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Kardashian sisters launch their own apps
NEW YORK — The Kardashian empire is spreading into the field of personal media apps. Four of the five media-centric sisters said Monday they will offer apps and websites to allow them to connect more directly with fans. Each will have content like personal diaries, video and workout tips, geared either to Kim Kardashian West, Khloe Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner. This isn’t Kim Kardashian West’s first foray into the digital space: She introduced Kim Kardashian Hollywood, a game, last year. Whalerock Industries, the California-based company that is putting the apps together, says they will be a mixture of free content and material behind a pay wall. Whalerock says they are still developing a site for Kourtney Kardashian. (ap)
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In this May 15, 2014 file photo, Khloe Kardashian, left, and Kim Kardashian arrive at the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment 2014 Upfront in New York.
‘Spartacus,’ ‘The Hobbit’ actor Manu Bennett arrested
SAN ANTONIO — Actor Manu Bennett has been charged with misdemeanor assault after he was accused of punching a 29-year-old man at a party at a San Antonio hotel. The incident happened early Sunday at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio hotel near the Henry B.
Gonzalez Convention Center. Bennett was in San Antonio for the Alamo City Comic-Con. Police have released no details on what prompted the punch. Bennett was arrested and released on $1,600 bond. No attorney was listed for the actor in court records. His representatives haven’t
responded to messages from The Associated Press seeking comment on the allegations. Bennett played Crixus in the Starz cable series “Spartacus” and Azog in the film series of “The Hobbit.” He also appeared in the CW network series “Arrow” as Slade Wilson and Deathstroke. (ap)
Ricky Martin brings his ‘One World Tour’ to US
NEW YORK — Ricky Martin begins the U.S. leg of his “One World Tour” on Tuesday, while evoking his days with Menudo as a judge and executive producer of Univision’s new reality show “La Banda.” “I am happy to be part of this great production. Being an executive producer is very important to me because it opens doors to a world of infinite possibilities,” the Puerto Rican star told The Associated Press in a recent interview. “We started with Univision with the idea of eventually moving to other English-speaking networks to look for another ‘banda,’” he said in reply to a question about franchising, noting that many “European countries have alr e a d y bought the project.” The singing competition, with a judging panel that includes Italian singer Laura Pausini and Spanish singersongwriter Alejandro Sanz, was created by Simon Cowell. The goal is to create a Latin boy band that can sing in both English and Spanish. “Being able to go back to the beginning of my career has been the best part,” said Martin, 43, who started in the ‘80s in the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo. “I have loved reliving with these boys the uncertainty of one’s career be-
ginnings. ... My mission is to be an open book and share with them everything that has worked for me in my career and everything that hasn’t worked for me.” “La Banda” debuted Sunday, two days before Martin’s concert at the Axis at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, to be followed by more than 20 shows in cities including Houston, New York, Chicago, Atlanta and Miami, as well as Toronto and Montreal in Canada. “Is a very demanding show for a very demanding audience,” Martin said. “It is a great show that includes the new hits and the old, as well as those heart-wrenching ballads that we’ve been singing throughout the years” and his best-known party anthems. The tour started in April in New Zealand and included stops in Australia and Mexico. Martin said about 150 people, including musicians, dancers, technicians and engineers, work on the tour. “It practically feeds 150 families!” He said his 6-year-old twins Matteo and Valentino start asking what’s coming next when they spend a few months in the same place. “We live the circus life,” he said. “We are circus people.” (ap)
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New Australia PM pledges dynamic economy, end to division
SYDNEY - Multi-millionaire former banker Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in Tuesday as Australia’s fourth prime minister in just over two years, promising to create a dynamic new economy and end the divisive approach of his predecessor.
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Malcolm Turnbull is sworn in as prime minister at Government House in Canberra, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. Turnbull was sworn in as Australia’s 29th prime minister after a surprise ballot of his conservative Liberal Party colleagues voted 54-44 on Monday night to replace Prime Minister Tony Abbott only two years after he was elected.
Turnbull, unlike the ousted Tony Abbott, is a moderate on social issues who supports gay marriage and making Australia a republic -- positions at odds with some members of his conservative Liberal Party. “We are living in the most exciting times to be an Australian,” Turnbull told legislators, less than a day after toppling Abbott 54-44 in a dramatic party vote. “An Australia which succeeds in remaining a high-wage, generous social-welfare-net economy, which should be our goal, must be agile, must be dynamic, it must be looking to the future... and that requires confidence and leadership.” The economy is slowing as a decades-long mining boom fades. Abbott’s ousting late Monday further enshrined a recent Australian tradition to swiftly remove ailing prime ministers. He slammed the frequent leadership changes as a “revolving door” not good for the country. Turnbull, a suave ex-barrister and journalist, has vowed repeatedly to run a government based on collaboration, in contrast to Abbott’s divisive personalised rule marked by frequent gaffes. “Cabinet government is a collective method of making decisions,” the 60-year-old told MPs. “I will lead
a traditional cabinet government.” Abbott lashed out at the savage nature of modern politics after his sudden toppling by his long-time Liberal Party colleague and rival -- who served as communications minister before making Monday’s challenge. “The nature of politics has changed in the past decade. We have more polls and more commentary than ever before, mostly sour, bitter character assassination,” he told a farewell press conference. Abbott won the general election in September 2013 but his first budget, laced with harsh cuts to public services, proved highly unpopular. The 57-year-old faced a leadership challenge in February after poor polling and a series of gaffes ignited a backbench revolt, but survived. But he failed to turn around the polls, bolster the economy or stop damaging internal leaks, and lost party support. (afp) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.
Balinese culture increasingly eroded
Something wrong with cultural inheritance process
BALINESE people should be proud of inheriting a unique and unparalleled culture. This culture has worked as a magnet for the growth of the tourism sector that is currently the backbone of Bali’s
economy. However, do Balinese people themselves think that Balinese culture is worth being proud and if so, why haven’t actions been taken to maintain it? What will be let left of ‘Balinese culture’ in the future?
Despite there being no end to ideas, discourse and discussions regarding efforts to maintain the sublime values of Balinese culture, unfortunately, seldom is their any practical application of these ideas. There is something wrong with the
process of cultural inheritance in Bali. This problem came to light during the ‘Balinese Cultural Inheritance Discussion’ held by Bali Post in collaboration with Group 22 KKN of the Hindu University of
Indonesia (Unhi) at Pejeng Ashram recently. The discussion involved a number of speakers from various backgrounds, including those from the younger generation.
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Cover Story Inheritance ... From page 1 Ida Pedanda Gede Rai Manuaba explained that the idea of cultural inheritance has actually been the subject of discussions for some time. However, conservation efforts remain stagnant. Lately, Balinese people seem to be loosing their identity because of a lack of understanding about their Hindu inspired culture. In this era of globalization, Balinese people need to be mindful of external influences and be strict in choosing which values they incorporate into Balinese culture. Positive values from other cultures should be used to strengthen and enrich the values of local wisdom. “Now, ‘local genius’ only remains a discourse. Outside cultures are simply adopted lock, stock and barrel. Unavoidably, this results in a shift in Balinese cultural values,” he said. Ida Pedanda Manuaba expressed the view that customary villages are a bastion of defence against external influences and are the most important vehicle for the preservation of Balinese culture. Therefore, customary villages serve three main functions, namely; to serve as a space for the implementation of Hinduism, to facilitate people’s carrying out of religious teachings and to serve as a pubic forum for problemsolving. If these functions are not operating, village authorities and other members of the village need to do a self-evaluation. The mindset required to strengthen the functions of customary villages should also be looked at.
Customary villages should not be set adrift and should certainly not complicate things for people, especially regarding the implementation of Hindu teachings. “For example, customary village should orient their problemsolving function towards restoring the preservation of nature and its sanctity. Villages need to have penalties for villagers who defile the sanctity of the customary village, in the form of having to perform a ritual to restore the village sanctity. This is our law. Therein lies the sublime value,” said Ida Pedanda Manuaba. Chief of Tarukan customary village, I Wayan Artawan, revealed that Balinese culture is often misinterpreted. Balinese culture is often only considered to involve ceremonies and various artistic activities. Actually, when we look more closely we see that our culture is very broad and involves all aspects of life. When the overall cultural elements do not connect, the culture will be paralyzed. This is now happening in Bali. Balinese people, especially the younger generation, do not even know much about their own culture and even when they do know, they are unable to practice it. “For examples, the Balinese language including Balinese script and mesanti psalmody have been all but abandoned, with very few people left who are knowledgeable on these subjects. Currently, most people are only pursuing the fulfillment of their
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Balinese women performed during cultural parade that held in Denpasar, recently. Balinese people should be proud of inheriting a unique and unparalleled culture. This culture has worked as a magnet for the growth of the tourism sector that is currently the backbone of Bali’s economy.
economic needs,” said Artawan. He added that the uniqueness of Balinese culture lies in the spirit of the culture itself: the implementation of Hindu teachings. Various aspects of Balinese life are related to spiritual values. Any activity is always preceded with a ritual. Here again we find that the current generation does not understand about this aspect of the culture. “The spirit of the culture is the most important aspect of the culture. Without its spirit, Balinese culture will not have any advantages over the other cultures,” he said. Commitment
Similar opinions were also expressed by Headman of Pejeng Kaja, Dewa Gede Artha Putra, who said that he even doubted whether there was any real commitment to preserving Balinese culture. The cultural has shifted massively away from its roots and the substance of traditions and its implementation has become increasingly vague, he said. Take for example the concept of ngayah (devotional work). Formerly, ngayah performed unconditionally. Now, it is accompanied by the standard amount of sesari (offering donation). Most fatal is the fact that this mistaken concept continues to be replicated and is increasingly prevalent in practice. “I have doubts about whether the culture can be maintained. Based on my experience, I see that on the one hand we as Balinese people have inherited a noble culture that is admired by the world. On the other hand, have we not been foolish in showing off? Actually, we are committing cultural suicide by taking on the behaviours and cultural values of others. In this era of instant everything, money talks. How is our commitment to culture, government, community and public figures? Where are going as Balinese people?” he asked. Artha Putra said that there should be further talks about how to maintain Balinese culture. Nothing is eternal except for change. On that account, there needs to be a thorough evaluation of Balinese culture to see which aspects should be maintained and which should be modified or adjusted to current conditions. (ded)
Many people do not understand about cultural values
DENPASAR - Maintaining Balinese culture is increasingly not expected of Balinese people. The lifestyle of many Balinese people is tending more and more towards the practical, pragmatic and economically motivated, which is shifting the understanding and implementation of Balinese cultural values in many aspects of life. Exclusivism is flourishing in Balinese society. Cultural observer, Wayan Patra, in the discussion “Balinese Cultural Inheritance”, revealed that over the time, Balinese society has changed from being agrarian to being industrial. This has resulted in a change to people’s lifestyle. Kinship systems, the implementation of traditions and various other aspects of life now seem to be losing their spirit. The substance of local wisdom cannot even be identified and understood by most people of Bali today. Consequently, the implementation of cultural values has become a mear formality. Patra cited religious ceremonial offerings as an example of the shift that has occurred. In the past, Balinese people were directly involved in most of the preparations of their ceremonies and the making of offerings and other supplies were carried out jointly in the spirit of ngayah or devotional service. On the contrary, nowadays, many Balinese prefer to buy their offerings to make things easier. As a result, a lot of people do not understand about their own culture. Unfortunately, apart from many people loosing their understanding of their culture, the noble values of Balinese culture are often exploited for private gain by Balinese public figures. Lately, politicians or people wishing to pursue a particular position of power, posture the ngayah concept to ensite public sympathy. “Such ngayah is only a slogan. Some people said they want to do ngayah by becoming a regent or headman, whereas there is an element of personal interest. This should be observed by Balinese today,” he said. There is also the matter of exclusivism in society. Balinese people are now starting to classify themselves into exclusive groups. They proudly claim to belong to this class or that class. More sadly, this exclusivism has penetrated into the realm of religion or spiritual beliefs. The concept of the sublime union of religious sects or Mpu Kuturan into Hinduism in Bali has begun to be abandoned. Most Balinese forget that this Hindu unification in Bali is part of the spirit of Balinese culture made famous
around the world. “The transformation and regeneration process of Balinese culture will not be able to run properly if Balinese people lose their identity. It should be understood that Balinese culture is inspired by Hinduism. Our cultural inheritance system needs to be re-formulated by the empowerment of customary villages as a medium for implementing Hinduism. Without customary villages, cultural inheritance will only become a slogan,” he said. The same concerns were expressed by the younger generation. One student from the Hindu University of Indonesia (Unhi), Kadek Wijaya, said that currently many Balinese people are lazy about doing ngayah, with the excuse that they have to work and/ or ask for renumeration for this devotional work. If this paradigm continues, then it is possible that the ngayah tradition and other cultural aspects will vanish in the next generation. “Our culture is very easily crushed. So, our role today is to sort out whether the external cultures are worth imitating or not,” he said. Resident of Pejeng, Dewa Ketut Putrawan, said that cultural preservation cannot stop at the level of thought. All members of society must implement the culture through real action in over to anticipate the threats to Balinese culture. “What I see now, is that we are further away from cultural preservation efforts, such as preserving Balinese language. Pre-school children are now been able to speak Bahasa Indonesia because of watching soap operas in Bahasa Indonesia. Conversely, they rarely use the Balinese language. As a result, the Balinese language is vanishing,” he said. Cultural preservation effort must be instilled from an early age. On that account, it has to be started from the home and school environment. He also asked that Balinese language must still be included in the school curriculum. In addition, supporting educational aspects such as ashram or pesantian psalmody group at school level must be proliferated. (ded)
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Piodalan at Hotel Vila Lumbung SEMINYAK - This year’s Piodalan Ceremony at Hotel Vila Lumbung is more festive because it was accompanied by related activities. Starting from Tirta Yatra activity, that is the holy trip to the sacred temples to pray and “Mendak Tirtha”, Mendak Tirta is an activity to pursuit the holy water (Tirtha) that will be used during the Piodalan ceremony. This holy water is symbolizing all the blessings and the representation of God to bless to the land and all the people.
Tirtha Yatra activities conducted a few days before the main day of the Piodalan Ceremony by visiting Pemuteran Temple, Goa Sunia Temple, Ratu Gede Gamang Temple, Pulaki Temple, Pabean Temple, Ratu Niang Sakti Temple, Pasar Agung Temple, Beji Temple, Gedong Arta Temple, Melanting Temple, Puncak Manik Temple, Taman Temple, Belatungan Temple and Kerta Kawat Temple which are in Singaraja, then Jayaprana Temple, Segara Rupek Temple, Segara Kanjeng Ratu Kidul Temple and Rambut Siwi Temple in Jembrana, Dalem Sidakarya Temple, Dalem Pengembak Temple, Tanah Kilap Temple, Candi Narmada Temple, Kali Temple and Uluwatu Temple in Badung then Dalem Ped Temple which is located in Nusa Penida. One day before Piodalan, Hotel Vila Lumbung Management and
Team conducted the preparatory activities, including Mendak Tirtha once again to the Batu Bolong Temple, Peti Tenget Temple and Khayangan Tiga Temple at the local villages in Kerobokan, preparing the “Banten” as a instruments of Piodalan Ceremony, installating tents and “Bale Pemiosan”, decorating and putting the Wastra (cloth) towards all “Pelinggih”, preparing Penjor, manufacturing the Gebogan, Tamiang, Canang Sari and Kuangen which also contested between Hotel Vila Lumbung’s departments to sharpen the creativity, stimulating the spirit and refreshment of employees mind from the daily routine at work. On 29th of August 2015 was the main day of the Piodalan ceremony series. Date of Piodalan ceremony is known based on the Balinese calendar that is coincided on the Purnama
Ketiga, Tumpek Krulut, Saniscara Kliwon Krulut that will be coming once a year. Piodalan Ceremony has started at 9 am and begins with Mendak Ida Pedanda (Holly Priest) that is picking up the Holy One who will lead the Piodalan’s ceremony. Next to “Meprasita” that is cleaning all the hotel area by walking around and spreading the holy water that was taken during previous Tirtha Yatra, followed by Meprasita (cleansing) ourselves for each employees and also some guests who are staying participates in this procession then ends with “Muspa” (praying), to adore Ida Sang Hyang Widhi on all blessings that have been bestowed as well as for a better life in the future. Piodalan ceremony finished and continued with Meyasa (lunch) together. There are also a “Mebat” events. Mebat is preparing and cooking Balinese dishes together or in Bali we called as “Sekaha Demen” by a business partner who is supporting the Hotel Vila Lumbung in terms of additional transport, travel and tour. This activity provides an overview that is although Bali is in the days of the advancement of tourism which is very fast, but it should still carry out traditional and religious activities that have been passed down from the year to year to keep the natural balance and maintain a good relationship between man and God, Environment and with the man himself that we called Tri Hita Karana. (r)
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Balinese Temple Ceremony
Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc. The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion. The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines. In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.
