the method at Rochester, which is renowned for its optical research.

In their tests, the researchers have cloaked a hand, a face, and a ruler - making each object appear “invisible” while the image behind the hidden object remains in view.

The implications for the discovery are endless, they say.

“I imagine this could be used to cloak a trailer on the back of a semi-truck so the driver can see directly behind him,” Choi said. “It can be used for surgery, in the military, in interior design, art.”

Howell said the Rochester Cloak, like the fictitious cloak de-scribed in the pages of the Harry Potter series, causes no distortion of the background object.

Building the device does not break the bank either. It cost How-ell and Choi a little over $1,000 in materials to create it and they be-lieve it can be done even cheaper.

Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - Innovative Stone Age tools may have been developed by people in Eurasia and -- contrary to widely held views -- not just invented in Africa, a study published Thursday found.

Research published in the journal Science shows evidence that refined stone weapons were developed in Armenia about 325,000 years ago, challenging the theory held by many archaeologists that such technology came from Africa then spread to Eurasia as the human population expanded.

Experts studied thousands of stone artefacts from the Nor Geghi site in Armenia.

“The discovery of thousands of stone artefacts preserved at this unique site provides a major new insight into how Stone Age tools developed during a period of profound human behavioral and biological change,” researcher Simon Blockley, from the Royal Holloway geography department of the University of London, said in a statement.

Research honed in on a type of technology known as Levallois, where stone flakes were used to make items like pointed hunting weapons.

The technology was an improvement over a more primitive type of stone shaping called biface.

“Due to our ability to accurately date the site in Armenia, we now have the first clear evidence that this significant develop-ment in human innovation occurred independently within different populations,” Blockley added.

Together with fellow researcher Alison MacLeod and an inter-national team from across the United States and Europe, Blockley analyzed volcanic material from the archaeological site in the vil-lage of Nor Geghi, in the Kotayk Province of Armenia.

Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - Up to half the water on Earth is likely older than the solar system, raising the likelihood that life exists else-where in the galaxy, according to a study Thursday.

The research in the journal Science found that “a significant fraction” of the water on Earth was inherited from interstellar space, and was there before the Sun was formed some 4.6 billion years ago.

Researchers can tell where the water comes from by examining the ratio of hydrogen to deuterium, a heavy isotope of hydrogen, in water molecules.

Water or ice that comes from interstellar space has a high ratio of deuterium to hydrogen, because it forms at such low tempera-tures.

But scientists have not known how much deuterium was re-moved in the process of the Sun’s birth, or how much deuterium-rich water-ice the solar system would have produced when it was first born.

Scientists simulated the origin of a planet under conditions where all the deuterium from space ice has already been eliminated.

They found they could not reach the ratios of deuterium to hydro-gen that are found in meteorite samples or Earth’s ocean water.

Their findings suggests that at least some of the water in the solar system comes from outer space, and that water -- an essential element for life on Earth -- is not unique to our solar system.

“This is an important step forward in our quest to find out if life exists on other planets,” said co-author Tim Harries, from the University of Exeter’s Physics and Astronomy department.

“It raises the possibility that some exoplanets could house the right conditions, and water resources, for life to evolve.”

REUTERS/J. Adam Fenster

A cloaking device using four lenses developed by University of Rochester physics professor John Howell and graduate student Joseph Choi is demonstrated in Rochester, New York in this September 11, 2014 University of Rochester handout photo.

New York scientists unveil ‘invisibility cloak’

Reuters

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Watch out Harry Potter, you are not the only wizard with an invisibility cloak. Scientists at the University of Rochester have discovered a way to hide large objects from sight using inexpensive and readily available lenses, a technology that seems to have sprung from the pages of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter fantasy series.

Study questions long-held views on Stone Age tools

Up to half of Earth’s water is older than Sun

“By all means, economically and in terms of punctuality, road users are at a loss. Severe conges-tion caused by the growth of the use of motorcycles and cars are progressively rising, not in a mat-ter of months,” said IB Raka in Denpasar.

According to him, the condi-tion was caused by the increasing group of Balinese society into a middle-class society estimated to reach around 70 percent in Bali. The middle class society had the ability to buy a vehicle, at least motorcycle.

“Well, since the number of vehicles always increases, the existing public roads are no lon-ger able to accommodate them during peak hours. As a result, it finally kindles crowded traffic everywhere,” he said.

Moreover, he said that a lot of families nowadays had owned more than one vehicle and some

others had three to five units. This was certainly exacerbating the traf-fic congestion occurred when they were on the highway.

“So far, the solution taken by the government, in my opinion, is less effective such as by implement-ing a progressive tax or setting up routes and so forth,” he said. He added the effective solution was that the Bali legislative and executive should make a regula-tion on vehicle age as having been enforced in developed countries. In Singapore, for instance, the vehicles of older than 5 years were imposed with very high tax. “Well, we’re on the contrary, the longer the age of vehicle, the smaller the tax will be,” he said.

He also proposed so that the executive and the legislative made a regional bylaw that could make the turnover for the number of vehicles in Bali. “For example, when entering the age of 11 years,

a motorcycle is imposed with quite high tax, such as IDR 6 million or even approaching half of the price of a new motorcycle. Meanwhile, a car when entering the age of 16 years, it is imposed with high tax such as approaching the down pay-ment of the purchase of a new car,” he concluded.

With this policy, he said, there would be a good turnaround. The older motorcycles and cars would be transferred to other regions (such as NTT or other regions). “If the policy is not applied to vehicle age, the congestion problem will not be resolved forever. Let us look at the developed countries, this policy has been applied. The coun-tries are enforcing a more extreme regulation. Vehicle age limitation can be younger such as 5 years or 8 years. Upon exceeding that age, the vehicle tax imposed almost ap-proaches the price of new vehicle,” he affirmed. (kmb27)

Bali Post DENPASAR - Tens of thousands of Balinese people thronged

the Puputan Margarana Square Renon to participate in the Fun Bike and Fun Walk in conjunction with Tokoh Festival and the 69th anniversary celebration of the Indonesian Military (TNI). The activity organized by Tokoh, Bali Post Group and the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command sponsored by Coolant was participated by tens of thousands of people.

In relation to the 69th anniversary celebration of the Indonesian Military on October 5, 2014, the activity was conducted simulta-neously throughout Indonesia.

For the territory of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Com-mand, the Fun Bike activity was held on Sunday (Sep 28) by taking the start in front of the office of the governor of Bali, Renon. A total of 60,000 personnel of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command from a number of military resorts were getting involved the event. Meanwhile, the 161/Wira Sakti Military Resort Com-mand and the staff involved 11,000 personnel.

Then, the 162/Wira Bhakti Military Resort Command and the staff involved 14,000 personnel and the 163/Wira Satya Military Resort Command and the staff involved 35,000 personnel. The Fun Bike covered a distance of approximately 17 kilometers. Starting in front of the governor’s office, the participant resumed the journey to Jalan Dewi Sartika, Denpasar, and then passed through the Headquarters of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command, Jalan Supratman and four-way intersection, Jalan Tohpati, Denpasar.

After that, the participants headed for Sanur and came back to finish line in front of the governor’s office and moved directly to Puputan Margarana Square for the ceremonial session and drawing the coupon. Chief of Staff of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command, Ruslian Hariadi, representing the Chief of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command Wisnu Bawa Tenaya said the Fun Bike activity was intended to enliven the anniversary of the Indonesian Military and foster the sense of togetherness between the military personnel and community.

Definitely, it was also important to get to know one another as well as to promote the sport of cycling among the public. Meanwhile, for the internal personnel it would surely affect the health of the members. Being healthy was important and one of the ways to get the health was through exercise such as cycling. It had been accordance with the theme featured in the anniver-sary namely “With the spirit of the anniversary of the Indonesian Military, we make the soldiers a true patriot, professional and loved by the people.”

The event was attended by the Chief of Staff of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command Ruslian Hariadi, Inspector of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command, Chief of the 163/ Wira Satya Military Resort Command, CEO of Bali Post Media Group (KMB) Satria Naradha, the assistants, Chief of Executive Agency of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command, officials and other invitees. (kmb21)

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Secretary of the Indonesian Economists Association (ISEI) of Bali Chapter, Prof. Dr. IB Raka Suardana, criticized the growth of motor vehicles in Bali. This condition was reflected by the streets in the city of Denpasar, Kuta, Nusa Dua and its surrounding areas that were always congested.

Bali filled with motor vehicles

Bali PostDENPASAR - Secretary of the Indonesian Economists Association (ISEI) of Bali Chapter,

Prof. Dr. IB Raka Suardana, criticized the growth of motor vehicles in Bali. This condition was reflected by the streets in the city of Denpasar, Kuta, Nusa Dua and its surrounding areas that were always congested. Even, the Bali Revenue Services (Dispenda) noted that the number has reached 3,037,665 units up to December 31, 2013. Meanwhile, the number in 2014 has not been updated, so that it will surely exceed that number.

Tokoh Festival draws thousands of participants

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Tens of thousands of Balinese people thronged the Puputan Margarana Square Renon to participate in the Fun Bike and Fun Walk in conjunction with Tokoh Festival and the 69th anniversary celebration of the Indonesian Military (TNI).

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KABUL — Afghans on Monday watched the country’s first transition of power since Hamid Karzai became president shortly after the 2001 U.S.-led invasion, as a ceremony opened to inaugurate incoming President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai following a long and contentious election campaign. Ghani Ahmadzai entered the presidential palace wearing a dark black turban popular in the country’s south. His electoral challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, who is slated to fill the newly created position of chief executive, sat two seats away, with Karzai anchoring the spot in between.

Karzai — the only president Afghans and the West has known since the invasion — wore a wide smile as he greeted his presiden-tial guards upon entering the palace. Karzai has said he is glad to be stepping down after more than a decade of what the U.S. ambassa-dor recently said was one of the most difficult jobs in the world.

The inauguration caps a nearly six-month election season that began when ballots were first cast in April. A runoff election in June between Ghani Ahmadzai and Abdullah stretched on for weeks as both sides leveled charges of fraud. The United Nations helped

carry out what it said was the most thorough recount in its history, a count that reduced Ghani Ahmadzai’s vote percentage from 56 percent to 55 percent, but still gave him the win.

But the real power struggle was taking place in marathon talks between the two sides, often brokered by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and other U.S. officials. The political deal the sides agreed to created the new position of chief executive that Abdullah will now fill.

U.S. officials have said they expect Ghani Ahmadzai to sign a security agreement with the U.S. shortly after his inauguration to allow about 10,000 American troops to stay in the country after the international combat mission ends on Dec. 31.

Meanwhile, violence continued Monday in Afghanistan. In the eastern province of Paktia, Capt. Mohammed Hekhlas said that a car bomb exploded near a government compound as gunmen attacked, sparking a gun battle that killed seven Taliban militants. Another police official, who gave his name as Azimullah, said four police officers and two civilians also were killed. In Kabul, where the city is readying for the presidential inauguration, a roadside bomb exploded on the airport road. Officials said no one was hurt or killed.

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At least 31 people are be-lieved to have died. Together with four victims flown down by helicopter on Sunday, 12 bodies have now been recovered, leav-ing 19 near the summit. Exactly how they died remains unclear, whether from gases, suffocat-ing ash, falling rocks or other causes. Scenes broadcast live on Japanese TV station TBS showed soldiers carrying yel-low body bags one-by-one to a camouflage military helicopter that had landed in a relatively wide-open area of the now bleak landscape, its rotors still spinning.

The bodies were flown to a nearby athletic field, its green grass and surrounding forested hills contrasting with Mt. On-take’s ash-gray peak in the background, a reduced plume still emerging from its crater. The bodies were then taken to

a small, two-story wooden el-ementary school in the nearby town of Kiso, where they were being examined in the gym-nasium. Family members of the missing waited at a nearby municipal hall.

More than 200 soldiers and firefighters, including units with gas-detection equipment, were part of the search mission near the peak, said Katsunori Morimoto, an official in the village of Otaki. The effort was halted because of an increase in toxic gas and ash as the vol-cano continued to spew fumes, he said. “It sounds like there is enormous ashfall up there.” The rescuers reported a strong smell of sulphur earlier this morning, Morimoto said.

Saturday’s eruption was the first fatal one in modern times at 3,067-meter (10,062-foot) Mount Ontake, a popular climb-

ing destination 210 kilometers (130 miles) west of Tokyo on the main Japanese island of Hon-shu. A similar eruption occurred in 1979, but no one died.

Japanese media reported that some of the bodies were found in a lodge near the summit and that others were buried in ash up to 50 centimeters (20 inches) deep. The four recovered Sun-day were adult men, and the eight on Monday included both men and women.

Mount Ontake erupted short-ly before noon at perhaps the worst possible time, with at least 250 people taking advantage of a beautiful fall Saturday to go for a hike. The blast spewed large white plumes of gas and ash high into the sky, blotted out the midday sun and blan-keted the surrounding area in ash. Hundreds were initially trapped on the slopes, though most made their way down by Saturday night.

About 40 people who were stranded overnight came down on Sunday. Many were injured, and some had to be rescued by helicopters or carried down on stretchers. By nightfall, all the injured had been brought down, officials said.

Recovery of bodies called off at Japanese volcano

AP Photo/Kyodo NewsFirefighters and members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces carry a person res-cued from a cabin on Mount Ontake in central Japan, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.

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KISO, Japan — Toxic gases and ash from a still-erupting Japanese volcano Monday forced rescue workers to call off their effort to bring down the rest of the victims, after earlier airlifting out eight more bodies by military helicopter. The recovery work on the ash-blanketed peak was halted around 1:30 p.m., said Naofumi Miyairi, a spokesman for the Nagano prefecture police.

Afghanistan awaits presidential inauguration

AP Photo/Rahmat GulAfghanistan’s security personnel gather at the site of an explosion on a road to the presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. A military vehicle was detonated by a bomb in diplomatic area in Kabul city.

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Hooray Group Management held re launch in Hooray Garden on Teuku Umar Barat Street number 335. The event was attended by around 500 participant consist of fit club mem-ber, parents and friend of Hooray Group. “There were performances from fit club, student representative and also the staffs of Hooray Group,” said The Manager of Fit Club and Operational Director of Hooray Group , Bobby Mikhael on Saturday, September 29.

For around 2 hours, the students of Hooray Kids Preschool collected 13.5 million rupiah by selling vari-ous kinds of foods such as Chinese Food. The money collected from the

event is given to the Children Cancer Foundation.

In addition to collect the fund, the event is also to reintroduce Hooray Group which is this year established Hooray Home Car and Fit Club. The event was started by blood donor coop-erating with Indonesian Red Cross on Thursday, September 18 and the peak of the event was on Saturday.

Hooray Group is one of the com-panies that care about health and education especially for mother and children. Hooray Kids Preschool is one of the branches which consists of sev-eral level such as Toddler Junior (for age 1 and 2 years old), Toddler Senior (2 and 3 years old), Playgroup (3 and 4 years old), TK A (5-6 years old), TK B (5-6 years old) and special need class

which is assisted with trained teachers and staffs.

Hooray Group also has Baby Class to stimulate the development of baby from the age 3 up to 12 years old. The facilities for baby class are baby gym, baby spa, baby swimming, baby Ja-cuzzi and auditory visual sensitivity.

The Home Care unit is also very interesting because it provide health treatment at home especially for pregnant women, mother who just give birth and the babies. There is also day care treatment which assists the parent in taking care the children. It is equipped by outdoor and indoor activi-ties, swimming pool, family jogging track and also CCTV in all areas make Hooray Group as on stop activities for family. (may)

Such condition was admitted by the Head of Bangli Livestock and Fisheries Agency, Made Alit Parwata, Sunday (Sep 28). He said the Lake Batur in Kintamani as

the center of fish production could produce up to 30 tons of fish each day. However, all this time, the fish production was widely sold in the form of fresh fish.

“The fish produced by fish farm-ers all this time was only intended for consumption, none of the por-tion has not been processed,” said Alit Parwata.

Due to lacking for processing business, the benefit of fish farmers in Bangli was also still quite mini-mal. In addition to Lake Batur, Alit Parwata said that home ponds also contributed to the fish production in Bangli. Most of the home ponds usually produced catfish.

