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The 21-year-old American singer said she was doubly grateful to the EMAs — meeting Iggy Azalea at last year’s awards

show led directly to working with the Australian r a p p e r o n “Problem.” “This is ab-solutely cra-zy,” Grande said after her second win of the night.

It was a good re-sult for a

performer w h o a d -mitted she

w a s too excited to sleep the night be fo re the ceremony, a n d s a i d was shak-ing af ter w a l k i n g

past a gaggle of photogra-

phers on the red carpet.

Minaj proved a confident if con-

ventional host for

the show at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro arena, and she also took home the prize for best hip-hop artist.

“I’ve been learning so much about your beautiful country and culture ... I’ve pretty much become Scottish,” Minaj said. She illustrated it by rapping about whiskey and shortbread and singing a snippet of The Proclaimers’ anthem “500 Miles.”

Minaj’s more provocative side was kept under tight control. There were writh-ing dancers during a performance of her bum-centric hit “Anaconda,” a putt into derriere-shaped mini-golf hole in tribute to Scotland’s love of golf, and a couple of F-bomb obscenities directed at — of all things — an animatronic dinosaur. But on the whole the event stuck to a standard awards-show script.

Beyonce did not appear as widely rumored, and Scottish DJ Calvin Har-ris had to pull out due to illness. But thousands of young Scottish music fans in the arena — and a global TV audience — saw a high-energy show featuring performances from acts including Ed Sheeran, Alicia

Keys, Enrique Iglesias and U2, who brought their own string section.

Rising talent was represented by the likes of crunchy British rock duo Royal Blood and singer Charli XCX, while former “Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff got a rous-ing cheer when he took the stage in a kilt.

Winners of the awards are selected by fans across the continent. The EMAs are held in a different European city each year.

Ubiquitous boy band One Di-

rection won three awards, including best pop act. Katy Perry and Australian punk-poppers 5 Seconds of Summer each won two, and wayward heartthrob Justin Bieber was named best male artist.

None of those acts was on hand to accept their prizes in person.

Linkin Park won the rock category, and Chinese singer Bibi Zhou was proclaimed best worldwide act.

The awards, founded in 1994, adopted a time-travel theme for their 20th anniversary. Giant balloons of the planets floated in the arena, and Grande performed her song

“Break Free” from a fly-ing pod while wearing

a white mini-dress reminiscent of the animated TV show “The Jetsons.”

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The Material Girl has still got it. Julien’s Auctions said Sat-urday that bidders worldwide sought items from Madonna’s professional and personal life during the two-day Icons & Idols: Rock n’ Roll auction in Beverly Hills that started Friday.

The auction house says the gown and stole from her “Material Girl” video sold for $73,125, while the wedding dress the pop icon wore when she married Sean Penn in 1985 brought in $81,250.

Her jacket from “Desperately Seeking Susan” sold for a record $252,000 and one earring worn in the film fetched $34,375.

Other highlights include the gown from the film “Evita” — which sold for $15,000 — and her “A League of Their Own” base-ball uniform — which sold for $31,250.

AP Photo/Julien’s Auctions

Madonna’s clothes from films, wedding auctioned

Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande winners at MTV EMAsAssociated Press

GLASGOW — Nicki Minaj rapped about shortbread and Ariana Grande capped a breakthrough year with two trophies as the MTV Europe Music Awards celebrated its 20th anniversary Sunday with a Scottish-accented show in Glasgow. Grande was named best female artist and also took the best-single prize for “Problem,” one of a string of hits she’s had this year.

Ariana Grande

These cannot be resolved alone. Tourism relies on transportation. In other words, it is called travel and transportation. Transportation determines tourism because people travel around using transportation.

“Based on the travel and tour-ism index, we are ranked 70th. Our main weakness lies in the tourism infrastructure where we are depen-dent on transportation,” said the

Minister of Tourism, Arief Yahya, during his visit to the Puri Lukisan Museum, Ubud.

On the occasion, he also revealed that the number of travelers visiting Indonesia in general was much less compared to the visit to the neigh-boring countries such as Malaysia and Thailand. Indonesia was only visited by about 8 million, while Malaysia was visited by 26 million,

Singapore (15 million) and Thailand (28 million). He disclosed the border-crossing foreign travelers in Malaysia reached 60-80 percent. “As a far more interesting country, we should also enjoy this border-crossing visit. Moreover, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore are within the same region as Indonesia,” he said.

To resolve the issue, one of the proposed measures to the govern-ment of Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla was the implementation of the free visa for travelers from five countries. Such an initiative coinci-dentally changed the rules of visa on arrival (VoA) that had prevailed all

this time. “Now, we are still imple-menting the VOA. So, to increase the tourist visit, I propose the provision of free visa policy next year for travelers from five countries, such as China, Japan, Korea, Russia and Australia,” he said.

Specifically the facility for Chinese travelers, he added, was inseparable from the status of the country as one of the countries with the largest popula-tion in the world. More importantly, China had a very high economic growth. “Our largest projection is China because this country has high economic growth,” he said.

It was said the visa-free facility

would become a convenience for foreign travelers to Indonesia. He stated that such a policy would take effect in January 2015. “We target the number of foreign tourist arrivals in 2015 to reach 10 million people,” he revealed.

Arief Yahya said that it was a national program so that the min-istries having been appointed by the president should be willing to implement and support it. “There is a cooperation program. This is a na-tional program, the program owned by the president. If the president has set it forth, all parties need to support,” he concluded. (nik)

To develop tourism

Infrastructure becomes first constraint Bali Post

GIANYAR - Many challenges and obstacles are faced by tourism sector of Indonesia today. One of them is infrastruc-ture issue.

Congestion happened at Kuta area during peak of holiday season recently. Tourism

relies on transportation. In other words, it is called travel and transportation. Transpor-tation determines tourism because people

travel around using transportation. IBP/Eka Adhiyasa

Leaders of China, Japan briefly meet to thaw ties

South Korea fires warning shots near North Korea border

Stunning Tevez solo goal caps Juventus rout

International2 Tuesday, November 11, 2014 15International Activities

Bali News

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

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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Calendar Event for November 7 through 20, 2014

7th Purnama Sasih KalimaTemple Festival at:Aci-Aci Penawung Di Pura Batmadeg-BesakihPr. Pande Bang- Ds. Camnggaon, Sukawati.Pr. Kentel Gumi- Ds. Batur, Kintamani.Pr. Pedharman Agung- Satria, Denpasar.Ngusabha Di Pura Kehen- Bangli.Pr. Segara – Br. Sasih, BatubulanPr. Desa Pemenang- LombokPr. Agung Pasek Gelgel-Ds. Sumertha, DenpasarPr. Pasek Gelgel- Ds. Kekeran Delod Sema, MengwiPr. Dalem Puri Agung – KintamaniPr. Dalem Agung- Br. Sekar, Nongan, KarangasemPr. Dalem Balingkang- Ds. Pinggan, KintamaniPr. Tampur Hyang Pusat/Kawitan Maha Gotra Catur Sanak- Ds. Songan,

KintamaniPr. Dalem Pulasari- Ds. Bantas, Sudaji, BulelengMr. Pasek Gelgel- Ds. Lebih, GianyarPr. Panyungsungan Pasek Toh Jiwa- Ds. Wanagiri, Selemadeg, TabananPamerajan Agung Pamecutan- DenpasarPr. Suranadhi- Lombok,Pr. Pucak Bukit- TampaksiringPr. Dalem Ubung Kupang- Ds. Dukuh, Panebel, TabananPr. Pasar Agung Besakih- Ds. Sebudi, KarangasemPr. Pasek Gelgel- Ds. Tengkulak Kaja, Kemenuh- GianyarPr. Suci- Ds. Tianyar, Kubu, KarangasemPr. Dadia Dalem Renon- Br. Kukuh, Kerambitan, Tabanan, Ds. Adat ,Andala Merta Ds. Kenangan /SP Sembilan

12th Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan/ Buda Kliwon Gumbreg

Temple Festival at:Pr. Pasek Gelgel- Ds. Kukuh,Marga, TabananPr. Pasek Gelgel – Ds. Kukuh, Selemadeg, TabananPr. Pasek Gelgel- Ds. Mambang, Selemadeg, TabananPr. Puseh+Desa- Ds. Guwang, SukawatiMr. Pasek Ketewel- Ds. Ketewel, Sukawati,Pr. Pangeran Tangkas Kori Agung- Jeroan SadingPr. Dalem Setra Batu Nunggul- Ds. Suwana Nusa Penida

17th Coma Kliwon Wariga, Temple Festival at: Pr. Gelap - Besakih

19th Buda Paing Wariga,Temple Festival at:Pr. Jati- Ds. BaturMr. Pasek Gaduh- Ds. Kayubihi,Bangli

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Hotel Neo to debut in Malaysia in 2015IBP

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Bali PostSEMARAPURA - Realization of the road access construc-

tion plan to Gunaksa Pier is becoming increasingly unclear. Throughout 2014, there, has been no indication of physical work. Previously, the central government had said that the con-struction process would begin this year once the government of Klungkung’s application had received a response from the central government. The first phase of the budget disbursement reached tens of billions.

The Head of Transportation, Communications and Informatics Agency, Nengah Sukasta, when contacted on Sunday (Nov 9) said the project was still in the bidding process. So, he did not know exactly when the physical work would begin. He also claimed to be embarrassed at to ask the same question over and over again to the central government because the response of the central government said that the project was still being process. “When we checked with the Directorate General of Land Transporta-tion, the central government he said they remained firm on their original commitment. It was not canceled,” he said.

When asked about the stagnant realization of the assistance due to the Gunaksa Pier project case being under law enforce-ment, Sukasta also claimed not to know. He said it was entirely up to them to central government to deal with. As planned, the central government through the Ministry of Transportation, in this case the Directorate General of Land Transportation, helped to build the road access along 1.77 kilometers. Similarly, Sukasta claimed not to know about the exact budget disbursed by the central government. Previously, the government of Klungkung g through the Governor of Bali had applied for assistance in the construction of road access worth IDR 124 billion.

Prior to disbursing the budget, the representatives of the central government such as the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas), Director General of Land, Regional Development Planning Board (Bappeda), the Transportation Agency and Pub-lic Works Agency as well as the Bali-Penida River Agency had visited the location. Currently, the local government was asked to review the detailed engineering design (DED) to keep costs as efficient as possible. Among the changes, the width of the road was narrowed from 20 meters to 14-15 meters. However, after the visit, the budget disbursed by central government only reached IDR 40 billion even though the budget required after reviewing the DED was IDR 92 billion from IDR 124 billion in the proposal. The workmanship would have begun in 2014 with the budget being gradually disbursed.

Ketut Janapria, Regional Secretary of the government of Klungkung, when contacted again regarding this issue on Sunday, was not prepared to comment. His party did not respond after being contacted for several times. According to rumors, the as-sistance was not realized because the land where the access road would be built was involved in a case currently handled by the Klungkung Prosecutor’s Office. This allegation has been revealed several times by Klungkung legislators.

Sukasta added that related to the construction of the road access to Gunaksa Pier, the Transportation Agency in the main budget 2015 was said to have proposed the land acquisition with an extent of 900 square meters to be further discussed with the legislatives. As planned, the land was used for the construction of an intersection. However, the last survey in August indicated that the cost of land compensation set by landowners already skyrocketed to IDR 215 million per 100 square meters. Before drafting the definite budget, his party said they would conduct another survey of the land price. (kmb31)

According to Wayan Janji, 60, his hydrangea garden could pro-duce flowers in large quantities during rainy season. Unfortunately, this prolonged dry season had caused the production of hydrangea flower to decrease due to limited irrigation.

He said that the production of flowers at Gobleg was famous throughout Bali. Understandably, the village had been known as the central producer of hydrangea often used by collectors or traders to fill their canang offerings. Most local residents grow hydrangea, which have been sold all over Bali. “Our harvest yields here are usually sold to collectors. Moreover, this village is the central producer of hydrangea in Bali. Unfortunately, the recent drought has made the flowers dry

and easily withered,” said Wayan Janji, Sunday (Nov 9).

He added that during the dry sea-son, an area of 2,500 square meters could produce a maximum of 5 kg per harvest. In past month, he still had not harvested, because there was not enough water. On average, in one harvest he could get 100 kg a week during rainy season. The price of hy-drangea is IDR 15,000 per kg, while during dry season the price range was from IDR 5,000 to IDR 7,000 per kilogram. “Our flower plants actu-ally lack water, which decrease the quality of the harvest and thus their market value” she said.

Furthermore, to overcome the impact of the drought on flower production, water from the Mu-nicipality Waterworks (PDAM) sourcing from the area of Lake

Tamblingan is used. Although it did not run so smoothly, the water was still used at particular times. In anticipation of this problem, Wayan Janji immediately bought one cubic of water at IDR 50,000. She used the water for cooking, bathing and drinking every day.

Meanwhile, another farmer, Wayan Darmawan, added that hydrangea production at Gobleg village has become the main source of livelihood for many villagers. Residents use the profits from flower sales buy groceries and as capital for taking care of their hy-drangea plants. “So far, it has only rained in the town of Singaraja, sir. It has yet to rain here. This drought forces flower growers to be clever in managing their capital,” he said. (kmb34)

Realization of road access to Gunaksa Pier unclear

IBP/Dewa Kusuma

The farmers of hydrangea are inspecting their dry plants

Farmers of hydrangea still face drought Bali Post

SINGArAJA – The scarcity of rain has made a number of hydrangea gardens dry. Such condi-tions are especially dire at Asah hamlet, Gobleg village, Sukasada subdistrict, for the last six months. Farmers did not expect the extended drought to kill the hydrangea plants and cause the economic problems for the locals.

3Tuesday, November 11, 201414 InternationalInternational Bali NewsScience Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Associated Press

BERLIN — The European Space Agency is making final preparations to land the first unmanned spacecraft on a comet next week, and scientists are hop-ing that technology designed a quarter century ago will perform as planned.

Europe’s Rosetta space probe was launched in 2004 with the aim of studying comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and

learning more about the origins of the universe.

After successfully getting Rosetta to rendezvous with the comet in August, scientists in-tend to release a small landing craft called Philae onto its icy surface.

The drop — scheduled for 0835 GMT (3:35 a.m. EST) Wednesday — requires a series of complex orbital maneuvers over the coming days. Since signals take over 28 minutes to travel the

500 million kilometers (311 mil-lion miles) from Earth to Rosetta, scientists have programmed the probe to perform the separation sequence itself when the moment is right.

They will rely on what, in digi-tal terms, is ancient technology.

“The design and building started some 20 years ago,” mis-sion manager Fred Jansen told reporters Friday. “Effectively you’re looking at technology, computing-wise, of the end of

the 1980s.”The 100-kilogram (220-pound)

lander should touch down on the surface of the comet about seven hours later, with confirmation reaching Earth at about 1603 GMT (11:03 a.m. EST).

“There is no doubt that we’ll hit the comet,” said spacecraft operations manager Andrea Ac-comazzo. “Whether we hit it safely is another matter.”

The European Space Agency, which relies for funding on its

member states, has sought to drum up public interest in the mission with a series of high-profile cam-paigns over the past year. These include an online vote on what to name the landing site — Agilkia, after an island on the Nile River, was chosen — and the release of a sci-fi short film called “Ambition” starring “Game of Thrones” actor Aidan Gillen.

The landing event will be streamed on the space agency’s website.

Bit by bit, mysticism about comets has been replaced by fact as scientists discover more about these epic and ancient travellers of the skies.

As it turns out, comets may be more extraordinary than even the deepest superstition could imagine.

They may even have brought life to our planet, according to some theories.

For decades, astrophysicists have debated whether, at the dawn of our Solar System, comets peppered Earth with some of the chemical essentials for life as we know it.

The answer may be within reach.

On Wednesday, a European robot lab, Philae, will make the

Science lifts veil on cometsAgence France-Presse

PARIS - For millennia, the sight of a comet filled humans with awe or dread. The birth of Jesus, the assassination of Julius Caesar, the Great Plague of London, the coming of war or peace, bountiful harvests or famine... all thought to be portended by cosmic herald.

first-ever landing on a comet. It will carry out experiments

on the comet’s back as the pair hurtle toward the Sun, escorted by Philae’s mother ship, Rosetta, in orbit.

“Comets are the most ancient objects in the Solar System,” Fran-cis Rocard of France’s National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), told AFP.

“We want to know if comets played a part in providing Earth with water and carbon. There is no doubt that the results from Rosetta and Philae will shake up what we know.”

