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THE CENTRAL government had aimed to make Bali free of rabies in 2012 -faster than the national 2015 target. But in reality, up until now Bali has yet to become free of rabies.

Since the emergence of rabies cases at the end of 2008 until Sep-

tember 2015, there have been 162 reported cases of rabies -related incidents in the province of Bali. As of September 2015, there have been 14 deaths due to rabies.

The 2015 budget for the purchase of anti-rabies vaccines (VAR) was IDR 6.6 billion.

Mina is where pilgrims carry out a symbolic stoning of the devil by throw-ing pebbles against three stone walls. It also houses more than 160,000 tents where pilgrims spend the night during the pilgrimage.

The Saudi civil defense directorate earlier said at least 450 other pilgrims were injured in the stampede on Street 204 in Mina. It was not immediately clear if some of those previously listed as injured were included in rising death tolls.

Amateur video shared on social media showed a horrific scene, with scores of bodies — the men dressed in the simple terry cloth garments worn during hajj — lying amid crushed wheelchairs and water bottles along a sunbaked street.

Survivors assessed the scene from the

top of roadside stalls near white tents as rescue workers in orange and yellow vests combed the area.

Photos released by the directorate on its official Twitter account showed rescue workers helping the wounded onto stretchers and loading them onto ambulances near some of the tents.

Some 2 million people are taking part in this year’s hajj pilgrimage, which began Tuesday.

Saudi authorities take extensive pre-cautions to ensure the security of the hajj and the safety of pilgrims. But tragedies are not uncommon.

The stampede was the deadliest disas-ter at the hajj since 2006, when more than 360 pilgrims were killed in a stampede in the same area. Another stampede at Mina in 2004 left 244 pilgrims dead and

hundreds injured.Thursday’s stampede happened less

than two weeks after a giant construc-tion crane came crashing down on the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the focal point of the hajj.

That accident, on Sept. 11, killed at least 111 people and injured more than 390. Authorities blamed the crane col-lapse on high winds during an unusually powerful storm. (ap)

Muslim pilgrims cast stones at a pillar symbolizing the stoning of Satan, in a ritual called “Jamarat,” the last rite of the annual hajj, on

the first day of Eid al-Adha, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. At least 310 people were killed and

hundreds were injured in a stampede Thursday at the annual hajj pil-grimage, Saudi authorities said.Saudi Arabia says

310 pilgrims dead in hajj stampede

MINA, Saudi Arabia — At least 310 people were killed and hundreds were injured in a stampede Thursday at the annual hajj pilgrimage, Saudi authorities said. The crush happened in Mina, a large val-ley about five kilometers (three miles) from the holy city of Mecca that has been the site of hajj stampedes in years past.

Bali fails to become rabies-free in 2015

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The British boy band said that “Made in the A.M.” would come out on November 13. The album is the fifth by the pop sensa-tions, with one released every year since 2011, always in November -- in time for the holiday shopping season.

The four remaining members of the band made the announcement in a short video posted on Twitter. Band member Harry Styles promised an “instant treat” of one song, entitled “Infinity,” available for download to fans who pre-order the album.

The album marks a new “direction” for the band in one sense -- it will be the first without Malik, a founding member who split in March.

Malik’s departure led to surprisingly bitter exchanges on social media among

the former bandmates who until then had carefully maintained a squeaky-clean public image.

In another break from the youthful past, member Louis Tomlinson, 23, recently confirmed that he is going to be a father with a Los Angeles stylist.

The personal changes led to speculation that One Direction was finished, especially given the notoriously short shelf-life of boy bands.

Member Niall Horan denied the rumors on Twitter last month, writing: “We are not splitting up, but we will be taking a well-earned break at some point next year.”

One Direction released its first track without Malik last month -- “Drag Me Down,” which quickly went to the top of singles charts. (afp)

LOS ANGELES — The second feature in as many months to contain animated zombies (and Tim Burton’s “Frankenweenie” lurking just around the corner), “Hotel Transylvania 2” checks in as an anemic example of pure concept over precious little content.

Despite the proven talents of first-time feature director Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Labora-tory), writers Peter Baynham (Arthur Christmas) and SNL vet Robert Smigel, and a voice cast headed by Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg, the collaboration falls flat virtually from the get-go, serving up half-hearted sight gags that have a habit of landing with an ominous thud.

Being given a public airing at the Toronto International Film Festival ahead of its official opening, the film could initially benefit from a monster marketing push from Sony, but it’s unlikely the “No Vacancy” sign will be lit for long.

Assuming an unsteady Transylvanian accent which, like his bat wings, tends to flit in and out of the picture, Sandler’s overprotective daddy Dracula is having trouble shielding his daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) from outside elements on the eve of her 118th birthday.

Determined to shut himself off from those elements after the death of his wife a century or so earlier at the hands of an angry mob, Dracula had constructed a refuge of an exclusive resort

where he and his monstrous ilk could feel free to be themselves.

But when a party crasher turns up in the form of Jonathan (Samberg), a slacker human backpacker who catches Mavis’ eye, the Count finds it increasingly difficult to keep her under his wing.

While director Tartakovsky’s retro pop sensibilities served Cartoon Network well with the likes of “Dexter’s Laboratory,” ‘’The Powerpuff Girls” and “Samurai Jack,” and Hotel Transylvania has an undeniable visually zippy style, the ghost of a script by Baynham and Smigel provides him with very little of substance.

For the most part there’s just a lot of dash-ing about the hotel’s cavernous hallways as the assembled voice cast (also including Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade and CeeLo Green) attempts to lend some personality to the un-derdeveloped characters.

Ironically, the scattered enterprise exhibits signs of life when the characters leave the confines of the hotel, but that hint of something more arrives too late in the game.

And while those 3D glasses really bring nothing to the party, Mark Mothersbaugh’s lively score adds a ghoulish cool to the other-wise uninspired proceedings. (ap)

One Direction announces album after split speculation

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British band One Direction members, from left, Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Niall Horan, perform on stage as part of the apple iTunes Festival 2015, at the Camden Roundhouse in North London, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015.

NEW YORK - One Direction on Tuesday announced a new album for later this year, putting to rest speculation of an imminent breakup following the departure of Zayn Malik.

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

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is 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, deco-rations 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 umbrel-las 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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The adjent village Pakisan also had dogs eliminated but unfortunately many residents refused to have their dogs eliminated.

The elimination conducted by a team of the Buleleng Livestock Agency targeted a number of other villages, in-cluding Banjar, Sangburni, and Tegeha, although many residents do not support the elimination of stray dogs even though it could help to eliminate the deadly disease.

Many dogs in these villages were not wearing yellow collars that iden-tify them as having been vaccinated. Because the officers were prevented from carrying out the elimination in this only five dogs were eliminated, and a sixth dog from Sangburni was also confirmed to having been carrying rabies, after samples were taken to the Center for Veterinary Agency.

Division Head of Animal Health, Wayan Susila, with permission from the Head of the Buleleng Livestock

Agency Nyoman Swatantara said that the elimination targets the stray dogs and wild dogs that have not been reached though the mass vaccination in order to prevent residents from be-ing bitten by rabies carrying dogs. As of Wednesday, a total of 89 wild dogs were eliminated at Sawan village.

Those were dogs that were not wearing rabies vaccination identifying collars and found wandering on public streets. “We selectively eliminated stray dogs. Any dog that could poten-tially transmit rabies was eliminated,” he said.

According to Susila, Sawan village has been categorized as a “red” zone for rabies, which is why the team conducted mass vaccination.

More than 480 rabies carrying dogs and cats have been vaccinated. Other, that performing eliminations and vaccinating dogs, the Livestock Agency is also aggressively dis-seminating information about rabies

to local villagers so that they do not raise their dogs carelessly. Dogs owners are advised to comply with Regional Bylaw No.15/2009 on rabies prevention. If dogs are not vaccinated and are deliberately left to roam wild, they will be eliminated. “In Sawan, we have vaccinated many dogs, but some have not been vaccinated yet. The elimination targets unvaccinated dogs especially because Sawan is cat-egorized as a “red” zone for rabies,” said Susila.

To note, a rabies patient suspected of having rabies was declared dead on Sunday (Sep. 20). The patient named Kadek Dwi Antari, a resident of Kanginan hamlet, Sawan was bitten by a stray dog in front of the SDN 2 Sawan elementary school on July 16, 2015. After being bitten, the victim complained about pain with charac-teristics of having been infected by rabies and eventually died at Buleleng Hospital. (kmb38)

So far, there have been a total of 30,000 vials of anti-rabies vaccines after the addition of 14,000 vials to the original number. This shortage of vaccines has caused Bali to fall short of its rabies eradication target. Head of the Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya, said that there are still many obstacles to the optimum handling of rabies cases which pres-ently average about 100-120 bite case a day. One reason for the large number of incidents is the fact that there are so many stray dogs and pet dogs that are allowed to roam free. “Also there are still many people who do not seek treatment in public health clinics after been bitten by a dog,” he explained.

Division Head of Animal Health at the Bali Livestock Agency, IKG Nata Kesuma, said that his institu-tion has eliminated 22,081 of the 400,000 dogs that populate Bali. The spread of rabies is aggravated by the high number of pet dogs that are not properly looked after.

These account for a full 80 per-cent of the dog population. Stray dogs make up about 5 percent and pet dogs kept on leashed account for about 15 percent. The large number of pet dogs that are allowed to roam wild makes it very hard for the Livestock Agency officers to carry out mass vaccinations, which means that rabies has been allowed to spread very rapidly.

Regional Bylaw No. 15/2009 regarding the prevention of rabies, clearly states in Article 5 that every dog owner is obliged to pay attention to the health and welfare of their animals, including having their dogs periodically vaccinated for rabies, and having a HPR registration card, a vaccination card. Dog owners

are also obliged to keep their pet in their own yard or compound, or keep them on a leash so that they cannot roam around public streets and other public places and when taken for a walk, dogs must also be kept on a leash.

Nata asserted that the regulation has not changed and that decisive action needs to be taken in terms of penalizing those who violate these rules. “Currently, the implementa-tion of the regulations must be dis-seminated in a persuasive manner,” he explained.

Given current conditions, law enforcement against offenders needs to be undertaken. “We’d like to en-courage the team to coordinate with related parties so that sanctions can be enforced,” he said.

According to Nata, the reason that there are still so many cases of rabies, is due to lack of public awareness, therefore efforts should be made to inform the public rather than enforcing the law. “A rabies-free Bali cannot be achieved within a year or even two. To be considered rabies-free, there needs to be two consecutive years without any cases of rabies transmission to humans. What needs to be down now, it to op-timize control strategies, strengthen the enforcement of regulations and increase public awareness,” he ex-plained. Once the public understands and the government takes serious action to prevent the spread of rabies -including communicating, inform-ing and educating the public about rabies, vaccinations, conducting selective elimination, the policing of wild dogs through the application of regional bylaw and population con-trol -only then will rabies properly handling. (kmb42)

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Livestock Agency officer carried out mass vaccinations in Klung-kung Regency. The central government had aimed to make Bali free of rabies in 2012 -faster than the national 2015 target. But in reality, up until now Bali has yet to become free of rabies.

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A number of stray dogs at Sawan village, Sawan, were eliminated by officers of the Buleleng Livestock Agency,

on Tuesday (Sep. 22).

Many wild dogs eliminated to prevent rabies transmission

SINGARAJA - A number of stray dogs at Sawan village, Sawan, were eliminated by officers of the Buleleng Livestock Agency, on Tuesday (Sep. 22). This measure was taken in order to prevent the transmission of rabies in this village where 32 year old resident of Kanginan hamlet, Kadek Dwi Antari died, (allegedly of rabies).

3Friday, September 25, 201514 InternationalInternational Bali NewsFashion Friday, September 25, 2015

At the glitzy five-day fashion extravaganza on Sat-urday, the audience appeared with more expensively-torn jeans than with neckties.

Jasper Conran started things off Saturday by show-ing shades of green in a series of relaxed outfits com-prising his spring and summer 2016 collection.

The pieces were a confident celebration of summer, with easy lines, clean detailing and a minimum of fuss. Models wore their hair long and natural.

Dozens of shades of green were on display, some in prints, some standing alone, others mixed with white. The designer seemed to be running out of adjectives to explain the pallet: “leaf green prints” or “bottle green” or “avocado.”

He put an emphasis on thick stripes, often offset by handbags with stripes of the same dimension but in slightly different shades.

Comfortable cotton jersey tops and slacks were seen as well as fancier dresses made of silk. Jackets were revealing, in most cases with only a single but-ton.

Sandals were gold and strappy — but that was about it for bling, save for a few sparkly, semi-sheer evening outfits. (ap)

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Models wear outfit by designer Jasper Conran, during the Spring/Summer 2016 show for London Fashion Week at Brewer Street Car Park, in Soho, London, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015.

Jasper Conran goes greenLONDON — London Fashion Week is em-

phasizing downtown chic this year over British tradition, abandoning its home in the vener-able Somerset House on the River Thames for a converted parking garage in Soho.

KUTA - Indonesian scientists and academics are expected to make advances in the 5G technol-ogy and not just remain merely a target market and users, Chair-man of Indonesia 5G Forum (I5GF), Sigit Puspito Wigati Jarot, said recently.

At the Conference and Exhibi-tion (Code) 2015 in Kuta, Bali, on Monday, Indonesia 5G Forum signed a memorandum of coop-eration with Japan 5G Mobile Forum (Japan 5GMF).

Indonesia established I5GF on July 1, 2015. “It is time for Indonesian scientists to make quantum leaps to achieve a de-cisive edge in 5G technology,” Sigit said.

According to him, Indonesian human resources are capable of developing 5G technology, but they are not organized.

He noted that 5G connectivity technology has been discussed

amongst academics, industry experts and telecom operators worldwide.

Indonesia, the 4th largest mo-bile market in the world with the number of mobile communication subscribers reaching 287 million in 2015, will continue to grow and attain an important position in the communication technology.

“Indonesia should be able to determine suitable 5G technology standards which, according to the national conditions and character, will include rules and the type of devices that will be used next by the market,” he said.

Code, that began on September 21, will continue till September 23, 2015, and will feature discus-sions among global experts in such information and telecom-munication technologies as 5G technology, internet security, and chaos theory approach to address the challenges ahead. (ant)

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Muslims attend a morning prayer marking the Eid al-Adha holiday on a street in Bali, Indo-nesia, Thursday, Sep. 24, 2015. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, to commemorate the prophet Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son for God.

“The participants are expected to attend the Lovina Festival that will include 66 yachts of the Yayasan Cinta Bahari Antar Nusa,” head of Culture and Tourism Affairs Office I Gede Suyasa said.

According to him, visitors will be able to see a number of things

of interest to tourists through the Lovina Festival.

Among the art performances slated to feature in the festival are the special culture of North Bali, the unique traditional arts and clas-sics like “Sampi Gerumbungan,” “Shang Hyang Legong Dedari,” Sang Hyang Memedi and dance of “Selat Segara” that will involve ten dancers.

In addition, a band featuring modern music accompanied by some models of modern art, will also be a highlight of the festival being conducted under the theme, “The Peace and Harmony of Lovi-na,” I Gede Suyasa added. (ant)

Participants of Wonderful Sail Indonesia, including foreign and domestic tourists, will attend the Lovina Festival which will take place in Buleleng District, Bali.

Rally yacht participants to attend Lovina Festival

SINGARAJA - Participants of Wonderful Sail Indonesia, including foreign and domestic tourists, will attend the Lovina Festival which will take place in Buleleng District, Bali, from September 27 to October 1, 2015, an official has said.

Indonesian scientists to advance 5G technology

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The three-hour Pollutant Stan-dards Index (PSI), which measures air pollution in the country, hit the day’s high of 262 at noon on a public holiday. It then dropped to 225 in the mid-afternoon. The haze is blowing in from neighboring Indonesia where forests are being burned to clear the land for farming, as is done every year causing the annual problem for the region.