Related to such condition, his party planned to boost the fish pro-duction by increasing the competi-tiveness. Later, the fish production of Lake Batur would be processed into a variety of food products. To realize the plan, so far his party had been working to provide guidance to the woman farmer group (KWT) and the outstanding farmer and fisherman group (KTNA) in Bangli. They were given life skills on fish processing techniques so that they could produce

fish chips and nuggets. The activities, he hoped, could increase the com-petitiveness of the fish production by local fish farmers in Bangli.

On that account, the fish catches would no longer be sold in the form of fresh fish but also processed into a variety of processed foods. Even, to assure the product quality to consumers and to penetrate a wider market share, his party also provided guidance on the good and correct packaging technique. (ina)

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SEMARAPURA - Water crisis afflicting several regions in Nusa Penida causes residents at a number of villages restless and distraught. To resolve the problem, they are forced to buy water from the Municipal Waterworks jointly. From the Municipal Waterworks, they bought at IDR 150,000 to IDR 250,000 per tank containing 3 cubic meters, in appropriate with the mileage covered by the PDAM officers.

It was justified by the Unit Chief of the PDAM Nusa Penida, Ketut Narsa, when contacted on Sunday (Sep 28). Narsa said the demand for clean water delivery to villages facing clean water crisis was quite high. Such condition had started to rise since last March. Entering September, the demand increased. Within a day, the water tanker delivered the order to remote villages for 4 to 5 times in accordance with the request from the public. For a distance of 0 to 10 kilometers, the company sold the clean water for IDR 150,000 per tank containing 3 cubic meters. “Usually people buy clean water jointly. After reaching the destination, the water was distributed equally by the residents,” he said. Such water purchase was usually made by villages like the Jurang Pahit hamlet at upper land of Kutampi and Pilah hamlet at Kutampi Kaler village.

Meanwhile, for the area with the distance of 11 to 20 ki-lometers such as the area of Maos hamlet, the upper land of Batunungul village and Klumpu village, the company sold the water for IDR 200,000 per tank. For the farthest distance, ranging from 21 to 30 kilometers, the water was sold for IDR 250,000 per tank. Water tankers of the PDAM delivered water to the farthest distance and Karang hamlet, Pejukutan village to some hamlets at Bunga Mekar village. Such conditions, said Narsa, almost occurred every year in Nusa Penida due to minimal services of the network connection of the Municipal Waterworks, especially on the highlands.

However, this year was the worst because the dry season lasted long enough. As a result, the residents in some highland areas were quite distraught to face the situation. Moreover, a number of springs, such as the Guyangan expected to sup-ply water for local community could not even provide the best services to the community of Nusa Penida. Narsa said that the Municipal Waterworks would deliver water when receiving a request from residents. He admitted to be quite overwhelmed to serve the people’s requests, especially the distribution of water to people living on highland areas. To manage the request, he asked the people to make a registra-tion first. (kmb31)

Fish potential in Bangli not yet maximally worked onBali Post

BANGLI - Community-based economic activities in the field of fish processing in Bangli County have not been maximally worked on so far. Actually, Bangli is one of the counties having considerable potential of fisheries to be developed. Fish farmers in Bangli tend to sell their products in the form of fresh fish.

Water crisis, residents buy water at IDR 250,000 per tank

Hooray Group Management doing re launch activity

IBP/istThe activitty done by Hooray Gruop during its re launch

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As demonstrators refused to back down on their demands for Beijing to grant the city universal suffrage, fears of a long stand-off saw investors sell off major banks including HSBC and Standard Chartered.

In response, the city’s stock ex-change said trading would continue as normal and the central bank sought to reassure investors, while it also announced it would make liquid-ity available to support the banking system.

However, the Hang Seng Index sank 2.20 percent at one point before paring some of the losses to sit 1.94 percent lower by the break.

A report by New York-based ad-visory firm JL Warren Capital said: “We are likely to see (a) major sell-off and volatility for days to come” in the Hong Kong stock market.

It said those likely to be hurt most would be Hong Kong-listed retailers

such as luxury businesses selling products purchased by mainland tourists, and local and Macau tourism businesses. Sunday’s unrest was the worst since the handover in 1997 and saw police fire volleys of teargas into crowds of thousands.

While the trouble had subsided by Monday morning, crowds of de-fiant demonstrators still controlled a number of major thoroughfares and intersections in the heavily congested city.

An AFP reporter on the scene in Mongkok -- one of the most densely populated suburbs of the city and the site of a second protest across the harbour in Kowloon -- saw angry confrontations between protestors and members of the public frustrated at the disruption.

Banks, jewellery shops and clothes stores in the busy shopping district remained closed.

The Transport Department said more than 200 bus routes were suspended or diverted while central sections of the tram network were also down.

The city’s underground rail service was largely unaffected but multiple station exits in the busy island dis-tricts of Causeway Bay and Admi-ralty -- where many international businesses are located -- were closed after protesters blocked them with barricades. Some exits at Mongkok were also blocked.

The stock exchange insisted it would continue to operate as normal but the Hong Kong Monetary Author-ity said 17 banks were forced to close 29 branches across the city.

Standard Chartered, HSBC Hold-ings, Bank of East Asia, the Bank of China and CITIC were among those who said their operations were af-fected by the protests.

However, the Hong Kong dollar suffered a sell-off in early exchanges, slipping to 7.7623 against the green-back -- its lowest since March. The dollar is pegged to the greenback but can move within a band of 7.75 to 7.85.

The FTZ was set up in China’s commercial hub Shanghai with the promise of a range of finan-cial reforms, including full con-vertibility of the yuan currency and freer interest rates -- both of which remain unfulfilled.

But just two weeks ago au-thorities shook up the zone’s management, removing Com-munist Party chief and executive deputy director Dai Haibo with-out giving a reason, after media reports he was facing allegations of corruption.

In recent days, a flurry of ac-tivity has surrounded the zone.

Earlier in September, China launched a gold market in the FTZ and Premier Li Keqiang gave his stamp of approval during a visit. And on Monday Micro-soft launched its Xbox One in China -- made possible by a new policy for the FTZ.

“The results of the reforms in the pilot FTZ in the first year are better than expected,” Shang-hai’s Communist Party chief Han Zheng told state media in a lengthy interview carried by major newspapers Monday.

“It’s a major step to further promote reform and opening-up under the new scenario.”

On Sunday, China’s cabinet approved further opening to 27 sectors, plans for which had been announced by Shanghai in July.

The policies include allowing foreign investors to set up wholly owned companies to design yachts and manufacture aviation

engine components. They would also be allowed to process green tea through joint ventures with Chinese partners.

Foreign company executives say privately they are disap-pointed, while publicly many say they are still waiting to see what opportunities might arise.

“It’s (the FTZ) part of the ecosystem to encourage new things, out-of-box thinking, which nowhere else has. So we’re still watching,” said Frank Jiang, head of R&D in Asia-Pacific for French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi.

About 12,266 companies had registered in the zone by mid-September but only 13.7 percent, or 1,677, were overseas firms, according to official figures.

Chinese investors still cheered the one-year anniversary on Monday, chasing stocks of com-panies related to the zone.

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Development rose 1.39 percent while import and export firm Shanghai Material Trading gained 3.14 percent.

The launch of an international board for gold trading was the first major reform aimed at es-tablishing more open financial markets in the FTZ by allowing more foreign investors.

The government keeps a tight grip on the yuan, also known as the renminbi, fearing unpredict-able inflows or outflows of funds could harm the economy and reduce its control over it.

Foreign firms still await FTZ reform bonanzaAgence France-Presse

SHANGHAI - China on Monday hailed the first anniversary of its first free-trade zone (FTZ), but foreign companies expressed disappointment over the pace of pledged reforms as they await real business opportunities.

AP Photo/Vincent YuA woman walks past an electronic board of a local bank showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Hong Kong’s shares tumbled Monday and the local dollar hit a six-month low against the greenback as pro-democracy protests brought parts of the city to a standstill with with many schools, businesses and banks shut down.

Protests hit Hong Kong banks, travel and businessAgence France-Presse

HONG KONG - Hong Kong’s shares tumbled Monday and the lo-cal dollar hit a six-month low against the greenback as pro-democracy protests brought parts of the city to a standstill with with many schools, businesses and banks shut down.

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SEMARAPURA - Balinese people, gen-erally uphold their customs, traditions and culture like residents of Karang customary village, Nusa Penida. One of the cultures preserved up to these days is the Gambuh Dance. The dance of hundreds of years old is preserved by Manca Gita Lestari gambuh

troupe of Karang customary village by per-forming regeneration.

Chief of Karang customary village, Wayan Sukerta, said the Manca Gita Lestari gambuh troupe is old enough. Originally it was estab-lished by five hamlets, namely the Karang, Baledan, Kelodan, Pering and Tugu. The art troupe always involves local dancers from the five hamlets. Those designated as the

gambuh dancers should have married. “It’s the way we preserve the traditional culture,” said Sukerta.

Gambuh is one of the dances made sacred because every piodalan or temple anniversary the dance was involved to accompany the series of temple anniversary along with the Rejang Dewa and Rejang Renteng jointly. Though it was made sacred, Sukerta said it did not matter if the Gambuh Dance was shown in the Bali Arts Festival (BAF). In the next Bali Arts Festival, for instance, the Gambuh Dance of the Karang customary village would also be presented. However, the attires in use would not be the ones that had been spiritually revivified (dipasupati).

For the performance of Gambuh Dance, his party involved four flute artists, a tapper, two drummer, a gong player, four cymbal players and one penyandar as well as nine dancers. Gambuh Dance narrated two figures, namely Uriyodana and Panji, belonging to the malat story. Where, the malat story was the develop-ment of the Mahabharata and Ramayana epic featuring ‘bold’ characters. “Meanwhile, the malat story features two modest characters,” he said while adding that all members of the Gambuh troupe were male.

In the past, he said, some of the dancers were women. However, the troupe found dif-ficulty in its regeneration and his party did not have female dance instructor. The instructor, said Sukerta, was selected by from generation to generation. The retired dancers were then appointed instructors for the next regeneration.

As an appreciation, those who were appointed the instructors got a dispensation from the customary village in the form of free obliga-tion from doing social devotional services or ayahan. “That is our tribute to the dancers and the Gambuh Dance troupe. They in person have preserved the culture, the wealth we have. Indeed, there are several other customary vil-lages in Nusa Penida having Gambuh Dance, but they are no longer active,” he added.

For uniform, all the dancers involved put on cepuk fabric originally made at Karang Village. Formerly, it was made by using cotton spun into yarn. However, due to difficulty in obtaining raw materials of cotton, the weav-ing artisans were forced to use the spun yarn brought in from outside Nusa Penida. He admitted the fabric of original cotton yarn was much more durable than spun yarn. It was proved by the uniform of Gambuh Dance that was durable until today. It had been about 225 years old or in the fourth generation.

At Karang Village, about 75 percent of 168 families were active weavers, especially the housewives. Within 22 days, a crafter could complete 36-40 sheets of sarong with a price of IDR 135,000 each on the spot. In the market, it was sold for IDR 200,000. Thus, a weaver could earn IDR 600,000 per 22 days. In daily life, the weavers also took side job such as raising pigs and other livestock. “The weaving livelihood is also able to improve the welfare of local society, especially the poor. So far, there are about 90 poor families at the village,” said Sukerta. (kmb)

The attraction of cow racing posed the cultural tradition highly favored by local and foreign travelers. Before start-ing, thousands of spectators had gathered at the edge of the field near the location of the activities. There were totally 12 pairs of cows, where four pairs of which consisted of three groups of cow racing, namely the Bagesebali representing East Bali, Santhi Gopala group representing Central Bali and Putra Gembala group representing West Bali.

Foreign travelers witnessing the event were amazed to see the appearance of the jockey and were capable of getting a memorable experience when riding the cow racing. “My experience of riding cows commonly used to plow paddy field is unusual. This cultural attraction makes me amazed and cannot say anything,” said Jack, a Dutch traveler.

Another participant, Gede Ardana, from Menyali village, said that he previ-

ously never got the experience as a jockey and the attraction required a specialized skill and serious exercise. “Controlling the cow is quite difficult, let alone be a jockey. Cows are difficult to direct and it must get special treatment, so the cows can understand the command of their master,” he said.

The Head of the Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency, Ketut Warkadea, on the sidelines of the activity explained that the cow racing posed the commitment in the preservation of traditional arts in Buleleng. The audience also encouraged the organizer and participants of the cow racing. “Each year we have designed three cow racing attractions. Then, we hope that next year’s event will be more festive and more participants will participate. The icon of Buleleng must be maintained, preserved and promoted wisely, and the society must contribute in it,” said Warkadea. (kmb34)

Preserve Buleleng culture through cow racing attractionBali Post

SINGARAJA - Final day in a series of the Sail Indonesia and Lovina Festival took place lively and was crowded by visitors. It was also jazzed up by amaz-ing appearance of the distinctive culture of Buleleng, namely the cow racing. Abundant spectators from various regions riding motorcycles and cars looked so vivacious and thronged the parking area around the road leading to Kaliasem village, Banjar subdistrict, Saturday afternoon (Sep 27).

IBP/Dewa KusumaFinal day in a series of the Sail Indonesia and Lovina Festival took place lively and was crowded by visitors. It was also jazzed up by amazing appearance of the distinctive culture of Buleleng, namely the cow racing.

Karang Village industriously preserves Gambuh Dance

IBP/File PhotoThe dance of hundreds of years old is preserved by Manca Gita Lestari gambuh troupe of Karang customary village by performing regeneration.

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AntaraJAKARTA - The Financial Services Authority (OJK) will encourage in-

tegrated financial services to increase financial inclusion in the country.“The OJK will promote all financial products including savings, invest-

ments, and insurance,” Firdaus Djaelani, the OJK commissioner overseeing the non-banking financial industry, remarked on Monday.

Firdaus was optimistic that the services of the financial sector will not only target the upper- and middle-class society but also the lower class. An integrated micro service could be one of the key strategies to increase the level of financial literacy.

“Among the Indonesian population, the middle class and the lower class are highest in number,” he affirmed.

He remarked that an integrated micro service should not solely be directed to accrue funds from the public through savings but should also promote financial education in areas such as insurance and investment.

“When we sell (financial products) in these areas, it is not part of our efforts to siphon out funds from the lower community but instead, to educate them on savings, investments, and insurance. Then we distribute the credit,” he noted.

Firdaus considered that the interest rates of micro credit were too high for small and medium enterprises. He hopes that the interest rates can be lower, so that it can also boost the growth of small and medium enterprises that contribute to the domestic economy.

“It is because small and medium enterprises are less bankable, not necessarily even if the interest rates are high. If we impose high interest rates on small and medium enterprises then they will not grow, and the banks too will not grow,” Firdaus added.

“Of course we are still facing a lot of problems. These problems have to be addressed by the next government. Over the past 10 years, (our) democracy has been stronger, and so the economy and other fields,” he noted in his speech while receiving an honor-ary doctorate from Ritsumeikan University on Monday.

Democracy in Indonesia has continued to develop despite some existing problems over the last 10 years, he remarked.

The expectations of the pub-lic, however, are very high to continue promoting democracy, he added.

He affirmed that democracy was being promoted within the country itself. He further pointed

out that democracy was not an instant process but rather an evolving one.

Yudhoyono expressed dis-appointment with the recent decision taken by the House of Representatives to revert to the old system of holding indirect regional head elections.

“I am disappointed with the controversial decision to termi-nate direct regional head elec-tions. I disagree with the idea. We should have maintained the direct regional head election system by making some improve-ments. I will continue to fight for direct regional head elections,” he stated.

Yudhoyono revealed that he has finally got the answers to

some questions that arose during the start of his presidential tenure in 2004 on whether democracy could go hand-in-hand with eco-nomic growth and Islam.