Dubbed “dirty snowballs” by US astronomer Fred Whipple, comets are deemed to be clusters of primeval carbon and ice, typically

a few kilometres (miles) across.Blacker than coal, they were

formed shortly after the Sun flared into life in a halo of dust and gas -- the stuff that eventually formed the planets and other bodies.

Today, the Solar System is considered a pretty quiet place compared to 4.6 billion years ago, when it was a shooting gallery.

The nascent Earth would have been whacked over and over again by comets and asteroids, swelling the planet in size and depositing ice, which on some theories be-came today’s oceans.

“This would have created a wonderful culture medium -- a liquid enabling highly rich carbon material to react and create prebi-otic chemistry,” said Rocard.

“It would have led to the first membranes and ultimately the first cells -- life itself,” he said.

The key to confirming this theory lies in the ratio of hydrogen and deuterium on the comet, which Rosetta and Philae will measure with their instruments, to be com-pared to the chemical make-up of water on Earth.

Doomed to orbit the Sun in el-liptical circuits, comets undergo thermal and gravity stress as they near the star.

Some of their ice is melted and transformed into gusts of gas, the bright “coma” around a comet’s head.

Hairy starThe gassy wake, and dust loos-

ened by the melting ice, creates a spectacular tail reflected in the Sun’s rays and may stretch across millions of kilometres.

The word for comet comes from “stella cometa” -- Latin for “long-haired star”.

The best-known is Halley’s Comet, named after 17th-century English astronomer Edmond Hal-ley, who was the first to show that comets orbit the Sun and return regularly.

Just over 5,000 comets have been observed since the first re-corded sighting by Chinese sky-gazers around 240 BC.

But some experts believe there could be as many as a trillion out there, the European Space Agency says.

“Short period” comets take less than 200 years to complete an orbit. They are believed to return to the Kuiper Belt, just beyond the orbit of Neptune.

“Long period” comets return to the Oort Cloud, a vast, frigid, dark place on the Solar System’s fringes.

Some of these last swung by more than 100,000 years ago, when Homo sapiens ventured out of Africa, at the start of our conquest of the planet.

Scientists gear up to land 1st spacecraft on comet

AP Photo/dpa, Boris Roessler

The Aug. 6, 2014 file photo shows an expert watching his screens at the control center of the European Space Agency, ESA, in Darmstadt, Germany. Scientists at the European Space Agency are making final preparations to land the first spacecraft on a comet next week. The launch of a small lander from ESA’s Rosetta space probe marks one of the key moments in the decade-long mission to examine comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

AP Photo/ESA

The image composed of two different images and provided by the European Space Agency ESA on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2015 shows parts of the spacecraft Rosetta in front of the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko from a distance of about 16 km from the surface of the comet.

“Schools of nursing must have excellent program such as complementary program and hu-man care for the elderly. More-over, Bali will become the world elderly destination and it must really be prepared in the future,” said the academician, I Dewa Agung K. Sudarsana, Saturday (Nov 8).

According to Sudarsana, there had been Gubernatorial Regula-tion related to the policy on the existence of a number of elderly people living in Bali. Certainly they were in need of services and nursing care by health profes-sionals in general. In addition, the nursing school should yield excellent graduates in terms of quality and behavior. “People actually want to be served, not compounded. A nurse should re-ally have a sense of serving the community, friendliness, cour-tesy and good communication,” he said.

In accordance with the Law

IBP/File Photo

Elderly tourists visited Bali recently using a cruise ship. Bali will become a world destination of the elderly, so that it must prepare reliable nurses.

Become an elderly destination

Bali must prepare reliable human resources

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Nursing is a unique profession that handles human response in the face of health problems. In addition, it essentially involves basic human needs. The growth of the elderly in the world is estimated to reach the same number as that of infants. Meanwhile, Bali will become a world destination of the elderly, so that it must prepare reliable nurses.

No.38/2014 on nursing, the Di-rector of STIKES Wira Medika PPNI Bali Health College re-vealed that nurses had a strong legal instrument to provide in-dependent practice and install a signage like other professions. Therefore, nurses could create job opportunity and would not depend on others any longer.

Responding to the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and AFTA 2015, nurses should seriously implement the concrete tips and strategies. But there was obstacle in the matter of foreign language mastery. On that ac-count, the subject on foreign lan-guage should be strengthened so that after graduation they could at least speak English. In addi-tion, the other foreign languages such as Japanese would also be required as predicted that many Japanese elderly people would come to Bali. “If all the parties have been concerned to make standardization efforts developed

in the regional and international level, I think there will be no problem,” he said.

In the meantime, a tourism practitioner, I Gusti Agung Nyo-man Winda, assessed the impact was very positive. It happened because the elderly travelers

coming to Bali had longer length of stay as they wanted to enjoy their old age amidst the beauty, serenity and the peace of the is-land. “Many guests of this kind have come to Bali, including those from the Netherlands,” he said.

In the future, the government and tourism industry players should make preparations more mature, especially related to the matter of rooms and spe-cial equipment. “They want to get tranquil atmosphere,” said Winda. (kmb36)

Buffalo races held at Jembrana

IBP/Surya Dharma

Buffalo races or Makepung Jembrana Cup at Delod Berawah Circuit, Mendoyo subdistrict, held on Sunday (Nov 9). East Ijogading block achieved the overall winner of the race.

Bali Post

NEGARA - Buffalo races or Makepung Jembrana Cup at Delod Berawah Circuit, Mendoyo subdis-trict, held on Sunday (Nov 9). East Ijogading block achieved the overall winner of the race. Interestingly, though becoming the winner, the total cash prize was divided into two, both for the East and West Ijogading.

From the morning, hundreds of pairs of buffalo from a number of subdistricts in Jembrana had thronged the Makepung Circuit located on De-lod Berawah Beach. Even, their line got to the street. After a few times of competition, finally the block of East Ijogading could win with the score of 48. It was much different from the West Ijogading that only attained the score of 18.

Sharing of the cash prize was also justified by the Makepung Coordina-tor, I Made Mara. According to him, the distribution of prize was based on the agreement of both blocks. The prize was just intended for the buf-

falo race and none was allocated for personal benefit. “It is just allocated for the maintenance of circuit such as the purchase of sand, repair of cul-verts, meeting expenses including the cost of transport for the cart of each participant,” he explained. For single competition, each participant at least spent at IDR 1 million. From year to year the number of participants continued to rise.

Previously, each block only in-volved an average of a hundred pairs, but this year it reached 170 pairs. The Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha, who was present at the event, revealed that it indicated if the Jembrana community was in-creasingly fond of the buffalo race cultural tradition. To maintain the tradition, his party helped improve a number of circuits and protect it from the threat of land conversion. This year, the two circuits respectively the Sanghyang Cerik at Tuwed village, Melaya and Delod Berawah Circuit had been protected by regional bylaw (Perda). (olo)

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The two men posed briefly in front of cameras, stern-faced, and Abe briefly said something to Xi, who gave no response and looked toward the cameras for the remain-der of the handshake.

They then entered a closed room at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People for 30 minutes, giving some hope that the two countries could dial down the friction in the talks arranged on the sidelines of this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

The spat between China and Japan over uninhabited East China Sea islands and other contentious issues has raised concerns of a mili-tary confrontation between Asia’s

two largest economies, which could draw the U.S. into the fray along-side ally Japan.

Although core divisions won’t be resolved soon, Abe told reporters afterward that the countries made a “first step” toward reconciliation.

“I believe that not only our Asian neighbors but many other countries have long hoped that Japan and China hold talks,” Abe said. “We finally lived up to their expectations and made a first step to improve our ties.”

China also has been angry over what it sees as Japan’s efforts to play down its brutal 20th century invasion of China, a lingering sore point for its 1.3 billion people.

China’s leader must balance the need not to appear too solicitous of Japan, for his domestic audience, while still being statesman enough to host Abe ahead of Tuesday’s summit, when the two men will join 19 other world leaders including President Barack Obama and Rus-sian President Vladimir Putin.

China hopes to use the consen-sus-oriented Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit to assert its ambitions for a larger leadership role in U.S.-dominated trade struc-tures.

In a break from the usual pro-tocol, Abe was made to wait for Xi to arrive at the meeting, rather than being greeted by him on ar-rival. China’s Foreign Ministry also described the meeting as being at Abe’s “request,” a phrase not used in its reports on Xi’s meetings with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and other foreign leaders Monday.

Associated Press

JENE-WONDE, Liberia — A schoolteacher brought his sick daughter from Liberia’s capital to this small town of 300 people. Soon he was dead along with his entire family, and they are now buried in the forest nearby along with an increasing number of residents.

The community of Jene-Wonde in Grand Cape Mount County near the border with Sierra Leone has become a new epicenter for the deadly Ebola outbreak in Li-beria, which is also hitting Sierra Leone and Guinea.

Momo Sheriff, who lost his son to Ebola, said there is no health care in the community and leaders have no way to manage it. The tiny town already has lost 10 percent of its population to Ebola since late September. Amid all the deaths, markets and farms nearby have been abandoned.

“If the government does not take action, everybody will die in this town,” he said. “We are burying two dead bodies today. We don’t know who it will be tomorrow. Every day we have to cry,” he told an Associated Press journalist.

Liberia has suffered the great-est death toll in the Ebola epi-demic, with 2,766 deaths blamed on the virus that had never been seen in West Africa before this year’s crisis. After months of aggressive efforts to isolate the sick and safely bury the dead, the

World Health Organization says Ebola appears to be declining in Liberia “although new case numbers remain high in parts of the country.”

The number of reported cases appears to be even dropping in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia. But that is little solace for the people of Jene-Wonde.

Juma Mansaray lost her mother and grandmother on the same day here. She said the community has been ostracized from neighboring ones.

“Everywhere we go the people will drive us away,” she said. “We are like outcasts; we can’t even go to the local market to buy pepper or food because people think we are cursed. We don’t know what to do. Most of our relatives in other areas don’t want to see us ... we are stuck here.”

Abdullai Kamara, the leader of Burial Team A of Grand Cape Mount County Ebola, said the people of Jene-Wonde have been stubborn and in con-stant denial, which he cites as the reason the disease is still spreading.

Ebola is contracted through direct contact with the bodily fluids of the sick and the dead. For weeks, residents of Jene-Wonde have been chasing away safe burial teams and also have hidden the sick from outside health work-ers, he said. “Our people played deaf ear to what was happening,” Kamara said. “They denied the truth.”

Leaders of China, Japan briefly meet to thaw ties

AP Photo/Kim Kyung-Hoon, PoolChina’s President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People, on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings, in Beijing, Monday, Nov. 10, 2014.

Associated Press

BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took a tentative step toward easing more than two years of high tensions over contested islands and wartime history on Monday with an unsmiling handshake and a short meeting.

Liberia village becomes a new Ebola epicenter

AP Photo/ Wade WilliamsIn this photo taken Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, health Care workers load the body of a dead woman suspected of dying from Ebola, onto the back of a truck in Jene-Wonde, Liberia.

Bali Post

GIANYAR - The management of Bali Adventure along with the rafting association operating in Ayung River made some improve-ments and evaluations after an Indian traveler named Bhavik Shah, died while rafting adventure in the Ayung River.

On Friday (Nov 7), the management of Bali Adventure, Ni Made Kariani, accompanied by the owner Nigel Mason, claimed that their had good security. However, the conditions in the field, with the presence of the naturally occurring vortex have caused them to be unable to use that course again. “We are not going to use that course again,” she said while adding that she did not want to take any risks.

Meanwhile, the death of Bhavik Shah, has not been well received by the victim’s family. The family, including his widowed wife, are very upset.

After the incident, the Bali Adventure on the occasion of the full moon held a mapekelem ceremony. According to Mangku Wayan Sukianten, his party held a pecaruan ceremony at the starting point and mapekelem at the death location of the Indian traveler. Similar ritual were also held at the finish point. Procession of the ceremony performed was an effort to restore the natural conditions along the rafting tour path physically and psychically. (kmb16)

Bali Post

BANGLI - Some floating net cages (KJA) fish farmers, alon Lake Batur were shocked in the face of the price of fish food that has recently increased dra-matically. Almost every week, the price of the fish food has risen by IDR 5,000 and it presently being sold for about IDR 400,000. The fish farmers worry that if the price of fish food continues to soar, it will cause them to bear great losses.

As one of the floating cage owners at Purajati hamlet, North Batur village, Kinta-mani, Wayan Kapal, recently said, a 50 kg sack of fish feed now costs IDR 400,000. The price increase of IDR 5,000 occurred every week. The fish farmers in the region have been buying the fish feed from outside places such as Tabanan and Denpasar.

Kapal admitted to being worried be-cause the price of feed continues to soar not to mention the increase in fuel costs. If the planned hikes in fuel prices do really occur, then the fish cage owners are certain to suffer great losses. Moreover, the sell-ing price of fish is only IDR 21,000 per kilogram. “If the fuel price increases, the price of fish feed will definitely increases as well,” he said.

He added that every 20 days, the fish cage owners raising 60,000 fish needed at least one ton of feed. Consequently they can calculate how much feed is required for raising the fish until they are ready to be harvested. “If the feed price continues to rise, we will surely lose,” he added. (ina)

Bali Post

AMLAPURA - After oscillat-ing in the ocean for two days in the ocean, three fishermen from Situ-bondo were finally overwhelmed by the waters of Kubu. Suffering dehydration and general weakness the fishermen were eventually rescued by patrol officers from the local Marine Police and a number of fishermen from Kubu. After that, they were brought to safety to the beach at Kubu Kangin hamlet, Kubu village, Karangasem.

The three fishermen found float-ing in the ocean; Iwan Sahari, 29, Misnawi, 50, and Kusnadi, 50, are residents of Asta Jangkar hamlet, Situbondo, East Java. Before being swept away, the three fishermen went out to sea with a small boat to wards the north in the waters of Madura, Wednesday (Nov 5) around 05:00 a.m.

Initially, the three fishermen did not have any problems. Their fish

catch was even pretty good. While absorbed in catching fish, high waves suddenly hit their boat. They were then swept away and became disoriented. Their small outboard motor made it difficult to control their boat in the strong currents.

“They were swept away to the waters of Kubu, but they thought that they were still near the waters of Situbondo,” said Chief of Karan-gasem Marine Police, I Made War-tama, to reporters last Sunday.

Having been tossed around for almost two days, the three fisher-men started to experience dehydra-tion and became limp due to ex-haustion. The three fishermen were found on Friday (Nov 7) around 2:00 p.m., when a number of fisher-men from Kubu were going to sea to catch fish. Because the three lost fishermen were asleep powerlessly, the fisherman from Kubu tried to help and reported the incident to the Marine Police of Kubu.

To the personnel of Marine Po-

lice, the three fishermen admitted being disoriented after their boat was hit by high waves. Thanks to the patrol boat, the three fishermen could be rescued. Meanwhile, their boat remains stranded in the waters of Kubu.

Made Wartama said the sea cur-rents around the waters of Madura to Kubu were indeed very strong. He knew of many cases of fisher-men from Madura or Situbondo getting stranded in the waters of Kubu. Likewise there were also some fishermen from Kubu who were swept away and stranded in Madura.

“After being recovered, the three fishermen were finally returned to their home of origin in Situbondo with the help of Kubu subdistrict head and personnel of Marine Po-lice,” said the former Spokesperson of Karangasem Police. Meanwhile, their fish catch as well as their fish-ing gear and ropes have also been returned. (dwa)

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holds mecaru ritual and diverts course

Feed price soars, fish farmers in Lake Batur worried

The fish farmers in Lake Batur worry

about the increasing price of fish food

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Apem taluh or egg-based muffin is not a traditional cake of Hindu com-munity in Bali. However, this plump and tender cake always embellishes all kinds of offerings presented to God Al-mighty. Even, Balinese people consider it incomplete when their offering does not contain this cake. It is called apem taluh because it is mainly made from taluh (egg). This cake is also commonly called ruti kukus because it is made by steaming. Another name is apem kopyok as the making uses spiral shaker. In har-mony with the change of times, Balinese people then do it by using a mixer.

This cake is classified into a delicious one. Kids really like it best because it tastes sweet. Meanwhile, others say if the cake tastes better after being presented to God. In other words, they believe to have got a grace from the Creator. Nevertheless, it is not a cake consumed every day but only made for the needs of ceremony.

In the past, this cake was classified into a very fancy cake because the ingredients and tool used to make it were quite expensive. Only the rich could afford it. So, do not be surprised if the prani offerings of the rich in the past were often becoming a spectacle because the offerings contained apem taluh and assorted fruits. Right now, the

time has changed and almost everyone can afford it, so both large and small ceremonies have used it.