Although there are no official air quality descriptors affiliated with the three-hour index, a read-ing of these levels on a 24-hour index would mean that air quality is in the “very unhealthy” range, according to the National Environ-ment Agency.

The 24-hour PSI at noon had a range of 173 to 216. Anything above the official “very unhealthy” bandwidth of 200 is particularly taxing on young children, the el-

derly and those with heart or lung diseases.

High-rise buildings surrounding Masjid Hajjah Fatimah, a mosque in an area historically associated with the island nation’s Malay com-munity, were barely visible through the veil of smog.

While some faithful were seen covering their mouths to block out the haze, none wore masks as prayers conducted inside the mosque required them to wash their faces.

Mustafa Muhamad, 61, said the bad air quality caused some of his friends to opt to say prayers to mark the Eid-al-Adha, or festival of sacrifice, at home instead. From a group of 40 usually seen at each of the day’s five prayer sessions, the number has dwindled to around 20, he added.

“The haze is very bad, there are

less people in the mosque this year. Coming the mosque to pray used to be very nice because we would mingle around after,” the teacher explained.

At the nearby Sultan Mosque, tourists were seen decked in masks while taking pictures with its iconic facade. Preparations for the Chinese mid-autumn festival on Sunday, where farmers traditionally cel-ebrated their harvest, were in full swing.

One such celebration will feature giant lantern sets, nightly cultural performances and a food street.

“My son is very sensitive to dust and has lung issues, so I’m limiting his outdoor time,” said Esther Au Yong, 34, a freelance editor. A trip to the gardens with her three-year-old son on Friday night, on an out-ing organized by his kindergarten is on the rocks due to the haze. (ap)

ZAGREB, Croatia — Tensions escalated between Serbia and Croa-tia on Thursday as the long-time foes struggled to come up with a coherent way to deal with tens of thousands of migrants streaming through the Balkan nations to seek sanctuary in other parts of Europe.

Serbia banned imports of Croa-tian goods to protest the closure of the border to cargo traffic. The clo-sure has cut Serbia off from its main trading partners in Europe and is crippling the economy, costing both nations as much as €1 million euros ($1.1 million) a day. Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said the countermeasures were needed “to protect our statehood.”

Croatia retaliated by barring vehicles with Serbian license plates from entering the country. Croatia’s police said Serbian nationals were not let into Croatia because of “a problem” with the border informa-tion site.

“I planned to open the border ... but now I won’t,” said Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic. “We have to react to this now.”

Serbia’s foreign ministry, in a strongly-worded protest note to Croatia, called the latest measures “discriminatory” against Serbian nationals and compared them to the actions of the Nazi puppet regime in Croatia during World War II.

Croatia has shut all but one of its crossings with Serbia to block the migrant surge, which reached nearly 45,000 in a week and continues un-abated. Croatia is angry that Serbia is busing migrants to its border, rather than sending them north to Hungary.

It is the lowest point in relations between the two countries since the end of the Balkan Wars in the 1990s and underscores the pressure exerted by the influx of people from the Middle East, Africa and Asia who are transiting the Balkans in hopes of going to Germany, Austria and other points north.

Croatia is angered by what it describes as Serbia’s intransigence in diverting all migrants toward Croatia, rather than Hungary, which shut its border on Sept. 15.

“What we’ve asked (for) from the day one ... is to avoid the situ-ation where thousands of people enter through the crossing, which is not manned by a single Serbian policeman and no one controls it,” Croatian Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic said.

Serbia argues Croatia is blaming the country for circumstances be-yond its control. Serbian Social Af-fairs Minister Aleksandar Vulin said the Croatian measures are a form of racism. “There is no other word to describe it,” he said. (ap)

AP Photo/Wong Maye-ETourists take selfies with Singapore’s popular tourist destination, Sentosa, seen through the haze in the background, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, in Singapore.

Thickening haze dampens swing of Singapore festivities

SINGAPORE — A thickening, smoky haze cast a shadow over festivities in Singapore on Thursday, as Muslims headed to mosques to celebrate the culmination of the annual hajj pilgrimage and Chinese readied for a traditional harvest festival.

Border tensions rise between Croatia and Serbia

AP Photo/Darko VojinovicSerbian police officers guard road by the toll booth near the Batrovci border crossing between Serbia and Croatia, about 100 km west from Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. Tensions escalated between Serbia and Croatia on Thursday as the long-time foes struggled to come up with a coherent way to deal with tens of thousands of migrants streaming through the Balkan nations to seek sanctu-ary in other parts of Europe.

DENPASAR - Bali Police are still monitoring the movement of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) networks and anticipatory measures including appealing to owners of boarding houses and the general public to be more vigilant.

In addition, the management of accommodation like inns, hotels, villas and such are also expected to tighten security. “We also urge these accommodations to check peoples identity cards more thor-

oughly,” said the Spokesmen of Bali Police, Hery Wiyanto.

According to Wiyanto, the ISIS concept is contrary to Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution. All the religions in Indonesia are not in line with the concepts of ISIS.

“Radical ISIS followers are the enemies of the state, so people should never be tempted to join this concept,” he said.

The ISIS, said Hery, should be anticipated early on in order for their concepts will not be able to

take root and cause turmoil in the community. As a world tourist destination, Bali needs to prevent ISIS from entering. Prevention must be done to provide security for travelers in Bali.

He affirmed that the bombing in Bangkok must not be allowed to happen in Bali. To that end, people are asked to be more vigilant. If there are newcomers, people must be cautious and check keep an eye on their activities. “Get to know their origin what their occupation

is and what their purpose in com-ing come to Bali. The most impor-tant thing is to check their identity card and relevant documents. If there are any suspicions they should be reported immediately to police authorities or local village security forces,” he said.

The owners of boarding houses, inns, hotels, villas and home stays are asked to record the identity of their guests and ask to photo-copy their identity cards or other identity documents. As for village

security guards, subdistrict police stations, subdistrict military sta-tions, municipal police as well as rural military and police are asked to be more active in checking migrants, including re-activating village security patrol. “We also hope that the Interfaith Commu-nication Forum will often hold meetings in order to counteract the ISIS concept. Give insight to all the devotees in order to reject the ISIS concept,” he added. (kmb36)

Dr. Made Sudarma, from Udaya-na University, assessed that the plan to swap the two areas is not appropriate and that the fact that the area cannot be overgrown with man-groves is not good enough grounds for the planned swap.

“Whatever is found in this area and whether it can be overgrown by mangrove or not, does not separate it from the unity of the area. So, excluding it from this area, is not a solution and such a solution cannot just be made arbitrarily like that. The concept in Tahura does not only include the mangroves,” he asserted on Thursday.

Sudarma added that the area

within Tahura that that cannot be overgrown by mangrove still needs to function as a conservation area because the function of Tahura as a whole is to protect the habitat of wildlife there. For instance, it can become home to fish or other aquatic biota. If the area is trans-formed into a utilization zone, this will certainly damage the ecosystem therein.

“Indeed, perhaps mangrove can-not grow in the contested area but it can still function as a preservation area. In short, it cannot be broken down like that if we indeed have determined it as a grand forest park and conservation area. In other

words, it is there for the conserva-tion of all the plants growing there and for the organisms underneath. I do not agree that just because mangroves cannot grow there that it should be zoned for a different function,” he said.

Previously, a member of the Evaluation Team of the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park Management Plan, Prof. I Nyoman Merit, had said that a total of 169.95 hectares of Tahura (including Pudut Island) located in Badung County can-not be used to grow mangroves. The Ministry of Environment and Forestry was then asked to imme-diately process the swap of the area

of 238.79 hectares that is overgrown by mangroves.

“Later, there will be a swap and the request has been submitted to the Minister,” he said in the public consultation on the evaluation of the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park Management Plan related to the revision of block arrangements in the Mangrove Forest Management Agency for Area I, on Tuesday (Sep. 15).

Merit explained that if the land that is unable to be overgrown by mangrove is excluded from the Tahura, the area would be reduced to 1,203.55 hectares. The swap can increase the Tahura area 1,442.34 hectares instead of 1,373.5 hectares. The area over-grown by mangrove has not yet been included in the Tahura but it has become the water conserva-tion area.

“Yes, it belongs to the conser-vation area, but the area we are are talking about- Tahura, its conser-vation is okay. It is meant to cover

the area that cannot be overgrown. The area excluded from Tahura (including Pudut Island—Ed) will become a utilization zone. The utilization will highly depend on the local government,” added the academic from the Faculty of Ag-riculture, Udayana University.

The Head of the Bali Forestry Service, IGN Wiranatha, said that too many people pass through the area to be swapped and it can-not be overgrown by mangrove through conventional planting. Actually in terms conservation rules, there should be no activity in the area. That’s why the area will be swapped and then con-verted into the utilization zone.

“It has been planted but the plants always die. It is submerged in water and many people pass though here. The forest contains water, it’s funny, right? That’s the question. A ten has assessed the situation but it is not the authority of the service so why should it be swapped,” he said. (kmb32)

Tahura swap plan not appropriateDENPASAR - The evaluation team established by the Bali Forestry Service had previously said that

tit is hard for the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (Tahura) area of 169.95 hectares to be overgrown by mangrove. Based on this condition, the team proposed that the Tahura area in the east (of Tanjung Benoa village, including Pudut Island and vicinity) and parts in the south (of Benoa village) to be excluded from the Tahura Ngurah Rai. As a replacement, area the government was urged to include the area outside the Tahura - approximately 238.79 hectares, because mangroves can grow well there and become a habitat for wildlife. The area that is actually included in the water conservation area is said to be worth being included in the forest area (Tahura—Ed).

IBP/Eka AdhyaksaThe people are trying to fish in the mangrove forrest

Anticipating ISIS Owners of boarding house asked to be alert

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SEATTLE — Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, billionaire investor Warren Buffett and other top American and Chinese business leaders Wednesday, vowing that his country would work to remove barriers to foreign investment and improve intellectual property protections.

Xi’s conference with the busi-ness leaders in Seattle was part of a busy day. He also toured the Boe-ing production facility in Everett, the sprawling suburban Microsoft campus and visited a high school in Tacoma, where he received a football and a personalized jersey.

Protesters and supporters of Xi holding signs in English and Chinese lined the streets outside Microsoft’s Redmond campus and also waited outside the high school.

Apple CEO Tim Cook, Micro-soft CEO Satya Nadella and Jack Ma of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba also were among the 30 executives who attended a closed-door discussion moderated by for-mer U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson before Xi’s address.

Though he acknowledged dif-ficulties as China shifts its economy from one driven by exports to one

driven by a growing middle class, Xi told the group China’s economy will maintain a “steady medium and high speed of growth for a long time.”

“China will open up still wider to the outside world,” Xi said through an interpreter. “Without reform, there will be no driving force; without opening up, there will be no progress. ... There is good news and I believe there will be more good news in the future.”

China will “stand firm” to pro-tect intellectual property rights, he added.

Xi attributed the Chinese econ-omy’s recent slowdown to three factors — world economic prob-lems, proactive Chinese efforts at regulation and “protracted struc-tural problems” in China.

A big item of concern for the American CEOs is a treaty that would provide a framework for broader investment in the economy of each nation.

All of the American CEOs par-ticipating in the forum, organized by the Paulson Institute, signed a letter to Xi and U.S. President Barack Obama urging them to sup-port such a treaty, and they heard encouraging words from Xi on the topic Wednesday. (ap)

HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly recovered Thursday from the previous day’s sharp losses but Tokyo tumbled as investors returned from a long weekend to play catch-up, with auto giants hit by the Volkswagen scandal.

The dollar edged up against most emerging market currencies ahead of a closely watched speech later in the day by Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen, during which markets hope she will provide more clarity on the bank’s plans for an interest rate hike.

Stocks and other high-yielding, or riskier, assets took a hit after the Fed’s decision last week to hold -- citing China’s woes and a developing market slowdown -- fanned con-cerns about the US and global economy.

Those worries were exacerbated Wednes-day when a closely watched gauge of Chi-nese manufacturing activity for September hit a six-and-a-half-year low, the latest ion in a string of results highlighting a severe slow-down in the world’s number two economy.

The news sent shares in Asia plunging -- with Shanghai and Hong Kong down more than two percent -- followed by losses in New York.

On Thursday, however, investors in most stock markets turned buyers, with Shanghai ending 0.86 percent higher, Sydney add-ing 1.47 percent and Seoul 0.13 percent higher.

But Hong Kong continued to drop, shed-ding 0.94 percent in the afternoon while Tokyo finished 2.76 percent down as trading began for the first time since Friday after a three-day public holiday.

“Japanese markets have still got some catch up to do after the uncertainty that’s been washing through global markets,” Tony Farnham, a strategist at Patersons Securities in Sydney, said.

“The issue is gauging the extent of the slowdown in China and the ongoing debate about whether the Fed is doing the right thing” on when to raise interest rates. (afp)

BERLIN — A closely watched survey indicates German consumers’ worries about the economy are deepening. The GfK research group said Thursday that its forward-looking consumer climate index dropped to 9.6 points for October from 9.9 points in September.

It says the three indicators that provide the index number — willingness to buy, income expectations and economic expec-tations — all fell.

GfK says “in light of the global eco-

nomic risks, numerous flash points and the recent sharp increase and largely uncontrolled influx of refugees, citizens apparently have increasing doubts regard-ing further economic development. “

The survey of some 2,000 consumers was conducted before the news broke that Germany’s Volkswagen, the world’s top-selling carmaker, had manipulated emissions tests in the U.S., raising the likelihood the index might suffer a further drop next month. (ap)

Xi says ‘without reform’ no progress for business in China

Jason Redmond/Pool Photo via APChinese President Xi Jinping, center, tours the Boeing assembly line, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, in Everett, Wash.

Most Asia markets bounce, Tokyo sinks on return

German consumers grow increasingly concerned about economy

GIANYAR - Drug abuse and unprotected sex, among young people is increasing the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission significantly. Preventive efforts need to be taken early on where including educating people regarding HIV and AIDS, drug abuse and reproductive health at schools and also by intensifying the empowerment of the Student Group Caring for AIDS and Drugs (KSPAN).

Assistant to Public Administra-

tion at the Regional Secretary of Gianyar, I Wayan Sudamia, during the opening of the Gianyar KSPAN Jamboree 2015 at local Cultural Hall, on Tuesday (Sep. 22) said that the threat of the HIV/AIDS is becoming more alarming with each year. Transmission not only happens amongst high risk groups such as sex workers and their clients or amongst drug syringe users, but housewives, infants are also at risk, as are young people who engage in

unprotected sex. The government of Gianyar

along with the AIDS Mitigation Commission continues to encour-age prevention in adolescents, by providing education about HIV and AIDS, drug abuse and reproductive health at schools and through the establishment of KSPAN. This is the ninth year of the yearly KSPN Jamboree held by the country.

Through the KSPN extracurricu-lar activities, students and school

authorities are expected to pay at-tention to the prevention and control to AIDS and drugs. Targeting stu-dents in the effort to prevent HIV/AIDS and drugs is very appropriate. In the end, students are expected to have skills and knowledge so that they can maintain their health.

“Teenagers are generally very unstable and easily influenced into such behaviour as unprotected sex and illicit drug use. We are trying to prevent these hazards by instill-

ing an understanding in teenagers related to the risk of such poor behavior,” he said.

He also said that until the end of March 2015, there were 11,453 reported cases of HIV/AIDS. Gian-yar is ranked fourth highest number of cases with 839 cases. About 78 percent of thees cases were trans-mitted through unprotected sex and approximately 40.2 percent of people infected are between the ages of 15-29. (kmb25)

This 55-year-old resident from Jehem Kaja, Tembuku, has been providing his chicken with or-ganic for the last twelve years. Organic feed also helps to reduce the environmental pollution that is so rampant nowadays.

Konci, explained that making of organic feed is quite easy. He simply takes advantage of lo-cal materials such as bran, cow manure, chicken manure and

corn produced by the community around his business. Apart from reducing production costs for his 2,300 chickens, also helps the local community earn additional income. “All the materials are natural, so that it does not pol-lute the environment. Farming communities also benefits,” he explained.