“Our democracy has continued to be stable and has matured. There has been no point of return in our democracy, and we have never experienced military coup in Indonesia’s politics,” he stated, adding that democracy has boost-ed the nation to become more democratic. “We have intensified human rights promotion, and over the past 10 years, there were no human rights violations in In-donesia. Can democracy separate us? In fact, it has united us, and our economy has continued to strengthen,” he added.

AntaraSAMPIT - The police have taken five people into custody for set-

ting off forest fires in Mentawa Baru Ketapang and Cempaga Hulu sub-districts in East Kotawaringin District, Central Kalimantan, noted a police officer.

“The initials of the five perpetrators of forest fires are Bg, Ei, Ti, Mo, and Ga. We have named them as suspects and will interrogate them,” Chief of the East Kotawaringin Police Himawan Bayu Aji stated on Monday.

They were caught red-handed while setting fires in bushes. The police have seized some evidence such as lighters, gasoline, hoes, and machetes.

Four of the perpetrators were male, and one was female, he re-vealed.

The East Kotawaringin district administration has declared an emer-gency status for haze due to forest and plantation fires in the district.

The haze has blanketed East Kotawaringin over the past few days and has affected the health of local inhabitants, particularly children.

To prevent the problem of wild fires from spiraling out of control in several provinces, Vice President Boediono led a coordinating meet-ing on forest fire mitigation efforts in Palembang, South Sumatra, on Sept. 23, 2014.

“I ask the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) to prioritize the implementation of preventive measures. It should take action before the fires flare up. This is the most effective measure,” emphasized the vice president.

The meeting was held to review the current situation of forest fires that has caused haze in several provinces across Indonesia, includ-ing in South Sumatra, Jambi, Riau, Central Kalimantan, and South Kalimantan.Indonesia’s democracy

still faces challenges

AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim

Protesters wear a mask of Indonesia president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono with long nose during a rally, opposing a regional election bill in front of palace in Jakarta, Monday, Sept 29, 2014. Indonesia’s outgoing parliament voted on Friday to scrap direct elections for local of-ficials and return to the electoral system in place under dictator Suharto, in what was widely regarded as a setback to the country’s democracy.

AntaraKYOTO - Indonesia’s democracy still faces numerous challenges despite the country hav-

ing progressed since the implementation of political reforms in 1998, stated President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Police arrest five perpetrators of forest fires

OJK to boost integrated financial services

An officer with a bullhorn tried to get them to clear the way for the com-muters. A protester, using the group’s own speaker system, responded by saying that they wanted Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to demand a genuine choice for the territory’s voters. “Do something good for Hong Kong. We want real democracy!” he shouted.

China has called the protests il-legal and endorsed the Hong Kong government’s crackdown. The clashes — images of which have been beamed around the world — are undermining Hong Kong’s image as a safe financial haven, and raised the stakes of the face-off against President Xi Jinping’s government. Beijing has taken a hard line against threats to the Communist Party’s monopoly on power, includ-ing clamping down on dissidents and Muslim Uighur separatists in the country’s far west.

The mass protests are the strongest challenge yet to Beijing’s decision last month to reject open nomina-

tions for candidates under proposed guidelines for the first-ever elections for Hong Kong’s leader, promised for 2017. Instead, candidates must continue to be hand-picked by Bei-jing — a move that many residents viewed as reneging on promises to allow greater democracy in the semi-autonomous territory.

With rumors swirling, the Beijing-backed and deeply unpopular Leung reassured the public that speculation that the Chinese army might intervene was untrue. “I hope the public will keep calm. Don’t be misled by the rumors. Police will strive to main-tain social order, including ensuring smooth traffic and ensuring the public safety,” Leung said. “When they carry out their duties, they will use their maximum discretion.” The protest has been spearheaded largely but student-age activists but has gathered momentum among a broad range of people from high school students to the elderly.

Protesters also occupied streets in

other parts of Hong Kong Island, in-cluding the upscale shopping area of Causeway Bay as well as across the harbor in densely populated Mong Kok on the Kowloon peninsula. The city’s transport department said roads in those areas were closed.

More than 200 bus routes have been canceled or diverted in a city dependent on public transport. Sub-way exits have also been closed or blocked near protest area. Authorities said some schools in areas near the main protest site would be closed. Leung urged people to go home, obey the law and avoid causing trouble. “We don’t want Hong Kong to be messy,” he said as he read a statement that was broadcast early Monday.

That came hours after police lobbed canisters of tear gas into the crowd on Sunday evening. The sear-ing fumes sent demonstrators fleeing, though many came right back to continue their protest. The govern-ment said 26 people were taken to hospitals.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Laura Feliciano was scouting locations for a new restaurant in the Puerto Rican capital when she discovered she was priced out of the upscale waterfront districts that were her first choice. Instead, she set up several blocks inland on a grungy street lined with discount stores and pawn shops.

Feliciano named her new restaurant and bar “Pa’l Cielo,” a Puerto Rican saying that translates as “To Heaven,” but she was far from it in the Santurce neighborhood. Prostitutes and drug dealers hissed to prospective customers from darkened corners, and diners insisted on being escorted back to their cars, sometimes to find their vehicles had been broken into.

Feliciano, who had returned to her native Puerto Rico from Los Angeles in search of an affordable place to open a business, almost gave up. “We thought about closing so many times because we would have felt responsible if something happened,” she recalled of the early years, referring to her clients’ safety. But Feliciano persevered, and her patience has been rewarded.

In the six years since “Pa’l Cielo” opened, the Santurce neighborhood has been a success story in Puerto Rico, which suffers from a 13.5 percent unemployment rate after eight years of economic recession.

While tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans have left to seek better op-portunities abroad, a few entrepreneurs like Feliciano have tried to make a go of it within San Juan. In Santurce, Feliciano’s restaurant has been joined by dozens of other new businesses including cafes, vintage boutiques and a bookstore. The renaissance also features an arts festival that draws artists and tourists from around the world.

Some investors in Santurce are considerably larger than Feliciano. Among the many building projects that have moved forward in recent years is a sleek glass-and-steel tower called Ciudadela, acquired by New York real estate developer Nicholas Prouty.

Despite a deep slump in the island’s housing market, Prouty said at a Sept. 18 news conference that all of the building’s 312 units had been sold. Puerto Rico’s Economic Development and Commerce Department says Prouty plans to add 252 apartments, 50,000 square feet of retail space and a public park for a $114 million expansion to the project “in the heart of Santurce,” a location that would not have been trumpeted in the past. Prouty says he sees promise in the neighborhood of about 100,000 people because of recently declining crime, undervalued properties and an influx of young people.

“Santurce has acquired a sort of coolness, a favored spot for San Juan’s new generation,” Prouty said at the news conference. “My partner and I saw the possibilities, immediately.”

Feliciano, 39, says her “Pa’l Cielo” restaurant has attracted celebrities such as actor Benicio del Toro and members of the Grammy Award-winning hip-hop group Calle 13. She was so confident about the area’s future that she has also opened a small Mexican eatery. “It’s still a place where people with limited means and a strong will can make it,” she said of Santurce.

The neighborhood is bounded on the north and east by the upscale Atlan-tic Coast districts of Condado, Ocean Park and Isla Verde, areas familiar to tourists visiting Puerto Rico. To the west lies the largely middle-class area of Miramar and the approach to picturesque Old San Juan, a colonial district of cobblestone streets and the seat of local government.

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Riot police fire tear gas on student protesters occupying streets surrounding the government headquarters in Hong Kong, early Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. Pro-democracy demonstrators defied onslaughts of tear gas and appeals from Hong Kong’s top leader to go home, as the protests over Beijing’s decision to limit political reforms expanded across the city early Monday.

Pro-democracy protests expand in Hong KongAssociated Press

HONG KONG — Pro-democracy protesters wearing surgical masks and holding up umbrellas to protect against tear gas expanded their rallies throughout Hong Kong on Monday, defying calls to disperse in a major pushback against Beijing’s decision to limit democratic reforms in the Asian financial hub. Police officers tried to negotiate with protesters camped out on a normally busy highway near the Hong Kong government headquarters that was the scene of tear gas-fueled clashes that erupted the evening before.

Neighborhood reborn amid Puerto Rico decline

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In this Sept. 21, 2014 photo, an abandoned building declared public nuisance sits waiting to be demolished in the San-turce neighborhood in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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SANUR - Sindhu Beach is a beach that is always crowded by local and foreign tourists. Waves of this white sandy beach are not so big. Its shoreline is the same as that of the Sanur Beach.

Many tourists come to the Sindu Beach to enjoy delicious food and drinks served along the coast. Activities that can be carried out on this beach include swimming, fishing, sunbathing and relaxing.

In addition, a quite interesting activity

on this beach is massage service having been prepared on the beach. Customers of the massage service on Sindu Beach are dominated by foreign tourists. Travel time needed to reach the Sindhu Beach is around 15 minutes or 8 km from Den-pasar.

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“I got lucky, basically, at the end of the second set,” Murray said. “I fought hard, tried my best and thankfully managed to turn it round.” The 27-year-old Scot ac-cepted a wild card into Shenzhen in a bid to improve his ranking from 11th into the top eight, so as to qualify for London. Murray now

moves up to 10th in the rankings, just 105 points behind the eighth-placed Tomas Berdych.

Murray trailed 2-6 in the second set tiebreaker against Robredo, but the Spaniard squandered five match points. “I tried to get as many balls back in play as I could,” Murray said of those match points.

“I missed three or four balls in the tiebreak by very little. I was frustrated to be in that position, but thankfully managed to turn it around. In those situations you need some luck.”

It was Murray’s first title since his triumph at Wimbledon in July 2013 and his 29th tour-level vic-tory. The 32-year-old Robredo was contesting his 21st tour final and, like Murray, was bidding for his first title since July 2013, when he won the Umag crown.

“It’s tough to accept it,” Robredo said. “But Andy did a great job. He was pushing right till the end and in the end, he deserved it.”

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BEIJING — Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams moved into the second round at the China Open on Sunday with straight-set victories. The fourth-seeded Sharapova over-came six double-faults to defeat Estonian Kaia Kanepi 6-4, 6-1, while the 16th-seeded Williams came back from a 3-0 deficit in the opening set to defeat Britain’s

Heather Watson 6-3, 6-1.Sharapova, the reigning French

Open champion, said despite the double-faults she thought she served well against the 46th-ranked Kanepi, a five-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist.

“I thought I played a difficult opponent, someone that I’ve had trouble against in the past,” she said. “I’m usually somebody that goes for my serve. If I make more

errors, I feel more confident know-ing that I’m going for it rather than just making my opponent hit a ball.” Williams started off slowly against Watson, but captured 12 of the last 13 games for a routine victory.

“She brought a lot of balls back I don’t think I was expecting,” Williams said of going down an early break in the match. “The first games she didn’t miss a serve for six points.”

Williams, who recently returned to the top 20 in the rankings for the first time in over a year, could next face France’s Caroline Garcia, who beat her in three tight sets at the Wuhan Open last week. Garcia plays China’s Zhang Shuai in the first round.

In other first-round matches on the women’s side, Australian Samantha Stosur beat Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-4, 6-2 to set

up a second-round clash with the in-form Caroline Wozniacki, who reached the finals of the U.S. Open earlier this month.

Other winners included No. 12-seeded Ekaterina Makarova of Russia, who beat Spain’s Garbine Muguruza 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-4, and No. 15-seeded Andrea Petkovic of Germany, who took out Romanian qualifier Monica Niculescu 2-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4.

Championship leader Marc Marquez admitted he should have pitted earlier to swap bikes dur-ing Aragon’s MotoGP race. The Honda rider decided to stay on track with a slick-shod bike long after the rain had hit the circuit and after most of his rivals had pitted to switch to a bike with rain tyres. In the end, Marquez crashed in the difficult conditions while leading.

He managed to return to the track and change bikes, but fin-ished down in 13th position. The Spaniard said in hindsight he should have pitted earlier. “To-day’s race was difficult because I, like many other riders in MotoGP, had never experienced track con-ditions like this before,” said Mar-quez. “I think that we did a good job all weekend - it was just a pity

about the crash. “I tried to hold on because there were only a few laps remaining, but today I learned that in these situations it is better to use a different strategy.”

Team-mate Dani Pedrosa fol-lowed the same strategy and he too ended up crashing. Pedrosa conceded he had made a mistake too. “I made the wrong decision about when to come in to change bikes and didn’t make the switch on the lap that I should have,” he said after finishing 14th.

“My tyres couldn’t hold out any longer and I crashed. “Luckily I was able to remount and pick up two points from this race. “It is a little disappointing to have gone so far and not taken a good result, but these experiences are useful for learning and heading to the next race stronger.”

Venus Williams, Sharapova advance at China Open

AP Photo/Manu FernandezMotoGP raider Marc Marquez of Spain steers his motorcycle during the MotoGP race at the Aragon Motorcycle Grand Prix in Alcaniz, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.

Marquez admits he should have pitted sooner

AP PhotoAndy Murray of Britain poses with his trophy during the award ceremony after winning the final match against Spain’s Tommy Robredo at the Shenzhen Open tennis tournament in Shenzhen in south China’s Guangdong province Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.

Murray wins 1st title in 15 months at ShenzhenAssociated Press

SHENZHEN, China — Second-seeded Andy Murray of Britain rallied from a set down to defeat fourth-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain 5-7, 7-6 (9), 6-1 Sunday to win the Shenzhen Open. Murray saved five match points as he ended a 15-month title drought while improving his chances of qualifying for the ATP Finals in London in November.

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Albin Ekdal, who had scored three goals in 87 appearances for Cagliari, doubled his tally for the club with a 15-minute hat trick. It would have been worse for Inter if Samir Handanovic had not saved a penalty. “I made some mistakes when evaluating the squad rotation,” Inter coach Walter Mazzarri said. “When we were down to 10 men we should have acted differently: an experienced team would’ve sat back, not conceded four in the first half and tried to come back in the second.”

In the evening match, Sampdoria beat Genoa 1-0 in an entertaining and fiery derby match. The result saw Samp move into third ahead of Udinese’s home game against Parma on Monday. Napoli won 1-0 at Sassuolo in the lunchtime kickoff, while 10-man AC Milan was held to a 1-1 draw at Cesena. Fiorentina also drew 1-1 at Torino as did Chievo Verona at home to Empoli.

Juventus and Roma both main-tained their perfect start to the season with victories on Saturday. Cagliari took the lead in the 10th minute when Nagatomo failed to deal with a long ball and headed straight at Marco Sau, who fired home. But

Inter was back on level terms eight minutes later when Rodrigo Palacio took a free kick quickly and set up Pablo Osvaldo.

The turning point came shortly afterward when Nagatomo picked up two yellow cards in as many minutes and was dismissed. Cagliari immediately restored its advantage as Handanovic did well to parry a fierce strike from Daniele Dessena, but Ekdal pounced on the rebound. Ekdal doubled his tally five minutes later, tapping in Victor Ibarbo’s cross after a great run from the Colombia winger who had bamboozled the Inter defense.

It almost got worse shortly before halftime when Nemanja Vidic mis-timed a sliding tackle on Sau in the area. However, spot-kick specialist Handanovic saved Andrea Cossu’s penalty. But Cagliari did get a fourth moments later when Ekdal com-pleted his hat trick after Inter failed to clear a corner.

Osvaldo thought he had pulled one back for Inter shortly after the interval but his effort was ruled out for offside. City rival Milan was also forced to play at a numerical disadvantage after Cristian Zapata was sent off in the 73rd minute for

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PARIS — Midfielder Gianni Imbula and winger Dimitri Payet scored first-half goals Sunday as French league leader Marseille beat Saint-Etienne 2-1 at home to record a sixth straight win. Imbula put Mar-seille ahead after just seven minutes with a low shot that skimmed inside the post, and Payet doubled the lead in the 28th after converting Ghana winger Andre Ayew’s cross from the left.

“We have to be honest. This is all down to the coach (Marcelo Bielsa),” Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda said. “He’s precise, everyone knows their role.” Saint-Etienne’s attack featured Turkey striker Mevlut Erding and 17-year-old Allan Saint-Maximin, and he set up defender Jonathan Brison’s goal in the 53rd to ensure a tight finish. But Marseille came closest to scoring again when top scorer Andre-Pierre Gignac saw his shot well saved by goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier in the 84th.