Then, to get the apem taluh is also very easy. Traditional markets, pastry shops and supermarkets have sold it these days. However, they may offer different flavors because the makers may add to non stomach-friendly coloring agent just to make it look brighter.

Meanwhile, some other makers may apply excessive food preservatives so that it will be durable and it certainly has an impact on the unpleasant flavor. If it is made from the common ingredients such as without preservatives or without non-food coloring agent, the cake will last for about three days.

This cake is made from some ingre-dients such as 1 kg of flour, 10 chicken eggs, 1 kg of sugar and 600 ml of car-bonated water (to taste). How to prepare it? First of all, prepare a container and then put the sugar as well as crack the eggs into the container. After that, mix them for about 20 minutes.

Next, give some water, stir continu-ously until the sugar can completely get dissolved. Put wheat flour and stir until getting well blended. Prepare a pan with boiling water. Ultimately, prepare the dough to be put into a mold and then steam them for about 10 minutes. Well, take them out and it is ready to be served. (kmb)

He explained the maligia pung-gel belonged to the madyaning utama (the eighth of nine) level of nyekah or mamukur, while the most grandiose or utamaning utama was ngeluer ritual. Based on the exist-ing record, according to Wiana, no one was able to organize the ritual so far because it should be implemented sincerely. “Whatever people demand during the ritual should be met. It’s a bit difficult,” he said. Besides, in Bali was enforced a social system determined by the king regarding the people that could and were allowed to organize the ngeluer ritual. Meanwhile, based on literature, continued Wiana, all people could carry out the ritual as long as they could afford it.

The subtle body was depicted with 108 or 33 leaves of banyan tree. The use of figure 33 was considered sacred, while the figure

108 represented a high amount. In the meantime, 33 leaves of banyan tree were adjusted to the number of gods. Eleven gods abided in bhur-loka (earth), 11 gods in bhuvarloka (lowest heaven) and 11 other gods in svarloka (higher heaven).

The use of a banyan tree was based on the belief that it was capable of delivering human spirit to reach heaven. He added that in Manawa Dharma Sastra chapter 3 sloka 37 and 38 was mentioned when a descendant did something good and useful the deed could enhance the position and sanctity of the ancestors up to ten levels. Simi-larly, if the ancestors got a good place, they would be able to provide blessings to their descendants.

According to Wiana, the ability of the soul to have reunion with the Creator would depend on the karma vasana during their lifetime and the

deeds of the offspring. “On that ac-count, the soul or the atma and the descendants should live in harmony and love each other because in the afterlife both parties could influence

one another, he said.Wiana added the title given to the

atma after the death would be corre-sponding to the level of ritual made. Soon after the death, it would be

called sanga preta. After cremation, it was named pitara, after mamukur was dewa pitara and then after being abided in family shrine was called Bathara Hyang Guru. (wid)

Maligia, purificatory ritual for subtle bodyIBP

DENPASAR - Maligia punggel is the second ritual procession af-ter cremation or pelebon having the significance to purify the subtle body. “The essence of maligia ritual is to purify the subtle body from impurity of various desires. The desires are purified so that they will focus, namely on the reunion with the Creator,” said the religious figure doubling as Chairman of the Executive Board of the Central Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI), Ketut Wiana. He added that cremation ritual was aimed to purify the human physical body composed of five basic mahabhutha elements, while the maligia ritual was to purify the subtle body.

IBP/NetMaligia punggel is the second ritual procession after cremation or pelebon having the significance to purify the subtle body.

Apem Taluh, a Balinese plump and delicious muffin

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Agence France-Presse

SYDNEY - A global infrastructure hub proposed by G20 nations to help strengthen economic growth will be based in Sydney and funded by Australia, a report said on Monday.

The Group of 20 of the world’s biggest developed and emerging economies agreed in September that a Global Infrastructure Initiative to share information about match-ing investors with projects would be established, but details were sketchy.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott told The Australian newspa-per that the agency would not involve a new “international bureaucracy”, but would act instead as a clearing house for ideas on raising commercial funds for new public works, such as roads and railways.

“It will be a significant focus for international thinking and be a way of getting our, generally speaking, quite in-novative approach to infrastructure before other countries,” he said ahead of the G20 leaders’ summit in Brisbane this weekend.

“We expect that we will probably be the main contributor to the funding but I think we have some modest contribu-tions from some other countries that have already been earmarked.”

The hub’s main purpose is to cut red tape and close the “in-formation gap” between potential investors and infrastructure projects as the G20 looks to spur world economies by shift-ing from government-led growth towards private sector-led growth. It has been one of Australia’s main proposals during its presidency of the G20 as the grouping looks to meet a two percent increase to its combined growth over five years through economic reform and infrastructure investment.

The newspaper said that while the US, Britain and Japan had thrown their support behind the initiative, questions were raised by India, France and others about the wisdom of setting up a new institution that could overlap with the World Bank. As a compromise, Abbott said there would be a four-year time limit on the centre to avoid creating a permanent institution, something the global economic group has never done.

“We are close to agreement -- and this will be unprec-edented for the G20 -- to have the global infrastructure hub based in Sydney,” he said.

“And if it comes off, this will be the first time the G20 has agreed to the establishment of an ongoing entity.

“This is not an entity in perpetuity. It’s an entity that will last for perhaps four years as an infrastructure financing and infrastructure ideas clearing-house but nevertheless it’s not a huge international bureaucracy.”

The push to raise private-sector investment in infrastruc-ture projects around the world comes as governments battle falling revenue amid efforts to rein in budget deficits, which has hurt public-sector funding of such projects.

“This has the potential for being an historic agreement,” Obama said as he opened the trade talks being held on the sidelines of the broader Asia-Pacific conference in Beijing.

Ahead of Obama’s arrival in China Monday, the White House had down-played the prospect that an elusive deal would be reached during the president’s eight-day, three-nation trip to the region. Following the leaders’ meeting, a senior Obama adminis-tration official said the negotiations continued to make progress, but there was still no final agreement.

The leaders did not set a timetable for finalizing the pact, according to the

official, who insisted on anonymity because the person was not authorized to publicly discuss the talks.

In a joint statement following the meeting, leaders from the 12 nations involved in the trade talks said they have been encouraged by recent progress.

“We remain committed to ensur-ing that the final agreement reflects our common vision of an ambitious, comprehensive, high-standard, and balanced agreement that enhances the competitiveness of our economies, promotes innovation and entrepre-neurship, spurs economic growth and prosperity, and supports job creation in

our countries,” the statement read.Obama has made the Trans-Pacific

Partnership a centerpiece of his efforts to boost U.S. economic investment in Asia, which he said Monday was “the fastest-growing, most populous, most dynamic region in the world economically.”

The results of last week’s U.S. mid-term elections had made the political climate in Washington more conducive to international trade pacts. While some members of Obama’s Democratic Party are wary of the impact trade deals could have on U.S. labor unions, Republicans have been supportive of giving the president authority to speed up approval of a final pact by making it harder for lawmakers to make changes.

Disputes between the U.S. and Ja-pan on market access for their major industries have been at the heart of the stalemate over the trade deal. China is not a party to the trade talks.

Agence France-Presse

SEOUL - South Korea said Mon-day it had effectively reached a free trade agreement with China that will eventually remove tariffs on over 90 percent of goods, although some details remain under negotiation.

The announcement came after South Korean President Park Geun-Hye met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit

in Beijing. Park’s office said the two countries had “effectively reached” a deal, while Xi said the negotiations had made “significant progress”.

A South Korean government statement made it clear that differ-ences remained over a few unspeci-fied “details” that would have to be bridged before the FTA could be signed -- hopefully by the end of the year.

The statement said the FTA would

remove tariffs on 92 percent of Chi-nese goods imported to the South and 91 percent of the South’s goods imported to China within 20 years. China is currently South Korea’s biggest trading partner and export market, and two-way trade stood at around $228.8 billion last year.

Exports to China -- the world’s second-largest economy -- totalled $145.8 billion in 2013, more than a quarter of the South’s total overseas

shipments. The two neighbours started trade

negotiations in 2012 but progress has been delayed by differences on the extent of market-opening.

There have also been protests from Korean farmers who fear an influx of cheap Chinese imports.

The South Korean statement said the FTA would exclude a number of farm products like rice, beef, pork and pepper -- which account for

30 percent by value of agricultural imports from China.

“The latest FTA will help us se-cure an opportunity to tap into the vast Chinese market,” the statement said, estimating bilateral trade would grow to $300 billion in 2015.

The deal also removes many regulatory restrictions in services, investment, finance and culture, making it easier for companies to form joint ventures and cooperate.

South Korea, China reached trade deal

G20 global infrastructure hub set for Australia U.S. President

Barack Obama, left, speaks as he is seated with Singapore’s Prime Minis-ter Lee Hsien Loong, right, during a meeting with leaders of the Trans-Pacific Partnership countries on the sidelines of the APEC summit, Monday, Nov. 10, 2014, in Beijing.

Progress but no deal in trans-Pacific trade talksAssociated Press

BEIJING — President Barack Obama pressed world leaders Monday to break stubborn logjams that have held up an agreement on a trans-Pacific trade deal that is eagerly sought by the White House and could lead to rare consensus with congressional Republicans.

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“We have a limited budget, and therefore, we offer an investment opportunity to the participants of the APEC Summit’s CEO Forum to invest in the infrastructure sector in Indonesia,” Jokowi announced during his presentation.

The Indonesian head of state re-marked that of the Rp433.5 trillion set aside as subsidy in the draft of the 2015 state budget, Rp363.5 trillion will be allocated for energy subsidy and Rp70 trillion for non-energy subsidy.

Jokowi said the budget for sub-sidy will be allocated for irrigation in the agriculture sector, for fishermen through the provision of fishing boats and cold storages, and for the micro, small and medium enterprises sector, among other things.

“The subsidy is for all productive activities rather than for consumptive ones and the rest for the education and infrastructure sectors,” President Jokowi noted.

He encouraged foreign investors to invest in Indonesia as the country plans to build at least 24 ports and deep sea ports in the next five years to support the flow of goods and services.

“One of them is the Tanjung Priok port, which in 2009 had the capacity of handling activities reaching US$3.6 bil-lion, and in 2017, it is projected to reach US$15 billion,” Jokowi affirmed.

He pointed out that the ports and deep sea ports will be built across several areas in Sumatra, Java, Kalim-antan, Sulawesi, and Papua, in addition to the railway tracks in these islands.

President Jokowi also remarked that Indonesia is developing a mass rapid transport system and will con-tinue to do so in the six major cities of Jakarta, Medan, Makassar, Semarang, Bandung, and Surabaya.

“Thus, the investors have a huge opportunity of investing in those sectors in Indonesia,” the Indonesian president remarked.

AP Photo/Andy Wong

Indonesian President Joko Widodo gestures as he delivers his speech at the APEC CEO Sum-mit, as part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, China Monday, Nov. 10, 2014.

Indonesia offers investment opportunity in APEC’s CEO Forum

AntaraBEIJING - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) of-

fered an investment opportunity in the infrastructure sector during the APEC Summit’s CEO Forum on Monday.

Indonesians pray for Hong Kong stabbing victims

AP Photo/Vincent Yu

Jumiati, center left, cousin of Su-marti Ningsih and Susiati, center right, friend of Seneng Mujiasih, at-tend a vigil to express her solidarity and to demand justice for Ningsih and Mujiasih at a park in Hong Kong Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014. Both Ningsih and Mujiasih are former domestic workers in their 20s who were found stabbed to death in the luxury apart-ment of British investment banker Rurik George Caton Jutting.

Associated Press

HONG KONG — More than 100 Indonesians in Hong Kong held a prayer vigil and demanded justice Sunday for two Indonesian women found stabbed to death in a case that has shocked this city.

Sitting on a soccer field in the city’s Victoria Park, many wept as they remembered the two victims, 25-year-old Sumarti Ningsih and 29-year-old Seneng Mujiasih. Like the two women, many of those at the vigil came to Hong Kong as domestic workers.

British banker Rurik George Caton Jutting, 29, has been charged with murdering the two women but has not yet entered a plea. On Nov. 1, he led police to his 31st-floor upscale apartment near the city’s Wan Chai red-light district, where they found the two women’s bodies.

Ningsih’s cousin, Jumiati, said at the vigil that she had last seen Ningsih in August in their home village in Indo-nesia. Like many Indonesians, Jumiati goes by only one name.

She said she called police about a week ago to report that Ningsih was

missing and later was asked to identify her body. She said her cousin lived in Wan Chai.

“I hope the killer will be punished and will feel the same as what has been done to my cousin,” Jumiati said.

Susiati, a friend of Ningsih’s, broke down in tears as she remembered Ningsih, who had a 5-year-old son back home. “I have lost my best friend, and I am devastated,” she said.

Several in the crowd held signs demanding reforms to Hong Kong and Indonesian laws governing how domestic workers can find work and how long they can stay in the semi-autonomous city. About half of the 319,325 migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong are Indonesian, and nearly all are women, according to the human rights group Amnesty International.

Mujiasih had overstayed her do-mestic worker visa, while Ningsih had returned to the city on a tourist visa, said Indonesian Consulate spokesman Sam Aryadi.

“She was good and she was nice to her family,” Jumiati said of her cousin. “She tried to work, work and work to give her son a better life.”

About 10 North Korean sol-diers retreated without returning fire after South Korean troops fired 20 rounds of warning shots, the officials said on condition of anonymity because of office policy. There were no reports of casualties.

South Korean troops have de-tected North Korean soldiers approaching the border several times this year, but this was only the second time that the South fired warning shots, the officials said.

The incident happened inside the 4-kilometer (2.5-mile) -wide Demilitarized Zone that was cre-ated when the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice.

Tensions between the Ko-reas remain high following two incidents last month involving

exchanges of gunfire, although no casualties were reported in either one.

In the first incident, troops from the two countries traded gunfire over propaganda leaf-lets South Korean activists sent across the border by balloon. In the second, North Korean soldiers were seen too close to the border, triggering a gunfire exchange. North Korea said its soldiers were engaging in routine patrol missions.

At the center of the recent animosities is North Korea’s demand that South Korea pre-vent activists from launching the anti-North leaflets. South Korea has said it cannot do so, citing freedom of speech.

The conflict over the leaflet-

ing appears to have derailed talks on a high-level meeting between the two Koreas, which had been offered by North Korea during the September Asian Games and had been discussed for October or November.

Over the weekend, North Ko-rea released the last two Ameri-cans it has been detaining — Matthew Miller of Bakersfield, California, and Kenneth Bae of Lynnwood, Washington — in a move widely seen as an attempt to break a long deadlock with the U.S. over talks on the North’s nuclear program.

The Korean Peninsula remains in a technical state of war be-cause the Korean War armistice has never been replaced with a peace treaty.

Associated Press

BUCHAREST — Romania’s foreign minister has resigned amid complaints that Romanians living abroad were unable to vote in the country’s presidential elections.

Romanians in Paris, London, Munich and elsewhere said they had to stand in line for hours and were unable to vote in the Nov. 2 election. This weekend, thousands of people protested against the government in Romania, saying it

prevented expats from voting.Titus Corlatean stepped down

Monday, saying he was pressured ahead of the Nov. 16 runoff to al-low extra polling booths, which he claims would break voting rules.

The ministry announced Sunday it would dispatch 800 officials to embassies and consular offices to help speed up voting but protests continued. Prime Minister Victor Ponta faces city mayor Klaus Io-hannis in the runoff, which Ponta is expected to win.

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Thai police said Monday that steps were being taken to reduce rising suicide rates among officers, warning that senior police officials could face punishment if any of their subordinates kill themselves.

More than 170 Thai police of-ficers committed suicide from 2008 to 2013, a rate that was higher than in previous years, said the assis-tant national police chief, Lt. Gen. Prawut Thawornsiri. Forty-seven officers killed themselves in 2012, the highest yearly total since 2008. Among the most common causes of suicide were stress from work, debt and health issues.

A hotline was set up last month for troubled officers to call and talk to psychologists, but access was limited to just two days a week. Prawut said police were now look-ing to extend the hours to allow more access.

He also said that the national po-lice chief, Gen. Somyot Poompan-moung, has asked senior police of-ficials to look for signs and behavior that could lead to suicide among lower-ranking officers in their units, and warned of the possible punish-

ments. The penalties could range from bans on promotion and pay raises, to changes in duties.