Konci also said organic feed is cheaper: “non-organic feed costs

around IDR 5,400 per kg, while organic feed only costs IDR 4,600 per kg,” he explained.

This graduate of Bangli voca-tional school (SMEA) also ex-plained that giving organic feed to his chicken also produces a better quality and shape of the chicken eggs. He said that he learned about organic feed by attending a training session organized by the Institute for Agricultural Technol-

ogy (BPTP) Bali. Due to his hard work and enthusiasm, he was able to apply the knowledge to his current business that changed from a hobby to his main source of income.

Since establishing his farm business, he has never received any complaints from residents as it does not generate strong odors. Instead, local residents ask to be trained by him. “I am often asked to give advice to other breeders about the initial process of rais-ing chicken to the production of chicken,” he explained.

The Head of the Bangli Envi-ronment Agency (BLH), I Made Alit Parwata, explained that most poultry farmers in Bangli do not use organic feed. As a result, many chicken raising businesses receive so many complaints about the door and pollution that they produce, that they are finally forced to shut down. Konci’s techniques needs to be replicated by other farmers. “It would be great if others farmers followed suite, because apart form being eco-friendly and good for the livestock, it is cost effective,” he said. (sos)

Government boosts KSPAN empowerment to deal with HIV/AIDS

IBP/SosiawanNengah Konci, a chicken farmer that make organic food for his cattle.

Konci makes organic feed and reduces environmental pollution

BANGLI - Chicken farm businesses, especially those located in densely populated area often receive complaints about poor environmental management. However, when explored further, there are in fact still farmers that implement eco-friendly concepts, including I Nengah Konci.

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The group from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan had boarded the wooden boat from Pameungpeuk beach in West Java and were head-ing to Australia’s remote Christmas Island, district immigration chief Filianto Akbar told reporters late Wednesday.

“They intended to go to Christ-mas Island but their boat ran out

of fuel and drifted near a beach in Cianjur district on Wednesday,” he said.

“They asked passing fishermen for help, who then informed the police.”

Sixteen migrants were taken to an immigration detention centre while two others were still being questioned by police, Akbar said,

adding that the boat’s captain and two crew members had also been arrested.

Australia’s conservative govern-ment introduced hardline immigra-tion policies in 2013 allowing au-thorities to prevent asylum seekers from attempting to arrive on the mainland.

Indonesia has previously ex-

Indonesia arrests 18 migrants bound for AustraliaSUKABUMI - Indonesian police have arrested 18 migrants who were stranded in the waters

off Java island after their boat ran out of fuel as they tried to reach Australia, an official said.pressed disapproval of the tough immigration policy implemented by former prime minister Tony Ab-bott’s conservative coalition.

The policy includes turning back boats carrying migrants and refusing to resettle asylum seekers who arrive on unauthorised vessels even if they are found to be genuine refugees.

They are instead detained in immigration camps on the Pacific islands of Nauru and Papua New

Guinea, despite harsh criticism from rights groups.

The latest boat is reportedly the first attempt by asylum seek-ers to reach Australia by sea since Malcolm Turnbull became prime minister last week.

On Wednesday, Turnbull admit-ted he had concerns about asylum seekers being held in Pacific island camps, but gave no indication of their being an immediate change to the government’s policy. (afp)

BANJARMASIN - Presi-dent Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has decided to visit Central Kalim-antan province, which is among the worst hit by forest fires, and postponed his planned visit to North Sumatra.

Jokowi felt obligated to visit Central Kalimantan due to the haze emergency situation in the province, Ari Dwipayana of the presidential communica-tion team noted in a statement, Thursday.

“Initially, after perform-ing the Idul Adha prayers at Al-Karomah Grand Mosque in Banjar District, South Kali-mantan, on Sept. 24, 2015, the president along with First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo and his en-tourage would have proceeded to North Sumatra,” Dwipayana noted.

However, instead, they vis-ited Kapuas and Pulang Pisau Districts near the border with South Kalimantan Province.

The head of state felt the need to personally observe the forest and plantation fires that have led to the haze emergency status.

He also wanted to ensure that every stakeholder in the province had participated in the efforts to put out the fires.

In the meantime, several hotspots detected in East Ko-tawaringin (Kotim) District, Central Kalimantan Province, increased significantly to 241 on Tuesday morning (Sept. 22),

from only 20 hotspots recorded on the previous day.

“There were 241 hotspots in Kotim on September 22, at 5 a.m. local time,” Yulida Warni, the head of the meteorology of-fice at the Haji Asan Airport in Sampit, remarked.

The hotspots were spread across 15 sub-districts in Kotim, and only two sub-districts -- Te-laga Antang and Tualan Hulu -- were free from these hotspots.

The sub-district of Antang Kalang had 14 hotspots, Bam-aang 16, Bukit Santuai 2, Cem-paga 9, Cempaga Hulu 2, Besi 22, Mentawa Baru Ketapang 18, South Mentaya Hilir 11, North Mentaya Hilir 47, Mentaya Hulu 3, Seranau 28, Parenggean 3, Hanaut Isle 24, Telawang 16, and Sampit Bay 26.

Besides Kotim, the neigh-boring districts of Seruyan and Katingan also had 164 and 128 hotspots respectively.

The hotspots caused thick haze that reduced visibility to below 10 meters in some areas.

The local authorities have undertaken efforts to put out the flames of these forest, peatland, and plantation fires.

The haze emergency response status in Central Kalimantan has been extended from September 20 to September 30, Head of the Central Kalimantan Disas-ter Mitigation Agency Brigong Tom Moenandaz stated. (ant)

President visits forest fire-hit Central Kalimantan JAKARTA - Noted and senior

lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution passed away at Pondok Indah Hospital in South Jakarta at 10.17 am on Wednesday.

The news about his death came from a text message, sent by Presidential Communication Team Ari Dwipayana, who said that Nasution passed away after being treated in the Pondok Indah Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Besides Dwipayana, Industry Minis-ter Saleh Husin also sen a text message about the same news of sorrow.

Born in Batavia (now Jakarta) on July 20, 1934, Nasution had been active in the field of law since his youth.

As the pioneer of Legal Aid and Law

Reform of Indonesia, Nasution gained his bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Indonesia, International Law degree from the University of Melbourne, doctorate degree from Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht in the Neth-erlands, and the Professor of law from Melbourne Law School, the University of Melbourne in Australia.

He was a Public Prosecutor at Special District Court of Jakarta from 1957 to 1961.

Further, from 1962 up to 1968, he was the Head of Public Relations and Politics at Attorney Generals office.

Simultaneously, he seated in Indo-nesian Parliament during the period of

1966 until 1968.In 1969 he was admitted to the Bar as

Advocate and found Law Firm Adnan Buyung Nasution and Associates that was became the root of this firm.

One year later in 1970, he established Legal Aid Institute (LBH), the first Le-gal Aid and Human Rights Organization in Indonesia.

He held a position of the vice chair-man of the Indonesian Election Com-mission (KPU) in 1999 who conducted the first general election in reformation era.

He also became a Member of Presi-dential Advisory Council of the Repub-lic of Indonesia in 2007 - 2009. (ant)

A Muslim girl walks on a street as she joins Eid al-Adha prayer in Jakarta Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. Muslims slaughter cattle and goats, with the beef and meat distributed to the needy in the holiday which honors the prophet Abraham for preparing to sacrifice his son Ishmael on the order of God, who was testing his faith. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Senior lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution passes away

President Barack Obama’s ad-ministration said this week that he won’t paper over disagreements between the two countries on those topics, even as the leaders find ground where they can work to-gether on other issues, including trade and climate change.

Xi struck a gracious tone during his 48-hour stay in Seattle, during which he toured Boeing’s plant in Everett, visited Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, and received a football jersey with his name on it from high school students in Tacoma.

In his public remarks, at a din-ner banquet and at a meeting of top corporate leaders from both nations, Xi stressed the importance of U.S.-China business relations and vowed that his country would work to re-move barriers to foreign investment and to improve intellectual property protections.

He also expressed a willingness to work with the U.S. on cyberse-curity — a priority for Washington. White House officials have said hacking attacks originating from China are approaching epidemic levels. The administration believes Chinese espionage was behind one of the worst U.S. government data breaches in history, the theft of fin-gerprint images of those applying for security clearances. On Wednesday, the Office of Personnel Management announced that an estimated 5.6

million images were stolen — not 1.1 million as first thought. “Prob-lems are always outnumbered by solutions,” Xi said Wednesday as he addressed the business leaders.

He received an enthusiastic re-ception at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, where students gave him a football and a personalized jersey.

“He said it’ll fit him really well,” said 17-year-old Mushawn Knowles, who presented the jersey to Xi. “And hopefully we can have influence on him to love football.” Xi had presents of his own, giving the school books about his country, a ping pong table and balls, and in-viting 100 students to be his guests in China.

Xi is scheduled to arrive Thurs-day afternoon in Washington, D.C. He and Obama are scheduled to have a private dinner before Obama formally welcomes Xi and his wife at the White House for the official state visit Friday.

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Ama-zon’s Jeff Bezos, investor Warren Buffett and Jack Ma of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba were among the 30 executives who attended Xi’s Seattle address on Wednesday. The speech followed a closed-door discussion Wednesday moderated by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, whose organization, the Paulson Institute, organized the

MANILA, Philippines — The recent abductions of three Western-ers and a Filipino woman from a southern Philippine resort are the latest reminder of the long-running security problems that have hounded a region with bountiful resources and promises, but hamstrung by stark poverty and an array of insurgents and outlaws.

While authorities have not identi-fied the abductors with certainty, there is one usual suspect: The Abu Sayyaf, a brutal al-Qaida-linked group that has pulled off mass kid-nappings for ransom in the last 15 years in the south and in neighboring Malaysia.

“The primary suspect is ASG,” regional military commander Lt. Gen. Aurelio Baladad told reporters on Thursday, referring to the group by

its acronym. He added, however, that there have been no conclusive find-ings on the kidnappers’ identities.

Under cover of darkness, at least 11 men armed with two rifles and pistols barged into the Holiday Ocean View Samal Resort on southern Sa-mal Island shortly before midnight on Sunday then headed toward a huddle of yachts docked at a marina, accord-ing to the military and police.

In less than 20 minutes, the kid-nappers herded at gunpoint Canadi-ans John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad, the resort’s marina manager, and Filipino Teresita Flor, to two motor boats. An American and his Japanese female companion fought back and were injured, but escaped by jumping off their yacht, said Senior Superinten-dent Samuel Gadingan, the police

chief of Davao del Norte province, where Samal is located, about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) southeast of the capital, Manila.

Aside from the Abu Sayyaf, inves-tigators have considered the possible involvement of a small extortion gang of former Muslim and com-munist guerrillas, who have an active presence in the vast Davao region. The latter, however, have in the past publicly declared their abductions, mostly of government troops, within days of seizing them, according to Gadingan.

It remains uncertain which group is behind the latest abduction, but the conditions that foster such crimes are much clearer: A volatile mix of poverty, weak law enforcement and access to thousands of unlicensed firearms in the south, said Julkipli

Wadi, dean of the Institute for Islamic Studies at the state-run University of the Philippines.

It’s very likely too that those deep-seated social ills would not be solved anytime soon and kidnappings would fester, he said.

“These are generational problems that are difficult to be solved by presi-dents who are restricted to six-year terms and often lack political will,” Wadi said.

Kidnappings for ransom have preceded the Abu Sayyaf. But the group has started an alarming trend of large-scale abductions after it emerged in the early 2000 as an off-shoot of the decades-long separatist rebellion by minority Muslims in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation’s south.

The Abu Sayyaf abducted 21

people, mostly European tourists, from a Malaysian diving resort in 2000, freeing them later reportedly in exchange for huge ransoms. The militants took three Americans and 17 Filipinos the following year from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan province southwest of Manila, then staged a failed kidnapping attempt in a popular resort on Samal Island, near where Sunday’s abductions happened.

Without any known foreign fi-nancial support and after more than a decade of battle setbacks inflicted by U.S.-backed Philippine military offensives, the Abu Sayyaf has sur-vived mostly through kidnappings and extortion. In recent years, they have grown more daring by crossing the sea border to snatch their victims in Malaysia’s Sabah state. (ap)

AP Photo/Elaine Thompson

Chinese President Xi Jinping poses with football players and a football he was given dur-ing a visit to Lincoln High School, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, in Tacoma, Wash. Xi is on the second of a three-day trip to Seattle before traveling to Washington, D.C., for a White House state dinner on Friday.

Xi trades football for hardball political negotiations

SEATTLE — With his feel-good tours of Boeing, Microsoft and a local high school complete, Chinese President Xi Jinping departs Washington state Thursday for the other Washington, where tougher discussions on cybersecurity, intellectual prop-erty protections and human rights await.

gathering.Paulson noted the difficult issues

and increasing tensions facing the na-tions as he welcomed Xi. But Paulson added: “The reason that the U.S. and China have a nearly $600 billion trading relationship, large amounts of U.S. investment in China, and increasing amounts of Chinese direct investment here, is because there are

many areas where our national and business interests align.”

Xi agreed. Though he acknowl-edged hiccups as China shifts its economy from one driven by exports to one driven by a growing middle class, Xi told the group that China’s economy will maintain a “steady medium and high speed of growth for a long time.”

“China will open up still wider to the outside world,” Xi said through an interpreter. “Without reform, there will be no driving force; without opening up, there will be no progress. ... There is good news, and I believe there will be more good news in the future.” China will stand firm to protect intellectual property rights, he added. (ap)

Conflicts, guns and misery foster Philippine kidnappings

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Admission to the House of Masks and Puppets is free of charge. The house established in 1998 was officially opened to the public in 2004 and the collection so far, consists of approximately 1,300 masks and 5,700 puppets. Aside from the collection of Indonesian works, some of the works are from overseas including items Japan, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Africa.

The presence of the masks and puppets collec-tion from outside of Indonesia is intended to allow visitors to learn and appreciate the cultures of other countries. The collection is still growing thanks to donations made to the Setia Dharma House of Masks and Puppet by visitors, collectors, artists and others.

The cultural wealth of the masks and puppets are on display in traditional houses that are very neatly and attractively arranged. Each house has different collections that are classified based on type, year of manufacturing and origin. “The house displays genuine masks from all over the archipelago as well as replicas of foreign masks” said one of the house attendants.

The house standing on an area of 1.2 hectares can also be taken advantage of as a venue for wed-dings or art performances and is also equipped with supporting facilities including a café that serves as a resting place as well as a place to buy food and beverages.

One of the unique aspects of the House of Masks and Puppets lies in the buildings that resemble some of the customary houses of Indonesia. It is also equipped with several facilities such as public toilets, a stage, a spacious yard, air conditioning and resting places. It is often used as the venue for art performance such as the Reog Ponorogo, Papua Dance and Contemporary Wayang Beber.

The House of Masks and Puppets, is managed by Mr. Theresia Willis. The inspiration to establish this collection came out of a desire to preserve some of Indonesia’s national cultural heritages that have received less attention. This cultural heritage teaches about wisdom, subtleness and the character of nature and the environment. (kmb)

Setia Dharma House of Masks and Puppets

IBP/kmb

UBUD - Want to learn more about Indonesian culture through the art of masks and puppets? Come to Setia Dharma House of Masks and Pup-pets located on Jalan Tegal Bingin, Mas village, Ubud. It is very close to the Ubud Market and about 75 minutes’ drive from Ngurah Rai Airport, by taking some small streets as you get closer.

Now, before he has even start-ed his third season in the league, Bennett is on the move again. The Timberwolves placed Bennett on waivers Wednesday. If he clears as expected, the team has agreed to a $3.65 million buyout of his contract, a person with knowl-edge of the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team does not publicly discuss contract figures.

If Bennett is claimed by either Portland or Philadelphia — two teams with cap room to bring him in — he will make all of the $5.8 million his contract called for this season and would not get the buy-out from the Timberwolves.