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Google debuts mobilepay service in 2nd try
SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s answer to the Apple Pay mobile-payment service is debuting in the U.S., marking a do-over by the company behind the world’s most-used operating system for smartphones. Android Pay will be similar to Apple Pay, except it works on Android phones rather than Apple’s iPhones. On some Samsung Android phones, it will sit alongside Samsung Pay. All three services let people buy goods at retail stores
by tapping their phones against the store’s payment terminal. The user’s debit or credit card on file then gets charged. Google Wallet, the company’s first attempt in mobile payments, flopped because it didn’t have a
big enough network of compatible devices and wireless carriers willing to work with it. Softcard, a rival effort by Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, also got little traction. Google Inc. bought much of Softcard’stechnology and is combin-
ing the two to form Android Pay. The timing is also better for Android Pay. Apple Pay has raised awareness about mobile payments and more merchants now have equipment capable of accepting the payments. Android Pay will start rolling out in the U.S. on Thursday, though it might take up to a week for some users to get it from the Android app
store. The app will come installed on new, compatible phones from AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon — the Softcard partners. Samsung Pay has been available in South Korea since Aug. 20. A U.S. trial began Aug. 25, with a broader debut planned for Sept. 28. Apple Pay launched in the U.S. last October and expanded to the U.K. this summer. (ap)
Nintendo, Google spinoff Niantic in smartphone Pokemon game TOKYO — Imagine coming out of your office, home, or school and getting an alert: A Pikachu is lurking behind a nearby tree, and the chase is on. Japanese video game company Nintendo Co., the Pokemon Co. and Google spin-off Niantic said Thursday they intend to transplant the virtual realities of the famous Pokemon “pocket monsters” into real-world locations with a smartphone app that players can use to catch, trade and stage battles between the creatures. Location-gaming app Pokemon GO is similar to Niantic’s “Ingress” real-world adventure game, which reports 12 million downloads. The Nintendo game will be released in 2016, initially as a free download. Nintendo also created Pokemon GO Plus, a small, wearable Bluetooth device that will use vibrations and flashes to alert players to Pokemon lurking in their surroundings. Pokemon, or Pocket Monsters, are a franchise that began in 1996, created by Japanese video game developer Game Freak, which was acquired by Nintendo and also is involved in creating the new app. The best known of the imaginary creatures is likely the tubby, yellow Pikachu, with his lightning strike tail, rosy cheeks and brown-tipped rabbit ears. The games call for players to
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In this Feb. 16, 2014 file photo, a Pikachu of Pokemon display hangs above Toy Fair 2014 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York on the opening day of the 111th American International Toy fair.
catch and collect Pokemon, train them and stage battles while pursuing various adventures. Aside from games, there are Pokemon cartoons, toys, and trading cards. Niantic Inc. was founded as a Google subsidiary by Google Earth co-creator John Hanke. Its mobile game uses GPS technology to create a science fiction “augmented reality.” Kyoto, Japan-based Nintendo held back from smartphone games, but in March announced an alliance with Japanese mobile game company DeNA to develop games for mobile devices. In the end, Pokemon GO was a pet project for its late president, Satoru Iwata, said Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. “Nintendo has created a wide variety of games and game devices. All of them have helped to expand the game population,” Miyamoto said. “Pokemon GO and Pokemon GO Plus represent another step in realizing that mission.” Conveying how the game might actually work is a challenge, acknowledged Tsunekazu Ishihara, president and CEO of Pokemon. “You find the Pokemon with the smartphone. You’ll have a map on your mobile device to find the Pokemon and you can try to catch them,” he said. A video virtualization of the game seemed almost hallucinatory, with images of the Pokemon showing up on a screen operating like a video camera and masses of people chasing through streets. Ishihara said one of the biggest challenges of designing the game is ensuring that the real world location data gathered by GPS and replicated in the game would not put people in danger. “You don’t want people rushing into traffic,” he said. (ap)
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Giri Campuhan waterfall, a hidden tourism potential in Bangli
BANGLI - Giri Campuhan is the name of a waterfall that has been gaining popularity among the people of Bangli. The waterfall located at Tembuku village has a natural charm that is no less admirable than other waterfall attractions. In addition to enjoying the grandeur of the waterfalls, visitors can also enjoy the nearby Dutch heritage buildings. The terrain leading to the Giri Campuhan waterfalls is an easy 20 minute walk from the road. Starting from Masceti Temple, visitors take a footpath through the rice fields, and unlike most over waterfalls, an ancient 50 meter long cave must be passed through to get to the waterfalls. After going through the fairly dark cave, ones’ eyes are then greeted by the exotic scenery of Giri Campuhan with two separate waterfalls. One of the falls is about 25 meters high, while the other waterfall flows over different layers of stratified rock in terraces, also known as a tiered waterfall. Headman of Tembuku, Ketut Mudiarsa, said that since Giri Campuhan has become more widely known in recent weeks, so more people are visiting the waterfall -mostly in the afternoon. The waterfall is visited by locals from Tembuku village but also by people from other regions. “The
waterfall has become well known through the exposure brought to it by the customary youth club of our village” he explained. Mudiarsa revealed that he has wanted to develop the waterfall into a tourist attraction but since the waterfall straddles the border between Tembuku and Nuanglan, he has had to coordinate with the neighbouring village. “To manage the tourism potential, I have met with the headman of Nyanglan, who responded positively to the development plan. So far nothing is official though,” said Mudiarsa. If the neighboring village agrees, the waterfall will be jointly managed by involving all headmen including the chief of the subak organization. The headman of both villages as well as the subdistrict head, said Mudiarsa, would become the patrons, so that no problems arise in the future when the waterfalls becomes famous. (kmb40)
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Giri Campuhan is the name of a waterfall that has been gaining popularity among the people of Bangli. The waterfall located at Tembuku village has a natural charm that is no less admirable than other waterfall attractions.
Foot of Ngampo Hill being dredged
AMLAPURA - The foot of Ngampo Hill around Garba Temple locates in Jungutan village, Bebandem, is being dredged by deploying heavy machinery. The dredging is being done with the aim of selling the rock. However, the dredging is being done without a permit from the Integrated Licensing Office (KPPT). Local resident, Made Suti, said that the dredging has been going on for two weeks now. The dredging -similar to mining, is allegedly being carried out by a local resident identified as Simpen. The exact area of land being worked out is unknown. According to observations made at the location, the dredging is being done by deploying several types of heavy machinery. The boulders thus excavated were directly loaded onto trucks that immediately leave the locations once full. Suti said that every day about 15 to 20 truck loads of boulders and taken away. The boulders are apparently being sold outside the region, in areas such as Gianyar and Denpasar. Seti said that she did IBP/Bagiarta The foot of Ngampo Hill around Garba Temple locates in Jungutan village, Bebandem, is not know whether the dredging activbeing dredged by deploying heavy machinery. The dredging is being done with the aim ity was being done with a permit or not and suggested asking the acting of selling the rock.
headman of Jungutan, Pak Suradnya. Unfortunately, he was not willing to give any explanations. On Sunday (Sept. 13) he was contacted several times but he did not respond. Meanwhile, Head of the Karangasem Integrated Licensing Office, I Ketut Sumarta, claimed that he did not to know about the dredging activities and affirmed that his office had never issued a permit for dredging at Jungutan village. He considers the dredging that is using heavy equipment to be similar to mining. If it does fall under the category of mining, a permit from the KPPT is required even if they are operating on the private land of a local resident. Chief of Karangasem Municipal Police, Iwan Supartha, also claimed not to know about the dredging activities at foot of Ngampo Hill around Garba Temple. If it has not been authorized, he asserted, the dredging must be stopped and the owner must be asked to submit a request for a permit to the KPPT. Supartha promised to look into the truth of the matter by reploying Municipal Police personnel to the location on Monday (Sep 14). (kmb31)
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The Head of USA’s Army General Mark A Miley, left, accompanied by the Head of Indonesian Army General Mulyono Mulyono during the opening ceremony of PACC IX and PAMS XXXIX in Nusa Dua, Bali.
PACC IX and PAMS XXXIX
Realize security stability in ASEAN
MANGUPURA - The leadership of the Army and senior officers from across Asia-Pacific held a meeting on Monday (Sep. 14) in Nusa Dua, Bali. The Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference (PACC) IX and the Pacific Armies Management Seminar (PAMS) XXXIX is taking place between September 14-17, 2015. The event was organized by the Indonesian Army and the US Army for Pacific Region (USARPAC). Important issues being discussed in the meeting include the insistence of the United States Army that world leaders come together to be aware of, prevent, combat and reduce the spread of the ISIS. Such an effort would also ensure security and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. The meeting was attended by Minister of Defense Gen. (ret) Ryamizard Riyacudu, Indonesian Army (TNI) Chief of Staff Gen. Mulyono and TNI military officials as well as US Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A Miley. The meeting was also attended by 26 leaders of the armies of France, China, the USA, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Nepal, Thailand, Tonga, New Zealand, India, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. In a press conference, General Mulyono revealed that the PACC and PAMS were the initiative of the United States Army and delivered to the trust to the Indonesian Army
to organize the activity in Indonesia. Additionally, during the meeting, Mulyono said that the conference forum of the army leaders in the Asia-Pacific region is held every two years and serves as a means of exchanging views, improving military cooperation and cooperation in the field of security. “PAMS was first held in 1978 seeking to enhance the understanding of military issues and the development of professional military cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region,” he said. Three topics discussed in the PACC IX and PAMS XXXIX were related to regional cooperation, local policies and the implementation of regional cooperation. They also discussed multilateral cooperation to maintain and build peace. “This event is carried out to establish multilateral cooperation in achieving security and stability in the AsiaPacific region,” affirmed Gen. Mulyono, accompanied by Gen. Mark A. Miley. Gen. Mark A. Miley revealed that the
government and the United States Army seriously want to realize security and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. On that account, the Asia-Pacific region has a certain level of security. Miley said that he hopes that world leaders will constantly keep the peace because it is a form of cooperation in a strong relationship in the Asia-Pacific region. He added that the presence of armies in all countries is essential to maintain security. According to him, this meeting is an opportunity to interact and develop multilateral relations. He praised the Indonesian Military for having a strong influence on security in Asia as evidenced by their ability to reduce conflict in the area of the South China Sea without any violence. Currently, the challenges and new threats come from terrorist groups operating in the Middle East, namely: ISIS. This organization, said Miley, spreads quickly and becomes a threat, so vigilance is required because they have violent and destructive ideology. “This becomes a threat to world’s peace. We invite the whole world to come together to prevent the spread of this organization and to muffle them. If possible, we should destroy this terrorist threat,” he said. (kmb36)
DENPASAR - The probe into allegations of a blackmail case at Ngurah Rai Airport, is being intensified by the investigators of the Denpasar Police Criminal Investigation unit. Chief of the Denpasar Police Criminal Investigation unit, Reinhard, said that his party has secured evidence related to the case. On that account, the probe will be upgraded to an investigation as soon as possible. “So far, we have secured two pieces of evidence, which is enough to increase the status to investigation,” said Reinhard, on Monday (Sep.14). When asked if there was a prospective suspect, the former chief of the North Kuta Police said: “Be patient -it is still being processed. When the file is complete, we’ll certainly inform the public”. Reinhard also said that for the application of the article, his party will hold case conference to ensure that the proper article is applied in accordance with the results of the investigation. “This case is being processed according to the rules. Are there any other victims? We are still investigating,” he said. Chief of Bali Police, Sugeng Priyanto, when asked about the progress of the blackmail case at the Kuta Police and Ngurah Rai Airport, confirmed that the investigation is ongoing and asked that the investigators be given space to carry out their duties. “This will be evaluated. We will carry out investigation in accordance with the rules,” said Sugeng after attending a welcoming ceremony at the Bali Police headquarters. As previously reported, a 33 year old tourist from Taiwan, named Zhang Tao, reported a case of blackmail that he allegedly experienced at the Ngurah Rai Airport, on Saturday (Sep. 12), to the Ngurah Rai Airport Police Authority. Zhang told the airport officer that he had been blackmailed by an unscrupulous official at the international arrivals terminal. The victim, along with his friends from Hong Kong, landed at the international arrivals terminal of the Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, having flown on China Southern Airlines, flight number CZ3005 at approximately at 00:10 a.m. Upon arrival at the scene, the victim and his friends underwent the standard examination of travel and immigration documents at the immigration check point (TPI). At that time, the officer on duty at the counter was wearing a red jacket and using a cell phone suddenly showed a photo of foreign banknotes with denominations of 500 to the victim. The victim said that he did not have as much money as much as the officer had shown on the cell phone, so he handed over 100 yuan. The officer however responded by shaking his head while showing two fingers. The victim gave the officer another 100 yuan and was then allowed to pass. (kmb36)
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Kuwaiti court sentences 7 to death over mosque bombing KUWAIT CITY — A Kuwaiti court sentenced seven people to death Tuesday over an Islamic State-claimed suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in the capital that killed 27 people in June, state media reported. Another eight defendants received prison terms of between two to 15 years, while another 14 were acquitted by Judge Mohammad AlDuaij in his verdict, the state-run KUNA news agency reported. Defense lawyers for those convicted could not be immediately reached for comment. Typically, those sentenced to death can appeal. The June 26 bombing during Friday prayers inside one of Kuwait’s oldest Shiite mosques, carried out by a Saudi citizen identified as Fahad Suleiman Abdulmohsen al-Gabbaa, shocked the normally peaceful oil-rich nation. The blast at the Imam Sadiq Mosque, which also wounded 227 people, was the first major terrorist attack in Kuwait in more than two decades. After the blast, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack. The Sunni extremists, who hold a third of Iraq and neighboring Syria in their self-declared “caliphate,” view Shiite Muslims as heretics and have attacked their mosques in other countries across the Mideast. Executions remain rare in Kuwait, though it hanged five convicted criminals in 2013, according to Amnesty International. Kuwait carried out no executions in 2014, according to Amnesty. For decades, Kuwait has been among the safest and quietest corners of the Middle East, with Sunni and Shiite Muslims living alongside each other in relative peace. It suffered an invasion under former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in the first Gulf War, but traditionally has not faced extremist attacks. The last massive attack here was in 1983, when Iranian-backed Shiite militants from Iraq carried out bombings that killed at least five people and targeted Western embassies. (ap)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 file photo, a man uses his mobile to take pictures inside a Shiite mosque hit by two bombs in Sanaa, Yemen.
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A Syrian refugee boy walks in a sunflower field while he and other migrants wait inside and outside a bus before being taken by Hungarian police to board a train to the Austrian border, in Roszke, southern Hungary, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015.