“This is in a bid to take care of the welfare of our police force,” Prawut said. “If they can detect some irregular stress, they should take some preventive actions, such as talking to the officers, giving them some days off or switching them to other jobs temporarily.”

Prawut cited the high pressure of the job and odd working hours as causes of stress among police officers, especially those with families.

Thailand’s police suicide rate is about four times the national rate. Last year, 3,940 Thais committed suicide in a country of nearly 65 million. Psychologists say police suicides are preventable if the signs are detected early.

“The primary way to prevent suicide for police is to train them — not only physically, but also mental-ly — to be strong and to overcome stress. And if they feel that they are at risk of being depressed or suicidal, they should seek advice urgently,” said Assistant Professor Dr. Panom Ketumarn, the head of the psychiatric department at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok.

AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

In this Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo, North Korean soldiers watch the south side with cameras at the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea.

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SEOUL — South Korean troops fired warning shots Monday after North Korean soldiers approached too close to the border separating the rival countries, Seoul defense officials said. The firing heightens animosities between the rival Koreas, even as North Korea’s tensions with the United States seem to have eased after the announced release of two detained Americans a day earlier.

Thai police urged to prevent suicide in profession

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Romanian Prime Minister and presidential candidate of the ruling Social Democracy Party (PSD), Victor Ponta, adjusts the microphones during a media conference following the presidential elections in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014.

Romanian minister resigns over election protest

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AMLAPURA - Taman Su-kasada is the water pleasure garden built in the early 1900’s by the king as a component of the royal palace to recive important guests and visiting foreign dignitaries. Located just 5 km out of Am-lapura, this serene garden setting was inspired by a combination of classic Balinese and European architectural styles and incorpo-rates three extensive ponds. From this elevated vantage point guests can appreciate sweeping views of the ocean towards the south, the tranquil beauty of the volcanic Mount Agung and surrounding rice terraces. Taman Sukasada Ujung is considered the structural mascot of the Karangasem kingdom.

Taman Sukasada Ujung

Fellow reserve Gerald Green added 16 of his 19 points in the final quarter, when the Suns surged ahead after trailing by eight through three.

Stephen Curry scored 28 points but just six in the second half, when he was plagued by missed shots and foul trouble. Draymond Green added 22 points and nine rebounds for the Warriors (5-1).

At Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant and Jeremy Lin each scored 21 points as Lakers rallied to beat the Charlotte Hornets 107-92 for their first victory of the season after five straight losses.

Carlos Boozer added 16 points in Byron Scott’s first win as Lakers coach. Their victory left Philadel-phia as the NBA’s only winless team at 0-7. Al Jefferson scored 23 points and Kemba Walker added 17 for the Hornets, whose two-game winning streak ended.

Miami’s Luol Deng scored a season-high 30 points, and Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade added 20

each as the Heat beat the Mavericks 105-96 to stay unbeaten against Dallas since the 2011 NBA Finals.

The Heat have won seven straight regular-season games against the Mavericks since Dallas took three in a row in the finals to capture its first championship. Monta Ellis led the Mavericks with 23 points.

The Toronto Raptors downed the winless Philadelphia 76ers 120-88 after DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points, Terrence Ross had 17.

Lou Williams added 16 against his former team and Kyle Lowry had 14 as the Raptors, who are alone atop the Eastern Conference for the first time in their 20-year history. They were tied for first in November 2004.

In other games, Reggie Jackson scored 11 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Sacramento Kings 101-93, the Utah Jazz edged the Detroit Pistons 97-96 and the New Jersey Nets defeated the Or-lando Magic 104-96.

Reuters

LONDON - Roger Federer eased his way into the ATP World Tour Finals with a 6-1 7-6 (0) defeat of Canadian newcomer Milos Raonic in his opening round-robin match on Sunday. The 33-year-old Swiss, competing for a record 13th time at the season-ender, took advantage of some early Raonic nerves to pocket the opening set in 25 minutes but things got tougher.

Raonic, the first Canadian to qualify for the tour-nament, began to do damage with his booming serve and even carved out several break point opportunities as world number two Federer’s level dipped slightly. Six-times champion Federer saved a set point at 5-6 and that proved to be Raonic’s last chance.

Federer quickly asserted himself in the tiebreak and reeled off seven successive points to move top of Group B alongside Japan’s Kei Nishikori who had earlier beaten Andy Murray.

“I think I played really well for probably one and a half sets,” Federer, who has progressed to the semi-finals in 11 of his past 12 appearances at the year-ender, told reporters.

He admitted things got a little tricky after he failed to establish an early break of serve in the second set.

“I think when I had breakpoint in the second set, he was able to save that and after that it became compli-

cated. I don’t know why. “I started to play a bit more passive. He started to become a bit more offensive. I actually think he was the better player from that moment on and deserved the set more than I did.”

Federer now moves on to play Nishikori while Raonic will probably need to beat Mur-ray to keep his hopes of surviving the group stage alive.

“I get pretty angry when I lose, so ... I’m going to have to learn how to slap myself out of it,” said Raonic, who had beaten Federer for the first time in the recent Paris Masters.

Roger Federer of Switzerland reaches

for a return during his men’s singles tennis match against Milos Raonic of Canada at the ATP World Tour

Finals at the O2 Arena in London November 9, 2014.

Thomas leads Suns over Warriors 107-95

Associated Press

PHOENIX — Isaiah Thomas scored 15 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Phoenix Suns to a come-from-behind 107-95 vic-tory Sunday over the Golden State Warriors, leaving the NBA with no unbeaten teams.

AP Photo/Rick ScuteriGolden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) drives past Phoenix Suns forward Anthony Tolliver (40) and guard Isaiah Thomas (3) in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014, in Phoenix.

Federer made to work by Raonic after flying start

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Juve, who enjoyed their biggest Serie A win since they beat Ascoli by the same score 29 years ago, were already 3-0 ahead when Tevez produced his masterpiece just after the break.

The Argentine, recently recalled by his country after a three-year absence, collected the ball and surged away from Andrea Costa before evading two more challenges and side-footing the ball past Antonio Mirante after a 70-metre sprint.

Juventus are top with 28 points from 11 games while Roberto Donadoni’s Parma are bottom with six points after their heaviest Serie A defeat. AS Roma are three points behind in second place thanks to a 3-0 win at home to Torino. Gonzalo Higuain’s sixth goal in four league games gave Napoli a 1-0 victory at Fiorentina that left them third with

21 points.Inter Milan’s troubles con-

tinued when they conceded a late goal and were held 2-2 by Verona after surviving a missed penalty and playing most of the second half with 10 men. Inter led 2-1 with two Mauro Icardi goals before before Gary Medel gave away a penalty and was sent off in the 51st minute.

Luca Toni, who had given Verona an early lead, saw his penalty saved by Samir Han-danovic only for Nicolas Lopez to equalise in the 89th minute. Cagliari missed a penalty, an open goal and gave away an own goal in a 1-1 draw at home to Genoa.

Diego Farias gave the Sardinians an early lead but Genoa levelled when Luca Rosset-tini turned a Diego Perotti cross into his own

net.Cagli-

ari won a 77th-minute penalty and

Genoa had Stefano Sturaro sent off but Danilo Avelar’s spot-kick was saved by Mattia Perin and Samuele Longo fired the rebound wide of a gaping net.

Palermo were awarded two penalties, the first converted by Paulo Dybala and the second missed by Franco Vazquez, in a 1-1 draw at home to Udinese who took an early lead through Cyril Thereau. Chievo beat Cesena 2-1 to give coach Rolando Maran his first win while lowly Empoli surprised Lazio 2-1.

Associated Press

SEVILLE, Spain — Goals by Carlos Vela and Imanol Agirretxe gave lowly Real Sociedad a 2-1 home win against 10-man defending cham-pions Atletico Madrid in the Spanish

League on Sunday.The win meant Sociedad rose four places to 15th place in the

standings after 11 rounds and left Atletico in

fourth-place on 23 points.

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Ma-drid leads the standings with 27 points, two ahead of Barcelona with Valencia in third place on 24.

Elsewhere on Sunday, Sevilla drew 1-1 against Levante, Athletic Bilbao drew 0-0 at Valencia and Vil-larreal drew 1-1 at Espanyol.

Atletico forward Mario Mandzu-kic opened the scoring in the 10th minute when he netted his fifth goal of the season by latching onto Raul Garcia’s precise cross to the far post. Mexico forward Vela equalized five minutes later with a curling shot from outside the area that cleared Atletico’s back four and beat leaping goalkeeper Miguel Angel Moya at the far post. “We have to keep on working and wait and see what comes up, we need to carry on in this vein,” said Vela.

Atletico coach Diego Simeone was seen fuming at his team’s poor defense while Asier Santana stood in as Sociedad’s coach as the team looks for a replacement for the fired Jagoba Arrasate amid rumors that former Manchester United manager David Moyes could be in line for the job.

Vela was unlucky not to be award-ed a penalty in the 23rd when Diego Godin tripped him in the area, but the referee instead penalized the Mexican with a yellow card for diving. “I think it was a penalty, he stood on my foot and it could have been given,” Vela said.

Striker Agirretxe missed a chance when he ran clear of Moya only to

see Godin race back and clear the ball as it was heading into an open goal in the 35th. Atletico’s Brazilian defender Siqueira was shown a second yellow card after fouling Xabi Prieto in the 50th.

Vela was again unlucky not to get a penalty two minutes later

when he was obstructed in the penalty area by Mandzukic, causing him to bleed from the mouth. Agirretxe scored his second goal of the season

Associated Press

PARIS — Brazilian winger Lucas and striker Edinson Cavani scored a goal each as unbeaten Paris Saint-Germain overcame a poor start before beating Marseille 2-0 on Sunday to close the gap on its bitter rival to one point.

League leader Marseille made a far brighter start, pinning PSG back in its own half for the open-ing 20 minutes, and hit the post in the fifth minute through striker Andre-Pierre Gignac’s header. Lucas capped a flowing move in the 38th minute and Edinson Ca-vani scored for the fifth succes-sive game with a firm downward header in the 85th.

“Physically Marseille was bet-ter than us,” PSG coach Laurent Blanc said. “But it made us aware that we needed to raise our level, and our second half was of a very high standard.”

Marseille finished the match with 10 men after midfielder Gian-nelli Imbula was shown a straight red card in the 77th.

PSG welcomed back star strik-er Zlatan Ibrahimovic after seven weeks out with a heel injury but he was kept on the bench until the 65th minute, and then played largely for himself as he missed out teammates on several occa-sions when they were much better placed. “He’s a unique player for us,” PSG left back Maxwell said. “Little by little he will find his form again.”

After Gignac hit the bar from a corner, winger Romain Ales-sandrini went just wide with a first-time shot from just outside of the penalty area. Gignac then expertly took down a long ball on his chest and, with center

half Thiago Silva backing off, struck a curling shot wide of the right post.

“We’re frustrated. It’s a shame because we played well and it’s a pity that we got this red card because we were in it until the end,” Gignac said. “We hit the crossbar and missed other chances so there’s nothing to say. But we’re still first. We have two homes games coming up against Bordeaux and Nantes, and we’ll have to take maximum points.”

PSG didn’t threaten until the midway through the first half, when Lucas latched onto a re-bound in the penalty area and forced Mandanda into a smart save.

‘Keeper Salvatore Sirigu was called into action soon after, div-ing to push away Alessandrini’s powerful strike from 20 yards out. Against the run of play, Lu-cas put PSG ahead.

Ezequeil Lavezzi collected a long pass from Silva on the left wing and headed the ball down to Cavani, who expertly flicked it back instantly to Lavezzi, who then crossed to the back post where Lucas stole in ahead of a casual Benjamin Mendy to prod home. A terrible mistake from Sirigu almost gifted Marseille an equalizer in the 52nd.

His poor clearance fell straight to Gignac some 25 yards out, but instead of squaring the ball to teammate Florian Thauvin, he tried to chip Sirigu but instead his poorly hit shot was easily saved.

“We lost tonight because we didn’t take our chances,” goal-keeper Steve Mandanda said. “We had more possession than PSG, especially at the start.”

Associated Press Writer

SWANSEA, Wales — Swansea scored twice in less than three min-utes to rally to a 2-1 victory over Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday, with substitute Bafetimbi Gomis grabbing the winner barely 90 seconds after coming on.

A listless game played in driving rain in south Wales was sparked into life by Alexis Sanchez’s close-range finish in the 63rd minute, the Chile forward scoring for the fourth straight league game.

Gylfi Sigurdsson curled home a stunning free kick to equalize for Swansea in the 75th and Gomis completed the hosts’ recovery by rising high to head home a pin-point cross from Jefferson Montero, who exploited the right side of Arsenal’s fragile defense all game.

The defeat ended a miserable week for Arsenal, which surrendered a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 against An-derlecht in the Champions League on Tuesday.

“It’s difficult to explain how we lost the lead,” Arsenal manager

Arsene Wenger said. “We were in control. We lost some decisive chal-lenges in the middle of the park in the last 20 minutes. “When we were 1-0, we lacked some spark and killer instinct.”

With its brittle defense and an increasing reliance on Sanchez’s goals, Arsenal looks to have little hope of catching unbeaten leader Chelsea, which is 12 points ahead of its London rival after just 11 games. Sixth-placed Arsenal hasn’t beaten a side outside the bottom seven this season.

Associated Press

PARIS — France coach Didier Deschamps has called up Lyon midfielder Maxime Gonalons to replace the injured Blaise Matuidi for upcoming matches against Albania and Sweden.

Matuidi, a key member of

the team that reached the World Cup quarterfinals, fractured two bones in his right hand play-ing for Paris Saint-Germain in Sunday’s 2-0 win over title rival Marseille. Gonalons last played for France two years ago in a 2-1 win at Italy.

France plays Albania in Rennes

on Friday and hosts Sweden in Marseille four days later.

Albania is in the same group as France in qualifying for the 2016 European Championship. But since France has automatically qualified as host, its matches don’t count for points for either team.

AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos

Atletico de Madrid’s Mario Mandzukic of Croatia,, right, duels for the ball with Real Sociedad’s Carlos Martinez, during their La Liga soccer match, at Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Sunday Nov. 9, 2014. Atletico de Madrid lost 2-1.

Real Sociedad beats Atletico Madrid 2-1 in La Liga

when he headed in Joseba Zaldua’s cross in the 83rd.

“I leave reasonably happy because it’s been a good round, Valencia and Sevilla drew their matches so the truth is our defeat wasn’t that bad,” Simeone said. Victor Casadesus struck late to give lowly Levante a 1-1 draw at Sevilla in a fierce match.

Sevilla left-winger Víctor Machin headed in Gerard Deulofeu’s pinpoint cross in the 31st minute, boosting his team’s bid to reach third place behind leader Real Madrid and Barcelona.

B u t C a s a d e s u s pounced on a poor clear-ance by Sevilla goal-

keeper Antonio Alberto Bastos to equalize in the 80th. The

game lasted 96

minutes due to injury stoppages, in-cluding Bastos who was treated three times for a bleeding jaw.

Bastos cut his chin when he col-lided with Machin during a jump in the 22nd and had to receive stitches and wear a bandage. The goalkeeper had to receive treatment again in the 78th when his injury started to bleed after another collision.

“We knew they would press us hard, they’re playing at home, are further up the standings and their aspirations are different to ours,” said Casadesus. “But working hard and running a lot, taking advantage of our talents, we managed to get a draw that is very good for us,” said Casadesus. The game had to be stopped five times to treat players off the field. Sevilla occupies fifth place on 23 points with Levante is 18th on nine.

AP Photo/Francois Mori

Paris Saint Germain’s Lucas celebrates after scoring his side’s first goal during their French League One soccer match match between Paris Saint Germain and Marseille at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014.

PSG beats Marseille 2-0 to trim gap to 1 point

Juventus’ for-ward Carlos

Tevez cel-ebrates

after scoring during a Serie

A soccer match between

Juventus and Parma at the Ju-ventus stadium,

in Turin, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 9,

2014.

Stunning Tevez solo goal caps Juventus routReuters

MILAN - Carlos Tevez scored a solo goal after a run that started inside his own half to cap an emphatic 7-0 win for Serie A leaders Juventus over hapless Parma on Sunday. Tevez, Fernando Llorente and Alvaro Morata scored twice and Stephan Lichtsteiner was also on target as Juve won their 24th successive home league match.