If he clears waivers, he may have to sign a minimum salary contract worth $947,000, thereby forfeiting about $1 million from his original salary.

After a promising summer spent playing well for Team Canada in the FIBA Americas tournament, Bennett pushed hard for his release from Minnesota.

The Timberwolves have a load of power forwards on the roster, including Kevin Garnett, 2015 No. 1 overall pick Karl-Anthony Towns, Euroleague MVP Nem-anja Bjelica and Adreian Payne in addition to Shabazz Muhammad, a small forward who could slide to the post in small-ball lineups.

All of those players figured to make finding consistent playing time a challenge for Bennett, so he sought his release to join a team where he might be able to fill a defined role.

“When you look at our team, our deepest position is probably power forward,” Wolves GM Milt Newton said in a statement issued by the team. “This move balances out our roster while also allowing Anthony another opportunity in the NBA. He has a lot of talent and his play this summer inter-nationally made this a difficult decision for us.”

After signing Bjelica, point guard Andre Miller and small forward Tayshaun Prince this summer, the Timberwolves had 16 guaranteed contracts on the

roster, one over the maximum. They had other options to free up a spot, including newly acquired 3-point shooter Damjan Rudez and veteran point guard Lorenzo Brown. But Bennett’s desire for a change of scenery made their decision for them. It’s been a startling fall for Bennett, the first Canadian chosen No. 1 overall.

He labored through a shoulder injury and breathing problems as a rookie that caused him to miss training camp and made it diffi-cult for him to get into shape. The result was a first season in which he averaged just 4.2 points and 3.0 rebounds in 52 games.

The move to Minnesota was promising at first, when he accom-panied fellow Canadian Andrew Wiggins in the trade that sent Love to Cleveland. Bennett showed up to camp in great shape after a stint with trainer Frank Matrisciano and opened eyes with his athleticism. But nagging injuries zapped his confidence quickly, and he spent most of the intermittent time he did get on the floor shooting long 2-pointers. (ap)

SUZUKA, Japan — After a rare setback in Singapore, Lewis Hamilton hopes to get his For-mula One championship pursuit back on track immediately at the Japanese Grand Prix. An engine-clamp failure that took away boost power forced Hamilton out of the Singapore night race last weekend for his first retirement of the season.

Hamilton’s lead over Mer-cedes teammate Nico Rosberg, who finished fourth in Singa-pore, was trimmed from 53 to 41 points with six races left. Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel, who won at Marina Bay, is a further eight points back.

Mercedes was surprisingly off the pace in Singapore, but ex-pects to return to dominance on the higher-speed Suzuka circuit where Hamilton won last year ahead of Rosberg and Vettel.

“Singapore was a strange weekend but I’m chilled about it,” Hamilton said. “It’s been an incredible season so far and I’ve been around long enough now to accept that you can’t win them all.”

Vettel has thrived on the long straights and fast corners of Su-zuka, winning here four times between 2009 and 2013.

“Looking at the results this year we’ve had a great car on every track,” Vettel said. “So I think we can be reasonably confident but we have to remain realistic. We have learned along the way so we may be a bit stronger but the favorites have to remain Mercedes with their two cars.”

Last year’s race at Suzuka was marred by a horrific crash involving Jules Bianchi, who went into a coma after the ac-cident and died in July.

Bianchi’s accident occurred at the end of the race. In rainy, gloomy conditions, Bianchi’s car slid off the track and ploughed into a crane picking up the Sau-ber of German driver Adrian Sutil, who had crashed at the same spot one lap earlier.

“Of course, returning to Su-zuka also means we will have Jules in our thoughts and I’ll be sending out strength to his fam-ily,” Hamilton said. (ap)

Timberwolves buy out Anthony Bennett for $3.65M

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MINNEAPOLIS — The deck seemed stacked against Anthony Bennett almost from the moment he entered the NBA. A surprise No. 1 overall pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers in a woeful 2013 draft class thrust expectations on a player still recovering from a major shoulder injury that essentially rendered his rookie season moot. He was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves last summer, a throw-in to help the Cavs land All-Star forward Kevin Love.

Hamilton looking to regain momentum at Japanese GP

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“There is always a day when your opponent is superior and can win all the balls and beat you in every individual duel and doesn’t give you a chance — as has happened today,” Barcelona defender Javier Mascherano said. “There are no excuses, they beat us deservedly.”

Karim Benzema scored twice for Madrid, opening the scoring in the 19th minute after intercepting a terrible back-pass by Mikel San Jose and racing forward to steer the ball past goalkeeper Gorka

Iraizoz. Sabin Merino equalized with a header, the first goal Ma-drid goalkeeper Keylor Navas has conceded this season, but Benzema scored his fifth goal so far this season after latching onto Francisco “Isco” Alarcon’s pass in the 70th.

Elsewhere, Rayo Vallecano beat Sporting Gijon 2-1 and Levante drew 2-2 with Eibar. Villarreal beat Malaga 1-0, while Sevilla — that has yet to win a match this season and is bottom of the league — lost 2-0 to newly promoted Las Palmas

in the Canary Islands.Manuel “Nolito” Agudo opened

the scoring in the 25th minute at Celta’s Balaidos Stadium with a lofted shot that Barcelona goal-keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen got his fingertips to, but couldn’t keep out. It was the attacking mid-fielder’s fifth goal this season.

Barcelona conceded again three minutes later when Aspas pounced on a poor pass by Gerard Pique, raced forward and lifted the ball over Ter Stegen. Aspas then sprinted up the field and side-

LONDON - Liverpool flirted with what would have been a embarrassing low in their poor start to the season as they were taken to penalties by fourth tier Carlisle United, but came through to reach the League Cup fourth round on Wednesday. Newcastle United were less fortunate as their woeful start to the campaign continued with a 1-0 defeat to second division Sheffield Wednesday, while the night’s showpiece fixture ended with Arsenal beating north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 with two goals from Mathieu Flamini.

It was an easier evening for holders Chelsea, who cruised into the fourth round with a 4-1 win over third tier Walsall, while Southampton thrashed Championship side Milton Keynes Dons 6-0 and Manchester United made light work of Ipswich Town, win-ning 3-0 at Old Trafford. Record League Cup winners Liverpool would have expected an equally comfortable evening at home to lowly Carlisle.

Brendan Rodgers’s side, however, came into the game without a win in five games in all competi-tions, with confidence at a low ebb.

They eventually se-cured a 3-2 shootout win when Bast ien Hery’s tame effort for Carl-isle was easily saved by Adam Bogdan, but the performance will have done nothing to alleviate the mounting pressure on the Liverpool boss. The Merseysiders had taken an early lead in the game through Danny Ings but were pegged back by a goal from Derek Asamoah after 34 minutes then could not find a breakthrough despite battering at the door and missing a series of chances.

SURPRISE HERO

Tottenham could also feel aggrieved after dominating swathes of their clash with Arse-nal but had nothing to show for their efforts after Flamini proved a surprise hero. The holding midfielder poached the first from close range in the first half and then hit a superb volley on the run after the restart after an own goal from Calum Chambers had levelled the tie at White Hart Lane.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who had fumed after their Premier League defeat to Chelsea at the weekend, was in a far hap-pier mood.

“Overall it was a convincing perfor-mance because we were unlucky to score an own goal and we found the

resources to score a second,” he told report-ers. “He is a fighter Mathieu and a winner as well.”

Chelsea moved seamlessly forward after making light work of third tier Walsall, with midfielder Ramires putting them ahead after 10 minutes with a header, before Loic Remy doubled their advantage with a sidefoot finish.

Walsall pulled one back on the stroke of halftime through James O’Connor but a sharp finish from Brazilian Kenedy through the keeper’s legs and a drive from distance from Pedro completed a comfortable win.

All the goals in Southampton’s 6-0 victory over MK Dons were spread evenly between Jay Rodriguez, Sadio Mane and Shane Long, who each bagged a double.

Newcastle United manager Steve McClaren, who has failed to win

any of his first six Premier League games, will be under increas-

ing pressure after they were beaten at home

by Sheffield Wednes-day. Lewis McGugan scored the only goal of the match after 76 minutes with a drilled effort from outside the area.

Manchester U n i t e d f a n s were treated t o a n o t h e r g o a l f r o m French teen-ager Antho-ny Martial, his fourth in four games

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Wayne Rooney and midfielder Andreas

Pereira had set them up for a straightforward win over Ipswich. Crystal Palace won 4-1 at home to Charlton and Norwich City

won an all-Premier League clash against West Bromwich

Albion 3-0. (rtr)

ROME — After five rounds, the Serie A table has an unfamiliar look

to it. Four-time defending champion Juventus is languishing in mid-table

with just one point, while Inter Milan has left behind its mediocrity of the past few

seasons to enjoy its best start in 49 years.Inter Milan beat Hellas Verona 1-0 on

Wednesday to remain the only team in Serie A with a perfect record. It’s the first time since the 1966-67 that it has won its first five matches season.

That year Inter went on to win its first seven, but still finished second — to Ju-ventus. “Obviously winning five in a row is incredible, but we have another 30 games to play and we need to focus on winning them one by one,” Inter President Erick Thohir said. “It’s important that the team stays concentrated now and keeps its feet on the ground. We need to keep focused, work hard to play as a team and keep win-ning one game at a time.”

Sunday sees Inter welcome Fiorentina, which is up to second after a 2-0 win against Bologna. Fiorentina would move top, above Inter on goal difference, with a victory at San Siro.

Juventus visits Napoli — which is also having a poor start — on Saturday eve-ning, shortly after last year’s runner-up Roma hosts newly-promoted Carpi. The capital side is looking to bounce back after drawing against Sassuolo and losing at Sampdoria.

Sunday’s other matches are: Genoa vs. AC Milan; Bologna vs. Udinese; Sassuolo vs. Chievo Verona; Torino vs. Palermo; and Verona vs. Lazio.

Fresh from securing its first ever Se-rie A point against Juventus, Frosinone welcomes Empoli on Monday, when Ata-lanta entertains Sampdoria. Here are some things to know about this week’s Italian league matches:

JUVE IN CRISISJuventus was expected to march to

a fifth successive league title, but Mas-similiano Allegri’s side is already 10 points behind Inter. While the Milan side is enjoying its best start in nearly 50 years, Juventus is enduring its worst in almost as long.

Juve its two opening matches, drew another two and won just one. Moreover, its normally formidable home record is looking distinctly average. The Biancon-eri, which had won 42 of their past 47 matches at Juventus Stadium — drawing the other five — are still to win in Turin this campaign after losing at home to Udinese and drawing against Chievo and Frosinone.

The draw against Frosinone was par-ticularly galling as the small club earned its first ever Serie A point with a stoppage-time equalizer — a header by Juventus fan Leonardo Blanchard.

“I’m angry because we must improve quickly,” Allegri said. “At this moment

we’re shipping goals from the first op-portunity that falls our opponents’ way, you simply cannot concede from a corner with two minutes remaining.”

NAPOLI STAYING CALMNapoli has just a point more than Ju-

ventus after a similarly woeful start. There were signs Napoli had turned a corner after two successive 5-0 win — against Lazio in the league and Club Brugge in Serie A.

However, on Wednesday it was held to this season’s first goalless draw by Carpi — which is in Serie A for the first time in its history.

“That’s part of football, and that’s also what makes Napoli great but we shouldn’t allow it to influence us,” said coach Mau-rizio Sarri when asked if there was too much expectation after outscoring the opposition 10-0 in its last two games.

“We should isolate ourselves a bit, but I didn’t seen any particular exultation after two 5-0 results and I don’t think I will see gloomy faces after this draw.” (ap)

FRANKFURT, Germany — Borussia Dortmund dropped its first points of the season in a 1-1 draw at Hoffenheim on Wednesday and fell behind Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored in the 55th to cancel out a first-half goal by Hoffenheim’s Sebastian Rudy.

Bayern’s 5-1 victory over Wolfsburg on Tuesday, thanks to the five-goal performance of Robert Lewandowski, left the defending champion with a perfect 6-0 record and a two-point lead over Dortmund.

Borussia Moenchengladbach and Stuttgart both posted their first wins of the season to move from the bottom of the table, while Schalke beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 and Bayer Leverkusen edged Mainz 1-0 with a first Bundesliga goal for Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez.

Moenchengladbach won 4-2 at home against Augsburg under interim coach Andre Schubert. Stuttgart won 3-1 in Hannover to send the home team to the bottom.

Rudy slotted inside the far post in the 42nd and Aubameyang capped Dortmund’s dominance with his seventh goal of the season after Gonzalo Castro chested the ball down to the striker, who drove home from close range.

But his team saw its 11-match winning streak across all competitions come to an end.

“We were dominant, but not consequential enough,” Dortmund’s coach Thomas Tuchel said. “We were just missing something today.” Hernandez ended Leverkusen’s three-match losing streak when his shot from just outside the box was slightly deflected in the second half.

Schalke moved into third after late goals from Joel Matip and Leroy Sane. Matip headed in a corner, while substitute Sane rounded the Frankfurt ‘keeper to secure the victory. Schalke is three points behind Dortmund.

In Moenchengladbach, the home side struck four times inside the first 21 minutes through Fabian Johnson, Granit Xhaka, Lars Stindl and Mo Dahoud. Paul Verhaegh converted two penalties after the break for Augsburg.

Stuttgart also got its first points despite falling behind to an early goal from Kenan Karaman. Christian Gentner leveled in the 16th, Timo Werner made it 2-1 two minutes later and Alexandru Maxim completed the victory in injury time.

Hannover coach Michael Frontzeck is be-ginning to feel the heat only six matches into the season. (ap)

MONTREAL — Didier Drogba scored his fifth goal in four starts for Montreal and Andres Romero also scored to help the Impact beat the Chicago Fire 2-1 on Wednesday night.

The Impact (11-11-6) improved to 3-0-2 since Mauro Biello replaced Frank Klopas as head coach. Montreal is sixth in the Eastern Conference, four points ahead of Orlando City for the final playoff spot. David Accam scored for the last-place Fire (7-17-6) in their first game since Brian Bliss took over for the fired Frank Yallop. They have lost four in a row.

Drogba scored in the 39th minute, Accam tied it in the 50th, and Romero connected in the 76th. Montreal went down a man for a third straight game after Laurent Ciman was shown his second yellow card of the game in the 90th minute. He will be suspended for a home game Satur-day night against D.C. United, as will Romero, who got a yellow card for taking his shirt off after the winning goal. (ap)

Liverpool survive shootout scare with lowly Carlisle

Reuters / Toby Melville

Mathieu Flamini celebrates after scoring the second goal for Arsenal

AP Photo/Luca Bruno

Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini urges his players during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Hellas Verona, at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015.

Perfect Inter leading the way in Serie A as Juventus sinksCelta Vigo stuns

Barcelona 4-1, Real Madrid wins

VIGO, Spain — Celta Vigo swept to a shock 4-1 victory over Barcelona, while Real Madrid went top of the Spanish league with a 2-1 win over Athletic Bilbao Wednesday on a mixed night for the title contenders. Two goals by Iago Aspas helped Celta to a convincing victory over Bar-celona and second place in the table, level on 13 points with Madrid after five rounds. Celta is second for having conceded more goals than the capital club.

footed the ball past a stranded Ter Stegen in the 55th.

Neymar pulled one back for Barcelona by powering in Lionel Messi’s pass in the 80th, but Sweden forward John Guidetti made it 4-1 from close range three min-utes later. Messi had forced a fine save in the first half and hit the post in the second on a luckless night for the Argentina forward.

“I prefer to be beaten by a team like Celta that plays a very clean game,” said Barcelona coach Luis Enrique, whose side is one point behind the league leaders. (ap)

Dortmund falls behind Bayern with 1-1 draw at Hoffenheim

Drogba, Romero score to help Impact beat Fire 2-1

Celta Vigo’s Iago Aspas celebrates his

goal against Barcelona during their Spanish first division soccer

match at Balaidos stadium in Vigo, Spain

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“There is always a day when your opponent is superior and can win all the balls and beat you in every individual duel and doesn’t give you a chance — as has happened today,” Barcelona defender Javier Mascherano said. “There are no excuses, they beat us deservedly.”