“We knew it would be a big game at home and we wanted to keep our winning run going,” Marseille winger Andre Ayew said. “We played really well in the first half and then we eased up a bit and conceded the goal. But we showed we have a great team spirit.” Ayew praised the notoriously turbulent Marseille fans, who are fully behind the team this season.

“The stadium was boiling hot tonight,” he said. “We’re all enjoying this and there’s nothing better.” After eight matches, Marseille has 19 points and is five ahead of bitter rival Paris Saint-Germain, which is in fourth

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WEST BROMWICH, England — Saido Berahino’s brace pow-ered West Bromwich Albion past Burnley 4-0 Sunday in the Premier League to seal its third win in a week. The striker pounced in each half after Craig Dawson opened the scoring to condemn the Clarets to their third league defeat. Graham Dorrans then added a fourth with a minute left to underline the hosts’ dominance at the Hawthorns.

The Baggies were always in control against newly promoted Burnley which has not scored in almost nine hours of league play and already look destined for a long fight against the drop with the team now in last place. West Brom clinched its hat trick of wins following victories over Tottenham in the league and Hull in the League Cup. The Baggies were unchanged from their 1-0 win at Spurs, their first of the sea-son under head coach Alan Irvine. Berahino started after scoring the late winner in Wednesday’s 3-2 cup victory over Hull.

Burnley had not scored in the league in 436 minutes coming into the game and its lack of quality was evident from the start. Michael Kightly shot over for the Clarets

before Chris Brunt’s drive deflected off Michael Duff and dropped inches wide after 15 minutes. The opener came on 30 minutes to re-ward the Baggies for their more in-ventive play when Dawson headed in Chris Brunt’s deep corner from five yards.

West Brom was hunting a second and it came in first-half injury time as Berahino netted his fourth of the season, nodding in from a yard out after Dorrans flicked on James Morrison’s corner.

Burnley offered little resistance with the Baggies in total control, and it hauled off Ross Wallace and Steven Reid for Nathaniel Chalobah and Ashley Barnes at half-time.

Chalobah’s first action was to pick up a yellow card for a foul on Dorrans and the changes made little difference.

The composed hosts continued to press as Craig Gardner’s de-flected effort arrowed wide and Ben Mee blocked Stephane Sessegnon’s volley.

West Brom confirmed its domi-nance with a third on 56 minutes when Dorrans’ pass split the Burn-ley defence for Berahino to drill low into the corner from 15 yards. It was left to Dorrans to add the gloss with a minute left when he swept in from 14 yards.

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FRANKFURT, Germany — Substitute Lucas Piazon scored with a spectacular free kick in the 90th minute to give Eintracht Frankfurt a 2-1 victory at Hamburg SV in the Bundesliga on Sunday. In the process, Hamburger SV also set the Bundes-liga record for going the longest with-out a goal before finally managing to score in the new season.

Scoreless after the first five match-es of the season, Hamburg needed to score inside the first 24 minutes to avoid beating Bochum’s unwanted record from 1979. But it could not find the net until the 58th, when Nicolai Mueller canceled out Haris

Seferovic’s goal from the 44th. In the earlier match, captain Paul Ver-haegh converted a first-half penalty to give Augsburg a 1-0 victory over Hertha Berlin.Hamburg dominated possession but could not score in the first half, which ended with Frank-furt taking the lead largely against the run of play. Timothy Chandler broke through on the right and sent a useful cross that was not cleared by the Hamburg defense and Seferovic pounced at the far post to slot home.

Hamburg stepped up the pressure after the break and finally broke its drought when Mueller picked up a through ball from Lewis Holtby and scored as Eintracht mistimed the offside trap.

The ball went through the legs of goalkeeper Felix Wiedwald, who was making his first start in the Bundesliga after the long-term ankle injury sustained by Kevin Trapp. Wiedwald’s previous Bundesliga experience consisted of a combined 17 minutes in two appearances, but he had some good saves in the match.

Piazon, a 20-year-old Brazilian who came on only in the 85th, fired a stunning free kick from nearly 30 meters (yards) to seal Eintracht’s victory. The ball soared high before taking a sudden dip to bury itself in the upper corner. Eintracht moved past Augsburg into seventh, while Hamburg stayed last, still looking for its first win.

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BARCELONA, Spain — Va-lencia drew 1-1 at Real Sociedad in an entertaining match featur-ing a series of great saves to re-main undefeated despite slipping to second place in the Spanish league on Sunday. Sociedad started well at its Anoeta Sta-dium, and Valencia goalkeeper Diego Alves had to dive to turn back tries by Carlos Vela and Imanol Agirretxe before the visi-tors went ahead.

Valencia striker Paco Alcacer made a clever headed pass to knock Rodrigo Moreno’s lobbed pass back for Carles Gil to score the 15th-minute opener. But seconds after Valencia defender Jose Gaya cleared Inigo Marti-nez’s header off the line, former Valencia forward Sergio Canales sent in cross that fooled Diego Alves before slipping inside the far post to level for Sociedad in the 36th.

Both teams needed their de-fenders to save shots to protect

a point in a wild finale. In the 89th, Sociedad goalkeeper Enaut Zubikarai got low to stop Nicolas Otamendi’s strike from a corner kick, and Mikel Gonzalez was quick to boot out Shkodran Mustafi’s goal-bound attempt to put in the rebound. In stop-page time it was Mustafi’s turn to head Canales’ bouncing shot over the bar.

Valencia had entered the round as leader on goal difference over Barcelona, and the draw meant it fell two points behind the Catalan

club. Valencia is level on points with third-place Atletico Madrid, one point ahead of Sevilla and two points ahead of Real Madrid and Celta Vigo.

Valencia’s first-year coach Nuno Espirito Santo said he was satisfied with the point at a stadium where his team had lost in its last three visits. “We have to remember that we had a day less of rest that our rivals in recent games,” Espirito Santo said. “Beyond the physical part, the emotional part is important

as well.”The draw ended a two-game

losing skid for Sociedad.Elsewhere, Almeria forward

Edgar Mendez scored in stop-page time to grab a 1-0 victory at Deportivo La Coruna, while Michel Herrero’s first-half goal helped Getafe beat Malaga 1-0 at home and break its three-game losing streak. Last-place Cordoba, meanwhile, remained the only team yet to win through six rounds after a drab 0-0 draw with Espanyol at home.

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Inter Milan’s Pablo Osvaldo, left, stands next to his teammate Rodrigo Palacio after Cagliari’s Al-bin Ekdal scored as Cagliari’s Lorenzo Crisetig walks past them during the Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Cagliari at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.

Inter routed 4-1 at home to rock-bottom CagliariAssociated Press

MILAN — Inter Milan suffered a humiliating first defeat of the season as it was routed 4-1 by last-placed Cagliari in Serie A on Sunday, while Napoli won to ease the pressure on coach Rafa Benitez. Cagliari had lost its last three matches but gained an advantage when Inter captain Yuto Nagatomo was sent off in the 27th minute following two yellow cards.

denying Gregoire Defrel a clear scoring opportunity.

Cesena had taken a shock lead in the 10th minute when Christian Abbiati — replacing the injured

Diego Lopez — fumbled a simple attempt from Guido Marilungo and Davide Succi was on hand to tap in the rebound.

Jeremy Menez almost recorded

his fourth goal of the season but it was struck off after Fernando Torres was adjudged to be offside. Milan did level in the 19th when Adil Rami headed in Keisuke Honda’s corner.

Hamburger SV scores but loses 2-1 to Eintracht

Valencia draws at Sociedad, slips to 2nd in Spain

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Burnley’s Lukas Jutkiewicz, right, battles for the ball with West Bromwich Albion’s Craig Dawson during their English Premier League soccer match at The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, England, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.

Baggies bash Burnley 4-0 in Premier League

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Marseille’s French midfielder Romain Alessandrini, right, challenges for the ball with Saint-Etienne’s French defender Jonathan Brison, during their League One soccer match, at the Velodrome Stadium, in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.

Marseille gets 6th straight win to strengthen lead

place. “Marseille is a candidate for the title,” Saint-Etienne coach Christophe Galtier said. Fourth-place PSG has 14 points and leads Metz and Saint-Etienne on goal difference.

Meanwhile, midfielder Thomas Toure created the opening goal and scored the winner with seconds re-maining as second-place Bordeaux beat Rennes 2-1. All the goals came in the second half, with Rennes striker Mahamadou Habibou canceling out winger Wahbi Khazri’s opener for Bordeaux before Toure pounced in the third minute of injury time.

Rennes looked the more dangerous side before Khazri’s goal, with winger Paul-Georges Ntep causing problems

with his pace and technique. He cre-ated chances for center forward Ola Toivonen and Steven Moreira but they were unable to take them.

The win gives Bordeaux 17 points, putting it two points behind Marseille. Lille is third with 15 points and two-time defending champion Paris Saint-Germain is one point behind.

“The players never gave in, they finished the game exhausted and they still managed to go and get a winner in the closing stages,” said Bordeaux coach Willy Sagnol, France’s right back when it reached the 2006 World Cup final. “The play-ers deserve it. Everyone is giving everything they have.”

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Albin Ekdal, who had scored three goals in 87 appearances for Cagliari, doubled his tally for the club with a 15-minute hat trick. It would have been worse for Inter if Samir Handanovic had not saved a penalty. “I made some mistakes when evaluating the squad rotation,” Inter coach Walter Mazzarri said. “When we were down to 10 men we should have acted differently: an experienced team would’ve sat back, not conceded four in the first half and tried to come back in the second.”

In the evening match, Sampdoria beat Genoa 1-0 in an entertaining and fiery derby match. The result saw Samp move into third ahead of Udinese’s home game against Parma on Monday. Napoli won 1-0 at Sassuolo in the lunchtime kickoff, while 10-man AC Milan was held to a 1-1 draw at Cesena. Fiorentina also drew 1-1 at Torino as did Chievo Verona at home to Empoli.

Juventus and Roma both main-tained their perfect start to the season with victories on Saturday. Cagliari took the lead in the 10th minute when Nagatomo failed to deal with a long ball and headed straight at Marco Sau, who fired home. But

Inter was back on level terms eight minutes later when Rodrigo Palacio took a free kick quickly and set up Pablo Osvaldo.

The turning point came shortly afterward when Nagatomo picked up two yellow cards in as many minutes and was dismissed. Cagliari immediately restored its advantage as Handanovic did well to parry a fierce strike from Daniele Dessena, but Ekdal pounced on the rebound. Ekdal doubled his tally five minutes later, tapping in Victor Ibarbo’s cross after a great run from the Colombia winger who had bamboozled the Inter defense.

It almost got worse shortly before halftime when Nemanja Vidic mis-timed a sliding tackle on Sau in the area. However, spot-kick specialist Handanovic saved Andrea Cossu’s penalty. But Cagliari did get a fourth moments later when Ekdal com-pleted his hat trick after Inter failed to clear a corner.

Osvaldo thought he had pulled one back for Inter shortly after the interval but his effort was ruled out for offside. City rival Milan was also forced to play at a numerical disadvantage after Cristian Zapata was sent off in the 73rd minute for

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PARIS — Midfielder Gianni Imbula and winger Dimitri Payet scored first-half goals Sunday as French league leader Marseille beat Saint-Etienne 2-1 at home to record a sixth straight win. Imbula put Mar-seille ahead after just seven minutes with a low shot that skimmed inside the post, and Payet doubled the lead in the 28th after converting Ghana winger Andre Ayew’s cross from the left.

“We have to be honest. This is all down to the coach (Marcelo Bielsa),” Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda said. “He’s precise, everyone knows their role.” Saint-Etienne’s attack featured Turkey striker Mevlut Erding and 17-year-old Allan Saint-Maximin, and he set up defender Jonathan Brison’s goal in the 53rd to ensure a tight finish. But Marseille came closest to scoring again when top scorer Andre-Pierre Gignac saw his shot well saved by goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier in the 84th.

“We knew it would be a big game at home and we wanted to keep our winning run going,” Marseille winger Andre Ayew said. “We played really well in the first half and then we eased up a bit and conceded the goal. But we showed we have a great team spirit.” Ayew praised the notoriously turbulent Marseille fans, who are fully behind the team this season.

“The stadium was boiling hot tonight,” he said. “We’re all enjoying this and there’s nothing better.” After eight matches, Marseille has 19 points and is five ahead of bitter rival Paris Saint-Germain, which is in fourth

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WEST BROMWICH, England — Saido Berahino’s brace pow-ered West Bromwich Albion past Burnley 4-0 Sunday in the Premier League to seal its third win in a week. The striker pounced in each half after Craig Dawson opened the scoring to condemn the Clarets to their third league defeat. Graham Dorrans then added a fourth with a minute left to underline the hosts’ dominance at the Hawthorns.

The Baggies were always in control against newly promoted Burnley which has not scored in almost nine hours of league play and already look destined for a long fight against the drop with the team now in last place. West Brom clinched its hat trick of wins following victories over Tottenham in the league and Hull in the League Cup. The Baggies were unchanged from their 1-0 win at Spurs, their first of the sea-son under head coach Alan Irvine. Berahino started after scoring the late winner in Wednesday’s 3-2 cup victory over Hull.

Burnley had not scored in the league in 436 minutes coming into the game and its lack of quality was evident from the start. Michael Kightly shot over for the Clarets

before Chris Brunt’s drive deflected off Michael Duff and dropped inches wide after 15 minutes. The opener came on 30 minutes to re-ward the Baggies for their more in-ventive play when Dawson headed in Chris Brunt’s deep corner from five yards.

West Brom was hunting a second and it came in first-half injury time as Berahino netted his fourth of the season, nodding in from a yard out after Dorrans flicked on James Morrison’s corner.

Burnley offered little resistance with the Baggies in total control, and it hauled off Ross Wallace and Steven Reid for Nathaniel Chalobah and Ashley Barnes at half-time.

Chalobah’s first action was to pick up a yellow card for a foul on Dorrans and the changes made little difference.

The composed hosts continued to press as Craig Gardner’s de-flected effort arrowed wide and Ben Mee blocked Stephane Sessegnon’s volley.

West Brom confirmed its domi-nance with a third on 56 minutes when Dorrans’ pass split the Burn-ley defence for Berahino to drill low into the corner from 15 yards. It was left to Dorrans to add the gloss with a minute left when he swept in from 14 yards.

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FRANKFURT, Germany — Substitute Lucas Piazon scored with a spectacular free kick in the 90th minute to give Eintracht Frankfurt a 2-1 victory at Hamburg SV in the Bundesliga on Sunday. In the process, Hamburger SV also set the Bundes-liga record for going the longest with-out a goal before finally managing to score in the new season.

Scoreless after the first five match-es of the season, Hamburg needed to score inside the first 24 minutes to avoid beating Bochum’s unwanted record from 1979. But it could not find the net until the 58th, when Nicolai Mueller canceled out Haris

Seferovic’s goal from the 44th. In the earlier match, captain Paul Ver-haegh converted a first-half penalty to give Augsburg a 1-0 victory over Hertha Berlin.Hamburg dominated possession but could not score in the first half, which ended with Frank-furt taking the lead largely against the run of play. Timothy Chandler broke through on the right and sent a useful cross that was not cleared by the Hamburg defense and Seferovic pounced at the far post to slot home.

Hamburg stepped up the pressure after the break and finally broke its drought when Mueller picked up a through ball from Lewis Holtby and scored as Eintracht mistimed the offside trap.

The ball went through the legs of goalkeeper Felix Wiedwald, who was making his first start in the Bundesliga after the long-term ankle injury sustained by Kevin Trapp. Wiedwald’s previous Bundesliga experience consisted of a combined 17 minutes in two appearances, but he had some good saves in the match.

Piazon, a 20-year-old Brazilian who came on only in the 85th, fired a stunning free kick from nearly 30 meters (yards) to seal Eintracht’s victory. The ball soared high before taking a sudden dip to bury itself in the upper corner. Eintracht moved past Augsburg into seventh, while Hamburg stayed last, still looking for its first win.