AP Photo/ M

assimo Pinca

Deschamps calls up Gonalons to replace Matuidi

Swansea fightback stuns Arsenal in Premier League

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Juve, who enjoyed their biggest Serie A win since they beat Ascoli by the same score 29 years ago, were already 3-0 ahead when Tevez produced his masterpiece just after the break.

The Argentine, recently recalled by his country after a three-year absence, collected the ball and surged away from Andrea Costa before evading two more challenges and side-footing the ball past Antonio Mirante after a 70-metre sprint.

Juventus are top with 28 points from 11 games while Roberto Donadoni’s Parma are bottom with six points after their heaviest Serie A defeat. AS Roma are three points behind in second place thanks to a 3-0 win at home to Torino. Gonzalo Higuain’s sixth goal in four league games gave Napoli a 1-0 victory at Fiorentina that left them third with

21 points.Inter Milan’s troubles con-

tinued when they conceded a late goal and were held 2-2 by Verona after surviving a missed penalty and playing most of the second half with 10 men. Inter led 2-1 with two Mauro Icardi goals before before Gary Medel gave away a penalty and was sent off in the 51st minute.

Luca Toni, who had given Verona an early lead, saw his penalty saved by Samir Han-danovic only for Nicolas Lopez to equalise in the 89th minute. Cagliari missed a penalty, an open goal and gave away an own goal in a 1-1 draw at home to Genoa.

Diego Farias gave the Sardinians an early lead but Genoa levelled when Luca Rosset-tini turned a Diego Perotti cross into his own

net.Cagli-

ari won a 77th-minute penalty and

Genoa had Stefano Sturaro sent off but Danilo Avelar’s spot-kick was saved by Mattia Perin and Samuele Longo fired the rebound wide of a gaping net.

Palermo were awarded two penalties, the first converted by Paulo Dybala and the second missed by Franco Vazquez, in a 1-1 draw at home to Udinese who took an early lead through Cyril Thereau. Chievo beat Cesena 2-1 to give coach Rolando Maran his first win while lowly Empoli surprised Lazio 2-1.

Associated Press

SEVILLE, Spain — Goals by Carlos Vela and Imanol Agirretxe gave lowly Real Sociedad a 2-1 home win against 10-man defending cham-pions Atletico Madrid in the Spanish

League on Sunday.The win meant Sociedad rose four places to 15th place in the

standings after 11 rounds and left Atletico in

fourth-place on 23 points.

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Ma-drid leads the standings with 27 points, two ahead of Barcelona with Valencia in third place on 24.

Elsewhere on Sunday, Sevilla drew 1-1 against Levante, Athletic Bilbao drew 0-0 at Valencia and Vil-larreal drew 1-1 at Espanyol.

Atletico forward Mario Mandzu-kic opened the scoring in the 10th minute when he netted his fifth goal of the season by latching onto Raul Garcia’s precise cross to the far post. Mexico forward Vela equalized five minutes later with a curling shot from outside the area that cleared Atletico’s back four and beat leaping goalkeeper Miguel Angel Moya at the far post. “We have to keep on working and wait and see what comes up, we need to carry on in this vein,” said Vela.

Atletico coach Diego Simeone was seen fuming at his team’s poor defense while Asier Santana stood in as Sociedad’s coach as the team looks for a replacement for the fired Jagoba Arrasate amid rumors that former Manchester United manager David Moyes could be in line for the job.

Vela was unlucky not to be award-ed a penalty in the 23rd when Diego Godin tripped him in the area, but the referee instead penalized the Mexican with a yellow card for diving. “I think it was a penalty, he stood on my foot and it could have been given,” Vela said.

Striker Agirretxe missed a chance when he ran clear of Moya only to

see Godin race back and clear the ball as it was heading into an open goal in the 35th. Atletico’s Brazilian defender Siqueira was shown a second yellow card after fouling Xabi Prieto in the 50th.

Vela was again unlucky not to get a penalty two minutes later

when he was obstructed in the penalty area by Mandzukic, causing him to bleed from the mouth. Agirretxe scored his second goal of the season

Associated Press

PARIS — Brazilian winger Lucas and striker Edinson Cavani scored a goal each as unbeaten Paris Saint-Germain overcame a poor start before beating Marseille 2-0 on Sunday to close the gap on its bitter rival to one point.

League leader Marseille made a far brighter start, pinning PSG back in its own half for the open-ing 20 minutes, and hit the post in the fifth minute through striker Andre-Pierre Gignac’s header. Lucas capped a flowing move in the 38th minute and Edinson Ca-vani scored for the fifth succes-sive game with a firm downward header in the 85th.

“Physically Marseille was bet-ter than us,” PSG coach Laurent Blanc said. “But it made us aware that we needed to raise our level, and our second half was of a very high standard.”

Marseille finished the match with 10 men after midfielder Gian-nelli Imbula was shown a straight red card in the 77th.

PSG welcomed back star strik-er Zlatan Ibrahimovic after seven weeks out with a heel injury but he was kept on the bench until the 65th minute, and then played largely for himself as he missed out teammates on several occa-sions when they were much better placed. “He’s a unique player for us,” PSG left back Maxwell said. “Little by little he will find his form again.”

After Gignac hit the bar from a corner, winger Romain Ales-sandrini went just wide with a first-time shot from just outside of the penalty area. Gignac then expertly took down a long ball on his chest and, with center

half Thiago Silva backing off, struck a curling shot wide of the right post.

“We’re frustrated. It’s a shame because we played well and it’s a pity that we got this red card because we were in it until the end,” Gignac said. “We hit the crossbar and missed other chances so there’s nothing to say. But we’re still first. We have two homes games coming up against Bordeaux and Nantes, and we’ll have to take maximum points.”

PSG didn’t threaten until the midway through the first half, when Lucas latched onto a re-bound in the penalty area and forced Mandanda into a smart save.

‘Keeper Salvatore Sirigu was called into action soon after, div-ing to push away Alessandrini’s powerful strike from 20 yards out. Against the run of play, Lu-cas put PSG ahead.

Ezequeil Lavezzi collected a long pass from Silva on the left wing and headed the ball down to Cavani, who expertly flicked it back instantly to Lavezzi, who then crossed to the back post where Lucas stole in ahead of a casual Benjamin Mendy to prod home. A terrible mistake from Sirigu almost gifted Marseille an equalizer in the 52nd.

His poor clearance fell straight to Gignac some 25 yards out, but instead of squaring the ball to teammate Florian Thauvin, he tried to chip Sirigu but instead his poorly hit shot was easily saved.

“We lost tonight because we didn’t take our chances,” goal-keeper Steve Mandanda said. “We had more possession than PSG, especially at the start.”

Associated Press Writer

SWANSEA, Wales — Swansea scored twice in less than three min-utes to rally to a 2-1 victory over Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday, with substitute Bafetimbi Gomis grabbing the winner barely 90 seconds after coming on.

A listless game played in driving rain in south Wales was sparked into life by Alexis Sanchez’s close-range finish in the 63rd minute, the Chile forward scoring for the fourth straight league game.

Gylfi Sigurdsson curled home a stunning free kick to equalize for Swansea in the 75th and Gomis completed the hosts’ recovery by rising high to head home a pin-point cross from Jefferson Montero, who exploited the right side of Arsenal’s fragile defense all game.

The defeat ended a miserable week for Arsenal, which surrendered a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 against An-derlecht in the Champions League on Tuesday.

“It’s difficult to explain how we lost the lead,” Arsenal manager

Arsene Wenger said. “We were in control. We lost some decisive chal-lenges in the middle of the park in the last 20 minutes. “When we were 1-0, we lacked some spark and killer instinct.”

With its brittle defense and an increasing reliance on Sanchez’s goals, Arsenal looks to have little hope of catching unbeaten leader Chelsea, which is 12 points ahead of its London rival after just 11 games. Sixth-placed Arsenal hasn’t beaten a side outside the bottom seven this season.

Associated Press

PARIS — France coach Didier Deschamps has called up Lyon midfielder Maxime Gonalons to replace the injured Blaise Matuidi for upcoming matches against Albania and Sweden.

Matuidi, a key member of

the team that reached the World Cup quarterfinals, fractured two bones in his right hand play-ing for Paris Saint-Germain in Sunday’s 2-0 win over title rival Marseille. Gonalons last played for France two years ago in a 2-1 win at Italy.

France plays Albania in Rennes

on Friday and hosts Sweden in Marseille four days later.

Albania is in the same group as France in qualifying for the 2016 European Championship. But since France has automatically qualified as host, its matches don’t count for points for either team.

AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos

Atletico de Madrid’s Mario Mandzukic of Croatia,, right, duels for the ball with Real Sociedad’s Carlos Martinez, during their La Liga soccer match, at Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Sunday Nov. 9, 2014. Atletico de Madrid lost 2-1.

Real Sociedad beats Atletico Madrid 2-1 in La Liga

when he headed in Joseba Zaldua’s cross in the 83rd.

“I leave reasonably happy because it’s been a good round, Valencia and Sevilla drew their matches so the truth is our defeat wasn’t that bad,” Simeone said. Victor Casadesus struck late to give lowly Levante a 1-1 draw at Sevilla in a fierce match.

Sevilla left-winger Víctor Machin headed in Gerard Deulofeu’s pinpoint cross in the 31st minute, boosting his team’s bid to reach third place behind leader Real Madrid and Barcelona.

B u t C a s a d e s u s pounced on a poor clear-ance by Sevilla goal-

keeper Antonio Alberto Bastos to equalize in the 80th. The

game lasted 96

minutes due to injury stoppages, in-cluding Bastos who was treated three times for a bleeding jaw.

Bastos cut his chin when he col-lided with Machin during a jump in the 22nd and had to receive stitches and wear a bandage. The goalkeeper had to receive treatment again in the 78th when his injury started to bleed after another collision.

“We knew they would press us hard, they’re playing at home, are further up the standings and their aspirations are different to ours,” said Casadesus. “But working hard and running a lot, taking advantage of our talents, we managed to get a draw that is very good for us,” said Casadesus. The game had to be stopped five times to treat players off the field. Sevilla occupies fifth place on 23 points with Levante is 18th on nine.

AP Photo/Francois Mori

Paris Saint Germain’s Lucas celebrates after scoring his side’s first goal during their French League One soccer match match between Paris Saint Germain and Marseille at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014.

PSG beats Marseille 2-0 to trim gap to 1 point

Juventus’ for-ward Carlos

Tevez cel-ebrates

after scoring during a Serie

A soccer match between

Juventus and Parma at the Ju-ventus stadium,

in Turin, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 9,

2014.

Stunning Tevez solo goal caps Juventus routReuters

MILAN - Carlos Tevez scored a solo goal after a run that started inside his own half to cap an emphatic 7-0 win for Serie A leaders Juventus over hapless Parma on Sunday. Tevez, Fernando Llorente and Alvaro Morata scored twice and Stephan Lichtsteiner was also on target as Juve won their 24th successive home league match.

AP Photo/ M

assimo Pinca

Deschamps calls up Gonalons to replace Matuidi

Swansea fightback stuns Arsenal in Premier League

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AMLAPURA - Taman Su-kasada is the water pleasure garden built in the early 1900’s by the king as a component of the royal palace to recive important guests and visiting foreign dignitaries. Located just 5 km out of Am-lapura, this serene garden setting was inspired by a combination of classic Balinese and European architectural styles and incorpo-rates three extensive ponds. From this elevated vantage point guests can appreciate sweeping views of the ocean towards the south, the tranquil beauty of the volcanic Mount Agung and surrounding rice terraces. Taman Sukasada Ujung is considered the structural mascot of the Karangasem kingdom.

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Fellow reserve Gerald Green added 16 of his 19 points in the final quarter, when the Suns surged ahead after trailing by eight through three.

Stephen Curry scored 28 points but just six in the second half, when he was plagued by missed shots and foul trouble. Draymond Green added 22 points and nine rebounds for the Warriors (5-1).

At Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant and Jeremy Lin each scored 21 points as Lakers rallied to beat the Charlotte Hornets 107-92 for their first victory of the season after five straight losses.

Carlos Boozer added 16 points in Byron Scott’s first win as Lakers coach. Their victory left Philadel-phia as the NBA’s only winless team at 0-7. Al Jefferson scored 23 points and Kemba Walker added 17 for the Hornets, whose two-game winning streak ended.

Miami’s Luol Deng scored a season-high 30 points, and Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade added 20

each as the Heat beat the Mavericks 105-96 to stay unbeaten against Dallas since the 2011 NBA Finals.

The Heat have won seven straight regular-season games against the Mavericks since Dallas took three in a row in the finals to capture its first championship. Monta Ellis led the Mavericks with 23 points.

The Toronto Raptors downed the winless Philadelphia 76ers 120-88 after DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points, Terrence Ross had 17.

Lou Williams added 16 against his former team and Kyle Lowry had 14 as the Raptors, who are alone atop the Eastern Conference for the first time in their 20-year history. They were tied for first in November 2004.

In other games, Reggie Jackson scored 11 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Sacramento Kings 101-93, the Utah Jazz edged the Detroit Pistons 97-96 and the New Jersey Nets defeated the Or-lando Magic 104-96.

Reuters

LONDON - Roger Federer eased his way into the ATP World Tour Finals with a 6-1 7-6 (0) defeat of Canadian newcomer Milos Raonic in his opening round-robin match on Sunday. The 33-year-old Swiss, competing for a record 13th time at the season-ender, took advantage of some early Raonic nerves to pocket the opening set in 25 minutes but things got tougher.

Raonic, the first Canadian to qualify for the tour-nament, began to do damage with his booming serve and even carved out several break point opportunities as world number two Federer’s level dipped slightly. Six-times champion Federer saved a set point at 5-6 and that proved to be Raonic’s last chance.

Federer quickly asserted himself in the tiebreak and reeled off seven successive points to move top of Group B alongside Japan’s Kei Nishikori who had earlier beaten Andy Murray.

“I think I played really well for probably one and a half sets,” Federer, who has progressed to the semi-finals in 11 of his past 12 appearances at the year-ender, told reporters.

He admitted things got a little tricky after he failed to establish an early break of serve in the second set.

“I think when I had breakpoint in the second set, he was able to save that and after that it became compli-

cated. I don’t know why. “I started to play a bit more passive. He started to become a bit more offensive. I actually think he was the better player from that moment on and deserved the set more than I did.”

Federer now moves on to play Nishikori while Raonic will probably need to beat Mur-ray to keep his hopes of surviving the group stage alive.

“I get pretty angry when I lose, so ... I’m going to have to learn how to slap myself out of it,” said Raonic, who had beaten Federer for the first time in the recent Paris Masters.

Roger Federer of Switzerland reaches

for a return during his men’s singles tennis match against Milos Raonic of Canada at the ATP World Tour

Finals at the O2 Arena in London November 9, 2014.

Thomas leads Suns over Warriors 107-95

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PHOENIX — Isaiah Thomas scored 15 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Phoenix Suns to a come-from-behind 107-95 vic-tory Sunday over the Golden State Warriors, leaving the NBA with no unbeaten teams.

AP Photo/Rick ScuteriGolden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) drives past Phoenix Suns forward Anthony Tolliver (40) and guard Isaiah Thomas (3) in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014, in Phoenix.

Federer made to work by Raonic after flying start

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“We have a limited budget, and therefore, we offer an investment opportunity to the participants of the APEC Summit’s CEO Forum to invest in the infrastructure sector in Indonesia,” Jokowi announced during his presentation.

The Indonesian head of state re-marked that of the Rp433.5 trillion set aside as subsidy in the draft of the 2015 state budget, Rp363.5 trillion will be allocated for energy subsidy and Rp70 trillion for non-energy subsidy.

Jokowi said the budget for sub-sidy will be allocated for irrigation in the agriculture sector, for fishermen through the provision of fishing boats and cold storages, and for the micro, small and medium enterprises sector, among other things.

“The subsidy is for all productive activities rather than for consumptive ones and the rest for the education and infrastructure sectors,” President Jokowi noted.

He encouraged foreign investors to invest in Indonesia as the country plans to build at least 24 ports and deep sea ports in the next five years to support the flow of goods and services.

“One of them is the Tanjung Priok port, which in 2009 had the capacity of handling activities reaching US$3.6 bil-lion, and in 2017, it is projected to reach US$15 billion,” Jokowi affirmed.

He pointed out that the ports and deep sea ports will be built across several areas in Sumatra, Java, Kalim-antan, Sulawesi, and Papua, in addition to the railway tracks in these islands.

President Jokowi also remarked that Indonesia is developing a mass rapid transport system and will con-tinue to do so in the six major cities of Jakarta, Medan, Makassar, Semarang, Bandung, and Surabaya.