Karim Benzema scored twice for Madrid, opening the scoring in the 19th minute after intercepting a terrible back-pass by Mikel San Jose and racing forward to steer the ball past goalkeeper Gorka

Iraizoz. Sabin Merino equalized with a header, the first goal Ma-drid goalkeeper Keylor Navas has conceded this season, but Benzema scored his fifth goal so far this season after latching onto Francisco “Isco” Alarcon’s pass in the 70th.

Elsewhere, Rayo Vallecano beat Sporting Gijon 2-1 and Levante drew 2-2 with Eibar. Villarreal beat Malaga 1-0, while Sevilla — that has yet to win a match this season and is bottom of the league — lost 2-0 to newly promoted Las Palmas

in the Canary Islands.Manuel “Nolito” Agudo opened

the scoring in the 25th minute at Celta’s Balaidos Stadium with a lofted shot that Barcelona goal-keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen got his fingertips to, but couldn’t keep out. It was the attacking mid-fielder’s fifth goal this season.

Barcelona conceded again three minutes later when Aspas pounced on a poor pass by Gerard Pique, raced forward and lifted the ball over Ter Stegen. Aspas then sprinted up the field and side-

LONDON - Liverpool flirted with what would have been a embarrassing low in their poor start to the season as they were taken to penalties by fourth tier Carlisle United, but came through to reach the League Cup fourth round on Wednesday. Newcastle United were less fortunate as their woeful start to the campaign continued with a 1-0 defeat to second division Sheffield Wednesday, while the night’s showpiece fixture ended with Arsenal beating north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 with two goals from Mathieu Flamini.

It was an easier evening for holders Chelsea, who cruised into the fourth round with a 4-1 win over third tier Walsall, while Southampton thrashed Championship side Milton Keynes Dons 6-0 and Manchester United made light work of Ipswich Town, win-ning 3-0 at Old Trafford. Record League Cup winners Liverpool would have expected an equally comfortable evening at home to lowly Carlisle.

Brendan Rodgers’s side, however, came into the game without a win in five games in all competi-tions, with confidence at a low ebb.

They eventually se-cured a 3-2 shootout win when Bast ien Hery’s tame effort for Carl-isle was easily saved by Adam Bogdan, but the performance will have done nothing to alleviate the mounting pressure on the Liverpool boss. The Merseysiders had taken an early lead in the game through Danny Ings but were pegged back by a goal from Derek Asamoah after 34 minutes then could not find a breakthrough despite battering at the door and missing a series of chances.

SURPRISE HERO

Tottenham could also feel aggrieved after dominating swathes of their clash with Arse-nal but had nothing to show for their efforts after Flamini proved a surprise hero. The holding midfielder poached the first from close range in the first half and then hit a superb volley on the run after the restart after an own goal from Calum Chambers had levelled the tie at White Hart Lane.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who had fumed after their Premier League defeat to Chelsea at the weekend, was in a far hap-pier mood.

“Overall it was a convincing perfor-mance because we were unlucky to score an own goal and we found the

resources to score a second,” he told report-ers. “He is a fighter Mathieu and a winner as well.”

Chelsea moved seamlessly forward after making light work of third tier Walsall, with midfielder Ramires putting them ahead after 10 minutes with a header, before Loic Remy doubled their advantage with a sidefoot finish.

Walsall pulled one back on the stroke of halftime through James O’Connor but a sharp finish from Brazilian Kenedy through the keeper’s legs and a drive from distance from Pedro completed a comfortable win.

All the goals in Southampton’s 6-0 victory over MK Dons were spread evenly between Jay Rodriguez, Sadio Mane and Shane Long, who each bagged a double.

Newcastle United manager Steve McClaren, who has failed to win

any of his first six Premier League games, will be under increas-

ing pressure after they were beaten at home

by Sheffield Wednes-day. Lewis McGugan scored the only goal of the match after 76 minutes with a drilled effort from outside the area.

Manchester U n i t e d f a n s were treated t o a n o t h e r g o a l f r o m French teen-ager Antho-ny Martial, his fourth in four games

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Wayne Rooney and midfielder Andreas

Pereira had set them up for a straightforward win over Ipswich. Crystal Palace won 4-1 at home to Charlton and Norwich City

won an all-Premier League clash against West Bromwich

Albion 3-0. (rtr)

ROME — After five rounds, the Serie A table has an unfamiliar look

to it. Four-time defending champion Juventus is languishing in mid-table

with just one point, while Inter Milan has left behind its mediocrity of the past few

seasons to enjoy its best start in 49 years.Inter Milan beat Hellas Verona 1-0 on

Wednesday to remain the only team in Serie A with a perfect record. It’s the first time since the 1966-67 that it has won its first five matches season.

That year Inter went on to win its first seven, but still finished second — to Ju-ventus. “Obviously winning five in a row is incredible, but we have another 30 games to play and we need to focus on winning them one by one,” Inter President Erick Thohir said. “It’s important that the team stays concentrated now and keeps its feet on the ground. We need to keep focused, work hard to play as a team and keep win-ning one game at a time.”

Sunday sees Inter welcome Fiorentina, which is up to second after a 2-0 win against Bologna. Fiorentina would move top, above Inter on goal difference, with a victory at San Siro.

Juventus visits Napoli — which is also having a poor start — on Saturday eve-ning, shortly after last year’s runner-up Roma hosts newly-promoted Carpi. The capital side is looking to bounce back after drawing against Sassuolo and losing at Sampdoria.

Sunday’s other matches are: Genoa vs. AC Milan; Bologna vs. Udinese; Sassuolo vs. Chievo Verona; Torino vs. Palermo; and Verona vs. Lazio.

Fresh from securing its first ever Se-rie A point against Juventus, Frosinone welcomes Empoli on Monday, when Ata-lanta entertains Sampdoria. Here are some things to know about this week’s Italian league matches:

JUVE IN CRISISJuventus was expected to march to

a fifth successive league title, but Mas-similiano Allegri’s side is already 10 points behind Inter. While the Milan side is enjoying its best start in nearly 50 years, Juventus is enduring its worst in almost as long.

Juve its two opening matches, drew another two and won just one. Moreover, its normally formidable home record is looking distinctly average. The Biancon-eri, which had won 42 of their past 47 matches at Juventus Stadium — drawing the other five — are still to win in Turin this campaign after losing at home to Udinese and drawing against Chievo and Frosinone.

The draw against Frosinone was par-ticularly galling as the small club earned its first ever Serie A point with a stoppage-time equalizer — a header by Juventus fan Leonardo Blanchard.

“I’m angry because we must improve quickly,” Allegri said. “At this moment

we’re shipping goals from the first op-portunity that falls our opponents’ way, you simply cannot concede from a corner with two minutes remaining.”

NAPOLI STAYING CALMNapoli has just a point more than Ju-

ventus after a similarly woeful start. There were signs Napoli had turned a corner after two successive 5-0 win — against Lazio in the league and Club Brugge in Serie A.

However, on Wednesday it was held to this season’s first goalless draw by Carpi — which is in Serie A for the first time in its history.

“That’s part of football, and that’s also what makes Napoli great but we shouldn’t allow it to influence us,” said coach Mau-rizio Sarri when asked if there was too much expectation after outscoring the opposition 10-0 in its last two games.

“We should isolate ourselves a bit, but I didn’t seen any particular exultation after two 5-0 results and I don’t think I will see gloomy faces after this draw.” (ap)

FRANKFURT, Germany — Borussia Dortmund dropped its first points of the season in a 1-1 draw at Hoffenheim on Wednesday and fell behind Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored in the 55th to cancel out a first-half goal by Hoffenheim’s Sebastian Rudy.

Bayern’s 5-1 victory over Wolfsburg on Tuesday, thanks to the five-goal performance of Robert Lewandowski, left the defending champion with a perfect 6-0 record and a two-point lead over Dortmund.

Borussia Moenchengladbach and Stuttgart both posted their first wins of the season to move from the bottom of the table, while Schalke beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 and Bayer Leverkusen edged Mainz 1-0 with a first Bundesliga goal for Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez.

Moenchengladbach won 4-2 at home against Augsburg under interim coach Andre Schubert. Stuttgart won 3-1 in Hannover to send the home team to the bottom.

Rudy slotted inside the far post in the 42nd and Aubameyang capped Dortmund’s dominance with his seventh goal of the season after Gonzalo Castro chested the ball down to the striker, who drove home from close range.

But his team saw its 11-match winning streak across all competitions come to an end.

“We were dominant, but not consequential enough,” Dortmund’s coach Thomas Tuchel said. “We were just missing something today.” Hernandez ended Leverkusen’s three-match losing streak when his shot from just outside the box was slightly deflected in the second half.

Schalke moved into third after late goals from Joel Matip and Leroy Sane. Matip headed in a corner, while substitute Sane rounded the Frankfurt ‘keeper to secure the victory. Schalke is three points behind Dortmund.

In Moenchengladbach, the home side struck four times inside the first 21 minutes through Fabian Johnson, Granit Xhaka, Lars Stindl and Mo Dahoud. Paul Verhaegh converted two penalties after the break for Augsburg.

Stuttgart also got its first points despite falling behind to an early goal from Kenan Karaman. Christian Gentner leveled in the 16th, Timo Werner made it 2-1 two minutes later and Alexandru Maxim completed the victory in injury time.

Hannover coach Michael Frontzeck is be-ginning to feel the heat only six matches into the season. (ap)

MONTREAL — Didier Drogba scored his fifth goal in four starts for Montreal and Andres Romero also scored to help the Impact beat the Chicago Fire 2-1 on Wednesday night.

The Impact (11-11-6) improved to 3-0-2 since Mauro Biello replaced Frank Klopas as head coach. Montreal is sixth in the Eastern Conference, four points ahead of Orlando City for the final playoff spot. David Accam scored for the last-place Fire (7-17-6) in their first game since Brian Bliss took over for the fired Frank Yallop. They have lost four in a row.

Drogba scored in the 39th minute, Accam tied it in the 50th, and Romero connected in the 76th. Montreal went down a man for a third straight game after Laurent Ciman was shown his second yellow card of the game in the 90th minute. He will be suspended for a home game Satur-day night against D.C. United, as will Romero, who got a yellow card for taking his shirt off after the winning goal. (ap)

Liverpool survive shootout scare with lowly Carlisle

Reuters / Toby Melville

Mathieu Flamini celebrates after scoring the second goal for Arsenal

AP Photo/Luca Bruno

Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini urges his players during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Hellas Verona, at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015.

Perfect Inter leading the way in Serie A as Juventus sinksCelta Vigo stuns

Barcelona 4-1, Real Madrid wins

VIGO, Spain — Celta Vigo swept to a shock 4-1 victory over Barcelona, while Real Madrid went top of the Spanish league with a 2-1 win over Athletic Bilbao Wednesday on a mixed night for the title contenders. Two goals by Iago Aspas helped Celta to a convincing victory over Bar-celona and second place in the table, level on 13 points with Madrid after five rounds. Celta is second for having conceded more goals than the capital club.

footed the ball past a stranded Ter Stegen in the 55th.

Neymar pulled one back for Barcelona by powering in Lionel Messi’s pass in the 80th, but Sweden forward John Guidetti made it 4-1 from close range three min-utes later. Messi had forced a fine save in the first half and hit the post in the second on a luckless night for the Argentina forward.

“I prefer to be beaten by a team like Celta that plays a very clean game,” said Barcelona coach Luis Enrique, whose side is one point behind the league leaders. (ap)

Dortmund falls behind Bayern with 1-1 draw at Hoffenheim

Drogba, Romero score to help Impact beat Fire 2-1

Celta Vigo’s Iago Aspas celebrates his

goal against Barcelona during their Spanish first division soccer

match at Balaidos stadium in Vigo, Spain

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Admission to the House of Masks and Puppets is free of charge. The house established in 1998 was officially opened to the public in 2004 and the collection so far, consists of approximately 1,300 masks and 5,700 puppets. Aside from the collection of Indonesian works, some of the works are from overseas including items Japan, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Africa.

The presence of the masks and puppets collec-tion from outside of Indonesia is intended to allow visitors to learn and appreciate the cultures of other countries. The collection is still growing thanks to donations made to the Setia Dharma House of Masks and Puppet by visitors, collectors, artists and others.

The cultural wealth of the masks and puppets are on display in traditional houses that are very neatly and attractively arranged. Each house has different collections that are classified based on type, year of manufacturing and origin. “The house displays genuine masks from all over the archipelago as well as replicas of foreign masks” said one of the house attendants.

The house standing on an area of 1.2 hectares can also be taken advantage of as a venue for wed-dings or art performances and is also equipped with supporting facilities including a café that serves as a resting place as well as a place to buy food and beverages.

One of the unique aspects of the House of Masks and Puppets lies in the buildings that resemble some of the customary houses of Indonesia. It is also equipped with several facilities such as public toilets, a stage, a spacious yard, air conditioning and resting places. It is often used as the venue for art performance such as the Reog Ponorogo, Papua Dance and Contemporary Wayang Beber.

The House of Masks and Puppets, is managed by Mr. Theresia Willis. The inspiration to establish this collection came out of a desire to preserve some of Indonesia’s national cultural heritages that have received less attention. This cultural heritage teaches about wisdom, subtleness and the character of nature and the environment. (kmb)

Setia Dharma House of Masks and Puppets

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UBUD - Want to learn more about Indonesian culture through the art of masks and puppets? Come to Setia Dharma House of Masks and Pup-pets located on Jalan Tegal Bingin, Mas village, Ubud. It is very close to the Ubud Market and about 75 minutes’ drive from Ngurah Rai Airport, by taking some small streets as you get closer.

Now, before he has even start-ed his third season in the league, Bennett is on the move again. The Timberwolves placed Bennett on waivers Wednesday. If he clears as expected, the team has agreed to a $3.65 million buyout of his contract, a person with knowl-edge of the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team does not publicly discuss contract figures.

If Bennett is claimed by either Portland or Philadelphia — two teams with cap room to bring him in — he will make all of the $5.8 million his contract called for this season and would not get the buy-out from the Timberwolves.

If he clears waivers, he may have to sign a minimum salary contract worth $947,000, thereby forfeiting about $1 million from his original salary.

After a promising summer spent playing well for Team Canada in the FIBA Americas tournament, Bennett pushed hard for his release from Minnesota.

The Timberwolves have a load of power forwards on the roster, including Kevin Garnett, 2015 No. 1 overall pick Karl-Anthony Towns, Euroleague MVP Nem-anja Bjelica and Adreian Payne in addition to Shabazz Muhammad, a small forward who could slide to the post in small-ball lineups.

All of those players figured to make finding consistent playing time a challenge for Bennett, so he sought his release to join a team where he might be able to fill a defined role.

“When you look at our team, our deepest position is probably power forward,” Wolves GM Milt Newton said in a statement issued by the team. “This move balances out our roster while also allowing Anthony another opportunity in the NBA. He has a lot of talent and his play this summer inter-nationally made this a difficult decision for us.”

After signing Bjelica, point guard Andre Miller and small forward Tayshaun Prince this summer, the Timberwolves had 16 guaranteed contracts on the

roster, one over the maximum. They had other options to free up a spot, including newly acquired 3-point shooter Damjan Rudez and veteran point guard Lorenzo Brown. But Bennett’s desire for a change of scenery made their decision for them. It’s been a startling fall for Bennett, the first Canadian chosen No. 1 overall.

He labored through a shoulder injury and breathing problems as a rookie that caused him to miss training camp and made it diffi-cult for him to get into shape. The result was a first season in which he averaged just 4.2 points and 3.0 rebounds in 52 games.