Hungary to deploy army to stop migrants at border
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in two of its southeastern counties in response to the migration crisis, a move that paves the way to deploy the army to the border with Serbia to stop the flow of migrants that has been entering the country. The state of emergency gives authorities greater powers to deal with the crisis, allowing them to shut down roads and limit the working of public institutions. It also speeds up court processes for asylum-seekers. Technically, parliament must still approve the deployment of the military. However, Associated Press reporters at the border have already spotted heavily armed military personnel with vehicles and dogs at the border in recent days. The announcement on the state of emergency comes as tougher laws also came into effect on Tuesday aimed at preventing asylum-seekers from entering the country. The legislation makes it a crime to try to breach a razorwire fence along the border with Serbia and also includes longer prison terms for convicted human traffickers. Hungarian officials closed two of seven border crossings with Serbia Tuesday morning. The night before, officials deployed a boxcar covered with razor wire to close a key border crossing along a railroad track that had been the main entry point for migrants. There were chaotic scenes at the main border crossing near Roszke, Hungary, as the Hungarians opened a small temporary office to process people on the edge of no man’s land
and crowds tried to squeeze inside. A first group of about 20 managed to get in, but thousands remained outside. A group of migrants also blocked the main highway connecting Serbia and Hungary, saying they will refuse food and water until they are allowed to cross into Hungary. The sit-in protest is happening on the no man’s land between Roszke and Horgos, Serbia, which is the main border crossing between the two countries. Those who were lucky enough to make it into Hungary the day before were boarding buses. One Hungarian police officer said they were being sent directly to Austria. People had dashed to make it into the country in recent days, hoping to reach Western Europe before it was too late. A record 9,380 migrants entered Hungary on Monday, beating the previous record of 5,809 set just a day earlier. Some 200,000 migrants have entered Hungary so far in 2015, nearly all by walking across the southern border with Serbia. Almost all, however, simply transit Hungary on their way to Germany or other Western European nations. Under the new laws, most migrants entering the country from Serbia can be turned away because that country is considered safe and
could theoretically provide them asylum. The new law also makes it a crime to damage the 4-meter (13-foot) razor-wire fence that Hungary has built on the 110-mile (175-kilometer) border with Serbia, giving police the power to detain anyone trying to breach it. The state of emergency allows the government to mobilize the army — pending parliamentary approval next week — to help police with border control, and forces courts to prioritize cases involving migrants caught entering Hungary illegally. Police can enter and search homes where migrants who entered Hungary illegally are believed to be hiding. Germany’s interior minister, Thomas de Maiziere, on Tuesday said he supports the idea of cutting European Union funding to countries that refuse to share the burden of hosting refugees. Several EU countries, particularly in the former Eastern bloc, have rejected calls from Germany and the EU’s executive Commission for mandatory quotas to spread refugees out among the 28-nation bloc. De Maiziere told ZDF television that there needs to be discussion of how to exert pressure and that the countries rejecting quotas often receive significant amounts of EU funding. He said that Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has suggested — “and I find that right” — that “we should talk about (them) getting less money from the structural funds.”(ap)
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BUSINESS Emerging economies plea for end to US rates agony
PARIS - Some of the world’s biggest emerging economies are pleading for the United States to end their drawn-out agony and raise interest rates now. Already hit by a commodities crash sparked by the slowing of China’s once-booming economy, the mere prospect of the US Federal Reserve raising interest rates -- perhaps as soon as Thursday -- has battered the emerging giants that were once the world’s top performers. Lured by the promise of bigger returns when the Federal Reserve eventually begins raising interest rates, investors are already moving
their money to safer, yet profitable, US destinations. In August alone, panicky investors dumped equities held in emerging economies to the tune of $8.7 billion, according to the Institute of International Finance. The dollar meanwhile, has climbed. The International Monetary Fund warned this month against a “premature” increase in US interest rates as the slowdown in Chinese
growth and the ensuing commodities price collapse ripples through the world economy, and emerging economies in particular. Some key emerging economies, however, would rather bring a swift end to the painful wait. The Fed’s decision is “probably the most anticipated event in the last century,” Peru central bank chief Julio Valarde told the Nikkei Asian Review on a visit to Tokyo last week. “What is surprising is how many central bankers with whom I talk prefer the hike to come as soon as possible,” Valarde said,
arguing that the uncertainty of the wait was more damaging than the interest rate increase itself. Indian central bank governor Raghuram Rajan agreed. For Indonesia’s central bank, too, the doubts are of the greate s t c o n c e r n . “ We t h i n k U S monetary policymakers have got confused about what to do. The uncertainty has created the turmoil,” Mirza Adityaswara, deputy governor at Indonesia’s central bank, told the Financial Times. Financial markets have not forgotten the precedent of mid-
2013 when then Federal Reserve governor Ben Bernanke evoked the possibility of a future increase in interest rates and sparked a flight of capital from emerging markets. Hopes for an end to the agony may be dashed even if the Fed pulls the benchmark US federal funds rate up from zero percent, where it has been frozen since the financial crisis of 2008, analysts said. Mixed figures on US employment and uncertainty over Chinese economic growth could prompt Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen to wait a little longer, analysts said. (afp)
China woes weigh on Asia, yen up as BoJ holds fire
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A man walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. Shares meandered in Asia on Tuesday as investors awaited a policy statement from the Bank of Japan as well as the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision later this week on whether to raise interest rates.
HONG KONG - Shanghai led most Asian shares lower Tuesday as China’s economic woes keep investors on edge, while Japan’s Nikkei gave up early gains and the yen rallied after the country’s central bank held off fresh measures to shore up its torpid economy. While the China-fuelled global volatility that has characterised much of the past month’s trading has eased off, the morning’s confidence waned as traders moved out of higher-yielding, or riskier, assets while they await a key US interest rate decision this week. The Australian dollar, given an early boost by news the popular Malcolm Turnbull would replace Tony Abbott as prime minister, relinquished initial gains. Traders in Shanghai took more money off the table, as a string of weak data trumps a weekend announcement that Beijing was planning a liberalisation of state-owned enterprises, including some privatisation. Also, Beijing’s decision to devalue the yuan last month reinforced fears the leadership is struggling to control the crisis, sending shockwaves through world markets. “Signs that China’s economy is going through a deeper slowdown are becoming more clear,” John Teja, a Jakarta-based director at PT Ciptadana Securities, said. Analysts also said a crackdown on illegal trading had also hit the market. “The market took the crackdown on accounts engaged in illegal trading harder than what the market regulator said,” Haitong Securities analyst Zhang Qi told AFP. “And the falling prices in turn strengthened selling momentum.” Leaders have launched an unprecedented rescue package -- including government-backed entities buying equities -- since the Shanghai market began crashing. It has lost about 40 percent since hitting a June 12 peak. On Tuesday Shanghai finished 3.52 percent down, the heaviest loss since late last month and extending a 2.67 percent fall suffered Monday. Hong Kong lost 0.25 percent in late trade and Sydney -- where several firms with links to China are listed -- closed down 1.53 percent. Despite recent turmoil across world markets and data showing Japan’s economy remains weak, the BoJ on Tuesday refused to unveil any further stimulus saying it “has continued to recover moderately”. Japanese growth remains tepid in the face of two years of massive government spending and central bank monetary easing. A promised inflation surge, the cornerstone of leaders’ drive to reignite the economy, has also not materialised. (afp)
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Indonesia fights fires as haze cloaks SEAsia before F1
JAKARTA - Indonesia Tuesday deployed an extra 1,600 military personnel to fight forest and farm fires that have cast a thick haze over the region, closing schools in Malaysia and shrouding Singapore in smog just as it prepares to host the glitzy Formula One race. President Joko Widodo ordered the military ramp-up on Sumatra after authorities declared a state of emergency in the island’s hard-hit Riau province Monday. The personnel were dispatched to Riau and South Sumatra provinces to help local authorities fight fires, joining over 1,000 soldiers sent to the area last week, Indonesia’s disaster agency said. Smog-belching blazes, an annual problem in Southeast Asia during the dry season, have intensified in Sumatra and the Indonesian part of Borneo island in the past two weeks, sending a cloud of acrid haze across the region.
The illegal fires are started, often by local farmers and landowners, to clear vast tracts of land to make way for palm oil and pulp and paper plantations, and Indonesia has failed to halt the practice despite years of pressure from its neighbours. Fears are mounting that the smog shrouding the skyline in regional financial hub Singapore, where air quality remained at unhealthy levels Tuesday, could affect this weekend’s Grand Prix. Organisers of Formula One’s only night race, which sees cars race along a brightly illuminated track alongside landmarks and is
coupled with pop concerts, have said they are closely monitoring the haze. A heavy downpour brought some relief to the affluent citystate Tuesday, but a strong smell of burning wood and foliage remained in the air. After announcing late Monday that more troops would be sent to Sumatra, Widodo said he had ordered law enforcement agencies to take action against “parties responsible for the forest fires”. “I want to stress that very firm legal action will be taken,” said the president, who is currently on a trip to the Middle East. Around 100 people and 15 companies are being investigated over the blazes, according to the disaster agency. Tens of thousands of people in smoke-choked regions of Sumatra
and Borneo have fallen ill, while air travel there -- as well as in parts of Malaysia -- has been hit by sporadic flight delays or cancellations due to poor visibility. Malaysia’s education ministry ordered schools closed in Kuala Lumpur, three adjacent states and the nearby administrative capital of Putrajaya, as the capital was enveloped in a smoky grey shroud. Air pollution indices in the affected areas were in the upper range of “unhealthy” and nearing “very unhealthy”. More than half of the country’s 52 monitoring stations registered “unhealthy” air on Tuesday. Malaysian authorities in several areas have distributed free face masks, while people with respiratory conditions were advised to cover their faces outdoors and all citizens were urged to limit un-
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necessary outdoor activity. Malaysian Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar told AFP he was “concerned because it affects the health of our people” and said he planned to meet his Indonesian counterpart, Siti Nurbaya Bakar, later this month to discuss the issue. Pressure to stop the annual outbreaks of smog has increased since 2013 when Southeast Asia suffered its worst air pollution crisis for more than a decade, but attempts to find a regional solution have moved slowly. Singapore said Monday Bakar had agreed to share the names of companies suspected of causing the fires. Indonesia has previously faced criticism for failing to hand over such information, which could be used to prosecute lawbreakers. (afp)
Indonesia seizes Uber cars in new setback
JAKARTA - Thirty Uber cars have been seized in the Indonesian capital Jakarta in recent months, a transport official said Monday, prompting the controversial ride-hailing app to accuse authorities of “unreasonable intimidation”. The news came after the city of Bandung, on the main island of Java, last week banned Uber, and as the Silicon Valley company faces challenges worldwide from regulators concerned about its business model and traditional taxi drivers angered at what they see as a threat. Uber, an app that allows customers to hail private rides via their phones, has proved popular in Jakarta, a metropolis plagued by monster traffic jams but with scant public transport. However Jakarta authorities say that Uber is operating illegally as it has no public transport permit and does not pay tax. Uber, however, insists it is not a public transport company, but a technology firm, which does not own or operate vehicles or employ drivers. A task force impounded the vehicles in two operations this month and last, the Jakarta transport office said. “It’s only 30 cars compared to thousands of cars they have, but I want people to learn a lesson that this is wrong,” head of the office, Andri Yansyah, told AFP. Yansyah said the car owners would have to go to court, pay a fine and sign a document stating they would not join any company such as Uber until it followed local regulations. Jakarta police spokesman Muhammad Iqbal said that while the cars were seized for operating illegally, the drivers themselves had not been detained. Uber spokesman Karun Arya said that Uber drivers in Jakarta had been victims of “frivolous and unreasonable intimidation by the enforcement authorities”. He added that Uber was looking forward to holding talks with Indonesian authorities and working towards a long-term solution, but Yansyah insisted vehicle seizures would continue until the firm made moves to adopt an official permit. Uber has been maintaining an aggressive international expansion plan despite fierce opposition in some countries from regulators and established taxi industry players. The company decided to suspend its low-cost service in France after a nationwide taxi strike in protest against Uber turned violent. San Francisco-based Uber says it operates in some 250 cities and 58 countries. (afp)
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Taxis with signs against the Uber ride-hailing service clog a street in Lisbon while moving at a slow pace in protest, Tuesday, Sept. 8 2015. Thirty Uber cars have been seized in the Indonesian capital Jakarta in recent months, a transport official said Monday, prompting the controversial ride-hailing app to accuse authorities of “unreasonable intimidation”.
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NKorea warns it has restarted all nuclear bomb fuel plants
SEOUL, South Korea — A day after threatening long-range rocket launches, North Korea declared Tuesday that it has upgraded and restarted all of its atomic fuel plants so it can produce more — and more sophisticated — nuclear weapons. Neither announcement was entirely unexpected, and outside analysts see the back-to-back warnings as part of a general North Korean playbook of using claimed improvements in its nuclear and missile programs to push for talks with the United States that could eventually provide the impoverished country with concessions and eased sanctions. But the threats could deepen a standoff between North Korea and the U.S. and its allies because they strike at Washington’s fear that each North Korean rocket and nuclear test puts it another big step closer to its stated goal of an arsenal of nuclear-tipped long-range missiles that can hit the U.S. mainland. North Korea has spent decades trying to develop just such a weapon, and while it is thought to have a small arsenal of atomic bombs and an impressive array of short- and medium-range missiles, it has yet to demonstrate that it can produce nuclear bombs small enough to place on a missile or can make reliable long-range missiles. Still, it has conducted three nuclear tests and a series of steadily improving long-range rocket launches, and some analysts see Tuesday’s announcement as foreshadowing an upcoming fourth nuclear test, which would push North Korea further along in its nuclear aims. North Korea said Tuesday in its state media that, as it pledged to do in 2013, the plutonium and highly enriched uranium facilities at its main
Nyongbyon nuclear complex have finally been “rearranged, changed or readjusted and they started normal operation.” It said its scientists had improved “the levels of nuclear weapons with various missions in quality and quantity.” North Korea, an autocracy run by the same family since 1948, closely controls information about its nuclear program, which it describes as a sovereign right meant to combat U.S. military hostility. As a result, just what is happening at Nyongbyon is unclear. North Korea booted out international inspectors in 2009, and independent assessments by outside experts since then have been spotty. At various points in the decadeslong standoff over its nuclear ambitions, North Korea has said it has shut down or restarted its atomic fuel production. In 2013, it restarted a plutonium reactor that had been shuttered under a 2007 disarmament agreement. Satellite imagery earlier this year showed signs it still wasn’t operating fully. A uranium enrichment facility unveiled to a visiting American scientist in 2010 presumably gives North Korea a second way to make fissile material for bombs. On Monday, the North’s aerospace agency said it is ready to launch new satellites aboard long-range rockets as part of celebrations of next month’s ruling communist party anniversary. The world will “clearly see a series of satellites soaring into the sky
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FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2012 file photo, a screen at the General Satellite Control and Command Center shows the moment North Korea’s Unha-3 rocket is launched in Pyongyang, North Korea. at times and locations determined” by the Workers’ Party, an unidentified director at the North’s National Aerospace Development Administration director was quoted as saying by state media. North Korea has said its satellite launches are peaceful and meant for weather observation, but the West considers them covers for banned tests of long-range missiles. Analysts in Seoul said North Korea’s announcements suggest an
imminent nuclear test. “A nuclear test without a long-range rocket test is not effective,” said Lim Eul Chul, a North Korea expert at South Korea’s Kyungnam University. “The vicious circle is being repeated.” After several failures, North Korea put its first satellite into space with a long-range rocket launched in late 2012. The U.N. said it was a banned test of ballistic missile technology and imposed sanctions. Experts say that ballistic missiles and rockets
used in satellite launches share similar bodies, engines and other technology. An angry North Korea then conducted its third nuclear test in February 2013, inviting further international condemnation and sanctions. Later that year it threatened Seoul and Washington with nuclear strikes. South Korea’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that it had not detected any sign indicating North Korea is preparing a rocket launch. (ap)
Maldives criticizes UN’s call to free jailed ex-president
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Human rights lawyers Amal Clooney, right, and Jared Genser, address the media in Male, Maldives, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. Clooney said Thursday that her legal team will pursue international sanctions and travel bans against the Maldives as part of efforts to secure the release of the countryís jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Maldives criticized the U.N. human rights chief’s call to release the country’s imprisoned former president, calling it an effort to circumvent rule of law. The foreign ministry said in a statement Monday that it rejects High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein’s allegation that the law in the Maldives is being manipulated for political ends. “To seek the release of an individual purely on the basis of his political standing . is inappropriate, and clearly seeks to circumvent the rule of law,” the statement said. Hussein made his comments in his opening speech at the human rights council. “I was initially encouraged by the government’s decision, in July, to move former President Nasheed to
house arrest, for health reasons and to appeal his conviction after a flawed trial. But the decision to return him to prison last month, and pursuit of a further criminal investigation against his family, are serious setbacks,” Hussein said. “Given the deeply tainted nature of this case, I urge the government to release him, and to review several hundred pending criminal cases against opposition supporters in relation to protests in recent months.” Former President Mohamed Nasheed is serving a 13-year sentence after being found guilty of ordering the military to arrest a top judge three years ago. The verdict alleged that the judge’s arrest was akin to abducting, an offense under the terrorism law. His trial was criticized internationally for
an apparent lack of due process. Nasheed’s lawyers said that they were not given enough time to prepare their defense and not allowed to call witnesses. After his conviction the case documents were not given to them in time to lodge an appeal, they said. Hopes for Nasheed’s release increased after his party and the government started negotiations in June and Nasheed’s lawyers said that his sentence had been commuted to house arrest. However he was sent back to prison after eight weeks and the government said that the house arrest was only a temporary measure considering Nasheed’s health. Nasheed in 2008 became the country’s first democratically elected president, ending a 30-year autocratic rule. (ap)
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Tenganan, a village with Pandanus War Tradition
AMLAPURA - Tenganan is one of the traditional villages located in the Manggis subdistrict, Karangasem. It has a pattern of life which refers to customary rules known as awig-awig or bylaw. Local people maintain it as a tradition inherited from their ancestors as the Bali Aga
village or Balinese ancient village. Design and spatial layout of their buildings are still original until now and comply with the customary rules. Apart from the architectural design of the buildings, the village is also known to have distinctive traditional attire made from geringsing
fabric. The belief held by Tenganan community is different from the other Balinese residents in general where they do not recognize caste. Besides, Tenganan village also has a unique tradition known as pandanus war. It is named pandanus war because all the participants in the war
armed with thorny pandanus leaf. If you want to watch, simply come in June precisely at two o’clock in the afternoon. Pandanus war is a form of respect showed by the villagers to Lord Indra as the God of War. When the pandanus war is held, all the villagers put on customary
attires of Tenganan better known as Pegringsingan. Meanwhile, the participants of pandanus war put on sarong, shawl and headband. Before starting, the residents of Tenganan perform ngelawang procession or traveling around the village to beg salvation.