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BARCELONA, Spain — Va-lencia drew 1-1 at Real Sociedad in an entertaining match featur-ing a series of great saves to re-main undefeated despite slipping to second place in the Spanish league on Sunday. Sociedad started well at its Anoeta Sta-dium, and Valencia goalkeeper Diego Alves had to dive to turn back tries by Carlos Vela and Imanol Agirretxe before the visi-tors went ahead.

Valencia striker Paco Alcacer made a clever headed pass to knock Rodrigo Moreno’s lobbed pass back for Carles Gil to score the 15th-minute opener. But seconds after Valencia defender Jose Gaya cleared Inigo Marti-nez’s header off the line, former Valencia forward Sergio Canales sent in cross that fooled Diego Alves before slipping inside the far post to level for Sociedad in the 36th.

Both teams needed their de-fenders to save shots to protect

a point in a wild finale. In the 89th, Sociedad goalkeeper Enaut Zubikarai got low to stop Nicolas Otamendi’s strike from a corner kick, and Mikel Gonzalez was quick to boot out Shkodran Mustafi’s goal-bound attempt to put in the rebound. In stop-page time it was Mustafi’s turn to head Canales’ bouncing shot over the bar.

Valencia had entered the round as leader on goal difference over Barcelona, and the draw meant it fell two points behind the Catalan

club. Valencia is level on points with third-place Atletico Madrid, one point ahead of Sevilla and two points ahead of Real Madrid and Celta Vigo.

Valencia’s first-year coach Nuno Espirito Santo said he was satisfied with the point at a stadium where his team had lost in its last three visits. “We have to remember that we had a day less of rest that our rivals in recent games,” Espirito Santo said. “Beyond the physical part, the emotional part is important

as well.”The draw ended a two-game

losing skid for Sociedad.Elsewhere, Almeria forward

Edgar Mendez scored in stop-page time to grab a 1-0 victory at Deportivo La Coruna, while Michel Herrero’s first-half goal helped Getafe beat Malaga 1-0 at home and break its three-game losing streak. Last-place Cordoba, meanwhile, remained the only team yet to win through six rounds after a drab 0-0 draw with Espanyol at home.

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Inter Milan’s Pablo Osvaldo, left, stands next to his teammate Rodrigo Palacio after Cagliari’s Al-bin Ekdal scored as Cagliari’s Lorenzo Crisetig walks past them during the Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Cagliari at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.

Inter routed 4-1 at home to rock-bottom CagliariAssociated Press

MILAN — Inter Milan suffered a humiliating first defeat of the season as it was routed 4-1 by last-placed Cagliari in Serie A on Sunday, while Napoli won to ease the pressure on coach Rafa Benitez. Cagliari had lost its last three matches but gained an advantage when Inter captain Yuto Nagatomo was sent off in the 27th minute following two yellow cards.

denying Gregoire Defrel a clear scoring opportunity.

Cesena had taken a shock lead in the 10th minute when Christian Abbiati — replacing the injured

Diego Lopez — fumbled a simple attempt from Guido Marilungo and Davide Succi was on hand to tap in the rebound.

Jeremy Menez almost recorded

his fourth goal of the season but it was struck off after Fernando Torres was adjudged to be offside. Milan did level in the 19th when Adil Rami headed in Keisuke Honda’s corner.

Hamburger SV scores but loses 2-1 to Eintracht

Valencia draws at Sociedad, slips to 2nd in Spain

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Burnley’s Lukas Jutkiewicz, right, battles for the ball with West Bromwich Albion’s Craig Dawson during their English Premier League soccer match at The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, England, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.

Baggies bash Burnley 4-0 in Premier League

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Marseille’s French midfielder Romain Alessandrini, right, challenges for the ball with Saint-Etienne’s French defender Jonathan Brison, during their League One soccer match, at the Velodrome Stadium, in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.

Marseille gets 6th straight win to strengthen lead

place. “Marseille is a candidate for the title,” Saint-Etienne coach Christophe Galtier said. Fourth-place PSG has 14 points and leads Metz and Saint-Etienne on goal difference.

Meanwhile, midfielder Thomas Toure created the opening goal and scored the winner with seconds re-maining as second-place Bordeaux beat Rennes 2-1. All the goals came in the second half, with Rennes striker Mahamadou Habibou canceling out winger Wahbi Khazri’s opener for Bordeaux before Toure pounced in the third minute of injury time.

Rennes looked the more dangerous side before Khazri’s goal, with winger Paul-Georges Ntep causing problems

with his pace and technique. He cre-ated chances for center forward Ola Toivonen and Steven Moreira but they were unable to take them.

The win gives Bordeaux 17 points, putting it two points behind Marseille. Lille is third with 15 points and two-time defending champion Paris Saint-Germain is one point behind.

“The players never gave in, they finished the game exhausted and they still managed to go and get a winner in the closing stages,” said Bordeaux coach Willy Sagnol, France’s right back when it reached the 2006 World Cup final. “The play-ers deserve it. Everyone is giving everything they have.”

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SANUR - Sindhu Beach is a beach that is always crowded by local and foreign tourists. Waves of this white sandy beach are not so big. Its shoreline is the same as that of the Sanur Beach.

Many tourists come to the Sindu Beach to enjoy delicious food and drinks served along the coast. Activities that can be carried out on this beach include swimming, fishing, sunbathing and relaxing.

In addition, a quite interesting activity

on this beach is massage service having been prepared on the beach. Customers of the massage service on Sindu Beach are dominated by foreign tourists. Travel time needed to reach the Sindhu Beach is around 15 minutes or 8 km from Den-pasar.

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Sindhu Beach

“I got lucky, basically, at the end of the second set,” Murray said. “I fought hard, tried my best and thankfully managed to turn it round.” The 27-year-old Scot ac-cepted a wild card into Shenzhen in a bid to improve his ranking from 11th into the top eight, so as to qualify for London. Murray now

moves up to 10th in the rankings, just 105 points behind the eighth-placed Tomas Berdych.

Murray trailed 2-6 in the second set tiebreaker against Robredo, but the Spaniard squandered five match points. “I tried to get as many balls back in play as I could,” Murray said of those match points.

“I missed three or four balls in the tiebreak by very little. I was frustrated to be in that position, but thankfully managed to turn it around. In those situations you need some luck.”

It was Murray’s first title since his triumph at Wimbledon in July 2013 and his 29th tour-level vic-tory. The 32-year-old Robredo was contesting his 21st tour final and, like Murray, was bidding for his first title since July 2013, when he won the Umag crown.

“It’s tough to accept it,” Robredo said. “But Andy did a great job. He was pushing right till the end and in the end, he deserved it.”

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BEIJING — Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams moved into the second round at the China Open on Sunday with straight-set victories. The fourth-seeded Sharapova over-came six double-faults to defeat Estonian Kaia Kanepi 6-4, 6-1, while the 16th-seeded Williams came back from a 3-0 deficit in the opening set to defeat Britain’s

Heather Watson 6-3, 6-1.Sharapova, the reigning French

Open champion, said despite the double-faults she thought she served well against the 46th-ranked Kanepi, a five-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist.

“I thought I played a difficult opponent, someone that I’ve had trouble against in the past,” she said. “I’m usually somebody that goes for my serve. If I make more

errors, I feel more confident know-ing that I’m going for it rather than just making my opponent hit a ball.” Williams started off slowly against Watson, but captured 12 of the last 13 games for a routine victory.

“She brought a lot of balls back I don’t think I was expecting,” Williams said of going down an early break in the match. “The first games she didn’t miss a serve for six points.”

Williams, who recently returned to the top 20 in the rankings for the first time in over a year, could next face France’s Caroline Garcia, who beat her in three tight sets at the Wuhan Open last week. Garcia plays China’s Zhang Shuai in the first round.

In other first-round matches on the women’s side, Australian Samantha Stosur beat Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-4, 6-2 to set

up a second-round clash with the in-form Caroline Wozniacki, who reached the finals of the U.S. Open earlier this month.

Other winners included No. 12-seeded Ekaterina Makarova of Russia, who beat Spain’s Garbine Muguruza 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-4, and No. 15-seeded Andrea Petkovic of Germany, who took out Romanian qualifier Monica Niculescu 2-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4.

Championship leader Marc Marquez admitted he should have pitted earlier to swap bikes dur-ing Aragon’s MotoGP race. The Honda rider decided to stay on track with a slick-shod bike long after the rain had hit the circuit and after most of his rivals had pitted to switch to a bike with rain tyres. In the end, Marquez crashed in the difficult conditions while leading.

He managed to return to the track and change bikes, but fin-ished down in 13th position. The Spaniard said in hindsight he should have pitted earlier. “To-day’s race was difficult because I, like many other riders in MotoGP, had never experienced track con-ditions like this before,” said Mar-quez. “I think that we did a good job all weekend - it was just a pity

about the crash. “I tried to hold on because there were only a few laps remaining, but today I learned that in these situations it is better to use a different strategy.”

Team-mate Dani Pedrosa fol-lowed the same strategy and he too ended up crashing. Pedrosa conceded he had made a mistake too. “I made the wrong decision about when to come in to change bikes and didn’t make the switch on the lap that I should have,” he said after finishing 14th.

“My tyres couldn’t hold out any longer and I crashed. “Luckily I was able to remount and pick up two points from this race. “It is a little disappointing to have gone so far and not taken a good result, but these experiences are useful for learning and heading to the next race stronger.”

Venus Williams, Sharapova advance at China Open

AP Photo/Manu FernandezMotoGP raider Marc Marquez of Spain steers his motorcycle during the MotoGP race at the Aragon Motorcycle Grand Prix in Alcaniz, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.

Marquez admits he should have pitted sooner

AP PhotoAndy Murray of Britain poses with his trophy during the award ceremony after winning the final match against Spain’s Tommy Robredo at the Shenzhen Open tennis tournament in Shenzhen in south China’s Guangdong province Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.

Murray wins 1st title in 15 months at ShenzhenAssociated Press

SHENZHEN, China — Second-seeded Andy Murray of Britain rallied from a set down to defeat fourth-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain 5-7, 7-6 (9), 6-1 Sunday to win the Shenzhen Open. Murray saved five match points as he ended a 15-month title drought while improving his chances of qualifying for the ATP Finals in London in November.

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AntaraJAKARTA - The Financial Services Authority (OJK) will encourage in-

tegrated financial services to increase financial inclusion in the country.“The OJK will promote all financial products including savings, invest-

ments, and insurance,” Firdaus Djaelani, the OJK commissioner overseeing the non-banking financial industry, remarked on Monday.

Firdaus was optimistic that the services of the financial sector will not only target the upper- and middle-class society but also the lower class. An integrated micro service could be one of the key strategies to increase the level of financial literacy.

“Among the Indonesian population, the middle class and the lower class are highest in number,” he affirmed.

He remarked that an integrated micro service should not solely be directed to accrue funds from the public through savings but should also promote financial education in areas such as insurance and investment.

“When we sell (financial products) in these areas, it is not part of our efforts to siphon out funds from the lower community but instead, to educate them on savings, investments, and insurance. Then we distribute the credit,” he noted.

Firdaus considered that the interest rates of micro credit were too high for small and medium enterprises. He hopes that the interest rates can be lower, so that it can also boost the growth of small and medium enterprises that contribute to the domestic economy.

“It is because small and medium enterprises are less bankable, not necessarily even if the interest rates are high. If we impose high interest rates on small and medium enterprises then they will not grow, and the banks too will not grow,” Firdaus added.

“Of course we are still facing a lot of problems. These problems have to be addressed by the next government. Over the past 10 years, (our) democracy has been stronger, and so the economy and other fields,” he noted in his speech while receiving an honor-ary doctorate from Ritsumeikan University on Monday.

Democracy in Indonesia has continued to develop despite some existing problems over the last 10 years, he remarked.

The expectations of the pub-lic, however, are very high to continue promoting democracy, he added.

He affirmed that democracy was being promoted within the country itself. He further pointed

out that democracy was not an instant process but rather an evolving one.

Yudhoyono expressed dis-appointment with the recent decision taken by the House of Representatives to revert to the old system of holding indirect regional head elections.

“I am disappointed with the controversial decision to termi-nate direct regional head elec-tions. I disagree with the idea. We should have maintained the direct regional head election system by making some improve-ments. I will continue to fight for direct regional head elections,” he stated.

Yudhoyono revealed that he has finally got the answers to

some questions that arose during the start of his presidential tenure in 2004 on whether democracy could go hand-in-hand with eco-nomic growth and Islam.

“Our democracy has continued to be stable and has matured. There has been no point of return in our democracy, and we have never experienced military coup in Indonesia’s politics,” he stated, adding that democracy has boost-ed the nation to become more democratic. “We have intensified human rights promotion, and over the past 10 years, there were no human rights violations in In-donesia. Can democracy separate us? In fact, it has united us, and our economy has continued to strengthen,” he added.

AntaraSAMPIT - The police have taken five people into custody for set-

ting off forest fires in Mentawa Baru Ketapang and Cempaga Hulu sub-districts in East Kotawaringin District, Central Kalimantan, noted a police officer.

“The initials of the five perpetrators of forest fires are Bg, Ei, Ti, Mo, and Ga. We have named them as suspects and will interrogate them,” Chief of the East Kotawaringin Police Himawan Bayu Aji stated on Monday.

They were caught red-handed while setting fires in bushes. The police have seized some evidence such as lighters, gasoline, hoes, and machetes.

Four of the perpetrators were male, and one was female, he re-vealed.

The East Kotawaringin district administration has declared an emer-gency status for haze due to forest and plantation fires in the district.

The haze has blanketed East Kotawaringin over the past few days and has affected the health of local inhabitants, particularly children.

To prevent the problem of wild fires from spiraling out of control in several provinces, Vice President Boediono led a coordinating meet-ing on forest fire mitigation efforts in Palembang, South Sumatra, on Sept. 23, 2014.

“I ask the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) to prioritize the implementation of preventive measures. It should take action before the fires flare up. This is the most effective measure,” emphasized the vice president.

The meeting was held to review the current situation of forest fires that has caused haze in several provinces across Indonesia, includ-ing in South Sumatra, Jambi, Riau, Central Kalimantan, and South Kalimantan.Indonesia’s democracy

still faces challenges

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Protesters wear a mask of Indonesia president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono with long nose during a rally, opposing a regional election bill in front of palace in Jakarta, Monday, Sept 29, 2014. Indonesia’s outgoing parliament voted on Friday to scrap direct elections for local of-ficials and return to the electoral system in place under dictator Suharto, in what was widely regarded as a setback to the country’s democracy.

AntaraKYOTO - Indonesia’s democracy still faces numerous challenges despite the country hav-

ing progressed since the implementation of political reforms in 1998, stated President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Police arrest five perpetrators of forest fires

OJK to boost integrated financial services

An officer with a bullhorn tried to get them to clear the way for the com-muters. A protester, using the group’s own speaker system, responded by saying that they wanted Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to demand a genuine choice for the territory’s voters. “Do something good for Hong Kong. We want real democracy!” he shouted.

China has called the protests il-legal and endorsed the Hong Kong government’s crackdown. The clashes — images of which have been beamed around the world — are undermining Hong Kong’s image as a safe financial haven, and raised the stakes of the face-off against President Xi Jinping’s government. Beijing has taken a hard line against threats to the Communist Party’s monopoly on power, includ-ing clamping down on dissidents and Muslim Uighur separatists in the country’s far west.

The mass protests are the strongest challenge yet to Beijing’s decision last month to reject open nomina-

tions for candidates under proposed guidelines for the first-ever elections for Hong Kong’s leader, promised for 2017. Instead, candidates must continue to be hand-picked by Bei-jing — a move that many residents viewed as reneging on promises to allow greater democracy in the semi-autonomous territory.

With rumors swirling, the Beijing-backed and deeply unpopular Leung reassured the public that speculation that the Chinese army might intervene was untrue. “I hope the public will keep calm. Don’t be misled by the rumors. Police will strive to main-tain social order, including ensuring smooth traffic and ensuring the public safety,” Leung said. “When they carry out their duties, they will use their maximum discretion.” The protest has been spearheaded largely but student-age activists but has gathered momentum among a broad range of people from high school students to the elderly.