The move to Minnesota was promising at first, when he accom-panied fellow Canadian Andrew Wiggins in the trade that sent Love to Cleveland. Bennett showed up to camp in great shape after a stint with trainer Frank Matrisciano and opened eyes with his athleticism. But nagging injuries zapped his confidence quickly, and he spent most of the intermittent time he did get on the floor shooting long 2-pointers. (ap)

SUZUKA, Japan — After a rare setback in Singapore, Lewis Hamilton hopes to get his For-mula One championship pursuit back on track immediately at the Japanese Grand Prix. An engine-clamp failure that took away boost power forced Hamilton out of the Singapore night race last weekend for his first retirement of the season.

Hamilton’s lead over Mer-cedes teammate Nico Rosberg, who finished fourth in Singa-pore, was trimmed from 53 to 41 points with six races left. Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel, who won at Marina Bay, is a further eight points back.

Mercedes was surprisingly off the pace in Singapore, but ex-pects to return to dominance on the higher-speed Suzuka circuit where Hamilton won last year ahead of Rosberg and Vettel.

“Singapore was a strange weekend but I’m chilled about it,” Hamilton said. “It’s been an incredible season so far and I’ve been around long enough now to accept that you can’t win them all.”

Vettel has thrived on the long straights and fast corners of Su-zuka, winning here four times between 2009 and 2013.

“Looking at the results this year we’ve had a great car on every track,” Vettel said. “So I think we can be reasonably confident but we have to remain realistic. We have learned along the way so we may be a bit stronger but the favorites have to remain Mercedes with their two cars.”

Last year’s race at Suzuka was marred by a horrific crash involving Jules Bianchi, who went into a coma after the ac-cident and died in July.

Bianchi’s accident occurred at the end of the race. In rainy, gloomy conditions, Bianchi’s car slid off the track and ploughed into a crane picking up the Sau-ber of German driver Adrian Sutil, who had crashed at the same spot one lap earlier.

“Of course, returning to Su-zuka also means we will have Jules in our thoughts and I’ll be sending out strength to his fam-ily,” Hamilton said. (ap)

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MINNEAPOLIS — The deck seemed stacked against Anthony Bennett almost from the moment he entered the NBA. A surprise No. 1 overall pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers in a woeful 2013 draft class thrust expectations on a player still recovering from a major shoulder injury that essentially rendered his rookie season moot. He was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves last summer, a throw-in to help the Cavs land All-Star forward Kevin Love.

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The group from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan had boarded the wooden boat from Pameungpeuk beach in West Java and were head-ing to Australia’s remote Christmas Island, district immigration chief Filianto Akbar told reporters late Wednesday.

“They intended to go to Christ-mas Island but their boat ran out

of fuel and drifted near a beach in Cianjur district on Wednesday,” he said.

“They asked passing fishermen for help, who then informed the police.”

Sixteen migrants were taken to an immigration detention centre while two others were still being questioned by police, Akbar said,

adding that the boat’s captain and two crew members had also been arrested.

Australia’s conservative govern-ment introduced hardline immigra-tion policies in 2013 allowing au-thorities to prevent asylum seekers from attempting to arrive on the mainland.

Indonesia has previously ex-

Indonesia arrests 18 migrants bound for AustraliaSUKABUMI - Indonesian police have arrested 18 migrants who were stranded in the waters

off Java island after their boat ran out of fuel as they tried to reach Australia, an official said.pressed disapproval of the tough immigration policy implemented by former prime minister Tony Ab-bott’s conservative coalition.

The policy includes turning back boats carrying migrants and refusing to resettle asylum seekers who arrive on unauthorised vessels even if they are found to be genuine refugees.

They are instead detained in immigration camps on the Pacific islands of Nauru and Papua New

Guinea, despite harsh criticism from rights groups.

The latest boat is reportedly the first attempt by asylum seek-ers to reach Australia by sea since Malcolm Turnbull became prime minister last week.

On Wednesday, Turnbull admit-ted he had concerns about asylum seekers being held in Pacific island camps, but gave no indication of their being an immediate change to the government’s policy. (afp)

BANJARMASIN - Presi-dent Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has decided to visit Central Kalim-antan province, which is among the worst hit by forest fires, and postponed his planned visit to North Sumatra.

Jokowi felt obligated to visit Central Kalimantan due to the haze emergency situation in the province, Ari Dwipayana of the presidential communica-tion team noted in a statement, Thursday.

“Initially, after perform-ing the Idul Adha prayers at Al-Karomah Grand Mosque in Banjar District, South Kali-mantan, on Sept. 24, 2015, the president along with First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo and his en-tourage would have proceeded to North Sumatra,” Dwipayana noted.

However, instead, they vis-ited Kapuas and Pulang Pisau Districts near the border with South Kalimantan Province.

The head of state felt the need to personally observe the forest and plantation fires that have led to the haze emergency status.

He also wanted to ensure that every stakeholder in the province had participated in the efforts to put out the fires.

In the meantime, several hotspots detected in East Ko-tawaringin (Kotim) District, Central Kalimantan Province, increased significantly to 241 on Tuesday morning (Sept. 22),

from only 20 hotspots recorded on the previous day.

“There were 241 hotspots in Kotim on September 22, at 5 a.m. local time,” Yulida Warni, the head of the meteorology of-fice at the Haji Asan Airport in Sampit, remarked.

The hotspots were spread across 15 sub-districts in Kotim, and only two sub-districts -- Te-laga Antang and Tualan Hulu -- were free from these hotspots.

The sub-district of Antang Kalang had 14 hotspots, Bam-aang 16, Bukit Santuai 2, Cem-paga 9, Cempaga Hulu 2, Besi 22, Mentawa Baru Ketapang 18, South Mentaya Hilir 11, North Mentaya Hilir 47, Mentaya Hulu 3, Seranau 28, Parenggean 3, Hanaut Isle 24, Telawang 16, and Sampit Bay 26.

Besides Kotim, the neigh-boring districts of Seruyan and Katingan also had 164 and 128 hotspots respectively.

The hotspots caused thick haze that reduced visibility to below 10 meters in some areas.

The local authorities have undertaken efforts to put out the flames of these forest, peatland, and plantation fires.

The haze emergency response status in Central Kalimantan has been extended from September 20 to September 30, Head of the Central Kalimantan Disas-ter Mitigation Agency Brigong Tom Moenandaz stated. (ant)

President visits forest fire-hit Central Kalimantan JAKARTA - Noted and senior

lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution passed away at Pondok Indah Hospital in South Jakarta at 10.17 am on Wednesday.

The news about his death came from a text message, sent by Presidential Communication Team Ari Dwipayana, who said that Nasution passed away after being treated in the Pondok Indah Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Besides Dwipayana, Industry Minis-ter Saleh Husin also sen a text message about the same news of sorrow.

Born in Batavia (now Jakarta) on July 20, 1934, Nasution had been active in the field of law since his youth.

As the pioneer of Legal Aid and Law

Reform of Indonesia, Nasution gained his bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Indonesia, International Law degree from the University of Melbourne, doctorate degree from Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht in the Neth-erlands, and the Professor of law from Melbourne Law School, the University of Melbourne in Australia.

He was a Public Prosecutor at Special District Court of Jakarta from 1957 to 1961.

Further, from 1962 up to 1968, he was the Head of Public Relations and Politics at Attorney Generals office.

Simultaneously, he seated in Indo-nesian Parliament during the period of

1966 until 1968.In 1969 he was admitted to the Bar as

Advocate and found Law Firm Adnan Buyung Nasution and Associates that was became the root of this firm.

One year later in 1970, he established Legal Aid Institute (LBH), the first Le-gal Aid and Human Rights Organization in Indonesia.

He held a position of the vice chair-man of the Indonesian Election Com-mission (KPU) in 1999 who conducted the first general election in reformation era.

He also became a Member of Presi-dential Advisory Council of the Repub-lic of Indonesia in 2007 - 2009. (ant)

A Muslim girl walks on a street as she joins Eid al-Adha prayer in Jakarta Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. Muslims slaughter cattle and goats, with the beef and meat distributed to the needy in the holiday which honors the prophet Abraham for preparing to sacrifice his son Ishmael on the order of God, who was testing his faith. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Senior lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution passes away

President Barack Obama’s ad-ministration said this week that he won’t paper over disagreements between the two countries on those topics, even as the leaders find ground where they can work to-gether on other issues, including trade and climate change.

Xi struck a gracious tone during his 48-hour stay in Seattle, during which he toured Boeing’s plant in Everett, visited Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, and received a football jersey with his name on it from high school students in Tacoma.

In his public remarks, at a din-ner banquet and at a meeting of top corporate leaders from both nations, Xi stressed the importance of U.S.-China business relations and vowed that his country would work to re-move barriers to foreign investment and to improve intellectual property protections.

He also expressed a willingness to work with the U.S. on cyberse-curity — a priority for Washington. White House officials have said hacking attacks originating from China are approaching epidemic levels. The administration believes Chinese espionage was behind one of the worst U.S. government data breaches in history, the theft of fin-gerprint images of those applying for security clearances. On Wednesday, the Office of Personnel Management announced that an estimated 5.6

million images were stolen — not 1.1 million as first thought. “Prob-lems are always outnumbered by solutions,” Xi said Wednesday as he addressed the business leaders.

He received an enthusiastic re-ception at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, where students gave him a football and a personalized jersey.

“He said it’ll fit him really well,” said 17-year-old Mushawn Knowles, who presented the jersey to Xi. “And hopefully we can have influence on him to love football.” Xi had presents of his own, giving the school books about his country, a ping pong table and balls, and in-viting 100 students to be his guests in China.

Xi is scheduled to arrive Thurs-day afternoon in Washington, D.C. He and Obama are scheduled to have a private dinner before Obama formally welcomes Xi and his wife at the White House for the official state visit Friday.

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Ama-zon’s Jeff Bezos, investor Warren Buffett and Jack Ma of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba were among the 30 executives who attended Xi’s Seattle address on Wednesday. The speech followed a closed-door discussion Wednesday moderated by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, whose organization, the Paulson Institute, organized the

MANILA, Philippines — The recent abductions of three Western-ers and a Filipino woman from a southern Philippine resort are the latest reminder of the long-running security problems that have hounded a region with bountiful resources and promises, but hamstrung by stark poverty and an array of insurgents and outlaws.

While authorities have not identi-fied the abductors with certainty, there is one usual suspect: The Abu Sayyaf, a brutal al-Qaida-linked group that has pulled off mass kid-nappings for ransom in the last 15 years in the south and in neighboring Malaysia.

“The primary suspect is ASG,” regional military commander Lt. Gen. Aurelio Baladad told reporters on Thursday, referring to the group by

its acronym. He added, however, that there have been no conclusive find-ings on the kidnappers’ identities.

Under cover of darkness, at least 11 men armed with two rifles and pistols barged into the Holiday Ocean View Samal Resort on southern Sa-mal Island shortly before midnight on Sunday then headed toward a huddle of yachts docked at a marina, accord-ing to the military and police.

In less than 20 minutes, the kid-nappers herded at gunpoint Canadi-ans John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad, the resort’s marina manager, and Filipino Teresita Flor, to two motor boats. An American and his Japanese female companion fought back and were injured, but escaped by jumping off their yacht, said Senior Superinten-dent Samuel Gadingan, the police

chief of Davao del Norte province, where Samal is located, about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) southeast of the capital, Manila.

Aside from the Abu Sayyaf, inves-tigators have considered the possible involvement of a small extortion gang of former Muslim and com-munist guerrillas, who have an active presence in the vast Davao region. The latter, however, have in the past publicly declared their abductions, mostly of government troops, within days of seizing them, according to Gadingan.

It remains uncertain which group is behind the latest abduction, but the conditions that foster such crimes are much clearer: A volatile mix of poverty, weak law enforcement and access to thousands of unlicensed firearms in the south, said Julkipli

Wadi, dean of the Institute for Islamic Studies at the state-run University of the Philippines.

It’s very likely too that those deep-seated social ills would not be solved anytime soon and kidnappings would fester, he said.

“These are generational problems that are difficult to be solved by presi-dents who are restricted to six-year terms and often lack political will,” Wadi said.

Kidnappings for ransom have preceded the Abu Sayyaf. But the group has started an alarming trend of large-scale abductions after it emerged in the early 2000 as an off-shoot of the decades-long separatist rebellion by minority Muslims in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation’s south.

The Abu Sayyaf abducted 21

people, mostly European tourists, from a Malaysian diving resort in 2000, freeing them later reportedly in exchange for huge ransoms. The militants took three Americans and 17 Filipinos the following year from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan province southwest of Manila, then staged a failed kidnapping attempt in a popular resort on Samal Island, near where Sunday’s abductions happened.

Without any known foreign fi-nancial support and after more than a decade of battle setbacks inflicted by U.S.-backed Philippine military offensives, the Abu Sayyaf has sur-vived mostly through kidnappings and extortion. In recent years, they have grown more daring by crossing the sea border to snatch their victims in Malaysia’s Sabah state. (ap)

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Chinese President Xi Jinping poses with football players and a football he was given dur-ing a visit to Lincoln High School, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, in Tacoma, Wash. Xi is on the second of a three-day trip to Seattle before traveling to Washington, D.C., for a White House state dinner on Friday.

Xi trades football for hardball political negotiations

SEATTLE — With his feel-good tours of Boeing, Microsoft and a local high school complete, Chinese President Xi Jinping departs Washington state Thursday for the other Washington, where tougher discussions on cybersecurity, intellectual prop-erty protections and human rights await.

gathering.Paulson noted the difficult issues

and increasing tensions facing the na-tions as he welcomed Xi. But Paulson added: “The reason that the U.S. and China have a nearly $600 billion trading relationship, large amounts of U.S. investment in China, and increasing amounts of Chinese direct investment here, is because there are

many areas where our national and business interests align.”

Xi agreed. Though he acknowl-edged hiccups as China shifts its economy from one driven by exports to one driven by a growing middle class, Xi told the group that China’s economy will maintain a “steady medium and high speed of growth for a long time.”

“China will open up still wider to the outside world,” Xi said through an interpreter. “Without reform, there will be no driving force; without opening up, there will be no progress. ... There is good news, and I believe there will be more good news in the future.” China will stand firm to protect intellectual property rights, he added. (ap)

Conflicts, guns and misery foster Philippine kidnappings

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SEATTLE — Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, billionaire investor Warren Buffett and other top American and Chinese business leaders Wednesday, vowing that his country would work to remove barriers to foreign investment and improve intellectual property protections.

Xi’s conference with the busi-ness leaders in Seattle was part of a busy day. He also toured the Boe-ing production facility in Everett, the sprawling suburban Microsoft campus and visited a high school in Tacoma, where he received a football and a personalized jersey.

Protesters and supporters of Xi holding signs in English and Chinese lined the streets outside Microsoft’s Redmond campus and also waited outside the high school.

Apple CEO Tim Cook, Micro-soft CEO Satya Nadella and Jack Ma of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba also were among the 30 executives who attended a closed-door discussion moderated by for-mer U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson before Xi’s address.

Though he acknowledged dif-ficulties as China shifts its economy from one driven by exports to one

driven by a growing middle class, Xi told the group China’s economy will maintain a “steady medium and high speed of growth for a long time.”

“China will open up still wider to the outside world,” Xi said through an interpreter. “Without reform, there will be no driving force; without opening up, there will be no progress. ... There is good news and I believe there will be more good news in the future.”

China will “stand firm” to pro-tect intellectual property rights, he added.

Xi attributed the Chinese econ-omy’s recent slowdown to three factors — world economic prob-lems, proactive Chinese efforts at regulation and “protracted struc-tural problems” in China.

A big item of concern for the American CEOs is a treaty that would provide a framework for broader investment in the economy of each nation.

All of the American CEOs par-ticipating in the forum, organized by the Paulson Institute, signed a letter to Xi and U.S. President Barack Obama urging them to sup-port such a treaty, and they heard encouraging words from Xi on the topic Wednesday. (ap)

HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly recovered Thursday from the previous day’s sharp losses but Tokyo tumbled as investors returned from a long weekend to play catch-up, with auto giants hit by the Volkswagen scandal.