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McLaren-Honda wouldn’t block Kevin Magnussen exit for 2016
McLaren has confirmed it would not stand in the way of its Formula 1 reserve Kevin Magnussen should the Dane receive a racing offer from elsewhere for 2016. After a rookie season that included a podium on his F1 race debut in last year’s Australian Grand Prix, Magnussen was demoted to reserve status for 2015 following the return of Fernando Alonso. Magnussen has since made clear he wants his seat back at McLaren, although racing director Eric Boullier has stated the team “intends” to keep Jenson Button for 2016 given the option on the ‘09 world champion’s contract. Boullier made clear McLaren will not hold Magnussen back should he wish to pursue other avenues. “If we can offer him something here, a drive - and I’m not the only one to decide - yes, he obviously takes priority,” said Boullier. “He is a McLaren driver, and he is always claiming he would like to race again for McLaren. “But if we cannot then personally I would never stop him from racing somewhere else, of course.” With few seats available at other teams, and with the clock ticking, Magnussen’s options are few and far between, although he has been linked with a drive for newcomer Haas. He also had the possibility of a Honda-powered IndyCar drive at the start of the year, though that was prevented by the need to step in for the concussed Alonso in the season-opening F1 race in Australia. A technical problem meant Magnussen failed to even start in Melbourne and he has spent the remainder of the season on the sidelines, with Oliver Turvey and Stoffel Vandoorne sharing duties with the race drivers in the in-season F1 tests. Magnussen said during the summer there was “no way in hell” he would accept not having a race seat of some form in 2016. (rtr)
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FILE -In this Aug. 22, 2015 file photo, backdropped by Sugar Loaf Mountain, athletes compete in the men’s marathon swimming test event, ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, off Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Aussie Olympic coaches encouraging late nights and sleep-ins
CANBERRA, Australia — The Australian swimming team is your mindset and getting the most fine-tuning a routine for late nights and sleep-ins as it prepares out of this camp.” Her sister, Bronte Campbell, for next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. IBP/File Photo
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The 47 swimmers and 33 support staff and coaches are in camp this week at the Australian Institute of Sport, where they’re simulating the schedule they’ll have to contend with in Rio — heats in the early afternoon, with finals from 10 p.m. until midnight. They’re all wearing sleep and activity watches to collect data for the duration of the camp. “It is a great opportunity to kick off the season and to get a lot of things sorted from a medical point of view and nutrition,” Australia’s head coach Jacco Verhaeren said Tuesday. “A great focus here is sleep and recovery strategies so we are prepared for Rio.” Swimming Australia said Shona Halson, the head of recovery at the AIS, will analyze the data and develop strategies that maximize sleep, recovery and performance
without the need for medication. It’s not a program that suits the typical swimmer in Australia, where they’re usually up early for training. On Monday and Tuesday, everyone trained from 1-3 p.m., had lunch between 5-6 p.m. then trained again from 10 p.m. until midnight, followed by dinner. On Wednesday and Thursday, the program called for racing from 1-3 p.m. and again from 10 p.m. until midnight. Olympic relay gold medalist Cate Campbell said she usually likes to get 10 hours of sleep each night, but has managed to adjust her routine for the camp. “I really rely on sleep and some people call me ‘The Bear’ for my hibernating,” Campbell said. “Sleep quality and duration is very important and it is so good to do this preparation now. It is about changing
said she was enjoying the experiment. “It’s just like adapting to jet lag for us and we have our fancy sleep watches on all the time collecting lots of data to see what we are doing right and what we are doing wrong — it is really a great experiment for us.” The Australian Olympic Committee has reinforced its ban on the use of sleeping medication for athletes after the men’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay team was fined and sanctioned by the team for using Stillnox at a camp in Manchester leading up to the 2012 London Olympics. Stillnox was not a banned substance, but the AOC prohibited Australian athletes from using it after former Olympic champion Grant Hackett revealed he became dependent on sleeping pills during his career. (ap)
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Barcelona begin title defence against apprehensive Roma four league meetings, With that in mind, Garcia has already made it clear that he would be happy to finish second in a group that also includes Champions League regulars Bayer Leverkusen and Belarus champions BATE Borisov. “The target in the Champions League is to get past the group stage and to the round of 16,” Garcia said in an interview last week with Radio Monte Carlo. “Behind Barcelona, it is an open group.” There was just a hint of optimism when he said: “Everybody is convinced that they will get 18 points, so that implies getting six off
us, but sometimes miracles happen in football. “We’ve got nothing to lose and we’ve got to do all we can to upset the odds.” The match takes Barcelona coach Luis Enrique back to the club where he spent an unimpressive season in 2011/12, when Roma were clearly in transition. The two sides last met 13 years ago, again in the Champions League second group stage, when they drew 1-1 in Barcelona and Roma won the return 3-0 with Luis Enrique in the Barcelona side. Incredibly, there is one playing survivor from those games - Roma
leader Inter Milan. Promoted Bologna is still looking for its first points. The Brazilian-born Eder opened the scoring in the 75th with a shot that banged in off the post and Soriano doubled the lead four minutes later with a powerful effort from beyond the area.
Bologna substitute Luca Rizzo was sent off after picking up his second yellow shortly after the hour mark. Bologna forward Emanuele Giaccherini, on debut after a loan from Sunderland, exited in the first half with an apparent groin injury. (ap)
Bayern confident of injured Ribery’s comeback this year BERLIN - Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery will return to action this year after fully recovering from a dragging ankle injury, club Chief Executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said on Tuesday. The Frenchman has been out of action since March after being injured in their Champions League game against Shakhtar Donetsk with an initial recovery estimate of a few days. Six months on and Bayern can still not provide a comeback date for Ribery, who has admitted to being frustrated by the slow recovery progress. “It is now mid-September and I think that
will be the case, that during 2015 he will be a whirling again,” Rummenigge told reporters. “What was important is to have the right diagnosis and treatment. I am not that pessimistic and I think in the not too distant future he will come back. That of course does not mean this week or next week,” Rummenigge said. “But he will come back. I am fully convinced of that and that is the key thing.” The 32-year-old has missed the final stretch of their league title-winning season as well as the entire pre-season preparation as he still struggles with the injury. New signing Douglas Costa has been in su-
perb form in Ribery’s natural position, making any quick return to the starting lineup even more improbable. Bayern, who also have fellow winger Arjen Robben out injured, are level with Borussia Dortmund on 12 points at the top of the Bundesliga and kick off their Champions League group stage with a game at Olympiakos in Piraeus on Wednesday. (rtr)
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MADRID — Luis Alberto set up one goal before scoring another as Deportivo La Coruna beat Rayo Vallecano 3-1 for its first win of the Spanish league season on Monday. Alberto, who arrived on loan from Liverpool this season, crossed for Celso Borges to score with a skillful header in the seventh minute at Rayo’s Vallecas Stadium. Adrian Embara equalized in the 27th when Patrick Ebert smartly let a pass run through to unsettle the defense and leave his teammate alone to beat Deportivo goalkeeper
German Lux. But Deportivo restored its lead for good seconds after the restart, when Alberto drove a low strike into the lower corner of the net following a bungle by two Rayo defenders who clashed while trying to clear the ball. Striker Lucas Perez proved a pest for Rayo’s defenders with his pressure and constant darting runs, one of which Pedro Mosquera met with a through ball for the former Rayo player to seal the victory in the 61st. Rayo finished with 10 men after Ebert was sent off with a second
booking for protesting in the 77th. Deportivo’s win lifted the Galician side into seventh place on five points after three rounds. Rayo was left winless and in second-to-last place with one point. “We needed to keep more possession, create more chances and just play our style,” said Embara. “We can only keep training and I am sure we will improve.” Barcelona leads the league as the only team to win the first three games of the season. Real Madrid, Celta Vigo, Villarreal and Eibar are next with seven points each. (ap)
LONDON - It took Steve McClaren several years to overcome his image as a figure of fun, standing on the touchline at Wembley under an umbrella as the rain poured down and England were eliminated from the Euro 2008 qualifiers. A “wally with the brolly” tabloid newspapers dubbed him. After some restorative work abroad with FC Twente and Vfl Wolfsburg, he returned to English football for an unsuccessful spell with Derby County and his reputation is in danger of sagging again unless Newcastle United, who he joined in June, quickly improve on their early-season results. McClaren’s nemesis that wet Wembley night, Croatia’s coach Slaven Bilic, was in the opposite technical area again on Monday as West Ham United’s 2-0 victory sent Newcastle to the bottom of the Premier League with two points from five games. It was the north-east club’s fourth successive league game without scoring, despite a net spend during the summer transfer window estimated at more than forty one million pounds ($63.28 million), second only to Manchester City’s. Newcastle’s passionate supporters have long been urging controversial owner Mike Ashley to spend some serious money to strengthen the squad. Now that he has done so, McClaren risks becoming the new target of their anger. Critics have pointed out that his four main signings all came from Belgium, the Netherlands and France, with no experience of English football. To be fair, the most high-profile of them, Serbian striker Aleksandar
Mitrovic, has hardly helped with his indiscipline. Given a yellow card less than five seconds into his debut against Southampton, he was sent off for an even worse challenge against Arsenal and banned for three matches, starting with Monday night’s game. Newcastle must therefore continue to do without him for their next fixtures, at home to Watford on Saturday and Chelsea on Sat-
urday week. McClaren was an assistant to Alex Ferguson when Manchester United won the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup in 1999, and was England manager from 2006-07. He has been in football long enough to know that results are everything, so he understands better than anyone that Newcastle need some positive ones -- and quickly. (rtr)
McClaren needs results to revive his reputation
playmaker Francesco Totti who will 39 at the end of the month. “I want to win at least one title with my captain, Francesco Totti,” said Garcia. “I don’t know if Totti or the Pope are more important in Rome, but I can certainly say that for Francesco, the Roma shirt is like a second stint. “He’s an extraordinary player, on and off the field, and we are just pacing him in training, but he never asks for any special favours.” (rtr)
Eder and Soriano score as Sampdoria beats Bologna 2-0
GENOA — Italy internationals Eder and Roberto Soriano scored second-half goals as Sampdoria beat 10-man Bologna 2-0 Monday in Serie A in a match that was postponed for a day due to bad weather. The win moved Sampdoria level second with five other clubs, two points behind
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Deportivo beats Rayo 3-1 for 1st win of Spanish season
ROME - AS Roma supporters may be looking ahead to Barcelona’s Champions League visit with some trepidation and coach Rudi Garcia certainly does not seem to be bursting with optimism. Roma have finished second in Serie A for the last two seasons but still there is still a clear gap between themselves and Europe’s top clubs, despite the addition of Edin Dzeko and Mohamed Salah. Barcelona’s visit to the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday, which kicks off their Champions League title defence, comes just under a year after Roma lost 7-1 at home to Bayern Munich in the same competition. The Bavarians sliced through the Roma defence almost at will as they scored five goals in a bewildering half hour spell in the first half. Roma went on to finish third in the group after taking one point in two games off Manchester City while domestically they have come up short in matches against Juventus, with three defeats in their last
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Barcelona’s Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring a goal against Atletico Madrid’s during their Spanish first division soccer match at Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, September 12, 2015.
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West Ham United’s manager Slaven Bilic with Newcastle manager Steve McLaren before the game
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Arsenal’s Petr Cech celebrates at the end of the match
Cech looking forward to beating former club Chelsea again
Arsenal’s Petr Cech is looking forward to beating Chelsea for the second time when the Gunners visit the goalkeeper’s former club in the Premier League on Saturday. Arsenal defeated the champions in the Community Shield at Wembley -- the first time in 14 attempts that Arsene Wenger got the better of Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho. The clubs sit at opposite ends of the table, with the Gunners having recovered well from their opening day league loss against West Ham United to climb to fourth place on 10 points, while Chelsea are languishing two points above the relegation zone after their latest defeat by Everton at the weekend. “Obviously it will be new to play against Chelsea but when you start playing the game the only concern you have is ‘can I play my best game and can we win?’” Cech, who left Chelsea after losing his place in the first team to Thibaut Courtois, was quoted as saying by the London Evening Standard. “In a way it is nice that I spent so much time there. That I know every corner of the stadium and the space, so for me there will be no surprises.” “I have never played at Stamford Bridge
in the visiting team so it will be a new experience for me,” he added. “I go to a familiar place but most important for me will be to win the game. That’s the way it goes.” Midfielder Mesut Ozil, who joined the Gunners from Real Madrid two years ago for a club record fee that made him the most expensive German footballer in history, said he is keen to repay Wenger’s faith in him with good performances. The 26-year-old has been criticised throughout his career at Arsenal, despite winning two FA cups and having created a total of 76 chances in 2015, more than any other player in the Premier League. He has, however, always found a staunch supporter in Wenger. “He (Wenger) has experience and in past years you’ve seen him develop some top players,” Ozil told the club’s website (www.arsenal.com). “I get on really well with him and he gives me his trust. I’m thankful to him for that and to be praised by a coach like him means a lot.” “I thank him for that through good performances on the pitch. I just want to help the team as much as possible on the pitch -- that’s my target,” the World Cup winner added. (rtr)
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Barcelona begin title defence against apprehensive Roma four league meetings, With that in mind, Garcia has already made it clear that he would be happy to finish second in a group that also includes Champions League regulars Bayer Leverkusen and Belarus champions BATE Borisov. “The target in the Champions League is to get past the group stage and to the round of 16,” Garcia said in an interview last week with Radio Monte Carlo. “Behind Barcelona, it is an open group.” There was just a hint of optimism when he said: “Everybody is convinced that they will get 18 points, so that implies getting six off
us, but sometimes miracles happen in football. “We’ve got nothing to lose and we’ve got to do all we can to upset the odds.” The match takes Barcelona coach Luis Enrique back to the club where he spent an unimpressive season in 2011/12, when Roma were clearly in transition. The two sides last met 13 years ago, again in the Champions League second group stage, when they drew 1-1 in Barcelona and Roma won the return 3-0 with Luis Enrique in the Barcelona side. Incredibly, there is one playing survivor from those games - Roma
leader Inter Milan. Promoted Bologna is still looking for its first points. The Brazilian-born Eder opened the scoring in the 75th with a shot that banged in off the post and Soriano doubled the lead four minutes later with a powerful effort from beyond the area.