Protesters also occupied streets in

other parts of Hong Kong Island, in-cluding the upscale shopping area of Causeway Bay as well as across the harbor in densely populated Mong Kok on the Kowloon peninsula. The city’s transport department said roads in those areas were closed.

More than 200 bus routes have been canceled or diverted in a city dependent on public transport. Sub-way exits have also been closed or blocked near protest area. Authorities said some schools in areas near the main protest site would be closed. Leung urged people to go home, obey the law and avoid causing trouble. “We don’t want Hong Kong to be messy,” he said as he read a statement that was broadcast early Monday.

That came hours after police lobbed canisters of tear gas into the crowd on Sunday evening. The sear-ing fumes sent demonstrators fleeing, though many came right back to continue their protest. The govern-ment said 26 people were taken to hospitals.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Laura Feliciano was scouting locations for a new restaurant in the Puerto Rican capital when she discovered she was priced out of the upscale waterfront districts that were her first choice. Instead, she set up several blocks inland on a grungy street lined with discount stores and pawn shops.

Feliciano named her new restaurant and bar “Pa’l Cielo,” a Puerto Rican saying that translates as “To Heaven,” but she was far from it in the Santurce neighborhood. Prostitutes and drug dealers hissed to prospective customers from darkened corners, and diners insisted on being escorted back to their cars, sometimes to find their vehicles had been broken into.

Feliciano, who had returned to her native Puerto Rico from Los Angeles in search of an affordable place to open a business, almost gave up. “We thought about closing so many times because we would have felt responsible if something happened,” she recalled of the early years, referring to her clients’ safety. But Feliciano persevered, and her patience has been rewarded.

In the six years since “Pa’l Cielo” opened, the Santurce neighborhood has been a success story in Puerto Rico, which suffers from a 13.5 percent unemployment rate after eight years of economic recession.

While tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans have left to seek better op-portunities abroad, a few entrepreneurs like Feliciano have tried to make a go of it within San Juan. In Santurce, Feliciano’s restaurant has been joined by dozens of other new businesses including cafes, vintage boutiques and a bookstore. The renaissance also features an arts festival that draws artists and tourists from around the world.

Some investors in Santurce are considerably larger than Feliciano. Among the many building projects that have moved forward in recent years is a sleek glass-and-steel tower called Ciudadela, acquired by New York real estate developer Nicholas Prouty.

Despite a deep slump in the island’s housing market, Prouty said at a Sept. 18 news conference that all of the building’s 312 units had been sold. Puerto Rico’s Economic Development and Commerce Department says Prouty plans to add 252 apartments, 50,000 square feet of retail space and a public park for a $114 million expansion to the project “in the heart of Santurce,” a location that would not have been trumpeted in the past. Prouty says he sees promise in the neighborhood of about 100,000 people because of recently declining crime, undervalued properties and an influx of young people.

“Santurce has acquired a sort of coolness, a favored spot for San Juan’s new generation,” Prouty said at the news conference. “My partner and I saw the possibilities, immediately.”

Feliciano, 39, says her “Pa’l Cielo” restaurant has attracted celebrities such as actor Benicio del Toro and members of the Grammy Award-winning hip-hop group Calle 13. She was so confident about the area’s future that she has also opened a small Mexican eatery. “It’s still a place where people with limited means and a strong will can make it,” she said of Santurce.

The neighborhood is bounded on the north and east by the upscale Atlan-tic Coast districts of Condado, Ocean Park and Isla Verde, areas familiar to tourists visiting Puerto Rico. To the west lies the largely middle-class area of Miramar and the approach to picturesque Old San Juan, a colonial district of cobblestone streets and the seat of local government.

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Riot police fire tear gas on student protesters occupying streets surrounding the government headquarters in Hong Kong, early Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. Pro-democracy demonstrators defied onslaughts of tear gas and appeals from Hong Kong’s top leader to go home, as the protests over Beijing’s decision to limit political reforms expanded across the city early Monday.

Pro-democracy protests expand in Hong KongAssociated Press

HONG KONG — Pro-democracy protesters wearing surgical masks and holding up umbrellas to protect against tear gas expanded their rallies throughout Hong Kong on Monday, defying calls to disperse in a major pushback against Beijing’s decision to limit democratic reforms in the Asian financial hub. Police officers tried to negotiate with protesters camped out on a normally busy highway near the Hong Kong government headquarters that was the scene of tear gas-fueled clashes that erupted the evening before.

Neighborhood reborn amid Puerto Rico decline

AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo

In this Sept. 21, 2014 photo, an abandoned building declared public nuisance sits waiting to be demolished in the San-turce neighborhood in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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As demonstrators refused to back down on their demands for Beijing to grant the city universal suffrage, fears of a long stand-off saw investors sell off major banks including HSBC and Standard Chartered.

In response, the city’s stock ex-change said trading would continue as normal and the central bank sought to reassure investors, while it also announced it would make liquid-ity available to support the banking system.

However, the Hang Seng Index sank 2.20 percent at one point before paring some of the losses to sit 1.94 percent lower by the break.

A report by New York-based ad-visory firm JL Warren Capital said: “We are likely to see (a) major sell-off and volatility for days to come” in the Hong Kong stock market.

It said those likely to be hurt most would be Hong Kong-listed retailers

such as luxury businesses selling products purchased by mainland tourists, and local and Macau tourism businesses. Sunday’s unrest was the worst since the handover in 1997 and saw police fire volleys of teargas into crowds of thousands.

While the trouble had subsided by Monday morning, crowds of de-fiant demonstrators still controlled a number of major thoroughfares and intersections in the heavily congested city.

An AFP reporter on the scene in Mongkok -- one of the most densely populated suburbs of the city and the site of a second protest across the harbour in Kowloon -- saw angry confrontations between protestors and members of the public frustrated at the disruption.

Banks, jewellery shops and clothes stores in the busy shopping district remained closed.

The Transport Department said more than 200 bus routes were suspended or diverted while central sections of the tram network were also down.

The city’s underground rail service was largely unaffected but multiple station exits in the busy island dis-tricts of Causeway Bay and Admi-ralty -- where many international businesses are located -- were closed after protesters blocked them with barricades. Some exits at Mongkok were also blocked.

The stock exchange insisted it would continue to operate as normal but the Hong Kong Monetary Author-ity said 17 banks were forced to close 29 branches across the city.

Standard Chartered, HSBC Hold-ings, Bank of East Asia, the Bank of China and CITIC were among those who said their operations were af-fected by the protests.

However, the Hong Kong dollar suffered a sell-off in early exchanges, slipping to 7.7623 against the green-back -- its lowest since March. The dollar is pegged to the greenback but can move within a band of 7.75 to 7.85.

The FTZ was set up in China’s commercial hub Shanghai with the promise of a range of finan-cial reforms, including full con-vertibility of the yuan currency and freer interest rates -- both of which remain unfulfilled.

But just two weeks ago au-thorities shook up the zone’s management, removing Com-munist Party chief and executive deputy director Dai Haibo with-out giving a reason, after media reports he was facing allegations of corruption.

In recent days, a flurry of ac-tivity has surrounded the zone.

Earlier in September, China launched a gold market in the FTZ and Premier Li Keqiang gave his stamp of approval during a visit. And on Monday Micro-soft launched its Xbox One in China -- made possible by a new policy for the FTZ.

“The results of the reforms in the pilot FTZ in the first year are better than expected,” Shang-hai’s Communist Party chief Han Zheng told state media in a lengthy interview carried by major newspapers Monday.

“It’s a major step to further promote reform and opening-up under the new scenario.”

On Sunday, China’s cabinet approved further opening to 27 sectors, plans for which had been announced by Shanghai in July.

The policies include allowing foreign investors to set up wholly owned companies to design yachts and manufacture aviation

engine components. They would also be allowed to process green tea through joint ventures with Chinese partners.

Foreign company executives say privately they are disap-pointed, while publicly many say they are still waiting to see what opportunities might arise.

“It’s (the FTZ) part of the ecosystem to encourage new things, out-of-box thinking, which nowhere else has. So we’re still watching,” said Frank Jiang, head of R&D in Asia-Pacific for French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi.

About 12,266 companies had registered in the zone by mid-September but only 13.7 percent, or 1,677, were overseas firms, according to official figures.

Chinese investors still cheered the one-year anniversary on Monday, chasing stocks of com-panies related to the zone.

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Development rose 1.39 percent while import and export firm Shanghai Material Trading gained 3.14 percent.

The launch of an international board for gold trading was the first major reform aimed at es-tablishing more open financial markets in the FTZ by allowing more foreign investors.

The government keeps a tight grip on the yuan, also known as the renminbi, fearing unpredict-able inflows or outflows of funds could harm the economy and reduce its control over it.

Foreign firms still await FTZ reform bonanzaAgence France-Presse

SHANGHAI - China on Monday hailed the first anniversary of its first free-trade zone (FTZ), but foreign companies expressed disappointment over the pace of pledged reforms as they await real business opportunities.

AP Photo/Vincent YuA woman walks past an electronic board of a local bank showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Hong Kong’s shares tumbled Monday and the local dollar hit a six-month low against the greenback as pro-democracy protests brought parts of the city to a standstill with with many schools, businesses and banks shut down.

Protests hit Hong Kong banks, travel and businessAgence France-Presse

HONG KONG - Hong Kong’s shares tumbled Monday and the lo-cal dollar hit a six-month low against the greenback as pro-democracy protests brought parts of the city to a standstill with with many schools, businesses and banks shut down.

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SEMARAPURA - Balinese people, gen-erally uphold their customs, traditions and culture like residents of Karang customary village, Nusa Penida. One of the cultures preserved up to these days is the Gambuh Dance. The dance of hundreds of years old is preserved by Manca Gita Lestari gambuh

troupe of Karang customary village by per-forming regeneration.

Chief of Karang customary village, Wayan Sukerta, said the Manca Gita Lestari gambuh troupe is old enough. Originally it was estab-lished by five hamlets, namely the Karang, Baledan, Kelodan, Pering and Tugu. The art troupe always involves local dancers from the five hamlets. Those designated as the

gambuh dancers should have married. “It’s the way we preserve the traditional culture,” said Sukerta.

Gambuh is one of the dances made sacred because every piodalan or temple anniversary the dance was involved to accompany the series of temple anniversary along with the Rejang Dewa and Rejang Renteng jointly. Though it was made sacred, Sukerta said it did not matter if the Gambuh Dance was shown in the Bali Arts Festival (BAF). In the next Bali Arts Festival, for instance, the Gambuh Dance of the Karang customary village would also be presented. However, the attires in use would not be the ones that had been spiritually revivified (dipasupati).

For the performance of Gambuh Dance, his party involved four flute artists, a tapper, two drummer, a gong player, four cymbal players and one penyandar as well as nine dancers. Gambuh Dance narrated two figures, namely Uriyodana and Panji, belonging to the malat story. Where, the malat story was the develop-ment of the Mahabharata and Ramayana epic featuring ‘bold’ characters. “Meanwhile, the malat story features two modest characters,” he said while adding that all members of the Gambuh troupe were male.

In the past, he said, some of the dancers were women. However, the troupe found dif-ficulty in its regeneration and his party did not have female dance instructor. The instructor, said Sukerta, was selected by from generation to generation. The retired dancers were then appointed instructors for the next regeneration.

As an appreciation, those who were appointed the instructors got a dispensation from the customary village in the form of free obliga-tion from doing social devotional services or ayahan. “That is our tribute to the dancers and the Gambuh Dance troupe. They in person have preserved the culture, the wealth we have. Indeed, there are several other customary vil-lages in Nusa Penida having Gambuh Dance, but they are no longer active,” he added.

For uniform, all the dancers involved put on cepuk fabric originally made at Karang Village. Formerly, it was made by using cotton spun into yarn. However, due to difficulty in obtaining raw materials of cotton, the weav-ing artisans were forced to use the spun yarn brought in from outside Nusa Penida. He admitted the fabric of original cotton yarn was much more durable than spun yarn. It was proved by the uniform of Gambuh Dance that was durable until today. It had been about 225 years old or in the fourth generation.

At Karang Village, about 75 percent of 168 families were active weavers, especially the housewives. Within 22 days, a crafter could complete 36-40 sheets of sarong with a price of IDR 135,000 each on the spot. In the market, it was sold for IDR 200,000. Thus, a weaver could earn IDR 600,000 per 22 days. In daily life, the weavers also took side job such as raising pigs and other livestock. “The weaving livelihood is also able to improve the welfare of local society, especially the poor. So far, there are about 90 poor families at the village,” said Sukerta. (kmb)

The attraction of cow racing posed the cultural tradition highly favored by local and foreign travelers. Before start-ing, thousands of spectators had gathered at the edge of the field near the location of the activities. There were totally 12 pairs of cows, where four pairs of which consisted of three groups of cow racing, namely the Bagesebali representing East Bali, Santhi Gopala group representing Central Bali and Putra Gembala group representing West Bali.

Foreign travelers witnessing the event were amazed to see the appearance of the jockey and were capable of getting a memorable experience when riding the cow racing. “My experience of riding cows commonly used to plow paddy field is unusual. This cultural attraction makes me amazed and cannot say anything,” said Jack, a Dutch traveler.

Another participant, Gede Ardana, from Menyali village, said that he previ-

ously never got the experience as a jockey and the attraction required a specialized skill and serious exercise. “Controlling the cow is quite difficult, let alone be a jockey. Cows are difficult to direct and it must get special treatment, so the cows can understand the command of their master,” he said.

The Head of the Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency, Ketut Warkadea, on the sidelines of the activity explained that the cow racing posed the commitment in the preservation of traditional arts in Buleleng. The audience also encouraged the organizer and participants of the cow racing. “Each year we have designed three cow racing attractions. Then, we hope that next year’s event will be more festive and more participants will participate. The icon of Buleleng must be maintained, preserved and promoted wisely, and the society must contribute in it,” said Warkadea. (kmb34)

Preserve Buleleng culture through cow racing attractionBali Post

SINGARAJA - Final day in a series of the Sail Indonesia and Lovina Festival took place lively and was crowded by visitors. It was also jazzed up by amaz-ing appearance of the distinctive culture of Buleleng, namely the cow racing. Abundant spectators from various regions riding motorcycles and cars looked so vivacious and thronged the parking area around the road leading to Kaliasem village, Banjar subdistrict, Saturday afternoon (Sep 27).

IBP/Dewa KusumaFinal day in a series of the Sail Indonesia and Lovina Festival took place lively and was crowded by visitors. It was also jazzed up by amazing appearance of the distinctive culture of Buleleng, namely the cow racing.

Karang Village industriously preserves Gambuh Dance

IBP/File PhotoThe dance of hundreds of years old is preserved by Manca Gita Lestari gambuh troupe of Karang customary village by performing regeneration.

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Associated Press

KABUL — Afghans on Monday watched the country’s first transition of power since Hamid Karzai became president shortly after the 2001 U.S.-led invasion, as a ceremony opened to inaugurate incoming President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai following a long and contentious election campaign. Ghani Ahmadzai entered the presidential palace wearing a dark black turban popular in the country’s south. His electoral challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, who is slated to fill the newly created position of chief executive, sat two seats away, with Karzai anchoring the spot in between.

Karzai — the only president Afghans and the West has known since the invasion — wore a wide smile as he greeted his presiden-tial guards upon entering the palace. Karzai has said he is glad to be stepping down after more than a decade of what the U.S. ambassa-dor recently said was one of the most difficult jobs in the world.

The inauguration caps a nearly six-month election season that began when ballots were first cast in April. A runoff election in June between Ghani Ahmadzai and Abdullah stretched on for weeks as both sides leveled charges of fraud. The United Nations helped

carry out what it said was the most thorough recount in its history, a count that reduced Ghani Ahmadzai’s vote percentage from 56 percent to 55 percent, but still gave him the win.

But the real power struggle was taking place in marathon talks between the two sides, often brokered by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and other U.S. officials. The political deal the sides agreed to created the new position of chief executive that Abdullah will now fill.