The dollar edged up against most emerging market currencies ahead of a closely watched speech later in the day by Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen, during which markets hope she will provide more clarity on the bank’s plans for an interest rate hike.

Stocks and other high-yielding, or riskier, assets took a hit after the Fed’s decision last week to hold -- citing China’s woes and a developing market slowdown -- fanned con-cerns about the US and global economy.

Those worries were exacerbated Wednes-day when a closely watched gauge of Chi-nese manufacturing activity for September hit a six-and-a-half-year low, the latest ion in a string of results highlighting a severe slow-down in the world’s number two economy.

The news sent shares in Asia plunging -- with Shanghai and Hong Kong down more than two percent -- followed by losses in New York.

On Thursday, however, investors in most stock markets turned buyers, with Shanghai ending 0.86 percent higher, Sydney add-ing 1.47 percent and Seoul 0.13 percent higher.

But Hong Kong continued to drop, shed-ding 0.94 percent in the afternoon while Tokyo finished 2.76 percent down as trading began for the first time since Friday after a three-day public holiday.

“Japanese markets have still got some catch up to do after the uncertainty that’s been washing through global markets,” Tony Farnham, a strategist at Patersons Securities in Sydney, said.

“The issue is gauging the extent of the slowdown in China and the ongoing debate about whether the Fed is doing the right thing” on when to raise interest rates. (afp)

BERLIN — A closely watched survey indicates German consumers’ worries about the economy are deepening. The GfK research group said Thursday that its forward-looking consumer climate index dropped to 9.6 points for October from 9.9 points in September.

It says the three indicators that provide the index number — willingness to buy, income expectations and economic expec-tations — all fell.

GfK says “in light of the global eco-

nomic risks, numerous flash points and the recent sharp increase and largely uncontrolled influx of refugees, citizens apparently have increasing doubts regard-ing further economic development. “

The survey of some 2,000 consumers was conducted before the news broke that Germany’s Volkswagen, the world’s top-selling carmaker, had manipulated emissions tests in the U.S., raising the likelihood the index might suffer a further drop next month. (ap)

Xi says ‘without reform’ no progress for business in China

Jason Redmond/Pool Photo via APChinese President Xi Jinping, center, tours the Boeing assembly line, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, in Everett, Wash.

Most Asia markets bounce, Tokyo sinks on return

German consumers grow increasingly concerned about economy

GIANYAR - Drug abuse and unprotected sex, among young people is increasing the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission significantly. Preventive efforts need to be taken early on where including educating people regarding HIV and AIDS, drug abuse and reproductive health at schools and also by intensifying the empowerment of the Student Group Caring for AIDS and Drugs (KSPAN).

Assistant to Public Administra-

tion at the Regional Secretary of Gianyar, I Wayan Sudamia, during the opening of the Gianyar KSPAN Jamboree 2015 at local Cultural Hall, on Tuesday (Sep. 22) said that the threat of the HIV/AIDS is becoming more alarming with each year. Transmission not only happens amongst high risk groups such as sex workers and their clients or amongst drug syringe users, but housewives, infants are also at risk, as are young people who engage in

unprotected sex. The government of Gianyar

along with the AIDS Mitigation Commission continues to encour-age prevention in adolescents, by providing education about HIV and AIDS, drug abuse and reproductive health at schools and through the establishment of KSPAN. This is the ninth year of the yearly KSPN Jamboree held by the country.

Through the KSPN extracurricu-lar activities, students and school

authorities are expected to pay at-tention to the prevention and control to AIDS and drugs. Targeting stu-dents in the effort to prevent HIV/AIDS and drugs is very appropriate. In the end, students are expected to have skills and knowledge so that they can maintain their health.

“Teenagers are generally very unstable and easily influenced into such behaviour as unprotected sex and illicit drug use. We are trying to prevent these hazards by instill-

ing an understanding in teenagers related to the risk of such poor behavior,” he said.

He also said that until the end of March 2015, there were 11,453 reported cases of HIV/AIDS. Gian-yar is ranked fourth highest number of cases with 839 cases. About 78 percent of thees cases were trans-mitted through unprotected sex and approximately 40.2 percent of people infected are between the ages of 15-29. (kmb25)

This 55-year-old resident from Jehem Kaja, Tembuku, has been providing his chicken with or-ganic for the last twelve years. Organic feed also helps to reduce the environmental pollution that is so rampant nowadays.

Konci, explained that making of organic feed is quite easy. He simply takes advantage of lo-cal materials such as bran, cow manure, chicken manure and

corn produced by the community around his business. Apart from reducing production costs for his 2,300 chickens, also helps the local community earn additional income. “All the materials are natural, so that it does not pol-lute the environment. Farming communities also benefits,” he explained.

Konci also said organic feed is cheaper: “non-organic feed costs

around IDR 5,400 per kg, while organic feed only costs IDR 4,600 per kg,” he explained.

This graduate of Bangli voca-tional school (SMEA) also ex-plained that giving organic feed to his chicken also produces a better quality and shape of the chicken eggs. He said that he learned about organic feed by attending a training session organized by the Institute for Agricultural Technol-

ogy (BPTP) Bali. Due to his hard work and enthusiasm, he was able to apply the knowledge to his current business that changed from a hobby to his main source of income.

Since establishing his farm business, he has never received any complaints from residents as it does not generate strong odors. Instead, local residents ask to be trained by him. “I am often asked to give advice to other breeders about the initial process of rais-ing chicken to the production of chicken,” he explained.

The Head of the Bangli Envi-ronment Agency (BLH), I Made Alit Parwata, explained that most poultry farmers in Bangli do not use organic feed. As a result, many chicken raising businesses receive so many complaints about the door and pollution that they produce, that they are finally forced to shut down. Konci’s techniques needs to be replicated by other farmers. “It would be great if others farmers followed suite, because apart form being eco-friendly and good for the livestock, it is cost effective,” he said. (sos)

Government boosts KSPAN empowerment to deal with HIV/AIDS

IBP/SosiawanNengah Konci, a chicken farmer that make organic food for his cattle.

Konci makes organic feed and reduces environmental pollution

BANGLI - Chicken farm businesses, especially those located in densely populated area often receive complaints about poor environmental management. However, when explored further, there are in fact still farmers that implement eco-friendly concepts, including I Nengah Konci.

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The three-hour Pollutant Stan-dards Index (PSI), which measures air pollution in the country, hit the day’s high of 262 at noon on a public holiday. It then dropped to 225 in the mid-afternoon. The haze is blowing in from neighboring Indonesia where forests are being burned to clear the land for farming, as is done every year causing the annual problem for the region.

Although there are no official air quality descriptors affiliated with the three-hour index, a read-ing of these levels on a 24-hour index would mean that air quality is in the “very unhealthy” range, according to the National Environ-ment Agency.

The 24-hour PSI at noon had a range of 173 to 216. Anything above the official “very unhealthy” bandwidth of 200 is particularly taxing on young children, the el-

derly and those with heart or lung diseases.

High-rise buildings surrounding Masjid Hajjah Fatimah, a mosque in an area historically associated with the island nation’s Malay com-munity, were barely visible through the veil of smog.

While some faithful were seen covering their mouths to block out the haze, none wore masks as prayers conducted inside the mosque required them to wash their faces.

Mustafa Muhamad, 61, said the bad air quality caused some of his friends to opt to say prayers to mark the Eid-al-Adha, or festival of sacrifice, at home instead. From a group of 40 usually seen at each of the day’s five prayer sessions, the number has dwindled to around 20, he added.

“The haze is very bad, there are

less people in the mosque this year. Coming the mosque to pray used to be very nice because we would mingle around after,” the teacher explained.

At the nearby Sultan Mosque, tourists were seen decked in masks while taking pictures with its iconic facade. Preparations for the Chinese mid-autumn festival on Sunday, where farmers traditionally cel-ebrated their harvest, were in full swing.

One such celebration will feature giant lantern sets, nightly cultural performances and a food street.

“My son is very sensitive to dust and has lung issues, so I’m limiting his outdoor time,” said Esther Au Yong, 34, a freelance editor. A trip to the gardens with her three-year-old son on Friday night, on an out-ing organized by his kindergarten is on the rocks due to the haze. (ap)

ZAGREB, Croatia — Tensions escalated between Serbia and Croa-tia on Thursday as the long-time foes struggled to come up with a coherent way to deal with tens of thousands of migrants streaming through the Balkan nations to seek sanctuary in other parts of Europe.

Serbia banned imports of Croa-tian goods to protest the closure of the border to cargo traffic. The clo-sure has cut Serbia off from its main trading partners in Europe and is crippling the economy, costing both nations as much as €1 million euros ($1.1 million) a day. Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said the countermeasures were needed “to protect our statehood.”

Croatia retaliated by barring vehicles with Serbian license plates from entering the country. Croatia’s police said Serbian nationals were not let into Croatia because of “a problem” with the border informa-tion site.

“I planned to open the border ... but now I won’t,” said Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic. “We have to react to this now.”

Serbia’s foreign ministry, in a strongly-worded protest note to Croatia, called the latest measures “discriminatory” against Serbian nationals and compared them to the actions of the Nazi puppet regime in Croatia during World War II.

Croatia has shut all but one of its crossings with Serbia to block the migrant surge, which reached nearly 45,000 in a week and continues un-abated. Croatia is angry that Serbia is busing migrants to its border, rather than sending them north to Hungary.

It is the lowest point in relations between the two countries since the end of the Balkan Wars in the 1990s and underscores the pressure exerted by the influx of people from the Middle East, Africa and Asia who are transiting the Balkans in hopes of going to Germany, Austria and other points north.

Croatia is angered by what it describes as Serbia’s intransigence in diverting all migrants toward Croatia, rather than Hungary, which shut its border on Sept. 15.

“What we’ve asked (for) from the day one ... is to avoid the situ-ation where thousands of people enter through the crossing, which is not manned by a single Serbian policeman and no one controls it,” Croatian Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic said.

Serbia argues Croatia is blaming the country for circumstances be-yond its control. Serbian Social Af-fairs Minister Aleksandar Vulin said the Croatian measures are a form of racism. “There is no other word to describe it,” he said. (ap)

AP Photo/Wong Maye-ETourists take selfies with Singapore’s popular tourist destination, Sentosa, seen through the haze in the background, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, in Singapore.

Thickening haze dampens swing of Singapore festivities

SINGAPORE — A thickening, smoky haze cast a shadow over festivities in Singapore on Thursday, as Muslims headed to mosques to celebrate the culmination of the annual hajj pilgrimage and Chinese readied for a traditional harvest festival.

Border tensions rise between Croatia and Serbia

AP Photo/Darko VojinovicSerbian police officers guard road by the toll booth near the Batrovci border crossing between Serbia and Croatia, about 100 km west from Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. Tensions escalated between Serbia and Croatia on Thursday as the long-time foes struggled to come up with a coherent way to deal with tens of thousands of migrants streaming through the Balkan nations to seek sanctu-ary in other parts of Europe.

DENPASAR - Bali Police are still monitoring the movement of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) networks and anticipatory measures including appealing to owners of boarding houses and the general public to be more vigilant.

In addition, the management of accommodation like inns, hotels, villas and such are also expected to tighten security. “We also urge these accommodations to check peoples identity cards more thor-

oughly,” said the Spokesmen of Bali Police, Hery Wiyanto.

According to Wiyanto, the ISIS concept is contrary to Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution. All the religions in Indonesia are not in line with the concepts of ISIS.

“Radical ISIS followers are the enemies of the state, so people should never be tempted to join this concept,” he said.

The ISIS, said Hery, should be anticipated early on in order for their concepts will not be able to

take root and cause turmoil in the community. As a world tourist destination, Bali needs to prevent ISIS from entering. Prevention must be done to provide security for travelers in Bali.

He affirmed that the bombing in Bangkok must not be allowed to happen in Bali. To that end, people are asked to be more vigilant. If there are newcomers, people must be cautious and check keep an eye on their activities. “Get to know their origin what their occupation

is and what their purpose in com-ing come to Bali. The most impor-tant thing is to check their identity card and relevant documents. If there are any suspicions they should be reported immediately to police authorities or local village security forces,” he said.

The owners of boarding houses, inns, hotels, villas and home stays are asked to record the identity of their guests and ask to photo-copy their identity cards or other identity documents. As for village

security guards, subdistrict police stations, subdistrict military sta-tions, municipal police as well as rural military and police are asked to be more active in checking migrants, including re-activating village security patrol. “We also hope that the Interfaith Commu-nication Forum will often hold meetings in order to counteract the ISIS concept. Give insight to all the devotees in order to reject the ISIS concept,” he added. (kmb36)

Dr. Made Sudarma, from Udaya-na University, assessed that the plan to swap the two areas is not appropriate and that the fact that the area cannot be overgrown with man-groves is not good enough grounds for the planned swap.

“Whatever is found in this area and whether it can be overgrown by mangrove or not, does not separate it from the unity of the area. So, excluding it from this area, is not a solution and such a solution cannot just be made arbitrarily like that. The concept in Tahura does not only include the mangroves,” he asserted on Thursday.

Sudarma added that the area

within Tahura that that cannot be overgrown by mangrove still needs to function as a conservation area because the function of Tahura as a whole is to protect the habitat of wildlife there. For instance, it can become home to fish or other aquatic biota. If the area is trans-formed into a utilization zone, this will certainly damage the ecosystem therein.

“Indeed, perhaps mangrove can-not grow in the contested area but it can still function as a preservation area. In short, it cannot be broken down like that if we indeed have determined it as a grand forest park and conservation area. In other

words, it is there for the conserva-tion of all the plants growing there and for the organisms underneath. I do not agree that just because mangroves cannot grow there that it should be zoned for a different function,” he said.

Previously, a member of the Evaluation Team of the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park Management Plan, Prof. I Nyoman Merit, had said that a total of 169.95 hectares of Tahura (including Pudut Island) located in Badung County can-not be used to grow mangroves. The Ministry of Environment and Forestry was then asked to imme-diately process the swap of the area

of 238.79 hectares that is overgrown by mangroves.

“Later, there will be a swap and the request has been submitted to the Minister,” he said in the public consultation on the evaluation of the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park Management Plan related to the revision of block arrangements in the Mangrove Forest Management Agency for Area I, on Tuesday (Sep. 15).

Merit explained that if the land that is unable to be overgrown by mangrove is excluded from the Tahura, the area would be reduced to 1,203.55 hectares. The swap can increase the Tahura area 1,442.34 hectares instead of 1,373.5 hectares. The area over-grown by mangrove has not yet been included in the Tahura but it has become the water conserva-tion area.

“Yes, it belongs to the conser-vation area, but the area we are are talking about- Tahura, its conser-vation is okay. It is meant to cover

the area that cannot be overgrown. The area excluded from Tahura (including Pudut Island—Ed) will become a utilization zone. The utilization will highly depend on the local government,” added the academic from the Faculty of Ag-riculture, Udayana University.

The Head of the Bali Forestry Service, IGN Wiranatha, said that too many people pass through the area to be swapped and it can-not be overgrown by mangrove through conventional planting. Actually in terms conservation rules, there should be no activity in the area. That’s why the area will be swapped and then con-verted into the utilization zone.

“It has been planted but the plants always die. It is submerged in water and many people pass though here. The forest contains water, it’s funny, right? That’s the question. A ten has assessed the situation but it is not the authority of the service so why should it be swapped,” he said. (kmb32)

Tahura swap plan not appropriateDENPASAR - The evaluation team established by the Bali Forestry Service had previously said that

tit is hard for the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (Tahura) area of 169.95 hectares to be overgrown by mangrove. Based on this condition, the team proposed that the Tahura area in the east (of Tanjung Benoa village, including Pudut Island and vicinity) and parts in the south (of Benoa village) to be excluded from the Tahura Ngurah Rai. As a replacement, area the government was urged to include the area outside the Tahura - approximately 238.79 hectares, because mangroves can grow well there and become a habitat for wildlife. The area that is actually included in the water conservation area is said to be worth being included in the forest area (Tahura—Ed).