Bologna substitute Luca Rizzo was sent off after picking up his second yellow shortly after the hour mark. Bologna forward Emanuele Giaccherini, on debut after a loan from Sunderland, exited in the first half with an apparent groin injury. (ap)
Bayern confident of injured Ribery’s comeback this year BERLIN - Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery will return to action this year after fully recovering from a dragging ankle injury, club Chief Executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said on Tuesday. The Frenchman has been out of action since March after being injured in their Champions League game against Shakhtar Donetsk with an initial recovery estimate of a few days. Six months on and Bayern can still not provide a comeback date for Ribery, who has admitted to being frustrated by the slow recovery progress. “It is now mid-September and I think that
will be the case, that during 2015 he will be a whirling again,” Rummenigge told reporters. “What was important is to have the right diagnosis and treatment. I am not that pessimistic and I think in the not too distant future he will come back. That of course does not mean this week or next week,” Rummenigge said. “But he will come back. I am fully convinced of that and that is the key thing.” The 32-year-old has missed the final stretch of their league title-winning season as well as the entire pre-season preparation as he still struggles with the injury. New signing Douglas Costa has been in su-
perb form in Ribery’s natural position, making any quick return to the starting lineup even more improbable. Bayern, who also have fellow winger Arjen Robben out injured, are level with Borussia Dortmund on 12 points at the top of the Bundesliga and kick off their Champions League group stage with a game at Olympiakos in Piraeus on Wednesday. (rtr)
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MADRID — Luis Alberto set up one goal before scoring another as Deportivo La Coruna beat Rayo Vallecano 3-1 for its first win of the Spanish league season on Monday. Alberto, who arrived on loan from Liverpool this season, crossed for Celso Borges to score with a skillful header in the seventh minute at Rayo’s Vallecas Stadium. Adrian Embara equalized in the 27th when Patrick Ebert smartly let a pass run through to unsettle the defense and leave his teammate alone to beat Deportivo goalkeeper
German Lux. But Deportivo restored its lead for good seconds after the restart, when Alberto drove a low strike into the lower corner of the net following a bungle by two Rayo defenders who clashed while trying to clear the ball. Striker Lucas Perez proved a pest for Rayo’s defenders with his pressure and constant darting runs, one of which Pedro Mosquera met with a through ball for the former Rayo player to seal the victory in the 61st. Rayo finished with 10 men after Ebert was sent off with a second
booking for protesting in the 77th. Deportivo’s win lifted the Galician side into seventh place on five points after three rounds. Rayo was left winless and in second-to-last place with one point. “We needed to keep more possession, create more chances and just play our style,” said Embara. “We can only keep training and I am sure we will improve.” Barcelona leads the league as the only team to win the first three games of the season. Real Madrid, Celta Vigo, Villarreal and Eibar are next with seven points each. (ap)
LONDON - It took Steve McClaren several years to overcome his image as a figure of fun, standing on the touchline at Wembley under an umbrella as the rain poured down and England were eliminated from the Euro 2008 qualifiers. A “wally with the brolly” tabloid newspapers dubbed him. After some restorative work abroad with FC Twente and Vfl Wolfsburg, he returned to English football for an unsuccessful spell with Derby County and his reputation is in danger of sagging again unless Newcastle United, who he joined in June, quickly improve on their early-season results. McClaren’s nemesis that wet Wembley night, Croatia’s coach Slaven Bilic, was in the opposite technical area again on Monday as West Ham United’s 2-0 victory sent Newcastle to the bottom of the Premier League with two points from five games. It was the north-east club’s fourth successive league game without scoring, despite a net spend during the summer transfer window estimated at more than forty one million pounds ($63.28 million), second only to Manchester City’s. Newcastle’s passionate supporters have long been urging controversial owner Mike Ashley to spend some serious money to strengthen the squad. Now that he has done so, McClaren risks becoming the new target of their anger. Critics have pointed out that his four main signings all came from Belgium, the Netherlands and France, with no experience of English football. To be fair, the most high-profile of them, Serbian striker Aleksandar
Mitrovic, has hardly helped with his indiscipline. Given a yellow card less than five seconds into his debut against Southampton, he was sent off for an even worse challenge against Arsenal and banned for three matches, starting with Monday night’s game. Newcastle must therefore continue to do without him for their next fixtures, at home to Watford on Saturday and Chelsea on Sat-
urday week. McClaren was an assistant to Alex Ferguson when Manchester United won the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup in 1999, and was England manager from 2006-07. He has been in football long enough to know that results are everything, so he understands better than anyone that Newcastle need some positive ones -- and quickly. (rtr)
McClaren needs results to revive his reputation
playmaker Francesco Totti who will 39 at the end of the month. “I want to win at least one title with my captain, Francesco Totti,” said Garcia. “I don’t know if Totti or the Pope are more important in Rome, but I can certainly say that for Francesco, the Roma shirt is like a second stint. “He’s an extraordinary player, on and off the field, and we are just pacing him in training, but he never asks for any special favours.” (rtr)
Eder and Soriano score as Sampdoria beats Bologna 2-0
GENOA — Italy internationals Eder and Roberto Soriano scored second-half goals as Sampdoria beat 10-man Bologna 2-0 Monday in Serie A in a match that was postponed for a day due to bad weather. The win moved Sampdoria level second with five other clubs, two points behind
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Deportivo beats Rayo 3-1 for 1st win of Spanish season
ROME - AS Roma supporters may be looking ahead to Barcelona’s Champions League visit with some trepidation and coach Rudi Garcia certainly does not seem to be bursting with optimism. Roma have finished second in Serie A for the last two seasons but still there is still a clear gap between themselves and Europe’s top clubs, despite the addition of Edin Dzeko and Mohamed Salah. Barcelona’s visit to the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday, which kicks off their Champions League title defence, comes just under a year after Roma lost 7-1 at home to Bayern Munich in the same competition. The Bavarians sliced through the Roma defence almost at will as they scored five goals in a bewildering half hour spell in the first half. Roma went on to finish third in the group after taking one point in two games off Manchester City while domestically they have come up short in matches against Juventus, with three defeats in their last
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Barcelona’s Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring a goal against Atletico Madrid’s during their Spanish first division soccer match at Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, September 12, 2015.
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West Ham United’s manager Slaven Bilic with Newcastle manager Steve McLaren before the game
Action Images via Reuters / Alan Walter
Arsenal’s Petr Cech celebrates at the end of the match
Cech looking forward to beating former club Chelsea again
Arsenal’s Petr Cech is looking forward to beating Chelsea for the second time when the Gunners visit the goalkeeper’s former club in the Premier League on Saturday. Arsenal defeated the champions in the Community Shield at Wembley -- the first time in 14 attempts that Arsene Wenger got the better of Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho. The clubs sit at opposite ends of the table, with the Gunners having recovered well from their opening day league loss against West Ham United to climb to fourth place on 10 points, while Chelsea are languishing two points above the relegation zone after their latest defeat by Everton at the weekend. “Obviously it will be new to play against Chelsea but when you start playing the game the only concern you have is ‘can I play my best game and can we win?’” Cech, who left Chelsea after losing his place in the first team to Thibaut Courtois, was quoted as saying by the London Evening Standard. “In a way it is nice that I spent so much time there. That I know every corner of the stadium and the space, so for me there will be no surprises.” “I have never played at Stamford Bridge
in the visiting team so it will be a new experience for me,” he added. “I go to a familiar place but most important for me will be to win the game. That’s the way it goes.” Midfielder Mesut Ozil, who joined the Gunners from Real Madrid two years ago for a club record fee that made him the most expensive German footballer in history, said he is keen to repay Wenger’s faith in him with good performances. The 26-year-old has been criticised throughout his career at Arsenal, despite winning two FA cups and having created a total of 76 chances in 2015, more than any other player in the Premier League. He has, however, always found a staunch supporter in Wenger. “He (Wenger) has experience and in past years you’ve seen him develop some top players,” Ozil told the club’s website (www.arsenal.com). “I get on really well with him and he gives me his trust. I’m thankful to him for that and to be praised by a coach like him means a lot.” “I thank him for that through good performances on the pitch. I just want to help the team as much as possible on the pitch -- that’s my target,” the World Cup winner added. (rtr)
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Tenganan, a village with Pandanus War Tradition
AMLAPURA - Tenganan is one of the traditional villages located in the Manggis subdistrict, Karangasem. It has a pattern of life which refers to customary rules known as awig-awig or bylaw. Local people maintain it as a tradition inherited from their ancestors as the Bali Aga
village or Balinese ancient village. Design and spatial layout of their buildings are still original until now and comply with the customary rules. Apart from the architectural design of the buildings, the village is also known to have distinctive traditional attire made from geringsing
fabric. The belief held by Tenganan community is different from the other Balinese residents in general where they do not recognize caste. Besides, Tenganan village also has a unique tradition known as pandanus war. It is named pandanus war because all the participants in the war
armed with thorny pandanus leaf. If you want to watch, simply come in June precisely at two o’clock in the afternoon. Pandanus war is a form of respect showed by the villagers to Lord Indra as the God of War. When the pandanus war is held, all the villagers put on customary
attires of Tenganan better known as Pegringsingan. Meanwhile, the participants of pandanus war put on sarong, shawl and headband. Before starting, the residents of Tenganan perform ngelawang procession or traveling around the village to beg salvation.
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McLaren-Honda wouldn’t block Kevin Magnussen exit for 2016
McLaren has confirmed it would not stand in the way of its Formula 1 reserve Kevin Magnussen should the Dane receive a racing offer from elsewhere for 2016. After a rookie season that included a podium on his F1 race debut in last year’s Australian Grand Prix, Magnussen was demoted to reserve status for 2015 following the return of Fernando Alonso. Magnussen has since made clear he wants his seat back at McLaren, although racing director Eric Boullier has stated the team “intends” to keep Jenson Button for 2016 given the option on the ‘09 world champion’s contract. Boullier made clear McLaren will not hold Magnussen back should he wish to pursue other avenues. “If we can offer him something here, a drive - and I’m not the only one to decide - yes, he obviously takes priority,” said Boullier. “He is a McLaren driver, and he is always claiming he would like to race again for McLaren. “But if we cannot then personally I would never stop him from racing somewhere else, of course.” With few seats available at other teams, and with the clock ticking, Magnussen’s options are few and far between, although he has been linked with a drive for newcomer Haas. He also had the possibility of a Honda-powered IndyCar drive at the start of the year, though that was prevented by the need to step in for the concussed Alonso in the season-opening F1 race in Australia. A technical problem meant Magnussen failed to even start in Melbourne and he has spent the remainder of the season on the sidelines, with Oliver Turvey and Stoffel Vandoorne sharing duties with the race drivers in the in-season F1 tests. Magnussen said during the summer there was “no way in hell” he would accept not having a race seat of some form in 2016. (rtr)
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FILE -In this Aug. 22, 2015 file photo, backdropped by Sugar Loaf Mountain, athletes compete in the men’s marathon swimming test event, ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, off Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Aussie Olympic coaches encouraging late nights and sleep-ins
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The 47 swimmers and 33 support staff and coaches are in camp this week at the Australian Institute of Sport, where they’re simulating the schedule they’ll have to contend with in Rio — heats in the early afternoon, with finals from 10 p.m. until midnight. They’re all wearing sleep and activity watches to collect data for the duration of the camp. “It is a great opportunity to kick off the season and to get a lot of things sorted from a medical point of view and nutrition,” Australia’s head coach Jacco Verhaeren said Tuesday. “A great focus here is sleep and recovery strategies so we are prepared for Rio.” Swimming Australia said Shona Halson, the head of recovery at the AIS, will analyze the data and develop strategies that maximize sleep, recovery and performance
without the need for medication. It’s not a program that suits the typical swimmer in Australia, where they’re usually up early for training. On Monday and Tuesday, everyone trained from 1-3 p.m., had lunch between 5-6 p.m. then trained again from 10 p.m. until midnight, followed by dinner. On Wednesday and Thursday, the program called for racing from 1-3 p.m. and again from 10 p.m. until midnight. Olympic relay gold medalist Cate Campbell said she usually likes to get 10 hours of sleep each night, but has managed to adjust her routine for the camp. “I really rely on sleep and some people call me ‘The Bear’ for my hibernating,” Campbell said. “Sleep quality and duration is very important and it is so good to do this preparation now. It is about changing
said she was enjoying the experiment. “It’s just like adapting to jet lag for us and we have our fancy sleep watches on all the time collecting lots of data to see what we are doing right and what we are doing wrong — it is really a great experiment for us.” The Australian Olympic Committee has reinforced its ban on the use of sleeping medication for athletes after the men’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay team was fined and sanctioned by the team for using Stillnox at a camp in Manchester leading up to the 2012 London Olympics. Stillnox was not a banned substance, but the AOC prohibited Australian athletes from using it after former Olympic champion Grant Hackett revealed he became dependent on sleeping pills during his career. (ap)
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SEOUL, South Korea — A day after threatening long-range rocket launches, North Korea declared Tuesday that it has upgraded and restarted all of its atomic fuel plants so it can produce more — and more sophisticated — nuclear weapons. Neither announcement was entirely unexpected, and outside analysts see the back-to-back warnings as part of a general North Korean playbook of using claimed improvements in its nuclear and missile programs to push for talks with the United States that could eventually provide the impoverished country with concessions and eased sanctions. But the threats could deepen a standoff between North Korea and the U.S. and its allies because they strike at Washington’s fear that each North Korean rocket and nuclear test puts it another big step closer to its stated goal of an arsenal of nuclear-tipped long-range missiles that can hit the U.S. mainland. North Korea has spent decades trying to develop just such a weapon, and while it is thought to have a small arsenal of atomic bombs and an impressive array of short- and medium-range missiles, it has yet to demonstrate that it can produce nuclear bombs small enough to place on a missile or can make reliable long-range missiles. Still, it has conducted three nuclear tests and a series of steadily improving long-range rocket launches, and some analysts see Tuesday’s announcement as foreshadowing an upcoming fourth nuclear test, which would push North Korea further along in its nuclear aims. North Korea said Tuesday in its state media that, as it pledged to do in 2013, the plutonium and highly enriched uranium facilities at its main