“Thus, the investors have a huge opportunity of investing in those sectors in Indonesia,” the Indonesian president remarked.

AP Photo/Andy Wong

Indonesian President Joko Widodo gestures as he delivers his speech at the APEC CEO Sum-mit, as part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, China Monday, Nov. 10, 2014.

Indonesia offers investment opportunity in APEC’s CEO Forum

AntaraBEIJING - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) of-

fered an investment opportunity in the infrastructure sector during the APEC Summit’s CEO Forum on Monday.

Indonesians pray for Hong Kong stabbing victims

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Jumiati, center left, cousin of Su-marti Ningsih and Susiati, center right, friend of Seneng Mujiasih, at-tend a vigil to express her solidarity and to demand justice for Ningsih and Mujiasih at a park in Hong Kong Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014. Both Ningsih and Mujiasih are former domestic workers in their 20s who were found stabbed to death in the luxury apart-ment of British investment banker Rurik George Caton Jutting.

Associated Press

HONG KONG — More than 100 Indonesians in Hong Kong held a prayer vigil and demanded justice Sunday for two Indonesian women found stabbed to death in a case that has shocked this city.

Sitting on a soccer field in the city’s Victoria Park, many wept as they remembered the two victims, 25-year-old Sumarti Ningsih and 29-year-old Seneng Mujiasih. Like the two women, many of those at the vigil came to Hong Kong as domestic workers.

British banker Rurik George Caton Jutting, 29, has been charged with murdering the two women but has not yet entered a plea. On Nov. 1, he led police to his 31st-floor upscale apartment near the city’s Wan Chai red-light district, where they found the two women’s bodies.

Ningsih’s cousin, Jumiati, said at the vigil that she had last seen Ningsih in August in their home village in Indo-nesia. Like many Indonesians, Jumiati goes by only one name.

She said she called police about a week ago to report that Ningsih was

missing and later was asked to identify her body. She said her cousin lived in Wan Chai.

“I hope the killer will be punished and will feel the same as what has been done to my cousin,” Jumiati said.

Susiati, a friend of Ningsih’s, broke down in tears as she remembered Ningsih, who had a 5-year-old son back home. “I have lost my best friend, and I am devastated,” she said.

Several in the crowd held signs demanding reforms to Hong Kong and Indonesian laws governing how domestic workers can find work and how long they can stay in the semi-autonomous city. About half of the 319,325 migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong are Indonesian, and nearly all are women, according to the human rights group Amnesty International.

Mujiasih had overstayed her do-mestic worker visa, while Ningsih had returned to the city on a tourist visa, said Indonesian Consulate spokesman Sam Aryadi.

“She was good and she was nice to her family,” Jumiati said of her cousin. “She tried to work, work and work to give her son a better life.”

About 10 North Korean sol-diers retreated without returning fire after South Korean troops fired 20 rounds of warning shots, the officials said on condition of anonymity because of office policy. There were no reports of casualties.

South Korean troops have de-tected North Korean soldiers approaching the border several times this year, but this was only the second time that the South fired warning shots, the officials said.

The incident happened inside the 4-kilometer (2.5-mile) -wide Demilitarized Zone that was cre-ated when the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice.

Tensions between the Ko-reas remain high following two incidents last month involving

exchanges of gunfire, although no casualties were reported in either one.

In the first incident, troops from the two countries traded gunfire over propaganda leaf-lets South Korean activists sent across the border by balloon. In the second, North Korean soldiers were seen too close to the border, triggering a gunfire exchange. North Korea said its soldiers were engaging in routine patrol missions.

At the center of the recent animosities is North Korea’s demand that South Korea pre-vent activists from launching the anti-North leaflets. South Korea has said it cannot do so, citing freedom of speech.

The conflict over the leaflet-

ing appears to have derailed talks on a high-level meeting between the two Koreas, which had been offered by North Korea during the September Asian Games and had been discussed for October or November.

Over the weekend, North Ko-rea released the last two Ameri-cans it has been detaining — Matthew Miller of Bakersfield, California, and Kenneth Bae of Lynnwood, Washington — in a move widely seen as an attempt to break a long deadlock with the U.S. over talks on the North’s nuclear program.

The Korean Peninsula remains in a technical state of war be-cause the Korean War armistice has never been replaced with a peace treaty.

Associated Press

BUCHAREST — Romania’s foreign minister has resigned amid complaints that Romanians living abroad were unable to vote in the country’s presidential elections.

Romanians in Paris, London, Munich and elsewhere said they had to stand in line for hours and were unable to vote in the Nov. 2 election. This weekend, thousands of people protested against the government in Romania, saying it

prevented expats from voting.Titus Corlatean stepped down

Monday, saying he was pressured ahead of the Nov. 16 runoff to al-low extra polling booths, which he claims would break voting rules.

The ministry announced Sunday it would dispatch 800 officials to embassies and consular offices to help speed up voting but protests continued. Prime Minister Victor Ponta faces city mayor Klaus Io-hannis in the runoff, which Ponta is expected to win.

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Thai police said Monday that steps were being taken to reduce rising suicide rates among officers, warning that senior police officials could face punishment if any of their subordinates kill themselves.

More than 170 Thai police of-ficers committed suicide from 2008 to 2013, a rate that was higher than in previous years, said the assis-tant national police chief, Lt. Gen. Prawut Thawornsiri. Forty-seven officers killed themselves in 2012, the highest yearly total since 2008. Among the most common causes of suicide were stress from work, debt and health issues.

A hotline was set up last month for troubled officers to call and talk to psychologists, but access was limited to just two days a week. Prawut said police were now look-ing to extend the hours to allow more access.

He also said that the national po-lice chief, Gen. Somyot Poompan-moung, has asked senior police of-ficials to look for signs and behavior that could lead to suicide among lower-ranking officers in their units, and warned of the possible punish-

ments. The penalties could range from bans on promotion and pay raises, to changes in duties.

“This is in a bid to take care of the welfare of our police force,” Prawut said. “If they can detect some irregular stress, they should take some preventive actions, such as talking to the officers, giving them some days off or switching them to other jobs temporarily.”

Prawut cited the high pressure of the job and odd working hours as causes of stress among police officers, especially those with families.

Thailand’s police suicide rate is about four times the national rate. Last year, 3,940 Thais committed suicide in a country of nearly 65 million. Psychologists say police suicides are preventable if the signs are detected early.

“The primary way to prevent suicide for police is to train them — not only physically, but also mental-ly — to be strong and to overcome stress. And if they feel that they are at risk of being depressed or suicidal, they should seek advice urgently,” said Assistant Professor Dr. Panom Ketumarn, the head of the psychiatric department at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok.

AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

In this Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo, North Korean soldiers watch the south side with cameras at the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea.

South Korea fires warning shots near North Korea borderAssociated Press

SEOUL — South Korean troops fired warning shots Monday after North Korean soldiers approached too close to the border separating the rival countries, Seoul defense officials said. The firing heightens animosities between the rival Koreas, even as North Korea’s tensions with the United States seem to have eased after the announced release of two detained Americans a day earlier.

Thai police urged to prevent suicide in profession

AP Photo/Octav Ganea, Mediafax

Romanian Prime Minister and presidential candidate of the ruling Social Democracy Party (PSD), Victor Ponta, adjusts the microphones during a media conference following the presidential elections in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014.

Romanian minister resigns over election protest

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Apem taluh or egg-based muffin is not a traditional cake of Hindu com-munity in Bali. However, this plump and tender cake always embellishes all kinds of offerings presented to God Al-mighty. Even, Balinese people consider it incomplete when their offering does not contain this cake. It is called apem taluh because it is mainly made from taluh (egg). This cake is also commonly called ruti kukus because it is made by steaming. Another name is apem kopyok as the making uses spiral shaker. In har-mony with the change of times, Balinese people then do it by using a mixer.

This cake is classified into a delicious one. Kids really like it best because it tastes sweet. Meanwhile, others say if the cake tastes better after being presented to God. In other words, they believe to have got a grace from the Creator. Nevertheless, it is not a cake consumed every day but only made for the needs of ceremony.

In the past, this cake was classified into a very fancy cake because the ingredients and tool used to make it were quite expensive. Only the rich could afford it. So, do not be surprised if the prani offerings of the rich in the past were often becoming a spectacle because the offerings contained apem taluh and assorted fruits. Right now, the

time has changed and almost everyone can afford it, so both large and small ceremonies have used it.

Then, to get the apem taluh is also very easy. Traditional markets, pastry shops and supermarkets have sold it these days. However, they may offer different flavors because the makers may add to non stomach-friendly coloring agent just to make it look brighter.

Meanwhile, some other makers may apply excessive food preservatives so that it will be durable and it certainly has an impact on the unpleasant flavor. If it is made from the common ingredients such as without preservatives or without non-food coloring agent, the cake will last for about three days.

This cake is made from some ingre-dients such as 1 kg of flour, 10 chicken eggs, 1 kg of sugar and 600 ml of car-bonated water (to taste). How to prepare it? First of all, prepare a container and then put the sugar as well as crack the eggs into the container. After that, mix them for about 20 minutes.

Next, give some water, stir continu-ously until the sugar can completely get dissolved. Put wheat flour and stir until getting well blended. Prepare a pan with boiling water. Ultimately, prepare the dough to be put into a mold and then steam them for about 10 minutes. Well, take them out and it is ready to be served. (kmb)

He explained the maligia pung-gel belonged to the madyaning utama (the eighth of nine) level of nyekah or mamukur, while the most grandiose or utamaning utama was ngeluer ritual. Based on the exist-ing record, according to Wiana, no one was able to organize the ritual so far because it should be implemented sincerely. “Whatever people demand during the ritual should be met. It’s a bit difficult,” he said. Besides, in Bali was enforced a social system determined by the king regarding the people that could and were allowed to organize the ngeluer ritual. Meanwhile, based on literature, continued Wiana, all people could carry out the ritual as long as they could afford it.

The subtle body was depicted with 108 or 33 leaves of banyan tree. The use of figure 33 was considered sacred, while the figure

108 represented a high amount. In the meantime, 33 leaves of banyan tree were adjusted to the number of gods. Eleven gods abided in bhur-loka (earth), 11 gods in bhuvarloka (lowest heaven) and 11 other gods in svarloka (higher heaven).

The use of a banyan tree was based on the belief that it was capable of delivering human spirit to reach heaven. He added that in Manawa Dharma Sastra chapter 3 sloka 37 and 38 was mentioned when a descendant did something good and useful the deed could enhance the position and sanctity of the ancestors up to ten levels. Simi-larly, if the ancestors got a good place, they would be able to provide blessings to their descendants.

According to Wiana, the ability of the soul to have reunion with the Creator would depend on the karma vasana during their lifetime and the

deeds of the offspring. “On that ac-count, the soul or the atma and the descendants should live in harmony and love each other because in the afterlife both parties could influence

one another, he said.Wiana added the title given to the

atma after the death would be corre-sponding to the level of ritual made. Soon after the death, it would be

called sanga preta. After cremation, it was named pitara, after mamukur was dewa pitara and then after being abided in family shrine was called Bathara Hyang Guru. (wid)

Maligia, purificatory ritual for subtle bodyIBP

DENPASAR - Maligia punggel is the second ritual procession af-ter cremation or pelebon having the significance to purify the subtle body. “The essence of maligia ritual is to purify the subtle body from impurity of various desires. The desires are purified so that they will focus, namely on the reunion with the Creator,” said the religious figure doubling as Chairman of the Executive Board of the Central Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI), Ketut Wiana. He added that cremation ritual was aimed to purify the human physical body composed of five basic mahabhutha elements, while the maligia ritual was to purify the subtle body.

IBP/NetMaligia punggel is the second ritual procession after cremation or pelebon having the significance to purify the subtle body.

Apem Taluh, a Balinese plump and delicious muffin

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Agence France-Presse

SYDNEY - A global infrastructure hub proposed by G20 nations to help strengthen economic growth will be based in Sydney and funded by Australia, a report said on Monday.

The Group of 20 of the world’s biggest developed and emerging economies agreed in September that a Global Infrastructure Initiative to share information about match-ing investors with projects would be established, but details were sketchy.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott told The Australian newspa-per that the agency would not involve a new “international bureaucracy”, but would act instead as a clearing house for ideas on raising commercial funds for new public works, such as roads and railways.

“It will be a significant focus for international thinking and be a way of getting our, generally speaking, quite in-novative approach to infrastructure before other countries,” he said ahead of the G20 leaders’ summit in Brisbane this weekend.

“We expect that we will probably be the main contributor to the funding but I think we have some modest contribu-tions from some other countries that have already been earmarked.”

The hub’s main purpose is to cut red tape and close the “in-formation gap” between potential investors and infrastructure projects as the G20 looks to spur world economies by shift-ing from government-led growth towards private sector-led growth. It has been one of Australia’s main proposals during its presidency of the G20 as the grouping looks to meet a two percent increase to its combined growth over five years through economic reform and infrastructure investment.

The newspaper said that while the US, Britain and Japan had thrown their support behind the initiative, questions were raised by India, France and others about the wisdom of setting up a new institution that could overlap with the World Bank. As a compromise, Abbott said there would be a four-year time limit on the centre to avoid creating a permanent institution, something the global economic group has never done.

“We are close to agreement -- and this will be unprec-edented for the G20 -- to have the global infrastructure hub based in Sydney,” he said.

“And if it comes off, this will be the first time the G20 has agreed to the establishment of an ongoing entity.

“This is not an entity in perpetuity. It’s an entity that will last for perhaps four years as an infrastructure financing and infrastructure ideas clearing-house but nevertheless it’s not a huge international bureaucracy.”

The push to raise private-sector investment in infrastruc-ture projects around the world comes as governments battle falling revenue amid efforts to rein in budget deficits, which has hurt public-sector funding of such projects.

“This has the potential for being an historic agreement,” Obama said as he opened the trade talks being held on the sidelines of the broader Asia-Pacific conference in Beijing.

Ahead of Obama’s arrival in China Monday, the White House had down-played the prospect that an elusive deal would be reached during the president’s eight-day, three-nation trip to the region. Following the leaders’ meeting, a senior Obama adminis-tration official said the negotiations continued to make progress, but there was still no final agreement.

The leaders did not set a timetable for finalizing the pact, according to the

official, who insisted on anonymity because the person was not authorized to publicly discuss the talks.

In a joint statement following the meeting, leaders from the 12 nations involved in the trade talks said they have been encouraged by recent progress.

“We remain committed to ensur-ing that the final agreement reflects our common vision of an ambitious, comprehensive, high-standard, and balanced agreement that enhances the competitiveness of our economies, promotes innovation and entrepre-neurship, spurs economic growth and prosperity, and supports job creation in

our countries,” the statement read.Obama has made the Trans-Pacific

Partnership a centerpiece of his efforts to boost U.S. economic investment in Asia, which he said Monday was “the fastest-growing, most populous, most dynamic region in the world economically.”

The results of last week’s U.S. mid-term elections had made the political climate in Washington more conducive to international trade pacts. While some members of Obama’s Democratic Party are wary of the impact trade deals could have on U.S. labor unions, Republicans have been supportive of giving the president authority to speed up approval of a final pact by making it harder for lawmakers to make changes.

Disputes between the U.S. and Ja-pan on market access for their major industries have been at the heart of the stalemate over the trade deal. China is not a party to the trade talks.

Agence France-Presse

SEOUL - South Korea said Mon-day it had effectively reached a free trade agreement with China that will eventually remove tariffs on over 90 percent of goods, although some details remain under negotiation.

The announcement came after South Korean President Park Geun-Hye met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit

in Beijing. Park’s office said the two countries had “effectively reached” a deal, while Xi said the negotiations had made “significant progress”.

A South Korean government statement made it clear that differ-ences remained over a few unspeci-fied “details” that would have to be bridged before the FTA could be signed -- hopefully by the end of the year.

The statement said the FTA would

remove tariffs on 92 percent of Chi-nese goods imported to the South and 91 percent of the South’s goods imported to China within 20 years. China is currently South Korea’s biggest trading partner and export market, and two-way trade stood at around $228.8 billion last year.

Exports to China -- the world’s second-largest economy -- totalled $145.8 billion in 2013, more than a quarter of the South’s total overseas

shipments. The two neighbours started trade

negotiations in 2012 but progress has been delayed by differences on the extent of market-opening.

There have also been protests from Korean farmers who fear an influx of cheap Chinese imports.