U.S. officials have said they expect Ghani Ahmadzai to sign a security agreement with the U.S. shortly after his inauguration to allow about 10,000 American troops to stay in the country after the international combat mission ends on Dec. 31.

Meanwhile, violence continued Monday in Afghanistan. In the eastern province of Paktia, Capt. Mohammed Hekhlas said that a car bomb exploded near a government compound as gunmen attacked, sparking a gun battle that killed seven Taliban militants. Another police official, who gave his name as Azimullah, said four police officers and two civilians also were killed. In Kabul, where the city is readying for the presidential inauguration, a roadside bomb exploded on the airport road. Officials said no one was hurt or killed.

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At least 31 people are be-lieved to have died. Together with four victims flown down by helicopter on Sunday, 12 bodies have now been recovered, leav-ing 19 near the summit. Exactly how they died remains unclear, whether from gases, suffocat-ing ash, falling rocks or other causes. Scenes broadcast live on Japanese TV station TBS showed soldiers carrying yel-low body bags one-by-one to a camouflage military helicopter that had landed in a relatively wide-open area of the now bleak landscape, its rotors still spinning.

The bodies were flown to a nearby athletic field, its green grass and surrounding forested hills contrasting with Mt. On-take’s ash-gray peak in the background, a reduced plume still emerging from its crater. The bodies were then taken to

a small, two-story wooden el-ementary school in the nearby town of Kiso, where they were being examined in the gym-nasium. Family members of the missing waited at a nearby municipal hall.

More than 200 soldiers and firefighters, including units with gas-detection equipment, were part of the search mission near the peak, said Katsunori Morimoto, an official in the village of Otaki. The effort was halted because of an increase in toxic gas and ash as the vol-cano continued to spew fumes, he said. “It sounds like there is enormous ashfall up there.” The rescuers reported a strong smell of sulphur earlier this morning, Morimoto said.

Saturday’s eruption was the first fatal one in modern times at 3,067-meter (10,062-foot) Mount Ontake, a popular climb-

ing destination 210 kilometers (130 miles) west of Tokyo on the main Japanese island of Hon-shu. A similar eruption occurred in 1979, but no one died.

Japanese media reported that some of the bodies were found in a lodge near the summit and that others were buried in ash up to 50 centimeters (20 inches) deep. The four recovered Sun-day were adult men, and the eight on Monday included both men and women.

Mount Ontake erupted short-ly before noon at perhaps the worst possible time, with at least 250 people taking advantage of a beautiful fall Saturday to go for a hike. The blast spewed large white plumes of gas and ash high into the sky, blotted out the midday sun and blan-keted the surrounding area in ash. Hundreds were initially trapped on the slopes, though most made their way down by Saturday night.

About 40 people who were stranded overnight came down on Sunday. Many were injured, and some had to be rescued by helicopters or carried down on stretchers. By nightfall, all the injured had been brought down, officials said.

Recovery of bodies called off at Japanese volcano

AP Photo/Kyodo NewsFirefighters and members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces carry a person res-cued from a cabin on Mount Ontake in central Japan, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.

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KISO, Japan — Toxic gases and ash from a still-erupting Japanese volcano Monday forced rescue workers to call off their effort to bring down the rest of the victims, after earlier airlifting out eight more bodies by military helicopter. The recovery work on the ash-blanketed peak was halted around 1:30 p.m., said Naofumi Miyairi, a spokesman for the Nagano prefecture police.

Afghanistan awaits presidential inauguration

AP Photo/Rahmat GulAfghanistan’s security personnel gather at the site of an explosion on a road to the presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. A military vehicle was detonated by a bomb in diplomatic area in Kabul city.

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Hooray Group Management held re launch in Hooray Garden on Teuku Umar Barat Street number 335. The event was attended by around 500 participant consist of fit club mem-ber, parents and friend of Hooray Group. “There were performances from fit club, student representative and also the staffs of Hooray Group,” said The Manager of Fit Club and Operational Director of Hooray Group , Bobby Mikhael on Saturday, September 29.

For around 2 hours, the students of Hooray Kids Preschool collected 13.5 million rupiah by selling vari-ous kinds of foods such as Chinese Food. The money collected from the

event is given to the Children Cancer Foundation.

In addition to collect the fund, the event is also to reintroduce Hooray Group which is this year established Hooray Home Car and Fit Club. The event was started by blood donor coop-erating with Indonesian Red Cross on Thursday, September 18 and the peak of the event was on Saturday.

Hooray Group is one of the com-panies that care about health and education especially for mother and children. Hooray Kids Preschool is one of the branches which consists of sev-eral level such as Toddler Junior (for age 1 and 2 years old), Toddler Senior (2 and 3 years old), Playgroup (3 and 4 years old), TK A (5-6 years old), TK B (5-6 years old) and special need class

which is assisted with trained teachers and staffs.

Hooray Group also has Baby Class to stimulate the development of baby from the age 3 up to 12 years old. The facilities for baby class are baby gym, baby spa, baby swimming, baby Ja-cuzzi and auditory visual sensitivity.

The Home Care unit is also very interesting because it provide health treatment at home especially for pregnant women, mother who just give birth and the babies. There is also day care treatment which assists the parent in taking care the children. It is equipped by outdoor and indoor activi-ties, swimming pool, family jogging track and also CCTV in all areas make Hooray Group as on stop activities for family. (may)

Such condition was admitted by the Head of Bangli Livestock and Fisheries Agency, Made Alit Parwata, Sunday (Sep 28). He said the Lake Batur in Kintamani as

the center of fish production could produce up to 30 tons of fish each day. However, all this time, the fish production was widely sold in the form of fresh fish.

“The fish produced by fish farm-ers all this time was only intended for consumption, none of the por-tion has not been processed,” said Alit Parwata.

Due to lacking for processing business, the benefit of fish farmers in Bangli was also still quite mini-mal. In addition to Lake Batur, Alit Parwata said that home ponds also contributed to the fish production in Bangli. Most of the home ponds usually produced catfish.

Related to such condition, his party planned to boost the fish pro-duction by increasing the competi-tiveness. Later, the fish production of Lake Batur would be processed into a variety of food products. To realize the plan, so far his party had been working to provide guidance to the woman farmer group (KWT) and the outstanding farmer and fisherman group (KTNA) in Bangli. They were given life skills on fish processing techniques so that they could produce

fish chips and nuggets. The activities, he hoped, could increase the com-petitiveness of the fish production by local fish farmers in Bangli.

On that account, the fish catches would no longer be sold in the form of fresh fish but also processed into a variety of processed foods. Even, to assure the product quality to consumers and to penetrate a wider market share, his party also provided guidance on the good and correct packaging technique. (ina)

Bali Post

SEMARAPURA - Water crisis afflicting several regions in Nusa Penida causes residents at a number of villages restless and distraught. To resolve the problem, they are forced to buy water from the Municipal Waterworks jointly. From the Municipal Waterworks, they bought at IDR 150,000 to IDR 250,000 per tank containing 3 cubic meters, in appropriate with the mileage covered by the PDAM officers.

It was justified by the Unit Chief of the PDAM Nusa Penida, Ketut Narsa, when contacted on Sunday (Sep 28). Narsa said the demand for clean water delivery to villages facing clean water crisis was quite high. Such condition had started to rise since last March. Entering September, the demand increased. Within a day, the water tanker delivered the order to remote villages for 4 to 5 times in accordance with the request from the public. For a distance of 0 to 10 kilometers, the company sold the clean water for IDR 150,000 per tank containing 3 cubic meters. “Usually people buy clean water jointly. After reaching the destination, the water was distributed equally by the residents,” he said. Such water purchase was usually made by villages like the Jurang Pahit hamlet at upper land of Kutampi and Pilah hamlet at Kutampi Kaler village.

Meanwhile, for the area with the distance of 11 to 20 ki-lometers such as the area of Maos hamlet, the upper land of Batunungul village and Klumpu village, the company sold the water for IDR 200,000 per tank. For the farthest distance, ranging from 21 to 30 kilometers, the water was sold for IDR 250,000 per tank. Water tankers of the PDAM delivered water to the farthest distance and Karang hamlet, Pejukutan village to some hamlets at Bunga Mekar village. Such conditions, said Narsa, almost occurred every year in Nusa Penida due to minimal services of the network connection of the Municipal Waterworks, especially on the highlands.

However, this year was the worst because the dry season lasted long enough. As a result, the residents in some highland areas were quite distraught to face the situation. Moreover, a number of springs, such as the Guyangan expected to sup-ply water for local community could not even provide the best services to the community of Nusa Penida. Narsa said that the Municipal Waterworks would deliver water when receiving a request from residents. He admitted to be quite overwhelmed to serve the people’s requests, especially the distribution of water to people living on highland areas. To manage the request, he asked the people to make a registra-tion first. (kmb31)

Fish potential in Bangli not yet maximally worked onBali Post

BANGLI - Community-based economic activities in the field of fish processing in Bangli County have not been maximally worked on so far. Actually, Bangli is one of the counties having considerable potential of fisheries to be developed. Fish farmers in Bangli tend to sell their products in the form of fresh fish.

Water crisis, residents buy water at IDR 250,000 per tank

Hooray Group Management doing re launch activity

IBP/istThe activitty done by Hooray Gruop during its re launch

3Tuesday, September 30, 201414 InternationalInternational Bali NewsScience Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Cloaking is the process by which an object becomes hidden from view, while everything else around the cloaked object appears undisturbed.

“A lot of people have worked on a lot of different aspects of optical cloaking for years,” John Howell, a professor of physics at the upstate New York school, said on Friday.

The so-called Rochester Cloak is not really a tangible cloak at all. Rather the device looks like equipment used by an optometrist. When an object is placed behind the layered lenses it seems to disappear.

Previous cloaking methods have been complicated, expensive, and not able to hide objects in three dimensions when viewed at vary-ing angles, they say.

“From what, we know this is the first cloaking device that provides three-dimensional, continuously multidirectional cloaking,” said Joseph Choi, a graduate student who helped develop the method at Rochester, which is renowned for its optical research.

In their tests, the researchers have cloaked a hand, a face, and a ruler - making each object appear “invisible” while the image behind the hidden object remains in view.

The implications for the discovery are endless, they say.

“I imagine this could be used to cloak a trailer on the back of a semi-truck so the driver can see directly behind him,” Choi said. “It can be used for surgery, in the military, in interior design, art.”

Howell said the Rochester Cloak, like the fictitious cloak de-scribed in the pages of the Harry Potter series, causes no distortion of the background object.

Building the device does not break the bank either. It cost How-ell and Choi a little over $1,000 in materials to create it and they be-lieve it can be done even cheaper.

Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - Innovative Stone Age tools may have been developed by people in Eurasia and -- contrary to widely held views -- not just invented in Africa, a study published Thursday found.

Research published in the journal Science shows evidence that refined stone weapons were developed in Armenia about 325,000 years ago, challenging the theory held by many archaeologists that such technology came from Africa then spread to Eurasia as the human population expanded.

Experts studied thousands of stone artefacts from the Nor Geghi site in Armenia.

“The discovery of thousands of stone artefacts preserved at this unique site provides a major new insight into how Stone Age tools developed during a period of profound human behavioral and biological change,” researcher Simon Blockley, from the Royal Holloway geography department of the University of London, said in a statement.

Research honed in on a type of technology known as Levallois, where stone flakes were used to make items like pointed hunting weapons.

The technology was an improvement over a more primitive type of stone shaping called biface.

“Due to our ability to accurately date the site in Armenia, we now have the first clear evidence that this significant develop-ment in human innovation occurred independently within different populations,” Blockley added.

Together with fellow researcher Alison MacLeod and an inter-national team from across the United States and Europe, Blockley analyzed volcanic material from the archaeological site in the vil-lage of Nor Geghi, in the Kotayk Province of Armenia.

Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - Up to half the water on Earth is likely older than the solar system, raising the likelihood that life exists else-where in the galaxy, according to a study Thursday.

The research in the journal Science found that “a significant fraction” of the water on Earth was inherited from interstellar space, and was there before the Sun was formed some 4.6 billion years ago.

Researchers can tell where the water comes from by examining the ratio of hydrogen to deuterium, a heavy isotope of hydrogen, in water molecules.

Water or ice that comes from interstellar space has a high ratio of deuterium to hydrogen, because it forms at such low tempera-tures.

But scientists have not known how much deuterium was re-moved in the process of the Sun’s birth, or how much deuterium-rich water-ice the solar system would have produced when it was first born.

Scientists simulated the origin of a planet under conditions where all the deuterium from space ice has already been eliminated.

They found they could not reach the ratios of deuterium to hydro-gen that are found in meteorite samples or Earth’s ocean water.

Their findings suggests that at least some of the water in the solar system comes from outer space, and that water -- an essential element for life on Earth -- is not unique to our solar system.

“This is an important step forward in our quest to find out if life exists on other planets,” said co-author Tim Harries, from the University of Exeter’s Physics and Astronomy department.

“It raises the possibility that some exoplanets could house the right conditions, and water resources, for life to evolve.”

REUTERS/J. Adam Fenster

A cloaking device using four lenses developed by University of Rochester physics professor John Howell and graduate student Joseph Choi is demonstrated in Rochester, New York in this September 11, 2014 University of Rochester handout photo.

New York scientists unveil ‘invisibility cloak’

Reuters

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Watch out Harry Potter, you are not the only wizard with an invisibility cloak. Scientists at the University of Rochester have discovered a way to hide large objects from sight using inexpensive and readily available lenses, a technology that seems to have sprung from the pages of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter fantasy series.

Study questions long-held views on Stone Age tools

Up to half of Earth’s water is older than Sun

“By all means, economically and in terms of punctuality, road users are at a loss. Severe conges-tion caused by the growth of the use of motorcycles and cars are progressively rising, not in a mat-ter of months,” said IB Raka in Denpasar.

According to him, the condi-tion was caused by the increasing group of Balinese society into a middle-class society estimated to reach around 70 percent in Bali. The middle class society had the ability to buy a vehicle, at least motorcycle.

“Well, since the number of vehicles always increases, the existing public roads are no lon-ger able to accommodate them during peak hours. As a result, it finally kindles crowded traffic everywhere,” he said.

Moreover, he said that a lot of families nowadays had owned more than one vehicle and some

others had three to five units. This was certainly exacerbating the traf-fic congestion occurred when they were on the highway.

“So far, the solution taken by the government, in my opinion, is less effective such as by implement-ing a progressive tax or setting up routes and so forth,” he said. He added the effective solution was that the Bali legislative and executive should make a regula-tion on vehicle age as having been enforced in developed countries. In Singapore, for instance, the vehicles of older than 5 years were imposed with very high tax. “Well, we’re on the contrary, the longer the age of vehicle, the smaller the tax will be,” he said.

He also proposed so that the executive and the legislative made a regional bylaw that could make the turnover for the number of vehicles in Bali. “For example, when entering the age of 11 years,

a motorcycle is imposed with quite high tax, such as IDR 6 million or even approaching half of the price of a new motorcycle. Meanwhile, a car when entering the age of 16 years, it is imposed with high tax such as approaching the down pay-ment of the purchase of a new car,” he concluded.

With this policy, he said, there would be a good turnaround. The older motorcycles and cars would be transferred to other regions (such as NTT or other regions). “If the policy is not applied to vehicle age, the congestion problem will not be resolved forever. Let us look at the developed countries, this policy has been applied. The coun-tries are enforcing a more extreme regulation. Vehicle age limitation can be younger such as 5 years or 8 years. Upon exceeding that age, the vehicle tax imposed almost ap-proaches the price of new vehicle,” he affirmed. (kmb27)

Bali Post DENPASAR - Tens of thousands of Balinese people thronged

the Puputan Margarana Square Renon to participate in the Fun Bike and Fun Walk in conjunction with Tokoh Festival and the 69th anniversary celebration of the Indonesian Military (TNI). The activity organized by Tokoh, Bali Post Group and the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command sponsored by Coolant was participated by tens of thousands of people.

In relation to the 69th anniversary celebration of the Indonesian Military on October 5, 2014, the activity was conducted simulta-neously throughout Indonesia.