Nyongbyon nuclear complex have finally been “rearranged, changed or readjusted and they started normal operation.” It said its scientists had improved “the levels of nuclear weapons with various missions in quality and quantity.” North Korea, an autocracy run by the same family since 1948, closely controls information about its nuclear program, which it describes as a sovereign right meant to combat U.S. military hostility. As a result, just what is happening at Nyongbyon is unclear. North Korea booted out international inspectors in 2009, and independent assessments by outside experts since then have been spotty. At various points in the decadeslong standoff over its nuclear ambitions, North Korea has said it has shut down or restarted its atomic fuel production. In 2013, it restarted a plutonium reactor that had been shuttered under a 2007 disarmament agreement. Satellite imagery earlier this year showed signs it still wasn’t operating fully. A uranium enrichment facility unveiled to a visiting American scientist in 2010 presumably gives North Korea a second way to make fissile material for bombs. On Monday, the North’s aerospace agency said it is ready to launch new satellites aboard long-range rockets as part of celebrations of next month’s ruling communist party anniversary. The world will “clearly see a series of satellites soaring into the sky
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FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2012 file photo, a screen at the General Satellite Control and Command Center shows the moment North Korea’s Unha-3 rocket is launched in Pyongyang, North Korea. at times and locations determined” by the Workers’ Party, an unidentified director at the North’s National Aerospace Development Administration director was quoted as saying by state media. North Korea has said its satellite launches are peaceful and meant for weather observation, but the West considers them covers for banned tests of long-range missiles. Analysts in Seoul said North Korea’s announcements suggest an
imminent nuclear test. “A nuclear test without a long-range rocket test is not effective,” said Lim Eul Chul, a North Korea expert at South Korea’s Kyungnam University. “The vicious circle is being repeated.” After several failures, North Korea put its first satellite into space with a long-range rocket launched in late 2012. The U.N. said it was a banned test of ballistic missile technology and imposed sanctions. Experts say that ballistic missiles and rockets
used in satellite launches share similar bodies, engines and other technology. An angry North Korea then conducted its third nuclear test in February 2013, inviting further international condemnation and sanctions. Later that year it threatened Seoul and Washington with nuclear strikes. South Korea’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that it had not detected any sign indicating North Korea is preparing a rocket launch. (ap)
Maldives criticizes UN’s call to free jailed ex-president
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Human rights lawyers Amal Clooney, right, and Jared Genser, address the media in Male, Maldives, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. Clooney said Thursday that her legal team will pursue international sanctions and travel bans against the Maldives as part of efforts to secure the release of the countryís jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Maldives criticized the U.N. human rights chief’s call to release the country’s imprisoned former president, calling it an effort to circumvent rule of law. The foreign ministry said in a statement Monday that it rejects High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein’s allegation that the law in the Maldives is being manipulated for political ends. “To seek the release of an individual purely on the basis of his political standing . is inappropriate, and clearly seeks to circumvent the rule of law,” the statement said. Hussein made his comments in his opening speech at the human rights council. “I was initially encouraged by the government’s decision, in July, to move former President Nasheed to
house arrest, for health reasons and to appeal his conviction after a flawed trial. But the decision to return him to prison last month, and pursuit of a further criminal investigation against his family, are serious setbacks,” Hussein said. “Given the deeply tainted nature of this case, I urge the government to release him, and to review several hundred pending criminal cases against opposition supporters in relation to protests in recent months.” Former President Mohamed Nasheed is serving a 13-year sentence after being found guilty of ordering the military to arrest a top judge three years ago. The verdict alleged that the judge’s arrest was akin to abducting, an offense under the terrorism law. His trial was criticized internationally for
an apparent lack of due process. Nasheed’s lawyers said that they were not given enough time to prepare their defense and not allowed to call witnesses. After his conviction the case documents were not given to them in time to lodge an appeal, they said. Hopes for Nasheed’s release increased after his party and the government started negotiations in June and Nasheed’s lawyers said that his sentence had been commuted to house arrest. However he was sent back to prison after eight weeks and the government said that the house arrest was only a temporary measure considering Nasheed’s health. Nasheed in 2008 became the country’s first democratically elected president, ending a 30-year autocratic rule. (ap)
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BUSINESS Emerging economies plea for end to US rates agony
PARIS - Some of the world’s biggest emerging economies are pleading for the United States to end their drawn-out agony and raise interest rates now. Already hit by a commodities crash sparked by the slowing of China’s once-booming economy, the mere prospect of the US Federal Reserve raising interest rates -- perhaps as soon as Thursday -- has battered the emerging giants that were once the world’s top performers. Lured by the promise of bigger returns when the Federal Reserve eventually begins raising interest rates, investors are already moving
their money to safer, yet profitable, US destinations. In August alone, panicky investors dumped equities held in emerging economies to the tune of $8.7 billion, according to the Institute of International Finance. The dollar meanwhile, has climbed. The International Monetary Fund warned this month against a “premature” increase in US interest rates as the slowdown in Chinese
growth and the ensuing commodities price collapse ripples through the world economy, and emerging economies in particular. Some key emerging economies, however, would rather bring a swift end to the painful wait. The Fed’s decision is “probably the most anticipated event in the last century,” Peru central bank chief Julio Valarde told the Nikkei Asian Review on a visit to Tokyo last week. “What is surprising is how many central bankers with whom I talk prefer the hike to come as soon as possible,” Valarde said,
arguing that the uncertainty of the wait was more damaging than the interest rate increase itself. Indian central bank governor Raghuram Rajan agreed. For Indonesia’s central bank, too, the doubts are of the greate s t c o n c e r n . “ We t h i n k U S monetary policymakers have got confused about what to do. The uncertainty has created the turmoil,” Mirza Adityaswara, deputy governor at Indonesia’s central bank, told the Financial Times. Financial markets have not forgotten the precedent of mid-
2013 when then Federal Reserve governor Ben Bernanke evoked the possibility of a future increase in interest rates and sparked a flight of capital from emerging markets. Hopes for an end to the agony may be dashed even if the Fed pulls the benchmark US federal funds rate up from zero percent, where it has been frozen since the financial crisis of 2008, analysts said. Mixed figures on US employment and uncertainty over Chinese economic growth could prompt Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen to wait a little longer, analysts said. (afp)
China woes weigh on Asia, yen up as BoJ holds fire
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A man walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. Shares meandered in Asia on Tuesday as investors awaited a policy statement from the Bank of Japan as well as the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision later this week on whether to raise interest rates.
HONG KONG - Shanghai led most Asian shares lower Tuesday as China’s economic woes keep investors on edge, while Japan’s Nikkei gave up early gains and the yen rallied after the country’s central bank held off fresh measures to shore up its torpid economy. While the China-fuelled global volatility that has characterised much of the past month’s trading has eased off, the morning’s confidence waned as traders moved out of higher-yielding, or riskier, assets while they await a key US interest rate decision this week. The Australian dollar, given an early boost by news the popular Malcolm Turnbull would replace Tony Abbott as prime minister, relinquished initial gains. Traders in Shanghai took more money off the table, as a string of weak data trumps a weekend announcement that Beijing was planning a liberalisation of state-owned enterprises, including some privatisation. Also, Beijing’s decision to devalue the yuan last month reinforced fears the leadership is struggling to control the crisis, sending shockwaves through world markets. “Signs that China’s economy is going through a deeper slowdown are becoming more clear,” John Teja, a Jakarta-based director at PT Ciptadana Securities, said. Analysts also said a crackdown on illegal trading had also hit the market. “The market took the crackdown on accounts engaged in illegal trading harder than what the market regulator said,” Haitong Securities analyst Zhang Qi told AFP. “And the falling prices in turn strengthened selling momentum.” Leaders have launched an unprecedented rescue package -- including government-backed entities buying equities -- since the Shanghai market began crashing. It has lost about 40 percent since hitting a June 12 peak. On Tuesday Shanghai finished 3.52 percent down, the heaviest loss since late last month and extending a 2.67 percent fall suffered Monday. Hong Kong lost 0.25 percent in late trade and Sydney -- where several firms with links to China are listed -- closed down 1.53 percent. Despite recent turmoil across world markets and data showing Japan’s economy remains weak, the BoJ on Tuesday refused to unveil any further stimulus saying it “has continued to recover moderately”. Japanese growth remains tepid in the face of two years of massive government spending and central bank monetary easing. A promised inflation surge, the cornerstone of leaders’ drive to reignite the economy, has also not materialised. (afp)
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Indonesia fights fires as haze cloaks SEAsia before F1
JAKARTA - Indonesia Tuesday deployed an extra 1,600 military personnel to fight forest and farm fires that have cast a thick haze over the region, closing schools in Malaysia and shrouding Singapore in smog just as it prepares to host the glitzy Formula One race. President Joko Widodo ordered the military ramp-up on Sumatra after authorities declared a state of emergency in the island’s hard-hit Riau province Monday. The personnel were dispatched to Riau and South Sumatra provinces to help local authorities fight fires, joining over 1,000 soldiers sent to the area last week, Indonesia’s disaster agency said. Smog-belching blazes, an annual problem in Southeast Asia during the dry season, have intensified in Sumatra and the Indonesian part of Borneo island in the past two weeks, sending a cloud of acrid haze across the region.
The illegal fires are started, often by local farmers and landowners, to clear vast tracts of land to make way for palm oil and pulp and paper plantations, and Indonesia has failed to halt the practice despite years of pressure from its neighbours. Fears are mounting that the smog shrouding the skyline in regional financial hub Singapore, where air quality remained at unhealthy levels Tuesday, could affect this weekend’s Grand Prix. Organisers of Formula One’s only night race, which sees cars race along a brightly illuminated track alongside landmarks and is
coupled with pop concerts, have said they are closely monitoring the haze. A heavy downpour brought some relief to the affluent citystate Tuesday, but a strong smell of burning wood and foliage remained in the air. After announcing late Monday that more troops would be sent to Sumatra, Widodo said he had ordered law enforcement agencies to take action against “parties responsible for the forest fires”. “I want to stress that very firm legal action will be taken,” said the president, who is currently on a trip to the Middle East. Around 100 people and 15 companies are being investigated over the blazes, according to the disaster agency. Tens of thousands of people in smoke-choked regions of Sumatra
and Borneo have fallen ill, while air travel there -- as well as in parts of Malaysia -- has been hit by sporadic flight delays or cancellations due to poor visibility. Malaysia’s education ministry ordered schools closed in Kuala Lumpur, three adjacent states and the nearby administrative capital of Putrajaya, as the capital was enveloped in a smoky grey shroud. Air pollution indices in the affected areas were in the upper range of “unhealthy” and nearing “very unhealthy”. More than half of the country’s 52 monitoring stations registered “unhealthy” air on Tuesday. Malaysian authorities in several areas have distributed free face masks, while people with respiratory conditions were advised to cover their faces outdoors and all citizens were urged to limit un-
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necessary outdoor activity. Malaysian Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar told AFP he was “concerned because it affects the health of our people” and said he planned to meet his Indonesian counterpart, Siti Nurbaya Bakar, later this month to discuss the issue. Pressure to stop the annual outbreaks of smog has increased since 2013 when Southeast Asia suffered its worst air pollution crisis for more than a decade, but attempts to find a regional solution have moved slowly. Singapore said Monday Bakar had agreed to share the names of companies suspected of causing the fires. Indonesia has previously faced criticism for failing to hand over such information, which could be used to prosecute lawbreakers. (afp)
Indonesia seizes Uber cars in new setback
JAKARTA - Thirty Uber cars have been seized in the Indonesian capital Jakarta in recent months, a transport official said Monday, prompting the controversial ride-hailing app to accuse authorities of “unreasonable intimidation”. The news came after the city of Bandung, on the main island of Java, last week banned Uber, and as the Silicon Valley company faces challenges worldwide from regulators concerned about its business model and traditional taxi drivers angered at what they see as a threat. Uber, an app that allows customers to hail private rides via their phones, has proved popular in Jakarta, a metropolis plagued by monster traffic jams but with scant public transport. However Jakarta authorities say that Uber is operating illegally as it has no public transport permit and does not pay tax. Uber, however, insists it is not a public transport company, but a technology firm, which does not own or operate vehicles or employ drivers. A task force impounded the vehicles in two operations this month and last, the Jakarta transport office said. “It’s only 30 cars compared to thousands of cars they have, but I want people to learn a lesson that this is wrong,” head of the office, Andri Yansyah, told AFP. Yansyah said the car owners would have to go to court, pay a fine and sign a document stating they would not join any company such as Uber until it followed local regulations. Jakarta police spokesman Muhammad Iqbal said that while the cars were seized for operating illegally, the drivers themselves had not been detained. Uber spokesman Karun Arya said that Uber drivers in Jakarta had been victims of “frivolous and unreasonable intimidation by the enforcement authorities”. He added that Uber was looking forward to holding talks with Indonesian authorities and working towards a long-term solution, but Yansyah insisted vehicle seizures would continue until the firm made moves to adopt an official permit. Uber has been maintaining an aggressive international expansion plan despite fierce opposition in some countries from regulators and established taxi industry players. The company decided to suspend its low-cost service in France after a nationwide taxi strike in protest against Uber turned violent. San Francisco-based Uber says it operates in some 250 cities and 58 countries. (afp)
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Taxis with signs against the Uber ride-hailing service clog a street in Lisbon while moving at a slow pace in protest, Tuesday, Sept. 8 2015. Thirty Uber cars have been seized in the Indonesian capital Jakarta in recent months, a transport official said Monday, prompting the controversial ride-hailing app to accuse authorities of “unreasonable intimidation”.
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Allegations of blackmail at airport
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The Head of USA’s Army General Mark A Miley, left, accompanied by the Head of Indonesian Army General Mulyono Mulyono during the opening ceremony of PACC IX and PAMS XXXIX in Nusa Dua, Bali.