The South Korean statement said the FTA would exclude a number of farm products like rice, beef, pork and pepper -- which account for

30 percent by value of agricultural imports from China.

“The latest FTA will help us se-cure an opportunity to tap into the vast Chinese market,” the statement said, estimating bilateral trade would grow to $300 billion in 2015.

The deal also removes many regulatory restrictions in services, investment, finance and culture, making it easier for companies to form joint ventures and cooperate.

South Korea, China reached trade deal

G20 global infrastructure hub set for Australia U.S. President

Barack Obama, left, speaks as he is seated with Singapore’s Prime Minis-ter Lee Hsien Loong, right, during a meeting with leaders of the Trans-Pacific Partnership countries on the sidelines of the APEC summit, Monday, Nov. 10, 2014, in Beijing.

Progress but no deal in trans-Pacific trade talksAssociated Press

BEIJING — President Barack Obama pressed world leaders Monday to break stubborn logjams that have held up an agreement on a trans-Pacific trade deal that is eagerly sought by the White House and could lead to rare consensus with congressional Republicans.

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The two men posed briefly in front of cameras, stern-faced, and Abe briefly said something to Xi, who gave no response and looked toward the cameras for the remain-der of the handshake.

They then entered a closed room at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People for 30 minutes, giving some hope that the two countries could dial down the friction in the talks arranged on the sidelines of this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

The spat between China and Japan over uninhabited East China Sea islands and other contentious issues has raised concerns of a mili-tary confrontation between Asia’s

two largest economies, which could draw the U.S. into the fray along-side ally Japan.

Although core divisions won’t be resolved soon, Abe told reporters afterward that the countries made a “first step” toward reconciliation.

“I believe that not only our Asian neighbors but many other countries have long hoped that Japan and China hold talks,” Abe said. “We finally lived up to their expectations and made a first step to improve our ties.”

China also has been angry over what it sees as Japan’s efforts to play down its brutal 20th century invasion of China, a lingering sore point for its 1.3 billion people.

China’s leader must balance the need not to appear too solicitous of Japan, for his domestic audience, while still being statesman enough to host Abe ahead of Tuesday’s summit, when the two men will join 19 other world leaders including President Barack Obama and Rus-sian President Vladimir Putin.

China hopes to use the consen-sus-oriented Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit to assert its ambitions for a larger leadership role in U.S.-dominated trade struc-tures.

In a break from the usual pro-tocol, Abe was made to wait for Xi to arrive at the meeting, rather than being greeted by him on ar-rival. China’s Foreign Ministry also described the meeting as being at Abe’s “request,” a phrase not used in its reports on Xi’s meetings with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and other foreign leaders Monday.

Associated Press

JENE-WONDE, Liberia — A schoolteacher brought his sick daughter from Liberia’s capital to this small town of 300 people. Soon he was dead along with his entire family, and they are now buried in the forest nearby along with an increasing number of residents.

The community of Jene-Wonde in Grand Cape Mount County near the border with Sierra Leone has become a new epicenter for the deadly Ebola outbreak in Li-beria, which is also hitting Sierra Leone and Guinea.

Momo Sheriff, who lost his son to Ebola, said there is no health care in the community and leaders have no way to manage it. The tiny town already has lost 10 percent of its population to Ebola since late September. Amid all the deaths, markets and farms nearby have been abandoned.

“If the government does not take action, everybody will die in this town,” he said. “We are burying two dead bodies today. We don’t know who it will be tomorrow. Every day we have to cry,” he told an Associated Press journalist.

Liberia has suffered the great-est death toll in the Ebola epi-demic, with 2,766 deaths blamed on the virus that had never been seen in West Africa before this year’s crisis. After months of aggressive efforts to isolate the sick and safely bury the dead, the

World Health Organization says Ebola appears to be declining in Liberia “although new case numbers remain high in parts of the country.”

The number of reported cases appears to be even dropping in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia. But that is little solace for the people of Jene-Wonde.

Juma Mansaray lost her mother and grandmother on the same day here. She said the community has been ostracized from neighboring ones.

“Everywhere we go the people will drive us away,” she said. “We are like outcasts; we can’t even go to the local market to buy pepper or food because people think we are cursed. We don’t know what to do. Most of our relatives in other areas don’t want to see us ... we are stuck here.”

Abdullai Kamara, the leader of Burial Team A of Grand Cape Mount County Ebola, said the people of Jene-Wonde have been stubborn and in con-stant denial, which he cites as the reason the disease is still spreading.

Ebola is contracted through direct contact with the bodily fluids of the sick and the dead. For weeks, residents of Jene-Wonde have been chasing away safe burial teams and also have hidden the sick from outside health work-ers, he said. “Our people played deaf ear to what was happening,” Kamara said. “They denied the truth.”

Leaders of China, Japan briefly meet to thaw ties

AP Photo/Kim Kyung-Hoon, PoolChina’s President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People, on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings, in Beijing, Monday, Nov. 10, 2014.

Associated Press

BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took a tentative step toward easing more than two years of high tensions over contested islands and wartime history on Monday with an unsmiling handshake and a short meeting.

Liberia village becomes a new Ebola epicenter

AP Photo/ Wade WilliamsIn this photo taken Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, health Care workers load the body of a dead woman suspected of dying from Ebola, onto the back of a truck in Jene-Wonde, Liberia.

Bali Post

GIANYAR - The management of Bali Adventure along with the rafting association operating in Ayung River made some improve-ments and evaluations after an Indian traveler named Bhavik Shah, died while rafting adventure in the Ayung River.

On Friday (Nov 7), the management of Bali Adventure, Ni Made Kariani, accompanied by the owner Nigel Mason, claimed that their had good security. However, the conditions in the field, with the presence of the naturally occurring vortex have caused them to be unable to use that course again. “We are not going to use that course again,” she said while adding that she did not want to take any risks.

Meanwhile, the death of Bhavik Shah, has not been well received by the victim’s family. The family, including his widowed wife, are very upset.

After the incident, the Bali Adventure on the occasion of the full moon held a mapekelem ceremony. According to Mangku Wayan Sukianten, his party held a pecaruan ceremony at the starting point and mapekelem at the death location of the Indian traveler. Similar ritual were also held at the finish point. Procession of the ceremony performed was an effort to restore the natural conditions along the rafting tour path physically and psychically. (kmb16)

Bali Post

BANGLI - Some floating net cages (KJA) fish farmers, alon Lake Batur were shocked in the face of the price of fish food that has recently increased dra-matically. Almost every week, the price of the fish food has risen by IDR 5,000 and it presently being sold for about IDR 400,000. The fish farmers worry that if the price of fish food continues to soar, it will cause them to bear great losses.

As one of the floating cage owners at Purajati hamlet, North Batur village, Kinta-mani, Wayan Kapal, recently said, a 50 kg sack of fish feed now costs IDR 400,000. The price increase of IDR 5,000 occurred every week. The fish farmers in the region have been buying the fish feed from outside places such as Tabanan and Denpasar.

Kapal admitted to being worried be-cause the price of feed continues to soar not to mention the increase in fuel costs. If the planned hikes in fuel prices do really occur, then the fish cage owners are certain to suffer great losses. Moreover, the sell-ing price of fish is only IDR 21,000 per kilogram. “If the fuel price increases, the price of fish feed will definitely increases as well,” he said.

He added that every 20 days, the fish cage owners raising 60,000 fish needed at least one ton of feed. Consequently they can calculate how much feed is required for raising the fish until they are ready to be harvested. “If the feed price continues to rise, we will surely lose,” he added. (ina)

Bali Post

AMLAPURA - After oscillat-ing in the ocean for two days in the ocean, three fishermen from Situ-bondo were finally overwhelmed by the waters of Kubu. Suffering dehydration and general weakness the fishermen were eventually rescued by patrol officers from the local Marine Police and a number of fishermen from Kubu. After that, they were brought to safety to the beach at Kubu Kangin hamlet, Kubu village, Karangasem.

The three fishermen found float-ing in the ocean; Iwan Sahari, 29, Misnawi, 50, and Kusnadi, 50, are residents of Asta Jangkar hamlet, Situbondo, East Java. Before being swept away, the three fishermen went out to sea with a small boat to wards the north in the waters of Madura, Wednesday (Nov 5) around 05:00 a.m.

Initially, the three fishermen did not have any problems. Their fish

catch was even pretty good. While absorbed in catching fish, high waves suddenly hit their boat. They were then swept away and became disoriented. Their small outboard motor made it difficult to control their boat in the strong currents.

“They were swept away to the waters of Kubu, but they thought that they were still near the waters of Situbondo,” said Chief of Karan-gasem Marine Police, I Made War-tama, to reporters last Sunday.

Having been tossed around for almost two days, the three fisher-men started to experience dehydra-tion and became limp due to ex-haustion. The three fishermen were found on Friday (Nov 7) around 2:00 p.m., when a number of fisher-men from Kubu were going to sea to catch fish. Because the three lost fishermen were asleep powerlessly, the fisherman from Kubu tried to help and reported the incident to the Marine Police of Kubu.

To the personnel of Marine Po-

lice, the three fishermen admitted being disoriented after their boat was hit by high waves. Thanks to the patrol boat, the three fishermen could be rescued. Meanwhile, their boat remains stranded in the waters of Kubu.

Made Wartama said the sea cur-rents around the waters of Madura to Kubu were indeed very strong. He knew of many cases of fisher-men from Madura or Situbondo getting stranded in the waters of Kubu. Likewise there were also some fishermen from Kubu who were swept away and stranded in Madura.

“After being recovered, the three fishermen were finally returned to their home of origin in Situbondo with the help of Kubu subdistrict head and personnel of Marine Po-lice,” said the former Spokesperson of Karangasem Police. Meanwhile, their fish catch as well as their fish-ing gear and ropes have also been returned. (dwa)

Oscillated by waves, three fishermen enervateRafting company

holds mecaru ritual and diverts course

Feed price soars, fish farmers in Lake Batur worried

The fish farmers in Lake Batur worry

about the increasing price of fish food

IBP/Suasrina

3Tuesday, November 11, 201414 InternationalInternational Bali NewsScience Tuesday, November 11, 2014

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BERLIN — The European Space Agency is making final preparations to land the first unmanned spacecraft on a comet next week, and scientists are hop-ing that technology designed a quarter century ago will perform as planned.

Europe’s Rosetta space probe was launched in 2004 with the aim of studying comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and

learning more about the origins of the universe.

After successfully getting Rosetta to rendezvous with the comet in August, scientists in-tend to release a small landing craft called Philae onto its icy surface.

The drop — scheduled for 0835 GMT (3:35 a.m. EST) Wednesday — requires a series of complex orbital maneuvers over the coming days. Since signals take over 28 minutes to travel the

500 million kilometers (311 mil-lion miles) from Earth to Rosetta, scientists have programmed the probe to perform the separation sequence itself when the moment is right.

They will rely on what, in digi-tal terms, is ancient technology.

“The design and building started some 20 years ago,” mis-sion manager Fred Jansen told reporters Friday. “Effectively you’re looking at technology, computing-wise, of the end of

the 1980s.”The 100-kilogram (220-pound)

lander should touch down on the surface of the comet about seven hours later, with confirmation reaching Earth at about 1603 GMT (11:03 a.m. EST).

“There is no doubt that we’ll hit the comet,” said spacecraft operations manager Andrea Ac-comazzo. “Whether we hit it safely is another matter.”

The European Space Agency, which relies for funding on its

member states, has sought to drum up public interest in the mission with a series of high-profile cam-paigns over the past year. These include an online vote on what to name the landing site — Agilkia, after an island on the Nile River, was chosen — and the release of a sci-fi short film called “Ambition” starring “Game of Thrones” actor Aidan Gillen.

The landing event will be streamed on the space agency’s website.

Bit by bit, mysticism about comets has been replaced by fact as scientists discover more about these epic and ancient travellers of the skies.

As it turns out, comets may be more extraordinary than even the deepest superstition could imagine.

They may even have brought life to our planet, according to some theories.

For decades, astrophysicists have debated whether, at the dawn of our Solar System, comets peppered Earth with some of the chemical essentials for life as we know it.

The answer may be within reach.

On Wednesday, a European robot lab, Philae, will make the

Science lifts veil on cometsAgence France-Presse

PARIS - For millennia, the sight of a comet filled humans with awe or dread. The birth of Jesus, the assassination of Julius Caesar, the Great Plague of London, the coming of war or peace, bountiful harvests or famine... all thought to be portended by cosmic herald.

first-ever landing on a comet. It will carry out experiments

on the comet’s back as the pair hurtle toward the Sun, escorted by Philae’s mother ship, Rosetta, in orbit.

“Comets are the most ancient objects in the Solar System,” Fran-cis Rocard of France’s National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), told AFP.

“We want to know if comets played a part in providing Earth with water and carbon. There is no doubt that the results from Rosetta and Philae will shake up what we know.”

Dubbed “dirty snowballs” by US astronomer Fred Whipple, comets are deemed to be clusters of primeval carbon and ice, typically

a few kilometres (miles) across.Blacker than coal, they were

formed shortly after the Sun flared into life in a halo of dust and gas -- the stuff that eventually formed the planets and other bodies.

Today, the Solar System is considered a pretty quiet place compared to 4.6 billion years ago, when it was a shooting gallery.

The nascent Earth would have been whacked over and over again by comets and asteroids, swelling the planet in size and depositing ice, which on some theories be-came today’s oceans.

“This would have created a wonderful culture medium -- a liquid enabling highly rich carbon material to react and create prebi-otic chemistry,” said Rocard.

“It would have led to the first membranes and ultimately the first cells -- life itself,” he said.

The key to confirming this theory lies in the ratio of hydrogen and deuterium on the comet, which Rosetta and Philae will measure with their instruments, to be com-pared to the chemical make-up of water on Earth.

Doomed to orbit the Sun in el-liptical circuits, comets undergo thermal and gravity stress as they near the star.

Some of their ice is melted and transformed into gusts of gas, the bright “coma” around a comet’s head.

Hairy starThe gassy wake, and dust loos-

ened by the melting ice, creates a spectacular tail reflected in the Sun’s rays and may stretch across millions of kilometres.

The word for comet comes from “stella cometa” -- Latin for “long-haired star”.

The best-known is Halley’s Comet, named after 17th-century English astronomer Edmond Hal-ley, who was the first to show that comets orbit the Sun and return regularly.

Just over 5,000 comets have been observed since the first re-corded sighting by Chinese sky-gazers around 240 BC.

But some experts believe there could be as many as a trillion out there, the European Space Agency says.

“Short period” comets take less than 200 years to complete an orbit. They are believed to return to the Kuiper Belt, just beyond the orbit of Neptune.

“Long period” comets return to the Oort Cloud, a vast, frigid, dark place on the Solar System’s fringes.

Some of these last swung by more than 100,000 years ago, when Homo sapiens ventured out of Africa, at the start of our conquest of the planet.

Scientists gear up to land 1st spacecraft on comet

AP Photo/dpa, Boris Roessler

The Aug. 6, 2014 file photo shows an expert watching his screens at the control center of the European Space Agency, ESA, in Darmstadt, Germany. Scientists at the European Space Agency are making final preparations to land the first spacecraft on a comet next week. The launch of a small lander from ESA’s Rosetta space probe marks one of the key moments in the decade-long mission to examine comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

AP Photo/ESA

The image composed of two different images and provided by the European Space Agency ESA on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2015 shows parts of the spacecraft Rosetta in front of the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko from a distance of about 16 km from the surface of the comet.

“Schools of nursing must have excellent program such as complementary program and hu-man care for the elderly. More-over, Bali will become the world elderly destination and it must really be prepared in the future,” said the academician, I Dewa Agung K. Sudarsana, Saturday (Nov 8).

According to Sudarsana, there had been Gubernatorial Regula-tion related to the policy on the existence of a number of elderly people living in Bali. Certainly they were in need of services and nursing care by health profes-sionals in general. In addition, the nursing school should yield excellent graduates in terms of quality and behavior. “People actually want to be served, not compounded. A nurse should re-ally have a sense of serving the community, friendliness, cour-tesy and good communication,” he said.

In accordance with the Law

IBP/File Photo

Elderly tourists visited Bali recently using a cruise ship. Bali will become a world destination of the elderly, so that it must prepare reliable nurses.

Become an elderly destination

Bali must prepare reliable human resources

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Nursing is a unique profession that handles human response in the face of health problems. In addition, it essentially involves basic human needs. The growth of the elderly in the world is estimated to reach the same number as that of infants. Meanwhile, Bali will become a world destination of the elderly, so that it must prepare reliable nurses.