For the territory of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Com-mand, the Fun Bike activity was held on Sunday (Sep 28) by taking the start in front of the office of the governor of Bali, Renon. A total of 60,000 personnel of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command from a number of military resorts were getting involved the event. Meanwhile, the 161/Wira Sakti Military Resort Com-mand and the staff involved 11,000 personnel.

Then, the 162/Wira Bhakti Military Resort Command and the staff involved 14,000 personnel and the 163/Wira Satya Military Resort Command and the staff involved 35,000 personnel. The Fun Bike covered a distance of approximately 17 kilometers. Starting in front of the governor’s office, the participant resumed the journey to Jalan Dewi Sartika, Denpasar, and then passed through the Headquarters of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command, Jalan Supratman and four-way intersection, Jalan Tohpati, Denpasar.

After that, the participants headed for Sanur and came back to finish line in front of the governor’s office and moved directly to Puputan Margarana Square for the ceremonial session and drawing the coupon. Chief of Staff of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command, Ruslian Hariadi, representing the Chief of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command Wisnu Bawa Tenaya said the Fun Bike activity was intended to enliven the anniversary of the Indonesian Military and foster the sense of togetherness between the military personnel and community.

Definitely, it was also important to get to know one another as well as to promote the sport of cycling among the public. Meanwhile, for the internal personnel it would surely affect the health of the members. Being healthy was important and one of the ways to get the health was through exercise such as cycling. It had been accordance with the theme featured in the anniver-sary namely “With the spirit of the anniversary of the Indonesian Military, we make the soldiers a true patriot, professional and loved by the people.”

The event was attended by the Chief of Staff of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command Ruslian Hariadi, Inspector of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command, Chief of the 163/ Wira Satya Military Resort Command, CEO of Bali Post Media Group (KMB) Satria Naradha, the assistants, Chief of Executive Agency of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command, officials and other invitees. (kmb21)

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Secretary of the Indonesian Economists Association (ISEI) of Bali Chapter, Prof. Dr. IB Raka Suardana, criticized the growth of motor vehicles in Bali. This condition was reflected by the streets in the city of Denpasar, Kuta, Nusa Dua and its surrounding areas that were always congested.

Bali filled with motor vehicles

Bali PostDENPASAR - Secretary of the Indonesian Economists Association (ISEI) of Bali Chapter,

Prof. Dr. IB Raka Suardana, criticized the growth of motor vehicles in Bali. This condition was reflected by the streets in the city of Denpasar, Kuta, Nusa Dua and its surrounding areas that were always congested. Even, the Bali Revenue Services (Dispenda) noted that the number has reached 3,037,665 units up to December 31, 2013. Meanwhile, the number in 2014 has not been updated, so that it will surely exceed that number.

Tokoh Festival draws thousands of participants

IBP/Eka Adhiyasa

Tens of thousands of Balinese people thronged the Puputan Margarana Square Renon to participate in the Fun Bike and Fun Walk in conjunction with Tokoh Festival and the 69th anniversary celebration of the Indonesian Military (TNI).

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

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Calendar Event for September 28 through October 28, 2014

8 Sep Kajeng Kliwon Pamelastali/Watu Gunung runtuh

Pura Penataran Agung Maha GotraTirta Harum Sri SrenggaNyalian Banjarrangkan Klungkung30 Sep Paid-PaidanPura Dalem Seme JawaMarga Tabanan

1 Oct Urip2 Oct Patetegan3 Oct Pengeradanan

4 Oct Hari Saraswati

Pura Pasek Tangkas Dalang TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Sayan BongkasaAbian SemalPura Watu Gunung BimaPura Agung Jagat Karana SurabayaPura Aditya Jaya Rawa MangunJakarta TimurPura Pemekasan Banyuning TimurBulelengPura Agung Wira Lokha Natha CimahiJawa BaratPura Kawitan Bendesa Aban BaturningMambal Abiansemal

5 Oct Banyu Pinaruh

6 Oct Soma ribek

Pura Jati JembranaPura Kawitan Batu Gaing BangliPura Tirta Wening SurabayaPura Desa Lingga Wana Abang Karan-gasem

7 Oct Sabuh Mas

8 Oct Pagerwesi Dan Purnama Sasih Kapat

Pura Labang SinduJiwa Ubud

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The Sunset is a four star hotel which commenced the operations in June 2011. The hotel has a minimal-ist style but features a modern impression. It offers 77 super deluxe rooms, two restaurants, a swimming pool, lounge and a spacious parking lot. The location is very strategic, only 10 minutes from Kuta Beach. “The Sunset also provides a meeting hall for 500 participants. On that account, it is now also pursuing the MICE market,” he added.

The Sunset never limited the market. No matter from which country the guests came, they would be comfortable to enjoy the complete hotel facilities. However, this hotel was visited by more domestic tourists where the occupancy reached 80 percent. “Later, this hotel will be equipped with a villa that is now under construction,” he added. IBP/File Photo

The Sunset Hotel IBP

KUTA - The Sunset Hotel, villas, restau-rant and Spa turns steadier to proclaim itself as a tourist accommodation for young people. Other than arranging the ornaments into more elegant, it also prepares some musical events and watching together with the focus on the community. General Manager of The Sunset, Dewa Adnyana said many artists have stayed in this hotel. virtually all Production Houses and the ministries have ever stayed here.

Bali PostMANGUPURA - A market has been iden-

tical to the cornucopia and the crowds, but this one is inversely proportional to the Kerta Sari Market, better known as the Latu Market. The market established about ten years ago did not look like a market. Dozens of shops supposed to be filled with merchandise have now been closed. Besides, some stalls have also been damaged because they are not oc-cupied. Meanwhile, the parking space looks empty, but is only occupied by large vehicles for temporary parking. Only a few traders can survive to sell at the location, while the incoming buyers can be counted on fingers.

According to one of the traders rejecting to mention the name told about the condi-tion. “Latu Market managed by the PD Pasar Badung has been deserted since the past five years. Allegedly such condition happens because many similar markets have

been available near the Latu Market such as the Mambal and Blahkiuh Market located closer to residents,” said the trader, Sunday (Sep 28).

The surviving traders were only those having regular customers, but their number was only some few. They included the trad-ers selling the means of ceremonies such as coconut, young coconut leaf along with some food traders. A food trader claimed to begin selling from 5:00 p.m. until midnight. “More visitors are coming at night because there are drink sellers, while some of the visitors also have a meal. That’s what makes me survive,” said the trader.

At the end, the trader expected the govern-ment to monitor the condition of the market and make an effort so that more customers would visit the market in the future as in the previous condition. As a result, the traders could increase their revenue. (sos)

It was announced by Regent Suwirta recently after seeing in person the water crisis in several regions of Nusa Penida. The additional water tanker was stationed at the office of the Nusa Penida subdistrict head. Regent Suwirta asked that all the villages experiencing water crisis should be proactively communicated by their headman or other village officials to sub-district authority. By that way, it could be registered and followed up by the distribu-tion of water to the areas in need of clean water by the Municipal Waterworks.

Subdistrict head of Nusa Penida, Ketut Sukla, when contacted on Sunday said that a water tanker of the Municipal Waterworks had been actively oper-ated to distribute clean water to villages experiencing water crisis. The villages

included the Bunga Mekar, Pejukutan and Batukandik. “Proposal of the three villages had been delivered by the local headmen, so that the water can be directly distributed,” he said.

The water was distributed by the Municipal Waterworks after receiving a request from the local headmen. In addi-tion to the three villages, a number of other areas such as the Kutampi, Batumadeg, Sekartaji and Tanglad village also required clean water. However, the headmen had not delivered yet the request to the Mu-nicipal Waterworks of Nusa Penida and the office of the Nusa Penida subdistrict head. Each water tanker contained about 3 cubic meters of water. With the two water tankers, the distribution of clean water was expected to run faster. (gik)

Bali PostSEMARAPURA - Gringsing fabric only

existing at Tenganan Pegringsingan is very famous in the eyes of international col-lectors. Aside from having unique motif, the color utilizing natural ingredients also makes this fabric last for hundreds of years. The older, the more expensive the price will be, reaching hundreds of millions of rupiahs.

The most demanded gringsing fabric by collectors is those having the Lubeng Luhur motif. This motif is rarely found because it was made hundreds of years ago. “Tenganan is estimated to have only five pieces and they are not sold. A number of collectors have bid them at IDR 200 million, but it is not sold,” said the Headman of Tenganan, I Putu Yudiana.

He expressed that numerous collectors had come to Tenganan just to get one of the gringsing fabric collections of hundreds of years old owned by local community. However, not all collectors were able to get it because it was the ancestral heritage denoting the pride of community. In fact, the tourism development at Tenganan had popu-larized the gringsing fabric. Putu Yudiana admitted that since the arrival of travelers at Tenganan in 1931, the number of weavers had increased. “Previously, the number of weaver was only about five people, but now has reached 20 people,” he explained.

On average, local community had the profession as farmer cultivating the land owned by the village or individual spread-ing across an area of 255 hectares. To make a piece of gringsing fabric took people up to two years. No chemicals or dyes were used in the manufacturing of the textile colors. Gringsing fabric was identical to triple colors namely red, black and white. Preparation of the three colors should go through several stages.

First of all, the thread was dipped into candlenut oil so that the thread could absorb the color well. After that, it was then dipped into the batter made from true indigo leaf, wood banana and fermented rice. “The dye-ing then changes the color of thread into blue. Furthermore, to get red color, local people took advantage of the morinda root extract. The soaking took a long time up to one year. Coloring process was done by soaking and drying without soaking. “Blue color is dyed into red color so that it results in black color. Meanwhile, white color comes from the basic color of the thread itself,” he explained.

The very long process caused the gringsing fabric artisans to be unable to meet the entire orders. To get a piece of gringsing fabric with the desired motif, con-

sumers had to order in advance and could only be taken after the entire manufacturing process was completed.

An artisan at Tenganan Pegringsingan, Kadek Wiwin Wianjani, 21, admitted not to dare to confirm the entire orders. Maxi-mally she could only produce eight pieces of gringsing fabric each year. “The coloring process spends a long time. Besides, the weaving of gringsing fabric is more difficult than making endek fabric,” she said amidst the weaving process of gringsing fabric.

She claimed to have learned to weave since four years ago after completing her high school. For the weaving of gringsing fabric, she should use double ikat technique where the vertical and horizontal threads with the same motif should be carefully combined so that the motif would not get shifted. “Aside from at Tenganan, the double ikat technique is also applied in India and Japan. The process is quite com-plicated because it requires high precision,” she added.

Unfortunately, a number of motifs existing at Tenganan Gringsing had been emulated by textile factories. By using a printing process, many outstanding fabrics resembling to silk gringsing were in circu-lation. A number of international designers used fabrics with the gringsing motif but not of the genuine fabric of Tenganan.

Tenganan community could not protest against the rampant use of the motif. The fabric motif of the Tenganan community could not be patented because it was handed down by local ancestors through genera-tions. “To register the patent right, first of all the inventor of the motif must be known, while the motif made by their ancestor was anonymous,” he concluded. (dwa)

County government adds another water tanker to Nusa PenidaBali Post

SEMArAPUrA - rESPONDING to the issue of clean water crisis, the regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta, recently asserted that the Klungkung Social, Manpower and resettlement Agency had sent one additional water tanker to assist the operational unit of the Municipal Waterworks (PDAM) in Nusa Penida. The additional water tanker was meant to supply water to remote villages chiefly those perching on the hill ranges so that they could get water quickly.

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LONDON - “Bang Bang”, a collaboration between pop artists Jessie J, Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande, took the top spot in Brit-ain’s singles chart, selling nearly 100,000 copies in its first week, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday.

The single, which will feature on Jessie J’s new album, knocked Sigma’s “Changing” into second place, while Taylor Swift’s “Shake it off” rose two places to number three. “Blame” by Calvin Harris slipped to fourth, while former chart topper “Prayer in C” by Lilly Wood completed the top five.

British indie group Alt-J scored their first ever number one album with the newly-released “This is all yours”, the follow up to their 2012 debut “An Awesome Wave”. Veteran U.S. singer-songwriter Barbra Streisand’s “Partners” held on to second spot in the al-bum chart, while Sam Smith also remained unmoved in third place with “In the Lonely Hour”

“Wanted on Voyage” by George Ezra rose to fourth, while Leon-ard Cohen’s “Popular Problems” debuted in the charts in fifth position.

Los Angeles county Sheriff ’s Sgt. Philip Brooks says Remini was driving Lopez’s SUV at about 8 p.m. Saturday and stopped at a traffic light in Malibu. Their vehicle was

rear-ended by a pickup truck. No one was injured.

The drivers got out of their vehi-cles to assess the minor damage

and were about to exchange informa-tion when the man got into his truck and drove off.

Deputies stopped him a short distance away. He was arrested and booked on suspicion of drunken driv-ing and hit and run.

Brooks didn’t have the man’s name. TMZ first reported the crash.

Leah Remini, Jennifer Lopez hit in minor car crashAssociated Press

MALIBU — Authorities say an SUV carrying actress Leah Remini and singer Jennifer Lopez and her two children, was rear-ended by a suspected drunken driver who then fled the scene.

Jennifer Lopez (front) and Leah Remini spotted at leaving dinner. Authorities say an SUV carrying actress Leah Remini and singer Jennifer Lopez and her two children, was rear-ended by a suspected drunken driver who then fled the scene.IBP/Net

Pop supergroup hits British number one spot with “Bang Bang”

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“Bang Bang”, a collaboration between pop artists Jessie J (middle), Nicki Minaj (right) and Ariana Grande, took the top spot in Britain’s singles chart, selling nearly 100,000 copies in its first week.

It was revealed by the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Mari Elka Pangestu, Saturday (Sep 27) at Jasri customary village, Karangasem while attending the conferment of the National Tourism Village 2014. According to her, not all of the unique selling points of the village proposed by tourism villages could become a branding. However, only one or some

of the unique selling points could become the characteristic of the re-spective village. Characteristic of life, customs or native culinary treasures to the village could become a branding. “But the branding must be real and undertaken or implemented by local community in their life. The branding cannot be made-up,” she said.

According to her, the tourism

village should be managed, so that travelers making a visit or travel-ing to the village could be later on be involved. By that way, travelers would obtain an experience of living at the tourism village. Despite living in a house, travelers could get the experience like staying in a five-star hotel. “Travelers particularly foreign travelers are adventurous or having the intention to get different experi-ences. As a result, they will never get bored when traveling to an island or country,” she said.

The tourism village should also make its own story. It could tell about the facts of the village, history of the village or indigenous wisdom of the

village that could be enjoyed in person by visiting travelers. At the tourism village, travelers could engage and experience the tradition of restoring a damaged coral reef or learn to dance or cooking. “Later, the existing tourism village in the archipelago can make a networking among the tourism vil-lages. Travelers will be greatly helped in planning a visit to see the tourism village in the networking,” she said.

Jasri customary village in Karan-gasem achieved the first winner of tourism village in 2013. On that ac-count, it was then entrusted to host the announcement of the tourism village of this year. In the national top 10 tour-ism village of this year, the first ranked

was occupied by Dieng Kulon village, Banjarnegara, Central Java. One of the uniqueness offered by this village was that in particular celebration the local villagers gathered the children having dreadlocked abnormalities throughout the village. After that, their hair was cut together in a ceremony. Local people believed that the dreadlocks resulted in bad luck, so that it was cut with a certain ceremony. The second position was achieved by Penglipuran village, Bangli as a tourism village with a typical customary home; the third position by Gubugklakah village, Poncho Kusumo, East Java; and the fourth position by Kali Biru village, Kulonprogo, Yogyakarta. (013)

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The photo shows Penglipuran Village, one of tourism villages in Bali Island. A tourism village must be managed in a sustainable manner, so that it can really become a tourism village. One of the ways is that one or more unique selling points owned by the tourism village should continue to be introduced so that it can become a brand.

Minister: Tourism village must be sustainable Bali Post

AMLAPURA - A tourism village must be managed in a sus-tainable manner, so that it can really become a tourism village. One of the ways is that one or more unique selling points owned by the tourism village should continue to be introduced so that it can become a brand.

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