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Realize security stability in ASEAN
MANGUPURA - The leadership of the Army and senior officers from across Asia-Pacific held a meeting on Monday (Sep. 14) in Nusa Dua, Bali. The Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference (PACC) IX and the Pacific Armies Management Seminar (PAMS) XXXIX is taking place between September 14-17, 2015. The event was organized by the Indonesian Army and the US Army for Pacific Region (USARPAC). Important issues being discussed in the meeting include the insistence of the United States Army that world leaders come together to be aware of, prevent, combat and reduce the spread of the ISIS. Such an effort would also ensure security and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. The meeting was attended by Minister of Defense Gen. (ret) Ryamizard Riyacudu, Indonesian Army (TNI) Chief of Staff Gen. Mulyono and TNI military officials as well as US Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A Miley. The meeting was also attended by 26 leaders of the armies of France, China, the USA, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Nepal, Thailand, Tonga, New Zealand, India, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. In a press conference, General Mulyono revealed that the PACC and PAMS were the initiative of the United States Army and delivered to the trust to the Indonesian Army
to organize the activity in Indonesia. Additionally, during the meeting, Mulyono said that the conference forum of the army leaders in the Asia-Pacific region is held every two years and serves as a means of exchanging views, improving military cooperation and cooperation in the field of security. “PAMS was first held in 1978 seeking to enhance the understanding of military issues and the development of professional military cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region,” he said. Three topics discussed in the PACC IX and PAMS XXXIX were related to regional cooperation, local policies and the implementation of regional cooperation. They also discussed multilateral cooperation to maintain and build peace. “This event is carried out to establish multilateral cooperation in achieving security and stability in the AsiaPacific region,” affirmed Gen. Mulyono, accompanied by Gen. Mark A. Miley. Gen. Mark A. Miley revealed that the
government and the United States Army seriously want to realize security and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. On that account, the Asia-Pacific region has a certain level of security. Miley said that he hopes that world leaders will constantly keep the peace because it is a form of cooperation in a strong relationship in the Asia-Pacific region. He added that the presence of armies in all countries is essential to maintain security. According to him, this meeting is an opportunity to interact and develop multilateral relations. He praised the Indonesian Military for having a strong influence on security in Asia as evidenced by their ability to reduce conflict in the area of the South China Sea without any violence. Currently, the challenges and new threats come from terrorist groups operating in the Middle East, namely: ISIS. This organization, said Miley, spreads quickly and becomes a threat, so vigilance is required because they have violent and destructive ideology. “This becomes a threat to world’s peace. We invite the whole world to come together to prevent the spread of this organization and to muffle them. If possible, we should destroy this terrorist threat,” he said. (kmb36)
DENPASAR - The probe into allegations of a blackmail case at Ngurah Rai Airport, is being intensified by the investigators of the Denpasar Police Criminal Investigation unit. Chief of the Denpasar Police Criminal Investigation unit, Reinhard, said that his party has secured evidence related to the case. On that account, the probe will be upgraded to an investigation as soon as possible. “So far, we have secured two pieces of evidence, which is enough to increase the status to investigation,” said Reinhard, on Monday (Sep.14). When asked if there was a prospective suspect, the former chief of the North Kuta Police said: “Be patient -it is still being processed. When the file is complete, we’ll certainly inform the public”. Reinhard also said that for the application of the article, his party will hold case conference to ensure that the proper article is applied in accordance with the results of the investigation. “This case is being processed according to the rules. Are there any other victims? We are still investigating,” he said. Chief of Bali Police, Sugeng Priyanto, when asked about the progress of the blackmail case at the Kuta Police and Ngurah Rai Airport, confirmed that the investigation is ongoing and asked that the investigators be given space to carry out their duties. “This will be evaluated. We will carry out investigation in accordance with the rules,” said Sugeng after attending a welcoming ceremony at the Bali Police headquarters. As previously reported, a 33 year old tourist from Taiwan, named Zhang Tao, reported a case of blackmail that he allegedly experienced at the Ngurah Rai Airport, on Saturday (Sep. 12), to the Ngurah Rai Airport Police Authority. Zhang told the airport officer that he had been blackmailed by an unscrupulous official at the international arrivals terminal. The victim, along with his friends from Hong Kong, landed at the international arrivals terminal of the Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, having flown on China Southern Airlines, flight number CZ3005 at approximately at 00:10 a.m. Upon arrival at the scene, the victim and his friends underwent the standard examination of travel and immigration documents at the immigration check point (TPI). At that time, the officer on duty at the counter was wearing a red jacket and using a cell phone suddenly showed a photo of foreign banknotes with denominations of 500 to the victim. The victim said that he did not have as much money as much as the officer had shown on the cell phone, so he handed over 100 yuan. The officer however responded by shaking his head while showing two fingers. The victim gave the officer another 100 yuan and was then allowed to pass. (kmb36)
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Kuwaiti court sentences 7 to death over mosque bombing KUWAIT CITY — A Kuwaiti court sentenced seven people to death Tuesday over an Islamic State-claimed suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in the capital that killed 27 people in June, state media reported. Another eight defendants received prison terms of between two to 15 years, while another 14 were acquitted by Judge Mohammad AlDuaij in his verdict, the state-run KUNA news agency reported. Defense lawyers for those convicted could not be immediately reached for comment. Typically, those sentenced to death can appeal. The June 26 bombing during Friday prayers inside one of Kuwait’s oldest Shiite mosques, carried out by a Saudi citizen identified as Fahad Suleiman Abdulmohsen al-Gabbaa, shocked the normally peaceful oil-rich nation. The blast at the Imam Sadiq Mosque, which also wounded 227 people, was the first major terrorist attack in Kuwait in more than two decades. After the blast, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack. The Sunni extremists, who hold a third of Iraq and neighboring Syria in their self-declared “caliphate,” view Shiite Muslims as heretics and have attacked their mosques in other countries across the Mideast. Executions remain rare in Kuwait, though it hanged five convicted criminals in 2013, according to Amnesty International. Kuwait carried out no executions in 2014, according to Amnesty. For decades, Kuwait has been among the safest and quietest corners of the Middle East, with Sunni and Shiite Muslims living alongside each other in relative peace. It suffered an invasion under former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in the first Gulf War, but traditionally has not faced extremist attacks. The last massive attack here was in 1983, when Iranian-backed Shiite militants from Iraq carried out bombings that killed at least five people and targeted Western embassies. (ap)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 file photo, a man uses his mobile to take pictures inside a Shiite mosque hit by two bombs in Sanaa, Yemen.
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A Syrian refugee boy walks in a sunflower field while he and other migrants wait inside and outside a bus before being taken by Hungarian police to board a train to the Austrian border, in Roszke, southern Hungary, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015.
Hungary to deploy army to stop migrants at border
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in two of its southeastern counties in response to the migration crisis, a move that paves the way to deploy the army to the border with Serbia to stop the flow of migrants that has been entering the country. The state of emergency gives authorities greater powers to deal with the crisis, allowing them to shut down roads and limit the working of public institutions. It also speeds up court processes for asylum-seekers. Technically, parliament must still approve the deployment of the military. However, Associated Press reporters at the border have already spotted heavily armed military personnel with vehicles and dogs at the border in recent days. The announcement on the state of emergency comes as tougher laws also came into effect on Tuesday aimed at preventing asylum-seekers from entering the country. The legislation makes it a crime to try to breach a razorwire fence along the border with Serbia and also includes longer prison terms for convicted human traffickers. Hungarian officials closed two of seven border crossings with Serbia Tuesday morning. The night before, officials deployed a boxcar covered with razor wire to close a key border crossing along a railroad track that had been the main entry point for migrants. There were chaotic scenes at the main border crossing near Roszke, Hungary, as the Hungarians opened a small temporary office to process people on the edge of no man’s land
and crowds tried to squeeze inside. A first group of about 20 managed to get in, but thousands remained outside. A group of migrants also blocked the main highway connecting Serbia and Hungary, saying they will refuse food and water until they are allowed to cross into Hungary. The sit-in protest is happening on the no man’s land between Roszke and Horgos, Serbia, which is the main border crossing between the two countries. Those who were lucky enough to make it into Hungary the day before were boarding buses. One Hungarian police officer said they were being sent directly to Austria. People had dashed to make it into the country in recent days, hoping to reach Western Europe before it was too late. A record 9,380 migrants entered Hungary on Monday, beating the previous record of 5,809 set just a day earlier. Some 200,000 migrants have entered Hungary so far in 2015, nearly all by walking across the southern border with Serbia. Almost all, however, simply transit Hungary on their way to Germany or other Western European nations. Under the new laws, most migrants entering the country from Serbia can be turned away because that country is considered safe and
could theoretically provide them asylum. The new law also makes it a crime to damage the 4-meter (13-foot) razor-wire fence that Hungary has built on the 110-mile (175-kilometer) border with Serbia, giving police the power to detain anyone trying to breach it. The state of emergency allows the government to mobilize the army — pending parliamentary approval next week — to help police with border control, and forces courts to prioritize cases involving migrants caught entering Hungary illegally. Police can enter and search homes where migrants who entered Hungary illegally are believed to be hiding. Germany’s interior minister, Thomas de Maiziere, on Tuesday said he supports the idea of cutting European Union funding to countries that refuse to share the burden of hosting refugees. Several EU countries, particularly in the former Eastern bloc, have rejected calls from Germany and the EU’s executive Commission for mandatory quotas to spread refugees out among the 28-nation bloc. De Maiziere told ZDF television that there needs to be discussion of how to exert pressure and that the countries rejecting quotas often receive significant amounts of EU funding. He said that Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has suggested — “and I find that right” — that “we should talk about (them) getting less money from the structural funds.”(ap)
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Google debuts mobilepay service in 2nd try
SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s answer to the Apple Pay mobile-payment service is debuting in the U.S., marking a do-over by the company behind the world’s most-used operating system for smartphones. Android Pay will be similar to Apple Pay, except it works on Android phones rather than Apple’s iPhones. On some Samsung Android phones, it will sit alongside Samsung Pay. All three services let people buy goods at retail stores
by tapping their phones against the store’s payment terminal. The user’s debit or credit card on file then gets charged. Google Wallet, the company’s first attempt in mobile payments, flopped because it didn’t have a
big enough network of compatible devices and wireless carriers willing to work with it. Softcard, a rival effort by Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, also got little traction. Google Inc. bought much of Softcard’stechnology and is combin-
ing the two to form Android Pay. The timing is also better for Android Pay. Apple Pay has raised awareness about mobile payments and more merchants now have equipment capable of accepting the payments. Android Pay will start rolling out in the U.S. on Thursday, though it might take up to a week for some users to get it from the Android app
store. The app will come installed on new, compatible phones from AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon — the Softcard partners. Samsung Pay has been available in South Korea since Aug. 20. A U.S. trial began Aug. 25, with a broader debut planned for Sept. 28. Apple Pay launched in the U.S. last October and expanded to the U.K. this summer. (ap)
Nintendo, Google spinoff Niantic in smartphone Pokemon game TOKYO — Imagine coming out of your office, home, or school and getting an alert: A Pikachu is lurking behind a nearby tree, and the chase is on. Japanese video game company Nintendo Co., the Pokemon Co. and Google spin-off Niantic said Thursday they intend to transplant the virtual realities of the famous Pokemon “pocket monsters” into real-world locations with a smartphone app that players can use to catch, trade and stage battles between the creatures. Location-gaming app Pokemon GO is similar to Niantic’s “Ingress” real-world adventure game, which reports 12 million downloads. The Nintendo game will be released in 2016, initially as a free download. Nintendo also created Pokemon GO Plus, a small, wearable Bluetooth device that will use vibrations and flashes to alert players to Pokemon lurking in their surroundings. Pokemon, or Pocket Monsters, are a franchise that began in 1996, created by Japanese video game developer Game Freak, which was acquired by Nintendo and also is involved in creating the new app. The best known of the imaginary creatures is likely the tubby, yellow Pikachu, with his lightning strike tail, rosy cheeks and brown-tipped rabbit ears. The games call for players to
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In this Feb. 16, 2014 file photo, a Pikachu of Pokemon display hangs above Toy Fair 2014 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York on the opening day of the 111th American International Toy fair.
catch and collect Pokemon, train them and stage battles while pursuing various adventures. Aside from games, there are Pokemon cartoons, toys, and trading cards. Niantic Inc. was founded as a Google subsidiary by Google Earth co-creator John Hanke. Its mobile game uses GPS technology to create a science fiction “augmented reality.” Kyoto, Japan-based Nintendo held back from smartphone games, but in March announced an alliance with Japanese mobile game company DeNA to develop games for mobile devices. In the end, Pokemon GO was a pet project for its late president, Satoru Iwata, said Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. “Nintendo has created a wide variety of games and game devices. All of them have helped to expand the game population,” Miyamoto said. “Pokemon GO and Pokemon GO Plus represent another step in realizing that mission.” Conveying how the game might actually work is a challenge, acknowledged Tsunekazu Ishihara, president and CEO of Pokemon. “You find the Pokemon with the smartphone. You’ll have a map on your mobile device to find the Pokemon and you can try to catch them,” he said. A video virtualization of the game seemed almost hallucinatory, with images of the Pokemon showing up on a screen operating like a video camera and masses of people chasing through streets. Ishihara said one of the biggest challenges of designing the game is ensuring that the real world location data gathered by GPS and replicated in the game would not put people in danger. “You don’t want people rushing into traffic,” he said. (ap)
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Giri Campuhan waterfall, a hidden tourism potential in Bangli
BANGLI - Giri Campuhan is the name of a waterfall that has been gaining popularity among the people of Bangli. The waterfall located at Tembuku village has a natural charm that is no less admirable than other waterfall attractions. In addition to enjoying the grandeur of the waterfalls, visitors can also enjoy the nearby Dutch heritage buildings. The terrain leading to the Giri Campuhan waterfalls is an easy 20 minute walk from the road. Starting from Masceti Temple, visitors take a footpath through the rice fields, and unlike most over waterfalls, an ancient 50 meter long cave must be passed through to get to the waterfalls. After going through the fairly dark cave, ones’ eyes are then greeted by the exotic scenery of Giri Campuhan with two separate waterfalls. One of the falls is about 25 meters high, while the other waterfall flows over different layers of stratified rock in terraces, also known as a tiered waterfall. Headman of Tembuku, Ketut Mudiarsa, said that since Giri Campuhan has become more widely known in recent weeks, so more people are visiting the waterfall -mostly in the afternoon. The waterfall is visited by locals from Tembuku village but also by people from other regions. “The
waterfall has become well known through the exposure brought to it by the customary youth club of our village” he explained. Mudiarsa revealed that he has wanted to develop the waterfall into a tourist attraction but since the waterfall straddles the border between Tembuku and Nuanglan, he has had to coordinate with the neighbouring village. “To manage the tourism potential, I have met with the headman of Nyanglan, who responded positively to the development plan. So far nothing is official though,” said Mudiarsa. If the neighboring village agrees, the waterfall will be jointly managed by involving all headmen including the chief of the subak organization. The headman of both villages as well as the subdistrict head, said Mudiarsa, would become the patrons, so that no problems arise in the future when the waterfalls becomes famous. (kmb40)
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Giri Campuhan is the name of a waterfall that has been gaining popularity among the people of Bangli. The waterfall located at Tembuku village has a natural charm that is no less admirable than other waterfall attractions.
Foot of Ngampo Hill being dredged
AMLAPURA - The foot of Ngampo Hill around Garba Temple locates in Jungutan village, Bebandem, is being dredged by deploying heavy machinery. The dredging is being done with the aim of selling the rock. However, the dredging is being done without a permit from the Integrated Licensing Office (KPPT). Local resident, Made Suti, said that the dredging has been going on for two weeks now. The dredging -similar to mining, is allegedly being carried out by a local resident identified as Simpen. The exact area of land being worked out is unknown. According to observations made at the location, the dredging is being done by deploying several types of heavy machinery. The boulders thus excavated were directly loaded onto trucks that immediately leave the locations once full. Suti said that every day about 15 to 20 truck loads of boulders and taken away. The boulders are apparently being sold outside the region, in areas such as Gianyar and Denpasar. Seti said that she did IBP/Bagiarta The foot of Ngampo Hill around Garba Temple locates in Jungutan village, Bebandem, is not know whether the dredging activbeing dredged by deploying heavy machinery. The dredging is being done with the aim ity was being done with a permit or not and suggested asking the acting of selling the rock.
headman of Jungutan, Pak Suradnya. Unfortunately, he was not willing to give any explanations. On Sunday (Sept. 13) he was contacted several times but he did not respond. Meanwhile, Head of the Karangasem Integrated Licensing Office, I Ketut Sumarta, claimed that he did not to know about the dredging activities and affirmed that his office had never issued a permit for dredging at Jungutan village. He considers the dredging that is using heavy equipment to be similar to mining. If it does fall under the category of mining, a permit from the KPPT is required even if they are operating on the private land of a local resident. Chief of Karangasem Municipal Police, Iwan Supartha, also claimed not to know about the dredging activities at foot of Ngampo Hill around Garba Temple. If it has not been authorized, he asserted, the dredging must be stopped and the owner must be asked to submit a request for a permit to the KPPT. Supartha promised to look into the truth of the matter by reploying Municipal Police personnel to the location on Monday (Sep 14). (kmb31)
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Cover Story Inheritance ... From page 1 Ida Pedanda Gede Rai Manuaba explained that the idea of cultural inheritance has actually been the subject of discussions for some time. However, conservation efforts remain stagnant. Lately, Balinese people seem to be loosing their identity because of a lack of understanding about their Hindu inspired culture. In this era of globalization, Balinese people need to be mindful of external influences and be strict in choosing which values they incorporate into Balinese culture. Positive values from other cultures should be used to strengthen and enrich the values of local wisdom. “Now, ‘local genius’ only remains a discourse. Outside cultures are simply adopted lock, stock and barrel. Unavoidably, this results in a shift in Balinese cultural values,” he said. Ida Pedanda Manuaba expressed the view that customary villages are a bastion of defence against external influences and are the most important vehicle for the preservation of Balinese culture. Therefore, customary villages serve three main functions, namely; to serve as a space for the implementation of Hinduism, to facilitate people’s carrying out of religious teachings and to serve as a pubic forum for problemsolving. If these functions are not operating, village authorities and other members of the village need to do a self-evaluation. The mindset required to strengthen the functions of customary villages should also be looked at.