No.38/2014 on nursing, the Di-rector of STIKES Wira Medika PPNI Bali Health College re-vealed that nurses had a strong legal instrument to provide in-dependent practice and install a signage like other professions. Therefore, nurses could create job opportunity and would not depend on others any longer.

Responding to the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and AFTA 2015, nurses should seriously implement the concrete tips and strategies. But there was obstacle in the matter of foreign language mastery. On that ac-count, the subject on foreign lan-guage should be strengthened so that after graduation they could at least speak English. In addi-tion, the other foreign languages such as Japanese would also be required as predicted that many Japanese elderly people would come to Bali. “If all the parties have been concerned to make standardization efforts developed

in the regional and international level, I think there will be no problem,” he said.

In the meantime, a tourism practitioner, I Gusti Agung Nyo-man Winda, assessed the impact was very positive. It happened because the elderly travelers

coming to Bali had longer length of stay as they wanted to enjoy their old age amidst the beauty, serenity and the peace of the is-land. “Many guests of this kind have come to Bali, including those from the Netherlands,” he said.

In the future, the government and tourism industry players should make preparations more mature, especially related to the matter of rooms and spe-cial equipment. “They want to get tranquil atmosphere,” said Winda. (kmb36)

Buffalo races held at Jembrana

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Buffalo races or Makepung Jembrana Cup at Delod Berawah Circuit, Mendoyo subdistrict, held on Sunday (Nov 9). East Ijogading block achieved the overall winner of the race.

Bali Post

NEGARA - Buffalo races or Makepung Jembrana Cup at Delod Berawah Circuit, Mendoyo subdis-trict, held on Sunday (Nov 9). East Ijogading block achieved the overall winner of the race. Interestingly, though becoming the winner, the total cash prize was divided into two, both for the East and West Ijogading.

From the morning, hundreds of pairs of buffalo from a number of subdistricts in Jembrana had thronged the Makepung Circuit located on De-lod Berawah Beach. Even, their line got to the street. After a few times of competition, finally the block of East Ijogading could win with the score of 48. It was much different from the West Ijogading that only attained the score of 18.

Sharing of the cash prize was also justified by the Makepung Coordina-tor, I Made Mara. According to him, the distribution of prize was based on the agreement of both blocks. The prize was just intended for the buf-

falo race and none was allocated for personal benefit. “It is just allocated for the maintenance of circuit such as the purchase of sand, repair of cul-verts, meeting expenses including the cost of transport for the cart of each participant,” he explained. For single competition, each participant at least spent at IDR 1 million. From year to year the number of participants continued to rise.

Previously, each block only in-volved an average of a hundred pairs, but this year it reached 170 pairs. The Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha, who was present at the event, revealed that it indicated if the Jembrana community was in-creasingly fond of the buffalo race cultural tradition. To maintain the tradition, his party helped improve a number of circuits and protect it from the threat of land conversion. This year, the two circuits respectively the Sanghyang Cerik at Tuwed village, Melaya and Delod Berawah Circuit had been protected by regional bylaw (Perda). (olo)

International2 Tuesday, November 11, 2014 15International Activities

Bali News

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

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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Calendar Event for November 7 through 20, 2014

7th Purnama Sasih KalimaTemple Festival at:Aci-Aci Penawung Di Pura Batmadeg-BesakihPr. Pande Bang- Ds. Camnggaon, Sukawati.Pr. Kentel Gumi- Ds. Batur, Kintamani.Pr. Pedharman Agung- Satria, Denpasar.Ngusabha Di Pura Kehen- Bangli.Pr. Segara – Br. Sasih, BatubulanPr. Desa Pemenang- LombokPr. Agung Pasek Gelgel-Ds. Sumertha, DenpasarPr. Pasek Gelgel- Ds. Kekeran Delod Sema, MengwiPr. Dalem Puri Agung – KintamaniPr. Dalem Agung- Br. Sekar, Nongan, KarangasemPr. Dalem Balingkang- Ds. Pinggan, KintamaniPr. Tampur Hyang Pusat/Kawitan Maha Gotra Catur Sanak- Ds. Songan,

KintamaniPr. Dalem Pulasari- Ds. Bantas, Sudaji, BulelengMr. Pasek Gelgel- Ds. Lebih, GianyarPr. Panyungsungan Pasek Toh Jiwa- Ds. Wanagiri, Selemadeg, TabananPamerajan Agung Pamecutan- DenpasarPr. Suranadhi- Lombok,Pr. Pucak Bukit- TampaksiringPr. Dalem Ubung Kupang- Ds. Dukuh, Panebel, TabananPr. Pasar Agung Besakih- Ds. Sebudi, KarangasemPr. Pasek Gelgel- Ds. Tengkulak Kaja, Kemenuh- GianyarPr. Suci- Ds. Tianyar, Kubu, KarangasemPr. Dadia Dalem Renon- Br. Kukuh, Kerambitan, Tabanan, Ds. Adat ,Andala Merta Ds. Kenangan /SP Sembilan

12th Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan/ Buda Kliwon Gumbreg

Temple Festival at:Pr. Pasek Gelgel- Ds. Kukuh,Marga, TabananPr. Pasek Gelgel – Ds. Kukuh, Selemadeg, TabananPr. Pasek Gelgel- Ds. Mambang, Selemadeg, TabananPr. Puseh+Desa- Ds. Guwang, SukawatiMr. Pasek Ketewel- Ds. Ketewel, Sukawati,Pr. Pangeran Tangkas Kori Agung- Jeroan SadingPr. Dalem Setra Batu Nunggul- Ds. Suwana Nusa Penida

17th Coma Kliwon Wariga, Temple Festival at: Pr. Gelap - Besakih

19th Buda Paing Wariga,Temple Festival at:Pr. Jati- Ds. BaturMr. Pasek Gaduh- Ds. Kayubihi,Bangli

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Bali PostSEMARAPURA - Realization of the road access construc-

tion plan to Gunaksa Pier is becoming increasingly unclear. Throughout 2014, there, has been no indication of physical work. Previously, the central government had said that the con-struction process would begin this year once the government of Klungkung’s application had received a response from the central government. The first phase of the budget disbursement reached tens of billions.

The Head of Transportation, Communications and Informatics Agency, Nengah Sukasta, when contacted on Sunday (Nov 9) said the project was still in the bidding process. So, he did not know exactly when the physical work would begin. He also claimed to be embarrassed at to ask the same question over and over again to the central government because the response of the central government said that the project was still being process. “When we checked with the Directorate General of Land Transporta-tion, the central government he said they remained firm on their original commitment. It was not canceled,” he said.

When asked about the stagnant realization of the assistance due to the Gunaksa Pier project case being under law enforce-ment, Sukasta also claimed not to know. He said it was entirely up to them to central government to deal with. As planned, the central government through the Ministry of Transportation, in this case the Directorate General of Land Transportation, helped to build the road access along 1.77 kilometers. Similarly, Sukasta claimed not to know about the exact budget disbursed by the central government. Previously, the government of Klungkung g through the Governor of Bali had applied for assistance in the construction of road access worth IDR 124 billion.

Prior to disbursing the budget, the representatives of the central government such as the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas), Director General of Land, Regional Development Planning Board (Bappeda), the Transportation Agency and Pub-lic Works Agency as well as the Bali-Penida River Agency had visited the location. Currently, the local government was asked to review the detailed engineering design (DED) to keep costs as efficient as possible. Among the changes, the width of the road was narrowed from 20 meters to 14-15 meters. However, after the visit, the budget disbursed by central government only reached IDR 40 billion even though the budget required after reviewing the DED was IDR 92 billion from IDR 124 billion in the proposal. The workmanship would have begun in 2014 with the budget being gradually disbursed.

Ketut Janapria, Regional Secretary of the government of Klungkung, when contacted again regarding this issue on Sunday, was not prepared to comment. His party did not respond after being contacted for several times. According to rumors, the as-sistance was not realized because the land where the access road would be built was involved in a case currently handled by the Klungkung Prosecutor’s Office. This allegation has been revealed several times by Klungkung legislators.

Sukasta added that related to the construction of the road access to Gunaksa Pier, the Transportation Agency in the main budget 2015 was said to have proposed the land acquisition with an extent of 900 square meters to be further discussed with the legislatives. As planned, the land was used for the construction of an intersection. However, the last survey in August indicated that the cost of land compensation set by landowners already skyrocketed to IDR 215 million per 100 square meters. Before drafting the definite budget, his party said they would conduct another survey of the land price. (kmb31)

According to Wayan Janji, 60, his hydrangea garden could pro-duce flowers in large quantities during rainy season. Unfortunately, this prolonged dry season had caused the production of hydrangea flower to decrease due to limited irrigation.

He said that the production of flowers at Gobleg was famous throughout Bali. Understandably, the village had been known as the central producer of hydrangea often used by collectors or traders to fill their canang offerings. Most local residents grow hydrangea, which have been sold all over Bali. “Our harvest yields here are usually sold to collectors. Moreover, this village is the central producer of hydrangea in Bali. Unfortunately, the recent drought has made the flowers dry

and easily withered,” said Wayan Janji, Sunday (Nov 9).

He added that during the dry sea-son, an area of 2,500 square meters could produce a maximum of 5 kg per harvest. In past month, he still had not harvested, because there was not enough water. On average, in one harvest he could get 100 kg a week during rainy season. The price of hy-drangea is IDR 15,000 per kg, while during dry season the price range was from IDR 5,000 to IDR 7,000 per kilogram. “Our flower plants actu-ally lack water, which decrease the quality of the harvest and thus their market value” she said.

Furthermore, to overcome the impact of the drought on flower production, water from the Mu-nicipality Waterworks (PDAM) sourcing from the area of Lake

Tamblingan is used. Although it did not run so smoothly, the water was still used at particular times. In anticipation of this problem, Wayan Janji immediately bought one cubic of water at IDR 50,000. She used the water for cooking, bathing and drinking every day.

Meanwhile, another farmer, Wayan Darmawan, added that hydrangea production at Gobleg village has become the main source of livelihood for many villagers. Residents use the profits from flower sales buy groceries and as capital for taking care of their hy-drangea plants. “So far, it has only rained in the town of Singaraja, sir. It has yet to rain here. This drought forces flower growers to be clever in managing their capital,” he said. (kmb34)

Realization of road access to Gunaksa Pier unclear

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The farmers of hydrangea are inspecting their dry plants

Farmers of hydrangea still face drought Bali Post

SINGArAJA – The scarcity of rain has made a number of hydrangea gardens dry. Such condi-tions are especially dire at Asah hamlet, Gobleg village, Sukasada subdistrict, for the last six months. Farmers did not expect the extended drought to kill the hydrangea plants and cause the economic problems for the locals.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

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The 21-year-old American singer said she was doubly grateful to the EMAs — meeting Iggy Azalea at last year’s awards

show led directly to working with the Australian r a p p e r o n “Problem.” “This is ab-solutely cra-zy,” Grande said after her second win of the night.

It was a good re-sult for a

performer w h o a d -mitted she

w a s too excited to sleep the night be fo re the ceremony, a n d s a i d was shak-ing af ter w a l k i n g

past a gaggle of photogra-

phers on the red carpet.

Minaj proved a confident if con-

ventional host for

the show at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro arena, and she also took home the prize for best hip-hop artist.

“I’ve been learning so much about your beautiful country and culture ... I’ve pretty much become Scottish,” Minaj said. She illustrated it by rapping about whiskey and shortbread and singing a snippet of The Proclaimers’ anthem “500 Miles.”

Minaj’s more provocative side was kept under tight control. There were writh-ing dancers during a performance of her bum-centric hit “Anaconda,” a putt into derriere-shaped mini-golf hole in tribute to Scotland’s love of golf, and a couple of F-bomb obscenities directed at — of all things — an animatronic dinosaur. But on the whole the event stuck to a standard awards-show script.

Beyonce did not appear as widely rumored, and Scottish DJ Calvin Har-ris had to pull out due to illness. But thousands of young Scottish music fans in the arena — and a global TV audience — saw a high-energy show featuring performances from acts including Ed Sheeran, Alicia

Keys, Enrique Iglesias and U2, who brought their own string section.

Rising talent was represented by the likes of crunchy British rock duo Royal Blood and singer Charli XCX, while former “Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff got a rous-ing cheer when he took the stage in a kilt.

Winners of the awards are selected by fans across the continent. The EMAs are held in a different European city each year.

Ubiquitous boy band One Di-

rection won three awards, including best pop act. Katy Perry and Australian punk-poppers 5 Seconds of Summer each won two, and wayward heartthrob Justin Bieber was named best male artist.

None of those acts was on hand to accept their prizes in person.

Linkin Park won the rock category, and Chinese singer Bibi Zhou was proclaimed best worldwide act.

The awards, founded in 1994, adopted a time-travel theme for their 20th anniversary. Giant balloons of the planets floated in the arena, and Grande performed her song

“Break Free” from a fly-ing pod while wearing

a white mini-dress reminiscent of the animated TV show “The Jetsons.”

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The Material Girl has still got it. Julien’s Auctions said Sat-urday that bidders worldwide sought items from Madonna’s professional and personal life during the two-day Icons & Idols: Rock n’ Roll auction in Beverly Hills that started Friday.

The auction house says the gown and stole from her “Material Girl” video sold for $73,125, while the wedding dress the pop icon wore when she married Sean Penn in 1985 brought in $81,250.

Her jacket from “Desperately Seeking Susan” sold for a record $252,000 and one earring worn in the film fetched $34,375.

Other highlights include the gown from the film “Evita” — which sold for $15,000 — and her “A League of Their Own” base-ball uniform — which sold for $31,250.

AP Photo/Julien’s Auctions

Madonna’s clothes from films, wedding auctioned

Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande winners at MTV EMAsAssociated Press

GLASGOW — Nicki Minaj rapped about shortbread and Ariana Grande capped a breakthrough year with two trophies as the MTV Europe Music Awards celebrated its 20th anniversary Sunday with a Scottish-accented show in Glasgow. Grande was named best female artist and also took the best-single prize for “Problem,” one of a string of hits she’s had this year.

Ariana Grande

These cannot be resolved alone. Tourism relies on transportation. In other words, it is called travel and transportation. Transportation determines tourism because people travel around using transportation.

“Based on the travel and tour-ism index, we are ranked 70th. Our main weakness lies in the tourism infrastructure where we are depen-dent on transportation,” said the

Minister of Tourism, Arief Yahya, during his visit to the Puri Lukisan Museum, Ubud.

On the occasion, he also revealed that the number of travelers visiting Indonesia in general was much less compared to the visit to the neigh-boring countries such as Malaysia and Thailand. Indonesia was only visited by about 8 million, while Malaysia was visited by 26 million,

Singapore (15 million) and Thailand (28 million). He disclosed the border-crossing foreign travelers in Malaysia reached 60-80 percent. “As a far more interesting country, we should also enjoy this border-crossing visit. Moreover, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore are within the same region as Indonesia,” he said.

To resolve the issue, one of the proposed measures to the govern-ment of Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla was the implementation of the free visa for travelers from five countries. Such an initiative coinci-dentally changed the rules of visa on arrival (VoA) that had prevailed all

this time. “Now, we are still imple-menting the VOA. So, to increase the tourist visit, I propose the provision of free visa policy next year for travelers from five countries, such as China, Japan, Korea, Russia and Australia,” he said.

Specifically the facility for Chinese travelers, he added, was inseparable from the status of the country as one of the countries with the largest popula-tion in the world. More importantly, China had a very high economic growth. “Our largest projection is China because this country has high economic growth,” he said.

It was said the visa-free facility

would become a convenience for foreign travelers to Indonesia. He stated that such a policy would take effect in January 2015. “We target the number of foreign tourist arrivals in 2015 to reach 10 million people,” he revealed.

Arief Yahya said that it was a national program so that the min-istries having been appointed by the president should be willing to implement and support it. “There is a cooperation program. This is a na-tional program, the program owned by the president. If the president has set it forth, all parties need to support,” he concluded. (nik)

To develop tourism

Infrastructure becomes first constraint Bali Post

GIANYAR - Many challenges and obstacles are faced by tourism sector of Indonesia today. One of them is infrastruc-ture issue.

Congestion happened at Kuta area during peak of holiday season recently. Tourism

relies on transportation. In other words, it is called travel and transportation. Transpor-tation determines tourism because people

travel around using transportation. IBP/Eka Adhiyasa

Leaders of China, Japan briefly meet to thaw ties

South Korea fires warning shots near North Korea border

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