IBP/Eka AdhyaksaThe people are trying to fish in the mangrove forrest

Anticipating ISIS Owners of boarding house asked to be alert

3Friday, September 25, 201514 InternationalInternational Bali NewsFashion Friday, September 25, 2015

At the glitzy five-day fashion extravaganza on Sat-urday, the audience appeared with more expensively-torn jeans than with neckties.

Jasper Conran started things off Saturday by show-ing shades of green in a series of relaxed outfits com-prising his spring and summer 2016 collection.

The pieces were a confident celebration of summer, with easy lines, clean detailing and a minimum of fuss. Models wore their hair long and natural.

Dozens of shades of green were on display, some in prints, some standing alone, others mixed with white. The designer seemed to be running out of adjectives to explain the pallet: “leaf green prints” or “bottle green” or “avocado.”

He put an emphasis on thick stripes, often offset by handbags with stripes of the same dimension but in slightly different shades.

Comfortable cotton jersey tops and slacks were seen as well as fancier dresses made of silk. Jackets were revealing, in most cases with only a single but-ton.

Sandals were gold and strappy — but that was about it for bling, save for a few sparkly, semi-sheer evening outfits. (ap)

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Models wear outfit by designer Jasper Conran, during the Spring/Summer 2016 show for London Fashion Week at Brewer Street Car Park, in Soho, London, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015.

Jasper Conran goes greenLONDON — London Fashion Week is em-

phasizing downtown chic this year over British tradition, abandoning its home in the vener-able Somerset House on the River Thames for a converted parking garage in Soho.

KUTA - Indonesian scientists and academics are expected to make advances in the 5G technol-ogy and not just remain merely a target market and users, Chair-man of Indonesia 5G Forum (I5GF), Sigit Puspito Wigati Jarot, said recently.

At the Conference and Exhibi-tion (Code) 2015 in Kuta, Bali, on Monday, Indonesia 5G Forum signed a memorandum of coop-eration with Japan 5G Mobile Forum (Japan 5GMF).

Indonesia established I5GF on July 1, 2015. “It is time for Indonesian scientists to make quantum leaps to achieve a de-cisive edge in 5G technology,” Sigit said.

According to him, Indonesian human resources are capable of developing 5G technology, but they are not organized.

He noted that 5G connectivity technology has been discussed

amongst academics, industry experts and telecom operators worldwide.

Indonesia, the 4th largest mo-bile market in the world with the number of mobile communication subscribers reaching 287 million in 2015, will continue to grow and attain an important position in the communication technology.

“Indonesia should be able to determine suitable 5G technology standards which, according to the national conditions and character, will include rules and the type of devices that will be used next by the market,” he said.

Code, that began on September 21, will continue till September 23, 2015, and will feature discus-sions among global experts in such information and telecom-munication technologies as 5G technology, internet security, and chaos theory approach to address the challenges ahead. (ant)

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Muslims attend a morning prayer marking the Eid al-Adha holiday on a street in Bali, Indo-nesia, Thursday, Sep. 24, 2015. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, to commemorate the prophet Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son for God.

“The participants are expected to attend the Lovina Festival that will include 66 yachts of the Yayasan Cinta Bahari Antar Nusa,” head of Culture and Tourism Affairs Office I Gede Suyasa said.

According to him, visitors will be able to see a number of things

of interest to tourists through the Lovina Festival.

Among the art performances slated to feature in the festival are the special culture of North Bali, the unique traditional arts and clas-sics like “Sampi Gerumbungan,” “Shang Hyang Legong Dedari,” Sang Hyang Memedi and dance of “Selat Segara” that will involve ten dancers.

In addition, a band featuring modern music accompanied by some models of modern art, will also be a highlight of the festival being conducted under the theme, “The Peace and Harmony of Lovi-na,” I Gede Suyasa added. (ant)

Participants of Wonderful Sail Indonesia, including foreign and domestic tourists, will attend the Lovina Festival which will take place in Buleleng District, Bali.

Rally yacht participants to attend Lovina Festival

SINGARAJA - Participants of Wonderful Sail Indonesia, including foreign and domestic tourists, will attend the Lovina Festival which will take place in Buleleng District, Bali, from September 27 to October 1, 2015, an official has said.

Indonesian scientists to advance 5G technology

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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The adjent village Pakisan also had dogs eliminated but unfortunately many residents refused to have their dogs eliminated.

The elimination conducted by a team of the Buleleng Livestock Agency targeted a number of other villages, in-cluding Banjar, Sangburni, and Tegeha, although many residents do not support the elimination of stray dogs even though it could help to eliminate the deadly disease.

Many dogs in these villages were not wearing yellow collars that iden-tify them as having been vaccinated. Because the officers were prevented from carrying out the elimination in this only five dogs were eliminated, and a sixth dog from Sangburni was also confirmed to having been carrying rabies, after samples were taken to the Center for Veterinary Agency.

Division Head of Animal Health, Wayan Susila, with permission from the Head of the Buleleng Livestock

Agency Nyoman Swatantara said that the elimination targets the stray dogs and wild dogs that have not been reached though the mass vaccination in order to prevent residents from be-ing bitten by rabies carrying dogs. As of Wednesday, a total of 89 wild dogs were eliminated at Sawan village.

Those were dogs that were not wearing rabies vaccination identifying collars and found wandering on public streets. “We selectively eliminated stray dogs. Any dog that could poten-tially transmit rabies was eliminated,” he said.

According to Susila, Sawan village has been categorized as a “red” zone for rabies, which is why the team conducted mass vaccination.

More than 480 rabies carrying dogs and cats have been vaccinated. Other, that performing eliminations and vaccinating dogs, the Livestock Agency is also aggressively dis-seminating information about rabies

to local villagers so that they do not raise their dogs carelessly. Dogs owners are advised to comply with Regional Bylaw No.15/2009 on rabies prevention. If dogs are not vaccinated and are deliberately left to roam wild, they will be eliminated. “In Sawan, we have vaccinated many dogs, but some have not been vaccinated yet. The elimination targets unvaccinated dogs especially because Sawan is cat-egorized as a “red” zone for rabies,” said Susila.

To note, a rabies patient suspected of having rabies was declared dead on Sunday (Sep. 20). The patient named Kadek Dwi Antari, a resident of Kanginan hamlet, Sawan was bitten by a stray dog in front of the SDN 2 Sawan elementary school on July 16, 2015. After being bitten, the victim complained about pain with charac-teristics of having been infected by rabies and eventually died at Buleleng Hospital. (kmb38)

So far, there have been a total of 30,000 vials of anti-rabies vaccines after the addition of 14,000 vials to the original number. This shortage of vaccines has caused Bali to fall short of its rabies eradication target. Head of the Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya, said that there are still many obstacles to the optimum handling of rabies cases which pres-ently average about 100-120 bite case a day. One reason for the large number of incidents is the fact that there are so many stray dogs and pet dogs that are allowed to roam free. “Also there are still many people who do not seek treatment in public health clinics after been bitten by a dog,” he explained.

Division Head of Animal Health at the Bali Livestock Agency, IKG Nata Kesuma, said that his institu-tion has eliminated 22,081 of the 400,000 dogs that populate Bali. The spread of rabies is aggravated by the high number of pet dogs that are not properly looked after.

These account for a full 80 per-cent of the dog population. Stray dogs make up about 5 percent and pet dogs kept on leashed account for about 15 percent. The large number of pet dogs that are allowed to roam wild makes it very hard for the Livestock Agency officers to carry out mass vaccinations, which means that rabies has been allowed to spread very rapidly.

Regional Bylaw No. 15/2009 regarding the prevention of rabies, clearly states in Article 5 that every dog owner is obliged to pay attention to the health and welfare of their animals, including having their dogs periodically vaccinated for rabies, and having a HPR registration card, a vaccination card. Dog owners

are also obliged to keep their pet in their own yard or compound, or keep them on a leash so that they cannot roam around public streets and other public places and when taken for a walk, dogs must also be kept on a leash.

Nata asserted that the regulation has not changed and that decisive action needs to be taken in terms of penalizing those who violate these rules. “Currently, the implementa-tion of the regulations must be dis-seminated in a persuasive manner,” he explained.

Given current conditions, law enforcement against offenders needs to be undertaken. “We’d like to en-courage the team to coordinate with related parties so that sanctions can be enforced,” he said.

According to Nata, the reason that there are still so many cases of rabies, is due to lack of public awareness, therefore efforts should be made to inform the public rather than enforcing the law. “A rabies-free Bali cannot be achieved within a year or even two. To be considered rabies-free, there needs to be two consecutive years without any cases of rabies transmission to humans. What needs to be down now, it to op-timize control strategies, strengthen the enforcement of regulations and increase public awareness,” he ex-plained. Once the public understands and the government takes serious action to prevent the spread of rabies -including communicating, inform-ing and educating the public about rabies, vaccinations, conducting selective elimination, the policing of wild dogs through the application of regional bylaw and population con-trol -only then will rabies properly handling. (kmb42)

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Livestock Agency officer carried out mass vaccinations in Klung-kung Regency. The central government had aimed to make Bali free of rabies in 2012 -faster than the national 2015 target. But in reality, up until now Bali has yet to become free of rabies.

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A number of stray dogs at Sawan village, Sawan, were eliminated by officers of the Buleleng Livestock Agency,

on Tuesday (Sep. 22).

Many wild dogs eliminated to prevent rabies transmission

SINGARAJA - A number of stray dogs at Sawan village, Sawan, were eliminated by officers of the Buleleng Livestock Agency, on Tuesday (Sep. 22). This measure was taken in order to prevent the transmission of rabies in this village where 32 year old resident of Kanginan hamlet, Kadek Dwi Antari died, (allegedly of rabies).

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THE CENTRAL government had aimed to make Bali free of rabies in 2012 -faster than the national 2015 target. But in reality, up until now Bali has yet to become free of rabies.

Since the emergence of rabies cases at the end of 2008 until Sep-

tember 2015, there have been 162 reported cases of rabies -related incidents in the province of Bali. As of September 2015, there have been 14 deaths due to rabies.

The 2015 budget for the purchase of anti-rabies vaccines (VAR) was IDR 6.6 billion.

Mina is where pilgrims carry out a symbolic stoning of the devil by throw-ing pebbles against three stone walls. It also houses more than 160,000 tents where pilgrims spend the night during the pilgrimage.

The Saudi civil defense directorate earlier said at least 450 other pilgrims were injured in the stampede on Street 204 in Mina. It was not immediately clear if some of those previously listed as injured were included in rising death tolls.

Amateur video shared on social media showed a horrific scene, with scores of bodies — the men dressed in the simple terry cloth garments worn during hajj — lying amid crushed wheelchairs and water bottles along a sunbaked street.

Survivors assessed the scene from the

top of roadside stalls near white tents as rescue workers in orange and yellow vests combed the area.

Photos released by the directorate on its official Twitter account showed rescue workers helping the wounded onto stretchers and loading them onto ambulances near some of the tents.

Some 2 million people are taking part in this year’s hajj pilgrimage, which began Tuesday.

Saudi authorities take extensive pre-cautions to ensure the security of the hajj and the safety of pilgrims. But tragedies are not uncommon.

The stampede was the deadliest disas-ter at the hajj since 2006, when more than 360 pilgrims were killed in a stampede in the same area. Another stampede at Mina in 2004 left 244 pilgrims dead and

hundreds injured.Thursday’s stampede happened less

than two weeks after a giant construc-tion crane came crashing down on the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the focal point of the hajj.

That accident, on Sept. 11, killed at least 111 people and injured more than 390. Authorities blamed the crane col-lapse on high winds during an unusually powerful storm. (ap)

Muslim pilgrims cast stones at a pillar symbolizing the stoning of Satan, in a ritual called “Jamarat,” the last rite of the annual hajj, on

the first day of Eid al-Adha, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. At least 310 people were killed and

hundreds were injured in a stampede Thursday at the annual hajj pil-grimage, Saudi authorities said.Saudi Arabia says

310 pilgrims dead in hajj stampede

MINA, Saudi Arabia — At least 310 people were killed and hundreds were injured in a stampede Thursday at the annual hajj pilgrimage, Saudi authorities said. The crush happened in Mina, a large val-ley about five kilometers (three miles) from the holy city of Mecca that has been the site of hajj stampedes in years past.

Bali fails to become rabies-free in 2015

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The British boy band said that “Made in the A.M.” would come out on November 13. The album is the fifth by the pop sensa-tions, with one released every year since 2011, always in November -- in time for the holiday shopping season.

The four remaining members of the band made the announcement in a short video posted on Twitter. Band member Harry Styles promised an “instant treat” of one song, entitled “Infinity,” available for download to fans who pre-order the album.

The album marks a new “direction” for the band in one sense -- it will be the first without Malik, a founding member who split in March.

Malik’s departure led to surprisingly bitter exchanges on social media among

the former bandmates who until then had carefully maintained a squeaky-clean public image.

In another break from the youthful past, member Louis Tomlinson, 23, recently confirmed that he is going to be a father with a Los Angeles stylist.

The personal changes led to speculation that One Direction was finished, especially given the notoriously short shelf-life of boy bands.

Member Niall Horan denied the rumors on Twitter last month, writing: “We are not splitting up, but we will be taking a well-earned break at some point next year.”

One Direction released its first track without Malik last month -- “Drag Me Down,” which quickly went to the top of singles charts. (afp)

LOS ANGELES — The second feature in as many months to contain animated zombies (and Tim Burton’s “Frankenweenie” lurking just around the corner), “Hotel Transylvania 2” checks in as an anemic example of pure concept over precious little content.

Despite the proven talents of first-time feature director Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Labora-tory), writers Peter Baynham (Arthur Christmas) and SNL vet Robert Smigel, and a voice cast headed by Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg, the collaboration falls flat virtually from the get-go, serving up half-hearted sight gags that have a habit of landing with an ominous thud.

Being given a public airing at the Toronto International Film Festival ahead of its official opening, the film could initially benefit from a monster marketing push from Sony, but it’s unlikely the “No Vacancy” sign will be lit for long.

Assuming an unsteady Transylvanian accent which, like his bat wings, tends to flit in and out of the picture, Sandler’s overprotective daddy Dracula is having trouble shielding his daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) from outside elements on the eve of her 118th birthday.

Determined to shut himself off from those elements after the death of his wife a century or so earlier at the hands of an angry mob, Dracula had constructed a refuge of an exclusive resort

where he and his monstrous ilk could feel free to be themselves.

But when a party crasher turns up in the form of Jonathan (Samberg), a slacker human backpacker who catches Mavis’ eye, the Count finds it increasingly difficult to keep her under his wing.

While director Tartakovsky’s retro pop sensibilities served Cartoon Network well with the likes of “Dexter’s Laboratory,” ‘’The Powerpuff Girls” and “Samurai Jack,” and Hotel Transylvania has an undeniable visually zippy style, the ghost of a script by Baynham and Smigel provides him with very little of substance.

For the most part there’s just a lot of dash-ing about the hotel’s cavernous hallways as the assembled voice cast (also including Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade and CeeLo Green) attempts to lend some personality to the un-derdeveloped characters.

Ironically, the scattered enterprise exhibits signs of life when the characters leave the confines of the hotel, but that hint of something more arrives too late in the game.

And while those 3D glasses really bring nothing to the party, Mark Mothersbaugh’s lively score adds a ghoulish cool to the other-wise uninspired proceedings. (ap)

One Direction announces album after split speculation

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British band One Direction members, from left, Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Niall Horan, perform on stage as part of the apple iTunes Festival 2015, at the Camden Roundhouse in North London, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015.

NEW YORK - One Direction on Tuesday announced a new album for later this year, putting to rest speculation of an imminent breakup following the departure of Zayn Malik.

This image released by Sony Pictures Animation shows a scene from in Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation’s “Hotel Transylvania 2.”

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‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ is scarily unfunny

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