Customary villages should not be set adrift and should certainly not complicate things for people, especially regarding the implementation of Hindu teachings. “For example, customary village should orient their problemsolving function towards restoring the preservation of nature and its sanctity. Villages need to have penalties for villagers who defile the sanctity of the customary village, in the form of having to perform a ritual to restore the village sanctity. This is our law. Therein lies the sublime value,” said Ida Pedanda Manuaba. Chief of Tarukan customary village, I Wayan Artawan, revealed that Balinese culture is often misinterpreted. Balinese culture is often only considered to involve ceremonies and various artistic activities. Actually, when we look more closely we see that our culture is very broad and involves all aspects of life. When the overall cultural elements do not connect, the culture will be paralyzed. This is now happening in Bali. Balinese people, especially the younger generation, do not even know much about their own culture and even when they do know, they are unable to practice it. “For examples, the Balinese language including Balinese script and mesanti psalmody have been all but abandoned, with very few people left who are knowledgeable on these subjects. Currently, most people are only pursuing the fulfillment of their
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Balinese women performed during cultural parade that held in Denpasar, recently. Balinese people should be proud of inheriting a unique and unparalleled culture. This culture has worked as a magnet for the growth of the tourism sector that is currently the backbone of Bali’s economy.
economic needs,” said Artawan. He added that the uniqueness of Balinese culture lies in the spirit of the culture itself: the implementation of Hindu teachings. Various aspects of Balinese life are related to spiritual values. Any activity is always preceded with a ritual. Here again we find that the current generation does not understand about this aspect of the culture. “The spirit of the culture is the most important aspect of the culture. Without its spirit, Balinese culture will not have any advantages over the other cultures,” he said. Commitment
Similar opinions were also expressed by Headman of Pejeng Kaja, Dewa Gede Artha Putra, who said that he even doubted whether there was any real commitment to preserving Balinese culture. The cultural has shifted massively away from its roots and the substance of traditions and its implementation has become increasingly vague, he said. Take for example the concept of ngayah (devotional work). Formerly, ngayah performed unconditionally. Now, it is accompanied by the standard amount of sesari (offering donation). Most fatal is the fact that this mistaken concept continues to be replicated and is increasingly prevalent in practice. “I have doubts about whether the culture can be maintained. Based on my experience, I see that on the one hand we as Balinese people have inherited a noble culture that is admired by the world. On the other hand, have we not been foolish in showing off? Actually, we are committing cultural suicide by taking on the behaviours and cultural values of others. In this era of instant everything, money talks. How is our commitment to culture, government, community and public figures? Where are going as Balinese people?” he asked. Artha Putra said that there should be further talks about how to maintain Balinese culture. Nothing is eternal except for change. On that account, there needs to be a thorough evaluation of Balinese culture to see which aspects should be maintained and which should be modified or adjusted to current conditions. (ded)
Many people do not understand about cultural values
DENPASAR - Maintaining Balinese culture is increasingly not expected of Balinese people. The lifestyle of many Balinese people is tending more and more towards the practical, pragmatic and economically motivated, which is shifting the understanding and implementation of Balinese cultural values in many aspects of life. Exclusivism is flourishing in Balinese society. Cultural observer, Wayan Patra, in the discussion “Balinese Cultural Inheritance”, revealed that over the time, Balinese society has changed from being agrarian to being industrial. This has resulted in a change to people’s lifestyle. Kinship systems, the implementation of traditions and various other aspects of life now seem to be losing their spirit. The substance of local wisdom cannot even be identified and understood by most people of Bali today. Consequently, the implementation of cultural values has become a mear formality. Patra cited religious ceremonial offerings as an example of the shift that has occurred. In the past, Balinese people were directly involved in most of the preparations of their ceremonies and the making of offerings and other supplies were carried out jointly in the spirit of ngayah or devotional service. On the contrary, nowadays, many Balinese prefer to buy their offerings to make things easier. As a result, a lot of people do not understand about their own culture. Unfortunately, apart from many people loosing their understanding of their culture, the noble values of Balinese culture are often exploited for private gain by Balinese public figures. Lately, politicians or people wishing to pursue a particular position of power, posture the ngayah concept to ensite public sympathy. “Such ngayah is only a slogan. Some people said they want to do ngayah by becoming a regent or headman, whereas there is an element of personal interest. This should be observed by Balinese today,” he said. There is also the matter of exclusivism in society. Balinese people are now starting to classify themselves into exclusive groups. They proudly claim to belong to this class or that class. More sadly, this exclusivism has penetrated into the realm of religion or spiritual beliefs. The concept of the sublime union of religious sects or Mpu Kuturan into Hinduism in Bali has begun to be abandoned. Most Balinese forget that this Hindu unification in Bali is part of the spirit of Balinese culture made famous
around the world. “The transformation and regeneration process of Balinese culture will not be able to run properly if Balinese people lose their identity. It should be understood that Balinese culture is inspired by Hinduism. Our cultural inheritance system needs to be re-formulated by the empowerment of customary villages as a medium for implementing Hinduism. Without customary villages, cultural inheritance will only become a slogan,” he said. The same concerns were expressed by the younger generation. One student from the Hindu University of Indonesia (Unhi), Kadek Wijaya, said that currently many Balinese people are lazy about doing ngayah, with the excuse that they have to work and/ or ask for renumeration for this devotional work. If this paradigm continues, then it is possible that the ngayah tradition and other cultural aspects will vanish in the next generation. “Our culture is very easily crushed. So, our role today is to sort out whether the external cultures are worth imitating or not,” he said. Resident of Pejeng, Dewa Ketut Putrawan, said that cultural preservation cannot stop at the level of thought. All members of society must implement the culture through real action in over to anticipate the threats to Balinese culture. “What I see now, is that we are further away from cultural preservation efforts, such as preserving Balinese language. Pre-school children are now been able to speak Bahasa Indonesia because of watching soap operas in Bahasa Indonesia. Conversely, they rarely use the Balinese language. As a result, the Balinese language is vanishing,” he said. Cultural preservation effort must be instilled from an early age. On that account, it has to be started from the home and school environment. He also asked that Balinese language must still be included in the school curriculum. In addition, supporting educational aspects such as ashram or pesantian psalmody group at school level must be proliferated. (ded)
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Piodalan at Hotel Vila Lumbung SEMINYAK - This year’s Piodalan Ceremony at Hotel Vila Lumbung is more festive because it was accompanied by related activities. Starting from Tirta Yatra activity, that is the holy trip to the sacred temples to pray and “Mendak Tirtha”, Mendak Tirta is an activity to pursuit the holy water (Tirtha) that will be used during the Piodalan ceremony. This holy water is symbolizing all the blessings and the representation of God to bless to the land and all the people.
Tirtha Yatra activities conducted a few days before the main day of the Piodalan Ceremony by visiting Pemuteran Temple, Goa Sunia Temple, Ratu Gede Gamang Temple, Pulaki Temple, Pabean Temple, Ratu Niang Sakti Temple, Pasar Agung Temple, Beji Temple, Gedong Arta Temple, Melanting Temple, Puncak Manik Temple, Taman Temple, Belatungan Temple and Kerta Kawat Temple which are in Singaraja, then Jayaprana Temple, Segara Rupek Temple, Segara Kanjeng Ratu Kidul Temple and Rambut Siwi Temple in Jembrana, Dalem Sidakarya Temple, Dalem Pengembak Temple, Tanah Kilap Temple, Candi Narmada Temple, Kali Temple and Uluwatu Temple in Badung then Dalem Ped Temple which is located in Nusa Penida. One day before Piodalan, Hotel Vila Lumbung Management and
Team conducted the preparatory activities, including Mendak Tirtha once again to the Batu Bolong Temple, Peti Tenget Temple and Khayangan Tiga Temple at the local villages in Kerobokan, preparing the “Banten” as a instruments of Piodalan Ceremony, installating tents and “Bale Pemiosan”, decorating and putting the Wastra (cloth) towards all “Pelinggih”, preparing Penjor, manufacturing the Gebogan, Tamiang, Canang Sari and Kuangen which also contested between Hotel Vila Lumbung’s departments to sharpen the creativity, stimulating the spirit and refreshment of employees mind from the daily routine at work. On 29th of August 2015 was the main day of the Piodalan ceremony series. Date of Piodalan ceremony is known based on the Balinese calendar that is coincided on the Purnama
Ketiga, Tumpek Krulut, Saniscara Kliwon Krulut that will be coming once a year. Piodalan Ceremony has started at 9 am and begins with Mendak Ida Pedanda (Holly Priest) that is picking up the Holy One who will lead the Piodalan’s ceremony. Next to “Meprasita” that is cleaning all the hotel area by walking around and spreading the holy water that was taken during previous Tirtha Yatra, followed by Meprasita (cleansing) ourselves for each employees and also some guests who are staying participates in this procession then ends with “Muspa” (praying), to adore Ida Sang Hyang Widhi on all blessings that have been bestowed as well as for a better life in the future. Piodalan ceremony finished and continued with Meyasa (lunch) together. There are also a “Mebat” events. Mebat is preparing and cooking Balinese dishes together or in Bali we called as “Sekaha Demen” by a business partner who is supporting the Hotel Vila Lumbung in terms of additional transport, travel and tour. This activity provides an overview that is although Bali is in the days of the advancement of tourism which is very fast, but it should still carry out traditional and religious activities that have been passed down from the year to year to keep the natural balance and maintain a good relationship between man and God, Environment and with the man himself that we called Tri Hita Karana. (r)
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Balinese Temple Ceremony
Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc. The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion. The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines. In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.
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Kardashian sisters launch their own apps
NEW YORK — The Kardashian empire is spreading into the field of personal media apps. Four of the five media-centric sisters said Monday they will offer apps and websites to allow them to connect more directly with fans. Each will have content like personal diaries, video and workout tips, geared either to Kim Kardashian West, Khloe Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner. This isn’t Kim Kardashian West’s first foray into the digital space: She introduced Kim Kardashian Hollywood, a game, last year. Whalerock Industries, the California-based company that is putting the apps together, says they will be a mixture of free content and material behind a pay wall. Whalerock says they are still developing a site for Kourtney Kardashian. (ap)
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In this May 15, 2014 file photo, Khloe Kardashian, left, and Kim Kardashian arrive at the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment 2014 Upfront in New York.
‘Spartacus,’ ‘The Hobbit’ actor Manu Bennett arrested
SAN ANTONIO — Actor Manu Bennett has been charged with misdemeanor assault after he was accused of punching a 29-year-old man at a party at a San Antonio hotel. The incident happened early Sunday at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio hotel near the Henry B.
Gonzalez Convention Center. Bennett was in San Antonio for the Alamo City Comic-Con. Police have released no details on what prompted the punch. Bennett was arrested and released on $1,600 bond. No attorney was listed for the actor in court records. His representatives haven’t
responded to messages from The Associated Press seeking comment on the allegations. Bennett played Crixus in the Starz cable series “Spartacus” and Azog in the film series of “The Hobbit.” He also appeared in the CW network series “Arrow” as Slade Wilson and Deathstroke. (ap)
Ricky Martin brings his ‘One World Tour’ to US
NEW YORK — Ricky Martin begins the U.S. leg of his “One World Tour” on Tuesday, while evoking his days with Menudo as a judge and executive producer of Univision’s new reality show “La Banda.” “I am happy to be part of this great production. Being an executive producer is very important to me because it opens doors to a world of infinite possibilities,” the Puerto Rican star told The Associated Press in a recent interview. “We started with Univision with the idea of eventually moving to other English-speaking networks to look for another ‘banda,’” he said in reply to a question about franchising, noting that many “European countries have alr e a d y bought the project.” The singing competition, with a judging panel that includes Italian singer Laura Pausini and Spanish singersongwriter Alejandro Sanz, was created by Simon Cowell. The goal is to create a Latin boy band that can sing in both English and Spanish. “Being able to go back to the beginning of my career has been the best part,” said Martin, 43, who started in the ‘80s in the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo. “I have loved reliving with these boys the uncertainty of one’s career be-
ginnings. ... My mission is to be an open book and share with them everything that has worked for me in my career and everything that hasn’t worked for me.” “La Banda” debuted Sunday, two days before Martin’s concert at the Axis at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, to be followed by more than 20 shows in cities including Houston, New York, Chicago, Atlanta and Miami, as well as Toronto and Montreal in Canada. “Is a very demanding show for a very demanding audience,” Martin said. “It is a great show that includes the new hits and the old, as well as those heart-wrenching ballads that we’ve been singing throughout the years” and his best-known party anthems. The tour started in April in New Zealand and included stops in Australia and Mexico. Martin said about 150 people, including musicians, dancers, technicians and engineers, work on the tour. “It practically feeds 150 families!” He said his 6-year-old twins Matteo and Valentino start asking what’s coming next when they spend a few months in the same place. “We live the circus life,” he said. “We are circus people.” (ap)
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New Australia PM pledges dynamic economy, end to division
SYDNEY - Multi-millionaire former banker Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in Tuesday as Australia’s fourth prime minister in just over two years, promising to create a dynamic new economy and end the divisive approach of his predecessor.
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Malcolm Turnbull is sworn in as prime minister at Government House in Canberra, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. Turnbull was sworn in as Australia’s 29th prime minister after a surprise ballot of his conservative Liberal Party colleagues voted 54-44 on Monday night to replace Prime Minister Tony Abbott only two years after he was elected.
Turnbull, unlike the ousted Tony Abbott, is a moderate on social issues who supports gay marriage and making Australia a republic -- positions at odds with some members of his conservative Liberal Party. “We are living in the most exciting times to be an Australian,” Turnbull told legislators, less than a day after toppling Abbott 54-44 in a dramatic party vote. “An Australia which succeeds in remaining a high-wage, generous social-welfare-net economy, which should be our goal, must be agile, must be dynamic, it must be looking to the future... and that requires confidence and leadership.” The economy is slowing as a decades-long mining boom fades. Abbott’s ousting late Monday further enshrined a recent Australian tradition to swiftly remove ailing prime ministers. He slammed the frequent leadership changes as a “revolving door” not good for the country. Turnbull, a suave ex-barrister and journalist, has vowed repeatedly to run a government based on collaboration, in contrast to Abbott’s divisive personalised rule marked by frequent gaffes. “Cabinet government is a collective method of making decisions,” the 60-year-old told MPs. “I will lead
a traditional cabinet government.” Abbott lashed out at the savage nature of modern politics after his sudden toppling by his long-time Liberal Party colleague and rival -- who served as communications minister before making Monday’s challenge. “The nature of politics has changed in the past decade. We have more polls and more commentary than ever before, mostly sour, bitter character assassination,” he told a farewell press conference. Abbott won the general election in September 2013 but his first budget, laced with harsh cuts to public services, proved highly unpopular. The 57-year-old faced a leadership challenge in February after poor polling and a series of gaffes ignited a backbench revolt, but survived. But he failed to turn around the polls, bolster the economy or stop damaging internal leaks, and lost party support. (afp) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.
Balinese culture increasingly eroded
Something wrong with cultural inheritance process
BALINESE people should be proud of inheriting a unique and unparalleled culture. This culture has worked as a magnet for the growth of the tourism sector that is currently the backbone of Bali’s
economy. However, do Balinese people themselves think that Balinese culture is worth being proud and if so, why haven’t actions been taken to maintain it? What will be let left of ‘Balinese culture’ in the future?
Despite there being no end to ideas, discourse and discussions regarding efforts to maintain the sublime values of Balinese culture, unfortunately, seldom is their any practical application of these ideas. There is something wrong with the
process of cultural inheritance in Bali. This problem came to light during the ‘Balinese Cultural Inheritance Discussion’ held by Bali Post in collaboration with Group 22 KKN of the Hindu University of
Indonesia (Unhi) at Pejeng Ashram recently. The discussion involved a number of speakers from various backgrounds, including those from the younger generation.
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